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A Call to Humility and Prayer

Date: August 26, 2024 Host: Jim Schneider ​Guest: David Smith MP3 | Order

Jim opened up with historic words from President Abraham Lincoln in an 1863 proclamation.  It reads like this:

“We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of Heaven; we have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity; we have grown in numbers, wealth and power as no other nation has ever grown.  But we have forgotten God.”

Joining Jim to discuss this issue while providing a biblical solution was David Smith.  David is executive director of Illinois Family Institute and Illinois Family Action.  David has 30 years of experience in public policy and grass-roots activism, addressing issues such as the sanctity of life, natural marriage, broadcast decency, sex education, marijuana, gambling, abortion, homosexuality, tax policy, drug decriminalization and pornography.

David noted that since Abraham Lincoln communicated that America had forgotten God, where are we now?  We’re perhaps not forgetting him.  Instead we’re shaking our fist in his face and saying, “You’re not telling us what to do!”  In response, he described his campaign to call America to humility and prayer, appealing to God for his mercy.

If you believe, as David does, that we’re living in “Babylon” and that we need to engage in prayer, review this edition of Crosstalk where you’ll find out more about his September campaign and how you and your church can get involved.

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News Roundup & Comment

Date: August 23, 2024 Host: Dalton Windsor ​Guests: Dr. Richard Schmidt & Randy Melchert MP3 | Order

Dr. Richard Schmidt is pastor of Union Grove Baptist Church and founder of Prophecy Focus Ministries.  He is an author.  He spent 32 years in law enforcement including that of Acting Sheriff of Milwaukee County until his retirement. 

Randy Melchert is an attorney, a school administrator, a researcher, a consultant and a member of the VCY America Board of Directors. 

This Crosstalk opened up with breaking news that presidential candidate R.F.K. Junior is suspending his campaign while remaining on the ballot.

Some of the other stories analyzed by Randy and Dr. Schmidt included:

–Outside the Chicago convention center, former presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy was told that he had to have a certain kind of opinion for him to be present. 

–Chris Cuomo calls out the control of the elite over the entire process on the floor of the Democratic convention.

–In one of several audio clips, V.P. Kamala Harris makes her case, “for the people.”

–Harris describes her desire to provide America with an opportunity economy that ends the housing shortage and protects Social Security and Medicare.

–Harris believes America can’t be prosperous unless Americans are fully allowed to make their own decisions about their lives, particularly on matters of “heart and home.”

–The Bureau of Labor revised down its wildly inflated job numbers for the year through the month of March.

–The three-committee impeachment inquiry of the House released a report earlier this week finding that President Biden has “engaged in impeachable conduct,” including an “abuse of power” when he was vice-president and “obstruction of justice” as president to cover his family’s “global influence peddling racket” to defraud the U.S. 

–Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose sent the names of nearly 600 non-citizens who registered to vote to Attorney General Dave Yost for possible prosecution.  Of those nearly 600 non-citizens, LaRose indicated that 138 appear to have voted in  an election in Ohio when federal records showed they weren’t legal citizens.

There’s more to hear from V.P. Harris and other news stories were shared as well.

DNC Convention Coverage Day 4

Date: August 22, 2024 Host: Dalton Windsor ​Guests: Dr. Richard Schmidt & Randy Melchert MP3 | Order

Dr. Richard Schmidt is pastor of Union Grove Baptist Church and founder of Prophecy Focus Ministries.  He is an author.  He spent 32 years in law enforcement including that of Acting Sheriff of Milwaukee County until his retirement. 

Randy Melchert is an attorney, a school administrator, a researcher, a consultant and a member of the VCY America Board of Directors.

Randy began the broadcast with some historical background on presidential elections, particularly in the days when campaigns were not  “made for TV” but rather, were often battled through the newspapers.  He also reminded listeners not to forget about the Senate seats, House seats and state legislature seats up for grabs.  Remember, it was state legislatures that closed churches during COVID, so it’s important to be engaged with those elections as well.

Governor Tim Walz accepted the nomination for Vice President of the U.S. last evening.  Dr. Schmidt commented on the problems that are inherent in what the governor said as he spoke about the things he accomplished in Minnesota, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg who claims Republicans are selling “darkness”, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx refusing to prosecute protesters and Oprah Winfrey choosing emotion over substance.

Crosstalk callers let their thoughts be known as well.

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DNC Convention Coverage Day 3

Date: August 21, 2024 Host: Dalton Windsor ​Guests: Dr. Richard Schmidt & Tony Kinnett MP3 | Order

Dr. Richard Schmidt is pastor of Union Grove Baptist Church and founder of Prophecy Focus Ministries.  He is an author.  He spent 32 years in law enforcement including that of Acting Sheriff of Milwaukee County until his retirement. 

Tony Kinnett is an investigative columnist with the Daily Signal and a former award-winning teacher and administrator.  He served in the area of education policy for the Governor Scott Walker administration and regularly appears on national news platforms.  He is also a radio host in Indianapolis.

Tony kicked things off with commentary from Chicago as he brought listeners a better picture as to what’s really occurring at the convention vs. what he referred to as social media hubbub.

He described how the perimeter was pierced and there’s been chaos at particular times and he’s not sure that it will calm down before the end of the week.  What surprised him the most is that the Chicago police aren’t coddling protesters, many of whom have been pro-Palestinian.  As of broadcast time, accurate arrest numbers were not available.

Tony described the convention as a pep rally whose strategy, “…is to amp up everyone in the Democratic base on good vibes and feelings while trying to portray a unity message as well as an outsider candidate message.”  Overall, between the two conventions he sees a far greater discipline on the Republican side and a far greater emotionalism on the Democrat side that hasn’t been targeted in a specific point of usefulness.     

Dr. Schmidt then followed with comments that focused on audio clips from Michelle Obama’s speech dealing with hope and unity.  In one clip she referred to the opposition as she mentioned the banning of books, in-vitro fertilization, shutting down the Department of Education, supposedly demonizing children for who they are and other points that as Dr. Schmidt noted simply didn’t communicate a unifying message.  As a contrast, he listed topics that should be addressed like energy independence, inflation and the war in Ukraine.  Instead, there’s silence on those issues.

There’s much more to hear, including input from callers nationwide.

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DNC Convention Coverage Day 2

Date: August 20, 2024 Host: Dalton Windsor ​Guests: Dr. Richard Schmidt & Randy Melchert MP3 | Order

Dr. Richard Schmidt is pastor of Union Grove Baptist Church and founder of Prophecy Focus Ministries.  He is an author.  He spent 32 years in law enforcement including that of Acting Sheriff of Milwaukee County until his retirement. 

Randy Melchert is a school administrator, a researcher, a consultant and a member of the VCY America Board of Directors.

Last evening, Randy had the opportunity to attend the DNC and he was fascinated by what he saw and heard.  He noted how businesses near the United Center were boarded up for security reasons, the availability of prayer rooms (including a gender neutral prayer room) and the push toward no limits for elective abortion.     

He also talked about the following:

How Scripture was being used selectively. 

Debating policy vs. demonizing policy. 

President Biden spoke about ending hate but what about the violent language on the left that’s generated violence?

Street preachers getting the Gospel out in a hostile environment.

When Dr. Schmidt took the microphone he discussed the following:

Why he thinks President Biden’s speech was pushed past prime time. 

Hillary Clinton hinting at the idea that the Democrats are following the rule of law. 

V.P. candidate J.D. Vance and his comments about law enforcement while speaking in Kenosha, Wisconsin. 

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear’s comments concerning abortion and more.

The program wrapped up with comments from the listening audience.       

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DNC Convention Coverage Day 1

Date: August 19, 2024 Host: Dalton Windsor ​Guests: Dr. Richard Schmidt & Randy Melchert MP3 | Order

Dr. Richard Schmidt is pastor of Union Grove Baptist Church and founder of Prophecy Focus Ministries.  He is an author.  He spent 32 years in law enforcement including that of Acting Sheriff of Milwaukee County until his retirement. 

Randy Melchert is a school administrator, a researcher, a consultant and a member of the VCY America Board of Directors. 

Randy began this preview day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago by providing listeners with interesting historical information concerning political conventions over the past century plus.  

Next up was Dr. Schmidt who noted that, “…the DNC is looking to allegedly cause progress for America.”  This would be highlighted tonight by speakers such as President Biden, Jill Biden and Hillary Clinton.  

So exactly what do they mean by “progress”?  Dr. Schmidt indicated that the Democrats will lay out their agenda, things that will be in total contrast to what was seen at the Republican convention. So he believes a particular word will dominate the DNC and that is “socialism”.  

Since socialism features numerous entitlements and giveaways, Dr. Schmidt then asked, “Who’s going to pay for all this?  How big is the national debt going to be?  How much inflation is this going to potentially cause?”  Later in the broadcast, Randy explained from Scripture why the concept of socialism simply doesn’t work.

As you review this Crosstalk, you’ll hear Dr. Schmidt as he described some key items that he believes will come out that have recently changed concerning the opinion of Vice President Harris.  This includes fracking, her stand on border security, private health insurance and taxing of tips.  These are all part of the Harris platform, however, as Dr. Schmidt also asked, “Which platform is one that they believe is not only feasible, but sustainable.” 

Listeners were given an opportunity to express their thoughts on these and other points as well.  

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News Roundup & Comment

Date: August 16, 2024 Host: Jim Schneider MP3 | Order

Jim pulled numerous interesting stories from the stack that formed the news cycle this past week.  Here’s a sample:

–The Paris Olympic Games closed as they opened with viewers angry over anti-Christian, satanic themes in the event.  The closing ceremony was dedicated to the rebirth of Lucifer, the light bringer of enlightenment.

–Thomas Bach, the International Olympic Committee president, told reporters that there’s no scientifically solid method for distinguishing men from women. 

–Olympic Gold Medalist Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone credited her stellar athletic achievements to God following her record shattering 2024 Olympic win.

–Valentina Petrillo, a transgender male, has been approved to compete against women for the first time in the Paralympic Games.

–President Biden offered more insight into why he dropped out of the presidential race last Sunday during an interview with CBS News.

–The Kamala Harris campaign accused Elon Musk of trying to control democracy through the interview that took place Monday evening with Donald Trump.

–The Harris campaign has been caught editing the headlines of various outlets to appear in America’s Google searches as sponsored ads according to an Axios report.

–Days after Vice President Kamala Harris was named the Democratic presidential nominee, a July 2023 video clip of her advocating for reducing the population made its way through social media.  Jim provided audio from the clip. 

–Vice President Kamala Harris, in an attempt to attract voters in Pennsylvania, appear to be back-tracking on her previous desire for a ban on fracking.

–A recent Harris/Walz rally opened with words from an English teacher who openly bragged about bringing liberal social justice to the classroom.  Jim provided audio from the teacher’s speech.

–A Minnesota business owner, who watched helplessly as his St. Paul establishment was destroyed during the 2020 George Floyd riots, spoke to Fox News Digital about how the state, led by Governor Tim Walz, failed to protect business owners like him.

–Trump’s campaign headquarters, in Ashburn, Virginia, was burglarized on Sunday.

Health Emergency Declared & Current Healthcare Challenges

Date: August 15, 2024 Host: Jim Schneider ​Guest: Twila Brase MP3 | Order

Twila Brase is president and co-founder of Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom, a national, patient-centered, privacy-focused, free-market policy organization to support health care choices, individualized patient care and medical and genetic privacy.  Twila is a certified public health nurse and author of the eight-time award-winning book, Big Brother in the Exam Room: The Dangerous Truth About Electronic Health Records.  She’s the speaker on the daily Health Freedom Minute broadcast heard on stations across the nation.

Yesterday the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of Monkeypox (Mpox) in Africa as a public health emergency of international concern.  This is based upon the increase in cases (more than 14,000 reported) and the number of deaths (about 524 reported) that have occurred.  The declaration was made in Geneva by Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, the Director General of the WHO.  It’s the highest level of alarm that can be conveyed by the WHO.  

Twila began by asking if such a declaration would have been made in the pre-COVID era.  She believes the WHO is playing rather loose with the idea of a global emergency.  For example, in contrast to the COVID pandemic, there are absolutely no reported cases of Mpox in the U.S. and it’s typically caught within the homosexual population so it has more limited reach.  So she feels that to call this a “global emergency of the highest kind” is perhaps an attempt to help them keep their power and presence in the news as they had during the COVID pandemic.

As this program unfolds you’ll hear about dangerous DEI practices in medicine, the shortage of doctors and nurses, the challenges of Medicare, Twila’s feelings about Governor Walz of Minnesota, her views on the two election tickets and how they view healthcare, as well as input from callers across America. 

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Tension Rising in the Middle East

Date: August 14, 2024 Host: Jim Schneider ​Guest: Dr. Gary Frazier MP3 | Order

Israeli Defense Forces are on high alert over a possible attack from Iran due to the recent killing of Iran-related proxy group leaders.  Some speculate that this might only be hours or perhaps days away.  There’s concern that an attack could spark a greater regional war.  This has resulted in the U.S. deploying both increasing naval and air assets to the region to defend Israel in an attempt to hopefully deescalate tensions.

What might this signal in terms of Bible prophecy?  Returning to Crosstalk to answer that question was Dr. Gary Frazier.  Dr. Frazier is a respected speaker and writer on the subject of Bible prophecy.  He’s the founder and president of Discovery Missions.  He is the author of numerous books including: Miracle of Israel, It Could Happen Tomorrow, Hell is for Real, Divorcing God: The Two Americas and The Event: The Dream of World Peace Realized.

Gary explained that from the days of former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak to Israel today, we see that Islamic leaders have not changed their mind concerning the total annihilation of Israel and its people.  He also noted that there is no such thing as a political solution to a religious problem.  So why would anyone, especially the people in Washington, think that Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah would desire to enter into a negotiated agreement to establish peace, especially when under Islam it’s OK to lie, manipulate and use infidels to accomplish one’s goals? 

This is the foundation of this edition of Crosstalk that also discusses the following:

China has allegedly been goading Iran into attacking Israel.  What’s behind this?  

What influence might the U.S. be having on Israel concerning their response toward Iran?  

What is the Muslim “long game” strategy and how does it contrast with America’s materialist mindset.

Gary explains why the pre-tribulation rapture teaching is biblical, which was an answer to one of several calls from listeners nationwide.

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Pakistani Outreach Grows Under Persecution

Date: August 13, 2024 Host: Jim Schneider ​Guest: Pastor Shahid Kaleem MP3 | Order

Pastor Shahid Kaleem is founder and chairman of Christian Literature & Translation Ministry in Pakistan.  He has been partnering for several years with Bible Tracts Inc. for effective ministry of Bible tract and Bible distribution ministry in Pakistan.

Pakistan is a nation that comes in at number 5 in terms of world population with just over 251 million.  Much persecution is taking place there against Christians because of their stand for the Gospel.  This is not surprising because according to Voice of the Martyrs, close to 98% of the population is Muslim while nearly 2% is Christian.  Yet while persecution abounds, Christianity is also on the rise.  

Listen to this broadcast and you’ll hear Pastor Kaleem as he describes incidents of persecution/violence that have taken place in Christian areas of Pakistan and how this parallels what happened to Stephen in Acts 6-7.  Also discussed is how the Israeli war against Hamas is affecting Christians in Pakistan, their constitution’s stand toward Christianity, people coming to Christ in spite of persecution, the need for a printing press for his tract ministry, Pastor Kaleem’s personal testimony and much more.

Prayerfully consider giving so that as many as possible can be reached with the Gospel in Pakistan.  

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