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Wendy: 10 YEARS AFTER
ISRAEL'S WAR WITH LEBANON,
THE ENEMY REMAINS AT THE
GATE.
HEZBOLLAH IS VASTLY
MORE POWERFUL.
Wendy: AND NOW ISRAEL
IS BRACING FOR THE NEXT
WAR.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
OVER 100,000 MISSILES
READY TO BE LAUNCHED INTO
ISRAEL.
Wendy: AND THEN...
CONSTANT PAIN.
Wendy: ...A WRESTLER
GETS SLAMMED AND HE WAS
DOWN FOR THE COUNT.
WATCH WHAT GOT HIM BACK IN
THE GAME.
GOD DECIDED, I'M GOING
TO DO THAT FOR YOU.
Wendy: ON TODAY'S
"700 CLUB."
*
Pat: WELL, WELCOME TO
THIS EDITION OF "THE 700
CLUB."
DID YOU HAVE FUN
YESTERDAY?
Wendy: I DID, BUT OF
COURSE I MISSED YOU.
I SOLOED YESTERDAY.
PAT TOOK A LITTLE SUMMER
VACATION.
Pat: I TOOK ON A
VACATION TO LET YOU SOLO.
Wendy: I HOPE YOU DID
SOMETHING FUN.
Pat: I GOT A HAIRCUT,
HOW ABOUT THAT?
Wendy: I SEE WE GOT
THE POKE DO POLKA DOT MEMO.
Pat: I WANT TO START
THIS SHOW.
I SYMPATHIZE WITH DONALD
TRUMP.
I HAD A GROUP CALL "MEDIA
MATTERS," AND THEY TAPED
EVERY SINGLE WORD I SAID.
AND I DID ABOUT 10,000
BROADCASTS AND AD LIBS, AD LIBS,
AND THEY WOULD TAKE MY
WORDS AND TRANSPOSE AND
THEY WOULD TAKE CONNECTORS
OUT.
AND THERE WAS SOMEBODY IN
THE A.P., WHO WAS ONE OF
THEIR CLONES, AND ACROSS
THE COUNTRY WOULD COME
THESE IDIOTIC STATEMENTS.
THE SAME THING IS BEING
DONE TO TRUMP.
Wendy: THEY TOOK YOUR
STATEMENT OUT OF CONTEXT?
Pat: TAKE IT OUT OF
CONTEXT AND TWIST IT
AROUND AND WOULD SAY,
ROBERTSON SAID.
AND THEY'RE DOING IT FOR
TRUMP.
THERE IS A WHOLE GROUP OF
PEOPLE LOOKING FOR EVERY
WORD HE SAYS TO MAKE HIM
LOOK SILLY.
HE SAID, THE SECOND
AMENDMENT CROWD WILL COME
AND GIVE ME A HAND, AND HE
IS TALKING ABOUT GUN
CONTROL, AND A NEW SUPREME
COURT JUDGE.
THERE HAS BEEN VIRTUALLY A
TIE ON IT.
THE NEXT TIME THEY PUT A
LIBERAL JUDGE ON, THEY'LL
BE REVERSING THE SECOND
AMENDMENT.
SO HE SAID, THE SECOND
AMENDMENT.
HIS OPPONENTS ARE SAYING
THAT DONALD TRUMP IS
ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO THE
SHOOT HILLARY.
IT'S NONSENSE.
AND THERE WAS A JOSEPH
BIDEN QUOTE WHO WAS
TALKING ABOUT GUNS AND HE
WAS MAKING A JOKE OF IT.
BUT THERE IS NO JOKING IN
THIS.
THEY WON'T LET YOU JOKE.
EVERY TIME THEY'RE GOING
TO TWIST THE WORDS.
I KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE.
HE HAS MY PROFOUND
SYMPATHY.
BUT THESE PEOPLE ARE
PROFOUND LIARS.
AND THEY'RE SET UP AS
LIARS.
THE DEVIL IS A LIAR AND
THE FATHER OF LIES,
ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE.
Wendy: AND THERE IS
SUCH A DOUBLE STANDARD.
Pat: THEY'LL GIVE A
BREAK TO THE DEMOCRATS
EVERY TIME, SHE REALLY
MEANT THIS.
HE DIDN'T MEAN ANY SUCH
THING, BUT THEY TWISTED
THE WORDS.
DONALD, YOU HAVE MY
SYMPATHY, BUDDY.
> WE'RE SEEING A NEWER
AND STRONGER RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES.
IT HAS A TREMENDOUS
PROPHETIC SIGNIFICANCE.
RUSSIA AND TURKEY, THAT'S
THE WAY IT LOOKS.
AFTER THE PRESIDENT OF
TURKEY MET WITH VLADIMIR
PUTIN IN RUSSIA THIS WEEK.
Wendy: THAT VISIT
COULD HAVE HISTORIC
IMPLICATIONS, ESPECIALLY
AS THE TURKISH PRESIDENT
CONTINUES HIS CRACKDOWN CRACKDOWN
AFTER A RECENT COUP
ATTEMPT.
GEOFGEORGE THOMAS BRINGS US
THE STORY.
George: FOR
CENTURIES, THESE TWO
COUNTRIES WERE ARCH
ENEMIES.
THIS WEEK, VLADIMIR PUTIN
AND RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN
DECIDED THEY COULD NO
LONGER AFFORD A COLD WAR.
I SEE THIS VISIT AS A
START OF A NEW ERA IN OUR
BILATERAL RELATIONS.
George: THE NEW
BEGINNING HAS CAUGHT SOME
OF THE CAPITALS OF EUROPE
AND WASHINGTON BY
SURPRISE.
YOU'RE VISIT, DESPITE
THE DIFFICULT SITUATION IN
TURKEY, SHOWS WE ALL WANT
OUR DIALOGUE TO BE RESUMED
AND OUR RELATIONS TO BE
RESTORED FOR THE SAKE THE
RUSSIAN AND TURKISH
PEOPLE.
George: BOTH
COUNTRIES TRIED TO FORGE
CLOSER TIES IN THE PAST,
BUT WERE UNDONE BY THE WAR
IN SYRIA.
ERDOGAN SUPPORTED HIS
ENEMIES.
THEY STILL CANNOT AGREE
ON WHAT THEY CAN DO IN
SYRIA.
George: THEN LAST
NOVEMBER, TURKEY THE SHOT
DOWN A RUSSIAN WAR PLANE
IT SAID HAD VIOLATED ITS
AIR SPACE.
PUT PUTE CALLED ERDOGAN A
BACKSTABBER AND DEMANDED
AN APOLOGY.
ERDOGAN REFUSED.
AND PUTIN RETALIATED WITH
ENFORCING SANCTIONS.
SOME VERY IMPORTANT
ECONOMIC PROJECTS WERE
LOST, SUCH AS THE TURKISH
NATURAL GAS PIPELINE.
George: BUT THE
RECENT FAILED COUP IN
TURKEY APPEARS TO HAVE
PRECIPITATED A RESET IN
RELATIONS.
ERDOGAN ALARMED THE WEST
BY ARRESTING NEARLY 18,000
PEOPLE ON SUSPICION OF
TRYING TO OVERTHROW HIS
GOVERNMENT.
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
OTHERS LOST THEIR JOBS FOR
BACKING THE COUP.
SOME TURKS EVEN BLAMED THE
U.S. FOR ORCHESTRATING THE
UPRISING.
PUTIRN, ON THE OTHEPUTIN, ON THE OTHER HAN
D,
SUPPORTED THE COUP.
WHILE SOME WORRY RUSSIA
AND TURKEY'S NEW
FRIENDSHIP COULD BE BAD
NEWS FOR THE WEST --
IF ANY COUNTRY GETS
CLOSER TO RUSSIA, IT
BECOMES A REASON FOR
PANIC.
IT IS A BASE FOR
COUNTER-MEASURES.
George: -- OTHERS
WELCOME A POSSIBLE
ALLIANCE.
TURKEY IS ALSO ISOLATED
BY SOME EUROPEAN
COUNTRIES, SO IMPROVED
RELATIONS BETWEEN RUSSIA
AND TURKEY ARE GOOD FOR
BOTH SIDES.
George: GEORGE
THOMAS, CBN NEWS.
Pat: LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, READ THE BIBLE.
GET A COPY OF THE BIBLE,
AND LOOK AT THE 38th
CHAPTER OF THE BOOK OF THE
PROPHET EZEKIEL, AND SEE
WHAT IT SAYS.
IN THE LATTER DAYS, A
COALITION OF FORCES IS
COMING AGAINST ISRAEL.
IT TALKS ABOUT GOGG AND
MAYGOGG, AND THERE IS ONE
COUNTRY CALLED GOMER.
AND WHERE IS THAT LOCATED?
WELL, IT IS IN TURKEY.
AND YOU HAVE RUSH, WHICH
MEANS HEAD IN HEBREW,
ROSH, THE HEAD.
JOINING TOGETHER WITH
TURKEY, JOINING TOGETHER
WITH IRAN, IN A COALITION
AGAINST ISRAEL.
IT IS LIKE IN THE FRONT
PAGES OF THE PAPER.
IT IS THERE.
READ IT IN THE BIBLE.
THIS IS NOT SOME HAPPY
TIME.
IF THERE IS SOMETHING
BETWEEN TURKEY AND RUSSIA,
THAT'S PROPHETICLY
SIGNIFICANT.
> WELL, HERE AT HOME,
THEY'RE FIGHTING IT OUT.
DONALD TRUMP AND HILLARY
CLINTON BOTH DEALING WITH
CONTROVERSYS ON THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
HILLARY CLINTON'S
CAMPAIGN SAYS SHE DISAF DISAVOWS
ANY SUPPORT FROM THE
FATHER OF OMAR MATEEN.
HE MASSACRED 49 PEOPLE AT
AN ORLANDO GAY NIGHTCLUB
BACK IN JUNE.
THE CAMPAIGN SAYS MATEEN'S
FATHER WAS NOT INVITED.
> AND DONALD TRUMP IS
UNDER ATTACK FOR A REMARK
HE MADE ABOUT CLINTON AND
THE SECOND AMENDMENT.
HILLARY WANTS TO
ABOLISH THE SECOND
AMENDMENT.
AND IF SHE GETS TO PICK
HER JUDGES, NOTHING YOU
CAN DO, FOLKS.
ALTHOUGH THE SECOND
AMENDMENT PEOPLE, MAYBE
THERE IS -- I DON'T KNOW.
BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT,
THAT WILL BE A HORRIBLE
DAY.
CRITICS ACCUSED TRUMP
OF CALLING FOR VIOLENCE
AGAINST CLINTON, AND THE
TRUMP CAMP SAYS HE WAS
REFERRING TO THE POWERFUL
POLITICAL CLOUT OF THE
PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT THE
RIGHT TO HAVE GUNS.
Pat: HE IS BACKED BY
THE N.R.A., THERE IS NO
QUESTION ABOUT IT.
TOMORROW -- THIS IS
SIGNIFICANT.
FOR YEARS I HAVE BEEN
CAMPAIGNING AGAINST WHAT
IS CALLED THE JOHNSON
AMENDMENT.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS LIKE A
SETTLED ISSUE AFTER A
WHILE.
LINDEN JOHNSON, WHEN HE
WAS PRESIDENT, JAMMED
THROUGH A PROVISION IN THE
I.R.S. CODE, 501C 3.
3 THAT
PROHIBITED NON-PROFITS FOR
HAVING ANYTHING TO DO WITH
POLITICS.
IT WAS PUT THROUGH WITHOUT
COMMITTEE VETTING.
IT WAS PUT THROUGH WITHOUT
THE NECESSARY APPROVAL OF
ALL OF THE PARTIES
INVOLVED.
IT WAS JUST JAMMED
THROUGH.
AND IT HAS BEEN LYING
THERE.
AND I'VE DONE EVERYTHING I
COULD POSSIBLY DO TO TRY
TO TALK CONSERVATIVES INTO
CHANGING IT, AND THEY
WON'T DO IT.
SO TRUMP SAYS -- I WONDER
WHERE IN THE WORLD HE
PICKED UP THE JOHNSON
AMENDMENT, BUT HE HAS DONE
IT.
AND I'LL GRADUAT CONGRATULATE YOU
FOR IT.
BECAUSE THIS IS A CLUB
THAT SOMEBODY LIKE LOIS
LERNER COULD USE TO BEAT
THE NON-PROFITS INTO
SUBMISSION.
THE ACLJ, THE AMERICAN
CENTER FOR LAW AND
JUSTICE, JUST WON A MAJOR
VICTORY IN THE D.C.
CIRCUIT, WHICH FORCES THE
I.R.S. TO LITIGATE THE
FAILURE TO GRANT TAX
EXEMPTION TO A WHOLE LOT
OF CONSERVATIVE GROUPS.
THE TEA PARTY AND OTHERS,
THAT THEY HAVE BEEN
TARGETING.
THE I.R.S. IS NOW GOING TO
HAVE TO ANSWER IN DAMAGES,
AND IT COULD BE MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS.
SO IT WAS A MAJOR VICTORY
FOR OUR LEGAL GROUP.
WELL, TRUMP IS GOING TO BE
MEET WITH PASTORS
TOMORROW, HUNDREDS OF
PASTORS, IN ORLANDO.
CBN NEWS, "THE BRODY
FILE," BROKE THE STORY,
NOTING THE REPUBLICAN
NOMINEE WILL BE SPEAKING
ABOUT HIS EFFORTS TO
REPEAL THE JOHNSON
AMENDMENT.
CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?
I HAVE DONE EVERYTHING --
IF HE GETS IT DONE, HE'LL
DESERVE A PLACE IN SOME
HALLOWED GROUND.
Wendy: AMEN.
WELL, I THINK JOHN HAS
MORE OF THAT.
John: THAT'S RIGHT.
CBN NEWS BROKE THE NEWS
ABOUT THAT STORY.
NOTING THE REPUBLICAN
NOMINEE WILL BE SPEAKING
ABOUT HIS EFFORT TO REPEAL
THE JOHNSON AMENDMENT.
THAT LAW HAS MADE IT
DIFFICULT FOR PASTORS TO
SPEAK OPENLY ABOUT
POLITICAL CANDIDATES FROM
THE PULPIT.
CBN'S JENNA BROWDER WILL
BE INTERVIEWING TRUMP
ABOUT THE EVENT, AND WE'LL
HAVE EARLY EXCERPTS POSTED
TOMORROW ON cbnnews.com.
> THE WASHINGTON STATE
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACH
FIRED FOR PRAYING AT
MID-FIELD AFTER GAMES IS
FILING A LAWSUIT AGAINST
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
COACH JOE KENNEDY IS NOT
ASKING FOR MONETARY
DAMAGES.
HE IS SIMPLY REREQUESTING REQUESTING TO
BE REINSTATED BACK INTO
THE SCHOOL.
HE WAS PUT ON
ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE FOR
PRAYING IN PUBLIC AFTER
GAMES.
HIS ATTORNEYS ARGUE THEY
VIOLATED HIS FIRST
AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
WELL, THAT CASE IS JUST
ONE OF MANY INVOLVING
CHRISTIANS AND RELIGIOUS
FREEDOM IN AMERICA.
A RECENT SURVEY FOUND THAT
ALMOST TWO-THIRDS OF
AMERICANS BELIEVE
CHRISTIANS FACE GROWING
INTOLERANCE, WHILE AT THE
SAME TIME, THE POLL ALSO
FOUND THAT CHRISTIANS
COMPLAIN TOO MUCH.
HEATHER SELLS SHOWS US HOW
THIS IS PLAYING OUT IN THE
CHURCH.
Heather: MOST
CHRISTIANS ARE ALL TOO
FAMILIAR WITH REAL THREATS
TO THEIR RELIGIOUS
LIBERTY.
THEY RANGE FROM WEDDING
VENDORS WHO WANT THE RIGHT
TO REFUSE A GAY CEREMONY,
TO FAITH-BASED COLLEGES
FIGHTING CALIFORNIA
LAWMAKERS WHO WANT TO
STRIP THEM OF THEIR
ABILITY TO HOLD RELIGIOUS
CONVICTIONS.
BARRY CORY SAYS CHRISTIAN
COLLEGES MUST BE ABLE TO
MAINTAIN THEIR BELIEFS.
THE BILL SAYS YOU CAN
HAVE STANDARDS OF HOUSING
AND STANDARDS OF CONDUCT,
BUT WE CAN'T ENFORCE THEM
BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE
DISCRIMINATORY.
Heather: CHRISTIANS
HAVE FELT AND FOUGHT THESE
THREATS FOR YEARS, AND NOW
NEW RESEARCH SHOWS THAT
ALMOST TWO-THIRDS OF
AMERICANS ALSO UNDERSTAND
THIS GROWING INTOLERANCE.
THI THAT IS NOT A FRINGE
BELIEF.
THAT IS THE MAJORITY
AMERICAN BELIEF.
Heather: WITHIN THE
CHURCH, BELIEVERS ARE
STILL COMING TO TERMS WITH
THIS INTOLERANCE.
WHAT IT MEANS IN DAILY
LIFE.
AND THE BIBLE SAYS, "IN
THIS LIFE YOU WILL HAVE
TROUBLES."
YOU WILL HAVE
PERSECUTIONS.
LET ME TELL YO YOU, THAT TIME
IS HERE.
THERE IS NO QUESTION
THAT EVANGELICALS THINK IN
ONE WAY THEY LOST THEIR
HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE.
Heather: ANOTHER
CHALLENGE FOR THE CHURCH
IS THAT MOST YOUNG PEOPLE
DON'T BUY THE INTOLERANCE
ARGUMENT.
40% AGREE THAT IT IS TRUE.
AND THEY ALSO FOUND THAT
FOUR IN 10 AMERICANS
BELIEVE CHRISTIANS
COMPLAIN TOO MUCH ABOUT
HOW THEY'RE TREATED.
FAITH HAYLEY OFTEN SEES
RELIGION USE AS A
POLITICAL WEAPON.
I SEE A LOT OF HATE AND
ANGER, AND IT IS REALLY
UPSET, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT
IS DONE IN THE NAME OF
GONE.
Heather: SO
CHRISTIANS SEE AN
OPPORTUNITY BY STRIKING A
DELEGATE BALANCE: HELP THE
PUBLIC UNDERSTAND THE NEED
FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
WITHOUT COMING ACROSS AS
WHINERS.
CORY RECENTLY WROTE "LOVE
KINDNESS," TO SUPPORT
GREATER CIVILITY WHILE
MAINTAINING THEIR BELIEFS.
MORE AND MORE BELIEVE THIS
KIND OF APPEAL IS
NECESSARY AT A TIME WHEN
SO MANY UNDERSTAND SO
LITTLE ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS
TO FOLLOW CHRIST.
HEATHER SELLS, CBN NEWS.
John: THANKS,
HEATHER.
PAT, A SIGN OF THE
CHANGING TIMES.
Pat: HERE IS WHAT HAS
BEEN HAPPENING, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN: WE STARTED --
AT LEAST THE CHRISTIANS
DID, PUBLIC SCHOOLS --
THEY WERE STARTED UNDER
MARTIN LUTHER, WHO WANTED
TO HAVE AN EDUCATED
POPULOUS TO READ THE
BIBLE.
AND SO THE CHURCH WAS THE
WOMB, IF YOU WILL, OUT OF
WHICH PUBLIC EDUCATION
CAME.
EVERY SINGLE CONSTITUTION
OF EACH ONE OF OUR 50
STATES -- EVERY ONE
MENTIONS GOD.
EVERY SINGLE CONSTITUTION
MENTIONS GOD.
ZORAK VERSUS CLAUSSEN WAS
A FAMOUS SUPREME COURT
CASE, WHERE THE JUSTICE
SAID WE ARE A RELIGIOUS
PEOPLE WHO'S INSTITUTIONS
PRESUPPOSE THE EXISTENCE
OF A SUPREME BEING.
THE SUPREME COURT, FIVE
UNELECTED GUYS, HAVE BEEN
PUT INTO A POSITION WHERE
THEY HAVE RADICALLY
CHANGED THE CONCEPTS WE
HAVE OF RELIGION.
AND THIS WHOLE MATTER OF
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND
STATE -- THEY SAY YOU
CAN'T OBJECT TO THAT.
THAT'S SEPARATION OF
CHURCH AND STATE.
AND YOU SAY HOW TO BAPTIZE
PEOPLE -- THAT'S SOMETHING
WE DO IN THE CHURCH.
AND THEY SAID, NO, WE'RE
GOING TO TELL YOU HOW TO
DO THAT.
MARRIAGE HAS BEEN A
SACRAMENT OF THE CHURCH,
AND NOW THE SUPREME COURT
HAS SAID YOUR VIEW OF
MARRIAGE IS WRONG.
WE'RE GOING TO TELL YOU HO TO
DO IT.
SECULARISM HAS MOVED IN,
AND IN THE BIGGEST PLACE
WHERE IT HAS MOVED IN IS
IN THE EDUCATION OF THE
YOUNG.
WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THE
SECULAR STATE HAS MOVED IN
AND CROWDED OUT THE
RELIGIOUS BELIEVERS.
AND THEN THEY COME BACK
AND THEY SAY, WELL, WE
WANT WHAT HAS BEEN TAKEN
AWAY FROM US, AND THEY
SAY, WELL, YOU'RE JUST A
BUNCH OF WHINERS.
DONALD TRUMP SAID, YOU
GUYS HAVE THE MAJORITY,
WHY DON'T YOU USE IT?
WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?
YOU'VE GOT THE MAJORITY;
EXERCISE IT.
> IF YOU DON'T SHOW UP
TO VOTE AND YOU'RE NOT
INFORMED ON THE ISSUES,
THEN THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE
IT AWAY FROM YOU.
A WELL-INFORMED ELECTORATE
CAN MAKE A HUGE
DIFFERENCE.
IF THERE WAS EVER A TIME
TO REGISTER TO VOTE, THIS
IS IT.
IT IS TIME TO REGISTER TO
VOTE AND TO MAKE SURE YOUR
VOTE COUNTS.
OTHERWISE THEY'RE GEG TO GOING TO
RUN ALL OVER YOU.
JOHN?
John: IN HEALTH NEWS,
IF YOU WANT TO LIVE
LONGER, PICK UP A BOOK.
A UNIVERSITY STUDY FOUND
PEOPLE WHO READ BOOKS HAD
A 20% LESS CHANCE OF DYING
OVER THE NEXT 12 YEARS
COMPARED TO PEOPLE WHO
DIDN'T.
AND BOOK READERS LIVED
ALMOST TWO YEARS LONGER
THAN NON-READERS.
BOOKS APPEAR TO PROMOTE A,
QUOTE,"SIGNIFICANT
SURVIVAL ADVANTAGE."
PAT, TIME TO FIRE UP THOSE
BOOKS.
Pat: I HAVE KINDLE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ACCESS
IT, BUT I HAVE A SECRETARY
WHO DOES.
I READ ABOUT THREE BOOKS A
WEEK.
Wendy: THAT SURPRISES
ME.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE A
PAPERBACK OR HARD-BACK
GUY.
Pat: WELL, I WAS.
BUT YOU CAN'T BUY THAT
MANY BOOKS.
AND YOU CAN GET THEM SO
CHEAPLY ON KINDLE.
SO YOU CALL UP AND SAY, I
WANT THE FOLLOWING THREE
TITLES, FOUR TITLES, AND
THEY PUT THEM ON
YOUR iPAD AND YOU START
READING THEM.
I READ THEM SO FAST.
Wendy: AND IT DOESN'T
TAKE ANY SPACE UP ON YOUR
BOOK SHELF.
Pat: I'M GUARANTEED
TO LIFE 150.
THAT'S WHAT I'M WORKING
ON.
IF BOOK READING WILL DO
IT, THANK GOODNESS.
IT IS EASIER THAT HAVING
TO EXERCISE ALL OF THE
TIME.
Wendy: A LOOK BACK AT
HEZBOLLAH'S INVASION OF
ISRAEL 10 YEARS AGO, AND
THE WOLF IS STILL AT THE
DOOR.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
OVER 100,000 MISSILES THEY
HAVE READY TO BE LAUNCHED
INTO ISRAEL.
HEZBOLLAH REMAINS, BY FAR,
THE MAIN THREAT.
Wendy: SEE HOW ISRAEL
IS PREPARING TO MEET THIS
NEW THREAT, WHEN WE COME
BACK.
Pat: YOU'RE WATCHING
"THE 700 CLUB," AND WE'RE
SO GLAD YOU'RE WITH US.
WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD
STUFF FO FOR, FOR YOU, INCLUDING
THE DRAMATIC HEALING OF A
WRESTLER.
BUT RIGHT NOW, THE
WORLD IS FOCUSED ON ISIS,
BUT ISIS IS ONLY THE
LATEST OF A COMMON GROUP
OF ENEMIES DEDICATED TO
DESTROYING THE NATION OF
ISRAEL.
AND THAT LIST INCLUDES AN
IRANIAN-BACKED GROUP
CALLED HEZBOLLAH, A
TERRORIST GROUP THAT WENT
TO WAR WITH ISRAEL 10
YEARS AGO, AND THEY COULD
ATTACK AGAIN AT ANY
MOMENT.
CHRIS MITCHELL BRINGS US
THAT STORY.
Chris: IT HAS
HAPPENED BEFORE,
TERRORISTS INFILTRATING
ISRAEL.
THAT'S WHY THESE RESERVE
RESERVISTS ARE TRAINING IN
NORTHERN ISRAEL, TO
PREVENT SUCH AN ATTACK.
WE ARE TRAINING FOR A
NUMBER OF SCENARIOS,
SCENARIOS WHERE THEY ARE
COMING FROM THE SEA, AIR,
AND LAND.
Chris: THIS RESERVE
COLONEL, A HOMEFRONT
COMMANDER, IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE WESTERN GALILEE,
AN AREA WITH A POPULATION
OF 600,000.
[SPEAKING A FOREIGN
LANGUAGE]
Through Translator:
WE ARE TRAINING THE
AUTHORITIES FOR EMERGENCY
SIGNATURESITUATIONS, DANGEROUS
EVENTS, EVENTS WHERE
MISSILES FALL FROM LEBANON
AND SYRIA.
Chris: AND IN
NORTHERN ISRAEL, THAT'S
THE LEBANESE-BASED
HEZBOLLAH.
HEZBOLLAH IS VASTLY
MORE POWERFUL IN TERMS OF
ITS CORE MILITARY
CAPABILITY, ITS MISSILES
AND GROUND FORCES, THAN
ANY OF THE OTHER MALITIAS
THAT ALSO WITCH ISRAEL
HARM.
Chris: 10 YEARS AGO,
HEZBOLLAH CROSSED THE
BORDER, ATTACKING AND
KILLING 10 ISRAELI
SOLDIERS, AND HOLDING THE
THE BODIES OF TWO OF THEM
HOSTAGE FOR YEARS.
THE INCIDENT SPARKED A WAR
LASTING 34 DAYS.
MIDDLE EAST EXPERT
JONATHAN SPIRE FOUGHT IN A
TANK UNIT.
AND HE TOLD CBN NEWS THAT
ISRAEL WASN'T PREPARED.
MANY OF THE UNITS WENT
INTO THE WAR NOT
ADEQUATELY TRAINED,
BECAUSE THEY WERE VERY
BUSY FIGHTING THAT
INSURGENTINSURGENCY IN HEZBOLLAH.
Chris:
Chris: HEZBOLLAH
FIRED ROCKETS AT A RATE OF
MORE THAN 100 PER DAY.
SINCE THEN, THE SITUATION
HAS WORSENED.
A REFORTIFIED HEZBOLLAH
APPEARS STRONGER THAN EVER
AND STILL WANTS TO FINISH
OFF ISRAEL.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
OVER 100,000 MISSILES THAT
THEY HAVE IN SOUTHERN
LEBANON READY TO BE
LAUNCHED INTO ISRAEL.
WE ESTIMATE THAT AT ANY
TIME IN THE FUTURE, 1500
MISSILES A DAY WILL BE
LAUNCHED INTO ISRAEL.
THAT'S A REAL THREAT.
Chris: THIS RETIRED
COLONEL SAYS HEZBOLLAH
KNOWISRAEL KNOWSTHE MISSION LOCATIONS, BUT
THEY WILL FACE CHALLENGES
IN ATTACKING HEZBOLLAH.
THEY BUILT THEIR
TUNNELS AND BUNKERS UNDER
HOSPITALS, UNDER U.N.
POSITIONS, UNDER SCHOOLS,
BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHEN
THEY COME, THE GAME IS
OVER.
THAT'S WHY THEY USE THE
LIFE OF THEIR PEOPLE AS A
TOOL IN THEIR STRUGGLE
AGAINST ISRAEL.
Chris: MARONE SAYS
HEZBOLLAH HAS OBTAINED
LONGER-RANGE MISSILES THAT
CAN REACH ALL OF ISRAEL.
AND THEIR NUMBERS HAVE
GROWN FROM 7,000
TERRORISTS TO MORE THAN
40,000.
AND THEY'RE GAINING
EXPERIENCE IN COMBAT THAT
THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT
BEFORE, FIGHTING IN URBAN
SETTINGS AND THINGS THEY
HAVE NOT DONE BEFORE.
Chris: HE TOLD CBN
NEWS THAT ALTHOUGH
HEZBOLLAH IS STRONGER, IT
IS DISTRACTED BY THE WAR
IN SYRIA.
THE THING ABOUT
HEZBOLLAH IS THEY ARE VERY
BOGGED DOWN IN A VERY
DIFFERENT WAR, THAT IS THE
WAR TO PROTECT BASHAR
al-ASSAD REGIME IN SYRIA
SYRIA.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS FOR AS
LONG AS THE SYRIAN WAR
CONTINUES, IT WILL NOT BE
ABLE TO AFFORD THE LUXURY
OF FIGHTING AGAINST I'M.
Chris: FORTUNATELY,
ISRAEL IS ALSO BETTER
PREPARED.
ISRAEL IS BETTER
PREPARED BECAUSE THE ARMY
UNDERWENT A CHANGE OF
FOCUS.
UNDERSTANDING THAT
HEZBOLLAH IS AN ENEMY OF A
DIFFERENT NATURE, AND THAT
HEZBOLLAH IS THE MAIN
GROUND THREAT TODAY.
AND IT REQUIRES AN ARMY
EFFECTIVE AND ABLE TO
RESPOND.
Chris: AND AS LONG AS
HEZBOLLAH IS NOT FIGHTING
IN ANY REGIONAL CONFLICTS,
ISRAEL WILL BE PREPARED TO
TAKE ON ANY INVADERS.
CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN NEWS.
Pat: THAT ANNIVERSARY
OF THE INVASION, WENDY AND
I HAPPENED TO BE WITH A
CBN TEAM THAT WAS OVER
THERE IN THE NORTHERN PART
OF ISRAEL.
DO YOU REMEMBER?
Wendy: DO YOU
REMEMBER THAT DAY, WHEN WE
WERE UP ON THIS LITTLE
ROOFTOP, AND THEY WERE
FOLLOWING ALL AROUND.
AND YOU WERE GETTING READY
TO DO A LIVE SHOT WITH FOX
NEWS.
BUT WE COULD HEAR THE
MATUSHA RACE OVER OUR HEAD
AT THE SAME TIME THE SIREN
WAS GOING OFF.
WE HAD TO RUN DOWN INTO
THE BUNKER, THE BOMB
SHELTER.
Pat: I HAD ON A WHITE
LEISURE SUIT, AND I WAS UP
ON THIS ROOFTOP, STANDING
UON SOME KIND OF BUCKET,
DOING AN INTERVIEW WITH
FOX NEWS --
Wendy: AND THE
ROCKETS ARE GOING OVER
YOUR HEAD.
THANK THE LORD WE HAD
ANGELS AROUND US.
Pat: THE FOX NEWS
SAID, WHAT DO YOU WANT,
AND I SAID I WANT TO GET
OUT OF HERE AS SOON AS I
CAN.
IT WAS SO STUPID.
WE WERE WEARING THOSE
STUPID BUCKET HATS.
Wendy: IT WAS
EXCITING.
COME ON, IT WAS REALLY
EXCITING.
Pat: I LOVE IT.
I LOVE THE SMELL OF COMING
CLOSE TO BATTLE.
Wendy: AND CHRIS
MITCHELL AND I -- I THINK
THAT LITTLE TOWN ON THE
BORDER IS CALLED METULLA.
AND THE ONLY PEOPLE IN
THAT TOWN AT THAT TIME
WERE SOLDIERS AND
REPORTERS.
BECAUSE NOBODY ELSE --
EVERYBODY ELSE FLED.
THEY WERE SO CLOSE TO THE
BORDER, THE KATUSHAS WERE
GOING OVER THE TOWN.
WE WERE SITTING THERE
HAVING LUNCH, CUTTING OUR
STEAK, AND WE COULD HEAR
THE MACHINE GUNFIRE.
THAT'S HOW CLOSE WE WERE
TO THE BORDER.
Pat: I HATE TO SAY IT
WAS FUN, BUT TO ME IT WAS
FUN.
Wendy: IT WAS FUN
BECAUSE WE'RE REPORTERS AT
HEART.
WE LIKE TO GO WHERE
EVERYONE ELSE IS FLEEING.
SOME PEOPLE ARE MADE LIKE
THAT.
Pat: WE TELL IT LIKE
IT IS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN
THERE.
THAT MAKES A HUGE
DIFFERENCE.
ANYHOW, ISRAEL IS FACING A
MUCH MORE POTENT ADVERSARY
THAN THEY HAVE IN THE
PAST.
THE NEXT TIME IT IS NOT
GOING TO BE HEZBOLLAH.
IT IS GOING TO BE IRAN.
AND IRAN WANTS TO DESTROY
THEM.
> WE'VE GOT A MARVELOUS
TESTIMONY WENDY IS GOING
TO TELL US ABOUT.
Wendy: A YOUNG
WRESTLER SUFFERS A HEAD
INJURY FOLLOWED BY SIX
MONTHS OF HURT.
IT HURTS BECAUSE YOU
HURT WHEN YOUR KIDS HURT.
YOU JUST WANT TO TAKE AWAY
THE PAIN.
Wendy: WATCH THIS
ATHLETE RECEIVE A SUPER
NATURAL HEALING IN AN
INSTANT, WHEN WE COME
BACK.
Wendy: PATRICK
McGEE WAS HIT ON THE
BRIDGE OF HIS NOSE DURING
A WRESTLING MATCH.
MONTHS OF PAINFUL
MIGRAINES FOLLOWED.
PATRICK COULDN'T GO TO
SCHOOL OR PARTICIPATE IN
ANY SPORTS UNTIL THE THE
DAY HE WAS INSTANTLY
HEALED, RIGHT IN HIS OWN
HOME.
Reporter: IN 2013,
PATRICK McGEE RECEIVED A
HEAD INJURY WHILE
PARTICIPATING IN A
WRESTLING MATCH.
A FEW WEEKS AFTER HIS
INJURY, HE STARTED HAVING
CHRONIC HEADACHES.
IT WAS CONSTANT PAIN.
I ONLY GOT RELIEF WHEN I
SLEPT.
I COULDN'T FOCUS ON A
WHOLE LOT.
WHEN YOU ASKED HIM WHAT
HIS PAIN LEVEL WAS, IT
WAS, YOU KNOW, AROUND AN
EIGHT ALL OF THE TIME.
IT WAS SO HARD BECAUSE YOU
HURT WHEN YOUR KIDS HURT.
AND YOU JUST WANT TO TAKE
AWAY THE PAIN.
Reporter: PATRICK SAW
SEVERAL SPECIALISTS AND
UNDERWENT SURGERY TO
CORRECT A SEVERE DEVIATED
SEPTUM, BUT IT DIDN'T
RELIEVE HIM OF HIS
SYMPTOMS.
EVENTUALLY THE HEADACHES
PREVENTED PATRICK FROM
ATTENDING SCHOOL.
I HAD TO DO ONLINE
SCHOOLING AND I WAS AWAY
FROM MY FRIENDS.
I COULDN'T DO ANY SPORTS,
WHICH WAS A BIG PART FOR
ME.
Reporter: ALTHOUGH
THE DOCTORS COULD NOT
PROVIDE ANSWERS OR RELIEF,
PATRICK AND HIS FAMILY
KNEW WHERE TO TURN.
WE PRAYED ALL OF THE
TIME.
WE TRUSTED THAT GOD WOULD
HEAL HIM.
WE DIDN'T GIVE UP ON THAT.
EVEN WHEN HE WAS CRYING
ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS.
I JUST HAD TO HAVE
FAITH IT WOULD END, NO
MATTER HOW LONG.
Reporter: ON JUNE 11,
2014, SIX MONTHS AFTER HIS
INJURY, PATRICK HEARD
SOMETHING ON TELEVISION
THAT CAUGHT HIS ATTENTION.
SINCE HE WAS HOME, WE
OFTEN WATCHED "THE 700
CLUB" TOGETHER IN THE
MORNINGS.
AND I SAW PAT ROBERTSON
ON THE TV, AND THE FIRST
THING I HEARD HIM SAY WAS
HE WAS GOING TO PRAY AND
HE WAS GOING TO REACH OUT
FOR PEOPLE WITH
SPORTS-RELATED INJURIES.
SO THAT CAUGHT MY
ATTENTION IMMEDIATELY.
SO HE STARTED PRAYING, AND
I CLOSED MY EYES.
AND I PRAYED WITH HIM.
Pat: SOMEBODY GOT
HIT, LIKE ON THE BRIDGE OF
YOUR NOSE OR IN YOUR
FOREHEAD.
RIGHT NOW TOUCH IT AND THE
PAIN WILL LEAVE.
AND WHATEVER IS THERE WILL
BE NORMAL.
IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
AND HE SAID, BY THE
POWER OF JESUS CHRIST AND
THE HOLY SPIRIT, LET THESE
PEOPLE BE HEALED.
AND I GOT THE TINGLE DOWN
MY SPINE AND I INSTANTLY
DID NOT FEEL ANY PAIN
ANYMORE.
IT WAS DEFINITELY THE
GREATEST EXPERIENCE EVER,
THAT I FELT.
AND IT WAS AMAZING.
JUST THE FACT THAT IT
JUST HAPPENED, JUST LIKE
THAT, SO WE KNEW THAT IT
WAS AN INSTANT HEALING,
THAT GOD DECIDED, I'M
GOING TO DO THAT THIS TIME
FOR YOU.
Reporter: SINCE THAT
DAY, PATRICK'S HEADACHES
HAVE COMPLETELY
DISAPPEARED.
HE IS BACK IN SCHOOL AND
HAS EVEN REJOINED THE
WRESTLING TEAM.
I KNOW GOD HEARS ALL OF
OUR PRAYERS.
BUT IT WAS, LIKE, WE
REALLY GOT TO EXPERIENCE
ONE OF THOSE TRULY AWESOME
GOD MOMENTS, WHERE HE
REALLY DOES JUST LET YOU
KNOW, I HEAR YOU AND I'M
HERE AND I CARE AND I LOVE
YOU.
IT IS REALLY MY
FAVORITE STORY TO TELL.
I THINK THAT GOD USED ME
SO I CAN TELL MY STORY TO
PEOPLE, AND OTHER PEOPLE
CAN STRENGTHEN THEIR
FAITH.
Wendy: AMEN.
NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
THAT WAS A TRUE MIRACLE.
THAT WAS A VERY CLEAR WORD
OF KNOWLEDGE, VERY
SPECIFIC TO HIS NEED.
Pat: AN INJURY TO HIS
FOREHEAD.
> RAMONA, WHO LIVES INED
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA,
STRUGGLED WITH BACK PAIN
FOR 15 YEARS.
SHE SAW MANY DOCTORS, BUT
NOTHING HELPED.
ONE DAY SHE WAS WATCHING
THIS PROGRAM, AND SHE
HEARD WENDY SAY SOMEBODY
WITH NERVE DAMAGE, JUST
PUT YOUR HAND ON WHEREVER
IT IS, AND GOD IS HEALING
YOUR BODY.
AND I HAD A WORD IT MAY BE
IN THE SMALL OF YOUR BACK,
AND GOD HAS JUST HEALED
YOU.
RAMONA WAS INSTANTLY
HEALED OF ALL OF THE PAIN
SHE HAD FOR 15 YEARS.
Wendy: HERE IS ONE,
TOO, BARBARA FROM
YONCOLLO, CALIFORNIA, SHE
BEGAN HAVING RINGING IN
HER EARS IN 1996.
IT WOULD EVEN WAKE HER UP
AT NIGHT.
HER DOCTORS SAID NOTHING
COULD STOP IT.
LAST JUNE BARBARA RECORDED
"THE 700 CLUB," AND WAS
WATCHING IT THAT NIGHT,
AND PAT, YOU HAD A WORD OF
KNOWLEDGE SAYING THAT
SOMEBODY HAS TINNITIS,
RINGING IN YOUR EAR, THAT
HAS JUST BEEN HEALED.
BARBARA CLAIMED THAT, AND
SHE WENT TO BED, AND SHE
SAID THE NEXT MORNING SHE
HAD NO RINGING AND HASN'T
HAD A PROBLEM EVER SINCE.
Pat: JESUS IS GOD
ALMIGHTY.
IF TWO OF YOU WILL AGREE,
TOUCHING ANYTHING, IT WILL
BE DONE FOR YOU BY MY
FATHER, WHICH IS IN
HEAVEN.
WE'RE GOING TO JOIN HANDS
AND BELIEVE GOD.
FATHER, IN JESUS' NAME, I
JOIN WITH MY SISTER IN
CHRIST.
WE JOIN TOGETHER AND
BELIEVE GOD.
Wendy: THANK YOU,
LORD.
Pat: YOU'VE GOT
TERRIBLE NAUSEA -- IT IS
NOT MORNING SICKNESS, BUT,
BOY, YOU'RE SO SICK.
YOU'RE SAYING, OH, GOD
TOUCH ME.
RIGHT NOW GOD IS TOUCHING
YOU AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE
COMPLETELY WHOLE.
Wendy: I SEE A LADY
IN FRONT OF YOUR TV, ON
YOUR KNEES, AND YOU HAVE
BEEN SUFFERING MIGRAINES
FOR MORE YEARS THAN YOU
CAN REMEMBER.
AND YOU ARE JUST SO READY
TO BE HEALED.
GOD IS SAYING THIS IS YOUR
DAY.
RECEIVE IT.
RECEIVE IT IN JESUS' NAME.
THANK YOU.
Pat: SOMEBODY HAS AN
ABSCESS IN YOUR EAR, AND
IT HAS BEEN DRAINING RIGHT
NOW.
AND THE THING JUST POPPED.
IT IS DRAINING AND YOU'RE
GOING TO BE COMPLETELY
HEALED IN JESUS' NAME.
FATHER, ALL OVER THIS
AUDIENCE THERE ARE PEOPLE
WITH ARTHRITIS, PEOPLE
WITH BURSITIS, PEOPLE
SUFFERING JOINT DAMAGE,
CARTILAGE DAMAGE, KNEE
PROBLEMS -- IN THE NAME OF
JESUS, MAY YOUR WHOLE BODY
BE MADE COMPLETELY WELL IN
THE NAME OF JESUS.
THANK YOU, LORD.
AMEN.
AND AMEN.
Wendy: AMEN.
Pat: GIVE US A CALL
WHEN THE LORD HAS DONE
SOMETHING FOR YOU.
AND WE LOVE YOUR PRAYER
REQUESTS.
WE GET THOUSANDS AND
THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS.
OVER THE YEARS -- I'VE
LOST COUNT -- I DON'T KNOW
WHAT IT IS, BUT IT IS WELL
OVER 100 MILLION PRAYER
REQUESTS WE HAVE HAD OVER
THE YEARS.
AND IT IS JUST A THRILL TO
SEE THE ANSWERS THAT GOD
GIVES TO PRAYER.
BY ALL MEANS, CALL IN.
IT IS A TOLL-FREE NUMBER.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PICK
UP THE PHONE.
THERE IS SOMEBODY ON THE
OTHER HAND WHO LOVES YOU.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LAUGH
AT YOU.
THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, LET
ME PRAY WITH YOU, AND IT
WILL BE THEIR PRIVILEGE.
1-800-759-0700.
Wendy: AND JUST
BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN
SUFFERING WITH SOMETHING
FOR YEARS, LIKE 15 YEARS
OR 20 YEARS, GOD HAS AN
APPOINTED TIME FOR YOUR
HEALING, SO DON'T GIVE UP.
WE BELIEVE IN PREVAILING
PRAYER.
> STILL AHEAD, MEET TWO
EMMY AWARD-WINNING
FILM-MAKERS.
IT NOW APPEARS ON YOUR
NAME FOREVER.
I THINK THE BIGGEST THING
IT DOES IS OPEN DOORS.
WINNING AN EMMY, I FEEL
LIKE I CAN INSPIRE
FILM-MAKERS WHO WOULD LIKE
TO DO THE SAME.
Wendy: HEAR HOW
REGENT UNIVERSITY
EMPOWERED THEIR SUCCESS.
THAT'S LATER ON TODAY'S
"700 CLUB."
Efrem: WELCOME BACK
TO WASHINGTON FOR THIS CBN
NEWSBREAK.
THE FAMILY OF THE
10-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO DIED
THIS WEEK RIDING THE
TALLEST WATER SLIDE, WANTS
THE WORLD TO KNOW THEIR
SON WAS A CHRISTIAN WHO
BELIEVES IN JESUS.
CALEB WAS EJECTED FROM HIS
SEAT ON A RIDE THAT DROPS
PEOPLE DOWN AT 65 MILES
PER HOUR.
A FULL INVESTIGATION HAS
BEEN LAUNCHED TO FIND OUT
WHY HE WAS THROWN FROM THE
RAFT.
THIRHIS PARENTS SAY THEY TAKE
COMFORT IN KNOWING THAT
KALE LECALEB IS NOW WITH THE
LORD.
> A SCHOOL DISTRICT AND
NORTH CAROLINA IS ORDERING
PRINCIPALS AND COUNSELLORS
TO USE GENDER NEUTRAL
PRONOUNCE FOR THEIR
STUDENTS.
THE SCHOOL HAS OVER
135,000 STUDENTS.
THE RECENT POLICY SAYS
PRINCIPALS AND COUNSELLORS
SHOULD NOT REFER TO KIDS
AS BOYS AND GIRLS, BUT AS
COUNSELLORS AND STUDENTS.
THE ISSUE HERE IS A
RADICAL POLITICAL AGENDA,
AND THE CEILING HAS BECOME
THE FLOOR.
AT FIRST IT WAS
ACCEPTANCE, AND THEN IT
BECAME PRECIOUS, AN APPRECIATION AND
THEN CELEBRATION, AND NOW
FORCED PARTICIPATE.
TAMMY SAYS SCHOOL IS NO
LONGER ABOUT READING,
WRITING, AND ARITHMATIC.
IT IS NOW ABOUT GENDER
FLUIDITY.
> YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE
LATEST FROM CBN NEWS BY
GOING TO OUR WEBSITE AT
cbnnews.com.
PAT AND WENDY WILL BE BACK
WITH MORE OF "THE 700
CLUB" RIGHT AFTER THIS.
Pat: WHAT DO MARRIED
COUPLES ARGUE ABOUT?
I DON'T ARGUE WITH MY
WIFE.
I SAY WHATEVER MAKES YOU
HAPPY, DEAR, AND YOU DO
WHATEVER THEY WANT.
BUT THIS PROBLEM WAS TRUE
FOR PETE AND SARAH.
THEY WERE BEHIND ON THEIR
BILLS.
PETE WAS BETWEEN JOBS.
SARAH KNEW HOW TO FIX
THEIR FINANCES, BUT PETE
WAS TOO HARD-HEADED TO
LISTEN.
Reporter: PETE
ARCINIAGA IS MOST AT HOME
IN THE RING.
HE HAS BEEN COACHING FOR
OVER 20 YEARS, AND TRAINS
THE NEXT GENERATION OF
FIGHTERS AT HIS GYM.
I BOX FOR THE MARINE
TEAM AND I COACH THE
MARINE CORPS BOXING TEAM.
Reporter: THEY WERE
HAVING CLASHES ABOUT
MONEY.
THE ARGUMENTS ESCALATED
WHEN SARAH WANTED TO START
TITHING TO THEIR CHURCH.
I GUESS IT WAS A
CONVICTION I WAS FEELING,
WE HAVE TO GIVE TO THE
CHURCH.
Reporter: THE COUPLE
WAS STRUGGLING JUST TO PAY
THE BILLS, AND PETE WAS
CONFLICTED ABOUT WHAT TO
DO.
I WRESTLED WITH A LOT
OF WHAT I KNEW WAS
RIGHT -- SHE WAS RIGHT,
LET'S TITHE -- AND I
WASN'T THERE, AND SHE WAS.
I THINK GOD WAS TRAIG TO TRYING TO
USE HER TO GET ME TO THAT
POINT.
Reporter: HE WAS LET
GO FROM HIS JOB IN 1997.
WE WERE BEHIND IN OUR
HOUSE PAYMENTS.
WE WERE HAVING NOTICES ON
OUR DOOR ABOUT THE
ELECTRICITY.
THERE WAS A LOT OF WORRY
THERE.
Reporter: IT WAS
THEIR CHURCH WHO CAME
THROUGH WITH FINANCIAL
GIFTS TO HELP THE COUPLE
THROUGH THAT DIFFICULT
TIME.
AT THAT POINT I
REALIZED, YOU KNOW WHAT,
THERE ARE GOD PEOPLE OUT
THERE.
WE NEED TO START BEING THE
SAME WAY.
Reporter: SO WHEN
PETE LANDED A NEW JOB THE
AN AEROSPACE MANUFACTURING
PLANT, HE AGREED TO START
TITHING, AS LONG AS THEY
HAD THE EXTRA MONEY.
I WAS STILL TRYING TO
BE IN CHARGE OF THINGS.
I WASN'T READY TO LET GO
OF EVERYTHING, ESPECIALLY
MONEY, BECAUSE WE WERE
RUMPG.
Reporter: THEN IN
2011, A FRIEND GAVE PETE A
TRIP TO ISRAEL.
HE SAYS WHILE WALKING IN
THE FOOTSTEPS OF JESUS,
THE LORD SPOKE TO HIS
MIND.
YOU GO BACK HOME AND
YOU START GIVING TO ME AND
PUTTING ME FIRST, PERIOD.
AND THAT DID IT.
THAT DID IT.
I MEAN IT WAS THAT SIMPLE.
Reporter: ONCE PETE
AND SARAH STARTED TITHING
FAITHFULLY AND
CONSISTENTLY, THEIR
FINANCES TURNED AROUND.
BECAUSE WHAT SHE WAS
SAYING WAS TRUE, GOD
ALWAYS DOES IT, SOMEHOW,
SOME WAY.
WE'RE IN GOOD STANDING.
I LOOK AT MY CREDIT NOW,
AND IT IS IN GOOD STANDING
EVERYWHERE.
THERE IS NO MORE ARGUE
BE ABOUT THE MONEY.
AND THAT WAS OUR BIGGEST
ARGUMENT.
Reporter: AND SINCE
THEN, THEY ALSO HAVE
BECOME CBN PARTNERS.
WHEN I SAW CBN, I SAID
MAN, THIS IS SO COOL.
THEY HELP EVERYBODY.
EVERY KIND OF MINISTRY,
WHETHER IT IS HERE IN THE
UNITED STATES OR OUTSIDE
IN A DIFFERENT PART OF THE
WORLD.
Reporter: NOW PETE
AND SARAH HAVE PEACE IN
THEIR RELATIONSHIP.
WE'RE BEST FRIENDS.
WE HANG OUT AT THE GYM
TOGETHER.
WE'RE TIGHT.
WE'RE TIGHT.
IT'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
HUGE, FROM WHERE WE WERE.
WE'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND
THAT THE LORD IS THE ONE
WITH THE BANK ACCOUNT.
HE DOESN'T NEED OUR MONEY.
WE NEED HIM.
HE JUST WANTS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SEE OUR
HEART.
AND IF WE BLESS HIM, HE'S
GOING TO DO WHAT ANY GOOD
FATHER WOULD DO, HE
BLESSES HIS CHILD BACK.
Pat: MAN, HE'S GOT
IT.
PETE HAS GOT IT.
JESUS SAID IT VERY
CLEARLY.
HE SAID, GIVE AND IT WILL
BE GIVEN UNTO YOU, PRESSED
DOWN, GOOD MEASURE,
RUNNING OVER, HEAPING INTO
YOUR BOSOM -- THAT'S A
WHOLE BUNCH OF
SUPERLATIVES STACKED ON
EACH OTHER.
IT WAS SAID BY JESUS, GIVE
AND IT WILL BE GIVEN.
AS YOU GIVE, IT OPENS UP
FLOODGATES FOR YOU.
IT IS LIKE THE DOORS CLOSE
AND YOU'RE OPENING THE
DOORS, AND AS YOU GIVE OUT
TO OTHERS, THE LORD WILL
GIVE BACK TO YOU.
HE SAID, HE THAT GIVES TO
THE POOR LENDS TO THE
LORD.
IT IS KIND OF NICE.
WE'RE HELPING PEOPLE ALL
AROUND THE WORLD, AND
WE'RE ASKING YOU TO HELP
US HELP THEM.
SO WE HAVE A LITTLE GIFT
WE WANT TO GIVE YOU.
IT'S CALLED "VICTORY
THROUGH LIFE'S STORMS."
AS YOU JOIN "THE 700
CLUB," IT IS JUST 65 CENTS
A DAY.
YOU CAN'T GET A CUP OF
ANYTHING, YOU CAN'T GET A
CAN OF SODA POP, OR
ANYTHING ELSE, FOR THAT
KIND OF MONEY.
65 CENTS A DAY, AND YOU
CAN CHANGE THE WORLD.
$20 A MONTH, AND YOU
BECOME A MEMBER.
I WANT TO SEND YOU
"VICTORY THROUGH LIFE'S
STORMS."
AND YOU HAVE A
TESTIMONY --
Wendy: NICK AND NANCY
OF SPOKAN VALLEY,
WASHINGTON -- NICK SAID,
MY WIFE IS GOING THROUGH
HER THIRD BOUT OF CANCER
AND OUR THREE DAUGHTERS
HAVE HAD CANCER.
GOD IS FAITHFUL, AND ALL
FOUR ARE SURVIVORS.
AND "VICTORY THROUGH
LIFE'S STORMS" WAS VERY
TIMELY FOR ALL OF US.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
Pat: WE ALL HAVE
THEM.
PAUL SAID, THOSE WHO LIVE
GODLY IN CHRIST WILL
SUFFER MANY PRESSURES.
IF YOU LIVE FOR THE LORD,
THERE WILL BE PRESSURES.
THE LORD DIDN'T TELL YOU
YOU'LL HAVE AN EASY TIME.
THERE WILL BE PRESSURES,
BUT WITH THE PRESSURES,
HE'LL ALSO MAKE A WAY OF
ESCAPE THAT YOU MAY BE
ABLE TO BEAR THEM.
WENDY?
Wendy: COMING UP,
WE'RE GOING TO "BRING IT
ON".
MICHAEL SAYS, "MY WIFE AND
I STARTED TO WATCH YOUR
SHOW DAILY, AND WE FIND IT
ENLIGHTENING, BUT ARE
FINDING THE BIBLE
DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND.
SHOULDN'T WE JUST FOLLOW
THE 10 COMMANDMENTS TO
LIVE A GOOD LIFE?"
STAY TUNED FOR PAT'S
ANSWER RIGHT AFTER THIS.
Pat: I'M REALLY
PLEASED WITH REGENT
UNIVERSITY.
I HAPPEN TO BE THE
CHANCELLOR OF THAT AUGUSTA
INSTITUTION.
AND WE'RE COMING UP OVER
9,000 STUDENTS, ON THE WAY
TO 10,00,000 STUDENTS.
IT IS PROBABLY, FROM WHAT
WE CAN GATHER, THE FASTEST
GROWING UNIVERSITY IN
AMERICA.
IT IS QUALITY.
AND I'M THRILLED TO SEE
THE QUALITY THAT IS THERE.
THE GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN
GOVERNMENT, GRADUATE
PROGRAMS IN ORGANIZATIONAL
LEADERSHIP, GRADUATE
PROGRAMS IN MINISTRY, AND
GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN
THEATER AND FILM.
NOW, OUR STUDENTS, THE
STUDENTS AT REGENT, DID A
FILM CALLED "TORRANCE" AND
IT IS A ROMANTIC COMEDY
WITH A TWIST.
COMEDY IS THE TOUGHEST ART
FORM THERE IS.
AND THIS FILM WON AN EMMY
AT THE 37th COLLEGE
AWARDS.
AND I SALUTE THE PRODUCERS
THEREOF.
Reporter: THIS PAST
MAY REGENT UNIVERSITY
GRADUATES AND FILM-MAKERS
JUSTIN AND RAFAEL BECAME
PART OF AN EXCLUSIVE
GROUP.
BOTH TOOK HOME AN EMMY AT
THIS YEAR'S COLLEGE
TELEVISION AWARDS.
HI, YOU MUST BE GLEN.
HI.
TO WIN AN AWARD LIKE
THE EMMY, THAT'S A HUGE
HONOR.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHY YOU DO
IT.
YOU CAN'T AIM FOR TRYING
TO GET AN AWARD.
IT IS REALLY ABOUT TRYING
TO GET SOMEBODY TO LAUGH.
WINNING AN EMMY, I FEEL
LIKE I CAN INSPIRE FOLKS
AND FILM-MAKERS WHO WOULD
LIKE TO DO THE SAME.
IT WAS GREAT AND IT WAS SO
SURREAL.
IT HAPPENED SO FAST.
YOU COULD SEE EVERYONE
CLAPPING FOR YOU AND
SUPPORTING YOU.
Reporter: RATELLE
PRODUCED THE FILM AS PART
OF HER THESIS IN 2015.
I CHOSE THE POWER OF
COMEDY BECAUSE FOR ME,
LAUGHTER IS SO UPLIFTING.
IT BRINGS YOU OUT OF AN
AREA MAYBE WHERE YOU WERE
TOO SERIOUS OR TENSE OR
DOWN.
Reporter: JUSTIN
EARNED HIS BACHELOR'S IN
ANIMATION IN 2015.
HE PUT A UNIQUE TWIST ON
ROMANCE.
I DON'T WANT TO JUST
HAVE TWO PEOPLE IN LOVE.
I COME FROM A BACK GRUND
IN ANIMATION, SO I LOOK
FOR WHAT I CALL A VISUAL
HOOK.
I SAID, WHY DON'T WE WORK
IN THAT TIGER SUIT
SOMEHOW.
WOULDN'T IT BE FUNNY IF
THAT GIRL WAS IN A TIGER
SUIT, ON A DATE WITH A
GUY.
Reporter: BOTH SAY
THEIR INTEREST IN MAKING
MOVIES STARTED AT AN EARLY
AGE.
THEY KNEW THE BEST PLACE
TO GAIN EXPERIENCE WAS AT
REGENT'S FILM SCHOOL.
THEY PROVIDE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU TO
MEET FOLKS OF THE
INDUSTRY, BOTH CHRISTIAN
AND SECULAR.
AND REGENT FILM INSTITUTE
ALLOWS FOR YOU TO LEARN
EVERY ASPECTCH WHA ASPECT OF WHAT IT
TAKES TO BE IN THE FILM
INDUSTRY.
I TOOK CLASSES NOT ONLY
IN ANIMATION, BUT I GOT TO
EXPERIENCE SOME OF THE
CLASSES ON THE TV SIDE AND
FILM SIDE.
Reporter: MORE
IMPORTANTLY, THEY KNEW
REGENT WAS FOUNDEDED ON FOUNDED ON
SOLID CHRISTIAN
PRINCIPLES.
THE SUPPORT FROM THE
REGENT FAITH-BASED
EDUCATION IS HUGE.
THEY WANT TO ENCOURAGE
PEOPLE TO FULFILL NOT ONLY
THEIR DREAMS, BUT THEIR
PURPOSE THAT GOD HAS
PLACED ON THEIR LIVES.
Reporter: IT WAS THAT
SUPPORT AND INSPIRATION
THAT HELPED THEM GET THEIR
AWARD-WINNING FILM
"TORRANCE," FROM SCRIPT TO
XEN PLAY.
SCREENPLAY.
I THINK THE BIGGEST
THING IT DOES IS OPEN
DOORS.
I WOULD SAY THAT IF
ANYONE HAS ANY OPPORTUNITY
TO PUT FORTH A FILM THAT
CAN WIN AN EMMY, BUT NOT
TO EXPECT THAT.
I WOULD SAY TRY THE BEST
YOU CAN AND AIM HIGH.
Reporter: SINCE
RECEIVING THEIR DEGREES,
RATTELLE STARTED HER OWN
PRODUCTION COMPANY.
JUSTIN WORKED FOR A YEAR
FOR CBN'S ANIMATED SERIES
"SUPERBOOK," BEFORE GOING
FULL-TIME WITH HIS
PRODUCTION COMPANY.
THEY SAY BECAUSE OF
REGENT, THEY ARE NOW
EMPOWERED TO FORGE A
UNIQUE PATH IN FILM AND
ANIMATION.
I THINK IF YOU CAN
CONVEY A STRONG MESSAGE
THAT THE HUMAN SPIRIT CAN
FIND IN THEMSELVES, THAT
THEY CAN BELIEVE IN
THEMSELVES, ABSOLUTELY.
I WOULD DEFINITELY WANT TO
CREATE A FILM THAT WOULD
INSPIRE PEOPLE.
Pat: IT'S A GORGEOUS
SCHOOL.
IT IS THE HIGHEST QUALITY
SCHOOL.
IT IS FILLED WITH PEOPLE
WHO JUST LOVE THE LORD.
AND YOU CAN BE PART OF IT.
THE TELEPHONE NUMBER:
1-800-210-0060.
OR YOU CAN LOG ON TO
REGENT.EDU.
AND WE'VE GOT OVER 100
DIFFERENT DEGREE PROGRAMS
AND IT'S EXCITING.
Wendy: I WENT TO ONE
OF THE AWARDS BANQUETS
THEY HAD, WHERE THEY
SHOWED THAT SHORT FILM,
AND IF I REMEMBER
CORRECTLY, SHE DRESSED IN
THE TIGER SUITS TO GO OUT
ON DATES BECAUSE SHE
WANTED THE GUY TO GET TO
KNOW HER PERSONALITY.
I THINK THAT WAS THE
TWIST.
YOU DON'T SEE MANY
ROMANTIC COMEDIES LIKE
THAT.
MAYBE I SHOULD TRY THAT,
WEAR A TIGER SUIT.
Pat: IT WAS FUNNY.
COMEDY IS SO TOUGH.
IT IS REALLY HARD, AND
THEY PULLED IT OFF.
> OKAY, WE'VE GOT SOME
QUESTIONS.
Wendy: MICHAEL
WRITES, "MY WIFE AND I
HAVE STARTED TO WATCH YOUR
SHOW DAILY.
WE FIND IT ENLIGHTENING,
BUT WE'RE TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE AND
ARE FINDING THAT
DIFFICULT.
SHOULDN'T WE JUST FOLLOW
THE 10 COMMANDMENTS TO
GIVE A GOOD LIFE?"
Pat: MY DEAR FRIEND,
YOU CAN'T JUST FOLLOW THE
10 COMMANDMENTS BECAUSE
YOU'RE NATURE WON'T LET
YOU DO IT.
WE'RE SINNERS BY NATURE
AND YOU HAVE TO BE BORN
AGAIN.
JESUS SAID, HERE ARE THE
COMMANDMENTS, YOU LOVE ONE
ANOTHER AND YOU LOVE GOD
AND LOVE EACH OTHER.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME,
THERE ARE RULES IN THE
BIBLE THAT TEACH US GODLY
LIVING, GODLY PRINCIPLES.
AND IT'S WELL-WORTHWHILE
READING IT AND FOLLOWING
IT.
Wendy: LISA SAYS, "I
WAS RAISED IN A CHRISTIAN
HOME, ALWAYS BELIEVING,
PRAYING, AND THANKING GOD.
I HAVE SLIPPED SEVERAL
TIMES AND COMMITTED MANY
SINCSINS AS AN ADULT.
I AM TRYING TO STRENGTHEN
MY RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
LORD, BUT SOME DAYS I FEEL
LOST OR THAT I HAVE
WEAKENED MY HOLY SPIRIT.
PLEASE HELP."
Pat: THE BIBLE SAYS
OUR SINS HAVE SEPARATED US
FROM GOD.
AND SOMETIMES IT IS LIKE
THE SKY IS BRONZED ABOVE
US.
THE BIBLE SAYS, BREAK UP
YOUR FALLOW GROUND THAT
THE LORD MIGHT COME AND
REIGN RIGHTEOUSNESS ON
YOU.
COME BEFORE THE LORD AND
STOP PLAYING GAMES.
YOU'VE SINNED, ALL RIGHT.
SEX SINS, OKAY.
DRUNK SINS.
STEALING SINS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE
SINNEDED IN, BUT SIN IS
SIN.
COME BEFORE THE LORD.
YOU DIDN'T SIN OVERALL,
YOU SINNED INDIVIDUALLY,
SO CONFESS THEM
INDIVIDUALLY.
SAY I'M SINNED, FATHER,
FORGIVE ME AND CLEANSE ME
AND MAKE ME WHOLE.
AND WATCH WHAT HAPPENS.
IT WILL BE WONDERFUL FOR
YOU.
Wendy: PAT SAYS,
"WE'RE IN THE BIBLE DISIT
SAY UNBELIEVERS STAY IN
HELL FOREVER.
I CANNOT FIND IT IN GOD'S
WORDS THAT ALL UNBELIEVERS
WILL BE THERE FOREVER."
Pat: READ IT IN THE
BIBLE.
THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED.
THE WORM DOES NOT DIE.
IT IS HORRIBLE.
HANNA WAS THE PLACE OF
ETERNAL BURNING.
IT IS VERY CLEARLY IN THE
GOSPELS AND ALSO IN THE
BOOK OF REVELATION.
> I GUESS THAT'S ALL OF
THE TIME WE'VE GOT.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
Wendy: WELL, IT HAS
BEEN FUN.
IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE AS
ALWAYS.
GREAT ANSWERS.
Pat: WE LEAVE YOU
WITH TODAY'S POWER MINUTE
FROM PSALM 119: "GREAT
PEACE HAVE THOSE WHO LOVE
YOUR LAW AND NOTHING
CAUSES THEM TO STUMBLE."
TOMORROW, BEST-SELLING
AUTHOR AND SPEAKER LISA
TURKERS IS GOING TO JOIN
US LIVE.
WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO
THAT.
FOR WENDY AND ALL OF US,
THIS IS PAT ROBERTSON.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.
WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
BYE-BYE.