A victim of childhood abuse, Larry suppressed the pain with drugs and alcohol. After his seventh DUI he went to prison and began to reevaluate his life.
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THEY ARE FLOODING THE
AIRWAVES, AND THE GOVERNMENT
IS NOT HAPPY.
OUR CHANNEL AND OUR
SIGNALS ARE GETTING JAMMED
ON A DAILY BASIS.
PLUS...HEAR WHAT MADE
THIS JAILBIRD SING.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAD
TO HAPPEN.
AND THEN, A SUPER BUG
WITH NO CURE.
YOU'LL HAVE A BOUT OF
THIS FOR THE REST OF YOUR
LIFE.
HER MIRACLE OVER MERSA.
I FELT THE PRESENCE OF
THE LORD JUST SURROUND ME.
ON TODAY'S "700 CLUB."
Pat: LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO "THE
700 CLUB."
I HAVE LONG CONTENDED THAT
THE UNITED NATIONS IS
BROKEN.
THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL
ASSEMBLY IS AN ABSOLUTE
JOKE.
IT IS A SOUNDING BOARD FOR
RADICAL ISLAMIC GROUPS.
AND THEY PROVED ME RIGHT
THIS DAY, OR YESTERDAY, IN A
WAY THAT YOU CANNOT
BELIEVE.
THEY HAVE A HUMAN RIGHTS
COUNCIL, WHICH A FEW YEARS
AGO INCLUDED LIBYA AS ONE OF
THE CHAMPIONS OF HUMAN
RIGHTS, AND THEY WANT TO
LOOK INTO WAR CRIMES IN THE
MIDDLE EAST.
BUT WHO ARE THEY COMING
AGAINST?
ARE THEY GOING AGAINST THE
ONE WHO HAS BEEN LAUNCHING
ROCKETS AGAINST THE
CIVILIANS?
OH, NO.
THEY WANT TO HAVE A WAR
CRIMES INVESTIGATION AGAINST
ISRAEL.
Terry: THE UNITED
STATES AND OTHERS ARE TRYING
TO NEGOTIATE A CEASE-FIRE,
BUT RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE
THERE IS NO END OF SIGHT.
CHRIS MITCHELL BRINGS US
THIS STORY.
Reporter: HAMAS
LAUNCHED NEARLY 80 ROCKETS
AT ISRAEL ON THE SAME DAY
THE U.N. PASSED A RESOLUTION
TO INVESTIGATE ISRAEL FOR
WAR CRIMES.
IT PUTS THE WHOLE BURDEN
OF THE SITUATION ON ISRAEL,
WHEN THE CURRENT CRISIS
BEGAN WHEN HAMAS LAUNCHED
ROCKETS AT ISRAELI CITIES.
Reporter: ISRAEL CAME
UNDER FIRE FOR ATTACKING THE
WAFA HOSPITAL ON TUESDAY.
THE I.D.F. RELEASED THIS
FOOTAGE, SHOWING HOW HAMAS
USED THE HOSPITAL TO SHOOT
AT ISRAEL, AND A TRANSCRIPT
OF A PHONE CONVERSATION
CONFIRMING THE HOSPITAL WAS
EMPTY.
THIS USE OF HUMAN SHIELDS
IS EXTRAORDINARILY CYNICAL,
IT'S GROTESQUE, AND IT IS
INHUMANE.
BUT ISRAEL WAS CONDEMNED IN
THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL.
IT IS A TRAVESTY OF
JUSTICE.
Reporter: AMED LASHEL
SAYS THEIR GROUP IS SIMPLY
DEFENDING THEIR AREA.
ISRAEL GIVES UP THE ELEMENT
OF SURPRISE AND PUTS ITS OWN
SOLDIERS AT RISK BY WARNING
PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS TO
LEAVE THE PLACES IT WILL
ATTACK.
WHILE HAMAS USES ITS OWN
HUMANS AS HUMAN SHIELDS.
YET, ISRAEL IS OFTEN AT A
DISADVANTAGE TO PRESENT ITS
CASE.
I THINK PEOPLE SEE THE
EFFECTIVENESS OF THE ISRAEL
DEFENSE SYSTEMS, OF THE IRON
DOME, AND THEY SEE AS A
RESULT OF THOSE, ISRAEL PAYS
A LOT OF MONEY.
Reporter: RICHARD CAMP,
FORMER COMMANDER OF BRITISH
FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN SAYS
IT IS HAMAS, NOT ISRAEL,
THAT IS COMMITTING THE WAR
CRIMES.
ON THE CONTRARY, THE
HAMAS PALESTINIAN SIDE, IN
GAZA, NO MONEY HAS BEEN
INVESTED INPUTING PEOPLE IN
SHELTERS.
AND THEY ASSUME ISRAEL MUST
BE COMMITTING A WAR CRIME.
Reporter: MEANWHILE,
JOHN KERRY CONTINUED HIS
DIPLOMACY TOWARDS REACHING A
CEASE-FIRE.
WE HAVE, IN THE LAST 24
HOURS, MADE SOME PROGRESS IN
MOVING TOWARDS THAT GOAL.
Reporter: IN THE
MEANTIME, "OPERATION
PROTECTIVE EDGE" ENTERED ITS
17th DAY.
BEHIND ME IS AN I.D.F.
BATTERY, AND ONE OF THE MAIN
GOALS OF THE I.D.F. REMAINS
FINDING AND DESTROYING THE
MANY INFILTRATION TUNNELS
DUG BY HAMAS INSIDE ISRAEL.
THAT THERE IS NO BORDER
OUR BOUNDARY OR LIMIT TO
THEIR ACCESS, THEN WE ARE
COMPLETELY EXPOSED.
Reporter: CHRIS
MITCHELL, CBN NEWS, ON THE
ISRAELI-GAZA BORDER.
Pat: THANKS, CHRIS.
I SUGGESTED SOME YEARS AGO,
AND I SUGGESTED AGAIN, THAT
THE UNITED STATES PULL OUT
OF THE UNITED NATIONS.
IT IS A JOKE.
THEY LIVE LIKE POSHES, IN
LUXURIOUS SURROUNDINGS,
BEING PAID SOMETIMES DOUBLE
WHAT OUR DIPLOMATS ARE BEING
PAID.
IT IS AN ABSOLUTE TRAVESTY
WHAT THEY DO.
AND IT IS SO CLEARLY
WEIGHTED NOT ONLY AGAINST
ISRAEL, BUT AGAINST THE
UNITED STATES.
WHY WOULD WE PAY TO HAVE
SOMEBODY BANG US IN THE
HEAD?
IT'S CRAZY.
THERE SHOULD BE ANOTHER
ORGANIZATION SET UP, A
COUNCIL OF DEMOCRATIC
NATIONS, OR DEMOCRACIES,
THAT LEAVE OUT SOME OF THESE
DICTATORSHIPS AND GET DOWN
TO SOMETHING THAT MAY REALLY
HAVE SOME GOOD.
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
DOES A GOOD JOB AND OTHERS,
BUT FEW OF THEM DO.
IT'S JUST A JOKE.
AND THIS KIND OF PROPAGANDA
THING AGAINST ISRAEL IS
ANOTHER OUTRAGE.
WHY SHOULD THE TAXPAYERS'
MONEY GO TO FUND THIS
NONSENSE.
PEOPLE SAY, YOU'RE NOT FOUR
INTERNATIONALISM.
WELL, OF COURSE WE ARE, BUT
NOT THAT KIND.
IN OTHER NEWS, THERE IS GOOD
NEWS FOR THAT CHRISTIAN
MOTHER IN SUDAN WHO HAD BEEN
SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR
BLASPHEMY BECAUSE SHE
CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY,
OR SHE MARRIED A CHRISTIAN.
WENDY GRIFFITH HAS THAT
STORY FROM THE CBN
NEWSROOM.
HERE IS WENDY.
Wendy: MERIAM IBRAHIM,
WHO NEARLY DIED FOR HER
FAITH, IS NOW A FREE WOMAN.
SHE WAS TOLD SHE COULD LEAVE
WEDNESDAY, AFTER HER
PASSPORT WAS GIVEN BACK TO
HER.
SHE ARRIVED IN ITALY TODAY,
FOLLOWING EXTENDED TIME AT
THE U.S. EMBASSY IN SUDAN.
HER RELEASE COMES ONE DAY
AFTER A CONGRESSIONAL
HEARING ABOUT HER CASE.
SHE IS MARRIED TO AN
AMERICAN AND FACED THE DEATH
SENTENCE FOR APOSTASY.
EVEN AFTER HER RELEASE FROM
PRISON, AUTHORITIES REVENTED
HER FROM LEAVING SUDAN WITH
HER HUSBAND AND TWO
CHILDREN.
RELIGIOUS RIGHTS ADVOCATES
SAY HER CASE IS ONE OF
MANY.
SHE IS THE TIP OF THE
ICEBERG.
FOR EVERY ONE CASE OF MERIAM
IBRAHIM, THERE ARE HUNDREDS,
IF NOT THOUSANDS, OF THOSE
AND OTHERS WHO ARE VICTIMS
OF A DRA DRACONIAN
EXISTENCE OF SHARI'A LAW
UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF
PRESIDENT BASHIR, WHICH IS
AN ABOMINATION OF RELIGIOUS
FREEDOM.
THE UNITED STATES NEEDS
TO SHOW MORE CONCERN ABOUT
HOSTILITY AND PERSECUTION
AW ABROAD, PARTICULARLY IN
THE CASE OF MERIAM IBRAHIM.
Wendy: AT WEDNESDAY'S
HEARING, CHRIS MISS SAID THE
STATE DEPARTMENT IS
AGGRESSIVELY PROMOTING GAY
RIGHTS AT THE EXPENSE OF
RELIGIOUS RIGHTS.
THE GAY RIGHTS AGENDA IS
WHAT TRUMPS EVERYTHING IN
THE U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, SO
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, IN A WAY,
IS SEEN AS AND IMPEDIMENT.
AN ANCIENT CHRISTIAN
COMMUNITY IN IRAQ IS NO
MORE.
FOR NEARLY 2,000 YEARS, THE
CITY OF MOSUL HAS HAD A
THRIVING CHRISTIAN
COMMUNITY.
NOW ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS HAVE
DRIVEN NEARLY ALL OF THEM
OUT.
AS MARK MARTIN REPORTS, THE
REMAINING FEW COULD BECOME
MARTYRS.
Mark: IRAQI PRIME
MINISTER NOURI AL-MALIKI
CONDEMNED THE ATTACK OF
CHRISTIANS IN IRAQ.
HE SAYS CHRISTIANS HAVE BEEN
EXPOSED OF VIOLENT ACTS THAT
HAVE NEVER BEEN WITNESSED
BEFORE IN IRAQ.
SUNNI MILITANTS TOLD THEM TO
CONVERT TO ISLAM, PAY A TAX,
OR FACE DEATH.
THERE ARE NO CHRISTIANS
LEFT IN MOSUL, GARY.
THEY HAVE ALL BEEN DRIVEN
OUT.
THEY WERE STRIPPED OF ALL OF
THEIR POSSESSIONS, LEFT WITH
NOTHING.
THEIR HOUSES, WHICH WERE
STAMPED NAZARENE, MEANING
CHRISTIAN, AND STAMPED
AGAIN, SAYING "PROPERTY OF
THE I ISLAMIC STATE."
AND THEIR CARS AND EVEN
THRO THEIR WEDDING RINGS,
AND FINGERS IF THE RINGS
WOULDN'T COME OFF.
Mark: AL-MALIKI HAS
PLEDGED TO PROTECT THE
CHRISTIANS, BUT SO FAR HIS
GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN
HELPLESS.
A DIRECTOR FOR THE RELIGIOUS
FREEDOM, NINA SHAY, SAYS THE
CHRISTIANS ARE FACING A
HEARTLESS ENEMY.
THEY HATE CHRISTIANS.
THEY HAVE TURNED OFF THEIR
WATERS, AND IT IS 120° THERE
TODAY.
THEY SAID TO THEM, YOU DON'T
DESERVE WATER.
Mark: NOT ONLY ARE
ISLAMISTS TARGETING
BELIEVERS, THEY ARE ALSO
DESTROYING ALL TRACES OF
CHRISTIANITY IN THE AREA.
THEY SHOW THEM DESTROYING
THE TOMBS OF JONAH AND
SETH.
I DID SEE THAT VIDEO AS
WELL.
THEY HAVE ALSO CAPTURED
ANCIENT MONASTARIES, AND
THEY'RE BURNING THE ANCIENT
MANUSCRIPTS, WHICH ARE
PRICELESS FOR THE HERITAGE
OF CHRISTIANITY.
Mark: AND THEN THERE IS
THE REFUGEE CRISIS.
U.N. OFFICIALS SAY ABOUT TWO
MILLION CHRISTIANS FROM IRAQ
AND SYRIA, RESIDE IN THE
NORTHERN IRAQI REGION OF
KURDISTAN.
MARK MARTIN, CBN NEWS.
Wendy: JUST ANOTHER
EXAMPLE OF CHRISTIAN
PERSECUTION.
Pat: IT IS WORSE THAN
THAT.
YOU ASK YOURSELF, WHERE IS
THE OUTRAGE?
WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE HERE IN
THE UNITED STATES?
THIS IS AN OUTRAGEOUS
THING.
CAN YOU IMAGINE A
FUNDAMENTALIST CHRISTIAN
ORGANIZATION THAT MOVED INTO
SOME PLACE IN EUROPE AND
BEGAN TO TEAR DOWN THE
CATHEDRALS AND SAY WE DON'T
AGREE WITH THIS AND IT'S
IDOLATRY, AND TO KILL ALL OF
THE INHABITANTS THAT DIDN'T
CONVERT TO CHRISTIANITY?
THE WORLD WOULD BE IN ARMS
ABOUT THIS.
AND HERE THIS GROUP OF
FANATICS -- IT IS JUST A
SMALL GROUP, BUT THIS IS A
RESULT OF THE THANKLESS
POLICY OF THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION, WHICH DID
NOT HAVE A FORCES OF
AGREEMENT, AND THIS
AL-MALIKI, WHO WAS ALLOWED
TO STAY IN POWER, WHO WAS
CATERING TO A FEW SHIAS, AT
THE EXTENT OF THE SUNNIS,
AND HIS OWN ARMY WAS
DECIMATED BECAUSE HE FIRED
SO MANY LEADERS.
AND WHEN IT CAME TIME TO
FIGHT, ALL OF THE MEN RAN.
THEY DROPPED THEIR WEAPONS
AND THEIR UNIFORMS AND FLED
BECAUSE OF A FEW TERRORISTS
DRIVING PICKUP TRUCKS.
THE WHOLE THING WAS CRAZY.
WE HAD ARMED THAT GROUP TO
THE "T", BUT THEY DIDN'T
HAVE THE WILL TO FIGHT
BECAUSE MALIKI HAD DESTROYED
THEIR FRACTURE.
HE NEEDS TO GO.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WHY
ARE WE SITTING IDLY BY,
LETTING THIS HAPPEN?
WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE.
SOME CONSERVATIVE, YOU KNOW,
GETS INVOLVED IN SOME SEX
SCANDAL AND IT'S HEADLINES
ALL ACROSS AMERICA.
THAT SEEMS TO BE WHAT WE'RE
CONCERNED ABOUT.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THESE
CHRISTIANS IN MOSUL?
IT'S 2,000 YEARS, AND
THEY'RE SUFFERING, AND
THEY'RE BEING PERSECUTED BY
MILITANT ISLAMISTS.
LET US NAME IT.
WHO IS DOING IT?
THE ISLAMIC PEOPLE.
IT'S NOT BEING DONE BY SOME
ARAN SECT.
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE
FUNDAMENTALIST MUSLIM
BELIEVERS.
WENDY?
Wendy: HERE AT HOME,
THE HEAD OF THE I.R.S. SAYS
IT MAY BE POSSIBLE TO
RECOVER THOSE KEY E-MAILS
FROM LOIS LERNER AND OTHERS
IN THE AGENCY, E-MAILS ONCE
THOUGHT TO BE LOST FOR
GOOD.
THEY'RE A KEY PART OF AN
ONGOING INVESTIGATION INTO
THE AGENCY'S TARGETING OF
TEA PARTY AND OTHER
CONSERVATIVE GROUPS.
INVESTIGATORS ARE REVIEWING
THE TAPES TO SEE IF ANY
INFORMATION CAN BE
RECOVERED.
AND SHED SOME LIGHT ON
THOUSANDS OF LERNER'S
MISSING E-MAILS.
BEFORE SHE STEPPED DOWN,
LERNE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE
I.R.S. TAX EXEMPT DIVISION.
AND HER HARD DRIVE WAS
SUPPOSEDLY DESTROYED IN 2011
AFTER A COMPUTER CRASH.
BUT HOUSE INVESTIGATORS
BELIEVE THE HARD DRIVE WAS
JUST SCRATCHED, AND MOST OF
ITS CONTENTS COULD HAVE BEEN
RESTORED.
THE REPUBLICANS ACCUSE THE
AGENCY OF STONEWALLING AND A
POSSIBLE COVERUP, WHICH THE
I.R.S. DENIES.
THE TESTIMONY I HAD GIVEN
IN THE PAST WAS ACCURATE.
I TESTIFIED AS TO WHAT I
KNEW.
RIGHT NOW, THE QUESTION IS:
DO I KNOW ANYTHING MORE
ABOUT BACKUP TAPES?
AND THE ANSWER IS I DON'T
KNOW ANYMORE, OTHER THAN THE
I.G. IS INVESTIGATING IF
THERE ARE BACKUP TAPES AND
IF THEY'RE RECOVERABLE.
Wendy: THE REPUBLICANS
PLAN TO HOLD ANOTHER HEARING
ON THE TARGETING SCANDAL
NEXT WEEK.
AND, PAT, SURPRISED -- OR
NOT?
Pat: I'M NOT SURPRISED
OR SHOCKED.
WE HAVE TO HAVE CONFIDENCE
IN THE I.R.S.
THEY HAVE CONTROL OVER THE
MOST INTIMATE DETAILS OF
YOUR FINANCIAL DEALINGS.
THEY CAN SUBPOENA EVERY
RECORD YOU'VE GOT.
THEY CAN PUT A HOLD ON YOUR
BANK ACCOUNT.
THEY CAN PUT A HOLD ON YOUR
EARNINGS.
THEY CAN FORECLOSURE ON YOUR
PROPERTY.
AND THEY CAN ABUSE YOU
HORRIBLY.
AND WE TRUST THEM.
BUT WE CAN'T TRUST THEM
ANYMORE.
THIS IS THE MOST AWFUL
SCANDAL, THAT THEY KNEW WHAT
WAS GOING ON, AND IT IS JUST
KIND OF LIKE THEY'RE WALKING
THROUGH THE WHOLE THING AND
THEY'RE HOPING THAT CONGRESS
WILL CHANGE AND EVERYBODY
WILL FORGET IT.
WE CAPITOL FORGET IT.
-- WE CAN'T FORGET IT.
IT IS ONE MORE SCANDAL.
AND IT GOES ALL THE WAY UP
TO THE TOP OF THE PRESIDENT
ONE MORE TIME.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WHEN
ARE WE GOING TO WAKE UP.
Wendy: PAT, A BIG
MAJORITY OF OVERWEIGHT KIDS
IN AMERICA THINK THEIR
WEIGHT IS OKAY.
THAT'S A NEW FINDING FROM
THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE
CONTROL.
ABOUT 81% OF OVERWEIGHT BOYS
AND 71% OF OVERWEIGHT GIRLS
THINK THEIR WEIGHT IS JUST
ABOUT RIGHT.
RESEARCHERS WARN THAT MEANS
KIDS WON'T DO WHAT THEY NEED
TO DO TO LOSE THE WEIGHT.
IF THEY DON'T, THEY COULD
FACE POTENTIALLY SERIOUS
HEALTH PROBLEMS IN THE
FUTURE.
PAT, BOTH KIDS AND ADULTS
HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THEY HAVE
A PROBLEM BEFORE THEY'RE
GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT
IT, I GUESS.
Pat: I HEARD SOMEBODY
WHO WENT TO THE DOCTOR.
AND THE DOCTOR SAID, YOU ARE
OBESE.
AND HIS WIFE SAID, YOU KNOW,
THAT DOCTOR HURT HIS
FEELINGS.
TOUGH LUCK!
WHAT KIND OF DOCTOR WOULD
NOT TELL THE MAN HE HAS GOT
A PROBLEM.
HE IS GOING TO HAVE HIGH
BLOOD PRESSURE, DIABETES,
HEART CONDITION, AND HE IS
GOING TO DIE 20 YEARS
EARLY.
DON'T YOU THINK DOCTORS
OUGHT TO TELL PEOPLE THINGS
LIKE THAT?
ISN'T IT ABOUT TIME WE WAKE
UP?
OH, NO, WE'RE TOO BUSY
PLAYING VIDEO GAMES AND
OTHER THINGS.
Wendy: PASS THE
CUPCAKES.
Pat: THE DEAR LADIES
MAKE CUPCAKES, AND YOU FEEL
LIKE THEY'RE KILLING
PEOPLE.
REMEMBER THE CUPCAKE
LADIES?
Terry: YES, I DO.
Pat: I'M ALL FOR THEM,
BUT THEY'RE KILLING US.
TERRY?
Terry: UP NEXT, A PLACE
WHERE THE SECRET POLICE
COULD KILL YOU JUST FOR
WATCHING TV, BUT THAT IS NOT
STOPPING THE PEOPLE THERE
FROM TUNING IN.
WHEN THEY TURN THE
CHANNEL ON AND THEY SEE THE
TV, THEY HEAR A NEW MESSAGE
OF FORGIVENESS, OF LOVE, OF
ACCEPTANCE.
Terry: HEAR HOW IRAN IS
BEING INFILTRATED FOR THE
GOSPEL.
THAT'S NEXT.
PAPER
Wendy: TOMORROW, HE
FELT THE NEED FOR SPEED
UNTIL HE COULDN'T FEEL HIS
OWN LEGS.
I JUST PARALYZED MYSELF.
Wendy: HEAR WHY THIS
RIDER IS NOW STANDING TALL.
PLUS...
THERE WAS NO WAY TO FIX
IT.
Wendy: A CHILD WHO
COULDN'T EAT.
HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO
HOLD ANYTHING DOWN.
Wendy: GETS A VISIT
FROM THE SUPERNATURAL.
IT'S, LIKE, WHAT JUST
HAPPENED.
Wendy: FRIDAY, ON "THE
700 CLUB."
Pat: IRAN, IT HAS A
DICTATORSHIP, RUN BY
AYATOLLAHS, WHO ARE
RELIGIOUS LEADERS OF THE
SHIIA MUSLIM PERSUASION.
THEY RUN THE COUNTRY.
THEY ARE IN CHARGE.
THEY ARE FANATIC BELIEVERS
IN THE COMING OF THE MATI.
THEY BELIEVE IN THE
DESTRUCTION OF THE WORLD.
BUT THEY ALSO DON'T LIKE
CHRISTIANS.
AND THIS GROUP IS THE MOST
PERSECUTED RELIGIOUS
MINORITY IN IRAN.
ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVE
CONVERTED FROM ISLAM.
NOW ONE TELEVISION CHANNEL
IS BEAMING A MESSAGE OF HOPE
DIRECTLY INTO IRAN.
AND THE ISLAMIC AUTHORITIES
DON'T LIKE IT ONE BIT.
GEORGE THOMAS HAS THIS
EXCLUSIVE REPORT ABOUT
MOHABAT TV.
George: THESE ARE VERY
BUSY AND EXCITING TIMES AT
MOHABAT TV, AS IT CARRIES
OUT ITS MISSION OF
BROADCASTING CHRISTIANITY
INTO IRAN.
WE'RE SEEING A HUGE, HUGE
NUMBER OF IRANIANS WHO ARE
REACHING OUT TO OUR
CHANNEL.
George: MIKE OVERSEES
THE POPULAR CHANNEL.
SINCE 2006, THEY HAVE BEEN
BEAMING CHRISTIAN PROGRAMS,
VIA SATELLITE, TO THE MIDDLE
EAST, EUROPE, AND PARTS OF
ASIA.
BUT FOR THE CAST, CREW,
PRODUCTION AND OFFICE STAFF,
THEIR MAIN FOCUS IS THE
ISLAMIC NATION OF IRAN.
MANY OF OUR VIEWERS THAT
ARE CONTACTING US FROM IRAN,
THEY CLAIM THAT ISLAM HAS
NOT DELIVERED TO THEIR
EXPECTATIONS.
SO WHEN THEY TURN THE
CHANNEL ON AND SEE MOHABAT
TV, THEY HEAR A NEW MESSAGE
OF JESUS, OF FORGIVENESS, OF
LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE.
George: THIS MAN
MANAGES THE PHONE CALL
CENTER OPERATIONS FOR THE
CHANNEL.
PERSIANS ARE REALLY
THIRSTY FOR THE TRUTH.
THEY WANT TO KNOW, WHO IS
THIS GOD THAT WE TALK
ABOUT?
WHO IS THIS JESUS?
IS HE REAL OR IS HE JUST A
PROPHET?
George: TO ANSWER THOSE
AND MANY OTHER QUESTIONS,
THE CHANNEL HAS EMPLOYED
FARSI-SPEAKING COUNSELLORS
IN DIFFERENT TIME ZONES
AROUND THE WORLD.
SHE SAYS THEY TAKE ON
AVERAGE BETWEEN 8,000 AND
10,000 CALLS A MONTH FROM
IRANIANS.
THAT'S WHEN WE OPEN THE
SUBJECT.
WE PREACH THE GOSPEL.
AND SO MANY GIVE THEIR
HEART.
SO MANY RECEIVE HIM.
George: BUT PRODUCING
CHRISTIAN PROGRAMS FOR IRAN
IS NOT WITHOUT ITS
CHALLENGES.
YOU SEE, THE BULK OF THE
PRODUCTIONS FOR THE CHANNEL
ARE DONE OUTSIDE OF IRAN,
FROM MULTIPLE SECRET
LOCATIONS, FOR SAFETY AND
SECURITY REASONS.
OUR CHANNEL AND OUR
SIGNALS ARE GETTING JAMMED
ON A DAILY BASIS.
IT IS TRUE THAT THE PHONE
CALLS ARE BEING MONITORED,
AND PEOPLE WHO TRIED TO
CONTACT US MAY GET
PERSECUTED FROM TIME TO
TIME.
George: IN JUNE 2011, A
CHRISTIAN MAN'S HOUSE GOT
RAIDED BY IRANIAN
AUTHORITIES AS HE WAS ON THE
PHONE WITH A MOHABAT
COUNSELLOR.
THIS IS AN AUDIO RECORDING
OF THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN
THE PHONE COUNSELLOR AND A
MEMBER OF THE IRANIAN SECRET
POLICE.
AS HE TELLS THE STORY OF
WHAT HAPPENED WHEN HE BROKE
INTO THE HOUSE.
IT HAS NEVER BEEN RELEASED
TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL NOW,
EXCLUSIVELY ON CBN NEWS.
[SPEAKING A
FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
George: THE YOUNG
CHRISTIAN MAN WAS REPORTEDLY
KILLED SHORTLY AFTER THE
CONVERSATION.
BUT ANSARI SAYS THE THREATS
OF NOW STOPPING IRANIANS
FROM WATCHING THE CHANNEL,
WHICH PROVIDES 24-HOUR
CHRISTIAN PROGRAMMING.
REMEMBER IN IRAN, THERE
IS NO SUCH A THING AS A
SURGE, AS YOU AND I KNOW
OUTSIDE OF IRAN.
SO MANY IRANIANS WHO ARE
CURIOUS, THEY FIND IT
EASIER, MORE PRIVATE, AND
MORE SAFE TO BE AT HOME AT
THEIR OWN HOME, IN THE
COMFORTS OF THEIR HOME,
WATCHING THE CHANNEL.
George: THE OFFICIAL
RELIGION OF IRAN IS ISLAM.
CHRISTIANS ARE OFFICIALLY
LESS THAN HALF OF ONE
PERCENTS OF THE POPULATION.
THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY
ARE MUSLIM.
CHRISTIANS ARE ROUTINELY
IMPRISONED AND LABELLED AS
THREATS TO NATIONAL
SECURITY.
"OPEN DOORS" IS GROUP THAT
HAS SERVED THE PERS
PERSECUTED AREAS FOR
DECADES, HAVE LISTED THIS
AREA AT THE MOST
PERSECUTED.
WE HAVE SHOWS THAT WILL
GIVE THEM HOPE, AND YET TELL
THEM PERSECUTION IS PART OF
A CHRISTIAN'S LIFE.
WHEN YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN AND
YOU RESIDE IN A COUNTRY THAT
IS NOT PREDOMINANTLY
CHRISTIAN.
George: AT LEAST 49
CHRISTIANS ARE BEING HELD IN
JAILS.
AMONG THEM IS AMERICAN
PASTOR SAEED ABEDINI, WHO IS
SERVING AN EIGHT-YEAR PRISON
TERM FOR REFUSING TO RECANT
THEIR FAITH.
WE DON'T WANT TO SEE ANY
OF THEM BEING PERSECUTED.
SO WE ASK THEM TO ACT WITH
WISDOM, AND BE WISE ABOUT
THEIR NEW FAITH AND THE WAY
THEY APPROACH OTHERS.
IN THE NAME OF THE
FATHER, THE SON, AND THE
HOLY SPIRIT.
George: THE HARSH
TREATMENT OF CHRISTIANS IS
REPORTEDLY FUELING THE
FLAMES OF CHURCH GROWTH.
WE'RE SEEING A NEW SEASON
RIGHT NOW.
THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO
ARE REACHING OUT ON THEIR
OWN ACCOUNTS.
IT SEEMS THAT THEY'RE NOT
AFRAID.
THEY JUST WANT TO REACH OUT
AND GO BEYOND ANY KIND OF
AUTHORITY AND LIMITATION
THAT MAY EXIST LOCALLY TO
THEM.
George: ANSARI, A
NATIVE OF IRAN, IS
ENCOURAGING CHRISTIANS
WORLDWIDE TO PRAY FOR IRAN,
ESPECIALLY NOW, AS THEY AND
MILLIONS OF MUSLIMS OBSERVE
RAMADAN.
OUR GOAL IS OUT THERE TO
TELL THEM THERE IS ANOTHER
CHOICE.
THE PROPHET JESUS, WHO THEY
KNOW VERY WELL THROUGH
ISLAM, THAT HE IS MORE THAN
A PROPHET.
HE CAN BRING A SENSE OF
HOPE.
George: GEORGE THOMAS,
CBN NEWS.
Pat: THE LORD HAS NOT
LEFT HIMSELF WITHOUT A
WITNESS.
WHY IS ISLAM SO AFRAID OF
CHRISTIANITY?
THE REASON IS CHRISTIANITY
IS THE TRUTH.
AND THE POWER OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT IS GREATER THAN THE
LIES THAT ARE BEING TOLD
ABOUT MOHAMMED.
AND SO SOONER OR LATER,
ISLAM IS GOING TO FALL.
IT'S TREATMENT OF WOMEN,
IT'S ABUSIVE NATURE, IT'S
BRUTALITY TOWARDS OTHERS,
ITS STRICT RULES AND
DOCTRINES OF HATE AND
JIHAD.
WHEREAS THE LORD BRINGS A
MESSAGE OF LOVE AND HOPE AND
PEACE.
AND THEY WANT THAT,
ESPECIALLY THE TREATMENT OF
WOMEN, THAT WOMEN ARE
PRECIOUS AND GOD'S SIGHT.
AND THAT MESSAGE IS COMING
THROUGH LOUD AND CLEAR INTO
THE ISLAMIC WORLD.
AND, OF COURSE, THE MULLAHS
ARE TERRIFIED OF IT BECAUSE
THEIR THRONE IS SHAKY, AND
THEIR HOLD ON POWER IS
SHAKY.
AND SOONER OR LATER THEY'RE
GOING TO LOSE IT.
TERRY?
Terry: WELL, AFTER
SEVEN D.U.I.s, AND NINE
STINTS IN JAIL, A CAREER
CRIMINAL STARES AT 14 YEARS
BEHIND BARS.
THE JUDGE, RIGHT AWAY,
STARTED TO TELL ME, YOU CAN
FORGET ABOUT GETTING A BOND,
YOU CAN FORGET ABOUT GETTING
BAIL.
YOU'RE GOING TO PRISON.
Terry: SO HEAR HOW HE
GOT OUT.
THAT'S NEXT.
Pat: LARRY BLOOM -- HE
HAS SEEN THE WORST THAT
HUMANITY HAS TO OFFER.
LARRY WAS ABUSED SEXUALLY BY
SOMEONE CLOSE TO HIM.
HE HAS BEEN STRUNG OUT ON
DRUGS.
HE HAS BEEN LEFT TO ROT IN A
PRISON CELL.
SO AFTER YEARS OF TRYING TO
RUN AWAY FROM THE PAIN,
LARRY TRIED SOMETHING KNEW.
HE SURRENDERED.
YOU GO TO SLEEP CRYING
YOURSELF TO SLEEP, LITERALLY
CURSING GOD, CUSSING GOD
WITH THE WORDS YOU LEARNED
THAT DAY AT SCHOOL.
Reporter: LARRY BLOOM
WAS NINE YEARS OLD WHEN HIS
WORLD CAME CRASHING DOWN.
HIS PARENTS SEPARATED, AND
THAT SAME YEAR A RELATIVE
BEGAN TO PHYSICALLY AND
SEXUALLY ABUSE HIM.
LARRY BLAMED GOD.
I WAS PRAYING, OBVIOUSLY
AND NATURALLY, FOR GOD TO
BRING MY DAD BACK HOME AND
FOR THE ABUSE TO STOP.
WHEN DAD DIDN'T COME BACK
HOME AND GOT REMARRIED, THE
ABUSE KEPT GOING AND THE
ANGER KEPT GROWING.
I DECIDED AT AN EARLY AGE,
AT NINE, THAT GOD MAY NOT
EXIST.
Reporter: IN HIS TEEN
YEARS, LARRY STARTED TO NUMB
HIS PAIN.
I STARTED GAMBLING,
DRINKING ALCOHOL, AND
LOOKING AT PORNOGRAPHY, AND
I MADE L.S.D. AND SOLD IT AT
SCHOOL.
Reporter: AFTER HIGH
SCHOOL, LARRY SERVED TWO
YEARS IN THE ARMY AND TOPPED
STOPPED USING DRUGS.
BUT AFTER HE LEFT THE
SERVICE, HE BECAME A ROADIE
FOR A BAND AND DRUGS AND
ALCOHOL WERE READILY
AVAILABLE.
MY CAREER FED MY
ADDICTION, AND MY LIFESTYLE
FED MY ADDICTION, AND THEY
ALL JUST FED INTO EACH
OTHER.
IT WAS REALLY HARD TO BREAK
OUT OF THAT CYCLE DURING
THAT CAREER.
THERE WAS VERY LITTLE
ACCOUNTABILITY.
I DIDN'T HAVE TO DRIVE MUCH
WHEN I WAS ON THE ROAD
WORKING, SO I JUST CONTINUED
TO USE, DRINK.
AND THE DRUG ADDICTION JUST
WENT SPIRALLING OUT OF
CONTROL AGAIN.
Reporter: IN HIS 30s,
LARRY STOPPED TRAVELLING AND
TRIED TO SETTLE DOWN.
HIS MARRIED AND HAD A
DAUGHTER, BUT HIS ADDICTIONS
WERE STILL IN CONTROL.
THE THING I WAS LOOKING
FOR MOST WAS THE NEXT HIGH.
IT STARTED AS SOON AS I WOKE
UP IN THE MORNING.
Reporter: LARRY WAS
ARRESTED FOR NUMEROUS
D.U.I.s, AND SERVED SHORT
STINTS BEHIND BARS.
AFTER HIS THIRD ARREST, HIS
WIFE LEFT AND HIS FAMILY
COMPLETELY CUT TIES.
I DIDN'T WANT TREATMENT.
I DIDN'T WANT HELP.
I DIDN'T THINK THERE WAS
ANYTHING WRONG WITH ME.
I THOUGHT IT WAS EVERYBODY
ELSE'S PROBLEM AND NOT
MINE.
Reporter: IN SEPTEMBER
2001, LARRY WAS ARRESTED FOR
HIS SEVENTH D.U.I. AND WAS
HANDED A 14-YEAR PRISON
SENTENCE.
THE JUDGE TOLD ME, YOU
CAN FORGET ABOUT GETTING
BOND.
YOU CAN FORGET ABOUT GETTING
BAIL.
YOU'RE GOING TO PRISON.
I HAD BURNED ALL OF THE
BRIDGES.
AND I WAS FINALLY LEFT ALONE
WITH THE LORD.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAD
TO HAPPEN.
Reporter: FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN YEARS, LARRY STARTED
TO PRAY.
HE ALSO STARTED READING THE
BIBLE.
I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT
GOD.
I HAD BEEN ATHEIST ALL OF MY
LIFE.
WHEN I STARTED TO READ THE
BIBLE, I SAID TO GOD, I WILL
READ EVERY WORD OF THIS.
AND I HAD READ THROUGH THE
WHOLE NEW TESTAMENT.
Reporter: AFTER READING
ABOUT THE LIFE AND TEACHINGS
OF JESUS, LARRY WANTED
MORE.
SO HE WENT TO A PRISON
CHURCH SERVICE, WHERE THE
PASTOR CHALLENGED THE
INMATES TO GIVE THEIR LIVES
TO GOD.
AND AT THE END OF THAT
SERMON, EVEN THOUGH I HAD
JUST HONED IN ON EVERY WORD
THAT PREACHER HAD SAID, I
WAS STILL RELUCTANT TO GO
FORWARD.
AND IN THAT SPLIT SECOND, I
THOUGHT, I'VE BEEN A
MILITARY POLICEMAN, I'VE
BEEN A STAGE HAND, I'VE
EXPERIENCED ALL OF THESE
OTHER THINGS, DRUG
ADDICTION, AND I'VE NEVER
TRIED THIS.
I WAS ONE OF THE LAST PEOPLE
TO GO FORWARD TO THE ALTER
CALL.
HE PUT ONE HAND IN THE
CENTER OF MY CHEST AND WIN
IN MY BACK, ANONE IN MY
BACK, AND HE STARTED TO
PRAY.
IT WAS LIKE SOMEONE TOOK
HONEY AND POURED IT DOWN THE
BACK OF MY NECK.
AND THEN I FELT THIS WARMTH
COME ALL OVER MY BACK.
AND THEN I FELT, I DON'T
CARE WHAT THIS IS, I WANT
MORE, GOD.
Reporter: LARRY SAYS
THAT DAY HE WAS IMMEDIATELY
DELIVERED FROM ALL OF HIS
ADDICTIONS.
AND HE ALSO GAINED THE
COURAGE TO FORGIVE HIS
CHILDHOOD ABUSER.
IT TOOK ME SEVERAL DAYS
OF PRAYER, AND ASKING THE
LORD TO HELP ME TO FORGIVE
HER.
I REALIZED, I WAS NEVER
GOING TO GROW AND FULLY
MATURE AS A PERSON UNTIL I
FOUND THE STRENGTH, SOMEHOW,
TO FORGIVE MY ABUSER.
Reporter: LARRY WAS IN
PRISON LESS THAN A YEAR,
WHEN THE JUDGE GAVE HIM A
SIX-YEAR HOME DETENTION.
IT WAS LATER REDUCED TO SIX
MONTHS.
THAT WAS DEFINITELY THE
FAVOR OF GOD.
THERE WAS NO WAY AN ATTORNEY
COULD HAVE WORKED THAT OUT.
TO GO FROM A SIX-YEAR
SENTENCE TO A SIX-MONTH
SENTENCE, THAT WAS GOD.
Reporter: AFTER HIS
DEGREE, LARRY EARNED A
DEGREE IN THEOLOGY.
TODAY HE IS STILL FREE FROM
HIS ADDICTIONS, AND HAS
RESTORED HIS RELATIONSHIP
WITH HIS DAUGHTER.
HE IS ALSO A LICENSED
ADDICTION COUNSELLOR FOR THE
SALVATION ARMY.
I'M SURE THERE ARE YOUNG
PEOPLE OUT THERE, I'M SURE,
THINKING, OH, NO, NOT
ANOTHER GUY TALKING ABOUT
JESUS.
WHAT I WOULD SAY IS GET
AHOLD OF THE LORD BEFORE
MORE OF YOUR LIFE IS GONE.
GOD HAS DONE MIRACULOUS
THINGS IN MY LIFE IN SUCH A
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
DON'T WAIT.
REACH OUT FOR HIM NOW.
Pat: THANKS, LARRY.
WHAT A ABUSIVE HAVE YOU
HAD?
WHAT PAIN, WHEN YOU WERE A
LITTLE CHILD, HAVE YOU GONE
THROUGH?
WHO HAS DONE SOMETHING TO
YOU?
WHO HAS HURT YOU OR ABUSED
YOU OR INSULTED YOU OR
TORMENTED YOU OR LOCKED YOU
IN A CLOSET, OR DONE ALL OF
THE AWFUL THINGS THAT PEOPLE
DO TO LITTLE CHILDREN?
HAS IT HAPPENED TO YOU?
AND HAVE YOU TRIED TO EASE
THE PAIN BY DRUGS OR BY ROCK
AND ROLL OR BY PARTYING OR
BY SEX?
NO ONE IS GOING TO EASE THE
PAIN.
THE ONLY ONE WHO IS GOING TO
EASE THE PAIN IS JESUS.
HE CAN MAKE YOUR LIFE NEW.
AND WHATEVER HAS HAPPENED
BEFORE, HE'LL WASH AWAY THE
PAIN AND GIVE YOU A BRAND
NEW HEART.
THE ONLY THING YOU HAVE TO
DO, THOUGH, IS FORGIVE.
YOU'VE GOT TO LET ALL OF
THAT STUFF GO.
AND IF YOU'LL DO IT, IF
YOU'LL PRAY WITH ME RIGHT
NOW, GOD ALMIGHTY WANTS TO
SET YOU FREE AND GIVE YOU A
BRAND NEW HOPE.
WHAT COULD BE BETTER?
LOVE, JOY, PEACE, HE'LL GIVE
IT ALL TO YOU RIGHT NOW.
PRAY WITH ME.
PRAY THESE WORDS FROM YOUR
HEART.
MEAN THEM, AND THE LORD WILL
HEAR.
JESUS -- THAT'S RIGHT, PRAY
WITH ME.
JESUS, I KNOW YOU SUFFERED,
I KNOW YOU WERE BEATEN.
I KNOW YOU WERE SPIT ON.
I KNOW YOU WERE CURSED.
YOU WERE FALSELY ACCUSED.
I KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO
YOU.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU ROSE
FROM THE DEAD TRIUMPHANT.
AND SO, JESUS, I COME TO YOU
NOW.
YOU KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENED TO
ME.
HEAL IT, LORD.
I COME TO YOU AND GIVE YOU
ALL OF MY PAIN AND MY
SUFFERING.
I TURN IT ALL OVER TO YOU.
AND I FORGIVE THOSE WHO HAVE
HURT ME.
IN THE NAME OF JESUS, I
FORGIVE THEM.
THANK YOU, LORD FOR COMING
INTO MY HEART.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING OVER MY
LIFE.
THANK YOU, LORD.
NOW, IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME
JUST THEN, I WANT TO GIVE
YOU SOMETHING.
IT'S CALLED "A NEW DAY."
IN HERE IS A C.D., 73
MINUTES OF A VERY
CONCENTRATED TEACHING.
IT WILL TELL YOU WHAT YOU
JUST DID, WHAT WILL HAPPEN
NEXT, AND WHAT THE LORD HAS
FOR YOU.
ABOUT THE SECOND COMING OF
JESUS.
ABOUT THE BAPTISM.
IT'S ALL IN HERE.
AND I'LL GIVE YOU THAT
FREE.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CALL
IN AND SAY, I PRAYED WITH
PAT AND I GAVE MY HEART TO
THE LORD.
THE PHONE CALL IS FREE,
1-800-759-0700.
HE'LL TAKE AWAY THE PAIN,
HE'LL HEAL THE SCARS, AND
HE'LL MAKE YOU A NEW
CREATURE.
IF ANYBODY IS IN CHRIST, HE
IS A NEW CREATURE.
DIAL THE PHONE.
AND TELL SOMEONE ON THE
OTHER LINE.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GIVE
YOUR NAME, THAT'S FINE.
JUST CALL IN AND SAY, I
PRAYED WITH THAT GUY ON TV.
1-800-759-0700.
HERE IS TERRY.
Terry: STILL AHEAD,
QUESTIONS FROM OUR VIEWERS.
PAT SAYS, "MY SON AND HIS
GIRLFRIEND LIVE WITH US AND
THEY'RE HAVING A BABY.
WHERE DO WE DRAW THE LINE
BETWEEN HELPING THEM AND
ENABLING THEM?"
PAT IS GOING TO ANSWER THAT
QUESTION AND MORE WHEN WE
COME BACK.
Wendy: WELCOME BACK TO
"THE 700 CLUB."
MUSLIMS FUNDAMENTALISTS
CARRIED OUT A PLOT TO TAKE
OVER SOME SCHOOLS IN
BRITAIN.
GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATORS SAY
THERE WAS AN EFFECTIVE
TAKEOVER OF A NUMBER OF
SCHOOLS IN BIRMINGHAM.
THE REPORT FOUND A
COORDINATED, DELIBERATE, AND
SUSTAINED ACTION BY SEVERAL
PEOPLE TO INTRODUCE
INTOLERANT AND AGGRESSIVE
ISLAMIC VIEWS.
THAT RAISES FEARS THAT
STUDENTS COULD BE TURNED
INTO RADICALS.
BUT INVESTIGATORS DIDN'T
FIND EVIDENCE OF VIOLENT
EXTREMISM OR TERRORISM.
A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS DECLARED
COLORADO'S VOTER-APPROVED
GAY MARRIAGE BAN
UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
JUDGE RAYMOND P.MOORE PUT
HIS RULING ON HOLD TO GIVE
THE STATE A CHANCE TO
APPEAL, POSSIBLY TO THE
SUPREME COURT.
BUT SOME CLERKS HAVE ALREADY
STARTED ISSUING MARRIAGE
LICENSES TO GAY COUPLES.
AND YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE
LATEST FROM CBN NEWS BY
GOING TO OUR WEBSITE AT
CBNNEWS.COM.
PAT AND TERRY WILL BE BACK
WITH MORE OF THE "THE 700
CLUB" RIGHT AFTER THIS.
Terry: WELL, IT'S TIME
TO "BRING IT ON" WITH YOUR
E-MAIL QUESTIONS.
PAT, THIS FIRST ONE IS FROM
PAT, WHO SAYS, "NI SOMY SON
AND HIS GIRLFRIEND ARE
HAVING A BABY.
THEY'RE NOT MARRIED, AND MY
WIFE AND I ARE ARE BESIDE
OURSELVES.
IS THERE ANY SCRIPTURE, OR
YOUR ADVICE, ABOUT THEM
LIVING IN OUR HOUSE AND
SLEEPING TOGETHER.
AND THEY SAY THEY'RE WAITING
UNTIL THE BABY IS BORN
BEFORE DECIDING ABOUT
MARRIAGE.
IT SEEMS LIKE FORNICATION TO
US.
WHAT IS THE LI LINE TO
HELP, BUT NOT ENABLING.
IT SEEMS WE USED TO DATE,
GET MARRIED, LIVE TOGETHER,
AND THEN HAVE BABIES.
NOT SO MUCH THE ORDER THESE
DAYS."
Pat: YOU'RE RIGHT
THERE.
THE OLD STORY IS THE GIRL
WOULD SHOW UP ON THE
DOORSTEP WITH THE BABY, AND
THE HARSH FATHER WOULD SLAM
THE DOOR IN HER FACE AND SAY
GO FORTH, YOU STAINED
WOMAN.
LOOK, THAT KID IS GOING TO
BE YOUR GRANDCHILD.
AND IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF
THE FACT THAT YOU'RE NOW
TRYING TO KEEP THEM FROM
HAVING SEX. THEY'VE ALREADY
HAD SEX, AND THEY'RE GOING
TO HAVE A BABY.
SO IT SEEMS LIKE TO ME WHAT
YOU'VE GOING TO DO IS
WELCOME THEM AND SHOW THEM
THE LOVE OF GOD AND
ENCOURAGE THEM TO GET
MARRIED.
WHOEVER HEARD UNTIL THEY'RE
GOING TO WAIT UNTIL THE BABY
IS BORN.
Terry: THAT'S PRETTY
COMMON THESE DAYS.
Pat: YOU'RE GOING TO
WAIT UNTIL THE BABY IS
BORN?
WHAT'S THAT GOT TO DO WITH
IT?
ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE AN
ABORTION OR SOMETHING?
Terry: NO, I THINK SOME
KIDS WANT TO HAVE A
WEDDING.
IT IS LIKE THE WHOLE MORAL
LINE IS OUT OF ORDER.
AND HE IS SAYING THEY WANT
TO WAIT UNTIL THE BABY IS
BORN BEFORE DECIDING ABOUT
MARRIAGE.
Pat: WELL, THE TERM FOR
SOMEBODY WHO IS BORN OUT OF
WEDLOCK IS BASTARD.
YOU'RE GIVING THE CHILD
ILITC ILL ILL-LEGITIMACY.
DON'T YOU WANT THE CHILD TO
BE PART OF YOUR FAMILY.
Terry: OF COURSE THE
PARENTS DO, BUT IT IS THE
DAUGHTER AND SON --
Pat: OF COURSE IT IS
THE DAUGHTER.
BUT THEY'RE LIVING
TOGETHER.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
THEY'RE LIVING IN YOUR
HOUSE.
ARE YOU GOING TO THROW THEM
OUT?
AT THIS POINT, THE ANSWER IS
NO, YOU'RE NOT.
YOU'RE GOING TO TRY TO LOVE
THEM.
PRIOR TO THAT, BEFORE HAVING
CONCEPTION, YOU PROBABLY
WANTED TO SAY, WE'RE NOT
GOING TO CONDONE THIS.
IF THEY WERE LIVING TOGETHER
IN YOUR HOUSE, AND THERE
WEREN'T A BABY, YOU WOULD
SAY, I'M NOT GOING TO ALLOW
THIS.
YOU CAN'T DO THIS IN MY
HOUSE.
IT IS A TOUGH DILEMMA, BUT
MANY, MANY FAMILIES ARE
BEING FACED WITH IT.
BUT THE BIG THING NOW IS
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A
GRANDCHILD, AND YOU WANT TO
LOVE THAT GRANDCHILD.
IT IS NOT HIS FAULT OR HER
FAULT THAT THE MOTHER AND
FATHER HAVE MADE BAD CHOICES.
Terry: MORGAN SAYS,
"I'M STRUGGLING WITH MY
CAREER CHOICE.
I'M A TEACHER AND HAVEN'T
DONE ANYTHING ELSE.
IN ALL HONESTY, I DON'T LOVE
IT, AND BEING SINGLE, I
DON'T MAKE ENOUGH MONEY.
I KNOW ALL JOBS CAN BE
STRESSFUL, BUT AS
CHRISTIANS, ARE WE SUPPOSED
TO LIKE OUR JOBS, OR IS WORK
JUST WORK?"
Pat: I HIRED SOMEBODY
ONCE WHO HAD BEEN A LEADER
IN AN EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTION.
AND I HAD A PERFORMANCE
REVIEW, AND I ASKED HIM TWO
QUESTIONS: FIRST OF ALL,
HAVE YOU GOT ENOUGH MONEY TO
DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO?
AND THE SECOND ONE IS: ARE
YOU HAVING FUN?
AND HE SAID, I'VE NEVER HAD
QUESTIONS LIKE THAT BEFORE.
IF YOU'RE NOT ENJOYING THE
WORK YOU'RE DOING, GO DO
SOMETHING ELSE.
IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, GO DO
SOMETHING ELSE.
SO YOU ARE TRAINED AS A
TEACHER, BUT -- WE HAVE
FOUND AT CBN, FOR EXAMPLE,
THAT THE PLANNED REPS ARE
KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS.
THEY'RE THE BEST BECAUSE
THEY KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH
PEOPLE AND THEY HAVE LEARNED
MOTHERING SKILLS.
ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT?
Terry: THIS IS RON WHO
SAYS, "MY WIFE CHEATED ON MY
SEVERAL TIMES.
I TOOK HER BACK BECAUSE I
WAS DETERMINED TO STAY TRUE
TO OUR MARRIAGE VOWS.
RECENTLY SHE ASKED ME FOR A
DIVORCE.
OUR DIVORCE IS SUPPOSED TO
BE FINALIZED SOON, BUT NOW
SHE IS CONTESTING THE
SEPARATION AGREEMENT THAT WE
SIGNED AND WAS NOTARIZED
MONTHS AGO.
SHE NOW WANTS TO GO TO
COURT.
DO I HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE
LAW SAYS WE'RE DIVORCED TO
BEGIN DATING, OR CAN I DATE
NOW?
I'M READY TO MOVE ON WITH MY
LIFE."
Pat: BY ALL MEANS, MOVE
ON.
NO, YOU CAN'T START DATING
NOW.
IF I WERE YOU, YOU SIGNED A
SEPARATION AGREEMENT, AND
TAKE IT TO COURT AND FORCE
IT.
YOUR WIFE HAS CLEARLY BROKEN
THE MARRIAGE VOWS.
SHE DOESN'T WANT TO LIVE
WITH YOU.
AND YOUR MARRIAGE IS OVER.
AND SO YOU'VE RECOGNIZED
THAT FACT, BUT DON'T JUMP
THE GUN.
GET THE THING DONE.
OTHERWISE SHE IS GOING TO
WIND UP CHARGING YOU WITH
ADULTERY, AND SHE'LL GET A
CONCESSION IN THE COURT THAT
WILL HURT YOU.
SO JUST KEEP YOUR ZIPPER
WHERE IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE.
ALL RIGHT, NEXT QUESTION.
Terry: I'LL WRITE THAT
ONE DOWN.
OKAY, WELL, THANK YOU FOR
YOUR QUESTIONS.
THAT'S ALL OF THE TIME WE
HAVE FOR THAT TODAY.
WE HAVE SOMETHING EXCITING
TO SHOW YOU.
KIDS HERE IN AMERICA ARE
ENJOYING THEIR SUMMER
BREAKS, SCHOOL IS STILL IN
SESSION IN PLACES LIKE
THAILAND.
BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO SHED A
TEAR FOR THESE KIDS BECAUSE
THEY JUST GOT A FRONT-ROW
SEAT TO A PREMIER OF
"SUPERBOOK."
TAKE A LOOK.
Reporter: AFTER A
SUCCESSFUL DAILY RUN ON
THAILAND'S CARTOON CLUB
CHANNEL IN MAY AND JUNE,
"SUPERBOOK" IS NOW ON THE
ROAD, REACHING CHILDREN IN
LOCAL SCHOOLS.
THE FIRST EVENTS WERE HELD
AT TWO OF CHANG MI'S LARGEST
SCHOOLS, AND MORE THAN 1800
GRADE SCHOOL STUDENTS
ATTENDED TO WATCH A GIANT
ADVENTURE.
I AM SO HAPPY THAT
"SUPERBOOK" CAME TO MY
SCHOOL.
I WAS SO EXCITED, THAT
DURING OUR CHAPEL TIME
"SUPERBOOK" GAME TO TEACH US
ABOUT JESUS.
I LIKE "SUPERBOOK"
BECAUSE IT IS FUN AND IT
TEACHES GOOD THINGS.
Reporter: GIZMO ALSO
MADE AN APPEARANCE WITH
"SUPERBOOK" AMBASSADOR KAREN
KAY.
THEY DANCED TO THE TUNE OF
THE SALVATION POEM, WITH ALL
OF THE KIDS SINGING ALONG.
THE CHILDREN ALL RECEIVED
GIFTS, COLORFUL STICKERS AND
NOTEBOOKS WITH "SUPERBOOK"
INFORMATION.
KAREN KAY SHARED AN
ENCOURAGING MESSAGE ABOUT
JESUS, AND 361 CHILDREN
PRAYED THE SALVATION
PRAYER.
"SUPERBOOK" IS BACK ON THE
AIR ON THE CARTOON CLUB
CHANNEL IN A NEW TIME SLOT,
SINCE JULY 15th.
AND THE "SUPERBOOK" SCHOOL
TOURS WILL CONTINUE IN OTHER
COMMUNITIES AROUND
THAILAND.
Terry: THAT "SUPERBOOK"
PREMIER WAS IN CHANG MI,
THAILAND, AND SO MANY
CHILDREN HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
TO HEAR, FOR THE FIRST TIME,
A GOSPEL STORY.
WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
MAKING THAT POSSIBLE.
"SUPERBOOK" IS GOING TO BE
TAKING THE MESSAGE OF THE
GOSPEL TO THE WORLD, TO THE
CHILDREN OF THE WORLD.
WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO BE
A PART OF THAT.
THERE IS A WAY TO DO THAT,
AND AT THE SAME TIME BLESS
YOUR OWN CHILDREN,
GRANDCHILDREN, NEIGHBORHOOD
KIDS, WITH THE SAME KIND OF
QUALITY PROGRAMMING THESE
KIDS ARE SEEING AROUND THE
WORLD.
AND THAT IS TO JOIN THE
"SUPERBOOK" CLUB.
EVERY FOUR TO SIX WEEKS,
YOUR CREDIT CARD WILL BE
CHARGED $25 AS A NEW SEGMENT
COMES OUT.
WE'RE DOING ALL OF THE MAJOR
STORIES OF THE BIBLE.
YOU WANT YOUR KIDS TO HAVE
THOSE.
WE'VE ALREADY GOT QUITE A
FEW THAT ARE DONE, NOW BEING
TRANSLATED INTO MANY, MANY
DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND
TAKEN AROUND THE WORLD.
BUT YOU CAN JOIN THE CLUB
TODAY.
THERE IS A WAY FOR YOU TO
CATCH UP ON THE STORIES THAT
HAVE ALREADY BEEN SHOWN.
HERE IS A STORY OF FAITH AND
COURAGE.
JOIN THE "SUPERBOOK" D.V.D.
CLUB, AND YOU GET ONE AND
TWO D.V.D.s FOR FREE WHEN
YOU BUY ONE.
YOU'LL HAVE ONE FOR YOURSELF
AND YOUR KIDS, AND ONE TO
GIVE AWAY.
AND IF YOU'RE A TEACHER,
ESPECIALLY IN A CHRISTIAN
SCHOOL, OR MAYBE YOU'RE A
SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER, WHAT
A WONDERFUL WAY TO SHARE THE
GOSPEL WITH KIDS.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO BE A PART
OF THAT, CALL THE NUMBER ON
YOUR SCREEN,
1-800-759-0700.
YOU CAN ALSO JOIN BY LOGGING
ON TO CBN.COM.
BUT DO IT TODAY.
YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS
THIS.
HERE IS OUR LATEST ONE, THE
STORY OF JOB.
SO YOU'LL GET THIS ONE FOR
YOU AND TWO EXTRAS TO GIVE
AWAY WHEN YOU CALL RIGHT
NOW.
UP NEXT, A GRANDMOTHER IS
DIAGNOSED WITH A HIGHLY
CONTAGIOUS INFECTION.
I DIDN'T WANT MY FAMILY
TO GET WHAT I HAD.
AND THOSE WERE VERY LONELY
TIMES.
BECAUSE MY FAMILY IS MY
LIFE.
Terry: WATCH HOW THIS
WOMAN WAS HEALED IN AN
INSTANT, AFTER THIS.
Pat: METHASILIN --
MERSA, AN INFECTION.
IT IS SOMETIMES CALLED A
SUPER BUG.
IT AFFECTS VITAL ORGANS.
IT CAN LEAD TO SEPSIS,
FLESH-EATING PNEUMONIA, AND
EVEN DEATH.
IT CAN ALSO BE SPREAD BY
TOUCHING A PERSON WHO HAS
IT.
THAT'S WHY LORELLA DAVIS WAS
DEVASTATED WHEN SHE WAS
DIAGNOSED WITH MERSA.
BUT NOT FOR LONG.
WATCH WHAT HAPPENED.
I HAD BETWEEN 13 AND 16
BOILS ON MY CHEST.
I WENT WITH MY HUSBAND, IN
TO HAVE HIS CHECKUP.
MY DOCTOR WAS THERE, AND I
ASKED HER IF SHE HAD
ANYTHING FOR THESE BOILS.
THEY WERE PRETTY OOZING.
AND SHE SAID THOSE ARE NOT
BOILS.
THAT'S MERSA.
AND SHE SAYS ANY TIME YOU
GET A SCRATCH OR ANYTHING,
YOU'LL HAVE A BOUT OF THIS
FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
I THOUGHT, I DIDN'T WANT MY
FAMILY TO GET WHAT I HAD.
AND THOSE WERE VERY LONELY
TIMES BECAUSE NI FAMIL MY
FAMILY IS MY LIFE.
AND NOT GETTING TO BE AROUND
MY FAMILY, IT WAS REALLY
HARD.
I SAID, LORD, ALL OF MY
FAMILY IS GOING TO BE HERE
FOR CHRISTMAS, AND I WANT TO
BE HERE, TOO.
I SAID, PLEASE RAISE MY
LEVEL OF FAITH TO THE POINT
OF HEALING.
AND IT WAS ABOUT TIME FOR
"THE 700 CLUB," SO I ASKED
THE LORD TO LET THEM HAVE A
WORD OF KNOWLEDGE FOR ME.
AND THEY CAME ON AND THEY
SAID --
Pat: THERE IS SOMEONE
WITH A BLOOD CONDITION.
IT IS LIKE AN FECTION I AN
INFECTION IN YOUR BLOOD.
AND GOD IS PURIFYIN CURING
THAT RIGHT NOW.
I PUT MY HANDS ON THE
TELEVISION, AND I SAID, I
ACCEPT THAT.
IT'S MINE.
AND I FELT THE LORD AROUND
ME.
THERE IS SO MUCH LOVE.
IT IS LIKE HE WRAPS YOU IN A
BLANKET OF LOVE.
THERE IS NO LOVE ON THIS
EARTH THAT IS LIKE THAT.
HE CAN DO AWAY WITH ALL OF
WHAT THE DOCTORS SAID.
AND I TOLD THE DOCTORS, AND
HE DONE A REPORT, AND HE
SAID THERE IS NO STAPH.
AND I SAID, NO STAPH?
AND HE SAID, NO STAPH.
THANK THE LORD.
HE SAW TO IT THAT I WAS WITH
MY FAMILY FOR CHRISTMAS.
WHEN YOU HAVE THIS DISEASE,
IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE.
AND THE ENEMY IS ALWAYS
TRYING TO TELL YOU, YOU
BETTER GI GET OBITUARY
DONE.
GET BEHIND ME, SATAN,
BECAUSE GOD IS BEHIND ME.
DON'T GIVE UP.
BECAUSE HE HEARS YOUR CRY.
HE IS WILLING TO DO IT.
YOU'VE JUST GOT TO GET YOUR
FAITH UP THERE AND BELIEVE.
Pat: WHAT A SHOUT OF
TRIUMPH.
JUST BELIEVE IN THE LORD.
MERSA CAN'T STAND AGAINST
THE POWER OF GOD.
I SPEND A LOT OF TIME WHEN
I'M PRAYING, THINKING ABOUT
GOD, HOW GREAT HE IS.
AND I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND
BECAUSE THIS UNIVERSE IS SO
ENORMOUS.
AND THIS EARTH WE'RE ON,
IT'S JUST A LITTLE FLASHBACK
IN THE MIDDLE OF A GIGANTIC
UNIVERSE.
AND YET THE GOD WE SERVE
CONTROLS IT ALL AND HE MADE
IT ALL.
AND SO SOME LITTLE BUG, LIKE
STAPHYLOCOCCUS AURIUS -- OF
COURSE THE LORD CAN HEAL
THAT.
THERE IS NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE
WITH GOD.
HE BROUGHT THE WHOLE
UNIVERSE INTO BEING.
AND HIS NAME -- HIS NAME,
YOU KNOW, IS YAWAY, WHICH
MEANS IN HEBREW, HE WHO
CAUSES EVERYTHING TO BE.
HE IS THE ONE WHO CAUSES
EVERYTHING ELSE TO BE.
THAT'S HIS NAME.
Terry: THIS IS KATHRYN,
AND SHE LIVES IN NEBRASKA,
AND SHE STEPPED ON A DOG
BALL AND INJURED HER LEFT
FOOT.
A PIECE OF THE BONE BROKE
OFF, AND A TENDON WAS
STRETCHED.
SHE WAS REQUIRED TO WEAR A
MEDICAL BOOT FOR A MONTH AND
TAKE PHYSICAL THERAPY.
THE FOOT NEVER REALLY
HEALED.
THERE WAS A CON CONSTANT,
ACHY FEELING WITH A SHARP
PAIN.
ONE DAY WHILE WATCHING THIS
SHOW, YOU SAID, THERE IS A
LEFT FOOT, AND THE BONE IS
OUT OF PLACE.
THE BONES ARE GOING TO MOVE
AND YOU'LL BE COMPLETELY
PAIN-FREE.
SHE CLAIMED THE WORD FOR
HERSELF, AND HER FOOT AND
ANKLE ARE COMPLETELY
PAIN-FREE.
Pat: WE'RE GOING TO
JOIN HANDS RIGHT NOW.
FATHER, YOU BROUGHT THE
STARS INTO BEING, THE
GALAXIES INTO BEING, THE
WHOLE UNIVERSE.
WE CAN'T CONCEIVE OF YOUR
POWER, IT'S SO GREAT.
AND, LORD, FIXING A HUMAN
BODY IS NOTHING FOR YOU, FOR
YOU MADE US.
LORD, THERE ARE PEOPLE IN
THIS AUDIENCE WHO ARE
HURTING.
THERE IS SOMEBODY RIGHT NOW
WHO HAS A LUNG FUNGUS, AND
YOU'VE BEEN COUGHING AND
COUGHING AND COUGHING, AND
THE DOCTORS HAVEN'T
DIAGNOSED IT PROPERLY.
IN THE NAME OF JESUS, RIGHT
NOW THERE IS A BURNING IN
YOUR LUNGS, AND YOU ARE ARE
HEALED.
TERRY?
Terry: THERE IS A MAN,
AND YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH
THE BEARD OF YOUR FACE.
IT IS LIKE AN INFECTION OF
SOME KIND.
GOD IS HEALING THAT
CONDITION FOR YOU RIGHT
NOW.
Pat: A LEFT FOOT IS
DRAGGING.
IT MAY HAVE BEEN A STROKE,
BUT IT HAS TWISTED YOUR LEFT
FOOT.
RIGHT NOW THAT FOOT IS GOING
TO STRAIGHTEN OUT, AND THERE
WILL BE POWER COMING THROUGH
YOUR WHOLE BODY, IN THE NAME
OF JESUS.
Terry: AND A RIGHT
ELBOW THAT HAS BEEN
TWISTED.
YOU HAD A FALL OR ACCIDENT
OF SOME KIND, AND GOD IS
HEALING THAT AND PUTTING IT
BACK IN PLACE FOR YOU.
Pat: LORD, FOR ALL IN
THIS AUDIENCE WHO ARE CRYING
OUT TO YOU, HEAR THEIR
PRAYERS AND MEET THEIR
NEEDS, AND MAY THE BLESSING
OF GOD BE UPON THEM IN
JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON
THIS EDITION OF "THE 700
CLUB."
I WANT TO LEAVE YOU NOW WITH
THE POWER MINUTE FROM
PROVERBS 3: 5-6: "TRUST IN
THE LORD WITH ALL OF YOUR
HEART, AND DO NOT LEAN ON
YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING.
IN ALL YOUR WAYS,
ACKNOWLEDGE HIM, AND HE WILL
MAKE YOUR PATHS STRAIGHT."
FOR TERRY AND WENDY AND ALL
OF US, THIS IS PAT
ROBERTSON.
TOMORROW, A STORY YOU HAVE
TO SEE TO BELIEVE.
A CHILD WHO COULDN'T SWALLOW
HIS OWN FOOD FOR 16 YEARS,
WAS MIRACULOUSLY HEALED.
THAT'S FRIDAY ON "THE 700
CLUB."
UNTIL THEN, BYE-BYE.