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WE WERE LOOKING UP AT MY
DAD, KIND OF LAUGHING, LIKE,
LOOK, WE'RE NOT DOING IT.
WHAT STARTED AS A GAME,
TURNED INTO AN OBSESSION.
I WOULD HEAR THIS LOUD,
EVIL CHANTING.
Wendy: IT WOULD COME
BACK TO HAUNT THIS WOMAN.
IT WOULD SAY, I'M GOING
TO KILL YOU, TARA, OVER AND
OVER.
*
[APPLAUSE]
Pat: WELCOME, LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN.
A HASH FUND GENIUS TAKES
OVER A BASEBALL CLUB, PUTS
HIGH-TECH PHILOSOPHY AND
MANAGEMENT STYLE IN PLAY.
IT IS A REPEAT OF THE MOVIE
"MONEYBALL," AND GUESS
WHAT?
THE SOX WON.
Wendy: THEY WON.
Pat: IN BOSTON, THE
FIRST TIME SINCE, WHAT, 1918
OR SOMETHING?
ANYHOW, THEY JUST WIPED OUT
THE CARDINALS, BUT USING
THESE TECHNIQUES OF ANALYSIS
OF PITCHERS THAT CAN THROW
FOR THREE INNINGS, AND THEN
YOU PULL THEM OUT.
HE HAD IT ALL FIGURED OUT.
Wendy: AMAZING.
Pat: A GENTLEMAN NAMED
HENRY, WHO BOUGHT THE CLUB.
LET'S TALK MORE ABOUT
BASEBALL.
IT IS MORE FUN.
BUT THE ONGOING FAILURES OF
THE HEALTH CARE WEBSITE ARE
RAISING BIGGER QUESTIONS IN
WASHINGTON.
SOME PEOPLE ARE WONDERING IF
BARACK OBAMA IS UP TO THE
JOB OF BEING PRESIDENT.
Wendy: BOTH THE
PRESIDENT AND KATHLEEN
SEBELIUS ARE TAKING
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
FAILURE OF THE WEBSITE.
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE
POLITICAL DAMAGE HAS ALREADY
BEEN DONE.
EPHRAIM GRAHAM HAS THE
STORY.
Reporter: THERE IS NO
END IN SIGHT TO THE PROBLEMS
WITH THE NEW OBAMACARE
WEBSITE.
BUT WE'VE GOT A FRESH ROUND
OF PROMISES, FROM PRESIDENT
OBAMA AND HIS POINT PERSON.
WE'RE WORKING DAY AND
NIGHT, AND WE'LL CONTINUE
UNTIL IT IS FIXED.
Reporter: THAT WAS NOT
ENOUGH FOR LAWMAKERS, WHO
GRILLED THE HUMAN SERVICES
AND SECRETARY ON WEDNESDAY
WHEN SHE APPEARED ON CAPITOL
HILL.
IT HAS BEEN DOWN THE
WHOLE TIME WE'VE BEEN
TESTIFYING.
Reporter: AND NOW THERE
ARE NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
SECURITY OF INFORMATION
ENTERED ON THE HEALTH CARE
SITE.
KATHLEEN SEBELIUS WAS
QUESTIONED ABOUT A MEMO FROM
HER DEPARTMENT, STATING THAT
THE WEBSITE ONLY HAS A
TEMPORARY SECURITY
CERTIFICATE.
LAWMAKERS CALLING IT
COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE.
SEBELIUS WAS ALSO ASKED
ABOUT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
LOSING THEIR INSURANCE
BECAUSE OF OBAMACARE.
TODAY'S HEARING IS ABOUT
FAIRNESS FOR THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE WHO ARE LOSING THEIR
COVERAGE, OR SEEING THEIR
PREMIUMS SKYROCKET AS MUCH
AS 400%.
I RECEIVED A LETTER THAT
THE NEW HEALTH CARE LAW WAS
INDEED THE REASON FOR THE
REMOVAL OF MY CURRENT HEALTH
CARE PLAN.
MADAM SECRETARY, WHAT WOULD
YOU TELL SEAN WHO LIKED THIS
HEALTH CARE PLAN AND HAS NOW
LOST IT.
Reporter: THE
"WASHINGTON POST" ALSO
WEIGHED IN, SAYING THAT
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S PROMISE IF
YOU LIKE YOUR HEALTH PLAN
WOULD BE ABLE TO KEEP IT,
RATED FOUR PINOCCHIOS OUT OF
FOUR.
MEANWHILE IN BOSTON, THE
PRESIDENT TOOK
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
FAILED LAUNCH OF THE HEALTH
CARE SITES.
President Obama: SO
THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR IT.
I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY
FOR MAKING SURE IT GETS
FIXED ASAP.
WE ARE WORKING OVER TIME TO
IMPROVE IT EVERY DAY.
EVERY DAY.
Reporter: BUT THE
PRESIDENT IS ALREADY TAKING
A HIT IN THE POLLS.
ONLY 42% OF AMERICANS
APPROVE OF HIS JOB
PERFORMANCE.
51% DISAPPROVE.
WITH SO MANY PROBLEMS
HITTING THE WHITE HOUSE,
SOME CRITICS ARE ASKING IF
THE PRESIDENT IS SIMPLY
INCOMPETENT.
UNDER FIRE FOR THE WEBSITE
DISASTERS AND SECRET
INTERNATIONAL SPYING ON THE
HEADS OF STATE OF FRIENDLY
COUNTRIES.
THE "NEW YORK TIMES"
SAID, QUOTE,"IN BOTH
INSTANCES HIS EXPLANATION
ROUGHLY BOILS DOWN TO THIS:
I DIDN'T KNOW.
AS A MATTER OF POLITICS,
MR. OBAMA'S PLEA OF
IGNORANCE MAY DO LESS TO
DEFLECT BLAME THAN TO PROMPT
NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT JUST HOW
MUCH IN CHARGE HE REALLY
IS."
EPHRAIM GRAHAM, CBN NEWS.
Pat: WELL, WHEN YOU
LOSE THE "NEW YORK TIMES"
AND THE "WASHINGTON POST,"
THE LIBERAL BASTIONS, WHAT
DOES HE HAVE LEFT?
FOLKS, IF THE FAILURE OF THE
PROGRESSIVE PHILOSOPHY -- HE
DOESN'T HAVE SKILL IN
MANAGEMENT.
HE NEVER MANAGED ANYTHING.
HE IS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER,
WHO IS A ONE-TERM SENATOR.
HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY
EXPERIENCE IN RUNNING A
BUSINESS.
HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY
EXPERIENCE IN RUNNING A
STATE.
HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY
EXECUTIVE ABILITY, BUT HE IS
A DEDICATED PROGRESSIVE.
HE IS AN IDEOLOG OF THE
FIRST ORDER.
WHAT HIS PLAN IS TO PUT INTO
PLACE HIS IDEOLOGY.
AND THE THING IS, IT DOESN'T
WORK.
WELL, THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION IS ALSO
DEALING WITH FALLOUT FROM
ANOTHER SCANDAL.
LET'S GO BACK TO EPHRAIM FOR
THAT STORY.
Reporter: GERMANY WANTS
ANSWERS ON ALLEGATIONS THE
NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY
SPIED ON CHANCELLOR ANGELA
MERKEL.
OFFICIALS FROM BERLIN CAME
TO WASHINGTON FOR A MEETING
WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
COUNTERTERRORISM AND
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISORS,
AS WELL AS JAMES CLAPPER.
THEY DEMANDED THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION STOP SPYING
ON ITS ALLIES.
CLAPPER TOLD CONGRESS THIS
WEEK THAT SPYING ON
COUNTRIES IS A LONG TIME
PRACTICE IN THE INTELLIGENCE
WORLD.
A MONSTER OF A HALLOWEEN
STORM IS EXPECTED TO HIT THE
MIDDLE OF AMERICA.
STRONG WINDS AND TORRENTIAL
RAIN ARE FORECAST TODAY FROM
THE GREAT LAKES TO THE GULF
COAST.
METEOROLOGISTS SAY ISOLATED
TORNADOES ARE ALSO A
POSSIBILITY.
IN MAKIN MAYCON COUNTY,
CARS AND TRUCKS WERE FORCED
OFF THE ROAD.
PARENTS SAY THE WEATHER IS
MAKING THEM CHANGE THEIR
HALLOWEEN PLANS.
I HAVE SIX KIDS.
I DON'T WANT TO DRAG THEM
OUT IN POURING RAIN, SO I
WAS CONSIDERING JUST BUYING
SOME CANDY AND THAT WAY
THEY'LL HAVE CANDY.
Reporter: OFFICIALS
WARN TRICK-OR-TREATERS WHO
DO BRAVE THE WEATHER SHOULD
BE CAREFUL OF WATER-COVERED
ROADWAYS.
IRAQ WOULD LIKE SOME HELP
FROM AMERICA TWO YEARS AFTER
IT PULLED OUT OF THE
COUNTRY.
IT WANTS WASHINGTON TO
PROVIDE MORE WEAPONS AND
MANPOWER AND TRAINING.
THEY SAY THEIR COUNTRY NEEDS
HELP TO FIGHT AN INSURGENT
AL-QAEDA.
SUICIDE BOMBERS HAVE
LAUNCHED NEARLY 40 STRIKES
IN THE LAST MONTH, AND MORE
THAN 5,000 IRAQIS HAVE BEEN
KILLED IN ATTACKS SINCE
APRIL.
THE IRAQI AMBASSADOR TOLD
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, WE
HAVE SAID TO AMERICANS WE
WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO
DISCUSS ALL OPTIONS SHORT OF
BOOTS ON THE GROUND.
PAT, IS THAT THE OPTION?
Pat: THE OPTION WOULD
HAVE BEEN NOT TO HAVE GONE
INTO THAT RETCHED PLACE TO
START WITH.
GEORGE BUSH OVERSOLD THAT
DEAL.
HE REALLY DID.
HE WANTED THAT WAR IN THE
WORST POSSIBLE WAY.
A TRILLION-DOLLAR EXPENSE,
THE LOSS OF MANY LIVES, AND
WHAT DID IT ACCOMPLISH?
THE COUNTRY IS IN TATTERS.
IT IS FACING A MUSLIM
INSURGENTCY, AND THE
CHRISTIANS ARE BEING DRIVEN
OUT OF THE COUNTRY, AND IT'S
A MESS.
AND THE MAN HE PUT IN CHARGE
OF THAT EFFORT WAS JUST A
DISASTER.
HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS
DOING.
WE'VE HAD INCOMPETENCE UP
AND DOWN THE LINE.
OUR GOVERNMENT IS JUST AIN'T
UP TO THE CHALLENGE.
IT JUST ISN'T.
I WISH IT WERE, BECAUSE WE
HOPE FOR THE BEST.
THIS IS THE GREATEST NATION
ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
BUT, WHAT WAS IT, JIMMY
CARTER THAT SAID, YOU
DESERVE LEADERS AS NOBLE AND
GOOD AS YOU ARE.
AND WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THEM
RECENTLY.
EPHRAIM.
Reporter: PAT, SAN
DIEGO POLICE SAY THEY WILL
FILE CHARGES AFTER A SEXTING
SCANDALS WENT THROUGH
SCHOOLS.
NUDE PHOTOS MADE IT TO 30
OTHER SCHOOLS.
THE INDIVIDUALS TOOK
PICTURES OF THEMSELVES IN
VERY COMPROMISING POSITIONS,
EXPOSING VARIOUS PARTS OF
THEIR BODY.
IT WAS VERY UNFLATTERING.
Reporter: POSSESSING
AND DISTRIBUTING THESE TYPES
OF IMAGES IS CONSIDERED
CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.
ALL OF THOSE BEING
INVESTIGATED ARE MINORS AND
COULD FACE FELONY CHARGES.
WE ALL KNOW THE CLASSIC
AMERICAN SONG "YANKEE DOODLE
DANDY," AND NOW IT IS THE
TITLE OF A BOOK BY THE WIFE
OF NEWT GINGRICH.
THIS TIME IT IS FOCUSED ON
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
SHE RECENTLY SAT DOWN WITH
DAVID BRODY ON HIS SHOW,
"THE BRODY FILE."
David: THE SERIES GOES
ON AND ON.
YOU'RE BACK WITH ANOTHER
BOOK.
YANKEE DOODLE DANDY IS MY
THIRD VOLUME IN THIS
SERIES.
THIS SERIES OFFERS A GUIDED
TOUR OF AMERICAN HISTORY FOR
4-YEAR-OLDS TO
8-YEAR-OLDs.
AND ELLIS THE ELEPHANT
DISCOVERS THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION AND HOW WE BECAME
A FREE AND INDEPENDENT
NATION.
David: THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION, THERE WAS A
FEW -- LET'S SAY OUTBURSTS
DURING THE REVOLUTION.
AND THIS IS A BOOK FOR
KIDS.
HOW DO YOU MANEUVER THROUGH
THAT FROM AN ILLUSTRATED
POINT AND FROM WRITING THE
BOOK.
IT IS A WAR, AFTER ALL.
WHAT I'M INTENDING TO DO IS
TELL THE TRUTH.
BUT THE BOOKS ARE WRITTEN TO
4- TO 8-YEAR-OLDS.
SO WE HAVE THE SHOT HEARD
AROUND THE WORLD.
I TREAT IT IN A WAY WHERE
ELLIS LOOKS EXACERBATED.
WE HAVE TO TELL THE STORY OF
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
I CHILDREN NEED TO LEARN
ABOUT THE PATRIOTIC HEROS SO
THEY CAN BEGIN TO APPRECIATE
THE GREATNESS OF THIS
NATION.
David: TALK TO ME
ABOUT YOUR HEART ON THIS
ISSUE.
WHERE IS THIS IN TERMS OF
THE IMPORTANCE FOR KIDS
TODAY?
EXPLAIN TO ME A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THIS PRO-AMERICA, OR
AT LEAST LACK OF AMERICAN
HISTORY THAT OUR KIDS ARE
NOT LEARNING TODAY.
I WRITE THESE BOOKS
BECAUSE I DO LOVE AMERICA,
AND I BELIEVE WE ARE AN
EXCEPTIONAL NATION.
I THINK IT IS MORE IMPORTANT
NOW THAN EVER THAT OUR
CHILDREN UNDERSTANDS WHAT
MAKES THIS COUNTRY SO
SPECIAL.
UNFORTUNATELY, MANY OF OUR
STUDENTS ARE FAILING TO
LEARN AMERICAN HISTORY,
INCLUDING OUR FOUNDING
PRINCIPLES AND VALUES.
AND INSTEAD LEARNING
POLITICALLY CORRECT
HISTORY.
AS A RESULT, THEY HAVE NO
IDEA ABOUT THE BASIC HISTORY
OF OUR NATION.
IF WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE
STATISTICS TODAY, SURVEYS
SHOW THAT ONLY ONE IN THREE
FOURTH GRADERS CAN IDENTIFY
THE PURPOSE OF THE
DECLARATION OF
INDEPENDENCE.
AND FEWER THAN HALF KNOW WHY
GEORGE WASHINGTON WAS AN
IMPORTANT AMERICAN FIGURE.
WE OWE IT TO OUR KIDS TO
GIVE THEM THE TOOLS THEY
NEED TO TRULY APPRECIATE THE
GREATNESS OF THIS NATION.
Reporter: YOU CAN SEE
MORE OF DAVID'S INTERVIEW
AND GET THE LATEST IN
POLITICAL NEWS BY CHECKING
OUT TH "THE BRODY FILE" AT
OUR WEBSITE, CBNNEWS.COM.
THE BOSTON RED SOX ARE
CELEBRATING THEIR THIRD
WORLD SERIES TITLE IN A DEC
KATE. KATE-- DECADE.
JUST LAST WINTER BOSTON WAS
CONSIDERED THE UNDERDOG,
HAVING FINISHED THEIR SEASON
IN LAST PLACE.
MANY PEOPLE SAY THIS IS WHAT
THEY NEEDED AFTER THE BOSTON
BOMBING ATTACKS EARLIER THIS
YEAR.
THEY WORE BOSTON STRONG
LOGOS ON THEIR LEFT SLEEVES,
AND DEDICATED TO THE VICTIM
OF THE BOSTON BOMBING.
Pat: I USED TO BE A
YANKEE FAN WHEN I WAS A KID
WHEN THEY HAD JOE DIMAGGIO.
AND AS A LITTLE BOY, THEY
WERE MY HEROS.
BUT LATER ON YOUR HEROS
VANISH.
NOW IT IS "MONEYBALL."
THIS MONEYBALL, YOU ANALYZE
THE PITCHER, HE IS GOOD FOR
THREE INNINGS, YOU PULL HIM
OUT AFTER THE THIRD INNING.
IF YOU PUT HIM IN THE FOURTH
INNING, HE'LL THROW A SLOW
PITCH AND SOMEBODY WILL HIT
ONE OVER THE FENCE.
Wendy: THERE IS A
SCIENCE TO IT NOW.
Pat: YEAH.
DID YOU SEE THE MOVIE
"MONEYBALL?"
Wendy: I DIDN'T SEE
THAT.
Pat: IT WAS
INTERESTING.
BRAD PITT STARRED.
WELL, LET'S KEEP GOING.
Wendy: IN OUR
POLITICALLY CORRECT CULTURE,
IT IS NO LONGER SURPRISING
TO HEAR THAT SOMEONE GOT
FIRED FOR INSULTING ISLAM.
BUT GET THIS, WE'LL SHOW YOU
SOMEONE WHO WAS TARGETED
SOON AFTER COMPLIMENTING A
MUSLIM.
COMPLIMENTING A MUSLIM.
HEAR THE REST OF HIS
OUTRAGEOUS STORY WHEN WE
RETURN.
*
Pat: YOU KNOW, A LOT OF
US COME FROM THE BRITISH
ISLES.
GREAT BRITAIN IS THE HOME.
MY FAMILY CAME OVER FROM
ENGLAND, SCOTLAND.
THEY GO WAY, WAY, WAY BACK
IN HISTORY IN ENGLAND.
AND SO WE HAVE A FONDNESS
FOR THE BRITS.
I HOPE THOSE WHO WATCH THIS
PROGRAM UNDERSTAND I HAVE A
FONDNESS, BUT IT BREAKS MY
HEART TO TELL WHAT'S
HAPPENING IN THAT ONCE GREAT
LAND.
AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A
CHRISTIAN NATION.
AT LEAST ACCORDING TO ITS
CONSTITUTION.
BUT IF YOU LIVE THERE IN
GREAT BRITAIN, SOMETIMES YOU
MIGHT THINK IT HAS BECOME A
MUSLIM COUNTRY.
AND ONE CHRISTIAN IN BRITAIN
FOUND OUT THE HARD WAY.
DALE HURD BRINGS US THIS
STORY FROM LONDON.
Reporter: NOHAD LEARNED
THAT IN TODAY'S BRITAIN, YOU
BETTER NOT BE PERCEIVED AS
HAVING INSULTED A MUSLIM AT
WORK BECAUSE IT COULD RUIN
YOUR LIFE.
HE WORK IN THE COSMETICS
COUNTER IN DUTY-FREE
HEATHROW AIRPORT FOR THREE
YEARS.
BUT WHEN SHE RAN AFOUL OF
HER MUSLIM CO-WORKERS, SHE
WAS AFFECTIVELY FIRED.
I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING
WRONG.
IT WAS COMPLIMENTING A
COLLEAGUE OF MINE.
Reporter: SHE WAS
HAVING A CONVERSATION IN
ARABIC WITH A CO-WORKER AND
PRAISING A MUSLIM COLLEAGUE,
WHEN IT WAS MISINTERPRETED
BY ANOTHER MUSLIM AS AN
INSULT.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
SOMETHING ELSE.
AND I SAID NOT EVERYONE IS
LIKE YOU.
YOU ARE SUCH AN ALAWI, WHICH
MEANS A MAN OF GOD IN ANY
RELIGION.
UNBEE KNOWN TO ME, MY
ACCUSER WAS STANDING QUITE
CLOSE BY, AND HE JUST
JUMPED, CAME RIGHT THERE AND
STARTED SHOUTING ON THE SHOP
FLOOR IN FRONT OF
PASSENGERS, MY COLLEAGUES.
EVERYONE STARTED TELLING ME,
YOU ARE INSULTING ISLAM.
Reporter: IT SOUNDS
LIKE A RIDICULOUS CLAIM.
BUT RUMORS SPREAD AMONG
HEATHROW'S MANY MUSLIM
EMPLOYEES THAT HALAWI WAS
ANTI-MUSLIM AND SHE WAS
EVENTUALLY FIRED.
SHE ISN'T ANTI-MUSLIM.
SHE IS MARRIED TO A MUSLIM.
I'VE BEEN DISMISSED
BECAUSE I'M A RACIST.
HOW EMBARRASSING WAS THAT
FOR ME.
AND IT WAS ALL A TOTAL LIE.
WHAT HAPPENED TO NOHAD
WAS GRAVELY UNFAIR, TOTALLY
DISPROPORTIONATE.
Reporter: SHE IS BEING
REPRESENTED BY THE CHRISTIAN
LEGAL CENTER, HEADED BY
ANDREA WILLIAMS.
SO TO BE PERCEIVED TO
GIVE OFFENSE TO ALLAH, TO
THE PROPHET MOHAMMED, HAS
MEANT SHE LOST THE JOB SHE
HAS HAD FOR MANY, MANY
YEARS.
Reporter: SHE NOT ONLY
SAYS HE WAS HARASSED FOR HER
FAITH, WHAT SHE WITNESSED AT
HEATHROW AIRPORT SHOULD MAKE
TRAVELLERS WHO USE HEATHROW
AIRPORT NERVOUS.
SHE HEARD MUSLIM EMPLOYEES
OF HEAT HEATHROW AIRPORT
PRAISING THE THE ATTACKS OF
9/11.
SHE SAW MUSLIMS BRING THE
QURAN TO WORK, AND SHE SAW
THEM PROSELYTIZING AND
HANDING OUT RADICAL
LEAFLETS.
SHE SAID IF YOU DO NOT
CONVERT TO ISLAM FROM NOW
UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD,
YOU WILL GO TO HELL.
CONVERT NOW BECAUSE ISLAM IS
TAKING OVER.
Reporter: WHEN THE
EMPLOYEE WAS REPORTED, SHE
SAYS HE WAS NOT FIRED.
THIS IS THE SAME HEATHROW
AIRPORT WHICH IN 2006 SAW A
FOILED PLOT TO SMUGGLE
EXPLOSIVES THROUGH SECURITY
AND ON TO AMERICAN
AIRLINERS.
SHE BELIEVES SHE IS
UNEMPLOYABLE NOW AND HAS
BEEN BATTLING DEPRESSION.
WHO IS GOING TO GIVE ME A
JOB WHEN EVERYONE KNOWS I'M
A RACIST.
THEY BASICALLY RUINED OUR
LIVES.
Reporter: HEATHROW
AIRPORT DECLINED TO COMMENT
FOR THIS STORY.
ASSUMING HER STORY IS TRUE,
WHY IS BRITAIN ALLOWING THE
PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS,
LILIKE HALAWI, AND BOOSTING
ISLAM.
IT IS EXTRAORDINARY HOW
AUTHORITIES BEND OVER
BACKWARDS TO ACCOMMODATE
ISLAM.
Reporter: THIS HAS BEEN
A NATIONWIDE PHENOMENON IN
BRITAIN FOR YEARS.
I THINK THERE IS A SENSE
IN WHICH ALL OF THESE THINGS
CAN ONLY BE UNDERSTOOD IN
SPIRITUAL TERMS.
I THINK IN GREAT BRITAIN
TODAY WE ARE IN PAGAN
TIMES.
WE HAVE BEEN HANDED OVER AND
WE'RE BLINDED.
Reporter: HER ATTORNEY,
PAUL DIAMOND, HAS APPEALED
TO THE EUROPEAN COURT OF
JUSTICE IN LUXEMBOURG, WHERE
IT SHOULD STAND OUT AS A
CLEAR CASE OF RELIGION
DISCRIMINATION.
HALAWI SAYS THEY CARAWI IS
HOPING THE COURT CARES MORE
ABOUT THE RIGHTS OF
CHRISTIANS.
Pat: WOULDN'T THAT
BREAK YOUR HEART?
A WOMAN IS MARRIED TO A
MUSLIM, AND THEY CLAIM SHE
IS ANTI-MUSLIM BECAUSE THEY
SAY YOU'RE A PROPHET TO THE
SKY OR A MAN OF GOD OR
SOMETHING.
Wendy: IT IS
OUTRAGEOUS.
LISTENING TO HER TALKING,
YOU CAN TELL SHE IS
INNOCENT.
Pat: THIS WHOLE
BUSINESS THAT YOU'VE GOT TO
LISTEN TO THE CALL TO PRAY
IN HAMTRAMIC, MICHIGAN,
YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE SPECIAL
THINGS FOR FOOT WASHING IN
AIRPORTS.
IT GOES ON AND ON.
Wendy: AND WHAT ABOUT
WHAT SHE HEARD ABOUT MUSLIMS
PRAISING 9/11.
Pat: IT DOESN'T
MATTER.
LOOK AT NIDAL HASSAN IN FORT
HOOD.
THEY LET HIM GET THROUGH
OVER AND OVER AND OVER
AGAIN, AND HE IS A CRAZY,
CRAZY MAN, AND HE KILLED A
LOT OF INNOCENT PEOPLE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WHEN
ARE WE GOING TO WAKE UP.
MAYBE WE WON'T UNTIL IT IS
TOO LATE.
WENDY?
Wendy: WOW!
WELL, COMING UP, IT IS
HALLOWEEN AND WE'VE GOT YOUR
E-MAILS.
TERESA SAID, "I HAD A FRIEND
WHO DIED A FEW YEARS AGO.
I BELIEVE I'VE SEEN HIM
APPEAR A FEW TIMES SINCE
THEN.
IS IT POSSIBLE THAT MY
FRIEND IS TRAPPED BETWEEN
HEAVEN AND HELL?"
WE'LL ANSWER THAT QUESTION
AND MORE.
BUT FIRST, A REAL LIFE GHOST
STORY.
I HEARD THE STOMPING UP
AND DOWN THE HALL.
I THOUGHT, MY DAD IS HOME
AND HE IS NOT TOO HAPPY.
SO I ENDED UP LOOKING OUT IN
THE HALL, AND THERE WAS
NOBODY THERE.
Wendy: FIND OUT WHAT
WENT BUMP IN THE NIGHT AFTER
THIS.
Pat: HEY, IT'S
HALLOWEEN, THE TIME FOR
GHOSTS AND GOBLINS AND
THINGS LIKE THAT.
I DON'T BELIEVE IN THAT
STUFF, BUT I DO KNOW ABOUT
SPIRIT REALITY.
AND LET'S GO TO TARA LAW
LAWSEN.
THE FLOORS IN HER HOUSE
CREEKD.
CREEKED.
TARA HEARD VOICES IN HER
BEDROOM WHEN SHE WAS
COMPLETELY ALONE.
TARA LAWSEN DOESN'T JUST
BELIEVE IN HAUNTED HOUSES,
SHE SAYS I LIVED IN ONE OF
THEM.
Reporter: AFTER
WATCHING A HORROR MOVIE AT
THE AGE OF 12, TARA LAWSEN
AND THEIR BROTHER TALKED
THEIR MOTHER INTO BUYING A
QUIJA BOARD.
WE JUST GOT A PARKER
BROTHER'S QUIJA BOARD AT A
TOY STORE.
WE DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS
MORE THAN JUST A TOY.
Reporter: WHAT STARTED
OUT AS AN INNOCENT
FASCINATION TURNED TARA'S
LIFE INTO A NIGHTMARE,
FILLED WITH OPPRESSION.
AN EVIL PRESENCE MADE ITSELF
KNOWN ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.
IT WAS MOVING HER HANDS
ACROSS THE BOARD, AND IT WAS
MOVING REALLY FAST.
AND WE WERE LOOKING UP AT MY
DAD, KIND OF LAUGHING LIKE,
LOOK, WE'RE NOT DOING IT.
IT WAS SPELLING OUT THIS
PROFANITY.
AND THEY WERE LOOKING UP AT
ME AND LAUGHING.
THAT SENT SOME COLD CHILLS
UP YOUR SPINE.
SO I SAID, GIVE ME THAT
THING.
WE'RE NOT PLAYING THIS
ANYMORE.
I SAID, I'M GETTING RID OF
IT.
Reporter: TARA'S DAD
HIT THE BOARD.
IT WASN'T LONG, THOUGH,
BEFORE TARA FOUND IT AND
SECRETLY BEGAN PLAYING
AGAIN.
TO ME, IT WAS SOMETHING
THAT WAS LIKE A GAME.
SOMETHING THAT WAS JUST FUN
FOR ME.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THE EXTENT
OF THE DAMAGE IT COULD DO IN
MY LIFE, WHAT I WAS OPENING
MYSELF UP TO.
IT WAS SOMETHING DEMONIC,
SOMETHING EVIL.
Reporter: BUT THE MORE
SHE PLAYED, THE MORE
FRIGHTENED SHE BECAME.
I HAD IT UNDERNEATH MY
DRESSER.
I WOULD GET SO SCARED, I
COULDN'T SLEEP.
KNOWING IT WAS UNDER THERE.
SHE CAME BACK AND SAID,
YOU KNOW, I FOUND THAT QUIJA
BOARD, AND I'VE BEEN PLAYING
IT AGAIN, AND I CAN'T
SLEEP.
IT IS BOTHERING ME.
WOULD YOU PLEASE GET RID OF
IT.
Reporter: TARA AND HER
FATHER BURNED THE QUIJA
BOARD, BUT A FEW YEARS
LATER, SHE WAS DRAWN BACK TO
IT AGAIN.
THIS TIME SHE MADE HER OWN
QUIJA BOARD WITH A FRIEND.
THAT ONE WAS EVEN MORE
POWERFUL THAN THE ONE
BEFORE.
IT MOVED EVEN STRONGER.
IT WOULD SAY ALL KINDS OF
WILD STUFF.
AND THEN IT WOULD JUST START
SAYING ALL OF THESE
INAPPROPRIATE THINGS.
SO BEING TEENAGED GIRLS, WE
JUST WOULD KIND OF LAUGH AND
FEEL KIND OF UNCOMFORTABLE,
BUT WE WOULD KEEP PLAYING.
I COULD TELL -- IT WAS GOING
SO FAST, I COULDN'T TELL
WHAT IT WAS SPELLING.
BUT IT WAS SAYING MY NAME.
AND IT WAS SAYING, I'M GOING
TO KILL YOU, TARA, OVER AND
OVER.
WE ENDED UP SAYING, OUR
FATHER, WHICH ART IN
HEAVEN -- AND THAT'S ALL I
NEEDED TO SAY AND IT WENT TO
GOOD-BYE IMMEDIATELY.
Reporter: SHE STOPPED
PLAYING WITH THE QUIJA
BOARD, BUT TARA'S LIFE WAS
DOMINATED BY LONELINESS AND
FEAR.
IT WAS ALMOST LIKE I WAS
UNDER THIS DARK CLOUD OF
OPPRESSION.
I OPENED THAT DOOR TO EVIL
INTO MY LIFE.
IT BROUGHT IN DESTRUCTION.
IT BROUGHT IN A DARK
OPPRESSION OVER MY LIFE.
IT SEEMED LIKE EVERYTHING
FROM THAT POINT FORWARD WAS
SPIRALLING DOWNWARD.
Reporter: STRANGE
THINGS OCCURRED AROUND HER.
OBJECTS MOVED THROUGH HER
ROOM AT NIGHT, AND LOUD
NOISES WOULD ECHO THROUGH
THE HOUSE WHEN NO ONE ELSE
WAS HOME.
I HEARD THE STOMPING UP
AND DOWN THE HALL.
I THOUGHT, MY DAD IS HOME,
AND HE IS NOT TOO HAPPY.
SO I ENDED UP LOOKING OUT MY
HALL, AND THERE WAS NOBODY
THERE.
Reporter: TARA
EVENTUALLY GOT MARRIED AND
MOVED OUT OF THE HOUSE.
BUT THE DARKNESS WENT WITH
HER.
I WOULD HEAR THIS LOUD,
EVIL CHANTDING.
CHANTING.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE
LANGUAGE.
IT DIDN'T SOUND LIKE A HUMAN
VOICE.
IT DIDN'T SOUND LIKE A HUMAN
VOICE COULD TALK IN THAT
TONE AND BE THAT LOUD.
Reporter: AND THEN LATE
ONE NIGHT --
HE WAS STILL UP AND I WAS
ASLEEP.
HE LOOKED IN THE HALL AND HE
SAW THIS DARK FIGURE IN THE
HALL.
HE ENDED UP SAYING A PRAYER
TO HIMSELF AND IT
DISAPPEARED.
Reporter: TARA'S
MARRIAGE EVENTUALLY FELL
APART.
ONE NIGHT AS SHE SLEPT, SHE
HAD A VIVID DREAM THAT SHE
WAS VIOLENTLY MURDERED.
I CLOSED MY EYES AND I
SAID, GOD, PLEASE GET ME OUT
OF HERE.
I WAS, LIKE, PLEASE, JUST
SAVE ME.
IT HIT ME THAT ONE DAY I'M
GOING TO DIE.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'M
GOING TO GO TO HEAVEN OR
HELL.
SO I JUST STARTED PRAYING TO
GOD.
I CALLED OUT TO HIM, AND I
SAID GOD, PLEASE, PLEASE
SHOW ME WHAT TO DO TO BE
SAVED.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, BUT
I KNOW I DON'T WANT TO GO TO
HELL.
Reporter: THE ANSWER TO
HER PRAYER CAME EARLY THE
NEXT DAY.
THE NEXT MORNING I HEAR A
KNOCK ON THE DOOR.
AND I WENT TO THE DOOR, AND
THERE WAS A MAN STANDING
THERE WITH A BIBLE.
HE JUST SAID, I JUST WANTED
TO COME IN AND READ SOME OF
THE BIBLE WITH YOU AND PRAY
WITH YOU.
HE READ JOHN 3: 16: "THAT
GOD SO LOVED THE WORD HE
GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOT TEN SON,
AND WHO SO EVER BELIEVES IN
ME SHALL HAVE EVERLASTING
LIFE."
IT CHANGED EVERYTHING IN
ME.
IT WAS LIKE I WAS LOOKING AT
THINGS THROUGH NEW EYES.
I WAS CHANGING DAY BY DAY.
I NEVER FELT THAT KIND OF
LOVE BEFORE IN MY LIFE.
IT WAS AMAZING HOW QUICKLY
THAT TRANSFORMATION TOOK
PLACE WHEN HIS PRESENCE CAME
INTO MY LIFE.
IT WAS DARKNESS IN THE
LIGHT.
Reporter: HE DAYS OF
DARKNESS ARE A DISTANT
MEMORY, AND YET NOW SERVE ASx
A WARNING TO OTHERS.
THE QUIJA BOARD WAS JUST
AN OPEN DOOR FOR ALL OF THAT
TOOK PLACE.
THE ONLY THING THAT STOPPED
IT WAS ME TURNING MY LIFE
OVER TO JESUS.
I FEEL LIKE HE IS ALWAYS
THERE PROTECTING ME.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO
WORRY ABOUT.
HE IS RIGHT THERE GUARDING
ME, LOOKING OVER ME.
EVEN WHEN I'M ALONE, I DON'T
FEEL ALONE BECAUSE HE IS
RIGHT THERE WITH ME.
HE IS NEVER GOING TO LEAVE
ME OR FORSAKE ME.
HE MADE MY LIFE BEAUTIFUL.
HE CAN MAKE ANYONE'S LIFE
BEAUTIFUL.
Pat: MAN, HE CAN MAKE
ANYONE'S LIFE BEAUTIFUL.
FOLKS, A BUNCH OF GIRLS,
BOYS PLAY WITH QUIJA BOARDS,
AND THEY ENGAGE IN SEANCES.
SOME HAVE TRIED LEVITATION.
AND THEY THINK IT IS COOL.
THEY PLAY WITH THESE THINGS
LIKE IT IS SOME KIND OF A
PARLOR GAME.
LISTEN, SATAN IS REAL.
THE WORD "SATAN" MEANS THE
ADVERSARY.
HE IS REAL.
HE IS A FALLEN ANGEL.
HE HATES HUMANITY.
HE HATES THOSE MADE IN THE
IMAGE OF GOD.
AND HE HATES YOU AND ME.
AND HE WILL TRY TO DESTROY
US AND TAKE US TO HELL SO
WE'LL BE TORTURED WITH HIM
BECAUSE HELL WAS MADE FOR
THE DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS.
THERE IS AN END.
AND HE IS GOING TO BE
THERE.
BUT HE WANTS TO TAKE AS MANY
PEOPLE AS HE CAN.
AND RIGHT NOW THE DEVIL
WANTS WORSHIP.
HE WANTS PEOPLE TO WORSHIP
HIM.
EVEN IF THEY CURSE HIM, HE
WANTS HIS NAME MENTIONED.
AND HE HAS WITH HIM -- HE
TOOK FROM HEAVEN A NUMBER OF
ANGELS THAT FELL FROM THEIR
EXALTED STATE, AND THEY ARE
KNOWN AS DEMONS, EVIL
SPIRITS.
THEY WERE THERE AT THE TIME
OF JESUS.
THEY ARE THERE NOW.
THEY'RE NOT GHOSTS.
THEY'RE NOT THE DEAD
PEOPLE.
THEY'RE DEMONIC SPIRITS.
AND THEY ARE REAL.
AND THEY WANT TO DESTROY
THOSE OF US MADE IN THE IM
IMAGE OF GOD.
IT IS JUST THAT SIMPLE.
NOW, DO YOU WANT TO PLAY
GAMES WITH THAT, OR DO YOU
WANT TO BE FREE?
IF YOU'RE A YOUNG PERSON,
DON'T PLAY WITH THIS STUFF.
IT IS SERIOUS.
IT IS REAL.
AND THEY HAVE ONE GOAL, AND
THAT'S TO KILL YOU AND
DESTROY YOU AND TAKE YOU TO
HELL.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING THE
DEVIL WANTS TO DO.
HE WANTS YOUR WORSHIP.
HE WANTS YOUR PRAISE.
AND THEN HE WANTS TO DESTROY
YOU.
AND JESUS SAID, I HAVE COME
THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE LIFE.
THE THIEF COMES TO KILL AND
TO DESTROY.
I HAVE COME THAT THEY MIGHT
HAVE LIFE AND HAVE IT MORE
ABUNDANTLY.
NOW, DO YOU WANT ABUNDANT
LIFE?
DO YOU WANT TO BE FREE?
DON'T PLAY WITH THE DEVIL.
THIS IS SERIOUS.
PRAY WITH ME RIGHT NOW.
JUST LIKE TARA DID.
PRAY.
SHE DIDN'T PRAY WITH ME, BUT
SHE PRAYED AND ASKED THE
LORD.
PRAY RIGHT NOW.
PRAY THESE WORDS.
JESUS -- THAT'S RIGHT, SAY
IT.
JESUS, I CALL UPON YOU NOW.
LORD, I WANT YOU.
I DON'T WANT TO BE A VICTIM
OF SATAN.
I WANT TO BE FREE.
AND I WANT TO LIVE FOR YOU.
AND SO AT THIS MOMENT,
JESUS, I TAKE YOU AS SAVIOR
AND MAKE YOU LORD OF MY
LIFE.
TAKE ME, LORD.
FILL ME.
AND FROM THIS MOMENT ON, I'M
YOURS.
NOW, IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME
JUST THEN, I WANT TO YOU DO
SOMETHING.
I WANT YOU TO GET UP FROM
WHEREVER YOU ARE, AND IF
YOU'RE SITTING DOWN, MAYBE
YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE IN
YOUR HAND.
I WANT YOU TO DIAL THE
NUMBERS ON YOUR SCREEN,
1-800-759-0700.
IT IS TOLL-FREE, NO MONEY
INVOLVED.
AND I WANT YOU TO SAY, I
PRAYED WITH PAT.
I GAVE MY HEART TO THE
LORD.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING
THAT WILL HELP YOU.
73 MINUTES, A VERY
CONCENTRATED TEACHING ABOUT
WHAT YOU JUST DID, WHAT THE
EXCHANGED LIFE IS, WHAT GOD
HAS FOR YOU, ABOUT HIS
SECOND COMING, ABOUT BEING
FILLED WITH THE HOLY
SPIRIT.
ALL OF THIS, IT'S ALL HERE.
I'LL GIVE THIS TO YOU FREE.
IT WON'T COST YOU ANYTHING.
BUT CALL RIGHT NOW.
AND I HAVE A BOOK CALLED
"ANGELS, DEMONS, AND THE END
TIMES."
IT TELLS YOU ABOUT THE
SPIRITUAL REALITY THAT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT.
DON'T PLAY WITH SATAN.
DON'T PLAY WITH THE ONE WHO
WANTS TO KILL YOU.
DON'T PLAY WITH IT.
COME TO JESUS.
NOW, GO TO THE PHONE,
1-800-759-0700.
SOMEBODY IS AT THE OTHER END
WHO LOVES YOU.
AND THEY'VE HAD THE SAME
EXPERIENCE AS YOU'VE HAD AND
THEY'LL WELCOME YOUR CALL.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GIVE US
YOUR NAME, THAT'S FINE.
BUT DO IT.
SAY, I JUST PRAYED, I'M
FREE, AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW
I'M FREE.
WE'LL BE BACK WITH MORE OF
"THE 700 CLUB" RIGHT AFTER
THIS.
WE'VE GOT EXCITING THINGS
COMING UP.
Wendy: COMING UP LATER,
WE'LL "BRING IT ON" WITH
YOUR E-MAIL QUESTIONS, SO
DON'T GO AWAY.
WELCOME BACK TO "THE 700
CLUB."
SYRIA HAS COMPLETED THE
DESTRUCTION OF THE EQUIPMENT
USED TO PRODUCE CHEMICAL
WEAPONS.
BUT NOW COMES A BIGGER TASK:
DESTROYING SYRIA'S HUGE
WEAPONS STOCKPILE.
THEY ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE
ABOUT 1,000 METRIC TONS OF
CHEMICALS AND WEAPONS,
INCLUDING MUSTARD GAS AND
SIRIN.
THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL
ADOPTED A RESOLUTION
REQUIRING SYRIA TO GIVE UP
ITS ARMS, IN RESPONSE TO A
GAS ATTACK IN AUGUST THAT
KILLED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
FRANKLIN GRAHAM SAYS
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE PLAN TO INVITE THEIR
FRIENDS TO WATCH "MY HOPE
AMERICA," BY BILLY GRAHAM.
HE SPENT MONTHS RECORDING
THE VIDEO.
FRANKLIN GRAHAM SAYS HIS
FATHER WAS UNSCRIPTED AND
COMES ACROSS LIKE A
GRANDFATHER, SHARING THE
GOSPEL AND INVITING VIEWERS
TO TRUST JESUS CHRIST AS
THEIR SAVIOR.
YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT
THAT PROGRAM AND GET THE
LATEST FROM CBN NEWS BY
GOING TO CBNNEWS.COM.
PAT AND WENDY WILL BE BACK
WITH MORE OF "THE 700 CLUB"
RIGHT AFTER THIS.
*
Wendy: WELCOME BACK.
SUPERSTORM SANDY TOUCHED
DOWN JUST OVER A YEAR AGO,
AND AS SOON AS IT HIT,
THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS
JOINED "OPERATION BLESSING"
TO HELP THOSE AFFECTED BY
THE DISASTER.
PEOPLE LIKE BURT AND JEANNIE
METZ, AN ELDERLY COUPLE WITH
NO MONEY TO REBUILD THE HOME
THAT THEY LOST.
Reporter: BURT AND JEAN
METZ TRIED TO SALVAGE WAS
LITTLE THEY COULD AFTER
HURRICANE SANDY RIPPED
THROUGH THEIR HOME IN BREEZY
SEPOINT, NEW YORK.
THEY WERE ALSO IN THE MIDDLE
OF ADDING A ROOM TO THEIR
SMALL HOUSE WHEN THE STORM
HIT.
THE PLASTER BOARD, AND
THE FLOORING WARPED.
AN AREA ROTTED OUT.
THERE WAS NOTHING THAT
WAS LEFT IN THERE.
EVERYTHING WAS THROWN OUT.
EVERYTHING.
Reporter: THE METZES,
BOTH IN THEIR 80s, SPENT
THEIR SAVINGS ON THE EDITION
ADDITION AND COULDN'T AFFORD
THE REPAIRS.
JODY GETTIES FROM "OPERATION
BLESSING" MET THE FAMILY.
WHEN WE SAW EVERYTHING
THEY WENT THROUGH, AND THE
INSPIRATION THEY ARE TO
THEIR ENTIRE COMMUNITY, IT
WAS AN INSPIRATION TO US.
Reporter:
"OPERATION BLESSING"
VOLUNTEERS WORKED
TIRELESSLY.
THE METZES THOUGHT THEY WERE
JUST GUTTING THEIR HOUSE,
BUT WHEN THEY CAME HOME
THREE WEEKS LATER, THEY WERE
IN FOR A BIG SURPRISE.
JODY, IT IS SO GORGEOUS.
WHEN SHE OPENED THE DOORS
AND WE SAW THE REST OF THE
HOUSE, IT WAS ALMOST MORE
THAN YOUR HEART COULD TAKE.
I MEAN, YOU JUST DIDN'T KNOW
HOW TO DEAL WITH IT.
EMOTIONALLY, IN GRATEFULNESS
AND APPRECIATION TO ALL OF
THE PEOPLE THAT DID THE
WORK.
WHEN I WALKED IN THIS
AFTERNOON, I REALLY DIDN'T
BELIEVE THAT WAS MY HOUSE.
WHOA, IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
YOU WONDER WHERE IT ALL CAME
FROM AND WHO WOULD DO SUCH A
THING?
UNBELIEVABLE.
REALLY UNBELIEVABLE.
Reporter: WITH YOUR
SUPPORT, "OPERATION
BLESSING" WILL CONTINUE
HELPING PEOPLE LIKE THE
METZES AROUND THE WORLD IN
TIMES OF DISASTER.
ANYBODY WHO HAS DONATED
TO "OPERATION BLESSING" OR
CAN CONTINUE TO DONATE, TO
MAKE PEOPLE'S LIVES FEEL
MORE BLESSED, HOW WONDERFUL,
AND HOW WONDERFUL THAT ALL
THESE VOLUNTEERS DO THE WORK
GRATIS AND HAVE A SMILE ON
THEIR FACE AND LOVE IN THEIR
HEART.
Wendy: I LOVE THAT
STORY.
I NEVER GET TIRED OF SEEING
HOW JEANNIE METZ PUT HER
HAND OVER HER HEART AND
SAID, THIS IS ALMOST MORE
THAN I CAN TAKE.
WELL, WE WANT TO BLESS
PEOPLE LIKE THEM.
THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY
WERE GOING TO DO.
BUT THEN "OPERATION
BLESSING" CAME TO THE
RESCUE.
WHEN YOU'RE A PARTNER WITH
"THE 700 CLUB," YOU'RE
COMING TO THE RESCUE, TOO.
WE WANT TO BLESS YOU WITH
PAT'S NEW TEACHING CALLED
"HOW SHALL WE NOW LIVE?"
WHEN YOU PICK UP THE PHONE
AND SAY, YES, I WANT TO BE A
PART OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING
AROUND THE WORLD TO HELP
PEOPLE.
1-800-759-0700.
OR YOU CAN LOG ON TO
CBN.COM.
ELIZABETH WROTE IN, FROM
HAWAII, "HOW SHALL WE NOW
LIVE IS A MUCH-NEEDED AND
WONDERFUL TEACHING.
I'M HOPING PEOPLE WHO ARE
NOT CHRISTIANS GET TO SEE IT
BECAUSE IT DOES ANSWER SOME
OF THE TOP QUESTIONS THAT
PEOPLE HAVE."
SO WE WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE
THIS.
ALL RIGHT.
TIME FOR SOME VERY
INTERESTING E-MAILS.
TERESA WRITES, "I HAD A
FRIEND WHO DIED A FEW YEARS
AGO.
I BELIEVE I'VE SEEN HIM
APPEAR A FEW TIMES SINCE
THEN.
NO, I'M NOT CRAZY, EVEN MY
DOG BARKS WHEN HE SEES HIM.
IS IT POSSIBLE THAT MY
FRIEND IS TRAPPED BETWEEN
HEAVEN AND HELL?"
Pat: I DON'T BELIEVE IN
PURGATORY.
I'M SORRY.
I KNOW SOME TEACHERS SAY
THAT.
THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID I'M
BETWEEN TWO, TO REMAIN IN
THE FLESH, WHICH IS NEARER
TO YOU, OR TO DEPART AND BE
WITH THE LORD.
THERE IS NO IN BETWEEN.
TO DEPART AND BE WITH THE
LORD OR TO REMAIN IN THE
FLESH.
NOW, YOUR FRIEND DIED.
THERE ARE SUCH THINGS AS
FAMILIAR SPIRITS.
THEY ARE LIKE THE SPIRITS
THAT MIMIC THE LOVED ONES.
I MENTIONED BEFORE IN THIS
PROGRAM EARLIER ABOUT
DEMONIC SPIRITS.
THERE ARE DEMONS.
THEY ARE REAL.
THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT
IT.
BUT THIS IS NOT YOUR OLD
BOYFRIEND.
I'M SORRY.
IT'S NOT.
IT IS DEMONIC.
AND YOUR DOG CAN SENSE
DEMONS.
I HAVE A DOG THAT SENSES A
WHOLE LOT OF THINGS.
SHE IS BARKING ALL OF THE
TIME.
BUT THEY WILL SENSE THESE
THINGS.
BUT, ANYHOW, THAT IS NOT
PURGATORY.
AND THERE IS NO TRAP BETWEEN
HEAVEN AND HELL.
Wendy: AND NO MENTION
OF PURGATORY IN THE BIBLE AT
ALL.
Pat: NOT AT ALL.
IT HAS NO BIBLICAL BASIS.
Wendy: SMITH
WRITES, "I'M LOOKING TO
ADOPT A CHILD.
I FEEL IT VERY STRONGLY IN
MY HEART.
MY HUSBAND, ON THE OTHER
HAND, DOESN'T FEEL THIS
WAY.
WHY WOULD GOD PUT THAT
DESIRE IN ONE SPOUSE'S HEART
AND NOT THE OTHER?"
Pat: HOW DO YOU KNOW
GOD PUT THE DESIRE IN YOUR
HEART?
YOU'RE A WOMEN.
THAT'S PART OF YOUR NATURE.
THAT'S PART OF BEING A
MOTHER, AND YOU WANT TO BE A
MOTHER.
AND YOUR HUSBAND IS A MAN.
HE DOESN'T HAVE THAT
MATERNAL INSTINCT.
SO IT ISN'T GOD PUTTING IT
IN THERE.
IT WAS IN THERE FROM THE
BEGINNING.
YOU WERE MADE THAT WAY.
AND UNLESS YOU AGREE, PLEASE
DON'T ADOPT SOMEBODY BECAUSE
THE CHILD WILL BE
MISERABLE.
BUT MAYBE YOUR HUSBAND WILL
COME AROUND.
SOME MEN, YOU KNOW, JUST
WANT CHILDREN REAL BADLY.
THEY WANT TO BE A DAD.
THEY WANT TO HAVE A LITTLE
KID THEY CAN THROW A
BASEBALL WITH AND A FOOTBALL
AND TAKE THEM TO THE CIRCUS
AND ALL THAT SORT OF THING.
BUT YOUR HUSBAND DOESN'T.
SO UNTIL HE DOES, JUST, YOU
KNOW --
Wendy: KEEP PRAYING.
Pat: KEEP PRAYING BUT
DON'T BLAME GOD FOR IT.
Wendy: A VIEWER WRITES,
"MY CHURCH CELEBRATES THE
ARTS.
GOOD FOR THEM, I SAY.
WE HAVE A BOOKSTORE, AND
THIS YEAR THEY HAVE ALLOWED
CHURCH MEMBERS TO DISPLAY
THEIR ARTS AND CRAFTS FOR
SALE.
I THINK I HAVE A PROBLEM
WITH THAT.
JOHN 2: 16 SAYS MAKE GOD'S
HOUSE NOT A HOUSE OF
MERCHANDISE."
Pat: WHAT ELSE DO YOU
SELL AT A CHURCH STORE.
CHURCHES HAVE BOOKSTORES AND
THEY SELL BOOKS AND IT'S
OKAY.
THERE USED TO BE A MINISTRY
CALLED A COLE PORTER.
Wendy: I'VE HEARD ABOUT
THAT.
Pat: THEY WERE PEOPLE
THAT SOLD LITTLE PORTIONS OF
SCRIPTURES.
SO CHURCHES HAVE BOOKSTORES,
AND THE BOOKSTORES SELL
BOOKS.
THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH
THAT.
THIS ISN'T THE TEMPLE OF
GOD, WHERE THEY WERE
CHEATING PEOPLE AND HAVING
MONEY CHANGERS AND HAVING
ANIMALS IN CAGES AND ALL OF
THAT KIND OF THING.
Wendy: IT WOULD BE
DIFFERENT IF THEY WERE
SELLING MERCHANDISE NEXT TO
THE PREACHER WHILE HE WAS
PREACHING AND PEOPLE WERE
COMING UP AND EXCHANGING
MONEY --
Pat: EXACTLY.
BUT THE WHOLE THING WAS LIKE
A BAZAAR OUT THERE.
THEY WERE CHANGING MONEY AND
CHEATING PEOPLE AS THEY WERE
CHANGING THE MONEY.
Wendy: GLORIA
WRITES, "A FRIEND OF MINE
SAID THAT GOD ALLOWED EVIL
TO PREVAIL IN CERTAIN
CIRCUMSTANCES.
IS THIS TRUE?
IT SEEMS AWFULLY UNLOVING.
OR DOES SATAN OVERRIDE GOD'S
WORKS?"
Pat: SATAN IS GOD'S
CREATURE, AND ONE DAY HE IS
GOING TO GET LOCKED UP
FOREVER.
THE TRUTH IS, THOUGH, RIGHT
NOW GOD IS DEALING WITH A
REBELLION THAT TOOK PLACE IN
HEAVEN.
THIS BEAUTIFUL ANGEL, THE
HIGHEST OF ALL HIS CREATIONS
REBELLED AGAINST HIM AND
TOOK A THIRD OF THE ANGELS
WITH HIM.
GOD COULD REACH OUT AND SAY,
THAT'S IT.
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THE
REST OF CREATION?
THEY WOULD BE SCARED TO
DEATH.
THEY WOULD SAY, WHAT IF GOD
DOES THAT TO ME.
SO GOD KNOWS THAT LOVE HAS
TO PREVAIL.
THAT'S WHY HE SENT HIS SON
TO DIE ON THE CROSS.
BUT HE IS WINNING US, WOOING
US WITH LOVE.
DOES HE LET SATAN TEMPT US?
YES.
HE ALLOWS FREE WILL NOW
BECAUSE HE WANTS TO WOO US
WITH LOVE.
Wendy: PETE WRITES,
"GOD IS A GOD OF LOVE, BUT
IN MALACHI IT SAYS THAT GOD
HATED ESAU, AND LEFT HIS
INHERITANCE TO THE JACKALS.
THAT'S REALLY MEAN,
CONSIDERING HIS BIGGEST
TRANSGRESSION WAS HE WANTED
A POT OF STEW.
SO HOW DOES THE GOD OF LOVE
HATE ESAU."
Pat: YOU BETTER BE
WORRIED ABOUT THE KIND OF
SOUP YOU'RE EATING.
FIRST OF ALL, ESAU GAVE UP
HIS BIRTH RIGHTS AND GAVE UP
HIS BLESSING.
HE GAVE UP THE OPPORTUNITY
TO BE THE HIGH PRIEST OF THE
FAMILY AND INHERIT ALL
THINGS DUE HIM.
AND HE PUT HIS BELLY AHEAD
OF THAT.
THAT'S STARTERS.
SO HE WAS TYPICAL OF THE
MATERIALLITI MATERIALISTIC
PERSON.
BUT EDOM HAS BECOME A SYMBOL
OF A NATION AND REBELLION
AGAINST GOD.
AND I HAVE READ STORIES --
AND I AREN'T RESEARCHED IT,
SO DON'T HOLD ME TOO MUCH --
BUT THERE IS SOME THOUGHT OF
GOING BACK TO EDOM AND YOU
FIND THE ROOTS OF ISLAM.
AND THERE IS A GROUP, THE
AMAL AMALIKITES WHO
REBELLED AGAINST GOD.
THEY WERE CLOSE RELATIVES,
BUT THEY REBELLED AGAINST
GOD AND DESTROYED ISRAEL,
AND GOD TURNED AGAINST HIM.
HE TOLD SAUL, I WANT YOU TO
KILL ALL OF THE AMALKITES
AND KILL THEM ALL BECAUSE
THEY'RE DANGEROUS.
THAT'S WHAT HE WAS TALKING
ABOUT.
I WAS READING ONE COMMENTARY
THAT SAID WE CAN'T DIMINISH
THE EFFECT OF THOSE WORDS
LOVE AND HATE.
YOU CAN'T TONE THEM DOWN.
HE REALLY LOVED JACOB
BECAUSE JACOB PUT SPIRITUAL
THINGS FIRST.
AND HE REALLY HATED WHAT
ESAU BECAME, WHO REJECTED
THE SPIRITUAL THINGS IN
FAVOR OF MATERIALISM.
IT IS MUCH MORE PROFOUND
THAN A BOWL OF LENTIL SOUP.
I LIKE LENTIL SOUP.
[LAUGHTER]
Pat: BUT YOU WON'T GET
CURSED FOR EATING IT.
Wendy: THANKS, PAT.
ON A SCALE OF ONE THROUGH
10, ESTHER'S PAIN REGISTERED
AT AN 11.
FIND OUT HOW IT GOT TO ZERO
WITHOUT DRUGS OR SURGERY.
THAT'S NEXT.
Wendy: WHEN ESTHER MAY
WAS JUST A TEEN, SHE
CONTRACTED POLIO.
HER FRIENDS PRAYED FOR HER,
AND SHE WAS HEALED.
SO SHE KNEW FIRSTHAND ABOUT
THE POWER OF PRAYER, AND SHE
RELIED UPON IT YEARS LATER
AFTER DEVELOPING A PAIN THAT
NEARLY CRIPPLED HER.
MY GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER
LIVES AND SEATTLE, AND SHE
WAS HAVING HER FIRST
BIRTHDAY.
AND WE WERE SO ANXIOUS TO
GO, AND WANTED TO GO BE WITH
HER.
AND ABOUT A FEW DAYS BEFORE
IT WAS TIME TO GO, I GOT HIS
AWFUL PAIN IN MY HIP.
MY RIGHT SIDE.
THE PAIN WAS LIKE
SOMETHING -- THERE WAS A
SHARP POINT ON IT.
IT WAS ABOUT THAT LONG, AND
IT HAD SPURS COMING OUT ON
IT.
IT WAS SO PAINFUL, I EVEN
WALKED WITH A LIMP.
AND WHEN I SAT DOWN, I WOULD
HAVE TO EITHER SIT ON A
PILLOW OR SIT HALF WAY ON
ONE SIDE TO STAY OFF OF IT.
ON A SCALE OF ONE TO 10,
THIS PAIN WAS A 10 OR AN
11.
I WAS PRAYING, OF COURSE,
FOR A HEALING BECAUSE I KNEW
THAT I COULDN'T GO TO
SEATTLE SITTING ON THIS
PAIN.
AND I CLAIMED PSALMS 91.
NONE OF THESE PLAGUES -- AND
TO ME THAT WAS A PLAYING --
WOULD COME NIEH OUR
DWELLING.
ONE DAY I HAD "THE 700 CLUB"
ON, AND I HAD TO GET UP AND
WALK OUT OF THE ROOM FOR A
MINUTE, AND I COME BACK IN,
AND HE WAS STANDING IN FRONT
OF THE TV, WATCHING GORDON
PRAYING.
Gordon: SOMEONE WITH A
RIGHT HIP CONDITION, AND
YOU'RE WALKING WITH A LIMP
NOW.
GOD IS ABLE TO TAKE AWAY ALL
OF THE SPURS.
I KNEW THAT THAT WAS FOR
ME, AND SO DID MY HUSBAND.
BOTH OF US KNEW IT WAS
MINE.
MINE.
AND AS I PUT MY HAND ON THAT
POINT OF CONTACT THERE,
WHERE IT WAS HURTING, I
BELIEVE THAT GOD THAT TOOK
CARE OF THAT PAIN.
AND IT LEFT IMMEDIATELY.
LIKE IT JUST LEFT MY BODY.
THAT WHOLE BIG SPUR WAS
GONE.
I HAVEN'T HAD ANYMORE PAIN
SINCE.
WE WENT UP AND ENJOYED OUR
VISIT WITH THE FAMILY AND
THE BABY, AND TOLD EVERYONE
WHAT GOD HAD DONE AND HOW HE
HEALED ME.
HEALING IS FOR EVERYONE THAT
WANTS IT.
GOD IS NOT A RESPECTER OF
PERSONS.
HE IS A VERY LOVING GOD, AND
HE CARES ABOUT YOU AS A
HUMAN BEING AND A PERSON.
ONE PERSON.
IF YOU HAVE A PAIN OR IF YOU
HAVE A SICKNESS OR AN
AFFLICTION OF ANY KIND, YOU
PRAY AND BELIEVE, AND HE IS
GOING TO HEAR YOU.
Wendy: ESTHER SAID IT,
DIDN'T SHE?
GOD IS NO RESPECTER OF
PEOPLE AND HE WANTS TO HEAL
YOU.
WE HAVE A PRAISE REPORT HERE
AND AN ANSWER TO PRAYER.
MANY YEARS AGO, DEBRA FROM
WISCONSIN INJURED HER KNEE
IN GYM CLASS.
IT NEVER HEALED CORRECTLY.
AND AS SHE AGED, IT GAVE HER
MORE AND MORE PROBLEM.
SOMETIMES IT WOULD POP AS
SHE WALKED AND SHE COULD
EVEN BEND IT BACKWARDS.
DOCTORS TOLD HER THERE WAS
NOTHING THEY COULD DO FOR
HER.
AFTER YEARS OF PAIN, DEBRA
TURNED ON "THE 700 CLUB" TO
HEAR YOU, PAT, SAYING,
SOMEBODY WITH A KNEE
CONDITION HAS JUST BEEN
HEALED.
DEBRA CLAIMED THAT FOR
HERSELF AND IMMEDIATELY HER
KNEE BEGAN TO FEEL BETTER.
BY THE NEXT MORNING, SHE WAS
FEELING 100% AND IS NOW
PRAISING THE LORD FOR HIS
GOODNESS AND HIS GRACE.
AMEN.
Pat: HERE IS BRITTANY
WHO LIVES IN WARMINISTER,
PENNSYLVANIA.
YOU DON'T KNOW HER?
Wendy: I DON'T KNOW
HER.
Pat: HE HIT HER FIST ON
THE EDGE OF THE STOVE.
AND ONE DAY SHE WAS
WATCHING, AND SHE HEARD YOU
GIVE A WORD, WENDY, IT IS
YOUR PINKY FINGER, IT IS
PAINFUL, AND THE LORD IS
TOUCHING IT NOW.
BE HEALED IN JESUS' NAME.
BRITTANY TOUCHED HER HAND
AND SAID, TAKE IT AWAY,
LORD, AND IMMEDIATELY THE
PAIN LEFT.
Wendy: SOMETIMES WHEN
YOUR PINKY HURTS, THAT COULD
HURT YOUR WHOLE BODY.
Pat: I'M NOT INTO
PINKIES MUCH.
WE'RE GOING TO JOIN HANDS
AND BELIEVE IN GOD.
FOLKS, THE POWER OF GOD IS
REAL.
AND HE WANTS TO TOUCH YOU.
WHAT DO YOU NEED?
BY THE WAY, ON THIS PROGRAM,
THE LORD TOLD ME SOMEBODY
WAS PRAYING FOR $50,000 AND
GAVE ME THE NAME.
AND THERE WAS A GUY WITH
THAT NAME AND HE WASN'T
PRAYING FOR $50,000 -- HE
WAS PRAYING FOR
$50 MILLION.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S GOT THE
MONEY.
BUT I DIDN'T KNOW HIM.
Wendy: BUT IT IS JUST
AS EASY FOR GOD TO DO
$50 MILLION AS IT IS FOR HIM
TO DO $50,000.
Pat: LORD, WE THANK YOU
FOR YOUR GOODNESS.
THERE IS A BOWEL
OBSTRUCTION, AND RIGHT NOW
THAT IS GOING OUT OF THE
WAY.
YOUR BOWEL IS GOING TO OPEN
UP, AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE
ABSOLUTELY WHOLE IN THE NAME
OF JESUS.
YOU'LL FEEL LIKE SOMETHING
GOING THROUGH THERE, AND
YOU'RE TOTALLY WHOLE IN
JESUS' NAME.
AND THERE IS A MUSCLE -- I
BELIEVE YOUR QUAD MUSCLE HAS
BEEN SOME HOW BRUISED, AND
THAT HAS BEEN HEALED.
JUST TOUCH IT RIGHT NOW IN
THE NAME OF JESUS.
WENDY?
Wendy: THERE IS SOMEONE
WITH A VERY PAINFUL
KNEECAP.
THIS IS FOR MORE THAN ONE
PERSON.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO REALLY
NEED HEALING IN THEIR
KNEES.
AND GOD IS TOUCHING KNEES
RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU, LORD.
Pat: A NAUSEA HAS BEEN
HEALED.
YOUR HEAD IS SWIMMING AND
YOUR DIZZY AND NAUSEATED.
THE DIZZINESS IS GOING AWAY
AND YOUR NAUSEA IS GOING
AWAY.
AND WHATEVER VIRUS OR
BACTERIA THERE IS, THE LORD
HAS HEALED THAT IN JESUS'
NAME.
LORD, FOR ALL THOSE IN THIS
AUDIENCE, MAY YOUR TOUCH BE
UPON THEM IN JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE
FOR THIS PROGRAM.
WE LEAVE YOU WITH THESE
WORDS FROM COLOSSIANS: "JUST
AS YOU RECEIVE CHRIST JESUS
AS LORD, CONTINUE TO LIVE
YOUR LIVES IN HIM."
AND REMEMBER, WE'RE HERE
WITH YOU ALL DAY LONG, EVEN
THOUGH THE PROGRAM ISN'T ON
THE AIR.
WE GO OFF AT A TIME, BUT
WE'RE STILL HERE.
SO YOU CAN CALL IN,
TOLL-FREE, 1-800-759-0700.
SO FOR WENDY AND ALL OF US,
THIS IS PAT ROBERTSON, AND,
LORD WILLING, "THE 700 CLUB"
WILL BE ON TOMORROW.
DON'T MISS IT.
SEE YOU THEN.
BYE-BYE.