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William Federer is a nationally known speaker, historian, author, and the President of Amerisearch Inc. He is 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?, and Socialism: The Real History From Plato to the Present - How the Deep State Capitalizes on Crises to Consolidate Control.Increasingly we are barraged with the term "Christian Nationalism." Here are some of the recent headlines:• American Progress – Christian Nationalism Is 'Single Biggest Threat' To America's Religious Freedom• NPR – Tracing The Rise Of Christian Nationalism From Trump To The Alabama Supreme Court• Politico – Trump Allies Prepare To Infuse 'Christian Nationalism' In Second Administration• TheNation.com – The Terrifying Christian Nationalist Crusade To Conquer America• The Hill – America Is Facing A Threat Of Biblical Proportion: The Rise Of Christian NationalismJust earlier this week an email went out to media outlets announcing that a 401(c)4 group, Faith Forward, says it is "dedicated to bringing people of faith together to restore the soul of the nation, ramping up operations locally, and will be communicating with faith voters in an effort to fight back against Christian Nationalists who have been trying to co-opt religious language in order to deceive voters."Yet when you look at this group's site, it uses the guise of religion and religious language in the section "God Made All of Us" to promote four more years of President Joe Biden. The group's goal is to fight back against Christian Nationalists.

Psalm 92:1 tells us the following: "It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High."When was the last time you said, "Thank you God for..." and you named something other than the food on your plate? Do you thank God for life? How about the ability to think or work. If you're married, do you thank God for your spouse, your children or your grandchildren? Do you thank him for the residence where you live, a vehicle to drive or for the clothes you have to wear? Someone once asked that if God removed everything that you have not thanked Him for, what would you have left? So instead of complaining, which many of us are prone to do far too often, we should be praising God for the great blessings of provision He lays out for us every single day.This edition of Crosstalk seeks to nurture that perspective of thanks as at this time each year we open up the phone lines to allow listeners from around the nation an opportunity to share their thanks to Almighty God for yet another year of tremendous blessing.Happy Thanksgiving to all from the Crosstalk team!

Dr. Craig Hartman, a former attorney, is the founder and director of Brooklyn-based Shalom Ministries Inc. Born of Jewish parents and reared in the Bronx and Queens, Dr. Hartman has developed an outreach to the Jewish people that is being effectively implemented in the New York area and overseas. A frequent conference speaker and lecturer, Dr. Hartman has published a book, Through Jewish Eyes, in which he explores the Jewish roots of Christianity. Dr. Hartman holds degrees from New York University School of Law and The Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City.As recorded in Genesis 12:2-3, God made a covenant with Abram saying, "And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed." Throughout the Scriptures, God declared this to be an everlasting covenant.Despite God's everlasting promise to Israel, many threats continue from those who want to see Israel's annihilation. We continue to remember the horrific attack on October 7th and the continued multifront war that Israel has had to fight. Anti-Semitism is rearing its ugly head around the world. A number of significant developments have occurred over the past 30 days.

From Trump's latest administration picks to the latest on the immigration battle; those stories and more were covered on this News Round-Up & Comment broadcast.--Embattled former Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration for attorney general yesterday saying he was becoming a distraction to President-elect Trump's transition.--Gaetz said Friday he will not be returning to Congress next year.--President-elect Trump wasted little time in picking former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi as his next pick for attorney general after Representative Matt Gaetz dropped out.--Jose Ibarra, the illegal immigrant from Venezuela, has been convicted of murder and sent to prison without opportunity for parole in the February killing of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley.--The district attorney who declined to seek the death penalty for Jose Ibarra is a criminal justice activist and outspoken Kamala Harris supporter.--The Biden administration is loosening some key immigration restrictions ahead of President-elect Trump's second term, opening the door for thousands more illegal immigrants to enter the U.S.--The Democrat Denver Mayor Mike Johnston has vowed that the city's police and population would resist President-elect Donald Trump's deportation agenda, comparing Trump and federal deportations to the Chinese Communist Party.--Democratic New York Governor Kathy Hochul blasted the Biden administration for reducing office hours at 4 northern border crossings amid an ongoing surge of immigration. --President-elect Donald Trump will be doing away with the politically correct term "undocumented non-citizen".

Children today are being bombarded by the trans agenda. Some may use terms such as "indoctrination" or "grooming" to describe it and that's exactly what's taking place as an audio clip played by Jim proves. This grooming/indoctrination is happening in multiple ways and the guest on this broadcast describes these influences.For this subject Crosstalk welcomed Rebecca Terrell. Rebecca is senior editor and regular contributor to the New American. In the current issue of The New American Rebecca is author of the cover story, "Defending Children Against the Trans Agenda."Rebecca believes that our entire culture and nation is at stake. The upcoming generation of children and teens is being brainwashed and it's not only affecting us morally, it's also affecting the U.S. birth rate which has been in steep decline for many years. This brainwashing is happening to young people through school curriculum, media/entertainment, technology, corporate America, bans on conversion therapy and more.Get the latest information on this topic, and hear what listeners had to say, when you review this edition of Crosstalk.

Alex Newman is an award-winning international freelance journalist, author, researcher, educator and consultant. He is senior editor for The New American. He also co-author of Crimes of the Educators, author of Deep State: The Invisible Government Behind the Scenes as well as Indoctrinating Our Children to Death. He is founder of Liberty Sentinel.The COP29 (29th meeting of the Conference of the Parties) climate summit is going on right now in Azerbaijan. Ahead of this summit, the U.N. Secretary General, Antonio Guterres said, "Earth is ablaze and humanity is exposed."The fear-mongering tactics show no signs of letting up. In fact, a stated goal of this conference was to get more money from nations, all in an effort to save the planet.Are conferences like this actually about carbon dioxide or are they really about undermining America's economy in an attempt to restructure the world order? Find out as Alex explains what the upcoming Trump presidency signals to the conference of the parties. Alex believes that if Trump's past rhetoric is any guide to what we might see, his presidency will decimate the COP climate agenda. However, assuming he can stop this climate agenda, will he since he's made some recent appointments that are highly questionable.These and other points were analyzed, while listeners shared their thoughts to wrap up the broadcast.

Dr. Lonnie Polson is Professor of Communications and Chairman of the Division of Communications at Bob Jones University. He's taught numerous communication classes in speech, acting, performing literation, advanced stage directing and more. He has acted in or directed over 50 stage productions including the film discussed on this broadcast. He also serves as a pastor in Greenville, South Carolina.There are many Christians today, including pastors, who are denying the Lord, maybe not in word, but in their actions as they compromise with this world.This kind of activity is portrayed in the powerful production of the remastered film from 1990 called, The Printing. This movie is based upon real life experiences of people in the former Soviet Union in the early 1980's.The Printing dramatically demonstrates the risk taken by Christians, not to merely smuggle Bibles into the Soviet Union, but to print the Scriptures there. Hear the excerpts that Jim presents while Dr. Polson follows up with his comments. Dr. Polson also discusses his acting role in the movie as a KGB officer, how the movie impacted him and how important the theme of this movie is to our current generation.

Border safety and security for Americans. That was a driving element in the recent presidential election because nearly 4 years ago, the Biden/Harris administration dismantled the border control policies that had been working effectively under the previous Trump administration. Millions of people have encroached on our borders. Some did it secretly, while others entered illegally by appointment using a special Biden/Harris supplied app. This has resulted in the criminal element creating havoc across America through violent crimes such as rapes, murders, car jackings and even the takeover of apartment complexes. Social services have been maxed out and our nation's health care, education system and housing have been impacted. Even many police and sheriff's departments have been overwhelmed while many law abiding citizens have been called upon to pick up the bill. However, a new day has dawned with President-elect Donald Trump returning to the White House and he's promised to close our borders to those seeking to enter illegally.Joining Jim to discuss what's ahead for border security was Andrew Arthur. Andrew is Resident Fellow in Law and Policy for the Center for Immigration Studies.

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.