THANKS FOR JOINING US

FOR CBN "NEWSWATCH."

I'M MARK MARTIN.

DEMOCRATS WERE HOPING FOR

A VICTORY LAST NIGHT IN

GEORGIA, WHERE CANDIDATES

HAVE BEEN FIGHTING OVER

THE SEAT OF FORMER

CONGRESSMAN TOM PRICE.

INSTEAD, THEIR HOPES FELL

SHORT AND THE ELECTION IS

NOW HEADED FOR A RUNOFF,

HEATHER SELLS HAS THE

STORY.

Heather: BOTH PARTIES

SEE THE SEAT HELD BY TOM

PRICE AS A TEST, AN EARLY

INDICATOR OF WHAT LIES

HEAD IN THE 2018

CONGRESSIONAL MID-TERM

ELECTIONS, AND DEMOCRATS

ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT A

REFERENDUM ON THE

PRESIDENT.

PRESIDENT TRUMP

EMBARRASSES OUR COUNTRY,

I'LL HOLD HIM ACCOUNTABLE.

Heather: JON OSESOFF

FAILED TO GET THE

NECESSARY NUMBERS.

HE HANDLED A FORMER

GEORGIA SECRETARY OF

STATE.

AND SHE IS ALSO A FORMER

EXECUTIVE FOR THE SUSAN

COLEMAN ORGANIZATION.

THIS WAS A

PREMEDITATED, ORCHESTRATED

ATTACK ON A BREAST CANCER

ORGANIZATION.

Heather: SHE TOLD CBN

NEWS THAT COLEMAN WAS

LOOKING FOR NEUTRAL

GROUND, AND NOTICED THAT

PLANNED PARENTHOOD DIDN'T

PERFORM MAMMOGRAMS, BUT

REFERRED THEM OUT.

LAST NIGHT HANDLE TOLD A

GEORGIA CROWD THAT SHE

WILL FIGHT FOR THEIR

VALUES, INCLUDING THOSE ON

HEALTH CARE.

AND SHE CLEARLY TIED HER

OPPONENT TO THE NATIONAL

DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

IT IS A CHOOSE BETWEEN

THE VIEWS AND THE VALUES

OF A PROVEN, INDEPENDENT,

AND CONSERVATIVE LEADER

WHO HAS DELIVERED FOR THE

PEOPLE OF THIS DISTRICT

AND THIS STATE.

OR A DEMOCRAT, WHO NANCY

PELOSI HOPES IS GOING TO

DELIVER FOR HER.

Heather: OSESOFF WILL

APPEAL TO CONSERVATIVES IN

A MODERATE DISTRICT.

BUT THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF

IS CLEARLY UP FOR THE

FIGHT, TWEETING OVERNIGHT

ABOUT A BIG "OUR WIN," AND

SAYING GLAD TO BE OF HELP.

A GUNMAN KILLED THREE

MEN IN FRESNO, CALIFORNIA,

AFTER TARGETING THEM

BECAUSE THEY WERE WHITE.

HE WAS CAUGHT BY POLICE

AFTER THE SHOOTINGS AND

YELLED "ALLAHU AKBAR"

AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED.

POLICE ARE CALLING IT A

HATE CRIME.

HE ALREADY SHOWED SIGNS OF

VIOLENT AGGRESSION ON

SOCIAL MEDIA, AND HE

CALLED WHITE PEOPLE DEVILS

AND RELEASED A RAP ALBUM

WITH RACIALLY-CHARGED

LYRICS.

AND HE IS ALSO THE SUSPECT

IN THE MURDER OF A HOTEL

CLERK LAST WEEK, WHO WAS

ALSO A WHITE MAN.

> THE PRESIDENT TRUMP

ADMINISTRATION SAYS IRAN

IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE

2015 NUCLEAR DEAL WHICH

FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA

NEGOTIATED.

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION

NOTIFIED CONGRESS OF THE

DEAL, AND IS CONTINUING

THE SANCTIONS GIVEN TO

IRAN IN RETURN.

BUT REX TILLERSON SAID IN

A LETTER, "THE

ADMINISTRATION IS

REVIEWING THE AGREEMENT TO

DECIDE IF CONTINUING

SANCTIONS IS BEST FOR THE

UNITED STATES."

TILLERSON SAID IRAN IS

STILL A PRIMARY STATE

SPONSOR OF TERRORISM, AND

PRESIDENT TRUMP ORDERED

THE REVIEW, TAKING THAT

INTO CONSIDERATION.

> PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNED

A NEW ORDER IN WISCONSIN.

THE "BUY AMERICAN AND HIRE

AMERICAN INITIATIVE,"

FOCUSING ON HOW THE

GOVERNMENT DOES BUSINESS.

JENNIFER WISHON HAS THIS

STORY.

Jennifer: BUY

AMERICAN PRODUCTS AND HIRE

AMERICAN WORKERS,

PRESIDENT TRUMP THINKS

THAT IS JUST GOOD POLICY.

AFTER TOURING TOOL

MANUFACTURING "SNAP-ON" IN

WISCONSIN, HE SIGNED AN

ORDER THAT DOES SEVERAL

THINGS: FIRST, IT MAKES

CHANGES IN THE VISA

PROGRAM.

INSTEAD OF ALLOWING THE

MARKET TO BE FLOODED WITH

LOW-WAGE FOREIGN WORKERS

THAT ELIMINATE JOBS AND

DRIVE DOWN WAGES FOR

AMERICANS, HIS ORDER SAYS

VISAS SHOULD BE ORDERED TO

THE MOST SKILLED

APPLICANTS.

President Trump: NO

ONE CAN COMPETE WITH

AMERICAN WORKS WHEN

THEY'RE GIVEN A FAIR AND

LEVEL PLAYING FIELD.

Heather: BUY AMERICAN

LAWS HAVE BEEN ON THE

BOOKS FOR MORE THAN 80

YEARS, BUT THEY'VE BEEN

WATERED DOWN THROUGH THE

USE OF WAIVERS AND

LOOPHOLES IN SOME CASES TO

APPEASE OTHER COUNTRIES.

AND THE NET RESULT IS

WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF

OPPORTUNITIES FOREGONE FOR

FACTORY WORKERS IN THE

UNITED STATES TO PROVIDE

THE STEEL FOR OUR BRIDGES

OR THE CONSTRUCTION

MATERIALS FOR OUR SCHOOLS

OR THE ARMOR PLATE FOR OUR

MILITARY EQUIPMENT BECAUSE

OF WHAT IS SOMETIMES

STATE-SUBSIDIZED

COMPETITION FROM OVERSEAS.

Heather: THE ALLIANCE

FOR AMERICAN MANUFACTURING

REPORTS IF AMERICANS WOULD

SPEND JUST $64 A YEAR ON

AMERICAN GOODS OR

CONTRACTORS INCREASED

THEIR USE OF AMERICAN

GOODS BY JUST 5%, THAT

WOULD CREATE 200,000 JOBS.

President Trump: NEW

SHIPS, BRIDGES, TUNNELS,

AND AIRPLANES WILL BE

CONSTRUCTED WITH AMERICAN

HANDS, AMERICAN STEEL,

AND, YES, AMERICAN TOOLS.

Heather: THE PUSH TO

BUY AMERICAN GOODS AND

HIRE AMERICAN WORKERS IS

EXTREMELY POPULAR ACROSS

THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM,

REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS,

AND INDEPENDENTS.

AND BY KEEPING HIS

PROMISES TO THOSE BLUE

COLLAR WORKERS, TRUMP IS

POTENTIALLY GROWING THE

BASE OF THE REPUBLICAN

PARTY.

THE BIG QUESTION: WILL

BUYING AMERICAN PRODUCTS

INCREASE COSTS?

SCOTT PAUL SAYS NO.

A CHINESE PART MIGHT

COST A LITTLE BIT LESS

THAN THE AMERICAN PART.

IT'S WORTH BUYING THE

AMERICAN PART BECAUSE THAT

MONEY IS GOING TO BE

REINVESTED IN OUR ECONOMY,

AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE

MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO

CREATE JOBS THAT WAY.

YOU HAVE OBVIOUSLY BETTER

OVERSIGHT.

YOU MAY HAVE BETTER

QUALITY.

BUT THERE IS ALSO THAT

RETURN TO THEIR ECONOMY

THAT YOU DON'T GET WHEN

THOSE TAX DOLLARS LEAK

OVERSEAS.

Jennifer: THE

EXECUTIVE ORDER REQUIRES

AGENCIES TO REVIEW THEIR

BUYING PRACTICES, TO LOOK

FOR CHANGES TOWARDS THE

END OF THE YEAR.

AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS

HOPE IT IS DONE IN TIME

FOR THE PRESIDENT'S BIG

INFRASTRUCTURE PRACTICE.

JENNIFER WISHON, CBN NEWS,

WASHINGTON.

FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE

H.W. BUSH IS RECOVERING

FROM WHAT A SPOKESMAN SAYS

IS A MILD CASE OF

PNEUMONIA THAT HAS BEEN

TREATED AND RESOLVED.

A LINGERING COUGH WAS

KEEPING HIM FROM RESTING.

HE IS REPORTED TO BE IN

GOOD SPIRITS AND IS JUST

BEING HELD FOR OBSERVATION

WHILE HE REGAINS STRENGTH.

HE WILL BE 93 IN JUNE.

> THE MINORITY CHRISTIAN

GOVERNOR OF INDONESIA'S

CAPITAL JAKARTA LOST HIS

RE-ELECTION BID TO HIS

MUSLIM OPPONENT.

ANIS BASWADIN WON THE

OFFICE WITH BETWEEN 55 AND

60% OF THE VOTES WITH MORE

THAN HALF OF THE RETURNS

COUNTED.

THE OUTCOME OF THE RACE

HIGHLIGHTEDED THE

COUNTRY'S RELIGIOUS AND

RACIST DIVIDES.

PERSUKI AMANA IS CURRENTLY

ON TRIAL FOR BLASPHEMY,

AND MANY IN THE COUNTRY

WANT HIM TO BE IMPRISONED

OR EVEN KILLED.

> COMING UP, FIVE FORMER

STATE REPUBLICS WHERE THE

ONLY PLACE TO TAL SAFE PLACE TO TALK

ABOUT JESUS IS THE

Mark: THE GROWTH OF

RADICAL ISLAM HELPED MAKE

2016 ONE OF THE WORST

YEARS EVER FOR CHRISTIAN

PERSECUTION.

CHRISTIANS IN A

PREDOMINANTLY MUSLIM

REGION IN CENTRAL ASIA

CONTINUE TO FACE ALMOST

DAILY HARASSMENT FOR

SHARING THE GOSPEL.

BUT FIVE STATES ARE BOLDLY

SPREADING THE GOSPEL.

GEORGE THOMAS BRINGS US

THAT STORY FROM

KYRGYZSTAN.

*

George: A CHRISTIAN

LIVING IN ANY OF THE FIVE

FORMER SOVIET REPUBLICS OF

UZBEKISTAN, KAZAKHSTAN, OR

TURKMENISTAN CAN FACE

HARASSMENT, OR EVEN WORSE,

JAIL TIME, FOR TELLING

OTHERS ABOUT HIS FAITH.

ARTUR IS FROM AFGHANISTAN.

I HAVE BEEN CALLED TO

BE A WITNESS FOR CHRIST,

BUT HAS BEEN A DANGEROUS

CALLING.

WHEN THE AUTHORITIES

DISCOVER SOMEONE HAS

CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY,

THEY WILL GATHER RELATIVES

AND FAMILY OF THE ACCUSED

AND BRING THEM BEFORE THE

ELDERS.

THE CONVERT STANDS BEFORE

THE GROUP AND HAS TO

DECIDE BETWEEN FAITH AND

FAMILY.

George: 25 YEARS

AFTER THE SOVIET UNION

DISAPPEARED AND THESE

REPUBLICS GAINED THEIR

INDEPENDENCE, THE FIVE

SO-CALLED STAND STATES

HAVE BECOME HOSTILE

TOWARDS PEOPLE OF FAITH.

IN RECENT YEARS,

CHRISTIANS HAVE COME UNDER

INTENSE PRESSURE HERE IN

CENTRAL ASIA.

THESE FIVE GOVERNMENTS

HAVE ENACTED LAWS CURBING

THEIR ACTIVITIES.

BUT HERE IS THE PROBLEM:

INSTEAD OF GOING AFTER

MUSLIMS, THESE GOVERNMENTS

ARE USING THESE LAWS TO GO

AFTER CHRISTIANS.

DR. MICHAEL CHERENKOV

FOLLOWS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

ISSUES IN THE FORMER

SOVIET UNION.

THESE LAWS HAVE FORCED

CHRISTIANS TO BE MORE

CREATIVE AND INVENT NEW

APPROACHES TO SHARING THE

GOSPEL.

George: CHERENKOV

SAYS WHILE CHURCHES AND

CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATIONS

RAISE SUSPICION,

INDIVIDUAL RELATIONSHIPS

GO VIRTUALLY UNNOTICED.

WE ARE DISCOVERING THAT

BEING A WITNESS FOR CHRIST

IN THE WORKPLACE IS

PROBABLY THE ONLY SAFE AND

EFFECTIVE FORM OF

EVANGELIZATION.

George: ON RECENT

SATURDAY MORNING, HUNDREDS

OF YOUNG CHRISTIANS FROM

ACROSS THE REGION MET FOR

THE FIRST EVER

NEXT-GENERATION

PROFESSIONAL LEADERS

INITIATIVE.

THE EVENT WAS THE

BRAINCHILD AND DREAM OF

SERGEI.

IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO

OVERSTATE THE SIGNIFICANCE

OF THE GATHERING.

George: HE GREW UP IN

THE FORMER SOVIET UNION

AND REMEMBERS WHAT IT WAS

LIKE AS A YOUNG CHRISTIAN

TRYING TO DISCOVER HIS

PURPOSE IN LIFE.

I WAS NOT ALLOWED TO

STUDY IN THE UNIVERSITIES

BECAUSE I WAS A CHRISTIAN.

AND THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE

TERRITORY OF THE WHOLE

SOVIET UNION, YOU COULD

NOT FIND EVEN ONE

CHRISTIAN PROFESSOR,

CHRISTIAN DOCTOR, OR

CHRISTIAN LAWYER.

EVEN THE WORD "BUSINESS"

WAS A FOREIGN WORD FOR

CHRISTIANS OF THAT TIME.

George: HE BROUGHT

TOGETHER ENTREPRENEURS,

DOCTORS, EDUCATORS,

LAWYERS, AND MEDIA EXPERTS

TO TEACH YOUNG

PROFESSIONALS HOW TO BE

AFFECTIVE WITNESSES FOR

CHRIST IN THE MARKETPLACE.

THIS IS A GENERATION

THAT DIDN'T GROW UP IN A

SECULAR AND OPPRESSIVE

OVYET MINDSET.

SO THEY HAVE A UNIQUE

PERSPECTIVE, UNIQUE

TALENTS TO THEIR

COMMUNITIES.

George: ARMON WORKS

AS AN I.T. SPECIALIST FROM

TURKMENISTAN.

I'M LEARNING THAT MY

DEEDS SHOULD SPEAK LOUDER

THAN MY WORDS, AND

BUILDING LONG-TERM

RELATIONSHIPS IS VITAL.

George: 17-YEAR-OLD

MIRIAM TEACHES ENGLISH AND

PAKISTAN.

MY PARENTS AND MY

RELATIVES ARE ALL AGAINST

ME BECAUSE I'M A

CHRISTIAN.

George: SHE SAYS

MEETING OTHERS WHO HAVE

ENDURED MUCH FOR THEIR

FAITH AND STILL WANT TO BE

USED BY GOD WAS A HUGE

ENCOURAGEMENT.

IT GATHERING IS

TEACHING US HOW TO SAFELY

COMBINE OUR PROFESSION

WITH OUR PASSION FOR

CHRIST.

George: EVGENY IS A

MEDIA SPECIALIST.

TO SEE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO

WANT TO BE USEFUL FOR GOD

IS INSPIRING TO ME.

George: HE SAYS IT IS

UP TO THESE YOUNG

PROFESSIONALS TO INSTILL

BIBLICATHE BIBLE INTO THEIR

SOCIETY.

I'M SO BLESSED TO

WITNESS THE CONFIDENCE

DEMONSTRATED BY YOUNG

CHRISTIANS IN CENTRAL

ASIA.

George: GEORGE

THOMAS, CBN NEWS, BISHKEK,

KYRGYZSTAN.

Mark: A STUDENT LOAN

PUT HIM IN THE SPOTLIGHT,

AND TODAY HE IS USING IT THE

ATTENTION TO SHARE THE

Mark: WELCOME BACK TO

CBN "NEWSWATCH."

YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE

VIRAL VIDEO "SALLY

MAYBACK" YO ONLINE, AND IT

PUT A RAPPER INTO THE

NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT.

AND NOW HE IS USING THAT

ATTENTION TO BRING GLORY

TO GOD.

EFREM GRAHAM HAS THAT

STORY.

*

Efrem: D-1 IS A

RAPIDLY RISING RECORDING

ARTIST, BUT THE FAME ISN'T

GOING TO HIS HEAD.

CHECK OUT HIS RIDE AROUND

TOWN WHEN HE IS AT HOME IN

NEW ORLEANS: A NEARLY

20-YEAR-OLD CAR WITH MORE

THAN 250,000 MILES ON IT.

ARE YOU STILL DRIVING THE

'98 HONDA?

YOU KNOW I AM DRIVING

IT.

I AM DEFINITELY STILL

DRIVING MY '98 HONDA.

I LOVE IT.

I LOVE IT.

Efrem: DID YOU FIX

THE GEAR?

YEAH.

BECAUSE I COULDN'T GO

ANYWHERE WHEN THE GEAR

BROKE.

I COULDN'T EVEN LITERALLY

PUT IT IN PARK.

I RIGGED IT UP SO I COULD

GO TO CHURCH THAT MORNING.

Efrem: AND GO TO THE

STUDIO.

AND GO TO THE STUDIO.

AND I LEARNED MY LESSON.

YES, I'M STILL DRIVING THE

'98 HONDA.

IT IS SYMBOLIC OF MY

JOURNEY.

I WAS DRIVING IT WHEN I

WAS A MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH

TEACHER A FEW YEARS AGO.

AND I WAS TELLING MY

STUDENTS, IT IS NOT ABOUT

YOUR MATERIAL POSSESSIONS.

IT IS ABOUT THE CONTENT OF

YOUR CHARACTER.

IT IS NOT ABOUT WHAT YOU

DRIVE.

IT IS ABOUT WHAT AM I

RAPPING ABOUT THAT IS

HELPING PEOPLE FULFILL

THEIR GOD-GIVEN PURPOSE IN

LIFE.

NOW THAT I HAVE ACHIEVED

SOME SUCCESS IN THE

HIP-HOP INDUSTRY, THAT CAR

HAS BEEN LOYAL TO ME THE

WHOLE TIME.

AND I SAID, I'M GOING TO

BE LOYAL TO YOU.

I'M GOING TO KEEP YOU.

Efrem: HOW MANY MILES

ON THAT THING?

RIGHT NOW ABOUT

280,000.

Efrem: THAT'S AN AD

FOR HONDA, DON'T YOU

THINK?

HINT, HINT, YES,

DEFINITELY.

Efrem: HE BECAME D-1

THE RAPPER IN 2005 IN

COLLEGE, FOLLOWING A FLOOD

OF NATURAL DISASTERS AND

REAL-LIFE DISAPPOINTMENTS.

HIP-HOP WAS JUST A HOBBY.

I WAS BORED, SO MY BOYS

AND I WOULD FREE STYLE IN

THE DORM ROOM.

THAT WAS THE SAME YEAR

THAT HURRICANE KATRINA HIT

NEW ORLEANS, AND I WENT

FROM BEING THE STAR ON THE

BASKETBALL TEAM TO GETTING

CUT, WHEN I STARTED

COLLEGE.

I'M THE MAN IN HIGH

SCHOOL, AND I GET CUT.

THAT'S THE SAME YEAR THAT

MY GIRLFRIEND, SINCE I HAD

BEEN WITH SINCE 10th

GRADE, CHEATED ON ME WHEN

WE WENT TO COLLEGE.

THAT'S THE SAME YEAR THAT

ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS

FROM NEW ORLEANS, WHO I

GREW UP WITH FROM FIVE

YEARS OLD, GOT MURDERED.

IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WE

GREW UP IN.

THAT'S WHAT INSPIRED ME TO

WANT TO EXPRESS ALL OF

THESE EMOTIONS I WAS

FEELING THROUGH HIP-HOP.

*

Efrem: D-1 TOUCHED

THE EMOTIONS OF BELIEVE

PEOPLE IN AMERICA WITH

THIS HIT, "SALLY MAYBACK,"

A SONG INSPIRED BY THE

FREEDOM HE FELT AFTER

FINALLY PAYING OFF HIS

STUDENT LOAN.

*

Efrem: DID YOU EVER

THINK THAT A SONG ABOUT

STUDENT DEBT WOULD BE

SPORTINBESOMETHING THAT WOULD

CATAPULT YOU TO SUCH

POPULARITY?

HONESTLY, I KNEW IT

WOULD.

I WAS 100% CONFIDENT.

> LET ME EXPLAIN.

IT IS NOT ABOUT THE MUSIC

I MAKE.

I'VE BEEN MAKING AWESOME

SONGS.

YOU CAN YouTube ME --

I'VE BEEN THERE.

IT WAS ABOUT THE TIMING.

SEE, GOD HAD REVEALED TO

ME THAT HE HAS PLACED ME

ON THIS EARTH AND IN THIS

INDUSTRY TO GLORIFY HIM,

TO BE A LIGHT, TO BE A

BRIDGE.

PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT THIS

INTERVIEW RIGHT NOW, AND

THEY'RE LOOKING AT ME AND

THEY'RE, LIKE, WHERE DID

THIS GUY COME FROM?

BUT WHEN THEY HEAR WHAT

COMES OUT OF MY MOUTH,

THEY ARE, LIKE, WOW, HE IS

INSPIRED BY SOMETHING

OTHER THAN THIS WORLD CAN

OFFER YOU.

AND THAT'S TRUE.

I'M INSPIRED BY GOD'S

BLESSING OF LIFE TO ME.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, I

HAVE BEEN KNOWING HE HAS A

PLATFORM THAT IS WAY

LARGER THAN I CURRENTLY

HAVE WAITING FOR ME.

AND I ALSO KNEW THAT GOD

WOULDN'T ELEVATE ME TO

THAT PLATFORM UNTIL MY

WALK WAS AS PRIEW PURE AS I

COULD HUMANLY MAKE IT.

Efrem: IN TERMS OF

YOUR WALK, YOU HAVE MADE

SOME REAL CONSCIOUS

DECISIONS.

ONE IS YOUR DECISION TO BE

NOT JUST CELEBRATE, BUT

PURE.

YES.

THERE IS A DIFFERENCE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T

UNDERSTAND THAT.

THERE ARE THESE LEVELS OF

CHRISTIANITY.

I HAVE SUCH AN AWESOME

STORY THAT JUST HAPPENED

IN NEW YORK.

I'M DOING A RADIO

INTERVIEW ON A

HIGH-PROFILE RADIO

STATION, HIGH-PROFILE

D.J., AND I GUESS HE HEARD

ABOUT THAT AS WELL, ABOUT

ME BEING SELL BAIT.

CELIBATE.

SO HE SAID, YOU MEAN TO

TELL ME IF YOU MEAN A FINE

GIRL IN THE LOBBY RIGHT

NOW, YOU WOULDN'T BE

TRYING TO TAKE HER UP TO

YOUR ROOM AND HAVE SEX

WITH HER?

AND I'M, LIKE, BRO, I

SAID, WHEN I SIGNED UP FOR

THIS CHRISTIAN WALK, IT'S

EEQUIVALENT TO YOU GETTING

THIS JOB AT THIS RADIO

STATION.

IF THERE IS A SET OF

ETHICS AND STANDARDS YOU

SHOULD BE STRIVING TO

ABIDE BY, WHAT IF YOU JUST

PICK A COUPLE OF THEM OFF

OF THAT LIST -- LET'S SAY

THERE ARE 10 OF THEM.

AND YOU SAY, I'M NOT GOING

TO FOLLOW THIS ONE AND

THIS ONE.

NUMBER TWO AND NUMBER

SEVEN, NAH, I'M NOT EVEN

TRYING TO DO THOSE.

THEN YOU ARE NOT FULLY

SIGNING UP FOR THAT JOB.

WHO ARE YOU TO SAY THAT

YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF

THIS ORGANIZATION, BUT YOU

DON'T WANT TO TRY YOUR

BEST TO ADHERE TO

EVERYTHING THAT COMES

ALONG WITH IT?

FOR ME, THAT'S HOW I VIEW

SEXUAL PURITY.

IF YOU'RE NOT MARRIED --

WE HAVE THESE LEVELS TO

WHERE SOME PEOPLE SAY, I'M

NOT SLEEPING WITH THAT

MANY PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF

MARRIAGE, SO, LOOK, I'M

COMPARING MYSELF TO THESE

OTHER PEOPLE AND THEY'RE

WAY WORSE THAN ME.

THAT'S WHERE WE MESS UP.

WE COMPARE OURSELVES TO

OTHER PEOPLE WHO WE

SHOULDN'T BE COMPARING

OURSELVES TO.

YOU HAVE OTHER PEOPLE WHO

SAY, WELL, I AM NOT HAVING

SEX AT ALL OUTSIDE OF

MARRIAGE, BUT IT DOESN'T

MEAN THAT I DON'T WATCH

PORN OR THAT MASTERBATION

ISN'T A PART OF MY LIFE.

WHO ARE YOU COMPARING

YOURSELF TO?

I GOT TO THAT POINT WHERE

I'M NOT ASKING GOD FOR ANY

HALF-HEARTED BLESSINGS.

I'M NOT ASKING GOD TO JUST

LISTEN TO MY PRAYERS 80%

OF THE TIME.

SO WHY SHOULD I TRY TO

ADHERE TO 80% OF HIS

RULES?

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

SHOULDN'T WE BE STRIVING

TO BE MORE LIKE JESUS?

AND WASN'T HE PERFECT?

SO STRIVING FOR ME IS WHAT

GETS ME EXCITED EVERY DAY.

OOH, I'VE GOT WORK TO DO

BECAUSE I KNOW I'M NOT

PERFECT, BUT, MAN, I'M

TRYING.

WHEN I MESS UP, I THINK MY

BIGGEST THING IS NOT

GETTING TOO DOWN ON

MYSELF.

BECAUSE IF I MESS UP IN

ANY AREA OF MY LIFE, I'M

REALLY DISAPPOINTED.

I'M REALLY SENSITIVE TO MY

FLAWS.

Efrem: THAT'S WHERE

GRACE COMES IN.

YES, SIR.

YES, SIR.

YES, SIR.

Efrem: YOU ARE ALWAYS

READY TO RHYME,

UNDERSTAND.

YES.

Efrem: YOU ARE.

YES.

Efrem: YOU SURE?

YES.

Efrem: BEFORE I LET

YOU GO, I WANT YOU TO SPIT

SOMETHING FOR ME.

STRAIGHT UP.

ALL RIGHT, LOOK.

BE REAL, BE RIGHTEOUS, BE

RELEVANT.

D-1 GOING TO REPRESENT

LOVE.

EVER SIGNS MIKE BROWN

SHOT, IF YOU'RE STILL

RAPPING ABOUT KILLING

FOLKS, YOU'RE JUST AS BAD

AS THE COPS.

I TELL THEM FOR CHILDREN,

JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE

ALIVE, THAT DOESN'T MEAN

THEY'RE LIVING.

ALL OF THE GIRLS SAY I

LOOK LIKE CHRIS BROWN WITH

DREADS.

YOU DON'T KNOW NOBODY LIKE

ME, MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER

TURNED RAP STAR.

IT'S MY SEASON, AND BEFORE

THIS, GOD HELD ME BACK FOR

A REASON BECAUSE I WAS BAD

WIN THE DEMONS.

THE BARBARA SHOSO UNTIL I'M MARRIED, NO

SEX.

IT IS TIME TO PURIFY MY

BODY.

Mark: AND THERE YOU

HAVE IT.

RAPPER D-1 ON FIRE FOR

GOD.

WHAT A GREAT STORY.

WHAT AN INSPIRATION.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

Mark: CBN IN EUROPE

CELEBRATED EASTER IN THE

U.K. WITH FAMILIES WITH A

SPECIAL SCREENING OF

"SUPERBOOK."

THEY SCREENED "PETER'S

DENIAL," AND "HE IS

RISEN."

IT WAS SO POPULAR THAT IT

SOLD OUT.

FAMILIES FROM ALL OVER

CAME TO WATCH THE

EPISODES, MEET GIZMO,

DANCE TO THE SALVATION

POEM, PLAY GAMES AND WIN

PRIZES.

AND EACH CHILD WAS ABLE TO

LEAVE WITH THEIR OWN COPY

OF THE "SUPERBOOK" D.V.D.

THAT'S WONDERFUL.

THAT'S IT FOR NOW ON CBN

"NEWSWATCH."

HAVE A GREAT DAY.