Hello, my friends, this is Dr. Beter. Today is December 27, 1981, and this is my AUDIO LETTER No. 70.

Two days ago my family and I joined millions of other Christians world-wide in celebrating the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. It was a day of family togetherness, of worship, and of joy. That’s how it is for those to whom our Lord Jesus Christ is the whole reason for Christmas; and yet, in our modern world, the holiday called “Christmas“ means different things to different people. To some it’s just an excuse to give and receive gifts without any deeper meaning. To others, the Christmas season is mainly a chance to make money from the bonanza of gift buying. And, yes, there are some among us to whom Christmas is a sad time--parents who cannot afford any gifts for their children, children who have no parents, lonely shut-ins to whom no one brings a word of Christmas cheer. All of us know about these things. They are the facts of life. Christmas, like the rest of life, is largely what we make of it; and, my friends, in our modern world there are evil forces who have learned to use the holiday season to do us harm. This began to be used against us as long ago as 1913. That year the United States Congress ostensibly passed the legislation creating the FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM. There was intense opposition to this unConstitutional privately-owned central banking system, but no matter. Those who wanted it simply waited until just before Christmas. Most Congressmen had gone home, including most of the opponents to the plan within Congress. My three special topics for this AUDIO LETTER are: Topic #1--THE CHRISTMAS CRISES FOR NUCLEAR WAR ONE Topic #2--THE AMERICAN SPACE SHUTTLE FAILURE NO. 2 Topic #3--A NEW SCANDAL OVER AMERICA’S DISAPPEARING GOLD.