DEAR PAT, I WONDERED WHAT YOUR POSITION WAS REGARDING ABORTION. I SEND MY TITHE TO AN UNWED MOTHERS' MINISTRY, SHOULD IT BE GOING TO A CHURCH? WHY DOESN'T LUKE MENTION THE EXCEPTION CLAUSE FOR DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE LIKE MATTHEW DOES?
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Well it's time to bring it
on with your email questions.
And Pat, this first one comes
from Judy who says, Dear Pat,
I wondered what your position
was regarding abortion.
And do you think
that if a high school
student at a Christian
school became pregnant,
should she be banned from
graduating with her class?
Oh, absolutely not.
I tell you what, a
girl's gotten pregnant.
OK, so she and a boy
had sex together.
OK, end of story.
So the results of sex
often lead to pregnancy.
So what do you want her
to do, have an abortion?
Is that going to satisfy
the group of the--
TERRY MEEUWSEN:
Christian school.
--well I say that--
I'm trying to think of a name
of the blue noses or whatever.
TERRY MEEUWSEN: The
committee, yeah.
You know, there was a book
called "The Scarlet Letter"
that was so famous about a woman
who had a child out of wedlock.
And she had to wear a
letter A for adultery
to mark her for the
rest of her life,
or at least for
a period of time.
I think that girl needs all
the support she can get.
I think people will get
around her and love her.
And by all means let her--
so you think it's wrong that
she's got a so-called baby
bump when she's walking
across the platform?
Well suck it up
and stand with her
and stop being so hard nosed.
I mean, I really think she's
going to pay plenty of price
for what she's done.
But I think to have to
Christians stand around
her and say, we're going to
help you raise the child,
we're going to help you.
You're going to carry the baby.
You don't want to
have an abortion.
You're doing the right thing.
God bless you.
Not, I'm going to forbid you
to graduate with your class
and can't walk.
No way, all right.
OK, this is Gina
who says hi Pat, I
have been hearing a
lot lately about giants
or Nephilim returning in the
last days as God's judgment
upon the earth.
Is this scripturally
verifiable or true?
No, it's not.
I think it's fantasy,
all that nonsense.
You read the Bible,
the angels had sex--
the sons of God had sex with
women and they had babies
and there were
giants in the land.
And there were some.
Apparently there are records
of some really big people,
I mean great big
people in certain
of these early cultures.
But as far as Nephilim
and all that business,
I think that's just
fanciful nonsense.
And I think they're trying
to cook up something
that doesn't exist, all right?
This is Doug who says in the
early stages of "The 700 Club"
TV show, there was an
opening theme song.
I'm guessing this was in
the 1970s or early '80s.
Does anyone know the
name of this song
and who was the composer?
Well we hear a
song, a leader named
Danny Thomas I think it was.
Let's see, I've got that here--
Danny Taylor.
And he was called
put on a smile.
And he just made a little
ditty up that was kind of cute.
And Moose Smith and
the boys played it.
[HUMS]
That was Danny
Taylor, all right.
This is Virginia who says,
I'm confused about where
I should send my tithe.
I'm able to attend
a local church,
but I go online every
Sunday and attend church.
I'm a CBN partner.
I send my tithe to an
unwed mothers' ministry.
Is this the right
place to send my tithe
or should it be
going to a church?
I've said many times, I
think the universal church
of Jesus Christ
encompasses education,
encompasses
humanitarian outreach.
It encompasses
local congregations.
It encompasses
missionary organizations.
You can go down the list.
But it's kind of like
all inside the church.
And so we bring our
tithes to the Lord.
There is no central
storehouse any longer.
There is no temple in Jerusalem.
And that was the storehouse.
There was one place of worship
in the old days of Israel,
but not anymore.
So let the Lord lead
you in that regard.
But you've found an unwed
children's missionary activity
and you want to give it to them.
OK, fine.
What else?
Herb wants to know,
why doesn't Luke
mention the exception clause
for divorce and remarriage
like Matthew does?
Now Luke was talking
to me a few days ago
and he gave me all the word
about how come he left it out.
[LAUGHS]
I don't have a clue.
Please, how do I know?
Well I thought you
were closer than that.
Well he's an
author and authors
decide what they're going
to put in their books.
I'm an author.
I leave things out
and I put things in.
He's the same way.
OK.
This is Sarah who says,
I've been in my marriage
for 10 years and it has
always been a struggle
to stay together.
We fight constantly.
We both were Christians when
we married, but he stepped away
from the Lord.
We've always been opposites,
but I fell in love with him
for the love of the Lord.
How can I help him love me
the way the Lord wants him to?
How can I help him lead
the house in the Lord?
He's very hurtful
emotionally and mentally.
I don't know how much longer
our marriage will last.
I don't know how to help
him get back to the Lord
as well as helping each
other in our marriage.
Please help.
Well, what does the Bible say
about your conduct that a godly
woman can bring her ungodly or
[INAUDIBLE] husband to faith?
I think what you do is
demonstrate before him
Christian virtue.
And hopefully it'll
bring his heart
softened so he comes
back to the faith
that you said he once had.
Beyond that I don't have
any-- so how do you do it?
Well, the Lord has to do it.
Sometimes these deals
become intolerable
and you have to have separation.
And I just don't think
that God intends us to live
in torment for all these years.
Marriage is a time of joy
between two people who
love each other.
It is not a prison where
you serve out your sentence.