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Today's Issues offers a Christian response to the issues of the day
Welcome to today's Issues, offering a Christian response to the issues of the day. Here's your host, Tim Wildmon, president 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 joining us here on afr. And, we're here every. Here every day. But we're here with this show Monday through Friday from 10:00 o', clock, 10:05, technically to 11:30. And we, talk to you about the current events going on in our country and in our world. And hopefully we try to give you a biblical worldview on such issues as they apply. Not everything is, you know, not everything is like that way, if you understand what I'm saying.
Wesley Wildman says frustration and anger can turn into sin
All right, so joining me in studio today is Wesley. I'm adjusting my chair. Chair. Wildmon, let's get it adjusted.
>> Wesley Wildmon: I do understand what you're saying. I just don't understand why my chair's not working.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, I'm sitting here watching you fix your chair. You're gonna be able to get it worked out.
>> Wesley Wildmon: I'm about to break it.
>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, out of frustration, you know, frustration and anger, they can turn into sin.
>> Tim Wildmon: They can.
>> Wesley Wildmon: You understand it cost you, too, right?
>> Chris Woodward: Y.
>> Tim Wildmon: It could cost you, save it for other.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Something other than a chair.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yes, something more important, like, I don't know, college football or an error that cost you the youth baseball league game. Things that really matter. That's what you need to save your anger for.
>> Wesley Wildmon: That's what we'll do.
Chris Woodward with the chair adjusted in studio with Tony Battagliano
>> Tim Wildmon: All right, Chris Woodward's here with the chair adjusted.
>> Chris Woodward: Yes, I have it on the highest setting because I need it.
>> Tim Wildmon: And in studio with us is Tony Battagliano. Tony, good morning, brother.
>> Jeff Chamblee: Good morning.
>> Whitney Vitagliano: Good morning. It could be righteous anger that Wesley had at his chair. That which is, to be honest with.
>> Wesley Wildmon: You, I don't think it is. Appreciate you. Tony's a good friend trying to play cover for you. Tony doesn't flip this table, I think.
>> Frank Gaffney: Right.
>> Tim Wildmon: And adjusting chair is a stretch. Tony, I would. I would Agree with you.
Tim: Ray Pritchard joins us from sunny central Florida
Okay, now hold on now. We got another fella here joining us here, Ray Pritchard from Florida. Good morning, Ray.
>> Tim Wildmon: Hey, good morning, Tim. Hello from sunny central Florida. Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: Ah, you know what? We're going to get tired of you saying that every time you're on for us during the, during the winter months.
>> Wesley Wildmon: You know what, what could have happened, if we get tired of it and you know that we don't want to hear it. You could just set up your office outside your studio and they really fly and not even say anything. Just let the background say the sun.
>> Tim Wildmon: And, and the wind and. Yeah, yeah, it's pretty nice here, right?
>> Wesley Wildmon: Especially at 10 o' clock in the morning.
>> Tim Wildmon: Absolutely. Well, we're, we're hanging on here at 64 here in Tupelo. And so much of the, much of the south still hanging on to a little bit of warm weather before we hit December, January and February. Well, a lot to talk about today on the program, Ray. Give us a good word, from the Bible, if you would, start us.
Tim Devotion: Contentment is a choice. Paul says in 1st Timothy 6
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, here we are one week before Thanksgiving and for some people, a wonderful time of the year. I got a lot of friends, Tim M. Who are coming into Thanksgiving with mixed feelings. It's been a hard year, particularly on the health front for so many people I know. Thinking about what the Bible says, Paul says, I've learned to have a lot. I've learned to have a little. I'm okay either way. I have learned to be content whatever my circumstances. I think the most important part of that verse that by the way is Philippians chapter four, is I have learned contentment is, as the Puritan writer Jeremy Burroughs put it, it's the rare jewel, the rare jewel of Christian contentment. Paul said in 1st Timothy 6 that godliness with contentment is great gain. It's a good thing to be godly, but it's something much better if as you are growing in the Lord God has given you the grace of contentment, which I simply define as being glad with where you are and what you are and with what God has given you. So, Tim, a little story. We. We have a young grandson who is three years old. Three going on 30 I think he is. His name is Noah. He is full of life. He gets great vocabulary talks all the time. So he was over at our house when we were in. Still in Kansas about two weeks ago. He was over at our house and Marlene had made a cake for. For the. For Knox and Violet and Noah. And, it was time to serve the cake And Marlene cut a piece of the cake and it was just normal size, gave it to Noah, and he wrinkled up his nose and said, oh, I wanted a big piece. And Marlene smiled and looked at him and said, noah, this is a big piece of. He looked at it, wrinkled up his nose, and then he said, okay, I guess I'll call it a big piece. And then he ate it. You know what? There's a tremendous lesson there. So much of contentment is our perspective is the way we look at life. Well, God bless a three year old boy who's learned to look at something that may not be exactly what he wanted and said, okay, I'm going to call it a big piece anyway. Reminds me of what, Solomon said in Proverbs 17:1, Better a dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting with strife. That little comparison there's just inviting us to understand, no matter where you are, as the saying goes, well, things could be worse. It's better to live in quietness and peace, even though you don't have a great feast, than to be in a house with a lot of money and a big meal and people arguing around the Thanksgiving table. So let me say this and then I'll finish. Charles Spurgeon said, if you are not content with what you have, you wouldn't be content if it were doubled. Oh, how true that is. Contentment is a choice. It's a constant, moment by moment choice, to believe that God loves us, that he has our best interest at heart, that we have in this moment exactly what he wants us to have. When we need more, whatever that more is, when we need more, he'll give it to us. But my friends, as we come up to Thanksgiving, we have every reason to praise and be thankful to God. Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. So if you're breathing today, my friends, breathe out a prayer of thanksgiving to God. Contentment is a great blessing, and life is miserable if you don't have it and much better if you don't. So when you look at what is given you, let's call it a big piece and be content and give thanks to God.
>> Tim Wildmon: Amen. Amen. as I said growing up in the Methodist Church, may the Lord add His blessing to the reading of His Word. In this case, to raise,
>> Wesley Wildmon: Devotion.
>> Tim Wildmon: Devotion there. By the way, if somebody wanted to read that themselves. Where are you getting this from? I know there's a lot of verses in the Bible about what you do.
>> Tim Wildmon: Philippians 4, 11, 12, and then first Timothy chapter 6, verses 6 and 7. And then Proverbs 17, verse 1.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. Amen, brother.
All right. It's all a matter of perspective. Till your chair doesn't work. That's where things switch up
All right. You're listening to today's issues on American Family Radio, where we are content. That's right. until we're not.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Till your chair doesn't work.
>> Tim Wildmon: Till your chair doesn't work. Oh, me. The human condition right now.
>> Whitney Vitagliano: When grandson gets to be an adult, he'll tell people. That piece is a small piece of cake. Right. Just to make yourself feel better. That's where things switch up. No, this is a small piece, not a big piece.
>> Tim Wildmon: It's all a matter of perspective. Right.
>> Tim Wildmon: All a matter of perspective. Amen.
American Family association had some websites down due to suspected CPU problem
All right, so much to, get to. first thing I wanted to talk about. We, we've had some of our websites down here at American Family association, and we learned, Tony, that, this is a big deal now. I think our websites are back up now, but as of an hour ago, we weren't. And there's a, big Internet issue going on around the globe right now.
>> Whitney Vitagliano: Well, it actually has, as of now, has been resolved. So Cloudflare, is a, service net service provider, globally. They, I, mean, they have some big names that they host for, so X Chat, GPT, Canvas, Spotify. A lot of big services were down this morning as of around, 6:30 central, time they went down. So they had an issue, on their internal services. They said it was related. Caused. Related to. Caused by a massive CPU spike in their.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, that's happened to me, brother.
>> Whitney Vitagliano: You don't want to give my kids too much sugar. They get a massive CPU spike.
>> Tim Wildmon: No.
>> Whitney Vitagliano: So basically something, went wrong in their internal systems. they said it was suspicious. I don't know what that means. Hopefully their report will, will give more information about it. But yeah, we were down all of our external sites and our apps were down, up until, shortly. Recently.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Dad noticed right away. Yeah, it was the first owner.
>> Tim Wildmon: Click, click, click. I'm watching 247 on this. Let me ask you, Let me ask you this. I don't want to get too wonky here because, we will bore people and they would change the channel.
>> Frank Gaffney: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, so we need to keep this.
>> Wesley Wildmon: I'll be your meter here. I'll let you know.
>> Tim Wildmon: Please let me know if you start. If you start dozing off on our watch.
>> Whitney Vitagliano: Wesley and I, while I'm talking.
>> Tim Wildmon: Tony and I can talk later. Go. We can talk high tech all day long.
Chris: Cloudflare could be being targeted by bad actors
Let me ask you this question. there are, there are about three or four big, big companies like Cloudflare and what's the Amazon.
>> Whitney Vitagliano: Yeah, aws. And it's Amazon's.
>> Tim Wildmon: They went down a month ago.
>> Whitney Vitagliano: About a month ago.
>> Frank Gaffney: Yeah.
>> Whitney Vitagliano: That was a big deal too. It was down the, a lot of the east coast with them.
>> Tim Wildmon: So, Okay, I'm asking you to speculate right here. Okay. So could, in this kind of situation, would you be, you could be a mouse got in the, in the computer system room. But I'm talking. I'm just kidding. But, the, the. These, because we live in a interconnected world, could, could, let's say bad actors in a foreign country like China, for example, who, you know, just wants to see how this might interrupt, with American business and commerce. Could they. Because somebody like that be behind this. Russia be behind.
>> Whitney Vitagliano: I mean. So here's the thing with the incidents like these, with what happened with, Amazon about a month ago, and now you have Cloudflare. Cloudflare, they account for about 20%, of web traffic goes to Cloudflare service.
>> Tim Wildmon: In the world.
>> Whitney Vitagliano: In the world, yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: Wow. Wow.
>> Whitney Vitagliano: So here's the thing with, with these companies, anytime something like this happens, there's always going to be some internal issue that happened, some update that, you know, caused.
>> Tim Wildmon: They're not going to come out and say, hey, we were, we were. It's our fault, we were violated.
>> Whitney Vitagliano: Yeah, exactly. That would, that would just probably cause undue panic. But the, a, an unusual spike. If you know a little bit about computers, that's generally because someone is pushing the button and trying to accelerate, and test the system to see what would happen.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay.
>> Whitney Vitagliano: Obviously, they found out what happens. If you press the gas a little bit on Cloudflare services, it can cause disruptions. So I don't think it. To me, I'm put.
>> Tim Wildmon: You're speculating.
>> Whitney Vitagliano: Yeah. It's not beyond the realm of possibility to think, that maybe someone like a China or a Russia or Iran, a bad actor, might just be poking and prodding. I m mean, for this, for this to happen a month after what happened to Amazon.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah, that's right.
>> Tim Wildmon: I don't know. Maybe.
>> Whitney Vitagliano: Maybe there are m. Maybe there are multiple mice in the system like you said. but it may be a little bit too much of a.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Well, you've piqued my interest.
>> Whitney Vitagliano: I actually got rope in the whole time.
>> Chris Woodward: Yeah. These days. I'm sorry, go ahead. Well, these days you don't even have to worry about like a government, a foreign government. There's even like Rogue actors within. And then you have, like, anarchists. You've got people out there, that are like radical environmentalists that want to blow up pipelines. It could be any number of people and not just a foreign government that could be behind something like this or something.
>> Tim Wildmon: But you would have to have an ulterior motive. Seem to me you don't just sit around and hire people to do this kind of thing. If they were hired, they either want ransom money, like we see going on with companies. A lot of times, they get hacked, they get attacked, their data is exposed, and then, and then the, you know, these, bad actors, they want, are you going to pay us but 100 grand to get your data back and that kind of thing. So that kind of thing goes on. Go ahead.
>> Wesley Wildmon: So how much of this type of work, dirty work. Could be the future of war, you know what I mean?
>> Chris Woodward: Cyber war.
>> Whitney Vitagliano: It's, I mean, it's, it's definitely the country.
>> Wesley Wildmon: The country. Not necessarily like.
>> Whitney Vitagliano: No, I understand what you're saying. Yeah, this is definitely a front for future warfare. And there's a front for what I consider kind of a cold war even now. So to Chris's point, you know, if, if an attack is linked back to a bad actor group, you know, it might be some, rogue group. Oftentimes that rogue group is sponsored by a state, but it's a proxy so that you can't draw a direct connection back to Russia or to China or to Iran. So it is definitely the, the, A new front for warfare.
Can you imagine just how connected everything is with the Internet
I mean, can you imagine just how connected everything is with the Internet? What type of chaos you could create by attacking, a nation's Internet connection?
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. You know, commerce goes down. Banking.
>> Frank Gaffney: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: In particular, banking goes.
>> Frank Gaffney: Right.
>> Tim Wildmon: Let's say banking goes down, you know, for, five days, you know, in the, United States, because of a hit like this.
>> Whitney Vitagliano: Right.
>> Tim Wildmon: you know, it's just, that's, that's a real possibility. It is. When something like this happens. What happened today and what happened with the Amazon servers, you go, well, they are vulnerable. they may get it fixed pretty quick, but they, they've proven that they are vulnerable.
>> Whitney Vitagliano: Right.
>> Tim Wildmon: You know, they are vulnerable. What's the other. You said Amazon and Cloud, flare. What's the other company or two that.
>> Whitney Vitagliano: so you got Microsoft, the big boys. Microsoft's Azure services, they, they do some of the same, provide the same services. those are, those are the big boys. Those are the major players.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. Yeah.
Tony Vitagliano will host Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
Okay. So, Tony, next Monday, you're going to be here in my seat because I, think your dad's going to be here, too.
>> Whitney Vitagliano: Yeah, he's going to be Tony's dad.
>> Tim Wildmon: Ever. Tagliano will be here to oversee how you're doing. Pull the plug.
>> Whitney Vitagliano: If it gets. If it gets.
>> Tim Wildmon: I think on Tuesday, it's just going to be you, Ray. You going to be here next Tuesday?
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, I'm here Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, so it'll be.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Ray, it'll be a thinner crowd.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, yeah. I'm saying you and I'll be out of town.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Right.
>> Tim Wildmon: So I wanted people to know Tony's going to be hosting next, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Wednesday, too? Or no? Yeah, yeah, Wednesday too. So what I'm saying to you, Tony, in front of all our listeners is, is that, I just want you to understand we built a great thing here with today's issues, and we're handing.
>> Wesley Wildmon: It to you and hold two times.
>> Tim Wildmon: Three times, three days. And we just, we just. You just don't need to blow it.
>> Wesley Wildmon: We don't want to come back with less listeners.
>> Whitney Vitagliano: That's about less listeners.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, yeah. I want listeners to know you're going to be hosting, Monday again with your dad, Tuesday with Ray. And, in all seriousness, so looking forward to having you fill in for, for us and, and handle the show. Okay.
>> Whitney Vitagliano: I had to do it.
>> Tim Wildmon: All right. That's Tony Vitagliano. Yes. He's Ed Vitagliano's only son, and he's going to be here. Thank you, Tony. Appreciate it.
American Family Radio's website is back up
You're listening to Today's issues on American Family Radio. Tim, Wesley, Chris and Ray. all right, Chris, what's your first story there?
>> Chris Woodward: Well, this is something that is happening today, and you can read about it on our website, afn.net which is back up. Yes, which is back up. Thanks to the hard work, many people, that are much more smarter than me.
>> Tim Wildmon: If that's grammatically smarter, that word is smarterer there.
>> Chris Woodward: I have a BA in communication.
President Trump has offered to sell Saudi Arabia some of our military equipment
All right, so the, Saudi crown prince is going to get a warm embrace today from President Trump and U.S. businesses. they're going to have a, gathering today at the White House. they're going to discuss, business, trade, issues in the Middle east there. President Trump has even offered to sell Saudi Arabia some of our military equipment. And I can say that based on some audio here from the POTUS himself. Clip 8.
>> Speaker H: Are you planning to sell F35s to Saudi Arabia? And also, are you looking at doing a Similar security agreement like you did with.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, no, I am planning on doing that.
>> Frank Gaffney: Yeah.
>> Ed Vitagliano: You're going to.
>> Tim Wildmon: They want to buy. You've been a great ally. They've got to like us very much. Look at the Iran situation, what we did in terms of obliterating, you know, their. We obliterated their nuclear capability. Yeah. I will say that we will be doing, doing that. We'll be selling F35 guys.
>> Chris Woodward: some people are concerned about this because you've got somebody from Saudi Arabia at the White House, and we're talking about trade and whatnot. But the alternative there is not getting along and risking some sort of conflict and them not being on our side or an ally.
>> Tim Wildmon: Right. Comment on this, if you would. I got some thoughts myself, but go ahead.
>> Tim Wildmon: Look, the. Are there radical elements in Saudi Arabia? Absolutely. do they do everything to push Christian worship underground, and out of sight? Absolutely. Is it a Muslim nation? Yes. All of that is true. It's also true that the royal house of Saudi Arabia is moderate in Middle east terms. They've been friendly with the US And I think behind closed doors, they've been friendly and helpful to the nation of Israel. So, this isn't, in my opinion, Tim, it's not a bad thing for President Trump to do. They have been friendly to us, and we ought to try to help our friends in the Middle east and try to get some more if we can.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, I agree with that. people would say, why would you sell, fighter jets to Saudi Arabia? Well, Saudi Arabia has not been at war or in any kind of conflict that I can remember. with, Israel, any of our allies. Israel, yes. So Israel, and Egypt, Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia are the countries, the Arab countries that surround Israel. Except for on the north, you got Lebanon and, Syria. And we're trying to build a good relationship with a new Syrian guy so, you know, keep peace in the region. You're not going to change these people's religion. Okay. And they do have radical factions. this is where Bin Laden grew up, you know, Wahabi ism. Is that what it's called in, the part. The branch of Islam? Ray, Wahabi ism, that's kind of radical over there.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yes, right.
>> Tim Wildmon: Saudi Arabia. So, but the Saudis, they like money, they like oil. I'm talking about the royal family. they like, they like the good life. Okay. They don't want to get in any war with Israel. the Saudi Arabia, that serves him no purpose. They're not radicalized like that as a, as a royal family, a kingdom, if you will. Also, you have the Sunni Shia situation. Pardon me? You have the Sunni Shia situation. So the Arabs in, their Sunni, okay, think of this like Protestant, Catholic, if you would. The Arabs that surround Israel and that part of the world, they are what you call Sunni branch, Muslims. The Shia would be like the Persians, like in Iran, for example. And they don't like each other, worse than Catholics and Protestants. They don't like each other. They think each other, are a. Occult. Right. Correct me if I'm wrong here.
>> Tim Wildmon: No, that's right. There's. There's been animosity between the Sunnis and the Shias, especially from Shias to the Sunnis, because what the, Sunni Muslims is about what, 80%?
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: And she is about 15. So if you're she, you're already outnumbered. And this goes back to an ancient debate, what, 1500 years old or 1400 years old, which branch is the true descendants or should be the true descendants of Muhammad? Right. The Sunnis, that branch, they won out. And the Shias have not forgotten it for all of these years.
>> Tim Wildmon: So here's my bottom line about this. Strategically, militarily, US President Trump saying he's going to sell fighter jets to Saudi Arabia really is more a check against Iran than it is against Israel, than it is a threat to Israel. You see what I'm saying?
>> Chris Woodward: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: So, I think that best explains it. Go ahead.
>> Chris Woodward: I looked it up a minute ago. Saudi Arabia has been involved in a couple of conflicts against Russia, but they were decades ago. Russia, not Russia, Israel. I'm so sorry.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's a big difference.
>> Chris Woodward: Yeah, it is a big difference. I'll see.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Sound like me trying to comment on the foreign affairs.
>> Chris Woodward: I'll see myself out.
Ray: Saudi Arabia was involved in two conflicts 52 years ago
but, yeah, Saudi, Arabia was involved in two conflicts, the 1948 Arab Israeli War and the 1973 Yom Kippur War, which was 52 years ago.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, it's been a long, long time since they've had any kind of military conflict. As I say, the Saudi royal family, they, they like money, they like people buying oil from them.
>> Chris Woodward: They sure do.
>> Tim Wildmon: And they like the good life.
>> Chris Woodward: so they're getting a red carpet treatment right now, as we speak at the.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Oh, yeah, very literally.
>> Chris Woodward: Literally, there's red carpet there for them to walk on.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. Now, it's always funny to me, Ray, when you get these leaders from around the world who kiss each other.
>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: On the left cheek and the right Cheek.
>> Tim Wildmon: Right.
>> Tim Wildmon: And then the Western leaders, a lot of them, they don't go for that.
>> Tim Wildmon: There's a big. There's a big culture.
>> Tim Wildmon: I don't think President Trump's going to be kissing anybody.
>> Chris Woodward: That's why Paul said, greet each other with a holy kiss.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's right. I don't think President Trump follows that.
>> Tim Wildmon: No, he's not going to do that. You know, he's going to shake your hand maybe, but I don't know. Do they do high fives, when they greet each other over there? I don't know if they do.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Maybe in a comedy skit, but nothing but.
President Trump is hosting the, um, what's his name
>> Tim Wildmon: Anyway, all right, so President Trump is hosting the, what's his name? The Royal France.
>> Chris Woodward: Come back after the break and I'll let you know.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Mohammed, Ben Salama.
>> Chris Woodward: There you go.
>> Tim Wildmon: Wesley. I don't know.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Not Salama. Salmon.
>> Tim Wildmon: That was a miss.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Solomon.
>> Tim Wildmon: Solomon, you, need to stop right there.
>> Chris Woodward: I think some, people say Salmon.
>> Tim Wildmon: Wesley. Doing you guys.
>> Wesley Wildmon: It's just.
>> Tim Wildmon: Listen, we're gonna work this out over the break.
>> Wesley Wildmon: I got Muhammad right?
>> Tim Wildmon: You did get Muhammad right, I'll give you that. Just that you guys are doing a Mississippi take on, a name you can't pronounce very well.
>> Wesley Wildmon: That's right.
>> Tim Wildmon: And it makes us look bad.
>> Wesley Wildmon: It does.
>> Tim Wildmon: You know what I'm saying to the rest, the of agree with that. And they hear you do. Butchering names.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Look at this one. Look at this name.
>> Tim Wildmon: Just say, I don't know.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Look at this name.
>> Tim Wildmon: All right, we'll be back in a minute. Stay with us.
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Dr. Ian Day is the chief medical officer for Medishare
>> Tim Wildmon: Hey, welcome m back, everybody, to Today's Issues on the American Family Radio Network. Thanks for listening to afr, Tim. I'm Tim with Wesley and Chris and Ray. And, joining us now, is Dr. Ian Day. He is the, chief medical officer for Medishare. And you hear them advertised here and promoted on American Family Radio often and how we've done this for years and years. And, Dr. Day joins us. Good morning, brother.
>> Frank Gaffney: Good morning, Tim. And thank you so much for having me on your show.
>> Tim Wildmon: Where do you live?
>> Frank Gaffney: I live in Cocoa, Florida.
>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, you know, Florida, like Cocoa Beach.
>> Frank Gaffney: Very close to that and near the headquarters for Medicare, which is in Melbourne, Florida.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. You're not too far from Ray Pritchards on the View is on the. He's one of our co hosts today. He's down there in. You're on the west coast though, aren't you, Ray?
>> Tim Wildmon: That's right. Hudson, Florida.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Frank Gaffney: You're on the west coast. Yeah, I'm on the east coast. So east of Orlando. If people are not familiar with Florida, Cocoa and Melbourne areas east of Orlando.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. Are you a surfer? Are you?
>> Frank Gaffney: No, I'm not a surfer.
>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, dude, you need to get out there. Yeah.
>> Frank Gaffney: Huh?
>> Wesley Wildmon: dude.
>> Frank Gaffney: But I've seen a lot of,
>> Tim Wildmon: See what I did there?
>> Frank Gaffney: Shark bites. And in New Smyrna beach, on surfers.
>> Chris Woodward: You got Medicare for that, Chris.
>> Tim Wildmon: See what you did there?
I'm the chief medical officer for Medishare. And so in general, I provide leadership for
All right, let's talk about Medicare because I wanted to let people know from you, because you're, what's your role there with Medicare?
>> Frank Gaffney: Oh, I'm the chief medical officer for Medishare. And so in general, I provide leadership for clinical operations and health and wellness, give oversight to clinical initiatives, healthcare education, medicine programs, health coaching with regard to diet, exercise, weight loss.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay.
>> Frank Gaffney: and we all come alongside during healthcare journeys of our members. They're hospitalized new illnesses, cancers, and I help to give all, oversight to these initiatives.
>> Tim Wildmon: I got you. So tell our listeners, who maybe don't know, maybe they're new listers. I know we have a lot of new listers in, in the Des Moines, Iowa area and other places. We are new on the air Tell our listeners exactly what Medishare is and what you guys do.
>> Frank Gaffney: Well, thanks for that opportunity.
Christian Care ministry is an accredited healthcare sharing ministry
Sometimes people hear Medicare and they hear Christian care ministry. So maybe it might be helpful to talk about both. Christian Care Net ministry is a Not for profit 501c3 organization that administers the Medicare program. Now what is the program? So the Medishare program is an accredited healthcare sharing ministry. The Medishare program is a membership, a community of believers that enables members to share in other members medical bills according to the guidelines voted on by the members. And the purpose of Medishare is to bring Christians together to share God's blessings and to share each other's burdens. Members share in each other's eligible medical bills, that is bills from doctors, hospitals, operations, treatments, et cetera. But we also share in the spiritual burdens that often arise in the healthcare journey. Staff come alongside members in prayer with every call and staff come along members with coaching and education. And with these calls, hundreds of thousands of prayers go out every year. It's really a fantastic thing. And it's important to know that the Medishare program is built on a foundation of like ideals agreed upon by the members. So the bottom line, there's peace of mind knowing the people sharing your contributions are not using your money for things that conflict with your faith. In other words, there's peace of mind participating in God honoring health care.
>> Tim Wildmon: How do you differ from insurance, medical insurance?
>> Frank Gaffney: Well, the healthcare sharing ministry, what we do is a bill comes in for a member's medical expense and we look at the guidelines that were voted on and created by the membership and see if that member's bills are shareable and if so, the members through their individual accounts share in that medical expense. And it works. So Medicare has a proven track record. For over 30 years the Medicare community has shared in every eligible medical bill as ah, determined by the actual members in their guidelines.
>> Tim Wildmon: You mean. Okay, so for example, excuse me, for example, so you probably can't smoke, you can't drink, you can't cuss. Am I right? I was kidding.
>> Frank Gaffney: Yeah, that's, that's correct.
>> Tim Wildmon: I was kidding about the custom part. But the other two, but that, the other two. I was, I was right. In other words, you can't have a lifestyle that leads to health problems that, that are avoidable. And so that to be, to be eligible to be a part of Medicare. right, that's right.
>> Frank Gaffney: That's so important and that also a distinction from insurance is that all adult members must attest to a personal relationship with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, profess to the statement of faith even to order in order, even to qualify for membership. Our members don't share in things that arise out of a non biblical lifestyle. For example, gender reassignment operation, if you happen to get in a drunk driver accident, the membership doesn't share in those expenses. If you're using illegal drugs and then deposit.
>> Tim Wildmon: Right.
>> Frank Gaffney: We don't, we don't share in abortions.
>> Tim Wildmon: Hey, one other thing. Let me ask you this about. Okay, so you, let's say I, am a member of Medicare, and I show up at the hospital because my son broke his arm. Okay. Is the hospital, when you tell them, they're going to say, well, show us your insurance card or what kind of insurance do you have? Are they going to look at you funny when you say I have Medicare and we share, I share our bills. Are they going to, are they going to know about this? Are they going to be accepting of this?
>> Frank Gaffney: Medicare has been around for so long. Usually hospitals recognize the card. So like with insurance, you have a card. Well, you go to a provider, like for example, either an office or a hospital or this what the situation you described as an emergency, you show your Medicare card and on the back side of the card it shows the provider, the hospital, you know what, how to electronically file the bill.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, gotcha.
We have a live person available to you from our contact center
Well, tell our listeners what they need to do now if they're interested in your ministry slash service, and how they can learn more and join.
>> Frank Gaffney: Sure. So it's really easy. It's medashare.com metashare.com and on that first page there, there's a frequently asked questions, an opportunity to learn more right on that first page there. And you'll, as soon as you start entering though the queries there, you'll be hooked up with a live person or some other assistance to guide you through the process and learning more about MetaShare. It's all right there on the online form.
>> Tim Wildmon: But it will be a live person. Right?
>> Frank Gaffney: Live person. And we've sometimes brought in technologies.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. Could you help out as well? Most of our listeners like to talk to a real person, you know what I'm saying?
>> Frank Gaffney: And that's available.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. Because you get, you get lost in that, for this tap one, you know, for Hungarian tap three. And Oh yeah, you know what I'm saying?
>> Frank Gaffney: I'll come live person. We have a live person available to you from our contact center.
>> Tim Wildmon: Awesome. Awesome. Oh, well, hey, by the way, so you're a, you're like, have you been an emergency room doctor or something? Because you mentioned you've seen people with shark bites down there.
>> Frank Gaffney: That's right. That was in New Smyrna beaches, the shark bite capital of the United States. New Smyrna Beach, Florida. Now you work in that, that hospital? I'm a hospitalist. That's the type of practice I have.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, well, you're not going to be invited to be a part of their you know, welcome and convention, business, bureau there. Since you called it the shark bite.
>> Chris Woodward: You're going to watch Short Week with the rest of us.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Frank Gaffney: These New Smyrna, they're famous for that. Or maybe it's infamous. They're well known for that.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: You go to New Smyrna beach, you want to hold it to ankle high.
>> Wesley Wildmon: That's right, that's right.
>> Tim Wildmon: You're going to go walking on the beach. I'm sure it's a beautiful beach, but you just don't want to go at wading out there too far. All right.
>> Frank Gaffney: I'm a family physician by training and hospitalist by the type of practice hospital based medicine.
>> Tim Wildmon: Hospitalist. Okay.
Dr. Ian Day: May you have a wonderful Thanksgiving
All right, well, Dr. Ian Day, has been our guest. Dr. Ian, that's his first name, Day. And we appreciate you being on with us, brother. And you have a wonderful Thanksgiving. And may you may you be health. May you have good health. Okay. Amen.
>> Frank Gaffney: God bless you, Tim. And thank you. And God bless all the listeners.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, thank you.
New Smyrna Beach has recorded 300 shark bites since 1980s
You're been bit by shark, Wesley, I.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Have not been bitten by a shark. Only in my worst dreams.
>> Chris Woodward: Oh my goodness. I looked at the stats on this place.
>> Tim Wildmon: What? New Smyrna Beach?
>> Chris Woodward: Yes. according to the Internet, something called the International Shark Attack file has recorded over 300 shark bites in New Smyrna beach since the 1980s, making it the site of more bites than anywhere in the US the high number of bites is due to a perfect storm of conditions including murky water, abundant bait fish and a high number of people in the water, especially surfers seeking consistent waves. most bites are considered minor. I don't know who considers a shark bite to be minor when the sharks mistaking humans for minor.
>> Tim Wildmon: Unless it happens to you.
>> Chris Woodward: Right?
>> Wesley Wildmon: That's it.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. You ever been bit by shark Ray?
>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, no.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay.
>> Tim Wildmon: In where we are around here, alligators are ah.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Higher.
>> Tim Wildmon: Higher risk.
>> Wesley Wildmon: They're higher priorities or, or iguanas.
>> Tim Wildmon: I hate it, not biting.
>> Tim Wildmon: But iguanas they can't. They can't. They can't take off a, digit, can they?
>> Wesley Wildmon: No, but just from an injury from an animal, you're more likely to have a fallen iguana.
>> Tim Wildmon: Oh. Than you are an eagle that you're.
>> Tim Wildmon: Walking along and all of a sudden a great big lizard hits you.
>> Wesley Wildmon: This is going to take over part of the identity of today.
>> Tim Wildmon: Fallen iguanas, well, we want to make sure we keep. Help people safe.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's right.
>> Wesley Wildmon: We took Medicare and now we're having.
>> Tim Wildmon: so one other thing about that is the. You showed me pictures of where you. Your new residence is down there in Florida. And Florida does have alligators. I mean, they do have alligators. And you said, you were told there was an alligator in a pond near you there.
>> Tim Wildmon: You know, this, this property, Word of Life, is about 180 or 190 or 200 acres, something like that. And. But there's water everywhere. And the Fish and wildlife people here say they're over 200 alligators. Maybe 250 on the property, including. I'm pointing, right.
>> Tim Wildmon: I know.
>> Tim Wildmon: Just, just, just a couple hundred yards. Oh, no, much closer than that. Maybe M. Maybe 15 yards away, there's a little lagoon. And there's alligators out there. Haven't seen any yet, but some of our grandkids are coming in, on Wednesday to spend a few days with us. And we're going to go out at night with.
>> Tim Wildmon: Alligators. Lark.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yes, they do.
>> Tim Wildmon: They lurk. And so I told you.
>> Frank Gaffney: You need.
>> Tim Wildmon: To keep your, Your little dog.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yes. Keep Sadie.
>> Tim Wildmon: Keep her away from just wandering down there.
>> Chris Woodward: yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: Listen.
>> Tim Wildmon: On a leash.
>> Tim Wildmon: Said he'd be a real fine snack for an alligator.
>> Tim Wildmon: I know.
>> Tim Wildmon: She might not know. She wouldn't know how dangerous that animal was.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, they snatched that. You do read about them snatching dogs and such.
Speaking of snacks, have you had alligator? Is anybody very good
>> Chris Woodward: Speaking of snacks, have you had alligator? Is anybody very good? It's good. It's very good.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Alligator.
>> Chris Woodward: It's like the texture of steak, but it tastes like chicken. No joke.
>> Tim Wildmon: It tastes like chicken. What everybody says.
>> Tim Wildmon: I have a policy, and it's a personal one, you know, I don't anything that can kill me, you know what I'm saying? With a bite. I, typically don't want to eat them unless it's fried, because there's karma there in the world, you know? Fried, unless it's fried.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Unless it's fried. If it's fried, it's gonna be.
>> Tim Wildmon: You can fry anything and you'll try it.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Fry ice Cream.
>> Tim Wildmon: They do a little alligator bites, right?
>> Wesley Wildmon: Oreos.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. Alligators. Alligator. I've, you know, I've seen. I've, been to the Everglades and, down around Miami. You tell you go out about half an hour from Miami to the Everglades and get in one of those boats. I did that. We did that a couple years ago. That's a sightseeing adventure. That's not. You're not at risk. Okay. Unless you fall out of the boat.
>> Tim Wildmon: Keep your hands, keep your hands inside.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, that's what the guide says. You know, it's one of those airboats.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, yeah, I've done that.
>> Tim Wildmon: You've done that? Yeah. One of those airboats, like gentleman.
>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, yeah. And you're out there. You are out there.
>> Tim Wildmon: You're out there in the wild. And these, these guys know exactly where to go to see these monster gators in the wild.
>> Tim Wildmon: Or crocodile.
>> Tim Wildmon: Or crocodiles. I couldn't tell the difference. But, anyway, they, they, they. And so you're in this little boat now. If that boat did go, you know, something happened, you would be in trouble, you know.
>> Tim Wildmon: And, ah, you know what they say here in Florida, and this is what they really say. If you want to know if there's like, alligators in a pond or a pool of water, stick your hand in the water, pull it out. If your hand is wet, there's alligators there.
>> Tim Wildmon: So they're everywhere. No wonder they're known as.
>> Tim Wildmon: Water's wet. You got alligators somewhere.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. So the University of Florida called the Gators for a very good reason.
>> Tim Wildmon: For a very good reason.
Just want to keep people safe. Watch out for the gators
>> Tim Wildmon: All right, you're listening to today's issues on American family.
>> Tim Wildmon: Blessing to our listeners.
>> Tim Wildmon: Just want to keep people safe.
>> Tim Wildmon: Keep him safe. Watch out for the gators.
>> Tim Wildmon: Sharks and alligators and iguanas. Stay away and it will fall in iguanas. All right, Chris, what's your next story?
This administration seems concerned about the safety and health of Christians in Nigeria
>> Chris Woodward: Speaking of keeping people safe, the Trump administration, to their credit, you know, oftentimes the president or his administration will kind of give a passing nod to something and move on. but this administration really seems concerned about the safety and health of Christians in Nigeria. it's been a topic of concern for theirs for weeks now. and today, UN Ambassador Mike Waltz is going to be giving some, reactions, some speeches, there at the U.N. who is Michael Waltz? Our U.S. ambassador to the U.N. okay. He's going to be talking about the, persecution that Christians are facing in Nigeria and to help them. I'm not sure why, but to help them is entertainer Nicki Minaj, to, bring awareness to this issue. And so I've got some, comments here from a couple of.
>> Tim Wildmon: Who is she? For those baby boomers who have no.
>> Chris Woodward: Clue, she is a singer slash rapper. and this is not the first time the administration has gotten a pop culture person to raise awareness to stuff. For example, during his previous term in office, President Trump had Kim Kardashian talk about the Armenian genocide. so now they're using Nicki Minaj to.
>> Tim Wildmon: Now let me just say this, this, people who, don't know this, singer slash rapper is a big, big celebrity. I mean, our listeners may not know who she is, probably don't. But she is a, big entertainer known around the world. So she, for some reason to, her credit, has developed an interest. I don't know if there's a family connection or what, because she's from the Caribbean. I think she's from Trinidad. Isn't that in the Caribbean?
>> Wesley Wildmon: Trinidad.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, so, maybe she has, now she is, a black person. so maybe she has a family connection to Nigeria. I don't know. So, what exactly the connection is. But anyway, she's bringing, again, to her credit and then now to President Trump's bringing attention, international attention, to what is happening in Nigeria. Nigeria is the largest populated country in Africa. Ray, can you tell us, maybe in a nutshell, I know you've talked about this before on this program, and you know these Christians, there's a lot of Christians in Nigeria. but tell, tell us what the, what the situation is and why the, Trump administration and this singer are trying to bring more attention internationally to the plight of those people.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, number one, M. Mr. Trump is not just right, he's a hundred percent right. The Christians in Nigeria, especially in the northern portions of Nigeria, they're under attack, they are being hunted. Churches are being destroyed, pastors are being kidnapped, they're being attacked, they're being beaten. Many cases they're being burned. Whole families are being, being killed. Whatever you think you've read, it's actually worse on the ground in Nigeria. and the best way to think about Nigeria is geographically. The southern part of Nigeria is heavily Christian. Heavily Christian. The northern part of Nigeria is heavily Muslim. And so much of the trouble is happening in that central region where it's neither 100 Christian or 100% Muslim. places like the Plateau State. Josh. Nigeria. I, was there visiting with my wife Marlene and I were there a Number of years ago, visiting a great mission station there in. Josh. Josh. But it was dangerous enough 25 years ago. I would not feel safe going there today. Christians are in that. In that central region, Tim. Of Nigeria. That's where the killing is the worst. And the government says they're trying to crack down on it, but, in too many cases, they are just turning a blind eye. And the people on the ground, the, Muslim radicals, they know they can get away with it because the government either can't or won't stop it.
>> Tim Wildmon: Is this the group known as Boko Haram, or is this a different branch? Boko Haram, I'm talking about these. These radical Islamic groups that commit acts of violence and terror. They have all kind of names like, Al Qaeda, isis, you know, Boko Haram. I mentioned that name. That's in Africa. It just seems like it's always the radical Islamic jihadists that are creating trouble for everybody.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, Boko Haram is very active in Nigeria, and they are behind a great. I mean, this is. This is a radical Muslim group. They're active in Nigeria. They're active in Kenya. They're active in Uganda. That's just three countries that come to mind. And, these are the folks who are kidnapping these young girls.
>> Tim Wildmon: They want to impose Sharia law. Yes. They want to make the Christians bow the knee to Allah and convert. Right. Either you convert or we cut your head off. I mean, this is the type of mentality we're talking about. Right.
>> Tim Wildmon: these are not people that you negotiate with. These are the people who say, you convert or you die. In many cases, Christians say, we will not bow the knee.
>> Tim Wildmon: Right.
>> Tim Wildmon: And they are shot on the spot.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, President Trump even suggested sending US Troops over there. I don't think he was going to. I don't think he's going to do that. But that's what he had suggested at one point about how the Christians were being, persecuted. And that with a capital P in the, country of Nigeria.
President Obama highlights persecution of Christians in Nigeria and Africa at large
All right, you're listening to today's issues on American Family Radio. Did you have a sound bite about that, Chris? Or.
>> Chris Woodward: I do have sound from somebody talking about, the. The US Partnering with Nicki Minaj about this, situation. it's an analyst by the name of Miriam Waba. She, was on Miriam M. Miriam or Miriam, however she might pronounce it.
>> Tim Wildmon: I just picking on you.
>> Chris Woodward: Oh, I got you, Got you. a person whose last name is Waba, is talking about this, situation clip 10.
>> Speaker H: We're seeing the President really spotlight an issue that's been going on for decades now, the targeting of Christians, the persecution, persecution of Christians in Nigeria and really Africa at large. What's happening in Nigeria is particularly interesting because the persecution falls into two main categories. In my eyes, you're seeing the classic Islamist that's talking about Boko Haram, isis, the Islamic State. And what's more interesting, what we're seeing the President and Ambassador Mike Waltz highlight is these Fulani herder militias that are targeting Christian folks. We're seeing these Fulani herders militize. Create militaries to attack Christians for their faith.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. Okay, well, next story.
UN Security Council approves President Trump's Gaza peace plan; Hamas rejects it
>> Chris Woodward: All right, one other thing that's on our website now when we're going to be following up with this this afternoon. John Riley's already given us a story that's already aired on the radio and will continue to air. Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel, is applauding the UN for adopting President Trump's Gaza peace plan yesterday. Hamas is rejecting this, saying, we didn't agree to this. but long story short, the resolution passed the UN Security Council yesterday. This is the thing that, basically tries to seek some peace between Israel and Hamas and end the war that started when Hamas, committed a terrorist attack against Israel back in October 7th of 2023.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, so far the Israeli Hamas conflict, war has, you know, ceasefires held. So that's good news.
Chris: Candace Owen thinks Charlie Kirk was assassinated by Israel
Wesley, I don't know if we have time for this, and you didn't know I was going to ask you for this, but you follow the, you've been following the internal, back and forth in the conservative, podcast movement about, between Tucker Carlsen. Is it Tucker Carlsen and Candace Owen?
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Wesley Wildmon: They would be the leader on one side.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. But they, they're at odds with a whole lot of other, in the MAGA slash conservative movement.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Mark Dys would be in that group as well.
>> Tim Wildmon: You mean with Tucker Carlsen? Candace Owen.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: They think Charlie Kirk was assassinated by Israel.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Mark, doesn't think that, but yeah, Candace has said that many.
>> Chris Woodward: She did a podcast last night about that very thing.
>> Wesley Wildmon: She's also inconsistent because her first position was that the FBI killed Charlie and then she changed it to Israel and then she went back. So she's not really.
>> Tim Wildmon: Why is she doing this?
>> Wesley Wildmon: Oh, I think she's doing it for attention or because I used to like her. Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: Candace Owen. But now she seemed. That's it.
>> Tim Wildmon: Just.
>> Tim Wildmon: That just seems to be. Well, and it Seems to be irresponsible.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah, it's certainly irresponsible from a journalist standpoint. And you do, over time, begin to develop a reputation where you start losing, your broader audience. But she has been able to hold on to a handful of people that are more conspiratorial by nature, and she's feeding on that, and she's getting a lot of attention because of it. I do believe somewhere deep down inside, she does believe of the. The deep state. Of the deep state having some connection and, you know, but the thing. The problem.
>> Tim Wildmon: I've read. Yeah. I want to pick this up a little when we come back because I think this is important because I know a lot of our listeners are familiar with the names I've just mentioned. Now, our listeners are more radio people, not necessarily podcast people, although we do have podcasts ourselves here. But the influence of some of these names I've mentioned, particularly Tucker Carlsen.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: Has been enormous in the podcast world, especially since he left Fox News about two years ago. You remember that. All right, we're going to take a short time out right here and be back with more of this conversation. Chris, thank you for your contributions.
>> Chris Woodward: Thank you.
>> Tim Wildmon: and, so Ray, Wesley and Tim. That's me. I'm peeking in third person. We'll be back with Steve Paisley Jordal in a moment. Stay with us. The views and opinions expressed in this broadcast may not necessarily reflect those of.
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