Wendy: TODAY...THE

MAN BEHIND THE MOST

DOWNLOADED SONG IN ROCK

AND ROLL HISTORY.

JONATHAN CAIN TELLS US

ABOUT THE TIME HE STOPPED

BELIEVING, AND WHAT

BROUGHT HIM BACK TO THE

FAITH.

AND BILLY GRAHAM, PACKING

IN CROWDS AROUND THE

COUNTRY.

JORDAN WHITMAN REVEALS HOW

HE IS REACHING HIS

GENERATION FOR LIFE ON

TODAY'S "THE 700 CLUB."

Pat: WELL, WELCOME TO

"THE 700 CLUB."

IN ENTERTAINMENT, IT LOOKS

LIKE DISNEY IS TAKING OVER

21st CENTURY FOX, BUT I

DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE

GETTING THE FOX STUDIO.

FOX IS GOING TO WIND UP

OWNING DISNEY -- IT IS

HARD TO SAY WHO IS GOING

TO GET WHAT.

IT IS AN ALL STOCK DEAL,

SOME $60 BILLION OR SO.

SO RUPERT MURDOCH HAS

SCORED AGAIN.

HE IS A TREMENDOUS

BUSINESSMAN.

BUT LOOKING AT THE

BUSINESSES THAT IS GOING

TO AFFECT YOU, IT SEEMS

LIKE THEY ACTUALLY HAVE

GOT SOMETHING DONE IN

WASHINGTON.

CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS

HAVE REACHED AN AGREEMENT

ON THEIR TAX REFORM BILL.

AND PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS

IT MEANS MORE MONEY IN

YOUR PAYCHECK EARLY NEXT

YEAR.

Terry: CONGRESS IS

HOPING TO PASS THE FINAL

VERSION OF THE BILL NEXT

WEEK SO THE PRESIDENT CAN

SIGN IT BY THE END OF THE

YEAR.

GARY LANE HAS THIS STORY.

Reporter: AT THE

WHITE HOUSE WEDNESDAY,

PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCED

A BIG TAX CUT FOR ALL

AMERICANS IS JUST DAYS

AWAY, A MAJOR CAMPAIGN

PROMISE KEPT.

THE PRESIDENT SAID IT WILL

BE A TRULY AMAZING VICTORY

FOR AMERICAN FAMILIES.

President Trump: IF

CONGRESS SENDS ME A BILL

BEFORE CHRISTMAS, THE

I.R.S. -- THIS IS JUST

OUT, THIS IS BREAKING

NEWS -- HAS JUST CONFIRMED

THAT AMERICANS WILL SEE

LOWER TAXES AND BIGGER

PAYCHECKS BEGINNING IN

FEBRUARY.

Reporter: TAX BILLS

HAVE ALREADY BEEN PASSED

BY EACH HOUSE OF CONGRESS.

THIS WEEK A CONFERENCE

COMMITTEE BEGAN WORKING

OUT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN

THE SENATE AND HOUSE

VERSIONS.

President Trump: WE

WANT TO GIVE YOU, THE

AMERICAN PEOPLE, A GIANT

TAX CUT FOR CHRISTMAS.

AND WHEN I SAY GIANT, I

MEAN GIANT.

Reporter: HERE IS

WHAT CONGRESSIONAL

REPUBLICANS HAVE WORKED

OUT SO FAR: STARTING IN

JANUARY, THE BUSINESS TAX

RATE WILL BE CUT FROM 35

TO 21%.

THE TOP INDIVIDUAL TAX

RATE WILL BE REDUCED FROM

39.6 TO 37%.

DEDUCTIONS FOR STATE AND

LOCAL INCOME AND PROPERTY

TAXES WILL BE ALLOWED BUT

LIMITED TO NO MORE THAN

$10,000.

THE STANDARD DEDUCTION FOR

MARRIED COUPLES WILL BE

BASICALLY DOUBLED TO

$24,000.

AND $12,000 FOR SINGLES.

NEW MORTGAGES CAN BE

DEDUCTED, UP TO $750,000.

THE OBAMACARE MANDATE THAT

FORCES PEOPLE TO BUY

INSURANCE OR PAY A PENALTY

WILL BE REPEALED.

DEMOCRATS ARGUE THE

REPUBLICAN PLAN WILL

BENEFIT THE RICH AT THE

EXPENSE OF WORKING-CLASS

AMERICANS.

THE PUBLIC KNOWS ABOUT

THIS BILL.

THEY DON'T KNOW ALL OF THE

DETAILS, BUT THEY SMELL

WHAT'S GOING ON.

TAX CUTS FOR THE

WEALTHIEST, NO HELP FOR SO

MANY IN THE MIDDLE CLASS.

Reporter: NOT SO SAY

CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS

AND THE PRESIDENT.

ALSO AT THE WHITE HOUSE

WEDNESDAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP

INTRODUCED A MIDDLE CLASS

AMERICAN FAMILY OF FOUR,

THE KOVACS FAMILY FROM

LEBANON, OHIO.

THE PRESIDENT SAID THE TAX

BILL WILL SAVE THEM ABOUT

$3500 A YEAR.

ADAM EXPLAINED WHAT HE

INTENDS TO DO WITH THE

MONEY.

WE HAVE HOME

RENOVATIONS WE WANT TO

TAKE CARE OF AND HOPEFULLY

SAVE FOR OUR TWO CHILDREN

TO GO TO COLLEGE.

Reporter: REPUBLICAN

LAWMAKERS ARE HOPING TO

VOTE ON A FINAL VERSION OF

THE TAX BILL NEXT WEEK.

President Trump: THIS

IS ONLY A SMALL BEGINNING

TO THE INCREDIBLE THINGS

THAT OUR PEOPLE WILL

ACHIEVE OVER A VERY SHORT

PERIOD OF TIME.

AND THE TREMENDOUS HEIGHTS

THAT WE WILL REACH

ECONOMICALLY AND SO MANY

OTHER WAYS IN OUR COUNTRY

EVERY GAYR DAY.

Reporter: IN ADDITION

TO THE TAX CUTS, PRESIDENT

TRUMP HAS ALREADY TAKEN

ANOTHER IMPORTANT STEP BY

REDUCING REGULATIONS ON

BUSINESSES.

REPUBLICANS HOPE THE

COMBINATION OF CUTTING

BOTH TAXES AND GOVERNMENT

RULES WILL GIVE THE

ECONOMY A POWERFUL BOOST.

GARY LANE, CBN NEWS.

Pat: THANKS, GARY.

IT IS AMAZING, TERRY, WHAT

THEY'VE DONE.

AND THEY'VE DONE IT IN A

SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

THEY'VE GOTTEN THAT THING

DOWN WHERE IT IS SUPPOSED

TO BE, DOWN TO 21%.

THEY PUT IT IN

IMMEDIATELY, WHICH IS

GREAT.

THEY'VE REPEALED THE

OBAMACARE MANDATE ABOUT

FORCING PEOPLE TO BUY

INSURANCE OR PAY A

PENALTY.

THE INDIVIDUAL TAX RATE IS

GOING DOWN A TAD, BUT

THEY'VE GOT SOME REALLY

GOOD THINGS IN HERE.

I THINK IT IS GOING TO

WORK OUT GREAT.

WHAT THEY'VE SAID --

THEY'VE FINALLY GOT IT

TOGETHER.

AND THERE WERE SOME THINGS

IN THERE I DIDN'T LIKE,

AND THEY'VE TAKEN SOME OF

THEM OUT.

THE BIG THING IS THIS

CORPORATE TAX CUT IS GOING

TO MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE

FOR SMALL CORPORATIONS.

AND THE THING IS, IT'S

GOING IN RIGHT AWAY.

I THOUGHT TO DELAY IT FOR

A YEAR WOULD BE TRAGIC.

BUT THEY'RE PUTTING IT IN

RIGHT AWAY SO THE STIMULUS

WILL HELP THE ECONOMY.

THIS WILL GUARANTEE TRUMP

ANOTHER FOUR YEARS IN

OFFICE.

IT WILL MEAN THE

REPUBLICANS CAN HOLD

CONTROL OF CONGRESS.

IT IS A BRILLIANT STROKE.

I THINK THEY'VE DONE A

GOOD JOB.

Terry: I THINK PEOPLE

ARE, FIRST OF ALL, EXCITED

ABOUT THE MONEY THAT

THEY'RE GOING TO SEE IN

THEIR PAYCHECKS.

SECOND, SOMETHING IS BEING

DONE.

YOU HEAR ABOUT IT, HEAR

ABOUT IT, AND IT LOOKS

LIKE MAYBE IT IS NOT GOING

TO HAPPEN, AND SO HURRAY.

IT IS TIME --

Pat: ARE YOU GUYS

STUCK ON A RECORD?

THEY'RE SAYING THIS IS A

TAX CULT FO CUT FOR THE RICH THE

NONSENSE.

THE STANDARD DEDUCTIONS DEDUCTIONS

ARE BEING DOUBLED.

THE TRUTH IS, THE ONLY

PEOPLE WHO GET A TAX CULT

ARCUTARE THOSE WHO PAY TAXES.

IF YOU DON'T PAY TAXES,

WHO ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT.

AND A VAST MAJORITY -- NOT

THE VAST MAJORITY, BUT AT

LEAST 50% OF THE PEOPLE

DON'T PAY ANY TAXES AT

ALL.

SO THIS IS A TAX CUT FOR

THOSE WHO PAY TAXES.

BUT SAYING THIS IS A TAX

CUT FOR THE RICH -- THIS

IS NONSENSE.

Terry: EXACTLY.

Pat: THE MAIN THING

IS, THE DEMOCRATS ARE

GOING TO -- COME THE

ELECTION, I CAN READ THE

SCRIPTS RIGHT NOW, THE

ATTACKS.

YOU KNOW, HE REFUSED TO

VOTE TO GIVE YOU A BREAK

IN YOUR TAXES.

HE DID NOT WANT TO SAVE

YOU MONEY ON YOUR TAXES.

CONGRESSMAN SO AND SO,

SENATOR SO AND SO DIDN'T

DO IT, AND, MAN, IT IS

GOING TO BE DEVASTATING.

THIS IS BRILLIANT

POLITICALLY, AND THE

PRESIDENT HAS GOT A BIG

WIN, AND FOR THAT I

CONGRATULATE HIM.

BUT IT IS GOING TO GO

THROUGH REAL FAST.

THEY WANT IT BEFORE

CHRISTMAS.

WE'LL SEE.

> WELL, THERE IS

SOMETHING ELSE IN THE NEWS

THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT,

AS I SAID BEFORE, IN THE

ENTERTAINMENT FIELD.

DISNEY, SUPPOSEDLY, IS

TAKING OVER THE FOX MOVIE

STUDIOS, THE STAR TV OVER

IN ASIA, THE B.C.C. IN

EUROPE AND ENGLAND.

IT IS A HUGE WIN FOR

MURDOCH.

IT IS AN ALL-STOCK DEAL,

WHICH WOULD YIELD MURDER

TO DOC ANMURDOCHAND HIS PEOPLE A BIG

YIELD.

WE'LL SEE HOW IT WORKS

OUT.

BUT RUPERT IS A MASTER

NEGOTIATOR.

IT IS THE BIGGEST THING ON

THE ENTERTAINMENT FRONT.

BUT THE FOX NEWS THAT

EVERYBODY LIKES SO MUCH

THESE DAYS WILL STAY UNDER

THE CONTROL OF THE FOX

FAMILY, AND IT WILL NOT GO

TO DISNEY.

> WELL, CONGRESS IS

LOOKING INTO SOMETHING

ELSE.

IT CONCERNS THE FACT THAT

THE F.B.I. OFFICIAL

INVESTIGATING THE TRUMP

CAMPAIGN WERE BIAS AGAINST

TRUMP.

IT IS THE SHOCKING STORY

OF WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY.

WENDY HAS THAT STORY.

Wendy: THAT'S RIGHT,

PAT.

REPUBLICANS SAY THAT TEXT

MESSAGES BETWEEN F.B.I.

OFFICIALS SHOW THEY WERE

VERY MUCH AGAINST TRUMP

WHEN HE RAN FOR THE WHITE

HOUSE.

ROD ROSENSTEIN IS THE

DEPUTY ATTORNEY-GENERAL

OVERSEEING THE MUELLER

INVESTIGATION.

HE TESTIFIED BEFORE THE

HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE

ON WEDNESDAY.

THE HEARING CAME ONE DAY

AFTER TEXT MESSAGES

SURFACED BY F.B.I. AGENTS

THAT ONCE WORKED ON

MUELLER'S TEAM.

THEY REFER TO THE

PRESIDENT AS AN UTTER

IDIOT, A LOATHSOME HUMAN,

AND AWFUL, WHILE

CONTINUALLY PRAISING

HILLARY CLINTON AND THE

OBAMAS.

THESE TEXT MESSAGES PROVE

WHAT WE ALL SUSPECTED:

HIGH-RANKING F.B.I.

OFFICIALS INVOLVED IN THE

CLINTON INVESTIGATION WERE

PERSONALLYVITYEPERSONALLY INVESTED IN THE

OUTCOME OF THE ELECTION.

AND CLEARLY LET THEIR

STRONG POLITICAL OPINIONS

CLOUD THEIR JUST.

THEY SAY THE NEW

REGULATIONS UNDERNINE UNDERMINE

CONFIDENCE IN THE FAIRNESS

OF MUELLER'S

INVESTIGATION.

Pat: I DON'T THINK

THE TRUMP PEOPLE ARE GOING

TO TRY TO GET MUELLER OFF

THE CASE, BUT THEY SHOULD.

THESE REVELATIONS ARE JUST

ABSOLUTELY SHOCKING.

TO CALL TRUMP A LOATHSOME

HUMAN BEING AND THINGS

LIKE THIS, AND WE HAVE A

BACKUP PLAN TO STOP HIM?

THE F.B.I., FOR HEAVEN'S

SAKE, IS NOT SUPPOSED TO

BE POLITICAL.

IT IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE

GETTING ACTIVELY INVOLVED

IN POLITICAL COMPAIGNS.

AND FOR THEM TO BE

ADMITTING THEY WERE DOING

THIS SORT OF THING IS

ABSOLUTELY APPALLING.

WE LOOK TO THE F.B.I. AS

A -- WELL, IT'S NOT

EXACTLY A NATIONAL POLICE

FORCE, BECAUSE WE DON'T

WANT THAT, BUT IT IS

FEDERAL BUREAU OF

INVESTIGATION.

THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE THERE

FOR, TO INVESTIGATE CRIME

AND OFFENSES AND THEN

REPORT IT TO THE JUSTICE

DEPARTMENT, WHO BRINGS

LEGAL ACTION.

BUT FOR THEM TO BE

BALANCING THEIR

INVESTIGATION WITH THIS

KIND OF BIAS IS JUST

APPALLING.

IT HAS DAMAGED THE F.B.I.

PERMANENTLY.

I DON'T THINK THAT THE

TRUMP LEGAL TEAM IS GOING

TO ASK FOR MUELLER TO BE

RECUSED.

I THINK THEY BELIEVE THAT

IF THEY DEAL WITH MUELLER

FAIRLY, THAT HE IS GOING

TO GIVE THEM A BREAK, AND

THAT THIS THING WILL BE

WRAPPED UP IN THE NEXT

SEVERAL MONTHS.

THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.

THEY HAVEN'T FOUND

ANYTHING.

IT HAS BEEN A TERRIBLE

WASTE OF TIME.

AND THE ANSWER IS THAT THE

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED

STATES RIGHT NOW IS FACING

OVERSEAS CHALLENGES FROM

IRAN, FROM NORTH KOREA,

FROM OTHER -- AND I GUESS

THE RUSSIANS.

HE HAS GOT HIS HANDS FULL,

AND HE DOESN'T NEED TO BE

DISTRACTED BY THIS KIND OF

NONSENSE.

BECAUSE THIS FUSION G.P.S.

G.P.S. -- THE F.B.I. WAS

INVOLVED IN THIS ACTIVITY.

AND IT'S A SMOKE SCREEN

THAT CHRISTOPHER STEEL --

THE WHOLE THING WAS A PUT

UP DOSSIER ON TRUMP, AND

IT WAS ALL NONSENSE.

AND IT'S TIME WE RECOGNIZE

THAT THAT'S WHAT IT IS,

THAT THIS BUSINESS ABOUT

RUSSIAN INVOLVEMENT IN OUR

ELECTION IS JUST

FOOLISHNESS.

LET'S GET OFF IT AND GET

BACK TO WHAT IS IMPORTANT.

AND THE IMPORTANT THING

THE PRESIDENT HAS GOT TO

DO IS WORK ON OUR ECONOMY,

WHICH HE IS DOING, AND

DEFEND US FROM THE ENEMIES

THAT ARE SURROUNDING US.

LET'S GET THIS NONSENSE OF

THIS MUELLER INVESTIGATION

CLOSED OUT.

AND I THINK THE AMERICAN

PEOPLE WANT THAT.

AND I THINK THEY'RE GOING

TO IN ASSIST ON IT.

WENDY, WHAT HAVE YOU GOT?

Wendy: PAT, FOR YEARS

MEMBERS OF CONGRESS HAVE

USED YOUR TAX DOLLARS TO

SECRETLY SETTLE LAWSUITS

THAT INCLUDE SEXUAL

MISCONDUCT.

NOW BOTH REPUBLICANS AND

DEMOCRATS WANT TO STOP

THAT AND GET AMERICANS OFF

THE HOOK FROM PAYING TO

HIDE BAD BEHAVIOR.

ABIGAIL ROBERTSON BRINGS

US THAT STORY FROM

WASHINGTON.

Reporter: THE DAYS OF

LAWMAKERS ACTING OUT AND

SENDING TAXPAYERS THE BILL

MIGHT SOON BE OVER.

IF SUCCESSFUL, THE

BIPARTISAN EFFORT WOULD

END THESE SO-CALLED HUSH

FUNDS AND RESTORE MILLIONS

IN TAX DOLLARS USED TO

COVER THESE SECRET

SETTLEMENTS.

THERE WILL BE A VERY

CLEAR MESSAGE SENT TO THE

AMERICAN PEOPLE: WE'RE NOT

GOING TO TOLERATE THIS

KIND OF BEHAVIOR.

Reporter: THIS PUSH

FOR STRONGER

ACCOUNTABILITY WOULD NOT

ONLY STOP PAYMENT FOR

SEXUAL HARASSMENT

LAWSUITS, IT WOULD ALSO

END THE SECRECY BY

DISCLOSING NAMES OF

LAWMAKERS AND THE NATURE

OF THE ALLEGATIONS.

I THINK IT CREATES

NEGATIVE INCENTIVES IF

MEMBERS KNOW THEY CAN JUST

CUT A CHECK FROM THEIR

OFFICE BUDGET AND KEEP IT

ALL SECRET.

THERE IS A REASON WHY

SOMEONE LIKE THAT WAS A

HABITUAL OFFENDER.

Reporter: THE BILL

REQUIRES ANY MEMBER WHO

HAS BENEFITED FROM A

SETTLEMENT TO PAY BACK THE

MONEY WITH INTEREST.

I HOPE WE WILL DO THIS

RAPIDLY SO WE CAN SHOW THE

AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT WE'RE

SERIOUS ABOUT TAKING CARE

OF THIS ISSUE.

Reporter: SENATOR

CHUCK GRASSLEY TELLS CBN

NEWS CONGRESS NEEDS TO

LEAD BY EXAMPLE.

THIS GIVES US A CHANCE

TO LEAD AGAIN, AND MAYBE

WE, BY CONGRESS CHANGING

THESE LAWS AND SETTING A

BETTER EXAMPLE, IT MIGHT

EVEN SET A BETTER EXAMPLE

FOR HOLLYWOOD.

Reporter: GIVEN THE

CONTINUED ACCUSATIONS AND

RECENT RESIGNATIONS,

CONGRESSMAN ROBERT

PITTINGER URGES THE

AMERICAN PEOPLE TO PRAY

FOR THEIR LEADERS.

KNOW THAT THE FOLKS UP

HERE NEED YOUR PRAYERS,

NOT JUST TO MAKE THE RIGHT

DECISIONS, BUT THEY'LL BE

PEOPLE WHO WALK WITH THE

LORD AND DO THE RIGHT

THING.

Reporter: HE POINTS

OUT THAT WHILE LEADERS ARE

HUMAN, THEY MUST ALSO

PURSUE HIGHER STANDARDS.

THERE ARE SO MANY OF US

WHO ATTEND BIBLE STUDIES

AND PRAYER GROUPS AND HAVE

EVERY BELIEF IN THE

WORLD -- THEY LOVE THEIR

WIVES, THEY LOVE THE

CHURCHES THEY GO TO, THEY

LOVE THE LORD, THEY WANT

TO DO THE RIGHT THING, BUT

CLEARLY THERE ARE SOME

FOLKS WHO HAVE STUMBLED

ALONG THE WAY, AND WE NEED

TO ADDRESS THAT.

BUT WE NEED TO BE UPHELD

TO A HIGHER STANDARD.

Reporter: LAWMAKERS

HOPE THE STEPS THEY'RE

TAKING TO ADDRESS

HARASSMENT WILL LEAD TO A

CULTURAL CHANGE IN

CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES O.

OFFICES.

ABIGAIL ROBERTSON, CBN

NEWS.

Wendy: THANKS.

NO MORE HUSH FUNDS.

[LAUGHTER]

Pat: WELL, I'M NOT AS

CONCERNED ABOUT PAYING A

FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS ON

THAT AS I AM THE FACT THAT

THEY'RE DOING IT.

BUT THIS HAS BEEN A

CULTURE THAT HAS GONE

ON -- TED KENNEDY --

SOMEBODY SAID HE HAD THE

MORALS OF AN ALLEY CAT.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS

TRUE OR NOT, BUT ONE OF

HIS COLLEAGUES SAID THAT.

BOB PACKWOOD WAS KNOWN FOR

HAVING SEXUAL RELATIONS IN

HIS OFFICE WITH STAFF

MEMBERS AND OTHERS.

NOW THESE THINGS ARE

COMING OUT.

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY

THINK THE POLITICAL OFFICE

IS SOME KIND OF AN

APHRODISIAC -- I DON'T

KNOW WHAT IT IS.

BUT I THINK THE THING TO

DO IS GET THEM OUT OF

THERE.

THANK GOODNESS FOR THE

REPUBLICANS.

THEY DIDN'T ELECT SOMEBODY

WHO HAD THE STAIN THAT

GENTLEMAN IN ALABAMA THAT.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE

APOLOGIZING FOR HIM.

THEY AT LEAST DODGED A

BILLIOBULLET ON THAT ONE.

> FOLKS, I TOLD YOU A

FEW DAYS AGO IT IS GOING

TO GET BITTERLY COLD, AND

IT IS.

I TALKED TO SOMEONE WHO

LIVES IN HOT SPRINGS,

VIRGINIA, AND IT AIN'T HOT

ANYMORE.

IT WAS -12 YESTERDAY.

I WAS IN MOSCOW, AND THEY

SAID, IS IT COLD?

AND I SAID, YOU OUGHT TO

GET TO HOT SPRINGS,

VIRGINIA -- YOU DON'T KNOW

WHAT COLD IS.

Wendy: IF YOU LIKE IT

COLD, I'VE GOT GOOD NEWS:

MORE WINTER WEATHER IS ON

THE WAY.

THE SNOW AND COLD THAT HIT

THE MIDWEST IS MOVING INTO

THE EAST NOW.

DETROIT SET A DAILY RECORD

WEDNESDAY, OVER SIX INCHES

OF SNOW THERE.

PENNSYLVANIA STARTED

GETTING READY FOR MORE

SNOW AS WELL.

THE MORNING COMMUTE CAN

BE TRICKING.

PEOPLE CAN EXPECT A

CODING, AND THE

TEMPERATURES WILL BE VERY

COLD.

AND WE CAN EXPECT THAT

SNOW TO STICK.

Wendy: WINDCHILLS

WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW

10, AS PAT MENTIONED, TO

LAST INTO THE WEEKEND.

I DIDN'T REALIZE WE WERE

HAVING THAT HERE IN

VIRGINIA.

BUT I DID SEE A COUPLE OF

SNOWFLAKES FALLING LAST

NIGHT, AROUND 9:00.

Pat: I DIDN'T SEE IT,

BUT YOU DID.

HERE IT IS RELATIVELY

BENIGN.

WE DON'T HAVE VERY COLD

WEATHER HERE, BUT WHEN IT

DOES GET COLD, IT IS VERY

INTENSE BECAUSE IT IS SO

MOIST.

BUT IN THE HOT SPRINGS

MOUNTAIN OF VIRGINIA, IT

IS DRY.

Terry: WHERE YOUR GET

GET-AWAY PLACE IS.

Pat: THAT'S RIGHT.

10 BELOW ZERO, BUT YOU

DON'T FEEL IT.

Terry: COMING UP, HE

IS AN EVANGELIST WHO

PREACHES TO THOUSANDS OF

CROWDS ALL OVER, AND GET

THIS, HE IS STILL JUST A

TEENAGER.

JORDAN WHITMER JOINS US

LIVE, AND THAT'S NEXT.

Pat: WELL, IT IS

GETTING CLOSE TO

CHRISTMAS, AND WE'RE JUST

DELIGHTED TO HAVE ALL OF

YOU WITH US.

THIS IS "700 CLUB."

WE'VE GOT TREMENDOUS STUFF

COMING UP.

THERE MAY BE A HOLIDAY

COMING DOWN THE ROAD, BUT

WE'VE GOT TO THE UP TO

DATE NEWS FOR YOU AND FOR YOU.

> WHEN HE WAS 1 16 YEARS

OLD, JORDAN WHITMER WANTED

TO LEAD HIS FRIENDS TO

CHRIST, AND THAT LED TO A

MINISTRY.

HE HELPS HIGH SCHOOL

STUDENTS PUT TOGETHER

THEIR OWN EVANGELISTIC

RALLIES.

Heather: THE KEY TO

THIS MINISTRY IS STUDENT

LEADERSHIP, AND THE PROOF

NO ONE OVER 18 IS ALLOWED

ON THAT STAGE.

IT IS THE BIG IDEA BEHIND

WHAT'S KNOWN AS "HOW TO

LIFE."

STUDENTS LEAD WORSHIP, RUN

THE SOUND, AND BOLDLY

SHARE THEIR TESTIMONIES

WITH THEIR FRIEND.

I ATTEMPTED TO TAKE MY

LIFE.

I DID NOT FEEL PURPOSE.

I JUST BROKE DOWN AND I

SAID,ED GOD, GOD, I REALLY NEED

YOU TO HELP ME RIGHT NOW.

GOD HAS HELPED ME A

LOT.

Reporter: JORDAN

WHITMER STARTED THIS

MINISTRY HAS A HIGH SCHOOL

JUNIOR.

AND NOW HE HAS TAKEN IT

FULL-TIME TO 15 STATES.

THOUSANDS HAVE ATTENDED

THE RALLIES WITH HUNDREDS

ACCEPTING CHRIST.

THE STORY WE CONTINUE

TO HEAR ARE THESE STUDENTS

WHO SAY, HEY, I WANT TO

REACH MY FRIENDS FOR

JESUS, BUT I DON'T REALLY

KNOW HOW.

Heather: REPORTING IN

TEXAS, HEATHER SELLS, CBN

NEWS.

Pat: JORDAN WHITMER

JOINS US NOW.

WE WELCOME YOU TO "THE 700

CLUB."

THANK YOU, REVEREND

ROBERTSON.

I'M SO DELIGHTED TO BE

HERE.

Pat: WHAT ARE THESE

TEENAGERS TELLING YOU?

ARE YOU DEALING WITH

SUICIDE AND HOPELESSNESS?

WHAT ARE YOU FINDING?

ABSOLUTELY.

MY GENERATION OF TEENAGERS

TODAY, THERE IS SO MUCH

BROKENNESS.

OUT OF TEENAGERS ACROSS

THE COUNTRY TODAY, WE LIVE

IN A GENERATION -- MY

GENERATION, CALLED

GENERATION "Z," AND THE

NEW TEENAGERS HERE, THERE

IS SO MUCH BROKENNESS AND

SORROW AMONGST TEENAGERS

ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

THERE ARE SUICIDE RATES

THAT ARE UP.

THERE IS JUST OVERALL --

MY GENERATION IS

DESPERATELY IN NEED OF

HOPE.

Pat: WHAT IS CAUSING

THIS?

WE'VE HAD TEENAGERS OVER

THE YEARS -- I WAS A

TEENAGER -- WE ALL WERE.

WHAT'S DIFFERENT NOW?

ABSOLUTELY.

WELL, IT IS JUST

INCREDIBLE.

IT'S SAD WHAT HAS BEEN

TAKING PLACE JUST WITH A

GENERATION THAT IS FARTHER

AND FARTHER FROM GOD, FROM

MANY PREVIOUS GENERATIONS.

THE FACT THAT THERE IS SO

MANY -- WITH THE RISE OF

TECHNOLOGY AND THE RISE OF

JUST MORE AND MORE ISSUES,

TEENAGERS TEND TO BE IN A

DIFFERENT PSYCHOLOGICAL

POSITION.

Pat: DOES SOCIAL

MEDIA CONTRIBUTE TO THAT?

THEY'RE WATCHING ALL OF

THIS STUFF ON THE

INTERNET?

DOES THAT MAKE A

DIFFERENCE?

SOMETIMES IT DOES.

IT CAN DEFINITELY CAUSE

THINGS, BUT THE GOOD NEWS

IS, WHEN TEENAGERS

EXPERIENCE THE HOPE THAT

JESUS BRINGS, WHEN THEY

HEAR THE GOSPEL, AND IN

MANY CASES, WHAT BETTER

WAY FOR THAT TO HAPPEN

THAN FROM ANOTHER TEENAGER

TO SHARE JESUS AND THE

HOPE HE BRINGS WITH THEM.

WHEN TEENAGERS CAN HEAR

ABOUT ALL THAT JESUS HAS

DONE IN ONE TEENAGER'S

LIFE AND SHARE THAT WITH

OTHERS, IT IS INCREDIBLE

TO SEE WHAT GOD DOES WHEN

JESUS CAN GET AHOLD OF A

TEENAGER'S LIFE.

Pat: YOU WON'T LET

ANYBODY OVER 18 GET ON THE

PLATFORM AT YOUR SERVICES?

IS THAT RIGHT?

THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.

THAT'S WHAT WE'VE REALLY

REALIZED THROUGH THIS.

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OFTEN

LISTEN TO OTHER HIGH

SCHOOL STUDENTS MORE THAN

ANYONE ELSE.

IF THAT'S THE CASE, WHO

BETTER TO SHARE JESUS WITH

A TEENAGER THAN ANOTHER

TEENAGER.

IT IS CALLED THE "HOW TO

LIFE" AND THERE IS A

MOVEMENT OF HIGH SCHOOL

STUDENTS WHO ARE

PASSIONATE ABOUT REACHING

FRIENDS WITH JESUS.

THE GOAL IS TO EMPOWER

LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

IN COMMUNITIES ALL ACROSS

AMERICA.

Pat: DO YOU TRAIN

THEM?

IS THERE A SCHOOL OR

SOMETHING TO TEACH THEM

WHAT TO DO?

YES, WHAT "HOW TO LIFE"

DOES IS WE HELP EMPOWER

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

AROUND THE COUNTRY TO

REACH THEIR FRIENDS FOR

JESUS.

WE TRAIN THEM AND HELP

THEM.

BECAUSE MANY STUDENTS --

ONE THING THEY CONTINUE TO

SAY IS A FAMILIAR STORY OF

I WANTED TO REACH MY

FRIENDS FOR JESUS, BUT I

DIDN'T KNOW HOW.

BUT THROUGH A STUDENT-LED

EVENT TYPE OF THING, WE

HELP THEM DO THAT, HELP

THEM MOBILIZE AN EVENT

THEY CAN USE TO REACH

THEIR FRIENDS FOR JESUS,

AND TO STEP UP AND SHARE

JESUS WITH THEIR FRIENDS

THROUGH OUTREACH EVENTS.

IT IS INCREDIBLE WHEN A

STUDENT CAN SHARE THEIR

STORY.

Pat: DO THESE KIDS

MAKE FUN OF THE GOSPEL,

SOORDO THEY WELCOME IT WITH

RESPECT?

WELL, WHAT IS VERY

UNIQUE IS WHEN A HIGH

SCHOOL STUDENT HEARS THE

GOSPEL FROM THEIR FRIEND,

THEY'RE OFTEN MORE

RECEPTIVE BECAUSE WHEN

THEY HEAR THIS WORKS FOR

THEIR FRIEND, THAT JESUS

WORKS FOR THEM, THAT OFTEN

IS ALL THAT IT TAKES FOR A

STUDENT TO REALIZE, YOU

KNOW WHAT, MAYBE I CAN

TRULY EXPERIENCE JESUS

BECAUSE OF THE HOPE THAT

HE BRINGS, AND THE FACT

THAT HE WORKS FOR THEM, HE

CAN WORK FOR ME.

AND ULTIMATELY THE GOSPEL

IS STRONG.

AND TEENAGERS TODAY, THEY

ARE READY FOR JESUS, SO

READY.

THEY NEED JESUS.

THEY WANT JESUS.

Pat: THAT'S

MARVELOUS.

IS THIS BECAUSE THEIR

PARENTS ARE DIVORCED,

BECAUSE THEY'RE LIVING

WITH SINGLE PARENTS?

WHAT IS IT THAT IS CAUSING

THIS?

I CAN'T REMEMBER A GREAT

MOVE WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER

THATEENAGER -- WE WERE

INTERESTED IN GIRLS AND

PARTIES, BUT THERE WASN'T

MUCH INTEREST IN THE

GOSPEL.

THIS SEEMS TO BE A

DIFFERENT CULTURE.

IT IS.

SATAN AND SIN ARE STRONG.

THEY HAVE BEEN FOR

GENERATIONS.

IT FEELS LIKE THERE TRULY

IS AN INCREASE IN THAT

OVER TIME THAT HAS BEEN

HAPPENING WITH MY

GENERATION OF TEENAGERS

TODAY.

AND IT'S SAD.

IT'S SAD WHAT HAPPENS.

AND DEFINITELY, THERE ARE

MANY CAUSES THAT OVER TIME

THAT HAVE CAUSED THIS.

BUT FOR THE MOST PART, IT

IS EXCITING.

I VIEW IT AS A TRUE

CHALLENGE.

I'VE PERSONALLY BEEN

CALLED TO REACH MY

GENERATION FOR JESUS BY

EMPOWERING AND SEEING A

MOVEMENT COME TOGETHER.

THE BIBLE, IN ACTS, TALKS

ABOUT HOW YOUR SONS AND

DAUGHTERS WILL CRY OUT.

YOUR YOUNG MEN WILL SEE

VISIONS.

I FEEL LIKE THAT IS TRULY

WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW.

AND ALSO 1 TIMOTHY 4: 12:

"DON'T LET ANYONE LOOK

DOWN ON YOU BECAUSE YOU

ARE YOUNG, BUT SET AN

EXAMPLE FOR OTHER

BELIEVERS."

I SEE BOTH OF THOSE VERSES

AS SOME OF THE KEY, STRONG

VERSES OF THIS ENTIRE

MOVEMENT OF TEENAGERS.

WHEN TEENAGERS DON'T LET

PEOPLE LOOK DOWN ON THEM,

BUT SET AN EXAMPLE AND SEE

VISIONS AND DREAMS TO

REACH THEIR FRIENDS FOR

JESUS.

IT IS INCREDIBLE WHAT CAN

TAKE PLACE.

Pat: HOW LONG DO YOU

PLAN TO GO?

YOU'RE GOING TO CROSS THIS

MAGIC LINE, GETTING TO BE

IN THE 20s PRETTY SOON.

YES.

Pat: HOW LONG DO YOU

PLAN TO DO WHAT YOU'RE

DOING?

I PLAN TO SEE THIS

MOVEMENT FOR A LONG TIME.

I'M THE FOUNDER AND C.E.O.

OF "HOW THE LIFE"

MOVEMENT.

MY GOAL IS TO SEE THIS

WELL INTO THE FUTURE.

BECAUSE MY DREAM IS TO SEE

THIS TRULY BECOME A

MOVEMENT.

THIS MOVEMENT OF TEENAGERS

IS NOW IN 15 STATES AROUND

THE COUNTRY.

AND THERE ARE STUDENTS

ACROSS ALL 50 STATES AND

AROUND THE WORLD THAT ARE

WANTING TO BE A PART OF

THIS.

OUR DREAM IS WE CAN GET

THERE, THAT WE CAN SEE AN

ORGANIZATION SUPPORT A

MOVEMENT AND EXPAND ALL

OVER THE COUNTRY TO SEE

THIS MOVEMENT GROW.

Pat: JORDAN, YOU'RE

AN INSPIRATION, AND I PRAY

THAT THE LORD WILL

CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU, REVEREND

ROBERTSON.

I'M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE

TODAY.

Pat: YOU CAN LEARN

MORE BY GOING TO OUR

WEBSITE AT cbnnews.com.

HERE IS WENDY.

Wendy. Terry: IT'S ME.

UP NEXT, WE HAVE A

PERFORMANCE FROM A MEMBER

OF ONE OF THE BIGGEST

BANDS OF ALL TIME.

JOURNEY'S JONATHAN CAIN

ARRIVES IN OUR STUDIO, SO

DON'T GO AWAY.

Terry: LISTEN TO ANY

CLASSIC ROCK STATION IN

THE COUNTRY, AND IT WON'T

BE LONG BEFORE YOU HEAR

THE UNMISTAKABLE RIFFS OF

A SONG FROM JOURNEY.

THEY REACHED HEIGHTS

THANKS TO THE MEMBER OF

JONATHAN CAIN.

Andrew: ROCK AND ROLL

HALL-OF-FAMER JONATHAN

CAIN IS BEST KNOWN AS THE

KEYBOARDIST AND GUITARIST

FOR THE BAND JOURNEY.

HE CO-WROTE THE HIT "DON'T

STOP BELIEVING."

JONATHAN'S DAD TAUGHT HIM

TO PRAY AT AN EARLY AGE,

BUT FOR MANY YEARS, HIS

FAITH TOOK A BACK SEAT.

BUT ALL THAT CHANGED WHEN

HE MET AND MARRIED PAULA

WHITE.

IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET

THAT PURE, INNOCENT LOVE

FROM CHRIST, BECAUSE HE IS

OUR BRIDGE TO EVERYTHING?

Andrew: JONATHAN

SHOWCASES HIS SONGS ABOUT

THE UNSPOKEN THINGS OF

CHRISTMAS IN HIS LATEST

C.D., "UNSONG NOEL."

Terry: POLICE WELCOME

TO "THE 700 CLUB" JONATHAN

CAIN.

IT IS GREAT TO BE HERE.

Terry: BEFORE WE GET

INTO YOUR TESTIMONY, WHICH

IS FASCINATING, TALK ABOUT

"DON'T STOP BELIEVING."

MY FATHER WAS PROBABLY

PROPHETIC IN SO MANY WAYS

AND MY MENTOR ALL THROUGH

THE YEARS.

HE PROPHESIED GREATNESS

AND MUSIC OVER ME WHEN I

WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD.

WHEN I WAS STRUGGLING IN

HOLLYWOOD, LIKE EVERYBODY

DOES, IN THE '70s, I

CALLED HIM AND SAID, DAD,

AM I STILL ON TRACK OR

SHOULD I COME BACK TO

CHICAGO.

AND HE SAID, SON, DON'T

STOP BELIEVING.

AND I WROTE IT DOWN IN ONE

OF MY LYRIC BOOKS.

AND WHEN STEVE PERRY

LOOKED AT ME AND SAID, DO

YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE WE

CAN WORK ON, I SAW MY

FATHER'S IDEA SITTING IN

FRONT OF ME.

AND I SAID, STEVE PERRY

SHOULD SING THIS.

I BROUGHT IT INTO

REHEARSAL, AND THE REST IS

HISTORY.

Terry: IT ALL TOOK

OFF.

IT WAS KIND OF LIKE

SORT OF AN IMPROV.

Terry: DID YOU KNOW

WHEN YOU WERE WRITING IT

THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE

SOMETHING SPECIAL?

YEAH, BECAUSE IT WAS

SUCH A SEED THAT WE ALL

WERE PART OF.

AND WE SPENT THE

AFTERNOON -- AND THE NEXT

DAY WAS INTERESTING, FOR

THE LYRIC SESSION I SPENT

WITH STEVE WAS, WHAT IF IT

WAS ABOUT THOSE DAYS OF

HOLLYWOOD STRUGGLING.

SO I KIND OF PUT THE DREAM

IN THERE.

I WAS DREAMING OF MAKING

IT IN THE BUSINESS, AND I

WAS FROM THE OUTSIDE

LOOKING IN.

SO BELIEVE IT IS A SONG

THAT GIVES PERMISSION TO

DREAM.

Terry: I WANT TO GO

BACK TO YOUR CHILDHOOD.

YOU MENTIONED THE IMPACT

THAT YOUR DAD HAD ON YOUR

LIFE.

HE WAS A MAN OF GREAT

FAITH, LOVED GOD DEEPLY,

AND IMPARTED TO YOU.

YOU MENTIONED BEING EIGHT

YEARS OLD AND A TRAGEDY

HAPPENED IN YOUR LIFE THAT

WAS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AND

MOVED YOU AWAY FROM GOD.

WE FELT ABANDONED THAT

DAY.

IT WAS A SCHOOL FIRE AND

93 CHILDREN PA PARISHED AND

THREE NUNS.

IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SET BY

A STUDENT -- WE'RE NOT

REALLY SURE.

Terry: WHAT DID THAT

DO TO YOUR FAITH AS A

CHILD?

IT RATTLED US PRETTY

HEAVILY.

I ACTUALLY WAS GOING TO BE

A PRIEST.

I DECLARED THAT AT SEVEN

YEARS OLD.

I TOLD MY PARENTS I WAS

GOING TO BE A PRIEST.

AND AFTER THE FIRE, I

WASN'T SO SURE, YOU KNOW.

AND THEN I FOUND OUT THAT

THE CHURCH MAYBE COULD

HAVE DONE THINGS

DIFFERENTLY, YOU KNOW.

WHAT DID HAPPEN, THOUGH,

IS THE FIRE SAFETY CODE

FOR THE INTERNATIONAL --

THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE

SAFETY CODE FOR ALL

SCHOOLS WAS SET.

AND THOSE CHILDREN WERE

SENT AS MESSENGERS THAT

SOMETHING THIS HORRIBLE

WOULD NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN.

I WENT BACK THERE FOR THE

50th COMMEMORATIVE AND I

BROUGHT A SONG AND I SANG

FOR THE BISHOP, FOR TRUE

CLOSURE.

I WAS PART OF THE BAND AT

THE CHURCH.

AND THEY STILL, TO THIS

DAY, THE SURVIVORS OF THIS

FIRE ACTUALLY HAVE A GET

TOGETHER.

AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF

CHICAGO HAS A SCHOLARSHIP,

AND THEY GIVE $10,000

EVERY YEAR THAT THEY

COLLECT FOR SOME WORTHY

STUDENT.

Terry: SOMETHING GOOD

CAME OUT OF IT.

PRETTY INCREDIBLE.

AND MY FATHER SAW THE

GRIEF AND THE SHOCK ALL

OVER ME AND SAID, YOU

KNOW, I HAVE THIS THING

CALLED MUSIC.

I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU TO A

MUSIC SCHOOL.

SO LET'S GO LEARN --

Terry: FIND SOMETHING

TO HELP YOU DEAL.

HE BROUGHT ME INTO THIS

MUSIC SCHOOL AND HAD ME

PICK AN INSTRUMENT OUT.

HE SHIFTEDED ME OUT OF MY

SADNESS, AND I FOUND JOY

AGAIN THROUGH MY MUSIC.

YOU FOUND JOY, BUT AT

THE SAME TIME, THE

RELATIONSHIP YOU HAD WITH

GOD AS A YOUNG CHILD

DIDN'T COME COME -- HOW DID YOU

COME BACK TO FAITH?

I HAD HANDS ON ME THAT

SAID RETURN TO THE LORD.

Terry: EVEN WITH

THAT, YOU DID RUSSIAN RETURN, IN A

SENSE, TO THE LORD.

BUT YOU KEPT HIM AT A

DISTANCE --

I FELT THERE WAS SO

MUCH SADNESS AND GRIEF,

AND IT WOULD COME OUT IN

THESE SESSIONS.

I WAS NUMB, MAYBE.

Terry: THAT'S HOW WE

PROTECT.

TRYING TO PROTECT.

IT WASN'T UNTIL I MET A

LADY ON AN AIRPLANE, ON

SOUTHWEST, PAULA WHITE,

WHO SAID THAT IT WAS TIME

FOR ME TO RETURN TO THE

LORD.

Terry: GOD GAVE HER

THE WORDS THAT REALLY

SPOKE TO YOU.

RETURN TO HIM, HE IS A

LOVING GOD.

Terry: HERE IS A

YOUNG BOY WHO WAS GOING TO

BE A PRIEST, WHO WINDS UP

MARRYING PAULA WHITE, THE

PREACHER.

RIGHT.

AND SHE HAS NEVER REALLY

PASTORED ME.

Terry: A WISE WOMAN.

SHE PLANTED SEEDS AND

GAVE ME THINGS TO THINK

ABOUT IN MY LIFE.

AND JUST SAID, THERE IS A

WEIGHTINESS ABOUT YOU AND

I CAN TELL YOU ARE

UNSETTLED WITH THE LORD.

AND YOU HAVE SOME THINGS

TO SETTLE UP.

I MET HER SPIRITUAL FATHER

IN AFRICA, ARCHBISHOP

DUNCAN WILLIAM, AND HE

PRAYED OVER ME.

Terry: WHEW!

AND I WAS, LIKE, IN

LOVE WITH THIS WOMAN NOW.

AM I GOOD ENOUGH?

CAN I CUT THE MUSTARD

BEING A PASTOR'S HUSBAND?

AND HE TOLD ME I HAD WHAT

IT TOOK.

AND HE SAID, WE NEED TO

PRAY.

AND I ASKED HIM TO BAPTIZE

ME ONCE AGAIN IN AFRICA.

THAT REALLY WAS A SHIFT

FOR ME.

BEING OVER IN AFRICA WAS

JUST SO IMPORTANT.

THAT'S WHERE I REALLY

FOUND SALVATION THERE,

WITH THAT BAPTISM.

Terry: WELL, YOU'RE

STILL BLESSING PEOPLE WITH

YOUR MUSIC TODAY.

YOU HAVE THIS CHRISTMAS

C.D., "UNSUNG NOEL," AND

YOU'RE GOING TO SING FOR

US TODAY.

BUT WHAT DOES THE TITLE

MEAN?

I WENT THROUGH

SCRIPTURES -- PROBABLY 10

DIFFERENT SCRIPTURES,

EVERYTHING FROM MATTHEW,

LUKE, HEBREWS, MICAH, AND

PSALM 96: 1 WAS WHERE I

SAW THE TRUE MESSAGE,

"MAKE NEW MUSIC FOR THE

LORD."

HE SAID, WRITE ME 10 NEW

SONGS, AND I SAID, THAT'S

IMPOSSIBLE.

I HAD WRITTEN FOUR.

AND I'VE BEEN LEADING

WORSHIP AT CHRISTMAS A

COUPLE OF TIMES AT PAULA'S

CHURCH AND ADDING TO MY

RESUME.

LONG STORY SHORT, I WAS ON

THE ROAD WITH JOURNEY, AND

I WROTE SIX MORE WHILE I

WAS ON THE ROAD.

RECORDED THEM.

I HAD A NINE-DAY BREAK, WE

PLAYED FOR OVER A MILLION

PEOPLE LAST YEAR, AND HERE

IS ME BACK STAGE WRITING

CHRISTMAS MUSIC FOR JESUS,

SINGING IN MY HOTEL ROOM.

CAN I GET THE QUIETEST

ROOM, PLEASE?

I WAS JUST ON A WAVE.

THE LORD KEPT DOWNLOADING

THESE SONGS.

"UNSUNG NOEL" IS THE

UNSPOKEN CHRISTMAS.

SO MUCH OF SCRIPTURE JUMPS

OUT IN MUSIC TO ME.

Terry: I'M GOING TO

ASK YOU TO GO GET READY TO

SING FOR US WHILE I TELL

PEOPLE ABOUT YOUR C.D.

SO FEEL FREE TO GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU, TERRY.

Terry: THANK YOU.

IT IS SO GREAT TO HAVE YOU

HERE.

THE ALBUM IS CALLED

"UNSUNG NOEL," AND IT IS

AVAILABLE WHEREVER MUSIC

IS SOLD.

AND CHECK OUT OUR

Facebook LIVE INTERVIEW

ON Facebook.com/700club.

RIGHT NOW HERE IS JONATHAN

CAIN WITH A SONG.

THIS IS THE HEART OF

CHRISTMAS.

* GOD GAVE HIS GREATEST

GIFT *

* FROM HIGH

* WALKED DOWN THE STAIRS

OF HEAVEN, WITH A BABY IN

HIS ARMS *

* VISIONS OF JOY

* LET EARTH RECEIVE HIS

KING *

* WITH THE MESSIAH'S

NEWBORN LIFE *

* OUR SALVATION WOULD

BEGIN *

*

DESTINY WAS RISEN TO PAY

THE PRICE FOR ALL OUR IS

SINS *

* LET' FROM THE MANGER TO THE

THRONE *

* LET'S ALL RECEIVE OUR

KING.

*

* HE CAME TO BRING LIFE

* HE OFFERED HIS LIFE IN

SACRIFICE *

* THIS IS THE HEART OF

CHRISTMAS *

* CHRIST IS THE HEART OF

CHRISTMAS *

* GLORY TO GOD IS IN THE

HIGHEST *

* THAT WE HAVE PEACE ON

EARTH *

* AS THE ANGELS PROCLAIM

* THIS IS THE HEART OF

CHRISTMAS *

* IT IS THE HEART OF

CHRISTMAS *

, *

CHILD OF MIRACLES *

* GRACE AND TRUTH UNFOLD

* EVERY BELL ON EARTH WILL

RING *

* IN A WORLD FULL OF

DARKNESS *

* HE CAME TO BRING LIGHT

* HE OFFERED HIS LIFE

* TO SACRIFICE

* HE IS THE HEART OF

CHRISTMAS *

* CHRIST IS THE HEART OF

CHRISTMAS *

*

*

[APPLAUSE]

Wendy: COMING UP...

MY LIFE KIND OF CAME TO

A CRASHING HALT.

Wendy: A BASKETBALL

HOPEFUL WHO'S PLANS WENT

OFF THE RAIL.

I WAS EJECTED OUTSIDE

THE PASSENGER WINDOW AND

LANDEDED RIGHT ON MY NECK.

Wendy: HOW HE REWROTE

HIS LIFE.

NOW YOU'RE TELLING ME

I'M GOING TO BE PARALYZED

IN A WHSM.

WHEELCHAIR?

I CAN'T KEEP LIVING THIS

WAY.

Wendy: AND WELCOME

BACK TO "THE 700 CLUB."

A KENTUCKY LAW MAKER

ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ASSAULT

IS DEAD.

THE CORONER SAYS IT WAS,

QUOTE, "PROBABLY SUICIDE."

HE SAYS REPUBLICAN STATE

REPRESENTATIVE DAN JOHNSON

DIED FROM A SINGLE GUNSHOT

WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN

KENTUCKY.

AN AUTOPSY IS SCHEDULED

FOR TODAY.

THE KENTUCKY CENTER FOR

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING

PUBLISHED ALLEGATIONS

AGAINST JOHNSON THIS WEEK.

A WOMAN SAYS HE SEXUALLY

ASSAULTEDED HER ON NEW

YEAR'S EVE 2012.

JOHNSON, WHO WAS FORMERLY

A PASTOR, DENIED THE

ACCUSATIONS.

> TOO MUCH CHRISTMAS ON

COLLEGE CAMPUS?

SOME STUDENTS AT LOYOLA

UNIVERSITY CHICAGO

COMPLAINED CHRISTMAS IS

GETTING TOO MUCH EMPHASIS.

THEY WANT OTHER HOLIDAYS

TO GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF

ATTENTION, LIKE THE MUSLIM

HOLIDAY EID al-ADHA.

AND SOME HAVE EVEN BANNED

NATIVITY SCENES AND IMAGES

OF THE CRUCIFIXION.

YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE

LATEST FROM CBN NEWS BY

GOING TO OUR WEBSITE AT

CBN NEWS.

WE'LL BE BACK WITH MORE OF

TODAY'S "700 CLUB" RIGHT

AFTER THIS.

*

Pat: BRIAN ZIGLER HAD

HOOP DREAMS OF GOING PRO.

INSTEAD, BRIAN WOUND OF

HYDROPLANING INTO A

GUARDRAIL AND SNAPPING HIS

NECK.

AND WHILE DOCTORS TOLD

BRIAN HE WOULD NEVER WALK

AGAIN, THIS MAN OF IRON IS

NOW REACHING NEW HEIGHTS

EVERY DAY.

HERE IS THAT STORY.

I GREW UP PLAYING

SPORTS.

IF THERE WAS A BAG OR A

BALL OR ANY KIND OF

COMPETITION, I WAS ALL IN.

I WANTED TO WIN.

BUT WHEN I GOT INTO HIGH

SCHOOL, I HAD THE

OPPORTUNITY TO BE ON A

VARSITY TEAM AS A

FRESHMAN.

AND I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY

TO START MY VERY FIRST

GAME.

AT 15 POINTS -- I ALMOST

PINPOINT TO THAT AS BEING

THE KIND OF THE TIME I

IDENTIFIED MYSELF MOST

WITH.

I'M AN ATHLETE AND

BASKETBALL PLAYER FIRST.

Andrew: AS A HIGH

SCHOOL BASKETBALL STAR,

BRIAN HAD HIS SHARE OF

ADMIRERS.

BUT HIS BIGGEST FAN WAS

BRIAN.

I THINK MOM O MOST OF IT WAS

EGO.

I LIKED THE ATTENTION.

TO SEE MY NAME ON THE BACK

OF MY LETTERMAN'S JACKET.

Andrew: HE WAS ALL

BUT GUARANTEED A FULL RIDE

TO A ONE DIVISION COLLEGE.

THE COLLEGE COACHES

WERE RECRUITING ME AND

CALLING ME EVERY DAY.

Andrew: AS SIDE FROM

BASKETBALL, BRIAN SPENT

MORE TIME PARTYING THAN

STUDYING.

THE RESULT WAS LOW GRADES

AND IT COST HIM HIS

SCHOLARSHIP.

BUT HE HADN'T GIVEN UP

YET.

I ONLY HAD THREE

OPTIONS: I COULD SIT OUT

FOR A YEAR, I COULD GO AND

REGISTER, OR I COULD GO TO

A JUNIOR COLLEGE.

Andrew: HE OPTED TO

GO TO A JUNIOR COLLEGE TO

PLAY BALL AND GET HIS

GRADES UP.

BUT HE COULDN'T LET GO OF

THE PARTYING.

IN FACT, IT GOT WORSE.

THAT ONE OR TWO BEERS

TURNED INTO SIX BEERS AND

THEN IT TURNED INTO 12

BEERS, AND THEN IT TURNED

INTO HARD ALCOHOL AND THEN

IT TURNED INTO DRUGS.

IT BECAME THIS

NEVER-ENDING SPIRAL OF

GOING DOWNHILL.

Reporter: BRIAN'S

PARENTS, WHO WERE

CHRISTIANS AND HAD RAISED

BRIAN IN CHURCH, DIDN'T

KNOW THE EXTENT OF HIS

PROBLEMS.

HE DID DRINK A LITTLE

BIT IN COLLEGE.

I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS

EXCESSIVE AT THE TIME.

BUT IF VICKI AND I WOULD

HAVE REALIZED THAT HE WAS

ON THAT ROAD, WE WOULD

HAVE DONE SOMETHING ABOUT

IT.

Reporter Andrew: AFTER HIS

SECOND SEASON, BRIAN GOT A

CALL.

THE HEAD COACH AT THE

UNIVERSITY OF ACH AKRON WANTED

HIM TO PLAY BALL.

I WAS SO EXCITED, LIFE

COULDN'T GET ANY BETTER

FOR ME.

Reporter: BUT ONCE

AGAIN, LOW GRADES AND TEST

SCORES TORPEDOED HIS

HOPES.

MY PLAN WAS TO PLAY

PROFESSIONAL, TO GRADUATE

FROM AKRON, TO GO

OVERSEAS, TO MARRY THAT

BEAUTIFUL WOMAN, AND THEN

THIS WASN'T IN MY PLANS.

Reporter: THE ALCOHOL

AND DRUG ABUSE GOT EVEN

MORE INTENSE.

THAT SUMMER HE AND A

FRIEND WERE DRIVING HOME

IN HEAVY RAIN AFTER A

NIGHT OF PARTYING WHEN THE

CAR SLID OUT OF CONTROL.

IT HIT THE GUARDRAIL,

AND I WAS EJECTED OUT OF

THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW

ABOUT 50 FEET, AND I LAND

ON MY NECK AND SNAPPED IT.

Reporter: THE DOCTOR

BROKE THE NEWS.

WELL, YOU HAVE A BROKEN

NECK.

YOU'RE PARALYZED FROM THE

NECK DOWN.

YOU'RE PROBABLY NEVER

GOING TO WALK AGAIN.

THIS WAS DEVASTATING.

IT WAS JUST ONE OF THOSE

SITUATIONS THAT YOU

COULDN'T BELIEVE WAS

HAPPENING.

THAT'S WHEN THE PRAYING

AND THE FAITH BECAME VERY

INTENSE WITH VICKI AND I.

AT THAT MOMENT, EVERY

DREAM, EVERY AMBITION,

EVERY GOAL THAT I HAD FOR

MY LIFE JUST WENT OUT THE

WINDOW.

YOU'RE TELLING ME, DOCTOR,

THIS IS MY PLAN, THAT I'M

GOING TO BE PARL LIGED IN PARALYZED IN A

WHEELCHAIR.

ROW.

Reporter Reporter: FROM HISHOSPITAL B ED, BRIAN CRIED

OUT TO GOD.

I SAID, GOD, I NEED

YOU.

I SAID, CAN YOU GIVE ME

SOME SMALL MIRACLE,

SOMETHING TO GET ME

THROUGH THE DAY?

Reporter: BRIAN'S

PROGRESS DEFIED THE ODDS.

AFTER THREE MONTHS, HE WAS

ABLE TO TAKE SMALL STEPS,

BUT IT WASN'T THE MIRACLE

BRIAN HAD HOPED FOR.

I WAS HOPING MAYBE A

LIGHTBULB WOULD GO OFF,

AND IT WOULD SAY, YOU'RE

IN THAT 10% AND YOU'RE

TAKING SOME STEPS.

BUT I DIDN'T LOOK AT IT

THAT WAY.

IN MY MIND, I HAD NO

BASKETBALL.

I HAD HARDLY ANY MOVEMENT.

DIDN'T HAVE A JOB.

WASN'T SURE IF I WOULD

EVER GET MARRIED OR HAVE

ANY KIDS.

SO I THOUGHT, I MIGHT AS

WELL KEEP PARTYING THE WAY

I DID BEFORE.

Reporter: ONE NIGHT

AT BRIAN'S APARTMENT, A

FRIEND OVERDOSED AND

ALMOST DIED.

AT THAT POINT, IT WAS

LIKE GOD ALMOST HIT ME IN

THE FACE.

AND HE TOLD ME, WHAT ARE

YOU DOING?

THERE HAS GOT TO BE MORE

THAN THIS.

I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, I

CAN'T KEEP LIVING THIS

WAY.

Reporter: THAT

MORNING BRIAN WENT TO

CHURCH FOR THE FIRST TIME

IN YEARS.

I'M THINKING ABOUT TO

THAT TIME WITH MY PARENTS,

WHEN THEY TOOK ME TO

CHURCH.

I LISTENED TO THE BAND AND

I FELT SOMETHING INSIDE OF

ME STARTING TO STIR.

AND THEN THIS YOUNG

PASTOR, HE WALKS ON STAGE,

AND I REMEMBER HIM GIVING

THIS MESSAGE.

IT WAS LIKE MAN, MAN, HE WAS

TALKING RIGHT TO ME.

HE WAS TALKING ABOUT

ACCOUNTABILITY, ABOUT

FORGIVENESS, ABOUT

DISCIPLESHIP, ABOUT JESUS.

AND I WAS HOOKED.

Reporter: BRIAN

STARTED GOING TO A MEN'S

BIBLE STUDY AND READING

THE BIBLE.

THE PEOPLE BECAME REAL.

THIS JESUS GUY WASN'T JUST

IN A BOOK.

HE WAS REAL.

AND ALL OF THE PLACES

BECAME REAL AS WELL.

AND THE WORDS -- I CAN'T

EXPLAIN IT, BUT THE WORDS

WERE LIKE JUMPING OUT OF

THE BIBLE.

AFTER READING THE

SCRIPTURE AND TALKING TO

SOME PEOPLE WHO JUST LOVE

ME, I MADE THAT DECISION

THAT JESUS WAS GOING TO BE

MY LORD.

Reporter: HE WAS

BAPTIZED SHORTLY

THEREAFTER.

AND WITH LOTS OF PHYSICAL

THERAPY AND PRAYER, HE

REGAINED 90% OF HIS

MOBILITY.

TODAY BRIAN IS HAPPILY

MARRIED AND LOVES TELLING

THE STORY ABOUT THE NEW

LOVES IN HIS LIFE.

I STARTED TO FALL MORE

AND MORE IN LOVE WITH

JESUS EACH AND EVERY DAY.

SO I WENT FROM MY OLD

LIFESTYLE, WHERE I HAD A

LOVE AFFAIR WITH MYSELF,

TO THIS NEW LIFESTYLE,

WHERE MY LOVE AFFAIR WAS

ALL ABOUT JESUS.

I COULDN'T GET ENOUGH OF

HIM.

I CONTINUE TO WANT TO SOAK

UP HIS WORD, BE AROUND

PEOPLE WHO LOVE HIM, BE

AROUND PEOPLE WHO CARED

ABOUT ME AND HAD MY BEST

INTERESTS AT HEART.

GOD ABSOLUTELY WORKED A

MIRACLE IN HIS LIFE.

HE CONTINUES TO MINISTER

TO PEOPLE.

AND HE WON'T STOP.

IT WASN'T ME OR VICKI.

IT WAS HIM AND JESUS THAT

CAME TOGETHER, AND ITS HIS

LIFE'S MISSION.

HE IS A SPECIAL PERSON.

IT NEVER REALLY DAWNED

ON ME THAT GOD COULD DO

THAT KIND OF HEALING IN MY

LIFE.

WHAT I LOVE ABOUT BEING

WITH GOD IS HE NEVER

CEASECEASES TO AMAZE IN EVERY

ASPECT OF MY LIFE.

Pat: YOU KNOW, THERE

IS NO PHYSICAL LIMITATION,

NO ECONOMIC LIMITATION FOR

SOMEBODY WHO LOVES GOD.

AND THE POWER OF GOD IS SO

PERVASIVE.

YOU SEE, GOD CREATED THIS

WORLD.

HE CREATED THE UNIVERSE.

HE IS THE AUTHOR OF

EVERYTHING.

HE BROUGHT LIFE INTO

BEING.

AND HE JUST SPOKE THE

WORD, AND THE WORLD CAME

INTO BEING.

AND PEOPLE LIKE BRIAN HAVE

REALIZED WHAT'S IMPORTANT

IS OBTAINING THE FAVOR OF

GOD ALMIGHTY AND LISTENING

TO HIS VOICE.

HE HAD EVERY REASON TO

SAY, I'M FINISHED.

I CAN'T PLAY SPORTS.

I CAN HARDLY WALK AROUND.

I'LL BE PARALYZED.

BUT HE THOUGHT THROUGH AND

HE LAY HOLD OF GOD.

AND GOD REACHED DOWN AND

TOUCHED HIM AND BROUGHT

HIM INTO A POSITION WHERE

HE COULD LIVE HIS LIFE,

GET MARRIED, AND HAVE A

SUCCESSFUL LIFE, EVEN

THOUGH HE IS NOT AN

ATHLETE ANYMORE.

HE COULD LIVE FOR THE LORD

AND GOD COULD DO SOMETHING

FOR HIM.

NOW, PLEASE, RIGHT NOW,

REALIZE THAT WHATEVER IS

WRONG WITH YOU, GOD CAN

FIX IT.

WHATEVER IS WRONG WITH

YOU, GOD CAN FIX IT.

AND HE CAN MOVE INTO YOUR

LIFE AND BRING TOTAL

HEALING, TOTAL

RESTORATION, TOTAL

BLESSING, TOTAL WONDER.

AND HE CAN GIVE YOU

SOMETHING PRECIOUS.

AND THE PRECIOUS THING IS

JESUS HIMSELF.

THE GREATEST GIFT THAT WAS

GIVEN TO MANKIND WAS THE

SAVIOR WHO CAME INTO THIS

WORLD.

YOU KNOW, WE CELEBRATE

CHRISTMAS.

WE TALK ABOUT THE SON OF

GOD.

AND THE LITTLE BABY IN THE

MANGER, BUT GOD ENTERED

INTO THIS UNIVERSE, INTO

THIS WORLD WE'RE IN, AND

SENT HIS SON THAT YOU AND

I MIGHT LIVE.

IF YOU WANT HIM RIGHT NOW,

I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU

A SIMPLE INVITATION.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SAY

YES.

WHEREVER YOU ARE, I WANT

YOU TO BOW YOUR HEAD AND

JUST ASK HIM TO COME IN.

PRAY THESE WORDS -- I'LL

PRAY THE PRAYER FOR YOU,

AND YOU CAN JUST SAY THE

WORDS AFTER ME, BUT MEAN

THEM IN YOUR HEART.

THESE WORDS: LORD JESUS --

THAT'S RIGHT.

LORD JESUS.

I KNOW THAT YOU CAME INTO

THIS WORLD, THAT YOU WERE

BORN AS A HUMAN BEING,

THAT YOU LIVED A SINLESS

LIFE, AND THEN YOU DIED.

AND WHEN YOU DIED, YOU

DIED FOR ME, TO PAY THE

PRICE FOR MY SIN.

AND SE I RECEIVE YO SO I RECEIVE YOU NOW,

LORD, AS MY SAVIOR, AND I

MAKE YOU THE LORD OF MY

LIFE.

COME IN NOW, INTO MY

HEART, AND LIVE WITH ME,

AND I WILL BE YOURS FROM

THIS MOMENT ON.

THANK YOU, LORD.

THANK YOU.

IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER

WITH ME, I WANT TO GIVE

YOU SOMETHING.

WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL IN

AND SAY, LOOK, I PRAYED

WITH PAT AND GAVE MY HEART

TO THE LORD.

AND THAT'S ALL THE TIME

WE'VE GOT RIGHT NOW.

> WE LEAVE YOU WITH OUR

POWER MINUTE FROM MATTHEW:

"LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE

BEFORE MEN, THAT THEY MAY

SEE YOUR GOOD WORKS AND

GLORIFY YOUR FATHER IN

HEAVEN."

> THAT'S ALL OF THE TIME

WE'VE GOT.

FOR TERRY AND ALL OF US,

THIS IS PAT ROBERTSON.

SEE YOU LATER.

BYE-BYE.