THIS WEEK ON CHRISTIAN

WORLD NEWS --

FOR THE SAKE OF ZION, I

WILL NOT BE SILENCED.

FOR THE SAKE OF JERUSALEM, I

WILL NOT BE STILL.

UNTIL HER JUSTICE SHINES

BRIGHT AND HER SALVATION

GLOWS LIKE A FLAMING TORCH.

Wendy: ISRAELI PRIME

MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU

CALLS ON THE WORLD TO JOIN

THE FIGHT AGAINST RADICAL

ISLAM.

PLUS, PROTESTS TAKE OVER

HONG KONG'S STREETS.

HEAR ABOUT THE CHURCHES ROLE

IN THE BID FOR GREATER

FREEDOM.

Wendy: AND THEY WERE

CALLED "THE LOST BOYS,"

YOUNG MEN WHO FLED THE

ATROCITIES OF SUDAN'S CIVIL

WAR.

NOW THEIR STORY COMES TO THE

BIG SCREEN.

Wendy: WELCOME,

EVERYONE, TO CHRISTIAN WORLD

NEWS.

I'M WENDY GRIFFITH.

Efrem: AND I'M EFREM

GRAHAM.

GEORGE THOMAS IS ON

ASSIGNMENT.

JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST

RADICAL ISLAM, THAT'S WHAT

ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER

BENJAMIN NETANYAHU TOLD THE

UNITED NATIONS GENERAL

ASSEMBLY ON SUNDAY.

Wendy: AND NETANYAHU

ALSO SEES A NEW ALIGNMENT IN

THE MIDDLE EAST THAT COULD

BRING PEACE TO ISRAELIS AND

PALESTINIANS.

Reporter: THROUGHOUT

HIS SPEECH, NETANYAHU WARNED

THE WORLD OF THE RISE OF

MILITANT ISLAM.

EVERYWHERE WE LOOK,

MILITANT ISLAM IS ON THE

MARCH.

Reporter: SOME FELT

NETANYAHU'S ADDRESS HARKENED

BACK TO THE WARNINGS OF

ENGLAND'S WINSTON

CHURCHILL.

IN THE 20th CENTURY, HE

WARNED ABOUT THE

TOTALATARIAN THREAT OF

HITLER'S NAZI FASCISM.

AND NOW NETANYAHU SAYS THE

THREAT IS MILITANT ISLAM.

MILITANT ISLAM'S AMBITION

TO DOMINATE THE WORLD SEEMS

MAD.

BUT SO, TOO, DID THE GLOBAL

AMBITIONS OF ANOTHER FANATIC

IDEOLOGY THAT SWEPT INTO

POWER EIGHT DECADES AGO.

THE NAZIS BELIEVED IN A

MASTER RACE.

THE MILITANT ISLAMISTS

BELIEVE IN A MASTER FAITH.

Reporter: NETANYAHU

SAYS MILITANT ISLAM IN ALL

OF ITS FORMS, FROM HAMAS TO

ISIS, SHARE THE SAME

IDEOLOGY.

THEY ALL SEEK TO CREATE

EVER-EXPANDING ENCLAVES OF

MILITANT ISLAM, WHERE WOMEN

ARE TREATED AS CATTLE, AND

CHRISTIANS ARE DECIMATED,

AND MINORITIES ARE SUB

JUGATED, AND SOMETIMES GIVEN

A STARK CHOICE: CONVERT OR

DIE.

Reporter: WHILE

NETANYAHU AGREED ISIS

PRESENTS A GREAT AND PRESENT

DANGER, THE GREATEST THREAT,

HE SAYS, IS A NUCLEAR IRAN.

ISIS MUST BE DEFEATED.

BUT TO DEFEAT ISIS AND LEAVE

IRAN AS A THRESHOLD NUCLEAR

POWER IS TO WIN THE BATTLE

AND LOSE THE WAR.

Reporter: IN THE MIDST

OF THESE DANGERS, NETANYAHU

NOTED A NEW ALIGNMENT WITH

ARAB COUNTRIES IS FORMING IN

THE MIDDLE EAST.

AN ALLIANCE THAT OFFERS HOPE

FOR PEACE BETWEEN ISRAELIS

AND PALESTINIANS.

AND THEREFORE TO ACHIEVE

THAT PEACE, WE MUST LOOK NOT

ONLY TO JERUSALEM AND

RAMALLAH, BUT ALSO TO CAIRO,

TO AMMAN, ABU DHABI, AND

ELSEWHERE.

Reporter: NETANYAHU

ENDED HIS SPEECH WITH A

SCRIPTURE FROM THE BOOK OF

ISAIAH ABOUT THE NEED TO

SPEAK TRUTH IN AN AGE OF

LIES FOR THE SAKE OF

JERUSALEM.

FOR THE SAKE OF ZION, I

WILL NOT BE SILENCED.

FOR THE SAKE OF JERUSALEM, I

WILL NOT BE STILL.

UNTIL HER JUSTICE SHINES

BRIGHT AND HER SALVATION

GLOWS LIKE A FLAMING TORCH.

Reporter: CHRIS

MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,

JERUSALEM.

Wendy: CBN NEWS SENIOR

EDITOR JOHN WAGGI IS WITH US

NOW FOR MORE.

JOHN, HEARING THAT

SCRIPTURE, IT WAS SO

POWERFUL, WASN'T IT?

AMAZING.

John: YES.

Wendy: NETANYAHU MADE

IT A POINT TO TALK ABOUT THE

DANGER THAT RADICAL ISLAM

POSSESS TO CHRISTIANS.

WHY DO HE DO THAT?

John: BECAUSE I THINK

IN A LOT OF PLACES AROUND

THE WORLD, WENDY, PEOPLE

HAVE LOST SIGHT OF THAT.

WHAT HE WAS SAYING VERY

CLEARLY IN THAT SPEECH IS

THERE JUDEO-CHRISTIAN VALUES

ARE UNDER ASSAULT FROM

ISLAM.

IT ISN'T JUST ISRAEL TRYING

TO SWIM AGAINST THE TIDE.

THEY'RE AFTER THE ENTIRE

WORLD.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING HE

FEELS THE NEED TO HAMMER

HOME AGAIN AND AGAIN.

Wendy: JOHN, WHY DON'T

OTHER WORLD LEADERS TALK

LIKE NETANYAHU?

John: A VERY GOOD

QUESTION, WENDY.

HE HARKENED BACK TO WINSTON

CHURCHILL AND OTHERS HAVE,

TOO.

I THINK NETANYAHU SEES

HIMSELF AS A KIND OF

CHURCHILL.

AND THE REASON IS THAT

CHURCHILL SPOKE OUT FOR A

GOOD 15 YEARS ABOUT THE

EVILS OF HITLER BEFORE

ANYONE WOULD LISTEN.

AND HE WAS SHOUTED DOWN IN

PARLIAMENT.

AND I THINK NETANYAHU HAS

GONE THROUGH THE SAME THING

IN THE LAST DECADE OR MORE.

Wendy: AND NETANYAHU

HAS BEEN CLEAR THAT ISIS

EQUALS HAMAS EQUALS ISLAM.

IS THAT RIGHT?

John: RADICAL ISLAM IS

KIND OF A MOROPHIS UNIT, BUT

IT WANTS TO MAKE WAR WITH

THE WEST.

IT IS AGAINST FREEDOM OF

EXPRESSION, FREEDOM OF

THOUGHT, FREEDOM OF

WORSHIP.

Wendy: THISWEEKEND IN

WASHINGTON, CHRISTIANS WILL

BE RALLYING AT THE WHITE

HOUSE TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT

FOR ISRAEL.

DO THESE KINDS OF PROTESTS

MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE?

I THINK THEY DO.

IT IS MORE THAN A PROTEST.

I THINK IT IS A GETTING

TOGETHER OF PEOPLE OF COMMON

CAUSE.

AND IT ISN'T JUST A

POLITICAL THING.

I THINK SOMETIMES, WENDY, WE

THINK OF THESE MARCHES OR

RALLIES THE SAME WAY YOU

WOULD FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS OR

SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

STANDING FOR ISRAEL IS

SOMETHING BIBLICAL.

IT REALLY GOES BACK 4,000

YEARS, GENESIS 12, SAYING, I

WILL BLESS THOSE WHO BLESS

THEE AND CURSE THOSE WHO

CURSE THEE.

SO IN THAT SENSE, IT IS

CHRISTIANS PHYSICALLY

STANDING UP AND STANDING

TOGETHER FOR GOD'S PROMISES

TO ISRAEL, AND THAT WAS TO

BRING THE ISRAELI PEOPLE

BACK TO THE LAND HE GAVE

THEM.

Wendy: WELL, THEY

CERTAINLY NEED SUPPORT RIGHT

NOW.

JOHN, HOW ELSE CAN

CHRISTIANS SUPPORT ISRAEL

RIGHT NOW?

John: WELL, I THINK

PRAYER IS THE OBVIOUS FIRST

THING.

JUST PRAYING FOR THE PEACE

OF JERUSALEM, AS THE BIBLE

COMMANDS, AND ALSO BECOMING

INFORMED.

BECOMING INFORMED THAT THERE

REALLY IS AN EFFORT TO GO

AGAINST JUDEO-CHRISTIAN

VALUES.

THIS ISN'T JUST SOME

POLITICAL WAR THAT IS GOING

ON.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS

ITS ROOTS IN A SPIRITUAL

WAR.

Wendy: JOHN WAGGI,

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR

INSIGHTS.

WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE IT.

Efrem: IT HAS BEEN A

BUSY WEEK FOR ISRAEL AT THE

U.N.

THE JEWISH STATE IS

SUGGESTING THAT THE

INTERNATIONAL BODY RECOGNIZE

A JEWISH HOLY DAY AS AN

OFFICIAL U.N. HOLIDAY.

HERE IS CHRIS MITCHELL.

Reporter: ISRAEL IS

OFTEN SINGLED OUT AT THE

UNITED NATIONS FOR

CONDEMNATION.

NOW THE JEWISH STATE WANTS

THE WORLD BODY TO DO

SOMETHING POSITIVE:

RECOGNIZE YOM KIPPUR AS AN

OFFICIAL U.N. HOLIDAY.

WE THOUGHT THIS WAS THE

RIGHT MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE

THE MOST IMPORTANT DAY IN

THE JEWISH CALENDAR AS BEING

A DAY WHICH BELONGS TO THE

WHOLE OF HUMANITY, AND NOT

ONLY TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE.

Reporter: THERE ARE 10

OFFICIAL HOLIDAYS AT THE

UNITED NATIONS, INCLUDING

CHRISTMAS, GOOD FRIDAY, AND

THERE ARE TWO MUSLIM

HOLIDAYS, AND THERE ARE ALSO

SO-CALLED WORLD DAYS,

INCLUDING BUDDHIST HOLIDAYS

AND THE PERSIAN NEW YEAR.Pm

BUT SO FAR NO RECOGNITION OF

THE JEWISH HOLY DAYS.

THE BOOK OF LEVITICUS SAYS

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT WILL BE

A HOLY CONVERCATION FOR

YOU.

YOU SHALL AFFLICT YOUR SOULS

AND DO NO WORK ON THAT SAME

DAY.

FOR IT IS THE DAY OF

ATONEMENT TO MAKE ATONEMENT

FOR YOU, BEFORE THE LORD,

YOUR GOD.

JUDAISM AT THE END OF THE

DAY IS AT THE ORIGIN OF

CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM.

Reporter: EMMANUEL

HUCKSHAN DESCRIBES IT AS THE

JEWISH PEOPLE'S LEGACY TO

HUMANITY.

IT GIVES JEWS ITS RIGHT

PLACE AMONG OTHER

RELIGIONS.

JEWISH PEOPLE SHOULD BE

RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR

HOLIDAYS.

YOM KIPPUR, IN PARTICULAR,

HAS A MESSAGE WHICH GOES

BEYOND JUDAISM.

Reporter: THE REQUEST

FACES A LOT OF BUREAUCRATIC

HURTLES.

IT IS UNLIKELY THE U.N.

WOULD CREATE AN 11th DAY

OFF.

YOM KIPPUR COULD REPLACE A

HOLIDAY LIKE LABOR DAY OR

ALTERNATE WITH ONE OF THEM.

LUCKSHAN SAYS RECOGNIZING

YOM KIPPUR COULD HELP EASE

RELATIONS WITH THE U.N.

WE ARE UNDER THE

IMPRESSION THAT ISRAEL IS

BEING SINGLED OUT, AND

MOSTLY IN THE POLITICAL

CONTEXT.

AND BY GIVING AN OFFICIAL

RECOGNIZE TO THE MOST

IMPORTANT JEWISH HOLIDAY, IT

WOULD BE, ALSO, A STEP IN

RECONCILIATION, AND IT WILL

MAKE OUR BELONGING TO THE

U.N. AND OUR COOPERATION

WITH THE U.N. MUCH EASIER.

Reporter: ISRAEL AND

THE JEWISH WORLD MARK YOM

KIPPUR THIS SATURDAY.

BUT NEXT YEAR THEY HOPE THE

COMMEMORATION INCLUDES THE

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AS

WELL.

CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,

JERUSALEM.

Wendy: THANKS, CHRIS.

AFTER MORE THAN 18 YEARS OF

HARD WORK, ILLIUM MINISTERS

HAVE LAUNCHED A NEW

TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE.

MOST OF THEM FOR USE INSIDE

IRAN.

IRAN IS HOME TO ONE OF THE

FASTEST GROWING CHURCHES IN

THE WORLD TODAY.

THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC HAD

ONLY 500 CHRISTIANS BACK IN

1979.

TODAY, BECAUSE OF EXPANDED

SATELLITE TELEVISION AND

INTERNET USE, SOME ESTIMATE

THAT NUMBER COULD BE AS HIGH

AS 750,000 BELIEVERS.

Efrem: COMING UP,

POLITICAL PROTESTS ROCK HONG

KONG.

WHAT ROLE IS THE CHURCH

PLAYING?

Wendy: RELIGIOUS

FREEDOM ADVOCATES PRESSED

PRESIDENT OBAMA TO ADDRESS

RELIGIOUS RIGHTS ISSUES WITH

INDIAN PRIME MINISTER

NERENDA MODI THIS WEEK.

BUT ECONOMICS AND TRADE

DOMINATED THE AGENDA DURING

HIS VISIT TO WASHINGTON.

THERE WAS NO DISCUSSION OF

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AT LEAST

NOT PUBLICLY.

HARD-WIRED PRESIDENT TINA

RAMALLAH EXPRESSED

DISAPPOINTMENT, TELLING GARY

LANE THAT PERSECUTION IS

GETTING WORSE IN INDIA.

VIOLENCE IS INCREASING

AGAINST MUSLIMS AND

CHRISTIANS.

AND LAST YEAR, WHEN I MET

WITH THE HEAD OF THE

CHRISTIAN BUSINESS MEN'S

ASSOCIATION FOR ALL OF

INDIA, HE SAID, TINA, WE'RE

NOT TRYING TO CHANGE THE

LAW.

WE'RE JUST PREPARING FOR

PERSECUTION.

Reporter: THEN WHAT

SHOULD PEOPLE DO ABOUT IT?

IT IS VERY NAIVE FOR ANY

POLICY-MAKER TO THINK THAT A

DEMOCRACY CAN SURVIVE

WITHOUT RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.

IT IS SIMPLY NOT POSSIBLE.

SO INDIVIDUALS NEED TO TALK

TO THEIR CONGRESSMEN AND

MAKE IT A PRIORITY.

IF THEY DON'T, IT'S NOT

GOING TO HAPPEN IN OUR

BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP.

AS WE'VE SEEN IN IRAQ, IF WE

IGNORE IT, THE SITUATION

WILL ONLY GROW WORSE.

Wendy: AND TO HEAR MORE

WITH TINA RAMEREZ, YOU CAN

LOG ON TO GARY LANE'S BLOG.

Efrem: HONG KONG HAS

AGREED TO MEET WITH PRO.

PRO-ADVOCACY PROTESTORS.

CHINA IS WATCHING THE

SITUATION CLOSELY AND MIGHT

INTERVENE IF THE PROTESTS

GET OUT OF CONTROL.

ANGER AT BEIJING IS ONEp

REASON WHY HONG KONG'S

CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY IS

STRONGLY SUPPORTING THE

PROTEST.

BEFORE HE LEFT ON

ASSIGNMENT, I SPOKE WITH

GEORGE THOMAS ABOUT THE

CHURCH'S ROLE IN THE

PROTESTS.

Efrem: HOW STRONGLY IS

THE CHURCH BEHIND THIS

MOVEMENT IN HONG KONG?

George: SIGNIFICANT

NUMBERS ARE IT HAS BEEN LED

BY THE STUDENT PROTEST

MOVEMENT.

HUGE NUMBERS, 30,000, 40,000

OF THEM, AND THE MAJORITY

ARE YOUTH.

THE CHURCH IS PLAYING A

SIGNIFICANT ROLE.

THEY'VE GOT PEOPLE OUT THERE

DAY IN AND DAY OUT, HOLDING

PRAYER VIGILS.

THEY HAVE THESE TENTS WHERE

PEOPLE CAN COME FOR PRAYER.

CHRISTIANS ARE HANDING OUT

WATER, FOOD, AND MEETING

SOME OF THE NEEDS OF NOT

JUST THE DEMONSTRATORS, BUT

ALSO THE POLICE OFFICERS AND

LAW ENFORCEMENT.

SO ON BOTH SIDES OF THE

BARRICADE, THEY'RE PLAYING A

SIGNIFICANT ROLE.

THEY SEE THIS AS THEIR

PIVOTAL MOMENT IN THE

HISTORY OF THIS TERRITORY,

AND THEY WANT TO PLAY A ROLE

IN IT.

Efrem: AND THE LEADER

OF THIS MOVEMENT IS A

REMARKABLE YOUNG MAN.

TELL US ABOUT HIM?

George: INCREDIBLE.

JOSHUA WONG, HE IS 17 YEARS

OLD, AND OVERNIGHT HE HAS

EMERGED AS THE FACE OF THIS

STUDENT PROTEST MOVEMENT.

HE IS A VERY STRONG

BELIEVER.

HIS PARENTS ARE PROTESTANT

CHRISTIANS.

IT IS INTERESTING SOME OF

THE BIOS ON HIM SHED LIGHT

IN TERMS OF HOW HIS PARENTS

WOULD TAKE HIM TO SOME OF

THE POORER NEIGHBORHOODS OF

HONG KONG, AND EXPOSE HIM TO

THE PLIGHT AND THE SUFFERING

OF CHINESE PEOPLE LIVING IN

HONG KONGMENT AND FROHONG

KONG.

AND FROM A VERY AGE TALKED

ABOUT THE PERSONS OF SOCIAL

JUSTICE AND GIVING BACK TO

THOSE WHO ARE NEEDY.

AND HE HAS RISEN THROUGH THE

RANKS AND REALLY HAS BECOME

A VOCAL CRITIC AGAINST

CHINA.

Efrem: WOW, AT 17,

AMAZING.

AND OTHER RELIGIOUS LEADERS

ARE ALSO SPEAKING OUT?

George: THEY ARE.

YOU'VE GOT THE CATHOLIC, THE

LUTHERANS, AND PROTESTANT

COMMUNITIES THAT ARE, IN

ESSENCE, SAYING THEY SEE

THIS AS A MOMENT TO SEND A

VERY CLEAR MESSAGE TO CHINA,

SPECIFICALLY FROM THE POINT

OF VIEW OF RELIGIOUS

FREEDOM.

THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED

INCREDIBLE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

ON THE TERRITORY, AND THEY

WANT TO MAINTAIN THAT.

THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE

CHINESE INTERFERENCE, NOT

JUST FROM A POLITICAL

STANDPOINT, BUT ALSO FROM A

RELIGIOUS STANDPOINT.

THEY ARE MAKING THEIR VOICES

VERY, VERY CLEAR, AND SAYING

TO THE MAINLAND, WE DO NOT

WANT THE MAINLAND TO BE

INVOLVED IN THE ECONOMICS,

AND THE POLITICAL, AS WELL

AS THE RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS OF

THE COUNTRY.

Efrem: AND HONG KONG IS

A FORMER BRITISH COLONY, AND

SO IT ENJOYS REMARKABLE

FREEDOM, IN TERMS OF

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.

DO YOU THINK CHINA WOULD

CRACK DOWN ON RELIGIOUS

FREEDOM?

George: I THINK

EVERYBODY IS ANXIOUS.

THEY'RE MAKING MEMBERS OF

THE PRESS -- POLITICAL

PUNDITS ARE DRAWING

SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE

1989 PRO-DEMOCRACY CRACKDOWN

ON THE STREETS OF TIANANMEN

SQUARE, AND THEY'RE DRAWING

SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE

TWO.

YOU DON'T KNOW BECAUSE,

AGAIN, THE CHINESE

GOVERNMENT SAYS WE ARE

FIRMLY STANDING BEHIND THE

PERSON THAT HAS BEEN

ELECTED.

Efrem: WE'LL BE

WATCHING AS ALWAYS.

GEORGE THOMAS, THANK YOU SO

MUCH FOR YOUR INSIGHT.

IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE ON

THE SHOW.

Wendy: COMING UP,

ACTRESS REESE WITHERSPOON

TALKS ABOUT HER LATEST

MOVIE.

YOU'LL MEET TWO OF THESE

CHILDREN, WHEN WE TAKE YOU

BEHIND THE SCENES WITH THE

CAST OF "THE GOOD LIE."

Wendy: WELCOME BACK.

THOUSANDS OF YOUNG MEN

ESCAPED WAR IN SUDAN BY

IMMIGRATING TO AMERICA.

THEY ARE OFTEN CALLED "THE

LOST BOYS OF SUDAN."

Efrem: A NEW FILM,

BASED ON THEIR STORY, IS NOW

IN THEATERS CALLED "THE GOOD

LIE."

AS I LEARNED IN MY VISIT TO

THE PRODUCERS, THE FILM TOOK

11 YEARS TO COMPLETE.

MORE THAN 20,000 CHILDREN

ESCAPED SUDAN'S DEADLY

SECOND CIVIL WAR BY WALKING

THOUSANDS OF MILES TO

FREEDOM.

AT LEAST 4,000 OF THESE LOST

BOYS OF SUDAN EVENTUALLY

MADE IT TO THE UNITED

STATES.

GUIR DUWANI IS ONE OF THEM.

WHEN THE CIVIL WAR CAME,

THEY FOUND ME THERE.

WHEN WE HAVE TO GO TO

ETHIOPIA BY FOOT, THAT'S THE

PLACE WHERE MY JOURNEY

BEGAN, TO ETHIOPIA, IN

1987.

Reporter: SEVEN YEARS

LATER, DUWANI BEGAN HIGH

SCHOOL IN DES MOINES, IOWA,

EARNED A BASKETBALL

SCHOLARSHIP, AND THEN BECAME

A FASHION MODEL AND ACTOR.

HIS LATEST ROLE...

HEY, YOU'RE JEREMIAH?

JEREMIAH, RIGHT.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

MY HOME.

Reporter: IT IS A

FICTIONAL OKAY OF A LOST

BOY'S JOURNEY AND THE UNIQUE

BUMPS ON THE ROAD AND

ADJUSTMENT TO AMERICAN

LIFE.

WHAT MAKES YOU DRIVE A

CAR?

WELL, YOU GET A DRIVER'S

LICENSE.

YOU PRACTICE AND THEN YOU

PASS THE TEST.

WHOA, SLOW DOWN, SLOW

DOWN!

BRAKES, BRAKES, BRAKES!

YOU OKAY?

I THINK YOU SHOULD STICK

TO WALKING.

Efrem: WE SAT DOWN WITH

DUWANI AND HIS CASTMATES.

YOU WERE FROM SOUTH SUDAN,

YOU WERE A CHILD SOLDIER AND

A REFUGEE.

HOW TRUE TO REALITY IS THE

FILM?

I HAVE SO MANY TITLES

UNDER MY NAME.

THE STORY IS VERY CLOSE TO

ME.

IT CAME RIGHT FROM WHERE I'M

FROM.

IN THE CENTER OF IT IS OUR

LIVE EXPERIENCES, AS THE

BOYS WHO REALLY FLED THE

COUNTRY IN 197 1987 BY

FOOT, WITH NO FOOD.

IT WAS CHAOS THAT WAS GOING

ON IN 1991.

SOMETIMES I WONDER IF PEOPLE

KNEW ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON

IN 1991.

AND HERE WE ARE MAKING

MOVIES ABOUT 1991, AND THE

SAME PROBLEMS ARE STILL

GOING ON.

Efrem: MORE THAN TWO

MILLION HAVE DIED IN SUDAN'S

CIVIL WAR.

IT IS A STATISTIC AND A

STORY THAT DREW REESE

WITHERSPOON TO THE PROJECT.

SHE PLAYS A COUNSELLOR,

HELPING THREE LOST BOYS FIND

JOBS IN KANSAS CITY.

YOUR CHARACTER, IF YOU COULD

ONLY DESCRIBE HER IN ONE

WORD, HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE

HER?

FEISTY.

I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET YOU

MORE JOB INTERVIEWS.

IT IS NOT GOING TO BE EASY.

I HAVE FAITH, YARDI.

YARDI?

IT IS OUR SPECIAL NAME

FOR YOU.

FOR ME?

YES.

IT HAS GREAT CULTURAL

SIGNIFICANCE.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

IT MEANS GREAT WHITE

COW.

OKAY.

WELL, IT'S BETTER THAN A LOT

OF THINGS I'VE BEEN CALLED.

Efrem: WHAT IS IT ABOUT

THIS ROLE THAT MADE YOU WANT

TO DO IT?

THE SCRIPT IS BEAUTIFUL.

IT TOLD THE STORY OF THE

LOST BOYS OF SUDAN IN A

BEAUTIFUL WAY, THE STRUGGLE

OF THESE CHILDREN TRAVELLING

THOUSANDS OF MILES ACROSS

THE DESERT JUST TO FIND

SAFETY.

Efrem: THE FILM BEGINS

WITH A LOOK AT THE HORROWING

ESCAPE.

SUDANESE CHILDREN WALKING

HUNDREDS OF MILES, CROSSING

BODIES OF WATER, BRAVING

HEAT EXPOSURE, AND GIRLS

WEREN'T THE ONLY ONES TO

MAKE THE JOURNEY.

I MAY NOT KNOW THE EXACT

DAY WE WERE BORN.

Efrem: SHE IS THE LOST

BOYS' SISTER, CUBATEL.

YOU ARE FROM SUDAN, YOU

ARE IN A REFUGEE CAMP AND UR

LOS YOU LOST YOUR DAD IN

THE WAR IN 1993.

HOW DO YOU ACT IN THIS FILM

KNOWING YOUR PERSONAL

HISTORY AND ALL THAT YOU'VE

ENDURED?

FOR ME, BESIDES MY OWN

PERSONAL HISTORY, I FELT IT

BROUGHT CLOSURE FOR EVERYONE

WHO HAS GONE THROUGH THIS,

AND IS STILL GOING THROUGH

IT TODAY.

IT WAS A JOURNEY TO LEARN

ABOUT MYSELF.

IT IS SO INSPIRING TO SEE

THESE CHILDREN GO THROUGH

THIS AND SOMEHOW COME OUT OF

IT LAUGHING, IN A SENSE.

I LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT MY

OWN HISTORY THAT I DIDN'T

NECESSARILY KNOW BECAUSE I

IMMIGRATED TO THE U.S. AS A

CHILD.

Efrem: THE GOOD LIFE

CAST HOPES AMERICAN

AUDIENCES WILL LEARN AND

LAUGH AT THIS STORY, RIPPED

FROM THE EMOTIONAL PAGES OF

REAL LIFE.

THEY'RE TAKING AWAY MY

SOLDIERS.

INSTEAD ME.

Efrem: "THE GOOD LIE"

HITS THEATERS ACROSS THE

COUNTRY THIS EVENING.

Wendy: YOU'VE SEEN IT,

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Efrem: IT IS A REALLY

GOOD FILM.

AND IT HELPS TO EXPLAIN THE

CHURCH'S ROLE OF BRINGING

THE LOST BOYS OF SUDAN TO

AMERICA.

Wendy: AND REESE

WITHERSPOON?

Efrem: SHE IS GREAT.

Wendy: OKAY.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

Efrem: AND FINALLY

TODAY, A MAN'S WIFE AND SON

VANISH, ALONG WITH MILLIONS

OF OTHERS.

Wendy: IT IS THE

CATACLYSMIC PLOT IN THE NEW

MOVIE "LEFT BEHIND" WITH

NICOLAS CAGE.

I RECENTLY SAT DOWN WITH

ALEX, WHO STARS IN THE

FILM.

I WENT IN AND READ FOR

THE PART AND IT BLEW ME AWAY

BECAUSE THIS GUY IS OF THE

ISLAMIC FAITH.

HE IS A GOOD GUY.

HE HAS GOOD MORALS.

AND HE IS PORTRAYED AS A MAN

THAT IS THERE TO HELP.

I THINK WHAT WE SHOULD

ALL BE DOING RIGHT NOW IS

SAYING A PRAYER.

A PRAYER?

A PRAYER TO WHO?

TO GOD.

WHO'S GOD?

YOURS OR MINE?

TO GOD.

THIS MESSAGE IS NOT

FOCUSING ON A MUSLIM,

ESPECIALLY WITH WHAT IS

GOING ON NOWADAYS.

IT IS LETTING YOU KNOW IF

YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN JESUS

CHRIST, AND YOU HAVEN'T

ACCEPTED HIM, THEN THIS IS

WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

Wendy: THAT'S PRETTY

GOOD, HUH?

"LEFT BEHIND" IS NOW IN

THEATERS ACROSS THE U.S.,

AND FOR MORE OF MY

INTERVIEWS WITH ALEX AND THE

CAST, YOU CAN GO TO OUR

C.W.NC.W.N. Facebook

PAGE.

A LOT OF BIG STARS IN THIS

MOVIE, AND A LOT OF

CONTROVERSY.

BUT IT WILL MAKE YOU THINK

ABOUT WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO

SPEND ETERNITY.

A LOT OF GREAT MOVIES TO SEE

THIS WEEKEND.

Efrem: YOU GOT IT.

THANKS FOR JOINING US ON

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