Wendy: TODAY...THE

SUPERNATURAL STORY BEHIND

THE RISE OF A REPUBLIC.

MICHAEL MEDVED BRINGS TO

LIGHT AN AMERICAN MIRACLE.

> PLUS, A MARRIAGE ON

THE ROCKS --

WHEN YOUR MARRIAGE IS

NOT GOOD, YOU HAVE TO

LEAVE YOUR CAREER.

I DIDN'T WANT TO BE A

PASTOR'S WIFE ANYMORE.

I WAS JUST DONE.

Wendy: WITNESS A

MARRIAGE MAKEOVER ON

TODAY'S "700 CLUB."

HI, EVERYONE.

WELCOME TO "THE 700 CLUB."

PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD

TRUMP IS MAKING IS CLEAR

THAT HE WANTS TO MAKE THE

ECONOMY GREAT AGAIN BY

MEETING WITH THE LEADERS

OF AMERICA'S TOP

TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES.

HOW BIG ARE THOSE

BUSINESSES?

WELL, PUT TOGETHER,

THEY'RE WORTH MORE THAN

$3 TRILLION.

TRUMP WANTS TO HELP

COMPANIES GROW AGAIN AND

BRING BACK JOBS.

AND HE IS READY TO TAKE

DRAMATIC STEPS TO DO THAT

ONCE HE TAKES OFFICE.

HEATHER SELLS HAS THE

STORY.

Heather: THEY WERE

SOME OF HIS MOST OUTSPOKEN

OPPONENTS DURING THE

CAMPAIGN, BUT DONALD TRUMP

MET WITH HEAVY-WEIGHT TECH

LEADERS FROM SILICON

VALLEY.

THEY INCLUDED THE HEADS OF

AMAZON, INTEL, IBM, AND

MICROSOFT.

THEY SAYS THERE WILL BE AN

OPEN DOOR AT THE WHITE

HOUSE.

WE'LL BE THERE FOR YOU.

YOU'LL CALL MY PEOPLE.

YOU'LL CALL ME.

IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY

DIFFERENCE.

WE HAVE NO FORMAL CHAIN OF

COMMAND AROUND HERE.

Heather: OTHER

PROMINENT THEMES OF THE

MEETING, CREATING JOBS,

CUTTING TAXES, AND ROLLING

BACK RULES THAT INTERFERE

WITH BUSINESS ABROAD.

RICK PERRY, TRUMP'S

NOMINEE FOR ENERGY

SECRETARY, IS VOWING TO

CUT REGULATIONS ON THE

ENERGY INDUSTRY.

AND SCOTT PRUITT, THE

NOMINEE FOR HEAD OF THE

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY, IS EXPECTED TO

ROLL THEM BACK AS WELL.

PLUS, EXXON'S C.E.O., REX

TILLERSON, TRUMP'S CHOICE

FOR SECRETARY OF STATE,

WILL UNDOUBTEDLY KEEP U.S.

BUSINESS INTERESTS HIGH ON

HIS RADAR AS HE SHAPES

FOREIGN POLICY WITH

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDS AND

FOES.

ON WEDNESDAY, THE FEDERAL

RESERVE PROVIDED A STRONG

INDICATOR THAT IT BELIEVES

THE ECONOMY IS MOVING IN

THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

IT HIKED ITS KEY INTEREST

RATE BY A QUARTER OF A

PERCENT.

THE ECONOMY HAS PROVEN

TO BE REMARKABLY

RESILIENT, SO IT IS A VOTE

OF CONFIDENCE.

Heather: BUT SOME

ANALYSTS SAY THAT DESPITE

ITS MILDLY POSITIVE

OUTLOOK, THE FED STILL

EXPECTS THE SLOW GROWTH OF

REPEARECENT YEARS TO CONTINUE

INTO THE FUTURE.

AND IT ISN'T TAKING INTO

ACCOUNT THAT TRUMP'S

POLICIES COULD LEAD TO A

STRONGER ECONOMY.

WALL STREET IS CLEARLY

HAPPY WITH THE

PRESIDENT-ELECT.

SINCE ELECTION DAY, THE

SO-CALLED TRUMP RALLY HAS

TAKEN STOCKS UP SHARPLY,

AROUND 9%, WITH THE DOW

JONES CLOSING IN ON THE

HISTORIC 20,000 LEVEL.

HEATHER SELLS, CBN NEWS.

Pat: THANK YOU,

HEATHER.

TRUMP'S VICTORY IN THE

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION THIS

YEAR WAS ONE OF THE

GREATEST POLITICAL STORIES

IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

BUT DESPITE HIS

UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS, THE

MEDIA HASN'T BEEN FAIR TO

HIM.

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT.

John: THAT'S RIGHT,

PAT.

IF YOU LISTEN TO CABLE

NEWS AND OTHER MAJOR MEDIA

OUTLETS, YOU WOULD THINK

PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP IS

MAKING MAJOR MISTAKES AND

CAUSING ONE CONTROVERSY

AFTER ANOTHER IN THIS

TRANSITION PROCESS.

BUT AS DAVID BRODY

EXPLAINS, THOSE CLAIMS

SEEM TO BE WAY OFF THE

MARK.

THE PRESIDENT-ELECT'S

TEAM PLAGUED BY

IN-FIGHTING.

THEY'RE DESCRIBING IT

AS CHAOS IN DONALD TRUMP'S

TRANSITION TEAM.

David: EACH DAY

SEEMS TO BE AN ENDLESS

PARADE OF GOOK AGAINST

TEAM TRUMP.

THEY ARE ABJECTLY

UNPREPARED TO TAKE OVER

THE GOVERNMENT.

David: HEADLINES

RANGE FROM PHRASES LIKE

"ROCKY START" TO

"DISARRAY."

BUT WHAT IS THE TRUTH.

IT TURNS OUT TRUMP'S

PROGRESS IS ON PAR WITH

THE 2008 OBAMA

ADMINISTRATION WHEN IT

COMES TO NAMING MEMBERS OF

HIS INCOMING

ADMINISTRATION.

David: WHAT IS THE

MEDIA DOING HERE EXACTLY?

THE MEDIA DECLARED

TRUMP'S TRANSITION AS

BEING IN TURMOIL ABOUT THE

THIRD DAY IN, WHICH IS A

LITTLE PREMATURE AND

SILLY.

David: HOWARD CERTZ

COVERS MEDIA FOR FOX NEWS.

HE SAYS TRUMP'S PLAYING TO

THE CAMERAS DOESN'T HELP

HIM.

IT IS ALL VERY PUBLIC.

ALL OF THIS USED TO BE

DONE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.

BUT THIS IS KIND OF LIKE

THE APPRENTICE.

SO IT MAY GIVE MORE OF A

SENSE OF CHAOS THAN IS

REALLY FAIR.

David: WHEN IT COMES

TO MORE THAN FAIR, THE

MEDIA GAVE BARACK OBAMA A

ROSY RECEPTION AFTER HIS

ELECTION.

YOU WOULD SEE HEADLINES

LIKE "MR. FIX-IT GOING TO

WASHINGTON," OR "OBAMA

WORKING TO CALM VOLATILE

MARKETS."

THE FAWNING BY THE MAJOR

NETWORKS SEEMS PRETTY

OBVIOUS.

SOME WOULD SAY IT IS A

TEAM OF RIVALS ALA

PRESIDENT LINCOLN.

WE HAVE NOT SEEN THIS

KIND OF COMBINATION OF

STAR POWER AND BRAIN

POWER.

David: RICH NOISE IS

WITH THE MEDIA RESEARCH

CENTER.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE

COUNTRY, THE COUNTRY WAS

FIGHT ABOUT 50/50 ON

OBAMA'S ELECTION AND SPLIT

ABOUT 50/50 ON TRUMP'S

ELECTION.

BUT THE MEDIA WERE

REJECTING THE SENTIMENT IN

2008, AND NOW THEY'RE

REBEBLG AGAINSREBELLING AGAINST IT.

EIGHT YEARS AGO, I

WATCHED WHAT I CALL THE

SUCK-UP OBAMA MEDIA

COVERAGE.

David: THE WAY THEED

MEDITHEMEDIA HAS TREATED TRUMP

MAKES THE PICK.

OBAMA WOULD APPOINT

PEOPLE WHO WERE VERY

LIBERAL, THEY GOT

STRAIGHTFORWARD PROFILES.

WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT

TRUMP, YOU HAVE AN

UNDERLYING SENSE OF, WOW,

HE IS PICKING PEOPLE

WITHOUT MUCH GOVERNMENT

EXPERIENCE.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE

ELECTIONS.

David: THE PUBLIC IS

DEFINITELY NOTICING THE

UNFAIR TREATMENT.

THE LATEST PEW RESEARCH

SURVEY SHOWS 38% GIVE THE

MAINSTREAM MEDIA A FAILING

GRADE.

JUST 22% GIVE THE PRESS AN

"A" OR A "B" FOR THEIR

COVERAGE.

THE GOOD NEWS FOR TRUMP,

THOUGH?

HE IS PRETTY GOOD AT SIDE

STEPPING THE MEDIA.

TRUMP INCREASINGLY

DOESN'T NEED THE

MAINSTREAM MEDIA AT MUCH

AS PAST PRESIDENTS.

HE CAN BROADCAST ON

TWITTER AND Facebook.

HE CAN PUT VIDEOS ONLINE.

I DON'T BELIEVE HE CAN

COMPLETELY DIVORCE HIMSELF

FROM THE MAINSTREAM PRESS,

BUT HE CERTAINLY HAS WAYS

OF GOING AROUND THAT.

David: AND WE'RE

SURE TO SEE THAT PLAY OUT

OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

John: THANKS, DAVID.

PAT, BACK TO YOU.

Pat: THE WAY TO SHUT

THE CLAMORING LEFT UP IS

TO BRING FORTH POLICIES

THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

LOVE, INSTEAD OF THE MESS

WE HAVE INHERITED FROM

EIGHT YEARS OF OBAMA.

> WELL, OUR PLANET MAY

BE IN FOR SOME DIFFICULT

DAYS ACCORDING TO SOME

SCIENTISTS.

AND JOHN HAS THAT STORY.

John: THAT'S RIGHT,

PAT.

EARTH ISN'T REPAIRED FOR A

DEADLY DANGER FROM OUT OF

SPACE.

THE WORLD DOESN'T HAVE A

DEFENSE FOR AN IMPACT FROM

AN ASTEROID OR COMET.

JOSEPH NEWS POINTS OUT

MOST PEOPLE HAVE FOCUSED

ON ASTEROIDS, NOT COMETS.

BUT ACCORDING TO

SPACE.COM, HE SAYS A COMET

PRETTY MUCH COMES OUT OF

NOWHERE AND IT CAN HIT THE

EARTH MUCH HARDER AND

FASTER.

HE HAS PROPOSED AN

INTERCEPTOR, CARRYING A

NUCLEAR BOMB TO DEFLECT A

COMET, BUT THAT COULD BE

COSTLY, AND, PAT, CONGRESS

WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE IT.

Pat: I WROTE A BOOK

ABOUT THAT.

ONE OF THE THINGS WAS A

PRESIDENT WHO VETOED A

SPENDING MEASURE TO BREAK

OFF A ASTEROID.

THAT WAS PART OF MY BOOK.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF

THESE GUYS IN WASHINGTON

WOULD COMMIT SUICIDE, BUT

WE ARE VERY VULNERABLE.

THERE ARE MILLIONS OF

THOSE LITTLE ROCKS RUNNING

AROUND IN SPACE, AND THE

COMETS ARE JUST OUT OF

NOWHERE.

THEY'RE FULL OF ICE, AND

WHEN THEY HIT, THEY HIT

HARD.

TERRTERRY?

Terry: UP NEXT,

MICHAEL MEDVED, AND HEAR

THE STORIES THAT MAKE UP

WHAT HE CALLS THE AMERICAN

MIRACLE.

Pat: WELL, WELCOME

BACK TO "THE 700 CLUB."

WE'RE DELIGHTED TO HAVE

ALL OF YOU WITH US.

AMERICAN HISTORY IS FILLED

WITH EVENTS THAT SOME

WOULD CALL,

QUOTE,"COINCIDENCES."

BUT AUTHOR MICHAEL MEDVED

BELIEVES SOMETHING ELSE

WAS AT WORK IN THE RISE OF

OUR GREAT REPUBLIC.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

Reporter: SINCE THE

PLANTING OF THE CROSS AT

CAPE HENRY IN 1607, WHEN

ENGLISH SETTLERS DEDICATED

THIS NEWS O WORL NEW WORLD TO GOD AND

THE GOSPEL, THEY HAVE

RECORDED.

WHEN IT SEEMS DISASTER IS

IMMINENT, SOMETHING ELSE

HAPPENS TIME AND TIME

AGAIN, DELIVERANCE FROM

CRISIS AND PROGRESS

TOWARDS A BETTER FUTURE.

AUTHOR MICHAEL MEDVED SAYS

IT IS NOT DUE TO CHANCE,

BUT A REFLECTION OF GOD'S

GUIDANCE AND INTERVENTION.

IN HIS NEW BOOK, THE

BEST-SELLING AUTHOR AND

RADIO HOST TELLS ABOUT

SOME OF THE MOST

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN

AMERICA'S RISE TO

PROSPERITY AND POWER.

AND HE REVEALS THAT WHAT

IS AT THE HEART OF IT ALL

IS WHAT THE FOUNDERS

ALWAYS BELIEVED: THAT

EVENTS OF OUR NATION'S

HISTORY UNFOLDED NOT BY

ACCIDENT, BUT ACCORDING TO

A PROVIDENTAL PLAN.

Pat: WHAT A WONDERFUL

THING TO GIVE TO SOMEBODY

FOR CHRISTMAS, I MIGHT

ADD.

THIS BOOK IS JUST OUT.

ON AMAZON'S MOVERS AND

SHAKERS, IT HAS COME OUT

AS NUMBER ONE.

MICHAEL MEDVED, OUR DEAR

FRIEND, IS WITH US.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

GREAT TO SEE YOU.

Pat: MERRY CHRISTMAS,

HAPPY HANUKKAH --

MERRY CHRISTMAS IS

FINE.

PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP SAYS

WE CAN SAY MERRY CHRISTMAS

AGAIN.

Pat: YOU STARTED OUT

TALKING ABOUT THE 50th

ANNIVERSARY ON JULY 4th.

AND THAT JUST SEEMED LIKE

ANOTHER DAY, AND YET

EXTRAORDINARY THINGS

HAPPENED.

TALK ABOUT IT.

IT DID.

IT IS A REMINDER OF HOW

DEEPLY CONSCIOUS OUR

FOUNDERS WERE OF OUR

BIBLICAL ROOTS BECAUSE

THAT WAS THE JUBILEE YEAR.

IN FACT, ON THE LIBERTY

BELL IT QUOTES LEVITICUS,

AND IT SAYS "PROCLAIM

LIBERTY THROUGHOUT THE

LAND AND TO ALL OF

INHABITANTS THEREOF."

PEOPLE FELT EXTREMELY

LUCKY BECAUSE BOTH ADAMS

AND JEFFERSON WERE ALIVE.

AND ADAMS WAS 90 YEARS

OLD, AND JEFFERSON WAS 83,

EXTRAORDINARY FOR THOSE

DAYS.

AND YET ON THAT DAY, ON

JULY 4th, BOTH MEN DIED.

Pat: JEFFERSON --

ADAMS SAID, JEFFERSON

LIVES.

HE THOUGHT HE WAS STILL

ALIVE.

CORRECT.

BUT HE HAD DIED SIX HOURS

BEFORE.

BECAUSE THEN NEWS COULDN'T

TRAVEL FASTER THAN A

GALLOPING HORSE.

> I FOUND THIS TRIBUTE

TO THESE TWO GREAT MEN

THAT WAS DELIVERED BY

DANIEL WEBSTER.

AND WEBSTER, WHO WAS A

RELIGIOUSLY TORMENTED GUY,

HE GAVE THIS GREAT SPEAK

IN DANIEL HALL WHERE HE

SAYS, THIS REMOVES ALL

DOUBT.

THEY ARE THE ONLY TWO

PRESIDENTS WHOEVER DIED ON

THE SAME DAY.

AND ONLY TWO OF THREE

PRESIDENTS WHO DIED ON THE

FOURTH OF JULY.

JAMES MONROE ALSO DIED ON

THE FOURTH OF JULY.

BUT THE FACT IT WAS THE

50th ANNIVERSARY, PEOPLE

SAID THAT IS THE CHANCE OF

DRAWING A ROYAL FLUSH IN

POKER 45 TIMES IN A ROW.

THAT'S JUST A SMALL HINT

OF WHAT IS INVOLVED IN

HERE.

Pat: OUR SITTING

PRESIDENT SAYS IT IS

EXCEPTIONAL -- YEAH, WELL,

THE INDIANS ARE

EXCEPTIONAL.

IT IS AN EXCEPTIONAL

COUNTRY, ISN'T IT?

IT IS.

YOU ASK YOURSELF -- TO GO

BACK TO A POKER ANALOGY,

IF YOU ARE PLAYING POKER

AND THERE IS SOMEBODY WHO

WINS HAND AFTER HAND AFTER

HAND, YOU THINK THERE IS

SOMETHING GOING ON.

IT IS WHAT I CALLED A

RIGGED GAME.

TAKE THE LOUISIANA

PURCHASE, WHERE ALEXANDER

HAMILTON, WHO WAS

RELIGIOUSLY

UNCONVENTIONAL, HE SAYS IT

HAD TO BE PROVIDENCE.

NAPOLEON IS NOTED FOR

GRABBING LAND, GRABBING

TERRITORY.

HERE HE GIVES AWAY

TERRITORY THAT IS LATER 15

STATES OF THE UNITED

STATES.

IT'S TERRITORY FOUR TIMES

THE SIZE OF FRANCE.

AND HE GIVES IT.

WHY?

THERE IS A COMBINATION OF

CIRCUMSTANCES.

THERE WAS A HARVARD

PROFESSOR IN THE 1950s,

AGAIN, NOT A RELIGIOUS

BELIEVER, BUT HE SAID THIS

COULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED

EXCEPT FOR A MIRACULOUS

WEATHER EVENT THAT

OCCURRED IN HOLLAND WHERE

IN A PLACE CALLED HELVORT

SLIZ THIS HUGE FREEZE CAME

OVER AND FROZE THE HARBOR,

SO NAPOLEON'S FLEET

COULDN'T LEAVE.

Pat: I THOUGHT IT WAS

TO KEEP HAITI?

NO.

> NO, BECAUSE HAITI WASALREADY LOST.

THE ONLY SUCCESSFUL SLAVE

REBELLION IN HISTORY WAS

IN HAITI.

AND THAT HAD TO HAVE

OCCURRED FOR LOUISIANA TO

BE ATTACHED TO THE UNITED

STATES.

THAT'S JUST PART OF IT.

SOME OF THE MOST AMAZING

SO-CALLED COINCIDENCES ARE

MIRACLES.

Pat: YOU HAVE SAM

HOUSTON, WHO WAS A DRINKER

AND HAD AN INDIAN

CONSORT -- I DON'T KNOW IF

SHE WAS A WIFE OR WHAT SHE

WAS.

HISTORIANS SORT OF

FUDGE THAT.

Pat: SOMETHING

HAPPENED, AND SANTA ANA,

ACCORDING TO YOUR BOOK,

WAS CAPTURED.

AND HE SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN

CAPTURED.

AND WHAT HAPPENED AS A

RESULT OF THAT BATTLE?

NONE OF THIS SHOULD

HAVE HAPPENED.

FIRST OF ALL, THE TEXANS

WERE NOT FIGHTING TO TAKE,

QUOTE,"MEXICO."

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT A

LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T

REALIZE IS AT THE TIME OF

1837, WHEN THEY FOUGHT FOR

INDEPENDENCE FROM MEXICO,

THE POPULATION OF TEXAS

WAS 90% AMERICAN.

AND SAM HOUSTON WAS ONLY

THERE BECAUSE HE HAD A

TERRIBLE WEDDING NIGHT,

BECAUSE HE DRANK TOO MUCH.

HE WAS GOVERNOR OF

TENNESSEE.

HE HAD A TERRIBLE WEDDING

NIGHT.

VERY DEEP EMBARRASSMENT.

WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT

HAPPENED, BUT WE HAVE SOME

IDEA.

HE RESIGNED AS GOVERNOR.

WENT OUT TO LIVE WITH THE

CHEROKEES.

STARTED DRINKING TOO MUCH.

GOT A NEW INDIAN NAME.

NOW HE WAS KNOWN AS BIG

DRUNK.

SO FINALLY HE SORT OF

STUMBLES DOWN TOWARDS

TEXAS BECAUSE HE SEES AN

EAGLE FLYING IN FRONT OF

HIM THAT LEADS HIM IN THAT

DIRECTION.

HAD HE NOT BEEN THERE,

REMEMBER, SANTA ANA HAD

MASSACRED 180 PEOPLE AT

THE ALAMO.

HE MASSACRED 900 PEOPLE AT

GOLIAD.

HE WAS KILLING THE

AMERICANS.

18 MINUTES, FROM BEGINNING

TO END, THE BATTLE OF SAN

YISINTO.

THERE IS NO EXPLANATION --

Pat: HE WAS SEEING A

RAVEN?

HE WENT WITH INDIAN

SHAMANS --

HE DID.

AND AT THE END OF HIS

LIFE, HE BECAME A BAPTIST.

PART OF THIS PROBLEM WITH

THE WEDDING NIGHT WAS THE

ALLEGATION HE HAD BEEN

WOUNDED IN AN EMBARRASSING

PLACE DURING THE BATTLE OF

HORSESHOE BEND MANY, MANY

YEARS BEFORE.

IN ANY EVENT, THE POINT IS

HE MET THIS BEAUTIFUL

YOUNG WOMAN, WHO WAS A

GRADUATE OF BIBLE COLLEGE,

EVEN THEN, AND MARRIED

HER.

THEY SENDED UP HAVING SAT

CHILDREN.

TOWARDS THE END OF THIS

LIFE, HE MADE A VERY

SINCERE CONVERSION.

AND THAT STORY IS AMAZING.

AND HE SAW HIS OWN ROLE --

BECAUSE TEXAS WOULD NOT BE

PART OF THE UNITED STATES

OF AMERICA WITHOUT THIS

REMARKABLE MAN.

Pat: HERE IS A SMALL

RAG-TAG GROUP OF SO-CALLED

TEXICANS, FIGHTING THE

ARMY, SANTA ANA, AND HE IS

PRESIDENT OF MEXICO, AND

HE IS HAVING DALLIANCES

WITH THESE GIRLS ON A HOT

SUMMER --

YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT,

PAT.

I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE AWARE

OF THIS HISTORY.

MOST PEOPLE AREN'T.

SANTA ANA CALLED HIMSELF

THE NAPOLEON OF THE WEST

AND THE SAVIOR OF THE

MOTHERLAND.

HE SERVED 11 DIFFERENT

TERMS, AND HE BASICALLY

APPOINTED HIMSELF AS

PRESIDENT OF MEXICO.

HE IS A VERY, VERY

QUESTIONABLE GUY.

AND HAD HE NOT ENGAGED IN

WHAT PEOPLE WOULD SAY IS

DALLIANCES ON THE

AFTERNOON ON THIS BATTLE

OF SAN YISINTO, ALL OF

WORLD HISTORY WOULD BE

DIFFERENT.

THIS IS NOT ONLY THE STATE

OF TEXAS, BUT NEW MEXICO

AND ARIZONA AS WELL.

THIS BRINGS US FORWARD TO

ANOTHER AMAZEMENT.

GOLD IS DISCOVERED IN

CALIFORNIA I ON JANUARY

JANUARY 24th IN 1828, AT

THE SAME MOMENT THAT A

CLERK IN THE STATE

DEPARTMENT IS DEFYING

PRESIDENT POLK, BECAUSE

POLK FIRED HIM.

HE SAID COME HOME.

AND HE SAID NO.

POLK SENT TROOPS DOWN TO

ARREST HIM.

MEANWHILE NICOLAS TRIST IS

JUST SO FOCUSED ON SIGNING

THIS TREATY AND GETTING

CALIFORNIA FOR AMERICA,

AND AS THE TREATY IS BEING

SIGNED, THEY DISCOVER GOLD

AND IT CHANGES ALL OF

AMERICAN HISTORY.

BECAUSE TW IT WAS THAT GOLD

THAT GAVE AMERICA THE

ECONOMIC POWER.

WE SUDDENLY HAD THE

BIGGEST GOLD RESERVES IN

THE WORLD BECAUSE OF

CALIFORNIA, WHICH ONLY

BECAME PART OF AMERICA THE

MOMENT THAT GOLD WAS

DISCOVERED.

Pat: WE WOULDN'T HAVE

HAD ALL OF THAT WEST

WITHOUT THE BATTLE OF SAN

YISINTO.

IT TRIGGERED IT ALL THE

WAY DOWN THE LINE, RIGHT?

WITHOUT QUESTION, THAT

IS TRUE.

NICOLAS TRIST, WHO WAS THE

STATE DEPARTMENT CLERK,

WHO DEFIED A PRESIDENT TO

WIN CALIFORNIA, HE WAS

MARRIED TO THOMAS

JEFFERSON'S GRANDDAUGHTER.

AND WHEN JEFFERSON DIED ON

JULY 4th, 1826, IT WAS

NICHOLAS TRIST WHO HEARD

HIS LAST WORDS AND HELD

HIS HAND AND WAS RIGHT

WITH THE GREAT MAN.

Pat: THE SAME ONE WHO

BROUGHT IN CALIFORNIA?

CORRECT.

Pat: UNBELIEVABLE.

AND NICHOLAS WAS THE

PRIVATE SECRETARY TO

ANDREW JACKSON.

AGAIN, THIS HAS BEEN

RIPPED OUT OF OUR HISTORY.

PART OF WHAT I'M TRYING TO

O DO IN MDO IN MY BOOK IS TO BRING

IT BACK.

THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS,

OVER 2,000 BRITS WHO WERE

CASUALTIES, AND SEVEN

AMERICANS DIED -- THEY

THOUGHT IT WAS TOTALLY

MIRACULOUS.

PART OF WHAT HAPPENED HERE

IS THERE IS A CONVENT IN

NEW ORLEANS.

IT WAS THE FIRST CONVENT

BUILT IN NORTH AMERICA BY

THE URSALIN NUNS, AND THEY

WERE PRAYING FOR GENERAL

JACKSON AND THE AMERICANS.

AND THEY WERE PRAYING

EARNESTLY.

AND THE MOTHER SUPERIOR

DECLARED THAT IF GOD GAVE

THE AMERICANS THE VICTORY

AND PROTECTED NEW ORLEANS

FROM THIS BRITISH

INVASION, THAT THEN

FOREVER MORE THEY WOULD

CELEBRATE THAT DAY AS A

FEAST DAY TO OUR LADY.

IN ANY EVENT, WHILE THEY

WERE CELEBRATING MASS ON

SUNDAY, THE WORD CAME IN,

MIRACULOUS NEWS, THE

BRITISH ARE DEFEATED.

HERE IS THE OTHER THING:

ANDREW JACKSON'S, WHO IS A

PRESBYTERIAN, CAME TO

VISIT THE NUNS AND THANKED

THEM FOR THEIR PRAYERS,

WHICH HE SAID HELPED TO

ENABLE THE VICTORY.

BY THE WAY, THAT ORDER IN

NEW ORLEANS -- THEY STILL

CELEBRATE THAT AS A DAY OF

FASTING AND PRAYER.

Pat: IT CATAPULTEDED

HICATAPULTEDHIM TO THE PRESIDENCY.

HE BECAME PRESIDENT OF THE

UNITED STATES.

OF COURSE.

AND HE WAS THE FIRST

PRESIDENT TO EVER HAVE AN

ATTEMPT ON HIS LIFE.

HERE IS ANOTHER THING,

1835, AND HE'S COMING OUT

OF THE CAPITOL BUILDING,

AND HE WAS ATTENDIN ATTENDING THE

FUNERAL OF A CONGRESSMAN

FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.

AND A CRAZY GUY, BRITISH

NATIONAL -- JACKSON ALWAYS

HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE

BRITISH -- HE COMES UP TO

PRESIDENT SCWKS JACKSON, WHO IS

AT THE END OF HIS SECOND

TERM, HE WAS AN OLD MAN,

AND HE TAKES OUT A PISTOL

AND FROM SIX FEET AWAY HE

FIRES AT THE PRESIDENT.

> AND SENATOR BENTON,

WHO HEARD THE WHOLE THING,

SAID YOU COULD HEAR THE

SHOT RINGING OUT UNDER THE

CAPITOL DOME.

THE PISTOL IS FIRED.

JACKSON, WHO IS STUNNED,

PICKS UP HIS CANE.

AND HE TAKES OUT HIS

SECOND PISTOL AND FIRES IT

DIRECTLY AGAINST THE

PRESIDENT'S CHEST AND IT

MISFIRED.

THEY LATER TESTED THE

PISTOLS, AND THEY WERE

FUNCTIONING PERFECTLY.

WHAT THEY SAY IS A

MISFIRE, WHERE THE POWDER

ACTUALLY IGNITES AND YOU

HEAR THIS REPORT, AND,

BOOM, AND IT DOESN'T TOUCH

THE PRESIDENT?

THE ODDS AGAINST THAT ARE

250,000 TO ONE.

Pat: SO GOD

SUPERNATURALLY SAVED HIS

LIFE.

WHY?

ONE WOULD SAY BECAUSE

JACKSON BELIEVED THAT GOD

PROTECTED HIM FROM THE

TIME HE WAS A LITTLE BOY.

WHEN HE WAS 13 YEARS OLD,

HE WAS FIGHTING IN THE

BRITISH REVOLUTION, AND A

BRITISH OFFICER TAKES A

SWORD AND BRINGS IT DOWN

ON JACKSON'S HEAD.

HE SHIELDED HIS HEAD WITH

HIS HAND.

HE ALWAYS HAD THAT SCAR.

HE ALMOST DIES RIGHT

BEFORE THE BATTLE OF NEW

ORLEANS.

HE GETS INVOLVED IN A

TAVERN BRAWL.

HE HAS -- HE'S SHOT, AND

HE IS ALMOST BLEEDING TO

DEATH.

THE DOCTORS ARE PLANNING

TO AMPUTATE HIS ARM

BECAUSE THEY TOLD

MRS. JACKSON THAT'S THE

ONLY WAY HE COULD POSSIBLY

LIVE.

THEY HAD THE SAWS OUT.

THEY'RE GETTING READY TO

GO, TO AMPUTATE HIS RIGHT

ARM, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN

HE OPENS HIS BRIGHT BLUE

EYES AND HE LOOKS AT THEM

AND HE SAYS, I THINK I'LL

KEEP THE ARM, THANK YOU.

AND BECAUSE HE KEPT THE

ARM, THEY STRAP HIM TO HIS

HORSE AND HE RIDES OFF TO

SAVE THE COUNTRY IN THE

BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS.

HE BELIEVED HE WAS

PROTECTED FOR THE PURPOSE

TO SAVE HIS COUNTRY.

GEORGE WASHINGTON WAS

INDESTRUCTABLE.

AND PEOPLE AROUND HIM

BELIEVED THAT BULLETS

COULDN'T TOUCH HIM.

AND HE DIED YESTERDAY,

DECEMBER 14th, 1799, THE

AT THE VERY END OF THE

CENTURY HE DOMINATED WITH

HIS EXEMPLARY LIFE.

Pat: THIS IS

INCREDIBLE.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

YOU'VE GOT TO GET THIS

BOOK.

IT IS A THRILL TO HEAR THE

RECOUNT OF THIS NATION.

HOW GOD HIMSELF LOOKED

AFTER AMERICA.

THE AMERICAN MIRACLE.

AND, MYED GOODNESS.

I HOPE THIS IS A GREAT

SUCCESS.

MICHAEL, THIS IS A

TRIUMPH.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU, PAT.

MERRY CHRISTMAS.

Pat: AND TO YOU, SIR.

MICHAEL MEDVED, A

TREMENDOUS FRIEND, AND A

WONDERFUL AUTHOR.

"THE AMERICAN MIRACLE."

TERRY, WHAT'S NEXT?

Terry: COMING UP, A

HUSBAND AND WIFE WHO LIVED

IN THE SAME HOUSE, ON TWO

DIFFERENT FLOORS, FOR 23

YEARS.

PAT AND I COULDN'T EVEN

BE IN THE SAME ROOM

TOGETHER.

I WAS LIVING

DOWNSTAIRS, AND SHE WAS

LIVING UPSTAIRS.

Terry: STAY TUNED TO

SEE HOW THEIR MARRIAGE GOT

AN EXTREME MAKEOVER, AFTER

THIS.

*

Terry: PAT AND GAIL

HADLEY STARTED OUT WITH A

PASSION FOR EACH OTHER AND

A PASSION FOR THE DREAM

THEY SHARED, BUT SOON THE

REALITY OF MARRIED LIFE

DESTROYED THEM BOTH.

FOR DECADES, THIS COUPLE

LIVED UNDER THE SAME ROOF

BUT ON DIFFERENT FLOORS.

AND THEN ONE DAY PAT HEARD

A VOICE THAT EVENTUALLY

LED TO THE MAKEOVER OF

THEIR MARRIAGE.

TAKE A LOOK.

WE WERE VERY MUCH IN

LOVE.

HE ASKED ME THREE WEEKS

AFTER WE MET, IF I WOULD

MARRY HIM, AND I SAID YES.

WE DREAMED OF SERVING

GOD TOGETHER.

WE HAD A DREAM OF HAVING

SOME SORT OF WORLDWIDE

MUSIC MINISTRY.

Reporter: PAT AND

GAIL HADLEY HAD HIGH HOPES

WHEN THEY MARRIED, BUT THE

DAILY RESPONSIBILITIES OF

WORK AND FAMILY SOON TOOK

A TOLL.

THE DREAMS THAT I HAD,

TRAVELLING THE WORLD

TOGETHER AND SINGING FOR

THE LORD -- NONE OF THOSE

HAD HAPPENED.

I THINK I TOOK ALL OF THAT

DISAPPOINTMENT, ALL OF

THAT HURT, AND I TURNED IT

TOWARDS PAT IN A WAY

BECAUSE I CONNECTED HIM

WITH THOSE LOST DREAMS.

I WASN'T REALLY AWARE

OF HOW BAD THINGS REALLY

WERE.

SO I JUST GO GOT TO A POINT

THAT THIS IS AS GOOD AS IT

GETS.

THIS IS THE WAY IT IS

GOING TO BE.

THIS IS NORMAL MARRIAGE.

I STARTED FOCUSING ON

MY CHILDREN, AND MY

RELATIONSHIP WITH MY

HUSBAND BECAME MORE OF A

BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPMENT.

Reporter: PAT

PASTORED A CHURCH IN

ALASKA, AND GAIL SERVED AS

THE WORSHIP LEADER.

BUT AS THEIR MINISTRY

RESPONSIBILITIES

INCREASED, SO DID THE

TENSION AT HOME.

I ALWAYS FELT PRESSURED

TO HAVE A PERFECT MARRIAGE

AS A PASTOR.

YOU'RE AN EXAMPLE.

WHEN MARRIAGES FAIL FOR

PASTORS, IT'S -- YOU'VE

GOT TO FIND A NEW CAREER.

PAT AND I COULDN'T EVEN

BE IN THE SAME ROOM

TOGETHER, I MEAN WITHOUT

ARGUING.

THERE WAS CONSTANT ARGUING

AND FIGHTING OVER THINGS.

I WAS LIVING

DOWNSTAIRS, AND SHE WAS

LIVING UPSTAIRS.

WE WOULD MEET TOGETHER IN

THE KITCHEN AND TALK ABOUT

THINGS WE NEEDED TO TALK

ABOUT AND THEN GO ABOUT

OUR LIVES.

Reporter: FOR 23

YEARS, PAT AND GAIL WENT

THROUGH THE MOTIONS.

BUT AFTER A BLOWUP ON THE

DAY THEIR DAUGHTER LEFT

FOR COLLEGE, GAIL TOLD PAT

SHE HAD HAD ENOUGH.

EVERYTHING I DID WAS

EITHER FOR MY CHILDREN OR

FOR MY HUSBAND OR FOR THE

CHURCH.

I FELT LIKE I WAS GONE.

LIKE THERE WAS NO ME

ANYMORE.

I DIDN'T WANT TO DO THIS

ANYMORE.

I DIDN'T WANT TO BE

MARRIED.

I DIDN'T WANT TO BE A

PASTOR'S WIFE ANYMORE.

I WAS JUST DONE.

THAT WAS THE LOWEST

MOMENT BECAUSE I NEVER

STOPPED LOVING MY WIFE.

I DIDN'T WANT MY MARRIAGE

TO END.

I DIDN'T WANT MY FAMILY TO

SUFFER DIVORCE.

I HEARD GOD'S VOICE.

AND HE SAID TO ME, COME TO

ME AND I WILL HEAL YOU.

AND AT ONE POINT I SAID,

HEAL ME?

I DON'T NEED TO BE HEALED.

I NEED YOU TO HEAL HER.

Reporter: PAT HEEDED

GOD'S VOICE, AND HE MET

WITH ART MATHIUS, AND

BEGAN READING HIS BOOK

"BIBLICAL FOUNDATIONS OF

FREEDOM."

IN THAT BOOK, I LEARNED

THAT I NEEDED TO FORGIVE.

THAT IF I WAS GOING TO BE

OBEDIENT TO JESUS AND

OBEDIENT TO GOD, I HAD TO

LEARN HOW TO REALLY

FORGIVE PEOPLE FROM MY

HEART.

NOT ONLY MY WIFE, BUT

EVERYONE IN MY LIFE THAT

HAD HURT ME.

I BEGAN TO PRAY FOR HER.

AND I HAD NEVER REALLY

DONE THAT IN MY MARRIAGE.

BECAUSE AS LONG AS I WAS

BITTER, I WASN'T GOING TO

PRAY FOR HER BECAUSE THE

BITTERNESS WAS BLOCKING

IT.

SO I STARTED PRAYING

PRAYERS THAT HAD A LITTLE

BIT MORE AUTHORITY OF

HEAVEN BEHIND THEM.

IN THE NAME OF JESUS,

SATAN, YOU CANNOT HAVE MY

FAMILY.

YOU CANNOT HAVE MY WIFE.

YOU NEED TO GET OUT OF

HERE AND LEAVE HER ALONE.

SOME NIGHTS I WENT INTO

OUR BEDROOM.

I LAID DOWN ON THE FLOOR

BY THE BED AND I PRAYED.

I PRAYED SILENTLY SO SHE

COULDN'T HEAR ME, BUT GOD

COULD HEAR ME.

Reporter: IT DIDN'T

TAKE LONG FOR GAIL TO

NOTICE THERE WAS SOMETHING

DIFFERENT ABOUT PAT.

HE WASN'T FUN TO ARGUE

WITH ANYMORE BECAUSE I

COULDN'T GET HIM TO ARGUE

WITH ME.

SO I ASKED HIM, WHAT HAVE

YOU BEEN DOING?

BECAUSE YOU'RE DIFFERENT.

YOU'RE GIVING ME LOTS OF

SPACE, WHICH IS GOOD

BECAUSE I NEEDED THAT, BUT

YOU'RE DIFFERENT.

WHAT IS GOING ON?

I TALKED TO HER ABOUT

FORGIVENESS.

I SAID, I HAVE A LOT OF

THINGS TO FIX IN ME.

IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU.

IT'S ME.

AND GOD NEEDS TO FIX SOME

THINGS IN ME, SO I'M

GOALIGOINGTO DO THAT.

I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIX

THINGS BY MY MIGHT AND MY

POWER, AND I WAS LEARNING

HOW TO FIX THINGS BY HIS

SPIRIT.

THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT

WORKED.

Reporter: GAIL BEGAN

TO SEE GOD ON HER OWN AND

TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND

FORGIVENESS IN A NEW

LIGHT.

THESE THINGS I HAD BEEN

HOLDING ON FOR YEARS, I

HAD THE WRONG FOCUS OF

WHAT WAS WRONG.

AND I THOUGHT PAT WAS THE

ENEMY.

AND THAT PEOPLE IN THE

CHURCH WERE THE ENEMY.

AND EVEN MY FAMILY.

I HAD SEEN THEM IN THE

WRONG WAY, IN THAT THEY

WERE NOT THE ENEMY.

AND THAT I COULD FORGIVE.

AND I JUST STARTED FEELING

JOY AGAIN.

AND IT WAS SUCH AN AMAZING

THING TO FEEL THIS WARMTH

AND THIS LOVE AND THIS JOY

THAT I HADN'T FELT FOR

YEARS.

HOPE WAS SPRINGING UP IN

ME THAT MY MARRIAGE COULD

BE SAVED.

SHE WAS BECOMING A NEW

PERSON, AND I WATCHED IT.

AND I WAS, LIKE, THIS IS

WHAT I'VE BEEN PRAYING

FOR.

NOW GOD WAS SHOWING UP AND

REWORKING HER AND ME.

AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.

THESE WERE THINGS THAT

WERE NEW TO US.

SO WHAT WE'RE REALLY

LEARNING IS WE'RE LEARNING

HOW TO TAKE THE TEACHINGS

OF THE BIBLE AND MAKE THEM

REAL IN OUR LIVES.

Reporter: TODAY PAT

AND GAIL SAY THEY'RE

MARRIAGE HAS NEVER BEEN

STRONGER.

I NEVER KNEW THAT IT

COULD BE THIS GOOD.

I NEVER KNEW THAT THIS IS

WHAT LIFE COULD BE LIKE

BEING MARRIED.

SHE IS MY BEST FRIEND.

AND SHE IS MY PARTNER.

AND WE FACE LIFE TOGETHER.

AND IT'S ALMOS AWESOME.

HE'S THE FIRST ONE THAT

WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS TO

ME, I WANT TO SHARE IT

WITH HIM.

I AM SO THANKFUL THAT GOD

SHOWED ME THE WAY --

SHOWED US THE WAY OF LIFE,

AND SHOWED US HOW TO LIVE

LIFE TOGETHER.

Terry: YOU KNOW, LEFT

TO OUR OWN DEVICES, WE

PRETTY MUCH MESS IT UP

EVERY TIME, DON'T WE?

BECAUSE WE STRUGGLE WITH

OUR OWN FLESH, WITH THE

ATTACKS OF THE ENEMY THAT

YOU'VE HEARD TALKED ABOUT

ON THIS PROGRAM.

BUT HERE IS THE PROGRAMS

OF GOD: ALL THINGS WORK

TOGETHER FOR GOD TO THOSE

WHO LOVE HIM AND ARE

CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS

PURPOSE.

IS THAT YOU TODAY?

DON'T GIVE UP ON YOUR

RELATIONSHIPS IF IT IS.

THERE IS MORE.

THERE IS ALWAYS MORE.

AND THE THINGS THAT LIFE

THROWS AT YOU, SOME OF

THEM STICK, AND SOME OF

THEM WE GRAB HOLD OF AND

HANG ONTO OURSELVES --

THERE IS HEALING FROM

THAT.

THERE IS FREEDOM FROM

THAT.

THAT'S WHAT YOU SAW IN

THIS COUPLE'S LIFE.

ALL OF THE SHACKLES AND

THE CHAINS, NOT JUST FROM

THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH

EACH OTHER, BUT EVERYTHING

ELSE THAT HAD ATTACKED AND

LEFT A SCAR, WAS HEALED

AND REMOVED.

HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?

FIRST OF ALL, IT HAPPENED

BECAUSE THEY RECOGNIZED

THEY HAD A NEED.

WE HAVE TO HUMBLE

OURSELVES BEFORE GOD.

WE HAVE TO SAY, GOD, I

NEED FIXING.

I'M ON THE WRONG PATH

HERE.

IT CAN HAPPEN TO

BELIEVERS.

THIS ISN'T JUST SOMETHING

THAT SOMEBODY STRUGGLES

WITH BEFORE THEY KNOW

JESUS.

LIFE IS TOUGH.

SO IF YOU'RE STRUGGLING IN

YOUR LIFE TODAY, START

WHERE THEY DID.

GO BACK TO THE INSTRUCTION

BOOK.

READ WHAT GOD HAS TO SAY

TO YOU FOR YOUR LIFE.

IT IS NOT ABOUT THE OTHER

PERSON.

IT IS NOT ABOUT THE PEOPLE

AT YOUR JOB.

IT IS NOT ABOUT YOUR

NEIGHBOR THAT YOU DON'T

LIKE OUR YOUR KIDS THAT

ARE DRIVING YOU CRAZY.

IT IS, GOD, FIX ME.

FIX ME.

YOU KNOW WHEN WE COME TO

HIM WITH THAT, OUR FATHER,

WHO LOVES US BEYOND WHAT

WE COULD IMAGINE, SAYS, I

HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS

MOMENT.

GOD SAYS, I WANT TO HELP

YOU IF YOU WOULD ONLY LET

ME.

WOULD YOU LET GOD HELP YOU

TODAY?

IT STARTS BY HUMBLING

YOURSELF AND SURRENDERING.

GOD, I WANT MORE OF YOU

TODAY.

I NEED MORE OF YOU.

I WANT YOUR SPIRIT INFUSED

IN ME, TO MAKE A

DIFFERENCE SO I CAN LIVE

THE WAY YOU CREATED ME TO.

WE WERE CREATED TO LIVE IN

A GARDEN WITH GOD, TO LIVE

AN ABUNDANT LIFE.

JESUS SAID THAT'S WHAT HE

CAME FOR.

IF YOU MISS OUT ON IT,

IT'S BECAUSE YOU AREN'T

ASKING FOR IT.

RIGHT NOW, WHEREVER YOU

ARE, JUST STOP WHAT YOU'RE

DOING AND PRAY WITH ME.

LET'S DO THIS TOGETHER.

GOD, I AM HERE.

I'VE BEEN DOING IT AGAIN.

I'VE TAKEN IT UPON MYSELF.

I'VE MADE MY OWN

JUDGMENTS.

I'VE HARBORED RESENTMENT

AND BITTERNESS AND

UNFORGIVENESS.

BECAUSE OF DISAPPOINTMENT,

I'VE BLAMED OTHERS FOR THE

EMPTINESS I FEEL.

GOD, TODAY I'M SAYING, I

DON'T WANT TO DO IT

ANYMORE.

I NEED MORE OF YOU.

SO I'M COMING TO YOU

HUMBLY, AND I'M JUST

GIVING YOU MY LIFE, JUST

LIFTING IT UP ON THE ALTER

BEFORE YOU AND SAYING,

JESUS, COME.

TOUCH ME.

TEACH ME.

FILL ME.

USE ME.

MORE OF YOU I KNOW IS THE

ANSWER.

SHOW ME HOW TO GET THAT.

SHOW ME THE THINGS I NEED

TO RELEASE TO YOU, THINGS

I HAVEN'T EVEN

ACKNOWLEDGED OR THOUGHT

ABOUT FOR YEARS.

I'M LISTENING.

HOLY SPIRIT, SPEAK TO MY

HEART TODAY.

JESUS, TAKE MY LIFE.

FORGIVE MY SINS.

THEY ARE MANY.

FORGIVE THEM ALL.

I ACKNOWLEDGE YOU DIED FOR

ME.

AND TODAY GIVE ME A FRESH

BEGINNING.

I WANT MORE OF YOU.

I WANT TO LIVE FOR YOU.

I WANT MY LIFE TO MATTER

FOR YOU.

AND TODAY I'M ASKING YOU

FOR THAT.

AND THIS HOLIDAY SEASON

I'M GIVING YOU ALL OF ME,

WHICH I KNOW IS YOUR HEART

DESIRE.

AND I'M ASKING THIS IN

JESUS' NAME.

AMEN.

LISTEN, IF YOU'VE JUST

PRAYED THAT PRAYER WITH

ME, THEN WHAT DO YOU DO

FROM HERE?

IF MARRIAGE IS YOUR

STRUGGLE, WE'VE GOT A

GREAT LITTLE BOOK FOR YOU

CALLED "LOVE AND

MARRIAGE," AND IT TALKS

ABOUT WHAT DOES GOD HAVE

TO SAY ABOUT IT?

IT WAS HIS IDEA, YOU KNOW.

IT'S FREE.

AND IF YOU'RE RECOMMITTING

OR JUST COMMITTING YOUR

LIFE TO CHRIST, "A NEW

DAY" IS A GREAT PACKET TO

HELP YOU AS YOU BECOME A

DISCIPLE AND FOLLOWER OF

JESUS CHRIST.

THESE ARE FREE.

AND THE NUMBER IS FREE,

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CALL NOW.

PAT?

Pat: THANKS, TERRY.

> STILL AHEAD, WE'RE

GOING TO ANNOUNCE THE

WINNER OF OUR Facebook

CHRISTMAS COOKIE RECIPE

CONTEST.

TERRY WILL SAMPLE THE

COOKIES.

AND ALSO, STAY TUNED TO

HEAR THE SOUNDS OF THE

SEASON.

THEY'RE GOING TO SING "GO

TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN."

* GO TELL IT ONP ON THE

MOUNTAIN THAT JESUS CHRIST

IS BORN *

* WHILE SHEPHERDS KEPT

AND WELCOME BACK TO

"THE 700 CLUB."

THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION

GIVES PLANNED PARENTHOOD A

GIFT JUST BEFORE THE

PRESIDENT LEAVES OFFICE.

THEY ISSUED A NEW RULE

THAT SAYS STATES MUST GIVE

FEDERAL MONEY TO THE

ABORTION GIANT.

BIT CRITICS SAY STATES

SHOULD BE FREE TO CHOOSE

HOW TO USE THAT MONEY AND

WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT

IT TO GO TO PLANNED

PARENTHOOD.

REPRESENTATIVE DIANE BLACK

SAYS CONGRESS WILL TACKLE

PLANNED PARENTHOOD FUNDING

ONCE DONALD TRUMP TAKES

OFFICE.

ICY WEATHER IS CREEPING

EAST ACROSS THE U.S.

FRIGID TEMPERATURES HAVE

ALREADY BEEN GRIPPING THE

MIDWEST.

PEOPLE IN NORTH DAKOTA,

MINNESOTA, AND WISCONSIN,

HAVE BEEN UNDER A

WINDCHILL ADVISORY.

WOW, YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE

THERE.

WITH TEMPERATURES PLUNGING

TO 12 BELOW 0 IN FARGO.

THEY ARE WARNING PEOPLE TO

LIMIT THEIR TIME OUTDOORS

AND TO TAKE PRECAUTION

AGAINST FROSTBITE AND

HYPOTHERMIA.

ABSOLUTELY IT CAN BE

DANGEROUS.

WE'RE THINKING ABOUT

FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA,

BOTH OF WHICH CAN BE VERY

DANGEROUS TO LIFE AND

LIMB.

Wendy: LOWER THAN

EXPECTED TEMPERATURES FOR

THE WEEKEND AND MONDAY

FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

TO ALL THE WAY TO RIGHT

HERE IN VIRGINIA.

> 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: WELCOME BACK.

I AM VERY HAPPY TO

ANNOUNCE WE HAVE A WINNER

OF OUR Facebook

CHRISTMAS COOKIE CONTEST.

HER NAME IS LINDA CORLU,

AND SHE LIVES IN JULIAN,

CALIFORNIA.

AND THESE ARE HER

PRIZE-WINNING COOKIES.

THEY'RE CALLED CHOCOLATE

SNOWFLAKES, WHICH THEY

ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE, AND I

GET TO TASTE THEM.

OH, WOW!

I'M COMING TO YOUR HOUSE

SOON, LINDA.

THIS IS MINE.

THIS WOULD BE PAT'S.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

OOH, HERE IS ONE WITH

DAVID'S NAME ON IT.

COME ON OVER HERE AND GET

YOUR COOKIE.

ANGEL -- YES, WE ACTUALLY

HAVE SOMEONE WHO WORKS

HERE NAMED ANGEL.

WHAT CAN I TELL YOU.

THERE IS A MONDO, A JIMMY,

A KELLY, PETE,

CAMERAMAN -- THIS IS YOUR

LUCKY DAY.

WE WANT TO THANK ALL OF

YOU WHO SUBMITTED YOUR

FAVORITE COOKIE RECIPES,

ESPECIALLY YOU, LINDA.

WE'LL BE SENDING YOU THIS

BEAUTIFUL GIFT BASKET.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE

LINDA'S CHOCOLATE

SNOWFLAKE RECIPE, AND ALL

OF THE OTHER RECIPES THAT

WERE SUBMITTED GO TO

Facebook.com/700club.

YOU ALL ARE GOING TO BE

HAPPY OUT THERE.

> HERE IS SOMETHING ELSE

THAT IS GOING TO MAKE YOU

HAPPY.

I LOVE THIS MAN.

HE IS SO GIFTED.

HE HAS PERFORMED FOR SIX

UNITED STATES PRESIDENTS,

BILLY GRAHAM, AND OPRAH

WINFREY.

IN ADDITION TO TRAVELLING

THE WORLD, HE ALSO STOPPED

BY OUR STUDIO TO PERFORM A

CHRISTMAS CLASSIC.

ENJOY HIM SINGING "GO TELL

IT ON THE MOUNTAIN."

*

* GO TELL IT ON THE

MOUNTAIN *

* OVER THE HILLS AND

EVERYWHERE *

* GO TELL IT ON THE

MOUNTAIN *

* THAT JESUS CHRIST IS

BORN *

* I SAID TO GO TELL IT ON

THE MOUNTAIN *

* OVER THE HILLS AND

EVERYWHERE *

* GO TELL IT ON THE

MOUNTAIN *

* THAT JESUS CHRIST IS

BORN *

* WHILE SHEPHERDS KEPT

THEIR WATCHING *

* O SILENT FLOCKS BY

NIGHT *

* TH THROUGHOUT THE HEAVENS

SHOWN A HOLL A HOLY LIGHT *

* GO TELL IT ON THE

MOUNTAIN *

* OVER THE HILLS AND

EVERYWHERE *

* GO TELL IT ON THE

MOUNTAIN *

* THAT JESUS CHRIST IS

BORN *

* DOWN IN A LONELY MANGER,

THE HUMBLE CHRIST WAS

BORN *

* AND BROUGHT US OUR

SOCIALIST VACATION *

* THAT BLESSED CHRISTMAS

MORN *

* THAT BLESSED CHRISTMAS

MORN *

* GO TELL IT ON THE

MOUNTAIN *

* OVER THE HILLS AND

EVERYWHERE *

* GO TELL IT ON THE

MOUNTAIN *

* THAT JESUS CHRIST IS

BORN.

*

* I SAID TO GO TELL IT ON

THE MOUNTAIN *

* OVER THE HILLS AND

EVERYWHERE *

* GO TELL IT ON THE

MOUNTAIN *

* THAT JESUS CHRIST IS

BORN *

* THAT JESUS CHRIST IS

BORN *

* THAT JESUS CHRIST IS

BORN *

*

UP NEXT, OUR CHATROOM

IS OPEN, AND WE WANT TO

HEAR FROM YOU.

WE'LL BRING IT ONLINE WITH

YOUR QUESTIONS, SO DON'T

GO AWAY.

*

Terry: WELL, IT IS

TIME TO "BRING IT ON" WITH

SOME OF YOUR E-MAIL

QUESTIONSMENQUESTIONS.

THIS ONE SAYS, "HI, PAT,

MY NAME IS MURAL, AND I'M

14 YEARS OLD.

I ALWAYS WONDER WHETHER

ADAM AND EVE CAME FIRST OR

DINOSAURS.

IN THE BIBLE, IT SAYS ADAM

AND EVE ARE ONE OF THE

FIRST CREATIONS AFTER

HEAVEN AND EARTH.

AND THEN THERE ARE THE

DINOSAURS THAT HAVE BEEN

AROUND FOR MANY, MANY

YEARS.

WHERE WERE THE HUMANS?"

Pat: THAT IS A GOOD

QUESTION.

I REALLY THINK THE TIME OF

THE DINOSAURS WAS ABOUT --

WHAT IS IT, 65 MILLION

YEARS OR SO AGO THERE WAS

AN EXTINCTION.

I THINK HUMAN BEINGS CAME

ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH

MAYBE 50,000 YEARS.

SO, YOU'RE RIGHT.

THERE WERE DINOSAURS AND

ALL OF THAT STUFF.

AND THEN THE EARTH

CAINCHED.

CHANGED.

AND LATER ON IT BECAME A

HABITATION FOR HUMANITY.

BUT ADAM AND EVE DID NOT,

IN TERMS OF SCIENCE,

PRECEDE THE DINOSAURS.

Terry: THIS VIEWER

SAYS, "MY HUSBAND'S

CHRISTIAN PARENTS HAVE

SPOKEN BAD THINGS OVER HIM

EVER SINCE HE WAS A CHILD,

TELLING HIM HE WAS STUPID

AND HE WOULD NEVER AMOUNT

TO ANYTHING.

HIS DAD IS NOW GONE, BUT

HIS MOM STILL SAYS THESE

THINGS TO HIM EVEN THOUGH

HE HONORS HIS MOM.

HE IS A GOOD CHRISTIAN MAN

WHO LOVES THE LORD.

CAN I PRAY THAT GOD WILL

BREAK THESE CURSES OVER

HIM, OR DOES HE HAVE TO

PRAY IT?"

Pat: SEVERAL YEARS

AGO, A YOUNG MAN CAME TO

ME FOR COUNSELLING.

HE WAS DEPRESSED.

HE WAS IN THE NAVY.

HE WAS DOWN AND HIS

SHOULDERS WERE HUNCHED

OVERMENOVER.

AND I SAID, LET ME ASK

YOU, WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG,

THEY TOLD YOU YOU WEREN'T

ANY GOOD?

AND HE SAID, YEAH.

PatAND ISAID, YOUR FATHER TOLD YOU

THAT?

AND HE SAID, YES.

AND I SAID, YOUR OLD MAN

IS A LIAR BECAUSE GOD SAYS

YOU'RE PRECIOUS.

PARENTS SHOULD BE EN

ENABLEING THEIR CHILDREN

AND SHOULD GIVE THEM HOPE.

THAT MOTHER IS SINNING

AGAINST GOD ALMIGHTY.

YOUR HUSBAND HAS GOT TO

UNDERSTAND THAT I WILL

HONOR HER BECAUSE SHE IS

MY MOTHER, BUT I WILL NOT

BY THAT LIE SHE IS LAYING

ON ME BECAUSE I'M A CHILD

OF GOD.

Terry: STACEY SAYS,

"ON MONDAY'S SHOW PAT SAID

A MARRIED WOMAN WHO WOUL WAS

HAVING AN AFFAIR WAS GOING

TO HELL."

Pat: I DON'T THINK I

SAID SHE WAS GOING TO

HELL.

I SAID SHE IS SINNING.

SHE'S MARRIED AND SHE IS

HAVING AN AFFAIR.

IF SHE REPENTS AND ASKS

FOR FORGIVENESS, THE LORD

WILL FORGIVE ANYTHING.

YES, ADULTERY WILL BE

FORGIVEN.

IF SHE ASKS FOR FORGIVEN,

SHE'LL BE IN HEAVEN, IN MY

OPINION.

Terry: THIS IS ENZA

WHO SAYS, "MY SON, PAUL,

WHO JUST TURNED 21,

SUFFERS FROM SEVERE AUTISM

AND HAS FREQUENT OUTBURSTS

IN PUBLIC.

AFTER HE TURNED 21, WE

HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO FIND

SOMEONE TO SUPERVISE HIM

DURING OUR CHURCH SERVICE.

HOWEVER, THEY OFFER THE

SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE

ONLINE.

I WAS WONDERING IF

WATCHING CHURCH ONLINE IS

ACCEPTABLE BECAUSE WE

SIMPLY CANNOT AFFORD A

SITTER.

PLEASE HELP."

Pat: THERE IS NOTHING

THAT SAYS YOU HAVE TO BE

IN CHURCH.

IN A CASE LIKE THAT, YOU

SURE DON'T WANT TO BRING

SOMEBODY INTO CHURCH THAT

WILL BE SCREAMING IN THE

MIDDLE OF THE SERVICE.

IT IS KIND FOR THE OTHER

PARTICIPANTS -- THERE IS

NO DOUBT THE ONLINE THING

IS FINE.

YOU CAN HAVE CHURCH AT

HOME AND PRAY TOGETHER

WITH YOUR SON AND THAT'S

CHURCH.

Terry: THIS VIEWER

SAYS, "DEAR PAT,

PORNOGRAPHY AND SEXUAL

IMMORTALITY ARE A BATTLE

I'VE BEEN ENTANGLED IN FOR

A WHILE NOW.

I WANT TO BE FREE.

I READ MY BIBLE AND

UNDERSTAND THAT JESUS SAID

IT IS FINISHED, SO MY SINS

HAVE BEEN WASHED AWAY.

1 CORINTHIANS ALARMS ME

WHERE IT SAYS, DO YOU NOT

KNOW THAT WRONG DOERS WILL

NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF

GOD.

NOR ADULTERERS OR

HOMOSEXUALS.

I HAVE THIS RESIDUE OF SIN

IN MY LIFE.

WILL GOD SET ME FREE OR

WHAT WILL IT TAKE?

Pat: TH I THANK GOD THAT

IN CHRIST WE ARE FREE.

THERE IS HOPE FOR THOSE

OF US WHO KNOW THE LORD.

THERE IS NONE OF US WHO IS

NOT A SINNER.

THAT IS WASHED AWAY.

I WANT YOUR CONSCIENCE

CLEANSED OF DEAD WORKS

THAT YOU MIGHT SERVE THE

LIVING GOD.

SO BE FREE.

TAKE YOUR LIBERTY AND TAKE

THE FORGIVENESS THAT THE

LORD HAS.

THE FACT YOU STILL HAVE

TENDENCIES, HE'LL FORGIVE

YOU.

> THAT'S ALL OF THE TIME

WE'VE GOT.

THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.

BYE-BYE.