This has been a busy time of the month. Please pray for the taping on prophecy next week that we will do. Pray for the guests as they come in and as they proclaim the truth of what is happening right now as it relates to the Bible.

It is a great time to be living and to see what is going to take place with Israel.

We thank you for your support of the ministry and hope you will continue to pray for us as we procaim God and His word.

This week I am reminded of how close we are to the end times and that we are probably living in the end times for sure. I feel for the people who are caught in the middle of the war between Israel and Lebanon. Between that happening, the was on terror in Iraq and other countries and the crisis with North Korea, you wander how long God will allow this to go on.

Next month we have invited Jimmy DeYoung and Dr. Renald Showers back to do an updated program on Prophecy and share their thoughts with what is happening and what the Bible says concerning these events.

I have started to read the last of the "Left Behind" books. If you have not read these books you need too. They are page turners and give you a glimpse of what happens when the rapture will occur. We know the authors very well. They are wonderful writers and really show the days after the rapture through different people left on earth. The last book is called "The Rapture". I started reading it and the first couple of pages talk about Israel being involved in a war like they are today. There is no better time to read these books. I will share more thoughts later on this.

Here it is another week. Pray for mom and dad this week. They are at a convention and working on other projects. So, there are very few of us left and we are holding down the fort at the John Ankerberg Show.

Last week I told you that I went to see Superman. Now if you did not see it I would suggest not reading this. Overall, I thought the movie was good. The movie did make Superman to be the hero and to be the Saviour of the world. There were times when they praised him and made him look like he could control everything. At one point, they are trying to get a rocket to launch off of a plane. That fails and so when the rocket takes off so does the plane and of course Superman comes to the rescue. As the planes is plummeting to the ground he catches it and puts it down in the middle of a baseball game. That of course could never happen but with the powers that Superman has he takes control and comes to the rescue. The movie made him look like a Saviour because when everything is in turmoil he comes to the rescue.

It definitely showed the struggle between good and evil and it reminded me how that struggle goes on everyday. It is wonderful to know that there is a Saviour who has control of the world and unlike Superman who can become weak at times our Lord will never fail us and is in control all the time. Like I said, it was a good movie but there are references to him being the one who helps and saves everybody. As my dad has said in his sermons there is only one guy with an S on his sweatshirt and that is the Saviour Jesus Christ.

My how time flies. I can't believe that the fourth is over for another year! I hope everybody had a good day. Not much happens at the Ankerberg household. We did go to some fireworks nearby on Monday night. Other than that it was low key this year which sometimes that is nice to have.

This past weekend our family went to see Superman. Later this week I will let you know what I thought about the movie and what it was trying to portray.

Hopefully soon we are going to do another prophecy program. With all that is happening in Israel and now that North Korea is testing their missles, many things are taking shape like the Bible says. It is a great time to be living because ultimately the Lord has everything under control and none of this is taking Him by surprise. I will keep you informed when we do the program.

One other thing, I was watching a rerun of Oprah which I don't watch very much. She was celebrating 20 years of running her show. I was thinking as popular as she is it is a shame that she is not a christian because she could have a great platform to get the gospel out. That is what we need is a christian Oprah or Larry King and think of what a difference they would make in this world.

Happy Fourth of July
I can't believe how fast this summer is going! Especially since next Tuesday is the Fourth. Each day I am reminded how lucky I am to live in America. What a great country it is. It is important as christians to pray for our president and his cabinet and the people in congress. They are our leaders and no matter if we agree with them or not we need to pray for them because they are making the decisions for our country.

Our country is in a different state right now. I remember when I was in high school and there was not a threat like today of terroists. We are definitely getting down to the end times. All around us it is getting worse every day. But, how we can rejoice because the Bible talks about these things to come about. That is my thought for today since we are coming up on the Fourth of July.

On Sunday, mom and I went down to Atlanta to Northpoint Church. That is where Andy Stanley is pastor. It is a great church full of life and young families. We went down because my cousin spoke on Sunday for Father's day. She talked about her dad and her relationship with him. Her parents were divorced and her mom(my aunt) got remarried. But, her dad was never there for her after that divorce. She talked about how she remembered her dad leaving and how she didn't understand why he left. Through the years she would go and see him and try to make the effort to communicate and to show love, but he never did. He has passed away now but she ended her talk with how things got resolved before he died. There was not a dry eye in the place.

It was very funny and moving all at the same time. She did a great job and I hope it spoke to many people. It was hard to listen to without crying because I knew her dad and knew all the pain she went through too.

Speaking of Father's day I am very thankful for my dad. To many of you he is a man that you see every week debating people and bringing forth the truth about Christ. To me he is the best father anyone could have. We are very close and I don't know what I would do without him. He has taught me so much in life and is such a role model for me and what I want in the man I will marry. To me he is just dad.

Well, here it is Friday again. It seems that the weeks go by fast. When I was in school people told me that it would go by fast when I graduated. I didn't believe them but now I do! That is why it is important to make each day count.

This week has been relatively slower than usual. That is good to have every once in awhile to get caught up on things. Very soon we will be getting ready to send out our monthly newsletter. I thought I would tell you a little on how that operates. We do all our letters in house. Usually we have a 4 page letter that is front and back. My job is to print it and we have the letter broken down into 7 jobs. Once it is has printed off of our copiers the next task is to fold all the letters. We have a big folding machine that does that job. It is so loud that I have to wear earplugs and it is in a room by itself. Once that is done, there are about three of us that stuff all the letters by hand. This is all done in about a space of a week or so. That is including everything else we do like ship orders out and answer the phone and attend meetings etc. After the letters are stuffed we have to put postage on everything and take it to the Post Office. There are always times that some of the machines break down and you always pray that everything will go smooth.

Well, hopefully that was not boring to read. I wanted to let you know how some things operate at the John Ankerberg Show.

It has been awhile since I have written because our family was on vacation last week. We went to the beach and it was so beautiful. I think I could have spent another week. My cousins came down for about two days which was nice. So, now it is getting back in the swing of things.

Every time I go to the beach I am reminded of God's beauty and how really magnificent the ocean is. I am sure that many of you like me like to watch people. It was so funny to see parents building sand castles and the kids would just watch them. I also saw many families that would come for the whole day and they came with coolers and rafts and blankets and anything else you can imagine.

That leads me into what we are doing next on the program. We are going to be doing a series on why do you believe what you believe and where is the evidence that shows who Jesus really is? My dad did a series of sermons on this topic and I think it is very important material. It's material that you can use in your sunday school class or in a bible study. So many people need to hear this materials because the churches are not teaching this kind of thing and they should be. We as adults need this materials to explain to our kids. I looked at all the kids last week and I kow many of them are lost and will be if they do not hear the gospel.

It has been awhile since I have spoken so I thought I would let you know what was happening. This is a busy week because this is the week we get out monthly letter out. We have a very small staff and everybody does about 5 jobs.

Our series on DaVinci has done well. Now that the movie is out it seems that it has calmed down. We still need to understand what all the fuss is about. That is why we are now offering a series my dad did some sermons on as to why it is we believe the Bible. This is a great series for college students and for pastors also.

Our family is going on vacation which will be nice. I hope that you will continue to pray for our ministry.

Each day I get to talk to many people. In the past few weeks, I have talked to quite a few that have learned so much from the program and ordered our DaVinici series because it was clear and concise. They also told me that our program is the only one that will tackle not only movies that come out but any issues whether it is controversial or not.

How true this is. There are many ministries out there preaching the gospel but my dad started the John Ankerberg Show to stand up for truth in many different areas. Whether it be other religions or social issues, our ministry is to proclaim what the Bible says and have the opposing side come on the program and defend what they believe vs. the Bible. That is what we are fighting right now in our world. With so many books coming out and saying that Jesus was a mere man and not divine and now you have the DaVinci movie, we have to stand up for what is right and defend who Jesus Christ is.

If you have been watching you will see that the DaVinci movie was not liked overseas. Even the people here in the US that have seen it do not give it a very high mark. I was reading in people magazine and they said basically that the movie was long and it just was not done well. I am going to see it probably this weekend because I have read the book and I want to see what they do with it.

On another note, this past weekend our family went to Indiana to see my cousin graduate from college. The school she went to had a tragedy about a month ago where three seniors died in a wreck. Some other students died and some were injured. An 18 wheeler came across the median because the driver fell asleep. It was very sad at the graduation because they were so close to graduating and the Lord took them home. They honored them and they also gave the families their diploma. It made me realize how precious that family and to make each day count for one another because you do not know when that will be your last.

A little more about me. I graduated in May of 2000 from Bob Jones. I really did love the school and all the friends I made. I loved the dorms because I am an only child. Not only did I get an education but I also got educated more in the fine arts. Every year they would do a professional opera and Shakespeare plays that were very well done.I can hardly believe it has been 6 years.

This weekend mom and dad are going to chicago and dad will be taping the broadcast for next week on Moody. I hope that you will pray for that and also that many people will understand the truth behind the DaVinci Code.

So, another day and a little more about me. I am an only child which I really have loved. I have been able to travel many places with my parents and have been to most of the US and I also have been to Israel, the Greek Isles, Istanbul, the Caribbean, Mexico, and Brussels just to name a few.

I went to a private high school that was all girls. I really enjoyed it. Statistics show that girls learn better without guys in the classroom. That was very true where I went to school. It was a great prep school and really helped me prepare for college. After graduation I went to Bob Jones University which is in Greenville, SC. When people hear that they say that it is so strict. You have to have rules when you have a big school. I didn't mind it and it is not for everybody to go their. My major was in communications. I really enjoyed the people and I made a lot of friends. Anyways, I will tell you more later.

Today I did another commercial which I am doing frequently. I really enjoy it and I hope that some of you will be able to see me on our tv program.

I wanted to also remind everybody that my dad will be on the radio for Moody next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for 1 hour on prime time america. He will be the moderator and the panel will include Dr Erwin Lutzer, Dr Darrell Bock, Dr Michael Easley and Ted Baehr. They will be discussing the DaVinci Code and it is something everybody needs to hear.

I also wanted to tell you a littl more of what I do at the ministry. We are very small so we all do about 5 different jobs. I am over the shipping department and take care of all your orders and I also am over all the letters that go out from here. I also do commercials and PR for the show. I have been working full time since May 2000. I love working in the ministry and with my family. I know that I will not do this forever but I enjoy it now. I will from time to time tell you a little more about me.

At our ministry we get many calls from pastors who want our resources to use for their congregation. I hope that you will as lay people encourage your pastors to come to our website and check out the resources we have available. One interesting thing that we have is where you can download MP3 files onto your IPod or onto a cd. We are trying to change our format so that it is user friendly in this day of technology. I personally have an ipod and I love it. On mine I have mostly music but I eventually want to put more resources on it that can help me.

I had an interesting conversation with our mail man the other day on the Davinci Code. He is a christian but did not understand what the book was all about and why we were upset by it. I was able to tell him about the book and when I made it clear to him he saw it in a whole new light. He was going to get some of our materials to help him and others. I also had a conversation with a pastor today who had heard of the DaVinci Code but did not know what it was all about. In the end, I sold him on getting materials we have. We need to continue to get the word out that this is not christianity. I keep pounding away at this but we need to get the truth out.

This week I want to let you in on some feed back that has come in concerning The Davinci Code. We have had many pastors and teachers call in to show our programs that we did with Erwin Lutzer. More and more I hear of pastors teaching on The Davinci Code which I think is so needed. I personally finished the book and even though Dan Brown is a good writer he does not have his facts straight and he slams christianity based on what we believe and hold our faith on. I also want to mention that my dad will be on the Moody radio Network on the 17th-19th of May on Prime time with some other men talking about the movie and why it is critical to understand the basis for this movie.

I am sure that many of you heard about the marching of the illegal immigrants. If you are going to live here you need to speak English and why would we give up our national anthem to be in spanish? This is our country and if you live here you abide by what we have. I am all for them working in our country if they are legal. Yes, our country is unique in that you have freedom of speech but it has gone too far.

April 24
So starts another week at the John Ankerberg Show. We are moving ahead to things coming up. Dr. Ankerberg(or my dad) is going to be on a special radio program that Moody out of Chicago is doing the week that the DaVinci movie comes out. It is going to be good to get the informtaion out to the public so I hope that you will listen. I will let you know about times coming up.

Out ministry is located in Tennessee. It is a beautiful place to live with the mountains and rivers all around. Today is a beautiful day but it is suppossed to get cooler and some rain this week. I came from Chicago so I really like it here. Who could live in Chicago? I have never been so cold as I have been up in the Windy City. Anyways, TN is a great place to live and it works well for a southern girl like me.

Well, it has been awhile. I am just about done reading the DaVinci Code book. I must say that Dan Brown definitely has his facts wrong about Christianity. It made me so mad to read where he says that Jesus was married and saying that everything about what we have learned as far as Christianity is concerned is false. He is a good writer but other than that the book is just so misleading.

Our ministry is putting out dvds that have to do with The Lost Gospels. Many books such as the "Jesus Papers", "The Jesus Dynasty" and many others are just plain wrong and falsify Christianity. I personally will not buy any of those books. The only book that is true and will continue to be the best seller is the Bible. We as Christians need to stand up for the truth and tell our friends and family about why these books are false.

I want to say personally that I am reading the DaVinci code book right now and it does have a very good plotline but it goes against what I believe as a Christian. Jesus was human but he was also God at the same time and therefore saying that he was married and had a child is lunatic because he came to earth to fulfill his mission for me and for everybody else. That was dying on a cross and taking my sins so I could accept him as my Saviour and live with Him forever one day.

We as a ministry stand up for the truth and defend the gospel. Being a christian is a relationship not a religion. I personally will go and see the movie but it is because I want to know how they present who Jesus is and be able to better explain it to people why I disagree with the movie.

April 4

With the DaVinci movie coming out, how can you answer the important questions that your friends and neighbours will have?

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