*originally broadcast September 2023* Today on Something’s Happening Here, we look once again to history – and Scripture – to see definitively how God can be involved in these phenomena of rival kings and leaders. And surprise! It’s not in the ways we might think. By looking at all these examples, all with similar outcomes, …
Read more ““One King Too Many” part 4 – ‘This Thing Became a Sin’”
*originally broadcast September 2023* Once upon a time, the Catholic Church had rival sitting popes. For a long time, in fact. The “Great Western Schism” lasted from 1378 to 1417: 39 years. An entire generation of believers lived under opposing ecclesiastical leadership. To this very day – 600 years later – there is no official …
*originally broadcast September 2023* When I was in 11th grade I studied American History. My teacher categorized the entire class according to the presidents in office at the time we were studying. To my surprise, when we got to 1861, she acknowledged two American presidents: Abraham Lincoln, of course, but also Jefferson Davis. I was …
Read more ““One King Too Many” part 2 – The Rebel President”
*originally broadcast September 2023* After the recent arrest of former President Donald Trump, and what instantly became the world’s most famous mugshot of all time, we at Something’s Happening Here figured there must be a spiritual dimension to this high-profile story. But instead of devolving into partisan hackery, instead we want to take a historical …
For the rebroadcast of our final show before our big summer relocation break, we look prophetically at the day when the devil will resurrect another old trick – one that misled nearly the entire Jewish nation of old, and will mislead nearly the entire Christian church in the days to come. This one might hurt …
Read more ““The Counterfeit Messiah” part 5 – Give Us a King Like All the Nations!”
Take a look outside right now. Look around. You see the world, right? The only world you’ve ever known. Many people – myself included, at one time – find it difficult to link the world they see with their own eyes with the world as it’s presented in the pages of Scripture; and to whatever …
Read more ““The Counterfeit Messiah” part 4 – The Imposter Strikes Back”
It’s been said that in order to be able to spot a counterfeit bill, you need only to be familiar with the qualities and details of a real bill, rather than gaining a knowledge of all the potential fakes. For example, you would know instantly that a $29 bill was a fake, because you know …
Read more ““The Counterfeit Messiah” part 3 – Meet the New Boss. Same as the Old Boss.”
I was once a course assistant at a State University, and one semester the professor assigned only one textbook. Every lesson and extra reading came from that one textbook. On the final exam, many questions asked the students to identify the author of the idea presented in the question, and the answer was the author …
Read more ““The Counterfeit Messiah” part 2 – Regaining Eden”
This week we are re-broadcasting our Season Two finale. Today we’ll define what it means to be a counterfeit messiah, and turn to the book of Revelation to see the consequences of following one. Throughout the week, we’ll see surprising ways that false christs have manifested throughout history, and maybe realize that history repeats itself …
Read more ““The Counterfeit Messiah” part 1 – Apocalypse Soon”
Once again we’re discussing the problem of A.I. – artificial intelligence. I promise, we didn’t intend to keep banging this one drum, but we believe it is potentially too great a problem to ignore. Today we look at some specific threats that it poses to us, and how the world is responding. But no matter …
Read more ““Enemy of the State” part 5 – Welcome to the Real World”
It’s not paranoia if they’re really out to get you, right? But perhaps it’s really as it says in the movie Strange Days: it’s not whether you’re paranoid; it’s whether you’re paranoid enough. Well, like it or not, this techno-surveillance state isn’t going away on this side of Heaven. It is an essential component in …
Read more ““Enemy of the State” part 4 – Paranoia Paranoia Everybody’s Coming to Get Me”
Digital technology has brought the problem of the surveillance state to a whole new level, but the problem was here under inferior technologies too. So what, then, is the real reason that this surveillance monster keeps rearing its ugly head, decade after decade? Turns out it’s a problem of the human heart, and the only …
Growing up, we were told that everyone would get his or her “15 minutes of fame” at some point in life. Little did we realize that some day strangers would amass storehouses of data on every one of us, and know us better than we know ourselves! But longing to be known by someone has …
Read more ““Enemy of the State” part 2 – Who’s Watching You Today?”
The American government has a long history of pushing the boundaries of our Constitutional freedoms, but the advent of the supercomputer in everyone’s pocket has turned this problem up to 11. But as angry as you might be that your phone is probably recording you right now, on this show we aim to peek into …
As we conclude this rebroadcast of our Christmas episode 2022, we ask the simple question: Is it okay for Christans to celebrate Christmas? Resources Are Christians supposed to celebrate Christmas? Is it okay for Christians to celebrate Christmas?