Mike Hopkins

Mike Hopkins was born and raised in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia, in the USA.  In 2005, he accepted Messiah Yeshua.  He has a thirst for truth and for bringing that truth to all who are willing to hear. He and his wife Kelli have recently begun hosting their own podcasts. Mike currently works in the tech industry.
He currently lives in Virginia Beach with his wife and Kayla, their Boston Terrier.

• Fight The Lies Network on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEdQze9grmUpY-xGiNUGwSw)

Items mentioned in / relevant to the interview

• TMR 146 : Rev. Dr. Robert H. Bennett : Animism in the USA - Jesus is the Only Exorcist

• Dr. Mike Heiser's Naked Bible Podcast (https://www.nakedbiblepodcast.com/)

• Charles R. Pigden, "Conspiracy Theories & The Conventional Wisdom", Episteme 4.2 (2007) (https://muse.jhu.edu/article/228150)

• The Elijah List (www.elijahlist.com/)

• International Coalition of Apostolic Leaders (https://www.icaleaders.com/)

• Adam Curtis, The Power of Nightmares : The Rise of the Politics of Fear, see Part One, "Baby It's Cold Outside"

• Jacob Weisberg, "The Doubtful Faith of George W Bush", Slate Magazine

• Leo Strauss (Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Strauss)

• Seymour Hersh, "Selective Intelligence", The New Yorker (12 May 2003)

• Bob Jones Website, "New Apostolic Government in Place by 2012", BobJones.org

• TMR 036 : Robert M. Bowman Jnr. : The Word-Faith Movement

• William Branham (Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_M._Branham)

• Bob Hunter, "Joel's Army Marches On", Christian Research Journal (2009)

• Photos of the pyramid-shaped tomb stones of Charles Taze Russell and William Branham (http://image.slidesharecdn.com/subliminalimages-watchtower-part1-150822044421-lva1-app6891/95/subliminal-images-watchtower-part-1-4-638.jpg?cb=1440218763) [I attach no particular significance to this; it's just a curiosity. But I will say that I wouldn't choose a pyramid.]

• TMR 150: Thomas Goehle : America's Post-Christian Apocalypse (Part 3: NWO & Eschaton)

• A clip from the ABC report on Todd Bentley and his healing claims (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZERtv9aHQU)

• "Mural at Denver Airport" by Mark Frauenfelder on Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/frauenfelder/7051540177/)

Acknowledgements

• Podcast music: Chillout Me by Antony Raijekov from Jazz U compilation (CC BY-NC 2.5)

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