THIS WEEK ON "CHRISTIAN

WORLD NEWS," A VOLCANIC

ERUPTION WIPES OUT ENTIRE

VILLAGES IN GUATEMALA.

MEET THE CHRISTIANS WHO

ARE SERVING AS RELIEF

WORKERS.

PLUS...ORDINARY AIRPLANE

PILOTS BECOME GOD'S

AIRPORT AND BRING THE

GOSPEL TO SOME OF THE MOST

REMOTE PLACES ON EARTH.

> AND...THE PAGES OF THE

BIBLE COME ALIVE THROUGH

ANCIENT ARTIFACTS.

SEE THE DISCOVERIES THAT

PROVE GOD'S WORD IS TRUE.

ING

ING 350EURBGS

WELCOME TO "CHRISTIAN

WORLD NEWS."

I'M WENDY GRIFFITH.

GEORGE THOMAS IS ON

ASSIGNMENT.

IN GUATEMALA, PEOPLE

ARE STILL MISSING, BURDEN BURIED

IN THE VOLCANIC ASHES.

THESE INCREDIBLE PICTURES

SHOW THE DEVASTATION TO

ONE TOWN, THE ENTIRE TOWN

COVERED IN DEBRIS.

AS CHARLENE AARON REPORTS,

CHRISTIAN CHURCHES AND

RELIEF WORKERS ARE

BRINGING AID AND COMFORT

TO EXHAUSTED RESCUE

WORKERS AND GRIEVING

FAMILIES.

CHOORMTFAMILIES.

Charlene: THIS VIDEO

CAPTURED THE MOMENT THE

VOLCANO BLEW, SENDING A

HOT FLOW OF LAVA DOWN THE

MOUNTAIN AND A PILE OF

BOIL ASH OVER VILLAGES.

THIS WOMAN SAYS 20 OF HER

FAMILY MEMBERS ARE

MISSING.

SHE BEGGED THE COUNTRY'S

PRESIDENT FOR HELP.

MR. PRESIDENT, SHE SAYS,

MY FAMILY IS MISSING.

CENTESENT

SEND A HELICOPTER OVER

THEM.

WE SPOKE WITH MISSIONARY

KIM WILER WHO SAYS MOST OF

THE PEOPLE ARE STILL IN

SHOCK.

ALMOST THEIR ENTIRE

VILLAGE WAS KILLED.

THEY SAW FAMILIES BEING

KILLED.

AND THEY DON'T KNOW HOW

MANY, BUT IT SOUNDED LIKE

DOZENS OF FAMILIES THAT

WERE JUST KILLED.

AND THEY JUST MADE IT

HERE.

WE'RE PRAYING WITH THEM

RIGHT NOW.

SO PRAY WITH US.

PRAY WITH US.

Charlene: MANY WHO

ESCAPED WITH THEIR LIVES

STILL SUFFERED BURNS FROM

THE MOLTEN LAVA, INCLUDING

CHILDREN.

THIS LITTLE GIRL WAS

BURNED BY THE ASH.

[BABY CRYING]

THEY'RE PUTTING A

SPECIAL CREAM ON HER.

Charlene: ONE OF THE

MOST HEARTBREAKING STORIES

WAS THIS WOMAN, WHO SAYS

SHE LOST 40 MEMBERS OF HER

FAMILY FROM ONE VILLAGE.

SHE WAS ABLE TO SEE,

WITH HER OWN TWO EYES, HOW

THESE PEOPLE, HER FAMILY,

WAS CARRIED OUT.

THIS HAPPENED AT LUNCH

TIME.

THIS FAMILY WAS HAVING

LUNCH TOGETHER AT ONE OF

THE HOMES, AND ALL OF A

SUDDEN THE ERUPTION TOOK

PLACE, AND IT TOOK

EVERYBODY BY SURPRISE.

THEY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A

CHANCE TW TO GET AWAY.

Charlene: SHE AND HER

DAUGHTER SURVIVED BECAUSE

THEY HEARD THE RUMBLING

AND WENT OUTSIDE.

CBN'S "OPERATION BLESSING"

IS OUTSIDE HELPING THE

VICTIMS.

THIS WOMAN IS DIRECTOR OF

"OPERATION BLESSING"

GUATEMALA.

WE'RE IN THE VERY EXACT

LOCATION OF THE DISASTER.

WE BROUGHT TODAY FOOD FOR

THE RESCUERS.

WE BROUGHT SOME MASKS,

LIKE THE ONE THAT I'M

WEARING NOW SO THEY ARE

USING THEIR MASKS AND THEY

ARE PROTECTED WHILE

THEY'RE WORKING HERE.

Charlene: BECAUSE OF

THE ONGOING ERUPTIONS, THE

GUATEMALAN ARMY ASKED

"OPERATION BLESSING" TO

EVACUATE TO A MORE SECURE

AREA.

SO O.B. VOLUNTEERS

CONCENTRATED THEIR EFFORTS

ON HELPING THE MORE THAN

3 ,000 PEOPLE VEHICLE

WAITED TO SHELTERS.

DISTRIBUTING FOOD AND

MEDICAL SUPPLIES, AND

MINISTERING AND PRAYING

WITH PEOPLE IN NEED.

WE HAVE SOME

TOILETRIES, LIKE SHAMPOO

AND TOOTHPASTE AND

TOOTHBRUSH.

AND WE'RE ALSO INCLUDING

SOME CEREAL FOR THE KIDS

THAT ARE IN THE SHELTERS

BECAUSE WE KNOW THEY LIKE

THEM VERY MUCH.

AND WE WANT THEM TO FEEL

COMFORTABLE AT THE

SHELTERS.

Charlene: WILER SAYS

THE VICTIMS NEED LOVE,

COMFORT AND PRAYERS NOW,

BUT SOON THEY WILL ALSO

NEED SOME PLACE TO LIVE.

WE WANT TO HELP THEM

REBUILD THEIR HOMES,

REBUILD THEIR LIVES.

AND THAT TAKES, YOU KNOW,

FINANCIAL HELP.

IT TAKES PEOPLE TO COME AS

WELL.

AND THAT'S WHERE NORTH

AMERICA AND THE NORTH

AMERICAN CHURCH CAN HELP

IN AN AMAZING WAY.

Charlene: CHARLENE

AARON, CBN NEWS.

THANKS, CHARLENE.

OUR PRAYERS CONTINUE TO BE

WITH THE PEOPLE IN

GUATEMALA.

> MOVING TO ASIA AND THE

SUMMIT BETWEEN PRESIDENT

TRUMP AND NORTH KOREA'S

KIM JONG-UN.

MANY HAVE HIGH HOPES FOR

PROGRESS ON

DENUCLEARIZATION.

SOME SAY THE SUMMIT IS

ALSO A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY

FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

ADVANCES.

"OPEN DOORS U.S.A." IS

CALLING FOR AN

INTERNATIONAL

INVESTIGATION INTO NORTH

KOREAN DETENTION CENTERS

AND PRISON CAMPS.

IN MORE THAN 60 DAYS,

WE CAN HAVE THE U.N.

COMMITTEES OF INQUIRY

INVESTIGATE WHAT IS

HAPPENING IN THESE LABOR

CAMPS, WHERE OVER 60,000

CHRISTIANS ARE BEING HELD

BECAUSE THEY OWNED A BIBLE

OR THEY DECIDED THAT THEY

WANTED TO BE A FOLLOWER OF

CHRIST.

THIS COULD HAPPEN RIGHT

NOW.

IT IS A GOOD WAY FOR THIS

ADMINISTRATION TO JUDGE

WHETHER KIM JONG-UN AND

THE NORTH KOREAN REGIME IS

SERIOUS ABOUT BEING PART

OF THE INTERNATIONAL

COMMUNITY.

KOREA IS HOSTING A FREE

ONLINE PRAYER SUMMIT THAT

KICKS OFF MONDAY NIGHT AT

9 p.m. EASTERN.

YOU CAN JOIN THE LIFE

PRAYER EVENT ON OUR

WEBSITE, cbnnews.com.

> WELL, ONE PERSON'S

BONDAGE IS ANOTHER

PERSON'S BURDEN TO BREAK.

THOSE ARE THE WORDS OF

FORMER SENATOR SAM

BROWNBACK, WHO IS

RESPONSIBLE FOR LEADING

FREEDOM WORLDWIDE.

HE TALKS ABOUT THE CHANGES

HE HOPES TO BRING AND WHAT

KEEPS HIS FAITH GOING

STRONG.

Reporter: AMBASSADOR

FOR INTERNATIONAL

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM SAM

BROWNBACK SEES HIS NEW

ROLE AS THE BEST JOB IN

THE GOVERNMENT, FIGHTING

FOR PEOPLE PERSECUTED FOR

THEIR FAITH.

7 0% PLUS OF THE

WORLD'S POPULATION IS

UNDER SOME LEVEL OF

RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION.

TO GO TO CHURCH IS AN ACT

OF DEFIANCE, AND YET

PEOPLE STILL DO IT.

YOU SEE THAT LEVEL OF

COMMITMENT OF THEIR LEVEL

OF THEIR HEART AND THEIR

FAITH, AND WE NEED TO DO

EVERYTHING TO PROTECT THAT

PERSON'S RIGHT.

Reporter: A ACCORDING

TO THE LATEST REPORT, NOT

MUCH HAS

CHANGED,ESTABLISHLY WHEN

IT COMES TO OFFENDERS.

THE STATE DEPARTMENT WILL

HOLD THE FIRST EVER

MINISTERIAL SUMMIT ON THE

ISSUE.

A MAJOR STRATEGY WILL BE

TO PRESENT SOCIAL AND

ECONOMIC EVIDENCE, SHOWING

IF COUNTRIES WANT TO FIGHT

TERRORISM, THEY NEED TO

HAVE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.

THIS ISN'T JUST A GREAT

U.S. CONCEPT OR NOBLE

HUMAN CONCEPT.

THIS IS ACTUALLY GOOD FOR

YOU NATION.

AND MY HOPE IS THAT THAT

SERIES OF ITEMS WILL COME

TOGETHER TO PRESS SOME

COUNTRIES FORWARD TO

REALLY EMBRACE THIS CAUSE.

Reporter: BROWNBACK

SAYS HE STAYS GROUNDED BY

READING GOD'S WORD, AND

HELPS FELLOW CHRISTIANS

WILL PRAY FOR HIS EFFORT

AND ALSO GET INVOLVED BY

WRITING FOREIGN EMBASSIES

OF COUNTRIES HOLDING

CHRISTIANS IN PRISONS.

I HOPE THEY WILL SAY,

WE'RE GETTING A BUNCH OF

LETTING ABOUT THIS PERSON,

AND IS THAT PERSON OKAY?

AND YOU END UP GIVING THEM

A NAME AND A FACE, AND IT

MIGHT KEEP THEM ALIVE.

Reporter: 20 YEARS

AFTER CONGRESS PASSED THE

ORIGINAL INTERNATIONAL

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ACT,

BROWNBACK SAYS HE IS

PUSHING THE WHITE HOUSE TO

PROVIDE SANCTIONS FOR

COUNTRIES WHO DELIVER

CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION.

ERIK ROSALES, CBN NEWS,

WASHINGTON.

Reporter COMING UP, MEET THE

PILOTS WHO ARE HAND

DELIVERING THE GOSPEL TO

THE WORLD'S MOST SECLUDED

TRIBES.

SOARING THROUGH THE

SKIES OVER NEW GUINEA, A

FEW CHRISTIAN PILOTS

SERVED OVER 200,000 PEOPLE

WHO ARE VIRTUALLY SHUT OFF

FROM THE MODERN WORLD.

THOSE LIVING ALONG THE SEA

PICK RIVER HAVE NO ACCESS

TO MEDICAL EMERGENCY

SERVICES.

THE ONLY WAY OUT IS UP.

WE SPOKE ABOUT GOD'S WORK

AMONG THE PEOPLE OF THE

SEA PICK RIVER.

Reporter: HOW DID YOU

FORM A CONNECTION WITH THE

PEOPLE THERE?

WHAT WAS IT LIKE BEING

WITH THEM THERE AND FIRST

FORMING A CONNECTION WITH

THEM?

THE PEOPLE THERE ARE --

THEY'RE VERY -- I DON'T

KNOW, OUTGOING.

THEY LAUGH A LOT.

THEY ARE VERY HOSPITA HOSPITABLE.

WE SPEAR FISHED THEM AND

TOOK OUR BATHS IN THE

OCEAN.

IT WAS THEIR LIFE.

I THINK GOD WIRES US ALL

DIFFERENTLY, BUT HE HAS

LOVE FOR THESE PEOPLE.

AND I JUST HAD THIS

PASSION FOR THIS CULTURE,

FOR THESE PEOPLE, AND TO

BE THERE TO OFFER THAT

ACCESS AND HOPE.

Reporter: HAVE YOU

SEEN PEOPLE COME TO

CHRIST, YOU KNOW, FROM

YOUR SERVICES AND JUST

INTERACTING ON THEM AND

LOVING ON THEM?

ABSOLUTELY.

ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS WE

DO AS ONE OF OUR

MINISTRIES, WHEN WE FLY A

PATIENT IN -- IF YOU CAN

IMAGINE, YOU HAVE THIS

EMERGENCY, AND YOU'RE ON

THE SIDE OF THIS MUDDY

RIVER, AND THE SEAPLANE

COMES AND PICKS YOU UP,

AND BRINGS YOU IN.

YOU'RE SEEING THE OCEAN

FOR THE FIRST TIME, YOU'RE

SEEING ELECTRICITY FOR THE

FIRST TIME, CARS FOR THE

FIRST TIME, AND THEN

YOU'RE GETTING RUSHED TO A

HOSPITAL.

AND WE HAVE A TEAM THAT

GOES IN EVERY DAY AND JUST

SHARES JESUS WITH THE

PATIENTS THAT WE BRING IN.

IN THE HOSPITAL THERE,

THEY DON'T TAKE CARE OF

THE PATIENTS AS FAR AS

PHYSICALLY OR FEEDING

THEM, SO WE ALWAYS BRING A

CARE-GIVER IN FROM THE

VILLAGE AS WELL.

WE USUALLY HAVE BETWEEN 10

AND 15 PATIENTS AT ANY

GIVEN TIME ROTATING

THROUGH THE HOSPITAL.

THEY EACH HAVE A

CARE-GIVER, AND SO THAT'S

OVER 30 PEOPLE WE'RE

MINISTERING TO.

AND WE HAVE A TEAM THAT

GOES IN EVERY DAY AND JUST

SHARES JESUS AND FEEDS AND

CLOTHES AS WELL, IF

NEEDED.

WHEN YOU'RE ABLE TO PRAY

WITH SOMEONE, AND WE SEE

THE HOLY SPIRIT MOVE, YOU

SEE THE EYES -- THE LIGHT

COME ON.

THE EYES CHANGE.

TO BE THERE IN PERSON TO

HAVE SOMEONE ACCEPT JESUS,

WHETHER YOU'RE IN AMERICA

OR NEW GUINEA, IT IS AN

AMAZING THING.

IF YOU WANT TO LEARN

MORE ABOUT THE WORK OF

SAMARITAN AVIATION, GO TO

OUR WEBSITE AT

cbnnews.com.

> WHAT HAPPENED WHEN A

REMOTE TRIBAL GROUP

RECEIVES GOD'S WORD IN

THEIR OWN LANGUAGE FOR THE

VERY FIRST TIME?

THE ANSWER: A BIG PARTY.

STAN JETER BRINGS US THIS

REMARKABLE STORY.

Reporter: THE SINGING

AND DANCING BEGAN AS THE

TRIBES PEOPLE GATHERED IN

POPUWA, NEW GUINEA.

WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE

THE COMPLETE BIBLE IN THE

HOOPLA LANGUAGE.

WE'RE BEEN PARTNERING WITH

THE MISSIONARIES WHO HAVE

BEEN WORKING TO TRANSLATE

THIS THING FOR YEARS AND

YEARS AND YEARS.

FOR THE PAST 40 YEARS,

BROWN AND OTHER AVIATION

PILOTS HAVE FLOWN THE

TRANSLATING TEAM IN AND

OUT OF THE AIR STRIP.

ONE RECENT PASSENGER WAS

AN IRISH MISSIONARY.

SHE HELPED THEM TRANSLATE

THE OLD TESTAMENT.

WE'RE SITTING HERE ON

THE TOP OF THE SOBA AIR

STRIP, WHERE THE FIRST

PLANE LANDED HERE IN 1966.

MOST OF THE HOOPLA TRIBE

OF 3,000 PEOPLE ARE BUSY

DIGGING PITS TO COOK THESE

PIGS.

THEY'LL BE HAVING SERVICES

AND PRAISING GOD.

THERE IS ALL DIFFERENT

GROUPS YE FROM DIFFERENT

CHURCHES.

ALL WE'RE SEEING HERE IS A

HOOPLA TRIBAL PARTY.

Reporter: IT TOOK

OVER 200 ROASTED PIGS TO

FEED THE CROWD.

THE SPEARS THE MEN CARRY

ARE REAL, BUT AFTER THE

GOSPEL ARRIVED 50 YEARS

AGO, THEY STOPPED USING

THEM IN TRIBAL WARFARE.

THE NEW TESTAMENT WAS

TRANSLATED INTO THEIR

LANGUAGE, AND THE NEWLY

FOUNDED CHURCH BEGAN TO

GROW.

DURING THIS EVENT, 26

CONVERTS WERE BAPTIZED.

BUT THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE

CELEBRATION WAS THE

DELIVERY OF THE COMPLETED

HOOPLA BIBLE.

THIS PEOPLE GROUP HAS

HAD THE TRANSLATION IN THE

NEW TESTAMENT FOR A WHILE.

WHAT REALLY MAKES THIS

DEDICATION TODAY UNIQUE IS

THAT IT COMPLETES THE

STORY.

IT IS THE OLD TESTAMENT.

I GET EXCITED THINKING

ABOUT WHAT IT IS GOING TO

BE LIKE FOR THEM SEEING

GOD'S STORY OF SALVATION

WHICH BEGINS IN GENESIS.

Reporter: THE FIRST

BIBLES WERE GIVEN TO A

YOUNG MAN, TO AN OLDER

WOMAN AND TO AN OLDER MAN,

WHO WAITED MANY YEARS FOR

THE ENTIRE BIBLE IN THEIR

OWN LANGUAGE.

HE IS THE SON OF ONE OF

THE TRANSLATORS.

OUR LEADER THAT HAS COME

TO WHERE WE WERE

SLEEPING -- WE HAD A

SPECIAL TIME OF DEVOTION

TOGETHER, OPENING THE

BIBLE.

I'M FEELING LIKE I'LL

BE ABLE TO LEARN MORE

DEEPLY ABOUT GOD'S WORD

WHEN I STICK WITH MY OWN

PEOPLE.

I'LL BE ABLE TO READ, AND

WE'LL BE ABLE TO READ IT

TOGETHER.

Reporter: THE HOOPLA

BIBLE TRANSLATION WAS

SUPPORTED BY THE INDONESIA

BIBLE SOCIETY.

ACCORDING TO WICKLIFF,

OVER 100 LANGUAGES ARE

STILL WAITING FOR

TRANSLATION.

COMING UP, EXPERIENCE

THE BIBLE LIKE YOU'VE

NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE,

THROUGH ANCIENT

ARCHEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES.

WELCOME BACK.

CHRISTIANS FROM AROUND THE

WORLD GATHERED IN

JERUSALEM THIS WEEK.

THEY JOINED MEMBERS OF THE

ISRAELI KNESSET AND JEWISH

LEADERS FOR THE JERUSALEM

PRAYER BREAKFAST.

IT IS PART OF A GLOBAL

MOVEMENT TO ENCOURAGE JEWS

AND CHRISTIANS WORLDWIDE

TO PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF

JERUSALEM.

I THINK ABOUT THE FACT

THAT GOD IS JOINING THE

JEWS AND THE CHRISTIANS

TOGETHER FOR SUCH AN

EVENT.

THIS IS A WONDER.

THIS IS SUCH A WONDER OF

HAPPENINGS IN OUR DAY AND

AGE.

WE'RE IN THE LAST DAYS.

AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT GOD

IS MOVING BY HOLY SPIRIT

AROUND THE WORLD, BUT

PARTICULARLY HERE IN

ISRAEL.

I BELIEVE IN THE 70th

YEAR OF ISRAEL, GOD IS

SAYING TO US THAT HE IS

FINALLY READY FOR JEWS AND

CHRISTIANS TO PUT ASIDE

OUR CENTURIES OF

ANIMOSITY.

AND IT WAS THE BIBLE THAT

WAS THE SOURCE OF DIVISION

BETWEEN JEWS AND

CHRISTIANS FOR THOUSANDS

OF YEARS.

AND NOW THE BIBLE IS

BECOMING THE SOURCE OF

UNITY BETWEEN USE AND JEWS AND

CHRISTIANS.

PARTICIPANTS SAY GOD

HIMSELF IS CALLING

CHRISTIANS AND JEWS TO

PRAY TOGETHER.

AMEN.

> ISRAEL CONTAINS SOME

OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST

ARCHEOLOGICAL TREASURES,

AND SCIENTISTS OFTEN LINK

THEIR FINDS DIRECTLY TO

THE BIBLE.

NOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A

SIGSCIENTIST TO MAKE THOSE

CONNECTIONS.

AS CHRIS MITCHELL

EXPLAINS, THERE IS A NEW

BOOK THAT MATCHES ANCIENT

ARTIFACTS WITH SCRIPTURE.

Chris: DURING A VISIT

TO THE HOLY LAND,

LISETTETETTETE FOUND ITEMS LIKE

THIS.

SHE DECIDED TO WRITE A

BOOK, AND THAT WAS 18

YEARS AGO.

HER DECISION AND YEARS OF

HARD WORK LED TO "ETCHED

IN STONE, ARCHEOLOGICAL

DISCOVERIES THAT PROVE THE

BIBLE."

THIS IS NOT A BOOK ON

ARCHEOLOGY.

IT IS MORE ABOUT THE BIBLE

AND A LITTLE BIT OF

ARCHEOLOGY JUST TO SHOW

THAT THE STORIES WITHIN

THE PAGES OF THE BIBLE ARE

HISTORICAL AND FACTUAL.

Chris: SHE SAYS EVEN

BIBLE BELIEVERS MAY NOT

KNOW WHAT HAS BEEN

DISCOVERED.

I DON'T THINK THAT A

LOT OF CHRISTIANS REALIZE

HOW MUCH PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

THERE IS TO SUPPORT THE

SCRIPTURES.

Chris: ONE FAMOUS

PEACE, OR MORE ACCURATELY,

THOUSANDS OF PIECES OF

EVIDENCE ARE THE DEAD SEA

SCROLLS HOUSED HERE AT THE

ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES

AUTHORITY.

THE EXPERTS EXAMINED THOSE

SCROLLS DISCOVERED 70

YEARS AGO THAT REVEAL THE

TREASURE MORE THAN 2,000

YEARS AGO.

WHEN SOMETHING IS NOT

SUPPORTED THROUGH

ARCHEOLOGY, CRITICS WILL

JUMP ON IT AND SAY, YOU

SEE, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE,

THEREFORE THE STORY IS NOT

TRUE, AND THE BIBLE IS

WRONG.

WHAT THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS

SHOWED US THAT OUR COPY

TODAY IS ALMOST EXACTLY

IDENTICAL.

IT PROVES THAT WE CAN

TRUST THE VERSION THAT WE

HAVE TODAY BECAUSE IT IS

SO CLOSE TO WHAT WAS THERE

THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO.

Chris: IN ALL, THE

BOOK PROVIDES 70

DISCOVERIES THAT DOCUMENT

THE HISTORICAL ACCURACY OF

THE SCRIPTURES.

IT DID NOT HAPPEN IN A

VACUUM.

AND THEY'RE NOT MADE UP.

AND THE WAY WE KNOW THIS

IS BECAUSE WE HAVE

PHYSICAL PROOF, AND WE CAN

THANK ARCHEOLOGY FOR THAT.

Chris: EACH YEAR

DOZENS OF EXCAVATIONS GO

ON LIKE THIS ONE IN BIBLE

SHILO, ISRAEL'S FIRST

CAPITAL.

TWO ARCHEOLOGISTS ARE

ILLOT MAZAR.

THIS IS UNTHEAR UNHEARD OF TO

COME AS CLOSE AS YOU CAN

IMAGINE TO A BIBLICAL

FIGURE, NOT TO MENTION

SUCH A KING AS KING

HEZEKIAH.

TO FIND HIS SEAL

IMPRESSION, IT IS ALMOST

TOUCHING HIM.

IN THE BOOK OF ACTS AND

IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN,

THERE IS A MENTIONING OF

THE EASTERN PORCH OF THE

TEMPLE MOUNT.

WE HAVE THE FLOORS UPON

WHICH THE COINS WERE

ROLLING WHEN JESUS TURNED

UPSIDE DOWN THE TEM TABLES TABLES OF

THE MONEY-CHANGERS.

Chris: THERE ARE

THINGS LIKE HEZEKIAH'S

TUNNEL OR THE POOL OF

SILOAM.

IT IS LIKE BRINGING THE

BIBLE TO LIFE.

I THINK THAT IS WHAT MAKES

ISRAEL SO SPECIAL.

WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT DAVID

BEING IN THE WILDERNESS,

AND YOU SEE WHAT THE

WILDERNESS LOOKS LIKE,

THAT NARRATIVE MAKES MORE

SENSE.

IN EACH SECTION IT IS

ALPHABATIZED.

I WANTED EVERYTHING TO BE

EASY TO FIND WHILE

FLIPPING THROUGH.

EVEN WITHIN EACH ARTIFACT

THERE IS AN INFORMATION

BOX, WHERE THE ARTIFACT

WAS FOUND, WHO FOUND IT,

WHEN DID THEY FIND IT, AND

WHAT EXACTLY IT IS.

Chris: SHE FEELS IT

IS A GREAT WITNESSING TOOL

FOR BOTH DOUBTING

CHRISTIANS AND SKEPTICS.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE

BIBLE, IT IS SO ABSTRACT

TO MANY PEOPLE.

BUT ANY TIME YOU HAVE

PHYSICAL PROOF, IT IS

GOING TO SUPPORT WHAT

YOU'RE SAYING.

AND ARCHEOLOGY IS THE SAME

WAY.

NOW THAT THERE IS PHYSICAL

EVIDENCE, I THINK IT MAKES

THE BEST WITNESSING TOOL

OF ALL BECAUSE YOU CAN'T

REALLY QUESTION SOMETHING

THAT IS SITTING RIGHT IN

FRONT OF YOU, THAT YOU CAN

SEE WITH YOUR OWN EYES.

Chris: SHE ALSO HOPES

THE BOOK WILL BRING THE

BIBLE TO LIFE.

THAT WAS ONE OF MY

GOALS, IF THEY READ THIS

BOOK OR EVEN PARTS OF THE

BOOK, THEY'RE GOING TO

WALK AWAY WITH SOMETHING,

HAVING LEARNED SOMETHING

ABOUT THE BIBLE, ABOUT

GOD, ABOUT JESUS.

Chris: CHRIS

MITCHELL, CBN NEWS, THE

ISRAEL MUSEUM AND BIBLICAL

SHILOAM.

FINALLY THIS WEEK, A

VIDEO FROM ONE OF

BULGARIA'S MOST POPULAR

SKATEBOARDERS IS GOING

VIRAL, BUT NOT FOR THE

REASONS YOU'D EXPECT.

AT THE HEART OF IT IS

EVANGELISM.

CONTRIBUTING CORRESPONDENT

MIRANDA LEE IS IN SOFIA

WITH THE STORY.

Reporter: VLADIMIR IS

ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS

NAMES IN THE SKATEBOARDING

SCENE IN THIS COUNTRY, AND

HE IS SHAKING UP THE

INDUSTRY AS A CHRISTIAN

PRO SKATEBOARDER.

CHECK IT OUT.

THEY HAVE A TOUR IN MY

HOME CITY.

SO THEY TOLD ME, I DO SOME

INTERESTING THINGS OVER

THERE.

AND THEY INVITE ME TO THE

THING.

SO FOR ME THAT WAS A DREAM

COME TRUE.

Reporter: HOWEVER, HE

SOON FELL INTO A LIFESTYLE

OF DRUGS AND ALCOHOL.

THAT'S WHEN HE SAYS A

FRIEND INVITED HIM TO

CHURCH.

WE WAS ON THE WORLD

SHIP, AND I DON'T KNOW,

BUT I'M CRYING LIKE A

BABY.

I OPEN MY EYES, AND NOBODY

WAS ON THE STAGE.

I JUST SAW ONE PERSON

THERE.

AND THAT COMES WITH A BIG

WAVE, LIKE A TSUNAMI, AND

IT JUST HIT ME, THE LOVE

OF GOD.

I'M SURE THAT WAS THE LOVE

OF JESUS CHRIST.

Reporter: NOW HE IS

GOING ON CHRISTIAN SKATING

TOURS TO SHARE THE GOSPEL

TO SKATERS ALL AROUND

BULGARIA.

AND WE JUST SKATE WITH

THE HOMEES AND HAVE SOME

GIFTS FOR THEM.

AND BEFORE GIVING THE

GIFTS, WE JUST TELL THEM

WHY WE DO THIS.

YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE LOVE

JESUS.

Reporter: IT'S A BIG

THING BECAUSE THEY KNOW

HIM AND THEY THINK OF HIM

AS, WOW, THAT'S HIM.

AND SO EVERY WORD THAT

COMES OUT OF HIS MOUTH IS

REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE

IT'S BRINGING SUCH A BRING

IMPACT ON THEIR LIVES.

IVAN JUST ACCEPTED THE

POSITION OF YOUTH

COUNSELLOR, AND HE IS

WORKING FOR MORE OUT REACH

SKATING PARKS.

WELL, THANKS SO MUCH

FOR JOINING US.

UNTIL NEXT WEEK, FROM ALL

OF US HERE AT "CHRISTIAN

WOR