Tim Wildman is president of the American Family Association
>> Fred Jackson: The mission of AFA is to inform, equip and activate individuals and families to strengthen the moral foundations of American culture
>> Tim Wildmon: and to give aid to the church here and abroad and its task in
>> Dr. Josh Mulvihill: fulfilling the Great Commission.
>> Tim Wildmon: The vision of American Family association is to be a leading organization in biblical
>> Fred Jackson: worldview training in the interest of cultural transformation.
>> Tim Wildmon: Thank you for standing with the American Family association as we seek to stop the erosion of godly values. Welcome to Today's Issues, offering a Christian response to the issues of the day. here's your host, Tim Wildmon, president
>> Chris Woodward: of the American Family Association.
>> Tim Wildmon: Hey, good morning, everybody, and welcome to Today's Issues on the American Family Radio Network. Thanks for listening to AFR on this Thursday, April 23, 2026. I will introduce our panel today and you can decide whether they're esteemed later on in the, program. Tony Vitagliano. Good morning, Brother Tony.
>> Tony Vitagliano: Good morning.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's filling in for his old man, Ed.
>> Tony Vitagliano: Yep. Once again.
>> Tim Wildmon: All right.
>> Tony Vitagliano: And I, I, I'll pass on the esteemed part. I'll vote on myself. Not esteemed.
>> Tim Wildmon: I got another comment about that, but I want to get back. Fred Jackson. Good morning, Fred. Good morning to you and Krish Woodward.
>> Chris Woodward: Good morning.
>> Tim Wildmon: So your dad, You know what, We've been friends for a long time, but he, I don't remember the. I always joke with him at the end of the year.
>> Tim Wildmon: Because he takes his vacation time when it's cold and dark outside.
>> Tony Vitagliano: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: And he saves it up.
>> Tony Vitagliano: It does.
>> Tim Wildmon: I've never been, I've never understood that. Of course I'm not. That doesn't make me any better person than him because I take mine during the year. Right. When it's warm and, and sunshine. But I've always been curious about that. And here I'm proud of him for going ahead and taking some vacay time.
>> Tony Vitagliano: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: Aren't you?
>> Tony Vitagliano: Yeah. You know what? And if for no other reason than it's less time, m. He can rub in my face at the end of the year, you know, when he just starts disappearing every Friday.
>> Tim Wildmon: Ah.
>> Tony Vitagliano: I just, he's like, I got so much time, I can't even use it
>> Tim Wildmon: all, you know, he gets, you know, in December, you don't see it anymore. And I, it gets back and I wonder, you know, I, have to reintroduce myself, you know, I'm Tim. I'm two offices down. Nice to have you on staff here.
>> Tony Vitagliano: His door is cobwebs across. You know, gotta go in and chase the animals out of it.
>> Tim Wildmon: I'm proud of him for taking some vacation time, when it's springtime, out.
Fred: Dozens of Georgia counties have declared states of emergency because of wildfires
all right, so we're gonna get to some of the, top stories in the news that we talked about at our show prep meeting this morning prior to the program. And this, ladies and gentlemen, we do prepare for this. I know oftentimes you wonder, did Tim prepare at all? The answer to that is most of the time I do. but we do have a breaking story in all seriousness that ah, Fred's been tracking. Fred, what's going on here?
>> Fred Jackson: Yeah, Southeast Georgia. We, need to be praying for folks there. Their states, of emergency have been declared because of wildfires. Dozens of homes destroyed. In the Associated Press story that just came out, it says wildfires tearing through the south have forced hundreds of Georgia residents to flee in minutes, leaving them distraught about their homes and animals they've been forced to leave behind. If you go to afn.net, afn.net right now, the image that the Associated Press just gave us, it looks like a war zone.
>> Tony Vitagliano: It's apocalyptic.
>> Fred Jackson: It really does. it looks like a huge bomb has gone off. You have a burnt out car, trees. I'm just seeing on, one of the networks up there that dozens and dozens of counties have had to declare states of emergency. And the smoke from these fires, up to 100 miles away, they're impacting cities up to 100 miles away because the smoke is coming in there. And if you've ever experienced just wildfire smoke, you know how bad that can be. If you've got breathing problems already, you're being warned to stay in the house. So this is really bad, folks. Yesterday we posted a story that said up to 50 homes had been destroyed not only in southeast Georgia, but in northern Florida. So that is the bullseye area right now, folks. So we need to be praying. The weather has been very dry there. There is no prediction of rain in the forecast for anytime soon. So be praying for these folks. I can't imagine has this AP story, is saying they are fleeing for their lives in this area right now, some of these folks. So be in prayer for them, folks. And as I say, go to afn.net afn.net it appears they mentioned Brantley County, Brentley County. the Brentley county fire says, which has caused much of the structural damage, remains stable overnight. The sheriff's office said. but these fires, and they feed themselves. If you've seen wildfires before, the heat causes its own wind, which Causes these fires to spread even more. so this is a very serious situation there in southeast Georgia, northern Florida.
>> Tim Wildmon: From I'm looking at the map here and it appears these Well one, one of the big fires is like east of Valdosta. maybe. And then we have a lot of listeners in the Valdosta area.
>> Dr. Josh Mulvihill: We do.
>> Tim Wildmon: And then we have Waycross, we have a radio station, American Family Radio, station in Waycross. It appears that one of the fires too that's wildfires is not too far from there. So this. You know what, I came into the studio a few minutes ago and I missed this. Has this been a national story?
>> Fred Jackson: Well like I say, there was this one script story that came out yesterday but it has only grown intensity overnight, Right?
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, you're right. Tony, look at those pictures.
>> Tony Vitagliano: Yeah, they're apocalyptic. You know we've had in the south we've had uncharacteristically dry April. I mean the weather's been nice but you don't think about the other side of that being that everything's dries out and it just takes a.
>> Tim Wildmon: We have a burn baron where we live.
>> Tony Vitagliano: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: Because of the same reason. And you're right, all across the south it's been uncharacteristically unusual. Usually by this time we're having like tornado storms, you know, roll through, bad thunderstorms and in the south eastern part of the United States gets drenched. In fact three or four of the states in the southeastern part of the United States are, you know, lead the country in rainfall every year. Yeah, that's so. And this is prime season part. But you're right, we haven't had any. Not much, not much, not much. so I'm sure that's what's happening in southeast Georgia. They're just dry as a bone down there. And, and these and you know you get the winds in the spring too and it just causes them to you know, out west. Fred, did you see wildfires out west?
>> Fred Jackson: Oh absolutely, yeah, absolutely. When things get started out there, when you're talking areas like in Washington State, Oregon, those areas I know during the winter they get a lot of rain, but they do get into drought situations sometimes. Late spring, summertime, early fall. And you can imagine the density. You know President Trump has talked about this, he's been had a fight with California because they're not clearing the brush underneath. You get the kind of dead brush underneath which is just inviting a fire.
>> Fred Jackson: One spark.
>> Tim Wildmon: Why Would all the things. Why wouldn't you clean the dead brush?
>> Fred Jackson: Oh, because of environmental regulations.
>> Tim Wildmon: Now, Darter.
>> Fred Jackson: Oh, yeah. We had one incident when I was working on the west coast, and it was so frustrating. They wouldn't clear out that underbrush, because of the spotted owl.
>> Tony Vitagliano: Yeah.
>> Fred Jackson: And as some of the people who depend on the forest, we're talking people, you know, lumber companies and that sort of thing, they said to the government, the spotted owl can move if a fire starts. Yeah, the spotted owl is out of there.
>> Tony Vitagliano: Yeah. He gets up and flies away.
>> Fred Jackson: Right. But. But they. This is your environmental wackos out there. we have to, like you say, save a snail or save an owl or whatever the case may be, and then these huge fires come, and then
>> Tony Vitagliano: everybody's life is destroyed, including lots of wildlife.
>> Fred Jackson: Yes.
>> Tony Vitagliano: They claim they're trying to preserve.
>> Fred Jackson: Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
Fred: We need to pray for those firefighters down there in Georgia
Well, you're right, Fred. We need to pray for those folks down there in the firefighters especially.
>> Fred Jackson: Oh, yeah.
>> Dr. Josh Mulvihill: Yep.
>> Tim Wildmon: In, southeast Georgia. You're listening to today's issues on the American Family Radio Network. Tim, Tony, Fred. And Krish. Krish, what's your first story?
President Trump orders military to shoot and kill small Iranian boats deploying mines
>> Chris Woodward: Well, from one developing news story to another, let's go to the Middle east, where President Donald Trump said today that he has ordered the U.S. military to, quote, shoot and kill small Iranian boats that are deploying mines that choke traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. Trump made the announcement on social media after, as he often does, and that came shortly after news that the US Military seized another tanker associated with the smuggling of Iranian oil, ratcheting up a standoff with Tehran over the strait, through which 20% of all crude oil and natural gas goes through. So now it appears that he's going after those small boats that we talked about at length yesterday.
>> Tim Wildmon: Somebody called them mosquito boats.
>> Chris Woodward: Yeah, that's where that's been a term used by a number of people.
>> Tony Vitagliano: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: So. So what's the strategy here, Tony?
>> Tony Vitagliano: Well, I mean, we're, you know, still. The blockade is still in effect. and what it looks like has happened is that, you know, we've. We've claimed, territory with our fleet in the Gulf of Oman. So we're. We're blockading ships coming out and even trying to get these ghost ships that make it to, you know, Asia or, make it past the blockade. And it seems like Iran is just trying to, enforce their. Their side of the Hormuz, trying to make it difficult for anybody trying to get to this through the strait. So their navy is decimated, their large Ships are all, from what I can tell, have been sunk. So they're relying on these smaller craft to just harass and damage and even take over tankers going through the strait.
>> Tim Wildmon: Again, the goal, of the United States naval blockade is to shut down the economy of Iran without having to blow up things.
>> Tim Wildmon: That would be the hope. I think that's why President Trump and his team are holding back. Although he says daily, almost, we're getting ready. If they don't do this, they don't do that, I'm going to bomb, bomb, bomb. But then he's not done that. I mean, he's holding back, I think, to see if this blockade will, Krish, will force the economy, of Iran to be so stressed that the leadership, whoever they are of Iran, will come to the table and make some kind of a concession on whatever it is that President Trump's trying to get him to make a concession on.
>> Chris Woodward: And someone that says as much is the President's spokeswoman, woman, Press Secretary Kath.
>> Tim Wildmon: I talked this morning.
>> Chris Woodward: Yeah, did you?
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, I help her out a little bit here and there.
President Trump orders US Military to shoot and kill Iranian small boats
>> Chris Woodward: Well, Caroline Levitt talking to, ah, Fox about this situation, she said that Trump holds all the cards and has backed Iran into a corner, so to speak.
>> Jeff Chamblee: Clip 1 We're waiting to hear back from the Iranian regime. The fact that they cannot send a, unified message yet, which is why the President decided to extend the cease fire, just shows how effective Operation Epic Fury truly was because there's a lot of internal division over there. The President understands that and so we await their response. Well, the President, the cards are in his hands. the United States maintains control, over the situation. He has all of the leverage now
>> Chris Woodward: for anybody that might go, well, wait a minute, we have a ceasefire, but now we're going to shoot and kill people on speedboats? How is that not a violation of the ceasefire? Levitt got into that as well and she said that the boats that the Iranian speedboats, that they took over, those things were not covered in the ceasefire treaty. They're viewing those as acts of piracy.
>> Jeff Chamblee: Clip 2 these were not US ships, these were not Israeli ships. these were two international vessels. And for the American media, who is sort of blowing this out of proportion to, discredit the President's facts that he has completely obliterated Iran's conventional navy. these two ships were taken by speedy gunboats. Iran has gone from having the most lethal, navy in the Middle east to now acting like a bunch of pirates. They don't have control over the strait. This is piracy.
>> Fred Jackson: When I heard this announcement from the President this morning though, this is a change in strategy from when Caroline Levitt made that announcement yesterday. She made it sound like we're not going to be involved with these small boats that are attacking tankers coming out of the southern part of the Persian Gulf. because these small boats went after three vessels yesterday. Seas too. But now the President is saying this morning he has ordered the US Military to shoot and kill Iranian small boats. My question right away is, okay, are we moving some of our navy now into the Strait of Hormuz? Because this blockade is way out in the Gulf of Oman. So are we moving in or are we going to take fighter jets over the Strait of Hormuz and aim missiles at these small boats? So we are ramping up in the last 24 hours beyond what she talked about yesterday.
>> Tony Vitagliano: Yeah, I mean we, we've, we have been operating some of the fighter jets that we said were kind of pointless. Like the A10 Warthogs, I know we've been utilizing those to go after earlier in the war to go after these boats. So it sounds like that, if I had to guess, I, I would say we're not moving our navy there. But more so, like you said, probably using aircraft sorties from our, our aircraft carriers to just go target them when we find them. Just trying to remove whatever leverage and options that Iran has. We're just trying to limit those.
>> Tim Wildmon: So let me understand this, right, this is, there's a lot of moving parts here, as they say, which creates confusion for a lot of people. So we have a blockade.
>> Tim Wildmon: We, the United States have a naval blockade. So we're not letting any ships into or departing from Iranian ports.
>> Fred Jackson: Correct.
>> Tim Wildmon: Merchant ships primarily carrying or whatever. We've. So that stops trade for Iran from those ports, right? Correct. Which is a big part of their economy.
>> Fred Jackson: Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, that's holding. We've been doing that I don't know how long, what, 10 days, two weeks, something like that?
>> Fred Jackson: Roughly.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's holding. Now that takes a lot of assets on our part, naval assets, ships, boats, you know, men, airplanes, whatever, drone. I don't know what all they're using to enforce this, but it's, it's, it's held and it's working so far
>> Fred Jackson: now.
>> Tim Wildmon: But if, and that's out from this strait. But Iran, are they allowing any ships to go, through the Strait of Hormuz? In other words, not non enemies to them like China for Example or, others. Are they allowing any ship to go through? Are they. Go ahead.
>> Tony Vitagliano: I think what they're doing is Iran is targeting ships that are carrying. Because other ships transit oil through the strait, apart from those carrying Iranian oil.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. Yeah.
>> Tony Vitagliano: So they're probably trying to pick off whoever they can, coming through the strait carrying non Iranian oil because the assumption is the US Would allow those ships to pass through the blockade because they're not. They have to depart from an Iranian port. So, you know, Levitt mentioned that this doesn't violate the ceasefire because they're not US or Israeli marked ships. But if it's a, ah, ship headed to Europe, from a Gulf state, then those are the ships that Iran would consider fair game.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's what, Let me ask you this question. What is the. We mentioned these mosquito boats. Is that what. That's what they're called? That's not their official name.
>> Chris Woodward: Correct. That's just a term people and news outlets have been using.
>> Tim Wildmon: Official name is nat. Boats, not mosquitoes.
>> Tony Vitagliano: Those are even more annoying.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yes, they are. That they can't give you encephalitis. but they, the. They. Iran is sending these boats out almost like the pirates in Somalia. Somali. Yeah, Somalia. Off the coast there, the Ivory coast, to just. so they're. And then these, these guys, these Iranian guys who are masked. They ma. They least. Yesterday they went aboard these boats and I guess take them captive. I don't, I don't know. But here's my question. What's the point of that, Tony? What's the point of Iran doing that? Why, why. Why are, why are they doing that? What are they hoping to accomplish here?
>> Tony Vitagliano: I think they're just trying to do whatever they can at this point.
President Trump says he's going to blow boats out of the water
they're just trying to make things difficult to cut off and put pressure on the other Gulf states because like I said, they're. They could be carrying oil from like,
>> Tim Wildmon: if we're not going to do business, nobody else is either.
>> Tony Vitagliano: Exactly. They want to make it dangerous for shipping companies to send ships through the strait.
>> Tim Wildmon: But now, according to Fred, President Trump has said no, we're going to start blowing those boats out of the water.
>> Fred Jackson: Yep.
>> Tim Wildmon: Am I right?
>> Fred Jackson: Shoot.
>> Tim Wildmon: They're probably, they're probably going to have a hard time finding volunteers this morning to, Hey, who wants to go out and Right in the mosquito boat today, as
>> Tony Vitagliano: out there just fishing?
>> Tim Wildmon: yeah, I'd like to go, sir, but I got down in my back and to prove.
>> Chris Woodward: To prove your point.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, go ahead.
>> Chris Woodward: You're Hearing fewer. You're hearing about fewer, drug boats,
>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, in the Caribbean.
>> Tony Vitagliano: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: Or whatever.
>> Chris Woodward: Prove your point. Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: So we'll see what happens there. but President Trump's strategy is, to choke off the economy of Iran, without having to, as he called it in their civilization. His words, not mine. Right, that's true.
The US did capture another tanker this morning in the Indian Ocean
Want to make sure, by the way,
>> Fred Jackson: the, US did capture another tanker this morning in the Indian.
>> Tim Wildmon: What do we do with these tankers
>> Fred Jackson: in the Indian Ocean? Well, that's a really good question. where. Where are you taking them?
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, boat. We have a boat timeout place, I guess, somewhere.
>> Tony Vitagliano: Yeah. I don't know if they're. I don't know if they're just taking, the people on the ship or just.
>> Tim Wildmon: What do you do with it? Now? Why did we take this boat?
>> Fred Jackson: Well, it. It, I'm assuming because it, took Iranian oil. This is probably a ship that left Iran prior to the blockade. And the administration, the Trump administration has said we're going after those ships as well, basically to cut off, and I'm assuming that the Iranians, do not get paid for the oil until the oil is delivered to whatever port it's going to do.
>> Tim Wildmon: We know one other question about this, and do we know what the stated objective is of the Trump administration that would end this? In other words, what can. What is Iran going to have to do for us to stop this blockade? Does anybody know the answer to that?
>> Fred Jackson: Well, that is going to be the subject of negotiations. I mean, we've had several.
>> Tim Wildmon: We don't have anybody to negotiate with, though.
>> Fred Jackson: Yeah, well, that's another problem, as I think Caroline Levitt outlined, is who's in charge. and it's, you know, we don't know. But, you know, I go way back when Trump said, to those who want a regime change within Iran, those protesters, help is on the way. Well, I'm not hearing that phrase these days. Help is on the way. these protesters seem to be on their own. What I'm not hearing as much about is we want to ensure that the Iranians do not have enriched uranium. So people have said in order to do that, to ensure they don't have the enriched uranium, which now apparently is buried deep somewhere, you'd have to have boots on the ground to find
>> Tim Wildmon: that that ain't happening. I don't think I.
>> Tony Vitagliano: Very dangerous.
>> Fred Jackson: Yeah.
>> Tony Vitagliano: To try and send ground troops in to go looking for. I mean, I ran. I'm sure y' all have talked about this Iran, geologically. Is that the right word? Yeah, yeah. it, it is not.
>> Tim Wildmon: The land mass, the land mass itself,
>> Tony Vitagliano: the land formation, the, the layout is not conducive for Right. Ground invasion. It's just not. And, you know, you're going on a. I mean, a needle in a right in five haystacks trying to find, you know, the hole in the ground. They have that enriched uranium.
>> Fred Jackson: Well, to go back then, to your original question, all we're left with is the statement that from the administration, which would define success as being. We think we've put the Iranian military capability back 10 or 20 years.
>> Tim Wildmon: We already done that. We've already done that.
>> Chris Woodward: We thought we did it last July when we bombed the, the supposed uranium site with the bomber.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. But we did that now. Now we've destroyed their military.
>> Fred Jackson: Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: So again, my question is. And I know.
>> Tony Vitagliano: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: Is what. What's the objective now? What's the state? In other words, what does President Trump said or his administration? Okay. Once these one, two or three things are done, we're bringing our sailors home.
>> Tony Vitagliano: The, the reality to me is if we left today, if we just packed up our bags and left.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Tony Vitagliano: Iran is crippled. I mean, they are crippled economically, they are crippled militarily. you know, they're not going to have the cash on hand to be supporting Hamas, Hezbollah, these other terrorist groups as they have in the past. I don't even think they would. I know they've threatened, you know, we're going to charge $2 million a boat to come through. you're not, they're not going to be able to do that because no one's people are just going to say, well, we're not coming through, then. We're not paying that. So there is a reality in which Iran, if we just left, they would be crippled. The optics of it, though, are hard to sell for Trump, in my opinion. Pointing to something as victory is harder to. Is harder to do for Trump. I mean, you, you have to have something tangible if you want to claim victory. And right now it would just be,
>> Tim Wildmon: So, so are we saying here we're unclear.
>> Tony Vitagliano: Yeah, I think that's the. That's, that's what I think.
>> Fred Jackson: Yep. We're going to have to take a verbal. We have to accept.
>> Tony Vitagliano: Yep.
>> Fred Jackson: A verbal guarantee from the Iranians we will not and perhaps demand that inspectors go in, which has been going on for some time.
>> Tim Wildmon: But if they say we ain't doing
>> Fred Jackson: that, then this is gonna be a Longmoor.
>> Tony Vitagliano: Yes, exactly.
>> Chris Woodward: If they say that Check out Trump's Truth Social post.
>> Tim Wildmon: So our sailors may be there through the summer, you're saying at least we'll be back momentarily. Stay with us.
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Today's Issues on the American Family Radio Network features Ray Pritchard
Hey, welcome back everybody, to Today's Issues on the American Family Radio Network. Thanks for listening to afr. I'm Tim with Tony, Fred and Krish. We thank you for, for listening. Ed's out today and Ray Pritchard. Where's Ray? What's Ray doing? What's his. You got a doctor's excuse, Brad?
>> Dr. Josh Mulvihill: Huh?
>> Fred Jackson: he's probably preaching somewhere.
>> Tim Wildmon: He probably is.
>> Fred Jackson: He's preaching somewhere.
>> Tim Wildmon: He's preaching what he says.
>> Dr. Josh Mulvihill: True.
>> Tim Wildmon: anyway, brother Ray does travel the world honestly preaching the Bible. If you want to read his stuff, go to keep believing dot com. It's a great ministry that Dr. Ray Pritchard has. Keep believing dot com well, we will get back to some of our news stories we've yet to cover.
Tim Ferriss speaks with James Lambert from California about Testimonies
but before we do, we have a friend, one of our friends on the line from California, James Lambert. James been with us before. I've known James a long time and he travels the country, goes to college campuses and just cold calls for Jesus basically, is what I call it. He goes to witness and share and talk to students. Been doing that for years. And he also writes books about, a lot of books about famous people's Testimonies. He joins us now. Good morning, James.
>> Dr. Josh Mulvihill: Good morning, Tim. How are you?
>> Tim Wildmon: I'm doing great. are you in, you're in your home state there?
>> Dr. Josh Mulvihill: Yes, sir. I'm in North San Diego County.
>> Tim Wildmon: You've lived there a long time, haven't you?
>> Dr. Josh Mulvihill: Yeah, for quite some time. I was actually born in
>> Tim Wildmon: California.
>> Dr. Josh Mulvihill: yeah. And
>> Tim Wildmon: that's where the surfers are, right? I've been there.
>> Dr. Josh Mulvihill: Yeah. That's what I grew up with and I enjoyed surfing.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. So, so James, you've got a book out, a new book, More Amazing Stories of Divine Intervention, right?
>> Dr. Josh Mulvihill: Certainly do. It's it, it features a number of well known people. Ah, you know, I just, just had, you know, it's just so, it's, it's a great way of sharing your faith with people. That's what I found because I've gotten responses from people from around the country that, people who gave my book to, friends or relatives and they ended up finding Christ. Ah, it's a great way of sharing your faith. Testimonies can do that and that's what this does.
>> Tim Wildmon: but your first book was Amazing Stories of Divine Intervention.
>> Dr. Josh Mulvihill: Right, Right.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's when you featured. Go ahead.
>> Dr. Josh Mulvihill: Yeah. And what, what's interesting, with that book, I got a chance this.
>> Tim Wildmon: Hey, James, we're gonna have to call you back. You're breaking up. You know, not mentally or anything like that. James, you're, you're just breaking up on the phone. So I, didn't want to offend him. Yeah, yeah, you know. Hey, you're breaking up, man. No, I'm not. I'm, I'm, I'm of sound mind. so we're calling him back. Try to get him back on the phone. James, James. He's got some great stories about very famous people that.
>> Tony Vitagliano: Yeah, I was just looking at the, the list and I'm not going to try to steal his thunder if he wants to talk about him. But I'm, I'm looking at some of the stories. Dwight Eisenhower, Rock Hudson, Mickey Rooney.
>> Tim Wildmon: these are baby Boomer names, but still.
>> Tony Vitagliano: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: is he back?
>> Tony Vitagliano: So, I mean, some of these look, you know, well known people.
>> Tim Wildmon: He got a great story about, what was it? What was a. Ah, Steve McQueen.
>> Fred Jackson: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: Who came to know the Lord.
>> Fred Jackson: Yes.
>> Tony Vitagliano: Oh, really?
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Fred Jackson: Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: Steve McQueen is a very famous actor. James, you back?
>> Dr. Josh Mulvihill: Yeah, I certainly am.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. Stand where you are. Okay. Don't turn your head and don't move around because we got you right now.
James Lambert's first book about divine intervention received three death threats
Okay. James wrote, you've written m. More amazing stories of divine intervention. We were just talking about your first book, which was amazing. You featured the testimonies of. Name two or three of the people you featured in your first book.
>> Dr. Josh Mulvihill: Steve McQueen was one of them. And, also, there was a great story in there about Ronald Reagan.
>> Tim Wildmon: Tell us that. Tell us. Tell. Tell us that one. Tell us that story.
>> Dr. Josh Mulvihill: Well, I got a chance to wit, to, interview, his son, who sadly passed away recently. And a lot of people aren't aware of this, but, Ronald Reagan would have regular Bible studies, in the White House, in a subsidiary little side cottage in the White House. And, they, you know, he totally was a believer in Christ. And also there's a great story, in that book about, George Washington. I got access to a private library that was owned by the. The previous owner of the San Diego Union Tribune that had over 200 letters of George Washington. And from that I found out about his strong faith. In fact, he was the first of the founding fathers that, got rid of his slaves. And, he also, during his second, term in office, tried to get rid of slavery. A lot of people aren't aware of that. And it was turned down because, you know, as long as, you know a lot of people, a lot of the states back then depended on, for agriculture, the slave population. So. But the bottom line is, these stories are a great way of sharing your faith, and that's. That's important. I also broke the story on Steve. On Mickey Mantle coming to Christ two weeks before he died. He had serious alcohol problems.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, I remember that. I, remember that. And, Richardson, Bobby Richardson helped too. One of his teammates.
>> Dr. Josh Mulvihill: I got a chance to interview him too, but it was announced, on World that Daily. And it hit a lot of people because of that.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, we're talking to James. We're talking to James Lambert, joining us from California. James is a longtime friend of mine, and he has written, two books now, about the. The fir. James. these books especially for baby boomers, but for anybody. These books are filled with stories about how the Lord God saved people from their sin and gave them eternal life. And these are people that. Fascinating stories happen to them, to these people. And a lot of these people are celebrities. They're well known. But it goes to show you how, you know, people say, well, God cares about the down and out. Well, that's true. But God also cares about the up and out, you know, the people.
>> Dr. Josh Mulvihill: Oh yeah, definitely.
>> Tim Wildmon: So.
>> Dr. Josh Mulvihill: And in my first book, which was, an anti porn book, this wasn't the testimonial, last two. your father was gracious to recognize and he gave me a nice, comment on the book, in the back of the book. And what's interesting, and I don't think you know this, but with that book I got three death threats.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Dr. Josh Mulvihill: And and what's incredible is, the problem.
>> Tim Wildmon: Why did you get death threats? Which book are you talking about?
>> Dr. Josh Mulvihill: The first book, Porn in America.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. Why did you get death threats over that?
>> Dr. Josh Mulvihill: because eventually what happened is the LA Times, actually because of that book, I was on the O'Reilly Factor twice and on all three major networks. And the LA Times actually shut down their advertising of the porn industry, for a couple months. But because they got so much pressure, they start, you know, started allowing it today. But but what's sad, is what's happening these days with what's on the Internet. You know, there's, yeah, there's, there's hundreds of thousands of worldwide of porn sites on the Internet. And that, that sends me, that hurts a lot of a lot of our generations, you know, because of that.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
James Lambert has an 800 number where people can order his books
Talking to James Lambert. James is again. James, you got a couple minutes left here. Talk about how people can read, about get copies of your books.
>> Dr. Josh Mulvihill: Yeah, you can get a copy of the book on. In the middle of your web Page is my 800 number, which is 800-656-8603. And you can call me and leave a message and I'll get right back to you. And you can get a copy of my newest book for only $19. And it helps support my ministry. so
>> Tim Wildmon: your customer service that's on
>> Tony Vitagliano: our Facebook page, by the way, that, that's where he's talking about the number being.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, so go to our Facebook page.
>> Tim Wildmon: Today's issues. And we have the contact information posted there. but you mean they call you and they order the book?
>> Dr. Josh Mulvihill: Yeah, they call my 800 number and just leave a message and I'll call them right back.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay.
>> Dr. Josh Mulvihill: Make sure they give me their phone number right away. Don't wait till the end because the, the 800 number might not catch it. But give my phone number, 800-656-8603. And call that number and give your personal number and I'll call you back and I'll send you a signed copy for only $19.
>> Tim Wildmon: A signed copy of what?
>> Dr. Josh Mulvihill: That includes of my new book. That includes postage too. Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: Does it include, gas?
>> Tony Vitagliano: So, so in California.
>> Tim Wildmon: Listen, just to be clear, people know California earthquake insurance covered there. So this the name of the book we're talking about. You can order from James Lambert. And yes, ladies and gentlemen, you heard him, he'll talk to you himself. and is more amazing stories of divine intervention. And what are the names on there?
>> Tony Vitagliano: So some of the names, in the description of the book that includes stories about Dwight Eisenhower, Rock Hudson, Mickey Rooney, Gary Puckett, Pat Boone. I have heard of that one. So it's not just, it's, it's cross generational.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. So that Boone, he's still alive by the way. Pat Boone is, he's 90 something.
>> Chris Woodward: I've talked to him before.
>> Tim Wildmon: Have you?
>> Chris Woodward: I've interviewed him before, yeah.
James Lambert: It's important to share the gospel with your friends
>> Tim Wildmon: All right, well. All right. Well listen, James, thanks for being on with us. God bless you and your work. Appreciate it very much. And come see us if you're ever traveling down south again. Okay.
>> Dr. Josh Mulvihill: Yeah, I had the pleasure of witnessing to a number of, Mississippi colleges. And fortunately there were a number of Christians that I talked to. But the one thing they weren't doing is witnessing to their friends. So I was encouraging them to witness to their friends and I gave them some of those comic book tracks to do that.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Dr. Josh Mulvihill: So, okay. It's really important for people to share the gospel with their friends because a lot of the college, I mean the churches I speak in, if you look at the population, most, they're most, most of them are 50 plus. Yeah, you don't see a lot of young kids in colleges today. So my book is a great way of sharing that very thing. But okay, call my 800 number.
>> Tim Wildmon: go ahead and get the 800 number again.
>> Dr. Josh Mulvihill: 1-800-656-M8603. Okay, again, 800-656-8603. And I will personally get in touch with you. Give me your phone number right away.
>> Tim Wildmon: All right.
>> Dr. Josh Mulvihill: And I'll send you a book.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. Thanks James. Take care, my friend. God bless you and enjoy. you still get out there and surf a little bit, do you?
>> Dr. Josh Mulvihill: Yeah, not much because I'm older. It's harder to get up.
>> Tim Wildmon: You ever seen a shark out there?
>> Dr. Josh Mulvihill: it's been a long time since I've seen a shark, but yeah. All right, thanks, you know, thank you.
>> Tim Wildmon: Thank you, James. I sorry folks. I apologize for talking over James. So it's difficult sometimes to do A live radio program. Somebody's, you know, on the phone.
>> Tony Vitagliano: There's a delay.
>> Tim Wildmon: It's a delay. And then I feel like, well, I've got to talk, because there's silence. And then he starts talking. I start talking. But, James is a great guy. I've known him for a long time. Loves the Lord. And he trapped he. On his own expense. He travels. He's done this in many states. He'll go to a state and he'll. He'll just go to a campus and he'll have, you know, a sign or something or, you know, or handing out gospel tracts, and he'll engage with the students. He's not bashful. No. About sharing his faith. And he's passionate about seeing people get saved. Come to know the Lord. but these books are really, really good stories about how God intervened in people's lives. You're listening to today's issues. But I didn't know he was going to say call me on my. But you got him on Amazon too, didn't you?
>> Tony Vitagliano: Yeah, his. His book looks like it's available probably, you know.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, M. a lot of different books. The books are called Amazing Stories of Divine Intervention and then more Amazing Stories of Divine Intervention. and written by the gentleman you'd heard me talking to. James Lambert. L A M B E R. Yeah, if you call.
>> Tony Vitagliano: If you call them. I think the. The benefit of that is he'll send you a signed copy, whereas if you buy it all, like Amazon or something.
>> Tim Wildmon: Gotcha.
The Extraordinary Women Conference series is going all across America this weekend
All right. You're listening to Today's Issues. wanna, see Pam and Miley from Jonesboro, Arkansas? Stop by our studio, say hello. They're getting the grand tour out there.
>> Tony Vitagliano: Yep.
>> Tim Wildmon: down in our studios here, they're here for the Extraordinary Women Conference.
>> Chris Woodward: Yes, we will be covering that, by the way, for afn.
>> Tim Wildmon: The Extraordinary Women Conference series is going all across America. And, tomorrow night it comes to, tomorrow night. Saturday. It's in our hometown of Tupelo.
>> Chris Woodward: Correct.
>> Tim Wildmon: So my granddaughter to. My granddaughters are like 10 and 8 and they are going, to get to meet Anne Wilson.
>> Chris Woodward: Nice.
>> Tim Wildmon: The Christian singer.
>> Chris Woodward: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: You familiar with her music?
>> Chris Woodward: I am, yeah. She's the, Let me tell you about my Jesus. Yeah, she has other hits as well.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Chris Woodward: Very good.
>> Tim Wildmon: She's very well known. She's a very popular Christian. she's a Christian singer. But her. A lot of her music is worship songs too. Anyway, so they're huge fans of hers. And you know, when you're A child, and you get to meet a big famous singer. So they're, like, counting down the hours. Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: right.
>> Tony Vitagliano: That's good.
>> Tim Wildmon: So I, I tried to temper them a little bit. I said, listen, we're gonna get to see Anne Wilson if all things go okay. I said, you know, her flight may be delayed. we may, you know, run into a roadblock, have a flat tire. There's a number of things that will prevent you from meeting, Anne Wilson. And, anyway, you just.
>> Tony Vitagliano: You've got the bucket of cold water.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Tony Vitagliano: Right there.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, I knew when they jumping on them, they started crying.
>> Tony Vitagliano: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: And. And they. And they, they.
>> Tony Vitagliano: And you got to switch gears and be like, no, no, no.
>> Tim Wildmon: Right.
>> Tony Vitagliano: But you also may get to meet her. I don't know.
>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, that's right. No, I didn't do all that. People don't. Don't email me. I didn't, I didn't. I didn't try to temper their excitement at all. When I told them they were going to get to meet Anne Wilson, they're like, squeal.
>> Tony Vitagliano: Yeah.
>> Fred Jackson: You know.
>> Tim Wildmon: You know how that is.
>> Chris Woodward: Oh, yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: So they can't wait. So, and Wilson better show up.
>> Chris Woodward: Yes. Yes, I will put that.
>> Tim Wildmon: Or I will personally drive her hometown and find her.
>> Chris Woodward: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: So she can, sign an autograph for my little granddaughters.
>> Tony Vitagliano: Yeah.
>> Chris Woodward: What's funny is it's the Extraordinary Women's Conference, and I'm going with another man to cover it for afn.net Kirk Cameron is the head. The big speaker night. Yes. tomorrow night. And then he'll be followed by Anne Wilson on Saturday. It's a who's who of ladies. and the final speaker on Saturday afternoon is going to be Wriley Gaines. So stick with AFN over the weekend because we're going to have print coverage and then we'll have a lot of audio stuff come Monday morning.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, but that Extraordinary Women Conference series is. We've, always been supportive of that. And they. Again, they're going around the country, so look for them coming to a town near you, near. In the near future. You're listening to today's issues on American Family Radio. Tim, Tony, Fred, and Krish, what's your next story?
Virginia Circuit Court blocks new redistricting vote, saying it's unconstitutional
>> Chris Woodward: We have not heard the last of the Virginia redistricting, earlier this week, for people not aware Democrats got their way, in an effort to redistrict Virginia and make it from a purple state into a firm blue state. But, last night, Virginia Circuit
>> Tim Wildmon: Court way, you said, but right there thank you. Go ahead, say it again.
>> Chris Woodward: Meanwhile, Virginia Circuit judge, Jack Hurley blocked the new redistricting vote, saying it's unconstitutional. This is a legal win for Republicans. But new, Democrat attorney, General Jay Jones has already said they're going to appeal. So this story is still developing. But right now what was voter approved on Tuesday has now been blocked by at least one judge.
>> Tim Wildmon: Listen, most of the time I'm for the people's vote holding up over a court, decision because I don't think one judge should block a decision, by the citizens of a state. However, in this case, I'm with the judge because what the Democrats tried to do here, for those who don't know, in Virginia, of course redistricting goes on all the time all over America. But in Virginia, the Democrats there, they tried to, in the legislature, they put a vote up for the people of, of the state and the people of the state voted for this. But they want to take what amounts to basically a 50, 50 state and make it a 10 to 1 state. They have 11 U.S. house seats. Right. And they want to redistrict it to make it 10 in favor of 10 Democrats seats and one Republican when it's a 50, 50 state. So it's, it's raw. Yeah, just politics, that the Democrats are trying to.
>> Tony Vitagliano: Well, in the language, part of the argument that's being made is the language that was a part of the bill was very misleading.
>> Tim Wildmon: So you mean the referendum or the
>> Tony Vitagliano: bill, I'm sorry, the referendum that they voted on, using, using the phrase restore fairness. Yeah, I mean, yeah, if you're, if you're voting on a voting referendum.
>> Chris Woodward: Right.
>> Tim Wildmon: Who's again restoring fairness?
>> Tony Vitagliano: Who's gonna mark. No. Over storing fairness? Yeah, well, yes, absolutely.
>> Chris Woodward: To show you the hypocrisy of Democrats, as if anybody knew to this example. But to show you the hypocrisy of Democrats. In his post on X congratulating Virginia for doing what he wanted them to do, former President Barack Obama said congrats. Virginia Republicans are trying to tilt the elections in their favor. But you voted tonight the right way. Democrats are trying to tilt the election in their favor.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, yeah, that's right. So, but the judge, it was that a federal judge, Fred. Circuit judge, circuit state judge. stop. You can't do this.
>> Fred Jackson: It's going to be appealed by the Democratic AG said last night it's going to be appealed and so it'll go to the state supreme Court which may have the same problems with that.
>> Tim Wildmon: These Redistricting lines are just hilarious.
>> Fred Jackson: Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: in some of these states. Go to. Go to Illinois.
>> Fred Jackson: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: Type in Illinois congressional districts, Tony, and pull that up. Just a minute. I know people can't see what you're doing, but you want to. You want to see, some. Some squiggly lines.
>> Tony Vitagliano: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: Huh?
>> Tony Vitagliano: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: Look at that. They just. Well, some of it's like, right here. Yeah. Some of it's like, the big blue.
>> Tony Vitagliano: This big area right here. But then in the middle of that is.
>> Tim Wildmon: Other states have similar. But, man, they just go. Look at that little snake trail.
>> Tony Vitagliano: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: See what you're saying to the state of Illinois.
>> Fred Jackson: Tim, to your point that Virginia is a split state.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Fred Jackson: The results of the vote, which the Democrats spent millions of dollars on to get the vote owed, was still 51 49.
>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, it was that close.
>> Fred Jackson: Oh, it was really close.
>> Tim Wildmon: That proves the point there.
>> Tony Vitagliano: Simple majority.
>> Tim Wildmon: They're basically a 50, 50 state. They just got through having a Republican governor and lieutenant governor and ag. So, yes, I would say Democrat, Democrats, have a slight margin in Virginia. but it's like you said, 59, 49. It's not very much m. The current.
>> Tony Vitagliano: The current layout is six to five, I believe, Congressional seats. So, I mean, yeah, it's a pure. It's a pure power grab.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yep.
>> Tony Vitagliano: and it's everything that they complained and we're in an uproar about the Texas was trying to do.
>> Dr. Josh Mulvihill: Right.
>> Tony Vitagliano: Remember all that. So.
Late yesterday, we learned that Navy Secretary John Phelan is out
>> Tim Wildmon: All right, today's issue is the name of the show. We're just about out of time. Fred, did you have something you wanted to bring up or.
>> Fred Jackson: no, other than. Well, we'll go back. And there's always controversy, it seems, in the Trump administration. Late yesterday, we learned that Navy Secretary John Phelan is, Well, some reports said he quit. Others said he was eased out. I, think it is safe to say that the War Secretary Hegseth and the president, they were not pleased with him. So he is out. And,
>> Tim Wildmon: So we'll have an acting Secretary of the Navy. Don't they, now?
>> Fred Jackson: Yes, they will. Yes.
>> Chris Woodward: Until a new one is confirmed.
>> Fred Jackson: Yes.
>> Chris Woodward: Yeah, I know who the acting one is.
>> Tim Wildmon: Who's the acting one, Krish?
>> Chris Woodward: according to Google, as of April 22, Hung Cow is serving as the acting Secretary of the Navy. I'm sorry.
>> Tim Wildmon: I hope I got you laughing, because
>> Chris Woodward: I hope I got it right. I just butchered it.
>> Tony Vitagliano: I didn't see anything funny about.
>> Tim Wildmon: No, I didn't. Hong Kong Yeah.
>> Fred Jackson: He's a Vietnamese, descent.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yes. Thus. That's the Asian name.
>> Fred Jackson: Yes, yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: Which is not. I'll tell you what's funny. And, and where is he from? Vietnam.
>> Fred Jackson: he's a Vietnamese descent.
>> Tim Wildmon: He's the Vietnamese descent.
>> Fred Jackson: Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: You. If you are having a radio show in Vietnam and they said Krish Woodward.
>> Tony Vitagliano: That's true.
>> Tim Wildmon: They would start out. They would start howling.
>> Chris Woodward: To his credit, he is a retired Navy captain and 25 year veteran as this. As the son of a Navy man. Thank you for your service.
>> Tony Vitagliano: Absolutely.
>> Dr. Josh Mulvihill: Yes.
>> Tony Vitagliano: And I'm just kidding, Krish.
>> Tim Wildmon: You know Jimmy Buffett had a song. Son of a Son of a Navy Man.
>> Chris Woodward: He did.
>> Tim Wildmon: Did you know this?
>> Chris Woodward: Yeah. The Carpenters did a cover of that.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. Krish always. He always comes back to the Carpenters for Krish.
>> Chris Woodward: When it doubts. When ask you a question about music, just guess the Carpenter.
>> Tim Wildmon: Guess the Carpenters. All right, we'll be back momentarily with more of today's issues on American Family Radio. Steve Paisley Dordal is right around the corner.
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