International Christian music star Carman visits The 700 Club. Plus, for 14 years Rod numbed the pain of life with drugs and alcohol until he reached a breaking point.
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THAT WAS IT, THAT WAS MY DRUG
OF CHOICE.
CONFESSIONS FROM A METH HEAD.
I WOULD GET MY PAYCHECK AND
DISAPPEAR FOUR OR FIVE DAYS.
AND THE TRUTH THAT SET HIM
FREE.
SOMETHING HAPPENED AND THEN.
HE SOLD OVER 10 MILLION RECORDS
AND PACK OUT STADIUMS ACROSS THE
WORLD, CARMAN JOINS US LIVE ON
TODAY'S "700 CLUB."
PAT: WELCOME FOLKS, WE HAVE A
GREAT PROGRAM.
WE HAVE GOOD NEWS, MAYBE RELIEF
FOR THE MIDWEST AFTER ANOTHER
ROUND OF DEVASTATING STORMS AND
TORNADOS OVER THE WEEKEND.
TERRY: AT LEAST 13 PEOPLE
DEAD FROM TORNADOS IN OKLAHOMA.
EPHRAIM GRAHAM BRINGS US THIS
LOOK AT THE AFTERMATH OF THESE
DEADLY STORMS.
REPORTER: DAMAGE ESTIMATED
UNDERWAY AGAIN AFTER ANOTHER
DEVASTATING WEEKEND ACROSS THE
MIDWEST.
HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS LEFT WITH
SHATTERED HOMES AND BROKEN
HEARTS.
THIS HOUSE WOULD YOU SAY 117
YEARS OLD, WE ARE OKAY.
IT IS GOING TO BE FINE.
NO.
IT IS NOT.
REPORTER: OKLAHOMA CITY
REGION HIT BY TWO TERRIFYING
STORMS.
LATEST HIT FRIDAY BRINGING
MASSIVE FLOODING AND AT LEAST
FIVE TORNADOS.
ONE OF THOSE TWISTERS, EF3 THAT
CHARGED THROUGH A CROWDED
INTERSTATE AND SUBURBAN
NEIGHBORHOOD.
DEATH COUNT RISING AS EMERGENCY
WORKERS CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR
MISSING RESIDENTS.
AMONG THE DEAD IN OKLAHOMA THREE
STORM CHASERS RESEARCHING
TORNADOS TO PREDICT STORMS.
HE DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO SAVE
OTHERS AND CAPTURE TORNADOS AND
SAVE LIVES THROUGHOUT TECHNOLOGY
HE HAS DEVELOPED.
REPORTER: OPERATION BLESSING
STILL ON THE GROUND IN OKLAHOMA
HELPING RESIDENTS COPING.
THEY ARE PROVIDING THOSE ALL
IMPORTANT HUGS AND SPIRITUAL
SUPPORT THROUGH PRAYER, EPHRAIM
GRAHAM, CBN NEWS.
PAT: TERRIBLE TRAGEDY,
OPERATION BLESSING WE HAD 350
VOLUNTEERS FROM HOME DEPOT.
ANOTHER TORNADO CAME THROUGH
MOORE, SAME DEVASTATED CITY.
THEY HAVE HAD TROUBLE IN
OKLAHOMA CITY AND ST. LOUIS AND
THAT STORM MOVED EAST, WE ARE
HAVING A LOT OF RAIN HERE.
OPERATION BLESSING HAS ITS
DISASTER RELIEF TEAM ON THE
GROUND IN OKLAHOMA AND OTHER
PLACES.
IF YOU WANT TO HELP AND LOVE
YOUR HELP, DISASTER RELIEF FUND
CBN CENTER, VIRGINIA BEACH,
VIRGINIA 23463.
SO YOU CAN CALL, TEXT, WRITE,
WHATEVER.
BUT IT IS STILL THERE.
MERCY CHEFS, I MIGHT ADD IS
WORKING TO PROVIDE HOT MEALS.
WE HAVE DOUBLE PROBLEMS.
TERRY: LAYERS OF NEED.
EVEN PEOPLE NEED TO BE FED.
IT IS WONDERFUL WHEN HE HEAR
FROM YOU.
THANK YOU FOR CARING.
PAT: MANY COLD RAINY WEATHER
AND COLD THIS SPRING ARE MAKING
IT TOUGH FOR FARMERS.
YOU HAVE RAIN, GOOD, BUT NOT
GOOD BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET IN
THE FIELDS.
LEE WEBB HAS THAT STORY.
REPORTER: THAT'S RIGHT, PAT,
MANY FARMERS FORCED TO DELAY
PLANTING CROPS.
MARK MARTIN HAS THAT STORY.
REPORTER: USUALLY CROPS WOULD
BE GROWING IN THIS RAIN DRENCHED
FIELD IN WISCONSIN.
THERE ARE A LOT OF FIELDS
SUPER WET WITH THE RAIN AND MORE
ON THE WAY.
REPORTER: MARK'S FIELDS ARE
ON TOP OF THE HILL.
MANY FARMERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
HE STILL FACES DIFFICULTIES FROM
A WET CHILLY SPRING.
SO FAR EVERYBODY HAS BEEN
BEHIND DUE TO THE WEATHER.
EVERY TIME IT RAINS, THEY GET
FARTHER BEHIND.
REPORTER: THAT INCLUDES
PLANTING CROPS AND HARVESTING
HAY.
BAD NEWS FOR LIVESTOCK WHICH
USED TO EAT THAT HAY.
A LOT OF FARMERS HAVE BEEN
BUYING HAY AND BUYING A LOT.
COULDN'T HAVE BEEN ANY REPORTER.
REPORTER: CROPS FARMERS HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO PLANT EMERGING
SLOWLY.
LATEST CROP REPORT SHOWS 2% OF
FARMERS REPORT THEIR FIRST
ALFALFA CUTTING THIS YEAR
COMPARED TO 59% LAST YEAR.
OTHER CROPS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
BATTLING RAINY COOL CONDITION
INCLUDE WASHINGTON'S RICE CROP,
NORTH CAROLINA'S PEANUT AND CORN
AND SOYBEAN CROPS ACROSS THE
MIDWEST.
FARMERS HOPE DRY SUNNY WEATHER
IS AROUND THE CORNER, MARK
MARTIN, CBN NEWS.
REPORTER: BECAUSE A COOL
SOGGY SPRING COULD MEAN HIGHER
FEED COSTS AND HIGHER PRICES AT
THE GROCERY STORE.
A MEAT MARKET STYLIST ASSEMBLY
LINE, THAT WAS THE CHARGE OF ONE
OF THE CHURCHES ON THE STATE
ASSEMBLY LINE.
BOTH QUIT POSITIONS AT PLANNED
PARENTHOOD.
JANE MITCHELL TESTIFIED HER
EXPERIENCE WAS A NIGHTMARE AND
ON AN AVERAGE DAY, ONE ABORTION
COMPLETED EVERY EIGHT TO TEN
MINUTES.
JOYCE VASCONUS SAID THE CULTURE
OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF
DELAWARE WAS FOCUSSED ON
MAXIMIZING PROFITS AND BOTTOM
LINE NOT QUALITY HEALTH CARE.
BOTH ARE NOT OPPOSED TO ABORTION
BUT THE POOR PRACTICES IN THE
CLINICS.
STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL BOW
BIDEN'S OFFICE FILED A COMPLAINT
AGAINST ONE OF THE DOCTORS.
ONE OF THE NURSES SAYS HE WAS
ONLY A SMALL PART OF THE
PROBLEM.
SENATORS FROM BOTH PARTIES SAY
THE CLINIC NEEDS TIGHTER
REGULATIONS, PAT.
PAT: PRO-DEATH FORCES CRY OUT
WE HAVE TO KEEP ABORTION SAFE
AND LEGAL.
THAT HORRIBLE THING IN
PHILADELPHIA, THAT ABORTION MILL
THAT HOUSE PRO-DEATH PEOPLE CAME
OUT AND SAID WE HAVE TO MAKE
CERTAIN THIS IS AN ABERRATION,
THIS IS A LEGAL CLINIC AND
ACCESS OPEN FOR WOMEN.
WOMEN ARE BEING BUTCHERED IN
THESE PLACES.
AMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW AND
JUSTICE HAS SEVERAL LAWSUITS BIG
ONE IN CALIFORNIA.
TRIPLE BILLING UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT FOR SERVICES THEY
PERFORMED.
FRAUD, MISMANAGEMENT AND OF
COURSE, WHAT HAS BEEN POINTED
OUT IN DELAWARE, ABUSE OF THE
WOMEN COMING IN.
IT IS A BUSINESS AND HUGE.
AMOUNT OF MONEY THEY MAKE IS
ENORMOUS.
ON TOP TO HAVE THAT GET OVER 500
MILLION DOLLARS IN YOUR TAX
PAYOR MONEY.
IT HAS GONE TO OVER 550 MILLION
TO THAT ORGANIZATION.
THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG ABOUT
THE WHOLE THING.
SOMETHING HAS GOT TO BE DONE.
IN ANY EVENT.
AMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW AND
JUSTICE IS IN THE COURTS.
THOSE COURT DECISIONS, ONE IN
TEXAS HAS BEEN DECIDED,
NEGOTIATED AND IT IS A
SUBSTANTIAL FEE, PAID BACK TO
THE GOVERNMENT FOR MONEY THEY
HAVE TAKEN IMPROPERLY, LEE.
REPORTER: PAT, THE CHAIRMAN
OF THE GOVERNMENT WATCH
COMMITTEE IN CINCINNATI DIRECTLY
ORDER FROM WASHINGTON,
REPUBLIC
REPUBLICAN DARRYL ICEMAN SAYS
THEY -- PRESIDENT SPOKES
PERSON IS SAYING WHATEVER IS
CONVENIENT AT THE TIME THE STORY
CHANGES.
WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT COME INTO
TRANSCRIBED INTERVIEWS, UNDER
PENALTY OF CRIMES THINGS ARE
TRUE.
WE HAVE SUP SUBPOENAED DOCUMENTS
THAT THEY WENT BACK AND FORTH.
REPORTER: ELIJAH COMINGS SAYS
THERE IS NOTHING THAT SUPPORTS
DARRYL ICE'S CLAIMS.
IRS IS AT THE CENTER OF ANOTHER
SPENDING SCANDAL.
GOVERNMENT WATCHDOG SAYS IT
WASTED 50 MILLION DOLLARS ON 200
CONFERENCES BETWEEN 2010-2012,
FOUR MILLION DOLLARS IN ANAHEIM,
CALIFORNIA.
MASSIVE ASTEROID FLEW BY EARTH
OVER THE WEEKEND TWO MILES IN
DIAMETER, ENOUGH TO WIPE OUT
CIVILIZATION.
NASA DEVELOPED A PLAN TO PROTECT
EARTH IF AN ASTEROID IS HEADING
OUR WAY.
FINALLY DECIDED THE BEST PLAN IS
TO FIRE A NUCLEAR MISSILE AND
DETONATE IT TO KNOCK IT OFF
COURSE.
HOPEFULLY THAT WOULD WORK, PAT.
PAT: I WROTE A BOOK,
PROPHETIC "END OF THE EDGE"
THAT DESCRIBED IN DETAIL HOW THE
WORDS OF JESUS CHRIST WOULD BE
FULFILLED IN OUR WORLD.
WHAT HE HAD TO SAY IN THE 24TH
CHAPTER OF MATTHEW IS STARTLING
Z RECOMMEND YOU READ IT.
MAYBE OUGHT TO PRINT "END OF THE
AGE,"
DESCRIBED AN ASTEROID.
THIS ONE THAT FLEW BY WAS A MILE
AND A HALF, ALMOST TWO MILES IN
DIAMETER, THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH
TO DESTROY LIFE ON EARTH.
I AM TELLING YOU, IT IS
FRIGHTENING BEYOND BELIEF, THE
DAMAGE ONE HUNK OF ROCK IF IT
HIT THE UNITED STATES.
TERRY: THAT WAS WHAT YOU
OUTLINED THE SCIENTIFIC SIDE OF
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF SOMETHING
HIT HURT.
IT IS PRETTY DEVASTATING.
PAT: HITTING IN THE OCEAN AND
TSUNAMIS THAT COME, EARTH
CRUST'S GETS DISTURBED,
VOLCANOS, CLOUD OF DUST.
IT IS UNBELIEVABLE.
YOU HAVE A GLOBAL WINTER, YOU
DON'T GROW CROPS, NO SUN.
SUN DOESN'T SHINE, MOON DOESN'T
GIVE ITS LIGHT SO FORTH.
TERRY: READ IT.
COMING UP, BENGHAZI SCANDAL,
BEST SELLING AUTHOR WILLIAM J.
SETTER TELLS US WHAT WENT DOWN
AND HOW IT COULD INVOLVE THE
INISTANBUL
TUESDAY, FARM FRESH IN THE
MIDDLE OF A FOOD DESERT.
THIS IS REALLY WONDERFUL.
AND KIM FROSZ SHARES HOW TO
THRIVE IN TOUGH TIMES AND
SLEEPLESS NIGHTS FROM A NAGGING
COUGH.
HER BREATH OF FRESH AIR.
TUESDAY ON "700 CLUB."
PAT: HE CAME INTO OFFICE,
PRESIDENT OBAMA PROMISED HIS
ADMINISTRATION WOULD BE THE MOST
TRANSPARENT ADMINISTRATION EVER.
CRITICS SAY THE WHITE HOUSE HAS
BEEN ANYTHING BUT TRANSPARENT
WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT HAPPENED
AT A PLACE CALLED BENGHAZI.
JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT STORY FROM
WASHINGTON.
REPORTER: ACCUSATIONS RANGE
FROM A COVER UP TO STONE WALLING
TO TELLING A LIE.
IT IS ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT
LYING, PEOPLE BEING IN HARM'S
WAY FEELING ABANDONED.
REPORTER: SINCE THE SEPTEMBER
11TH, 2011 ATTACK IN BENGHAZI,
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HAS
RESPONDED TO A BARRAGE OF
QUESTIONS THAT CLAIMED THE LIVES
OF FOUR AMERICANS INCLUDING
AMBASSADOR CHRIS STEVENS.
THERE ARE MORE QUESTIONS THAN
ANSWERS NINE MONTHS LATER.
IT WAS CLEAR THAT EVERYONE ON
THE CALLS SHOULD HAVE KNOWN IT
WAS A PRE-MEDITATED TERRORIST
ATTACK.
REPORTER: LAST MONTH'S
HEARING FROM STATE DEPARTMENT
WHISTLE BLOWERS FOLLOWED UP WITH
A PROMISE TO CONTINUE THE
PURSUIT OF THE TRUTH.
THIS HEARINGS OPENED THE
FLOOD GATES.
MANY, MANY MORE HEARINGS TO FIND
OUT THE TRUTH AND WHY THE TRUTH
BECAME A LIE.
REPORTER: WHITE HOUSE CALLS
THE CONSTANT FOCUS A SIDE SHOW
AND POLITICAL CIRCUS.
CRITICS MEAN BUSINESS.
LAST WEEK THE REPUBLICAN
CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE SUBPOENAED ALL
COMMUNICATIONS REFERRING OR
RELATING TO THE BENGHAZI TALKING
POINT TO STATE OFFICIALS AND
FILED FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
REQUEST BETWEEN THE STATE
DEPARTMENT AND PRESIDENT'S 2012
RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN.
IT BELIEVES AT THE VERY LEAST,
THE ADMINISTRATION MISLED
AMERICANS ABOUT THE ATTACK.
JOHN JESSUP, CBN NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
PAT: WITH US NOW, AMAZING
FRIEND AND HISTORIAN, WHAT HAS
GONE ON IN THE CHRISTIAN ASPECTS
AND NATION ITSELF, BILL FETEERA,
IT IS A DELIGHT TO HAVE YOU.
PAT, GREAT TO BE WITH YOU.
PAT: WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON THE
BENGHAZI THING?
WAS THERE SOME PROTOCOL THE
ADMINISTRATION WAS TRYING TO
KEEP QUIET?
INTERESTING, PRIOR TO
BENGHAZI, HILARY CLINTON MEETS
WITH 57 MUSLIM LEADERS IN
ISTANBUL OIC.
PURPOSE OF THE MEETING TO OUTLAW
FREE SPEECH INSULTING ISLAM.
2005, DUTCH CARTOON THAT CAUSED
RIOTS.
WHEN WE LOOK AT BENGHAZI,
INEXPLICABLE HILARY CLINTON
PULLING BACK TROOPS AND DENYING
REQUEST.
SHE IS ON THE PHONE WITH THE
PRESIDENT GIVING AN UPDATE AND
STAND DOWN GIVEN BY SOMEBODY.
STATE DEPARTMENT CONTACTS
YOUTUBE AND GOOGLE AND TELLS
THEM TO SENSOR ANIT-ISLAMIC
CONTENT AND SEVERAL WEEK EFFORT
TO BLAME THIS FREE SPEECH, THIS
FILM INSULTING ISLAM.
HILARY BUYS 70 HOURS OF AIR TIME
IN PAKISTAN BLAMING THIS FILM.
PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER'S
MILITARY ON HE SAID YOU CAN'T
YELL FIRE IN A THEATRE.
ADMINISTRATION'S ACTIONS
IMMEDIATELY AFTER BENGHAZI SEEM
TO CURIOUSLY LINE UP WITH THE
PROMISES MADE IN INSTAN BULL TO
THESE 57 MUSLIM COUNTRY LEADERS
TO PROMOTE LAWS TO PROHIBIT FREE
SPEECH INSULTING ISLAM.
PAT: WE HAD TROOPS READY TO
GO TO THAT EMBASSY, WHAT
HAPPENED?
THERE WAS A STAND DOWN ORDER,
WHAT COULD THEY HAVE DONE?
COULD HAVE AT LEAST ATTEMPTED
A HELP.
WE HAD WITHIN AN HOUR AND A HALF
AWAY BEST TRAINED TROOPS SKILLED
ON HOW TO RESCUE THEM.
PRESIDENT'S EXPLANATIONS, EVEN
BOB WOODWARD, REPORTER FROM THE
WATERGATE SCANDAL SAID WE ARE
NOT BEING TOLD THE WHOLE STORY.
PROMOTING AGENDA IS AN
INTERESTING THING, HILARY GOT
HER SENIOR THESIS ON SAUL
ALINSKI APPRENTICED WITH AL
KAPONE'S HIT MAN, ALL YOU HAVE
TO DO IS SMASH A FEW WINDOWS AND
WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD RESPONDS WITH
MONEY.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS DO A
COUPLE CRISES, RUB RAW
RESENTMENTS OF THE COMMUNITY TO
THE POINT OF OVERT EXPRESSION.
HE SAID AN ORGANIZER MUST SEEK
OUT CONTROVERSY, THE PEOPLE ARE
NOT MOTIVATED ENOUGH TO ACT.
HILARY DID HER SENIOR THESIS.
THE PRESIDENT TAUGHT TACTICS
WHEN HE WAS AN ORGANIZER IN
CHICAGO.
WAS BENGHAZI INEPT ACTIONS BY
OUR GOVERNMENT?
WAS IT SOMETHING TO PUT DOWN
NEGATIVE SPEECH THAT COULD
AFFECT THE PRESIDENT'S
RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN?
WAS IT MAYBE AN ALINSKI TACTIC
TO FORBID FREE SPEECH INSULTING
ISLAM.
GOSPEL INSULTS ISLAM.
IF YOU WERE TO SAY JESUS IS THE
SON OF GOD, THAT IS INSULTING TO
ISLAM.
OVER 1400 YEARS WHEN MUSLIMS
WOULD CONQUER PEOPLE, THEY WERE
FORBIDDEN TO GLOBAL ISLAM.
WE CAME VERY, VERY CLOSE TO IT
HAPPENING RIGHT AFTER THE
BENGHAZI ATTEMPT WITH THE EFFORT
TO FORBID FREE SPEECH INSULTING
ISLAM.
PAT: YOU HAVE AN INTERESTING
BOOK "AMERICAN MINUTE."
IT IS FASCINATING.
EACH MINUTE THINGS THAT HAVE
HAPPENED IN THE HISTORY OF
AMERICA, TELL US THE KEY THINGS,
SO MANY OF THEM, CAN YOU POINT
TO ONE OR TWO THAT SHOW THE
HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE
FORMATION OF THIS GREAT
REPUBLIC?
BOOK, "AMERICAN MINUTE"
HAS FASCINATING STORIES.
WE CAN LEARN FROM HISTORY AND BE
INSPIRED, FAMOUS BATTLES AND
PEOPLE.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT BACK IN 1731,
LARGEST AMARDA OF THE DAY,
FRENCH WERE GOING TO DESTROY
EVERY BRITISH COLONY IN AMERICA.
WILLIAM SHIRLEY DECLARED A DAY
OF FASTING AND PRAYER.
THEY PRAYED AND SURE ENOUGH A
HURRICANE SMASHED INTO THE
FRENCH FLEET.
WHAT IS LEFT GATHERED IN NOVA
SCOTIA.
HENRY WROTE A POEM, BALLAD OF
THE FRENCH FLEET.
RAVAGE WITH STEEL OUR BOSTON
TOWN, HUMBLY, LET US PRAY.
LIKE A POTTER'S VESSEL BROKE,
GREAT SHIPS SCATTERED AWAY AS
SMOKE OR SANK IN THE BRINE.
TRUE STORY, WE COULD HAVE BEEN
WIPED OUT.
MEN AND WOMEN OF FAITH
ENCOURAGE, THINGS TURNED AROUND
AND COUNTRY SAVED.
PAT: HAVE YOU DISMAID MOVED
AWAY FROM THE THINGS IN THIS
BOOK?
I READ THROUGH EVERY CHARTER
IN EVERY COLONY, STARTED BY A
DIFFERENT CHRISTIAN DOMINATION.
RHODE ISLAND BAPTIST, NEW YORK,
DUTCH REFORM.
DELAWARE, NEW JERSEY, SWEDISH
LUTHERAN.
MARYLAND, CATHOLIC.
THEY DIDN'T GET ALONE.
THEN THEY HAD TO WORK TOGETHER
AGAINST THE KING OF ENGLAND.
YOU WERE WILLING TO FIGHT FOR MY
FREEDOM.
I NEED TO LET YOU PRACTICE MY
FAITH.
FIRST PROTESTANTS, THEN
CATHOLICS AFTER THE IRISH POTATO
FAMINE.
JEWS AND MONOTHEISM.
LAST ONES IN THE BOAT DECIDED
TOO CROWDED AND PUSHING THE
FIRST ONES OUT.
EVERYONE IS TOLERATED IN AMERICA
EXCEPT THE PEOPLE THAT FOUNDED
THE COUNTRY.
PAT: [LAUGHTER].
BILL, YOUR WEBSITE LOADED WITH
THESE FACTS AND HAVE A WEBSITE,
TELL US ABOUT WHAT YOU DO?
AMERICAN MINUTE, SOMETHING
THAT HAPPENED EACH DATE SENT OUT
FREE, YOU GET A CHANCE TO GET
DAILY BITE SIZED DOSES OF OUR
GREAT HERITAGE,
AMERICANMINUTE.COM.
PAT: THE BOOK IS AVAILABLE
WHEREVER BOOKS ARE SOLD.
FASCINATING.
BUILD YOUR FAITH AND REALIZE THE
ORIGINS OF THIS GREAT LAND,
BILL, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH
US.
THANK YOU, PAT.
TERRY: WONDERFUL
OPPORTUNITY.
PAT: ABSOLUTELY LOADED WITH
INTERESTING THINGS.
EACH DAY ANOTHER AMERICAN MINUTE
OF THING THAT IS HAPPENED.
TERRY?
TERRY: SINGER WHO HOLDS THE
RECORD FOR LARGEST CHRISTIAN
CONCERT IN HISTORY, CARMAN TALKS
ABOUT HIS BIGGEST BATTLE OF
LIFE, DETERMINED TO BEAT
TERMINAL CANCER.
GO TO CBN.COM.
TERRY: YOU HAVE ANSWER
CANCER, THOSE ARE THREE OF THE
MOST DREADED WORDS ANYONE CAN
HEAR.
LAST FEBRUARY THEY ARE EXACTLY
WHAT RECORDING ARTIST CARMAN
HEARD.
HE WAS GIVEN THREE TO FIVE YEARS
TO LIVE.
LET'S LOOK AT HIS GROUND
BREAKING CAREER.
REPORTER: RECORDING ARTIST
CARMAN HAS BEEN A FORCE IN
CHRISTIAN MUSIC MORE THAN 30
YEARS AND DESCRIBED AS PART
PARTY EVANGELIST AND SHOWMAN.
HE HAS PERFORMED FOR THE LARGEST
LIVE AUDIENCES IN HISTORY, SOLD
OVER 10 MILLION RECORDS AND 15
GOLD AND PLATINUM ALBUMS.
LATEST CD, ANTHEMS OF A
CHAMPION, HE SHOW CASES HIS LOVE
FOR GOD IN COUNTRY IN THE SONG
"THE FLAG."
TERRY: WELCOME BACK TO "THE
700 CLUB" CARMAN.
GREAT TO HAVE YOU.
YOU HAVE BEEN HERE MANY, MANY
TIMES.
IT HAS BEEN A WHILE.
THINGS HAVE GOTTEN BETTER,
BIGGER, LONGER.
TERRY: [LAUGHTER] I KNOW, IT
HAS GROWN.
TALK ABOUT HOW YOU WERE FEELING.
I UNDERSTAND YOU HAD UNEXPECTED
RELAPSE LAST WEEK, WHAT
HAPPENED?
TYPE OF CANCER I WAS
DIAGNOSED WITH, MULTIPLE
MYELOMA, DISEASE OF THE BLOOD
THAT IMNATES FROM THE BONES.
YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM DROPS.
THAT IS HOW WE DISCOVERED.
KEPT GETTING COLDS AND VIRUSES.
WHATEVER COMES YOUR WAY YOU
CATCH.
STILL VULNERABLE TO GETTING A
VIRUS OUT OF NOWHERE AND WIPES
YOU OUT.
A FEW DAYS AGO, CAUGHT
SOMETHING.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE OR WHEN YOU
DON'T KNOW.
IT WIPED ME OUT.
DEPLETED MY BODY OF MOST OF ITS
FLUIDS.
TERRY: HAS TO BE SCARY.
I WAS FEELING WEAK.
I KEPT FALLING AS SLEEB.
I HAD TO GO TO THE ER.
THEY PUT ME ON IV FOR FOUR
HOURS.
IT HAPPENED EVERY ONCE IN A
WHILE.
TERRY: WITH THE DIAGNOSIS
LAST FEBRUARY?
VALENTINE'S DAY.
[LAUGHTER].
TERRY: CARMAN, I THINK EVERY
ONE OF US WONDERS WHEN WE HAVE A
FRIEND THAT GET AS DIAGNOSIS,
HOW WOULD WE HANDLE IT?
WERE YOU SUSPICIOUS YOU HAD
SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG?
YEAH BECAUSE I KEPT GETTING
SICK AND DIDN'T KNOW WHY.
I AM USED TO GOING OUT, WORKING
OUT, RUNNING AND WEIGHT TRAINING
AND DOING ALL SORTS OF STUFF.
I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY.
WHEN SOMETHING IS A MISI NOTICE
RIGHT AWAY.
IF I ONLY RUN 20 MINUTES AND
DON'T RUN 30, SOMETHING IS
WRONG.
I KEPT GOING BACK TO THE DOCTOR,
THEY SENT ME TO A SPECIALIST.
THE SPECIALIST HAPPENED TO BE
LOCATED IN A CANCER TREATMENT
CENTER.
I SAW THE SIGN, I AM LIKE OH NO.
I JUST WENT TO THE ADDRESS,
CANCER TREATMENT.
HERE WE GO.
I GUESS IT WAS STRANGE FOR ME.
BEING IN THE MINISTRY AND
CHRISTIAN FOR ALL THESE YEARS,
YOU HAVE AN ETERNAL PERSPECTIVE.
OUR LIVES ARE JUST NOT HOW MUCH
TIME BUT THE QUALITY OF OUR
TIME.
SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE
AFFECTED OUR TIMES MOST HAVE
SPENT THE LEAST AMOUNT OF TIME
ON EARTH.
WHEN THEY TOLD ME I HAD MULTIPLE
MYELOMA CANCER.
IT DIDN'T HIT ME LIKE OTHERS
MIGHT THINK.
IF I FULFILLED MY PURPOSE, RUN
MY COURSE AND THIS IS HOW I
EXIT, SO BE IT.
I STARTED TO MAKE PLANS FOR
RAPPING UP MY AFFAIRS.
TERRY: YOU POSTED ON
FACEBOOK WHAT YOU WERE GOING
THROUGH.
THIS IS HOW WE COMMUNICATE, HOW
KIND OF REACTION DID YOU GET?
I POSTED ON FACEBOOK.
I DIDN'T WANT MY MEMBERS OF MY
FAMILY TO GET WRONG MESSAGES.
USUALLY MIGHT GET 100 POSTS,
COUPLE HUNDRED.
I'LL PROBABLY GET 30 0-400
POSTS.
NEXT DAY WAS 3,000 AND TURNED
INTO 10,000 AND 15,000 AND
18,000.
WHAT IS GOING ON?
AND UM, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO
MAKE OF IT.
I HAVEN'T RECORDED ANYTHING FOR
LIKE 13 YEARS.
I HAVEN'T TOURED SINCE 2000.
TERRY: WOW.
I DIDN'T THINK PEOPLE WOULD
PAY ATTENTION.
IT WAS A SHOCKER.
I GOT A CALL FROM AN ATTORNEY,
SAM CHAPPELL.
MAYBE YOU SHOULD PUT MORE MUSIC
OUT THERE.
NO RECORD COMPANY THAT IS GOING
TO SIGN ME, SAM.
I AM OVER FORTY.
TERRY: YOU ARE NOT, REALLY,
[LAUGHTER].
YOU HAVE IMPACTED SO MANY LIVES
WITH YOUR MESSAGE, LIFE,
COMMITMENT TO THE LORD, PEOPLE
ARE ALWAYS, I DON'T THINK AGE
HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT.
NOT BETWEEN YOU AND I BUT TO
THE POWERS THAT BE WHO SIGN
CONTRACTS, THEY THINK
DIFFERENTLY.
SOMETIMES THEY MIGHT CUT
SOMEBODY OFF BECAUSE THEY FIND
SOMEBODY ELSE THEY LIKE MORE,
NEVER KNOW.
MY FRIEND, SAM, HE SUGGESTED,
LET'S PUT IT OUT TO THE PEOPLE.
LET'S SEE IF THE PEOPLE WANT
SOMETHING FROM YOU.
THEN I SAW THERE WAS A LOT OF
LOVE OUT THERE.
I DIDN'T EXPECT IT.
I AM STILL, DON'T KNOW HOW TO
HANDLE IT.
TERRY: VERY COSTLY TO DO
SOMETHING LIKE THAT, ISN'T IT?
YES.
AND IT IS AN INVESTMENT.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, AT THE TIME
I SAID TO PUT OUT A RECORD,
GOING TO COST COUPLE HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS, BY THE TIME
YOU MAKE IT, RECORD IT, PHOTO
SHOOTS, ATTORNEY, A LOT OF
MONEY.
HE SUGGESTED GO TO KICK STARTER.
OKAY.
THE THING ABOUT IT IF YOU DON'T
RAISE THE MONEY YOU NEED, YOU
LOSE EVERYTHING.
TERRY: OH WOW.
BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, PEOPLE
STARTED TO GIVE AND THAT ALONE
SENT A MESSAGE TO MY SPIRIT.
WHAT DOES GOD WANT?
I DON'T WANT TO FIGHT TO STAY
HERE IF THE LORD WANTS ME TO GO
HOME.
I DON'T WANT TO GO HOME IF THE
LORD WANTS ME TO STAY HERE?
WHERE IS MY FIGHT?
WHERE IS MY BATTLE?
WHAT ARE THE WEAPONS HE IS
GIVING ME TO FIGHT?
BASED ON THOSE WEAPONS WILL TELL
ME THE WAR I HAVE AHEAD OF ME.
WHEN THE FUNDS STARTED TO COME
IN THROUGH KICK STARTER.
I STARTED TO SAY WELL, IF HE
WANTS ME TO DO THIS, HE WANTS
MUSIC.
HE HAS TO START GIVING ME
MELODIES.
WITHIN DAYS, MELODIES STARTED TO
COME TO ME OUT OF THE BLUE.
TERRY: THIS IS A GRASS ROOTS
GENERATED BY THOSE WHO LONG TO
HEAR MORE OF YOUR MUSIC AND SEE
MORE, HOW DO WE DO THAT?
AMAZING, KICK STARTER
PROGRAM, EVERYBODY HAS AN
ABILITY TO GIVE $1 ALL THE WAY
UP.
WITH ONE OF THE LEVELS IT IS
$100 LEVEL.
MOST ARE JOINING AT THAT LEVEL
WHICH LETS ME KNOW THEY WANT TO
SAY HI.
TERRY: THEY WANT TO TELL YOU
THEY ARE WITH YOU IN YOUR
JOURNEY.
OF ALL THE THINGS THEY COULD
DO THIS IS THE ONE THAT MEANS
THE MOST.
I WANTED TO BE A PART OF THAT.
WE ARE BACK AT IT.
TERRY: KEEP US POSTED.
THAT WOULD BE VERY EXCITING.
WE LOVE SEEING YOU PERFORM.
I THINK I MAY HAVE TO COME
BACK THROUGH THIS CITY AND DO A
CONCERT.
TERRY: I HOPE SO.
IF YOU HAVE A RECORD, YOU
HAVE TO DO A CONCERT AND BE
HEALTHY.
TERRY: YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL
ATTITUDE.
LOTS OF PEOPLE PRAYING AND LOVE
YOU AND DO WANT TO SEE YOU
CONTINUE TO PERFORM AND BRING US
ANOTHER GREAT INSPIRING MESSAGE,
THANK YOU.
I'LL DO IT.
TERRY: COMING UP LATER ON,
MEET A MOTHER WITH A SUICIDAL
DRUG ADDICTED SON.
SEE HOW GOT DIRECTED HER TO THE
VERY MOTEL WHERE HER SON WAS.
BEFORE THAT WE WANT TO SHARE
WITH YOU CARMAN'S NEW MUSIC
VIDEO CALLED "THE FLAG."
*
SYMBOL OF OUR COUNTRY, THREE
COLORS THAT EMBODY ALL WE CAN
BE.
REPRESENTS HEIGHTS OF
ACHIEVEMENTS OUR CITIZENS CAN
RISE TO AND SACRIFICES THAT MAKE
US FREE.
FREE TO SPEAK, LEARN, WORSHIP
GOD, DREAM A DREAM AND SEE IT
THROUGH.
DREAM PURCHASE, THEY REPRESENT,
THE RED, THE WHITE, THE BLUE.
RED STANDS FOR COURAGE, WHITE,
FOR TRUTH, BLUE FOR PERSEVERANCE
TO A CALL.
THIS FLAG SENDS A MESSAGE TO
FRIEND AND FOE ALIKE AMERICA IS
STILL THE GREATEST LAND OF ALL.
REPORTER: WELCOME BACK TO
"700 CLUB." ILLINOIS
CONSERVATIVES DEFEATED A BILL.
SENATE APPROVED MEASURE IN
FEBRUARY.
STATE HOUSE ADJOURNED FRIDAY.
DESPITE MONTHS OF FIERCE
CAMPAIGNING.
PRESIDENT OBAMA JUMPED IN URGING
LAWMAKERS TO APPROVE GAY
MARRIAGE IN HIS HOME STATE.
GAY ACTIVIST THOUGHT MOMENTUM
WAS IN THEIR FAVOR.
CONSERVATIVE BLACK PASTORS
FOUGHT BACK WITH RADIO
COMMERCIALS, ROBO CALLS AND
LOBBYING.
CBN'S ORPHAN'S PROMISE HELPING
FAMILIES IN THAILAND AT RISK OF
GIVING UP THEIR CHILDREN.
KEEPING FAMILIES TOGETHER
PROGRAM FOCUSSING ON
STRENGTHENING THEM ON FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE, TRAINING AND FAMILY
FUN DAYS.
NINETEEN FAMILIES AND 46 AT-RISK
CHILDREN HAVE PARTICIPATED.
WEEKLY FAMILY VISITS TO PRAY AND
LOCAL VISITS OFFER ONGOING
OUTREACH.
80% HAVE ONE OR BOTH PARENTS
STILL LIVING.
THEY ARE TOO POOR TO CARE FOR
THEM.
YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WHAT
CBN IS DOING AROUND THE WORLD BY
LOGGING ON TO
CBN.COM/INTERNATIONAL.
PAT AND TERRY WILL BE BACK AFTER
THIS.
PAT: YOU THINK GOD CAN SPEAK
TO SOMEBODY?
GIVE SOMEBODY SPECIFIC
DIRECTIONS?
WAS THAT SOMETHING JUST FOR THE
NEW TESTAMENT OR FOR TODAY?
I HAVE AN AMAZING STORY FOR YOU.
FELLA NAMED ROD BREWER.
ROD WAS HOLD UP IN A CHEAP MOTEL
DOING DRUGS AND HAD BEEN AT IT
FOR DAYS.
NO ONE IN ROD'S FAMILY HAD
ANYWHERE IDEA WHERE HE WAS UNTIL
GOD SPOKE TO HIS PRAYING MOTHER,
TOLD THAT WOMAN EXACTLY WHERE TO
FIND HER SON, THE ADDRESS AND
ROOM NUMBER!
WATCH THIS.
ALL OF MY LIFE, LIFE OF
REBELLION.
ANGRY, AGGRESSIVE, PEOPLE WOULD
LOOK AT ME IN A WAY I DIDN'T
LIKE THEM TO LOOK AT ME.
NEXT THING I KNOW I AM KNOCKING
THEIR TEETH TO THE BACK OF THEIR
THROAT.
THAT IS A DIRECT RESULT OF
FATHERLESSNESS.
REPORTER: ROD BREWER ONLY TWO
YEARS OLD WHEN HIS FATHER
ABANDONED HIS FAMILY.
NOT HAVING A FATHER IN THE
HOME AND MOTHER GONE WORKING ALL
THE TIME, THAT WAS NORMAL TO ME.
WHEN I CAME HOME FROM SCHOOL,
REST OF THE DAY AND EVENING WAS
MINE.
I LIVED MY LIFE WITHOUT PARENTS,
REALLY.
REPORTER: IN MIDDLE SCHOOL,
HE STARTED DRINKING AND SMOKING
POT.
AT 16, IT WAS COCAINE.
THEN HE FOUND SOMETHING HE LIKED
EVEN BETTER.
WHEN I ENCOUNTERED THE HIGH
OF METHAMPHETAMINES, THAT WAS
IT.
I WAS WILLING TO DO WHATEVER TO
MAINTAIN THAT FEELING IN MY LIFE
THAT METH BROUGHT.
REPORTER: THAT INCLUDED
STEALING FROM HIS MOTHER.
BY THE TIME HE REACHED HIS LATE
TEENS, OUT OF CONTROL AND THROWN
IN JAIL THREE TIMES.
VIOLENT LIFE.
MY MOM GETTING ME OUT OF JAIL.
DRUG ADDICTION AND ALCOHOLISM
AND DEFIANT AGAINST AUTHORITY
AND LAW FIGURES AND AUTHORITY IN
MY LIFE.
REPORTER: WHEN HE BECAME AN
ADULT, HE MANAGED TO HOLD DOWN A
FULL TIME JOB, MARRY AND TWO
CHILDREN.
IN THE MEANTIME, HIS DRUGS GOT
WORSE.
I WOULD GET MY PAYCHECK AND
DISAPPEAR FOR FOUR OR FIVE DAYS,
STRUNG OUT ON METHAMPHETAMINES.
REPORTER: EVENTUALLY HIS WIFE
HAD ENOUGH AND LEFT TAKING TWO
DAUGHTERS WITH HER.
FOR ROD IT WAS TOO MUCH.
IN A FOUR-MONTH PERIOD I
TRIED TO COMMIT SUICIDE TWICE.
I FOUND MYSELF IN A MENTAL
HOSPITAL.
REPORTER: EVENTUALLY RELEASED
AND QUICKLY USED METH.
HE TRIED TO STOP, FAILED EVERY
TIME.
SPENT DAYS AT A TIME IN DRUG
MOTELS.
GOD SPOKE TO HER VERY CLEARLY.
HE HAD BEEN GONE SEVERAL
DAYS.
I WAS JUST DEVASTATED.
SO I LAID THERE AND WAS THERE
PRAYING FOR A WHILE.
GOD SAYS GET UP AND GO DOWN THE
SERVICE ROAD.
YOU ARE GOING TO FIND HIM.
I THOUGHT FIND HIM?
I DIDN'T THINK I COULD POSSIBLY
FIND HIM.
I GOT IN MY CAR, STARTED DOWN
THE SERVICE ROAD.
PROBABLY HADN'T GONE TWO MILES.
I LOOKED IN THE MOTEL.
I SAW HIS TRUCK.
I DROVE INTO THE MOTEL.
I THOUGHT GOD, I DON'T KNOW
WHICH DOOR TO GO INTO IT.
GOOD JUST POINTED THE DOOR TO
ME.
I WALKED UP TO THE DOOR, KNOCKED
ON IT.
I LOOK OUT THE WINDOW.
I SEE IT IS MY MOM.
AND SOMETHING HAPPENED RIGHT
THERE.
I CRACKED THE DOOR OPEN I SAID
MOM, I DON'T WANT YOU TO SEE ME
THIS WAY.
WE JUST TALKED.
I SAID RODNEY, YOU ARE GOING TO
HAVE TO DO SOMETHING WITH YOUR
LIFE.
REPORTER: SHE TOLD HER SON
YOU NEEDED JESUS IN HIS LIFE.
ROD KNEW IT WAS HIS ONLY LIFE
AND PRAYED WITH HIS MOTHER TO
ACCEPT CHRIST AS HIS SAVIOR.
SKY WAS BLUER, GRASS GROOU
GREENER.
I DON'T REMEMBER HEARING BIRDS
CHIRPING UNTIL THAT DAY.
ALL OF CREATION BECAME ALIVE.
I WAS A NEW CREATION.
REPORTER: SOON AFTER HE WENT
TO TEAM CHALLENGE, A PROGRAM
THAT HELPED HIM QUIT DRUGS FOR
GOOD.
HE MET AND MARRIED TRACEY AND
NOW THE COUPLE ARE ASSOCIATE
PASTORS AT A CHURCH.
THE OLD ME WAS VERY ANGRY,
AGGRESSIVE.
NEW ME I WOULD SAY SUBMISSIVE
AND WANT TO LOVE ON JESUS.
CHRIST IS THE WAY, NO MAN COMES
TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH
HIM.
PAT: BIBLE SAYS WHEN MY
MOTHER AND FATHER ABANDON ME,
THE LORD WILL TAKE ME OUT.
HIS FATHER ABANDONED HIM.
MOTHER WORKING ALL THE TIME.
GREW UP LIKE A WILD ANIMAL.
THAT HAPPENS TO KIDS WITH NO
SUPERVISION AND NO CONTROL.
GOD DIDN'T WANT TO LET HIM GO.
GOD HEARD THE PRAYERS OF A
PRAYING MOTHER.
I HAD A PRAYING MOTHER.
GOD HEARD HER PRAYERS.
MANY OF YOU HAVE HAD PRAYING
MOTHERS.
YOU MAY RUN AWAY FROM GOD, YOU
CAN'T GET AWAY FROM YOUR
MOTHER'S PRAYERS.
THEY HAVE BEEN ON THEIR KNEES
CRIES OUT TO GOD FOR YOU.
THERE HAVE BEEN TEARS LOOKING AT
WHAT THEIR SON OR DAUGHTER HAS
BECOME OR WHAT THEY HAVE DONE.
THERE IS NO EYE THAT CAN EQUAL
KNOWING JESUS.
NO DEPTH IN WHICH HE CANNOT
REACH YOU.
HE WILL REACH DOWN BECAUSE HE
LOVES YOU.
DON'T THINK YOU HAVE SINNED AWAY
YOUR DAY OF SALVATION, YOU
HAVEN'T.
GOD WILL HEAR THE PRAYERS OF
THOSE GODLY WOMEN WHO ON THEIR
KNEES, MOTHERS, GRANDMOTHERS
PRAYING, PRAYING FOR YOU.
RIGHT NOW, I WANT YOU TO KNOW
THAT GOD AL MIGHTY IS HERE TO
ANSWER THE PRAYERS OF THOSE
GODLY PEOPLE WHO HAVE PRAYED,
GONE BEFORE, PRAYED FOR YOU,
GIVEN YOU AN EXAMPLE GOD LOVES
YOU, DOESN'T MATTER ABOUT DRUGS.
DOESN'T MATTER ABOUT SEX OR
STEALING.
DOESN'T MATTER ABOUT ALL THE
THINGS YOU HAVE DONE.
WHAT MATTERS IS THAT JESUS
FORGIVES YOU AND LOVES YOU, IF
YOU TURN TO HIM RIGHT NOW, I AM
GOING TO LEAD YOU IN A PRAYER.
I WANT YOU TO PRAY WITH ME, PRAY
IT FROM DEEP DOWN IN YOUR HEART.
AS WE PRAY, GOD IS GOING TO HEAR
YOUR PRAYER.
BOW YOUR HEAD WHEREVER YOU ARE.
DO IT NOW!
BOW YOUR HEAD.
PRAY THESE WORDS: JESUS, THAT'S
RIGHT, JESUS, LORD, YOU KNOW
WHAT A MESS I HAVE MADE OF MY
LIFE.
YOU KNOW THE THINGS I HAVE DONE
ARE WRONG.
YOU HAVE SEEN ME IN DEPTHS OF
DESPAIR.
AND YOU HAVE KNOWN ME FROM THE
MOMENT I WAS CONCEIVED.
RIGHT NOW, LORD, I COME TO YOU
AND I HUMBLE MYSELF AND I ASK
FOR MERCY.
I ASK FOR YOUR FORGIVENESS.
I SAY TO YOU, LORD, COME NOW,
INTO MY HEART, LIVE YOUR LIFE IN
ME AND I WILL LIVE FOR YOU AND I
WILL SERVE YOU ALL THE DAYS OF
MY LIFE.
THANK YOU, JESUS, THAT YOU HAVE
HEARD MY PRAYER, THANK YOU, THAT
YOU HAVE SET ME FREE.
NOW, I WANT TO PRAY FOR YOU
RIGHT NOW, FATHER, IN THE NAME
OF JESUS, LET YOUR ANOINTING
COME UNTO THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO
PRAYED WITH ME JUST THEN.
TOUCH THEM, LORD IN JESUS' NAME!
TOUCH THEM!
AND MAY YOUR POWER FILL THEM
FROM THIS MOMENT ON.
THANK YOU, LORD, AMEN.
AND AMEN.
IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME, I HAVE
SOMETHING I WANT TO GIVE YOU.
IT IS A LITTLE PACKET CALLED "A
NEW DAY."
IT HAS A CD, 73 MINUTES OF VERY
COMPACT TEACHING ABOUT WHAT YOU
HAVE JUST DONE.
IT WILL HELP YOU GET STARTED.
I WANT YOU TO HAVE A COPY, ALSO
A BOOK OF SCRIPTURES THAT WILL
HELP YOU GET UNDERWAY.
LORD IS THRILLED.
YOU CALLED, I PRAYED WITH PAT,
GAVE MY HEART TO THE LORD,
1-800-759-0700.
CALL NOW, SOMEBODY IS HERE WHO
LOVES YOU AND CARES ABOUT YOU.
THEY WANT TO HEAR THE GOOD NEWS
YOU JUST SAID YES TO JESUS.
HERE IS TERRY.
TERRY: UP NEXT, WE HAVE YOUR
E-MAIL QUESTIONS BARBARA SAYS:
WHAT SHOULD A BELIEVER DO WHEN A
SPIRIT OF UNBELIEF ATTACKS
SAYING THE BIBLE IS NOT REAL?
STAY TUNED, BRINGING IT ON WITH
BARBARA'S QUESTION AND MORE THAT
IS NEXT.
TERRY: TIME TO TAKE YOUR
E-MAIL QUESTIONS, PAT THIS FIRST
ONE FROM BARBARA: WHAT SHOULD A
BELIEVER DO WHEN A SPIRIT OF
UNBELIEF ATTACKS SAYING THE
BIBLE IS NOT REAL?
PAT: I THINK PETER DID IT
RIGHT WHEN THE LORD REBUKED HIM
FOR SOMETHING HE SAID, WHERE CAN
WE GO, LORD, YOU HAVE THE BOARDS
OF ETERNAL LIFE.
I THINK WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS
BOLDLY DECLARE, DEVIL, EVEN
THOUGH I SPENT ETERNITY IN HELL,
I'LL BE IN HELL PRAISING GOD.
YOU NEED TO PRAISE GOD FOR WHAT
HE HAS DONE.
PRAISE THE LORD AND IN A SPIRIT
OF PRAISE AND WORSHIP.
SPIRIT OF GOD WILL COME INTO
YOUR LIFE AND REVEAL THINGS TO
YOU.
INTIMATE WALK WITH HIM.
IT IS NOT INTELLECT WALL.
YOU CAN MAKE A DECISION, I AM
NOT GOING TO GO INTO THIS, I AM
GOING TO STAY BEFORE THE LORD
AND EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, I
WIND UP IN HELL, I'LL BE IN HELL
PRAISING JESUS.
IF YOU SAY THAT, WATCH WHAT
HAPPENS.
ALL RIGHT.
TERRY: THIS IS MONICA, MY
SIBLINGS BROUGHT SEVERAL FRIENDS
INTO MY MOTHER'S HOME.
MANY HAVE STOLEN OR DAMAGED
THINGS.
SHE IS FRUSTRATED SHE BELIEVES
THE BIBLE TELLS HER TO TURN THE
OTHER CHEEK.
I DO NOT AGREE ALLOWING EVEN
MINDED PEOPLE INTO HER HOME WHAT
IS YOUR VIEW?
PAT: THAT IS A WEIRD
QUESTION, I CAN'T FATHOM WHAT IS
GOING ON.
TERRY: DOESN'T EXPLAIN, DO
THESE SIBLINGS LIVE AT HOME?
PAT: MOTHER, APPARENTLY NO
FATHER.
NOBODY.
I TELL YOU, WHAT, YOU DON'T HAVE
TO BE A DOOR MAT.
WE NEED TO -- SOME HAVE
ENTERTAINED ANGELS UNAWARE.
WE NEED TO HAVE HOSPITALITY.
THESE PEOPLE ARE LIKE LITTLE
MONSTERS TURNED LOOSE ON YOUR
POOR INNOCENT MOTHER.
SHE NEEDS TO STOP.
THE LORD DIDN'T ASK HER TO BE
ABUSED IN THAT FASHION.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON.
IT IS WEIRD.
SHE IS BRINGING THESE STRANGE
PEOPLE INTO HER HOME.
THE WOMEN'S CHILDREN ARE
BRINGING THE PEOPLE.
PAT: WHAT IS IT?
WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE ARE THEY?
IT IS WEIRD.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT KIND OF
THING.
IN A WELL ORDERED FAMILY THAT
DOESN'T HAPPENED.
TERRY: THE LORD IS ORDERLY.
PAT: HE DOESN'T SAY YOU HAVE
TO OPEN YOUR HOME TO CRIMINAL
ELEMENT AND RAMPAGE AND STEAL
WHAT YOU GOT.
SOUNDS LIKE THE POOR WOMAN IS
HELPLESS.
ALL RIGHT.
TERRY: TABATHA, I BECAME A
CHRISTIAN AT SEVEN AND NOW 20
STILL CHRISTIAN, MY BROTHERS AND
SISTERS NOT.
WE ALL WENT TO CHURCH.
OLDEST HATES MY PARENTS, QUIT
SCHOOL, AND MY SISTER RAN AWAY
FROM HOME 15, WHAT IS WRONG WITH
THEM?
WHY DID GOD ALLOW THIS?
PAT: WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
OUR ACTIONS.
WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT.
BRING UP A CHILD IN THE WAY HE
SHOULD GO, WHEN HE IS OF OLD, HE
SHOULD NOT DEPART THERE FROM.
IN THE HOME, MOTHER AND FATHER
WERE NOT TOGETHER IN THEIR
CHRISTIAN FAITH.
THEY WEREN'T BRINGING UP THE
KNOWLEDGE AND ADMONITION, DIDN'T
HAVE DISCIPLINE WHICH IS
IMPORTANT.
YOU WOULDN'T HAVE THESE PROBLEMS
IF THERE WAS LOVE.
AND FIRM DISCIPLINE, YOU HAVE TO
HAVE DISCIPLINE!
FOLEY IS BOUND UP IN THE HEART
OF A CHILD, ROD OF REPROOF
DRIVES IT FAR FROM HIM.
THAT IS WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE DISCIPLINE FOR
KIDS.
THEY WANT IT.
THEY NEED IT.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE LOVE AND
STRUCTURE.
YOU DON'T GET THE KIND OF STUFF
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT IF YOU
HAVE STRUCTURE.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE IT.
ALL RIGHT.
TERRY: OKAY.
THIS IS MARTIN WHO SAYS: I WAS
RAISED A CHRISTIAN WITH GOOD
MORALS AND VALUES AT AGE 50, I
HAVE OBSERVED CO-WORKERS HALF MY
AGE AND ANTI-CHRISTIAN AND
PRO-ATHEIST, MORE AND MORE 20
SOMETHINGS BELIEVE THERE IS NO
GOD AND NEVER EXISTED.
HOW DID THIS SECULAR SOCIETY AND
ATHEISM GAIN POPULARITY IN GREAT
NUMBERS.
PAT: SOMETHING CALLED
INTROPY.
ORGANIZED SYSTEMS GO TOWARDS
CHAOS.
WHERE IS THERE NO FEAR OF THE
LORD THE PEOPLE RUN A MUCK.
WHEN THERE IS NO VISION, PEOPLE
PERISH.
A REVELATION OF GOD, PEOPLE RUN
A MUCK.
WHEN THERE IS NO REVELATION.
WE HAVE TAKEN REVELATION AWAY
FROM OUR SCHOOLS.
AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TEACHERS
IN COLLEGE ARE EMBRACING
SOCIALISM, ATHEISM AND OTHERISMS
CONTRARY TO CHRISTIANITY.
MEDIA IS OBSESSED WITH
ANTI-CHRISTIAN ACTIVITIES.
IT IS SMALL WONDER PEOPLE MORE
AND MORE GROW UP IN THAT
ENVIRONMENT.
I MEAN THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE
TOLD.
THAT IS WHAT YOU SEE THE
TABLOIDS.
YOU SEE THE INTERNET.
FULL OF THINGS NOT CONDUCIVE TO
CHRISTIANITY.
YOU SAY HOW COME PEOPLE GROW UP
THAT WAY, THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE
BEING EXPOSED TO.
BIGGEST THING IS THE SCHOOLS.
WHEN YOU -- BACK IN '73, BIBLE
READING IN PRAYER, STARTED A
DOWNWARD TREND.
WHAT ELSE?
TERRY: THIS IS NANCY, I HAVE
NEVER HEARD THE EXPRESSION
"BLESSED GOD"
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
PAT: 103RD PSALM, BLESS THE
LORD, OH MY SOUL, SAY SOMETHING
NICE ABOUT HIM.
I PRAISE GOD.
I LOVE GOD, I BLESS HIM.
THAT TERM BLESS GOD IS BLESS THE
LORD OH MY SOUL.
YOU KNOW.
TERRY: WE BLESS HIM BY, YOU
WERE TALKING ABOUT LIVING RIGHT,
GRATEFUL HEARTS.
UNDERSTANDING WHAT HE HAS
BLESSED US WITH.
IT IS THAT RECIPROCAL
RELATIONSHIP.
PAT: THAT IS ALL THE TIME WE
HAVE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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FOR LEE, AND TERRY AND ALL OF US
THIS IS PAT ROBERTSON, WE PRAISE
GOD.
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