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Sacred Texts - 2003

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The Silk Road

31/12/2003
Of all the places on the Silk Road the town of Dunhuang revealed the greatest riches to historians.

Intrepid Monk, Hsuan Tsang

05/11/2003
In the 7th Century when China was ruled by rival emperors who regarded India to be a land of barbarians, Hsuan Tsang (Xuanzang) set out on a journey west along the ancient Silk Road to India, the home of Buddhism. On a mission to retrieve as many Buddhist texts as possible, he finally returned to Dun Huang, central China, 18 years later. This is the story of the single most important monk in Chinese history.

Fair Dinkum Jesus   Read Transcript

03/09/2003
The life of Jesus is now available in the OBV - "Old Bush Vernacular". Author Kel Richards explains the power of the gospel rendered into i>The Aussie Bible - Well Bits of it Anyway.

The Silk Road

16/04/2003
Of all the places on the Silk Road the town of Dunhuang revealed the greatest riches to historians.

The Jesus Sutras   Read Transcript

05/02/2003
In 1907 in a remote region of China, explorers discovered a vast treasure of ancient scrolls some of which were Christian. Dating from the 7th Century, the Jesus Sutras are Chinese accounts of the life and teachings of Jesus.