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> FAITH ON THE FRONT LINE.
I NEED WAR FIGHTERS AND I
NEED MEN
WHO KA MINISTER TO THE SOUL
OF THE WAR
FIGHTERS.
WHY CHAP PLAINS ARE UNDER
FIRE.
NO ONE CAN DO WHAT A
CHAPLAIN CAN
DO.
INSIDE THE ADDICTION. ON
TODAY'S
"700 CLUB".
Pat: WELCOME TO THE "700
CLUB".
BEING TOWN IS FIRST IS
FOOTBALL, FIRST
IN BASEBALL AND NOW FIRST IN
SNOW.
THEY HAVE HAD MORE SNOW IN 1
WEEK THAN
EVER IN THEIR HISTORY AND THE
MAYOR
SAYS, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?
I HAVE
NO PLACE TO PUT IT. THE
MISERY NEVER
SEEMS TO END FROM THAT REGION
OF THE
COUNTRY. STILL ANOTHER
MASSIVE STORM
WITH UP TO 2 FEET OF KNOW.
Terry: IT'S THE LAST THING
THIS AREA
NEEDS WHERE THEY HAVE ALREADY
HAD 5
FEET OF SNOW.
Reporter: ANOTHER ROUND OF
WINTER
WEATHER HAS BOSTON AT A
BREAKING
POINT. WHERE THEY HAVE 16
INCHES OF
SNOW AND SPENT MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS
REMOVING FROM WHAT'S FALLING
THIS YEAR.
WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF
SPACE TO PUT
THE SNOW IN THE CITY OF
BOSTON.
BOSTON SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN
CLOSED AND
THE SELECTION OF THE BOSTON
MARATHON
TRIAL.
WE HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS
TYPE OF
SNOW IN THE CITY OF BOSTON
THAN ANY
OTHER TIME IN OUR CITY.
WHAT THEY WANT IS ANOTHER
COATING
OF ICE AND SNOW AND IN MANY
CASES
BRINGING THAT FREEZE TO A
HALT.
I HAVEN'T HAD CLASS FOR
THIRD WEEK
IN A ROW. IT'S GETTING BAD.
WINTER IS GETTING VERY OLD
AND VERY
FAST. THIS COMES AS A NEW
ARTICLE IN
THE LONDON TELEGRAPH
NEWSPAPER
REPORTS. OFFICIAL TEMPERATURE
RECORDS
HAVE BEEN MANIPULATED TO MAKE
IT LOOK
LIKE THE EARTH WAS WARMING
MUCH MORE
THAN IT REALLY WAS. GLOBAL
WARMING
MAYBE THE SCANDAL OF ALL
TIMES. THE
DEBATE WHETHER GLOBAL WARMING
IS REAL
IS FAR REMOVED FROM THE
PEOPLE IN THE
NORTHEAST.
LIKE HE WAS DIGGING HIMSELF
OUT OF
MORE AND MORE SNOW IN THE
MIDST OF
FREEZING TEMPERATURES.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE TIMES
WHERE I
BOUGHT SOMETHING AND IT
ACTUALLY PAID
OFF.
Terry: BLESS THEIR HEART.
Pat: I WANT TO SHOW YOU A
PICTURE, A
PAINTING. HAVE WE GOT IT?
THE
PAINTING? SEE THE PAINTING?
PAINTED
BY PAUL GOGAN. HE WAS AN
IMPRESSIONIST. WOULD YOU LIKE
SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN YOUR
HOUSE?
SURE.
HOW MUCH WOULD YOU PAY TO
GET IT?
NO. I DON'T BUY EXPENSIVE
ART. WHAT
DO I THINK IT'S WORTH?
YES.
PROBABLY A LOT.
GIVE ME A LOT?
HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.
THAT'S A SET OF NAKED
LADIES FROM
TAHITI. THAT PAINTING SOLD FOR
$300
MILLION. THE MOST EXPENSIVE
PAINTING.
I'M GOING TO SHOW IT TO YOU
AGAIN.
WOULD YOU EVER HANG THAT ON A
WALL?
IT'S LOVELY.
WELL, WHO COULDN'T DO
THAT?
WELL, I MEAN.
Pat: WELL.
Terry: I COULDN'T DO THAT.
MAYBE YOU
COULDN'T DO THAT.
MOST YOUNG ARTIST SPLASH A
BUNCH OF
COLORS ON. IT'S CRAZY WITH
THE PRICES.
THERE IS MORE MONEY SLOSHING
AROUND
NOW. SOME APARTMENT IN NEW
YORK. THE
NUMBERS ARE SO STAGGERING.
IT'S NOT A
MILLION 1/2 BUT $15 MILLION
FOR A
CONDOMINIUM. IT'S CRAZY THE
NUMBERS.
WELL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
THE RICH
GET RICHER AND THE POOR GET
POORER.
WELL, IN UKRAINE, THE
SITUATION IS
GETTING WORSE.
Reporter: PRESIDENT OBAMA
ARE
TALKING ABOUT UKRAINE AT THE
WHITE
HOUSE TODAY. SOME POLITICAL
LEADERS IN
WASHINGTON ARE SUPPORTING
SENDING ARMS
TO UKRAINE BACKED BY RUSSIA.
THE
LONDON INDEPENDENT REPORTS
THAT SOME
DIPLOMATS ARE WARNING THAT
THE WEST
MUST STAND UP TO RUSSIA OVER
UKRAINE
OR FACE THE POSSIBILITY OF A
MAJOR
WAR. BUT OTHERS SAY SENDING
THOSE
WEAPONS THAT UKRAINE CAN SEND
MORE AND
THAT CAN LEAD TO MORE
FIGHTING.
> A POSSIBLE GROUND
CAMPAIGN NOW
PART OF THEIR RENEWED
CAMPAIGN AFTER
THE MURDER OF A JORDANIAN
PILOT.
Reporter: THE JORDANIAN
AIRPORT SAYS
THE AIR CAMPAIGN HAS THREE
MAIN GOALS.
THE TOP LEADERSHIP WAS AT
THE HELM.
THE SECOND FROM FUEL AND THE
THIRD
TARGET FROM DESTROYING THE
CENTERS AND
LOGISTICAL CENTERS.
THIS IS AFTER THE MURDER
OF THE
JORDANIAN PILOT BY ISIS. THIS
IS A WAR.
WE ARE DETERMINED TO FIGHT
ISIS
UNTIL WE ACHIEVE THE GOAL OF
THIS WAR
WHICH IS WIPING OUT THE
ISLAMIC STATE
COMPLETELY.
HE ADDED THIS IS THE
BEGINNING, NOT
THE END OF THE CAMPAIGN TO
DEFEAT ISIS
AND SOME SPECULATE JORDAN IS
PLANNING
A LIMITED GROUND CAMPAIGN. HE
VISITED
KING AB DAHL A. THAT THE
PRICE OF
MIDDLE EAST CHRISTIANS WAS AN
AGONIZING SITUATION. HE FACES
A
DAUNTING CHALLENGE AND NEEDS
TO
MOBILIZE WHILE FIGHTING
AGAINST ISIS
AND REALIZING A SIGNIFICANT
MINORITY
EMPATHIZE WITH ISIS. CHRIS
MITCHELL,
CBN NEWS.
Terry: THANKS. YOU THINK
THE KING OF
JORDAN WILL SEND IN GROUND
TROOPS.
Pat: WE HOPE THEY SEND
THEM. THE
KING HAS THIS DISPOSAL FIERCE
WARRIORS. IF HE MOBILIZES HIS
ENTIRE
COUNTRY TO DESTROY, NOT
CONTAIN BUT
DESTROY ISIS HE MIGHT WELL
SUCCEED AND
SOME OTHERS MAY COME ALONG
WITH HIM.
WOULD, IF HE HAD A LITTLE
SPINE HE
COULD SHARE WITH THE
PRESIDENT OF THE
USA.
Wendy: A TOP FORMER WAR
GENERAL IS
CRITICIZING THE PRESIDENT
OBAMA
STRATEGY SAYS IT ISN'T WORK.
THIS CAME
ON FOX NEWS SUNDAY SAYING IT
FAILED TO
COMPREHEND A STRATEGY AND
HASN'T
DEFIED OUR ENERGY.
A FORM OF A CANCEROUS
COMPONENT OF
THE ISLAMIC RELIGION WHICH
HAS A
FANATICISM TO IT AND THEY IN
FACT HAVE
DECLARED WAR ON US AND WE
HAVE TO
RECOGNIZE THAT. YOU CAN'T
DEFEAT AN
ENEMY THAT YOU DON'T ADMIT
EXIST.
HE SAYS THE SPREAD OF
ISLAMIC
TERRORISM TO NEW REGIONS
ACROSS AFRICA
AND THE MIDDLE EAST IS PROVE
THAT THE
U.S. HAS NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL
AND OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION NEEDS TO FOCUS
ON A
STRATEGY TO LIMIT AIR STRIKES
ON ISIS.
THE QUARTERBACK SAYS RACE
AND THEY
ARE SUPPOSED TO MOVE TOGETHER
IN A
SYNCHRONIZING WAY TO A GO
LINE. WHEN
WE SAY READ Y BREAK THEY ARE
PLAYING A
DIFFERENT SPORT.
> THE FUTURE OF NBC BRIAN
WILLIAMS
AFTER HE TOOK A LEAVE OF
ABSENCE AFTER
THE NIGHTLY NEWS SHOW
FOLLOWING HIS
ADMISSION ABOUT HIS STORY
ABOUT BEING
IN A HELICOPTER THAT CAME
UNDER FIRE
IN IRAQ WAS NOT TRUE. MANY
SAY THAT
HE CAN SURVIVE BUT MANY ARE
FILLED
WITH SCRUTINY ABOUT FACT
BILLERS --
FILLERS TO SEE IF HIS STORY
IS TRUE.
THAT HE IS INFLATING HIS
BIOGRAPHY
THAT SOMETIMES IS A JOKE.
PAT, THIS IS
SURPRISING.
Pat: WE HAD A PERSON WHO
WAS A
SPECIALIST ABOUT MANNERISMS
TO HAVE
AND SO FORTH. ONE OF HER
CLIENTS WAS A
NEWSMAN FROM A SMALL STATION.
I
BELIEVE IT WAS IN TEXAS AND
SHE CALLED
HIM BRIANY AND HE WAS ONE OF
HER
CLIENTS AND HE WAS A YOUNG
GUY AND SHE
TRAINED HIM AND THE NEXT
THING BRIANY
BECOMES THE ANCHOR, HE'S VERY
HANDSOME
AND VERY ENGAGING BUT I'M
AFRAID SOME
OF THAT SMALL TOWN TV
REPORTING THING
STUCK WITH HIM AND HE THOUGHT
HE HAD
TO BE HEMG INGWAY AND GOING
TO FISH
FOR THE LIONS. IT WASN'T
ENOUGH TO
REPORT THE NEWS.
Wendy: IT'S SAD BECAUSE HE
HAD SUCH
AUTHORITY AND POSITION.
Pat: $10 MILLION A YEAR FOR
HIS JOB.
IT WAS A VERY LUCRATIVE DEAL
AND HE
WAS WINNING THE RATINGS AND
IT'S IT'S
A SHAME. I DON'T LIKE TO SEE
ANYBODY
FALL. IN HIS CASE, I DON'T
THINK IT
WAS THE ONLY CASE HE WAS
TALKING ABOUT
SEEING A DEAD BODY FLOAT BY
HIS HOTEL
IN NEW ORLEANS. MAYBE THERE
WAS A DEAD
BODY.
IT WAS IN A SECTION THAT
HADN'T
FLOODED.
I DON'T THINK TO BRING
THAT UP.
ANYHOW, LADIES,
ENDOMETRIOSIS, I DON'T
HAVE THAT PROBLEM.
NO YOU DON'T.
WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT
WOMEN AND
THEIR PROBLEMS. WHY CAN'T WE
HAVE SOME
MEN DISEASES I CAN TALK
ABOUT. I CAN'T
SHARE IT WITH YOU, LADIES.
WENDY WILL
GIVE YOU THE STORY.
Wendy: WELL, ALL OF THOSE
CUPS OF
COFFEE, TERRY, I KNOW YOU
LIKE YOUR
COFFEE. THEY HAVE AN
UNEXPECTED SIDE
BENEFIT FOR THAT FOR WOMEN.
WOMEN WHO
DRINK 4 CUPS OF COFFEE A DAY
CAN LOWER
THE RISK OF GETTING
ENDOMETRIOSIS. THE
RESEARCHERS DON'T KNOW WHY
COFFEE
MIGHT LOWER THE RISK OF THAT
TYPE OF
CANCER BUT ONE REASON COULD
BE THAT IT
CUTS DOWN IN THE AMOUNT OF
ESTROGEN IN
THE BODY. ISN'T THAT
INTERESTING FOR
ALL OF US COFFEE DRINKERS.
Pat: I DON'T GET ESTROGEN
EITHER.
WHY ISN'T THIS CALLED THE
WOMEN'S
HEALTH STORY AND I SHOULD BE
QUIET AND
SIT ON THE SIDELINE. ALL
RIGHT. IT'S
ALL YOURS.
Wendy: WELL, COMING UP THEY
SAY THAT
THERE ARE NO ATHEIST IN THE
FOXHOLE.
THESE CHAPLAINS ARE THE
REASON WHY.
I WAS THERE WHILE THE
BULLETS WERE
FLYING. NO ONE ELSE IN A UNIT
CAN DO
WHAT A CHAPLAIN CAN DO.
MILITARY CHAPLAIN SHARE
THEIR
STORY.
Pat: THE TIDE HAS TURNED,
HOW THE
TABLES HAVE TURNED. DON'T
ASK, DON'T
TELL USED TO REFER TO GAYS IN
THE
MILITARY. NOW IT COULD APPLY
TO
CHRISTIANS IN UNIFORM AND
MILITARY
CHAPLAINS ARE ALSO FACING THE
FACT
THAT AT TIMES BIBLICAL VALUES
ARE EVEN
SOMETIMES CALLED HATE SPEECH.
Reporter: CHAPLAINS HAVE
BEEN AN
INTEGRAL PART OF THE MILITARY
THROUGHOUT OUR NATION'S
HISTORY TO
BRING COMFORT TO THE DYING.
NOW IT'S
UNDER FIRE THROUGH GOVERNMENT
POLICY
TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THEIR
CONSCIENCE AND
MILITARY AND THE VIEW ON SAME
SEX
RELATIONSHIPS. CONGRESS
PASSED A BILL
FOR ALL MILITARY PERSONNEL TO
EXERCISE
THEIR FAITH.
I PUT AN AMENDMENT TO THE
2014
AUTHORIZATION ACT THAT SNANDZ
--
STANDS IN LAW.
THEY STAND IN FACT IN
THEIR WORK
RON SPENT 21 YEARS FOR
NATIONAL
ALLIANCE FOR LIBERTY.
CHAPLAIN AND ALL MEMBERS
CANNOT
RECEIVE RECRIMINATION FOR
LIVING OUT
THEIR FAITH.
MANY CHRISTIANS AND
CHAPLAINS FIND
THEMSELVES AT ODDS AND EVEN
FOR
QUOTING SCRIPTURES. A GREEN
BERRET WAS
ASKED TO FIND A CHAPLAIN OF
HIS OWN.
AFGHANISTAN ACCUSED OF
ENGAGING IN HIS
FAITH.
THE FACT THAT THERE WOULD
BE A RISE
IN HOMOSEXUALITY. HE GOT
CALLED INTO
THE BATTALION COMMANDERS
OFFICE AND
WAS TOLD THAT YOU CAN NOT
PREACH FROM
THAT TEXT.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THIS
TENSION
HAPPENED HERE AT FORT
BENNING,
GEORGIA. A CHAPLAIN WAS ASKED
TO GIVE
TO A SUICIDE PREVENTION
CLASS.
HE SERVES AT THE TRAINING
CAMP IN
FORT BENNING,
HE IS A CHAPLAIN WHO
REALLY KNOWS
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A SOLDIER.
CHAPLAIN WAS ASKED TO LEAD
A CLASS.
HE CITED HIS OWN EXPERIENCE
AND SHARED
HIS PERSONAL STRUGGLE WITH
DEPRESSION.
HE IDENTIFIED WITH THEM
AND SAID I
HAVE BEEN THERE WHERE YOU ARE
AND I
WANT TO TELL YOU HOW I HAVE
DEALT WITH
ISSUES OF DEPRESSION SO HE
GAVE HIS
RANGERS A HANDOUT.
ONE TOOK A PICTURE WITH
HIS PHONE
AND POSTED IT ON HIS WEBSITE.
DURING THOSE WHO PROVIDED
THE
STATEMENT LATER SET AT NO
TIME DID HE
SAY MINE IS THE ONLY WAY,
MINE IS THE
BEST WAY.
NOT LONG AFTER HIS
COMMANDER
SENSORED HIM FOR GIVING THE
HANDOUT
AND SINCE THEN THE THEY HAVE
NOT BEEN
ABLE TO GIVE ANY RULING THAT
THE
CHAPLAIN VIOLATED ALTHOUGH HE
WENT
OUTSIDE THE POLICY FOR GOING
OUTSIDE
THE CHAIN OF COMMAND. THAT IS
A
DIFFICULT SITUATION.
YOU GET ALL FAITH AND ALL
WALKS OF
LIFE.
HE'S BEEN INVOLVED IN
EVERY
AMERICAN CONFLICT.
HE FORMED TWO BRANCHES.
INFANTRY
AND CHAPLAIN. BASICALLY SAID
I NEED
WAR FIGHTERS AND I NEED MEN
WHO CAN
MINISTER TO THE SOUL OF THE
WAR
FIGHTERS. ANY CHAPLAIN WHO IS
DOING
THEIR JOB WELL SAT FORCE
MULTIPLIER
FOR THE UNIT. THAT MEANS THE
UNIT IS
MORE EFFECTIVE IN COMBAT,
THEY ARE
MORE EFFECTIVE IN COMBAT WITH
A
CHAPLAIN THAN WITHOUT A
CHAPLAIN.
YOU NEED SOMEBODY IN THE
UNIT WHO
CAN DEAL WITH THE SPIRITUAL
ISSUES OF
THE SOLDIER. NO ONE ELSE CAN
DO WHAT A
CHAPLAIN CAN DO.99 PERCENT
PEOPLE WHO
WEREN'T CHRISTIAN CAME TO ME
BECAUSE I
WAS THERE WHEN THE BULLETS
WERE FLYING.
THAT'S NOT ALL.
I WOULD SAY THERE ARE
10,000 CASES
IN IRAQ AND AFGHAN WHERE AN
ATROCITIES WOULD HAVE
HAPPENED.
IF MY CAREER WOULD HAPPEN
BECAUSE
OF MY RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD,
I WOULD
TO HAVE LEAVE THE MILITARY.
YOU SERVE BY DIGNITY.
HOWEVER WHEN
SOMEONE COMES TO YOU FOR
COUNCIL YOU
HAVE TO BE UPFRONT. YOU
COUNCIL FROM A
BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE.
I HOPE MANY MORE MEN AND
WOMEN WILL
BECOME CHAP LAINS, I HOPE TO
GOD THAT
YOU DO IT FOR THE MEN AND
WOMEN IN THE
MILITARY.
Pat: THEY ARE FACING FIRE
AND WHEN A
GUY IS GETTING READY TO GO
INTO
ETERNITY, HE DOESN'T NEED
SOME
COMMUNIST OR SOME SOCIALIST
OR
PROGRESSIVE GIVING HIM SOME
DOCTRINE
OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS. HE
NEEDS TO
BE ABLE TO PREPARE HIS SOUL
FOR
ETERNITY. IF WE BEGIN TO
MUZZLE OUR
CHAPLAINS, GOD, HELP US.
Terry: A CRACK ADDICT WITH
A DEATH
WISH.
IF YOU WANTED TO KILL ME,
I JUST
DIDN'T CARE. I WAS AT THE
POINT WHERE
I WANTED TO JUST DIE.
SEE THE WAKE UP CALL THAT
SAVES
THIS MAN'S LIFE. THAT'S NEXT.
Pat: CRACK COCAINE HAD A
STOP ON THE
LIFE OF PETE CABRERA AND HE
KNEW IT
WAS A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE
IT SENT
HIM TO HIS GRAVE.
I CAME TO A POINT WHERE I
DIDN'T
CARE ABOUT ANYTHING. I'M JUST
LIKE,
YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M GOING TO
DO
WHATEVER I WANT TO DO.
PETE LIVED BY HIS OWN
RULES.
I ROBBED PEOPLE. I WAS IN
THE HOLE.
IF PEOPLE WANTED TO KILL ME,
THAT
WOULD HAVE HAPPENED.
HE LIVED IN UNCERTAINTY AT
THE AGE
OF SEVEN WHEN HIS FATHER DIED.
WHEN HE WAS GONE, I HAD A
BIG VOID
IN MY LIFE AND MY MEMORIES
AFTER THAT
WERE VERY EMPTY.
HE GOT OLDER AND GOT INTO
TROUBLE
AND STARTED RUNNING WITH
OTHER
TROUBLED YOUTH ALSO ON THE
STREETS.
I DIDN'T HAVE A GAUGE FOR
THE
RIGHT THING. I WAS TRYING TO
FIND A
PLACE TO STAY.
HE MARRIED THE GIRL HE HAD
BEEN
DATING AND TOOK A JOB AT A
SHEET METAL
PLANT. AND THEN HE BECAME
FRIENDS WITH
A DRUG ADDICT.
HE SAID DO YOU SMOKE
CRACK. I BEGAN
TO SMOKE CRACK AND LOVED IT
IMMEDIATELY. IT SHUT MY MIND
OUT AND
BLOCKED EVERYTHING OUT.
THAT'S THE
FIRST TIME I REALLY FELT SOME
SORT OF
PEACE.
BUT THAT PEACE CAME AT A
COST WHEN
HE TOO BECAME ADDICTED. ALL
OF HIS
MONEY WENT TO HIS NEW HABIT
AND HE
WOULD DISAPPEAR FOR WEEKS AT
A TIME.
THE GUILT STARTED COMING
IN. THE
GUILTY OF OH MAN, YOU ARE
MESSING UP
AGAIN AND THAT WOULD DRIVE
KNOW GET
MORE CRACK AND THE GUILT
WOULD COME
AND I NEEDED MORE CRACK AND
THE
CONSTANT CIRCLE OF THE VOID
OF
REALITYING THAT YOU ARE NOW A
MESS.
HE ALSO STARTED SLEEPING
WITH OTHER
WOMEN AND SAW A VICIOUS CYCLE
WITH NO
WAY OUT.
I COULDN'T QUIT. THIS WAS
THE
REALITY OF IT. IF IT WEREN'T
FOR THE
CRACK, IT WAS THE WOMEN. IF
IT WASN'T
THE WOMEN, IT WOULD BE THE
CRACK.
HE AND HIS WIFE DIVORCED
AND HE
MOVEDEN WITH ANOTHER WOMAN
AND THEY
HAD A CHILD. HE ALSO HAD A
TOUGH TIME
PAYING DRUG DEALERS AND HE
WAS ROBBING
THEM.
IF YOU WANTED TO KILL ME,
I JUST
DIDN'T CARE. I WAS AT THE
POINT NOW
WHERE I WANTED TO DIE.
HE WAS AT A CRACK HOUSE
ONE NIGHT
WHEN A YOUNG WOMAN OVERDOSED.
SHE STARTED HAVING A
SEIZURE. SHE
FALLS OVER. I WAS TRYING TO
WAKE HER
UP, SLAPPING HER IN THE FACE,
THEY ARE
SHAKING HER TRYING TO STAND
HER UP AND
SHE'S NOT RESPONDING AT ALL.
AND THE
GUY SAYS WE HAVE TO GET HER
OUT OF
HERE.
THEY FOUND HER IN A DUMPSTER
2 BLOCKS
DOWN OF AN OVERDOSE. I'M
THINKING,
WOW, YOU KNOW, I JUST KEPT
THINKING, I
STILL SEE HER FACE. IT
DOESN'T EVER GO
AWAY UNTIL THE DAY I DIE.
FINALLY HE SAW THE UTILITY
OF A
DRUG ADDICTED LIFE.
I STARTED THINKING WHAT AM
I GOING
TO DO? I'M GOING TO END UP
DEAD.
THAT'S WHEN I STARTED TO HAVE
THESE
THOUGHTS OF WHY NOT JUST KILL
YOURSELF, MAN. ALL I COULD
THINK ABOUT
WAS THAT GIRL.
PETE REACHED OUT TO HIS
MOTHER WHO
HAD BECOME A CHRISTIAN.
SHE SAID WHAT'S GOING ON?
I SAID
I'M A BAD CRACK ADDICT. SHE
SAYS IF
YOU ARE REALLY DONE, IT'S
TIME TO GIVE
YOUR LIFE TO THE LORD. I SAID
I WANTED
TO DO THAT.
PETE PRAYED WITH HIS MOM
AND GAVE
HIS LIFE TO GOD AS HIS
SAVIOUR.
I'M DONE. I WILL SERVE YOU
THE REST
OF MY LIFE RIGHT NOW. RIGHT
NOW. I
HEARD THERE IS GOD THAT CAN
TAKE
NOTHING AND MAKE SOMETHING
BEAUTIFUL
OUT OF IT, RIGHT? SO I'M
LIKE, I GIVE
YOU MY NOTHING.
HE CHECKED INTO REHAB AND
BEGAN
STUDYING THE WORD OF GOD.
WHEN I GOT OUT OF REHAB, I
DIDN'T
HAVE THE URGES ANYMORE. IT
WAS LIKE I
HAD THIS NEW ADDICTION. YOU
KNOW, IT
WAS TO SERVE GOD AND CHASE
GOD AND
FIND GOD AND LOVE GOD.
HE MARRIED KATIE, THE
WOMAN HE HAD
BEEN LIVING WITH. SHE ALSO
ACCEPTED
CHRIST AND TODAY THEY HAVE A
FAMILY
AND FOCUS ON GOD.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY
LIFE, I
UNDERSTOOD WHAT WAS MISSING.
AND WHAT
WAS MISSING WAS LOVE. IT'S A
LOVE THAT
MAKES YOU FEEL COMPLETE AND
HE
COMPLETED ME. IT WAS LIKE
THIS IS
WHAT'S BEEN MISSING. IT'S THE
REALITY
OF GOD IN MY LIFE.
Pat: HE'LL TAKE NOTHING AND
MAKE
SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL OUT OF
ME. YOU
COME TO HIM WITH YOUR
FAILURES, YOU
COME WITH YOUR EMPTINESS, IT
ISN'T
LIKE A JOB INTERVIEW WHERE
YOU HAVE TO
IMPRESS THE EMPLOYER ABOUT
HOW GOOD
YOU ARE. YOU COME TO GOD WITH
YOUR
EMPTINESS, YOUR BROKENNESS. A
BROKEN
HEART, I WILL NOT DISPIES.
GOD WILL
NOT DISPIES A BROKEN HEART.
WHEN HE
HAD NOTHING, HE HIT THE END
OF THE
ROAD. SO NOTHING. NO GAMES,
NO COVER
UPS, NOTHING. I'M YOURS. AND
GOD WILL
REACH OUT HIS HAND AND SAY,
YES,
CHILD. I'M TAKING YOU. I KNOW
YOU ARE
BROKEN, I KNOW YOU ARE
SUFFERING. I
KNOW YOU'VE DESTROYED YOUR
LIFE, BUT
I'M GOING TO TAKE WHAT YOU'VE
GOT AND
I'M GOING TO MAKE SOMETHING
BEAUTIFUL
OUT OF IT. WOULD YOU LIKE
THAT TO
HAPPEN TO YOU? ALL YOU HAVE
TO DO IS
CALL ON HIM. PUT YOUR HAND IN
HIS HAND
AND SAY, LORD, I GIVE YOU MY
LIFE. I
GIVE YOU MYSELF, EVERYTHING.
I'M GOING TO LEAD YOU IN
PRAYER RIGHT
NOW AND PRAY WITH ME WHEREVER
YOU ARE.
JESUS, LORD, YOU KNOW ME, YOU
KNOW MY
HEARTACHE, YOU KNOW MY
TROUBLES. I
COME TO YOU JUST AS I AM
WITHOUT ONE
PLEA BUT THAT YOUR BLOOD WAS
SHED FOR
ME. I COME TO YOU, LORD.
RIGHT NOW AND
I ASK YOU TO COME INTO MY
HEART, LIVE
YOUR LIFE IN ME AND FROM THIS
MOMENT
ON, I AM YOURS. THANK YOU,
LORD.
YOU'VE HEARD MY PRAYER AND
THANK YOU
THAT YOU HAVE COME IN TO MY
HEART. IF
YOU PRAYED WITH ME THAT
PRAYER, PRAISE
THE LORD. IT'S THE MOST
IMPORTANT
PRAYER YOU WILL EVER PRAY. I
WOULD
LIKE YOU TO CALL. WE HAVE A
TELEPHONE
NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN. AT THE
OTHER
END SOMEBODY WHO LOVES YOU,
YOU NEED
TO CONFESS. IT WILL SET YOUR
RESOLVE
AND SET IT FIRM THAT YOU HAVE
JUST
GIVEN YOUR HEART TO THE LORD.
JUST
CALL IN NOW AND SAY I GAVE MY
HEART TO
THE LORD. TOLL-FREE PHONE
NUMBER:
1-800-759-0700. WE'LL SEND
YOU SOME
LITERATURE AND SOMEBODY WILL
BE THERE
TO BLESS YOU BUT MORE THAN
ANYTHING
YOU NEED TO TELL THAT PERSON
I JUST
PRAYED AND I HAVE RECEIVED
JESUS. HE
IS GOING TO MAKE MY LIFE
SOMETHING
BETTER.
TERRY, WHAT DO YOU HAVE?
Terry: STILL TO COME, A
CIVIL RIGHTS
HERO WHO THE MARTIN LUTHER
KING'S
LAWYER. MEET THE DYNAMITE
HILL LATER
TODAY.
WELCOME TO THE "700 CLUB".
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AS THE HEAD OF THE HOUSE,
ONE
GRANDFATHER IN CAMBODIA MAKES
SURE HE
HAS ENOUGH WATER EVEN IF HE
HAS TO
MAKE A 3 MILE WALK TWO TIMES
A DAY.
GRANDPA LIVES WITH THIS
EXTENDED
FAMILY IN A SMALL PART OF
CAMBODIA.
THEY ALL WORK TOGETHER TO
PROVIDE
ENOUGH FOR EVERYONE TO EAT.
I'M HAPPY THAT WE LIVE AND
WORK
TOGETHER. MY FAMILY MEANS
EVERYTHING
TO ME.
TAKING CARE OF THE FAMILY
INCLUDES
GETTING WATER FROM AN OPEN
PIT WELL IN
THE NEXT VILLAGE. IT'S A TWO
MILE HIKE
THAT GRANDPA MAKES THREE
TIMES A DAY.
UNFORTUNATELY THE WATER IS SO
POLLUTED
THAT HE HESITATES TO GIVE IT
TO HIS
OWN ANIMALS.
THE WATER TASTE LIKE MUD.
HE EVEN HAS TO GIVE IT TO
HIS
GRANDCHILDREN.
I WORRY ABOUT IT A LOT. IT
MAKES ME
FEEL HELPLESS. I'M AFRAID
THEY WILL
DIE. I WISH WE HAD A CLEAN
SOURCE OF
WATER.
CBN DUG A WELL AND HE NO
LONGER HAS
TO WALK FOR MILES TO GET
WATER. IT'S
THERE AT HIS FINGER TIPTS.
THANK YOU. IT SAVED OUR
LIVES.
WATER IS SUCH A PRECIOUS
COMMODITY.
CAN YOU IMAGINE WALKING FOR
MILES TO
GET IT AND IT'S VERY DIRTY.
MANY HAVE
DIED AND ARE SICK FROM THAT.
WE HAVE
ALLOWED TO GET WATER. IF YOU
WOULD
LIKE TO BE PART OF THAT, IT'S
JUST ONE
OF THE THINGS THAT THE "700
CLUB"
MEMBERS ARE DOING AROUND THE
WORLD. WE
WANT YOU TO JOIN WITH THE
REST OF US.
MEMBER: $20 A MONTH, JUST
$0.65 A DAY.
YOU CAN CALL ON THE NUMBER ON
YOUR
SCREEN. THAT MEANS TODAY YOU
CAN
BECOME A WORLD CHANGER. JOIN
US. WE
ARE OUT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
WITH THE
LOVE OF GOD AROUND THE WORLD.
WHEN YOU
DO THAT, WE'LL SEND YOU "BE
HEALED".
THIS IS PAT'S TEACHING WITH
HOW TO AGE
THE THE MESSAGE WHICH IS
ACTIVATED IN
YOUR LIFE. YOU CAN BE HEALED.
THIS IS
FROM SOMEONE WHO WROTE, MY
WIFE AND I
ENJOY THE DVD. MY WIFE IS
REMISSION
FROM LYMPHOMA.
Pat: YOU GET THE WORD AND
HE SAID
HIS WORD AND HE HEALED THEM.
WE WANT YOU TO HAVE THAT.
SO-CALLED
NOW.
THIS IS IN THE HISTORY BOOKS.
WHEN THE BOMB WENT OFF OR
IF A BOMB
OR SOMEONE SHOOTS IN THE
HOUSE TO HIT
THE FLOOR. HE SAID IF I HELD
ON TO
THE HATE, IT WOULD DESTROY ME.
TWO SISTERS TALK ABOUT
THIS.
AND ANOTHER PERSON WHO
WROTE, I
HAVE A GAY MAGAZINE THAT I
FOUND IN MY
SON'S ROOM.
THE SISTERS YOU ARE ABOUT
TO MEET
GREW UP ON THE RINGSIDE SEATS
IN THE
CIVIL RIGHTS HISTORY. THE MAN
AT THE
CENTER OF IT ALL WAS SIMPLY
THEIR
DADDY.
CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY ARTHUR
SHORE'S
FOR JUSTICE. THEY WROTE A
BOOK CALLED
A GENTLE GIANT OF DYNAMITE
HILL IN THE
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
MY FATHER WAS ALWAYS KNOWN
FOR HIS
KINDNESS IN A VERY
SOFT-SPOKEN GENTLE
MAN.
WHEN HE TALKED, PEOPLE
LISTENED. HE
WAS A GREAT NEGOTIATOR. HE
TALKED TO
PEOPLE AND WORKED THINGS OUT
FOR THEM.
HE WAS GENTLE BUT A GIANT IN
MY
ESTIMATION.
HE BECAME KNOWN IN THE 50s
WHEN HE
TOOK ON A CASE AND WON. HE
BECAME THE
FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN
SUPREME COURT
JUSTICE AND FREQUENT VISITOR
IN THEIR
HOME.
WE HAD A LOT OF VISITORS
IN OUR
LIFE AND WE DIDN'T REALIZE
THAT WE WERE
IN A TIME OF HISTORY.
IN A COURT CASE AGAINST
THE
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA.
THAT WAS WHEN HE MADE THE
FAMOUS
STAND IN THE SCHOOL AND
ASKED TO STEP
ASIDE. I THINK THAT WAS ONE
OF THE
HIGH POINTS OF HIS CAREER.
ALONG WITH THESE CASES
CAME THREATS
AGAINST HIM AND HIS FAMILY.
WE WOULD GET THE
THREATENING PHONE
CALLS. THREATENING LETTERS.
ONE THING
I RED -- REMEMBER MY FATHER
DOING, HE
WAS A SPIRITUAL MAN AND WE
WOULD
ALWAYS GO IN AND PRAY.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD GOT THE
NAME.
WE COULD ONLY LIVE ON THE
EAST SIDE
AND NOT THE WEST SIDE.
WHEN THE FAMILY MOVED INTO
A HOME
ON THE WHITE SIDE OF THE
STREET.
BEFORE WE MOVED INTO THE
HOUSE,
THE HOUSE WAS BOMBED AFTER
THEY WOULD
HAVE SPENT MONEY TO BUILD A
HOME THERE.
THAT HAPPENED TO 50 OR
MORE HOUSES
IN THIS AREA. IT GOT THE NAME
DYNAMITE
HILL BECAUSE THE HOUSES THAT
WERE
BOMBED WERE ALL IN AND AROUND
AND
STRAIGHT UP THIS HILL.
THE SHORES HOME WAS HIT
TWICE.
BARBARA WHO STILL LIVES IN
THEIR
CHILDHOOD HOME REMEMBERS
SEEING HER
HOUSE AFTER THE FIRST BOMBING.
ONCE WE GOT TO THE HOUSE,
I SAW ONE
END OF THE HOUSE BLOWN UP,
THE GARAGE
DOOR WAS BLOWN AND EVERYTHING
IN THE
HOUSE WAS BLOWN UP AND WHEN
WE CAME
IN, WE SAW MY FATHER WAS OKAY
AND WE
WENT TO THE BACKYARD AND
FOUND A
NEIGHBOR WHO WAS COVERED UP
SOMETHING
AND IT HAPPENED TO BE MY DOG.
SHE SAID, WE NEED TO PRAY.
WE NEED
TO ASK GOD FOR YOUR
FORGIVENESS. IF I
HELD ON TO THE HATE, IT WOULD
DESTROY
ME. I DIDN'T WANT THAT TO
HAPPEN. HE
SAID YOU HAVE TO LET IT GO
AND I DID.
A WEEK 1/2 LATER, THEIR
HOME WAS
BOMBED AGAIN.
WE WERE HERE, MY MOTHER
AND FATHER
AND MYSELF AND WHEN THE BOMB
WENT OFF,
WE WERE ALWAYS TAUGHT THAT IF
A BOMB
OR ANYBODY SHOOTS IN THE
HOUSE TO HIT
THE FLOOR. SO I WAS CRAWLING
FROM THE
KITCHEN TO THE LIVING ROOM
WHERE MY
FATHER WAS AND HE WAS OKAY
AND MY
MOTHER WAS LYING UNCONSCIOUS.
HER MOTHER WAS OKAY AFTER
A
HOSPITAL VISIT.
I COULD CLOSE MY EYES AND
SMELL THE
DYNAMITE.
SHE NOW SERVES AS A
CIRCUIT COURT
JUDGE IN THE 10TH DISTRICT OF
ALABAMA.
SHE SAYS HER FATHER SERVED AS
A ROLE
MODEL FOR HER AND MANY OTHER
YOUNG
AFRICAN AMERICANS.
I'M PROUD THAT HE HAD THE
COURAGE
AND FOR THE -- FORTITUDE TO
TAKE ON
THE CIVIL RIGHTS CASES LONG
BEFORE THE
60s EVEN IN THE MIDST OF
THREATS TO
HIS LIFE, EVEN IN THE MIDST
OF THREATS
TO HIS FAMILY, HE CONTINUED
TO TAKE ON
VOTING RIGHTS CASES. CASES
THAT WOULD
LEAD TO THE EQUALIZATION TO
SALARIES
AND SCHOOLS.
HIS FAITH WAS UNWAVERING. MY
FATHER
MARVELLED FOR US. EVERYTHING
THAT
HAPPENED, THE BOMBING, HE
NEVER LOST
HIS FAITH AND HIS BELIEF THAT
GOD
WOULD BRING HIM AND HIS
FAMILY THROUGH
ALL OF THIS.
A MAN WHO HELPED TO CHANGE
HISTORY.
IT MANU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW.
Pat: ISN'T IT AMAZING THAT
A MAN
LIKE THAT DIDN'T HAVE HATRED.
I READ MANDELA'S BOOK AND
WHAT THEY
DID TO HIM. HE WAS THE GREAT
LEADER OF
THE GREAT COUNTRY OF THE
RECONCILIATION. BUT THESE ARE
GIANTS
BECAUSE OF THE VERY FACT THAT
THEY ARE
HUMBLE MEN AND THEY ARE
WILLING TO
FORGIVE THOSE WHO DESPITE
FULLY USE
THEM AND PERSECUTE THEM.
TO PUT NOT JUST THEIR
LIVES BUT
THEIR FAMILY'S LIVES ON THE
LINE. IT'S
ONE THING TO DO SOMETHING TO
YOURSELF
BUT ANOTHER TO WATCH THOSE
WHO LOVE.
Pat: WE HAVE SOME
QUESTIONS.
Terry: IT'S TIME TO BRING
IT ON WITH
SOME OF THE E-MAIL QUESTIONS.
THE
FIRST IS FROM JOHN. WHO SAYS
I FOUND A
GAY MAGAZINE IN MY SON'S
ROOM. WHAT
SHALL I DO?
Pat: YOU NEED TO TALK TO
YOUR SON
ABOUT HIS SEXUALITY. SOMEBODY
MAY HAVE
GIVEN HIM THIS BOOK. SOME OF
THESE GAY
PEOPLE ARE ATTACKED OR
MOLESTED BY
SOME AUTHORITY FIGURE OR ELSE
A
MAGAZINE THAT SOMETHING HAS
CONFUSED
THEM. YOU NEED TO TALK TO HIM
ABOUT
WHAT THINGS ARE AND WHO HE IS
AND WHAT
HE IS AND LET HIM GROW UP AND
FIND
OUT, BUT DON'T LET HIM BE
EXPOSED TO A
BUNCH OF PORNOGRAPHIC
MAGAZINES. A GAY
MAGAZINE IS FILLED WITH NAKED
MEN
DOING SEX. YOU DON'T WANT
THEM TO SEE
THAT. WHETHER IT'S MEN WITH
MEN OR MEN
WITH WOMEN.
Terry: SOMEONE WHO SAYS I
KNOW IF WE
WANT TO GROW IN CHRIST WE
NEED TO READ
THE WORD. I HAVE THE BIBLE
ONLINE.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO READ THE
WORD AND
READING OUT LOUD. IT'S A GOOD
THING.
WHAT ELSE?
Terry: SHE SAYS MY HUSBAND
SAYS I DO
NOT NEED TO ACCEPT JESUS
EVERY TIME
THE PROGRAM OFFERS. HE SAYS I
HAVE NO
FAITH, AM I WRONG?
YOUR HUSBAND IS RIGHT. YOU
HAVE
BEEN ADOPTED WHEN YOU GIVE
YOURSELF TO
THE LORD. YOU DON'T HAVE TO
DO THAT
EVERYDAY. YOU NEED TO GROW
AND ACCEPT
WHAT'S HAPPENED TO YOU AND
MOVE ON.
DON'T PRAY EVERYDAY TO ACCEPT
JESUS.
HE UNDERSTAND YOU MADE THE
PRAYER, YOU
MADE A COMMITMENT. LIKE YOU
SAY YOUR
MARRIAGE VOWS EVERYDAY. GET
ON WITH
YOUR LIFE.
YEAH, AND GROW AS YOU
SAID.
THIS IS JOE WHO SAYS I HAVE
BEEN
READING SCRIPTURES IN THE
BIBLE ABOUT
MARRIAGE AND HE SAYS IT'S
GOOD FOR A
MAN NOT TO HAVE SEXUAL
RELATIONS WITH
A WOMAN BUT HE CAN GET
MARRIED BECAUSE
OF SEXUAL DO IMMORALITY.
WHERE WOULD
WE BE IN THE EARLY DAYS.
THERE WOULD
BE NO KIDS IN THE BIBLE.
WOULD THAT
HAVE BEEN WHAT GOD WANTED AND
WHY MUST
WE THRIVE TO PROCREATE TO
EVERYTHING
ON THE PLANET. IS IT FROM THE
DEVIL?
Pat: I THINK THERE IS TOO
MUCH
THOUGHT IN THIS. THE APOSTLE
PAUL WAS
CELIBATE. HE WAS CALLED
APOSTLE. HE
HAD BEEN SET APART AND HE DID
NOT FEEL
THAT MARRIAGE WAS FOR HIM. IT
WASN'T.
HE GAVE US ALL THIS WONDERFUL
STUFF.
AS FAR AS PROCREATION, OF
COURSE IT'S
GOD'S WILL. HE SAID AT THE
VERY
BEGINNING BE FRUITFUL AND
MULTIPLY AND
REPLENISH THE EARTH. THAT WAS
WHAT HE
SAID, BE FRUITFUL AND
MULTIPLY AND THE
SECONDS DRIVE IS WHO WE ARE.
HE SAID
SOME OF YOU ARE NOT MARRIED
YET AND
YOU WANT TO GO OUT
FORNICATE. THAT'S
NOT A GOOD THING. YOU HAVE
THIS DRIVE,
IT'S BETTER TO GET MARRIED
THAN TO
BURN WITH LUST. THAT'S WHAT
HE SAID.
DON'T MAKE A BIG DEAL OF
TRYING TO
TWIST IT AROUND. PAUL WAS
PAUL. HE WAS
APOSTLE AND SET OFF TO AND
THERE ARE
SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE BISHOPS
AND MONKS
AND CELIBATE PEOPLE. THAT'S
THEIR LIFE
CALLING, BUT THE AVERAGE
PERSON, IT'S
NOT.
Terry: THIS IS A VIEWER WHO
SAID I
WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE
DOCTRINE OF THE
"700 CLUB".
Pat: OKAY, HERE IT GOES, IN
TERMS OF
THE FELLOWSHIP OF ALL
BELIEVERS I'M A
CATHOLIC, IN TERMS OF THE
BELIEVERS
I'M A PAT -- BAPTIST AND
PENTECOSTAL
AND PRESBYTERIAN, AND IN
TERMS OF THE
HOLINESS AND SANCTIFICATION
I'M A
METHODIST. IS THERE ANYTHING
ELSE?
PRESBYTERIAN. AND IN TERMS OF
LOVING
EVERYBODY, WE DO THAT A LOT.
THAT'S
OUR DOCTRINE.
Terry: I LIKE THAT. IT
COVERS IT
ALL.
Pat: IT COVERS IT ALL.
WELL, WE
LEAVE YOU WITH TODAY'S POWER
MINUTE
FROM JEREMIAH 29. "FOR I KNOW
THE
THOUGHTS I THINK TOWARDS YOU,
SAYS THE
LORD. THOUGHTS OF PEACE AND
NOT OF
EVIL TO GIVE YOU A FUTURE AND
A HOPE"
WELL, TOMORROW WE ARE GOING
TO SIT
DOWN WITH L.A. LAW AND HE'S
DOING A
PRODUCTION AND FILM FOR THE
REGENT
UNIVERSITY FILM SCHOOL. WE'LL
TALK TO
HIM ON TUESDAY. SEE YOU THEN,
BYE, BYE.