> THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS

SPONSORED BY CBN.

> COMING UP , THE DUCK

COMMANDER HIMSELF.

PHIL ROBERTSON HAS HIS SIGHTS

SET ON CANCEL CULTURE.

SEE WHY HE IS NOT AFRAID TO

SPEAK OUT AND HEAR HIS MESSAGE

TO AMERICANS OF THE FIRE.

> PLUS, LOWER YOUR RISK FOR

DEMENTIA, HEART DISEASE AND

EVEN DEATH.

IT IS VERY REAL.

DR. DAVID PERLMUTTER

EXPLAINS WHAT YOU NEED TO AVOID

AND WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO

MAXIMIZE YOUR HEALTH ON TODAY'S

"700 CLUB".

> WELCOME TO THE 700 CLUB.

SUSPENDED FOR NOT WEARING MASKS

IN SCHOOLS.

THAT IS WHAT STUDENTS IN ONE

VIRGINIA SCHOOL FACED WHEN A

JUDGE RULED MASK MANDATES CAN

REMAIN.

HIS RULING CAME AFTER

GOVERNOR GLENN YOUNGKIN'S

EXECUTIVE ORDER MAKING MASKS

OPTIONAL.

TARA MERGEMER REPORTS ON THE

NEW BILL TO END MANDATES.

Reporter: VIRGINIA'S HOUSE

AND SENATE APPROVED A BILL

ENDING SCHOOL MASK MANDATES,

BUT THE DEFAULT DATE FOR NEW

LAWS TO GO INTO EFFECT IS JULY

1. GOVERNOR YOUNGKIN IS SET TO

SEND THE BILL BACK TO THE HOUSE

TO ADD AN EMERGENCY CLAUSE TO

MAKE IT EFFECTIVELY

IMMEDIATELY.

WE WILL GIVE YOU A BEHIND-THE-

SCENES LOOK AT WHAT PARENTS AND

STUDENTS OF ONE SCHOOL SYSTEM

HAD TO ENCOUNTER.

MY NAME IS MADELEINE.

I LIKE TO DO RUNNING.

I LIKE MY FAMILY.

17-YEAR-OLD JOSHUA, 10-YEAR-

OLD BRADEN AND 13-YEAR-OLD

MADELEINE DON'T LIKE IS BEING

SUSPENDED, ALONG WITH A DIRE

WARNING, MADELEINE SAYS, THAT

CAME FROM HER PRINCIPAL.

THEY SAID IT WILL GO ON MY

RECORD AND AFFECT WHEN I GO TO

COLLEGE.

Reporter: THESE LOUDON

COUNTY STUDENTS ARE AMONG 29

WHO SHOWED UP UNMASKED AFTER

VIRGINIA'S NEW GOVERNOR NEXT

MASK MANDATES IN SCHOOLS LAST

MONTH.

IT WAS WELCOME NEWS TO THIS

FAMILY WHO SAY THE MASKS GIVE

MADELEINE HEADACHES, MAKE IT

HARD FOR BRADEN TO UNDERSTAND

HIS TEACHERS AND AGGRAVATE

JOSHUA'S BREATHING.

IT MADE MY ASTHMA WORSE.

Reporter: WHAT WAS THAT

LIKE?

IT MADE ME FEEL LIKE I WAS

NOT BREATHING.

THEY DON'T TALK ABOUT

ANXIETY, THEY DON'T TALK ABOUT

HEALTH, THEY DON'T TALK ABOUT

THE LONG-TERM IMPACT OF WHAT

THIS DOES TO CHILDREN.

Reporter: THE RELIEF FROM

THE GOVERNOR'S ANNOUNCEMENT DID

NOT LAST LONG.

THE SIBLINGS RETURNED TO SCHOOL

ONLY TO LEARN THEY WERE BANNED

FROM THE CLASSROOMS.

THEY TOOK US TO THE LIBRARY

AND KEPT US IN THERE SEVEN

HOURS.

WHEN A CLASS CAME IN, THEY

PULLED US OUT TO TALK TO US.

IT WAS JUST US IN THE SCHOOL

CONFERENCE ROOM.

Reporter: AND LEFT TO LEARN

ON THEIR OWN.

I HAD TO WATCH YOUTUBE

TUTORIALS.

Reporter: LOUDOUN ISABEL ONE

OF THEM ISSUING MASK MANDATES.

WHEN CAN THEY COME FOR THE

IN-PERSON EDUCATION THEY ARE

ENTITLED TO BY THE VIRGINIA

STATE LAW AND ALL THEY TELL

THEM, AS SOON AS THEY PUT THE

MASK ON.

IT COULD BE SHAKY LEGAL

GROUND.

Reporter: ACCORDING TO

CONSTITUTIONAL EXPERT BRAD

JACOB --

THE CONSTITUTION SAYS THE

GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING THE

PUBLIC SCHOOLS, MAY NOT DENY

THE EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAW

S. SO YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE, AS

A SCHOOL, YOU ARE TREATING THE

STUDENTS EQUALLY, THEY ARE ALL

GETTING THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES.

Reporter: LISA HART CROW

SAYS NOT ONLY IS LOUDOUN GOING

AGAINST THE GOVERNOR'S EDICT,

BEEN IN HER SON'S CASE,

DOCTORS' ORDERS.

THEY SAID IF THEY APPROVE

ONE, THEY WILL HAVE TO APPROVE

THEM ALL.

Reporter: SOME SCHOOL

DISTRICTS ARE BREAKING THEIR

OWN RULES.

FOR EXAMPLE, INVITED GUESTS

HAVE BEEN SEEN PARTIALLY OR NOT

MASSED DURING THE SAME TIME

FRAME STUDENTS WERE GETTING

SUSPENDED.

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DENIED OUR

REQUEST FOR AN INTERVIEW AND

EMAILED THE STATEMENT SAYING IN

PART, BECAUSE THIS ISSUE IS

CURRENTLY THE SUBJECT OF

LITIGATION, IT WOULD BE

INAPPROPRIATE FOR THE

SUPERINTENDENT TO COMMENT.

MEANWHILE, FAMILIES ARE ON THE

OUTSIDE LOOKING IN.

AS PARENTS, WHAT IS GOING

ON, IT IS FUNDAMENTALLY AND

LAWFULLY WRONG.

Reporter: THESE LOUDON

COUNTY PARENTS BELIEVE THEIR

CHILDREN HAVE THE RIGHT TO AN

EDUCATION, GORDON, EVEN WITHOUT

A MASK.

IN ADDITION TO SAYING IT

WOULD BE PART OF THE PERMANENT

RECORD THEY SAID CHILDREN

WITHOUT MASKS ON SCHOOL GROUNDS

COULD BE ARRESTED.

HOW DID THAT COME ABOUT?

HOW DID THE SCHOOL BOARD

RESPOND TO THAT?

Reporter: IT SEEMS LIKE

THERE WERE A NUMBER OF SOURCES

TO CAUSE CONCERN ABOUT THIS.

I SHOULD POINT OUT THE

SUPERINTENDENT, SCOTT ZIEGLER,

DID SEND OUT AN EMAIL SAYING

SCHOOL OFFICIALS DO NOT HAVE

THE AUTHORITY TO ARREST

CHILDREN OR THEIR PARENTS FOR

TRESPASSING.

AT THE SAME TIME, I AM TOLD

THERE WERE WORDS EXCHANGED AT

VARIOUS SCHOOLS AND THERE WAS

AN AUDIO RECORDING, EVEN, OF AN

ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL, ASSISTANT

PRINCIPAL, THT TOLD PARENTS IN

THIS REPORTING, SOMEONE

REPORTED IT, OBVIOUSLY, I DON'T

KNOW WHAT THEY KNEW ANYONE WAS

LISTENING, THAT THEY WOULD BE

ARRESTED AND FACE TRESPASSING

CHARGES IF THEY SHOWED UP AT

SCHOOL WITHOUT A MASK.

WHEN YOU ADD TO THAT AN

INTERNAL STAFF EMAIL THAT WAS

CIRCULATING THAT SAID, THE

SAFETY AND SECURITY COORDINATOR

WILL PROEED TO A MAGISTRATE TO

SWEAR OUT A TRESPASS SUMMONS

AND A WARRANT.

WHILE SCHOOL OFFICIALS ARE

SAYING, NO, NO, NO, WE DON'T

HAVE THE RIGHT TO ARREST YOU OR

YOUR CHILD FOR TRESPASSING, IT

SEEMS THERE WERE A LOT OF

CONFLICTING SIGNALS GOING OUT

AND CERTAINLY, A LOT OF PARENTS

WERE VERY CONCERNED.

IT WAS QUITE THE SCUTTLEBUTT.

I THOUGHT THEY DID HAVE THE

POWER TO ARREST TRESPASSERS AND

THAT IS HOW THEY KEEP THE

SCHOOL SAY.

IF YOU DON'T GO TO THAT SCHOOL,

YOU DON'T GET TO ROAM THE

HALLS.

HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE THE

GOVERNOR'S OFFICE SEE CLOSE TO

GO INTO EFFECT?

Reporter: IT LOOKS LIKE IT

WILL GO PRETTY QUICKLY.

YESTERDAY GOVERNOR YOUNGKIN

SIGNALED HOW QUICKLY HE WANTED

TO GO.

HE CONFIRMED HE DOES WANT THIS

EMERGENCY CLAUSE.

WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN NOW IS THAT

IT HAS TO BE APPROVED AGAIN BY

THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE. THE

SENATE, OF COURSE, IS LED BY

DEMOCRATS.

LAST TIME, THREE JOIN

REPUBLICANS IN VOTING FOR THIS

BILL.

THE EXPECTATION IS THAT THE

FINAL VOTES COULD HAPPEN AS

EARLY AS NEXT WEEK.

BOTH CLERKS HAVE SAID IT COULD

BE APPROVED WITH A SIMPLE

MAJORITY VOTE.

THERE IS TALK THAT MIGHT BE

CHALLENGED.

LET'S TALK ABOUT LOUDON

COUNTY.

IF THE BILL DOES PASS, IS THE

LOUDOUN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD

ACTUALLY GOING TO ABIDE WITH

THE NEW LAW?

I HAVE TO TELL YOU, WHEN I

TALK TO THESE PARENTS, THERE IS

A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT THAT.

Reporter: OBVIOUSLY, WHEN

GOVERNOR YOUNGKIN DID THE

EXECUTIVE ORDER LAST TIME,

LOUDON COUNTY IS AMONG THE

SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHO DID NOT

COMPLY.

THE SENSE IS, THEY COULD FIND

SOME WAY TO PUSH BACK, ALTHOUGH

I THINK THIS TIME, IT SOUNDS

LIKE IT WILL BE A LOT MORE

DIFFICULT.

A LOT OF PARENTS ARE SUPER

UPSET BECAUSE THEY SAY ALREADY,

EVEN WHEN THIS GOES INTO

EFFECT, THE KIDS HAVE NOW BEEN

OUT OVER A WEEK.

THEY ARE GROWING MORE AND MORE

CONCERNED BUT DEFINITELY THEY

FAVOR THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE AND

THEY ARE HOPING TO GET THEIR

KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL AS QUICKLY

AS POSSIBLE WITH AS LITTLE

DRAMA AS POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU.

> RUSSIA CLAIMS IT IS PULLING

BACK SOME OF ITS TROOPS ON

UKRAINE'S BORDER.

UNITED STATES AND EUROPEAN

OFFICIALS SAY ALL SIGNS POINT

TO AN INVASION.

DIGESTIVE HAS MORE FROM THE

NEWS BUREAU IN WASHINGTON.

BRITISH PRIME MINISTER BORIS

JOHNSON SAYS WE ARE ON THE

PRECIPICE AS ESTIMATES ARE

ANYWHERE BETWEEN 130 TO 150,000

TROOPS ARE SURROUNDING UKRAINE.

MOSCOW IS SENDING A DIFFERENT

MESSAGE.

GEORGE THOMAS REPORTS.

Reporter: RUSSIA'S MINISTRY

OF DEFENSE SAYS THAT LARGE-

SCALE MILITARY EXERCISES ARE

CONTINUING ACROSS THE COUNTRY

BUT TROOPS HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED

TO THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN

DISTRICTS.

THEY ARE BEGINNING TO MOVE

BACK.

THE MINISTRY HAS RELEASED VIDEO

REPORTEDLY SHOWING HOW MUCH

TANKS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT BEING

LOADED ONTO TRAYS.

THE REPORTS OF THE WITHDRAWAL

COMES AS THE UNITED STATES

CONTINUES TO INSIST RUSSIA IS

ON THE VERGE OF LAUNCHING A

FULL-SCALE INVASION.

THE HIGH-STAKES EFFORTS TO CALM

TENSIONS CONTINUE.

GERMANY'S CHANCELLOR, WHO WAS

JUST HERE IN UKRAINE YESTERDAY,

IS HEADED TO MOSCOW TODAY FOR

TALKS WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN.

MEANWHILE, RESIDENTS IN

UKRAINE'S LARGEST CITY IN THE

WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY ARE

GETTING AN UNEXPECTED HOLIDAY

TOMORROW.

UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT HAS

DECLARED FEBRUARY 16, CITED AS

A POSSIBLE INVASION DATE, AS

UNITY DAY.

HE IS ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS TO

FLY THE FLAG PROUDLY.

GEORGE THOMAS, UKRAINE.

> MEANWHILE, THE UNITED

STATES AND OTHER NATIONS ARE

URGING CITIZENS TO LEAVE

UKRAINE.

ISRAEL IS GOING ONE STEP

FURTHER.

AS CHRIS MITCHELL REPORTS FROM

JERUSALEM, THE JEWISH STATE IS

MAKING PLANS TO HELP NOT ONLY

ISRAELI STUDENT CITIZENS BUT

OTHERS WHO MAY BE CAUGHT IN THE

CROSSFIRE.

Reporter: ON SUNDAY, ISRAELI

PRIME MINISTER NAFTALI BENNETT

CALLED ON ISRAELI TO LEAD.

I AM CALLING ON YOU TO COME

HOME.

DON'T TAKE UNNECESSARY RISKS.

DON'T WAIT FOR SITUATION WHERE

YOU REALLY WANT TO COME BACK

BUT IT WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE.

BE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOURSELVES.

LEAVE UKRAINE AS QUICKLY AS

POSSIBLE AND COME HOME.

ISRAEL'S CONCERN IS NOT ONLY

FOR ITS CITIZENS BUT ALSO THE

TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OTHER JEWS

IN UKRAINE.

THE FORMER ISRAELI AMBASSADOR

IS INVOLVED IN THE EFFORT.

THEY ARE CONFUSED ABOUT

THEIR FUTURE.

WE TELL THEM THE GATES OF

ISRAEL ARE ALWAYS OPEN FOR ALL

JIK JEWS TO COME.

Reporter: IT IS A DIFFICULT

DECISION.

IT IS NOT EASY TO LOOK AT

YOUR FAMILY WHEN YOU HAVE A

CONNECTION TO YOUR COMMUNITY

AND JOB, ELDERLY PARENTS.

IT IS NOT EASY FOR THEM TO COME

AND JUST PACK THOSE THINGS UP

AND MOVE TO ISRAEL.

Reporter: THE HEAD OF THE

INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF

CHRISTIANS AND TRAINING JEWS

JUST LANDED IN UKRAINE.

WHAT WAS VERY CLEAR TO ME IS

THAT THERE WAS A THRIVING AND

STRONG JEWISH COMMUNITY IN

UKRAINE THAT IS NOT GOING

ANYWHERE SO QUICKLY.

Reporter: IN FEBRUARY 2020,

CBN ACCOMPANIED 130 JEWS WHO

MADE ALIYAH TO IS REAL.

THERE ARE THOSE WHO HAVE

ALWAYS DREAMED ABOUT MAKING

ALIYAH AND ARE JUMPING ON THIS

TIME NOW.

Reporter: THE STATE OF

ISRAEL HAS A LONG HISTORY OF

RESCUING JEWS DURING DANGEROUS

TIMES WITH WELL OVER 100,000

RUSSIAN TROOPS ON THE BORDER

WITH UKRAINE, THE JEWS IN

UKRAINE MAY SEEK EXPERIENCE IN

THEIR TIME OF NEED.

CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,

JERUSALEM.

GORDON, BACK TO YOU.

THE LAST TIME RUSSIA INVADED

UKRAINE, IT WASN'T THAT LONG

AGO, LET'S KEEP IN MIND WHAT

HAPPENED IN CRIMEA.

THERE WERE REFUGEE CAMPS

CREATED FOR THE JEWS OF

UKRAINE.

THE PERSECUTED COMMUNITY, AND

HAS BEEN FOR A LONG TIME, YOU

GO BACK TO WORLD WAR II AND THE

HOLOCAUST, UKRAINE WAS

INCREDIBLY EFFICIENT AT WIPING

OUT THE JEWISH PEOPLE IN THEIR

BORDERS.

FOR THEM TO BE SURVIVALIST

PLUS, THEY ARE QUITE PROUD OF

THAT AND THE UKRAINIAN HERITAGE

AND THEY WANT TO STAY.

THEY HAVE BEEN IN THOSE REFUGEE

CAMPS.

LOOKS LIKE IT IS GETTING WORSE.

I APPLAUD ISRAEL FOR SAYING

PLEASE COME HOME BUT I ALSO

UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WANT TO

STAY.

> WHY DOCTORS ARE TELLING

THEIR PATIENTS TO DROP ACID.

URIC ACID, THAT IS.

RESEARCH SHOWS IT IS A MARKER

FOR A WHOLE SET OF HEALTH

CONCERNS.

STAY TUNED TO SEE HOW YOU CAN

GET YOUR LEVELS IN LINE.

> PLUS, PHIL ROBERTSON AND

CANCELED.

THE "DUCK DYNASTY" SUPERSTAR

TELLS US HOW TO STAND TALL IN

THE CROSSHAIRS OF A WITCHHUNT.

THAT IS COMING UP LATER ON

TODAY'S "700 CLUB".

> DEADLY STROKES, HEART

DISEASE, ALZHEIMER'S, ALL THESE

DISEASE, ALZHEIMER'S, ALL THESE

DISEASES AND MORE CAN BE LINKED

TO HIGH LEVELS OF URIC ACID.

IT IS EASY TO MONITOR AND

CONTROL YOUR LEVEL OF URIC

ACID FOR BETTER HEALTH.

CBN MEDICAL REPORTER LORIE

JOHNSON EXPLAINS.

Reporter: WHEN YOU VISIT THE

DOCTOR FOR YOUR ANNUAL

PHYSICAL, CHANCES ARE YOU WILL

GET YOUR BLOOD TESTED.

USUALLY THAT INCLUDES A CHECK

OF YOUR URIC ACID LEVEL TO SEE

IF YOU ARE AT RISK FOR THE

ARTHRITIC CONDITION CALLED

GOUT.

NEW RESEARCH NOW SHOWS TOO MUCH

URIC ACID IN THE BODY MAY ALSO

PREDICT OTHER, MORE SERIOUS,

CONDITIONS.

THIS IS NOT YOUR

GRANDFATHER'S URIC ACID.

THIS HAS FAR MORE IMPLICATION

THAN SIMPLY BEING A RISK MARKER

FOR GOUT.

Reporter: IN HIS BOOK, "DROP

ACID", DR. DAVID PERLMUTTER

CITES A MASSIVE STUDY THAT

FOLLOWED 90,000 ADULTS FOR

EIGHT YEARS.

INDIVIDUALS IN THE GROUP WITH

THE HIGHEST URIC ACID HAD A 15%

INCREASED RISK OF DEATH.

THAT NUMBER GREW TO 35% FOR

DEATH FROM STROKE AND A 39%

INCREASED RISK FROM A HARD

EVENT.

WHEN IT COMES TO BRAIN HEALTH,

A 12 YEAR JAPANESE STUDY SHOWED

SIMILAR CAUSE FOR CONCERN.

METEOROLOGIST THOSE INDIVIDUALS

WITH THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF URIC

ACID HAD AN 80% INCREASED RISK

OF DEMENTIA, A 55% INCREASED

RISK OF SPECIFICALLY

ALZHEIMER'S, AND A 166%

INCREASED RISK FOR WHAT IS

CALLED MIXED OR VASCULAR OR

BLOOD SUPPLY DEMENTIA.

IT IS VERY REAL.

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT, VERY

THREATENING TO THE BRAIN.

Reporter: DR. PERLMUTTER

SAYS THE IDEAL LEVEL FOR URIC

ACID SHOULD BE LOWER THAN 5.5 .

ABOUT 100 YEARS AGO, THE

AVERAGE URIC ACID LEVEL IN

HUMANS TOTALED ABOUT 3.3. NOW

IT IS GREATER THAN 6.0.

YOUR DOCTOR CAN TEST YOUR URIC

ACID LEVELS.

IT IS ALSO EASY TO USE ONE OF

THESE HOME URIC ACID MONITORS

EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS UNTIL YOU

HAVE MET YOUR GOAL THAN ONCE A

MONTH AFTER THAT.

IF YOU NEED TO DROP YOUR LEVEL,

DR. PERLMUTTER RECOMMENDS TWO

SUPPLEMENTS FOUND THAT HEALTH

STORES, QUERCETIN 500

MILLIGRAMS A DAY AND LUTEOLIN

100 MILLIGRAMS A DAY.

THESE TWO ARE PRETTY DARN

EFFECTIVE IN TERMS OF LOWERING

URIC ACID.

Reporter: URIC ACID FORMS

WHEN OUR BODIES BREAK DOWN

ALCOHOL, SEAFOOD AND FRUCTOSE,

SO KEEP THESE IN CHECK.

WHEN IT'S PACKAGED IN FOR,

THAT'S WHERE THE NAME COMES

FROM, FRUCTOSE, FRUIT SUGAR, IT

IS ACTUALLY RELATIVELY SAFE AND

HAS NO IMPACT ON URIC ACID IF

WE DON'T CONSUME AN EXCESS

AMOUNT OF FRUIT.

YES, AN APPLE A DAY KEEPS THE

DOCTOR AWAY BUT FIVE APPLES A

DAY AND THE DOCTOR YOU'LL PAY.

MEANING YOU CAN OVERDO IT.

Reporter: FRUIT JUICES ARE

LOADED WITH FRUCTOSE, AS ARE

MOST PROCESSED FOODS.

THE GRANDDADDY OF THEM ALL IS

HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, AN

INGREDIENT WE'VE OFTEN TALKED

ABOUT ON THE "700 CLUB".

THIS HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN

SYRUP AS A SWEETENER HAS EVEN

MORE FRUCTOSE THAN TYPICALLY

TABLE SUGAR.

TABLE SUGAR IS TYPICALLY 50-50

GLUCOSE AND FRUCTOSE BUT HIGH

FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP IS EVEN

SWEETER, AND HAS MUCH MORE

FRUCTOSE.

Reporter: IN ADDITION TO

PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT WE EAT

AND DRINK, WE CAN ALSO LOWER

OUR URIC ACID BY FOCUSING ON

WHEN WE EAT.

USING INTERMITTENT FASTING,

WHERE YOU DON'T EAT FOR ABOUT

14 HOURS IN A ROW, SHOULD CAUSE

YOUR LEVELS OF URIC ACID TO GO

DOWN.

IN OTHER WORDS, FINISHING

DINNER AT 6:00, SEVEN, 8:00 AND

THEN NOT EATING UNTIL 8:00,

9:00 OR 10:00 THE NEXT MORNING.

Reporter: FINALLY, STRIVE

FOR A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP.

ONE STUDY SHOWED A SUBSTANTIAL

RISE IN DAVID PERLMUTTER --

URIC ACID LEVELS IN PEOPLE

WITH SLEEP APNEA, CONDITION

WHERE A PERSON'S BREATHING

REPEATEDLY STOPS AND STARTS.

A SLEEP STUDY AND TREATMENT FOR

THAT CONDITION, HOWEVER, CAN

SET THINGS STRAIGHT.

CHECK YOUR URIC ACID LEVEL AND

STRIVE FOR 5.5 OR LESS.

YOU CAN GET THERE BY MAKING

SMALL CHANGES THAT COULD MAKE A

BIG DIFFERENCE.

LORIE JOHNSON, CBN NEWS.

THAT IS GREAT INFORMATION.

I ENCOURAGE YOU TO MANAGE AND

CONTROL YOUR URIC ACID.

IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION,

THE BOOK IS CALLED "DROP

ACID".

YOU CAN FIND IT WHEREVER BOOKS

ARE SOLD.

> STILL AHEAD, THE OUTSPOKEN

PATRIARCH OF THE "DUCK DYNASTY"

CLAN JOINS US.

PHIL ROBERTSON TELLS US WHY HE

IS NOT AFRAID OF CANCEL CULTURE

COMING UP.

> PLUS, A HOLLYWOOD HOT-SHOT

WHO RUBBED SHOULDERS WITH THE

STARS.

FIND OUT WHY HE LEFT THE

SPOTLIGHT LATER ON TODAY'S

"700 CLUB".

> PHIL ROBERTSON COULD VERY

WELL BE ONE OF THE FIRST

VICTIMS OF MODERN DAY CANCEL

CULTURE.

AFTER QUOTING THE BIBLE DURING

AN INTERVIEW, PHIL WAS

SUSPENDED FROM "DUCK DYNASTY",

SEVERAL SPONSORS PULLED THEIR

ADS FROM THE HIT SHOW AND THE

PC CROWD DEMANDED AN APOLOGY.

STILL, PHIL DID NOT BACK DOWN.

RATHER THAN BE SILENCED, HE IS

NOW MORE VOCAL THAN EVER.

Reporter: NEW YORK TIMES

BEST-SELLING AUTHOR AND "DUCK

DYNASTY" STAR PHIL ROBERTSON

SAYS OUR COUNTRY IS DEEPLY

DIVIDED.

HE IS CONCERNED ABOUT AMERICA

AND WHAT WILL BECOME OF THE

REPUBLIC OVER THE NEXT FEW

MONTHS AND YEARS.

PHIL SAYS ARE BROKEN CULTURE

HAS FORGOTTEN HOW TO HAVE

RESPECTFUL CONVERSATIONS AND

SUPPRESSES CONSERVATIVE

OPINIONS AND POLITICAL VALUES.

IN HIS BOOK, UN-CANCELED, PHIL

SHARES HOW TO FIND MEANING AND

PEACE IN A CULTURE OF SHAME AND

CONDEMNATION.

PHIL ROBERTSON JOINS US NOW

VIA SKYPE.

PHIL, WE WELCOME YOU BACK TO

THE "700 CLUB".

COMING OUT OF THE DEEP WOODS

OF LOUISIANA.

WE ARE SO GLAD YOU ARE.

LET'S GO BACK, IF YOU WILL , TO

YOUR INTERVIEW WITH THAT GQ

REPORT IN 2013.

DID YOU EVER EXPECT THAT LEVEL

OF BACKLASH FROM YOUR COMMENTS?

WELL, EVERYONE WHO LIVES A

GODLY LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS WILL

BE PERSECUTED.

SO, I ACCEPT THE PERSECUTION,

ABSOLUTELY.

IT BRINGS FORTH ME TO A POINT

OF JESUS MORE WHEN THEY BEGIN TO

CANCEL THEIR NEIGHBOR FOR NO

GOOD REASON.

YEAH.

IT IS A SAD THING TO WATCH.

I AM NOT MAD AT THEM.

I AM SAD FOR THEM.

THERE IS ONE LAWGIVER AND ONE

JUDGE.

THE ONE THAT CAN BOTH SAVE AND

DESTROY.

IT IS A DREADFUL THING TO FALL

OUT OF THE HAND OF THE LIVING

GOD.

I POINT AT JESUS.

JESUS DIED FOR THE SINS OF THE

WORLD, INCLUDING THEIRS, THE

ONES WHO GO AROUND CANCELING

PEOPLE.

GOD IS NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS

LYING DOWN.

JUDGMENT IS COMING FOR ALL OF

US.

I JUST POINTED TO JESUS.

I DON'T HOLD IT AGAINST THEM IF

THEY BADMOUTH ME OR CURSE ME.

REMEMBER, WHEN JESUS WAS ON THE

CROSS, THEY HAD BRUTALIZED HIM

AND TREATED HIM LIKE AN ANIMAL.

HE WAS STRONG UP ON A CROSS.

HIS FINAL WORDS WERE, FORGIVE

THEM, FATHER, THEY DON'T KNOW

WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

I KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN I HAVE

PEOPLE WHO ATTACK ME FOR NO

REASON.

YOU NOTED THAT CANCEL

CULTURE IS NOTHING NEW.

IT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE

PRONOUNCED THESE DAYS.

WHY IS THAT?

HERE IS THE EXACT ANSWER.

SINCE THEY DID NOT THINK IT

WORTHWHILE TO RETAIN THE

KNOWLEDGE OF GOD, GOD GAVE THEM

OVER TO A DEPRAVED MIND.

TO DO WHAT NOT OUGHT TO BE

DONE.

THEY BECOME FILLED WITH EVER

KIND OF DEPRAVITY, THEY ARE

FILLED WITH MURDER, STRIFE,

MALICE, THEY ARE GOSSIPS,

SLANDERERS, GOD HATERS, AND SO

ARROGANT, BOASTFUL.

THEY DISOBEY THEIR PARENTS.

THERE IS AN ENCOMPASSING PICTURE

OF THE WORLD WHEN THE ROMAN

EMPIRE WAS THERE AND NOW WE ARE

IN THE AMERICAN EMPIRE.

I AM SAYING NOTHING HAS

CHANGED.

THEY ARE SENSELESS.

THEY ARE FAITHLESS.

THEY ARE HARTLESS.

THEY ARE TRYING TO RUIN THEIR

NEIGHBOR AND THEY ARE RUTHLESS.

THEY RIP CHILDREN OUT OF THEIR

MOTHERS BLOOMS.

WHEN THEY LOOK AT IT, DAD IS 1

ROMANS, ABOUT VERSE 28.

YOU READ THAT AND IT SAYS, ALL

THESE EMPIRES THAT HAVE COME

UP, ALL OF THEM, GOING BACK TO

MESOPOTAMIA AND YOU JUST START

MOVING FORWARD, I HAD A COLLEGE

PROFESSOR GIVE ME ALL THE

EMPIRES.

I SAID, WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM?

HE SAID, EVERY ONE OF THEM

COLLAPSED.

LEADING UP TO WHERE WE ARE WITH

CHINA, RUSSIA, AMERICA, INDIA,

THERE ARE A FEW EMPIRES STILL

STANDING.

THESE ARE THE NEWEST ONES.

YOU SAY, WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO

THEM, BASED ON THEIR LACK OF

KNOWLEDGE?

THEIR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF GOD?

WE WILL GO THE WAY OF THE REST

OF THEM.

THEY ALL HAVE ONE THING IN

COMMON, THEY COLLAPSED. IT

WORRIES ME.

I AM TRYING TO GET MY FELLOW

AMERICANS TO SAY, WHAT IN THE

WORLD ARE WE DOING?

HE RAN GOD OUT OF OUR SCHOOLS.

THESE IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS,

COLLEGES, THEY STARTED OUT AS

PREACHING SCHOOLS, SEMINARY

SCHOOLS, BIBLE VERSES ON THE

GATES WHEN YOU CAME IN.

I MEAN, THAT IS A COUPLE

HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

LOOK AT US NOW.

YEAH.

I WOULD LIKE YOU TO ADDRESS,

ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE

YOU TO ADDRESS, IT IS NOT JUST

THE LEFT TRYING TO CANCEL

OTHERS.

EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS ARE

GUILTY OF THE SAME

TRANSGRESSION.

HOUSE SO?

WHO IS HE THAT CANCELS HIS

BROTHER?

WHO IS HE WHO PASSES JUDGMENT

ON HIS BROTHER?

THIS IS ROMANS 2. IT IS A DOOZY.

DON'T EVER BE THIS WAY.

YOU, THEREFORE, HAVE NO EXCUSE.

YOU WHO PASS JUDGMENT ON

SOMEONE ELSE. FOR AT WHATEVER

POINT YOU JUDGE SOMEONE ELSE,

YOU ARE CONDEMNING YOURSELF

BECAUSE YOU PASSED JUDGMENT FOR

DOING THE SAME THINGS.

WHAT THEY CALL CONSERVATIVES,

EVEN THEY ARE A LITTLE QUICK IN

PASSING JUDGMENT ON OTHERS.

LOOK, WE ARE ALL SINNERS.

ALL HAVE SINNED AND FALLEN

SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD.

THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH.

EVERYONE, WHEN THEY BEGIN TO

SING, GO

> SIN, HIGH SCHOOL, THE

TROUBLE STARTS.

WHAT IS THE TROUBLE?

WE ALL BEGIN TO SIN.

ALL OF US.

GOD CANCELS US BECAUSE OUR SINS

KILLED US . THE WAY TO LIFE IS

JESUS, THE WAGES OF SIN IS

DEATH.

HE KEEPS THE LAW.

EVERYONE ELSE HAS BROKEN THE

LAW REPEATEDLY.

JUST START WITH THE TOP 10.

START WITH OBEY YOUR FATHER AND

MOTHER, CHILDREN, START THERE.

MURDER, IMMORALITY, LYING,

STEALING, COVETING.

WE CAN EVEN KEEP THE TOP 10.

WHO ARE WE TO JUDGE ANYBODY

BECAUSE EVERYONE IS A SINNER.

YOU HAVE TO TO RIDE TO THE

STATE.

I AM SAYING, DON'T JUDGE YOUR

NEIGHBOR.

LEAVE THAT FOR GOD'S WRATH.

THE GREATEST COMMANDS IN THE

BIBLE ARE LOVE GOD WITH ALL

YOUR HEART, MIND, SOUL AND

STRENGTH.

THE SECOND ONE IS, LOVE YOUR

NEIGHBOR.

IF WE DO THAT, THERE IS NO

DOWNSIDE.

THERE IS NO DOWNSIDE TO THAT.

DON'T JUDGE YOUR BROTHER.

GOD WILL DO THE JUDGING.

JUST LOVE GOD AND LOVE YOUR

NEIGHBOR.

THINK ABOUT WHAT JOHN ADAMS,

THE SECOND PRESIDENT, SPOKE OF,

WHAT A UTOPIA WE WOULD HAVE IF

WE JUST LOVE GOD AND LOVE OUR

NEIGHBOR, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD.

HERE WE ARE.

WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF CANCEL

CULTURE.

WHAT WE HAVE IS, AMERICA, A

GIGANTIC AND IT IS GIGANTIC, A

GIGANTIC LOVE DEFICIT.

THIS IS THE APOSTLE PAUL

BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF

MISCHIEF GOING ON IN KORINEK.

LOVE IS KIND. LOVE DOES NOT

ENVY.

LOVE DOES NOT BOAST.

LOVE IS NOT PROUD.

LOVE IS NOT RUDE.

THINK ABOUT IT.

LOVE IS NOT SELF-SEEKING.

IT IS NOT EASILY ANGERED.

LISTEN TO THIS IN THE MIDDLE

FOR THE CANCEL CROWD.

LOVE KEEPS NO RECORD OF WRONGS.

WHAT IF JESUS, OUR LORD, KEPT A

RECORD OF OUR SINS?

YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SO

STRAIGHTFORWARD, A VOICE CRYING

IN THE WILDERNESS TODAY. MAY

THE PEOPLE YOU ARE SPEAKING TO

HEAR IT.

YOUR BOOK IS CALLED

"UNCANCELED".

PHIL ROBERTSON, FINDING MEANING

AND PEACE IN THE CULTURE OF

ACCUSATION, SHAME AND

CONDEMNATION.

YOU CAN BUY IT NATIONWIDE.

PHIL, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH

US AND BEING SO STRAIGHT ON.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

BLESS YOU.

I LOVE YOU ALL.

WE LOVE YOU, TOO.

GORDON?

> STILL TO COME, A HOLLYWOOD

PRODUCTION DESIGNER WHOSE

CAREER TOOK HIM TO STAR-STUDDED

PARTIES IN L.A., NEW YORK AND

PARIS.

SEE HOW A FEW STRANGERS AT A

COFFEE SHOP CHANGED THE COURSE

OF HIS LIFE.

> PLUS, THE SECRET THAT

HELPED THIS RESTAURANT TRIPLE

ITS BUSINESS.

FINDING OUT HOW IT IS BRINGING

UP MORE THAN EVEN BEFORE THE

PANDEMIC NEXT.

> WELCOME BACK TO WASHINGTON

FOR THIS CBN NEWSBREAK.

CANADA'S PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN

TRUDEAU DECLARED A NATIONAL

EMERGENCY TO END THE TRUCKER

PROTEST OVER COVID

RESTRICTIONS.

THE EMERGENCY POWERS ALLOW THE

GOVERNMENT TO TOW CARS AND

TRUCKS, SUSPEND THEIR INSURANCE

AND FREEZE TRUCKERS' PERSONAL

AND CORPORATE BANK ACCOUNTS, AS

WELL AS BLOCK DONATIONS TO THE

PROTESTERS.

THE MEASURES WILL LAST 30 DAYS

AND THE MILITARY REPORTEDLY

WILL NOT BE INVOLVED.

> A HISTORIC JOURNEY IN THE

MIDDLE EAST MONDAY.

NAFTALI BENNETT BECAME THE FIRST

ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER TO VISIT

BAHRAIN.

THE VISIT SENDS A CLEAR MESSAGE

OF COOPERATION AIMED AT

REGIONAL ARCHRIVAL IRAN.

THE TWO COUNTRIES SIGNED A

DEFENSE AGREEMENT TWO WEEKS

AGO.

YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE LATEST

FROM CBN NEWS BY GOING TO OUR

WEBSITE AT ISRAELI PRIME

MINISTER TO VISIT BAHRAIN.

THE VISIT SENDS A CLEAR MESSAGE

OF COOPERATION AIMED AT

REGIONAL ARCHRIVAL IRAN.

THE TWO COUNTRIES SIGNED A

DEFENSE AGREEMENT TWO WEEKS

AGO.

YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE LATEST

FROM CBN NEWS BY GOING

TOOURWEBSITE@CBNNEWS.COM.

GORDON AND TERRY ARE BACK WITH

MORE "700 CLUB" RIGHT AFTER

THIS.

> BETTY'S RESTAURANT IS MORE

THAN PEOPLE CAN GET A GREAT

GREEK MEAL, IT IS ALSO A

MINISTRY.

BETTY HAS FACED TOUGH ECONOMIC

TIMES BUT SHE TRIPLED HER

BUSINESS.

HERE IS THE SECRET INGREDIENT

TO HER SUCCESS.

ALWAYS, WHEN YOU SEE PEOPLE

ALWAYS, WHEN YOU SEE PEOPLE

'S TESTIMONY, YOU KNOW GOD IS

WORKING OUT THERE.

IT GIVES YOU CONFIRMATION THAT

IN THE LITTLE THINGS HE HAS

COME THROUGH.

Reporter: CBN PARTNER

ELIZABETH "BETTY" KYRIAKIDIS

WATCHES THE "700 CLUB" EVERY

MORNING BEFORE HEADING INTO HER

60 HOUR WORK WEEK AT THE GREEK

RESTAURANT SHE AND HER LATE

HUSBAND OPENED 26 YEARS AGO.

HER GENEROUS NATURE AND LOVE

FOR JESUS ARE OBVIOUS TO ALL

THAT MEET HER.

MY DESIRE TO HELP WHEN MY

MOTHER AND I WERE IN THE

MOUNTAINS OF KENTUCKY.

WE USED TO GO INTO THE COAL

MINING CAMPS AND DRESS LITTLE

CHILDREN FOR CHURCH AND TAKE

THEM TO SUNDAY SCHOOL.

WE DID A LOT OF MINISTRIES UP

THERE. I LEARNED ABOUT GIVING

AND PEOPLE REALLY IN NEED.

Reporter: OVER THE YEARS,

BETTY HAS LOVED CBN'S FOCUS ON

EVANGELISM AND HUMANITARIAN

RELIEF.

SHE STARTED SUPPORTING CBN IN

2003.

I HAVE A DAUGHTER THAT

WORKED FOR THE SALVATION ARMY.

I ASKED HER, IF I WANTED TO

DONATE TO DIFFERENT MINISTRIES,

SHE TOLD ME OPERATION BLESSING

IS ONE OF THE FIRST TO SHOW UP

ON THE SCENE IN DISASTERS AND

THEY ARE THERE UNTIL THE END.

Reporter: IN 2012 FOLLOWING

A LONG ILLNESS, HER HUSBAND

PASSED AWAY.

SHE FOUND COMFORT THROUGH HER

PRAYER WARRIORS THAT CBN.

WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH

ROUGH TIMES I WOULD CALL THE

700 CLUB.

WE WOULD TALK AND SHE WOULD

PRAY AND WE WOULD TALK TOGETHER

AND PRAY TOGETHER AND IT WAS

VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING

ME.

Reporter: SEVERAL YEARS

LATER, THE RESTAURANT FACED

TOUGH TIMES AND SHE WAS ADVISED

TO SELL THE BUSINESS AND CUT

BACK ON HER GIVING.

WE HAD BEEN THROUGH SOME

DIFFICULT ECONOMIC THINGS THAT

HAD HAPPENED.

I ALWAYS JUST SAY, WE WILL GET

THROUGH IT.

WITH GOD'S HELP, WE WILL GET

THROUGH IT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE TO BE FAITHFUL TO HIM.

HE IS FAITHFUL TO US.

Reporter: BETTY TOOK OUT A

PERSONAL LOAN AGAINST SEVERAL

RENTAL PROPERTIES AND HER SON

CAME ON BOARD WITH FRESH MENU

IDEAS.

TOGETHER THEY WORKED HARD AND

THE RESTAURANT MORE THAN

RECOVERED.

GOD IS JUST BLESSING US, AND

ESPECIALLY DURING COVID AND

AFTER COVID.

NOW, WE ARE HITTING NUMBERS WE

NEVER HIT BEFORE.

I THINK IT IS DUE TO, TO THE

BLESSINGS, YOU KNOW, THAT WE

ARE GIVING.

WE ARE STILL GIVING, AS A

RESTAURANT, WE DO A LOT OF

COMMUNITY OUTREACH

ORGANIZATION, HELPING PEOPLE.

IT IS ALSO OUR MINISTRY.

Reporter: FOR REGULAR

CUSTOMERS, THE ACROPOLIS

RESTAURANT FEELS LIKE A FAMILY.

BETTY LOVES THE MINISTRY

OPPORTUNITIES SHE HAS THERE AND

SHE HAS SOMETHING FOR THE

CHILDREN THAT COME INTO THE

ACROPOLIS.

I AM AN AVID SUPPORTER OF

SUPER BOOK.

I THINK IF YOU GET THE GOSPEL

INTO CHILDREN AT AN EARLY AGE

IT IS PLANTING A SEED.

I ALWAYS HAVE AN EXTRA ONE IN

MY PURSE.

WHEN A CHILD COMES IN, I SAY, I

WANT YOU TO SEE THIS LITTLE

CARTOON.

IT IS GOOD.

I TELL THEM ABOUT CBN AND

OPERATION BLESSING.

THERE IS THIS ONE SERVER I HAD,

HER MOTHER GAVE HER UP.

I TOLD HER ABOUT ORPHAN'S

PROMISE.

I SAY, THIS SHOULD BE CLOSE TO

YOUR HEART.

I TOLD HIM ALSO ABOUT CBN IN

GENERAL BECAUSE THEY DO SO MUCH

FOR SO MANY.

Reporter: TODAY, THE

RESTAURANT'S BUSINESS HAS

TRIPLED SINCE 2012 AND BETTY

ATTRIBUTES IT ALL TO GOD.

I HAVE NEVER STOPPED GIVING

BACK TO GOD.

WHEN YOU GIVE TO GOD, BLESSINGS

COME YOUR WAY.

YOU KNOW, BETTY HAS FOUND

THE SECRET, CAN I JUST SAY, IT

IS NOT ABOUT GIVING TO GET.

IT IS ABOUT GIVING FROM YOUR

HEART.

THE BLESSING OF GOD IS THE PART

THAT COMES AFTER THAT.

IT IS JUST THE NATURAL FOLLOW-

UP TO YOUR GIVING AND CARING

ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE.

TO THOSE OF YOU WHO BELONG TO

THE 700 CLUB, I WANT TO SAY

THANK YOU.

BETTY SO ELOQUENTLY STATED YOU

ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE AT HOME

AND AROUND THE WORLD.

$0.65 A DAY, $20 A MONTH MAKES

YOU A 700 CLUB MEMBER.

IF YOU ARE WATCHING THE PROGRAM

TODAY AND HAVE NOT YET JOINED,

GO TO YOUR PHONE AND CALL.

YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS OUT ON

THIS OPPORTUNITY.

THE NUMBER IS 1-800-700-7000.

THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE IN NEED

. YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENT FROM

THE COMFORT OF YOUR OWN HOME.

IT DOES NOT GET BETTER THAN

THAT, RIGHT?

WHEN YOU CALL, DO IT USING

PLEDGE EXPRESS.

THE BANK DOES ALL THE WORK.

THERE ARE LOTS OF OPTIONS FOR

YOU TO BE ABLE TO CALL AND

BECOME A 700 CLUB MEMBER.

CAN I SHOW YOU THOSE MEMBERSHIP

LEVELS?

GENERAL 700 CLUB MEMBERSHIP IS

$20 A MONTH.

YOU COULD JOIN THE GOLD CLUB AT

$40 A MONTH.

THE 1000 CLUB IS $84 A MONTH.

WE HAVE 2500 CLUB MEMBERS,

$2500 A YEAR, $209 A MONTH.

FOUNDERS JOIN US AT $417 A MONTH

. THAT WORKS OUT TO $5000 A

YEAR.

ASK GOD WHAT HE WOULD HAVE YOU

DO AND GO TO YOUR PHONE RIGHT

NOW.

OUR WAY OF SAYING THANK YOU FOR

CARING ABOUT OTHERS IS TO SEND

YOU PAT'S LATEST BOOK CALLED

"THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

IN YOU".

PAT HAS WALKED THIS WALK FOR

MANY, MANY YEARS.

HE HAS SEEN THE BLESSING AND

THE HAND OF GOD.

HE SHARES WITH US HOW TO PUT

THE POWER OF GOD TO WORK IN

YOUR OWN LIFE.

WE ALL NEED THAT.

WE HAVE SENT THIS TO YOU AS A

THANK YOU.

YOU HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF

KNOWING YOU ARE TOUCHING AND

CHANGING OTHER LIVES.

THERE IS THE NUMBER.

IT IS TOLL-FREE.

1-800-700-7000.

CALL NOW AND JUST SAY YOU WANT

TO JOIN THE 700 CLUB.

> STILL AHEAD, HE FOUGHT FOR

MARRIAGE EQUALITY, MARCHED IN

PRIDE PARADES AND HAD NUMEROUS

RELATIONSHIPS WITH MEN.

FIND OUT WHY HE LEFT THE GAME

LIFESTYLE AFTER 30 YEARS WHEN

WE COME BACK.

> PARTYING WITH KANYE WEST,

> PARTYING WITH KANYE WEST,

WORKING ALONGSIDE KATY PERRY

AND PARIS HILTON.

AS A PRODUCTION ASSISTANT IN

BECKET COOK, HE FELT NOTHING

BUT DEAD ON THE INSIDE.

I THOUGHT THE WHOLE PURPOSE

OF MY LIFE, THE MEANING OF MY

LIFE, WAS FINDING TRUE LOVE IN

ANOTHER HUMAN BEING, IN A GUY,

AND FINDING SUCCESS IN MY

CAREER.

AT A VERY YOUNG AGE, I KNEW

THAT I WAS ATTRACTED TO THE

SAME SEX.

I HAD TO KEEP IT TO MYSELF.

I DATED, YOU KNOW, GIRLS.

IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, I WENT

STEADY WITH GIRLS. IN HIGH

SCHOOLS I DATED GIRLS BUT IT

WAS ALL A FACADE.

AFTER COLLEGE, I ENDED UP

MOVING TO L.A.

TO PURSUE ACTING AND WRITING

AND KIND OF A CREATIVE, MORE OF

A CREATIVE FIELD.

I JUST CAME OUT TO EVERYONE.

THAT IS WHEN I FULLY EMBRACED

HOMOSEXUALITY AS MY IDENTITY.

AFTER EACH RELATIONSHIP WITH A

GUY, AND AFTER IT WOULD END, I

HAD TOTAL AMNESIA THAT IT, HOW

IT ALL ENDED.

I WOULD THINK, OH THE NEXT GUY

IS GOING TO BE PERFECT. THE

NEXT GUY IS GOING TO BE

AMAZING.

OF COURSE, LIKE TWO YEARS

LATER, IT'S OVER, YOU KNOW.

THERE IS CHEATING, INFIDELITY

AND IT IS OVER.

AT THIS POINT IN MY LIFE, I WAS

VERY SUCCESSFUL IN MY CAREER AS

A SET DESIGNER, PRODUCTION

DESIGNER.

I MEAN, I WAS DOING COVERS FOR

VOGUE AND FOR HARPER'S BAZAAR.

I WORKED WITH A LOT OF POP

STARS, LIKE KATY PERRY AND

PARIS HILTON AND OPRAH,

EVERYONE YOU COULD IMAGINE.

I WORKED WITH THEM.

I ALSO STARTED MY OWN MAN'S

FASHION LINE THAT WAS

SUCCESSFUL.

OUR CLOTHING LINES WERE IN, YOU

KNOW, L.A., NEW YORK, PARIS.

I WENT TO ALL THE SHOWS.

I WENT TO ALL THE AFTER

PARTIES.

I WAS AT THIS ONE AFTER PARTY

IN PARIS.

I REMEMBER, JUST EVERYONE WAS

THERE FROM THE FASHION WORLD.

I THINK KANYE WAS THERE THAT

YEAR.

I WAS LOOKING OUT OVER THE

CROWD.

IT JUST STRUCK ME SO

PROFOUNDLY.

I WAS LIKE, IS THAT ALL THERE

IS TO LIFE?

JUST GOING TO PARTIES FOR THE

REST OF MY LIFE?

IS THIS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT?

I REALLY STARTED TO PANIC THAT

NIGHT.

I WAS OVERWHELMED WITH A SENSE

OF EMPTINESS.

I GOT BACK TO L.A.

AND GOT BUSY WITH WORK FOR

ABOUT SIX MONTHS.

I WAS AT A COFFEE SHOP IN

SILVER LAKE WITH MY BEST

FRIEND.

HE WAS GAY, TOO.

WE NOTICED, SHOCKINGLY, THERE

WAS A TABLE NEXT TO US WITH

BIBLES ON THE TABLE.

THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAD

SEEN A BIBLE IN PUBLIC IN LOS

ANGELES, EVER.

BY THAT POINT IN MY LIFE, I WAS

A PRACTICAL ATHEIST.

FINALLY, I JUST TURNED AROUND

AND I SAY, ARE YOU GUYS

CHRISTIANS?

AND THEY JUST, THEY LAID IT OUT

FOR ME.

THEY TOLD ME WHAT THEY BELIEVE,

THEY TOLD ME THE GOSPEL.

SO, WHAT IS YOUR CHURCH IN

HOLLYWOOD BELIEVE ABOUT

HOMOSEXUALITY?

THEY WERE JUST LIKE, WELL, YOU

KNOW, WE BELIEVE IT IS A SIN.

WHAT IS INTERESTING ABOUT THAT,

NUMBER ONE, I APPRECIATED HOW

FRANK THEY WERE AND HONEST.

THEY INVITED ME TO CHURCH THE

FOLLOWING SUNDAY.

I WAS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF I

WILL GO TO YOUR CHURCH.

I WILL THINK ABOUT IT.

THE FOLLOWING SUNDAY, I WAKE UP

AND I'M LIKE, I GUESS I'M JUST

GING TO GO TO THIS CHURCH

TODAY.

THE PASTOR COMES OUT AND HE

STARTS PREACHING ON ROMANS

CHAPTER 7. SOMETHING STRANGE

STARTED HAPPENING.

EVERYTHING HE WAS SAYING, EVERY

WORD HE WAS SAYING, EVERY

SENTENCE HE WAS SAYING STARTED

TO RESONATE THIS TRUTH IN MY

MIND, IN MY HEART, AND I DIDN'T

KNOW WHY.

I WAS ON THE EDGE OF MY SEAT,

LITERALLY ON THE EDGE OF MY

SEAT.

IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAD

REALLY HURT THE GOSPEL AND

UNDERSTOOD IT.

BEFORE HE LEFT, HE INVITED

PEOPLE TO GET PRAYED WITH ON

THE SIDE OF THE CHURCH.

I GO UP TO THE SKY, A STRANGER,

AND I SAY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I

BELIEVE BUT I AM HERE.

HE SAID, OKAY, LET ME PRAY FOR

YOU.

HE LAID HANDS ON ME AND PRAYED

FOR ME.

IT SEEMED REALLY INTENSE AND

LONG.

I JUST REMEMBER THINKING, WHY

DOES THIS STRAIGHT DUDE LOVE ME

SO MUCH?

IT SEEMED SO LOVING WHAT HE WAS

SAYING AND PRAYING.

ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE HOLY

SPIRIT IS JUST LIKE, LIKE

FLOODS ME AND GOD HAS REVEALED

HIMSELF TO ME IN THAT MOMENT.

HE'S LIKE, YOU ARE NOW ADOPTED

INTO MY KINGDOM.

WELCOME.

I WAS JUST LIKE, WHOA!

I STARTED BAWLING.

HYSTERICALLY . I KNEW, IN THAT

MOMENT, MY NEW TO THE CORE OF

MY BEING THAT GAY WAS NO LONGER

WHO I WAS.

I DIDN'T CARE.

I HAD JUST MET JESUS CHRIST.

SOME PEOPLE MIGHT SAY I AM JUST

SUPPRESSING WHO I REALLY AM.

BUT THEY DON'T GET IT.

I LIVED THAT LIFE FOR A REALLY

LONG TIME.

I MARCHED IN GAY PARADES , I

MARCHED IN GAY MARRIAGE

EQUALITY PARADES.

I WAS SUPER GAY.

I TRIED THAT FOR 30 YEARS.

THIS IS ACTUALLY, REALLY WHO I

AM NOW.

MY HOPE IS THAT PEOPLE WILL

REALIZE HOW MUCH MORE AMAZING

IT IS TO DENY YOURSELF AND

FOLLOW CHRIST RATHER THAN TO

JUST GIVE IN TO THE SIN NOW

JUST TO SATISFY SOME IMMEDIATE

NEED.

IT'S NOT A HAPPINESS FROM THE

WORLD.

IT IS A JOY THAT COMES FROM

CHRIST . WITH GOD, I FEEL THIS

UNCONDITIONAL LOVE FROM HIM

THAT WILL NEVER LEAVE.

LIKE HE WILL NEVER LEAVE OR

FORSAKE ME.

I AM HAPPY TO LEAVE THAT DEAD

MAN BEHIND BECAUSE HE'S WORTH

IT.

YOU CAN BE HAPPY TO LEAVE

THAT DEAD MAN BEHIND.

YOU CAN FIND JOY.

YOU CAN FIND PEACE.

YOU CAN FIND PURPOSE IN LIFE.

YOU CAN FIND ALL OF THESE

THINGS IN HIM.

IT IS WHAT WE WERE CREATED TO

DO.

IT IS SO CLEAR IN SCRIPTURE.

IT IS SO CLEAR FROM THE

WRITINGS OF THE CHURCH FATHERS.

WITH EACH ONE OF US, THERE IS

THIS HOLE.

IT NEVER GETS FILLED UNTIL WE

FILL IT WITH THE ETERNAL ONE.

LET ME PREACH TO YOU OUT OF

ROMANS 7. THAT IS WHAT GOT

BECKET'S ATTENTION.

THERE ARE SOME REAL SINGULAR

VERSES IN THAT.

YOU KIND OF DESPAIR AT LIFE

WHEN YOU READ IT.

THE APOSTLE PAUL IS SAYING, HE

IS SAYING FROM HIMSELF, THE

THINGS I WANT TO DO I DON'T

DO.

THE THINGS I SHOULDN'T DO I

FIND MYSELF DOING. THEN THERE'S

HARD CRY, WHO CAN FREE ME FROM

THIS BODY OF SIN AND DEATH?

WHO CAN DO THAT?

AND THEN HE ANSWERS, I THANK

GOD FOR CHRIST JESUS.

HE HAD FOUND THE ANSWER.

THE ANSWER TO EVERY HUMAN NEED.

MAYBE YOU ARE LIKE BECKET.

MAYBE YOU HAVE SAME-SEX

ATTRACTION AND HAVE BEEN IN

THAT FOR A LONG TIME.

MAYBE YOU ARE HETEROSEXUAL AND

YOU FIND YOURSELF IN SERIAL

RELATIONSHIPS THAT YOU CAN'T

EVER FIND SATISFACTION IN.

MAYBE FOR YOU IT IS DRUGS,

ALCOHOL, MONEY, POWER,

POSITION.

WHATEVER IT IS YOU FIND

YOURSELF TRAPPED IN, YOU

ALREADY KNOW IT DOES NOT

SATISFY YOU.

IT DOES NOT GET YOU TO A PLACE

OF PEACE.

YOU CAN DO IT OVER AND OVER AND

OVER AGAIN AND IT IS NEVER

ENOUGH.

I'VE GOT GREAT NEWS FOR YOU.

JESUS IS REAL. HE REALLY IS

YOUR SAVIOR.

HE REALLY DOES LOVE YOU.

HE REALLY WALKED THE EARTH.

HE WAS REALLY BORN FROM MARY.

HE DIED ON A CROSS FOR YOU.

WHY?

SO THAT YOU WOULD NOT HAVE TO

SACRIFICE.

HE MADE THE SACRIFICE FOR ALL

OF US.

THE REASON HE DID THAT IS

BECAUSE HE LOVES YOU.

HE WANTS YOU TO BE WITH HIM FOR

ALL ETERNITY.

THE GREAT DREAM GOD HAD IS THAT

WE WOULD BE HIS PEOPLE.

HE WOULD BE OUR GOD.

WE WOULD LIVE IN A GARDEN.

WE WOULD HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH

HIM.

THAT IS WHAT HE WANTS.

WHEN YOU FIND THAT FELLOWSHIP,

WHEN YOU HAVE HIM IN YOUR LIFE,

JUST LIKE BECKET, WHEN YOU ARE

FILLED WITH HIS SPIRIT, YOU ARE

FILLED WITH HIS PRESENCE, ALL

THE OTHER THINGS OF THIS EARTH

FADE AWAY.

THEY ALL GO AWAY.

NOTHING COMPARES TO IT.

IT IS AN EXPERIENCE.

THAT IS WHY PEOPLE CALL IT BORN

AGAIN.

IT IS LIKE YOU ARE REGENERATED

FROM THE INSIDE.

ONCE I WAS BLIND, BUT NOW I

SEE.

UNTIL YOU HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE,

YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT

IS ALL ABOUT.

HERE IS GOOD NEWS.

YOU CAN HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE.

YOU CAN HAVE IT RIGHT NOW.

HOW DO YOU GET IT?

YOU DO THE SAME THING BECKET

DID.

ALL RIGHT, I WILL GO TO CHURCH.

HE WENT FORWARD AFTER THE

PREACHING ABOUT ROMANS 7.

SOMEBODY LAID HANDS ON HIM AND

PRAYED FOR HIM.

YOU CAN HEAR THE HONESTY.

IT WAS A LONG PRAYER.

AT THE END OF THAT PRAYER, HE

WAS FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT.

RIGHT NOW, LET'S PRAY TOGETHER.

YOU DO THE SAME THING.

WHEN YOU SEEK GOD, SAY, JESUS,

IF YOU ARE THERE, IF YOU ARE

REALLY MY SAVIOR, IF YOU REALLY

CAME FOR ME, COULD YOU SHOW ME?

COULD YOU SHOW UP FOR ME?

IF YOU PRAYED THAT WITH ALL OF

YOUR HEART, HE WILL ANSWER.

LET'S DO THAT.

LET'S DO IT RIGHT NOW.

CLOSE YOUR EYES.

BAL YOUR HEAD.

LET'S PRAY THAT PRAYER.

JESUS, SAY IT OUT LOUD, JESUS.

IF YOU ARE THERE, IF YOU ARE MY

SAVIOR, IF YOU ARE REAL, COME

INTO MY HEART.

MAKE ME NEW.

LET ME HAVE THIS EXPERIENCE.

LET ME BE BORN AGAIN, RENEWED

FROM MY INNERMOST BEING.

LET ME HAVE JOY IN LIFE.

LET ME HAVE THE LIFE YOU

INTENDED FOR ME.

JESUS, IF YOU DO THIS FOR ME, I

WANT TO FOLLOW YOU ALL THE DAYS

OF MY LIFE.

HEAR MY PRAYER. FOR I PRAY IT

IN JESUS' NAME . FATHER, FOR

THOSE WHO JUST PRAYED, I ASKED

FOR A BAPTISM IN YOUR LOVE.

I ASKED YOU FILLED THEM TO

OVERFLOWING, BET YOU LIFT UP

YOUR FACE UPON THEM, SHINE ON

THEM AND GIVE THEM YOUR PEACE.

BE WITH THEM NOW.

FOR I ASK IT IN JESUS' NAME .

AMEN.

IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME, THERE IS

ONE MORE THING I WANT YOU TO

DO.

LET SOMEBODY KNOW.

THE BIBLE SAYS WHEN YOU BELIEVE

IN YOUR HEART AND YOU CONFESS

WITH YOUR MOUTH, YOU SHALL BE

SAVED.

WE HAVE MADE IT EASY FOR YOU.

JUST PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL

US.

1-800-700-7000.

WHEN YOU CALL, I'VE GOT

SOMETHING ABSOLUTELY FREE FOR

YOU.

IT IS CALLED A NEW DAY.

IT IS A CD TEACHING AND YOU CAN

GET IT AS A DOWNLOAD, IF YOU

DON'T HAVE A CD PLAYER.

IT IS ALL FREE.

THE PACKET IS FREE.

THE PHONE CALL IS FREE.

IT IS HOW TO LIVE THE CHRISTIAN

LIFE.

HOW DO YOU KNOW YOUR SINS ARE

FORGIVEN?

I WANT YOU TO HAVE IT.

IT IS YOURS.

1-800-700-7000.

HERE IS THEY WERE FROM THE

BIBLE.

"JESUS REPLIED, "I TELL YOU THE

TRUTH, UNLESS YOU ARE BORN

AGAIN, YOU CANNOT SEE THE

KINGDOM OF GOD."