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>> Ed Vitagliano: Welcome to today's Issues, offering a Christian response to the issues of the day.

>> Tim Wildmon: Here's your host, Tim Wildmon, president of

>> Ed Vitagliano: the American Family Association.

>> Tim Wildmon: Hey, good morning, everybody, and welcome to today's Issues on the American Family Radio Network. Today is Monday, August 3rd, 2026, and again, thank you as always for listening to AFR. Good morning. Ed Vitagliano.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Hey, good morning. I just want to let our listeners know it is 23 days until my birthday. That's right. It's a national holiday, at least in my mind.

>> Tim Wildmon: Are you accepting gift cards and.

>> Ed Vitagliano: No, no, we don't. I don't want to do that anymore. We've had several stolen when it. When they went through mem. I do appreciate. There's one lady in particular who. Who's tried it twice and it got stolen both times.

>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, that's.

>> Ed Vitagliano: So I tell people, please, no.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, yeah.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Unless you live close enough and you can just drive it by the.

>> Tim Wildmon: Drive it up here. Yeah, drive it up here to the office. That's right. So, to your birthday. We're. It's countdown. 23 days.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah, 23 days.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. Are you a, Social Security guy yet or.

>> Chris Woodward: No.

>> Ed Vitagliano: I mean, I'm. I'm on Medicare, but no, I'm not taking my Social Security.

>> Tim Wildmon: You're waiting.

>> Ed Vitagliano: I'm waiting until it goes bankrupt and there's nothing for anybod.

>> Tim Wildmon: Well, we have been hearing that for a few years now.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Just a few.

>> Tim Wildmon: it can go bankrupt. Just wait till we're done. We're done. All right. Krish Woodberg. Good morning, brother Krish.

>> Chris Woodward: I'm, one of those people paying for your Social Security that.

>> Ed Vitagliano: I'll never, ever get it, Krish. I really do.

>> Chris Woodward: I get robbed by the IRS every April, too, but.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. All right. If IRS is listening, that was Krish Woodward. That was not Ed or Tim.

>> Ed Vitagliano: That's right.

>> Tim Wildmon: Don't come to our house. We pay our taxes.

>> Ed Vitagliano: We pay it gladly.

>> Tim Wildmon: We pay it happily. That's right.

Can I ask you a personal question before we get into the program

all right, so a lot coming up, on the program today.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Can I ask you a personal question before we get into the.

>> Tim Wildmon: About my taxes?

>> Ed Vitagliano: The big.

>> Tim Wildmon: No, no, I have nothing to do with it. About my taxes. If we don't pay it, you can talk to my wife because I have no idea. I really don't. Take care. I barely know what bank we use. She said, you know that bank we use? I said, which one's that? Oh, you mean the one I go the at? Yeah, that one. Go by there and make a deposit so we can have an ATM withdrawal. Anyway. Go ahead.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Well, we do have a lot of important things to talk about, not the least of which is this is national truth for Youth Bible Week. Amen.

Wesley is coaching his 10 year old baseball team in Lafayette, Louisiana

But I want to know where you went this weekend.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. So I wasn't here last week for the show. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, as our devoted loyal listeners know.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: If they didn't miss me, that's very disappointing. but it's hurtful. Hurtful. We won't get into that. No. so, Alison and I drove down as grandparents, from Tupelo to Lafayette, Louisiana.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Right.

>> Tim Wildmon: It's about a six hour drive. And we left because Wesley's team, Wesley's on with us on Tuesdays and Thursdays. My son, my oldest son, he has

>> Ed Vitagliano: a, he's a vice president here.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, he's, he coaches his 10 year old baseball team. Well, they were, he was invited, Wesley was invited, to coach an all star team from our area and take them to Lafayette to participate in a national tournament.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Representing the state of Mississippi.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yes. Actually there were two teams, from Mississippi, one from the. One from the southern part of the state, one from the northern part of the state. So his, his, his team were kids, were from the northern part of the state. And so we went down there for that and lo and behold, they kept winning and we kept paying for our verbo, you know, and they kept winning and they kept winning and it's like, wait a minute, we got a chance to win this whole thing. And so, they were teams from all. There were 19 teams, at, And these are, this, these are the elite players.

>> Ed Vitagliano: California, Florida.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, California, Florida, Florida, Iowa, Texas. I mean they were from all over the place. And so, and I'm talking about. These are, these are the, this is the, this is the category that's at the top. Okay. So they, in youth baseball, they usually travel, baseball, they usually categorize them, you know, according to their ability level or their talent level, however you want to say. This is not to diminish.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Right.

>> Tim Wildmon: Anyone. I'm just saying that these players that Wesley took were major. They were the top of the top Right. But guess what? All the other teams from around the country, they brought their top of the top. Okay? So you think you're good, and then you watch this kid, and he's good too.

>> Chris Woodward: Right?

>> Tim Wildmon: So anyway, but they kept winning and they ended up beating, a very good, Ohio team twice to, win the whole thing. It was a. What's called usssa, which is a baseball. National Baseball League. And they won the whole thing. And so it was pretty amazing.

>> Ed Vitagliano: well, you were texting leadership, during the course of these, days, and especially, I think, on Saturday, and it struck me. This is what I texted to the leadership team on the thread. I said, what's unfolding here? Are you in the. On the verge of a once in a lifetime event? Should I be watching this on ESPN somewhere? Well, that was just the way it felt.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Because you go and. Okay, we beat so. And so we beat Iowa. We beat, you know, Florida. I'm going. Wait a second. What's going. Listen, I, I texted, Wesley. Yeah, Wesley has always put God first. He loves coaching, he loves baseball. He loves coaching. But he, with his team that he typically coaches, he always puts God first and makes sure that he's discipling these young men. And he puts that before even winning. And I just, I can't speak for God, obviously, but I think God just honored his commitment. I'm not saying the others were all pagans.

>> Tim Wildmon: No.

>> Ed Vitagliano: I'm just saying somebody had to win and.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, and they won. It was. Yeah. It's quite remarkable because when you consider. And then we'll get into the end of the world news, folks, if you're waiting for more war stories, we got them for you.

>> Ed Vitagliano: That's right.

>> Tim Wildmon: Just hold on. But we're talking baseball wars right now. So they, the team that he had from north Mississippi was probably, drew from the least populated areas because, I know the team that they were playing from Florida, we said, where are y' all from? And they said, well, we draw from Tampa and Orlando.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Oh, my goodness.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, well, guess what? We draw from Saltillo and start bowl. Okay.

>> Ed Vitagliano: That's right.

>> Tim Wildmon: but. But these kids were resilient and they were talented and. And they won. They ended up winning the whole thing. So it's pretty remarkable accomplishment for Wesley and his, his, And Bennett. My.

You and Allison won the tournament in Lafayette, Louisiana

And I can't name all the kids. I'm sorry.

>> Ed Vitagliano: No.

>> Tim Wildmon: but, Bennett, his, 10 year old son. So. But they. It's a. It was a. It was. It was a. It was a Once in a lifetime, you could play that tournament 10 times, and you wouldn't win it.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Right.

>> Tim Wildmon: Necessarily. But to win it with all those talented teams from all across America was,

>> Ed Vitagliano: And you and Allison were there and got.

>> Tim Wildmon: We were there, brother. We were there.

>> Ed Vitagliano: That was. That must have been special. Good for you guys.

>> Tim Wildmon: So, as a side note to that travel experience, by the way, it's just as hot in Lafayette, Louisiana, as it is where we live. Okay. in August.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: but we went on a swamp boat tour.

>> Chris Woodward: Oh.

>> Ed Vitagliano: With the big. With the big, rotor, in the back.

>> Tim Wildmon: Well, I've done that before in the Florida Everglades, but this Lafayette, is in the heart of Cajun country. Yeah. And, so it's. They have swamp boat tours. So we went on a swamp boat tour. Didn't do the airboat tour, but did the, slow boat. Look at the crocodile. Well, not the crocs, the alligators.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Alligators.

>> Tim Wildmon: And they got them, brother.

>> Ed Vitagliano: And they were looking at you.

>> Tim Wildmon: They're not false advertising down there. When they said they got alligators, we went through the swamp.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: And saw the alligators and saw the, you know, the classic, pictures with the cypress trees and the Spanish moss hanging down. That's what we went and did right there. But the boat was like a, one foot off the water, you know, so the alligators had. They had a brave man. The alligators had a desire to infiltrate the boat.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: And, they probably could have accomplished that, but they stayed away. They didn't. They were there. They knew tourists were taking pictures.

>> Ed Vitagliano: So they were so considerate.

>> Tim Wildmon: They were posing.

>> Ed Vitagliano: They're very considerate.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. So we did that. We did the swamp boat tour, which I would recommend, if you're in that part of the country.

>> Ed Vitagliano: No, thank you. My kids call me Captain Safety for a reason. As you were saying it, I was thinking, what could go wrong if we.

Southern Louisiana is known for its food and its unique accent

Folks, I got some good news and bad news. The bad news is our boat is leaking.

>> Tim Wildmon: That would have been bad. so we did that. And also, if you go to that part of the country, they're known for their food.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Oh, yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: Hey, you know, you're a big. Tabasco sauce.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Oh, yeah. And, Louisiana hot sauce.

>> Tim Wildmon: We were, like, half an hour from where they make that.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Ooh.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.

>> Ed Vitagliano: We didn't get any free samples.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.

>> Chris Woodward: Nice.

>> Tim Wildmon: So anyway, there was a. I'm gonna hold off on the shrimp, for a while. I ate more shrimp than I ate your pill.

>> Chris Woodward: I could go for some shrimp and grits right now.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. I Had shrimp any way you could. I even had a little alligator.

>> Chris Woodward: Alligator is good. It tastes like chicken. everybody says something tastes like chicken, but if you prepare it right, it's like. It's the texture of steak, but it tastes like chicken.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Fried shrimp, boiled shrimp, broiled shrimp.

>> Chris Woodward: Yeah.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Remember that?

>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, yeah. Oh, you mean from, Forrest Gump.

>> Chris Woodward: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. Well, also, if you get down there where I'm talking about, Baton Rouge, you get out of. You get out in the countryside, they have a whole different way of talking.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.

>> Chris Woodward: That is a different accent. That is. It's completely different from a Southern accent, and it's hard to replicate.

>> Tim Wildmon: I had to watch their lips move, try to interpret some of the. Some of the.

>> Tim Wildmon: It was. It was a. It was a combo. It's a combo of English and French and Southern. Well, Southern Louisiana. They're their own way of talking. But it was a fun trip, and we enjoyed it. And, as a tourist destination, I would. If you want to go on a swamp tour and want to eat some great food.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Oh, yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: Lafayette, they were a great host city, is what I want to say. It was a. They did a wonderful job, the whole tournament and everything like that, because there were. There were 2800 baseball players from around the country.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Good grief.

>> Tim Wildmon: There were 8,000 fans in the stadium that we went to.

>> Chris Woodward: If it was hot to you, I don't know what that team from Ohio thought.

>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, yeah. But what I'm saying is. I said 8,000. There were 8,000 parents, grandparents, whatever, from around the country, because we were at the University of Louisiana football stadium for the opening ceremonies.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: So. So it brought 10. What? I'm saying, it brought over probably 10,000 people into the city for. It's good for tourism.

>> Ed Vitagliano: It sure is, too.

>> Tim Wildmon: Right. And one other note here, and I'll stop talking about this. so the opening ceremony, I'm taking pictures, right? Yeah. At the football stadium. I'm talking about, on the campus of the University of Louisiana, not lsu, but down the road. Louisiana. So, they said. And, the, Doing the pitch, for the, opening ceremony, you know, they do the, ceremonial first pitch. Okay. Was none other than Ron Guidry.

>> Ed Vitagliano: You sent the picture.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, so. So listen to this. Okay? That Ron Gidry. I'm not supposed to be on the field. All the. All the players and the coaches on the field. I know I violated the rules. I know I did.

>> Ed Vitagliano: You didn't.

Ed says he stalked Ron Guidry to get a picture

>> Tim Wildmon: I did, and I'm sorry. I did it, but I wasn't Sorry. At the time. Yeah, I just proceeded to walk out there on the field and blend in with everybody as best I could. Of course, I'm 63.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: I didn't exactly quote, blend in with my kids. But, then I. You got 2800 kids on the field or whatever it was.

>> Ed Vitagliano: If you walk confidently.

>> Tim Wildmon: That's what I'm saying.

>> Ed Vitagliano: People think you're supposed to be out there.

>> Tim Wildmon: That's what I did.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: I said I gotta act like I'm supposed to be here, like I'm an official. Right. Okay. Because I was not gonna let Ron Guidry get away if I could help it without getting a picture. Ah. For those who don't know, he's a legendary pitcher for the NewSong York Yankees.

>> Chris Woodward: Lifetime era of 329.

>> Tim Wildmon: He called, he's called Louisiana Lightning.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah, that's why, that's why when you sent the picture, I, used it back. I said, because I'm a Red Sox.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.

>> Ed Vitagliano: You know, I remember hating him. I hated him a lot.

>> Tim Wildmon: So he, he was one of the top left handed, well, top pitchers for about a 8 to 10 year period there in the late 70s. He was just, could work magic, you know, pitching mound. So I walked behind him. Is he. He was trying, he was being escorted off the field. He, was being escorted off field not by cops or anything, but by a couple of the officials because, you know, he didn't, I'm sure he didn't want to be swarmed.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Right.

>> Tim Wildmon: By all these, you know, people wanting

>> Ed Vitagliano: to help who are following the rules.

>> Tim Wildmon: Who's our. Thank you, Ed. So. So I was, I was walking behind him about 20. I was stalking him. I mean, I'll admit it, this is funnier than m. I'm stalking Rhyen Guidry and the two guys who are escorting. And I thought, well, I'm not going to just run up like some, you know, scare them, kind of take crazy. His crazy man's coming up to me wanting. I didn't want his autograph. Right, okay. But. So he went around there, Ron Guidry did, and he, he was about to exit the stadium and he stopped for a television interview. A brief television interview was a local channel or what. And I said, well, here's my chance. I'm just gonna, I'm just gonna walk.

>> Ed Vitagliano: You gotta go for it.

>> Tim Wildmon: Go for it, man. So I went up there and I talked to the two guys who were escorting him and said, hey, I'm just a fan. And, and I'm just a grandparent here for the Tournament. But Ron Guidry, I love watching that guy pitch.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: In m. In the major leagues. And I didn't realize he was from here. Would you ask him, does he mind getting a picture with me?

>> Ed Vitagliano: That's. That's the right way to do it.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. So I said, if he. If he says no, that's fine. You know, I don't care, but I. I can't.

>> Ed Vitagliano: I gotta try.

>> Tim Wildmon: I can't be told no if I don't ask.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah, right.

>> Tim Wildmon: That's the way I figured. So, so they went over there and asked him, and he said sure. So he came over there and I got an iPhone.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: Picture with Ron Gidry. And I sent it to you.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Right? Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: So I said. I said thank you. It was a brief interaction, about one minute, but he was very pleasant, very nice guy.

>> Ed Vitagliano: That nice of him.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. And, So, wow. Thank you for doing that. So.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Well, other than the fact that you trespass on the field. You did it the right way. You asked the guys who could. I did have beaten you up.

>> Tim Wildmon: They could have. They were much bigger than me and much more, much younger. But, yeah, I just said, you know, do you mind ask him?

>> Chris Woodward: And.

>> Tim Wildmon: And if he says no, I'm good.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.

Chris: I have to be back down there in two weeks for bail hearing

>> Tim Wildmon: no problem. But he said yes. Came over there and got a picture. I got it right here.

>> Ed Vitagliano: That's why I said he. He was one of those kinds of players that just tormented the opposition.

>> Tim Wildmon: Right.

>> Ed Vitagliano: You never wanted to see Ron Guidry on the. On the.

>> Tim Wildmon: Anyway, I was escorted off the Fill in handcuffs and, came down to the police department. Picked. Yeah. Post bail. I got to be back down there

>> Ed Vitagliano: and you want to have shrimp.

>> Tim Wildmon: Got to be back down there in two weeks here before the judge.

>> Ed Vitagliano: The judge and how old he is, probably say, I'd have done something.

>> Tim Wildmon: I think if I. If I get guilty, I, think I'll pay me to the alligators, I think. Probably.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Well, you almost fed yourself.

>> Chris Woodward: Yeah. Really.

>> Tim Wildmon: Anyway, it was a fun trip. We enjoyed it and got. And we won the whole thing.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Good for you guys.

>> Tim Wildmon: Pretty remarkable. All right, you're listening to today's issues, and you got a picture of me and Ron Giddry.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Me and Ron.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. All right. So, what do you got there, Krish?

>> Chris Woodward: I wanted to give a shout out to our longtime listener and supporter, Jon, over in Itawamba county, who, gave me a priceless gift,

>> Tim Wildmon: today, Etiwamba County, Mississippi.

>> Chris Woodward: Yes, he was.

>> Ed Vitagliano: He was at a garage sale.

>> Chris Woodward: He was. He was at a garage sale or someplace with, things from years gone by.

>> Tim Wildmon: We talk about the Carpenters sometime, and we. Ed and I talk to you about cassette tapes and things of that nature.

>> Chris Woodward: Yes. and, Jon has gifted me a cassette tape of the Carpenters, who I'm told was a good band, or group back in the day. and interestingly enough, Tim, it does. I didn't realize this at the meeting when I mentioned it today, but it does have rainy days and Mondays on it, which, if you did not catch that epic episode of Today's Issues from many years ago, I think it was back when we were in the old studios in the building that no longer exists. But Tim once offered me, like, a day off or free lunch or something if I could tell him who recorded the legendary song Ready Days and Mondays. I shot my shot and I was really off. but, from that point forward, I've, I've been a Carpenter's, fan, and.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Have you really?

>> Chris Woodward: No.

>> Tim Wildmon: So, yes, Krish, we're holding here in front of us, for those watching on the Internet.

>> Chris Woodward: Right.

>> Tim Wildmon: Today's issue show here. I'm holding up the cassette of. This is a. I haven't held one of these in 25 years. A cassette tape of, the best greatest hits of the Carpenters.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yes.

>> Chris Woodward: And ever since. Ever. That's why when you listen to the show, if Tim asks me something about music, I will joke the Carpenters, because I was wrong that day. And it's. It's funny because I. I got a birthday card from another listener who thought that I liked the Carpenters. And so she was like, happy birthday. I really enjoy you and appreciate what you do for the show, but your taste in the Carpenters is terrible. Like, that's literally what her card says. So.

>> Tim Wildmon: Well, anyway, cassette tape, that's the. Boy, that's. That's. That's a throwback in it.

>> Ed Vitagliano: It is.

>> Chris Woodward: I have to go find somebody that has a tape player.

>> Tim Wildmon: All right. There you go.

Chris: Give us some depressing news, Ed. No, give us some positive news

All right, Krish, what is our first depressing news story?

>> Ed Vitagliano: Well, do we want to do the Truth for youth?

>> Tim Wildmon: That's not depressing.

>> Ed Vitagliano: You want me to.

>> Tim Wildmon: I want some depressing news. No, give us some positive news, Ed.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Okay. Well, we are going to have Tim Todd, who's president, Revival Fires International.

>> Tim Wildmon: What kind of slurred that word there?

>> Ed Vitagliano: It's been. I've had too much Diet Coke today. Tim, Todd, president of Revival Fires International. he's going to be on with us in studio after the bottom, of the hour break.

American Family Radio is promoting Truth for Youth Bible Week this week

It is National Truth for Youth Bible Week here on afr. You're going to be hearing about this all week long. This is starting our 26th year of doing the Truth for Youth Bible Week. We're asking our listeners to help us give away thousands of free Bibles to young people across America. These are Bibles that we will send to a teenager, Christian teenager, for free if they promise to give it to an unsaved friend or classmate or just someone they go to school with. This is absolutely legal. Tim Todd will be giving more information here after the bottom of the hour break. But we're asking, folks, we're trying to get 65,000 Bibles into the hands of teens over the past 25 years. We have given over 1 million truth for youth Bibles, again, in the last 25 years.

>> Tim Wildmon: That's remarkable.

>> Ed Vitagliano: It is, it's remarkable. over a million Bibles to teenagers and those have gone to unsaved young people. So there's two ways to order the free Bible. Tim Todd will give you more information here after the bottom of the hour. You can visit tfy.org you can order online anytime. T F Y that stands for Truth for Youth, tfy.org or call 800-733-4737. That goes to the offices of Revival Fires International.

>> Tim Wildmon: By the way, before you give that number, let me just say this, this is straight up free. Okay? You're not gonna get an email. We're not adding you to any list or anything like that. This is straight up free Bibles. They're truth for youth Bibles. They're not big. They're not. I think they're the, NewSong Testament.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah, just the NewSong Testament with 100 pages of comics at the beginning having

>> Tim Wildmon: to do with issues that teenagers deal with. Absolutely.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Very popular once these kids get them in their hands. 8007-3347-3780-0733-4737. Now after the break when Tim Todd comes on here, folks, you just, you just better, pull, up your britches and get ready for fire because this is a sure enough fire breathing preacher. He did devotion this morning. I love hearing Tim Todd preach and teach the word of God. But he's got a passion for young people and this God gave him this idea more than 25 years ago. Thousands of young people have received Christ. More than 30,000 people. Young people. And they know that because they filled out a card from the copy of the NewSong Testament. They got. Who knows how many gave their hearts to Jesus and didn't send it in.

>> Tim Wildmon: Right. And the Ripple effect from that?

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yes.

>> Tim Wildmon: You know, from all the kids over the years who are now adults.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Isn't he, isn't his pastor?

>> Ed Vitagliano: His pastor. Where Tim Todd goes.

>> Tim Wildmon: Let him tell that story.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Oh, okay.

>> Tim Wildmon: All right, let's let him tell.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Todd's an evangelist.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, he's an evangelist. And you'll be able to tell

>> Ed Vitagliano: is truth for you. Bible Week. I love this week. I love the idea of sending the, getting these Bibles into the hands of teenagers. we got to have a godly generation.

>> Tim Wildmon: They're absolutely free, no strings attached. We'll send you the truth for you with Bibles, if you qualify and you know it's honor system obviously, but if you call in and you have a teenager, you can be a grandparent. You can be a grandparent, but the teenager will give the Bible away to somebody who another young person who doesn't know the Lord. That's the idea that we're promoting. We do this every year at this time of the year because why? Because it's is back to school time. It's back to school time if you can believe it. All right, we shall return with Tim Todd and more on today's issues here on the American Family Radio Network. Stay with us.

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The Italy tour and the Greece tour are already signed up

So the Italy tour there and the Greece tour, people are already signing up. A lot of folks have already signed up. We're in the 20s, I think, maybe 30s.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Wow.

>> Tim Wildmon: So, yeah, having a tremendous response. By the way, I misspoke there in that ad. That was not. The. The gondola that we ride in Venice is not. Paul didn't take that gondola when he was in Venice. It was actually Peter, so.

>> Chris Woodward: Peter did.

>> Tim Wildmon: I made a mistake there. Yeah, I got him confused. My bad.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Peter, Paul.

>> Tim Wildmon: Peter, Paul.

>> Ed Vitagliano: gondola. Gondola.

>> Tim Wildmon: Right. You know, I don't know if Mary was on there or not.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Peter, Paul and Mary.

>> Tim Wildmon: See what it did there?

>> Ed Vitagliano: I did.

>> Tim Wildmon: You know what I did?

>> Ed Vitagliano: Oh, yeah, yeah. Peter, Paul and Mary.

Tim From Revival Fires Ministry welcomes us to Truth for Youth Bible campaign

>> Tim Wildmon: All right, so, Tim, Ed and Krish, and, we welcome our good brother. How you doing, man?

>> Rev Tim Todd: Doing fine.

>> Tim Wildmon: Good to see you, Tim. From, West Monroe, Louisiana, with Revival Fires Ministry. We've been doing this Truth for youth Bible campaign for how many years now?

>> Rev Tim Todd: This is the 26th year.

>> Tim Wildmon: Amazing. Hey, let me ask you this before we jump into this. You hail from Louisiana, right? Yes, West Monroe. Okay. So I, went to Lafayette. I mentioned this last half hour. Where is the. Is there a line there that you cross going from north to South Louisiana, where the people start talking funny?

>> Ed Vitagliano: Probably.

>> Tim Wildmon: I don't talk funny.

>> Rev Tim Todd: Probably Alexandria area.

>> Tim Wildmon: That's what I'm wanting to know. Is it like central from the central part of the state?

>> Rev Tim Todd: South, yes, that's.

>> Tim Wildmon: You get into the heart of Cajun country right there? Yes. Okay. Cause folks who live. Who grew up maybe north of Alexandria, that's more the traditional south, isn't it?

>> Rev Tim Todd: Yes, it is.

>> Tim Wildmon: So. And then you got the Cajun culture, which starts south of Alexandria and that part of the country. Okay. I just wanted to know where that. Where that line changes. And then you have interpreters, right?

>> Rev Tim Todd: Yeah.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Whenever I preach revival.

>> Rev Tim Todd: Yes. Whenever I preach revivals there in the South, I'm telling you, you know, Cajun people, they love you or they

>> Ed Vitagliano: don't like you at all, and so nothing in between.

>> Rev Tim Todd: That's it. That's it.

>> Tim Wildmon: I do like. They do like their food.

>> Rev Tim Todd: Oh, yes, yes. And boy, I'm m telling you, it is delicious.

>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, man. Oh, Cajun food is the best. Yes.

Tim Ferriss: This project is truly God ordained

All right, well, listen, thanks for driving up to be with us today.

>> Rev Tim Todd: Yes.

>> Tim Wildmon: On the. Was it four or five hours for you there?

>> Rev Tim Todd: yes, actually, I was preaching in Daphne, Alabama on Sunday. So it was about a five and a half drive from there. Five and a half hours. But, honored to be here and greatly appreciate the partnership.

>> Tim Wildmon: I want you to tell I know we probably do this every year, but that's okay. We got new listeners. And, you know, we use this expression Christians do sometimes. It's a God thing. And, we mean that with all reverence. That is to say, looking at this project that we've been doing together with revival fires, AFA and AFR over the years, it's truly God, ordained. Okay. Slang would be a God thing. I want you to take us back for just a moment because tell us how this came about, because God put this on your heart, two and a half decades ago. Tell us how this transpired and how it came to us working together.

>> Rev Tim Todd: Yes. So the Lord laid on my heart, to reach the young people in America with the gospel of Jesus Christ.

>> Tim Wildmon: You're an evangelist. This is on your heart.

>> Rev Tim Todd: Absolutely. And so, I wanted to deal with issues of moral concern that our young people are confronted with in our school systems.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay.

>> Rev Tim Todd: You know, we kicked God out of School in 1962 and 1963, removed prayer and the Bible. And as a result of that, and back then, Tim, 97% of America believed in God, 3% didn't. And yet the church allowed, God to be removed from our schools. And from that, you see what's being taught in our schools. sexual impurity, you know, abortion, homosexuality, evolution, things like this.

>> Tim Wildmon: And moral relativism.

>> Rev Tim Todd: Yes, exactly. And, so you've got the politically correct that are pushing this and the liberal politicians. And so I felt like the Lord laid on my heart to design these comic stories that deal with the truth about these issues that our young people in school are being lied to about. So we developed a hundred pages of comic stories. And we've.

>> Tim Wildmon: We've, by the way, these are comics. Haha.

>> Rev Tim Todd: oh, okay.

>> Tim Wildmon: Archie and Jughead. Jughead, this is.

>> Rev Tim Todd: These are comic graphic novels. You bet.

>> Tim Wildmon: So that young people would read them because they're attracted to comics.

>> Rev Tim Todd: Yes.

>> Tim Wildmon: Right. Okay, got.

>> Rev Tim Todd: Yes. And so, you know, we deal with cutting, sexting, bullying, suicide, pornography, sexual purity, abortion, homosexuality, sorcery, witchcraft, drugs, drunkenness, peer pressure, honor, pluralism. Just, you name it, we deal with it. And so then we put the plan of salvation in each one of the stories.

>> Tim Wildmon: Did you commission an artist to draw? Okay.

>> Rev Tim Todd: In fact, he created Jughead, on, Artsy Comics. He's retired now. Oh. And so, first class. And he. Yeah, yeah, he left Archie Comics because they came up with Sabrina, the witch.

>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, he did?

>> Rev Tim Todd: Yeah. Because he's a Christian.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay.

>> Rev Tim Todd: And so. Yeah. And so, I gave him the subject matter, I gave him what I wanted to include. And then he took and wrote these graphic novels, these stories.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Wow.

>> Rev Tim Todd: Then you got the pencil art, the ink art and the full color art. You've got the word balloons. You got different people working on all of these different areas of it to pull it together to make it look spectacular. I mean it is phenomenal.

Tim: Truth youth Bible has helped thousands of young people become saved

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, how did you have the idea to contact us?

>> Rev Tim Todd: Okay, Buddy Smith, dear friend from way back in the day, who was

>> Tim Wildmon: my right hand man for a long time and my dad.

>> Rev Tim Todd: Yes. And so I met Buddy, back in the 90s while I was living in Baton Rouge. He came there and we were doing a project, where that we were out actually afr. AFA was doing a project where that we were out on the steps, of the courthouse of the Capitol and a pro life, event. And so I met Buddy for the first time then. And so we then developed a close relationship and from that. And of course you remember your dad knew my dad from way back in the day. And in probably 60s and so we had that connection there.

>> Tim Wildmon: And so if you could get to the part about how I was instrumental.

>> Rev Tim Todd: Yes,

>> Tim Wildmon: it sounds like I'm bragging, but

>> Rev Tim Todd: so we sat down with you and Buddy in the first meeting.

>> Tim Wildmon: There you go, Tim.

>> Rev Tim Todd: And so there you were, Tim. I mean then you're in the concrete. Yeah, I was there across the street. You were there. And so we sat down and we talked about it. And so I travel and boy, do you ever. Yeah, yeah. And so people give to help us, provide the Bibles. And so I introduced the Truth youth Bible to y'.

>> Chris Woodward: All.

>> Rev Tim Todd: And so from there we locked arms and goodness. We've given away, Tim, over way over a million Bibles. We received decision cards. You know, it's right here in the front from over. From more than 30,000 young people that have been saved for the first time as a result of getting a copy of the truth for your Bible.

>> Tim Wildmon: 30,000 young people over the decades now went to the trouble of filling out a form and sending it to us in the mail to let us know the impact that, that the Bibles have had on them.

>> Rev Tim Todd: Yeah, they had to find a stamp.

>> Tim Wildmon: Right.

>> Rev Tim Todd: And Put the, address on the envelope.

>> Ed Vitagliano: So it's probably more than that. Way more.

>> Rev Tim Todd: So Jesus healed the 10 and one came back to thank him.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.

>> Rev Tim Todd: So there's no telling how many. And, you know, one. And, you know, you let me know, I'll share a powerful story that was at the founding of what we did here. Okay, you want me to go ahead?

>> Tim Wildmon: Go ahead.

>> Rev Tim Todd: So 25 years ago when we started all this, young man in Purvis, Mississippi, was just really troubled. His coach heard us on the radio and said, I'm going to get a Bible for this young man. He's alcohol, marijuana, so on and so forth. He's on my football team. He takes it. He interrupts his class in science class. The coach walked in, puts it on his desk and says, you need to read this. And so that young man that day, sat down, read all the comics. Of course, you know, the first one on sexual purity, which was one of the deals he's up against. It's got a whole deal, on football. and so he, gave his life to the Lord.

>> Tim Wildmon: A few weeks later, after reading that

>> Rev Tim Todd: truth to Youth Bible, after getting the truth of youth Bible, gave his life to the Lord, got called into the ministry. Now, understand, this is the founding, this is the foundation of what we did. This is the beginning 25 years ago. Now, 25 years later. He's been my pastor for five years. My pastor, that is in West Monroe, Louisiana.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Wow. Only God can do that.

>> Rev Tim Todd: Oh, yeah. So one, coach.

>> Tim Wildmon: Wait a minute. Just quick. This kid who's in class, who's got troubles, drug, alcohol, whatever. His coach hears about this on the afr.

>> Rev Tim Todd: Yes.

>> Tim Wildmon: Hands this young man one of the Bibles. The young man reads the Bible, gets saved, turns his life around. And now he's your pastor.

>> Rev Tim Todd: Yeah, he gets called into the ministry.

>> Tim Wildmon: Not even in the same town.

>> Rev Tim Todd: No, not. I mean, he didn't even know. So whenever he came and he realized who I was, I didn't know who he. I'd never met him before. And he comes in and he's like, from the Truth for Youth Bible. And I'm like, yeah. And so then he tells me the story. And, I'm amazed because when you hear those stories, when you go back to churches where you've preached, or whenever you get, something from a young person that lets you know that they got sick. Listen, and for this, that was just crazy good.

>> Tim Wildmon: Well, you know, there are some things you could maybe chalk up to coincidence, right. In life. things just Happen. And you go, well, you know, maybe that's just coincidence. And then there are some things you go, no, there's just such a miniscule. Miniscule chance. 0,0 0.2% chance that this could ever happen.

>> Rev Tim Todd: Right.

>> Tim Wildmon: That you go, it has to be God Almighty.

>> Rev Tim Todd: Amen.

Anyone ages 13 to 18 can call and get a free Truth for Youth Bible

>> Tim Wildmon: Intervening in this young man who's now today probably in his 30s, right?

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yes.

>> Rev Tim Todd: Yes.

>> Tim Wildmon: his life. And so the question would be, what kind of preacher did he turn out to be?

>> Rev Tim Todd: Oh, he's a great preacher.

>> Tim Wildmon: If you could rate him, like, I would put him.

>> Rev Tim Todd: I'd put him at the top.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. I just wanted to do a review.

>> Rev Tim Todd: Hopefully, he's.

>> Tim Wildmon: Everybody does reviews.

>> Rev Tim Todd: Well, you know, I love my pastor. Great guy.

>> Ed Vitagliano: What's amazing about this is, Tim, this was a coach who just did what was right.

>> Rev Tim Todd: Right.

>> Ed Vitagliano: And what God laid on his heart. Who knows what would have happened had he not done it?

>> Rev Tim Todd: Yes.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Now, we all know God could have reached this young man.

>> Rev Tim Todd: Right.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Okay.

>> Tim Wildmon: I'm not the one who became the pastor.

>> Ed Vitagliano: The one who became the pastor. I'm not trying to put God in a box. What I am trying to say, though, is that there are people listening. Somebody's popped into their mind.

>> Rev Tim Todd: Yeah.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Somebody that their son knows, their daughter knows at school. Maybe they come over to the house or grant, you know, grandson or granddaughter.

>> Rev Tim Todd: Right.

>> Ed Vitagliano: They know some of the people that they hang around. They know there are unsaved people. Or maybe the son or daughter is saying, I'm so concerned about so and so. And that person pops into someone's head. And all I'm saying is folks need to go with this. This is a free Bible.

>> Rev Tim Todd: Absolutely.

>> Ed Vitagliano: All, we're asking.

>> Rev Tim Todd: Absolutely.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Is that the young person who takes that Bible, that free Bible, actually gives it to the person in mind who knows what could happen?

>> Rev Tim Todd: Yes, all.

>> Tim Wildmon: right. Tell them the offer, Tim, and give them the contact information.

>> Rev Tim Todd: Okay. And then very quickly, I. Even this last printing, this is our pastor. I put his story in there because it encourages those young people. But for every young person that is, or a parent or a grandparent can call on your child's behalf, or grandchild ages 13 to 18 can call and get a free Truth for Youth Bible. One Bible per teenager, per household. And so if you got five teenagers in your home, I'll send you five free Bibles. The Bible's been paid for. So you can call 8007-3347-3780-0733-4737, or go to t f y.org t f y.org

>> Tim Wildmon: that phone number that rings your offices in West Monroe.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yes.

>> Rev Tim Todd: We got 10 lines, with 10 people answering the phones.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Call between 8:30 and 4:00pm yes.

>> Tim Wildmon: So you can call right now?

>> Rev Tim Todd: Yes.

>> Tim Wildmon: Right now or right now or right after the show?

>> Rev Tim Todd: Yes.

>> Ed Vitagliano: And by the way, if they, if they want to buy a box of Bibles, sometimes youth pastors will do this.

>> Rev Tim Todd: Absolutely.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Or a parent might want to buy a box of Bibles for the youth and say, take this, how much is a.

>> Rev Tim Todd: To print these? I print so many at a time, I pay $2 to print them. And if they get a case or more, I'll let them have them at my cost. $2 each for 50 Bibles.

>> Tim Wildmon: How many are in a case?

>> Rev Tim Todd: 50 Bibles for $100.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. Oh, wow.

>> Rev Tim Todd: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: So if you want to buy 100 of these Truth for Youth Bibles, 100

>> Rev Tim Todd: of them would be 200.

>> Tim Wildmon: Excuse me, if you want to buy 50 of them. 50 of them, it's $100.

>> Ed Vitagliano: I hadn't bought a comic book in 40 years or something like that. I'll bet you can't buy a comic book for $2. So this is a great price for a bunch of Bibles.

>> Rev Tim Todd: Yes.

You also offer these things now in Spanish. Which I think is a great thing

>> Chris Woodward: One of the other things that we have done with you for a couple of years since you launched this, you also offer these things now in Spanish.

>> Rev Tim Todd: Yes.

>> Chris Woodward: Which I think is a great thing. There are people here that are Americans. Spanish is their primary language. There's other people here where they only speak Spanish.

>> Rev Tim Todd: Absolutely.

>> Chris Woodward: this is an opportun. Reach those people.

>> Rev Tim Todd: That's right.

>> Chris Woodward: In their language.

>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, you mean you can order these? So if they want to get them in Spanish, they can.

>> Rev Tim Todd: Yes, they sure can. And I've got, I've got the comics in Spanish and, we took a lot of time to, to put that together too.

>> Tim Wildmon: Next year. Could you also produce them in Cajun?

>> Ed Vitagliano: I'm waiting for the Italian. Not that I know any people.

>> Tim Wildmon: Do them in the Cajun language, they'd be good. And Italians. Yeah, Italians next on the list.

>> Ed Vitagliano: All right.

>> Tim Wildmon: Well, you're gonna be around, most, of the day, right? Yes, I will be on afr. Thank you very much, brother Tim.

>> Rev Tim Todd: Thank you for your partnership, Tim.

>> Tim Wildmon: Absolutely. Thank you for stopping by.

>> Rev Tim Todd: Appreciate y' all so much.

>> Tim Wildmon: We'll see you around. go get you some more of our world class popcorn back there.

>> Ed Vitagliano: It is world class.

>> Rev Tim Todd: I've got some hidden right back here.

>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, do you? I asked him, is that the best popcorn you've ever eaten? He said yes, it was.

>> Ed Vitagliano: It is.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.

An off duty state trooper and an armed citizen fired back at the gunman

All right. You're listening to today's issues on the American Family Radio Network. Tim, Ed and Krish, we have not got to any news stor of the day and we're going to now.

>> Chris Woodward: Yes.

>> Tim Wildmon: So Krish, what's, what's headlining the news?

>> Chris Woodward: Well, this is one part sad, one part heroic.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay.

>> Chris Woodward: In recent days there was a shooting at an in and out restaurant in Idaho in the, Twin Falls area. the suspect in the fatal shooting at the restaurant, he died of a set self inflicted gunshot wound. Authorities say at least four people died, seven injured, but a couple of people with weapons prevented this gunman from doing any more harm and actually saving lives. authorities are saying that an off duty state trooper and an armed citizen whose identities were not immediately disclosed, both fired back and diverted the gunman from the restaurant where he unfortunately did take some lives. I've got some audio from one of the law enforcement officers on the scene that talked to the press afterward. Here's Twin Falls Police Chief Matthew Hicks. Clip 3.

>> Tim Wildmon: We want to take a moment and commend the actions of the off duty officer and the citizen and their heroic action to stop this incident. We believe their actions help drive the suspect away from the scene, preventing further casualties. We can confirm that the suspect, 24 year old Chad Williams, is deceased from a self inflicted gunshot wound.

>> Chris Woodward: Now, we were talking about this in the meeting, Tim, and you asked me whether or not people were shot inside or outside. It appears from some news reports that some people were shot in the parking lot. Some people inside the restaurant were also hit by bullets.

>> Tim Wildmon: So is this just a situation, as far as we know right now, where you have a guy who's lost his mind and he's got a gun and he just starts randomly shooting people at a restaurant for no reason? Or, have the police, figured out some. Was he targeting somebody or was there some kind of a crazy motive?

>> Chris Woodward: Yeah, we don't not know yet what the motive was. There's going to be some updates today, so AFN will stay on top of that. I would say that he was unstable

>> Ed Vitagliano: because, oh, anybody might have just been evil.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, well, they're true too.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. but you know, I mean, when shootings like this happen, we had four people dead here.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: I mean, all they're doing is trying to get a hamburger. Right? And four people are dead. And where was it? Idaho?

>> Chris Woodward: Twin Falls.

>> Tim Wildmon: Twin Falls, Idaho.

>> Chris Woodward: Look it up and figure out where it is.

>> Tim Wildmon: So you just, you Know, I guess it's yet to be announced what if any motive is public is going to be.

>> Chris Woodward: Yeah.

>> Ed Vitagliano: I mean the only way they would know is if he told someone.

>> Chris Woodward: Right.

>> Ed Vitagliano: or he left a manifesto. I mean if he told someone ahead of time what he was going to do or he wrote a manifesto or posted stuff on social media because he took his own life. So he's not going to be available for questioning, at least not in this life. He may be getting questioned now, but,

>> Tim Wildmon: Wow.

>> Chris Woodward: Twin Falls is southeast of Boise along I84. For anybody that might be.

>> Tim Wildmon: That's very, very sad for the families here. Very, very tragic, situation. You know, you're just wrong place, wrong time.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah, yeah.

>> Chris Woodward: But once again, a guy with a gun who uses it lawfully to protect himself and others.

>> Tim Wildmon: Well, that needs to be pointed out that some. Somebody, an off duty police officer and another bystander who had a, very

>> Chris Woodward: large gun, a weapon from the.

>> Tim Wildmon: Were able. We're able to. This guy killed. They didn't kill him though. The guy killed himself.

>> Chris Woodward: He did.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Right. But they drove him off when they returned fire. So they just, they convinced him this was not going to be a soft target.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. Very, very sad situation, though. Four people, you know, are dead, because of this man's actions. And again, we don't know he killed himself and we don't know why he did this.

The U.S. is at war with Iran; Congress has not declared war

All right, you're listening to today's issues on American Family Radio. Next story.

>> Chris Woodward: One other thing to watch and continue to follow AFN for updates on is we are supposedly having talk again today with people in Iran on bringing it into the war, or conflict there. The U.S. the Trump administration.

>> Ed Vitagliano: We're at war with Iran.

>> Chris Woodward: Well, conflict. Not by, not by congressional.

>> Ed Vitagliano: That was overly sarcastic.

>> Chris Woodward: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: rare for you.

>> Chris Woodward: We say war in our news stories. You are correct. Congress has not declared a war. So you could call it a conflict or a skirmish. Bottom line, Trump. President, Trump was going to blow up more stuff over the weekend and really hit him hard over what Iran had been doing to commercial ships in the strait. President Trump announced, over the weekend, hey, I've decided not to do this because we're going to have talks again. Who we're talking to and what we're talking about is to be determined because, there have been news reports quoting Iranian officials who were still alive as saying, we haven't agreed to anything. There are no talks. So stick around for more updates on a story that might not have.

>> Ed Vitagliano: We've been down this road numerous times. I hope President Trump can bring it to a close to, you know, have some sort of a treaty or somehow end the war.

>> Chris Woodward: Yeah.

>> Ed Vitagliano: but it all depends on who's running Iran this week.

>> Tim Wildmon: Does anybody know what we're trying to get them to agree to?

>> Chris Woodward: Well, we definitely know that they can't have a nuclear weapon because he says that every time he talks about Iran. we also want them to stop harming ships or firing on ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Those are two things that he has to have.

>> Ed Vitagliano: And I think, I think we'd like to get their, their promise that they're going to not fund, radical, terrorist organizations in the region or anywhere else. So those are three big things that we'd all like to have happen. Yes. I don't know whether. And there are fact, we talk about this countless times. There are different factions in Iran, and you're never really sure. We're never really sure out here in the West. Sure. with whom the Trump administration is speaking.

>> Chris Woodward: One reason why they do need to, bring it into this somehow, some way, is because of the, price of energy here in the U.S. today's national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is about a dollar more than it was this time last year when things were going down due in part to President Trump's policies and the positive impacts that were having on the economy. Now things are going back up. They've been going up, and I mean in places like California. I mean, the national or the state average in California is 565. And there are many places in California where they're paying as much as 7 bucks a gallon for gas. Now, a lot of their price problems are things that the state of government does to itself in terms of things, taxes and regulations and whatnot. But it's still a problem. I mean, even in Hawaii, 545 a gallon, for a gallon of gas. So it's, it's a terrible situation. and we'll see if they do reach some sort of positive agreement here. You might see prices come down in the not too distant future.

>> Ed Vitagliano: But American Family News will be covering this.

>> Chris Woodward: We sure will.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Afn.net afn.net this, story and other stories are covered each and every day, folks. And you can sign up for a free, email with links to some of the top stories. But afn.net has, videos, from the Associated Press, a lot of news stories that our fine staff has edited to remove any kind of bias that's there, but all the major [email protected].

>> Tim Wildmon: all right, thank you, Krish.

>> Chris Woodward: Thank you.

>> Tim Wildmon: We shall return, with Steve Paisley Jordan coming up in four or five minutes after the news. The views and opinions expressed in this broadcast may not necessarily reflect those of the American Family association or American Family Radio.

Tim and Ed talk with Chris on top news headlines of the day. Also, Bro. Tim Todd joins the program to discuss Truth For Youth. 

Chapters:

(00:00) It is 23 days until Ed's birthday on American Family Radio Network

(02:33) Can I ask you a personal question before we get into the program

(03:10) Wesley is coaching his 10 year old baseball team in Lafayette, Louisiana

(07:55) You and Allison won the tournament in Lafayette, Louisiana

(10:00) Southern Louisiana is known for its food and its unique accent

(13:14) Ed says Tim stalked Ron Guidry to get a picture

(16:52) Chris: I have to be back down there in two weeks for bail hearing

(19:54) Chris: Give us some depressing news, Ed. No, give us some positive news

(20:28) American Family Radio is promoting Truth for Youth Bible Week this week

(25:00) Preborn Network helps mothers facing unexpected pregnancies discover hope through a free ultrasound

(26:44) The Italy tour and the Greece tour are already signed up

(27:26) Tim From Revival Fires Ministry welcomes us to Truth for Youth Bible campaign

(29:03) Tim Todd: This project is truly God ordained

(33:03) Tim: Truth youth Bible has helped thousands of young people become saved

(38:07) Anyone ages 13 to 18 can call and get a free Truth for Youth Bible

(41:57) You also offer these things now in Spanish. Which I think is a great thing

(43:05) An off duty state trooper and an armed citizen fired back at the gunman

(47:10) The U.S. is at war with Iran; Congress has not declared war