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The 700 Club - March 11, 2015

Dr. Mark Moyad, author of “The Supplement Handbook,” will discuss which dietary supplements are worth your time and money. Also, author Lee Strobel shares his recent struggles in his new book “The Case for Grace.” Read Transcript


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.

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