It has been four days after Charlie Kirk's assassination.  I've wanted to let some time to go by to collect my thoughts.  Here's what I think about this darkly serious situation in our country, and the way forward for Christians.  

Who are these people who rejoice at the murder of an unarmed man?  And how as Christians are we to respond to these people who are our neighbors, living among us, working among us here in America?  

The conclusion of this series of the hard sayings of Jesus, I comment on some of the more popular verses that well meaning people use to "prove" that healing is the will of God for all Christians, or that Jesus is less than Almighty God, or that Christians should never "judge" anything.  I hope rather lengthy time on the air is helpful to you.  

Final podcast of the hard sayings of Jesus in the Olivet Discourse.  Is this tribulation something worldwide in the future, or just localized to a time of judgement long ago?  What did Jesus mean by "inasmuch as you did it to the least of these my brethren"?  Is the judgement He refers to at the end of the sermon a judgement that is of eternal conscious punishment, or something that will eventually end?  

Was Jesus talking about just some military invasion by the Romans in AD 70, or was His prophecy on the Mount of Olives about some worldwide cataclysmic series of events?  Tune in and found out!  

Jesus said a bunch of things in Matthew 24 that are controversial.  What did He mean by "He that endureth to the end shall be saved"? And what did He mean about the "kingdom rising against kingdom" being the beginnings of "birth pangs"?  What does all this have to do with Israel and the Church and the future?  Dr J takes on some of the more cryptic sayings of Jesus in this podcast and hopefully clears things up.  

Jesus speaks of a sin that He says will never be forgiven:  blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.  What is this, and is it being done today?  Is it something a Christian can do?  Why is it that this warning is never repeated again in the New Testament?  It can be a very confusing and disturbing passage, so listen in to Dr. J's take on what this saying means... and doesn't mean. Hopefully Dr. J's exegesis of the text will give you some peace of mind.  

Was Jesus mean or rude to the Gentile woman who came to Him because her daughter was demon possessed?  Why did He refuse her at first?  What did He mean by the things He was saying?  

This is the first in several episodes dealing with some of the hard sayings of Jesus.  In John 6 Jesus makes several statements about eating His flesh and drinking His blood.  What in the world is He talking about?  Is this a reference to the Lord's Supper?  Or is Jesus trying to convey something else?  

These are stories you will never find in history books, but I thought it would be good to record them.  I don't think it's right that they would be lost to the ages.  Most of them are nothing spectacular, but these were my encounters with people who sacrificed in a titanic world battle of good versus evil.