I have some exciting news to tell you about our fundraiser. We were able to meet the goal for right now but that does not mean we are out of the woods. On our 5:30 time on Daystar we were a little short but we had enough money come in to keep us on for right now.

What was interesting to me is that we were able to do this fundraiser through small gifts that were given to the ministry. We didn't receive any $10,000 gifts but ones that were $25,$100 etc. We thank the Lord for all of the gifts.

Like I said before, the Lord has given this ministry to my dad. This is our vineyard and we are using it to spread the name of Jesus and win souls to the Lord. Every week we get opposition which means we are doing something right. We not only need your support but your prayers as well.

Next week, we will be starting our new series with Dr. Jimmy DeYoung on prophecy. We love having Jimmy DeYoung on the program and he has so much knowledge about what God says on prophecy. This is going to be a great series and one that I hope you will get for your friends and family. I believe that we are living in the end times and we have a short amount of time to spread the gospel to the world.

As I am writing, today happens to be the Fourth of July! What a day to remember what our country was founded on and to pray for and thank the service men and women who have served our country and continue to do so.

This past month we have been trying to raise some money to stay on all our stations. This is something that my dad does not like to do but it is so expensive to be on the networks we are on and so we need help from everybody whether it be $5 to $5000 to $50,000. We are thankful for the people who have responded but we have not made our goal yet. We have to make the decision in the next two weeks what stations we will keep and what stations we are going to cut!

We believe that the Lord has given us these networks to spread the gospel. We have a short amount of time to do it and so we need not only your prayers but your help as well. Like I said every little bit helps. This is God's ministry and not ours. Will you help us continue God's ministry?

It has been awhile since I have written because our family was on vacation last week! We went to the beach for a week with my dad's family and it was beautiful! It is so refreshing to get away and to get rejuvenated.

This month we are showing different clips each week on tv in a special package called the "Future Generations" package. We couldn't do this ministry without your support! So, we are trying to raise money this month to help with the airtime bills that we have to keep showing our unique programs to people not only here in the US but overseas as well. Today as I am writing you, I heard from people in Australia, South Africa and Italy. All of these people watch our program on the Daystar network.

We need your help to spread the gospel to these nations! With the technology that we have it is so exciting to hear from people and how our programs have changed their lives. I believe that the Lord has opened the door to spread the gospel to the world today! We may not have tomorrow so we need to make the most of today.

One last thing I want to leave you with is that I heard Tim Tebow (who use to play for the Florida gators in football and now plays for the Denver Broncos) talk about on tv the other night the fact that because he wrote John 3:16 under his eyes during the National Championship that 94 million people googled John 3:16 because they had no idea what that was. This shows me that people need to hear the simple plan of accepting Christ and living for Him! Oh how this example excites me and it should for you too!

Well, things around here are slowly coming back! As far as the counties that were hit by the tornadoes, it will be years before they get back to normal. We need to continue to pray for all the people who have been affected. There are some sad stories that have come out and there are stories where people have a lot to be thankful for. They may have lost everything but they are alive.

The couple who works for us talk about the fact that you are one heartbeat away from eternity and that is how we need to live everyday! We don't know when our last day will be!

This month we are going to be showing clips from different programs that we have done over the years. It is going to be called our "Future Generations" package. This is something that we need to give our friends and family to help them in their walk with the Lord.

Thank you for your prayers and support. Our family and our staff pray for all of you that give to us!

This past week has been a memorable one for us in Chattanooga. On Wednesday, we had about 25 tornadoes that came through the area. We have a couple that works for us that lives in Cleveland, TN and they lost their house. In the mean time, we were out of work for two days because of no power at the building. I hope that you will pray for the couple who works for us and for all the areas around Chattanooga. There are many cities near us that everything is gone! I hope that you will pray for these people as they have lost everything.

It reminds me that we have no guarantee for tomorrow. We don't understand why the Lord allows the tornadoes to hit some places and to miss other places. If you have ordered something from us or if you couldn't get through this was the reason why. Please bear with us as we are trying to get back in the game here at the ministry. Please pray for our state of TN and Georgia and Alabama as we start the cleanup recovery.

This past week has been very busy for us! In the midst of everything going on here at the ministry my dad had to go in for hernia surgery! He is home and recovering from that right now! There are just some things that have to be done and this was something that couldn't wait any longer. We are thankful the surgery went well and now my dad has to go through the process of healing. In the mean time, we are working on some new programs to air in a few weeks that we taped with Dr. Jimmy DeYoung on prophecy. We have done many programs with Dr. DeYoung on Revelation and Daniel and now we will also show what is currently happening in the world and a step by step through end time events. This is going to be something that everyone needs to watch and to buy for a friend or family member. When you listen to what is happening with countries such as Libya and Egypt you can read in the Bible what the Lord predicted would happen with these countries many years ago. It is exciting to hear and to know that the Lord is very close in coming back! We appreciate your support and there are so many doors that the Lord is opening for us and we thank Him for what He is doing!

Well here we are in April! Hard to believe how the months fly by. Right now we are doing a great series with Dr. David Jeremiah on the coming economic crisis. It is great information that we all need to hear and prepare for as well. There is always fear when we here of what is happening but we know the Lord is in control and will straighten everything out one day! I hope that you will tune in for this. Coming up after this series we will be doing the second series with Dr. Stephen Meyer who is the founder of the Intelligent Design Movement. Then after that we will be showing a series that we did with Dr. Jimmy DeYoung on prophecy and what is happening today. So, there are lots of exciting programs coming up. In the mean time, our social media outlets are growing and we are so excited of all the doors that the Lord is opening. I hope that you will continue to pray for us as we minister and for all that the Lord is allowing us to do. It is so neat to see the Lord work!

Well, spring is definitely in the air this week! It has been beautiful here in TN and the trees are gorgeous! Of course, people who have allergies are miserable right now but that is the price we have to pay when everything the Lord has made is coming out!

This week we are taping some programs with Dr. Jimmy DeYoung. He actually came to our church this past Sunday and spoke about prophecy and what is happening in the world right now. Everything that is happening like in Libya and Egypt the Bible talks about in Ezekiel and Daniel. It's actually very exciting to see things happening right before our eyes that the Bible predicted so long ago. We can see that the Lord is coming back very soon!

This Sunday, we will begin our series on the economic crisis that we did with Dr. David Jeremiah. Please join us this week as we start this new series that is very eye-opening and something that we all need to know about and what we should as christians do about it! Dr. Jeremiah is a wonderful man that God is using to spread His word around. You will not want to miss this program!

We have had a good response to the science series we have been doing with Dr. Stephen Meyer on DNA and the cell. We have also had a good response with our Revelation series that we are doing with Dr. Jimmy DeYoung.

A few weeks ago I told you that we added a new time on the Daystar Network at 5:30 P.M. ET. We have had a good response on this added time. We are very thankful for the people who can watch us at that time. We pray that more people will be able to tune in!

On our website we have put up articles that deal with the earthquake that has happened in Japan. On a personal note I want to say that it is so wonderful to see people helping people and also people who are being patient waiting in line for food or gas. There has been no stealing or looting after this disaster. What a testimony to us and these people are not saved and look what they are doing! Just something for all of us to think about what we would do if a disaster happens to hit the United States again!

Today I was watching the news about the earthquake in Japan and the effects of the Tsunamis that are coming to Hawaii and even the west coast! Of all the natural disasters, earthquakes are something that we can't control. Kind of like hurricanes. I feel so bad for the people in Japan and especially for those who have lost loved ones in this terrific earthquake.

The Bible talks about in the end times that there would be more and more earthquakes that would take place. I believe this a sign that we are in the end times and that the Lord will be coming back soon! Because of this, the time is short to get the gospel out.

We are going to be doing a series soon with Dr. David Jeremiah about the financial difficulties and many other things that are taking place in our country. I believe this series is so important and one that all of us need to hear! Not only spiritually do we need to be ready but financially also.

Then in a few months we will have Dr. Jimmy DeYoung back to talk about the Middle East and all the things that are taking place that the Bible talks about. I will keep you up to date on when we will be airing this important series also.

Thanks again for your prayers and continue to pray for those who have been devastated by this earthquake!

It is hard to believe we are in the month of March! Last weekend we attended the yearly convention of the National Religious Broadcasters which was held in Nashville. It was a great convention where we made some great contacts, saw old friends and heard some wonderful speakers like Ravi Zacharias, James McDonald, and Chuck Swindoll to name a few.

I want to share a saying with you that I heard from one of the speakers. In a nut shell he said that God is never late but hardly is He ever early. How true this is. God is right on time for everything. This applies to every part of our life! It is especially true here at the ministry too!

This month we are doing a special series on science with Dr. Stephen Meyer. He discusses about the cell and how only a designer could have made us the way we are! It is so fascinating and I hope that you will watch the third program this weekend!

Thank you for your prayers and support! With all that is happening in the world it is a great time to be alive and to know that what we are doing counts.

If you are reading this blog then you have seen our new website that we redid. We are trying to make it more accessible for you to find articles, watch the latest programs and to help you in any way in your spiritual growth.

This weekend is the annual broadcasters convention that all broadcasters in radio and tv attend. Not only is it to gather with other christian broadcasters but there are many informative classes, seminars and meetings to help in the growth of ministry.

This weekend we will be starting our science program with Dr. Stephen Meyer. I hope you will tune in to watch. Thanks again for your prayers and your continued donations to the ministry.

It is hard to believe that we have started a new month. February is a meaningful month to me because of two things. One is that today is my grandmother's birthday and she turns 84. Also, this is national heart month. This is important to me because of my dad having heart surgery a couple of years ago. I am thankful for doctors and for the medical technology we have to save people.

This month we will be starting a new series with Dr. Stephen Meyer that has to do with our DNA and our cells. He shows the evidence of how we can point to a designer based on what science show us how we are uniquely made. I hope that you will buy this series and give to your non-christian friends. The information that he presents is so fascinating.

We know that our time is short here based on all the events that are happening around the world. We so appreciate all of our donors and our family prays for all our donors. I hope that you will pray for us and pray that we will have wisdom in how to lead this ministry.

I wanted to give an update on our taping with Dr. David Jeremiah yesterday! We taped six programs and we hope to air them in March. We did them on his most recent book concerning the economy and what is going to happen if things don't change. He is a wonderful Bible scholar and we were so privileged to have him come and tape with us!

The programs that we are currently working on have to do with science and specifically about our DNA with Dr. Stephen Meyer. This is going to be a fabulous series and one I hope you will tell your friends and family to watch. I enjoyed listening to the series when we taped a few months ago and it shows not just what the Bible says but also what science shows.

I also want to say that we have certain people who give to us every month and they are apart of a club called the 3030 club where they give $30 every month or $1 a day. This month if you join us by subscribing to this club we will send you a wonderful book of programs put together in written form and also something that you can listen to in your car and at home. It is called "Facts That Matter". It is a product that we have put a lot of time into and I hope that you will considering joining and helping us every month toe spread the gospel. You can go to our home page and go to where it talks about the tape of the month club or 3030 club.

I have determined this year that I am going to update this blog hopefully every week! We had a busy December where we had lots of letters and materials going out plus we did two tapings. One was what we have been showing lately on the show with Dr. Mark Hitchcock on prophecy and the other was on science.

There are so many exciting things that are happening here at the show. One thing is that we have a gentleman on staff who is translating our books into spanish and hopefully very soon we will have those available. We also have many outlets on the internet where we are getting our books out and also where people can watch the show.

All of this would not be possible without your support for us. We are the only television show that deals with a different topic every month and we anwer the questions that you will not hear in your church. Our goal is to defend the gospel no matter what!

Pray for us next week because we will be interviewing Dr. David Jeremiah. I am so excited that we are going to have him come in and talk on his most recent book about the economy. We hope to air this in March.

I appreciate your support and prayers for this ministry. The past two years have been very exciting to see how the Lord is working and using us in so many venues. There is much to do before He returns.

It is hard to believe that Thanksgiving is already here and there are four more Saturdays until Christmas! My how this year has flown by! I love this time of year and there is so much to be thankful for.

We have a busy December coming up. We have two tapings that we are doing and there are lots of orders and letters that will be going out of the ministry. At this time of year we thank the Lord for those of you who stand by us and support the work we are doing for the Lord. You will never know what that means to us!

I pray that each and every one of you has a wonderful Thanksgiving!

It is hard to believe that Christmas is only a few weeks away! I do love this time of year! As I write this, I am also working on printing our December letter which I wrote this year! It gives a little update on our family as well as what is coming up this next month.

The month of December is going to be busy because not only do we have two mailings going out, materials going out, gifts going out but we also have two tapings that we will be doing. One is going to be on prophecy and one is going to be on science. I ask that you pray for us and our staff as we have a lot going on the next couple of weeks.

It is always interesting to me how when the month of December comes we try to cram everthing into one month. I realize it's Christmas but we could spread things out and do them throughout the year. I think that is why we dread the holidays because there is so much going on. I pray that this year you will look at your December and enjoy what Christmas is all about instead of dreading the month.

Our series on Traditional Marriage has been going well! We are thankful for the support that has come in and for the protection that the Lord has given us! We have had many people call in and say they have never watched us before and they just happened to be flipping through and saw us talking about traditonal marriage. They have been very thankful that we did a program like this. Before long we are not going to be able to say what we want to say and so it's vital that we do this now while we can.

This was something that happened in the news this week where someone was fired for what they said because of their beliefs and for using their free speech amendment. There are so many things like this happening around us that we don't even know and so this is the time to get out what we need to say to defend Jesus Christ.

Thank you for your support and prayers.

I don't know about where you live but here in TN it has been beautiful! This is my favorite time of year when the trees are changing and it's getting cooler! I love all the seasons but fall is especially nice!

Here at the John Ankerberg Show we are working on things for Christmas and we are getting ready for our new series to come out in a couple of weeks on Traditional Marriage. We have three of the top men in the country who came in to talk about this important topic and how this affects all of us in one way or another. I hope that you will by this for your church or for a friend because it's important information that needs to get out.

We need all the prayers lifted up for this series not only for the men that were on the program but also for our staff and our families.

We thank the Lord for each of you that support us and pray for us. We can't do this ministry without you!

It is amazing how when you plan to do things your way that God can change them around. That happened this week with a guest and so we have had to reschedule what we were going to do. Yet, we know that behind the change of plans that God has a reason for waiting. It always will come at the last minute but it is the right time on God's watch.

We need lots of prayer this month and next month when we start to air our series on Same Sex Marriage. Many people don't think it's important for them but it is. This is something that is taking over our country. Now adays you can't turn on the tv without them promoting this. This is a sin and we as christians need to stand up to the plate and defend biblical marriage.

We need prayer for protection and that people who are involved in this sin will repent and see the light.

We are getting into our busy months that lead up to Christmas. Pray for our staff as letters, materials, materials on the website and other places are going out. We thank you for standing with us and praying for us!