Fatima, an Iranian native, never gave her Muslim faith too much thought, until she began asking questions about God. Plus, Lincoln and Lynette Dent fought constantly until one night changed everything.
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HE REMINDED ME TO BE
CAREFUL.
Reporter: INSIDE NORTH
KOREA.
WE COULDN'T ALLOW ANYONE
TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
Reporter: ONE FAMILY
RISKS THEIR LIVES.
HE WARNED US OF THE PRICE
WE WOULD ONE DAY PAY FOR
FAITH.
Reporter: DO YOU THINK
YOUR FATHER IS ALIVE TODAY?
NO.
THEY NEVER MAKE IT OUT
ALIVE.
*
Pat: WELCOME TO THIS
EDITION OF "THE 700 CLUB."
MAN, I'VE GOT A SHOCKING
THING FOR YOU TODAY -- OR
MAYBE YOU'RE NOT SHOCKED
ANYMORE.
THE I.R.S. IS TARGETING THE
TEA PARTY.
WE HAVE EVIDENCE OF AT LEAST
15 INVESTIGATIONS, ASKING
FOR INFORMATION THAT THEY'RE
NOT ENTITLED TO.
AND ISN'T THAT SURPRISING
THAT IT HAPPENED DURING AN
ELECTION YEAR?
DO YOU SUPPOSE THE WHITE
HOUSE IS BEHIND IT?
I'M SURE THEY WOULD DENY IT
IF ASKED.
TERRY?
Terry: GATHERING
INFORMATION, CONSERVATIVES
SAY, IS GOING TOO FAR, AND
THEY'RE UPSET ABOUT IT.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE
PARTY.
Reporter: THE TEA PARTY
HAS SHAKEN UP POLITICS WITH
ITS RELENTLESS PUSH FOR
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY.
THE GOVERNMENT IS
OVERREACHING, AND IT IS LIKE
A POWER GRAB, AND IT HAS GOT
TO BE STOPPED.
Reporter: BUT THEY'VE
BEEN CRITICIZED BY
LIBERALS.
AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED,
THE TEA PARTY CAN GO
STRAIGHT TO (BLEEP).
Reporter: AND NOW
THEY'RE ENLISTING THE AID OF
THE AMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW
AND JUSTICE.
THE ACLJ IS REPRESENTING
ABOUT 20 GROUPS AGAINST THE
I.R.S., IN WHAT THEY BELIEVE
IS AN ATTEMPT TO INTIMIDATE
AND SILENCE THE TEA PARTY
DURING AN ELECTION YEAR.
THEY ARE SENDING MESSAGES TO
DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN
ORGANIZATIONS, LOOKING TO
SEE IF FUNDS ARE USED
PROPERLY UNDER TAX LAW.
JAY SECULO SAYS MANY OF THE
QUESTIONS ASKED BY THE
I.R.S. FALL WELL OUTSIDE ITS
AUTHORITY.
THE QUESTIONNAIRE ASKS
ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE ALL
INFORMATION ABOUT
LEGISLATIVE BODIES, AND
DESCRIBE THE RELATIONSHIP OF
ANY CANDIDATE TO REPUBLIC
OFFICE.
THE ACLJ IS PREPARED TO TAKE
THEM TO COURT.
THE 501 C-4 TAX EXEMPT
ORGANIZATIONS OF DEMOCRATS
HAVE RAISED CONSIDERABLY
LESS MONEY THAN REPUBLICANS
ORGANIZATIONS IN THE SAME
CATEGORY.
THE "NEW YORK TIMES" REPORTS
THAT DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN
PRESSING THE I.R.S. TO
INVESTIGATE THE TAX ISSUE.
MARK MARTIN, CBN NEWS.
Pat: IT IS SHOCKING.
YOU KNOW, NIXON WAS
CRITICIZED TERRIBLY FOR
USING THE I.R.S. TO GO AFTER
HIS ENEMIES.
COULD THIS BE HAPPENING NOW?
JAY SECULO, GENERAL COUNSEL
FOR THE AMERICAN CENTER FOR
LAW OF JUSTICE, IS WITH US.
JAY, WHAT IS THE I.R.S.
DOING WITH THESE TEA PARTY
GROUPS?
WHAT THEY'RE DOING, PAT,
IS VIOLATING THE FIRST
AMEND.
THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE
MEMBERSHIP LISTS, AND
THEY'RE ASKING FOR DIRECT
AND INDIRECT COMMUNICATIONS
TO PEOPLE THAT ARE STATE
LEGISLATORS OR FEDERAL
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
THEY WANT A CURRICULUM VITAE
FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
THEY WANT A RESUME OF THEIR
BOARD MEMBERS.
THEY WANT A DETAILED LISTING
OF HOW YOU DETERMINE
MEMBERS.
AND WHAT ORGANIZATIONS THOSE
MEMBERS MAY ALSO BE MEMBERS
OF.
IT SOUNDS LIKE
McCARTHY-ISM.
THIS LETTER -- SOME OF THE
QUESTIONS ASKED ARE
LEGITIMATE.
THOSE WE WILL ANSWER, ON
BEHALF OF OUR CLIENTS.
THOSE THAT ARE NOT
LEGITIMATE WILL BE GETTING A
RESPONSE THAT SAYS, "THIS
QUESTION IS PROTECTED BY THE
FIRST AMENDMENT."
THIS CASES THAT SUPPORT OUR
POSITION, PAT, DATE BACK TO
THE 1950s.
IT IS THE NAACP LINE OF
QUESTIONS.
THEY WANTED THE SAME THING:
MEMBERSHIP LISTS, AND WHO
DID YOU COMMUNICATE WITH,
AND THE SUPREME COURT
UNANIMOUSLY SAID THAT IS
INTIMIDATION AND VIOLATES
THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
Pat: THESE PEOPLE DON'T
MAKE ANY MONEY, SO THE TAX
EXEMPTION IS MEANINGLESS.
BUT C-4 IS A LOBBYING GROUP,
AND THEY'RE GOING TO SAY,
TELL US WHICH LEGISLATORS
YOU TALKED TO IS
RIDICULOUS.
THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT,
PAT.
YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK AT THE
TIMING OF THIS.
THIS APPLICATIONS FOR
EXEMPTION WERE SENT SOME OF
THEM AS LONG AS TWO YEARS
AGO.
MOST OF THOSE GROUPS HEARD
NOTHING.
A WEEK BEFORE SUPER TUESDAY,
LETTERS LIKE THIS FROM THE
I.R.S. STARTS GOING ALL
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AND THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF
THEM.
IT TELLS YOU IT IS A
COORDINATED ISSUE, AND WE
ARE GOING TO DEMAND THEY GET
THE RECOGNITION THEY ARE
ENTITLED TO UNDER THE LAW.
Pat: JAY, HAVE YOU GOT
THE FINGERPRINTS OF THE
WHITE HOUSE ON ANY OF THIS?
WELL, YOU CAN'T TELL IT
IS THE WHITE HOUSE.
THE TIMING OF THIS THING, AS
YOU SAID EARLIER, PAT, IS
JUST SO BIZARRE.
THAT'S WHY I WANT OVERSIGHT
HEARINGS FROM DARY DARRELL
ISSA'S COMMITTEE, BECAUSE WE
WANT TO KNOW WHO CAME UP
WITH THIS?
WHY DID YOU HAVE THESE
APPLICATIONS SITTING FOR
YEARS, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN
YOU DECIDE, RIGHT DURING AN
ELECTION, THAT YOU'RE GOING
TO SEND OUT THESE LETTERS.
WHICH IS PRETTY
INTIMIDATING.
TO COMPLY WITH ONE OF THESE
LETTERS COULD TAKE UPWARDS
OF 7,000 PIECES OF PAPER.
7,000 PIECE OF PAPER!
SO THIS IS AN INTIMIDATION
TECHNIQUE.
WHAT WE HOPE TO FIND OUT
THROUGH THE HOUSE AND SENATE
IS EXACTLY WHO IS BEHIND
THIS.
IF THE WHITE HOUSE IS BEHIND
IT, IT IS POLITICAL
INTIMIDATION, PURE AND
SIMPLE.
Pat: IT IS SHOCKING.
IT IS A VIOLATION OF THE
CONSTITUTION.
I WOULD HOPE THAT THE
SO-CALLED LIBERAL MEDIA
WOULD GET ON THIS.
THIS IS A TREMENDOUSLY
IMPORTANT STORY.
JAY, YOU SAY ISSA IS ON IT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER
CONGRESSMEN OR CONGRESSWOMEN
ARE ON IT?
BILL FLEURY IS FROM
TEXAS, WHO'S DISTRICT COVERS
TEXAS.
WACO, TEXAS, GOT ONE OF THE
LETTERS, AND HE IS KIND OF
LEADING THE HOUSE SIDE OF
THIS.
THE "NEW YORK TIMES" RAN
WITH THIS STORY YESTERDAY,
AND A.P. DID SOMETHING ON
BEFORE WE GOT INVOLVED IN
IT.
I THINK THE HILLS IS DOING
SOMETHING TODAY.
LET ME TAKE IT A STEP
FURTHER.
I HAVEN'T HEARD A PEEP --
THEY KEEP SAYING SOME
LIBERAL GROUPS HAVE GOTTEN
LETTERS.
WHERE ARE THEY?
ARE THEY GOING TO JUST LET
THEIR AMENDMENT RIGHTS GO
BY?
MAYBE ONE DID GET ONE, BUT
NOT 500.
Pat: YOU SAID 500 ARE
BEING TARGETED?
IS THAT THE NUMBER?
WELL, PAT, IT COULD EVEN
BE HIGHER.
LET ME TELL YOU WHAT WE DO
KNOW.
ONE AGENT TOLD ONE OF OUR
CLIENTS SHE HAD 50 OF THESE
SITTING ON HER DESK.
THAT IS ONE AGENT.
THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF TEA
PARTY GROUPS.
AND WE UNDERSTAND 500 OR 600
LETTERLETTERS COULD HAVE
BEEN SENT.
PEOPLE ARE CONTACTING US
EVERY DAY AT THE ACLA, AND
WE'RE GLAD TO DO IT.
CERTAIN QUESTIONS ARE
LEGITIMATE, AND ONES
AREN'T.
THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET A
SUMMONS IN DISTRICT TO
COMPEL DISCLOSURE.
I AM READY FOR THAT
CHALLENGE.
Pat: HOW DO YOU PUNISH
SOMEBODY WHO HAS DONE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
IT IS A VIOLATION OF THE
CONSTITUTION, AND OVERREACH
OF THEIR AUTHORITY.
HOW COULD YOU REIN THEM IN?
IS THERE SOMETHING YOU CAN
DO IN COURT TO STOP IT?
WE'LL SEND OUR RESPONSE
IN, WHICH WILL RAISE THE
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUE.
IF THE GOVERNMENT ISSUES A
SUMMONS, SAYING WE WANT
THOSE MEMBERSHIP LISTS, WE
MAY GO INTO FEDERAL COURT.
THEY MAY GO INTO FEDERAL
COURT SEEKING AN
ENFORCEMENT, AND WE WILL GO
INTO THE FEDERAL COURT
FIGHTING IT.
THAT'S HOW THE NAACP CASES
GOT THERE.
THERE WAS A WHOLE STRING
WITH SIX OF THOSE CASES IN
THE 1960s AND EARLY
'50s.
THE WAY YOU GET TO THEM IS
YOU TAKE IT AND DUKE IT OUT
IN FEDERAL COURT, WHERE THEYC0ṮE-HAV
YOUR LETTERS, WRITE, E-MAIL,
CALL YOUR CONGRESSMAN, YOUR
SENATOR, AND SAY, YOU KNOW,
WOULD YOU INVESTIGATE THE
TREATMENT OF THE TEA PARTY
GROUP AROUND THE COUNTRY BY
THE I.R.S.
IT IS INTIMIDATION.
IT IS WRONG.
IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
SEIZE THEIR AUTHORITY.
AND IT HARKENS BACK TO THE
DAYS OF WATERGATE, AND WE
JUST CAN'T HAVE THAT.
HERE IS THE NUMBER TO CALL.
202-224-3121.
THAT'S THE UNITED STATES
CAPITOL.
CALL YOUR CONGRESSMAN AND
SAY, LISTEN, I'VE HEARD THE
TEA PARTY IS TARGETING --
EXCUSE ME, THE I.R.S. IS
TARGETING SEVERAL HUNDRED
TEA PARTY ORGANIZATIONS, AND
WE WANT YOU TO INVESTIGATE,
AND IF NEED BE, HOLD
HEARINGS TO EXPOSE THIS TO
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
THE NUMBER, ONE MORE TIME --
IT'S THE UNITED STATES
CAPITOL, 202-224-3121.
AND GET ON THE PHONE, OR GET
AN E-MAIL, BUT FLOOD
CONGRESS WITH YOUR OUTRAGE
AT THIS PARTICULAR
OVEREXTENSION, OVERREACH OF
A FEDERAL AGENCY.
LEE WEBB HAS THE REST OF OUR
TOP STORIES FROM THE CBN
NEWS ROOMMENT.
Reporter: PRESIDENT
OBAMA CALLS OIL THE FUEL OF
THE PAST.
HE SAYS IT IS TIME FOR THE
U.S. TO MOVE AWAY FROM ITS
DEPENDENCY ON OIL AND
EXPLORE NEW POSSIBILITIES.
President Obama: WE'VE
GOT TO DEVELOP EVERY SOURCE
OF AMERICAN ENERGY.
NOT JUST OIL AND GAS, BUT
WIND POWER, SOLAR POWER,
NUCLEAR POWER, AND
BIOFUELS.
Reporter: THE PRESIDENT
CALLS ON CONGRESS TO PROVIDE
GRANT MONEY.
THE ADMINISTRATION'S GOAL IS
TO MAKE ELECTRIC VEHICLES AS
AFFORDABLE AND CONVENIENT AS
GAS-POWERED CARS BY 2020.
BUT SOME CRITICS QUESTION
THAT GOAL.
POOR SALES RECENTLY LED G.M.
TO SUSPEND PRODUCTION OF ITS
ELECTRIC CAR, THE CHEVY
VOLT, PAT.
Pat: I WONDER WHAT
PLANET THE PRESIDENT IN
HABITS.
WIND POWER -- CAN YOU
IMAGINE HOW MANY WINDMILLS
YOU WOULD HAVE TO PUT UP IN
THE COUNTRY.
YOU'D HAVE TO KILL EVERY
BIRD IN THE AIR WITH THOSE
THINGS FLIPPING AROUND, AND
IT WOULDN'T GIVE YOU ENOUGH
POWER TO LIGHT THE
LIGHTBULBS OF A SMALL TOWN.
THINK OF SALINDRA, THE WASTE
OF ALMOST A BILLION DOLLARS
OF GOVERNMENT MONEY WENT
INTO THAT FAILED THING.
THE TRUTH IS WE'VE GOT AN AB
BU ABUNDANCE OF NATURAL
GAS.
AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IS
TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO USE
THAT NATURAL GAS TO POWER
CARS AND THEN LATER TRUCKS.
IT IS AVAILABLE TO US.
OF COURSE, THE MAJOR
RESOURCE WE HAVE IS OIL,
CRUDE OIL.
I KNOW IT IS NICE TO TALK
ABOUT GETTING AWAY FROM IT,
BUT YOU CAN'T DO IT FOR THE
NEXT 20 OR 30 YEARS.
SO IT IS TIME THE GOVERNMENT
GETS REAL.
I'M ALL FOR NUCLEAR, BUT
I'LL TELL YOU, PEOPLE ARE SO
SCARED AFTER WHAT HAPPENED
WITH THAT FUKUSHIMA PLANT IN
JAPAN, THAT THEY'RE NOT SO
KEEN ON HAVING PLANTS.
AND THE GREENS WOULD FIGHT
LIKE TIGERS TO KEEP ANYMORE
NUCLEAR PLANTS PARTICULAR
BEING BUILT.
I MIGHT ADD, WE HAVEN'T HAD
A NEW OIL REFINERY IN
AMERICA SINCE THE DAYS OF
JIMMY CARTER.
THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS HAVE
SHUT THEM DOWN, SHUT THEM
DOWN, SHUT THEM DOWN.
WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?
HE IS JUST FLAPPING HIS
LIPS.
HE IS NOT TALKING REALITY.
LEE?
Reporter: NEW SATELLITE
IMAGES SHOW IRAN MAY HAVE
TESTED TRIGGERS FOR NUCLEAR
WEAPONS.
THE IMAGES SHOW IRANIAN
TRUCKS AND EARTH MOVERS
TRYING TO CLEAN UP WHAT
APPEARS TO BE RADIOACTIVE
WARMEST.
THEY SAY THE ONLY REASON FOR
THAT TYPE OF TEST IS TO
DEVELOP NUCLEAR ARMS.
IRAN JUST AGREED TO ALLOW
SANCTIONS, BUT ISRAEL WARNED
IT MAY HAVE PREEMPTIVE
STRIKES TO KEEP IT FROM
BUILDING A NUCLEAR WEAPON.
EARTH IS TAKING THE LARGEST
HIT FROM A FIRESTORM IN FIVE
YEARS.
IT COULD DISRUPT POWER
GRIDS, PHONE SERVICE, AND
EVEN AIRLINE FLIGHTS.
IT ALL SOUNDS OMINOUS, BUT
THERE IS NO NEED TO PANIC.
WE'RE ABLE TO TELL YOU,
YES, THIS IS COMING TOWARDS
US.
BEWARE.
KEEP WATCHING.
DON'T GET HYSTERICAL.
Reporter: PROBLEMS FROM
THE STORM COULD LAST FOR THE
NEXT 24 HOURS, BUT THE SOLAR
FLARES WILL ALSO PRODUCE
BEAUTIFUL AURORAS, AND I HAD
A CHANCE TO SEE THAT ABOUT
20 YEARS AGO IN ICELAND, AND
IT IS GORGEOUS.
Pat: I DON'T KNOW IF
THIS WILL KEEP US FROM
GETTING SATELLITE
TELEVISION, AND IT MAY MEAN
THAT AIRPLANES MAY WANDER
AROUND IN THE SKY WITHOUT
APPROPRIATE NAVIGATION.
Terry: THAT WOULD BE A
LITTLE MORE SERIOUS THAN THE
TELEVISION.
Pat: THE MAYAN SAY THIS
IS THE YEAR THERE WILL BE AN
ALIGNMENT OF THE PLANETS
FROM THE DEPTH OF OUR
GALAXY, AND WHO KNOWS WHAT
IS GOING TO HAPPEN THEN.
PEOPLE HAVE TALKED TO SOME
OF THE MAYANS, AND WE DON'T
KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT.
THEY DECIDED TO STOP
COUNTING AFTER THAT YEAR.
Terry: AN INTERESTING
YEAR, NO DOUBT.
Pat: THIS IS A BIG
DEAL.
IT IS GOING TO HIT US, AND
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS
GOING TO DO.
I HOPE WE'LL KEEP ON
BROADCASTING ON THIS
PARTICULAR CHANNEL.
TERRY?
Terry: COMING UP, A
FATHER IS SNATCHED AWAY BY
THE NORTH KOREAN POLICE AND
THEN EXECUTED.
HEAR HIS CRIME IN A STORY
NEVER TOLD BEFORE NOW.
WHEN WE COME BACK.
Pat: CONGRESSMAN KING
OF NEW YORK CALLED IT A
CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE.
CRIME FAMILY POSING AS A
NATION.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT
AMOUNTS TO.
IT IS A CRIMINAL
ENTERPRISE.
IT IS ONE OF THE MOST -- IT
IS THE MOST REPRESSIVE
REGIME ON EARTH.
IT IS HIDEOUS WHAT IS
HAPPENING.
VERY FEW PEOPLE KIDNAP TO
TELL ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON
IN NORTH KOREA.
BUT NOW YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE
VIDEO THAT SHOWS THE
EXECUTION OF CHRISTIANS IN
THAT AWFUL COUNTRY.
YOU'LL ALSO MEET A WOMAN WHO
WAS A LOOKOUT FOR AN
UNDERGROUND CHURCH IN NORTH
KOREA.
FORTUNATELY, SHE MADE IT OUT
OF THAT COUNTRY.
WE HAVE HER HORROWING STORY,
THAT HAS NEVER BEEN TOLD,
UNTIL NOW ON THIS PROGRAM.
HERE IS GEORGE THOMAS
REPORTING FROM SOUTH KOREA.
Reporter: HER NAME IS
KIM UE JIN, AGED 31.
SHE WAS BORN IN PYEONGCHANG,
NORTH KOREA.
HER TESTIMONY IS RARE.
THE C.I.A. ESTIMATES SOME
24 MILLION LIVE IN THE
COMMUNIST COUNTRY, AND ABOUT
2% ARE CHRISTIANS.
JUST A HANDFUL OF THEM HAVE
ESCAPED FROM THE BUDDHA
REGIME AND LIVED TO TELL
THEIR STORY.
KIM IS ONE OF THEM.
GROWING UP I WAS TOLD BY
THE AUTHORITIES THAT THERE
WAS NO GOD IN THIS WORLD.
WE WERE ORDERED, INSTEAD, TO
WORSHIP KIM JONG-IL, THE
LEADERS OF THE COUNTRY.
Reporter: FREEDOM IS
GUARANTEED UNDER NORTH
KOREA'S CONSTITUTION, BUT IT
IS NEVER ENCOURAGED.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE BEING A
BELIEVER IN NORTH KOREA.
WE MET EVERY SATURDAY
EVENING.
OUR FAMILY MET IN THE BACK
ROOM OF OUR SMALL
APARTMENT.
WE HAD TO BE VERY QUIET.
WE WHISPERED WHEN WE SANG OR
READ THE BIBLE.
WE OFTEN COVERED OUR HEAD.
Reporter: GROWING UP,
SHE HEARD STORIES ABOUT HOW
HER CITY, PYEONGCHANG, WAS
ONCE KNOWN AS THE JERUSALEM
OF THE EAST.
IN 1935, 13% WAS CHRISTIAN.
HALF A CENTURY LATER, KIM'S
FAITH MADE HER A TARGET.
Reporter: MY PARENTS
OFTEN ASKED ME TO STAY
OUTSIDE THE APARTMENT ON
SATURDAYS, TO MAKE SURE NO
ONE WAS COMING WHILE THE
FAMILY PRAYED INSIDE.
Reporter: OVER TIME,
THE MEETINGS GREW TO INCLUDE
A FEW FRIENDS AND EXTENDED
FAMILY.
Reporter: WE HAD ONE
BIBLE IN THE HOUSE.
MY GRANDMOTHER, WHO WAS A
BELIEVER FROM THE JAPANESE
IMPERIAL TIMES, HAD A
CHINESE BIBLE.
SHE TRANSLATED A BIBLE BY
HAND IN KOREAN LANGUAGE ON
PIECES OF PAPER.
THAT'S HOW WE READ THE
BIBLE.
WE FOUND STRENGTH IN THOSE
PAGES.
Reporter: BUT SOON THE
AUTHORITIES DISCOVERED THAT
HER FATHER WAS A SECRET
BELIEVER.
MY FATHER WAS A TAILER IN
TOWN, AND WE BELIEVE THEY
PLANTED LISTENING DEVICES IN
HIS SHOP AND ON HIS
CLOTHES.
Reporter: IN 1985,
MS. KIM'S FATHER WAS
ARRESTED, ALONG WITH AN
UNCLE.
BOTH MEN PROBABLY ENDED UP
IN ONE OF THE SIX LABOR
CAMPS IN NORTH KOREA.
DO YOU REMEMBER THAT DAY?
THE DAY MY FATHER WAS
ARRESTED, I WAS AT SCHOOL,
BUT I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT
DAY.
HE HUGGED ME BEFORE I LEFT
FOR SCHOOL.
AND LIKE EVERY OTHER DAY, HE
REMINDED ME TO BE CAREFUL.
EVERY MORNING AT THE
BREAKFAST TABLE HE WOULD
TELL US THAT ONE DAY THE
GOVERNMENT WILL COME AND
ARREST US FOR BEING
CHRISTIANS.
HE WARNED US OF THE PRICE WE
WOULD SOME DAY PAY FOR OUR
FAITH.
I REMEMBER HIM SAYING OFTEN,
EVEN IF I FACE DEATH, I WILL
FOLLOW JESUS.
Reporter: SOME 200,000
ARE BEING HELD IN PRISON.
AN ESTIMATED 30,000 OF THEM
ARE CHRISTIANS.
THE REGIME IS ROUTINELY
CITED FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
VIOLATIONS.
YEJAY IS A PROFESSOR OF LAW
IN SOUTH KOREA.
THEY WILL TREAT US LIKE
CRIMINALS, LIKE TERRORISTS,
AND THEY'RE PRO PROSECUTED
BASED ON NATIONAL SECURITY
CRIME IN NORTH KOREA.
Reporter: THIS VIDEO,
OBTAINED BY CBN NEWS,
REPORTEDLY SHOWS THE
EXECUTION OF NORTH KOREAN
CHRISTIANS.
DO YOU THINK THAT YOUR
FATHER IS ALIVE TODAY?
NO.
EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN GOVERNMENT AGENTS
ARREST CHRISTIANS IN NORTH
KOREA.
THEY NEVER MAKE IT OUT
ALIVE.
I KNOW MY FATHER IS IN
HEAVEN.
DEFENSE ATTORNEY: AND
HEAVEN, AND HE IS PRAYING
FOR NORTH KOREA AND MY
FAMILY.
Reporter: KIM'S MOTHER,
GRANDMOTHER, AND SIBLINGS
MANAGED TO ESCAPE THAT DAY
TO THE MOUNTAINS.
IN 2005, WITH THE HELP OF A
CHINESE PASTOR, SHE CROWD
THE TUMAN RIVER AND DEFECTED
TO CHINA.
HER FAMILY FOLLOWED MONTHS
LATER.
IT WAS A DIFFICULT
DECISION, BECAUSE I KNEW IF
I GOT CAUGHT, WE WOULD BE
SENT TO PRISON.
Reporter: TODAY SHE IS
MARRIED AND HAS A BABY BOY.
I AM VERY PROUD OF WHAT
SHE DID.
HER FAMILY HAS GONE THROUGH
A LOT OVER THE YEARS.
SHE IS A HERO IN MY EYES.
Reporter: KIM IS QUICK
TO BRUSH ASIDE THOSE
COMPLIMENTS, INSTEAD GIVING
HONOR TO THE MAN WHO LAID
DOWN HIS LIFE.
I GREW UP IN A LAND WHERE
THEY SAID THERE WAS NO GOD.
BUT MY FATHER TOLD ME
OTHERWISE.
HE LOVED CHRIST, AND FOR
THAT HE DIED.
Reporter: SHE HAS A
DREAM TO ONE DAY GO BACK TO
PYEONGCHANG AND SHARE ABOUT
THIS LOVE WITH THE PEOPLE OF
NORTH KOREA.
GEORGE THOMAS, CBN NEWS,
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.
Pat: THAT IS THE MOST
HIDEOUSLY, REPRESSIVE
REGIME.
AND THE AMAZING THING IS IT
HAPPENED UNDER OUR NOSE.
THE RUSSIANS CAME IN, AND
THEY TOOK A LIEUTENANT
COLONEL, A MAN WHO HAD HAD
BEEN A LIEUTENANT COLONEL,
AND SAID YOU'RE NOW IN
CHARGE.
THAT WAS KIM JONG-IL.
KIM JON-SUN AND THEN HIS
SON TOOK OVER, KIM JONG-IL.
AND NOW WHAT IS IT, KIM
JONG-UN IS THE NEW MAN, IN
HIS 20s.
AND THE REGIME TAKES NORMAL
MUS AMOUNT ENORMOUS AMOUNTS
OF MONEY TO FEED THE ARMY
AND THE POLITICAL CLASS.
KIM JONG-IL USED TO LIKE
WESTERN PROSTITUTES AND
COGNAC AND ALL THAT TYPE OF
THING.
AND THE PEOPLE WERE
STARVING.
SO THE UNITED STATES HAS
AGREED TO SUPPLY SOMETHING
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF
250,000 TONS OF GRAIN TO
THEM IN EXCHANGE FOR A
PROMISE THEY'RE GOING TO
START SUSPENDING SOME OF
THEIR NUCLEAR ACTIVITY.
THAT'S A GAME THEY'VE BEEN
PLAYING ON AND ON AND ON.
THEY MAKE A A PROMISE, AND
WE GIVE SOMETHING, AND THEY
BREAK THE PROMISE.
AND WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT
THEM.
WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS FOR
THE SOUTH KOREANS TO OPEN
THEIR BORDERS FREELY, AND
LET THE NORTH KOREANS COME
IN.
IF THEY DID, THAT REGIME
WOULD COLLAPSE.
BUT THE SOUTH KOREANS DON'T
WANT TO DO IT BECAUSE
THEY'RE AFRAID OF EITHER
MILITARY REPRISAL FROM THE
NORTH, OR ELSE THEY'RE
AFRAID THEY CAN'T
ACCOMMODATE ALL OF THE
PEOPLE FROM THE NORTH WHO
WOULD WANT TO COME IN.
SO INSTEAD OF COMING TO THE
SOUTH WHERE THEY SHOULD
COME, THEY SNEAK ACROSS THE
RIVER INTO CHINA.
AND THEY'RE SET UPON THERE.
THE WOMEN ARE SOMETIMES MADE
INTO SEX SLAVES.
THEY'RE REPATRIATED BACK TO
NORTH KOREA.
IT IS A HIDEOUS MESS.
AND SO THERE IS A BOOK
CALLED "THE AQUARIUMS OF
PYEONGCHANG."
IT IS SO MOVING, BECAUSE IT
WAS WRITTEN BY SOMETHING WHO
WENT THROUGH IT.
IF YOU CAN GET YOUR HANDS ON
A COPY OF IT, IT WILL STIR
YOUR HEART.
Terry: IF YOU'VE EVER
SEEN PICTURES OF THE PEOPLE
WHO STARVE OUT IN THE RURAL
AREAS, IT DEFIES
COMPREHENSION, REALLY.
Pat: IT IS TERRIBLE.
THAT LITTLE DICTATOR IS
GOING AROUND IN HIS TAILORED
SUITS.
AND WOMEN, COGNAC, FINE
WINE, LUXURIOUS
ACCOMODATIONS, EVERYTHING HE
NEEDS.
Terry: UNBELIEVABLE.
Pat: AND THEY'RE ALL
STARVING.
IT'S AWFUL.
Terry: IT REALLY IS.
FROM ONE REPRESSIVE REGIME
TO ANOTHER, UP NEXT, A YOUNG
IRANIAN GIRL COMMITS A
CARDINAL SIN IN THE ISLAMIC
FAITH: QUESTIONING ALLAH.
I WOULD BE SPENDING HOURS
AND HOURS AND HOURS THINKING
WHAT WOULD GOD LOOK LIKE.
WHERE WOULD HE BE?
Terry: FIND OUT HOW A
DREAM GAVE HER THESE ANSWERS
WHEN WE COME BACK.
Terry: SADIMA GREW UP
IN THE SHADOWS OF A
REVOLUTION.
IN IRAN, SHE LIVED TO SEE
THE RISE OF THE AYATOLLAH,
AND THE DOWNFALL OF
FREEDOM.
ALL HER LIFE, SHE KNEW
NOTHING BUT ISLAM, UNTIL THE
NIGHT SHE MET A STRANGER IN
A DREAM.
Reporter: OF THE SEVEN
BILLION PEOPLE LIVING ON OUR
PLANET, TWO BILLION ARE
CHRISTIAN, AND 2.1 MILLION
ARE MUSLIMS.
TWO DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS WITH
TWO VERY DIFFERENT POINTS OF
VIEW.
VADIMA LEARNED THE TRUTH
ABOUT THESE TWO RELIGIOUS ON
HER SEARCH FOR GOD.
ON THE INSIDE, I FELT
LIKE THERE WAS A HUGE HEART
HANGING IN MY HEART.
I COULD TELL YOU WHAT THE
SIZE OF IT WAS, WHAT IT
LOOKED LIKE.
IT WAS REAL AND IT WAS
PAINFUL.
IT WAS LIKE SOMETHING THAT
WOULD DRAW ME DOWN AND
WOULDN'T LET ME, YOU KNOW,
LIVE.
THERE WAS NO HOPE IN IT.
THERE WAS NO HOPE FOR THE
FUTURE.
Reporter: FATIMA WAS
RAISED IN IRAN AS A MUSLIM.
BEING A MUSLIM IS NOT BY
CHOICE.
IT IS BY HEREDITY.
IF YOU'RE PARENTS ARE MUSLIM
AND YOU'RE BORN IN THAT
FAMILY, YOU'RE AUTOMATICALLY
A MUSLIM.
Reporter: BUT FATIMA
RESISTED HER FAITH.
AT A VERY YOUNG AGE, I
STARTED QUESTIONING IF THERE
WAS A GOD OR NOT.
I WOULD BE SPENDING HOURS
AND HOURS AND HOURS THINKING
WHAT WOULD GOD LOOK LIKE,
WHERE WOULD HE BE.
BUT TRADITIONALLY IN ISLAMIC
CULTURE, YOU DON'T ASK THESE
QUESTIONS.
THEY'RE TABOO.
IF YOU START ASKING
QUESTIONS LIKE THESE, THEY
WILL CALL YOU FAITHLESS.
Reporter: GROWING UP,
THE GOD OF THE QURAN WAS THE
ONLY GOD THAT FATIMA EVER
KNEW.
HE IS NOT A PERSONAL
GOD.
HE IS DISTANT AND HE IS A
CREATOR.
NOBODY KNOWS WHO HE IS.
NOBODY KNOWS HIS NATURE.
NOBODY KNOWS HIS PLANS.
YOU JUST KNOW HE CARES ABOUT
MORALITY, AND IN ORDER TO GO
TO HEAVEN, YOU MUST DO GOOD
WORKS.
IT IS THROUGH YOUR GOOD
WORKS.
Reporter: AS A
TEENAGER, FATIMA LOOKED FOR
ANSWERS IN FORTUNE TELLING
AND BY READING COFFEE
GROUNDS.
I DID THAT FOR A FEW
YEARS.
LIKE I SAID, I WAS STILL
SEARCHING FOR GOD.
THAT PRACTICE DID NOT LEAD
ME TO KNOW GOD.
BUT STILL I SEARCHED.
I HAD NO CHOICE.
SOMETHING IN ME WOULD NOT
REST.
AND SO FINALLY I CAME TO THE
CONCLUSION -- I SAID GOD,
YOU'RE EITHER SO COMPLICATED
THAT I COULD NEVER KNOW YOU,
OR YOU'RE JUST RIGHT IN
FRONT OF MY EYES AND I CAN'T
SEE YOU.
AND I REMEMBER LIKE EVERY
DAY I WOULD CRY AND CRY AND
ASK GOD TO SHOW ME HIMSELF.
I WOULD LOOK AT THE SUN --
ARE YOU THE SUN?
IS THAT HOW YOU REVEAL
YOURSELF?
YOU KNOW, WHERE AM I
SUPPOSED TO LOOK.
Reporter: HER CRY WAS
ANSWERED WHEN FATIMA SAYS
THAT JESUS APPEARED TO HER
IN A DREAM.
I DREMPT THAT JESUS AND I
WERE WALKING IN A ROSE
GARDEN.
AND IT MAKES ME CRY.
AND WE WERE WALKING.
AND IN THE DREAM, I'M
THINKING, HE IS A PROPHET.
AND HE IS WALKING, AND I'M
JUST FOLLOWING.
AND HE SAID, DO YOU WANT TO
COME WITH ME.
AND I SAID YES.
AND HE SAID, THEN FOLLOW
ME.
AND I SAID, H'MMM, MY MIND
THINKING HOW WOULD YOU
FOLLOW A PERSON WHO IS NOT
EVEN -- HE IS A PROPHET.
HOW WOULD YOU FOLLOW A
PERSON AND NOT HIS
INSTRUCTIONS.
SO THAT WAS KIND OF
PUZZLING, WHY WOULD HE ASK
ME THAT.
Reporter: NIGHT AFTER
NIGHT, FATIMA HAD DREAMS
ABOUT JESUS, GOD, AND
CHURCHES.
OLD CHURCHES, NEW
CHURCHES, MODERN CHURCHES.
AND I DREMPT THAT, YOU KNOW,
MY MOM AND ALL OF MY FAMILY
ARE HOLDING HANDS AND GOING
TO THE CHURCH.
Reporter: FATIMA MOVED
TO THE UNITED STATES WHEN
SHE WAS 20.
SHE MET A FRIEND FROM WORK
WHO TOLD HER ABOUT JESUS.
IT WAS AFTER HE ACCEPTED
THE LORD JESUS THAT HE FOUND
JOY AND PEACE.
AND THOSE WORDS JUST
POPPED.
AND I SAID, WOW, THIS IS
GOOD.
HE SAID EVERY TIME HE
RECEIVED IT.
EVERY TIME THEY PRAYED FOR
HIM.
HE IS FILLED WITH JOY AND
PEACE.
AND I WAS LIKE, OH, I WANT
THAT.
I WANT THE JOY AND PEACE.
Reporter: SO FATIMA
WENT TO A CHRISTIAN CHURCH,
AND A WOMAN THERE ASKED
HER --
DO YOU BELIEVE JESUS
CHRIST IS GOD?
AND I SAID, DID HE SAY THAT?
DID HE SAY THAT HE WAS GOD?
AND SHE SAID, YES, HE SAYS
THAT.
AND I SAID, SURE, I BELIEVE
HE IS GOD.
TRUST ME, I'LL FIND OUT IF
HE IS NOT.
I'LL FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, IF
THINGS AREN'T TRUE.
BUT I'M WILLING TO GIVE
JESUS A TRY.
DEFINITELY.
AND SHE SAID, DO YOU WANT TO
PRAY THE SALVATION PRAYER?
ABSOLUTELY.
SO -- BECAUSE I THINK GOD
HAD SAU SOFTENED ME UP TO
THE POINT WHERE I WAS SOFT
TOWARDS GOD AND I WASN'T
RESISTANT.
Reporter: THAT NIGHT,
AFTER YEARS OF SEARCHING,
FATIMA PRAYED TO BECOME A
CHRISTIAN.
THINGS JUST STARTED
CHANGING.
THAT HEAVY, HEAVY HEART,
THAT STONE THAT I COULD --
IT'S SHARP, EVEN.
TO FEEL HOW SHARP AND
PAINFUL IT WAS -- THAT WAS
GONE.
IT WAS COMPLETELY GONE.
THAT NIGHT THE LORD JUST --
IT'S JUST LIKE HE TOOK HIS
HAND IN MY HEART AND TOOK
THAT ROCK OUT PERMANENTLY.
THE ONE SIGNIFICANT THING
THAT GOD DID FOR ME, THAT
CHRIST DID, WAS THAT HE PUT
HOPE IN MY HEART.
A PERMANENT HOPE, AND AS I
GOT TO KNOW THE LORD MORE,
YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THE LORD
GAVE ME MANY MORE DREAMS
JUST TO SHOW THAT THE
SCRIPTURES WERE TRUE.
AND IN EVERYTHING I WAS
READING, GOD WAS BACKING
THEM UP.
Reporter: DAY FATIMA'S
MOTHER, BROTHER, AND TWO
SISTERS ARE ALL CHRISTIANS.
FATIMA IS A REAL ESTATE
BROKER AND STUDYING TO BE A
PSYCHOLOGIST.
SHE IS ALSO MARRIED AND HAS
TWO SONS.
FATIMA UNDERSTANDS MUSLIMS
WHO ARE CURIOUS ABOUT JESUS,
AND THOSE WHO REALLY DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHO JESUS IS.
I WOULD SAY DON'T SAY NO
JUST BECAUSE YOUR PARENTS
WERE MUSLIMS.
AND YOUR GREAT GRANDPARENTS
ARE MUSLIMS, AND THIS IS
WHAT YOU'RE ALWAYS TAUGHT.
YOU NEED TO FIND GOD FOR
YOURSELF.
HE IS AVAILABLE.
IF JESUS SAYS HE IS GOD,
THEN HE WILL PROVE IT.
ALL YOU HAVE TO HAVE IS AN
OPEN HEART TO ALLOW JESUS TO
COME IN, AND THEN YOU WILL
KNOW FOR YOURSELF IF HE IS
GOD OR HE IS NOT GOD.
Terry: YOU KNOW, GOD
WANTS TO HAVE A ONE-ON-ONE,
INDIVIDUAL, PERSONAL
RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH AND
EVERY ONE OF US.
WE'RE NOT JUST DOWN HERE IN
SOME GIGANTIC MASS OF PEOPLE
CREATED BY SOMEONE OR SOME
THING WHO JUST OBSERVATION
US.
IN THE BEGINNING OF TIME,
GOD CREATED PLAN TO WALK IN
THE GARDEN WITH HIM.
TO HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM
EVERY DAY.
THE SEPARATION BETWEEN US
AND GOD COMES NOT BECAUSE HE
SEPARATED HIMSELF, BUT
BECAUSE WE TURNED AWAY FROM
HIM TO GO OUR OWN WAY, TO
WALK OUR OWN PATH.
AND SOMETIMES WE DON'T EVEN
KNOW THE STORY, ESPECIALLY
IN OUR WORLD TODAY.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SO MANY
ISMs OUT THERE, SO MANY
THEOLOGYS, AND ONE OF THE
REASON THEY'RE OUT THERE IS
BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GRASPING,
JUST LIKE FATIMA, TO HAVE
JOY, TO HAVE PEACE, TO HAVE
HOPE.
THERE IS MUCH IN THE WORLD
TODAY THAT ROBS US OF ALL OF
THAT UNTIL YOU KNOW THE ONE
WHO BRINGS IT ALL.
THE ONE WHO SITS ON THE
THRONE.
THE ONE THAT IS THE CREATOR
OF ALL THERE IS, INCLUDING
YOU AND ME.
AND THE BIBLE SAYS WE ARE
CREATED IN HIS IMAGE AND
LIKENESS.
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WHEN WE
SEARCH FOR HIM WITH ALL OF
OUR HEARTS, JUST LIKE FATIMA
DID, WE WILL FIND HIM.
GOD DESIRES TO REVEAL
HIMSELF TO US.
IN MANY OTHER RELIGIONS,
MANY OTHER FAITHS, PEOPLE
OFFER ALL KINDS OF
SACRIFICES TO STATUES AND TO
THE GODS OF THEIR FATHER,
AND AS SHE SAID,
GRANDFATHERS AND GREAT
GRANDFATHERS, TRYING TO
APPEASE THEM SO NO HARM, NO
ILL, WILL COME TO THEM.
THE GOD WHO CREATED THE
UNIVERSE, THE ONE, TRUE GOD,
THE ONE WHO CREATED YOU AND
WANTS A RELATIONSHIP WITH
YOU, IS NOT A GOD WHO NEEDS
TO BE APPEASED.
HE COMES TO US DESIRING TO
CONNECT WITH US, DESIRING TO
HAVE US KNOW WHO HE IS,
DESIRING TO MAKE US WHOLE
AND TO GIVE US THE LONGING
OF OUR HEART THAT COMES ONLY
FROM KNOWING HIM AND LOVING
HIM AND RECEIVING HIS LOVE
FOR US, WHICH IS GREAT.
HOW DO YOU TAP INTO THAT?
YOU DO IT AS SIMPLY AS
FATIMA DID.
YOU JUST SAY A PRAYER OF
COMMITMENT.
YOU SAY, GOD, I WANT YOU.
YES, I'M SAYING YES TO YOU.
DO YOU WANT TO PRAY THAT
WITH ME RIGHT NOW?
START -- I LOVE WHAT SHE
SAID, I'M GOING TO GIVE
JESUS THE SAME CHANCE I'VE
GIVEN EVERYTHING ELSE.
GIVE HIM A CHANCE TODAY.
GIVE HIM A CHANCE.
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT HE
STANDS AT THE DOOR OF THE
HEART OF MEN AND WOMEN AND
KNOCKS.
AND THOSE WHO HEAR HIM AND
CHOOSE TO OPEN THE DOOR AND
INVITE HIM IN, HE WILL COME
IN AND TAKE UP RESIDENCY
WITH AND HAVE FELLOWSHIP
WITH.
HE'LL LOVE YOU, LEAD YOU,
RESTORE YOU, HEAL YOU, GIVE
YOU HOPE.
SO PRAY WITH ME RIGHT NOW.
JUST BOW YOUR HEAD WHERE YOU
ARE AND PRAY.
GOD, I WANT TO KNOW YOU,
JESUS.
YOU'RE MORE THAN A NAME I'VE
HEARD.
I WANT TO KNOW YOU.
SO TODAY I'M SETTING ASIDE
EVERYTHING AND SAYING, YES
TO YOU.
YES, I BELIEVE YOU ARE WHO
YOU SAID YOU ARE.
I WANT TO KNOW YOU AS MY
LORD, MY SAVIOR, MY GOD.
COME INTO MY HEART.
FORGIVE MY SINS.
YOU KNOW THAT I'M IN NEED OF
YOU AND YOUR SALVATION.
FORGIVE ME, LORD, AND THEN
TEACH ME YOUR WAYS.
REVEAL MORE OF WHO YOU ARE
TO ME.
FILL ME WITH THE JOY AND THE
KNOWLEDGE OF YOU ARE AND WHO
I AM TO YOU.
LOVE ME, LORD, AND RECEIVE
MY LOVE TO YOU.
TODAY I SAY YES TO
EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO GIVE
ME.
AND I GIVE YOU EVERYTHING
THAT I AM, AND ALL THAT I
HAVE.
TEACH ME HOW TO LIVE FOR
YOU, AND, YES, I RECEIVE THE
GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE WITH
YOU TODAY.
IN JESUS' NAME I PRAY.
AMEN.
IF YOU'VE PRAYED THAT PRAYER
AND BEGUN THAT JOURNEY IN
YOUR LIFE, LET US SEND YOU
THIS.
IT IS TOTALLY FREE.
IT IS CALLED "A NEW DAY."
PAT PUT THIS TOGETHER JUST
FOR YOU.
IT IS FILLED WITH WONDERFUL
VERSES FROM THE BIBLE THAT
TALK ABOUT WHO GOD IS, HIS
GREAT LOVE FOR YOU.
WHAT DOES HE WANT FROM US?
HOW DO WE LIVE FOR HIM?
IF YOU'LL CALL THE TOLL-FREE
NUMBER ON THE SCREEN,
1-800-759-0700.
JUST SAY I PRAYED THAT
PRAYER AND I WOULD LIKE "A
NEW DAY," AND WE'LL SEND IT
TO YOU.
PAT?
Pat: LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE A
DRAMATIC HEALING THAT IS
GOING TO TAKE PLACE.
A WOMAN IS HEALED OF
CRIPPLING BACK PAIN IN AN
INSTANT.
AND WE'LL BE PRAYING FOR
YOUR NEEDS, SO DON'T GO
AWAY.
Reporter: WELCOME BACK
TO WASHINGTON FOR THIS CBN
NEWS BREAK.
A TOWN IN VERMONT HAS
SUSPENDED ITS TRADITIONAL
PRAYER BEFORE TOWN MEETINGS
BECAUSE OF A LAWSUIT.
THE TOWN OF FRANKLIN IS
LOCATED NEAR THE CANADIAN
BORDER.
IT HAS OPENED ITS TOWN
MEETINGS WITH PRAYER FOR
YEARS.
VERMONT PUBLIC RADIO REPORTS
A WOMAN COMPLAINED ABOUT THE
PRAYERS, ASKING OFFICIALS TO
STOP INVITING THE CHRISTIAN
PASTOR WHO DOES THEM.
TOWN OFFICIALS HAVE
SUSPENDED THEM FOR A YEAR
WHILE A JUDGE HAS YET TO
RULE ON THE CASE.
SCHOOLS IN UTAH LIKELY WILL
SOON BE REQUIRED TO TEACH
ABSTINENCE-ONLY SEX
EDUCATION.
THE LAWMAKERS THERE PASSED
THE BILL THERE EARLIER THIS
WEEK.
IT DEFINES IT AS ABSTINENCE
ONLY.
AND IT WOULD BAN TEACHING
ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY OR
CONTRACEPTION OR PREMARITAL
SEX.
SCHOOLS WILL BE ABLE TO OPT
OUT OF SEX ED ALL TOGETHER.
THEY SAY SEX ED SHOULD BE
TAUGHT AT HOME.
YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE
LATEST FROM CBN NEWS BY
GOING TO OUR WEBSITE AT
CBNNEWS.COM.
PAT AND TERRY WILL BE BACK
WITH MORE OF "THE 700 CLUB"
RIGHT AFTER THIS.
*
Pat: TERRY MELONFONT
HAS NO CLUE HOW SHE HURT HER
BACK.
OH, HAVE WE GOT A MIRACLE
FOR YOU.
ALL SHE KNOWS IS THAT IT WAS
EXCRUCIATING, AND IT WENT ON
FOR WEEKS, AND THEN SUDDENLY
SHE WAS HEALED AS FAST AS
LIGHTNING.
HERE IS HER AMAZING STORY.
Reporter: A MONTH
BEFORE EASTER, TERRY
MELONFONT WAS ALREADY
PREPARING FOR THE HOLIDAY.
BUT DEBILITATING BACK PAIN
BROUGHT HER PLANS TO A
HALT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW IT
STARTED.
ALL I KNOW IS IT WAS THERE,
FROM THE TIP OF MY HEAD ALL
THE WAY DOWN THE SPINE AND
EVEN MY SIDES, EVERYTHING,
IT WOULD HURT.
Reporter: OVER THE NEXT
FEW WEEKS, THE PAIN
INCREASED.
IT GOT WORSE EVERY --
ALMOST EVERY DAY FOR THE
ENTIRE MONTH.
THE PAIN COULD GET SO
EXCRUCIATING IT WOULD HURT
TO WALK.
IT WOULD HURT TO SIT.
IT WOULD HURT TO STAND.
Reporter: EASTER SUNDAY
CAME AND TERRY WAS STILL IN
PAIN.
SHE COULDN'T EVEN HOLD HER
GRANDCHILDREN.
I WAS REALLY UPSET WITH
MYSELF.
WHEN I WENT TO DO SOMETHING,
MY BODY WOULDN'T COOPERATE.
AND THAT WAS FRUSTRATING,
VERY FRU FRUSTRATING TO
ME.
Reporter: THE NEXT
MORNING, TERRY WAS WATCHING
"THE 700 CLUB."
AS A REGULAR VIEWER, SHE
ALWAYS LOOKED FORWARD TO THE
PRAYER TIMES.
PAT AND TERRY WERE
PRAYING, AND I WAS PRAYING
SILENTLY.
Pat: JUST PUT YOUR HAND
ON THE SMALL OF YOUR BACK,
WHATEVER YOU CAN REACH.
IN THE NAME OF JESUS, YOUR
BACK IS STRAIGHTENING OUT.
THAT SPINAL COLUMN WAS
STRAIGHTENING.
Reporter:
STRAIGHTENING.
I WAS ENDING MY PRAYER AT
THE SAME TIME PAT WAS ENDING
HIS PRAYER.
AND WE BOTH SAID --
Pat: IN THE NAME OF
JESUS.
AND WHEN I SAID JESUS,
BEFORE I EVEN FINISHED HIS
NAME, THE PAIN WAS TOTALLY
GONE.
IT WAS FASTER THAN
LIGHTNING.
I WENT FROM EXCRUCIATING
PAIN TO BEING TOTALLY
HEALED.
Reporter: SINCE HER
HEALING, TERRY HAS RETURNED
TO HER ACTIVE LIFESTYLE, AND
IS ENJOYING EVERY MOMENT
WITH HER FAMILY.
I HAVE HAD ABSOLUTELY NO
PAIN SINCE THEN.
THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING
I CAN'T DO.
HE IS WHO HE SAYS HE IS.
HE DOES WHAT HE SAYS HE IS@=
SUPPOSED TO DO.
AND HIS LOVE NEVER FAILS,
NEVER FAILS.
Pat: HIS LOVE NEVER
FAILS!
FOLKS, THAT'S THE WAY IT
IS.
INSTANTLY, MIRACULOUSLY.
NOW, I DIDN'T KNOW TERRY.
I KNOW ONE TERRY, WHO IS
HERE, BUT THIS TERRY DOESN'T
HAVE A BACK PROBLEM.
ISN'T THAT REMARKABLE?
Terry: IT IS
REMARKABLE.
AND HERE SHE IS WITH ALL OF
THESE YOUNG CHILDREN.
AND SO YOU KNOW SHE IS
BENDING AND TWISTING.
THAT WAS COMPLETE HEALING.
THIS IS MARILYN, WHO LIVES
IN MASSACHUSETTS.
SHE DEVELOPED BREATHING
PROBLEMS AND A TERRIBLE
COUGH, AND HAD IT FOR OVER
TWO MONTHS.
SHE ENDED UP IN THE
EMERGENCY ROOM THREE TIMES
IN THREE DAYS.
DOCTORS DIAGNOSED HER WITH
CHRONIC BRONCHITIS, BUT THE
BREATHING PROBLEMS JUST GOT
WORSE.
ONE DAY SHE WAS WATCHING
THIS SHOW, AND SHE HEARD YOU
SAY, PAT, THERE IS A
TERRIBLE BREATHING PROBLEM
RIGHT NOW.
PUT YOUR HAND ON YOUR CHEST
IN THE NAME OF JESUS, AND
TAKE A DEEP BREATH.
COUGH AND THAT BREATHING
PROBLEM IS TAKEN CARE OF.
MARILYN DID THAT, AND SHE
SAID IMMEDIATELY HER
BREATHING WAS BETTER.
SHE STOPPED TAKING THE
MEDICINE, AND HER DOCTOR HAS
CONFIRMED THAT SHE IS
HEALED.
Pat: FOLKS, IF YOU JUST
UNDERSTOOD HOW POWERFUL GOD
IS, HOW POWERFUL HE IS.
THERE IS NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE
WITH HIM.
IF YOU'VE GOT FAITH AS BIG
AS A MUSTARD SEED, YOU CAN
SAY TO A PLANT BE ROOTED UP
AND CAST INTO THE SEA, AND
IT WILL OBEY YOU.
NOTHING WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE.
ALL RIGHT, THIS IS MARGE
GREAT.
SHE LIVES IN GALOWAY, NEW
JERSEY.
SHE HAD PAIN IN HER EAR, AND
IT FELT CLOGGED AND SHE ALSO
HAD SOME HEARING LOSS.
THE DOCTOR PRESCRIBED
ANTIBIOTICS, BUT THE PAIN
PERSISTED.
AFTER COMING HOME FROM WORK,
SHE TURNED ON THIS PROGRAM.
TERRY HAD A WORD OF
KNOWLEDGE, AND SHE SAID
THERE IS SOMEONE WHO HAS AN
EAR PROBLEM, YOU'VE LOST A
LITTLE BIT OF HEARING, AND
YOU COULD HEAR THIS
CRACKLING SOUND AND GOD IS
HEALING YOU.
MARGARET BEGAN TO CRY
BECAUSE HE HEARD THE
CRACKLING SOUND AND HER
HEARING RETURNED.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO PRAY.
WOULD YOU PLEASE JOIN US.
WOULD YOU PLEASE ACCEPT WHAT
GOD WANTS TO DO FOR YOU.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO
ANYTHING.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO JUMP
AROUND ARE BE SOME KIND OF
HOLY.
JUST TAKE IT.
JUST REACH OUT AND SAY, YES,
I RECEIVE IT.
WE'RE GOING TO PRAY
TOGETHER, AND WE'RE GOING TO
BELIEVE GOD.
FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR
THESE ANSWERS TO PRAYER.
WE THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, LORD.
SOMEBODY HAS GOT A PROBLEM,
ONE LOBE IN YOUR LUNG IS
DISEASED.
IT IS A FUNGUS OF SOME
KIND.
AND GOD HAS JUST REACHED IN
THERE.
YOU'LL FEEL A BURNING AND IT
IS COMPLETELY HEALED.
TERRY?
Terry: SOMEBODY ELSE,
YOU'VE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH A
VERY, VERY RARE BLOOD
DISEASE.
SO RARE THAT THE DOCTORS WHO
ARE TREATING YOU HAVEN'T
ACTUALLY SEEN IT BEFORE.
GOD IS HEALING THAT
CONDITION FOR YOU.
JUST AS IT CAME
UNEXPECTANTLY, IT WILL BE
GONE UNEXPECTANTLY.
Pat: YOU'VE GOT AN
INGENAL HERNIA.
AND RIGHT NOW THAT HERNIA IS
GOING BACKWARDS, AND GOD IS
PROVIDING SOMETHING THAT
WILL SEAL OFF THAT PROBLEM
AS IF IT HAD BEEN OPERATED
ON.
RIGHT NOW IN JESUS' NAME OF
CREATIVE MIRACLES TAKING
PLACE IN YOUR BODY.
Terry: SOMEBODY ELSE,
YOU HAVE A CHRONIC -- LIKE A
SINUS CONDITION.
IT IS NOT ALLERGIES.
YOU HAVE IT ALL OF THE
TIME.
THERE IS SO MUCH DRAINING,
YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TROUBLES
SPEAKING AND SWALLOWING.
GOD IS DRYING THAT UP FOR
YOU AND YOU WON'T HAVE THAT
PROBLEM ANYMORE.
Pat: THERE ARE 10
PEOPLE IN THIS AUDIENCE
PRAYING ABOUT YOUR DEBTS.
GOD IS GOING TO SET YOU
FREE.
HE IS GOING TO SUPPLY YOU
WITH THE MONEY YOU NEED TO
GET DEBT-FREE.
SAY I'M ONE OF THOSE 10, AND
I RECEIVE IT IN JESUS'
NAME.
AMEN.
LET US HEAR WHAT GOD HAS
DONE FOR YOU, PLEASE.
WE'D BE GLAD TO HAVE PEOPLE
PRAY FOR YOU IF YOU NEED
FURTHER PRAYER.
1-800-759-0700.
TERRY?
Terry: STILL AHEAD, WE
SCOURED OUR IN-BOX FOR
QUESTIONS.
AMY SAYS, "PAT, WE'RE A
SENIOR COUPLE PLANNING FOR
RETIREMENT.
WE HAVE INVESTED IN GOLD,
BUT YOU JUST SAID YOU GOT
OUT OF GOLD.
WHAT WOULD YOU RECOMMEND?"
STAY TUNED.
HE IS GOING TO TELL US ALL
WHEN WE COME BACK.
*
Terry: YOU KNOW, IT
SEEMS SO TRIVIAL TO GET A
CUP OF WATER.
MOST OF US JUST TURN ON THE
FAUCET.
CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT IT MUST
FEEL LIKE TO HAVE TO DEPEND
ON YOUR NEIGHBORS JUST TO
GET A DRINK.
Reporter: TANENI LIVES
ALONG IN A REMOTE PART OF
SOUTH AFRICA.
SHE LOST HER HUSBAND YEARS
AGO, AND HER CHILDREN HAVE
ALL MOVED AWAY.
IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR
ME.
I DID NOT EVEN HAVE WATER.
AND THERE WAS NO ONE TO HELP
ME.
Reporter: TANENI HAD TO
WAIT FOR NEIGHBORS TO BRING
WATER FROM A RIVER A FEW
MILES AWAY.
WHEN I WAS A BIT YOUNGER,HL
I WENT MYSELF.
BUT NOW I CANNOT.
Reporter: THEN CBN
HEARD ABOUT HER PROBLEM AND
DUG A WELL ON HER PROPERTY.
TANENI DANCED WITH JOY.
I FEEL VERY WELL WITH
THIS NEW WELL.
I WILL BE ABLE TO GET WATER
ANY TIME I WANT IT.
I CAN USE WATER TO COOK, DO
DISHES.
Reporter: AND WHEN
NEIGHBORS NEED WATER, THEY
USE HER WELL, TOO.
THEY USED TO FETCH WATER
FOR ME.
AND NOW I'M ABLE TO HELP
THEM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CBN.
GOD BLESS YOU.
Terry: LIFE IS SO
INCREDIBLY HARD IN SOME
PARTS OF THE WORLD.
IT'S ASTONISHING.
AND YET SO SIMPLE FOR YOU
AND I TOGETHER TO COME INTO
THE MIDDLE OF THAT NEED AND
MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
LET'S DO THAT ALL AROUND THE
WORLD.
CBN'S ALREADY OUT THERE
MAKING CHANGES LIKE THIS IN
PEOPLE'S LIVES.
AND THAT'S WHY WE INVITE YOU
TO JOIN WITH US AND MAKING
THAT KIND OF A DIFFERENCE.
IN BEING THERE, IN BEING
JESUS TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE
SUCH DEEP NEEDS.
HELP US DO THAT.
IT'S JOINING "THE 700 CLUB"
THAT MAKES IT ALL HAPPEN.
65 CENTS A DAY, $20 A MONTH
MAKES YOU A MEMBER.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GO TO
YOUR PHONE, THAT TOLL-FREE
NUMBER YOU SEE ON THE
SCREEN, 1-800-759-0700.
JUST SAY I WANT TO JOIN "THE
700 CLUB."
YOU WILL BE JOINING
THOUSANDS OF OTHER PEOPLE
WHO HAVE MADE A DECISION TO
MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE
LIVES OF PEOPLE IN NEED ALL
AROUND THE WORLD, AS WELL AS
HERE AT HOME.
COME ALONG WITH THE REST OF
US.
WHEN YOU DO, WE WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU BY SENDING YOU "A
QUEST FOR GOD."
THIS IS A TEACHING THAT
GORDON HAS DONE.
IT EXPLORES MANY OF THE
RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD, AND
SHOWS YOU WHY WHAT WE
BELIEVE IS SO INCREDIBLY
DIFFERENT, SO INCREDIBLY
TRUE, SO INCREDIBLY
SIGNIFICANT.
JOIN NOW, CALL "THE 700
CLUB," AND WE'LL GET THIS
OUT TO YOU RIGHT AWAY.
THIS IS AMY WHO SAYS, "PAT,
WE'RE A SENIOR COUPLE
PLANNING FOR RETIREMENT, AND
WE HAVE INVESTED IN GOLD.
BUT YOU SAID YESTERDAY YOU
SOLD YOUR GOLD.
WHAT WOULD YOU RECOMMEND?"
Pat: WE HAVE A TREASURY
ACCOUNT AT CBN, AND I HAD
GOLD AND SILVER.
AND THERE WAS CLOSE TO
$2 MILLION IN GAIN IN THE
ACCOUNT.
SO I THOUGHT IT WAS TIME TO
CLOSE IT OUT.
THE MARKET IS GETTING A
LITTLE SOFT AND I THOUGHT IT
WAS TIME.
AS FAR AS LONG-RANGE, I SEE
NOTHING WRONG WITHHOLDING ON
TO GOLD.
IT IS MUCH BETTER THAN THE
FADING DOLLAR.
SO IF YOU'VE INVESTED IN
GOLD -- BUT YOU HAVE TO LOOK
AT THINGS.
THERE IS NOTHING, BESIDES
THE GOSPEL, THAT LASTS
FOREVER.
YOU MOVE INTO VARIOUS ASSET
CLASSES AND THEN YOU MOVE
OUT.
I THOUGHT THE U.S. DOLLAR
WAS GOING TO BE BAD, AND LO
AND BEHOLD, THE DOLLAR HAS
STRESTRENGTHENED AGAINST
OTHERS.
BUT I'M INVESTING FOR A
COMPANY.
BUT MY OWN PERSONAL THING,
I'VE STILL GOT GOLD AND
SILVER IN MY I.R.A. .
Terry: SO REST.
THOMAS SAID: "RECENTLY THEY
FOUND A 1500-YEAR-OLD BIBLE
IN TURKEY.
SHIS CONTAINS MANY OF THE
BOOKS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT,
BUT IT ALSO CONTAINS
SOMETHING WHERE JESUS
CONVICTS AND CONDEMNS
MOHAMMED.
THAT SEEMS IMPORTANT.
WHY IS THAT LEFT OUT OF THE
BIBLE TODAY?"
Pat: THERE IS NO SUCH
THING AS BARNABUS.
IF THERE IS SUCH A BOOK IN
TURKEY, THAT IS JUST A
FRAUD.
Terry: AND THAT'S NOT
THE ONLY FRAUD THAT HAS BEEN
OUT THERE.
Pat: THERE ARE MANY OF
THEM.
THE APOCUFRAUD IS NOT PART
OF THEM, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN
PSEUDO THIS AND PSEUDO THE
OTHER.
SOMEHOW THE SIMPLEST,
SHORTEST BOOKS ARE THE TRUE
ONES, AND THEY RING BACK
INTO YOUR HEART.
AND TO THOSE WHO ARE
STUDYING THE GREEK AND THE
HEBREW THAT IS INVOLVED, IS
SO MUCH MORE SIMPLE.
IT IS SO SIMPLE TO SEE THE
GOOD STUFF VERSUS THE BAD
STUFF.
Terry: AND THERE IS A
TRUTH THAT READS THROUGH ALL
OF THE GOOD STUFF.
Pat: BUT THE BAD STUFF
ALWAYS HAS SOME ADDITION.
THEY HAVE TO PUT STUFF OUT.
THAT'S ALL OF THE TIME WE'VE
GOT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SO WHAT IS A WIKI CHURCH?
Terry: I THINK WIKI IN
HAWAIIAN MEANS QUICK.
SO TOMORROW WE'RE GOING TO
TALK ABOUT WHAT A WIKI
CHURCH MEANS.
Pat: HAWAII.
Terry: WE'RE NOT GOING
TO HAWAII.
Pat: TODAY WE LEAVE YOU
WITH THESE WORDS FROM THE
PSALMS: "MY SOUL TRUSTED
YOU, AND IN THE SHADOW OF
YOUR WINGS I WILL TAKE MY
REFUGE."
WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU.
BYE-BYE.