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ARE YOU WASTING YOUR
MONEY ON SUPPLEMENTS?
WE'LL TELL YOU WHICH ONES
WORK AND WHICH ARE
WORTHLESS.
PLUS, THE BEST-SELLING
AUTHOR OF "A CASE FOR
CHRIST."
LEE'S STRUGGLE.
I STARTED TO DESCEND INTO
HELL IN MY MIND.
ON TODAY'S "700 CLUB."
*
Pat: WELL, IF HE RAN IN
THE UNITED STATES, HE WOULD
PROBABLY BE ELECTED
PRESIDENT.
IN ISRAEL, IT IS A DIFFERENT
STORY.
WITH LESS THAN A WEEK TO GO,
THE VOTERS IN ISRAEL WILL
DECIDE WHO WILL BE THEIR
NEXT PRIME MINISTER, AND IT
IS RATHER COMPLICATED
BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO GET A
COALITION OF VARIOUS PARTIES
TOGETHER IN ORDER TO WIN IN
THE LIKUD.
AND IT IS QUESTIONABLE RIGHT
NOW WHETHER THE PRIME
MINISTER, BENJAMIN
NETANYAHU, WILL HAVE ENOUGH
VOTES TO FORM A GOVERNMENT.
BUT THE ANSWER OF WHAT
HAPPENS THERE WILL HAVE
PROFOUND IMPLICATIONS FOR
ISRAEL AND AMERICA.
Wendy: THE POLLS SHOW A
VERY TIGHT RACE, WITH NEARLY
ONE IN FIVE VOTERS STILL
UNDECIDED.
JOHN WAGGI BRING US THE
STORY FROM JERUSALEM.
John: IN AN ELECTION
THAT FEATURES 26 PARTIES,
EVEN THE POLLSTERS ARE
CONFUSED.
IF YOU ASK ME WHO WILL BE
THE NEXT PRIME MINISTER, I
DON'T KNOW.
John: THE NEXT PRIME
MINISTER IS LIKELY TO BE
BENNETTNIT BENJAMIN
NETANYAHU NET OR ISAAC
HERTZOG.
IN RECENT ELECTIONS, A
WHOPPING ONE-THIRD OF VOTERS
DECIDED IN THE LAST 48
HOURS.
18% SAY THEY'RE UNDECIDED
THIS YEAR.
NETANYAHU IS NOW ISRAEL'S
SECOND LONGEST SERVING PRIME
MINISTER.
IF HE WINS ANOTHER TERM, HE
WOULD ALMOST PASS ISRAEL'S
FOUNDER DAVID BENGORION.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE
REASONS HIS POLITICAL
ENEMIES, BOTH HERE AND
AROUND THE WORLD, ARE
DESPERATE TO STOP HIM.
LAST WEEK IN TEL AVIV, TENS
OF THOUSANDS GATHERED FOR AN
"ANYONE BUT BIBI RALLY."
WITH THE BLESSING OF ISRAELI
AND FOREIGN MEDIA, SOME OF
NETANYAHU'S OPPONENTS CALL
HIM A BIGGER DANGER TO THE
WORLD THAN IRAN.
THEY ACCUSE HIM OF POISONING
A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
UNITED STATES AND HURTING
ISRAEL'S ECONOMY.
DAVID PARSENS OF THE
INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN
EMBASSY IN JERUSALEM HAS
CLOSELY FOLLOWED THE LAST
EIGHT NATIONAL ELECTIONS.
THERE HAS BEEN THIS
ATTEMPT TO CREATE -- THINGS
ARE COLLAPSING WITH BIBI IN
OFFICE, THE IMPRESSION THAT
TIS COUNTRTHIS COUNTRY IS
FALLING APART AND WE HAVE TO
GET RID OF HIM.
Reporter: STILL, NEARLY
EVERY POLL SHOWS VOTERS
PREFER HIM TO THE OTHER, WHO
HAS A COALITION OF THE
LEFT.
BECAUSE ISRAELIS DON'T HAVE
HOPE FOR AN ARAB PEACE
PARTNER, THEY'VE TURNED
INWARD TO LOOK AT ISSUES
LIKE THE HIGH COST OF FOOD
AND HOUSING.
THERE IS TOTAL UNREST
HERE WITH THE ARABS.
THE ARAB FACTOR -- EVERYBODY
SEES EVERYBODY AROUND US
THAT DOESN'T LIKE US, AND WE
HAVE NO ONE TO TALK TO.
SO WE ACTUALLY -- LET'S GO
INSIDE TO
MORE INTERNAL
PROBLEMS.
John: IN THE CLOSING
DAYS, THOUGH, VOTERS MAY
RUSSIAN TO SECURITY
CONCERNS.
EVEN MOST OF NETANYAHU'S
OPPONENTS DON'T REFUTE THE
THREAT TO ISRAEL'S
EXISTENCE, POSED BY IRAN AND
RADICAL JIHADISTS.
IT IS A CRITICAL TIME FOR
CHRISTIANS EVERY TO PRAY FOR
ISRAEL.
WE CAN PRAY, LORD, LET
YOUR MAN RISE TO POWER IN
HERE, THE ONE THAT YOU WANT
TO LEAD ISRAEL OVER COMING
YEARS BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY
MOMENTOUS TIME, ESPECIALLY
WITH THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR
THREAT LOOMING.
WE NEED CHRISTIANS ALL OVER
THE WORLD PRAYING FOR THIS
COUNTRY.
John: JOHN WAGGI, CBN
NEWS, JERUSALEM.
Pat: THANKS, JOHN.
I WANT TO POINT OUT ISRAEL
IS SURROUNDED BY ENEMIES
RIGHT NOW.
THERE IS A SEA OF ARAB
FANATICISM AIMED AT
DESTROYING HER.
HEZBOLLAH, HAMAS, SYRIA, THE
OTHER, IRAN PARTICULARLY
WITH A NUCLEAR WEAPON
LOOMING IN THE FUTURE.
THEY NEED STRONG
LEADERSHIP.
BUT I'M NOT A VOTER IN
ISRAEL.
SO ALL WE CAN DO IS HOPE AND
PRAY.
> WELL, HERE AT HOME,
HILLARY CLINTON HAS TRIED TO
CALM THE STORM OVER HER
SO-CALLED E-MAIL CONTROVERSY
AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT.
BUT CRITICS SAY SHE RAISED
MORE QUESTIONS THAN SHE
ANSWERED.
HERE IS EFREM GRAHAM ABOUT
THAT STORY.
Efrem:
PAT, CLINTON'S
E-MAIL CONTROVERSY ISN'T
GOING AWAY, DESPITE HER
ATTEMPTS TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
AT A
NEWS CONFERENCE ON
TUESDAY.
ESPECIALLY AFTER SHE SAID
ABOUT 30,000 MESSAGES HAVE
BEEN DELETED FROM THE
PRIVATE E-MAIL
SERVER SHE
USED INSTEAD OF A GOVERNMENT
ACCOUNT.
CAITLIN BURKE HAS THAT
STORY.
Reporter: HILLARY
CLINTON REMAINS ON THE
DEFENSIVE TODAY OVER HER USE
OF A PERSONAL E-MAIL ACCOUNT
FOR GOVERNMENT BUSINESS.
ACKNOWLEDGING ONLY THAT IN
HINDSIGHT, IT WOULD HAVE
BEEN BETTER FOR HER TO USE
TWO SEPARATE ACCOUNTS, BUT
INSISTING SHE NEVER DID
ANYTHING WRONG.
I FULLY COMPLIED WITH
EVERY RULE I WAS GOVERNED
BY.
Reporter: THE PRESS
CONFERENCE WAS SUPPOSED TO
BRING AN END TO THE WEEK
LONG E-MAIL CONTROVERSY.
BUT IT COULD BE AN ISSUE
THAT FOLLOWS HER INTO AN
EXPECTED RUN FOR PRESIDENT.
REPUBLICANS POKING HOLES
INTO HER EXPLANATION, SAYING
SHE USED ONE E-MAIL ACCOUNT
INSTEAD OF TWO BECAUSE SHE
DIDN'T WANT TO CARRY TWO
PHONES.
IF SHE WANTS SOMEONE TO
SHOW HER HOW TO PUT TWO
E-MAIL ACCOUNTS ON ONE
PHONE, I WILL BE HAPPY TO DO
THAT.
Reporter: THE FORMER
SECRETARY OF STATE TURNED
OVER 55,000 PAGES OF E-MAILS
TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT IN
RESPONSE TO THE CONTROVERSY,
ONLY WITHHOLDING OR DELETING
THOSE THAT WERE PURELY
PERSONAL.
NO ONE WANTS THEIR
PERSONAL E-MAILS MADE
PUBLIC.
AND I THINK MOST PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND THAT AND REPECT
THAT PRIVACY.
Reporter: CRITICS
AREN'T SATISFIED, ACCUSING
CLINTON OF A LACK OF
TRANSPARENCY.
AND THEY SAY SHE REFUSES TO
ALLOW AN OUTSIDE EXPERT.
ONE HEADLINE READING
"CLINTON FAILS TO CALM
E-MAIL STORM."
ANOTHER, "CLINTON'S
CONTROVERSY, THE CIRCUS IS
BACK IN
TOWN."
CAITLIN BURKE, CBN NEWS.
Efrem: PAT, IT DOESN'T
LOOK LIKE THE NEWS
CONFERENCE DID ANY GOOD.
Pat: I DOUBT IF IT
DID.
I THINK SHE IS HISTORY, BUT
THE DEMOCRATS DON'T HAVE
ANYBODY ELSE RIGHT NOW.
AND SHE, IN THE POLLS
BELIEVERS IS WAY AHEAD OF
EVERYBODY ELSE.
BUT IF SOMEBODY EMERGES --
THEY REALLY LIKE THAT
O'MALLEY, THE FORMER
GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND, SO
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
JUST THINK OF GOING THROUGH,
AGAIN, WHITEWATER, THE BEEF
SCANDAL, VINCE FOSTER'S
POTENTIAL MURDER OR SUICIDE,
THE ROSE LAW FIRM -- CAN YOU
IMAGINE GOING THROUGH ALL OF
THAT AGAIN.
AND THEN MONICA LEWINSKY AND
THE
STRING OF JENNIFER
FLOWERS AND ON AND ON AND
ON.
AND BIMBO ERUPTIONS -- WHO
NEEDS THAT ANYMORE?
WE'VE GOT ENOUGH PROBLEMS IN
AMERICA AS IT IS WITHOUT
OPENING THAT CAN OF WORMS.
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS
GOING TO BE OPENED.
AND ONCE YOU START THAT ROAD
DOWN -- WELL, I USED THAT
ACCOUNT TO E-MAIL MY
HUSBAND.
ISN'T THAT SWEET?
AND LATER ON, THE GUY SAYS
IN HIS WHOLE CAREER HE ONLY
E-MAILED TWO E-MAILS.
HE'S NOT E-MAILING HILLARY,
BUT I'M USING IT FOR MY
PERSONAL FILES FOR MY
HUSBAND.
THE
CIRCUS BEGINS.
Efrem:
AMERICAN PASTOR
SAEED
ABEDINI WAS VISABLY
SHAKEN AFTER WITNESSING SIX
PRISONERS BEING BEATEN AND
TAKEN TO THE GALLO.
HIS FAMILY WAS ABLE TO HAVE
A BRIEF VISIT WITH HIM.
HIS WIFE SAYS, QUOTE,"SAEED
WAS QUITE SHAKEN AS HE HAD
TO WITNESS SICK FELLOW
PRISONERS BEING BEATEN AND
TAKEN TO BE EXECUTED, HANGED
THAT DAY.
IT WAS A HARD AND DARK DAY.
HAVING WITNESSED THAT AND
SEEING LIGHT BEING TAKEN.
THE PRISON VISIT WAS ALSO
VERY HARD AS THE FAMILY OF
THOSE WHO WERE EXECUTED WERE
CRYING AND WAILING."
AND SHE ALSO SAID SAEED'S
HEALTH HAS NOT IMPROVED
AFTER SUFFERING
SEVERAL
INTERNAL INJURIES FROM
BEATING.
THE AMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW
AND JUSTICE IS WORKING
TO
SEE PASTOR ABEDINI SET
FREE.
ALABAMA BECAME GROUND
ZERO OVER
SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE.
A
ALABAMA STATE SUPREME
COURT PUT A
HALT TO GAY
WEDDINGS, PITTING THE STATE
AGAINST THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
JOHN JESSUP SAT DOWN WITH
THE MAN AT THE
CENTER OF
THE
CONFLICT, ALABAMA SUPREME
COURT CHIEF JUSTICE ROY
MOORE.
Reporter: A VIETNAM WAR
VETO, ROY MOORE IS NO
STRANGER TO A FIGHT.
BUT TODAY HE IS ENGAGED IN A
FIGHT BEING WAGED IN THE
COURTS.
TO ME IT BOILS DOWN TO
THE SIMPLE FACT THAT FEDERAL
COURTS ACROSS THIS LAND HAVE
MANDATED THEIR WILL
UNLAWFULLY OVER THE PEOPLE
OF THE STATES.
Reporter: AS CHIEF
JUSTICE OF THE ALABAMA
SUPREME COURT, THE JUDGE IS
AN ARDENT AND OUTSPOKEN
SUPPORTER OF TRADITIONAL
MARRIAGE.
HIS LATEST MOVE, ORDERING
ALABAMA'S PROBATE JUDGES TO
STOP GRANTING MARRIAGE
LICENSES TO SAME-SEX COUPLES
AFTER THE COURT STRUCK DOWN
THE STATE'S CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT, PREVENTING GAYS
FROM TAKING THEIR VOWS.
THAT MEASURE WAS APPROVED BY
81% OF THE STATE'S VOTERS.
THE CONFLICTING ORDERS PUT
THE STATE FRONT AND CENTER,
MAKING ALABAMA THE FIRST
STATE IN THE COUNTRY TO
OPENLY DEFY A FEDERAL
JUDGE'S ORDERS ON THE
ISSUE.
LEGAL OBSERVERS SAY IT IS AS
MUCH A CASE PITTING FEDERAL
COURTS AGAINST STATES RIGHTS
AS IT IS STATES RIGHTS
VERSUS EQUAL RIGHTS.
JUDGE MOORE TELLS CBN NEWS
BEFORE GIVING THIS ORDER, HE
ASKED THE GOVERNOR AND THE
STATE ATTORNEY-GENERAL TO
GET INVOLVED.
NEITHER DID.
HE SAYS STATE COURTS HAVE
JUST AS MUCH AUTHORITY TO
INTERPRET THE U.S.
CONSTITUTIONAL AS FEDERAL
COURTS DO.
AND THE DEBATE ABOUT
MARRIAGE IS ABOUT REDEFINING
AN AGE-OLD INSTITUTION THAT
LONG HAS FORMED THE
FOUNDATION OF FAMILIES.
NO FEDERAL COURT, TO
INCLUDE THE UNITED STATES
SUPREME COURT, HAS NO
AUTHORITY TO GO INTO THE
CONSTITUTION AND DEFINE THE
WORD "MARRIAGE."
IF WE ALLOW FEDERAL COURTS
TO INTRUDE INTO THE SUBJECT
OF MARRIAGE, THEY WILL
INTRUDE IN THE SUBJECT OF
PARENT AND CHILD AND HUSBAND
AND WIFE.
Reporter: CRITICS CALL
MOORE A BIGOT, HOMOPHOBIC
AND INTOLERANT.
SOME HAVE COMPARED HIM TO
GOVERNOR WALLACE, WHO FOUGHT
A LAW TO INTEGRATE THE
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA.
THE OTHER IS ABOUT A
NATURAL GENETIC MAKEUP WHICH
SHOULD NOT BE DISCRIMINATED
AGAINST.
Reporter: A RECENT "NEW
YORK TIMES" OPINION PIECE
TITLED "WHAT MOORE GOT
RIGHT," DESCRIBED HIM AS
PROVOCATIVE AND OUT OF
TOUCH, BUT AS FOR THE WORD
"MARRIAGE," MOORE IS RIGHT
THAT THE SUPERIOR COURT
CANNOT MANDATE HOW WE USE A
WORD ANYMORE THAN IT CAN
CREATE A SOCIAL INSTITUTION
ON ITS OWN.
WHAT IS YOUR FEAR WHAT WILL
HAPPEN IF PEOPLE LIKE YOU
DON'T TAKE THE STAND?
BECAUSE IT IS NOT JUST
REDEFINING MARRIAGE.
IT IS GIVING NOW DEFINITION
TO MARRIAGE.
Reporter: A DEBATE MANY
BELIEVE WILL BE RESOLVED BY
THE SUPERIOR COURT THIS
SUMMER.
JOHN JESSUP, CBN NEWS,
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA.
Efrem:
BURGER KING HAS
QUIETLY DROPPED SOFT DRINKS
FROM THE KIDS' MENU BOARDS.
"U.S.A. TODAY" REPORTS THAT
BURGER KING MADE THE MOVE
LAST MONTH AFTER PRESSURE
FROM ADVOCACY GROUPS.
KIDS CAN STILL GET SOFT
DRINKS, BUT THEY AREN'T
LISTED AS OPTIONS ON THE
KIDS' MEAL MENU.
"U.S.A. TODAY" POINTS OUT
BIG FAST FOOD COMPANIES ARE
TRYING TO IMPROVE THE
QUALITY OF THEIR FOODS
BECAUSE OF GROWING DEMANDS
FROM CONSUMERS AND
ACTIVISTS.
SUGARY SOFT DRINKS ARE ONE
OF THE TOP SOURCES OF
CALORIES FOR KIDS AND CAN
HELP LEAD
TO CHILDHOOD
OBESITY.
WE'VE SAID IT BEFORE, PAT,
SUGAR IS NOT OUR FRIEND.
Pat: WE'VE SAID IT
BEFORE.
THE PROBLEM IS NOT FAT.
THE PROBLEM IS REFINED
CARBOHYDRATES, PRIMARILY
SUGAR.
YOU FIND AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT
IN THE SOFT DRINKS.
THEY'RE JUST LOADED WITH
SUGAR.
WHY ARE WE GETTING FAT?
IT IS BECAUSE OF ALL THAT
SUGAR IN OUR DIET.
180 POUNDS TO 240 POUNDS,
DEPENDING ON WHO'S
DEFINITION YOU HAVE OF HOW
MUCH WE CONSUME.
IT IS JUST ENORMOUS, AND OUR
WAIST LINES PROVE IT.
WENDY?
Wendy: THANKS, PAT.
COMING UP, TRANSLATING THE
BIBLE INTO THE EARTH'S 6900
LANGUAGES.
THAT'S THE GOAL, AND IT MAY
BE CLOSER THAN YOU THINK.
MY PASSION IS BY THE YEAR
2033, THAT 93% OF THE WORLD
WILL HAVE A WHOLE BIBLE.
99.9% WILL HAVE A NEW
TESTAMENT.
Wendy: SEE HOW
TECHNOLOGY IS HASTENING THE
DAY WHEN THE GOSPEL WILL
REACH THE ENTIRE WORLD.
HASTE TENG
Pat: WELL, WELCOME
BACK.
YOU ARE WATCHING "THE 700
CLUB."
AND WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU
WITH US.
JESUS PROMISED THAT HE WOULD
RETURN TO THE EARTH WHEN THE
GOSPEL IS PREACHED IN ALL
THE WHOLE WORLD.
AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
HISTORY, THANKS TO
TECHNOLOGY, WE CAN ACTUALLY
SEE THE BIBLE AVAILABLE TO
EVERY PERSON IN EVERY
LANGUAGE UNDER THE ENTIRE
HEAVENS.
AND PAUL STRAND HAS THAT
STORY FOR US RIGHT NOW.
Reporter: THESE THREE
MEN ALL HAVE A PASSION FOR
THE BIBLE.
AND EACH PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN
MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR
EVERYONE ON EARTH TO HAVE
ACCESS TO THE SCRIPTURE IN
OUR LIFE TIMES.
BOB GRESSEN SAYS PUTTING
GOD'S WORD INTO THE EARTH'S
6900 LANGUAGES IS WELL ON
THE WAY.
THIS TREE HERE AT THE ORAL
LAN ORALANDO SHOWS WHAT
6900 LOOKS LIKE.
ABOUT A THIRD, ABOUT
1800, DON'T HAVE ANY
SCRIPTURE YET.
Reporter: HIGH-TECH
INNOVATIONS ARE SLASHING THE
TIME.
IT HAS ACCELERATED THE
PACE SUCH THAT NOW IT TAKES
ABOUT 10 YEARS OR LESS FOR A
NEW TESTAMENT TO BE DONE.
Reporter: MARK GREEN
WATCHED A GUATEMALA CRY
AFTER WAITING 40 YEARS TO
GET HIS HANDS ON THE
SCRIPTURES.
I WONDERED IF IT WAS A
GOOD INVESTMENT, WITH ALL OF
THAT TIME AND MONEY.
BUT WHEN HE GOT HIS BIBLE,
HE DID SOMETHING I'VE NEVER
SEEN BEFORE, AND HE OPENLY
WEPT TO QUE GET GOD'S
WORD.
Reporter: CESSEN
RECALLS A SIMILAR MOMENT FOR
SOME AFRICAN CHURCH WOMEN
WHEN THE BIBLE GROUP READ
THEM THE EASTER STORY.
THEY'VE STARTED WEEPING.
AND THEY SAID, MOTHERS, WHY
ARE YOU CRYING?
AND THEY SAID THEY NEVER
HEARD THIS STORY BEFORE.
AND THEN HE REALIZED, THEY
HAD NEVER HEARD IT IN THEIR
MOTHER TONGUE.
Reporter: APPS ALLOW
PEOPLE TO ACCESS THE BIBLE,
EVEN IN COUNTRIES WHERE IT
IS BANNED.
BOBBY GRENWALD CAME UP WITH
U-VERSION, WHICH HAS BEEN
DOWNLOADED 150 MILLION
TIMES.
THE APP HAS BEEN USED IN
PLACES WHERE THE BIBLE IS
PROHIBITED.
WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG, THEY
BURNED ALL OF THE BIBLES IN
THAT LANGUAGE.
AND THE LAST TIME SHE HAD
SEEN GOD'S WORD IN HER
LANGUAGE, SHE WAS A LITTLE
GIRL.
ONE OF THE THINGS SHE SAID,
THEY CAN'T BURN THIS.
SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE
APP.
Reporter: AND VISUAL
AND AUDIO BIBLES HELP WITH
ILLITERACY.
PEOPLE WILL READ ON THEIR
PHONES OR READ A BOOK, AND
THEY'LL LISTEN TO THE
RECORDED VERSION AND THEY'LL
ACTUALLY LEARN HOW TO READ,
USING THE SCRIPTURES AND
LISTENING TO THE AUDIO.
Reporter: IN ADDITION
TO REACHING THE WORLD,
REACHING THE YOUNG IS ALSO
IMPORTANT.
AND TECHNOLOGY MAKES A HUGE
DIFFERENCE.
US AND OUR PARTNERS HAVE
INVESTED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
IN BUILDING AN APP THAT WE
FEEL IS AT THE TOP LEVEL IN
TERMS OF ENGAGING WITH
KIDS.
Reporter: THE BIBLE APP
FOR KIDS IS CERTAINLY
CHANGING THE WAY THE
CHILDREN RELATE TO THE
BIBLE, BUT IN SOME CASES IT
IS AFFECTING ADULTS.
LIKE AN ATHEIST WHO SAID HE
WOULD DO WHATEVER IT TOOK TO
HELP HIS DAUGHTER LIVE.
WE HAD AN ATHEIST PARENT
THAT IS ACTUALLY TEACHING
THEIR CHILDREN ABOUT THE
BIBLE, USING THE BIBLE APP
FOR KIDS.
Reporter: MEANWHILE,
GREEN AND HIS ALLIES HAVE
MADE SPREADING THE WORD
EASIER BY CREATING THE
DIGITAL BIBLE LIBRARY, AND
ENCOURAGING THOSE TO SHARE.
SO WHEN SOMEBODY COMES UP
WITH AN INCREDIBLE IDEA LIKE
U-VERSION, THEY DON'T HAVE
TO TRAVEL ALL AROUND THE
WORLD TO GET HELP.
AND THE ACCESS IS GETTING
FASTER ALL OF THE TIME.
SOMETIMES IT TAKES SIX
MONTHS TO A YEAR TO GET THE
PRINTED VERSION OUT.
BUT IN THE DIGITAL BIBLE
VERSION, U-VERSE CAN GO IN
THERE.
MY PASSION IS BY THE YEAR
2033, 95% OF THE WORLD WILL
HAVE A WHOLE BIBLE, 99.9%
WILL HAVE THE WHOLE BIBLE,
AND AT LEAST 25% WILL HAVE A
FEW CHAPTERS.
Reporter: JESUS IN
MATTHEW 24: 14 SPOKE OF ALL
A DAY.
HE SAYS, AFTER ALL HAVE
HEARD, THEN I'LL COME BACK.
NO PR PRO PREDICTIONS, BUT
I REALLY BELIEVE THAT WILL
BE TRUE.
Reporter: PAUL STRAND,
CBN NEWS, REPORTING FROM
ORLANDO.
Pat: THAT'S WHAT JESUS
SAID, "HEAVEN AND EARTH WILL
PASS AWAY, BUT MY WORD WILL
NEVER PASS AWAY."
THE WORD OF GOD IS ETERNAL.
ISN'T THAT GREAT THAT WE CAN
TRANSLATE AND USE ALL OF THE
TECHNOLOGY THAT IS AVAILABLE
TO US TO GET PEOPLE UNTO THE
LORD.
AND WE'RE SEEING IT IN
ASTOUNDING NUMBERS.
ASTOUNDING.
WENDY?
Wendy: WE SURE ARE.
> UP NEXT, WHICH
SUPPLEMENTS WORK AND WHICH
ONES ARE JUST WORTHLESS?
FIND OUT WHEN THE SUPPLEMENT
DOCTOR JOINS US, RIGHT AFTER
THIS.
Pat: RELAX, YOU'RE
WATCHING "THE 700 CLUB."
IF YOU'RE A REGULAR VIEWER
OF THIS SHOW, YOU KNOW THAT
I'M A BELIEVER IN THE
BENEFITS OF HEALTHY LIVING.
INCLUDING THE USE OF
SUPPLEMENTS.
WELL, NOW YOUR ABOUT TO MEET
A DOCTOR WHO SPENT THREE
DECADES DOING EXTENSIVE
RESEARCH ON SUPPLEMENTS.
WHICH ONES WORK?
WHICH ONES ARE WORTHLESS?
THIS WILL BE A VERY VALUABLE
SEGMENT OF THIS SHOW.
YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS IT.
Reporter: THERE IS A
LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT
VITAMINS, MINERALS, AN AND
HERBS.
TOO OFTEN CONSUMERS DON'T
KNOW WHAT TO TAKE OR IF
SUPPLEMENTS EVEN WORK AT
ALL.
DR. MARK MOYAD IS KNOWN AS
THE SUPPLEMENT DOCTOR.
HE HAS BEEN USING NATURAL
REMEDIES FOR MORE THAN 30
YEARS.
IN HIS BOOK, "THE SUPPLEMENT
HANDBOOK," THE DOCTOR SORTS
OUT WHAT TREATMENTS ARE
PROVEN TO WORK AND WHAT
MIGHT BE BEST FOR YOU.
Pat: WELL, HERE'S THE
BOOK.
IT'S CALLED "THE SUPPLEMENT
HANDBOOK."
YOU CAN LOOK UP ALL OF THESE
SUPPLEMENTS IN THIS
HANDBOOK, AND IT WILL GIVE
YOU AN APPRAISAL, ARE THEY
GOOD OR BAD OR WHATEVER.
WELL, WELCOME THE SUPPLEMENT
DOCTOR HIMSELF, MARK MOYAD.
GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US.
THANK YOU.
IT'S A REAL PLEASURE.
I APPRECIATE IT.
Pat: THREE DECADES
STUDYING THIS STUFF?
THREE DECADES.
I FEEL OLD.
I PUBLISHED MY FIRST MEDICAL
PAPER WHEN I WAS 22 YEARS
OLD.
IT WAS ON COTTON SEED OIL
AND HOW IT COULD POTENTIALLY
HELP YOU OR HARM YOU, IF YOU
TOOK TOO MUCH.
I WAS ABSOLUTELY FASCINATED
AND HOOKED.
Pat: AND THAT STARTED
IT, COTTON SEED OIL, WHICH
WAS THE TRIGGER?
IT DID.
I THOUGHT, HOW POWERFUL CAN
NATURE BE.
IT HAS POWERFUL
INGREDIENTSMENT AND
INGREDIENTS, AND I DIDN'T
LEARN THAT BEFORE.
AND WHEN THEY ACTUALLY
PUBLISHED MY PAPER, I GOT
SEE EXCITED.
Pat: MOST DOCTORS SEEM
TO BE WOEFULLY IGNORANT OF
SUPPLEMENTS.
SOMETIMES THEY GIVE ME A
GLAZED STARE, LIKE WHAT ARE
YOU TALKING ABOUT?
IT IS A BIG PROBLEM.
WE DON'T HAVE IT AS PART OF
EDUCATION OR TRAINING.
WE NEED TO WAKE UP AND MAKE
THIS ONE OF OUR PRIMARY
METHODS OF TRAINING.
BECAUSE I FIND WHEN DOCTORS
LEARN ABOUT THE POWER OF
EXERCISE, LIFESTYLE, SOME
SUPPLEMENTS, THEY GET
HOOKED.
THEY WANT TO KNOW MORE.
Pat: MEDICAL SCHOOL --
A TYPICAL MEDICAL
CURRICULUM, HOW LONG IS
SPENT DISCUSSING NUTRITION.
I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT
IT LONGER ON THIS SEGMENT
THAN WE TALKED ABOUT IT IN
MEDICAL SCHOOL.
Pat: IT'S THAT BAD?
IT'S THAT BAD.
AND I LOVE MY MEDICAL
SCHOOL.
I UNDERSTAND IT IS A LOT TO
GET IN THERE.
BUT HOPEFULLY ONE DAY WE'LL
BRING BACK A FULL COURSE.
I REMEMBER A TALK ON
DEFICIENCIES.
IF YOU DON'T GET ENOUGH
VITAMIN "C" YOU CAN GET
SCURVY.
IT WOULD BE ALL OF THESE
ARCHAIC, OLD LECTURES.
AND THAT WAS IT.
YOU WERE GONE.
YOU WERE DONE.
Pat: THE BIG
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES
HAVE SLIDE PRESENTATIONS
THAT THEY GIVE TO DOCTORS.
AND THEN THEY GIVE FREE
SAMPLES, AND THAT'S THE
PRESCRIPTION ROUTE THAT MOST
OF THEM TAKE, ISN'T IT?
IT IS.
BUT I THINK DOCTORS ARE PURE
IN HEART, MOST THAT GO INTO
SCHOOL.
AND I THINK THEY GET
INFLUENCED.
I UNDERSTAND THAT.
I THINK IF WE PROVIDED AS
MUCH EMPHASIS IN THIS
CATEGORY, WE COULD INFLUENCE
A NEW GENERATION OF
DOCTORS.
ALL OF MY DOCTOR CLASS ARE
FULL, ABSOLUTELY FULL.
IT IS THE BUSIEST CLASS OUT
THERE.
SO I SEE THE GLASS AS HALF
FULL MORE THAN HALF EMPTY.
Pat: LET'S GO DOWN THE
LIST.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO LOSE
WEIGHT.
[LAUGHTER]
Pat: I TAKE CARNITINE,
COUPLED WITH ALPHA LIPOIC
ACID, AND WHAT DO YOU
RECOMMEND?
WE SHOULD ASK YOU WHAT
YOU DO BECAUSE YOU'VE DONE
SO LONG.
I HAVE PATIENTS COME UP TO
ME THAT ARE 80 OR 90, AND I
SAY, DON'T LIETION T LISTEN
TO ME, LISTEN TO YOU.
BUT YOU SHOULD CONCENTRATE
ON PROTEIN.
PROTEIN IS THE MOST
SACIATING MOLECULE.
AND ALPHA LIPOIC ACID IS A
PRESCRIPTION DRUG ACTUALLY
USED IN SOME COUNTRIES FOR
WEIGHT LOSS AND OTHER
ISSUES.
WE HAVE OPTIONS OUT THERE
THAT YOU CAN DO, ALONG WITH
EXERCISE.
THE PROBLEM WITH WEIGHT LOSS
DRUGS AND SUPPLEMENTS,
THEY'VE BEEN HEART UNHEALTHY
AND MOST HAVE BEEN VERY
DANGEROUS.
Pat: NAME A FEW.
WE HAD A EPHEDRA THAT
WAS OVER THE COUNTRY.
THE WHOLE FEN-PHEN THING.
AND WE HAD OUR BIGGEST
PRESCRIPTION WORLDWIDE, BUT
IT INCREASED YOUR BLOOD
PRESSURE AND CAUSED
CARDIOVASCULAR PROBLEMS.
HEART DISEASE HAS BEEN THE
NUMBER ONE KILLER OVER THE
LAST 115 YEARS.
IF IT IS NOT HEART HEALTHY,
STAY AWAY FROM IT.
Pat: LET'S TAKE
DIABETES.
DIABETES, THE NEW BIG
EPIDEMIC.
WE HIT A PREVALENCE OF 6% TO
10% IN EVERY STATE, ALL
STATES.
Pat: BECAUSE OF SO MUCH
SUGAR?
SO MUCH SUGAR AND SO MUCH
WEIGHT GAIN AND A LOT OF
GENETIC PREDISPOSITION.
THE WORST THING YOU CAN DO
IS GAIN WEIGHT IN TERMS OF
INCREASING YOUR RISK.
AND I'LL TELL YOU THAT THE
NUMBER ONE SELLING DRUG FOR
THE PAST 30 YEARS COMES FROM
THE FRENCH LILAC.
THAT'S MEDFORMIN AND IT
COULD EASILY BE THE A
SUPPLEMENT.
A SUPPLEMENT.
AND THE NEXT THING IS
FIBER.
I LIKE PEOPLE TO GET IT FROM
FOOD.
THERE IS AN EXAMPLE I
BROUGHT HERE.
THIS IS A THIRD OF A CUP OF
THE LEADING FIBER CEREAL,
AND IT MAKES UP FOR ABOUT 20
PILLS.
Pat: THAT'S IT?
THAT'S IT.
A THIRD OF A CUP.
Pat: IS IT ALL BRAND?
ALL BRAND BUDS, AND WE
HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE TAKING
20, 25 PILLS A DAY, AND THEY
JUST TAKE THAT ONCE OR TWICE
A WEEK AND THEY'RE DONE.
Pat: WOW!
AND THERE IS A WAY TO
SUBSTITUTE A LOT OF PILLS
THROUGH FOOD.
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS
FOR DIABETICS THEMSELVES.
ALPHA LIPOIC ACID ALSO FOR
NEWEROPATHY.
CAPSAICIN, WHICH IS IN OUR
DOCTOR GUIDELINES -- IN THE
DOCTOR GUIDELINES IT IS TO
RECOMMEND CAPSAICIN IN A
CREAM.
AND YOU CAN USE IT IF YOU
HAVE NERVE ISSUES, WHETHER
ON YOUR LEGS OR HANDS.
Pat: WHAT ELSE?
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE?
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, THE
LEADING KILLER IN MY
GENERATION.
IT USED TO BE HIGH
CHOLESTEROL.
AND NOW IT IS HIGH BLOOD
PRESSURE.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT
DRUGS.
BUT YOU SHOULD TALK TO YOUR
DOCTOR ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN
ADD TO THOSE MEDICATIONS.
POTASSIUM, FOR EXAMPLE.
I WILL SAY, WHAT'S THE
NUTRIENT IN THE HIGHEST
DOSES, 4700 MILLIGRAMS A
DAY, AND THAT'S POTASSIUM.
WE SHOULD BE TAKING ABOUT
GETTING MORE POTASSIUM FROM
FOOD.
Pat: BANANAS?
BANANAS.
SPINACH.
WE SEE POTASSIUM IN THE
PROTEIN SHAKES.
I USED TO JOKE THAT POPEYE
WAS ASSOCIATED WITH SPINACH,
BUT HE SHOULD BE ASSOCIATED
WITH POTASSIUM.
Pat: I'M A BIG FAN OF
DARK CHOCOLATE?
I'M A BIG FAN OF
EVERYTHING IN MODERATION.
IN THIS LIFE, THERE SHOULD
BE SOMETHING YOU ENJOY.
IF YOU'RE DOING WELL ON DARK
CHOCOLATE, THE RESEARCH ON
DARK CHOCOLATE IS
EXCELLENT.
Pat: I PUSH IT.
WHAT ELSE HAVE WE GOT?
YOU'VE GOT A WHOLE LIST OF
THINGS, AND LET ME GET A FEW
OF THEM HERE.
I'M TRYING TO THINK ABOUT
ATRIAL FIBULATION.
I HAVE A-FIB.
I'VE HAD SEVERAL TRIPS TO
THE CLEVELAND CLINIC.
THEY'VE DONE ALL KINDS OF
STUFF.
I HAD THE MAZE PROCEDURE,
AND IT ALMOST KILLED ME.
ANYHOW, I HAVE A LITTLE
A-FIB AND I TAKE MEDICINE.
WHAT'S THE BEST THING FOR
THAT?
A-FIB IS ANOTHER BIG
EPIDEMIC WE'RE DEALING
WITH.
THERE IS A SUPPLEMENT THAT
YOU CAN TALK TO YOUR
CARDIOLOGIST ABOUT.
AND THERE IS ANOTHER
SUPPLEMENT CALLED N.A.C.,
AND PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE
THAT'S THE EXACT SAME
PRODUCT THAT WE USE IN THE
EMERGENCY ROOM WHEN PEOPLE
HAVE A TYLENOL OVERDOSE TO
REGENERATE THE LIVER.
Pat: REALLY?
N.A.C.?
N.A.C.
AND IT'S A SUPPLEMENT IN
THIS COUNTRY, ALSO.
IT HAS A WONDERFUL TRACK
RECORD OF PROTECTING CERTAIN
PARTS OF THE BODY WHEN
NEEDED.
SO THIS IS ANOTHER ONE YOU
CAN TALK TO YOUR PHYSICIAN
ABOUT.
THE GOOD NEWS IN THE BOOK IS
THAT ALL OF THESE STUDIES
ARE REFERENCED.
THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT MARK
MOYAD SAYING SOMETHING.
ALL OF THE BIGGEST STUDIES
ARE REFERENCED.
SO DOCTORS ARE USING IT AS
MUCH AS PATIENTS.
Pat: THE EPIDEMIC THAT
IS MOST TRAGIC IS
ALZHEIMER'S.
WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND FOR
THAT?
IT IS DIFFICULT FOR ME TO
SIT IN THIS SIT WHEN I TALK
ABOUT ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE,
BECAUSE THIS IS THE PART
THAT BOTHERS ME THE MOST.
THERE ARE VERY FEW PEOPLE
THAT KNOW THERE WAS A LARGE
V.A. STUDY DONE, AND 14 V.A.
CENTERS PUBLISHED AND FOUND
THAT 2,000 I.U.OF VITAMIN
"E" FOR PATIENTS WITH MILD
TO MODERATE ALZHEIMER'S, ON
TOP OF THEIR MEDICINE,
SLOWED THEIR CARE DOWN, AND
REDUCED IT BY TWO HOURS A
DAY.
UNLESS YOU'RE FOLLOWING THIS
IN THE MEDIA OR YOUR DOCTOR
KEEPS UP WITH IT, THESE POOR
FAMILIES DON'T KNOW ABOUT
IT.
Pat: I THOUGHT THE
MEDICAL PROFESSION STARTED
TRASHING VITAMIN "E"?
THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH
COMPARTMENTALIZING
SUPPLEMENTS.
THIS IS ARGUABLY A PRINCIPLE
STANDARD MEDICINE ON TOP OF
THE MEDICINES WE USE.
IMAGINE IF I SAID TO YOU,
YOUR HIGH CHOLESTEROL
MEDICINE DIDN'T LOWER YOUR
CHOLESTEROL, BUT IT MEANS IT
WORKS OR YOUR BLOOD
PRESSURE.
VITAMIN "E" LOOKS GOOD FOR
ALZHEIMER'S, BUT EVERYWHERE
ELSE IT DOESN'T LOOK SO
GOOD.
Pat: WE HAVE A STUDY
ONE OF OUR REPORTERS GOT
INTO ABOUT COCONUT OIL.
COCONUT OIL CONTAINS
MEDI MEDIUM-CHAIN TRY TRY
TRIGLYCERIDES.
IT HELPS SOME PEOPLE WITH
WEIGHT LOSS AND MAYBE HELP
WITH SOME OTHER CONDITIONS,
SO IT CAN EASILY BE A PART
OF YOUR HEALTHY PROGRAM.
Pat: DOES IT DO
ANYTHING WITH PARKINSON'S OR
ALZHEIMER'S?
IT IS INTERESTING YOU SAY
PARKINSON'S AND
ALZHEIMER'S.
IT LOOKS INTERESTING, BUT
THERE ARE OTHER SUPPLEMENTS
THAT LOOK MORE INTERESTS.
ONE OF THE LARGEST TRIALS
THAT JUST FINISHED WITH THE
MICHAEL J. FOX FOUND IS A
SUPPLEMENT CALLED INOSINE,
AND THAT'S ACTUALLY A
SUPPLEMENT.
SOME OF OUR BIGGEST
GOVERNMENT TRIALS ARE USING
SUPPLEMENTS.
AND WE'RE SEEING POSITIVE
EFFECTS, AND DOCTORS AND
PATIENTS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
THIS.
Pat: I RECOMMEND THIS
BOOK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I HOPE EVERY DOCTOR WILL USE
THIS, ALONG WITH THEIR OTHER
MEDICAL BOOKS.
THEY CAN OPEN THIS BOOK AND
IT IS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF
SUPPLEMENTS.
IT IS THE BOOK THAT I'VE
DREAMED I WOULD HAVE.
AND SO WE PASS IT ON TO THE
NEXT GENERATION.
AND THAT'S YOUR COPY BECAUSE
I HEAR YOU HAVE A BIRTHDAY
COMING UP.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
AND YOUR GREAT HEALTH.
Pat: I'M HITTING 85,
AND THEY TELL ME I'M
SUPPOSED TO GO TO 120.
I MIGHT CALL YOU FOR
ADVICE EVERY COUPLE OF
YEARS.
Pat: THANK YOU FOR
BEING WITH US.
THANK YOU.
Pat: "THE SUPPLEMENT
HANDBOOK," WHEREVER BOOKS OR
SOLD.
DR. MARK MOYAD, M.P. H. --
WHAT IS THAT?
MASTERS OF PUBLIC
HEALTH.
Pat: OKAY.
WE GIVE ONE AT OUR
UNIVERSITY, SO I OUGHT TO
KNOW THAT.
FORGIVE ME.
IT IS BECAUSE OF A SENIOR
MOMENT.
A MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH,
AND THE SUPPLEMENT
HANDBOOK.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
I APPRECIATE THE INVITE.
Pat: WENDY, WHAT'S
NEXT.
Wendy: MR. MOYAD,
YOU'RE NOT ALONE.
WE ALL CALL PAT.
AND NEXT WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO
TELL ABOUT HIS EXTREME
REACTION TO MEDICATION.
I STARTED TO HALLUCINATE,
TO DESCEND INTO HELL IN MY
MIND.
THE ROOM GOT COLD AND CLAM
M CLAMMY AND DARK.
I WAS UNABLE TO MOVE.
I LOOKED UP AT THE CLOCK,
AND THE CLOCK WAS GOING
BACKWARDS.
Wendy: STROBEL RELIVES
THE HEALTH SCARE THAT LED
HIM TO A CRISIS OF FAITH.
THAT'S COMING UP.
AND WELCOME BACK TO "THE
700 CLUB."
A FELLOW JUDGE HAS DISMISSED
A LAWSUIT AGAINST A
PRIVATELY FUNDED 10
COMMANDMENTS MONUMENT.
THE LAWSUIT WAS FILED BY THE
GROUP THE AMERICAN I THINK
THEISTS.
IT CLAIMED THE VIOLATED THE
GOVERNMENT SANCTIONING A
SPECIFIC RELIGION AND OTHER
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
THE JUDGE RULED THAT THE
GROUP LACKED LEGAL STANDING
TO FILE THE LAWSUIT.
THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL SAID
THE HISTORICAL RELEVANCE OF
THE 10 COMMANDMENTS AND THE
ROLE IT PLAYED IN THE
FOUNDING OF OUR NATION
CANNOT BE DISPUTED.
> POLICE IN THAILAND HAVE
ARRESTED MORE THAN 400
CHRISTIAN IMMIGRANTS FROM
PACPAKISTAN, INCLUDING
CHILDREN.
MANY OF THE CHRISTIANS FLED
PAKISTAN BECAUSE THEY WERE
EITHER ACCUSED OF BLASPHEMY
OR THREATENED BY MILITANT
MUSLIMS.
SOME OF THE PAKISTANI
CHRISTIANS ARE CONVERTS FROM
ISLAM.
SINCE ARRIVING IN THAILAND,
THEY HAVE DEPENDED ON
CHURCHES AND OTHERS FOR FOOD
AND HOUSING.
THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THEY ARE
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND
SHOULD BE DEPORTED.
> REMEMBER, YOU CAN ALWAYS
GET THE LATEST FROM CBN NEWS
BY GOING TO OUR WEBSITE AT
CBNNEWS.COM.
PAT AND WENDY ARE BACK WITH
MORE OF "THE 700 CLUB" RIGHT
AFTER THISCH
Wendy: WELCOME BACK TO
"THE 700 CLUB."
WELL, THE CASE FOR THE
CREATOR, THE CASE FOR
CHRIST, THE CASE FOR FAITH,
THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE
BOOKS THAT LEE STROBEL HAS
PENNED IN HIS 30 YEARS AS A
CHRISTIAN AP APOLOGIST.
BUT WHEN HE SUFFERED
COMPLICATIONS FROM A ROUTINE
HEART PROCEDURE, LEE WAS
CONVINCED THAT THE GOD HE
DEFENDED FOR DECADES HAD
ABANDONED HIM.
Reporter: CHRISTIAN AP
APOLOGIS AP APOLOGIST AND
AUTHOR, CHRIS STROBEL
COULDN'T IMAGINE ANYTHING
THAT COULD MAKE HIM QUESTION
HIS OWN FAITH.
THEN AN UNLIKELY CASCADE OF
MEDICAL ISSUES BROUGHT HIM
TO THE EDGE OF DEATH.
AND HE GOT A GLIMPSE OF LIFE
WITHOUT GOD.
THERE WAS SUCH A SENSE OF
DISPAIR AND SUCH A SENSE
THAT IF GOD HAD ABANDONED
ME, THEN TRULY THERE IS NO
HOPE.
IN MY MIND I WAS CONVINCED
THAT HE WALKED THE OTHER
WAY.
Reporter: IT STARTED
WHEN LEE DEVELOPED
COMPLICATIONS FOLLOWING A
ROUTINE HEART PROCEDURE.
BUT THEY WERE UNDETECTED,
AND HIS KIDNEYS BEGAN
SHUTTING DOWN.
IT WAS ALSO AFFECTING HIS
MIND.
IT WAS OVER A PERIOD OF
TIME THAT WAS GETTING
INCREASINGLY IRRATIONAL AND
MENTALLY CONFUSED.
I STARTED TO BECOME
PARANOID.
I STARTED IMAGINE MY WIFE
WAS LEAVING ME, MY CHILDREN
WERE LEAVING ME.
ALL OF THESE TERRIBLE THINGS
WERE BEFALLING ME IN MY
MIND.
Reporter: AND THEN IT
GOT WORSE WHEN LEE HAD AN
ALLERGIC REACTION TO A
MEDICATION HE TOOK FOR A
PROBLEM WITH HIS VOICE.
THE EPISODES INTENSIFIED.
ONE WAS ESPECIALLY VIVID.
I STARTED TO
HALLUCINATE.
I STARTED TO DESCEND INTO
HELL IN MY MIND.
THE ROOM GOT COLD AND CLAMMY
AND DARK.
I BEGAN TO SEE DEMONS.
I WAS UNABLE TO MOVE.
I LOOKED UP AT THE CLOCK,
AND THE CLOCK WAS GOING
BACKWARDS.
THE EMOTION WAS THIS IS
FOREVER.
THERE IS NO ESCAPE.
THERE IS NO HOPE.
THERE IS NO RELIEF.
THIS IS WHAT FOREVER WILL BE
LIKE.
WHEN YOU EMOTIONALLY COME TO
THAT PLACE, YOU ARE JUST
CONSUMED BY FEAR, BY DREAD,
BY ANXIETY.
I WISH I COULD SAY MY
AUTOMATIC REACTION WAS TO
SEEK AFTER GOD.
THE TRUTH IS I HAD THE
OPPOSITE REACTION.
I BELIEVED THAT GOD HAD
WALKED AWAY FROM ME.
AND THAT I WAS NO LONGER HIS
SON.
Reporter: THE
HALLUCINATION ENDED, BUT
LEE'S HEALTH AND MIND
CONTINUED TO SLIP.
A FEW DAYS LATER HIS WIFE
FOUND HIM UNCONSCIOUS.
I WOKE UP, AND THERE WAS
A DOCTOR THERE.
AND HE LOOKED AT ME AND HE
SAID, YOU'RE ONE STEP AWAY
FROM A COMA, TWO STEPS AWAY
FROM DYING.
Reporter: DOCTORS
DISCOVERED THAT LEE'S BLOOD
SODIUM LEVEL WAS CRITICALLY
LOW.
HIS KIDNEYS WERE BADLY
DAMAGED.
HE STARTED TREATMENTS, BUT
THE RECOVERY WOULD TAKE
TIME.
LATER HIS SON CAME TO BE
WITH HIM AND PRAY.
AND I DIDN'T WANT TO PRAY
WITH HIM.
BECAUSE I STILL WAS
RECOVERING AND I STILL WAS
MENTALLY CONFUSED TO THE
DEGREE I THOUGHT GOD HAD
WALKED AWAY FROM ME.
AND HE SAID, YOU WANT TO
RECONNECT WITH GOD, DON'T
YOU?
AND I SAID YES.
HE TOOK ME DOWN A JOURNEY.
AND THE PATHWAY WAS TO STRIP
MYSELF OF THE PRETENSES THAT
YOU PRESENT WHEN YOU GO TO
GOD.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE CLING TO
OUR IDENTITY, AS A DAD OR A
MOM OR A SUCCESSFUL PERSON
OR A HOMEOWNER, AND HE
HELPED ME KIND OF STRIP THAT
AWAY.
THAT I WASN'T A HUSBAND AT
THAT POINT.
I WASN'T A FATHER.
I WASN'T A GRANDFATHER.
I WASN'T AN AUTHOR.
I WASN'T A PASTOR.
TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE IT
WAS JUST ME AND GOD.
AND THAT'S WHEN IT STRUCK
ME, WAIT A MINUTE, I'VE BEEN
UNDER THE ILLUSION THAT I'VE
LOST EVERYTHING.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
SO WHAT.
WHAT IF I LOST ALL OF MY
MONEY?
WHAT IF I LOST MY FREEDOM?
WHAT IF MY FRIENDS WALKED
OUT ON ME?
ULTIMATELY, I REALIZED I
HAVE JESUS CHRIST, AND
THAT'S ENOUGH.
THE GRACE OF GOD IS ENOUGH.
Reporter: ALTHOUGH LEE
DID LOSE ONE OF HIS KIDNEYS,
HE CAME AWAY WITH AN
UNDERSTANDING OF GOD'S GRACE
HE NEVER HAD BEFORE.
HE SHARES HIS EXPERIENCE AND
MORE IN HIS NEW BOOK, "THE
CASE FOR GRACE."
I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO
THE POINT WHERE I'M
CONNECTING WITH GOD AS
SOMEONE WHO HAS GOT IT ALL
FIGURED OUT.
MY RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD IS
NOTHING BUT HIS GRACIOUS
LOVE FOR ME.
NEVER DESERVING IT, NEVER
MERITING IT.
WHEN I HAVE NOTHING TO SHOW
TO HIM, WHEN I DON'T HAVE
THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THE
BANK ACCOUNT AND THE FAMILY
AND ALL THESE WONDERFUL
THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED
OVER THE YEARS SINCE I'VE
BEEN A CHRISTIAN, YOU KNOW
WHAT, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE
ULTIMATELY ALL THAT REALLY
MATTERS IS ME AND GOD.
Wendy: JUST ME AND
GOD.
MAYBE YOU CAN RELATE TO
LEE'S SITUATION.
MAYBE YOU'RE THERE RIGHT
NOW, IN THAT DISPAIR.
I WANT TO TELL YOU
SOMETHING: YOU DON'T HAVE TO
BELIEVE SATAN'S LIES.
HE HAS LIED TO YOU.
THE BIBLE SAYS GOD WILL
NEVER LEAVE YOU.
HE WILL NEVER WALK AWAY FROM
YOU.
HE WILL NEVER FORSAKE YOU.
GOD LOVES YOU.
AND THE BEST PART ABOUT
GOD'S GRACE IS YOU DON'T
HAVE TO CLEAN YOURSELF UP.
YOU CAN COME JUST AS YOU
ARE, JUST LIKE LEE DID.
WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO
GET LEE'S BOOK, "THE CASE
FOR GRACE," AND IT'S
AVAILABLE WHEREVER BOOKS ARE
SOLD.
PAT, A POWERFUL, POWERFUL
TESTIMONY.
Pat: A POWERFUL STORY.
I HOPE THE LORD DOESN'T HAVE
TO TAKE US DOWN INTO HELL TO
SHOW US THE REALITY --
Wendy: I THINK HE TAKES
SOME PEOPLE DOWN THAT ROAD,
THAT HE KNOWS CAN HANDLE IT,
SO HE CAN GIVE US HOPE.
Pat: THE BIBLE SAYS,
SOME YOU SAVE BY HANGING
THEM OVER THE FIRE.
OKAY, WE'VE GOT SOME
QUESTIONS.
Wendy: JANET WRITES IN,
"PAT, DO YOU EVER LAY HANDS
ON ONE OF YOUR HORSES AND
ASK GOD TO HEAL HIM?
I'M BELIEVING FOR A
MIRACULOUS HEALING FOR MY
CAT, AND I WON WONDER IF
YOU WOULD CONSIDER IT A
REALISTIC EXPECTATION?"
Pat: YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
A BORZOY, AND SHE WAS A
HUNTER.
THEY'RE SIGHT HOUNDSMENT AND
HOUNDS.
SO SHE WOULD WANDER OFF AND
SHE WOULD KILL RABBITS AND
STUFF.
BUT SHE ALSO FOUND HERSELF A
BORDER COLLIE TO MATE WITH,
AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW,
SHE HAD A BUNCH OF PUPPIES.
AND WE'RE OUT IN THE
COUNTRY, AND HERE ARE ALL OF
THESE PUPPIES.
SO WE GAVE THEM AWAY OR DID
SOMETHING, BUT THERE WAS ONE
WE KEPT.
HE WAS AN UGLY THING.
WE CALLED HIM MIGHTY MUTT,
BUT HE WAS THE SWEETEST DOG
MAN.
AND HE GOT SOME ILLNESS.
AND HE WAS IN TREMENDOUS
PAIN.
I RAISED HANDS ON HIM AND
ASKED GOD TO HEAL HIM, AND
INSTANTLY THE LORD TOOK HIS
PAIN AWAY.
I'LL NEVER FORGET THE
EXPRESSION ON THAT DOG.
HE LOOKED AT ME LIKE, WHO
ARE YOU?
IT WAS INSTANT HEALING.
OF COURSE I PRAY FOR HORSES
AND DOGS.
GOD'S HEALING IS NOT LIMITED
TO HUMAN BEINGS.
IT IS FOR EVERYBODY.
Wendy: MY NEIGHBOR WAS
SO UPSET ABOUT HER CAT WHO
HAD AN EYE PROBLEM.
I SAID, LET ME PRAY FOR YOUR
CAT.
AND THE CAT GOT HEALED.
IT WORKS.
Pat: IF WE HAVE
DOMINION OVER EVERYTHING ON
EARTH, OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE
THE ABILITY TO PRAY FOR
EVERYTHING ON EARTH.
AND IT REALLY TOUCHED MY
NEIGHBOR, WHO WAS NOT
NECESSARILY A BELIEVER.
AND WHEN SHE SAW HER CAT GOT
HEALED, SHE STARTED ASKING
ME QUESTIONS.
Pat: I'M NOT A GREAT
CAT FAN, BUT I'M A HORSES
AND DOG PERSON.
WHAT'S NEXT.
Wendy: DAVID
WRITES, "AS I WATCH ISIS AND
OTHER TERROR GROUPS, I SEE
THEY HAVE GONE INTO WHAT IS
GEOGRAPHICALLY EXPLAINED AS
NINEVEH, DESTROYING
ARTIFACTS.
BUT IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE
THEY'RE DESTROYING ANCIENT
IDOLS THAT GOD INSTRUCTED
THE ISRAELITE LEADERS TO
DESTROY."
Pat: THESE ARE STATUES
OF KINGS.
THEY AREN'T HEATHAN IDOLS.
THEY'RE TREMENDOUS
ARTWORKS.
BY ALL MEANS, IF THEY WERE
HAVING SOME HEATHEN DEITY,
BY ALL MEANS DESTROY IT.
BUT THE OTHER, I THINK, IS
JUST ART.
Wendy: I DON'T THINK WE
CAN APPRECIATE ANYTHING ISIS
IS DOING.
Pat: THE TALIBAN WAS
DESTROYING STATUES OF
BUDDHA, WHICH IS A DIFFERENT
RELIGION.
BUT THEY'RE GOING TO
NINEVEH, AND THIS IS THE
HISTORIC RECORD OF VERY
ANCIENT PEOPLE.
Wendy: SHERRY
WRITES, "DEAR PAT, I'VE BEEN
A BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIAN FOR
YEARS.
I WAS INVOLVED IN MY CHURCH
FOR 15 YEARS.
ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO, I WAS
FEELING A DISCONNECT WITH
THE CHURCH.
I FELT MISLED IN SOME OF THE
TEACHINGS UNDER MY PASTOR AT
THAT TIME, AND I GRADUALLY
STOPPED ATTENDING THAT
CHURCH.
I HAVE VISITED SEVERAL
OTHERS SINCE, BUT I CAN'T
SEEM TO GET MY PASSION
BACK.
I STILL READ THE BIBLE AND
TEACH AT MY DAUGHTER'S
DAYCARE.
I LOVE THE LORD WITH ALL MY
HEART, BUT I FEEL SOMETHING
IS WRONG WITH ME BECAUSE I
DON'T WANT TO ATTEND
CHURCH.
WHAT SHOULD I DO?"
Pat: I THINK WHAT
YOU'VE GOT IS A BITTERNESS
IN YOUR HEART TOWARDS THAT
PASTOR.
YOU'VE GOT TO FORGIVE HIM
AND FORGIVE YOURSELF.
I THINK THAT IS THE PROBLEM,
THAT SOMEHOW THERE WAS A
RESENTMENT THAT BUILT UP.
YOU GOT HURT, BUT IN THE
PROCESS YOU TURNED IT
AGAINST HIM.
YOU NEED TO BE FORGIVING,
EVEN IF HE IS PREACHING
HARRISY -- YOU NEED TO BE
FORGIVING.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE
TO GO TO THAT CHURCH.
WHEN YOU FORGIVE, THEN YOU
CAN OPEN YOURSELF TO
SOMETHING ELSE.
YOU DON'T WANT TO BE
PARTICIPATING IN A CHURCH
THAT IS PREACHING HARASSY,
BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO HARBOR
BITTERNESS AGAINST HIM.
I WAS READING TODAY THE
APOSTLE PAUL WAS SAYING IT
IS LOVE OUT A PURE HEART.
THAT'S WHAT GOD WANTS, LOVE
OUT OF A PURE HEART.
Wendy: THAT WAS A GREAT
ANSWER.
I THINK YOU NAILED IT.
THAT'S ALL OF THE TIME WE
HAVE FOR E-MAILS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
QUESTIONS AS WELL.
WELL, MOVING ON, IN PARTS OF
PERU, POVERTY IN RAMPID, AND
EVERY DAY PEOPLE OF
STARVING.
ONE FAMILY THERE WAS SO
DESPERATE FOR FOOD, THEY
ACTUALLY ATE THE RATS THAT
CRAWLED THROUGH THEIR HOME.
Reporter: FOR
11-YEAR-OLD JEREMIAH AND HIS
FAMILY, MONEY HAS ALWAYS
BEEN TIGHT.
FREQUENTLY THE ONLY THING
THEY HAD TO EAT WERE FOREST
RATS.
SOMETIMES MY DAD BRINGS
HOME A RAT.
HE TOLD ME I HAD TO EAT IT.
I SAID, NO, DAD.
I ONLY WANT RICE, BUT HE
SAID I HAD TO EAT IT OR I
WOULD BE HUNGRY.
Reporter: AT NIGHT, THE
FAMILY HAS TO DEAL WITH
OTHER RATS THAT EAT GARBAGE
AND IN FES INFEST LIAR
HOME.
THEIR HOME.
AND THEIR ROOF LEAKS.
JEREMIAH'S DAD, CARLOS, OWNS
A SMALL PIECE OF LAND THAT
PROVIDES SOME FRUIT FOR FOOD
AND TO SELL.
HE TOLD US IT IS HARD TO
WATCH HIS KIDS SUFFER.
ONE OF MY SONS TOLD ME,
DAD, WE ARE LIVING LIKE
ANIMALS.
IT BROKE MY HEART WHEN HE
SAID THAT.
Reporter: BUT CARLOS
STRUGGLED TO MAKE HIS LAND
PROFITABLE BECAUSE HE LACKED
THE PROPER SEED, FERTILIZER,
AND TOOLS TO FARM.
SO "OPERATION BLESSING" GAVE
HIM EVERYTHING HE NEEDED TO
CLEAR SOME LAND AND PLANT
SILL LANCILANTRO.
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER THE
LAND IS GENERATING ENOUGH
INCOME FOR THE FAMILY.
WITH THE TOOLS AND THE
SEEDS THAT "OPERATION
BLESSING" GAVE ME, NOW I
HAVE DOUBLED MY PREVIOUS
EARNINGS.
Reporter: NOW THEY CAN
AFFORD GOOD FOOD AND NO
LONGER HAVE TO EAT RATS.
FINALLY, TO PROTECT THEM
FROM THE ELEMENTS AND THE
RODENTS, WE BUILT THE FAMILY
A NEW HOUSE AND GAVE THEM
NEW BEDS.
I LOVE MY NEW HOUSE.
NOW I HAVE A PLACE TO
SLEEP.
THANKS, "OPERATION
BLESSING," FOR EVERYTHING.
Wendy: I CANNOT EVER
BEING THAT UN HUNGRY,
HAVING TO EAT RATS.
BUT THANK GOD "OPERATION
BLESSING" WAS THERE AND THAT
LITTLE BOY IS SMILING AND
THEY HAVE A HOUSE AND FOOD
AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO
THAT ANYMORE.
I KNOW YOU WANT TO BE A PART
OF THAT BECAUSE WE ALL DO.
WE WANT TO HELP OTHERS.
IT ONLY TAKES 65 CENTS A
DAY, $20 A MONTH TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE IN LIFE FOR
PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD.
WHEN YOU DO THAT, WE WANT TO
BLESS YOU BACK WITH PAT'S
NEW TEACHING CALLED "BE
HEALED."
PEOPLE ALL OVER THE PLACE
ARE SAYING THEY LOVE THIS.
SHIRLEY SAYS, "BE HEALED IS
A WONDERFUL, ENCOURAGING,
FAITH-FILLED D.V.D.."
WE'RE HEARING THAT FROM
EVERYONE, PAT.
THEY JUST LOVE IT.
Pat: I'M GOING IN THE
AUDIO ROOM TODAY AND ANOTHER
FEW DAYS, AND WE'RE GOING TO
TAKE SELECTED SCRIPTURES OF
HEALING.
THE OTHER SCRIPTURES WERE
THE PSALMS.
AND THIS IS GOING TO BE
SCRIPTURES OF HEALING.
WE'LL MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO
THE PARTNERS.
Wendy: SOMETIMES YOU'VE
GOT TO WAR FOR YOUR
HEALING.
YOU'VE REALLY GOT TO FIGHT,
BUT IT DOES COME.
Pat: HE SENT HIS WORLD
AND HEALED THEM AND
DELIVERED THEM FROM ALL
THEIR FEARS.
FOLKS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BEING WITH US.
WE APPRECIATE YOU, AND WE
WANT YOU TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE
A NEED, OUR COUNSELLORS ARE
AVAILABLE ALL DAY LONG.
YOU CAN CALL IN.
SOMEBODY IS HERE WHO CARES
ABOUT YOU.
WE LEAVE YOU WITH THESE
WORDS FROM HEBREWS 13: "FOR
HE, HIMSELF, HAS SAID, I
WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR
FORSAKE YOU."
ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL?
"I'LL NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR
FORSAKE YOU."
IF YOU REMEMBER "I LOVE
LUCY," SHE AND HER HUSBAND
HAD A SMASH.
WELL, WHATEVER HAPPENED TO
LITTLE RICKY?
WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT WHAT
HAPPENED TO LITTLE RICKY ON
TOMORROW'S PROGRAM.
FOR ALL OF US HERE, THIS IS
PAT ROBERTSON, FOR WENDY AND
ME, AND WE'LL SEE YOU
TOMORROW, LORD WILLING.
GOD BLESS YOU.
BYE-BYE.