#230 - Allen Jackson

The midterms are one week away, and Eric has a warning for every Christian: "If you do not vote, your soul is in danger." John Zmirak of The Stream joins Eric to talk about what's at stake on November 3, why Eric is encouraged that the Justice Department is finally looking into Ilhan Omar, and why Zmirak says candidates like Ilhan Omar and Michigan's Abdul El-Sayed are "laughing at" Christians who stay home.First, a debate Eric has wanted to have: did Jesus have brothers and sisters? Zmirak explains that Martin Luther, the early Anglicans and "basically every Christian before the year 1600" believed Mary remained a virgin. He makes his own argument about why a bloodline of Jesus would have ruled the church for centuries if it had existed. Then the two friends spar over praying to Mary and the saints. Eric's reply: "She's the mother of the judge. So who are you kidding?"Plus, Eric is back home in Danbury, Connecticut, where he learned that his childhood trumpet teacher, who played taps on Flag Day 1973, is still alive in his 90s. He also calls On the Waterfront "a profound Christian film," and announces that Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin. returns for a special theatrical event January 24–27. Ask your church to request a theater at bonhoeffermovie.com.Join Eric for the Socrates in the City live broadcast with Ignat Solzhenitsyn on November 12 and the annual Christmas Gala on December 9: socratesinthecity.com. Read John Zmirak at The Stream (stream.org). Rod D. Martin's book is Trump's New World Re-Order. Sign up for Eric's newsletter at ericmetaxas.com.00:00 Back Home in Danbury: Eric's Old Teachers03:49 Taps on Flag Day 1973: Mr. Piccolo06:19 Dr. Jeannie Constantinou in Danbury09:10 The Bonhoeffer Film Returns January 24–2711:11 On the Waterfront: A Profound Christian Film13:18 Socrates in the City: The Gala, the Cruise and Ignat Solzhenitsyn14:23 John Zmirak Joins Eric15:13 Did Jesus Have Brothers and Sisters?16:45 What Martin Luther Believed About Mary21:11 The Jesus Dynasty That Never Was24:52 What the Ancient Churches All Believed28:04 Did Protestants Throw Out Mary With the Bathwater?29:19 "She's the Mother of the Judge": Praying Through Mary32:11 Why Pray to the Saints?34:31 The Midterms Are One Week Away35:32 Ilhan Omar and the Justice Department42:10 "Your Soul Is in Danger": Eric's Message to the Church46:02 Why Every Vote Matters

Doctors called it schizophrenia. He believes it was demonic. Urban missionary and apologist Angelos Kyriakides tells Eric his story: he was getting high at 12, using drugs by 16, and had a breakdown at 17. He explains how a Good Will Hunting scene at 3 a.m. and a mentor who slammed a Bible on the floor finally brought him to Christ, and why he believes the West needs a public confrontation with the gospel.First, filmmaker and pastor Dimas Salaberrios, author of Street God, talks about his new thriller, Fettered, the story of a girl from the Bronx who wakes up in the woods after a prom-night party, and the warning every parent and grandparent should pass on: never pick up a drink you walked away from. Fettered stars his daughter, Skylar Salaberrios, along with Al Sapienza, Sean Ringgold and the late John Capodice. It's streaming on Tubi, and Dimas says it's coming to Amazon Prime. He also discusses Chicago: America's Hidden War, his documentary about churches taking to the streets of Chicago, made with the backing of Denzel Washington and now on Amazon Prime.Dimas also tells the story he shares in Street God: how he went from drug kingpin to Christ, and the judge who gave him a second chance.Angelos's book is Leaving the Labyrinth; find it and his work at therightstory.org. Dimas's memoir, Street God, is available from Tyndale.⭐ ORDER NOW:Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World📕: https://a.co/d/0ir3NlapTODAY'S SPONSORS:🪙 Grace Precious Metals: https://www.metaxasmetals.com/🛏️ MyPillow — Save BIG with code ERIC: https://www.mypillow.com/☀️ Chapter -- Honest, fast, and free Medicare plan guidance: https://askchapter.com/metaxas/🦅 Patriot Mobile -- America's ONLY Christian Conservative Wireless Provider: https://patriotmobile.com/partners/me...🏛️ Socrates in the City CRUISE: https://socratesinthecity.com/cruise/00:00 Dimas Salaberrios and His New Film, Fettered01:09 The Prom-Night Drink Warning04:27 Street God: From Drug Kingpin to Christ05:47 The Gun That Wouldn't Fire and the Judge's Mercy07:49 Chicago: America's Hidden War14:19 Inside Fettered: The Cast and the Real Stories20:34 Angelos Kyriakides and Leaving the Labyrinth27:14 Anxiety, Demons and a Psychiatric Ward34:58 The Slammed Bible and the Night at the River38:01 An Urban Missionary on the Downtown Eastside - - LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE: / @ericmetaxas #EricMetaxas #TheEricMetaxasShow #News #PoliticsChapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options.

Did the Trump administration really call Putin a "humanitarian," or did the media miss the point? Rod Martin joins Eric to break down Steve Witkoff's comments after Russia freed American Stephen Hubbard, and why Eric says it's diplomacy, not praise.They also take on the media's soft treatment of Ilhan Omar after the federal search of her home, the jobs and investment boom that Larry Kudlow calls the "greatest story never told," why gas costs more than it should, and how a few votes per precinct could decide the House in the midterms.Rod explains the argument of his new book, Trump's New World Re-Order: Dismantling the Deep State and Ending Postwar Globalist Rule (with a foreword by Eric). He argues that Trump is dismantling the bureaucratic order FDR built and replacing the postwar globalist order abroad, and that the Supreme Court's overturning of Humphrey's Executor changed the game.Plus: Eric's first pheasant hunt in South Dakota, and news on the Socrates in the City Mediterranean cruise, Eric's Nov. 12 conversation with Ignat Solzhenitsyn and the Dec. 9 gala. Trump's New World Re-Order is available now from Odysseus Books. Eric's book Revolution is available wherever books are sold.⭐ ORDER NOW:Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World📕: https://a.co/d/0ir3NlapTODAY'S SPONSORS:🪙 Grace Precious Metals: https://www.metaxasmetals.com/🛏️ MyPillow — Save BIG with code ERIC: https://www.mypillow.com/☀️ Chapter -- Honest, fast, and free Medicare plan guidance: https://askchapter.com/metaxas/🦅 Patriot Mobile -- America's ONLY Christian Conservative Wireless Provider: https://patriotmobile.com/partners/metaxas🏛️ Socrates in the City CRUISE: https://socratesinthecity.com/cruise/00:00 Socrates in the City: Cruise, Solzhenitsyn and the Gala06:22 Eric's First Pheasant Hunt12:42 Rod Martin and Trump's New World Re-Order15:32 A Million New Jobs and the Greatest Story Never Told20:04 Gas Prices and Energy Dominance24:45 Witkoff, Putin and the "Humanitarian" Uproar28:03 Ilhan Omar, USAID and the Media34:56 Four Votes Per Precinct: The Midterm Math40:00 FDR's Deep State and Humphrey's Executor43:07 Alternative Media and Why Rod Is Optimistic- - -LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/@ericmetaxas#EricMetaxas #TheEricMetaxasShow #News #PoliticsChapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options.

Was the childhood home of Jesus found beneath a convent in Nazareth, and why won't the scholars say it out loud? Dinesh D'Souza joins Eric to walk through the discoveries in his new book, The Stones Cry Out: Biblical Archaeology, Prophecy, and the Last Days, and his companion PragerU documentary series.Dinesh describes standing in the pit where the prophet Jeremiah was thrown and trapped in mud, and how the seals of the two officials who put him there have been dug up in Jerusalem. He tells the story of archaeologist Eilat Mazar, who used the Bible as a map to find what she believed was King David's palace, and of a seal that may bear the prophet Isaiah's name. He also explains the Pool of Siloam and the Pilgrimage Road that Jesus almost certainly walked.Plus: why Samson's feat is more plausible than skeptics claimed, the inscription naming Balaam son of Beor, how the pagan emperor Hadrian accidentally marked the site of Jesus' tomb, and why Eric believes the secularists are on the ropes.The Stones Cry Out is available now from Charisma House. Watch the documentary series at PragerU.com.⭐ ORDER NOW:Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World📕: https://a.co/d/0ir3NlapTODAY'S SPONSORS:🪙 Grace Precious Metals: https://www.metaxasmetals.com/🛏️ MyPillow — Save BIG with code ERIC: https://www.mypillow.com/☀️ Chapter -- Honest, fast, and free Medicare plan guidance: https://askchapter.com/metaxas/🦅 Patriot Mobile -- America's ONLY Christian Conservative Wireless Provider: https://patriotmobile.com/partners/metaxas🏛️ Socrates in the City CRUISE: https://socratesinthecity.com/cruise/00:00 Dinesh D'Souza: Are the Secularists on the Ropes?03:53 Samson's Pillars and the Armchair Skeptics06:00 Balaam, the Talking-Donkey Prophet, Found in Stone11:21 Isaiah's Seal12:58 Jeremiah's Captors and the Pit Dinesh Stood In18:14 The Pool of Siloam and the Pilgrimage Road23:01 Eilat Mazar and King David's Palace26:46 Jesus' Tomb and Hadrian's Mistake33:08 Jesus' Childhood Home in Nazareth40:04 Abraham, Jesus and the PragerU Documentary- - -LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/@ericmetaxas#EricMetaxas #TheEricMetaxasShow #News #PoliticsChapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options.

Sold in Ottoman slave markets as a teenage Christian girl, then rescued by an American, Aurora Mardiganian told the world what happened to Armenia's Christians in her 1918 memoir Ravished Armenia. Larry Alex Taunton thought her story was so important that he brought more than 100 copies to hand out after his September 11 talk, "The Cross and the Quran," which has drawn millions of views.Larry tells Eric what he has seen firsthand in Africa, the Middle East and Europe: a cleric in a Cairo bazaar spitting at a woman for wearing jeans, the phone apps where women have been sold as "domestics," and the threats he says he has faced for reporting on it. He also explains why he believes so-called moderates can be radicalized by imported clerics.They also discuss Dr. Mark Christian's memoir The Apostate, why the West produced its art and science, and why Larry thinks the West is "living in the ruins" of its Christian inheritance. Larry also explains why he believes banning Sharia won't work and what he would do instead.Watch Larry's talk at his YouTube channel, Larry Alex Taunton, and find his work at larryalextaunton.com.⭐ ORDER NOW:Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World📕: https://a.co/d/0ir3NlapTODAY'S SPONSORS:🪙 Grace Precious Metals: https://www.metaxasmetals.com/🛏️ MyPillow — Save BIG with code ERIC: https://www.mypillow.com/☀️ Chapter -- Honest, fast, and free Medicare plan guidance: https://askchapter.com/metaxas/🦅 Patriot Mobile -- America's ONLY Christian Conservative Wireless Provider: https://patriotmobile.com/partners/me...🏛️ Socrates in the City CRUISE: https://socratesinthecity.com/cruise/00:00 What Is Islam? Eric and Larry Taunton01:40 The 9/11 Talk and a Marine's Dog Tags04:31 Swatted, Threatened and Reporting From Nigeria09:57 Ravished Armenia: The Book He Handed Out11:14 Women Sold on a Phone App17:43 Dr. Mark Christian's The Apostate25:11 Moderates, a Fatwa and How Radicalization Spreads27:56 A Cleric Spits at a Woman in Cairo34:02 Art, Science and Living in the Ruins40:21 Aurora's Story and Why Banning Sharia Won't Work - - LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE: / @ericmetaxas #EricMetaxas #TheEricMetaxasShow #News #PoliticsChapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options.