The lilting tones might soothe you, but the content of Ronald Boyd MacMillan's message ought to move, even disturb you. He takes us along for an amazing look inside the lives of persecuted Christians around the world.
Standard Podcasts: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (Loading)So, why do we do what we do? Why do we bother? Is anyone listening? Does anyone care? Is anyone being helped and encouraged?
We're not afraid to ask the questions. And we're even brave enough to try answering them. Cher joins Norm in studio today.
Standard Podcasts: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (Loading)Suffering continues around the world. Our brightest scientists and philosophers have dismissed the notion of a God who cares and engages with His creation, much less the wayward people He left in charge of the place. How can God possibly be real? And even if He is, what difference could it possibly make? Norm's guest today, Philip Yancey, doesn't shy away from such questions. In fact he doggedly pursues them with the tenacity of a journalist. He's got plenty to share with us today.
Standard Podcasts: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (Loading)The conclusion to this special discussion on the reasons for hope in the nation of Iraq. Cher joins Norm in studio.
Standard Podcasts: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (Loading)Norm and Cher conclude an important and intense analysis of the situation in Iraq, and how believers are responding to the violence against Christians and minorities.
Standard Podcasts: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (Loading)Is peace in Iraq a pipe dream? It depends on how long your vision is... and how big your God is. Cher joins Norm in studio for the next two programs for an important look inside Iraq today, and how hope is alive in the hearts of believers there.
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Standard Podcasts: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (Loading)In part three of this special report from South Africa, Norm welcomes Geoff Tunnicliffe, CEO of the World Evangelical Alliance. We'll see just how willing and able evangelical Christians are in the 21st Century to working out the Great Commission together.
Standard Podcasts: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (Loading)Second in our new series from South Africa. Brad Smith joins Norm to discuss how the route to reaching the world for Christ runs through its great cities.
Standard Podcasts: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (Loading)First in a three-part series from South Africa. Norm's guest today, Dr. Michael Cassidy, discusses 'African Enterprise.'
Standard Podcasts: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (Loading)Iraqi Christians are as scattered as the Church has ever been - running for their lives in the wake of dreadful sectarian violence. The unintended consequences of the Iraq war have made them this century's 'lost generation.' Norm's guest, Enoch Wan, is on a mission to change that.
Standard Podcasts: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (Loading)Nurses do an immense amount of good every single day. So, how does someone who serves as a nurse do even more exceptional things? By stepping out in faith.
Victoria Base Smith is certainly extraordinary. As a nurse, professor, missionary and adventurer, she's been just the kind of person that inspires Compassion Radio and thousands of listeners. Today you'll hear more of her partnership with us and how it's opened up some amazing opportunities.
Standard Podcasts: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (Loading)Did Jesus abandon Iraq? It would be convenient for Western Christians if that was the case. We wouldn't be required to do anything about the suffering that continues in that nation. But there is a remnant of Christian believers there, and just as importantly, millions of others who need someone to love them like Christ loves them. So Compassion Radio has chosen the road less traveled.
In this report from 2006, Norm and producer Glenn Owen discuss what can be done to help the Christian church in Iraq, and why. The reasons are just as valid in 2011.
Standard Podcasts: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (Loading)An emotionally disturbed young man attempts a political assassination, kills six innocent bystanders and wounds a dozen others in the process. As America mourns, opportunists and the media inflame political passions instead of helping to heal the wounds. Frankly, it's sickening.
So, what should be the Christian response to such incivility? Norm's guest, Richard Moux, brings some much-needed perspective. As president of Fuller Theological Seminary, he helps prepare leaders to lead, and in a way that Christ would be proud of.
Standard Podcasts: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (Loading)"It just can't get any worse..." We've said it ourselves more than once when it comes to the ongoing suffering of our Christian brothers and sisters in Iraq. And then something else happens which rocks us. Today Norm discusses the latest updates from the streets of Baghdad with producer Bram Floria. When things seem darkest, God does His best work. And He's doing it, using our own Norm Nelson as you hear this broadcast.
Standard Podcasts: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (Loading)He's seen things he'd rather forget. Horrors we don't want to even imagine. Where could God possibly be in the war-strewn streets of Iraq during the early days of the Second Gulf War? Norm's guest today, tells us. His personal experience stretched his faith to the limit. His commitment was close to shattering. Yet at the very moment of despair some amazing things happened in the heart of Sergeant Chris Plekenpol. We're please to bring his story to you today.
Standard Podcasts: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (Loading)Norm concludes his personal look into the realities and mysteries of Baghdad in this interview with long-time traveling producer, Glenn Owen. Understanding what's ahead for the people and politics and faith of the regions requires decades of personal experience and careful study. Norm has both. And we do need to understand what's really going on in this cradle of the Bible.
Standard Podcasts: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (Loading)Some things seem to change constantly - others seem eternally stuck in the past. That can be a good thing, or a bad thing.
Baghdad Iraq is completely foreign to most of us, even after 10 years of being in the headlines. What we do know is mostly a chaotic mashup of unrelated images and breathless commentary. So how does one really understand the place? How do you get to know the people? Well, you can go there for yourself... time and time again. Or you listen closely to someone who really knows the place, the people, the history, and the potential. You could leave your radio dial tuned to this program for the next 26 minutes, for example.
Standard Podcasts: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (Loading)We're taking the message to the world and the local Church. St. James Church in Newport Beach, CA did something extraordinary - they turned the 2010 International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church into a community-wide event. We couldn't not be there. And by their invitation, Norm brought his personal knowledge of the situation in Iraq to a whole new audience. You'll hear some of the highlights today.
Standard Podcasts: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (Loading)Cher joins Norm in studio today to discuss recent developments, opportunities and the legacy of the 4th Lausanne Conference on World Evangelism, held in Capetown South Africa.
Standard Podcasts: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (Loading)A journey of a thousand miles... well, you know the rest.
The great adventures of Compassion Radio rarely start on the even, well-trod pavement of common roads. They are more like expeditions into the wilderness; attempts on the great summits. So as important as a good attitude is for the long haul ahead, preparation is at least as important. We don't accidentally waltz our way into the slums of Baghdad or the border skirmishes of Burma. We train for it. We pack the right equipment. We find the right guides. So, where is Compassion Radio headed in 2011? Let's sit down together for a while and prayerfully sort it out! Welcome to Base Camp.
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