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The 700 Club - February 9, 2015

Pete’s life was consumed by his addiction to crack until he witnessed an overdose. Plus, Sisters Barbara Shores and Helen Shores Lee remember growing up in Alabama during the turbulent Civil Rights era. Read Transcript


> 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.

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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.

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