Gordon: TODAY, THE

MIRACLE PLANT OF THE

ANCIENT WORLD, USED FOR

PERFUME, MEDICATION, AND

MORE.

AND NOW ONE FARMER IS

DETERMINED TO BRING IT

BACK.

PLUS...A CAMPING TRIP

TURNS TRAGIC.

HELP!

HELP!

MY WHOLE LIFE, AS I

KNEW IT AS A 21-YEAR-OLD

MAN, WAS JUST TAKEN AWAY.

Gordon: UNTIL A

MYSTERIOUS MAN RESTORES IT

ALL.

HE SAID, WHO IS THE MAN

IN THE CORNER?

AND I SAID, I DON'T SEE

ANYONE IN THE CORNER.

*

Gordon: WELL, WELCOME

TO "THE 700 CLUB."

DONALD TRUMP HAS PROMISED

TO GET RID OF THE JOHNSON

AMENDMENT.

IT PREVENTS CHURCHES OR

NON-PROFIT GROUPS FROM

SUPPORTING OR OPPOSING

POLITICAL CANDIDATES.

WITH THE BACKING OF THE

NEW PRESIDENT, CONGRESS

COULD REPEAL IT AS SOON AS

NEXT YEAR.

Terry: MOST AMERICANS

HAVE NOT HEARD OF THE

JOHNSON AMENDMENT, BUT ONE

CONGRESSMAN HAS BEEN

FIGHTING AGAINST IT FOR

MORE THAN A DECADE.

ABIGAIL ROBERTSON BRINGS

US THIS STORY.

Reporter: EARLY IN

HIS CAMPAIGN, DONALD TRUMP

SENT A CLEAR SIGNAL TO

EVANGELICALS.

ONE OF THE EARLY

THINGS, ONE OF THE

ABSOLUTE FIRST THINGS I'M

GOING TO DO, IS WORK ON

TOTALLY KNOCKING OUT THE

JOHNSON AMENDMENT.

Reporter: A

CONTROVERSIAL LAW USED TO

RESTRICT PASTORS'

POLITICAL SEATS FROM THE

PULPIT.

SENATOR JOHNSON INTRODUCED

THE AMENDMENT IN 1954, AN

ELECTION YEAR, WHEN TWO

TEXAS NON-PROFITS

SUPPORTED HIS PRIMARY

OPPONENT.

HE PROPOSED THE LAW THAT

DENIES TAX EXEMPT STATUS

TO ANY 501C 3.

IT HAD NOTHING TO DO

WITH CHURCHES, BUT THIS IS

WHAT THEY CALL UNINTENDED

CONSEQUENCES OF LAW.

Reporter: CONGRESSMAN

JOHNSON MOVED TO OVERTURN

IT EVERY YEAR SINCE 1971.

IT IS KIND OF LIKE BIG

BROTHER, LISTENING TO WHAT

THE PRIEST OR RABBI MIGHT

BE SAYING IN THIS

SITUATION.

Reporter: HE BEGAN TO

HEAR STORIES OF CHURCHES

BEING CHALLENGED BY THE

AMENDMENT, AND BEING

AFRAID OF LOSING THEIR TAX

EXEMPT STATUSMENT.

NEVESTATUS STATUS.

OTHER CRITICS BELIEVE IT

THREATENS THE FREEDOM OF

SPEECH.

THE JOHNSON AMEND WAS A

MUZZLE ON THE RIGHTS OF

THE CHURCHES.

Reporter: THIS

AMENDMENT TURNED IT INTO

THE SPEECH POLICE.

TWO OTHER HOUSE MEMBERS

ARE ALSO TRYING TO CHANGE

THE LAW.

THESE EFFORTS GIVE

ADVOCATES HOPE THAT THE

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WILL

RETURN FREE SPEECH RIGHTS

TO CHURCHES AND OTHER

NON-PROFITS.

2017 IS GOING TO BE THE

YEAR IT GOES.

Reporter: REPORTING

FROM CAPITOL HILL, ABIGAIL

ROBERTSON, CBN NEWS.

Gordon: IT MAY SEEM

LIKE A MINOR THING, BUT IT

IS HAS MUSHROOMED, AND IT

HAS BECOME DOMINANT NOW.

THIS JOHNSON AMEND,

PROHIBITING NON-PROFITS

FROM ADVOCATING THE

ELECTION OR DEFEAT OF ANY

CANDIDATE -- THIS IS THE

REASON WHY SERMONS HAVE

BEEN SUBPOENAED IN

GEORGIA.

AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH AN

EMPLOYMENT CASE, BUT ALL

OF THE SERMONS HAVE NOW

BEEN SUBPOENAED.

AND THEN YOU GO BACK TO

HOUSTON, AND THE SERMONS

OF PASTORS BEING

SUBPOENAED BECAUSE THEY

WERE LOBBYING CITY COUNCIL

FOR CERTAIN THINGS.

AND THE JUSTIFICATION PUT

UP WAS, WELL, IT IS

UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

I HAVE HEARD THAT, IT'S

UNCONSTITUTIONAL FOR

CHURCHES TO PARTICIPATE IN

POLITICS.

AND THIS HAS JUST SPREAD.

AND IT HAS LITERALLY TAKEN

THE VOICE OF THE CHURCH

OUT OF THE PUBLIC SQUARE.

SO WE NEED TO GET RID OF

IT.

WE'RE GOING TO BE

FOLLOWING THIS.

AND WE'RE GOING TO TELL

YOU HOW YOU CAN GET

INVOLVED, HOW YOU CAN

SUPPORT THE REPEAL OF THE

JOHNSON AMENDMENT AND

BRING BACK FREE SPEECH TO

THE PULPITS OF AMERICA.

> WELL, DONALD TRUMP IS

TRAVELLING TO LOUISIANA

TODAY.

IT WILL BE THE LATEST STOP

ON HIS "THANK YOU TOUR."

HIS VISIT COULD HELP THE

REPUBLICANS KEEP A SEAT IN

THE SENATE.

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT STORY

FROM OUR CBN NEWS BUREAU

IN WASHINGTON.

John: THANKS, GORDON.

TRUMP IS RALLYING

SUPPORTERS IN LOUISIANA,

AHEAD OF THE STATE'S

SENATE RUNOFF ELECTION.

VOTERS HEAD TO THE POLLS

ON SATURDAY.

THE REPUBLICANS ARE HOPING

TO WIN THAT RACE SO THEY

CAN HOLD 52 SEATS IN THE

SENATE NEXT YEAR.

AS MARK MARTIN REPORTS,

THIS COMES AFTER HIS

"THANK YOU TOUR" IN IOWA.

Reporter:

PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD

TRUMP MADE A STOP IN DES

MOINES, IOWA.

HE ANNOUNCED IOWA GOVERNOR

TERRY BRANSTAD AS HIS

AMBASSADOR TO CHINA, AND

ALSO TOOK ON THE ISSUES OF

ENERGY AND CONSERVATION.

WE WILL CANCEL THE

JOB-KILLING RESTRICTIONING

ON THE PRODUCTION OF

AMERICAN ENERGY.

AND THAT MEANS LOWER

ENERGY PRICES FOR FARMERS,

HOUSEHOLDS, AND SMALL

BUSINESSES IN IOWA, AND,

FRANKLY, ALL OVER THE

UNITED STATES.

AND WE WILL PURSUE AN

AGENDA OF CONSERVATION,

PROTECTING OUR BEAUTIFUL

NATURAL RESOURCES FOR

FUTURE AMERICANS, YOUR

FAMILY, YOUR CHILDREN, AND

LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE.

Reporter: AND TRUMP

THANKED THE VARIOUS PEOPLE

WHO HELPED HIM WIN,

INCLUDING CHRISTIANS.

SAYING AT ONE POINT,

"EVANGELICALS, I LOVE

YOU."

EARLIER THE DAY, HE

STOPPED IN OHIO, WHERE HE

MET WITH THE VICTIMS OF AN A

MUSLIM OHIO UNIVERSITY

STUDENT WHO WIELDED A

KNIFE.

WE JUST SAW THE VICTIMS

AND THE FAMILIES, AND

THESE WER A AMAZING PEOPLE,

GREAT PEOPLE.

THE FIRST RESPONDERS WERE

INCREDIBLE.

THE JOB DONE BY ONE YOUNG

GENTLEMAN IN PARTICULAR IS

INCREDIBLE.

I GOT TO MEET HIM, AND HE

IS VERY BRAVE.

THE FAMILIES HAVE DONE SO

WELL TO COME THROUGH THIS

SO WELL.

Reporter: AND TRUMP

CONTINUES TO NOMINATE

PEOPLE TO HIS CABINET,

PICKING ANDREW PUZNER TO

BE THE SECRETARY OF LABOR.

OKLAHOMA ATTORNEY-GENERAL

SCOTT PRUITT IS PICKED TO

HEAD THE E.P.A.

Efrem John: THE NATION IS

REMEMBERING JOHN GLENN,

THE MAN DESCRIBED AS AN

ALL-AMERICAN HERO.

THE FORMER ASTRONAUT AND

U.S. SENATOR DIED IN HIS

HOME STATE OF OHIO ON

THURSDAY AT THE AGE OF 95.

HE BECAME THE THIRD U.S.

ASTRONAUT IN SPACE IN

1962, AND THE FIRST

AMERICAN TO ORBIT THE

EARTH, CIRCLING IT THREE

TIMES.

FELLOW ASTRONAUT SCOTT

CARPENTER GAVE HIM THIS

FAMOUS SENDOFF.

GOD SPEED, JOHN GLENN.

John: AND GLENN SPENT

FOUR YEARS IN THE SENATE

AND RAN FOR PRESIDENT AT

IN 1984.

IN 1977, HE RETURNED TO

SPACE ABOARD THE SPACE

SHUTTLE DISCOVERY.

GLENN WAS ALSO AN ORDAINED

ELDER IN THE PRESBYTERIAN

CHURCH U.S.A.

HE SAID TO LOOK OUT ON

CREATION IN SPACE AND NOT

BELIEVE IN GOD WAS, TO

HIM, IN POSSIBLE.

> A DUTCH COURT HAS

CONVICTED LAWMAKER GIRT

VILDERS OF HATE SPEECH FOR

SPEAKING OUT AGAINST THE

DANGERS OF ISLAM.

HE SAYS IT WAS A

POLITICALLY MOTIVATED

CHARADE THAT ENDANGERED

FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

HE VOWED NOT TO LET A

CONVICTION MUZZLE HIM FROM

TELLING THE TRUTH.

CBN NEWS HAS INTERVIEWED

HIM BEFORE ABOUT THE

ACCUSATIONS.

I MAKE MISTAKES EVERY

DAY.

I'M JUST HUMAN, SO I'M

FULL OF MISTAKES.

BUT TO SPEAK THE TRUTH

ABOUT ISLAM, AS I SEE IT

AND AS REALITY IS, IS NOT

A MISTAKE.

I WISH MANY PEOPLE DID IT.

I UNDERSTAND WHY FEW

PEOPLE DO IT, BECAUSE THE

PRICE IS VERY HIGH.

BESIDES THE DEATH THREATS

THAT YOU GET FROM AVERAGE

PEOPLE AND FROM ISLAMIC

DESCENT, FROM

ORGANIZATIONS LIKE

AL-QAEDA OR THE TALIBAN,

AND ALSO A LOT OF PEOPLE

LABEL YOU AS A BIGOT OR

RACIST.

John: THE JUDGE SAYS

HE WILL NOT IMPOSE A

SENTENCE ON VILDERS,

SAYING CONVICTION WAS

PUNISHMENT ENOUGH.

> 300,000 PEOPLE IN

CHINA ALONE ARE I ENGAGED IN

A CYBER-WAR AGAINST THE

UNITED STATES.

THIS WEEK 120 LEADERS FROM

MORE THAN 40 COUNTRIES

WERE HERE IN WASHINGTON TO

DISCUSS HOW TO DEFEAT

RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORISM

AND COMBAT CYBER- AND

ECONOMIC-WARFARE.

IT WAS HOSTED BY ROBERT

PITINGER.

WITH ISIS NOW IN MORE THAN

35 COUNTRIES, HE SAYS IT

IS CRITICAL FOR EVERYONE

TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE,

WHICH HE SAYS STARTS WITH

CLEARLY IDENTIFYING THE

ENEMY.

I BELIEVE THAT

PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP

UNDERSTANDS OUR MISSION.

WE NEED TO UNITE OUR

PARTNERS AROUND THE WORLD.

IN LIKE MANNER THAT

PRESIDENT REAGAN DID WITH

THE SOVIET UNION.

THE WORLD KNEW WHERE HE

STOOD.

AND WITH THAT, WE WERE

ABLE TO LEAD THE WORLD.

AND WITHOUT FIRING A SHOT,

THE SOVIET UNION

COLLAPSED.

John: THIS WAS THE

SIXTH FORUM OF ITS KIND

AND THEY HAPPEN TWICE A

YEAR.

> WELL, A CITY IN JAPAN

IS USING SPECIAL TAGS WITH

BAR CODES TO TRACK OLD

PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA WHO

ARE GETTING LOST.

THE AGING POPULATION IS

ESTIMATED TO MAKE UP 40%

OF THE POP LAYING BY 2060.

AGENCY FRANCE PRESS

REPORTS THE TRACKERS ARE

PART OF A FREE SERVICE

LAUNCHED THIS MONTH.

THE CODE CAN BE SEALED ON

TO A PERSON'S NAILS.

> AND IT'S AN IMPLANTED

MICROCHIP OR WEARABLE RING

THAT CAN BE USED TO BUY OR

SELL OR STORE BUSINESS,

FINANCIAL, AND BIOMETRIC

INFORMATION.

IT WAS DEVELOPED BY A

MULTI-NATIONAL COUNTRY

BASED IN THE UNITED

EMIRATES.

ACCORDING TO "NEWSWEEK"

MIDDLE EAST, DEVICE ALSO

LET'S PEOPLE SHARE

WHATEVER INFORMATION THEY

CHOOSE, EITHER PERSONAL OR

FINANCIAL, WITH SOMEONE

ELSE WHO ALSO HAS THE

RING, SIMPLY BY TAPPING

THE TWO RINGS TOGETHER.

THE CHIP IS APPROVED BY

SOME EUROPEAN COUNTRIES,

BUT IT WON'T BE A

MASS-PRODUCED PRODUCT.

AND, GORDON, WE WILL

PROABLLPROBABLY BE A DEVICE THAT

COMES ON THE MARKET SOON.

Gordon: I HOPE IT

DOESN'T COME ON THE MARKET

SOON.

THEY CONTINUOUSLY

BROADCAST THE INFORMATION,

AND YOU HAVE TO SECURE

THOSE CHIPS IN SOME KIND

OF DEVICE THAT BLOCKS THE

BROADCAST.

SO IN THE COMING INTERNET

OF THINGS, IT IS MORE THAN

JUST THESE IMPLANTABLE

DEVICES.

THINGS ARE GOING TO SHART START

COMING WITH THESE CHIPS

THAT START TALKING ABOUT

WHAT YOU'RE DOING, SO

WHATEVER INFORMATION ON

THERE NOW BECOMES

HACKABLE.

DO YOU REALLY WANT, IN

TODAY'S WORLD OF

CYBER-SECURITY, DO YOU

REALLY WANT THAT KIND OF

INFORMATION BEING

BROADCAST TO THE WORLD?

I DON'T, SO I'M NOT GOING

TO WEAR THE RING.

I'M CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO

GET THE CHIP.

AND I KIND OF DOUBT TERRY

IS GOING TO, EITHER.

Terry: I THINK WE

STAND AS ONE ON THAT.

Gordon: WE HAVE

AGREEMENT?

Terry: YEAH.

LET'S GO WITH THAT.

> WELL, COMING UP, A

FARMER MAKING THE DESERT

BLOOM WITH AN ANCIENT CROP

SAID TO BE MORE VALUABLE

THAN GOLD.

SEE HOW HE IS DOING IT.

THAT'S NEXT.

Gordon: THE BIBLE

SPEAKS OF THE BALM OF

GILLIAD, WHICH WAS A PLANT

IN THE HOLY LAND.

IT WAS USED FOR MEDICINE,

COSMETICS, AND FOR WORSHIP

IN THE JEWISH TEMPLE.

AND NOW A MODERN DAY

ISRAELI FARMER IS BRINGING

BACK BIBLICAL AGRICULTURE.

Reporter: MEET GUY

ERLIG, VISIONARY AND

POSSIBLE PROVIDER OF

PLANTS NEEDED FOR INCENSE

FOR A FUTURE THIRD TEMPLE.

THIS IS THE BALM OF

GILIAD FARM.

THE MISSION WAS TO GROW

THE BALM OF GILIAD AND TO

MAKE AN INDUSTRY OUT OF

IT.

Reporter: ALREADY HE

IS HELPING TO TURN THE

DESERT GREEN ON ATTRACTIVE

LAND NEAR THE DEAD SEA AND

JERICHO.

OVER THE YEARS, I BUILT

A COLLECTION OF RARE

BIBLICAL AND MEDICAL

PLANTS, AND I UNDERSTOOD

THAT THERE ARE SOME VERY

INTERESTING PLANTS IN MY

COLLECTION THAT HAVE A

HUGE POTENTIAL TO BENEFIT

HUMANITY.

Reporter: IT STARTED

WITH THE BALSUM OWNED

TREE.

FOR A THOUSAND YEARS,

ANCIENT HEBREW FARMERS IN

THIS AREA WERE THE ONLY

ONES KNOWN IN THE WORLD TO

CULTIVATE THIS EXOTIC

PLANT.

HE KNEW HOW TO MAKE A

PERFUME THAT WAS

CONSIDERED TO BE THE BEST

PERFUME IN THE ROMAN

EMPIRE.

IT IS THE FIRST INGREDIENT

OF THE INCENSE OF THE HOLY

TEMPLE.

AND SINCE THE SECOND

TEMPLE APPEARED, IT WILL

BE THE ANOINTING OIL OF

THE KINGS OF ISRAEL.

Reporter: ERLIG GOT

HIS FIRST PLANT FROM A

CHUTE THAT WAS SMUGGLED

OUT OF SAUDI ARABIA AND

BROUGHT TO ISRAEL.

ODDLY ENOUGH, THE PLANTS

HE GROWS ARE THRIVING IN

THE INTENSE HEAT AND SALTY

SOIL ON THE SHORES OF THE

DEAD SEA.

I BELIEVE THAT IN THE

FUTURE, IT WILL BECOME A

MEDICINE.

BEFORE IT WILL BE A

MEDICINE, IT WILL BE A

NUTRI CEUTICAL FOR

COSMETICS.

Reporter: ERLIG HAS

SIX ACRES OF BALM OF

GILIAD TREES AND ANOTHER

5,000 PLANTS READY TO BE

PLANTED.

RIGHT NOW I'M THE ONLY

AND BIGGEST BALM OF GILIAD

FARMER IN THE WORLD.

Reporter: THE BARK

AND THE LEAVES OF THE BALM

OF GILIAD CAN ALL BE USED,

AND EACH HAS A DIFFERENT

FRAGRANCE AND PROPERTIES.

AND HE ALSO GROWS

FRANKINCENSE ON HIS

PLANTATION.

THIS IS MY SECOND BABY,

AFTER THE BALM OF GILIAD.

IT STARTED WITH BRINGING

BACK THE BALM OF GILIAD

BACK TO THE DEAD SEAS, AND

NOW I HAVE A TEAM OF

PLANTS I WANT TO MAKE INTO

PRODUCTS.

Reporter: THERE ARE

MORE THAN 20 VARIETIES OF

FRANKINCENSE, BUT THIS IS

THE ONE FROM THE BIBLE,

AND IT IS CONSIDERED AN

ENDANGERED SPECIES.

THIS IS THE

FRANKINCENSE OF THE HOLY

TEMPLE.

THERE IS NO AGRICULTURE

FOR THIS TREE.

THIS TREE ONLY GROWS WILD

IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES IN

THE HORN OF AFRICA.

AND SINCE THERE IS SUCH A

DEMAND FOR IT, THERE IS AN

OVERUSING OF THE PLANT.

Reporter: AND HE IS

ALSALSO GROWING MYRRH.

YOU KNOW THE THREE MAJI

WHO BROUGHT PRESENTS, THEY

GAVE HER FRANKINCENSE,

MYRRH, AND GOLD.

THERE IS A CLAIM THAT THE

GOLD IS THE BALM OF GILIAD

BECAUSE IT WAS MORE

PRESSURPRECIOUS THAN GOLD.

Reporter: ERLIG, WHO

DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS A MAN

OF FAITH, BUT NOT OF

RELIGION, IS GROWING OTHER

HERBS.

THAT HAS CAUGHT THE

ATTENTION OF SOME

RELIGIOUS JEWS WHO WOULD

LIKE TO SEE A THIRD TEMPLE

BUILT IN JERUSALEM.

I DEFINITELY DIDN'T

THINK I WAS GOING TO SERVE

THE TEMPLE, AND I WAS

SURPRISED T FROM THE AMOUNT

OF TEMPLE FANS THAT CAME

TO VISIT ME HERE.

WHEN THE RABBI CAME, I

TOLD HIM I WOULD DO MY

BEST TO SUPPLY THE

INCENSE.

Reporter: BUT DESPITE

HIS EXCITEMENT OVER HIS

TEAM OF PLANTS, HE HAS

ALSO HAD SOME BIG

CHALLENGES.

HIS PLANTATION IS IN

BIBLICAL JUDEA, KNOWN TO

THE WORLD AS THE WEST

BANK.

AND THAT HAS SCARED OFF AN

AMERICAN COMPANY WHO

PARTNERED WITH ERLIG FOR

YEARS.

ONE REASON, BACKLASH FROM

THE BOYCOTT, DIVESTMENT,

AND SANCTIONS MOVEMENT.

I'M SORRY FOR THIS

COMPANY THAT SURRENDERED

TO THIS WICKED MOVEMENT,

BUT WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT

IT?

I CAN ONLY FIGHT IT BY

SUCCEEDING WITHOUT THEM.

Reporter: HE HAS HAD

TO DISMISS HIS ISRAELI

WORKERS, LIKE KENARD AND

HER FRIENDS, WHO SPENT A

WEEK HERE PULLING WEEDS.

IF THIS IS WHAT WE CAN

DO TO HELP, TO MAKE THE

WORLD BETTER AT THE END,

THIS IS OUR JOB.

Reporter Reporter: ERLIG HOPES

TO START A PLANT FOR

MEDICINES THAT HE HOPES

WILL BENEFIT THE AREA AND

THE REGION, AND, AS THE

BIBLE SAYS, MAKE THE

REGION BLOOM.

CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,

AT THE DEAD SEA.

Gordon: IT IS A

FULFILLMENT OF THE VISION

THAT WAS GIVEN, THE LAND

AND ITS PEOPLE ALL BEING

RESTORED, THE PEOPLE

RETURNING, AND THEN THE

DESERT BLOOMING.

WHAT A WONDERFUL THING TO

HAPPEN.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO

SEEING MORE BALM OF GILIAD

OUT THERE.

THAT'S ONE.

I'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED

THAT.

I'VE NEVER EVEN SEEN --

Terry: THIS IS QUITE

A VISION, TO SEE THE

BARRENNESS OF THE DESERT

AND THEN THIS TRACT OF

LAND WITH GREEN.

IT'S A WONDERFUL STORY.

> UP NEXT, A MOTHER HAS

A CHILLING NIGHTMARE ABOUT

HER SON.

I DREAMED THAT DAVID

FELL AT THE GORGE.

HE WAS FALLING AND FALLING

AND FALLING.

IT WAS SO REALISTIC.

AND IT SCARED ME.

IT REALLY SCARED ME.

Terry: SEE HOW HER

DREAM COMES TRUE, AND HOW

THE WORST THING THAT EVER

HAPPENED TO HER FAMILY

BECOMES THE BEST THING.

*

Gordon: WELL, WELCOME

BACK.

OUR ANNUAL Facebook

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UNDER WAY.

AND WE'D LIKE YOU TO SEND

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DECEMBER 15.

TO ENTER, ALL YOU HAVE TO

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TERRY, OVER TO YOU.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LOTS

OF COOKIES THIS CHRISTMAS.

Terry: I'M APPLYING

FOR THE POSITION OF JUDGE.

> WE HAVE A SERIOUS

STORY COMING UP.

IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A

FUN CAMPING TRIP, TWO

BOTHERS TAKING OFF INTO

THE WILD TO PARTY, BUT

SOMETHING WENT VERY WRONG

WHEN ONE OF THEM SIMPLY

DISAPPEARED.

I DREAMED THAT DAVID

FELL AT THE GORGE.

HE WAS FALLING AND FALLING

AND FALLING.

IT WAS SO REALISTIC.

AND IT SCARED ME.

IT REALLY SCARED ME.

Reporter: DAVE AND

JOHN SHELLER WERE LOOKING

FORWARD TO A WEEKEND

HIKING TRIP TO THE RED

RIVER GORGE IN KENTUCKY.

THEY WENT AHEAD WITH THEIR

PLANS, DESPITE THEIR

MOTHER, KATHRYN'S

FRIGHTENING DREAMS.

I FINALLY GOT

PERMISSION TO GO HANG

OUTSIDE WITH MY IDOLS.

IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I

WAS LET OUT TO SPEND A

NIGHT WITH MY BROTHER.

I WAS EXCITED.

Reporter: THE TWO

BROTHERS SET OUT ON AN

INTENSE TWO-MILE HIKE INTO

THE GORGE, EXCITEDED TO

SPEND TIME TOGETHER AND

GET DRUNK.

DAVE, WHO WAS OLDER, HAD

BEEN THERE SEVERAL TIMES

BEFORE.

HE LED THEM TO A SECLUDED

CAMP SITE AND A CAVE WHERE

THEY COULD MAKE A FIRE AND

PARTY.

OUTSIDE THE CAVE ENTRANCE

WAS A 180-FOOT CLIFF.

AND WE WERE UP ALL

NIGHT.

WE WERE HAVING AN

INCREDIBLY GOOD TIME.

THERE WERE NO CONSEQUENCES

THAT WE COULD SEE TO ANY

OF OUR ACTIONS, AND WE

JUST FELT FREE AND WERE

HAVING A GREAT TIME.

Reporter: BUT WHEN

JOHN WOKE UP THE NEXT

MORNING, HIS OLDER BROTHER

WAS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN.

IT WAS JUST WEIRD.

IT WAS JUST WEIRD HE WOULD

JUST DISAPPEAR.

I THOUGHT, I'M GOING TO GO

WALK AROUND AND LOOK FOR

HIM.

THERE WAS THIS SOUND.

IT WAS LIKE -- IT SOUNDED

LIKE A WOUNDED ANIMAL,

LIKE A GROANING.

I ASSUMED, LIKE US, IT WAS

ANOTHER CAMPER WAKING UP

FROM AN ALL-NIGHTER.

AND I STARTED RUNNING DOWN

THE TRAIL.

AND THEN I HEARD THAT

GROANING AGAIN.

WHEN I HEARD IT, I

THOUGHT, THAT COULD BE

DAVE.

AND SO I JUST STARTED

STRAIGHT ACROSS THROUGH

THE BRUSH.

AND IT WAS VERY, VERY

THICK.

SO I'M CUTTING THROUGH THE

UNDERGROWTH.

Reporter: IN THE

MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, DAVE

HAD FALLEN FROM THE CLIFF.

FOR HOURS HIS BODY LAY

WEDGED BENEATH A FALLEN

TREE NEAR THE BASE OF THE

GORGE.

HIS EYES WERE

COMPLETELY GLAZED OVER.

I REMEMBER HE WAS GRABBING

ON TO THE BRANCHES AROUND

HIM.

AS IF HE WERE STILL

FALLING, AND HE WAS STILL

TRYING TO CATCH HIMSELF.

I JUST GOT BEHIND HIM,

BEAR HUGGED HIM, SO HIS

BACK WAS AGAINST MY CHEST,

AND JUST HELD HIM.

Reporter: PARK

RANGERS AND OTHER HIKERS

HEARD THE CRIES FOR HELP.

HE WAS LIFE-FLIGHTED TO A

TRAUMA CENTER.

KATHRYN AND HER HUSBAND

RACED TO THE HUSBAND WHERE

THEY PREPARED FOR THE

WORST.

THERE ON THIS GURNEY,

ON A RESPIRATOR, IS MY

CHILD.

AND HE HELD MY HAND AND

THEN WE JUST STOOD FOR

QUITE SOMETIME.

Reporter: IN THE NEXT

SEVERAL DAYS, HE CAME IN

AND OUT OF A COMA.

HIS BRAIN WAS SWELLING,

AND HE HAD A STROKE THAT

CAUSED PARALYSIS ON HIS

LEFT SIDE.

FAMILY AND FRIENDS

DESPERATELY PRAYED FOR HIS

SURVIVAL.

I HELD MY HANDS OVER

DAVID THE ENTIRE TIME,

EVERY MINUTE I WAS THERE,

EITHER HOLDING HIS HAND OR

OVER HIM, ASKING FOR

HEALING.

JUST, PLEASE LET ME HAVE

ANOTHER CHANCE.

GIVE HIM BACK TO ME.

I'LL TAKE HIM ANY WAY.

IF HE IS IN A WHEELCHAIR

THE REST OF HIS LIFE, I'M

WILLING TO DO THAT.

GIVE HIM TO ME ANY WAY YOU

WILL.

Reporter: OVER THE

NEXT SEVERAL DAYS, DAVE'S

BODY AND MIND STARTED

HEALING RAPIDLY.

AT ONE POINT HE HAD A

GLIMPSE OF A HEAVENLY

PRESENCE IN THE ROOM.

HE OPENS UP HIS EYES

AND HE SAYS, WHO IS THE

MAN IN THE CORNER.

AND I SAID, I DO NOT SEE

ANYONE IN THE CORNER.

AND HE SAID, HE KNOWS YOU,

MOM.

AND HE WAS THERE WITH ME

IN THE CANYON.

WHEN I FELL, HE WAS THERE

WITH ME.

HE WANTS YOU TO KNOW HE IS

THERE IN THE CORNER.

Reporter: DAVE'S

RECOVERY PROGRESSED,

DESPITE SOME SETBACKS.

HE BEGAN TO RECOVER FROM

THE PHYSICAL TRAUMA OF THE

FALL, BUT THERE WAS AN

EMOTIONAL TOLL ON HIS

FAMILY AS WELL.

MY WHOLE LIFE THAT I

KNEW, AS A 21-YEAR-OLD MAN

ON TOP OF THE WORLD, WAS

JUST COMPLETELY TAKEN

AWAY.

HE HAD TO LEARN HOW TO

USE THE BATHROOM AGAIN,

HOW TO EAT AGAIN.

HE SLOWLY GOT STRONGER AND

STRONGER, BUT HE WAS VERY

UNPREDICTABLE.

HE HAD ANGER AND RAGES.

I WAS IN A VERY DARK,

ANGRY PLACE.

WE THOUGHT WE WERE

GOING TO LOSE HIM TO

DRUGS, TO ALCOHOL, IN A

CAR CRASH.

WE DIDN'T KNOW.

BUT WE WERE AFRAID.

HOW COULD ALL OF THESE

MIRACLES HAVE HUMIDITY FOR

UHAPPEN FORUS TO LOSE HIM.

Reporter: THEY

ENROLLED HIM IN "OUTWARD

BOUND," IN HOPE OF

RESTORING PEACE.

AND THEY GAVE HIM A BOOK

ABOUT THE LORD.

I JUST STARTED PRAYING

AND GOD STARTED WORKING ON

MY HEART.

AND IT WAS LIKE THIS

WEIGHT WAS JUST LIFTED.

I STOPPED BEING MAD AT

EVERYBODY.

I STOPPED BEING MAD AT

MYSELF.

I CLEARLY THAT FORGIVEN

EVERYONE.

Reporter: SINCE THAT

DAY, HE TRULY HAS A NEW

LIFE, BOTH PHYSICALLY AND

SPIRITUALLY.

I DIDN'T HAVE TO GO OUT

AND GET WASTED WITH MY

FRIENDS AND DO RISKY

THINGS TO PROVE MY

MANHOOD.

I DIDN'T HAVE TO DO

ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

I WAS GOING TO BE A GOOD

FATHER, I WAS GOING TO BE

A GOOD HUSBAND, AND I WAS

GOING TO HAVE FAITH AND

TITHE TO THE CHURCH.

IT FILLED THAT VOID I WAS

SEARCHING FOR.

Reporter: THE

SHELLERS REFLECT ON THEIR

TIME IN THE VALLEY,

THANKFUL THAT GOD USED

THIS TRAGEDY TO BRING

HEALING TO EVERY PART OF

THEIR FAMILIES.

GOD HEALED ME FULLY.

I'M PHYSICALLY,

EMOTIONALLY, AND MENTALLY

IN A BETTER PLACE THAN ANY

OTHER TIME IN MY LIFE.

I CAN CONSTANTLY LOOK BACK

AND SEE GOD WAS WITH ME

ALL OF THE TIME.

THERE IS HEALING ON THE

OTHER SIDE.

AND THERE IS GREAT

UNDERSTANDING THAT COMES

FROM TRAGEDY AND PAIN.

IT CHANGED OUR FAMILY IN

EVERY WAY IT POSSIBLY

COULD HAVE CHANGED IT.

IT WAS PROBABLY THE BEST

THING THAT EVER COULD HAVE

HAPPENED.

GOD TOOK SOMETHING BAD AND

TURNED IT INTO GOOD.

I'M WATCHING THE WORLD

CHANGE IN FRONT OF ME.

AS SOON AS I BECAME A

FOLLOWER OF CHRIST, THE

VOID WAS FILLED.

IT WAS JUST AN AMAZING

EXPERIENCE THAT CHANGED MY

LIFE.

Terry: WE ARE CREATED

IN THE IMAGE AND LIKENESS

OF OUR FATHER.

AND WE ARE CREATED TO HAVE

RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.

AND UNTIL WE UNDERSTAND

THAT, I THINK THE MESSAGE

IS SO CLEAR IN DAVE'S

STORY, THAT UNTIL WE

UNDERSTAND THAT, THERE IS

A VOID INSIDE OF US.

THERE IS THIS SEARCH THAT

WE'RE ON, FOR LACK FROM A

BETTER WORD.

A SEARCH FOR SIGNIFICANCE,

FOR UNDERSTANDING OF WHO

WE ARE, WHY WE'RE HERE,

WHAT THE WORLD IS ABOUT.

AND UNTIL WE KNOW GOD --

WE MIGHT KNOW ABOUT HIM,

BUT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN KNOWING ABOUT HIM

AND ACTUALLY KNOWING HIM.

WHEN HE SHOWS UP IN A WAY

THAT WE CAN SEE, IT

CHANGES EVERYTHING.

IT CHANGED NOT JUST FOR

DAVID, BUT FOR HIS WHOLE

FAMILY.

FOR HIS MOM, HIS DAD.

IT HAS CHANGED HIS

BROTHER.

IT CHANGED HIM DEEPLY.

THEY UNDERSTAND

DIFFERENTLY NOW.

THEY SEE THE WORLD THROUGH

A DIFFERENT SET OF

GLASSES.

BUT THEY SEE IT AS THEY

WERE INTENDED TO.

THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, I

THINK ONE OF THE THINGS

THAT IS SO EXTRAORDINARY

IS TO RECOGNIZE THAT OUR

GOD CAME DOWN, THAT HE

LOVED US ENOUGH TO WANT TO

GIVE US INSTRUCTION ON HOW

TO LIVE, DIRECTION.

KIND OF THAT CALL TO THE

HEART THAT SAYS, HERE I

AM, COME WITH ME.

WHEN PEOPLE SAID THAT TO

PEOPLE WHO WERE HIS

DISCIPLES, THEY JUST

DROPPED WHAT THEY WERE

DOING AND FOLLOWED HIM.

BUT THE TRUTH IS EVERY

HOLIDAY SEASON WE'RE

INVITED TO DROP WHAT WE'RE

DOING AND RECOGNIZE, ONCE

AGAIN, THAT HE CAME DOWN,

THAT HE IS HERE WITH US,

AND THAT HE LOVES US, AND

THAT HE HAS A PLAN AND A

PURPOSE FOR OUR LIVES.

MAYBE YOU'RE GOING THROUGH

A DIFFICULT TIME THIS

HOLIDAY.

I WANT TO SAY THIS TO YOU,

THERE IS A PROMISE IN

SCRIPTURE FOR ALL GOD'S

CHILDREN, THAT ALL THINGS

WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD.

NOT SOME, NOT A FEW, BUT

ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER

FOR GOOD FOR THOSE WHO

LOVE HIM AND WHO ARE

CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS

PURPOSES.

THAT CAN BE YOUR PROMISE

TODAY.

IT IS REALLY A DECISION

THAT YOU MAKE.

EVEN AFTER HIS ACCIDENT,

IN THE ANGER AND IN THE

FRUSTRATION AND IN THE

HAVING TO RECOVER FROM THE

BRAIN INJURY OF IT ALL,

DAVE HAD TO MAKE THAT

DECISION.

AND THAT INVITATION IS

EXTENDED TO YOU TODAY.

WILL YOU BE HIS?

WILL YOU RECOGNIZE THAT HE

CAME DOWN FOR YOU, FOR ME.

HE CAME DOWN BEFORE WE

WERE EVER HERE, KNOWING WE

WERE SINNERS, KNOWING WE

WERE GOING TO BLOW IT A

MILLION TIMES, KNOWING

THAT WE WERE DEEPLY

FLAWED.

BUT IN THE SACRIFICE JESUS

MADE, WE ARE FORGIVEN.

NOT JUST FORGIVEN, BUT

GIVEN A WHOLE NEW

BEGINNING, WITH A

DIFFERENT INFUSION OF HIS

PRESENCE, WITH A DIFFERENT

UNDERSTANDING OF WHO HE IS

AND WHO WE ARE IN

RELATIONSHIP TO HIM.

START YOUR JOURNEY TODAY.

JUST INVITE HIM.

JUST STOP WHAT YOU'RE

DOING RIGHT NOW, IN THE

MIDST OF YOUR DAY, AND

SAY, JESUS, I GET IT.

YOU CAME FOR ME.

YOU CHOSE ME.

AND TODAY I CHOOSE YOU.

I SAY YES TO YOU.

FORGIVE MY SINS.

AND BE SPECIFIC WITH HIM

ABOUT WHAT THOSE ARE.

HE KNOWS, BUT YOU NEED TO

KNOW.

NAME OFF THE THINGS THAT

GOD WANTS AND NEEDS TO

FORGIVE YOU FOR.

AND THEN RECEIVE IT.

ONCE COVERED WITH THE

BLOOD OF THE LAMB, YOU ARE

FOREVER FORGIVEN.

AND YOU CAN WALK IN THE

FREEDOM OF THAT.

AND BEYOND THAT, SAY, HOLY

SPIRIT, COME INTO MY LIFE.

TEACH ME YOUR WAYS.

GIVE ME EARS TO HEAR YOUR

VOICE, A HEART WILLING TO

OBEY YOU.

I WANT TO LIVE WITH YOU

AND ME, AND I WANT TO LIVE

FULL-OUT FOR YOU.

IN JESUS' NAME.

PRAY THAT PRAYER.

YOU'VE BEGUN A NEW LIFE.

YOU GET A START-OVER WITH

THE LORD.

WE WANT TO HELP YOU GROW.

WHAT DO YOU DO AFTER YOU

PRAY THAT PRAYER?

HOW DO YOU FOLLOW JESUS IN

TODAY'S WORLD?

WE PUT THIS TOGETHER JUST

FOR YOU.

IT'S CALLED "A NEW DAY,"

BECAUSE YOU ARE STARTING A

NEW DAY IN YOUR LIFE.

IT IS FILLED WITH

WONDERFUL INFORMATION JUST

FOR YOU, ON HOW TO YOU

WALK OUT BEING A FOLLOWER

OF JESUS, A LOVER OF THE

ONE WHO'S BIRTH WE

CELEBRATE.

THIS IS YOURS FOR FREE.

OUR NUMBER IS EVEN

TOLL-FREE: 1-800-700-7000.

JUST CALL AND SAY, I'D

LIKE THE "NEW DAY" PACKET,

AND WE'LL GET IT OUT TO

YOU RIGHT AWAY.

Gordon: STILL AHEAD,

A YOUNG SYRIAN REFUGEE WHO

ESCAPED THE TERROR OF

ISIS.

SEE HOW SHE IS REBUILDING

HER LIFE IN A NEW LAND,

WHEN WE RETURN.

Efrem: AND WELCOME

BACK TO "THE 700 CLUB."

A CHRISTMAS DECORATION ON

THE DOOR OF A NURSE'S

OFFICE AT A SCHOOL IN

TEXAS IS BEING CALLED

OFFENSIVE BECAUSE IT SHOWS

SCRIPTURE.

A STAFFER AT AN ELEMENTARY

SCHOOL IN TEXAS HUNG AN

IMAGE FROM A CHARLIE BROWN

CHRISTMAS.

IT INCLUDES THE QUOTE:

"FOR UNTO YOU IS BORN THIS

DAY IN THE CITY OF DAVID A

SAVIOR, WHICH IS CHRIST

THE LORD.

THAT'S WHAT CHRISTMAS IS

ALL ABOUT, CHARLIE BROWN."

THE STAFFER WHO PUT IT UP

WAS ASKED TO REMOVE IT

BECAUSE IT, QUOTE,"MIGHT

OFFEND KIDS FROM OTHER

RELIGION OR THOSE WHO

DON'T HAVE A RELIGION."

SO WHAT DO YOU THINK OF

THIS?

YOU CAN LET US AND THE

SCHOOL SYSTEM KNOW BY

GOING TO OUR WEBSITE AT

cbnnews.com.

> "OPERATION BLESSING"

IS HELPING A COMMUNITY IN

ZAMBIA GET CLEAN WATER

FROM A NEW WELL.

AFTER FAILED ATTEMPTS FROM

A RELIEF ORGANIZATION TO

DRILL FOR SAFE WATER,

"OPERATION BLESSING"

STEPPED IN.

THEY INSTALLED A

FILTRATION SYSTEM, MAKING

SURE THE WATER IS ALSO

SAFE TO DRINK.

MORE THAN 200 ORPHANS WILL

NO LONGER HAVE TO WALK

MILES TO GET WATER THANKS

TO THE WELL.

ON TOP OF THAT, "OPERATION

BLESSING" ALSO PROVIDED

NEW SHOES AND GLASSES TO

CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY

IN THAT COMMUNITY.

> YOU CAN LEARN MORE

ABOUT "OPERATION BLESSING"

BY GOING TO ITS WEBSITE

AT ob.org.

> GORDON AND TERRY ARE

BACK WITH MORE OF "700

CLUB INTERACTIVE," COMING COMING

UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

*

Gordon: CARIM IS A

13-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO'S

BEST FRIEND WAS KILLED BY

A BOMB IN SYRIA.

SHE AND HER MOTHER ESCAPED

TO LEBANON, WHERE THEY

STRUGGLED TO GET BY.

THEN SHE RECEIVED AN

INVITATION THAT NOT ONLY

CHANGED HER LIFE, IT ALSO

GAVE HER A PROMISING

FUTURE.

Reporter: WALKING

THROUGH THE SMALL

APARTMENT BUILDING SHE NOW

CALLS HOME, REEM IS

REMINDED OF HER FORMER

LIFE IN SYRIA, AND HOW THE

WAR CHANGED EVERYTHING IN

AN INSTANT.

THE BOMBS CAME AT US.

ONE KILLED MY BEST FRIEND,

WHO WAS PLAYING IN A

NEARBY FIELD.

THEN A BOMB HIT OUR HOUSE

AND WE RAN.

I WAS SO SCARED.

Reporter: THE FAMILY

FOUND A CAR AND MADE THEIR

WAY THROUGH THE CHECK

POINTS IN SOUTHERN

LEBANON, CLAIMING TO BE

WORKERS.

HER MOTHER SAID THEY LIVED

IN POVERTY EVER SINCE.

WE OFTEN HAVE TO DEPEND

ON OTHERS FOR HELP WITH

FOOD AND RENT.

BUT ONE OF THE HARDEST

THINGS IS SEEING REEM NOT

GETTING A GOOD EDUCATION.

I WOULD SEE HER STANDING

ON THE BALCONY, SADLY

WATCHING OTHER KIDS COME

HOME FROM SCHOOL.

SHE SAID SHE THOUGHT HOW

NICE IT WOULD FEEL TO GO

TO SCHOOL.

THAT MADE ME CRY.

FOR A LITTLE WHILE, I

WENT TO A PUBLIC SCHOOL

THAT LET IN REFUGEE

CHILDREN, BUT THE TEACHERS

WERE MEAN FOR NO REASON,

SO I STOPPED GOING.

Reporter: THEN REEM

WAS INVITED TO COME TO

"THE HEART FOR LEBANON"

CENTER.

SUPPORTED BY CBN.

SHE STUDIES ENGLISH,

ARABIC, AND MATH, AND

LEARN ABOUT THE LOVE OF

JESUS CHRIST.

I LOVE THIS SCHOOL SO

MUCH BECAUSE THE TEACHERS

TREAT US WELL AND REALLY

CARE ABOUT US.

MY FAVORITE THING IS

LEARNING ABOUT JESUS AND

HOW HE DIED ON THE CROSS

TO SAVE PEOPLE FROM THEIR

SINS.

Reporter: ALL OF THE

KIDS COME FROM MUSLIM

FAMILIES.

THEIR PARENTS KNOW THIS IS

AN OPENLY CHRISTIAN

SCHOOL, AND THAT THIS IS

THE BEST CHANCE THEY HAVE

AT GETTING A GOOD

EDUCATION.

I HAVE NO PROBLEM AT

ALL WITH REEM GOING TO A

CHRISTIAN SCHOOL.

ON THE CONTRARY, SHE HAS

DEVELOPED A SENSE OF LOVE

AND FORGIVENESS THERE.

AS A MOTHER, I AM SUPPOSED

TO TEACH MY CHILD THESE

THINGS, BUT SHE WAS

LEARNING THE OPPOSITE

BECAUSE OF THE WAR IN

SYRIA.

NOW SHE COMES TO ME AND

TELLS ME ABOUT GOOD

MANNERS AND A POSITIVE

ATTITUDE.

Reporter: AND THE

CENTER SHOWS "SUPERBOOK"

IN ARABIC, TO HELP THE

CHILDREN BETTER UNDERSTAND

THE BIBLE.

I REALLY ENJOY

"SUPERBOOK" BECAUSE I CAN

SEE THE STORIES OF JESUS.

I LIKE THAT JESUS IS

TEACHING US NOT TO LIE OR

HURT OTHERS, BUT TO

FORGIVE THOSE WHO DO BAD

TO US.

MY FAVORITE PART IS

GETTING UP AND PRAYING TO

JESUS AFTER THE

"SUPERBOOK" EPISODE.

Reporter: REEM AND

HER MOTHER ALSO GET FOOD

FROM "HEART FOR LEBANON"

AND CBN.

SEEING REEM COME HOME

EXCITED ABOUT SCHOOL AND

READY FOR A GOOD MEAL

REALLY MAKES ME HAPPY.

SHE HAS A CHANCE FOR A

GOOD FUTURE, WHICH IS VERY

RARE FOR GIRLS IN OUR

CULTURE.

I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL

OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE

HELPING TO SUPPORT US.

GOD BLESS YOU.

I WANT TO THANK THE

CHRISTIANS AND EVERYONE

WHO IS HELPING US WITH ALL

OF MY HEART.

I PRAY THAT PEOPLE WOULD

STOP DOING EVIL THINGS TO

ONE ANOTHER.

JESUS MEANS THE WORLD TO

ME.

Gordon: WHAT AN

INCREDIBLE STORY.

WHEN YOU HAVE A LITTLE

GIRL WHO HAS GONE THROUGH

ALL OF THIS TRAGEDY,

SAYING MY FAVORITE PART IS

TO GET UP AND PRAY TO

JESUS.

THAT'S MY FAVORITE PART OF

THE DAY.

YOU MAKE THAT POSSIBLE.

AND IF YOU'RE A MEMBER OF

"THE 700 CLUB," THANK YOU

BECAUSE YOU MADE THAT

STORY POSSIBLE.

YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR

THAT.

A PORTION OF EVERY GIFT TO

"THE 700 CLUB" GOES INTO

THE WORK OF CBN

INTERNATIONAL TO PREACH

THE GOSPEL AROUND THE

WORLD.

ANOTHER PORTION GOES INTO

THE WORK OF "OPERATION

BLESSING," TO BEIN BRING VERY

TANGIBLE HELP TO PEOPLE IN

NEED.

HOW MUCH IS IT?

JUST $20 A MONTH, JUST 65

CENTS A DAY.

DURING THIS CHRISTMAS

SEASON, CONSIDER, COULD

YOU GO TO "700 CLUB" GOLD,

THAT'S $40.

AND WE HAVE THE THAW THOUSAND

CLUB, WHICH BREAKS OUT TO

$84 A MONTH.

AT WHATEVER LEVEL, SAY,

YES, LET'S BRING JESUS TO

THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD

AND BRING THE GOSPEL

AROUND THE WORLD.

AND I WANT TO DO IT BY

JOINING "THE 700 CLUB."

GO TO THE PHONE,

1-800-700-7000, AND SAY, I

WANT TO JOIN AND BE A PART

OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

WHEN YOU JOIN, WE HAVE GOT

SOMETHING FOR YOU.

IT IS MY FATHER READING

THE GOSPEL OF JOHN.

IT IS AMAZING WHAT HAPPENS

WHEN THE WORD OF GOD IS

READ ALOUD TO YOU.

FAITH COMES BY HEARING,

AND HEARING BY THE WORD.

I WANT YOU TO HAVE IT.

IT'S YOURS WHEN YOU JOIN

"700 CLUB INTERACTIVE."

SO CALL: 1-800-700-7000.

TERRY?

Terry: TIL STILL TO COME,

HILLSONG PERFORMS THEIR

NEW SONG "CHRISTMAS

SHOES."

PLUS, WE'LL BE ANSWERING

YOUR E-MAIL QUESTIONS, SO

DON'T GO AWAY.

Terry: THIS YEAR WE

WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO

BRING LIGHT TO A CULTURE

THAT WANTS TO REMOVE

CHRIST FROM CHRISTMAS.

IF YOU'RE A CBN PARTNER,

LOOK FOR THIS ENVELOPE IN

YOUR MAIL, AND INSIDE

YOU'LL FIND YOUR VERY

OWNER CHRISTMAS CLING THAT

YOU CAN STICK ON THE

WINDOW AT YOUR HOME OR

CAR.

IF YOU'RE NOT A CBN

PARTNER, WE'LL STILL SEND

YOU THE CLING.

JUST CALL THE NUMBER ON

YOUR SCREEN:

1-800-700-7000.

I NOTICED WHEN I'M OUT AND

ABOUT, IF I SAY MERRY

CHRISTMAS, VERY OFTEN

PEOPLE WILL SAY MERRY

CHRISTMAS BACK TO ME.

Gordon: THAT'S THE

NEW RULE, YOU HAVE TO

START THE CONVERSATION.

AND MAYBE YOU'LL HAVE TO

WEAR A CHRISTMAS SWEATER.

Terry: I'LL WATCH FOR

YOURS, FIRST.

YOU GO FIRST.

TIME TO "BRING IT ON."

THIS FIRST ONE IS FROM

CHRISTIAN, WHO SAYS, "IS

IT OKAY TO DATE A GIRL WHO

BELIEVES IN GOD, BUT WE

HAVE DIFFERENT

DENOMINATIONS.

SHE GREW UP IN A CATHOLIC

CHURCH, AND I DID NOT.

BUT SHE IS WILLING TO GO

TO CHURCH WITH ME.

IS IT OKAY TO DATE?"

Gordon: CHRISTIAN,

LEARN FROM YOUR NAME.

IF YOU BELIEVE IN GOD,

YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN.

THE DENOMINATIONAL

DIFFERENCES WE HAVE ARE

ACTUALLY REALLY MINOR

COMPARED TO DO YOU BELIEVE

IN GOD?

DO YOU BELIEVE THAT JESUS

CAME?

DO YOU BELIEVE THAT HE

DIED ON A CROSS FOR YOUR

SINS?

DO YOU BELIEVE THAT HE

ROSE AGAIN FROM THE GRAVE.

I'M A CHRISTIAN AND YOU'RE

A CHRISTIAN, TOO --

WOULDN'T THAT BE GREAT.

AND YOU'RE DESCRIBING MY

PARENTS.

MY FATHER WAS A BAPTIST

AND MY MOTHER A CATHOLIC.

IT LEADS TO WONDERFUL

FIGHTS.

Terry: AND ECUMENICAL

CHILDREN.

THIS IS ELIZABETH, GORDON,

WHO SAYS, "I'M A MOTHER OF

FIVE, AND MY YOUNGEST

DAUGHTER DIED IN AUGUST AT

THE AGE OF 18.

I'M GRIEVING.

HOW CAN I OVERCOME AND

MOVE BEYOND THE SITUATION.

IT IS HARD TO ACCEPT.

PLEASE HELP."

Gordon: ELIZABETH, I

WOULD SAY GIVE YOURSELF A

BREAK.

THIS HAPPENED IN AUGUST.

TO TRY TO SAY YOU'RE GOING

TO BE OVER GRIEVING IN

DECEMBER?

NO.

SO OFTEN WE RESIST

GRIEVING, WHEN WE SHOULD

JUST GIVE TO IT.

AND SAY, LET'S GRIEVE.

WHAT YOU'VE GONE THROUGH A

HORRIBLE.

NO PARENT WANTS TO GO

THROUGH IT IS.

BUT REALIZE THE GOD OF ALL

COMFORT KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT

YOU'RE GOING THROUGH.

GOD HAD A SON WHO DIED.

SO HE UNDERSTANDS.

AND YOU CAN TAKE THIS

GRIEF TO HIM.

DON'T RESIST IT.

GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND

REALIZE THAT OVER TIME, IT

WORKS OUT.

AND ASK GOD FOR HELP WITH

IT.

AND IN THAT, YOU'LL FIND

THAT GOD OF ALL COMFORT.

I DON'T THINK IT IS

SOMETHING YOU GET OVER.

I THINK IT WILL BE WITH

YOU FOR SOME TIME.

BE WITH YOU FOR THE REST

OF YOUR LIFE, UNTIL YOU'RE

REUNITED WITH THEM IN

HEAVEN.

SO HOLD ON TO THAT

PROMISE, THAT THERE IS A

GREAT REUNION COMING.

BUT GO THROUGH THE

PROCESS.

Terry: TIM SAYS, "NIMY

HAND GOT CUT OFF IN A WORK

ACCIDENT.

I'M 50 YEARS OLD AND JUST

GOT MARRIED.

I'M SO ANGRY WITH GOD.

WHEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN IN

LIFE, HOW DO WE KEEP OUR

FAITH?"

Gordon: TIM, THAT'S A

QUESTION FOR THE AGES.

A QUESTION FOR THE BOOK OF

JOB.

JOB CERTAINLY WAS LIVING A

VERY RIGHTEOUS LIFE.

HE WAS EVEN EXTOLLED IN

HEAVEN -- HAVE YOU

CONSIDERED MY SERVANT,

JOB, HOW RIGHTEOUS HE IS?

AND JOB HAD A WHOLE SERIES

OF CATASTROPHES.

HE LOST HIS FAMILY, LOST

ALL HIS WEALTH, LOST HIS

HEALTH, LOST EVERYTHING.

AND HE STILL SAID, THE

LORD GIVETH AND THE LORD

TAKETH AWAY, BLESSED BE

THE NAME OF THE LORD.

FOR HIS SPECIFIC INJURY,

WHY ARE YOU BLAMING GOD

FOR AN ACCIDENT?

IT'S A THEOLOGICAL

QUESTION I ASK YOU.

INSTEAD OF BLAMING HIM FOR

THE ACCIDENT, WHY DON'T

YOU LOOK TO HIM TO BE THE

SOURCE OF HOW DO YOU GET

THROUGH IT?

HOW DO YOU GO ON WITH LIFE

NOW?

AND WHERE DO YOU GO?

WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO

TAKE ALL OF THAT PAIN?

IF YOU'RE ANGRY WITH GOD

ABOUT IT, RE-THINK THAT

AND THINK, WHAT CAN GOD DO

AT THIS POINT IN MY LIFE

TO HELP ME?

AND ABANDON ANY SENSE

THAT, YOU KNOW, HE IS

AGAINST YOU OR SOMEHOW HE

HAS JUDGED YOU.

BUT COME TO HIM AS THE

SOURCE OF ALL LOVE, ALL

COMFORT, ALL

UNDERSTANDING, AND YOU'LL

SEE A DIFFERENCE.

IT WILL MAKE A HUGE

DIFFERENCE IN YOUR LIFE.

Terry: THIS IS JERRY

WHO SAYS, "I MET MY WIFE

IN CHURCH AND WE GOT

MARRIED.

WE DIVORCED SEVEN YEARS

LATER.

HOWEVER, WE RECONCILED AND

HAVE BEEN HAPPILY MARRIED

FOR 16 YEARS.

WE BOTH SERVE IN OUR

CHURCH.

I'M AN ELDER AND SHE PLAYS

THE PIANO.

RECENTLY SHE HAS NOT BEEN

HAPPY AT OUR CHURCH, SO

SHE BEGAN GOING TO A

DIFFERENT ONE.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE

LEAVING RECENTLY BECAUSE

OF THE NEW, YOUNGER

PASTOR.

I FEEL TORN BECAUSE I FEEL

OUR FIRST CHURCH IS WHERE

I BELONG.

BUT I DON'T THINK WE

SHOULD BE ATTENDING

DIFFERENT PLACES ON

SUNDAY.

ANY ADVICE?"

Gordon: I WOULD SIT

DOWN AND TALK WITH YOUR

LIFE.

IT SEEMS LIKE YOU NEED TO

HAVE A COMING TOGETHER TO

SAY, OKAY, WHY DO YOU WANT

TO GO TO A NEW CHURCH?

AND THEN EXPLAIN WHY YOU

STILL FEEL CALLED TO BE IN

THAT CHURCH AND HOW YOU

FEEL AS AN ELDER YOU'RE

RESPONSIBLE, AND YOU DON'T

WANT TO ABANDON IT.

JUST SEE.

TALK IT OUT.

IT COULD BE THERE IS A

SEASON WHERE YOU GO TO

DIFFERENT CHURCHES.

AND THAT'S OKAY.

THERE IS NOTHING WRONG

WITH THAT.

AND THEN SEE OVER TIME,

CAN YOU START GOING AGAIN

TOGETHER.

I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE THE

TALK.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO

PRAY TOGETHER AND PRAY

SPECIFICALLY OVER THESE

KINDS OF ISSUES.

AND JUST SEE WHAT GOD WILL

DO.

AND WHEN YOU ALWAYS SEEK

GOD, IF YOU PUT HIM FIRST,

HE WILL DIRECT YOUR PATH.

> WELL, WE LEAVE YOU

TODAY WITH A SONG THAT

EARNED A GRAMMY NOMINATION

AND INSPIRED A MADE-FOR-TV

MOVIE.

IT IS THE 15th

ANNIVERSARY OF THIS

HOLIDAY HIT, AND FROM

THEIR NEW C.D., "BEST

CHRISTMAS EVER, EVER," HERE IS

HILLSONG WITH "CHRISTMAS

SHOES."

*

* IT WAS ALMOST

CHRISTMASTIME *

* AND THERE I STOOD IN

ANOTHER LINE *

* TRYING TO BUY THAT LAST

GIFT OR TWO *

* NOT REALLY IN THE

CHRISTMAS MOOD *

* STANDING RIGHT IN FRONT

OF ME *

* WAS A LITTLE BOY WAITING

ANXIOUSLY *

* RACING AROUND LIKE

LITTLE BOYS DO *

* AND HIS CLOTHES WERE

WORN *

* HE WAS DIRTY FROM HEAD

TO TOE *

*

AND WHEN IT CAME HIS TIME

TO PAY *

* I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT

I HEARD HIM SAY *

* SIR, I WANT TO BUY

SHOES.

* FOR MY MAMA, PLEASE

* IT IS CHRISTMAS EVE, AND

THESE SHOES ARE JUST HER

SIZE *

*

COULD YOU HURRY, SIR *

* DADDY SAID THERE IS NOT

MUCH TIME *

*

YOU SEE, SHE'S BEEN SICK

FOR QUITE A WHILE *

* AND I KNOW THESE SHOES

WILL MAKE HER SMILE *

* AND WOULDN'T IT BE

BEAUTIFUL IF MAMA MEETS

JESUS TONIGHT *

*

* THEN E TURNE HE TURNED AND HE

LOOKED AT ME *

* SHE SAID, MAMA MADE

CHRISTMAS GOOD AT OUR

HOUSE *

* MOST YEARS SHE JUST DID

WITHOUT *

* SIR, I'VE GOT TO BUY HER

THESE CHRISTMAS SHOES.

*

* SO I LAID THE MONEY

DOWN *

* I JUST HAD TO HELP HIM

OUT *

* AND I'LL NEVER FORGET

THE LOOK ON HIS FACE WHEN

HE SAID, MAMA'S GONNA LOOK

SO GREAT *

* SIR, I WANT TO BUY THESE

SHOES *

* FOR MY MAMA, PLEASE

* IT'S CHRISTMAS SEASON,

AND THESE SHOES ARE JUST

HER SIZE *

* COULD YOU HURRY, SIR

* DADDY SAYS THERE IS NOT

MUCH TIME *

* YOU SEE, SHE'S BE SICK

FOR QUITE A WHILE *

*

I KNOW THESE SHOES WILL

MAKE HER SMILE *

* I WANT HER TO LOOK

BEAUTIFUL IF MAMA MEETS

JESUS TONIGHT *

* I KNEW I CAUGHT A

GLIMPSE OF HEAVEN AS HE

THANKED ME AND RAN OUT *

* I KNEW THAT GOD HAD SENT

THAT LITTLE BOY TO REMIND

ME WHAT CHRISTMAS IS ALL

ABOUT *

* SIR, I WANT TO BUY THESE

SHOES *

* FOR MY MAMA, PLEASE

* IT'S CHRISTMAS EVE, AND

THESE SHOES ARE JUST HER

SIZE *

* COULD YOU HURRY, SIR

* DADDY SAID THERE IS NOT

MUCH TIME *

* SHE'S BEEN SICK FOR

QUITE A WHILE, AND I KNOW

THESE SHOES WILL MAKE HER

SMILE *

* AND I WANT HER TO LOOK

BEAUTIFUL IF MAMA MEETS

JESUS TONIGHT *

* I WANT HER TO LOOK

BEAUTIFUL IF MAMA MEETS

JESUS TONIGHT *