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The 700 Club - August 10, 2016

A wrestler gets slammed and is down for the count. Discover how he gets back in the game. Plus, a Regent grad inspires others with college Emmy win. Read Transcript


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.

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