Yearly Archives: 2024

News Roundup & Comment

Date: March 8, 2024 Host: Jim Schneider MP3 | Order

Here’s a sample of stories from the Crosstalk news desk that made the cut for this week’s broadcast:

–Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters blocked President Biden’s motorcade as he arrived at the Capitol ahead of last evening’s State of the Union address.

–President Biden kicked off his State of the Union speech, not by addressing the U.S.  border or the economy, but by praising Ukraine almost immediately. 

–Also during his speech, President Biden warned the Supreme Court Justices, calling on the power of women to help restore Roe v. Wade and abortion on demand.

–Pete Buttigieg was challenged by a CNBC host regarding immigration.  Jim provided audio of the exchange.

–Jim also provided audio of Bill Clinton from 1995 talking about the problem of illegal aliens during one of his State of the Union addresses.

–In the official Republican response to last night’s speech, Senator Katie Britt of Alabama highlighted several of the Biden administration’s failings, notably its handling of the southern border which she called a disgrace.

–Members of the Republican National Committee elected a replacement for former chairwoman Ronna McDaniel after she stepped down. 

–Former President Barack Obama said he’s all-in for Joe Biden’s re-election but there’s been a question.  NBC News reports that a question nagging at many Democrats is what role Michelle Obama might play.

–Former President Trump all but locked up the Republican nomination this week.

–President Biden did appeal to voters of Nikki Haley to back him in the November election.

–Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has endorsed Donald Trump for president.  

–The Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether former President Trump is immune from prosecution in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s election interference case coming up on April 25th.

–Adam Schiff and Steve Garvey will face off in November in the race to fill California’s Senate seat once held by Dianne Feinstein. 

–An atheist group is calling on the IRS to remove the tax exempt status of a prominent mega-church after video footage surfaced of its pastor endorsing a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate from the pulpit.

–A bill that would eliminate ballot drop boxes and ban ranked-choice voting passed the Iowa House of Representatives on Tuesday.

The State of the Union 2024

Date: March 7, 2024 Host: Jim Schneider MP3 | Order

Tonight, President Biden will deliver his State of the Union address.  Before Jim opened the phone lines for listeners to weigh in on that topic, he brought forth information on the following stories:

The U.C. Santa Barbara Black Studies Department has organized what’s being called, “A Day of Interruption.”  It’s taking place today with subsequent “work slowdowns” to protest steps that the administrators recently took to support Jewish students and to quell anti-semitic protests on campus.

According to Axios, more than half (65%) of voters think that the nation is heading in the wrong direction.  That’s according to a poll the New York Times and Siena College published Saturday.

The GOP led House passed the Laken Riley Act.  This bill would require the detention of illegal immigrants who commit certain crimes.  It would allow states to sue the Biden administration for not enforcing parole.  It’s designed to prevent another murder like the one of Laken Riley by ending the “catch and release” of illegal aliens, increasing immigration enforcement, detaining and removing criminal aliens, reinstating the “Remain in Mexico” policy and ending Biden’s abuse of parole authority and securing the U.S. border.  It now moves to the U.S. Senate.

President Biden ordered protective fencing installed around the U.S. Capitol in advance of tonight’s State of the Union address.  It’s apparently designed to keep “bad actors” from infiltrating the security perimeter.  So why can’t we have such protection at the nation’s border? 

One of the individuals that will be in the box with the president’s wife during tonight’s State of the Union address will be Kate Cox, the Texas woman who traveled to another state to kill her disabled, late-term baby.

Former President Trump will be offering live, play-by-play commentary on President Biden’s State of the Union address. 

During the remainder of the program, listeners were asked to call in and answer the following question: The state of the union is…

Federal Health Agencies and the COVID Cartel:  What Are They Hiding? Pt. 3

Date: March 6, 2024 Host: Jim Schneider MP3 | Order

This is part 3 of audio from a roundtable discussion hosted by Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin.  This roundtable was held at the U.S. Capitol last week, February 26, 2024.  It was titled: Federal Health Agencies and the COVID Cartel: What Are They Hiding?  In this discussion, the senator and a panel of experts exposed the corruption and censorship of the COVID cartel including federal health agencies, Big Pharma, legacy media and Big Tech.  This event opened the public’s eyes to the failure of the global elite and their institutions while at the same time giving a platform to suppressed and marginalized voices.

As this roundtable concludes, you’ll hear more from panel participants including Dr. Brian Hooker, Del Bigtree, Dr. Pierre Kory, Rodney Palmer, Dr. Bret Weinstein, Randy Hillier and some wrap-up comments from Dr. Ryan Cole and Senator Ron Johnson.

Consider sharing this series of broadcasts with your family, loved ones and friends.

Federal Health Agencies and the COVID Cartel:  What Are They Hiding? Pt. 2

Date: March 5, 2024 Host: Jim Schneider MP3 | Order

Yesterday on Crosstalk we began sharing audio from a roundtable discussion hosted by Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin.  This roundtable was held at the U.S. Capitol on February 26, 2024.  It was titled: Federal Health Agencies and the COVID Cartel: What Are They Hiding?  In this discussion, the senator and a panel of experts exposed the corruption and censorship of the COVID cartel including federal health agencies, Big Pharma, legacy media and Big Tech.  This event opened the public’s eyes to the failure of the global elite and their institutions.  This forum also gave a platform to suppressed and marginalized voices.

Yesterday’s broadcast featured testimony from Senator Ron Johnson, Dr. Robert Malone, Dr. Jessica Rose and Ed Dowd.  Ed Dowd, with Finance Technologies, spoke about the impact of the COVID shots, including the 1.1 million excess deaths, 3.5 million excess disabilities and lost work of $135 billion dollars.  You can listen to yesterday’s program at Crosstalkamerica.com.  For the full conference you can find links at Senator Ron Johnson’s website.

In part 2 of this edition of Crosstalk, you can hear testimony from Kevin McKernan, Dr. David Gortler, Dr. Harvey Risch and Barbara Loe Fisher.

Federal Health Agencies and the COVID Cartel:  What Are They Hiding? Pt. 1

Date: March 4, 2024 Host: Jim Schneider MP3 | Order

On February 26, 2024 U.S. Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin led a roundtable discussion titled, Federal Health Agencies and the COVID Cartel: What Are They Hiding?  In this discussion, the senator and a panel of experts exposed the corruption and censorship of the COVID cartel including federal health agencies, Big Pharma, legacy media and Big Tech.  This event opened the public’s eyes to the failure of the global elite and their institutions.  This forum also gave a platform to suppressed and marginalized voices.

Forum participants included:

Dr. Robert Malone

Dr. Jessica Rose

Mr. Ed Dowd

Kevin McKernan

Dr. David Gorthler

Dr. Harvey Risch

Barbara Loe Fisher

Dr. Brian Hooker

Dr. Pierre Kory

Dr. Raphael Lataster and many others.

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The full discussion can be found here:

News Roundup & Comment

Date: March 1, 2024 Host: Dalton Windsor MP3 | Order

Dalton handled hosting duties as he brought listeners the following from the news desk:

–The Texas wildfire has now destroyed over 1 million acres.

–Congressman Pat Fallon of Texas questioned Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on the number of military member deaths and Putin’s behavior under Trump vs. under President Biden.  Dalton provided audio of the exchange. 

–At the National Religious Broadcasters convention in Nashville, former President Trump indicated that the greatest threat to Americans is from within.  Dalton provided 3 audio clips from Trump’s speech. 

–According to a statement from the National Religious Broadcasters, they oppose the use of the erroneous term, “West Bank” to describe the biblical heartland of Israel.

–In the face of increasing global pressure, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reiterated his vow to destroy Hamas and ensure that Gaza never again constitutes a threat to Israel. 

–4 underwater communications cables between Saudi Arabia and Djibouti have been damaged disrupting communications between Europe and Asia.

–The House overwhelmingly passed its latest temporary spending measure to avoid a scheduled government shutdown over the weekend.

–House Republicans are considering lending the Ukrainian government funding for the country’s war against Russia rather than providing 61 billion under the Senate-passed foreign aid bill.

Details on these and other stories, along with listener comments, can be heard on this edition of Crosstalk.

The Critical Need to Reach Children

Date: February 29, 2024 Host: Jim Schneider ​Guest: Moises Esteves MP3 | Order

There are just over 8 billion people on earth and according to World Population Review, an estimated 2 billion of those are children between the ages of 0-14.  This means it’s critical that children be reached with the Gospel message.  One such group that’s focusing on this demographic is Child Evangelism Fellowship.  Through their Good News Clubs and other outreach efforts, they have a vision of reaching every child, every nation, every day.   

Moises Esteves is Executive Vice President of Child Evangelism Fellowship.  He was born and raised in Portugal, was saved at the age of 9, and at the age of 17 felt God’s call into vocation ministry.

In 2001, the Supreme Court decided by a 6-3 vote, in favor of Child Evangelism Fellowship in the case of Good News Clubs v. Milford Central School.  The court said it was constitutional for CEF to hold Good News Clubs in public schools after the last bell rings and that they could not be discriminated against because of their religious content.  

Each child must have a parental permission slip in order to attend.  The gatherings run for an hour to an hour and 15 minutes after the school day has ended.  During this time children are taught a Bible lesson, they sing songs, there are games, and sometimes there’s a missionary story.

In the past year in the U.S., CEF ministered to 102,000 children, although they’re still rebuilding post-COVID.  That’s about 2,600 clubs in the public schools with an additional 1,000 clubs in other locations.

On this broadcast you’ll hear about:  

The importance of local church partnership with CEF.

The 4-14 window.  

Testimonies from those saved through a Good News Club.  

The after-school Satan clubs conundrum. 

How you can become involved with or start a Good News Club in your community.

The impact of CEF outside the U.S.

…and much more!

Moises noted that 80% of kids in the U.S. don’t attend church.  So if you’re burdened for the next generation, make certain you review this edition of Crosstalk!

More information

cefonline.com

636-456-4321

Living in the Daze of Deception

Date: February 28, 2024 Host: Jim Schneider ​Guest: Pastor Jack Hibbs MP3 | Order

Pastor Jack Hibbs is senior and founding pastor of Calvary Chapel Chino Hills, California.  He’s the author of the newly released book, Living in the Daze of Deception.

Pastor Hibbs began by pointing out that the word, “daze” in the title isn’t a typo, it’s deliberate as it came out of a sermon series that he did.  As Jim noted, the first part of the book goes to great length to awaken the reader to the many kinds of deception that have many in such a daze in our time.  

So who is he trying to target with his warning?  Pastor Hibbs responded by noting that initially the warning was meant for the church, but then the publisher noted that people were buying multiple copies.  When he looked into it more he discovered that people have been buying these extra copies for non-believers.  As he explained, you don’t have to be a Christian to figure out that what’s in this book is happening in your living rooms, neighborhoods, state and world.

He believes the elements of deception are everywhere.  In other words, evil knows no limits.  So if it’s in church, politics or business, evil needs to be exposed and deception is the key tactic within evil.

One point this broadcast discusses is global deception (often taking the form of agendas) because of modern communication methods.  This can be seen by how easy it is for people to be gripped by fear because they read a headline.  This situation was certainly leveraged as the world was basically shut down due to COVID-19.  We saw “experts” on both sides in total contradiction and Pastor Hibbs concluded that when you have experts in disagreement on a topic, then there are no experts; the jury is still out on that issue.

Pastor Hibbs brought hope when he said that when people are scared, they need clarity.  This is because without Christ and his word anchoring your soul and mind, you’re going to feel dazed as you may not recognize your nation, the family, gender and other things.  This is why it’s important to remember that biblically speaking, Jesus and the apostles made it clear that God’s perfect love at work in us casts out all fear.

Learn more about this book, and the other types of deception that you need to be aware of, when you review this edition of Crosstalk.  

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The Bible’s Teaching on Self Defense

Date: February 27, 2024 Host: Jim Schneider ​Guest: Dr. David Brown MP3 | Order

This Crosstalk featured guest Dr. David Brown.  Dr. Brown is Pastor Emeritus of the First Baptist Church in Oak Creek, Wisconsin.  He has a Masters in Theology and a Ph.D in History specializing in the history of the English Bible.

The United States Supreme Court has upheld that the Second Amendment to the Constitution is an individual right,  yet there are many questions that people have.  So if you’re wondering, for example, if you can be pro-gun and pro-life, you’ll want to review this important edition of Crosstalk as Dr. Brown brings clarity on these and other points of concern.  For example:

Was Jesus a pacifist?

How do we deal with “Thou shalt not kill”?  According to the Bible, when is killing not murder?

Does Romans 12:19-21 mean that we’re to just leave things up to God for vengeance every time?  What is the place of law enforcement in this?

What is the difference between self-defense and vengeance?

Does carrying a gun show a lack of trust in God?

Listeners had Dr. Brown answer additional questions to round out the broadcast. 

More Information

To obtain more information on conceal-carry classes send an email to: [email protected]

A short 8-page booklet addresses this issue called: The Bible’s Teaching on Self-Defense.  It can be obtained by sending a donation of $2.00 or more to:

First Baptist Church

P.O. Box 151

Oak Creek, WI 53154