Pastor and author Mark Batterson shares how to see the million little miracles in everyday life. Plus, an American couple heads to a country on the brink of war to rescue two children. Go along for the journey on today’s 700 Club.
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ON TODAY'S 700 CLUB WELL
WELCOME TO THE SEVEN HUNDRED
CLUB MENTAL ILLNESS DEPRESSION
BEHAVIOR.
THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE
DANGERS OF USING MARIJUANA YET
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS
CONSIDERING A MOVE THAT WILL
MAKE THE DRUG EVEN MORE
ACCESSIBLE.
THE IS PLAN WILL ALSO GIVE
AN ECONOMIC BOOST TO BUSINESSES
SELL MARIJUANA.
CBN NEWS MEDICAL REPORTER LORI
JOHNSON EXPLAINS.
IN EARLY DECEMBER, THE U.S.
DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY HEAR
TESTIMONY ON WHETHER THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD
RECLASSIFY MARIJUANA AS A
SCHEDULE THREE DRUG WITH
MODERATE TO LOW POTENTIAL FOR
DEPENDENCY.
SCHEDULE ONE DRUGS INCLUDE
HEROIN, ECSTASY, LSD AND
CURRENTLY MARIJUANA.
A DOWNGRADE TO SCHEDULE
THREE WOULD PUT IT ALONGSIDE OF
ANABOLIC STEROIDS KETAMINE AND
TYLENOL WITH CODEINE.
ONE NOTABLE IMPACT WOULD BE THE
ENORMOUS FINANCIAL BENEFIT TO
THE $30 BILLION MARIJUANA
INDUSTRY.
THAT'S BECAUSE THE 15,000
DISPENSARIES IN STATES POT IS
LEGAL WOULD THEN BE ALLOWED TO
DEDUCT MAJOR BUSINESS EXPENSES
FROM THEIR FEDERAL TAXES
ALLOWING THEM TO USE THAT
WINDFALL TO EXPAND THEIR REACH.
THEY'RE SELLING TO MAKE MONEY
AND THEY DON'T GIVE A ABOUT
THE PUBLIC.
DAVID EVANS WILL TESTIFY
AGAINST THE MOVE AT THE DEA BY
SUGGESTING THE GOVERNMENT IS
IGNORING POT'S.
IN THE CASE OF MARIJUANA THE
FDA NOT GOING TO HAVE TO STUDY
IT AT ALL.
EVANS WILL POINT TO TODAY'S
HIGH THC CONCENTRATION IN THE
DRUG AND IT'S WELL DOCUMENTED
LINK TO PSYCHOSIS.
WE'RE NOW SEEING A LOT OF
THAT.
IT CAUSES MENTAL ILLNESS,
DEPRESSION, SUICIDAL.
ONE EXAMPLE IS ZACH PLANT
WHO WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANNABIS
INDUCED PSYCHOSIS AFTER HIS
MARIJUANA USE CAUSED HIM TO
LOSE TOUCH WITH REALITY WHILE
EXPERIENCING DELUSIONS AND
PARANOIA.
I HAD THOUGHTS OF OTHER
PEOPLE WANTING TO HURT ME.
I THOUGHT THE ONLY WAY OF YOU
KNOW BEING SAFE WAS TO END MY
OWN LIFE.
WHILE HIS SYMPTOMS DIDN'T,
DOCTORS GAVE ZACH A WARNING.
IF YOU SMOKE AGAIN THERE'S A
CHANCE YOU DON'T COME OUT OF
PSYCHOSIS.
ZACH'S NOT ALONE.
DOCTORS REGULARLY SEE THE
DARK SIDE OF MARIJUANA USE AS
BECAME LEGAL.
DEFINITELY SAW MORE
DELIRIUM, HALLUCINATIONS,
PARANOIA AS BEING SIDE EFFECTS
OF THIS AND THEN EVEN JUST
NORMAL DEPRESSION, ANXIETY,
SEVERE VOMITING, HEART AND LUNG
COMPLICATIONS SECTION, FULL
DYSFUNCTION AND STOMACH
PARALYSIS.
THEY WOULD COME IN AND HAVE
LONG BOUTS OF BEING TO EAT.
THIS WOULD LAST FOR THREE OR
FOUR DAYS AND IT WAS WELL KNOWN
THAT WAS DUE TO MARIJUANA.
ARMED WITH THESE AND SIMILAR
STORIES DAVID EVANS AND OTHERS
WILL OBJECT TO THE DEA PLAN
WHICH WOULD LOOSEN ECONOMIC
RESTRICTIONS ON THOSE WHO SELL
IT.
IT'S A POLITICAL FINANCIAL
MOVE TO CATER TO THE MARIJUANA
INDUSTRY TO YOUNG PEOPLE.
THE RECLASSIFICATION PROCESS
WILL TAKE TO COMPLETE.
IT'S UNCLEAR WHETHER THE
INCOMING ADMINISTRATION WILL
CALL FOR A SHIFT IN DEA PRIOR
WHICH COULD PUT THE MOVE ON
HOLD.
LORI JOHNSON CBN.
LET'S TAKE A LITTLE LESSON
IN HISTORY AND GO BACK TO THE
SHAMANS AND ALL CULTURES TO
HAVE THEM IN THE ANCIENT WORLD
AND WE'VE HAD OUR ARCHEOLOGICAL
EVIDENCE THAT THE SHAMANS WERE
QUITE FAMILIAR WITH MARIJUANA.
THEY WOULD HAVE SATCHELS OF
THAT.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE HINDU
RELIGION AND WHAT THE THE GURUS
ARE DOING THERE THEY'RE SMOKING
AND THEY'RE DOING IT TO TRY TO
GET KIND OF REVELATION.
BUT IN THAT HISTORICAL
ACCOUNT YOU LOOK AT HOMER AND
AND ODYSSEY AND ODYSSEUS GETS
TRAPPED IN THE LAND OF THE
LOTUS EATERS AND IT'S A A BAD
PLACE FOR HIM.
IT'S NOT A GOOD PLACE.
IT'S A GOOD WHERE YOU HAVE IT'S
A PLACE WHERE YOU HAVE DRUG
INDUCED HALLUCINATIONS AND
WITHIN THE GREEK CIVILIZATION
THAT WAS CONDEMNED AND SORT OF
WENT AWAY FROM THIS OTHER SORT
OF LET'S LET'S HAVE EVERYBODY
DO IT.
THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT THIS THIS
MAY BE A SURPRISE TO YOU BUT
LET'S JUST LOOK AT THE BOOK OF
REVELATION AND ONE OF THE ENDS
OF THE MYSTERY BABYLON THAT
CITY THAT CORRUPTS WHOLE EARTH.
ONE OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF
THEIR ACTIONS IS THEY GET
THROWN DOWN AND HERE IT IS IN
REVELATION 18 VERSE 23 THE
LIGHT OF A LAMP SHALL SHINE IN
YOU ANYMORE AND THE VOICE OF
THE BRIDEGROOM AND THE BRIDE
SHALL NOT BE HEARD IN YOU
ANYMORE.
SO THERE'S A GREAT DARKNESS
THERE'S NO LONGER ANY MARRIAGE
ANY THOUGHT OF FAMILY.
YOU'RE MERCHANTS FOR THE
GREAT MEN OF THE AND SO THERE
WAS GREAT TRADE AND GREAT
WEALTH BUT ALL OF IT GOT
SQUANDERED.
AND HERE'S THE REASON FOR BY
YOUR SORCERY.
ALL THE NATIONS WERE DECEIVED.
NOW YOU READ THAT IN ENGLISH
AND YOU'RE THINKING SOME KIND
OF.
WELL, IT'S SOME KIND OF
IDOLATRY OR IT'S SOME KIND OF
WITCHCRAFT.
WELL, THE UNDERLYING WORD FOR
THAT IS PHARMACARE.
THAT'S THE GREEK WORD BEHIND
SORCERY.
AND SO IT TIES IT BACK TO THESE
SHAMANS WHO WOULD USE TRANCE
INDUCING SPELLBINDING DRUGS IN
ORDER TO HAVE INFLUENCE OVER
PEOPLE.
SO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO
AMERICA WHEN WE BECOME THE
SPELL OF A DRUG WHERE WE'RE
CONSTANTLY FOR THE NEXT HIGH?
WHEN I WAS GROWING UP IT WAS
CALLED THE COUNTERCULTURE THESE
DAYS HAS BECOME CULTURE AND IF
IT HAS, ARE WE PREPARED FOR THE
END RESULT OR ARE WE GOING TO
BE A NATION WHERE THE LIGHT NO
LONGER SHINES, WHERE THERE'S NO
MORE JOY IN MARRIAGE, THERE'S
NO MORE BRIDEGROOM AND THERE'S
NO MORE BRIDE?
ARE HEADING TO TO DESTRUCTION?
I THINK THE PATHWAY IS QUITE
CLEAR AND LET'S SOUND THE ALARM
THAT THIS ISN'T A WAY FORWARD.
YOU LOOK BACK AGAIN IN HISTORY
HAPPENED IN CHINA WHEN THE
OPIUM TRADE WAS ENFORCED THREE
OPIUM WARS AND GREAT BRITAIN
AND HER ALLIES GANGING UP ON
CHINA TO KEEP THE OPIUM MARKETS
OPEN.
THAT IS IT'S AN HISTORY.
CHINA CALLS IT THEIR LAST
CENTURY THAT BECAUSE SO MANY
PEOPLE BECAME DRUG ADDICTED
THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO ADVANCE AS
A CULTURE.
LET'S WAKE UP TO THE HISTORY.
LET'S WAKE UP TO WHAT WE'RE
GETTING READY TO DO TO
OURS
AT THE ENGLISH WORD FOR
MARIJUANA.
THERE'S A REASON WE CALL IT
DOPE.
IN OTHER NEWS, THE HOUSE
ETHICS COMMITTEE WILL NOT
RELEASE ITS REPORT ON ALLEGED
MISCONDUCT BY THE PRESIDENT
ELECT'S NOMINEE FOR ATTORNEY
GENERAL.
JOHN JESSUP HAS MORE ON THAT
STORY FROM OUR CBN NEWS BUREAU
IN WASHINGTON.
JOHN, THANKS.
GORDON THE COMMITTEE'S
REPUBLICAN CHAIRMAN SAID THE
MEMBERS COULD NOT COME TO AN
AGREEMENT ON MAKING THE REPORT
PUBLIC ALLEGATIONS OF
MISCONDUCT WHEN HE WAS A
CONGRESSMAN THREATENED FORMER
REPRESENTATIVE GATES'S
CONFIRMATION AS THE COUNTRY'S
TOP LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
THE NOMINEE MET WITH REPUBLICAN
SENATORS ON CAPITOL HILL
WEDNESDAY.
THE SENATE HAS BEEN GIVING
ME A LOT OF GOOD ADVICE SO I'M
LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING IT.
BUT TALKS HAVE BEEN VERY
SUPPORTIVE.
THEY'VE BEEN SAYING WE'RE GOING
TO GET A FAIR PROCESS.
WHILE MODERATE REPUBLICANS
HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERNS OVER
HIS NOMINATION.
SENATOR LINDSEY IS PROMISING A
FAIR HEARING SAYING QUOTE NO
RUBBER STAMPS AND NO LYNCH MOB.
WELL, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
IS TARGETING CYBER CRIME
RECENTLY ANNOUNCING A NEW
INITIATIVE AT DISRUPTING ONLINE
CRIMINALS.
CYBER CRIME IS EXPECTED TO COST
A STAGGERING TEN AND A HALF
TRILLION DOLLARS WORLDWIDE.
EXPERTS SAY THESE CRIMINALS ARE
GETTING SMARTER AND FASTER BY
USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
CBN'S BRODY CARTER TELLS US
MORE.
AND PLENTY OF TEXT MESSAGES,
PHONE CALLS, EMAILS THAT I'M
QUITE CERTAIN YOU KNOW, THERE
WERE SCAMS BEHIND THEM.
EVEN MEMBERS OF THE FEDERAL
TRADE COMMISSION ARE TARGETED
BY SCAMMERS.
THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGHT.
WILL MAXON OF THE AGENCY'S
MARKETING PRACTICES DIVISION
SAYS THESE CRIMINALS FOR
POTENTIAL VICTIMS BY USING A.I.
TO PERFECT IN WERE NEW AGE OLD
SCAMS WHERE YOU CAN HAVE
EXTREMELY ACCURATE CLONING DONE
VERY QUICKLY THE VIDEO CLONING
HAS BECOME AND BETTER AND MORE
SEAMLESS AND HARDER TO SPOT
REALLY DAY AT A SPEED AT WHICH
THEY CAN DO IT.
ACCORDING TO THE FTC
CONSUMER IS REPORTED LOSING
MORE THAN $10 BILLION TO FRAUD
IN 2023 UP 14% FROM THE YEAR
PRIOR.
A.I. MAKES IT EASIER TO DECEIVE
BY ELIMINATING SPELLING ERRORS
CREATING BETTER FAKE LOGOS OR
IMAGES WHILE ALSO PROVIDING
SENSITIVE INFORMATION LIKE
PARTIAL SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS
TO MAKE SCAMS APPEAR MORE
AUTHENTIC.
WE'VE GONE FROM MILLIONS
BILLIONS AND TRILLIONS IN A
DECADE AND THAT'S DAY PER DAY.
AND SENIORS ARE CLEARLY
TARGETS A MAJORITY OF THOSE
SEEKING HELP BEING OVER THE AGE
OF 60.
REPORTEDLY LOSING A TOTAL OF
NEARLY $2 BILLION.
MY NAME IS PHYLLIS WEISBERG.
I'M A 90 YEAR OLD WIDOW.
I WAS A VICTIM AN ONLINE SCAM.
THE SCAMMERS MANAGED TO GET
INTO MY CHECKING ACCOUNT.
THEY REMOVED $20,000.
WEISBERG SAYS THE EXPERIENCE
LEFT HER FEELING SHAKEN AND
VULNERABLE.
MY FIRST REACTION WAS TOTAL
EMBARRASSMENT THAT I WOULD DO
ANYTHING THAT STUPID.
AND ALL I CAN DO IS WARN OTHER
PEOPLE AND HOPE THAT THIS WILL
HELP ONE PERSON.
CYBER SECURITY EXPERT JAMES
LEE ADDS THAT A.I. IS NOW
HELPING SCAMMERS CLOSE THE
TRADITIONAL AGE GAP.
TODAY THE TARGET IS 25 TO
45.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY TARGETING MORE
FREQUENTLY AND THE ATTACK IS
MORE SUCCESSFUL.
LEE ADVISES EXTRA STEPS TO
PROTECT AGAINST ALL POTENTIAL
SCAMS.
FOR IF YOU GET AN EMAIL OR A
CALL FROM A SUPPOSED TRUSTED
SOURCE IT'S ESSENTIAL YOU TAKE
THE TIME TO VERIFY IT CAME FROM
THAT.
THEY DO THE EXACT SAME THING
THAT A NORMAL DOES THEY TARGET
THEIR CUSTOMERS.
THEY FIGURE OUT ALL THIS ZIP
CODE HAS A HIGHER INCOME LEVEL
SO THEREFORE IF I TARGET PEOPLE
IN THAT ZIP I HAVE A HIGHER
LIKELIHOOD OF GETTING AWAY WITH
MORE MONEY WITH ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE EXPANDING AT A
BREAKNECK PACE.
SCAMS WILL ONLY BECOME MORE
PREVALENT.
WHILE THERE'S NO GUARANTEED WAY
TO PREVENT THESE ATTACKS,
EXPERTS MAINTAIN THAT TAKING
PROTECTIVE MEASURES AND BEING
VIGILANT COULD KEEP YOUR
INFORMATION AND YOUR WALLET
SAFE.
BRODY CARTER CBN NEWS.
SOME IMPORTANT TIPS THERE.
THANK YOU, BRODY.
WELL, TURNING OVERSEAS THE
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
HAS ISSUED ARREST WARRANTS FOR
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN
.
HIS FORMER DEFENSE MINISTER AND
HAMAS OFFICIALS.
THE WARRANTS TURN NETANYAHU AND
YOAV GALLANT INTO
INTERNATIONALLY SUSPECTS.
CBN'S CHRIS MITCHELL REPORTS
THE WARRANTS ACCUSE NETANYAHU
AND GALLANT OF WAR CRIMES AND
CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY OVER
THE WAR IN GAZA AND HAMAS FOR
THE OCTOBER 7TH ATTACKS THAT
TRIGGERED ISRAEL'S OFFENSIVE.
THE ICC DECISION WOULD PUT
NETANYAHU AND GALLANT AT RISK
OF ARREST IF THEY TRAVELED TO
CERTAIN COUNTRIES.
BACK IN MAY WHEN THE ICC
THREATENED TO ARREST WARRANTS,
NETANYAHU CALLED IT A MORAL
OUTRAGE OF HISTORIC
PROPORTIONS.
THE WARRANTS COME AS ISRAEL
FIGHTS WARS ON ITS SOUTHERN
BORDER WITH HAMAS AND HEZBOLLAH
IN.
ON WEDNESDAY U.S. NEGOTIATOR
AMOS HOCHSTEIN CONCLUDED TALKS
WITH LEBANON'S SPEAKER OF THE
PARLIAMENT.
IF WE PROGRESS I WOULD GO TO
ISRAEL AND MAKE THOSE
ADDITIONAL DISCUSSIONS THERE
BASED ON THE CONVERSATIONS HERE
AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
MAJOR STICKING POINT IS
HEZBOLLAH'S DEMAND THAT ISRAEL
CAN'T RESPOND TO VIOLATIONS BY
THE TERROR GROUP.
LEILA FADEL IT IS NOT
ALLOWED FOR ISRAEL TO VIOLATE
AND KILL AND INJURE WHENEVER IT
WANTS.
ISRAEL'S NEW FOREIGN
MINISTER SAYS THEY HAVE THAT
RIGHT.
WE WILL NEED TO KEEP THE
FREEDOM OF TO ACT IF THERE WILL
BE.
SO OUR SAYS ISRAEL MUST BE
ABLE TO KEEP FROM EVER AGAIN
BECOMING A HUGE THREAT.
WE WILL HAVE TO ENFORCE THEY
WON'T BE ABLE TO BUILD AGAIN
THE FORCE IN LEBANON.
IT WON'T BE ABLE TO BRING AGAIN
AMMUNITION MISSILES.
WHILE HOCHSTEIN NOT DISCUSS
DETAILS OF THE AGREEMENT MIDDLE
EAST ANALYST LEE SMITH TELLS
CBN NEWS IT WOULD UNDERWRITE
THE LEBANESE ARMY THAT'S BEEN
INFILTRATED BY HEZBOLLAH.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN
ADDITIONAL $400 MILLION FOR THE
LEBANESE ARMED FORCES IN
ADDITION TO HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS THAT WE HAVE NOT NOW
DECIDED TO GIVE THEM YEARLY.
WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE
PAYING HEZBOLLAH ASSAD.
SMITH SAYS DEAL FAVORS
HEZBOLLAH.
IT NOT ONLY PROTECTS AN
IRANIAN PROXY THE CHIEF IRANIAN
PROXY HEZBOLLAH.
WHAT IT ALSO DOES IS IT ALSO
STIFFS THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER
CALL IT FUNDING FOR LEBANON.
IT'S NOT FUNDING FOR LEBANON.
IT'S FUNDING FOR HEZBOLLAH.
AT THE U.N. WEDNESDAY, THE
U.S. VETOED A SECURITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION DEMANDING AN
IMMEDIATE UNCONDITIONAL
PERMANENT CEASE FIRE IN GAZA.
WE MADE CLEAR THROUGHOUT WE
COULD NOT SUPPORT AN
UNCONDITIONAL CEASE FIRE THAT
FAILED TO RELEASE THE HOSTAGES.
POINTS OUT HAMAS CAN EASILY
END THE WAR IF WERE TO RELEASE
THE HOSTAGES AND SO UNDER THE
WEAPONS NOT ONE MORE SHOT WOULD
NEED TO BE FIRED IN THE U.S.
SENATE, AN EFFORT BY
PROGRESSIVES TO END SALES OF
OFFENSIVE WEAPONS TO ISRAEL
WENT DOWN TO A SOLID DEFEAT.
OPPONENTS SAID IT WOULD SEND
THE WRONG SIGNAL.
THIS SIGNAL WILL BE SEEN BY THE
ENEMIES OF ISRAEL AND THE
ENEMIES OF PEACE AS IF THEY
JUST STICK WITH IT THEY WILL
WIN.
CHRIS MITCHELL CBN
JERUSALEM.
THANKS CHRIS GORDON.
BACK OVER TO YOU.
THE TRUTH HAS BEEN TURNED ON
ITS HEAD HERE AND IT IS JUST
AMAZING TO ME AGAIN THE HISTORY
GO BACK TO 2006 WHEN ISRAEL
WITHDREW FROM GAZA.
IT WAS UNDER THE BUSH
ADMINISTRATION WITH THE PROMISE
THAT SOMEHOW OR OTHER THERE
WOULD BE ARAB SPRING IN GAZA
THEY WOULD REALIZE THE BENEFITS
OF DEMOCRACY.
THEY WOULD WANT FREEDOM, THEY
WOULD WANT PROSPER.
WELL, IT TURNED OUT THEY DIDN'T
WANT ANY OF THAT AND THEY
ELECTED HAMAS TO LEAD THEM.
AND THE VERY NEXT YEAR HAMAS
SUSPENDED ELECTIONS AFTER
KILLING THE RIVAL PARTY FATAH,
THEY TOOK THEM TO THE ROOFTOP
AND THREW THEM OVER.
SO YOU LOOK AT THIS AND GO WHY
IN THE WORLD WOULD THE UNITED
STATES EVER TRY TO BACK THAT
HEZBOLLAH?
IT'S A PROXY OF IRAN AND IT'S
FULLY FUNDED FROM IRAN.
THE WEAPONS COME FROM IRAN.
YOU LOOK AT THIS AGAIN IN THE
HISTORY.
ISRAEL WITHDREW FROM SOUTHERN
LEBANON WAS A PROMISE FROM THE
U.N. THAT THERE WOULD BE A
BUFFER ZONE THAT NO ROCKETS, NO
WEAPONS, NO SOLDIERS WOULD BE
ALLOWED AND THE U.N. FORCES
WOULD ENFORCE IT.
WELL, WE'VE SEEN THE VIDEO.
THERE ARE TUNNELS SET UP RIGHT
UNDERNEATH THE WATCHTOWER OF
THE U.N. BARRACKS.
IT'S JUST IT'S A IT'S
AMAZING THE DISCONNECT AND THEN
THE INTERNATIONAL COURT TO
ISSUE ARREST WARRANTS.
WELL, WHO'S THE SUPREME JUDGE
OF THAT COURT?
WELL, HE'S A MUSLIM FROM
LEBANON WHO'S THE CHIEF
PROSECUTOR OF THAT COURT?
WELL, HE'S A MUSLIM FROM
BRITAIN.
HIS FATHER'S FROM PAKISTAN.
WELL, WHAT IN THE WORLD DO
EXPECT TO HAPPEN NOW LET ME
CALL OUT OUR OWN STATE
DEPARTMENT.
WHEN YOU RESTORED TO GAZA AND
YOU RESTORED FUNDING TO UNWRA,
DID YOU REALLY NOT KNOW THEY
WERE SUPPORTING HAMAS?
DID YOU REALLY NOT KNOW THAT
THE TUNNELS WERE RIGHT NEXT TO
THE UN HEADQUARTERS, THAT THE
TUNNELS WERE RIGHT NEXT TO THE
MOSQUES AND THE SCHOOLS AND THE
THE HOSPITALS THAT THE ROCKETS
WERE ARE RIGHT IN THE BUILDING
WHERE UNWRA WAS?
DID YOU NOT KNOW THAT FOR THE
FUNDING CURRENTLY GOING TO
SUPPOSEDLY THE ARMED FORCES OF
LEBANON DO YOU NOT KNOW IT'S
BEING DIVERTED TO HEZBOLLAH?
ARE YOU EXERCISING WILLFUL
IGNORANCE AND
DOWN THE ROAD IN SOME USELESS
HOPE FOR PEACE?
I SUBMIT TO EVERYONE WE'RE ON
THE VERGE OF A GREAT VICTORY
THE PROXIES IN THIS TERRIBLE
ARE ABOUT TO BE DEFEATED.
LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE DO
EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO MAKE
SURE ISRAEL HAS THE WEAPONS IT
NEEDS THE RESOLVE IT NEEDS, THE
INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT IT NEEDS
IN ORDER TO FINISH THE JOB
BECAUSE IF THEY CAN FINISH THE
STAY CONNECTED WITH CBN
NEWS DAY ACROSS OUR PLATFORMS.
WELL ARE STRUGGLING TO MEET
THE NEEDS OF PARENTS WHOSE
CHILDREN IDENTIFY TRANSGENDER.
THAT'S WHY A PASTOR IN NORTHERN
VIRGINIA HIS CHURCH DOORS TO A
SUPPORT GROUP TO HELP THEM.
CBN'S JENNA BROWDER BRINGS
US THE STORY.
MY QUESTION IS HOW DO YOU
PLAN ON ADDRESSING THE
TRANSITION ISSUE IN WOMEN'S
SPORTS?
IT'S AN ISSUE ALMOST NO
ONE REALLY DISCUSSED FIVE YEARS
AGO REDEFINED THE TERM WOMEN
BUT TODAY IS IMPOSSIBLE TO
IGNORE.
LGBTQ ISSUES HAVE BECOME A
MAJOR ISSUE THIS ELECTION CYCLE
PARTICULARLY TRANSGENDER
RIGHTS.
THE TRANSGENDER CRISIS
AFFECTING AN ESTIMATED 1.6
MILLION AMERICANS.
THE ISSUE NOW SO COMMON
PASTORS ARE WEIGHING IN.
CULTURE DOESN'T SET THE TONE
FOR TRUTH HERE THAT THE WORD OF
GOD SETS THE.
MARTY BAKER IS THE SENIOR
PASTOR AT BURKE COMMUNITY
CHURCH IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA.
AS GENDER IS IDEOLOGY BEGAN
SURFACE IN 2017 2018 BEGAN TO
BE INFILTRATED INTO THE SCHOOL
SYSTEMS TAUGHT TO CHILDREN,
THAT TYPE OF THING OR BY
DEFINITION YOU STARTED HAVING
PARENTS WONDERING WHAT IS THIS?
HE CHOSE TO FOCUS THE ISSUE
IN HIS DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
AND CONSISTENTLY TEACHES IT
FROM THE PULPIT.
WE'VE TAUGHT THEM A LOT
ABOUT THE INFORMATION OF OUR
THE APOLOGETICS OF IT HOW TO
DEFEND, HOW TO PUSH PUSH TRUTH
AS OPPOSED TO ERROR, THOSE
TYPES OF THINGS.
AND SO THE VERY EDUCATED THAT.
BUT WHAT DO YOU DO WITH ALL OF
THE LIFE.
AND THERE'S LOTS OF THOSE.
THE LIFE STORIES.
PASTOR BAKER SAYS THOSE LIFE
STORIES CAME UP DURING A CHURCH
WOMEN'S.
MORE THAN 100 WOMEN HAD
QUESTIONS AND NEEDED WISDOM.
I THINK A LOT OF CHURCHES FIVE
YEARS AGO WEREN'T TALKING ABOUT
THIS.
IT'S THE LAST FIVE YEARS THIS
HAS SEEN SUCH AN ACCELERATION.
I THINK IT'S TIME FOR CHURCHES
TO BE TEACHING MORE ON THE
TOPIC.
ED STETLER IS THE DEAN AT
BIOLA UNIVERSITY'S TALBOT
SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY.
HE SAYS CHRISTIANS NEED TO
SPEAK THIS ISSUE IN A BIBLICAL
WAY THAT'S FILLED WITH GRACE.
SEES A BIG OPPORTUNITY FOR THE
CHURCH HERE.
SO I THINK THIS IS AN
OPPORTUNITY THE CHURCH OF JESUS
CHRIST TO ACTUALLY PUT FORTH A
BEAUTIFUL IMAGE OF SEXUALITY
AND GENDER THAT ACTUALLY I
THINK WILL CALL TO PEOPLE WHO
ARE LIVING IN A CONFUSED AND
WE'RE ALL IN A BROKEN WORLD BUT
JUST UNSURE ABOUT THOSE THINGS.
WELL, LET'S SAY HERE THE BIBLE
GIVES US A PATH WE WANT TO WALK
WITH YOU ON THAT PATH.
CHURCH MEMBER DR. SUSAN
ASHTON LAZARO DEALS DIRECTLY
WITH TEENS ON THIS PATH A
PEDIATRICIAN.
I MUST SAY THAT THANKFULLY
THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH
GENDER DYSPHORIA HAS DECREASED
IN THE PAST COUPLE YEARS WHICH
IS TRULY ENCOURAGING.
ON A RECENT PLANE TRIP, DR.
ASHTON LAZARO SAYS SHE SAW
GOD'S HAND WORK WHEN SHE
HAPPENED TO SIT NEXT TO THE
HEAD OF THE CHRISTIAN POST.
THE ISSUE OF TRANSGENDERISM
CAME UP.
ONCE WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT
THAT THE CEO CHRISTOPHER TO HE
SAID OH, WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE
AN EVENT IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA
BUT WE FIND A CHURCH THAT'S
BRAVE ENOUGH TO HOST THIS EVENT
FOR US.
AND THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED
CHATTING ABOUT THE FACT THAT I
THOUGHT OUR PASTOR PASTOR MARTY
WOULD MOST LIKELY INTERESTED IN
HOSTING AN EVENT IN CONJUNCTION
WITH CHRISTIAN PASTORS AND IT.
DR. ASHTON LAZARO AND OTHER
EXPERTS IN THE FIELD GATHERED
AT BURKE COMMUNITY CHURCH IN
OCTOBER FOR A CONFERENCE DURING
THE EVENT ANNOUNCED THE
FORMATION OF A NEW SUPPORT
GROUP WONDERFUL MADE A MINISTRY
FOR PARENTS WITH CHILDREN WHO
IDENTIFY AS TRANS AND REFUSE TO
BOW TO THE PRESSURE OF SOCIETY
TO SOCIALLY AND SURGICALLY
TRANSITION THEM.
THE GROUP IS FOR PARENTS
WHOSE CHILDREN ARE WITH THEIR
IDENTITY.
AND OUR AIM TO LOCK IN PRAYER
AND SUPPORT AND GRACE WITH
THESE FAMILIES TO HELP THEM
FEEL THAT THEY'RE ALONE IN
SOME.
ONE 3914 TALKS ABOUT GOD
MAKES YOU INDIVIDUALLY.
SO IF GOD MADE YOU THEN BY
DEFINITION HE DIDN'T MAKE A
MISTAKE.
AND SO THERE'S PURPOSES IN HOW
HE DESIGNS US.
THAT'S THE ESSENCE OF THE WHOLE
THING.
GOD MADE YOU KNOW.
MALE AND FEMALE.
GENESIS ONE SAYS SO.
SO HE DID MAKE MISTAKE.
SO HOW DO YOU HANDLE A SYSTEM
THAT'S TELLING YOU IT IS A
MISTAKE?
THE GROUP HAS NO PASTORAL
LEADERSHIP CURRICULUM.
IT'S SIMPLY PARENTS LEANING
ON PARENTS IS CARING FOR EACH
OTHER AND AND THAT'S GETTING
DOWN AND INTO THE MESS OF OTHER
PEOPLE'S LIVES.
CRYING WITH THEM, BEING
CONCERNED ABOUT THEM BECAUSE A
LOT OF THESE PEOPLE FEEL ALONE
WONDERFULLY MADE HELD ITS FIRST
MEETING AT THE BEGINNING OF
NOVEMBER.
THE CHURCH TELLS US 12
PEOPLE SHOWED UP A MIX OF THOSE
WANTING TO HELP LAUNCH THE
GROUP AND OTHERS NEEDING
SUPPORT.
JENNA BROWDER CBN NEWS.
NOW PAUL'S WORDS FROM
EPHESIANS ARE STILL RELEVANT
TODAY.
LET US STRIVE TO SPEAK THE
TRUTH AND LOVE AND THEN THAT WE
COME INTO FORM MATURE.
OF JESUS CHRIST.
JESUS WAS KNOWN AS A FRIEND
SINNERS.
HE WOULD WELCOME PEOPLE THE
PHARISEES LOOKED AT ASKANCE IF
YOU KNEW THE TYPE OF WOMAN THAT
IS AT YOUR FEET CRYING OVER YOU
YOU WOULDN'T LET HER TOUCH YOU.
THAT'S THE PHARISEE SAID AND
JESUS SAID I'M HERE HER I'M
HERE TO FORGIVE HER AND TO WHOM
MUCH IS FORGIVEN.
THEY LOVE MUCH.
SO LET'S DO THIS IN LOVE.
BUT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO
SPEAK TRUTH.
WE CAN'T BECOME OF THIS WORLD.
WE NEED TO HOLD TO THE STANDARD
AND THE BIBLICAL STANDARD IS IS
IS JESUS.
AND IF WE CAN JUST INTRODUCE
PEOPLE TO HIM WELL, HE'LL TAKE
CARE OF WHATEVER IDENTITY THEY
HAVE, WHATEVER IDENTITY THEY
WHEN YOU FIND YOUR IDENTITY IN
CHRIST THAT YOU ARE TO GROW UP
TO BE LIKE HIM WELL THEN
WONDERFUL THINGS CAN HAPPEN SO
CHURCH PLEASE KEEP YOUR DOORS
OPEN BUT SPEAK THE TRUTH AND
ALBERT EINSTEIN SAID THERE
ARE ONLY TWO WAYS TO LIVE YOUR
LIFE.
ONE IS AS IF NOTHING IS A
MIRACLE.
THE OTHER IS THIS IF EVERYTHING
IS ESTHER MARK PATTERSON IS
DEFINITELY SOMEONE IN THE
SECOND CATEGORY BECAUSE HE SEES
GOD PERFORMING MILLIONS OF
MIRACLES EVERY SINGLE DAY.
MARK BATESON HAS BEEN THE LEAD
PASTOR OF NATIONAL COMMUNITY
CHURCH WASHINGTON D.C. FOR
NEARLY 30 YEARS.
THE RECENT GRAD IS ALSO A
PROLIFIC NEW YORK TIMES
BESTSELLING KNOWN FOR PLUMBING
THE DEPTHS OF BASIC CHRISTIAN
BELIEFS.
MARK UNCOVERS GOD'S DEEPER
MEANING TO DRAW US CLOSER TO
HIM.
IT IS 25TH BOOK A MILLION
LITTLE MIRACLES.
MARK SHOWS US HOW TO RECOGNIZE
EVERYDAY MIRACLES INCLUDING HE
SAYS EVERY OF US.
MARK PATTERSON JOINS US NOW
VIA ZOOM AND MARK, WE WELCOME
YOU BACK TO THE PROGRAM.
THANK YOU, TERRY.
GREAT TO BE YOU.
YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT US NEEDING
TO HAVE A HOLY CURIOSITY.
WHAT IS THAT AND HOW DO DO WE
CULTIVATE IT?
WELL, I THINK IT'S A
RECOGNITION ALL TRUTH IS GOD'S
TRUTH.
EMBRYOLOGY IS A BRANCH OF
THEOLOGY ROMANS 120.
GOD'S INVISIBLE QUALITIES ARE
REVEALED THROUGH WHAT HE IS
MADE.
AND IT WAS EINSTEIN WHO SAID
NEVER LOSE CURIOSITY.
AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE
IMAGE OF GOD.
TERRY IT'S AN APPRECIATION FOR
NATURE AND NATURE'S GOD.
TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE
EVERYDAY MIRACLES THAT WE MIGHT
MISS OR TAKE FOR GRANTED.
YEAH.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE ON A PLANET
THAT'S SPINNING IN A THOUSAND
MILES AN HOUR AND SPEEDING
THROUGH SPACE 67,000 MILES PER
HOUR.
SO TERRY EVEN ON A DAY WHERE WE
FEEL LIKE WE DIDN'T GET MUCH
DONE, WE DID TRAVEL 1.6 MILLION
MILES THROUGH SPACE AND.
I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY WHO SAYS,
YOU KNOW, GOD, THANKS FOR
KEEPING IN ORBIT OR WASN'T SURE
WE WOULD MAKE THE FULL ROTATION
TODAY.
WE TAKE CONSTANCE FOR GRANTED.
I THINK GOD IS SO GOOD AT WHAT
GOD DOES THAT IF WE AREN'T
CAREFUL WE MISS THE MIRACLES
THAT ARE HIDING PLAIN SIGHT.
I LOVE THIS YOU AND YOUR
WIFE HAVE PRACTICED WRITING
WHAT YOU CALL GRATITUDE
JOURNALS.
TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT IS AND HOW
IT'S HELPED YOU DISCOVER THE
MIRACLES IN LIFE.
WELL, EITHER WE TAKE THINGS
GRANTED OR WE TAKE THEM FOR
GRATITUDE.
AND TERRY, MY WIFE LAURA HAS
GONE THROUGH TWO BOUTS WITH
CANCER OVER THE LAST SEVEN
YEARS AND AND WE'RE ON THE
OTHER SIDE AND SHE'S IN GOOD
HEALTH.
BUT TAKE A LOT LESS FOR GRANTED
AFTER YOUR FIGHTING FOR YOUR
HEALTH.
AND SO I THINK IS PRETTY
CRITICAL.
IN FACT SONG IS SAID WE CAN'T
EVEN GET IN THE GATES WITHOUT
WHICH IS A GOOD REMINDER AS WE
WALK INTO A THANKSGIVING AND
CHRISTMAS SEASON.
ABSOLUTELY.
AND WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH
THOSE HARD PLACES LIKE YOU
TALKED ABOUT WITH HEALTH OR
OTHER, IT CAN IMPACT THE
OUTCOME OF ALL OF THAT, CAN IT
?
IT REALLY CAN.
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T SEE WORLD AS
IT IS.
WE SEE THE WORLD AS WE ARE
AND IF LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO
COMPLAIN ABOUT WILL ALWAYS FIND
IT IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR
SOMETHING TO BE GRATEFUL FOR.
WE'LL ALWAYS FIND.
YOU KNOW IT'S AMAZING THE
ISRAELITES AS THEY WERE IN THE
WILDERNESS THIS MOMENT WHEN
THEY COMPLAINED ABOUT MANNA
LAST TIME I CHECKED MANNA WAS A
MIRACLE.
GOD WAS DOORDASH EATING
BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER AND
SO THEY'RE COMPLAINING A
MIRACLE.
AND SO TERRY, LIFE CAN BECOME A
CHORE A BORE IF WE FAIL TO
RECOGNIZE THOSE EVERYDAY
MIRACLES AND I BELIEVE IN THE
MIRACLES THAT DEFY SCIENCE,
THAT DEFY A DOCTOR'S DIAGNOSIS
EXPERIENCED THOSE KINDS OF
MIRACLES.
BUT I WOULD ARGUE THAT HEY, 37
SEXTILLION BIOCHEMICAL
REACTIONS HAPPENING IN THE
HUMAN BODY RIGHT NOW.
I DIDN'T FLIP A SWITCH OR
CHANGE THE BATTERIES IF THAT'S
NOT MIRACULOUS I'M NOT SURE
WHAT IS.
AND OF THE THINGS ABOUT THE
ISRAELITES THAT ALWAYS HAS HIT
ME IS HOW QUICKLY THEY WENT
FROM PETITIONING TO SUDDENLY
NOT BEING GRATEFUL ANYMORE.
YOU POINT TO THE VASTNESS OF
THE UNIVERSE AS AN EXAMPLE OF
GOD'S MAJESTY AND WHO IT REALLY
IS.
BUT SOME SCIENTISTS SAY THAT
THE OPPOSITE TRUE THAT IT SHOWS
THERE'S NO GOD.
SO HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO
THAT.
WELL, I THINK WE RECOGNIZE
THE CHALLENGE DESIGNED WHEN WE
SEE IT AND I'M A LITTLE WEARY
MADE TO FEEL FOOLISH FOR
BELIEVING IN INTELLIGENT DESIGN
.
IT'S COMMON SENSE IN COMMON
SCIENCE AND SO I THINK PART OF
WHAT I TRY TO DO IN THE BOOK IS
REALLY HELP US SUBSTANTIATE OUR
FAITH.
GLENN SCRIBNER CHRISTIANS
BELIEVE IN THE VIRGIN BIRTH OF
JESUS ATHEIST BELIEVE IN THE
VIRGIN BIRTH OF THE UNIVERSE
CHOOSE MIRACLE.
AND SO I AM I, I TO STATE FOR
THE RECORD YOU ARE NOT A COSMIC
ACCIDENT.
YOU ARE NOT THE RESULT OF
RANDOM CHANCE YOU ARE IMAGE OF
GOD THE APPLE OF GOD'S EYE,
YOUR GOD'S WORKMANSHIP, YOUR
AND WONDERFULLY MADE YOU WERE
MADE A LITTLE LOWER THAN ANGELS
AND CROWNED WITH GLORY.
AND THIS IS A CULTURAL MOMENT
WE'VE GOT TO RECAPTURE THAT
BIOLOGY DIGNITY AND PRAISE THE
GOD WHO GAVE US THAT UNIQUE
FINGERPRINT VOICEPRINT IN EYE
PRINT.
I LOVE THE FACT THAT WELL,
YOU TALK ABOUT JOY A LOT BUT
YOU ALSO USE THE TERM
PLAYFULNESS.
ABOUT THE VALUE OF THAT AS
AN EVERYDAY MIRACLE.
WELL, PSALM 104 SAYS THAT
GOD MADE THE LEVIATHAN WHICH IS
SOME KIND OF SECRET TO FROLIC
THE SPORT PLAY.
AND I THINK AS A PARENT LIKE
PARENTS LOVE WATCHING THEIR
KIDS PLAY INSTRUMENT DANCE OR
PLAY SPORTS.
THERE'S A PLAYFULNESS THAT
WE'VE GOT TO RECAPTURE IN OUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
AND THERE MIGHT BE THOSE WHO
WOULD SAY, WELL, THAT DOESN'T
SOUND THAT IMPORTANT.
JESUS SAID UNLESS WE BECOME
LIKE LITTLE CHILDREN WE CAN'T
EVEN ENTER THE KINGDOM OF
HEAVEN.
AND I THINK THIS PLAYFULNESS IS
A PART OF THE NATURE OF GOD.
HE IS NOT A CAUSE KILLJOY IN
FACT.
NEWSFLASH GOD IS IN GOOD MOOD.
THIS IS THE GOD WHO LOVES
US, CARES FOR US AND AND AND
BIGGER THAN BIG CLOSER THAN
CLOSE BUT GOODER THAN GOOD AND
THAT'S THE GOD THAT WE TO
REDISCOVER.
YOU TALK ABOUT THE VASTNESS
OF THE UNIVERSE IN YOUR BOOK
WITH SOME AMAZING NUMBERS AND
STATISTICS BUT YOU ALSO TALK
ABOUT GOD WORKING MIRACLES ON A
LEVEL A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
ASPECT.
YES.
GOD DOESN'T EXIST WITHIN THE
FOUR DIMENSIONS OF SPACE TIME
HE CREATED.
IN WHEN GOD SAID LET THERE BE
LIGHT THOSE FOUR WORDS ARE
STILL CREATING AT THE OUTER
EDGE OF THE UNIVERSE.
SO TERRY.
GOD IS BIGGER BIG BUT THAT BEGS
THE QUESTION IS HE CLOSER THAN
.
WELL GOOD NEWS.
HE'S NOT JUST TRANSCENDED.
HE'S IMMINENT.
THIS IS AN EVER PRESENT HELP
AND TIME OF NEED FRIEND WHO
STICKS CLOSER THAN A BROTHER A
GOD WHO WILL NEVER LEAVE US NOR
FORSAKE US.
AND SO I HOPE EVERYONE HEARS
THIS HE KNOWS THE NUMBER OF
HAIRS ON YOUR HEAD.
HE COLLECTS YOUR TEARS IN HIS
BOTTLE THEY'RE THAT PRECIOUS TO
HIM AND AND SCRIPTURE SAYS THAT
YOUR NAME IS TATTOOED ON THE
PALM OF HIS HAND.
SO WE ARE SEEING HEARD AND
LOVED BY GOD AND I THINK
SOMETHING THAT THEN BEGINS TO
TRANSFORM THE WAY THAT WE
RELATE TO THE ALMIGHTY CREATOR
OF THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH.
ABSOLUTELY.
WELL, WHEN IT COMES TO THE
GOODNESS GOD YOU USE AN ODD
EXAMPLE.
THE STORY OF JOSEPH MERRICK
MANY OF US HAVE COME TO KNOW AS
THE ELEPHANT MAN.
WHAT DO WE LEARN FROM THAT
STORY?
WELL, THINK WHAT WE LEARN.
HE REDISCOVERED THE BEAUTY OF
GOD IN NATURE AND IT'S A LONGER
STORY THAN I CAN PROBABLY DO
JUSTICE, TERRY BUT AGAIN WE
DON'T SEE THE WORLD AS IT WE
SEE THE WORLD AS WE ARE.
AND SO HERE'S HERE'S THE
GREAT DANGER.
IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED US
IN HIS IMAGE WE'VE BEEN
CREATING GOD IN OUR IMAGE EVER
SINCE AND SO IF WE AREN'T
CAREFUL WE BEGIN PROJECT OUR
HISTORY, OUR PERSONALITY ONTO
GOD WHERE I WOULD ARGUE WHAT WE
NEED TO IS THIS GOD WHO IS GOOD
OR THE GOOD BEFORE ORIGINAL SIN
ORIGINAL BLESSING IS GOD'S MOST
ANCIENT INSTINCT HIS HIS HEART
TOWARDS US.
AND JOSEPH MERRICK THIS GOD
HEARD THAT AND IT IT
TRANSFORMED HIS LIFE AND WE
NEED TO NOT DEFINE HIM BY OUR
LIMITATIONS BUT BY HIS MAJESTY
WHICH IS REMARKABLE.
YOU CAN DISCOVER EVERYDAY
BLESSINGS BY GETTING MARK'S
BRAND NEW BOOK.
IT'S WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS GIFT
THIS TIME OF YEAR CAN I SAY
IT'S CALLED A MILLION LITTLE
MIRACLES AND IT IS AVAILABLE
NATIONWIDE.
MARK, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE YOU
ON.
JUST CALL 800 4091371 NOW
THAT'S 800 4091371.
WELCOME BACK TO WASHINGTON
FOR THE CBS NEWS BREAK.
THE VENEZUELAN MAN CONVICTED OF
KILLING GEORGIA NURSING STUDENT
LINCOLN RILEY WAS SENTENCED TO
LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT THE
POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE AND
ATHENS COUNTY JUDGE CONVICTED
JOSE BARRA OF TEN COUNTS
INCLUDING MALICE MURDER.
IBAR CHOSE NOT HAVE A TRIAL BY
JURY.
THE CASE SPARKED NATIONAL
OUTRAGE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
DURING THE ELECTION.
IBARRA ENTERED THE UNITED
STATES ILLEGALLY TWO YEARS AGO
AND WAS ALLOWED TO STAY WHILE
PURSUING IMMIGRATION CASE.
PARDON ME.
HE'S CONVICTED OF MURDERING THE
22 YEAR OLD NURSING STUDENT AS
SHE WAS OUT JOGGING.
PRESIDENT BIDEN'S HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY WAS
BACK IN THE HOT SEAT OVER THE
ADMINISTRATION'S HANDLING OF
THE BORDER.
WEDNESDAY HOUSE REPUBLICANS
QUESTION JAVIER BECERRA ABOUT
UNACCOMPANIED MINORS WHO
ENTERED THE STATES ILLEGALLY.
REPUBLICANS ACCUSE THE OFFICE
OF REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT OF
LOSING TRACK OF ROUGHLY 150,000
CHILDREN, LEAVING THEM
VULNERABLE TO GANGS AND DRUG
TRAFFICKERS.
BECERRA SAID HIS DEPARTMENT
WORKED TIRELESSLY TO RAISE UP A
NETWORK OF TRAINED AND LICENSED
CAREGIVERS TO HELP THE YOUNG.
WELL, YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE
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GORDON AND WE'LL BE BACK WITH
MORE OF THE 700 CLUB RIGHT
HIS HOME WAS IN CHAOS FILLED
WITH DRINKING DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE.
SO CHARLIE PRAYED.
GOD DEFEAT THE DEVIL THAT
GRIPPED MY PARENTS JUST AND
JUST LIKE YOU SAW DEFEAT THE
DEVIL IN AN EPISODE AND SUPER
BOOK.
IT HAPPENED IN HIS FAMILY.
EIGHT YEAR OLD CHARLIE SAID
HIS PARENTS ALWAYS SEEMED TO BE
FIGHTING AND DIDN'T SEEM TO
CARE ABOUT THEIR KIDS.
OUR HOUSEHOLD WAS OFTEN IN
CHAOS I WOULD ARGUE WITH MY
WIFE ALL I THOUGHT ABOUT WAS
HAVING FUN DRINKING AND BEING
HAPPY.
WHEN GOT DRUNK WE WOULD NOT
CARE FOR OUR CHILDREN.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WAS A
COMMON THING FOR US.
ONE DAY A NEIGHBOR INVITED
CHARLIE TO A SUNDAY SCHOOL IN
INDONESIA WHERE THEY LIVE?
THERE HE WATCHED A SUPERBOOK
EPISODE BY CBN CALLED THE FINAL
BATTLE.
WAS THE FIRST TIME HE'D EVER
WATCHED A BIBLE CARTOON IN THAT
.
I LEARNED THAT GOD DEFEATED ALL
.
AT THE END OF THE EPISODE
CHARLIE PRAYED WITH HIS TEACHER
TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN.
HE SAID THE FINAL BATTLE ALSO
TRIGGERED HIM PRAY FOR HIS
PARENTS.
I WANTED GOD TO DEFEAT THE
DEVIL THAT GRIPPED MY PARENTS.
JUST TWO WEEKS LATER
CHARLIE'S MOM LENNY WENT TO
CHURCH.
THE FIRST TIME I WENT TO CHURCH
I WAS TREMBLING LIKE SOMEONE
WHO WAS SCARED.
I WAS AFRAID I MIGHT FAINT.
THE SERMON SEEMED TO PIERCE MY
HEART.
THAT DAY I CRIED.
LENNY SAID THE LORD HAS TRULY
TRANSFORMED HER HEART.
JESUS IS CHANGING EVERYTHING
.
CHARLIE CONTINUED TO PRAY AND
TWO WEEKS AFTER THAT HIS
DAD CAME TO CHURCH ON SATURDAY
NIGHT.
I DECIDED THAT I WOULD GO TO
CHURCH THE NEXT DAY.
I DIDN'T TELL MY SON BECAUSE I
WAS A LITTLE AFRAID.
SO THAT NIGHT I SECRETLY
PREPARED MY SHOES AND CLOTHES.
CHARLIE'S NOW ATTEND CHURCH
EVERY WEEK AND ALSO PRAYED TO
BECOME CHRISTIANS.
AND THE CHANGE IN HIS FAMILY
HAS BEEN DRAMATIC.
NOW PARENTS NO LONGER FIGHT AND
THEY NO LONGER DREAM THROUGH
SUPERBOOK.
MY FAMILY AND I CAME TO KNOW
JESUS.
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU.
SUPERBOOK IS TRANSFORMING LIVES
AROUND THE WORLD.
WHEN WHEN YOU SEE THE IMPACT
OF THE STORIES OF THE BIBLE AND
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS A
PRINCIPLE OF EVERY SUPERBOOK
EPISODE WHEN BIBLE CHARACTERS
ARE TALKING THEY'RE TALKING
VERSES THE BIBLE.
WHEN WE TRANSLATE IT WE FIND
THE MOST POPULAR OF THE BIBLE
IN THAT LANGUAGE AND THAT'S
WHAT WE USE THE WORD OF GOD IS
POWERFUL AND IT NEVER RETURNS
VOID.
IT ALWAYS ACCOMPLISHES THESE
AMAZING THINGS.
SO JUST CHARLIE.
IT WAS HIS FAMILY AND IT TAUGHT
HIM HOW TO ENGAGE IN SPIRITUAL
WARFARE.
LORD HELP ME THE ENEMY HAS
CONTROL OF MY PARENTS.
HELP ME AND IT'S WONDERFUL.
GOD ANSWERED HIS PRAYER.
WELL, SUPERBOOK IS REACHING
CHILDREN WORLDWIDE OVER 60
LANGUAGES AND WE'RE ON OUR WAY.
WE WANT EVERY SINGLE BROADCAST
LANGUAGE AROUND THE WORLD AND
YOU CAN HELP SUPPORT THIS
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BY CALLING US 800 707,000 JUST
SAY I WANT TO GIVE TO
SUPERBOOK.
NOW WHEN YOU DO AND FOR A GIFT
OF ANY DOLLAR AMOUNT WE HAVE A
SPECIAL SUPERBOOK CHRISTMAS
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THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.
ALWAYS HAVE A TEST OF HOW GOOD
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THIS I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS AND
SHARE IT WITH MY CHILDREN.
ASHLEY WANTS TO SHARE WITH HER
NEPHEWS AND HER NIECE AND.
IT'S A WONDERFUL BOOK.
IT'S PACKED WITH SCRIPTURES FUN
ACTIVITIES FOR PEOPLE FOR ALL
AGES.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S FOR A GIFT OF
ANY DOLLAR AMOUNT.
SO IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE
GOSPEL GO AROUND THE WORLD, IF
YOU WANT TO SEE THE CHILDREN OF
THE WORLD KNOW THE OF THE
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HELP BRING THE GOSPEL TO
CHILDREN TODAY NOVEMBER IS
NATIONAL ADOPTION MONTH AND WE
TO SHARE WITH YOU THE STORY OF
A COUPLE WHO RISKED THEIR LIVES
SAVE TWO ORPHANS FROM DEATH.
SARAH AND TONI WITH BRAD
TOLD BY THE GOVERNMENT DON'T
FLY TO UKRAINE.
THEY IGNORED THE WARNING
BECAUSE TWO SPECIAL NEEDS
CHILDREN NEEDED HELP TO BRING
IT TO RUSSIA.
OPENING A UNIT IT'S THE ONLY
WAY TO GIVE THEM THE
APPEARANCE.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22ND, 2022.
AS THE WORLD BRACES A RUSSIAN
INVASION INTO UKRAINE TONY AND
SARAH WITH BROAD BOARD A FLIGHT
HEADED TO THE PORT CITY OF
ODESSA.
THE GOVERNMENT KNEW THAT WE
HAD PLANS TO BE IN UKRAINE AND
HAD SENT US AN EMAIL THAT SAID
DO NOT TRAVEL.
WE ARE EVACUATING ALL OUT OF
UKRAINE IF YOU CHOOSE TO GO TO
UKRAINE YOU'RE FLYING ON YOUR
OWN.
NO ONE WILL COME AND GET
YOU.
THE COUPLE HAD A COMPELLING
REASON FOR IGNORING THE DIRE
WARNINGS.
LIVES WERE AT STAKE.
TWO UKRAINIAN CHILDREN BOTH
WITH SPECIAL NEEDS WERE WAITING
FOR TONY AND SARAH TO ADOPT
THEM.
THREE OF THE COUPLE'S SIX
CHILDREN AT HOME IN DOUGLAS,
WYOMING HAD ALSO BEEN ADOPTED.
FROM THE SECOND THAT WE
PURSUED THEM THEY WERE MY
CHILDREN AND THEY WERE MY
RESPONSIBILITY THE SAME AS ANY
OF MY AND MY OTHER CHILDREN.
AND SO TO CHOOSE NOT TO GET
THEM WOULD BE LIKE LOSING YOUR
CHILDREN AND.
I THAT WASN'T AN OPTION.
THE MOMENT YOU SAY YES DURING
PROCESS AND YOU SEE A CHILD AND
YOU SEE THAT FACE AND YOU'RE
LIKE NO MATTER WHAT?
LIKE WE'RE BRINGING THAT KID
HOME AND THAT KID'S GOING TO
LIVE HERE FOREVER.
THE COUPLE MADE IT TO ODESSA
AND THE NEXT DAY TOOK CUSTODY
OF THE CHILDREN.
ONE YEAR OLD CAIUS, A BOY
NEEDED SURGERY FOR A CONDITION
AFFECTING HIS JOINTS AND TWO
YEAR OLD JUNIE WHO WAS BORN
WITH A RARE GENETIC DISORDER
AND DESPERATELY NEEDED A BONE
MARROW TRANSPLANT.
WERE SCHEDULED TO FLY TO POLAND
THE NEXT DAY TUESDAY THE 24TH.
THAT MORNING AT AM THOSE PLANS
WOULD CHANGE LIKE THE LOUDEST
BOOM LIKE I.
I CAN'T EVEN DESCRIBE IT UNLESS
IT'S JUST THE LOUDEST BOOM AND
THEN EVERYTHING JUST KIND OF
THE AIR, THE WALLS, EVERYTHING
JUST SHAKES AND YOU JUST LIKE
IT TAKES BREATH AWAY.
YEAH.
RUSSIA HAD INVADED.
IT WAS REAL.
WE GET AN EMAIL ON OUR PHONE
THAT SAYS YOUR FLIGHTS HAVE
BEEN CANCELED.
FIND OTHER MEANS OF
TRANSPORTATION AND THEN RIGHT
WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT
SAYING WHERE ARE YOU?
WE NEED KNOW YOUR LOCATION IF
YOU MOVE LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON
TELL US YOUR PLAN.
BY THEN ALL UKRAINIAN
AIRPORTS HAD BEEN SHUT DOWN AND
THE BROADS A NEW PLAN TO SAVE
THEMSELVES AND THE CHILDREN.
I THOUGHT NEXT STEP WHAT DO WE
DO NOW?
WE KNEW WHAT THEIR FUTURE HELD.
WE KNOW WE KNEW THAT IF THEY
DIDN'T GET OUT THAT WAS THERE
WAS NOTHING FOR THERE.
THE COUPLE PRAYED CONTACTING
FRIENDS TO PRAY AS WELL.
THE CLOSEST AND SAFEST WAS IN
BUCHAREST, ROMANIA 400 MILES
AND TWO COUNTRIES AWAY.
SO WITH THE OF THEIR
INTERPRETERS THEY CROSSED INTO
THE COUNTRY OF MOLDOVA ON
UKRAINE'S WESTERN BORDER.
FROM THERE THEY DROVE DAY AND
NIGHT RACING ALONG DIRT ROADS.
FINALLY REACHED BUCHAREST.
BUT BY NOW THEIR FUNDS WERE
DEPLETED.
AIRLINE TICKETS HAD QUADRUPLED
IN PRICE.
JUST THE EXHAUSTION HAS REALLY
KICKED IN AND THAT THAT
NERVOUSNESS OF LIKE MAN, IF
ANYTHING GOES WRONG LIKE WE'RE
NOT LEAVING THESE KIDS BUT WE
GOT TO GET HOME TO OUR OTHER
SIX KIDS AND JUST GOING FORWARD
LIKE BLINDLY THROUGH THAT FAITH
IN THAT NEXT STEP, NEXT STEP,
WHATEVER WE CAN DO, WHATEVER
WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO WE'RE GOING
TO DO THE NEXT STEP AND GET
GOING.
WITHIN A DAY SUPPORTERS FROM
THE UNITED STATES HAD COME
THROUGH AND TONY AND SARAH HAD
ENOUGH MONEY TO PURCHASE THE
LAST TWO SEATS ON A PLANE TO
WARSAW.
BUT LIKE YOU LITERALLY FELT THE
POWER OF PRAYER FROM ACROSS AN
OCEAN IN THE MIDDLE OF A WAR
WHEN EVERYTHING WAS JUST CHAOS
AND UNKNOWN.
THERE'S THIS PICTURE THAT IT OF
OF SARAH.
SHE'S HOLDING CAIUS WHEN WE
LANDED POLAND AFTER LIKE A
FLIGHT THAT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE
BEEN ON HOW HOW IT ALL WORKED
OUT LIKE THAT AT THE LAST
MINUTE AND WITH EVERYTHING
BEING SO CHAOTIC.
BUT THE MOST HARDEST PART FOR
ME IS A PICTURE OF MY WIFE
LOOKING MORE TIRED THAN I'VE
EVER SEEN HER LOOK IN HER LIFE
LIKE CLUTCHING OUR IN THIS
BLANKET AND JUST LOOKED LIKE
THAT WAS THE HARDEST PART.
A WEEK LATER THEY WERE BACK
HOME WHERE CAIUS AND JUNI WERE
WELCOMED WITH LOVING ARMS.
I HAD A FAITH THAT IF IF I'M
SUPPOSED TO GO THERE THEN THE
WAY WILL BE MADE FOR ME TO GET
THERE.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF THE FAITH
THAT I WAS TRAVELING ON.
EVER SINCE THEN CAIUS AND JUNI
HAVE LIVED A LIFE SURROUNDED BY
A FAMILY WHO LOVES THEM EVEN
THOUGH BOTH CONTINUE TO HAVE
MEDICAL NEEDS AND THEY'RE STILL
LOOKING A BONE MARROW DONOR FOR
JUNI.
SARAH AND TONY HAVE NEVER
QUESTIONED THEIR DECISION.
WHEN YOU ARE CALLED TO
SOMETHING YOU REALLY WANT TO
SHOW UP BECAUSE REALLY AMAZING
STUFF HAPPENS TO SOMEONE WHO IS
CONSIDERING ADOPTION BUT
THOUGHT IT MIGHT COST TOO MUCH
OR MIGHT BE TOO HARD OR TOO
DIFFICULT.
IT'LL CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
YEAH.
OUR LIFE IS SO MUCH RICHER AND
SO MUCH GRANDER AND SO MUCH
MORE AMAZING BECAUSE WE SAID
YES WHEN GOD INVITES YOU TO
LIVE SOMETHING THAT'S BIGGER
THAN YOU COULD EVER IMAGINE.
YOU SHOW UP BECAUSE IT'S GOING
TO BE AWESOME AND IT IS.
IT HAS BEEN EVERY TIME MORE
THAN AN OPPORTUNITY, A
PRIVILEGE.
WHAT AN AMAZING COUPLE AND HOW
WONDERFUL THAT GOD DIRECTED
THEIR STEPS THROUGH WHAT COULD
HAVE BEEN REALLY QUITE
DISASTROUS TO BRING THEM BACK
TO BE ABLE TO PARENT ALL THOSE
SPECIAL KIDS.
HOW WONDERFUL.
GOD BLESS THEM.
TIME SOME EMAIL QUESTIONS A
COUPLE AFTER YOUR OWN HEART.
YEAH THEY ARE AND, SHE SAID
THE MINUTE WE STARTED PURSUING
THEM THEY WERE MY CHILDREN.
I LOVE THAT.
GORDON THIS IS TRICIA WHO
EMAILED AND SAID I THOUGHT A
FEW DAYS AGO ON THE 700 CLUB
QUESTION ANSWER PART OF THE
PROGRAM GORDON MENTIONED THAT A
PERSON DID NOT HAVE TO TITHE ON
SOCIAL SECURITY INCOME SO HOW
DOES THAT APPLY FOR PENSION IRA
ROTH IRA OR FOR A1K TRICIA IF
YOU'VE GOT ALL OF THE ABOVE YOU
HAVE AN ABUNDANCE BUT ANYWAY
THE TIMES IS ON THE INCREASE.
LOOK AT SOCIAL SECURITY YOU PAY
INTO SOCIAL SECURITY DEDUCTED
FROM FROM YOUR CHECK EVERY
SINGLE PAYCHECK AND YOU YOU'VE
PAID INTO THAT OVER YOUR
LIFETIME SOCIAL SECURITY
ACTUALLY KEEPS TRACK OF YOUR
PAYMENTS.
THERE'S ANOTHER PAYMENT THAT
THE EMPLOYER MATCH AS PART OF
IT BUT YOU CAN ACTUALLY KNOW
HOW MUCH YOU PAID IN.
SO IN CALCULATING THE
INCREASE, HOW MUCH HAVE YOU
PAID IN AND WHEN THAT'S
EXHAUSTED AND ANYTHING OVER AND
ABOVE THAT YOU CAN AN INCREASE
AND IF YOU WANT TO TITHE ON IT
FEEL FREE IN THE REALMS OF IRAS
AND ROS AND FOR ONE CARES YOU
CAN CALCULATE HOW MUCH YOU'VE
PUT IN EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO ALWAYS
USE THE MAXIMUM AND SO YOU CAN
THEN PRETTY EASILY IF YOU'VE
BEEN USING THE MAXIMUM YOU CAN
PRETTY CALCULATE HOW MUCH
SHOULD I PUT IN AND THEN YOU
CAN ALSO CALCULATE YOUR
INTEREST IF IT'S IN ONE OF
THESE BROKERAGE ACCOUNTS
THEY'LL GIVE YOU HOW MUCH WAS
THE INCREASE OVER WHATEVER
PERIOD OF TIME YOU WANT TO
CALCULATE.
SO AS YOU WITHDRAW FROM THAT
YOU CAN TITHE ON THE INCREASE
BUT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TITHE ON WHAT
YOU PUT IN BECAUSE IT WASN'T AN
INCREASE.
I HOPE THIS MAKES SENSE.
PENSIONS GET YOU INTO A WHOLE
NOTHER AND IT HAS TO DO IS THAT
A DEFINED CONTRIBUTION BENEFIT
SOME OF THE DEFINED BENEFIT
ONES I WOULD CONSIDER ALL OF
THAT TO BE AN INCREASE BUT
YOU'VE GOT TO GET INTO THE GUTS
OF IT.
HOW MUCH DID YOU PUT IN AND
THEN WHAT'S THE INCREASE OVER
THAT TITHE IS ON THE.
HERE'S A WORD FROM PSALMS.
THE EARTH WILL YIELD ITS
HARVEST AND GOD OUR GOD WILL
RICHLY BLESS US.
GOD BLESS YOU WE'LL SEE YOU