JTalkin'
I tell stories of faith and history, and practical applications for a confusing world.
Episodes
104 episodes
What To Do About Islam in America
I love people...I really do! As a Christian I have had many respectful and kind interactions and debates with Muslims (here in my country of the United States and elsewhere). However, there are groups of Muslims who want me dead bec...
The Cold War: Downfall of the Soviet Union
All tyrants fall. It may take a while, but all tyrants fall. I will never forget how I felt in the late 1980s and early 1990s watching the disintegration of the evil empire of the Soviet Union. We couldn't understand it at the...
The Cold War: Addendum to Vietnam War, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan
I left off the last podcast without mentioning the casualties of the Vietnam War (both for North and South Vietnam and the United States), so I wanted to mention that plus the ecological disaster (Agent Orange). I remember well this time ...
The Cold War: The End of the Vietnam War and Aftermath (1970-1980s)
The United States had the Vietnam War won by 1971. What happened so that the communist North Vietnam won just four years later? And what happened to Vietnam's neighbors at the same time? How did Vietnam change from the time of...
The Cold War: The Vietnam War Part 1 (1954-1970)
The Cold War was not so cold in Southeast Asia for the twenty years of the 1950s through the 1970s. Hundreds of thousands of people perished in a civil war and a war of ideologies. What prompted America to enter into this area of th...
The Cold War: The US-Soviet Space Race 1957-1969
A unique aspect of the tension between the Communist Soviet Union and the Free World of the United States and its Western Allies was the competition in space. Who would be the first nation to land a man on the moon? The Soviets defi...
The Cold War: The Korean War (1950-1953)
It is often called "The Forgotten War", or "The Coldest War." The Korean War was the first open shooting war between Communist forces and the forces of the Free World. It was eventually a stand-off, and today we still have the bruta...
A Review of Angel Studio's Latest Movie "Young Washington"
Did you know that NO full length feature film has ever been done on George Washington? WHY? I have no idea. However, Angel Studios is really on a roll these days. They have produced a really good movie about the life of ...
Happy July 4! The Founding of the United States Compared with the Democrat Party of Today
Happy Independence Day everyone! I hope you all have a great day celebrating the 250th birthday of the United States of America. As we take stock of our great country, I thought it would be good to compare the ideas, values, and acc...
The Cold War 1945-1950: How did we get a Communist China?
The aftermath of World War 2 is what we call "the Cold War"...a war between the Soviet Union and communism versus the Western nations (the US, Great Britain, etc.) and capitalism/political freedom. The march of communism in China begins i...
World War 2 (Part 5--Fall of Japan and Beginning of the Cold War)
The United States dropped the atomic bomb on Japan. Why? What was the reasoning of the US at that time? And what did the US do for its allies, and even its former enemies immediately after World War 2? And how did we get...
World War 2 (Part 4--Retreat and Downfall of the Axis, 1943-1945)
By 1943 it was clear that the Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) were not going to win The Second World War. Through numerous brutal campaigns the Allies (Britain, Soviet Union, America) slowly slogged their way across Europe and the...
World War 2 (Part 3--The Holocaust and the Holodomor...What Are the Lessons?)
World War 2 was known not only for the staggering loss of life (some 60 million people perished), but the war saw entire state governments targeting vast groups of people for extermination. What are some of the lessons we can learn from t...
History You Should Know: World War 2 (Part 2--The Turning Point, 1941-42)
You'll hear me say this many times...the way things are now, they won't be forever. In 1941 hope looked pretty bleak for the free world. Hitler, Mussolini, and Tojo and their armies looked pretty invincible. But things change....
History You Should Know: World War 2 (Part 1--1939 to 1941)
We Americans are notorious for NOT knowing a lot about history, even the history of the not too distant past that affects us today! We know something about World War 2 battles because of movies ("Saving Private Ryan") or because our great...
The Language of Salvation: Adoption
When you come to know Christ as Savior and Lord, you become part of God's forever family. You are adopted by God. You are His child. And there are many wonderful truths in the New Testament associated with that new status as o...
The Language of Salvation: Reconciliation
God is no longer your enemy, if your faith is in Jesus. The Bible is clear that a state of hostility has existed, and continues to exist with the lost human race. But through the death and resurrection of Christ, that hostility has ...
The Language of Salvation: Glorification (Part 2)
Is the grave the end, or does God have something greater in store for us in the future? Listen in to Dr. J explain important truths from 1 Corinthians 15 and 1 Thessalonians 4 about the resurrection and glorification of the believer's bod...
The Language of Salvation: Glorification (Part 1)
If believers in Jesus have been justified, redeemed, and reconciled to God, is there anything else left in our future? Yes, glorification. Our bodies await a future resurrection in which we will be given a body just like the one the...
The Language of Salvation: Redemption
We all love stories of redemption, like "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. A man is broken, twisted, mean, greedy and in bondage to his own darkness. But something supernatural happens and eventually this broken man is transformed an...
The Language of Salvation: Propitiation
Well "propitiation" is a word we hardly ever use in English, but it is a wonderful word! It is used rarely in the New Testament, but once you grasp it's meaning, you will rejoice in such a strange sounding word. Because of the death...
The Language of Salvation: Sanctification
Is the Christian life just "fire insurance", or is there a true process in which God purposely makes us more like Him in this world, and prepares us for the world to come? The Bible is pretty clear that all Christians are separated by God...
The Language of Salvation: Justification Before People (James 2)
The Apostle Paul tells us throughout his epistles that we are justified (declared righteous) before God by faith in Christ alone. But James in his epistle tells us that we are justified by faith plus works. Is there a contradiction ...
The Language of Salvation: Justification Before God
Are all gospels the same? Nope. There are plenty of churches telling us that in order to meet God's entrance requirements for heaven we have to jump through all sorts of hoops and obey a multitude of rules and rituals. What do...
The Language of Salvation: Righteousness and Imputation (Romans 3 and 4)
Sadly and tragically, many if not most evangelical Christians do not know the key terms of salvation used in the Bible, and what they mean. Because they don't know these doctrines, they are susceptible to fraudulent, quack theologies.&nbs...