John and Charles discuss the lesser-known political and social forces that surrounded the rise of a major postwar revival movement. Drawing from documented speeches, historical relationships, and first-hand connections, they explore how global instability, refugee resettlement, and Cold War messaging intersected with religious leadership.
The conversation examines how language about “the battle of the mind” migrated from national security rhetoric into revival preaching, and why understanding these historical pressures matters for evaluating movements that still shape religious culture today.
The Plymouth Brethren Christian Church’s charitable arm, the Rapid Relief Team (RRT), has launched a legal SLAPP action against Cheryl and the Get A Life podcast. Filed in California, the lawsuit accuses Cheryl of copyright infringement over RRT’s “Cookie Bird” cartoon mascot. The claim is false and dishonest — and it serves a far more serious purpose than protecting a cringeworthy cartoon kookaburra.
Alan Drever, the Maple Creek PBCC elder accused of sexually abusing and trafficking Cheryl, is also an RRT volunteer. He appears publicly outside Maple Creek Town Hall representing the church and claiming to act in the name of Christian “care and compassion.” After Cheryl obtained a recorded confession from Alan, she wrote directly to PBCC leader Bruce Hales, asking the church to take responsibility for the abuse she suffered inside the cult. No response came from the “Man of God.” What came instead was a lawsuit.
The action targets Cheryl personally, but it also targets the Get A Life podcast and by extension, every former PBCC member who has spoken publicly through that platform.
In this episode, Cheryl and Richard walk through the full timeline, backed by documentation. This includes the recording of Alan Drever’s confession, disturbing historical links involving Dean Hales and Lloyd (Merrick) Grimshaw, and guest contributions from cult expert Anke Richter and ex-PBCC member Steve Simmons, who offer their own unfiltered assessments of what is unfolding. This episode lays out how a corrupt charity responds when a survivor asks for accountability and how the legal system is abused to silence a whistleblower.
A Palestinian church committee has warned that assaults by illegal Israeli settlers threaten the long-standing Christian community in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories, calling on churches globally to take immediate and visible steps to safeguard Palestinian civilians, including Christians.
In a letter to churches around the world, the Palestinian Presidential Higher Committee for Church Affairs said attacks by Israeli settlers have surged in various neighborhoods of the West Bank.
It noted that the attacks have targeted towns and villages like Birzeit, Taybeh, and Ein Arik in the Ramallah and al-Bireh governorates, as well as al-Makhrour and Ash Ghurab areas in Bethlehem governorate.
According to the committee, the types of attacks include arrests, physical assaults, land confiscations, and the growth of settlement outposts.
It characterized the assaults as part of a deliberate policy designed to change both the demographic and geographic makeup of the region, with the goal of forcibly displacing the local population. (more...)
A recent statement by Church Patriarchs in Jerusalem rejecting Zionism was historic, and the response it provoked from U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee shows the steps Christian Zionists are taking to silence Palestinian Christians.
Last week, the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem, the leaders of the historic churches in the Holy Land, issued a momentous statement clearly expressing their rejection of Christian Zionism. The statement was remarkable not only for its clarity but also for the moment of its release and the response it provoked from U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, a vocal Christian Zionist. The episode highlights an emerging threat to the work and witness of the Palestinian church, as well as steps Christian Zionists are taking to erase our political voice.
The Patriarchs’ statement read, in part:
The Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in the Holy Land affirm before the faithful and before the world that the flock of Christ in this land is entrusted to the Apostolic Churches, which have borne their sacred ministry across centuries with steadfast devotion. Recent activities undertaken by local individuals who advance damaging ideologies, such as Christian Zionism, mislead the public, sow confusion, and harm the unity of our flock. These undertakings have found favor among certain political actors in Israel and beyond who seek to push a political agenda which may harm the Christian presence in the Holy Land and the wider Middle East.
What does this mean?
The statement is a response to disturbing developments taking place in Palestine that threaten the integrity, unity, and historical authority of the Christian Churches in the Holy Land. What specifically stirred the Patriarchs appears to be a growing pattern: the promotion of self-appointed local individuals or groups, welcomed at official political levels, who claim to represent Christians in Israel or the Holy Land while advancing Christian Zionist theology. Such initiatives have happened in the past and have gone unnoticed. But recently, such meetings have involved senior U.S. and Israeli officials, including Ambassador Huckabee, and increasingly pose a direct threat to the historic authority of the Heads of Churches and the integrity of the Christian faith. They undermine the centuries-old ecclesial structures (known as the Status Quo) that have maintained the unity of Christian communities in Palestine throughout a history of empire, colonialism, and occupation. (more...)
Canada's Mark Carney came out and said, yeah the whole system is rigged and we've been lying to you all along. Garland Nixon on the implications of the Epstein Files
In an interview with EIR Reports on January 30, financial analyst Alex Krainer was asked by host Harley Schlanger what he thinks about President Trump's threat to Iran's leaders, that they should make a deal now to not develop nuclear weapons, as he is sending a powerful "armada" which would hit them "far worse" if they reject his offer, than they were the last time they, when the nation was attacked by Israel and the U.S. in June 2025.
Schlanger asked who or what is behind the current threat from Trump? Krainer stated that he can only guess, as he doesn't know what Trump is thinking, but his hypothesis is shaped by what Trump did previously when he threatened Iran. He believes that, despite the pressure on Trump to act, from the Zionist Lobby, including "Christian Zionists" in the U.S., and from Netanyahu, he does not expect Trump to launch a full war with Iran. He reviewed Iran's military capabilities, and concluded that an all-out attack would be too costly for the U.S., with no guarantee of success. Asked who, then, is responsible for the war push, he attributed it to the British, specifically referring to the role played in pushing for war by the former U.K. Ambassador to Washington, Sir Kim Darroch.
He concluded this section by referring to author Joseph Conrad's novel "Heart of Darkness." I used to think, he said, that Conrad was referring to Africa as the source of "darkness", but he has now concluded that Conrad was actually referring to the British Empire and the City of London!
Krainer also presented his thoughts about what is behind the U.S. actions against Venezuela, attributing it to the new strategic orientation of U.S. strategic doctrine to the western hemisphere, which he identifies as part of a campaign against the City of London.
New Department of Justice documents reveal Epstein’s direct role in fostering ties between Indian, Israeli, and U.S. elites.
Documents released by the U.S. Department of Justice on Friday reveal previously unreported details about financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s role as a backroom power broker amid the rapid strengthening of India-Israel ties in 2017.
Epstein connected an Indian billionaire close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi with former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak ahead of the first ever trip by an Indian PM to Israel. Days later, that billionaire, Anil Ambani, told Epstein after a visit to Delhi that “Leadership” wanted Epstein’s help for Ambani to meet “jared and Bannon asap,” and requested his “assistance” regarding Modi’s upcoming meeting with Trump.
Modi’s landmark visit to Israel in 2017 helped accelerate the burgeoning relationship between the three countries. Afterward, Epstein celebrated in an email that Modi had “danced and sang in Israel for the benefit of the US president.”
On Saturday, the Indian government responded to the revelations about Modi’s visit to Israel in Epstein’s communications. “We have seen reports of an email message from the so-called Epstein files that has a reference to the Prime Minister and his visit to Israel,” said a statement by India’s foreign affairs ministry. “Beyond the fact of the Prime Minister’s official visit to Israel in July 2017, the rest of the allusions in the email are little more than trashy ruminations by a convicted criminal, which deserve to be dismissed with the utmost contempt.”
What the Indian government did not address, however, was that individuals in Modi’s orbit had long been engaging with Epstein as a trusted intermediary on a wide range of diplomatic and economic issues. The story below makes some of those connections. (more...)
