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One nation under God.

- Had there been no Bible,

there would be no America as we know it.

- [Wendy] Robert Morganreveals the side of our history

that's not being taught in schools.

Then, pro football's hallowed ground.

- This is the legacy of the greatest

that ever played the game.

- [Wendy] Where players become legends.

Go behind the scenes at the Hall of Fame

on today's "700 Club."

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- Well welcome to thisedition of "The 700 Club."

Battling for votes inthe battleground states.

President Trump and Joe Biden

are both targeting swing states

in the last two weeks of the campaign.

Well what encouraging worddid a pastor in Nevada

give President Trump about the election?

And what is Joe Bidenmaking clear what he wants

in addition to the White House?

Dale Hurd has that.

- President Trump and Joe Bidenboth went on offense Sunday,

with each campaigning instates they're trying to flip

on Election Day.

- Hello, North Carolina.

- [Dale] Joe Biden wasin the Tarheel State,

again criticizing thepresident for his handling

of the coronavirus pandemic.

- Experts say we're likely to lose as many

as 200,000 additional lives nationwide

between now and the end of the year,

all because this president cares

more about his Park Avenueperspective on the world,

the stock market, than he does about you.

- [Dale] Trump barnstormedthrough Florida, Georgia,

Michigan, Wisconsin, andNevada over the weekend.

In Michigan, Trump's supporters chanted,

"Lock her up," as the president criticized

the state's Governor GretchenWhitmer, who pushed back,

telling NBC the president isinspiring domestic terrorism.

Long lines are already formingat some early voting sites,

with over 26 million Americanshaving cast their ballots.

The latest ABC News/Washington Post poll

shows Biden up by 12points, the same margin

Hillary Clinton held atthis point in October 2016.

Fearing a repeat of four years ago,

the Biden campaign warnedin a memo to supporters

that "Donald Trump canstill win this race,"

and "We need to campaignlike we're trailing."

And, "In the key battleground states

where this election will be decided,

we remain neck and neckwith Donald Trump."

Biden attended mass Sunday in Delaware.

Trump went to church Sunday in Nevada,

the state he's trying to win this time

after narrowly losing it in 2016.

One of the pastors saidGod gave her a word

about the president.

- At 4:30, the Lord said to me,

"I am going to give yourpresident a second win."

- [Man] Whoa!

(congregation cheers and claps)

This has three meanings, three meanings:

a win, that you willbe the president again.

- [Dale] Democrats are taking no chances.

They're set to outspend Trumpin Nevada in the closing days

by a more than 3-1 margin.

But the Trump campaignis hoping to make inroads

with the state's Latino voters,

where he's pushed his messageon the economy and crime.

The president also stayingon the attack against Biden.

- If I lose, can you imagine?

If I lose, I will have lostto the worst candidate,

the worst candidate in thehistory of presidential politics.

- [Dale] In MichiganFriday, Biden made clear

he wants to win more thanjust the White House.

- We can't forget that winning in November

doesn't just mean defeating Donald Trump.

It means winning backthe United States Senate

and expanding our majority inthe House of Representatives.

- With the final debatecoming up this Thursday,

the president tweeted he's againexpecting unfair treatment.

Dale Hurd, CBN News.

- Well, we'll see how it happens.

- Well, you had a weekend that was full,

but you always find timeto sit with the Lord

and just-- Well I spent

a lot of time Sunday praying

and trying to straighten out in my mind

how prophecy was going to work,

and I believe that, betweenme and the Lord and the Bible,

I've gotten the timelineof what's going to happen

in the next few years.

So-- Can you share that?

- Well, maybe tomorrow.

- Oh, I'll come back.

- (laughs) You promise?

- Yes, I promise.

- I'll do my best.

I know everybody'd like toknow what's gonna happen,

but I'm not gonna tell you today.

Oh well, but it's gonna be interesting,

I mean, very, very interesting.

A lot of things that I'm trying to,

that I believe that the Lord...

I was seriously praying on Sunday

and I do believe thatI've gotten some word.

Well in other news, riotingbreaks out in San Francisco

against supporters of President Trump.

So what happened?

John Jessup has that.

- Well Pat, a group of conservatives

called Team Save America stageda free speech rally Saturday

to protest against Twitter,

which it says censors conservative speech.

The protesters wore red

Make American Great Trump campaign hats.

Several hundred counter-protesters,

according to some reports, fromAntifa surged into the area.

They outnumbered and attacked the people

who had already been gathered there.

One Trump supporter wastaken away in an ambulance.

Philip Anderson, a blackman, who organized the event

was hit with bottles andleft with a bloody mouth

and a missing front tooth.

Three police officers wereassaulted with pepper spray

and corrosive chemicals.

The San Francisco Police Department

stopped the event after counter-protesters

began throwing bottles, cans, and eggs.

Well, women's marches werealso held here in Washington

and in other cities aroundthe country like Chicago

and its suburbs protestingPresident Trump's nomination

of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court

and encouraging women to vote.

Conservative women also areactive this election year,

with a new movement hitting the road.

It's called Women Fighting for America

and it's undertaking amulti-state Heal Our Land bus tour

to fight for the soul of America.

Wendy Griffith has the story.

- This is the first time in my life

I've ever walked outin this kind of faith.

- [Wendy] ChristieHutcherson, founder and CEO

of Women Fighting for America,

says this bus tour was not her idea.

- God has called me.

He called me in '94 and Hesaid, "Christie, you denied me.

I called you in 2012and you denied me again.

Are you going to deny me a third time?"

And I really was bawling and I said, "No."

- [Wendy] Then God took control,

connecting Christie inJacksonville, Florida,

to several like-mindedwomen on a Zoom call,

including Seattle native Maureen Cowley

and Michelle Swenson ofthe San Francisco Bay area.

- It was exactly the way I was feeling.

I'm a mother, I'm a grandmother,

and I felt a governmental call

and I just wanted to get involved.

- It was a no-brainer

because I already knew Iwas supposed to do this.

- [Wendy] The multi-state tour started

in late August with an urgent plea

for women to put their faith into action.

- Mamas are the heart of the home.

They're the heart of our communities.

We're the heart of America.

And right now, in America,we have a lot of hurt.

We have a lot of chaos and,you know, we need healing.

We are going across every state.

We are talking about hope.

We are talking about the Constitution.

We are talking about thefounding of this great nation.

We are educating women to understand

what the two strategic visionsare for our nation right now

because we're at a crossroads.

- [Wendy] They see an overwhelmingresponse at each stop.

- I had a woman crying lastnight at the hotel telling us

thank you for what we're doing.

And I think just thebravery of stepping out

is going to help otherwomen, other people,

not just women, get involvedin the future of our country.

- [Wendy] The group believesprayer along with action

can help solve racial tensions

and lead to possiblyoverturning Roe v. Wade.

- Every individual in ourcountry has dignity and worth

because we are all createdin the very image of God.

- The group's bus tour includes events

from Texas to Pennsylvania,and will culminate

at the National Mall in Washington DC

two days before the presidential election.

- We are called right now.

We are powerful.

We have a voice and weare going to be the heart

and we are gonna be the movement

that literally bringsback the nation to God.

- [Wendy] Wendy Griffith,CBN News, Virginia Beach.

- Coronavirus lockdownshave taken a heavy toll

on the economy and on government spending.

The federal deficit hit anall time high of $3.1 trillion

in the 2020 budget year.

That's more than double theprevious record of $1.4 trillion

set 11 years ago in 2009.

The deficit came as thegovernment poured more money

into stimulus measures tokeep the economy afloat

during the lockdowns.

Analysts warn, longer-term,

that too much government debt,Pat, could hurt the economy.

- Well it's not a question of hurt.

It's a question of destroy.

Listen.

You know, like...

You just can't live borrowingmoney in an individual.

If you go deep and deepand deep into the banks,

the banks, before long, own you.

And what is it?

The borrower's the servant of the lender.

But I mean, it's gonna get to the point...

We have the reserve currency of the world,

but when people stop taking our dollar,

right now, the dollar's still very strong,

but what will happenwhen people say enough?

But the trouble is, there'sno engine that I know of

anywhere in the worldfinancially that can bail us out.

And nobody, I mean, we'retalking about about,

oh, 200, $250 trillion of debtthroughout the whole world.

It's staggering.

It's an amount of money thatnobody has ever dreamed of.

It's so many zeroes.

And how do we bail ourselves out of it?

Well, the answer is we won't.

There'll be default afterdefault after default.

But right now, the federal government

is keeping things afloat and, for that,

we all should be grateful.

John.

- Thanks, Pat.

Coronavirus cases are on the rise,

but don't look for anymore sweeping shutdowns.

CBS's "60 Minutes" asked Dr. Anthony Fauci

how bad things would have to get

for him to advocate a national lockdown.

Here's what he had to say.

- They'd have to get really, really bad.

First of all, the country isfatigued with restrictions.

So we want to use public health measures,

not to get in the wayof opening the economy,

but to being a safe gatewayto opening the economy.

- The US is now reporting morethan 50,000 new cases a day.

Some experts warning thata third surge is underway,

and worldwide, the total number of cases

is now over 40 million.

Well turning overseas to Israel,

after a four-week, intense lockdown,

the government began lifting restrictions

as new coronavirus casesdropped substantially.

But as CBN Middle East BureauChief Chris Mitchell reports,

Israel is not out of the woods yet.

- [Chris] Israeli PrimeMinister Benjamin Netanyahu

spread the news thatIsrael would exit lockdown

for the second time.

(speaking Hebrew)

- [Interpreter] This timewe're leaving the lockdown

carefully and responsibly,exactly according to the plan

proposed to us by the expertsand by the ministry of health.

- [Chris] As the limit on movement lifted,

some businesses reopened,while daycare and preschool

for children up to age six resumed.

Restaurants are onceagain allowed to expand

from just delivery to offering takeout.

At Jerusalem's Western Wall,

Jews are now allowed to pray in sections

of up to 20 worshipers, butnot everyone is included.

(speaking Hebrew)

- [Interpreter] In the redcities we will keep the shutdown

until they too reduce their morbidity data

and these cities turn green.

I call on the Ultra-Orthodox public

to follow the guidelines.

- [Chris] The red cities are communities

where the Ultra-Orthodox Haredimm live.

While they make up only 12%of the Israeli population,

their infection rate has beenas much as four times higher.

- Haredi life is very muchbased on the community

and community events of comingtogether at the synagogue

multiple times a week, asmuch as three times a day.

And many community events,large weddings, large families,

large family events,all of these contribute

to a very high levelof social interaction.

- [Chris] During the recent holiday season

with its high emphasis on prayer,

police closed dozens of synagogues

not abiding by the healthministry regulations.

In some cases, residents turned violent,

throwing rocks and rioting against police.

Expert Rabbi EliezerEisikovits tells CBN News

many Haredi communitiestry to keep the rules.

Others don't.

- Some of the more extremeand insulated groups,

and they really try to avoid

having anything to do with the state,

so naturally, when the country comes,

when the government comesand starts giving out

these instructions about whatto do and what not to do,

these extreme groups just ignore

the government instructions.

- [Chris] Restrictions in those areas

remain in effect until midnight Wednesday.

And finally, some good news.

Israel's tourism minister

told an annual Christian media summit

that Israel is taking advantage

of this downtime for renovations

to be better preparedfor Christian pilgrims

when they return.

- We are waiting forthe day the skies open

and flights to the Holy Land resume.

Israel's ties with theChristian world are unbreakable,

not even by pandemicor in economic crisis.

- [Chris] Chris Mitchell,CBN News, Jerusalem.

- Thanks Chris.

Pat, back to you.

- Amazing, isn't it?

Well, we pray for them.

But you know, I don't want to denigrate

anybody's religious beliefs,

but some of the Ultra-Orthodox,they are picking up habits

because one of their rabbisin Russia dressed that way.

He wore a hat or he worehis hair in ringlets

or he dressed as, youknow, it's nothing to do

with the Bible.

But of course, we want to honortheir religious practices,

whatever they happen to be.

But we just realize that thatstuff isn't in the Bible.

And we honor their faithand their dedication.

And of course we are pro-Israel

all the way up and down theline, so we pray for Israel.

We're supposed to always prayfor the peace of Jerusalem,

"Blessed are they thatlove thee," and we do that.

So we pray for Israel,

but thank goodness, they'recoming out of this thing.

And it's so important.

We'll talk tomorrow when I talk about

some of the things thatare gonna be happening.

I'll mention them of course,

'cause Israel is gonna play akey role in the future years.

All right.

- All right,

we look forward to that.- Okay.

- Well, coming up later,

one of the most inspiringplaces on the face of the earth

and home to the greatest that ever played

the game of football.

Who is the keeper of this castle?

And what happens when thisgentle giant comes knocking?

Plus, recognize this nine-year-old?

His please for a family went viral.

How many people clamored toadopt him in just 12 hours?

And what crisis for childrendoes his case highlight?

(inspirational music)

(uplifting music)

- Hey, it's "The 700 Club."

We're delighted to haveall of you with us today.

We've got a fascinating story now

about a little boy,nine-year-old in Oklahoma,

and this little boy made a video.

What was he asking for?

He said, "I want a family.

I want a mommy. I want a daddy."

And that video went viral,

highlighting the crisis of children

in what's called the foster care system.

The coronavirus has onlyintensified that crisis.

So what's the solution?

Charlene Aaron bringsus a glimmer of hope.

- More than 400,000 childrenmake up the foster care system

in the United States.

Experts say COVID-related family issues

are likely to increase that number.

But there is good news asmore families show an interest

in providing homes for kids in need.

- Family? Family?

Those are only wishes I have.

- [Charlene] When this video

of a nine year old Oklahoma boy

named Jordan pleading for a family

during a local televisioninterview hit the web,

the story went viral.

- Like a mom and dad,

or just mom,

or just dad.

I don't really care.

- [Charlene] In just 12 hours,

thousands of inquiriespoured in to adopt the boy,

who had been in foster care for six years.

The case highlights the crisis

of children stuck in the system.

- I think it's roughly about424,000 right about now,

and roughly 125,000 of themare available for adoption.

So pre-pandemic, we already hadclose to half a million kids

in foster care.

- [Charlene] Kimberly Offuttof Bethany Christian Services

says lives are being disrupted,with many seeing a rise

in substance abuse, domestic violence,

and financial struggles.

- Pre-COVID, pre-pandemic,you were already stressing,

you were already, didn'thave the support system

that you needed.

Now you add the loss ofjobs, the loss of income,

you know, trying to teachyour children at home.

It's a lot of stress for our families,

so you're seeing that increase in violence

and increase in everything now.

- [Charlene] That's whyBethany is offering families

much needed support, suchas meals, transportation,

and babysitting, hoping to keep them

from putting theirchildren in foster care.

Through its Safe Families ministry,

volunteers help vulnerable families

by temporarily taking in their children

while the parents regain stability.

- Those families really step in the gap

when you have families in crisis.

So our goal as an organization

is to really keep families intact.

- [Charlene] Bethany has also gone virtual

to offer information,training, and licensing

for those interested infoster care and adoption.

- We've seen that a 55%increase in interest

in foster care parentingduring the pandemic,

and that's encouragingbecause you see communities

are responding to theneeds of their neighbors,

families who've foundthemselves with more free time

and are able to learnmore about foster care

and the licensing processand to be able to do that

from the comfort of their home.

- [Charlene] Another emerging trend,

more single parents getting involved.

- A lot of families think,"Well, if I'm not married,

I can't be a fosterparent or I can't adopt,"

and that's not true.

We have family, teenagerswho may have experienced

some really bad trauma andthey may not be comfortable

in a two-parent home.

So there is a need for single parents

to serve our kids as well.

- [Charlene] Meanwhile, to raise awareness

for foster care andadoption amid the pandemic,

Bethany will host a virtual event

called Family Changes Everything,featuring Francis Chan,

Christian rap artist Lecrae, and others.

- You'll hear the messageand prayerfully be compelled

to move forward and bea foster family, adopt,

or support us in our efforts.

- [Charlene] Charlene Aaron, CBN News.

- Well, the Family ChangesEverything virtual event

is going to take place tomorrow.

And you can find out more information

on our website at CBNNews.com.

It's a wonderful work they're doing

and we congratulate them.- Absolutely.

- I wouldn't have dreamed

that there are millions of people,

and of course, families are breaking up.

They want to get rid of their children.

They're trying to, they can't-- You know, I think it's often

economic issues,- Sure.

- sometimes drugs issues.

And I don't think they want to break up.

I just think it happens.

And kids are always

the victims of those- They're just

- scenarios.- pawns and victims.

- Well, God loves the little children.

"Suffer the littlechildren to come unto me

for of such is the kingdom of God."

Great. All right.

- Well, so many critical issuesfacing our nation right now,

and for the past month, we'vebeen continually praying

for our country in the daysleading up to the election.

If you haven't joinedus yet, you still can.

Please call 1-800-700-7000

or you can go to PrayForAmerica.com.

You can also text Pray TO 71777.

So Pat, will you lead us

right now in prayer- Absolutely.

- for our country?- And folks,

you know, we...

It was said some years ago

it's better to light a candlethan to curse the darkness.

We can always curse the darkness.

The darkness is always there.

You can say: Isn't itawful what they're doing?

Isn't it terrible what is happening?

Isn't Antifa awful?

Isn't this radical group awful?

Aren't what they doing terrible?

You know, the country's going

to hell in a hand basket and all that.

But,

if we pray...

I'm so grateful for Jonathan Cahn

and that Return, itjust had a major impact,

and God is gonna hear theprayers of His people.

So we're going to pray rightnow so join with us in prayer

as we believe God for this nation.

Father, we hold before you this nation,

not just an election, Lord,

not just one party over another party,

but that this nation might be healed.

Lord, it's that word thatyou give, shalom, peace.

My peace I give unto you.

May the peace of God come into our heart

and may the joy of the Lord bethe strength of this nation.

Lord, give us reconciliation

and give us unity and give us love.

We know your commandment thatwe should love each other,

and help us in this nationto love one another.

In Jesus' name we ask

because you are going to send an answer.

Amen and amen.- Amen.

- Terry.

- Well, up next, elite company.

326 bronze busts of the greatest

that have ever playedthe game of football.

What does it take to make it

in the Pro Football Hall of Fame?

And why is this place muchbigger than the game itself?

Stay tuned for an exclusive tour.

And then later on, yourquestions and honest answers.

Makaylah wants to know,

"Is eating too much abad thing in God's eyes?

And what can I do tostop eating excessively?"

I know Pat's got an answer to that one

and that's coming up.- Absolutely.

(dramatic music)

(inspirational music)

Imagine being in a room

with the greatest footballplayers of all time.

Well, what would theseguys say to each other

about commitment, courage, and talent

that it takes to land in thePro Football Hall of Fame?

Well just ask David Baker.

He's the president and CEO

of what he calls the mostinspiring place on earth.

I think that's a littlebit of a misstatement,

but I won't diminishhis love for the sport.

Tom Buehring spoke with this gentle giant

about what it's like to come knocking

on the door of greatness.

(dramatic music)

- It's football's iconic shrine,

the Pro Football Hall of Fame,

where all players hope tobe, but very few elected.

Bronzed and enshrined,

the game's greats wait for their call,

when David Baker, (door knocks)

the Hall's CEO andpresident, comes knocking.

David, why is this building

and those enshrined in it revered?

- You know, Tom, the reason

the Pro Football Hall of Fame is here

is because this is where the game started.

And 10 teams came together here in Canton

and created this incredible thing.

You're in one of the greatest rooms

on the face of the earth.

We call it the mostinspiring place on earth.

This is the legacy of the greatest

that ever played the game.

And there's only 326 bronze busts here.

That is elite company.

And I think people, whenthey come into this,

they feel the excellence.

- Thank you, man.

- Randy.- Yes, sir.

- On behalf of the ProFootball Hall of Fame,

it's my privilege towelcome you to Canton, Ohio.

I want to thank you for allyou've done for the game,

for all you're gonna do for the game.

This is gonna be thebeginning of your journey,

not the end of your football career.

- If this is the castle,you are the courier.

When you look into the eye of a recipient

who has finally reached the ultimate

of their NFL ambition, what do you see?

- You know, they're notthinking about their records

or their money or their rings.

They're thinking about their mom

who drove them to practicewhen they were 10 years old,

or their dad who wouldn't let them quit,

or that coach who put his arm around him

and made him think thatthey could do more,

or that teammate that sacrificed for them

to help get them here.

And I think guys feel,at that moment, a legacy,

affirmation, a redemptionthat somebody said,

"Well done, good and faithful servant."

Thank you for all you've donefor this great game, Kevin.

Congratulations, man.

- Thank you so much,- You okay, buddy?

- Mr. Baker.

- [David] God bless you, buddy.

- Thank you.- God bless you.

Oh, man, you're so deserving.

- That's your signature, affirming them.

- Yeah.- What is the impact?

- Yeah, I think thisis very important, Tom,

because this isn't about theworship of football heroes.

Every one of these guys didnot fall out of bed great.

They earned it.

To be in this group is a huge affirmation

because all of these guys hadtimes when they weren't sure.

The commitment, the integrity,

the courage, the respect, the love,

those values to drag a lotof other people to greatness.

It might make us betterfathers or better mothers,

better companies, ormake us a better country.

It's bigger than football, Tom.

- [Tom] Why the connection to the fan?

- People will stand in line

just to be with these bronze busts.

Football is a game that hascaptured America's passion.

It's the only sport where everyplayer needs every teammate

on every play just to survive.

And that's kind of agreat metaphor for life.

We need each other every day.

If you're playing at Lambeau Field,

there's a frozen tundrastuck in your face mask

and you have to fight to get through it.

Whether it's AaronRogers or Roger Staubach

throw a Hail Mary, they've seen that,

you know, it's never over until the end.

There's always hope.

- [Tom] What are these highachievers all have in common?

- I think that common ofbelieving in something,

a believing that they could,believing in each other.

Introduce Jim Brown

and all the other Hall of Famers stand up.

The perseverance of the never giving up,

but also what he did for social reform.

He translated that to life.

But I'll tell ya, at our enshrinement,

when we go back and do the transcripts,

the word love is used 140, 150 times.

They loved the game,they loved each other,

and they wouldn't let anything stop 'em.

- What kind of a conversation,if they could have one,

would go on here?

- You know, Tom, this is John Madden.

I don't think I've ever known anybody

who loved the game more than him.

And in his enshrinement speech,

he said that, when the lastfan had left during the day

and the janitor had turned out the lights,

that he was absolutely convinced

that these guys talk to each other.

I will say that theirlegacies talk to each other.

Their legacies speak to me.

I know, in particular,

Derrick Brooks was concernedabout where he was gonna be

because he's gonna be rightacross from Warren Sapp

and he thought he'd never get any sleep,

never get any peace.(Tom laughs)

- [Tom] David, it's fitting to me

that it takes a manbigger than other big men

to usher them intosomething larger than life.

Do you ever wonder "Whyme?" in this specific role?

- My mom and dad couldn't read or write,

and if it wasn't for a wholelot of coaches and this game,

I don't think I would have the beliefs.

I wouldn't have been able to persevere

through the mistakes I've made in life.

I wouldn't hold these principles so dear.

The values that I've learned in athletics

are very similar, in a lot of respects,

to what I've learned byfollowing Jesus Christ

and what scripture talks about.

- What would the bustof Jesus Christ read?

- Yeah.

I think it would either just say love

or would say come to me.

Now He had power and Hehad force and He had truth,

but He would understand their hurt.

Somehow, it was so powerfully done in love

that it was different.

He wanted to heal their wound.

(indistinct)

This is the greatest jobin the world, I'll tell ya.

I get to give out the gold jacket.

I get to give the Hall ofFame Ring of Excellence

and they're standingin front of their fans.

But I also get to knock on their door.

(door knocks)

- It has all the elementsof eternity, doesn't it?

- Yeah, it does, Tom.

When I've knocked on the door,I've looked into their eyes,

and I think I've got aglimpse of their soul,

they're thinking about their journey.

Even a bronze bust onlylasts for 40,000 years.

Our life in Jesus Christis that that is forever.

Revelation 3:20 says,

"Behold, I stand at the door and I knock.

And any man who answersthe door, I will come in,"

and there will be a unionbetween Jesus Christ and me.

All you have to do is humbleyourself and answer the door,

and He will say, "Well done,good and faithful servant."

And eternity is a lotlonger than 40,000 years.

- Well it's an interestingparallel, isn't it?

You know, it's amazing how we make heroes

out of people who throw a little piece

of pig filled with air through the air.

Isn't this right?- Well that simplifies it

a bit, but, yes.- And we have a round ball

and we throw it up through ahoop and they become heroes.

And we take a piece of hickory wood

or whatever it is and we hit a ball

and we take another racquetand hit another ball.

And somehow we make all these guys heroes.

But it's nice to see this thing

brought to a spiritual conclusion.

It really is.

I mean, praise God.

Okay, Terry, what's next?

- Well, coming up, a YouTube favorite,

Your Questions and Honest Answers.

Isabel says, "My brothersexually molested me

when I was young.

Can I forgive him

and not have anythingto do with him anymore?"

What will Pat say to that?

Plus, what's the connectionbetween the Bible

and 100 key moments in America's history?

Stay tuned to find out.

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Pat and Terry will be back

with more of today's "700Club" right after this.

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- Well, it's time for your questions

and some honest answers.

Pat, this first one comes from Makaylah,

who says, "Is eating too mucha bad thing in God's eyes?

And what can I do to stop thehabit of excessive eating?"

- All right, first ofall, here's the deal.

The Bible says your body isa temple of the Holy Spirit.

So, therefore, we need to look after it.

We don't need to take noxiouschemicals into ourselves.

We don't need to betaking drugs or alcohol

or tobacco or these things'cause they destroy our bodies

and that's a sin against God.

But what about too much?

We have made a big thing about this,

these trillions, the little bacteria

that inhabit the intestinalflora of human beings.

And when they are balanced properly,

there is no desire to overeat.

But when they're not proper,

when we kill them throughantibiotics, through diet drinks,

through the various substance we take,

when it kills that intestinal flora,

we replace it with florathat the demands to get fed.

And those bad bacteriatake over your brain

and they make you crave junk food.

And so the more you crave,the fatter you're going to get

because those little fellasare asking to be fed.

What you need to do is to make sure

that your gut is settled up.

Take those probiotics,take those prebiotics,

and you can get some that haveas many as 50 billion units

to, you know, for one dose and, you know,

build up that intestinal flora.

But yeah, I know it takeswillpower and all the rest of it,

but 21 days is what it doesto get in a habit, 21 days.

So you don't eat junkfood, and all of a sudden,

you'd be amazed what'll happen.

Okay.

- Okay, this is Isabel,

who says, "I have anolder brother and sister

whom I have helped financially,

even paid their rent and bills.

They have not been treating me well,

and sometimes send me nasty messages.

My brother sexually molestedme when I was young,

and my sister believes in spirit guides.

My question is: Can I forgive them

and not have anythingto do with them anymore?

What do you say, Pat?"

- You know, first of all, remember,

when Jesus was hanging on the cross,

He had been beaten, Hehad been falsely accused,

He was crucified, and yet, on the cross,

He said, "Father, forgive them.

They don't know what they do."

Now, you need to have forgiveness,

and the Bible says,"When you stand praying,

if you have ought against any,

forgive that your HeavenlyFather might forgive you."

If you want to have miracles in your life,

you have to have a forgiving spirit.

So even if you were sexually molested,

even if the people have been mean to you,

even if they've done all these things,

you and your heart need to forgive them.

Now does that mean youhave to expose yourself

to abuse all the time?

No, I don't think so.

There's nothing in theBible, in my opinion,

that says you've got to do that.

So the Bible says don't havefellowship with ungodliness,

so you don't have to do that.

But you do have to have a forgiveness

because you want God to forgive you

because you want miracles.

All right.

- This is Jerri, who says,"I was recently told by God

to quote, 'Let go andreceive my blessings.'

Then He informed me that Iwas physically carrying grief.

It is the cause of my ailment.

I didn't know that I held onto grief

from my son's untimely death.

How do I let go of griefthat I never knew I held?"

- Well, look, the way you let go of grief

is focus on the Lord.

If your mind is on your grief,

if you say to God, "Lord, I am so sad.

I can't tell you how sad I am.

I loved him so much and nowhe's gone and I'm so sorry,"

If you keep saying that, youwill reinforce the grief.

But if you say, "I thank you,Lord, that he is with you,

and from this moment on,I'm gonna walk with you

and I will look forward to your blessing."

And if you begin to praise the Lord,

you'll be free of that as well.

So I mean, otherwise,

you'll have whatever youkeep telling yourself about

and you've got to confesssomething different.

Okay?

- This is Robert who says,

"I believe that when aloved one has passed away

it's never goodbye;it's just see you later.

Is it true that we can be reunited

with our loved ones in paradise?"

- Well, I think definitely.

I think there'll begreat reunions in heaven.

But remember they won't be a sexual union.

It'll be like the angels.

There won't be marriageand giving in marriage.

So you won't havereproduction of that kind.

But in terms of love and family relations,

I see absolutely no reason why not.

All right.

- This is Loreen, who says,

"I love watching 'The 700 Club.'

Does God answer every prayerif it's prayed in faith?

Is this true in your journey?"

- Well, you know,

God answers prayer, but he also says,

"If I regard iniquity in my heart

that I will not receiveanything from the Lord."

And it also says "A double-minded man

will receive nothing from God."

So I, you know, you haveto have your mind unified,

but I do believe that,when you pray in faith

in the name of Jesus and youhave no sin in your heart

and you're not holdingresentment in your heart,

you will have an answer to your prayer.

It may take a while, it may be instant,

but you know, you'll have an answer.

Okay?- Well that's all the time

for today, but thank you.- Well thank you for

those questions, they're terrific.

God bless you.- Absolutely.

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Well, up next, meet the manwho knows 100 Bible verses

that made America great.

How many can you name?

Think about it.

We'll be right back.

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"The Bible is the word of life.

You will find it full of thethings you've wondered about

and been troubled about all your life."

That's a quote from Woodrow Wilson

and just one example of how the Bible

has influenced America's history.

Take a look.

- [Narrator] Robert Morgan isa Nashville pastor, author,

speaker, and a lover of American history.

He believes that, without the Bible,

our nation would nothave been born as it was.

- Had there been no Bible,

there would be no America as we know it.

- [Narrator] In his latest book,

"100 Bible Verse That Made America,"

Pastor Morgan explainsthe vital connection

between God's Word and 100 keymoments in America's history.

- It's a wonderful book,

and we welcome to "The700 Club" Robert Morgan.

It's good to have you with us.

- Thank you, Terry.

- Your new book is anambitious undertaking.

What inspired you to do this?

- Everybody, every other group,

is trying to have their contributions

included in our textbooksand their story written

and rewritten sometimesin a revisionist way,

particularly secularists and other groups

that may not be healthy for our children.

And at the same time,

the textbooks and theschools are pushing out

the genuine contributionsmade by the Puritans

and the pilgrims and by Christiansall through our history.

And as mentioned, they wantto push that material out.

I want to push it rightback in and let people know

about the role the Biblehas played in our history.

- Talk about that a little bit.

How pervasive is the Bible'sinfluence on America's history?

- Well, people aretalking a great deal now

about Jamestown and theintroduction of slavery in 1619.

But they forget about the fact

that the very next year,1620, the Puritans came,

the pilgrims came, and tens of thousands

over the next 20 or 30years flooded into Cape Cod

and Boston and New Englandand established the basis

for abolition, the basisfor civil liberties,

a desire for freedom ofspeech, and set the stage

for the Judeo-Christian moralitythat has guided our nation.

And that became a tremendous force

against the slavery thatwas introduced in 1619

by the secularists in Jamestown.

The Founding Fathersknew and loved the Bible,

and the Great Awakening paved the way

for the Revolutionary War

and the Declaration of Independence.

So much depends upon thepower of the scripture

in our early days andthroughout our history.

- You talk about AbrahamLincoln in the book

and how he was influenced by the Bible.

He actually, as a young man, was,

at best, I would say anagnostic and possibly atheistic

until he had his ownencounter with Christ.

- Yes, he was veryanti-Christian and anti-biblical.

He, in fact, as a youngman, as an infidel,

he wrote a book attacking Christianity,

which a friend of hisburned because he said,

"If this is ever published,

then no one is evergoing to vote for you."

But later, Lincoln found inhis father-in-law's library

a book about apologetics, why it is

that Christianity can bedemonstrated to be true,

and this book influenced him a great deal.

And then as he got into the White House

and into the tremendous burdens,

he turned increasingly to the Bible.

And the last words hespoke at Ford's Theater

were to his wife, Mary Todd, and he said,

"When this war is over andwe're out of the White House,

let's travel abroad.

Let's go to Jerusalem andsee where the Savior lived."

And at that moment, the bullet struck him.

He moved from near atheism toa place of loving the Bible

and quoting it continually.

- Well, tell us a little bit

about the great moment inhistory that took place

on that American transportship, the Dorchester.

- Well, this was during World War II.

It was in February, verycold weather, of 1942.

The Dorchester was amilitary transport ship

that was taking American troops to Europe

and it was fired upon by a German torpedo

and many lives were lostas the ship went down

in that frigid water.

But there were four chaplains.

You know, Terry,chaplains have been a part

of the United Statesmilitary from Bunker Hill.

It was the Puritan preachers

who advocated freedom of religion,

and they joined the fight as chaplains.

Well, there were four chaplains,

many centuries later, on the Dorchester.

And as that ship went down,

those chaplains gavetheir life preservers,

they gave their gloves,they gave their coats,

they gave their, even their shoes

to these men who are jumping overboard.

And the last time anybodyever saw these four chaplains,

they were going down with theship and they perished there.

And President Truman said,

"Greater love has no man than this,

that he lay down hislife for his friends,"

as he dedicated a memorial tothese four brave chaplains.

The chaplaincy of our military forces

has been a tremendous part of our heritage

with all of our branches of service.

- Our country is in such a divided

and crucial place right now.

It was encouraging tome, as I read your book,

to read about how it's happened before

and there was spiritual restoration.

What do you want people totake away from your book

and remember about thefoundation of our country?

- We just can't go forward, Terry,

if we don't look backwards at the Bible

on which our nation was founded.

And we need a spiritual revival.

It was the Great Awakening

that paved the way forthe American Revolution.

It was the Second Great Awakening

that established the moralityof America for 200 years.

And we need political helpand we need economic help.

But we need a revival.

We need another Great Awakening right now

because our problems in our nation

are not primarily political.

They are primarily spiritual,and God can heal us.

If He will revive us again,

then His people can rejoice in Him.

- Well, I want to say the book,

"100 Bible Verses That Made America,"

is an excellent placeto refresh your history

of how the Bible impacted our country.

It's available where books are sold.

Robert Morgan, thank you so much.

It's great to have you here today.

- My pleasure. Thank you, Terry.

- I want to suggest you get a copy of it.

We should all remember it,

or read it and rememberwhere we come from.

Pat.

- Tremendous guest. God bless you.

I hope that book does well.

Well Today's Power Minute,again, is from the Bible.

Psalm 119: Your Word is a lamp to my feet

and a light to my path.

Well tomorrow, we understand

that Senator Ted Cruz isgoing to talk about us.

We'll talk about how onevote in the Supreme Court,

one vote away, would havemade a huge difference

in our life, so you don't wanna miss that.

He's written a very, very popular book

and we look forward to seeing him.

So until then, thanks for being with us.

We'll see you tomorrow. Bye bye.

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