It’s the Dodgers and the Astros Turning up the heat in the Fall Classic. CBN Sports is in L.A. With a side of the World Series you won’t see anywhere else. Plus, the 6-year-old worship leader Caleb Serrano who’s taken the nation by storm.
Read Transcript
Wendy: COMING
UP...IT'S THE DODGERS AND
THE ASTROS TURNING UP THE
HEAT IN THE FALL CLASSIC.
CBN SPORTS IS IN L.A.,
WITH A SIDE OF THE WORLD
SERIES YOU WON'T SEE
ANYWHERE ELSE.
PLUS...THIS 6-YEAR-OLD
WORSHIP LEADER WHO IS
TAKING THE NATION BY
STORM.
WE'LL BE LIVE WITH CALEB
SERANO.
AND THEN...HOW VICTIMS
OF ISIS ARE GETTING A
BRAND NEW STARTER.
I WANT TO SHOW HOW LOVE
CAN BE AN EXAMPLE TO
PEOPLE.
Wendy: LATER ON
TODAY'S "700 CLUB."
*
Pat: WELL, WELCOME TO
"THE 700 CLUB."
WHILE REPUBLICANS ARE
MOVING AHEAD ON THE TAX
BILL IN THE HOPES TO
STRENGTHEN THE ECONOMY,
DEMOCRATS ARE ON THE
DEFENSIVE.
IT'S BECAUSE OF THE NEWS
THAT HILLARY CLINTON'S
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN PAID
FOR THAT INFAMOUS DOSSIER
ON DONALD TRUMP.
AND IT HAD INFORMATION --
GUESS WHAT -- FROM RUSSIA.
Terry: DURING THIS
POLITICAL FIRESTORM,
REPUBLICANS ARE WORKING
OUT SOME KEY ISSUES ON
THEIR TAX BILL, INCLUDING
HOW MUCH AMERICANS CAN
SAVE TAX-FREE FOR
RETIREMENT.
HEATHER SELLS HAS THIS
STORY.
Heather: SHOCKWAVES
ARE ROLLING IN WASHINGTON
OVER NEWS THAT THE CLINTON
CAMPAIGN AND THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY FUNDED
RESEARCH FOR THE INFAMOUS
DOSSIER.
ITS ALLEGATIONS TIED
DONALD TRUMP TO RUSSIA AND
DOMINATED MUCH OF THE 2016
CAMPAIGN CYCLE.
NOW THE PRESIDENT IS
POUNCING ON NEWS THAT THE
DEMOCRATS PAID FOR IT.
President Trump:
HILLARY CLINTON ALWAYS
DENIED IT, THE DEMOCRATS
ALWAYS DENIED IT, AND NOW
ONLY BECAUSE IT IS GOING
TO COME OUT IN A COURT
CASE, THEY SAID, YES, THEY
DID IT, AND THEY'RE
EMBARRASSED BY IT.
Heather: THE
"WASHINGTON POST" BROKE
THIS STORY, AND TWO
REPORTERS FROM THE "NEW
YORK TIMES" ARE SAYING
THAT CLINTON CAMPAIGN
OFFICIALS LIED TO THEM
ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN'S ROLE
IN FUNDING IT.
THE DOSSIER HAS BEEN PART
OF THE RUSSIAN
INVESTIGATION WHO LAST
YEAR'S CAMPAIGN, AND HIS
LATEST NEWS COULD PROVE TO
BE A TURNING POINT.
DEMOCRATS HAVE TRIED TO
BRUSH IT ASIDE, JUST AS
THE WHITE HOUSE RAMPS UP
ITS CAMPAIGN TO PASS TAX
REFORM.
President Trump:
WE'RE PASSING THIS BILL
ALONG VERY RAPIDLY.
WE HAVE TO GET TAX CUTS.
AND JUST PASS IT ALONG.
Heather: WHAT IS NOT
CLEAR IS JUST WHERE
REPUBLICANS WILL LAND ON
WHAT TO DO WITH THE IDEA
OF ELIMINATING THE
DEDUCTION FOR STATE AND
LOCAL TAXES.
AND ON THE TAX-FREE LIMIT
THE PEOPLE CAN CONTRIBUTE
TO THEIR 401K RETIREMENT
ACCOUNTS.
TOP REPUBLICANS WRITING
THE PLAN HAVE SAID THERE
COULD BE LIMITS.
THE PRESIDENT HAS TWEETED,
"NO CHANGES."
BUT WEDNESDAY HE HINTED
OTHERWISE.
President Trump:
WELL, MAYBE IT IS, AND
MAYBE WE'LL USE IT AS
NEGOTIATING.
BUT TRUST ME.
Heather: WATCH FOR A
CRITICAL HOUSE BUDGET VOTE
TODAY.
IT COULD SET THE RULES FOR
THE TAX BILL AND CLEAR THE
WAY FOR REPUBLICANS TO
APPROVE IT WITHOUT ANY
VOTES FROM DEMOCRATS.
HEATHER SELLS, CBN NEWS.
Pat: THAT'S A MAJOR
ISSUE.
THE REPUBLICANS HAVE TO DO
THIS.
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE
COMING TOGETHER.
THE PARTY IS COMING
TOGETHER.
THEY REALIZE THAT THIS IS
VITAL, AND THEY'RE GOING
TO LAY ASIDE THEIR
CONCERNS.
THERE ARE TWO ISSUES THAT
WE HAVE TO REMEMBER: THE
401K AND THAT WHOLE IDEA
OF THE I.R.A. IS IN A
MAJOR, MAJOR THING FOR
BUILDING UP AN ESTATE
TAX-FREE, WHILE YOU'RE
WORKING, SO THAT YOU'LL
HAVE SOMETHING TO CARRY
YOU OVER INTO RETIREMENT.
IT IS A MAJOR THING.
IT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY
POPULAR.
AND I THINK FOR CONGRESS
TO START MUCKING AROUND
THE EDGES OF THAT WOULD BE
A BIG MISTAKE.
AS FAR AS THE DEDUCTION --
WHY SHOULD THE REST OF US
SUBSIDIZE NEW YORK AND
CALIFORNIA?
THERE IS NO REASON.
THESE HIGH TAX STATES --
WE SUBSIDIZE THEM, AND
THEN THE PEOPLE HAVE A
DEDUCTION BECAUSE THEY'RE
PAYING THESE HIGH TAXES.
THERE IS NO REASON.
IT'S GOING TO HURT.
IT'S GOING TO HURT.
AND I'M SURE SOME OF THE
MEMBERS OF THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY FROM CALIFORNIA AND
NEW YORK ARE GOING TO
SCREAM BLOODY MURDER, BUT
THAT IS AN AREA THAT,
WITHOUT QUESTION, THEY
OUGHT TO GO.
AS FAR AS GETTING THAT
DEDUCTION FOR THE 401K
TAKEN AWAY, THAT WOULD BE
A TRAGEDY, AND THAT
AFFECTS SMALL EARNERS ALL
ACROSS THE NATION.
IT IS A MAJOR PRIVATE
RETIREMENT PROGRAM THAT
SHOULD NOT BE TOUCHED.
SO THE ONE, TOUCH IT.
THE OTHER, DON'T TOUCH IT.
IN OTHER NEWS,
VICE-PRESIDENT PENCE HAS A
MESSAGE OF HOPE FOR
PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS IN
THE MIDDLE EAST.
JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT
STORY.
John: THANKS, PAT.
VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE
SAID CHRISTIANITY IS UNDER
UNPRECEDENTED ASSAULT IN
THE LAND WHERE THE FAITH
BEGAN.
AS HE DELIVERED THE KEY
NOTE ADDRESS AT THE "IN
DEFENSE OF CHRISTIANS"
ANNUAL SUMMIT, HE ADDED
THAT THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION IS WORKING
TIRELESSLY TO HELP THE
PERSECUTED CHURCH.
AND HE SED H HE SAID HE STILL HAS
FAITH GOD IS WITH HIS
PEOPLE.
UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF
PRESIDENT TRUMP, I CAN
ASSURE YOU THAT THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA WILL
ALWAYS STAND WITH THOSE
WHO STUFFE SUFFER FOR THEIR
FAITH, AND WE WILL ALWAYS
SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR HOUR
OF NEED.
I'M A BELIEVER.
I BELIEVE THAT HE WHO
SAID, AS YOU PASS THROUGH
THE WATERS, I WILL BE WITH
YOU, AND HE WHO SAID, I
WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR
FORSAKE YOU, NEVER WILL.
Efrem: AND HE
ANNOUNCED THAT THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION WILL WORK
DIRECTLY WITH FAITH-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP
THOSE PERSECUTED.
> THEY CAME UNDER ATTACK
AGAIN FROM IRAQI FORCES.
AS CHRIS MITCHELL REPORTS,
THE KURDS ARE FIGHTING NOT
ONLY FOR A MILITARY BATTLE
FOR SURVIVAL, THEY'RE ALSO
CONCERNED ABOUT BEING
ABANDONED BY THEIR ALLIES.
Chris: THE MILITARY
CAMPAIGN IN WESTERN IRAQ
FOLLOWS THE LOSS OF THE
STRATEGIC OIL-RICH
PROVINCE OF KIRKUK JUST
DAYS AGO.
THAT STRUCK A SEVERE
ECONOMIC BLOW TO THE
KURDS.
IT HAS INESTIMATEABLE
IMPACT.
THAT IS TO SAY AROUND 50%
OF THE OIL PRODUCTION, THE
OIL CAPACITY -- THAT IS
ALL NOW GONE.
Chris: THE KURDS ARE
ALSO FACING UNITED
OPPOSITION BY THEIR
NEIGHBORS.
HAIDER AL-ABADI DISCUSSED
A PIPELINE.
THEN ABADI FLEW TO IRAN,
WHERE HE RECEIVED A STATE
WELCOME.
THE SHI'A MALITIAS STAND
ACCUSED OF USING U.S.
WEAPONS, LIKE THIS TANK,
IN THEIR MILITARY
CAMPAIGN.
IN LIELT LIGHT OF THESE MILITARY
BATTLES AND DIPLOMATIC
ISOLATION, MANY KURDS FEEL
ABANDONED BY THE WESTMENT.
AMERICA AND EUROPE WERE
VERY DISLOYAL TOWARDS THE
KURDS BECAUSE THEY MADE
THE KURDS FIGHT ISIS.
THEY TURNED THEIR BACK ON
US.
WE LOST ALL OF OUR FAITH
IN THE UNITED STATES, IN
EUROPE, AND EVERYONE.
Chris: PETER
GALBRIGHT TOLD CBN NEWS
THAT AFTER THE KURDISH
REFERENDUM FOR
INDEPENDENCE, THE U.S. IS
BACKING THE WRONG SIDE.
THE IRANIANS WANT
KURDISTAN TO BE UNDER THE
CONTROL OF BAGHDAD BECAUSE
THEY CONTROL BAGHDAD.
Chris: REX TILLERSON
HAS BEEN WALKING A
DIPLOMATIC TIGHT-ROPE
BETWEEN TWO FRIENDS.
I THINK IF BOTH PARTIES
COMMIT THEMSELVES TO A
UNIFIED IRAQ, TO THE IRAQI
CONSTITUTION -- I THINK
ALL DIFFERENCES CAN BE
ADDRESSED.
Chris: BUT SOME
BELIEVE IT IS TIME FOR THE
U.S. TO MAKE A CHOICE.
IN AN OP-ED, SENATOR JOHN
McCAIN WROTE: "IF THE
UNITED STATES IS FORCED TO
CHOOSE BETWEEN
IRANIAN-BACKED MALITIAS
AND OUR LONG-STANDING
KURDISH PARTNERS, I CHOOSE
THE KURDS."
CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,
JERUSALEM.
John: THANKS, CHRIS.
PAT, I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN
SUPPORTIVE OF THE KURDS
FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
Pat: THE KURDS ARE
WONDERFUL PEOPLE.
AND THAT LITTLE ENCLAVE
THAT THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED
AROUND IRBIL IS A MODEL OF
A DEMOCRATIC STATE.
THEY ARE OUR FRIENDS.
THEY ARE OUR ALLIES.
THEY'RE PESHMERGA
FIGHTERS, AND THEY HAVE
BEEN BESIDE US IN EVERY
MILITARY ENGAGEMENT, AND
THEY HAVE BEEN KEY IN THE
FIGHT AGAINST ISIS.
AND FOR US TO JUST WALK
AWAY AND ACT LIKE WE'RE
NOT GOING TO TAKE SIDES,
THAT'S NONSENSE.
THESE ARE OUR DEAR
FRIENDS.
AND IT IS TIME THE U.S.
GET ON BOARD.
AND I THINK SOMEHOW -- I
DON'T BELIEVE THIS HAS
BEEN BROUGHT CLEARLY TO
THE FLOOR SO THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP CAN
UNDERSTAND WHAT HE IS
DEALING WITH.
BUT WE DO NOT WISH TO
ABANDON OUR ALLIES.
THE ISRAELIS ARE OUR DEAR
FRIENDS.
THE KURDS ARE OUR DEAR
FRIENDS.
THERE AREN'T MANY IN THE
MIDDLE EAST THAT ARE.
AND CERTAINLY THE IRANIANS
ARE NOT.
AND THAT GOVERNMENT OF
IRAQ IS A JOKE.
AND TO TALK ABOUT THE
INTEGRITY OF IRAQ IS
NONSENSE.
IRAQ IS A CREATURE OF THE
GREAT POWERS ALONG
PROBABLY WINSTON CHURCHILL
AND THE BRITS.
IT USED TO BE ME MESABETANIA.
IT IS A CREATION OF THE
WESTERN POWERS.
AND IT HAS BEEN COBBLED
TOGETHER.
AND THERE IS NO WAY IT IS
GOING TO HOLD TOGETHER
BECAUSE THEY HAVE TOO MANY
DESPERATE PEOPLE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS
WITH SECRETARY TILLERSON
WHO KEEPS SAYING THESE
THINGS THAT ARE NOT
ACCURATE.
SAYING, WE'RE GOING TO
FIGHT FOR THE INTEGRITY OF
IRAQ.
WHO CARES?
THEY'VE GOT THE SUNNIS.
THEY'VE GOT THE SHI'AS.
THEY'VE GOT VARIOUS
FACTIONS, AND THAT COUNTRY
WILL BE SPLIT APART
REGARDLESS.
BUT I THINK THE KURDS
DESERVE THEIR OWN STATE.
AND I THINK THE UNITED
STATES HAS GOT TO GET
BEHIND THEM.
I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND
WHY THE LEADERSHIP IN
WASHINGTON IS SAYING,
WE'RE GOING TO BE NEUTRAL.
YOU CAN'T BE NEUTRAL WHEN
THEY'RE USING AMERICAN
MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO
FIGHT THE KURDS, OUR DEAR
FRIENDS.
JOHN?
John: PAT, PUERTO
RICO REMAINS A VIRTUAL
DISASTER AREA ONE MONTH
AFTER HURRICANE MARIA
RAVISHED THE ISLAND.
ERIC GONZALES BRINGS US
THIS LOOK AT THE
DESTRUCTION THERE AND WHAT
CHURCHES ARE DOING TO
HELP.
Reporter: WE'RE IN
THE CITY, ABOUT AN HOUR
NORTH OF SAN JUAN, AND
THIS IS AN AREA WHERE THE
EYE OF THE STORM MADE ITS
WAY THROUGH.
POWER LINES ARE STILL
DOWN, AND POWER LINES ARE
BEING HELD UP BY TREES.
THIS ENTIRE AREA IS
WITHOUT POWER, JUST LIKE
MUCH OF THE ISLAND.
MORE THAN 80%, SOME
3.5 MILLION HOMES, ARE
STILL IN THE DARK MORE
THAN A MONTH AFTER
HURRICANE MARIA.
POORESPUERTO RICANS ARE
DESPERATE, SOME TURNING TO
Facebook TO GET THE WORD
OUT THEY NEED HELP.
THIS MAN SAID HE AND HIS
COMMUNITY NEED FOOD AND
WATER.
HE WROTE IN THE STREET,
S.O.S., AGUA, MEANING
WATER, AND COMINA, MEANING
FOOD.
WE ARE HOUSING
MISSIONARIES FROM CHICAGO.
THEY CAME OVER HERE TO
HELP OUR PEOPLE FROM
PUERTO RICO, GIVING THEM
WATER AND FOOD.
AND ONE OF THE
MISSIONARY'S WIVES SAW
Facebook, AND WE MADE IT
OUR MISSION TO FIND THEM.
Reporter: BUT GETTING
TO THE MAN, ABOUT 90
MINUTES SOUTH OF THE CITY
PROVED DIFFICULT.
SNAPPED POWER LINES AND
DEBRIS STILL LITTER THE
STREETS.
WE KNEW THE GOVERNMENT
HASN'T REACHED THEM, SO IT
IS THE WORK OF THE CHURCH
TO HELP EVERYONE IN NEED.
Reporter: IN THE END,
CHURCH MEMBERS REACHED HIM
WITH GROCERIES AND WATER.
AND THEY ADDED TO HIS
DISTRESS CALL, YAGAMO,
WHICH MEANS WE MADE IT.
WE USED TO HAVE A
SECOND STORY.
THE SECOND STORY JUST FELL
DOWN.
Reporter: PASTOR FONT
LEADS "FOUNTAIN OF LIVING
WATER CHURCH," ONE OF THE
ISLAND AS LARGEST.
THERE IS WATER INSIDE
HERE.
OFFICIALS TELL ME IT HAD
ABOUT SEVEN FEET OF WATER,
AND MANY OF THE TILES WERE
RIPPED OFF THE ROOF.
THIS CHURCH SEATS ABOUT
5,000 MEMBERS.
IN ALL, ABOUT 10,000
MEMBERS HERE ATTEND THIS
CHURCH.
WHAT CAN WE, AS
CHRISTIANS, DO FOR YOU?
FIRST OF ALL PRAY.
DO NOT FORGET ABOUT PUERTO
RICO.
THIS IS GOING TO TAKE A
LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN A
COUPLE OF MONTHS.
Reporter: PASTOR FONT
TELLS CBN NEWS IT WILL
TAKE TIME, BUT HE PLANS TO
REBUILD.
HE AND OTHERS ARE HAPPY
THAT A $300 MILLION
CONTRACT BY WHITEFISH
ENERGY TO GET THE POWER
BACK ON.
ERIC GONZALES, CBN NEWS.
John: PAT, SO MUCH
DESTRUCTION, AND SO MUCH
MORE WORK LEFT TO DO.
Pat: IT IS
UNBELIEVABLE, THE
DEVASTATION.
THAT STATE WAS ALREADY IN
BANKRUPTCY.
IT OWED BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS IN DEBT.
NOT ABLE TO MEET ITS
OBLIGATIONS.
AND NOW THEY FACE THIS
TRAGEDY.
WELL, "OPERATION BLESSING"
IS THERE.
AND HERE IS WHAT WE'RE
DOING: WE'RE PUTTING IN
REVERSE OSMOSIS.
WE ARE PUTTING IN WATER
DESALINATION UNITS.
WE HAVE EQUIPMENT
GENERATORS.
AND THE GENERATORS ARE
TURNING OUT THOUSANDS OF
GALLONS OF CHLORINE, WHICH
IN TURN PURIFIES THE
WATER.
THE GREAT NEED IS FOR
DRINKING WATER, AND WE'RE
SUPPLYING DRINKING WATER.
AND WE ALSO BRING FOOD AND
OTHER AID, INCLUDING JUST
CASH, FOR THESE CHURCHES
DOWN THERE.
SO IF YOU WANT TO
PARTICIPATE IN DOING
SOMETHING FOR PUERTO RICO,
YOU CAN DIAL
1-800-700-7000.
IT'S "OPERATION BLESSING"
DISASTER RELIEF FUND.
AND WE'RE NOT GOING
ANYWHERE.
"OPERATION BLESSING" IS
STILL THERE.
AND WE WANT TO HELP THOSE
PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY ARE
WORTHY OF OUR HELP.
AND WE ARE HELPING PEOPLE
ALL OVER THE WORLD, BUT
WE'RE ESPECIALLY IN TEXAS
AND IN FLORIDA, WHERE
THESE DISASTERS HAVE HIT.
AND THOSE PEOPLE NEED A
HAND, AND WE'RE GIVING IT
TO THEM AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
AGAIN, THE NUMBER IS THERE
FOR YOU.
SO PARTICIPATE AND LET'S
DO WHAT WE CAN.
AND IT IS SO DESPERATELY
NEEDED AND SO GRATEFULLY
APPRECIATED.
THE MAYOR OF SAN JUAN IS A
GREAT FAN OF "OPERATION
BLESSING."
SHE JUST THINKS IT IS
WONDERFUL THAT WE'RE DOWN
THERE HELPING THOSE
PEOPLE.
TERRY?
Terry: WELL, STILL
AHEAD, PAT IS GOING TO
AHEAD TO THE HOT SEAT FOR
ANOTHER ROUND OF YOUR
QUESTIONS AND HONEST
ANSWERS.
JONATHAN SAYS, "I RECENTLY
CAUGHT MY BUDDY CHEATING
ON HIS WIFE AT THE GYM.
WHAT SHOULD I DO?"
PAT WILL WEIGH IN ON THAT
AND MORE.
> AND THEN
LATER...BASEBALL'S BIGGEST
STARS AS YOU'VE NEVER SEEN
THEM BEFORE.
STAY TUNED FOR OUR
COVERAGE OF THE WORLD
SERIES.
Terry: WELL, IT IS
TIME FOR YOUR ANSWERS AND
SOME -- OR YOUR QUESTIONS
AND SOME HONEST ANSWERS.
PAT, THIS FIRST ONE COMES
FROM JONATHAN, WHO SAYS,
"I RECENTLY CAUGHT MY
BUDDY CHEATING ON HIS WIFE
AT THE GYM.
WHAT SHOULD I DO?"
Pat: THAT'S A TOUGH
ONE.
WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?
I THINK THE THING IS YOU
DO IS TALK TO YOUR BUDDY,
IF HE IS A BUDDY, AND SAY,
LISTEN, MAN, ADULTERY IS
BAD NEWS.
YOU'VE GOT A WONDERFUL,
SWEET WIFE.
AND RUNNING AROUND ON HER
IS JUST A BAD THING TO DO.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU
OUGHT TO START WITH.
AND THEN AFTER -- IF HE
WON'T RECEIVE IT, THEN YOU
CAN BRING SOME OTHERS WITH
YOU TO TALK TO HIM.
AND IF HE WON'T RECEIVE
IT, YOU TELL IT TO THE
CHURCH.
YOU MAKE IT PUBLIC.
BUT I DON'T THINK YOU
OUGHT TO GO TO THE WIFE
AND SAY, DO YOU KNOW YOUR
HUSBAND IS CHEATING ON
YOU?
NOT COOL.
TALK TO HIM.
TALK TO HIM FRANKLY.
AND IF HE IS A FRIEND,
HOPEFULLY HE'LL RECEIVE
IT.
Terry: THIS IS
SAMANTHA, PAT, WHO SAYS,
"I'VE BEEN PRAYING FOR A
BLESSING FOR SO LONG.
I'VE BEEN PRAYING FOR A
HUSBAND, AND GOD HAS YET
TO SEND HIM.
I KEEP HEARING GOD TELLING
ME TO WAIT ON HIS PROMISE.
WHY DOES GOD MAKE US WAIT
SO LONG?"
THE ETERNAL QUESTION.
Pat: MAYBE HE HASN'T
PREPARED THE MAN FOR YOU
YET.
Terry: OR YOU FOR THE
MAN.
Pat: OR YOU FOR THE
MAN.
HE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO GET
IN TROUBLE.
I THINK PEOPLE WILL RUSH
INTO SOMETHING.
THERE ISN'T ANYTHING WORSE
THAN A BAD MARRIAGE,
FOLKS.
YOU KNOW THAT SONG, SEVEN
YEARS WITH THE WRONG WOMAN
IS LONGER THAN ANY ONE
THING.
IT WOULD BE LIKE HELL ON
EARTH.
SO IT IS NOT A GOOD THING.
YOU'VE GOT A MAN THAT
WANTS TO BEAT YOU UP,
YOU'VE GOT A MAN WHO WANTS
TO CHEAT ON YOU, YOU'VE
GOT A PERSON WHO IS
STEALING YOUR MONEY -- I
MEAN, WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY
ARE.
SO YOU WAIT ON THE LORD.
AND MAYBE, MAYBE, MAYBE
BEING SINGLE IS NOT THE
WORST THING IN THE WORLD.
THE APOSTLE PAUL WAS VERY
HIGH ON CELIBACY, THAT IT
IS NOT THE WORST THING IN
THE WORLD.
Terry: OKAY, THIS IS
A VIEWER WHO SAYS, "DO YOU
BELIEVE THE BIBLE, THE OLD
TESTAMENT AND THE NEW
TESTAMENT, IS THE SAME
YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND
TOMORROW, AND THAT THE
WORD CANNOT BE CHANGED
BECAUSE IT IS THE WORD OF
GOD?
IF THIS IS TRUE, THEN IS
IT TRUE THAT WOMEN SHOULD
NOT WEAR MAKEUP, ETC.
WASN'T THERE ONLY ONE
WOMAN IN THE BIBLE WHO
WORE MAKEUP, AND THAT WAS
JEZZABELLE?"
Pat: THE BIBLE SAYS
JESUS IS THE SAME
YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND
FOREVER.
I WAS READING TODAY WHERE
IT SAYS THAT JESUS
DECLARED ALL FOODS
LEGITIMATE, WHEREAS BEFORE
THEY WERE FORBIDDEN.
AND WITH ONE STROKE OF THE
PEN, HE DECLARED ALL FOODS
WERE LEGITIMATE.
AND THEREFORE HE TOOK AWAY
THE RESTRICTIONS ON DIET.
WE ARE UNDER THE NEW
TESTAMENT.
AND THE NEW TESTAMENT IS
BASED ON GRACE.
IT IS BASED ON THE DEATH
OF JESUS.
JESUS WAS A PERFECT
SACRIFICE.
JESUS FULFILLED THE LAW.
YOU CAN GO DOWN THE LIST
OF WHAT HE DID.
AND WE ARE THERE WALKING
UNDER HIS GRACE, NOT UNDER
THE COMMANDS OF THE OLD
TESTAMENT.
SO I BELIEVE IN THE BIBLE.
I BELIEVE IN CERTAIN OF
THE PRINCIPLES, BUT WE ARE
NOT UNDER THE DIETARY
LAWS.
WE ARE NOT UNDER THE DRESS
CODE OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.
WE JUST AREN'T.
WE'RE UNDER THE GRACE OF
THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.
I THINK WE SHOULD REMEMBER
THAT.
Terry: OKAY.
THIS IS BARBARA WHO SAYS,
"WOULD TEACHING
CITIZENSHIP IN SCHOOL HELP
IN AMERICA AND THE FLAG
BEING RESPECTED?"
Pat: OF COURSE IT
WOULD.
I THINK THE AVERAGE
STUDENT DOESN'T HAVE A
CLUE -- THEY CAN'T TELL
YOU WHAT THE BRANCHES OF
THE GOVERNMENT ARE.
LITERALLY, THE AVERAGE
PERSON CAN'T TELL YOU
THERE IS A HOUSE AND A
SENATE AND A SUPREME COURT
AND SO FORTH.
THEY CAN'T DO THAT.
THEY ARE IGNORANT OF
GEOGRAPHY.
WE NEED TO TEACH PEOPLE
AND TRAIN THEM ABOUT
CERTAIN FACTS.
AND IF THEY DON'T KNOW
THEM, HOW CAN THEY MAKE
INTELLIGENT DECISIONS?
Terry: THAT'S ALL OF
THE TIME FOR TODAY.
Pat: WELL, THANK YOU
FOR THOSE QUESTIONS.
GOD BLESS EVERY ONE OF
YOU.
> IF YOU WATCHED LAST
NIGHT'S GAME, YOU KNOW
THIS YEAR'S WORLD SERIES
IS SHAPING UP TO BE AN
ALL-TIME CLASSIC.
THANKS TO SOME LATE INNING
HEROICS.
THE HOUSTON ASTROS TIED UP
THE SERIES WITH THE L.A.
DODGERS.
CBN SPORTS HAS BEEN
COVERING THE GAMES IN
LOS ANGELES, AND
DISCOVERED A SIDE OF THE
PLAYERS YOU WON'T SEE
ANYWHERE ELSE.
Reporter: HELLO, AND
WELCOME TO DODGER STADIUM
HERE IN LOS ANGELES FOR
CBN'S COVERAGE OF THE 2017
WORLD SERIES.
THERE ARE TWO GAMES IN THE
BOOKS, BUT THERE IS A
WHOLE LOT OF BASEBALL LEFT
TO PLAY AS THE SERIES
SHIFTS TO THE HOUSTON.
IF THE DODGERS CAN PULL IT
OFF, IT WOULD BE THEIR
FIRST CHAMPION SINCE 1988,
BUT IF THE ASTROS CAN PULL
IT OFF, IT WOULD BE THEIR
FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP EVER.
BUT PLAYERS SAY ABOVE ALL
ELSE, THEIR FOCUS IS ON
JESUS CHRIST.
CLAYTON KERSHAW HAS BEEN
THE KEY TO HELPING THE
DODGERS MAKE IT SO FAR.
I GOT DRAFTED BY THE
DODGERS, AND I DIDN'T KNOW
A TON OF DODGER HISTORY AT
THE TIME.
BUT COMING UP, IT KIND OF
GETS INGRAINED IN YOU.
WHICH IS A GOOD THING.
I HOPE AFTER THIS WEEK IS
OVER, THEY CAN START
TALKING ABOUT 2017 A
LITTLE MORE AND 1988 A
LITTLE LESS.
Reporter: DURING THE
REGULAR SEASON, THE
DODGERS ENDURED A BRUTAL
111-GAME LOSING STREAK.
BUT HE SAYS IT IS
IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT
GOD HAS A PLAN.
YOU CAN'T FORGET TO
THANK THE LORD FOR THE GOD
END OF THAT.
TRUST IN THE PROCESS, AND
KEEP THE FAITH.
AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL
CONTINUE TO CARRY ME ON IN
THE FUTURE.
ONE OF MY MENTORS IN
COLLEGE SAID, WITNESS
ALWAYS, AND WHEN
NECESSARY, USE WORDS.
I'M SURE A LOT OF PEOPLE
HAVE HEARD THAT.
BUT LIVING IT OUT IS A
BIG, HUGE PART OF MY
PURPOSE, WHICH IS TO TRY
TO POINT PEOPLE IN
CHRIST'S DIRECTION.
AND ALSO TO GLORIFY AND
HONOR HIM WITH WHAT I DO
AND MY EFFORT THAT I PUT
FORTH AND PREPARE THE
RIGHT WAY, AND TO HAVE THE
RIGHT ATTITUDE AS I PLAY.
I THINK THAT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT.
IT IS DEFINITELY A HUGE
PART OF STAYING GROUNDED,
STAYING IN THE FAITH, AND
NOT LETTING IT GET THE
BEST OF YOU.
Reporter: THE HOUSTON
ASTROS HAD TO OVERCOME
CHALLENGES TO GET TO THE
WORLD SERIES.
WHEN HURRICANE HARVEY
RIPPED THROUGH HOUSTON,
THE CITY WAS LEFT BOTH
DEVASTATED AND UNDER
WATER.
BUT IT SEEMED JUST AS SOON
AS THE FLOODS RECEDED,
HURRICANE MARIA HIT PUERTO
RICO, HOME TO FIVE PLAYERS
ON THE ASTROS' ROSTER.
CAR LOLOS BELLTRON SET UP A
RELIEF FUND AND COMMITTED
$1 MILLION OF HIS OWN.
THE FAITH IS THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING.
I BELIEVE THINGS HAPPEN
FOR A REASON.
SOMETIMES WE DON'T
UNDERSTAND HOW THINGS
HAPPEN, BUT AT THE END OF
THE DAY -- ALL OF MY
CAREER IN BASEBALL, I HAVE
DEDICATED MY CAREER TO
GOD.
HE HAS GIVEN ME THIS GAME
FOR 20 YEARS.
I BELIEVE IN HIM, AND I
BELIEVE HE USES US AS
INSTRUMENTS TO DO THINGS
ON BEHALF OF HIS NAME.
Reporter: JOSE STANDS
JUST FIVE FEET, SIX
INCHES, AND WAS TOLD HE
WOULD NEVER MAKE IT TO THE
BIG LEAGUES.
NOW HE IS PLAYING IN HIS
FIRST WORLD SERIES.
HE GIVES ALL OF THE GLORY
TO THE LORD AND SAYS IT IS
A TESTAMENT OF HOW YOU CAN
OVERCOME ANY OBSTACLES
THROUGH A RELATIONSHIP
WITH JESUS CHRIST.
I GREW UP IN A FAMILY
THAT ALWAYS BELIEVED IN
GOD.
I FEEL LIKE EVERY MORNING,
WHEN YOU WAKE UP, YOU HAVE
TO THANK JESUS FOR ANOTHER
DAY.
I DO IT EVERY DAY.
I TRY TO BECOME A BETTER
PERSON AND LIVE UNDER HIS
LEGACY.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT IS A
CITY THAT HAS BEEN GOING
THROUGH A LOT OF THINGS
THIS YEAR.
TALKING ABOUT THE
HURRICANE.
AND NOW WE'RE IN THE WORLD
SERIES.
AND WE WANT TO WIN THIS
WORLD SERIES FOR THEM,
BECAUSE THEY DESERVE IT
AND BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN
TRUE FANS ALL YEAR LONG.
WITH WHAT OUR CITY WENT
THROUGH, WITH THE TRAGEDY
AND US SEEING IT FIRSTHAND
AND VISITING WITH THE
FAMILIES AND PRAYING WITH
THE FAMILIES AND FOR THE
FAMILIES --
THERE ARE PEOPLE
WORKING ON THEIR HOUSE
EVERY NIGHT, AND THEY
DON'T HAVE POWER, AND THEY
HAVE A RADIO ON AND
THEY'RE LISTENING TO OUR
GAMES.
IT IS AN ESCAPE FOR THE
GRIND THEY'RE GOING
THROUGH ALL DAY, EVERY
DAY.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT,
YOU'RE, LIKE, WOW.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT
BASEBALL COULD, YOU KNOW,
HELP PEOPLE IN THAT WAY.
AND PUTTING JESUS FIRST
FOR US IS SOMETHING THAT
IS CONSISTENT.
HE IS ALWAYS THERE.
AND GETTING DEEP INTO HIS
WORD AS MUCH AS YOU CAN,
AND HAVING A RELATIONSHIP
WITH HIM, YOU'RE GOING TO
SEE THE FRUIT OF THAT IN
YOUR LIFE.
Pat: I'LL TELL YOU,
THEY'RE SOME OF THE TOP
ATHLETES IN THE WORLD, AND
THEY'RE GIVING TESTIMONIES
OF THEIR FAITH IN JESUS.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU WAKE UP
IN THE MORNING, THE LORD
IS WITH YOU.
WHEN YOU GO TO BED
TONIGHT, HE IS WITH YOU.
HE SAID, I'LL NEVER LEAVE
YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU.
THAT'S THE GOD WE SERVE.
HE IS A WONDERFUL SAVIOR.
AND IT'S NICE TO SEE MEN
WHO ARE AT THE TOP OF
THEIR GAME, BUT WHETHER IT
IS BUSINESS OR WHETHER
IT'S SPORTS OR WHETHER IT
IS SOME PROFESSION, OR
POLITICAL OFFICE, WHOEVER,
THE LORD IS THERE AND HE
CONTROLS THINGS.
YOU KNOW?
SO IF YOU DON'T KNOW HIM,
I WOULD URGE YOU TO SAY
YES TO JESUS.
YOU JUST CALL UPON HIS
NAME.
THE BIBLE SAYS THIS:
WHOEVER WILL CALL UPON THE
NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE
SAVED.
AND YOU CALL UPON JESUS
AND SAY, LISTEN, I DON'T
KNOW YOU.
I'VE SINNED ALONG THE WAY.
BUT I ASK YOU TO COME AND
TAKE MY LIFE.
AND YOU KNOW SOMETHING?
HE'LL DO IT.
HE'LL ANSWER YOUR PRAYER.
AND HE WON'T BEAT YOU UP
ON ACCOUNT OF THE WAY
YOU'VE BEEN LIVING.
HE'LL SAY YES, SON, YES,
DAUGHTER, WELCOME HOME.
I'LL OPEN MY ARMS TO YOU
AND WELCOME YOU BECAUSE I
LOVE YOU.
> WELL, LET'S GO BACK TO
TERRY AND SEE WHAT ELSE IS
GOING TO HAPPEN TODAY.
Terry: COMING UP, SHE
IS A REFUGEE WHO'S HUSBAND
WAS SHOT BY AN ISIS
SNIPER, AND THEN A WEEK
LATER HER SONS WERE KILLED
WHILE THEY SLEPT.
NOW THIS SYRIAN MOTHER IS
TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT HOPE.
HER STORY IS NEXT.
YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS IT.
Pat: HEY, IN CASE YOU
DIDN'T KNOW IT, YOU'RE
WATCHING "THE 700 CLUB."
IT'S A WONDERFUL DAY.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY HERE
IN TIDEWATER.
I HOPE IT IS WHERE YOU
ARE.
I UNDERSTAND IT IS HOT --
I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT
TEMPERATURE, BUT THEY SAID
IT IS GOING TO BE GETTING
CLOSE TO 100 FOR THE
WORLD SERIES.
Terry: AT THE SAME
TIME, I WAS READING THAT
MICHIGAN HAS HAD KNOW
ALREADY.
Pat: MICHIGAN HAS HAD
SNOW?
Terry: WHAT CAN WE
SAY?
COME TO VIRGINIA.
Pat: THIS IS CRAZY.
> YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS A
KID, THANKSGIVING WAS AN
INTERESTING DAY BECAUSE
VIRGINIA TECH AND VIRGINIA
MILITARY PLAYED A GAME.
AND THEY WERE THE TWO
POWERHOUSE FOOTBALL TEAMS
WHEN I WAS GROWING UP.
AND I REMEMBER A -- IT WAS
A BITINGLY COLD SNOWSTORM
ON THANKSGIVING DAY.
IT WAS COLD.
Terry: CONVERSELY, WE
CAN ALSO HAVE
SHORT-SLEEVED WEATHER ON
CHRISTMAS DAY.
IT IS SO UNPREDICTABLE.
Pat: IT'S CRAZY.
IT IS GOING TO BE HOT FOR
THE WORLD SERIES, BUT IT
HASN'T SLOWED DOWN THEIR
ENTHUSIASM.
> WELL, SOME PEOPLE SEE
MUSLIM REFUGEES AS A
POTENTIAL SECURITY THREAT,
AND SOME SEE THEM AS
PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP
FINDING A HOME AND A
LIVELIHOOD.
AT THE SAME TIME, OTHERS
SEE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE
SOME OF THESE REFUGEES,
NOT ONLY FOR NOW BUT FOR
ALL ETERNITY.
Reporter: I'M
STANDING ON MARS HILL.
THIS IS THE VERY SPOT
WHERE THE APOSTLE PAUL
FIRST INTRODUCED THE
AFFINIANS TO THE GOSPEL.
HE INTRODUCED THEM TO THE
ONE TRUE GOD.
2,000 YEARS LATER,
EVANGELISTS ARE STILL
PREACHING THE GOSPEL HERE,
BUT INSTEAD OF TRAVELLING
LONG DISTANCES, THOSE
THEY'RE HOPING TO REACH
ARE COMING TO THEM.
THEY'RE COMING BY THE TENS
OF THOUSANDS.
REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS
FLEEING WAR AND HARDSHIP
IN THEIR HOME COUNTRIES,
SEEKING REFUGEE AND A MORE
PROMISING FUTURE.
GREECE IS THEIR FIRST STOP
IN EUROPE.
I CAME TO GREECE WITH
NO PURPOSE IN MIND.
NOT FOR MONEY, NOT FOR
WEALTH.
I JUST WANT TO FORGET WHAT
HAPPENED TO MY CHILDREN.
I WANT TO LIVE IN A SAFE
PLACE ANDIN AND FORGET MY
CHILDREN.
Reporter: IN 2015, A
SNIPER IN THE SYRIAN CIVIL
WAR KILLED AMAL'S HUSBAND.
A WEEK LATER, WHILE STILL
GRIEVING HIS DEATH, SHE
TRAVELLED TO SEE HER
SISTER.
I LEFT MY SONS AT HOME
AND WENT TO VISIT MY
SISTER, WHO LIVES SEVEN
HOURS AWAY.
HER HUSBAND HAD JUST
PASSED AWAY.
I WENT TO COMFORT HER.
ISIS MEMBERS CAME IN THE
HOUSE AT NIGHT, WHILE MY
SONS WERE SLEEPING, AND
SLAUGHTERED THEM.
Reporter: TRAUMATIZED
AMAL LEFT THE HURT AND
HEARTACHE OF SYRIA BEHIND.
SHE MADE HER WAY TO TURKEY
AND THEN GREECE.
ALONE IN A STRANGE LAND,
AMAL, WHICH MEANS HOPE IN
ARABIC, SOON LOST HOPE.
I HAVE NO ONE TO TALK
TO.
I FEEL LIKE MY HEAD IS
GOING TO EXPLODE.
I CANNOT SLEEP IF I DO NOT
TAKE A SLEEPING AID.
I'M NOT USED TO BEING
ALONE.
I'M USED TO HAVING MY SONS
AROUND ME.
Reporter: AROUND THAT
SAME TIME, OTHER REFUGEES
FOUND A CARING FAMILY AT
THE EVANGELICAL CHURCH OF
PESALONIKI.
WE SAW THAT NEED COMING
TO OUR DOOR, COMING TO OUR
CITY, AND WE HAD TO REACT.
Reporter: AS A PART
OF THAT OUTREACH, A
VOLUNTEER NAMED KATIE
APPROACHED AMAL.
I SAT DOWN NEXT TO HER.
AND I HUGGED HER.
AND I SAID, IT'S OKAY TO
PRAY WITH YOU?
AND SHE SAID, IT'S OKAY.
WHEN KATIE SAW ME, SHE
HUGGED ME AND HELD ME.
SHE TOOK ME TO CHURCH,
WHERE I SHOWERED, AND SHE
GAVE ME CLOTHES.
WHEN I VISITED THE CHURCH
ON FRIDAY, I FELT SO
COMFORTABLE, AND I SLEPT
THAT NIGHT WITHOUT TAKING
A SLEEPING PILL.
I WAS SO HAPPY.
I LOVED THE PROGRAM.
EVERYTHING I HEARD WAS SO
TRUE.
IT IS ALL IN THE BIBLE.
IT WAS A HAPPY DAY FOR ME.
Reporter: AFTERWARD,
AMAL UNDERWENT AN
OPERATION TO REMOVE A SPOT
ON HER LIVER.
SHE THEN TOLD CBN NEWS HOW
THE EXPERIENCE GREW HER
FAITH.
IT IS TRUE THAT MY
CHILDREN WERE TAKEN AWAY,
BUT GOD STOOD BY ME WHEN I
NEEDED HIM DURING THE
SURGERY.
AFTER THE SURGERY, MY
CONNECTION WITH GOD BECAME
STRONGER BECAUSE I GOT TO
THE CHURCH MORE OFTEN AND
I COULD TRUST GOD.
THIS IS THE ONLY THING
THAT MATTERS.
Reporter: AS A
RESULT, AMAL MADE A BIG
DECISION, AND THEN
DEMONSTRATED HER
COMMITMENT TO CHRIST.
I WAS BAPTIZED BECAUSE
I TRUST GOD SO MUCH.
Reporter: THE UNITED
NATIONS PLACED AMAL IN AN
APARTMENT, ALONG WITH A
MUSLIM FAMILY.
ALTHOUGH SHE WOULD PREFER
TO SHARE HOUSING WITH A
CHRISTIAN WIDOW LIKE
HERSELF, AMAL TOLD US SHE
WANTS GOD TO USE HER WHERE
SHE IS.
I WANT TO SHOW GOD'S
LOVE TO OTHERS HERE AND BE
AN EXAMPLE TO PEOPLE.
I'M PRAYING THAT I'LL
FORGET MY PAIN AND
EXPERIENCE A NEW, HEALTHY
LIFE, FULL OF JOY.
Reporter: AND AFTER
VISITING REGULARLY WITH
AMAL, HERE NEW FRIEND,
KATIE, IS OPTIMISTIC FOR
THE FUTURE.
AMAL MEANS HOPE, AND I
THINK NOTHING IS BY
CHANCE.
YES, I THINK THERE IS HOPE
FOR HOPE.
THERE IS HOPE FOR AMAL.
Reporter: GARY LANE,
CBN NEWS, GREECE.
Pat: THAT IS SO
ENCOURAGING.
YOU KNOW, THE THOUGHT WAS
THESE TERRIBLE TERRORISTS
ARE INFILTRATING THESE
GROUPS OF REFUGEES, AND
THAT'S TRUE.
BUT THE MAIN BODY OF THOSE
REFUGEES ARE PEOPLE WHO
ARE JUST DESPERATELY IN
NEED OF SOMEBODY TO CARE
ABOUT THEM AND LOVE THEM
AND MAKE AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR THEM, WHAT YOU WOULD
WANT FOR YOUR FAMILY.
AND IT'S SO NICE TO SEE
THE CHURCH, PARTICULARLY
IN GREECE AND OTHER
PLACES, STEPPING FORWARD.
AND WE NEED TO DO THE SAME
THING.
THESE REFUGEES ARE
PRECIOUS PEOPLE.
AND THEY'VE BEEN
TRAUMATIZED.
THEY'VE BEEN BRUTALIZED.
AND IN THE CASE OF AMAL,
HER CHILDREN WERE KILLED
BY ISIS.
I MEAN, IT'S A TERRIBLE
THING THAT HAS BEEN
HAPPENING.
AND, YET, CAN WE HELP?
YES, WE CAN HELP.
AND WE NEED TO.
WE DON'T WANT TO CLOSE OUR
DOORS TO THESE PEOPLE AND
SAY, WE'RE SORRY, WE'RE
FULL UP.
WE CAN HELP THEM.
THIS IS A BIG COUNTRY.
AND A RICH COUNTRY, AND WE
CAN HELP THOSE SUFFERING.
> TERRY, WHAT HAVE YOU
GOT?
Terry: STILL AHEAD,
HE IS A WORSHIP LEADER WHO
HAS PLAYED FOR CELEBS SUCH
AT STEVE HARVEY AND HARRY
CONNICK, JR., AND GET
THIS, HE IS ONLY SIX YEARS
OLD.
YOU'LL GET A PERFORMANCE
FROM THE LITTLE BIGSHOT BIGSHOT
HIMSELF, CALEB SERANO.
THAT'S LATER ON TODAY'S
"700 CLUB."
AND WELCOME BACK TO
"THE 700 CLUB."
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
DECLARING THE OPIOID
EPIDEMIC A PUBLIC HEALTH
EMERGENCY.
"U.S.A. TODAY" REPORTS HE
IS SET TO DELIVER A MAJOR
SPEECH TODAY.
HE'LL FREE UP GOVERNMENT
MONEY AND RESOURCES TO
FIGHT THE EPIDEMIC.
IT CLAIMED 64,000 AMERICAN
LIVES LAST YEAR ALONE.
TRUMP WILL CALL FOR A
SUSTAINED NATIONAL EFFORT
TO END THE ADDICTION
CRISIS.
> WELL, IT IS STILL JUST
LATE OCTOBER, BUT SOME
WINTER-LIKE WEATHER IS
ALREADY ON THE WAY TO THE
CENTRAL U.S. THIS WEEKEND.
WINDCHILLS COULD KNOCK
TEMPERATURES DOWN UNDER
10.
MORE SNOW IS EXPECTED IN
THE NEXT FEW DAYS IN OTHER
STATES, INCLUDING THE
DAKOTAS, WI WISCONSIN, AND
MINNESOTA.
YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE
LATEST NEWS BY GOING TO
OUR WEBSITE AT
cbnnews.com.
WE'LL BE BACK WITH MORE OF
TODAY'S "700 CLUB" RIGHT
AFTER THIS.
Terry: WELCOME BACK.
WHEN THIS BOY WAS BULLIED,
HE FOUGHT BACK.
BUT THAT ONLY MADE A BAD
SITUATION WORSE.
THAT'S WHEN HE WAS
INTRODUCED TO CBN'S
"SUPERBOOK."
SOON THE PROGRAM CHANGED
ENXU'S LIFE, AND IT
CHANGED THE LIVES OF HIS
CLASSMATES AS WELL.
ENXU DREADED GOING TO
SCHOOL BECAUSE HIS
CLASSMATES BULLIED HIM.
I'M THE HEAVIEST KID AT
SCHOOL, SO PEOPLE ALWAYS
LAUGHED AT ME AND CALLED
ME A PIG.
Terry: WHEN THE
BULLYING GOT EXTREME, HE
LOST HIS TEMPER AND FOUGHT
BACK.
HE CAME RUNNING,
YELLING, I'M GOING TO KILL
HIM.
Terry: WHILE THE
OTHER CHILDREN WERE
REPRIMANDED FOR CALLING
HIM NAMES, ENXU WAS
EXPELLED FOR FIGHTING.
AT HOME HE OUTBURSTS OF
ANGER JUST GOT WORSE.
MY FAMILY PRAYED, GOD,
PLEASE HELP ENXU.
Terry: THEN HE SAW AN
EPISODE OF "SUPERBOOK" AT
CHURCH.
AFTER THAT, I
UNDERSTOOD THAT HITTING
OUR BROTHER IN MY HEART,
WAS JUST LIKE KILLING HIM.
SO I PRAYED, LORD, PLEASE
FORGIVE ME.
I WAS WRONG.
Terry: ENXU
APOLOGIZED TO THE BOY HE
FOUGHT WITH.
I TOLD HIM I WAS SORRY.
AND NOW WE HAVE A GREAT
FRIENDSHIP.
Terry: ENXU'S
ATTITUDE CHANGED SO MUCH,
TODAY HE IS ACCEPTED AND
HAS LOTS OF FRIENDS.
I HAVE PEACE IN MY
HEART.
I WANT TO SHARE
"SUPERBOOK" WITH EVERYONE.
I NEVER THOUGHT A CARTOON
COULD MAKE SUCH A
DIFFERENCE IN SOMEONE'S
LIFE, BUT "SUPERBOOK" DID.
SO I TOLD ENXU THAT I
WANTED TO WATCH
"SUPERBOOK," TOO.
AND HE GAVE ME A
"SUPERBOOK" WEBSITE.
I HOPE THIS ANIMATION
WILL HELP MANY MORE
CHINESE CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES KNOW THE TRUTH OF
THE BIBLE, AND HELP THEM,
JUST LIKE IT HELPED MY
SON.
THE STORIES FROM
"SUPERBOOK" CHANGED MY
LIFE.
Terry: WHAT'S
EXCITING TO ME ABOUT THIS
IS THAT THIS IS JUST ONE
STORY WITH ONE BOY AND HIS
CLASSMATES IN ONE COUNTRY.
"SUPERBOOK" IS BEING SEEN
BY CHILDREN ALL AROUND THE
WORLD, IN THEIR LANGUAGE.
AND IT IS CHANGING THEIR
LIVES.
WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THE
LATEST EPISODE OF
"SUPERBOOK" IS NOW
AVAILABLE.
IT IS CALLED "PETER'S
ESCAPE," AND IT CAN BE
YOURS IF YOU JOIN THE
"SUPERBOOK" D.V.D.
MEMBERS ARE THE FIRST IN
LINE TO GET THESE NEW
EPISODES.
IT IS JUST $25 A MONTH.
YOU'RE CREDIT CARD OR
DEBIT CARD WILL BE CHARGED
EVERY TIME A NEW EPISODE
RELEASES, WHICH IS ABOUT
EVERY FOUR WEEKS.
AND WE'LL SEND YOU THREE
COPIES, SO YOU CAN KEEP
UNAND SHARE TWONE AND SHARE TWO WITH
YOUR FRIENDS.
WHEN YOU JOIN THE
"SUPERBOOK" CLUB, YOU'RE
HELPING US MAKE THESE
STORIES OF THE BIBLE INTO
TRANSLATIONS SO THAT KIDS
CAN HEAR THEM IN THEIR OWN
LANGUAGE.
GIVE US A CALL IF YOU'D
LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN
THAT AND GET YOUR OWN
COPIES.
IT IS 1-800-700-7000.
OR YOU CAN VISIT cbn.com
JOIN NOW.
YOU CAN TOUCH THE CHILDREN
OF THE WORLD WITH YOUR
"SUPERBOOK" MEMBERSHIP.
> STILL AHEAD, THE
6-YEAR-OLD GOSPEL
SENSATION, WHO'S VIDEOS
HAVE ALREADY GARNERED TENS
OF MILLIONS OF HITS
ONLINE.
YOU'RE GOING TO GET A LIVE
PERFORMANCE FROM THIS
PINT-SIZED WORSHIP LEADER
RIGHT AFTER THIS.
Terry: OUR NEXT GUEST
SAYS GOD TOLD HIM HE WOULD
SING GOSPEL MUSIC FOR HIS
GLORY.
AND WHEN YOU HEAR HIM
PERFORM, HE IS DOING
EXACTLY THAT.
WHO IS HE?
HE IS CALEB SERRANO, AND
HE IS ONLY SIX YEARS OLD.
*
Reporter: CALEB
SERRANO IS A 6-YEAR-OLD
PRAISE AND WORSHIP LEADER
FROM GREENSBORO, NORTH
CAROLINA.
TWO YEARS AGO A VIDEO OF
HIM SINGING IN CHURCH WENT
VIRAL.
AND HE HAS SINCE ATTRACTED
MILLIONS OF FANS.
HE HAS APPEARED ON "BIG
SHOTS" WITH STEVE HARVEY,
AND THE HARRY CONNICK, JR.
SHOW.
AND HE HAS PERFORMED FOR
LARGE AUDIENCE LIKE
JOYFEST 2017.
Terry: WE WON'T KEEP
YOU WAITING ANYMORE.
WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, HERE
IS CALEB SERRANO SINGING
"ALL DAY, ALL NIGHT,
ANGELS WATCHING OVER ME."
*
* ALL NIGHT
*
AND ALL DAY *
* THE ANGELS ARE WATCHING
OVER ME *
* ALL NIGHT
* AND ALL...ALL DAY
* THE ANGELS KEEP ON
WATCHING OVER ME *
*
*
* THE ANGELS ARE WATCHING
OVER ME *
*
* THE ANGELS ARE WATCHING KEEP ON
WATCHING OVER ME *
* AFTER ALL NIGHT
* AND ALL...ALL DAY
* THE ANGELS KEEP ON
WATCHING OVER ME *
* ALL NIGHT AND ALL DAY
* THE ANGELS KEEP ON
WATCHING OVER ME *
*
[APPLAUSE]
Terry: WOW!
WHILE CALEB IS COMING OVER
TO JOIN US, WE WANT YOU TO
KNOW YOU CAN HEAR MORE
FROM CALEB, JUST GO TO
cbn.com.
COME ON UP HERE, CALEB.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GO
TO Facebook.com/700club.
AND NOW CALEB SERRANO WITH
HIS PARENTS, RICHARD AND
DEE.
WELCOME TO OUR SHOW.
IT IS GREAT TO HAVE YOU
HERE.
GREAT JOB.
YOU ARE AWESOME.
DEE, WHEN DID YOU FIRST
REALIZE YOUR SON HAD THIS
GIFT?
BECAUSE IT IS, LIKE, IN
HIM.
YES, IT IS.
IT IS IN HIM.
MAYBE WHEN HE WAS -- WHEN
HE FIRST STARTED TALKING.
HE ALWAYS LOVED MUSIC AND
HE WOULD TRY TO SING.
AND THE FACT THAT HE
ALWAYS TRIED TO CLAP AND
KEEP A BEAT.
SO I NOTICED IT EARLY ON.
Terry: CALEB, YOU DO
NOT SEEM NERVOUS AT ALL.
I'VE WATCHED YOU ON TV
PERFORM, WITH PEOPLE LIKE
HARRY CONNICK, JR., AND
HERE YOU ARE, YOU'RE ON
TELEVISION, AND YOU JUST
KIND OF GET UP AND DO IT.
DO YOU EVER GET NERVOUS?
NO.
Terry: WHAT ARE YOU
THINKING ABOUT BEFORE YOU
GET READY TO DO THAT?
I JUST THINK GOD IS ON
MY SIDE.
Terry: I THINK YOU
ARE RIGHT ABOUT THAT.
I'M TOLD THAT WHEN YOU DO
PRAISE AND WORSHIP AT
PLACES, YOU GET THE
AUDIENCE INVOLVED.
HOW DO YOU GET THEM
INVOLVED WITH YOU?
I JUST -- I JUST, LIKE,
HAVE GOD ALWAYS BY MY SIDE
TO GET THEM INVOLVED WITH
ME.
Terry: DO YOU GET
THEM CLAPPING WITH YOU?
DO YOU GET THEM TO STAND
UP?
WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE
AUDIENCE?
I JUST GET THEM TO
CLAP, TO SING, TO SING
ALONG WITH ME.
Terry: AND YOU JUST
KEEP GOING WHILE THEY'RE
DOING THAT, RIGHT?
YOU JUST GOT BACK FROM
TEXAS, I UNDERSTAND, AND
YOU WERE DOING A SPECIAL
CONCERT TOUR DOWN THERE TO
HELP PEOPLE WHO WERE
VICTIMS OF THAT HURRICANE.
WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?
WHAT DID YOU DO IN TEXAS?
WELL, FIRST, I WENT
DOWN NOT BY MYSELF.
I WENT WITH PASTOR.
AND IT WAS AMAZING.
LIKE, WE HAD TO DO TWO OF
THEM.
Terry: TWO SHOWS?
YEAH.
Terry: AND DID YOU
RAISE A LOT OF MONEY TO
HELP PEOPLE DOWN THERE?
YES.
WE RAISED --
WASN'T REALLY TO RAISE
MONEY, BUT IT WAS TO BRING
HOPE, LOVE, AND FAITH.
THERE WERE TWO EVENTS THAT
WERE FREE TO THE PUBLIC.
ONE EVENT WE WERE ACTUALLY
ABLE TO -- PASTOR JOHN P.
KEY WAS TO GIVE TO THE
COMMUNITY, AND TO HELP
WITH THE PEOPLE CLEANING
UP THEIR HOMES AND STUFF
LIKE THAT, AND ALSO AT THE
SAME TIME MINISTERING
THROUGH SONG AND SHOWING
SUPPORT.
LETTING THEM KNOW THAT
EVEN THOUGH MAYBE MAJOR
NETWORKS AREN'T THERE
COVERING THE STORY, PEOPLE
STILL HAVE NEEDS, AND
WE'RE STILL THINKING ABOUT
THEM AND PRAYING FOR THEM
AND WALKING THIS WALK OF
THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.
Terry: AND SOMETIMES
THAT'S ALL YOU NEED, TO
KNOW YOU'VE NOT BEEN
FORGOTTEN.
AND TO KNOW YOU'RE
LOVED.
Terry: RICHARD, YOU
SAY YOU HAVE RAISED YOUR
SON TO PERFORM FOR GOD AND
NOT FOR PEOPLE.
HOW HAVE YOU DONE THAT?
CALEB DOES HAVE A GIFT,
BUT WE ENCOURAGE HIM TO
KNOW IT IS NOT ABOUT THE
PEOPLE.
AND IT IS MORE ABOUT THE
GRACIOUSNESS AND THE HOLY
SPIRIT ALLOWING TO USE
THIM TO DO WHAT HE CAN DO
FOR GOD.
NOT FOR THE EDIFICATION OF
MAN, BUT FOR GOD.
IT IS A WAY OF LIFE, NOT
NECESSARILY A THOUGHT
PROCESS OR SOMETHING THAT
WE'RE TRYING TO GAIN FROM
THIS AT ALL.
Terry: WELL, CALEB,
YOU KNOW E, BEIN, BEING A KID,
THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS
INVOLVED IN A YOUNG
PERSON'S LIFE, SCHOOL AND
FRIENDS AND JUST HAVING
TIME TO BE A KID.
HOW DO YOU JUGGLE ALL OF
THAT WITH YOUR MUSIC AND
SINGING IN SO MANY PLACES.
HOW DO YOU HANDLE ALL OF
THAT?
I HANDLE IT ONE AT A
TIME.
Terry: WOW, CAN WE
CLONE YOU?
[LAUGHTER]
Terry: DEE, LET ME
ASK YOU, BECAUSE I KNOW
THIS IS A BIG JOB TO BE
ABLE TO SHARE A GIFT LIKE
THIS WITH PEOPLE.
YES, IT IS.
Terry: AS RICHARD WAS
SAYING, TO BE AN
ENCOURAGEMENT TO PEOPLE IN
NEED, AND I KNOW CALEB HAS
BEEN.
BUT HOW DO YOU, AS A MOM,
HELP HIM BALANCE ALL OF
THIS?
ACTUALLY, IT TAKES
TEAMWORK, AND WE ALL HAVE
TO WORK TOGETHER.
EVERYBODY HAS A JOB WE
HAVE TO DO.
Terry: AND YOU HAVE A
SISTER?
DEFINITELY.
AND THERE ARE TIMES THAT
CALEB DOES GET TIRED, AND
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN HE IS
OUT OF SCHOOL, BUT WE'VE
BEEN FORTUNATE THAT HE
GOES TO A VERY GOOD
SCHOOL.
WE'VE BEEN BLESSED TO BE
ABLE TO JUST MANAGE IT,
AND DEFINITELY WITH THE
HELP OF FAMILY.
FAMILY IS WONDERFUL.
Terry: IT SURE IS.
BOY, THAT WOULD BE
WONDERFUL.
UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR PAPA
WAS THE BIG MUSIC
INFLUENCE ON YOU.
IS THAT RIGHT?
YES.
Terry: HOW DID HE
TEACH YOU ALL OF THIS?
YOU KNOW HOW TO HOLD THAT
MICROPHONE, YOU KNOW HOW
TO MOVE.
HOW DID PAPA TEACH YOU
THAT?
HE JUST TEACHED ME HOW
TO MOVE, STAND IN ONE
PLACE, AND STAND IN ONE
BOX.
Terry: I HAD A
VISION, WHEN I KNEW THAT,
OF YOU GUYS SINGING
TOGETHER AT PAPA'S HOUSE.
DID THAT HAPPEN?
THIS WAS -- WHEN I DID
"THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF
MINE," THAT WAS IN A SMALL
CHURCH NAMED NEW HOPE.
Terry: BUT YOU
PRACTICED WITH PAPA, I
BET, BEFORE THAT?
YES.
WE PRACTICED AT A HOUSE
THAT HE PLAYS THE GUITAR
FOR HIM.
AND HIS NAME IS JOHN.
Terry: JOHN, CREDIT
TO YOU, TOO.
THANK YOU, CALEB, FOR
SHARING SO MUCH YOUR LOVE
OF GOD.
AND IT BRINGS HOPE TO ALL
OF US WHEN WE SEE YOU
PERFORM.
YOU CAN HEAR MORE FROM
CALEB BY GOING TO OUR
WEBSITE AT cbn.com
THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR
BEING WITH US.
> FOR YOU WE LEAVE THESE
WORDS: "HE DOES GREAT
THINGS,WONDERS WITHOUT
THINGS,WONDERS WITHOUT
NUMBER."