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FROM THE LAND OF THE
ALAMO.
YOU NEED TO TREAD
CAREFULLY.
Wendy: A NEW BATTLE FOR
FREEDOM.
I GUARANTEE IT WON'T BE
QUIET ANYMORE.
Wendy: AS CHRISTIANS
ARE BEING FORCED FOR THEIR
RIGHT TO SPEAK OUT.
THEY WANT SPECIAL RIGHT,
BUT IN DOING SO, THEY STIFLE
THE RIGHTS OF QUESTIONS.
Wendy: PLUS, AN NBA
STAR'S NOT SO SECRET
ADDICTION.
I WAS SLEEPING WITH
POSSIBLY THREE TO FOUR WOMEN
SOME DAYS.
I THOUGHT, PEOPLE DO
THAT.
Wendy: ON TODAY'S "700
CLUB."
*
[APPLAUSE]
Pat: WELCOME TO "THE
700 CLUB."
DO YOU SUPPOSE YOU CAN JUST
DRIVE INTO A MILITARY BASE,
WAVE AT THE GUARD AND KEEP
GOING?
ARE THESE BASES SAFE AND
SECURE?
A DEADLY ATTACK ON A NAVY
YARD IN WASHINGTON HAS
RAISED THAT VERY QUESTION.
Wendy: NOW A NEW REPORT
FROM THE PENTAGON SAYS THAT
THERE ARE SERIOUS WEAKNESSES
IN BASE SECURITY, AND EVEN
CONVICTED FELONS CAN
ROUTINELY GET INSIDE.
EPHRAIM GRAHAM HAS THE
STORY.
Reporter: THERE IS
SOMETHING BROKEN WHEN IT
COMES TO SECURITY ON U.S.
MILITARY BASES, AND
ACCORDING TO A NEW PENTAGON
REPORT, IT IS THE SCREENING
PROCESS FOR CONTRACTORS.
THE REPORT WAS UNDER WAY
EVEN BEFORE THE ATTACK AT
THE WASHINGTON NAVY YARD.
AND THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
FOUND CONVICTED FELONS
ROUTINELY GAINED ACCESS TO
MILITARY FACILITIES, JUST
LIKE NAVY YARD SHOOTER AARON
ALEXIS.
MR. ALEXIS HAD LEGITIMATE
ACCESS TO THE NAVY YARD AS A
RESULT OF HIS WORK AS A
CONTRACTOR, AND HE UTILIZED
A VALID PASS TO GAIN ENTRY
TO THE BUILDING.
Reporter: ALEXIS WAS
FIRST GRANTED SECURITY LEVEL
SECURITY CLEARANCE IN 2008.
SOMEHOW HE WAS ABLE TO KEEP
THAT CLEARANCE DESPITE BEING
DISCHARGED IN 2011, AND
DESPITE FACING SEVERAL
RUN-INS WITH THE LAW.
AND CHUCK HAGEL IS ASKING
THAT U.S. INSTALLATIONS ALL
AROUND THE WORLD UNDERGO
SECURITY TESTS.
PRESIDENT OBAMA IS PUSHING
FOR CONGRESS TO REVISIT
GUN-CONTROL LEGISLATION.
HE SAYS STRICTER LAWS COULD
MAKE THE U.S. LESS
VULNERABLE.
President Obama: THE
FACT THAT WE DO NOT HAVE A
FIRM ENOUGH BACKGROUND-CHECK
SYSTEM IS SOMETHING THAT
MAKES US MORE VULNERABLE TO
THESE KINDS OF MASS
SHOOTINGS.
Reporter: BUT NOT
EVERYONE AGREES, AND SOME
FEEL MILITARY BASES ARE
ACTUALLY TARGETS BECAUSE
SERVICE MEMBERS ARE NOT
ALLOWED TO CARRY WEAPONS ON
BASE TO PROTECT THEMSELVES.
JESSE JAMES FROM VETERANS
FOR AMERICANS SAYS MORE
WEAPONS MIGHT HELP.
YOUR SENIOR LEVEL STAFF
AND COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
AND NON-COMMISSIONED
OFFICERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO
CARRY WEAPONS.
IT MAKES SENSE.
Reporter: EPHRAIM
GRAHAM, CBN NEWS.
Pat: IT IS AMAZING THEY
CAN GO INTO COMBAT WITH HUGE
WEAPONS, BUT THEY CAN'T EVEN
CARRY A .45 ON THEIR HIPS.
I DON'T SEE WHY NOT?
WHY COULDN'T THEY CARRY
WEAPONS?
Wendy: I DON'T KNOW.
Pat: IF THEY'VE GOT
ANYMORE OF THESE NIDAL HASAN
TYPES, THEY NEED TO PROTECT
THEMSELVES.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE
ORGANIZATION THAT I'M
PROUDLY THE HEAD OF IS
CALLED THE AMERICAN CENTER
FOR LAW AND JUSTICE, AND JAY
SECULO IS THE CHIEF
COUNSEL.
AND ON BEHALF OF A NUMBER OF
ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE
DENIED TAX EXEMPT STATUS
BECAUSE OF THE WORK OF THE
I.R.S., THE AMERICAN CENTER
FOR LAW AND JUSTICE SUED THE
I.R.S., AND IN THE PROCESS,
DISCOVERY HAS BEGUN.
AND WHAT IS BEING DISCOVERED
IS NOTHING SHORT OF
SHOCKING.
THE I.R.S. TEA PARTY SCANDAL
HAS BEEN OUT OF THE
HEADLINES RECENTLY, BUT IT
IS FAR FROM OVER.
JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT STORY
FROM WASHINGTON.
Reporter: PAT, NEWLY
RELEASED DOCUMENTS SHOW THE
I.R.S. TAGGED GROUPS,
INCLUDING TEA PARTY
ORGANIZATIONS, BASED ON
THEIR POLITICAL VIEWS FOUND
IN THEIR WRITINGS.
"U.S.A. TODAY" OBTAINED THE
DOCUMENTS.
MORE THAN 80% OF THE GROUPS
ON THE LIST WERE
CONSERVATIVE.
THE AMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW
AND JUSTICE REPRESENTS 23 OF
THE GROUPS ON THE I.R.S.'S
LIST.
IT APPEARS TO BE THE MOST
POWERFUL EVIDENCE YET OF A
COORDINATED EFFORT BY THE
I.R.S. TO TARGET TEA PARTY
GROUPS.
JAY SECULO SAYS THE
POLITICAL MOTIVATIONS OF
THIS ARE SO PATENTLY
OBVIOUS, BUT TO HAVE A
DOCUMENT SPELL IT OUT LIKE
THIS IS VERY DAMAGING TO THE
I.R.S.
THE PRESIDENT IS TAKING HIS
ECONOMIC AGENDA TO BUSINESS
LEADERS TODAY.
HE SAYS THE MODEST ECONOMIC
RECOVERY WOULD BE HURT IF
REPUBLICANS AND CONGRESS
DON'T AGREE TO PASS A
SPENDING BILL TO KEEP THE
GOVERNMENT GOING.
President Obama: THE
PROBLEM IS, AT THE MOMENT
REPUBLICANS AND CONGRESS
DON'T SEEM TO BE FOCUSED ON
HOW TO GROW THE ECONOMY AND
BUILD THE MIDDLE CLASS.
Reporter: REPUBLICAN
LEADERS WANT SPENDING CUTS,
BUT SAY THEY'RE WILLING TO
NEGOTIATE.
THE PRESIDENT'S LATEST PUSH
ON GOVERNMENT SPENDING COMES
AS THE CENSUS DEPARTMENT HAS
RELEASED NEW FIGURES.
THA SHOW THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE LIVING IN POVERTY
ROSE TO A RECORD
46.5 MILLION.
AND THE REAL MEDIAN INCOME
OF AMERICAN HOUSEHOLDS
DROPPED BY MORE THAN $2600.
PAT THANKS FOR BEING HERE
PAT, THAT IS NOT GOOD NEWS
FOR THIS ADMINISTRATION.
Pat: IT SHOULDN'T BE.
IT IS HIT FAULT.
IT IS THE DRACONIAN POLICIES
BEING PUT IN BY THE E.P.A.
AND VARIOUS OTHER GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES THAT ARE
RESTRICTING BUSINESS AND
FORCING THE SHUTDOWN OF
PLANTS AND RESTRICTING COAL
MINING.
AND YOU CAN GO THROUGH THE
LIST.
FAILING TO GIVE A PERMIT FOR
THE KEYSTONE X.L. PIPELINE.
YOU CAN JUST GO ON AND ON
AND ON.
IT IS HIS FAULT, BUT HE HAS
GOT TO START A WAR AGAINST
THE REPUBLICANS.
NOW THAT HE HAS THE LITTLE
DEAL IN SYRIA OUT OF THE
WAY, HE THINKS, AND WE NOW
HAVE AS OUR CHIEF AMBASSADOR
TO SYRIA IS NONE OTHER THAN
THE OLD K.G.B. MAN, VLADIMIR
PUTIN.
YOU WONDER, WHAT IN THE
WORLD IS GOING ON.
NOW HE IS GOING TO ATTACK
THE REPUBLICANS BECAUSE NOW
HE IS COMFORTABLE.
HE IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE
PRESIDENT FOR ALL OF US.
HE IS NO LONGER SUPPOSEDLY A
PARTISAN.
HE IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE
PRESIDENT OF ALL AMERICA.
AND HE IS SUPPOSED TO DO
WHAT IS GOOD FOR THE
COUNTRY.
BUT HE DOESN'T.
HE IS DOING WHAT'S GOOD FOR
HIM AND HIS SMALL GROUP OF
SUPPORTERS.
AND THIS VITRIAL THAT COMES
OUT OF HU HIS MOUTH --
EVERY TIME HE OPENS HIS
MOUTH IS A PARTISAN ATTACK,
AND THAT, TO ME, IS NOT A
GOOD PRESIDENT.
JOHN?
Reporter: ACTOR CURT
CAMERON RELEASES A NEW
DOCUMENTARY NEXT WEEK CALLED
"UNSTOPPABLE."
IN IT HE EXPLORES THE
AGE-OLD QUESTION: WHY DOES
GOD ALLOW SUFFERING AND EVIL
IN THE WORLD.
PAUL STRAND SAT DOWN WITH
HIM.
WHY DOES GOD ALLOW BAD
THINGS TO HAPPEN TO GOOD
PEOPLE?
IF HE IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO
STOP EVIL AND PAIN AND
SUFFERING, WHY DOESN'T HE?
THAT IS THE QUESTION THAT
WRECKS PEOPLE'S FAITH.
Reporter: CBN NEWS
CAUGHT UP WITH CAMERON IN
NEW YORK ON HIS MOVIE TOUR.
HIS LATEST PROJECT
"UNSTOPPABLE," IS BASED ON A
TRUE STORY.
CAMERON SAYS HE LOST A
TEENAGED FRIEND TO CANCER,
AND THAT SENT HIM SEARCHING
FOR ANSWERS.
THAT EVENT REALLY HIT ME
HARD.
IT REALLY PULLED ALL OF THE
AIR OUT OF MY LUNGS.
BECAUSE THIS WAS A GOOD
BOY.
THIS WAS A BOY FROM A GREAT
FAMILY WHO LOVED GOD AND
WENT TO CHURCH.
WHEN HE DIED AND GOD DID NOT
HEAL HIM IN SPITE OF ALL OF
THE PRAYERS AND THE PEOPLE
CRYING OUT FOR GOD, IT
REALLY CAUSED ME TO ASK THE
BIG QUESTION: WHERE IS GOD
IN THE MIDST OF MY TRAGEDY?
Reporter: CAMERON SAID
"UNSTOPPABLE" TAKES HIM ON
THE MOST PERSONAL JOURNEY OF
HIS LIFE, WHERE HE HAS TO
EXAMINE HIS OWN FAITH.
AND HE DOES IT BY GOING ALL
THE WAY BACK TO THE ORIGINS
OF GOOD AND EVIL.
WHAT I DISCOVERED IS THAT
IT IS MUCH BETTER TO
UNDERSTAND YOUR TRAGEDY AND
MINE IN THE CONTEXT OF A
MUCH LARGER STORY.
SO WHAT I DO IS TRY TO TAKE
YOU UP TO HEAVEN'S BALCONY
AND GIVE YOU A WIDE-ANGLE
LENS VIEW OF HISTORY.
WE START IN THE GARDEN OF
EDEN.
* I AIN'T A BOY NO MORE
Reporter: IN
"UNSTOPPABLE" CAMERON SAYS
HE OVERCOMES HIS OWN DOUBTS,
AND COMES OUT STRONGER IN
HIS FAITH.
REGARDLESS OF OUR
BACKGROUND, WHETHER YOU'RE
JEWISH OR MUSLIM OR ATHEIST
OR AGNOSTIC, WE ALL ASK THIS
QUESTION: IT IS EASY TO BE
EXCITED BOWER YOUR BELIEFS
WHEN THINGS ARE GOING WELL
IN YOUR LIFE, WHEN YOU'RE
HAPPY AND HEALTHY, BUT WHEN
THE ROOF COMES DOWN AND YOU
GET HIT BY SOMETHING YOU
DIDN'T SEE COMING, ALL OF A
SUDDEN THE QUESTIONS BEGIN.
I THINK YOU WILL COME OUT
THE OTHER END OF THIS MOVIE
NOT HAVING YOUR FAITH
SHREDDED, BUT YOU'LL HAVE IT
STRENTHENED, LIKE IT DID FOR
ME.
Reporter: BACK IN JULY,
"UNSTOSTOPPABLE" CREATED A
FIRESTORM WHEN Facebook
BLOCKED ACCESS TO THE
MOVIE.
BUT THAT'S WHEN FANS RALLIED
AROUND IT.
CAMERON SAYS HE WANTS TO
SETTLE ONCE AND FOR ALL THAT
GOOD IS STRONGER THAN EVIL
AND THAT FAITH IS STRONGER
THAN DOUBT.
*
Reporter: PAUL STRAND,
CBN NEWS.
Reporter: ABORTION
CLINICS ARE CLOSING THEIR
DOORS AT AN UNPRECEDENTSED
RATE.
THE CLOSINGS COME AS STATE
LEGISLATURES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY ARE PUTTING OUT
TIGHTER REGULATIONS ON
ABORTION CENTERS.
44 HAVE CLOSED SO FAR THIS
YEAR, INCLUDING SOME MAJOR
PROVIDERS.
25 SHUT DOWN LAST YEAR, AND
30 CLOSED IN 2011.
A SENIOR HEALTH OFFICIAL IN
AMSTERDAM IS WARNING THAT
SUGAR IS ADDICTIVE.
HE SAYS IT IS A DRUG AND
COMPARES IT TO TOBACCO AND
ALCOHOL.
IN FACT, HE CALLS IT THE
MOST DANGEROUS DRUG OF THE
TIMES.
AND HE SAYS NO MATTER HOW
MUCH YOU EAT, YOU WANT
MORE.
HE SAYS THE GOVERNMENT
SHOULD CLOSELY REGULATE IT.
IT WANTS TAXES ON SUGAR AND
LIMITS ON HOW MUCH COULD BE
USED IN FOODS.
IT MIGHT EXPLAIN WHY I HAVE
SUCH AN INSATIABLE SWEET
TOOTH.
Pat: OH, STOP IT.
YOU'RE SO THIN, IT DOESN'T
COUNT.
BUT FOR THOSE WHO FIGHT
WEIGHT, IT IS A PROBLEM.
I'VE BEEN TELLING YOU THIS
FOR YEARS, BUT IT IS THE
SAME CHEMICAL REACTION THAT
TAKES PLACE WHEN YOU DRINK
ALCOHOL.
AND IT'S ADDICTIVE BECAUSE
YOU DRINK BOOZE AND YOU WANT
MORE BOOZE.
AND YOU EAT SUGAR AND YOU
WANT MORE SUGAR.
IT SETS UP A CRAVING IN YOUR
BODY.
THE PEOPLE IN AMSTERDAM --
I'M GLAD THEY'RE SAYING IT,
BUT THEY'RE WAY BEHIND THE
TIMES.
Wendy: I ALWAYS SAY FAT
IS YOUR FRIEND, AND SUGAR IS
YOUR FOE.
Pat: GOOD FOR YOU.
BUT THERE IS SUGAR IN
EVERYTHING.
THE BIG THING IS THESE
SUGARY CEREALS THAT WE GIVE
TO LITTLE BABIES.
READ THE LABELS, FOLKS.
GO INTO YOUR PANTRY, OR GO
INTO THE GROCERY STORE THE
NEXT TIME YOU'RE THERE, AND
GO DOWN THE CEREAL LINE AND
START READING WHAT'S THERE.
IT WILL BE SUGAR, IT WILL BE
CORN SYRUP, OR SOME OTHER
NAME FOR IT, BUT THE FIRST
THING THEY'LL LIST IS
SUGAR.
AND IT GOES DOWN THE LIST.
AND WHEN THOSE LITTLE KIDS
EAT THAT, OF COURSE THEY'RE
ADDICTED, AND SO THEY WANT
MORE.
Wendy: I HAVE BEEN VERY
IMPRESSED BECAUSE I'VE
NOTICED AT CERTAIN EVENTS,
YOU WILL ORDER BERRIES WITH
LIGHT WHIPPED CREAM, INSTEAD
OF THE CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE
OR THE BROWNIE, BUT DOES
THAT SATISFY YOU?
Pat: OF COURSE.
I'LL TELL YOU, SOMETHING
HAPPENED TO ME A FEW MONTHS
AGO, AND I JUST STOPPED
WANTING TO EAT.
IT WAS JUST WONDERFUL.
SO I LOST A LOT OF WEIGHT.
[LAUGHTER]
Wendy: YOU NEED TO FIND
OUT WHAT CAUSED THAT AND
MARKET PILLS.
Pat: I DON'T KNOW WHAT
IT IS, BUT IT HAPPENED TO
ME.
AND IT HAS BEEN A VERY
SALUTARY RESPONSE BECAUSE WE
HAD TO CUT IN SOME CLOTHES.
BUT YOU HAVE --
Wendy: IT IS ALWAYS
BETTER TO TAKE IN YOUR
CLOTHES THAN LET THEM OUT.
Pat: WE HAVE A LITTLE
SEAMSTRESS WORKING OVER
TIME.
Wendy: YOU'RE LOOKING
GOOD AND STRONG.
IN THE CITY THAT STILL
REMEMBERS THE ALAMO,
CHRISTIANS ARE ANSWERING A
WAKEUP CALL.
I
GUARANTEE IT WON'T BE
QUIET ANYMORE.
I WAS SHOCKED IT WAS
PACKED BECAUSE THERE ARE A
LOT OF CONSERVATIVES HERE.
Wendy: SEE WHY THESE
SAN ANTONIONS ARE UP IN
ARMS, AFTER THIS.
Pat: WENDY, I WANT YOU
TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE SITTING
NEXT TO THE HONORARY ALCONDE
OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
Wendy: WOW, LET ME
TOUCH YOU.
Pat: THAT MEANS
NOTHING, BUT THAT WAS THE
NAME THEY USED TO GIVE THE
MAYOR.
Wendy: IT SOUNDS VERY
IMPRESSIVE.
Pat: OH, MAN.
BUT, MAN, MY TOWN HAS GONE
OFF THE RAILS.
AND IT WAS A LOCAL POLITICAL
BATTLE THAT GOT NATIONAL
ATTENTION.
A VOTE OVER AN ORDNANCE IN
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
THE SUPPORTERS SAY IT
PREVENTS DISCRIMINATION
AGAINST GAYS AND LESBIANS
AND TRANSGENDERS, AND ALL OF
THESE PEOPLE.
BUT CHRISTIANS WARN IT IS A
THREAT TO THEIR RELIGIOUS
FREEDOM.
HEATHER CELLS HAS THAT
STORY.
Reporter: SAN ANTONIO
PASTORS AND CHURCH MEMBERS
CAME OUT IN FORCE TO PROTEST
THE SO-CALLED
ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ORD
ORDNANCE.
THE REASON, WHILE IT
PROVIDES NEW PROTECTION FOR
SEXUAL MINORITIES, IT ALSO
SEVERELY THREATENS RELIGIOUS
LIBERTY.
WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED
IT ON SEPTEMBER 5th,
BELIEVERS ACROSS THE CITY
WERE STUNNED.
THE RIGHT FOR US TO SPEAK
OUT AND SAY, I DISAGREE, IT
DOESN'T SOUND RIGHT, NOW
WE'RE LABELLED A HATER, A
BIGOT.
THEY WANT SPECIAL RIGHT
BUT IN DOING SO, THEY STIFLE
THE RIGHTS OF CHRISTIANS.
IT IS QUIETING US AND NOT
LETTING US TO ALLOW US TO
EXPRESS OUR FAITH.
Reporter: COUNCILMAN
CARLTON SOLES, A NO VOTE,
SAID IT WAS A RUSH JOB.
WE ONLY HAD ONE MEETING,
ONE PUBLIC DISCOURSE.
IT WASN'T TELEVISED.
ANY TIME WE'RE GOING AT
LIGHT SPEED TO DO SOMETHING
THAT IS UNPOPULAR, IT THROWS
A LOT OF RED FLAGS.
Reporter: FOR SAN
ANTONIO'S FAITH COMMUNITY,
THE RED FLAGS LOOK LIKE
THIS: THE ORDINANCE
CRIMINALIZES THOSE WITH A
BIBLICAL VIEW OF SEXUALITY
AS IT FORBIDS BIAS AGAINST
HOMOSEXUALITY OR BY
SEXUALITY.
THOSE CHARGED AND DECLARED
GUILTY FACE A CLASS "C"
MISDEMEANOR ON THEIR RECORD
AND FINES OF UP TO $500 A
DAY.
AND THE ORDINANCE
SPECIFICALLY FORBIDS
APPOINTED OFFICIALS ON CITY
BOARDS FROM SHOWING ANY
BIAS.
IT SIMPLY SAYS THOU SHALT
NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST
THESE PEOPLE.
Reporter: ATTORNEY
ALLEN PARKER HAS WORKED TO
ANALYZE AND EXPLAIN THE
ORDINANCE FOR SA SAN
ANTONIO'S CHURCHES.
BOTTOM LINE, HE SAYS IT IS
VAGUE AND UNCLEAR.
BUT IT CAN BE USED AGAINST
THOSE ESPECIALLY IN THE
BUSINESS WORLD WHO DISAGREE
WITH HOMOSEXUALITY.
THE LEVERAGE OF THE CITY
TO PRESSURE ANY BUSINESS
INTO CAVING IN IS ENORMOUS.
YOU'RE A SMALL BUSINESS
OWNER OPERATING WITHIN THE
CITY LIMITS OF SAN ANTONIO,
OR YOU'RE A BUSINESS OWNER
WHO WANTS TO DO BUSINESS
WITH THE CITY, YOU NEED TO
TREAD CAREFULLY.
Reporter: CBN NEWS
SPOKE WITH KEY CHURCH
LEADERS WHO SAY UNTIL NOW,
SAN ANTONIO'S CHRISTIAN
COMMUNITY WAS ASLEEP AT THE
WHEEL.
CASE IN POINT, LESS THAN 7%
OF REGISTERED VOTERS TURNED
OUT IN MAY FOR CITY
ELECTIONS.
THE POLITICS OF SAN
ANTONIO HAVE BEEN LOW KEY
AND THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANY
TROUBLES.
AND SO MOST PEOPLE HAD QUIT
VOTING.
Reporter: AFTER FAILING
TO PERSUADE THE CITY
COUNCIL, THESE PASTORS AND
THEIR CONGREGATIONS SAY THEY
ARE MOTIVATED NOW TO PUSH
BACK.
WE'RE STARTING TO SPEAK.
WE ARE SORT OF BAFFLE
FELD BY THIS, BUT I BELIEVE
IT IS AN AWAKENING FOR THE
CHURCH.
Reporter: OR
AFRICAN-AMERICANS, THERE IS
OUTRAGE OVER THE CIVIL
RIGHTS.
THEY HAVE NO RIGHT TO
PIGGYBACK ON THE SUFFERING
THAT PEOPLE WENT THROUGH THE
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
THEY HAVE NO RIGHT TO DO
IT.
Reporter: AND FOR
LATINO CHURCHES, CHOCK FULL
OF IMMIGRANTS, THE NEW LAW
IS A HAUNTING REMINDER OF
WHAT THEY LEFT.
WE HAVE SOME THAT ARE
BUDDING BUSINESS PEOPLE, AND
ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY FEEL
THEMSELVES WITH THE SAME
ANGST THEY FELT WHEN THEY
CAME FROM THEIR COUNTRIES,
WHEN EVANGELICALS HAVE
ALWAYS BEEN PUT ASIDE AND ON
THE PE PERIPHERY.
Reporter: YOUTH PASTOR,
GABRIEL, SAYS HIS HIGH
SCHOOLERS, MANY WHO LEAD
SCHOOL BIBLE CLUBS, ARE NOW
UNSURE ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN
AND CANNOT SAY.
THEY SAY, WHAT DO WE DO
NOW FOR THE GAYS?
WE'RE GOING TO START PRAYING
FOR THE GAYS AND TEACH THEM
WHAT TO DO.
Reporter: IF
NON-DISCRIMINATION LAWS CAN
PASS IN A PLACE LIKE SAN
ANTONIO, KNOWN FOR ITS CIVIL
VALUES AND CHURCHES, IT IS
THINKING THAT THESE LAWS CAN
PASS ANYWHERE.
THAT MAY BE WHAT THE
ACTIVISTS HAVE IN MIND.
I WAS SHOCKED IT PASSED.
BECAUSE I WAS THINKING, HEY,
YOU KNOW WHAT?
THERE ARE A LOT OF
CONSERVATIVES HERE.
Reporter: FOR NOW,
THESE SAN ANTONIO PASTORS
SAY THEY ARE WELL AWARE
THERE IS A SPOTLIGHT ON
THEIR CITY.
I'VE HAD E-MAILS FROM '01
50 STATES, PEOPLE SAYING
WE'RE PRAYING FOR YOU.
PLEASE KEEP IT UP.
Reporter: THEY MAY PUSH
FOR A CITY WIDE REFERENDUM
ON THE ISSUE AND LAWSUITS
ARE EXPECTED FROM BOTH
SIDES.
IF WE DON'T FIGHT THIS
THING WITH EVERYTHING WE'VE
GOT, OUR RIGHTS WILL BE
TAKEN AWAY AND OUR MOUTHS
WILL BE MUZZLED, AND THAT
JUST CAN'T HAPPEN.
THAT CAN'T HAPPEN IN THE
LAND OF THE FREE.
Reporter: WHAT IS NOT
ESCAPING HERERRA AND OTHERS
IS THE FACT THAT THIS BATTLE
IS TAKING PLACE IN A CITY
THAT STILL REMEMBERS THE
ALAMO.
A CITY KNOWN FOR FIGHTING
FOR ITS FREEDOM AGAINST ALL
ODDS.
REPORTING IN SAN ANTONIO,
HEATHER CELLS, CBN NEWS.
Pat: LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, THIS SHOWS WHY
YOU SHOULD REGISTER, WHY YOU
SHOULD VOTE, AND WHY YOU
SHOULDN'T BE ASLEEP.
YOU SEE, THOSE FOLKS WERE
ASLEEP.
7% OR 8% OF THEM WERE
VOTING.
THE CITY COUNCIL FIGURED
THEY COULD DO WHAT THEY WANT
TO DO.
THERE ARE ENOUGH CHRISTIANS
THERE, THAT I CAN SEE WHEN
THEY RISE UP, AND THEY'RE
GOING TO ON A THING LIKE
THIS -- THIS MEANS IF YOU
SPEAK OUT ABOUT YOUR DEEPLY
HELD RELIGIOUS BELIEFS,
THEY'LL PUT YOU IN JAIL.
THIS IS TERRIBLE.
YOU CAN'T HAVE THAT.
AND IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONALLY
VAGUE.
THE VAGUENESS, YOU DON'T
KNOW WHETHER UAR YOU'RE
BREAKING IT OR NOT.
THIS WHOLE THING IS
OUTRAGEOUS.
BUT THAT CITY COUNCIL SHOULD
BE REPLACED.
BUT HOW DO YOU DO IT?
YOU DO IT BY VOTING.
AND THEY COULD HAVE A RECALL
ELECTION AND SO FORTH, AND I
THINK THE CITY COUNCIL IS
GOING TO WAKE UP OUT OF
WORK.
IT SHOULD BE DONE, BUT IT
WILL ONLY BE DONE IF THE
CHRISTIAN PEOPLE REGISTER TO
VOTE, IF THEY'RE INFORMED.
YOU HAVE TO BE INFORMED.
AND I THINK THE CHURCHES ARE
A SLEEPING GIANT.
IT'S BEEN ASLEEP.
THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT
IT, THAT THE LARGE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE THAT CAN SWAY
ELECTIONS ARE FOUND WITHIN
THE WALLS OF THE CHURCHES.
BUT THEY'VE GOT TO GET OUT
OF THE PEWS AND OUT TO THE
BALLOT BOXES.
IF THEY DON'T DO IT, THEY'LL
TAKE WHAT THEY FIND.
WELL, WE'RE GOING TO SWITCH
FROM SAN ANTONIO, WHICH, BY
THE WAY IS A GORGEOUS,
WONDERFUL CITY.
Wendy: IT REALLY IS.
HAVE YOU BEEN DOWN THERE ON
THE BOARDWALK?
Pat: THE RIVERWALK.
IT IS LOVELY.
MY BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION WAS
IN A HOTEL DOWN THERE.
Wendy: THAT'S RIGHT.
Pat: I LOV-SAN A I
LOVE SAN ANTONIO.
AS I SAY, I'M AN HONO AN
HONORARY MEMBER, WHATEVER
THAT MEANS.
Wendy: THE SPIRIT IS
GOING TO RISE UP.
Pat: ABSOLUTELY.
NOW WE'VE GOT A SPIRIT THAT
IS NOT TOO PLEASANT, AND A
LOT OF IT IS GOING ON.
WOW!
Wendy: YOU GOT IT.
UP NEXT, SHE MARRIED AN NBA
PLAYER WHO CHEATED ON HER
DURING -- GET THIS -- THEIR
HONEYMOON.
HE SAID, SHE WAS A
STRANGER, A MAID IN A
HOTEL.
I THOUGHT, PEOPLE DO THAT?
I WAS SLEEPING WITH
POSSIBLY THREE TO FOUR WOMEN
SOME DAYS.
AND I STILL DIDN'T THINK
THAT WAS OUT OF THE NORM AT
THE TIME.
Wendy: WOW!
CAN THIS MARRIAGE BE SAVED?
FIND OUT WHEN WE COME BACK.
Pat: WELCOME BACK.
YOU'RE WATCHING "THE 700
CLUB."
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.
WINSTON BENNETT WAS DUBBED
MR. BASKETBALL.
BUFOR THE
BASKETBALL-PLAYING STATE OF
KENTUCKY IN 1983.
THE 6' 7" PLAYER WENT ON TO
PLAY WITH CLEVELAND.
BUT HIS MOST PROLIFIC PLAYS
DIDN'T HAPPEN ON THE COURT.
IT HAPPENED IN THE BEDROOM
WITH DOZENS AND DOZENS OF
WOMEN.
I WAS SLEEPING WITH
POSSIBLY THREE TO FOUR WOMEN
SOME DAYS.
AND I STILL DIDN'T THINK
THAT WAS OUT OF THE NORM AT
THE TIME.
Reporter: IT HAS BEEN
SAID THAT FAME COMES AT A
PRICE.
FOR NBA STAR WINSTON
BENNETT, IT FUELED AN
ADDICTION TO SEX.
IT STARTED IN HIGH SCHOOL.
HE GREW UP IN A CHRISTIAN
HOME AND KNEW WHAT HE WAS
DOING WAS WRONG, BUT IT DID
NOT DETER HIM.
THERE IS A HOLE IN ALL OF
US THAT HAS TO BE FILLED.
I FELT LIKE SEX WOULD
FULFILL THAT NEED THAT I SO
DEEPLY DESIRED, ONLY TO FIND
OUT THAT IT WASN'T
FULFILLING THAT NEED.
THE HOLE WAS STILL THERE.
Reporter: WINSTON WAS A
BASKETBALL STAR IN HIGH
SCHOOL AND WAS RECRUITED BY
THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY.
NOW IN THE SPOTLIGHT, HE GOT
ALL OF THE ATTENTION FROM
WOMEN HE WANTED, WHICH FED
HIS ADDICTION.
ONCE I REACHED COLLEGE,
THEN IT REALLY WENT TO A
WHOLE NEW LEVEL.
I FELT LIKE WE WERE ON A
CONCERT STAGE BECAUSE THERE
IS SO MUCH NOTORIETY AND
FAME AND EVERYTHING THAT
ATTACHES ITSELF TO THAT.
Reporter: WINSTON
ADMITS HE ENJOYED IT, BUT
SAYS THE THRILL WAS
SHORT-LIVED.
EVERY TIME I HAD SEX, I
WOULD GENERALLY GO AND BE
COMPLETELY SHELTERED,
COMPLETELY NON-SOCIAL.
SHUT MYSELF OFF IN THE ROOM,
AND LET DOWN THE CURTAINS
AND THE SHADES BECAUSE THEN
THE WHOLE GUILT AND THE
SHAME WOULD SET IN.
THAT WHOLE KNOWING THAT,
HEY, YOU'RE REAPPROACHING
AGAINST GOD AGAIN.
WHEN IS THIS
GOING
TO
STOP?
Reporter: THEN HE WENT
TO THE NBA'S CLEVELAND
CAVALIERS, AND HE MARRIED
PEGGY.
HE THOUGHT MARRIAGE WOULD
BRING AN END TO THIS
STRUGGLES, BUT IT DIDN'T.
JUST DAYS AFTER THEIR
WEDDING, HE HAD A ONE-NIGHT
STAND AND CONFESSED IT TO
HIS NEW WIFE.
THAT'S WHEN HE SAID, SHE
WAS A STRANGER, A MAID IN
THE HOTEL.
PIE THOUGHTI THOUGHT,
PEOPLE DO THAT?
THEY JUST HAVE SEX WITH
PEOPLE THEY DON'T KNOW, THAT
THEY'VE NEVER MET?
I WAS DEVASTATED.
IT WAS LIKE I HAD BEEN HIT
BY A TRAIN.
Reporter: IT WOULDN'T
BE THE LAST TIME.
WINSTON TRIED TO BE
FAITHFUL, BUT THE
TEMPTATIONS ON THE ROAD WERE
TOO MUCH FOR HIM.
I KNEW THAT I HAD
BIBLICAL GROUNDS TO DIVORCE
MY HUSBAND.
BUT WHAT I WANTED WHAT IS IT
THAT GOD WANTS ME TO DO?
IN THIS PROCESS, WINSTON
WOULD TELL ME THAT I DON'T
WANT TO DO THIS TO YOU.
I DON'T WANT TO HURT YOU.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO STOP.
I WISH I COULD DIE.
I WOULD SEE HIM CRYING OUT
TO GOD, ASKING GOD TO HELP
HIM.
SO I KNEW THROUGH A PERSON,
THE REAL WINSTON BENNETT, ON
THE INSIDE, LOCKED UP.
DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO GET OUT
FROM UNDERNEATH THE GARBAGE
THAT WAS INSIDE OF HIM.
Reporter: SOME FRIENDS
URGED PEGGY TO LEAVE, BUT
EACH TIME SHE FOUND THE
GRACE TO KEEP PRAYING FOR
WINSTON AND TO BELIEVE GOD.
I KNEW IT WAS GOD.
I KNEW IT WASN'T ME BECAUSE
I WOULD BE HURTING.
THIS WAS THE TYPE OF PAIN
THAT I WOULD NEVER WISH ON
ANYBODY, BUT YET GOD WOULD
GIVE ME COMPASSION, AND HE
WOULD SAY, JUST TRUST ME.
FORGIVE HIM AND TRUST ME TO
TURN HIM AROUND.
IT CAUSED ME TO TRUST GOD AT
A LEVEL I HAD NEVER TRUSTED
GOD BEFORE.
AFTER THE OCCURRENCE AND
FEELING THE GUILT AND SHAME
THAT WAS ALL A PART OF IT,
WAS THE REPENTANCE ASPECT.
BUT IT WAS NEVER A COMPLETE
TURNING AWAY.
IT WAS A TURNING AWAY FOR A
WHILE UNTIL I FELT THAT
EMOTION AGAIN.
Reporter: AFTER THREE
YEARS IN THE NBA, WINSTON'S
PLAYING CAREER ENDED DUE TO
INJURIES.
LATER, RICK PATINO HIRED HIM
AS AN ASSISTANT COACH, AND
TOOK WINSTON WITH HIM WHEN
HE WAS HIRED TO COACH THE
BOSTON CELTICS.
BUT HE SLEPT WITH A COLLEGE
STUDENT AND HE WAS FIRED.
I WAS RIGHT WHERE I
WANTED TO BE, AND THEN I
MAKE A HUMONGOUS
PROFESSIONAL MISTAKE AND
SPIRITUAL MISTAKE THAT
CAUSED ME MY JOB.
I FELT LIKE THE HOUSE OF
CARDS HAD ALL FALLEN DOWN
AND I WAS AT THE END OF MY
ROPE.
Reporter: PEGGY WAS
CRUSHED WHEN SHE FOUND OUT
AND TRIED TO KILL HERSELF.
I THOUGHT, GOD, I CAN'T
DO THIS ANYMORE.
SO I GOT IN THE CAR AND I
PROCEEDED TO DRIVE.
I GOT ON THE EXPRESSWAY, AND
I WOULD HEAR THE VOICE
SAYING PUSH THE PEDAL.
PUSH THE PEDAL.
GET THE CAR TO 90.
Reporter: PEGGY CALLED
HER PASTOR TO SAY GOOD-BYE.
I I WAS CRYING AND
SCREAMING, AND I WAS TELLING
HIM I WAS GETTING READY TO
END MY LIFE.
I COULD HEAR HIM ON THE
OTHER END PLEADING THE BLOOD
OF JESUS.
HE KEPT SAYING JESUS, AND
THE MORE HE SAID JESUS, I
COULD FEEL MY FOOT COMING
OFF THE PEDAL AND THE CAR
STRAIGHTENING UP.
Reporter: PEGGY AND
WINSTON SEPARATED.
AND THEN ONE DAY SHE HEARD A
CEREMONY AT HER CHURCH BY
DEMONIC STRONGHOLDS, AND
GAVE A COPY TO WINSTON.
AS THEY BEGAN TO REALLY
DEFINE WHAT THESE DEMONIC
FORCES ARE, EVEN WHEN IT
CAME TO SEX AND DRUGS, THE
TEARS BEGAN TO FLOW DOWN MY
FACE BECAUSE I FELT LIKE HE
WAS TALKING DIRECTLY ABOUT
MY SITUATION, ABOUT
WINSTON.
Reporter: LATER A
FRIEND ENCOURAGED HER TO
STUDY THE BOOK OF HOSEA IN
THE BIBLE.
GOD TOLD HOSEA TO MARRY
GOMER, WHO WAS A
PROSTITUTE.
GOD TOLD HOSEA TO LOVE HER.
IT SHOWED ME HOW GOD FELT
TOWARDS ISRAEL.
THE ADULTERY, ALL OF THE
THINGS THAT WE DO -- WE DO.
HE DOESN'T KICK US TO THE
CURB.
I KNEW WITHOUT A DOUBT,
THAT'S WHAT HE REALLY WAS
TELLING ME TO DO, FORGIVE,
TO LOVE, AS HOSEA DID.
Reporter: THE TURN OF
EVENTS WAS A WAKEUP CALL FOR
WINSTON, WHO FINALLY WENT
INTO COUNSELLING FOR HIS
ADDICTION.
IT ALLOWED ME TO LOOK AT
MYSELF DIFFERENTLY.
UP TO THIS POINT, I HADN'T
CONSIDERED MYSELF, NEITHER
DID I WANT T TO ACCEPT,
THAT I COULD POSSIBLY BE A
SEX ADDICT.
THERE WAS A DIFFERENT MODE
OF THINKING BY GOING INTO
THIS TREATMENT PROGRAM.
AND NOT ONLY FINDING MYSELF
AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT I WAS
DEALING WITH, BUT ALSO
GIVING ME THE TOOLS,
HOPEFULLY, TO HELP DEAL WITH
IT.
Reporter: AFTER MUCH
TIME PRAYING AND SEEKING
GOD, WINSTON FINALLY BEGAN
TO OVERCOME HIS ADDICTION.
THERE HAD TO BE A CHOICE
TO MAKE PUR PURSUING GOD IN
ALL CONSUMING PASSION.
THAT'S THE REAL TURNING
POINT FOR ME.
I'M IN AWE AT WHAT GOD
HAS DONE IN WINSTON.
Reporter: PEGGY SAYS
SHE GIVES GOD ALL OF THE
CREDIT FOR SAVING THEIR
MARRIAGE.
OUR MARRIAGE WOULD NOT BE
WHERE IT IS TODAY IF GOD
WERE NOT IN THE CENTER.
HE IS OUR MARRIAGE.
HE IS THE CAPTAIN OF THIS
SHIP.
SOMETIMES IT IS NOT EASY TO
SHOW PEOPLE THAT WITH PAIN
AND LOVE, BUT THAT'S WHAT
GOD DOES FOR US.
Reporter: TODAY WINSTON
SPEAKS TO MEN ABOUT
OVERCOMING SEX ADDICTION.
I HAD TO SEE MY HUSBAND
IN THE EYESIGHT OF GOD, HOW
GOD SAW HIM.
AND NOW IT'S LIKE IT'S
UNDESCRIBABLE.
I CAN SMILE.
I HAVE JOY AND PEACE.
THE LOVE THAT WE SHARE NOW
IS BETTER THAN IT HAS EVER
BEEN.
THIS IS THE KIND OF LOVE
THAT GOD WAS WANTING US TO
HAVE.
Pat: THE SPIRIT OF THE
LORD IS UPON ME, JESUS SAID,
BECAUSE HE HAS ANOINTED ME
TO SET THE CAPTIVES FREE.
SET THE CAPTIVES FREE.
THERE WERE MANY OTHER THINGS
HE WAS ANOINTED TO DO,
DELIVER THOSE FROM DARKNESS,
DELIVER THOSE FROM
CAPTIVITY.
YOU SEE, THERE ARE PEOPLE IN
OUR SOCIETY WHO ARE
LITERALLY CAPTIVE.
SOME ARE CAPTIVE TO THEIR
OWN LUST, AND YOU SAY IT IS
THEIR FAULT.
THERE ARE OTHERS WHO ARE
CAPTIVE TO THE DEMONIC
SPIRITS.
THERE ARE DEMONS ARE HATRED,
THERE ARE DEMONS OF SUICIDE,
THERE ARE DEMONS WHO DESTROY
PEOPLE.
ANOREXIA CAN HAVE A DEMONIC
HOLD.
NOT EVERYTHING THAT COMES
OUT OF YOUR BODY IS FROM A
DEMON, BUT NEVERTHELESS, YOU
HAVE TO HAVE DISCERNMENT TO
KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.
IN THE CASE OF WINSTON, HE
HAD AN UNDERSTANDING WIFE.
I MET A WOMAN ONCE, WHO WAS
A MISSIONARY, BUT HER
HUSBAND WAS A GODLY MAN, AND
HE WANTED TO SET FREE A
WOMAN WHO WAS LIKE A WITCH
IN THIS PAGAN CULTURE.
HE BEGAN TO MINISTER TO HER,
AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE
DEMONIC SPIRIT THAT CAME
UPON HER SEIZED HIM, AND HE
WASN'T ABLE.
I SAID TO THIS WOMAN, I
SAID, LISTEN, YOUR HUSBAND
HAS BEEN TAKEN CAPTIVE, LIKE
HE HAS BEEN CAPTIVE BY
PIRATES OR KIDNAPPERS AND
PUT INTO BONDAGE.
YOU'VE GOT TO PRAY TO GET
HIM FREE.
STOP BEING HURT, AND HE DID
THIS TO YOU.
PEGGY WAS RIGHT ABOUT THAT.
SHE DIDN'T VIEW IT AS
SOMETHING THAT HAD BEEN DONE
TO HER.
BUT SHE BEGAN TO REALIZE
WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS IN WIN
WINSTON'S LIFE.
AND GOD BLESS HER, SHE DID
THE RIGHT THING.
IF YOU'RE WATCHING THIS
PROGRAM AND YOU'VE GOT THIS
PROBLEM, YOU CAN'T JUST TAKE
CARE OF IT ON YOUR OWN.
YOU'VE GOT TO COME TO
JESUS.
YOU'VE GOT TO COME TO THE
BIBLE.
YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE
COUNSELLING.
AND IN CERTAIN CASES, YOU
HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE COME WHO
KNOW HOW TO SET PEOPLE FREE
FROM DEMONIC INFLUENCES.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS
DEMONIC.
IT COULD JUST BE YOUR OWN
LUST.
IT COULD BE SOMETHING BOWER
YOUR HORMONES, IT COULD BE A
LOT OF THINGS.
WHATEVER IT IS, FIRST OF
ALL, JESUS FORGIVES YOU.
SECONDLY, HE WANTS YOU
FREE.
HE CAME TO SET THE CAPTIVES
FREE.
THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS
UPON ME BECAUSE HE HAS
ANOINTED ME TO SET THE
CAPTIVES FREE.
AND IF YOU'RE A CAPTIVE, IT
COULD BE GLUT NE BE
GLUTENY, IT COULD BE
ALCOHOL, IT COULD BE
DRUGS -- WHATEVER HAS GOT
YOU, RIGHT NOW I'M GOING TO
PRAY FOR YOU AND ASK GOD TO
SET YOU FREE.
WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME AND
ASK HIM -- ASK HIM, SET ME
FREE.
BOW YOUR HEAD AND PRAY WITH
ME.
LORD, JESUS CHRIST -- THAT'S
RIGHT, PRAY THAT.
LORD, JESUS CHRIST, YOU KNOW
WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME.
YOU KNOW THE URGES.
YOU KNOW WHAT COMES UPON
ME.
AND I ASK NOW, JESUS, THAT
YOU MIGHT SET ME FREE.
COME, LORD JESUS, INTO MY
LIFE.
DELIVER ME.
AMERICAN AT THIS TIMAND AT
THIS TIME, I REBUKE
SPIRITUAL FORCES THAT WOULD
DESTROY ME AND TAKE ME AWAY
FROM GOD.
SATAN, I COMMAND YOU TO
LOOSEN ME AND TO LEAVE ME.
I BIND YOU AND THE FORCES OF
EVIL.
AND, HEAVENLY FATHER, I PRAY
NOW THAT YOU MIGHT FILL ME
TO OVERFLOWING WITH YOUR
SPIRIT, AND MAKE ME PART OF
YOUR HEAVENLY KINGDOM.
THANK YOU, LORD.
IN JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
NOW, I'VE GOT SOMETHING I
THINK YOU MIGHT FIND
HELPFUL.
THERE IS SOMETHING CALLED
"TRAPPED IN TEMPTATION."
THIS IS A LITTLE, SHORT
BOOK, BUT I'LL GIVE IT TO
YOU IF YOU WANT IT.
"TRAPPED IN TEMPTATION."
AND WE'VE GOT SOMETHING FOR
SOMEBODY WHO JUST FOUND THE
LORD CALLED "A NEW DAY."
IT IS 72 MINUTES OF
CONCENTRATED TEACHINGS ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU.
I WANT YOU RIGHT NOW TO GO
TO YOUR TELEPHONES AND CALL
IN.
IT IS 1-800-759-0700.
JUST SAY, I PRAYED WITH PAT
AND I WANT TO DECLARE I'M
FREE.
CALL RIGHT NOW, AND MAKE A
DECLARATION I AM FREE OF
LUST, I AM FREE OF ALCOHOL,
I AM FREE OF DRUGS.
I AM DECLARING FROM THIS
MOMENT ON I'M FREE.
GO TO YOUR PHONE.
SOMEBODY ON THE OTHER END IS
SOMEONE WHO LOVES YOU AND
WILL BE GLAD TO PRAY WITH
YOU.
QUICKLY.
WE'VE GOT PHONES.
IF FOR ANY REASON THEY'RE
BUSY, THEY'LL BE FREE SOON.
WE'VE GOT A WHOLE LOT OF
PHONES IN NASHVILLE AND
HERE.
NOW WE GO TO WENDY.
Wendy: STILL AHEAD,
YOU'LL MEET A FORMER AIR
FORCE INTELLIGENCE OFFICER
AND HEAR THE SECRET THAT
DROVE HER TO ATTEMPT SUICIDE
TWICE.
WELCOME BACK TO
WASHINGTON FOR THIS CBN NEWS
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IT IS THE LATEST ROUND IN
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BRAZIL'S READY HAS CANCELLED
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NEXT MONTH OVER REVELATIONS
THAT THE N.S.A. SPIED ON THE
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HER DECISION IS THE LATEST
FALLOUT OVER THE N.S.A.
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PAT AND WENDY WILL BE BACK
WITH MORE OF "THE 700 CLUB"
RIGHT AFTER THIS.
Wendy: IN THE EARLY
1980s, BELINDA MOSS BECAME
AN INTELLIGENCE OFFICER IN
THE AIR FORCE, BUT THE
SECRET SHE KEPT BEST WAS THE
ONE ABOUT HERSELF.
TAKE A LOOK.
Reporter: BELINA MOSS
IS A RESPECTED PASTOR, AND A
RETIRED AIR FORCE OFFICER.
BUT FOR DECADES, SHE WAS
HIDING A SECRET.
SHE SUFFERED FROM SEVERE
DEPRESSION.
GETTING PROFESSIONAL HELP
WOULD COST HER, HER MILITARY
CAREER, SO SHE DIDN'T PURSUE
IT.
SHE FELT SO HOPELESS, SHE
FELT THAT SUICIDE WAS HER
ONLY WAY OUT.
Wendy: PLEASE WELCOME
TO "THE 700 CLUB,"
DR. BELINDA MOSS.
GREAT TO BE HERE, WENDY.
THANK YOU.
Wendy: YOU SUFFERED FOR
DEPRESSION FOR MORE THAN 20
YEARS.
WHY DIDN'T YOU REACH OUT FOR
HELP?
I DIDN'T REACH OUT FOR
HELP, NUMBER ONE, BECAUSE I
WAS IN THE MILITARY.
AND I HAD A SUPER HIGH
CLEARANCE.
AND AT THAT TIME, YOU
COULDN'T TELL ANYBODY ABOUT
THINGS LIKE THAT BECAUSE I
TOOK THE CHANCE OF HAVING MY
CLEARANCE PULLED.
I WAS A SINGLE PARENT.
I DIDN'T WANT MY LIVELIHOOD
TO BE TAKEN AWAY FROM ME, SO
I KEPT IT SECRET.
WHICH WAS THE WORST MISTAKE
I EVER MADE BECAUSE I
BOTTLED IT UP.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I
SAY, IT IS A MICROCOSEM OF
SOCIETY.
THE FACT I WAS IN THE
MILITARY DIDN'T MAKE ME
STRONG.
Wendy: HOW DID YOU
DEPRESSION MANIFEST ITSELF?
AS A YOUNG GIRL, I HAD
PROBLEMS WITH SELF-ESTEEM.
I HAD PROBLEMS WITH
ACCEPTANCE AND REJECTION AND
DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I INTERNALIZED A LOT OF
THE FEELINGS I WAS HAVING.
SO WHEN I GREW UP, THOSE
THINGS NEVER GOT DEALT
WITH.
I ALWAYS CALL IT DEALING
WITH YOUR STUFF.
SO AS I GREW UP, IT STAYED
WITH ME, AND I INTERNALIZED
MORE AND INTERNALIZED MORE.
I HAD THOUGHTS ABOUT NOT
MAKING IT.
THOUGHTS ABOUT THE WAY I
LOOKED.
Wendy: YOU WERE AN
ORDAINED MINISTER, AND YOU
SAID YOU WOULD GO PREACH AND
PEOPLE WOULD GET SET FREE,
AND YOU WOULD GO BACK TO
YOUR HOTEL ROOM AND BE IN
THE FETAL POSITION.
I FED OTHERS THE WORD OF
GOD, BUT I DID NOT FEED
MYSELF THE WORD OF GOD.
I WAS ABLE TO GO OUT THERE
BECAUSE THAT'S MY GIFT.
Wendy: WHEN YOU'RE
PREACHING AND GIVING OUT,
YOU WOULD THINK YOU'RE ALSO
GIVING THAT TO YOURSELF, BUT
PERHAPS NOT?
NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE
YOU KNOW HOW SOMETIMES YOU
CAN PRAY, AND YOUR MIND CAN
BE SO FAR AWAY.
YOU LEARN TO PARACLEAT
STUFF.
THE ANOINTING WAS ON ME, TO
ADMINISTER TO PEOPLE, BUT I
DIDN'T TAKE THAT WORD AND
FEED ON IT MYSELF.
THE WORD PROVIDES
NOURISHMENT, BUT I DIDN'T
ALLOW IT TO DO THAT FOR ME.
Wendy: SO YOU CAN PRAY
FOR SOMEONE ELSE AND THEY
GET SET FREE, BUT YOU'RE
STILL FEELING TERRIBLE.
RIGHT.
AND DEPRESSION IS A
PREOCCUPATION WITH
YOURSELF.
I WAS SO PREOCCUPIED WITH MY
THOUGHTS.
I WAS SO PREOCCUPIED, WHAT
ABOUT ME?
WHEN IS MY TIME?
SO I NEVER GOT HOLD OF
GETTING THIS MIND RENEWED TO
THE WORD OF GOD.
I KEEP GOING BACK TO THAT
BECAUSE I FOUND OUT THAT
YOUR LIFE GOES IN THE
DIRECTION OF YOUR DOMINANT
THOUGHT.
SO IF YOUR THOUGHTS ARE ALL
THE TIME ON WHAT ABOUT ME?
HOW CAN I MAKE IT?
AND NOW ON WHAT GOD HAS DONE
FOR YOU, WHAT CHRIST HAS
PROCURED FOR US, YOU CAN
FIND YOURSELF LIVING FROM
THE OUTSIDE, INSTEAD OF
LIVING FROM THE INSIDE.
THAT'S WHERE I MADE THE
MISTAKE.
I DID NOT FEED ON THE VERY
THING GOD PLACED ON THIS
EARTH FOR US, THE WORD OF
GOD, TO NOURISH ME AND
PROVIDE THE SENSE OF JOY AND
SATISFACTION.
SO I WAS HURTING.
Wendy: YOU WERE HURTING
SO YOU ALMOST TOOK YOUR LIFE
TWICE.
I SURE DID.
Wendy: WE DON'T HAVE
TIME TO GET INTO ALL OF
THAT, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS
YOU DIDN'T, THANK GOD.
CORRECT.
Wendy: BUT WHAT WAS THE
TURNING POINT WHERE YOU
REALLY BROKE FREE?
LET ME SAY THIS QUICKLY
ABOUT THIS .357 MAGNUM -- I
USED TO SAY LIFE WAS A B-52,
AT THAT TIME IT WAS THE
LARGEST BOMBER IN THE AIR
FORCE.
AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE
ONLY WAY OUT.
AND I WROTE IT IN THE BOOK,
THAT THE TRIGGER DIDN'T GO
OFF, OR I CHEC CHICKENED
OUT, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY
BE.
THE THING THAT GOT ME FREE,
I AM MARRIED TO THE MOST
WONDERFUL MAN ON THE
PLANET.
WHEN HE SAW THOSE EPISODES
OF DEPRESSION, HE SAID TO
ME, YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING
ABOUT THAT.
YOU NEED TO PRAY OR DO
SOMETHING.
YOU SAID YOU'RE WALKING
AROUND LIKE THAT.
Wendy: HE SAID YOU'RE
NOT BELIEVING WHAT YOU'RE
PREACHING.
HE CALLED ME A
HYPOCRITE --
Wendy: AND IT MADE YOU
MAD.
IT MADE ME MAD.
HE SAYS, YOU NEED TO GO
UPSTAIRS AND PRAY.
SO I WENT UPSTAIRS OUT OF
ANGER BECAUSE HE WOULDN'T
HAVE A PITY PARTY WITH ME.
SO I WENT UPSTAIRS, AND I
STARTED PRAYING IN THE HOLY
GHOST.
NOW, WHEN I FIRST STARTED
PRAYING, PUTT, PUTT --
BECAUSE THAT BLACK CLOUD WAS
SO HEAVY ON ME.
I STARTED BELIEVING THE
SCRIPTURE THAT BUILD UP
YOURSELF PRAYING IN THE
SPIRIT.
AND ISAIAH 28 TALKS ABOUT
THE STAMMERING LIPS ARE
REFRESHING AND IT GIVES US
REST.
SO, WENDY, I PRAYED IN THE
HOLY GHOST.
MAYBE THE FIRST WEEK I
DIDN'T FEEL ANYTHING, BUT I
WANTED TO BE DELIVERED SO IT
WASN'T ABOUT A FEELING.
I KNEW I DIDN'T WANT TO FEEL
LIKE I FELT WITH THAT
DEPRESSION.
SO I KEPT PRAYING, I KEPT
PRAYING, AND I KEPT
PRAYINGMENT SO AFTER
PRAYING.
SO AFTER A MONTH IT GOT
BETTER, AND ANOTHER MONTH,
IT GOT BETTER.
AND THEN I SATURATED MYSELF
IN THE WORD OF GOD.
JESUS HIMSELF LIVES ON THE
INSIDE OF ME.
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS THE FULL
GOD LIVES IN US.
I'VE GOT ALL OF THAT POWER
AND I'M GOING TO ALLOW A
SPIRIT OF DEPRESSION TO KEEP
ME DOWN?
SO THE FIRST THING I DID WAS
PRAYED IN THE HOLY GHOST.
Wendy: AND YOU SAID
SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT IN
THE BOOK.
YOU SAID, WE DON'T MANAGE
DEPRESSION.
WE MUST ANNIHILATE
DEPRESSION.
YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY
ANNIHILATE DEPRESSION.
AND YOU KNOW HOW I KNOW
THAT?
BECAUSE JESUS TOOK THAT ON
THE CROSS.
AND THIS IS WHAT I TELL THE
MILITARY AS WELL.
WE DON'T HAVE THE TREATMENT
THAT WE HAVE.
IF YOU READ ALL OF THE
DOCUMENTS ON DEPRESSION, YOU
WILL FIND OUT THAT THE ONLY
THING IT SAYS IS WE CAN
TREAT IT, BUT IT IS A 50%
RECURRENCE RATE.
AND THE HIGHEST POPULATION
NOW FOR ANTIDEPRESSANTS --
THIS IS GOING TO BLOW YOUR
MIND -- 50% INCREASE SINCE
1991, AND THEY'RE
PRE-SCHOOLERS.
Wendy: I READ THAT IN
YOUR BOOK.
THIS IS CALLED "DEPRESSION
EXPOSED, THE SPIRITUAL
ENLIGHTENMENT ON A DARK
SUBJECT."
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
WRITING THIS BOOK.
IT IS GOING TO SET PEOPLE
FREE ALL OVER THE WORLD.
IT IS WHERE BOOKS ARE SOLD,
RIGHT?
THEY CAN GET IT ON LINE,
amazon.com, AND THEY CAN
GET IT AT OUR CHURCH
WEBSITE, AND I THINK THAT
WILL BE UP ON THE SCREEN.
Wendy: DR. BELINDA
MOSS, GOD BLESS YOU.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
Wendy: OVER TO PAT --
UP NEXT, WE'LL BRING IT ON
WITH YOUR E-MAIL QUESTIONS.
MARGIE ASKS, "IS IT OKAY FOR
FOR A CHRISTIAN TO REVEAL
ANGER, OR IS IT WRONG TO
RAISE YOUR VOICE AND
DEMONSTRATE YOUR
FRUSTRATION."
PAT TACKLES THIS QUESTION
AND MUCH MORE WHEN WE COME
BACK.
Pat: YOU'RE GOING TO BE
ABLE TO GET THAT PREMIUM ON
FRIDAY OF THIS WEEK.
AND THEY'LL TELL YOU HOW TO
GET IT.
I WAS THERE IN THE
MULTIPLIES, AND YOU
MOUNTAINS, AND I WAS UP ON
THE MOUNTAIN WITH SCOTT
ROSS, ANSWERING ALL OF THOSE
QUESTIONS YOU ARE ASKING.
SO YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS
IT.
WE SURVEYED, IF YOU COULD
ASK GOD ONE QUESTION, WHAT
WOULD IT BE?
AND WE TOOK THE TOP 10 OR
TOP 20 AND ANSWERED THEM.
Wendy: WHAT ABOUT YOU,
IF YOU HAD ONE QUESTION,
WHAT WOULD YOU WANT TO ASK
GOD?
I'LL PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.
Pat: RIGHT NOW I'LL
HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT.
Wendy: I'LL GET BACK TO
YOU.
I DON'T KNOW, EITHER, SO
DON'T FEEL BAD.
THINKING OF QUESTIONS,
MARGIE WANTS TO KNOW, "IS IT
OKAY TO REVEAL ANGER.
IS IT WRONG TO RAISE YOUR
VOICE AND DEMONSTRATE YOUR
FRUSTRATION THROUGH ANGER?"
Pat: THE BIBLE SAYS BE
ANGRY BUT DON'T SIN.
AND DON'T LET THE SUN GO DO
YOU THINK ON YOUR WRATH.
THE BIGGEST THING IS DON'T
GO TO BED ANGRY.
GET IT ALL OUT OF THE WAY.
BUT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE
EXPLODE AND THEY GET MAD.
JESUS GOT ANGRY.
BUT WHEN HE WAS ANGRY, IT
WAS BECAUSE OF PEOPLE'S
INSENSITIVITY.
IT WAS BECAUSE OF CRUELTY
AND BLINDNESS TOWARDS GOD.
HE WASN'T ANGRY BECAUSE
SOMEBODY STEPPED ON HIS
TOE.
Wendy: IT WAS RIGHTEOUS
ANGER.
Pat: RIGHTEOUS ANGER.
AND THAT'S THE KIND YOU CAN
HAVE.
BUT I THINK WE'RE SUPPOSED
TO LET PEOPLE BEAT US UP.
DON'T TRY TO JUSTIFY
YOURSELF.
LIVE IN PEACE WITH ALL
MEN -- YOU CAN GO THROUGH
THE SCRIPTURES AND WE'RE
SUPPOSED TO BE PEACEFUL AND
PEACE-LOVING.
AND HE ALSO SAID IF SOMEBODY
HITS YOU ON ONE CHEEK, TURN
THE OTHER ONE.
I THINK THE IDEA IS YOU
DON'T TRY TO JUSTIFY
YOURSELF.
BUT ANGER, YES, IT IS
NATURAL, BUT PLEASE LET IT
BE RIGHTEOUS.
Wendy: "DOES GOD PUNISH
OR DO WE SIMPLY DEAL WITH
THE CONSEQUENCES IN LIFE?"
Pat: IT IS HARD TO SAY
WHICH IS WHICH.
BUT HE HAS BUILT INTO THE
UNIVERSE CONSEQUENCES OF
ACTIONS.
IF, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU STAND
ON A 10-STORY BUILDING AND
YOU SAY I AM GOING TO FLY
BECAUSE I'M SUPERMAN, THE
LAW OF GRAVITY WILL TAKE YOU
TO THE BOTTOM AND YOU WILL
BECOME LIKE A PANCAKE AND
YOU WILL AND DEAD.
DID GOD DO THAT TO YOU?
WELL, GOD SET THE LAWS IN
THE UNIVERSE, AND YOU
VIOLATED THOSE LAWS.
I WAS READING THE OTHER DAY
ABOUT DAVID, AND DAVID SAID
THROW CONFUSION INTO THE
COUNCIL OF HIDAFEL, AND HE
GAVE ABSLON INCREDIBLY GOOD
COUNSEL.
AND ABSLON DIDN'T TAKE THE
COUNSEL BECAUSE GOD WAS
DETERMINED HE WAS GOING TO
KILL ABSLON.
HE DID SOMETHING WRONG AND
HE WAS GOING TO PUT HIM
DOWN.
Wendy: GOD'S WRATH IS
DEFINITELY IN THE BIBLE.
Pat: IT IS E IN THE
BIBLE.
HE DOES PUNISH PEOPLE, BUT
HIS LAWS WILL ALSO PUNISH
PEOPLE.
Wendy: TERESA SAYS, "I
HAVE AN 8-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO
RUNS TO HIS FATHER AND TELLS
HIM THINGS THAT ARE
HAPPENING AT OUR HOUSE.
OUR SON DOES THIS ALL OF THE
TIME, HE PITCHES TEMPER
TANTRUMS.
HE IS MOUTHY AND BELLIGERENT
ABOUT DOING HOMEWORK AND
OTHER THINGS.
I'M AT MY WITS END WITH NO
SUPPORT SYSTEM.
WHAT SHOULD I DO?"
Pat: THIS IS THE REASON
THAT GOD SAYS HE HATES
DIVORCE.
A LITTLE BOY NEEDS A
FATHER.
IF HE HAD A FATHER TELLING
HIM, LISTEN, KID, SHUT UP.
HE WOULD SAY, YES, SIR.
BECAUSE HE WANTS TO HAVE A
FATHER.
LITTLE BOYS WANT TO LOOK UP
TO THEIR DADDIES.
AND YOU'RE THE MOTHER.
AND SO HE THINKS THAT THE
FATHER HAS DISRESPECTED YOU,
AND HE THINKS HE CAN
DISRESPECT YOU.
ALL I CAN SAY IS YOU'VE GOT
TO GET A FATHER FIGURE IN
THE MIX SOMEHOW.
YOU'VE GOT TO GET A PASTOR,
A YOUTH LEADER, OR SOMEBODY,
THAT LITTLE KID CAN IDENTIFY
WITH, AND TELL HIM TO STOP
LYING AND MAKE HIM BEHAVE.
IT IS LIKE SPITTING IN THE
WIND.
IT IS NOT A GOOD THING.
YOU'RE GOING UPSTREAM, AND
THE MORE YOU TRY TO
DISCIPLINE HIM, THE WORSE HE
IS GOING TO GET.
GET SOMEBODY -- GET HIM INTO
A YOUTH GROUP, SOME PLACE
WITH A COACH.
A MALE FIGURE, THAT'S WHAT
HE HAS GOT TO HAVE.
Wendy: YULEE WANTS TO
KNOW, "I WAS BAPTIZED IN THE
HOLY SPIRIT THREE TIMES, AND
MY WIFE ALWAYS QUITS GOING
WITH ME.
I PLAY ON SPORTS TEAMS, AND
SHE DOESN'T WANT TO GO
BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T WANT TO
WORSHIP WITHOUT ME.
SHE WAS HURT MANY YEARS AGO
BY A CHURCH WHO KICKED THEM
OUT FOR DANCING.
THE PROBLEM IS OTHER KIDS
WERE DANCING AND THEY DIDN'T
GET KICKED OUT.
I'M FEELING SEPARATED FROM
GOD.
WHAT SHOULD I DO?"
Pat: I WANT YOU TO KNOW
A GREAT MISSIONARY SAID,
REVEREND, ISN'T IT AWFUL IF
THEY GET T TO HEAVEN AND
THEY DANCE?
AND HE SAID, I DON'T THINK
THEY'LL GET TO HEAVEN UNLESS
THEY DANCE.
SO SHE HAD A BAD
EXPERIENCE.
EVERYBODY HAS HAD A BAD
EXPERIENCE.
SHE HAS GOT TO LEARN
FORGIVENESS.
O DDO THE BEST YOU CAN.
TOMORROW WE'VE GOT ONE OF
MOST FASCINATING LADIES,
CRISTINA.
AND TODAY WE LEAVE YOU WITH
THESE WORDS FROM THE PSALMS
147: "HE HEALS THE
BROKENHEARTED AND BINDS UP
THEIR WOUNDS."
I HAVE A DEEP APPRECIATION
FOR MY LOVELY COHOST,
WENDY.
Wendy: THANK
YOU,
SIR.
GOD BLESS YOU.
Pat: BYE-BYE.