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Christian World News - September 2, 2016

This week on Christian World News: The Muslim man loved to challenge Christians about their beliefs, until his own crisis of faith and a series of dreams changed everything. Now, he's facing a greater challenge than ever. Plus, Mel Gibson goes ... Read Transcript


Wendy: THIS WEEK ON

"CHRISTIAN WORLD NEWS,"

THIS MUSLIM MAN LOVED TO

CHALLENGE CHRISTIANS ABOUT

THEIR BELIEFS UNTIL HIS

OWN CRIE CRISIS OF FAITH AND A

SERIES OF DREAMS CHANGED

EVERYTHING.

NOW HE IS FACING A GREATER

CHALLENGE THAN EVER.

YOU KNOW, IT IS NOT

"THE PASSION TWO."

IT IS CALLED "THE

RESURRECTION."

Wendy: PLUS, MEL

GIBSON GOES ON RECORD

ABOUT A SEQUEL TO "THE

PASSION OF THE CHRIST."

> AND YOU'LL MEET A

HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR SAVED

BY THE OSCAR SCHINDLER.

> WELCOME TO "CHRISTIAN

WORLD NEWS," EVERYONE.

I'M WENDY GRIFFITH.

A RISING CHRISTIAN

EVANGELIST AND CONVERT

FROM ISLAM HAS ANNOUNCED

HE HAS ADVANCED STOMACH

CANCER.

WE FIRST TOLD YOU ABOUT

NABEEL QURESHI A FEW YEARS

AGO.

SINCE CHILDHOOD HE HAS

BEEN TAUGHT THAT ISLAM IS

A RELIGION OF PEACE AND HE

FERVENTLY BELIEVED THAT.

BUT WHEN HE WAS A FRESHMAN

IN COLLEGE, AN

EARTH-SHATTERING EVENT

SHATTERED HIS FAITH.

IT WAS REALLY SOMETHING

I HAD TO WRESTLE WITH

BECAUSE AT THIS POINT ALL

OF THE TALK ABOUT ISLAM

BEING A RELIGION OF PEACE

WAS BEING CONFRONTED WITH

A VERY VIVID VISUAL

PICTURE OF PEOPLE BEING

MURDERED IN THE NAME OF

ALLAH.

Reporter: SINCE

CHILDHOOD, NABEEL QURESHI

HAD BEEN A DEVOUT MUSLIM.

SHE WAS RAISED IN A LOVING

FAMILY WITH A PEACEFUL

SECT OF ISLAM.

IT WAS LOVE FOR ALL AND

HATRED FOR NONE.

GROWING UP, WAS TAUGHT TO

LOVE EVERYONE.

Reporter: NABEEL

PURSUED HIS FAITH WITH

RIGOR.

HE WAS DETERMINED TO PROVE

THAT ISLAM WAS THE ONLY

TRUE FAITH, ESPECIALLY TO

CHRISTIANS.

WHEN I CHALLENGED THEM

ON THE RELIABILITY OF THE

BIBLE OR THE DEITY OF

CHRIST OR THE CRUCIFIXION,

WHEN I CHALLENGED THEM ON

THE TRINITY, THEY WOULD

HAVE NO ANSWER.

AND THEY WOULD BEGIN A

VERY QUICK RETREAT INTO

THE REALM OF FAITH.

I JUST BELIEVE ON FAITH.

AND I'M THINKING, YOU'RE

USING THE WORD FAITH THE

WAY I USE THE WORD

IGNORANCE.

Reporter: THEN IN HIS

FRESHMAN YEAR OF COLLEGE,

HE SAW ANOTHER SIDE OF HIS

FAITH.

I HAVE TO ANSWER FOR

MYSELF, WHAT IS ISLAM

REALLY TREG I?

IS IT WHAT I HAD BEEN

TAUGHT?

I WAS SURE IT WAS WHAT I

WAS TAUGHT, IT WAS

PEACEFUL, BUT HOW DO I

EXPLAIN WHAT WAS ON THE

TV.

Reporter: HE MET

DAVID, AND LIKE NABEEL, HE

COULD DEFEND HIS FAITH.

HE GAVE ME REASONS TO

BELIEVE THAT THE BIBLE

HADN'T BE CHANGED, IT IS

THE INSPIRED WORD OF GOD.

AND THAT THE 56 BOOKS OF

BIBLE ARE WHAT SHOULD BE

IN THE BIBLE.

AND NO OTHER BOOKS SHOULD

BE IN THAT COLLECTION.

Reporter: DESPITE

THEIR DIFFERENCES, NABEEL

AND DAVID BECAME FRIENDS

AND OFTEN DEBATED BY

RELIGION.

NABEEL HELD ON TO HIS

BELIEFS, BUT WAS RUNNING

OUT OF ARGUMENTS.

WHENEVER I STARTED

PROVIDING REASONS TO HIM,

THAT'S WHEN HE STARTED

POINTING THINGS OUT, FLAWS

IN MY REASONING.

Reporter: AND IT

BECAME EVEN CLEARER WHEN

HE COMPARED THE BIBLE TO

THE QURAN AND THE

TEACHINGS OF MUHAMMAD.

IT BECAME ABUNDANTLY

CLEAR WHY PEOPLE COULD BE

SO VIOLENT BECAUSE THE

ORIGINAL TEACHINGS OF

MUHAMMAD WERE VERY, VERY

VIOLENT TEACHINGS.

I'M TRYING TO DEFEND ISLAM

TO MY FRIEND, AND I'M

TRYING TO EXPLAIN WHY

ISLAM IS PEACEFUL AND WHY

WOMEN ARE GIVEN EQUAL

RIGHTS -- ALL OF THESE

THINGS I TRULY BELIEVE, I

HAVE TO DEFEND.

AND I'M FAILING MISERABLY

BECAUSE THERE WAS NO

DEFENSE.

Reporter: NABEEL SAW

THE ONLY LOGICAL

CONCLUSION IS THAT JESUS

IS THE SON OF GOD.

BUT ADMITTING THAT WENT

AGAINST EVERYTHING HE HAD

EVER BELIEVED IN.

THE BIGGEST BLASPHEMY

IN ISLAM IS TO WORSHIP

ANYTHING OTHER THAN ALLAH.

IF THERE IS A CHANCE THAT

ISLAM COULD BE FALSE, THAT

IS A CRISIS.

THAT IS GOING TO SHAKE MY

WORLD.

AND IT DID.

AND THAT'S WHAT DROVE ME

TO MY KNEES, AND THAT'S

WHEN I BEGAN TO ASK, GOD,

WHO ARE YOU?

Reporter: IN THE

MUSLIM TRADITION, NABEEL

ASKED GOD TO SHOW HIM THE

TRUTH THROUGH A DREAM.

GOD GAVE HIM THREE.

I WAS STANDING AT THE

THRESHOLD OF A NARROW

DOOR.

AND THIS DOOR WAS JUST

WIDE ENOUGH TO FIT ME,

JUST TALL ENOUGH TO FIT

ME.

THE POIGNANT SYMBOL

BECAUSE HO HOW NARROW THIS

DOOR WAS.

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE

DOOR WAS A ROOM WITH A

FEAST.

I KNEW THAT ROOM WAS

HEAVEN.

I KNEW I HAD TO GET IN

THAT ROOM IF I WANTED TO

BE IN HEAVEN.

Reporter: LATER HE

READ A PASSAGE IN THE

BIBLE THAT CONFIRMED HIS

DREAMS, AND CONVINCED HIM

THE TRUTH AND HIS WORLD

WAS SHATTERED.

SEEKING COMFORT, HE

REACHED FOR THE QURAN.

I PULLED OUT THE QURAN

AND I STARTED GOING

THROUGH ITS PAGES.

IT WAS A RUDE AWAKENING

THAT THERE ISN'T A SINGLE

VERSE IN THE QURAN

DESIGNED TO COMFORT A

HURTING MAN, NOT ONE.

I PUT IT AWAY, I TURNED TO

THE BIBLE, AND I WENT TO

MATTHEW.

IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR ME

TO GET TO MATTHEW 5:

"BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO

MOURN, FOR THEY SHALL BE

COMFORTED."

I'M SAYING TO GOD, GOD, I

KNOW WHAT YOU WANT ME TO

DO, BUT I JUST NEED TIME

TO MOURN.

I JUST NEED TIME TO MOURN.

I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE

BIBLE AT THAT MOMENT.

IT WAS AS IF GOD HAD

WRITTEN THOSE WORDS

SPECIFICALLY FOR ME.

HE KNEW 2,000 YEARS AGO I

WOULD NEED COMFORT, AND HE

KNEW I WOULD GO TO

MATTHEW, SO HE PUT THAT

VERSE IN MATTHEW FOR ME.

I SAID, OKAY, THIS IS

REAL.

THIS IS THE WORD OF GOD.

THIS IS WHERE THE TRUTH IS

FOUND.

I ULTIMATELY, BY READING

THE BIBLE, ACCEPTED

CHRIST.

Reporter: NABEEL

STARTED TELLING PEOPLE

ABOUT HIS NEW FAITH,

INCLUDING HIS PARENTS.

THEY WERE DISAPPOINTED,

BUT THEY STILL LOVE HIM.

I HOPE THEY WILL KNOW

HIM SO WE CAN ALL BE

TOGETHER FOR ETERNITY.

I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE GOING

TO CHURCH WITH MY FAMILY.

AND I WOULD LOVE, SOME

DAY, FOR MY FATHER AND MY

MOTHER TO BE WORSHIPPING

ALONGSIDE OF ME.

I CAN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT

IT BECAUSE I'LL JUST BREAK

UP.

Reporter: TODAY HE

WORKS FOR WORLD REKNOWED

PSYCHOLOGIST ROBBIE

ZACHARIAHAS, AND HE IS

MOST GRATEFUL FOR THE

UNDERSTANDING OF TRUTH AND

THE GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE.

JESUS WAS ABLE TO

RESURRECT FROM THE DEAD.

HE HAS KILLED DEATH, AND

THIS LIFE IS ALL ABOUT

LIFE.

IT DOESN'T END IN DEATH.

AND THERE IS NOTHING,

NOTHING MORE FREEING THAN

THAT.

Wendy: THIS WEEK

NABEEL HAS ANNOUNCED ON

HIS Facebook PAGE THAT

HE HAS ADVANCED STOMACH

CANCER, AND HE HAS ASKED

THAT PEOPLE AROUND THE

WORLD WERE FAST AND PRAY

FERVENTLY FOR HIS HEALING.

WE HAVE SHARED HIS POST ON

OUR "CHRISTIAN WORLD NEWS"

Facebook PAGE.

WE INVITE YOU TO GO THERE

AND PLEASE LEAVE YOUR

PRAYERS AND WORDS OF

ENCOURAGEMENT FOR NABEEL.

RIGHT NOW WE JUST AGREE

FOR NABEEL'S COMPLETE

HEALING IN JESUS' NAME.

WE KNOW NOTHING IS TOO

HARD FOR GOD.p

> UP NEXT, MEL GIVES HIS

SURPRISE APPEARANCE AT A

GOSPEL CRUSADE, AND WHAT

HE REVEALED ABOUT A SEQUEL

TO "THE PASSION OF THE

CHRIST" MOVIE.

Wendy: SUPERSTAR

ACTOR MEL GIBSON IS

TALKING ABOUT A FOLLOWUP

FILM TO THE 2004

BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE, "THE

PASSION OF THE CHRIST."

HE SPOKE TO EVANGELISTS

AND PASTOR GREG LAURIE

LAST WEEKEND AT ANGEL

STADIUM IN ANAHEIM,

CALIFORNIA.

MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE

ATTENDED THAT EVENT, AND

MORE THAN 11,000 CAME@

FORWARD TO PRAY.

GIBSON TOLD LAURIE THAT

THE MOVIE FOCUSES ON WHAT

HAPPENS AFTER THE

CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS, AS

WAS SHOWN IN "THE

PASSION."

AND HE SAYS IT WILL BE A

MAJOR PROJECT.

OF COURSE, THAT'S A

HUGE UNDERTAKING.

YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT "THE

PASSION TWO."

IT'S CALLED "THE

RESURRECTION."

THAT'S RIGHT.

[APPLAUSE]

THAT'S RIGHT.

OF COURSE, THAT'S A

VERY BIG SUBJECT.

Reporter: YES.

AND IT NEEDS TO BE

LOOKED AT BECAUSE WE DON'T

WANT TO JUST DO A SIMPLE

RENDERING OF IT.

I MEAN, WE CAN ALL READ

WHAT HAPPENED.

BUT IN ORDER TO REALLY

EXPERIENCE AND EXPLORE

PROBABLY DEEPER MEANINGS

OF WHAT IT IS ABOUT, IT IS

GOING TO TAKE SOME DOING.

AND RANDALL WALLACE IS UP

TO THE TASK.

Wendy: RANDALL

WALLACE IS THE

AWARD-WINNING FILM-MAKER

WHO WROTE "BRAVEHEART."

> MISSIONS AGENCIES KNOW

THE BEST WAY TO GET

SOMEONE INVOLVED IN THEIR

WORK IS TO GIVE THEM A

FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE.

BUT OVERSEAS TRIPS CAN BE

EXPENSIVE.

NOW A LANCASTER,

PENNSYLVANIA, COMPANY IS

USING VIRTUAL REALITY TO

LET PEOPLE VISIT THE

MISSIONS FIELD WITHOUT

EVERY LEAVING HOME.

WE SPOKE TO PETER GREER

ABOUT THIS EXCITING

BREAKTHROUGH.

HERE IS CHARLENE AARON.

Charlene: PETER,

EXPLAIN WHAT VIRTUAL

REALITY IS?

YOU LOOK UP AND YOU SEE

THE SKY, AND YOU LOOK DOWN

AND YOU SEE THE DIRT.

YOU LOOK TO THE LEFT AND

RIGHT, AND IT IS IF YOU

WERE THERE.

WE HAVE CREATED A VIRTUAL

REALITY EXPERIENCE THAT,

THROUGH A HEADSET, ALLOWS

US TO BRING OUR FRIENDS TO

THE PLACES WE SERVE ALL

AROUND THE WORLD.

Charlene: DESCRIBE

THE REACTION.

ARE THEY MOVED OR TOUCHED

BY THE EXPERIENCE?

IT IS AN EMOTIONAL

EXPERIENCE, WHERE YOU GET

TO SEE WHAT SO MUCH OF THE

WORLD LOOKS LIKE.

THROUGH VIRTUAL REALITY.

IT IS NOT AS GOOD AS BEING

THERE, BUT IT IS THE

SECOND BEST THING, TO

ACTUALLY ALLOW OUR FRIENDS

TO EXPERIENCE THE MINISTRY

OF "HOPE INTERNATIONAL."

Charlene: PETER, HOW

DID YOU CREATE THIS

VIRTUAL REALITY

EXPERIENCE?

WE HAVE SOME FRIENDS

THAT OWN A COMPANY, GREEN

FISH LABS HERE IN

LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

AND THEY VERY GENEROUSLY

TOOK US ON AS A CLIENT.

AND SO WE CREATED THIS

TOOL, VIRTUAL REALITY

EXPERIENCE.

MY HOPE IS OVER TIME WE'LL

BE ABLE TO CAPTURE

DIFFERENT STORIES FROM

AROUND THE WORLD THAT

WON'T JUST BE GOING TO

MALAWI, BUT WE'LL BE ABLE

TO GO TO MULTIPLE

COUNTRIES AND ALLOW PEOPLE

TO UNDERSTAND, WHAT IS

THIS MODEL, HOW DOES IT

WORK, AND TO LOOK INTO THE

EYES OF INDIVIDUALS THAT

THEY'VE BEEN A PART OF

THEIR STORY.

Charlene: PETER, HOW

CAN PEOPLE TAKE PART IN

THIS VIRTUAL REALITY

EXPERIENCE?

WELL, THERE IS AN

OPPORTUNITY FORP FOR

INDIVIDUALS THAT WANT TO

GO ON OUR WEBSITE.

YOU CAN GET A SCALED-DOWN

VERSION, AND IT IS NOT

QUITE THE SAME THING, AT

hopeinternational.org.

BUT THERE IS A LIST OF THE

EVENTS ON THE WEBSITE AS

WELL.

IT WOULD BE GREAT, IF

ANYONE IS INTERESTED.

WE WOULD LOVE TO TAKE YOU

WITH US TO MALAWI, WHITE WITHOUT

YOU LEAVING YOUR HOME.

YOU FIND OUT MORE ON

hopeinternational.org.

Charlene: AND TELL US

WHAT "HOPE INTERNATIONAL"

IS DOING AROUND THE WORLD?

WE BELIEVE THAT WHAT

MOMS AND DADS WANT IS NOT

LONG-TERM CHARITY, BUT TO

BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF

THEIR FAMILIES.

IT HAPPENS THROUGH THE

GIFT OF WORK AND IT

HAPPENS THROUGH A JOB.

SO WE WANT TO PROVIDE

INVESTMENTS SO INDIVIDUALS

CAN START OR EXPAND A

BUSINESS.

IT IS TO PROVIDE BUSINESS

COACHING AND TRAINING, AND

IT ULTIMATELY IS ABOUT

DISCIPLESHIP AND SHARING

THE HOPE OF JESUS CHRIST.

Wendy: AND TO FIND

OUT WHERE AND WHEN "HOPE

INTERNATIONAL" PLANS ITS

NEXT VIRTUAL REALITY

DEMONSTRATIONS, JUST FIND

THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE,

CBWEBSITE, cbnnews.com.

> CHILDREN ARE FED THREE

TIMES A WEEK IN MYANMAR,

FROM THE LARGE BATCHES OF

SOY MILK.

AND THE FAMILIES ARE

GIVING TRAINING AND HEALTH

AND HYGIENE TIPS.

AND EDUCATION IS PROVIDED

FOR THE CHILDREN.

"ORPHAN'S PROMISE" HOPES

THIS WILL CHANGE THE

CONDITIONS IN MYANMAR SO

CHILDREN CAN REACH THEIR

FULL, GOD-GIVEN ABILITIES.

> COMING UP, MEET A

HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR FROM

SCHINDLER'S LIST.

REMEMBER THAT FILM?

Wendy: AND WELCOME

BACK TO "CHRISTIAN WORLD

NEWS."

SCHINDLER'S LIST STANDS AS

ONE OF THE MOST MOVING

FILMS OF ALL TIMES.

IT SHOWS HOW GERMAN

BUSINESSMAN OSCAR

SCHINDLER SAVED NEARLY

1200 JEWS DURING THE

HOLOCAUST.

CHRISTIAN LEADERS RECENTLY

MET ONE OF SCHINDLER'S

SURVIVORS IN ISRAEL.

Reporter: AT THE END

OF SCHINDLER'S LIST, MADE

IN 1993, THE SURVIVORS

PLACED STONES OF

REMEMBRANCE ON HIS GRAVE

IN JERUSALEM.

TODAY, IDA RATZ IS ONE OF

THOSE SURVIVORS.

AS A YOUNG CHILD IN 1945,

SHE WAS NUMBER 201 ON

SCHINDLER'S LIST.

HER MOTHER WAS NUMBER 202.

EVERY TIME I COME HERE,

I'M VERY MOVED, REALLY.

BECAUSE HE IS MY SURVIVOR.

THEY ASKED ME IN POLAND,

HOW DID YOU SURVIVE THE

HOLOCAUST?

I SAY, FIRST OF ALL, THE

ALMIGHTY GOD.

SECOND, MY MOTHER.

AND THIRD, OF COURSE,

SCHINDLER.

Reporter: SHE

ADDRESSED CHRISTIAN

LEADERS AT THE GRAVE SITE.

I LOVED MR. SCHINDLER.@C

ALL OF US LOVED HIM.

HE WAS AN ANGEL OF MERCY,

REALLY.

WE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT HE

WAS DOING, AND HOW

DIFFICULT IT IS TO DO IT.

Reporter: RATZ LATER

TOLD THE GROUP ABOUT

SURVIVING THE HOLOCAUST,

AND LIFE IN THE CAMP

BEFORE SHE MET SCHINDLER.

THE GERMANS WERE

TERRIBLE.

25 LASHES ON THE BEE BEHIND

WAS EVERY DAY.

THEY HANGED PEOPLE EVERY

TWO DAYS, WITH NO REASON.

I THINK THAT HITLER AND

THE NAZIS REALLY CONVINCED

THEM -- REALLY, THEY ARE

NOT HUMAN.

Reporter: THESE

CHRISTIAN LEADERS CAME AS

PART OF A SEMINAR HOSTED

BY YAD VASHEM HERE IN

JERUSALEM.

IT IS DEDICATED TO

PRESERVING THE MEMORY OF

THE HOLOCAUST FOR FUTURE

GENERATIONS.

AND IT EDUCATES THIS

FUTURE GENERATION ABOUT

THE DANGERS OF

ANTI-SEMITISM AND

REMAINING SILENT.

DURING THE HOLOCAUST,

THE CHURCH WAS SILENT.

WE DON'T HAVE TO BE SILENT

TODAY.

Reporter: HOSANA

LEADS THE CHRISTIAN

SEMINAR.

THIS SEMINAR IS FOR

CHRISTIAN LEADERS TO LEARN

ABOUT ANTI-SEMITISM AND

THE HOLOCAUST AND ISRAEL

DAY.

WHEN WE THINK ABOUT

ANTI-SEMITISM, WE USED TO

THINK ABOUT IT IN THE

PAST.

BUT NOW IN THE PAST TWO

YEARS, WE HAVE SEEN HOW

MUCH IT IS RISING ALL OVER

THE WORLD.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT

SUDDENLY THIS TOPIC IS

VERY URGENT, AND IT IS

REALLY IMPORTANT FOR

CHURCH LEADERS TO

UNDERSTAND WHAT IS

HAPPENING.

Reporter: THE 10-DAY

SEMINAR HAD A DEEP IMPACT

ON THE VISITING CHRISTIAN

LEADERS.

I WOULD SAY THIS

SEMINAR HAS BEEN A

LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE.

IT HAS BEEN A STRETCH

SPIRITUALLY, ELECTUALLY

ANINTINTELLECTUALLY AND

EMOTIONALLY.

TO BE HERE IN THE LAND AND

TO MEET THE PEOPLE, THE

SURVIVORS, IS QUITE A

MOVING EXPERIENCE.

Reporter: PASTOR JOSH

PHILLIPS PLANS TO TAKE

HOME A NEW PASSION.

A LOVE FOR ISRAEL AND

THE JEWISH PEOPLE THAT I

DIDN'T KNOW I HAD.

I DIDN'T KNOW I NEEDED.

BUT A DESIRE TO BE A

PARTNER AND AN ADVOCATE

FOR ISRAEL, FOR THE JEWISH

PEOPLE.

Reporter: SHE

BELIEVES MUCH OF THE

CHURCH IS STILL SILENT.

I SEE THE SILENCE OF

THE CHURCH, AND WE ARE

SILENT ABOUT

ANTI-SEMITISM.

MOST OF US DON'T REALLY

FEEL THAT IT TOUCHES US.

WE MIGHT SAY THAT IT IS

AWFUL.

IT IS TERRIBLE.

IT IS WRONG.

BUT WE DON'T NEED TO TAKE

ANY CONCRETE STEPS.

AND THAT SAME CONSPIRACY

OF SILENCE IS THE SAME FOR

THE PERSECUTION OF THE

CHRISTIANS.

CHRISTIANS AND JEWS ARE

IN THE SAME BOAT.

MORE CHRISTIANS ARE BEING

MURDERED EVERY DAY THAN

JEWS, THROUGHOUT THE

MIDDLE EAST AND OTHER

PLACES.

WE NEED EACH OTHER.

THERE IS A PASSION OF

CIVILIZATIONS.

Reporter: HE SEES

WORLD EVENTS FORGING A

BOND BETWEEN JEWS AND

CHRISTIANS.

WE BOTH HAVE TO WORK

TOGETHER BECAUSE THIS IS

SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS US

ALL.

WE HAVE TO KNOW WHAT THE

DANGERS ARE IN RADICAL

ISLAM.

EVIL CANNOT BE OVERLOOKED,

ESPECIALLY AFTER THE

HOLOCAUST.

Reporter: AND HE SEES

THE VALUE OF THESE

SEMINARS.

WE COME IN CONTACT WITH

THESE EVANGELICAL PASTORS,

AND IT GIVES US HOPE,

ISRAELIS AND JEWS LIVING

HERE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

WE'RE IN A TOUGH

NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT IS NOT EASY.

BUT THEY GIVE US A LOT OF

SUPPORT, AND A LOT OF

OPTIMISM.

THEY EMBRACE US, AND WE

EMBRACE THEM.

IT COULDN'T BE BETTER.

Reporter: RATZ

AGREES.

I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW

WHAT SCHINDLER WAS.

SCHINDLER WAS NOT A JEW.

HE WAS A CHRISTIAN.

AND I AM SURE MANY

CHRISTIANS, MAYBE THEY

WILL DO THE SAME.

I BELIEVE IN THE

CHRISTIANS.

Reporter: CHRIS

MITCHELL, CBN NEWS, YAD

VASHEM, JERUSALEM.

Wendy: UP NEXT,

HONORING A 20th CENTURY

SAINT.

STAY WITH US.

Wendy: THE OFFICIAL

PORTRAIT FOR MOTHER

TERESA'S SAINTHOOD

CEREMONY WAS REVEALED ON

THURSDAY WASHINGTON, D.C.

IT WAS PAINTED BY AMERICAN

ARTIST CHAZ FAGAN AND

COMMISSIONED BY THE

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS.

IT BECAME THE OFFICIAL

PORTRAIT FOR THE

CANONIZATION CEREMONY

AFTER CATCHING THE EYE OF

THE VATICAN.

MOTHER TERESA DEDICATED

HER LIFE TO SERVING THE

POOR AND HURTING IN INDIA.

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS ARE

EXPECTED AT HER SAINTHOOD

CEREMONY IN VATICAN CITY

ON SUNDAY.

THE CEREMONY WILL BE LED

BY POPE FRANCIS.

ALL CHANGES AND

MOVEMENTS IN HISTORY BEGAN

WITH JUST ONE VOICE, ONE

PERSON BOLD ENOUGH TO BE

HEARD AND FOLLOWED.

THAT'S THE INSPIRATION FOR

THE "POWER OF ONE"

CONFERENCE IN COLORADO

SPRINGS.

STESTEPHANIE RIGGS CAUGHT UP

WITH PEOPLE HOPING TO

PROMOTE GOD'S PLAN FOR

AMERICA.

ONE WOMAN, SUSAN B.

ANTHONY PAVED THE WAY FOR

WOMEN TO VOTE.

SHE HAD THAT WARNING

INSIDE OF HER, BUT

NEVERTHELESS, SHE WAS

WILLING TO PUSH FORWARD

AND FIGHT FOR SOMETHING WE

GET TO APPRECIATE A THE

LOT.

Reporter: ONE WOMAN,

MOTHER TERESA, FOLLOWED

GOD'S CALL TO HELP THE

POOR, CHANGING LIVES

FOREVER.

AS FAR AS MOTHER TERESA

GOES, IT IS SO EXCITING.

GOD WANTS US TO LIVE

OUTSIDE OF THIS BUILDING.

GOD WANTS US TO LIVE

OUTSIDE OF WHAT OUR

COMFORT ZONE MIGHT LOOK

LIKE.

GOD WANTS US TO LIVE

OUTSIDE OF WHAT THE NORMAL

LOOKS LIKE.

IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO

SHOW A LOVE THAT A LOT OF

PEOPLE DON'T EVER GET TO

EXPERIENCE EVER.

A LOT OF TIMES WE THINK

THAT WE'RE BEING THE ONE,

AND WE THINK, MAYBE WHEN

I'M 25, WHEN I'M 30, WHEN

I'M 50 -- AND WE FORGET

THAT GOD IS NOT LOOKING

FOR SOMEONE OF A CERTAIN

AGE.

HE IS LOOKING FOR THE

WILLING VESSEL.

HEARING THESE STORIES

MAKE ME FEEL I NEED TO DO

THEM NOW, BUT LEARNING I

NEED TO BE FAITHFUL IN THE

SMALL THINGS I HAVE NOW IN

ORDER TO MOVE INTO THE BIG

THINGS THAT WILL COME.

Reporter: HISTORIANS

AND PROFESSORS AND PASTORS

WANT TO NURTURE NEW

VOICES.

> PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR

STABLE RELATIONSHIPS.

OFTENTIMES WE CALL THE 18

TO 30-YEAR-OLDS THE LOST

GENERATION.

EVEN THOSE RAISED IN

CHURCH, IT IS GOOD-BYE

HIGH SCHOOL, GOOD-BYE GOD,

GOOD-BYE YOUTH GROUP, AND

YET THEY COME LIMPING BACK

TO THE CHURCH IN THEIR

LATE-20s.

THEY ARE LOOKING FOR

STABILITY.

AND CHRISTIANITY GIVES

THAT, GUARANTEES THAT IN

SPADES.

Reporter: THE COMMON

THREAD RUNNING THROUGH

THIS "POWER OF ONE"

CONFERENCE IS THE

QUESTION: WHAT CAN I DO?

JESUS SPECIFICALLY

SAID, BLESSED ARE THE

PEACEMAKERS.

HE NEVER SAID, BLESSED ARE

THE PEACEKEEPERS.

BE A PEACEMAKER.

BE WILLING TO OPEN UP AND

HAVE AN AWKWARD

CONVERSATION WITH

SOMEBODY.

BE WILLING TO BE FRIENDS

WITH PEOPLE YOU WOULDN'T

BE FRIENDS WITH.

BE WILLING TO TALK TO

PEOPLE YOU WOULDN'T BE

WILLING TO TALK TO.

IT MAKES YOU A PEACEMAKER.

A PEACEKEEPER WILL

ULTIMATELY NEVER SEE

ANYTHING ACCOMPLISHED, BUT

A PEACEMAKER CHANGES THE

WORLD.

Reporter: WHO KNOWS

WHO WILL BE THE NEXT

PERSON TO CHANGE THE WORLD

FOREVER.

ALL IT TAKES IS ONE VOICE,

ONE VISION, ONE MOVEMENT,

UNDER ONE NATION FOR GOD.

IN COLORADO SPRINGS,

STEPHANIE RIGGS, CBN NEWS.

Wendy: THANKS,

STEPHANIE.

MILLENNIALS ARE THE

FUTURE.

GOD BLESS THEM.

> THANKS FOR JOINING US

HERE AT "CHRISTIAN WORLD

NEWS."

UNTIL NEXT WEEK, GOOD-BYE

AND GOD BLESS YOU.

"PROMOS,"

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