Gordon: COMING UP...

WITH "THE 700 CLUB,"

THEY'RE DOING A PIECE ON

ME AND FAITH, AND I'M A

CHRISTIAN, I'M A

PROTESTANT, I'M

PRESBYTERIAN, AND DAVID

BRODY IS DOING IT, AND HE

IS A TERRIFIC GUY.

SO I HOPE YOU WATCH.

Gordon: PLUS...FROM

COLLEGE FOOTBALL'S BAD

BOY --

I WAS OUT OF CONTROL

INSIDE.

Gordon: -- TO BORN

AGAIN.

BRIAN BOSWORTH, ON TODAY'S

"700 CLUB."

*

Gordon: WELL, WELCOME

TO "THE 700 CLUB."

IF YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN,

STAND UP, AND THAT'S WHAT

A GUNMAN SAID TO HIS

VICTIMS YESTERDAY.

AND IF YOU STOOD UP, HE

SHOT AND KILLED YOU.

Terry: TODAY THAT

OREGON COMMUNITY IS IN

MOURNING AS AUTHORITIES

ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT

MORE ABOUT THE KILLER AND

WHY HE DID IT.

GEORGE THOMAS HAS THE

STORY.

George: THE REPORTED

GUNMAN LEFT AN EXTENSIVE

DIGITAL FOOTPRINT ON BLOG

SITES AND OTHER ONLINE

FORUMS.

THIS IS CHRIS HARPER

MERCER'S PROFILE PICTURE

TAKEN FROM HIS MySpace

ACCOUNT, HOLDING A GUN.

ON ONE INTERNET SITE HE

DESCRIBED HIMSELF AS NOT

RELIGIOUS BUT SPIRITUAL.

HE DIDN'T LIKE ORGANIZED

RELIGION AND SAID, I'M

LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO

SHARE MY BELIEFS.

HE USED SIMILAR LANGUAGE

WHEN HE SAID ONLINE THAT

HE WAS LOOKING FOR A WOMAN

WHO WAS PAGAN, WICCAN, NOT

RELIGIOUS, BUT SPIRITUAL.

THE FATHER OF A WOUNDED

VICTIM TOLD CNN HE ASKED

CHRISTIANS TO STAND UP.

AND THEY WOULD STAND UP.

AND HE SAID, "GOOD, YOU'RE

A CHRISTIAN, SO YOU'RE

GOING TO SEE GOD IN JUST

ABOUT ONE SECOND."

AND THEN HE SHOT AND

KILLED THEM.

THE RAMPAGE STARTED LATE

THURSDAY MORNING.

I HEARD SCREAMING AFTER

THAT FIRST GUNSHOT.

George: IN THE SMALL

TOWN OF ROSEBURG, SOME

THROUGH HOURS SOUTH THE

PORDLAND, OREGON.

STUDENTS TRYING TO TAKE

COVER AND HIDE.

WE HEARD SHOTS AND

IMMEDIATELY TOOK COVER.

WENT DOWN AND HEARD JUST

MULTIPLE SHOTS.

A LOT OF SCREAMING.

George: OFFICERS ON

THE SCENE CONFRONTED THE

26-YEAR-OLD SHOOTER.

OFFICERS ENGAGED THAT

SUSPECT.

THERE WAS AN EXCHANGE OF

GUNFIRE.

George: MERCER WAS

SHOT DEAD, BUT NOT BEFORE

HE MURDERED NINE VICTIMS,

10, INCLUDING HIMSELF.

FOUR WEAPONS WERE

RECOVERED FROM THE SCENE.

THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN IN

ROSEBURG.

THIS IS SMALL-TOWN

AMERICA, IT IS NOT

SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN HERE,

BUT IT HAPPENED.

George: WITHIN HOURS

OF THE SHOOTING, PRESIDENT

OBAMA CALLED A PRESS

CONFERENCE TO DEMAND NEW

GUN LAWS, SAYING THAT GUN

VIOLENCE IS,

QUOTE,"SOMETHING WE SHOULD

POLITICIZE."

President Obama:

SOMEHOW THIS HAS BECOME

ROUTINE.

THE REPORTING IS ROUTINE,

MY RESPONSE HERE AT THIS

PODIUM ENDS UP BEING

ROUTINE, THE CONVERSATION

IN THE AFTERMATH OF IT --

WE'VE BECOME NUMB TO THIS.

George: MEANWHILE,

THE F.B.I. AND OTHER LAW

ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ARE

NOW COMBING THROUGH MER

MERCER'S E-MAILS AND

ONLINE ACTIVITY TRYING TO

FIGURE OUT A MOTIVE.

GEORGE THOMAS, CBN NEWS.

Gordon: OUR HEARTS GO

OUT TO THE SURVIVORS AND

THE FAMILIES OF THESE

VICTIMS.

WHAT AN INCREDIBLE

TRAGEDY.

AND YOU JUST DON'T HAVE

WORDS FOR IT.

WE WONDER, ARE WE SHEEP

GIVEN UP FOR THE

SLAUGHTER.

HAS GOD REMOVED THAT WHICH

RESTRAINS FROM OUR

CULTURE?

THAT VERSE KEEPS RUNNING

THROUGH MY HEAD, BUT THERE

WILL BE A DAY WHERE HE

REMOVES THAT WHICH

RESTRAINS.

AND ARE WE LIVING IN THAT

TODAY?

WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO AS A

PEOPLE?

I BELIEVE WE NEED TO TURN

TO GOD.

WE NEED TO ASK HIM TO

RESTORE HIS BLESSING ON

AMERICA.

HE NEEDS TO RESTORE THAT

WHICH RESTRAINS.

SO THAT WE CAN LIVE IN A

PEACEFUL SOCIETY.

THAT WONDERFUL LITTLE

TOWN, ROSEBURG, WILL IT

EVER RETURN TO WHAT IT WAS

BEFORE?

AND WILL AMERICA, A

WONDERFUL NATION OF THE

UNITED STATES OF

AMERICA -- CAN WE EVER

RETURN TO WHAT WE WERE

BEFORE?

WHERE WE LIVED IN PEACE

WITH ONE ANOTHER.

CAN WE EVER HAVE THOSE

DAYS AGAIN?

WE CAN IF WE TURN.

THE ONLY PEACE THAT WE

WILL EVER HAVE IS WHEN THE

PRINCE OF PEACE REIGNS IN

OUR HEARTS, AND WE

ACKNOWLEDGE HIM ONCE AGAIN

AS THE SOURCE OF ALL OF

OUR BLESSING.

LET US NOT FORGET THAT THE

ROCK THAT WE COME FROM.

OUR NATION, FOUNDED TO BE

A CITY ON THE HILL.

LET US NOT FORGET THAT,

AND LET US TURN SO THAT WE

HAVE IT AGAIN.

> WELL, IN OTHER NEWS,

HURRICANE JOAQUIN IS A

POWERFUL CATEGORY 4

HURRICANE, AND PEOPLE

ALONG THE EAST COAST ARE

HOPING AND PRAYING IT WILL

PASS THEM BY.

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT STORY

FROM OUR CBN NEWS ROOM.

John: THANKS, GORDON.

JOAQUIN'S MAXIMUM

SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR

130 MILES PER HOUR.

IT STALLED OVER THE

BAHAMAS, HAMMERING IT WITH

TORRENTIAL RAIN AND

FLOODING.

AND GOVERNORS HAVE

DECLARED STATES OF

EMERGENCY IN AT LEAST FIVE

STATES AS FORECASTERS WARN

OF FLASHFLOODS FROM

CHARLESTON, SOUTH

CAROLINA, TO WASHINGTON,

D.C., ALL FROM JOAQUIN.

PEOPLE IN NEW JERSEY ARE

PREPARING WITH LESSONS

THEY LEARNED FROM

SUPERSTORM SANDY.

ALREADY SHELTERS ARE

SET UP.

ALL OF THIS STUFF IS BEING

PLANNED ALREADY.

LAST TIME WE STARTED

LEARNING HOW TO DO THAT

WHILE IT WAS HAPPENING.

John: THE DANGER OF

HURRICANE JOAQUIN STRIKING

THE EAST COAST APPEARS TO

HAVE DIMINISHED.

"OPERATION BLESSING" IS

GETTING DISASTER RELIEF

TEAMS READY TO RESPOND TO

JOAQUIN'S POSSIBLE DAMAGE.

THEY'RE TEAMING UP WITH

CHURCHES, AS WELL AS WITH

LOCAL, STATE, AND NATIONAL

EMERGENCY TEAMS.

YOU CAN KEEP UP TO DATE

WITH "OPERATION

BLESSING'S" DISASTER

RELIEF EFFORTS BY GOING

TO ob.org.

> TURNING NOW TO TODAY'S

EDITION OF FAMILY

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS,

PRODUCERS BEHIND A POPULAR

TV SERIES ARE NOW

RELEASING A SERIES OF

MOVIES.

"SIGNED, SEALED, AND

DELIVERED" CAN BE SEEN

THIS SUNDAY ON THE

HALLMARK CHANNEL.

Reporter: THE HIT TV

SERIES "TOUCHED BY AN

ANGEL," DELIGHTED

AUDIENCES FOR NINE SEASONS

ON CBS.

MARTHA WILLIAMSON NOW USES

HER TALENT ON THE HALLMARK

CHANNEL.

HER LATEST PROJECT,

"SIGNED, SEALED,

DELIVERED," , AND THE

LATEST IS THE IMPOSSIBLE

DREAM.

THE PREMISES OF THE

SERIES IS THESE QUIRKY

POSTAL GUYS WHO WORK

TOGETHER DELIVERING DEAD

LETTERS AND LOST LETTERS.

AND AT THIS POINT WE FIND

THE POSTABLES IN

WASHINGTON, D.C., AND

THEY'RE GOING TO HELP A

FAMILY SEE IF THEY CAN

TRACK DOWN A MISSING

SOLDIER, A MOTHER, A

DAUGHTER, AN AMERICAN

MOTHER WHO IS MISSING IN

AFGHANISTAN, PRESUMED

DEAD.

Reporter: WHEN THE

POSTAL DETECTIVES DECODE

THE MISSING SOLDIER'S

LETTER, THEY REALIZE SHE

IS STILL ALIVE, AND

SECRETLY GIVING HER

LOCATION.

THEIR MISSION: CONVINCING

WASHINGTON TO RESCUER HER

UNDER THE "NO MAN LEFT

BEHIND" POLICY.

IT IS COMPELLING US TO

PAY ATTENTION TO THE

DETAILS.

OR THE CHANCE TO BRING HER

HOME WILL BE GONE BEFORE

WE NOW IT.

Reporter: IT IS SO

RELEVANT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW

WE HAVE FOUR AMERICAN

HOSTAGES IN IRAN.

I KNOW IT HAS BEEN REALLY

DIFFICULT FOR OUR COUNTRY

TO KNOW THAT AND TO SEE

THIS.

YOU MAKE A VERY GOOD

POINT BECAUSE SO OFTEN,

AND RIGHTLY SO, WE TALK

ABOUT ALL OF THE

SACRIFICES MADE BY OUR

MILITARY AND ABROAD, BUT

IT IS SO EASY TO FORGET

ALL OF THE SACRIFICES MADE

BY THEIR FAMILIES AT HOME.

Reporter: WILLIAMSON

HOPES THIS MOVIE SERIES

WILL BRING A SIMILAR

UPLIFTING MESSAGE THAT

"TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL"

BROUGHT TO HOMES FOR SO

MANY YEARS.

SUNDAY NIGHTS WERE THE

"TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL"

APPOINTMENT-VIEWING NIGHT.

AND PEOPLE WOULD SAY,

THAT'S THE KIND OF SHOW

THAT GOT ME READY FOR THE

NEXT WEEK.

Reporter: ROLLING OUT

FOR OCTOBER, YOU CAN FIND

THIS AND THE OTHER FILMS

ON THE HALLMARK MOVIES AND

MYSTERIES CHANNEL.

CBN NEWS.

John: CHRISTIANS

AROUND THE WORLD WILL JOIN

TOGETHER ON SUNDAY FOR THE

ANNUAL DAY OF PRAYER FOR

JERUSALEM.

PART OF IT WILL BE

TELEVISED LIVE OVERLOOKING

THE OLD CITY OF JERUSALEM.

AT THE EVENT LAST YEAR,

EAGER WING'S DIRECTOR

ROBERT STERNS TOLD

CHRISTIANS WHAT THE DAY OF

PRAYER IS ALL ABOUT.

BUT THIS DAY -- THIS

DAY IS DIFFERENT.

THIS DAY IS A DAY OF

PRAYER IN A CITY WHO'S

ULTIMATE CALLING IS TO BE

A HOUSE OF PRAYER FOR ALL

NATION.

John: ORGANIZERS

ESTIMATE HUNDREDS OF

MILLIONS OF CHRISTIANS

JOIN TOGETHER TO PRAY FOR

THE PIECE OF JERUSALEM ON

THE FIRST SUNDAY OF

OCTOBER EACH YEAR.

THEY SAY THE GOAL IS TO

RAISE GLOBAL AWARENESS AND

INTERCESSION FOR GOD'S

PURPOSES IN ISRAEL, WITH

THE AIM OF UNITING

BELIEVERS AROUND THE WORLD

IN WHAT THEY SAY IS

RAISING A CRY TO HEAVEN ON

BEHALF OF THIS TROUBLED

AND STRATEGIC LAND OF ITS

PEOPLE.

GORDON, WE KNOW FULL WELL

THERE IS STILL POWER IN

PRAYER.

Gordon: YES, THERE

IS.

AND WE BELIEVE IN PRAYING

FOR THE PEACE OF

JERUSALEM.

JOIN WITH ROBERT STERNS

THIS SUNDAY.

YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ON

OUR WEBSITE ABOUT HOW YOU

CAN BE A PART OF IT.

I ENCOURAGE CHRISTIANS ALL

OVER THE WORLD, PRAY FOR

THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM.

IT'S GOD TO SET ASIDE ONE

SUNDAY, THE FIRST SUNDAY

IN OCTOBER, TO DO IT.

BUT SET ASIDE A SUNDAY

WHERE YOU PRAY FOR

JERUSALEM.

THE BIBLE COMMANDS IT:

PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF

JERUSALEM.

THAT THROUGH THAT, HOW CAN

GOD LIFT UP ZION AGAIN.

THERE ARE SO MANY

PROPHECIES LEFT TO BE

FULFILLED FOR THAT

WONDERFUL CITY, AND LET'S

PRAY THEM IN.

TERRY?

Terry: UP NEXT, THE

DONALD PLAYS HIS TRUMP

CARD TO EVANGELICALS.

GOD IS THE ULTIMATE.

I MEAN, GOD CREATED THIS.

AND HERE IS THE PACIFIC

OCEAN RIGHT BEHIND US.

SO NOBODY, NO THING, THERE

IS NOTHING LIKE GOD.

Terry: THE REPUBLICAN

FRONT-RUNNER DISCUSSES

THIS FAITH WITH DAVID

BRODY.

YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS IT.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

Gordon: DONALD TRUMP

IS SHAKING UP POLITICS

LIKE NEVER BEFORE.

DAVID BRODY SPENT SOME

TIME WITH THE CURRENT

REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL

FRONT-RUNNER AND HAS THIS

LOOK AT HOW HE HOPES TO

GAIN SUPPORT FROM THE

ALL-IMPORTANT EVANGELICAL

VOTING BLOCK.

AMAZING!

THANK YOU.

WOW!

David: HE HAS PROVEN

THE POLITICAL WORLD WRONG.

NOT ONLY HAS THE NAME

DONALD TRUMP AND G.O.P.

FRONT-RUNNER APPEARED IN

THE SAME SENTENCE, THEY'VE

STAYED TOGETHER.

AND THEN THERE IS THIS...

I'M LEADING WITH THE

EVANGELICALS BIG LEAGUE.

David: IT IS TRUE,

POLL AFTER POLL SHOWS

TRUMP AHEAD OF

SELF-IDENTIFIED EF

EVANGELICALS.

CNN HAS HIM EVEN HIGHER.

I THINK ONE OF THE

REASONS I'M DOING SO WELL

IS I'M A CHRISTIAN, I'M A

PROTESTANT, I'M A

PRESBYTERIAN.

I'M A TOTAL BELIEVER.

I BELIEVE IN THE BIBLE.

I BELIEVE IN GOD.

AND I THINK I WILL HELP

THEM SO MUCH WITH THIS

COUNTRY.

David: BUT WITH

PROVEN EVANGELICAL

CANDIDATES OUT THERE, LIKE

BEN CARSON AND MIKE

HUCKABEE, TRUMP HAS SOME

WORK TO DO.

I BROUGHT MY BIBLE.

David: HE PLACED

FIFTH AT THE RECENT VALUES

VOTERS' SUMMIT.

HE HAS BEEN MARRIED THREE

TIMES.

HE USED TO BE PRO-CHOICE,

THOUGH NOW HE IS PRO-LIFE.

HIS HEALTHY EGO RUBS SOME

THE WRONG WAY, AND CUTTING

COMMENTS ABOUT FELLOW

CANDIDATES RUFFLE SOME

FEATHERS, TOO.

JEB BUSH IS A LOW

ENERGY PERSON.

FOR HIM TO GET THINGS DONE

IS HARD.

David: TRUMP TELLS

US HE IS WORKING ON HIS

TONE.

YOU NEED A PERSON OF

TREMENDOUS STRENGTH.

BUT I THINK I CAN TONE IT

DOWN A LITTLE BIT, AND

I'LL TRY.

David: FOR SURE

EVANGELICALS RESPOND TO

HIS FIGHTING SPIRIT AND

ABILITY TO CUT THROUGH THE

POLITICAL HOT AIR.

YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHERE

HE STANDS, WHETHER YOU

AGREE WITH HIM OR NOT.

THAT'S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT

DONALD TRUMP.

DONALD TRUMP TELLS IT

LIKE HE SEES IT, AND I

THINK PEOPLE, AT LEAST ON

THIS FIRST IMPRESSION OF

DONALD TRUMP, IS THAT HE

IS FOT GOIN NOT GOING TO BE

CONTROLLED BY THE

POLITICAL CLASS, AND

THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE

LOOKING FOR.

I'VE DEALT WITH VERY

TOUGH HOMBRES AND VERY

TOUGH PEOPLE, AND I'VE

COME OUT ON TOP.

I CAN UNDERSTAND

EVANGELICALS SAYING, MAYBE

HE IS NOT AS NICE AS WE

WANT HIM TO BE, BUT THEY

ALSO WANT TO SEE THE

COUNTRY BE GREAT.

David: AND THEY'RE

CONCERNED ABOUT TRUMP'S

FAITH JOURNEY.

SOMETHING WE DISCUSSED ON

HIS GOLF COURSE IN

CALIFORNIA.

WHO IS GOD?

GOD IS THE ULTIMATE.

I MEAN, GOD CREATED THIS.

AND HERE IS THE PACIFIC

OCEAN RIGHT BEHIND US.

SO NOBODY, NO THING, THERE

IS NOTHING LIKE GOD.

David: HE CALLS THE

BIBLE HIS NUMBER ONE BOOK.

THE BIBLE IS SPECIAL.

THE BIBLE, THE MORE YOU

SEE IT, THE MORE YOU READ

IT, THE MORE INCREDIBLE IT

IS.

David: WHAT ABOUT

PRAYER?

ARE YOU A PRAYING GUY?

I AM A VERY PRAYING

GUY.

AND VERY INTERESTINGLY,

THE OTHER THING I HAVE --

I FOUND THIS, THIS IS MY

CONFIRMATION CLASS, JUNE

JUNE 1989.

I'M A PRAYING PERSON.

David: AS FOR MERCY,

HIS CRITICS WENT AFTER HIM

WHEN HE TOLD AN

EVANGELICAL AUDIENCE THIS

SUMMER HE WASN'T SURE HE

EVER ASKED GOD FOR

FORGIVENESS.

DO YOU BELIEVE IT IS

IMPORTANT TO ASK GOD FOR

FORGIVENESS?

I DO.

I CONSIDER COMMUNION TO BE

A VERY IMPORTANT THING.

WHEN I GO TO CHURCH AND

TAKE COMMUNION, I CONSIDER

THAT ASKING FOR

FORGIVENESS.

David: THOUGH HE

ADMITS THESE DAYS HE GOES

TO CHURCH WHEN HE CAN.

WHILE EVANGELICALS MAY

NEVER SEE HIM AS PASTOR

TRUMP, THEY DO WANT TO SEE

MORE SUBSTANCE, ESPECIALLY

ON ISSUES LIKE THE RIGHTS

OF CHRISTIAN BUSINESS

OWNERS.

HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU

ABOUT THEIR RELIGIOUS

LIBERTY RIGHTS THAT ARE

UNDER ATTACK --

YOU'RE RIGHT.

AND I'M VERY CONCERNED

ABOUT IT.

AND THERE IS GOING TO BE A

LOT OF LAW ISSUED ABOUT

IT.

David: AND SPEAKING

OF THE LAW, TRUMP

DISAGREES WITH THE SUPREME

COURT'S RULING ON SAME-SEX

MARRIAGE.

WE HAVE SOME VERY BAD

SUPREME COURT JUSTICES.

David: BUT HE DOES

CONSIDER GAY MARRIAGE THE

LAW OF THE LAND.

EVENTUALLY CHRISTIAN

VOTERS WILL RENDER THEIR

VERDICT ON TRUMP AND THE

OTHERS.

I'M PRAYING ON IT AND

ASKING THE LORD WHAT HE

WANTS ME TO DO.

David: MEANWHILE,

TRUMP WILL CONTINUE

PREACHING HIS MESSAGE AND

PRAY THAT EVANGELICALS

WEIGH IN.

YOU'RE A SPECIAL PEOPLE

AND I LOVE YOU ALL.

THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

David: DAVID BRODY,

CBN NEWS.

Gordon: WELL, DONALD

CERTAINLY HAS HIGH ENERGY,

AND DAVID HAS MORE, ON HOW

SOME PASTORS AND

EVANGELICAL LEADERS ARE

REACHING OUT TO HIM.

AND YOU CAN FIND THAT ON

"THE BRODY FILE" ON

cbnnews.com.

AND THAT'S WHERE HE BROKE

THIS STORY ABOUT 40

PASTORS PRAYING WITH

DONALD IN HIS OFFICE ON

MONDAY.

TAKE A STEP BACK FROM ALL

OF THE POLITICS AND WHO IS

RUNNING AND WHO IS

SUPPORTING WHO AND ALL OF

THIS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS

REALLY STRUCK ME IN THE

PAST -- SINCE I MOVED BACK

FROM THE PHILIPPINES IS A

VERSE IN THE OLD

TESTAMENT, WHERE GOD GIVES

THE NATION OF ISRAEL THE

LEADERS THEY DESERVE.

START THINKING ABOUT THAT,

AND START THINKING ABOUT

THE TRACK RECORD THAT

WE'VE HAD.

AND START WONDERING, IF

YOU WANT BETTER LEADERSHIP

IN AMERICA, SHOULDN'T WE

BE BETTER PEOPLE?

AND SHOULDN'T WE BE A

PEOPLE THAT TRULY HONORS

GOD?

AND IF WE'LL DO THAT, THEN

GOD WILL GIVE US LEADERS

WE DESERVE.

TERRY?

Terry: WELL, COMING

UP, THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL

LEGEND WHO WAS KNOWN FOR

HIS BONE-CRUSHING TACKLES

AND THE BLOOD-BOILING

ATTITUDEMENT.

THE BOZ WAS MY OUTLET,

WHERE I COULD SCREAM AS

LOUD AS I WANTED TO.

AND NEEDED TO.

Terry: FORMER BAD BOY

BRIAN BOSWORTH REVEALS HOW

HE TAMED THE BEAST INSIDE,

AND THAT'S NEXT.

Terry: BRIAN BOSWORTH

WAS THE KIND OF PLAYER YOU

WOULD LOVE TO HAVE OR YOUR

FOOTBALL TEAM, IF YOU

COULD PUT UP WITH HIM.

THE BOZ, AS HE WAS CALLED,

MADE HEADLINES ON AND OFF

THE FIELD, USUALLY FOR ALL

OF THE WRONG REASONS.

AND AS HE TOLD OUR SPORTS

REPORTER, TOM BURING, HE

MADE A LOT OF REGRETS

ALONG THE WAY.

Reporter: BRIAN

BOSWORTH IS ARGUABLY

COLLEGE FOOTBALL'S

GREATEST MIDDLE

LINEBACKER.

HE THRIVED AS BOTH A HERO

AND A VILLAIN WHILE

PLAYING AT OKLAHOMA.

THERE WAS THE INTERNAL

FIGHT BETWEEN CHOOSING THE

SELFISH ROAD INSTEAD OF

THE SELFLESS ROAD.

I DON'T EVER WANT TO GO

BACK TO THAT.

THERE WAS NOTHING IN THAT

PLACE THAT WAS GOOD.

Reporter: A PLACE

THAT ENERGIZED AN ICON,

WHEN THE BUS BOZ EMERGED, AND

IT CHARGED HIS ON-FIELD

SUCCESS.

TO ME, THE BOZ IS THE

MONSTER ON THE FIELD.

HE IS THE ALTER EGO OF

BRIAN.

THE BOZ WAS MY OUTLET,

WHERE I COULD SCREAM AS

LOUD AS I WANTED TO AND

NEEDED TO.

Reporter: IT WOULD

FUEL THE ONFIELD

INTENSITY?

WHAT FUELED IT?

I TOOK ALL OF MY

AGGRESSIVENESS AND

LONELINESS OUT ON THAT

FIELD BECAUSE I JUST HAD

IT ALL PENT UP, AND I JUST

WANTED TO LET IT EXPLODE

ON ANYBODY WHO WAS AROUND

ME.

Reporter: FISCALLITY PHYSICALITY

BECAME HIS TRADEMARK.

HE REMAINS THE ONLY PLAYER

EVER TO HAVE WON THE

ACCOLADE MORE THAN

ONCEMENT.

>ONCE.

THE COACH SCREAMED IN

MY EAR, BRIAN BOSWORTH IS

THE BEST LINEBACKER IN THE

COUNTRY.

IT IS SOMETHING I WORKED

FOR AND DREAMED ABOUT

SINCE THE TIME I WAS SIX

YEARS OLD.

Reporter: BRIAN GREW

UP SPENDING HIS SUMMERS

WITH HIS GRANDPARENTS IN

AN OKLAHOMA TOWN.

IN OKLAHOMA ARE SOME OF

THE MOST CHERISHED MOMENTS

FOR ME, SUPPORTIVE LOVE.

MY GRANDFATHER WAS VERY

VITAL IN MY WORK ETHIC AND

THE CHARACTER YOU MUST

HAVE.

Reporter: IT GAVE

BRIAN CONFIDENCE TO

CONFRONT CHALLENGE, AND

INSTILLED THAT HIS REFUGE

WAS NEVER FAR AWAY.

THE FARM WAS SO BIG,

THE COWS WERE SO BIG, THE

CHORES WERE SO ENORMOUS,

BUT YET AT THE END OF THE

DAY, THEY WERE DONE.

Reporter: WHEN

SUMMERS ENDED, BRIAN

RETURNED TO HIS PARENTS'

HOUSE IN TEXAS, A SHARP

CONTRAST TO WHAT HE LEFT

BEHIND.

I WASN'T GETTING THE

SAME SIGNALS.

I GOT CHAOS.

I HAD, UM...MY FATHER JUST

DIDN'T HAVE THE TOOLS.

HIS TOOLBOX WAS EMPTY.

AND I DIDN'T GET THE

THINGS A SON NEEDS SO THAT

HE KNOWS HOW TO GROW UP.

AND INSTEAD OF

CONVERSATION, I WOULD GET

BEATINGS AND PUNISHMENT,

WITH NO LOVE, NO I'M

SORRY.

AND I NEVER GOT THAT FROM

HIM.

Reporter: TURMOIL

FOLLOWED HIM TO THE FIELD.

WHEN THE SUNERS WON THE

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, BOZ

THE CHARACTER AND THE MAN

BLURRED INTO AN

INSEPARABLE PAIR.

HE WAS BANNED FROM THE

ORANGE BOWEL IN 1967 AFTER

FAILING A DRUG TEST.

HE WAS DISMISSED FROM THE

TEAM.

HIS COLLEGE CAREER WAS

FINISHED.

IT WAS THE BIGGEST

REGRET.

IT RUINED EVERYTHING I

BUILT, ALL OF THE PRIDE

THAT I BROUGHT, AND I

STOLE THEIR MOMENT SO I

COULD SCREAM AT SOMEBODY,

OR AN INSTITUTION, FOR

WHAT I FELT WAS AN

INJUSTICE.

AND IT WAS JUST THE WRONG

PLACE TO DO IT.

IT WAS THE WRONG FORMAT.

IT WAS THE WRONG MESSAGE

TO SEND.

THE MOST IMPORTANT WINDOW

OF MY LIFE, WHICH WAS

COLLEGE FOOTBALL IN

OKLAHOMA, AND I RUINED MY

OWN PARTY.

Reporter: BRIAN

EARNED HIS DEGREE AND WAS

SELECTED BY THE SEATTLE

SEAHAWKS IN THE

SUPPLEMENTAL DRAFT.

HE STARTED IN ALL 24

GAMES, AND HE PLAYED

BEFORE A SHOULDER INJURY

FORCED HIM INTO EARLY

RETIREMENT.

I WANTED TO RUN AND

DIE.

I SPENT THE ENTIRE DECADE

OF THE '90s IN SEVERE

PAIN.

I DIDN'T HAVE ANY WAY OF

LOOKING FORWARD TO

TOMORROW.

SO I FELT LIKE I'VE GOT

NOTHING LEFT AND THERE IS

IN REASON TO LIVE.

Reporter: DESPERATE,

BRIAN HAD TIME TO PONDER,

SEARCHING FOR THE SOURCE

OF HIS RAGE.

> FOR YOU, THERE WERE

ISSUES UNDERNEATH THE BOZ

THAT WE SAW OUT THERE.

HOW DEEP DID THAT ANGER

GO?

WHEN I WOULD GO OUT ON

THE FIELD, I JUST WANTED

TO PRAY.

BUT AT THE END OF THE

GAME, I WOULD NEVER GET

THAT, WHAT A GREAT GAME.

I'M SO PROUD OF YOU.

THIS MOMENT IS A PRECIOUS

MOMENT.

AND I THINK THAT'S THE

THING THAT REALLY DROVE ME

AS I GOT FURTHER IN MY

CAREER.

I'M NEVER GOING TO HAVE A

PRECIOUS MOMENT WITH MY

FATHER.

AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY

WHAT I CRAZED.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHY I

LASHED OUT AND REBELLED.

Reporter: THE DEATH

OF HIS FATHER WAS A

CATALYST IN HIS SEARCH FOR

PURPOSE THAT HAD ROOTS IN

A FAMILY MEMBER'S BELIEF.

I HAD MY GRANDMOTHER

WHO WAS VERY FAITHFUL TO

THE RELATIONSHIP OF JESUS

CHRIST.

WHEN YOU'RE A LITTLE KID,

YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE

IMPACT OF HOW THAT IS

GOING TO RESONATE FOR THE

REST OF YOUR LIFE.

ALL OF MY CHOICES WERE

KEEPING ME FROM HUMAN LOVE

AND FROM MY FATHER'S LOVE.

AND THE ONLY WAY THAT I'M

GOING TO FIX THAT IS IF I

DECIDE TO BREAK THE CHAINS

AND GET ON MY KNEES AND

SAY, I CAN'T DO THIS BY

MYSELF.

AND I CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT

YOU.

Reporter: BRIAN

EMERGED FROM SECLUSION AS

AN ACTOR.

HE TOOK A ROLE IN THE

FAITH-BASED MOVIE

"REVELATION ROAD," AND

LATER IN "DO YOU BELIEVE,"

AFTER SOLIDIFYING HIS OWN

FAITH.

Reporter: WHAT DOES

GRACE MEAN TO YOU?

I FELT LIKE A FAILURE

AS A FOOTBALL PLAYER.

I DIDN'T HAVE ANY

OWNERSHIP OF THAT ANYMORE

BECAUSE I GAVE IT TO

JESUS, AND HE TOOK ALL OF

THAT AWAY.

I GOT THE GIFT OF BEING

FORGIVEN.

Reporter: THE

LINEBACKER GREAT HAS

UNCOVERED A PATH TO BETTER

NAVIGATE WHAT IS AHEAD IN

HIS RARE ODYSSEY.

JESUS CHRIST IS THE

MORAL COMPASS IN MY HEART.

GIVE ME THE INSTRUCTION

YOU WANT ME TO FOLLOW.

GOD, WHAT DO YOU WANT ME

TO DO TODAY?

WHAT DO YOU HAVE ME DO

TODAY?

IT LEADS TO THE ONE LIFE I

WANT TO GO HOME TO.

Terry: WHAT A

POWERFUL STORY.

IN DECEMBER, THE BOZ WILL

BE INDUCTED INTO THE

COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF

FAME.

IN THE MEANTIME, WATCH HIM

IN "DO YOU BELIEVE," WHICH

IS NOW ON D.V.D.

COMING UP, A BATTERED WIFE

WITH A GUN TO HER HEAD.

I WAS PLAYED RUSSIAN

ROULETTE WITH.

AND I WOULD CRY, PLEASE

DON'T KILL ME.

PLEASE DON'T KILL ME.

IT GAVE HIM PLEASURE TO

WATCH ME BEG FOR MY LIFE.

WATCH ME BEG FOR MY LIFE.

Terry: WATCH HOW A

WATCH ME BEG FOR MY LIFE.

WATCH ME BEG FOR MY LIFE.

GIFT FROM A FRIEND BRINGS

WATCH ME BEG FOR MY LIFE.

WATCH ME BEG FOR MY LIFE.

HER A NEW LIFE.

WATCH ME BEG FOR MY LIFE.

WATCH ME BEG FOR MY LIFE.

THAT'S LATER ON TODAY'S

WATCH ME BEG FOR MY LIFE.

WATCH ME BEG FOR MY LIFE.

SHOW.

WELCOME BACK TO "THE

700 CLUB". A MAJOR

POTENTIAL BREAKTHROUGH IN

A STORY CBN NEWS HAS BEEN

COVERING INVOLVING

REFORMING THE CRIMINAL

JUSTICE SYSTEM.

A COALITION HAS PUT

TOGETHER A BILL IN THE

SENATE THAT WOULD CHANGE

THE SENTENCES FOR

OFFENDERS.

THEY SAY MASS

INCARCERATION COSTS

TAXPAYERS BILLIONS OF

DOLLARS BY IMPOSING

UNNECESSARILY HARSH

SENTENCES FOR RELATIVELY

SMALL CRIMES.

WE'LL HAVE MORE LATER THIS

WEEK ON "THE 700 CLUB."

> IN NEPAL, THE DEADLY

EARTHQUAKE THAT HIT THE

NATION EARLIER THIS YEAR

LEFT THOUSANDS HOMELESS

AND STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE.

"OPERATION BLESSING" HAS

BEEN ON THE GROUND SINCE

THEN PROVIDING AID.

TEAMS RECENTLY OPENED A

TRAINING CENTER TO TEACH

WOMEN VALUABLE SKILLS, TO

HELP THEM START THEIR OWN

BUSINESSES AND PRO RIDE PROVIDE FOR

THEIR FAMILIES.

THE TRAINING CENTER OFFERS

COURSES IN COSMETOLOGY AND

COOKING AND PLANS TO START

A SEWING CLASS SOON.

YOU CAN LEARN MORE BY

GOING TO THEIR WEBSITE AT

ob.org.

GORDON AND TERRY WILL BE

BACK RIGHT AFTER THIS.

Gordon: LEAH SMITH

SPENT DECADES OF HER LIFE

TRYING TO FIND LOVE.

SHE DIDN'T FIND IT FROM

HER FATHER OR IN ANY OF

HER SHORT-LIVED MARRIAGES,

OR IN THE NEEDLE SHE PUT

IN HER VEINS.

INSTEAD, SHE FOUND LOVE IN

AN UNLIKELY PLACE: INSIDE

A BOOK SHE HAD ONCE GIVEN

AWAY.

NOBODY WAS WORTHLESS

MORE THAN ME.

I WAS WORTHLESS.

I WAS NOTHING.

Reporter: WHEN SHE

WAS A LITTLE GIRL, LEAH

SMITH GOT HER IDENTITY

FROM THE ABUSIVE HANDS OF

HER FATHER.

WE WERE ALL SCARED OF

HIM.

MAMA WAS SCARED OF HIM.

WHEN HE WHIPPED US, HE

WOULD REALLY GET OUT OF

CONTROL.

SO I TOOK ALL OF THE

WHIPPINGS, AND I SAID IT

WAS ME SO MY SISTERS

WOULDN'T GET HURT.

Reporter: BY THE AGE

OF 15, SHE MARRIED A MAN

WHO TOOK THE ABUSE TO NEW

LEVELS.

EVERY MAN THAT I

MARRIED WAS LIKE MY

FATHER.

I THOUGHT THAT THEY LOVED

ME.

I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE IT,

THE LOVE OF MY LIFE, THAT

THEY WOULD SAVE ME FROM

EVERYTHING, AND THAT'S NOT

HOW IT HAPPENED AT ALL.

I GOT ABUSED.

I GOT BEATEN.

I'M LUCKY I'M ALIVE.

I JUST WAS HURT PHYSICALLY

ALL OF THE TIME.

I ALWAYS EXPECTED TO GET

HURT.

I WAS TRYING TO FILL THIS

VOID.

I HAD EMPTINESS, AND YET I

WANTED LOVE.

Reporter: LEAH

EVENTUALLY MARRIED SEVEN

TIMES.

WITH EACH MARRIAGE CAME

MORE ABUSE.

THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL

TORTURE GOT SO BAD WITH

ONE HUSBAND, SHE WANTED TO

DIE.

I WAS PLAYED RUSSIAN

ROULETTE WITH.

AND I WOULD CRY AND BEG

HIM NOT TO KILL ME.

I WOULD BE ON THE FLOOR

HUGGING HIS LEGS, PLEASE

DON'T KILL ME.

PLEASE DON'T KILL ME.

IT GAVE HIM PLEASURE TO

WATCH ME BEG FOR MY LIFE.

I FELT JUST LIKE ALL OF

THE BEATINGS I GOT,

WORTHLESS.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS MY

LIFE.

Reporter: SHE TURNED

TO HEROIN AND OTHER DRUGS

FOR TEMPORARY ESCAPE FROM

THE MISERY THAT WAS HER

LIFE.

AFTER A WHILE, I GOT

ADDICTED.

I GOT ADDICTED.

AND I JUST WANTED IT.

I HAD TO HAVE IT.

AND THEN I COULDN'T GET

OFF OF IT.

Reporter: LEAH WENT

INTO PROSTITUTION TO GET

MONEY FOR DRUGS.

ANY SENSE OF NORMAL LIFE

CRUMBLED, AND BEFORE LONG

SHE HAD NOTHING.

I WAS HOMELESS.

I WAS IN 20 BELOW ZERO.

I COULDN'T EVEN STAY IN

SOMEBODY'S GARAGE TO KEEP

WARM.

I COULDN'T GET WASHED,

CLEANED.

I'VE GONE IN A DUMPSTER TO

DIG FOR FOOD BECAUSE I WAS

HUNGRY.

I WAS SKIN AND BONES.

I LOOKED VERY BAD.

I LOOKED LIKE DEATH

WALKING.

Reporter: AFTER YEARS

OF DRUG ABUSE AND LIVING

ON THE STREETS, SHE

PROMISED HER DYING MOTHER

SHE WOULD GET CLEAN.

WITH THE HELP OF HER

SISTERS, SHE ENTERED A

REHAB FACILITY.

DURING THAT TIME, A FRIEND

BROUGHT HER A BIBLE THAT

SHE HAD GIVEN AWAY YEARS

EARLIER.

LEAH SAW THIS AS A GIFT

FROM GOD.

GOD BROUGHT IT TO ME IN

GOD BROUGHT IT TO ME IN

THE REHAB.

GOD BROUGHT IT TO ME IN

GOD BROUGHT IT TO ME IN

HE SURE DID.

GOD BROUGHT IT TO ME IN

GOD BROUGHT IT TO ME IN

AND I STARTED READING IT

GOD BROUGHT IT TO ME IN

GOD BROUGHT IT TO ME IN

AND I NEVER PUT IT DOWN.

GOD BROUGHT IT TO ME IN

GOD BROUGHT IT TO ME IN

AND I FINALLY GOT IT.

GOD BROUGHT IT TO ME IN

GOD BROUGHT IT TO ME IN

AT FIRST IT WAS HARD FOR

GOD BROUGHT IT TO ME IN

GOD BROUGHT IT TO ME IN

ME TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I

GOD BROUGHT IT TO ME IN

GOD BROUGHT IT TO ME IN

WAS SO HIGH.

GOD BROUGHT IT TO ME IN

GOD BROUGHT IT TO ME IN

BUT I KEPT READING IT, AND

GOD BROUGHT IT TO ME IN

GOD BROUGHT IT TO ME IN

THAT FOOD, THAT SPIRITUAL

GOD BROUGHT IT TO ME IN

GOD BROUGHT IT TO ME IN

FOOD, CAME IN ME AND I

GOD BROUGHT IT TO ME IN

GOD BROUGHT IT TO ME IN

STARTED LIVING IT.

GOD BROUGHT IT TO ME IN

GOD BROUGHT IT TO ME IN

I STARTED BELIEVING IT.

GOD BROUGHT IT TO ME IN

GOD BROUGHT IT TO ME IN

I GOT EMPOWERED BY HIS

GOD BROUGHT IT TO ME IN

GOD BROUGHT IT TO ME IN

WORD BECAUSE IT SAYS HIS

GOD BROUGHT IT TO ME IN

GOD BROUGHT IT TO ME IN

WORD IS ALIVE.

GOD BROUGHT IT TO ME IN

GOD BROUGHT IT TO ME IN

I WAS FILLED WITH GOD'S

GOD BROUGHT IT TO ME IN

GOD BROUGHT IT TO ME IN

WORD, THE FOOD FOR THE

GOD BROUGHT IT TO ME IN

GOD BROUGHT IT TO ME IN

LIFE THAT YOU NEED FOR

GOD BROUGHT IT TO ME IN

GOD BROUGHT IT TO ME IN

YOUR SOUL.

YOUR SOUL.

Reporter: SHE WAS SET

FREE FROM DRUG ADDICTION

AND SAYS LIGHT AND HOPE

ENTERED HER LIFE LIKE IT

NEVER HAD BEFORE.

I HAD TO DO A LOT OF

FORGIVING.

I FORGAVE EVERYONE THAT

EVER HURT ME.

AND I MADE SURE OF IT.

EVERY ONE OF THE HUSBANDS

THAT ALMOST KILLED ME, I

FORGAVE THEM.

MY FATHER, I FORGAVE.

IT TOOK EVERYTHING OFF OF

ME.

I HAD NO BURDEN.

I DON'T WORRY.

I DON'T THINK ABOUT

TROUBLES.

I PRAISE GOD IN THE STORM.

YOU CAN LOVE EVERYTHING

WHEN YOU'VE GOT CHRIST IN

YOUR LIFE.

YOU CAN LOVE IT ALL.

Reporter: THE BIBLE

THAT SHE RECEIVED IN REHAB

CONTINUES TO SPEAK GOD'S

LOVE TO HER TODAY.

I HAVE TAPED IT

TOGETHER.

I HAVE WROTE ALL OVER IT.

I STUDIED IT.

I'M STILL STUDYING IT.

I DON'T LET IT OUT OF MY

SIGHT.

Reporter: THE LOVE

SHE HAD ALWAYS LONGED FOR

SHE FINALLY FOUND THROUGH

A RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS

CHRIST.

HE IS SO GOOD TO ME.

HE LOVES ME SO MUCH.

AND I KNOW HE LOVES

EVERYBODY LIKE HE LOVES

ME.

HE IS WAITING PATIENTLY

FOR EVERYONE THAT CALLS ON

HIS NAME.

HE WANTS YOU.

Gordon: ANYBODY THAT

CALLS ON HIS NAME, HE

WANTS YOU.

AND THE WONDERFUL NEWS --

AND IT'S THE BEST NEWS THE

WORLD HAS EVER, EVER

HEARD, IS THAT BEFORE YOU

EVEN CALL OUT, HE WANTED

THAT.

HE WANTED YOU.

HE DIED FOR YOU.

UNDERSTAND YOU'RE WORTH

THE PRICE HE PAID FOR YOU.

THERE IS AN OLD IMAGE, AND

I'LL SHARE IT WITH YOU.

IMAGINE A BRIGHT, NEW,

SHINY PENNY.

IT'S WORTH A PENNY.

BUT THEN IT GOES OUT INTO

THE WORLD AND IT GETS

BEATEN UP.

IT GETS CHIPPED AWAY AT.

AND FINALLY IT GETS THROWN

AWAY.

AND IT IS JUST SITTING

THERE ON THE PAVEMENT.

NOBODY WANTS IT.

BUT THE WONDERFUL NEWS IS

IT IS STILL WORTH A PENNY.

AND REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAS

HAPPENED TO YOU IN YOUR

LIFE, IN GOD'S EYES YOU'RE

STILL WORTH THE PRICE HE

PAID.

YOU'RE STILL HIS CHILD.

HE IS THE ONE THAT CAUSED

LIFE TO BE IN YOU.

HE PUT BREATH IN YOUR

LUNGS.

AND THE WONDERFUL NEWS IS

HE WANTS YOU TO BE WITH

HIM FOR ALL ETERNITY.

NOW, WHAT DOES IT TAKE?

HOW DO YOU GET IT?

YOU JUST SAW A STORY OF

AMAZING TRANSFORMATION.

AND IF GOD CAN DO THAT FOR

LEAH, HE CAN DO AMAZING

THINGS FOR YOU.

HE CAN TURN YOUR LIFE

AROUND.

HE CAN GIVE YOU THE LOVE

YOU LONG FOR.

HE CAN TAKE AWAY ALL THE

REJECTION.

ALL OF THE BROKENNESS, ALL

OF THE BEATINGS, ALL OF

IT, HE CAN TAKE IT ALL

AWAY.

WHY?

BECAUSE HE LOVES YOU.

HE LOVES YOU IN NI INFINITELY.

AND WHEN YOU FIND THAT,

WHEN YOU EXPERIENCE THAT

IN YOUR SOUL, THAT'S WHEN

THE TRANSFORMATION

HAPPENS.

CHRISTIANITY ISN'T A

RELIGION WHERE YOU GET

CLEANED UP FIRST AND YOU

GET GOOD ENOUGH TO GO TO

CHURCH.

NO, IT'S NOT THAT.

HE FINDS YOU WHERE YOU

ARE.

AND ALL HE IS WAITING FOR

IS FOR YOU TO OPEN YOUR

HEART AND SAY, COME IN.

NOW, IF YOU WANT THIS,

RIGHT NOW DON'T CHANGE.

DON'T TURN THE CHANNEL.

RIGHT NOW BOW YOUR HEAD

AND PRAY WITH ME, AND LET

JESUS DO ALL OF THE REST.

LET'S PRAY.

JESUS -- THAT'S RIGHT,

JUST SAY HIS NAME.

SAY IT OUT LOUD.

JESUS, I NEED YOU.

I NEED YOU TO HEAL MY

BROKENNESS, TO TAKE AWAY

THIS PAIN, TO SET ME FREE.

AND MOST OF ALL, I NEED TO

FEEL RIGHT NOW HOW MUCH

YOU LOVE ME, HOW MUCH YOU

WANT ME TO BE WITH YOU.

SO, JESUS, I OPEN MY

HEART.

I ASK THAT YOU COME IN.

I ASK THAT YOU MAKE ME

NEW.

I ASK THAT YOU FORGIVE ME.

AND, JESUS, I WANT TO

FOLLOW YOU ALL OF THE DAYS

OF MY LIFE.

HEAR MY PRAYER; ANSWER IT

TODAY.

ANSWER IT RIGHT NOW.

FOR I ASK IT IN JESUS'

NAME.

AMEN.

FATHER, FOR THOSE WHO JUST

PRAYED, I ASK FOR A

BAPTISM IN YOUR SPIRIT.

A BAPTISM OF LOVE.

SURROUND THEM, FILL THEM

TO OVERFLOWING, FOR I ASK

IT IN JESUS' NAME.

AMEN.

IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME,

THERE IS ONE MORE THING I

WANT YOU TO DO.

I WANT YOU TO MAKE A PHONE

CALL.

CALL US: 1-800-759-0700.

JUST SAY, I JUST PRAYED.

I JUST ASKED JESUS TO COME

INTO MY HEART.

WHEN YOU CALL, I'VE GOT

SOMETHING FREE FOR YOU.

IT IS A C.D. TEACHING OF

WHAT DO YOU DO NOW?

HOW DO YOU LIVE THE

CHRISTIAN LIFE?

WHAT DO CHRISTIANS

BELIEVE?

AND THERE IS ALSO A

BOOKLET IN THE PACKET

CALLED "A NEW DAY."

AND IN THE BOOKLET, THERE

ARE BIBLE VERSES.

I WANT YOU TO GET A COPY

OF THE BIBLE AND START

READING IT.

JUST LIKE SHE READ IT.

SHE DEVOURED IT.

SHE MARKED IT AND SAID

THESE VERSES ARE FOR ME.

IT IS THROUGH THE READING

OF THE BIBLE THAT YOU

RENEW YOUR MIND.

SO GET ONE.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE, WE

HAVE ONE AVAILABLE ONLINE

AT cbn.com.

YOU CAN SET UP A READING

PLAN WHERE YOU CAN READ

THE BIBLE THROUGH IN A

YEAR.

YOU CAN HAVE DAILY READING

PORTIONS FOR YOU, ALL

FREE.

WE WANT YOU TO HAVE IT.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CALL

US: 1-800-759-0700.

TERRY, OVER TO YOU.

Terry: WELL, COMING

UP, CHILDREN OF REFUGEES

ARE FLEEING THEIR

COUNTRIES AND SMILING FOR

THE FIRST TIME IN WEEKS.

FIND OUT WHY.

AND THEN LATER, A

HOLLYWOOD POWER COUPLE

LOOKS BACK ON NEARLY 50

YEARS OF MARRIAGE.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK WITH

THE FIFTH DIMENSION'S

COUPLE.

Gordon: OUR GOAL IS

TO HAVE "SUPERBOOK" SEEN

BY CHILDREN AROUND THE

WORLD.

AND IN LEBANON, IT IS

BEING WATCHED BY YOUNG

REFUGEES.

AND BRINGING SMILES TO

THEIR FACES.

Reporter: BY THE END

OF 2015, THE U.N.

ESTIMATES THERE WILL BE

TWO MILLION REFUGEES

LIVING LIKE THIS, JUST IN

LEBANON ALONE.

IT WAS INTO THIS PLACE OF

SUFFERING THAT ELIAN CAME

TO BRING HOPE THROUGH

"SUPERBOOK," TO THE LAND

OF HER BIRTH.

I WANTED TO TEST IT AND

SEE HOW THE KIDS ARE GOING

TO GRASP THIS CURRICULUM

IN ARABIC.

Reporter: THE FIRST

STEP ON HER JOURNEY WAS A

CHURCH INSIDE BEIRUT,

WHICH HAD TAKEN IN 150

IRAQI AND SYRIAN REFUGEE

CHILDRENMENT.

>CHILDREN.

THEY WERE SO CURIOUS TO

KNOW WHAT IS THIS.

AFTER THEY WATCHED THE

EPISODE, I PRESENTED THE

CURRICULUM TO THEM.

I LOVE THAT THEY WERE

REALLY WATCHING AND

ATTENTIVE TO WHAT WAS

GOING ON.

Reporter: THEN ELIAN

MADE HER WAY INTO A VERY

DIFFERENT SITUATION: A

CAMP MADE UP OF HUNDREDS

OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN

THE BECAW VALLEY.

THESE KIDS WERE

DIFFERENT.

THEY WERE NOT WELL-GROOMED

LIKE THE KIDS AND THE

IRAQI CHURCH.

I HEARD SO MANY

HEARTBREAKING STORIES.

EVERY TIME I ASKED THEM,

HOW CAN I PRAY FOR YOU,

THE ONLY ANSWER I GOT

THERE WAS PRAY THAT WE CAN

FIND FOOD TOMORROW.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT

TOMORROW WILL BRING THEM.

THEIR HOMES ARE GONE.

Reporter: THEN THEY

SET UP AND SHOWED THE

"SUPERBOOK" EPISODE "IN

THE BEGINNING," TO NEARLY

200 MUSLIM CHILDREN AND

ADULTS.

WHILE THEY WERE

WATCHING, I WAS WATCHING

THEIR FACES.

AND THERE WAS THIS ONE

CHILD, HIS EYES WERE,

LIKE, SHINING.

HE WAS SO INTO

"SUPERBOOK."

HE WAS SO EXCITED TO WATCH

"SUPERBOOK."

TO BE HONEST, I WAS NOT

SURE IF I WANTED TO PLAY

THE SALVATION SONG THERE

BECAUSE I WANTED TO BE

SENSITIVE, YOU KNOW, TO

THE ENVIRONMENT.

BUT I WAS, LIKE, LET ME

GIVE IT A TRY.

AND THE KIDS WERE ACTUALLY

HAPPY, AND THEY WERE

SINGING IT.

Reporter: AND THE

CHILDREN RESPONDED WHEN

SHE INTRODUCED THE

"SUPERBOOK" CURRICULUM TO

THEM.

WE TALKED ABOUT GOD.

WHAT IS GOD TO YOU?

WHO IS GOD TO YOU?

I ASKED THEM ABOUT SIN, IF

THEY KNOW WHAT SIN MEANS,

AND WHAT IT MEANS TO OBEY

GOD.

AND THEY WERE VERY

RESPONSIVE.

IT WAS AMAZING HOW

"SUPERBOOK" CAN BRING JOY.

I SPENT WITH THEM AROUND

TWO HOURS, WITH WATCHING

THE ACTUAL EPISODE AND

TALKING TO THEM, PLAYING

WITH THEM.

AND IN THOSE TWO HOURS,

"SUPERBOOK" BROUGHT

SMILES.

IT TOOK THEIR MINDS OFF OF

THE SADNESS, MAYBE BAD

MEMORIES.

Reporter: WHICH

BRINGS US TO THE REASON

WHY ELIAN WANTED TO RETURN

TO THE LAND OF HER BIRTH,

TO BRING "SUPERBOOK" TO

THESE CHILDREN.

AS I WAS WALKING IN

THAT CAMP, I LOOKED AT ALL

OF THESE KIDS THERE.

AND I SAW ME.

I SAW LITTLE ELIAN THERE,

THE FIVE-YEAR-OLD ELIAN,

WHO WAS SHAMED.

I GREW UP IN A WAR ZONE.

WE HAD BOMBS AND MISSILES

HITTING.

AND THE ONLY FUN PART OF

THE DAY WAS WHEN MY

GRANDMOTHER HAD ME WATCH

"SUPERBOOK."

"SUPERBOOK" IS PLANTED

INSIDE ME.

IT CHANGED MY LIFE AS A

CHILD.

Reporter: WHICH IS

WHY ELIAN NOW BELIEVES

THAT "SUPERBOOK" NEEDS TO

BE THERE FOR EVERY

ARABIC-SPEAKING CHILD.

I WANT ALL OF THE KIDS

IN THE MIDDLE EAST TO HAVE

ACCESS TO "SUPERBOOK."

IN EVERY HOUSE, AND I WANT

TO KNOW IT IS IN EVERY

CHURCH AND EVERY REFUGEE

CAMP.

BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IT

CHANGES LIVES.

Gordon: I WANT THE

SAME GOAL.

JUST IMAGINE A CARTOON

BEING IN A REFUGEE CAMP.

AND AT THE END OF IT,

THEY'RE ABLE TO SING A

SONG OF SALVATION TO

JESUS, AND IT BRINGS THEM

JOY.

JUST IMAGINE THAT.

IMAGINE BEING A PART OF

IT.

WE WANT TO TAKE THESE

STORIES TO THE CHILDREN OF

THE WORLD.

AND WE'RE REACHING THE

WORLD.

WE'LL GET THE MAP UP OF

IT.

I WANT TO SHOW YOU THE

REACH.

WE'RE IN FARSI FOR IRAN

AND ARABIC FOR THE MIDDLE

EAST.

THAT'S THE VERSION THAT

WAS AIRED IN THAT REFUGEE

CAMP.

WHERE IN INDONESIA, THE

LARGEST MUSLIM COUNTRY IN

THE WORLD.

WE'RE BROADCASTING

"SUPERBOOK" THERE.

WE'RE IN HINDI, ONE OF THE

LARGEST TELEVISION

NETWORKS IN THE WORLD IS

BROADCASTING "SUPERBOOK"

EVERY SATURDAY.

VIETNAMESE, KOREAN,

JAPANESE, MANDARIN -- WE

WANT TO REACH THE NATIONS.

WE WANT TO REACH THE

CHILDREN.

WE CAN DO IT IN OUR

GENERATION.

IT IS ALL POSSIBLE.

THE TECHNOLOGY IS THERE.

THE DUBBING IS THERE.

THE DISTRIBUTION IS THERE.

ALL WE NEED IS RESOURCES

IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE

TASK TO DO IT.

IF YOU WANT TO BE A PART

OF IT, IF YOU WANT TO BE A

PART OF SHARING THE

STORIES OF THE BIBLE WITH

THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD,

WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO IS

JOIN THE "SUPERBOOK"

D.V.D. CLUB.

WE'VE GOT A SPECIAL OFFER

FOR YOU.

WE'VE GOT THE BRAND NEW

EPISODE OUT.

IT IS THE STORY OF ISAAC

AND REBECCA.

WENDY LOVES IT AND SAYS IT

IS A GREAT LOVE STORY.

YOUR KIDS WILL LOVE IT,

TOO.

AND WE'LL SEND YOU NOT

JUST ONE COPY, BUT THREE

COPIES.

AND IF YOU CALL RIGHT NOW,

1-800-759-0700, WE HAVE

SOMETHING SPECIAL.

AND WE'LL ADD TO THE THREE

D.V.D.s OF ISAAC AND

REBECCA -- WE'LL ADD TO IT

"LET MY PEOPLE GO."

AND YOU'LL GET JONAH AND

NOAH AND THE ARK.

AND YOU'RE GIFT WILL GO

INTO THE PRODUCTION COSTS

OF SEASON THREE AND SEASON

FOUR, THE TRANSLATION

COSTS AND THE DISTRIBUTION

COSTS, SO THE CHILDREN OF

THE WORLD CAN KNOW THESE

STORIES AND LOVE THESE

STORIES.

IF YOU WANT TO BE A PART

OF IT, CALL US:

1-800-759-0700.

TERRY?

Terry: WELL, UP NEXT,

NEARLY 50 YEARS AFTER THE

"AGE OF AQUARIUS," AQUARIUS," BILLY

DAVIS, JR. AND MARILYN

*

Terry: PLEASE WELCOME

BACK TO "THE 700 CLUB,"

DEAR FRIENDS, MARILYN

McCOO AND BILLY DAVIS,

JR.

YOU HAVE BEEN GOOD FRIENDS

OF CBN FOR MANY, MANY

YEARS. I REMEMBER DOING

TELETHONS TOGETHER.

THAT'S RIGHT.

Terry: I WANT TO TALK

TODAY ABOUT YOUR

RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH

OTHER.

IT IS SO SPECIAL.

IT'S JUST BEEN WORN THE

AGE OF TIME AND DONE

BEAUTIFULLY.

YOU ARE A LIGHT ON A HILL.

YOU'VE BEEN IN THE MIDST

OF THE CRAZINESS OF

CAREERS AND HOLLYWOOD AND

JUST LIFE IN GENERAL.

YES.

Terry: BUT YOU

STARTED OUT AS FRIENDS.

WAS THAT PART OF THE

SECRET TO YOUR SUCCESS, DO

YOU THINK, MARILYN?

I THINK SO.

ABSOLUTELY.

OUR FRIENDSHIP WAS SO

STRONG.

WE STARTED TALKING TO EACH

OTHER ABOUT LIFE, AND AS I

LISTENED TO BILLY TALK AND

JUST SHARE HIS HEART AND

SAW HIS WONDERFUL SENSE OF

HUMOR, I THOUGHT THIS IS

REALLY A GREAT GUY.

AND WE BECAME BUDDIES.

AND THEN THE BUDDY

RELATIONSHIP ENDED UP

TURNING INTO LOVE.

Terry: WOW.

AND 47 YEARS, RIGHT,

BILLY?

WELL, ACTUALLY, WE'VE

BEEN MARRIED 46.

Terry: YOU'RE GOING

TO CELEBRATE 47.

YOU'RE CREEPING UP ON 50.

THERE BETTER BE A BIG

CELEBRATION FOR THAT.

WE'LL PROBABLY RENEW

OUR VOWS AGAIN.

ARE WE GOING TO DO

THAT?

WHY NOT.

YES.

Terry: TALK A LITTLE

BIT ABOUT HOW YOU'VE

SUSTAINED YOUR

RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH

OTHER THROUGH THE

HOLLYWOOD EXPERIENCE.

BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN

IN THE LIMELIGHT FOR A

LONG TIME.

YOU HAVE A VERY SUCCESSFUL

MUSIC CAREER AND YOU'VE

DONE SO MANY DIFFERENT

THINGS.

THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE

WHO DON'T MAKE IT THROUGH.

WHAT WAS THE SECRET FOR

THE TWO OF YOU?

WELL, LIKE WE SAID, IT

WAS FRIENDSHIP.

IT IS ONE OF THE MAJOR

THINGS A COUPLE SHOULD

HAVE.

EVEN WHEN THEY'RE JUST

GOING TOGETHER.

JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT WE

DO, WHAT WE HAVE IN

COMMON, AND THINGS LIKE

THAT.

BUT AFTER WE GOT

MARRIED -- OUR MARRIAGE IS

JUST LIKE EVERYBODY

ELSE'S.

EVEN THOUGH IT WAS

GLORIFIED FROM THE PUBLIC

STANDPOINT, WE STILL

LIVED -- WE HAD ARGUMENTS

AND FALLOUTS AND BREAKUPS.

WE NEVER REALLY BROKE UP

THAT LONG, BUT IT WAS

JUST --

[LAUGHTER]

Terry: GLAD YOU GOT

BACK TOGETHER.

IT WAS JUST BEING IN

THE BUSINESS, YOU KNOW.

I THINK WHAT WAS REALLY

IMPORTANT WAS WHEN BILLY

AND I LEFT THE FIFTH

DIMENSION, AND WE STARTED

TALKING ABOUT WHICH

DIRECTION WE WERE GOING TO

GO IN TO EXPERIENCE OUR

INDIVIDUAL DREAMS, WE

BEGAN TO REALIZE THAT

THESE CAREER DIRECTIONS

COULD SEPARATE US, AND

THAT THAT WOULD NOT BE

HEALTHY FOR OUR MARRIAGE.

Terry: IN FACT, YOU

HAD AN OFFER TO GO TO NEW

YORK FOR A YEAR, DID YOU

NOT?

I DID.

AND I ENDED UP GOING TO DO

"SHOW BOAT," AND THAT WAS

BACK IN THE '90s.

THE THING THAT WAS SO

SPECIAL ABOUT THAT, IT WAS

A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY

FOR ME, BUT IT DID NOT

INCLUDE BILLY.

BUT BILLY SAID, THIS IS A

GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU,

YOU SHOULD DO IT, AND

WE'LL MOVE TO NEW YORK.

IT WAS SOMETHING

MARILYN WANTED TO DO ALL

HER LIFE.

HE WANTED TO BE ON

BROADWAY AND TO ACT.

TO TAKE A DREAM AWAY FROM

HER, THAT'S NOT

CHRISTIAN-LIKE.

Terry: CAN I SAY,

I'VE SEEN THAT IN YOU, IN

YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH

EACH OTHER, A WILLINGNESS

TO PUT EACH OTHER FIRST.

YOU ARE VERY PROTECTIVE OF

HER.

YES, THAT'S RIGHT.

Terry: THINK OF THE

TESTIMONY WE SAW OF THE

WOMAN WHO WENT THROUGH

SEVEN FAILED MARRIAGES,

AND MEN WHO DIDN'T LOVE

AND PROTECT HER.

YES, I SAW THAT.

Terry: AND YOU HAVE

THAT TIGHT PROTECTION WITH

EACH OTHER AND THAT

PROTECTION OF YOUR

RELATIONSHIP.

OUR WIVES ARE THE

GREATEST GIFT THAT GOD CAN

GIVE US.

WE ARE THE PROTECTORS, AND

THAT'S PART OF OUR JOB.

AND WHEN WE MEET OUR

MAKER, HE IS GOING TO SAY,

WELL, WHAT DID YOU DO?

YOU'RE GOING TO BE

RESPONSIBLE.

AND BILLY AND I LOOK AT

WHEN YOU DECIDE THAT

YOU'RE GOING TO BE MARRIED

AND YOU'RE GOING TO LIVE

YOUR LIVES TOGETHER, YOU

NEED TO KNOW WHAT EACH

OTHER'S DREAM IS ABOUT SO

YOU CAN SUPPORT ONE

ANOTHER.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, A

MARRIAGE SHOULDN'T BE

ABOUT JUST TOTALLY GIVING

UP.

MARRIAGE SHOULD BE

SUPPORTING EACH OTHER IN

YOUR DREAMS AND YOUR HOPES

FOR YOUR LIVES AND SEE

WHAT YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH

TOGETHER.

Terry: HOW DID YOU

HANDLE THE THINGS THAT

CAME UP IN YOUR

MARRIAGE -- YOU SAID THERE

WERE TIMES OF CONFLICT AND

TIMES WHERE THINGS GOT

DIFFICULT.

HOW DID YOU HANDLE THAT

POSITIVELY?

WELL, ONE THING THAT WE

TALK ABOUT A LOT BECAUSE

WE SEE A LOT OF IT IN

OUR -- WHEN WE SPEAK TO

GROUPS.

AND BILLY SHARES ABOUT HIS

ALCOHOLISM.

THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE

WHO COME UP AND WANT TO

TALK TO HIM ABOUT IT.

A LOT OF CHRISTIANS WHO

ARE STRUGGLING WITH THAT.

Terry: FOR CERTAIN.

I REMEMBER WHEN MARILYN

CAME UP TO ME, AND SHE WAS

READING A BOOK, AND SHE

READ THIS BOOK AND CAME UP

TO ME AND IT TALKED ABOUT

ALCOHOLISM.

AND SHE CAME UP TO ME AND

SHE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT,

BABY?

YOU'RE AN ALCOHOLIC.

AND I SAID, WHAT?

Terry: YOU NEED TO

KNOW THE TRUTH, AND THE

TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE.

WE NEED ABOUT A WEEK TO

TALK WITH YOU GUYS.

BUT WE CONGRATULATE YOU ON

46 AMAZING YEARS, AS YOU

HEAD TO 47.

WILL YOU COME BACK WHEN IT

IS THE 50th AND LET US

CELEBRATE WITH YOU?

WE WOULD LOVE TO DO

THAT.

THANK YOU, TERRY.

Terry: YOU'RE A

WONDERFUL COUPLE.

WE LEAVE YOU WITH THESE

WORDS FROM WO: MAY HE

GRANT YOU ACCORDING TO

YOUR HEART'S DESIRE AND

FULFILL ALL OF YOUR

PURPOSE."

THAT'S FROM PSALM 20.

GOD BLESS YOU.