A View from the Bunker

OVER 1,000 evangelical Christian leaders had a closed door meeting with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Tuesday, June 21. While this was an encouraging development, how much hope should Christians place in Mr. Trump as a defender of biblical values? James Walker, president of the apologetics ministry Watchman Fellowship, was one of the leaders invited to attend. He shares his thoughts about the meeting and reminds us that politics, by its nature, cannot change hearts, and so Christians should not depend on the ballot box to solve spiritual problems. Check out the new video version of A View from the Bunker. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel to get automatic updates when new shows are ready! Discuss these topics at the VFTB Facebook page and check out the great Christian podcasters at the Revelations Radio Network. Please join Derek and Sharon Gilbert each Sunday for the Gilbert House Fellowship, our weekly Bible study podcast. Log on to www.GilbertHouse.org for more details.

THE WORLD is heading for a cataclysmic, climactic clash of cultures. Islam and Christendom are on a collision course being orchestrated by supernatural principalities and powers. When the end comes, it will be fought between groups of people who are absolutely convinced that God is on their side. Cris Putnam, co-author with Tom Horn of the new book The Final Roman Emperor, the Islamic Antichrist, and the Vatican's Last Crusade, explains why so many Christians and Muslims are following false prophecies that will inevitably lead to Armageddon. Note:  Derek will join Tom Horn and Cris Putnam as guests on The Jim Bakker Show taping this Tuesday (June 28) at Noon Central Time (UTC -5) to discuss their new book (to which Derek contributed a chapter).  There is a live studio audience, so if you’re in the area, please come by!  Directions at the Jim Bakker Show website. Check out the new video version of A View from the Bunker. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel to get automatic updates when new shows are ready! Discuss these topics at the VFTB Facebook page and check out the great Christian podcasters at the Revelations Radio Network. Please join Derek and Sharon Gilbert each Sunday for the Gilbert House Fellowship, our weekly Bible study podcast. Log on to www.GilbertHouse.org for more details.

WHEN GOD gave the Law to Moses, He decreed that every 50th year, the end of seven cycles of smite (Sabbatical years), would be a Jubilee year. Debts would be cancelled, bondservants would go free, and land that had been sold reverted to its original owner. Evangelist Dan Goodwin, author of God's Final Jubilee, says the Jubilee is exactly what God has in store when He returns to reclaim title to planet Earth. Here is the link to Dan's Facebook page. Discuss these topics at the VFTB Facebook page and check out the great Christian podcasters at the Revelations Radio Network.

A STRANGE incident recorded in the first four verses of the sixth chapter of the Book of Genesis has had a much greater influence on the rest of the Bible than we've been taught. Dr. Michael Heiser, scholar-in-residence at Logos Bible Software and author of the highly recommended The Unseen Realm, explains why and gives us a taste of what we can expect in his forthcoming book on the sin of the Watchers and how it shaped Jewish and Christian theology. Discuss these topics at the VFTB Facebook page and check out the great Christian podcasters at the Revelations Radio Network.

THE EARTH is heading for some rough days. Predictions of a cataclysmic encounter with a mysterious, unseen planetary body variously called Nibiru, Nemesis, Planet X, or Planet 9 have been in the news repeatedly in recent months. Amateur astronomer and researcher Gill Broussard shares some of the information he's collected through years of research into what he calls Planet 7X and what it's impact might be on us in the very near future. Here are the links to download the charts and information Gill has produced: * Google Drive Planet 7X archive * Dropbox Planet 7X archive Click here for Gill Broussard's YouTube channel, and here for Gill's page at Facebook. Click here for the documentary film Planet 7X: The Destroyer. Discuss these topics at the VFTB Facebook page and check out the great Christian podcasters at the Revelations Radio Network.

BIBLE PROPHECY is unique among the prophetic writings of history in that they have been proven accurate again and again. Furthermore, prophecies are being fulfilled even to the present day. This suggests that we take prophecies yet to be fulfilled very seriously. Ken Johnson of www.BibleFacts.org discusses the uncanny accuracy of Bible prophecy and the views of the early church fathers, including Hippolytus, Irenaeus, and Ephraim of Syria, on the prophesied Antichrist. Discuss these topics at the VFTB Facebook page and check out the great Christian podcasters at the Revelations Radio Network.

WE TEND to think of prophecy as events that were either fulfilled in the past or will occur in the distant future. But there are events on the timeline of end times Bible prophecies that are due to come to pass very soon. Bill Salus joins us to discuss his new book The Now Prophecies, and why we need to watch Iran, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Israel—and the United States. Discuss these topics at the VFTB Facebook page and check out the great Christian podcasters at the Revelations Radio Network.

IT SEEMS impossible that it could happen here, but seniors in America are losing their life savings because of something called forced guardianship fraud, and it’s running unchecked throughout the nation’s probate courts. Charles Pascal shares his story of how his mother-in-law, deemed incapacitated by the courts, was robbed of her decision-making rights and assigned a professional guardian whose only interest was profiting from her estate. Links: * Guardianship: How Judges and Lawyers Steal Your Money by Michael Larsen (the book referenced during the program) * National Association to Stop Guardian Abuse * Private "guardians" Jared E. Shafer and Patience Bristol sue blind man for libel, now ask taxpayers to pay the bill - Article by former Las Vegas city councilman Steve Miller corroborating Charles Pascal's story * NASGA profile of Marcy E. Dudeck (mother-in-law of Charles Pascal) * Jared E. Shafer's Bad Laws Legalize the Bilking of Las Vegas Retirees - from the NASGA blog * Clark County’s private guardians may protect — or just steal and abuse - Las Vegas Review-Journal * A Very Dangerous Nevada Law - Part 2 - The Vegas Voice * INVESTIGATION: Betrayal of trust: Stealing from seniors - Asbury Park Press * In Las Vegas, They're Playing With a Stacked Judicial Deck - L.A. Times * Embattled Private Guardian April Parks Censured For Exploiting The Elderly, Mastermind Jared Shafer Stays Under The Radar - For Now * Deadly Corruption in Probate Courts by Janet C. Phelan And here are links to the June 2006 interview with Janet Phelan about the guardianship scam that drained the estate of her mother, Dr. Amalie Phelan: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. Discuss these topics at the VFTB Facebook page and check out the great Christian podcasters at the Revelations Radio Network.

THE 20th CENTURY was an anomaly in global geopolitics. For the first time in 1300 years, Islam was not actively taking territory in lands that were mainly Christian. Dr. Timothy Furnish, a scholar of Islamic history, discusses his new book Sects, Lies, and the Caliphate: Ten Years of Observations on Islam. He explains why the goals of the Islamic State aren't a new thing, but a return to the values of Muslim states prior to the fall of the Ottoman Empire, and how the current strife in the Middle East is a consequence of decisions made in the aftermath of World War I. Please join Derek and Sharon Gilbert each Sunday for the Gilbert House Fellowship, our Bible study podcast. Log on to www.GilbertHouse.org for more details. Discuss these topics at the VFTB Facebook page and check out the great Christian podcasters at the Revelations Radio Network.

RUSSIA PLAYS a key role in the next big war in the Middle East, but most relevant to us in the West is the prophesied attack on the United States. Hold on a minute, you say — the United States isn't in Bible prophecy. Doug Woodward begs to differ. Doug joins us to discuss his new book, The Next Great War in the Middle East: Russia Prepares to Fulfill the Prophecy of Gog and Magog. He explains why he believes Russia, rather than Turkey, is Magog of the Bible, and shows us where in the prophecy of Ezekiel chapter 38 he finds the United States. Please join Derek and Sharon Gilbert each Sunday for the Gilbert House Fellowship, our Bible study podcast. Log on to www.GilbertHouse.org for more details. Discuss these topics at the VFTB Facebook page and check out the great Christian podcasters at the Revelations Radio Network.

MOST SCHOLARS believe that the United States is not mentioned in Bible prophecy. It's possible, however, that they have been overlooking clues in Ezekiel 38 and Jeremiah 50 and 51. Benjamin Baruch, co-author with J.R. Nyqvist of the new book The New Tactics of Global War: Reflections on the Changing Balance of Power in the Final Days of Peace, discusses the evidence for identifying America in end times prophecy, Russian geopolitical and military strategy, and the risk of a Russian first strike on America as part of the Gog-Magog war prophesied by Ezekiel. Please join Derek and Sharon Gilbert each Sunday for the Gilbert House Fellowship, our Bible study podcast. Log on to www.GilbertHouse.org for more details. Discuss these topics at the VFTB Facebook page and check out the great Christian podcasters at the Revelations Radio Network.

WE HAVE reached a point in American history when our Christian brothers and sisters in Africa may need to start sending missionaries to us, because it appears they have a better understanding of the spirit realm than we do. Rev. Dr. Robert Bennett, author of I Am Not Afraid: Demon Possession and Spiritual Warfare, joins us to discuss his new book, Afraid: Demon Possession and Spiritual Warfare in America. Please join Derek and Sharon Gilbert each Sunday for the Gilbert House Fellowship, our Bible study podcast. Log on to www.GilbertHouse.org for more details. Discuss these topics at the VFTB Facebook page and check out the great Christian podcasters at the Revelations Radio Network.

IT SEEMS odd that Islam, which has expanded since the 7th century to control almost a quarter of the world's population, would not be mentioned in Bible prophecy. Ken Johnson of www.BibleFacts.org points out that the Bible does, in fact, refer to Islam. We discuss whether Christians can eat halal meats, the role of Islam in prophecies of the restoration of Israel, and even what the Bible says about the Palestinian group Hamas. See Ken's YouTube channel by clicking here. Please join Derek and Sharon Gilbert each Sunday for the Gilbert House Fellowship, our weekly Bible study podcast. Log on to www.GilbertHouse.org for more details. Discuss these topics at the VFTB Facebook page and check out the great Christian podcasters at the Revelations Radio Network.

A 12-YEAR-OLD girl in Indiana is in custody, charged with stabbing her stepmother to death to please a scary fictional clown called Laughing Jack. Last year, two girls allegedly stabbed a friend multiple times, trying to kill her to please another make-believe monster, Slenderman, one of three violent incidents in 2014 linked to the character. What is behind the real-life terror linked to these so-called "creepypastas"? Does horror fiction have any redeeming value or is it inherently destructive? Award-winning screenwriter and novelist Brian Godawa joins us to discuss horror as a genre of entertainment and whether it is something that Christians can enjoy. Please join Derek and Sharon Gilbert each Sunday for the Gilbert House Fellowship, our weekly Bible study podcast. Log on to www.GilbertHouse.org for more details.

PEPSI RECENTLY released a slick six-minute film that features an object that's become something of a legend in UFO circles, the Black Knight. Apparently, it's been orbiting the Earth for 13,000 years, beaming a signal to the surface that was detected by Tesla in 1899, and only now, thanks to modern computing technology, we've finally decoded the secret message. It's a crummy commercial. Frank Johnson of AncientAliensDebunked.com joins us to discuss the Black Knight, UFO lore, and why a major corporation would spend a boatload of money to promote the meme that we're not alone in the universe. Click here for Frank's article "None Shall Pass: The Black Knight Satellite", here for the Black Knight article at Skeptoid.com, and here for the NICAP article Derek mentioned about the mysterious satellites reportedly detected by the Air Force in 1954. Please join Derek and Sharon Gilbert each Sunday for the Gilbert House Fellowship, our weekly Bible study podcast. Log on to www.GilbertHouse.org for more details. Discuss these topics at the VFTB Facebook page and check out the great Christian podcasters at the Revelations Radio Network.