This Crosstalk began with Jim introducing VCY Bookstore Manager Rick Bach. Rick brought listeners information about 4 films that have been having a positive impact upon viewers. The films are: 'Courageous', 'Facing the Giants', 'Fireproof' and 'Flywheel'.

Jim continued this broadcast by highlighting numerous headlines. Some of these included:

--President Trump urges China's president to use all available levers to pressure North Korea to halt its provocations, a day after Pyongyang tested a new intercontinental ballisic missile.
--North Korea's latest ICBM demonstrated the ability to reach a range of 8,100 miles.
--China expressed concern over North Korea's latest missile test with other nations showing concern as well including New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, the European Union and Britain.
--Vice President Mike Pence warned North Korea not to test the resolve of President Trump or the capabilities of the U.S. military.
--Iranian military leaders announce that they will send a fleet of warships into the Atlantic Ocean en route to the Gulf of Mexico.
--A Russian jet buzzes a U.S. Navy reconnaissance plane over the Black Sea.
--A new maritime version of the 'Iron Dome' missile defense system has been declared operational by the Israeli Defense Forces following months of testing.
--With the UK set to 'brexit' the EU, globalists in Brussels are on the move to further centralize control.
--The Supreme Court has affirmed a victory for prayer at school board meetings in Texas.
--The official White House Christmas card says, 'Merry Christmas'.
--Muslim fighters are sharing a disturbing propaganda image threatening an attack on New York at Christmas time.
--Terrorists using encrypted communication channels have been sharing posters of London's Regent Street decked out in Christmas lights and Paris' Eiffel Tower with Christmas markets in the foreground.
--Radical imams from Virginia, Maryland and Texas recently attended a fund-raising event organized by an Islamist charity where they were treated to a smorgasbord of teachings from foreign-based Islamic thinkers.
--Western Europeans fleeing from Islam and setting up colonies in Hungary.
--The Senate Budget Committee advanced the chamber's GOP tax bill.
--A federal judge Tuesday rejected a lawsuit from an official who claims that she, and not President Trump, appointed Mick Mulvaney as the rightful director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
--Government K-8 schools in California recently became the first in America to begin demanding pro-homosexual and transgender propaganda in history textbooks.
--The 'Barbie' doll is going 'gay' and advertising a pro-sodomy agenda.
--The military must take transgender service members beginning January 1st.
--The State Department commemorated Transgender Day of Remembrance.
--The second openly transgender man to hold elected office won a seat on the Palm Springs city council.