A View from the Bunker

<p>IT IS possible to be delivered from addiction so severe that not only do you lose your family, but you’re convinced that you are the Messiah in the flesh. </p><p><br></p><p>Barbara Joan Briggs discusses her book <a href="https://amzn.to/44Z9ocf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Love and Renewal of the Heart and Mind</a>, an honest, revealing, and inspiring account of how Jesus Christ saved her from a life of mental illness, hearing voices from the unseen realm that encouraged her to follow a path that nearly led to destruction for her and her children.</p>

<p>IS IT possible to literally scare the hell out of someone?</p><p><br></p><p>Joining us for our monthly Iron and Myth round table are award-winning screenwriter and best-selling author Brian Godawa (<a href="http://godawa.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Godawa.com</a>), Pastor Doug Van Dorn (<a href="http://douglasvandorn.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">DouglasVanDorn.com</a>), author of Giants: Sons of the Gods, and Director of the Institute of Biblical Anthropology Dr. Judd Burton (<a href="http://burtonbeyond.net" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">BurtonBeyond.net</a>), author of Interview With the Giant: Ethnohistorical Notes on the Nephilim. </p><p><br></p><p>With the buzz around the recent horror film Nefarious, which presents a more theologically accurate picture of demonic possession than pretty much anything from Hollywood, we address the question: Can Christians use horror as an apologetic?</p>

<p>GOTH CULTURE is dark. So, how is it even possible for music described as “Christian Goth” to be a thing, much less spread the gospel of Jesus Christ? </p><p><br></p><p>Musician and author <a href="https://www.tracetaylor.co.uk/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Trace Taylor</a> joins us to discuss the unique musical styles she employs to share the hope we have in Jesus, especially her genre-busting single <a href="https://www.parousiathesingle.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Parousia</a>, which has earned praise from secular media like Zero Tolerance magazine, a music publication that normally features music that promote the dark side. </p><p><br></p><p>Trace discusses the influences on her style, the challenges of being a worship leader whose musical styles fall outside the mainstream, and her new book From Nothing: Ex Nihilo, which addresses the question that modern science still fails to answer: Where do we come from?</p>

<p>OFFICIAL DISCLOSURE is back in the news as a “whistleblower” has come forward with claims of alien spacecraft recovered by the US military. </p><p><br></p><p>We’ve heard this before. Actual proof is non-existent, and, as with every major UFO/UAP “disclosure” since Roswell in 1947, the military-intelligence complex has fingerprints all over it. </p><p><br></p><p>So, to commemorate the 76th anniversary of the Roswell incident, we bring you a presentation based on the 2017 book Josh Peck and I co-authored, The Day the Earth Stands Still. This was a talk I gave last fall at the Church of Glad Tidings in Live Oak, California. The bottom line is this: The modern belief in “ancient aliens” can be traced from Zecharia Sitchin and Erich Von Däniken back to the occult teachings of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky and Aleister Crowley—by way of the horror fiction of H. P. Lovecraft. </p><p><br></p><p>In our book, and in this talk, we connect the dots from Crowley to Cthulhu to Chaos.</p>

<p>ANCIENT ALIENS, cosmic conspiracies, and a final battle for the fate of humanity. It's like the Avengers meets the Book of Revelation. </p><p><br></p><p>That’s the elevator pitch for the new novel <a href="https://amzn.to/3XnhOHw" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Regenesis Code: The Cosmic Conspiracy Book 1</a>. Co-authors <a href="https://www.douglashamp.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Dr. Doug Hamp</a> and filmmaker Morné Theunissen join us to discuss the inspiration for a fresh take on the end of days—a story that includes Doug’s discovery of new information that’s been hiding in plain sight on the inscription found on the summit of Mount Hermon in 1869 by Sir Charles Warren. </p>

<p>JESUS BASED his ministry in a part of Israel that was known as a hotbed of supernatural activity for thousands of years—a place that features not one, but three megalithic sites described as “wheels of the giants.” </p><p><br></p><p>Why did he do it? What was special about the Upper Galilee and Golan Heights—the ancient kingdom of Bashan, a name that literally means “place of the serpent”? </p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://godawa.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Brian Godawa</a>, award-winning screenwriter and best-selling author, Pastor <a href="https://douglasvandorn.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Doug Van Dorn</a>, author of Giants: Sons of the Gods, and Director of the Institute of Biblical Anthropology <a href="https://burtonbeyond.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Dr. Judd Burton</a>, author of Interview With the Giant: Ethnohistorical Notes on the Nephilim, join us for our monthly Iron and Myth series to discuss the links between the region between Mount Hermon and the Sea of Galilee, speculate on why it’s literally covered with monuments to an ancient cult of the Rephaim, and explore the reasons Jesus may have had for choosing that area as the home base of his ministry.</p>

<p>WHAT DOES pickleball have to do with living life as a follower of Jesus Christ? Surprisingly, more than you’d think.</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.hearttug.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Stacy Lynn Harp</a>, Christian therapist and host of <a href="https://hearttug.org/bible-news-radio/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Bible News Radio</a>, joins us to discuss her book <a href="https://payhip.com/hearttug" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Pickleball Faith: Inspiration On and Off the Court</a>. Stacy explains how what appeared to be a means to connect with others in her adopted home state of Tennessee became a series of life lessons on conflict, death, sportsmanship, and faith.</p>

<p>WHERE JESUS performed his miracles is often just as important as the miracles themselves. </p><p><br></p><p>Case in point: The only miracle other than the Resurrection to appear in all four gospels is the feeding of the 5,000. The Bible tells us this occurred in a desolate area near Bethsaida, the hometown of the apostles Peter, Andrew, and Philip. </p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://douglasvandorn.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Doug Van Dorn</a>, author of Giants: Sons of the Gods, and Director of the Institute of Biblical Anthropology <a href="https://burtonbeyond.net/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Dr. Judd Burton</a>, author of Interview With the Giant: Ethnohistorical Notes on the Nephilim, join us to discuss an unknown megalithic site on the bank of the Jordan River two miles north of the Sea of Galilee. If you watch the video broadcast, you’ll see exclusive photos and video of this ancient site as we explain why we think it’s where the miracle took place—and why it’s linked to an old belief, described in Psalm 74:13–14, that God served up Leviathan as food for creatures in the wilderness.</p>

<p>TWO THOUSAND years ago, the city of Ephesus was dominated by the cult of Artemis. Her temple was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, and the silversmiths who made images of the goddess started a riot because Paul’s preaching cut into their business. </p><p><br></p><p>Stephan Caraway, co-founder of <a href="https://www.figtreewatchers.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Fig Tree Watchers Ministries</a>, joins us to discuss a new article he’s posted as part of a series on the Book of Ephesians, “<a href="https://www.figtreewatchers.com/2023/05/02/ephesus-lamp-stand/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Why Ephesus Lost a Lamp Stand to Paganism and Violence</a>.” Even with the Word of God delivered by the apostle Paul, the church at Ephesus fell back into pagan practices that focused on icons, individuals, and images. Stephan explains why Ephesus, and the message from Jesus delivered by John in the Book of Revelation, is a dire warning for believers today.</p>

<p>ONE OF THE difficulties in understanding the spirit realm is that New Testament authors, especially Paul, used the same Greek terms for both earthly and heavenly beings. </p><p><br></p><p>So, how do we understand terms like thrones, dominions, rulers, authorities, principalities, and powers? To borrow another phrase from Paul, as though we’re looking into a mirror in a darkened room. </p><p><br></p><p>Joining us for our monthly Iron and Myth series are <a href="https://godawa.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Brian Godawa</a>, award-winning screenwriter and best-selling author; Pastor <a href="https://douglasvandorn.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Doug Van Dorn</a>, author of Giants: Sons of the Gods and The Angel of the LORD; and Director of the Institute of Biblical Anthropology <a href="https://burtonbeyond.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Dr. Judd Burton</a>, author of Interview With the Giant: Ethnohistorical Notes on the Nephilim.</p><p><br></p><p>We grapple with the terms used for denizens of the unseen realm, including the term rendered “saints” in English (and why it doesn’t always mean humans), and the mysterious Glorious Ones that, according to Peter and Jude, were blasphemed by rebellious persons within the first-century church. </p>

<p>NEARLY EVERY culture on Earth features a creation account that includes heavenly voice speaking into the human world and creating the algorithms of human civilization. </p><p><br></p><p>Ali Siadatan, creator of <a href="https://www.thinkagainproductions.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Think Again Productions</a>, joins us to discuss the fundamental differences between the creation accounts of the pagan world and the story contained in the Bible—and to explain why the modern UFO phenomenon is just a new spin on old pagan myths.</p>

<p>IT COULD BE the most controversial passage in the Bible: The Nephilim [or giants] were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown. (Gen 6:4, ESV)</p><p><br></p><p>Scholars and theologians have argued over that verse for thousands of years. While scholars have come to accept that the verse means what it says, Christian seminaries still teach pastors that the “sons of God” were the righteous male descendants of Seth, the son of Adam and Eve. </p><p><br></p><p>In 2019, I gave a presentation on this at the Look, He is Coming with the Clouds Prophecy Conference at Crosspointe Church in Sanger, California. The bottom line is this: The Nephilim were divine-human hybrids whose creation was universally accepted by the prophets, apostles, and early church. The spirits of the giants destroyed in the Flood of Noah are the demons that are with us today. </p><p><br></p><p>Most important, the Hebrew prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel foretold the ultimate destruction of the Nephilim. </p>

<p>HUMANITY IS CAUGHT in a life-and-death struggle with forces beyond our comprehension. And powerful political and religious groups appear to be siding with this inhuman enemy. </p><p><br></p><p>Daniel Holdings, writer of the new Steve Quayle documentary Lies of Men and Gods, discusses this supernatural conspiracy thousands of years in the making. </p>

<p>What’s the difference between angels, cherubim, and seraphim? Who are the Watchers, and can a messenger angel, a malak, be promoted to the rank of Watcher?</p><p><br></p><p>We’re joined for our monthly Iron and Myth roundtable by <a href="https://godawa.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Brian Godawa</a>, award-winning screenwriter and best-selling author; Pastor <a href="https://douglasvandorn.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Doug Van Dorn</a>, author of Giants: Sons of the Gods and The Angel of the LORD; and Director of the Institute of Biblical Anthropology <a href="https://burtonbeyond.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Dr. Judd Burton</a>, author of Interview With the Giant: Ethnohistorical Notes on the Nephilim. We discuss rank in the spirit realm based on terms used in the Old Testament—malakim (angels), cherubim, seraphim, and Watchers—and try to make some sense of the unseen realm.</p>

<p>SOMEONE OR some group has figured out a process for abducting and disposing of more than a hundred healthy young men in the U.S., U.K., and Europe over the last twenty years. </p><p><br></p><p>The victims are found in bodies of water, but not drowned, and many were found with a smiley face symbol painted or carved on a surface nearby. </p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://vimeo.com/williamramsey" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">William Ramsey</a>, producer/director of the documentary The Smiley Face Killers, joins us to discuss the occult connections behind this disturbing series of deaths. <a href="https://vimeo.com/239269152" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Click here</a> to watch The Smiley Face Killers at Vimeo.</p>

<p>MORE PEOPLE believe in ET than in the God of the Bible. We wish that was a joke. </p><p><br></p><p><a href="http://www.joshpeckdisclosure.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Josh Peck</a>, co-author with Derek of <a href="http://www.officialdisclosure.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Day the Earth Stands Still</a>, explains why a couple of Christian researchers and authors spent half a year writing a book about UFOs and “alien” abduction.</p>

<p>OUR GUEST this week is a longtime UFO investigator who has concluded, after decades of research, that the “UFO phenomenon does not constitute conclusive evidence of actual physical ET visitations by physical extraterrestrial biological entities piloting or maneuvering physical extraterrestrial spacecraft of any kind.” </p><p><br></p><p>Norio Hayakawa, who’s featured in the film Alien Intrusion, joins us to explain why the phenomenon is real, but not what most people think it is. </p><p><br></p><p>Visit Norio’s Civilian Intelligence News Service at noriohayakawa.<a href="http://wordpress.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wordpress.com.</a></p>

<p>THE NEPHILIM were on the earth in those days, and also afterward. In fact, the spiritual descendants of the Nephilim are still at work in the world today.</p><p><br></p><p><a href="http://genesis6conspiracy.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Gary Wayne</a>, author of <a href="http://amzn.to/2lUd39Z" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Genesis 6 Conspiracy: How Secret Societies and the Descendants of Giants Plan to Enslave Humankind</a> (note: <a href="http://amzn.to/2nmERRE" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">click here</a> for the Kindle ebook edition), discusses the research behind his wide-ranging work that covers at least 6,000 years of history and the strategy behind the long game played by the Nephilim, their angel creators, and their human dupes.</p>

<p>Graham Hancock’s Ancient Apocalypse has been called the most dangerous show on Netflix. Why?</p><p><br></p><p>Author and pastor <a href="https://douglasvandorn.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Doug Van Dorn</a>, bestselling author and award-winning screenwriter <a href="https://godawa.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Brian Godawa</a>, and Director of the Institute of Biblical Anthropology <a href="https://burtonbeyond.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Dr. Judd Burton</a> join us for our monthly Iron and Myth round table to discuss the hit series that’s sent professional archaeologists and the terminally woke into fits.</p><p><br></p><p>What could possibly be so dangerous about a series that investigates mysterious megalithic sites that apparently were built by different cultures with no prior history of that type of technology or architecture, and all at around the same time—9600 BC, the end of the last Ice Age, and following a devastating global flood.</p><p><br></p><p>Well, for one thing, Hancock proposes that survivors of the Ice Age took knowledge preserved from a superior civilization brought that information to surviving hunter-gatherer cultures around the world, thereby moving the influence of a superior culture—which, in our worldview, was that of the angelic Watchers described in the Book of 1 Enoch—from before the Flood of Noah to after.</p><p><br></p><p>Surprisingly, however, Hancock has also received a lot of pushback from progressives who interpret his theory as a racist rewrite of history, assuming that he believes that indigenous people were not able to build megalithic structures like Göbekli Tepe without the help of (presumably light-skinned) foreigners.</p><p><br></p><p>We discuss the good and bad in Ancient Apocalypse and how Hancock’s blind spot—his dismissal of the agency of supernatural entities—prevents him from seeing the truth.</p>

<p>GIANTS OF MYTH are described in surprisingly similar terms all over the world, from Mesopotamia to Mesoamerica. There is a reason for that.</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://douglasvandorn.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Doug Van Dorn</a>, pastor of the Reformed Baptist Church of Northern Colorado in Boulder, joins us to discuss his revised and expanded edition of his groundbreaking book, Giants: Sons of the Gods. Yes, the giants in the Bible were real, and they’re important. Ignoring the Nephilim, as the modern Christian church usually does, leaves a gaping hole in our theology.</p>

<p>THE BIBLE tells us that father Abraham died at the age of 175. How can we reconcile that with science without losing our belief in the inerrancy of scripture?</p><p><br></p><p>Dr. Craig Olson, Dean of Biblical Studies at Trinity Southwest University, explains that the problem is not the number, it’s the difference in the way numbers were used in the ancient Near East compared to today. In a nutshell, people 3,500 years ago simply did not record history and interpret numbers the way we do in the 21st century AD. </p><p><br></p><p>Dr. Olson also explains why Tall el-Hammam, an archaeological site eight miles northeast of the Dead Sea, is far more likely to be ancient Sodom than the traditional location, Bab ed-Dhra, southeast of the Dead Sea.</p>

<p>Renowned Bible scholar, author, friend, and mentor Dr. Michael S. Heiser stepped into eternity Monday, February 20, 2023. All of us owe Mike a debt.</p><p><br></p><p>Director of the Institute of Biblical Anthropology <a href="https://burtonbeyond.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Dr. Judd Burton</a>, bestselling author and award-winning screenwriter <a href="https://godawa.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Brian Godawa</a>, and Pastor <a href="https://douglasvandorn.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Doug Van Dorn</a> return this week to share memories of Mike—how we first became aware of his work, how it’s influenced our lives, and the legacy Mike leaves behind.</p><p><br></p><p>”Farther Along” sung by the Coles County Barbershop Chorus under the direction of Timothy Woodall.</p>

<p>DEMONS ARE the spirits of the giants destroyed in the Flood of Noah. At least, that’s what Jews of the Second Temple period and the early Christian church believed.</p><p><br></p><p>Author and pastor <a href="https://douglasvandorn.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Doug Van Dorn</a>, bestselling author and award-winning screenwriter <a href="https://godawa.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Brian Godawa</a>, and Director of the Institute of Biblical Anthropology <a href="https://burtonbeyond.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Dr. Judd Burton</a> join us for our monthly Iron and Myth round table to discuss the origin of evil spirits. We dig into what the Bible says about these spirits, extrabiblical texts, and startling evidence that the demigod heroes of Greece like Herakles and Perseus were the Rephaim of the Amorites, Canaanites, and Hebrews.</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://theoluniv.ub.rug.nl/32/7/2013Doedens%20Dissertation.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Here’s a link</a> to the paper mentioned by Doug during the program, “The Sons of God in Genesis 6:1–4,” a 2013 doctoral dissertation by Dr. Jaap Doedens (link opens PDF file).</p>

<p>GIANTS ARE in the Bible because they’re important.</p><p><br></p><p>This week, we bring you an interview recorded in July of 2021 with <a href="https://drmsh.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Dr. Michael Heiser</a>, a giant among Bible scholars, in our view. Mike’s research and his willingness to share it has literally changed the lives of thousands of people. His books, including The Unseen Realm, Reversing Hermon, Angels, Demons, and A Companion to the Book of Enoch, Volumes 1 and 2, are foundational to a deeper understanding of the Bible.</p><p><br></p><p>In this discussion, Mike explains why the giants of Genesis 6 are still relevant today, why Joshua’s conquest of Canaan was a war to destroy the Anakim (who are linked to the Nephilim), the significance of Mount Hermon, and the connection between baptism and the Watchers who rebelled against God in the days of Noah.</p><p><br></p><p>You can support Mike’s ministry Milqlat at <a href="http://www.miqlat.org" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.miqlat.org</a>, and help Mike’s family through <a href="https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/32qlrl/updates/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Meal Train</a>.</p>

<p>An eight-foot golden statue on a courthouse in New York City is just the latest piece of evidence of a cult of Watcher worship at high levels of our society.</p><p><br></p><p>Christopher Knowles, proprietor of the Secret Sun Institute of Advanced Synchromysticism, joins us to explain why the figure, described by a New York politician as a “satanic golden Medusa demon,” represents the gender-fluid Sumerian goddess Inanna, called Qetesh in Egypt (and Ishtar, Astarte, and many other names in many other places over the centuries), and how this is part of an ongoing series of “art” displays intended to re-establish the “old blood sacrifice cults… under the cover of Woke.”</p>

<p>A large city that just happens to be where the Bible places Sodom was destroyed by an air burst in the Middle Bronze Age—just when Abraham would have been in Canaan.</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://trinitysouthwest.academia.edu/PhillipSilvia" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Dr. Phillip Silvia</a> is the co-author of <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-97778-3" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">a peer-reviewed paper</a> that stirred up a lot of controversy in September of 2021 by describing a cataclysmic event over the north end of the Dead Sea about 3,700 years ago comparable to the Tunguska blast in 1908. Dr. Silvia is the Director of Scientific Analysis at Tall el-Hammam, an archaeological site in Jordan east of Jericho, about 8 miles northeast of the Dead Sea. He tells us why the evidence on the ground aligns with the Bible’s description of the destruction of Sodom.</p>

<p>Who or what are demons? Where do they come from, and how are they different from fallen angels?</p><p><br></p><p>Author and pastor <a href="https://douglasvandorn.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Doug Van Dorn</a>, bestselling author and award-winning screenwriter <a href="https://godawa.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Brian Godawa</a>, and Director of the Institute of Biblical Anthropology <a href="https://burtonbeyond.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Dr. Judd Burton</a> join us for our monthly Iron and Myth round table to discuss evil spirits of the unseen realm—and the connections between the heroes of Greek mythology and the Nephilim of the Bible.</p>

<p>SODOM IS REAL and it’s been found. By the time you see or hear this program, a team will be on its way to Jordan for the final season of excavations at the site.</p><p><br></p><p>We sat down with Dr. Steven Collins, author of Discovering the City of Sodom and Co-Director of the Tall el-Hammam Excavation Project. He shared with us the excitement of uncovering a site that was one of the most important Bronze Age cities in the Levant, and he explained the significance of the massive field of dolmens, megalithic funerary monuments probably used in rituals for a cult of the dead, at the base of the city. </p>

<p>CONSTANT ACCESS to the Internet has exposed an entire generation of children to predators in ways that are difficult to imagine. </p><p><br></p><p>Opal Singleton-Hendershot, CEO of <a href="https://millionkids.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Million Kids</a> and author of the books <a href="https://amzn.to/3XeOLok" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Seduced: The Grooming of America’s Teenagers</a> and <a href="https://amzn.to/3ijbgtt" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Societal Shift: A World Without Borders and A Home Without Walls</a>, joins us to discuss the new documentary Sextortion: The Hidden Pandemicand the threat posed by devious predators who use and manipulate kids who don’t realize the dangers hiding on the other side of the screen.</p><p><br></p><p>Sextortion is available to watch instantly on a number of video services. <a href="https://geni.us/Sextortion" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Click here</a> to watch the film.</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://millionkids.org/resources" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Click here</a> to take advantage of some of the online resources recommended for parents by Million Kids.</p>

<p>IT’S TIME Christians reclaim Christmas.</p><p><br></p><p>We live at a time when some Christians are intimidated about wishing other Christians a Merry Christmas, afraid they might accidentally be participating in what was originally a pagan rite. Our monthly Iron and Myth round table says, “So what if it was?”</p><p><br></p><p>Author and pastor <a href="https://douglasvandorn.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Doug Van Dorn</a>, bestselling author and award-winning screenwriter <a href="https://godawa.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Brian Godawa</a>, and Director of the Institute of Biblical Anthropology <a href="https://burtonbeyond.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Dr. Judd Burton</a> discuss the signs in the heavens that pointed to the birth of Jesus, the ways in which the powers and principalities—the gods of the pagan world—have tried to appropriate what was, in actual, historical fact, a Christian celebration from the beginning, and why—biblically—it doesn’t matter.</p><p><br></p><p>Links:</p><p>• <a href="https://www.askelm.com/star/index.asp" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Star that Astonished the World</a> by Dr. E. L. Martin (full text available online</p><p>• )Dr. Michael Heiser’s Naked Bible Podcast: <a href="https://drmsh.com/naked-bible-podcast-episode-195-is-christmas-a-pagan-holiday/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Is Christmas a Pagan Holiday?</a></p><p>• Dr. Michael Heiser - <a href="https://drmsh.com/september-11-happy-birthday-to-jesus/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">September 11: Happy Birthday to Jesus</a></p><p>• Brian Godawa's book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/God-Against-Gods-Storytelling-Imagination-ebook/dp/B01DP7N0W4" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">God Against the Gods: Storytelling, Imagination, and Apologetics in the Bible</a></p><p>• Derek Gilbert - <a href="https://www.gilberthouse.org/2022/12/the-truth-about-christmas/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Truth About Christmas</a></p><p>• Derek Gilbert - <a href="https://www.derekpgilbert.com/2018/12/23/merry-non-pagan-christmas/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Merry Non-Pagan Christmas</a></p><p>• Pastor Doug Van Dorn’s “Wandering Stars” sermons on the churches of Revelation:</p><p> • Rev 2:1-7; 3:14-22 ~ Wanderings Stars Part I: Ephesus/Laodicea <a href="https://uploads.documents.cimpress.io/v1/uploads/bcb9acbb-1fa6-412c-bdd1-789d3943f72e~110/original?tenant=vbu-digital" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=1321548147750" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Sermon Audio</a></p><p> • Rev 2:8-11; 3:7-13 ~ Wandering Stars (II): Smyrna/Philadelphia <a href="https://uploads.documents.cimpress.io/v1/uploads/3ee45b2d-0948-412b-9210-e9d4a36d503e~110/original?tenant=vbu-digital" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">PDF,</a> <a href="https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=192122630945" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Sermon Audio</a></p><p> • Rev 2:12-17; ; 3:1-6 ~ Wandering Stars (III): Pergamum/Sardis <a href="https://uploads.documents.cimpress.io/v1/uploads/d3d6336d-cad1-4ca1-9baa-f4ab41a0152d~110/original?tenant=vbu-digital" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">PDF,</a> <a href="https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=11721350141827" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Sermon Audio</a></p><p> • Rev 2:18-29 ~ Wandering Stars (IV): Thyatira <a href="https://uploads.documents.cimpress.io/v1/uploads/2a4e7bd4-efbe-4d83-a9fe-13b672a68151~110/original?tenant=vbu-digital" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=12421539412054" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Sermon Audio</a></p>

<p>OUR MOST DIFFICULT battles are not fought in the natural realm. That’s what Paul meant when he wrote, “We wrestle not against flesh and blood.”</p><p><br></p><p>Our guest this week is a young man who has already lived a full lifetime of experience. Jamal Byrd is an Air Force veteran, college athlete, successful businessman, and now author of Battle Tested, his autobiography. He hopes his story will inspire others facing the challenges of 21st-century city youth in America.</p>

<p>THE SPECTACULAR COLLAPSE of cryptocurrency exchange FTX is the latest blow to the battered global crypto market, which has lost more than 60% over the last year.</p><p><a href="https://www.guymalone.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Guy Malone</a>, copy editor for Bitcoin magazine, explains the difference between Bitcoin and cryptocurrency, what brought down the empire of Sam Bankman-Fried, and the implications for digital and fiat currencies going forward.</p>

<p>Many of us have experienced a particular type of demonic attack. Most of us don’t recognize it for what it is.</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.vickijoyanderson.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Vicki Joy Anderson</a>, author of <a href="https://www.gilberthouse.org/store/They-Only-Come-Out-at-Night-p496383817" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">They Only Come Out at Night</a>, a highly-recommended book on the terrifying phenomenon called Sleep Paralysis, joins us to explain the different between SP and night terrors, how demons literally groom children in their sleep, and what parents can do—especially fathers—to protect their families from these spiritual attacks.</p><p><br></p><p>Follow Through the Black with Vicki Joy Anderson and Tom Dunn at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@Throughtheblack2" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">their channel on YouTube</a> (@ThroughTheBlack2).</p><p><br></p><p>Subscribe and share our YouTube channel at <a href="http://www.YouTube.com/GilbertHouse" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.YouTube.com/GilbertHouse</a>!</p><p><br></p><p>Get all of our video and audio content on our new mobile app: <a href="http://www.gilberthouse.org/app/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.gilberthouse.org/app/</a>!</p>

<p>WESTERN CHRISTIANS have been so desensitized to the supernatural that we usually don’t recognize evil when it’s staring us in the face.</p><p><br></p><p>Joining us for our monthly Iron and Myth series are Brian Godawa (<a href="http://www.godawa.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.godawa.com</a>), best-selling author and award-winning screenwriter, Pastor Doug Van Dorn (<a href="http://www.douglasvandorn.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.douglasvandorn.com</a>), author of Giants: Sons of the Gods, and Dr. Judd Burton (<a href="http://www.burtonbeyond.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.burtonbeyond.com</a>), author of Interview with the Giant: Ethnohistorical Notes on the Nephilim.</p><p><br></p><p>We discuss the lack of discernment in the church today, the use of mind and mood altering drugs to open doorways to the spirit realm, and whether it’s possible for a demonic entity can inhabit an artificial intelligence, a website, or even the entire Internet.</p>

<p>ARCHAEOLOGISTS CALL IT the oldest temple on Earth. If that’s so, who or what was worshiped there?</p><p><br></p><p>Dr. Aaron Judkins (<a href="http://aaronjudkins.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">aaronjudkins.com</a>) joins us to share the research behind his new book, <a href="https://www.aaronjudkins.com/bookstore" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Guardians of Göbekli</a>. We discuss the evidence for the site’s use as a place of worship, rites that may have been practiced there, and links between the god of Göbekli and the Bible.</p>

<p>TOO OFTEN, we Christians are terrible ambassadors for our king. We prefer that those with the greatest needs clean themselves up a bit before admitting them into our congregations.<br><br>David and Tonya Holt have been on the outside looking in—dealing with various issues like drugs, abuse, and homelessness, which can open to the door for other problems of a spiritual nature. They discuss their ministry, Church Without Walls in Oildale, an impoverished area of Bakersfield, California, what led them to this work, and what it’s like doing church for the hungry, homeless, and abused in a place that literally has no walls.<br><br>You can follow the work of Opal Singleton-Hendershot at <a href="http://MillionKids.org" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">MillionKids.org</a>.</p>

<p>FAIRY TALES aren’t all Mother Goose and Snow White. There is a dark side to those stories that can be traced back to the entities in the unseen realm.<br><br>Dr. Judd Burton joins us for our annual Halloween episode together, and he explains that the fantastic stories of witches, giants, and trolls that we heard as children can be traced back to the rebellion of the fallen spirits.</p>

<p>THE CHALDEANS were the people who created the kingdom of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon who destroyed the Temple of Yahweh in Jerusalem. The spirit behind his kingdom still influences the world today.<br><br>Messianic Rabbi Zev Porat joins us from Tel Aviv to discuss his new book, Unmasking the Chaldean Spirit. He explains what that spirit is and how it’s manifesting in occult practices around the world—even among religious Jews in Israel today.</p>

<p>HOLLYWOOD IS drawing our culture into paganism. There is no other way to characterize the types of movies and TV series coming out of the major studios.<br><br>Joining us for our monthly Iron and Myth series are Brian Godawa <a href="http://(www.godawa.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">(www.godawa.com</a>), author of Leviathan and Behemoth and screenwriter of the new film My Son Hunter <a href="http://(www.MySonHunter.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">(www.MySonHunter.com</a>), Pastor Doug Van Dorn <a href="http://(www.douglasvandorn.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">(www.douglasvandorn.com</a>), author of Giants: Sons of the Gods. And Dr. Judd Burton <a href="http://(www.burtonbeyond.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">(www.burtonbeyond.com</a>), author of Interview with the Giant: Ethnohistorical Notes on the Nephilim.<br><br>We discuss the religious themes in the films and television series coming out of Hollywood, from Twin Peaks, Stargate SG-1, American Gods, and Sandman to Clash of the Titans, Avengers: Endgame, The Eternals, and Justice League. The bottom line is that pagan religion sells, and Americans seem all too willing to buy.</p>

<p>MOST OF US have had an experience that can be described as night terrors or sleep paralysis. For some, however, it’s a common, ongoing experience—one that makes going to bed a living hell.<br><br>Vicki Joy Anderson, author of the new book They Only Come Out at Night: Exposing the Dark Weapon of Sleep Paralysis, digs deep into scripture to shine a light on the dark entities and “shadow people” who terrorize young and old, revealing their methods and motives and, best of all, offering hope by showing how these demonic visitations can be stopped.</p>

<p>CHINA IS an imminent threat to our way of life. That may sound like a return to a 1950s way of thinking, but it’s true.<br><br>LTC Robert Maginnis, author of the new book Kings of the East: China's Plan to Eliminate America and Impose a Communist World Order, explains how China’s history, economic power and coming military superiority are being deployed to make China the world’s leading power and impose a communist order on the entire planet.</p>

<p>GOD HAS PLACED HIS NAME in every strand of DNA in your body. Seriously.<br><br>That’s just one of the stunning revelations in the new book The Yeshua Protocol by best-selling author Pastor Carl Gallups. Carl shares the discovery of the very name of God in our genetic code, the explosion of knowledge and technology foretold by the prophet Daniel, and what it means for us as believers in Jesus Christ.</p>

<p>DRAGONS ARE make-believe—or so we’ve been told. So, why are they in the Bible?<br><br>Joining us for our monthly Iron and Myth series are Brian Godawa <a href="http://(www.godawa.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">(www.godawa.com</a>), author of Leviathan and Behemoth and screenwriter of the new film My Son Hunter <a href="http://(www.MySonHunter.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">(www.MySonHunter.com</a>), which is making a splash despite not being a theatrical release, and Pastor Doug Van Dorn <a href="http://(www.douglasvandorn.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">(www.douglasvandorn.com</a>), author of Giants: Sons of the Gods. Sadly, Dr. Judd Burton <a href="http://(www.burtonbeyond.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">(www.burtonbeyond.com</a>), author of Interview with the Giant: Ethnohistorical Notes on the Nephilim, was under the weather and couldn’t join us this month.<br><br>We discuss the biblical depictions of serpents and dragons, note that supernatural entities like dragons, satyrs, and goat-demons have been translated out of our modern English Bibles, and whether some of the entities traditionally called “angels” might be reptilian in appearance.</p>

<p>ON THIS DAY in 1683, the king of Poland, John III Sobieski led a cavalry charge that saved Vienna, and probably all of Western Europe, from the army of the Ottoman Empire. Had Vienna fallen, the history of the last 350 years would be very different.<br><br>John Sobieski is just one of the Christian leaders who stood against Islamic armies over the last 1,400 years. Those we’ve heard of have had their reputations smeared by modern (and postmodern) revisionists who tend to frame conflict between the West and Islam as a struggle between the colonialist European (read: white) patriarchy and oppressed people of color.<br><br>Author and historian Raymond Ibrahim <a href="http://(www.raymondibrahim.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">(www.raymondibrahim.com</a>) joins us to talk about his new book, Defenders of the West: The Christian Heroes Who Stood Against Islam. The book features eight men who fought back against Muslim aggression. Some you’ve heard of, like El Cid, Richard the Lionheart, and Vlad Tepes (“the Impaler”), and some you probably haven’t. Raymond explains why he chose his subjects, why he drew so heavily on primary sources in the book, and what lessons we need to learn from their example.</p>

<p>SPIRITUAL WARFARE is a foreign concept to many Christians. Others assume that every obstacle we face in life has a demon attached. The truth is somewhere in the middle.<br><br>Mike Kerr of Hear the Watchmen Ministries joins us for a special midweek program to tell us about the Advanced Spiritual Warfare Training Workshop October 16–18, 2022 in Jeffersonville, Indiana, just across the Ohio River from Louisville. Besides Derek, speakers include David Heavener, Dr. Mike Spaulding, Tom Dunn, Vicki Joy Anderson, Sanda Allyson, and Tracy Tennant.<br><br>To register and for more information about streaming video, log on to <a href="http://www.HearTheWatchmen.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.HearTheWatchmen.com</a>. Save $20 on registration with promo code GILBERT20!</p>

<p>EVEN SECULAR researchers admit that UFOs (or UAPs, as they’re now called) behave more like interdimensional craft than ships from outside our solar system. Christians, who should have been among the first to point this out, still tend to ignore UFOs altogether.<br><br>Ali Siadatan, producer of the groundbreaking 2006 documentary UFOs Angels & Gods, was one of the first to publicly connect the Bible and “extraterrestrials.” We discuss the connections between the gods of ancient Mesopotamia, the Bible, and the post-Roswell UFO phenomenon.</p>

<p>AMERICA IS arguably the most powerful nation in history. So, why isn’t it mentioned in end times prophecy?<br><br>Jackie Alnor argues that it is, but it’s been hiding in plain sight. She joins us to discuss her thought-provoking new book The United States of Israel, and to explain why the lost tribes of Israel aren’t lost at all—they’ve been here all along, in the “melting pot” called the United States.</p>

<p>Most of us adult Christians would find coming face to face with a demon-possessed person absolutely terrifying. Imagine how it must be for the child of a parent who’s possessed.<br><br>Michael Gagliardi, author of Devil Take the Hindmost Part 1 and Part 2, describes the life he led as the son of a mother who fought a losing battle against a dark spirit through his entire childhood.</p>

<p>IS CHAOS a symbol of disorder, or is it, as certain passages in the Bible suggest, an entity?<br><br>Back this month for another in our Iron and Myth series are Brian Godawa <a href="http://(www.godawa.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">(www.godawa.com</a>), author of Leviathan and Behemoth, Pastor Doug Van Dorn <a href="http://(www.douglasvandorn.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">(www.douglasvandorn.com</a>), author of Giants: Sons of the Gods, and Dr. Judd Burton <a href="http://(www.burtonbeyond.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">(www.burtonbeyond.com</a>), author of Interview with the Giant: Ethnohistorical Notes on the Nephilim.<br><br>We discuss the various ways chaos is described in the Bible (Leviathan, Rahab, a multi-headed sea dragon, and the sea itself), the apparent struggle to subdue chaos in scripture and in pagan cultures of the ancient world, and the disturbing connection between chaos and the modern UFO phenomenon.</p>

<p>The first casualty of war is truth. This is especially true in spiritual warfare.<br><br>Col. David Giammona and Troy Anderson, CEO and COO of Battle Ready Ministries, discuss their new book, The Military Guide to Disarming Deception, and share their thoughts on how to detect, discern, and disarm the lies of the Fallen.</p>