Actor and director Corbin Bernsen discusses the footprint of faith he experienced from his mother. Plus, Michael's disadvantaged childhood ushered him into a life of crime and incarceration.
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FROM THE LEAD SINGER OF
THE GROUP KANSAS --
* SHE'S OUT COLD IN A
WAITING ROOM, FRIGHTENED AND
ALL ALONE *
Wendy: THE HIT SONG
WITH AN UNEXPECTED TWIST.
* YOU'LL GROW UP TO SEEK MY
NAME *
Wendy: PLUS...
I'M OFTEN ASKED THAT
QUESTION: WHEN DID I BEGIN
TO BELIEVE.
Wendy: WE'LL GO BEHIND
THE HEAVENS WITH WRITER AND
DIRECTOR CORBIN BURNSTEIN ON
TODAY'S "700 CLUB."
*
Pat: WELCOME, LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN, TO THIS
EDITION OF "THE 700 CLUB."
I'VE GOT A SHOCK FOR YOU
TODAY.
I KNOW WENDY IS HERE, AND
SHE'LL BE SHOCKED.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES DOES NOT KEEP HIS
WORD.
Wendy: H'MMM.
Pat: DOESN'T THAT SHOCK
YOU?
Wendy: ACTUALLY, WE'VE
HEARD THAT BEFORE ON THIS
SHOW.
Pat: HE SAID OVER AND
OVER AGAIN, IF YOU LIKE YOUR
HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN, YOU
CAN KEEP IT.
HA-HA.
BUT IT WAS ALREADY IN THE
FINE PRINT OF THE LAW THAT
THAT ISN'T TRUE.
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE
FINDING OUT ABOUT IT NOW
BECAUSE THEY'RE LOSING THEIR
INSURANCE.
THANKS TO THE NEW HEALTH
CARE LAW.
Wendy: YEAH.
AND WITH OBAMACARE WEBSITES
NOT WORKING, THE WHITE HOUSE
IS NOW GIVING PEOPLE EXTRA
TIME TO SIGN UP FOR NEW
INSURANCE PLANS.
EPHRAIM GRAHAM HAS THE
LATEST.
Reporter: A GRACE
PERIOD FOR AMERICANS TO SIGN
UP FOR OBAMACARE.
MONDAY THE WHITE HOUSE
GRANTED A SIX-WEEK
EXTENSION, PUSHING THE
DEADLINE FOR UNINSURED
AMERICANS TO SIGN UP FOR
COVERAGE TO MARCH 31ST.
BUT LAWMAKERS FROM BOTH
PARTIES SAY THAT IS NOT
ENOUGH.
REPUBLICANS, AND EVEN SOME
DEMOCRATS NOW, ARE CALLING
FOR A ONE-YEAR DELAY IN
PENALTIES, COULD FACE.
THERE SHOULD BE A
SUSPENSION BECAUSE THERE ARE
TOO MANY PROBLEMS, NOT ONLY
WITH THE ENROLL.
, BUT WITH THE MANDATE, THE
TAXES, THE FEES, AND THE
PENALTY.
Reporter: MEANWHILE A
NEW REPORT FROM NBC NEWS
SAYS THE STATES PRESIDENT
KNEW AHEAD OF TIME THAT
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WOULD
LOSE THEIR CURRENT INSURANCE
COVERAGE.
IN 2009, THE PRESIDENT
PROMISED, IF YOU LIKE YOUR
HEALTH CARE, YOU CAN KEEP
IT.
BUT NBC SHOWS THAT EVEN
OBAMACARE REGULATIONS ADMIT
THAT 40% TO 60% OF COSTUMERS
WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO KEEP
THEIR POLICIES.
JOHN PERASKO TOLD AMERICANS
THAT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE
DISCOVERING WHAT THE
PRESIDENT PROMISED ISN'T
TRUE.
THE PRESIDENT MADE
PROMISES THIS WILL BE
CHEAPER THAN YOU YOUR CELL
PHONE BILL AND YOU COULD
KEEP YOUR DOCTOR.
PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY
ARE SEEING THAT IS NOT
TRUE.
Reporter: ESTIMATES OF
WHO COULD LOSE THEIR
INSURANCE RANGE FROM SEVEN
MILLION TO 16 MILLION.
AS AMERICANS ARE FINDING
OUT PREMIUMS ARE HIGHER THAN
PROMISED, YOU'LL SEE MORE
AND MORE DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS CALLING FOR
DELAYS AND REPEALS.
Reporter: LAWMAKERS VOW
TO CONTINUE PRESSING THE
WHITE HOUSE FOR EXTENSIONS.
BUT MILLIONS OF INSURED
AMERICANS SHOULD EXPECT TO
GET LETTERS IN THE MAIL
ABOUT PREMIUMS GOING UP.
OR THEIR COVERAGE BEING
CANCELLED ALL TOGETHER.
EPHRAIM GRAHAM, CBN NEWS.
Pat: WENDY, YOU WOULD
EXPECT A CAR SALESMAN TO
HYPE A CAR.
OH, IT IS A REOWNED BEAUTY,
AND IT HAS ONLY BEEN DRIVEN
BY AN OLD MINISTER TO CHURCH
AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.
AND THEY LIE.
BUT YOU EXPECT THEM TO LIE.
THAT'S HYPE.
YOU DON'T EXPECT THE
PRESIDENT TO DO IT.
HE SAID IT OVER AND OVER
AGAIN, IF YOU LIKE YOUR
HEALTH CARE, YOU CAN KEEP
IT.
DO YOU REMEMBER?
Wendy: I SURE DO.
MAYBE HE ACTUALLY THOUGHT HE
WAS TELLING THE TRUTH AT
THAT TIME, BUT NOW IT HAS
GOTTEN OUT OF TIME --
Pat: BUT THE WRITTEN
LAW MADE IT CLEAR THAT IT
COULDN'T HAPPEN.
THAT'S WHAT NBC NEWS IS
BRINGING OUT, IT WAS THERE,
SET IN STONE ALREADY.
SO EITHER (A) HE CAN'T READ,
AND THAT'S A TERRIBLE
THING.
OR HE DOESN'T TELL THE
TRUTH, AND THAT'S AN EQUAL
TERRIBLE THING.
IT'S A SHAME.
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO TRUST
YOUR LEADERS.
Wendy: WITH SEVEN
MILLION PEOPLE POSSIBLY
LOSING THEIR INSURANCE, IT
IS HAVING THE EXACT OPPOSITE
EFFECT THE PRESIDENT WANTED
IT TO HAVE.
Pat: I DON'T KNOW WHAT
HE WANTED.
WHAT HE WANTED TO DO WAS
HAVE A GIANT, SOCIALISTIC,
EUROPEAN-STYLE GOVERNMENT
TAKE OVER OF A MAJOR PORTION
OF OUR ECONOMY.
THAT'S WHAT HE WANTED.
HE DIDN'T CARE IF IT WORKED
OR DIDN'T WORK.
WHAT HE CARED WAS THE POWER
GRAB TOOK PLACE AND THE
BUREAUCRATS TOOK CONTROL.
WELL, IT IS LIKE THE DOG WHO
CAUGHT THE BUS.
HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO
ONCE HE GOT IT.
AND NOW THE THING IS BLOWING
UP IN THEIR FACE.
SWITCHING TO SOMETHING THAT
REALLY WAS BEYOND THE
CONTROL OF PEOPLE, PEOPLE ON
THE EAST COAST ARE MARKING
THE ANNIVERSARY OF A MAJOR
NATURAL DISASTER.
JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT STORY
FROM WASHINGTON.
HERE'S JOHN.
Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT,
PAT, TODAY MARKS ONE YEAR
SINCE SUPERSTORM SANDY HIT
THE EAST COAST, KILLING
DOZENS OF PEOPLE AND CAUSING
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN
DAMAGE.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE
FRUSTRATED AND STILL
BATTLING WITH INSURANCE
COMPANIES FOR MONEY TO
REBUILD THEIR HOMES.
I STILL HAVE PAPERWORK.
YOU SUBMIT THIS AND THAT,
AND THEN BY THE END, THEY
JUST TELL YOU YOU DON'T
QUALIFY FOR WHATEVER
REASON.
WE'RE USING OUR SAVINGS
AND RETIREMENT.
Reporter: FOR MANY
TODAY WILL BE A DAY OF
HEALING AND REMEMBRANCE.
SOME PLAN TO LIGHT UP PARTS
OF THE SHORE CANDLES, WHILE
PEOPLE AL ALONG THE JERSEY
SHORE WILL SHINE
FLASHLIGHTS.
AT LEAST 15 PEOPLE ARE DEAD
FOLLOWING A BRUTAL STORM
THAT SWEPT ACROSS BRITAIN
AND WESTERN EUROPE ON
MONDAY.
IT IS CALLED THE ST. JUDE
STORM AND IT IS ONE OF THE
WORSE IN YEARS.
PEOPLE IN SOME AREAS SAW
WIND GUSTS UP TO 120 MILES
PER HOUR.
ONE MAN WAS KILLED WHEN A
FLYING BRICK HIT HIM IN THE
HEAD.
IT FLOODED STREETS AND
STOPPED TRAFFIC IN THEARY
THE AIR AND SEA.
BRITAIN A FIVE DEATHS, AND
THE NETHERLANDS HAD ONE.
AS HEATHER CELLS REPORTS,
THEY'RE FILE LAWSUITS,
TARGETING COUNTY CLERKS, AND
HOPING FOR A BIG WIN AND THE
PRESIDENT'S HOME STATE OF
ILLINOIS WHERE SUPPORTERS OF
TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE
RECENTLY HELD A RALLY.
Reporter: THOUSANDS
GATHERED THE THE CAPITAL TO
URGE PEOPLE TO BACK
TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE.
AND FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS
YEAR, SUCCESS AS TRADITIONAL
MARRIAGE SUPPORTERS HELD OFF
A VOTE IN THIS HIGH-STAKES
STATE.
IT IS WHERE BARACK OBAMA
CAME FROM.
IT IS THE STATE THAT HE
PROMISED THE LGBT COMMUNITY
AND LOBBYISTS THAT HE WOULD
BE ABLE TO WIN FOR THEM.
Reporter: HE AND OTHER
CONSERVATIVES SAY BLACK
LAWMAKERS IN THE ILLINOIS
HOUSE ARE MAKING THE
DIFFERENCE, REFUSING TO
REDEFINE MARRIAGE.
IN THE SOUTH, LGBT ACTIVISTS
ARE USING A DIFFERENT
STRATEGY.
GAY COUPLES ARE TARGETING
COUNTY CLERKS, ASKING THEM
TO RECORD THEIR MARRIAGE
LICENSES FROM OTHER STATES.
THEY'RE EVEN USING THE
TACTIC IN NORTH CAROLINA,
WHERE VOTERS JUST LAST YEAR
APPROVED A CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT IN FAVOR OF
TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE.
WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS
JUST CREATE A PUBLIC RECORD
OF OUR MARRIAGE.
I DO NOT SEE ANY LEGAL
REASON WHY I COULD NOT
RECORD THAT DOCUMENT.
Reporter: THE NATIONAL
ORGANIZATION FOR MARRIAGE
SAYS FILING GAY MARRIAGE
LICENSES IN THESE STATES IS
ILLEGAL, AND PREDICTS THE
CASES WILL ULTIMATELY END UP
IN COURT.
A SAME-SEX COUPLE WHO IS
ISSUED AN ILLEGAL OR INVALID
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LICENSE IN
A STATE SUCH AS NORTH
CAROLINA, INVARIABLY WILL
TAKE IT TO THE COURTS.
AND THEY WILL USE IT AS A
LEVER TO TRY TO INVALIDATE
THAT STATE'S CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT TO DEFINE MARRIAGE
OF ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN.
Reporter: IN NEW
MEXICO, THE SUPREME COURT
WILL SOON DECIDE ON THE
ISSUE.
THE CONSIDERATION WAS FORCED
AFTER SEVEN COUNTY CLERKS
BEGAN ISSUING SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE LICENSES IN ABSENCE
OF ANY STATE LAW EXPLICITLY
DEFINING MARRIAGE.
WHAT JUST HAPPENED IN NEW
JERSEY MAY STRENGTHEN THE
CASE FOR GAY MARRIAGE.
A JUDGE THERE RULED THE
STATE MUST ALLOW GAY
MARRIAGES IN ORDER TO COMPLY
WITH SUPREME COURT RULINGS
THIS SUMMER.
LAWSUITS IN 20 OTHER STATES
ARE MAKING THE SAME CASE,
BUT TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE
SUPPORTERS DISAGREE.
THEY'RE USING IT IN AN IN
CORRECT READING OF THE
WINDSOR DECISION BECAUSE IN
THE DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE,
STATES ARE ALLOWED BY
SECTION TWO TO DEFINE
MARRIAGE FOR THEMSELVES.
Reporter: AT THIS
POINT, 14 STATES HAVE
REDEFINED MARRIAGE TO
INCLUDE GAY COUPLES, AND 35
STATES HAVE BANNED GAY
MARRIAGE.
THEY ARE NUMBERS THAT COULD
DRASTICALLY CHANGE,
DEPENDING ON HOW THESE
TACTICS PLAY OUT.
HEATHER CELLS, CBN NEWS.
THE LEGAL BATTLE OVER
BIBLE BANNERS IN SOUTHEAST
TEXAS IS HEATING UP AGAIN.
CBN NEWS FIRST BROUGHT YOU
THE STORY LAST FALL.
CHEER LEATHERS AT KUNTZ HIGH
SCHOOL DISPLAYED BIBLE
VERSES ON THEIR BANNERS.
THE ACLU FILE A COMPLAINT.
BUT A DISTRICT JUDGE RULED
IN FAVOR OF THE
CHEERLEADERS, BUT NOW THE
KUNTZ SCHOOL DISTRICT
APPEALED THE RULE.
FOARNS FOATTORNEYS FOR THE
STUDENTS FILED A BRIEF,
DEFENDING THE STUDENTS'
RIGHT.
THEY CLAIM NO COURT HAS EVER
HELD THAT STUDENTS SPEAKING
ON BEHALF OF HIS OR HER OWN
CHOICE IS A GOVERNMENT
SPEAKER.
THE UNITED NATIONS IS TAKING
MEASURES TO PROTECT THE
EARTH FROM ASTEROIDS.
THEY PLAN TO SET UP AN
INTERNATIONAL AFTE ASTEROID
WARNING GROUP.
IF ASTRONOMERS DETECT AN
ASTEROID, THE COMMITTEE WILL
LAUNCH A SPACECRAFT TO HIT
THE OBJECT AND PUSH IT AWAY
FROM EARTH.
A FORMER ASTRONAUT SAYS
FINDING THE DEADLY SPACE
ROCKS IS IMPORTANT IN ORDER
TO GET READY.
IF IT IS FOUND TOO LATE, THE
ONLY OPERATION LEFT IS
SIMPLY TO EVACUATE THE AREA
WHERE IT WILL HIT.
PAT, I WAS READING THAT
SCIENTISTS ESTIMATE THERE
ARE A MILLION NEAR EARTH
ASTEROIDS BIG ENOUGH TO
LEVEL A CITY THE SIZE OF NEW
YORK CITY.
SO THIS SEEMS LONG OVERDUE.
Pat: IT IS TOO LATE.
BY THE TIME THEY HAVE GOTTEN
THEMSELVES TOGETHER,
SOMETHING THAT WILL HAVE HIT
AND DESTROYED US.
I WROTE A BOOK CALLED "THE
END OF THE AGE."
IT WAS A NOVEL, BUT IT WAS
BASED ON BIBLICAL FACTS.
MINE, THE ASTEROID WAS ONE
KILOMETRE, WHICH IS
SIX-TENTHS OF A MILE, AND IT
WEIGHED THREE BILLION
POUNDS.
IT WAS EFFICIENT TO DESTROY
LARGE PARTS OF THE EARTH AND
FOUL UP NAVIGATION AND,
ETC., ETC.
IT WOULDN'T TAKE MUCH OF ONE
OF THESE BIG ROCKS HITTING
TO MAKE MAJOR DAMAGE.
I'M TALKING ABOUT HUGE
DAMAGE.
AND THEY ARE SO-CALLED
EXTINCTERS RUNNING AROUND
THAT COULD WIPE OUT OUR
CIVILIZATION.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO THE
DINOSAURS, THEY BELIEVE.
THEY BELIEVE A COMET HIT
US.
WE'VE BEEN SPARED THAT,
THANK GOODNESS, BUT JESUS
SAID, IF YOU READ IT, HE
SAID, EXCEPT THOSE DAYS WERE
SHORT AND NO FLESH WILL BE
REMAINING.
NOBODY WILL BE ALIVE ON THE
EARTH EXCEPT, HE SAID, FOR
THE SAKE OF THE ELECT, THOSE
DAYS ARE SHORTENED.
SO IF ONE OF THESE THINGS
COMES IN, I DO THINK ACTION
IS A BIT TARDY.
WENDY?
Wendy: AREN'T YOU GLAD
WE DIDN'T LIVE WITH THE
DINOSAURS?
THAT WOULD BE SO
FRIGHTENING.
Pat: APPARENTLY IT WAS
SO PLEASANT AND IT WAS SO
WARM, AND THE VEGETATION WAS
SO LUSH, THE CREATURES KEPT
GROWING BIGGER AND BIGGER
AND BIGGER.
WHEN IT HIT, IT WIPED THEM
OUT.
IT HAPPENED VERY SUDDENLY.
IT WASN'T A LONG-TERM
THING.
Wendy: I'M GLAD THEY'RE
GONE.
Pat: I'M GLAD WE DON'T
HAVE ANY EXTINCTERS HITTING
THE EARTH THESE DAYS.
Wendy: COMING UP, HIS
SONGS ARE CLASSIC ROCK
STAPLES, AND NOW THEY'RE
ALSO PRO-LIFE ANTHEMS.
WE DON'T WANT TO STOP AT
ONE.
I'M HOPING IT WILL SAVE MANY
LIVES.
Wendy: THE FORMER LEAD
SINGER FROM KANSAS TELLS US
ABOUT THE REAL-LIFE
INSPIRATION FOR HIS LATEST
SONG.
THAT'S NEXT.
*
Pat: THE MUSICAL GROUP
KANSAS HAS HIT THE TOP OF
THE CHARTS FOR FAMOUS SONGS
LIKE "DUST IN THE WIND."
NOW ONE OF ITS LEAD SINGERS
IS TAKING THE NATIONAL STAGE
AGAIN.
THIS TIME WITH A
SURPRISINGLY PERSONAL SONG
THAT IS BECOMING A NEW
ANTHEM FOR MANY IN THE
PRO-LIFE MOVEMENT.
PAUL STRAND BRINGS US THAT
STORY FROM NASHVILLE.
Reporter: NASHVILLE,
MUSIC CITY.
HERE JOH JOHN ELEFANTE, THE
FORMER LEAD SINGER OF THE
GROUP KANSAS, SET UP A
LUCRATIVE CAREER.
BUT WITH A SONG THIS TIME,
HE MAKES WORK PERSONALLY.
THAT'S BECAUSE HE SINGS HOW
H HIS ADOPTED DAUGHTER
NEARLY HAD A DATE WITH DEATH
BEFORE SHE WAS ADOPTED.
SHE WAS ALMOST ABORTED.
HER MOTHER WAS IN THE
ABORTION CLINIC AND CALLED
HER MOM FROM THAT PLACE AND
TOLD HER SHE WAS PREGNANT.
HER MOM DIDN'T KNOW SHE WAS
PREGNANT.
* SHE GOT COLD IN A WAITING
ROOM *
* FRIGHTENED AND ALL
ALONE *
* WATCHING THE CLOCK TICK
DOWN, KNOWING HER BABY WOULD
SOON BE GONE *
* HER HEAD HELD LOW, SO
EMBARRASSED *
Reporter: IN THE MONTH
THIS VIDEO HAS BEEN ONLINE,
IT IS SOARING THROUGH
13 MILLION VIEWS.
IT IS A 13-YEAR-OLD PREGNANT
GIRL FALL INTO A DREAM THAT
HER UNBORN CHILD COULD HAVE
A JOYOUS LIFE.
* YOU'LL GROW UP TO SEEK MY
NAME *
*
* YOU'RE NOT TAKING HER
* THIS TIME
Reporter: THE GIRL
CALLS HER MOM, AND THEN SHE
GETS AWAY FROM THE ABORTION
CLINIC.
20 YEARS LATER, THE LIFE
THAT CAME FROM THAT BRAVE
DECISION, SAMMY, NOW LIVES
WITH HER MOM AND ROCK LEGEND
DAD, AND APPEARS WITH HIM AT
THE END OF THE "THIS TIME"
VIDEO.
HI, I'M SAMMY.
THE VIDEO YOU JUST WATCHED
IS HOW I WAS RESCUED FROM
BEING ABORTED.
WE ARE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL
THAT SAMMY'S BIRTH MOTHER
CHOSE LIFE.
EVERY DAY, THERE IS ONE
CHILD EVERY 25 SECONDS WHO
LOSES THEIR LIFE TO
ABORTION.
THANKS FOR LETTING ME LIVE
AND GIVING ME MY FAMILY.
Reporter: JOHN SAID HE
DIDN'T SET OUT TO WRITE A
NEW PRO-LIFE ANTHEM OR GET
INVOLVED IN THE ABORTION
WARS.
I DON'T CARE TO GET ON TV
AND GET IN THE LARGE
SHOUTING MATCHES.
THESE PEOPLE YELL AT EACH
OTHER AND TALK OVER EACH
OTHER, AND YOU NEVER KNOW
WHAT ANYBODY IS SAYING.
AND YOU JUST LEAVE -- YOU
WATCH THAT AND YOU GET ALL
STRESSED OUT JUST WATCHING
IT.
Reporter: THIS ISN'T
POLITICAL, PRO-LIFE VERSES
PRO-CHOICE.
IT IS A REAL LIFE ROCK AND
ROLL LEGEND TELLING THE
ABSOLUTELY TRUE STORY OF HOW
HIS PRECIOUS DAUGHTER WAS
SAVED AT THE LAST MIEB LAST
MINUTE FROM AN ABORTION.
HE HOPED ONE MORE HEART
COULD BE TURNED.
IF IT COULD SAVE ONE
LIFE, IT WOULD BE WORTH IT.
Reporter: AND NOW
THAT'S TRUE.
A PRISONER CAME OUT AND
CONFESSED SHE WAS STRUGGLING
WITH WHETHER TO ABORT OR
NOT.
THE OFFICER SHOWED THE
INMAT INMATE "THIS TIME,"
AND RIGHT THEN AND THERE SHE
PROMISED TO KEEP THE BABY.
THAT IS SO AWESOME.
THAT'S WHAT WE WERE GOING
FOR.
IT'S AMAZING.
BUT WE DON'T WANT TO STOP
AT ONE LIFE.
I'M HOPING THIS CAN SAVE
MANY LIVES.
YOU CAN SAVE BABIES FROM
ABORTION.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE
VISIT ONLIFE.ORG."
.
Reporter: SINCE THE
DEBUT, IT HAS SEEN ITS
Facebook PAGE WITH
POSITIVE COMMENTS.
SANDY WROTE, INUIT THIS I,
"THIS THE IS BEST VIDEO I
HAVE SEEN.
OUR ADOPTED DAUGHTER IS NOW
16.
SHE WAS SCHEDULED TO BE
ABORTED, BUT SOMETHING CAME
OVER HER AND NOW WE HAVE OUR
DAUGHTER."
"BLESSINGS TO EVERY BIRTH
MOTHER WHO IS SO SELFLESS TO
SHARE A BABY WITH OTHERS."
ALL OF THIS OUTPOURING
SURPRISED EVEN HIM.
I LISTENED BACK AND I
WENT, WOW.
THAT'S REALLY COOL BECAUSE
IT IS NOT CONTRIVED.
IT IS REAL LIFE.
Reporter: PAUL STRAND,
CBN NEWS REPORTING FROM
BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE.
Pat: BOY, THAT IS A
MOVING VIDEO, ISN'T IT?
Wendy: IT IS SO
POWERFUL, I GOT CHILLS.
YOU CAN JUST FEEL THE
ANOINTING.
Pat: IT IS
EXTRAORDINARY.
THAT WILL TOUCH A LOT OF
LIVES.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM.
Wendy: UP NEXT, HE
STARRED IN "L.A. LAW," AND
NOW HE IS LOOKING BEYOND THE
HEAVENS.
ACTOR CORBIN BERNSTEIN
SEARCHES FOR THE ULTIMATE
TRUTH IN HIS LATEST
PROJECT.
WE'LL HAVE THAT AND MUCH
MORE WHEN WE COME BACK.
Wendy: WELL, THERE IS A
QUESTION FOR THE AGES: WHO
MADE US?
WHY ARE WE HERE?
BOTH SCIENCE AND FAITH HAVE
TRIED TO OFFER ANSWERS IN
THE TUG-OF-WAR BETWEEN THE
TWO, WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF
A NEW MOVIE.
TAKE A LOOK.
I'M OFTEN ASKED THAT
QUESTION: WHEN DID I BEGIN
TO BELIEVE?
FOR ALL YOUR TALK, YOU
BELIEVE IN NOTHING.
FOR ALL OF YOUR PREACHING,
YOU HAVE NONE.
I BELIEVE THAT THAT WAVE
BEGAN FOR ME AS A YOUNG BOY,
WHEN I WOULD LOOK UP AT THE
NIGHT SKY.
I SIMPLY HUNGERED TO REACH
OUT AND SEEK THE GREAT
TRUTH, BURIED DEEP IN THE
MYSTERY OF THE INFINITE.
AND THEN AN ANGEL WITH A TOP
HAT.
MY LIFE WOULD CHANGE
FOREVER.
Wendy: WELL, JOINING US
NOW FOR MORE IS CORBIN
BERNSTEIN.
CORBIN WROTE AND DIRECTED
"BEYOND THE HEAVENS," AND WE
WELCOME YOU TO "THE 700
CLUB."
IT'S AN HONOR TO MEET YOU.
IT'S AN HONOR TO BE
HERE.
Wendy: I'M FLASHING
BACK TO "L.A. LAW," AND I'M
SO HAPPY TO MEET YOU.
I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE.
LOOK AT THIS.
THIS IS THE PLACE.
Wendy: I WATCHED YOUR
MOVIE LAST NIGHT, AND I
LOVED IT.
TEAR, JERKER, AND THOUGHT
PROVOKING.
IN THE TRAILER WE SAW, THIS
IS ABOUT A MOTHER AND SON IN
SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH.
IN SOME WAYS, YOU SAY IT
PARALLELS YOUR OWN LIFE
STORY.
IT DOES.
MY MOTHER, REST HER SOUL,
PASSED AWAY LAST YEAR.
THERE WAS A PICTURE OF HER
IN THE MAKEUP ROOM WHICH
BROUGHT ME TO TEARS THIS
MORNING.
WE HAD A WONDERFUL
RELATIONSHIP, AND SHE ALWAYS
INSPIRED ME TO NOT TAKE
ANYTHING FOR GRANTED.
DON'T TAKE IT AT FACE
VALUE.
BE INSPIRED BY WHAT PEOPLE
TELL YOU TO SEARCH AND
INVESTIGATE AND FORM YOUR
OWN RELATIONSHIPS.
FORM REAL BONDS THAT YOU,
YOURSELF, CREATE.
IT'S MY RELATIONSHIP WITH
GOD.
IT IS VERY PERSONAL.
IT IS NOT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE
HAVE TOLD ME TO BE.
AND THAT'S THE KIND OF THING
SHE DID.
SHE SAID, INVESTIGATE AND
LEARN YOUR OWN TRUTH BECAUSE
THEN YOU'LL OWN IT AND
YOU'LL BE REAL.
Wendy: NOW, YOUR MOM,
OF COURSE, WAS A POWERFUL
ACTRESS FOR MANY, MANY,
MANY -- WELL, DECADES,
REALLY.
40 YEARS ON THE "YOUNG
AND THE RESTLESS".
Wendy: WHAT DID YOU
LEARN FROM HER FAITH
JOURNEY?
WHAT WERE SOME OF THE
LESSONS YOU LEARNED FROM
YOUR MOM?
THAT GOD IS ALWAYS
THERE.
SHE STRUGGLED WITH ALCOHOL,
SHE HAD DEMONS THAT
CHALLENGED HER.
AND I DO REMEMBER EVERY TIME
I WOULD SAY GOOD NIGHT TO
HER, I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW,
SHE WOULD ALWAYS SAY, "GOD
WILLING."
I KNOW IT SOUNDS SIMPLE, BUT
I KNEW AT THE END OF THE
DAY, THAT WAS ALWAYS A PART
OF HER LIFE.
I READ THINGS WHERE SHE WAS
VERY UNHAPPY, IN THE DARKEST
OF HER DAYS, AND SHE WOULD
WRITE, PLEASE, LORD JESUS,
HELP ME, SAVE ME.
PLEASE, GOD, HELP ME.
AND THEN ON ANOTHER PAGE,
THAT WOULD BE SCRIBBLED OUT
AND SHE WOULD TAKE GOD AND
JESUS OUT OF THE PAGES.
BECAUSE SHE HAD THIS BATTLE
GOING ON.
BUT IN THE END, SHE
ULTIMATELY TURNED TO HER
FAITH.
IT WASN'T SIMPLE.
IT JUST WASN'T ACCEPTED.
SHE TESTED IT, AND IT TESTED
HER, BUT IT MADE HER
STRONGER IN THE END.
I THINK AS SHE SLIPPED AWAY,
I COULD FEEL THAT THAT FAITH
HELPED HER ON HER JOURNEY.
Wendy: AND THE MOVIE
WAS RELEASED ON
OCTOBER 25th, JUST A FEW
DAYS AGO.
WHY IS THAT DATE
SIGNIFICANT?
WELL, THE MOVIE WAS
ACTUALLY FINISHED ABOUT A
YEAR AGO.
I DIDN'T ACTUALLY DEDICATE
THE MOVIE TO ANYBODY, EVEN
THOUGH I WAS GOING TO TALK
ABOUT MY MOTHER BEING
INFLUENTIAL IN HELPING WITH
THE MOVIE.
BUT IT WAS HER -- IT WOULD
HAVE BEEN HER 85th
BIRTHDAY, AND SO MY DED
CATIOMY DEDICATION WAS TO
SAY TO HER, THANK YOU.
SHE INSPIRES ALL OF MY
STORIES.
WHEN SHE PASSED, I SAID HERE
IS THE BEGINNING OF HER LIFE
AND HERE IS THE END OF HER
LIFE.
AND THEN ALL OF THE THINGS
IN BETWEEN BECAME VERY
CLEAR.
BUT I ALSO NOTICE THEY'VE
BEEN MAJOR IN THE THINGS
THAT I WRITE AND INSPIRE ME,
HER WISDOM.
Wendy: THE LITTLE BOY
IN THE STORY, NATHAN GAMBLE,
WHO PLAYS A 12-YEAR-OLD, IS
VERY FASCINATED BY SCIENCE,
AND IS ASKING ALL OF THESE
QUESTIONS, WHO AM I?
IS GOD REAL?
DOES IT HAVE TO BE ONE OR
THE OTHER?
OR CAN SCIENCE AND FAITH
CO-EXIST?
I THINK THEY CERTAINLY
CO-EXIST.
I TELL PEOPLE, I'M ON A
JOURNEY.
I CONTINUE TO DO THIS THING,
EXPLORE.
AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST
QUESTIONS TO ME IS SCIENCE
OR FAITH?
WHAT DO I LEAD WITH?
WHAT IS DRIVING THINGS IN
THIS WORLD?
MY PERSONAL BELIEF IS I
STILL PUT FAITH, GOD, ONE
STEP AHEAD OF IT ALL.
I FEEL AS THOUGH THIS IS A
MAGNIFICENT JOURNEY AND ALL
OF THESE DISCOVERS OF
SCIENCE WHICH ARE GREAT, AND
THEY HELP US, TECHNOLOGY,
AND THE ABILITY TO DO THIS
SHOW, AND CANCER AND CURES
AND ALL OF THESE WONDERFUL
THINGS, BUT I THINK IT IS
GOD PULLING US ON THIS
JOURNEY THAT IS HELPING US
EXPLORE ALL THESE WONDERFUL
THINGS.
IT IS ALMOST LIKE THIS --
AND I DON'T QUESTION WHY,
WHY HE DOES IT.
IT IS THIS MAGNIFICENT RIDE,
THIS ROLLERCOASTER OF
DISCOVERY THAT IS
ENLIGHTENING.
I FIND EACH DAY THRILLING
BECAUSE OF THAT.
BUT IT IS THAT EXPLORATION,
WHERE IN THE MOVIE A YOUNG
BOY'S MANY REASONS TO
CHALLENGE GOD.
Wendy: AND IT REMINDS
ME -- SEVERAL SCENES IN THE
MOVIE WHERE HE IS SORT OF
OVERWHELMED AND HE JUST GOES
OUTSIDE BECAUSE THEY LIVE IN
THIS BEAUTY AREA -- I DON'T
KNOW IF IT IS ALASKA ARE
CANADA --
IT WAS FILMED IN CANADA.
Wendy: HE GOES OUT AND
LOOKS AT THE NIGHT SKY?
THAT WAS ME.
I LOVED SUPERMAN, AND I
WOULD SIT IN THE NIGHT
WRESTLING WITH GOD SAYING
WHAT IS THIS MYSTERY?
WHAT IS OUT THERE.
I USED TO PUT MY HANDS UP,
KIND OF LIKE SUPERMAN, AND I
WANTED TO REACH OUT AND
TOUCH THE MYSTERY, TOUCH THE
FACE OF GOD.
Wendy: WHEN YOU WERE
WRITING, THAT WAS YOU?
THAT LITTLE BOY IN THE
NIGHT SKY WAS ME.
Wendy: AND ANOTHER
IMPORTANT CHARACTER IN THE
MOVIE IS THIS DRIFTER
CHARACTER.
I DON'T WANT TO GIVE IT
AWAY, BUT HE IS SORT OF LIKE
AN ANGEL AT THE END.
HE IS AN ANGEL, YEAH.
Wendy: WHAT WAS HIS
DEAL?
FIRST OF ALL, HE IS A
WONDERFUL ACTOR.
HE IS A MENTALLY-CHALLENGED
MAN WHO I MET IN THE FIRST
MOVIE I DID CALLED "RUST."
AND HE NEVER ACTED BEFORE IN
HIS LIFE.
PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST
MAGNIFICENT, CLOSE TO GOD
AND CONNECTED AS YOU CAN GET
WHEN YOU MEET HIM.
Wendy: I LOVE THAT
CHARACTER.
I WROTE THIS MOVIE FOR
HIM.
I HAVE TO SAY ONE THING
ABOUT HIM THAT CONNECTED ME
TO HIM, AND SHE IS FINE NOW,
BUT MY SISTER HAD BREAST
CANCER.
HE CALLED UP OUT OF THE
BLUE, "HEY, CORBIN, HOW ARE
YOU DOING?"
"WELL, LLOYD, MY SISTER HAS
BREAST CANCER AND WE'RE ALL
A BIT WORRIED."
HE SAID, "I'LL TELL YOU
WHAT, SHE IS GOING TO BE
FINE.
I'LL PRAY FOR HER, BUT SHE
IS GOING TO BE FINE."
UP TO THIS DAY, I WANT TO
CRY BECAUSE THAT IS FAITH.
Wendy: HE HAD SUCH A
CHILD-LIKE FAITH, THAT GAVE
YOU FAITH?
AND THAT GAVE ME FAITH.
AND IT WAS SO PURE AND
CONNECTED.
AND FORGET WHAT THE DOCTORS
SAID.
75%, AND DO THIS -- SHE IS
GOING TO BE FINE, AND SHE
IS.
Wendy: AND SHE IS
FINE.
PRAISE THE LORD.
AND HE IS AN INCREDIBLE
MAN.
I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE
NEXT THING TO WRITE FOR
HIM.
HE LIVES IN A LITTLE TOWN
CALLED KIPPLING IN
SASKATCHEWAN.
Wendy: AS A HOLLYWOOD
VETERAN, DO YOU THINK IT IS
HARD TO TELL STORIES WITH
THIS KIND OF FAITH MESSAGE?
TRUTHFULLY, WHAT I'VE
BEEN TELLING PEOPLE IS I
DON'T REALLY CARE ANYMORE.
I'M PUSHING 60 AT THIS
POINT.
Wendy: YOU JUST WANT TO
HAVE FUN.
I STILL WANT TO HAVE
FUN.
I'VE GOT A BASEBALL ZOMBIE
MOVIE I WOULD LIKE TO GO
DO.
IT IS A WACKY IDEA, BUT THIS
IS WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO ME.
AND I DON'T MIND -- I JUST
DON'T REALLY CARE WHAT
PEOPLE THINK.
AND TRUTHFULLY, THIS IS WHAT
I TELL PEOPLE: IF YOU REALLY
LOOK AT THIS STUFF, IT IS
PHILOSOPHICALLY -- FORGET
RELIGION AND FAITH AND ALL
OF THAT, PHILOSOPHICALLY
SOME OF THE MOST INTERESTING
STUFF TO DISCUSS.
ESPECIALLY IN THIS DAY IN
THE WORLD WHERE THE WORLD IS
SO UP SIDE DOWN.
"DUST IN THE WIND" WAS ONE
OF MY FAVORITE SONGS.
THEY WROTE A WHOLE PLAY
ABOUT "DUST IN THE WIND,"
AND LITTLE DOES HE KNOW
THAT.
HE SAID, I'M NOT INTERESTED
IN I'M RIGHT AND YOU'RE
WRONG.
YOU TELL THESE STORIES OF
TRUTH.
WHICH IS WHAT I THINK GOD
WANTS US TO DO.
I EVEN HESITATE CALLING THEM
FAITH-BASED MOVIES.
YOU TELL THE STORIES OF
TRUTH.
DRAMATICALLY, IF YOU'RE JUST
A WRITER, CONFLICT --
THEY'RE JUST WONDERFUL
STORIES.
I DON'T REALLY CARE WHAT
PEOPLE THINK.
I'VE DEDICATED MYSELF TO
TALKING ABOUT TRUTH.
Wendy: WELL, FOR THOSE
OF US IN THE GENERATION WHO
WATCHED "L.A. LAW," WE'RE
GLAD YOU'RE STILL OUT THERE
DOING AMAZING WORK.
"BEYOND THE HEAVENS" IS
FANTASTIC.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.
BLESS YOU.
THANK YOU.
Wendy: THE MOVIE IS
CALLED "BEYOND THE HEAVENS,"
AND IT IS AVAILABLE NOW ON
D.V.D.
SO YOU WANT TO GET THIS.
SO STILL TO COME, WE'LL HEAD
INTO OUR IN-BOX FOR ANOTHER
ROUND OF "BRING IT ON"
QUESTIONS.
HANNAH SAYS, "I ASKED GOD TO
BAPTIZE ME IN THE HOLY
SPIRIT, BUT I DON'T FEEL ANY
DIFFERENT.
WHAT AM I DOING WRONG?"
WE'LL TACKLE THAT ONE AND
MUCH MORE WHEN WE COME
BACK.
COMING UP, INSIDE SAN
QUENTIN.
I SMELL THE BURNING
TOILET PAPER.
I SEE THE DIRT AND THE
GARBAGE.
ONE PRISONER PLANS TO GET
OUT OF JAIL WITH THE HELP OF
HIS CELL MATES.
I JUST KEPT SAYING
LOUDLY, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
WELCOME BACK TO "THE 700
CLUB."
TEXAS ATTORNEY-GENERAL GREG
ABBOTT IS APPEALING A
FEDERAL JUDGE'S RULING THAT
STRUCK DOWN SOME OF THE
STATE'S NEW ABORTION LAW.
A FEDERAL JUDGE RULED ON
MONDAY THE MEASURES ARE
UNCONSTITUTIONAL, BLOCKING
THEM FROM TAKING EFFECT
TODAY.
THE JUDGE SAYS THE LAW WOULD
VIOLATE THE RIGHTS OF
ABORTION DOCTORS TO DO WHAT
THEY DEEM BEST FOR THEIR
PATIENTS AND WOULD
UNREASONABLY RESTRICT ACCESS
TO ABORTION CLINICS.
BUT SUPPORTERS OF THE LAW
SAY IT PROVIDED SAFETY FOR
WOMEN BY HOLDING ABORTION
CLINICS TO COMMON MEDICAL
STANDARDS.
THE TEXAS ATTORNEY-GENERAL
THINKS THE CASE WILL
EVENTUALLY BE DECIDED BY THE
SUPREME COURT.
A TEXAS MAN SURVIVED BEING
HIT BY LIGHTENING TWICE OVER
THE WEEKEND.
31-YEAR-OLD CASEY WAGNER WAS
AT AN OFF-ROAD COMPETITION
NEAR DALLAS WHEN A STORM
HIT.
HE WAS STANDING UNDER A TREE
WHEN HE WAS HIT BY LIT
TENG.
LIGHTENING.
HE DROPPED TO HIS KNEES AND
WAS STRUCK AGAIN.
HE WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL
WHERE HE WAS TREATED AND
RELEASED.
HE SAID IT WAS GOD THAT KEPT
HIM ALIVE, AND HE PLANS TO
START GOING TO CHURCH MORE.
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WITH MORE OF "THE 700 CLUB"
RIGHT AFTER THIS.
Wendy: YOU JUST SAW OUR
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"SUPERBOOK," "PAUL AND THE
SHIPWRECK."
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AND HERE IS THE BEST PART:
WHEN YOU JOIN, WE'LL SEND
YOU THREE D.V.D.s.
IF YOU JUST WANT ONE
EPISODE, IT IS STILL $25, SO
GIVE US A CALL AND WE'LL
SEND YOU "PAUL AND THE
SHIPWRECK."
THAT IS GOING TO BE A GOOD
ONE.
Pat: IT IS GOING TO BE
A GOOD ONE.
AND THE KIDS LOVE IT.
IT IS A NICE THING FOR
CHRISTMAS, TOO.
IF YOU WANT TO GIVE YOUR
CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN A
PRESENT FOR CHRISTMAS.
Wendy: MY NIECES AND
NEPHEWS LOVE IT.
LET'S "BRING IT ON."
HANNAH WRITES, "A FEW WEEKS
AGO, I ASKED GOD TO BAPTIZE
ME IN THE HOLY SPIRIT, BUT I
DON'T FEEL ANY DIFFERENT.
I CAN'T SPEAK IN TONGUES OR
HAVE WORDS OF KNOWLEDGE.
WHAT AM I DOING WRONG?"
Pat: HANNAH, I THINK
YOU'RE PLAYING WITH THE
LORD.
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS
POWERFUL.
BUT HERE ARE THE RULES -- I
WAS READING TODAY IN ACTS,
PETER, THE APOSTLE, SAID,
THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHO GOD HAS
GIVEN TO THEM THAT OBEY
HIM.
SO OBEY.
SECONDLY, THE BIBLE TELLS US
TO PRESENT OUR BODIES AS A
LIVING SACRIFICE, HOLY,
ACCEPTABLE UNTO GOD.
WE GIVE OURSELVES UNTO THE
LORD.
THE NEXT THING YOU NEED TO
DO IS YOU SHALL ASK AND YOU
SHALL RECEIVE.
YOU HAVE TO ASK AND YOU
SHALL RECEIVE.
YOU WANT TO BE FILLED WITH
THE HOLY SPIRIT.
BEFORE IT STARTS OUT, I
GUESS YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE
THAT IT IS POSSIBLE.
NOW, WHERE DO YOU BEGIN?
YOU OBEY.
YOU SURRENDER TO THE LORD.
THIS ISN'T LIKE SOME
CAFETERIA WHERE YOU CAN PICK
AND CHOOSE.
I DON'T LIKE THE SALAD, BUT
I LIKE THE DESSERT.
YOU TAKE IT ALL.
IT IS GIVEN TO HIM THAT OBEY
HIM.
YOU PRESENT YOUR BODY A
LIVING SACRIFICE, YOU OFFER
YOURSELF UNTO THE LORD, AND
THEN YOU SAY, LORD, I ASK
THAT YOU WOULD FILL ME WITH
YOUR POWER.
AND THEN BEFORE IT IS
FINISHED, YOU NEED TO SAY
THANK YOU.
I RECEIVE.
AND THEN YOU BEGIN.
BUT YOU SAY I DIDN'T FEEL
ANYTHING, I DIDN'T HAVE ANY
VISIONS -- THE BIBLE DOESN'T
PROMISE ANY OF THOSE
THINGS.
BUT IT PROMISES AN EXPANDED,
HEIGHTENED SENSE OF THE
POWER OF GOD ALMIGHTY.
AND THAT'S WHAT'S THERE.
AND ACCORDING TO -- WELL,
YOU WILL BEGIN TO WORSHIP
GOD.
AND AS YOU BEGIN TO WORSHIP
GOD, YOU'LL FIND FROM THE
DEPTHS OF YOUR BEING, THERE
COMES FORTH PRAISE UNTO THE
LORD.
SO THAT, IN A NUTSHELL -- I
COULD TELL YOU MORE, BUT I
HAVEN'T GOT TIME.
Wendy: GREAT ANSWER.
JAVIER WRITES, "ARE ALL OF
MY SINS, PAST, PRESENT, AND
FUTURE FORGIVEN, OR DO I
HAVE TO KEEP REPENTING EVERY
TIME A NEW SIN?"
Pat: THE BIBLE SAYS IF
WE WALK IN THE LIGHT AS HE
IS IN THE LIGHT, WE HAVE
FELLOWSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER,
AND THE BLOOD OF JESUS
CHRIST CONTINUOUSLY CLEANSES
US.
IF WE WALK IN THE LIGHT,
WE'RE CONTINUOUSLY BEING
CLEANSED OF OUR SIN.
WE SIN EVERY DAY.
AND WE NEED TO ASK GOD FOR A
CLEANSING AS WE WALK IN THE
LIGHT.
YOU JUST CAN'T SAY, OKAY, I
DID IT ONE TIME AND THE REST
OF MY LIFE I'M GOING TO LIVE
FOR THE DEVIL.
IF YOU LOVE HIM, YOU'LL LIVE
IN THE LOVE RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE LORD.
THEN YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE
THAT -- YOU KNOW, YOU DO THE
THINGS THAT ARE PLEASING IN
HIS SIGHT, YOU HAVE THE
CONFIDENCE YOU'RE A CHILD OF
GOD.
THEY THAT ARE LED BY THE
SPIRIT OF GOD, THEY'RE THE
CHILDREN OF GOD.
Wendy: FORGIVENESS WAS
TAKEN CARE OF ON THE CROSS,
BUT WE STILL HAVE TO ASK FOR
FORGIVENESS IF WE KNOW WE
HAVE SINNED.
Pat: IF WE SIN.
LIKE JESUS SAID TO PETER.
A MAN WHO HAS HAD A BATH
DOESN'T NEED TO BE WASHED,
EXCEPT HIS FEET BECAUSE
THAT'S WHAT TOUCHES THE
WORLD.
YOU COMMIT A SIN, YOU HAVE
TO ASK GOD TO FORGIVE YOU
FOR IT.
Wendy: LORI WRITES, "IF
A PERSON IS BADLY INJURED TO
THE POINT WHERE THEY ARE
MISSING A LIMB, AND THEY DIE
AND GO TO HEAVEN, DOES THAT
PERSON'S NEW BODY HAVE THE
SAME DEFORMITIES, OR ARE
THEY MADE WHOLE AND
PERFECT?"
Pat: WHOLE AND PERFECT,
LIKE UNTO HIS BODY.
Wendy: SONYA WRITES, "I
BELIEVE I HAVE A SPIRITUAL
GIFT.
I CAN THINK OF WHAT IS GOING
TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT FEW
MINUTES BEFORE IT EVEN
HAPPENS.
I SAW THE BOSTON BOMBING
HAPPEN IN A DREAM BEFORE IT
EVEN HAPPENED.
IS THIS A SPIRITUAL GIFT?"
Pat: YOU KNOW, GOD HAS
GIVEN TO PEOPLE
EXTRAORDINARY ABILITIES.
AND SOME ARE NATURALLY
PSYCHIC PEOPLE.
IT IS WHAT THEY CALL
CLAIRVOYANT.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE
ARE THOSE WHO HAVE WHAT IS
CALLED A WORD OF WISDOM, AND
WHERE GOD REVEALS, IN A
MOMENT OF TIME, SOMETHING
HAVING TO DO WITH THE
FUTURE.
SO WITH YOU, IT SOUNDS LIKE
THIS IS A NATURAL ABILITY
THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO YOU.
BUT YOU NEED TO GIVE IT TO
THE LORD.
AND NOT, YOU KNOW -- THE
BIBLE NEVER TELLS US TO STIR
UP OUR PSYCHIC POWERS.
WE'RE NOT TOLD TO DO THAT.
WE'RE TO FOCUS ON THE
SPIRIT.
SO IS THIS YOUR SPIRITUAL
GIFT?
I THINK YOU JUST HAVE AN
UNUSUAL SENSITIVITY.
BY ALL MEANS USE IT TO THE
GLORY OF GOD.
Wendy: I GET A LOT OF
PROPHETIC DREAMS -- WELL,
NOT A LOT, BUT I THINK THE
LORD GIVES THEM SO THAT YOU
CAN PRAY.
Pat: A WORD OF WISDOM.
THE FUTURE HAS TO DO WITH
THE WORD OF WISDOM.
Wendy: DEBRA WRITES, "I
HAVE A FRIEND WHO SAYS SHE
HAS NO USE FOR GOD BECAUSE
HE WAS NOT THERE FOR HER
WHEN SHE WAS BEING ABUSED BY
HER FATHER AS A CHILD.
SHE NEEDS AN ANSWER AS TO
WHY GOD ALLOWED THESE THINGS
TO HAPPEN TO HER, AND WHERE
GOD WAS WHEN THAT BAD STUFF
HAPPENED TO HER.
WHAT CAN I TELL HER?"
Pat: TELL HER TO LOOK
AT THE SON OF GOD, JESUS
CHRIST, WHO WAS WHIPPED,
BEATEN, SPIT UPON, REVIALED,
DESERTED, ABANDONED, AND HE
CRIED OUT, O GOD, O GOD, MY
FATHER, ABBA FATHER.
BUT THE LORD LOOKED AT HIM.
HE THOUGHT HE WAS ABANDONED,
AND YOU WEREN'T ABANDONED.
WHAT DO YOU TELL HER?
YOU SAY, LOOK TO JESUS.
AND WHEN I WAS ALL FINISHED,
OUT OF THIS, HE WAS HIGHLY
EXALTED, GIVEN A NAME ABOVE
EVERY NAME.
SO WE GO THROUGH TRIALS.
THAT'S PART OF EXISTENCE.
WE GO THROUGH TRIALS.
WE GO THROUGH DIFFICULTIES.
GOD'S ALWAYS THERE.
Wendy: AND HE WILL HELP
HER FORGIVE HER FATHER.
Pat: WELL, YES.
THAT'S WHAT HAS GOT TO BE
DONE.
I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT,
WENDY.
THAT IS THE LINGERING
PROBLEM, SHE WON'T FORGIVE
HER FATHER.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
GOD.
HE HAS TO DO WITH HER
FATHER.
SHE HAS GOT TO GET OVER THAT
OR IT WILL RUIN HER LIFE.
Wendy: THANK YOU SO
MUCH, PAT.
WHEN CONCHITA'S HUSBAND
COULDN'T FIND A JOB, SHE
WANTED TO BRING IN SOME
EXTRA INCOME.
SO WE HELPED HER BUILD A
SMALL BUSINESS THAT PUT BOTH
OF THEM TO WORK AND HELPED
THEM FEED THEIR FAMILY.
TAKE A LOOK.
Reporter: FOR YEARS
JOSE WORKED AS A BRICK MASON
ON JOBS OUTSIDE HIS
COUNTRY.
UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN THOSE
JOBS ENDED, HE WAS UNABLE TO
FIND WORK IN HIS HOME TOWN
OF VERACRUZ, MEXICO.
I TRIED FOR SEVERAL YEARS
TO FIND WORK HERE.
Reporter: WHEN JOSE'S
WIFE, CONCHITA, REALIZED HOW
DESPERATE THEIR SITUATION
WAS, SHE WANTED TO HELP.
I DECIDED TO LEARN HOW TO
MAKE SANDALS TO SELL FOR A
FEW PESOS.
Reporter: SO "OPERATION
BLESSING" TOOK CONCHITA
SHOPPING, AND WE BOUGHT HER
EVERYTHING SHE NEEDED TO
MAKE SANDALS TO SELL.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE THEY
GAVE US SO MUCH MATERIAL.
I MADE LOTS OF SANDALS RIGHT
AWAY.
I WAS VERY EXCITED.
Reporter: CONCHITA
MAKES THESE BEAUTIFUL
HAND-CRAFTED SANDALS, AND
HER HUSBAND SELLS THEM TO
TOURISTS AT A BEACH RESORT
NEAR THEIR HOME.
NOW WE CAN MAKE AND SELL
A VARIETY OF SIZES AND
COLORS TO PLEASE OUR NEW
CLIENTS.
I GIVE THANKS TO GOD
FIRST, AND THEN TO
"OPERATION BLESSING."
GOD BLESS YOU.
Wendy: ISN'T IT GREAT
TO SEE CONCHITA SMILING AND
MAKING THOSE BEAUTIFUL
SHOES?
WELL, YOU WERE A PART OF
THAT IF YOU'RE A MEMBER OF
"THE 700 CLUB."
HOW MUCH IS IT?
JUST 65 CENTS A DAY, $20 A
MONTH TO PUT A SMILE ON
SOMEONE'S FACE WHO HAS BEEN
SUFFERING.
JUST GO TO YOUR PHONES RIGHT
NOW AND GIVE US A CALL.
AND WHEN YOU DO, WE'RE GOING
TO SEND YOU A SPECIAL GIFT.
PAT'S NEW TEACHING CALLED
"HOW SHALL WE NOW LIVE?"
UP NEXT, FIRST HE STOLE BIG
RIGS, AND THEN HE WAS SENT
TO THE BIG HOUSE.
I'M INSIDE OF A BUILDING,
IN THIS CELL BLOCK, LOOKING
UP 60 FEET TO 70 FEET.
OH, MY GOODNESS, WHAT DID I
JUST GET MYSELF INTO?
Wendy: A NINE-TIME
CONVICT VOWS TO LEAVE PRISON
ONCE AND FOR ALL, NEXT.
*
Pat: OVER THE LAST 150
YEARS, SAN QUENTIN HAS
GAINED A REPUTATION FOR
BEING ONE OF THE TOUGHEST
PRISONS IN AMERICA, WITH THE
WORST OFFENDERS.
THE LIST OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BEEN INCARCERATED THERE ARE
INCLUDE TUKIE WILLIAMS,
SIRHAN SIRHAN, AND THE NOTE
NOTORIUS MAN SON.
I'M INSIDE OF THE
BUILDING, IN A CELL BLOCK,
LOOKING
UP 60 TO 70 FEET.
I SMELL THE BURNING TOILET
PAPER.
I SEE THE DIRT AND THE
GARBAGE.
OH, MY GOODNESS, WHAT DID I
JUST GET MYSELF INTO.
Reporter: MICHAEL
BRYANT SPENT A THIRD OF HIS
LIFE AT SAN QUENTIN, ONE OF
AMERICA'S MOST NOTORIOUS
PRISONS.
I'VE BEEN IN PRISON NINE
TIMES.
FOR DRUGS, VEHICLE THEFT,
INSURANCE FRAUD.
Reporter: MICHAEL SAYS
HIS LIFE GROWING UP WAS
CHALLENGING.
WHEN HE WAS
10, HIS MOTHER
ROBBED AN ARMORED CAR.
BEFORE THE POLICE CAME
LOOKING FOR HER, SHE LEFT
TOWN FOR GOOD.
I WENT IN THE HOUSE, LIKE
I DO EVERY DAY WHEN I GET
HOME FROM SCHOOL.
BUT THIS TIME THE HOUSE WAS
EMPTY.
I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED.
I WENT TO MY BEDROOM, AND
THE TV THAT SHE BOUGHT ME
FOR MY BIRTHDAY WAS GONE.
AND I REMEMBER RUNNING
OUTSIDE, AND THE CAR WAS
GONE.
AND I NEVER SAW HER AGAIN TO
THIS DAY.
Reporter: MICHAEL WENT
TO LIVE WITH HIS ALCOHOLIC
FATHER, WHO SPENT MOST OF
HIS TIME AT BARS.
IN FACT, HE OFTEN TOOK
MICHAEL WITH HIM AND LEFT
HIM WAITING OUTSIDE IN THE
TRUCK.
SOMETIMES THE ONLY MEAL HE
ATE CAME FROM A STRANGER.
ONE OF THE LADIES WOULD
BRING ME DINNER OUT AND I'D
EAT THE DINNER AND BE
THANKFUL FOR IT.
Reporter: MICHAEL WAS
ALSO A VICTIM OF HIS
FATHER'S SEVERE DISCIPLINE.
THE CHASTISE.
MENT WAS EXTREMELY HARD.
MICHAEL WANTED A BETTER
LIFE FOR HIMSELF, SO HE
GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL
AT JUST 16.
SOON AFTER, HE LEFT HOME AND
HELD DOWN THREE JOBS.
HE ALSO STARTED USING METH.
EVERYBODY ELSE WAS IN THE
ROOM.
PEER PRESSURE, I DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT IT WAS, SO I DID IT,
ALONG WITH EVERYBODY ELSE.
IT GRABBED A HOLD OF ME, AND
A LOT HARDER THAN IT DID
EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE ROOM.
THERE WAS A HEIGHTENED SENSE
OF YOU'V EUPHORIA.
AND THAT ENDED UP BECOMING A
COPING MECHANISM.
Reporter: STILL,
MICHAEL THOUGHT HE WAS
LIVING THE GOOD LIFE.
I ACTUALLY HAD MY OWN
HOUSE AND PLENTY OF MONEY
AND CARS.
BUT THERE STILL WAS
SOMETHING MISSING.
Reporter: THEN ONE OF
MICHAEL'S JOBS, WASHING
SEMIS, TURNED INTO AN
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE BIG
MONEY.
A FRIEND OF MINE SAID,
HEY, I CAN GET YOU $10,000
IF YOU BRING ME A
BULLDOZER.
AND I SAID, WELL, YOU'LL
HAVE TO TAKE THE TRUCK WITH
IT.
AND HE SAYS, OKAY.
Reporter: SO MICHAEL
QUIT HIS JOBS AND STARTED
STEALING AND SELLING
TRUCKS.
THE FEELING THAT I GOT
WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT I
STOLE A BIG RIG, IT WAS A
SICK SENSE OF
ACCOMPLISHMENT.
I HAD ACTUALLY FELT I HAD
ARRIVED.
Reporter: BUT THAT
FEELING WAS SHORT-LIVED.
AT 10 YEARS OLD, MICHAEL WAS
ARRESTED AND SENTENCED TO
THREE YEARS IN SAN QUENTIN.
WHILE THERE, MICHAEL STARTED
READING THE BIBLE.
BUT THE REASON HE SAYS WAS
TO MAKE MONEY.
I WANTED TO READ AND
LEARN ABOUT THIS GOD THAT
THE CHRISTIANS SERVE.
SO THAT I COULD FOOL THEM
INTO MAKING THEM THINK I WAS
A CHRISTIAN SO THEY WOULD DO
BUSINESS WITH ME.
BECAUSE I HAD THESE
GRANDIOSE IDEAS I WAS GOING
TO GET OUT OF PRISON AND
START MY OWN BUSINESS.
Reporter: BUT AS HE
READ, HE BEGAN TO UNDERSTAND
GOD'S LOVE FOR HIM.
THEN ONE DAY HE ACCEPTED
JESUS AS HIS SAVIOR.
HE WASN'T JUST A GOD.
HE WASN'T JUST A CREATOR.
HE WASN'T JUST A SAVIOR.
HE BECAME MY BEST FRIEND.
AND I DROPPED TO MY KNEES.
AND I REMEMBER SAYING, OH,
MY GODLINESS, THIS IS REAL.
Reporter: MICHAEL
ENJOYED HIS NEW FAITH, BUT
HE NEVER DEALT WITH HIS DRUG
ADDICTION OR HIS PAST.
SO WHEN HE GOT OUT, HE WENT
BACK TO USING AND COMMITTING
VARIOUS CRIMES.
FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, HE
WAS IN AND OUT OF PRISON.
YET NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES
HE FAILED, HE BELIEVED GOD
STILL LOVED HIM.
EVERY TIME I RELAPSED,
EVEN AFTER I KNEW GOD, MY
HIGH WAS NEVER THE SAME.
IT WAS ALMOST LIKE GOD CAME
IN AND RUINED MY HIGH EVERY
TIME.
ALTHOUGH I KNEW HIM, WAS
WALKING WITH HIM, I DIDN'T
USE HIM TO COPE WITH A LOT
OF MY PROBLEMS.
Reporter: MICHAEL WAS
DETERMINED TO SET HIS LIFE
STRAIGHT.
SO WHEN HE GOT OUT OF
PRISON, HE STARTED A
CONCRETE BUSINESS.
HE ALSO BEGAN DATING A WOMAN
WHO WAS A CHRISTIAN.
DANA PRAYED FOR ME
DAILY.
THERE WOULD BE TIMES WHEN I
WOULD WALK IN THE ROOM AND
SHE WOULD BE ON HER KNEES,
WITH HER FOREHEAD TO THE
GROUND, PRAYING FOR ME.
GOD HEARD HER.
Reporter: MICHAEL
BELIEVES HER PRAYERS WERE
ANSWERED WHEN HE WENT TO
PRISON FOR THE NINTH AND
FINAL TIME ON A D.U.I.
CHARGE.
NOT ONLY DID HE RECEIVE
TREATMENT FOR HIS DRUG
ADDICTION, MICHAEL SAYS GOD
SHOWED HIM THE TRUE MEANING
OF FORGIVENESS.
GOD CAME INTO MY CELL.
HE WAS TANGIBLE.
I COULD ALMOST REACH OUT AND
TOUCH HIM.
THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS RIGHT
THERE.
AND HE TOLD ME THAT HE
FORGAVE ME.
I REMEMBER I STARTED
CRYING.
I'M LAYING DOWN IN MY CELL,
AND I HAVE THESE TEARS GOING
DOWN, BUT I'M NOT SAD.
AND I JUST KEPT SAYING
LOUDLY, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
Reporter: THIS TIME
WHEN HE WAS RELEASED,
MICHAEL KNEW HE COULD TRUST
GOD WITH EVERY PART OF HIS
LIFE.
TODAY HE IS DRUG AND
ALCOHOL-FREE.
HE MARRIED DANA AND THEY
HAVE THREE CHILDREN.
MICHAEL KNOWS NO MATTER HOW
MANY TIMES YOU FALL, GOD'S
GRACE AND MERCY IS ALWAYS
THERE TO PICK YOU UP AGAIN.
A BELIEVER THAT HAS
FAILED CAN, UMPTEEN TIMES --
THEY DON'T NEED TO BE
DISPONDENT.
THEY NEED TO LOOK AT THE
LIFE GIVER, JESUS CHRIST, AS
THE AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF
THEIR FAITH.
AND HE REALLY DOES FORGIVE.
Pat: YOU KNOW, WE LIVE
IN A WORLD THAT HAS GOT ALL
KINDS OF PROBLEMS.
WE'VE GOT THE IRANIANS
GETTING READY TO HAVE A
NUCLEAR BOMB.
WE'VE GOT SYRIANS HAVE
CHEMICAL WEAPONS.
WE HAVE TENSION IN VARIOUS
PARTS OF THE WORLD.
WE HAVE ISLAMIC TERRORISTS
BLOWING UP PEOPLE.
WE HAVE PERSECUTION OF
CHRISTIANS IN PAKISTAN AND
EGYPT.
WE HAVE A PROBLEM HERE WITH
OUR HEALTH SYSTEM.
WE HAVE PROBLEMS GOING ON
WITH ABORTION, WITH GAY
MARRIAGE AND ALL OF THE
THINGS.
WE'VE GOT PROBLEM AFTER
PROBLEM AFTER PROBLEM.
BUT YOU KNOW, THERE IS ONLY
ONE THING THAT REALLY
MATTERS.
AND THAT'S THE FACT THAT THE
GOD WHO MADE YOU, WHO
CREATED HEAVEN AND EARTH,
SENT HIS SON TO DIE FOR
YOU.
AND HE DIED ON THE CROSS,
AND THEN HE ROSE AGAIN.
AND THOSE THAT BELIEVE HIM
CAN HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE.
REGARDLESS OF WHAT IS
HAPPENING HERE IN THIS
LIFE.
WHETHER YOU'RE PROSPERING OR
WHETHER YOUR SUFFERING.
WHETHER YOU'VE BEEN BEATEN
UP BY YOUR PARENTS, OR
WHETHER YOU'VE HAD A
COMFORTABLE, WONDERFUL
LIFE.
IT DOESN'T MATTER.
WE ALL GO TO THE SAME PLACE
IN THE END.
WE ALL DIE.
IT IS APPOINTED ON A MAN
ONCE TO DIE, AND AFTER THAT
THE JUDGMENT.
AND THEN THERE IS A
SEPARATION.
WE EITHER GO FOR AN ETERNITY
OF JOY AND BLISS IN THE
PRESENCE OF THE THE FATHER,
OR WE GO TO AN ETERNITY OF
TORMENT AND REGRET AND
REMORSE AND SUFFERING.
THAT'S THE WAY IT IS.
SO THE QUESTION FOR YOU IS:
WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT?
WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT?
DO THESE MOMENTARY THINGS
THAT THE NEWS HAS BLOWN
UP -- IS THAT IMPORTANT?
NOT REALLY.
WHAT REALLY IS IMPORTANT IS
THE FACT THAT JIEF JESUS
CHRIST DIED FOR YOU.
AND HE'LL COME INTO YOUR
LIFE IF YOU'LL ASK HIM.
SO I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A
CHANCE RIGHT NOW TO SAY
YES.
REAL SIMPLE.
NOT COMPLICATED.
I'M NOT GOING TO TEACH YOU A
LESSON IN THEOLOGY.
I JUST WANT YOU TO SAY YES
TO THE ONE WHO DIED FOR
YOU.
WOULD YOU BOW YOUR HEAD, IF
YOU DON'T KNOW HIM, AND SAY
JESUS -- THAT'S RIGHT,
JESUS, I KNOW YOU DIED FOR
ME.
AND, LORD, I KNOW THAT YOU
ROSE AGAIN.
I KNOW THAT YOU LOVE ME.
AND I ASK YOU TO FORGIVE ME
FOR THE LIFE I'VE LIVED AND
THE THINGS THAT I'VE DONE
THAT ARE WRONG.
COME INTO MY LIFE, JESUS,
AND FROM THIS MOMENT ON I
WILL LIVE FOR YOU AND I WILL
SERVE YOU.
THANK YOU, LORD.
IN JESUS' NAME.
NOW, IF YOU PRAYED THAT
PRAYER, I WANT YOU TO CALL
US REAL QUICK AND SAY, I
PRAYED WITH PAT AND I GAVE
MY HEART TO THE LORD.
I WISH WE HAD MORE TIME, BUT
THAT'S ALL OF THE TIME WE
HAVE FOR TODAY'S PROGRAM.
TOMORROW WE'LL GO TOE TO TOE
WITH ONE OF THE BEST BLOCK
CERGS IN TH BLOCKERS IN THE
NFL.
WE LEAVE YOU WITH THESE
WORDS FROM JOHN 8: "THERE IF
THE SON MAKES YOU FREE, YOU
SHALL BE FREE INDEED."
GOD BLESS YOU.
WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
BYE-BYE.