George: THIS WEEK ON

"CHRISTIAN WORLD NEWS,"

MEET THE TEACHERS WHO

STAND IN THE GAP BETWEEN

HOPE AND DISPAIR, BUT

GIVING THESE REFUGEE

CHILDREN A CHANCE FOR A

BETTER LIFE.

Wendy: PLUS, FAITH ON

THE FIELD.

THESE SUPER BOWL ATHLETES

SAY THEY'RE COMPETING FOR

AN EVEN HIGHER PRIZE.

George: AND NEW

EVIDENCE OF THE RAPID

SPREAD OF CHRISTIANITY IN

THE FIFTH CENTURY.

DISCOVER ISRAELI ARC

ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES FOUND

IN THE MOST UNLIKELY

PLACES.

George: HELLO,

EVERYONE, I'M GEORGE

THOMAS.

Wendy: AND I'M WENDY

GRIFFITH.

THEY'RE THE VICTIMS CAUGHT

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE

SYRIAN REFUGEE CRISIS.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE

CHILDREN.

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF

THEM FACE A LONELY

EXISTENCE INSIDE THESE

REFUGEE CAMPS.

George: MY COLLEAGUE,

ABIGAIL ROBERTSON, HAS

BEEN TO THOSE CAMPS WHERE

SHE WITNESSED FIRSTHAND A

RAY OF HOPE IN THE

DARKNESS.

SHE JOINS US FROM OUR D.C.

BUREAU TO TELL US MORE.

ABIGAIL?

Reporter: WITH NO END

IN SIGHT FOR THE REFUGEE

CRISIS, IT IS SO IMPORTANT

TO REMEMBER THE TRULY

INNOCENT VICTIMS, THE

CHILDREN.

ONE CHRISTIAN GROUP IS

WORKING TO NOT ONLY

EDUCATE THESE REFUGEE

CHILDREN, BUT TO MINISTER

TO THEM AS WELL.

AS I LEARNED ON MY RECENT

TRIP TO LEBANON, THEIR

WORK IS NOT ONLY GIVING

HOPE TO THESE CHILDREN AND

THEIR FAMILIES, BUT IT IS

ALSO BRINGING THE MUSLIMS

AND CHRISTIANS TOGETHER.

JUST ACROSS THE BORDER

FROM SYRIA, LEBANON IS

HOME TO AROUND FOUR

MILLION PEOPLE.

SINCE THE CRISIS BEGAN,

MORE THAN A MILLION

REFUGEES HAVE POURED INTO

THE COUNTRY.

INCREASING ITS POPULATION

BY 25%.

THAT IS EQUIVALENT TO THE

U.S. TAKING IN 80 MILLION

PEOPLE.

MORE THAN 50% OF THESE

REFUGEES ARE UNDER THE AGE

OF 17.

CHILDREN FORCED TO LEAVE

THEIR HOMES, FAMILIES, AND

EDUCATION BEHIND.

THEY'VE BEEN MOVING

FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER,

FEELING ALL OF THE

SUFFERING AND LIVING IN

SMALL TENTS.

Reporter: DESPITE

INITIATIVES FROM UNICEF

AND THE U.N., THOUSANDS OF

THESE CHILDREN REMAIN OUT

OF SCHOOLS.

THAT LACK OF EDUCATION

MAKES THEM PRIME TARGETS

FOR PATROL GROUPS TO

EXPLOIT AND RECRUIT.

I DON'T WANT TO STAY

HOME.

I WANT TO LEARN.

BECAUSE IF SOMEONE, WHEN I

GROW UP, TALKS TO ME IN

ENGLISH AND ARABIC, I WANT

TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER.

Reporter: A WHOLE

GENERATION OF SYRIAN

CHILDREN HAVE HAD TO FLEE

THEIR HOMES TO COME HERE

AND LIVE IN SQUALOR.

AND RUN THE RISK OF BEING

UNCEACHTED.

UNEDUCATED.

BUT CBN'S "HEART FOR

LEBANON" IS GIVING THESE

KIDS HOPE.

IN HOPE CENTERS, "HEART

FOR LEBANON" OFFERS FREE

EDUCATION, TAUGHT BY

CHRISTIAN TEACHERS.

THEY ARE SEEING THAT

THEY ARE VALUABLE.

IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE

IN THEIR LIFE.

Reporter: DENISE, A

HOPE CENTER TEACHER, SAYS

THE KEY IS TEACHING THE

KIDS THE BIBLE AND

PROVIDING A SECURE

ENVIRONMENT.

THE KIDS, AT THE

BEGINNING, THEY WERE

AGGRESSIVE AND SAD AND

ANGRY, AND WE START

SLOWLY, SLOWLY SEEING HOW

MUCH THEIR LIFE HAS BEEN

CHANGED.

Reporter: MANY HAS

NEVER MET A CHRISTIAN

BEFORE ATTENDING THE

SCHOOL.

WE REALLY LIKE IT HERE.

THE SCHOOL HERE IS MUCH

BETTER THAN THE SCHOOL IN

SYRIA.

BESIDES ENGLISH, MATH, AND

ART, WE LEARN FROM THE

BIBLE ABOUT JESUS.

OUR TEACHER ALWAYS TELLS

US WE SHOULD PRAY, AND SHE

BELIEVES THAT JESUS WILL

HELP US, AND EVEN GO BACK

TO SYRIA ONE DAY.

Reporter: FOR

STUDENTS LIKE O'TOOL AND

HER BROTHER, SYRIAN SCHOOL

MEANT HARSH DISCIPLINE AND

FREQUENT STICK BEATINGS.

ALL OF THE SCHOOLS IN

SYRIA HIT KIDS.

SOME KIDS DON'T

UNDERSTAND.

THE TEACHERS JUST HIT US

BECAUSE THEY CAN'T TAKE IT

AND DON'T HAVE PATIENCE.

I HAVE A HEART PROBLEM,

AND THERE ARE THINGS THAT

I CAN'T DO.

SO THE TEACHER USED TO PUT

ME ON THE GROUND.

HE WOULD HOLD A STICK AND

HIT ME WHILE I'M ON THE

GROUND.

Reporter: IN THE

MIDST OF EVERYTHING GOING

ON IN THESE KIDS LIVES.

THIS SCHOOL SERVES AS A

SANCTUARY, TELLING THEM

ABOUT THE LOVE OF JESUS,

AND PROMISING THEM HOPE OF

A BETTER FUTURE.

WHEN ELMER CAME HERE SIX

MONTHS AGO, HE TOLD THE

TEACHER HIS DREAM WAS TO

BECOME A TERRORIST.

FOR THE TEACHER, IT WAS

A SHOCK.

I REMEMBER I SAID TO THE

TEACHER, LET'S WAIT AND

SEE WHAT OUR INFLUENCE

WILL BE, WHEN WE TEACH HIM

AND SHOW HIM LOVE.

NOW HE WANTS TO BE A

POLICEMAN.

Reporter: DENISE SEES

MANY OF THE KIDS GROW NOT

ONLY IN THEIR EDUCATION,

BUT IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP

WITH JESUS.

I TRULY BELIEVE THAT

GOD IS AT WORK, AND IF

THEY COME, THEY WILL BE

BLESSED BY WHAT IS

HAPPENING HERE IN THIS

PLACE.

WE PRAY THAT THESE KIDS

WILL BE ABLE TO MEET JESUS

BEFORE THEY LEAVE FROM

HERE.

Reporter: THE

CHILDREN VALUE THE

ADDITION OF JESUS TO THEIR

EDUCATION, TOO.

I LIKE LEARNING ABOUT

JESUS.

I GOT SHELLS FROM THE

BEACH AND I MADE A CROSS

OUT OF SHELLS, IN MY HOME.

WE DON'T WANT TO HEAR

WHAT PEOPLE SAY.

WE BELIEVE IN GOD, THAT

ONE DAY WE'RE GOING TO GO

BACK TO SYRIA.

Reporter: EVEN MUSLIM

PARENTS APPRECIATE THE

CHRISTIAN EDUCATION AND

ARE OVERJOYED WITH THE

COMPASSION "HEART FOR

LEBANON" HAS SHOWN THEIR

FAMILIES.

I'M VERY HAPPY.

I'M EXTREMELY HAPPY

THEY'RE IN THE SCHOOLMENT.

>SCHOOL.

CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS,

AND WE ALL RESPECT EACH

OTHER.

WE'RE DIFFERENT RELIGIONS,

BUT WE ALL RESPECT THAT.

Reporter: BUT HER

MOTHER SAYS SHE LOVES THE

KINDNESS SHOWN TO THE

CHILDREN AND PREFERS THE

HOPE CENTER TO THEIR OLD

SCHOOL.

IT IS MUCH BETTER.

THE TEACHERS ARE KINDER.

THEY'RE WARM TO THE

CHILDREN, AND THIS IS WHAT

MATTERS.

THEY LEARN ABOUT A

RELIGION OTHER THAN ISLAM.

Reporter: DENISE

REALIZES THAT WHILE

REACHING THE CHILDREN,

THEY CAN ALSO ADMINISTER

TO THEIR ENTIRE FAMILY.

THEY ARE PRECIOUS IN

GOD'S EYES, AND GOD HAS

SENT THEM TO US.

AND WHEN YOU SHOW THEM THE

LOVE OF CHRIST...

WENDY, WHAT "HEART FOR

LEBANON" IS DOING IS SO

IMPORTANT.

THEY'RE PROVIDING FOR

THEIR FAMILIES AND GIVING

THE CHILDREN MUCH-NEEDED

HOPE FOR A BETTER FUTURE.

Wendy: I JUST LOVE

THE STORY, ABIGAIL.

YOU WERE RIGHT THERE WITH

THOSE KIDS.

TELL US WHAT STOOD OUT TO

YOU THE MOST AFTER

SPENDING SOME TIME WITH

THEM?

I WOULD SAY WOULD STOOD

OUT TO ME THE MOST WAS THE

JOY THEY HAD WHEN THEY'RE

AT THE SCHOOL.

YOU CAN SEE HOW IT IS

IMPACTING THEIR LIFE IN

THE BEST WAY.

AND TO GO INTO THE REFUGEE

CAMPS AND MEET THEIR

FAMILIES AND SEE WHAT

THEIR SITUATIONS ARE LIKE,

AND THEN TO SEE THEM AT

THEIR SCHOOL PRAYING --

YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THESE

KIDS DID NOT GROW UP IN

POVERTY.

THEY HAD HOMES.

THEIR PARENTS HAD JOBS.

THEY HAD STABLE FAMILY

CONDITIONS BACK IN SYRIA.

THEY'LL TELL YOU, THEY

WANT TO GO BACK.

THEY DON'T WANT TO LIVE IN

LEBANON.

AND THEY REMEMBER A

DIFFERENT LIFE, AND THIS

SCHOOL REALLY IS A

SANCTUARY FOR ALL OF THE

HORRIFIC THINGS THAT ARE

GOING ON IN THEIR LIVES

RIGHT NOW.

AND THE PARENTS ARE SO

HAPPY TO SEE THEIR KIDS

HAVE THIS JOY.

Wendy: IT IS

DEFINITELY A SIDE OF THE

STORY WE HAVEN'T SEEN

BEFORE.

ABIGAIL ROBERTSON, GREAT

REPORTING.

THANTHANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

JOINING US.

GEORGE?

George: UP NEXT, ISIS

IS ON A MISSION TO

EXTERMINATE CHRISTIANS AND

OTHER RELIGIOUS

MINORITIES.

HOW CAN WE STOP THE

GENOCIDE IN THE MIDDLE

EAST?

Wendy: WELCOME BACK.

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

HAS UNANIMOUSLY PASSED A

RESOLUTION CALLING THE

ISLAMIC STATE'S TARGETED

KILLING OF RELIGIOUS

MINORITIES GENOCIDE.

THE RESOLUTION CALLS FOR

THOSE WHO INTENTIONALLY

COMMITTEE ATROCITIES FOR

RELIGIOUS OR ETHNIC

REASONS TO BE CHARGED WITH

CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY.

ADVOCATES SAY THE

RESOLUTION WILL HELP SAVE

LIVES.

NOW THEY'RE TURNING TO THE

U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL FOR

A SIMILAR RESOLUTION.

George: BACK HERE IN

THE UNITED STATES, MANY

MEMBERS OF CONGRESS SAY

THEY FIGHT FOR RELIGIOUS

FREEDOM, BUT HOW MANY

ACTUALLY DO?

AS MY COLLEAGUE PAUL

STRAND SHOWS US, A NEW

GROUP IS PLEDGING TO HOLD

THEIR FEET TO THE FIRE.

Reporter: FORMER

CONGRESSMAN FRANK WOLF

SOMETIMES FOUND HIMSELF A

VERY LONELY FIGHTER WHEN

IT CAME TO CONGRESS

BATTLING FOR INTERNATIONAL

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.

WHILE HE AND OTHER

ADVOCATES FOR THE CAUSE

HAVE COME UP WITH A

CONGRESSIONAL SCORECARD

THAT WILL SHOW HOW MUCH OF

A PRIORITY INDIVIDUAL

LAWMAKERS PUT ON

INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS

FREEDOM WHEN IT COMES TO

ACTUAL VOTES.

IT WILL ALSO ALERT

CONGRESS MEMBERS ABOUT

OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT

THING, LIKE AN EXPECTED

VOTE ON CHRISTIAN GENOCIDE

IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

IF THERE IS A VOTE ON

THE GENOCIDE RESOLUTION,

WHICH I HOPE THERE IS,

EVERYONE OUGHT TO KNOW HOW

THEIR MEMBER OF CONGRESS

HAS VOTED ON THAT ISSUE.

THAT'S REALLY THE PURPOSE

OF IT.

Reporter: THESE

ADVOCATES FOR RELIGIOUS

FREEDOM SAY THE SAD TRUTH

IS WASHINGTON HAS OFTEN

FAILED IN THE PAST TO ACT

AGAINST GENOCIDE AND OTHER

CRIMES AGAINST RELIGIOUS

PEOPLEMENT.

>PEOPLE.

WE KNOW WHAT ISIS IS

DOING.

WILL THE CONGRESS, THE

ADMINISTRATION, AND THE

WORLD MISS IT HERE.

BY CALLING IT WHAT IT

IS, IT WILL BE A

GAME-CHANGER, AND THE

CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY IN

IRAQ IN 2003, THERE WERE

ONE AND A HALF MILLION

CHRISTIANS IN IRAQ.

TODAY THERE ARE 250,000,

AND 70 CHRISTIAN FAMILIES

LEAVE EVERY DAY.

TO CALL IT GENOCIDE WOULD

HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN

THE SUBJECT OF GENOCIDE,

SO WE REMEMBER, BUT IT

WOULD ALSO HELP THOSE WHO

WANT TO LEAVE, AND IT WILL

HELP THOSE WHO WANT TO

STAY.

I THINK IT IS REALLY

IMPORTANT WE'RE ABLE TO DO

THIS.

Reporter: THE

ADVOCATES AT THIS NEWS

CONFERENCE SAY CHURCHES

AND RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS

NEED TO PRESSURE LAWMAKERS

AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE

VOTED TO PROTECT PEOPLE

SUFFERING FROM RELIGIOUS

PERSECUTION AROUND THE

WORLD.

PAUL STRAND, CBN NEWS,

WASHINGTON.

George: THANKS, FALL.

NINA SHAY IS THE CENTER

FOR THE HUDSON INSTITUTE.

AND SHE JOINS US NOW FROM

OUR WASHINGTON, D.C.

BUREAU.

NINA, HOW SIGNIFICANT IS

THIS PASSING BY THE

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

CALLING THIS GENOCIDE?

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO

CALL IT GENOCIDE.

IT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT

IS THE TRUTH.

IN THE ISIS-CONTROLLED

TERRITORY, THERE IS NO

EVIDENCE RIGHT NOW OF ANY

CHRISTIAN LIFE.

ALL OF THE CHRISTIANS HAVE

EITHER BEEN KILLED OR

DRIVEN OUT.

THE YAZIDIS, THOUSANDS OF

THEM, THEIR WOMEN ARE NOW

SEX SLAVES.

SO THIS IS THE TRUTH.

AND IF WE TAKE THIS SOLEMN

VOW OF "NEVER AGAIN," AS

WE HAVE SINCE THE JEWISH

HOLOCAUST UNDER THE NAZIS,

WE HAVE TO CALL IT AS SUCH

FOR THE CHRISTIANS.

IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT FOR

THE RESETTLEMENT IN THE

UNITED STATES.

RIGHT NOW, UNITED STATES,

FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF

FISCAL YEAR 2016, HAS

ADMITTED A GRAND TOTAL OF

SIX CHRISTIANS FROM SYRIA

INTO THE UNITED STATES.

THIS IS LESS THAN 1% OF

THE SYRIAN REFUGEES THAT

HAVE BEEN ADMITTED INTO

THE UNITED STATES, EVEN

THOUGH CHRISTIANS ARE 10%

OF THE SYRIAN POPULATION.

THIS IS AN UTTER DISGRACE.

THIS HAS TO STOP.

George: SO NOW THE

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT CALLS

THIS GENOCIDE.

WHAT'S NEXT?

IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE

UNITED STATES TO DO THE

SAME.

AND THERE IS A RELUCTANCE

ON THE PART OF THE

ADMINISTRATION TO CALL IT

GENOCIDE AGAINST

CHRISTIANS.

THEY HAVE TOLD US

PRIVATELY THAT THEY WILL

CALL IT GENOCIDE AGAINST

THE YAZIDIS, BUT NOT

CHRISTIANS.

AND THERE IS A LARGE GROUP

OF US FIGHTING, AND A

BROAD SPECTRUM OF

RELIGIOUS LEADERS THAT

HAVE SIGNED A PETITION TO

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY,

SAYING PLEASE MEET WITH

US, SO WE CAN GIVE YOU THE

EVIDENCE.

SO YOU CANNOT SAY THAT YOU

DON'T KNOW.

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT

CONGRESS PASS RESOLUTION

75, CALLING IT GENOCIDE,

FOR THE CHRISTIANS AND

OTHER VULNERABLE

MINORITIES.

SPEAKER REIGNIN RYAN HAS TO BRING

THIS TO A VOTE.

George: CALLING IT

GENOCIDE HAS LEGAL

IMPLICATIONS.

EXPLAIN THAT FOR THE U.S.

VIEWERS.

ONE OF THE FIRST HUMAN

RIGHTS TREATIES IN THE

WORLD WAS THE GENOCIDE

CONVENTION, AND E IT BANS

GENOCIDE, OF COURSE, AND

IT CALLS FOR THE

PREVENTION OF GENOCIDE AND

THE PUNISHMENT OF THOSE

WHO PERPETRATE IT.

THERE IS A PARTIAL ATTEMPT

AND AN INTENT TO COMMIT

GENOCIDE AGAINST

CHRISTIANS AND THE YAZIDIS

AND SOME OTHER OTHERS, AND

WE HAVE TO DO OUR PART TO

PREVENT IT.

WE CAN DO IT BY STOPPING

ISIS IN ITS TRACKS OR BY

RESCUING THEM, RESCUING

THESE VULNERABLE

MINORITIES.

IN MORALLY INCUMBENT UPON

US TO PROTECT AND PREVENT

THIS GENOCIDE FRO FROM TAKING

PLACE.

George: WHY IS A

SCORECARD NEEDED?

A SCORECARD IS NEEDED

TO BUILD PRESSURE.

TO SHOW THE AMERICAN

PEOPLE WHAT IS AT STAKE,

WHAT OPPORTUNITIES THERE

ARE, AND HOW THEIR ELECTED

REPRESENTATIVES ARE

STANDING UP, OR NOT SO

MUCH STANDING UP, FOR THIS

CORE AMERICAN PRINCIPLE OF

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AROUND

THE WORLD.

WHICH IS ACTUALLY

INSTITUTIONALIZED IN OUR

STATE DEPARTMENT FOREIGN

POLICY, ALONG WITH DEFENSE

AND RELIGIOUS AND HUMAN

RIGHTS IS A PILLAR OF OUR

CONSTITUTION.

AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN

PROVIDING PRESSURE AS THEY

DO ON TRADE.

George: NINA SHAY,

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

George: KNACK FOR THANK YOU FOR

JOINING US ON THE

BROADCAST.

Wendy: COMING UP,

THEY HAVE REACHED THE

HIGHEST HEIGHT OF THE

SPORT, BUT THESE SUPER

BOWL ATHLETES ARE CAREFUL

TO GIVE GOD ALL OF THE

GLORY.

Wendy: IT'S A

MILESTONE FOR THE SUPER

BOWL THIS YEAR.

FOR 50 YEARS AMERICANS

HAVE CELEBRATED FOOTBALL'S

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

George: OUR SPORTS

REPORTER WENT TO

CALIFORNIA TO TALK WITH

THE PLAYERS BEFORE THE

BIGGEST GAME OF THEIR

CAREERS.

Reporter: WHO WOULD

HAVE THOUGHT THAT THE

DENVER BRONCOS WOULD MAKE

IT TO THE SUPER BOWL AFTER

QUARTERBACK PEYTON MANNING

WAS FORCED TO SIT OUT FOR

SIX WEEKS AFTER A FOOT

INJURY.

HE RETURNED IN WEEK 17 TO

LEAD THEIR TEAM TO THEIR

SECOND SUPER BOWL

APPEARANCE IN THREE

SEASONS.

HE SAYS WHEN HE WAS DOWN

AND OUT, IT WAS HIS FAITH

IN THE LORD THAT HELPED

HIM KEEP EVERYTHING INTO

PERSPECTIVE.

THERE IS NO QUESTION IT

IS IMPORTANT TO ME.

NO QUESTION THIS SEASON

HAS HAD SOME UNIQUE

CHALLENGES.

I'VE TRIED TO STAYED IN

THE MOMENT.

I'VE TRIED NOT TO ASSUME

THAT THIS IS HOW THINGS

ARE GOING TO BE FROM HERE

ON OUT.

I'VE HAD A PEACE ABOUT IT,

AND I THINK THAT CERTAINLY

HELPS.

Reporter: EMMANUEL

SANDERS IS ONE OF PEYTON

MANNING'S MAIN TARGETS.

AND HE SAYS HE IS STILL

BLOWN AWAY BY HOW HE EVEN

GOT TO THE NFL.

AND HE GIVES ALL OF THE

GLORY TO THE LORD.

HE MEANS EVERYTHING.

I COME FROM A SMALL TOWN

IN TEXAS, AND TO SEE THE

BIG LIGHTS OF THE NFL.

AND THE REASON WHY I'M

STANDING HERE TODAY IS

BECAUSE OF THE BIG MAN

UPSTAIRS.

GETTING ON MY KNEES,

PRAYING FOR EVERYTHING.

AND EVERYTHING I'VE ASKED

FOR, IT HAS COME TRUE.

YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING

WITHOUT FAITH.

WITHOUT FAITH, I PROBABLY

WOULDN'T BE PLAYING THIS

GAME RIGHT NOW.

AND THIS IS JUST LIKE

LIFE.

WHENEVER YOU GO THROUGH

THINGS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE

THAT FAITH BECAUSE THAT'S

THE ONLY THING THAT CAN

GET YOU THROUGH.

Reporter: DEMAR THIS

NINE-TIME PRO BOWLER SAYS

HE HAS KNOWN WHERE TO FIND

HIS IDENTITY SINCE HE WAS

A YOUNGER KID.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE A

KID, YOU TRY TO FIT IN.

BUT CHRIST HAS BEEN THAT

STABLE PERSON, SOMEONE YOU

CAN ALWAYS GO TO.

Reporter: THE

PANTHERS HAVE BEEN

DOMINATE ALL SEASON.

QUARTERBACK CAM NEWTON HAS

BEEN A BEAST ON THE FIELD.

BUT HE HAS TAKEN A LOT OF

CRITICISM.

AND HE SAYS REGARDLESS OF

WHAT PEOPLE MAY THINK

ABOUT HIM, HE THINKS HE IS

HERE FOR A REASON AND

KNOWS HE HAS THE FAVOR OF

GOD ON HIS LIFE.

THERE IS NOT A DAY THAT

GOES BY THAT I NEVER

DISCREDIT MY BLESSINGS OR

THE FAVOR IN MY LIFE.

FOR ME TO BE IN THIS

POSITION, IT IS NOT A

MISTAKE.

IT IS NOT BY HAPPENSTANCE

THAT THIS HAPPENED.

THESE ARE BLESSINGS FROM

YEARS AGO.

I'M JUST THANKFUL I'M IN

THIS POSITION.

MY FAITH HAS ALWAYS

BEEN MY PEACE.

LIFE IS ALL ABOUT BALANCE.

AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE GOD

IN YOUR LIFE, LIFE GETS

AHOLD OF YOU AND CHOKES

YOU.

I DON'T HAVE MY

IDENTITY IN FOOTBALL.

THAT'S WHY I CAN ENJOY IT

SO MUCH.

I KNOW I'M ONLY PLAYING

FOR ONE.

AND HE HAS GIVEN ME ALL OF

THESE TALENTS AND

ABILITIES, AND I'M TRYING

TO MAKE THE BEST OF IT.

Reporter: HE IS JUST

THANKFUL TO JUST BE ABLE

TO PLAY IN SUPER BOWL 50.

AFTER FRACTURING HIS RIGHT

ARM DURING THE

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, HE IS

STILL PHYSICALLY ABLE TO

PLAY, AND HE GIVES GOD ALL

OF THE GLORY AND PRAISE.

IT MEANS THE WORLD TO

ME, KNOWING THAT GOD HAS

BEEN SO GOOD TO ME, WITH

EVERYTHING I'VE GONE

THROUGH THROUGHOUT MY

LIFE, TO KNOW I'M STILL

ABLE TO PLAY THIS GAME AT

A HIGH LEVEL.

I'M NOT NAIVE.

I KNOW IT IS COMING FROM A

HIGHER POWER.

I THANK GOD FOR EVERY

OPPORTUNITY I GET.

WHETHER IT IS THROUGHOUT

THE DAY OR AT NIGHT, I

MAKE SURE THAT THE LORD

KNOWS HOW MUCH I

APPRECIATE HIM.

IT IS THAT FOUNDATION.

I TRY TO LET MY

RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS

PERMEATE IN EVERYTHING I

DO, MY RELATIONSHIPS, MY

FINANCES, MY NFL CAREER.

WHEN I'M AT MY BEST

WITH GOD, I'M THE BEST

PERSON I AM.

I'M THE BEST FRIEND, BEST

PUNTER.

Reporter: YOU MAY

REMEMBER MICHAEL ORR

BECAUSE HE WON THE SUPER

BOWL WITH THE RAVENS A FEW

YEARS AGO, OR BECAUSE HE

IS THE SUBJECT OF THE FILM

"THE BLINDSIDE."

AND HE SAYS HE IS SO

GRATEFUL FOR WHAT THE LORD

HAS DONE IN HIS LIFE, AND

HE IS WORKING HARD TO GET

TO KNOW HIM BETTER EVERY

DAY.

ME AND MY BUDDIES WERE

TALKING ABOUT GIVING THE

MAN ABOVE MORE CREDIT.

AND GETTING TO KNOW HIM A

LOT BETTER BECAUSE ALL OF

THE STUFF HE DOES IS

AWESOME.

COMING FROM WHERE I CAME

FROM, THE LAST YEAR OR SO

IS DEFINITELY ALL HIM.

Wendy: WHOA, A LOT OF

PEOPLE IN THE STUDIO.

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WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

George: ISRAEL'S

GROWING CONSTRUCTION SITES

HAVE UNCOVERED SOME

ANCIENT TREASURES IN

UNLIKELY PLACES.

Wendy: CBN

CORRESPONDENT JULIE STAAL

SHOWS US WHAT

ARCHEOLOGISTS ARE FINDING

NOW.

Reporter: HERE IN

ISRAEL'S CENTRAL PLAIN, A

BUILDING DOTS THE AREA.

BEFORE ANY WORK COMMENCES,

THE ISRAEL'S ANTIQUITIES

AUTHORITY CO CONDUCTS WHAT IT

CALLS A SALVAGE

EXCAVATION.

WE STARTED DIGGING

HERE, AND WE DIDN'T KNOW

WHAT WE WERE GOING TO

FIND.

Reporter: THE

DISCOVERY OF MANY

IMPRESSIVE RURAL CHURCHES

AND THE MONASTERIES IN THE

AREA SHOWED THAT

CHRISTIANITY SPREAD

RAPIDLY AROUND THE FIFTH

CENTURY.

THIS EXCAVATION DIRECTOR

SAYS THE BIZANTINE CHURCH

IS COLOURED WITH A MOSAIC.

THIS IS EXACTLY THE

SAME LIKE TODAY.

PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW THAT

HEY GIVE THE MONEY.

AND YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND

IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE TO

BUILD A COMPLEX LIKE THIS.

Reporter: THE

INSCRIPTION SAYS, THIS

PLACE WAS BUILT UNDER THE

PRIEST.

PEACE BE WITH YOU WHEN YOU

COME, AND PEACE BE WITH

YOU WHEN YOU GO.

AMEN.

THAT'S THE ANCIENT

EQUIVALENT OF A MODERN-DAY

DONOR'S PLAQUE TODAY.

SHADMAN BELIEVES THE

PEOPLE WERE ALSO FARMERS.

THE COMPOUND INCLUDED

LIVING QUARTERS, STABLES,

AND AN OLIVE OIL PRESS.

HE SAYS THOSE WOULD NOT

HAVE BEEN ILT WITHOUT

THE HELP OF THE CHURCH.

T THINGS OFHIS

MONASTERY IS TO TEARE

OF E ARE

Reporter:

ARCHEOLOGISTS UNCOVERED AN

EVEN OLDER STRUCTURE

NEARBY, A 2700-YEAR-OLD

FARM HOUSE.

THIS AREA FROM THE

BEGINNING, IT WAS USED FOR

FARMING AND FOR

AGRICULTURE.

Reporter: SOMETIMES

ARCHEOLOGISTS MUST MOVE

THE ANTIQUITIES, AND THEY

OFTEN REBURY THEM, BUT

THIS ANCIENT BIZANTINE

MONASTERY IS SLATED TO

BECOME PART OF A PARK.

I CAN TELL YOU THIS

SITE, WE ARE NOT GOING TO

DESTROY IT.

WE WILL PLAN TO KEEP IT

AND LEAVE IT LIKE A GREEN

AREA.

Reporter: JULIE

STAAL, ISRAEL.

Wendy: CBN IS

CHANGING THE LIVES OF

CHILDREN IN SENEGAL.

George: MORE THAN 600

KIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES

HEARD THE GOSPEL MESSAGE,

AND SANG SONGS AND DID

CRAFTS.

AND MANY CHILDREN MET

GIZMO.

THERE ARE MORE THAN 150

ACTIVE "SUPERBOOK" CLUBS.

Wendy: GIZMO GETS

AROUND MORE THAN YOU DO.

George: HE SURE DOES.

FOLKS, THAT DOES IT FOR

THIS WEEK'S EDITION OF

"CHRISTIAN WORLD NEWS."

Wendy: FROM ALL OF