Romans 5:20 reminds us that "where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.." Our guest encourages us that "the coming of Christ was nothing less than a cosmic victory when Christ was born into the world." The victory of Christ comes in time and history. Adam fell into sin, yet God chose to use the 2nd Adam, the God-man Jesus, to cast down Satan, crushing his head. As it says in Genesis "he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.� Genesis 3:15b In the New Testament book of Acts, Peter asserts �For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says himself:

�The Lord said to my Lord,

�Sit at My right hand, till I make Your enemies Your footstool.� ' Acts 2:34-35 Today we pause and consider the wonderful promises that are associated with Christ's reign after His first coming and prior to His second. Participants: Dr. P. Andrew Sandlin, Dan Elmendorf

We are looking forward to Christmas. Perhaps the prospect of good food, presents, time with family and friends comes to mind. Yet, for many Christians in our world, they are suffering persecution at the hands of the enemies of Christ. Today we talk with the Chief of Media Relations for The Voice of the Martyrs-USA, and host of The Voice of the Martyrs Radio. He shares the three main prongs to their ministry of serving persecuted Christians around the world. The three areas are 1) Being the hands of Jesus in the form of medical, housing and financial support for those family members whose father or mother is imprisoned. 2) Getting Bibles into the hands of the persecuted church. 3) Supporting front line workers as they minister to the persecuted.

The website if you would like to help this good cause is: persecution.com

Participants: Todd Nettleton, Dan Elmendorf

We are told to rejoice in hope: "Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer." Rom. 12:12. Today we have a hope-filled discussion on the theme of Christ's coming to earth as a baby and then having lived a perfect life, and then being the sinless Savior who died for us. Jesus came as a weak and helpless babe, dependent on a mother and father. The Hebrew name �Emmanuel� literally means �God is with us.� The world has been irreversibly changed by the coming of Jesus Christ. Can you imagine what the world would be like, if Christ had not come? The repercussions are huge - even affecting medicine, science, law, economics, etc. Someday, things will be wrapped up. Advent has both a long look and a shorter look.

Participants: Dr. John Vance, Dan Elmendorf

Today we interview a man who has spent years researching climate change, environmental, and energy issues. He's also traveled to Greenland in 2007 to investigate global warming claims. He comes at this from the position of an investigative journalist, and follows the data no matter where it leads. We discuss the fact that climate always changes. We look at recent as well as older history to get a rounded out picture of the facts. Our guest includes the medieval warm period. We go back further to the Roman warming. We discuss the role that CO2 has. We discuss the stories that many of us had to endure in the late 60's and early 70's when the "experts" assured us of a future, soon-to-come global cooling, leading potentially to an ice age. The "solutions" then, to this global cooling, were the same as they are for global warming! We cover the roughly 1000 scientists who have now come out and declare they are skeptical of the catastrophic claims of the climate change alarmists. We talk about the danger that faces climate scientists if they come out and express a different opinion than the typical "approved" narrative. The danger is real and includes being "cancelled" and would directly affect their careers. Occasionally one of them retires and becomes curiously honest about climate change. Our guest runs a website at https://www.climatedepot.com/ He also has written a book available on Amazon titled The Politically Incorrect Guide to Climate Change. Also his new book is coming out in the next several days that deals with the Green New Deal. Participants: Marc Morano, Dan Elmendorf

Today we review the account of a demon possessed man who encountered Jesus. This man was a loner, living among the tombs in a cemetery. Everything about him was considered unclean by the Jews. He lived among pig herders. His home in the cemetery was also considered unclean. This demon possessed man had exceptional strength and he was very self-destructive. His case was apparently the worst of the cases of demon possession in the Bible. He runs up to Jesus, and he says that he knows who He is. The man tells Jesus that his name is "Legion." This reminds us of the Roman legions - and implies that the man had a great number of demons that possessed him. Join us today to find out more about this man and the power of Jesus in converting him. What happened to the demons, and what characterized their departure? We talk about our own day and what to do if you are in trouble and know that you need the Savior. What about our nation? Many applications are drawn. Participants: Rev. Dr. Al Baker, Dan Elmendorf

We have a special broadcast today. As some of you may know, Lenora, the dear wife of Dr. Peter Hammond, finally succumbed to cancer and passed from this life on November 9th. Peter is a friend of this ministry, and His wife Lenora was a profound helpmeet and worker for Frontline Fellowship in South Africa.

Earlier this week, Peter wrote: �In the early hours of Tuesday the 9th of November, Lenora fought her final battle with pain and entered eternity. It has been a long and difficult battle with cancer, but she fought it bravely.� Lenora had struggled with cancer since July 2010. Her goal was to live long enough to see her grandchildren.

Today, with permission from Peter, we are sharing part of a podcast that was recorded with Peter, his son in law Hunter Combs, and daughter Andrea Combs, as they reflected on this remarkable life of Lenora Hammond.

Please pray for our brother Peter as he grieves and re-adjusts to life without his dear wife. And praise God, that this saint is now in the immediate presence of Christ, where her spirit finally meets her Lord and Savior, awaiting the last day, and bodily resurrection.

Now from 2 Cor. 3:18:

And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

What is it like to pastor in the heart of Long Island NY? After a long time as a pastor of a church, our guest then passes the reigns to another pastor and moves into being a Regional Home Missionary. He plants another church and also gets involved more with Christian broadcasting. If there is anything we can learn from this man, is to keep going and not give up! The Lord has been blessing the efforts of this minister of word and sacrament for many years and He continues to do so. Learn what it is like to be in God's work for the long haul and to keep going by God's grace. Even in the midst of societal breakdown and increasing paganism, how is it possible to keep a positive perspective and look to God for the spread of His kingdom? Participants: Pastor Bill Shishko, Dan Elmendorf

Some of our representatives proposed in their multi-trillion spendathon the notion that the IRS would track all transactions of $600 or more in personal bank accounts. After a public outcry these reps raised the amount to $10,000 per year. Ask yourself, do I have over $10,000 worth of transactions in one year? Most of us do. So, how does that feel, to have the IRS snooping around in your bank account? Even a young person who works hard at a paper route would potentially be affected. This causes us much pause. We ask ourselves, "what is the government's proper reach?" Is this not overreach? Most Americans feel that we should keep most of our earnings. That's what characterizes a Constitutional Republic with a free market system. And yet, if you add up all the taxes that you are paying, it may get close to 50%, once you consider the hidden taxes on gas, phone, electric delivery, hunting licenses, etc., etc., etc. We are being taxed into poverty. Our Lord Jesus said to render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's and unto God, the things that are God's. God asks us to give to him, 10% of our earnings. So what does that say about what "Caesar" should have a claim over? If you come up with a maximum of 9% that is about right. You may say, wait a minute, we could not possible fund all our agencies on an amount that small. Exactly. Did you know that Socialism is the ruin of every nation that has embraced it? Join us for an interesting interchange today, as we talk with a writer for The Washington Times, who has seen a lot of this world, and is a committed Christian. In his article, our guest mentioned that the French legislator Frederic Bastiat in 1850, penned a pamphlet called "The Law." He foresaw the arrogance of today's "community organizers" working to fundamentally transform society when he wrote long ago: "Too many persons place themselves above mankind; they make a career of organizing it, patronizing it, and ruling it." Our guest's email address is [email protected]

Participants: Robert Knight, Dan Elmendorf

What really happened back on October 31, 1517? Christians today look back and realize that it was the start of the Reformation. A German monk named Martin Luther was actually reading the Bible. He could not find anything in the Bible regarding indulgences. In Luther's day, its almost like the coins in your pocket could free your loved ones from suffering under God's wrath and send them straight to heaven. Because of the church�s unprecedented indulgence sale, Luther posted The Ninety-Five Theses. This was in response to Bishop Albert of Mainz, who with papal blessing, was selling indulgences for past, present, and future sins! Hard to fathom isn't it? While this action of posting on the church door was typical of what scholars of that day did, yet this was different. It had the affect of sparking something much more than merely a localized scholarly debate. Luther, while still being changed himself, had realized that God�s Word is the ultimate authority in this world, and that the perfect life and sacrificial death of Jesus Christ was the only answer for evil and the only basis on which sinners can stand before a holy God. Listen and learn who some of the key players were in the dynamic that unfolded in the years subsequent to 1517. This movement became so profound that the principles of the Reformation even had an effect on the formation of America during the time of the War for Independence. The colonists, many of whom were deeply affected because of Reformation thinking, realized that civil officers were also inherently sinful. God had ordained lesser magistrates who could intervene when a ruler became despotic. This teaching, commonly known as the �doctrine of the lesser magistrate,� gave the American colonists a theological basis for resistance to Great Britain. When the American Revolution ended, the leaders of the new states established a new national government with strictly limited powers. And so the thinking of the Reformation directly affected the formation of our nation. Participants: Rev. Mark Diedrich, Dan Elmendorf