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SciFriday
Hosted by Gilbert House Ministries · EN
SciFriday explores the world with a critical eye to show that there is no conflict between a biblical worldview and the scientific method.
Derek and Sharon Gilbert are husband and wife authors, analysts, and hosts of the weekly programs Unraveling Revelation and the Gilbert House Fellowship, their long-running Bible study podcast, in addition to SciFriday.
Sharon K. Gilbert is the author of the popular Redwing Saga series of supernatural fiction, as well as the novels Winds of Evil, The Armageddon Strain, and the non-fiction book Ebola and the Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse.
Derek P. Gilbert is the host of Five in Ten for SkyWatchTV and the author of The Second Coming of Saturn, The Great Inception, Last Clash of the Titans, Bad Moon Rising, and co-author with Josh Peck of The Day the Earth Stands Still.
Together, the Gilberts have co-authored the groundbreaking books Giants, Gods, and Dragons and Veneration.
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New Year, New Chapter
Dec 30, 202200:28:30Tap to summarizeWith this, our 300th episode, SciFriday goes on indefinite hiatus.We’ve had a wonderful time producing this program over the last seven years, but with a busy 2023 schedule that includes three weeks in Israel, three books, and two documentary videos to produce, something in our schedule had to give.We close out this seven-year run with a look at the Roman god of transitions, Janus, the realSt. Nicholas, and an explanation of how the early church settled on December 25 as the date for Christmas. Here’s the hard, historically documented truth: It had nothing to do with Saturn, the winter solstice, Sol Invictus, Nimrod, or Baal. In fact, the origins of Christmas were not pagan in any way, shape, or form.We may produce SciFriday specials in the future, but they will be available only through our app (gilberthouse.org/app) and our YouTube channel (YouTube.com/@SciFridayTV).Join us in Israel! For details on our Israel Tour March 19-30, 2023, log on to www.gilberthouse.org/travel.
Transcribe →Crowley, Rasputin, and Loch Ness
Dec 23, 202200:28:30Tap to summarizeLoch Ness is best known as the home of a cryptid--the mysterious, serpentine creature called the Loch Ness Monster.We didn’t see Nessie during our visit to Scotland in 2019, but we did see a site that played an important role in the spread of occult teachings in the 20th century: Boleskine House, which overlooks Loch Ness, was the home of occultist Aleister Crowley a little over a century ago. Crowley, who called himself the Great Beast 666, was so influential that his image appears three times on the album cover for the Beatles’ 'Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.'Sharon explains why the late 19th and early 20th centuries were a transitional period for the world in terms of spirituality and the supernatural, which is why she set her series of supernatural thrillers The Redwing Saga right in the middle of this era. Watch for Crowley, Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin, and the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, to appear in future entries of The Redwing Saga.Join us in Israel! For details on our Israel Tour March 19-30, 2023, log on to www.gilberthouse.org/travel.
Transcribe →The Watchers and the Ripper
Dec 16, 202200:28:30Tap to summarizeSharon’s research for The Redwing Saga, her series of supernatural thrillers, turned up a historic link between the Watchers, Mount Hermon and Jack the Ripper.Sadly, the British Museum doesn’t keep the inscription discovered by Sir Charles Warren in 1869 on display. Warren was later appointed Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, where he oversaw the unsuccessful Scotland Yard investigation into the Ripper murders of 1888.We also discuss our visits to Pendragon Castle and Glencoe, sites that figure prominently in The Redwing Saga, and you can see for yourself why the landscape of the Eden Valley and Loch Leven has so inspired Sharon’s imagination.Join us in Israel! For details on our Israel Tour March 19-30, 2023, log on to www.gilberthouse.org/travel.
Transcribe →Spiritual Warfare and Jack the Ripper
Dec 9, 202200:28:30Tap to summarizeThis week, we share some of the background for Sharon’s series of supernatural thrillers, The Redwing Saga. The eighth novel in her series, The Poisoned Pawn, is available now, and Sharon explains why we traveled to the UK in 2019 to visit some of the sites we discuss this week.What was so unique about Jack the Ripper, and why did Sharon decide use his killing spree as a starting point for her series? Is it possible that eyewitness descriptions were so different from one another because the killer was a demon using different men to carry out his hideous crimes? And to what end?Join us in Israel! For details on our Israel Tour March 19-30, 2023, log on to www.gilberthouse.org/travel.
Transcribe →Jesus vs. the Dead
Dec 2, 202200:28:30Tap to summarizeThe region between the Sea of Galilee and Mount Hermon in Israel is covered with megalithic monuments to the dead.We discuss the dolmen fields and megalithic sites of the Golan Heights and Hula Valley, like Gilgal Refaim and the Serpent Mound of Bashan, and connect them to the places where Jesus was baptized, based his ministry, and declared his divinity.And you can see those sites with us this coming spring! For details on our Israel Tour March 19-30, 2023, log on to www.gilberthouse.org/travel.
Transcribe →Nephilim and Neanderthals
Nov 25, 202200:28:30Tap to summarizeNew DNA research shows that Neanderthals and Denisovans, supposedly extinct distant cousins of modern humans, traveled much farther than previously thought.Is it possible that the science isn’t as settled as paleontologists think? And that the global distribution of Neanderthals and Denisovans might have an explanation that defies conventional science?We also explore a possible link to the ancient land of Bashan and Jesus’ choice to begin his ministry there.
Transcribe →Asteroids and Algorithms
Nov 18, 202200:28:30Tap to summarizeNASA recently smashed a spacecraft into an asteroid to test a concept for a future planetary defense system. Is it a coincidence that asteroid Dimorphos is about the same size as Apophis, which will make a near-pass of Earth in 2029?We also discuss the way social media algorithms shape our society. Here’s a disturbing thought: What if social media addiction leads to mental health problems by design? And what if that design is imposed on the algorithms by outside (i.e., spiritual) forces?
Transcribe →King of the East
Nov 11, 202200:28:30Tap to summarizeChina’s President Xi Jinping was given a third term in office at the recent Chinese Communist Party congress, elevating him to the status of Mao Zedong, the leader of communist China from 1949 until his death in 1976.We discuss an article by a Chinese expat who believes China might use a targeted bioweapon against Taiwan and whether that could even work, given that the island’s population is genetically very similar to mainland China, and reasons other than national pride that the Chinese Communist Party may want to take control of Taiwan.
Transcribe →Pharmakeia, Portals, and Virtual Sin
Nov 4, 202200:28:30Tap to summarizeSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY are creating new ways for us to engage with the unseen realm.We discuss the use of pharmaceuticals to ease depression, manage pain, and treat psychosis, which may actually make problems worse by opening gateways to entities who want to cause harm.In the same way, augmented and virtual reality may create entries for entities to engage with the unprepared in ways they don’t expect.
Transcribe →Mecca Was Not in Arabia
Oct 28, 202200:28:30Tap to summarizeWE WRAP our six-week series based on our last tour of Israel with a look at the incredible city of the Nabataean Arabs, Petra.Petra was a cult center, a pilgrimage destination for pagans of the ancient world until the time of Muhammad in the early 7th century. That’s because Petra was the site of the original Mecca—and may have been the location of Mount Sinai, as well.Join us in Israel! For details on our Israel Tour March 19-30, 2023, log on to www.gilberthouse.org/travel.
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