The Life of Jesus film crew has gained rare access to an archaeological find that cements historical evidence early Christians worshiped Jesus as divine.

The director said to me in an encouraging way, ‘Only one more day of shooting, then home,’ but I wouldn’t let myself relax. Too much time overseas has taught me that it’s never really over until you’re stumbling over your luggage on to your bed. The last few days of The Life of Jesus documentary shoot have proved to be the most eventful, without a shadow of a doubt.

Paul told Timothy, ‘Everyone who wants to live a Godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted’ – I think that goes for film crews who attempt to tell the truth as well.

We live in extraordinary times – times of astonishing change. Since the launch of the Internet into the public arena in the nineties and the widespread adoption of mobile technology, our society, especially the youngest members of it, has undergone a radical change in the way we gather information, learn, communicate with each other and ultimately the way we relate.

The last four days have probably been some of the most exhausting international work I have ever done – and some of the most revealing.

Have you ever heard the expression, ‘In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king’? I think it has some relevance to my involvement in the last few days of the Life of Jesus shoot.

I am convinced that there are more pieces of rock that originated in Israel outside of its borders than currently exists inside – thanks to the millions of tourists it plays host to every year. The crew of The Life of Jesus documentary series are not immune.

I’ll admit it – when they told us that they had lost eleven of our bags, including most of the camera equipment, I felt a glow of pleasure.

The power of advertising is its ability to provide convincing arguments for products we may not think we need – a skill Christians could do well to learn.

There’s nothing like raising boys to make you reflect on your own childhood. As you seek to help them fill their leisure hours, you reflect on those activities you used to engage in.

Skin-tight t-shirts, hip-swivelling moves, thumping base-beats, five-part harmonies, the prayer of St Francis of Assisi. Spot the odd man out.

The rise of the ‘kidult’ requires a re-think of how we do evangelism.

The human body, the obsession of the western world in the 21st century - and now a new program by Carson Kressly, formerly of Queer eye for the straight guy investigates how we feel about ourselves naked.

Mark Hadley and Sheridan Voysey discuss How to look good naked one of the latest programs to hit Australia's Network TEN.

What can eight self-made entrepreneurs from the UK do for poverty in Uganda?

Mark Hadley and Sheridan Voysey discuss the Christian's perspective of this new British series.

For anyone who misses God, Prince Caspian will remind you that to keep His company you must be prepared to move forward with Him. The comfort, though, is knowing that if you feel lost, He is waiting only a little way ahead.

Humility over ego; truth-telling over tantalising; listening over speaking. Of all the occupations these maxims could be associated with, journalism would surely be the last. But they were the very vocation-challenging values called for by speakers at the second ‘Access All Areas’ conference for Christian media workers held at the weekend. They came from the lips of media power-brokers as significant as the general manager of the ABC, and were echoed by international delegates drawn from as far afield as the earthquake-racked villages of China’s Sichuan province. The message was clear: report as though you were writing for an audience of One…

The passengers of Oceanic Flight 815 have been lost for three seasons now - will the cast of the popular television series 'Lost' ever get off their mysterious island? Mark Hadley talks about the moral lessons they've learned while they wait for their salvation.

The Counterfeiters is another of those difficult films to watch – the kind that you find so personally challenging, you honestly wonder if you could ever watch it again.

Pop culture analysed from a Christian perspective. Chef extraordinaire Gordon Ramsay is making waves as much for his mouth as his cooking. Mark Hadley asks, 'Is his swearing a problem?'

The clock strikes 10pm and glowing graphics stream across a turning digital globe as urgent orchestral music announces the impending arrival of important information – but this is not your normal late night news.

Iron Man is a wake-up call to a generation that has enjoyed the excesses of the affluent West, unencumbered by the morals of their parents. When a person comes to the end of their life it is their deeds, not their words, by which they will be judged.

Pop culture analysed from a Christian perspective. This episode reviewer Mark Hadley takes a look at Newstopia, the latest in a long line of news-as-comedy programs and asks the question, what makes a good satire?

Wendy Harmer’s new foray into the life-style focused documentary is a surprisingly considered approach to our obsession with ownership and the objects that give our lives meaning. But at what point do we stop possessing and start to become possessed?

Pop culture analysed from a Christian perspective. This episode reviewer Mark Hadley considers the contribution the ABC program 'Stuff', hosted by Wendy Harmer, makes to our understanding of our possessions and how they possess us.

It’s not just the portrayal of sex that has the power to reshape our self-image. Fantasy story-lines centering on power and money are just as likely to undermine our characters as alluring images erode the surface.