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The 700 Club - November 21, 2024

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. Read Transcript


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

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IT'S WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS GIFT

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IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE YOU

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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

LATEST FROM CBN NEWS BY GOING

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

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NOW WHEN YOU DO AND FOR A GIFT

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THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.

ALWAYS HAVE A TEST OF HOW GOOD

ARE WHEN MY CO-HOST SAY I WANT

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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CALL US 1-800-700-7000 OR GO TO

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

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