The Kubik Report

Greg Thomas: Narcissism Part 3. Medical cure? How to deal with? Famous historic narcissists.

Greg Thomasand I discuss 
Cures for Narcissitic Personality Disorder (NPD)?
How to and how NOT to handle a narcissist in your life?
How to communicate with a loved one who is a narcissist? 
Famous historic narcissists 
 
All Greg Thomas Podcasts  https://vkubik.podbean.com/category/greg-thomas
Narcissism with Greg Thomas https://vkubik.podbean.com/category/narcissism

Justin Kovanis: Faith and Psychotherapy - Complementary, Not Contradictory

Justin Kovanis and I discuss how psychotherapy or clinical counseling is a venture in truth-seeking and aligns profoundly with Christianity. How does therapy function regarding one's faith and seeking after the truth? Justin Kovanis is a Licensed therapist in Cincinnati, licensed in 2023, and is passionate about the power of healing from trauma. He works in private practice and at a Medicaid-funded community mental health clinic. 
He can be reached at justin.kovanis@gmail.com
Correction from Justin Kovanis:
"I refer to the 'dark tetrad,' but I said masochism as the fourth trait, but it's psychopathy. Here is something from Google: "The Dark Tetrad refers to four related, but distinct, subclinical personality traits: Narcissism, Machiavellianism, Psychopathy, and Sadism."   I said "masochism" as one of the traits but it is actually "psychopathy"

Dan Russo: Mission/Plan of Church of God Network. How People Can Work Together

Dan Russo talk about how Church of God Network has helped with new programs.
Dan gives a synopsis about what CGN does and their mission/plan.  Also the major recent updates below: 
New Program: MissionAssist - operational support services by COG professionals
Within Your Gates - crisis relief & grief response --> big response to CA fires in 2025.
New Grant Committee consisting of baptized young adults between 18-29
churchofgodnetwork.org
 
Former podcast with Dan Russo https://vkubik.podbean.com/e/daniel-russo-can-we-talk-message-for-cogs/
 

Ken Murray: Overview of the Progression of End-Time Prophesies

Ken Murray and I talk about one of the wonders of coming events:  What will happen to human civilization?  When and how will it end?  There is a straightforward biblical summary of what will happen.  
The end of civilization will not come tomorrow.  There is still a lot that has to happen. An outline of the future will anchor us in being productive and useful now.  At the same time, we pray for God's Kingdom....His new remake of civilization to come.  
See the reference handout for this podcast here.   

Micah Gunn: Apologetics 101

Micah Gunn and I talk about the basics of Apologetics.  Where is it mentioned in the Bible?   How it can help you understand the Bible as well as theories.   
Micah has his own Podcast at TRUTH BE TOLD.  https://truthbetoldpodcast.podbean.com/
You can reach Micah at 
truthbetoldbiblepodcast@gmail.com

Dr. Steven Britt: Sound Science and the Bible

We originally did this podcast in August 2018.   
Steven Britt holds a PhD in Applied Mathematics from North Carolina State University which he received in 2015. He was ordained into the ministry of UCG in 2018 and served as pastor to congregations in Maryland and Virginia from 2019-2022.
He has written for the Beyond Today magazine, and one of his articles is entitled  "Sound Science and the Bible: Do They Conflict?"  We will talk about what he wrote about the detrimental assumptions made by prominent scientists that lead the world away from understanding the truth.  

Mario Seiglie: Our family's escape from Cuba and Castro

Mario Seiglie and I talked a few days after the death of Fidel Castro, who died November 15, 2016.  Mario's father knew Castro personally.  Mario describes their ordeal of escaping Cuba to the United States when he was seven years old.
Mario Seiglie is Senior Pastor over the United Church of God Spanish-speaking areas of the world.
 

Patrick Nielander: What a Lifetime of Law Enforcement Should Teach Us - LA Riots

Patrick Nielander has spent nearly 40 years in the field of Law Enforcement. 
Seven years of Federal Court experience (CSO, Special Deputy US Marshal) and five years as the District Supervisor (CSO Program, JSD7/SIN, District 28).  
Served as the Assistant Section Commander for the Medical Department of the Marion County Jail, Indianapolis, Indiana. Responsible for over 3,000 inmates.  
Have acquired police patrol experience, correctional healthcare experience, and business management experience.  
Previously a Law Enforcement Officer (Sgt., Retired) at the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department • Marion County Sheriff’s Department (Merged Police Departments) and Indianapolis International Airport (Sgt.)  
Have held the position of Assistant Branch Manager for Airport Security serving a national security company at the Indianapolis International Airport. Served as adjunct faculty in the criminal justice program of a national university. 
His father and Uncle Gary have been elders in the United Church of God, with whom I have become well-acquainted in my ministry.  
We discuss thought-provoking issues about living in and being responsible in an unjust world.
 

With Gerhard Marx: A Lifetime of Memories - Bricket Wood England - replay

Hello,
This is one of my favorite podcasts from two and a half years ago with our beloved teacher, pastor Gerhard Marx, in the United Kingdom.  He positively affected the lives of so many with kindness and an example of integrity. 
Give a listen!

Ken Murray: Making Disciples of Christ

Hear all of the Vic N Ken podcasts from this link https://vkubik.podbean.com/category/ken-murray
See video version of this podcast here on YouTubehttps://youtu.be/rRZYk7QtKjI?si=yCC17ya2jWJzO8Y5
 
 

James Ginn: You Can Help Us Translate Articles and Booklets into Various languages. Here's how!

James Ginn is senior pastor to the Baltic, Nordic and Eastern European countries.  He and his wife, Kristine, have embarked on an ingenious translation process using AI to translate UCG articles and booklets.  You can help with some steps in this process that do not require you to know the languages.  We have tested it and it works great!  Heidi Braun in Cincinnati just completed a booklet in short order successfully!   
You can do it, too!   
Can you help us?   Contact James Ginn at 
ucgtranslations@gmail,com
Please listen to how this is done.  We also talk about our work in this part of the world.
Thanks for helping!
Visit our NordicBaltic podcast at 
https://nordicbaltictopics.podbean.com/

Greg Thomas: Narcissism, part 2; Gaslighting, Relationships, Patterns

What is Gaslighting? A few years back, it was the "word of the year."  
How does Narcissistic Personality Disorder affect relationships?
Common Patterns that occur in narcissistic relationships.
 
Hear ALL of our podcasts here:
 

Victor Kubik: The Power of Pentecost

Seasonal message I delivered on June 8, 2024, in Indianapolis, IN, about the big bang event that marked the startup of the Christian Church on Pentecost in 31 AD and all the subsequent events recorded in the early chapters of Acts. 

Bill Hicks: Church of God (Seventh Day), Worldwide, United History

Photo of Bill Hicks and me at the Church of God (Seventh Day) conference in Denver in July 2005,    
Bill Hicks, former director of Missions Abroad in the Church of God (Seventh Day)  gives an insightful interview about his the history in the Worldwide Church of God, then the Church of God (Seventh Day) from where Herbert Armstrong came. Andd now United Church of God.  I have interacted with Bill Hicks for more than 30 years in our life's journey.  We discuss common places where we visited such as Ukraine and Mizoram.  Bill has preached in 44 countries of the world.
Date of interview:  May 22, 2025,   
 

Greg Thomas: What You Should Know About Narcissism

The first in our series on narcissism...
Subscribe Greg's YouTube channel by typing in "Leadership Excellence Channel" in the YouTube search bar. 
Also, learn more about Greg Thomas at
https://leadershipexcellencenow.com/about-greg-l-thomas
 

Mark Robertson: Making Sense of the Old Testament Health and Purity Laws

Hear all LAW podcasts from Mark Robertson here
In addition to Amazon, here are a few other places where you can buy The Enlightened Law of of Moses.
 
Here is the book for sale on Bookshop.org:
https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-enlightened-law-of-moses/11c96c4be22ed982?ean=9781763671706&next=t
 
An ebook is also available on Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-enlightened-law-of-moses/id6741501326?itscg=30200&itsct=books_box_link&mttnsubad=6741501326
(Or  search by title on the Books App on an Apple device).
 
and, of course,  Amazon 
 
 
Here's today's program:
A major criticism of the law of Moses has to do with the purity laws outlined in the book of Leviticus (e.g. Lev 12-15). These laws seem in contrast to the soundness of many other provisions of the law.
 
Under these purity laws people were declared unclean for certain activities that are mostly a normal part of life:
a woman having her monthly period, a woman giving birth to a baby
people having sexual relations, having a skin disease, burying a dead relative etc.
Someone then touching a bed used by an unclean person was also declared unclean.
 Many commentators are of the opinion that such a regime would be impractical, burdensome and impossible to keep. At times, the purity laws also included strange rituals which are also difficult to understand.
 Jesus criticized the Pharisees for what (on the surface) seem to be similar type laws:
Mark 7:4   When they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other things which they have received and hold, like the washing of cups, pitchers, copper vessels, and couches.
 
You can reach Mark Robertson at mark@roberson.id.au
 

Ground Zero - the meltdown of the Worldwide Church of God and the start of UCG

This is my address to the United Church of God Conference of Elders on May 3, 2025 about the implosion of the Worldwide Church of God.  It's what I saw and heard first-hand. 
You can view the original videos of the UCG startup conference on May 1, 2, 1995 at 
https://kubik.org/ucgindy95
and the chapters for Ground Zero at 
https://kubik.org/groundzero
 
 
 
 

Fred Kellers: New UCG President Elliott, New Pope Robert Prevost (Leo XIV) and much more!

Fred Kellers has been pastor for many decades and is now retired.  We have been friends for many years and share some of our thoughts about the people we have served and advice and hope for our children and grandchildren and grandchildren.   

Rex Sexton Discusses Alarming Trend of Hypersexualization of Women Online

This is an alarming development of online prostitution that may be viewed and participated in everywhere....including your own home.  Do you know what your children are watching on their phones.   Rex and I discuss what this is doing to our children, their future and society.  
How innocent is OnlyFans??  You better find out.  It's everywhere and the number of users is staggering!
Useful articles to read
https://www.unitedfamilies.org/uncategorized/onlyfans-is-slowly-killing-our-daughters/
 
https://moralrevolution.com/the-dark-side-of-only-fans/
 
https://trail.pugetsound.edu/?p=18679

From November 2023. Tina Kuo Graham just after Hamas attack on Israel

Rerun from Nov 2023 just after Hamas attack on Israel
Tina Kuo Graham speaks about her faith and how God has worked with her.  She is Director of Operations at East Gates Ministries (https://eastgates.org/) dedicated to serving and equipping churches in China. She is married to Ned Graham who is the President of East Gates and the youngest son of of the late Evangelist Billy and Ruth Graham.