Speakers:

• James Kitazaki (host)
• Ken Smith
• Brett (co-host / contributor)

Topics Addressed:

• Declining trust in pastors and clergy (Gallup/Barna data)
• Biblical worldview, discernment, and deception in the last days
• Media bias and misinformation
• Immigration enforcement, ICE, and the Insurrection Act
• Crime, border security, and human trafficking concerns
• LGBTQ themes in children’s media and cultural desensitization
• Germany’s energy policy and nuclear power reversal
• National security risks tied to Chinese-made vehicles
• Political corruption, fraud investigations, and misuse of public funds
• Free speech, church disruptions, and religious liberty
• Cultural decline, collectivism, and end-times biblical perspective

Overall Summary
In this episode of Ken’s Corner, Ken Smith is joined by James Kitazaki and Brett for a wide-ranging discussion that blends current events, cultural analysis, and a biblical worldview. The conversation opens with reflections on Scripture—particularly Daniel and Revelation—before turning to recent data showing a historic collapse in public trust toward pastors and church leaders. The hosts explore how doctrinal compromise, political entanglement, and lack of biblical literacy have contributed to skepticism toward organized religion, emphasizing the need for discernment, faithfulness, and courage in an increasingly deceptive cultural landscape.

The episode then moves through major national and global issues, including immigration enforcement, media narratives, children’s entertainment, national security concerns, and political corruption, frequently contrasting official narratives with reported data and historical context. Throughout the discussion, the speakers frame these developments through a Christian lens, warning about moral inversion, cultural desensitization, and institutional decay while urging listeners to remain grounded in Scripture. The program closes with encouragement from Joshua 1:9, calling believers to strength, courage, and trust in God amid uncertainty.

Sandy frames the lesson around “Who must I forgive?” arguing that Christians must forgive repentant believers within the church as well as enemies and persecutors, because unforgiveness gives Satan strategic leverage; drawing on passages like 2 Corinthians 2, Colossians 3:13, Ephesians 4:32, and Galatians 6, he stresses forgiveness as release and restoration while distinguishing it from immediate reinstatement to leadership, which requires time, observation, and discipleship. He portrays unforgiveness as a foothold that fuels secondary sins (anger, slander, malice, revenge), and uses Joseph as a model of genuine forgiveness paired with prudent testing of repentance and trustworthiness. The teaching then expands forgiveness outward—love enemies, pray for persecutors (Matthew 5)—with vivid reconciliation stories to show forgiveness as practical obedience that frees believers to love and witness. A related point follows: while we can forgive personal offenses, only God can forgive sins in the justificatory sense, especially sins “against God” like false prophecy/teaching; therefore believers should forgive such offenders in their hearts to speak truth in love, but still publicly rebuke public deception, “mark and avoid” persistent false teachers using a range of texts, and restore only upon clear, demonstrated repentance.

Amos 7 turns the spotlight fully inward: God measures His own people, not the pagans first. Pastor Marco explains why judgment begins in the house of God and how spiritual leadership, worship, and public religion can become corrupted while still claiming God’s name. As Amos faces resistance for telling the truth, this chapter exposes the ongoing conflict between faithful preaching and a culture that demands comforting lies. The message is both warning and mercy—God confronts His people because He is holy, and because repentance is still possible while the warning is still being spoken.

 The Word That Endures Forever: Creeds, Canon, and the Test of Doctrinal Consistency 

 In this foundational teaching, Jacob Prasch examines the nature of biblical Christianity by contrasting the unchanging authority of Scripture with the evolving doctrines of religion. Beginning with the early creeds—the Apostles’ Creed and the Nicene Creed—he explains how the “line of faith” preserved essential Christian truth before the New Testament canon was fully written and recognized. From there, the message traces a consistent biblical warning against adding to or subtracting from God’s Word, drawing on Deuteronomy, Proverbs, Isaiah, the Gospels, the Epistles, and Revelation. Prasch argues that while Scripture remains coherent and self-consistent, false expressions of Judaism, Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Islam, Mormonism, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and modern ecumenical and emergent movements are marked by progressive doctrinal invention and internal contradiction. By documenting historical developments, shifting dogmas, and extra-biblical authorities, the teaching exposes religion as man’s attempt to reach God, in contrast to the gospel—God’s unchanging revelation reaching fallen humanity. The message concludes with a clear test of truth: what is from God remains consistent, but what adds to His Word will inevitably prove unstable, contradictory, and false. 

This teaching was originally taught on RTN TV's "Word for the Weekend" on July 6, 2024 and can be found on RTN and Moriel's YouTube and ministry channels. Word for the Weekend streams live every Saturday. See RTNTV.org for more information.

 In this uncompromising teaching, Jacob Prasch expounds Revelation 13 and the doctrine of Antichrist by tracing its biblical patterns across both Testaments, exposing how deception precedes domination. He explains that before the mark, the image, or 666, Antichrist first comes as a counterfeit savior—working signs and wonders, promoting a false humanitarianism, and advancing a social gospel that sidelines repentance and the cross. Drawing parallels with Judas Iscariot as the “son of perdition,” Prasch shows how Antichrist infiltrates from within, masquerading as compassion while pursuing power, money, and control. He then follows the repeated biblical appearance of 666 through Solomon, commerce, gold, and global trade—especially its connection to Tarshish, which he presents as a prophetic symbol of economic alliance, compromise, and rebellion against God’s will. Applying these patterns to modern ecumenism, celebrity Christianity, unbiblical worship, and political-religious convergence, Prasch warns that the apostate church is already “setting sail.” His sobering conclusion is both a warning and a prayer: discern the signs, refuse ungodly alliances, stand on Scripture illuminated by the Holy Spirit—and ask God, in mercy, to sink the ship before it reaches Tarshish. 

 Continuing in Jeremiah 17:19–27, this teaching addresses the meaning of the Sabbath—not as a legalistic observance, but as a prophetic sign pointing to Christ Himself. By examining Scripture from Jeremiah, the Gospels, Romans, Colossians, and Hebrews, the message explains why Sabbath-keeping was treated as a matter of life and death under the Old Covenant and how its true fulfillment is found in entering God’s rest through Jesus. Contrasting religious rule-keeping with genuine faith, this study exposes the emptiness of man-made religion, false visions, and legalism, and calls believers to rest fully in the completed work of Christ, who alone is the substance behind every shadow. 

 In this installment of his series, retired pastor Charles Douglas opens by briefly recommending RTN (a Christian TV/radio network offering music and Bible teaching) and then turns to the third theme: “The Beast to Come”—the Antichrist as the ultimate personification of false anointing under Satan. Framing the topic as a set of starter thoughts for personal or small-group study rather than an exhaustive end-times chart, he defines “antichrist” from John’s letters (as denial of Jesus’ true deity and true humanity), notes the recurring influence of deception (including a modern resurgence of gnostic-like distortions), and explains Satan’s work in terms of strategic (ultimate aim to exalt himself like the Most High) and tactical (ongoing preconditioning of minds through authoritative platforms—political, financial, and religious). Douglas then walks through key texts—especially Revelation 12–13, Daniel, and 2 Thessalonians—highlighting the beast rising from the turbulent “sea” of humanity and the dragon empowering him, the beast’s blasphemous self-exaltation and persecution of saints, and the coming certainty of Christ’s victory as King of kings. He also introduces the “second beast” (the false prophet) as a religious deceiver who performs signs to enforce worship, briefly weighs interpretive options around the “mortal wound” and the “image” (including but not limited to technological possibilities), and repeatedly emphasizes a sobering theme of divine sovereignty—the beast is “allowed” authority for a limited time—alongside a pastoral warning to stay spiritually alert, sober-minded, and grounded in Scripture amid accelerating deception. 

How Much Must I Forgive

Is there a limit to forgiveness? How many times must a Christian forgive someone who continues to hurt them? Sandy Simpson addresses these difficult questions by examining Jesus’ teaching on limitless forgiveness and the dangers of keeping score. This lesson confronts the human desire for revenge and justice while pointing listeners to Christ’s example of mercy. Forgiveness, when practiced fully, dismantles bitterness before it hardens into a lifestyle of resentment.

Catching Up With Jacob is political commentary from a Biblical perspective. This week join Jay, Jacob, Marco, Davy, and Elon as they discuss today's hot topics. 

Originally recorded January 23, 2026.

Amos 5–6 — Seek God and Live!!

What does God actually want from His people? In Amos 5–6, the answer is not more empty ceremony, but genuine repentance and renewed devotion: “Seek Me and live.” Pastor Marco walks through Amos’s urgent call to abandon false confidence, religious performance, and self-indulgent ease—and to pursue the Lord with integrity, justice, and righteousness. These chapters confront the danger of loving comfort more than truth, and warn against a spiritual life that looks “fine” externally while collapsing internally. The invitation stands: seek God truly, and live—because life is found in Him, not in prosperity, appearances, or national pride.