Efrem: COMING UP

UP...

A MOTORCYCLIST WAS

CRITICALLY INJURED.

Efrem: ...A TRAGIC

ACCIDENT.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER

OR NOT I WAS GOING TO DIE.

YOU JUST NEVER THINK IT

IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO YOU.

Efrem: A YOUNG MAN

PARALYZED, AND THEN IT

LEADS TO A MIRACLE ON

CHRISTMAS EVE.

THAT'S WHEN I STOOD UP.

THE BEST DAY OF THE YEAR.

Efrem: TODAY ON "THE

700 CLUB."

I KNEW THAT EVERYBODY

HAD WITNESSED A MIRACLE.

[APPLAUSE]

*

Pat: WELL, WELCOME,

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TO

THIS EDITION OF "THE 700

CLUB."

IT LOOKS LIKE DONALD TRUMP

IS PUTTING TOGETHER ONE OF

THE BEST CABINETS IN

MEMORY.

I CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN

THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY

OUTSTANDING PEOPLE BEING

NAMED TO THE CABINET.

AND THE ONE THAT IS COMING

IN NOW, THIS GUY WAS

RUNNING THE BIGGEST

CORPORATION IN THE WORLD,

AT LEAST INDUSTRIAL

CORPORATION, EXXON-MOBIL.

REX TILLERSON, WHAT A

WONDERFUL NAME.

ISN'T THAT A GREAT NAME,

REX TILLERSON?

Terry: YES.

AND ALSO IN KEEPING WITH

TRUMP'S WHOLE WANTING TO

BRING EXPERTS THAT ARE NOT

JUST POLITICIANS INTO

PLAY.

AND I THINK PEOPLE ARE

APPRECIATING THAT.

Pat: YOU'VE GOT A

WORLD'S STATESMAN WHO HAS

BEEN NEGOTIATING WITH

GOVERNMENTS ALL AROUND THE

WORLD.

HE IS VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE,

A VERY FINE PERSON.

BUT, MAN, THE LEFT -- THE

BERRAGE OF CAT CALLS

COMING OUT OF PLACES LIKE

THE "WASHINGTON POST,"

THEY MAKE YOU SICK.

SOMEBODY OUGHT TO SET FIRE

TO THE PAGES OF THAT AWFUL

PUBLICATION.

YOU KNOW, JEFF BESOS

BOUGHT THAT THING.

HE IS AFRAID THAT TRUMP IS

GOING AFTER HIM FOR

ANTITRUST.

SO HE IS GOING TO DO

EVERYTHING TO WEAKEN

TRUMP.

BUT I HEARD YESTERDAY, AND

IT MAY BE RIGHT, THAT

THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT

SAY ALL OF THESE

REGULATIONS THAT OBAMA HAS

BEEN ADDING ON, THAT TRUMP

MAY JUST, ON DAY ONE, JUST

BY THE STROKE OF A PEN,

CANCEL ALL OF THE

EXECUTIVE ORDERS, WHICH HE

HAS A PERFECT RIGHT TO DO.

HE CAN CANCEL ALL OF THEM

AND PUT BACK SELECTIVE

ONES HE THINKS IS

IMPORTANT.

Terry: WHICH WOULD BE

A WISE MOVE.

Pat: IT WOULD SAVE

BILLIONS AND TRILLIONS.

THE COST OF REGULATION

IS -- WHAT IS IT?

HOW MANY TRILLION?

THREE TRILLION?

FOUR TRILLION.

Terry: IT IS A HUGE

AMOUNT OF NATIONAL DEBT.

Pat: IT IS.

THEY KEEP LAYING ON THE

REGULATIONS.

WE GOT THROWN OUT OF

OFFICE BECAUSE OF THESE,

SO LET'S DOUBLE DOWN AND

HAVE TWICE AS MANY.

THE DEMOCRATS DON'T GET

IT.

OKAY, WELL, TERRY, WHAT

HAVE YOU GOT?

Terry: WELL, THE

NOMINATION OF TILLERSON

COMES AS SOME DEMOCRATS

ARE RAISING QUESTIONS

ABOUT WHETHER THE RUSSIANS

TRIED TO INFLUENCE THE

ELECTION IN FAVOR OF

TRUMP.

GARY LANE HAS THE STORY.

Reporter:

PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP'S

CHOICE OF REX TILLERSON AS

SECRETARY OF STATE IS

CONTROVERSIAL.

USUALLY YOU LOOK IN THE

SECRETARY OF STATE FOR

SOMEONE WHO HAS SOME LEVEL

OF DIPLOMATIC EXPERIENCE.

Reporter: WILL

TILLERSON LACKS DIPLOMATIC

AND POLITICAL EXPERIENCE,

AS C.E.O. OF THE

EXXON-MOBIL OIL COMPANY,

HE HAS DEVELOPED MANY

FRIENDLY RELATIONSHIPS

WITH WORLD LEADERS.

HE HAS RECEIVED THE

RUSSIAN ORDER OF

FRIENDSHIP AWARD, AND HAS

CLOSE TIES TO VLADIMIR

PUTIN.

THAT HAS RAISED CONCERNS

ON CAPITOL HILL.

SOME THINK HE IS A BIT TOO

CLOSE TO THE RUSSIANS.

THE TILLERSON NOMINATION

COMES AT A TIME WHEN BOTH

DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS

ARE CALLING FOR AN

INVESTIGATION OF ALLEGED

RUSSIAN MEDDLING IN THE

RECENT U.S. PRESIDENTIAL

ELECTION.

THE RUSSIANS ARE NOT

OUR FRIEND.

I HOPE THAT THOSE WHO ARE

GOING TO BE IN POSITIONS

OF RESPONSIBILITY IN THE

NEW ADMINISTRATION SHARE

MY VIEW.

Reporter: ON THE

DAILY SHOW, PRESIDENT

OBAMA SAID RUSSIAN

ATTEMPTS TO INFLUENCE

AMERICAN ELECTIONS DATES

BACK TO THE SOVIET UNION

DAYS.

HE SAYS AN INVESTIGATION

AND REPORT MAY PREVENT

SUCH ACTIONS IN THE

FUTURE.

President Obama: WHAT

THEY DID HERE, HACKING

SOME E-MAILS AND RELEASING

THEM, IS NOT A

PARTICULARLY FANCY BRAND

OF ESPIONAGE OR

PROPAGANDA.

Reporter: BUT JULIAN

ASSANGE SAYS RUSSIA WAS

NOT THE SOURCE OF THE

HACKED D.N.C. AND HACKED

E-MAILS DURING THE

PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.

AND SOME OF THOSE IN THE

AGENCY THAT OVERSEES ALL

U.S. INTELLIGENCE, THE

OFFICER OF THE DIRECTOR OF

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE,

REPORTEDLY DISAGREE WITH

THE C.I.A. ASSESSMENT.

REUTERS REPORTS, THEY SAID

THE ASSESSMENT THAT RUSSIA

ACTED TO BOOST TRUMP OVER

HILLARY CLINTON LACKS

CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE.

AND JUST DAYS BEFORE THE

ELECTORAL COLLEGE LECTORS

MEET NEXT MONDAY TO CAST

THEIR VOTES, MAKING THE

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

FINAL, AT LEAST 10 OF THEM

SAY THEY WANT A NATIONAL

INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING TO

DETERMINE IF TRUMP IS FIT

TO SERVE.

CRITICS SAY IT IS JUST

ANOTHER ATTEMPT BY

DEMOCRATS AND SOME MEMBERS

OF THE HILLARY CLINTON

CAMPAIGN TO DELEGITIMIZE

THE TRUMP VICTORY.

AND JUDGES STOPPED THE

RECOUNT EFFORTS IN

MICHIGAN AND PENNSYLVANIA.

AND TRUMP GAINED ANOTHER

131 VOTES AFTER THE

RECOUNT IN WISCONSIN.

MEANWHILE, TRUMP IS MAKING

HIS FINAL SOURCES FOR HIS

WHITE HOUSE TEAM.

HE HAS CHOSE GARY CONH AS

HIS CHIEF ECONOMIC

ADVISOR.

HE WILL BE THE THIRD WALL

STREET SECRETARY TO JOIN

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

WITH A LITTLE MORE THAN

ONE MONTH TO GO UNTIL

INAUGURATION DAY, TRUMP

HAS ONLY A FEW CABINET

PICKS REMAINING.

SOME OF THE SELECTIONS ARE

CONTROVERSIAL, SO HE IS

LIKELY TO FACE ONGOING

ATTACKS IN THE DAYS AHEAD.

GARY LANE, CBN NEWS.

Pat: YOU KNOW, WE'RE

LIVING IN -- IT'S LIKE --

THEY TALK ABOUT THE

TEMPTED VILLAGE, YOU

WONDER WHAT IN THE WORLD

IS GOING ON IN THIS WORLD

THAT WE LIVE IN?

FIRST OF ALL, THEY SAID,

MR. TRUMP, WILL YOU ACCEPT

THE RESULTS OF THE

ELECTION?

AND HE SAID, WELL, I'M NOT

SURE.

BECAUSE HE HADN'T THOUGHT

IT THROUGH.

ALL OF A SUDDEN MICHELLE

OBAMA JUMPS ON HIM AND

EVERYBODY JUMPS ON HIM.

ISN'T THAT SHOCKING, HERE

IS A MAN WHO IS GOING TO

REFUSE TO ACCEPT THE WILL

OF THE PEOPLE.

SO THE ELECTION IS OVER,

AND DONALD TRUMP WON FAIR

AND SQUARE.

AND HE WANTS TO BE NAMED

PRESIDENT.

SO WHAT IS HAPPENING?

THE PEOPLE WHO WERE TAKING

SUCH HORROR AT HIS STAND

ARE SAYING, WE WON'T

ACCEPT THE RESULTS OF THE

ELECTION.

CAN YOU IMAGINE?

WE'VE GOT TO HAVE A

BRIEFING TO THE LECTORS ON

WHETHER HE IS FIT TO

SERVE.

THAT IS OBSURD.

THERE IS NOTHING IN THE

CONSTITUTION THAT SAYS

THAT.

THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING

THEY CAN TO DEMEAN HIM, TO

DISCREDIT HIM.

AND THE POWER GOES ON FROM

THE "NEW YORK TIMES," THE

"WASHINGTON POST," CNN,

AND ALL OF THESE PEOPLE.

IN MY OPINION, I SAY IT

AGAIN, HE HAS PICKED ONE

OF THE MOST SUBURB CABINET

MEMBERS IN MY LIFETIME.

THESE PEOPLE ARE REALLY

QUALIFIED.

AND PLUS THEY'RE QUALIFIED

AS CONSERVATIVES.

THEY'RE CAPABLE PEOPLE WHO

CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE WITH

A PRESIDENT WHO WANTS TO

BE AN ACTIVIST.

SO GET READY FOR IT.

AS A FRIEND OF MINE, PAUL,

SAID SOME YEARS AGO, "WHEN

THE PIGS START TO SCREAM,

TURN UP THE GREASE."

BECAUSE THE PIGS ARE

SQUEALING LIKE CRAZY ON

THIS ONE.

DONALD TRUMP'S TEAM IS

ALREADY LOOKING TO MOVE

THE U.S. EMBASSY IN

ISRAEL.

THIS HAS BEEN A MOVE THAT

ALL OF US THOUGHT SHOULD

HAVE TAKEN PLACE YEARS

AGO.

CONGRESS VOTED FOR IT, BUT

THE STATE DEPARTMENT HAS

BLOCKED IT.

NOW TRUMP SAYS I'M LOOKING

FOR A NEW LOCATION IN

JERUSALEM TO BUILD THE

EMBASSY.

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT.

John: THAT'S RIGHT,

PAT.

EVEN BEFORE HE TAKES

OFFICE, TRUMP'S TRANSITION

TEAM REPORTEDLY IS LOOKING

FOR PLACES TO RELOCATE THE

EMBASSY, WHICH WOULD

FULFILL ONE OF HIS

CAMPAIGN PROMISES.

CHRIS MITCHELL BRINGS US

THAT STORY.

Chris: DURING HIS

CAMPAIGN, TRUMP PLEDGED TO

MOVE THE U.S. EMBASSY FROM

TEL AVIV TO JERUSALEM.

THE CAMPAIGN MANAGER,

KELLYANNE CONWAY,

REITERATED THAT PLEDGE AND

SAID IT IS A VERY BIG

PRIORITY FOR TRUMP.

SOME BELIEVE ONE POSSIBLE

LOCATION FOR THE U.S.

EMBASSY WOULD BE AT THE

CURRENT SITE OF THE U.S.

CITIZENS SERVICE OFFICE.

IT IS LOCATED HERE IN A

JERUSALEM NEIGHBORHOOD,

AND CONSIDERED A LOGICAL

CHOICE FOR A FUTURE

EMBASSY, BUT IT IS NOT THE

ONLY SITE.

ANOTHER CHOICE, THE AREA

OF THE NEARBY DIPLOMAT

HOTEL, CURRENTLY A HOME

FOR ELDERLY IMMIGRANTS.

THE U.S. OWNS THE

PROPERTY, BUT NOT THE

HOTEL.

A THIRD SITE IS THIS

ABANDONED LOT IN THIS

NEIGHBORHOOD OWNED BY THE

U.S.

FORMER ISRAELI FINANCE

MINISTER SAYS TRUMP'S

PLEDGE TO MOVE THE EMBASSY

IS AN EXCELLENT IDEA.

IT IS ABOUT TIME.

WE ARE SITTING NOW IN

ISRAEL'S CAPITAL.

Chris: LIPID IS SEEN

AS A TOP CONTENDER FOR

ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER IN

THE FUTURE.

IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION

FROM CBN NEWS, LIPID TOLD

FOREIGN JOURNALISTS THAT

EVERY EMBASSY SHOULD BE IN

JERUSALEM.

THIS IS OUR CAPITAL.

WE WAITED 2,000 YEARS TO

COME BACK HERE.

WE EXPECT THE WORLD TO

ACKNOWLEDGE THIS FACT AND

TO RECOGNIZE ISRAEL, AND

JERUSALEM AS OUR CAPITAL.

AND THEREFORE WE SHOULD

HAVE THE EMBASSY THERE.

Chris: HE RELATED A

STORY FROM PRESIDENT

OBAMA'S RECENT TRIP TO

ISRAEL.

THE WHITE HOUSE ISSUED

THE STATEMENT SAYING THAT

THE PRESIDENT WAS IN

JERUSALEM, AND THEN THEY

CHANGED IT, NOT TO MENTION

JERUSALEM AS THE CAPITAL

OF ISRAEL.

AND THIS WAS IN WESTERN

JERUSALEM.

IT WASN'T EVEN EASTERN

JERUSALEM.

I THINK THIS IS

PREPOSTEROUS.

Chris: NO COUNTRY IN

THE WORLD RECOGNIZES

JERUSALEM AS ISRAEL'S

CAPITAL.

SINCE ISRAEL'S FOUNDING,

ADMINISTRATIONS OF BOTH

PARTIES HAVE MAINTAINED A

CONSISTENT POLICY AS

RECOGNIZING NO STATE AS

HAVING SOVEREIGNTY OVER

JERUSALEM.

BUT IN 1995, THE U.S.

CONGRESS PASSED THE

"JERUSALEM EMBASSY ACT"

MANDATING THE MOVE OF THE

U.S. EMBASSY FROM TEL AVIV

TO JERUSALEM.

SO FAR EVERY PRESIDENT HAS

AVOIDED THE MOVE, CITING

SECURITY CONCERNS AND

SIGNING A SPECIAL WAIVER.

MOVING THE EMBASSY WILL

NOT MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY.

THERE WILL BE HAPPINESS

ON THE ISRAELI SIDE.

THERE WILL BE UNHAPPINESS

ON THE ARAB-PALESTINIAN

SIDE.

Chris: SOME SAY THE

MOVE MUST COME IN A WIDER

CONTEXT OF AN

ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN

AGREEMENT.

IN THE MEANTIME, MANY SAY

IF THE MOVE IS EVER GOING

TO HAPPEN, TRUMP IS THE

ONE TO GET THE JOB DONE.

CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,

JERUSALEM.

John: PAT, A BOLD

MOVE.

Pat: WELL, I HAVE

TALKED TO PEOPLE WHO

MAINTAIN THIS INCREDIBLE

FICTION THAT THE CAPITAL

OF ISRAEL IS TEL AVIV.

WELL, THAT'S JUST

NONSENSE.

IT IS NOT TEL AVIV.

IT IS JERUSALEM.

IT HAS BEEN JERUSALEM

FOREVER.

AND THIS IS THEIR ETERNAL

HEADQUARTERS.

I MET SOMETIME AGO WITH

YASSER ARAFAT, AND HE

WANTED JERUSALEM.

THE PALESTINIANS WANT

JERUSALEM.

YOU SEE, IF THEY GOT

JERUSALEM, THEN THEY'LL

HAVE A KEY POSITION IN

TAKING OVER ALL OF ISRAEL.

I MEAN, IT IS A CHESS

GAME, AND THEY MOVE THE

KNIGHT AND THEN THEY MOVE

THE CASTLE AND SO FORTH.

BUT IT IS TIME THE UNITED

STATES FACES UP TO

REALITY.

THE PARLIAMENT OF ISRAEL

IS IN JERUSALEM.

THE HEADQUARTERS OF THEIR

MAIN OFFICES ARE IN

JERUSALEM.

THE PRIME MINISTER IS IN

JERUSALEM.

THE KNESSET IS IN

JERUSALEM.

THAT'S THEIR CAPITAL.

CAN YOU IMAGINE SOME

NATION DEALING WITH THE

UNITED STATES, SAYING

WE'RE NOT GOING TO

ACKNOWLEDGE WASHINGTON AS

YOUR CAPITAL.

WE'RE GOING TO GO TO

BALTIMORE.

THAT'S NIGHT, BUT

BALTIMORE IS NOT OUR

CAPITAL.

WASHINGTON IS.

SO TRUMP IS GOING TO DO

IT.

IT IS NICE TO HAVE

SOMEBODY WHO IS GOING TO

TELL THOSE NAMBY PAMBYS AT

THE STATE DEPARTMENT,

YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT MY

WAY.

WE NEED A BOLD LEADERSHIP.

WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD THAT.

THE UNITED STATES IS

CRYING OUT FOR BOLD -- AS

RONALD REAGAN SAID, I'M

GOING TO PAINT IN BOLD

COLORS, NOT PALE PASTELS.

Efrem: PASTORS ARE

CELEBRATING A FREEDOM.

THERE WAS AN ANTI-

ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAW

THAT DEALT WITH IMPORTANT

ISSUES, INCLUDING, SR.

IINCLUDING

SENSUALITY.

IT WOULD HAVE FORCED MANY

CHURCHES TO BREAK THE LAW

IN ORDER TO FOLLOW THEIR

BELIEFS.

Heather: AS THE

COUNTRY'S STRICT TEST

ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAW,

IT THREATENED TO CONTROL

HOW CHURCHES COMMUNICATE

ABOUT GENDER AND SEXUALITY

AND HOW THEY OPERATE THEIR

BATHROOMS.

THE STRATEGY: THE

MASSACHUSETTS

ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND

ANTI-DISCRIMINATION AGENCY

DECIDING THAT A CHURCH

WOULD BE CONSIDERED A

PLACE OF PUBLIC

ACCOMMODATION IF IT HOSTED

A SECULAR EVENT, SUCH AS A

FOOD PANTRY.

THE CHURCH WOULD BE FORCED

TO FOLLOW THE LAW AND ITS

RULE ABOUT GENDER

IDENTITY.

PASTOR GEORGE SMALL AND

THREE OTHER PASTORS SUED

THE STATE, SAYING THAT IT

VIOLATED THEIR FIRST

AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

IT COULD AFFECT ME AS A

PASTOR AND WHAT I TEACH

AND HOW WE OPERATE AS A

CHURCH.

THIS IS NEW GROUND.

Heather: PASTOR SMALL

WAS JOINED IN THE SUIT BY

THREE OTHER PASTORS.

THEY ALSO SPOKE WITH CBN.

THIS LAW IS REALLY

TYING OUR HANDS, NOT

ALLOWING US TO BE WHO WE

ARE.

AND THE GOVERNMENT HAS NO

PLACE.

THERE IS ALL OF THIS

TALK OF A WALL OF

SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND

STATE.

WHERE IS IT WHEN IT COMES

TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS?

Heather: THE VICTORY

FOR THE CHURCHES COMES

WITH A NEW INTERPRETATION

OF THE LAW.

THE MASSACHUSETTS

ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S OFFICE

NOW SAYS IT WAS NOT RIGHT

TO AUTOMATICALLY CONSIDER

HOUSES OF WORSHIP AS

PLACES OF PUBLIC

ACCOMMODATION.

THEY RECOGNIZED THAT

THEY HAVE NO LEGAL

AUTHORITY TO APPLY THIS

LAW, CART BLANC, TO

CHURCHES.

Heather: THE PASTORS'

ATTORNEY SAYS THEY ARE

OVERJOYED BY THE STATE'S

DECISION AND ARE DROPPING

THEIR LAWSUIT.

IT IS A GREAT DAY IN

THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS

WHEN BOTH THE COMMISSION

AND THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL

RECOGNIZE THE FREEDOM OF

EVERY CHURCH TO OPERATE

CONSISTENTLY WITH ITS

FAITH.

Heather: THE

ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S OFFICE

EVEN CREDITED THE PASTORS

FOR TAKING ON THE STATE,

NOTING, QUOTE,"YOUR

LAWSUIT CAUSED US TO FOCUS

ON THESE ISSUES AND TO

MAKE THIS PRECEDENT."

AND NOIN IOWA THIS FALL, A

FEDERAL COURT SHUT DOWN A

SIMILAR ATTEMPT TO

CLASSIFY CHURCHES.

IT IS AN EXCELLENT SIGN

THAT THE MASSACHUSETTS

COMMISSION AND

ATTORNEY-GENERAL HAVE

LIKEWISE BACK PEDALLED AND

SAID, WE ADMIT THAT THE

FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTS

THE FREEDOM OF CHURCHES TO

OPERATE CONSISTENTLY WITH

THEIR FAITH.

Heather: HE NOTES

THAT THE MASSACHUSETTS WIN

NO HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT

THESE FOUR PASTORS AND

THEIR WILLINGNESS TO TAKE

A STAND.

IT SHOULD SERVE AS A

WARNING TO ANY OTHER STATE

TRYING TO USE LEGEND

BILLIOLGBT LAWS TOCONTROL CHURCHES.

John: A BIG WIN FOR

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.

Pat: I REMEMBER WHEN

I MET WITH THE CARDINAL

SOME YEARS AGO, AND WE

WERE TALKING ABOUT

GEORGETOWN.

AND THE WHOLE IDEA THEY

HAD TO USE THEIR MONEY,

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH'S

MONEY, TO HAVE PRIVATE

MEETING PLACES FOR

HOMOSEXUAL STUDENTS AND

OTHER ACCOMODATIONS.

AND I SAID, IF YOU WERE

FORCED TO DO IT, WHAT

WOULD YOU DO?

AND HE SAID, I WOULD CLOSE

THE SCHOOL DOWN.

JUST LIKE THAT.

THEY WEREN'T GOING TO DO

IT.

THAT WAS A BRAVE CARDINAL.

UNFORTUNATELY, MOST

CHURCHES HAVE BACKED DOWN.

BUT THESE BRAVE PASTORS IN

BOSTON WON A VICTORY.

IT IS A SMALL VICTORY THAT

SAYS THE CHURCH CAN

IDENTIFY PEOPLE ON ACCOUNT

OF THE SEX THEY WERE BORN

WITH AND HAVE BATHROOMS AS

AN ACCOMMODATION.

THAT'S ALL THEY'RE DOING.

Terry: THERE IS

SOMETHING TO BE SAID THAT

WE ALL SHOULD LEARN FROM,

IN STANDING UP AND

CHALLENGING.

Pat: YOU KNOW, THE

DEVIL IS A BLUFFER.

HE ALWAYS BLUFFS.

YOU'LL FIND IT IN PUTIN.

YOU'LL FIND IT IN THE

AYATOLLAHS AND ALL THE WAY

UP AND DOWN THE LINE.

THERE IS ALWAYS A BLUFF.

IF YOU STAND UP TO THE

BLUFF, YOU USUALLY WILL

WIN.

AND THOSE PEOPLE STOOD UP

TO, YOU KNOW, THE BIG

BEASTS SAYING, OH, WE'RE

GOING TO GET YOU.

AND THEY SAID, NO, YOU'RE

NOT.

WE'RE TAKING OUR RIGHTS.

Terry: GOOD FOR THEM,

INDEED.

> COMING UP, A CHURCH IN

WASHINGTON, D.C. REACHES

OUT TO A SYRIAN REFUGEE

FAMILY.

THIS IS ONE OF THE

GREATEST CRISIS OF OUR

GENERATION, AND HOW WE

RESPOND TO IT MIGHT JUST

DEFINE OUR FUTURE AS A

CHURCH.

Terry: SEE HOW THIS

CONGREGATION IS PROVIDING

FRIENDSHIP AND FINANCIAL

HELP, AFTER THIS.

Pat: YOU'RE WATCHING

"THE 700 CLUB."

WE'RE GLAD TO SEE YOU.

AS WE'RE GETTING CLOSER

AND CLOSER TO CHRISTMAS.

I'M SURE THERE IS THAT

HOLIDAY SPIRIT IN THE AIR,

WE HOPE.

WHILE POLITICIANS HAVE

BEEN DEBATING ABOUT THE

SYRIAN REFUGEE CRISIS, THE

CHURCH HAS OFTEN STEPPED

IN TO PROVIDE REAL

SOLUTIONS.

ABIGAIL ROBERTSON SHOWS US

HOW ONE CONGREGATION IN

WASHINGTON IS DOING WHAT

THEY BELIEVE THE BIBLE IS

CALLING THEM TO DO, AND,

THAT IS, TO LOVE THEIR

NEIGHBORS.

Reporter: THIS MAY

LOOK LIKE A REGULAR PRAYER

MEETING, BUT THOSE BEING

PRAYED OVER MIGHT SURPRISE

YOU.

A MUSLIM FAMILY RECENTLY

RESETTLED FROM SYRIA, WHO

LEFT THEIR COUNTRY WHEN

ISIS INVADED THEIR HOME

TOWN AND GUNNED DOWN MANY

OF THEIR NEIGHBORS.

THE FAMILY BURIED THEIR

16-YEAR-OLD SON FOR HOURS

DURING THE RAID, TO

PROTECT HIM FROM BEING

FORCIBLY RECRUITED TO THE

TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.

MEMBERS FROM "NATIONAL

COMMUNITY CHURCH" HAVE

GATHERED TO LISTEN TO THE

FAMILY'S STORY AND LEARN

MORE ABOUT WHY THEY FLED

TO THE UNITED STATES.

> HAVE YOU EVER MET ANY

SYRIAN REFUGEES BEFORE?

I DON'T THINK SO.

THE MEDIA GIVES A LOT OF

IT AS BAD PEOPLE.

AND ALL SORTS OF DANGER.

Reporter: THIS PASTOR

AND HIS WIFE, KATIE, MET

THE FAMILY SHORTLY AFTER

THEY ARRIVED IN THE U.S.

THEY SPOKE NO ENGLISH, AND

WERE PLACED IN THE

EXPENSIVE CITY OF

WASHINGTON, D.C.

THE RESETTLEMENT AGENCY

COVERED EXPENSES FOR ONLY

THREE MONTHS.

THE FATHER, BASHIR, ONCE

AN ELECTRICIAN, NOW FEELS

HELPLESS.

IN SYRIA, HE WAS VERY

STRONG.

HE WAS A PROVIDER.

HE HAD A SURE SKILL SET

AND PROFESSION.

HERE HE FEELS LOST.

HE IS WORKING REALLY HARD

TO LEARN ENGLISH, BUT THE

PRESSURE TO GET FINANCIAL

SECURITY IS PRETTY STRONG.

Reporter: KATE AND

DAVE REALIZED TWO MAJOR

THINGS MISSING IN THE

RESETTLE PROCESS:

FRIENDSHIPS AND INCOME.

THEY OPENED UP THEIR HOME

TO HOST THIS EVENT, WHICH

SOLVED BOTH THOSE ISSUES,

AND GAVE THE CHURCH AN

OPPORTUNITY TO PUT A FACE

TO THE CRISIS.

WHAT WE'RE MISSING IS

FRIENDSHIP.

Reporter: THOSE

ATTENDING NOT ONLY MET THE

FAMILY, BUT THEY LEARNED

TO MAKE A SYRIAN DISH,

WHICH WAS A TYPE OF

CHEESE.

AND EACH PERSON GAVE MONEY

TOWARDS THE FAMILY'S RENT.

THEY'RE JUST SHARING

THEIR STORIES.

Reporter: BUT WHAT

YOU SEE HAPPENING HERE IS

EASIER SAID THAN DONE.

ACROSS THE NATION, 73%

OF THE GENERAL POPULATION

AVOIDS CONVERSATIONS WITH

MUSLIMS.

YOU TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF

RISK TO CUL CUT PAST THE

RHETORIC AND THE OPINIONS,

TO GET INVOLVED IN AREAS

THAT ARE CONTROVERSIAL,

BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE

BEHIND THESE TOPICS AND

THESE ISSUES.

Reporter: LEAD PASTOR

MARK BATTERON FOUND THAT

OUT AFTER HIS WIFE

RETURNED FROM A REFUGEE

MISSIONS TRIP.

HER HEART STARTED TO

BREAK, TO WHAT I BELIEVE

BREAKS THE HEART OF GOD.

WHEN YOUR WIFE HAS A HEART

FOR SOMETHING, AS HER

HUSBAND, YOU GET A HEART

FOR IT.

Reporter: PASTOR

BATTERSON BELIEVES IF

CHURCHES COULD MOVE PAST

THE POLITICS, THEY COULD

CHANGE THE COURSE OF THIS

CRISIS.

SOMETIMES WE CONFUSE

POLITICAL ISSUES WITH

BIBLICAL ISSUES.

MY HOPE AND PRAYER WOULD

BE THAT THE CHURCH WOULD

RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS ONE

OF THE GREATEST CRISIS OF

OUR GENERATION.

AND HOW WE RESPOND TO IT

MIGHT JUST DEFINE OUR

FUTURE AS A CHURCH.

Reporter: N.C.C.

PLANS TO HOST MORE "LISTEN

AND LEARN" EVENTS WITH

DIFFERENT REFUGEE FAMILIES

IN THE FUTURE.

AS FOR BASHIR, HE STARTED

A HANDYMAN SERVICE WITH

THE HELP OF KATE, IN THE

HOPES OF BECOMING

SELF-SUFFICIENT IN

AMERICA.

REPORTING FROM WASHINGTON,

ABIGAIL ROBERTSON, CBN

NEWS.

Pat: THAT'S VERY

SWEET.

YOU SEE, IF ALL OF THE

PEOPLE WHO WERE CHRISTIAN

WOULD ACTUALLY WORK AS

CHRISTIANS AND MOVE

TOGETHER, THERE IS NOTHING

IMPOSSIBLE.

AND AS WE ARE SERVANTS, HE

THAT IS A SERVANT OF THE

LORD IS THE LEADER OF THE

GREATEST AMONG YOU, HE

THAT SERVES THE MOST.

SO THE WAY TO BE GREAT IS

TO BE A SERVANT.

TERRY?

Terry: WELL, UP NEXT,

A WALKING MIRACLE.

I KNEW I WAS GOING TO

SHOW EVERYBODY WHAT GOD

HAD DONE FOR ME.

AND THAT'S WHEN I STOOD UP

AND I WALKED ALL THE WAY

OUT THERE.

Terry: SEE THIS

PARALYZED MAN TAKE HIS

FIRST STEP ON CHRISTMAS

EVE.

PLUS, WE'RE GOING TO BE

PRAYING FOR YOU AND YOUR

NEEDS RIGHT AFTER THIS.

STAY WITH US.

Pat: HEY, MERRY

CHRISTMAS.

WE'RE ALMOST THERE.

IT IS A GREAT TIME.

I HOPE THAT YOU AND YOUR

FAMILY ARE GOING TO BE

ENJOYING A WONDERFUL

HOLIDAY.

WE WILL SHARE THE LOVE OF

GOD ON THIS PROGRAM WITH

YOU.

> WELL, LANCE WILLIAMS

IS A HUSBAND AND A FATHER

OF TWO.

12 YEARS AGO, ON CHRISTMAS

EVE, LANCE BECAME

SOMETHING ELSE: A WALKING

MIRACLE.

HERE IS HIS INCREDIBLE

STORY.

Reporter: AS A FATHER

OF TWO, LANCE WILLIAMS

SEES EVERY CHRISTMAS AS A

TIME TO MAKE SPECIAL

MEMORIES WITH HIS FAMILY.

BUT WHAT HAPPENED

CHRISTMAS 2004 WILL ALWAYS

BE ETCHED IN HIS MIND.

EARLIER THAT YEAR, ON MAY

10th, LANCE WAS ON HIS

WAY HOME TO BE WITH

FAMILY.

HE WAS SINGLE, AND SOON TO

BE COMMISSIONED AS AN

OFFICER IN THE UNITED

STATES ARMY.

HIS MOTHER, CONNIE,

REMEMBERS.

HE WA IT WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF

THOSE MOMENTS WHEN

EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT IN

YOUR LIFE.

WE WERE ALL HAVING A BIG

DINNER AT MY HOUSE.

WE WERE GETTING READY, AND

LANCE WAS LATE, AS USUAL,

I THOUGHT.

Reporter: BUT LANCE

NEVER ARRIVED.

HELLO?

Reporter: INSTEAD,

CONNIE GOT A PHONE CALL.

HER SON HAD BEEN IN AN

ACCIDENT.

I THOUGHT WE WOULD GO

GET HIM AND BRING HIM HOME

WITH A BROKEN LEG.

Reporter: BUT IT WAS

WORSE THAN SHE COULD HAVE

IMAGINED.

LANCE'S ACCIDENT BECAME A

HEADLINE ON THE EVENING

NEWS.

A MOTORCYCLIST WAS

CRITICALLYLY INJURED.

21-YEAR-OLD LANCE WILLIAMS

COLLIDED WITH A FORD

EXPLORER.

THE DRIVER OF THE S.U.V.

WAS CHARGED WITH FAILURE

TO YIELD.

Reporter: CONNIE AND

HER HUSBAND RUSHED TO THE

HOSPITAL, WHERE CHURCH

MEMBERS, FRIENDS, AND

FAMILY HAD ALREADY

GATHERED TO PRAY.

THEY WAITED FOR THE

DOCTOR'S REPORT.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT HE

DIED.

IF HE

DIED.

Reporter: FINALLY

THEY GOT THE NEWS THAT HE

SURVIVED, BUT HE HAD

BROKEN HIS NECK, AND THE

DOCTORS SAID HE WOULD MOST

LIKELY BE A QUADRIPLEGIC.

YOU JUST NEVER THINK IT

IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO YOU.

AT THE SAME TIME, I'M A

CHRISTIAN.

SO I HAD THE FAITH THAT NO

MATTER WHAT, YOU KNOW, I

COULD MAKE IT THROUGH.

BUT I SURE DIDN'T WANT TO

HEAR WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY.

Reporter: WHILE LANCE

UNDERWENT SURGERY, MORE

PEOPLE JOINED IN PRAYER.

DOCTORS WERE ABLE TO

REPAIR HIS SPINE, BUT SAID

LANCE HAD ONLY A 5% CHANCE

OF EVER WALKING AGAIN.

BY NOW, LANCE HAD REGAINED

CONSCIOUSNESS.

HE SAYS EVEN WHILE TRAPPED

UNDER THE S.U.V., HE FELT

GOD'S PEACE.

THE VERY FIRST THING

THAT I DID WAS I PRAYED

THE LORD'S PRAYER,

INSTANTLY, BECAUSE I

DIDN'T KNOW IF I WAS GOING

TO DIE OR NOT.

I WASN'T SCARED.

BECAUSE I KNEW WHERE I WAS

GOING TO GO.

IN THAT MOMENT, I KNEW

WHERE I WOULD GO IF I WERE

TO DIE.

I FORGAVE THE GUY

UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE,

NOT EVEN KNOWING WHO THIS

GUY WAS.

THAT FORGIVENESS TO THAT

GUY RIGHT THEN AND THERE

WAS PROBABLY THE START OF

MY TRUE HEALING.

Reporter: THOUGH THE

PAIN WAS OFTEN UNBEARABLE,

HE WORKED HARD AT REHAB

AND CONTINUED TO PRAY FOR

A FULL RECOVERY.

AFTER 90 DAYS, HE GOT A

SIGN THAT GOD WAS

LISTENING.

WITH MYSELF PRAYING,

MOVING MY HAND, AND WITH

THE HELP OF GOD, THAT WAS

THE FIRST THING THAT

HAPPENED.

AND I WAS JUST, LIKE, I

KNEW I WAS GOING TO BE

FINE.

Reporter: ONCE HE

CROSSED THAT BRIDGE, HIS

REHABILITATION MOVED

QUICKLY, SURPRISING EVEN

DOCTORS.

FINALLY HE WENT HOME.

HE WAS STILL IN A

WHEELCHAIR, BUT HE HAD HIS

HEART SET ON ONE GOAL: TO

WALK DOWN THE AISLE IN

CHURCH TO RECEIVE

COMMUNION ON CHRISTMAS

EVE.

LANCE WAS READY TO TAKE A

STEP OF FAITH.

HE WAS AT CHURCH AND IT

WAS CHRISTMAS EVE.

I TOLD MY STEPDAD, I

WANT TO WALK UP FOR

COMMUNION.

THAT'S WHEN I STOOD UP AND

I WAS AT THE BACK, AND I

WALKED ALL THE WAY UP

THERE.

AND HE DID IT.

IT WAS A BIG CHURCH, AND

HE WALKED ALL THE WAY FROM

THE BACK.

I REMEMBER THE PEOPLE

AROUND ME, THE PEOPLE IN

THE CHOIR, SAID, CONNIE,

THAT'S A LONG WAY.

AND I SAID, YEAH, IT IS.

IT WAS MY PERSONAL ANSWER

TO PRAYER.

AND IT WAS JUST -- YOU

KNOW, GOD GAVE HIS SON.

AND IT WAS LIKE MY SON WAS

GIVEN TO ME.

IT WAS A GIFT.

I KNEW I HIT THE GOAL,

AND I WANTED TO HEAR IT.

BUT I KNEW I WAS GOING TO

SHOW EVERYBODY WHAT GOD

HAD DONE FOR ME.

I KNEW EVERYBODY HAD

WITNESSED A MIRACLE.

Reporter: TODAY YOU

CAN FIND LANCE WORKING UP

A SWEAT AT THE GYM, AND

SPENDING TIME WITH HIS

WIFE, GABBY, AND THEIR TWO

DAUGHTERS.

IT MEANS THE WORLD THAT

I KNOW THAT GOD HAS GIVEN

ME MY LIFE BACK.

I DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF

PARALYSIS, STILL, HOWEVER

I HAVE A WONDERFUL FAMILY,

AFTER I WAS TOLD I WOULD

NEVER HAVE CHILDREN.

I CAN PRETTY MUCH DO

EVERYTHING THAT A NORMAL,

ABLE-BODIED PERSON CAN.

I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR WHAT

GOD HAS DONE IN MY LIFE.

EVEN THOUGH I HAD TO GO

THROUGH THAT HARD TIME,

I'M SUPER EXCITED FOR WHAT

HE HAS DONE FOR ME.

AND I KNOW HE'S NOT DONE

WITH THE HEALING.

AND IF I HAVE TO WAIT

UNTIL I JOIN HIM IN HEAVEN

TO BE COMPLETED, I CAN

WAIT FOR THAT TIME.

I'M AMAZED AT WHAT GOD HAS

DONE IN MY LIFE AND WHAT

HE CONTINUES TO DO IN MY

LIFE.

Pat: WHAT A WONDERFUL

GUY.

WHAT A MARVELOUS

TESTIMONY.

A CHRISTMAS EVE MIRACLE, I

WANT TO WALK DOWN THE

CHURCH AISLE AND GET

COMMUNION.

GOD BLESS HIM.

> IT IS ALMOST

CHRISTMAS, AND WE HAVE

BEEN SENDING THESE THINGS

OUT.

THEY LOOK LIKE THIS, AND

THEY COME OUT IN THE MAIL.

AND IF YOU PUMP A LITTLE

ON THEM, THERE IS A LITTLE

ORNAMENT HERE THAT IS A

PRETTY PICTURE, LIKE A

CLASSICAL PICTURE.

AND THESE CAN GO ON YOUR

TREE, BUT YOU CAN ALSO

FILL OUT ON THE BACK OF

THEM PRAYER REQUESTS.

SO HERE ARE SOME OF THE

PRAYER REQUESTS THAT HAVE

COME FROM SOME OF THESE

VERY PRETTY THINGS.

THIS ONE SAYS, "MY WIFE

HAS COLON CANCER AND NEEDS

PRAYER, OBVIOUSLY."

AND SOMEBODY SAID, "I'M

PRAYING FOR HEALING FROM

AN INTENSE FOOT PAIN."

AND ANOTHER SAYS, "MY

DAUGHTER IS GOING THROUGH

A DIVORCE."

AND TERRY, YOU HAVE SOME,

TOO?

Terry: A WIFE SAYS,

"I NEED PRAYER FOR MY

HUSBAND, WHO HAS

EMPHYSEMA."

AND THEN HERE IS ONE THAT

SAYS, "I NEED OPEN DOORS

FOR A NEW JOB."

Pat: WE ARE TALKING

ABOUT A GOD WHO CREATED

EVERYTHING.

THERE IS NOTHING

IMPOSSIBLE.

HE CAN FIX YOUR BROKEN

BONES.

HE CAN FIX YOUR SPINE.

HE CAN FIX YOUR DIABETES.

HE CAN FIX YOUR CANCER.

AND HE CAN FIX YOUR

RELATIONSHIPS, AND HE CAN

FIX YOUR FINANCES.

WHATEVER YOU NEED.

WHATSOEVER YOU ASK IN

PRAYER, BELIEVING IT SHALL

BE DONE UNTO YOU.

LISTEN, WE'RE GOING TO

PRAY.

TERRY AND I ARE GOING TO

JOIN HANDS RIGHT NOW.

I WANT YOU TO JOIN WITH

US.

WHEREVER YOU ARE AT HOME,

JOIN RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE GOING TO HOLD THESE

BEFORE THE LORD.

FATHER, YOU'RE PEOPLE ARE

CRYING ALL ACROSS THIS

LAND AND IN OTHER

COUNTRIES.

PEOPLE ARE CRYING OUT TO

YOU RIGHT NOW.

AND WE HOLD THEM BEFORE

YOU.

AND AS YOUR

REPRESENTATIVES HERE ON

EARTH, WE SPEAK THE WORD

OF FAITH IN THE NAME OF

JESUS, MY BROTHERS AND

SISTERS, BE MADE WHOLE.

WE SPEAK TO THESE

CONDITIONS, THAT THEY

MIGHT BE HEALED.

WE SPEAK TO THE FINANCES,

THAT THERE MIGHT BE AN

ABUNDANCE.

WE SPEAK TO THE MARRIAGES,

THAT THERE MIGHT BE LOVE.

IN THE NAME OF JESUS.

TERRY, YOU HAVE SOMETHING?

Terry: THERE IS

SOMEONE, YOU HAVE A

SHOULDER PROBLEM.

IT IS NOT A ROTATOR CUFF,

BUT YOU'VE BEEN IN SOME

KIND OF AN ACCIDENT, A

FALL OR SOMETHING, AND

YOUR SHOULDER HAS BEEN

TOTALLY MISALIGNED.

GOD IS HEALING THAT FOR

YOU RIGHT NOW.

ALL OF THOSE TENDONS AND

LIGAMENTS ARE GOING BACK

INTO PLACE, HEALTHY AND

WHOLE, IN JESUS' NAME.

Pat: MAN, YOUR NECK

IS BAD.

YOU HAVE RIPPED SOMETHING

IN YOUR NECK.

PUT YOUR HAND ON YOUR

NECK, RIGHT NOW, WHERE IT

HURTS.

IN THE NAME OF JESUS, FROM

THIS MOMENT ON, YOU WILL

BE COMPLETELY HEALED.

Terry: AND THERE IS

SOMEONE ELSE, YOU HAVE,

LIKE, A CHRONIC CONDITION

WITH ATHLETE'S FOOT AND IT

IS CRACKING.

AND GOD IS HEALING THAT

RIGHT NOW.

THE PAIN IS GONE.

Pat: LORD, LET THE

PEACE OF GOD REST UPON

PEOPLE RIGHT NOW IN JESUS'

NAME.

AMEN.

AND AMEN.

TERRY?

Terry: WELL, COMING

UP LATER, THEY'RE NOT

ELVES, BUT THEY WORK JUST

AS HARD.

MEET THE HUSBAND AND WIFE

TEAM KNOWN AS "THE COOKIE

CUTTER COUPLE."

WE DON'T HAVE ANY HELP.

Terry: THIS COUPLE

HAS CREATED 300,000

HANDMADE COOKIE CUTTERS.

SEE HOW THEY DID IT ON

TODAY'S "700 CLUB."

AND WELCOME BACK TO

"THE 700 CLUB."

A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS

GRANTED A REQUEST BY

DISNEY AND SEVERAL

HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS FOR A

PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

AGAINST VID ANGEL.

THAT'S THE STREAMING

SERVICE THAT ALLOWS

FAMILIES TO FILTER OUT

OFFENSIVE CONTENT FROM

MOVIES.

THIS MEANS VID ANGEL HAS

TO STOP STREAMING CONTENT

FOR FILMS IT HAS NOT

OBTAINED LICENSES FOR.

VID ANGEL C.I.A. NEIL

HORMAN RELEASED A

STATEMENT SAYING,

QUOTE,"THE DECISION IS A

TEMPORARY ONE THAT WE WILL

APPEAL.

WHILE THE APPELLATE

PROCESS PLAYS OUT, WE WILL

WORK TO IMPROVE OUR SYSTEM

AND PREPARE FOR OUR

ANTICIPATED

POST-INJUNCTION RELAUNCH."

VID ANGEL PLANS TO FIGHT

THE CASE ALL THE WAY TO

THE SUPREME COURT.

> DANGEROUSLY COLD

TEMPERATURES ARE HEADED

FOR THE CENTRAL AND

MIDWEST.

SOME PARTS OF THE MIDWEST

AND NORTHEAST COULD

EXPERIENCE THEIR LOWEST

TEMPERATURES OF THIS

CENTURY.

ALL 16 YEARS.

WINDCHILLS COULD GO AS LOW

AS 30 TO 40 BELOW 0.

THIS COMES AFTER SNOW HAS

ALREADY HIT PARTS OF THE

REGION.

THE SNOW IS NICE FOR

ABOUT A MONTH.

AND THEN AFTER THAT, NOT

SO MUCH.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

,

ACTUALLY.

I'VE NEVER SEEN IT LIKE

THIS IN DECEMBER IN A

WHILE.

Wendy: IT IS

BEAUTIFUL TO LOOK AT.

THE LATEST SNOWSTORM HAS

ALREADY CAUSED UP TO 900

ACCIDENTS.

SLOW DOWN.

THAT'S THE BEST ADVICE I

CAN GIVE ANYBODY BECAUSE

ONCE YOU BRAKE TRACTION,

THERE IS NO BRINGING IT

BACK.

Wendy: THAT'S THE

TRUTH.

WELL, EXPERTS ARE WARNING

PEOPLE AGAINST HYPOTHERMIA

DURING THIS COLD WEATHER

IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS, AND

URGING FOLKS TO TAKE EXTRA

PRECAUTIONS.

PLEASE DO.

YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE

LATEST FROM CBN NEWS BY

GOING TO OUR WEBSITE AT

cbnnews.com.

PAT AND TERRY WILL BE BACK

WITH MORE OF "THE 700

CLUB" RIGHT AFTER THIS.

Terry: TODAY MONICA

IS A 3-YEAR-OLD WHO CAN'T

STOP SMILING AT HERSELF IN

THE MIRROR.

BUT NOT LONG AGO, MONICA

ALMOST NEVER SMILED, AND

HER BIG SISTER CRIED JUST

LOOKING AT HER.

Reporter: 3-YEAR-OLD

MONICA WAS BORN WITH A

CLEFT LIP.

IT MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR

HER TO EAT OR DRINK

ANYTHING.

HER OLDER SISTER, DORGA,

WANTED TO DO SOMETHING TO

HELP.

WHEN MY LITTLE SISTER

CAME HOME WITH HER LIP

LIKE THAT, I CRIED A LOT.

I ASKED MY MOTHER, WHY WAS

SHE LIKE THAT?

BUT NO ONE TOLD ME

ANYTHING.

WHEN SHE WAS GETTING

OLDER, EVERYONE TEASED HER

AND SAID, WHY IS SHE LIKE

THAT?

CAN'T YOU DO SOMETHING TO

FIX HER?

DON'T YOUR PARENTS HAVE

MONEY TO MAKE HER ALL

RIGHT?

Reporter: THEIR

FATHER WORKS IN A TAILER

SHOP, HE BARELY MAKES

ENOUGH MONEY TO FEED THEIR

FAMILY OF FIVE.

WHEN I SAW MY DAUGHTER

WAS BORN WITH A CLEFT LIP,

I FELT REALLY BAD.

HOW AM I GOING TO RAISE

HER?

HOW AM I GOING TO BE ABLE

TO PAY FOR A SURGERY?

I DON'T GO TO WORK

BECAUSE I NEED TO TAKE

CARE OF MONICA AND GET MY

OTHER DAUGHTERS READY FOR

SCHOOL.

SOMETIMES WE HAVE FOOD TO

EAT, AND SOMETIMES WE

DON'T.

Reporter: THEN CBN

HEARD ABOUT MONICA.

WE IMMEDIATELY ARRANGED

FOR HER TO HAVE A FREE

CLEFT LIP SURGERY.

WHEN WE WENT BACK A YEAR

LATER TO SEE HOW MONICA

WAS DOING, HER BEAUTIFUL

SMILE SAID IT ALL.

SHE LIKES HOW SHE LOOKS

NOW.

SHE KEEPS LOOKING AT

HERSELF IN THE MIRROR.

SHE IS VERY HAPPY.

AND SHE IS ABLE TO EAT AND

DRINK WITHOUT ANY

PROBLEMS.

Reporter: WE ALSO

WANTED TO HELP MONICA'S

PARENTS PROVIDE FOR THEIR

FAMILY.

SO LAST YEAR, AFTER WE

LEARNED THAT MONICA'S

MOTHER KNEW HOW TO SEW, WE

GAVE HER A SEWING MACHINE,

TO START HER O OWN BUSINESS

FROM HOME.

I GET A LOT OF BUSINESS

FROM LADIES BECAUSE THERE

ARE VERY FEW TAILERS IN

THE AREA.

NOW I AM CONFIDENT THAT

ALL OF MY DAUGHTERS WILL

BE INDEPENDENT AND HAVE A

BRIGHT FUTURE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

GIVING MY SISTER THE

SURGERY.

SHE IS SO HAPPY AND CUTE.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU

FOR GIVING MY MOTHER THE

SEWING MACHINE SO WE CAN

BUY GOOD FOOD TO EAT.

THANK YOU, CBN.

Terry: WHAT IF MONICA

WAS YOUR CHILD?

WHAT IF YOU WERE THE DAD

OR THE MOM WHO DIDN'T

ALWAYS HAVE FOOD ON THE

TABLE?

YOU WERE GOD'S ANSWER TO

THEIR PRAYER, TO THEIR

NEED.

"700 CLUB" MEMBERS, YOU'RE

MAKING AN INCREDIBLE

DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF

CHILDREN, PARENTS,

FAMILIES ALL AROUND THE

WORLD EVERY SINGLE DAY.

65 CENTS A DAY, $20 A

MONTH, AND THAT'S THE KIND

OF CHANGE THAT YOU'RE

PRODUCING.

WHEN WE ALL LINK ARMS

TOGETHER, WE CAN REALLY

MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING

THOSE OF YOU WHO AREN'T

"700 CLUB" MEMBERS TO GO

TO YOUR PHONE AND CALL

TODAY.

WHAT A WONDERFUL GIFT YOU

CAN GIVE BACK THIS

CHRISTMAS SEASON TO PEOPLE

WHO ARE IN NEED.

OUR NUMBER IS TOLL-FREE:

1-800-700-7000.

JUST CALL AND SAY, I WANT

TO JOIN "THE 700 CLUB."

WHEN YOU DO THAT, OUR WAY

OF SAYING THANK YOU IS TO

SEND YOU THIS GIFT.

PAT HAS GONE INTO THE

STUDIO AND TAPED THE

GOSPEL OF JOHN.

THE RESPONSE WE'RE GETTING

FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE

LISTENING TO THIS IS

INCREDIBLE.

IT WILL BLESS YOU TO HEAR

THE WORD OF GOD.

IT WILL RING IN YOUR HEART

AND YOUR OWN LIFE

CIRCUMSTANCES, AND IT WILL

ENCOURAGE YOU IN YOUR

DAY-TO-DAY LIVING.

CALL NOW.

YOU CAN TOUCH SOMEONE

ELSE'S LIFE, AND WE

BELIEVE THAT THE GOSPEL OF

JOHN WILL TOUCH YOURS.

IT IS CALLED GOD'S LOVE

LETTER.

TILSTILL AHEAD, WE'RE GOING

TO BRING IT ON.

CAROL SAYS, THERE IS

OBVIOUS FAVORTISM BEING

SHOWN BY MY MOTHER TO

OTHER SIBLINGS.

THIS MAKES ME SAD AND I

WITHDRAW.

HOW DO I MOVE PAST IT IS

AND HONOR MY MOTHER ANYWAY

ANYWAY?

PAT IS GOING TO ANSWER

THAT QUESTION AND MORE

AFTER THIS.

*

Terry: WELL,

YESTERDAY, WE SHOWED YOU

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE

FOUNDERS IN THE HOLIDAY

BAKE-AWAY CON TEST.

WCONTEST.

THE FIRST PRIZE WINNER WAS

AWARDED $10,000.

THIS IS CHARLENE WHO WROTE

AND SAID, "IT WAS MY FIRST

CONTEST, AND I REALLY

ENJOYED MYSELF.

NOW I KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT

AND HOW TO STEP MY GAME

UP.

IF YOU'RE HAVING ANOTHER

ONE NEXT YEAR, I'LL MOST

DEFINITELY COMPETE.

THANK YOU FOR THE

OPPORTUNITY."

STEPHANIE SAID, "THIS WAS

SUCH A FUN CONTEST.

I HOPE THEY DO ANOTHER ONE

NEXT YEAR.

I LEARNED SO MUCH."

AND ANGELA WROTE, "I WAS

COMPLETELY AMAZED TODAY.

IT WAS STIFF COMPETITION

AND BEAUTIFUL CAKES.

I'M STILL IN SHOCK ABOUT

WINNING SECOND PLACE.

I'M STILL CRYING.

I ENTERED TO SEE IF I

COULD WIN MONEY FOR BRAIN

SURGERY.

I'M JUST A LITTLE OLD HOME

COOK.

I'M LIVING PROOF THAT

ANYONE HAS A CHANCE AT

WINNING, ESPECIALLY IF YOU

PRAY AND HAVE FAITH."

Pat: THAT WAS THE

WOMAN WE ALL WERE PULLING

FOR.

SHE HAD AN ANOMALY IN HER

BRAIN.

SOME KIND OF LIKE TWO

LAYERS OF SKULL -- I

DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND

WHAT IT WAS, BUT IT WAS A

VERY RARE CONDITION.

SHE NEEDED THE MONEY TO

GET SURGERY, AND SHE

DIDN'T HAVE THAT.

AND SHE ENTERED THIS

CONTEST.

YOU CAN'T FAVOR SOMEBODY

BECAUSE SHE HAS A BRAIN

PROBLEM.

BUT SHE WON SECOND PLACE

AND SHE WON $7500, WHICH

WAS ENOUGH TO PAY FOR THE

SURGERY SHE NEEDED.

IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.

Terry: ONE OF THE

ELEMENTS YOU HEAR

THROUGHOUT THE COMMENTS

THAT WE HAD IS HOW MUCH

PEOPLE LEARNED IN DOING

THIS.

SO ARE WE DOING THIS NEXT

YEAR?

Pat: IF I HAVE TO

JUDGE ANOTHER ONE -- I

CAN'T EAT ALL OF THOSE

CAKES.

Terry: YES, YOU CAN

DO IT.

COME ON, PAT.

Pat: I HAVE TO TAKE

ONE FOR THE TEAM.

Terry: I'LL BE YOUR

STAND IN.

> WELL, LEAVING MILK AND

COOKIES FOR SANTA IS A

TRADITION IN MANY, MANY

HOMES THIS CHRISTMAS.

RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE GOING TO

MEET A COUPLE WHO

DEDICATED THE PAST 20

YEARS TO CREATING WHAT NO

COOKIE BAKER SHOULD EVER

BE WITHOUT.

TAKE A LOOK.

Reporter: NESTLED

AMONG THE EVER GREENS SITS

A WORKSHIP, PREPARING FOR

CHRISTMAS.

THERE IS NO REINDEER AND

NOT AN ELF IN SIGHT, BUT

WHAT THEY MAKE IN THIS

GIFT SHOP BRINGS DELIGHT

TO EVERYONE.

THEY ARE JOYCE AND AL,

FROM CANNON FALLS,

MINNESOTA.

THEY RUN A PROSPEROUS HOME

BUSINESS CALLED "A AND M

CUTTERs."

IT BEGAN WITH JOYCE, AND

AVID COOKIE-MAKER AND

COLLECTOR NEEDED A COOKIE

CUTTER.

SHE SAID, COME ON,

SMART GUY, YOU ALWAYS SAID

YOU COULD BUILD CUTTERS,

HERE IS YOUR CHANCE.

Reporter: AL, ALREADY

SKILLED IN WOODWORK, TOOK

ON THE CHALLENGE.

AND HE MADE JOYCE THE

EXACT COOKIE CUTTER SHE

WANTED.

FROM THAT FIRST COOKIE

CUTTER CAME A THRIVING

FAMILY BUSINESS.

WE WORK AT IT ALL OF

THE TIME.

NOTHING IS TOO BIG OR TOO

SMALL.

Reporter: THEY DO NO

ADVERTISING.

THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE A

WEBSITE.

WE'RE TOO BUSY FOR A

WEBSITE.

Reporter: YET THE

BUSINESS GREW FASTER THAN

A MINNESOTA SNOWDRIFT.

IN 20 YEARS OF OPERATION,

THEY HAVE DELIVERED MORE

THAN 300,000 HANDMADE

COOKIE CUTTERS.

THEY HAVE EVEN CAUGHT THE

ATTENTION OF NATIONAL

MEDIA.

BUT NEVER MIND ALL OF THE

ATTENTION.

THE MOOREHOUSES SEE THEIR

BUSINESS AS SOMETHING

MORE.

AS A YOUNG GIRL, JOYCE

SPENT HOURS IN THE KITCHEN

WITH HER MOTHER AND

GRANDMOTHER.

AND WE COULD NEVER MAKE

ENOUGH COOK SEES O COOKIES OR CAKES OR

PIES TO SATISFY FOUR

BROTHERS WHO WERE BIG

EATERS.

Reporter: SHE CARRIED

THE COOKIE-MAKING

TRADITION TO HER FAMILY OF

FOUR CHILDREN, AND HER

FOUR CHILDREN SOON ADDED

12 MORE COOKIE-MAKERS.

IT IS JUST SOMETHING

YOU CAN DO TOGETHER AS A

FAMILY AND ENJOY.

I LIKE TO USE BUTTER.

I THINK BUTTER KEEPS THE

COOKIE FRESHER LONGER.

AND I LIKE TO USE REAL

VANILLA.

Reporter: AL HAS HIS

OWN PRECIOUS SECRET FOR

PRESERVING COOKIE CUTTERS.

DON'T WASH THEM.

JUST WATCH THEM OFF AND

PUT THEM ON THE SHELF.

50 YEARS FROM NOW, IF THE

PEOPLE TAKE CARE OF THE

PRODUCT, THEY'LL STILL BE

OUT THERE.

Reporter: CHRISTMAS

IS A VERY SPECIAL TIME FOR

THE MOOREHOUSES.

AS CHRISTMAS EVE

APPROACHES, AL'S WORKSHOP

CLOSES ITS DOORS, AND NOT

A CREATURE STIRS IN

JOYCE'S CHRISTMAS.

THAT'S WHEN THE

MOOREHOUSES TAKE TIME TO

CELEBRATE LOVE AND FAMILY,

AND THE GREATEST GIFT EVER

GIVEN TO THE WORLD.

CHRISTMAS SHOULD BE A

TIME OF QUIET, A TIME OF

JOY, A TIME OF GOING TO

CHURCH AND SEEING THE

CANDLES AND HEARING THE

MUSIC.

CHRIST IS THE LIGHT OF THE

WORLD.

Terry: WOW, NOTHING

LIKE A GOOD SUGAR COOKIE.

Pat: WHAT A WONDERFUL

WOMAN.

SHE HAS HELD THAT FAMILY

TOGETHER.

SHE HAD FOUR KIDS, AND

THEY WANTED COOKIES, SO

SHE TURNED OUT THE

COOKIES.

Terry: AND THAT HE

TOOK ON THAT TASK.

THAT'S AMAZING.

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> I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS

FOR "BRING IT ON".

THIS IS CAROL WHO SAYS,

"WE ARE TO HONOR OUR

FATHER AND MOTHER, BUT HOW

IS THIS POSSIBLE WHEN

THERE IS FAVORTISM IN THE

FAMILY.

I FIND MYSELF BECOMING

BITTER WHEN I WITNESS THE

FAVORTISM AND BECOME VERY

SAD AND WITHDRAWN.

HOW CAN I OVERCOME THESE

FEELINGS AND CONTINUE TO

BE THE LOVING DAUGHTER THE

MY MOTHER THAT GOD

COMMANDS ME TO BE?"

Pat: YOU REMEMBER

JACOB AND HE HAD 12 SONS.

WELL, HE HAD VARIOUS WIVES

AND THE SONS THAT WERE

REALLY IMPORTANT TO HIM

WERE BENJAMIN AND JOSEPH.

THE OTHER BROTHERS HATED

JOSEPH.

THEY SOLD HIM TO SLAVERY.

BUT THEY NEVER, NEVER,

NEVER GOT MAD AT THEIR

FATHER BECAUSE HE WAS THE

PATRIARCH.

NOW, LOOK, THE BIBLE SAYS

HONOR.

AND THE WORD IS "GIVE

WEIGHT TO."

THEY BROUGHT YOU INTO THIS

WORLD.

THEY WERE THE PROGENATOURS

OF YOUR LIFE.

IT IS HONOR, AND YOU

RESPECT THEM FOR THE FACT

THAT THEY ARE THE

MATRIARCH, PATRIARCH.

YOU HAD NO LIFE WITHOUT

THEM.

Terry: THIS IS

FRITAS, "WILL THE CHURCH

GO THROUGH THE

TRIBULATION?"

Pat: I WON'T GO INTO

GREAT DETAIL ABOUT THIS,

BUT TRIBULATION AND SO

FORTH -- THE BIBLE MAKES

IT VERY CLEAR THAT AT THE

END OF THE TRIPLELATION --

YOU READ IT IN MATTHEW.

I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE THIS --

Terry: RAPTURE --

Pat: THIS PLYMOUTH

BRETHREN PHILOSOPHY.

"THEIT IS AFTER.

SO WHATEVER TRIAL IS GOING

TO COME ON THE EARTH, WE

WILL BE THERE FOR IT.

AT THE END OF THE TIME,

THE LORD WILL KEEP US IN

THE MIDST OF THAT.

BUT AT THE END OF THAT

TIME, WE WILL BE BROUGHT

UP TO BE WITH THE LORD.

THAT'S WHAT THE BIBLE

TEACHES.

SO THE IDEA THAT, OH,

YEAH, YOU'RE AMERICAN, AND

AMERICANS DON'T EVER HAVE

TO SUFFER -- SO YOU'LL NOT

GO THROUGH ANY

TRIBULATION, BUT YOU'LL

HAVE SEVEN YEARS, AND YOU

GET CAUGHT UP, AND THEN

THE BAD THING WILL HAPPEN

AND THEN YOU GO BACK TO

EARTH AGAIN -- NOT IN THE

BIBLE.

I'M SORRY.

IT IS NOT THERE.

Terry: THIS IS JOYCE

WHO SAYS, "DEAR PAT, I'M A

CHRISTIAN AND I READ THE

BIBLE EVERY DAY.

HOWEVER, I ALWAYS FIND MY

MIND WANDERING FROM

THOUGHT TO THOUGHT, EVEN

AS I READING.

DO YOU HAVE ANY

SUGGESTIONS ON HOW I CAN

CONCENTRATE SOLELY ON WHAT

I'M READING?"

Pat: YEAH, I REALLY

CAN.

GET ONE VERSE THAT SPEAKS

TO YOU AND READ IT OVER

AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

SOMETHING THAT REALLY

SPEAKS TO YOU.

AND READ IT AND GET THAT

INTO YOUR MIND.

IF YOU'RE JUST READING AND

READING, AND GOT ALL OF

THOSE HEBREW NAMES AND

EVERYTHING, YOUR MIND

STARTS TO WANDER, OF

COURSE IT DOES.

BUT IF YOU TAKE ONE

SCRIPTURE THAT SPEAKS TO

YOU, AND KEEP READING IT.

Terry: I'M GOING TO

THE LAST QUESTION: "MONICA

SAYS, WHILE SINGING AND

WORSHIPPING GOD IN CHURCH,

I FELT THIS EXTREME HEAT

GO THROUGH MY BODY.

I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED

THIS.

IS THIS THE MA MANIFESTATION

OF THE HOLY SPIRIT?"

Pat: IT SOUNDS LIKE

IT CERTAINLY CAN BE.

HE COMES IN MYSTERIOUS

WAYS, AND HEAT CAN BE ONE

OF THEM.

OR YOU COULD BE HAVING

HOTFLASHES AND YOU'RE GOT

MENOPAUSE.

I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU'RE

HOT.

Terry: IT SOUNDS LIKE

THIS IS AN UNUSUAL

OCCURRENCE.

Pat: YES, IT COULD BE

THE POWER OF GOD.

> WELL, THANK YOU FOR

WATCHING THIS EDITION OF

"THE 700 CLUB."

OUR POWER MINUTE COMES

FROM PSALM 34: "O TASTE

AND SEE THAT THE LORD IS

GOOD.

BLESSED IS THE MAN WHO

TRUSTS IN HIM."

WELL, TOMORROW WE GO UP

CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH

"FOX AND FRIEND'S,"

CO-HOST AIMSLEY EARHART.