A View from the Bunker

SINCE ITS creation in 1958, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, has grown to become the Defense Department's most secret, most powerful, and most controversial military science research and development agency. Investigative journalist and New York Times best-selling author Annie Jacobsen discusses her new book The Pentagon's Brain, the first-ever history of DARPA. Please join...

WAR IN the Middle East threatens to drag the United States and Russia into direct conflict, yet another "lone wolf" attack against a soft target in America, and a steady stream of reports of unidentified craft in the sky all intensify the sense that something is about to break loose. Author, speaker, and broadcaster L.A. Marzulli joins us to discuss the topics he covers in his new book Days of Cha...

THE SUPERNATURAL realm is real but it's probably very different than anything you ever heard about in church. American Christians tend to claim belief in a supernatural God but live as though all the questions of life have natural answers. What's strange is that the information is all right there in the Bible. Dr. Michael S. Heiser, Scholar-in-Residence at Logos Bible Software, joins us to discuss...

WITH 60 million children sacrificed on the altar of convenience, America is nothing if not the land of Moloch. Doug Overmyer of Seers See Ministries discusses the challenges of parenting in a nation where 1 in 5 children will be killed before they’re born. Here is the link to Doug's article for SkyWatch Magazine, "Parenting in the Land of Moloch". Also: Sundown tonight begins Sukkot and the fourth...

TROUBLESOME TIMES mean that those who prepare are best able to help others in need. And sometimes that means being prepared to mount a defense of those you hold dear. Mark Goodwin, host of the Prepper Recon podcast, joins us to discuss preparedness and the latest in his "prepper fiction" series, The Days of Noah – Book Three: Perdition. Please join Derek and Sharon Gilbert each Sunday for the Gilb...

SCIENCE FICTION has been hijacked by social justice warriors who believe that fiction is not for entertainment, but for proselytizing and winning converts to their nihilistic, postmodern worldview. Standing in the gap is a growing cadre of conservative writers, some of them openly and unashamedly Christian. Author John C. Wright is a writer of considerable skill who now holds the record for most H...

THE MYSTERY of the Georgia Guidestones has been solved. They have been called the American Stonehenge and the Ten Commandments of the Antichrist, but the biggest secret of the monument has been discovered. Documentary filmmaker Chris Pinto discusses his new film, Dark Clouds Over Elberton, and how he and colleague Dr. Michael Bennett hunted down the answer to the biggest question about the Guidest...

FOR EVERYTHING there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven, we are told in Ecclesiastes 3. Sometimes a change of season means a change of role as we try to serve the Lord to the best of our ability. That appears to be the case for our friend Doc Marquis, who is partnering with Dr. David Schnittger and Carol Rushton in a new venture, Southwest Prophecy Ministries. Doc and Dr. Schnit...

FROM THE so-called "Zombie Apocalypse" to the terror of the Islamic State, we are living in troublesome times. L.A. Marzulli joins us to discuss the real cause of the world's woes, which is the subject of his new book, Days of Chaos. Follow L.A.'s blog by clicking here, and click here for his radio program, Acceleration Radio. Please join Derek and Sharon Gilbert each Sunday for the Gilbert House...

AS CHRISTIANS, we are supposed to place our trust in the providence of God. How does that square with the notion of "prepping"? Pastor Carl Gallups, best-selling author of The Rabbi Who Found Messiah, discusses his new book Be Thou Prepared, and the biblical basis for putting aside extra for times of need. Please join Derek and Sharon Gilbert each Sunday for the Gilbert House Fellowship, our weekl...

CHRISTIANS IN the Middle East are literally under the gun. A hundred years ago, they accounted for about 20% of the population; today, Christians are less than 5% of the Middle East population and that number is shrinking. Senior Pentagon strategist LTC Robert Maginnis, author of the new book Never Submit: Will the Extermination of Christians Get Worse Before it Gets Better?, lays out the dangerou...

PLANET X has gotten a bad rap. It's responsible for much fear and trembling on the Interwebs and it's time for that to stop. Doug Elwell, author of Mysterious World: Ireland and publisher of the fascinating Mysterious World website, joins us to discuss his book Planet X: The Sign of the Son of Man and the End of the Age. Doug explains why he believes Planet X has been used by God to create the wor...

CONFUSION ABOUNDS when it comes to the timing of Christ's return. Today we welcome back Doug Stauffer to address some questions about the Pre-Tribulation Rapture: How scriptures are misapplied in our understanding of prophecy, why it's critical to differentiate between Israel and the church, and the identities of the Two Witnesses of the Book of Revelation. Please join Derek and Sharon Gilbert eac...

THE SEARCH for Planet X began after the discovery of Neptune in 1846. The hunt continues, but now with some fear and trepidation–many believe something is coming our way that could mean the end of the world as we know it. Mark Combs, author of End: The Beginning, discusses the theories behind the mysterious and as yet undiscovered body, and the role it may have played in shaping human history. Ple...

MONEY IS not the root of all evil. The love of money is the root of all evil. That's a huge difference. Josh Tolley, host of the nationally syndicated Josh Tolley Show, discusses his book Evangelpreneur and why an entrepreneurial mindset it's not only acceptable but biblical. Also: China begins to wage a currency war; NATO and Russia play war games; and a look at the brewing conflict between Azerb...

NEPHILIM IN the New Testament? Surely Brian Godawa has stretched his Chronicles of the Nephilim series at least one book too far! But no! Brian joins us to discuss his latest novel, Jesus Triumphant: Chronicles of the Nephilim Book Eight, and makes the case that the giants who caused so much trouble throughout the history of Israel were still in the land for one last attempt at preventing the Mess...

TITANS APPEAR, seemingly from nowhere, and fall upon the unwary human race, eating every one they catch and driving mankind to the point of extinction. To survive, the remnant of humanity hides inside a series of massive walls in despair. That sounds like an overview of the Book of Enoch or certain myths from the ancient Near East, but it is actually the premise of a wildly popular Japanese manga/...

IS IT really possible that one of the most significant events in history left no trace in the archaeological record? That's the consensus of Egyptologists, who contend that the 400-year sojourn of the Hebrews never happened because there is no evidence. Could the national history of Israel, as well as the foundation for Judeo-Christian morality, actually be a work of fiction? Filmmaker Tim Mahoney...

IT SEEMS fitting that a Transhumanist religion, based on science and promising immortality by uploading consciousness into an avatar, would hold a workshop in virtual reality. Carl Teichrib, founder and editor of Forcing Change, was there in the virtual crowd (see image at right) for the Terasem Movement's annual workshop on Geoethical Nanotechnology. He discusses the principles of Terasem and tra...

THE THREAT of an Iranian nuclear weapon has dominated American news for months because of the just-announced, long-delayed deal over Iran's nuclear program. But the president's nominee to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, considers Russia to be the biggest threat to the United States, calling Russia's behavior lately "nothing short of alarming." D...

WHILE THE world watched Greece, the stock market in China collapsed, losing the equivalent of 12 Greeces in value in the span of three weeks. What the heck is going on? Dene McGriff draws on 30 years of international ministry and business experience to offer some insight into the wild fluctuations in the Chinese markets, and he makes some common-sense suggestions for how Christians can prepare for...

THE MORAL attitudes of the United States public have changed more quickly in the last ten years than at almost any point in our history. Even our president has changed his mind during his term in office on one of the hot-button social issues of the day. What's going on out there? Doug Krieger, publisher of The Tribulation Network website and co-author of Final Babylon: America and the Coming of An...

THE LEGAL basis for marriage in the United States now appears to be "because they want to". That being the case, where does the line get drawn? John Haller, trial attorney by training and teaching pastor at Fellowship Bible Chapel in Columbus, Ohio, explains the legal, moral, and prophetic implications of the Supreme Court's ruling on same-sex marriage, and he makes some recommendations for religi...

THE TERM "Christian Transhumanist" is probably considered an oxymoron by many of us. That's understandable; some of the leaders in the Transhumanist movement openly state their goals for humanity to be omnipotence or transformation into a Borg-like hive mind. Rev. Dr. Christopher Benek, associate pastor at First Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, argues that the time has come for Christians t...

IF THE first rule of warfare is knowing one's enemy, then Christians in the West are woefully unprepared. Rev. Dr. Robert Bennett, author of I Am Not Afraid: Demon Possession and Spiritual Warfare, joins us to discuss a recent ritual performed by Roman Catholic priests in Mexico–a mass exorcism intended to drive the demons out of country. Is this an effective approach? What does the Bible tell us...