CCM017- Den of Vipers

Conservative Christian Movement

Today on Conservative Christian Movement, I’ll
go over what we know so far on the 2020 presidential trail of tears, Democrat
style. I’ll talk about what we can learn
from Frank Stephens, actor, speaker, writer and survivor of Downs Syndrome. I’ll go over a couple of liberal meltdowns
from the past week. Links can be found at
ccmpodcast.com. Thanks for joining me. I am Jeff Stipe, your host.

Let’s get started.

The
verse of the Day:

Matthew 12:34 (NIV)

“You
brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the
mouth speaks what the heart is full of.”

You don’t have to watch the news very long
to see how this verse is so appropriate today.
Honestly, even Fox News struggles at times to report “fair and balanced”
news. When you look at CNN, MSNBC and
other networks, the bias is amazing. We
have many “Broods” of vipers in our nation and in our world. Even within the churches.

The verse of the day, at least to me and
my podcast, means what is buried deep within your core will come out of your
mouth. Hate for hate, love for love, your
bias shows. Gone are the days when you
would never guess someone’s political belief. It is put out on display every day, full
screen which is sad. News should be rooted
in fact.

Today’s political environment is no
different. I talked last week about the
train wreck of the Democrats sitting on their hands with disdain on their face as
the president spoke. It’s really sad to
see. The divisiveness is thick and growing
thicker.

Den
of Vipers

It’s President’s Day in the US. It’s only fitting to discuss the list of
those who currently seek the nomination for president on the Democrat ticket
for 2020. The list is long, familiar (in
most cases) and unsurprising. Already
the press is picking winners, yet pushing positive news for most of them. All, of course in the name of ridding our
country of the 45^th president.

Some are posting on Facebook (nameless of
course), we celebrate 44 out of 45 presidents for obvious reasons. This might be true for me but the one left
out isn’t President Trump. It’s sad as I
said, the hatred for one man who beat out 16 others to become #45. That is some feat, yet defeating him is some
major goal in most liberals, both in congress and in the public.

Since the State of the Union address,
there have been 9 Democrats fully announce or explore the idea of running
again. To date, the three missing names
are perhaps the most expected; Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders (though
he is an independent). I did not link to
the article, but somewhere I saw up to 450 people have considered a run on the Democrat
ticket in 2020. I’m not surprised as
there is a feeling of hope to run in the face of hatred for the president.

The Hill listed the top 10 Democrats for
2020: Some have announced, others have not.

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT)

Representative Beto O’Rourke (D-TX)

Former Vice President Joe Biden

Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA)

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)

Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH)

Senator Corey Booker (D-NJ)

Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)

Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)

There are many who are considering a run
in 2020. Andrew Yang has thrown his hat
in along with others. This will by no
means be the final list. In fact, some
have already considered and turned away from the challenge. I talked at length about using data which has
been compiled for you in episode 7- Know your Hot Button Issue. Planned Parenthood is happy to tell you who
shouldn’t be elected. Bad politicians
receive a perfect 100% rating.

Incidentally, each and every member of the
top 10 received 100% ratings from Planned Parenthood. Each also received very low ratings from the
NRA, though I did not feel the need to find them for sure.

What I will say, following up from my last
episode (#16), the Democrat Party Platform, if not the as I described, will build
a socialist utopia. The candidate
standing at the end of the bloody feud must embrace LGBTQ, must be pro “anything
Planned Parenthood wants”, must give freebies to the underserved (including
illegal immigrants), and be absolutely for gun control.

You and I are witnessing this on a daily
basis. As time goes on and the field
gets more clearly defined, I’ll take a deeper look at the candidates and call
the shots as they march toward 2020.

It’s only February 2019, and with nearly
two years to go, the rhetoric is priceless.
Amy Klobuchar announced her candidacy in her home state of Minnesota,
pitching climate change in a snow-storm.
Elizabeth Warren told the crowd in her home state of Massachusetts, not
only might President Trump not be in office in 2020, he might not be free in
2020.

I might add, the list above and the future
of American politics will be heavily shaped by you! Christians have to vote. If you stay home in 2020, more of what
happened in 2018 will occur. It’s already
a down hill slope we’re on. That needs
to change.

Frank
Stephens

I’ve come to know of Frank Stephens
through a tween recently crossing my news feed.
Frank has made multiple speeches regarding his value to society as he
survives Down Syndrome. Ashton Kutcher
called attention to Frank’s address to congress in 2017. In this speech (as well as one to the United
Nations) he talked about the extra chromosome and how his difference makes him
special.

He made his impassioned goal to seek solutions
to cancer, Alzheimer’s and downs syndrome.
I admire his courage for driving change though I do not agree with
everything he says. When would anyone
agree 100% (except with Planned Parenthood of course?) But what, aside from abortion can we learn
from his speech?

Early in his speech to the United Nations,
he made this statement:

“I am a man, see me as a human being, not
a birth defect, not a syndrome, I don’t need to be eradicated, I don’t need to
be cured. I need to be loved, valued,
educated and sometimes helped.”

On Fox News recently, he made an additional
statement which I thought was uniquely simple, yet well said:

“I don’t want to make abortion illegal, I
want to make it unthinkable. Politicians
change laws, I want to change people’s hearts”.

Women make the choice for abortion for any
number of reasons. Obviously, as a man,
I do not know that feeling. Perhaps we
should rethink what life means. Some
people value life differently than others.
Our nation has a problem with the definition of life. The left changes the definition to fit their
needs while a social conservative like us see it deeper than they do. Life is a process. The process has a definite beginning and a
definite end. We all will go through the
entire cycle (unless God sees fit to take us home early).

Whether it is a healthy baby but
inconvenient, or a baby with testing which shows a problem or a known and
confirmed defect, women make the choice sometimes. They ignore the alternatives which are not
talked about, not endorsed by government and are not nearly as publicized as
they could be. With the number of couples
who can not conceive, adoptions are an excellent alternative to abortion. After the recent vote in New York, a baby
could be aborted one minute before being given for adoption. A clear example of a lack of value for human
life. It’s only a matter of time, YOU
will need to meet the requirements to remain alive. Just something to ponder.

Meltdowns

Last Weeks Question of the week

I received a couple of comments about this
question. First, it seems you as Christians
tend to agree with my thinking. We are
not interested in Theocracy in the least.
However, my opinion on the matter is simple. Our leaders must be of a praying mindset. This prayer should be used to seek wisdom to
make choices based on the data available.
God can help anyone make better decisions. This is true in the face of those who will
not like your decisions. You can’t make
everyone happy, but you can make God happy.

Question
of the week: Are you supportive of prayer for opening a
session of congress?

It’s been a busy week this week. I haven’t formatted the plan for the next
episode, but suspect it’s time to get into the Israel issue, the capitol-
Jerusalem and why they are so hated. But,
with the news environment, and my wish to remain relevant into the future,
perhaps calling out next week’s episodes in advance is problematic. I’ll play it by ear and see how it goes. I sure missed in from last week. But I will be sure to include those
meltdowns.

If you enjoyed
this episode, please share it with like-minded friends and family. Until next time, BE BLESSED…

Links

Verse of the Day:

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+12:34&version=NIV

The Hill- The Top Ten Democrats for 2020

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/423368-the-top-ten-democrats-for-2020

Planned Parenthood
Action Congressional Scorecard

https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/congressional-scorecard

CCMPodcast.com

Episode 0: The Conservative Christian Movement Podcast

https://ccmpodcast.com/intro-episode-001/

Episode 7: Know Your Hot Button Issue

https://ccmpodcast.com/ccm-007-know-your-hot-button-issues/

Frank Stephens- Ashton Kutcher

https://www.redstate.com/alexparker/2019/01/31/ashton-kutcher-frank-stephens-video-pro-life-facebook-every-life-important/

Frank Stephens Congress Testimony

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQJEoRhkapw

Frank Stephens United Nations Testimony

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIJPqjfQ_yg

Ben Shapiro- talks about life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF3cUjl2WG0