Is the resurrection of Jesus just a **Christian faith story**, or is it grounded in real history? In this episode of Miracles in the 21st Century, Dr. John Ashton makes the case that the **biblical evidence** for the resurrection is stronger than most people realize.

Many people assume the New Testament is little more than folklore, written generations after the fact and edited beyond recognition. Dr. Ashton challenges that assumption head-on, walking through the eyewitness authorship of the four Gospels, the historical accuracy of Luke's writing style, and the sheer volume of ancient manuscripts — thousands more than we have for any comparable Roman historical text. From there, he turns to the resurrection itself: the forensic proof that Jesus was truly dead, the empty tomb, the disciples' encounters with him afterward, and his public ascension in front of many witnesses. It's a case built not on blind faith, but on historical record.

In this episode, you will hear:
- Why the New Testament has thousands more surviving manuscripts than any other ancient historical document
- How archaeology confirmed details in the Gospel of Luke that critics once dismissed as fiction
- The medical and historical proof that Jesus was genuinely dead before the resurrection
- Eyewitness accounts of the risen Jesus — including his ascension before a crowd of witnesses

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When a devastating drought threatened an entire cattle herd, one father's answered prayer story became an unforgettable modern day miracle. In this powerful Christian faith story, host Mark Pearce recounts how three days' worth of water miraculously stretched into two full weeks on his family's remote Queensland cattle station.

Growing up on his parents' remote cattle station in northwestern Queensland, Mark witnessed the devastating drought of 1982 firsthand. When the station's main dam ran completely dry in August, the family's water storage tank — known locally as a "turkey's nest" — held just three days' supply for roughly 400 head of cattle. Drawing on the biblical account of the prophet Elisha and the widow's oil, Mark's father prayed that God would preserve the water. Against all logic, the turkey's nest level dropped for two days, then held steady — supplying thirsty cattle daily for two full weeks before unseasonable rain finally broke the drought and refilled the dam.

In this episode, you will hear:

When a devastating drought threatened an entire cattle herd, one father's answered prayer story became an unforgettable modern day miracle. In this powerful Christian faith story, host Mark Pearce recounts how three days' worth of water miraculously stretched into two full weeks on his family's remote Queensland cattle station.

Growing up on his parents' remote cattle station in northwestern Queensland, Mark witnessed the devastating drought of 1982 firsthand. When the station's main dam ran completely dry in August, the family's water storage tank — known locally as a "turkey's nest" — held just three days' supply for roughly 400 head of cattle. Drawing on the biblical account of the prophet Elisha and the widow's oil, Mark's father prayed that God would preserve the water. Against all logic, the turkey's nest level dropped for two days, then held steady — supplying thirsty cattle daily for two full weeks before unseasonable rain finally broke the drought and refilled the dam.

In this episode, you will hear:

• How a father's faith led him to pray using the story of Elisha and the widow's oil from 2 Kings
• Why a 3-day water supply somehow sustained 400 head of cattle for 2 full weeks straight
• The unseasonable rain that arrived at just the right moment to end the drought
• Why host Mark Pearce believes God's miracles aren't confined to Bible-era stories

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This inspiring Christian testimony follows Celia Moncrieff, a schoolteacher who received a frightening cancer diagnosis and later needed money for treatment she couldn't afford. What happened next is one of the clearest examples of divine healing and answered prayer you'll ever hear — from a Bible verse that mysteriously fell out of her sister's Bible, to two people who each handed her the exact same amount of money, days apart, with no idea the other had done it.

Celia was a fit, once-competitive runner when a routine biopsy revealed cancer. A year of natural treatment wasn't enough, and it returned — this time in her lymph nodes. Before a second anointing, a card carrying a handwritten Bible promise fell out of her sister's Bible; a stranger had written it out for her sister months earlier without knowing why. That promise carried Celia through chemotherapy with total peace. But when the time came for radiation, she couldn't afford it. Within minutes of telling God she had no other option, a childhood friend called and gave her the exact $2,000 she needed. Five days later, a complete stranger did the same — handing a friend a folded check for $2,000 to pass along anonymously.

In this episode, you will hear:
- How a forgotten card with a Bible verse gave Celia total peace before her treatment began
- Why God let medicine and a miracle work side by side in her healing
- The remarkable story of receiving $2,000 twice, from two people with no connection to each other
- Celia's encouragement for anyone facing a situation that feels impossible

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This is a powerful **true miracle story** of survival from the front lines of war. When missionary nurses served in a Cambodian refugee camp during the Khmer Rouge and Vietnamese conflict, shells fell on every side of them — yet they were never hit. This **Christian testimony** of **God's protection** shows that His promises of safety are just as real today as they were in Scripture.

During the height of the Pol Pot era, this missionary and his wife served as nurses in a refugee hospital, providing humanitarian care under constant danger. One evening, soldiers warned them their singing could be heard from the front line — a front line they didn't realize was already dangerously close. Soon after, the camp came under direct shelling, forcing them to keep an emergency bag ready at all times so they could flee at a moment's notice. In one particularly harrowing moment, as his wife evacuated by four-wheel drive, shells exploded on either side of the road — yet she made it safely across the border to Thailand, completely unharmed. Looking back, this couple sees clear evidence of God's hand protecting them through it all, a living picture of Psalm 91's promise of refuge and protection.

In this episode, you will hear:

- How missionary nurses ended up serving in a dangerous Cambodian refugee camp during the Khmer Rouge and Vietnamese conflict

- The moment soldiers warned them the front line was closer than they realized

- A harrowing evacuation where shells exploded on both sides of the road

- Why Psalm 91 became a personal, lived reality for this couple in the middle of war

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This is a modern day miracle of physical restoration that left doctors stunned. After being told she would bleed out and die without surgery, Leah Hodge experienced divine healing that reversed a devastating diagnosis of ulcerative colitis — not once, but twice.

After a dramatic deliverance from demonic oppression in the previous episode, Leah returned home to Australia still gravely ill with ulcerative colitis. Repeated hospitalizations, transfusions, and failed medications led to a devastating verdict: surgeons said her bowel would need to be removed to save her life. Just before the operation, at her mother's urging, Leah agreed to a biblical anointing service in her hospital room. Within 48 hours, her inflammation markers dropped so dramatically that doctors canceled the surgery and sent her home — with no medical explanation. Two years later, still battling flare-ups despite ongoing treatment, Leah felt convicted to trust God completely and stop all her medications. Her gastroenterologist warned her she would bleed to death. Instead, three months later, a follow-up colonoscopy revealed her bowel had healed completely — and she has lived symptom-free without medication ever since.

In this episode, you will hear:

• How a hospital-room anointing service caused Leah's inflammation to drop overnight, canceling a scheduled bowel removal surgery
• A doctor's blunt warning — "you will bleed and die" — after Leah decided to stop all her medication
• The natural remedies and unwavering faith that led to a complete bowel healing in just three months
• Why Leah believes total surrender to God, not medicine alone, was the turning point in her health journey

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Delivered From Demons: A True Miracle Story — what happens when a hospital room becomes the battleground between fear and faith? This episode shares a raw, real miracle story of divine healing, answered prayer, and a Christian testimony of deliverance that still leaves listeners speechless.

Leah Hodge takes us from a childhood miracle in Fiji, through a decade lost to addiction and depression, to a search for healing that turned dangerous. What began as a personal health journey — a 25-day water fast meant to cure a mysterious illness — spirals into a life-threatening infection in a remote part of Costa Rica. Alone, weak, and far from home, Leah's mother turns to desperate prayer, and what follows is a chain of events almost too precise to be coincidence: an impossible phone call, a stranger who appears exactly when needed, and a hospital-room deliverance that Leah says only prayer can explain.

In this episode, you will hear:

How a 10-meter fall as a toddler became early evidence of God's protection over Leah's life
The shocking way a broken phone became the answer to a desperate prayer
The mystery stranger who appeared in a Costa Rican hospital — and was never seen again
Leah's firsthand account of deliverance from demonic possession through prayer

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This is a true story of divine protection and answered prayer in the face of real danger. When a river turned too deadly to enter, a small church in Papua New Guinea discovered what a modern day miracle looks like when faith is put to the test.

Forty people in a remote village up the Tarama River were ready for baptism, but no one had set foot in the water in five or six years. Crocodiles had made the river too dangerous even for washing clothes or fishing, and every alternative the church board considered fell short. With no safe option left, the church elders and a group of fourth-year theology students made a decision that stunned the watching village: they linked hands and stood in the river themselves while the baptisms took place, immersed for over an hour as hundreds of onlookers watched.

In this episode, you will hear:

Why one Papua New Guinea village had avoided their river for five or six years
The options a church board considered before choosing to trust God with their own safety
How forty people were baptized in the very waters everyone feared
What hundreds of witnesses, many not yet believers, saw that day in the river

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Can prayer change a hopeless medical reality? Prepare to be inspired by this powerful modern day miracle and unforgettable Christian faith story of life triumphing over death.

In this episode, host Elizabeth Serra shares a remarkable bedtime story told by her mother, a healthcare worker stationed in New Guinea. When a family brought their critically ill baby to the hospital, they initially refused any Christian prayer. However, after the baby’s heart tragically stopped beating and the infant was pronounced dead, the desperate parents finally asked for prayer. As Elizabeth's mother prayed with her stethoscope still against the baby's chest, the tiny heart miraculously started beating again, leaving the family overjoyed and transformed by the power of God.

In this episode, you will hear:
• The intense moment a family repeatedly rejects prayer despite their baby's worsening condition.
• The heartbreak of a flatline and the sudden shift in the parents' hearts.
• A dramatic, firsthand account of a child returning to life during an unexpected prayer.
• How a divine intervention left a lasting legacy of faith across generations.

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