A View from the Bunker

THE NEPHILIM were on the earth in those days, and also afterward. In fact, the spiritual descendants of the Nephilim are still at work in the world today. Gary Wayne , author of The Genesis 6 Conspiracy: How Secret Societies and the Descendants of Giants Plan to Enslave Humankind (note: click here for the Kindle ebook edition), discusses the research behind his wide-ranging work that covers at lea...

Graham Hancock’s Ancient Apocalypse has been called the most dangerous show on Netflix. Why? Author and pastor  Doug Van Dorn , bestselling author and award-winning screenwriter  Brian Godawa , and Director of the Institute of Biblical Anthropology  Dr. Judd Burton  join us for our monthly Iron and Myth round table to discuss the hit series that’s sent professional archaeologists and the terminall...

GIANTS OF MYTH are described in surprisingly similar terms all over the world, from Mesopotamia to Mesoamerica. There is a reason for that. Doug Van Dorn , pastor of the Reformed Baptist Church of Northern Colorado in Boulder, joins us to discuss his revised and expanded edition of his groundbreaking book, Giants: Sons of the Gods. Yes, the giants in the Bible were real, and they’re important. Ign...

THE BIBLE tells us that father Abraham died at the age of 175. How can we reconcile that with science without losing our belief in the inerrancy of scripture? Dr. Craig Olson, Dean of Biblical Studies at Trinity Southwest University, explains that the problem is not the number, it’s the difference in the way numbers were used in the ancient Near East compared to today. In a nutshell, people 3,500...

Renowned Bible scholar, author, friend, and mentor Dr. Michael S. Heiser stepped into eternity Monday, February 20, 2023. All of us owe Mike a debt. Director of the Institute of Biblical Anthropology Dr. Judd Burton , bestselling author and award-winning screenwriter Brian Godawa , and Pastor Doug Van Dorn return this week to share memories of Mike—how we first became aware of his work, how it’s i...

DEMONS ARE the spirits of the giants destroyed in the Flood of Noah. At least, that’s what Jews of the Second Temple period and the early Christian church believed. Author and pastor  Doug Van Dorn , bestselling author and award-winning screenwriter  Brian Godawa , and Director of the Institute of Biblical Anthropology  Dr. Judd Burton  join us for our monthly Iron and Myth round table to discuss...

GIANTS ARE in the Bible because they’re important. This week, we bring you an interview recorded in July of 2021 with Dr. Michael Heiser , a giant among Bible scholars, in our view. Mike’s research and his willingness to share it has literally changed the lives of thousands of people. His books, including The Unseen Realm, Reversing Hermon, Angels, Demons, and A Companion to the Book of Enoch, Vol...

An eight-foot golden statue on a courthouse in New York City is just the latest piece of evidence of a cult of Watcher worship at high levels of our society. Christopher Knowles, proprietor of the Secret Sun Institute of Advanced Synchromysticism, joins us to explain why the figure, described by a New York politician as a “satanic golden Medusa demon,” represents the gender-fluid Sumerian goddess...

A large city that just happens to be where the Bible places Sodom was destroyed by an air burst in the Middle Bronze Age—just when Abraham would have been in Canaan. Dr. Phillip Silvia is the co-author of a peer-reviewed paper that stirred up a lot of controversy in September of 2021 by describing a cataclysmic event over the north end of the Dead Sea about 3,700 years ago comparable to the Tungus...

Who or what are demons? Where do they come from, and how are they different from fallen angels? Author and pastor  Doug Van Dorn , bestselling author and award-winning screenwriter  Brian Godawa , and Director of the Institute of Biblical Anthropology  Dr. Judd Burton  join us for our monthly Iron and Myth round table to discuss evil spirits of the unseen realm—and the connections between the hero...

SODOM IS REAL and it’s been found. By the time you see or hear this program, a team will be on its way to Jordan for the final season of excavations at the site. We sat down with Dr. Steven Collins, author of Discovering the City of Sodom and Co-Director of the Tall el-Hammam Excavation Project. He shared with us the excitement of uncovering a site that was one of the most important Bronze Age cit...

CONSTANT ACCESS to the Internet has exposed an entire generation of children to predators in ways that are difficult to imagine.  Opal Singleton-Hendershot, CEO of  Million Kids  and author of the books  Seduced: The Grooming of America’s Teenagers  and  Societal Shift: A World Without Borders and A Home Without Walls , joins us to discuss the new documentary Sextortion: The Hidden Pandemicand the...

IT’S TIME Christians reclaim Christmas. We live at a time when some Christians are intimidated about wishing other Christians a Merry Christmas, afraid they might accidentally be participating in what was originally a pagan rite. Our monthly Iron and Myth round table says, “So what if it was?” Author and pastor  Doug Van Dorn , bestselling author and award-winning screenwriter  Brian Godawa , and...

OUR MOST DIFFICULT battles are not fought in the natural realm. That’s what Paul meant when he wrote, “We wrestle not against flesh and blood.” Our guest this week is a young man who has already lived a full lifetime of experience. Jamal Byrd is an Air Force veteran, college athlete, successful businessman, and now author of Battle Tested, his autobiography. He hopes his story will inspire others...

THE SPECTACULAR COLLAPSE of cryptocurrency exchange FTX is the latest blow to the battered global crypto market, which has lost more than 60% over the last year. Guy Malone , copy editor for Bitcoin magazine, explains the difference between Bitcoin and cryptocurrency, what brought down the empire of Sam Bankman-Fried, and the implications for digital and fiat currencies going forward.

Many of us have experienced a particular type of demonic attack. Most of us don’t recognize it for what it is. Vicki Joy Anderson , author of They Only Come Out at Night , a highly-recommended book on the terrifying phenomenon called Sleep Paralysis, joins us to explain the different between SP and night terrors, how demons literally groom children in their sleep, and what parents can do—especiall...

WESTERN CHRISTIANS have been so desensitized to the supernatural that we usually don’t recognize evil when it’s staring us in the face. Joining us for our monthly Iron and Myth series are Brian Godawa ( www.godawa.com ), best-selling author and award-winning screenwriter, Pastor Doug Van Dorn ( www.douglasvandorn.com ), author of Giants: Sons of the Gods, and Dr. Judd Burton ( www.burtonbeyond.com...

ARCHAEOLOGISTS CALL IT the oldest temple on Earth. If that’s so, who or what was worshiped there? Dr. Aaron Judkins ( aaronjudkins.com ) joins us to share the research behind his new book, Guardians of Göbekli . We discuss the evidence for the site’s use as a place of worship, rites that may have been practiced there, and links between the god of Göbekli and the Bible.

TOO OFTEN, we Christians are terrible ambassadors for our king. We prefer that those with the greatest needs clean themselves up a bit before admitting them into our congregations. David and Tonya Holt have been on the outside looking in—dealing with various issues like drugs, abuse, and homelessness, which can open to the door for other problems of a spiritual nature. They discuss their ministry,...

FAIRY TALES aren’t all Mother Goose and Snow White. There is a dark side to those stories that can be traced back to the entities in the unseen realm. Dr. Judd Burton joins us for our annual Halloween episode together, and he explains that the fantastic stories of witches, giants, and trolls that we heard as children can be traced back to the rebellion of the fallen spirits.

THE CHALDEANS were the people who created the kingdom of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon who destroyed the Temple of Yahweh in Jerusalem. The spirit behind his kingdom still influences the world today. Messianic Rabbi Zev Porat joins us from Tel Aviv to discuss his new book, Unmasking the Chaldean Spirit. He explains what that spirit is and how it’s manifesting in occult practices around the w...

HOLLYWOOD IS drawing our culture into paganism. There is no other way to characterize the types of movies and TV series coming out of the major studios. Joining us for our monthly Iron and Myth series are Brian Godawa (www.godawa.com ), author of Leviathan and Behemoth and screenwriter of the new film My Son Hunter (www. MySonHunter.com ), Pastor Doug Van Dorn (www.douglasvandorn.com ), author of...

MOST OF US have had an experience that can be described as night terrors or sleep paralysis. For some, however, it’s a common, ongoing experience—one that makes going to bed a living hell. Vicki Joy Anderson, author of the new book They Only Come Out at Night: Exposing the Dark Weapon of Sleep Paralysis, digs deep into scripture to shine a light on the dark entities and “shadow people” who terrori...

CHINA IS an imminent threat to our way of life. That may sound like a return to a 1950s way of thinking, but it’s true. LTC Robert Maginnis, author of the new book Kings of the East: China's Plan to Eliminate America and Impose a Communist World Order, explains how China’s history, economic power and coming military superiority are being deployed to make China the world’s leading power and impose...

GOD HAS PLACED HIS NAME in every strand of DNA in your body. Seriously. That’s just one of the stunning revelations in the new book The Yeshua Protocol by best-selling author Pastor Carl Gallups. Carl shares the discovery of the very name of God in our genetic code, the explosion of knowledge and technology foretold by the prophet Daniel, and what it means for us as believers in Jesus Christ.