S3E11-5 Israel at War "Rise of the Machines" from Talking Donkey on Vimeo. With the advent of a new, very hot war in Israel; and the ongoing war in Ukraine; and the threats of war rumbling around the globe in various places; we have much reason to wonder how all this brand-new Artificial Intelligence technology …
S3E11-4 Israel at War “Remnant in Israel” from Talking Donkey on Vimeo. So how much of Israel does the Bible claim will be saved? Only those who believe? Some, by a different metric? All? Good grief do we get in trouble when we try to sit in the Judge’s chair and decide the salvation of …
S3E11-3 Israel at War "Daniels 70th Week" from Talking Donkey on Vimeo. Yes, we DID just discuss Daniel chapter 9 on the show recently, just a couple weeks ago in fact. Who knew at the time that it would become urgently relevant so soon thereafter? Today on Something’s Happening Here, we study out Daniel’s 70th …
S3E11-2 Israel at War "Who Is Israel?" from Talking Donkey on Vimeo. Yesterday we looked at some of the Biblical imagery that leads some believers to see the nation of Israel and its potential third temple as the fulfillments of various prophecies. So to investigate this further, we have to ask about Israel itself, Biblically …
S3E11-1 Israel at War "Why Are Evangelicals So Excited?" from Talking Donkey on Vimeo. I’m not here to make you mad this week, friends, but I probably will; because this week on Something’s Happening Here our focus is on the Middle Eastern nation of Israel, its recent declaration of war against Hamas, and the many …
S3E02-5 Circling the Drain 'Intellectually Bankrupt" from Talking Donkey on Vimeo. It’s Friday, which often means it’s time for an A.I. Update on Something’s Happening Here. But today, we’ll approach Artificial Intelligence from a place of satire rather than alarm; because A.I. is just a supercomputer’s conglomeration of human knowledge and thought processes. It is …
S3E02-4 Circling the Drain "Morally Bankrupt" from Talking Donkey on Vimeo. After three days of looking at how the world is failing financially, today on Something’s Happening Here we pause and look at some other ways that the spirit of bankruptcy is infecting everything in the modern world. And what could be more corrupt than …
S3E02-3 Circling the Drain " Who Works the Workers?" from Talking Donkey on Vimeo. Today on Something’s Happening Here, we look at yet another financial bankruptcy that is happening right now, and which is sure to have a ripple effect on business across the marketplace. But this time, we’re focusing on one major contributor to …
S3E02-2 Circling the Drain "Tighten the Belt Until it Breaks" from Talking Donkey on Vimeo. The Great Recession of 2008 and onward happened in large part due to the tightening of credit standards at major banks. Businesses of all sizes depend on positive cash flow to keep operations going, and often that involves some sort …
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S3E02-1 Circling the Drain "Running on Empty" from Talking Donkey on Vimeo. A quote attributed to Ernest Hemingway goes like this: “How did you go bankrupt?” “Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” You and I are living through a clear societal decline in the Western world, by many metrics, for many reasons; and many may wonder …
S3E01-5 Inventors of Evil "Seeing Isn’t Believing" from Talking Donkey on Vimeo. Perhaps never before have we had the same opportunity to understand why God enshrined into His eternal law the idea that we are not to bear false witness. Often this command is reduced to “do not lie,” and okay that’s fine, but “bearing …
S3E01-4 Inventors of Evil from Talking Donkey on Vimeo. Remember Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous? In the 80s, we liked to peek into the lives of those who were far wealthier than we, for some reason. It was the culture of the time, Greed Is Good, and we institutionalized this envy into a popular …
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S3E01-3 Inventors of Evil from Talking Donkey on Vimeo. When I was growing up, I recall watching a video in high school health class about the dangers of using heroin. A teenager, very straight-laced, was peer-pressured into trying heroin just one time, and it killed him. Therefore, the lesson was, avoid it at all costs, …
S3E01-2 Inventors of Evil from Talking Donkey on Vimeo. You Are Not Your Own The Bible literally says “For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it,” and yet in our world today we see self-hatred all over the place! Today on Something’s Happening Here, we look at the phenomenon of …
S3E01-1 Inventors of Evil from Talking Donkey on Vimeo. Season Three begins this week! We are looking at various new evils that plague the world today as we try to understand what it means to be an “inventor of evil.” We’re back for Season Three and we’re battling the devil head-on! Today on Something’s Happening …