Author Bill Courtney shares his lessons on character, discipline, teamwork and triumph over adversity. Plus, a thief and an addict, Matthew had made a mess of his life and he was ready to find an escape.
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A FORMER SENATOR AND A
PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDER.
RICK SANTORUM UNVEILS HIS
GAME PLAN FOR WINNING BACK
VOTERS.
PLUS...FROM THE OSCAR
WINNING FILM, UNDEFEATED --
EVERYBODY SAYS, WHEN YOU
GET THESE INNER CITY KIDS
DOWN, THEY'LL LAY OVER AND
YOU'LL BEAT THEM BY 40.
NOT US.
HOW COACH BILL IS MAKING
CHAMPIONS ON AND OFF THE
FIELD.
ON TODAY'S "700 CLUB."
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[APPLAUSE]
Pat: WELL, WE'RE HERE
TOGETHER, WE WENDY GRIFFITH
AND ME, AND WE'RE HERE TO
WELCOME ALL OF YOU TO "THE
700 CLUB."
GREAT TO SEE YOU.
Wendy: IT IS GREAT TO
SEE YOU, AND I KNOW YOU HAD
A MEMORIAL LONG WEEK.
Pat: LONG WEEK.
I WAS IN THE MOUNTAINS OF
VIRGINIA AND IT WAS COOL AND
PLEASANT, AND IT IS GOOD TO
BE BACK.
WE'VE GOT A GREAT PROGRAM
TODAY.
FOLKS, YOU'VE GOT TO ASK
YOURSELF DOES A SPEECH MAKE
FOREIGN POLICY?
WELL, THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION THINKS THAT
MAKING SPEECHES IS FOREIGN
POLICY.
MAKING SPEECHES IS DOMESTIC
POLICY.
IT REALLY DOESN'T WORK THAT
WAY, BUT RIGHT NOW HE IS
GOING TO MAKE A BUNCH OF
SPEECHES DEFENDING HIS
FOREIGN POLICY AGAINST
CRITICS WHO SAY HE HAS BEEN
WEAK, AND HE IS GIVING UP
AMERICA'S LEADERSHIP IN THE
WORLD.
Reporter: THE PRESIDENT
IS MAKING HIS CASE A DAY
AFTER HE ANNOUNCED THE
UNITED STATES PULLOUT FROM
AFGHANISTAN.
GARY LANE HAS THE STORY.
Reporter: PRESIDENT
OBAMA LAID OUT HIS PLANS FOR
THE AFGHANISTAN TROOP
DRAW-DOWN AT THE WHITE HOUSE
ON TUESDAY.
President Obama:
AMERICA'S COMBAT MISSION
WILL BE OVER BY THE END OF
THIS YEAR.
STARTING NEXT YEAR, AFGHANS
WILL BE FULLY RESPONSIBLE
FOR SECURING THEIR COUNTRY.
AMERICAN PERSONNEL WILL BE
IN AN ADVISORY ROLE.
WE WILL NO LONGER PATROL
AFGHAN CITIES OR TOWNS,
MOUNTAINS OR VALLEYS.
THAT IS A TASK FOR THE
AFGHAN PEOPLE.
Reporter: AMERICA'S
32,000 TROOPS WILL BE
REDUCED TO 9800 BY THE END
OF THIS YEAR.
5,000 WILL REMAIN AT THE END
OF 2015, AND ONLY EMBASSY
GUARDS WILL BE PRESENT JUST
BEFORE PRESIDENT OBAMA
LEAVES OFFICE.
THE DRAWDOWN OF TROOPS TO
9800 BY THE END OF THIS YEAR
IS AT THE UPPER END OF WHAT
U.S. GENERALS HAVE SAID IS
REQUIRED TO ASSIST THE
AFGHANS.
MEANWHILE, THE PRESIDENT IS
OUTLINING A FOREIGN POLICY
POSITION FOR THE END OF HIS
YEAR.
AND IT INCLUDES HIS VIEW
THAT AMERICAN POWER IS ONLY
PART OF A SUSTAINABLE
INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM.
CRITICS SAY U.S. FOREIGN
POLICY HAS LACKED STRONG
LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGIC
THINKING.
THEY CITE AMERICA'S
INABILITY TO PREVENT
RUSSIA'S ANNEXATION OF
CRIMEA.
WHITE HOUSE ADVISORS HELD A
SERIES OF MEETINGS FOR
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO
ADDRESS FOREIGN POLICY
CONCERNS.
A REPUBLICAN SENATOR
REPORTEDLY CALLED ONE OF THE
MEETING BIZARRE BECAUSE
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS WERE NOT
ANSWERED.
SENATOR BOB CORKER
SAID, QUOTE,"ONE OF THE
PROBLEMS WITH THE WHITE
HOUSE IS THAT THEY VIEW
SPEECHES AS FOREIGN POLICY.
THEY DON'T REALLY FOLLOW
THROUGH WITH MUCH IN THE WAY
OF SUBSTANCE.
IT IS ALWAYS MINIMAL."
FOR NOW, THE EMPHASIS IS ON
AFGHANISTAN, THE WAR THAT
PRESIDENT OBAMA INHERITED,
ONE THAT HE IS DETERMINED TO
END, AT LEAST FOR THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.
President Obama: WE
HAVE TO RECOGNIZE
AFGHANISTAN WILL NOT BE A
PERFECT PLACE.
AND IT IS NOT AMERICA'S
RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE IT
ONE.
Reporter: GARY LANE,
CBN NEWS.
Pat: THE PROBLEM IN
IRAQ IS THAT THE PRESIDENT
PULLED OUT BEFORE THERE WAS
A STATUS OF FORCES
AGREEMENT, AND THEREFORE THE
COUNTRY HAS DEVOLVED INTO
CHAOS.
WE HOPE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN
IN AFGHANISTAN.
THEY JUST HAD AN ELECTION.
MILLIONS OF THE AFGHAN
PEOPLE CAME OUT TO VOTE,
WHICH IS RATHER
EXTRAORDINARY.
KARZAI, WHO IS NOT EXACTLY
OUR FRIEND, HAS REFUSED TO
SIGN ANY KIND OF DEAL WITH
AMERICA, BRINGING OUR FORCES
ON.
AND I, LIKE SO MANY
AMERICANS, WILL BE GLAD TO
GET RID OF THAT PLACE.
IT HAS JUST BEEN A
NIGHTMARE.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE
HAVE INVESTED TREASURE AND
BLOOD IN THAT AWFUL REGION,
AND TO TURN IT BACK OVER TO
THE TALIBAN, TURN IT BACK
OVER TO AL-QAEDA, WOULD BE
A MISTAKE.
HERE AT HOME, THERE IS
ANOTHER SCANDAL AND IT IS
ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT
THESE BUREAUCRATS ARE TRYING
TO HIDE WHAT THEY'RE DOING
TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
IT IS HEALTH CARE AT THE
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION.
I THINK THAT GUY WHO IS IN
CHARGE OF IT, SINSHEKE, IS
PROBABLY A REALLY GOOD DAY
IN THE ARMY, AND HE IS
TAKING THE BLAME, AND HE IS
PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO
GO, BUT A WHOLE LOT OTHERS
HAVE TO GO WITH HIM.
Reporter: NEW
REVELATIONS ON HOW V.A.
CLINICS HIDE TRICKS FOR
DELAYING TREATMENT FOR
VETERANS.
SOME DELAYED APPOINTMENTS
WITHOUT TELLING THE
PATIENT.
THE, QUOTE,"GAMING
STRATEGIES" WERE MAKING IT
LOOK LIKE VETERANS WERE
GETTING APPOINTMENTS IN THE
CORRECT TIME.
AND IN COLORADO, 5,000
VETERANS ARE WAITING FOR
TREATMENT PROMISED 10 YEARS
AGO.
WE SERVED AND THEN WE
RETURN.
I DON'T HATE THE V.A.
THEY'VE GOT SOME OF THE
GREATEST EMPLOYEES AND
CARE-GIVERS IN THE WORLD.
BUT THEIR MANAGEMENT,
THEY'VE GOT TO CHANGE.
Reporter: THE BUILDING
PROJECT IS $5 MILLION OVER
BUDGET, AND 15 CONTRACTORS
ARE SUING BECAUSE THE V.A.
ISN'T PAYING THEM.
CHUCK HAGEL HAS ORDERED A
90-DAY REVIEW OF THE
MILITARY HEALTH CARE
SYSTEM.
A PREGNANT WOMAN WAS STONED
TO DEATH BY HER OWN FAMILY
OUTSIDE A COURTROOM IN
PAKISTAN.
HER FATHER CALLED HER MURDER
AN HONOR KILLING BECAUSE SHE
MARRIED SOMEONE WITHOUT HER
FAMILY'S CONSENT.
NEARLY 20 PEOPLE ATTACKED
THE 25-YEAR-OLD AND HER
HUSBAND IN BROAD DAYLIGHT,
INCLUDING HER FATHER,
BROTHERS, AND HER COUSIN,
WHO IS THE MAN HER FATHER
WANTED HER TO MARRY.
THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
OF PAKISTAN REPORTS THAT 869
WOMEN WERE MURDERED IN HONOR
KILLINGS LAST YEAR.
PAT?
Pat: I'VE SPENT A
LITTLE TIME IN PAKISTAN ON
TWO OCCASIONS, AND I HAVE
FOUND A COUNTRY THAT HAD
BEEN MILITARY TRAINED BY THE
BRITISH, AND EXTREMELY
CIVILIZED AND EXTREMELY
AWARE OF LIFE.
AND TO SEE THAT COUNTRY
DEVOLVE INTO CHAOS THE WAY
IT IS, IS JUST AMAZING.
THEY'RE SURRENDERING TO THE
EXTREMIST MUSLIM GROUP.
AND THIS HONOR KILLING
THING, TO STONE A GIRL TO
DEATH BECAUSE SHE MARRIED
THE WRONG MAN?
IMAGINE THAT IN AMERICA.
SOME OF YOU FEMINISTS, WHY
DON'T YOU START YELLING
ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING TO
THOSE MUSLIM WOMEN?
THE PLIGHT OF WOMEN UNDER
ISLAM IS APPALLING.
AND IT IS NOT SOME EXTREME
SECT.
THAT IS AT THE ROOT OF THAT
SYSTEM.
JOHN?
Reporter: PAT, PILOTS
MAY ONLY HAVE TO THINK TO
FLY IN THE FUTURE.
RESEARCHERS AT A GERMAN
UNIVERSITY GAVE SEVEN TEST
SUBJECTS SPECIAL CAPS TO
WEAR.
THEY WERE EQUIPPED WITH
ELECTRODES THAT COULD READ
ELECTRICAL SIGNALS FROM THE
BRAIN THAT WERE TRANSMITTED
INTO THE COMMUTER COMMANDS.
ALL SEVEN WERE ABLE TO FLY A
PLANE IN A FLIGHT SIMULATOR,
EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE NO
PILOTS.
ALL OF THEM FLEW WELL ENOUGH
IN A SIMULATOR TO MEET SOME
OF THE STANDARDS FOR GETTING
A PILOT'S LICENSE.
I THINK I PREFER THE GOOD,
OLD-FASHIONED WAY.
Pat: I'M NOT SURE.
I HAVE A PILOT'S LICENSE.
THE INSTRUCTOR GETS OUT AND
SAYS IT'S ALL YOURS, AND YOU
TAKE OVER THAT THING.
AND YOU HAVE TO FLY HOUR
AFTER HOUR AFTER HOUR, AND
YOU LEARN HOW TO DO
INSTRUMENTS.
AND IF THEY COULD DO AN
ELECTRON TO YOUR BRAIN IN
BRING YOU UP TO SPEED IN A
FEW HOURS, TH THAT IS
COOL.
Reporter: SOME DAY YOU
MAY NOT HAVE TO DRIVE A CAR
BECAUSE IT IS WILL BE
DRIVING ITSELF.
GOOGLE IS BUILDING A
SELF-DRIVING CAR WITHOUT A
STEERING WHEEL.
GOOGLE HAS ALREADY TESTED
SOME CARS WITH A COMBINATION
OF SENSORS AND COMPUTERS.
GOOGLE HOPES TO HAVE 100
PROTOTYPES LATER THIS YEAR
OR EARLY NEXT YEAR.
WELL, EXERCISE PAYS OFF FOR
EVERYONE, EVEN IF YOU'RE
OLDER.
A NEW STUDY FOUND THAT OLDER
PEOPLE WHO WALKED AND DID
SOME BASIC STRENGTH
EXERCISES EVERY DAY HAVE A
BETTER CHANCE OF STAYING
MOBILE AND NOT ENDING UP
PHYSICALLY DISABLED.
THE STUDY IS BEING PUBLISHED
IN THE JOURNAL OF AMERICAN
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.
IT INVOLVED PEOPLE FROM 70
TO 89 YEARS OLD, AND MANY
HAD HEALTH PROBLEMS LIKE
DIABETES OR PREVIOUS HEART
ATTACKS OR STROKES.
THE EXERCISES WERE SIMPLE
AND COULD BE DONE ANYWHERE
AND IN ANY ENVIRONMENT.
PAT, WE'LL HAVE TO CHECK AND
SEE IF THAT REPORT INCLUDES
HORSE RIDING.
Pat: IT HAS TO.
IT HAS TO.
I'M GOING TO DO A FEW
EXERCISES WITH THE HORSE, I
THINK ON MONDAY, AND I'LL
SEE IF WE CAN GET A CAMERA
OUT THERE.
YOU CAN SEE WHAT IT IS LIKE
FOR AN OLD GUY RIDING A
HORSE.
Wendy: IT IS A SERIOUS
WORKOUT.
Pat: WHEN YOU'VE GOT A
1600-POUND ANIMAL DOING WHAT
HE WANTS TO DO, AND YOU WANT
TO DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO,
IT GETS TO BE FUN.
I DO LIFT WEIGHTS, TOO.
Wendy: I LIFT WEIGHTS
AND I LOVE TO HIKE.
MY SISTER AND I DO A LOT OF
WALKING, POWER WALKING.
Pat: WALKING IS
FABULOUS.
Wendy: COMING UP, MEET
THE HIGH SCHOOL COACH FROM
THE OSCAR-WINNING
DOCUMENTARY CALLED
"UNDEFEATED."
BILL COURTNEY JOINS US
LATER.
FIRST, RICK SANTORUM GIVES
US HIS TAKE ON HOW
REPUBLICANS CAN REGAIN THE
WHITE HOUSE.
THAT'S NEXT.
Pat: WELL, IS THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY A PARTY OF
THE ELITES?
DOES IT ONLY APPEAL TO THE
EDUCATED, WHITE, WEALTHY, OR
DO THEY HAVE AN APPEAL TO
BLUE COLLAR VOTERS?
AND IF THEY DON'T, ARE THEY
GOING TO LOSE ELECTION AFTER
ELECTION?
WE HAVE FORMER PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE RICK SANTORUM,
FORMER SENATOR FROM
PENNSYLVANIA, AND HE HAS
WRITTEN A BOOK CALLED "BLUE
COLLAR CONSERVATIVES," AND
HE IS WITH US RIGHT NOW.
RICK, IT IS SO GOOD TO HAVE
YOU WITH US.
GOD BLESS YOU.
THANK YOU, PAT.
IT IS GREAT TO BE WITH YOU.
I'M SORRY I COULDN'T BE
THERE IN PERSON, BUT THE
WEATHER INTERRUPTED MY
PLANS.
Pat: THOSE THINGS
HAPPEN.
I UNDERSTAND THAT OBAMA WAS
REALLY SCARED OF YOU RUNNING
BECAUSE -- BECAUSE WHY?
WE RAN A CAMPAIGN BASED
ON THE CORE AMERICAN
VALUES.
PEOPLE ASK ME WHAT A BLUE
COLLAR CONSERVATIVE IS, AND
THAT IS SOMEONE WHO SHARES
THE VALUES THAT MADE AMERICA
THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE
HISTORY OF THE WORLD.
THEY BELIEVE IN LIMITING
GOVERNMENT.
THEY BELIEVE IN FAMILY.
THEY BELIEVE IN FAITH.
THEY BELIEVE IN WORK AND
RESPONSIBILITY AND TAKING
CARE OF YOURSELF AND YOUR
COMMUNITY.
THAT'S STILL A BROAD SWATH
OF AMERICA, AND IT IS A
BROAD SWATH OF MIDDLE
AMERICA.
AND MIDDLE AMERICA HAS BEEN
LEFT BEHIND, I THINK BY BOTH
PARTIES, BUT PARTICULARLY BY
PRESIDENT OBAMA IN THIS
RECENT FIVE OR SIX YEARS.
THEIR WAGES ARE STAGNANT,
THEIR CULTURE AROUND THEM
ARE FALLING APART.
THE FAMILY IS FALLING
APART.
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO VOTE FOR
PRESIDENT OBAMA, BUT THEY
WEREN'T PARTICULARLY
INTERESTED IN VOTING FOR
SOMEONE WHO -- WELL, AT
LEAST THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE
SHARED THEIR VALUES.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE
APPEALED TO.
WE WENT OUT AND TALKED ABOUT
THE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY AS
AN ECONOMIC UNIT.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF MANUFACTURING
AND ENERGY AND BLUE COLLAR
JOBS THAT CREATE WEALTH IN
AMERICA FOR ALL AMERICANS,
NOT JUST FOR THOSE AT THE
TOP.
Pat: RICK, YOUR
GRANDFATHER WAS AN IMMIGRANT
COAL MINER.
HOW DID YOU RISE FROM THAT
HUMBLE BEGINNING TO BE A
UNITED STATES SENATOR, A
LAWYER, AND A PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE.
WHAT DID YOU DO?
MY GRANDFATHER WAS AN
IMMIGRANT.
MY DAD WAS AN IMMIGRANT.
HE CAME OVER WHEN HE WAS A
BOY.
HE GREW UP IN A COAL TOWN
AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY,
THANKS TO THE G.I. BILL --
HE WAS IN WORLD WAR II -- TO
GET AN EDUCATION.
AND THAT EDUCATION -- HE
ENDED UP, INTERESTINGLY
ENOUGH, WORKING AT THE
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION, FOR
40 YEARS.
IT WAS THROUGH THAT THAT HE
TAUGHT ME THE VALUES OF HARD
WORK.
THAT WAS REALLY THE KEY FOR
MY DAD.
AND HE SAW HIS FATHER WORK
UNTIL HE WAS 72 YEARS OLD IN
THE COAL MINES.
HE SAW THE OPPORTUNITY HE
HAD, BECAUSE OF THE G.I.
BILL, TO GET AN EDUCATION.
HE WORKED HARD AT IT.
AND HE STRESSED IN ME THAT
90% PERSPIRATION, 10%
INSPIRATION WAS HIS THING.
YOU KEEP PLUGGING AWAY AND
WORKING HARD.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT CAN
HAPPEN TO YOU.
AND HERE I AM.
I'M SUCCESSFUL IN POLITICS
AND I HAVE A GREAT FAMILY.
KAREN AND I HAVE SEVEN
CHILDREN.
WE'RE VERY, VERY BLESSED TO
BE LIVING THE AMERICAN
DREAM.
BOTH KAREN AND I CAME FROM
WORKING TOWNS.
IN PENT HILLS, PENNSYLVANIA,
AND ME IN BUTLER,
PENNSYLVANIA, STEEL TOWN.
THOSE VALUES THAT WERE
INSTILLED IN US BY OUR
PARENTS AND THIS COMMUNITY
IS REALLY WHAT MADE US
SUCCESSFUL IN AMERICA.
Pat: DID ROMNEY MISS
IT?
DID YOU TALK TO HIM AND TRY
TO GET THAT MESSAGE ACROSS
TO THE REPUBLICAN
FRONT-RUNNER IN THOSE DAYS?
I DID.
I SPOKE TO HIM ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF FOCUSING ON
THE 70% OF AMERICANS WHO
DON'T HAVE COLLEGE DEGREES.
REPUBLICANS TALK ABOUT JOB
CREATORS ALL THE TIME, WHICH
IS GREAT.
WE NEED TO HAVE IN
INCENTIVES AND CREATE JOBS.
BUT WE HAVE TO REDISTRIBUTE
THE WEALTH.
THERE WAS A COMPANY CALLED
"WHAT APP" THAT SOLD FOR
$19 BILLION.
IT HAD 55 EMPLOYEES.
THAT IS GREAT FOR THE 55
EMPLOYEES.
IT IS GREAT FOR THE
INVESTORS IN THAT COMPANY,
BUT IT ISN'T A WAY TO CREATE
WEALTH DISTRIBUTED AMONG ALL
WORKING PEOPLE.
IF THAT COMPANY, FOR
EXAMPLE, WAS A MANUFACTURING
COMPANY, WORTH $19 BILLION,
I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THEY
WOULD HAVE TENS OF THOUSANDS
OF WORKERS, HAVING WAGES
THAT SUPPORT FAMILIES ALL
ACROSS THIS COUNTRY.
AND THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
HAVE AN ECONOMY THAT BUILDS
WEALTH FOR EVERYBODY, AND
THAT'S WHY FOCUSING, AS I
DID IN THE CAMPAIGN AND I
DID WITH GOVERNO GOVERNOR
ROMNEY, TALKING ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF LET'S BE A
PARTY FOR THE MIDDLE
AMERICAN, WORKING PERSON,
THAT THE MANUFACTURER, THE
CONSTRUCTION WORKER, THE
FOLKS ON THE ENERGY LINE --
TO CREATE OPPORTUNITY FOR
ALL OF THOSE FOLKS IN
AMERICA.
I THOUGHT THAT WOULD HAVE
BEEN, AND I BELIEVE STILL
IS, A WINNING MESSAGE FOR
AMERICA, NOT JUST FOR
REPUBLICANS.
Pat: YOU KNOW, I MET
WITH A GROUP OF UNION
PEOPLE.
THEY HAD A CONTEST OF
VARIOUS PEOPLE, TO ADDRESS
THEM, AND I ADDRESSED THEM.
AND I THINK THEY VOTED MY
MESSAGE TOPS BECAUSE I WAS
TALKING ABOUT RESPONSIBILITY
AND HOW THEY COULD GET AHEAD
AND GET A REAL STAKE IN
SOCIETY, AND THE WORKING
PEOPLE LIKE THAT.
AND THEY LIKED YOUR
MESSAGE.
YOU WON IN 11 STATES, DIDN'T
YOU?
WE DID.
WE WON 11 STATES, EVEN
THOUGH WE WERE OUTSPENT
ABOUT FIVE TO ONE IN THOSE
STATES AND ALL OF THE OTHER
ONES, TOO.
YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR MESSAGE,
AND I KNOW YOUR MESSAGE IS
ABOUT WORK AND
RESPONSIBILITY AND THE
IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY AS AN
ECONOMIC UNIT.
WE, AS CONSERVATIVES, HAVE
TO START FOCUSING ON WHERE
THE PROBLEMS ARE IN AMERICA,
WHERE THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE
FOR US TO CONNECT WITH
VOTERS WHO HAVEN'T BEEN
VOTING WITH US.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, AS YOU
MENTIONED AT THE OUTSET,
MAYBE AT ONE TIME WAS THE
PARTY OF BIG CORPORATIONS
AND OF THE COUNTRY CLUB SET
AND WHITE COLLAR WORKERS.
IF YOU LOOK AT SURVEYS
TODAY, THEY'RE NO LONGER
REPUBLICANS.
WE'RE BARELY 50/50 WITH
DEMOCRATS WITH RESPECT TO
THOSE TYPES OF VOTERS.
ACTUALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING
WELL IS WITH MIDDLE INCOME
VOTERS, AND WITH EVEN LOWER
MIDDLE INCOME VOTERS, WHO
ARE OUT THERE WORKING, WHO
KNOW THAT THE PRESIDENT'S
POLICIES AND THE DESTRUCTION
OF THE CULTURE THAT THE LEFT
IS DOING, THE DESTRUCTION OF
THE FAMILY -- THEY
UNDERSTAND THAT
REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH IS
A LOSER, AND PRETTY SOON YOU
RUN OUT OF OTHER PEOPLE'S
MONEY, AND DISENFRANCHISING
THE FAMILY IS NOT A WINNER
FOR THEM.
WE HAVE TO START TALKING
ABOUT THESE PROBLEMS.
WE HAVE TO HAVE SOLUTIONS.
I LAY OUT A GAME PLAN FOR
AMERICA AND FOR
CONSERVATIVES TO BE ABLE TO
ENGAGE THESE WORKERS, THESE
PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LIVE THE
AMERICAN DREAM BUT RIGHT NOW
NEITHER PARTY IS TALKING TO
THEM.
Pat: THIS MAY BE A
LITTLE BIT EARLY FOR THIS
QUESTION, BUT ARE YOU GOING
TO GO AGAIN?
HAVE YOU DECIDED YET?
WELL, I HAVEN'T MADE ANY
DECISIONS YET.
BUT RIGHT NOW -- I PUT THIS
BOOK OUT FOR 2014 BECAUSE
THINK JUST BEING AGAINST
WHAT OBAMA IS DOING, THE
DISASTERS THAT YOU'VE
OUTLINED, THE SCANDALS WE'VE
SEEN IN THE V.A. AND THE
I.R.S., AND A WHOLE HOST OF
OTHER PLACES, THOSE ARE GOOD
AND FUN THINGS TO TALK ABOUT
THAT CRITICIZE THE
PRESIDENT, BUT I THINK IT IS
MORE IMPORTANT TO PAINT A
POSITIVE VISION.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS THE
PARTY OF THE UNION.
WE BELIEVE IN BRINGING
PEOPLE TOGETHER, NOT THE WAY
THE DEMOCRATS DO, WHICH IS
TO DIVIDE PEOPLE BY RACE OR
ETHNICITY OR BY CLASS.
THAT'S THEIR DEAL.
OUR DEAL HAS TO BE UNIFYING
PEOPLE, HAVING A MESSAGE
THAT BRINGS ALL AMERICANS
TOGETHER.
AND THAT'S WHY I PUT THIS
BOOK OUT THERE.
IF THAT TURNS OUT TO BE A
GOOD PLATFORM FOR 2016, SO
BE IT.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRYING
TO DRIVE THAT MESSAGE FOR
THIS YEAR.
Pat: RICK SANTORUM, A
GREAT FRIEND AND WONDERFUL
FAMILY MAN.
"BLUE COLLAR CONSERVATIVES"
IS THE NAME OF THE BOOK.
IT IS AVAILABLE WHERE BOOKS
ARE SOLD.
WE HOPE IT IS A
BEST-SELLER.
RICK, GOD BLESS YOU.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.
GOD BLESS YOU, PAT, AND
FOR ALL OF THE GREAT WORK
YOU DO.
I LOOK FORWARD TO GEGH TO
GETTING DOWN TO VIRGINIA
BEACH SOON TO SEE YOU.
Pat: YOU'RE VERY
WELCOME.
Wendy: UP NEXT, A DRUG
ADDICT WHO PRAYED FOR $10 TO
GET HIS NEXT FIX.
I LOOK OFF IN THE
DISTANCE, AND THERE IS A
$10, AND I SAY, THERE IS A
GOD.
MY WHOLE LIFE I WAITED FOR
YOU TO SHOW YOURSELF, AND
HERE YOU ARE GIVING ME A $10
BILL FOR DOPE.
Wendy: SEE HOW HE
RECEIVED MUCH MORE THAN
MONEY, RIGHT AFTER THIS.
Pat: PEOPLE ARE LOOKING
RIGHT NOW AS TO WHAT COLLEGE
THEY WANT TO GO TO.
I WANT TO PUT IN ANOTHER
PLUG FOR REGENT UNIVERSITY.
REGENT, ACCORDING TO THE
U.S. NEWSWORLD REPORT, HAS
ONE OF THE TOP 10 ONLINE
BACHELOR'S PROGRAMS IN
AMERICA.
IT WAS ONE OF ONLY 22
UNIVERSITIES IN AMERICA TO
GET AN "A" RATING FROM THE
AMERICAN COUNCIL ON TRUSTEES
AND ALUMNI.
IT IS AN INCREDIBLE SCHOOL.
AND THEY'RE TAKING
APPLICATIONS FOR ONLINE.
YOU CAN STUDY ONLINE AND GET
A DEGREE ONLINE.
YOU MAY WANT A SECOND
CAREER.
IT IS AVAILABLE.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PICK
UP THE PHONE.
IT'S REAL EASY.
AND CALL IN.
REGENT UNIVERSITY,
1-800-210-0060, OR YOU CAN
LOG ON TO www.regent.EDU.
WELL, MATTHEW FELT LIKE HE
HAD "LOSER" WRITTEN ALL OVER
HIM AFTER HIS OWN MOTHER
ABANDONED HIM.
AND SUDDENLY HIS LIFE WENT
FROM BAD TO WORSE.
HE ENDED UP HOMELESS,
SLEEPING IN A TRASH BAG
UNTIL THE DAY HE SAW A $10
BILL ON THE GROUND.
I REMEMBER MY FIRST NIGHT
ON THE STREET, AND IT WAS
COLD OUT THAT NIGHT.
AND I REMEMBER GOING TO A
PLAYGROUND AND TRYING TO
HUDDLE UP IN THE JUNGLE
GYM.
I SEEN A TRASH CAN OFF IN
THE DISTANCE, AND I SAID,
YOU KNOW, IT'S PROBABLY A
GOOD IDEA TO GO TAKE THE
LINER FROM THAT TRASH CAN
AND SLEEP INSIDE THE
PLASTIC.
Reporter: AS A BOY,
MATTHEW PROBABLY NEVER
THOUGHT HE WOULD END UP LIKE
THIS, BUT HE DID.
MATTHEW GREW UP NEAR
YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, AND HE HAD
A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS
FATHER, BUT HE DIDN'T FEEL
THE SAME FEELINGS FOR HIS
MOTHER.
SHE WOULD PUT ME BEHIND A
DOOR WITH LEGOS AND LEAVE ME
THERE AND NOT EVEN TALK TO
ME.
IT REALLY PUT ME IN A PLACE
WHERE I THOUGHT I WAS MEANT
TO BE ABANDONED AND
REJECTED.
Reporter: EVENTUALLY
HIS MOTHER LEFT, AND HIS
FATHER LATER REMARRIED, AND
MATTHEW FINALLY BEGAN TO
OPEN UP TO HIS STEPMOTHER,
BUT THEN SHE WAS DIAGNOSED
WITH A TERMINAL ILLNESS.
I REALLY TOOK A SELFISH
RESPECT WHERE I WAS, LIKE,
I'M BEING ABANDONED AGAIN.
IT MADE THE WALLS GO RIGHT
BACK UP.
Reporter: AFTER LOSING
A MOTHER FOR THE SECOND
TIME, MATTHEW, WHO WAS NOW
IN HIGH SCHOOL, TURNED TO
DRUGS TO EASE THE PAIN.
I FELT HURT.
I FELT LOST.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO
DO, BUT I KNEW, YOU KNOW,
FOR ME AT THAT AGE, GOING TO
CHURCH DIDN'T WORK FOR ME.
WHAT WORKED WAS, YOU KNOW,
PUTTING A HAZE IN FRONT OF
ME SO THAT I DIDN'T HAVE TO
DEAL WITH REALITY.
Reporter: MATTHEW SOLD
DRUGS AS A TEENAGER AND THEN
MOVED ON TO STEALING CARS.
ONE NIGHT I WAS AT A
PARTY AND I WAS GETTING
DRUNK, AND THERE WAS A
GENTLEMAN THERE THAT SAID,
OH, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A BUDDY
WHO RUNS A CHOP SHOP, AND
THEY NEED A NISSAN.
AND HE SAID, THEY'RE GOING
TO GIVE $1500 FOR THE PERSON
THAT GETS IT.
THAT'S, LIKE, THREE WEEKS
WORTH OF SELLING DOPE.
Reporter: AFTER SEVERAL
YEARS OF STEALING CARS, HE
WAS ARRESTED AND SENT TO
PRISON.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS
LIFE, HIS CONSCIENCE STARTED
TO BOTHER HIM.
WHEN I WAS IN PRISON, I
HAD A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO
REFLECT AND THINK ABOUT THE
THINGS THAT I HAD DONE, THE
PEOPLE THAT I HAD HURT.
AND IT CONSUMED ME.
Reporter: WHEN HE WAS
RELEASED, MATTHEW DECIDED HE
NO LONGER WANTED TO STEAL
CARS.
WITH NO INFLUX OF CASH, HE
LOOKED FOR A CHEAP WAY TO
GET HIGH, AND FOUND ONE:
HEROIN.
THREE MONTHS INTO
SHOOTING HEROIN, I FOUND
MYSELF WITH NOTHING, BROKE
AND HOMELESS.
I HAD FINALLY, YOU KNOW,
REACHED THE PLACE THAT I
BELONGED, HOMELESS, STRUNG
OUT ON DOPE, SLEEPING IN A
TRASH CAN LINER, AND THE
PLASTIC KEPT ME WARM, YOU
KNOW.
BUT IT SMELLED LIKE TRASH.
AND I REMEMBERED THINKING TO
MYSELF, YOU KNOW, THIS IS
WHERE YOU BELONG.
THIS IS WHAT YOU DESERVE.
Reporter: ONE EVENING
MATTHEW WAS OUTLOOKING FOR
HIS NEXT FIX.
I
WAS WALKING NORTHBOUND
ON SIXTH AVENUE, AND I
STARTED PRAYING, SAYING, YOU
KNOW, LORD, PLEASE, JUST
GIVE ME $10 SO I CAN BUY A
SHOT OF DOPE.
AND I LOOK OFF IN THE
DISTANCE, AND I SEE
SOMETHING THAT LOOKS TO BE
CURRENCY.
IN ABOUT 10 YARDS I COULD
SEE A 10 ON IT, AND
I'M, LIKE, IT'S A $10 BILL.
AND I THINK, THERE IS A
GOD.
MY WHOLE LIFE I'VE WAITED
FOR YOU TO SHOW YOURSELF,
AND HERE YOU ARE NOW, GIVING
ME A $10 BILL FOR DOPE.
Reporter: THE $10 BILL
WAS PHONY, BUT WHAT WAS
INSIDE WAS WORTH EVEN MORE.
I REALIZED IT WASN'T A
REAL $10 BILL.
AND I SAID, LORD, I KNEW YOU
DIDN'T LOVE ME.
I KNEW YOU WEREN'T GOING TO
GIVE ME $10.
AND INSIDE OF IT IS THE FULL
BOOK OF PROVERBS, PULLED OUT
OF THOSE LITTLE MINIATURE
NEW TESTAMENTS.
AND I TOOK THAT BOOK OF
PROVERBS WITH ME THAT
NIGHT.
AND I READ THAT NIGHT ABOUT,
YOU KNOW, WISDOM.
Reporter: MATTHEW SAYS
THAT EVENING WAS A TURNING
POINT IN HIS LIFE.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY
LIFE, I REMEMBER THINKING
THAT THERE IS A GOD, AND HE
IS PRESENT IN MY LIFE.
I THOUGHT HE HAD A WARPED
SENSE OF HUMOR.
I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED A
REAL $10 BILL, BUT THIS WAS
ONE POINT WHERE IT WAS
EVIDENT THAT THE HAND OF GOD
WAS WORKING IN THIS
SITUATION.
AND I FELT THE LORD SAYING
THAT I'M ALWAYS WITH YOU.
I'M NEVER GOING TO ABANDON
YOU.
I'M NEVER GOING TO REJECT
YOU.
Reporter: HE STARTED
GOING TO CHURCH AND STUDYING
THE BIBLE, AND LATER WENT
THROUGH A SUCCESSFUL
RECOVERY PROGRAM.
SOON AFTERWARDS HE MET AND
MARRY JENNIFER.
TODAY MATTHEW HELPS JENNIFER
RUN A FACILITY FOR WOMEN
OVERCOMING ADDICTION.
AND HE HELPS HOST A SHOW FOR
RECOVERING ADDICTS.
IT IS ONE OF THE MOST
POWERFUL THINGS ABOUT BEING
A BELIEVER IN JESUS CHRIST,
ABOUT BEING A CHRISTIAN.
WE'RE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY
TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE IN
THE DARKNESS AND GIVE THEM A
NEW LIFE.
WE'RE GIVEN
AN OPPORTUNITY
TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE WHO
ARE INCABLE OF LOVING
THEMSELVES, AND OFFERING
THEM AN UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
THAT IS
SO GREAT
IT
CAN'T BE
DENIED.
Reporter: MATTHEW SAYS
HIS PURPOSE IN LIFE IS TO
USE HIS EXPERIENCES TO SHARE
CHRIST WITH OTHER ADDICTS.
I KNOW THE CREATOR OF
HEAVEN AND EARTH.
I KNOW THE GOD WHO HUNG THE
STARS IN THE SKY, WHO KNOWS
THE NUMBER OF HAIRS ON MY
HEAD.
WHAT GREATER STATEMENT CAN
BE MADE?
IF WE TRULY BELIEVE THIS IS
THE GOD THAT WE WORSHIP, HOW
CAN WE EVER DOUBT HE IS NOT
GOING TO WORK IN OUR LIFE?
Pat: HOW CAN WE NEVER
DOUBT?
LISTEN, I WANT TO SAY THIS
WITH ALL OF THE SINCERITY
THAT I CAN MUSTER: THERE IS
A GOD IN HEAVEN.
HE CONTROLS THE UNIVERSE.
HE LOVES YOU.
HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR YOU.
HE SENT HIS SON THAT HE
WOULD DIE FOR YOU.
AND IF YOU BELIEVE IN HIM,
YOU WILL NOT PERISH, BUT
YOU'LL HAVE EVERLASTING
LIFE.
YOU MAY BE LIVING OUT OF A
DUMPSTER.
YOU MAY BE LIVING IN A
GARBAGE BAG.
YOU MAY BE STRUNG OUT ON
HEROIN.
YOU MAY FEEL ABANDONED BY
YOUR PARENTS.
YOUR SPOUSE MAY HAVE WALKED
OUT ON YOU AND TAKEN THE
KIDS WITH THEM.
YOU MAY BE ABANDONED AND
LONELY AND CRYING OUT.
BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT
GOD IS WITH YOU.
HE IS NOT GOING TO LEAVE YOU
OR FORSAKE YOU.
IF YOU'LL TURN TO HIM, HE'LL
GIVE YOU EVERLASTING LIFE,
AND HE'LL GIVE YOU PEACE,
JOY, AND LOVE THAT YOU'VE
NEVER KNOWN BEFORE.
IF YOU WANT THAT, DON'T
THINK ABOUT TALKING ABOUT
IT.
DO SOMETHING.
I WANT YOU TO DO SOMETHING
RIGHT NOW.
I WANT YOU TO BOW YOUR HEAD
AND I WANT YOU TO PRAY WITH
ME THESE WORDS: JESUS -- DO
IT.
JESUS, YOU KNOW THE
CONDITION I'M IN.
AND, LORD, RIGHT NOW I COME
TO YOU AND I ASK YOU,
CLEANSE ME, FORGIVE ME, MAKE
ME A NEW PERSON.
I NEED A MIRACLE IN MY LIFE,
AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE A GOD
OF MIRACLES.
SO FROM THIS MOMENT ON, I
GIVE YOU MY HEART.
I GIVE YOU MY LIFE.
I GIVE YOU MY FAILURES.
I GIVE YOU WHATEVER
SUCCESSES ARE THERE.
I GIVE YOU EVERYTHING.
AND I THANK YOU, LORD, THAT
YOU'VE HEARD MY PRAYER.
AND I THANK YOU THAT YOU'VE
COME INTO MY HEART.
THANK YOU, LORD.
AND NOW FOR THOSE WHO PRAYED
WITH ME, I WANT TO PRAY FOR
YOU.
FATHER, IN JESUS' NAME LET
THE ANOINTING OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT COME INTO THEIR
LIVES.
TOUCH THEM, LORD, AND FILL
THEM IN JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
WE HAVE, FOR THOSE WHO
PRAYED THAT PRAYER,
SOMETHING TO HELP YOU.
I WANT YOU TO GO ON IN THE
LORD.
DON'T JUST STOP HERE.
THERE IS MORE.
AND I'VE GOT A C.D. THAT IS
JUST PACKED, PACKED WITH
BIBLICAL ACKNOWLEDGE.
AND IT IS AVAILABLE FOR
YOU.
IT IS CALLED "A NEW DAY."
AND THIS IS A COMPACT DISC.
YOU CAN PLAY IT IN A C.D.
PLAYER.
I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU FREE.
ALL YOU'VE GOT TO DO IS CALL
IN AND SAY, I WANT IT.
I PRAYED WITH PAT.
GO TO YOUR TELEPHONE RIGHT
NOW, 1-800-759-0700, AND
SAY, I PRAYED WITH PAT AND
GAVE MY HEART TO THE LORD.
AND I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW
I AM A BORN-AGAIN
CHRISTIAN.
SOMEBODY IS STANDING BY
RIGHT NOW WHO CARES FOR YOU
AND WHO LOVES YOU.
NO MONEY, NO FINANCIAL
OBLIGATION, NON WHATSOEVER.
BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING,
SOMEBODY IS HERE WHO LOVES
YOU.
CALL AND MAKE THAT DECISION
AND SAY, I JUST GAVE MY
HEART TO JESUS.
1-800-759-0700.
HERE IS WENDY.
Wendy: THANKS, PAT.
STILL AHEAD, THE MAN WHO
VOLUNTEERED TO COACH A HIGH
SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM WITH A
DECADE-LONG LOSING STREAK.
EVERYBODY SAID, WHEN YOU
GET THESE INNER CITY KIDS
DOWN, THEY'LL LAY OVER AND
YOU'LL BEAT THEM BY 40.
NOT US.
Wendy: SEE HOW COACH
BILL COURTNEY TURNED THESE
AT-RISK KIDS INTO CHAMPIONS
AND BECAME THE SUBJECT OF AN
OSCAR-WINNING DOCUMENTARY.
WELCOME BACK TO
WASHINGTON FOR THIS CBN NEWS
BREAK.
PHIL ROBERTSON, THE STAR OF
"DUCK DYNASTY", WILL SPEAK
TO A REPUBLICAN GROUP IN NEW
ORLEANS ON THURSDAY.
HE WILL ADDRESS THE
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP
CONFERENCE, ALONG WITH OTHER
NOTABLE FIGURES, INCLUDING
RUSSIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE
CHAIRMAN RICE PREVIOUS,
DONALD TRUMP, AS WELL AS
SOME REPUBLICAN SENATORS.
AN ATHEIST GROUP HAS LOST
ITS LAWSUIT CHALLENGING TAX
EXEMPTIONS FOR CHURCHES AND
RELIGIOUS GROUPS.
A FEDERAL JUDGE IN KENTUCKY
DISMISSED THE SUIT FROM A
GROUP IN NEW JERSEY.
IT SAID THAT TAX EXEMPT
STATUS GIVING TO RELIGIOUS
ORGANIZATIONS IS
DISCRIMINATORY AND SHOULD BE
RULED UNCONSTITUTION.
BUT THE JUDGE FOUND THE
REGULATIONS DON'T FAVOR ANY
GROUP OVER ANOTHER.
AMERICAN ATHEISTS PLANS TO
APPEAL.
YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE
LATEST FROM CBN NEWS BY
GOING TO OUR WEBSITE AT
CBNNEWS.COM.
PAT AND WENDY WILL BE BACK
WITH MORE OF "THE 700 CLUB"
RIGHT AFTER THIS.
Wendy: WELCOME BACK.
WELL, CHECK OUT THESE STATS,
STARTING RIGHT GUARD, HE IS
NO LONGER IN SCHOOL.
STARTING LONG BACKER, SHOT,
NO LONGER IN SCHOOL.
STARTING CENTER, ARRESTED
FOR SHOOTING SOMEONE IN THE
FACE WITH A B.B. GUN.
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE
CHALLENGES BILL COURTNEY
FACED AFTER HE VOLUNTEERED
TO GO TO A LOSING FOOTBALL
TEAM.
Reporter: NOT MANY
PEOPLE WOULD VOLUNTEER TO
COACH A LOSING HIGH SCHOOL
TEAM, MUCH LESS ONE THAT IS
IN THE INNER CITY, BUT
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT BILL
COURTNEY DID.
EVERYBODY SAID, WHEN YOU
GET THESE INNER CITY KIDS
DOWN, THEY'LL LAY OVER AND
YOU'LL BEAT THEM BY 40.
NOT US!
Reporter: IN THE
DOCUMENTARY "UNDEFEATED"
BILL TURNS A GROUP OF AT
RISK TEENAGERS INTO A GROUP
OF CHAMPIONS.
IN HIS BOOK, "AGAINST THE
GRAIN" BILL SHARES
FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES HE
LEARNED ABOUT CHARACTER,
FAITH, AND OVERCOMING
ADVERSITY.
Wendy: AND PLEASE
WELCOME TO "THE 700 CLUB,"
BILL COURTNEY.
BILL, GREAT TO SEE YOU.
THANK YOU.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
Wendy: I LOVED YOUR
BOOK.
LOVED YOUR DOCUMENTARY.
BILL, WHY DID YOU TAKE ON
THIS TEAM WITH SUCH A
TERRIBLE TRACK RECORD, IN
SUCH A DEPRESSED AREA OF
MEMPHIS?
THE AREA HAD NOTHING TO
DO WITH IT, REALLY.
I TAUGHT SCHOOL AND COACHED
FOOTBALL FOR A LIVING, WHEN
I GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE AND
MARRIED A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN
AND STARTED HAVING
CHILDREN.
I BUILT A BUSINESS STARTING
IN 2001, AND THE SCHOOL WAS
RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM
THE BUSINESS AND IT WAS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO COACH AGAIN.
THAT WAS REALLY IT.
Wendy: THE MENASCUS
TIGERS HAD ONLY ONE SEVEN
GAMES IN 10 YEARS, AND THAT
IS NOT EVEN ONE WIN A YEAR
FOR 10 YEARS.
WHAT WAS THE TEAM'S RECORD
WHEN YOU
STOPPED COACHING
THEM?
OUR LAST TWO YEARS WE
WERE 18 WINS AND TWO
LOSSES.
WHEN WE GOT THERE THERE WERE
17 KIDS ON THE TEAM, AND
WHEN WE LEFT, THERE WERE
70.
Wendy: 70?
THAT IS AMAZING.
HOW WERE YOU ABLE TO TURN
THAT TEAM AND THE KIDS'
LIVES AROUND?
THEY TURNED THEIR LIVES
AROUND.
I CANNOT TAKE CREDIT FOR THE
WORK THAT THOSE KIDS DID.
COMMITMENT, CHARACTER,
INTEGRITY, THE VALUE OF HARD
WORK, THE DIGNITY OF HARD
WORK.
UNDERSTANDING GRACE,
UNDERSTANDING LEGACY.
THOSE ARE THE TENANTS -- I
DIDN'T COACH FOOTBALL.
I COACHED KIDS WHO PLAYED
FOOTBALL.
AND I COACHED KIDS ON THOSE
TENANTS, THE SAME TENETS
THAT BUILT MY BUSINESS ON,
THE SAME TENETS I BUILT MY
FAMILY ON.
THEY CREATE THE PROPER
FOUNDATION FOR A FOOTBALL
TEAM, FOR BUSINESS, FOR
LIFE, FOR POLITICS, FOR
ANYTHING, REALLY.
SO WHEN PEOPLE SAY HOW DID
YOU DO IT -- WELL, I DIDN'T
DO IT.
ALL I DID WAS SHARE WITH
THEM THESE TENETS, AND GIVE
THEM ILLUSTRATIONS OF WHAT
THOSE THINGS LOOK LIKE IN A
PRODUCTIVE LIFE, AND LET
THEM USE THOSE TENETS TO
MAKE THEIR OWN CHANGES FOR
THEMSELVES.
Wendy: WE ALWAYS HEAR
THAT FOOTBALL BUILDS
CHARACTER, AND YOU SAID
SOMETHING INTERESTING IN
YOUR BOOK, THAT FOOTBALL
DOESN'T BUILD CHARACTER, IT
REVEALS CHARACTER.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?
YOU BUILD YOUR CHARACTER
ON COMMITMENT AND IN
INTEGRITY.
SOMETHING AS MEANINGLESS AS
A GAME IS NOT GOING TO BUILD
SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT AS
YOUR SOUL AND CHARACTER.
BUT WHAT IT CAN DO IS REVEAL
WHAT YOU'VE BUILT IN TERMS
OF THE TENETS, BECAUSE IT
WILL SHOW WHETHER YOU'RE
GOING TO WILT UNDER THE
CIRCUMSTANCES OR RISE TO THE
OCCASION.
THINGS DON'T BUILD
CHARACTER, BUT THEY
CERTAINLY REVEAL THE
CHARACTER YOU BUILT BASED ON
THESE FUNDAMENTALS.
Wendy: AND YOU'VE HAD A
TREMENDOUS SUCCESS IN A
LUMBER COMPANY, $45 MILLION
WORTH OF SUCCESS.
HOW HAVE YOU MADE YOUR
START-UP SUCCESSFUL WHEN SO
MANY OTHERS HAVE FAILED?
YOU BUILD YOUR COMPANY ON
CHARACTER, COMMITMENT -- I
MEAN IT.
WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND THE
VALUE OF HARD WORK AND YOU
UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR LEGACY
OUGHT TO BE, AND YOU BUILD
WHAT YOU ARE ON THIS
FOUNDATION, AND THEN YOU GO
TO WORK HARD --
Wendy: WHEN YOU SAY
"CHARACTER AND INTEGRITY AND
FOUNDATION," PUT THAT INTO A
PRACTICAL TERM FOR ME.
IS IT THE WAY YOU TREAT YOUR
EMPLOYEES?
WHAT DO YOU DO THAT IS
DIFFERENT?
FIRST OF ALL, THE TITLE
OF THE BOOK IS "AGAINST THE
GRAIN."
POP CULTURE TODAY SAYS YOU
DIG IN ON YOUR IDEALS, AND
THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO IT.
AND ONE OF THE CHAPTERS IN
THE BOOK IS CIVILITY.
AND IT SAYS, HOW WE TREAT
THOSE WE OPPOSE SAYS MORE
ABOUT US THAN OUR OWN
OPINIONS DO.
Wendy: WOW.
I THINK YOU'VE GOT TO GET
OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE,
AND YOU'VE GOT TO SURROUND
YOURSELF WITH PEOPLE WHO
DON'T NECESSARILY JUST LOOK
LIKE YOU.
BE CIVIL AND
NON-THREATENING.
AND YOU FIND A COMMONALITY.
AND YOU UNDERSTAND A
PERSON'S I INHIBITIONS AND
FEARS, AND WHAT MAKES THEM
HAPPY.
AND YOU SERVE THEM BY TRYING
TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN FOR
THEM.
AND WHEN YOU SERVE THEM BY
TRYING TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN
FOR THEM, AND THEY RECOGNIZE
YOU'RE WORKING FOR THEIR
BETTERMENT, THEN THEY'RE
GOING TO FOLLOW YOU.
AND BY DEFINITION, YOU'RE
NOW LEADING.
Wendy: HOW DID YOU GET
TO BE THE WAY YOU ARE?
YOUR DAD WAS NOT IN THE
HOME.
HE LEFT WHEN YOU WERE ABOUT
FOUR YEARS OLD.
YOU WERE RAISED BY YOUR
MOM.
HOW DID THAT INFLUENCE YOUR
LIFE?
I HAD A GREAT
GRANDFATHER, AND I HAD A LOT
OF REALLY POSITIVE COACHES.
AND I'M NOT EXACTLY LIKE ANY
OF THEM, BUT A LITTLE BIT OF
THEM IS ALL IN ME.
AND I THINK I JUST GOT -- I
GUESS IT WAS A BLESSING
BECAUSE I GOT TO CHOOSE A
LITTLE PIECE OF EVERYTHING I
THOUGHT WAS THE BEST IN EACH
PERSON I KNEW, AND KIND OF
MADE IT MY MANTRA, I GUESS.
Wendy: OF COURSE WE
HAVE TO TALK BOWER YOUR
ABOUT YOUR FAITH.
YOU REALLY DIDN'T BECOME A
SOLD-OUT BELIEVER UNTIL YOU
WERE MARRIED, RIGHT?
YEAH.
I WAS RAISED IN THE CHURCH,
BUT I DON'T THINK I
UNDERSTOOD WHAT A PERSONAL
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD WAS
UNTIL I WAS, LIKE YOU SAID,
MARRIED WITH CHILDREN.
Wendy: AND THAT CHANGED
EVERYTHING?
IT HAS, ESPECIALLY WHEN
IT COMES TO CHAPTER 13 IN
THE BOOK, WHICH IS GRACE.
BECAUSE I COULDN'T BE
COMPLETELY HAPPY UNTIL I
LEARNED TO FORGIVE THE
PEOPLE WHO WRONGED ME.
AND I COULDN'T BE COMPLETELY
HAPPY UNTIL I COULD LET GO
OF THE HURT OF THE LACK OF
MY FATHER.
AND SO MUCH OF THAT STUFF
THAT I KEPT INSIDE OF ME
THAT MADE ME BITTER -- IT IS
OBVIOUS, IT'S HARD TO BE
HAPPY WHEN YOU'RE BITTER.
YOU CAN'T BE FULLY HAPPY IF
YOU'RE BITTER, AND YOU HAVE
GET RID OF THE BITTERNESS BY
BEING FORGIVEN.
AND YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND
THAT GOD HAS FORGIVEN US
WITH GRACE.
WE TALK ABOUT FORGIVENESS
AND GRACE ALL OF THE TIME
BECAUSE ALL OF THESE THINGS
GO TOGETHER.
Wendy: AND WHY IS
LEAVING A LEGACY -- I KNOW
THAT IS SO IMPORTANT YOU,
AND YOU TALK ABOUT THAT IN
THE BOOK.
WHY IS LEAVING A LEGACY SO
IMPORTANT?
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THE
IMPORTANT STUFF I LEAVE
BEHIND TO BE ABLE TO BE SOLD
IN A YARD SALE.
I WANT IT TO BE SOMETHING
THAT MAKES SO MUCH MORE
DIFFERENCE IN SOMEONE'S LIFE
THAN THAT.
HOW SHALLOW AND EMPTY WOULD
WE BE IF THE THINGS WE THINK
ARE OUR LEGACY COULD BE
BOUGHT FOR $5 ON A SATURDAY
AFTERNOON IN A FRONT YARD.
WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING SO
MUCH BIGGER THAN THAT.
Wendy: BILL'S BOOK IS
CALLED "AGAINST THE GRAIN,"
AND IT IS AVAILABLE WHEREVER
BOOKS ARE SOLD.
BILL COURTNEY, GOD BLESS
YOU.
YOU'RE AN INSPIRATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I APPRECIATE IT.
Wendy: UP NEXT, GET
READY TO BRING IT ON.
ALICE WANTS TO KNOW, WHAT
HAPPENS TO BANK ACCOUNTS,
C.D.s, OR MONEY MARKET
ACCOUNTS AFTER A MASSIVE
E.M.C. IN AMERICA?
THERE WON'T BE ANY RECORDS
OR PROOF THAT ANYONE HAD
ACCOUNTS.
STAY TUNED FOR PAT'S ANSWER
AND MORE AFTER THIS.
Wendy: INDEED, THIS
SUMMER WE'RE GOING TO MAKE
IT EASY FOR YOUR CHURCH TO
HAVE A SPECIAL "SUPERBOOK"
MOVIE NIGHT.
FOR JUST $25, WE'LL GIVE YOU
EVERYTHING YOU NEED, FROM
TICKETS TO TWO "SUPERBOOK"
EPISODES.
"ROAR" AND "JOJONAH."
YOU CAN CALL
1-800-759-0700.
OR YOU CAN LOG ON TO
SUPERBOOK.TV/"SUPERBOOK."
ALICE WANTS TO KNOW, WHAT
HAPPENS TO BANK ACCOUNTS,
C.D.s, MONEY MARKETS
ACCOUNTS, AFTER A MASSIVE
E.M.P. IN AMERICA.
THERE WON'T BE ANY RECORDS
OR PROOF ANYONE HAD
ACCOUNTS?
Pat: I DON'T REALLY
KNOW IF THERE IS GOING TO BE
AN E.M.P. THAT WILL
OBLITERATE EVERYTHING.
AND WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO
DO?
IT WOULDN'T HURT TO HAVE A
LITTLE CASH AROUND THE HOUSE
UNTIL CURRENCY IS RETORED.
RESTORED.
AN E.M.P. WOULD LEAVE THIS
COUNTRY IN DESPERATE SHAPE.
THERE WOULDN'T BE ANYTHING
TO BUY.
IT SURPASSES COMPREHENSION
HOW BAD SOMETHING LIKE WOULD
BE.
IT IS A REAL POSSIBILITY.
IF A FOREIGN POWER DETONATED
A NUCLEAR DEVICE IN THE
ATMOSPHERE ABOVE THE CENTER
OF AMERICA, IT COULD INDEED
FRY EVERYTHING ELECTRONIC
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, AND IT
COULD BE A HORRIBLE
CONSEQUENCE.
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO
IT?
I DON'T KNOW.
BUT I DO THINK HAVING SOME
CASH AROUND AND SOME OTHER
THINGS -- IT'S LIKE WHO IS
GOING TO SELL YOU ANYTHING.
THERE WON'T BE MUCH TRADING
OR BUSINESS.
IT WILL BE LIKE GOING TO THE
DARK AGES AND CLAWING OUR
WAY BACK UP.
Wendy: MARIA
WRITES, "IF I DON'T HAVE A
HOME CHURCH, WHAT DO I DO
WITH MY TITHES.
I LIVE OFF SOCIAL SECURITY
DISABILITY, AND DO I STILL
TITHE, AND WOULD IT STILL BE
THE 10% EVEN IF IT IS A
STRUGGLE?"
Pat: I RECOMMEND THAT
YOU TITHE AND YOU BELIEVE
GOD FOR A BLESSING THAT
SOMETHING MORE WILL COME
ALONG.
POSSIBLY YOU CAN GET SOME
INCOME FROM DOING
TELEMARKETING FROM YOUR
HOUSE.
THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR
HELP.
AND IF YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE
AND HONEST AND YOU KNOW HOW
TO READ AND WRITE, OR TYPE,
OR WHATEVER, THERE WILL BE
SOME INCOME.
I STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT.
AND ASK GOD TO OPEN THE
DOORS AND BRING YOU SOME
THINGS.
BUT, YES, IF YOU DON'T HAVE
A CHURCH, YOU KNOW, THE
TITHE BELONGS TO THE LORD.
AND YOU'RE GIVING TO GOD'S
WORK.
THAT'S WHERE YOU WANT TO GI
GIVE IT.
Wendy: KARA WRITES, "MY
DAUGHTER IS A HIGH SCHOOL
JUNIOR AND SHE IS HEAVILY
INVOLVED IN OUR SCHOOL AND
IS A GOOD GIRL.
RECENTLY A ISLAMIC GARMENT
HAS COME INTO STYLE IN HER
SCHOOL.
AM I WRONG NOT TO ALLOW HER
TO FIT IN AT HER SCHOOL?
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?"
Pat: I DON'T HAVE A
CLUE WHAT A FAWATSA IS.
Wendy: I GUESS IT IS A
SCARF.
Pat: THERE IS NOTHING
WRONG WITH WEARING A GARMENT
FROM SOMEBODY ELSE'S
RELIGION.
THE QUESTION IS, IF PUTTING
THAT GARMENT ON MEANS YOU'RE
SUBMITTING YOURSELF TO THAT
RELIGION AND BECOMING A PART
OF IT, THEN YOU'VE GOT A
PROBLEM.
Wendy: MRS. DICE SAYS,
"I'VE HAD TWO BROKEN
RELATIONSHIPS WITH MEN I
LOVE FROM WOMEN WHO WANTED
TO MARRY ME.
I COULDN'T BECAUSE I WOULD
LOSE THE MONEY FROM MY
EX-HUSBAND IF I REMARRY.
BOTH WERE GOOD CHRISTIANS
WHO DIDN'T WANT TO LIVE IN
SIN.
I DON'T WANT TO LIVE IN SIN
FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.
PLEASE TELL ME WHAT I CAN
DO."
Pat: I CANNOT BELIEVE
THAT SOMEBODY WOULD TURN
DOWN THE CHANCE OF HAPPINESS
AND A REWARDING RELATIONSHIP
IN ORDER TO HOLD ON TO A
STINKEN SOCIAL SECURITY
PAYMENT.
Wendy: SHOOT, I WOULD
JUST LIVE ON RICE AND BEANS
FOR LOVE.
Pat: THERE YOU GO.
LISTEN TO WHAT WENDY IS
TELLING YOU.
IF THERE IS A MAN AND A
HUSBAND AND YOU'RE MARRIED,
DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE FACT
THAT YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE A
LITTLE SOCIAL SECURITY
BENEFIT.
THAT'S RIDICULOUS.
GO WITH YOUR HEART AND DO
WHAT YOU NEED TO.
BUT IF THESE MEN ARE STILL
THERE, ONE OF THEM, AND YOU
CAN HAVE A SUCCESSFUL
RELATIONSHIP AND LIVE OUT
YOUR GOLDEN YEARS IN
HAPPINESS -- YOU'RE GOING TO
TRADE A FEW DOLLARS IN
SOCIAL SECURITY FOR THAT?
DON'T BE RIDICULOUS.
Wendy: THAT JUST HURTS
MY HEART.
GREGORY WRITES, "IS IT A SIN
TO GAMBLE?
DOES THE BIBLE REFERENCE
IT?"
Pat: HERE'S THE DEAL,
SOME LITTLE LADY IS PLAYING
BINGO IN THE CHURCH PARLOR,
AND SHE IS UNDER THE B-16
AND ALL OF THAT STUFF --
THAT'S NOT A SIN.
THE QUESTION IS -- THE BIBLE
SAYS, "YOU SHALL NOT TEMPT
THE LORD YOUR GOD."
THAT MEANS YOU DON'T JUMP
OFF BUILDINGS.
IF YOU'RE PLAYING
HIGH-STAKES GAMES, AND
YOU'RE BETTING ON RED 16,
AND YOU'RE SAYING, OH, GOD,
LET THAT LITTLE BALL COME IN
THE HOLE AND LET ME HIT BIG,
YOU'RE TEMPTING GOD, AND
THAT'S WHAT THAT AMOUNTS TO,
AND IT'S A SIN.
THAT KIND OF THING IS A
SIN.
AS FAR AS SPENDING A FEW
BUCKS ON -- YOU PULL A
LEVER, THAT'S NOT A BIG
DEAL.
UNLESS YOU REALLY FEEL
GUILTY ABOUT IT.
BECAUSE WHATEVER IS NOT OF
FAITH IS SIN.
WHAT IS WRONG IS, "DO NOT
TEMPT THE LORD YOUR GOD."
Wendy: VIRA WRITES, "MY
HUSBAND AND I HAVE BEEN
MARRIED FOR NEARLY 10
YEARS.
I FELL HEAD OVER HEELS FOR
HIM.
BUT IN THE 10 YEARS, HE HAS
CONCEIVED A CHILD WITH
ANOTHER WOMAN AND THE
CHILDREN AND I HAVE MOVED TO
ANOTHER STATE, BUT IT IS
RATHER EMBARRASSING TO LOOK
UP AND SEE PICTURES OF HIM
ON Facebook.
MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, DO I
WAIT TO SEE IF HE IS GOING
TO COME BACK TO HIS FAMILY,
OR DO I MOVE FORWARD WITH
OUR LIFE WITHOUT HIM AND
FILE FOR THE DIVORCE THAT HE
ACTUALLY WANTS?"
Pat: WHAT IS THAT
STATEMENT, "WAKE UP AND
SMELL THE COFFEE."
IT AIN'T GOING TO GET ANY
BETTER.
GET RID OF HIM.
THAT IS AWFUL.
HE HAS BROKEN THE MARRIAGE.
YOU'RE UNDER NO OBLIGATION
ACCORDING TO THE LAWS THAT
JESUS SET DOWN FOR US.
BY ALL MEANS GET A DIVORCE
AND GET ON WITH YOUR LIFE.
THIS MAN ISN'T WORTH
KEEPING.
Wendy: I AGREE.
I AGREE.
HE HAS BROKEN THE VOF NENT.
COVENANT.
Pat: HE HAS BROKEN
EVERYTHING.
GETTING ON Facebook WITH
HIS GIRLFRIEND.
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR
SOCIETY?
I AM APPALLED.
Wendy: AREN'T YOU GLAD
YOU'RE NOT ON Facebook?
Pat: YOU BETTER BELIEVE
IT.
I HAVE A DOG ON Facebook,
AND I GAVE THE DOG AWAY, AND
BLUE HAS MANY, MANY
Facebook FRIENDS, BUT ONLY
FOR A DOG.
FOR A WOMAN IN INDIA,
EARNING A LIVING WAS A
CHALLENGE.
BUT WHEN A CYCLONE DESTROYED
HER HOME, LIFE BECAME
IMPOSSIBLE.
Reporter: AFTER TULA'S
HUSBAND DIED FROM
TUBERCULOSIS, SHE DID HER
BEST TO RAISE THEIR THREE
CHILDREN ALONE.
I STARTED SELLING FISH.
I WOULD GET THE FISH FROM
THE FISHERMEN AND SELL THEM
IN THE MARKET.
Reporter: THEN CYCLONE
SALINE HIT THE EAST COAST OF
INDIA.
IT WAS RAINING HEAVILY,
AND THE WATERS RUSHED INTO
OUR HOME.
AND THEN ONE WALL OF OUR
HOME COLLAPSED.
WE RAN OUTSIDE AND CLIMBED
ON TOP OF A ROOF.
WE LOST EVERYTHING,
INCLUDING OUR FOOD, CLOTHES,
AND ALL OF MY EQUIPMENT THAT
I USED TO SELL FISH.
Reporter: WITHOUT A
HOME OR A WAY TO SUPPORT HER
CHILDREN, TULA DESPERATELY
NEEDED HELP.
THEN SHE HEARD ABOUT A CBN
RELIEF CAMP THAT WAS BEING
HELD IN HER VILLAGE.
SHE RECEIVED FOOD, CLOTHES,
AND BLANKETS.
AFTER MEETING THE FAMILIES'
IMMEDIATE NEEDS, WE HELPED
TULA RESTART HER BUSINESS.
CBN GAVE ME UTENSILS,
BASKETS AND PLATES, AND THEY
GAVE ME A SCALE AND OTHER
EQUIPMENT I NEEDED TO SELL
FISH.
Reporter: WE ALSO MADE
IT POSSIBLE FOR TULA AND HER
CHILDREN TO HAVE A SAFE
PLACE TO STAY.
YOU GAVE ME ENOUGH MONEY
TO PAY FOR A WHOLE YEAR'S
RENT.
THANK YOU, CBN.
YOU HAVE GIVEN US A NEW
LIFE.
Pat: ISN'T THAT
MARVELOUS.
YOU CAN HELP SOMEBODY.
SOMEBODY IS IN DESPERATE
CONDITION.
IT TAKES JUST A LITTLE BIT
OF MONEY TO GIVE THEM LIFE.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING,
GIVING THEM LIFE AND HOPE.
NOW, WE HAVE NOW A PREMIUM
FOR YOU, AND IT'S CALLED
"LIVING UNDER GOD'S
BLESSING."
IN HERE IS A D.V.D. OF AN
ADDRESS I GAVE TO THE
JERUSALEM CONFERENCE ON THE
FEAST OF TABERNACLES.
Wendy: IT IS POWERFUL.
I LOVED IT.
Pat: I COULD HARDLY
STAND UP, THE POWER OF GOD
WAS SO STRONG IN THAT
MEETING.
AND GORDON HAS A TEACHING IN
HERE, TOO, "LIVING UNDER
GOD'S BLESSING."
WE'LL GIVE THAT TO YOU WHEN
YOU JOIN "THE 700 CLUB."
SO CALL IN.
WE LEAVE YOU WITH TODAY'S
POWER MINUTE FROM THE BOOK
OF ISAIAH, 49th CHAPTER:
"FOR I WILL CONTEND WITH HIM
WHO CONTENDS WITH YOU.
AND I WILL SAVE YOUR
CHILDREN."
WELL, THAT'S ALL OF THE TIME
WE'VE GOT.
REMEMBER, DR. BEN CARSON IS
WITH US, AND HE IS GOING TO
TELL US SOMETHING AMAZING
ABOUT WHAT YOUR BRAIN CAN
DO.
YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THAT
ONE.