Wendy: THIS WEEK ON

CHRISTIAN WORLD NEWS, U.S.

PRESIDENT OBAMA SEEKS TO

WIDEN THE WAR AGAINST THE

ISLAMIC ISIS ARMY.

IRAQI CHRISTIANS SAY IF ISIS

ISN'T DEFEATED, THEY'LL BE

DRIVEN FROM THE MIDDLE

EAST.

> PLUS...POURING FUEL ON

THE FIRE, THE PRESIDENT

COMPARES ISIS TO THE

CRUSADES.

SCHOLARS SAY THAT'S A HUGE

ERROR.

> AND BEHIND THE SCENES OF

A NEW MOVIE OPENING THIS

VALENTINE'S DAY WEEKEND.

STAY TUNED FOR A SNEAK PEEK

WITH THE WRITER AND STAR OF

THE FILM "OLD-FASHIONED."

Wendy: WIDENING THE WAR

ON ISIS.

WELCOME TO CHRISTIAN WORLD

NEWS, EVERYONE, I'M WENDY

GRIFFITH.

GEORGE THOMAS IS ON

ASSIGNMENT.

> PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS

ASKED CONGRESS FOR MILITARY

AUTHORIZATION IN THE FIGHT

AGAINST ISIS IN IRAQ AND

SYRIA.

President Obama: MAKE

NO MISTAKE, THIS IS A

DIFFICULT MISSION.

AND IT WILL REMAIN DIFFICULT

FOR SOME TIME.

BUT OUR COALITION IS ON THE

OFFENSIVE.

ISIL IS ON THE DEFENSIVE,

AND ISIL IS GOING TO LOSE.

Wendy: THE PRESIDENT

SAYS HE IS NOT CALLING FOR

THE DEPLOYMENT OF U.S.

GROUND COMBAT FORCES, AND

HIS PROPOSAL LIMITS THE USE

OF MILITARY FORCE TO THREE

YEARS.

> THE HEAD OF THE CATHOLIC

CALDEAN CHURCH IN KURDISTAN

SAYS IRAQI CHRISTIANS HAVE

LITTLE TIME LEFT.

ACCORDING TO THE B.B.C., THE

ARCHBISHOP SAYS MILITARY

GROUND ACTION IS NEEDED

BECAUSE THERE IS NO OTHER

WAY TO PROTECT THE

CHRISTIANS THERE FROM

EXTINCTION.

MEANWHILE A NEW RELIGIOUS

FREEDOM GROUP SAYS

CHRISTIANS AND OTHER

RELIGIOUS MINORITIES IN IRAQ

WILL FACE GENOCIDE IF THE

ISLAMIC STATE IS NOT

DEFEATED AND REMOVED.

IN A REPORT RELEASED THIS

WEEK, THE 21st CENTURY

WILBUR FORCE INITIATIVE SAYS

THE ANCIENT COMMUNITIES ARE

FACING GENOCIDAL ONSLAUGHT.

GARY LANE TALKED WITH THE

WILBUR FORCE INITIATIVE

PRESIDENTS.

Reporter: WENDEL IS

PRESIDENT OF THE 21st

CENTURY WILBUR FIRST

INITIATIVE.

I KNOW YOU'RE TEAM JUST GOT

BACK FROM IRAQ AND YOU

INTERVIEWED DISPLACED

CHRISTIANS AND YAZIDIS.

WHAT DID YOU HEAR FROM

THEM?

THERE IS GENOCIDE AGAINST

CHRISTIANS AND YAZIDIS.

THOMAS IS THE ONE WHO

BROUGHT THE GOSPEL TO THEM,

AND THE LIGHT OF

CHRISTIANITY HISTORY BEEN

THERE THROUGHOUT THE

CENTURIES.

UNLESS SOMETHING DRAMATIC

HAPPENS, THERE WILL BE NO

CHRISTIANS LEFT IN IRAQ IN

JUST A FEW YEARS.

THERE WERE A MILLION AND A

HALF THERE ABOUT A DECADE

AGO, AND NOW THERE ARE LESS

THAN 300,000, AND PROBABLY

AMONG THE 300,000, A

MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE IN

THESE DISPLACEMENT CENTERS.

Reporter: LET'S GET

INTO SOME OF THE

ATROCITIES.

THERE ARE REPORTS THAT THE

ISLAMIC STATE HAS BEHEADED

CHRISTIAN CHILDREN.

I HAVE NUMEROUS SOURCES IN

IRAQ WHO HAVE TOLD ME THEY

HAVE SEEN NO EVIDENCE OF

THAT.

WHAT DID YOU LEARN ABOUT

THAT?

WHAT'S THE TRUTH?

WE DIDN'T HEAR ANY

STORIES OF THAT.

WE TRIED TO DOCUMENT ALL OF

THE STORIES WE HAD HEARD.

THERE WERE TWO CHILDREN THAT

WERE KILLED BY A MORTER THAT

CAME FROM ISIS, WHEN IT CAME

INTO THEIR COMMUNITY, THEIR

VILLAGE, AND THERE HAVE BEEN

OTHERS WHO WERE KILLED.

AMONG THE YAZIDIS IN SINJAR,

THERE WERE MUCH MORE

HORRIBLE THINGS THAT

HAPPENED.

THE CHRISTIANS WERE GIVEN

TWO HOURS TO ABANDON THEIR

HOMES, THEIR JOBS, THE

PLACES WHERE THEY LIVED.

AND THEY HAVE SUFFERED

HORRIBLY.

BUT THE YAZIDIS, WE HEARD

MORE ABOUT MURDERS AND

SUICIDES AND KIDNAPPINGS --

THEY SEEM TO HAVE RECEIVED

THE BRUNT OF THEIR

VIOLENCE.

Reporter: AND YOUR TEAM

VISITED THE N.P.U., THE

NINEVEH PROTECTION UNIT.

WHAT IS THAT GROUP AND WHAT

IS ITS PURPOSE?

IT REMINDED ME OF THE

REVOLUTIONERY ARMY.

THEY ARE ALL DISPLACED

PEOPLE AS WELL.

THEY WERE DRIVEN FROM THEIR

HOMES.

IT IS AN ALL-VOLUNTEER

ARMY.

THEY'RE UNEMPLOYED, PEOPLE

WHO ARE LIVING IN EXILE

THEMSELVES.

SOME OF THEM WERE OLDER, AND

MANY OUT OF SHAPE, AND SOME

WERE YOUNGER AND FIT.

ALL KINDS OF VOCATIONAL

BACKGROUNDS.

PHYSICIANS OR TEACHERS OR

FARMERS, BUT THEY'VE COME

TOGETHER TO REALLY DEVELOP

WHAT MIGHT BE MORE LIKE A

NATIONAL GUARD.

THEY'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO

RETRIEVE THE LANDS FOR

THEMSELVES, BUT IF THE LANDS

ARE LIBERATED, THEN PERHAPS

THEY CAN GO BACK AND HELP TO

PROTECT THEIR OWN PEOPLE

WHEN THEY GET BACK.

Reporter: SO, FINALLY,

WHAT SHOULD BE DONE TO

PREVENT THIS EXTINCTION THAT

THEY FACE, THAT YOUR REPORT

SAYS THE RELIGIOUS

MINORITIES IN IRAQ FACE?

100% OF THEM SAID THEY

WANT TO GO HOME.

IF THERE WAS A WAY TO

PROVIDE A PROVIDENCE FOR

THEM IN NINEVEH, FOR THE

CHRISTIANS TO RETURN BACK

THERE AND LIVE IN A SAFE

ENVIRONMENT, THAT WOULD BE

THE MOST IDEAL THING.

FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, THEY

WOULD NEED INTERNATIONAL

MILITARY SUPPORT TO BE ABLE

TO GO BACK AND LIBERATE AND

PROTECT AN AREA LIKE THAT.

SUPPORTING LIKE THE NINEVEH

PLAINS UNIT, LIKE WE

MENTIONED.

THAT WOULD HELP THEM AS

WELL.

IF THEY AREN'T ABLE TO GO

BACK, THEY SAID THEY'LL

LEAVE IRAQ BECAUSE THEY

CAN'T CONTINUE TO LIVE IN

THE DEPLORABLE SITUATION

THEY'RE IN NOW, MANY LIVING

IN JUST LITTLE SHACKS OR

CONTAINERS WITH NO DRINKABLE

WATER, NO ELECTRICITY.

IT'S HORRIBLE SITUATIONS

NOW.

SO IF THEY DON'T GET SOME

HELP, THEY'LL END UP

LEAVING.

SO WE WANT TO ALSO OFFER

HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO

THEM AT THIS TIME IN THEIR

LIVES.

Reporter: OKAY, PASTOR

RANDALL EVER RI EVERETT,

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, GARY.

IT'S AN HONOR TO BE WITH

YOU.

Wendy: YOU CAN READ THE

FULL REPORT AND LEARN MORE

ABOUT THE 21st CENTURY

WILBUR FORCE INITIATIVE AT

OUR WEB PAGE AT

CBNNEWS.COM.

> PRESIDENT OBAMA'S RECENT

REMARKS COMPARING THE

CHRISTIAN CRUSADES TO THE

ATROCITIES OF ISIS HAVE

CREATED QUITE AN UP ROAR.

HERE IS WHAT HE SAID AT THE

NATIONAL PRAYER BREAKFAST.

President Obama: AND

LEST WITH GET ON OUR HIGH

HORSE AND THINK THIS IS

UNIQUE TO SOME OTHER PLACE,

REMEMBER THAT DURING THE

CRUSADES AND THE

INQUISITION, PEOPLE

COMMITTED TERRIBLE DEEDS IN

THE NAME OF CHRIST.

IN OUR HOME COUNTRY, SLAVERY

AND JIM CROWE, ALL TOO OFTEN

WAS JUSTIFIED IN THE NAME OF

CHRIST.

Wendy: SCHOLARS SAY

THAT REMARK IS NOT ONLY

INFLAMMATORY, IT IS

HISTORICALLY INACCURATE.

RECENTLY I SPOKE WITH CORNE

BECKER, DEAN OF THE

DEPARTMENT OF RELIGIOUS

STUDIES.

HE SAID THOSE REMARKS ARE

REVEALING ABOUT THE

PRESIDENT'S UNDERSTANDING OF

ISLAM AND ITS GOALS.

WE JUST HEARD PRESIDENT

OBAMA SAY THAT CHRISTIANS

SHOULD NOT GET ON THEIR HIGH

HORSE AND JUDGE ISLAM BY

ISIS ACTIVITIES.

AND HE USED THE CRUSADES AS

AN EXAMPLE.

WAS THIS AN APPROPRIATE

EXAMPLE?

WHAT IS INTERESTING TO

ME, I THINK THE CRUSADES

MIGHT BE THE BEST KNOWN

PORTION OF CHRISTIAN

HISTORY, AND YET MAYBE THE

MOST MISUNDERSTOOD.

IT WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY

READING OF THE CRUSADES.

WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THE

CRUSADES WERE, FOR THE MOST

PART, DEFENSIVE WARS FROM

CHRISTIANITY, TO STEM THE

TIDE OF ISLAMIC INVASION.

WHERE ISIS, ON THE OTHER

HAND, IS AN AGGRESSIVE WAR

TO TAKE OVER THE REST OF THE

WORLD.

Wendy: IT SEEMS LIKE

THE PRESIDENT SEEMS SO

DISCONNECTED FROM THE TERROR

THAT ISIS IS DOING.

IS HE JUST NOT GETTING IT?

WHERE IS THE DISCONNECT?

IT IS INTERESTING, THE

WORD "CRUSADE" IS NOT A WORD

USED DURING THE CRUSADES.

IT WAS INVENTED DURING THE

BEGINNING OF THE 20th

CENTURY WITH THE RIGHT OF

LIBERAL POLITICS.

IT IS VERY CLEAR TO ME THAT

THE PRESIDENT'S

UNDERSTANDING OF ISLAM AND

THE CRUSADES TEND TO BE

FLAWED.

HE SEES IT AS PART OF A

CRITIQUE ON WESTERN

COLONIALISM.

OF COURSE, THAT'S NOT WHAT

IT WAS.

IT WAS A DEFENSE OF

CHRISTIANITY TO THE

INVASIONS OF ISLAM.

Wendy: WELL, BOTH ISLAM

AND CHRISTIANITY HAVE, OF

COURSE, SPREAD THROUGHOUT

THE WORLD.

COMPARE THE WAY ISLAM IS

SPREAD WITH HOW CHRISTIANITY

HAS SPREAD.

RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF

THE START OF MUHAMMAD AND

ISLAM, ISLAM ALWAYS PREYED

WITH WAR AND VIOLENCE.

EVEN IF YOU WERE TO LOOK

INTO THE LIFE OF MUHAMMAD --

AND THIS IS SOMETHING NOBODY

WANTS TO TALK ABOUT -- BUT

IT GOES BACK TO HIS

BIRTHPLACE AND CONQUERS THIS

THROUGH VIOLENCE.

YET WE FIND THE OPPOSITE IN

JESUS CHRIST.

THERE IS NOT A SINGLE

ACCOUNT WHERE HE CALLS FOR

VIOLENCE.

QUITE THE OPPOSITE.

HE SAYS, LOVE YOUR ENEMIES,

AND BLESS THOSE WHO CURSE

YOU.

Wendy: AND THE QURAN

HAS MANY VERSES THAT SAY IT

IS OKAY TO HARM AND KILL THE

UNBELIEVERS, THE INFIDELS.

IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE

CHRISTIAN BIBLE, IN THE NEW

TESTAMENT, THAT SAYS WE CAN

DO THE SAME TO UNBELIEVERS

OF CHRISTIANITY?

WENDY, QUITE THE

OPPOSITE.

AND THIS IS WHAT JESUS SAID,

YOU HAVE HEARD AN EYE FOR AN

EYE AND A TOOTH FOR A

TOOTH.

AND YOU CAN ALWAYS STOP AND

THINK ABOUT IT, IN A WORLD

THAT, NOBODY IS LEFT WITH

ANY EYES OR ANY TEETH.

JESUS SAYS, I TELL YOU, IF

SOMEBODY STRIKES YOU ON THE

ONE CHEEK, TURN THE OTHER

CHEEK.

AND JESUS LOVES US.

HE DIED, ULTIMATELY.

Wendy: THAT'S AMAZING.

WHAT IS THE CHURCH'S ROLE IN

THE GREAT BATTLE OF THESE

TWO CIVILIZATIONS.

WHAT AN EXTRAORDINARY

OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE AS THE

CHURCH, WENDY.

CHRISTIANITY HAS THE MESSAGE

OF REDEMPTION.

IN MY MIND, IN ISLAM THERE

IS NO POSSIBILITY FOR

REDEMPTION.

HERE WE HAVE THE

OPPORTUNITY, AS A CHURCH,

NOT ONLY TO PROCLAIM CLEARLY

WHAT CHRIST OFFERS, BUT TO

SHOW THE WAY TO SALVATION

AND ULTIMATELY PEACE.

Wendy: WHAT DO YOU

THINK ABOUT WHAT KING

ABDULLAH IN JORDAN IS DOING

RIGHT NOW?

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING A

HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING WHY

MUSLIMS ARE NOW KILLING

MUSLIMS, BUT YOU SAY THIS IS

NOT NEW.

THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN

TRUE.

THIS WAR OF MUSLIMS AGAINST

MUSLIMS IS SOMETHING THAT

WAS THERE RIGHT FROM THE

BEGINNING.

WHAT AN EXTRAORDINARY TIME

WE LIVE IN.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'M

HOPING THAT IS HAPPENING IN

THE HORROR OF WHAT ISIS IS

THAT THE EYES OF THE MUSLIM

WORLD, THE ARAB WORLD,

INDEED WOULD BE OPEN SO THEY

WOULD SEE WHAT IS REALLY

GOING ON.

Wendy: AMEN.

DR. BECKER, THANKS FOR BEING

WITH US.

ALWAYS A JOY, WENDY.

Wendy: FOR MONTHS, THEY

HAVE DEMANDED A NIGERIAN

GROUP, BRING BACK OUR

GIRLS.

AND NOW SOME HAVE ESCAPED.

HERE THEIR STORIES OF

SURVIVING CAPTIVITY UNDER

BOKO HARAM.

Wendy: NIGERIA IS

POSTPONING ITS PRESIDENTIAL

ELECTION, AND THE MOVE COMES

AS MILITANT GROUPS LIKE BOKO

HARAM CONTINUE TO SWEEP THE

NATION.

THE ELECTION WAS SET TO

HAPPEN FEBRUARY 14th, BUT

NIGERIA'S ELECTORAL

COMMISSION SAYS THEY WILL BE

PUSHED BACK NOW TO MARCH

28th BECAUSE VOTER SAFETY

CANNOT BE GUARANTEED.

IN THE PAST 10 DAYS, AN

OFFENSIVE FROM CHAD AND

NIGERIA HAS FORCED BOKO

HARAM FROM A DOZEN TOWNS AND

VILLAGES.

MORE MILITARY STRIKES ARE

PLANNED.

> THIS WEEK MARKS 300 DAYS

SINCE THE ISLAMIC TERROR

GROUP SNATCHED MORE THAN 270

GIRLS FROM A BOARDING SCHOOL

IN NIGERIA.

DESPITE A WORLDWIDE OUTCRY

AND MILITARY ACTION, MOST OF

THE GIRLS ARE STILL

MISSING.

BUT A FEW MANAGED TO

ESCAPE.

DALE HURD HAS THE INCREDIBLE

STORY.

Reporter: 15-YEAR-OLD

ABIGAIL JOHN WAS HELD BY

BOKO HARAM FOR MORE THAN

THREE WEEKS.

HER FACE IS HIDDEN FOR HER

PROTECTION.

THEY TOLD US IF WE DO NOT

CONVERT TO ISLAM, THEY WILL

SLIT OUR THROATS.

THEY ASKED THE HEALTHY ONES

TO PERFORM THE ISLAMIC

RIGHTS, WHILE WE, THE SICK

ONES, DID NOT PERFORM THE

RIGHTS.

Reporter: JOHN WAS

AMONG THREE GIRLS WHO

RECENTLY ESCAPED FROM BOKO

HARAM.

THE WAY THEY SPOKE TO US,

THEY HAD NO INTENTION OF

RELEASING US.

THEY SAID WE WOULD BE

MARRIED OFF AS SOON AS WE

GOT WELL, AND THEY WOULD

MARRY US TO THEIR MEMBERS

WHO WERE SINGLE.

WE NEVER THOUGHT WE WOULD

REGAIN OUR 23R50E78D.

FREEDOM.

Reporter: THIS

20-YEAR-OLD WAS HELD FOR

THREE WEEKS, AND SHE

ADMITTED SHE DENIED HER

CHRISTIAN FAITH AND

PRETENDED TO BECOME A MUSLIM

TO STAY ALIVE.

[SPEAKING A

FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

THEY ARE KILLING PEOPLE

PEOPLE.

Reporter: THE LOCAL

PRIEST IS FATHER MAURICE

QURONGA.

SOME OF THEM, IT IS VERY

PAINFUL FOR THEM TO GO

THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF EVEN

TELLING WHAT HAPPENED TO

THEM.

BUT GRADUALLY THEY ARE ABLE

TO OPEN UP AND TO TALK

FREELY, TO FEEL ACCEPTED,

AND TO FEEL THAT THE WORLD

HAS NOT TURNED ITS BACK ON

THEM.

Reporter: 219 GIRLS ARE

STILL MISSING.

EXPERTS SAY THE FIGHT WITH

BOKO HARAM HAS KILLED MORE

THAN 6,000 CIVILIANS LAST

YEAR.

DALE HURD, CBN NEWS.

Wendy: UP NEXT, A MOVIE

ABOUT TRUE LOVE AND ROMANCE

HITS THE BOX OFFICE.

WE GO BEHIND THE SCENES TO

TALK WITH THE STAR OF

"OLD-FASHIONED."

Wendy: WELL, HERE IN

AMERICA, IT IS VALENTINE'S

DAY WEEKEND, AND IT IS A

TIME TO CELEBRATE LOVE AND

RELATIONSHIPS.

IF A MOVIE DATE IS IN THE

WORKS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO

SETTLE FOR THE MUCH-HYPED

"FIFTY SHADES OF GREY."

THERE IS ANOTHER MOVIE OUT

ABOUT LOVE AND ROMANCE THAT

CRITICS SAY WILL INSPIRE YOU

TO BELIEVE IN TRUE LOVE

AGAINMENT.

> AGAIN.

SO YOU WON'T BE ALONE

WITH A WOMAN?

WITHIN REASON.

I DON'T BELIEVE DATING

TRAINS US TO BE GOOD

HUSBANDS AND WIVES.

IT TRAINS US TO BE

SUPERFICIAL.

Wendy: RICK IS A FORMER

FRAT BOY WHO COMES TO JESUS

AND FEELS SO GUILTY FOR HIS

PAST BEHAVIOR WITH WOMEN

THAT HE MAKES A VOW TO KEEP

HIS DISTANCE FROM THE

OPPOSITE SEX UNTIL THE RIGHT

ONE COMES ALONG.

THE ONLY PROBLEM IS HIS OWN

RIGHTEOUSNESS BECOMES A BIT

OF A BRICK WALL TO THOSE

AROUND HIM.

HE HAS ISLOLATED HIMSELF

FROM OTHER PEOPLE, AND

ULTIMATELY FROM GOD, EVEN.

IT IS STARTING TO CHANGE HIM

IN A NOT GOOD WAY.

AND THEN AMBER COMES IN.

HE RUNS AN ANTIQUE SHOP AND

SHE RUNS AN APARTMENT ABOVE

THE ANTIQUE SHOP.

SO THEY HAVE TO MEET.

AND SHE STARTS TO PRESS IN

ON HIM.

HOW COME YOU HAVEN'T

ASKED ME OUT YET?

IF I DO, WILL YOU START

BREAKING THINGS?

Wendy: WHAT INSPIRED

YOU TO WRITE THIS

OLD-FASHIONED ROMANCE?

I WAS HANGING AROUND WITH

A BUNCH OF SINGLES, AND WE

ALL LOVED FILM.

AND WE WERE DATING AND

TRYING TO FALL IN LOVE, AND

SEEING IF WE COULD FIND THE

RIGHT PARTNER, AND WE WERE

TALKING ABOUT NONE OF US, TO

A PERSON, HAD EVER SEEN A

FILM THAT REALLY TOLD OUR

STORY ON SCREEN.

SO THE VERY BEGINNING, THE

GENESIS OF "OLD-FASHIONED,"

FOR ME, WAS SIMPLY TRYING TO

TELL THE LOVE STORY OTHER

PEOPLE WERE EXPERIENCING.

THE WORLD WANTS TO KNOW,

WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO KISS

HER?

Wendy: CLAY SAYS HE

WILL NOT KISS HIS WIFE UNTIL

THEIR WEDDING DAY.

RIGHT THERE, UNTIL THE

WEDDING BELLS.

FOR CLAY, IT IS SPECIFICALLY

IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT IS HIS

WAY OF STAYING ON THE

STRAIGHT AND NARROW OF

TRYING TO MAKE AMENDS -- NOT

TRYING TO EARN SALVATION,

BUT TO MAKE AMENDS FOR HOW

HE HAS LIVED IN THE PAST.

WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM CLAY

AND HIS APPROACH TO THIS IS

HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DRAW

THOSE LINES, THERE IS WISDOM

IN SAYING, WHAT WE DO

PHYSICALLY MATTERS.

Wendy: ARE YOU CLAY?

WELL, ANY WRITER, YOU

WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW.

THERE ARE CERTAINLY ELEMENTS

OF THE FILM THAT ARE

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL.

IT IS NOT MY LIFE STORY, BUT

I'M BORROWING HEAVY FORMAL

MHEAVILY FROM MY OWN

EXPERIENCES.

MY MORAL CAMPUS WAS DICTATED

BY MTV AND POP CULTURE, AND

I READ INTO IT.

BUT WHEN I READ THE BIBLE,

AND JESUS SAYS, FATHER,

FORGIVE THEM FOR THEY KNOW

NOT WHAT THEY DO, MY LIFE

SHIFTED, AND IT HAS NEVER

BEEN THE SAME.

Wendy: YOUR MOVIE COMES

OUT AT THE SAME TIME AS

"FIFTY SHADES OF GREY."

HOW DO YOU GO UP AGAINST A

MOVIE THAT IS GETTING SUCH

BUZZ.

I WASN'T TRYING TO TELL

THE STORY TO COUNTER ANY

BOOK OR STORY.

I WANTED TO TELL A MORE

BEAUTIFUL IDEA OF LOVE THAT

IS HONORING GOD.

WHEN WE REALIZED THE

MARKETING OPPORTUNITY THAT

WAS THERE ONCE THE MOVIE WAS

DONE, THAT CLEARLY WAS

DELIBERATE BECAUSE I THINK

IT IS A UNIQUE TO ENGAGE IN

A CULTURE AND DISCUSS WHAT

ROMANCE AND LOVE IS.

Wendy: THIS AUTHOR OF

"PULLING BACK THE SHADES,"

SAYS ALTHOUGH A CULTURAL

PHENOMENON, "FIFTY SHADES OF

GREY" IS A DANGEROUS BOOK

AND MOVIE.

WHY SHOULD CHRISTIAN WOMEN

NOT READ THE SERIES AND NOT

SEE THE MOVIE?

IN 1 THESSALONIANS SAYS,

"THIS IS GOD'S WILL THAT YOU

AVOID SEXUAL IMMORTALITY."

AS CHRISTIAN WOMEN, WE'RE

CONSTANTLY ASKING, GOD,

WOULD YOU GUIDE ME, WOULD

YOU BLESS MY FAMILY, WOULD

YOU BRING ME A LOVING

HUSBAND.

BY READING "FIFTY SHADES OF

GREY," OR GOING TO THE

MOVIE, YOU ARE CHOOSING TO

TAKE YOURSELF OUT OF GOD'S

WILL.

Wendy: YOU TALK ABOUT

"FIFTY SHADES OF GREY" BEING

A SPIRITUAL BOOK.

WE START WITH THE GARDEN

OF EDEN.

AND EVE SAYS, GOD DOESN'T

HAVE YOUR BEST INTERESTS IN

MIND.

THERE IS ANOTHER WAY TO

ACHIEVE WHAT YOU WANT.

HOW IS "FIFTY SHADES OF

GREY" NOT DOING THAT?

IT'S SAYING WHAT GOD HAS FOR

YOU IS SECOND RATE.

WHAT THE WORLD OFFERS IS

MUCH MORE FULFILLING.

THAT'S SATANIC.

Wendy: WHY WOULD YOU

RECOMMEND PEOPLE SAY

"OLD-FASHIONED," RATHER THAN

"FIFTY SHADES OF GREY."

IT IS NOT FAIRYTALE-ISH.

THE MAIN CHARACTER, CLAY,

COMES FROM A LOT OF POOR

CHOICES, AND THE WOMAN DOES,

TOO.

AND MANY OF YOU WHO ARE

WATCHING THIS RIGHT NOW, YOU

HAVE WALKED THROUGH SOME

DIFFICULT THINGS.

YOU MIGHT FEEL A TREMENDOUS

AMOUNT OF SEXUAL SHAME,

LIKE, I CAN NEVER HAVE A

PURE RELATIONSHIP.

AND THE MOVIE

"OLD-FASHIONED" SHOW YOU NOT

ONLY IS GOD'S WAY THE BEST

WAY, BUT THAT GOD REDEEMS

US.

Wendy: IN AN AGE WHERE

HOOKING UP IS PRACTICALLY A

NATIONAL PASTTIME, IN

REALITY, REALITY SHOWS

ENCOURAGE KISSING AS MANY

PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, THE

THEMES IN "OLD-FASHIONED,"

ARE COMPLETELY

COUNTER-CULTURAL, BUT RICK

HOPES IT WILL AT LEAST GET

THE CONVERSATION STARTED.

DOES VIRTUAL MATTER?

DOES HONOR MATTER?

DOES INTEGRITY MATTER?

WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR

YOU?

Wendy: IS OLD-FASHIONED

COURTSHIP POSSIBLE TODAY?

IF PEOPLE WANT TO MAKE A

COMEBACK, IF WE GET TIRED OF

GETTING BEATEN UP BY A

CULTURE THAT WANTS TO REDUCE

US TO PHYSICAL RECEPTACLES,

THEN, YES, IT IS POSSIBLE.

BUT IT HAS TO HAPPEN IN OUR

OWN HEARTS.

Wendy: CHIVALRY CAN

MAKE A COMEBACK, THERE IS

HOPE FOR US, LADIES.

I'VE SEEN THE MOVIE TWICE,

AND I LOVED IT.

YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE,

INCLUDING WHERE THE MOVIE IS

PLAYING, PLUS WE HAVE A

SPECIAL WEBCAST ABOUT THE

DEBATE ABOUT MOVIES LIKE

"OLD-FASHIONED," AND "FIFTY

SHADES OF GREY."

YOU CAN CHECK THAT AND JOIN

THE CONVERSATION.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

Wendy: WASHINGTON, D.C.

IS FAMOUS FOR ITS MUSEUMS.

SOME ARE DEDICATED TO ART,

SOME TO HISTORY.

A COUPLE TO AIR AND

SPACECRAFT.

BUT SOON, AS CBN'S PAUL

STRAND TELLS US, THE BIBLE

WILL HAVE IT'S VERY OWN

MUSEUM RIGHT IN THE HEART OF

THE NATION'S CAPITAL.

Reporter:

Reporter: IT WON'T BE

READY FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS,

BUT CONSTRUCTION OF THE

WORLD'S LARGEST BIBLE MUSEUM

STARTED THIS YEAR, RIPPING

AWAY AT A BUILDING IN THE

WAY.

FOR THE FIRST TIME, ITS

DESIGNERS PUT ON DISPLAY THE

FINALIZED ARTWORK OF WHAT

THE $400 MILLION MUSEUM OF

THE BIBLE WILL ACTUALLY LOOK

LIKE.

OUR IDEA AND DESIRE IS TO

TELL THE BIBLE STORY IN SUCH

AN ENGAGING WAY THAT PEOPLE

WILL WANT TO SPEND HOURS IN

THE MUSEUM.

Reporter: STEVE GREEN'S

FAMILY NOT ONLY RUNS HOBBY

LOBBY, BUT OWNS ONE OF THE

LARGEST COLLECTIONS OF BIBLE

ARTIFACTS IN THE WORLD.

MOST WILL FIND A HOME IN THE

NEW MUSEUM, ALONG WITH

HIGH-TECH, INNOVATIVE

DISPLAYS TO BRING GOD'S WORD

TO LIFE.

WHEN YOU THINK OF THE

WORD "MUSEUM," TIMES YOU

THINK OF OLD AND DUSTY.

BUT WE'LL BE MAKING THIS

TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED,

WHERE SOMEBODY COULD HAVE A

CUSTOMIZED TOUR IF THEY

WANTED TO.

Reporter: THE MUSEUM IS

SET TO OPEN IN 2017, JUST A

FEW HUNDRED YARDS FROM

NATIONAL MALL AND THE MOST

FAMOUS SMITHSONIAN.

PAUL STRAND, CBN NEWS,

REPORTING FROM THE FUTURE

SITE OF THE MUSEUM OF THE

BIBLE.

Wendy: THANKS, PAUL,

AND NICE HAT.

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