Faith Runs Deep - Season 1

As a missionary to the South Seas, Richard Johnson was the chaplain on the First Fleet. This episode looks at Johnson's and others commitment to the Gospel. We also hear of the remarkble and miraculous personal story of artist Bindi Cole Chocka.

Lachlan Macquarie and his wife Elizabeth were dedicated Christians who believed in forgiveness and giving second chances. As governor of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821, Macquarie emancipated or set free more convicts than any other governor before him. Roy Williams also tells his personal story, his self-confessed ignorance of God, and how he came to realize the truth of the Gospel.

The history of the treatment of the First Nations people of this nation is an awful story, full of injustice, which continues to impact lives and communities today. The Christian Church was seen as complicit and at times active in the process of colonization. Yet, in the complexity of history, we find that the only people speaking out about the injustice of the time were Christians and those like John Gribble and Lancelot Threlkeld sought to bring the message and love of Jesus to the indigenous people. Indigenous elder, Riverbank Frank speaks about Indigenous activist Bill Ferguson, as well as his own personal story of coming to faith in Christ.

This episode looks at people such as JD Lang and George Fife Angas who came to this country as people of faith, and who helped shape this nation. We also hear Tony Hoang's incredible personal story, who as a second-generation immigrant, became a drug dealer at 14, was jailed, came to teh end of himself, and had God break into his life in a miraculous way.

This episode introduces a number of sporting professionals, both from history and today, who found winning does not deliver true fulfillment and joy. We hear from Olympian Eloise Wellings, bull rider Tim Kelly, former AFL player Shaun Hart and racing car driver Andrew Fisher. Former NRL player, Peter Gibbs, also shares his own rise and fall story and how finding faith in Jesus saved his life.