The Caffeinated Thoughts Podcast

This week on Caffeinated Thoughts Radio (heard on 99.3fm The Truth) Pastor Michael Mudlaff of Westkirk Presbyterian Church in Urbandale joined Shane Vander Hart as a guest co-host.

Can you imagine the government take foster children out of your home and revoke your credentials because you refuse to tell them that the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus is real?

That happened to Derek Baars and his wife Frances when they fostered two children in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Derek joined us by phone to discuss their experience.

The guys next discuss the importance of the resurrection to the Christian faith and evidence (thanks to Josh McDowell) we can share if those you talk to this Easter weekend deny it. There’s plenty of legal and historical evidence, so there is no reason to not boldly proclaim the truth of the Gospel message – that Jesus Christ was crucified, died, was buried and three days later rose again.

What would you think about your church having a police force? One church in Alabama is on the verge of just that should a bill that passed in the Alabama Senate become law.

States can now defund Planned Parenthood without fear of recourse from the federal government. Congress passed, and President Donald Trump just signed, a bill that reverses President Barack Obama’s direction that states had to provide Title X money to Planned Parenthood.

The Bible Answer Guy joined the Greek Orthodox Church. Say what?

Plus a new way to watch Caffeinated Thoughts Radio – by live stream on the Caffeinated Thoughts’ Facebook page. This will be every Friday morning starting approximately 10:10a. Watch our second attempt below:

Remember, you can listen on air at 8:00a and 6:00p on Saturdays on The Truth Network 99.3 FM if you live in the Des Moines Metro area. You can also listen online live here.  Also, our podcast of the radio show can be found on iTunes, Google Play Music, Stitcher or TuneIn. You can also subscribe to the podcast on your Android-based phone.

Also please consider partnering with us by sponsoring a week of programming or through your business, church, ministry or organization consider becoming a monthly sponsor of Caffeinated Thoughts Radio.

On Caffeinated Thoughts Radio this week Shane Vander Hart and Brian Myers were joined by Scott Owen of Crosswalk Ministries. Scott, who is one of our sponsors, was in the studio to record some of his spots so we asked him to join us as an honorary co-host this week.

The first guest was Wayne Pedersen who is the chairman of the International Day for the Unreached. The purpose of the International Day for the Unreached, which will be on June 4, 2017, is to inspire and mobilize Christians to reach out to the 2.5 billion people around the world who have yet to hear the gospel.

Pedersen is also the global ambassador for Reach Beyond, a ministry that starts Christian radio stations all over the word, and in particular in areas where there is very little gospel witness.

The next guest was Beth Lamb, the state director of Child Evangelism Fellowship of Iowa, with summer around the corner CEF is looking for people to help host 5 Day Clubs, they are looking for high school and college students to be trained to teach those 5 Day Clubs, and they also have two weeks of Good News Camp. This is a great opportunity to take the gospel to where children who don’t know Jesus are.

Shifting gears they guys discussed Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield dropping out of the individual health insurance plan market. The Iowa Legislature is on the verge of passing a 20-week ban on abortions. Then the Senate goes nuclear with Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.

The guys then discuss the controversy around Susan Rice allegedly unmasking the names of then President-elect Donald Trump and members of the Trump transition team. President Trump outed Rice as the one who had done that but didn’t provide any evidence.

Also, the United States bomb a Syrian airfield in retaliation for a chemical attack launched that killed 80 people.

Plus a new way to watch Caffeinated Thoughts Radio – by live stream on the Caffeinated Thoughts’ Facebook page. This will be every Friday morning starting approximately 10:10a.

Remember you can listen on air at 8:00a and 6:00p on Saturdays on The Truth Network 99.3 FM if you live in the Des Moines Metro area. You can also listen online live here.  Also our podcast of the radio show can be found on iTunes, Google Play Music, Stitcher or TuneIn. You can also subscribe to the podcast on your Android-based phone.

Also please consider partnering with us by sponsoring a week of programing or through your business, church, ministry or organization consider becoming a monthly sponsor of Caffeinated Thoughts Radio.

On Caffeinated Thoughts Radio last Saturday Brian Myers was joined by Joel Kurtinitis who filled in for Shane Vander Hart as co-host. Kurtinitis is an opinion columnist for the Des Moines Register, branded contributor to The Blaze, and contributing editor at The Liberty Conservative. 

Brian and Joel talked Dr. Lee Hieb, an orthopedic surgeon specializing in spinal surgery. She is past president of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, a free market medical organization and author of the new book “Surviving the Medical Meltdown: Your Guide to Living Through the Disaster of Obamacare.” She discussed the Republicans’ failed attempt at repealing Obamacare.

They also spoke with Pete Klindt. Klindt is the former leader of the 1960s “blue-eyed soul” band “The Pete Klint Quintet” and now Director of Operations at Git N Go Convenience Stores, Inc. He discussed his stellar Rock-n-Roll career in the late 1960s that included a #1 single (Walkin’ Proud) and his subsequent conversion to Christ.

Plus the guys discussed President Trump’s executive order nullifying the Obama administration efforts on climate change. Also Trump’s travel ban is blocked until an appeal to the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals can be heard.  The guys also discuss the latest video released by Center for Medical Progress, privacy protections that are on the verge of being overturned, and the call for Congress to subpoena Evelyn Farkas in the continuing Trump Tower Phone Tapping-gate saga.

Remember you can listen on air at 8:00a and 6:00p on Saturdays on The Truth Network 99.3 FM if you live in the Des Moines Metro area.  You can also listen online live here.  Also our podcast of the radio show can be found on iTunes, Google Play Music, Stitcher or TuneIn. You can also subscribe to the podcast on your Android-based phone.

On Caffeinated Thoughts Radio this week, Jenna Ellis, a law professor at Colorado Christian University and fellow at the Centennial Institute, discussed Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch’s Senate confirmation hearing this week with co-hosts Shane Vander Hart and Brian Myers. They also discuss his comments about Roe v. Wade, and what it means to be an originalist.

The guys also discuss the terrorist attack that happened outside the Parliament Building in London. Plus FBI Director James Comey admits to what was already known, the FBI is conducting an investigation into alleged ties between the Russian government and the Trump campaign.

Also, the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee believes he has evidence of collusion between Russia and members of the Trump campaign that would be worthy of a grand jury.

The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Congressman Devin Nunes (R-California), doesn’t know for certain whether President Donald Trump or members of his transition team were even on the phone calls or other communications now being cited as partial vindication for the president’s wiretapping claims against the Obama administration.

Plus, State Senator Matt McCoy (D-Des Moines) found an opportunity to mock State Senator Jake Chapman’s (R-Adel) faith. Shane and Brian also discuss the Republican’s health care bill and President Trump’s ultimatum, the Iowa Senate pulled a bait and switch over traffic cameras, but they do pass the Voter ID bill. Also, the Des Moines Water Works saw their lawsuit against several NW Iowa counties dismissed.

Remember you can listen on air at 8:00a and 6:00p on Saturdays on The Truth Network 99.3 FM if you live in the Des Moines Metro area.  You can also listen online live here.  Also our podcast of the radio show can be found on iTunes, Google Play Music, Stitcher or TuneIn. You can also subscribe to the podcast on your Android-based phone.

On Caffeinated Thoughts Radio this week Shane Vander Hart and Brian Myers talk to Dr. Calvin Beisner, founder and national spokesperson for the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation, about the controversy surrounding Scott Pruitt who is the new Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Beisner also discusses what President Donald Trump’s 31 percent cut for the EPA in his FY 2018 budget means for the agency.

Congresman Steve King (R-Iowa) calls in and talks to Shane and Brian about the tweet that landed him in hot water with liberals and even some Republicans. He discussed the decline of Western Civilization and the issues Europe already faces with open borders and a declining birth rate.

The guys discuss President Trump’s budget blueprint released this week, his doubling down on wiretapping accusations, another federal court overturns his second attempt at a travel ban. Also the Iowa Senate passes a 20-week abortion ban.

Remember you can listen on air at 8:00a and 6:00p on Saturdays on The Truth Network 99.3 FM if you live in the Des Moines Metro area.  You can also listen online live here.  Also our podcast of the radio show can be found on iTunes, Google Play Music, Stitcher or TuneIn. You can also subscribe to the podcast on your Android-based phone.

This week on Caffeinated Thoughts Radio co-hosts Shane Vander Hart and Brian Myers discuss the Republican plan to replace Obamacare, the American Health Care Act, with Rachel Bovard who is the Director of Policy Services at the Heritage Foundation.

March Madness has arrived and the Iowa State Cyclones are poised to win the Big 12 Conference Tournament. Steve Myers with CyHawk Thoughts discusses the Cyclones prospects this March (recorded before their semifinal win against Texas Christian University), as well as, the Iowa Hawkeyes disappointing loss in the first round of the Big 10 Conference Tournament and their expected appearance in the NIT as a result.

The guys discuss Ryancare/RINOCare more in the third segment, as well as, Trump’s reissuing the executive order on refugees, nearly 300,000 jobs being added to the economy, and the Wikileaks dumping on CIA. Also don’t miss the Trump Tweet(s) of the week in the 4th segment.

Remember you can listen on air at 8:00a and 6:00p on Saturdays on The Truth Network 99.3 FM if you live in the Des Moines Metro area.  You can also listen online live here.  Also our podcast of the radio show can be found on iTunes, Google Play Music, Stitcher or TuneIn. You can also subscribe to the podcast on your Android-based phone.

State Senator Jason Schultz (R-Schleswig) joined Shane Vander Hart to discuss funnel week in the Iowa Senate, the collective bargaining reform bill (now law) that he floor managed as well as the Life at Conception bill that didn’t survive funnel week. Also does rural Iowa have decent coffee? Schultz gives his opinion about the coffee quality in his Senate district.

Shane and our producer Ron Carlson discuss President Donald Trump’s first address to a joint session of Congress. How did he do?

Also did Attorney General Jeff Sessions commit perjury during his confirmation hearing? Shane looks at what was asked of Sessions and how he answered.

Remember you can listen on air at 8:00a and 6:00p on Saturdays on The Truth Network 99.3 FM if you live in the Des Moines Metro area.  You can also listen online live here.  Also our podcast of the radio show can be found on iTunes, Google Play Music, Stitcher or TuneIn. You can also subscribe to the podcast on your Android-based phone.

Shane Vander Hart and Brian Myers talk with Jon Schweppe, communications director for American Principles Project, about President Donald Trump’s first month in office. They also discuss the federal effort to reallocate money away from abortion providers to send to federally qualified health centers to meet women’s health needs.

Kelvey Vander Hart out at CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) for Turning Point USA and Hypeline News reports in.

The guys discuss the Trump Administration rescinding the directive on transgender students for schools receiving Title IX money during the Obama Administration. Also former Speaker John Boehner says that repealing and replacing Obamacare “isn’t going to happen.”

Environmentalists protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota finally vacated their makeshift camp, but left a lot of clean-up for authorities to do. Also, was Donald Trump wrong about Sweden? Plus, innovation in certain industries may not necessarily be a good thing.

Remember you can listen on air at 8:00a and 6:00p on Saturdays on The Truth Network 99.3 FM if you live in the Des Moines Metro area.  You can also listen online live here.  Also our podcast of the radio show can be found on iTunes, Google Play Music, Stitcher or TuneIn. You can also subscribe to the podcast on your Android-based phone.

Shane Vander Hart and Brian Myers are joined by author and speaker Dr. Rosaria Champagne Butterfield who discussed how singing the Psalms impacted her as she came out of a lesbian lifestyle and now as a child of God.  She also discusses their remarkable approach to hospitality that her family and church in Durham, NC practice. Be sure to check out her books The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert and Openness Unhindered.

Drew Klein, the State Director with Americans for Prosperity – Iowa, joined us to talk about the collective bargaining reform that was just signed into law on Friday (at the time of the recording the bill had not yet been signed by Iowa Governor Terry Branstad).

Also don’t miss the top Trump tweet of the week!

Remember you can listen on air at 8:00a and 6:00p on Saturdays on The Truth Network 99.3 FM if you live in the Des Moines Metro area.  You can also listen online live here.  Also our podcast of the radio show can be found on iTunes, Google Play Music, Stitcher or TuneIn. You can also subscribe to the podcast on your Android-based phone.

On Caffeinated Thoughts Radio this week Shane Vander Hart and Brian Myers talk to Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate about his proposed election integrity bill, HSB 93, that was introduced into the Iowa House State Government committee. Pate also pointed out recent discrepancies found with absentee ballots in Dallas County that his bill would help to remedy.

Faith McDonnell, Director of Religious Liberty Programs and of the Church Alliance for a New Sudan at the Institute of Religion & Democracy, discussed President Obama lifting Sudan’s sanctions just prior to leaving office, the way the new South Sudanese government has been treated by the American left, and her thoughts on President Donald Trump’s temporary refugee ban.

Caffeinated Thoughts Radio is three years old this month, and we wanted to celebrate by pulling out some clips from the blooper reel. Yes, Brian had our producer Ron Carlson keep a blooper reel. So enjoy.

Then, a twofer for the Trump tweet of the week. Don’t miss it!

Remember you can listen on air at 8:00a and 6:00p on Saturdays on The Truth Network 99.3 FM if you live in the Des Moines Metro area.  You can also listen online live here.  Also our podcast of the radio show can be found on iTunes, Google Play Music, Stitcher or TuneIn. You can also subscribe to the podcast on your Android-based phone.