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The 700 Club - May 25, 2017

From the most conquered city in history, Scott Ross tours the place where the past comes alive and the future will unfold. Plus, backstage with Christian music’s Toby Mac. The six-time Grammy winner reveals how learning to love changed his life. Read Transcript


Wendy: FROM THE MOST

CONQUERED CITY IN HISTORY,

SCOTT ROSS TOURS THE PLACE

WHERE THE PAST COMES

ALIVE.

IT WAS CRITICAL TO TAKE

THE FIELD.

Wendy: AND THE FUTURE

WILL UNFOLD.

AND JERUSALEM WILL

DWELL SECURE.

Wendy: PLUS, DAYS

WITH CHRISTIAN MUSIC, WITH

TOBY MACK.

HE REVEALS HOW LEARNING TO

LOVE CHANGED HIS LIFE.

THAT PATH IS HARDER,

WAY HARDER, BUT IT IS

RICHER.

Wendy: ON TODAY'S

"700 CLUB."

*

Pat: WELL, WELCOME.

WE'VE GOT A WHOLE LOT OF

THINGS TO TALK ABOUT

TODAY.

I WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE

SHOUT OUT TO OUR MOVIE "IN

OUR HANDS," ABOUT THE

TAKING OF THE TEMPLE MOUNT

AND ALL OF THAT BY THE

ISRAELIS, SCORED NUMBER

THREE IN THE BOX OFFICE IN

THE NATION, WITH A LIMITED

NUMBER OF SCREENS.

NUMBER THREE ACROSS THE

NATION, AND THAT IS GOOD.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE

ANOTHER SHOWING BECAUSE IT

WAS SO WELL-RECEIVED.

NOW, THERE IS SOMETHING

CALLED A CONGRESSIONAL

BUDGET OFFICE.

IT DOESN'T HAVE A GOOD

TRACK RECORD OF

FORECASTING ANYTHING.

ESPECIALLY ABOUT HEALTH

CARE.

THEY HAVE BEEN WILDLY OFF

IN RECOMMENDING HOW MANY

PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE

ENROLLED UNDER OBAMACARE

AND HOW MANY ACTUALLY ARE.

THEY ARE 100% OR MORE OFF,

AND YET THEY HAVE SAID,

OKAY, UNDER THE PROPOSAL

BY THE REPUBLICANS, THERE

WILL BE JUST SEVERAL

MILLION PEOPLE -- MILLIONS

WILL BE UNINSURED.

WELL, THAT REALLY ISN'T

THE TRUTH BECAUSE THEIR

ESTIMATES ARE OFF.

BUT, NEVERTHELESS, THEIR

SCORING IS TAKEN AS

GOSPEL, AND, OF COURSE,

THE LEFT IS JUST JUMPING

UP AND DOWN ON IT.

BUT THE REAL STORY IS THAT

OBAMACARE IS DESPERATELY

FAILING, AND PEOPLE'S

PREMIUMS HAVE JUST GONE

THROUGH THE ROOF.

THEY SKYROCKETED.

IT IS HURTING PEOPLE.

IT HAS TO BE REPEALED, AND

IT HAS TO BE REPLACED.

Terry: SO NOW

REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE

WILL BE WORKING ON THEIR

OWN HEALTH CARE PLAN AFTER

THE HOUSE PASSED ITS BILL.

GARY LANE BRINGS US THE

STORY.

Reporter: THE NEW NEW

ESTIMATE SAYS 23 MILLION

AMERICANS WOULD BE LEFT

UNINSURED, ALTHOUGH THAT

NUMBER INCLUDES PEOPLE WHO

SIMPLY WOULDN'T BUY

INSURANCE BECAUSE THEY

WOULDN'T BE FORCED TO LIKE

UNDER OBAMACARE.

DEMOCRATS CONTINUED THE

ATTACK ON THE REPUBLICAN

PLANS.

CHUCK SCHUMER CALLED THE

BILL, ALREADY APPROVED BY

THE HOUSE, A NIGHTMARE.

THE REPORT MAKES CLEAR

TRUMP CARE WOULD BE A

CANCER ON THE AMERICAN

HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.

Reporter: WHEN HOUSE

REPUBLICANS PASSED HEALTH

CARE REFORM LAST MONTH,

THE G.O.P. AND PRESIDENT

TRUMP SAID THEY HAD TO ACT

BECAUSE OBAMACARE IS

FAILING.

President Trump: THIS

IS A REPEAL AND A REPLACE

OF OBAMACARE.

Reporter: UNDER

OBAMACARE, GOVERNMENT

EXCHANGES IN MANY STATES

ARE OFFERING PEOPLE FEW

OPTION.

IN SOME CASES, ONLY ONE

INSURANCE PROVIDER.

ONE LATEST EXAMPLE, AFTER

INCURRING OBAMACARE LOSSES

OF $100 MILLION, BLUE

CROSS/BLUE SHIELD OF

KANSAS CITY WILL PULL OUT

OF MULTIPLE COUNTIES IN

KANSAS AND MISSOURI NEXT

YEAR.

THE HOUSE REFORM BILL

WOULD ACTUALLY SAVE THE

GOVERNMENT MONEY BY

REDUCING THE FEDERAL

DEFICIT BY $119 BILLION

OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS,

AND ALSO CUTTING TAXES BY

NEARLY A TRILLION DOLLARS,

AND REDUCING SPENDING BY

MORE THAN A TRILLION.

THE C.B.O. ALSO SAYS

STATES WOULD BE ABLE TO

WAIVE PREEXISTING

CONDITIONS.

REPUBLICANS SAY HEALTHY

PEOPLE WILL ACTUALLY SEE

THEIR PREMIUMS REDUCED

BECAUSE THEY WON'T BE

FORCED TO ACCEPT PLANS

THAT COVER SERVICES THEY

DON'T NEED.

REPUBLICANS AND CRITICS

POINT OUT THAT THE C.B.O.

HAS OFTEN BEEN WARN, AND

THEY WARN THAT THEIR

PROJECTIONS ARE UNCERTAIN.

WHILE MANY REPUBLICANS MAY

TAKE ISSUE WITH THE C.B.O.

ESTIMATES, MITCH

McCONNELL IS PLEASED THE

REPORT IS FINALLY DONE.

McCONNELL DOUBTS HE HAS

THE 50 VOTES RIGHT NOW HE

NEEDS TO REPEAL OBAMACARE.

THE SENATE IS EXPECTED TO

REDO THE HOUSE BILL AND

COME UP WITH ITS OWN

MEASURE IN THE DAYS AHEAD.

GARY LANE, CBN NEWS.

Pat: WE'LL WAIT AND

SEE.

BUT I'LL TELL YOU, IT HAS

GOT TO BE FIXED AND

QUICKLY.

I DON'T BELIEVE THE

AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN WAIT

ANY LONGER.

IF CONGRESS DOESN'T DO IT,

THEY MAY NOT BE IN OFFICE

FOR THE NEXT ELECTION

SEASON.

> CONGRESS IS GETTING

READY TO WORK ON THE NEW

FEDERAL BUDGET.

THE DEMOCRATS BLASTED THE

PRESIDENT'S BUDGET PLAN.

THE REPUBLICANS SAY IT IS

MOVING IN THE RIGHT

DIRECTION.

CONGRESS IS ALSO TAKING ON

ANOTHER MAJOR ISSUE RIGHT

NOW, ONE OF THE BIGGEST

AND FASTEST GROWING CRIMES

IN THE WORLD: HUMAN

TRAFFICKING.

ABIGAIL ROBERTSON BRINGS

US THAT.

Reporter: IT'S

ESTIMATED THAT MORE THAN

20 MILLION PEOPLE

WORLDWIDE ARE VICTIMS OF

HUMAN TRAFFICKING, WITH

CASES REPORTED IN EVERY

STATE IN THE U.S.

SO MANY TIMES YOU FIND

IT AROUND THE WORLD, BUT

IT IS RIGHT HERE IN

AMERICA.

THEY HAD MORE THAN 7,000

CASES JUST LAST YEAR

REPORTED.

Reporter: CONGRESS

FOCUSED IN ON THIS ISSUE,

PASSING A NUMBER OF BILLS

FOR PROTECTING VICTIMS AND

INCREASING PUNISHMENT FOR

CONVICTED OFFENDERS.

A TOP PRIORITY: DEALING

WITH LEGAL LOOPHOLES THAT

PREDATORS TAKE ADVANTAGE

OF TO AVOID BEING

CONVICTED.

CONGRESSWOMAN MARTHTH MARTH ROBIS'

CURRENT CHILD PROTECTION

ACT WOULD CHANGE LAWS TO

CLOSE THOSE LOOPHOLES.

UNDER THE CURRENT

CONDITIONS, IT INCLUDE

PEOPLE WHO TRAVEL ABROAD

TO HAVE SEX WITH CHILDREN,

BUT IT DOESN'T INCLUDE

THEM HAVING THE CHILDREN

PERFORM SEXUAL ACTS ON

THEM.

Reporter: AND

CONGRESSMAN MIKE JOHNSON

IS ALSO OFFERING A MEASURE

THAT WOULD PREVENT

CRIMINALS FROM GETTING

AWAY ON A TECHNICALITY.

JOHNSON'S BILL DEALS WITH

A CASE IN 2015, WHERE A

MAN WHO RECORDED A SEXUAL

ASSAULT ON A CHILD WAS

ABLE TO ESCAPE A FEDERAL

CONVICTION.

THERE IS A PROVISION

WHERE THE COURTS HAVE SAID

IF A PREDATOR HAS SEXUAL

ACTIVITY WITH A MINOR AND

THEY RECORD ANY OF THOSE

IMAGES ON THEIR PHONE OR

OTHER DEVICES, AND THEY

DIDN'T INTEND TO RECORD

THEM, THEN SOMEHOW THEY

WOULD BE ABLE TO EVADE

PROSECUTION.

WE THINK THAT'S

OUTRAGEOUS.

IT IS A VIOLATION OF

CONGRESS' OBVIOUS INTENT

TO PROTECT THE MOST

DEFENSELESS AMONG US.

Reporter: AND

CONGRESS HAS ANOTHER MAJOR

ITEM ON THEIR PLATE WITH

THE RELEASE OF PRESIDENT

TRUMP'S BUDGET FRAMEWORK.

HE BALANCES THE BUDGET

IN 10 YEARS.

WE HAVE NOT HAD THAT IN

THE LAST ADMINISTRATION.

Reporter: THE WHITE

HOUSE BUDGET REDUCES

WASHINGTON'S SPENDING

PLANS FOR FUTURE YEARS,

AND DEMOCRATS QUICKLY

ATTACKED THE PROPOSAL,

WITH CHUCK SCHUMER CALLING

IT A NIGHTMARE THAT HURTS

THE MIDDLE CLASS AND

RELIES ON FANTASY NUMBERS.

AND WHILE NOT ALL

REPUBLICANS GAVE IT A

RINGING ENDORSEMENT, MANY

ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEE THE

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION

TAKING STEPS TO TRY TO

LIMIT SPENDING, EVENTUALLY

BALANCE THE BUDGET, AND

HELP GET THE ECONOMY

GROWING STRONGLY.

WHEN I LOOK AT WHAT HE

IS DOING ELSEWHERE IN THE

BUDGET, IT IS LIKE HE IS

LOOKING AT WELFARE REFORM,

PUTTING PEOPLE BACK TO

WORK AND GIVING PEOPLE A

SENSE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT AT

THE TIME.

THOSE ARE TOUGH THINGS TO

DO.

AND SOMETIMES YOU GET

POLITICALLY ATTACKED FOR

IT, BUT IN THE END, YOU

HELP PEOPLE BUY HOMES AND

SEND THEIR KIDS TO

COLLEGE.

Reporter: NOW IT IS

UP TO CONGRESS TO FIGURE

OUT WHAT TO DO WITH IT.

REPORTEDLY FROM CAPITOL

HILL, ABIGAIL ROBERTSON,

CBN NEWS.

Pat: WITH US NOW FROM

WASHINGTON IS NEBRASKA

SENATOR BEN SOUTH.

HE HAS WRITTEN A NEW BOOK,

AND IT IS CALLED "THE

VANISHING AMERICAN ADULT:

OUR COMING OF AGE CRISIS

AND HOW TO BUILD A CULTURE

OF SELF-RELIANCE."

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE

TODAY.

THANK YOU FOR THE

INVITATION.

IT'S GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.

Pat: YOU'RE TALKING

ABOUT THESE YOUNG PEOPLE

AND THEY JUST DON'T REALLY

WANT TO WORK.

YOU HAD AN EXAMPLE.

THEY WERE DECORATING A

CHRISTMAS TREE, AND HALF

OF THE TREE THEY COULDN'T

REACH WASN'T DEC CATED.

DECORATED.

AND THAT SORT OF SPEAKS TO

THE WHOLE CULTURE.

I WAS 37 WHEN I BECAME

A COLLEGE PRESIDENT, AND I

DIDN'T THINK OF MYSELF AS

THAT MUCH OLDER, BUT I

QUICKLY RELIED ON REALIZED IS ONE OF

THE DIFFERENCES IS WHEN I

WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL,

EVERYBODY I GREW UP

AROUND, WHETHER THEY WERE

GOING TO COLLEGE OR NOT,

AND EVERYBODY I GOT TO

COLLEGE WITH, WHETHER THEY

HAD COME FROM A POOR

FAMILY OR A WORKING CLASS

FAMILY LIKE MINE, THEY HAD

ALL WORKED BEFORE.

AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF

KIDS ENTERS COLLEGES TODAY

HAVE TENDED TO GROW UP IN

HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE SO

INSULATED FROM WORK, THEY

OFTEN HAVEN'T HAD THE

EXPERIENCE OF WORKING.

> WE HAD A BIG 20-FOOT

CHRISTMAS TREE THAT WAS TO

BE SET UP FOR THE

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY THAT

YEAR.

AND OUR STUDENTS -- AND

THEY WERE STRONG STUDENTS,

AND THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO

DECORATE THE CHRISTMAS

TREE, AND THEY ENDED UP

DECORATING THE BOTTOM, AND

THEN THEY WERE LEAVING.

AND ONE OF THE VICE

PRESIDENTS WALKED BY AND

SAID, WHAT'S GOING ON

HERE?

AND THEY SAID, WE DIDN'T

KNOW HOW TO GET ANY

HIGHER, SO WE USED UNTHE UP THE

DECORATIONS AND SO WE'RE

DONE.

AND SHE SAID, DIDN'T

MAINTENANCE BRING YOU A

LADDER, AND IT TURNED OUT

THEY DIDN'T THINK TO ASK.

WE ARE GETTING THEM STUCK

IN PERPETUAL ADOLESCENCE.

IT IS NOT GOOD FOR THEM OR

FOR US IN A REPUBLIC.

Pat: WHAT'S THE

ANSWER, DO YOU THINK?

I THINK ONE THING IS WE

NEED TO CELEBRATE SCAR

TISSUE MORE WITH OUR KIDS.

WHEN YOU'RE GROWING UP,

THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF

THINGS THAT HAPPEN AS

YOU'RE TAKING OFF THE

TRAINING WHEELS, AS YOU GO

THROUGH ADOLESCENCE.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO PROTECT

LITTLE KIDS WHEN THEY'RE

AT A STAGE OF DEPENDENCY,

BUT AS THEY MIGRATE

TOWARDS ADULTHOOD, OUR

GOAL HAS PARENTS AND AUNTS

AND UNCLES, IS TO HELP

THEM TAKE OFF THE TRAINING

WHEELS SO THEY CAN BECOME

INDEPENDENT.

AND SO THEY CAN LIVE WITH

A GRATITUDE TO GOD AND

THEY WILL SERVE THE

COMMUNITY.

A LOT OF THAT COMING OF

AGE INVOLVES SOME SCABS

AND SOME SCAR TISSUE AND

SOME TOUGH LOVE.

RIGHT NOW I THINK WE'RE

DOING A BAD JOB, AS THE

PARENTS AND THE

GRANDPARENTS' GENERATION,

OF TRYING TO PROTECT OUR

KIDS TOO MUCH FROM A LOT

OF THE CHARACTER-BUILDING

GRID THAT COMES FROM THOSE

TRANSITIONAL STATES.

SCAR TISSUE IS THE

FOUNDATION OF FUTURE

CHARACTER.

THEY CAN BE RESILL RESILIENT, BUT

WE NEED TO LET THEM KNOW

THEY CAN.

Pat: WHEN I WAS A

KID, I WORKED ON A FARM,

AND I GOT PAID, I THINK,

$15 A MONTH.

YOU START A 5:00, 5:30 IN

THE MORNING, AND YOU KNOCK

OFF AT ABOUT 9:00 AT

NIGHT.

IT WAS TOUGH WORK AND I

WAS JUST A KID, BUT I GOT

$15.

WHAT IS THIS STUFF THEY

HAVE TO GET $15 AN HOUR,

MINIMUM WAGE?

IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

I WROTE "THE VANISHING

AMERICAN ADULT" TO BE

CONSTRUCTIVE.

ONE-THIRD IS LOOKING AT

THE PROBLEM OF PERPETUAL

ADOLESCENCE, AND

TWO-THIRDS OF IT IS WHAT

HABITS CAN WE HELP

INFILTRATE IN OUR KIDS.

AS PARENTS, WE NEED TO

HAVE A THEORY AND A PLAN

AS TO HOW TO GET OUR KIDS

GET A WORK ETHIC.

WE STILL BUS KIDS OUT IN

THE SUMMER TO THE FIELDS

TO DETASSLE CORN IN

NEBRASKA.

BUT MOST AMERICAN KIDS ARE

GROWING UP IN SUBURBS, AND

WE, THE PARENTS, NEED TO

PLAN TO GET THEM A WORK

ETHIC.

Pat: LET ME SHOW THIS

BOOK, WHICH IS AVAILABLE

RIGHT NOW WHEREVER BOOKS

ARE SOLD.

IT IS CALLED "THE

VANISHING AMERICAN ADULT."

> I HEAR CHUCK SCHUMER

SPEAKING, AND I WOULD

THINK THAT HELL FOR HIM

WOULD BE TO LISTEN TO THE

NONSENSE HE SPEAKS OVER

AND OVER AGAIN FOR ALL

ETERNITY.

WHY DO THEY WANT TO ATTACK

EVERYTHING THE PRESIDENT

DOES?

WELL, THERE ARE A WHOLE

BUNCH OF PEOPLE IN

WASHINGTON, D.C. WHO ARE

CONFUSED.

AND THIS IS PROBABLY TRUE

IN BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES.

THEY GET CONFUSED AND THEY

START TO THINK THAT

WASHINGTON, D.C. IS THE

CENTER OF THE WORLD.

AND WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT.

CHRISTIANS DON'T BELIEVE

THAT.

AND AMERICANS, BROADLY,

DON'T BELIEVE THAT.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY, FIVE OF

THE SEVEN RICHEST COUNTIES

IN AMERICA NOW ARE THE

SUBURBS OF WASHINGTON,

D.C. WHERE THE LOBBYISTS

LIVE.

YOU'VE GOT MANHATTAN, SAN

FRANCISCO, AND FIVE RIVERS

AROUND WASHINGTON, D.C.

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

BELIEVE, LIKE THE FOUNDERS

BELIEVED, WHATEVER SUBURB

YOU LIVE IN, YOU'RE

SUPPOSED TO THINK THAT'S

THE CENTER OF THE WORLD

BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE YOU

WORK AND THAT'S WHERE YOU

WORSHIP, AND THAT'S WHERE

YOU'RE JOINING THE ROTARY

CLUB AND YOU'RE RAISING

KIDS.

AND WE HAVE TOO MANY

POLITICIANS WHO ARE

CONFUSED.

THEY THINK HEAVEN CAN COME

BY POLITICS AND

WASHINGTON, D.C., AND IT'S

NOT TRUE.

Pat: YOU'VE GOT TAX

REFORM, AND YOU'VE GOT THE

OBAMACARE REPEAL AND

REPLACE, AND YOU'VE GOT

THE BUDGET.

COMMENT ON HOW ARE WE

GOING TO HANDLE ALL OF

THAT?

WASHINGTON IS NOT VERY

GOOD AT TELLING THE TRUTH

ABOUT LONG-TERM PROBLEMS,

AND ALL THREE OF THOSE

THAT YOU NAME ARE BIG AND

LONG-TERM PROBLEMS.

MAYBE A BRIEF COMMENT ON

EACH.

AMERICAN HEALTH CARE IS

ONE OF THE ONLY SECTORS OF

THE ECONOMY WHERE WE DON'T

GET HIGHER QUALITY FOR

LOWER COSTS OVER TIME.

WE SHOULD ASK WHY THAT IS.

IT ISN'T BECAUSE WE HAVE

TOO LITTLE GOVERNMENT.

IT IS BECAUSE WE'VE HAD

TOO MUCH GOVERNMENT

PERVERTING OUR HEALTH CARE

SYSTEM AND TRYING TO GET

IN THE WAY BETWEEN DOCTORS

AND NURSES AND THEIR

PATIENTS.

WE NEED HEALTH CARE REFORM

THAT TRIES TO PUT DOCTORS

AND NURSES AND PATIENTS

AND FAMILIES BACK IN THE

CENTER OF THE EQUATION.

WE NEED TO HAVE A SYSTEM

WHERE LOTS OF AMERICANS

KNOW THEY HAVE INSURANCE

AGAINST A CATASTROPHIC

EVENT.

BUT MOSTLY WE DON'T NE NEED

MORE GOVERNMENT INTRUSION

INTO THE HEALTH CARE

SYSTEM.

> SECOND, ON TAX REFORM,

THERE ARE SO MANY

LOOPHOLES AND CARVE-OUTS

AND SPECIAL EXEMPTIONS FOR

THE LOBBYISTS AND THE

POLITICALLY CONNECTED AND

THE POWERFUL.

AND WHAT THE AMERICAN

PEOPLE WANT IS A SIMPLER

TAX CODE.

WE WOULD LOWER THE

MARGINAL RATE IF WE CARVE

OUT LOTS OF THE LOOPHOLES

AND FOR THE POLITICALLY

CORRECTED.

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE KNOW

THAT WASHINGTON EXISTS FOR

THEIR COMMON DEFENSE.

BUT THERE IS JUST SO MUCH

MUCK AND SLUSH AROUND THIS

PLACE.

> AND, THIRD, YOU POINT

TO THE BUDGET.

THIS IS A CITY THAT HASN'T

DONE HONEST BUDGETING FOR

FOUR DECADES NOW.

35 OF THE LAST 39 YEARS,

LESS THAN 3 30% HAS GONE

THROUGH THE BUDGET.

THEY GET TO SEPTEMBER AND

THE GOVERNMENT IS ABOUT TO

SHUT DOWN, AND THEN THEY

SCREAM THEY CAN ONLY SHUT

DOWN THE GOVERNMENT OR

GROW THE SPENDING.

THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY

SENSE.

I WAS A COLLEGE PRESIDENT

BEFORE, AND THAT'S WHY I

WROTE "THE VANISHING

AMERICAN ADULT," BECAUSE

MOST OF THE IMPORTANT

QUESTIONS IN AMERICAN LIFE

ARE UPSTREAM FROM

POLITICS.

WE NEED POLITICS TO DO A

SMALLER NUMBER OF THINGS,

AND WE NEED A BUDGET THAT

REFLECTS A SMALLER NUMBER

OF POLITICS.

Pat: SENATOR, I

APPRECIATE THE WISDOM YOUR

SHOWING.

THE BOOK IS CALLED "THE

VANISHING AMERICAN ADULT:

THE COMING OF AGE CRISIS

AND HOW TO BUILD A CULTURE

OF SELF-RELIANCE."

YOU CAN GET THAT BOOK

ONLINE OR AT YOUR

BOOKSTORE.

TERRY?

Terry: UP NEXT, WHY

THE HEART OF THE JEWISH

PEOPLE IS UNDER ATTACK AS

THE SO-CALLED PEACEMAKER

MULL OVER DIVIDING

JERUSALEM.

I THINK THAT IT WOULD

BE A DISASTER OF HISTORIC

PROPORTIONS.

Terry: SCOTT ROSS

GETS A HISTORY LESSON IN

THE CITY OF KINGS, WHEN WE

COME BACK.

Wendy: COMING UP...30

YEARS OF MAKING MUSIC.

I'M RECOVERING

PERFECTION.

Wendy: AND STILL

PLAYING TO SOLDOUT CROWDS.

THAT IS SUCH A

FULFILLING MOMENT AS AN

ARTIST.

Wendy: WE CATCH UP

WITH TOBY MACK.

SERVING IS THE ULTIMATE

CALLING.

Wendy: ON TODAY'S

"700 CLUB."

Pat: WELL, IT'S BACK

TO GEOPOLITICS, AS THE

PRESIDENT GOES TO

BRUSSELS.

ISRAEL HAS CONTROL OF THE

ENTIRE CITY OF JERUSALEM

SINCE THE SIX-DAY WAR IN

1967.

BUT WHENEVER ISRAEL AND

THE PALESTINIANS GET INTO

PEACE TALKS, THE IDEA OF

DIVIDING JERUSALEM COMES

UP BECAUSE THE

PALESTINIANS WANT HALF OF

IT.

AND THAT, OF COURSE, IS

THE DEALBREAKER FOR THE

JEWISH STATES.

BUT WHY IS A UNITED

JERUSALEM SO IMPORTANT TO

ISRAEL?

OUR SCOTT ROSS WENT

LOOKING FOR THE ANSWER.

Scott: JERUSALEM'S

OLD CITY, THE TEMPLE MOUNT

AND THE MOUNT OF OLIVES,

ALL SHARE COMMON BONDS.

IN ADDITION TO BIBLICAL

SIGNIFICANCE, THEY'RE ALL

IN THE PART OF THE CITY

PALESTINIANS WANT AS THEIR

FUTURE CAPITAL.

SCRIPTURE SAYS JERUSALEM

IS A CITY SET ON A HILL.

AND IT IS THE MOUNT OF

OLIVES, AND WE'RE

OVERLOOKING THE TEMPLE

MOUNT, A BEAUTIFUL VISION

HERE OF THE OLD CITY, AND

BEHIND IT THE NEW CITY.

Reporter: CHAIM

SILBERSTEIN BELIEVES THE

CITY MUST REMAIN UNITED.

WE SPENT A DAY LOOKING AT

JERUSALEM FROM DIFFERENT

ANGLES TO UNDERSTAND ITS

COMPLEXITY.

THIS IS A CITY THAT IS

EESCONSED IN JEWISH

POLITICS, AND CERTAINLY

THE ARAB NATIONS AGAINST

THE JEWISH PEOPLE.

Scott: JERUSALEM HAS

BEEN CONQUERED MORE THAN

ANY OTHER CITY IN HISTORY,

AND YET IT IS THE ONLY

CAPITAL THAT THE JEWISH

PEOPLE HAVE EVERY KNOWN.

STILL, THE WORLD REFUSES

TO RECOGNIZE IT AS

ISRAEL'S CAPITAL, EVEN

THOUGH IT IS MENTIONED

MORE THAN 460 TIMES IN THE

OLD TESTAMENT, AND NOT

ONCE BY NAME IN THE QURAN.

JERUSALEM IS THE

CAPITAL OF ISRAEL.

WE KNOW THAT OVER 3,000

YEARS AGO KING DAVID CAME

HERE, HE CONQUERED

JERUSALEM, AND HE SET UP

HIS CAPITAL HERE.

AND FOR 1,000 YEARS,

ISRAEL HAD SOVEREIGNTY IN

THE LAND OF ISRAEL.

A POCKET OF JEWS REMAINED

IN PALESTINIAN AND ISRAEL

THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES.

BUT WE ONLY SAW A REAL

RETURN OF THE JEWISH

PEOPLE IN THE LAST 150

YEARS OR SO.

Scott: ON THE WORLD

STAGE, ISRAEL IS TYPICALLY

DIVIDED BETWEEN EAST AND

WEST.

THE OLDER, EASTERN SECTION

STRETCHES FROM NORTH TO

SOUTH.

THE MAJORITY OF THE CITY'S

ARABS LIVE THERE, BUT SO

DO AN ALMOST EQUAL NUMBER

OF JEWISH ISRAELIS.

WITH THE CITY AS IT IS

NOW, AND THE TALK OF

DIVIDING JERUSALEM, IS

THAT REALISTIC, A DIVIDED

JERUSALEM?

I THINK THAT IT WOULD

BE A DISASTER OF HISTORIC

PROPORTIONS AND A HUGE

MISTAKE BECAUSE DIVIDING

UP JERUSALEM WILL CREATE

THE EXACT OPPOSITE EFFECT

OF PEACE.

Scott: FROM 1949 TO

1967, JERUSALEM WAS

DIVIDED, WITH JORDAN

CONTROLLING THE EASTERN

SECTOR.

DURING THE 1967 SIX-DAY

WAR, ISRAEL TOOK BACK

CONTROL.

THE BIBLE CALLS JERUSALEM

THE CITY OF THE GREAT

KING.

AND IT HAS SEEN MANY

KINGS.

IN 1964, JORDAN'S KING

HUSSEIN STARTED BUILDING A

HILL-TOP PALACE ON THE

NORTHERN EDGE OF

JERUSALEM.

THE SIX-DAY WAR

INTERRUPTED HIS PLANS.

THIS SITE, WHERE WE ARE

NOW, IS NOT REALLY THE

PALACE OF KING HUSSEIN,

BUT RATHER THE PALACE OF

KING SAUL.

Scott: FROM ON HIGH,

IT IS EASY TO SEE WHY

KINGS OLD AND NEW WOULD

WANT TO OCCUPY THIS HILL.

WE'RE LOOKING EASTWARD

INTO THE JUDEAN DESERT,

AND BEHIND THAT IS THE

MOUNTAINS OF MOAB, WHERE

JORDAN IS TODAY.

WE CAN SEE ALL THE WAY TO

THE DEAD SEA AND THE

JORDAN VALLEY.

WHAT WE SEE BELOW US IS A

JEWISH NEIGHBORHOOD, AND

TO THE NORTH OF THAT

ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD, AND

THESE TWO NEIGHBORHOODS

ARE BASICALLY NESTLED

WITHIN ARAB NEIGHBORHOODS

THAT ARE SURROUNDING THEM.

IF WE WOULD CUT OFF

JERUSALEM AND SAY

EVERYTHING TO THE LEFT OF

THIS LINE WOULD BE

PALESTINE, 90,000 JEWS

LIVING IN THESE TWO

NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD FIND

THEMSELVES IN PALESTINE.

Scott: HOW CAN YOU

DIVIDE THEM WHEN THEY ARE

SO INTEGRATED.

THAT IS THE RHETORICAL

QUESTION.

Scott: LOOKING TO THE

NORTH, WE COULD SEE

BIBLICAL JUDEA AND

SAMARIA, OTHERWISE KNOWN

AS THE WEST BANK.

IN THE DISTANCE, JUST FIVE

MILES FROM JERUSALEM, IS

RAMALLAH, THE CURRENT SEAT

OF GOVERNMENT FOR THE

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY.

AN IMPORTANT THING TO

UNDERSTAND IS WHAT IS THE

GOAL OF THE ARABS?

THEY UNDERSTAND THAT

JERUSALEM IS THE HEART OF

THE JEWISH PEOPLE.

AND IF THEY CAN LIBERATE

JERUSALEM, FROM THEIR

POINT OF VIEW THEY WILL

HAVE SUCCEED IN LIBERATING

ISRAEL ULTIMATELY.

Scott: HE BELIEVES

THE ARABS HAVE THREE MAIN

WAYS THEY'RE WORKING TO

LIBERATE JERUSALEM: BY

FORCE, PROPAGANDA AND

DIPLOMACY, AND DEMOGRAPHY.

WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS

BUILDING AND BUILDING AND

BUILDING INSIDE JERUSALEM,

LARGELY ILLEGAL

STRUCTURES, CREATING A

TERRITORIAL CONTINUUM THAT

RUNS FROM RAMALLAH IN THE

NORTH, ALL THE WAY THROUGH

JERUSALEM, THROUGH THE OLD

CITY, TO BETHLEHEM IN THE

SOUTH.

AND BY DOING THAT, THEY

WILL HAVE INFILTRATED A

DEMOGRAPHIC TROJAN HORSE

INSIDE JERUSALEM.

Scott: DO YOU HAVE

HOPE FOR THIS CITY TO

EVENTUALLY BE WHOLE?

DO YOU SEE A GOOD FUTURE

AHEAD OR NO?

ZACHARIAH 14 TALKS

ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING ON

THE MOUNT OF OLIVES.

THERE WILL BE AN

EARTHQUAKE HERE AND A WAR,

AND ALL KINDS OF UNNATURAL

THINGS HAPPENING HERE.

ZACHARIAH ENDS THE

PROPHECY BY SAYING, "AND

JERUSALEM WILL DEVELOP DWELL

SECURE."

IT IS KEEPING JERUSALEM

UNITED AND WITH ISRAELI

SOVEREIGNTY.

AND THAT CERTAINLY IS THE

PRELUDE TO HOPEFULLY THE

INCREDIBLE EVENT THAT WE

HOPE AND PRAY WILL HAPPEN

LATER, WHICH WILL BE

ULTIMATE PEACE IN BOTH

JERUSALEM AND THE WORLD.

Scott: SCOTT ROSS,

JERUSALEM.

Pat: HAVE YOU HEARD

ABOUT THE BATTLE OF AM

ARMAGEDDON.

THE WORD IN HEBREW, "HAR"

IS MOUNTAIN.

AND ARMAGEDDON IS THE

MOUNT OF MIGETO.

BUT IT DOESN'T SAY THEY

FOUGHT AT ARMAGEDDON.

IT SAYS THEY GATHEREDED AT GATHERED AT

ARMAGEDDON.

THE LAST BATTLE WILL BE

THE BATTLE OF JERUSALEM,

WHERE THE NATIONS OF THE

EARTH HAVE COME AGAINST

ISRAEL, TO FORCE HER TO

COMPLY WITH THEIR

MANDATES, AND TO GIVE UP

THEIR CAPITAL.

THAT IS GOING TO BE THE

BIG FIGHT.

THE JEWS WILL NOT DO IT

AND THEY WILL FIGHT ON,

AND THE BIBLE SAYS GOD

WILL INTERVENE AT THE LAST

MINUTE TO DELIVER THEM.

THAT'S WHAT THE BIBLE

SAYS.

BUT THE CITY WILL BE

TAKEN.

THE WOMEN RAVISHED, AND ON

AND ON.

IT IS GOING TO BE A BLOODY

MESS.

BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE

THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON.

IT WILL BE THE BATTLE FOR

JERUSALEM.

IN TERMS OF GEOPOLITICS OF

THE WHOLE WORLD, THE WHOLE

WORLD WILL BE DRAWN TO

THIS SITE IN THE FUTURE.

HOW SOON, WE DON'T KNOW.

BUT MAYBE THOSE DAYS ARE

COMING PRETTY QUICK.

TERRY?

Terry: THAT'S WHY IT

IS SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO

UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY OF

ALL OF THIS.

FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS,

WE'VE BEEN TELLING YOU

ABOUT CBN'S DOCUMENTARY

ABOUT THE SIX-DAY WAR

CALLED "IN OUR HANDS."

AND IT HAD AN OUTSTANDING

PERFORMANCE AT THE BOX

OFFICE IN ITS SPECIAL

SHOWING.

IT FINISHED NUMBER THREE

AMONG ALL MOVIES PLAYING

IN AMERICA, AND IT MADE

MORE MONEY PER THEATER BY

FAR THAN ANY OTHER FILM.

BECAUSE OF THAT

OVERWHELMING RESPONSE AT

THE BOX OFFICE, FATHOM

EVENTS IS GOING TO HAVE AN

ENCORE PRESENTATION OF "IN

OUR HANDS."

IT RETURNS TO THEATERS FOR

ONE MORE NIGHT, AND THAT

NIGHT IS JUNE 1st.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE

THIS, GO TO

inourhands1967.com.

GET THE TICKETS BEFORE IT

SELLS OUT.

IT WAS PACKED IN EVERY

THEATER HERE.

SO GET YOUR TICKETS NOW.

> STILL AHEAD, HE HAS

WON SIX GRAMMYS AND SOLD

11 MILLION RECORDS, BUT

HE'LL BE THE FIRST TO SAY

HE COULDN'T DO THAT ALONE.

I'M HONORED TO BE

SURROUNDED BY GUYS THAT

WILL TELL ME THE TRUTH

ABOUT MYSELF, THE GOOD,

THE BAD, AND THE UGLY.

Terry: TOBY MACK

REVEALS THE RICHER PATH,

WHEN WE COME BACK.

Wendy: STILL AHEAD, A

SOLUTION TO A PROBLEM

AFFECTING MORE THAN

50 MILLION AMERICANS.

HOLLY GLECK SHARES HOW A

CHANGE IN YOUR DIET IS

FIGHT ARTHRITIS, LATER ON

TODAY'S SHOW.

Pat: WELL, WELCOME

BACK.

YOU'RE WATCHING "THE 700

CLUB."

IT'S A WONDERFUL DAY, AND

A WONDERFUL DAY FOR YOU.

AND WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT

THINGS FOR YOU.

TOBY MAC IS ONE OF JUST A

FEW CHRISTIAN ARTISTS WHO

HAVE TOPPED THE

BILLBOARD'S CHARTS.

ALONG THE WAY TO BECOMING

A MUSIC LEGEND, TOBY

HELPED JUMP-START THE

CAREERS OF OTHERS AS WELL.

RECENTLY WE SPOKE WITH HIM

BACK STAGE AT ONE OF HIS

CONCERTS, AND HE VEELD REVEALED

THAT AFTER 30 YEARS IN THE

INDUSTRY, HIS MUSIC NOW

CARRIES A BRAND NEW

MESSAGE.

Reporter: TOBY MAC

WAS JUST 19 WHEN HE CAME

ON THE CHRISTIAN MUSIC

SCENE.

MANY SONGS HE WROTE LIKE

"JESUS FREAK," AND "LOVE

IS A VERB," MADE THE CROSS

OVER.

HE HAS SINCE BECOME A SOLO

ARTIST, AND HE IS ON TOUR

WITH HIS SIXTH ALBUM,

"THIS IS NOT A TEST."

* THIS IS NOT A TEST

I WANT TO BE AS

TRANSPARENT AS I CAN BE.

SOMETIMES I THINK PEOPLE

THINK WHEN YOUR MUSIC IS

COMING FROM A CHRISTIAN

PERSPECTIVE, YOU'RE

SUPPOSED TO HAVE ALL OF

THE ANSWERS AND YOU'RE

SUPPOSED TO HAVE IT ALL

TOGETHER.

I THINK THAT DAY IS LONG

BEHIND US.

LIKE, I DON'T HAVE IT ALL

TOGETHER.

I DENT HAVE ALI DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE

ANSWERS.

I'M A RECOVERING

PERFECTIONIST.

I WANT THINGS TO BE RIGHT,

AND SOMETIMES I CAN DRIVE

PEOPLE AROUND ME CRAZY.

AND SOMETIMES IT GETS

BETTER, AND SOMETIMES IT

DOESN'T.

SO NOW I KIND OF HAVE A

COUPLE OF RULES THAT HELP

ME TO NOT BE A

PERFECTIONIST.

ONE IS, DO THE SONG MAKE

YOU FEEL SOMETHING?

IF THE SONG MAKES YOU FEEL

SOMETHING, THEN IT IS

GOOD.

AND THE SECOND ONE IS,

DOES THE SONG HAVE A

UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE?

*

YOU CAN SING ABOUT LOVE

A HUNDRED TIMES, BUT IS

THERE A UNIQUE LOOK AT

LOVE THIS TIME?

WILL PEOPLE LEAVE TALKING

ABOUT THE CONCEPT?

*

* YOU FOUND ME IN THE

DARKNESS *

*

Reporter: AFTER OVER

30 YEARS OF TOURING AND

WORKING WITH ARTISTS LIKE

LE CRAE, HE HAS ALWAYS

LEARNED THE SIGNIFICANCE

OF COLLABORATION.

IT IS EASY FOR PEOPLE

TO OVERLOOK HOW MUCH OF A

GROUP EFFORT PUTTING OUT A

RECORD IS, OR WRITING A

SONG CAN BE.

I NEED CO-WRITERS AND

CO-PRODUCERS AND GUYS THAT

HELP US PUT OUR SHOW

TOGETHER.

I DEFINITELY HAVE A STRONG

WIFE, AND I HAVE THAT.

I'M THANKFUL FOR HER.

*

AND I JUST FOUND THAT

I'M NOT A ONE-MAN SHOW.

THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE

STRENGTHS THAT I DON'T

HAVE.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

GIVE IT UP FOR HOLLY!

*

Reporter: AND WITH

SIX GRAMMYS AWARDS AND

OVER 11 MILLION UNITS IN

CAREER SALES, IT IS

OBVIOUSLY WORKING.

I'M HONORED TO BE

SURROUNDED BY GUYS THAT

WILL TELL ME THE TRUTH

ABOUT MYSELF, THE GOOD,

THE BAD, AND THE UGLY.

AS A LEADER OF AN

ORGANIZATION OR A BAND OR

A TOUR, YOU TOTALLY

SECLUDE YOURSELF AND STAY

AWAY FROM PEOPLE, OR YOU

CAN BE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES

AND LET THEM BE IN YOUR

ROUTE.

AND THAT PATH IS HARDER.

IT'S WAY HARDER, BUT IT'S

RICHER.

Reporter: THERE IS NO

QUESTION TOBY IS

PASSIONATE.

IT IS A TRADE HE CREDITS

TO HIS FATHER, WHO DIED IN

2015.

MY DAD WAS A DRIVEN

MAN.

HE DEFINITELY TAUGHT ME TO

PUSH MYSELF TO BE THE BEST

I COULD BE.

KEEP YOUR EYE ON YOU'RE

TRYING TO PURSUE.

LOCK IN AND GO HARD.

IT IS KIND OF HOW MY DAD

RAISED ME.

Reporter: WHILE

LOSING HIS DAD WAS HARD,

IT WAS THE THREE YEARS

TOBY SPENT TAKING CARE OF

HIM THAT CHANGED HIS LIFE.

IT IS TOUGH.

IT IS TOUGH TO WATCH.

JUST TO SEE A MAN THAT DID

EVERYTHING I NEEDED FOR

ME, ALL OF A SUDDEN I'M

MEETING HIS NEEDS.

I LEARNED REALLY WHAT LOVE

WAS THROUGH CARING FOR MY

DAD.

WHEN YOU'RE IN THE

TRENCHES ON BEHALF OF

SOMEONE ELSE, IT IS THE

DEEPEST LOVE.

I'D NEVER REALLY BEEN

THERE.

I LOVE MY CHILDREN, I LOVE

MY WIFE, BUT THERE IS A

DEEPER LOVE WHEN YOU ARE

DOING EVERYTHING FOR

SOMEONE AND THEY CAN'T DO

IT FOR THEMSELVES.

Reporter: IN TRUE

TOBY MAC FASHION, THAT

EXPERIENCE INSPIRED THE

LYRICS TO HIS LATEST SONG

"LOVE FEELS LIKE."

IT ALSO SHOWED TOBY WHAT

HIS LIFE AND MUSIC WAS

ABOUT ALL ALONG.

GOD MADE ME TO SERVE.

SERVING IS THE ULTIMATE

CALLING.

IT IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL

THING WE CAN DO.

* BUT THE GREATEST OF

THESE IS LOVE *

GOD BREATHED SOMEONE

THROUGH ME TO SERVE

PEOPLE.

GOD BREATHED SOMETHING

THROUGH ME IN THE FORM OF

A SONG.

THE VERY PEOPLE I INTENDED

THE STRONG TO STRIKE, TO

RESONATE THROUGH THEM,

WE'RE SINGING THE SYNC TO

THEM.

SONG TO

THEM.

THEN YOU USE THAT MOMENT

NOT TO BRING IT INTO YOU,

BUT TO TURN IT AROUND FOR

THE KING.

THAT'S WHAT I LOVE.

Pat: HE IS LIKE A

ONE-MAN HURRICANE.

Terry: HE IS

CONSISTENT.

TOBY MAC HAS BEEN SERVING

PEOPLE WITH HIS MUSIC AND

MESSAGE FOR YEARS, AND

DOING IT IN A WAY THAT

REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

SO WE JUST WANT TO POINT

TO HIM TODAY, AS HE POINTS

OTHERS TO JESUS CHRIST.

Pat: HE HAS DONE A

LOT OF CROSSOVER.

Terry: HE IS

RECOGNIZED BY EVERYBODY.

TOBY MAC, "THIS IS NOT A

TEST," IS THE LATEST.

YOU CAN GET IT WHEREVER

C.D.s ARE SOLD.

WE LOVE TOBY AND WHAT HE

DOES.

> STILL AHEAD, THE

NO-FUSS WAY TO FIGHT

ARTHRITIS.

HOLLY GLECK JOINS US IN

STUDIO WITH RECIPES THAT

CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE, WHEN

WE COME BACK.

Wendy: AND WELCOME

BACK TO "THE 700 CLUB."

BRITISH POLICE HAVE TAKEN

TWO MORE PEOPLE INTO

CUSTODY AS THEY CONTINUE

TO SEARCH FOR THOSE BEHIND

THE DEADLY CONCERT BOMBING

IN MANCHESTER.

22 PEOPLE WERE KILLED.

BUT THE BRITISH PRIME

MINISTER SAYS THE U.S. IS

COMPRISING THEIR

INVESTIGATION.

SHE ACCUSES THE U.S. OF

LEAKING IMPORTANT

INFORMATION.

BRITISH OFFICIALS ARE

PARTICULARLY ANGRY ABOUT

PHOTOS RECENTLY PUBLISHED

IN THE "NEW YORK TIMES".

THEY DETAIL EVIDENCE ABOUT

THE BOMBS USED IN THE

MANCHESTER ATTACK.

BRITAIN AND THE U.S.

COMMONLY SHARE

INTELLIGENCE AT THE

HIGHEST LEVELS, BUT THE

BRITISH SUGGEST THERE HAS

BEEN A SEVERE BREACH OF

TRUST.

> JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF

ALCOHOL DAILY RAISES

BREAST CANCER RISK.

THAT'S ACCORDING TO A NEW

REPORT FROM THE WORLD

CANCER RESEARCH FUND AND

THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR

CANCER RESEARCH.

THEY COLLECTED THE

INFORMATION FROM MORE THAN

100 PREVIOUS STUDIES.

STANDARD DRINKS CONTAIN

ABOUT 14 GRAMS OF ALCOHOL,

BUT EVEN A SMALLER AMOUNT,

10 GRAMS OF ALCOHOL A DAY,

INCREASES THE CHANCES OF

GETTING BREAST CANCER.

IT RAISES THE RISK BY 5%

IN YOUNGER WOMEN AND 9% IN

OLDER WOMEN.

THE MORE ALCOHOL

CONSUMPTION, THE GREATER

THE RISK.

ANOTHER RISK FACTOR IS

BEING OVERWEIGHT AS AN

ADULT.

ON THE FLIP SIDE, EXERCISE

CUTS THE RISK OF GETTING

BREAST CANCER.

ANY EXERCISE, LIKE

WALKING, IS BETTER THAN

NONE.

BUT THE MORE VIGOROUS THE

EXERCISE, THE BETTER.

YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE

LATEST NEWS FROM CBN BY

GOING TO OUR WEBSITE AT

cbnnews.com.

PAT AND TERRY WILL BE BACK

WITH MORE OF "THE 700

CLUB" RIGHT AFTER THIS.

Terry: WELL, MAY IS

NATIONAL ARTHRITIS MONTH,

AND IT'S A CONDITION THAT

50 MILLION AMERICANS OF

ALL AGES SUFFER FROM.

IN HER LATEST RECIPE BOOK,

HOLLY GLECK SHARES HOW

PEOPLE CAN MANAGE AND

FIGHT ITS SYMPTOMS.

Reporter:

BEST-SELLING COOKBOOK

AUTHOR, HOLLYWOO HOLLY GLECK, SAYS

ONE OF THE BEST DEFENSES

AGAINST THIS CONDITION IS

HEALTHY EATING.

YOU CAN REDUCE

INFLAMMATION AND HELP EASE

THE SYMPTOMS OF THIS

DISEASE.

IN HER LATEST COOKBOOK,

"EATING WELL TO WARD OFF

ARTHRITIS," THEY HISTORY

ARTHRITIS," SHE HAS EASY

RECIPES TO FIGHT THIS

DEBILITATING CONDITION.

Terry: HOLLY GLECK IS

WITH US HERE TODAY.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE

STAGGERING NUMBER OF

PEOPLE'S IMPACTED BY THIS,

IT MAY BE SURPRISING FOR

PEOPLE TO REALIZE THERE

ARE 100 TYPES OF

ARTHRITIS.

BUT ARE THEY CALL CAUSED

BY THE SAME THING?

WHAT'S THE CORE?

IT WAS ASTONISHING TO

ME THAT THINK THERE ARE

OVER 100 TYPES OF

ARTHRITIS.

WE THINK OF RHEUMATOID

ARTHRITIS AND

OSTEOPOROSIS.

BUT ONE THING THEY HAVE IN

COMMON IS YOU CAN EAT

HEALTHY TO MAKE A

DIFFERENCE.

YOU CAN FIGHT YOUR

ARTHRITIS WITH

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY FOODS.

Terry: IS

INFLAMMATION THE BUGABOO?

THAT'S THE CATCH.

BUT IT IS ALL ABOUT

HEALTHY EATING.

ALL OF THE INGREDIENTS

THAT YOU USE TO FIGHT

INFORMATION ARE REALLY

JUST HEALTHY EATING.

SO I'M GOING TO SIMPLIFY

HEALTHY EATING FOR YOU.

AND SHOW YOU SOME OF THE

ANTI-OXIDANTS THAT ARE IN

EVERY DAY FOODS.

Terry: A LOT OF

PEOPLE WHO STRUGGLE WITH

ARTHRITIS WIND UP NOT

BEING ABLE TO DO SIMPLE

THINGS, YOU KNOW, PULL THE

TOP OFF OF A CAN OR EVEN A

BOTTLE OR BUTTONING BUT

TONS.

BUTTONS.

YOU RIGHT ABOUT THAT IN

YOUR BOOK.

I ALWAYS REMEMBER MY

FATHER HOLDING CUPS LIKE

THIS BECAUSE HE HAD

TROUBLE.

AND A GOOD FRIEND SAID,

HOLLY, I HAVE TROUBLE WITH

MY JOINTS, HOLDING

SOMETHING IN MY HAND.

SO I DID A WHOLE SECTION

CALLED "TOSS THE FORK,"

WITH PIZZAS AND BURGERS

BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT IS

HARD TO DO THAT.

AND THERE IS A NO-FUSS

FOOD SECTION, WITH BUYING

PRE-CHOPPED FOODS.

CONVENIENCE ITEMS HELP.

AND SIMPLE COMMON SENSE

THINGS, LIKE KEEP THINGS

WITHIN REACH AND USE

ELECTRIC CAN OPENERS.

Terry: YOU ARE

CHANGING UP THINGS THAT

HAVE BECOME LIFE HABITS,

AND THIS IS THE WAY WE

ALWAYS DO IT, AND THERE IS

ARE DIFFERENT WAYS, TO BE

ABLE HANDLE SOME OF THIS.

YOUR COOKBOOK IS

BEAUTIFUL, AS ALWAYS.

YOU'VE GOT SOME WONDERFUL

THINGS WITH YOU TODAY.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THESE

FOUR ITEMS OVER HERE.

BEING A SOUTHERN GIRL,

I LOVE SHRIMP AND CHEESE

GRITS, BUT WHAT I'VE DONE

WITH THIS IS IT IS CALLED

SHRIMP AND CHEESE PEPPERS.

THERE IS MORE VITAMIN "C"

IN A RED PEPPER THAN IN AN

ORANGE.

SO THIS BECOMES A MUCH

HEALTHY FOR YOU.

IF YOU HAVE A HALF A CUP

OF RED PEPPERS, WE GET

YOUR DAILY REQUIREMENT OF

VITAMIN "C."

IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE

TO EAT LESS.

YOU CAN ENJOY U ALL OF YOUR

FAVORITE FOODS.

THIS IS MY POWERHOUSE

PIZZA.

IT IS LOADED WITH GREAT

INGREDIENTS.

THIS IS FROM THE "TOSS THE

FORK" SECTION.

IT HAS LOTS OF GOOD

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY FOODS.

AND BEANS ARE LIKE THE

NUTRITIONAL BARGAIN OF THE

YEAR.

THERE IS GREAT FIBER.

IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T

HAVE PIZZA, BUT LOAD IT

WITH HEALTHIER OPTIONS.

IT IS FUNNY, I HAVE THIS

PIZZA AND I FREEZE IT.

SO FREEZE PIZZA -- AND I

PULLED IT OUT FOR DINNER A

COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AND I

THOUGHT, IS THIS PIZZA

JUST THIS GOOD OR IS IT

BECAUSE I'M HUNGRY.

IT IS GREAT PIZZA.

THESE ARE JUST ENERGY

BITES, PORTABLE, YOU CAN

TAKE THEM WITH YOU.

IT HAS OATMEAL AND SOME

FLAXSEED, WHICH IS HIGH IN

OMEGA-3.

Terry: AND IT CAN BE

PRE-MADE?

DEFINITELY PRE-MADE AND

IT HAS OATMEAL AND PEANUT

BUTTER AND CHOCOLATE --

WHAT COULD BE BAD.

AND THIS IS SALMON.

YOU'RE GOING TO ADD ONE

HEALTHY INGREDIENT OR

FOOD, ADD SALMON.

IT IS QUICK COOKING.

IT IS EASY AND PORTION

CONTROLLED.

ALL OF THESE RECIPES,

ACCEPT FOR THE CHEESE AND

GRITS, ARE ALL

DIABETIC-FRIENDLY.

AND IF YOU'VE NEVER COOKED

SALMON, THIS IS AN EASY

RECIPE.

IT HAS SWEET AND SPICY RUB

TO IT.

A LITTLE CHILI POWDER AND

CINNAMON AND BROWN SUGAR.

PUT IT TOGETHER AND POP IT

IN THE OVEN.

I MADE EXTRA AND PUT IT ON

SALAD THE NEXT DAY FOR

DINNER.

Terry: THAT'S SMART,

ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE A

WORKING PERSON.

SALMON IS GREAT.

I ENCOURAGE ANYBODY WHO

HASN'T DONE IT, IT TAKES

10 MINUTES TO DO IT.

IT IS VERY QUICK COOKING.

Terry: THE WAY YOU

FEEL ABOUT GRITS IS THE

WAY I FEEL ABOUT SWEET

POTATOES.

WELL, SWEET POTATOES

ARE GREAT.

THIS IS ALL IN MY

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY SECTION.

BUT THE ENERGY BITES ARE

IN "FIGHT FATIGUE."

YOU CAN SEE BY THE COLOR,

THE CARROTNOIDS.

BACK BEANS ARE A SOURCE OF

PROTEIN, FIBER, WHICH IS

GOOD FOR HELPING TO

CONTROL WEIGHT.

THE EASIEST THING TO DO IS

EAT WITH COLOR AND THEN

YOU KNOW YOU'RE EATING

HEALTHY.

HERE IS CILANTRO -- MY

HUSBAND DOESN'T LIKE IT SO

HE MAKES ME LEAVE IT OUT.

Terry: IT IS A STRONG

TASTE.

LOOK HOW PRETTY THIS IS.

AND THEN YOU JUST TOSS

IT TOGETHER.

THIS IS A SIMPLE

VINEGARETTE.

A LITTLE KICK TO IT.

AND NO MAYO.

SO WE HAVE THIS

WONDERFUL -- THE LIME

JUICE JUST COMPLEMENTS IT.

I'M GIVING YOU A HEALTHY

KITCHEN --

Terry: AND YOU'RE

SEASONING THIS WITH SALT

AND PEPPER?

RIGHT.

I DON'T THINK IT NEEDS

SEASONING, TO BE HONEST.

Terry: LOOK AT THE

FINISHED PRODUCT.

IT IS SO PRETTY.

WHO DOESN'T WANT TO SERVE

THIS EITHER FOR DINNER, OR

WHEN YOU HAVE A GATHERING

OF PEOPLE, I THINK WHAT AN

EASY THING.

YOU'LL LOVE IT AND

YOU'LL NEVER GO BACK TO

POTATO SALAD AGAIN.

THIS IS JUST A GREAT

COMBINATION.

Terry: PEOPLE WHO

STRUGGLE WITH ARTHRITIS,

WHAT'S THE BIGGEST MISTAKE

THEY MAKE IN THEIR DIETS?

I THINK THEY THINK TO

EAT HEALTHY IS GIVING UP

THINGS, SO THEY DON'T WANT

TO DO IT AT ALL.

AND BY INCLUDING EVERYDAY

INGREDIENTS -- RESEARCH

HAS SHOWN THAT FOODS, IF

YOU INCLUDE

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY

INGREDIENTS, IT WILL HELP

FIGHT INFLATION.

THERE IS NO KNOWN CURE FOR

ARTHRITIS, BUT WHAT WE EAT

CAN HELP.

Terry: AND IT CAN

IMPACT IT NEGATIVELY, IF

WE'RE NOT EATING THE RIGHT

THINGS.

AND WE'RE FOCUSING ON

ALL OF THE GOOD.

Terry: THANK YOU FOG FOR

BEING WITH US TODAY.

IF YOU LIKE WHAT YOU SAW,

YOU CAN GET THIS COOKBOOK,

AND ITS CALLED "EATING

WELL TO FIGHT ARTHRITIS."

IT HAS 200 EASY RECIPES,

AND PRACTICAL TIPS TO EASE

ARTHRITIS SYMPTOMS.

YOU CAN PICK THAT UP

WHEREVER BOOKS ARE SOLD.

I ENCOURAGE YOU TO O DO DO IT

AND GET COOKING.

STILL AHEAD, KELLY ASKS

"COULD THE CREDIT CARD

SHIP BE THE MARK OF THE

BEAST."

ANOTHER ROUND OF "BRING IT

ON" IS COMING UP, SO DON'T

GO AWAY.

Terry: WE WANT TO

TAKE SOME TIME TO ANSWER

SOME OF THE E-MAIL YOU

HAVE SUBMITTED TO US.

SO LET'S "BRING IT ON" FOR

A MOMENT, PAT.

THIS IS FROM KELLY WHO

SAYS, "I WAS WONDERING IF

THE CREDIT CARDS WITH

CHIPS IN THEM COULD BE THE

MARK OF THE BEAST.

SO MANY PEOPLE SAY THEY

ARE, AND I'VE BEEN WANTING

TO GET ONE, BUT I DON'T

WANT TO TAKE THE CHANCE IF

IT IS."

Pat: YOU READ THE

BIBLE, AND THERE ARE TWO

EVIL PEOPLE.

ONE IS THE WORLD DICTATOR,

THE ANTI-CHRIST.

AND THE OTHER IS THE FALSE

PROPHET.

AND THE FALSE PROPHET IS

THE ONE WHO INSISTS ON

HAVING PEOPLE HAVE A MARK

ON THEIR HAND, WHICH

INDICATES THEY HAVE SWORN

ALLEGIANCE TO THE BIG GUY.

SO IT SAYS, YOU CAN'T BUY

OR SELL WITHOUT THE MARK

OF THE BEAST THAT'S ON

YOU.

AND HIS NUMBER IS 666.

SIX IS ONE LESS THAN

PERFECTION.

IT IS THE MARK OF

HUMANITY.

ALL RIGHT.

I DON'T SEE A CHIP ON A

CREDIT CARD BEING THE MARK

OF THE BEAST.

BUT THEY ARE IMPLANTING

STUFF NOW.

THEY ARE PUTTING

MICROCHIPS INTO PEOPLE'S

SKINS THAT WILL HAVE ALL

THEIR MEDICAL DATA, HAVE

EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM.

IT WOULD BE EASY TO

PROGRAM THOSE THINGS.

AND IF YOU HAVE ALL OF

YOUR MONEY ON ONE OF THEM,

THEY COULD JUST PUNCH A

BUTTON AT A CENTRAL

COMPUTER AND TAKE YOUR

MONEY AWAY.

IT IS SOMETHING I WOULD

STAY CLEAR OF.

BUT I DON'T THINK A CREDIT

CARD WITH A COMPUTER CHIP

IS ANY PROBLEM.

Terry: LORI SAYS,

"I'VE BEEN IN A

RELATIONSHIP THAT HAS BEEN

OFF AND ON FOR FIVE YEARS.

THIS PERSON CHEATED ON ME

AND I FORGAVE HIM.

WE NO LONGER LIVE

TOGETHER, BUT STILL SEE

EACH OTHER.

I WANT TO GO TO CHURCH BUT

HE DOESN'T.

I FEEL GOD PULLING ME AWAY

FROM THE RELATIONSHIP AND

MORE TOWARDS THE LORD.

I RELY ON THIS MAN FOR

FINANCIAL HELP.

I WORRY I WILL LOSE MY

APARTMENT AND BE UNABLE TO

TAKE CARE OF MYSELF, BUT I

WANT TO LIVE FOR GOD.

THIS GUY ALSO HAS A BAD

PAST THAT REVENT PREVENTS US FROM

MARRYING FOR AT LEAST TWO

MORE YEARS.

I LOVE HIM, BUT I DON'T

KNOW WHAT TO DO.

PLEASE GIVE ME SOME

ADVICE."

Pat: THAT

RELATIONSHIP DOESN'T SOUND

HEALTHY.

YOU SAY HE CAN'T GET

MARRIED FOR TWO YEARS.

WHAT IS HE, A CONVICT?

YOU CAN GET MARRIED, I

THINK, WITH A CRIMINAL

RECORD.

Terry: I DON'T KNOW.

SHE DOESN'T EXPLAIN THAT.

Pat: I DON'T KNOW

WHAT THE PROBLEM IS

BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T SAY.

WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?

WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IS

BREAK IT OFF.

TRUST GOD, AND GOD WILL

TAKE CARE OF YOU.

YOU HAVE SKILLS THAT

YOU'VE LEARNED.

YOU OBVIOUSLY ARE ABLE TO

WORK AND TAKE CARE OF

YOURSELF, SO DO IT.

DON'T RELY ON SOMEBODY

ELSE.

RELY ON THE LORD.

AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY

SKILLS, GET SOME TRAINING

BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY,

MANY JOBS.

RIGHT NOW THERE ARE ONE

MILLION JOBS.

ONE MILLION OPEN JOBS IN

CYBER-SECURITY, AND THAT

PAYS $50,000 AND UP.

IN NURSING -- THERE IS A

HUGE DEMAND FOR NURSING.

AND YOU CAN GO ON AND ON

AND ON.

Terry: THIS IS

BRANDON WHO SAYS, "MY

GIRLFRIEND AND I HAVE BEEN

TOGETHER FOR A WHILE NOW.

GOD IS FIRST INOUR

RELATIONSHIP, HOWEVER, WE

DO SLEEP TOGETHER SOME

NIGHTS IN THE SAME BED

BECAUSE IT IS EASIER TO

STAY WITH EACH OTHER WHEN

IT IS LATE AT NIGHT

INSTEAD OF DRIVING TO OUR

OWN APARTMENTS.

IS IT A SIN IF WE ARE

RESTRAINING FROM SEX BUT

STILL SLEEP IN THE SAME

BED TOGETHER?"

Pat: I DON'T THINK

SO.

IT'S POWERFUL TEMPTING.

I DON'T THINK IT IS A SIN.

IN THE OLD DAYS, YOU HAD

FIVE OR SIX PEOPLE

SLEEPING IN ONE BED.

YOU KNOW, SO, THERE WERE A

SHORTAGE OF BEDS IN THE

INNS.

I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT

YOU'RE DOING THIS WITHOUT

SOME TEMPTATION -- YOU

WOULD THINK SO, BUT MAYBE

NOT.

YOU ASKED ME, IS IT A SIN?

I DON'T THINK IT IS A SIN

TO SLEEP IN THE SAME BED

WITH SOMEBODY.

Terry: THIS IS SHARON

WHO SAYS, "DEAR PAT, IN

THE LAST 10 MONTHS I'VE

BEEN TREATED FOR WHAT WAS

ORIGINALLY WAS DEPRESSION.

IT TURNS OUT I'M VERY

SLIGHTLY ON THE BIPOLAR

SECTION BECAUSE OF

MEDICATION.

AFTER 11 MEDICATIONS, I

STILL HAVE NOT GET OUT OF

THIS.

I HAVE A TEAM OF PRAYER

WARRIORS, AND I'VE HAD

THERAPY, BUT STILL I

SOMETIMES FEEL LIKE GIVING

UP.

WHY HASN'T GOD ANSWERED MY

PRAYERS?

DOES HE REALLY WANT ME TO

BE LIKE THIS?

IT IS IN BEARABLE."

Pat: GOD DOESN'T WANT

ANYBODY TO BE MISERABLE.

WE HAD SOMEBODY EARLIER

TALKING ABOUT THE EATING

OF CERTAIN GOOD FOODS THAT

WOULD KEEP YOU FROM HAVING

ARTHRITIS, OR LEAST THE

PAIN OF ARTHRITIS.

I THINK DEPRESSION IS

REAL.

THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT

IT.

IT ISN'T SOMETHING IN THE

MIND.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU

MIGHT NEED SOME

PSYCHOTHERAPY.

BUT ALSO EXERCISE.

YOU CANNOT IMAGINE HOW

MUCH BETTER IT MAKES YOU

FEEL, IF YOU'RE

EXERCISING, GETTING FRESH

AIR AND PLENTY OF SLEEP.

IT IS THE STANDARD STUFF.

CUT OUT SWEETS, CUT OUT

CAFFEINATED AND CARBONATED

DRINKS.

EAT WHOLE FOODS,

VEGETABLES, LEAN MEAT AND

NOT A WHOLE LOT OF IT.

EAT CHICKEN AND THAT KIND

OF STUFF, FISH, AND FISH

OIL.

AND YOU'LL BE AMAZED HOW

IT WILL TRANSFORM YOUR

LIFE.

THAT'S WHAT I WOULD THINK,

BUT DEPRESSION IS REAL.

ASK GOD TO HELP YOU, AND

THEN FOLLOW HIS PLAN.

> WE LEAVE YOU WITH

TODAY'S POWER MINUTE FROM

PSALMS: "IN YOUR PRESENCE

THERE IS FULLNESS OF JOY.

AT YOUR RIGHT HAND ARE

PLEASURES FOREVER MORE."

FOR TERRY AND ALL OF US,

THIS IS PAT ROBERTSON.

WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW ON

"THE 700 CLUB."

BYE-BYE.

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