A View From The Bunker

IT COULD BE the most controversial passage in the Bible: The Nephilim [or giants] were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown. (Gen 6:4, ESV) Scholars and theologians have argued over that verse for thousands of years. While scholars have come t...

HUMANITY IS CAUGHT in a life-and-death struggle with forces beyond our comprehension. And powerful political and religious groups appear to be siding with this inhuman enemy. Daniel Holdings , writer of the new Steve Quayle documentary Lies of Men and Gods, discusses this supernatural conspiracy thousands of years in the making. Watch the trailer for Lies of Men and Gods here . The film is availab...

What’s the difference between angels, cherubim, and seraphim? Who are the Watchers, and can a messenger angel, a malak, be promoted to the rank of Watcher? We’re joined for our monthly Iron and Myth roundtable by Brian Godawa , award-winning screenwriter and best-selling author; Pastor Doug Van Dorn , author of Giants: Sons of the Gods and The Angel of the LORD; and Director of the Institute of Bi...

SOMEONE OR some group has figured out a process for abducting and disposing of more than a hundred healthy young men in the U.S., U.K., and Europe over the last twenty years. The victims are found in bodies of water, but not drowned, and many were found with a smiley face symbol painted or carved on a surface nearby. William Ramsey , producer/director of the documentary The Smiley Face Killers, jo...

MORE PEOPLE believe in ET than in the God of the Bible. We wish that was a joke. Josh Peck , co-author with Derek of The Day the Earth Stands Still , explains why a couple of Christian researchers and authors spent half a year writing a book about UFOs and “alien” abduction. Help us Build Barn Better! This is our project to convert our 1,200 square foot pole barn from a place to park our yard trac...

OUR GUEST this week is a longtime UFO investigator who has concluded, after decades of research, that the “UFO phenomenon does not constitute conclusive evidence of actual physical ET visitations by physical extraterrestrial biological entities piloting or maneuvering physical extraterrestrial spacecraft of any kind.” Norio Hayakawa, who’s featured in the film Alien Intrusion , joins us to explain...

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 terminally wo...

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 (https://douglasvandorn.com/), bestselling author and award-winning screenwriter Brian Godawa (https://godawa.com/), and Director of the Institute of Biblical Anthropology Dr. Judd Burton (https://burton...

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 (https://drmsh.com/), 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 th...

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 (https://secretsun.blogspot.com/), proprietor of the Secret Sun Institute of Advanced Synchromysticism (https://www.patreon.com/m/1540812/posts), joins us to explain why the figure, described by a New York politician as a...

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 (https://trinitysouthwest.academia.edu/PhillipSilvia) is the co-author of a peer-reviewed paper (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-97778-3) that stirred up a lot of controversy in September of 2021 by descr...

Who or what are demons? Where do they come from, and how are they different from fallen angels? Author and pastor Doug Van Dorn (https://douglasvandorn.com/), bestselling author and award-winning screenwriter Brian Godawa (https://godawa.com/), and Director of the Institute of Biblical Anthropology Dr. Judd Burton (https://burtonbeyond.com/) join us for our monthly Iron and Myth round table to dis...

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 (https://www.digsodom.com/), 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 m...

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 (https://millionkids.org/) and author of the books Seduced: The Grooming of America’s Teenagers (https://amzn.to/3XeOLok) and Societal Shift: A World Without Borders and A Home Without Walls (https://amzn.to/3ijbgtt), joins...

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 (https://douglasvandorn.com/), bestselling author and award-winning scree...

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 ( https://jamal-byrd.com/) is an Air Force veteran, college athlete, successful businessman, and now author of Battle Tested, his autobiography. He hopes his...

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 ( https://www.guymalone.com/) , 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 currenci...

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 ( https://www.vickijoyanderson.com/) , author of They Only Come Out at Night ( https://www.gilberthouse.org/store/They-Only-Come-Out-at-Night-p496383817) , a highly-recommended book on the terrifying phenomenon called Sleep Paralysis, joins us to explain the different b...

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 ( https://www.aaronjudkins.com/bookstore) . 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...

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 ( https://www.churchwithoutwallsoildale.org/) 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...