Tim Wildmon: Good morning, everybody, and welcome back to Today's Issues on American Family Radio. Thanks for listening to AFR. Today is Thursday, October 8, 2026. Joining me in the studio for these next two hours are Fred Jackson, Chris Woodward, and Ray. Good morning, brothers.
Fred Jackson: Good morning to you, Tim.
Chris Woodward: Good morning.
Tim Wildmon: For our younger listeners, a check is how people used to Venmo.
Fred Jackson: That's right.
Tim Wildmon: You've been Venmoed. I've been Venmoed. We've all been Venmoed.
Chris Woodward: I don't know. Is that a flavor?
Tim Wildmon: It might be in a place that has 31 flavors.
Tim Wildmon: Great, Richard. Good morning, brother.
Richard: Hey, Tim. How are you doing today?
Tim Wildmon: We're doing great. It's the third day of our fall Share-a-thon this morning with Jenna Ellis. I called it the pumpkin spice Share-a-thon because it's October and I'm wearing my orange shirt today.
Chris Woodward: Okay, it's sort of peachy.
Tim Wildmon: That's kind of peachy, but it's in honor of pumpkin spice.
Richard: Do you honor pumpkin spice?
Tim Wildmon: I don't know, but go ahead and take it over.
Chris Woodward: Absolutely.
Tim Wildmon: We're coming up on Canadian Thanksgiving on Monday.
Richard: Canadian Thanksgiving is next Monday.
Tim Wildmon: You hail from Nova Scotia, and that's where it all starts because it's much colder up there. You take the stuff out of the ground early.
Richard: I got you.
Tim Wildmon: All right. Our theme is “Stand Firm,” right? Do you have the Bible verse in front of you there?
Richard: I don't, but I was thinking about it, Tim. Let me give you what Marlene and I read together. We've been going through the Bible, and we're in Revelation. This morning we were in Revelation 13, 14, and 15. Tim, this passage, particularly Revelation 13, is something you and I have talked about a lot on the air.
Richard: Let me give you this because it goes with the idea of standing firm. “If anyone is destined for captivity, into captivity he will go. If anyone is to die by the sword, by the sword he must be killed.” Then John says, “Here is a call for the perseverance and faith of the saints” in the last days.
Richard: When everything in the world seems to be falling apart, it will be of paramount importance for God's people to stand firm, to take a stand when the world seems to be crumbling around us and we do not know whom we can trust or what we can believe. With artificial intelligence, we have talked about this. Is this video real or is it not? We are living in days of spiritual deception.
Richard: I want to say two things to you, Tim, and then get right back to you. We have to stand firm, and we are not going to be able to do it alone. I need you and you need me.
Tim Wildmon: Amen.
Richard: We need our brothers and sisters to stand with us. I will be stronger when I see you standing, and you will be stronger when you see me standing. So, brothers and sisters, in these prophetic days, let's stand firm for the Lord Jesus Christ.
Tim Wildmon: Amen. Praise the Lord. That passage from Revelation is so consistent with our theme verse, 1 Corinthians 16:13 and 14. Look what it says: “Be on your guard.” We live in a day of deception, as Richard was alluding to.
Tim Wildmon: We live in a day of deception even within what I would call the broader community that gets described as Christian. Under that umbrella, we now have churches that are okay with abortion and churches that are okay with transgenderism and all that sort of thing. We have to be on guard. American Family Radio is on guard against these things. This is what we talk about on Today's Issues every day, these deceptions.
Tim Wildmon: Then, “Stand firm in the faith.” You can stand firm, but it has to be in the faith God has given us in Scripture. “Be courageous, be strong, do everything in love.” It takes courage today. Christians who take a stand are under attack at the workplace. We have Christian kids under attack in their schools. American Family Radio is here to encourage people to do this: be on guard, stand firm, be courageous, and be strong. Folks, you are not alone. American Family Radio is here.
Tim Wildmon: Let's hear from one of our listeners to American Family Radio. My name is Robert. I live in Emory, Texas. I found the Lord about ten years ago when I was hospitalized with a stomach problem that almost killed me. In the hospital, I had an incredible dream about Jesus saving me. It was incredibly realistic and life-changing. Shortly afterward, my wife suggested that we start attending church regularly. I agreed and was baptized shortly thereafter.
Tim Wildmon: I came across AFR about six years ago, just searching the radio for Christian programming, and now I'm hooked. I listen as much as possible, but I never miss Today's Issues or The Pastor's View with Todd Herman. You guys have all become part of my daily schedule. Anything that moves me closer to God is a keeper, and that's AFR. The Wildmon family are great stewards of the blessings they have been given. Keep doing what you are doing. God bless all of you. I'm a fan forever.
Tim Wildmon: We appreciate that brother. What a great testimony from Texas. I'm Tim, with Fred, Chris, and Ray. We thank you for listening to American Family Radio.
Tim Wildmon: As far as the news goes, the big news right now is the weather watch we have going on. It is a hurricane now, right?
Chris Woodward: It is.
Tim Wildmon: Hurricane Isaias.
Chris Woodward: We need to be in prayer for people and first responders in the Gulf Coast states. In a story you can find on AFN.net, Hurricane Isaias is forecast to intensify rapidly and bring strong winds and life-threatening storm surge to the Florida Panhandle, southern Alabama, and southern Mississippi when it makes landfall somewhere on the northern Gulf Coast late tomorrow or early Saturday. Heavy rain, with the risk of flooding, is also a possibility into the weekend as far inland as the Tennessee Valley, where AFA is located.
Tim Wildmon: Now, this hurricane, Fred, is named what?
Fred Jackson: Isaias.
Tim Wildmon: Isaias.
Fred Jackson: Actually, I think Isaias is Spanish for Isaiah.
Tim Wildmon: Why don't you just call it Isaiah?
Fred Jackson: I tried, but I had to go with the name.
Tim Wildmon: Hurricanes are bad enough as they are. We don't need a hurricane that is hard to pronounce.
Fred Jackson: One of the dangers is going to be the surge down there. Fox was reporting this morning, and they had a reporter in Mobile who said there could be up to a seven-foot surge. If you are familiar with Mobile Bay, raising that bay seven feet is a lot of water.
Tim Wildmon: When we travel down to the beach, we like to go once or twice a year, and oftentimes we stop in Mobile for dinner. You can ride along the bay there at Felix's Fish Camp, and they are built on stilts for this very reason. Interstate 10 is pretty low. When you ramp back up onto the bridge, the water is right outside your window. If you put seven feet on top of that, I bet it is going to come over that road.
Chris Woodward: That is why the governors in Alabama and Florida have declared a state of emergency. They know how bad this can get.
Tim Wildmon: I hope it dissipates or lessens. They were predicting a Category 1 hurricane, and now they are saying it could reach Category 2.
Chris Woodward: The good thing is that it is supposed to be fast-moving. It is not going to sit on top of the Gulf Coast. It is going to move on up. It was projected to come right where we are, but it will not be a hurricane by then. It may bring 20- or 30-mile-per-hour winds, along with a lot of rain.
Tim Wildmon: It might be a blessing for us because we have had a drought.
Chris Woodward: The Southeast has been under very dry conditions, believe it or not. The southeastern part of the country typically gets more rain.
Ray: Central Florida has been pounded with rain. We have had six and a half inches of rain in the last two days.
Tim Wildmon: That's unbelievable.
Ray: That is hurricane-type rain. It is still coming down, and I think we are going to get two or three more inches before this whole thing is over. We are on the eastern edge. The real storm is going to hit Mobile, Pensacola, Destin, and that general area and then move north, but I am on the west side of Florida.
Tim Wildmon: I have a friend who has a place at Fort Morgan, Alabama. That is like the bull's-eye for this thing.
Chris Woodward: You can go online and watch live cameras. I like to watch live cams. Maybe I am quirky like that, but I will go around the world. I will look at the Western Wall, then move over to Rome, and then go to London. It is kind of fun to go around the world.
Tim Wildmon: Sure it is.
Chris Woodward: At night, you cannot tell anything. You could be anywhere in the world. They could tell you that you are watching a live cam, but because it is dark, you do not know. I was watching a live cam feed from Fort Morgan, Alabama. The seas were getting a little rougher, but it was still a relatively pleasant day. That thing is going to hit tomorrow night, right?
Chris Woodward: I have family there. My daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter are in Daphne.
Tim Wildmon: They live there?
Chris Woodward: They live there. Yesterday they spent time putting shutters on the windows.
Tim Wildmon: That is right across the bridge from Mobile Bay, right?
Chris Woodward: It is. They are very close. When we go down, we usually go to a picnic table right on the bay there, so they are very close to that.
Tim Wildmon: As you said, Chris, we need to pray for our friends.
Chris Woodward: Indeed. We also have several AFR stations in that area. Please keep a check on your local forecasters, as well as listening to AFR, because that will be a big blessing to you.
Tim Wildmon: By the way, you mentioned the sergeant on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., the spinoff. Sergeant Carter?
Fred Jackson: Yes.
Tim Wildmon: That guy actually was a sergeant in the military during World War II prior to that.
Chris Woodward: Really?
Tim Wildmon: I could have used that on Trivia Friday. I may still steal that one from you. Forget I said that, America.
Tim Wildmon: You know what I always liked about Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.? Sergeant Carter could insult Gomer up one side and down the other, yelling in his face, and Gomer still had a little naive spirit about him. Even though Sergeant Carter was screaming in his face, Gomer still saw him as a great guy. There is a little bit of a virtue lesson there. We need to have a good spirit even in spite of somebody mistreating us sometimes.
Chris Woodward: My pastor has been teaching on Wednesday nights for several weeks about walking in the Spirit. It is like, “Okay, Lord, what are you telling me?”
Tim Wildmon: We have a lot more to talk about and a lot of good things we are doing here at AFR. Jenna Ellis will also be with us in a few moments.
Caller: Hi, my name is Barb, and I live in Delaware, Ohio. Since I found 89.1 and the ability to listen to AFR through this station, I choose no other radio station. I really appreciate the focus on health and wholeness in our world, which has a lot of trouble in it. Even if the news of the day seems to be all bad, I always hear hope in the voices on AFR. Not only hope in our God, but hope in the good things that people are doing even in the midst of things that seem to have no hope. I will keep listening to AFR, and I am very thankful for it.
Terry Pierce: I started out as a pastor in the late 1980s at a little church in South Georgia, struggling to figure out how to navigate this thing called ministry. Then, all of a sudden, this voice came on the radio. Of course, I had no idea in those days where Tupelo, Mississippi, was. It was Mr. Don Wildmon, and he was championing values and causes that were very dear to my heart, especially as a young preacher. It resonated with me. I remember getting so much sermon material from the early days of Don Wildmon on the radio.
Terry Pierce: My name is Terry Pierce, and I have had the wonderful privilege of serving on the AFA board since 2007. I am a pastor at Connect Church here in Tupelo. I see God growing this ministry. I see Him making a difference in our culture and in our local families. You walk out of board meetings thinking, “These guys are doing it right.” They have been doing it right for a long time.
Terry Pierce: You can literally see the hand of God in the people who work here. I have never seen this level of quality. It is refreshing. You walk out of here thinking, “God has a kingdom, and I want to be a part of this work.” These people live this. You can see the hand of God doing it, and that is something I personally invest in.
Caller: From West Point, Mississippi, I listen to American Family Radio in my car. I also listen to the music station at my business. I have had customers say, “I really love the music that you play,” and I tell them, “American Family Radio is on at my business. We are having church all day long, just worshiping the Lord in what we do every day.” I really appreciate American Family Radio, the teaching programs, the music, and the podcasts. It is just amazing. Thank you, and God bless you.
Tim Wildmon: Welcome back, everybody, to Share-a-thon on American Family Radio. Thanks for listening and for praying for us. We want to remind you that Jenna Ellis will be joining us in just a few moments.
Tim Wildmon: The Share-a-thon is held twice a year, three days each time. We appreciate everyone who supports American Family Radio and the ministry.
Tim Wildmon: American Family Radio was started because the idea was given to my dad by God. The radio ministry was birthed in 1991. My dad, Don Wildmon, said he was tired of the liberal media distorting everything Christians said and did. That was one of his main motivations. It was certainly to share the gospel, but it was also to combat the liberal news media and their distortions.
Tim Wildmon: Fred knows this because my dad hired him to start the news division in response to that need. God laid it on my dad's heart to start this ministry. I remember him reading Broadcasting magazine, which was a trade publication for television and radio. One day I was over at his house and asked, “Why are you reading that magazine?”
Tim Wildmon: He said, “We are going to start a radio network.”
Tim Wildmon: I said, “Really? How do we do that?”
Tim Wildmon: He said, “That is what I am studying.”
Tim Wildmon: My dad was aggressive like that, but he also had what I call horse sense. If he did not know about a subject, he would learn about it. He would ask questions, call the right people, and read about it. Sure enough, he said, “We are going to build a radio network. We are going to build our first station right here in Tupelo, and then we are going to use satellite to deliver Christian radio all across America, especially to communities that do not have it already.”
Tim Wildmon: If you go to big cities such as Chicago, Atlanta, or Dallas-Fort Worth, they usually have four or five Christian radio stations. He said we wanted to go primarily to midsize and smaller communities that did not have access to Christian radio. He also said we wanted to have news and information that Christians could trust instead of the lies of the liberal news media. That is the way he felt about it.
Fred Jackson: The lies from the mainstream media have only gotten worse since then. People count on us for news.
Ray: From your dad's vision, a lot of people might have had some idea of what he wanted to do, but they could think of a thousand reasons why it could not happen. Your dad was the other way. He said, “This is from God. Let's start it and see what it is going to be.”
Ray: You started going to small and midsize cities and getting stations long before the internet. Now, anybody on the planet can listen to us through the app.
Tim Wildmon: So this is American Family Radio, but it is not just America. This is now an international ministry.
Tim Wildmon: I want to read a brief note. We get cards, letters, emails, and calls like this regularly. This was written September 27.
Tim Wildmon: “Dear Tim, I would first like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your faithfulness to our precious Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. You and everyone at AFA and AFR are an anchor of truth for us as we navigate the storms of this world. I feel like you all are my brothers and sisters. AFA and AFR have been a big part of each of my days since 2019, when I happened upon AFR while living in Tyler, Texas. It would take volumes and volumes to express how my life has been strengthened by what you all do.”
Tim Wildmon: She goes on to talk about some other things. That is from Virginia in Texas, and she included a Bible verse to encourage me and encourage us. We get cards, emails, letters, and calls, and it really encourages us to keep up the good fight, so to speak.
Fred Jackson: Absolutely. The testimonies that we hear during Share-a-thon are powerful. People get saved because they hear our preaching programs, including David Jeremiah, Robert Jeffress, and others. One of the important roles that American Family Radio plays is encouraging Christians out there. We are all involved in a spiritual battle that is raging, and we can come alongside you and help encourage you.
Caller: Hi, this is Lisa McHugh, calling from Hutchinson, Kansas. I regularly turn on American Family Radio when I am working in the kitchen or driving in the car. I am also a monthly supporter, and I really needed some encouragement. I am a widow with an adult daughter with special needs, and she has had a particularly difficult year.
Caller: I turned on the radio yesterday afternoon to Dr. Nershwama, who was interviewing Peter Rosenberg with Hope for the Caregiver, which I regularly listen to. It was just what I needed to hear at just the right time. I had prayed, “I just need some encouragement,” and I turned the radio on, and the Lord provided encouragement through that program. So often He does that when I turn on the radio station. It lifts my heart and helps me keep moving forward with the Lord.
Tim Wildmon: What a spectrum of programs. That testimony reminds people of the spectrum of programs we have. Hope for the Caregiver helps a lot of folks who are caring for someone with a disability, children with special needs, and people in all kinds of situations. American Family Radio is multipurpose when it comes to what we can do.
Tim Wildmon: Let me reset here. You are listening to American Family Radio. We do this Share-a-thon in the spring and in the fall, twice a year, three days each time. These are our fundraisers. We do not have any other fundraisers here at American Family Radio. We may mention from time to time that we are a ministry and need your support, but we do not pause and take time to share our needs except during these designated periods.
Tim Wildmon: Think about that. Whatever our faults may be here at American Family Radio, there are only six days out of 365 when we ask for donations. That is a very small amount of time dedicated to raising our financial needs. We can do that because our people always respond in a tremendous way.
Tim Wildmon: Tim here with Fred and Chris in the studio in Tupelo, Mississippi, and Ray in Florida, north of Tampa.
Tim Wildmon: Ray was saying they were about to flood.
Chris Woodward: The internet is down.
Tim Wildmon: Can you believe it?
Chris Woodward: I will see what happened.
Tim Wildmon: Was Jenna there? Jenna, are you there?
Jenna Ellis: I am. We are getting rain in Florida, but I know Ray is dealing with flooding. Ray is about an hour from me, and he told us he had gotten about six inches in the last 48 hours.
Tim Wildmon: There was an estimate of about a trillion gallons of water dumped across Florida by the end of this week. Is that right?
Jenna Ellis: Yes, although that is very insignificant.
Tim Wildmon: I would like to challenge our listeners. For every gallon of water dumped in Florida, if you can make a dollar, I think we would have our budget met for several years.
Jenna Ellis: This is unrelated to the hurricane. These are just storms coming off the Gulf that are dumping water and rain all over central Florida. They have been in that pattern for two or three days.
Tim Wildmon: We are also keeping an eye on Hurricane Isaias.
Jenna Ellis: They do not even just call it Isaias. We are going with Hurricane I.
Tim Wildmon: Hurricane I. That is scary.
Jenna Ellis: The eye of the hurricane.
Tim Wildmon: There we go.
Tim Wildmon: So, you have Todd and Copper. What kind of dogs are they?
Jenna Ellis: They are miniature goldendoodles. Their mother was a golden retriever, and their father was a miniature poodle.
Tim Wildmon: What do they do when they cannot go outside?
Jenna Ellis: They go outside in the rain anyway. They actually like the rain. We open the door, and they run out in the rain. We have a fenced backyard, so they still go outside and love to play in it. They are kind of water dogs.
Tim Wildmon: What about coming in on the carpet and in the house?
Jenna Ellis: My sister-in-law gave us a great mat and a couple of towels for Christmas the first year I got them. I can wipe them off. You know how you tell your dog the command “shake,” and normally they give you their paw? Here in Florida, I trained my dogs differently. When I tell them to shake, they know it means they need to shake all the water off of themselves.
Tim Wildmon: Do they do that command?
Jenna Ellis: They do. They shake the water off, I dry their paws a little more, and they are good to go.
Tim Wildmon: Do you ever say “rattle and roll”?
Jenna Ellis: No, and I should have done “stop, drop, and roll.” Maybe we will add that on, “rattle and roll.”
Tim Wildmon: One of their song friends?
Chris Woodward: “Shake, Rattle and Roll.”
Tim Wildmon: I know. The Carpenters.
Chris Woodward: I do not think the Carpenters sang “Shake, Rattle and Roll.”
Tim Wildmon: I do not know who sang that. Anyway, is Ray still missing in action?
Chris Woodward: He may have been flooded out. He may be in a canoe somewhere on the farm.
Tim Wildmon: He is not coming back?
Chris Woodward: His internet dropped, and it is not coming back until noon.
Tim Wildmon: How can he talk to you if the internet is out?
Chris Woodward: Texting.
Tim Wildmon: The Braves lost last time, so I am not calling Ray. I am just saying that it seems a little convenient, but tell him we said we will see him next time.
Jenna Ellis: I love talking through this. Tim and I got to host the morning show during the drive time, so thank you to everyone who gave during those hours as well. We are looking at 1 Corinthians 16:13 and 14: “Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong, and let all that you do be done with love.”
Jenna Ellis: This comes from Paul's final exhortations to the church at Corinth, and it is a great reminder and exhortation to us as well about how we should live our Christian lives.
Chris Woodward: I love our theme verses, 1 Corinthians 16:13 and 14. I love how it opens: “Be on your guard.” Jenna, we were saying earlier that this is a verse for such a time as this. Along with the direct attacks against Christians and Christian values, there are deceivers.
Chris Woodward: We have politicians right now who, in trying to persuade Christians to vote for them, take Bible verses and say, “The Bible says this,” when the Bible does not say what they are claiming. That is one of the reasons American Family Radio is here, to point out the deception that is taking place, sometimes even within the very broad Christian community.
Jenna Ellis: We need to know the truth so that we can discern what is true and what God has actually said in His Word versus what is false. I see things on social media all the time from accounts that claim to be Christian or post Christian memes. They either take things out of context or post things that are not even in the Bible.
Jenna Ellis: If we do not know what God has actually said, how can we discern something He has not said? We need to be on guard and stand fast in our faith. That means we need to study and be in the Word daily. That is why we have great Bible teaching here, along with practical application. We need to learn how to take what we read and study in Scripture and ask, “How does that apply to the headlines? How does this apply to what I do in ministry at my church? How does this apply to what I do daily in my family and relationships and how I conduct myself?”
Jenna Ellis: We talk about all of this throughout the day on our various programs on AFR. We give you the tools to live Christianly and to be on your guard so that you can discern truth from error.
Tim Wildmon: You were referencing the election in the state of Texas for senator between Ken Paxton and James Talarico, the Democrat. I would say this, and it is true of elections all over the country because we have many important races coming up. There is no presidential election in a few weeks, but many Senate seats are up for grabs, and certainly every House seat is up for grabs.
Tim Wildmon: You need to make sure everyone you know goes to the polls and votes on that day. You need to hound people and make sure they go vote. I mean your fellow church members, family members, and coworkers.
Chris Woodward: Unless they are going to vote the wrong way, in which case you just tell them the polls are already closed.
Tim Wildmon: No, I am just kidding.
Chris Woodward: There is another song, “Ain't Nothing but a Hound Dog.” That is a good one for this, too.
Tim Wildmon: Was that Elvis?
Chris Woodward: Yes. That was one of Elvis's first hits.
Tim Wildmon: Why did you get me distracted?
Chris Woodward: Because we are hounding people to go vote.
Tim Wildmon: In the words of Debbie Wuthnow this week on the show, Debbie is the head of iVoterGuide: vote down ballot. Do not just vote for the people at the top. You can find all that on iVoterGuide.
Tim Wildmon: Here is why it is very important, and this is my personal commentary on everything going on right now. It is going to be very hard for the Republicans, and not all Republicans are conservatives. We are more interested in seeing conservatives who believe in the Constitution, freedom, liberty, the American way of life, and our traditional values. Those are the people we want to see elected to office at all levels.
Tim Wildmon: Even if the Republicans lose the House of Representatives, which is likely, though I am not saying it is absolutely going to happen, the most important thing to me is that conservatives stay in leadership and remain in the majority in the Senate.
Tim Wildmon: Historically, it is very difficult for the party that sits in the White House to avoid losing ground in the midterms. In this case, the president is Republican Donald Trump, and the opposite party typically makes gains. That would not be surprising. But the Senate is the body that confirms federal judges. In my estimation, that is the most important duty they have.
Tim Wildmon: If the Senate flips and becomes majority Democrat, they are going to block every federal judge appointment, including any Supreme Court justice that Donald Trump would appoint as president. The president picks federal judges, including Supreme Court justices, and the Senate confirms them. That is the way it works. If the Democrats take over the Senate, they are going to block President Trump's appointments, and that would be devastating. That is the real issue at hand.
Jenna Ellis: One hundred percent. There are so many reasons we have to get out and vote. This is a team effort. I know not every candidate is going to share the exact values we would prefer. I wish better Christians would run in primaries, but at the end of the day, you have a choice to make a good decision or not a great one. There will always be a better candidate than another one, or there will be a best choice.
Jenna Ellis: Scripture requires us to faithfully steward what God has entrusted to us. Here in the United States, part of being a good citizen and living out our Christian life is the responsibility and duty God has given us to vote.
Jenna Ellis: Go to the polls and vote, but more than that, make sure your family, friends, and church members understand how important it is that they vote. There are many close races around the country that will impact our nation, our future, our children's future, and our grandchildren's future.
Tim Wildmon: I am not being overly dramatic. In the pantheon of human existence, God Almighty stands alone as supreme over the universe. After that, on planet Earth, it is federal judges.
Chris Woodward: Basically, that is how important it is. These federal judges, including Supreme Court justices, have lifetime appointments. They are there forever, so it matters who they are and what they believe.
Tim Wildmon: I wanted to hammer home why the Senate seats particularly matter.
Chris Woodward: Governorships matter as well. Our judiciary has been phenomenally changed because of the last eight years. Governors appoint judges in many states, so know what happens in your state. Also know your ballot issues. There are many important measures on which you can vote yes or no, and you need to know what is on your ballot.
Chris Woodward: You were correct in saying “the pantheon of human existence.” That refers to the collective sum of cultural, historical, and existential archetypes, achievements, and ideals that define the human experience across time.
Tim Wildmon: I was going to say that. That is deep.
Chris Woodward: Do not underestimate Tim. Every once in a while, he pulls out that twenty-five-dollar word.
Tim Wildmon: We will continue this pantheon discussion after we take a time-out for news and information. Hang in there.
Tim Wildmon: Good morning, everybody, and welcome back to Today's Issues on American Family Radio. Thanks for listening to AFR. Today is Thursday, October 8, 2026. Joining me in the studio for these next two hours are Fred Jackson, Chris Woodward, and Ray. Good morning, brothers.
Fred Jackson: Good morning to you, Tim.
Chris Woodward: Good morning.
Tim Wildmon: For our younger listeners, a check is how people used to Venmo.
Fred Jackson: That's right.
Tim Wildmon: You've been Venmoed. I've been Venmoed. We've all been Venmoed.
Chris Woodward: I don't know. Is that a flavor?
Tim Wildmon: It might be in a place that has 31 flavors.
Tim Wildmon: Great, Richard. Good morning, brother.
Richard: Hey, Tim. How are you doing today?
Tim Wildmon: We're doing great. It's the third day of our fall Share-a-thon this morning with Jenna Ellis. I called it the pumpkin spice Share-a-thon because it's October and I'm wearing my orange shirt today.
Chris Woodward: Okay, it's sort of peachy.
Tim Wildmon: That's kind of peachy, but it's in honor of pumpkin spice.
Richard: Do you honor pumpkin spice?
Tim Wildmon: I don't know, but go ahead and take it over.
Chris Woodward: Absolutely.
Tim Wildmon: We're coming up on Canadian Thanksgiving on Monday.
Richard: Canadian Thanksgiving is next Monday.
Tim Wildmon: You hail from Nova Scotia, and that's where it all starts because it's much colder up there. You take the stuff out of the ground early.
Richard: I got you.
Tim Wildmon: All right. Our theme is “Stand Firm,” right? Do you have the Bible verse in front of you there?
Richard: I don't, but I was thinking about it, Tim. Let me give you what Marlene and I read together. We've been going through the Bible, and we're in Revelation. This morning we were in Revelation 13, 14, and 15. Tim, this passage, particularly Revelation 13, is something you and I have talked about a lot on the air.
Richard: Let me give you this because it goes with the idea of standing firm. “If anyone is destined for captivity, into captivity he will go. If anyone is to die by the sword, by the sword he must be killed.” Then John says, “Here is a call for the perseverance and faith of the saints” in the last days.
Richard: When everything in the world seems to be falling apart, it will be of paramount importance for God's people to stand firm, to take a stand when the world seems to be crumbling around us and we do not know whom we can trust or what we can believe. With artificial intelligence, we have talked about this. Is this video real or is it not? We are living in days of spiritual deception.
Richard: I want to say two things to you, Tim, and then get right back to you. We have to stand firm, and we are not going to be able to do it alone. I need you and you need me.
Tim Wildmon: Amen.
Richard: We need our brothers and sisters to stand with us. I will be stronger when I see you standing, and you will be stronger when you see me standing. So, brothers and sisters, in these prophetic days, let's stand firm for the Lord Jesus Christ.
Tim Wildmon: Amen. Praise the Lord. That passage from Revelation is so consistent with our theme verse, 1 Corinthians 16:13 and 14. Look what it says: “Be on your guard.” We live in a day of deception, as Richard was alluding to.
Tim Wildmon: We live in a day of deception even within what I would call the broader community that gets described as Christian. Under that umbrella, we now have churches that are okay with abortion and churches that are okay with transgenderism and all that sort of thing. We have to be on guard. American Family Radio is on guard against these things. This is what we talk about on Today's Issues every day, these deceptions.
Tim Wildmon: Then, “Stand firm in the faith.” You can stand firm, but it has to be in the faith God has given us in Scripture. “Be courageous, be strong, do everything in love.” It takes courage today. Christians who take a stand are under attack at the workplace. We have Christian kids under attack in their schools. American Family Radio is here to encourage people to do this: be on guard, stand firm, be courageous, and be strong. Folks, you are not alone. American Family Radio is here.
Tim Wildmon: Let's hear from one of our listeners to American Family Radio. My name is Robert. I live in Emory, Texas. I found the Lord about ten years ago when I was hospitalized with a stomach problem that almost killed me. In the hospital, I had an incredible dream about Jesus saving me. It was incredibly realistic and life-changing. Shortly afterward, my wife suggested that we start attending church regularly. I agreed and was baptized shortly thereafter.
Tim Wildmon: I came across AFR about six years ago, just searching the radio for Christian programming, and now I'm hooked. I listen as much as possible, but I never miss Today's Issues or The Pastor's View with Todd Herman. You guys have all become part of my daily schedule. Anything that moves me closer to God is a keeper, and that's AFR. The Wildmon family are great stewards of the blessings they have been given. Keep doing what you are doing. God bless all of you. I'm a fan forever.
Tim Wildmon: We appreciate that brother. What a great testimony from Texas. I'm Tim, with Fred, Chris, and Ray. We thank you for listening to American Family Radio.
Tim Wildmon: As far as the news goes, the big news right now is the weather watch we have going on. It is a hurricane now, right?
Chris Woodward: It is.
Tim Wildmon: Hurricane Isaias.
Chris Woodward: We need to be in prayer for people and first responders in the Gulf Coast states. In a story you can find on AFN.net, Hurricane Isaias is forecast to intensify rapidly and bring strong winds and life-threatening storm surge to the Florida Panhandle, southern Alabama, and southern Mississippi when it makes landfall somewhere on the northern Gulf Coast late tomorrow or early Saturday. Heavy rain, with the risk of flooding, is also a possibility into the weekend as far inland as the Tennessee Valley, where AFA is located.
Tim Wildmon: Now, this hurricane, Fred, is named what?
Fred Jackson: Isaias.
Tim Wildmon: Isaias.
Fred Jackson: Actually, I think Isaias is Spanish for Isaiah.
Tim Wildmon: Why don't you just call it Isaiah?
Fred Jackson: I tried, but I had to go with the name.
Tim Wildmon: Hurricanes are bad enough as they are. We don't need a hurricane that is hard to pronounce.
Fred Jackson: One of the dangers is going to be the surge down there. Fox was reporting this morning, and they had a reporter in Mobile who said there could be up to a seven-foot surge. If you are familiar with Mobile Bay, raising that bay seven feet is a lot of water.
Tim Wildmon: When we travel down to the beach, we like to go once or twice a year, and oftentimes we stop in Mobile for dinner. You can ride along the bay there at Felix's Fish Camp, and they are built on stilts for this very reason. Interstate 10 is pretty low. When you ramp back up onto the bridge, the water is right outside your window. If you put seven feet on top of that, I bet it is going to come over that road.
Chris Woodward: That is why the governors in Alabama and Florida have declared a state of emergency. They know how bad this can get.
Tim Wildmon: I hope it dissipates or lessens. They were predicting a Category 1 hurricane, and now they are saying it could reach Category 2.
Chris Woodward: The good thing is that it is supposed to be fast-moving. It is not going to sit on top of the Gulf Coast. It is going to move on up. It was projected to come right where we are, but it will not be a hurricane by then. It may bring 20- or 30-mile-per-hour winds, along with a lot of rain.
Tim Wildmon: It might be a blessing for us because we have had a drought.
Chris Woodward: The Southeast has been under very dry conditions, believe it or not. The southeastern part of the country typically gets more rain.
Ray: Central Florida has been pounded with rain. We have had six and a half inches of rain in the last two days.
Tim Wildmon: That's unbelievable.
Ray: That is hurricane-type rain. It is still coming down, and I think we are going to get two or three more inches before this whole thing is over. We are on the eastern edge. The real storm is going to hit Mobile, Pensacola, Destin, and that general area and then move north, but I am on the west side of Florida.
Tim Wildmon: I have a friend who has a place at Fort Morgan, Alabama. That is like the bull's-eye for this thing.
Chris Woodward: You can go online and watch live cameras. I like to watch live cams. Maybe I am quirky like that, but I will go around the world. I will look at the Western Wall, then move over to Rome, and then go to London. It is kind of fun to go around the world.
Tim Wildmon: Sure it is.
Chris Woodward: At night, you cannot tell anything. You could be anywhere in the world. They could tell you that you are watching a live cam, but because it is dark, you do not know. I was watching a live cam feed from Fort Morgan, Alabama. The seas were getting a little rougher, but it was still a relatively pleasant day. That thing is going to hit tomorrow night, right?
Chris Woodward: I have family there. My daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter are in Daphne.
Tim Wildmon: They live there?
Chris Woodward: They live there. Yesterday they spent time putting shutters on the windows.
Tim Wildmon: That is right across the bridge from Mobile Bay, right?
Chris Woodward: It is. They are very close. When we go down, we usually go to a picnic table right on the bay there, so they are very close to that.
Tim Wildmon: As you said, Chris, we need to pray for our friends.
Chris Woodward: Indeed. We also have several AFR stations in that area. Please keep a check on your local forecasters, as well as listening to AFR, because that will be a big blessing to you.
Tim Wildmon: By the way, you mentioned the sergeant on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., the spinoff. Sergeant Carter?
Fred Jackson: Yes.
Tim Wildmon: That guy actually was a sergeant in the military during World War II prior to that.
Chris Woodward: Really?
Tim Wildmon: I could have used that on Trivia Friday. I may still steal that one from you. Forget I said that, America.
Tim Wildmon: You know what I always liked about Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.? Sergeant Carter could insult Gomer up one side and down the other, yelling in his face, and Gomer still had a little naive spirit about him. Even though Sergeant Carter was screaming in his face, Gomer still saw him as a great guy. There is a little bit of a virtue lesson there. We need to have a good spirit even in spite of somebody mistreating us sometimes.
Chris Woodward: My pastor has been teaching on Wednesday nights for several weeks about walking in the Spirit. It is like, “Okay, Lord, what are you telling me?”
Tim Wildmon: We have a lot more to talk about and a lot of good things we are doing here at AFR. Jenna Ellis will also be with us in a few moments.
Caller: Hi, my name is Barb, and I live in Delaware, Ohio. Since I found 89.1 and the ability to listen to AFR through this station, I choose no other radio station. I really appreciate the focus on health and wholeness in our world, which has a lot of trouble in it. Even if the news of the day seems to be all bad, I always hear hope in the voices on AFR. Not only hope in our God, but hope in the good things that people are doing even in the midst of things that seem to have no hope. I will keep listening to AFR, and I am very thankful for it.
Terry Pierce: I started out as a pastor in the late 1980s at a little church in South Georgia, struggling to figure out how to navigate this thing called ministry. Then, all of a sudden, this voice came on the radio. Of course, I had no idea in those days where Tupelo, Mississippi, was. It was Mr. Don Wildmon, and he was championing values and causes that were very dear to my heart, especially as a young preacher. It resonated with me. I remember getting so much sermon material from the early days of Don Wildmon on the radio.
Terry Pierce: My name is Terry Pierce, and I have had the wonderful privilege of serving on the AFA board since 2007. I am a pastor at Connect Church here in Tupelo. I see God growing this ministry. I see Him making a difference in our culture and in our local families. You walk out of board meetings thinking, “These guys are doing it right.” They have been doing it right for a long time.
Terry Pierce: You can literally see the hand of God in the people who work here. I have never seen this level of quality. It is refreshing. You walk out of here thinking, “God has a kingdom, and I want to be a part of this work.” These people live this. You can see the hand of God doing it, and that is something I personally invest in.
Caller: From West Point, Mississippi, I listen to American Family Radio in my car. I also listen to the music station at my business. I have had customers say, “I really love the music that you play,” and I tell them, “American Family Radio is on at my business. We are having church all day long, just worshiping the Lord in what we do every day.” I really appreciate American Family Radio, the teaching programs, the music, and the podcasts. It is just amazing. Thank you, and God bless you.
Tim Wildmon: Welcome back, everybody, to Share-a-thon on American Family Radio. Thanks for listening and for praying for us. We want to remind you that Jenna Ellis will be joining us in just a few moments.
Tim Wildmon: The Share-a-thon is held twice a year, three days each time. We appreciate everyone who supports American Family Radio and the ministry.
Tim Wildmon: American Family Radio was started because the idea was given to my dad by God. The radio ministry was birthed in 1991. My dad, Don Wildmon, said he was tired of the liberal media distorting everything Christians said and did. That was one of his main motivations. It was certainly to share the gospel, but it was also to combat the liberal news media and their distortions.
Tim Wildmon: Fred knows this because my dad hired him to start the news division in response to that need. God laid it on my dad's heart to start this ministry. I remember him reading Broadcasting magazine, which was a trade publication for television and radio. One day I was over at his house and asked, “Why are you reading that magazine?”
Tim Wildmon: He said, “We are going to start a radio network.”
Tim Wildmon: I said, “Really? How do we do that?”
Tim Wildmon: He said, “That is what I am studying.”
Tim Wildmon: My dad was aggressive like that, but he also had what I call horse sense. If he did not know about a subject, he would learn about it. He would ask questions, call the right people, and read about it. Sure enough, he said, “We are going to build a radio network. We are going to build our first station right here in Tupelo, and then we are going to use satellite to deliver Christian radio all across America, especially to communities that do not have it already.”
Tim Wildmon: If you go to big cities such as Chicago, Atlanta, or Dallas-Fort Worth, they usually have four or five Christian radio stations. He said we wanted to go primarily to midsize and smaller communities that did not have access to Christian radio. He also said we wanted to have news and information that Christians could trust instead of the lies of the liberal news media. That is the way he felt about it.
Fred Jackson: The lies from the mainstream media have only gotten worse since then. People count on us for news.
Ray: From your dad's vision, a lot of people might have had some idea of what he wanted to do, but they could think of a thousand reasons why it could not happen. Your dad was the other way. He said, “This is from God. Let's start it and see what it is going to be.”
Ray: You started going to small and midsize cities and getting stations long before the internet. Now, anybody on the planet can listen to us through the app.
Tim Wildmon: So this is American Family Radio, but it is not just America. This is now an international ministry.
Tim Wildmon: I want to read a brief note. We get cards, letters, emails, and calls like this regularly. This was written September 27.
Tim Wildmon: “Dear Tim, I would first like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your faithfulness to our precious Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. You and everyone at AFA and AFR are an anchor of truth for us as we navigate the storms of this world. I feel like you all are my brothers and sisters. AFA and AFR have been a big part of each of my days since 2019, when I happened upon AFR while living in Tyler, Texas. It would take volumes and volumes to express how my life has been strengthened by what you all do.”
Tim Wildmon: She goes on to talk about some other things. That is from Virginia in Texas, and she included a Bible verse to encourage me and encourage us. We get cards, emails, letters, and calls, and it really encourages us to keep up the good fight, so to speak.
Fred Jackson: Absolutely. The testimonies that we hear during Share-a-thon are powerful. People get saved because they hear our preaching programs, including David Jeremiah, Robert Jeffress, and others. One of the important roles that American Family Radio plays is encouraging Christians out there. We are all involved in a spiritual battle that is raging, and we can come alongside you and help encourage you.
Caller: Hi, this is Lisa McHugh, calling from Hutchinson, Kansas. I regularly turn on American Family Radio when I am working in the kitchen or driving in the car. I am also a monthly supporter, and I really needed some encouragement. I am a widow with an adult daughter with special needs, and she has had a particularly difficult year.
Caller: I turned on the radio yesterday afternoon to Dr. Nershwama, who was interviewing Peter Rosenberg with Hope for the Caregiver, which I regularly listen to. It was just what I needed to hear at just the right time. I had prayed, “I just need some encouragement,” and I turned the radio on, and the Lord provided encouragement through that program. So often He does that when I turn on the radio station. It lifts my heart and helps me keep moving forward with the Lord.
Tim Wildmon: What a spectrum of programs. That testimony reminds people of the spectrum of programs we have. Hope for the Caregiver helps a lot of folks who are caring for someone with a disability, children with special needs, and people in all kinds of situations. American Family Radio is multipurpose when it comes to what we can do.
Tim Wildmon: Let me reset here. You are listening to American Family Radio. We do this Share-a-thon in the spring and in the fall, twice a year, three days each time. These are our fundraisers. We do not have any other fundraisers here at American Family Radio. We may mention from time to time that we are a ministry and need your support, but we do not pause and take time to share our needs except during these designated periods.
Tim Wildmon: Think about that. Whatever our faults may be here at American Family Radio, there are only six days out of 365 when we ask for donations. That is a very small amount of time dedicated to raising our financial needs. We can do that because our people always respond in a tremendous way.
Tim Wildmon: Tim here with Fred and Chris in the studio in Tupelo, Mississippi, and Ray in Florida, north of Tampa.
Tim Wildmon: Ray was saying they were about to flood.
Chris Woodward: The internet is down.
Tim Wildmon: Can you believe it?
Chris Woodward: I will see what happened.
Tim Wildmon: Was Jenna there? Jenna, are you there?
Jenna Ellis: I am. We are getting rain in Florida, but I know Ray is dealing with flooding. Ray is about an hour from me, and he told us he had gotten about six inches in the last 48 hours.
Tim Wildmon: There was an estimate of about a trillion gallons of water dumped across Florida by the end of this week. Is that right?
Jenna Ellis: Yes, although that is very insignificant.
Tim Wildmon: I would like to challenge our listeners. For every gallon of water dumped in Florida, if you can make a dollar, I think we would have our budget met for several years.
Jenna Ellis: This is unrelated to the hurricane. These are just storms coming off the Gulf that are dumping water and rain all over central Florida. They have been in that pattern for two or three days.
Tim Wildmon: We are also keeping an eye on Hurricane Isaias.
Jenna Ellis: They do not even just call it Isaias. We are going with Hurricane I.
Tim Wildmon: Hurricane I. That is scary.
Jenna Ellis: The eye of the hurricane.
Tim Wildmon: There we go.
Tim Wildmon: So, you have Todd and Copper. What kind of dogs are they?
Jenna Ellis: They are miniature goldendoodles. Their mother was a golden retriever, and their father was a miniature poodle.
Tim Wildmon: What do they do when they cannot go outside?
Jenna Ellis: They go outside in the rain anyway. They actually like the rain. We open the door, and they run out in the rain. We have a fenced backyard, so they still go outside and love to play in it. They are kind of water dogs.
Tim Wildmon: What about coming in on the carpet and in the house?
Jenna Ellis: My sister-in-law gave us a great mat and a couple of towels for Christmas the first year I got them. I can wipe them off. You know how you tell your dog the command “shake,” and normally they give you their paw? Here in Florida, I trained my dogs differently. When I tell them to shake, they know it means they need to shake all the water off of themselves.
Tim Wildmon: Do they do that command?
Jenna Ellis: They do. They shake the water off, I dry their paws a little more, and they are good to go.
Tim Wildmon: Do you ever say “rattle and roll”?
Jenna Ellis: No, and I should have done “stop, drop, and roll.” Maybe we will add that on, “rattle and roll.”
Tim Wildmon: One of their song friends?
Chris Woodward: “Shake, Rattle and Roll.”
Tim Wildmon: I know. The Carpenters.
Chris Woodward: I do not think the Carpenters sang “Shake, Rattle and Roll.”
Tim Wildmon: I do not know who sang that. Anyway, is Ray still missing in action?
Chris Woodward: He may have been flooded out. He may be in a canoe somewhere on the farm.
Tim Wildmon: He is not coming back?
Chris Woodward: His internet dropped, and it is not coming back until noon.
Tim Wildmon: How can he talk to you if the internet is out?
Chris Woodward: Texting.
Tim Wildmon: The Braves lost last time, so I am not calling Ray. I am just saying that it seems a little convenient, but tell him we said we will see him next time.
Jenna Ellis: I love talking through this. Tim and I got to host the morning show during the drive time, so thank you to everyone who gave during those hours as well. We are looking at 1 Corinthians 16:13 and 14: “Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong, and let all that you do be done with love.”
Jenna Ellis: This comes from Paul's final exhortations to the church at Corinth, and it is a great reminder and exhortation to us as well about how we should live our Christian lives.
Chris Woodward: I love our theme verses, 1 Corinthians 16:13 and 14. I love how it opens: “Be on your guard.” Jenna, we were saying earlier that this is a verse for such a time as this. Along with the direct attacks against Christians and Christian values, there are deceivers.
Chris Woodward: We have politicians right now who, in trying to persuade Christians to vote for them, take Bible verses and say, “The Bible says this,” when the Bible does not say what they are claiming. That is one of the reasons American Family Radio is here, to point out the deception that is taking place, sometimes even within the very broad Christian community.
Jenna Ellis: We need to know the truth so that we can discern what is true and what God has actually said in His Word versus what is false. I see things on social media all the time from accounts that claim to be Christian or post Christian memes. They either take things out of context or post things that are not even in the Bible.
Jenna Ellis: If we do not know what God has actually said, how can we discern something He has not said? We need to be on guard and stand fast in our faith. That means we need to study and be in the Word daily. That is why we have great Bible teaching here, along with practical application. We need to learn how to take what we read and study in Scripture and ask, “How does that apply to the headlines? How does this apply to what I do in ministry at my church? How does this apply to what I do daily in my family and relationships and how I conduct myself?”
Jenna Ellis: We talk about all of this throughout the day on our various programs on AFR. We give you the tools to live Christianly and to be on your guard so that you can discern truth from error.
Tim Wildmon: You were referencing the election in the state of Texas for senator between Ken Paxton and James Talarico, the Democrat. I would say this, and it is true of elections all over the country because we have many important races coming up. There is no presidential election in a few weeks, but many Senate seats are up for grabs, and certainly every House seat is up for grabs.
Tim Wildmon: You need to make sure everyone you know goes to the polls and votes on that day. You need to hound people and make sure they go vote. I mean your fellow church members, family members, and coworkers.
Chris Woodward: Unless they are going to vote the wrong way, in which case you just tell them the polls are already closed.
Tim Wildmon: No, I am just kidding.
Chris Woodward: There is another song, “Ain't Nothing but a Hound Dog.” That is a good one for this, too.
Tim Wildmon: Was that Elvis?
Chris Woodward: Yes. That was one of Elvis's first hits.
Tim Wildmon: Why did you get me distracted?
Chris Woodward: Because we are hounding people to go vote.
Tim Wildmon: In the words of Debbie Wuthnow this week on the show, Debbie is the head of iVoterGuide: vote down ballot. Do not just vote for the people at the top. You can find all that on iVoterGuide.
Tim Wildmon: Here is why it is very important, and this is my personal commentary on everything going on right now. It is going to be very hard for the Republicans, and not all Republicans are conservatives. We are more interested in seeing conservatives who believe in the Constitution, freedom, liberty, the American way of life, and our traditional values. Those are the people we want to see elected to office at all levels.
Tim Wildmon: Even if the Republicans lose the House of Representatives, which is likely, though I am not saying it is absolutely going to happen, the most important thing to me is that conservatives stay in leadership and remain in the majority in the Senate.
Tim Wildmon: Historically, it is very difficult for the party that sits in the White House to avoid losing ground in the midterms. In this case, the president is Republican Donald Trump, and the opposite party typically makes gains. That would not be surprising. But the Senate is the body that confirms federal judges. In my estimation, that is the most important duty they have.
Tim Wildmon: If the Senate flips and becomes majority Democrat, they are going to block every federal judge appointment, including any Supreme Court justice that Donald Trump would appoint as president. The president picks federal judges, including Supreme Court justices, and the Senate confirms them. That is the way it works. If the Democrats take over the Senate, they are going to block President Trump's appointments, and that would be devastating. That is the real issue at hand.
Jenna Ellis: One hundred percent. There are so many reasons we have to get out and vote. This is a team effort. I know not every candidate is going to share the exact values we would prefer. I wish better Christians would run in primaries, but at the end of the day, you have a choice to make a good decision or not a great one. There will always be a better candidate than another one, or there will be a best choice.
Jenna Ellis: Scripture requires us to faithfully steward what God has entrusted to us. Here in the United States, part of being a good citizen and living out our Christian life is the responsibility and duty God has given us to vote.
Jenna Ellis: Go to the polls and vote, but more than that, make sure your family, friends, and church members understand how important it is that they vote. There are many close races around the country that will impact our nation, our future, our children's future, and our grandchildren's future.
Tim Wildmon: I am not being overly dramatic. In the pantheon of human existence, God Almighty stands alone as supreme over the universe. After that, on planet Earth, it is federal judges.
Chris Woodward: Basically, that is how important it is. These federal judges, including Supreme Court justices, have lifetime appointments. They are there forever, so it matters who they are and what they believe.
Tim Wildmon: I wanted to hammer home why the Senate seats particularly matter.
Chris Woodward: Governorships matter as well. Our judiciary has been phenomenally changed because of the last eight years. Governors appoint judges in many states, so know what happens in your state. Also know your ballot issues. There are many important measures on which you can vote yes or no, and you need to know what is on your ballot.
Chris Woodward: You were correct in saying “the pantheon of human existence.” That refers to the collective sum of cultural, historical, and existential archetypes, achievements, and ideals that define the human experience across time.
Tim Wildmon: I was going to say that. That is deep.
Chris Woodward: Do not underestimate Tim. Every once in a while, he pulls out that twenty-five-dollar word.
Tim Wildmon: We will continue this pantheon discussion after we take a time-out for news and information. Hang in there.
Tim Wildmon, Fred Jackson, Chris Woodward, Ray, and Jenna Ellis discuss the need for Christians to stand firm in the faith, practice biblical discernment, and recognize spiritual deception. Drawing from 1 Corinthians 16:13-14 and Revelation 13, they address false claims made in the name of Christianity and the importance of daily Bible study. The program also covers a hurricane threat to the northern Gulf Coast, including possible storm surge and flooding in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and surrounding areas. The hosts urge listeners to pray for residents, families, and first responders. Jenna Ellis joins the discussion of Christian responsibility in elections. Tim Wildmon highlights the Texas Senate race between Ken Paxton and James Talarico, urges Christians to vote, and explains why maintaining a conservative Senate majority matters for federal judicial and Supreme Court appointments.
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