WHILE the world fixates on the late Michael Jackson, the Russian military has quietly moved some 8,500 soldiers to its border with Georgia for exercises–just a month after NATO troops completed exercises in Russia’s tiny neighbor. Why? It’s all about the oil. Also: Michael Jackson’s public viewing coincides with President Obama’s visit with the Pope; [...]
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HISTORY seems to be the theme of today’s show, although that wasn’t our intent when we hit “record”. We talked about a couple of movies we watched over the weekend, which both featured missions to destroy an ancient buried evil that wants to emerge into the light of day to destroy mankind (and both of which starred Ron Perlman of the Hell Boy movies, oddly enough). We agree–Mutant Chronicles was better than The Devil’s Tomb, which failed to deliver on the intriguing premise of a team of scientists stumbling onto the Abyss in the Iraqi desert. Even the frozen nephilim that was a dead ringer for an alien gray didn’t help. Elsewhere in the Middle East: Iranian intelligence was intercepting, analyzing, and spoofing messages on Twitter, MySpace, and Facebook during the election protests, thanks to technology from Siemens and Nokia. THIS week’s show is a simul-podcast with John Wilkerson, the “Original Jesus Geek”. It appears here and in two parts at www.jesusgeek.info. John and I talked about my new novel, The God Conspiracy, tech for Christians, and his ministry, Podcasting for Water.  View From the Bunker: John Wilkerson, the Original Jesus Geek [58:34m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadFRIDAY has come and gone in Rome, and there was no press conference today by Patriarch Abune Paulos to reveal the Ark of the Covenant, or about anything else for that matter. The hotel where the conference was supposed to take place says nothing was ever scheduled. However, read the account of Philip and the [...] MICHAEL JACKSON died today at the age of 50. Others will eulogize, analyze, memorialize, and criticize, but we want to remember that all his fame and money counted for nothing in the end as he stood before the Lord — as will we all someday. Also: Farrah Fawcett and Ed McMahon have also passed on; [...] |
Derek and Sharon hope to see you in Canton, Ohio in October! 
 
 
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