COMING UP, A BAKERY

THAT SPECIALIZES IN SUGARY

TREATS.

OUR LABELS SPAN OUT.

AND SECOND CHANCES.

I CAN GO BACK OUT AND

MAKE SOMETHING OF MY LIFE.

PLUS...THE NEW MINISTER

OF DEFENSE...

YOU'RE LOOKING FOR GOD.

...DON CHERRY IS

STUDYING PLAY BOOKS AND

THEOLOGY.

ON TODAY'S "700 CLUB."

*

Pat: WELL, WELCOME,

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TO

THIS EDITION OF "THE 700

CLUB."

WHAT CAUGHT MY EYE IN THE

NEWS TODAY I THOUGHT I

WOULD SHARE WITH YOU.

GEORGE SOROS, THE

LEGENDARY VISITOR, AT 85

YEARS OLD, HAS GOTTEN

HANDS ON AGAIN.

HE IS BETTING BEARISHLY ON

THE ECONOMY.

HE IS BEING BARRICK GOLD

AND HE IS BEING GOLD

MINERS.

AND HE HAS BILLIONS OF

DOLLARS TO BET ON THOSE

PLAYS, AND HE IS DOING IT.

SO IS HE RIGHT?

WE'LL FIND OUT.

BUT CLOSER TO ALL OF US IS

WHAT HAPPENED IN TEL AVIV

YESTERDAY.

TWO PALESTINIANS KILLED

FOUR ISRAELIS IN ONE OF

THE DEADLIEST ATTACKS IN A

WAVE OF VIOLENCE THAT HAS

LASTED FOR NINE MONTHS.

Terry: THE TERRORISTS

CAME FROM THE WEST BANK.

NOW ISRAEL HAS DEPLOYED

HUNDREDS OF ADDITIONAL

TROOPS TO THAT AREA, AND

PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN

NETANYAHU MET WITH THE

SECURITY CABINET TODAY.

CHRIS MITCHELL BRINGS US

THE STORY FROM JERUSALEM.

Chris: CLOSED CIRCUIT

AND CELL PHONES CAUGHT THE

TERROR ATTACK AS IT

HAPPENED.

PEOPLE IN THE RESTAURANT

SCRAMBLED FOR THEIR LIVES.

THE TERRORISTS KILLED FOUR

ISRAELIS AND WOUNDED

SEVERAL OTHERS.

THE PARAMEDICS TREATED

ABOUT 10 CASUALTIES, AT

LEAST ONE IN CRITICAL

CONDITION.

WE'RE STILL AT THE SCENE,

LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL

CASUALTIES.

Reporter: ISRAELI

PRIME MINISTER, BENJAMIN

NETANYAHU, LANDED FROM HIS

VISIT FROM RUSSIA SOON

AFTER THE SHOOTINGS AND

TOURED THE SCENE.

THIS IS A SAVAGE CRIME,

MURDER.

TERRORISM IN THE HEART OF

TEL AVIV.

Reporter: POLICE SHOT

AND WOUNDED THE TWO

TERRORISTS, WHO ARE

COUSINS FROM AN ARAB

VILLAGE NEAR HEBRON.

THEY SLIPPED THROUGH THE

SECURITY NET ISRAEL

ESTABLISHED TO GUARD

AGAINST THESE KINDS OF

ATTACKS.

MOST POTENTIAL ATTACKS ARE

THWARTED.

WHILE ISRAELIS MOURN THE

DEAD AND WOUNDED, SOME

PALESTINIANS CELEBRATED.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE HEAD OF

HAMAS TWEETED: "GLORY AND

SALUTATIONS TO THE

HEBRONITES."

AND HAMAS SAID IT WAS JUST

THE FIRST SURPRISE IN

STORE FOR ISRAELIS DURING

RAMADAN.

THIS FOOTAGE OF APPLAUSE

AND CHEERING COMES FROM

JERUSALEM ARABS AT THE

DAMASCUS GATE.

THESE PICTURES ARE OF

PALESTINIANS IN THE WEST

BANK PASSING OUT CANDY TO

CELEBRATE THE ATTACK.

SO WHY ARE THEY GIVING

OUT CANDIES IN THE STREET?

BECAUSE WHEN A POPULATION

IS TOLD THAT THIS IS WHAT

THEIR GOD WANTS OF THEM,

THIS IS GOING TO BRING

ABOUT THE REDEMPTION OF

HUMANITY, KILLING THE JEWS

IS A CONDITION FOR THE

REDEMPTION OF HUMANITY.

SO IT IS A CELEBRATION

EVERY TIME AN ISRAELI IS

KILLED.

Chris: THE DIRECTOR

OF THE PALESTINIAN MEDIA

WATCH SAYS KILLINGS IN THE

RECENT WAVE OF TERROR ARE

GLORIFIED, NOT JUST BY

HAMAS, BUT ALSO BY FATAH,

THE POLITICAL PARTY OF THE

PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS.

DURING THIS ENTIRE

TERROR WAVE, WHICH BEGAN

IN OCTOBER 2015, THE

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY AND

FATAH, THE RULING PARTY OF

THE GROUP, HAS GIVEN

ABSOLUTE SUPPORT TO THE

TERRORISTS WHO MURDERED

FOUR ISRAELIS, WHO ARE NOT

GOING TO GO TO JAIL, AND

FROM THIS DAY ONWARD, THEY

WILL NOW BE RECEIVING

MONTHLY SALARIES FROM THE

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY.

HOW CAN THE PALESTINIAN

AUTHORITY EXPECT THE THE

WORLD TO BELIEVE THAT THEY

ARE FIGHTING TERROR AND

THEY'RE AGAINST TERROR.

Reporter: HE BELIEVES

UNLESS THE INDOCTRINATION

STOPS, MURDERS LIKE THE

ONE IN THE TEL AVIV

MARKET, WILL CONTINUE.

CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,

JERUSALEM.

Pat: I HOPE THIS IS A A

WAKEUP CALL TO SOME OF THE

BLIND SO-CALLED STATESEN

IN EUROPE, AND OTHER

CAPITALS, INCLUDING THE

UNITED STATES STATE

DEPARTMENT, WHO FEEL THERE

IS A TWO-STATE SOLUTION

COMING ALONG, THAT ISRAEL

WILL FIND A PARTNER IN

PEACE IN MAHMOUD ABBAS.

HE DOESN'T WANT PEACE.

HE WANTS TO KILL JEWS.

AND I THINK IT IS TIME

THAT PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THAT

THIS IS AN ILLUSION, A

MIRROR THEY HAVE CREATED,

THIS SO-CALLED TWO-STATE

SOLUTION.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE ISRAELI

LEADERS HAVE GONE ALONG

WITH IT, BUT IT ISN'T

GOING TO HAPPEN EVER.

HERE AT HOME, WE KNOW

WHO IS GOING TO BE RUNNING

FOR PRESIDENT.

BUT WHO WILL DONALD TRUMP

AND HILLARY CLINTON CHOOSE

AS THEIR RUNNER MATES FOR

VICE PRESIDENT?

WELL, WE'RE LOOKING INTO

THE CRYSTAL BALL ON THIS

ONE, AND JON JES JE JOHN JESSUP HAS

THAT STORY.

John: NEITHER

CANDIDATE HAS SPOKE ABOUT

SPECIFIC NAMES, BUT MOST

POLITICAL ANALYSTS BELIEVE

IT WILL COME FROM A

HANDFUL OF POSSIBLE

RUNNING MATES.

GEORGE THOMAS HAS THE

STORY.

George: WITH CLINTON

AND TRUMP FACING

HISTORICALLY NEGATIVE

VIEWS FROM VOTERS,

ANALYSTS SAY SELECTING THE

RIGHT VICE PRESIDENT COULD

MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN A

TIGHT RACE.

I'M LOOKING AT THE MOST

QUALIFIED PEOPLE, AND THAT

INCLUDES WOMEN, OF COURSE.

George: WHILE CLINTON

HASN'T SAID PUBLICLY WHO

SHE IS CONSIDERING, LIKELY

NAMES INCLUDE

MASSACHUSETTS SENATOR

ELIZABETH WARREN, OHIO

SENATOR CHERYL BROWN,

SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT, JULIAN

CASTRO.

LABOR SECRETARY THOMAS

PEREZ, AND COLORADO'S

GOVERNOR, JO JOHN

HICKENLOOPER.

AND THEN THERE IS BERNIE

SANDERS.

MOST ANALYSTS SAY NEITHER

CLINTON NOR SANDERS HAVE

ANY INTEREST IN TEAMING UP

AFTER THEIR BRUISING

PRIMARY.

STILL, CLINTON KNOWS SHE

WILL HAVE TO WORK HARD TO

WIN OVER HER RIVAL'S

FIERCE SUPPORTERS.

BECAUSE I THINK HIS

CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN A REALLY

DYNAMIC AND EXCITING

EXPERIENCE FOR THE

MILLIONS OF AMERICANS,

PARTICULAR YOUNG PEOPLE,

WHO SUPPORTED HIM.

George: ON THE

REPUBLICAN SIDE...

SOME PEOPLE SAY I'M TOO

MUCH OF A FIGHTER.

MY PREFERENCE IS ALWAYS

PEACE, HOWEVER.

George: ...DONALD

TRUMP SAYS HE IS LOOKING

FOR SOMEONE WITH

EXPERIENCE IN GOVERNMENT,

AS OPPOSED TO AN OUTSIDER,

LIKE HIM.

THE LAST THING WE NEED

IS HILLARY CLINTON IN THE

WHITE HOUSE OR AN

EXTENSION OF THE OBAMA

DISASTER.

George: TRUMP

EXPLAINED WHAT HE IS

LOOKING FOR IN HIS CHOICE

A FEW MONTHS AGO, AT A

REGENT UNIVERSITY

PRESIDENTIAL FORUM WITH

PAT ROBERTSON.

I WOULD WANT SOMEBODY

WHO COULD HELP ME WITH

GOVERNMENT.

MOST LIKELY THAT WOULD BE

A POLITICAL PERSON.

George: TRUMP HAS

REPORTEDLY NARROWED HIS

CHOICES TO FOUR OR FIVE

CANDIDATESMENT ALTHOUGCANDIDATES.

THOSE EXPECTED TO BE ON

THE SHORT LIST INCLUDE

JOHN KASICH, TEXAS

SENATOR, TED CRUZ, NEW

JERSEY GOVERNOR CHRIS

CHRISTIE, FLORIDA SENATOR

MARCO RUBIO, AND FORMER

HOUSE SPEAKER NEWT

GINGRICH.

AS BOTH CANDIDATES TURN

THEIR ATTENTION TO THE

GENERAL ELECTION, DECIDING

ON A VICE PRESIDENT WILL

BE AN IMPORTANT DECISION,

AND WHO THEY PICK WILL

ALSO TELL VOTERS A LOT

ABOUT THE CANDIDATES OF

THEIR CHOICE.

GEORGE THOMAS, CBN NEWS.

John: THANKS, GEORGE.

PAT, ANY ADVICE FOR THE

CANDIDATES?

Pat: I'M SURE HILLARY

IS LOOKING STRONG AT TIM

KAINE HERE IN VIRGINIA.

HE IS A CATHOLIC AND A

FORMER MISSIONARY, AND HE

HAS DONE VERY WELL IN

VIRGINIA.

HE MIGHT PLAY VERY WELL AS

A MODERATE, TO MODERATE

HER STANCE.

I DON'T KNOW IF SHE IS

THINKING OF HIM.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF CHERYL

BROWN FROM OHIO BRINGS

THAT MUCH CREDIBILITY.

AS FAR AS REPUBLICANS GO,

I THINK HANDS DOWN IT

SHOULD BE JOHN KASICH.

HE WOULD BRING OHIO, AND

TRUMP NEEDS TO BRING IN

OHIO TO WIN THE WHITE

HOUSE.

HE IS AN EXPERT IN

GOVERNMENT.

HE RAN THE HOUSE BUDGET

COMMITTEE FOR YEARS.

HE KNOWS HOW TO DEAL WITH

CONGRESS BECAUSE HE HAS

BEEN THERE, AND HE WAS

BRILLIANT IN HANDLING THE

FINANCES OF THE STATE OF

OHIO.

THE QUESTION IS IF HE

WOULD TAKE IT.

I'M NOT SURE HE WOULD.

AND SENATOR CORKER IS A

TERRIFIC GUY, AND HE WOULD

BRING A LOT OF CREDIBILITY

BECAUSE OF HIS EXPERIENCE

IN THE SENATE.

TRUMP KNOWS WHAT HE IS

DOING ON THIS ONE, AND I'M

SURE HE IS GOING TO MAKE A

GOOD PICK.

AND WE HAD NEWT GINGRICH

ON THE OTHER DAY, AND HE

IS EXTREMELY ARTICULATE.

WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

John: PAT, HOUSE

SPEAKER PAUL RYAN IS

LAYING OUT HIS PLAN TO

SECURE THE U.S. BORDER.

HE WANTS TO OVERHAUL THE

IMMIGRATION SYSTEM AND

INSTALL STRONG FENCES TO

KEEP OUT CRIMINALS AND

DRUG CARTELS.

RYAN IS EXPECTED TO

PROPOSE HIGH FENCING,

ALONG WITH THE USE OF

TECHNOLOGY AND DEPLOYING

AIR ASSETS WITH PERSONNEL.

RYAN SAYS THE U.S. HAS

REPEATEDLY FAILED TO

ELIMINATE SERIOUS

VULNERABILITIES IN THE

IMMIGRATION SYSTEM, AND

CONSIDERING NOT KNOWING IF

VISITORS FROM MEXICO

ACTUALLY LEAVE WHEN THEIR

VISAS EXPIRE.

> HEALTH NEWS REPORTS

OUT OF 14 ANTI-DEPRESSANTS

STUDIED, ONLY ONE, PROZAC,

BECAUSE MORE EFFECTIVE

THAN A PLACEBO.

ONE EXPERT SAYS IT ISN'T

CLEAR HOW ANTI-DEPRESSANTS

WORK IN CHILDREN AND HOW

THEY AFFECT DEVELOPING

BRAINS.

AND ANOTHER SAYS HE WOULD

NOT GIVE ANTI-DEPRESSANTS

TO CHILDREN, AND ONLY

SPARELY TO TEENS.

Pat: FROM WHAT I

UNDERSTAND, SOME OF THESE

RANDOM SHOOTINGS THAT TAKE

PLACE -- AND YOU SAY HOW

COME ARE THEY DOING THAT?

GOING INTO AN THEATER AND

OPENING FIRE WITH GUNS --

MOST OF THEM ARE TAKING TO

ANTI-DEPRESSANTS.

IT LEADS TO SIG ALL KINDS OF

THINGS THAT ARE BAD.

I THINK WE HAVE A FARM

PHARMAACOPEA THAT IS QUITE

AFFECTIVE IN DEALING WITH

ILLNESSES, BUT ONLY

SOMEBODY WHO IS VERY

HIGHLY SKILLED IN THE USE

OF THESE THINGS AND ONLY

IN LIMITED QUANTITY.

THEY'RE NOT TO BE

PRESCRIBED FOR CHILDREN OR

TO BE PRESCRIBED LIKE

CANDY.

THEY CAN LEAD TO TERRIBLE

CONSEQUENCES.

John: CONTINUING ON

THE TOPIC OF

ANTI-DEPRESSANTS, THEY ARE

THE SECOND MOST PRESCRIBED

GROUP OF DRUGS.

A SHOCKING NUMBER OF

DOCTORS ARE PRESCRIBING

ANTANTI-DEPRESSANTS FOR

THINGS OTHER THAN

DEPRESSION.

Lorie: EVER SINCE THE

1980s, WHEN

ANTI-DEPRESSANTS FIRST

BECAME POPULAR, THEIR USE

HAS EXPLODED AN ASTOUNDING

400%.

NOW MORE THAN ONE OUT OF

EVERY 10 PEOPLE IS ON ONE.

SURPRISINGLY, NEARLY HALF

OF THE PEOPLE USING

ANTI-DEPRESSANTS AREN'T

EVEN TAKING THEM FOR

DEPRESSION.

ACCORDING TO A STUDY

PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL

OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL

ASSOCIATION, A WHOPPING

45% OF ANTI-DEPRESSANT

PRESCRIPTIONS ARE GIVEN TO

TREAT THINGS LIKE ANXIETY,

MIGRAINES, H.D. H.D., AND

PAIN.

AND ALSO FIBROMYALGIA,

P.M.S., INSOMNIA, AND

SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION.

ANTI-DEPRESSANTS ARE NOT

F.D.A. APPROVED TO TREAT

MANY OF THE CONDITIONS FOR

WHICH THEY ARE PRESCRIBED,

AND THERE IS LITTLE TO NO

SCIENTIFIC TESTING TO

DETERMINE WHETHER

ANTIDEPRESSANTS EVEN HELP

PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM

THESE SO-CALLED OFF-LABEL

AILMENTS.

A STUDY SAYS THESE DOCTORS

ARE PRESCRIBING IN THE

DARK.

PEOPLE ON THESE DRUGS

FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME

BECOME APATHETIC,

INDIFFERENT, THEY DON'T

CARE AS MUCH.

Lorie: PSYCHIATRIST

PETER BRAGAN, WHO'S WORK

INFLUENCED WARNING LABELS

ON ANTI-DEPRESSANTS, SAYS

THEIR DANGERS ARE OFTEN

OVERLOOKED.

THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO

FEEL THEY CAN NEVER GET

OFF ANTI-DEPRESSANTS

BECAUSE THEY HAVE SUCH

TERRIBLE DISCOMFORTS IN

THEIR BODY AND BRAINS AND

THEIR MINDS, COMING OFF

THE DRUGS.

THE FACT THAT THE

WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS ARE SO

DIFFICULT INDICATE HOW

MUCH THESE DRUGS CHANGE

THE BRAIN.

Lorie: IN HIS BOOK.

,

"MEDICATION MADNESS," HE

OFFERINGS THE PROBLEMS.

ANTI-DEPENDENTS CAUSE

DARKNESS.

WE HAVE STUDIES IN ALL AGE

GROUPS.

Lorie: DOCTORS WHO

COME DOWN ON BOTH SIDES OF

THE ANTI-DEPRESSANT DEBATE

AGREE, RESEARCH NEEDS TO

BE DONE ON THE

EFFECTIVENESS FOR THOSE

SYMPTOMS OTHER THAN

DEPRESSION.

BUT THOSE STUDIES ARE

USUALLY PAID FOR THE DRUG

MANUFACTURERS.

LORIE JOHNSON, CBN NEWS.

John: THANKS, LORIE.

BACK TO YOU.

Pat: SOMEBODY SAID,

DON'T WORRY, HONEY, JUST

STAY STONED.

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.

IT IS EITHER MARIJUANA OR

COCAINE, BUT THESE THINGS

ARE EVERY BIT AS BAD AS

HEROIN AND THE OTHER HARD

DRUGS.

THEY'RE ADDICTIVE, AND

THEY SHOULD BE PRESCRIBED,

AS I SAY, BY VERY SKILLED

PSYCHOTHERAPISTS WHO HAVE

EXTENSIVE TRAINING, AND

ONLY ON A VERY LIMITED

BASIS.

AND TO BROAD-SCALE

PRESCRIBE THEM IS

DEVASTATING.

TO THINK THERE ARE FOUR

MILLION PRESCRIPTIONS

BEING SOLD, IT'S JUST

OUTRAGEOUS.

FOLKS, YOU KNOW, LISTEN TO

THE WARNINGS.

WE'RE KILLING OURSELVES

WITH THESE THINGS, AND

EVERYBODY THINKS LIFE IS

SO STRESSFUL.

I'VE JUST GOT TO TAKE IT

EASY.

THIS IS ONE WAY OF

RELIEVING STRESS, JUST POP

A COUPLE OF PILLS.

WELL, IT DOESN'T WORK THAT

WAY.

THERE IS A CONSEQUENCE TO

EVERYTHING YOU DO.

I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO

UNDERSTAND THAT.

THERE IS A CAUSE AND AN

EFFECT.

AND THE EFFECT IS VERY

DEVASTATING.

TERRY?

Terry: WELL, COMING

UP, SOFT COOKIES BAKED BY

HARDENED CRIMINALS.

I NEVER THOUGHT IN A

MILLION YEARS I WOULD BE

PUTTING COOKIES ON A SHELF

IN A STORE TO BE SOLD.

Terry: GO INSIDE THE

BAKERY WHO'S SNACKS LINE

THE GROCERY STORES AND

HELP A COMMUNITY, WHEN WE

COME BACK.

Terry: A VIRGINIA

BAKERY HAS COME UP WITH A

RECIPE FOR GIVING A SECOND

CHANCE TO WOMEN WHO HAVE A

CRIMINAL PAST.

THE PROGRAM USES BAKING AS

A WAY TO SUCCEED IN THE

KITCHEN AND BEYOND.

CHARLENE AARON SHOWS US

HOW TOGETHER WE BAKE MAKES

A DIFFERENCE.

Charlene: PATTY HUNT

IS LEARNING HER WAY AROUND

THIS KITCHEN IN ALEXANDRA.

BEING HERE HAS HELPED

ME TO REALIZE I CAN GO

BACK OUT AND MAKE

SOMETHING OF MY LIFE.

Charlene: HELPING

WOMEN LIKE PATTY IS THE

GOAL OF "TOGETHER WE

BAKE," AN ORGANIZATION

THAT EMPOWERS WOMEN WITH

THE TOOLS THEY NEED FOR A

SECOND CHANCE IN LIFE.

STEPHANIE RICE, A FORMER

SOCIAL WORKER, STARTED THE

BAKERY WITH A FRIEND JUST

OVER THREE YEARS AGO.

WE KNEW THERE WERE A

LOT OF WOMEN IN NEED IN

OUR AREA.

WE STARTED DOING A LOT OF

RESEARCH, TALKING TO

PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT OUR

COMMUNITY WAS MISSING, AND

WE REALIZED WOMEN NEEDED

JOB TRAINING AND SUPPORT,

AND THEY NEEDED TO KNOW

THAT SOMEONE CARED.

Charlene: THE PROGRAM

PROVIDES HANDS-ON TRAINING

AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT,

TO GIVE WOMEN EXPERIENCE

FOR FUTURE EMPLOYMENT IN

THE FOOD AND HOSPITALITY

INDUSTRY.

THEY LEARN ABOUT FOOD

PRODUCTION AND FOOD

SAFETY.

Charlene: APPLE

CHIPS, GRANOLA AND COOKIES

ARE JUST A FEW OF THE

SWEET TREATS HERE.

EVERYTHING HAS A

PROCESS.

I WAS LEARNING ABOUT THE

MEASUREMENT, WHAT GOES

INTO THE COOKIES AND THE

PACKAGING.

I DIDN'T REALIZE WHEN YOU

WEIGH THINGS AND THERE ARE

PROPORTIONS JUST TO MAKE

THE PRODUCTS LOOK PERFECT.

Charlene: BAKING IS

THE KEY WAY THE WOMEN HERE

ARE EMPOWERED, THE LADIES

ALSO LEARN RECIPES FOR

SUCCESS FOR OUTSIDE THE

KITCHEN.

COACHING CLASSES HELP THE

WOMEN TAKE ON CHALLENGES,

BUT JUSFOR FINDING WORK AND

DEALING WITH FAMILY

MEMBERS.

THEY LEARN CONFLICT

RESOLUTION, GOAL-SETTING,

ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE

NECESSARY TO BE SUCCESSFUL

IN LIFE.

THROUGH ALL OF THAT, THEY

DEVELOP THE CONFIDENCE

THEY NEED TO BELIEVE IN

THEMSELVES, TO COMPLETE

SOMETHING.

A LOT OF THE WOMEN WILL

SAY, I'VE NEVER FOLLOWED

THROUGH AND COMPLETED

ANYTHING.

SO WHEN THEY GRADUATE,

THEY FEEL SO PROUD AND

FEEL THEY CAN DO ANYTHING

THEY PUT THEIR MIND TO.

Charlene: KIM SPENT

YEARS IN AND OUT OF JAIL

FOR DRUG USE AND

SHOPLIFTING.

THIS PROGRAM IS HELPING

ME TO GET MYSELF TOGETHER,

TO BE NORMAL.

Charlene: LOCAL

MARKETS, INCLUDING WHOLE

FOODS, CARRY THE

FRESH-BAKED GOODS, WHICH

HELPS TO FOSTER PRIDE AND

ESTABLISHMENT.

I NEVER THOUGHT IN A

MILLION YEARS I WOULD BE

PUTTING COOKIES ON THE

STORES TO BE SOLD.

IT MAKES ME FEEL SO GO

TO SEE OUR SHINY BAGS ON

THE SHELVES, THE GRANOLA

AND THE APPLE CHIPS.

AND I HAD NEVER SEEN IT,

SO I WENT THERE.

Charlene: MORE THAN

80 WOMEN HAVE GRADUATED

FROM THE PROGRAM.

ABOUT 60% OF THE WOMEN

ARE EMPLOYED, WHICH IS

GREAT.

ONE OF OUR RECENT GRADS

FROM JUST ABOUT A YEAR

AGO, SHE STARTED HER OWN

BAKING BUSINESS.

Charlene: IN THE END,

WOMEN ARE EMPOWERED WITH

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS,

ALONG WITH THE HOPE OF A

BETTER FUTURE.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE I'M

GIVING BACK SOMETHING,

GIVING BACK TO THE

COMMUNITY.

FROM ALL OF THE WRONG THAT

I'VE DONE, THIS IS A

SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH

CHANCE FOR ME, AND I THANK

GOD FOR IT.

Charlene: CHARLENE

AARON, CBN NEWS,

ALEXANDRA, VIRGINIA.

Terry: I LOVE THIS

STORY.

IT IS A STORY OF HOPE,

RESTORATION, AND A BRAND

NEW BEGINNING.

AND THAT'S WHAT GOD DOES.

> COMING UP, HE CALLS

HIMSELF A DISCIPLE OF

CHRIST, WHO HAPPENS TO

PLAY NFL FOOTBALL ON THE

SIDE.

MORE SO THAN ANYTHING,

I WANT PEOPLE TO

UNDERSTAND THAT GOD IS

FATHER.

HE LOVES US ENOUGH TO KNOW

THE NUMBER OF THE HAIRS ON

OUR HEAD.

Terry: MEET THE

DETROIT LIONS' SAFETY, DO DON

CARY, WHEN WE COME BACK.

Pat: DON CARY'S FIRST

MONTH NEARLY OVERWHELMED

HIM.

HE WOULD COME HOME

COMPLETELY EXHAUSTED AND

HEAD STRAIGHT FOR BED.

BUT THIS WASN'T THE FIRST

MONTH IN AN NFL TRAINING

CAMP.

IT WAS DON'S FIRST MONTH

IN SEMINARY, TAKING

CLASSES IN THE BIBLE.

Reporter: SINCE 2009,

DETROIT LIONS' SAFETY HAS

MADE A NAME FOR HIMSELF.

EVERY WEEK HE GOES UP

AGAINST THE TOUGHEST

COMPETITION IN FOOTBALL.

BUT AS HE LOOKS BACK HIS

PAST IN THE NFL, TRYING TO

BEAT HIS OPPONENT ON THE

FIELD PALES IN COMPARISON

TO GROWING UP WITH A

SINGLE MOTHER AND THREE

SISTERS.

MY MOM WORKED TWO JOBS

TO PROVIDE FOR US.

SHE STILL STRUGGLED.

IMAGINE NOT BEING ABLE TO

PAY YOUR GAS BILL IN

MICHIGAN, WHEN IT IS COLD

OUTSIDE.

Reporter: HIS MOM

TOOK THEM TO CHURCH, BUT

DON BLAMED GOD FOR ALL OF

THE HARTSHIP HARDSHIPS THEY HAD TO

ENDURE.

I LUMPED CHRISTIANITY

IN THE SAME PILE AS

FATHERLESSNESS, AND THE

SAME PILE OF EVERYTHING I

DIDN'T WANT IN MY LIFE.

I USED IT ALL AS

MOTIVATION TO GO AND BE

SUCCESSFUL.

BUT I LOOK BACK NOW AND

SEE HATRED WAS MY

MOTIVATION.

HATRED FOR MY FATHER,

HATRED FOR A RELIGION THAT

SEEMINGLY KEPT MY MOTHER

OPPRESSED.

Reporter: SO HE

SEARCHED FOR SOMETHING

ELSE.

WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE YOU

WERE LOOKING FOR?

I WAS LOOKING FOR GOD.

I THINK ALL RELIGIONS --

ANYONE CLAIMING TO BE

SPIRITUAL, AT THE CORE OF

THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR

GOD.

Reporter: WHILE IN

HIGH SCHOOL, HE THOUGHT HE

FOUND WHAT HE WAS LOOKING

FOR IN AFRICAN SUPERIOR SPIRITUAL.

THE IDEA THAT THE BLACK

MAN WAS GOD WAS APPEALING

TO ME.

IT BECAME MY FOUNDATION.

Reporter: DON'S

MOTHER DECIDED TO RELOCATE

THE FAMILY TO NORFOLK,

VIRGINIA, WHERE SHE WOULD

MARRY A GUY WHO BECAME HIS

DAD.

HE REALLY STEPPED IN

AND TOOK THAT ROLE ON

HIMSELF, TO PROVIDE FOR

OUR FAMILY, TO TEACH US

AND GUIDE US AND

DISCIPLINE US.

I'VE LEARNED SO MANY

LESSONS FROM HIM.

Reporter: AFTER HIGH

SCHOOL, DON ATTENDED

NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY

ON A FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIP.

AFTER FOUR YEARS, HE WAS

SELECTED IN THE SIXTH

ROUND OF THE NFL DRAFT BY

THE CLEVELAND BROWNS.

AT THE TIME, HE WAS ALL

ABOUT THE PARTY LIFESTYLE

AND USED HIS RELIGION TO

JUSTIFY IT.

TH IF I'M IN TOUCH WITH

AFRICAN SUPERIO SPIRITUALITY,

THERE IS NOTHING WRONG

WITH ME SMOKING WEED.

Reporter: HE WAS

PICKED UP BY JACKSONVILLE,

AND HE SAYS IT WAS THE

GREATEST THING TO EVER

HAPPEN TO HIM.

THAT'S WHEN GOD

SHATTERED MY WHOLE MINDSET

OF CHRISTIANITY.

I WALKED IN TO THE LOCKER

ROOM, AND I SEEN GUYS LIKE

RASHIM, AND ERIC CAPMAN

AND MAURICE, AND ALL THESE

GUYS THAT ARE

MILLIONAIRES, BUT THEY'RE

SOLD-OUT BELIEVERS OF

CHRIST.

Reporter: YOU SAID,

YOU WALKED IN AND HAD SEEN

THESE GODLY MEN, WHAT DID

THAT DO TO YOU?

IT ROCKED MY

UNDERSTANDING OF

CHRISTIANITY.

IT REALLY CAUSED ME TO SIT

BACK AND QUESTION, YOU

KNOW, OKAY, MAYBE I SHOULD

LOOK INTO THIS A LITTLE

MORE.

I STILL THOUGHT IT WAS

SOMETHING FOR WEAK-MINDED

PEOPLE, BUT I COULDN'T SAY

THAT ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY

HAD EVERY MATERIAL NEED

THEY COULD WANT IN LIFE.

SO I LOOKED AT IT

DIFFERENTLY.

Reporter: EVENTUALLY,

THE CHAPLAIN INVITED DON

TO ATTEND PROFESSIONAL

ATHLETES OUTREACH.

HE WANTED TO KNOW MORE, SO

HE DECIDED TO GO.

IT IS A THREE-DAY

SEMINAR AND THEY BRING IN

DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS, AND

THEY GIVEN SESSIONS ON THE

GOSPEL AND FAITH.

LIVING TO THOSE GUYS TALK

WAS LIKE EVERY SESSION WAS

A DAGGER TO MY HEART.

AND I REMEMBER TO THIS

DAY, TOMMY DAVIS LED OURS.

AND THE PASSION HE HAD FOR

THE LORD, IT JUST OOZED

OUT.

AND EVERYTHING HE SAID WAS

A DAGGER TO MY HEART.

Reporter: DON WAS

BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND

WHAT HE HAD BEEN MISSING,

AND HE GAVE HIS LIFE TO

JESUS CHRIST.

I CAME TO THE

REALIZATION THAT THE FAITH

IS ABOUT SURRENDERING TO A

WHOLLY AND SOVEREIGN GOD.

AND WHEN I CAME TO THAT

UNDERSTANDING, IT LED ME

DOWN THE PATH I AM NOW.

Reporter: TODAY, AS A

DETROIT LION, DON KNOWS

WITHOUT A DOUBT WHERE HIS

IDENTITY AND PURPOSE COME

FROM.

WHEN HE IS NOT ON THE

FIELD, HE STAYS BUSY

WORKING WITH HIS MINISTRY,

WHICH IS GEARED TOWARDS

PREACHING THE GOSPEL OF

CHRIST.

IN FACT, HE IS SEMINARY,

STUDYING HOW TO BETTER

SHARE THE LOVE OF CHRIST

WITH OTHERS, ESPECIALLY

THOSE WHO ARE SEARCHING TO

FILL A VOID THAT ONLY GOD

CAN FILL.

I'VE COME TO THE

UNDERSTANDING THAT THE

ONLY RELIGION THAT

PROPERLY CONVEYS WHO THAT

GOD IS IS THE CHRISTIAN

FAITH.

THE ONLY FAITH THAT

CONVEYS THE LOVE OF THAT

GOD IS THE CHRISTIAN

FAITH.

AND MORE SO THAN ANYTHING,

I WANT PEOPLE TO

UNDERSTAND THAT GOD IS

FATHER, WHO LOVES US

ENOUGH TO KNOW THE NUMBER

OF THE HAIRS ON OUR HEAD.

BUT JUST HAVING THE

UNDERSTANDING THERE IS A

PERSONAL GOD WHO LOVES US,

WHO WORKS ALL THINGS FOR

OUR GOOD IN THE END, I

THINK IS PARAMOUNT FOR

EACH INDIVIDUAL.

Pat: THE BIBLE

SAYS -- AND I WAS JUST

READING IT TODAY, AS I

RECALL -- THE GODS OF THE

NATION ARE IDOLS.

THE GODS OF THE NATIONS

ARE IDOLS.

BUT OUR GOD MADE THE

HEAVEN AND THE EARTH.

WE BELIEVE THAT YAHWEH,

THE GOD OF THE BIBLE, THE

ONE THAT IS DESCRIBED AS O

LORD, MY LORD, THAT GOD

CREATED EVERYTHING.

HE CREATED THE SUN AND THE

MOON.

HE CREATED THE DISTANT

GALAXIES.

HE CREATED THIS GIGANTIC

UNIVERSE.

AND SOMEHOW HE LOOKS DOWN

ON US, TINY LITTLE

CREATURES WE ARE ON A TINY

LITTLE PLANET, AND HE SAYS

I LOVE YOU BECAUSE I MADE

YOU IN MY IMAGE.

AND YOU HAVE POTENTIAL

BEYOND ANYTHING YOU CAN

ASK OR THINK, ANYTHING YOU

CAN DREAM.

BECAUSE I MADE YOU.

AND YOU'RE SO SPECIAL THAT

I WILL ACTUALLY ENTER INTO

YOUR WORLD, AND I WILL

DIE, THAT YOU MIGHT LIVE

FOREVER.

THAT'S THE GOD WE SERVE.

THERE IS NO GOD IN ANY

OTHER RELIGION OR ANY

OTHER THOUGHT PHILOSOPHY

THAT WOULD EVEN APPROACH

WHAT WE KNOW.

OUR GOD MADE THE HEAVENS

AND THE EARTH.

AND IF YOU WANT HIM, HE

REACHES OUT A HAND TO YOU

NOW, AND HE SAYS, BEHOLD,

NOW IS THE DAY OF

SALVATION.

NOW IS THE ACCEPTED TIME.

NOW.

YOU WON'T HAVE IT A LONG

TIME.

WE MIGHT NOT HAVE

TOMORROW.

I CAN'T GUARANTEE YOU

TOMORROW.

BUT I CAN GUARANTEE YOU

NOW, THAT NOW IS THE DAY

THAT YOU CAN COME TO THE

LORD.

AND YOU CAN HAVE WHAT THAT

GENTLEMAN, WHO YOU JUST

SAW, THAT OUTSTANDING

FOOTBALL PLAYER, WHAT HE

LEARNED, AND MILLIONS AND

MILLIONS OF OTHERS.

Congressman: , BCHRISTIANITY, BY THE WA Y,

FOR BETTER OR WORSE, IS

THE LARGEST RELIGION ON

EARTH.

THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE

WHO CONFESS THEIR LOVE FOR

JESUS CHRIST.

HE SAYS, IF YOU HEAR MY

VOICE, OPEN THE DOOR.

IF YOU WANT THAT, PRAY

WITH ME, THESE WORDS,

JESUS -- THAT'S RIGHT,

PRAY WITH ME.

JESUS, I KNOW YOU'RE

STANDING AT THE DOOR,

KNOCKING.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW, LORD,

THAT I NEED A SAVIOR.

I NEED TO KNOW GOD.

I NEED TO BE AT MY

FATHER'S HOUSE.

AND I ASK YOU NOW, LORD

JESUS, COME INTO MY HEART.

LIVE YOUR LIFE IN ME, AND

I WILL LIVE FOR YOU, AND I

WILL SERVE YOU ALL THE

DAYS OF MY LIFE.

THANK YOU, LORD.

AND IF YOU PRAYED THAT

PRAYER WITH ME, REJOICE.

YOU ARE NOW PART OF THE

KINGDOM OF GOD.

AND HIS KINGDOM IS

FOREVER.

NOW, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW

MORE, I'VE GOT SOMETHING I

WANT TO GIVE YOU.

THIS IS A LITTLE BOOK OF

SCRIPTURES, AND ALSO A

C.D. THAT WAS DONE, CALLED

"A NEW DAY" I'L DAY."

I'LL GIVE THIS TO YOU FREE

IF YOU'LL CALL IN AND SAY,

I GAVE MY HEART TO THE

LORD, I PRAYED WITH PAT.

1-800-759-0700, CALL RIGHT

NOW.

TERRY?

Terry: STILL AHEAD,

AN EARLY MORNING WAKEUP

CALL WITH DEVASTATING

NEWS, AND ONE THAT LEADS

INTO A STORY OF MURDER,

INTRIGUE, AND REDEMPTION.

YOU'LL SEE WHO WAS ON THE

OTHER LINE, WHEN WE

RETURN.

LIKE ME, CLEANED ME UP.

WELCOME BACK TO "THE

700 CLUB."

A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS RULED

AGAINST NORT NORTH CAROLINA

STATE UNIVERSITY FOR

BLOCKING CHRISTIAN

STUDENTS FROM SHARING

THEIR FAITH ON CAMPUS.

THE SCHOOL REQUIRED

MEMBERS OF GRACE CHRISTIAN

LIFE TO HAVE A PERMIT

BEFORE APPROACHING OTHER

STUDENTS OR INVITING THEM

TO THEIR MEETINGS.

BUT NON-RELIGIOUS GROUPS

WERE ALLOWED TO SPEAK

FREELY WITHOUT A PERMIT.

THEY SAID THAT THE POLICY

VIOLATED THEIR FREEDOM OF

SPEECH.

THE JUDGE RULED AGAINST

THE UNIVERSITY, CONDEMNING

THE PERMIT POLICY.

> A PENNSYLVANIA HIGH

SCHOOL GRADUATING CLASS

WILL NO LONGER BE ALLOWED

TO PRAY AS PART OF THEIR

COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY.

STUDENTS AT POTTSGROVE

HIGH SCHOOL WILL REPLACE

IT WITH A MOMENT OF

SILENCE.

THE CHANGE COMES AFTER A

PARENT COMPLAINED AFTER A

STUDENT DEVIATED FROM LAST

YEAR'S SCRIPTED

NON-DENOMINATIONAL PRAYER.

A SCHOOL BOARD OFFICIAL

SAYS THAT THE SCHOOL HAS A

DIVERSE COMMUNITY, AND

MANY OF THE STUDENTS AND

PARENTS ARE UPSET ABOUT

THE CHANGE.

YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE

LATEST FROM CBN NEWS BY

GOING TO OUR WEBSITE AT

cbnnews.com.

PAT AND TERRY ARE BACK

WITH MORE OF "THE 700

CLUB" RIGHT AFTER THIS.

THANKS FOR JOINING US

Terry: SHEILA WALSH

CALLS IT A STORY WITH MORE

TWISTS AND TURNS THAN THE

WILDEST ROLLER COASTER

RIDE.

BONNIE FLOYD KNOWS THAT TO

BE TRUE, BECAUSE SHE HAD

TO LIVE IT AND IT ALL

STARTED WITH AN UNEXPECTED

PHONE CALL BONNIE RECEIVED

MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO.

Reporter: BONNIE

FLOYD'S NIGHTMARES STARTED

IN 1994, AT 6:00 IN THE

MORNING.

SHE ANSWERED THE PHONE,

AND LEARNED HER PARENTS,

WHO WERE SAILING IN THE

WEST INDIES, WERE

MURDERED, ALONG WITH TWO

OTHERS, IN COLD BLOOD,

ABOARD THE YACHT

CHALLENGER.

TWO YEARS LATER.

THE MURDER TRIAL BEGAN.

CLOSURE AND JUSTICE WERE

ABOUT TO BE SERVED, OR SO

SHE THOUGHT.

"BOUND TO A PROGRAMS"

TELLS THE TRUE STORY OF

LOVE, MURDER, AND

REDEMPTION.

AND HOW BONNIE FOUND PEACE

IN THE MIDST OF TRAGEDY.

Terry: JOINING US NOW

IS INTERNATIONAL TEACHER

AND AUTHOR BONNIE FLOYD.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

IT IS WONDERFUL TO BE

HERE.

Terry: LET'S START

WITH THAT PHONE CALL THAT

CAME AT 6:00 IN THE

MORNING.

THIS HAPPENED RIGHT AT A

POINT WHERE YOUR DAD'S

RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU WAS

BEGINNING TO FLOURISH.

AND THROUGH DIVORCE AND

JUST LIFE AND TIME AND YOU

ALL HAD PARTED COMPANY

WITH EACH OTHER, NOT

ANTAGONISTICLY AS MUCH AS

IT JUST HAPPENED.

SO THIS CALL WOULD BE

DEVASTATING PERIOD, BUT

THEN TO HAVE BEEN BUILDING

THIS RELATIONSHIP AND HAVE

IT HAPPEN -- TELL ME ABOUT

THE CALL AND WHEN IT CAME?

THE TIME APART WAS

BECAUSE THEY HAD SAILED

AROUND THE WORLD FOR SEVEN

YEARS --

Terry: YOUR FATHER

AND YOUR STEPMOM?

EXACTLY.

AND WHEN THEY RETURNED,

GOD BEGAN TO GROW OUR

RELATIONSHIP.

WE COULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN

ANY CLOSER.

I HAD BECOME A CHRISTIAN

WHILE THEY WERE SHARING,

AND I COULDN'T WAIT TO

SHARE JESUS WITH THEM.

THEY WERE GROWING AND

GROWING IN THE LORD, BUT

NEVER PRAYED THE PRAYER.

AND SO WHEN I GOT THE CALL

THAT THEY HAD BEEN

MURDERED, I WAS TOLD THAT

THEY HAD BEEN MURDERED IN

THEIR SLEEP.

AND SO I -- AND MY DAD HAD

PROMISED ME -- HE MADE ME

A PROMISE, JUST SIX MONTHS

BEFORE, IF HE EVER GOT

INTO A.

A POSITION THAT HE

FEARED FOR HIS LIFE, HE

WOULD CALL ON THE NAME OF

JESUS.

Terry: SO WHEN THIS

HAPPENS, AND YOU GET THIS

TERRIBLE PHONE CALL, AND

YOUR DAD AND STEPMOM ARE

NOW NO LONGER IN YOUR

LIFE, AND YOU FEEL LIKE

THEY CAME TO THAT END

WITHOUT EVER KNOWING WHAT

WAS GOING TO HAPPEN TO

THEM, WHAT DID YOU FEEL

SPIRITUALLY?

BECAUSE YOU HAD DONE WHAT

YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE

SUPPOSED TO DO AS A

FOLLOWER OF JESUS -- YOU

HAD SAID DO THIS.

IN AN EMERGENCY, DO THIS.

HOW DID YOU FEEL?

I WAS DEVASTATED.

AND I LATER FOUND OUT THEY

WERE NOT SHOT IN THEIR

SLEEP, AND THAT THEY WERE

BOUND AND GAGGED FOR HOURS

AND TORTURED BEFORE THEY

DIED.

THAT WOULD SEEM TO BE SUCH

TORTUROUS INFORMATION.

BUT FOR ME I FELL TO MY

KNEES IN PRAISE AND

THANKSGIVING BECAUSE IT

BOUGHT THEM TIME TO KEEP

THE PROMISE.

Terry: THE PROMISE

WAS THEN ENACTED.

THAT WOULD BE DEVASTATING

NEWS FOR MOST PEOPLE TO

HEAR THAT, BUT BECAUSE FOR

YOU, BECAUSE YOU LOVED

THEM SO MUCH AND WANTED TO

KNOW THEY FOUND SALVATION,

THAT WAS THE KEY.

AND YOU SHARED YOUR FAITH

WITH THEM A LOT -- NOT

JUST A LITTLE?

OH, YES.

Terry: FROM THE TIME

YOU WERE A LITTLE GIRL,

YOU WERE A DADDY'S GIRL.

HOW DID YOU RISE OUT OF

THE ASHES OF THIS?

WELL, I FIRST HAD TO

FALL INTO THE ASHES.

I WAS AT A VERY LOW POINT

IN MY LIFE.

I HAD NOWHERE ELSE TO LOOK

BUT UP.

AND PEOPLE HAD BEEN

TELLING ME ABOUT THE LORD.

GOD HAD BEEN PLACING

PEOPLE IN MY LIFE,

CHRISTIANS IN MY LIFE.

I PRAYED ONE DAY AND I

CALLED OUT BECAUSE THERE

WERE PEOPLE -- THERE

WEREN'T JUST CHRISTIANS IN

MY LIFE.

THERE WERE ALSO OTHER

RELIGIONS IN MY LIFE THAT

WERE ALSO TELLING ME

THINGS AND THEY WOULD USE

THE NAME OF JESUS.

SO I PRAYED OUT TO THE

ONE, TRUE GOD AND ASKED

HIM, DON'T LET ME MAKE A

MISTAKE.

AND IT WAS JUST A FEW

WEEKS LATER THAT I PRAYED,

AND GOD SHOWED ME THAT HIS

TRUE SELF WAS THAT JESUS

CHRIST WAS HIS SON.

Terry: YOU'RE SO

CANDID IN THE BOOK ABOUT

THE RESTORATION OF YOUR

PERSONHOOD UNDER JESUS.

YOU WERE SEARCHING FOR

LOVE IN ALL OF THE WRONG

PLACES BECAUSE OF LOSING

YOUR DAD, NOT IN DEATH,

BUT JUST IN DISTANCE, AS A

YOUNG PERSON.

RIGHT.

Terry: AND THEN WHEN

CHRIST CAME INTO YOUR

LIFE, I MEAN EVERYTHING

CHANGED.

BUT EVEN WITH YOUR

HUSBAND -- YOU SHARE ABOUT

MEETING HIM AND THE FAMILY

AND ALL OF THAT.

YES.

Terry: LEARNING TO

ACCEPT YOURSELF WHEN YOU

KNOW YOU'VE MADE MISTAKES

IS HARD FOR A LOT OF US.

HOW DID GOD WORK THAT OUT

IN YOUR LIFE?

WELL, I JUST BEGAN A

LOVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE

WORD OF GOD.

AND I BELIEVE WHAT IT

SAYS.

I KNOW THAT SOUNDS SO

SIMPLE, BUT SERVING GOD

ISN'T DIFFICULT.

AND I BELIEVE WHAT IT

SAYS.

AND 1 JOHN 1: 9 SAYS IF WE

CONFESS OUR SIN, HE IS

FAITHFUL AND JUST TO

FORGIVE US OUR SIN AND TO

CLEANSE US FROM ALL

UNRIGHTEOUSNESS.

Terry: HALLELUJAH.

HALLELUJAH.

SO I WAS FREE FROM

EVERYTHING I HAD DONE.

Terry: LATER ON, WITH

THIS STORY WITH YOUR DAD

AND YOUR STEPMOTHER, THIS

HORRIBLE MURDER

SCENARIO -- YOU ACTUALLY,

WHEN THIS WENT TO TRIAL,

FELT COMPASSION FOR ONE OF

THE MURDERERS WHO WAS

THERE.

DID GOD'S FORGIVENESS OF

YOU PLAY INTO YOUR BEING

ABLE TO FIND COMPASSION

FOR THIS MAN?

HONESTLY, I WENT TO THE

PRISON BECAUSE GOD SPOKE

TO ME DURING THE TRIAL.

AND I WAS HAVING

COMPASSION FOR HIM, AND I

DIDN'T WANT TO FEEL WHAT I

WAS FEELING.

AND SO I EXCUSED MYSELF

AND WENT OUT ON TO THE

BALCONY OF THIS COURTROOM,

AND I ASKED THE LORD,

WHAT'S HAPPENING IN HERE?

AND HE SAID, WHAT YOUR

FEELING IS MY COMPASSION

FOR HIM.

AND I SAID, WHAT DO YOU

WANT ME DO D TO DO WITH THIS?

AND HE SAID, I WANT YOU TO

GO TO THE PRISON AND I

WANT YOU TO TELL HIM ABOUT

MY SON.

SO I WENT TO THE PRISON AS

AN ACT OF OBEDIENCE.

I DIDN'T WALK INTO THAT

PRISON TO TELL HIM,

DONALDSON, I FORGIVE YOU

FOR WHAT YOU DID.

I WAS GOING TO GO IN, BE

OBBEENLT TOBEDIENT TO THE LORD, TELL

HIM ABOUT JESUS AND GET

OUT.

BUT GOD HAD ANOTHER PLAN.

Terry: SO WHAT

HAPPENED?

HE WAS SO SORRY FOR

WHAT HE DID.

HE KEPT TELLING ME HOW

SORRY HE WAS.

AND HE SAID, I DIDN'T

ACTUALLY PULL THE TRIGGER,

BUT I SAID, NO, BUT YOU

BOUND AND GAGGED THEM WITH

TAPE.

AND WE JUST PRAYED AND

FORGIVENESS JUST FLOWED.

FORGIVENESS CAME IN MY ACT

OF OBEDIENCE.

THAT'S WHEN IT HAPPENED.

AND I WAS ABLE TO PRAY

WITH HIM AND LEAD HIM TO

THE LORD.

AND NOW DONALDSON -- HE'S

MY BROTHER.

AND I LOVE HIM.

Terry: THAT IS SO

HARD FOR PEOPLE TO

IMAGINE, BUT YOU HAVE JUST

SPOKEN SUCH A TRUTH.

THAT WHEN WE TRUST GOD

ENOUGH TO BE OBEDIENT IN

THE HARD THINGS HE ASKS US

TO DO, THERE IS A FREEDOM

THAT COMES WITH THAT THAT

IS BEYOND MEASURE.

YOU AND DONALDSON ARE

ACTUALLY FRIENDS.

WE ARE VERY CLOSE.

AND GOD HAS BROUGHT ME

BACK TO THE ISLAND OF

ANTIGUA AND BARBADA JUST

THIS YEAR.

THE ENTIRE ISLAND OF

BARBADA CAME -- I PREACHED

AND THEY ASKED ME TO

FORGIVE THEM FOR WHAT THEY

DID TO MY PARENTS.

AND ASKED ME, AFTER I

FORGAVE THEM, TO PRAY AND

ASK GOD TO LIFT THE CURSE

THAT HAS BEEN ON THE

ISLAND FOR 22 YEARS.

EVERYTHING THAT EXISTENTED

22 YEARS AGO NOW LIES IN

RUINS.

ANYTHING THAT HAS STARTED

HAS BEEN ABANDONED.

THERE HAS ACTUALLY BEEN A

CURSE FROM THE SHEDDING OF

INNOCENT BLOOD 22 YEARS

AGO.

Terry: WOW.

THIS IS A PACKAGE WRAPPED

UP AND TIED UP WITH A BOW

AT THE END OF GOD'S

GOODNESS AND GRACE AND

MERCY AND FRESH

BEGINNINGS.

IT IS A FRESH

BEGINNING.

TER Terry: FOR YOU, FOR

DONALDSON, FOR THE ISLAND.

ABSOLUTELY.

Terry: IT IS AN

AMAZING STORY.

IT REALLY IS A MOVIE.

WATCH FOR IT.

SOMEBODY IS GOING TO DO

THIS.

BONNIE, WE THANK YOU FOR

BEING HERE.

YOUR BOOK IS QUITE

AMAZING.

THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO

HER STORY.

WE HAVE SKIMMED THE

SURFACE.

YOU CAN FIND OUT BY

GETTING HER BOOK CALLED

"BOUND TO A PROMISE."

AND YOU CAN GET A COPY BY

GOING TO cbnnews.com.

IT IS A WONDERFUL STORY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IT'S A STORY OF

REDEMPTION.

I LOVE "THE 700 CLUB" AND

HAVE FOR MANY YEARS.

SO IT IS A BLESSING TO BE

HERE.

Terry: THANKS,

BONNIE.

IT IS SO NICE TO HAVE YOU

WITH US.

UP NEXT, THERE ARE

QUESTIONS FROM OUR

VIEWERS.

THIS ONE SAYS, "MY UNCLE

DIED RECENTLY AND I MISS

HIM TERRIBLY.

IF GOD DOESN'T WANT US TO

TALK TO THE DECEASED, WHAT

DO I DO?"

PAT IS GOING TO TACKLE

THAT QUESTION AND MORE

WHEN WE COME BACK.

Pat: WE'RE SO GLAD TO

HAVE YOU WITH US.

THIS IS "700 CLUB."

FOR TWO DAYS, RISA WAS A

PRISONER OF THE IRANIAN

GOVERNMENT.

WHY?

SHE HAD CONVERTED TO

CHRISTIANITY.

AND AFTER RISA WAS

RELEASED, HE KNEW HE HAD

TO FLEE THE COUNTRY, EVEN

IF IT MEANT LEAVING

EVERYTHING BEHIND.

Reporter: BEFORE

ESCAPING THEIR HOME, THE

ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN,

RISA WAS A SUCCESSFUL

CIVIL ENGINEER, AND HIS

WIFE HAD A GOOD JOB AS A

TRANSLATOR, BUT SOMETHING

WAS MISSING IN THEIR

LIVES.

PRAISE GOD, WHY WE ARE

HERE.

THE MORE I ASKED

QUESTIONS, THE LESS I

COULD FIND OF THE ANSWERS

IN THE RELIGION IN WHICH I

GREW UP.

Reporter: THEY TOLD

ME WHEN MARIAM WAS HIRED

TO TRANSLATE A BIBLE

TRACK, RISA READ IT AND

WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT

GOD AND CHRISTIANITY.

SOON HE WAS ATTENDING AN

UNDERGROUND CHURCH.

WHEN MARIAM SAW THE

CHANGES IN HER HUSBAND AND

IN THEIR MARRIAGE, SHE

GAVE HER LIFE TO CHRIST,

TOO.

THEY HAD A NEW

RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, BUT

THEIR LIVES ALSO TOOK A

DANGEROUS TURN.

THE GOVERNMENT, THE

SYSTEM THERE, THEY CANNOT

TOLERATE YOUR CONVERSION.

Reporter: ONE DAY ON

HIS WAY TO WORK, RISA WAS

KIDNAPPED BY THE POLICE

AND INTERROGATED FOR TWO

STRAIGHT DAYS.

WHEN HE WAS RELEASED, HE

TOOK HIS FAMILY TO TURKEY

TO SEEK ASYLUM.

BUT BECAUSE REFUGEES CAN'T

WORK IN, HE HAD TO DO

MENIAL JOBS AND GET PAID

UNDER THE TABLE TO MAKE

ENDS MEETMENT.

IMEET.

IT IS HARD, AS A

MOTHER, TO TELL YOUR KIDS

NO ALL OF THE TIME BECAUSE

YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY

THEM THINGS.

EMPLOYERS BARELY PAY US

BECAUSE THEY KNOW WE ARE

DESPERATE.

THEY TREAT US LIKE SLAVES.

Reporter: THIS FAMILY

LEFT EVERYTHING THEY KNEW

BEHIND AND CAME TO A

FOREIGN LAND, RELYING ON

GOD.

WE WANTED TO HELP THEM

AWAY WE COULD.

WE STARTED WITH A TRIP TO

THE GROCERY STORE.

AFTER LOADING UP AT THE

GROCERY STORE, WE HAD ONE

MORE BIG SURPRISE FOR

THEM.

CBN PAID THEIR RENT AND

UTILITY BILLS FOR THREE

MONTHS.

NOW THEY'LL HAVE A CHANCE

TO GET AHEAD.

THANK GOD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

YOUR HELP.

WE WILL NEVER FORGET THIS.

EVEN THOUGH WE ARE FAR

APART, WE'RE NOT ALONE.

IN CHRIST WE ARE ONE BIG

FAMILY.

Pat: REACHING OUT TO

IRAN, REACHING OUT TO

TURKEY, REACHING OUT

AROUND THE WORLD, THAT'S

WHAT WE DO.

WE'RE THERE TO HELP

PEOPLE.

CAN WE HELP THEM ALL?

NO.

BUT WE CAN SURE HELP A

BUNCH OF THEM.

AND TOGETHER WE CAN DO

MORE.

AND YOU SAY, WELL, YOU'RE

ASKING FOR A LITTLE BIT.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 65

CENTS A DAY.

CAN YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE

THAT?

YEAH, WE CAN REACH

MILLIONS BECAUSE MILLIONS

ARE GIVING TO "THE 700

CLUB."

SO HOW DO YOU JOIN?

YOU JUST PICK UP THE PHONE

AND CALL IN AND SAY, COUNT

ME IN.

FOR THOSE THAT DO, I WANT

YOU TO HAVE THIS THING,

"VICTORY THROUGH LIFE'S

STORMS."

I THINK YOU'LL FIND THIS

VERY INSPIRING AND

UPLIFTING.

IT'S TESTIMONIES OF PEOPLE

WHO HAVE OVERCOME

HARDSHIP, AND THERE ARE

PLENTY OF THEM IN THE

WORLD, SO YOU CAN IDENTIFY

WITH THEM.

WE'LL GIVE THIS TO YOU AS

OUR GIFT, AS YOU JOIN.

PICK UP THE PHONE RIGHT

NOW AND CALL IN AND SAY,

YOU CAN COUNT ON ME:

1-800-759-0700.

AND NOW WE'RE GE GOING TO GET

ON THE HOT SEAT AND YOU

CAN "BRING IT ON."

Terry: THIS FIRST

ONE, PAT, IS FROM SERITA,

WHO SAYS, "MY GREAT UNCLE

FRANK JUST RECENTLY PASSED

AWAY AND I MISS HIM

TERRIBLY.

I SEE GOD DOESN'T WANT US

TO TALK TO THE DECEASED,

SO WHAT SHOULD I DO?

CAN YOU ALSO EXPLAIN

FURTHER WHY GOD DOESN'T

WANT US TO TALK TO THE

DECEASED?"

Pat: THOSE WHO TALK

TO THE DEAD ARE NOT

TALKING TO THE DEAD.

THEY'RE TALKING TO DEMONS.

GOD DOES NOT LET INTERPLAY

TAKE PLACE BETWEEN THOSE

WHO PASSED ON AND THOSE

ARE WHO ALIVE BECAUSE IT

LEADS TO ALL KINDS OF

CONFUSION.

IF YOU MISS YOUR LOVED

ONE, TALK TO GOD ABOUT IT.

SAY I MISS HIM TERRIBLY.

WILL YOU FILL THE VOID IN

MY LIFE.

HE'LL COME AND TAKE AWAY

THE GRIEF AND TAKE AWAY

THE LONELINESS.

HE UNDERSTANDS THE

LONELINESS.

BUT HE KNOWS WE'LL GET

TOGETHER WITH OUR LOVED

ONES, THOSE WHO DIED IN

CHRIST.

AND YOU CAN TALK TO THEM

FOR ALL ETERNITY.

THIS ONE SAYS, IT SEEMS

THAT WOMEN ARE MORE

SENSITIVE SPIRITUALLY.

IS THERE A BIBLICAL

REFERENCE TO WHY THAT IS?"

Pat: NOT REALLY.

THE BIBLE SAYS GIVE HONOR

TO YOUR WIFE BECAUSE

THEY'RE WEAKER.

IT DOESN'T SAY THEY'RE

MORE SENSITIVE.

MAYBE IT'S THE CULTURE

THAT WE LIVE IN THAT WOMEN

ARE NOW MORE SENSITIVE.

YOU CERTAINLY HAVE, IN THE

TIME OF -- IN THE TIME OF

JESUS, THERE WERE WEALTHY

WOMEN WHO MINISTERED TO

HIM.

THERE WERE WOMEN WHO

GATHERED AROUND HIM AFTER

HIS CRUCIFIXION AND HELPED

WITH THE ANOINTING OF HIS

BODY FOR BURIAL.

YOU REMEMBER, IT WAS A

WOMAN WHO WAS THERE AT THE

RESURRECTION WHO MET WITH

JESUS.

AND SHE SAID, RABO RABBONI WHEN

HE TALKED TO HER.

HE WAS VERY KIND TO HIS

MOTHER.

IF YOU WANT SCRIPTURES AT, AT

THE END OF THE GOSPEL, HE

LOOKED AT JOHN AND SAID, I

WANT YOU TO LOOK AFTER MY

MOTHER.

SHE IS NOW YOUR MOTHER.

TAKE HER INTO YOUR HOME

AND LOOK AFTER HER.

HE CARED AND THEY CARED.

BUT IS THERE SOMETHING

THAT SAYS WOMEN ARE MORE

SPIRITUALLY SENSITIVE THAN

MEN, I DON'T KNOW IT.

THIS ONE SAYS, "AFTER

THE RAPTURE TAKES PLACE

AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE ARE

TAKEN OUT OF THIS WORLD,

DO THE PEOPLE LEFT STILL

HAVE A CHANCE AT

SALVATION?

AND IF SO, WHERE IN THE

BIBLE CAN I READ THIS?"

Pat: IT ISN'T IN THE

BIBLE.

THIS IS THE TEACHING OF

THE SCOLFIELFIELD READINGS.

THE DEAD IN CHRIST WILL

RISE FIRST, AND WE, WHICH

ARE ALIVE, WILL BE CAUGHT

UP TO BE WITH HIM IN THE

AIR.

THAT IS THE SECOND COMING

OF CHRIST.

BUT WHEN HE DOES, HE WILL

TAKE CHARGE OF ALL OF THE

WORLD.

SO THERE IS NOT GOING TO

BE SOME SECRET RAPTURE OF

CATCHING OF PEOPLE AND

THEN A SEVEN YEAR HIATUS

AFTER THAT WHERE PEOPLE DO

SOMETHING ELSE.

THE BIBLE SAYS IMMEDIATELY

AFTER THE TRIBULATION OF

THOSE DAYS.

SO THE BIBLE INDICATES

THERE IS GOING TO BE ONE

SECOND COMING, NOT TWO OR

THREE.

HE CAME ONCE AND HE WILL

COME BACK.

BUT HE IS NOT GOING TO

COME BACK FOR ONE AND A

HALF AND THEN TWO.

Terry: MICKEY SAYS,

"I KNOW A GUY WHO IS

HOMELESS.

HE SAYS THAT GOD HAS

CALLED HIM TO BE HOMELESS.

DOES GOD CALL PEOPLE TO BE

HOMELESS?"

Pat: WELL, THERE WAS

A PROPHET NAMED ISAIAH WHO

GOD TOLD TO WALK NAKED AND

BAREFOOT FOR A COUPLE OF

YEARS.

IT MUST HAVE BE

HUMILIATING, TO WALK

AROUND WITH NO CLOTHES ON

FOR ALL THAT TIME.

HE CALLED ON EZEKIEL.

SO DOES HE CALL PEOPLE TO

DO THAT?

I DOUBT VERY SERIOUSLY IF

THERE IS ANYBODY THAT YOU

HAVE MET WHO IS A HOMELESS

PERSON, WHO HAS BEEN

CALLED TO DO THAT BY GOD

ALMIGHTY.

I THINK HE IS DELUSION,

FRANKLY.

Terry: THIS IS A

VIEWER WHO SAYS, "HOW DOES

ONE KNOW WHAT PURPOSE GOD

HAS FOR HIS LIFE?"

Pat: I THINK THAT

WILL TAKE ANOTHER PROGRAM

TO TELL YOU.

I THINK GOD HAS A PLAN FOR

YOU.

BUT I CAN'T TELL YOU IN 20

SECONDS.

> WE LEAVE YOU WITH

TODAY'S POWER MINUTE FROM

1 CORINTHIANS: "BUT THANKS

BE TO GOD, WHO GIVES US

THE VICTORY THROUGH OUR

LORD JESUS CHRIST."

ISN'T THAT A WONDERFUL

SCRIPTURE?

HE GIVES US THE VICTORY.

> TOMORROW, A MOTHER OF

TWO IS NEARLY STRUCK DOWN

BY A BRAIN ANEURYSM.

SHE WAS MIRACULOUSLY

SAVED, THAT'S ON "THE 700

CLUB" ON FRIDAY.

SO FOR TERRY AND ALL OF US

HERE AT CBN, THIS IS PAT

ROBERTSON.

THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH

US.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU

BEING WITH US TOMORROW.

BYE-BYE.