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A compelling look at current events, Bible Prophecy and apologetics with interviews of well-known authors and prominent leaders from around the world.
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Pastor Josh Schwartz and Ken Mikle talk to Jonathan Brentner about the importance of Premillennialism. This is the only eschatology that makes sense and leads to the theology of the pre-Tribulation Rapture of the Church. Find Brentner’s book in our online store.
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Pastor Josh Schwartz and Ken Mikle talk to Pastor Jonny Ardavanis of Stonebridge Bible Church, Franklin, Tennessee. In this chaotic and stressful world in which we live, what must the follower of Jesus do to combat the evils and anxieties that are ever-present?
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Pastor Josh and Ken speak with J. Warner Wallace from Cold Case Christianity. He is a detective and a follower of Jesus who assembles the facts and evidence to demonstrate the trustworthiness of the Scriptures. This week, Josh and Ken discuss the importance of Biblical Apologetics. Can you defend your faith?
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Pastor Josh and Ken speak with J. Warner Wallace from Cold Case Christianity. Wallace is a cold case detective who assembles the facts and evidence to demonstrate the trustworthiness of the Scriptures. This week, we hear the strong evidence for the historicity of Jesus as Christ and the truth of the Scriptures.
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Pastor Josh Schwartz and Ken Mikle have a revealing discussion with Monkey of Monkey Werx US. This man reads the Scriptures, observes the flights in the sky, and connects the data points. Why is it important to watch the covert flights overhead? How should Christians prepare? The world is heading toward the Tribulation. The birth pains are intensifying, and wars and rumors of war are spreading.
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Josh Schwartz and Ken Mikle talk to Alex Newman. Alex recently returned from COP 30 in Brazil. Plans are being strengthened to guide the world toward a worship-centered global future system. A dark agenda is being systematically revealed. How should the Christian respond?
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Pastor Josh Schwartz and Ken Mikle welcome the counter culture mom, Tina Griffin. The world is trying to influence the hearts and minds of our children and grandchildren. Pop culture, Hollywood, technology, and more, have overwhelming influence. Is it too late? How do we allow God’s influence to be greater?
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1Pastor Josh and Ken talk with Pastor Jack Hibbs. The wolves are showing their faces and trying to cause division even among believers. The team discusses the wreckage being done by Tucker Carlson and others who understand no theology yet are influencing millions. How must the body respond? Find Hibbs’ book in our online store.
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Pastor Josh Schwartz and Ken Mikle talk to Billy Crone who reveals troubling info about Trump’s Stargate system. Is this the infancy of the Beast System? Why would a conservative President introduce something that is so potentially dangerous? We must speak the truth about such policies. Find the DVD set in our online store.
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Pastor Josh Schwartz and Ken Mikle welcome Dr. Mark Hitchcock. The book of Revelation was written for our good and God’s glory. God loves his church, and he does not want us to be unaware. Revelation tells us a new world is coming but the stage is being set now. Since it spells Satan’s demise, he is trying to silence this last book of the Bible. Find Hitchcock’s new book in our online store.
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Pastor Josh Schwartz and Ken Mikle host Jenn Nizza of expsychicsaved.com. The schemes of darkness are masquerading as light, and many, even in the church, are being deceived. Listen to the warnings and stop dabbling in the demonic.
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Pastor Josh Schwartz and Ken Mikle welcome Jeff Kinley and Todd Hampson. Younger generations are awakening to truth and long to know the future that the Bible recounts. If the Lord tarries, there is future hope and if the church won’t teach them, then we must. Parents, grandparents, and pastors, this is a call to action. Find the extended version at 29:05.
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In part one, Pastor Josh Schwartz and Ken Mikle talk to David Tal as the world holds its breath for what is next in the prophetic Middle East? What’s next for Bible prophecy? Then the hosts talk to Olivier Melnick. How did such a gifted people come to be hated by the whole world? Find Melnick’s book, “Antisemitism in the End Times: How the Rise of the World’s Oldest Hatred is Paving the Way for Messiah’s Return”, in our online store. The extended version begins at 27:08.
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Pastor Josh Schwartz and Ken Mikle first feature Justin Kron, producer of the film October 7: Bearing Witness to the Massacre. The truth must be told. Hear cutting-edge inside information and how to access this film. In the extended version, the hosts talk to Lee Brainard, which begins at 28:21.
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Pastor Josh Schwartz and Ken Mikle first talk to Pastor Barry Stagner. We are in the “times of the signs” prior to the Tribulation. How should followers of Jesus deal with Rapture fervor, Rapture disappointment, and Rapture fatigue? Much of this is spurred on by false date-setting?
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Pastor Josh Schwartz and Ken Mikle talk to Trevor Rubenstein and Pastor Aaron Braaten on the intensifying worldwide hatred of the Jews. Jesus is coming back to a Jewish nation, capital, and people! As a result, they are global targets today, as in the 1930s. They also consider the decline of Dispensationalism—the one truth-telling theology that helps us understand God’s plan for the last days! Hear the confusion of Covenant Theology and more in revealing clips. The extended version begins at 28:07.
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Josh Schwartz and Ken Mikle talk to Jan Markell for the hour. Political assassinations, lawlessness, and darkness seem to pervade everything. Are we in the very last of the last days? This leads to efforts to set dates for the rapture including the upcoming Feast of Trumpets. What about the mischief of the forthcoming U.N. meetings? Add to the chaos the killing of Charlie Kirk. What is the Christian to make of such instability?
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A.I., the technocrats, and technocracy: Are we seeing the development of the Beast System of Revelation 13? Pastor Josh Schwartz and Ken Mikle open with Patrick Wood analyzing these issues. In the extended version, Jan Markell joins David Tal and Josh to talk about the Kirk assassination and the Israeli strike on Qatar. How should the believer respond? Extended version begins at 32:21.
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Should followers of Jesus read or study the book of Revelation? Is it all symbolic, or will it all come to pass in the future? Pastor Josh talks with Pastor Gary Hamrick of Cornerstone Chapel, Leesburg, Virginia. Pastor Gary has just written an insightful new book, Standing on the Edge of Eternity: The End Times According to Revelation. Find it in our online store. In the extended version at 27:58, Pastor Josh and Pastor Gary discuss how believers should be the best citizens in the countries where they live.
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Is the Earth flat? Did America make it to the moon? Is there a global Cabal? Conspiracy theories are everywhere. Plus, why are evangelicals invested in theology but not eschatology? And why should we study Bible prophecy? Pastor Josh and Ken talk with Lee Brainard about many important issues including apologetics.
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Why should we care about the Book of Revelation since we're supposedly not even going to be here during all of those terrible things?
Supporting Israel today is almost as bad as supporting Israel when God sent Assyria and Babylon and Rome against Israel.
When will you all realize that the tribulation is not the wrath of God?
Things every Christian living in this day and age NEED to hear!! Thank you for this!
Imagine saying that we must support Israel "because they are God's people" back when Babylon was threatening to invade. That's how people act today: No matter how sinful Israel is, we are supposed to support them no matter what. This is not a comment on Israel's battles with Hamas or anyone else. It's just a general comment.
Is there anywhere that I can listen, or read transcript, of Understanding the Times from the beginning, in order? Yes, I'm one of THOSE people. I found back to 2014 maybe at One Place but either user error (I have to manually scroll back over and over) or the app itself, and it is time prohibitive and can't realistically download them. Thanks and bless you! Just read Trapped and it was so moving!
Amazing and so timely as well as timeless.
Great guests We Love you Jan Markell!
If the Rapture comes pre-tribulation then it's not like Noah's ark because Noah's ark took the God's believers up and wiped out the rest of the human race, there was no second chance. If the rapture comes before the tribulation this implies that there is a second chance for non-believers which was not the case in Noah's time. More importantly there is an enormous misconception that the tribulation is God's wrath when in fact it's not, it's Satan's wrath and Satan has been expressing his wrath on the human race for all of humanity's existence but the difference is that "Satan knows he has little time." The bowls, being God's wrath, come after the great tribulation
A Universal Reformation
It's programs like this which perpetuate the existing Great schism between East and west. Westernized religion has always been ambivelant towards its mystics. your sectarian,fundamentalist,'orthodox' (meaning correct view,Bible literalist) ,although well intentioned,is sorely misinformed about inner Christianity. It's not Christian mystics that are promoting division...but this old sectarian mindset that sees itself correct above all others. Because the cosmic,creation centered,theology of myticism is universal and filled with mysteries that move the heart,because it's playful and full of creativity and invitation to the same----it doesn't fit in to the agenda either of patriarchal education and programming or of the patriarchy religion which has established and defined itself "bibilically" ....,It cannot fit into the "wine skin" of exclusive left brained religion or education...thus we have so little of it among our "trained religious leaders". The denial of mystics perspe
i don't see Reckless Love as heretical at all. he's not saying God is Reckless but rather God will go to great extents to save us..i.e a person driving reckless with a critical person in car that needs to get to hospital...that person will most likely not obey traffic laws to "save" that person. (not saying God breaks his own laws) but my point is going to extremes to reach us. just my humble opinion.
really like this podcast but find it highly edited like a commercial. is that just me or anyone else notice that?
The Great Schism between Eastern and Western traditions is a manmade dualism and division. unfortunately,most of orthodox fundamentalist hardline doctrine and rigorous objectivity is in denial....,and tends to demonize what it refuses to acknowledge as Other cultural truths. Your conclusions are short sighted and based upon a sectarian religious Spirit. The Rich diversity found in the mystical core of all traditions will not be affected by false conclusions. God's plan to unify is being hindered by mankind's misunderstood concepts. Where men hope to segregate and remain in ignorant, divisions....God will unite. However,unenlightened religious robots will cling to the fragment of only what they know according to exoteric traditions of men. If esoteric Christianity is ignored or deemed demonic by those who refuse to dive into deeper Waters....,they will remain in sectarian,divided ignorance. To each their own. You're conclusions are,unfortunately based upon bias and presupposition
you might want to listen to this one
you're paranoid, Yee of little faith LoL 🔥. Jesus can't come back soon enough
How about demons masquerading as Jesus performing miracles as in the testimony below: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1854116031290962&id=201333056569276 In my mind this is the most dangerous and ultimate deception. I do not think that the woman in the video is saved. What makes this even more troublesome is that she is sharing this on a Christian radio station with no discernment.