Author Robert Borelli discusses his transition from a life in organized crime to becoming a born-again Christian. Plus, Pro-Life advocate Sol Pitchon shares his passion for the unborn.
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THE NAZIS TOOK HER MOTHER
AND FIVE SISTERS TO THE GAS
CHAMBERS THAT DAY.
A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR.
THERE WAS MY MOTHER,
AROUND 16 YEARS OLD, FINDING
HERSELF ON THE OPERATING
TABLE.
Wendy: WHO'S FAMILY IS
SAVING LIVES TODAY.
PLUS, A REAL LIFE WISE GUY.
A FORMER MEMBER OF THE
GAMBINO FAMILY TELLS ALL
ABOUT HIS LIFE IN AND OUT OF
THE MAFIA ON TODAY'S "700
CLUB."
Pat: WELL, WE'VE GOT AN
EXCITING SHOW FOR YOU
TODAY.
GLAD YOU'RE WITH US.
THERAT THE SAME TIME KEEP
THEIR JOBS.
THE ANSWER IN OUR SOCIETY
VERY OFTEN IS NO.
Wendy: ONE WEEK AGO
TODAY TWIN BROTHERS DAVID
AND JASON VENOM LOST THEIR
SHOW ON HGTV AFTER
COMPLAINTS ABOUT THEIR
BIBLICAL VIEWS ON MARRIAGE
AND ABORTION.
NOW THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT
THE FALLOUT AND THEIR FAITH,
AND FOR THE FIRST TIME,
WE'RE ALSO HEARING FROM
THEIR WIVES.
JOHN JESSUP HAS THE STORY.
Reporter: A WEEK AFTER
THE SHOW GOT CUT, THESE
BROTHERS AND BUSINESS OWNERS
ARE STILL MAKING HEADLINES.
INSTEAD OF DEFENDING THEIR
REPUTATION, THEY'RE NOW
USING EACH INTERVIEW TO
SHARE THEIR FAITH.
WE FEEL AS THOUGH GOD
WANTS US TO ACTUALLY STAND
UP, LIFT HIM UP, LIFT UP HIS
STANDARD, SILENCE THIS
BULLY, AND LIFT UP THE
BANNER OF JESUS CHRIST IN
THIS SITUATION.
SO THAT'S OUR GOAL RIGHT
NOW.
Reporter: THEY SAY THAT
BULLY, THE AGENDA FROM SOME
MILITANT GAY GROUPS AND
OTHERS ON THE LEFT, BEARING
DOWN ON AMERICA IN WHAT SOME
DESCRIBE AS A SILENCING WAR
ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.
HGTV CANCELLED THE SHOW LAST
WEEK, ANNOUNCING ITS
DECISION IN A TWEET AFTER
THE WEBSITE, "RIGHT WING
WATCH" PUBLISHED SOME OF
DAVID'S PAST COMMENTS ON
PRO-LIFE AND PRO-TRADITIONAL
MARRIAGE VIEWS.
IS IT NOW BECOMING A
CULTURAL SIN TO BELIEVE IN
THE BIBLE?
WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF
NATIONAL SIN, WHERE WE
APPROVE OF WHAT GOD
DISAPPROVES OF, WHEN WE DO
THAT, IT WILL ULTIMATELY GET
TO THE POINT TO WHERE THAT
SIN WILL BECOME AN AGENDA
THAT NOT ONLY DOMINATES AND
PERMEATES, BUT IT SEEKS TO
ASSASSINATE ANYONE WHO
SPEAKS AGAINST THEM.
Reporter: AND
SURPRISINGLY, THEY BLAME THE
CHURCHES.
JUST IN CHARLOTTE CITY,
WE HAVE 1300 CHUMPS 1300
CHURCHES, YET WE'RE ABORTING
MILLIONS OF BABY BOYS AND
GIRLS, LITTLE IMAGE BEARERS
OF
WE CAN'T JUST KEEP HAVING
CHURCH AND ALLOW THIS TO
HAPPEN AND THINK THE
BLESSING OF GOD IS GOING TO
BE ON OUR NATION.
Reporter: WHILE THEY'VE
ENDURED NASTY CRITICISM,
THEY SAY THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN
ENCOURAGED BY THE SUPPORT
THEY HAVE RECEIVED ONLINE
AND IN PERSON.
BUT THEIR BIGGEST SUPPORTERS
ARE THEIR WIVES, WHO SPOKE
TO CBN NEWS.
Reporter:HAS BEEN
AN INCREDIBLE WEEK.
HOW ARE YOU HOLDING UP?
IT IS REALLY NEAT TO SEE
HOW THE LORD HAS PROVIDED
FOR US.
THERE HAS BEEN SUCH GRACE
OVER US.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE REACHED
OUT WITH SUCH SUPPORT AND
LOVE.
Reporter: WHAT IS IT
THAT YOU WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW
ABOUT DAVID, AND WHAT IS IT
YOU WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW
ABOUT JASON?
I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW HE
HAS A HUGE HEART FOR THE
LORD AND
PEOPLE.
AND YOU'LL SEE HE IS THE
REAL DEAL.
THERE IS NOBODY I RESPECT
MORE THAN JASON, AND I'M SO
THANKFUL FOR THE MAN OF GOD
THAT HE IS, AND I'M SO
THANKFUL FOR THE HUSBAND AND
THE FATHER HE HAS BECOME.
Reporter: THE WIVES AND
THEIR HUSBANDS HAVE BEEN
SURPRISED AT THE SUPPORT
THEY HAVE GOTTEN FROM PEOPLE
ACROSS THE POLITICAL AND
IDEOLOGICAL SPECTRUM.
WE CAN'T EVEN COUNT HOW
MANY LETTERS, Facebook
MESSAGES AND PERSONAL
MESSAGES COMING TO US FROM
FOLKS IN THE GAY COMMUNITY,
FROM MUSLIMS, FROM SO MANY
PEOPLE THAT COMPLETELY
DISAGREE WITH O OUR
BELIEFS, BUT WE STAND WITH
YOU.
Reporter: THEY ARE
FINISHING THEIR SHOW AND
OFFERING TO TAKE NO
COMMISSION TO HELP THE
CASH-STRAPPED FAMILIES THAT
WANT TO FLIP THEIR SHOWS.
THE BROTHERS HAVE EMPHASIZED
THEY DON'T HATE OR
DISCRIMINATE AGAINST GAYS OR
ANYONE ELSE, AND WHEN IT
COMES TO THE BATTLE AGAINST
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, THEY SAY
THEY WON'T BACK DOWN.
WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS NOT
JUST REPRESENT LOVE IN A
LOVING WAY, BUT WHAT WE WANT
TO DO IS WIN THIS BATTLE.
WE WANT TO FIGHT IT SO THAT
WE CAN WIN IT.
AND WHEN THE ENEMY SHOWS UP,
STAND UP AND DON'T BACK
DOWN.
Reporter: JOHN JESSUP,
CBN NEWS, REPORTING IN
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA.
Pat: THANKS, JOHN.
THOSE GUYS HAVE A TREMENDOUS
FUTURE AHEAD OF THEM.
THEY ARE EXTRAORDINARY
SPOKESPEOPLE FOR THE POINT
OF VIEW OF MANY CHRISTIANS.
I JUST APPRECIATE THEIR
STAND.
I WANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING
ABOUT WHO PRODUCES ALL OF
THIS.
THE HOME AND GARDEN MAGAZINE
IS PRODUCED AND PUBLISHED BY
THE HERSH CORPORATION, BUT
NOT THE TELEVISION SHOW,
WHICH IS PRODUCED BY THE
SCRIPPS CORPORATION, E.W.
SCRIPPS.
AND THEY'RE DIFFERENT,
SEPARATE COMPANIES.
I'VE MADE A MISTAKE BY
SAYING THAT HERSH DID IT
ALL.
THEY HAVE THE MAGAZINE, BUT
THE TV SHOW IS DONE BY
SCRIPPS, AND SCRIPPS IS THE
ONE MAKING THIS DECISION,
AND IT WAS A BAD DECISION.
AND A TERRIBLE HUMAN TRAGEDY
HAS TAKEN PLACE IN TURKEY.
MORE THAN 230 WORKERS HAS
BEEN KILLED IN A COAL MINE
EXPLOSION, AND THE DEATH
TOLL COULD GO HIGHER.
CHARLENE HAS THAT STORY FROM
THE CBN NEWS ROOM.
Reporter: RESCUERS ARE
IN A RACE AGAINST TIME TO
REACH MORE THAN 200 MINERS
TRAPPED UNDERGROUND IN A
COAL MINE IN WESTERN
TURKEY.
AN EXPLOSION KILLED MORE
THAN 200 PEOPLE INSIDE THE
MINE.
DALE HURD HAS THE STORY.
Reporter: DURING THE
NIGHT, PEOPLE CHEERED AND
APPLAUDED AS SOME PEOPLE
CAME OUT OF THE MINE.
THIS WOMAN SAYS, I DON'T
KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING.
I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING.
SHE
THERE.
AN EXPLOSION FROM A POWER
DISTRIBUTION UNIT TORE
THROUGH THE MIND AS WORKERS
WERE PREPARING FOR A SHIFT
CHANGE.
WHICH MEANT MORE WORKERS
WERE INSIDE THE MINE THAN
USUAL.
Reporter: OFFICIALS
SAID THAT IT RELEASED CARBON
MONOXIDE.
THE AIR PUMPING
OPERATIONS CONTINUE.
AND AS OF NOW, WE HAVE LOST
201 OF OUR MINERS.
WE FEAR THAT THIS NUMBER
WILL RISE.
I ALSO SAID THERE WERE 80
WOUNDED, 60 OF THOSE INJURED
WERE THE MINERS.
Reporter: THE DEATH
TOLL IS EXPECTED TO GO MUCH
HIGHER AS RESCUE OPERATIONS
HAVE BEEN HINDER BECAUSE THE
MINE STILL HAS NOT BEEN
CLEARED OF DANGEROUS GAS.
SOME OF THE WORKERS WERE
MORE THAN A QUARTER MILE
BELOW THE SURFACE.
NEWS REPORTS SAID WORKERS
COULDúNFT USE ELEVATORS TO
ESCAPE BECAUSE THE EXPLOSION
HAD CUT OFF POWER.
SOME WHO WERE INJURED WERE
WISKED AWAY ON A STRETCHER,
TO THE CHEERS OF ONLOOKERS.
DALE HURD, CBN NEWS.
HERE AT HOME,
CONSERVATIVES AND OTHERS ARE
BLASTING THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION AFTER A
REPORT THAT IMMIGRATION AND
CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT RELEASED
36,000 CONVICTED CRIMINAL
ALIENS LAST YEAR.
THE IMMIGRANTS WERE WAITING
FOR THE FINAL DECISIONS IN
THEIR DEPORTATION FOR
SEATINGS, SO I.C.E E. COULD
HAVE KEPT THEM IN CUSTODY,
BUT DIDN'T.
THE CENTER'S JESSICA VAUGHN
CALLED IT SHOCKING, AND SAID
THE POLICIES HAVE OFTEN LET
CONSIDERATIONS OVERRIDE
CONCERNS ABOUT PUBLIC
SAFETY.
A MAJOR RULE IN EUROPE OVER
THE BATTLE IN PERSONAL
PRIVACY AND THE INTERNET.
GOOGLE AND OTHER SEARCH
ENGINES ARE FACING SOME
MAJOR LIMITATIONS THERE,
AFTER EUROPE'S HIGHEST COURT
RULED THAT PEOPLE SHOULD
HAVE SOME SAY OVER WHAT POPS
UP WHEN THEIR NAME IS
GOOGLED OR SEARCHED FOR ON
LINE.
THE EUROPEAN UNION COURT OF
JUSTICE SAYS GOOGLE MUST
LISP' AND SOMETIMES COMPLY
WHEN INDIVIDUALS ASK THE
INTERNET GIANT TO REMOVE
ARTICLES OR WEBSITES
CONTAINING PERSONAL
INFORMATION.
GOOGLE SAYS PEOPLE SHOULD
TAKE IT UP WITH THE WEBSITES
THAT POSTED THE MATERIAL.
THE COURT DECIDED THAT
THIS PERSON'S PRIVACY RIGHT
OUTWEIGHS GOOGLE'S INTEREST
IN MAKING ANY INFORMATION
AVAILABLE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS JUST
ABOUT GOOGLE, BUT IT'S
REALLY ACTUALLY VERY
THREATENING TO MUCH OF THE
INTERNET.
THE INTERNET IS A PLACE
WHERE YOU FIND INFORMATION.
Reporter: THE DECISION
DOESN'T AFFECT THE U.S. OR
OTHER COUNTRIES OUTSIDE
EUROPE, BUT IT WILL EFFECT
PEOPLE'S SEARCH ENGINES,
INCLUDING YAHOO AND
MICROSOFT.
PRESIDENT OBAMA IS MEETING
WITH THE LEADER OF SYRIA'S
OPPOSITION FORCES.
Vh MOVE COMES AFTER THE
SYRIAN GOVERNMENT IS GAINING
BATTLES.
THE QUESTION NOW IS ASSAD
ALMOST CERTAIN TO WIN THE
CIVIL WAR THERE.
HEATHER CELLS REPORTS.
Reporter: JUST DAYS
AGO, THE BATTERED CITY OF
HOMS STOOD AS A REBEL
STRONGHOLD.
AFTER THE GOVERNMENT'S
TWO-YEAR CAMPAIGN AND
BNMBING CAMPAIGN, THE REBELS
HAVE GIVEN UP.
TODAY THOUSANDS OF SYRIANS
ARE STREAMING BACK IN TOWN,
AND THE REBELS ARE GONE.
IT IS PAVING THE WAY FOR
PRESIDENT BASHAR
al-ASSAD.
THE U.S. HAS ALREADY
ANNOUNCED ITS JUNE 3rd
ELECTION.
THIS WEEK IT IS MEETING IN
WASHINGTON WITH WHAT IT
CALLS THE MODERATE
OPPOSITION.
HIS COALITION, THE SYRIAN
COALITION THAT HE HAS BUILT
IS AN INCLUSIVE AND MODERATE
INSTITUTION, COMMITTED TO
THE SYRIAN PEOPLE, AND TO
THE PROTECTION OF ALL
PEOPLE, ALL MINORITIES, ALL
RIGHTS WITHIN SYRIA.
Reporter: JUST LAST
WEEK THE U.S. RECOGNIZED
THIS OPPOSITION GROUP AS A
DIPLOMATIC FOREIGN MISSION
AND PLEDGED $27 MILLION TO
HELP THE REBELS OUST ASSAD.A&C @&Cú
BUT IS IT TOO LITTLE TOO
LATE?
OFF THE COAST OF CYPRUS,
INTERNATIONAL SHIPS WAIT TO
COLLECT THE LAST OF SYRIA'S
CHEMICAL WEAPONS BEFORE A
JUNE 30th DEADLINE, AFTER
SYRIA ALREADY MISSED AN
APRIL CUTOFF.
EARLY TUESDAY A LEADING
HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP SAYS IT
HAS STRONG EVIDENCE THAT
SYRIA USED CHEMICAL WEAPONS
ON REBELS JUST LAST MONTH.
MORE GRIM NEWS FOR A C
THAT HAS ALREADY LOST
150,000 PEOPLE IN ITS
CONFLICT.
HUMANITARIAN GROUPS SAY MORE
THAN THREE MILLION SYRIANS
HAVE NO ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL
GOODS AND SERVICES.
HEATHER CELLS, CBN NEWS.
PAT, WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON
THIS SITUATION?
Pat: WHAT MY TAKE IS
THAT THE PRESIDENT, AS
USUAL, SCREWED UP.
HE IS LEADING FROM BEHIND.
HE LET THOSE REBELS
LANGUISH.
HE HELPED NOBOLY/
AND EARLY ON WE COULD HAVE
HAD SOME PLANS WE APPROVED
OF, BUT BEFORE LONG IT
BECAME TOO DANGEROUS.
WE COULD NOT SUPPORT ANY OF
THEM BECAUSE WE WEREN'T SURE
WHICH WAS al-QAEDA AND
WHICH WASN'T.
AND HE LET THE THING DESCEND
INTO A VICIOUS CIVIL WAR.
150,000 PEOPLE DEAD BECAUSE
OF INACTIVITY AND
THINKLESSNESS ON THE PART OF
THE LEADER OF THE MOST-$=]
AND WE'RE SEEING THIS TIME
AND TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO
LIVE IN THE FUTURE WITH
CONSEQUENCES OF THE FAILED
FOREIGN POLICY OF THE UNITED
STATES.
CHARLENE?
Reporter: A THIRD
POTENTIAL CASE OF MIDDLE
EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME,
KNOWN AS MERS, HAS REPORTED
HERE IN THE U.S.
A MAN IN FLORIDA WAS
DIAGNOSED OVER THE WEEKEND.
THAT MAN IS NOW IN
ISOLATION.
EARLIER THIS MONTH, ANOTHER
MERS CASE WAS DISCOVERED IN
INDIANA.
THE DEADLY VIRUS WAS FIRST
FOUND IN THE MIDDLE EAST
BACK IN 2012.
SINCE THEN, THERE HAS BEEN
OVER 500 CASES.
THE MAJORITY IN SAUDI
ARABIA.
THE VIRUS HAS KILLED NEARLY
140 PEOPLE.
THE VIRUS CAN BE SPREAD BY
PEOPLE TRAVELLING AROUND THE
WORLD.
WELL, GET ENOUGH SLEEP OR IT
COULD BE VERY BAD FOR YOUR
HEALTH.
A NEW SURVEY FROM SCIENTISTS
WRITTEN IN THE U.S. FOUND
THAT PEOPLE ON AVERAGE ARE
SLEEPING TWO HOURS LESS THAN
THEY DID 60 YEARS AGO.
THAT CAN UPSET THE BODY
CLOCK.
AND THE LACK OF SLEEP CAN
ALSO LEAD TO SERIOUS HEALTH
PROBLEMS, INCLUDING HEART
DISEASE, CANCER, TYPE 2
DIABETES, OBESITY, AND
POSSIBLY EVEN A HEART
ATTACK.
PAT, THAT SOUNDSIKE A
REALLY GNóD REASON TO GET TO
BED ON TIME.
Pat: LET'S DO IT.
LET'S JUST CHUCK EVERYTHING
AND GET ON TO BED AND HAVE A
NAP.
I THINK NAPS ARE GOOD.
MY FATHER LIVED A LONG, LONG
TIME, AND HE HAD A 30-MINUTE
NAP EVERY DAY.
Wendy: I'M ALL FOR
NAPS.
AND THEN AROUND 10:00 AT
NIGHT I WANT TO TAKE A
WALK.
I'M JUST GETTING STARTED. Pat: YOU HAVE A SAR
SARCADIAN CLOCK THAT WORKS
THAT WAY.
IF YOU DON'T SLEEP, YOUR
BODY BUILDS UP -- IT IS
LEPTIN WHEN YOU DO SLEEP AND
GERHLIN WHEN YOU DON'T
SLEEP.
THE GERHLIN MAKES YOU
HUNGRY, AND THE LEPTIN
LEPTIN MAKES YOU NOT WANT
FOOD.
SO YOU'RE OUT WALKING AT
MIDNIGHT?
Wendy: SOME TIMES.
NOT OFTEN.
Pat: NOT OFTEN.
Wendy: IT'S A VERY SAFE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
Pat: WHATEVER.
IF YOU SEE SOME STRANGE LADY
OUT THERE AT 1 a.m., IT'S
WENDY.
WHAT'S NEXT?
Wendy: UP NEXT, A
FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION
LIKE2NO OTHER IN OUR
NATION'S CAPITAL.
SEE HOW YOU CAN BE A PART OF
IT WHEN WE COME BACK.
Pat:
WELL, THIS FOURTH
OF JULY, A TWO-WEEK
CELEBRATION IS BEING PLANNED
IN OUR NATION'S CAPITAL.
IT'S CALLED "CELEBRATE
AMERICA."
AND AS PAUL STRAND REPORTS,
IT IIT IS DESIGNED TO BRING
HOPE BACK TO OUR COUNTRY BY
RETURNING IT TO ITS
SPIRITUAL ROOTS.
I HOPE IT IS SUCCESSFUL.
Reporter: BISHOP HARRY
JACKSON OF MARLAND'S HOPE
CHRISTIAN CHURCH SAYS
AMERICA FACES A DARK TIME
SPIRITUALLY.
REALLY AT THE ROOT OF
AMERICA'S PROBLEM, WE REALLY
HAVE A SPIRITUAL CANCER THAT
HAS BEEN EATING AWAY AT OUR
NATION.
Reporter: THIS RETIRED
GENERAL USED TO FIGHT
AMERICA'S PHYSICAL ENEMIES,
AND NOW WORKING WITH THE
FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL, HE
IS FIGHTING SPIRITUAL FOES.
HE SAYS FORCES LIKE THOSE
WHO TOOK DOWN MIGHTY EMPIRES
OF THE PAST WILL ALSO BRING
DOWN THE UNITED STATES.
WE'RE GOING TO END UP
EXACTLY LIKE THESE OTHER
EMPIRES, WHICH ONLY LASTED
AN AVERAGE ABOUT 200 YEARS.
WE'RE GOING TO COMPLETELY
SELF-INSTRUCT, AND YOU SEE
THE BEGINS OF THAT NOW.
IN THE 1700s, THERE WAS
A GREAT AWAKENING.
IN THE 1800s THERE WAS.
AND WE HAVE TO HAVE ONE
NOW.
Reporter: JACKSON
TICKED OFF SOME OF THE SINS
PLAGUING THE LAND.
WE'VE GOT SEX
TRAFFICKING, WE'VE GOT
ABORTION, WE'VE GOT THE
RESURGENCE OF RACISM, WE'VE
GOT HATRED THAT IS
ABOUNDING.
3,000 BABIES ARE ABORTED
EVERY SINGLE DAY IN THIS
COUNTRY.
WE HAVE OVER 300 MILLION
PEOPLE, AND WE USE 70% OF
THE WORLD'S DRUGS.
Reporter: BUT HOWARD
BROWN SEES A SPECIAL GRACE
ON AMERICA.
KNOWING WHAT I KNOW, WE
SHOULD HAVE BEEN GONE A LONG
TIME AGO, BUT GOD'S HAND IS
STILL ON AMERICA.
IT IS TIME FOR THE CHURCH TO
RISE UP.
Reporter: HE BELIEVES
THE POWER TO SAVE THE U.S.
IS NOT IN ITS POLITICIANS,
BUT IN ITS BELIEVERS.
ME, PLUS THE HOLY SPIRIT,
THAT'S A MAJORITY.
AWAKWAKENINGS BEGIN GI,!
INDIVIDUALS.
Reporter: "CELEBRATE
AMERICA D.C.," THESE LEADERS
AND THEIR ALLIES START THE
REVIVAL, STARTING IN THE
NATION'S CAPITAL.
THEY'LL EVANGELIZE BY DAY
AND HOLD 14 NIGHTS OF
MEGA-SIZED MEETINGS.
WE'VE COME LIKE THE
FIRES, RIGHT IN THE BELLY OF
THE BEAST.
Reporter: THESE
ORGANIZERS HAVE A GOAL: TO
SEE POLITICAL, SPIRITUAL,
AND BUSINESS LEADUR" UNITING
THEMSELVES AND HUMBLING
THEMSELVES BEFORE GOD.
COMING TOGETHER IN THE
VERY HUB OF THE NATION, AND
CRYING OUT TO GOD FOR HIM TO
TRANSFORM US FIRST AND THEN
TO TRANSFORM OUR NATION.
Reporter: THESE LEADERS
BELIEVE REVIVAL COULD THEN
SWEEP THE LAND.
IF THE FEAR OF GOD WOULD
COME BACK IN THE PEOPLE, IT
WOULD HAVE A RIPPLE EFFECT
THROUGHOUT THE LAND.
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS
CONTAGIOUS.
Reporter: FOR THIS TO
SUCCEED, THE ORGANIZERS SAY
THEY NEED THOUSANDS OF
CHRISTIANS WHO HAVE THE FIRE
IN THEIR HEART, TO COME HERE
IN JULY AND TO BE FOOT
SOLDIERS.
I'M ASKING WE, THE
PEOPLE, COME AND HELP US.
IF YOU LOVE AMERICA AND YOU
LOVE THE NATION AND YOU LOVE
THE CONSTITUTION.
Reporter: PAUL STRAND,
CBN NEWS, WASHINGTON.
Pat: THERE WAS A GREAT
AWAKENING IN THE 1850s,
AND IT STARTED WITH A PRAYER
MEETING IN NEW YORK.
A GUY NAMED JOSEPH LANFAIR,
I BELIEVE HIS NAME WAS.
HE SAID TO THIS CHURCH, IF
YOU WANT TO PRAY, COME PRAY
AT NOON.
AND SO HE HAD TWO PEOPLE,
AND THEN HE HAD THREE OR
FOUR, AND THEN HE HAD FIVE
OR SIX.
AND BEFORE LONG, PEOPLE JUST
BEGAN FLOCKING INTO THAT
PRAYER MEETING.
IT WAS HELD IN THE WALL
STREET AREA OF NEW YORK,
ALONG ABOUT NOON.
AND DAY AFTER DAY, IT GREW
AND GREW AND GREW.
AND WHEN IT WAS FINISHED, A
MILLION PEOPLE CAME INTO THE
CHURCH DURING THAT TIME, ALL
OVER THE EAST COAST OF
AMERICA, BECAUSE THAT'S
WHERE AMERICA WAS THEN.
AND IT WAS BECAUSE OF A FEW
PEOPLE.
A COUPLE OF PEOPLE STARTED
PRAYING.
THEY JUST CRIED OUT TO GOD.
GOD WILL HEAR AND ANSWER.
SO IF YOU REALLY LOVE THIS
COUNTRY, I THINK PRAYER --
WHAT HAROLD BROWN SAID -- I
TOTALLY AGREE WITH WHAT HE
SAID, THAT AMERICA HAS A
GREAT RESERVOIR OF FAITH.
WE HAVE A GREAT HISTORY OF
GODLY PEOPLE, AND THE LORD
IS NOT GOING TO FORSAKE THIS
LAND.
BUT HE MAY LET US GO THROUGH
SOME DIFFICULT TIMES JUST TO
BRING US TO A SENSE OF
REPENTANCE.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, LET'S
START PRAYING.
IF YOU WANT TO HELP IN THIS
EFFORT, OF COURSE, THEY'RE
TAKING VOLUNTEERS.
YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT
THE UPCOMING PRAYER AND
REVIVAL MEETINGS IN
WASHINGTON BY GOING TO
CBNNEWS.COM.
HERE IS WENDY.
Wendy: COMING UP, MEET
A MAN WHO'S MOTHER SURVIVED
THE HOLOCAUST.
THERE WAS MY MOTHER,
RIGHT AROUND 16 YEARS OLD,
FINDING HERSELF ON THE
OPERATING TABLE.
AND HERE THE NAZI DOCTOR,
DR. MENGELLES PERSONALLY
OPERATED ON HER.
REMOVED ONE OF HER OVARIES
AND WAS READY TO REMOVE THE
OTHER ONE.
Wendy: SEE HOW WHAT
HAPPENED NEXT WAS A MIRACLE
AND WAS THE CATALYST FOR
SAVING COUNTLESS LIVES.
Wendy: A BIZARRE
SURGICAL EXPERIMENTATION OF
THE ANGEL OFDEATH, JOSEPH
MENGELE ARE INFAMOUS.
AMONG THEM WAS THE
STERILIZATION OF YOUNG
JEWISH WOMEN DURING THE
HOLOCAUST.
THIS MAN'S MOTHER WAS ABOUT
TO BECOME ONE OF THOSE WOMEN
WHEN SHE WAS SPARED BY A
BOMB AND A MIRACLE.
MY MOTHER SURVIVED THE
HOLOCAUST OF WORLD WAR II,
GOD HAS ME SERVING HIM IN
THE HOLOCAUST OF ABORTION
HERE IN AMERICA TODAY.
Reporter: SOUL PITCHON
HAS A HERITAGE OF SURVIVAL.
THAT HERITAGE BEGAN IN
GERMANY, AS HITLER'S
DIRECTIVE OF THE FINAL
SOLUTION WAS BEING CARRIED
OUT TO ELIMINATE THE
SO-CALLED JEWISH PROBLEM,
EXTERMINAVi
SURVIVOR.
Reporter: IN 1942, WHEN
SHE WAS A TEENAGER, SOUL'S
MOTHER, JERMAINE, AND HER
JEWISH FAMILY WERE FORCIBLY
ROUNDED UP AND PUT ON A
TRAIN, HEADED FOR
AUSCHWITZ.
AFTER TRAVELLING WITHOUT
FOOD AND WATER FOR EIGHT
DAYS, THE CROWDED BOXCAR
ARRIVED AT THE INFAMOUS
CONCENTRATION CAMP.
SHE GOT OFF THE TRAIN,
AND THE NAZIS TOOK HER
MOTHER AND FIVE SISTERS IN
THAT DIRECTION, AND TO THE
GAS CHAMBERS THAT DAY, AND
SHE GOT SENT TO BLOCK 10,
WHICH WAS AN EXPERIMENTAL
BLOCK.
THERE WAS ABOUT 300 YOUNG
GIRLS, YOUNG LADIES, AND
WHAT THEY DID IS THEY
STERILIZED THEM, GAVE THEM
SHOCK TREATMENTS.
SO THERE WAS MY MOTHER,
RIGHT AROUND 16 YEARS OLD,
FINDING HERSELF ON THE
OPERATING TABLE.
AND HERE THE NAZI DOCTOR,
DR. MENGELE, HE PERSONALLY
OPERATED ON HER, REMOVED ONE
OF HER OVARIES, AND WAS
READY TO REMOVE THE OTHER
ONE.
Reporter: HE SAYS WHAT
HAPPENED NEXT WAS A
MIRACLE.
THE ALLIED FORCES STARTED
BOMBING.
SO THE NAZI DOCTOR, ALONG
WITH THE SOLDIERS, RAN OUT.
AND THAT DOCTOR IN
INSTRUCTED THE IMPRISONED
JEWISH DOCTOR TO FINISH HER
UP, HE SAID, REMOVE THE
OTHER OVER RE.
OVARY.
HE SAID, YOUNG LADY, I'VE
GOT TO MAKE AN INCISION, BUT
I'M NOT GOING TO REMOVE THAT
ORGAN.
I WANT YOU TO DO TWO THINGS:
ONE, I WANT YOU TO HIDE YOUR
CYCLE EACH MONTH.
AND SECONDLY, REMEMBER ME
WHEN YOU GIVE BIRTH.
AND SO I GAVE BIRTH TO MY
SON, AND I SAID I PROMISE.
Reporter: JERMAINEZU
HER PROMISE AND DID.
YEARS LATER, SOUL WAS BORN.
AND SHE THINKS HE WAS BORN
SO HE COULD ONE DAY SPARE
THE LIVES OF OTHERS.
THEY WERE AN UNWANTED
PEOPLE.
THOSE UNWANTED PEOPLE TODAY
ARE THE UNBORN.
BECAUSE OF WHAT MY MOTHER
WENT THROUGH, SHE FOUGHT TO
LIVE, AND THAT BABY IS
FIGHTING TO LIVE.
IF WE DON'T TAKE A STAND AND
INTERVENE AS CHRISTIANS, WHO
WILL?
Reporter: HE IS NOW A
GUARDIAN FOR THE UNBORN.
AS PRESIDENT AND C.E.O. OF
"NEW LIFE" HE PROVIDES
SUPPORT FOR WOMEN TO CARRY
THEIR UNPLANNED PREGNANCIES
TO BIRTH.
WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO BE
THE VOICE FOR THOSE WHO
DON'T HAVE A VOICE.
HERE IN THE BAY AREA, ONE
OUT OF EVERY THREE BABIES IS
BEING ABORTED.
THE ULTIMATE UPJUSTICE IS T
INJUSTICE IS TO BE DEPRIVED
OF BIRTH.
Reporter: STAFFED BY
CERTIFIED MID-WIVES, THEY
ALSO STREET MINISTRY IN THE
MOMENT OF CRISIS.
THEY COME IN FEARFUL.
AND THEY NEED A MINISTRY, AN
ORGANIZATION LIKE OURS, THEY
CAN COME TO AND SEE THEY
HAVE A SUPPORT SYSTEM RIGHT
HERE TO HELP THEM CHOOSE
WHAT IS HEALTHY AND WHAT IS
RIGHT.
Reporter: JENNIFER
PATRINA NEEDED REASSURANCE
ABOUT HER PREGNANCY.
THEY MET WITH THE STAFF TO
MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION
ABOUT THE LIFE OF THEIR
SON.
WE REALLY CAME IN BECAUSE
WE WERE PANICKING THAT I WAS
PREGNANT.
BUT IT ENDED UP BEING SO
THAT WE COULD SAVE HIS
LIFE.
JUST REALIZING THAT THIS0WM4j4(P&Cú
A LIFE AND A CHILD AND NOT
JUST A MISTAKE.
THEY'RE ABLE TO ANSWER
ALL OF THE MEDICAL QUESTIONS
AND PROVIDE THAT SONOGRAM
FOR THAT YOUNG LADY.
WHEN THEY SEE THEIR BABY,
90% OF THE TIME THEY BOND
WITH THEIR BABY, AND THERE
THEY START THE PROCESS OF
CHOOSING LIFE.
Reporter: BOTH WOMEN
AND MEN BENEFIT FROM
POST-ABORTION GRIEVING.
WE'RE TELLING THEM THEY
CAN BE FORGIVEN AND SET
FREE.
THEY CAN MOVE ON WITH THEIR
LIVES.
WE'RE ONE OF THE FEW CENTERS
IN THE COUNTRY REACHING OUT
TO THE MEN, HELPING THEM
DEAL WITH THEIR PAST
ABORTION BECAUSE THEY'VE NOT
RECEIVED THAT FORGIVENESS
THAT GOD HAS FOR THEM.
Reporter: THE CENTER
DOCUMENTS MORE THAN 2,000
BABIES BIRTHED THROUGH THEIR
SERVICES.
ESTIMATES SUGGEST MANY MORE
AT OTHER LOCATIONS THAT
BECAME MORE CONVENIENT FORCLIENTS, WHO OFTEN COME BACK
TO SAY --
YOU WERE THERE FOR ME.
YOU WERE THERE FOR MY BABY.
YOU'RE THE ONES WHO TOOK A
STAND ON MY SIDE WHEN MY
BOYFRIEND WANTED TO ABORT.
YOU'RE THE ONE, AND I CANNOT
THANK YOU ENOUGH.
Reporter: SOUL PITCHON,
BORN FROM A HOLOCAUST
SURVIVOR, BORN TO DEFEND
LIFE.
WE ARE PRAYING FOR GOD TO
SEND PEOPLE FOR THOSE WHO
ARE HURTING, THOSE WHO ARE
NEEDING HELP, NEEDING THEIR
LIVES CHANGED AND
TRANSFORMED.
LET'S CHANGE THIS CULTURE OF
DEATH BACK TO A CULTURE OF
LIFE, WHERE GOD MEANT IT TO
BE.
Wendy: INCREDIBLE
STORY.
MAYBE YOU'RE WATCHING RIGHT
NOW AND YOU'RE PREGNANT.
ANDJUST NEED SOMEONE TO
TALKTO PRAYEONE
WITH YOU.
ALL YOU NEED TO DO RIGHT NOW
IS JUSTONMBERHE
YOUR SCREEN.
IT'STOLL-FREE.
1-800-759-0700.
1-800-759-0700.
OUR STAFF IS STANDING BY
RIGHT NOW, 24 HOURS A DAY,
IN FACT, TO PRAY WITH YOU,
SEVEN DAYS AWEEK.
WE ALSO HAVEA BOOKLET THAT
WE WOULD LOVE TOSEND TO
YOU.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY FREE, AND
IT IS CALLED"YOU ARE NOT
ALONE."
AGAIN, THENUMBER,
1-800-759-0700.
PAT?
Pat: BOY, IT'S A GREAT
STORY.
WHAT AN AMAZING, AMAZING
STORY, AND WHAT A WONDERFUL
OPERATION THEY'RE DOING,
WHAT A WONDERFUL SERVICE.
WELL, STILL AHEAD, I WANT
YOU TO MEET A REAL WISE
GUY.
A FORMER MEMBER OF THE
GAMBINO FAMILY TAKES US
INSIDE THE MOB AND THEN
BRINGS US BACK OUT AFTER
THIS.
WELCOME BACK TO "THE 700
CLUB."
GAY COUPLES IN IDAHO COULD
GET MARRIED AS SOON AS
FRIDAY.
A DISTRICT JUDGE RULED THE
STATE'S BAN ON SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE IS
UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
WE WON!
[LAUGHTER]
WE'RE ECSTATIC.
IT'S TIME.
IT IS.
IT HAS BEEN TIME.
I'M JUST GLAD IT IS FINALLY
REALLY TIME.
FOUR LESBIAN COUPLES SUED
THE STATE OVER THE SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE BAN APPROVED IN
2006.
THE GOVERNOR CALLS THE
DECISION,
QUOTE,"DISAPPOINTING AND A
SMALL SETBACK."
HE SAYS HE IS COMMITTED TO
UPHOLDING THE RULE OF THE
PEOPLE.
WELL, PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS
WILL BE SEEING HEALTHIER
LUNCHES IN THE CAFETERIA
NEXT YEAR.
PASTA AND OTHER GRAIN
PRODUCTS WILL HAVE TO BE
WHOLE GRAIN RICH, INCLUDING
PIZZA CRUST, TORTILLAS, AND
EVEN GRITS.
SOME SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY
THE MENU CHANGES ARE
EXPENSIVE AND DIFFICULT TO
PREPARE.
THEY'RE CONCERNED BECAUSE
MANY OF THE HEALTHIER
OPTIONS ARE ALREADY ENDING
UP IN THE TRASH.
THE GOVERNMENT IS ALSO
REQUIRING LOWER SODIUM AND
Je1Q!%
SNACKS.
YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE
LATEST FROM CBN NEWS BY
GOING TO OUR WEBSITE AT CBN
CBNNEWS.COM.
PAT AND WENDY WILL BE BACK
WITH MORE OF "THE 700 CLUB"
RIGHT AFTER THIS.
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Pat: WELL, THERE ARE A
LOT OFhCRIMINAL
ORGANIZATIONS.
WE CALL THEM THE MOB.
THE ONE THAT WAS MOST
FAMILIAR WAS THE ITALIAN
SICILIAN MOB THAT WAS LATER
CALLED THE MAFIA.
THERE ARE OTHERS BESIDES
THAT.
AND MOST OF OUR EXPOSURE TO
THESE MOB INFLUENCES COME
FROM MOVIES OR TV SHOWS,
LIKE THE SPA THE SOPRANOS.
ROBERT BERELLI LIVED TO TELL
ABOUT IT.
Reporter: ROBERT WAS
JUST A BOY WHEN HE STARTED
RUNNING ERRANDS FOR THE
MAB.
BY THE TIME HE WAS 20, HE
WAS AN UPCOMING STAR IN THE
GAMBINO CRIME FAMILY, ONE OF
FIVE FAMILIES THAT DOMINATED
ORGANIZED CRIME.
THEN ROBERT STARTED USING
COCAINE, WHICH LED TO HIS
EVENTUAL FALL FROM THE RANKS
OF THE MOB.
LATER IT LANDED HIM IN CRACK
HOUSES, AND EVENTUALLY
PRISON.
IN HIS BOOK "THE WITNESS,"
ROBERT SHARES HIS COMPELLING
STORY OF HIS LIFE IN
ORGANIZED CRIME AND HOW HE
BROKE FREE FROM THE CYCLE OF
ADDICTION.
Pat: PLEASE WELCOME TO
"THE 700 CLUB," ROBERT
BERELLI.
ROBERT, IT IS GOOD TO HAVE
YOU WITH US.
THANK YOU.
Pat: GOD BLESS YOU.
WHAT IS A WISE GUY.
I WAS NOT A WISE GUY.
I WAS AN ASSOCIATE.
A WISE GUY WOULD BE SOMEBODY
WHO WAS STRAIGHTENED OUT, A
MADE MAN, SOMEBODY THAT IS
AN OFFICIAL MAN OF ORGANIZED
CRIME.
Pat: IT MEANS YOUR
UNTOUCHABLE, AND YOU'RE A
SPECIAL PERSON, THAT'S WHAT
MADE MEANS?
YES.
Pat: YOU WEREN'T A MADE
PERSON?
NO.
I WAS AN ASSOCIATE.
I WAS KIND OF LIKE THE UNDER
GUY.
Pat: YOU WERE RUNNING
ERRANDS FOR THE MOB OR THE
GAMBINOS?
WHAT WERE YOU DOING?
I WAS INVOLVED IN PICKING
UP HORSE BETS, FIREWORKS,
WHICH WE SOLD OUT OF TRUNKS
OF CARS, AND SWAG, WHICH WAS
WE GOT OUT OF KENNEDY
AIRPORT.
Pat: YOU WEREN'T
INVOLVED IN ENFORCING OR
COLLECTING ANY DRUGS?
NOT AT A YOUNG AGE.
WHEN I GOT A LITTLE OLDER,
SOMETIMES IT WOULD COME MY
WAY.
A LOT OF TIMES I DID THINGS
AND I NEVER ASKED.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS
TOLD, NEVER ASK QUESTIONS.
IF WE TELL YOU TO DO
SOMETHING, JUST DO IT.
AND I WOULD JUST OBEY THEM.
Pat: YOU WOULD JUST
OBEY THEM?
YEAH.
Pat: HOW COME YOU GOT
OUT OF IT?
WHAT HAPPENED IS A LOT OF
THINGS I WAS DOING, I WAS
GETTING A BIG REPUTATION.
AND THEN I HOOKED UP WITH
THIS ONE GUY AND HIS
PARTNER, AND THEY WOULD
PARADE ME AROUND AND BRING
ME INTO MULLBURY STREET,
WHERE THE BIG GUYS WERE.
AND THEY WOULD INTRODUCE
ME.!f5 E-AT THAT
TIME,
WE HAD SOME
DICE GAMES, AND WE CALLED
THEM NEW YORK CRAP GAMES.
AND I WAS MEETING OTHER
PEOPLE.
AND I REMEMBER THIS ONE
TIME, THIS GUY LOST ABOUT
$20,000 IN CASH AT ONE OF
THE GAMES, AND HE ASKED IF
HE COULD SEND ME TO HIS CAR
TO GET MORE MONEY.
AND I WAS IMPRESSED BY
THAT.
AND WHEN I ASKED QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE GUY, THEY TOLD ME
HE WAS A BIG DRUG DEALER.
SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE
NEXT LEVEL I WOULD GO --
Pat: THE MOB DOESN'T
LIKE DRUGS.
THEY SAY THAT, BUT IT IS
NOT REALLY TRUE.
I KNOW PAUL CASTALANO, WHEN
HE CAME AROUND, HE TRIED TO
CHANGE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT,
BUT IT REALLY DIDN'T WORK
THAT WELL.
Pat: HOW DOES THAT
STRUCTURE WORK?
YOU WERE IN ONE CRIME
FAMILY?
WHAT FAMILY WERE YOU IN IT?
THERE ARE FIVE FAMILIES,
AND I WAS PART F THE
GAMBINO CRIME FAMILY.
AT THAT TIME IT WAS ONE OF
THE BIGGEST FAMILIES.
Pat: DO THEY FIGHT EACH
OTHER?
NO, THEY DON'T FIGHT EACH
OTHER.
IT'S NOT LIKE STREET GANGS
BECAUSE THAT'S ONE THING,
FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THAT
THEY DID WAS MADE IT MORE
ORGANIZED.
SO IT WAS JUST BASICALLY IF
YOU WERE A CAPTAIN, YOU HAD
TO SPEAK WITH THE CAPTAINS,
AND THEY SETTLEDTHINGS THAT
WAY.
AND WHATEVER THE AGREEMENT
IS THAT THEY MAKE IS WHAT
STANDS IN FRONT OF THE
BOSSES.
Pat: DID THEY SHOT
PEOPLE?
THEY DID SHOOT PEOPLE.
BASICALLY IF IT IS SOMETHING
THAT SOMEBODY DID.
I COULD TELL A LOT OF
STORIES ABOUT THAT, BUT I
WON'T DO THAT RIGHT NOW.
[LAUGHTER]
Pat: YOU'LL MAKE ME ONE
OF THEM.
YOU WENT UP IN A WITNESS
PROTECTION -- YOU DON'T PUT!f5"QUTt IN AWITNESS
PROTECTION UNLESS THEY TRY
TO SHOOT YOU.
WHAT DID YOU DO TO MAKE THEM
MAD?
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED.
I GOT REALLY HEAVILY
INVOLVED WITH DRUGS.
WHAT HAPPENED IS THIS ONE
GUY I WAS REALLY CLOSE WITH,
THE ONE THAT WOULD INTRODUCE
ME TO THE UP-AND-COMING
PEOPLE, NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN
THE DRUGS ARE TAKING HOLD ON
ME.
HE STARTS TO SEE THAT, AND
SO HE STARTS TO DISASSOCIATE
HIMSELF A LITTLE BIT WITH
ME.
AND THEN IGOT REALLY BAD
WHERE IN 1996, I WAS
ACTUALLY LIVING IN THE
STREET.
I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE APLACE
TO STREET.
Pat: YOU WERE A MOB GUY
LIVING IN THE STREET?
A MOB GUY LIVING IN THE
STREET BECAUSE OF CRACK
COCAINE.
SO A LOT OF PEOPLE
INFLUENCING MY LIFE HAD TO
STEP BACK.
I WASN'T,LIKE, THE
UNDERCOVER KIND OF GUY, BUT
I WASOUT THERE AS FAR AS I
WAS A REAL CRACKHEAD HANGING
OUT IN THE STREET.
Pat: YOU MET THE LORD
DURING THIS TIME, DIDN'T
YOU?
IN 1997 -- I CALL THEM MY
TWO ANGELS.
I HAD A VISIT BY THEM.
AND THEY WEREN'T THE ONES
WITH THE WINGS AND THE
HALOS.
THEY WERE WARRANT OFFICERS,
AND THEY CAME AND LOCKED ME
UP.
I HAD A CASE PENDING IN
FLORIDA.
THAT'S WHEN ALL OF THESE
GUYS THAT I WAS ASSOCIATED
WITH IN FLORIDA, WE DID SOME
STUFFHERE AND THERE WAS AN
INDICTMENT THAT CAME DOWN.
THEY WERE ALREADY
INCARCERATED.
Pat: WHAT DID THEY
INDICT YOU FOR,
POSSESSION --
THAT WAS SOMETHING
DIFFERENT.
BUT IN NEW YORK I HAD
ANOTHER CASE, AND I RAN AWAY
FROM THAT ONE.
AND I CALL THEM MY ANGELS
TODAY, BECAUSE THAT WAS THE
LAST TIME I HAD A DRINK OR A
DRUG.
THEY ARRESTED ME,
I
THAT INCARCERATION, THINGS
STARTED HAPPENING.
I STARTED SEEING THAT THE
PEOPLE WHO LOVED ME THE
MOST, MY MOM, MY SISTER, MY
BROTHERS, SOME OF THESE WISE
GUYS, THEY JUST BACKED OFF
AND WOULDN'T HELP ME.
WHAT I NORMALLY DO WHEN
THINGS LIKE THAT HAPPEN TO
ME, THERE ARE TWO THINGS I
REALLY TRY TO DO: GET MONEY
FOR A GOOD ATTORNEY TO GET
ME OUT OF THE MESS I GOT
MYSELFJeUy AND THAT WORKS
A LOT FOR ME.
AND THEN I TRY TO GET
COMMISSARY MONEY.
I'M IN PRISON, SO I MIGHT AS
WELL ENJOY IT AS BEST I
CAN.
THOSE WERE THE THINGS.
WHEN I WAS CALLING UP
PEOPLE, I WAS SEEING THAT
EVERYBODY WAS SAYING, YOU
KNOW, I CAN'T HELP YOU.
AND THIS ONE GIRL I CALLED
UP, A REALLY GOOD FRIEND OF
MINE, I WAS SPEAKING TO HER,
AND SHE SAID, WHY DON'T YOU
GO READ THE BIBLE.
AND TO ME, THAT WAS JUST A
BRUSHOFF.
AND I TOOK IT AS A GRAIN OF
SALT, SHE DOESN'T WANT TO BE
BOTHERED.
BUT AT THIS TIME, MY
DAUGHTER'S MOM IS ALLOWING
ME TO SPEAK TO MY DAUGHTER,
WHO I HAVEN'T SEEN IN TWO
YEARS BECAUSE OF MY
ADDICTION.
I WALKED OUT OF HER LIFE
WHEN SHE WAS SEVEN WEEKS
OLD.
Pat: THE DAUGHTER --
YOU WEREN'T MARRIED TO MOM?
I WAS NEVER MARRIED TO
MOM.
SO NOW I'M TALKING TO HERAjet SHE IS CRYING.
P ANAND I SAID, HONEY, WHY
ARE YOU CRYING?
AND SHE SAID, WHY DON'T YOU
COME AND SEE ME.
IT KIND OF BROKE MY HEART
BECAUSE I'M NOT MEDICATED,
THERE IS NO WHISKEY.
AND THERENOTHING TO DO
BUT DEAL WITH ALL OF THIS
SHAME.
I DIDN'T WANT THE PEOPLE AT
RYKERS ISLAND TOSEE ME
CRYING, SO I WENT BACK TO MY
CELL.ó0@&C @&Cú
AND I THINK THE MOST
POWERFUL PRAYER I PRAYED
WAS, GOD, HELP ME, PLEASE
HELPME.
I WAS RAISED ROMAN CATHOLIC,
SO I DID MY ROSARY.
AND I SAID, GOD, PLEASE
CHANGE ME OR HAVE SOMEBODY
KILL ME.
AND THERE WAS MERCY IN MY
LIFE.
I REMEMBERED WHAT THAT GIRL
SAID, AND I STARTED READING
THE BIBLE.
AND LITTLE BY LITTLE, THAT
BECAME MY LIFE.
I WAS PURSUING GOD IN THE
SAME WAY, IN A SENSE, I WAS
PURSUING THE DRUGS.
EVERY DAY, EVERY MINUTE, I
NEEDED A LITTLE MORE OF GOD
IN MY LIFE.
Pat: AND THAT IS BETTER
THAN DRUGS.
AMEN.
Pat: AMEN.
HOW COME THEY PUT YOU IN
WITNESS PROTECTION?
WHAT HAPPENED WAS -- AND
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MY
FAITH AT THISTIME.
BUT ROBERT WASáP(PED IN A
CORNER.
MY REPUTATION IS DOWN THE
DRAIN.
THE MOB GUYS ARE -- I'M NOT
GOING TO GO ANYWHERES WITH
THEM ANYMORE BECAUSE OF MY
DRUG ADDICTION.
I'M NOT EDUCATED.
I DON'T HAVE ANY WORK.
WHAT DO I DO FOR A LIVING?
THAT'S THE ONLY THING I
REALLY KNEW.
THAT WASN'T HAPPENING TO
ME.
I WAS AFRAID OF THE
ADDICTION, GoI%G OUT THERE
AND LIVING THAT LIFE ALL
OVER AGAIN.
I SEEN -- THE GOVERNMENT WAS
TRYING TO GET ME TO TESTIFY
AGAINST THE CASE IN FLORIDA,
AND I SEEN THAT AS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE GET A
NEW LIFE.
AND I TOLD THEM I WOULD
COOPERATE.
AND BECAUSE OF THEIR STATUE,
OF WHAT THEY USUALLY DO TO
PEOPLE, GUYS LIKE ME, THEY
DECIDED THAT PART OF THE
DEAL WOULD BE I TESTIFY, I
GO INTO A WITNESS PROTECTION
PROGRAM, I DO SOME TIME, BUT
AFTER I'M RELEASED, I GET A
NEW IDENTITY.
Pat: THIS NAME YOU HAD,
YOU PICKED IT UP OFF A TV
SHOW.
IT IS FUNNY BECAUSE AFTER
I GOT RELEASED FROM
MINNESOTA BACK IN 1999, THEY
BRING YOU INTO A BUILDING
AND THEY QUESTION YOU AND
EVALUATE YOU, WHERE THEY
WANT TO PLACE YOU AND WHAT
JOB MIGHT BE GOOD FOR YOU.
THEY SAID, YOU CAN KEEP YOUR
FIRST NAME, BUT YOU CAN'T
KEEP YOUR LAST NIGHT.
I GAVE THEM A NAME, AND THEY
WOULD COME BACK AND SAY,
THAT'S NO GOOD.
I HAPPENED TO BE WATCHING
MASH, AND THERE WAS
DR. BERELLI ON.
AND HE HAPPENED TO BE A
HEART SPECIALIST.
Pat: THAT'S GREAT.
AND IF ANYBODY NEEDED A
HEART SPECIALIST, IT WAS
ME.
AND I JUST TOOK THE NAME.
AND I SAID, LET'S GO WITH
BERELLI.
NOW THAT I'M THINKING, I
SHOULD HAVE SAID
DR. BERELLI.
AND THEY CAME BACK AND THEY
SAID, OKAY, THAT'S YOUR
NAME.
SO THAT'S HOW I GOT MY
NAME.
Pat: YOU KEPT BERELLI.
I KEPT BERELLI.
Pat: THAT'S A NICE
ITALIAN NAME.
THIS BOOK, "WITNESS" -- WHAT
ARE YOU DOING NOW, YOU'RE
OUT TEACHING PEOPLEñ
BACK A WHILE AGO, THE
PEOPLE FOUND OUT WHERE I WAS
LIVING, AND I GOT A LITTLE
NERVOUS, AND YOU WERE THE
ONE THAT INFLUENCED ME, AND
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU ARE
AWARE OF IT.
Pat: NO.
THERE IS A FRIEND OF OURS
NAMED BILL DORNER, AND HE
CALLED YOU UP AND TOLD YOU
ABOUT MY SITUATION, AND
SAID, IF HE IS SERIOUS ABOUT
MINISTRY, LET HI NO TO
"CHRIST FOR THE NATIONS."
AND THAT WAS 12 YEARS AGO.
I TRAINED THERE AND WENT TO
COLLEGE FOR ONE YEAR.
IT WAS ALITTLE TOUGH ON
ME.
I DIDN'T STAY LONG ENOUGH TO
GET MY BACHELOR'S DEGREE.
AND THEN I JUST STARTED
SHARING MY TESTIMONY.
NOT SO MUCH BECAUSE I WASN'T
ABLE TO AT THAT TIME BECAUSE
THE GOVERNMENT WAS STILL
USING ME.
BUT IN JUST A CHANGE OF THE
LIFE THAT I HAD.
AND I DID NURSING HOME
MINISTRY FOR 13 YEARS.
THAT WAS THROUGH THE
CIRCUMSTANCES OF MY MOM
PASSING AWAY, AND I DIDN'T
KNOW MY MOM PASSED AWAY
UNTIL THREE DAYS AFTER
BECAUSE I WAS IN THE WITNESS
PROTECTION PROGRAM, AND I
WASN'T EVEN ALLOWED TO GO TO
HER FUNERAL.
Pat: WHERE CAN SOMEBODY
GO TO GET IN TOUCH WITH
YOU.
THERE IS A WEBSITE OUT
THERE, AND THERE IS A
Facebook CALLED
Facebook.COM/WITNESS.
AND ROBERT BERELLI.COM IS
OTHER WAY.
Pat: YOU'RE EVIDENCE OF
GOD'S GRACE.
I'M GLAD YOU NEVER MADE IT
TO BE A WISE GUY.
AND NOW YOU'RE ONE OF GOD'S
ANGELS.
THAT'S EVEN BETTER.
THANK YOU, PAT.
I APPRECIATE.
Pat: GOD BLESS YOU.
ROBERT BERELLI, AND IT IS A2
BOOK CALLED "WITNESS," AND
YOU CAN GET IT WHEREVER
BOOKS ARE SOLD.
WENDY, WHAT'S NEXT?
Wendy: THANKS, PAT.
STILL AHEAD, WE'VE GOT YOUR
E-MAIL QUESTIONS.
A VIEWER WANTS TO KNOW,
"DOES OUR ETERNAL
DESTINATION BASED ON WHETHER
WE BELIEVE IN JESUS?
IS SAYING THE SINNER'S
PRAYER EVIDENCE OF TRUSTING
IN GOD?"
WE'LL ANSWER THAT QUESTION
AND MUCH MORE IN "BRING IT
ON."
Wendy: WE'VE GOT SOME
GREAT E-MAILS QUESTIONS FOR
YOU TODAY.
THIS VIEWER WRITES, "DOES
OUR ETERNAL DESTINATION
DEPEND ON IF WE TRUST JESUS
OR IS IT BASED ON ACCEPTING
HIM AS SAVIOR.
I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS A
COMBINATION OF THE TWO, BUT
I NEVER REALLY CAME TO A
CONCLUSION.
IS SAYING THE SINNER'S PRAY
THE EVIDENCE OF TRUSTING IN
GOD?"
Pat: THERE IS A STORY
I'LL TELL ABOUT A MAN WHO
WAS GOING TO GO OVER NIAGARA[ @&C @&Cú
FALLS ON A BARREL.
Wendy: OKAY.
Pat: AND THERE WAS A
GUY ON THE BANK SAYING,
WELL, ANYBODY CAN DO THAT.
YOU JUST GO INSIDE THE
BARREL AND ROLL OVER AND
COME OUT ON THE OTHER SIDE
AND YOU'LL BE FINE.
AND THE MAN SAID, DO YOU
BELIEVE YOU COULD DO THAT?
AND HE SAID, YEAH.
AND HE SAID, OKAY, YOU GET
IN THE BARREL.
AND THE ANSWER WAS, NO, HE
DIDN'T WANT TO.
YOU'VE GOT TO GET IN THE
BARREL.
YOU'VE GOT TO LET -- YOU'VE
GOT TO TRUST YOUR LIFE TO
JESUS.
IT ISN'T ENOUGH TO SAY WITH
YOUR MOUTH I BELIEVE IN
JESUS.
THE DEVIL BELIEVES IN GOD,
AND HE TREMBLES.
IT ISN'T ENOUGH.
YOU'VE GOT TO COMMIT YOUR
LIFE TO JESUS.
THEN AS YOU WALK IN THE
LIGHT, AS HE IS IN THE
LIGHT, YOU HAVE FELLOWSHIP
WITH ONE ANOTHER AND HE
CONTINUALLY CLEANSES US FROM
ALL SIN.
SO0I, IS A WALKING
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD.
AND THAT RELATIONSHIP TAKES
YOU ALL THE WAY TO HEAVEN.
THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.
Wendy: GET IN THE
BARREL.
Pat: GET IN THE
BARREL.
Wendy: GET IN THE
BARREL WITH JESUS.
SHEILA WRITES, "WHEN DO YOU
KNOW YOUR PRAYERS WILL BE
ANSWERED.
I'VE HAD ANSWERS, AND I'VE
ALSO PRAYED AND THERE WAS A
NO.
IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BRING
ABOUT THE RESULT I'M
EXPECTING AT ALL TIMES.
IS THIS WHEN WE'RE SUPPOSED
TO ACCEPT THAT GOD KNOWS
BEST?
JESUS SAID IF WE HAVE THE
FAITH THE SIZE OF A MUSTARD
SEED WE CAN MOVE
MOUNTAINS."
Pat: IF WE HAVE A
MUSTARD SEED OF GOD'S FAITH
WE CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS.
GOD IM PART IMPARTS THE
FAITH.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, BANG, IT
COMES, AND YOU'RE SPEAKING
FOR THE LORD.
NOT EVERY PRAYER GETS
ANSWERED, AND SOMETIMES GOD
SAYS NO.
HE SAYS NO TO PEOPLE.
JESUS WAS CONFRONTED WITH
SOMEBODY WHO SAID, CAN I GO
WITH YOU?
AND JESUS SAID, NO, YOU STAY
HERE AND YOU'RE GOING TO
TELL YOUR PEOPLE WHAT JUST
HAPPENED TO YOU.
YOU WANT TO GO(WHTH ME, BUT
I WANT YOU TO GO THERE.
APOSTLE PAUL TRIED TO GO,
AND HE SAID, NO, YOU'RE
GOING TO GO ACROSS INTO
EUROPE.
THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING
GOD HAS GOT THAT IS BETTER.
THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO BE
SUBMISSIVE TO HIS WILL.
SO YOU'RE PRAYING.
AND THE BIGGEST THING IS,
GOD, WHERE DO YOU WANT ME TO
BE?
MAKE ME PART OF YOUR PLANS.
SHOW ME YOUR WILL.
AS YOU MOVE IN Ji& WILL,
YOU'LL SEE MIRACLES TAKE
PLACE.
JUST BECAUSE YOU WANT TO
PRAY, OH, GOD, I WANT A
MILLION DOLLARS -- WELL, BIG
DEAL.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET A
MILLION UNLESS YOU NEED A
MILLION, UNLESS HE THINKS IT
IS GOOD FOR YOU.
YOU WIN THE LOTTERY, AND IT
RUINS MANY PEOPLE.
Wendy: THIS VIEWER
WRITES, "JEREMIAH 1: 5,
BEFORE I FORMED YOU IN THE
BELLY, I KNEW YOU, AND I
ORDAINED THEE A PROPHET TO
NATIONS.
DOES THIS MEAN WE HAVE SOME
TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP WITH
GOD BEFORE WE ARE BORN?
OR DOES IT JUST MEAN GOD
KNEW ABOUT US BEFORE OUR
BIRTH?"
Pat: GOD WAS SPEAK TOG
A PROPHET, JEREMIAH, AND HE
SAID, BEFORE YOU WERE BORN,
I KNEW YOU IN TH -- BEFORE
I FORMED YOU IN THE WOMB, I
KNEW YOU.
THAT MEANS PRE-EXISTENCE.
DOES HE KNOW YOU?
YES.
DOES HE KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE,
THAT A YOUNG MAN AND A YOUNG
WOMAN HAVE WITHIN THEM THE
SEEDS OF CREATING
EXTRAORDINARY LIFE?
HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT THAT
WILL DO WHEN THEY UNITE
TOGETHER AS HUSBAND AND WIFE
AND THEN CHILDREN ARE DO.
HE KNOWS THE DESTINY BECAUSE
HE KNOWS EVERYTHING.
SO THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS, HE
KNOWS EVERYTHING.
AND, YES, HE IS INVOLVED IN
ALL OF US.
THERE IS NO QUESTION.
Wendy: GOOD ANSWER.
JOHN WRITES, "WHERE DID THE
GENTILES COME FROM?"g
WELL, THE
GENTILES -- THE WORD
"GENTILE" ISN'T IN HEBREW.
IT WOULD BE THE NATIONS, AND
THE GOYIM WOULD BE THE
HEBREW.
THE GOYER IS EVERYBODY WHO
IS NOT A JEW.
THAT'S EVERYBODY IN THE
WORLD.
AND OFTEN TRANSLATED AS THE
HEATHAN.
IT IS THOSE NOT UNDER THE
COVENANT.
WHERE DID THEY COME FROM?
THAT'S EVERYBODY ELSE.
Wendy: INTERESTING.
ANN WRITES, "IS A SIN TO
SELL THE PRODUCT PLAN "B"?
I RECENTLY STARTED WORKING
IN A STORE THAT SELLS IT AND
I SOMETIMES CASHIER.
DO YOU THINK PLAN "B" IS
LINKED WITH ABORTION?"
Pat: IT IS AND IT
ISN'T.
THEY SAY IT WILL PREVENT
FERTILIZATION OF THE SPERM
AND THE EGG, THEREFORE IT
DOESN'T ABORT A CHILD.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, A DAY
AFTER, IF TAKEN, IT WILL
CAUSE SPONTANEOUS ABORTION.
SO THAT THE WOMAN REJECTS
THE FERTILIZED EGG.
THERE IS NOTHING IN THE
BIBLE THAT TALKS ABOUT PLAN
"B" BECAUSE IT WASN'T AROUND
WHEN THE BIBLE WAS WRITTEN.
WHAT DOES YOUR CONSCIOUS
TELL YOU?
Wendy: JONATHAN WRITES,
"I WAS BAPTIZED A FEW YEARS
AGO, BUT THEN I STARTED
REBELLING FROM GOD AND I
SINNED TERRIBLY.
SINCE THEN, I ASKED GOD FOR
FORGIVENESS.
WILL HE FORGIVE ME?
I ALSO WANT TO RECEIVE THE
HOLY SPIRIT.
DOES IT MEAN I HAVE TO GET
BAPTIZED AGAIN IN ORDER TO
RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT?"
Pat: THERE ARE SEVERAL
THINGS YOU ASKED, BUT THE
BIGGEST THING IS, IT HAS TO
DO WITH GOD'S FORGIVENESS.
LISTEN, GOD IS SO GRACIOUS.
HE IS NOT THAT HARD,
MEAN-SPIRITED JUDGE THAT A
LOT OF PEOPLE MAKE HIM OUT
TO BE.
HE IS A LOVING, TENDER
FATHER.
AND HIS YEARNING HEART IS TO
HAVE SONS AND DAUGHTERS WHO
WILL OBEY HIM, WHO WILL
BELIEVE IN HIM, AND WHO WILL
FLOW ALONG WITH HIS POWER.
WHAT HE WANTS TO DO IS
CLEANSE YOU FROM A GUILTY
CONSCIENCE SO YOU MIGHT
SERVE THE LIVING GOD.
THAT'S WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS.
HE'LL FORGIVE YOUR SINS AND
YOUR BMQSPHEMY IF YOU JUST
SURRENDER TO HIM AND NOT
HOLD ON TO THEM.
WE LEAVE YOU WITH TODAY'S
POWER MINUTE FROM PSALM 9:
"THE LORD, ALSO, WILL BE A
REFUGE FOR THE OPPRESSED,
THE REFUGE IN TIMES OF
TROUBLE, AND THOSE WHO KNOW
YOUR NAME PUT THEIR TRUST IN
YOU, LORD, AND NOT THOSE WHO
FORSAKE YOU."
FOR WENDY AND ALL OF US,
THIS IS PAT ROBE)
WE WILL SEE YOU
TOMORROW.
BYE-BYE.
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