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Today, our guest tells us that conversions in Reformed and Presbyterian churches are lower than they should be. He personally is involved in evangelism, and finds that it is invigorating, fulfilling, and is being used of God, to bring people into the kingdom. The church that he is a part of, was formed in response to the spiritual challenges of the 9/11 attack. At that time there was door to door evangelism going on in NYC where he lives. Over time, people soon got more involved in pastoral care and did not have enough time to keep up with evangelism. To reach pastor Murphy, his email is [email protected] Participants: Pastor Paul Murphy, Dan Elmendorf

Today we consider the season of Lent. Is Lent only a Roman Catholic construct, or do Protestants celebrate it as well? Our guest notes the early seeds of Lent going back to the 325AD canon from the Nicene Creed time frame. Lent is a period of 40 days, composed of weekdays. It is a time of spiritual discipline. Focus is made on prayer, dedication to Christ, often fasting, and a conscious effort to conform my mind to the mind of Christ. Historically, it was a time of preparation for baptism, by new converts. During this time, the converts would be catechized. It is also a time of solidarity with other Christians, worldwide. While the Orthodox church choses a slightly different time to celebrate - namely March 18 to May 7, it nevertheless ties us together as Christians who hold to the Nicene Creed. Both the western and eastern traditions see Lent concluding on Easter Sunday. Participants: Dr. John Vance, Dan Elmendorf

Next week is Valentine's Day. When we think of Valentine's Day we think also about a loving home with a husband and wife. Children are a natural part of such a home. But what about the care of these little souls? God charges us to provide for our families and if we don't, He says we are worse than an infidel. "if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel." 1 Tim. 5:8 A major way of providing is the upbringing of our children, including their education and training in the fear and admonition of the Lord. But is it even possible to obey the Lord if we allow our little ones to be trained and educated by pagans? What about letting them into the influence of those who are sexual perverts? Is that proper for a Christian? Today we launch our discussion of this with announcing a book that is available, written by our guest. The book's title is "Indoctrinating Our Children to Death: Government Schools� War on Faith, Family, & Freedom � And How to Stop It" Its available on Amazon and also on https://libertysentinel.org/savechildren/ Participants: Alex Newman, Dan Elmendorf

Did you know that our electric generation and the grid it powers in America, is fragile? It has gotten more fragile over the past decade as we have foolishly replaced reliable energy sources with part-time unreliable sources. Meanwhile, places like China, are embracing energy sources that are 100% reliable. They are putting us to shame. The cost of our electric has been going up, while there has been a 13 fold increase in blackouts since the year 2000. Our guest today has given over 300 keynote or invited lectures to groups ranging from the Marine Corps War College to the Sydney Institute. He is an author, podcast host, journalist, and public speaker. He has addressed sessions of the Senate multiple times. He writes to a substack here: https://robertbryce.substack.com/ Here is the link to the series our guest mentions: https://juicetheseries.com/ Participants: Robert Bryce, Dan Elmendorf

God is at work all over the world. He is bringing the nations to Himself. We don't see it sometimes because of our presuppositions that tell us it isn't possible. But it is. And it is happening. "For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet." 1 Cor. 15:25. Years ago, Puritan John Winthrop quoted Matthew's Gospel (5:14) "a city on a hill cannot be hid," -- Winthrop warned his fellow Puritans that their new community would be "as a city upon a hill, the eyes of all people are upon us", meaning, if the Puritans failed to uphold their covenant with God, then their sins and errors would be exposed for all the world to see: "So that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken and so cause him to withdraw his present help from us, we shall be made a story and a byword through the world". America has broken God's law and we really are under His curse unless we repent. Its only going to get worse. But it doesn't need to. Revival and reformation is God's perfect will for us. We who live in America sometimes think that the world revolves around our 332 million people. Well, it doesn't. How proud that is. It is also wrong. If we can pause for just a minute and stop watching the corporate media, we do well to observe what God is doing in other countries around the world. Today we consider Africa. Consider the church growth in Africa - its higher than the rest of the world. in 1800 there were less than 5 million Christian in Africa. In 1900, the number rose to 7.5 million. In 1979 this rose to 115 million. Now, in 2024, this number is 680 million Christians in Africa. By 2050, the number is anticipated to be 1.2 Billion Christians in Africa. That means there will likely be more Christians in Africa than the rest of the world combined. That assumes the growth rate stays the same in the other countries (which it may not). Our guest runs a mission by the name of Frontline Mission. www.FrontlineMissionSA.org He reports that the greatest need is for bibles and teachers. You can support this missions work - For overseas supporters (like us) wishing to donate to this good work, use this: "Our South African account: Bank Name/Credit Institution: First Rand Bank Bank Street Address: Bank City, floor 2 Place: 4 First Place, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2000 Account Number: 50170589260 Account Name: Frontline Fellowship Street Address: 28 Park Road Rondebosch Place: Cape Town, 7700, South Africa Ref: Initial and surname and what it is designated for" A perhaps easier way to donate is here: https://www.frontlinemissionsa.org/donate.html Participants: Dr. Peter Hammond, Dan Elmendorf

Have you heard of Disease X? Did you know that it is a fictional disease? USA Today had a a recent article that said: "Disease X doesn't exit, at least not yet. That's why health officials are taking the steps to ensure the world is prepared for an unknown deadly virus that could trigger another pandemic." Does that statement make sense to you? A CBS article claims that this "hypothetical virus (is) 20 times deadlier than COCID-19." Oh really? Why not 100x deadlier? Do you see the arbitrariness involved here? And its an arbitrariness that is going to cost hundreds of millions of dollars. Dollars that we don't have. On today's program, we talk with an internationally recognized scientist/physician and the original inventor of mRNA vaccination as a technology, DNA vaccination, and multiple non-viral DNA and RNA/mRNA platform delivery technologies. He talks about the current hype over Disease X and the resultant fear mongering that is being pushed. He discussed a bill in Congress that expands the priorities of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) "to specifically include viral threats that have the potential to cause a pandemic." See his substack here: rwmalonemd.substack.com So, this is a make believe disease at this point, and yet we are spending tons of money to fight it. The World Health Organization (WHO) appears to be using Disease X as a propaganda driver to drive fear of an imaginary infectious disease. Worse yet, this fear results in getting public and governmental compliance for a new pandemic treaty, and more money for the WHO. Highly likely will be more public compliance for public health measures, such as masking, social distancing, vaccines and lock-downs. Participants: Dr. Robert Malone, Dan Elmendorf

There exists a website and Podcast which describes itself this way: "We mix the taboo formula of faith, culture, and politics to bring the clarity of the gospel into muddle America. We are a community of Christians who desire to see the Lordship of Christ in every corner of our culture, reigning over every politician, and changing every individual for our good and His glory." The site is at crosspolitic.com The fellas who run it, are having a lot of fun, while dealing with serious cultural issues. Today we talk with one of the men who run this site and podcast. Our guest is an ordained pastor and trained teacher. Participants: Pastor Toby Sumpter, Dan Elmendorf PS, here is a picture of the studio that Crosspolitic uses, and the men involved - Toby Sumpter, Chocolate Knox and Gabe Rench https://twitter.com/Chocolate_Knox/header_photo

By having an open border, with unvetted people coming across by the millions, America has opened herself to infectious diseases in a way that we have not seen for years. This is much worse than the COVID situation was. The fatality rate of Yellow Fever, is much higher than the fatality rate for COVID. The International Red Cross has been facilitating this flood of illegal immigrants. The people are directed to discard any ID or medical records that that they have. Then they are being shipped all over the United States. There's no comparison of this with respect to COVID. This is much, much worse. The reason for the true infectious diseases has nothing to do with so called "climate change." It has to do with our open border and things like mosquitoes. Aedes mosquitoes are visually distinctive because they have noticeable black and white markings on their bodies and legs. Today we talk with a medical doctor who has expertise in infectious diseases and vaccinations. Participants: Dr. Robert Malone, Dan Elmendorf

This year of 2023 has come to an end. This is our last A Plain Answer Broadcast of the year. Do you feel enabled for service to God? Do you know the presence of the Triune God in your everyday life? Today we talk with a seasoned pastor and evangelist. He encourages us by reminding us that God hears the cries of His people who seek Him earnestly. He shares a memory device that he uses - an acronym with the letters PYOB. Pray - Ask for the Holy Spirit. Y - Yield by presenting our bodies as a living sacrifice (Rom. 12:1-2). O - Obey like in Acts 5. B - Believe God's promises. Our guest sends out a regular email called "Forget None of His Benefits." Its available for free by simply requesting it. See: https://fnohb.home.blog/ To request our guest for a weekend of Prayer and Preaching, use the email [email protected] Participants: Rev. Al Baker, Dan Elmendorf

How is your overall perspective doing lately? Are you discouraged? Fearful? The likelihood of war is certainly on the horizon. Our country is being invaded with millions of unvetted illegal aliens, many of which are of fighting age. We see daily examples of violence in the streets. Not only in cities, but now, grocery stores. Our savings are being violated by the simple fact of severe inflation, which acts as a sort of tax. Billions of dollars are being sent overseas to support a proxy war with Russia because Ukraine's border has been violated. Yet, our own border is not seen worthy of protecting. The American dollar which once was the reserve currency, is close to failing. The price of goods has driven many families to cut back. Credit card debt is through the roof. You get the picture! It would be natural to feel deep despair at this time. Yet, as our guest today emphasizes, "The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms." Fact is, we have a Savior. None of these events take Him by surprise as He upholds our world and our personal lives. Despite the bad news from around the world, it is possible to have real Christian optimism at this time. Join us today, to be uplifted. Our Lord is Sovereign and he will most assuredly see us through! Participants: Dr. John Vance, Dan Elmendorf

When you turn on your lights and adjust your thermostat, do you expect it to work? We kind of take things for granted now a days, as in the past, our electric supply was just assumed to be reliable. Yet, going forward, we are almost certain to see interruptions in our once reliable supply. Power generation plants which were designed to run 24x7 are being shut down, and in their place are "green" replacements that cannot possibly produce power all the time. There is no storage of energy at our local electric utilities. You use power that was generated a mere milliseconds earlier. Today we have an honest look at power generation, and we do that "in light of" the most recent information available, regarding replacement technologies that come to us with much hype but with no ability to delivery reliable power to communities. Our guest is President of Takota Group. Participants: Dave Walsh, Dan Elmendorf

Advent started on Sunday, December 3, 2023, and ends on Christmas Day. Today, we talk about this season of Advent. It is distinct from Christmas, actually. The origin of this event on the church calendar stretches all the way back to the early times in Christendom. It really is not necessarily tied to a "Roman Catholic" perspective. Advent, (from Latin adventus, �coming�), in the Christian church calendar, is the period of preparation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ at Christmas and also of preparation for the Second Coming of Christ. Our guest explains that we do have the liberty of setting aside times of observance. There is a connection to the 4th day of creation. Participants: Rev. Duane Garner, Dan Elmendorf