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Much is in the news this week. Here are some of the stories that Jim brought to us:• Trump posted message on social media giving thanks to God for winning the election• Trump and Biden met at the White House, first meeting for transfer of power• Trump issues ten point plan to deweaponize the deep state• J.D. Vance audio clip regarding censorship• Multiple picks for Trump's administration• Controversial Attorney General pick Matt Gaetz• Left wing activists march against Trump• Nancy Pelosi filed to run for reelection in 2026• Harris campaign spent 1 billion in three months• CNN audio clip regarding transphobia• Trump pledged to bring prayer back to schoolsListen to the program for the full lineup.

Ken Ham is the founder CEO of Answers in Genesis and its two life-changing attractions, the highly acclaimed Creation Museum, and the world-renowned Ark Encounter. Ken is a biblical apologist and author of more than 30 books, including Divine Dilemma (understanding death, disease, and suffering), Divided Nation (about today's culture wars), Creation to Babel. (a devotional commentary) and a new updated edition of The Lie: Unraveling the Myth: Evolution/Millions of Years. Ken is also a blogger and speaker on Answers…with Ken Ham.Have you ever wondered why our society has gone in the direction that it has? Why are issues such as gender, sexuality, abortion and racism so prominent these days? There's also the mass exodus from churches and the fact that churches seem to be losing ground. What is the root cause of this?The answer is in the form of a lie that has captured generations. It has eroded the belief in God as creator and the truth and authority of Scripture. It's the lie of evolution and the belief in millions of years. It's critical that we understand the magnitude of this issue because many continue to be swallowed up by this deceptive issue as it shows up in children's textbooks, it's promoted in the media, Hollywood and sadly, it's even taught in some seminaries and proclaimed from pulpits across America. So join Ken as he talks about this new, revised edition of The Lie, the current attack against Christianity, why evolution and atheism are also religions, what has led to the popularity and acceptance of evolution into seminaries and churches, changes coming to Ark Encounter, input from listeners and more!

Twila Brase is president and co-founder of Citizens' Council for Health Freedom, a national patient-centered, privacy-focused, free-market policy organization to support health care choices, individualized patient care and medical and genetic privacy. She is the speaker on the daily Health Freedom Minute.Twila believes that people are being misled when it comes to things like health care quality, standards of care and privacy. On the quality issue, she indicated that quality is whatever the government says it is and in this case they say it's compliance. For example, under COVID, quality was viewed by the government as the number of people that were vaccinated or a certain percentage of people in a clinic receiving the flu vaccine. This is greatly different from patients who define quality as access to a physician instead of a non-physician or more time spent with their doctor. Instead patients are confronted with things like limited access to care, complying with whatever they're told or electronic health records and reporting the data of patients.So how does this affect those 65 and older who have to make choices in regard to their health care? What are the differences between traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage? You can find out as Twila has compiled a helpful Medicare how-to guide that allows people to make educated health care decisions. This guide is not medical, financial, legal or even insurance advice. Instead, this is for informational purposes. Twila gives listeners an overview of the guide on this broadcast so you can decide if this might help as you steer your way through the maze of health care options.

Rev. Jim Harden is the president and CEO of CompassCare Pregnancy Services in New York.For Reverend Harden, making America great again requires making America moral again and he sees an opportunity for just that with Trump back in the White House. That means an opportunity for the church as well. He also noted that the government doesn't have the ability to make America moral but it does have the ability to reward those who do good and to punish those who do bad things. Vice President Kamala Harris centered her election efforts almost entirely on abortion, although she called it "reproductive choice." Reverend Harden called her defeat a "sound beating" signaling that the American people want to distance themselves from abortion just as they distanced themselves from the abortion czar.Tim Walz also shares blame as he signed a bill that allows abortion through all nine months of pregnancy in Minnesota. Reverend Harden believes that such abortion efforts use women, under the guise of reproductive rights, to gain power. Proof of this could be seen when they were confronted with the question of when, during a pregnancy, should there not be an abortion. The default answer was that they simply wanted to see Roe v. Wade reinstated. In addition, they'd deny that late term abortions were even taking place. Critical to this issue concerns who President-elect Trump will appoint as Secretary of Health and Human Services. Also discussed was abortion on the ballot, the Wisconsin 1849 abortion bill, what Trump can do to promote life, the stockpiling of the abortion pill and more.

It was on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918 when WWI ended. Though the cease fire (armistice) was signed at 5am in the morning, it specified that 11 am would be the hour that the actual fighting would stop. Tragically, in the intervening 6 hours of fighting, an additional 11,000 more were killed.In 1921, President Warren Harding had the remains of an unknown soldier who was killed in France brought to Arlington Cemetery and buried in what's known as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Inscribed on the tomb are these words: "Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known but to God." In 1926, President Coolidge began issuing proclamations honoring veterans every year and in 1938, the day became a legal holiday. In 1954, the name Armistice Day was changed to Veterans Day to honor all soldiers of all American wars.4 million Americans served in WWI, 16 million in WWII, nearly 7 million served in the Korean War, nearly 9 million served in the Vietnam War and from the first Gulf War to the present, 7.4 million men and women serve.While Veterans Day honors living soldiers, Memorial Day honors those who died while serving. This broadcast is Crosstalk's way of giving thanks as the phone lines were opened allowing listeners across the nation to honor a veteran on the broadcast.

Friday brings several news stories from the week.Iran ordered an operative to assassinate President Donald Trump before the election. Trump's election victory is being called a "surprising landslide." Universities cancel classes and offer a self-care day to help students cope with a devastating Trump win. These stories, other election updates, and listener comments await in the program.Listen, share, and PRAY for America and the presidential transition.

Pertaining to the election, much has developed in the last 24 hours.Yesterday Vice President Kamala Harris issued a concession speech of which Jim shared a portion of the audio. She had much to say about the "fight" not being over.Earlier today President Joe Biden addressed the nation and pledged a peaceful and orderly transfer of power.New York Attorney General Letitia James vows to continue using the rule of law against President Trump.Jim shared that during this election season, media was extremely biased in favor of Kamala Harris and against Donald Trump moreso than ever before.Jim also shared an audio clip from Yuval Noah Harari, an advisor to Klaus Schwab at the World Economic Forum, in which he states that if Trump is re-elected, it could be a death blow to the global order.Listen to hear more updates and reactions from listeners. Don't forget to PRAY!

Mat Staver is Founder & Chairman of Liberty Counsel, now celebrating 35 years. Mat is a constitutional attorney with three landmark cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. He is an author and the host of the radio broadcasts Faith & Freedom and Freedom's Call.Election Day 2024 is now over. In the early morning hours this morning with having crossed the 270 electoral vote threshold, President Donald Trump was declared the projected winner. Adding to his total, just a short while ago the Associated Press projected Donald Trump to also win Michigan.It's reported that Vice-President Harris called President Trump a short while ago to concede. His return to the White House makes him the second president to ever serve non-consecutive terms. The only other to do this was Grover Cleveland who was the 22nd and 24th president.President Trump said he would usher in the "golden age of America" in his victory speech. The markets surged at opening this morning. Abortion was on the ballot in 10 states as were other important issues. Mat Staver walks us through an analysis of this election and where things stand as of this program.

We have long been saying that we are a nation at a crossroads. Which direction will we go?Will we follow the path to socialism or will we revere our constitutional republic? Will we pursue a federal targeting of pre-born children or be a nation that respects life? Will we be a nation that pursues body mutilating surgeries for children or will we prohibit them? Will we be a nation that brings an end to women and girls sports or will we forbid biological males from playing on girls sports teams? Will we have open borders or closed borders? Will we punish evil doers or release them to the streets? Will we be a nation dependent on others for energy or will we be self-reliant? Will we be a nation that surrenders to the globalist agenda or stand in opposition to it?Former President Ronald Reagan said, "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same."Yesterday Troy Miller, President and CEO of the National Religious Broadcasters, released a statement regarding today's election. Jim shared the audio clip during the program.The final half of the program was devoted to taking phone calls with election day thoughts and experiences at the polls and hearing what the listeners see is at stake.

Jerry Newcombe is the Executive Director of the Providence Forum, a division of D. James Kennedy Ministries. Jerry serves as senior producer and an on-air contributor. He is the author or co-author of 33 books including The Book that Made America: How the Bible Formed Our Nation, George Washington's Sacred Fire and American Amnesia: Is America Paying the Price for Forgetting God, the Source of Our Liberty?The evangelist Charles Finney stated, "Politics are a part of a religion in such a country as this, and Christians must do their duty to their country as a part of their duty to God. God will bless or curse this nation according to the course Christians take in politics." Believers in Christ do have a special role: a stewardship before God of the vote we cast.The Scriptures tell us in Proverbs 29:2, "When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn." Elections really do have consequences.Listen to find out why it is critical that we vote. Then go out and vote. Then PRAY EARNESTLY for America

Election news and much more. It's all here, including input from callers nationwide, on this edition of Crosstalk's News Round-Up broadcast. Here's your weekly sample:--Nearly 62 million Americans had already cast an election ballot by early afternoon yesterday according to the University of Florida Election Lab.--A democratic operative is on video explaining the process for influencing the results of an election.--GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump's campaign sent a letter to the Colorado Secretary of State's office requesting that it bolster election security.--A federal appeals court ruled that the Mississippi law that allows mail ballots to come in up to five days after Election Day is illegal, because voters need to cast their ballots by Election Day.--Someone in the control room at a local ABC-TV affiliate messed up. WNEP-TV in the Scranton area, was airing a Formula One race on October 27th when viewers noticed that Kamala Harris had won Pennsylvania by 5 points. They said it was a test for election night.--Many Pennsylvania voters are reporting that they still haven't received their mail-in ballots, days away from the 2024 election.--A glitch exists in some types of Dominion voting machines. Voters who use a Dominion ICX voter assist terminal will experience an issue if they want to vote for candidates of both parties according to Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson. --Monday's ruling from the Nevada Supreme Court on accepting mail-in ballots without a postmark, and after the election, strikes a devastating blow to election integrity for years to come.

Barbara Loe Fisher is the president of the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC), a non-profit charity she co-founded with parents of DPT vaccine injured children in 1982. NVIC is a national, grassroots movement and public information campaign to institute vaccine safety reforms and informed consent protections in the public health system. She has researched, analyzed and publicly articulated the major issues involving the science, policy, law, ethics and politics of vaccination to become one of the world's leading non-medical, consumer advocacy experts on the subject.Barbara has written that public opinion surveys and polls indicate that more Americans are doubtful that getting vaccinated over and over again is a reliable way to stay healthy, especially since the extreme response by governments to the World Health Organization's coronavirus pandemic declaration in 2020. The result is that more adults have lost trust in doctors and public health officials.Some people have experienced a COVID-19 shot reaction or know someone who has died suddenly or know someone that is suffering from chronic poor health problems after getting the shot. Others can't forget being terminated from their job or being denied medical care or a school education for refusing the jab. Others are still unable to access social media accounts that were suspended for simply talking about COVID shot reactions.Such negative experiences have prompted a growing number of Americans to question whether they or their children really need to get a flu shot each year or many other government recommended vaccines. Doctors are calling this Vaccine hesitancy.

This Sunday is the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. When was the last time you prayed for the persecuted church, your brothers and sisters in Christ. Returning to Crosstalk to present the latest news concerning the efforts of the persecuted church was Todd Nettleton. Todd is the host of the Voice of the Martyrs Radio and is Vice President of Message for the Voice of the Martyrs-USA. Todd is author of When Faith is Forbidden: 40 Days on the Frontlines with Persecuted Christians.For Todd and everyone at Voice of the Martyrs, their hope is that every church would pray for persecuted Christians. To help people in this regard, VOM has resources that can help. The featured resource is a short 6 minute video that puts a face on the people all of us need to be praying for. It tells the story of the Martinez family in Colombia. Pastor Martinez leads a church in the "red zone", the areas of Colombia that are controlled by the guerrillas and the paramilitary groups. Those groups don't want churches there and they certainly don't want them growing. So pastors there are under constant threat and danger. This is just the beginning of an information packed program that features discussion on why children should be aware of Christian persecution, thoughts from Todd on his recent trip to the Middle East, persecution starts with the family, persecution intensifying on the continent of Africa, anti-conversion laws in India and much more.

William J. Federer is a nationally known speaker, historian, author, and president of Amerisearch, Inc. He's the speaker on The American Minute daily broadcast. He has authored numerous books including, America's God and Country Encyclopedia of Quotations, Who is the King in America?, Socialism: The Real History From Plato to the Present - How the Deep State Capitalizes on Crises to Consolidate Control and the newly released, Silence Equals Consent: The Sin of Omission.There are tactics that have been used in the past such as gaslighting and projection. Could it be that these tactics are being employed on the American people today?William began by defining projection. It's a term for blaming your opponent for what you're guilty of. In other words, the attacker's narcissistic response mechanism causes them to blame the victim when they're caught doing something wrong. We see this in the Bible. For example, Potiphar's wife accused Joseph of lusting after her when actually she was lusting after him. When Elijah meets Ahab, Elijah is accused of being a troubler of Israel.This also comes to light in the New Testament in the book of Acts. Paul was accused of profaning the Temple and starting an insurrection when in fact, it was the Pharisees who stirred up the insurrection at Jerusalem. By using projection they placed the blame on Paul.Nero set fire to Rome and blamed the Christians.Even Jesus experienced this when he was accused of being demon possessed.Learn how this is all tied in to the following:The KGB, critical theory and color revolutions. Audio from MSNBC showing their projection as they criticize Donald Trump's Madison Square Garden rally.

William J. Federer is a nationally known speaker, historian, author, and president of Amerisearch, Inc. He's the speaker on The American Minute daily broadcast. He has authored numerous books including, America's God and Country Encyclopedia of Quotations, Who is the King in America?, Socialism: The Real History From Plato to the Present - How the Deep State Capitalizes on Crises to Consolidate Control.On this broadcast William goes through several examples throughout history to explain to listeners the importance of not being silent, not just as it pertains to elections, but to sin in general.Perhaps you're not aware that in early America, you had churches establishing cities where everyone was involved in the church and city government. Baptists were responsible for the founding of Providence, Rhode Island, while Hartford, Connecticut, was founded by the First Congregationalist Church in America. In other words, you had cities with a covenant form of government as the founders of such cities were looking back to ancient Israel and their first 400 years of existence after leaving Egypt. He went on to note how even our Constitution was modeled after a covenant government from New England for the same reason.William also pointed to Numbers chapter 30, the silence-equals-consent chapter in the Bible. For example, if a daughter binds herself with a vow while living in her father's house in her youth, and her father hears her vow and holds his peace, then all her vows shall stand. However, if her father overrules her on the day he hears, then none of her vows shall stand and the Lord will release her.

News headlines are the order of the day on Crosstalk each Friday. Here's a sample of what Jim presented for listeners during the first half hour. Later in the broadcast, callers added their input as well.--The program began with audio clips from Kamala Harris, J.D. Vance and Dr. Ben Carson.--During a campaign stop at U.W. Milwaukee, VP Kamala Harris appeared to publicly agree with a protester who interrupted her while accusing Israel of committing genocide.--At a Kamala Harris/Liz Cheney town hall meeting, moderator Maria Shriver indicated that the questions were "pre-determined."--A group called Trans Families for Harris says a Harris/Walz administration would be the most supportive regarding governmental adoption of the transgender agenda.--LGBTQ Nation reports that according to the Human Rights Campaign, queer votes will comprise nearly 20% of the electorate by 2040. --Former first lady Michelle Obama's voter mobilization initiative is using drag shows and the promise of seeing rapper Cardi B perform to energize voters to get involved in the election.--Female athletes worldwide have lost nearly 900 medals to transgender identifying male competitors who have intruded into women's sports.--An Ohio child welfare agency created a confidential spreadsheet tracking the sexual orientation and transgender identity of children as young as 5. --At a CNN town hall event, VP Kamala Harris attempted to answer why over the past 4 years she hasn't done the things she's promising now.--In other audio clips, Harris defends a pathway to citizenship, answers a question concerning high food prices and whether Donald Trump is a fascist.

Alex Newman is an award-winning international freelance journalist, author, researcher, educator and consultant. He is senior editor for The New American. He is co-author of Crimes of the Educators, author of Deep State: The Invisible Government Behind the Scenes and author of, Indoctrinating Our Children to Death. He is Founder of Liberty Sentinel.This program takes a deep dive as it looks at the timeline of the United Nations, the world organization whose beginnings go back to October 24, 1945. Alex believes that from the beginning, the U.N. was set up for nefarious purposes. At that time what you find is that the U.N. was dominated by communists, subversives and individuals that have no business being anywhere near global power. As Alex moves along the timeline you'll hear him discuss the following: Soviet agent Alger Hiss who was the first Secretary General of the U.N.John Foster Dulles, one of the key delegates to the founding of the U.N., who through his book War or Peace, admitted the U.N. goal was world government.The International Court of Justice.Planning documents like Agenda 21. The connection between the World Economic Forum/the World Health Organization and the U.N. How religion factors into U.N. history. The U.N. and internet control. How to get the U.S. out of the U.N. and much more.

George Barna released a survey showing that 104 million people of faith, which includes 32 million Christian regular church goers, are projected to abstain from voting in the upcoming election. This is a staggering figure considering that we have important issues at stake such as religious liberty, the lives of the pre-born and sexual immorality being promoted in our education system. Recognizing this fact, Crosstalk invited Debbie Wuthnow as a guest. She is president of iVoterGuide, a division of American Family Association Action. Debbie joined iVoterGuide in 2011 as a data analyst and was named president in 2018. Debbie began by noting how the statistics tend to validate the idea that stewardship and civic responsibility are not being taught in the schools or even churches. Instead, apparently many people are just going to go on with their lives choosing to be ignorant of the impact that those we elect have over every aspect of our lives. This explains why we have the kind of government or school districts that we have because people aren't voting their values by participating in the voting process.Review this critical edition of Crosstalk and you'll discover just how important it is to recognize the stewardship of your vote. For example, Debbie covered the following:Do Christians really have an accountability before God as to if or how they cast their vote?Why are some Christians hesitant to vote?Can Christian voters impact the outcome of an election?How can illegal immigrants affect an election?How does iVoterGuide work?There's much more to take in, including plenty of input from Crosstalk listeners.

Dr. David Brown, Pastor Emeritus of the First Baptist Church in Oak Creek, has a Masters in Theology and a PhD in History, specializing in the history of the English Bible. In addition to his study of the English Bible he's also President of Logos Communications Consortium. For years he has conducted research on witchcraft and the occult. He is author of the book, The Dark Side of Halloween and also a research paper, Unmasking the Truth About Witches. There's an unleashing of darkness taking place throughout society today. Each Halloween seems to get darker as witchcraft, the occult and sensuality are all merging. So while you may think that witchcraft and those who deal with it are a thing of the past, you need to think again. According to Google Trends data, witch costumes were the most popular Halloween costume search in 2022. Last Wednesday, the most popular horror films in each state were released and some of the top movies by state deal with witches. Then on Monday of this week, LifeSiteNews.com ran a story indicating that the International Association of Exorcists recently published a book warning that Halloween, as practiced today, is closely connected to witchcraft and Satanism.So join Pastor Brown as he exposes the lies that witches tell and the proliferation of witchcraft, not only around the United States, but increasingly around the world. For example you'll hear:Why today's Wicca (meaning witch-like) isn't the oldest religion in the world like we're led to believe.The connection between Wicca and Satanism.Why it's a lie when Wiccans say they only engage in white magic, are family friendly and wholesome.

Mark Krikorian is a nationally recognized expert on immigration issues and serves as the Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies. They are an independent, non-partisan research organization that examines and critiques the impact of immigration on the United States. Mark has testified numerous times before Congress and has published articles in many outlets.Our country has never seen an invasion on our soil like has occurred in the last 3-1/2 years. On day one of the new Biden-Harris Administration in 2021, the Trump Executive Orders were lifted and the welcome mat was laid out. Millions have crossed our borders illegally. FEMA funds were depleted in order to supply housing, food, and medical care for those who are here illegally.Apartment complexes are being taken over by Venezuelan gang members. Just reported today, a small village near Cincinnati, OH is being invaded by Mauritanian illegal immigrants. Violent crime is a concern with many being released right back out to the streets. Much misinformation concerning border security is coming from national media.With an election looming, a major concern is illegal votes being cast in the election.