CTP (S3E125) How Planting Small Seeds Can Change Hardened Hearts (Memes 2)

CTP (S3E125) How Planting Small Seeds Can Change Hardened Hearts (Memes 2)
Exploring more of the fascinating intersection of Activism, Community Engagement, Faith / Religion, Human Nature, Politics, Social Issues, and beyond  
We explore why persuasion starts with planting seeds, not forcing change, and how memes, Scripture, and daily discipline shape hearts over time. We confront hubris, channel anger into purpose, clarify context around anti‑Semitism, and share a correction to keep our credibility intact.
• planting ideas through memes rather than pressure
• hubris, shock, denial, and the path to acceptance
• anger as fuel and how to channel it toward good fruit
• Scripture fulfilled, not erased, and rejecting anti‑Semitism
• mind over feelings through disciplined daily choices
• authenticity, corrections, and protecting trust
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Chapters

• 0:00 Opening And Season Timing
• 1:22 Why Memes Matter As Seed Planting
• 4:06 Hubris, Denial, And Changing Minds
• 7:20 Righteous Anger And Channeling It
• 10:20 Anti‑Semitism, Scripture, And Context
• 13:20 Mind Over Feelings And Daily Discipline
• 17:10 Tough Love Versus Cute Christianity

Transcript

SPEAKER_03: 0:00

Hello, welcome to another episode of Prestitutionalist Podcast. I am your host, Joseph M. Leonard. That's L-E-N-A-R-D. It looks French. It's not, it's Leonard without an O. Thank you for tuning in. As Graham Norton used to say on his show. Let's get on with the show. Hello everyone. Welcome to Seas, well, what's planned to be season three, episode 125 for November the 8th. But let me be up front. I'm recording, it's still September. And the it's been more like August than August was up here in Michigan, weather-wise. So November 8th, if and when this airs on November 8th again, planned for November 8th. Something could happen between now and November 8th that I have to bump this to the 15th, uh episode 126 a week later, because I'm pre-recording a few of these now ahead. Stop wasting time, Joe. Okay, memes two. Remember, I did a memes episode. Shout out to Chris Williams at Williams Chris with a K over on True Social. If you could see that on the behind the scenes video, life is so ironic. It takes sadness to know what happiness is, noise to appreciate silence, and absence to value presence. Amen to that. And I wanted to share that. That to me is important. And this makes an example. In memes of the original, I shared and will try to remember to put in post a meme of a woman and saying, plant seeds. It is our job to plant seeds. It is God's job then to change the hearts and minds, hopefully using the right sow to reap, we sow, God help water them, hopefully, then to blossom in the hearts and minds. Don't get our role and God's role mixed up. Now it's great if we could change hearts and minds, but given human nature, the odds of doing that are pretty low, pretty slim. Most people are so intransigent, have their minds so made up, they either deal in reality or they deal in delusion. And those who deal in delusion, it's hard to shake them from their delusion. It's like grieving, I've said before. Shock, denial, anger, acceptance. The shock of a seed you've planted being watered by God and growing in their mind for them to come to the shocking realization. They've been living a delusional lie. They've been a useful idiot for how long, right? And then a lot of them will go into denial mode, right? No, I prefer my delusion. I don't want to admit I'm wrong, right? CTP4 or CTP3, Hubert's chapter is in both. CTP4. I put up on Amazon the absolute bare minimum allowed price there to have something on their system because it's about getting the information out, not about profit. I get a couple pennies. Amazon's probably not too happy because they don't get as much as they normally would get from an e-book of mine being on the system, but it's only 10 chapters in order to be small, so I could qualify even to put it on their system for 99 cents. And hubris that wasn't chapter CTP3 is repeated in CTP4 because it's important. Get out there, right? Shock and denial because of their hubris. Oh, I can't admit I could have possibly been wrong. I could have possibly been misled. So it's our job to plant these little seeds via memes for God to water and hopefully bring some to their shocking shock and denial and anger. Anger is in CTP4 also. Anger is a natural human emotion. Uh Jesus never said you are not allowed to be angry. Jesus does say certain things about, you know, thou shalt not this and that. How you channel the anger matters, shall be known by your fruits. You're gonna get angry, but how do you react to that anger? Do you try to channel it to something positive and an effective to uh change help plant seeds to change hearts and minds about what happened that made you angry? That matters. So that's important, and memes can help with that. But I mentioned the life is so ironic from at Williams Chris with a K. Uh, because uh I responded, uh I wish she would have said that eight weeks ago, right before the Book of Kennedy Project Carpe Diem came out. I could have worked that into the book or a short story, a lasting legacy. It would have worked better in the Book of Kennedy Project Carpe Diem. About life is so ironic, it takes sadness to know what happiness is, noise to appreciate silence, and absence to value presence. I wish that would have been posted eight weeks ago. I would have worked it into the book. That helps make the point of the book. Another thing I'd print it out said off to the side is Matthew 5, 17 meme. Think not I am come to destroy the law or prophets I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. And I do a show on the stupidity of anti-Semitism based on Jesus the Jew, born and raised a Jew, King of the Jews, uh, became a rabbi, began his ministry at 30 in accordance with Jewish law and traditions. He didn't erase all the old testament, uh see the show a new way, and also CTP3. The book has anti-Semitism chapter in it. I'm not gonna dwell on it, but I printed that so I could share that. I also printed this one. When Job had everything, he worshipped. When Job lost everything, he worshiped. Worship isn't about your circumstances, it's about who God is and who you want to be. So that was oh, it's a notes. It's on yellow paper, so you're not really gonna see it anyway. And I want to be careful to not allow somebody to do a screen print and steal my idea for a book that I'm working on. Those were the notes. The next one I have here is this one I'm trying to show that uh someone battling a lion, and it says, You have to train your mind to be stronger than your feelings, or else you lose yourself. A meme representation of Proverbs 25-28. Let me repeat that you have to train your mind to be stronger than your feelings, or else you lose yourself. And also, uh another one I have here. I'm showing on screen behind the scenes video, says Christianity isn't a cross necklace or a scripture tattoo, or even me with my cross tattoo, because I kept losing my cross necklace whenever I take it off. So I have a cross literally tattooed on me, so it goes everywhere I go. It's chasing after God daily, dying to your own desires and being different in a world full of sin. It's not the cute stuff that matters. Christianity is hard. Whoa, jeep, you know, again, this show, CTP, tough love of the Bible that many Matthew 23 fake Christians want to avoid. It's the tough stuff that you know, I don't want to be bothered with. I just want to sing tumbaya around the campfire all day long and pretend I've actually paid attention to the Bible and what Christ said. The good and the tough stuff, right? And attached to that is a classi is Gs 10 2 to 3. A wise man heart a wise man's heart is at his right hand, but a fool's heart is at his left. The Bible prophesies our modern politics. Yea, also when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to everyone that he is a fool. Those three were stapled together because they all go together. So I all kinds of memes I could have, maybe should have wanted to share in this episode. I knew I was gonna do eventually. I should have printed out, but didn't. Those are the ones I have printed. Important points, all touched on in my four now CTP books, as well as several of my fiction books. Uh as a main grab, I got a proof copy of a short story, A Lasting Legacy in hard copy form the other day, so I could show that. So Josephmleonard.us slash shop or tinyurl.com slash JLD on Amazon. Uh, short episode. Thank you all for tuning in. Take care, God bless. Remember, your role isn't to beat people over the head with the Bible, it's to plant seeds in a hardened mind into hardened soil and let God water it and nurture it and help bloom it into beautiful flowers. Thank you all. Take care, God bless. Oh, my eye is watering. Oh, all right. I need to hit stop, but I gotta my former Bell's palsy that weakened the muscles and the nerves on that side of my face. My right eye will what one of the many health condition issues I still continue to deal with. Thank you all. Take care. God bless. Have a great day. Love you all. In discussion with someone during books authors weeks, I mentioned I had not been out of the state of Michigan since 2006. Well, I remember now that's not completely accurate. And it's not about me, it's about the show's credibility, about dealing in facts and being honest. So, yes, during the Wuhan hysteria, and while Wretched Whitler still had the state of Michigan locked down, Governor DeWine of Ohio unlocked his state, should have never locked it down, but unlocked his state early. And I on a nice day, chance to get out of the house, chance to get out of the state, even though I don't like putting the extra miles on the car. I need it to last. It's got a lot of miles on it. But again, it's not about me. This is about the credibility of the show, facts, and honesty. Right? So I drove down to Toledo, ate, even though I couldn't afford to burn the gas, bought, you know, just got Burger King there rather than Burger King here or whatever, McDonald's, whatever it was. I don't remember, not important, and went to a movie to support the theater. Not in Toledo, actually, outside of Toledo. I forget the chain name. I forget the movie, not important. It was something I wanted to see. So it wasn't like I drove there to then pick a random movie they had going. Uh so hence the need for the correction to maintain the credibility here, not you know, I know you know what I mean, right? So, anyway, like and subscribe to Christitutionalist politics podcast and share episodes. We need your help. Thank you for having tuned into another Christitutionalist podcast show. I really appreciate that you stop by. Again, please like, share, subscribe. We need you to help spread the constitutionalist movement. Thank you again. Take care. God bless. Love you all.

SPEAKER_01: 16:03

In the book of Kennedy, Project Carpe Diem, a young woman stands alone at sunrise by the ocean. Her hair moves with the wind. Faint superimposed text. Was life just a collection of mediocre days with a few random happy times? Flashbacks. A girl laughing as a child, then crying as a teenager, pondering about her future. Lighting shifts from golden to shadowed. Slow motion. She walks through crowds, offering a soft smile to a stranger. In the book of Kennedy, Project Carpe Diem, available now on Amazon in ebook, paperback, and hardcover editions.

SPEAKER_00: 16:54

Every life is a story. Some just end too soon. Ryan's life unfolds through words on paper, dreams of youth, love discovered, and the challenges of growing up. He found purpose in love, joy in family, and meaning in every small moment. But even the strongest hearts can break. And sometimes life takes unexpected turns. Through laughter and loss, Ryan leaves behind something greater than memories, a lasting legacy. A short story, a lasting legacy, by Joseph M. Leonard. A moving reflection on life, love, and the stories we leave behind. Available on Amazon in ebook, paperback, and hardcover editions by Joseph M. Leonard.

SPEAKER_02: 17:53

Welcome to Christitutionalist Politics 4, the latest chapter in the CTP journey. Yes, it's come fast on the heels of CTP3, but this time there's a reason. The world hasn't slowed down, and neither have I. So much has happened since CTP3, I couldn't wait until 2026. The conversations, the challenges, the turning points, they demanded a response now. Drawn from countless posts, articles, podcast episodes, and exclusive videos, CTP4 brings it all together. Compact, sharp, and powerful. Ten chapters of insight you can dive into today. Shorter by design, packed with meaning, and offered at a special low cost. Because truth and perspective shouldn't wait. Christitutionalist Politics 4. Available now on Amazon Kindle ebook. Exclusive.