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Wendy: CORRUPTION AT
THE HIGHEST LEVEL, DID BILL
AND HILARY GET RICH AT
AMERICA'S EXPENSE?
WIFE GOT AN EXPLOSIVE
INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR OF
"CLINTON CASH."
AND THEN...
HE SAID, YOU'R YOUR SON
HAS A BRAIN TUMOR.
Wendy: WE CONTINUE OUR
WEEK OF PRAYER.
MY HEART IS BROKEN INTO
PIECES.
Wendy: HEAR WHAT SAVED
THIS BABY'S LIFE.
GOD WAS ALWAYS WITH US.
Wendy: ON TODAY'S "700
CLUB."
Pat: WELL, WELCOME TO
THIS EDITION OF "THE 700
CLUB."
IT'S THE BOOK EVERYBODY IS
TALKING ABOUT.
IT HAS CREATED A FIRESTORM
FOR HILLARY CLINTON'S
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.
THE BOOK IS CALLED "CLINTON
CASH."
IT IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE
ON THE BOOK STANDS ON NEXT
TUESDAY, I BELIEVE IT IS.
BUT YOU CAN PRE-ORDER
PROBABLY THROUGH AMAZON.
IN JUST A MOMENT, WE'RE
GOING TO TALK TO THE MAN WHO
WROTE THAT BOOK.
AND WE'LL ASK HIM WHERE DID
ALL OF THAT CASH COME FROM?
Terry: THE BOOK RAISES
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS IN FOREIGN
DONATIONS TO THE CLINTON
FOUNDATION WHILE HILLARY WAS
SECRETARY OF STATE.
EFREM GRAHAM HAS THE STORY.
Efrem: WHEN BILL AND
HILLARY CLINTON LEFT THE
WHITE HOUSE 15 YEARS AGO,
THEY SAY THEY HAD NO MONEY,
OWED MILLIONS, AND DIDN'T
KNOW HOW THEY WOULD PAY FOR
CHELSEA'S COLLEGE
EDUCATION.
WE CAME OUT OF THE WHITE
HOUSE NOT ONLY DEAD BROKE,
BUT IN DEBT.
Efrem: SINCE THEN, THE
CLINTONS HAVE EARNED MORE
THAN $130 MILLION.
MOST PEOPLE ASSUME THEY'VE
AMASSED THEIR WEALTH THROUGH
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS, WHERE
THEY COLLECT FEES AS HIGH AS
$750,000.
BUT WHO PAYS AND WHY?
PETER SCHWEIZER'S BOMBSHELL
BOOK, "CLINTON CASH, THE
UNTOLD STORY OF HOW AND WHY
FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS AND
BUSINESS HELPED MAKE BILL
AND HILLARY RICH," HAS
PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON'S
POLITICAL CIRCLES AND AROUND
THE WORLD TALKING ABOUT
DONATIONS TO THE CLINTON
FOUNDATION AND WHAT MIGHT BE
NEXT.
Pat: WELL, IT'S A
FASCINATING BOOK.
IT IS CALLED "CLINTON CASH,"
AND THE AUTHOR IS PETER
SCHWEIZER.
IT IS A PLEASURE TO HAVE HIM
BACK WITH US ON "THE 700
CLUB."
WELCOME, PETER.
GLAD TO SEE YOU.
IT IS GREAT TO BE ON WITH
YOU, ALWAYS, PAT.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
Pat: LET'S START
TALKING ABOUT THIS
FOUNDATION.
WHEN BILL CLINTON LEFT THE
WHITE HOUSE, HE FORMED A
FOUNDATION.
WHAT WAS IT AND WHAT WAS IT
ALL ABOUT?
WELL, THE CLINTON
FOUNDATION IS SUPPOSED TO
HELP PEOPLE IN ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENTS DEAL WITH
HEALTH ISSUES AROUND THE
WORLD.
SO IT STARTED WITH THIS
NOBLE PURPOSE.
AND IT DOES DO SOME GOOD
THINGS.
I'M NOT SAYING IT DOESN'T DO
ANYTHING GOOD.
THE PROBLEM IS THEY HAVE
REALLY CREATED THESE
PARTNERSHIPS AND THEY'VE
ACCEPTED MONEY FROM SOME
VERY, VERY TROUBLING
PEOPLE.
AND THEY'VE ALSO, FRANKLY,
HIDDEN A LOT OF DONATIONS
THAT THEY SAID THEY WERE
GOING TO DISCLOSE.
I THINK THAT'S THE REAL
PROBLEM WITH THE
FOUNDATION.
Pat: WHO IS GIVING THEM
MONEY?
LET ME START WITH, HOW MUCH
MONEY HAS THE FOUNDATION
GOTTEN RIGHT NOW?
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE NETWORK
WORTNET WORTH IS?
FROM 200 2001 TO THE
PRESENT, WE'RE LOOKING AT
$2 BILLION.
THEY GET IT FROM U.S.
CORPORATIONS, BUT IN THIS
BOOK I FOCUSED EXCLUSIVELY
ON FOREIGN ENTITIES.
THAT'S FOREIGN CORPORATIONS,
FOREIGN BUSINESSES, FOREIGN
GOVERNMENTS.
AND IN A LOT OF CASES, THESE
ARE ELITE ELITES THAT ARE
OPERATING IN VERY, VERY
TROUBLESOME AREAS, THAT HAVE
PROBLEMS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS
CORRUPTION.
Pat: WHEN HILLARY
BECAME SECRETARY OF STATE,
THEY MADE HER SIGN AN
AGREEMENT THAT SHE WILL
DISCLOSE FUNDS GOING INTO
THE FOUNDATION, AND THAT
THEY WILL NOT ACCEPT CERTAIN
FUNDS, EXCEPT THAT WHICH HAS
BEEN DISCLOSED.
TALK ABOUT THAT.
IT IS INTERESTING THAT
THE CLINTON FOUNDATION SAYS
WE'RE THE MOST TRANSPARENT
FOUNDATION OUT THERE.
WELL, THEY ARE BECAUSE THEY
WERE FORCED TO, NOT BY ME OR
CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS,
BUT BY PEOPLE THAT ELECTED
BARACK OBAMA.
A CONDITION FOR HER BECOMING
SECRETARY OF STATE IN EARLY
2009 WAS THAT SHE AGREE TO
DISCLOSE ALL CONTRIBUTIONS
TO THE CLINTON FOUNDATION,
AND THAT WILL BE A PROCESS
TO VET DON DONATIONS THAT
WERE COMING IN.
THE PROBLEM IS THEY VIOLATED
THAT AGREEMENT ALMOST
IMMEDIATELY.
THEY TOOK MULTI-MILLION
DOLLAR DONATIONS FROM
FOREIGN BUSINESSES THAT HAD
INTERESTS BEFORE THE STATE
DEPARTMENT.
THOSE WERE NEVER DISCLOSED.
THEY HAVE NOW COME BACK AND
ADMITTED THAT I'M CORRECT,
THAT THOSE DONATIONS WERE
NOT DISCLOSED.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS WE DON'T
KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW,
PAT.
THERE WAS A REPORT YESTERDAY
IN THE "WASHINGTON POST" AND
IN BLOOMBURG, THAT THEY
ADMIT THERE ARE MORE THAN
1100 -- 1100 UNDISCLOSED
DONATIONS.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE TELLING
US.
IT COULD BE EVEN MORE THAN
THAT.
Pat: I'M HEAD OF A
COUPLE OF CHARITIES, BUT
THIS IS A SHAKEDOWN RACKET.
I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF
ANYBODY BEING LIKE A VACUUM
CLEANER TO GET THAT KIND OF
MONEY.
IS THERE AN IMPLIED PROMISE
THAT EITHER THEY WILL GET
ACCESS TO THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT, OR SOME SORT OF
FAVORS WILL BE GIVEN BY BILL
OR HILLARY CLINTON WHEN
PEOPLE GIVE THAT KIND OF
MONEY?
I THINK CERTAINLY FOR
SOME OF THEM, THERE IS A
SENSE THAT GIVING A
CONTRIBUTION TO THE CLINTON
FOUNDATION IS A RETAINER.
IT IS GRANTING THEM ACCESS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE PATTERN
OF CONDUCT DURING HER TENURE
AS SECRETARY OF STATE, IT IS
VERY, VERY CLEAR THAT YOU
HAVE A PATTERN REPEATED
DOZENS OF TIMES.
WHICH IS, HILLARY CLINTON
TAKES A POSITION ON AN
ISSUE.
THERE IS AN INFLUX OF MAYBE
TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS,
AND MAYBE MORE THAN
$100 MILLION IN SOME CASES,
AND THEN SHE ENDS UP MAKING
A POLICY DECISION THAT IS
FAVORABLE TO THE PEOPLE THAT
HAVE SENT THE MONEY.
AND SOMETIMES SHE IS
REVERSING COURSE FROM THE
PREVIOUS POSITION SHE HAD.
THE ONLY THING THAT HAPPENS
IN BETWEEN IS THIS LARGE
INFLUX OF MONEY.
IT IS A VERY TROUBLING
PATTERN THAT GOES TO THE
HEART OF WHAT KIND OF
DECISION SHE IS MAKING AND
WHY SHE IS MAKING THEM.
Pat: LET'S TALK ABOUT
THE ONE THAT HAS THE MOST
PUBLICITY.
THIS FELLOW NAMED JUSSTER
WHO HAS BEEN IN THE MINING
BUSINESS FOR SOME YEARS.
HE STARTS A LITTLE COMPANY
CALLS EURASIA, AND THEY BID
FOR THE URANIUM RIGHTS IN
KYRZAKHSTAN.
IN YOUR BOOK, YOU POINT OUT
THIS IS LIKE A PIPE DREAM.
THERE IS NO WAY A LITTLE
COUNTRY LIKE THIS IS GOING
TO GET IT.
BUT THEN PRESIDENT NURABIOV
OF KYRZAKHSTAN WANTS TO BE
RECOGNIZED AS A WORLD LEADER
BY BILL CLINTON, AND BILL
CLINTON EMBRACES HIM.
WHAT IS THE NEXUS BETWEEN
NURABIOV AND CLINTON AND
JUSTRA?
IN SEPTEMBER OF 2005,
BILL CLINTON IS IN
KYRZAKHSTAN WITH FRANK
JUSTRA.
AND FRANK JUSTRA WANTS TO
GET THESE VERY LUCRATIVE
URANIUM MINING CONCESSIONS.
BILL CLINTON SAYS VERY NICE
THING ABOUT HIM, AND SAYS HE
IS A GREAT LEADER, AND HE
HAS A GREAT HUMAN RIGHTS
RECORD, WHICH IS
RIDICULOUS.
IT IS A VERY, VERY
REPRESSIVE COUNTRY AND
REGIME.
SHORTLY AFTER THAT, FRANK
JUSTRA IS GIVEN THESE
LUCRATIVE URANIUM
CONCESSIONS.
HE HAS VERY LITTLE
EXPERIENCE IN THE URANIUM
BUSINESS.
MUCH LARGER COMPANIES, MORE
EXPERIENCED, DID NOT GET
THEM.
AND WEEKS AFTER THAT, FRANK
JUSTRA SENDS MORE THAN
$30 MILLION TO THE CLINTON
FOUNDATION.
THAT IS THE BEGINNING OF
THIS PATH THAT ULTIMATELY
LEADS TO THE RUSSIAN
GOVERNMENT ITSELF OWNING 20%
OF THE URANIUM IN THE UNITED
STATES.
Pat: AND JUSTRA NOW
TAKES HIS COMPANY PUBLIC,
AND IT IS THE BIGGEST DEAL
THEY'VE EVER DONE.
RIGHT.
Pat: SO AT THAT POINT
HE GETS TO BE ENORMOUSLY
WEALTHY, RIGHT, WITH STOCK?
THAT'S RIGHT.
THE ESTIMATES ARE THAT HE
MADE TENS OF MILLIONS.
ONE ESTIMATE IS HE MADE
$300 MILLION OFF OF THIS
DEAL.
AND THIS COMPANY, THIS TINY
COMPANY, EURASIA ENERGY
BECOMES SOMETHING CALLED
URANIUM 1.
AND THEY START ACQUIRING
URANIUM ASSETS IN THE UNITED
STATES.
TO THE POINT IN 2010 THEY
HAVE 20% OF ALL OF THE
URANIUM RESERVES, ESTIMATED
TO BE 50% OF PRODUCTION BY
2015, AND THAT'S WHEN THE
RUSSIANS COME CALLING.
Pat: NOW, THE RUSSIANS
WANT TO BUILD NUCLEAR BOMBS,
BUT THEY ALSO WANT TO HAVE
NUCLEAR REACTORS.
AND THE PRICE OF URANIUM HAS
GONE UP BECAUSE OF THE
DEMAND FROM CHINA AND SO
FORTH.
AND PUTIN HAS ONE OF HIS
GUYS START BUYING IN, BUT IN
ORDER TO GET THAT RESOURCE,
THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE
APPROVAL OF THE STATE
DEPARTMENT.
NOW, WHAT HAPPENED THEN?
WELL, THAT'S EXACTLY
RIGHT.
SO WHAT YOU HAVE IS THIS
URANIUM COMPANY THAT THE
RUSSIANS WANT TO BUY INTO.
IN ORDER FOR THAT TO HAPPEN,
THE STATE DEPARTMENT NEEDS
TO SIGN OFF ON IT WITH SOME
OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.
HILLARY CLINTON'S
FOUNDATION, AND HER
HUSBAND'S FOUNDATION, HAVE
NINE SHAREHOLDERS INVOLVED
IN THIS URANIUM 1 COMPANY
THAT SEND A COMBINED
$145 MILLION TO THE CLINTON
FOUNDATION.
THIS DURING THE ARK OF THIS
STORY.
AND HILLARY CLINTON AND THE
STATE DEPARTMENT END UP
OKAYING THIS DEAL.
AND HE HAS A RECORD ON THE
ISSUE OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS
OWNING CRITICAL INDUSTRIES
IN THE UNITED STATES, LIKE
URANIUM -- SHE HAS A RECORD
OF OPPOSING THESE DEALS.
BUT IN THIS CASE, SHE
ACTUALLY COMES OUT IN FAVOR
OF IT.
Pat: BEFORE IT IS
FINISHED, PUTE TINS AND
PUTIN AND THE RUSSIANS END
UP GETTING 100% OF THE
URANIUM 1, WHICH GIVES THEM
ACCESS TO 50% OF AMERICA'S
URANIUM PRODUCTION -- IS
THAT THE NUMBER?
IT WAS PROJECTED TO BE
50% WHEN THE DEAL WENT
THROUGH IN 2010.
IT IS TODAY, 20% OF ALL OF
THE URANIUM ASSETS IN THE
UNITED STATES.
BY THE WAY, THE RUSSIANS
SAID THEY WOULD NOT EXPORT
ANY OF THAT URANIUM.
BUT AS THE "NEW YORK TIMES"
REPORTED LAST THURSDAY, IN
FACT, URANIUM THAT IS OWNED
BY URANIUM 1 IN THE UNITED
STATES HAS BEEN EXPORTED TO
CANADA AND IS ENDING UP WHO
KNOWS WHERE.
THAT FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION
IS: IS U.S. URANIUM BEING
USED FOR NEFARIOUS PURPOSES
AROUND THE WORLD?
WE DON'T KNOW.
THAT'S A SCARY PROSPECT.
Pat: LET'S GO TO
HAITI.
BILL CLINTON BECAME LIKE THE
ECONOMIC CZAR OF HAITI, AND
THEY HAVE A TELEPHONE
COMPANY DOWN THERE.
AND IT'S VERY LUCRATIVE
BECAUSE THOSE HAITIANS ARE
CALLING THE UNITED STATES
ALL OF THE TIME TO TALK TO
THEIR FRIENDS AND
RELATIVES.
WHAT WAS THE DEAL ON THAT.
HOW DID THE IRISH O'BRIEN
GET HIS HANDS ON THAT?
AGAIN, YOU HAVE THIS
NEXUS OF RELATIONSHIP OF
WEALTHY FOREIGN INVESTORS,
IN THIS CASE AN IRISH
GENTLEMAN NAMED DENNIS
O'BRIEN, WHO HAS BUSINESS
INTERESTS IN HAITI.
THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED, AND
THERE IS A GENEROUS RUSH TO
PUT AID IN HAITI FROM THE
UNITED STATES, INCLUDING
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN
TAXPAYER MONEY.
AND THE PROBLEM IS THAT BILL
CLINTON AND HILLARY CLINTON
MAKE THESE SERIES OF
DECISIONS IN HAITI ON
RECONSTRUCTION THAT END UP
BENEFITING SOME OF THE
BIGGEST CONTRIBUTORS TO THE
CLINTON FOUNDATION,
INCLUDING DENNIS O'BRIEN.
THEY SET UP THIS MOBILE
FINANCIAL SYSTEM THAT
OPERATES THROUGH THE
TELEPHONE SYSTEM, WHICH, BY
THE WAY, IS OWNED BY DENNIS
O'BRIEN.
HE IS A MULTI-MILLION
CONTRIBUTOR TO THE CLINTON
FOUNDATION.
HE HAS FACILITATED SPEECHES
BY BILL CLINTON, AND PAID
FOR A SPEECH BY HIM IN
JAMAICA, AND IN RETURN THE
CLINTONS SET UP THIS SYSTEM
OF MONEY TRANSFERS WHICH
PUTS TENS OF MIX OF SUN AND
CLOUMILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN
THE POCKET OF DENNIS' POCKET
AND MAKES HIM EVEN
WEALTHIER.
IT IS USING THE OFFICIAL
POWERS OF THE STATE
DEPARTMENT AND U.S. TAXPAYER
MONEY TO HELP-MAKING THEIR
HELP MAKE THEIR BENEFACTORS
EVEN WEALTHIER.
Pat: THESE SPEECHES --
DIDN'T CLINTON GO TO IRELAND
AND MAKE A SPEECH FOR
$750,000?
YOU HAVE TO SAY SOME PRETTY
WONDERFUL WORDS TO GET THAT
KIND OF MONEY FOR A SPEECH.
IT IS PRETTY REMARKABLE.
LIKE MOST EX-PRESIDENTS,
BILL CLINTON HIT THE
SPEAKING MARKET AND WE
EXPECT THAT.
BUT WHEN HILLARY CLINTON
BECAME SECRETARY OF STATE,
HIS SPEAKING FEES WENT UP
THREE-FOLD, SOMETIMES
FOUR-FOLD.
HE GOT HUGE BIG PAY DAYS
FROM FOREIGN ENTITIES THAT
HAD BUSINESS BEFORE THE
STATE DEPARTMENT.
THERE IS ONLY ONE OF TWO
WAYS TO EXPLAIN IT.
NUMBER ONE, BILL CLINTON ALL
OF A SUDDEN GOT MORE
ELOQUENT IN 2009, OR THESE
ENTITIES RECOGNIZED THE FACT
THAT BY HIRING HIM AS A
SPEAKER, THEY COULD HAVE
ACCESS TO HIS WIFE, WHO IS
GOING TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT
ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THEM.
THERE IS A VERY TROUBLING
PATTERN THERE AGAIN.
HIGH SPEAKING FEES, AND
HILLARY CLINTON SHORTLY
AFTER TAKES FAVORABLE ACTION
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE
ENTITIES.
Pat: PETER, THE AVERAGE
PERSON WOULD BE SHAMED OUT
OF OUR MIND IF WE HAD DONE
STUFF LIKE THIS.
THEY DON'T SEEM TO HAVE ANY
SHAME, DO THEY?
I THINK THEY SEEM TO
BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE DOING
SUCH GOOD AND VIRTUOUS
THINGS THAT THE RULES DON'T
APPLY TO THEM.
AND THAT IT IS OKAY FOR THEM
TO CASH IN.
IT IS OKAY FOR THEM TO TAKE
LARGE CONTRIBUTIONS IN
PEOPLE IN AFRICA THAT DEAL
WITH WAR LORDS, THAT DEAL
WITH VERY TROUBLING HUMAN
RIGHTS SITUATIONS, WITH
PEOPLE THAT HAVE CRIMINAL
RECORDS AND THAT HAVE BEEN
CHARGED AND CONVICTED IN
COURTS AROUND THE WORLD FOR
VARIOUS CRIMES.
I THINK THEY BELIEVE THAT
THEY ARE SO GOOD IN VIRTUOUS
THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER THAT
THEY'RE DOING THOSE THINGS.
THAT'S THE ONLY EXPLANATION
I CAN COME TO.
Pat: BY THE WAY, THEIR
DAUGHTER, CHELSEA, BOUGHT A
$10 MILLION APARTMENT IN NEW
YORK.
WHERE DID SHE GET THE MONEY
FOR THAT?
WELL, THE CLINTONS HAVE
DONE VERY, VERY WELL IN THE
POST-PRESIDENTIAL YEARS.
WE EXPECT THAT EX-PRESIDENTS
ARE GOING TO TAKE IN SOME
MONEY, BUT IT HAS BEEN
REMARKABLE.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
PATTERN OF WHO IS PAYING
THEM AND WHY -- LOOK, THE
CLINTONS ARE VERY SHREWD
PEOPLE.
THEY HAVE BEEN CALLED A LOT
OF THINGS OVER THE YEARS,
BUT NAIVE IS NOT ONE OF
THEM.
HATHEY HAVE TO KNOW WHY
PEOPLE ARE THROWING MONEY AT
THEM.
AND IT ALLOWS THEM TO LIVE
BEYOND THEIR WILDEST
DREAMS.
Pat: ARE YOU HAVING
THREATS AGAINST YOUR OWN
PERSON BECAUSE OF YOUR
EXPOSÉS?
I WILL SAY, PAT, I DO
HAVE SECURITY NOW THAT HAS
HAPPENED AS A RESULT OF THE
BOOK.
IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT
ACTUALLY I PUSHED FOR BUT
WAS ENCOURAGED BY OTHER
INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE OF
VARIOUS THINGS GOING ON.
I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.
Pat: PETER, IT IS A
FABULOUS BOOK.
THE RESEARCH IS EXHAUSTIVE.
IT WILL STAND UP TO SCRUTINY
IF ANYBODY WANTS TO ATTACK
IT.
PAGE AFTER PAGE OF RESEARCH
DOCUMENTATION.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AFRICAN
WAR LORDS, COLOMBIAN
CONCESSIONS, AND THINGS ALL
OVER THE WORLD.
AND ALL OF THE DEALS SOMEHOW
FLOW BACK INTO THE CLINTONS
TO GET A LITTLE PIECE OF THE
ACTION.
IT IS A FASCINATING BOOK.
PETER, IT WILL BE AVAILABLE,
I THINK TUESDAY ON THE BOOK
STANDS?
YEAH.
YOU CAN PRE-ORDER IT ONLINE
AT AMAZON OR BARNS NOBEL
PEACE PRIZE, BUT IT WILL BE
AVAILABLE APRIL 5th.
Pat: IT IS A
FASCINATING READ.
I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, PAT.
I APPRECIATE IT.
Pat: YOU CAN FIND MORE
ON OUR WEBSITE, CBN.COM.
TERRY, ISN'T THAT
INTERESTING?
Terry: WHAT IMPACT DO
YOU THINK THIS WILL HAVE ON
HER POLITICAL ASPIRATIONS?
Pat: I THINK IT WILL
DESTROY IT.
TAKING MONEY FROM PEOPLE
THAT OPPRESS WOMEN, TAKING
MONEY FROM A CORRUPT KILLER
IN NIGERIA, FOR EXAMPLE,
TAKING MONEY FROM ARISTID
AND HIS BUDDIES IN HAITI.
Terry: THE FASCINATING
THING, NOT FASCINATING, BUT
MAYBE SHOCKING, ALL THIS
FROM PEOPLE WHO BELONG TO A
PARTY THAT PURPORTS TO HAVE
THE HEART AND COMPASSION FOR
THE POOR.
Pat POOR.
Pat: ELITEISM ON
STEROIDS.
$10MILLION FOR AN APARTMENT
FOR YOUR DAUGHTER.
Terry: BUYER BEWARE.
I DON'T MEAN THE APARTMENT;
I MEAN THE VOTER.
Pat: I THINK IF THEY
VOTE FOR HER, IT WILL BE
INSANITY.
IT IS BACK TO THE OLD
ATTACK, ATTACK, ATTACK.
IT IS REALLY A HIT PIECE BY
THE RIGHT WING AND ALL THIS
KIND OF STUFF, BUT IT IS TOO
WELL-DOCUMENTED.
> WHAT'S NEXT?
Terry: CHRISTIAN
LEADERS IN SOLIDARITY
DEFENDING TRADITIONAL
MARRIAGE, EVEN IF IT MEANS
CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE.
JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT AND
MORE OF THE HEADLINE NEWS
WHEN WE RETURN.
WELCOME BACK TO "THE 700
CLUB."
A GROUP OF PROMINENT
CHRISTIAN LEADERS IS ISSUING
A WARNING TO THE SUPREME
COURT: IF IT LEGALIZES GAY
MARRIAGE, THEY'RE PROMISING
TO DEFEND TRADITIONAL
MARRIAGE.
CAITLIN BURKE REPORTS.
Caitlin: THE SUPREME
COURT WILL SOON MAKE A
DECISION ON SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE.
TWO BIG QUESTIONS ARE BEING
CONSIDERED.
FIRST, DO SAME-SEX COUPLES
HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
TO MARRY?
AND, SECOND, IF THEY DO NOT,
MUST STATES WITH MARRIAGE
BANS RECOGNIZE SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE LICENSES FROM OTHER
STATES?
AS OF TODAY, ONLY 11
STATES HAVE CHOSEN TO ENACT
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.
BUT IF THE SUPREME COURT
SAYS IT IS A CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHT, WE'LL HAVE IT IN ALL
50.
THAT MEANS 39 STATES WILL
HAVE THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE
OVERTURNED.
Caitlin: IN A DOCUMENT
TITLED "PLEDGE AND
SOLIDARITY TO DEFEND
MARRIAGE," CHRISTIAN LEADERS
SAY THEY'LL CONTINUE TO
DEFEND TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE,
EVEN IF IT MEANS CIVIL
DISOBEDIENCE.
"WHILE THERE ARE MANY THINGS
WE CAN ENDURE, REDEFINING
MARRIAGE IS SO FUNDAMENTAL
TO THE NATURAL ORDER AND THE
COMMON GOOD, THAT THIS IS
THE LINE WE MUST DRAW AND
ONE WE CANNOT AND WILL NOT
CROSS."
TED STAR OF FOX NEWS REPORTS
THAT MANY WELL-KNOWN
CHRISTIAN LEADERS HAVE
SIGNED THE PLEDGE, INCLUDING
MIKE HUCKABEE, RICK
SANTORUM, AND FRANKLIN
GRAHAM, PRESIDENT AND C.E.O.
OF THE BILLY GRAHAM
EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION AND
SAMARITAN'S PURSE.
JAMES DOBSON OF FAMILY TALK
RADIO IS ALSO INVOLVED IN
THE PLEDGE.
HE TELLS STARS THAT MARRIAGE
IS FUNDAMENTAL, AND THAT,
QUOTE,"IT IS THE FOUNDATION
FOR THE ENTIRE CULTURE.
IT HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR
5,000 YEARS.
IF YOU WEAKEN IT OR
UNDERMINE IT, THE ENTIRE
SUPER STRUCTURE CAN COME
DOWN.
WE SEE IT AS THAT
IMPORTANT."
ANALYSTS AND CHRISTIAN
LEADERS WARN THAT LEGALIZING
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE COULD BE A
DIRECT THREAT TO RELIGIOUS
FREEDOM.
FOR INSTANCE, IF THE SUPREME
COURT RULES THAT SAME-SEX IS
A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT, THE
GOVERNMENT COULD EVENTUALLY
TAKE AWAY THE TAX EXEMPT
STATUS OF RELIGIOUS
ORGANIZATIONS THAT DON'T
AGREE WITH GAY MARRIAGE.
WE'RE ALREADY SEEING
CASES AROUND THE COUNTRY IN
PLACES WHERE THERE IS
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, WHERE A
CHRISTIAN WHO BAKES WEDDING
CAKES OR PRINTS
ANNOUNCEMENTS OR RENTS OUT A
HALL FOR RECEPTIONS MAY
VIOLATE STATE LAW OR LOCAL
LAW IF THEY DON'T WANT TO
PROMOTE A GAY CEREMONY.
THIS COULD GO EVEN FURTHER.
Caitlin: THE SUPREME
COURT'S RULING IS EXPECTED
TO COME DOWN IN JUNE, BUT
THESE CHRISTIAN LEADERS
AREN'T WAITING UNTIL THEN TO
MAKE THEIR POSITIONS CLEAR.
THEY SAY THAT TRADITIONAL
MARRIAGE IS THE CORNERSTONE
OF MODERN CIVILIZATION AND
IT HAS TO BE DEFENDED.
CAITLIN BURKE, CBN NEWS.
THANKS, CAITLIN.
YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT
THIS STORY, INCLUDING A COPY
OF THE MARRIAGE PLEDGE, AT
CBNNEWS.COM.
> MOST AMERICANS THINK
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM SHOULD
TAKE PRIORITY OVER GAY
RIGHTS.
BY A MARGIN OF 56% TO 40%,
AMERICANS SAY THE GOVERNMENT
NEEDS TO PROTECT RELIGIOUS
LIBERTIES WHEN THEY CONFLICT
WITH GAY RIGHTS.
PAT?
Pat: I MET WITH THE
ARCHBISHOP OF NARCOTIC SOME
NEW YORK SOME YEARS AGO, AND
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY WHERE
THE CITY OF WASHINGTON WAS
INSISTING THAT GEORGETOWN
PROVIDE A SPECIAL PLACE FOR
GAYS, SPECIAL TELEPHONES FOR
THEM, SPECIAL PRINTING,
SPECIAL EVERYTHING FOR THEM,
DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH IS TOTALLY
AGAINST HOMOSEXUALITY.
AND THIS WASN'T GAY
MARRIAGE.
IT WAS HOMOSEXUALITY.
AND I SAID TO HIM, IF YOU
WERE IN CHARGE OF THAT
SCHOOL, WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
AND HE LOOKED AT ME AND HE
SAID, I'D CLOSE THE PLACE
DOWN.
IT WAS JUST AMAZING.
BUT THEY DON'T FEEL THAT WAY
ANY LONGER.
BUT WASHINGTON, D.C. SAID
OUR LAWS ABOUT GAY RIGHTS
TRUMP YOUR RELIGIOUS
BELIEFS.
NOW, THAT WAS DECADES AGO.
THINK WHAT IT WILL BE NOW.
YOU DISAGREE WITH GAY
MARRIAGE, YOU LOSE YOUR TAX
EXEMPT STATUS.
YOU DISAGREE, AND YOU'LL BE
HOUNDED.
YOU GIVE $10 TO A
PROPOSITION DEALING WITH THE
DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE, AND YOU
SUDDENLY ARE THE VICTIM OF
HATE SPEECH AND HATE
ACTIVITY, AND YOU ARE DENIED
THE ABILITY TO WORK.
IT IS A VENDETTA.
IT IS GETTING READY TO
HAPPEN.
BUT YOU GO BACK TO THE
BIBLE, AND YOU LOOK AT SODOM
AND GOMORRAH, AND WHEN LOT
WAS LIVING IN SODOM AND
GOMORRAH, HE TRIED TO DEFEND
SOME ANGELS THAT WERE THERE
BECAUSE THE MEN WANTED TO
HAVE SEX WITH THOSE ANGELS.
AND THEY SAID, LOOK, WHO DO
YOU THINK YOU ARE?
YOU'VE COME TO LIVE AMONG US
AND YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT
OUR WAY OR ELSE.
AND WE WANT THOSE ANGELS,
AND BRING THEM OUT TO US SO
WE CAN, QUOTE,"HAVE SEX WITH
THEM."
THAT WAS SODOM AND
GOMORRAH.
WHO WAS ON TOP AND
CONTROLLING THINGS?
IT WAS THE HOMOSEXUALS.
BUT WHO HAD THE LAST WORD?
IT WAS GOD ALMIGHTY WHEN HE
DESTROYED SODOM AND
GOMORRAH.
JOHN?
John: SOME GOOD NEWS
AMID THE DESTRUCTION IN
NEPAL.
A TEENAGER WAS FOUND ALIVE
AFTER BEING BURIED FIVE DAYS
UNDER THE RUBBLE.
CROWDS IN KATHMANDU CHEERED
TODAY AS THE 18-YEAR-OLD WAS
PULLED FROM THE WRECKAGE.
DESPITE THAT BIT OF GOOD
NEWS, THE NEED FOR HELP
REMAINS GREAT.
THE DEATH TOLL IN NEPAL IS
ABOVE 5500 AND CLIMBING.
"OPERATION BLESSING" IS ON
THE SCENE, DISTRIBUTING FOOD
AND INSTALLING WATER
STATIONS, AND MORE WATER
SYSTEMS ARE ON THE WAY.
PAT?
Pat: I'M PLEASED TO
REPORT THAT CBN
INTERNATIONAL IS THERE WITH
SUPPLIES.
WE'RE WORKING TO GET
BLANKETS, TENTS, TARPS,
MEDICINE -- TO GET ALL OF
THE THINGS THEY NEED SO
DESPERATELY.
IT IS A HUGE TRAGEDY AS THAT
WHOLE PART OF THE COUNTRY
HAS BROKEN APART.
I'VE EXPLAINED TO YOU THE
TECTONIC ENERGY.
BUT IF YOU LIVE THERE, IT
DOESN'T MATTER SOME
SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION.
YOU'RE HURT AND YOU'RE
SUFFERING AND YOU'RE
STARVING AND YOUR COLD AND
YOU NEED HELP.
AND WE'RE SENDING IT TO
THEM.
WE ASK YOU TO HELP US SO WE
CAN HELP OTHERS.
1-800-759-0700.
OR YOU CBN.COM.
AND WE CAN CALL THAT
DISASTER RELIEF.
TERRY?
Terry: WELL, COMING UP,
A MOM GETS DEVASTATING NEWS
ABOUT HER 1-YEAR-OLD SON.
WHEN THEY CAME BACK WITH
THE C.T. SCAN, SURGEONS CAME
IN, AND THEY SAID, YOUR SON
HAS A BRAIN TUMOR.
OUR WORLD JUST STOPPED.
Terry: WATCH HOW A
MIRACLE UNFOLDS FOR THIS
TODDLER THROUGH A NETWORK OF
PRAYER.
Terry: WELL, THIS IS
OUR SPRING WEEK OF PRAYER
HERE AT CBN.
YESTERDAY, DURING OUR NOON
CHAPEL, WE PRAYED FOR THE
REQUESTS THAT MANY OF YOU AS
OUR PARTNERS AND VIEWERS
HAVE SENT TO US.
OUR FEATURE SPEAKER WITH
FORMER NFL QUARTERBACK JEFF
KEMP.
TAKE A LOOK.
YOUR LIFE ISN'T JUST A
LITTLE SOLO GAME.
YOUR LIFE IS PART OF THE
TAPESTRY OF JESUSCHRIST.
2 CORINTHIANS 5.
HE IS DOING AN AMAZING WORK,
AND HE CHOSE TO DO IT
THROUGH YOU ANDTHROUGH
OUR BROKENNESS AND OUR
WEAKNESS, AND THE YUCKY
STUFF THAT HAPPENED TO US
AND THE BLITZES THAT
HAPPENED TO US.
BECAUSE NOBODY HAS TAKEN A
GREATER BLITZ THAN JESUS.
HE WILL REMIND YOU THAT YOU
HAVEA PERFECT HEAVENLY
FATHER.
HE WANTS TO USE THAT TRIAL,
THAT TRIBULATION, THAT LOSS,
THAT BLITZ, THAT PAIN -- HE
WANTS TO USE THAT AS YOUR
BRIDGE INTO THE LIFE OF THE
GOSPEL.
JESUS, WE JOIN YOU IN
INTERCESSION NOW.
WE ASK FOR HEALING IN
BALTIMORE TODAY, AND IN OUR
NATION AND IN NEPAL.
WE IDENTIFY WITH THOSE WHO
ARE BEING HELD, LIKE PASTOR
SAEED, AND THOSE UNDER
OPPRESSION, AND THE
WHOLENESS OF THE GOSPEL WE
DECLARE AND ANNOUNCE OVER
THEM.
Terry: YOU CAN JOIN US
DURING OUR CHAPEL SERVICES
EACH DAY STREAMING LIVE
EVERY DAY.
THAT'S THIS WEEK.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOG ON
TO cbn.com AT NOON EASTERN
TIME.
BISHOP WELLINGTON BOONE IS
OUR FEATURED SPEAKER TODAY,
AND HE WILL BE JOINING US ON
"THE 700 CLUB."
THAT IS STILL COMING UP.
AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO
PRAY FOR YOU, ALL YOU HAVE
TO DO IS CALL OUR TOLL-FREE
NUMBER, 1-800-759-0700, OR
YOU CAN LOG ON TO cbn.com
AND SEND US YOUR PRAYER CAST
THA REQUEST THAT WAY.
AND WE'LL SEND YOU THIS
PACKET FREE OF CHARGE.
CALL OR LOG ON NOW AND WE'LL
BE GLAD TO PRAYER FOR YOU.
PAT?
Pat: THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
THE NAME GIDEON -- THE
GIDEONS WERE PEOPLE, AND IT
MEANS POWERFUL WARRIOR, JUST
LIKE THE HERO IN THE BIBLE.
THE GIDEON YOU ARE ABOUT TO
MEET IS A WARRIOR OF A
DIFFERENT KIND.
HE WAS JUST A YEAR OLD WHEN
HE FACED A BATTLE WITH BRAIN
CANCER.
BUT GIDEON DIDN'T HAVE TO
FIGHT THIS KILLER DISEASE
ALONE.
HE HAD THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
PRAYING FOR A MIRACLE.
KENNY AND I HAVE BEEN
MARRIED ALMOST 13 YEARS.
THE YEAR AFTER WE WERE
MARRIED, OUR FIRST CHILD,
BROOK, WAS BORN.
IT WAS ALWAYS ON OUR
HEART TO HAVE MANY CHILD.
WE TRIED FOR YEARS TO
HAVE A SECOND CHILD, BUT FOR
SOME REASON WE COULDN'T
CONCEIVE AGAIN.
WE DECIDED TO BECOME
CERTIFIED AS FOSTER
PARENTS.
WE ADOPTED OUR FIRST BABY
A FEW YEARS AGO, AND WE
ADOPTED A TEENAGER, AND OUR
SON ALEXANDER.
WE WERE IN SHOCK WHEN WE
FOUND OUT WAS PREGNANT.
WE HAD PRAYED FOR 10 YEARS,
AND GIDEON WAS JUST A HUGE
ANSWER TO PRAYER.
RIGHT AROUND GIDEON'S
FIRST BIRTHDAY, WE SAT DOWN
TO EAT LUNCH, AND HIS HEAD
WAS CANTED TO THE SIDE.
I WENT TO MOVE HIS HEAD AND
HE SCREAMED.
WE HAD TAKEN HIM TO THE
PEDIATRICIAN AND THEY URGED
US TO VISIT THE CHILDREN'S
HOSPITAL.
WE WENT KNOWING THEY
WEREN'T GOING TO FIND
ANYTHING.
WHEN THEY CAME BACK WITH
THE C.T. SCAN, THE SURGEONS
KACAME BACK IN AND SAID,
YOUR SON HAS A BRAIN TOWM.
TUMOR.
OUR WORLD JUST STOPPED.
HE WAS GOING TO HAVE SURGERY
IMMEDIATELY.
WE CALLED ON EVERYONE.
I CALLED EVERYONE AND SAID,
I NEED YOU TO PRAY.
HE WENT IN TO HAVE THE TUMOR
RESECTION, WHERE THEY REMOVE
THE TUMOR, AND IT IS A NINE
AND A HALF HOUR SURGERY.
TO SEE YOUR CHILD -- ALL
HE WANTED TO DO WAS PLAY.
YOU FEEL SO HELPLESS.
DIRECTLY AFTER THE SURGERY,
HIS BODY WAS FAILING.
THEY GAVE GIDEON MEDICATION,
BUT HE HAD TEARS COMING DOWN
ON HIS FACE.
AND MY HEART JUST BROKE INTO
PIECES.
I PRAYED, GOD, I NEED YOU.
AND GOD JUST GAVE ME A
BEAUTIFUL VISION OF THESE
ANGELS.
AND THEY WERE SURROUNDING
GIDEON, AND HE WAS LAUGHING
AND HE WAS SMILING.
IT WAS PERFECT PEACE.
SO FOR THAT MOMENT, I KNEW
NO MATTER WHAT THE OUTCOME
WAS GOING TO BE, THAT GOD
HAD OUR BABY.
HE SPENT 30 DAYS RECOVERING
IN THE I.C.U.
THEY BY OP SEE BY BIOPSYED
THE TUMOR AND DISCOVERED HE
HAS BRAIN CANCER.
HOW DO YOU FAMTHOM THAT
YOW YOUR CHILD HAS CANCER?
BUT WE WERE SURROUNDED BY
FRIENDS AND FAMILY, AND THE
OUTPOURING OF FAITH WAS SO
IMMEDIATE AND SO VAST.
I SAID, WE'RE GOING TO PRAY
THAT GOD IS GOING TO USE
THIS FOR SOMETHING.
THIS IS NOT THE END.
THIS IS GOING TO BE THE
BEGINNING.
JUST AS A WAY OF COPING,
WE STARTED A Facebook
PAGE, "PRAYERS FOR GIDEON,"
AND WE WOULD ASK FOR
SPECIFIC PRAYERS OF
HEALING.
SO AFTER 30 DAYS IN THE
I.C.U., GIDEON JUST TURNED A
CORNER AND HE BEGAN
CHEMOTHERAPY.
A LOT OF THE CHEMOTHERAPY
TREATMENTS ARE DEPENDENT ON
WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNTS.
AT ONE PINNED HIS WHITE
BLOOD SELL COUNT WAS ZERO.
IN ORDER FOR HIM TO BE
ABLE TO GO HOME, HIS WHITE
BLOOD CELL COUNT NEEDED TO
BE 500.
WE BEGGED FOR PRAYERS
FROM PEOPLE, AND LITERALLY
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE PRAYED
SPECIFICALLY THAT OUR SON'S
WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT WOULD
GO UP.
HIS WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT
WENT FROM ZERO TO 7,000 IN
LESS THAN EIGHT HOURS.
THEY HAD TO RUN THE TEST
THREE TIMES.
NO ONE COULD UNDERSTAND.
GOD WAS HEALING OUR BABY.
GIDEON HAS GONE THROUGH SIX
MONTHS OF CHEMOTHERAPY, AND
HIS LAST DAY OF CHEMO WAS ON
THE DAY BEFORE
THANKSGIVING.
AND IT WAS PERFECT TIMING.
HE HAD SO MUCH TO BE
THANKFUL FOR.
HE WAS GOING TO GO IN FOR AN
M.R.I., AND I CALLED PEOPLE
FROM THE CHURCH AND SAID,
YOU NEED TO COME BECAUSE
THERE IS GOING TO BE A
MIRACLE.
GOD IS GOING TO HEAL
GIDEON.
SO WE HAD A FOUR-HOUR
M.R.I., AND THE ONCOLOGIST
CAME IN AND SAID, GIDEON HAS
NO EVIDENCE OF THE DISEASE,
NO CANCER IN HIS BODY.
SOME OF THE MOST AMAZING
WORDS IN THE WORLD.
IT WAS RIGHT AROUND
CHRISTMASTIME.
IT WAS THE BEST CHRISTMAS
PRESENT EVER.
WE HAVE REJOICED AND
PRAYED.
GOD HAS TAUGHT US SO MUCH
ABOUT LIFE AND I CHERISH
EACH MOMENT.
THIS IS THE STORY OF A
LITTLE BOY THAT WAS
DIAGNOSED WITH ONE OF THE
MOST HORRIFIC DISEASES WE
CAN THINK OF, AND GOD
BLESSED HIM AND HE CAME
THROUGH IT.
IT IS NOT A ROAD THAT WE
WOULD HAVE CHOSEN, BUT GOD
WAS ALWAYS THERE.
AND HE WAS WITH US AND NEVER
LEFT US.
I HOPE THAT PEOPLE SEE
GIDEON'S STORY AND SEE
HOPE.
IF THEY WOULD TRUST GOD,
MAYBE FOR THE FIRST TIME,
AND I OFTEN SAY IF ONE LIFE
WAS SAVED FROM GIDEON HAVING
CANCER, WE WOULD DO THAT
AGAIN.
GOD HAS SHOWN US HE CAN USE
SOMETHING SO SMALL TO MAKE
SUCH A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE
WORLD.
Pat: THAT IS AN
ABSOLUTE MIRACLE, THAT THAT
LITTLE CHILD COULD SURVIVE
CHEMOTHERAPY, NOT TO MENTION
THE CANCER, WHICH WAS
KILLING HIM.
PRAYER WAS ANSWERED.
WE HAVE PEOPLE ASKING FOR
PRAYER.
WE ARE GETTING THOUSANDS AND
THOUSANDS OF PRAYER
REQUESTS.
WE WANT TO HONOR YOU AND
HONOR THEM BY HOLDING THESE
REQUESTS BEFORE THE LORD.
SOMEONE SAYS THEY NEED
HEALING FROM T.M.J.
THEY ASK FOR FINANCIAL
HEALING TO PAY OFF BILLS.
AND THE HEALING OF NODULES
IN THE THROAT.
Terry: THIS ONE IS
SAYING, I'M ASKING FOR
HEALING FOR MENTAL,
SPIRITUAL ILLNESS OF MY
HOMELESS DAUGHTER.
AND SOMEONE NEEDING HEALING
FOR BREAST CANCER AND
THROUGHOUT THE BODY.
AND SOMEONE SAYING, THEY
NEED GOD'S HELP FINDING MY
DAUGHTER THAT I GAVE UP FOR
ADOPTION IN 1971.
THERE IS LOTS OF
HEARTBREAK.
Pat: WE'VE GOT PEOPLE
PRAYING ALL AROUND THE
WORLD.
AND WE WANT YOU TO PRAY FOR
THESE PEOPLE WHO ASKED FOR
PRAYER AND FOR YOU.
IF YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM IN
YOUR MARRIAGE, YOU NEED
MONEY, YOU'VE GOT A NERVOUS
CONDITION -- THERE ARE ALL
KINDS OF THINGS HAPPENING.
BUT GOD IS MORE THAN ABLE TO
TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THEM.
THERE IS NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE
FOR HIM.
HE IS THE ONE.
HIS NAME, YAWAY, MEANS IN
HEBREW, "HE WHO CAUSES
EVERYTHING TO BE."
HE IS THE ONE WHO IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING.
HE MADE YOU.
HE MADE YOUR BODY.
MADE THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF
FAMILIES.
MADE THE WHOLE REPRODUCTIVE
CYCLE, LITTLE BABIES AND HOW
THEY COME INTO BEING AND
GROW UP.
HE MADE IT ALL.
HE KNOWS HOW TO FIX IT AT
ANY POINT IN TIME.
SO TERRY AND I ARE GOING TO
JOIN HANDS AND BELIEVE GOD
FOR YOU.
PLEASE PRAY WITH US RIGHT
NOW.
EXPECT A MIRACLE.
FATHER, I JOIN WITH MY
SISTER IN CHRIST, AND WE
PRAY TOGETHER IN THE NAME OF
JESUS.
AND RIGHT NOW WE COME
AGAINST WASTING CANCER, AND
WE SPEAK TO CANCEROUS TUMORS
AND THE WASTING OF YOUR BODY
AND WE COMMAND THOSE TUMORS
TO LEAVE AND YOUR IMMUNE
SYSTEM TO FUNCTION IN JESUS'
NAME.
TOUCH!
TERRY?
Terry: SOMEONE NAMED
TRACY IS PRAYING FOR
SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED AND
THAT YOU'VE PRAYED FOR FOR A
LONG TIME.
GOD HAS HEARD YOUR PRAYER
AND THAT IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN,
TRACY.
Pat: THERE IS SOMETHING
INSIDE YOUR HEAD, IT IS LIKE
A RINGING AND CONFUSION,
LIKE THINGS ARE GOING ON
AROUND INSIDE YOUR HEAD.
YOU SENSE THIS AWFUL THING.
RIGHT NOW GOD IS TOUCHING
YOU.
TOUCH YOUR FOREHEAD.
IN THE NAME OF JESUS,
EVERYTHING HAS STABILIZED.
FROM THIS MOMENT ON YOU'RE
FREE.
TERRY?
Terry: SOMEONE ELSE,
YOU HAVE SOME KIND OF A
CONDITION THAT FORMED A
DEFORMITY IN YOUR SKULL
SKELETAL AREA.
GOD IS CORRECTING THAT FOR
YOU RIGHT NOW.
Pat: SOMEBODY IS
PRAYING ABOUT MONEY, AND GOD
KNOWS YOUR NEED.
HE IS ABSOLUTELY ABLE.
FOR ALL OF YOU IN THIS
AUDIENCE, YOU HAVE FEAR, AND
GOD IS TAKING YOUR FEAR
AWAY.
HE IS BRINGING YOUR FAMILY
TOGETHER.
IN JESUS' NAME, YOU WILL
WALK IN THE LIBERTY OF THE
CHILDREN OF GOD.
WE DECLARE AND PROCLAIM
LIBERTY IN JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
Terry: AMEN.
Pat: IF WE CAN PRAY
MORE FOR YOU, CALL IN:
1-800-759-0700.
PLEASE TELL US WHAT THE LORD
HAS DONE FOR YOU.
WE LOVE TO HEAR IT AND WE
LIKE TO SHARE IT.
TERRY?
Terry: ALL OF US WOULD
LOVE TO HAVE AN INTIMATE
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ONE
PAT JUST TALKED ABOUT, THE
ONE WHO CAUSES EVERYTHING TO
BE.
OUR NEXT GUEST IS GOING TO
TELL US HOW TO DO THAT IN
JUST 30 DAYS.
BEST-SELLING AUTHOR,
WELLINGTON BOONE, TALKS
ABOUT HIS JOURNEY WITH GOD.
THAT'S LATER ON CBN.
AND WELCOME BACK TO "THE
700 CLUB."
A FLOWER SHOP OWNER WHO LOST
HER LAWSUIT OVER REFUSING TO
PROVIDE SERVICES FOR A
SAME-SEX WEDDING IS
APPEALING TO HER STATE
SUPREME COURT.
SHE OWNS ARLENE'S FLOWERS IN
RICHMOND, WASHINGTON.
SHE SAYS HER RELIGIOUS
BELIEFS PREVENT HER FOR
PROVIDING FLOWERS FOR A GAY
WEDDING.
A JUDGE RULED EARLIER THIS
YEAR THAT SHE BROKE THE LAW
WHEN SHE TOLD A LONG-TIME
CUSTOMER SHECOULDN'T SERVE
HIS WEDDING BECAUSE OF HER
RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.
THE FILM "LITTLE BOY,"
OPENED ON THE WEEKEND.
AUDIENCES ARE GIVING IT VERY
FAVORABLE REVIEWS.
BUT SOME MOVIE CRITICS
AREN'T BEING SO KIND.
THE MOVIE'S EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER SAYS THERE IS A GAP
BETWEEN WHAT CRITICS ARE
SAYING AND WHAT MOVIE-GOERS
ACTUALLY LIKE.
YOU HAVE, LIKE, ALMOST
90% THE AUDIENCE LOVING THIS
MOVIE, BUT THEN YOU HAVE
ALMOST 13% OF CRITICS.
SO IT'S A BIG GAP BETWEEN
IT.
SOMETHING IS WEIRD HERE, YOU
KNOW?
AND YOU CAN WATCH THE
REST OF HIS INTERVIEW ON OUR
NEWSROOM TALK BLOG AT
CBNNEWS.COM.
WHERE YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE
LATEST FROM CBN NEWS.
PAT AND TERRY ARE BACK WITH
MORE OF "THE 700 CLUB" RIGHT
AFTER THIS.
Terry: HOW CAN I GET
CLOSER TO GOD?
THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
IN OUR "700 CLUB" E-MAIL
BOX.
IT IS ALSO THE SUBJECT OF A
NEW BOOK BY A WELL-LOVED
AUTHOR AND SPEAKER.
TAKE A LOOK.
Reporter: BISHOP
WELLINGTON BOONE IS A
BEST-SELLING AUTHOR,
NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED
SPEAKER AND THE FOUNDING
PASTOR OF "THE FATHER'S
HOUSE CHURCH" IN GEORGIA.
THE REASON HE SENT US A
HOLY GHOST IS SO WE DON'T
HAVE TO DO THIS GREAT BATTLE
BY OURSELVES.
Reporter: IN HIS LATEST
BOOK, "YOUR JOURNEY WITH
GOD," BISHOP BOONE COACHES
YOU ON HOW TO DEVELOP A NEW
LEVEL OF INTIMACY WITH
GODMENT.
Terry: POLICE WELCOME
BACK TO "THE 700 CLUB," OUR
DEAR FRIEND, WELLINGTON
BOONE.
IT IS ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO
HAVE YOU HERE.
THANK YOU.
IT IS GREAT BEING HERE.
Terry: WE WANT TO TALK
ABOUT YOUR JOURNEY WITH GOD,
THE TITLE OF YOUR NEW BOOK.
THERE IS WITHIN US,
WELLINGTON, I THINK A
LONGING TO KNOW WHETHER
THERE IS A GOD AND WHO HE
IS, OR A LONGING TO KNOW
THERE IS SOMETHING MORE THAN
OURSELVES?
WHY IS THAT IN US?
WHAT IS THAT ABOUT?
I BELIEVE WE WERE MADE TO
SATISFY THE PURPOSE THAT GOD
MADE US FOR.
AND I THINK AFTER THE FALL,
WE FELL AWAY FROM
UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WERE
CALLED TO BE LIKE GOD, AND
SECONDLY TO DO WHAT GOD
WOULD DO, TO ACTUALLY PLEASE
HIM IN EVERY WAY.
Terry: WHY IS IT SO
HARD FOR US TO KNOW HOW TO
DO THAT?
PEOPLE SEEM TO STRUGGLE WITH
THAT, DON'T YOU THINK?
I THINK WITH THE FALL,
THERE WAS A BREAK IN TERMS
OF INTERMASSEY WITH GOD.
INTIMACY WITH GOD.
THE IDEA OF PRAYER CALLS US
BACK TO A PERSONAL
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.
I WAS DOING A LOT OF THINGS,
AS FAR AS CALLING GOD ALL MY
LIFE, BUT WHAT A PERSON IS
IN PRIVATE IS WHAT HE IS IN
GOD.
THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE GREAT
PEOPLE, BOTH IN THE PAST AND
THE ONES IN THE BIBLE -- IT
WAS GOD'S ENCOUNTER WITH
THEM IN PRIVATE THAT ALLOWED
THEM TO HAVE THE IMPACT OUT
IN THE PUBLIC.
Terry: IT'S SO TRUE.
THOSE KINDS OF ENCOUNTERS --
EVEN PAUL -- THEY DON'T
HAPPEN FOR THE MOST PART --
I KNOW SOMEONE CAN HAVE THE
MOVE OF A SPIRIT ON THEM IN
A GREAT MEETING, BUT THOSE
MOMENTS WHERE GOD SPEAKS
SOMETHING TO YOUR HEART ARE
USUALLY ONE-ON-ONE.
HOW DO YOU GET THAT
INTIMACY?
FIRST OF ALL, I BELIEVE
THAT GOD PREDESTI NATES ALL
ODESTINATES ALL OF US TO BE
BORN AGAIN.
SOMEHOW HE ALLOWS US TO GET
INTO A CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE WE
CRY OUT TO HIM.
AND HE MAKES HIMSELF KNOWN
TO US, AND IT BECOMES A
PATHWAY.
WE'RE SAVED FROM HELL, AND
NOW IT IS TRANSFORMATION.
JESUS COMES AS THE LAST
ADAM, AND HE DID
PRE-DESTINATE, FOR US TO
BECOME THE IMAGE OF HIS
SON.
I KNOW THE WILL FOR EVERY
PERSON IS TO BE LIKE JESUS.
SO UNDER THAT MICROSCOPE, WE
ASK OURSELVES, DO WE THINK
LIKE HE THINKS?
DO WE TALK LIKE HE TALKS?
DO WE DO WHAT HE DOES?
AND THEN WE LOOK AROUND AND
WE SAY, I DON'T THINK SO.
Terry: THERE IS
SOMETHING MISSING.
SO WE NEED TO GO BACK TO
HIM AND CRY OUT.
I BELIEVE WE NEED THE HOLY
SPIRIT TO HELP US.
IT IS NOT JUST TO HELP US
GET THROUGH OUR SICKNESS,
EVEN THOUGH GOD IS A GREAT
HEALER, AND TO GET THROUGH
OUR FINANCIAL SITUATIONS,
EVEN THOUGH HE WILL HELP US,
BUT I BELIEVE IT IS TO HELP
US BECOME LIKE HIM.
Terry: YOU'RE BOOK IS
ALL ABOUT THAT JOURNEY TO
INTIMACY.
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
ROLE OF PRAYER IN THAT.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT
CRYING OUT TO HIM, THAT'S A
VERY PERSONAL HEART CRY.
AND THE KIND OF PRAYER
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ISN'T
SOMETHING YOU JUST HAVE TO
DO AND YOU DO BY ROAD.
IT IS THAT KIND OF CRY OUT
FROM YOUR HEART, NOT ALWAYS
IN A SCENARIO OF NEED, BUT
OF WANT. OF WANTING MORE OF
HIM AND TO BE LIKE HIM.
WE HAVE THIS CONFIDENCE
THAT IF WE ASK ANYTHING
ACCORDING TO HIS WILL, WE
KNOW HE HEARS US.
SO SOMETIMES ACCORDING TO
HIS WILL IS LEFT OUT.
YOU CAN ASK HIM ANYTHING --
HE'S NOT GOING TO DO
ANYTHING.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BECOME
HIS DIRECTOR.
IT IS GOING TO GOD TO SAY,
GOD, FIRST OF ALL, WHAT DO
YOU WANT OUT OF MY LIFE.
IF GOD DOESN'T TELL YOU
THAT, THEN YOU HAVE TO LIVE
BY PRINCIPLE.
SO I CREATED THIS BOOK TO
HELP US ON THIS PATHWAY
BECAUSE I FOUND A LOT OF
PEOPLE MOVE WITH GOD FROM
CIRCUMSTANCE TO
CIRCUMSTANCE.
I CALL THAT TRIPPING.
BUT OUR LIFE WITH GOD IS A
JOURNEY.
Terry: AND YOU'VE GOT A
30-DAY JOURNEY IN HERE THAT
IS NOT MEANT TO END AT 30
DAYS, BUT REALLY TO BEGIN A
LIFETIME, A WAY OF LIFE.
30 IS REALLY A PROPHETIC
NUMBER.
30 YEARS OF TRAINING BEFORE
YOU BECOME A RABBI.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, AT AGE
30, HE REALLY WAS A RABBI.
PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT.
YOU DO ANYTHING FOR 30
STRAIGHT DAYS AND IT BECOMES
A HABIT.
I PUT IN HERE HISTORICAL
HABITS THAT GREAT PEOPLE
HAVE DONE IN THEIR LIVES,
THAT WE CAN FOLLOW AS
PATTERNS.
THE PRINCIPLES THAT HELP US
WITH THE ISSUE OF
CONSECRATION.
Terry: GOD HAS GIVEN US
SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO BE
WISE ABOUT THESE THINGS, IF
WE WILL LISTEN AND LEARN AND
TAKE ACTION.
AND THAT'S WHAT YOUR BOOK
DOES, IT ENCOURAGES US TO DO
THAT.
IT IS KNOWN AS A WORK
THROUGH, NOT JUST A READ
THROUGH.
Terry: IT IS MUCH MORE
THAN A BOOK.
WE OFTEN HEAR FROM MANY OF
YOU IN E-MAIL, HOW CAN I BE
CLOSER TO GOD; I FEEL LIKE
GOD'S PRESENCE HAS LEFT
ME -- IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR
A WAY TO GET THAT INTIMACY
BACK, YOU'RE GOING TO WANT
TO GET AHOLD OF THIS.
AND BISHOP BOONE IS OUR
GUEST SPEAKER TODAY AT THE
UNIVERSITY CHAPEL.
YOU CAN JOIN US ONLINE.
WE'LL BE STREAMING THAT
MESSAGE AND THE SERVICE LIVE
AT NOON.
JUST LOG ON TO CBN.COM.
WELLINGTON, GREAT TO HAVE
YOU HERE.
THANK YOU.
Terry: ANGEL ASKS,
"WILL THE PEOPLE WHO DIED IN
THE EARTHQUAKE IN NEPAL BE
SAVED IF THEY NEVER HEARD
ABOUT JESUS?
ARE THEY GOING TO HEAVEN OR
HELL?"
WE'LL LET BISHOP BOONE
ANSWER THAT WHEN WE COME
BACK.
Pat: THANKS FOR BEING
WITH US.
JUST A QUICK PLUG FOR REGENT
UNIVERSITY.
THAT FILM SCHOOL, BY THE
WAY, HAS GOTTEN 360
INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL
FILM AWARDS.
THEY HAVE A MASTER'S IN
CINEMA TELEVISION, PRODUCING
AND DIRECTING.
THEY HAVE A MASTER OF FINE
ARTS.
THEY'VE GOT A WONDERFUL
SCHOOL.
THAT'S ONE OF MANY, MANY,
MANY.
THERE ARE ABOUT 70, 75
COURSE OFFERINGS RIGHT NOW,
75 MAJORS AND ALL KINDS OF
PHYSICAL SCIENCE AND
CYBER-SECURITY.
Terry: REGENT HAS WON
NUMEROUS AWARDS.
Pat: 700 TEACHERS OF
THE YEAR, FOR EXAMPLE.
THERE ARE SEVEN UNIVERSITY
PRESIDENTS WHO GRADUATED
FROM OUR UNIVERSITY.
Terry: AND ALL KINDS OF
POLITICIANS.
Pat: OKAY,
POLITICIANS.
Terry: HONEST ONES.
TIME TO "BRING IT ON."
THIS IS ANGEL WHO SAYS, "I
HEAR ABOUT DISASTERS LIKE
THE EARTHQUAKE IN NEPAL, AND
IT DISTURBS ME ABOUT THE
SALVATION OF THESE PEOPLE
WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD ABOUT
JESUS CHRIST.
WILL THESE PEOPLE BE SAVED
IF THEY NEVER HEARD ABOUT
JESUS?
ARE THEY GOING TO HELL OR TO
HEAVEN?"
Pat: ROMANS 2, ACTION
IN LIGHT OF PRIVILEGE.
IT IS WHAT YOU DO IN LIGHT
OF WHAT YOU KNOW.
THOSE PEOPLE IN NEPAL SAW
THE SUN COME UP EVERY
MORNING AND THEY SAW THE
SUNSET.
AND THEY SAW THE POWER OF
GOD.
THEY HAD TO RECOGNIZE IT AS
A HIGHER POWER.
THEY HAD TO RECOGNIZE HE HAD
LAWS FOR THEM TO LIVE BY.
I DON'T KNOW WHO THEY WERE
OR WHAT THE DEAL IS, BUT
THAT'S THE LAW.
THEIR OWN CONSCIOUS WILL
EXCUSE OR ACCUSE THEM ON THE
DAY OF JESUS CHRIST.
Terry: A VIEWER
SAYS, "WOULD IT BE SAFE TO
SAY WE NEED TO GROW IN THE
FORGIVENESS OF GOD, AND
UNDERSTANDING IS A PROCESS.
WHEN A PERSON SINS AND
UNDERSTANDS HE IS ALREADY
FORGIVEN AND CONTINUES TO
MOVE FORWARD, IS THIS A SIGN
OF GROWTH, NO MATTER WHAT
THE SIN?"
Pat: THE GOSPEL IS
SIMPLE.
AND THE ANSWER IS: GOD
FORGIVES.
YOU COME TO HIM AND ASK FOR
FORGIVENESS AND HE'LL
FORGIVE YOU.
SO DON'T SLICE IT AND DICE
IT MORE THAN THAT.
YOU'RE MAKING YOURSELF UPSET
FOR NO GOOD REASON.
YOU'VE GOT A GOD WHO LOVES
YOU, WHO FORGIVES YOU, AND
THE BIBLE SAYS HE WANTS TO
CLEANSE YOUR CONSCIENCE OF
DEAD WORKS SO YOU MIGHT
SERVE THE LIVING GOD.
HE WANTS YOUR SERVICE, NOT
YOU SITTING THERE AGONIZING
ON WHETHER YOU SLICED AND
DICED -- WHETHER YOU SINNED
TOO MUCH.
Terry: THIS WEREN'T
SAYS, "WHY WILL BE THE ENEMY
BE TURNED LOOSE IN THE WORLD
AFTER A THOUSAND YEARS OF
REIGNING WITH JESUS ON THIS
EARTH?"
Pat: I THINK GOD WANTS
TO GIVE ONE MORE TIME, AND
HE'LL SHOW AT THIS POINT
PEOPLE WILL SERVE HIM
DESPITE -- YOU SEE, THERE
ARE ANGELS AND
PRINCIPALLITIES AND POWERS,
AND WE'RE LIKE EXHIBIT "A,"
AND THESE ANGELS ARE
WATCHING FROM ALL OVER THE
UNIVERSE.
AND THIS IS KIND OF LIKE A
LITTLE STAGE.
YOU REMEMBER SHAKE
SHAKESPEARE, ALL THE WORLD
IS A STAGE.
WE'RE ON THAT STAGE.
AND SO GOD IS GOING TO SHOW
THAT LOVE WILL TRIUMPH OVER
HATE, AND HE WILL LET THE
DEVIL HAVE ONE LAST SHOT AT
HUMANITY, EVEN AFTER
HUMANITY HAS BEEN LIVING IN
THE MILLENNIUM UNDER THE
RULE OF JESUS CHRIST.
IF THEY REBEL AGAINST THEM,
THEN GOD WILL SAY NOW I HAVE
NO REASON NOT TO JUDGE AND
DESTROY.
WE LEAVE YOU WITH TODAY'S
POWER MINUTE FROM MATTHEW
21: "AND WHATEVER THINGS YOU
ASK IN PRAYER BELIEVING, YOU
WILL RECEIVE."
TOMORROW, A YOUNG MAN IS
GIVEN LESS THAN A 2% CHANCE
TO LIVE AFTER AN ACCIDENT.
WATCH HIS MIRACULOUS
RECOVERY FROM HEAD TRAUMA.
THAT'S TOMORROW ON "THE 700
CLUB."
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
WITH US.
FOR TERRY AND ALL OF US,
THIS IS PAT ROBERTSON.
WE LOVE YOU.
WE APPRECIATE YOU.
AND WE ASK YOU TO JOIN US
AGAIN TOMORROW.
BYE-BYE.