Welcome to A Disciples View with Todd Herman Discussing God's Blessings and Universal Problems
Todd Herman God has really blessed me. He let me work in D.C. 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. Welcome to a Disciples View with 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, we speak about the happenings in this world, mindful that our true home is with Jesus Christ and his kingdom. I'm Todd Herman. Welcome to A Disciples View. This is going to be a conversation, that a lot of us will not understand.
Examining Disturbing Events in France Involving Riots and Threats of Violence
In the native language. I will give you a translation of Happened in France, and it involves a woman who says that, rioters broke into her building, and they threatened to, I should tell you, if you have kids listening, there's a tough word here for a second. in three, two, one. They threatened to rape her while she was holding her child in her arms. So just because I think these people describe deserve to be heard, I'm going to play this, though it's in French. I'll give you, the translation. Because what another woman says will shock some people, some people who don't understand the degree to which, a globalist leftist mindset, it makes, Makes people immune from actual emotion. Well, I should say emotional range, as in actual empathy or, or actual sympathy. It also makes people immune to logic and any form of forethought.
Analyzing the Mentality Behind Riots and the Lack of Empathy from Leftist Ideologies
here's what's happening. This is a crowd gathering. It's loud. It's in French. With my infant in our apartment. With my infant in our apartment. I was told they were going to sexually assault me. I said the, R word earlier because I was filthy. Because I was stopping them from moving at my little shop, the little shop downstairs. Honestly. Here's what a lady just said. One of the leftist organizers said it's collateral damage. This is one woman looking another woman in the eye saying, the people who are burning down buildings and stealing and robbing and have burned down landmarks in France, in Paris, and are now spreading into Milan, Italy, etc. They threatened to sexually assault this woman while she was holding her infant. She says this to the leftist, leftist activist who says it's collateral damage. Pacifist activism doesn't work. Nelson Mandela called for taking up arms at once, at one, at one point, because apartheid could never have. Through peaceful means. That's going to shock a lot of people. One woman Telling another, hey, look, if you got sexually assaulted by invaders to your country, who hate France, who hate you, who want to seize power and turn this into a country based on Sharia law, that's one side of this, this, this, these attacks. The other side are leftists who want to see the west utterly destroyed so they can install the magic of communism. If that happens and you're sexually assaulted, you should be okay with it. It's just collateral damage. There is a coldness to this. And the reason I say this will surprise some people, is because a lot of people have not had to look in the eye, people for whom politics have become a God
The Power of Politics as a God and the Importance of Christian Voting
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Todd Herman their, their, their power has become their God. Their, their, their perceived power. And when you've lived in places where this stuff happens on a fairly regular basis, you could even become immune to it. You're so used to seeing it. And in our country, of course, we have elections coming up, and they're just right around the corner. Christians have to vote that. This. There's no question about that. Christians have to vote. If you do not vote, you are choosing rebellion to God. So how could I back up such a claim? Peter told us to be blameless so that when the Gentiles want to heap blame upon us, it's for having done good to be good citizens. Romans 13 very famously says, follow the authorities until, of course, they tell you to deny the word of God. We are to be salt and light. We are also ambassadors of Jesus Christ. We are ambassadors of the king living in a foreign land. And our nation is asking us, what does King Jesus say m about this? There is one side of the political equation in this country who backs actions like this by people like this.
Choosing to Vote as a Christian and the Dangers of Political Apathy
So you have to choose. And a decision to not vote is a decision as a Christian, to say Jesus has no opinion. And first of all, let's remind ourselves Jesus doesn't have opinions when he states a thing. It's true because he is truth. The riots in France are an attempt to destroy the government of France and to install, in the case of Islamists, Sharia law. And never again will France ever. Well, I can't say ever, because God can do anything. But France would go through an incredibly dark period. Look at Iran and how Iran used to look. Relative freedom, women in universities. They weren't walking around wrapped up in burkas. They, they drove. They didn't put people to death for questioning Muhammad, the false prophets, the demon. They didn't do those things. And then Islamists took over the country. You can go through any country where this has happened. Jesus has an opinion about that and his opinion is fact. And if you are a Christian, you have to vote what happening in France will happen here if Christians and others don't step up and vote for people who don't want it to happen here and are willing to make pass laws and undertake perfectly legal actions like mass deportation of people who are here to destroy the country. And it's not just Islamists, the Democrat Socialists of America want to destroy America. They have their violence counterparts ready to go back into the streets. They're doing it. They're smashing things now they're breaking things now. They're lined up for violence now Christians have to vote. Jesus has an opinion on this.
Critiquing Political Parties and the Pervasiveness of Corruption in Washington D.C.
And now I'm not sitting here telling you that the Republican Party is a godly party. They're not. But every single initiative backed by the Democrat party, every single one is ungodly. I was reading this morning about some of the alleged corruption of ah, President Trump and some of it is gross. It's gross military bases, if this is true and Krish Murphy said it so I don't know that it's true. Krish Murphy is a pretty strong record of lying particular about President Trump. If military bases are in fact selling President Trump's campaign gear, make America great again, et cetera. That's disgusting.
Zach It's gross.
Todd Herman And that's small money. There's the Trump coins that have been sold by a guy that President Trump to whom he gave a pardon and they leapfrogged the competition. The these are crypto coins. It's gross. And corruption has been part of Washington D.C. for a far too long of a time. People like the Clintons were far smarter. They waited to really get their payoff for being out of office with the Clinton foundation they built the edifice of power and access and the Clinton foundation was a just huge money laundering scheme. And the Clintons have amassed something like a hundred million dollar net worth never having sold a product of note or provided a service of note. And I'm not excusing corruption, I'm saying if you're waiting for a non corrupt president, wait a long time.
God's Order Versus Chaos and the Christian's Role in Society and Politics
So Christians have to vote for the, the party that is doing the most godly thing. And God is a God of law and order, not chaos. Just observe the world and the universe and the structure of things and our ah, DNA and the law and how clearly Jesus taught and the brilliance metanarrative of the Bible where everything points to Jesus. When you truly understand the Bible. That's order. God has taught us how to interact with him in our horizontal relationship. Order and compassion and love and relationship. But relationship adds to order. And he's taught us how to interact with one another, our vertical relationships.
Zach Order.
Biblical Principles of Love Order and the Implications for National Identity
Todd Herman A man shall love his wife as Christ so loved the church. Christ is willing to lay down his life for the church. He did. We are the church, the body of Christ. He did lay down his life for us. Likewise, a man will be willing to lay down his life for his wife. He will lead his family as the spiritual leader in the way Jesus led. And Jesus led as a servant leader. Yeah, he taught and he led and he served order. Look at France. Look at what's happening. Understand, it's being funded by leftist groups. The same leftist groups were funding the Democrat Socialists of America.
The Threat of Globalist Agendas and the Christian Duty to Vote
They'd be happy to have the same thing happen here. Then ask yourself, does Jesus Christ have an opinion and understand your role. One of your roles is ambassador of Christ. If you are a Christian, you are an ambassador. Your country is asking you or this country we live in because we're citizens of the body of Christ. We live here temporarily. It's not our permanent home. But this country in which we live is saying, does Jesus Christ have an opinion? What say you? His ambassadors? Christians have to vote. And even if you have to go in and, just choose to believe your vote's going to count, how about this? If you're concerned about election integrity, like I am, pray holy protection of your ballot, then it will count. But Christians cannot opt out of this election unless you choose to divide. God, defy God. In this instance, we'll come back under, this apples View.
Applying God's Word to Economic Issues and the Challenges of the Labor Market
Welcome back to Disciples View. I'm Todd Herman. We'll get to the tower babbling in a personal note here in just a moment. Quick reminder, since it's election season, please go check out ivoterguide.com phenomenal resource at the American Family association. Can help you make godly decisions on even weird offices that are supposedly nonpartisan, like judges. I'm joined on Friday by my friend Zach Abraham, chief investment Officer, Bulwark Capital Management. And, you can know more about [email protected] he and I had a discussion about, how God gifts us, and, how would he hire based upon God's gifting versus a university certificate. And you speak of education and your wife and how educated she is. there is in our country a dynamic that's going on in terms of educated people unable to find work. And yet our Congress is bringing in people who have these same degrees from out of the country. And I'm looking at a confluence of things in our nation. And I'm just trying to apply God's word to this stuff, Zach. And you know, you should not withhold the worker their wage. That's a big one. Don't, don't lord your power over others. That's really. We talk about the lot. This is kind of an all consuming, universal phrase. But the Wallnua Street Journal ran a story about a guy and then other people. He was sort of the poster child for it. Princeton PhD applied to 2,300 jobs. He still can't get one. And there's a deep freeze paralyzing the labor market and it is hitting college educated workers. This Guy has a PhD in chemical engineering. You should be able to find a gig if you have that.
Immigration Policies Fair Markets and the Ethical Considerations of Hiring Practices
Now, maybe there's just something wrong with the guy. Maybe it's a bad interview. They don't really say that. He still hasn't found a job. And Congress is finding a way. They want to have more green cards to any international student who earns a PhD to come into the United States. And I'm trying to apply God's word to this and, God's morality to this. The closest I can come to this is lording power. there's the, the lesson that if a poor person comes into your church, don't tell them to sit in back so that the rich person can sit in front. I think James talks about that, the sin of favoritism. and I want to talk about the human equation to this as well. But you have to make decisions like this all the time. And you work with companies and you invest in companies that make decisions like this all the time. How do you see this?
Zach look, I believe in free markets, not for ideological reasons, because they work. and I think that protectionism is a really good way to just water down, results. That being said, I'm very much an American for America first guy. but I actually employ somebody that is a citizen of the uk and, he has worked for me now for five years. I can't get a visa, can't get him in the country. and people go, can you find somebody else? Oh, I'm sure I can. But there's another part to this which is what's fair and equitable for my employee, right? So he's done a great job for me for five years and so I should just sack him because I can find a replacement here in The United States m like that. How does that work? And the reason that he works for me is he came and worked for me for an unrealistically low wage that most people here wouldn't have accepted because I was just starting out and it was all that I could pay him. so I should.
Todd Herman That changes the equation for me.
Zach So. So I should reward him now with going, oh, it's inconvenient that you can't move here, so I'm just gonna can you? Because I can hire somebody else. The other side of it in my business is it's more complicated than that. Just because I can find a lot of people that have his credentials doesn't mean they're any good at what they do. Doesn't mean that I trust them with client information. Doesn't mean that I trust them to make decisions like that. Right?
Balancing American First Policies with Global Market Realities and Regulations
So, look, I think that. I think that you should have a system that puts American citizens at the front of the line, but doesn't block other people from getting into the line as well. Right? Now, easier said than done. I'm not saying I have a perfect prescription for doing that, but if you are an American citizen, I deserve. I think you deserve first crack.
Todd Herman Yeah, right.
Zach but at the same time, we need to make those laws and we need to, we need to design things like that very thoughtfully. Because when you don't, all you create is a bunch of bureaucracy and red tape that'll get used in ways that nobody ever envisioned, that won't help anybody except companies make more profits. You know what I mean? Like, you just. You've got to be careful when you're thinking about these things. Anytime you're going to mess with the way a free market functions, which is effectively what is happening here. Right? So people are sitting there going, look for cheaper. I can get the exact same education and maybe a better work ethic. Right? I'm not saying that's true. I'm saying that's rationale behind a lot of those reasons. So I'm not saying that we should have free markets all the time. Every regulation is an impingement on a free market. And I think that we should have regulations. But the question is, is you've got to do it in a way that it doesn't become another bureaucratic black hole, that it isn't something that disadvantages small businesses. Right? Meaning you gotta. There's so many regulations that have been turned into, regulatory capture vehicles because it's so much more expensive for a small business to deal with this regulation. As opposed to a business that's got global scale. So I mean, you've got to, you've got to be very careful. And I think that we should know. Look, we, we're not a bunch of Scrooge McDucks that want to swim in a money money bin. That's not why we, why we're capitalists. We're capitalists because it works the best yet. We also have to know the way it can get manipulated and the way it can get messed with. And we also have to accept the fact that intervening into free markets and is one of the things that keeps them free and just proceed very carefully.
Todd Herman But I agree, but here's where I run it a couple of different things is one, I don't believe we have free markets. And I'll tell you why. I probably took out a student loan. Unless the loan is taken out in Nebraska. The federal government controls all the loans, all the rates. and there's one lender.
Critique of Student Loans and the Value of Experience Over Credentials
Universities, aren't under any pressure to lower their rates because the government, you know, guarantees them money, guarantees them flow of income. That's not a free market to me. so I agree with you that if we were operating in a free market, that would be the case. My other concern is, I was reading an article about diploma mills in India where they're flooding our country with fake NBAs and fake PhDs.
Zach Sure.
Todd Herman And we're not checking in that. But then there's an inverse argument to this that I find super, super interesting. Particularly given what you were just talking about with this guy from the uk. if you had your choice as an employer, would you choose someone? In all things being equal, do you choose a brand new college graduate with the best possible degree and demonstrable knowledge or someone who came upon that knowledge through work in the field, but doesn't have an official degree, but earned it through working, side by side with people who did it.
Zach Oh, I, Well, I. My business already has the earmarks of that. I'll take the person that's got the work ethic and the experience over the credentials every time.
Todd Herman All things being equal.
Zach Every time.
Todd Herman Why?
Zach Well, first of all, when you have a track record of any kind of success that means far more to me than any credential, I just, you know, I'm. Look, God help me every step of the way. And like no man less, no man shall boast, and I won't. But I'm a guy that graduated from a state school that wasn't smart enough or good enough to go to Ivy League schools or to get hired by a firm on Wallnua Street. And I manage a 1.2 billion dollar firm that's put up very impressive performance. So naturally I'm not going to really value those credentials very much. Yeah, right. Like I've outperformed a lot of guys from the, that have those credentials. Right.
The Nature of Credentials and the Potential for Testing into Jobs
So, and I don't say that arrogantly. It's just like, I think it makes sense that I don't value those credentials as much as other people do. but, but also a credential is just that, I mean it's just a stamp that somebody else that also hasn't done this thinks that you're ready. Right. Like, I mean that's effectively what a degree is. Right. You've got an academic who's never actually done the thing, right. Stamping you and saying you're ready to do the thing. Well, that, that doesn't mean anything.
Todd Herman Yeah, yeah, go ahead.
Zach So I know. So, yeah, so, so that work ethic, positive attitude, I'll take that over credentials, everything.
Todd Herman I think one of the biggest revolutions that we could have in the country and I happen to, again, I think that this goes to the nature of being created in God's image and all of us being given gifts. I mean, I know spiritual gifting is a controversial topic. People like to, you know, banter that around. But let's just talk about natural gifts. We're all given some how to use it to build the kingdom. That's the question for godly man. But I think the, one of the biggest revolutions we could do in society is the ability to test into any job. and I'll give you an example.
Discovering Talent Through Testing and the Importance of Work Ethic and Experience
This is so cool. Back in the day, when we hired our tech team in Washington D.C. when I was a chief digital strategist there, we went around the country and we allowed people to come in and take a test. It was called brain Branch, Brain bench. You think you can code? Well, come and test. We ended up finding out, wow, a lot of people are coming in from Indiana. We hired our whole team out of Indiana because they were rock star coders. Many of them were absolutely completely self taught, had never been to college. Two of them are now insanely successful entrepreneurs with pizza places and podcasts. He's one of the guy, one of the guys become a filmmaker. And you know, it's incredible the energy they have. But I think a big thing we could do, you want free markets, let people test into jobs. In fact, I would put, I would create a law you know, you can take resumes, great. But you also have to provide a testing platform to let people test into jobs. I mean, to me, that would be. I don't want to say it's not socialist. I think it's, it's, it's. It's respecting the way God gifts people separately and differently.
Zach I, I would, I would agree with you.
Todd Herman You're gonna say, except for brain surgery or heart surgery.
Zach Well, no, I mean, again, competency I like, if I sit there and watch you perform 10 heart surgeries and you do it flawlessly.
Todd Herman Yeah.
Zach And that person's up walking around and telling me how, you know, that operation saved their life.
Todd Herman Yeah.
Zach I'm not going to ask what medical school you went to. I'm not even going to ask if you went to medical school. Why I just saw you do the thing. You know what I mean? Like, so, And I think that competency can't be overstated. The other thing, I look at it as an employer, and part of me in the back of my mind's going, I hope they don't do that. And the reason I hope they. Well, and the reason I hope they don't is because that's effectively what I do in my business. I can't tell you how many people sat there and said they don't even have finance degrees. And I said, listen, if you want to get into this business. I had a conversation with a college kid about this just the other day. he went to my college, called, reached out to our firm, asked if he could talk to me, get some guidance and advice. And whenever I get those calls or emails, I always say yes. Right. That was another promise I made to God, is that if you, if you grant me that success, that you know that I'll. I'm not going to turn anybody away. Right.
Building a Successful Firm Through Prayer and Competency Over Formal Education
That I'm going to share what I've learned and all that kind of stuff. But, what I was saying to him is, I look, in this business, you need to prove one of two things or both things. A, that you can bring money in the door, or B, that you can make it via investments. And I go, so a way that you can bring money and prove that you can bring money into the door. Go take a job at one of the big firms as a financial advisor, come to me three, three years later and show me that you got 20 million or more under management. I'll hire you that fast, Right. And then I'll ramp up your book and we'll get you up to 100 million AUM in the next three years. And we've done that several times and. Right. But on the flip side, on the management side, I look at them and I go, go run a practice portfolio either with your own money or with paper money. Record all your trades so I can see them and give me a three year track record and I'll look at it. If you're good, I'll, I'll let you manage a part of the book. And if you do a good job of that, I'll grow the Aum M. That means so much more to me. Because here's the thing. You come out of Harvard top of your class and then go to Yale, get your mba. I still have no idea if you can do one of those two things. you know, you look at a guy like Scott Besson. Scott Besson is really smart. You know why Scott Besson's a former hedge fund manager?
Todd Herman No.
Zach Because he didn't put up good. He couldn't put up returns.
Todd Herman I didn't know that.
Zach Yeah, he wasn't any good. He wasn't any good managing money. And, and, and, and this is the thing. Does it make me think anything less of him? No. Scott's a brilliant guy, but it's like, you know, it's sort of like athletics. A lot of times the greatest coaches were not the greatest players. And very seldom do the greatest players make good coaches. Just because, you know a lot of finance doesn't mean you're good. Sitting in that chair and, and literally managing money, buying and selling investments is one of the least correlated jobs I have ever seen in terms of success and a link to educational experience.
Todd Herman That's, that's yeah, it's like good poker players.
Zach Right?
The Disconnect Between Education and Investment Success and Valuing Competency
Like, why are they good poker players? I don't know. Nobody really knows. And I'm saying this. I'm better than you, know, I'm better than most. I do it for a living. I am not at all putting myself in the pantheon of those, those, you know, great investors. I hope one day I'll have a track record that's, you know, commensurate or somewhere comparable, but probably not. I mean, I, like I said, I'm better than most. I think my real skill, as much as I wish this wasn't the case, is bringing money into a firm. I think that that's what I'm really elite at. just being honest. Right. and you know, the thing that you're the best at, usually you value the least. So, you know, I, I suffer from that as well. Yeah, but, but, but, but just saying, like, I, I, the competency means the most to me. Like, it means so much more than the resume. So I don't know, like, I think it's a good idea. I think it'd be great for people to test into a job. But I, competitively, I, I don't want it because I want to be able to hire all those people.
The Power of Competency Sales and Business Growth Driven by Divine Guidance
Todd Herman Yeah, yeah. You just, keyed something to me that, that, you know, people would say to me back in the day, you are such a good salesperson. I say, no, you. No, I'm not. I'm terrible.
Zach What are you talking about?
Todd Herman I, I just watch you make these, you know, five different presentations. You moved $25 million into this marketplace. What are you talking about? You're not a good salesperson. That's presenting. Yeah, that's, that's strategizing. You know, I came up high level sales. Right. I came up with the product strategy. I came up with the, the, the, the, the market entry. God made me this way. This is how I see things. I speak in the rules of threes and fives. Naturally. Go head. That's my rhythm. I speak in threes and fives. Rhetorically memorable. and so I, and, and I, but, but I was telling Microsoft, look, every new division mover should have a market making evangelist. We are different. Sales is. Hey, I moved your product order through. And, and I went, I checked the impression load. And, and it shouldn't be that way in firms.
Zach Fair. Yes. Yeah. No, no. So. No, no. Okay. I, I could not agree with you more. Right. Meaning, look, yeah, I, I think of that as sales. Meaning sales to me isn't a bad word at all.
Todd Herman No.
Zach And either.
Todd Herman Right.
Zach And here's what I mean. So I went from having, you know, when we started bulwark, I think we had 12 million under management or whatever. And today we're 1.2 billion. Right. Virtually one of those. 100%. Yeah. Praise God. And, and, and I've always joked around, but being dead serious, every single business decision we made started with knees on the ground. Still does. Every person we hired knees on the ground. God truly is our CEO, and we wouldn't be here without him. Right?
Speaker B Yep.
Todd Herman Again, that's part of the conversation between myself and Zach Abraham, Chief Investment Officer, Boat Capital Management. You can go see his or get his [email protected]. welcome back on American Family Radio. We'll get into the, tower babbling of personal notes and even a quick cleanup item because we we always do that. This is the Disciples field.
Concerns Regarding COVID-19 Vaccines and Their Impact on Airline Pilots' Health
Zach M.
Todd Herman M. Welcome back to Disciples View. I'm Todd Herman. We'll get to the tower babbling in our personal note here in a quick bit. a couple of cleanup items. And this is interesting because I got an email a few weeks ago from a gentleman who is a commercial, airline pilot, and he wrote with a, with a warning. one of his colleagues had a stroke, while flying. Thank God there was a co pilot there. And, and there's nothing bad other than the stroke happened then. Apparently his friend's going to be okay. This has been happening a lot to pilots because the airline industry chose to force them to take the MRNA shots, which can lead to strokes because the MRNA Covid shots are horrible poisons. And at best, they're inert, meaning they do nothing. In all too many cases, they're poisons. I, shared back, when we discussed this and I read that email on the show that, the, the, the, the. The airline industry and the government went so far as to actually change how they determined if pilots have healthy hearts. So your heart sends electrical impulses, and they time those impulses, and they actually loosened the rules so that pilots with less healthy hearts were suddenly cleared to fly. They changed those rules because so many pilots otherwise would have been disqualified from flying because the COVID shots screwed their hearts up with myocarditis, which is a swelling of the heart, which destroys heart tissue. Heart tissue, by the way, does not regenerate. You can't grow back heart cells. Once they're dead, they're dead. they're also impacted by pericarditis, which is a swelling of the, amniotic sac around the heart, which could also lead to losing heart cells. And the two in combination can be very deadly or deadly. There's no such thing as very deadly, but deadly. So I really appreciated that, brother writing in and, and giving us caution. Understand that this is still happening in the airline industry. And of course they're not going to tell you it's happening, but it is. So cleanup item number one.
Demand for Unvaccinated Pilots and Blood Donations Reflecting Growing Concerns
this is a, Josh Yoder, talking about people having a desire to have pilots who have not been injected.
Zach The U.S. freedom Flyers. Josh Yoder, he's the head president of the US Freedom Flyers. He said they're getting calls now from wealthy businessmen and police to fly their executives around on business jets with unvaccinated, crew. Now they get the luxury of being able to choose because there are still a large amount of crew available in the United States who are not vaccinated because the companies they work for didn't mandate it. These wealthy businessmen are requiring unvaccinated, crew on their business. Now, passengers of an airline on an airline ticket don't have that luxury. It's just like, okay, Freedom flyers are
Todd Herman pilots who have not been shot up. Likewise, there's demand for unvaccinated blood. There are now businesses who concentrate on getting blood donations or paying for the blood of unvaccinated people. I can remember back during the COVID psyop talking about the fact that there was going to be a market for what we were jokingly calling pure bloods.
The Dangers of mRNA Injections in Animals and Their Implications for Consumers
And there is, and God is going to judge all of this. And Tony Fauci and Bill Gates and Deborah Wolinsky or, Rochelle Walensky and M that party people, they're not going to escape God's notice. They haven't. Now I'm bringing this up because they're not done trying to force MRNA's into us now. Instead of injecting us, they're injecting animals. They're forcing this upon animals. This is a fifth generation rancher named Braden Jensen. And, he had to inject his hogs. Over 500 of his hogs received a live MRNA injection, which is jokingly referred to as a vaccine.
Speaker B They soak 525 hogs injected them with the live mRNA vaccine. And in 21 days, these were the statistics. 25 of them suffered from death, 55 of them became so anorexic that they were near death. 20 of them suffered from lameness, 12 of them suffered from loss of condition, and 25 more of them had near death symptoms. So we have 70% of these animals that are going to be okay to an extent. And then we have 30% of them that either have died or have near death symptoms. They did autopsies on the ones that had passed away and they still found remnants of the live virus vaccine inside the meat meat of these animals. So from a consumer standpoint, we have to worry about a live virus being inside of our meat that we're putting inside of our bodies. And as a producer standpoint, we have to worry about the health of our animals that can ultimately destroy us, destroy our herd and destroy our business altogether. I'm interested to see what you all think about this. So make sure you leave a comment, share it around. Let's get this information out there and make people aware. And as always, guys, buy American and buy local.
Todd Herman Yeah, and, and buy from people who refuse to participate in the MRNA Assault.
The Financial Motivations Behind Genetic Modification and Opposition to Medical Establishments
So we can talk later about why they're doing this. The shortcut is this money. They want to change the genetic codes of humans and animals so that we require frequent updates. They want to weaken our natural immune system so that we require constant updates. And if you doubt that, remember that the World Health Organization actually pretended during the COVID psyop that there was no such thing as natural herd immunity, which is nothing more than a bunch of people becoming immune to something because their bodies fought it off. We would be. There would be no human species without that. On this program, we thank the Lord for placing supposedly wise people like the technocratic medical class on tall towers of shaking sand with our feature called the Tower of Babel. You know about the biblical truth of the Tower of Babel? A Disciples View presents the Tower of Babylon.
Zach Free fries when you get vaccinated.
Todd Herman I got vaccinated, but there's also a burger element to this. Three sound bites in today's chat. Babbling. That's almost always the case. A guy who graduated medical school but is not an MD but goes around wearing a white coat as if he is an MD and calls himself Dr. who is running to be, a senator from the state of Michigan. Well, let me rephrase that.
Critique of Political Figures and Their Inauthentic Narratives
He's running to be a senator for the Muslim Brotherhood and he lives in Michigan. Listen to Abdul el Sayed in 2018. And he's talking about the origin of his name, his first name, Abdul.
Zach Funny story about how I became Abdul. So my whole name is actually Abdul
Todd Herman Rahman, which, is about as intimidating as it sounds.
Zach And he English.
Todd Herman and my parents got divorced right after they had me and both remarried. I was raised by my father and my stepmom.
Zach So they sort of cast about looking
Todd Herman for a new thing. And, turns out that 19, 89 in September. Guess who's topping the charts? Straight up now, baby.
Zach It's Paula Abdul was straight up.
Todd Herman Yeah. so he was born four years before Paula Abdul's debut album. Album. He was born four years before anyone knew Paula Abdul existed beyond her friends and family. So that didn't happen. But it reminds me of when Hillary Rodham Clinton said that she was named after Sir Edmund Hillary. She wrote it in a book. I was named after Sir Edmund Hillary, the first guy to climb Mount Everest, who was a grocery, store clerk and unheard of when Hillary was born. Next sound bites in today's tar. Babbling. here's some clips from Ilhan Omar's rally in Minneapolis. See if you can notice there's someone missing streets. It can't just be protesting. It can't just be ballot.
Ilhan Omar's Absence and Protests in France Fueling Concerns About Legal Issues
Omar said she wanted me to tell
Zach you she loves you and thank you
Todd Herman for your outpouring support today, showing up here this afternoon, calling her office and posting on social media. There were probably 30 people there, all spread out in the lawn. Ellen Omar was not there. Could it be because she is, afraid of being put in prison for immigration fraud and financial fraud? Last sound bites in today's tower babbling. This is the BBC on screen as they're saying what they're saying. France is burning down and historic landmarks are burning to the ground in Paris and beyond. Half a million people have filled cities across France to protest over the future of their country. They were mostly peaceful, but as we saw in the capital, they were mostly peaceful. And that's a wrap for today's tower babbling. That was the tower of babbling. I don't have anything to share with
Zach all of you at this time.
Personal Reflections on Missing Youth Group Members and Struggles with Addiction
Todd Herman And, and I'll just, I'll just leave it there on a disciples view. On a personal note, my heart's kind of hurting a little bit, today. you know, I'm gifted to be able to serve in a, ah, couple of different youth groups. And, and, and recently we had, well, it's, it's been, gosh, it's been almost this entire session. We're missing a guy. We're missing a bunch of guys. Actually saddens me. I miss seeing their faces. One guy in particular, and people are coming to me and saying, hey, you need to know, he's back to smoking and, and partying.
Speaker B And,
Todd Herman you know, I popped them some texts and I haven't gotten any response.
Addressing Depression and the Importance of Seeking Support Within the Christian Community
And I was thinking this morning of when I have struggled with depression, I don't want to be around anybody. And, I know that's the wrong approach. And, you know, I know now as a discipled Christian to seek the body of Christ. And I was thinking about, when I wrestle with God, sometimes I don't want to be in his word, you know, And I'm a grown man. I mean, I'm an old man in fact. So I'm thinking about this young man and I guess he's doing some fruitful things. I don't want to get too specific because people might guess who I'm talking about. But I guess the reason my heart is hurting is he came to summer camp with us and, he just embraced me and my co lead, Jon. And I know that Jesus has a plan for him. And I know that he's got addiction in the family history, recent family history. I know that that's thick. And I'm thinking about this approach. I'm thinking about just sending him a letter through the post office and saying in this, brother, my heart's hurt because I hear that you're back out smoking and I love you. And I've heard that you're out, partying and, and drinking and taking some drugs. And man, I love you so much. And I remember when you were really on fire for the Lord and on fire to do what was right and to follow him. And I loved you then, and, man, I love you now. And I'm wondering if maybe you would pray about why you aren't coming to youth group. I mean, have you outgrown it? I love you. And I don't know that you've outgrown it, because I haven't outgrown being discipled by men more mature in the faith than I have. And I'm an old dude. Maybe it's because you feel a sense of guilt because we believed in you so much and you know that you've taken a fallback and you know that what you're doing is wrong. And we love you and people go through seasons and this might be the greatest opportunity for you to actually come back and experience what the love of Christ is like for the prodigal. I think I'll tell him about the Prodigal Son and remind him of that discussion in the Bible that there's nothing you can do that will make us not love you.
The Unconditional Love of Christ and the Power of Spreading His Word
A, because Christ loved us first, and B, because we love you. So I think I'm going to take that approach. Or maybe better yet, maybe I'll just send him this clip. What I just said 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 to them. His peace. Watch over you. On behalf of Randy and afr, I'm Todd Herman, and this has been Disciples View.
Welcome to A Disciples View with Todd Herman Discussing God's Blessings and Universal Problems
Todd Herman God has really blessed me. He let me work in D.C. 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. Welcome to a Disciples View with 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, we speak about the happenings in this world, mindful that our true home is with Jesus Christ and his kingdom. I'm Todd Herman. Welcome to A Disciples View. This is going to be a conversation, that a lot of us will not understand.
Examining Disturbing Events in France Involving Riots and Threats of Violence
In the native language. I will give you a translation of Happened in France, and it involves a woman who says that, rioters broke into her building, and they threatened to, I should tell you, if you have kids listening, there's a tough word here for a second. in three, two, one. They threatened to rape her while she was holding her child in her arms. So just because I think these people describe deserve to be heard, I'm going to play this, though it's in French. I'll give you, the translation. Because what another woman says will shock some people, some people who don't understand the degree to which, a globalist leftist mindset, it makes, Makes people immune from actual emotion. Well, I should say emotional range, as in actual empathy or, or actual sympathy. It also makes people immune to logic and any form of forethought.
Analyzing the Mentality Behind Riots and the Lack of Empathy from Leftist Ideologies
here's what's happening. This is a crowd gathering. It's loud. It's in French. With my infant in our apartment. With my infant in our apartment. I was told they were going to sexually assault me. I said the, R word earlier because I was filthy. Because I was stopping them from moving at my little shop, the little shop downstairs. Honestly. Here's what a lady just said. One of the leftist organizers said it's collateral damage. This is one woman looking another woman in the eye saying, the people who are burning down buildings and stealing and robbing and have burned down landmarks in France, in Paris, and are now spreading into Milan, Italy, etc. They threatened to sexually assault this woman while she was holding her infant. She says this to the leftist, leftist activist who says it's collateral damage. Pacifist activism doesn't work. Nelson Mandela called for taking up arms at once, at one, at one point, because apartheid could never have. Through peaceful means. That's going to shock a lot of people. One woman Telling another, hey, look, if you got sexually assaulted by invaders to your country, who hate France, who hate you, who want to seize power and turn this into a country based on Sharia law, that's one side of this, this, this, these attacks. The other side are leftists who want to see the west utterly destroyed so they can install the magic of communism. If that happens and you're sexually assaulted, you should be okay with it. It's just collateral damage. There is a coldness to this. And the reason I say this will surprise some people, is because a lot of people have not had to look in the eye, people for whom politics have become a God
The Power of Politics as a God and the Importance of Christian Voting
Speaker B and
Todd Herman their, their, their power has become their God. Their, their, their perceived power. And when you've lived in places where this stuff happens on a fairly regular basis, you could even become immune to it. You're so used to seeing it. And in our country, of course, we have elections coming up, and they're just right around the corner. Christians have to vote that. This. There's no question about that. Christians have to vote. If you do not vote, you are choosing rebellion to God. So how could I back up such a claim? Peter told us to be blameless so that when the Gentiles want to heap blame upon us, it's for having done good to be good citizens. Romans 13 very famously says, follow the authorities until, of course, they tell you to deny the word of God. We are to be salt and light. We are also ambassadors of Jesus Christ. We are ambassadors of the king living in a foreign land. And our nation is asking us, what does King Jesus say m about this? There is one side of the political equation in this country who backs actions like this by people like this.
Choosing to Vote as a Christian and the Dangers of Political Apathy
So you have to choose. And a decision to not vote is a decision as a Christian, to say Jesus has no opinion. And first of all, let's remind ourselves Jesus doesn't have opinions when he states a thing. It's true because he is truth. The riots in France are an attempt to destroy the government of France and to install, in the case of Islamists, Sharia law. And never again will France ever. Well, I can't say ever, because God can do anything. But France would go through an incredibly dark period. Look at Iran and how Iran used to look. Relative freedom, women in universities. They weren't walking around wrapped up in burkas. They, they drove. They didn't put people to death for questioning Muhammad, the false prophets, the demon. They didn't do those things. And then Islamists took over the country. You can go through any country where this has happened. Jesus has an opinion about that and his opinion is fact. And if you are a Christian, you have to vote what happening in France will happen here if Christians and others don't step up and vote for people who don't want it to happen here and are willing to make pass laws and undertake perfectly legal actions like mass deportation of people who are here to destroy the country. And it's not just Islamists, the Democrat Socialists of America want to destroy America. They have their violence counterparts ready to go back into the streets. They're doing it. They're smashing things now they're breaking things now. They're lined up for violence now Christians have to vote. Jesus has an opinion on this.
Critiquing Political Parties and the Pervasiveness of Corruption in Washington D.C.
And now I'm not sitting here telling you that the Republican Party is a godly party. They're not. But every single initiative backed by the Democrat party, every single one is ungodly. I was reading this morning about some of the alleged corruption of ah, President Trump and some of it is gross. It's gross military bases, if this is true and Krish Murphy said it so I don't know that it's true. Krish Murphy is a pretty strong record of lying particular about President Trump. If military bases are in fact selling President Trump's campaign gear, make America great again, et cetera. That's disgusting.
Zach It's gross.
Todd Herman And that's small money. There's the Trump coins that have been sold by a guy that President Trump to whom he gave a pardon and they leapfrogged the competition. The these are crypto coins. It's gross. And corruption has been part of Washington D.C. for a far too long of a time. People like the Clintons were far smarter. They waited to really get their payoff for being out of office with the Clinton foundation they built the edifice of power and access and the Clinton foundation was a just huge money laundering scheme. And the Clintons have amassed something like a hundred million dollar net worth never having sold a product of note or provided a service of note. And I'm not excusing corruption, I'm saying if you're waiting for a non corrupt president, wait a long time.
God's Order Versus Chaos and the Christian's Role in Society and Politics
So Christians have to vote for the, the party that is doing the most godly thing. And God is a God of law and order, not chaos. Just observe the world and the universe and the structure of things and our ah, DNA and the law and how clearly Jesus taught and the brilliance metanarrative of the Bible where everything points to Jesus. When you truly understand the Bible. That's order. God has taught us how to interact with him in our horizontal relationship. Order and compassion and love and relationship. But relationship adds to order. And he's taught us how to interact with one another, our vertical relationships.
Zach Order.
Biblical Principles of Love Order and the Implications for National Identity
Todd Herman A man shall love his wife as Christ so loved the church. Christ is willing to lay down his life for the church. He did. We are the church, the body of Christ. He did lay down his life for us. Likewise, a man will be willing to lay down his life for his wife. He will lead his family as the spiritual leader in the way Jesus led. And Jesus led as a servant leader. Yeah, he taught and he led and he served order. Look at France. Look at what's happening. Understand, it's being funded by leftist groups. The same leftist groups were funding the Democrat Socialists of America.
The Threat of Globalist Agendas and the Christian Duty to Vote
They'd be happy to have the same thing happen here. Then ask yourself, does Jesus Christ have an opinion and understand your role. One of your roles is ambassador of Christ. If you are a Christian, you are an ambassador. Your country is asking you or this country we live in because we're citizens of the body of Christ. We live here temporarily. It's not our permanent home. But this country in which we live is saying, does Jesus Christ have an opinion? What say you? His ambassadors? Christians have to vote. And even if you have to go in and, just choose to believe your vote's going to count, how about this? If you're concerned about election integrity, like I am, pray holy protection of your ballot, then it will count. But Christians cannot opt out of this election unless you choose to divide. God, defy God. In this instance, we'll come back under, this apples View.
Applying God's Word to Economic Issues and the Challenges of the Labor Market
Welcome back to Disciples View. I'm Todd Herman. We'll get to the tower babbling in a personal note here in just a moment. Quick reminder, since it's election season, please go check out ivoterguide.com phenomenal resource at the American Family association. Can help you make godly decisions on even weird offices that are supposedly nonpartisan, like judges. I'm joined on Friday by my friend Zach Abraham, chief investment Officer, Bulwark Capital Management. And, you can know more about [email protected] he and I had a discussion about, how God gifts us, and, how would he hire based upon God's gifting versus a university certificate. And you speak of education and your wife and how educated she is. there is in our country a dynamic that's going on in terms of educated people unable to find work. And yet our Congress is bringing in people who have these same degrees from out of the country. And I'm looking at a confluence of things in our nation. And I'm just trying to apply God's word to this stuff, Zach. And you know, you should not withhold the worker their wage. That's a big one. Don't, don't lord your power over others. That's really. We talk about the lot. This is kind of an all consuming, universal phrase. But the Wallnua Street Journal ran a story about a guy and then other people. He was sort of the poster child for it. Princeton PhD applied to 2,300 jobs. He still can't get one. And there's a deep freeze paralyzing the labor market and it is hitting college educated workers. This Guy has a PhD in chemical engineering. You should be able to find a gig if you have that.
Immigration Policies Fair Markets and the Ethical Considerations of Hiring Practices
Now, maybe there's just something wrong with the guy. Maybe it's a bad interview. They don't really say that. He still hasn't found a job. And Congress is finding a way. They want to have more green cards to any international student who earns a PhD to come into the United States. And I'm trying to apply God's word to this and, God's morality to this. The closest I can come to this is lording power. there's the, the lesson that if a poor person comes into your church, don't tell them to sit in back so that the rich person can sit in front. I think James talks about that, the sin of favoritism. and I want to talk about the human equation to this as well. But you have to make decisions like this all the time. And you work with companies and you invest in companies that make decisions like this all the time. How do you see this?
Zach look, I believe in free markets, not for ideological reasons, because they work. and I think that protectionism is a really good way to just water down, results. That being said, I'm very much an American for America first guy. but I actually employ somebody that is a citizen of the uk and, he has worked for me now for five years. I can't get a visa, can't get him in the country. and people go, can you find somebody else? Oh, I'm sure I can. But there's another part to this which is what's fair and equitable for my employee, right? So he's done a great job for me for five years and so I should just sack him because I can find a replacement here in The United States m like that. How does that work? And the reason that he works for me is he came and worked for me for an unrealistically low wage that most people here wouldn't have accepted because I was just starting out and it was all that I could pay him. so I should.
Todd Herman That changes the equation for me.
Zach So. So I should reward him now with going, oh, it's inconvenient that you can't move here, so I'm just gonna can you? Because I can hire somebody else. The other side of it in my business is it's more complicated than that. Just because I can find a lot of people that have his credentials doesn't mean they're any good at what they do. Doesn't mean that I trust them with client information. Doesn't mean that I trust them to make decisions like that. Right?
Balancing American First Policies with Global Market Realities and Regulations
So, look, I think that. I think that you should have a system that puts American citizens at the front of the line, but doesn't block other people from getting into the line as well. Right? Now, easier said than done. I'm not saying I have a perfect prescription for doing that, but if you are an American citizen, I deserve. I think you deserve first crack.
Todd Herman Yeah, right.
Zach but at the same time, we need to make those laws and we need to, we need to design things like that very thoughtfully. Because when you don't, all you create is a bunch of bureaucracy and red tape that'll get used in ways that nobody ever envisioned, that won't help anybody except companies make more profits. You know what I mean? Like, you just. You've got to be careful when you're thinking about these things. Anytime you're going to mess with the way a free market functions, which is effectively what is happening here. Right? So people are sitting there going, look for cheaper. I can get the exact same education and maybe a better work ethic. Right? I'm not saying that's true. I'm saying that's rationale behind a lot of those reasons. So I'm not saying that we should have free markets all the time. Every regulation is an impingement on a free market. And I think that we should have regulations. But the question is, is you've got to do it in a way that it doesn't become another bureaucratic black hole, that it isn't something that disadvantages small businesses. Right? Meaning you gotta. There's so many regulations that have been turned into, regulatory capture vehicles because it's so much more expensive for a small business to deal with this regulation. As opposed to a business that's got global scale. So I mean, you've got to, you've got to be very careful. And I think that we should know. Look, we, we're not a bunch of Scrooge McDucks that want to swim in a money money bin. That's not why we, why we're capitalists. We're capitalists because it works the best yet. We also have to know the way it can get manipulated and the way it can get messed with. And we also have to accept the fact that intervening into free markets and is one of the things that keeps them free and just proceed very carefully.
Todd Herman But I agree, but here's where I run it a couple of different things is one, I don't believe we have free markets. And I'll tell you why. I probably took out a student loan. Unless the loan is taken out in Nebraska. The federal government controls all the loans, all the rates. and there's one lender.
Critique of Student Loans and the Value of Experience Over Credentials
Universities, aren't under any pressure to lower their rates because the government, you know, guarantees them money, guarantees them flow of income. That's not a free market to me. so I agree with you that if we were operating in a free market, that would be the case. My other concern is, I was reading an article about diploma mills in India where they're flooding our country with fake NBAs and fake PhDs.
Zach Sure.
Todd Herman And we're not checking in that. But then there's an inverse argument to this that I find super, super interesting. Particularly given what you were just talking about with this guy from the uk. if you had your choice as an employer, would you choose someone? In all things being equal, do you choose a brand new college graduate with the best possible degree and demonstrable knowledge or someone who came upon that knowledge through work in the field, but doesn't have an official degree, but earned it through working, side by side with people who did it.
Zach Oh, I, Well, I. My business already has the earmarks of that. I'll take the person that's got the work ethic and the experience over the credentials every time.
Todd Herman All things being equal.
Zach Every time.
Todd Herman Why?
Zach Well, first of all, when you have a track record of any kind of success that means far more to me than any credential, I just, you know, I'm. Look, God help me every step of the way. And like no man less, no man shall boast, and I won't. But I'm a guy that graduated from a state school that wasn't smart enough or good enough to go to Ivy League schools or to get hired by a firm on Wallnua Street. And I manage a 1.2 billion dollar firm that's put up very impressive performance. So naturally I'm not going to really value those credentials very much. Yeah, right. Like I've outperformed a lot of guys from the, that have those credentials. Right.
The Nature of Credentials and the Potential for Testing into Jobs
So, and I don't say that arrogantly. It's just like, I think it makes sense that I don't value those credentials as much as other people do. but, but also a credential is just that, I mean it's just a stamp that somebody else that also hasn't done this thinks that you're ready. Right. Like, I mean that's effectively what a degree is. Right. You've got an academic who's never actually done the thing, right. Stamping you and saying you're ready to do the thing. Well, that, that doesn't mean anything.
Todd Herman Yeah, yeah, go ahead.
Zach So I know. So, yeah, so, so that work ethic, positive attitude, I'll take that over credentials, everything.
Todd Herman I think one of the biggest revolutions that we could have in the country and I happen to, again, I think that this goes to the nature of being created in God's image and all of us being given gifts. I mean, I know spiritual gifting is a controversial topic. People like to, you know, banter that around. But let's just talk about natural gifts. We're all given some how to use it to build the kingdom. That's the question for godly man. But I think the, one of the biggest revolutions we could do in society is the ability to test into any job. and I'll give you an example.
Discovering Talent Through Testing and the Importance of Work Ethic and Experience
This is so cool. Back in the day, when we hired our tech team in Washington D.C. when I was a chief digital strategist there, we went around the country and we allowed people to come in and take a test. It was called brain Branch, Brain bench. You think you can code? Well, come and test. We ended up finding out, wow, a lot of people are coming in from Indiana. We hired our whole team out of Indiana because they were rock star coders. Many of them were absolutely completely self taught, had never been to college. Two of them are now insanely successful entrepreneurs with pizza places and podcasts. He's one of the guy, one of the guys become a filmmaker. And you know, it's incredible the energy they have. But I think a big thing we could do, you want free markets, let people test into jobs. In fact, I would put, I would create a law you know, you can take resumes, great. But you also have to provide a testing platform to let people test into jobs. I mean, to me, that would be. I don't want to say it's not socialist. I think it's, it's, it's. It's respecting the way God gifts people separately and differently.
Zach I, I would, I would agree with you.
Todd Herman You're gonna say, except for brain surgery or heart surgery.
Zach Well, no, I mean, again, competency I like, if I sit there and watch you perform 10 heart surgeries and you do it flawlessly.
Todd Herman Yeah.
Zach And that person's up walking around and telling me how, you know, that operation saved their life.
Todd Herman Yeah.
Zach I'm not going to ask what medical school you went to. I'm not even going to ask if you went to medical school. Why I just saw you do the thing. You know what I mean? Like, so, And I think that competency can't be overstated. The other thing, I look at it as an employer, and part of me in the back of my mind's going, I hope they don't do that. And the reason I hope they. Well, and the reason I hope they don't is because that's effectively what I do in my business. I can't tell you how many people sat there and said they don't even have finance degrees. And I said, listen, if you want to get into this business. I had a conversation with a college kid about this just the other day. he went to my college, called, reached out to our firm, asked if he could talk to me, get some guidance and advice. And whenever I get those calls or emails, I always say yes. Right. That was another promise I made to God, is that if you, if you grant me that success, that you know that I'll. I'm not going to turn anybody away. Right.
Building a Successful Firm Through Prayer and Competency Over Formal Education
That I'm going to share what I've learned and all that kind of stuff. But, what I was saying to him is, I look, in this business, you need to prove one of two things or both things. A, that you can bring money in the door, or B, that you can make it via investments. And I go, so a way that you can bring money and prove that you can bring money into the door. Go take a job at one of the big firms as a financial advisor, come to me three, three years later and show me that you got 20 million or more under management. I'll hire you that fast, Right. And then I'll ramp up your book and we'll get you up to 100 million AUM in the next three years. And we've done that several times and. Right. But on the flip side, on the management side, I look at them and I go, go run a practice portfolio either with your own money or with paper money. Record all your trades so I can see them and give me a three year track record and I'll look at it. If you're good, I'll, I'll let you manage a part of the book. And if you do a good job of that, I'll grow the Aum M. That means so much more to me. Because here's the thing. You come out of Harvard top of your class and then go to Yale, get your mba. I still have no idea if you can do one of those two things. you know, you look at a guy like Scott Besson. Scott Besson is really smart. You know why Scott Besson's a former hedge fund manager?
Todd Herman No.
Zach Because he didn't put up good. He couldn't put up returns.
Todd Herman I didn't know that.
Zach Yeah, he wasn't any good. He wasn't any good managing money. And, and, and, and this is the thing. Does it make me think anything less of him? No. Scott's a brilliant guy, but it's like, you know, it's sort of like athletics. A lot of times the greatest coaches were not the greatest players. And very seldom do the greatest players make good coaches. Just because, you know a lot of finance doesn't mean you're good. Sitting in that chair and, and literally managing money, buying and selling investments is one of the least correlated jobs I have ever seen in terms of success and a link to educational experience.
Todd Herman That's, that's yeah, it's like good poker players.
Zach Right?
The Disconnect Between Education and Investment Success and Valuing Competency
Like, why are they good poker players? I don't know. Nobody really knows. And I'm saying this. I'm better than you, know, I'm better than most. I do it for a living. I am not at all putting myself in the pantheon of those, those, you know, great investors. I hope one day I'll have a track record that's, you know, commensurate or somewhere comparable, but probably not. I mean, I, like I said, I'm better than most. I think my real skill, as much as I wish this wasn't the case, is bringing money into a firm. I think that that's what I'm really elite at. just being honest. Right. and you know, the thing that you're the best at, usually you value the least. So, you know, I, I suffer from that as well. Yeah, but, but, but, but just saying, like, I, I, the competency means the most to me. Like, it means so much more than the resume. So I don't know, like, I think it's a good idea. I think it'd be great for people to test into a job. But I, competitively, I, I don't want it because I want to be able to hire all those people.
The Power of Competency Sales and Business Growth Driven by Divine Guidance
Todd Herman Yeah, yeah. You just, keyed something to me that, that, you know, people would say to me back in the day, you are such a good salesperson. I say, no, you. No, I'm not. I'm terrible.
Zach What are you talking about?
Todd Herman I, I just watch you make these, you know, five different presentations. You moved $25 million into this marketplace. What are you talking about? You're not a good salesperson. That's presenting. Yeah, that's, that's strategizing. You know, I came up high level sales. Right. I came up with the product strategy. I came up with the, the, the, the, the market entry. God made me this way. This is how I see things. I speak in the rules of threes and fives. Naturally. Go head. That's my rhythm. I speak in threes and fives. Rhetorically memorable. and so I, and, and I, but, but I was telling Microsoft, look, every new division mover should have a market making evangelist. We are different. Sales is. Hey, I moved your product order through. And, and I went, I checked the impression load. And, and it shouldn't be that way in firms.
Zach Fair. Yes. Yeah. No, no. So. No, no. Okay. I, I could not agree with you more. Right. Meaning, look, yeah, I, I think of that as sales. Meaning sales to me isn't a bad word at all.
Todd Herman No.
Zach And either.
Todd Herman Right.
Zach And here's what I mean. So I went from having, you know, when we started bulwark, I think we had 12 million under management or whatever. And today we're 1.2 billion. Right. Virtually one of those. 100%. Yeah. Praise God. And, and, and I've always joked around, but being dead serious, every single business decision we made started with knees on the ground. Still does. Every person we hired knees on the ground. God truly is our CEO, and we wouldn't be here without him. Right?
Speaker B Yep.
Todd Herman Again, that's part of the conversation between myself and Zach Abraham, Chief Investment Officer, Boat Capital Management. You can go see his or get his [email protected]. welcome back on American Family Radio. We'll get into the, tower babbling of personal notes and even a quick cleanup item because we we always do that. This is the Disciples field.
Concerns Regarding COVID-19 Vaccines and Their Impact on Airline Pilots' Health
Zach M.
Todd Herman M. Welcome back to Disciples View. I'm Todd Herman. We'll get to the tower babbling in our personal note here in a quick bit. a couple of cleanup items. And this is interesting because I got an email a few weeks ago from a gentleman who is a commercial, airline pilot, and he wrote with a, with a warning. one of his colleagues had a stroke, while flying. Thank God there was a co pilot there. And, and there's nothing bad other than the stroke happened then. Apparently his friend's going to be okay. This has been happening a lot to pilots because the airline industry chose to force them to take the MRNA shots, which can lead to strokes because the MRNA Covid shots are horrible poisons. And at best, they're inert, meaning they do nothing. In all too many cases, they're poisons. I, shared back, when we discussed this and I read that email on the show that, the, the, the, the. The airline industry and the government went so far as to actually change how they determined if pilots have healthy hearts. So your heart sends electrical impulses, and they time those impulses, and they actually loosened the rules so that pilots with less healthy hearts were suddenly cleared to fly. They changed those rules because so many pilots otherwise would have been disqualified from flying because the COVID shots screwed their hearts up with myocarditis, which is a swelling of the heart, which destroys heart tissue. Heart tissue, by the way, does not regenerate. You can't grow back heart cells. Once they're dead, they're dead. they're also impacted by pericarditis, which is a swelling of the, amniotic sac around the heart, which could also lead to losing heart cells. And the two in combination can be very deadly or deadly. There's no such thing as very deadly, but deadly. So I really appreciated that, brother writing in and, and giving us caution. Understand that this is still happening in the airline industry. And of course they're not going to tell you it's happening, but it is. So cleanup item number one.
Demand for Unvaccinated Pilots and Blood Donations Reflecting Growing Concerns
this is a, Josh Yoder, talking about people having a desire to have pilots who have not been injected.
Zach The U.S. freedom Flyers. Josh Yoder, he's the head president of the US Freedom Flyers. He said they're getting calls now from wealthy businessmen and police to fly their executives around on business jets with unvaccinated, crew. Now they get the luxury of being able to choose because there are still a large amount of crew available in the United States who are not vaccinated because the companies they work for didn't mandate it. These wealthy businessmen are requiring unvaccinated, crew on their business. Now, passengers of an airline on an airline ticket don't have that luxury. It's just like, okay, Freedom flyers are
Todd Herman pilots who have not been shot up. Likewise, there's demand for unvaccinated blood. There are now businesses who concentrate on getting blood donations or paying for the blood of unvaccinated people. I can remember back during the COVID psyop talking about the fact that there was going to be a market for what we were jokingly calling pure bloods.
The Dangers of mRNA Injections in Animals and Their Implications for Consumers
And there is, and God is going to judge all of this. And Tony Fauci and Bill Gates and Deborah Wolinsky or, Rochelle Walensky and M that party people, they're not going to escape God's notice. They haven't. Now I'm bringing this up because they're not done trying to force MRNA's into us now. Instead of injecting us, they're injecting animals. They're forcing this upon animals. This is a fifth generation rancher named Braden Jensen. And, he had to inject his hogs. Over 500 of his hogs received a live MRNA injection, which is jokingly referred to as a vaccine.
Speaker B They soak 525 hogs injected them with the live mRNA vaccine. And in 21 days, these were the statistics. 25 of them suffered from death, 55 of them became so anorexic that they were near death. 20 of them suffered from lameness, 12 of them suffered from loss of condition, and 25 more of them had near death symptoms. So we have 70% of these animals that are going to be okay to an extent. And then we have 30% of them that either have died or have near death symptoms. They did autopsies on the ones that had passed away and they still found remnants of the live virus vaccine inside the meat meat of these animals. So from a consumer standpoint, we have to worry about a live virus being inside of our meat that we're putting inside of our bodies. And as a producer standpoint, we have to worry about the health of our animals that can ultimately destroy us, destroy our herd and destroy our business altogether. I'm interested to see what you all think about this. So make sure you leave a comment, share it around. Let's get this information out there and make people aware. And as always, guys, buy American and buy local.
Todd Herman Yeah, and, and buy from people who refuse to participate in the MRNA Assault.
The Financial Motivations Behind Genetic Modification and Opposition to Medical Establishments
So we can talk later about why they're doing this. The shortcut is this money. They want to change the genetic codes of humans and animals so that we require frequent updates. They want to weaken our natural immune system so that we require constant updates. And if you doubt that, remember that the World Health Organization actually pretended during the COVID psyop that there was no such thing as natural herd immunity, which is nothing more than a bunch of people becoming immune to something because their bodies fought it off. We would be. There would be no human species without that. On this program, we thank the Lord for placing supposedly wise people like the technocratic medical class on tall towers of shaking sand with our feature called the Tower of Babel. You know about the biblical truth of the Tower of Babel? A Disciples View presents the Tower of Babylon.
Zach Free fries when you get vaccinated.
Todd Herman I got vaccinated, but there's also a burger element to this. Three sound bites in today's chat. Babbling. That's almost always the case. A guy who graduated medical school but is not an MD but goes around wearing a white coat as if he is an MD and calls himself Dr. who is running to be, a senator from the state of Michigan. Well, let me rephrase that.
Critique of Political Figures and Their Inauthentic Narratives
He's running to be a senator for the Muslim Brotherhood and he lives in Michigan. Listen to Abdul el Sayed in 2018. And he's talking about the origin of his name, his first name, Abdul.
Zach Funny story about how I became Abdul. So my whole name is actually Abdul
Todd Herman Rahman, which, is about as intimidating as it sounds.
Zach And he English.
Todd Herman and my parents got divorced right after they had me and both remarried. I was raised by my father and my stepmom.
Zach So they sort of cast about looking
Todd Herman for a new thing. And, turns out that 19, 89 in September. Guess who's topping the charts? Straight up now, baby.
Zach It's Paula Abdul was straight up.
Todd Herman Yeah. so he was born four years before Paula Abdul's debut album. Album. He was born four years before anyone knew Paula Abdul existed beyond her friends and family. So that didn't happen. But it reminds me of when Hillary Rodham Clinton said that she was named after Sir Edmund Hillary. She wrote it in a book. I was named after Sir Edmund Hillary, the first guy to climb Mount Everest, who was a grocery, store clerk and unheard of when Hillary was born. Next sound bites in today's tar. Babbling. here's some clips from Ilhan Omar's rally in Minneapolis. See if you can notice there's someone missing streets. It can't just be protesting. It can't just be ballot.
Ilhan Omar's Absence and Protests in France Fueling Concerns About Legal Issues
Omar said she wanted me to tell
Zach you she loves you and thank you
Todd Herman for your outpouring support today, showing up here this afternoon, calling her office and posting on social media. There were probably 30 people there, all spread out in the lawn. Ellen Omar was not there. Could it be because she is, afraid of being put in prison for immigration fraud and financial fraud? Last sound bites in today's tower babbling. This is the BBC on screen as they're saying what they're saying. France is burning down and historic landmarks are burning to the ground in Paris and beyond. Half a million people have filled cities across France to protest over the future of their country. They were mostly peaceful, but as we saw in the capital, they were mostly peaceful. And that's a wrap for today's tower babbling. That was the tower of babbling. I don't have anything to share with
Zach all of you at this time.
Personal Reflections on Missing Youth Group Members and Struggles with Addiction
Todd Herman And, and I'll just, I'll just leave it there on a disciples view. On a personal note, my heart's kind of hurting a little bit, today. you know, I'm gifted to be able to serve in a, ah, couple of different youth groups. And, and, and recently we had, well, it's, it's been, gosh, it's been almost this entire session. We're missing a guy. We're missing a bunch of guys. Actually saddens me. I miss seeing their faces. One guy in particular, and people are coming to me and saying, hey, you need to know, he's back to smoking and, and partying.
Speaker B And,
Todd Herman you know, I popped them some texts and I haven't gotten any response.
Addressing Depression and the Importance of Seeking Support Within the Christian Community
And I was thinking this morning of when I have struggled with depression, I don't want to be around anybody. And, I know that's the wrong approach. And, you know, I know now as a discipled Christian to seek the body of Christ. And I was thinking about, when I wrestle with God, sometimes I don't want to be in his word, you know, And I'm a grown man. I mean, I'm an old man in fact. So I'm thinking about this young man and I guess he's doing some fruitful things. I don't want to get too specific because people might guess who I'm talking about. But I guess the reason my heart is hurting is he came to summer camp with us and, he just embraced me and my co lead, Jon. And I know that Jesus has a plan for him. And I know that he's got addiction in the family history, recent family history. I know that that's thick. And I'm thinking about this approach. I'm thinking about just sending him a letter through the post office and saying in this, brother, my heart's hurt because I hear that you're back out smoking and I love you. And I've heard that you're out, partying and, and drinking and taking some drugs. And man, I love you so much. And I remember when you were really on fire for the Lord and on fire to do what was right and to follow him. And I loved you then, and, man, I love you now. And I'm wondering if maybe you would pray about why you aren't coming to youth group. I mean, have you outgrown it? I love you. And I don't know that you've outgrown it, because I haven't outgrown being discipled by men more mature in the faith than I have. And I'm an old dude. Maybe it's because you feel a sense of guilt because we believed in you so much and you know that you've taken a fallback and you know that what you're doing is wrong. And we love you and people go through seasons and this might be the greatest opportunity for you to actually come back and experience what the love of Christ is like for the prodigal. I think I'll tell him about the Prodigal Son and remind him of that discussion in the Bible that there's nothing you can do that will make us not love you.
The Unconditional Love of Christ and the Power of Spreading His Word
A, because Christ loved us first, and B, because we love you. So I think I'm going to take that approach. Or maybe better yet, maybe I'll just send him this clip. What I just said 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 to them. His peace. Watch over you. On behalf of Randy and afr, I'm Todd Herman, and this has been Disciples View.
Todd Herman discusses the pressing issues facing our world today, from the alarming events in France to the responsibilities of Christians in the political sphere. He emphasizes the importance of voting and being active citizens, all while grounding his insights in biblical principles. With a focus on the impact of globalist ideologies and the need for Christians to stand firm in their beliefs, this episode is a must-listen for those seeking clarity in tumultuous times.
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