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A Family Memorial Visit Introduces A Reflection On Sacrifice
He let me work in dc, let me work with EIB and Hollywood in Silicon Valley. And he's shown me through all those experiences that there is one problem and one solution. And that's why we do this show.
Jeff Chamblee Welcome to a Disciples View with Todd Herman.
Todd Herman When the God of the universe created the world, he didn't snap his fingers or wink his eye. The Lord spoke and God said, let there be light because we believe. We speak about the happenings right here in this world as we remain mindful that our true home is with Jesus Christ and his kingdom. I'm Todd Herman. Welcome to a Disciples view. It was ah, in the, I think early summertime and a, ah, beautiful man, clear blue skies. and we had decided to take our daughter on an outing in Washington D.C. where we were living at the time as ah, she was little, she was in kindergarten and there was still this period of time where we got to dress her. And there was a celebration in the National Mall that day for something very important. And so she wore a red, white and blue outfit, stars and stripes. And we have this picture, I just love this picture of her. And at one point I wrote an article about it back when I had a website that we sold called buzzpo.com and it's ah, her laying on her back, blonde hair against the, sidewalk and blue eyes looking up straight up at the Lincoln Monument. and a cloudless sky in the background, flags waving. And I wrote an article about what happened that day. And the Internet being the Internet, someone stole that article and put it on their website. And that was the only downside. It astonishes me that people do that. And on the Mall that day, we'd gone down to the World War II monument.
A Child Asks About War Death And The Meaning Of Names
That was where we were headed. And we made a stop at the Vietnam Memorial. And we watched as people walked up. And some people would press clay, into, into their loved ones names and make an imprint. other people brought other kind of things to do that people brought paper and charcoal, and many other ways to take home the imprint of their loved one's name. Against that wall there's the, the tomb of the Unknown Soldier there too. And we talked to her daughter about sacrifice. and we talked to our daughter about what it is to be like Christ willing to die for another. No greater love has man. And she asked some questions. Kids do that. When we were at Gettysburg and she saw this picture where we stood, it was placed right where we stood, of a pile of. I'm sorry, that was what it was. A stacked up pile of dead bodies. Soldiers. She said, are they daddies? I said, yeah, many of them were. Are they sons? Do they have moms? Yeah, they all have moms. And ah. She said, do they know they're dead? I said that's a really good question. And those of them who gave themselves back to Jesus are with him. We didn't talk about the other side. That was not at that point age appropriate. I think if she'd asked, I'd have told her. She knew about the devil. And in Washington D.C. she asked us why do some of these soldiers not have names? I said, well, they have names. We just didn't know who they were. And she asked why are there so many names? Well, because so many men and women died, mostly men fighting in that war. Why is there war? I don't know that I had a good answer for that. And I think now to dead say that we're broken by sin we want and cannot have. And so we steal, we covet. And that's a sin that begins in the mind and then we take rather than relying on our Father in heaven, who knows well what we need. You know, the birds, sparrows in the field, neither toil nor turn. And our Heavenly Father sees that they're fed and doesn't he value us more than a bird?
World War Two Memorial Honors Veterans And Their Sacrifice
So we walked down, towards the World War II monument. Now, that was built, with private donations. There's no taxpayer money tied on that. That was very purposeful. And if you've not been there, it's a beautiful memorial. And I regard all the memorials as beautiful. And. And I'm a little bit torn these days because of how we have failed in some ways to steward this great gift of, America. And so I'm a little bit torn. And I haven't been back to D.C. in years. But when I go, I'm a little bit torn because, I want so much for us to live by the Constitution, which recognizes that we have rights that God gave us, and therefore they're unalienable. So I get a little bit torn, but not about the World War II memorial. So, this was the time when they had the first ever honor flights. Do you remember those? And there were still enough World War II veterans alive, that they sent special airplanes to get them. And there were, airlines that stepped up and did these flights for free for the men who fought. I believe Alaska Airlines did that at the time. They were a really good airline back then. They're not so much anymore. They've taken a turn towards promoting wokeism and having their flight attendants wear absurd pronouns. They used to put Bible verses on your tray when you ate. You pick up your food tray. And there was a verse from the Bible. Always the Old Testament, but always the Bible. So The World War II monument has a reflection, pond, reflecting pond. It's round, as I recall. And then around it, it has these, these big blocks, people's names on them, and flags. And again, I'm doing this from memory, but we went and we were observing the monument. It was a beautiful sunny day still, you know, and it wasn't even particularly humid by Washington, D.C. standards. And my daughter saw a man in a wheelchair dressed in full dress, so his ceremonial uniform. And he had. To my eye, I've never served, but to my eye, tons of medals.
A Veteran Calls Fallen Soldiers Heroes And Veterans Storm Barriers
And back in the day, you didn't get the Lloyd Austin General Miley type medals for showing up to work or successfully meeting lobbyists for eight hours in a whole day. These medals indicated a, cost. It was a cost you paid. And she saw him and she said, is he a soldier? And I said, well, yeah, he used to be. I don't think he is anymore. He might be too old, but. And she said, is he a hero? I said, well, I think so. But why don't you ask him? And so here she is in her red, white, and blue. And, the shoes didn't match. They were pink. Little Uggs. She loved those shoes. And she walked over to him, and I was there within ear range, but I didn't want to interrupt it. We didn't take pictures of this. I prefer that this lives in my mind and my soul. My wife remembers this just as well. And she walked up to him, and she said, my dad says you're a soldier. He laughed. He said, well, I used to be. And she said, are you a hero? And he said, no, no, little one, I'm not a hero. Now, the heroes are the men who didn't come home. And their names are on. On those beautiful blocks. I'm just an old soldier. And he said, looking up at me and my wife, may I pick you up? And she looked back at us. I said, it's up to her. And she nodded and walked towards him. And he picked her up, and he held her on his lap, and. And he said, you remind me of my little one. And he set her down. And then he said, thank you. Ah, the absurdity of that. Thank you to us. And I just said, no, thank you, and shook his hand and said, it's an honor. Years later, or, not years later, actually, it was not even long after that, during one of the famous government shutdowns, Barack Hussein Obama's people decided when. Do you remember the absurdities of what they were doing at that time? to enforce the government lockdowns? They paid money to block views in national parks, turnouts. So if there's a place where there's a beautiful view and your tax dollars had built a turnout so you could turn off the road and park and get out of your car and take a picture. They put up plywood walls so you could not take a picture of a national park. They blocked off viewpoints of Mount Rushmore. And then they did the most utterly ridiculous thing around that World War II monument. They put up barricades, kind of thing you'd put around a construction site, some of them plastic, some of them woods. And they blocked it off. And then they hired security guards to stand there. Around a monument, privately funded, to punish people for not agreeing with Barack Hussein Obama. And I think they forgot who they were dealing with. There's a video. I wish I could find it. We ran it when I worked at the Republican National Committee, and it was a good one. These veterans, World War II veterans, some of them in wheelchairs got out of their wheelchairs. Men in walkers with canes walked up to those stinking barriers and they pushed them over, they kicked them out of the way, they hipped them out of the way, they rolled them out of the way and they went to their monument. And I laughed. Hey, I have an idea. Let's put up stupid plastic wooden barriers to stop men who jumped out of troop carriers into 39 degree ocean water being strafed by machine gun and incoming grenades and artillery shells. Let's stop them that way. These men in walkers with canes and wheelchairs stormed their World War II monument. With blockades put up by a man who not only never served and many presidents don't. President Trump did not, but who couldn't be bothered to put his hand over his heart during the reading or the playing of our national anthem. If you're a veteran, I love you. I thank you. Every single service role deserves our thanks. Every single one service man or woman will come back under the disciples view.
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Host Frames Political Division Through Christian Truth And Biblical Conviction
there's a gentleman named Scott, who has. He listened to my, let's see, afternoon radio show in Seattle and then we went to morning drive and he listened to that and he has, joined us in the podcast world and he is, I think, also now a listener to the American Family Radio Network and followed us over here and he has a Twitter Handle of ah, Spamitall. And for some reason he calls himself Webb Anger. It's funny because he's the least angry guy. He's a very civil man, in debates. He engages in debate with people from the other side of the political aisle from him. And he does it always, always in civility, always offering opportunity for agreements. He's just a very civil and nice man. I don't know why he calls himself Webanger. He said the most incredible thing. this really just nails down what many people are doing on the political left. And by the way, that phrase is becoming less and less applicable the political left. And I'll tell you why as we go through this. But what we're seeing is a divorce, that God said would come. The Lord Jesus said, I've come not to unite, but to divide. and it is not again, because it's not because Christ is divisive. It's because he is the way, the truth and the life and human pride being what it is. Some people will say, I don't want to go that way. Well, he's the way. I want my truth. You don't have any. Jesus is the truth. I want to live my life not the way Jesus wants it. That's a choice. But he is the life. So here's what Webbanger, Scott said, and he's talking here about Democrats. I think it applies beyond Democrats. But he wrote Democrats have decided they will not be mocked by God. If you're biblically conversant, you understand that God will not be mocked. The Bible tells us God will not be mocked. And he's saying that the Democrats and leftists and others have decided they will not be mocked by God. Now if you take that and just think about that for just a moment, can you find any holes in that? this is from. It's actually the phrase is God is not mocked. Galatians, chapter six, verse seven. Do not deceive. God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. you look at it as well. God will not be mocked, cannot be. Can you find any holes in that? Let's take some case by case basis and let's examine this from a perspective of being a biblically rebellious man. We do not speak the language of the enemy. We speak God's language. We do not measure love by what the world says is love, which is usually sex. We look at love as how God describes love. So let's examine his theory that Democrats have decided that God will not be Mocked. And I'll pause and say something here because it's come to my attention that people who know me have suddenly decided that I've said that all Democrats are satanic. I don't believe I've ever said that. What I have said is that the policies of the Democrat Party are largely satanic and that they stand adverse to God. I don't say that they're Satanists and that they're going to a satanic temple and reading the Satanic Bible. I'm sure there's Democrats who do that. I'm sure there's Republicans who do that. But I'm saying policy by policy. They stand against God. And Jesus has also said, if you're not for me, you're against me.
Abortion And Profiteering From War Are Condemned As Moral Failures
So Scott's theory. Democrats have decided they will not be mocked by God. I have counted every hair on your heads. so the psalmist is speaking of. You've counted every hair on my head. I am wonderfully and awesomely made. He's reflecting upon what God did for him and designing him and knowing him from the very, very beginning. And, you know, he breathed life into mankind, after all, created us in his image. That's huge. And so you have Democrats saying, well, yeah, but you know what? life doesn't really begin until a baby can, let's say, talk. Well, they're not quite to that point yet. So let's say life doesn't happen until the baby is fully out of the womb. So if the baby's not quite. If the baby's crowned but, the baby's ankles are not yet, fully removed from the, from the mother, then the baby's not alive. Or, hey, they could just do the umbilical cord. I've heard that argument. If the umbilical cord is attached, that's still not life. Therefore we could abort that life and not murder, because it's not life. Democrats have decided they will not be mocked by God. God says, I have knit you together in your mother's womb. I have counted every hair on your head. You are awesomely and fearsomely and awesomely made. I have made you in my image, and it is very, very good. And Democrats say, nah, but so do people who hunger for war. I didn't say people who fight war. We just did the opening segment where I had to stop myself from bursting into tears, speaking about how much I love are veterans. Every time I speak of them, I want to cry because I feel so ashamed that I didn't serve and that I had you guys Go fight my wars for me. Hey fellows, would you mind fighting wars for me? I'm not brave enough to do it. Will you lay down your life for me? But people who hunger for war, people who find profit in it and seek more of it, a biblically rebellious man measures love and patience by how Christ did, measures his actions as how Christ did, not, as how the world does it. We recognize that in our broken world there's sometimes going to be the need for just war. And I don't think it gets more just than World War II. And I honor every decision, every soldier made here to follow the civilian command because they took a pledge to do that, an oath. So there are instances on the so called right where people have moved beyond, well, sometimes very reluctantly, we must prayerfully make the decision to defend the least of these with our lives, be willing to lay down our lives for another. Into the statements we've heard sometimes from Republican leaders, we have, you know what, the war in Ukraine is good for us. We're turning over a bunch of inventory, you know, we're turning over a bunch of new missiles and our, our arms sector is making a bunch of money. I want our troops to have the very best weapons in the world and then some. And I don't want to risk their life because someone wants to earn a profit.
Socialism And Religious Alliances Are Critiqued Through Scripture
What's Jesus's view? Democrats have decided they will not be mocked by God. Scott said, I am looking at the Democrat socialists of America, which is communism lite, who intend to come and do some things that Jesus never did. Many things Jesus never did, such as redistribution by force. There's not an instance in the Bible that you can find of Jesus going to someone or going to his followers and saying, okay, here's what we're going to do. A lot of people have too much. We're going to go out and take it from them and give it to people who have little. No, he said to his followers and he says to us, if someone demands your cloak from you, give them also your shirt. Someone demands that you walk a mile in their shoes. Walk two. That's what Jesus said. I didn't say it would be easy. So I see these Democrat socialists of America plotting to come and take. They covet and do not have. So they take what is not theirs. And they're calling it very good, very righteous. It isn't. And they've attached themselves to a false religion, Islam and any faith that does not recognize the Lord Jesus as the way, the truth and the life. The only way to heaven is A false faith. They've attached themselves to that false faith. And the practitioners of this false faith, which I believe is the biblically prophesied one world religion, I believe that is Islamism. Some of the practitioners of that false faith have attached themselves to communism M. And that's being communicated right now as democratic socialism. But they mean communism. One such example here, the newly elected senator elect from the state of Michigan, Abdul Rahman Mohammed El Sayed, is happy celebrating the Islamification of America.
Todd Herman My name is Abdurrahman Mohammad Syed, And I'm honored to be the, next United States senator from the great state of Michigan, which of course, I know we're here in D.C. which of course is the capital of the United States of America. America. But, Michigan is the capital of Arab America.
Todd Herman Sorry, did I hear you correctly? Michigan is the capital of Arab America. Is it. Is he factually correct? If he won this election by the numbers that the polls indicate, he might well be correct. Democrats have decided they will not be mocked by God.
Christianized Nation Means Discipleship Rather Than Forced Religious Conformity
Are you calling for Christian nationalism, Todd? No, it's an oxymoron. Christian nationalism to me would mean that we elect Christian leaders who then try to force other people to be Christian, which can never happen. What I am calling for is a Christianized nation. What does that mean? It means that biblically rebellious men measure their parenting by how well their kids have been discipled. They measure their leadership by how well they, as the dads, are abiding with Christ. How is their faith walk going? How is their family's faith walk going? How well do they serve their wife in coming under and lifting up and leading the family as Jesus led, just as he did. They measure their parenting by how well discipled their kids are. That's a Christian nation. Because more and more men will be Christian. More and more women, more and more people, men and women, will run from office who will come at this from a Christian perspective. And a true Christian's perspective knows you can't force someone to be a Christian and be a Christian. Now, the false faith and political structure of Islam celebrates forcing people to at least pretend to pledge allegiance to the false gods, as they call, they call M God. Allah. It's a word for God. But we know what they mean. They mean the God of Muhammad, who I think is demonic. So if you look at this statement my listener and viewer Scott made, Democrats have decided they will not be mocked by God. And the Bible warns us against false faiths. People adding to the gospel, people changing it, adding to it, even if it comes from A supposed angel even. We were told if one of the if one of the gospel writers departed and came with the new gospel, that's to be shunned. And an illiterate man named Muhammad said that he was in a, what did he say? A cave. When an angel came and said, here it all is. We were warned about this. And these twins coming together. Democrats have decided they will not be mocked by God. You have the Democrat socialists of America, which is communism light, who have aligned with the lgb, so called T and Q people who do not understand that in aligning themselves with, with Islamism, they're simply sitting at the table right now as guests and one day become the meal. Distinctly unchristian. We are to love our enemies in Islam. You're to destroy your enemies. We're to pray for our enemies in Islam. You're to behead your enemies if they will not convert. Democrats have decided they will not be marked by God.
Sharia Demonstrations And Religious Comparisons Extend The Political Argument
Now this is just sounds okay, so I'm just going to give you the visual. It's men marching, carrying Islamic flags, waving Islamic symbols. And thousands of Shia Muslims marched in Dearborn demanding Sharia in Michigan and rejecting American law. It's lawlessness. Oh, Sharia law has plenty of law, but no mercy. Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. You should go and understand what this means. My father desires mercy, not sacrifice. Now see, when you start deciding you won't be mocked by God, you're going to attempt to mock him, which Galatians tells us can't happen. Someone asked Grok the AI at Twitter X to compare in modern day terms, what crimes would Jesus be charged with versus Muhammad? Grok said Jesus would be charged with no serious crimes, temple disruption, at most, disorderly conduct. Preaching is protected speech. Muhammad would be charged with statutory rape. Aisha was nine years old when that was consummated. That's in the Sahih Bukhari. Polygamy, slavery, forced sex upon captives, ordered executions, hundreds of men after they surrendered, raids, torture. And Democrats may think they're mocking God. Galatians says God cannot be mocked. And we biblically rebellious men, we have a measure for all of this, starting with are we abiding with God? Are we helping our family abide? Are we helping our kids become discipled? Are we discipling our community? Then we can start talking politics. We'll come back on the disciples view. We'd like to thank our sponsors, including PreBorn. PreBorn has rescued over 400,000 babies from abortion and has seen over 100,000 commitments to Christ. Will you join PreBorn in continuing this good work supporting young moms in crisis? Save a life today. Go to preborn.com afr.
Veterans Day Thanks Includes A Special Forces Friend’s Humor
Welcome back to the Supposite Review. I'm Todd Herman. We'll get to the Tower of Babbling in a personal note, which would be another reflection upon Veterans Day and, just another chance to say thank you and just hope that, you know, we mean it. There's a lot of thank yous that go around. I just. I really hope that, you know. You mean. I was. I was texting a friend of mine, who was, Special Forces operative. He was just. Oh, I always forget these things. Special Forces out of, ah, Tacoma. What's the army base there? I forget Fort Lewis. I forget the number. First Special Forces unit, something like that. I didn't serve, so I don't know, but I always forget this. But I thought I'd share this with you. I sent, notes out to guys, with him and friends, thanking them for serving and. Mike is his name Mike o'. Rourke. You've heard him on the program. He's a international security consultant and helps organizations be, situationally aware. Is a company called Advanced, app Operational Concepts. I wrote. Just said, hey, thank you, brother, for what your teammates gave and continue to give us. And he wrote and said, hey, thank you for, giving me a country worth doing it for. Then Mike writes this. He says, people, ask me, hey, Mike, why do you do it, man? What are you, some kind of war junkie? I won't say a word. Why? They won't understand. They won't understand why we do it. They won't understand that it's about a free Blooming Onion Outback Steakhouse and Veterans Day. And that's all it is. He put a, picture here of someone from a war movie. And I wrote back to Mike. I said, you know, I always wonder what that must be like to see Buy one, get one free tacos at Taco Bell, for you guys. Risking torture, imprisonment, disfiguration and death on our behalf. And here what Beckett said. It's cool, Sid. A lot of us have, fun and make good nature jokes about it. Here's one active duty army officer posted this this morning. The battle plans for veterans. Oh. 600 Duns Dunkin Donuts for a free donut. Oh. 6:30 Starbucks for a free brewed coffee. 0700 Denny's for a grief free grass lap. It goes through the day with all the free food and buy one, get one and calories 7200 times. Thanks for service. 17 surprise. Height, weight priceless. Yeah. So, there's all sorts of ways to view this, and we'll get into this in a personal note after the tower babbling.
Political Rebranding And Climate Messaging Become Tower Commentary
A, quick cleanup item. It's a time of rebranding. Remember when MSNBC became Ms. Now? And now there's a rebranding in, Jon Thune's Senate where he was secretly in secret voice votes so they could claim it was unanimous. Secret voice vote. Jon Thune, the failed senator, is the Republican leader and he's rebranded, man. He is completely focused on a 59 day rush to get President Trump's judicial nominees in office and to get his many, many important pieces of legislation passed, including a farm bill into which they have snuck amnesty. Huh? It's a rebrand. Rock ribbed conservative. Once again, a rebrand. The Democrats, it's not communism, it's Democrat Socialists of America. So it's the era of the rebrand. And the World Health Organization is officially rebranding the climate change narrative.
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebre Next week, I will join our leaders in Turkey for the United nations climate change conference, COP31. Once again, who will be making the case that the climate crisis is a health crisis and that health is the most compelling reason for climate action. The health impacts of climate change are not a theoretical risk for the future. They are right here and right now. The climate crisis is fueling outbreaks, driving higher, rates of heart and lung disease, cancer and asthma, and making healthy diets less affordable. Climate denialism doesn't help, it only hurts.
Todd Herman So it's economic now because the weather uniquely affects, the careers of bipoc people. What are rebrands? Tudoros Metros? World Health Organization. Dictator dude. On this program, we thank the Lord for placing supposedly wise people on tall towers of shaking sand with our future culture. The Tower of Babbling.
Jeff Chamblee You know about the biblical truth of the Tower of Babel? A, disciples view presents the Tower of Babbling.
Tower Segment Critiques Political Rhetoric And Social Media Anger
Speaker E What does Trump expect? Oh, I believe he expects Bible. I believe he expects confrontation. I believe he's working toward a civil war.
Todd Herman Three sound bites in today's tower Babbling. That's almost always the case. Three sound bites, from the Young Turks Channel. Ana Kasparian and Sink Junger are happy with the idea of white Christians becoming a minority in the United States.
Jeff Chamblee A new survey indicates that white Christians are for the first time a minority in the United States. Well, first time since whites came and basically did their colonial Thing. but anyway, let's go and wiped out everyone else. Wiped out everyone else, exactly.
Todd Herman Well, not quite everybody else. And the native tribes were plenty good at war on their own. And it was ugly, truly. By the way, did you notice they said white Christians? Well, is that because Hispanic people are largely Christian and they don't want to offend the Hispanics or that black people have a very strong grounding in Christianity, they don't want to offend the black people? Or is it they're trying to make racism and Christianity the same thing? Maybe it's all of the above. Next sound bites in today's Tower babbling. This liberal woman wants more than political retribution against Donald Trump.
Speaker G It's the thing. I don't want impeachment. I don't want them to serve time. I want them taken into the city town square cut from their record and got them from going to J.
Todd Herman You already know what she looks like. I'll tell you that. She was driving as she filmed that and the camera appeared to be moving. But I'll tell you this, that woman has 3.25 million followers on social media. That by when the I got it, which was Saturday, 1.3 million likes. Man. It's a good thing that, we don't have algorithmic promotion of absolute, unfettered demonic rage, right? Mark Zuckerberg. Last sound, bites in today's tower babbling. Here is Jonathan Capehart accusing Steven Miller of being behind the killings of Renee Goods and Alex Preddy.
Todd Herman But
Jonathan Capehart now that Steven Miller will have the top job on Monday, it would seem to me that this administration is about to. As it was crazy before, it's going to be even crazier now when you've got this guy who's behind the ICE raids, behind the killings of Renee Goode and Alex Preddy. And in Minneapolis,
Todd Herman the, sad death of those two people was sadly up to them because they decided to interfere with law enforcement carrying out their duties. Duties law enforcement was forced to carry out on the streets because Democrat politicians refused to allow ICE to go do that. In jails and courtrooms where they used to do it. It's horrible to watch people die, particularly before they come to Christ. But Steven Miller wasn't there. He didn't do that. And that's a wrap for today's Tower babbling.
Jonathan Capehart They're just chanting death to America. But they seem friendly at the same time.
Jeff Chamblee That was the Tower of Babylon on a Disciples view.
Todd Herman It's a friendly chanting of death to America. They're saying it in A friendly way. Right?
Personal Stories Express Gratitude For Veterans And Their Service
On a personal, note, today, Veterans Day is a lot, when you have friends who've served and you've lost friends in the last couple years, it's a lot. It's a lot more for people who served. And I know folks who are celebrating it today and remembering the great times of service and the teamwork and that can never again Just, never experience something like that again. And I know people who right now are struggling, and I think back with just some utter fascination at what kind of arrogant, jerk I was and what I've learned and how God has acted in my life. And there was a time when my dearest brother Matthew, who brought me to Christ. Ah, you hear his music at the top of the show. the beginning of the show is, Matthew's music. The end of the show is Matthew's music. And, he and I were in a Godfather's restaurant. And I tell this story every Veterans Day. We were in a Godfather's restaurant. We were making jokes about a Clint Eastwood movie. that's Hamburger Hill. And there was a phrase in that movie we thought was. Was. Was gross and overly macho and kind of funny. And I've talked to veterans about this, and, and I've said, did you guys say this? I've never heard that. Like, maybe they said that there, but we didn't. In our unit, hadn't heard it. Now, apparently someone had heard it, and apparently it was used, but in an early era of warfare, and it's a gross phrase. And he and I were speaking it and then making fun of it, kind of mocking it. We got done eating. We were walking out, and there was a man there in a green army jacket or military jacket, no patches. So I don't know. But he was at lunch, obviously, with his daughter. I was walking by. I said, pardon me. I stopped, and he said, you guys serve. And I just was ashamed instantly. I said, no, sir. Oh. Because I heard you up there talking, and I was going to welcome you home. No, sir, we didn't serve. I was utterly shamed. And I believe I said the Jew at. He nodded. And I. I believe I said, welcome home. Of all the things he could have said, it was so effective. And I would love to find that man's. Find him and shake his hand and say, you could have stood up and said, you punks. You ridiculous, arrogant punks. I lost brothers in a war, and you're going to make fun of that phrase. Why don't we go outside and I'll help you understand real good and clear. Punks. And he would have been. It would have been understandable. He said it gently. I wish I could find him and shake his hand. I remember the time in the Mariners, in. In the stadium where we got to help guys deliver the game balls. And we'd have World War II vets. We had World War II vets do that. It was usually World War II vet, the guys that delivered the game ball. And I was sitting next to a gentleman who flew B17s and, man, what an incredible guy. He died a few years ago. I had his son back on the show. I knew his son well. We became friends after that. Dave. Dave is his name. And here he is in his wheelchair, and a guy walks up and shakes his hand, and. And he knew about the military, clearly. And the gentleman who served in World War II said, did you serve? He goes, yeah, but only in Vietnam. Only in Vietnam. And The World War II veteran, Mr. Parkhurst, said, don't ever say that. What do you mean, only your brother. You deserve every medal I have. And the guy nodded and said, I don't know, but thank you. I remember that. I remember on the baseball field when that man, Mr. Parkhurst, got to go deliver the game ball, his son rolled him out. I got to walk with him. And they put up on the big screens, they put up pictures of him when he was young. Remember that movie? We were young once, and soldiers too. Mel Gipson movie about the Vietnam War. We were young once and soldiers too. And there was a picture of him in combat uniform, in full dress. And here he was in full dress in his, wheelchair, and they rolled him out, and the place just stood. Standing ovation. And, man, the professional ballplayers, baseball guys, you could see from their physicality, they knew who the real hero was. And by the way, baseball players are huge. I had, no idea how big and strong they are. I knew they were professional athletes. He got up to be rolled out to the. To the. To deliver the game ball. And he turned to his son, Dave, and he goes, I'm walking. And Dave said, dad. He goes, I am walking. And he did. And he made it. He came back and he sat down, and there was a standing ovation. All the players, Players left their line to come and shake his hand from both teams. And he said later, they remember us, son. They remember what we did. They remember, my brothers, whatever war you served in, declared or not, whatever service you did, battlefield or not, combat or not, I for one, will never let the decisions of a politician to start a war, engage in one with which I may not agree, will never change my unspeakable, level of thanks to you guys. After all, what kind of person like me says, hey, do you guys mind fighting my war for me? I'm not patriotic enough.
Closing Scripture Affirms The Program’s Christian Mission And Perspective
In the beginning was the Word. The Word was with God. The Word was God. Because we believe, we speak. Because he first loved us, we speak His Word. We walk in the path of Jesus Christ to make disciples of all nations. Until God grants us permission to speak again there. May his peace wash over you. On behalf of Randy and afr, I'm Todd Herman. This has been a Disciples view.
Jeff Chamblee The views and opinions expressed in this broadcast may not necessarily reflect those of the American Family association or American Family Radio.
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A Family Memorial Visit Introduces A Reflection On Sacrifice
He let me work in dc, let me work with EIB and Hollywood in Silicon Valley. And he's shown me through all those experiences that there is one problem and one solution. And that's why we do this show.
Jeff Chamblee Welcome to a Disciples View with Todd Herman.
Todd Herman When the God of the universe created the world, he didn't snap his fingers or wink his eye. The Lord spoke and God said, let there be light because we believe. We speak about the happenings right here in this world as we remain mindful that our true home is with Jesus Christ and his kingdom. I'm Todd Herman. Welcome to a Disciples view. It was ah, in the, I think early summertime and a, ah, beautiful man, clear blue skies. and we had decided to take our daughter on an outing in Washington D.C. where we were living at the time as ah, she was little, she was in kindergarten and there was still this period of time where we got to dress her. And there was a celebration in the National Mall that day for something very important. And so she wore a red, white and blue outfit, stars and stripes. And we have this picture, I just love this picture of her. And at one point I wrote an article about it back when I had a website that we sold called buzzpo.com and it's ah, her laying on her back, blonde hair against the, sidewalk and blue eyes looking up straight up at the Lincoln Monument. and a cloudless sky in the background, flags waving. And I wrote an article about what happened that day. And the Internet being the Internet, someone stole that article and put it on their website. And that was the only downside. It astonishes me that people do that. And on the Mall that day, we'd gone down to the World War II monument.
A Child Asks About War Death And The Meaning Of Names
That was where we were headed. And we made a stop at the Vietnam Memorial. And we watched as people walked up. And some people would press clay, into, into their loved ones names and make an imprint. other people brought other kind of things to do that people brought paper and charcoal, and many other ways to take home the imprint of their loved one's name. Against that wall there's the, the tomb of the Unknown Soldier there too. And we talked to her daughter about sacrifice. and we talked to our daughter about what it is to be like Christ willing to die for another. No greater love has man. And she asked some questions. Kids do that. When we were at Gettysburg and she saw this picture where we stood, it was placed right where we stood, of a pile of. I'm sorry, that was what it was. A stacked up pile of dead bodies. Soldiers. She said, are they daddies? I said, yeah, many of them were. Are they sons? Do they have moms? Yeah, they all have moms. And ah. She said, do they know they're dead? I said that's a really good question. And those of them who gave themselves back to Jesus are with him. We didn't talk about the other side. That was not at that point age appropriate. I think if she'd asked, I'd have told her. She knew about the devil. And in Washington D.C. she asked us why do some of these soldiers not have names? I said, well, they have names. We just didn't know who they were. And she asked why are there so many names? Well, because so many men and women died, mostly men fighting in that war. Why is there war? I don't know that I had a good answer for that. And I think now to dead say that we're broken by sin we want and cannot have. And so we steal, we covet. And that's a sin that begins in the mind and then we take rather than relying on our Father in heaven, who knows well what we need. You know, the birds, sparrows in the field, neither toil nor turn. And our Heavenly Father sees that they're fed and doesn't he value us more than a bird?
World War Two Memorial Honors Veterans And Their Sacrifice
So we walked down, towards the World War II monument. Now, that was built, with private donations. There's no taxpayer money tied on that. That was very purposeful. And if you've not been there, it's a beautiful memorial. And I regard all the memorials as beautiful. And. And I'm a little bit torn these days because of how we have failed in some ways to steward this great gift of, America. And so I'm a little bit torn. And I haven't been back to D.C. in years. But when I go, I'm a little bit torn because, I want so much for us to live by the Constitution, which recognizes that we have rights that God gave us, and therefore they're unalienable. So I get a little bit torn, but not about the World War II memorial. So, this was the time when they had the first ever honor flights. Do you remember those? And there were still enough World War II veterans alive, that they sent special airplanes to get them. And there were, airlines that stepped up and did these flights for free for the men who fought. I believe Alaska Airlines did that at the time. They were a really good airline back then. They're not so much anymore. They've taken a turn towards promoting wokeism and having their flight attendants wear absurd pronouns. They used to put Bible verses on your tray when you ate. You pick up your food tray. And there was a verse from the Bible. Always the Old Testament, but always the Bible. So The World War II monument has a reflection, pond, reflecting pond. It's round, as I recall. And then around it, it has these, these big blocks, people's names on them, and flags. And again, I'm doing this from memory, but we went and we were observing the monument. It was a beautiful sunny day still, you know, and it wasn't even particularly humid by Washington, D.C. standards. And my daughter saw a man in a wheelchair dressed in full dress, so his ceremonial uniform. And he had. To my eye, I've never served, but to my eye, tons of medals.
A Veteran Calls Fallen Soldiers Heroes And Veterans Storm Barriers
And back in the day, you didn't get the Lloyd Austin General Miley type medals for showing up to work or successfully meeting lobbyists for eight hours in a whole day. These medals indicated a, cost. It was a cost you paid. And she saw him and she said, is he a soldier? And I said, well, yeah, he used to be. I don't think he is anymore. He might be too old, but. And she said, is he a hero? I said, well, I think so. But why don't you ask him? And so here she is in her red, white, and blue. And, the shoes didn't match. They were pink. Little Uggs. She loved those shoes. And she walked over to him, and I was there within ear range, but I didn't want to interrupt it. We didn't take pictures of this. I prefer that this lives in my mind and my soul. My wife remembers this just as well. And she walked up to him, and she said, my dad says you're a soldier. He laughed. He said, well, I used to be. And she said, are you a hero? And he said, no, no, little one, I'm not a hero. Now, the heroes are the men who didn't come home. And their names are on. On those beautiful blocks. I'm just an old soldier. And he said, looking up at me and my wife, may I pick you up? And she looked back at us. I said, it's up to her. And she nodded and walked towards him. And he picked her up, and he held her on his lap, and. And he said, you remind me of my little one. And he set her down. And then he said, thank you. Ah, the absurdity of that. Thank you to us. And I just said, no, thank you, and shook his hand and said, it's an honor. Years later, or, not years later, actually, it was not even long after that, during one of the famous government shutdowns, Barack Hussein Obama's people decided when. Do you remember the absurdities of what they were doing at that time? to enforce the government lockdowns? They paid money to block views in national parks, turnouts. So if there's a place where there's a beautiful view and your tax dollars had built a turnout so you could turn off the road and park and get out of your car and take a picture. They put up plywood walls so you could not take a picture of a national park. They blocked off viewpoints of Mount Rushmore. And then they did the most utterly ridiculous thing around that World War II monument. They put up barricades, kind of thing you'd put around a construction site, some of them plastic, some of them woods. And they blocked it off. And then they hired security guards to stand there. Around a monument, privately funded, to punish people for not agreeing with Barack Hussein Obama. And I think they forgot who they were dealing with. There's a video. I wish I could find it. We ran it when I worked at the Republican National Committee, and it was a good one. These veterans, World War II veterans, some of them in wheelchairs got out of their wheelchairs. Men in walkers with canes walked up to those stinking barriers and they pushed them over, they kicked them out of the way, they hipped them out of the way, they rolled them out of the way and they went to their monument. And I laughed. Hey, I have an idea. Let's put up stupid plastic wooden barriers to stop men who jumped out of troop carriers into 39 degree ocean water being strafed by machine gun and incoming grenades and artillery shells. Let's stop them that way. These men in walkers with canes and wheelchairs stormed their World War II monument. With blockades put up by a man who not only never served and many presidents don't. President Trump did not, but who couldn't be bothered to put his hand over his heart during the reading or the playing of our national anthem. If you're a veteran, I love you. I thank you. Every single service role deserves our thanks. Every single one service man or woman will come back under the disciples view.
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Host Frames Political Division Through Christian Truth And Biblical Conviction
there's a gentleman named Scott, who has. He listened to my, let's see, afternoon radio show in Seattle and then we went to morning drive and he listened to that and he has, joined us in the podcast world and he is, I think, also now a listener to the American Family Radio Network and followed us over here and he has a Twitter Handle of ah, Spamitall. And for some reason he calls himself Webb Anger. It's funny because he's the least angry guy. He's a very civil man, in debates. He engages in debate with people from the other side of the political aisle from him. And he does it always, always in civility, always offering opportunity for agreements. He's just a very civil and nice man. I don't know why he calls himself Webanger. He said the most incredible thing. this really just nails down what many people are doing on the political left. And by the way, that phrase is becoming less and less applicable the political left. And I'll tell you why as we go through this. But what we're seeing is a divorce, that God said would come. The Lord Jesus said, I've come not to unite, but to divide. and it is not again, because it's not because Christ is divisive. It's because he is the way, the truth and the life and human pride being what it is. Some people will say, I don't want to go that way. Well, he's the way. I want my truth. You don't have any. Jesus is the truth. I want to live my life not the way Jesus wants it. That's a choice. But he is the life. So here's what Webbanger, Scott said, and he's talking here about Democrats. I think it applies beyond Democrats. But he wrote Democrats have decided they will not be mocked by God. If you're biblically conversant, you understand that God will not be mocked. The Bible tells us God will not be mocked. And he's saying that the Democrats and leftists and others have decided they will not be mocked by God. Now if you take that and just think about that for just a moment, can you find any holes in that? this is from. It's actually the phrase is God is not mocked. Galatians, chapter six, verse seven. Do not deceive. God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. you look at it as well. God will not be mocked, cannot be. Can you find any holes in that? Let's take some case by case basis and let's examine this from a perspective of being a biblically rebellious man. We do not speak the language of the enemy. We speak God's language. We do not measure love by what the world says is love, which is usually sex. We look at love as how God describes love. So let's examine his theory that Democrats have decided that God will not be Mocked. And I'll pause and say something here because it's come to my attention that people who know me have suddenly decided that I've said that all Democrats are satanic. I don't believe I've ever said that. What I have said is that the policies of the Democrat Party are largely satanic and that they stand adverse to God. I don't say that they're Satanists and that they're going to a satanic temple and reading the Satanic Bible. I'm sure there's Democrats who do that. I'm sure there's Republicans who do that. But I'm saying policy by policy. They stand against God. And Jesus has also said, if you're not for me, you're against me.
Abortion And Profiteering From War Are Condemned As Moral Failures
So Scott's theory. Democrats have decided they will not be mocked by God. I have counted every hair on your heads. so the psalmist is speaking of. You've counted every hair on my head. I am wonderfully and awesomely made. He's reflecting upon what God did for him and designing him and knowing him from the very, very beginning. And, you know, he breathed life into mankind, after all, created us in his image. That's huge. And so you have Democrats saying, well, yeah, but you know what? life doesn't really begin until a baby can, let's say, talk. Well, they're not quite to that point yet. So let's say life doesn't happen until the baby is fully out of the womb. So if the baby's not quite. If the baby's crowned but, the baby's ankles are not yet, fully removed from the, from the mother, then the baby's not alive. Or, hey, they could just do the umbilical cord. I've heard that argument. If the umbilical cord is attached, that's still not life. Therefore we could abort that life and not murder, because it's not life. Democrats have decided they will not be mocked by God. God says, I have knit you together in your mother's womb. I have counted every hair on your head. You are awesomely and fearsomely and awesomely made. I have made you in my image, and it is very, very good. And Democrats say, nah, but so do people who hunger for war. I didn't say people who fight war. We just did the opening segment where I had to stop myself from bursting into tears, speaking about how much I love are veterans. Every time I speak of them, I want to cry because I feel so ashamed that I didn't serve and that I had you guys Go fight my wars for me. Hey fellows, would you mind fighting wars for me? I'm not brave enough to do it. Will you lay down your life for me? But people who hunger for war, people who find profit in it and seek more of it, a biblically rebellious man measures love and patience by how Christ did, measures his actions as how Christ did, not, as how the world does it. We recognize that in our broken world there's sometimes going to be the need for just war. And I don't think it gets more just than World War II. And I honor every decision, every soldier made here to follow the civilian command because they took a pledge to do that, an oath. So there are instances on the so called right where people have moved beyond, well, sometimes very reluctantly, we must prayerfully make the decision to defend the least of these with our lives, be willing to lay down our lives for another. Into the statements we've heard sometimes from Republican leaders, we have, you know what, the war in Ukraine is good for us. We're turning over a bunch of inventory, you know, we're turning over a bunch of new missiles and our, our arms sector is making a bunch of money. I want our troops to have the very best weapons in the world and then some. And I don't want to risk their life because someone wants to earn a profit.
Socialism And Religious Alliances Are Critiqued Through Scripture
What's Jesus's view? Democrats have decided they will not be mocked by God. Scott said, I am looking at the Democrat socialists of America, which is communism lite, who intend to come and do some things that Jesus never did. Many things Jesus never did, such as redistribution by force. There's not an instance in the Bible that you can find of Jesus going to someone or going to his followers and saying, okay, here's what we're going to do. A lot of people have too much. We're going to go out and take it from them and give it to people who have little. No, he said to his followers and he says to us, if someone demands your cloak from you, give them also your shirt. Someone demands that you walk a mile in their shoes. Walk two. That's what Jesus said. I didn't say it would be easy. So I see these Democrat socialists of America plotting to come and take. They covet and do not have. So they take what is not theirs. And they're calling it very good, very righteous. It isn't. And they've attached themselves to a false religion, Islam and any faith that does not recognize the Lord Jesus as the way, the truth and the life. The only way to heaven is A false faith. They've attached themselves to that false faith. And the practitioners of this false faith, which I believe is the biblically prophesied one world religion, I believe that is Islamism. Some of the practitioners of that false faith have attached themselves to communism M. And that's being communicated right now as democratic socialism. But they mean communism. One such example here, the newly elected senator elect from the state of Michigan, Abdul Rahman Mohammed El Sayed, is happy celebrating the Islamification of America.
Todd Herman My name is Abdurrahman Mohammad Syed, And I'm honored to be the, next United States senator from the great state of Michigan, which of course, I know we're here in D.C. which of course is the capital of the United States of America. America. But, Michigan is the capital of Arab America.
Todd Herman Sorry, did I hear you correctly? Michigan is the capital of Arab America. Is it. Is he factually correct? If he won this election by the numbers that the polls indicate, he might well be correct. Democrats have decided they will not be mocked by God.
Christianized Nation Means Discipleship Rather Than Forced Religious Conformity
Are you calling for Christian nationalism, Todd? No, it's an oxymoron. Christian nationalism to me would mean that we elect Christian leaders who then try to force other people to be Christian, which can never happen. What I am calling for is a Christianized nation. What does that mean? It means that biblically rebellious men measure their parenting by how well their kids have been discipled. They measure their leadership by how well they, as the dads, are abiding with Christ. How is their faith walk going? How is their family's faith walk going? How well do they serve their wife in coming under and lifting up and leading the family as Jesus led, just as he did. They measure their parenting by how well discipled their kids are. That's a Christian nation. Because more and more men will be Christian. More and more women, more and more people, men and women, will run from office who will come at this from a Christian perspective. And a true Christian's perspective knows you can't force someone to be a Christian and be a Christian. Now, the false faith and political structure of Islam celebrates forcing people to at least pretend to pledge allegiance to the false gods, as they call, they call M God. Allah. It's a word for God. But we know what they mean. They mean the God of Muhammad, who I think is demonic. So if you look at this statement my listener and viewer Scott made, Democrats have decided they will not be mocked by God. And the Bible warns us against false faiths. People adding to the gospel, people changing it, adding to it, even if it comes from A supposed angel even. We were told if one of the if one of the gospel writers departed and came with the new gospel, that's to be shunned. And an illiterate man named Muhammad said that he was in a, what did he say? A cave. When an angel came and said, here it all is. We were warned about this. And these twins coming together. Democrats have decided they will not be mocked by God. You have the Democrat socialists of America, which is communism light, who have aligned with the lgb, so called T and Q people who do not understand that in aligning themselves with, with Islamism, they're simply sitting at the table right now as guests and one day become the meal. Distinctly unchristian. We are to love our enemies in Islam. You're to destroy your enemies. We're to pray for our enemies in Islam. You're to behead your enemies if they will not convert. Democrats have decided they will not be marked by God.
Sharia Demonstrations And Religious Comparisons Extend The Political Argument
Now this is just sounds okay, so I'm just going to give you the visual. It's men marching, carrying Islamic flags, waving Islamic symbols. And thousands of Shia Muslims marched in Dearborn demanding Sharia in Michigan and rejecting American law. It's lawlessness. Oh, Sharia law has plenty of law, but no mercy. Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. You should go and understand what this means. My father desires mercy, not sacrifice. Now see, when you start deciding you won't be mocked by God, you're going to attempt to mock him, which Galatians tells us can't happen. Someone asked Grok the AI at Twitter X to compare in modern day terms, what crimes would Jesus be charged with versus Muhammad? Grok said Jesus would be charged with no serious crimes, temple disruption, at most, disorderly conduct. Preaching is protected speech. Muhammad would be charged with statutory rape. Aisha was nine years old when that was consummated. That's in the Sahih Bukhari. Polygamy, slavery, forced sex upon captives, ordered executions, hundreds of men after they surrendered, raids, torture. And Democrats may think they're mocking God. Galatians says God cannot be mocked. And we biblically rebellious men, we have a measure for all of this, starting with are we abiding with God? Are we helping our family abide? Are we helping our kids become discipled? Are we discipling our community? Then we can start talking politics. We'll come back on the disciples view. We'd like to thank our sponsors, including PreBorn. PreBorn has rescued over 400,000 babies from abortion and has seen over 100,000 commitments to Christ. Will you join PreBorn in continuing this good work supporting young moms in crisis? Save a life today. Go to preborn.com afr.
Veterans Day Thanks Includes A Special Forces Friend’s Humor
Welcome back to the Supposite Review. I'm Todd Herman. We'll get to the Tower of Babbling in a personal note, which would be another reflection upon Veterans Day and, just another chance to say thank you and just hope that, you know, we mean it. There's a lot of thank yous that go around. I just. I really hope that, you know. You mean. I was. I was texting a friend of mine, who was, Special Forces operative. He was just. Oh, I always forget these things. Special Forces out of, ah, Tacoma. What's the army base there? I forget Fort Lewis. I forget the number. First Special Forces unit, something like that. I didn't serve, so I don't know, but I always forget this. But I thought I'd share this with you. I sent, notes out to guys, with him and friends, thanking them for serving and. Mike is his name Mike o'. Rourke. You've heard him on the program. He's a international security consultant and helps organizations be, situationally aware. Is a company called Advanced, app Operational Concepts. I wrote. Just said, hey, thank you, brother, for what your teammates gave and continue to give us. And he wrote and said, hey, thank you for, giving me a country worth doing it for. Then Mike writes this. He says, people, ask me, hey, Mike, why do you do it, man? What are you, some kind of war junkie? I won't say a word. Why? They won't understand. They won't understand why we do it. They won't understand that it's about a free Blooming Onion Outback Steakhouse and Veterans Day. And that's all it is. He put a, picture here of someone from a war movie. And I wrote back to Mike. I said, you know, I always wonder what that must be like to see Buy one, get one free tacos at Taco Bell, for you guys. Risking torture, imprisonment, disfiguration and death on our behalf. And here what Beckett said. It's cool, Sid. A lot of us have, fun and make good nature jokes about it. Here's one active duty army officer posted this this morning. The battle plans for veterans. Oh. 600 Duns Dunkin Donuts for a free donut. Oh. 6:30 Starbucks for a free brewed coffee. 0700 Denny's for a grief free grass lap. It goes through the day with all the free food and buy one, get one and calories 7200 times. Thanks for service. 17 surprise. Height, weight priceless. Yeah. So, there's all sorts of ways to view this, and we'll get into this in a personal note after the tower babbling.
Political Rebranding And Climate Messaging Become Tower Commentary
A, quick cleanup item. It's a time of rebranding. Remember when MSNBC became Ms. Now? And now there's a rebranding in, Jon Thune's Senate where he was secretly in secret voice votes so they could claim it was unanimous. Secret voice vote. Jon Thune, the failed senator, is the Republican leader and he's rebranded, man. He is completely focused on a 59 day rush to get President Trump's judicial nominees in office and to get his many, many important pieces of legislation passed, including a farm bill into which they have snuck amnesty. Huh? It's a rebrand. Rock ribbed conservative. Once again, a rebrand. The Democrats, it's not communism, it's Democrat Socialists of America. So it's the era of the rebrand. And the World Health Organization is officially rebranding the climate change narrative.
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebre Next week, I will join our leaders in Turkey for the United nations climate change conference, COP31. Once again, who will be making the case that the climate crisis is a health crisis and that health is the most compelling reason for climate action. The health impacts of climate change are not a theoretical risk for the future. They are right here and right now. The climate crisis is fueling outbreaks, driving higher, rates of heart and lung disease, cancer and asthma, and making healthy diets less affordable. Climate denialism doesn't help, it only hurts.
Todd Herman So it's economic now because the weather uniquely affects, the careers of bipoc people. What are rebrands? Tudoros Metros? World Health Organization. Dictator dude. On this program, we thank the Lord for placing supposedly wise people on tall towers of shaking sand with our future culture. The Tower of Babbling.
Jeff Chamblee You know about the biblical truth of the Tower of Babel? A, disciples view presents the Tower of Babbling.
Tower Segment Critiques Political Rhetoric And Social Media Anger
Speaker E What does Trump expect? Oh, I believe he expects Bible. I believe he expects confrontation. I believe he's working toward a civil war.
Todd Herman Three sound bites in today's tower Babbling. That's almost always the case. Three sound bites, from the Young Turks Channel. Ana Kasparian and Sink Junger are happy with the idea of white Christians becoming a minority in the United States.
Jeff Chamblee A new survey indicates that white Christians are for the first time a minority in the United States. Well, first time since whites came and basically did their colonial Thing. but anyway, let's go and wiped out everyone else. Wiped out everyone else, exactly.
Todd Herman Well, not quite everybody else. And the native tribes were plenty good at war on their own. And it was ugly, truly. By the way, did you notice they said white Christians? Well, is that because Hispanic people are largely Christian and they don't want to offend the Hispanics or that black people have a very strong grounding in Christianity, they don't want to offend the black people? Or is it they're trying to make racism and Christianity the same thing? Maybe it's all of the above. Next sound bites in today's Tower babbling. This liberal woman wants more than political retribution against Donald Trump.
Speaker G It's the thing. I don't want impeachment. I don't want them to serve time. I want them taken into the city town square cut from their record and got them from going to J.
Todd Herman You already know what she looks like. I'll tell you that. She was driving as she filmed that and the camera appeared to be moving. But I'll tell you this, that woman has 3.25 million followers on social media. That by when the I got it, which was Saturday, 1.3 million likes. Man. It's a good thing that, we don't have algorithmic promotion of absolute, unfettered demonic rage, right? Mark Zuckerberg. Last sound, bites in today's tower babbling. Here is Jonathan Capehart accusing Steven Miller of being behind the killings of Renee Goods and Alex Preddy.
Todd Herman But
Jonathan Capehart now that Steven Miller will have the top job on Monday, it would seem to me that this administration is about to. As it was crazy before, it's going to be even crazier now when you've got this guy who's behind the ICE raids, behind the killings of Renee Goode and Alex Preddy. And in Minneapolis,
Todd Herman the, sad death of those two people was sadly up to them because they decided to interfere with law enforcement carrying out their duties. Duties law enforcement was forced to carry out on the streets because Democrat politicians refused to allow ICE to go do that. In jails and courtrooms where they used to do it. It's horrible to watch people die, particularly before they come to Christ. But Steven Miller wasn't there. He didn't do that. And that's a wrap for today's Tower babbling.
Jonathan Capehart They're just chanting death to America. But they seem friendly at the same time.
Jeff Chamblee That was the Tower of Babylon on a Disciples view.
Todd Herman It's a friendly chanting of death to America. They're saying it in A friendly way. Right?
Personal Stories Express Gratitude For Veterans And Their Service
On a personal, note, today, Veterans Day is a lot, when you have friends who've served and you've lost friends in the last couple years, it's a lot. It's a lot more for people who served. And I know folks who are celebrating it today and remembering the great times of service and the teamwork and that can never again Just, never experience something like that again. And I know people who right now are struggling, and I think back with just some utter fascination at what kind of arrogant, jerk I was and what I've learned and how God has acted in my life. And there was a time when my dearest brother Matthew, who brought me to Christ. Ah, you hear his music at the top of the show. the beginning of the show is, Matthew's music. The end of the show is Matthew's music. And, he and I were in a Godfather's restaurant. And I tell this story every Veterans Day. We were in a Godfather's restaurant. We were making jokes about a Clint Eastwood movie. that's Hamburger Hill. And there was a phrase in that movie we thought was. Was. Was gross and overly macho and kind of funny. And I've talked to veterans about this, and, and I've said, did you guys say this? I've never heard that. Like, maybe they said that there, but we didn't. In our unit, hadn't heard it. Now, apparently someone had heard it, and apparently it was used, but in an early era of warfare, and it's a gross phrase. And he and I were speaking it and then making fun of it, kind of mocking it. We got done eating. We were walking out, and there was a man there in a green army jacket or military jacket, no patches. So I don't know. But he was at lunch, obviously, with his daughter. I was walking by. I said, pardon me. I stopped, and he said, you guys serve. And I just was ashamed instantly. I said, no, sir. Oh. Because I heard you up there talking, and I was going to welcome you home. No, sir, we didn't serve. I was utterly shamed. And I believe I said the Jew at. He nodded. And I. I believe I said, welcome home. Of all the things he could have said, it was so effective. And I would love to find that man's. Find him and shake his hand and say, you could have stood up and said, you punks. You ridiculous, arrogant punks. I lost brothers in a war, and you're going to make fun of that phrase. Why don't we go outside and I'll help you understand real good and clear. Punks. And he would have been. It would have been understandable. He said it gently. I wish I could find him and shake his hand. I remember the time in the Mariners, in. In the stadium where we got to help guys deliver the game balls. And we'd have World War II vets. We had World War II vets do that. It was usually World War II vet, the guys that delivered the game ball. And I was sitting next to a gentleman who flew B17s and, man, what an incredible guy. He died a few years ago. I had his son back on the show. I knew his son well. We became friends after that. Dave. Dave is his name. And here he is in his wheelchair, and a guy walks up and shakes his hand, and. And he knew about the military, clearly. And the gentleman who served in World War II said, did you serve? He goes, yeah, but only in Vietnam. Only in Vietnam. And The World War II veteran, Mr. Parkhurst, said, don't ever say that. What do you mean, only your brother. You deserve every medal I have. And the guy nodded and said, I don't know, but thank you. I remember that. I remember on the baseball field when that man, Mr. Parkhurst, got to go deliver the game ball, his son rolled him out. I got to walk with him. And they put up on the big screens, they put up pictures of him when he was young. Remember that movie? We were young once, and soldiers too. Mel Gipson movie about the Vietnam War. We were young once and soldiers too. And there was a picture of him in combat uniform, in full dress. And here he was in full dress in his, wheelchair, and they rolled him out, and the place just stood. Standing ovation. And, man, the professional ballplayers, baseball guys, you could see from their physicality, they knew who the real hero was. And by the way, baseball players are huge. I had, no idea how big and strong they are. I knew they were professional athletes. He got up to be rolled out to the. To the. To deliver the game ball. And he turned to his son, Dave, and he goes, I'm walking. And Dave said, dad. He goes, I am walking. And he did. And he made it. He came back and he sat down, and there was a standing ovation. All the players, Players left their line to come and shake his hand from both teams. And he said later, they remember us, son. They remember what we did. They remember, my brothers, whatever war you served in, declared or not, whatever service you did, battlefield or not, combat or not, I for one, will never let the decisions of a politician to start a war, engage in one with which I may not agree, will never change my unspeakable, level of thanks to you guys. After all, what kind of person like me says, hey, do you guys mind fighting my war for me? I'm not patriotic enough.
Closing Scripture Affirms The Program’s Christian Mission And Perspective
In the beginning was the Word. The Word was with God. The Word was God. Because we believe, we speak. Because he first loved us, we speak His Word. We walk in the path of Jesus Christ to make disciples of all nations. Until God grants us permission to speak again there. May his peace wash over you. On behalf of Randy and afr, I'm Todd Herman. This has been a Disciples view.
Jeff Chamblee The views and opinions expressed in this broadcast may not necessarily reflect those of the American Family association or American Family Radio.
On this Veterans Day episode, Todd Herman reflects on the meaning of sacrifice through memories of his daughter’s visit to Washington, D.C.’s war memorials and the veterans who left a lasting impression on his family. From a decorated World War II veteran’s modest definition of heroism to a moving tribute at a baseball game, Herman offers a heartfelt reminder to thank veterans for their service—and to recognize the people who never made it home.
The episode then turns to faith, politics, and the divisions shaping American life. Herman discusses the biblical warning that God cannot be mocked, the responsibilities of Christian discipleship, and how he believes faith should inform public life without being forced on others. He also critiques political rhetoric, ideological rebranding, and the way veterans and national symbols are treated in contemporary debates.
Listen for a personal, passionate conversation about remembrance, Christian conviction, civic responsibility, and what it means to honor those who served.
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