Jeff Bethke's search for identity left him isolated until he found meaning in a relationship with Jesus. Plus, Unaware she was pregnant with twins, a 13-year-old has an abortion that only kills one baby.
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WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT
PROBLEM TODAY, 45 MINUTES IN
AND OUT.
Lee: COMING UP, THE
ABORTION THAT SHOCKED THE
HEAD OF A PLANNED
PARENTHOOD.
I COULD SEE THE SHOCK AND
HORROR ON THEIR FACES.
Lee: PLUS...
ABORTION DOESN'T JUST
AFFECT ONE PERSON.
Lee: AND SHE KNOWS
FIRSTHAND.
I AM AN ABORTION SURVIVOR.
Lee: BUT HER TWIN
SISTER WASN'T AS LUCKY.
I'M STILL A TWIN.
MY TWIN JUST ISN'T HERE.
Lee: ON TODAY'S "THE
700 CLUB."
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Pat: WELL, WELCOME TO
THIS EDITION OF "THE 700
CLUB."
WAS IT THE DRONES?
WAS IT THE ARROGANCE OF
AMERICA?
THE ANSWER IS NONE OF THOSE
THINGS.
THOSE BOYS WERE MOTIVATED BY
ISLAM.
THAT'S WHAT INVESTIGATORSS
INVESTIGATORS SAY ABOUT THE
TWO BROTHERS SUSPECTED OF
THE BOMBINGS IN BOSTON.
Terry: AND THE OLDER
BROTHER WAS APPARENTLY ANGRY
WITH AMERICA AND
CHRISTIANITY.
CHARLENE ISRAEL HAS THIS
LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE LEARNED
ABOUT THE BOMBERS.
Reporter: FROM HIS
HOSPITAL BED, DZHOKHAR
TSARNAEV IS STARTING TO TELL
AUTHORITIES.
HE SAYS HE BUILT THE
PRESSURE COO COOKER BOMB
FROM HELP ON THE INTERNET.
I WOULD CHARACTERIZE IT
AS SELF-RADICALIZATION.
THEY MAY HAVE SOME
CONNECTIONS OVERSEAS, BUT
THE PRIMARY RADICALIZATION
IS IN PLACES LIKE THE UNITED
STATES.
Reporter: STILL, THE
EXPERTS SAY ANWAR
AL-HALAKI PROBABLY INSPIRED
TO TWO.
AS CBN'S GEORGE THOMAS
RECENTLY REPORTED, CHECHNYA
HAS BEEN A VOLATILE REASON,
A PLACE OF NUMEROUS CLASHES
BETWEEN MUSLIM MILITANTS AND
RUSSIAN FORCES.
IT HAS ALSO SERVED AS A
TRAINING GROUND FOR
MILITANTS, DEDICATE ID TO
THE GLOBAL JIHAD.
NEIGHBORS SAY WHEN TAMERLAN
RETURNED FROM HIS TRIP, HIS
VIEWS WERE MORE EXTREME, AND
HE EXPRESSED AN ANGER ABOUT
AMERICA AND CHRISTIANITY.
HE SAID MOST AMERICAN
WARS ARE AN EXCUSE OF THE
BIBLE.
Reporter: AND THEY
REPORTED OUTBURSTS FROM
TAMERLAN, WHERE HE ARGUED
AGAINST CELEBRATING AMERICAN
HOLIDAYS, AND CRITICIZED
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
MARTIN LUTHER KING.
AND F.B.I. COURT PAPERS
INDICATE THAT ONE OF THEM
TOLD A PERSON, DID YOU HEAR
ABOUT THE BOSTON EXPLOSION?
I DID THAT.
THEY ARE CHARGED WITH
FEDERAL CRIMES THAT COULD
BRING THE DEATH PENALTY.
CHARLENE ISRAEL, CBN NEWS.
PAMP
Pat: THE QUESTION IS:
DID THOSE GUYS SUCCEED OR
WAS IT A FAILURE?
THE ANSWER: THEY'VE SURE GOT
THE ATTENTION OF THE AMERICA
POPULATION.
EVERY NEWS CHANNEL IS
FOCUSED ON THOSE TWO MEN.
AND EVERYBODY HAS BEEN
TALKING ABOUT IT.
AND SO THEY DID A LOT OF
DAMAGE, BY WHY?
GEORGE THOMAS IS WITH US
WITH MORE ON ISLAM IN
CHECHNYA.
GEORGE, YOU'VE JUST BEEN TO
CHECHNYA, AND WHAT ABOUT
GLOBAL JIHADISTS, DID YOU
FIND ANY EVIDENCE OF THEM?
Reporter: PAT, THE TIES
WITH GLOBAL JIHAD RUN VERY,
VERY DEEP.
IF YOU LOOK BACK IN THE
EARLY 1990s, ALMAN, A
SECOND IN COMMAND OF
AL-QAEDA, WENT TO CHECHNYA
LOOKING FOR A BASE.
IN 1999, THE REPORTS ARE
OSAMA BIN LADEN WENT TO
CHECHNYA AND GAVE SUPPORT TO
THE INSURGENTS WHO ARE
FIGHTING.
THERE IS A MAP OF CHECHNYA
AND DAGESTAN.
AND THIS IS THE EPICENTER,
THE HOT-BED OF RADICAL ISLAM
TODAY IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA.
AND THE RUSSIANS HAVE, SINCE
THE '90s, BEEN FIGHTING
ALMOST A DAILY BATTLE TO RID
THESE ISLAMISTS OF A BASE OF
OPERATION.
THE INSURGENCY WAS AT THE
HEIGHT IN THE EARLY '90s,
IT WAS THE EPICENTER, AND
THEY FLUSHED THEM OUT.
THE RUSSIANS WERE RUTHLESS
AGAINST THE ISLAMISTS, AND
NOW THEY'VE MOVED NEXT DOOR
TO THE PROVINCE OF
DAGESTAN.
AND TODAY THERE IS NOT A
STREET IN DAGESTAN, THE
CAPITAL CITY, THAT HAS NOT
BEEN TOUCHED BY TERROR.
ALMOST EVERY DAY THERE ARE
SUICIDE ATTACKS.
THERE ARE BOMB ATTACKS.
THIS IS WHAT THE RUSSIANS
ARE UP AGAINST ALMOST EVERY
DAY.
DURING THE NORTHERN
CAUCUSES.
Pat: DO YOU LINK THESE
TWO BOYS TO ONE OF THESE
GROUPS, OR DO YOU HAVE A
LINK?
THE BIG QUESTION IS THE
OLDER BROTHER, IN 2012,
JANUARY, HE APPARENTLY TOOK
A FLIGHT FROM J.F.K. TO
MOSCOW, AND FROM MOSCOW,
LANDED IN HOFSKI.
INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT DID THIS
OLDER BROTHER DO FOR SIX
MONTHS IN THIS PART OF
RUSSIA.
AND APPARENTLY TWO YEARS
AGO, THE RUSSIAN
INTELLIGENCE SERVICE
CONTACTED THE F.B.I. AND
SAID, GUYS, LISTEN, THERE
ARE THESE TWO BROTHERS FROM
CHECHNYA.
THEY HAVE SPENT A LOT OF
TIME ON RADICAL ISLAMIST
GROUPS.
YOU NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON
THEM.
THE F.B.I. WENT IN AND
INTERROGATED THESE TWO, AND
FOUND THERE WAS NO
CONNECTION.
AND IN JANUARY 2012, THE
OLDER BROTHER TAKES A FLIGHT
FROM J.F.K. TO MOSCOW.
THE REPORTS ARE APPARENTLY
THE FLIGHT MISSPELLED HIS
NAME.
THEREFORE THE F.B.I. KNOW
THE RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE
KNEW HE WAS COMING BACK TO
THIS VOLATILE REGION.
SO NOW ALL OF THE FOCUS IS
ON THIS DAGESTAN REGION.
WHAT DID THIS OLDER BROTHER
DO FOR SIX MONTHS.
THEY DON'T KNOW.
THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO
FIGURE THAT OUT.
BUT CLEARLY WHEN HE RETURNED
IN AUGUST OF 2012, HE SET UP
A WEBSITE, A YouTube
CHANNEL, AND WITHIN THE
FIRST WEEKS OF SETTING UP
THIS YouTube CHANNEL,
YOU COULD SEE THE
RADICALIZATION OF HIS MIND
BECAUSE HE STARTED TO POST
VARIOUS SERMONS BY THE TOP
JIHADISTS FROM THIS REGION
IN RUSSIA, TALKING ABOUT HOW
YOUNG PEOPLE NEED TO GO OUT
THERE AND COMMIT SUICIDE
ATTACKS.
THAT IT IS ABOUT ISLAM,
ABOUT SHARI'A LAW, AND
TAKING THE PRINCIPLES OF
ISLAM AND KEEPING THEM
WITHIN YOUR BEING.
Pat: WHAT IS IT THAT
GRABS SOMEBODY'S MIND WHEN
THEY DO THAT?
HIS MIND WAS CAPTURED.
HOW DO THEY DO IT?
I THINK IT IS A
COMBINATION OF FACTORS.
THE BROTHERS CAME HERE 10
YEARS AGO.
THE OLDEST WAS 16, AND THE
YOUNGEST WAS 9 YEARS OLD.
THEY CAME FROM A REGION --
THEY REMEMBER THEIR
HISTORY.
THEY REMEMBER THEIR
BACKGROUND, THE ETHNICITY.
AND CHECHNYA WAS IN THE
MIDDLE OF A BRUTAL WAR.
THEY UNDERSTOOD IT FROM THE
STORIES FROM THREE PARENTS,
PERHAPS, OF THE BRUTALITY OF
THE RUSSIANS AND THE
FIGHTING WITH THE ISLAMIC
RADICALS.
THE OLDER GOT INTO BOXING.
HE WAS SMOKING, HE WAS
DRINKING.
AND ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO,
SOMETHING HAPPENED, WHERE HE
AND HIS MOTHER APPARENTLY
STARTED TO BECOME VERY
DEVOUT, AND IT CAUSED A RIFT
WITHIN THE FAMILY.
THE HUSBAND SAID TO THE
WIFE, LISTEN, YOU'RE
BECOMING TOO RADICAL.
SHE STARTED TO WEAR THE
JIHAB.
AND THE OLDER BROTHER
STARTED TELLING THE FATHER,
WE HAVE TO DEVOTE OURSELVES
TO ISLAM.
IN FACT, THE FATHER SAID,
I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS, AND
I'M GOING BACK TO THE
DAGESTAN.
Pat: GEORGE, EVERYBODY
TALKS ABOUT ISLAM ABOUT THE
RELIGION OF PEACE.
AND YOU'VE BEEN ALL OVER THE
WORLD, AND EVERY TIME YOU
ENCOUNTER IT, THERE IS
PERSECUTION AND MAYHEM AND
SLAUGHTER.
THERE IS A BLOOD SLAUGHTER
IN THIS RELIGION?
IT IS.
ONE OF THE REASONS I WENT TO
DAGESTAN SEVERAL MONTHS AGO
WAS TO DO THE STORY OF THE
SECRET BELIEVERS, WHO ARE
TODAY WALKING THE STREETS OF
DAGESTAN, AND THEY'RE
QUIETLY SHARING THE GOSPEL
OF JESUS CHRIST.
ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS I
MET SAID WE KNOW WE'RE THE
EPICENTER OF THE RADICAL
ISLAM, AND OUR GOAL IS TO
REACH THE YOUNG PEOPLE
BEFORE THEY SEE THE
INVESTORS OF THE BEHEADINGS,
AND BEFORE THEY HEAR THE
CALL TO ISLAMIC SHARI'A LAW,
WE NEED TO PENETRATE THEM
WITH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS
CHRIST.
SO THEY'RE WORKING QUIETLY,
AND IN THE PROCESS, THEY
LOSE THEIR LIFE.
IN THE PROCESS, THEY FACE
DAILY PERSECUTION BECAUSE
THEY'RE GOING OUT AND
SHARING THE GOOD NEWS OF
JESUS CHRIST WITH THESE
VULNERABLE YOUNG MEN AND
WOMEN.
Pat: GEORGE, WE
APPRECIATE IT.
PLEASE GET SOME REST.
YOU'VE BEEN BOUNCING AROUND
THE GLOBE LIKE A SATELLITE.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
Pat: A WELL-KNOWN
LIBERAL HAS RAISED HIS OWN
OBJECTIONS TO ISLAM, AND
THAT WAS ON HIS TV SHOW.
LEE WEBB HAS THAT STORY FROM
THE CBN NEWS ROOM.
Lee: THE THAT'S
SURPRISING, PAT, BILL MARR
SURPRISED HIS AUDIENCE, AS
WELL AS HIS GUESTS ON HIS
HBO PROGRAM HIS LAST FRIDAY
NIGHT.
MARR WAS INTERVIEWING BRIAN
LEVINE, FOR THE ORGANIZATION
OF THE STUDY O
F
HATE AND
EXTREMISM, AND THEY WERE
TALKING ABOUT THE BOSTON
MARATHON BOMBINGS, AND THE
RELIGIOUS ASPECTS OF
TERRORISM.
COULD I INTERJECT?
IT IS NOT LIKE PEOPLE WHO
ARE MUSLIM WHO DO WACKY
THINGS HAVE A MONOPOLY ON
IT.
WE HAVE HYPOCRITES IN CROSS
FAITHS.
CHRISTIAN, JEWISH --
THEY'RE NOT AS
DANGEROUS.
THERE IS ONLY ONE FAITH THAT
KILLS YOU IF YOU DRAW A BAD
CARTOON OF THE PROPHET.
THERE IS ONLY ONE FAITH THAT
KILLS YOU OR WANTS TO KILL
YOU IF YOU RENOUNCE THE
FAITH.
AN EX-MUSLIM IS A VERY
DANGEROUS THING.
Lee: BILL MARR SAYS HE
REALIZES MOST MUSLIMS ARE
NOT VIOLENT.
WHAT IN THE WORLD HAS GOTTEN
INTO BILL MARR.
IS HE BECOMING A
CONSERVATIVE ALL OF A
SUDDEN?
Pat: NO.
I THINK THE DAWNING OF THE
TRUTH -- YOU CAN'T KILL BUT
SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE BOSTON
MARATHON.
THIS IS THE HEART OF THE
IRISH CATHOLICS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT BILL IS,
BUT THIS HAS STRUCK A BLOW
AT THE PEOPLE HE LOVES, AND
HE BEGINS TO SEE, AND PEOPLE
BEGIN TO SEE WHAT WE'RE
DEALING WITH.
THESE ARE RADICAL PEOPLE.
OUR ERICK STAKLEBECK
YESTERDAY SAID THERE WERE 50
SCRIPTURES IN THE QURAN THAT
URGED PEOPLE TO GO OUT AND
COMMIT ACTS OF VIOLENCE
AGAINST UNBELIEVERS, AND TO
WAGE JIHAD.
SO I'VE ASKED OUR STAFF TO
ASSEMBLE THOSE 50
SCRIPTURES, AND PUT THEM IN
A LITTLE BOOKLET, AND WE'RE
GOING TO GIVE THEM TO YOU SO
EVERYBODY WILL HAVE ONE TO
SAY, OKAY, DON'T SAY THAT
THIS GREAT RELIGION HAS BEEN
HIJACKED BY EVIL PEOPLE.
THIS IS THE CORE OF THIS
RELIGION.
HERE IS THE TEACHING OF
THEIR FOUNDER, MOHAMMED.
LEE?
Lee: PAT, A NEW BILL
WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE
U.S. SENATE COULD MEAN NEW
TAXES.
THE BILL WILL GIVE STATES
THE ABILITY TO REQUIRE
ONLINE RETAILERS TO COLLECT
STATE AND LOCAL TAXES.
AND THAT TAX WOULD BE SENT
TO THE STATE WHERE THE
SHOPPER LIVES.
UNDER CURRENT LAW, STATES
CAN ONLY REQUIRE STORES TO
COLLECT SALES TAXES IF THE
STORE HAS A PHYSICAL
LOCATION IN THAT STATE.
THE SENATE COULD PASS THE
BILL THIS WEEK.
THE WHITE HOUSE SUPPORTS IT,
BUT IT COULD FACE TROUBLE IN
THE HOUSE, WHICH
IS, OF
COURSE, CONTROLLED BY
REPUBLICANS.
OPPONENTS SAY IT WOULD
IMPOSE COMPLICATED
REGULATIONS.
FLIGHT DELAYS ARE PILING UP
AROUND THE COUNTRY.
THAT'S BECAUSE AIR TRAFFIC
CONTROLLERS ARE BEING FORCED
TO TAKE DAYS OFF BECAUSE OF
BUDGET CUTS.
THOSE AUTOMATIC CUTS CAME AS
A RESULT OF THE SO-CALLED
SEQUESTER, WHEN CONGRESS
COULD NOT REACH A DEAL TO
CUT DEFICIT SPENDING.
ALL EMPLOYEES ARE LOSING ONE
DAY OF WORK EVERY OTHER WEEK
AS A RESULT.
SOME CRITICS SAY THE WHITE
HOUSE IS USING AIR TRAVEL,
THOUGH, AS A PAWN TO MAKE
THE SEQUESTER BUDGET CUTS
LOOK WORSE THAN THEY ARE.
THEY ARGUE THAT THE F.A.A.
COULD REDUCE THEIR BUDGET IN
WAYS THAT WOULDN'T HURT
TRAVEL.
Pat: I SAY AMEN TO THAT
SENTIMENT.
THIS IS ONE MORE EXAMPLE OF
THE WHITE HOUSE PLAYING
POLITICS WITH THE BUDGET.
YOU WISH SOMEBODY,
SOMEWHERE, WOULD PUT AMERICA
FIRST.
WHAT IS GOOD FOR THIS
COUNTRY?
WELL, THEY'VE GOT SOME SLUSH
IN THOSE BUDGETS THAT THEY
COULD USE TO MEET THE
SEQUESTER GOALS IF THEY HAVE
TO.
AND, BY THE WAY, THE
SEQUESTER WAS SUGGESTED BY
THE WHITE HOUSE.
IT WAS DRIVEN BY HIM.
WHO THOUGHT THE
CONSERVATIVES WILL NOT AGREE
TO CUTS IN THE PENTAGON.
THEY WON'T AGREE TO CUTS,
AND THEREFORE WE CAN HAVE A
SEQUESTER, AND I'LL LOOK
GOOD, BUT THEY'LL NEVER PUT
IT INTO EFFECT.
I THINK THEY'VE ALL BEEN
SHOCKED THAT IT HAS COME
ABOUT.
BUT SINCE IT IS IN PLACE, IT
HASN'T BEEN THAT BAD A
THING, BUT THEY HAVE DONE
RIDICULOUS THINGS LIKE YOU
CAN'T HAVE TOURS IN THE
WHITE HOUSE.
OR PERHAPS THEY TURN THE
LIGHTS OFF ON THE WASHINGTON
MONUMENT.
OR THEY KEEP PARK RANGERS
FROM TAKING CARE OF SMOKY
THE BEAR.
WHATEVER THEY DO, IT IS
THESE LITTLE THINGS THAT ARE
SYMBOLIC THAT THEY DON'T
NEED THE MONEY FOR.
THEY CAN MOVE MONEY IN
VARIOUS POCKETS, AND
SENATORS HAVE SUGGESTED
THAT, AND THE WHITE HOUSE
HAS TURNED THEM DOWN.
THEY WANT IT TO BE PAINFUL
BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT
PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT
IS POSSIBLE TO CUT THE
FEDERAL BUDGET DRAMATICALLY
WITHOUT HURTING OUR NATION.
LEE?
Lee: NO KNIVES, GOLF
CLUBS, OR HOCKEY STICKS ON
PLANES, AT LEAST FOR NOW.
THE T.S.A. IS DELAYING A NEW
POLICY THAT WOULD HAVE
RELAXED THE RULES ABOUT
CARRY-ON ITEMS.
FEDERAL OFFICIALS SAY
THEY'RE ALLOWING MORE
FEEDBACK ON THE CHANGE.
THE BAN ON THOSE ITEMS WAS
IMPLEMENTED TO KEEP
TERRORISTS FROM HAVING TOOLS
TO HIJACK PLANES.
THE T.S.A. OFFICIAL SAYS
THEY WANT TO FREE UP THEIR
AGENTSIT WOULD CUT YOU, BUT I
DON'T THINK IT IS LETHAL.
Terry: COMING UP, SHE
WORKED FOR PLANNED
PARENTHOOD FOR 17 YEARS,
EVEN THOUGH SHE OPPOSES
ABORTION.
HEAR WHY SHE DID IT, AND
WHAT CAUSED HER TO LEAVE,
AFTER THIS.
Pat: PLANNED PARENTHOOD
RECEIVES OVER $500 MILLION
OF YOUR TA TAXPAYER MONEY,
OF WHICH A LARGE PORTION
GOES TO ABORTION.
THAT'S PLANNED PARENTHOOD.
IT IS SUBSIDIZED HEAVILY BY
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.
WELL, SUE FAIRE USED TO BE A
MANAGER FOR PLANNED
PARENTHOOD IN IOWA.
BUT NOW SUE HAS A COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT MISSION.
SO SHE IS GETTING PRACTICE,
CALLED WEBCAM ABORTIONS.
AND SHE'S -- WELL, SHE WANTS
TO TELL PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND
ME ABOUT IT.
HEATHER CELLS HAS THIS
AMAZING STORY.
Reporter: IN NORTHWEST
IOWA, THE SNOWY LANDSCAPE
GIVES NO HINT OF SPRING, AND
COVERS WHAT HAS BECOME A
BATTLEGROUND OVER THE RIGHTS
OF THE UNBORN.
AT THE CENTER, SUE FAIRE,
WHO OPPOSES ABORTION, YET
MANAGED STORM LAKE'S PLANNED
PARENTHOOD CLINIC FOR 17
YEARS.
I STARTED AT PLANNED
PARENTHOOD REALLY FEELING
LIKE I WOULD BE HELPING
WOMEN.
Reporter: FOR MOST OF
THOSE 17 YEARS, HER CLINIC
DID NOT OFFER ABORTIONS.
BUT THAT CHANGED IN 2007,
WHEN FAIRE DISCOVERED THAT
PLANNED PARENTHOOD WOULD
BEGIN WHAT IS KNOWN AS
WEBCAM ABORTIONS AT ALL IOWA
FACILITIES.
THE PROCEDURE ALLOWS A
DOCTOR TO VISIT A PATIENT
VIA SKYPE AND THEN PUSH A
BUTTON TO DISPENSE PILLS:
ONE THAT KILLS THE BABY, AND
ONE THAT EXPELS IT.
THE STAFF WERE INSTRUCTED
TO SAY WE CAN TAKE CARE OF
THAT PROBLEM TODAY, 45
MINUTES IN AND OUT.
Reporter: FOR PLANNED
PARENTHOOD, ABORTION VIA THE
INTERNET IS A GREAT
MONEY-MAKER, AND IT IS A
GREAT STRATEGY, A WAY TO
UTILIZE A SMALL POOL OF
ABORTION DOCTORS.
THEY'RE HAVING TO COME UP
WITH CREATIVE WAYS TO
INCREASE AND LEVERAGE THE
DOCTORS THAT THEY DO HAVE
WHO WILL DO ABORTIONS.
Reporter: FOR FAIRE,
RED FLAGS BEGAN TO WAVE, AND
THE PROSPECT OF OVERSEEING
THESE ABORTIONS BECAME
DAUNTING.
WHEN SHE ASKED TO ALERT
DOCTORS IN HER COMMUNITY,
PLANNED PARENTHOOD SAID NO.
THEN CAME THE DISCOVERY THAT
SHE AND OTHER NON-MEDICAL
STAFF WOULD HAVE TO PORM
TRANS VAGINAL ULTRASOUNDS.
MY BOSS SAID, IF YOU ARE
BREATHING, YOU CAN DO IT.
IT HELPS IF YOU'VE RUN A JOY
STICK BECAUSE IT IS A LOT
LIKE PLAYING A VIDEO GAME.
Reporter: ANOTHER
CONCERN, PLANNED PARENTHOOD
USES THE ABORTION MEDICATION
KNOWN AS RU-486, BUT IT
DOESN'T FOLLOW REGULATIONS
IN DISPENSING IT.
THE F.D.A. HAD APPROVED
THESE MEDICINES UP TO DAY
49, BUT RIGHT OUT OF THE
CHUTE, PLANNED PARENTHOOD
WAS GIVING THEM UP TO DAY
63.
Reporter: AND DOCTOR
VISITS ARE SHORT-CHANGED.
IT IS WHY PRO-LIFERS WANT
STATES TO TOUGHEN PENALTIES
FOR DISOBEYING THESE RULES.
THE DRUG REQUIRED THREE
DOCTOR VISITS.
THAT IS VERY EXPENSIVE FOR
THE ABORTION INDUSTRY TO
COMPLY WITH THAT.
Reporter: FAIRE
BELIEVES HER CONCERNS AND
COMPLAINTS LED PLANNED
PARENTHOOD TO FIRE HER IN
LATE 2008.
A SHORT TIME LATER, THE FINE
PRINT ON HER SEVERANCE
PACKAGE CAUGHT HER EYE.
FAIRE WOULD HAVE TO AGREE TO
NOT SPEAK OUT ABOUT WHAT SHE
HAD SEEN AT PLANNED
PARENTHOOD IN ORDER TO
RECEIVE HER FINAL CHECK.
I HAD ENJOYED GREAT PAY,
GREAT BENEFITS, INSURANCE
FOR MYSELF AND ALL OF MY
KIDS, AND I THOUGHT, IT'S
NOT WORTH IT.
WE'LL SELL THE HOUSE.
Reporter: AFTER FAIRE
REFUSED PLANNED PARENTHOOD'S
DEAL, HER LIFE CHANGED
AGAIN.
PRO-LIFERS IN STORM LAKE
BEGAN TO APPROACH HER, AND
SHE TOLD THEM ABOUT THE
WEBCAM ABORTIONS IN THEIR
COMMUNITY.
AS I TOLD THEM THE STORY
OF HOW IT HAPPENS, AND THE
BUTTON ON THE COMPUTER AND
THE DOOR POPPING OPEN, I
COULD SEE THE SHOCK AND
HORROR ON THEIR FACES.
Reporter: FROM THERE, A
SMALL GROUP ORGANIZED A
40-DAY FOR LIFE PRAYER VIGIL
OUTSIDE THEIR CLINIC.
I REMEMBER THE STAR
COMING, MY FORMER
CO-WORKERS, AND IT WAS
AWKWARD, BUT I KNEW I WAS IN
THE RIGHT PLACE PROBABLY FOR
THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE.
Reporter: IT UNITED THE
PRO-LIFE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN A FEW MONTHS LATER,
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ANNOUNCED
IT WAS CLOSING THE CLINIC.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD DID NOT
RESPOND TO CBN'S INQUIRY
ABOUT THE CLOSURE, BUT FAIRE
SAYS SHE WAS STUNNED.
I HAVE NO EXPLANATION
ABOUT IT ACCEPT GOD IS GOOD
AND HE ANSWERS PRAYER.
Reporter: AND THERE IS
A NEW CRISIS PREGNANCY
CLINIC OPENING.
THEY CALL IT A MODERN DAY
MIRACLE.
I REMEMBER PRAYING, LORD,
JUST CLOSE THIS PLACE AND
PUT A PLACE OF LIFE HERE.
THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO
WOULD STOP ON THE ROAD AND
COME AND PRAY.
THEY WEREN'T EVEN PART OF
IT, BUT THEY SAID, CAN WE
PRAY, AND WE SAID SURE.
THERE IS A LOT THAT
HAPPENED IN A SHORT AMOUNT
OF TIME.
I THINK IT IS AN ANSWER TO
PRAYERS.
Reporter: WHILE PLANNED
PARENTHOOD HAS TOLD WORKERS
IT PLANS TO IMPLEMENT WEBCAM
ABORTIONS NATIONWIDE, SO FAR
THEY'RE ONLY OFFERED IN IOWA
AND MINNESOTA.
FOUR STATES CURRENTLY BAN
THE PRACTICE, AND SIX ARE
CONSIDERING REGULATIONS TO
LIMIT THE USE OF RU-486.
REPORTING IN IOWA, HEATHER
CELLS, CBN NEWS.
Pat: THANKS, HEATHER.
GREAT REPORT.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I
DON'T THINK ANY OF US
REALIZE THE ENORMOUS AMOUNT
OF MONEY THAT THE PLANNED
PARENTHOOD CLINICS ALL OVER
THIS COUNTRY HAVE.
SOME OF THESE LITTLE
CHAPTERS OF PLANNED
PARENTHOOD MAY HAVE IN THE
BANK AS MUCH AS
$100 MILLION.
THEY HAVE ENORMOUS FUNDING,
AND THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT IS PICKING UP THE
TAB IN EXCESS OF
$500 MILLION.
AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES WAS CONFRONTED
WITH THE FACT THAT CONGRESS
WANTED TO CUT GRANTS TO
PLANNED PARENTHOOD AS PART
OF ITS BUDGET ATTEMPT TO CUT
BACK ON EXPENSES IN THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
AND GUESS WHAT?
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES SAID I WILL SHUT THE
GOVERNMENT DOWN BEFORE AGREE
TO WITHDRAW THE FUNDING FOR
PLANNED PARENTHOOD.
I WILL SHUT THE GOVERNMENT
DOWN RATHER THAN WITHDRAW
THE SUBSIDY FOR PLANNED
PARENTHOOD.
TERRY?
Terry: WELL, COMING UP,
A GIRL WHO SURVIVED AN
ABORTION ATTEMPT, EVEN
THOUGH HER TWIN SISTER DID
NOT.
WE HAVE HER STORY NEXT.
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Terry: CLAIRE CALDWELL
ALWAYS KNEW SHE WAS ADOPTED,
SO AT THE AGE OF 20, CLAIRE
WANTED TO FIND HER BIRTH
MOTHER.
SHE WANTED TO THANK HER FOR
CHOOSING LIFE.
THAT'S WHEN CLAIRE FOUND OUT
HER MOM HAD CHOSEN THE
OPPOSITE.
MY NAME A CLAIRE
CALDWELL, AND I AM AN
ABORTION SURVIVOR.
AND THAT IS IS HOW I HAVE
BEEN AFFECTED, WHICH IS VERY
RARE.
I WAS A TWIN WHEN I WAS IN
THE WOMB, BUT TODAY I'M
STILL A TWIN, BUT MY TWIN
JUST ISN'T HERE.
I AM HERE TO BE ABLE TO BE A
VOICE AND A SAY FOR THE
UNBORN.
AND THAT IS ALL BY GOD'S
GRACE.
I WILL SPEAK IN HONOR OF
YOU.
AT THE AGE OF 20, I DYSED
THAT I WAS GOING T DECIDED
I WAS GOING TO MAKE THE
PHONE CALL TO MY ADOPTION
AGENCY AND START A SEARCH TO
HOPEFULLY MEET MY BIRTH
MOTHER.
I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM
HER A MONTH LATER, AND I
VISITED.
I HAD A CARD FOR HER.
AND ON THE CARD WHAT I WROTE
WAS, "THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING
LIFE FOR ME.
THAT'S THE GREATEST GIFT
I'VE EVER RECEIVED."
AND AS SHE OPENED THIS CARD,
WHAT WERE VERY, VERY HAPPY
TEARS BEGAN TO TURN INTO
VERY SAD TEARS AS WELL.
AND SHE GRABS MY HAND AND
SHE TOOK ME INTO A BACK
ROOM.
AND SHE BEGAN TELLING ME
ABOUT HER LIFE.
WHAT SHE TOLD ME WAS SHE
GREW UP IN A FAMILY WHERE
HER PARENTS WERE DIVORCED.
SHE LIVED WITH HER MOTHER.
AND HER MOTHER WORKED
MULTIPLE JOBS, WHICH LEFT MY
BIRTH MOTHER MAKING VERY
ADULT DECISIONS FOR
HERSELF.
AS SHE SOUGHT OUTSIDE FOR
LOVE, FOR FULFILLMENT, LIKE
MANY OF US DO, SHE FOUND
HERSELF PREGNANT AT 13 YEARS
OLD.
HER MOTHER SAID THAT THERE
WAS ONLY ONE THING TO DO.
AND THAT DAY THEY GOT IN THE
CAR, THEY DROVE TO AN
ABORTION CLINIC, AND MY
BIRTH MOTHER HAD A SURGICAL
ABORTION AT FIVE MONTHS
ALONE.
AFTER HAVING HER SURGICAL
ABORTION THAT DAY, SHE WENT
HOME TO HER, I BELIEVE,
EIGHTH GRADE LIFE.
SHE WAS IN GYM CLASS WITH
HER BEST FRIEND, I BELIEVE
ABOUT FOUR WEEKS LATER, AND
HER FRIEND SAID, HAVE YOU
BEEN BACK TO THE DOCTOR?
THINGS DON'T SEEM RIGHT.
MAYBE YOU SHOULD GO GET
YOURSELF CHECKED OUT AND
MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING ELSE
IS WRONG.
AND SO SHE HAD HER MOM TAKE
HER BACK TO THE SAME
ABORTIONIST TO EXAMINE HER.
AND AT THAT MOMENT SHE WAS
TOLD THE MOST SHOCKING WORDS
SHE HAD EVER HEARD IN HER
ENTIRE LIFE.
"YOU'RE STILL PREGNANT."
YOUR ABORTION WAS
SUCCESSFUL, BUT YOU'RE STILL
PREGNANT.
YOU WERE PREGNANT WITH
TWINS.
ONE WAS ABORTED, BUT ONE HAS
SURVIVED, AND SO YOU'RE
STILL MOTHERING A CHILD IN
YOUR WOMB.
SHE WAS TOLD THAT HER
AMNIOTIC FLUID WHICH IS IN
THE SACK, AND WHICH HOLDS
THE BABY TOGETHER AND GIVES
THE BABY NUTRIENTS, HAD BEEN
BROKEN.
MY BIRTH MOTHER DELIVERED A
LITTLE BABY GIRL TWO WEEKS
LATER, AND THAT WAS ME.
WHEN I WAS BORN, I WEIGHED
3 POUNDS, 2 OUNCES.
MY HIPS WERE DISLOCATED, AND
MY FEET WERE TURNED IN AS
CLUBBED FEET.
I HAD TO STAY IN THE
HOSPITAL FOR TWO AND A HALF
MONTHS.
I WAS ON LIFE SUPPORT.
WHEN I WAS RELEASED, I HAD
CASTS ON MY FEET TO CORRECT
MY CLUBBED FEET, AND I HAD A
HARNESS ON MY HIPS TO
HOPEFULLY CORRECT MY -- PUT
MY HIPS BACK INTO PLACE.
AND THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE
YEARS, I WENT THROUGH
MULTIPLE CASTS, EVEN BODY
CASTS, TO KIND OF FORM MY
BODY BACK TOGETHER, ALTHOUGH
IT SOUNDS LIKE A HORROR
STORY AND MANY HAVE SAID,
WELL, AREN'T YOU ANGRY?
AREN'T YOU UPSET?
AND I SAY, NO, BECAUSE MY
BIRTH MOTHER IS PROBABLY MY
BIGGEST HERO.
BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO
TELL ME.
AND THROUGH HER COURAGE AND
THROUGH HER STRENGTH AND HER
SELFLESSNESS, PEOPLE'S LIVES
ARE BEING CHANGED.
ABORTION DOESN'T JUST AFFECT
ONE PERSON.
IT IS A DOMINO EFFECT.
AND EVEN THOUGH HAD
HAPPENED, IT HAS TURNED INTO
SOMETHING SO BEAUTIFUL.
GOD HAS REALLY TAUGHT ME TO
RELY ON HIM THAT THIS IS NOT
ABOUT ME.
THAT IT'S ABOUT HIM.
IT'S ABOUT HIS GRACE.
AND IT'S ABOUT HIS AMAZING
GIFT OF LIFE THAT HE HAS
GIVEN US.
EVEN THOUGH LIFE LOOKS LIKE
A GIVEN BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE
IT, IT'S A GIFT.
HE IS ABLE TO SPEAK THROUGH
MY STORY AND THROUGH MY
BIRTH MOTHER'S STORY,
THROUGH MY PARENTS' STORY
AND SHARE THAT GIFT WITH THE
WORLD.
Terry: CLAIRE HAS AN
AMAZING STORY TO TELL,
DOESN'T SHE?
AND SHE IS ABSOLUTELY
RIGHT.
IT IS NOT REALLY ABOUT HER.
IT IS NOT REALLY ABOUT YOU
OR ME.
IT IS ABOUT THE GIFT OF LIFE
FROM GOD.
AND THE CAPACITY THAT HE
WANTS US TO HAVE TO LIVE IT
ABUNDANTLY, TO CHERISH IT,
TO TREASURE IT, TO KNOW HOW
VALUABLE IT IS.
THINGS HAPPEN IN LIFE.
CHOICES ARE MADE.
A 13-YEAR-OLD GETS PREGNANT,
AND A MOTHER IS ALREADY
UNDER THE PILE AND DOESN'T
KNOW WHAT TO DO, AND SAYS
THERE IS ONLY ONE CHOICE.
WE NEED TO VALUE LIFE.
WE NEED TO VALUE LIFE.
I CAN NOT TELL YOU HOW MANY
PEOPLE I TALK TO ABOUT THE
ISSUE OF LIFE, OF ABORTION,
WHO SAY, I COULDN'T PLACE A
CHILD FOR ADOPTION.
I JUST COULDN'T HAVE A CHILD
OUT THERE THAT BELONGED TO
ME AND I WOULDN'T KNOW WHERE
THEY ARE.
LISTEN, LIFE IS NOT YOURS
AND MINE TO TAKE.
GOD GIVES IT.
THERE ARE FAMILIES WILLING
TO TAKE CHILDREN AND TO LOVE
THEM.
I WANT TO SAY TO YOU TODAY
IF YOU FIND YOURSELF IN THIS
SITUATION, GIVE THE GIFT OF
LIFE YOURSELF.
WILL IT COST YOU SOMETHING?
YES.
BUT, BELIEVE ME, IT WILL
COST YOU SOMETHING TO END
LIFE AS WELL.
JESUS SAID HE CAME THAT WE
MIGHT HAVE LIFE AND HAVE IT
ABUNDANTLY.
YOU KNOW WHAT HE SPECIALIZES
IN?
REDEMPTION.
TAKING WHAT IS BROKEN,
TAKING WHAT'S LOST, TAKING
WHAT'S PAINFUL, AND MAKING
SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL OUT OF
IT.
IF YOU FIND YOURSELF
PREGNANT AND ALONE, PREGNANT
AND IN A DIFFICULT
CIRCUMSTANCE, THERE IS HELP
AND HOPE FOR YOU.
AND I MEAN CONCRETE HELP AND
HOPE FOR YOU.
THERE ARE CHRISTIAN
BELIEVERS WHO WILL COME
ALONGSIDE OF YOU, STAND WITH
YOU.
CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTERS
WILL HELP YOU WITH WHAT YOUR
NEEDS ARE.
YOU SAW THAT NEW ONE BEING
ESTABLISHED IN IOWA.
DON'T TAKE THE LIFE OF YOUR
BABY.
THAT LIFE IS A PART OF YOU.
LET GOD REDEEM YOUR LIFE AND
GIVE YOU A FRESH BEGINNING.
AND GIVE THE GIFT OF LIFE TO
THE CHILD WITHIN YOU.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE
ABOUT GOD'S WORD, WHAT HE
HAS TO SAY ABOUT LIFE, WE'VE
GOT A LITTLE PAMPHLET WE'VE
MADE FOR YOU, AND IT'S
CALLED "YOU'RE NOT ALONE."
AND THAT'S THE MESSAGE WE
WANT YOU TO KNOW TODAY,
YOU'RE NOT ALONE.
AND IF YOU'VE MADE A
DECISION IN THE PAST BECAUSE
OF CIRCUMSTANCES YOU FELT
WERE TOO BIG TO KNOW WHAT TO
DO, AND YOU ENDED LIFE, GOD
CAN REDEEM THAT FOR YOU,
TOO.
WILL YOU CALL OUR CENTER?
WE HAVE PEOPLE STANDING BY.
PEOPLE WHO LOVE GOD, WHO
HAVE COMMITTED THEIR LIVES
TO HIM, WHO LOVE AND CARE
ABOUT YOU.
YOU WILL FIND NO
CONDEMNATION, ONLY A FRIEND
WHO WOULD LIKE TO PRAY WITH
YOU TODAY.
ASK GOD TO GIVE YOU WISDOM
AND GUIDANCE, AND ALSO
FORGIVENESS, IF YOU'VE
WALKED THROUGH THIS.
THERE IS HOPE AND
FORGIVENESS AND A NEW
BEGINNING FOR YOU.
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DEBBIE SAYS, "OUR PASTOR
JUST TOLD THE CONGREGATION
THAT IF WE DON'T VOL TOUR
VOLUNTEER WITH THE CHURCH,
WE SHOULD GET OUT.
IS HE WRONG STRIKERS
WRONG?"
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WE RETURN.
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LAST YEAR.
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PAT AND TERRY WILL BE BACK
WITH MORE OF "THE 700 CLUB"
RIGHT AFTER THIS.
Terry: WE WANT
TO TAKE
SOME
TIME TO ANSWER THE
E-MAIL QUESTIONS YOU SENT
IN.
THE FIRST ONE IS FROM
DEBBIE, WHO SAYS, "OUR
PASTOR JUST TOLD THE
CONGREGATION IF WE DIDN'T
SIGN UP FOR SMALL GROUPS AND
GET INVOLVED IN CHURCH, TO
GO FIND OTHER CHURCH.
IS THIS WRONG FOR HIM TO
DEMAND ATTENDEES TO SERVE OR
GET OUT.
I'M DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE IT
IS HARD ENOUGH TO GET MY
HUSBAND TO GO TO CHURCH, AND
NOW HE DOESN'T WANT TO GO AT
ALL.
SHOULD I GO TO CHURCH
WITHOUT MY HUSBAND OR FIND
ANOTHER CHURCH THAT DOESN'T
PRESSURE MY HUSBAND SO
MUCH?"
Pat: I CAN'T ANSWER ALL
OF THE QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR
PERSONAL LIFE, BUT I WILL
SAY THIS: I THINK
PARTICIPATION IN YOUR CHURCH
IS A GOOD THING.
AND SMALL GROUPS ARE A
BLESSING.
CHO OVER IN KOREA HAS HIS 60
OR 70 MEMBERS ALL IN SMALL
GROUPS BECAUSE IT IS VERY
IMPORTANT TO HAVE FELLOWSHIP
TOGETHER AND PRAY TOGETHER.
I THINK THE PASTOR PERHAPS
IS BEING A LITTLE HARSH, BUT
NEVERTHELESS, THAT IS NOT A
BAD THING.
BUT IN TERMS OF TURNING OFF
YOUR HUSBAND, I THINK IT IS
TIME WE RECOGNIZE THAT A
CHURCH ISN'T A SOCIAL CLUB.
AND IT'S A COMMITMENT.
IT'S A COMMITMENT TO THE
LORD.
AND I THINK THERE HAS GOT TO
BE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF
DISCIPLINE IN IT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL
YOU SPECIFICALLY, BUT I
WOULDN'T GET YOUR BACK UP
QUITE AS MUCH AS IT IS RIGHT
NOW.
Terry: IT MUST BE
FRUSTRATING TO A PASTOR WHO
WANTS TO SEE TRANSFORMATION
IN THE LIVES OF HIS
CONGREGATION, AND THAT COMES
OUT OF RELATIONSHIP AND
INVOLVEMENT AND DRAWING
CLOSER
TO THE LORD.
Pat: I DON'T KNOW, BUT
WE DON'T HAVE ANY
DISCIPLINE.
IF THOSE PEOPLE DON'T DO
WHAT
THAT PASTOR WANTS, THEY
TROT DOWN THE STREET TO THE
METHODIST CHURCH OR THE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURC
H AND
THEY'RE WELCOMED, SO
THIS
IS
NOT SO.
Terry:
MARIANNE
SAYS, "I HAVE BEEN A
CHRISTIAN MOST OF MY LIFE
AND WAS TAUGHT YOU GO TO
HEAVEN RIGHT AFTER DEATH.
RECENTLY A FRIEND TOLD ME WE
STAY IN THE GROUND UNTIL THE
RAPTURE COMES.
WHICH IS IT?"
Pat: IT IS BOTH.
THE LORD TOLD THE THIEF ON
THE CROSS -- HE SAID
REMEMBER ME WHEN YOU COME
INTO YOUR KINGDOM.
AND JESUS SAID THIS DAY
YOU'LL BE WITH ME IN
PARADISE.
ON THE OTHER HAND, WE'RE
TAUGHT ABOUT THE APOSTLE
PAUL THAT WHEN THE LAST
TRUMP, THE DEAD IN CHRIST
WILL RISE AND WE WILL BE
WITH THE LORD.
I THINK IT IS BOTH.
I
THINK
OUR SPIRITS GO TO BE
WITH THE
LORD,
BUT OUR
BODIES AWAIT THE
RESURRECTION.
AND I THINK THEY'LL BE
JOINED TOGETHER AT THE
RESURRECTION.
SO IT IS BOTH.
Terry: THIS IS KATHLEEN
WHO SAYS, "LATELY I'VE BEEN
SEEKING A CLOSER
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
I PRAY AND HAVE PRAYED THE
SINNER'S PRAYER WITH PAT,
BUT I'M DESPERATELY SEEKING
A CLOSER AND MORE INTIMATE
RECALLS WITRELATIONSHIP
WITH THE LORD.
WHERE CAN
I
FIND
THAT, QUOTE,"PEACE THAT
SURPASSES
ALL UNDERSTAND?
."
"WHERE DO I BEGIN?"
Pat: SPEND TIME, YOU
WITH THE
BIBLE, AND
ESPECIALLY WITH
A NOTE PAD
AND A PEN, AND ASK THE LORD,
CLEANSE ME AND KNOW MY
HEART, AND SEE IF THERE IS
ANY WICKED WITHIN ME.
IF THERE
IS ANYTHING KEEPING
YOU FROM
GOD, WRITE THEM
DOWN.
AND WHEN YOU GET THROUGH,
ASK THE LORD, I ASK THAT YOU
FORGIVE THESE.
TAKE THAT PIECE OF PAPER,
CRUMBLE IT UP AND SET A
MATCH TO IT AND IT IS GONE.
BUT I THINK YOU MAY BE
HOLDING ON TO SOMETHING
YOU'RE NOT AWARE OF.
THE STORY IS TOLD ABOUT THAT
TUTONIC CHIEFTON WHO
ACCEPTED CHRIST, AND HE WAS
BAPTIZED, BUT
HE DIDN'T WANT
HIS AX HAND TO
GO UNDER THE
WATER BECAUSE HE
WANTED TO
BE ABLE
TO KILL PEOPLE.
SO HE HELD IT OUT.
SO MAKE
SURE YOUR AX HAND IS
UNDER THE WATER.
AND
WHEN THAT
HAPPENS, THE
GLORIOUS PRESENCE OF THE
LORD WILL FLOOD YOU.
Terry: HERE IS A
QUESTION THAT A LOT OF
PEOPLE WONDER: "WHAT HAPPENS
TO PEOPLE WHO DIE WITHOUT
EVER HAVING HEARD THE WORD
OF GOD OR HOW TO BE SAVED.
I OFTEN WONDER ABOUT PEOPLE
LIVING IN TRIBES AND
VILLAGES THROUGHOUT THE
WORLD WHO MAY NOT HAVE HAD
THE CHANCE TO HEAR THE WORD
OF GOD OR THOSE WITH BRAIN
TRAUMA.
I KNOW THAT GOD HAS MERCY.
WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE WHO
DIE BUT HAVE NEVER HEARD OF
HOW TO BE SAVED?"
Pat: THE BIBLE SAYS
THAT WE WILL BE JUDGED
ACCORDING TO WHAT WE KNOW.
IT IS REVELATION IN LIGHT OF
PRIVILEGE, OR OBEDIENCE IN
LIGHT OF PRIVILEGE.
SO IN YOUR LIFE, WHAT DO
THEY KNOW AND WHAT DO YOU
KNOW.
YOU HEARD ABOUT THE MAN WHO
WAS CREDITING IDOLS,
CREATING IDOLS FOR PEOPLE TO
WORSHIP.
AND SO THEY SAID WHERE DID
THE IDOLS COME FROM?
AND HE SAID FROM MY HAND.
SO I WANT TO WORSHIP THE GOD
WHO MADE MY HAND.
SO WE REALIZE THERE IS A GOD
IN HEAVEN, AND WE BEGIN TO
SAY WHAT IS HIS DEMAND FOR
ME?
AND THEN HE WILL BEGIN TO
SHOW US.
NOW, IF SOMEBODY IS -- IF
THERE IS NO CONSCIOUSNESS OF
THE LAW, THERE IS NO SIN.
IF
SOMEBODY IS AN IMBECILE,
A LITTLE BABY -- WE USED TO
TALK ABOUT THE
AGE
OF
ACCOUNTABILITY, AND IF
SOMEBODY DOESN'T KNOW, HOW
CAN HE BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE?
HOW CAN GOD PUNISH SOMEBODY
WHO
DOESN'T KNOW?
HE WON'T.
YOU KNOW HE IS GOING TO GIVE
PEOPLE A
CHANCE.
EVERYBODY IS GOING TO HAVE A
CHANCE, AND
HE WILL JUDGE
THEM IN THE LIGHT
OF WHAT
THEY
KNOW, WHAT REVELATION
THEY'VE
HAD, WHAT PRIVILEGE
THEY'VE HAD.
Terry: JUDE SAYS, "WHEN
JESUS RETURNS TO EARTH, WILL
HE BE AT THE MOUNT OF
OLIVES.
WE ASKED THIS IN OUR WEEKLY
BIBLE
STUDY, AND OUR TEACHER
SAID TO LOOK
IT UP AS
HOMEWORK."
Pat: I RECOMMEND YOU
GET THE BOOK OF ZACHARIAH,
AND YOU LOOK AT THE 13th
CHAPTER, AND YOU
FIND
THAT
HIS FEET WIL
L
STAND ON THE
MOUNT OF OLIVES.
TAKE THAT TO YOUR TEACHER
AND SAY THAT
YOU'VE DONE A
GREAT DEAL OF WORK, AND
THERE IT IS.
[LAUGHTER]
Terry: AND WRITE A
THANK YOU NOTE TO PAT.
THIS IS GERALD WHO SAYS,
"SOME PASTORS SAY OR USE
JEREMIAH 29: 11 TO CONFIRM
THAT GOD HAS A PLAN FOR OUR
LIVES AND HE IS FOR US AND
WANTS TO BLESS US.
OTHER PASTORS SAY THIS
PASSAGE WAS SPOKEN FOR JUDAH
ONLY.
AND HOW
CAN
WE KNOW IF A
PARTICULAR SCRIPTURE IS FOR
US TODAY?"
Pat: TECHNICALLY WAS
SPOKEN TO THE JEWS WHO WERE
IN
CAPTIVITY.
AND GOD SAYS TO JEREMIAH,
I'VE GOT A PLAN FOR YOU TO
GIVE YOU A HOPE AND A
FUTURE.
SO THEY
WEREN'T GOING TO
JUST
DIE
IN BABYLON AND HE
HAD A FUTURE FOR THEM.
SO THAT'S THERE.
BUT AT THE SAM
E TIME,
GOD
WILL SPEAK TO OUR HEARTS.
WE READ SOMETHING IN THE
BIBLE, AND
SUDDENLY
IT COMES
ALIVE TO US.
AND IT TRANSCENDS THE
HISTORIC
CONTEXT, AND IT
BECOMES
GOD SPEAKING TO US
IN OUR HEART.
WE USE THE TERM LOGO LOGOS
IN RAYMA.
AND
THIS
BECOMES
A
RAYMA, A
WORD SPOKEN IN OUR HEART.
AND THAT SCRIPTURE HAS BEEN
A BLESSING TO MANY, MANY
PEOPLE, THAT, INDEED, GOD
HAS A PLAN FOR EACH ONE OF
US.
Terry: THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR YOUR QUESTIONS, WE
APPRECIATE IT, AND YOU FOR
YOUR ANSWERS.
UP NEXT, HE IS THE MAN
BEHIND THE VIRAL HIT "WHY I
HATE RELIGION, BUT LOVE
JESUS."
MEET ARTIST JEFFERSON BETSY
AFTER THIS.
Pat: WE LIVE IN A WORLD
OF SOCIAL MEDIA, WHERE
THINGS GO VIRAL, AND THEY
SPREAD AROUND THE WORLD IN A
TWINKLING OF AN EYE.
WITHIN THREE DAYS AFTER JEFF
BESKI UPLOADED A VIDEO ON
YouTube, GET THIS, IT
HAD SIX MILLION VIEWS.
ANOTHER 21 MILLION PEOPLE
HAVE WATCHED IT SINCE THEN.
JEFF BECAME AN OVERNIGHT
STAR.
AS HE PREACHED ABOUT
CHRIST'S LOVE, SOMETHING HE
HAD EXPERIENCED FIRSTHAND
HIMSELF.
MY MOM AND MY DAD NEVER
WERE MARRIED.
THERE IS A LOT OF
INSECURITY.
I THINK WHEN YOU GROW UP IN
A SINGLE-PARENT HOUSEHOLD,
MOST OF THE THINGS I DID
WERE JUST TO BE NOTICED OR
KIND OF AFFIRMED.
THE EXPOSURE TO PORNOGRAPHY
THAT STARTED AROUND MIDDLE
SCHOOL TIME, IT STARTED TO
TAKE ME DOWN A PATH THAT WAS
DESTRUCTIVE.
I WAS A TROUBLE-MAKER AND I
WOULD GET IN FIGHTS AND I
WOULD STEAL THINGS, AND
ULTIMATELY ONE OF THE MIDDLE
SCHOOLS I WENT TO KICKED ME
OUT BECAUSE OF THAT.
I WANTED TO BE NOTICED.
I WANTED TO SEE THAT SOMEONE
SAW ME, APPRECIATED ME,
LOVED ME.
YOU KNOW, HIGH SCHOOL I WAS
THE KID WHERE I WAS PRETTY
GOOD AT BASEBALL.
I WAS IN THAT GROUP OF
FRIENDS WHERE WE WERE ALWAYS
THE GOOD KIDS.
BUT THEN IN THE UNDERGROUND
CULTURE OF HIGH SCHOOL, YOU
START TO DO THINGS AND BE
INVOLVED IN THINGS THAT
MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T BE
INVOLVED IN.
THERE WAS A HUGE GROWING OF
HYPOCRISY.
I KIND OF LIVED THIS DOUBLE
LIFE.
AND THEN WHEN I GOT TO
COLLEGE, PLAYING BASEBALL IN
COLLEGE, I REALIZED THERE IS
ALSO ANOTHER LIFESTYLE THAT
COULD ALSO GIVE ME THAT
AFFIRMATION.
SO GIRLS AND PARTYING
CONSUMED ME.
THEY WERE KIND OF MY IDOLS
OR MY GODS, AND IN THE
MIDDLE FRESHMAN YEAR THEY
BOTH GOT DIDN'T FROM ME.
TAKEN FROM ME.
I HAD A REALLY SERIOUS
GIRLFRIEND AND SHE BROKE UP
WITH ME.
AND PARTYING HAD ITS
RAMIFICATIONS BECAUSE I WAS
PUT ON PROBATION BECAUSE MY
G.P.A. WAS GOING OW SO LOW
AND I GOT KICKED OFF THE
BASEBALL TEAM.
AND I REA REALIZED MY GODS
GOT PULLED FROM ME AND I
REALIZED THEY DIDN'T WORK.
THERE WAS A THREE-MONTH
PERIOD WHICH I RESEARCHED.
I ALWAYS THOUGHT JESUS WAS
BELOW ME AND I COULD MORPH
HIM INTO WHAT I WANT HIM TO
BE.
BUT I SAW THIS GOD IN
SCRIPTURE WHO HUMBLES
HIMSELF AND HE SAYS I'M
GOING TO BE MILD AND LIVE A
LIFE SOMEONE COULD NEVER
LIVE, AND I'LL DIE THE DEATH
SOMEONE COULDN'T DIE.
AND HE SEES ME IN MY MESS
AND SAYS I STILL WANT YOU,
AND I SAY, OH, MY GOODNESS,
I LOVE HIM.
I LOVE HIM AND I WANT IN.
I THOUGHT THAT THE
PORNOGRAPHY ADDICTION OR THE
STRUGGLE WITH LUST WOULD GO
AWAY IMMEDIATELY.
I THOUGHT THE STRUGGLE WITH
ANGER WOULD GO AWAY
IMMEDIATELY.
AND I STARTED TO FAIL AND
FAIL AND FAIL AND FAIL.
BUT THEN I THOUGHT I HAD TO
HIDE THAT AND NOT LET ANYONE
KNOW.
THERE WAS A SWEET MOMENT
ABOUT A YEAR IN WHEN I WAS
FINALLY BROKE WITH ONE OF MY
MENTORS AND I JUST TOLD
HIM.
AND HE REALLY JUST PREACHED
THE GOSPEL TO ME IN THAT
MOMENT.
HE WAS VULNERABLE ABOUT HIS
OWN SIN AND TOLD ME ABOUT
HIS OWN STRUGGLE.
I STARTED TO REALIZE THAT IT
WASN'T BY MY PERSONAL EFFORT
THAT SIN WOULD FALL BY THE
WAY SIDE, "FOR THE GRACE OF
GOD HAS APPEARED, BRINGING
SALVATION TO ALL MEN."
IT SAYS THE GREAT OF GOD IS
WHAT TRAINS US TO SAY NO TO
SIN.
THAT'S WHEN I STARTED TO
FALL BY THE WAYSIDE, WHEN I
SAW THAT THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
IS ABOUT INTIMACY WITH YOUR
CREATOR, IF YOU'RE
STRUGGLING AND FAILING, AND
TRUSTING IN JESUS TO COVER
THAT THING, RATHER THAN JUST
TRYING TO BE BETTER.
ONE PARTICULARLY THING I TRY
TO SAY FROM MY TESTIMONY IS
THAT SIN CAN NEVER GO SO FAR
OUT THAT THE GRACE OF GOD
CAN'T GO SO FAR OUT AND
REDEEM IT.
KNOWING THAT HE HAS SEEN IT
ALL, HE STILL WANTS YOU AND
STILL WANTS YOU TO COME INTO
A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.
Pat: GOOD WORD, JEFF.
THE GRACE OF GOD TEACHES US
TO DENY UNGODLYNESS.
THE GRACE OF GOD HAS
APPEARED, AND EARTHLY LUST,
WE'RE FREED.
GOD HAS COME TO SET US
FREE.
I WAS READING TODAY IN
COLOSSIANS, WHERE HE SAYS IN
CHRIST DWELLS ALL OF THE
FULLNESS OF THE GOD HEAD
BODILY.
AND I THINK OF THIS ENORMOUS
UNIVERSE THAT WE HAVE, AND
THE GOD WHO MADE IT, HE IS
OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSE.
AND THIS THING IS SO VAST WE
TALK IN TERMS OF MILLIONS OF
LIGHT YEARS.
IT IS INCOMPREHENSIBLE.
AND YET THE ONE WHO CREATED
ALL OF THAT DWELT IN JESUS.
AND IN HIM ARE HIDDEN ALL OF
THE TREASURES OF WISDOM AND
KNOWLEDGE.
IN JESUS ARE HID EVERYTHING
THAT YOU NEED FOR YOUR
LIFE.
JESUS IS PERFECT
EVERYTHING.
AND HE SAYS TO YOU AND ME,
IF YOU WILL RECEIVE ME, I
WILL COME AND I WILL LIVE
WITH YOU.
AND MY FATHER WILL LIVE WITH
YOU.
AND WE WILL MAKE OUR ABODE
WITH YOU.
AND YOU WILL BE PART OF US.
WE WILL BE IN YOU, AND YOU
WILL BE IN US.
IT'S LIKE BREATHING AIR.
YOU'RE IN THE AIR.
YOU BREATHE THE AIR.
YOU'RE IN IT, AND IT'S IN
YOU.
YOU'RE IN GOD.
AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT,
IT'S SO WONDERFUL.
STOP FIGHTING AND LET THE
LORD TAKE OVER.
I'M GOING TO LEAD YOU IN A
SIMPLE PRAYER.
AND IF YOU'LL CALL UPON THE
NAME OF THE LORD, HE WILL
COME AND BE WITH YOU.
PRAY THESE WORDS.
JESUS -- PRAY WITH ME NOW.
JESUS, I CALL UPON YOU NOW,
LORD.
PRAY WITH ME.
I CALL UPON YOU NOW, LORD,
AND I GIVE YOU MY HEART.
AND I ASK, LORD, THAT YOU
WILL COME AND DWELL WITH ME,
THAT THE FATHER WILL COME
AND DWELL WITH ME.
FILL ME, LORD, WITH
YOURSELF.
AND FROM THIS MOMENT ON I AM
YOURS.
AND I THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE
MINE.
FATHER, FOR THOSE WHO
PRAYED, MAY THE ANOINTING OF
THE SPIRIT COME UPON THEM
NOW IN JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
FOR THOSE WHO PRAYED, I HAVE
SOMETHING I WANT TO GIVE
YOU.
YOU SAY WHAT DO I DO NEXT?
I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT WHO
PRAYED A SHORT PRAYER, BUT
THE LORD HEARD IT AND HE
ANSWERED IT.
BUT I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A
LITTLE C.D., A COMPACT DISC,
AND IT IS CALLED "A NEW
DAY."
AND IT WILL TELL YOU ABOUT
WHAT YOU DO NEXT.
WHY DON'T YOU GIVE US A
CALL.
IT IS A TOLL-FREE NUMBER,
1-800-759-0700.
AND SAY I PRAYED WITH PAT,
AND I JUST WANT TO
LET YOU
KNOW, AND I WANT THIS "A NEW
DAY."
1-800-759-0700.
THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE
FOR THIS
PROGRAM.
WE KNOW ABOUT THE RIGHT TO
BEAR ARMS, BUT HOW FAR DOES
THE SECOND
AMENDMENT GOING?
WE'LL HEAR FROM BOTH SIDES
ON WEDNESDAY'S PROGRAM.
SEE YOU THEN.
THANKS FOR JOINING