Real Life

God told me: ‘Don’t worry, I have a plan’
2021-04-16T15:30:00+01:00By Aniek Woodward
24-year-old business owner Josh Parker wanted to help the national effort to stop the virus, but he didn’t know how. So he asked God. Within weeks, an unexpected phone call led to him partnering with the NHS to deliver 2 million PPE gowns
Sexual abuse in church - my story
2021-03-30T15:07:00+01:00By Michele Guinness
’I get very emotional every time I see that video. What did they do to my husband?’
2021-03-24T16:21:00+00:00By Liz Dodd
Pastor Raymond Koh was violently abducted in Malaysia four years ago and hasn’t been seen since. His wife Susannah Koh believes the police were complicit and is leading the campaign for his release
Jesus appeared to me in a dream
2021-01-25T00:00:00+00:00
Former Muslim Dee explains how a Christian friend’s prayers and a supernatural encounter with Christ turned her life around
Where joy and sorrow meet: How our faith survived the death of our child
2020-12-14T00:00:00+00:00By John and Dana Hanley
John and Dana Hanley share their deeply personal reflections following the death of their toddler, Mattias
'I left an abusive Christian community’
2020-09-23T00:00:00+01:00
Mary Ngatia suffered emotional, spiritual and sexual abuse at the hands of Jesus Army members. Years later she discovered a God able to heal and help her begin a journey towards forgiveness
‘I saw 600 men give their lives to Christ in prison’
2020-07-29T00:00:00+01:00By Megan Cornwell
Mo Timbo left a life of crime and violence to become a powerful evangelist for Jesus
'I thank God I've been delivered from one of the most painful conditions in the world'
2020-06-29T00:00:00+01:00By Sam Hailes
Church leader Eric Gaudion endured one of the most painful conditions known to humanity for 22 years. He was admitted to hospital more than 100 times and went through 30 surgeries before a groundbreaking transplant gave him his life back
How I forgave the racist man who murdered my wife
2020-05-28T00:00:00+01:00By Claire Musters
Five years on from his wife’s racially motivated murder during the Charleston church shooting, Rev Anthony Thompson explains how forgiveness can break down cultural, racial and denominational barriers
‘I saw angels hovering over my daughter’s body’
2020-03-20T00:00:00+00:00By Megan Cornwell
Nadim Ednan-Laperouse describes the moment his daughter, Natasha, had a severe allergic reaction to a Pret a Manger sandwich and died by his side
'I shared the gospel with my rapist'
2019-08-19T00:00:00+01:00By Megan Cornwell
Gwynneth Pugh–Jones was assaulted at knifepoint in her own home. She explains how, years later, she was able to preach the gospel to her attacker, and experience miraculous healing
‘Jesus helped me forgive the men who murdered my family’
2019-04-24T00:00:00+01:00
Antoinette Mushimiyimana was just eleven when war erupted in her home country of Rwanda. On the 25th anniversary of the genocide she shares her journey from survival and suffering to forgiveness.
'My brother was wrongly convicted of murdering Jill Dando'
2019-03-18T00:00:00+00:00By Megan Cornwell
Michelle Diskin Bates explains how her faith sustained her during the most challenging years of her life and why she’s passionate about reforming the justice system
‘I used to be a lesbian’
2019-01-22T00:00:00+00:00By Sam Hailes
Jackie Hill Perry was in a relationship with a woman and had no interest in Christianity, until a revelation of both God’s judgement and love turned her life around
'My husband raped, shot me and set fire to my home'
2018-10-04T00:00:00+01:00By Megan Cornwell
Tracey experienced decades of horrific sexual and physical abuse that left her with severe internal injuries. She shares her remarkable story of discovering God’s grace and finding healing
'I was locked up after the London Riots. But I read the Bible in prison and everything changed'
2018-08-23T00:00:00+01:00
Sephton Henry shares his amazing story from gang violence to a life of love
How I left the prosperity gospel behind
2018-07-19T00:00:00+01:00By Adesanya Adewusi
Adesanya Adewusi was taught God wanted him to be healthy and wealthy. But after reading the scriptures he came to believe this was a distortion of the real gospel
He said, ‘I won’t mention the leprosy.’ I replied, ‘You will’
2017-10-26T00:00:00+01:00
Jesus was well known for touching and healing people with leprosy. So why is the world’s oldest disease still feared and reviled in the global Church today?
Trading Places: How a Protestant became Catholic and a Catholic turned Protestant
2017-09-18T00:00:00+01:00By Justin Brierley
What makes someone turn from Catholic to Protestant or vice versa? Justin Brierley meets two converts who crossed in opposite directions of the dividing lines of the Reformation.