Friday, October 23, 2015

Bye, Jim! Bye, Joe! Bye, Linc!

The Republicans get most of the attention because they're more entertaining, but there are a few Democrats running for president too. This week, that list got cut in half. The last time I published the list of Democratic candidates, on July 5, it looked like this, with Vice President Biden waiting in the wings but not yet declared:

Declared Democratic Candidates
  1. Hillary Clinton (April 12)
  2. Bernie Sanders (May 26) 
  3. Martin O'Malley (May 30) 
  4. Lincoln Chafee (June 3)
  5. Jim Webb (July 2)  
On Wednesday, Jim Webb looked reality square in the face and dropped out; later the same day Joe Biden announced that he would not be dropping in. And now this morning, (former Rhode Island governor) Lincoln Chaffee, who according to Salon.com was averaging precisely 0.0% in Real Clear Politic's average of national polls, also dropped out. As Salon put it: "Congratulations, Martin O'Malley. You're in third place!" 

I've updated my list: 

Declared Democratic Candidates
  1. Hillary Clinton (April 12)
  2. Bernie Sanders (May 26) 
  3. Martin O'Malley (May 30)
The Republican list is unchanged since Scott Walker dropped out on September 21; their next debate is Wednesday, Oct. 28. According to the Washington Post, this is how the candidates will be lined up on the CNBC stage, with 10 candidates in the main debate and 4 at the earlier, so-called "undercard" debate:
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Any guesses for who will be the next Republican to drop out?

Days until Election Day: 381

1 comment:

Steve Finnell said...

THE WILL OF THE FATHER? BY STEVE FINNELL

It is the will of the Father that all men be saved. The question is can men reject what the words of Jesus and still be saved.

John 6:40 For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day."

The Father wants all men to be saved.

John 12:48-50 He who rejects Me and does not receive My sayings, has one who judges him; the word I spoke is what will judge him at the last day........

Can men be a true believer in Jesus and at the same time reject His word?

How many times can men say, "Jesus did not mean what He said." Can men proclaim their creed books and other denominational teaching takes precedent over the words of Jesus and still be saved?

THE WORDS OF JESUS

Mark 16:16 He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned.

Can you reject the fact that Jesus said "Has been baptized shall be saved?" Are you receiving the sayings of Jesus when you proclaim that water baptism does not precede salvation?

Matthew 24:10-13 At that time many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another.......13 But the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.

Can men oppose what Jesus said and declare that men that are once saved are always saved? Will they still be saved?

John 3:5 Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one isborn of water and the Spirit he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

Can men proclaim that Jesus was saying, in order to enter the kingdom of God you have be born by natural child birth. Can you imagine Jesus saying that a requirement to enter the kingdom of God is being born of amniotic fluid?

John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no one comes to the Father but through Me."

Can believers in Christ say that Jesus is just one of many roads to salvation and remain saved?

John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son , that whoever believes in Him shall not perish , but have eternal life.

Some say, that John 3:16 actually means that whoever God has been predetermined for salvation, will believed and be saved and all others will burn in hell for all eternity.

Can men give their private interpretation of Scripture and still be saved?


CAN MEN REJECT THE WORDS OF JESUS AND STILL BE SAVED?

(Scripture from: NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE)

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