iBelieve Magazine Easter 2025

REAL LIFE

• YouTuber Michelle Reynoso reveals how she turned her back on drugs after walking into a church
• Doctors said James shouldn’t be alive. But thanks to a miracle he is here to tell his story of God’s healing power
• After enduring six weeks of chemotherapy, Alex MacDougall says that his life has a new outlook
• David Ramanauskas has written a book about his miracle healing from pancreatic cancer
• After crawling from his crashed car, Ben Hylden thought it would be his last moment on earth
• A charity is calling on the world’s governments to act after 70 believers were beheaded in the DRC
• Marziyeh Amirizadeh refused to stop declaring her love for Jesus despite death threats for her faith

CELEBRITIES

• Little Mermaid actor Jodi Benson’s life was on a downward spiral just as her career rocketed
• Adventurer Bear Grylls reflects on how he copes with risk
• Denzel Washington has long been vocal about his faith but now he’s baptised & heading to the pulpit
• Actor Mel Gibson says there is ‘verifiable history’ of the resurrection as he works on a new film about Jesus
• David Gyasi remembers the day he had a run-in with God about taking a sexually ambigiuous role
• Actor Jamie Foxx has given God the credit for saving his life after a brain bleed and stroke

TEACHING

• We look at 12 results that show the resurrection isn’t just a past event
• Did Jesus really rise from the dead? These seven facts demonstrate that he did
• Professor NT Wright says the resurrection of Jesus makes sense of life
• Ken Ham argues that we’re now living in a ‘Babylon-like’ society
• For an effective life of prayer and faith, we need to understand how we best meet with God
• We create ripples of possibility far beyond our immediate circles when we speak life, writes Shirene Agbelusi
• Malcolm Duncan says that God’s peace should not only flow ‘to’ us, it should also flow ‘through’ us
• If we’re honest, our unspoken words often reveal the true condition of our heart, writes Leon Evans

VIEWS

• Against a bleak backdrop, we have an alternative message of hope for 2025, argues Gavin Calver
• Mark Lyndon-Jones offers his top Bible-based tips to help men become more grounded
• We have a choice when our seasons change, writes Liam Husband

FAITH IN ACTION

• Bishop Hwa Yung reflects on an amazing move of the Holy Spirit during a remarkable revival in Borneo
• We look at decorated pilot Jack Hemmings and how he co-founded the world’s largest humanitarian airline

MINISTRY

• Richard and Klaudia Cairns share what God has done since he led them to plant a church in Barnsley
• Matt Roper reflects on the horrific reality of Route 116 in Brazil, known as the highway of exploitation
• Chaplain Marcus Thomas helps improve mental health support for players at Ammanford Rugby Club

OUTREACH

• It’s a year of growth and change for one church in Blackburn
• Every Easter, The Beacon in Essex treats its town to a family festival

FEATURES

• FOOD Springtime recipes
• TIME OUT Two pages of puzzles
• SPORT We focus on the sports stars who lean on their faith
• TIME OUT Our fave memes
• HOLIDAYS Your ideal break starts here