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December 16, 2025 · 29 min
In this episode of PIJN News, Dr. Chaps explores the results of a Pew Research poll revealing a divide in religious beliefs between Democrats and Republicans. The discussion extends to potential 2026 abortion ballot measures in eight states, analyzing the implications for religious freedom and societal values. Guest Roger Roseberry from Capitol Faith shares insights on engaging Congress with the gospel, emphasizing the power of prayer and presence in Washington, D.C.
Series PIJN News Podcast with Dr. Chaps December 16, 2025 · 29 min · PIJN News Podcast with Dr. Chaps
In this episode of PIJN News, Dr. Chaps explores the results of a Pew Research poll revealing a divide in religious beliefs between Democrats and Republicans. The discussion extends to potential 2026 abortion ballot measures in eight states, analyzing the implications for religious freedom and societal values. Guest Roger Roseberry from Capitol Faith shares insights on engaging Congress with the gospel, emphasizing the power of prayer and presence in Washington, D.C. ...more Show the full description Show less In this episode of PIJN News, Dr. Chaps explores the results of a Pew Research poll revealing a divide in religious beliefs between Democrats and Republicans. The discussion extends to potential 2026 abortion ballot measures in eight states, analyzing the implications for religious freedom and societal values. Guest Roger Roseberry from Capitol Faith shares insights on engaging Congress with the gospel, emphasizing the power of prayer and presence in Washington, D.C.
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0:00 Next on PIJN News, doctor Chaps reports on these important issues.0:06 A new poll confirms that most people who vote Democrat don't believe in God, but most Republicans do. 8 states could vote on abortion issues in 200:18 26, and Roger wrote with capital faith as an interview.0:22 Former Navy chaplain Gordon James Klingenschmidt took a stand to defend religious freedom by daring to pray public in Jesus name. Now he helps you by reporting the news, discerning the spirits, and praying the0:34 scriptures. Would you pray with us? Here's doctor Chaps.0:40 God bless you in Jesus name. My name is Chap Lundgord and James Klingenschmidt, doctor Chaps, and you're watching PIJN News. On this show, we like to do 3 things. We report the news, we discern the0:52 spirits, and we pray the scriptures in Jesus' name. Are you ready to pray the news with us? Here's our first story. Life News reports a1:03 Pew Research poll now confirms what inherently we seem to have already known. Most Democrats who vote Democrat don't believe in God anymore. That's a1:15 majority. Republicans, however, most of them do believe in God. Republicans are significantly more religious than Democrats on key measures of for faith1:27 according to the poll. And those measures of faith include whether or not you believe in God, whether or not you engage in daily prayer, or whether or not you regularly go to1:39 church. The study highlights the stark partisan divides in American spirituality and politics. Overall, the findings are that
1:50 66 percent of Republicans believe in God with absolute certainty compared to 41 percent of Democrats do believe in God with absolute certainty, but it's a
2:02 minority of them. Republicans are almost, also more likely to pray on a daily basis. 52 percent of
2:13 Republicans do pray every day compared to 35 percent of Democrats who do pray every day, but it's a minority of them. Nearly half of
2:25 Republicans, 48 percent, say religion is very important in their lives, very important. Only 28 percent of Democrats feel like religion is very important in their lives.
2:38 On worship attendance, 41 percent of Republicans go to religious services at least monthly, if not more often. 41 percent of Republicans. And that's double the
2:50 number of Democrats. Only 24 percent go to church, at least monthly. Pew Research combined these metrics into a religious scale
3:03 that scored from 0 to 8, and Republicans on that scale scored about twice as likely as Democrats to score highly on the scale of religiousness.
3:16 Democrats are twice as likely to score low on the scale of religiousness. The partisan gap persists even when accounting for racial and ethnic differences. Although there's a different pattern when
3:28 you factor race into the political parties. For example, 3 quarters of black Democrats, 75 percent believe in
3:40 God with absolute certainty. And that rings true. Right? The the people of African American experience, they probably vote Democrat, and they're probably
3:51 Christians and go to church. So they're an exception. Compared with 48 percent of Hispanic Democrats now here's where it drops off significantly. White or Asian
4:03 Democrats, only 29 percent believe in God with absolute certainty. It's the white people that are atheists. It's the Asians, which I understand, maybe they come from Asia or
4:15 China, Japan. Their ancestors weren't really Christian, but the liberal white people have forgotten their faith. That's
4:27 what I'm reading in this. While Democrats are the least religious of all, just 26 percent in that category, white Democrats that is,
4:39 white Democrats, 26 percent believe in God with absolute certainty. That data was collected by nationally representative survey of more than
4:51 35000 US adults. So margin of error is almost nothing. It does represent us statistically. That's the news. Our thanks to Pew Research
5:02 and LifeNews dot com for that report. You know, back in 19 99, I wrote my master's thesis. You can find it on Amazon. It's out of print, but it's called license to
5:14 sin, the number 1 reason America is losing its moral foundation. And we examined the the theological underpinnings of the Antinomian heresy
5:26 and how people at that time could call themselves Christian and be sleeping with their wife's neighbor. Right? Their neighbor's wife. So so there was a hypocrisy that was polling at the time, and I
5:38 identified that in chapter 3. We found that Christians in 19 99 were lukewarm. They called themselves Christian, but their behavior was the opposite.
5:50 Now that's changing, what I predicted and what became true. You can go but read it. I gave this prediction that in the long run, America would no longer be in the hypocritical hypocritical
6:01 middle, that we would shift, that there would be a polarizing, that the Christian church would become more holy, more righteous, not politically, but actually with our moral behavior, we would
6:13 obey the commands of God and become more Christians, more Christ like, and that the left or the atheists would stop pretending to follow Christ and actually begin
6:25 to follow secularism or Satan more openly. Isn't hasn't that happened in society? There's been a great divide. There's no longer you
6:37 can't sit on the fence anymore. You're with Christ or you're against Christ. The Bible describes it in Ecclesiastes 10, a wise man's heart tends to the right hand, but a fool's heart tends
6:49 to the left. So if you have wisdom, follow Christ. If you're a fool, go ahead and vote Democrat. Let's take a short break.
7:01 When we come back, 8 states could vote on whether to ban abortion in 20 26.
7:07 This is PIJN News defending your religious freedom. Doctor Chaps will be right back.
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9:46 Defending your religious freedom. Here is doctor Chapps.
9:52 Welcome back. I'm doctor Chapps. Our next story comes from LifeNews dot com, who is now reporting that 8 states in America could have abortion on the ballot as ballot initiatives in
10:04 the 20 26 November elections. Pro life advocates are bracing for a pivotal battle in 20 26, according to Life News, as voters in 8 states prepare to weigh in on ballot
10:16 measures that could either safeguard legal protections for the unborn or create a fake right to kill babies in abortions. Some measures are good. Some measures are bad. You gotta look it up if you're in 1 of
10:28 these states, but let's go through them. 2 measures are already certified to be on the ballot next November third 20 26, and 6 others are advancing toward the ballot. Let's start with
10:39 Missouri. In Missouri, the pro life amendment 3 stands certified after Republican lawmakers referred the constitutional amendment to the repeal,
10:52 the 20 24 voter approved pro abortion measure. In Missouri, the voters had already enshrined a broad right to reproductive freedom
11:04 to kill your child, which included abortion up to viability. Another state, Nevada, has on its ballot
11:15 initiative question number 6, which was certified after passing its first vote in 20 24, now returns for a second required approval to embed the fundamental right to abortion in the
11:27 state constitution up until fetal viability, which is typically around 21 weeks. If you make it to week 22 babies, you might be safe
11:40 in Nevada. Another state, Idaho says the reproductive freedom and privacy measure, which was initiated state statute, has
11:51 cleared early hurdles and is gathering enough signatures to potentially appear on the ballot for the people to affirm, aiming to overturn the state's abortion ban and establishing a so called
12:03 right to abortion in Idaho. In Montana, the proposed definition of person amendment advanced by Republican lawmakers in the house during the 20 25
12:15 legislative session in Montana seeks now to amend the constitution to define a person as beginning at fertilization or conception. This effectively grants legal
12:27 protections to the unborn. So I would vote yes if you live in Montana. Nebraska's potential establishment of personhood in the pre born children
12:39 amendment. As an initiated constitutional amendment led by the group Choose Life Now in early stages of ballot qualification process to define a preborn child as a person in the
12:51 state of Nebraska's constitution. That would effectively ban abortions from conception with a very few limited exceptions. In the West
13:03 Coast State of Oregon, with the signature deadline in July of 20 26, abortion advocates, pro death groups are circulating petitions to amend the
13:14 constitution by affirming a right to kill babies and abortions. On the East Coast, Virginia is considering a right to reproductive freedom amendment. It was
13:26 approved in its first legislative passage by Democrats in January of 25. Now it's advancing for a second vote in the 20 26 session of the Virginia assembly
13:38 that could embed a right to reproductive freedom in the constitution and allow abortions all the way up to birth in the state. And finally, our
13:50 home state of Colorado, where I served as a Republican legislature in the state house, is now gathering petitions. Pro life advocates and my friends in Colorado are
14:02 gathering petitions and they're before the Colorado Supreme Court with the so called right to be born amendment that states as follows, quote, children have the
14:14 right to continue living from the moment they are conceived, end quote. That's the news. Our thanks to life news dot com. The Bible says this in Deuteronomy
14:25 30, all you states out there, you're having a choice between life and death, and that choice comes from God. God says, this day I call upon the
14:37 heavens and the earth as witnesses against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life that you and your children may
14:49 live. Let us pray. Father in heaven, as you give us the choice between life and death, we do choose life. And we vote for
15:01 the measures that will pro protect innocent children, and we vote against the measures that would kill innocent children. And, Jesus, we pray that you become the lord of our laws in all 50 states in Jesus'
15:13 name. Amen. Let's take a short break. When we come back, Roger Rose is with Capital Faith.
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17:28 I'm Doctor. Chaps. You know, Jesus taught the parable about sowing the seed and you don't want it wasted. You want it to grow with 30, 60, a hundredfold for the kingdom of Jesus Christ. I'll tell
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19:03 Welcome back, I'm Doctor. Chapps. We're at the ICOM conference in Atlanta, Georgia. I'm joined by my new friend Roger Roseberry who is with Capital Faith. Roger, welcome to the program. Thank you. Appreciate it. So
19:15 tell me about Capital Faith.
19:17 So we are a ministry that goes to Washington DC and we present the gospel to members of congress, their staff, the Capitol Hill community. We are there to present Jesus. We are not
19:28 lobbyists, so we don't talk policy. We are strictly there to show them who Christ is and plant as many seeds as we can for the Lord.
19:36 So have you met with congressmen?
19:38 Yes, sir. We've met with several congressmen and several staffers. The unique thing is there's so many people that work on Capitol Hill that we get to meet with Capitol Hill police officers, custodians,
19:51 people that work in the cafeterias. So it's a broad variety of people that we get to present the gospel to.
19:57 And what are they expecting? Let's say there's a real US congressman or senator and they accept a meeting request, which is hard to get sometimes. Yes, sir. They're busy people.
20:06 Mhmm.
20:07 But you have 20 minutes to get their attention. What do you say?
20:11 So we walk in and normally they're gonna start talking to us and ask us, you know, what we're doing and explain what kind of day they're having. And basically what we do is we just pray with them, find out how we can
20:22 minister to their office, and how we can help them. A lot of times, it is just sitting there and just listening to them, letting them talk. Sometimes, we tell them we pray with them, minister to them.
20:35 And it's just them getting to know us. Because as you can imagine in Washington DC, trust is a hard thing to come by. So they just wanna make sure that we're who we say we are. Are we there to
20:47 truly just love on them and be present? That's what we do. We talk about who we are, what we do, and then we listen. We let them tell us how we can pray for them and how we can minister for them, their
20:59 families,
21:00 and their office. I was a chaplain in the Navy. Sometimes that ministry of presence is the best you can hope for. Yes. Right? They don't trust you yet. They don't know why you're there.
21:12 Maybe you're gonna ask them for something, but you don't ask them for anything.
21:15 Mhmm.
21:15 You just say, we're here to pray with you when you need that. Yes, sir. And and they they a lot of times, open up their hearts and they tell what a rotten day they had.
21:25 Yes,
21:25 sir. And how they need prayer for their family or something's going on back home or you're really in a vulnerable space with them when you earn their trust.
21:35 You are. Very much so. And and here's the thing. When people talk to you about their issues or what they want prayer for, that's between you and them and God. And for us,
21:47 we take that very seriously. For instance, if we have people that come up and visit with us, the 1 thing we tell them, do not ask for photos. Do not ask for anything. We're not here for a photo op. We don't want we don't
21:57 want them ever to see us coming and be like, oh, here, they want something else. We solely are there to love on them and present Christ, present the gospel. And, you know, sometimes you're just in an elevator
22:09 and somebody walks in the elevator and you just say, how's your day going? How has today been? And they'll tell you, you know, and there's been opportunities where I've had to pray in the elevator. Wow. You know, because
22:20 like you said, if they see you once every 6 months, it doesn't mean much. But when they see you every week they're there, they do. They start to trust you. They start to see, okay, he's here. And then they
22:32 open up to you.
22:33 Do you have any endorsements from big power brokers or do you avoid that?
22:38 I stay away from the limelight as much as possible. Do we have people on the on the floor on the house that support us? Absolutely. But I don't do I try not to
22:49 get involved with anything other than what we're doing because I don't want to take away from it. And I'm human. Yeah. I don't wanna let myself get caught up in anything other than presenting the gospel. And
23:01 sometimes I think you can get too big too fast and you forget why you're there. And I never wanna forget why I'm there.
23:10 Roger is an interesting man. He's a unique kind of person that works in the capital, the power center of the globe, let's just say. But he's not there for power. He's not
23:22 there for money. He's not there for photo ops or or even publicity. We're we're trying to give you publicity here.
23:28 Yes, sir.
23:28 But you're very humble about it.
23:29 Yes, sir.
23:30 What is the gospel of Jesus Christ? Why do you do this? There's somebody out there watching who doesn't know Jesus. Would you talk to them?
23:38 Well, for me, it was like I was in the Lowe's place. Mhmm. But somebody shared who Christ And
23:51 for me, it's understanding that here's a man who is God also, who left his God state, came down to be a human and was tortured, punished, and
24:02 killed for me. Why would you not tell people about that? Because without him, there's no telling where I'd be.
24:14 I wouldn't be here. I wouldn't be talking to you. Because before we're saved, before we come to know Christ, you don't really get to see how bad you were.
24:26 Because it because the devil puts you right around people that are a little worse than
24:31 you,
24:31 which makes you not feel so bad. But once the Lord took a hold of my heart and I gave my life to him, he opened the eyes. He's like, man,
24:43 I was not a good person. I should not be here. I should not be there. So I'll tell people that are searching, I never felt freer than the day I accepted
24:55 Christ because everything that was pounding on me and hitting on me, it was gone. And I had somebody that I could turn to regardless of the situation,
25:08 And he would listen. And he would just love me for me. And and then he puts people in your path. You know, it's funny how the Lord, once you accept him,
25:20 he's always putting people right when you need them. Wow. You know, you may not even see it coming. You don't even realize that you need that person. But the Lord
25:32 knew before I was born that on that day I was
25:34 gonna need that And, the Lord knew that somebody out there would be watching this program on their television in their living room, not expecting to hear from you today. Right. Would you just talk
25:45 into the camera and just offer to pray with them? Maybe you could close our interview with a word of prayer.
25:50 Absolutely. So, whatever you're going through, the Lord is there. You can always turn to him. You can give him everything. You don't have to hide anything because he sees it all
26:02 anyway. So I wanna pray for y'all. If there's anything that you need, lift it up to the Lord as I'm praying. Let him know you need him. If you don't know the Lord, don't let today go by without coming to know him.
26:14 Let's pray. Our heavenly father, Lord, thank you for this time. Thank you for the privilege of being here. Lord, whoever's watching this, I wanna lift them up to you now. Lord, there's somebody hurting in dire straits
26:26 looking for you. Lord, I ask that you would just send somebody to them. Draw them to you, lord. Let today be the day they accept you as their lord and savior. Lord, watch over them, protect them. Lord, we thank
26:38 you for watching over us and being with us. Lord, most of we thank you for dying for us. And Lord, just be with them, watch over them in your precious name.
26:49 Amen. Our guest has been Roger Roseberry. Their website is capital faith ministries dot com.
26:57 Capital faith dot com. Capital
27:02 faith dot com. And that's with a t o l, capital faith dot com. Roger, it's great to meet you. Thanks for
27:09 coming on the Yes, sir. Thank you.
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