The Berean Call Podcast

The committee overseeing Psychic Warfare Research had already been scheduled to meet for a full hearing to inquire into the cause of the previous deaths of two psychics. Now they had a third death on their hands. Understandably, the atmosphere was extremely tense. Viktor did his best to appear in command of himself (although a certain amount of nervousness was expected as a matter of respect) when he was called at last into the small conference room down the hall from the laboratory. It was a closed hearing, with only the four Russian Army officers present—two generals and two colonels— as judge and jury. So secret was the subject matter that not even a stenographer was included. The officers made their own notes as the hearing progressed, and, of course, it was all recorded on audiocassettes.

Tom: Our guest this week and, Lord willing, next week is Keith Gibson. Now, Keith is the author of Wandering Stars: Contending for the Faith with the New Apostles and Prophets. If there’s a better book addressing the false teachings bound up in the Latter Rain [movement], Manifest Sons of God, the so-called Kansas City Prophets, the International House of Prayer, Bethel Church of Redding, CA, and many other heresies—well, I’m not aware of it. Keith took the name of his book from Jude’s epistle, which exhorts believers to “contend for the faith.” Verse 13 characterizes false teachings as “raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.”

For some time, hope for genuine cooperation between the West and Russia had pervaded the climate of international politics. That all the former communist nations in Eastern Europe had been accepted into NATO, made this hope seem reasonable. In the meantime, however, a covert and desperate rivalry between the CIA and FSB (successor to the KGB) that was never reported in the press had reached new intensity. If an outside observer had been able to look in on a certain clandestine psychic commando base secluded in the deep woods an hour north of Moscow, he would have found its activities and goals to be in complete contradiction to the peace initiatives being outwardly promoted by Russia ‘s new “democratic” leaders.

Tom: Today we’re going to do part 2 of my interview with Pastors Jesus Martinez and his son Jiovanne, who’s the youth pastor with their Living Word Fellowship in Miami, FL. We’ve been discussing the particular issues that the Hispanic church might have.

And, boy, I got straightened out on that. There are…

When Dr. Elliott stopped in alone on his late-evening rounds, he found Ken cheerful in spite of the new concerns that were weighing heavily upon him. Leighton had come by earlier with his lawyer and a notary public as witnesses to certify Ken’s shaky signature on the two copies of the contract. Ken was surprised that he now felt a great sense of relief. For Leighton, however, he felt an oppressive heaviness and concern. As for Carla, he knew her well enough to realize that there was little hope to salvage their relationship unless he renounced his newfound faith in Christ. That realization was almost more than Ken could bear. At the same time, however, he had a new joy that seemed to be independent of circumstances.

Today on our program, and next week as well, I have the pleasure of interviewing Pastors Jesus Martinez and his son Jiovanne, and they minister at the Living Word Fellowship in Miami, FL, which is a bi-lingual Bible-centered church...

Do you have another copy of the tape?” asked Ken anxiously the moment Dr. Elliott and his wife stepped inside his room later that evening.

“Is there a problem?” asked Elliott, instantly apprehensive.

“Is that the tape you gave me?” Ken nodded toward the side table.

“Why, yes,” began Hal, picking it up and examining it. “It certainly looks like it. There’s the hospital label. Why? What’s wrong?”

“Leighton says it’s blank.” Ken’s eyes told the story.

Well, this is part 2 of a conversation that I’m having with Joe Keim. The program is about Amish. Joe grew up Amish, as we learned last week, and he’s now a leader in MAP. And MAP is the Mission to the Amish People. Joe, welcome back to Search the Scriptures 24/7.

I’m not happy about this, Frank. Not a bit!” said Ken for the third time.

The morning sun was streaming through the open window. Ken had been enjoying the sound of the birds outside and the scent of fresh-cut grass—and feeling ravenously hungry and impatient for breakfast Suddenly Frank had been standing beside his bed. He’d gotten permission from the RN on duty to drop in early before visiting hours. An emergency had affected Ken’s business, he’d told her, and he’d promised to take only five minutes—ten at the most.