VFTB Live - Mahdi, Middle East, and Merry Christmas!

What people believe really does guide what they do—especially in the Islamic world. Dr. Timothy Furnish (www.OccidentalJihadist.com), an expert on Muslim eschatology, explains the differences between Sunnis and Shias, and why their views on the end times make Sunni Muslims the bigger threat.In our final segment, historian Dr. Judd Burton explains why Christians can celebrate Christmas with no guilt or fear of accidentally worshiping a pagan god.Here are links to the articles Derek mentioned:* “How December 25 Became Christmas” by Andrew McGowan, Dean and President of the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale - http://bit.ly/2Si5TbL* “Calculating Christmas: The Story Behind December 25” by William J. Tighe, originally published in the December 2003 issue of Touchstone - http://bit.ly/2BBzTZdAlso: Trump announces withdrawal from Syria and Washington DC explodes.The wonderful Christmas music in this week's show is by Vssls of Mercy: www.soundcloud.com/emptytomb777-----Download our free mobile app! Links to the iTunes App Store and Google Play are posted at www.vftb.net.-----Please join Derek and Sharon Gilbert each Sunday for the Gilbert House Fellowship, our weekly Bible study podcast. Log on to www.GilbertHouse.org for more details.Get all of our podcasts -- VFTB, P.I.D. Radio, and the Gilbert House Fellowship -- at Spreaker: www.spreaker.com/user/gilberthouseDiscuss these topics at the VFTB Facebook page (www.facebook.com/viewfromthebunker) and check out the great Christian podcasters at the Revelations Radio Network (www.RevelationsRadioNetwork.com). And we are proud to be part of the Fringe Radio Network (www.spreaker.com/user/mxpw)!