Host Bill Campbell describes the Biblical call to prayer and discusses the peace and hope that arises when people gather to pray in unity. Join us on Wednesday, December 4, at 12 noon EST for an online prayer gathering for hope and restoration over Western NC and other parts of the country recovering from Hurricane Helene. For details go to ScriptureAwakening.com/prayer/

Doug Stringer, founder and president of “Somebody Cares” talks about the powerful impact love has to build hope in people’s lives, even for those going through difficult times. People facing crises are often most open to the help God and His people can bring. Doug encourages each of us to reach out with God's love to inspire hope in the world.

Has your world been turned upside down? Does it seem that you or someone you care about is living in a war zone? Tim Geoffrion, who helps people keep hope in war-torn sections of the world brings insights to help us reclaim and share hope in difficult times.

Why are so many leaving the church? For a significant number, it’s not because they don’t love God, but because they do. Josh Packard, a sociologist who studies religion at the University of Northern Colorado, brings a thoughtful analysis of the “Dones,” the people who have given up on the institutional church and how the church can reform itself.

Blaise Pascal, the seventeenth century philosopher, mathematician, and physicist, gave us more than the Pascal triangle and new understandings about hydraulics. He left us a wager: “If one bets that God does exist, and He does, you win ‘everything’, to lose — you lose nothing. Should one bet that God does not exist — and win, you win nothing, but to lose? You lose ‘everything.'” Michael Rota, philosophy teacher at the University of St. Thomas, aims to help us make a wise wager.

Beyond Words host Dr. WP Campbell and guest Ebony Smith examine some the harsh realities of life in light of Heaven's perspective. In the continued aftermath of Hurricane Helene, they discuss the one true Hope that can be found in the midst of hardships: Jesus Christ.

Would you be ready if a major calamity unsettled your life, your community, maybe even the entire country? There are practical steps you can take to be ready. In fact, there are important measures churches should take to ensure that they are able to serve their communities in times of disaster. Dr. Paul Williams, who has been involved in medical missions in 105 nations over 25 years, is convinced that 85 to 90 percent of people are not prepared even for common disasters. Join us as he provides practical insights on what we can do to equip ourselves for the unexpected.

Rev David MacEachern, former pastor of Bat Cave Baptist Church, describes his experiences of the loss, grief, and yet stories of hope and redemption in the aftermath of hurricane Helene’s catastrophic winds and flooding in Western North Carolina.