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For all practical purposes the results of the 2026 mid-term election are now in our rearview mirror. There are still some contested races and also unanswered discrepancies in certain areas, but as it relates to the direction our country is choosing to go, that's basically been determined. What's so baffling is how ready and anxious our nation is to attack and kill the most vulnerable among us--the pre-born babies. These infants are fully human but are unable to protect themselves from those targeting them for death. Now if you saw a child sleeping in a crib and some person came in wielding a knife, you would do all you could to disarm the intruder and protect that little one. Yet, if you move that child from a baby crib to an even more loving environment, the mother's womb, why is our culture so willing to allow similar instruments of destruction to take the life of the baby? You may have heard those who say, "Well, I vote for a particular party because they care about the little guy." What about the little guy in the womb. Who's looking out for him? With a recap of the election, what this means to the matter of life, as well as comments on where we go from here, Crosstalk welcomed back Victor Nieves, president of the Life Issues Institute. The institute was founded in 1991 to serve the educational needs of the pro-life movement. Victor developed a passion for life while working in state House and Senate campaigns in Missouri. That advocacy for life has exponentially grown. He has a degree in political science with a dual focus on American government and constitutional law. He's the speaker on the weekly pro-life program, Life Defenders.

Today is the anniversary of Kristallnacht, or the Night of the Broken Glass, an infamous time of Nazi Germany carrying out a pogrom against Jews.  Yesterday, on the eve of Kristallnacht, Jewish businesses were targeted in Philadelphia with a so-called "boycott ride."  We'll discuss that issue today. Also, many are asking, is there a turning underway in how the United States views Israel?  Many of the Socialists Democrats have spoken loudly their opposition to Israel, and now with last week's election, there are also Republicans rethinking their position.  As a matter of fact, Israel has even been blamed for the recent U.S. election results. We also take a look at the war with Iran, what is happening and why some are saying that Iran has won especially with the result of the election.  The United States is not the only country holding elections, Israel also voted and we'll get the latest on where things stand and what coalition is garnering the most votes to propel the office of Prime Minister.  Joining us today on these and related issues is  Chris Katulka. Chris is the Vice President 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, and writer for Israel My Glory magazine and is author of the book, "Israel Always." More Information: israelmyglory.org

Predictably, this was a big week for news. Here is a sampling of the headlines shared: Trump elevates hardliner Stephen Miller as chief of staff after midterm defeat California governor commutes sentences for state's 548 death row inmates Physician Who Oversaw Christa Pike's Botched Execution Had Not Performed Key IV Procedure in 13 Years Iran executes 32 in less than a week amid rise in protests Trump Races To Confirm Judges Before Midterm Elections Harmeet Dhillon Resigns as US Assistant Attorney General Hegseth future in question as House Republicans consider impeachment effort A Record 97 Muslims (and Counting) Elected in 2026 U.S. Midterms 57% of Jewish early voters in Michigan went for El-Sayed Missouri state representative arrested Wednesday after being reelected Somali daycare owner connected to fraud wins Minnesota election Nebraska voters say no to mobile sports betting Florida Governor-elect Byron Donalds opened his victory speech by thanking Jesus Christ Ayanna Pressley urges Democrats to use their power to pursue far-left policies Influencer Followed by Abdul El-Sayed Calls for Mass Executions of Republicans Arkansas Named Most Pro-Life State in America for Seventh Year in a Row (1 John 4:4) "Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world."

The fallout from Tuesday's election continues to unfold. Those who allege that President Trump was going after political opponents are now telling those in this administration to "Lawyer Up." Yesterday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said it was a "close to extinction-level event for Republicans." He warned the impact of the election results are going to last "far beyond just two years." Ballot questions on abortion lost in 3 out of 4 states, not to mention the abortion measures that will be advanced by a new Democratic legislative body. And although some ballot questions went against the LGBTQ agenda, the LGBTQ Nation is touting the fact that at least 16 LGBTQ+ lawmakers will be sworn in to the House and Senate next year, making them what they report to be "the largest group of queer legislators ever to serve in Congress." The Daily Signal reports, "Democratic Socialists of America chapters are already mobilizing to gain nation power in the 2028 election, passing resolutions urging member Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to run for president." The goal is to derail the Trump agenda and certainly to advance leftist causes. All Israel News reported, "The National Exit Polls showed that white Evangelical or born-again Christians accounted for just 17% of the national electorate, compared with 24% in the 2022 midterms and approximately 23% in 2024."

Alex Newman is an award-winning international freelance journalist, author, researcher, educator and consultant. He is senior editor for The New American. He is founder and CEO of Liberty Sentinel and a national syndicator of radio and TV programs including Behind the Deep State which airs on WVCY Television (Milwaukee, WI) and VCY.tv. He's authored or co-authored numerous articles and books including Indoctrinating Our Children to Death, Woke and Weaponized: How Karl Marx Won the Battle for American Education and How We Can Win it Back and Deep State 2.0: Inside the Intelligence Community, Bureaucracy & Hidden Powers Network. The United Nations has a plan to place a third of Earth's land and water under control. Such control threatens private property, national sovereignty and economic freedom. There are specific targets they want in place by 2030. Our guest today attended the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17) in Armenia. But before that we'll discuss the blue wave that hit the nation. The Red/Green Alliance has intensified. Both the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate have flipped to Democratic Control. It's been reported that Speaker Mike Johnson will not be seeking the speakership in the next term. Washington DC has elected its first ever Democratic Socialist Mayor. Not a single Republican won statewide in Texas flipping both the office of the Governor and the U.S. Senate Seat. The first elected Muslim is going to the U.S. Senate, Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan. Kansas is sending a Democrat to the Senate for the first time in nearly 100 years.

Today is Election Day. Before you go to vote, check your polling hours and take the proper ID with you. Stay in line because if you're in line when polls close, you can still vote. If you have a mail ballot, drop it off today at it's proper location. Friends, there is too much at stake to sit this one out. Every seat in the U.S. House is being voted on today as is one-third of the U.S. Senate. This means that today's election will determine control of both the House and the Senate along with the agenda of whatever party is in control. Some 36 states are voting on the office of governor. 15 of the incumbent governors are term-limited. Six are Democrats and nine are Republicans. There are 31 lieutenant governor seats on the ballot. 30 attorney general seats are on the ballot as are 26 secretary of state positions. There are some 296 state executive offices in 43 states on the ballot. These include school superintendents, stage agency commissioners and others. Most states are voting on their state legislative offices. The makeup of the legislatures also will determine what agenda is furthered. Then there are the referendum questions in individual states. Ben Everson is a preacher, a musician, and an encourager at heart. Ben has ministered in evangelistic crusades, Bible colleges and Christian schools, Bible and missionary conferences, camp meetings and other settings. Ben's lifelong mission is to see the local church refreshed and believers renewed through Christ-centered music and preaching. He, along with Frank Garlock, have co-authored, We Need Revival: Biblical & Practical observations. He's also author of the book, The Revival Nobody Wants.

Mat Staver is founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. Mat is a constitutional attorney with three landmark cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. He is an author and the host of the radio broadcasts Faith & Freedom and Freedom's Call and the TV broadcast Freedom Alive. We are now on the eve of the 2026 election. Early voting is over and what matters at this point is who will show up at the polls and vote tomorrow. There is much at stake as it relates to the outcome of this election, not just for today, but for the America that we are passing down to our children and grandchildren. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has indicated in an interview with Newsmax that the total number of noncitizens on the voter rolls could exceed 300,000. People are being influenced by the polls, yet Western Journal reported last week the collapse of the polling industry continues with the total number of fake polls which have been exposed reaching 15. The Ohio Secretary of State, which is the state's top election officer, indicated he's concerned that pollsters are chronically under sampling Republicans as we lead up to election day. Noah Webster in his writing "History of the United States" wrote: "When you become entitled to exercise the right of voting for public officers, let it be impressed on your mind that God commands you to choose for rulers just men who will rule in the fear of God. The preservation of government depends on the faithful discharge of this duty." Don't miss this broadcast that covers aspects of the upcoming mid-term election that you simply won't get from mainstream media.

Look to Crosstalk each Friday when you want to get caught up on news items where they're presented and discussed from a Christian perspective. Here are some highlights from this week's program: --Israel faces a political stalemate following Tuesday's national elections, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing coalition falling short of a parliamentary majority despite his party emerging as the nation's largest political faction. --Israel's Central Election Committee chair has ordered the Shin Bet security agency to investigate allegations that foreign interests, potentially including Qatar and Turkey, funneled money into Israel to influence Tuesday's parliamentary elections, triggering a political confrontation over the legitimacy of the vote. --Communist revolutionaries, socialist activists and pro-Palestinian agitators from a network of 106 organizations are preparing to stage a carefully choreographed spectacle of global unrest today at ports from Oakland, California, all the way to India, as they protest Israel and capitalist barbarism. --The IDF announced Sunday it had killed two terrorists in associated airstrikes in the Gaza Strip last week, accusing them of transferring millions of shekels from Iran and Turkey to Hamas' military wing throughout the war. --The Israeli Knesset approved the second and third readings of a bill to prosecute the perpetrators of the October 7th massacre. --Iran issued a desperate call for unity among Saudi, Turkish and Pakistani authorities despite its proxy attack on Saudi Arabia. --Iran is preparing to disrupt the U.S. mid-term elections after attempting to interfere in Israel's vote.

Michael Germi is a former Muslim born in Iran into a Shia Muslim family. In this setting he learned to practice Islam praying 5 times a day toward Mecca. He fasted during Ramadan. He practiced self-mutilation for the cause of Allah. He migrated to Australia in 2006 and in 2009 placed his trust in Jesus Christ. He later moved to the U.S. where he is a missionary with Baptist World Mission and now proclaims the Gospel to Islamic nations by satellite TV, satellite radio and internet radio. He's written several Farsi Christian books and desires to plant churches around the world where Persians are scattered. Islam is dominating the educational system with libraries and schools celebrating Muslim Heritage Month or Muslim history month. Field trips have been taken to mosques. Students have had to learn the pillars of Islam and give the Islamic confession of faith. Islam is also advancing in politics with local governments and state governments issuing proclamations recognizing Islam. So don't miss this broadcast as Michael describes the "how" and the "why" questions as they pertain to the growth of Muslims/Islam worldwide, the ultimate goal of Islam and its feelings about democracy, and what Sharia is about. Michael leaves listeners on a positive note as you'll hear him explain where your ultimate hope lies. Listeners contributed to the broadcast as well. More Information: besharat.tv/english

Some call the Bible just a book of fairy tales, some call it a bronze age book that cannot be trusted. Some claim that it's a book filled with contradictions, historical inaccuracies and that it conflicts with modern scientific thought. But the Bible says in Psalm 119:160, "Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever." John 17:17 says, "Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth." And Jesus said, as is recorded in Matthew 5:18, "For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled." So is it possible to make a compelling case that Christian belief is based in evidential reality and is far from being a blind or naïve leap of faith? The answer to that is yes! Why do people question or even attack the Bible? Does "apologetics" mean Christians are apologizing for the Bible or their faith? What does it mean that the Bible is inspired by God? Is it inerrant, sufficient and complete? What are six of the most compelling lines of evidence related to the Bible? These and other related questions are answered by Todd Hampson. Todd is an author, speaker, illustrator, animation producer, and co-host of the Prophecy Pros podcast. Todd's award-winning animation company, Timbuktoons, has produced content for many well-known ministry organizations. Todd has a burden to reach the next generation with the Gospel through the convincing proofs of Bible prophecy and apologetics--the very things that led to his salvation as a teenager. He is author of the newly released, "The Apologetics Guide to Trusting the Bible."

The clock is ticking and the calendar pages are turning as we approach the November 3rd election, one week from today. What's on the ballot? It's socialism vs. capitalism. Abortion vs life. Many genders vs. male & female. Anti-Israel or pro-Israel. Secure borders or open borders. The abolition of police or law enforcement. The advancement of Islam or the advancement of Christian values. Indeed, faith is on the ballot. You must realize that those who are victorious in this election will vote on issues like these one way or the other. The control of the U.S. House and Senate weighs in the balance. But it's not only Washington DC, it's your state offices, your state legislatures, your courts, your sheriffs, your referendum questions and the list goes on. There will be decisions made that will impact and shape your schools, your courts, your communities. Former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower said, "The future of this republic is in the hands of the American voter." We must recognize both the wonderful privilege we have and with that comes an important duty, a stewardship before God. That's why the guest on this edition of Crosstalk is urging Christians to get off the sideline. That guest was Debbie Wuthnow. Debbie is president of iVoterGuide, a division of American Family Association Action. She was named president in 2018. They provide information on many thousands of candidates in thousands of races nationwide. What can we learn from the 2020 mid-term election? Will this election bring momentum to the 2028 presidential election? How extensive is the information presented by ivoterguide? Get the answers on this edition of Crosstalk!

Jason Woolford is the President and Executive Director of Mission Cry. When we compare the United States to the rest of the world, we are a land of plenty. We have plenty of food. People from other countries marvel when they walk in our grocery stores and see all the varieties and brands of each food and full shelves. Compared to the rest of the world, we have plenty of fresh water. There are many who have little or very dirty water. We have much technology and quick access to it. We have Christian broadcasting available over the air and by way of apps. We have many churches scattered all over the state and around the country. And we have the Scriptures; not just a single copy that a whole church or region has to share, but we have multiple copies in our home where each person usually has more than one Bible. But there are many around the world who long to have their own copy of the Scriptures, but due to either lack of resources or lack of supply, they do not. However YOU can change that.

From Israel to China, from Trump to Talarico, here's a sample of stories from the first quarter hour of this week's News Round-Up & Comment: --5 Israeli's were wounded, including 2 in critical condition, after two terrorists opened fire at a checkpoint at Judea Junction. That's near the Palestinian controlled city of Hebron. --16 people were killed and homes were destroyed after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit China's Tibet region last evening. --A ruptured chemical tank in Ohio billowed a white plume into the air for hours Wednesday, forcing hundreds of residents out of their homes due to fears of toxic release and the possibility of another explosion. --First Lady Melania Trump has successfully negotiated a temporary cease-fire between Russia and Ukraine to allow humanitarian aid and civilian evacuations in the Russian occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky. --Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed, in principle, to resume U.S. mediated peace negotiations with Ukraine next month. --Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday that he is open to freezing the front lines of the war with Russia in an effort to bring the long running conflict to an end. --Federal prosecutors are planning to use DNA evidence to try and prove that Representative Ilhan Omar committed immigration fraud as part of the sprawling investigation into the congresswoman. --The federal search warrant against Ilhad Omar lists her under a different name which indicates that the Justice Department believes she's present in the U.S. under a false identity. --A winery co-owned by Omar's husband was shut down amid the fraud claims according to House Oversight Committee Chairman

As easy as we have it in the United States there are Christians all over the world that are suffering for their faith. Many families are hurting today because of a loved one that's been apprehended and incarcerated, some even killed. As a whole, Christian persecution around the globe is on the increase. It's been reported that roughly 1 in 7 Christians worldwide are facing persecution. That number is hard to fathom. These are brothers and sisters in Christ whom we will one day meet in heaven. "Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body." — Hebrews 13:3 There's a special day coming up that's being emphasized when churches everywhere pray for the persecuted church. It's called the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. Joining Jim to tell listeners about it during the first half of this broadcast was Todd Nettleton. Todd is vice president for message for Voice of the Martyrs-USA and host of The Voice of the Martyrs Radio. He serves as a voice for persecuted Christians, inspiring Christians with the faithfulness of Christ's followers in over 70 nations where they face persecution for wearing His name. During more than 25 years serving at VOM, Todd has traveled the world and conducted face-to-face interviews with hundreds of Christians who've endured persecution in more than 30 nations He is the author of When Faith is Forbidden: 40 Days on the Frontlines with Persecuted Christians. During the second half of this program you'll hear a word from Bill Whatcott that he recorded yesterday afternoon from the Tacoma ICE Detention Facility (see Crosstalk for 10/21).