A View from the Bunker

JESUS BASED his ministry in a part of Israel that was known as a hotbed of supernatural activity for thousands of years—a place that features not one, but three megalithic sites described as “wheels of the giants.” Why did he do it? What was special about the Upper Galilee and Golan Heights, the ancient kingdom of Bashan—a name that literally means “place of the serpent”? Brian Godawa , award-winn...

WHAT DOES pickleball have to do with living life as a follower of Jesus Christ? Surprisingly, more than you’d think. Stacy Lynn Harp , Christian therapist and host of Bible News Radio , joins us to discuss her book Pickleball Faith: Inspiration On and Off the Court . Stacy explains how what appeared to be a means to connect with others in her adopted home state of Tennessee became a series of life...

WHERE JESUS performed his miracles is often just as important as the miracles themselves. Case in point: The only miracle other than the Resurrection to appear in all four gospels is the feeding of the 5,000. The Bible tells us this occurred in a desolate area near Bethsaida, the hometown of the apostles Peter, Andrew, and Philip. Doug Van Dorn , author of Giants: Sons of the Gods , and Director o...

TWO THOUSAND years ago, the city of Ephesus was dominated by the cult of Artemis. Her temple was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, and the silversmiths who made images of the goddess started a riot because Paul’s preaching cut into their business. Stephan Caraway , co-founder of Fig Tree Watchers Ministries , joins us to discuss a new article he’s posted as part of a series on the Boo...

ONE OF THE difficulties in understanding the spirit realm is that New Testament authors, especially Paul, used the same Greek terms for both earthly and heavenly beings. So, how do we understand terms like thrones, dominions, rulers, authorities, principalities, and powers? To borrow another phrase from Paul, as though we’re looking into a mirror in a darkened room. Joining us for our monthly Iron...

NEARLY EVERY culture on Earth features a creation account that includes heavenly voice speaking into the human world and creating the algorithms of human civilization. Ali Siadatan , creator of Think Again Productions , joins us to discuss the fundamental differences between the creation accounts of the pagan world and the story contained in the Bible—and to explain why the modern UFO phenomenon i...

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...

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 availa...

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...

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 , j...

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. Subscribe and share our YouTube channel at www. YouTube.com/GilbertHouse ! Get all of our video and audio content on our new...

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 explai...

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. Ig...

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 the...

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,...

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 goddes...

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 heroes o...

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 ci...

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 Pandemic and the thr...

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 Director of the Institute of Biblical Anth...