Efrem: TODAY ON

"NEWSWATCH," REPUBLICAN

FRONT-RUNNER DONALD TRUMP

IS UNDER FIRE FOR COMMENTS

HE MADE ABOUT ABORTION.

WE'LL BREAK DOWN THE

CONTROVERSY.

> PLUS, A FORMER

FOOTBALL PLAYER WITH

A.L.S. IS FIGHTING THE

DISEASE AND USING IT AS AN

OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE

GOSPEL.

AND...

YOU CAN GO IN, HAVE

SURGERY IN THE MORNING,

COME HOME IN THE AFTERNOON

AND GO TO WORK THE NEXT

DAY.

IT IS JUST THAT SIMPLE.

Efrem: NEW TECHNOLOGY

MEANS NEW HOPE FOR CANCER

PATIENTS.

WE WILL SHOW YOU THE

TREATMENT.

> AND THANK YOU SO MUCH

FOR JOINING US FOR CBN

"NEWSWATCH."

I'M EFREM GRAHAM.

DONALD TRUMP IS, ONCE

AGAIN, MAKING WAVES.

THIS TIME BECAUSE OF A

CONTROVERSIAL COMMENT

ABOUT ABORTION.

THE REPUBLICAN

FRONT-RUNNER APPEARS TO BE

LOSING STEAM IN UPCOMING

PRIMARY STATES, AND A

POLITICAL CONSULTANT WARNS

THE RACE FOR PRESIDENCY IS

ABOUT TO BE THE UGLIEST IN

MEMORY.

CAITLIN BURKE HAS MORE.

Caitlin: DONALD TRUMP

IS NOT ONE TO SUGAR-COAT

THINGS.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN

PUNISHMENT FOR ABORTION,

YES OR NO, AS A PRINCIPLE.

THE ANSWER IS THERE HAS

TO BE SOME FORM OF

PUNISHMENT.

FOR THE WOMAN?

YES.

Caitlin: THE TRUMP

CAMPAIGN COMPLETELY

REVERSED COURSE SAYING

THAT THE REPUBLICAN

FRONT-RUNNER BELIEVES THAT

ABORTION PROVIDERS, AND

NOT THE WOMEN GETTING

ABORTION, SHOULD BE THE

ONCE PUNISHED.

TRUMP'S RIVALS SHOT DOWN

HIS COMMENTS ABOUT WOMEN

BEING PUNISHED FOR

ABORTION.

IT IS THE LATEST

DEMONSTRATION OF HOW

LITTLE DONALD HAS THOUGHT

ABOUT THE ISSUES FACING

THIS COUNTRY.

Caitlin: HILLARY

CLINTON SAID, "JUST WHEN

YOU THOUGHT IT COULDN'T

GET WORSE; HORRIFIC AND

TELLING."

AND POLLS SHOW HIS NUMBERS

FALLING IN THE NEXT

PRIMARY STATE.

CRUZ HAS A 10-POINT LEAD

IN WISCONSIN.

WITH THE CANDIDATES VYING

FOR DELEGATES AHEAD OF THE

CONVENTIONS, IT HAS BEEN

AN UGLY RACE, ATTACKING

EACH OTHER'S WIVES,

CHARACTER, AND THE LIST

GOES ON.

POLITICAL CULTURE TANT

KARL ROVE WRITES THAT BIG

POLITICAL ACCESS GROUPS

ARE RESEARCHING TRUMP AND

CLINTON, GATHERING

INFORMATION FOR ATTACK

ADS.

THEY SAY THEY'LL BEEN

GOING AFTER TRUMP'S

CHARACTER AND BUSINESS

FLAWS, AND CLINTON'S LACK

OF TRUSTWORTHYNESS.

ROVE WRITES WE SHOULD ALL

GET READY FOR THE UGLIEST

CAMPAIGN IN MEMORY.

Efrem: THE F.D.A. HAS

APPROVED A NEW LABEL FOR A

COMMONLY USED

ABORTION-INDUCING DRUG.

THE NEW LABEL RELAX THE

THE F.D.A.'s

RESTRICTIONS ON THE DRUG,

AND IT WOULD MAKE IT MORE

ACCESSIBLE IN STATES OF

TEXAS, NORTH DAKOTA AND

OHIO.

THE NEW LABEL WOULD ALLOW

A WOMAN TO TAKE THE DRUG

LATER IN HER PREGNANCY

WITH FEWER CHECKUPS FROM

HER DOCTOR THAN PREVIOUSLY

REQUIRED.

> PRESIDENT OBAMA IS

MEETING WITH KEY ASIAN

LEADERS TODAY TO PUT MORE

PRESSURE ON NORTH KOREA'S

NUCLEAR DEVELOPMENT

PROGRAM.

HIS ADMINISTRATION IS

HOSTING A TWO-DAY NUCLEAR

SECURITY SUMMIT IN THE

U.S. CAPITOL.

IT WILL ADDRESS CONCERNS

OVER THE NORTH KOREAN'S

NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM.

NUCLEAR TERRORISM AND ISIS

TOPPED THE AGENDA.

FRICTION BETWEEN THE U.S.

AND CHINA REMAIN HIGH

FOLLOWING CYBER-SECURITY

AND MARITIME DISPUTES.

IT IS PRESSURING BEIJING

TO IMPLEMENT THE

SANCTIONS.

THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF

NORTH CAROLINA SAYS HE

WILL NOT DEFEND THE

STATE'S NEW TRANSGENDER

LAW, CALLING IT

DISCRIMINATORY.

ROY COOPER IS RUNNING FOR

GOVERNOR AGAINST PAT

McCOREY.

McCOREY SIGNED THE LAW,

WHICH ALLOWED TRANSGENDERS

TO CHOICE A MALE OR FEMALE

BATHROOM, DEPENDING ON THE

SEX THEY IDENTIFIED.

> VIRGINIA GOVERNOR

TERRY McCALLOFF HAS

VETOED A BILL THAT

PROTECTS THE RIGHTS OF

PEOPLE WHO HAVE AN

OBJECTION TO BEING

INVOLVED IN SAME-SEX

MEASURES.

HE SAYS IT WOULD LEGALIZE

DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE

LGBT COMMUNITY.

REPUBLICAN SUPPORTERS SAID

IT WOULD PROTECT PEOPLE

EXPRESSING THEIR

SINCERELY-HELD RELIGIOUS

BELIEFS.

> THE EASTER PRAYER

BREAKFAST IS A WHITE HOUSE

TRADITION STARTED BY

PRESIDENT OBAMA SIX YEARS

AGO.

THIS YEAR HER ENCOURAGED

CHRISTIANS TO SHOW THE

LOVE OF CHRIST TO REFUGEES

AND OTHERS AFFECTEDE OTHERS AFFECTED BY

TERRORISM AND MORE.

Jerry: AS PAR Jennifer: AS PART OF

HIS EASTER MESSAGE,

PRESIDENT OBAMA EXPLAINED

HOW HIS CHRISTIAN FAITH

RENEWS HIM WITH THE HOPE

OF REDEMPTION.

President Obama:

BECAUSE OF GOD'S LOVE, WE

CAN PROCLAIM THAT CHRIST

HAS RISEN.

BECAUSE OF CHRIST'S LOVE,

WE'VE BEEN GIVEN THIS GIFT

OF SALVATION.

Jennifer: THE THE

PRESIDENT WARNED

CHRISTIANS AGAINST THE

TEMPTATION TO TURN THEIR

BACKS ON SYRIAN REFUGEES

IN NEED OF HELP.

President Obama:

THAT'S THE INTENT OF THE

TERRORISTS, IS TO WEAKEN

OUR FAITH, TO WEAKEN OUR

BEST IMPULSES, OUR BETTER

ANSWERS.

IF EASTER MEANS ANYTHING,

IT'S THAT YOU DON'T HAVE

TO BE AFRAID.

WE DROWN OUT DARKNESS WITH

LIGHT, AND WE HEAL HATRED

WITH LOVE.

AND WE HOLD ON TO HOPE.

Jennifer: REVEREND

DR. RAFAEL OF A BAPTIST

CHURCH DELIVERED THE

SERMON.

JESUS SAID HE CAME TO

PREACH GOOD NEWS TO THE

POOR, TO OPEN THE EYES OF

THE BLIND AND SET THE

CAPTIVES FREE.

SO BY PRAYING WITH OUR

THIEF, I MEAN IN THE BEST

OF OUR TRADITION WE OUGHT

TO BE ENGAGED, ORGANIZED,

BEARING WITNESS TO GOD'S

KINGDOM OF LOVE.

Jennifer: AND AS HIS

PRESIDENCY WINDS DOWN,

MR. OBAMA OFFERED A

GLIMPSE INTO HIS FUTURE.

President Obama:

AFTER A GOOD CHUNK OF

SLEEP AFTER I GET OUT OF

HERE, I'M GOING TO BE

RIGHT OUT THERE WITH YOU

DOING SOME WORK.

SO YOU'RE NOT RID OF ME

YET, EVEN AFTER WE'RE DONE

WITH THE PRESIDENCY.

BUT I AM GOING TO TAKE

THREE, FOUR MONTHS WHERE I

JUST SIT AROUND.

Jennifer: JENNIFER

WISHON, CBN NEWS, THE

WHITE HOUSE.

Efrem: A TORNADO

STRUCK OKLAHOMA LAST

NIGHT, LEAVING MANY HOMES

DAMAGED AND SEVEN PEOPLE

SEVERELY INJURED.

ONE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN

MULTIPLE TIMES, AS IT

RIPPED THROUGH TULSA AND

AWASA.

AND IT LEFT FLOODING IN

PARTS OF TEXAS, OKLAHOMA,

LOUISIANA, AND ARKANSAS.

ARKANSAS WAS ONE OF THE

WORST-HIT STATES, WITH A

GROUP OF PEOPLE NEEDING TO

BE RESCUED FROM RAGING

FLOODWATERS.

THE STATE WAS RACKED BY

FLOODING AND POWER

OUTAGES.

> THE U.S. SUPREME COURT

IS SET TO RULE IN A CASE

THAT COULD SET A NEW

PRECEDENT FOR PROPERTY

OWNERS.

A MINNESOTA MINING COMPANY

IS FIGHTING THE THE OBAMA

ADMINISTRATION.

THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION

SAYS THEY NEED TO APPLY

FOR PERMITS.

THEY ARE CONCERNED THE

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES CAN

MAKE PROPERTY OWNERS PAY

THE COSTLY PRICE FOR

PERMITS WITHOUT A COURT

EVER DECIDING WHETHER THE

AGENT SEE IS CORRECT.

A RULING IS DUE BY THE END

OF JUNE.

> COMING UP, BEATING

CANCER.

SEE HOW ONE FAITH-BASED

HOSPITAL IS BININ COMBINING NEW

TECHNOLOGY AND

OLD-FASHIONED PRAYER TO

GIVE PATIENTS NEW HOPE.

Efrem: JUST 10 YEARS

AGO, DOCTORS HAD NO IDEA A

NEW TECHNOLOGY ON THE

HORIZON WOULD HELP THEM

FIGHT CANCER.

LORI JOHNSON SHOWS US HOW

ONE LEADING TREATMENT

CENTER IS HELPING PATIENTS

BEAT CARV CANCER IN A WAY THAT

IS LIGHT YEARS AHEAD OF

THE PAST.

Lori: UNFORTUNATELY,

CANCER IS STILL PREVALENT

IN OUR SOCIETY.

FOUR OUT OF 10 AMERICANS

WILL LEARN THEY HAVE

CANCER SOME TIME DURING

THEIR LIFE.

THE GOOD NEWS: THAT

DIAGNOSIS ISN'T WHAT IT

USED TO BE.

TODAY'S CANCER TREATMENTS

OFFER GREATER HOPE THAN

EVER BEFORE, BOTH WITH

INCREASED CURE RATES AND

FEWER SIDE EFFECTS.

THIS IS A RADICAL THING

THAT A MAN GOES THROUGH.

Lori: LIKE MILLIONS

OF MEN DIAGNOSED WITH

PROSTATE CANCER, DENNIS

JONES NOT ONLY WORRIED

ABOUT GETTING RID OF THE

CANCER, BUT ALSO THE

POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS OF

SURGERY.

INCONTINENCE, IF IT IS

A PROBLEM FOR YOU, YOU

COULD BE LEAKING URINE ALL

DAY, EVERY DAY, FOR THE

REST OF YOUR LIFE.

THAT COULD BE A MUCH

BIGGER PROBLEM THAN HAVING

PROBLEMS WITH SEXUAL

FUNCTION.

MY NAME IS WRITTEN IN

THE LAND'S BOOK OF LIFE, I

KNOW WHERE I'M GOING TO

SPEND ETERNITY.

BUT FOR LIFE ON EARTH, I

WANT TO BE AS PRODUCTIVE

AS I CAN.

Lori: THAT'S WHY

JONES CHOSE BRACHY

TREATMENT.

I HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO

SAY I HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED

ANY OF THOSE SIDE EFFECTS.

Lori: THEY PLACE

SEEDS INSIDE THE PROSTATE.

WE PLACE NEEDLES INTO

THE PROSTATE, AND THE

PATIENT IS ASLEEP, OF

COURSE, AND WE PLACE THE

PELLETS INSIDE THE

PROSTATE, AND THEY RADIATE

FROM THE INSIDE OUT.

WE'RE KILLING THE CANCER

FROM THE INSIDE, BUT,

ALSO, WE CAN MAKE IT SO IT

IS SO CONFORMAL TO THE

TARGET TO THAT THE NORMAL

TISSUE, THE BLADDER, THE

RECTUM, GETS VERY LITTLE

DOSE, AND HAS NO

COMPLICATIONS FOR THE

PATIENT.

Lori: IT ONLY TAKES A

COUPLE OF HOURS.

I REALLY SEE THE

ADVANTAGE OF BRACHY

THERAPY IN THE ONE AND

DONE PRINCIPLE.

YOU GET ALL OF THE

RADIATION IN AT ONCE, PUT

UP WITH SOME SIDE EFFECTS

FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF

TIME, AND THEN THE

TREATMENT IS DONE.

AND ALL WE DO IS OBSERVE

TO MAKE SURE THAT THE

TREATMENT WORKED.

AND IT IS AMAZING TO SEE

THE RESULTS.

Lori: LIKE LOW

P.S.A.s, A BLOOD TEST

WHERE HIGHER NUMBERS

INDICATE CANCER.

MY NUMBERS WERE 1.16,

13 TO 16 AND MORE, AND

TODAY IT WAS 0.02.

THOSE ARE GOOD NUMBERS, BY

THE WAY.

THOSE ARE VERY GOOD

NUMBERS.

I'M VERY EXCITEDED ABOUT

THAT.

EXCITED ABOUT

THAT.

I THANK GOD FOR LEADING ME

TO THE RIGHT PHYSICIANS.

Lori: AND THOSE

DOCTORS REGULARLY THANK

GOD, TOO.

BECAUSE BON SECOURS IS THE

ONLY FAITH-BASED HOSPITAL

IN THE STATE.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE

REALLY TAKE CARE OF ARE

THOSE WHO CAN'T REALLY

AFFORD TO PAY.

WE REALLY SEE THIS AS A

MISSION, WHERE WE'RE

REACHING OUT AND TAKING

CARE OF THOSE PEOPLE.

BECAUSE IT REALLY IS A

MINISTRY OF PEOPLE PRAYING

FOR PATIENTS, WHO REALLY

CARE ABOUT THE PATIENTS,

AND WE HEAR THAT OVER AND

OVER AGAIN.

Lori: PART OF THAT

CARE IS PURSUING

TECHNOLOGY THAT PROTECTS

THE BODY FROM AGGRESSIVE

TREATMENT.

WHILE SEED IMPLANTS

RADIATE FROM INSIDE, WHAT

IS KNOWN AS TRUE BEAM

WORKS FROM THE OUTSIDE IN.

WITH THE LATEST RADIATION

TECHNIQUES, THE KEY IS

PRECISION.

NEW TOOLS BETTER ISOLATE

THE TUMOR, THEREBY

PROTECTING THE HEALTHY

TISSUE SURROUNDING IT.

COMPUTER SOFTWARE HELPS

TRUE BEAM HIT THE TUMOR

FROM EVERY ANGLE,

CONSTANTLY ADJUSTING TO

ITS SHAPE.

WHEN ANNIE LEARNED SHE HAD

BREAST CANCER, SHE ASSUMED

THE WORST.

MY EMOTIONS WHERE I WAS

GOING TO GO WITHOUT TWO

BREASTS REAL FAST.

I WAS JUST GOING TO HAVE

TO ACCEPT THE FACT THAT AT

MY AGE I WASN'T GOING TO

NEED THEM ANYMORE.

Lori: HAPPILY, SHE

WAS WRONG.

NOWADAYS, THE MAJORITY

OF PATIENTS DON'T NEED A

MASTECTOMY.

THEY CAN HAVE A LUMPECTOMY

OR A PARTIAL MASTECTOMY.

THE LONG-TERM RESULTS OF A

PARTIAL MASTECTOMY OR

LUMPECTOMY ARE JUST AS

GOOD AS A MASTECTOMY.

Lori: WHEN THE DOCTOR

REMOVES THE TUMOR, HE PUTS

THIS SO-CALLED BIOZORB IN

ITS PLACE.

IT HELPS PINPOINT WHERE

THE TUMOR USED TO BE, SO

DOCTORS KNOW EXACTLY WHERE

TO RADIATE.

AND IT MAKES BREASTS LOOK

NORMAL.

YOU'RE TAKING A PORTION

OF THE BREAST OUT, AND

YOU'RE LEAVING AN EMPTY

SPACE, AND THAT CAN

DISTORT THE BREAST.

BUT THIS DEVICE IS A THREE

DIMENSIONAL DEVICE, AND

THAT DECREASES THE AMOUNT

OF DEFORMITY YOU MIGHT BE

CAUSING.

EVERYTHING THEY HAVE

OUT THERE FOR YOU,

ESPECIALLY THIS BIOZROB,

YOU CAN GO IN AND HAVE

SURGERY IN THE MORNING,

COME HOME IN THE

AFTERNOON, AND GO TO WORK

THE NEXT DAY.

IT IS JUST THAT SIMPLE.

Lori: AND SO WHILE A

CANCER DIAGNOSIS CAN BE

TRAUMATIC, NEW TREATMENTS

CAN LEAD TO BETTER CURE

RATES THAN BEFORE WITH

FEWER COMPLICATIONS.

LORI JOHNSON, CBN NEWS.

Efrem: UP NEXT, THES MEET

A FORMER SUPER BOWL

CHAMPION, AND HEAR HOW HIS

Efrem: FOR THE FIRST

TIME THE NFL HAS ADMITTED

THERE IS A CONNECTION

BETWEEN REPEATED HEAD

INJURY AND A DEGENERATIVE

DISEASE KNOWN AS C.T.E.

NFL SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT

FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY

ACKNOWLEDGED THE LINK

DURING A DISCUSSION

ORGANIZED BY THE U.S.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

THEY FOUND EVIDENCE OF

C.T.E. IN 90 OF 94

DECEIVED NFL PLAYERS.

FORMER NFL PLAYER KEVIN

TURNER DIED RECENTLY AFTER

A SIX-YEAR BATTLE WITH

A.L.S., ANOTHER DISEASE HE

BELIEVES COULD BE A RESULT

OF REPEATED HEAD TRAUMA.

FORMER

NFL PLAYER O.J.

BERGRANT HAS ALSO BEEN

FIGHTING THAT DISEASE FOR

ALMOST A DECADE.

HE SHARES HOW HIS FAITH

HELPS HIM TO OVERCOME THE

ILLNESS, AND WHY HE SEES

A.L.S. AS AN OPPORTUNITY

FOR GROWTH.

IT IS TODAY'S "FAITH ON

THE FIELDS."

I LEARNED TO LOVE THE

GAME OF FOOTBALL AT A

TENDER AGE.

I USED TO WATCH IT

SUCCESSIVELY, AND WAS

THRILLED WN I GOT A

CHANCE TO PLAY IN THE

LITTLE LEAGUE.

THE SPORT GAVE ME GREATER

CONFIDENCE IN DISCIPLINE.

THE CHURCH MOTHER AT THE

BAPTIST CHURCH CORNERED ME

AFTER SERVICES.

SHE ASKED ME TO COMMIT MY

LIFE TO CHRIST, AND I DID

SO THAT DAY.

I WAS DISAPPOINTED WHEN I

DIDN'T GET DRAFTED.

DEEP DOWN IN MY SPIRIT, I

KNEW I COULD PLAY

PROFESSIONALLY.

I JUST NEEDED THE

OPPORTUNITY.

SHE SAID, WHY CAN'T YOU

JUST CALL THE TEAMS AND

GET A TRYOUT.

SHE INSISTED THAT IF

SOMEBODY HAS A DREAM, THEY

SHOULD NOT BE AFRAID OR

DISCOURAGED BUT DO

EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO

MAKE IT HAPPEN.

I WASN'T ANGRY BECAUSE I

DIDN'T FULLY GRASP THE

WEIGHT OF EVERYTHING.

WHEN I DISREALIZE THERE

WAS NO CURE, I BROKE DOWN

AND CRIED.

AFTER I DRIED BY TEARS, I

RECEIVED A REVELATION THAT

GOD WAS STILL HERE AND HAS

US IN HIS HANDS.

OUR FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST

HAS ALLOWED US TO ACHIEVE

A HIGHER PERSPECTIVE, OVER

OUR CIRCUMSTANCES.

PROVERBS 20: 14 SAYS:

"YOUR STRENGTH IS SMALL.

TO STAND IN THE MIDST OF

ADVERSITY, WE HAVE BEEN IN

TRAINING UNDER THE

GUIDANCE OF THE HOLY

SPIRIT."

LIFE HAS PREPARED US FOR

THIS MOMENT.

AND IF THAT WASN'T SO, GOD

WOULD NEVER HAVE ALLOWED

IT TO HAPPEN.

GOD HAS ONLY GIVEN US A

FINFINITE AMOUNT OF TIME TO

COMPLETE OUR ASSIGNMENT,

AND THERE WILL BE ALWAYS

BE STUMBLING BLOCKS.

THE KEY IS TO RECOGNIZE

THOSE STUMBLING BLOCKS FOR

GROWTH AND ADVANCEMENT,

NOT AS A DETERRENCE FOR

HINDERNESS.

I TRUSTED GOD AND MADE THE

MOST OF WHAT HE ENTRUSTED

TO ME WHILE I HAD IT.

I HOPE MY LIFE HAS BEEN A

TESTIMONIAL THAT WITH GOD

ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.

THERE IS STILL MORE TO BE

DONE AND THANKS TO JESUS,

I AM STILL IN THE PROCESS.

Efrem: WITH GOD, ALL

THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.

> WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

Efrem: CHRISTIAN GREY

IS EXPANDING THE LANDSCAPE

OF CHRISTIAN MUSIC,

JOINING WITH KIRK FRANKLIN

TO RELEASE A NEW ALBUM

JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO.

HERE IS A LOOK.

* YOU KNOW WHO I BELONG

TO *

Efrem: HARD TO

BELIEVE FOR MORE THAN HALF

OF HIS CAREER CHRISTIAN

GREY DIDN'T SING.

I WAS A RAPPER FOR

ABOUT EIGHT YEARS.

BARELY ANY SINGING.

OCCASIONALLY I MAY HUM ON

A VERSE.

Efrem: HIS JOURNEY

BEGAN IN OHIO, PERFORMING

WITH A GROUP CALLED "THE

ELEVATIONISTS."

WE DID VERY WELL IN

COLUMBUS.

WE HAD A VERY STRONG

FOLLOWING, AND A LOT OF

PEOPLE WOULD COME TO THE

SHOWS.

WE WOULD ADMINISTER TO A

LOT OF PRISONS.

Efrem: GREY WAS LEFT

ALONE WITH HIS MUSIC AFTER

THE GROUP BROKE UP.

EMBARKING ON HIS SOLO

CAREER WITH "THE EVIL

WITHIN ME."

AS SOON AS WE PUT THAT

SONG OUT, A SCOUT SIGNED

ME.

Efrem: IT WAS A

PROJECT BORN FROM ONE OF

THE MOST DIFFICULT TIMES

OF HIS LIFE.

*

Efrem: "ONE UP"

DETAILS THE TEMPTATIONS

AND STRUGGLES HE FACED

DURING THE START OF HIS

CAREER.

TEMPTATION WAS

EVERYWHERE.

YOU EITHER WANT TO MAKE A

LOT OF MISTAKES, OR YOU DO

MAKE A LOT OF MISTAKES, OR

BOTH.

AND I THINK THAT OUR

INDUSTRY AND OUR -- THE

BODY AT LARGE -- I DON'T

THINK WE HEAR ENOUGH ABOUT

WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO GO

THROUGH THOSE STRUGGLES.

HONEST IS THE MOST

IMPORTANT PART OF OUR

SALVATION.

I THINK PEOPLE USE THE

TERM "SAVED" AS A ONE-TIME

THING.

WHEREAS WE HAVE TO

UNDERSTAND THAT GOD IS A

GOD WHO CONTINUOUSLY SAVES

US.

Efrem: THAT

TRANSPARENCY MESSAGE IN

HIS LATEST PROJECT, "THE

GLORY ALBUM," HIS FIRST

RELEASE WITH KIRK

FRANKLIN'S LABEL AND A

DREAM COME TRUE.

I WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN

ABLE TO TELL ANYBODY, WHEN

I STARTED MUSIC, THAT

SOMEBODY I LISTENED TO AS

A CHILD WAS GOING TO

CONTACT ME AND TELL ME HE

THINKS I'M THE FUTURE OF

MUSIC, AND THEN WANT TO

SIGN ME.

*

Efrem: AND

CHRISTIAN'S ALBUM, "THE

GLORY PROJECT," WAS

RELEASED EARLIER THIS

MONTH.

AND FOR THE LATEST IN

UPLIFTING ENTERTAINMENT,

MAKE SURE YOU ALSO CHECK

OUT MY NEW SHOW, "STUDIO

5," AND YOU CAN FIND OUT

MORE ABOUT IT AT

cbnnews.com.

BEFORE WE SAY GOOD-BYE, IT

IS TIME FOR YOUR THURSDAY

THANKFUL, AND I LEAVE YOU

WITH THIS THOUGHT AND

PRAYER OF GRATITUDE:

FATHER, THANK YOU FOR

BREATHING LIFE INTO ME.

BECAUSE OF MY CONNECTION

TO YOU, I AM LIVING AND

NOT MERELY EXISTING.

LET THAT BE YOUR PRAYER

TODAY.

THERE IS SIMPLY NO LIFE

WITHOUT CHRIST, SO BE SURE

TO PLUG INTO THE LIFE

SOURCE TODAY.

HE IS TRULY THE WAY, THE

TRUTH, AND THE LIFE.

MAKE THIS A THANKFUL

THURSDAY.

THAT IS GOING TO DO IT FOR

THIS EDITION OF CBN

"NEWSWATCH."

WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED IT AND

WILL JOIN US AGAIN NEXT

TIME.

ONCE AGAIN, FOLKS, MAKE

THIS A THANKFUL THURSDAY.

WE'LL SEE YOU RIGHT BACK

HERE COME TOMORROW.