The Todd Herman Show

Conservative radio formula on covering war vs. “Jesus wept”I woke up this morning realizing that my initial reaction to hearing the news of the attack on Israel was not to drop to my knees in prayer, it was to prep a show. And for that, I feel great regret. There is a formula in conservative radio to cover events like this and although I am not here to talk about other hosts or what they do, I realize that the norm is to lead off with a ‘hot segment’. It would be easy for me to grasp on to my thoughts and feelings about what Hamas is doing and how Iran told us what they were going to do, but Jesus’s response was to weep. As we go through this episode, I explore why Jesus wept, what keeps us apart from God, and our roles as peacemakers. What does God’s Word say? Deuteronomy 20:1-4 “When you go out to war against your enemies, and see horses and chariots and an army larger than your own, you shall not be afraid of them, for the Lord your God is with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. And when you