Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, December 22, 2022

Episode Date: December 22, 2022

America’s mental health falls to an all-time low, 1-in-5 young adults owe money to debt collectors, Antisemitism on the rise in New York City, Amazon reveals the most popular presents this Christmas. Plus, the Message of the Day, why the story of Christmas is so important. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey, it's Mike Slater, host of the podcast Politics by Faith, filling in for the great Bill O'Reilly. It is Thursday, December 22nd, 22, 12, 22, 22. You're listening to the O'Reilly update. Here's what's happening across our nation. America's mental health falls to an all-time low. One in five young adults owe money to debt collectors. Anti-Semitism on the rise in New York. City. And Amazon reveals the most popular presence this Christmas. Also coming up, the message

of the day, Christmas themed, of course. But first, a survey from Gallup finds a quarter of Americans visited a mental health professional in 2022. That is a 10-point increase in the last 10 years. Less than half of Americans describe their mental health as good. Less than half. Seven percent and say they suffer from severe psychological problems. This is self-describe self-diagnosed. Younger adults and women who are more likely than their counterparts to rate their own mental health negatively are also more likely to say that they have sought mental health care

in the last year. Roughly 20% of adults between the ages 18 and 24 with a credit record in the United States currently have debt in collections. Overall, credit card balances are surging of 15% in the most recent quarter. That's the largest annual jump in more than 20%. 20 years. So when people say the economy's bad and people aren't working, oh, but look, people

are still buying stuff. It's like, yeah, on credit card, people are all-time debt. Credit card rates are now over 19% on average. That's an all-time high and still rising as well. Anti-Semitic hate crimes in New York City, more than doubling compared to the same period last year. At least 45 Jewish people were targeted across the five boroughs compared to 20 last December. Just a month. Most assaults occurred in Brooklyn. New York Police Department beefing up security at local synagogues after two men were arrested at Penn Station with pistols and maps of local Jewish communities. Amazon revealing the most popular Christmas gifts for 2022. They are wireless phone chargers, which still seem like magic to me. Like how was that possible?

Portable hand warmers, indoor slippers, waffle makers, wine glasses, wine glasses. Wine glass. glasses, the air fryer, luxury towels, and number one, most popular gift for Christmas this year. Noise cancelling headphones. The typical family spends $3,000 on gifts for friends and family. Coming up next, I get the Christmas story, but why is it that story? I'll explain next. Power, politics, and the people behind the headlines. I'm Miranda. Devine, New York Post columnist and the host of the brand new podcast, Podforce One. Every week, I'll sit down for candid conversations with Washington's most powerful disruptors, lawmakers, lawmakers, and even the president of the United States.

These are the leaders shaping the future of America and the world. Listen to Podforce One with me, Miranda Devine, every week on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcast. You don't want to miss an episode. Hey, I'm Mike Slater, host of the podcast, Politics by Faith, filling in for the great Bill O'Reilly. Now it's time for the O'Reilly update, Message of the Day. Merry Christmas. Christmas coming up in a few days. I've always wondered why God had to do the whole Jesus born as a human thing. He could have done it any way he wanted. Why did he choose this way? And like, once you accept the story, you're like, okay, that's great, but why?

Why? Why did he have to become human? It's the biggest question I always had before I was a Christian. Why did God work it out this way? Why did Jesus have to become a human? Paul Harvey, of all people, answered it for me. He tells a story of a good, decent, generous man. He just didn't believe all the silly Bible, miracle incarnation stuff. So he didn't go to church on Christmas with his family, his wife and his children.

He went off. He stayed home behind. And there's a big storm that came. And a bird flew right into his window. Dung. What a shame. And then another one. Donk again. And just don't do more birds. Just get slamming and what's going on. So he goes outside in the snow. And the birds are all huddled there underneath the window. They're lost and clueless. But he's a generous man. So he bundled up. He walked to the other side of his property and opened up the barn door. and gave him a nice warm place for the birds to be turned the light on for him

but the birds didn't go anywhere so he's telling the birds like he's waving his arms like go go come here come to the bar and he tries to shoe them away but they won't they won't budge so then he gets breadcrumbs and he tries to lure

the birds to the bar but they refuse they're scared of them they fear him and he got frustrated and he thought if only I could be a bird and speak their language and mingle with them and be with them and tell them not to be afraid and show them the way to safety and to the warm barn if only i could show them the light if only i could be one of them so that they could see and hear and understand that's what jesus did

he became one of us so we could follow him and God to heaven the infinite has become the infant as C.S. Lewis said the son of God became a man to enable men

to become the sons of God. I was a history major in college. I've been a Christian for about eight years now, so I like to put these two passions together. My instinct is to bring everything back to the Bible. Why? Jeremiah 616 stand at the crossroads and look, ask for the ancient paths. Ask where the good way is and walk in it and you will find rest for your souls.

Our culture is so screwed up right now and no one knows what to do. Progressives say we need to progress. We need more progress. We need more of what we'd be doing. More of this direction. And I'm over here and I think you're with me saying, this ain't working. Let's look for the ancient paths. Why? Why the ancient path? Because you will find rest for your souls. No one ever talks about the soul. You know, in California, they're thinking about, they will eventually, legalize psychedelic drugs. So magic mushrooms, because people have anxiety and depression. So let's just trip them out. Let's do things to change the chemistry of their mind. But no one ever mentions the soul. We talk about the mind, never the soul. So let's just take

psychedelic mushrooms. Jeez. I want to look back at the ancient paths. The things that worked, and I want to get to the root of problems, and that is the human soul. You want answers? It's a book about it. It's got everything in it, including a really amazing story that we celebrate on Christmas. More coming up. Hey, it's Sean Spicer from the Sean Spicer Show podcast, reminding you to tune into my show every day to get your daily dose inside the world of politics. President Trump and his team are shaking up Washington like never before, and we're here to cover it from all sides, especially on the topics the mainstream media won't. So if you're a political junkie on a late lunch or getting ready for the drive home, new episodes of the Sean Spicer Show podcast drop at 2 p.m. East Coast every day. Make sure you tune in. You can find us at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcast. Hey, it's Mike Slater, host of the podcast Politics by Faith Fillet and for the Great Bill O'Reilly.

Now it's time for something you might not know. Perhaps you've heard the song before. It is well with my soul. Do you know who wrote it? Or really why he wrote it? I went to a funeral a couple weeks ago. A friend of mine, dad passed away. It's 64 years old. He had four wonderful children. And they opened up the funeral with a stunningly beautiful version of that song. It is well with my soul.

So my new goal in life is to live in a way where when I die, my family and friends can gather in a place and sing with their full heart and with complete assurance. It is well with my soul. That moment was such beautiful evidence of a life well-lived. When peace like a river attendeth my way. So when things are good, when sorrows like sea-billows roll, when things are not good, whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say, it is well, it is well with my soul. The author of those words was Horatio Spafford.

Now, maybe you'd think he wrote this song because life was awesome all the time. There were great moments. and then the worst he had a wife and five kids their youngest son died of pneumonia in 1871 he lost his business in the great fire of chicago that same year two years later his wife and four daughters got on a boat from the u.s to France and he was planning to go with them but he had to stay behind for some business things that you go ahead i'll get on the next boat a couple days later four days later that boat collided with another in the middle of the ocean and all four of his daughters drowned his wife survived she was rescued and made it to whales and when she got there she wired her husband

saved alone what shall i do could you imagine receiving that message what do i do he got on the next boat and when they were four days in the ocean the captain called him and said this is about where your children died and that's what inspired him to write the song it is a well with my soul. You know, we don't talk about the soul anymore. We're only interested in behavior modification or life hacks. Even with behavior modification, we just want shortcuts. If you want to change a life and you want to change the course of a country,

we got to focus on the soul. And if Horatio could do it, so can we. More coming up. Hey, I'm Caitlin Becker, the host of the New York Postcast, and I've got exactly what you need to start your week. weekdays. Every morning, I'll bring you the stories that matter, plus the news people actually talk about, the juicy details in the worlds of politics, business, pop culture, and everything in between. It's what you want from the New York Post wrapped up in one snappy show.

Ask your smart speaker to play the NY Postcast podcast. Listen and subscribe on Amazon Music, Apple Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Thank you, Bill, for letting me fill in. Thank you for listening. My podcast is Politics by Faith. see you there and we'll see you back here tomorrow.