On this week's edition of The Watchman, we profile courageous voices who are taking a stand for the persecuted Christians of the Middle East.
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Erick: AND WELCOME TO
"THE WATCHMAN."
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE
FOUNDATIONS OF THIS SHOW
IS OUR DETERMINATION TO
BRING YOU THE STORY OF THE
PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS OF
THE MUSLIM WORLD.
FOLKS, IT HAS NEVER BEEN
WORSE THAN IT IS RIGHT NOW
WITH ISIS CONDUCTING AN
OPEN GENOCIDE OF BELIEVERS
IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
THE BIRTHPLACE OF
CHRISTIANITY AND THE
CRADLE OF THE FAITH.
BUT IT GOES BEYOND THE
MIDDLE EAST.
FROM KENYA TO SYRIA TO
PAKISTAN, CHRISTIANS ARE
BEING SLAUGHTERED BY
MUSLIM FANATICS.
NOW, WESTERN GOVERNMENTS,
INCLUDING THE UNITED
STATES, HAVE BEEN SLOW TO
RESPOND, TO SAY THE LEAST.
BUT WE BEGIN THIS WEEK
WITH THE STORY OF A BRAVE
NUN WHO IS RISKING HER
LIFE TO TAKE ON ISIS AND
HELP THE PERSECUTED
BELIEVERS OF IRAQ AND
SYRIA.
AMERICA MEET SISTER HATUN
DOGAN.
THE ISLAMIC TERROR GROUP
ISIS IS LEAVING A TRAIL OF
DESTRUCTION ALONG PARTS OF
SYRIA AND IRAQ.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
CHRISTIANS HAVE BEEN
DISPLACED FROM THEIR
HOMES, AND COUNTLESS
OTHERS HAVE BEEN MURDERED
OR ENSLAVED BY THE
JIHADIST ARMIES OF ISIS
WITH NO END IN SIGHT.
THIS SISTER HAS BEEN ON
THE GROUND AND WITNESSED
THE DEVASTATION OF THESE
ANCIENT CHRISTIAN
COMMUNITIES.
SHE HAS LISTENED TO
SURVIVORS HOW CHRISTIAN
AND YAZIDI WOMEN ARE BEING
SOLD INTO SEX SLAVERY.
THEY CHOOSE THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL ONES, EVEN IF
THEY HAVE A SMALL CHILD.
AND THEY SELL THESE LADIES
TO EACH OTHER.
ONLY TO SUNNI MUSLIMS.
THEY ARE KIDNAPPED IN THE
HANDS OF THE ISIS AND THE
YAZIDI ALONE.
IF THE HIGHEST BARBERISM
ON THE EARTH IN HISTORY
TODAY.
Erick: HER FOUNDATION
HELPS THE POOR AND
PERSECUTED IN 35
COUNTRIES, PROVIDING THEM
WITH FOOD, CLOTHING,
MEDICINE AND SHELTER.
SHE TRAVELS CONSTANTLY
WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON
THE MUSLIM WORLD.
THE RISE OF ISIS HAS
FREQUENTLY BROUGHT HER TO
SYRIA AND IRAQ TO HELP THE
MINORITY.
I AM COMING HERE NOT
FOR HOLIDAY.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING
THE WORDS, THAT THE WORLD
HEAR THE WORDS.
I AM THE CHANNEL FOR HEM.
THEM.
THAT IS MY MISSION.
Erick: THE SISTER IS
NO STRANGER TO ISLAMIC
PERSECUTION.
AS A YOUNG GIRL, THREATS
FROM LOCAL MUSLIMS FORCED
HER FAMILY TO LEAVE THEIR
HOME IN TURKEY.
THEY RELOCATED TO GERMANY,
WHERE SHE OPERATES HIR HER
FOUNDATION.
THE MISSION OF THE ISIS
IS TO CONVERT THE WORLD TO
ISLAM RELIGION AND TO
BRING THEM TO THE SALAM,
THEY CALL THAT.
AND ISLAM IS NOT PEACE,
PLEASE.
AND ISIS HAS NOT WISHED
ISLAM IN CONNECTION TO
SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS NOT
TO HIS LIAR.
ISIS IS ISLAM, AND ISLAM
IS ISIS.
Erick: SHE IS
DISAPPOINTED BY WHAT SHE
CALLS A WEAK REACTION FROM
THE WEST.
WE HEAR THE QURAN SAY
NO DEMOCRACY.
DEMOCRACY AND QURAN IS
OPPOSITE, LIKE BLACK AND
WHITE.
I HOPE THAT AMERICA WILL
UNDERSTAND.
AMERICA HAS TODAY THE
POWER THAT THEY CAN STOP
THIS DISASTER ON THE EARTH
WITH ANOTHER WESTERN
COUNTRY.
Reporter: AS FOR
SISTER HATUN, SHE SAYS
SHE'LL KEEP CALLING
ATTENTION OF THE PLIGHT OF
FOLLOWERS OF JESUS AROUND
THE WORLD, WHETHER THE
WEST WANTS TO HEAR IT OR
NOT.
SISTER HATUN IS AN
INSPIRATION.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT
HER WORK AT
HATUNFOUNDATION.COM.
> FOLKS, EVERY DAY
THOUSANDS OF CHRISTIANS IN
THE MIDDLE EAST ARE
BRUTALLY PERSECUTED BY
ISLAMIC JIHADISTS,
DEMANDING THEY CONVERT OR
PAY THE ULTIMATE CHRIST.
NOW, SOME VERY IMPORTANT
GROUPS HERE IN THE STATES
ARE STEPPING UP AND URGING
LAWMAKERS TO WAKE UP AND
ASSIST THESE BELIEVERS IN
CHRIST WHO ARE BEING
TORTURED AND MURDERED ON A
DAILY BASIS.
I WAS HONORED TO MODERATE
A PANEL IN WASHINGTON
RECENTLY, PUT TOGETHER BY
MY FRIENDS AT THE
INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP
OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS AND
CONCERNED WOMEN FOR
AMERICA.
MY CBN COLLEAGUE ABIGAIL
ROBERTSON WAS THERE AND
FILED THIS REPORT.
Reporter: SPEAKERS
FROM AROUND THE WORLD
GATHERED IN WASHINGTON TO
DISCUSS THE HORRORS MIDDLE
EAST CHRISTIANS ARE FACING
EVERY DAY.
ENTIRE ANCIENT CHRISTIAN
COMMUNITIES RIGHT NOW ARE
BEING WIPED OUT BY VIAL,
HATRED, AND TERROR.
THE INTERNATIONAL
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS
AND JEWS AND THE C.W.A.
HAVE COME TOGETHER TO
DISCUSS THE DANGEROUS
RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION IN
THE MIDDLE EAST.
ERICK STAKELBECK MODERATED
THE PANEL AS SPEAKERS
FOCUSED ON RELIGIOUS
PERSECUTION AND WHAT
AMERICAN POLICY-MAKERS CAN
DO TO STOP THE BARBARIST
ATTACKS AGAINST RELIGIOUS
MINORITIES.
ON THE PANEL WAS TERRORISM
EXPERT WALID FERRIS.
HE SAYS WITH THE RISE OF
THE ISLAMIC STATE
CALIPHATE, WE ARE
WITNESSING THE WORST
CONDITIONS FOR MIDDLE EAST
CHRISTIANS IN HISTORY.
IN IRAQ AND SYRIA
ALONE, CHRISTIAN
MINORITIES ARE UNDER
DANGER OF COMPLETE ETHNIC
CLEANSING.
Reporter: OTHER
PANELISTS SAID THE WEST
MUST NOT BE AFRAID TO CALL
THOSE COMMITTING THESE
HEINOUS CRIMES WHAT THEY
ARE, ISLAMIC JIHADISTS.
WE'RE SEEING CHRISTIANS
AND JEWS AND MINORITIES
SUFFERING AT THE HANDS,
PRIMARILY, OF ISLAMIC
JIHADISTS.
WE NEED TO IDENTIFY WHAT
IS HAPPENING IN ORDER TO
ACTUALLY ACCURATELY FIGHT
IT.
Reporter: YAAL SAYS
THAT CHRISTIANS AND JEWS
MUST UNITE AGAINST THOSE
PERSECUTING THEM.
THEY'RE NOT KICKING OUT
THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY
BECAUSE THERE IS NOWHERE
TO GO, SO THEY'RE JUST
KILLING THEM.
I WANT TO SEE THE
CHRISTIAN AND THE JEWISH
COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER
TO SAY THIS IS
UNACCEPTABLE.
Reporter: SHE URGES
CHRISTIANS AROUND THE
WORLD TO COME TOGETHER AND
PROTEST THESE ATROCITIES.
IF ALL OF THE
CHRISTIANS STOOD TOGETHER
TO SAY, WE DEMAND FREEDOM,
WE DO NOT STAND WITH THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE
PERSECUTING THE CHRISTIANS
IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AND
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ACTION
AGAINST THEM, EVEN IF THAT
ACTION IS EDUCATION.
EDUCATION CAN BE A VERY,
VERY POWERFUL WEAPON.
Reporter: ABIGAIL
ROBERTSON, CBN NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
Erick: UP NEXT, HOW
ONE COURAGEOUS
EGYPTIAN-AMERICAN IS
FIGHTING BACK AGAINST THE
FORCES OF JIHAD IN THE
PLACE OF HIS BIRTH.
STICK AROUND.
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Erick: AND WELCOME
BACK.
WE'RE JOINED NOW BY DR.
MICHAEL MORGAN, THE HOST
OF "THE AMERICAN POLLS
PROGRAM," AND HE IS ALSO A
LEADING HUMAN RIGHTS
ACTIVIST, DRAWING
ATTENTION TO THE PLIGHT OF
RELIGIOUS MINORITIES, IN
PARTICULAR IN THE MIDDLE
EAST.
DR. MORGAN, GREATS TO HAVE GREAT TO HAVE
YOU WITH US.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
Erick: TELL US A
LITTLE ABOUT YOUR
BACKGROUND AND HOW YOU
BECAME SUCH A PROMINENT
ACTIVIST, SOUNDING THE
ALARM ABOUT THE
PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS,
YAZIDIS AND KURDS IN THE
MIDDLE EAST.
WHAT HAPPENED,
MR. STAKELBECK, WHEN I
MOVED TO THE STATES, I
WANTED TO SHED THE LIGHT
ON THAT 12, 15 YEARS AGO,
AND I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY
TO PROSPER AND DO MY
Ph.D.
I CAME FROM EGYPT AND I
HAD NOTHING.
I STARTED UP MY OWN
BUSINESS.
TWO YEARS LATER, I GOT MY
Ph.D. IN PHYSICAL
THERAPY.
I HAVE ONE OF THE LEADING
COMPANIES IN NEW YORK
CITY.
AND THE THEN WHEN EGYPT GOT IN
TROUBLE WITH THE MUSLIM
BROTHERHOOD, I STARTED TO
REALIZE I HAVE TO DO
SOMETHING.
AND ALSO BECAUSE THE
RELATIONSHIP OF THE
EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT AND
THE AMERICAN
ADMINISTRATION WERE GOING
DOWN THE DRAIN.
Erick: UNDER THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION --
YEAH, OBVIOUSLY.
SO I STARTED TO SAY, THIS
CANNOT BE POSSIBLE.
AMERICA IS NOT SIDING WITH
THE RIGHT PEOPLE.
Erick: RIGHT.
AND WHEN ASSII CAME OUT
AND KICKED OUT THE MUSLIM
BROTHERHOOD, THE ONLY
THING I WOULD HAVE
EXPECTED FOR THE AMERICAN
ADMINISTRATION IS TO BACK
HIM UP --
Erick: OF COURSE.
AND -- SAY GOOD JOB.
Erick: THE CURRENT
EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT,
ASSISI, WHO IS CRACKING
DOWN ON ISIS, THE
BROTHERHOOD, HAMAS --
EXACTLY.
ALL OF THE TERRORIST
GROUPS.
AND HE TOOK THE CARRIAGE
AND STOOD ON THE STAGE
THREE MONTHS AGO, AND HE
SAID -- HE IS A MUSLIM
GUY, AND IT IS AMAZING TO
COME OUT OF HIM BECAUSE HE
IS REALLY A FAIR PERSON.
HE SAID ONE BILLION CANNOT
KILL SEVEN BILLION PEOPLE.
SO WE HAVE FUNDAMENTAL
PROBLEMS THAT WE NEED TO
WORK ON.
AND HE ENCOURAGED THE
IMAMS TO CHANGE THE
SPEECHES IN THE MOSQUES.
Erick: YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT THE SPEECH, I
BELIEVE THIS IS NEW YEAR'S
EVE DAY 2015 --
CORRECT.
Erick: WHAT ASSII
WENT TO ONE OF THE GREAT
SEATS OF ISLAMIC LEARNING
AND IN A ROOM FULL OF
IMAMS AND SHEIKHS, AND HE
BASICALLY CALLED FOR A
REFORMATION OF ISLAM.
YES.
Erick: AND HE WENT TO
A COPTIC CHRISTIAN
CHURCH --
WHICH NEVER HAPPENED IN
EGYPT.
UNDER THE RULE OF MUBARAK,
NONE OF THE PRESIDENTS
THAT COME INTO THE CHURCH
ON THE NIGHT OF THE
HOLIDAYS WHERE THERE WAS
CHRISTMAS OR EASTER TO
CONGRATULATE OR WISH HAPPY
HOLIDAYS, AND HE WAS THE
FIRST ONE TO DO THAT.
FOR HIM TO DO THAT, HE IS
EXPOSING HIMSELF TO A LOT
OF CRITICISM, AND A LOT OF
PEOPLE WOULD SAY THIS GUY
IS AN INFIDEL.
AND HE SAID, I'M TREATING
EVERYBODY AS AN EGYPTIAN.
I'M AN EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT.
I'M A PRESIDENT FOR THE
MUSLIMS, I'M A PRESIDENT
FOR THE COPTICS, I'M A
PRESIDENT FOR THE JEWS,
FOR EVERYBODY.
THE GUY IS REALLY DOING
THE BEST TO MINGLE THE
EGYPTIAN PEOPLE TOGETHER.
Erick: AND THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION SHOULD SAY,
THIS IS THE GUY WE'RE
WAITING FOR, A TRUE MUSLIM
MODERATE, AND INSTEAD OF
BRACING HIM, THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION IS
BASICALLY ABANDONING HIM.
AND RAISING THE
BROTHERHOOD INSTEAD.
EXACTLY.
GOING TO THE OTHER SIDE.
THEY'RE GOING THE LONG
WAY.
Erick: IT'S CRAZY.
FOR PRESIDENT ASSISI TO
DO THIS, HE NEEDS SUPPORT
FROM EVERYBODY.
HE IS ALREADY HAVING A
HARD TIME WITH THE MIDDLE
EAST POLICIES AND THE
ACTIVISTS, THE MUSLIM
ACTIVISTS AND THE
JIHADISTS, AND HE IS
TRYING TO BLOCK THEM OFF,
BUT NOBODY IS GIVING HIM
THE CHANCE.
SO THAT'S WHEN I
DECIDED -- I'M, LIKE, YOU
KNOW WHAT?
I REALLY HAVE TO SPEAK
OUT.
AND I STARTED MY AMERICAN
PROGRAM.
AND I'VE BEEN INTERVIEWING
CONGRESSMEN, SENATORS, AND
TRYING TO GET TO THE WHITE
HOUSE EVEN.
I GOT YOU ON MY SHOW A
YEAR AGO.
Erick: IT WAS AN
HONOR TO BE ON YOUR SHOW.
THE HONOR WAS ALL MINE.
Erick: TELL US MORE
ABOUT THE SHOW AND WHAT IT
CAN BE SEEN?
"AMERICAN PULSE" IS A
POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTAL
SHOW.
IT COULD BE SEEN ON
www.Americanpulse.TV.
THE MISSION IS TO SHOW MY
VIEWERS IN EGYPT
AMERICAN'S PERSPECTIVE OF
WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE
MIDDLE EAST.
GIVE THEM A WIND FOR THE
AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE TO BE
HEARD.
BECAUSE EVERYBODY IN EGYPT
THINKS ALL AVERAGE
AMERICANS WALKING ON THE
STREET IS ABIDING WITH
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S
OPINIONS, AND THAT IS
BEING OFFERED THEM IS NOT
ENOU.
Erick: THE MUSLIM
BROTHERHOOD IS BEING
PORTRAYED HERE IN THE
GOVERNMENT AS MODERATES.
THAT'S WHY 0th YOU I THINK YOUR
SHOW IS SO IMPORTANT.
YOU'RE REACHING EGYPTIANS
WITH THE TRUTH ABOUT
AMERICANS.
THE LAST QUESTION, REAL
QUICK, I TALKED ABOUT YOUR
HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISM.
YES.
Erick: TELL US A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR
HEART FOR RELIGIOUS
MINORITIES IN THE MIDDLE
EAST, WHETHER IT IS
CHRISTIAN, YAZIDI, KURD.
I BELIEVE IN THE MAIN
FUNDAMENTALS OF HUMANITY.
ANYBODY DESERVES TO LIVE.
AND EVERYBODY SHOULD LIVE
AND LET LIVE.
I DON'T CARE WHAT YOUR
RELIGION IS.
I DON'T CARE WHAT YOUR
SKIN COLOR IS.
EVERYBODY DESERVES TO LIVE
A LIFE WITH NO
PERSECUTIONS OR ANYBODY
PRESSURING YOU TO DO
SOMETHING YOU DON'T WANT
TO DO.
TODAY WE COME TO
WASHINGTON TO HOLD AN
EVENT THROUGH MY PROGRAM
ABOUT THE GENOCIDE, AND I
WANT TO TALK ABOUT, YOU
KNOW, ALL OF THE GENOCIDE
THAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST.
I'VE BEEN READING ABOUT
GENOCIDE FOR THE PAST FEW
WEEKS.
AND I'M AFRAID, FROM THE
GENOCIDE WATCH, THERE ARE,
LIKE, EIGHT STAGES OF THE
GENOCIDE.
I FEAR WE'RE AT THE SIXTH
STAGE FOR THE CHRISTIANS
AND THE KURDS AND THE
YAZIDIS.
WE'RE THE SIXTH STAGE OUT
OF EIGHT.
IT IS CALLED THE
PREPARATION.
SO WE'RE PREPARING FOR THE
MAJOR GENOCIDES, LIKE WHAT
HAPPENED TO THE ARMENIANS
AND THE JEWISH IN THE
HOLOCAUST.
Erick: AND EVEN
MODERATE MUSLIMS THEY WANT
TO LIQUIDATE WHO DON'T
MARCH TO THE JIHADIST
IDEOLOGY.
DR. MORGAN, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
IT IS "AMERICAN PULSE."
Americanpulse.TV."
MUCH MORE AFTER THE
BREAK.
STICK AROUND.
Erick: AND WELCOME
BACK.
WELL, WE'VE BEEN TELLING
YOU THIS WEEK ABOUT THE
PLIGHT OF THE SUNDAY
PEOPLE, THE CHRISTIANS.
BUT NOW WE WANT TO BRING
YOU AN ENCOURAGING STORY
ABOUT THE SATURDAY PEOPLE,
THE JEWS.
ISRAEL'S FOUNDER, DAVID
BEN GORIUN HOPED THAT ONE
DAY THE NEGEV DESERT WOULD
BE PART OF THE JEWISH
STATE.
HERE IS CBN'S MIDDLE EAST
BUREAU CHIEF CHRIS
MITCHELL REPORTING FROM
ISRAEL.
Chris: FROM POTTERY
TO BIKES KEL BICYCLES, MANY WOMEN
ARE STARTING TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
THE NEGEV DESERT MAKES UP
HALF OF THE MASS OF
ISRAEL, AND SOME CALL IT A
WASTELAND, BUT OTHERS SEE
IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY.
BEN GURION THOUGHT OF IT
AS A PLACE WHERE ISRAELIS
WOULD BE TESTED.
THE POSSIBILITIES ARE
ENDLESS IN THE NEGEV.
Reporter: BETH EXUDES
OPTIMISM ABOUT THE WOMEN
AND THE REGION.
SHE IS A COLORADO BUSINESS
WOMAN, AND SHE HEARD ABOUT
THE NEED HERE AND ANSWERED
THE CALL.
THE STATE OF ISRAEL
NEEDS TO REALLY GET IT,
THAT THERE ARE SO MANY
AMERICANS, TRUE AMERICANS,
THAT ARE CHRISTIANS, THAT
WOULD GIVE UP ALMOST
ANYTHING TO HELP THEM.
THAT THEY ARE ON THEIR
SIDE, THAT THEY'RE NOT
HERE ALONE.
Reporter: SHE HAS
LOBBIED ON BEHALF OF WOMEN
ENTREPRENEURS FOR YEARS
AND FOUND AN ALLY IN
EASTERNERS.
EVERYTHING WAS ON MY
BACK.
AND I FEEL WITH HER I CAN
SHARE IDEAS AND STUFF.
AND I THINK SHE BRINGS US
THINGS FROM ABROAD.
THEY ASKED ME, WOULD
YOU PLEASE COME AND TALK
TO THE WOMEN OF THE NEGEV
REGION AND HELP THEM, YOU
KNOW, FIND THEIR NICHE.
Reporter: EASTERN NOW
WORKS WITH MANY OF THE
BUSINESS WOMEN IN THE
NEGEV.
THE MAYOR OF ONE OF THE
NEGEV'S REGIONS
APPRECIATES HER
INVESTMENT.
TIME IS SOMETHING TAKEN
FOR GRANTED.
MONEY COMES AND GOES.
BUT THE WAY THAT BETH
EASTERN IS INVESTING HER
TIME AND THE EFFORTS THAT
SHE IS PUTTING IN IS HARD
TO BELIEVE.
Chris: MANY OF THE
BUSINESS WOMEN SAY EASTERN
IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
ONE WAY IS PROMOTING THEIR
PRODUCTS ON THE INTERNET.
SHE IS ACTUALLY
CONNECTING US.
SHE IS ACTUALLY HELPING US
SUPPORT THIS FORUM, AND
CONNECTING US OUT TO
OVERSEAS.
AS WE KNOW, ISRAEL IS
SMALL.
THE NEGEV IS A SMART PART
OF ISRAEL.
SO SHE IS SORT OF
CONNECTING US MORE TO THE
OUTSIDE WORLD.
AND I THINK THIS IS VERY
IMPORTANT.
Chris: RASHAR AND
RUTHIE, BOTH POTTERS, IT
MEANT A BOOST IN
CONFIDENCE.
IT MEN MEANT A LOT TO ME.
YOU FEEL LIKE SOMEBODY IS
THERE FOR YOU.
SHE GAVE MY COURAGE AND
INSPIRATION.
Chris: THE NEGEV IS
RICH IN BIBLICAL HISTORY,
WHERE MEN LIKE ABRAHAM
ONCE WORKED.
EASTERN SEES A BRIGHT
FUTURE FOR THIS LAND.
FOR THIS BUSINESS WOMAN,
THE BOTTOM LINE IS LOVE.
MY ULTIMATE GOAL, I
THINK, IS JUST TO SHOW THE
JEWISH COMMUNITY DOWN
THERE THAT THE CHRISTIAN
SIDE IS VERY MUCH ON THEIR
SIDE, AND WE LOVE THEM
VERY MUCH.
Chris: CHRIS
MITCHELL, CBN NEWS, THE
NEGEV DESERT.
Erick: COMING UP,
LEARN HOW YOU CAN TRAVEL
TO ISRAEL THIS YEAR WITH
ME, "THE WATCHMAN."
GET THE DETAILS AFTER THE
BREAK.
PAPER
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Erick: WELCOME BACK.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT THESE TOUGH SUBJECTS
EVERY WEEK, WHETHER IT IS
IRAN, ISIS, al-SHABAAB,
THE RISE OF JIHAD, THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION,
ABANDONING ISRAEL, OUR
CLOSEST FRIEND, THERE IS A
TENDENCY FOR PEOPLE TO GET
DISHEARTENED, AND TO FEEL
DISRURCHED ANDISCOURAGED AND TO FEEL
DOWN ABOUT THAT.
I GET IT.
THIS IS HEAVY, HEAVY
STUFF.
AND THINGS AREN'T GOING
TOO WELL, NOT ONLY IN THE
UNITED STATES BUT IN THE
WORLD AT LARGE.
BUT LET ME TELL YOU
SOMETHING, FOLKS, I
RECENTLY COMPLETED A BOOK
ABOUT ISIS.
I BASICALLY SPENT FIVE
MONTHS LIVING WITH THE
DARKEST, MOST VICIOUS,
MOST VIOLENT TERRORIST
ORGANIZATION, ISLAMIC
TERRORIST ORGANIZATION, IN
OUR LIFETIME.
YET I WAS STILL ABLE TO
WAKE UP EACH DAY FEELING
OPTMISTIC AND WITH A
PEACE.
HOW?
IT'S SIMPLE: THE WORD OF
GOD.
I BURIED MYSELF IN THE
WORD.
I RELIED AND I LIVED BY
GOD'S PROMISES.
PLEASE, I ENCOURAGE YOU,
GET IN GOD'S WORD.
GET IN THE BIBLE BECAUSE
THOSE PROMISES ARE NOT
ONLY ROCK-SOLID, GOD IS A
PROMISEKEEPER.
HE WILL NOT BREAK A
PROMISE.
BE STRONG.
BE COURAGEOUS.
WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS,
AND THE WORD OF GOD IS THE
WAY WE'RE GOING TO DO IT.
*
I AM THRILLED TO
ANNOUNCE THAT ALONG WITH
MY CBN NEWS COLLEAGUE
CHRIS MITCHELL, I'LL BE
HELPING TO LEAD THE DATE
LINE JERUSALEM TOUR OF
ISRAEL FROM NOVEMBER 13 TO
THE 23rd.
CHRIS MITCHELL HAS BEEN
BASED IN JERUSALEM FOR 15
YEARS.
DURING THAT TIME HE HAS
COVERED ALL OF THE MAJOR
EVENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST,
AND HE HAS ALSO BEEN MY
TRUSTED GUIDE ON MANY
TRIPS TO ISRAEL.
SO IT IS GOING TO BE A
BLAST TO TEAM UP WITH
CHRIS TO LEAD OUR TOUR
TOGETHER LATER THIS YEAR.
IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO
ISRAEL, LET ME TELL YOU,
IT IS A LIFE-CHANGING
EXPERIENCE.
THERE IS NOTHING LIKE
WALKING THROUGHOUT THE
HOLY LAND IN THE FOOTSTEPS
OF JESUS AND THE PROPHETS
AND SEEING THE BIBLE COME
TO LIFE BEFORE YOUR VERY
EYES.
NOT ONLY WILL OUR TOUR
TAKE YOU TO ALL OF THE
IMPORTANT BIBLICAL SITES,
CHRIS AND I WILL GIVE YOU
A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE ON
THE SECURITY CHALLENGES
FACING ISRAEL AND WHAT IT
ALL MEANS FOR US HERE IN
AMERICA AND FOR THE
FUTURE.
BIBLE PROPHECY.
THE TOUR IS BEING RUN MY
"INSPIRATION CRUISES AND
TOURS," THE TOP CHRISTIAN
TRAVEL MANAGEMENT COMPANY
IN THE BUSINESS.
SO THIS IS ALL GOING TO BE
FIRST CLASS.
COUNT ON IT.
YOU CAN FIND ALL OF THE
INFORMATION ON HOW TO SIGN
UP FOR THE TRIP BY GOING
TO THE WEB PAGE THAT YOU
SEE RIGHT THERE ON YOUR
SCREEN.
THERE IS ALSO A VIDEO AT
THAT LINK WHERE CHRIS WILL
TELL YOU MUCH MORE ABOUT
THIS EPIC EXPERIENCE.
FOLKS, MY FIRST TRIP TO
ISRAEL CHANGED MY LIFE.
YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ME TALK
ABOUT IT HERE ON THE SHOW.
ONCE YOU GO, YOU'RE NEVER
THE SAME.
SO JOIN US, FROM NOVEMBER
NOVEMBER 3rd TO THE
13th, 2015, 10 DAYS IN
THE LAND OF ISRAEL, THE
HOLY LAND.
I WOULD LOVE TO BREAK
BREAD WITH YOU LATER THIS
YEAR IN JERUSALEM FOR SUCH
A TIME AS THIS.
SO FROM "THE WATCHMAN,"
GOD BLESS YOU AND
REMEMBER, NEVER HOLD YOUR
PEACE.