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Raising Expectations with Pastor Joe Schofield

Raising Expectations with Pastor Joe Schofield

著者： Pastor Joe Schofield
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 Raising Expectations is a program that looks at the past, giving greater insight into the present, and may produce authentic anticipation, raising expectations for the future! Joe will discuss major issues that confront us on national, political, and worldwide events, to the simple things that we think about and make unconscious personal decisions every day! Freedom, Family, Finances, Faith, along with a myriad of other topics and all the intricacies involved in each of them...from a personal community perspective, that makes up what we call "Your Life in America Today!" Informative, inclusive, intentional, interesting, and always encouraging. Each program will raise our expectations individually. We may begin looking at the future in a positive way, happy to try new ideas and methods with clear hopes of how things can change for the better in the future. Feeling more content, one topic at a time! So, let not your hearts be troubled...we can go from good, to better, to best in the future TOGETHERCopyright 2026 Joe Schofield 政治・政府 政治学 社会科学
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  • Raising Expectations, October 13, 2026

    Raising Expectations, October 13, 2026
    2026/10/14
    Raising Expectations with Pastor Joe Schofield California's Fraud Epidemic, Broken Education Spending, and the Race for State Controller with Herb Morgan Pastor Joe Schofield, with co-hosts Stephanie Thayer and Ron Greer, welcomes Herb Morgan, a finance executive running for California State Controller, for a deep dive into fraud, wasted spending, and broken promises in Sacramento, and what accountability could look like if voters choose him. Opening Prayer and Team Introductions Pastor Joe Schofield opens the Monday broadcast of Raising Expectations by thanking listeners for tuning in and restating that Jesus Christ died on the cross to pay for sins, so that expectations can rise in daily life. He introduces his team across the country: Dr. Paul Hall in Lompoc, California; his wife Melva, a graduate of Southwestern Seminary; Stephanie and Craig Thayer, newly returned from their anniversary trip in Dalton, Georgia; and Ron Greer in McKinney, Texas. Schofield tells listeners the program has been hearing from people in many states who are watching California's upcoming election closely. He then introduces the evening's guest, Herb Morgan, a candidate for California State Controller, describing him as phenomenal and quoting Morgan's own words that a controller should expect proof, show work, and respect the taxpayers who fund government. Schofield welcomes Morgan with applause and asks him to introduce himself before turning to questions on fraud, unclaimed property, and federal taxes. Herb Morgan's Path to California and Finance Career Herb Morgan tells the story of arriving in California on his first birthday in 1967, when his family drove across the country from the East Coast and stopped for a small birthday party at a rest stop before settling in Orange County. He describes attending public schools when California's system was ranked number one in the country, then graduating from the state's public university system before building a career in finance. Morgan says he founded and grew several companies, eventually selling his last one to a major Wall Street firm and serving nine years as its chief investment officer. He also volunteered twice to chair the San Diego City Employees' Retirement System, helping turn around a pension plan that had fallen into financial disarray. On a personal note, Morgan jokes that he has barely seen his wife, Mary, during the campaign as they approach their thirty-fifth wedding anniversary. Now retired from finance, he says it is his time to give back, asking Californians to put him in as controller. The Scale of California's Budget and Affordability Crisis Morgan lays out the scale of California's government, noting the state has 40 million people and 23 million voters, and that its economy would rank as the world's fourth largest if it were a nation. He says the state budget has nearly doubled in ten years, from about 180 billion to 352 billion dollars, a sum he illustrates by noting that 352 billion seconds would equal more than 11,000 years. Despite that wealth, Morgan says California ranks near the bottom of all states in affordability, citing gasoline near seven dollars a gallon, diesel approaching nine dollars, electricity double the national average, and homeowners' and health insurance costing more than anywhere else. Stephanie Thayer adds that her friends with ranches now have to choose whether they can afford to drive their diesel trucks. Morgan says new homes carry roughly two hundred thousand dollars in litigation, permit, and impact fees, and that the state ranks fiftieth in places to retire, start a career, public safety, and pollution, despite spending more per person than any other state. Fraud, the Homeless-Industrial Complex, and Controller Powers Morgan argues that California's rising spending has not produced results because of widespread fraud, describing research he conducted for gubernatorial running mate Steve Hilton that found 425 billion dollars wasted or lost over five years, based on the state auditor's own agency reports. He points to the homelessness programs as the clearest example, explaining that the state funds nonprofit agencies without requiring fund control or follow-up audits, and notes that the current state controller's own deputy was recorded admitting fraud is widespread and that politicians do not want it found. Morgan explains that the controller's constitutional duties include pre-auditing all state spending, post-auditing programs for performance, managing unclaimed property, and sitting on roughly seventy boards and commissions, including the Franchise Tax Board, the Coastal Commission, CalPERS, and CalSTRS. He contrasts his finance background with that of current controller Malia Cohen, a former mayoral aide and county supervisor whom he calls kind but inexperienced in audit and accounting work needed to protect the treasury from fraud. Education Spending, the Corey Jackson Grants, and Jobless Numbers Morgan turns to ...
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  • Raising Expectations, October 20, 2026

    Raising Expectations, October 20, 2026
    2026/10/21
    Raising Expectations with Pastor Joe Schofield California's Muslim Holidays Law, Campus Islamization, and Parental Rights Battles with Denise Gary-Pandol Pastor Joe Schofield welcomes longtime guest Denise Gary-Pandol, a Bakersfield school board candidate, for a wide-ranging look at California's new Muslim holiday law, campus activism, and parental-rights fights over gender curriculum in public schools. Opening Prayer and a Golden Ticket Recap Pastor Joe Schofield opens the Monday broadcast of Raising Expectations by thanking listeners and restating that Jesus Christ died on the cross to pay for sins, so expectations can rise in daily life. He reviews recent Golden Ticket guests tied to California's midterm races, mentioning Herb Morgan's run for state controller and Janet Price's appearance with the Republican women, and previews a coming interview with a former lieutenant governor. Schofield welcomes his cross-country team, Dr. Paul Hall joining from Lompoc, California, and Dr. Craig Thayer, the Christian surgeon and author, joining from Dalton, Georgia without his wife Stephanie, offering the couple a belated happy anniversary. He notes Ron Greer in McKinney cannot appear this week. Schofield then introduces Denise Gary-Pandol, calling her a family favorite making roughly her ninth appearance on the show, and frames the hour around staying awake to the forces shaping today's leaders before turning the microphone over to her. AB 2017 and the Muslim Holidays Law Denise Gary-Pandol opens from Bakersfield in Kern County, in California's San Joaquin Valley, to discuss Assembly Bill 2017, signed by Governor Newsom at the end of September. She explains the law adds two Muslim holidays, Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice, and the end of Ramadan, to the school calendar, requiring teachers to build curriculum around them. Gary-Pandol objects that no comparable recognition exists for Jewish holidays such as Passover or Hanukkah, arguing the Jewish people gave the world monotheism, the Ten Commandments, and the natural law tradition underlying American government. She ties the bill to a wider pattern, noting FBI counterterrorism work in Kern, Los Angeles, and Orange counties uncovered what she describes as a bombing plot targeting synagogues and churches around Hanukkah and Christmas. She urges listeners to vote for Steve Hilton for governor and Michael Gates for attorney general, and says the concern pushed her to run for a seat on the Norris School District Board of Trustees. Muslim Student Associations and Outside Funding Gary-Pandol links the holiday law to what she calls a broader Islamization effort, pointing to unrest in Paris, where she says more than fifty organizations, including the Muslim Student Association of France, have destroyed buildings and businesses. She says similar Muslim Student Association chapters sit on California's university and community college campuses, and recalls that Bakersfield's chapter held a celebration the month after October 7, 2023, mourning Palestinian deaths while marking what she calls the torture of Israeli civilians. She traces Palestinian Arabs to the Arabian Peninsula, arguing they settled in the region as British-era laborers before Israel's founding. Gary-Pandol alleges the Democratic Socialists of America, with chapters nationwide including Bakersfield, now works alongside these campus groups, funded in part by Qatar, Russia, China, and Iran, and backs the Muslim Brotherhood, which she says sits behind Hamas, Hezbollah, and Islamic Jihad. She cites Senator Ted Cruz's bill to designate the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization. Answering Charges of Genocide and Apartheid Responding to campus chants of genocide, apartheid, and occupation, Gary-Pandol argues none of the terms apply to Israel. She says Palestinians are Arabs rather than a distinct race, that Israel's military warns civilian neighborhoods by phone, text, or leaflet before entering, and that Arab citizens serve in the Knesset, work as doctors, lawyers, and judges, and may volunteer for the Israeli Defense Forces even though service is mandatory only for Jewish citizens. She argues the true unresolved refugee population is the roughly 850,000 to 900,000 Jews driven from Arab countries in the 1930s and 1940s, citing New York Times archives she has collected and historian Martin Gilbert's book Exile and Return. She recounts that Haj Amin al-Husseini worked with Adolf Hitler to target Jews in the Middle East, and that the yellow badge Jews wore under Nazi rule traces back to the Muslim world's Charter of Omar. She recommends MEMRI, the Middle East Media Research Institute, for further documentation. Parental Rights, the SAFETY Act, and The Trevor Project Gary-Pandol turns to California's SAFETY Act, which she says bars teachers and administrators from telling parents if a child expresses confusion about gender identity. She cites two Supreme Court rulings she says push back on that approach, ...
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  • Raising Expectations, October 6, 2026

    Raising Expectations, October 6, 2026
    2026/10/07
    Raising Expectations with Pastor Joe Schofield Golden Ticket Candidates, California Voter Guides, and Prayer for the State with Janet Price Pastor Joe Schofield, joined by co-hosts Dr. Paul Hall and Melba Schofield, welcomes longtime friend Janet Price of the Golden State Republican Women for a report on her recent travels, the Golden Ticket candidates she is following, and a discussion of how Christians can push past discouragement and take part in elections. Opening Roll Call and Introductions Pastor Joe Schofield opens the Monday broadcast by thanking listeners and reminding them that Jesus Christ died on the cross to pay for sins, so that expectations can rise as God works in their lives. He explains that team members Dr. Craig Thayer and Stephanie Thayer are back from an anniversary trip too late to join the program, and that Pastor Ron Greer is working in Florida this week, though all three want listeners to know they are glad to be with them. Schofield welcomes Dr. Paul Hall from Lompoc, California, whom he calls a retired pastor and a great man of God, and introduces his wife, Melba Schofield, a graduate of Southwestern Seminary in Fort Worth. He notes that the three of them attended Hardin-Simmons University together. Then he introduces the evening's guest, Janet Price, a longtime friend from high school and a founder of the Golden State Republican Women, and brings her onto the program to warm applause. Janet Price's Travels from Dallas to California Price describes a whirlwind month that began in September, and she says she unpacked that very morning from her latest trip. She starts with the Republican National Convention in Dallas, which she calls the first midterm convention the party has ever held, and says the press played down its energy even though about 30,000 people filled the city's hotels. Price was a delegate there, and she praises the caliber of candidates and the Christian, patriot conservatives she met. She contrasts that spirit with a planned campaign of discouragement that tells Californians their votes do not count. The women of her Chico club plan to walk like billboards with the message that California should wake up. She also recalls visiting the JFK Museum in Dallas, where two chalk marks in the street show where he was struck, and a moment when Senator Ted Cruz waited to thank her after everyone else had met him. Her short stories, she admits, could go on for a thousand, but she feels blessed to witness this point in history. The Gold Rush Painting and Golden Ticket Candidates Price returns to the painting Joe Schofield asked about, a picture of the Lion of Judah with the California flag beneath its paws, titled She's Mine. She explains that an artist drew it while Henry Fulani spoke at a conference, and that Pastor Grace Fulani gave the original to state Senator Shannon Grove, who keeps it in her Sacramento office and later gave Price a copy. Price connects the image to the book God, Gold, and Glory, which argues that California matters greatly to God and that a new gold rush and revival may be coming. Schofield then describes Golden Ticket month, a focus on candidates running together as a full ticket, and previews upcoming guests: Herb Morgan on the 12th, Denise Gary Pandol, and Dr. Gloria Romero on the 26th. Price praises Romero, a former lieutenant governor, as a professor and a powerful speaker who spoke three times in one day, and she describes Morgan as a funny man from the world of finance who still knows his stuff well. Reaching Discouraged Voters with Trustworthy Guides Paul Hall asks Price how she speaks to people who feel worn out by politics, suspicious of government, and unconvinced that elections are not rigged. Price answers that Christians who actively walk out their faith gain eyes of discernment that help them tell who is authentic, and she says she never gets hopeless because she is filled with purpose. For people without faith, she offers voter guides and tells them about people she knows personally. Hall asks where listeners can find a trustworthy guide, and Price says her former first vice president sent her a Christian voter guide that includes information on judges, which are hard to find. She recalls Martha House, a former CFRW president of California who once held a judges symposium, and mentions an Orange County guide covering judges and propositions. Price also warns that some proposition language has been rewritten to sound deceptive, using voter ID as an example, and she says exposing fraud fuels her fire. Pulpits, Citizenship, and the Call to Stand Up Paul Hall mentions a statement from Willy Rice, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, that pastors should engage in politics because political issues are also theological and moral. Hall recalls the Black Robe Regiment, preachers who pounded the pulpit then took up muskets, and says Christians have moved back into a support position. Price answers that there is no support on the ...
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