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Elaine Donnelly is president of the Center for Military Readiness, an independent, nonpartisan public policy organization that reports on and analyzes military-social issues. Since its founding in 1993, CMR has advocated for high, uncompromised standards in all forms of military training and sound priorities in the making of military-social policies. Elaine has published articles on military personnel issues in numerous newspapers and magazines nationwide.--Under consideration in Congress is the National Defense Authorization Act for 2025 -NDAA-. A number of positive initiatives are part of the House version. However, the Senate version comes with a very controversial mandate. It would require that for the first time in U.S. history, young women would be required to register with selective service for a possible future draft.--Elaine began by commenting on the state of readiness within our military, how women play into the solution and the mindset behind it. She indicated that although retention has been hold

The world is definitely in turmoil.- Russia, North Korea, Iran and China are a handful of nations that aren't just problematic, they're forming alliances that should be a wake-up call to this world.- On the other hand, in some nations, people are rising up and signaling that they no longer want to go in a certain direction any longer.--To address these trends, Crosstalk welcomed back Alex Newman.- Alex is an award-winning international freelance journalist, author, researcher, educator and consultant.- He's senior editor for The New American.- He is co-author of Crimes of the Educators, author of- Deep State- The Invisible Government Behind the Scenes and author of, Indoctrinating Our Children to Death.- He is founder of Liberty Sentinel.--In this survey of world affairs, Alex focused on the following---Russia-Their alliance building and a warning from a former Soviet defector.--China-Is their government system the model for an eventual new world order----China and Taiwan-Is a war between these two nations im

Reverend Jim Harden is president and CEO of CompassCare Pregnancy Services in New York. His own center was targeted by abortion terrorism.--Two years ago today, the U.S. Supreme Court released their decision in the case known as Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. This reversed the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. You may recall that when the Dobbs decision was initially leaked, pro-life and pro-family agencies were targeted with firebombs and other forms of violence. One of those targeted was CompassCare Pregnancy Services in Buffalo, New York.--Reverend Harden clarified a very important point up front. He noted that the Dobbs decision did not make abortion illegal. It simply gave the states the right to regulate the procedures. It also galvanized pro-abortion extremists to their cause. The result was that at least 500 pro-life entities were attacked. There was also the weaponization of legislation whereby blue states passed legislation to regulate and-or outlaw certain aspects of pro-life pregnancy care

Crosstalk listeners get caught up on news stories from around the world each Friday. Here's a selection of stories that Jim presented this week-----Tuesday evening it was revealed by the Wall Street Journal that President Biden is delaying the sale of F-15 fighter jets to Israel.----The leader of Hezbollah has vowed a fight with no rules and with no red lines if full-out war erupts between the Lebanese militant group and Israel.----U.S. military officials on June 19th confirmed that an air strike in Syria did kill a top terrorist leader in ISIS over the past weekend.----The high price of tobacco in Gaza has given rise to a cigarette smuggling industry and now threatens U.N. aid convoys.----The Biden administration's decision to spend 230 million dollars worth of hard-working American tax dollars on the humanitarian pier off the cost of Gaza seemed ill advised from the start.----Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address Congress on July 24th. ----Over 50 synagogues in Florida were forced to evacua

Mark Krikorian is a nationally recognized expert on immigration issues serving as the executive director of Center for Immigration Studies. They are an independent, non-partisan research organization examining and critiquing the impact of immigration on the United States. He has testified numerous times before Congress and has published articles in many outlets.--Mark began by communicating that the border control executive order is trying to limit the use of asylum claims as a gimmick to enter and then be released into the U.S. What the executive order actually does is to allow the government to not accept any asylum claims from those crossing the border illegally but only if the level of illegal crossings reaches 2,500 per day. In other words, this is the acceptable -floor- for illegal immigration. Mark described it as being the same as the big city district attorneys who say if you only shoplift -1,000 worth of items, that's OK, you won't be prosecuted. --The numbers are currently down at the borders. That

Dr. Richard Schmidt is pastor of Union Grove Baptist Church and founder of Prophecy Focus Ministries. He's the speaker on the weekly TV program, Prophecy Focus and the radio broadcast, Prophecy Unfolding. He spent 32 years in law enforcement including that of Acting Sheriff of Milwaukee County until his retirement. He has authored several books including- Are You Going to a Better Place--, Daniel's Gap Paul's Mystery, Tribulation to Triumph- The Olivet Discourse, Globalism- The Great World Consumption and Artificial Intelligence, Transhumanism and the De-evolution of Democracy.--The threat of a wider war in the Middle East continues to increase. Israel is at the heart of it all as they seek to defend themselves from those who wish to destroy the Jewish nation. Dr. Schmidt brought listeners an update as he discussed the following points---- Aid to Israel, featuring audio from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.-- The current status of the war in Rafah.-- Why is Dr. Schmidt so passionate about Israel and

Stephen Willeford represents Gun Owners of America. He's known around the country as the -good guy with the gun- for helping stop the largest mass shooting in the history of Texas in Sutherland Springs back on November 5th of 2017. He described the account in significant detail to begin this edition of Crosstalk.--This broadcast also dealt with some 2nd Amendment victories as well as challenges. For example, Gun Owners of America, alongside the Gun Owners Foundation, secured a preliminary injunction against President Biden's preset universal registration check rule. Also discussed was a possible federal ban on bump stocks, the Hunter Biden gun decision, the increase in gun purchases-especially by women, a challenge to a gun ban on Postal Service property and more, including responses from listeners.

This broadcast took a look at the barrage of LGBTQ efforts and the effect it's having on society. Joining Jim in this effort was Peter LaBarbera. Peter is the founder and president of Americans for Truth. He's a former reporter for the Washington Times and LifeSiteNews.com and a former contributing editor for Human Events.--Below is a sample of stories that Jim and Peter looked at dealing with this issue- ----There were servicemen representing the 5 military branches as they marched in the front of the 2024 Washington, DC, Pride Parade. Washington's fire department and EMS participated along with the Washington Metro Police Department. Also participating were cross-dressers, those who mocked religion, some dressed as animals, others dressed in fetish and bondage gear, there was public nudity and more.----An 82 year old Washington woman is suing her YMCA operated city pool after she was banned by the facility for speaking out against a man using the women's locker room.----A Netflix kids series -Jurassic World

Look to Crosstalk each Friday for news stories from around the world of interest to Christians. Stories included-----Jim highlighted a column by Riley Gaines and put out by Fox News that deals with the Progress Pride flag. This flag is, -...aimed at supporting individuals who feel marginalized despite living in the most diverse and inclusive society in the history of the world.- She communicated the contrast between this flag and our American flag and what the latter stands for.----There's a memo circulating internally at 24 Hour Fitness reportedly labeling symbols associated with Black Lives Matter and LGBT pride as freedom of expression while banning patriotic imagery.----3 teenage boys in Spokane, Washington, could face up to 5 years in jail and up to -10,000 in fines for putting skid marks on a rainbow colored street mural with their scooters.----The board of supervisors for the city of San Francisco declared the city a sanctuary city for transgender, gender non-conforming, non-binary and two-spirit peopl

Today's society tends to make a mockery of the role of fathers, making them look like buffoons as we often see on TV sitcoms. The Bible, however, takes a different view. It instructs fathers in the following way---Train up a child in the way he should go- and when he is old, he will not depart from it.--Proverbs 22-6--Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord- And the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man- So are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them- They shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.--Psalm 127-3-5--Hearken unto they father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.--Proverbs 23-22--The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice- and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.--Proverbs 23-24--The just man walketh in his integrity- his children are blessed after him.--Proverbs 20-7--This broadcast reflected the truth of these verses as listeners shared special wor

Dr. Elizabeth Lee Vliet is president and CEO of Truth for Health Foundation. Since February 2020, she's been part of the team of frontline physicians treating COVID early at home. With Dr. Peter McCullough, she is a co-author-editor of the Guide to COVID Early Treatment- Options to Stay Out of Hospital and Save Your Life. She is a past director of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons. --The 77th World Health Organization Assembly is over and the pandemic treaty was not passed. Dr. Vliet believes they are distracting people by saying that the treaty ran into problems so it's only on the -back burner- until the next gathering when there's less pressure and less public focus. --What they did -under the radar- was to pass International Health Regulatory Agreement amendments from the 2005 agreement. She contends that the amendments that were passed are more draconian than ever. For example, in one of the amendments they now have arrest power for anyone who criticizes the avian flu vaccines.--Is avia

Just over 14 years ago, Usama Dakdok made his first appearance on Crosstalk. At that time he warned listeners about the goal of Islam and the caliphate whereby the lands and the people would be under the domain of Islam. He warned that this would take place in Europe. The result-- In our day we are literally watching the transformation of Great Britain, France, Germany and the European Union.--Sadly, it's also taking place here in America, not just on university campuses but in cities across the nation. We can see from their protests that this movement is against not only Jews, but Christians and everything America stands for. --Usama Dakdok is founder of the Straight Way of Grace Ministry. He's the speaker on the daily radio broadcast, Revealing the Truth About Islam. Usama speaks fluent Arabic and has translated the Quran into English. He is the author of Exposing the Truth about the Qur'an and Exposing the Truth About Jihad and the booklets, The Violent Truth about Islam and The Straight Way to Eternal Lif

Chris Katulka is the assistant director of North American Ministries at The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry and host of The Friends of Israel Today radio program. He is a Bible teacher, writer for Israel My Glory magazine and is author of the book, Israel Always.--This past Saturday, in broad daylight, Israeli Defense Forces engaged in an amazing rescue operation of 4 Israelis that were taken hostage at the Supernova music festival that took place in Gaza -on the Israeli side- on October 7th. While Israel has been celebrating this effort, there's been widespread condemnation elsewhere because of those who were killed in the process. --As an example of the celebratory tone coming from Israel, Jim noted that Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant called the rescue, -...one the most heroic and extraordinary operations I've witnessed over the course of 47 years serving in Israel's defense establishment.---This broadcast covered a lot of ground surrounding this topic as Jim and Chris discussed President Biden wh

Here's a selection of stories from the first quarter hour of the broadcast as Jim presented another edition of the News Round-Up-----On the 80th anniversary of D-Day, President Biden called for stronger international cooperation, while also taking a swipe at Russian President Vladimir Putin.----Last Friday afternoon, President Biden announced a new deal under which Hamas would rule Gaza, get billions in U.S. aid and dozens of its terrorists would be released from prison in exchange for the dead body of every hostage.----The IDF's -Operation Rafah- has exposed the existence of a secret overpass between Egypt and Gaza that Hamas could use to import anything without international supervision.----4 more Israeli hostages died in the custody of Hamas including an 84 year old individual. ----The Iran-backed Palestinian-Hamas terror organization released a video last Friday providing another indication that another hostage, Noa Argamani, a young Israeli woman, is still alive.----Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netany

Dr. Andy Woods is the president of Chafer Theological Seminary and senior pastor of Sugar Land Bible Church. He's contributed to numerous theological journals and Christian books and has spoken on a variety of topics at Christian conferences. He's the author of The Middle East Meltdown, The Falling Away, as well as other books. Dr. Woods spoke at a VCY America spring rally in Southeast Wisconsin in April of this year. --Dr. Woods began by describing how Jesus rebuked the religious leaders of his day because they should have been able to recognize who he was based on the signs of the times. In spite of this, they refused to pay attention. They completely failed to recognize the messianic time period they were living in.--Dr. Woods reminded listeners that throughout history we see that when God sets something up, there are signs of the times that people are to be aware of and to pay close attention to them. This is especially important in our day because there are more signs pointing to Christ's second coming t

With each passing year, advocates of the LGBTQ- agenda are more vocal and more aggressive in advancing their cause while denouncing those who object. As has been his custom, President Biden issued a proclamation on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex Pride Month. His proclamation stated, -Advancing equality for the LGBTQI- community is a top priority.---Is this the last word because churches are becoming more accepting, because -drag queens- are allowed to read stories to children, because world governments, or specifically, a U.S. administration, makes it a -top priority--- Instead, what we should be asking is- What does the Bible say----Joining Crosstalk to answer that question was Pastor Rick Rogers of Calvary Baptist Church in Sturtevant, Wisconsin. He's a chaplain for law enforcement, is a former director of the Alpha Women's Center and also previously served on the Board of Baptists for Life of Wisconsin.--Pastor Rogers began by noting how God has ordained 3 institutions- The family

From former President Trump to the Middle East and more, Jim had much to present to listeners from the news desk. Here's a sample from the broadcast-----A jury found former President Trump guilty of 34 counts of business reporting violations claimed by Alvin Bragg, the District Attorney. Jim provided audio from Mr. Trump who is due in Manhattan court for sentencing on July 11th.----Trump's campaign raised 34.8 million dollars after the verdict.----The Biden-Harris campaign released a statement yesterday celebrating the verdict of the jury.----Robert F. Kennedy expects that Trump will be helped by the guilty verdict.----Jim provided audio from Jill Biden on -The View- claiming that it's actually Trump that can't put a sentence together.----Democrats will virtually choose President Joe Biden as their nominee after Ohio lawmakers dragged their feet in changing a state deadline that clashed with the party's convention.----The Israeli Defense Forces reported that a deadly blaze in Rafah, Gaza, may have been caused

According to the World Population Review, there are approximately 2 billion children in the world ranging in age from 0-14. That's one-quarter of the world's population. --Sadly, children today are in the cross-hairs of efforts like the trans agenda and their admitted grooming and indoctrination. They're also being affected by broadcast and streaming TV, corporate America, social media, the educational system and other efforts.--All of these things magnify the need to reach children with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Joining Crosstalk to discuss one such effort was Fred Pry, Vice President of Administration for Child Evangelism Fellowship -CEF-.--After sharing some background on CEF, Fred described how a Supreme Court ruling now allows for CEF Good News Clubs to have equal access-equal treatment and take these clubs into the public schools. --The result is that this past school year there have been over 3,000 Good News clubs that have operated with over half a million children involved. This is important becaus

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 informat

We are witnessing a world struggle for domination and control of the population, land, energy and even your health. Right now, the World Health Assembly is meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, to finalize a vote on a pandemic treaty. There's also the struggle among nations as to who will-will not support Israel and the Jewish people. Then there's the current political struggle and the struggle over border control in America. Where is this leading and what might this mean for evangelical Christians-- --Returning to Crosstalk to answer these questions was Gary Kah. Gary is founder and director of Hope for the World. He's editor of Hope for the World Update, an author and former Europe - Middle East Trade Specialist for the Indiana State Government.--Gary began by describing the timeline of the pandemic treaty being discussed by the WHO, a treaty that's been in the making for a few years. It's being backed by the Biden administration. In order to avert any resistance from Congress, they've been referring to this as a