The National debt of the United States (the U.S. National Debt) has surpassed another milestone high.  It now is above $38.5 trillion.

A year ago, on Jan. 5, 2025, the debt was over $36 trillion.  Since then, it has risen more than an enormous $2.25 trillion in barely a year.

There is no end in sight to the debt escalation.  Most likely, this eventually will lead to the worst economic collapse that this nation ever has experienced.

At Olive Tree Ministries this weekend, Pastor Josh Schwartz and Ken Mikle talked with Pastor Jonny Ardavanis of Stonebridge Bible Church, Franklin, Tennessee.  In this chaotic and stressful world in which we live, what must the follower of Jesus do to combat the evils and anxieties that are ever-present?  Extended version begins at 29:03.

         

         

         

         

         
75-second slideshow

Today’s program, lasting 55 minutes, can be heard here:

Happy New Year!  I hope that 2026 is a good, favorable and prosperous year for you and yours.  Hopefully, none of your kids or grandkids went out into space on a fireworks rocket. 

       
15-second slideshow

PDF formats

If you’ve never read the Bible straight through, from cover to cover, you might want to do it in 2026.  Go to the following page, print out the pages in PDF, HTML, DOCX or DOC format, and check off the passages as you read them:

Another option is a daily reading schedule that skips around the Bible.  I now prefer reading it this way myself.  Samaritan’s Purse has a yearly reading list, which I like, that does this.  You can download these four pages in pdf format and print them out: