If we lose this cultural war, we're going to have a hedonistic society

>>  If we lose this cultural war, we're going to have a hedonistic, humanistic, society.

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Tim Wildman: Welcome to Today's Issues on American Family Radio

>>  : Welcome to Today's Issues. offering a Christian response to the issues of the day, huh? Here's your host, Tim Wildmon. M. President of the American Family Association.

>> Tim Wildmon: Hey, good morning, everybody. Welcome to Today's Issues on the American Family Radio Network. Today's Issues. The name of this show. Today's Tuesday, July 21, 2026, in case you're wondering. And we, as always, we thank you for listening to American Family Radio. Well, in studio with me today is Wesley Wilma. Good morning, Wesley.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Good morning. And I got an update on my injury, but we'll get to that.

>> Tim Wildmon: We do you, we are going to get to that. Just a moment. M. Fred Jackson. Good morning, Fred.

>> Fred Jackson: Good morning.

Tim Ferriss welcomes Ray Pritchard to the show

>> Tim Wildmon: And there's a fella joining us at,

>> Tim Wildmon: brand new, brand new to the program.

>> Tim Wildmon: What's your name again, mister?

>> Tim Wildmon: I've never been here before.

>> Wesley Wildmon: They recognize the voice, though, pretty quick.

>> Tim Wildmon: Ray Pritchard. Ray's been, gallivanting. Gallivanting, traveling, moving, meandering, meandering, meandering all across the US of A. Yeah. So you home for you settle down there in Florida now?

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, we're Florida full time now. And, we're settled in here until Friday when we hit the road for. We're driving to NewSong Jersey. I'm speaking for a week at America's Keswick and then flying to Oregon and I'm speaking at Cannon beach and then back to Philadelphia and drive to Chicago and speak at Muskegon, Michigan and Maranatha. And then after about five weeks, we'll be back down here more or less for good.

>> Fred Jackson: Wow.

>> Tim Wildmon: All right, hold on just a second. You said you're. You're driving from Florida to NewSong Jersey?

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, we are.

>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, so you're gonna be again?

>> Wesley Wildmon: No.

>> Tim Wildmon: What now?

>> Wesley Wildmon: I said and why?

>> Tim Wildmon: Well, they call it. I know they.

>> Tim Wildmon: All my friends want to know.

>> Tim Wildmon: Interstate 95, right?

>> Tim Wildmon: I guess I haven't. You know what, Tim? I haven't even looked.

>> Wesley Wildmon: That's one of those you don't want to think about to the day of.

>> Tim Wildmon: thank you.

>> Wesley Wildmon: That's a great Wesley.

>> Tim Wildmon: You know what they call I95, right?

>> Wesley Wildmon: I don't.

>> Tim Wildmon: The world's largest parking lot.

>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, no. Oh, no, I'm gonna be going to.

>> Wesley Wildmon: I get it. Yeah.

>> Matthew Williams : Ah, yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: Ah, well, may the Lord be with you, brother.

>> Tim Wildmon: Thank you.

>> Tim Wildmon: Traveling.

Fred Jackson is flying from Philadelphia to Portland, Oregon for a week

All right. Now, one other question. I won't m. Delve into your personal business here, but if you're driving in NewSong Jersey. Right, yes, sir. Taking your car personal.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yes, yes.

>> Tim Wildmon: And then you're flying to Canopy Philadelphia

>> Tim Wildmon: to Portland, Oregon and then on.

>> Tim Wildmon: What's going happen to your car?

>> Tim Wildmon: We're gonna. There were, there's a. There's a m. There's a company called the Parking Spot that we used a lot in Kansas City and it worked well. So we're gonna park our car at the parking spot at the Philadelphia airport.

>> Tim Wildmon: And they'll keep it there for us while we're gone for a week.

>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, okay. So you're gonna fly back to Philadelphia. You have to go into Oregon to pick get your car and then, then you'll be well rested then for a trip back down.

>> Tim Wildmon: that's right, to Chicago, then up to Michigan.

>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, wow.

>> Tim Wildmon: Chicago, then down to, then down to Florida. Fred, I don't even want to think about it.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: I hope you budgeted for transmission and tires.

>> Tim Wildmon: I hope so, but I just want to drop in and say hello everybody here in the middle of the summer. Well, we're still around.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, well, good to have you back with us at least for a couple of days.

>> Wesley Wildmon: And I know our audience would. last week we remember I had an injury and it was. I bit my lip three times before the. For the radio program and it was swelling up and yeah, very aggravating. But I'm your back in the saddle. Took a lot longer than I want because I couldn't stop eating over the weekend, but finally. Oh.

>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, yeah, yeah. Well, eating, yeah, that'll irritate.

>> Tim Wildmon: How did you bite lip three times?

>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah, you know, I asked myself the same question. I don't have a good answer.

>> Tim Wildmon: No alcohol.

>> Wesley Wildmon: No alcohol involved. Really, really, really good, tacos with, jalapenos. Homemade, homegrown jalapenos.

>> Tim Wildmon: There's nothing. There's, a few things worse than, when you keep irritating your mouth, you're biting, you're just like. All right, all right. Fred Jackson, good morning to you again.

>> Fred Jackson: Yeah, speak. We're having fresh Maine lobster at our house tonight.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Oh, wonderful. That's great. Now what time, what time we.

>> Tim Wildmon: What time do you want us there?

>> Fred Jackson: That lobster left Portland, Maine yesterday at 5 o' clock in the evening.

>> Tim Wildmon: You're serious? Do you order it from Maine? Right.

>> Fred Jackson: There are restaurants. You can order anything now and deliver it overnight to wherever you live.

>> Tim Wildmon: All right.

>> Fred Jackson: It's amazing. It made it to Louisville, Kentucky, sometime through the night. Oh, you're tracking it and then.

>> Tim Wildmon: I love it.

>> Fred Jackson: It's going to be at our house before noon today.

>> Tim Wildmon: Nice.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Wow.

>> Fred Jackson: It's absolutely wonderful, huh?

>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah.

Fred: How do you prepare lobster rolls on fresh bread

>> Tim Wildmon: So. Yeah. So Wesley and I are wondering what time.

>> Fred Jackson: lobster rolls.

>> Tim Wildmon: But fre. So for the benefit of our audience, how do you prepare lobster? Fresh. Fresh lobster.

>> Fred Jackson: How do you prepare it? Well, you mix it with some mayonnaise, maybe a little bit of vinegar or something like that. my wife makes terrific potato salad to go with it. Maybe some coleslaw.

>> Tim Wildmon: You gotta have that lobster roll.

>> Fred Jackson: Bread.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yes, gotta have the bread.

>> Fred Jackson: Yeah, we have that already.

>> Tim Wildmon: It's a special kind of bread.

>> Fred Jackson: Brioche. Brioche.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Getting so excited here. You forgot now. Or maybe you're getting to it. It's a baked, fried, cooked, grilled lobster, steamed steamed lobster. Okay, there's only one option.

>> Tim Wildmon: Only a Southerner would think of.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Fried crack.

>> Fred Jackson: Yeah, let's throw some corn meal on that.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Good to know, guys. Thank y'.

>>  : All.

>> Tim Wildmon: You're welcome. I was trying to help you.

>> Wesley Wildmon: I did say bake.

>> Tim Wildmon: You did say bakes. They do bank lobster.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Can you do anything other than steam lops?

>> Tim Wildmon: I think they fry it.

>> Tim Wildmon: You could, but you wouldn't want to.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, so it's not.

>> Wesley Wildmon: So it's not like crawfish.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, no, not shrimp. No, it's not. It's. It's a lobster delicacy.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Okay. I've had it.

>> Tim Wildmon: A good moist lobster roll on fresh bread is. Oh, yeah, that'll bring a tear to your eye.

>> Fred Jackson: And then when you get that lobster in the roll, you get that hot, butter.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, that's what I'm talking about.

>> Tim Wildmon: Come on. Come on now.

>> Fred Jackson: Yeah, yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: And you grew up on. You grew up on that in Nova Scotia, didn't you, Fred?

>> Fred Jackson: Oh, yeah. And my wife just texted me. She said mayo on bread, fresh lobster.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah, there you go.

>> Tim Wildmon: That's what I'm talking about. I tell you what. All right. You're listening to today's issues. I wish food was all we had to talk about, people. But. But, unfortunately, the world's falling apart. We're gonna have to talk about that.

>> Wesley Wildmon: We did give him a little sample.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, yeah, but food, you know, food. Refresh your soul until you turn on Fox News, and then you realize my soul hadn't been refreshed yeah.

Fred Kaplan says the only solution to Iran crisis is regime change

All right, so, in all seriousness, we've. We got a hot war going on right now between the United States and Iran, with other countries now drawn into the, equation, right, Fred?

>> Fred Jackson: That is correct. Because, now this is what the Iranians are saying, because the United States has bases in places like Kuwait and Jordan. They believe those countries are now legitimate targets. And they've been firing missiles.

>> Tim Wildmon: The military bases.

>> Fred Jackson: Yeah, our military. We have military bases, and they're firing

>> Tim Wildmon: on our military bases. They're not firing into the civilian population.

>> Fred Jackson: No, that's their target. And that's why, as we had reported yesterday, the deaths of two American soldiers in Jordan on the weekend and another one in Iraq. But, so that's where the Iranians. Now, also last night, the Iranians attacked another tanker trying to make its way through the Strait of Hormuz. The crew had to evacuate from that ship. And last night, for the 10th night in a row, our American forces attacked more targets inside Iran. So people are asking, okay, how long is this, we'll call it, tit for tat going to go on? You know, you attack us, we attack you, et cetera, et cetera. And there are just some people who are at the point that, you know what, maybe it's time to talk about the only solution to this is going to be, that we have to take the regime out. and one of those, who's saying this is Kurt Volker. He's a former U.S. ambassador to NATO. He was interviewed on Fox this morning. Have a listen to what he had to say. Cut number 10.

>> Matthew Williams: What we really need is a clear goal and strategy to achieve the goal. opening the strait could be that, but that's a very difficult military lift, and it's going to require permanent American military engagement. I don't think we want that. I think as long as this regime stays in place, we're going to have a problem. they're going to attack shipping, they're going to attack their neighbors, they're going to threaten Israel, they're going to support the proxies, they're going to try to get a nuclear weapon. So I'd like to see a strategy for how we actually get a different regime in Iran.

>> Fred Jackson: So, yeah, that's what he is saying. It has to regime change. Now, he's not the only one. There have been various military experts now, former retired generals are all saying the same thing. If you want permanent change with Iran, the regime has to go. I'm not sure the White House is at that point yet.

>> Tim Wildmon: All right, go ahead, Ray.

>> Tim Wildmon: You know, I was thinking, Tim, we had this discussion two months ago last time m. I was here, and we keep saying to ourselves that we said it in February, we said it March, we said in April, we said it in May, and here we are in the middle of July. Only, Tim, it seems things seem more unstable now than they did a couple of months ago.

>> Tim Wildmon: and we're.

>> Tim Wildmon: I know the president has got to be thinking about the midterms. I was just looking at gas prices here in, here in Florida. They're up almost to $4 again, and I think it's pretty much that way across a whole lot of the country. I agree with the assessment that we've got to take out the regime, or we, or the only other option I can see is just to walk away and say we've done all we can do. I, don't really see anything between those two things, but. Guys, help me out here.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: Is there a way to do regime change without putting boots on the ground? I can't see it.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, I don't.

>> Wesley Wildmon: I don't think there is. I think at this point, and I'll say this tomorrow and the next, Next day, I think at this point, you set the, you, meaning the United States, led by President Trump and his team, sets the terms to get out and, and, and sets the term for victory. And you define what victory is, and you want to knock, you want to finish up through Friday bomb and go for it over the weekend. You, you pull, you begin saying, in the next seven days, we're pulling out, and here's what we're doing. We've won, we accomplished all these. Whatever it is. And if you're going to. And you're going to. At this point, both sides have their criticisms. one side for better reasons than others. 1. You know, obviously the left sides of what the left is about.

>> Tim Wildmon: American political side, political sides.

>> Wesley Wildmon: The left is going to be upset or, doesn't like anything Trump does anyways. The right is starting to criticize. There's. There's things that we could have done better here. There's a lot of criticism, but you have to set the, you have to set the aside. You, meaning the president and this team just has to set aside that they may have. Could have done a few things better and just pack up, define what victory is, and come on home and, and just get out of. Get out of it.

>> Tim Wildmon: I don't, I don't think that regime, change is attainable no, it's not. So I think what these gentlemen are saying on Fox News and other places like the man we just heard, I don't think it's possible without invading Iraq with, you know, the army and, the Marines, that kind of thing, and Occupy. I just.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah, but even then, what do you do? You would capture them and take them where?

>> Tim Wildmon: I mean, like, you can't, in my opinion, you can't take out an ideology. You can't, eliminate totally an ideology. Now, that's a very pessimistic view. I know, and maybe I'm wrong, but I'm just saying I don't think the regime change idea is, going to work.

>> Wesley Wildmon: The best effort was a couple months ago, but the regime killed estimated between 20 and 40,000 of their own citizens in the streets.

>> Tim Wildmon: You know, you might could find some way to arm, to help arm the citizens.

>> Wesley Wildmon: I would do that.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. Inside Iran, who want to have a revolution against these. The toll is in the regime. But anyway, that's just my, So I don't. Here's. Here's the thing.

Fred: President Trump is stuck on the issue of the Strait of Hormuz

President Trump now is stuck. Yeah, okay. Yeah, he's stuck.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: Unless you want to say what I

>> Wesley Wildmon: define what you said.

>> Tim Wildmon: You say, listen, we've done everything we could possibly do. A regime change is not going to happen. We can't force it with our military. And so we're just going to take care of our own interest. As far as the Strait of Hormuz goes, it's not our problem. That sounds terrible, but, I mean, it's. Are we supposed to stay there forever and keep that strait open, or do countries. Fred, countries that use the Strait more, do they work out their own deal with Iran? Which, by the way, these are international waters. Iran shouldn't be allowed just to claim that it's like a toll bridge for them. But, wouldn't that be, better for other countries to negotiate their own?

>> Fred Jackson: Well, and that's what Kurt Volker is saying is.

>> Tim Wildmon: I thought he said regime change.

>> Fred Jackson: He said regime change. But if you don't do that, the American military is going to have to stay forever in that theater to protect, oil and gas tankers who want to use the straight arm.

>> Tim Wildmon: Is that our job? Is that our job to use our military as the police of the Strait of Hormuz from now till kingdom come?

>> Fred Jackson: Well, President Trump goes. He always leans back on. We have to ensure that Iran does not have a nuclear weapon. So what these people are saying, okay, President Trump, if that is your goal, then they believe regime Change is the only way to stop that from happening. That's where they are.

Wesley Bell: Lebanon wants Israel out of their country because Hezbollah threatens

there's another front in this, and we're watching this on the four network screens we have in our studio right now. The president of Lebanon is meeting at the White House with President Trump because, as I say, that's another front in this battle because Lebanon wants Israel out of their country. Remember, Israel went in there because Hezbollah starts firing missiles.

>> Tim Wildmon: Do they want Hezbollah out of their country?

>> Fred Jackson: They would like Hezbollah, but Hezbollah is so well established there. That's not going to be easy. One of the proposals apparently, is that Lebanon would send its soldiers into areas where Israel, has set up camp to deal with the Hezbollah terrorists right now. So they would ask Israel to extract itself from Lebanon and they would try to provide some guarantee to Israel that we will control Hezbollah for you.

>> Wesley Wildmon: what.

>> Tim Wildmon: This is related to the Iranian war, by the way. This is all, it's all connected.

>> Wesley Wildmon: just clarification. Who care if President Trump and his team would set the terms of what victory looks like and come out and say we won that. So what, what side critic. What political side criticized? Well, you said you're going to do this. You said you're going to do that. At this point, coming home and being done with this, because what's left of the regime change is not, not obtainable.

>> Tim Wildmon: Well, okay, You're also dealing with a man who has a huge ego, President Trump, for better or for worse, some.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Where does that come into play here, though?

>> Tim Wildmon: Will you get him to say, we've done all we can, we're coming home?

>> Wesley Wildmon: No, that's not, that's, that's why I clarified. He says we win. Just say we won.

>> Tim Wildmon: Well, lie.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Just say we won.

>> Tim Wildmon: So, so Wesley's, Wesley's international policy for Trump is just a lie.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah, I say lie.

>> Tim Wildmon: I know what you're saying. No, you're saying, define the terms yourself

>> Wesley Wildmon: of what, what winning is and then say you won and then say once

>> Tim Wildmon: you, once you stake out. listen, he just said yesterday that Iran's going to pay for killing the American soldiers, like many times over.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Yes. Right. Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: So I'm saying if you get into this and now, now, President Trump, yes, he does have a massive ego. It's on display for all the world, see, on a regular basis. But he, he's also, he's also pragmatic, in many respects. So I think he, he, he may do something like, I don't know. I don't. That's why I use the word stuck, Ray.

>> Wesley Wildmon: that's.

>> Tim Wildmon: You know, I think he's. He's stuck, and I'm not sure he knows exactly what to do.

>> Tim Wildmon: There is. There is another alternative, which I think is. It's like the unthinkable alternative. You could, you could flatten Tehran. We have the ability to do that.

>> Tim Wildmon: We're not going to do that.

>> Tim Wildmon: We're not going to do that, are we?

>> Tim Wildmon: I mean, because we're not going to. And that. And they know that. Right? I think Iran knows that. And that's where the. That's where Trump's hands. He's got one hand tied behind his back because he's net. And I'm not criticizing him for this. I think. And may he. Maybe he wouldn't say this out loud. Maybe he has. I think he knows that if we start bombing like that, bombing like that in Iran, and you got millions of people without water.

>> Tim Wildmon: Right.

>> Tim Wildmon: Millions of people without electricity, hundreds of

>> Tim Wildmon: thousands of casualties, food, scarce.

>> Tim Wildmon: You're going to have. You're going to have a massive humanitarian cris. It's going to be. That's going to swallow up the news.

>> Wesley Wildmon: So come home.

>> Tim Wildmon: No.

>> Tim Wildmon: Right, right.

>> Tim Wildmon: He could say, listen, I'm not going to bomb Tehran. I'm not going to. We're not going to do this to these people. And so we're out. And if they build a nuclear weapon, we'll be back and we'll use one of our own to take them out. Go ahead.

>> Fred Jackson: You know, it's amazing. President Trump is being questioned right now on these matters that we're talking about here, but he's repeating what he has said before. He's saying, apparently, answer to a reporter's question a few moments ago, Iran wants to desperately meet.

>> Tim Wildmon: Where have we heard that again?

>> Tim Wildmon: Yesterday and the day before yesterday and the day before.

>> Tim Wildmon: He's lacking credibility anymore on anything he says about this. I mean, is that too harsh a criticism? Well, how can you say they're desperate to meet when they're not and they're not.

>> Fred Jackson: That. What. What we have seen in the last few weeks.

>> Tim Wildmon: If they're desperate to meet, why is M. Vice President Vance and Pete Hexith and everybody sitting in the Oval Office?

>> Fred Jackson: Yes, that's.

>> Tim Wildmon: I don't.

Wesley: I think they need to wrap it up and come home

God bless him, but I don't believe him. you believe him?

>> Wesley Wildmon: there are also two phases to this. The negotiators may be desperate on behalf of their people.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.

>> Wesley Wildmon: But the regime is not desperate to meet, and they're the ones in charge.

>> Tim Wildmon: All right, one other Thing when we'll wrap this discussion.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Please do.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, because I'm with you, Wesley. I think they need to wrap it up and come home. But a lot of people that you talk to go, no, we need to bomb them into oblivion.

>> Tim Wildmon: that's just not going to happen.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, that's just not going to happen. We would.

Ray Fischer: Lebanon has not shown ability to stop Hezbollah from operating inside Lebanon

so my question is, as it relates to Israel, okay. This is a very important meeting that Trump is having today, right now in the Oval Office with Lebanon. With the Lebanon. Lebanese president. Because Israel has now is blocking Hezbollah from attacking them on the north. Well, because of that, they had to invade Lebanon. Lebanon has not shown the ability to stop Hezbollah from operating inside their own country.

>> Fred Jackson: That's right.

>> Tim Wildmon: And yet they want Israel to back out. I would say, why don't you say Hezbollah, why don't you quit? That should be the condition. Not Israel you leave, but Hezbollah you stop. Why isn't that the term that needs to be met? It seems to me that's what Trump and, and maybe he'll say that he and the Lebanese president needs to be talking about today. But what you're talking about is Lebanon is saying, we will stop Hezbollah from attacking Israel with our own soldiers. Well, my question is, why haven't you done that?

>> Fred Jackson: Exactly.

>> Tim Wildmon: Up to this point.

>> Wesley Wildmon: That's below.

>> Fred Jackson: Has been there for a long time.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. You know, Lebanon was, known as the Paris of the Middle East. Beirut was on the Mediterranean. Ray. It was a very beautiful.

>> Tim Wildmon: Beautiful.

>> Tim Wildmon: And a Christian country for the most part.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yes.

>> Tim Wildmon: If I remember correctly. So a lot of Christians live there in Lebanon. They're Arab, but they're Christians. But that country has just been decimated by war because of the terrorist group Hezbollah operating within it. And, you may remember that's where our Marines were bombed in the 80s.

>> Wesley Wildmon: We lost.

>> Tim Wildmon: Remember how many Marines died in that?

>> Fred Jackson: Oh, it was a couple of hundred, I think.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, it was terrible.

>> Fred Jackson: Yeah. Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: Was, Reagan president then? It was Jimmy Carter. I think Reagan was president by the end.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, it was under President Reagan.

>> Wesley Wildmon: So Hezbollah was killing people back then.

>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, they were killing, they killed Marine, U.S. marines. and see, here's the connection. This is why this is all, this is this history here. Iran gives money to support Hezbollah, to attack Americans and to attack, Jews and Israelis. So anyway. All right, we'll be back with more of today's issues on the American Family Radio Network. A lot more to talk about, a lot more happening. And so we shall return momentarily.

>> Fred Jackson: It.

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Fred: Many Christians care desperately about Israel because it's a holy land

>> Tim Wildmon: Hey, welcome back everybody, to today's Issues on the American Family Radio Network. Tim, Fred, Wesley and Ray. And we are solving the world's problems one by one here. Hey, real quick. Not, too belabor a point, as they say. what's the other thing we always say? Something about a dead horse.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Beat a dead horse?

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, beat a dead horse, which I've never done before.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Sorry, I'm chewing up.

>> Tim Wildmon: You ever beat a dead horse?

>> Tim Wildmon: Right, but that horse is dead. Give him another kick.

>> Tim Wildmon: All right. Not to beat a dead horse, but I guess I'll beat it anyway. Let me just, let me just put things in perspective just a minute for our friends. many our listeners are Christians and they care desperately about Israel.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: Because Israel's in the Bible and God, that's a holy land, so we care about that. And the Jewish people, well, we care about everybody. I mean, the gospel message is for. Doesn't matter what ethnicity you are or even what your religious background is or color of your skin or anything like that. The gospel message is for all the world. Jesus said so. But let me just put this in perspective. something people could understand. Israel is a small country, relatively speaking. It's about the size of NewSong Jersey. Right. Or maybe about the size of my home state here in Mississippi. about that size. and so, they only got. Only have like 11 million people live in the whole country. It's basically a haven for Jews who want to live, want their own state country. Well, okay, let's imagine that I use my state of my, home state of Mississippi as an example. Let's imagine for a minute, here's what Israel's facing. Let's imagine that a terrorist organization was on the Tennessee border of, Mississippi firing rockets into Mississippi from Tennessee. And the Tennessee government is unable to stop the terrorists from firing from Tennessee into Mississippi and killing people. I'm using an analogy everybody I think can understand. So the, the president, and I'm hoping, and I'm praying he doesn't go after Israel today. Ray. Yeah, I'm hoping sometimes he'll do. Say stupid stuff about Israel that I just go, why are you, why are you saying this? In my opinion. So hopefully, Trump will not be baited into that today. But, so, but so basically Trump in this case would be meeting with the governor of Tennessee, telling. And he's saying, you need to get the Mississippians out of Tennessee. Well, wait a minute. The Mississippians aren't the one who's firing the rockets. Does this make sense? You see what I'm saying? So that's what's going on here. And if you're in Israel, you're going, wait a minute. If this terrorist organization would quit firing and killing our people and threatening our land. We would live at peace. So you need to talk to them, not talk to us about how we're defending ourselves. Does that make sense?

>> Fred Jackson: Yes.

>> Tim Wildmon: So that's my take on that, but I was trying to draw an analogy out here. Ray. Why should we care about Israel in the holy Land?

>> Tim Wildmon: Look, Jesus was a Jew. The twelve apostles were Jewish. The earliest Christian church, the one in Jerusalem, was 100% Jewish, but it goes back into the Old Testament. The promises of the Messiah, they were given to the nation of Israel, goes all the way back to Abraham. That's 4,000 years ago. 4,000 years of Jewish history in, in that little tiny. By the way, Tim, I checked it out. I asked chatgpt while you were talking, that the modern state of Israel is almost exactly the size of NewSong Jersey, which is not, I mean, Mississippi is bigger than NewSong Jersey. NewSong Jersey is not a big state. So right there, compacted in that tiny area, the crossroads between Africa, Asia and Europe, may be the most important real estate in the world. God set his people that land, gave the promise to Abraham, Abraham to Isaac, Isaac to Jacob, Jacob to Joseph and the brothers, the 12 tribes. And you've got the whole story of the Old Testament there. Those promises God made to the Jewish people, I think they're still, they are still yet to be fulfilled here in our day. are the Jews God's chosen people? Well, he chose them, right, Fred? He chose them. He never unchose them. Now today, they're primarily in unbelief. That's kind of the point that Paul makes in Romans 9, 10 and 11. And we've been, we gentiles, we've been grafted in. but, Paul says, don't get the big head. Gentiles, you can be ungrafted at any time. And God is going to. God is going to bring back to his ancient people. He's going to put them in the place of blessing. And when Jesus comes again, the Jewish people and these large, large, large numbers are going to turn to the Lord Jesus Christ. They're going to look up whom they have pierced. I just want to say, if you're a Christian, you cannot separate, you cannot separate your Christianity from its roots in ancient, ancient, biblical Judaism. From the promises to Abraham come Our Savior was Jewish. And by the way, with this, I'll finish.

Tim Ferriss: Christians ought to love the Jewish people

Tim, what's the first verse of the NewSong Testament? I never get tired of saying this. What's the very first? Matthew, chapter one, verse one. The Book of the generations of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham. God sent his son in answer, in fulfillment of the promises made to Abraham 4,000 years ago. Christians ought to love the Jewish people. And I think as a matter of practice, as Americans, our best friend in the Middle east is the nation of Israel. We ought to support them in every way we can.

>> Tim Wildmon: Why does Matthew put, that lineage in there? Read that again here. You're talking about Matthew 1:1, verse 1.

>> Tim Wildmon: You know, the whole argument of the book of Matthew is that Jesus didn't just show up in Bethlehem one day, but he came in fulfillment of the Old Testament promises. Matthew wants. He wants the Jews of the first century to know Jesus is your promised Messiah. So, Tim, he starts by saying, folks, just check me out, just check me out. Matthew, chapter one, verse one. The book of the generations, the family tree of Jesus, son of David, son of Abraham, thus connecting the whole Christian story to the story of the Old Testament. He goes all the way back to the beginning.

>> Fred Jackson: And you may ask, okay, why the tension today around the Middle East? We keep talking the Middle east has been tension. It's because Satan has his team. They're called Islamic terrorists. Iran hates the Jewish people. We talk about the. It's a postage stamp of a nation. They just want to live in peace, right? That's all they want.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, they're not threatening Iran.

>> Fred Jackson: They don't want Iranian land, they don't want Lebanese land. In fact, they have tried through the years. That's how, you know, Hamas took over Gaza. Israel gave up that territory along the Mediterranean. Israel gave it to them. Because maybe Israel reasoned, maybe if we do this for them, they'll like us and they'll leave us alone. And we all know what happened there. And I think also the hatred that you have, sadly now for the Jewish people in this nation, all the anti

>> Tim Wildmon: Israel, I, think that's spiritual too.

>> Fred Jackson: It's all satanic.

>> Wesley Wildmon: I really think a two state solution could work.

>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, I think, boy, you're a person that way.

>> Tim Wildmon: Hello.

>> Tim Wildmon: That was, sarcasm off the charts there, ladies and gentlemen.

>> Fred Jackson: Let's do a poll on that one.

>> Tim Wildmon: well, a, two state solution was tried Gaza and it didn't work. Yes, it hasn't worked as far as far as keeping the people.

>> Wesley Wildmon: More than that though. But yeah.

President Trump says the United States will attack Iran's nuclear sites

>> Tim Wildmon: All right. You're listening to today's issues on the American Family Radio Network. Again, the big deal in Washington D.C. today is that President Donald Trump is meeting with, the Lebanese, president.

>> Fred Jackson: Yes.

>> Tim Wildmon: So we'll see what what the. What the, outcome of that meeting. What's over now? Is it over now? Or at least they quit covering it on tv. Now, President Trump says that, we talking about the United States will attack Iran's nuclear sites. Was he talking about energy power?

>> Fred Jackson: I thought we did that last year. I thought it was.

>> Wesley Wildmon: There was. There's another site, though.

>> Fred Jackson: yeah, I know.

>>  : I thought so.

>> Wesley Wildmon: I thought maybe I need to help here.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, here's the. Here's the question. He may be talking about nuclear energy sites. You know. You know what I'm talking. Do you know what I'm talking about?

>> Wesley Wildmon: I know what you're talking about, but that's not what he's referring to. No, he's referring to another nuclear site.

>> Tim Wildmon: But we've already. Okay, that's what.

>> Wesley Wildmon: That's what. That's why people are getting frustrated.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Because what you're about to say, I

>> Tim Wildmon: think Trump would do better just to say here, Marco, you do. You take all the questions, Right, Tim,

>> Fred Jackson: though, there's a Wallnua Street Journal story this morning. Israel believes Iran moved nuclear centrifuges into Pickaxe Mountain.

>> Tim Wildmon: That Pickaxe Mountain?

>> Tim Wildmon: Where's that?

>> Tim Wildmon: I used to canoe there when I was a kid.

>> Fred Jackson: I'm not sure what end of, Iran that is in. But this, this is a Wallnua Street Journal story this morning.

>> Tim Wildmon: That's what.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, so the thought is, Fred, they move the centrifuges in there. Deep, deep, deep in the caverns under that mountain.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. Which we can't get to.

>> Wesley Wildmon: We got to move on.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. Next story.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Well, next topic.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Not next door. Be careful. I agree with you. Next topic.

>> Tim Wildmon: I'm tired of talking about it.

>> Fred Jackson: Let's. Let's come home to, to a very interesting topic.

Darlene Graham Norton plans to run for Senate seat vacated by Lindsey Graham

>> Tim Wildmon: It's all good here at home in the U.S. it's a,

>> Fred Jackson: It's about 10 days ago that we got the news that Senator Lindsey Graham had passed away. Very shocking news. And of course, we know that within a couple of days, the governor of South Carolina chose, Lindsey Graham's sister, Darlene Graham Norton, to finish off his term. Now, Lindsey Graham was running for re election this fall. So, you know. And the funeral, by the way.

>> Tim Wildmon: yeah, they buried him.

>> Fred Jackson: No, not yet. There's going to be a state funeral, state viewing, one week from today at the Capitol. So we're going to have that. However, the development in this story is that, Darlene Graham Norton made it official yesterday. She wants to run, for her brother's position, in the Senate Now, a lot of people thought she would be happy with just finishing it off, but she believes that he would want her to finish that term. She did an interview with Shawn Hannity last, night on fo. This is what she had to say about her reasons for now wanting to run for a full six year Senate term to represent South Carolina. Cut number two.

>> Matthew Williams : I've been. I'll continue to say I've been praying a lot, talking to my family, but with the love of my family, with the support of his staff, I know I'm a hard worker. I learned that from Lindsay. He cared about the people of this state. I've worked for almost 30 years for the people of this state.

>> Wesley Wildmon: I'm gonna talk about that in a minute.

>> Matthew Williams : I feel like I can do it. I feel an inner peace about it. Will it be difficult? Yes.

>> Fred Jackson: Well, there are some flies in the ointment on this.

>> Tim Wildmon: Where is she from? What part of the country? Darlene?

>> Tim Wildmon: It's gotta be South Carolina.

>> Wesley Wildmon: I think you knew the answer. Well, I also didn't want to say it like you idio.

>> Tim Wildmon: She'd probably be the first senator. Darlene. We've ever had. Oh, I'm sure that the U.S. senate

>> Wesley Wildmon: sounds like a Darlene.

>> Tim Wildmon: Listen, I'm just, I'm just teasing because she's. It's funny listening to her talk to a NewSong Yorker like, Shawn Hannity.

>> Fred Jackson: well, here's the thing. There are two Republican congressmen.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.

>> Fred Jackson: Who also.

>> Tim Wildmon: She's going to be challenged.

>> Fred Jackson: It's Russell Fry and Ralph Norman. Yeah. They have made it official. They are in this race. Now, Lindsey Graham had raised a whole pile of money for his election because

>> Tim Wildmon: this was his reelection year.

>> Fred Jackson: It was. Yeah, it was. And, I read somewhere this morning where, according to the rules, she just doesn't get that pot of money. she gets, I think, a couple of thousand dollars out of it.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay.

>> Fred Jackson: The rest of it goes to the rnc, the Republican National Committee, and they can dole out this money to whomever they wish. Okay, so this has the potential to get a little bit nasty.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. You know, Well, I figured there would probably be one or two other, at least a couple of people in South Carolina who want to run for Senate. And they don't want to. They. And they have a right to run. They're going to run. Whoever wins a Republican primary, be it, Darlene Graham or someone else is going to win because it's a red state.

>> Fred Jackson: Oh, yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: South Carolina. So these other people probably feel like, hey, you know, it's a good opportunity.

>>  : Sorry.

>> Tim Wildmon: He passed. And. But you don't just hand it off to somebody just because they're the sister of.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Right.

>> Tim Wildmon: Well, if I want to run, I'm going to go ahead and run to. I may lose to her, but I'm going to give it my best shot because I want to be a senator. I want to be the U.S. senator for South Carolina. So that's. That's coming up. do you say that they've announced already?

>> Fred Jackson: Yeah, these people have announced, too. Yes. So there's going to be a primary, coming up in the next couple of weeks.

>> Tim Wildmon: All right.

>> Fred Jackson: And then if it's a tie, if Nobody gets over 50%, they have to have a runoff by the end of August. so this is going to get interesting very quickly.

All the primary is coming up in the next two or three weeks

>> Tim Wildmon: All right.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. Just a second. Fred, Read the names of whoever is going to run against her.

>> Fred Jackson: Well, Russell Frye for sure. Congressman Russell Fry.

>> Tim Wildmon: So he's a sitting US Representative from South Carolina.

>> Fred Jackson: That is correct.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay.

>> Fred Jackson: Also, Ralph Norman. Same thing. He's a sitting congressman from South Carolina. Both of them have said we are in it.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. So Ralph.

>> Fred Jackson: Ralph Norman.

>> Tim Wildmon: Ralph Russell and Darlene.

>> Fred Jackson: Yeah. Yeah.

>> Fred Jackson: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: That's a,

>> Wesley Wildmon: There is a TV series.

>> Tim Wildmon: That's a TV show right there. Welcome to. Anyway, this. That's gonna be interesting to see what happens there. So would that have to happen. Do you know the dateline on this? does that have to happen?

>> Fred Jackson: All the primary is coming up in the next two or three weeks.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. And then whoever wins that will. Will, be the Republican nominee in November.

>> Fred Jackson: Correct.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, I got you.

>> Fred Jackson: Yeah. But if there's a tie, they have to have a runoff by the end of August.

>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, yeah. Well, well, somebody has to win 50%. That's correct. If you got three people and nobody wins 50%, the top two will be in a runoff.

>> Fred Jackson: Yep.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.

Wesley and Walker are leading a Greek and Italian tour in 2027

All right. You're listening to today's issues on the American Family Radio Network. By the way, our. We are getting people signed up who want it registered, who wanting to go with us to, Greece and to Israel. So Wesley and Walker leading the tour to Greece in March 2027. We call that the footsteps of Paul. Tell folks where you go.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Well, we go to. I'll start with this, and I'll give some exact locations you can go to in your Bible. Acts chapter, 1518. We cover almost every location mentioned there in that, in that order, too. So we go to Thessaloniki, or they call it Thessalonica. Yeah. Philippi. We go To Corinth. We also go to Athens. We, And within those places, there's a lot of historical and biblical sites that we go to, such as the Lydia's Baptistry. Paul's imprisonment. Paul and Silas imprisonment. Mars Hill. I, always have a hard time pronouncing this the, Apocryph. Ah. Acropolis. Acropolis.

>> Tim Wildmon: Acropolis.

>> Wesley Wildmon: I m. Think I mentioned Morris Hill, the Olympic Stadium. These are just of,

>> Tim Wildmon: And you go, like you said, you go to the old city of Corinth.

>> Wesley Wildmon: M. Yep. Absolutely.

>> Tim Wildmon: First Corinthians, Second Corinthians.

>> Wesley Wildmon: That's right.

>> Tim Wildmon: That's based on. You've been there, Ray.

>> Tim Wildmon: I have been. And you know, folks, this trip of a lifetime.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: Because most of us read over, Acts 15, 16 and 17. Can you imagine you at Thessalonica? There you are, right. You read Acts 17. That's one of the most dramatic scenes of the NewSong Testament, the Acropolis. And Paul is on Mars Hill. And there you are. So, Wesley, I think this is fantastic.

>> Tim Wildmon: So Wesley and Walker are leading. They went last year and they're going again.

>> Wesley Wildmon: That's right.

>> Tim Wildmon: So that's in March.

>> Wesley Wildmon: March 9th through 16th.

>> Tim Wildmon: And then, my wife Allison and I are going to lead the tour to Italy. So we're going to Italy, we're going to Venice. that's where Paul got on the gondola. You read over there.

>> Tim Wildmon: A very little, very little known part of the NewSong Testament.

>> Tim Wildmon: If you read over there, you have to keep reading over there in Acts. It's in there. So then, we're going to, Florence, we're going to Pisa, and we're going to Rome, including the catacombs. And Rome is just. Yeah, fascinating. The Eternal cities, what they call it. So, what I'm saying is, you can choose either one of those tours, Greece or Italy, or you can go on both of them. M. Because we put them back to back. Some people are doing this. they're going on both of them to go back to back. So we've arranged for a flight from Athens to Venice. So you would just get on that flight, we'll take you to the airport, and then you'll. You'll drop them off and then we'll meet them at the airport in Venice to begin our Italian tour. So anyway, that's something. If you want to do that in 2027. We would love to.

>> Wesley Wildmon: We choose springtime for good reason. Yeah, good weather.

>> Tim Wildmon: Crowds are less the weather. M. You may have to wear a jacket some, but it's, better than standing in line in the summer in Europe because they're bacon over there right now. And I didn't say B, A, C, O, N. I'm talking about a K, I, N, G. well, they're, they're baking like bacon. You know what I'm saying?

>> Wesley Wildmon: I do know what you're saying.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, so, for information on any of the. Either one of those tours or both of those tours. What's the website, Wesley?

>> Wesley Wildmon: You can go to, Tours tours with an S.AFA.net tours.AFA.net tours.

>> Tim Wildmon: AFA.net so you can look at the tours, the itinerary. It does cost money. we'd like to go for free, but cost money. So, we just check it out.

Fred Whitaker: I misspoke about going to Israel in 2027

Tours.aca.net that's Greece, Italy, 2027 in March. You're listening to Today's Issues on American Family Radio. What's next, Fred?

>> Fred Jackson: Well, if you're a political conservative, you're having a little bit of fun right now watching, what's going on inside the Democratic Party, by the way.

>> Tim Wildmon: Excuse me.

>> Fred Jackson: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: I just got a text that said I misspoke and said Israel.

>> Fred Jackson: Yes, you did.

>> Tim Wildmon: I did. How come nobody corrected me?

>> Fred Jackson: I thought that you were motoring on there.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, well, you were on a roll.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, well, I was on a roll. Incorrect. So I expect my friends to keep me from going off the cliff.

>> Tim Wildmon: you said Israel. We thought you knew what you were talking about. Right?

>> Tim Wildmon: yes. We are not going to Israel in March.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Going to Italy.

>> Tim Wildmon: We're going to Italy and we're going to Greece. So we'll go to Israel in the future, but not in March 2027. So just to correct the record there. All right, go ahead now.

>> Fred Jackson: Go ahead. Yeah, you're having fun watching what's going on inside the Democratic, party. Do we have time to play a 50 second clip there, Mr. Brent? Okay, what are we about to hear? Joe Scarborough, unapologetic Democrat cheerleader. Yeah, he's really worried about what's going on with these Democrat socialists taking over that party. Cut number seven.

>> Ed Vitagliano: There have been some extraordinarily loony ideas coming from some, some of these people getting rid of prisons, getting rid of cops. That didn't work well for Democrats before. Didn't work well for American cities either when people were talking that way. America is getting safer again, in good place. Part because both parties have come to the conclusion that police officers are a good thing. Police officers make communities safer, make our children safer, make our schools safer. The people spewing just, like the most extreme positions. Some of them did pretty well in Iowa. Some of them did pretty well in NewSong Hampshire. Joe Biden, I think he ended up in fourth in Iowa, fifth in NewSong Hampshire. When you actually got to South Carolina and got to working class voters, Biden rolled to victory.

>> Fred Jackson: Yeah, it's. I've got a lot more.

>> Tim Wildmon: What he's saying there is that this is who you just heard right there. Joe Scarborough is himself a Democrat.

>> Fred Jackson: Yes.

>> Tim Wildmon: By the way, he's formerly a Republican.

>> Tim Wildmon: From Florida, but he's a Democrat. And he's saying these people on the far, far left are crazy.

>> Fred Jackson: Uh-huh.

>> Tim Wildmon: And they're gonna kill us in the election if we let their ideas go forward. Right.

>> Fred Jackson: Yep. That's it.

>> Tim Wildmon: So interesting coming from a Democrat. All right, we're out of time for this hour, so we're gonna take a short break and we will have Steve Paisley Jordan come in here and see what he has to say. So stay with us.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Sam.

>> Tim Wildmon: The views and opinions expressed in this broadcast may not necessarily reflect those of the American Family association or American Family Radio.

Tim, Wesley and Ray talk with Fred on top news headlines of the day including a discussion on what might the next steps be in the U.S./Iran war. 

Chapters:

(00:00) If we lose this cultural war, we're going to have a hedonistic society

(00:32) Tim Wildman: Welcome to Today's Issues on American Family Radio

(01:28) Tim Wildmon welcomes Ray Pritchard to the show

(03:01) Ray Pritchard is flying from Philadelphia to Portland, Oregon for a week

(05:31) Fred: How do you prepare lobster rolls on fresh bread

(07:43) Fred Jackson says the only solution to Iran crisis is regime change

(14:25) Fred: President Trump is stuck on the issue of the Strait of Hormuz

(16:23) Wesley: Lebanon wants Israel out of their country because Hezbollah threatens

(21:23) Wesley: I think they need to wrap it up and come home

(21:56) Ray: Lebanon has not shown ability to stop Hezbollah from operating inside Lebanon

(24:58) Preborn Network helps mothers facing unexpected pregnancies discover hope through a free ultrasound

(27:42) Fred: Many Christians care desperately about Israel because it's a holy land

(34:01) Tim: Christians ought to love the Jewish people

(36:54) President Trump says the United States will attack Iran's nuclear sites

(38:50) Darlene Graham Norton plans to run for Senate seat vacated by Lindsey Graham

(43:09) All the primary is coming up in the next two or three weeks

(44:21) Wesley and Walker are leading a Greek and Italian tour in 2027

(48:31) Tim: I misspoke about going to Israel in 2027