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Many of you are perhaps burdened concerning the eternal state of unsaved family members and friends. The good news is that the Christmas season provides many unique opportunities to cross paths with some of these individuals and share the hope of Christ with them.If you believe that doing so will "rock the boat" and that you must remain silent in order to "keep the peace" at Christmas, you may not be aware that there is a way to share Christ with grace, love and effectiveness and that's what this broadcast is all about. Appearing on Crosstalk to share his experiences was John Sorensen. John is president & CEO of Evangelism Explosion International, a ministry that trains people how to share their faith in Christ and how to bring people from unbelief to belief. He's the daily speaker on Share Life Today.

Since November 30th, when you were wrapping up your Thanksgiving celebration time with family and friends and planning for Christmas, the United Nations Climate Change Conference was underway in the United Arab Emirates. This was the 28th gathering of the Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, otherwise known as COP 28. The guest on this Crosstalk has been in attendance and has summed up the totalitarian nature of this effort in just a few words: censorship, global taxes and tyranny.Joining Jim to let listeners know what was being discussed and proposed was Alex Newman. Alex is an award-winning international freelance journalist, author, researcher, educator and consultant. He is senior editor for The New American. He is co-author of Crimes of the Educators and author of Deep State: The Invisible Government Behind the Scenes. He is founder of Liberty Sentinel.

Since Hamas launched its barbaric attack against Israel on October 7th, more and more uprisings are appearing around the world. Those involved are saying with great boldness that Israel is the problem, they should be destroyed, and as occupiers, they have no right to defend themselves.Why are they saying such things? The goal is a worldwide caliphate which includes the United States. It would be a world where only Islam is accepted. All others would need to be killed because the Qur'an teaches that all Jews and Christians are infidels.Bringing more clarity to this subject was Shahram Hadian. Shahram is a former Muslim from Iran who came to the states in 1978 and committed his life to Jesus Christ. Shahram started the Truth in Love Project and is the founding pastor of Truth in Love Ministry. He exposes the true goal of Islam and the threat of Sharia in America. He's served as a pastor, a police officer, and a former candidate for governor in Washington State.Fathi Hamad, a Palestinian politician and political leader of Hamas, declared on December 1st on Al-Aqsa television that Palestinians are preparing to establish an Islamic caliphate with Jerusalem as its capital.What is a caliphate? Shahram explained how Islam has been working on establishing a worldwide caliphate for 1,400 years. They seek global domination where every nation on earth is governed by Islamic law. This means that a caliphate in Islam is both religious and political. The mosque is the state and the state is the mosque. This can take the form of subjugation by force or the majority of the population becoming Islamic.

Crosstalk and the Friday News Round-Up, your source for news stories that impact you. Here's a sample of what Jim presented for listeners:--A 53 year old Israeli taxi driver who was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7th has been murdered. His body is still held by Hamas in Gaza. --IDF soldiers on Tuesday recovered one of the largest stockpiles of weapons belonging to Hamas, again showing how Hamas uses Palestinian citizens as human shields. --A compromise 900 billion dollar defense bill doesn't contain any restrictions on paying for military members traveling to get an abortion, nor does the bill block coverage of transition surgeries for transgenders and hormone treatments. --The Israeli security minister says his ministry is now approving up to 3,000 gun applications per day.--The Biden administration is considering getting behind new restrictions on who can seek asylum and an expanded deportation process to secure new aid for Ukraine and Israel in the supplemental funding bill.--A young, male, African migrant expressed his gratitude to President Biden for the opportunity at a better life in the U.S. Jim provided the audio.--President Putin of Russia arrived in the Middle East where he's meeting with the leaders of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia to shore up support from the major oil producers.--The House Judiciary Committee passed a bill to reform FISA. --The U.N. Human Rights Bureaucracy released a scathing report last month slamming America as a bastion of horrors.--Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy will be retiring from Congress at the end of this year.

Dr. Richard Schmidt is pastor of Union Grove Baptist Church and founder of Prophecy Focus Ministries. He is the speaker on the weekly TV program, Prophecy Focus and the radio broadcast, Prophecy Unfolding. He spent 32 years in law enforcement including that of acting sheriff of Milwaukee County until his retirement. He's authored several books including: Are You Going to a Better Place?, Daniel's Gap Paul's Mystery, Tribulation to Triumph: The Olivet Discourse, Globalism: The Great World Consumption and Artificial Intelligence, Transhumanism and the De-Evolution of Democracy.It's been 60 days since Hamas brutally attacked Israel. Dr. Schmidt believes the reason so many are jumping on the pro-Palestinian bandwagon at this time is because we're forgetting the barbaric/horrific things that Hamas did 60 days ago. He described what they did as an animalistic attack that's demonic in its nature.As proof, Jim presented audio clips. One is from State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller, who responded to the raping of Israeli women by Hamas as a weapon of war. The other was from Jimmy Pacheco. Before being taken hostage, he was living in a Kibbutz as a caretaker for an elderly man who had been immediately killed by Hamas.As this broadcast progressed, Dr. Schmidt commented on the following:- V.P. Kamala Harris and her statements concerning Israel's right to defend itself and how she and the president see Israel's responsibility to Palestinian citizens.- What the IDF is doing about the Hamas tunnel system. - How the IDF communicated with Palestinians to help save lives. - The Arrow missile system that shot down a ballistic missile in outer space.

As Israel's war against Hamas rages, we continue to see pro-Hamas/pro-Palestinian uprisings around the world and in the U.S. Through all this the media has been all too willing to bow to the narrative presented by the enemies of Israel, even blaming Israel for bombing a hospital and carrying out the October 7th attack on their own people.Pastor Jim Scudder Jr. just returned from Israel to document the story. Jim is pastor of Quentin Road Baptist Church in Lake Zurich, Illinois. He's an author and is speaker on the program InGrace which airs both on WVCY Television and VCY.tv on the VCY America Radio Network and on other facilities across the country.Having led so many trips to Israel, Pastor Scudder felt compelled to go back and see first-hand, what was taking place. While there, he wanted to document what he experienced and come back and present the true story, in contrast to America's media, which he believes is slanted against Israel.You'll hear about his experience flying in, why he believes this is a five-way war, his ride with an ambulance driver (Why this driver doesn't wear a seat belt!), audio clips from his experience, information on the InGrace bookmark to show your support for Israel, how you can see the finished TV program of the trip and more.

Jim began this edition of Crosstalk with special information from the Friends of Israel. In light of the recent violence that's taken place against Israel and also the increasing antisemitism taking place here is the U.S., FOI is calling on Christians nationwide to show their support for Israel and the Jewish people. FOI is requesting that Christians light a candle in their window at sundown on the first night of Hanukkah, December 7th, and to keep it there through sundown on December 15th. Go to foi.org/shine and you can print a special sign and affix it to your window right next to your candle. One says, "We Support Israel" and the other says, "Shining This Light For Israel." We must not forget the barbarism an atrocities that took place on October 7th as Hamas, in accordance with their charter, seeks to eradicate Israel. Perhaps the best reminder of this is to listen to 45 year old Mosab Hassan Yousef. Mosab is the son of the co-founder of Hamas. He defected from the group in the late 1990's and began secretly working with Israel's security services to expose and to prevent several terrorist attacks by Hamas. His goal is to expose the true face of Hamas and their genocidal death-call.In a speech before the United Nations two weeks ago today, Mosab presented a very serious warning. He explained how he's seen a lot of division, confusion, hatred and misinformation, while everyone speaks on behalf of the children and the innocent. He indicated he's unsure of their real intentions, but said that he can speak on the authority of a Palestinian child because he's someone who grew up in that culture.

From Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to the far corners of the globe, Crosstalk brings news items to listeners each Friday to keep you informed. Here's a sample of what was shared this week:--Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Israel seemingly in part to push for an extension of the Israel/Hamas cease-fire. Since that time, rockets fired by Hamas triggered an end to this week-long pause. Fighting resumed after Israel accused Hamas of violating the truce agreement. After Hamas began firing rockets into southern Israel, the Israel Defense Forces resumed bombing in Gaza City. --According to an Iranian official, Hamas has only used 10-12% of its military arsenal so far in the war against Israel.--Roni Kriboy managed to escape from terrorists who held him hostage in the Gaza Strip, but ordinary Gazans returned him to his captors.--Hamas terrorists kidnapped children and were trained to create a specific sign on their bodies. They would put one of the legs of the child on a hot motorcycle exhaust creating a "brand" on their bodies. This mark would help identify them if they attempted to escape. --Israeli President Isaac Herzog told "X" owner Elon Musk that his platform needed to do more to fight and combat anti-Jewish hate as Musk visited Israel on a goodwill visit.--Tuesday evening the House voted to reaffirm Israel's right to exist.--Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (who is Jewish) ripped the political left in a speech from the Senate floor Wednesday over its overt antisemitism in the days following the October 7th attack. Jim provided audio from the speech.

When you consider the events that are unfolding around the world and you add to that matters going on within the U.S., you must come away wondering how so much chaos can be unfolding at one time. Is this just a big coincidence or is there a concerted effort taking place to bring the U.S. to its knees, allow control from another source and therefore surrender everyone to global governance? If so, who's behind it?Returning to Crosstalk to make sense of all this was Alex Newman. Alex is an award-winning international freelance journalist, author, researcher, educator and consultant. He is senior editor for The New American and founder of Liberty Sentinel.Discussion began as Alex mentioned the death of Henry Kissinger and his boss, David Rockefeller, who recruited Kissinger into the globalist movement. Rockefeller admitted on page 405 of his own autobiography that he was working against the best interests of the United States while conspiring with internationalists (globalists) to build a one world order.In other words, those who believe that much of what's taking place on the world scene isn't coordinated in any way, simply aren't looking at the evidence.That still leaves us with the following question: Is the "deep state" the cabal that Rockefeller was referring to?Alex noted that the term "deep state" started around 2016. It was a congressional staffer (Mike Lofgran) who first applied it in a significant way to the establishment in the U.S. Although he defined the "deep state" as the intelligence agencies and forces behind the scenes within the government that want to control policy, he also included Wall Street and big-tech companies.

Dr. Jimmy DeYoung Jr. is a speaker, teacher, Mideast guide, videographer and speaker on Prophecy Today. He lived and worked in Jerusalem for many years, is a fully credentialed journalist and has led numerous tours to Israel.There's been a cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hamas. Several hostages have been released with many more Palestinian prisoners released as well. The cease-fire is supposed to end today, however, there are talks taking place to try and extend it. One interesting aspect of this war is that it's shown how far Hamas and the Palestinian Authority will go in terms of propaganda. For example, Jim noted how they claimed Israel actually attacked itself on October 7th and that they were the ones that did the shooting at the music festival. They've claimed that Israel has stolen organs from corpses. Hamas has even used artificial intelligence to generate what looks like dead bodies (but really aren't) and claiming that Israeli Defense Forces did this.Dr. DeYoung noted that in 35 years of his experience, there's been no one better at giving the Arabs a voice than the Israeli government. Israel often offered a 2-state solution, but it was the Palestinians that said "no" because being part of a state requires recognizing that Israel also has a sovereign right to be a state.Why aren't younger people getting this? It's because they get much of their information from social media, so they wonder why they should support Israel when they believe they're the ones committing the atrocities. What have we learned from the released hostages thus far? How much of a problem is posed by Hezbollah? These and other questions were addressed.