Romulo Mena grew up attending church, where he learned the biblical principle of tithing. As a young man turning his passion for extreme sports into a video production career, Romulo never doubted God’s provision. Romulo and his wife Cheryl ...
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> COMING UP, FROM DEATH
METAL --
THERE ARE SO MANY SATANIC
ARTISTS OUT THERE.
TO DEATH WISH.
I CAN'T LIVE LIKE THIS
ANYMORE.
ONE ADDICT PLANS HIS EXIT.
I HAD MADE A DECISION TO JUMP
OFF THE BALCONY AND END MY LIFE.
SEE HOW A SURPRISE PHONE CALL
SAVES HIS LIFE.
SHE SAID TO ME, "LEAVE NO
STONE UNTURNED IN YOUR LIFE."
ON TODAY'S 700 CLUB.
> WELCOME TO THE 700 CLUB.
VLADIMIR PUTIN'S WAR IN UKRAINE
IS BACK FIRING.
BY INVADING UKRAINE, PUTIN
INTENDED TO KEEP NATO FROM
EXPANDING ALONG RUSSIA'S BORDER.
INSTEAD THE OPPOSITE IS
UNFOLDING.
TODAY FINLAND ANNOUNCED THAT IT
WANTS TO JOIN NATO AND SWEDEN IS
EXPECTED TO FOLLOW.
JORDAN THOMAS HAS THE DETAILS
FROM HELSINKI.
Reporter: HERE ON THE
STREETS OF FINLAND'S CAPITAL,
HELSINKI, THERE WAS OVERWHELMING
SUPPORT FOR JOINING NATO.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE RUSSIAN
ACTIONS.
Reporter: SHARING AN
800-MILE BORDER WITH RUSSIA,
FINLAND IS HISTORICALLY NEUTRAL
THE INVASION OF UKRAINE,
HOWEVER, HAS SENT THEM TO FIND
SAFE HAVEN IN THE ARMS OF NATO.
I THINK IT'S ABOUT TIME TO DO
IT.
Reporter: THEY UNDERSTAND
WHAT UKRAINIANS ARE GOING
THROUGH TODAY BECAUSE THEY ONLY
HAVE TO LOOK AT THEIR OWN
HISTORY AND THEIR EXPERIENCE
WITH THE RUSSIANS.
NOVEMBER 1939, THE RUSSIANS
DECIDE TO INVADE THIS TINY
NATION UNDER THE PRETEXT THAT IT
WAS SAVING FINLAND FROM THE
NAZIS.
DECADES LATER FINS SEE RUSSIA AS
A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER.
WE HAVE HAD RUSSIA TWO TIMES,
IN (1) 933-1940, 1945.
SO WE HAVE TO GET SOME ALLIES.
Reporter: NEIGHBORING
SWEDEN, ANOTHER NORDIC COUNTRY,
IS EXPECTED TO ALSO JOIN NATO
WITHIN DAYS.
PRESIDENT PUTIN THOUGHT HE
COULD CAUSE DIVISION, BUT HE HAS
ACHIEVED THE OPPOSITE.
WE STAND HERE TODAY MORE UNITED
THAN EVER AND WITH THE AMBITION
OF STRENGTHENING OUR BONDS EVEN
MORE.
Reporter: MOSCOW HAS WARNED
BOTH COUNTRIES AGAINST JOINING,
VOWING A MILITARY RESPONSE HE
LEADS THE BIGGEST CHRISTIAN
NETWORK IN THE COUNTRY, AND SAYS
HE HAS WATCHED FOR YEARS,
PURCHASING LARGE RANGE OF
MILITARY ASSETS.
MEANWHILE MANY OTHER COUNTRIES
RECENTLY TOOK PART IN MILITARY
EXERCISES IN WESTERN FINLAND.
WE HAVE ALREADY REACTED TO A
POTENTIAL SCENARIO WHERE RUSSIA
WOULD EVEN TRY OR THINK OF
TRYING TO INVADE FINLAND.
Reporter: ON WEDNESDAY
BRITAIN'S PRIME MINISTER JOINED
VOWING TO DEFEND BOTH COUNTRIES
IF THEY CAME UNDER ATTACK.
TO BALTICS, WE WILL BE
TOGETHER, A PLEDGE TO ALWAYS
COME TO ONE ANOTHER'S AID.
Reporter: RUSSIA'S INVASION
OF UKRAINE HAS CLEARLY LED TO
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
DESPITE PUTIN'S DEMANDS THAT
NATO PULL BACK ITS FORCES FROM
EASTERN EUROPE, THE ALLIANCE NOW
LOOKS SET TO WELCOME NEW
MEMBERS, MUCH TO THE KREMLIN'S
DISMAY.
GEORGE THOMAS, CBN NEWS,
HELSINKI, FINLAND.
AND JUST A FEW YEARS AGO,
THERE WAS ACTIVE TALK, WAS NATO
STILL RELEVANT, WAS IT STILL
NEEDED?
WITHIN THE NATO ALLIANCE, THERE
WAS OPEN CRITICISM OF OUR
WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN
WHERE THE PARLIAMENT AND GREAT
BRITAIN ACTUALLY SENSE SENSORED
OUR PRESIDENT
WHERE YOU DIDN'T TELL US WHAT
YOU WERE GOING TO DO AND HOW YOU
WERE GOING TO DO IT.
AN ACT IN CANADA AND GERMANY
SAID THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO IT
ALONE AND WITHOUT U.S. HELP
GOING FORWARD.
ALL OF THAT IS OFF THE TABLE.
NATO IS NOW STRONGER THAN EVER,
ADDING MEMBERSHIP, AND ALL THE
NATIONS WITHIN IT ARE SAYING WE
NEED TO DO OUR PART TO BOLSTER
OUR MILITARIES AND INCREASE OUR
MILITARY BUDGET.
THIS WAS INCONCEIVABLE TWO YEARS
AGO, BUT HERE WE ARE, AND IT'S
VERY CONCEIVABLE AND FINLAND IS
COMING INTO NATO AND SWEDEN IS
COMING INTO NATO.
ALL UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF
THE INVASION, BUT AT THE SAME
TIME A NATURAL RESULT OF IT.
WHAT ELSE COULD RUSSIA POSSIBLY
EXPECT, IF YOU GO IN AND DO THIS
KIND OF THING TO A CIVILIAN
POPULATION, A RUSSIAN SPEAKING
POPULATION, AND YOU ROUND THEM
UP, YOU DEPORT THEM, OR KILL
THEM AND BURY THEM IN MASS
GRAVES, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT
EVERYBODY AROUND YOU TO DO BUT
RECOIL IN HORROR AND SAY HOW CAN
WE STOP YOU?
THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING, AND
IT'S -- I JUST -- PLEASE,
PLEASE, RUSSIA, STOP THIS.
REALIZE YOUR INCREDIBLE MISTAKE.
APOLOGIZE TO THE WORLD
COMMUNITY.
APOLOGIZE TO UKRAINE AND
DEDICATE YOURSELF TO REBUILDING
THE DESTRUCTION YOU HAVE CAUSED.
> HERE AT HOME THE PENTAGON'S
BUDGET REQUEST FOR 2023 IS THE
LARGEST IN U.S. HISTORY.
STILL IT COULD MEAN AN OVERALL
DROP ONCE YOU TAKE IN INFLATION.
THAT MEANS GROWING INTERNATIONAL
THREATS.
CAITLIN BURKE REPORTS.
Reporter: AMERICA'S TOP
MILITARY LEADERS AGREE, THE
WORLD IS QUICKLY BECOMING MORE
DANGEROUS AND UNSTABLE.
DEFENSE ANALYSTS WORRY THAT NEW
REALITY IS NOT REFLECTED IN THE
PROPOSED 2023 DEFENSE BUDGET.
THE ISN'T KEEPING BUDGET
ISN'T KEEPING PACE
WITH INFLATION, REAL-WORLD
SCENARIOS, THEN WE'RE ALWAYS
GOING TO BE BEHIND.
Reporter: THE BUDGET
PROPOSAL INCLUDES $813 BILLION
UP 31 BILLION FROM THE PREVIOUS
YEAR.
IT WAS PUT TOGETHER, THOUGH,
BEFORE RUSSIA INVADED UKRAINE
AND WITH AN ASSUMPTION THAT
INFLATION WOULD DROP TO ABOUT
2.5%.
THAT'S CONSIDERED UNLIKELY WITH
NUMBERS CURRENTLY SITTING AT
JUST OVER 8%.
SO I THINK THAT OUR MILITARY
ESTABLISHMENT HAS JUST REALLY
LOST ITS WAY AND THERE ISN'T AN
APPRECIATION FOR WHAT REAL WAR
AGAINST A PEER COMPETITOR WHERE
WE'RE OPERATING THOUSANDS OF
MILES FROM HOME AT A
DISADVANTAGE TO WHO THE ENEMY IS
WHO IS OPERATING AT HOME.
AND WE'RE SEEING THESE
UNFORTUNATE REALITIES PLAY OUT
IN THESE BUDGETS AND LACK OF
CAPACITY AND SHRINKING OF THE
FORCE.
WE BASED OUR DECISIONS ON THE
SIZE AND STOCKPILE ON OUR
REQUIREMENTS, AND AS WE LOOK
AROUND AT OUR GLOBAL
REQUIREMENTS TO SUPPORT OUR
PLANS, WE BELIEVE THAT THE STOCK
PILES ARE ADEQUATE.
Reporter: THE PENTAGON'S
MISSION FOR THE NEW BUDGET
REQUEST INCLUDES AN INVEST
STRATEGY, CUTTING PROGRAMS NOW
TO INVEST IN MODERNIZATION THAT
WILL HOPEFULLY PAY OFF LATER.
THE NAVY, FOR EXAMPLE, WANTS TO
RETIRE 24 SHIPS, A MOVE THAT
WOULD SHRINK ITS FLEET TO JUST
280 SHIPS IN THE NEXT FIVE
YEARS.
WE WON'T INCREASE THE SIZE
MORE THAN ONE SHIP PER YEAR FOR
THE NEXT 30 YEARS.
THEY WILL GET TO THEIR OBJECTIVE
FLEET OF 355 SHEETS UNTIL THE
YEAR 2050.
Reporter: REPRESENTATIVE
ELAINE WORIA BELIEVES THAT
COMPROMISES THE ABILITY TO
RESPOND TO THE THREATS OF TODAY,
SPECIFICALLY CHINA.
IN 2021, THE OUTGOING INDO
PACIFIC COMMANDER BELIEVED CHINA
WOULD BE IN A STRONG POSITION TO
ATTACK TAIWAN WHEN THE U.S.
FLEET IS NOW SET TO BE AT ITS
WEAKEST.
HE TESTIFIED TO THE SENATE
IT'S VERY LIKELY THAT CHINA
COULD TRY TO TAKE TAIWAN BY
FORCE IN THE NEXT SIX YEARS, NOW
FIVE YEARS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A RISK
AND SHRINK THE SIZE OF THE NAVY
DURING THIS VULNERABLE WINDOW IS
NOT ACCEPTABLE TO ME.
Reporter: LAST YEAR CONGRESS
WAS ABLE TO STEP IN AND BOOST
DEFENSE SPENDING.
THAT COULD HAPPEN AGAINST.
IF YOU THINK DURING THE
REAGAN ADMINISTRATION IT WAS 6%
OF GDP.
NOW IT'S 3.6%.
I'D LIKE TO SEE US GET TO 5% OF
GDP, WHICH WOULD BE IN THE ORDER
OF ABOUT 1 TRILLION.
Reporter: THE NAVY ISN'T THE
ONLY BRANCH EXPERTS WORRY IS
HEADED IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.
THE AIR FORCE IS ASKING CONGRESS
TO RETIRE 150 AIRCRAFT WITH
PLANS TO ADD ONLY 82 PLANES, AND
THE ARM NEW PLANES,
AND THE ARMY IS SET TO SHRINK
ITS RANKS.
WE SHOULD BE ALARMED BY THIS
AND INFLATION, BUT LET ME POINT
OUT ANOTHER FACT AND THAT IS AS
OUR BUDGET DEFICIT INCREASES AND
INTEREST RATES INCREASE, THEN
THE AMOUNT OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET
THAT GOES FOR INTEREST PAYMENTS
INCREASE.
RIGHT NOW IT'S A 300 BILLION A
YEAR.
SO OUR MILITARY BUDGET, ROUGHLY
800 BILLION, THAT WITHIN FIVE
YEARS IS GOING TO TURN INTO 450
BILLION IN INTEREST PAYMENTS.
AT WHAT POINT IN TIME ARE OUR
INTEREST PAYMENTS GOING TO
EXCEED OUR MILITARY BUDGET?
AT WHAT POINT IN TIME IS IT
SUSTAINABLE TO KEEP RUNNING
BUDGET DEFICITS?
NEW MONEY THEORY, WHICH IS WHAT
THE U. S. GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN
RELYING ON AND EVERYONE IN
CONGRESS SEEMS TO HAVE BOUGHT
INTO IT, ONLY WORKS WHEN
INTEREST RATES ARE NEAR ZERO.
SO WHEN YOU BORROW MONEY AND
YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY PRINTING
MONEY, YOU'RE PRINTING IT FOR
FREE BECAUSE YOU'RE TAKING OUT
DOLLARS RIGHT NOW AND YOU'RE NOT
HAVING TO PAY ANY INTEREST ON
IT.
WHEN INTEREST RATES GO UP, AND
THAT'S WHAT THE FEDERAL RESERVE
HAS SAID, THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING
TO INCREASE IT A FULL 1.5% OVER
JUST THE NEXT NINE MONTHS, YOU
KNOW, WHEN YOU START TALKING 30S
OR 2 TRILLION A YEAR IN INTEREST
PAYMENTS, THOSE INTEREST
PAYMENTS START TO ADD UP AND WE
TAKE OURSELVES OVER A CLIFF AND
NOT REALLY REALIZING WHAT WE'RE
DOING.
WHAT'S THE ECONOMIC THEORY
DRIVING THESE THINGS AND DO THEY
UNDERSTAND THESE INTEREST
PAYMENTS ARE GOING TO BE
UNSUSTAINABLE REAL QUICK, NOT
TEN YEARS FROM NOW, 20 YEARS
FROM NOW, BUT WITHIN FIVE YEARS.
WHEN YOU'RE STARTING TO TALK 500
BILLION IN INTEREST, THAT'S REAL
MONEY, AND I DON'T KNOW ANY
GOVERNMENT THAT CAN AFFORD THAT.
TERRY?
> WELL, SPEAKING OF DEBT,
STILL AHEAD, THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS IN DEBT, ARRESTED
MULTIPLE TIMES, BLACKING OUT,
AND DRUNK BEHIND THE WHEEL.
THIS MILLENNIAL WAS ABOUT TO
JUMP FROM THE LEDGE OF A
BALCONY.
SEE HOW A PHONE CALL BROUGHT HIM
BACK FROM THE BRINK OF SUICIDE.
> PLUS MULTI PLATINUM
CHRISTIAN MUSICIAN DAVID
CROWDER, SEE WHY DAVID CROWDER
SAID HE HAD TO DECONSTRUCT HIS
FAITH TO TRULY FIND IT.
THAT'S UP NEXT.
> FAITH DECONSTRUCTION IS A
> FAITH DECONSTRUCTION IS A
MOVEMENT GRABBING A LOT OF
ATTENTION, ESPECIALLY AMONG A
NUMBER OF WELL-KNOWN CHRISTIAN
ARTISTS.
MULTI PLATINUM MUSICIAN DAVID
CROWDER IS ONE OF THEM.
WE TALKED WITH CROWDER ABOUT HIS
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE ABOUT THE
PRACTICE THAT HAS CAUSED SOME
CHRISTIANS TO WALK AWAY FROM
THEIR FAITH.
* [ MUSIC ]
.
Reporter: DAVID CROWDER IS
@GOD-FEARING ARTIST A MISSION, TO
SHARE THE MESSAGE OF JESUS
CHRIST.
GET IN SCRIPTURE EVERY DAY
AND THEN SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
Reporter: A MULTI-PLATINUM
MUSICIAN, CROWDER HAS WRITTEN
WHAT HE CALLS CHURCH MUSIC SINCE
HIS DAYS AS A JUNIOR AT BAYLOR
UNIVERSITY.
SO I STARTED WITH OLD HYMNS
AND FINDING NEW MUSICAL SETTINGS
FOR THEM.
AND THEN ABOUT A YEAR AND SAME
GUY, PASTOR OF THE CHURCH IS
LIKE, HEY, WHY DON'T YOU START
WRITING SOME STUFF THAT GIVES,
LIKE, A MORE ORGANIC EXPRESSION
OF WHAT WE'RE DOING TOGETHER AS
A GROUP OF BELIEVERS.
Reporter: IN PRIVATE CROWDER
HAS WRESTLED WITH HIS FAITH,
GOING THROUGH A PROCESS OF
DECONSTRUCTION.
FOR ME IT'S WHAT RESCUED ME.
I HAD TO TEAR IT DOWN TO KNOW
WHAT TRUTH WAS.
Reporter: TO BETTER
UNDERSTAND THIS OFTEN-DISCUSSED
TOPIC, WE SPOKE TO DR. CORENE
BEKKER, DEAN AT THE UNIVERSITY.
A PHILOSOPHICAL TERM
DECONSTRUCTIONISM OR
DECONSTRUCTION AND FUNDAMENTALLY
BASED ON QUESTIONING WHAT WE
BELIEVE, WITH TWO FUNDAMENTAL
ASSUMPTIONS.
THE FIRST
ASSUMPTION IS THAT THERE IS NO
ABSOLUTE TRUTH, WHICH IS, OF
COURSE, SOMEWHAT PROBLEMATIC FOR
US AS CHRISTIANS.
THE SECOND ASSUMPTION IS THAT
CONTEXT HAS MORE TO SAY ABOUT
OUR UNDERSTANDING OF TRUTH THAN
TRUTH ITSELF.
Reporter: THE PRACTICE HAS
GAINED STEAM IN CHRISTIAN
CULTURE CIRCLES, LED BY DAVID
MAX NOW IDENTIFIED AS AN
EX-EVANGELICAL AND CHRISTIAN
RAPPER WHO SAID HE WAS DONE WITH
CHRISTIANITY, WHILE IN REALITY
HE WAS DONE WITH THE CULTURALLY
EXCLUSIVE VERSION OF IT.
TO ME THE DECONSTRUCTION IS
NOT CONTROVERSIAL BECAUSE IF
IT'S TRUE, IT'S TRUE.
SO THERE'S NO THREAT TO, YOU
KNOW, EXAMINING BELIEFS YOU'VE
BEEN HANDED.
IF THEY HOLD UP, THEY HOLD UP.
Reporter: OTHER NONBELIEVERS
SUCH AS JOHN COOPER AND PASTOR
MATT CHANDLER HAVE TAKEN A
DIFFERENT APPROACH.
CHANDLER COMPARES THE PRACTICE
TO LEAVING THE FAITH.
YOU AND I ARE IN A DAY AND
AGE WHERE DECONSTRUCTION AND THE
TURNING AWAY FROM AND LEAVING
THE FAITH HAS BECOME SOME SORT
OF SEXY THING TO DO.
I CONTEND THAT IF YOU EVER
EXPERIENCE THE GRACE AND MERCY
OF JESUS CHRIST ACTUALLY, THAT
THAT'S REALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO
DECONSTRUCT FROM.
Reporter: WRESTLING WITH
FAITH, HOWEVER, IS NOTHING NEW.
EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THE
BIBLE WRESTLED.
BUT A QUICK WAY TO GET INTO IT
IS TO SIMPLY LOOK AT DAVID, WHO
WROTE A NUMBER OF SONGS, AND IF
YOU READ HIS SONGS AND SEE HOW
HE WRESTLED THE QUESTIONS THAT
HE ASKED OF GOD, PROFOUND.
Reporter: THAT'S DR. BEKKER
STRESSES EXAMINING OUR FAITH IN
LIGHT OF THE WORD OF GOD.
WHEN WE DECONSTRUCT OUR FAITH
FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, THERE IS
NO ULTIMATE TRUTH.
WE END UP IN A PLACE WHERE WE
ARE SIMPLY ADRIFT IN OUR OWN
EMOTIONS, OUR OWN EXPERIENCE,
AND THE PREVAILING PHILOSOPHIES
OF OUR WORLD.
I THINK A HEALTHIER TERMINOLOGY
IS SIMPLY TO SAY WRESTLING WITH
OUR UNDERSTANDING OF OUR FAITH,
WRESTLING WITH THE WORD OF GOD.
Reporter: DR. BEKKER
STRESSES, HOWEVER, IT'S AL TO
KNOW HOW TO DO IT.
PEOPLE ARE OFTEN SWIMMING IN
THE STREAM OF DECONSTRUCTIONISM,
AND THE FIRST THING THAT WE DO
IS SHARE WITH THEM THE NATURE OF
GOD'S WORD AND THE DISCIPLINE OF
READING AND LETTING THE WORD
READ US.
Reporter: DR. BEKKER SAYS IT
CAN BE HEALTHY TO QUESTION WHAT
WE BELIEVE IN THE CONTEXT OF HOW
WE'VE BEEN BROUGHT UP AS
CHRISTIANS BY EXAMINING THE
SCRIPTURES BOTH ALONE AND IN
COMMUNITY.
CROWDER DISAGREES.
HE SAYS READING THE BIBLE EVERY
DAY HAS GIVEN HIM A BASIC YET
FOUNDATIONAL REVELATION TO HIS
FAITH.
I FEEL LIKE A JORDAN PETERSON
ANSWER HERE, BUT I FEEL LIKE IF
YOU TRY TO LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS
YOURSELF, IF YOU'RE SUPER
SELFISH BY DEFAULT, IF YOU COULD
TRY TO JUST LOOK AT THE PERSON
NEXT DOOR OR NEXT TO YOU,
CLOSEST TO YOU, AND LOVE THEM AS
WELL AS YOU LOVE YOURSELF, IT
WOULD BE A GREAT STARTING POINT.
AND THAT'S THE CENTER OF THE
GOSPEL.
Reporter: DR. BEKKER STANDS
ON SEPARATING FAITH
DECONSTRUCTION FROM WRESTLING
WITH ONE'S FAITH TO HIS BELIEF
IN THE INFALLIBLE AND UNCHANGING
TRUTH IN THE BIBLE.
HE SAYS IF YOU'RE WRESTLING FROM
YOUR FAITH, DON'T HESITATE TO
SEEK GUIDANCE FROM A TRUSTED
PASTOR.
BRODY CARTER, CBN NEWS.
WITHIN EVANGELICAL CIRCLES DO
WE HAVE THE RIGORS OF THE
ORTHODOX JEWISH COMMUNITY THAT
ACTIVELY ENCOURAGES QUESTIONING
FAITH AND ACTIVELY ENCOURAGES
FROM CHILDHOOD BECAUSE THOSE
QUESTIONS CAN ALWAYS BE
ANSWERED.
I THINK THE CLOSEST WITHIN THE
CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY IS THE
JUSUIT TRADITION OF ACTIVELY
QUESTIONING, AND IN THAT ACT OF
QUESTION, YOU ALWAYS COME TO THE
CONCLUSIONS.
AND THE CONCLUSIONS ALWAYS POINT
BACK TO GOD.
THE MORE YOU WANDER IN
INTELLECTUAL CIRCLES AND
PHILOSOPHICAL CIRCLES, YOU CAN
REALLY WRAP YOURSELF AROUND YOUR
OWN AXLE.
THEY GET INTO QUESTIONS OF
WHAT'S THE NATURE OF BEING, AND,
YOU KNOW, THE FAMOUS I THINK;
THEREFORE I AM AND ALL OF THESE
THINGS.
BUT IF AT A FUNDAMENTAL BASIS
YOU SAY THERE IS NO TRUTH, THAT
ALL TRUTH IS SOMEHOW RELATIVE OR
CONTINGENT ON WHERE YOU ARE IN
TIME AND WHAT CULTURE YOU COME
FROM, ALL OF THESE THINGS.
I POINT DIRECTLY TO SCRIPTURE.
THERE IS A QUESTION THAT WAS
ASKED IN THE GOSPELS, WHAT IS
TRUTH?
AND WHO ASKED THAT QUESTION?
UPON PIL
PONTIOUS PILATE AS HE IS ABOUT
TO JUDGE JESUS.
RIGHT BEFORE HIM WAS THE WAY,
THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE.
EVEN THOUGH HIS WIFE JOINED HIM,
I HAD A TERRIBLE DREAM, DON'T DO
THIS.
EVEN THOUGH HE HAD ALL THOSE
WARNINGS AND HE IS LOOKING RIGHT
AT TRUTH, HE COULDN'T SEE IT.
FOR YOU IF YOU WANT AN
EXPERIENCE WITH THE WAY, THE
TRUTH, AND THE LIFE, IF YOU WANT
TO COME TO A REAL VITAL FAITH IN
THE PERSON OF JESUS CHRIST, ASK
HIM, ASK HIM TO SHOW UP.
HIS PROMISES HE WILL MANIFEST
HIMSELF TO YOU.
HE WILL MANIFEST HIMSELF WITHIN
YOU.
ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL?
IT'S THE BEST NEWS ALL CREATION
HAS EVER HEARD, THE VERY CREATOR
OF ALL THAT WE ARE.
IN HIM WE LIVE AND MOVE AND HAVE
OUR BEING.
HE IS WILLING TO MANIFEST.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE THAT
MANIFESTATION, YEAH, THERE'S NO
MORE DOUBT.
YOU KNOW SOME GREAT FACTS NOW.
YOU'RE NOT RESTING ON THINGS
THAT YOU HOPE FOR.
YOU KNOW THAT YOUR REDEEMER
LIVES AND YOU WILL STAND ON THE
EARTH AND SEE HIM FACE TO FACE.
TERRY?
> WELL, STILL AHEAD, HUNTED
DOWN BY RUSSIAN SOLDIERS FOR
HELPING REFUGEES, A 9-YEAR-OLD
UKRAINIAN GIRL TELLS THE
HARROWING STORY OF HER FAMILY'S
NARROW ESCAPE UNDER FIRE.
SEE HOW YOU HELPED TO SAVE THEM.
THAT'S COMING UP.
> $45,000 IN CONSUMER DEBT AND
SCHOOL LOANS, THAT WAS KEEPING
ROMULO UP AT NIGHT.
IT ALSO ATE AT HIS SOUL.
WELL, TODAY HE IS DEBT FREE AND
RUNNING HIS DREAM BUSINESS.
PLUS HIS INCOME IS UP BY 200%.
HERE'S HOW HIS FINANCES TOTALLY
TURNED AROUND.
Reporter: ROMULO MENA GREW
UP WITH A CAMERA IN HIS HAND
SHOOTING EXTREME SPORTS, AND HE
WAS GOOD AT IT.
HE BROKE INTO THE VIDEO
PRODUCTION INDUSTRY AS A
VIDEOGRAPHER WITH A CALIFORNIA
NEWS STATION.
HE GIVES GOD THE CREDIT FOR THAT
OPPORTUNITY.
HE UNLOCKED THE DOOR FOR ME
TO SERVE HIM IN THIS WAY, AND
WHEN HE CLOSED THAT DOOR, HE
OPENED A BIGGER DOOR FOR ME TO
WALK THROUGH.
Reporter: ROMULO WAS
CONFIDENT THAT GOD WOULD PROVIDE
FOR HIM.
THE REASON?
HE'D BEEN PRACTICING THE
PRINCIPLES OF BIBLICAL GIVING
HE'D LEARNED IN CHURCH FROM HIS
PASTOR.
HE WAS INTO THE BOOK OF
MALACHI.
GOD SAID TEST ME IN THIS.
AND I WAS LIKE, YEAH, OKAY.
YOU
DON'T UNDER, PEOPLE.
THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE IN THE
BIBLE THAT GOD SAID TO TEST HIM.
THE ONLY PLACE.
Reporter: SO ROMULO STARTED
TITHING.
IT WAS DURING THIS TIME THAT HE
MET CHERYL, WHO WAS IMPRESSED
WITH HIS COMMITMENT TO GIVING.
WHEN I REALLY STARTED DATING
ROMULO, I GUESS, IS WHEN I
STARTED -- I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW
WHAT, LORD?
I'M GOING TO START GIVING MY
10%.
I JUST REALLY STARTED TRUSTING
THE LORD, AND HIS FAMILY JUST
REALLY HAD AN IMPACT ON MY LIFE
AND I SAW THE WAY THAT -- THEY
WENT TO CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY, AND
I SAW THE WAY THAT HIS MOM WOULD
WRITE THE CHECK.
AND I WAS LIKE I'M -- I'M GOING
TO START DOING THAT, TOO.
Reporter: ROMULO AND CHERYL
MARRIED.
THE THE NEXT TEN YEARS
WERE A SERIES OF WELL-PAYING
FULL-TIME JOBS, EACH WITH
SALARIES LARGER THAN THE
PREVIOUS ONE.
CHERYL CONTINUED TO TEACH
SCHOOL, AND IT HELPED.
STILL, THE UPS AND DOWNS OF THE
VIDEO PRODUCTION INDUSTRY GAVE
ONLY TEMPORARY JOB STABILITY FOR
ROMULO, PUTTING A FINANCIAL
STRAIN ON THEIR GROWING FAMILY.
I REMEMBER ONE TIME WE HAD NO
FOOD IN THE REFRIGERATOR AND
SOMEBODY SAID I GOT YOU GUYS
FOOD.
EVERY TIME.
AND WE NEVER STOPPED TITHING THE
MENAS DESIRE WAS TO ONE DAY HELP
OTHERS IN NEED.
IF SOMEONE IS STRUGGLING WITH
FINANCES, FOOD, WHATEVER IT IS,
THE SAME WAY PEOPLE HAVE BLESSED
ME, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO BLESS
THEM AS WELL.
TO REACH THAT GOAL, THEY KNEW
THEY NEEDED TO TACKLE THEIR
DEBT.
I WAS PROBABLY 40,000,
$45,000 IN, LIKE, CONSUMER DEBT
AND SCHOOL DEBT, AND IT KEPT ME
UP AT NIGHT.
IT ATE AT MY SOUL.
I GREW UP IN A HOUSE FULL OF
DEBT, AND BEFORE WE GOT MARRIED,
I TOLD MY HUSBAND, I WAS LIKE I
HAVE SEEN DEBT BEFORE AND I DO
NOT WANT TO LIVE IN IT.
Reporter: CHERYL WAS
SENSITIVE TO THAT HARD REALITY
BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED TO HER
PARENTS' HOME.
OUR FAMILY LOST THE HOUSE.
LIKE, I NEVER WANT MY FAMILY TO
EXPERIENCE THAT.
Reporter: THE MENAS BUCKLED
DOWN ON THEIR SPENDING, NO
COFFEE RUNS AND NO DINING OUT,
AS THEY FOR INTO THEIR DEBT.
IN A YEAR'S TIME, GOD PROVIDED
PLENTY OF WORK AND THEY PAID
DOWN ALL BUT $13,000 IN SCHOOL
LOANS.
WE JUST KILLED DEBT AFTER
DEBT AFTER DEBT.
Reporter: IN 2020, ROMULO'S
EMPLOYER DOWNSIZED AND HE WAS
LET GO.
HIS REACTION WAS CONSISTENT WITH
WHAT HE BELIEVED.
I WAS LIKE, ALL RIGHT, LORD,
WHAT'S NEXT?
BECAUSE EVERY TIME, HE SHOWED UP
WITH SOMETHING BIGGER AND
BETTER.
SO WHY WOULD I DOUBT NOW?
Reporter: BECAUSE ROMULO HAD
BANKED HIS VACATION HOURS AND
WAS GIVEN SEVERANCE, HIS FINAL
PAYCHECK PAID OFF HIS SCHOOL
LOANS.
BEING DEBT FREE ALLOWED THEM TO
LAUNCH A MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION
COMPANY.
CLEAR 29 IS A VISUAL CONTENT
COMPANY.
WE PROVIDE VISUAL CONTENT AND
IT'S EVOLVED FROM ME BEING A
TEENAGER AND HOLDING A CAMERA TO
NOW BEING ABLE TO PRODUCE AND
DIRECT FILMS, COMMERCIAL
PRODUCTIONS, AND THE SHORTS.
HE NEVER HAD TO MAKE ANY
CALLS.
HE NEVER HAD TO MAKE ANY POSTS
ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
HIS PHONE JUST KEPT BLOWING UP.
AND IT'S STILL GOING, TO THIS
DAY.
I'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE TO
TAKE A DREAM AND A PASSION AND
MAKE IT MY BREAD AND BUTTER.
Reporter: TODAY HIS CLEAR 29
CLIENTS HAVE TRIPLED AND THE
MENAS' INCOME IS UP BY 200%.
THEY BELIEVE IT'S ALL POSSIBLE
BECAUSE THEY'RE IN A
RELATIONSHIP WITH A GOD WHO
KEEPS HIS WORD.
I'VE HAD TO RELINQUISH
EVERYTHING I HAVE MENTALLY,
EMOTIONALLY, AND SPIRITUALLY, TO
ACCEPT, LIKE, IT'S NOT MINE.
IT'S ALL THE LORD'S.
SO WHEN YOU TITHE AND YOU'RE
LIKE, OKAY, LORD, I AM TRUSTING
YOU.
STILL IS FAITHFUL.
I KNOW WHERE MY BLESSINGS COME
FROM.
I'D BE A FOOL TO DENY IT.
I KNOW WHERE MY BLESSINGS
COME FROM.
HERE'S THE PROMISE FROM PSALM
37: TAKE DELIGHT IN THE LORD
AND HE WILL GIVE YOU YOUR
HEART'S DESIRES.
COMMIT EVERYTHING YOU DO TO THE
LORD.
TRUST HIM AND HE WILL HELP YOU.
THAT WONDERFUL FAMILY LEARNED TO
TRUST GOD.
THEY WENT THROUGH LOTS OF UPS
AND DOWNS AND SIDEWAYS, BUT THEY
SAID WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
TRUST.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
TITHE.
AND YOU SEE THE RESULT.
GOD WATCHES OVER HIS WORD TO
PERFORM IT, AND HE WILL PERFORM
IT FOR YOU IF YOU JUST FOLLOW
THE SAME PRINCIPLES.
TAKE DELIGHT IN HIM.
WHEN HARDSHIPS COME, WHEN BAD
TIMES COME, DO JUST WHAT ROMULO
DID, WHERE HE RUBBED HIS HANDS
TOGETHER AND HE SAID, OKAY,
LORD, YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING
BETTER.
YOU HAVE MY FUTURE.
I KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO SEE ME
THROUGH THIS.
WHEN YOU HAVE THAT CONFIDENCE
GOING INTO LIFE, IT JUST IS A
REAL GAME CHANGER AND YOU CAN
EXPERIENCE IT AND YOU CAN
EXPERIENCE ALL THE BENEFITS OF
TITHING KNOWING THAT GOD WILL
ALWAYS OPEN THE WINDOWS OF
HEAVEN OVER YOU AND PULL OUT A
BLESSING YOU CAN'T CONTAIN.
HE WANTS TO DO THIS.
HE WANTS TO GIVE YOU YOUR
HEART'S DESIRES.
WHAT HE'S WAITING FOR IS FOR YOU
TO TRUST HIM.
IF YOU WANT TO TRUST HIM WITH
YOUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS, ALL
YOU HAVE TO DO IS GIVE US A
CALL.
IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE GOSPEL GO
AROUND THE WORLD.
IF YOU WANT TO SEE PEOPLE HELPED
AROUND THE WORLD.
IF YOU WANT TO SEE PEOPLE HELPED
RIGHT HERE AT HOME.
WE'RE DELIVERING MILLIONS OF
POUNDS OF FOOD EVERY SINGLE
YEAR, RIGHT HERE IN AMERICA.
WE'RE DOING DISASTER RELIEF
RIGHT HERE IN AMERICA.
WE'RE DOING IT AROUND THE WORLD
AND WE'RE DOING IT IN YOUR NAME
WHEN YOU'RE A MEMBER OF THE 700
CLUB.
SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN WITH
US, GIVE US A CALL.
1-800-700-7000.
JUST SAY, YES, I WANT TO JOIN.
HOW MUCH IS IT?
JUST $20 A MONTH, 65 CENTS A
DAY.
SOME OF YOU CAN GIVE AT HIGHER
LEVELS, 700 CLUB GOLD, $40 A
MONTH.
THOUSAND CLUB IS A THOUSAND
DOLLARS A YEAR, THAT BREAKS OUT
TO $84 A MONTH.
AT WHATEVER LEVEL, WHEN YOU
CALL, I'VE GOT A WONDERFUL GIFT
FOR YOU, MY FATHER'S LATEST
TEACHING ON THE ARMOR OF GOD.
YOU CAN HAVE IT, YOU'LL GET ONE
COPY IF YOU JOIN AT $20 A MONTH,
WE'LL SEND YOU THREE COPIES.
IF YOU JOIN AT $40 A MONTH, AND
THEN FIVE COPIES IF YOU JOIN THE
THOUSAND CLUB, $84 A MONTH.
DO IT NOW AT 1-800-700-7000.
> HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT THE
GIFT YOU'LL RECEIVE WHEN YOU
JOIN THE 700 CLUB.
IT'S CALLED PUTTING ON THE ARMOR
OF GOD.
> ALL THESE WEAPONS ARE HAVING
TO DO WITH SPIRITUAL WARFARE.
WE CAN'T DEAL AGAINST SATAN
UNLESS WE UNDERSTAND THE
FULLNESS OF THE GOSPEL.
THERE WILL BE FIREY DARTS COMING
AT YOU.
ALL THIS ARMOR OF GOD IS SO
IMPORTANT TO THE CHRISTIAN TO
STAND FAST AGAINST THE DEVIL'S
WILES.
GET PAT'S NEW AUDIO
RECORDING, "PUTTING ON THE ARMOR
OF GOD," AVAILABLE NOW.
AS A 700 CLUB MEMBER, YOU
HELP PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD,
LIKE 9 KAROLINA, CAUGHT IN THE
WAR IN UKRAINE.
HER FAMILY MADE AN AMAZING
ESCAPE THANKS TO PEOPLE LIKE
YOU.
HI, I'M KAROLINA AND I'M 9.
KAROLINA'S PARENTS ARE
MENTORSES IN A SMALL ORPHANS
PROMISE GROUP HOME IN UKRAINE.
SHE GREW UP IN A LARGE AND
LOVING FAMILY WITH 16 BROTHERS
AND SISTERS.
IT WAS A GOOD AND PEACEFUL LIFE
IN UKRAINE UNTIL THE WAR CAME.
THERE WAS SUCH A LOUD SOUND
ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WAR.
MY MOM WOKE ME UP AND I SAW THE
WHOLE SKY COLORED RED, LIKE
BLOOD.
FULL OF SOLDIERS, THE RUSSIANS.
THEY WERE AT EACH ENTRANCE.
THEY EVEN TOOK THE CHILDREN
AWAY.
I HAD GOOSE BUMPS AFTER EACH
EXPLOSION AND I EVEN CRIED.
Reporter: FAMILIES HID THEIR
CHILDREN FROM BOMBS AND FROM
RUSSIAN SOLDIERS.
THE CHILDREN ARE STAYING IN A
BASEMENT THAT MOMS, DADS, FELT
WATER, FELT FOOD.
Reporter: IT WAS OCCUPIED BY
RUSSIAN TROOPS IN THE FIRST DAYS
OF THE WAR.
THE FAMILY HID IN THE BASEMENT,
BUT AS SOON AS THEY COULD,
KAROLINA'S PARENTS CARRIED OUT
THE ORPHANS PROMISE MEANING,
HELPING THE RESIDENTS FROM
MARIUPOL.
THEN FOOD RAN OUT AND RUSSIAN
OCCUPIERS ANNOUNCED THE HUNT FOR
ANYONE HELPING REFUGEES.
THE FAMILY DECIDED TO EVACUATE.
WE QUICKLY BEGAN TO GET
READY.
MY MOM WAS PACKING THINGS.
THE GIRLS WERE CRYING.
THE SOUNDS AS IF THEY WERE
EXPLOSIONS ABOVE OUR HEADS.
AND THEN WE WENT DOWN AND BEGAN
TO PRAY.
Reporter: AT THE LAST
CHECKPOINT, USING TWO BUS LOADS
OF REFUGEES AS SHIELDS, RUSSIAN
SOLDIERS FIRED ON UKRAINIAN
POSITIONS NEARBY, KNOWING THERE
WERE CHILDREN ON THE BUSES.
THE UKRAINIAN MILITARY DID NOT
RETURN FIRE.
HER FAMILY WAS UNHARMED AND
CONTINUED THEIR JOURNEY.
I KNEW THAT I WAS FAR AWAY,
THAT GOD WAS PROTECTING US, AND
THAT THERE WERE ANGELS AROUND
US.
BUT I STILL WORRIED ABOUT
EVERYONE.
THERE WERE MINES EVERYWHERE.
Reporter: WHEN THE FAMILY
ARRIVED AT A SAFE PLACE, A TEAM
FROM ORPHANS PROMISE SURROUNDED
THEM WITH LOVE AND CARE.
THEY WERE FINALLY ABLE TO SLEEP
IN WARMTH AND SILENCE FOR THE
FIRST TIME SINCE THE WAR BEGAN.
IT IS GOOD.
I GOT USED TO BEING HERE.
Reporter: HAVING GOTTEN HIS
FAMILY TO A SAFE PLACE,
KAROLINA'S FATHER AND SOME OF
THE OLDER BOYS WENT BACK INTO
THEIR WAR-TORN COUNTRY TO BRING
HELP AND HOPE TO THOSE IN NEED.
MY MOM TELLS ME TO BLESS MY
DAD EVERY TIME I MISS HIM.
SO I DO.
I PRAY FOR HIM AND BLESS HIM.
MY DAD SAYS THAT GOD IS WITH US,
THAT EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE,
AND THAT GOD PROTECTS SUCH
PEOPLE.
Reporter: THANKS TO ORPHANS
PROMISE PARTNERS AND VOLUNTEERS,
KAROLINA'S FAMILY FOUND SHELTER
ON THEIR LONG AND DANGEROUS
JOURNEY AT THREE DIFFERENT
ORPHANS PROMISE CENTERS.
THEN WE HELPED THE FAMILY GET TO
SAFETY IN SWITZERLAND.
ALTHOUGH THEY'VE ENDURED MUCH IN
THESE LAST FEW MONTHS, KAROLINA
AND HER FAMILY HAVE MAINTAINED
THEIRY AND THEIR
UNITY AND THEIR FAITH.
KAROLINA AND HER FAMILY ARE
FROM WHERE MY THREE DAUGHTERS
ARE FROM.
ORPHANS PROMISE HAS ONE OF OUR
FIRST CENTERS THERE, AND ALL
THESE KIDS CAME FROM A HOME THAT
WAS BUILT FOR KIDS WHO ARE AGING
OUT OF ORPHANAGES.
THEY'VE ALL COME TO FAITH IN
CHRIST.
THEY HAVE LEFT, GOD HIS
PROTECTED THEM.
HER FATHER AND OTHERS ARE STILL
BACK, THOUGH, BRINGING
HUMANITARIAN AID TO PEOPLE WHO
CAN'T GET OUT.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
IF YOU ARE A 700 CLUB MEMBER,
YOU HAVE NO IDEA THE IMPACT YOU
ARE HAVING ON WHAT'S GOING ON
OVER THERE.
EVERY DAY STORIES COME THAT WE
CAN'T SOMETIMES SHARE BECAUSE
THEY COMPROMISE THE SAFETY OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW YOU ARE
SAVING LIVES.
YOU ARE SAVING LIVES AT THE SAME
TIME YOU ARE DECLARING THE
GOSPEL AND YOU ARE STANDING FOR
RIGHTEOUSNESS.
JOIN THE 700 CLUB.
WE CAN ALL DO 65 CENTS A DAY,
$20 A MONTH.
SOME OF YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO GO
UP TO 700 CLUB GOLD AT $40 A
MONTH OR JOIN THE THOUSAND CLUB
AT $84 A MONTH.
YOU CAN MAKE SUCH AN INCREDIBLE
DIFFERENCE WHEN WE ALL PARTNE
TOGETHER.
GOD SAYS UNITY.
HE RESPECTS AND HONORS UNITY.
AND WHEN WE'RE UNIFIED, THE
BIBLE SAYS HE COMMANDS A
BLESSING.
JOINING THE 700 CLUB IS UNIFYING
WITH OTHER CHRISTIANS TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
SO CALL OUR TOLL-FREE NUMBER.
DO NOW WHATEVER GOD SPEAKS TO
YOUR HEART YOU CAN DO.
WHEN YOU DO, WE WANT TO SEND YOU
PAT'S LATEST TEACHING AS OUR WAY
TO SAY THANK YOU, "PUTTING ON
THE ARMOR OF GOD."
THAT'S WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE
DOING.
THEY'RE PUTTING ON THE FULL
ARMOR OF GOD SO THAT THEY CAN
MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THE
PLACE THAT THEY'RE CALLED TO AND
THE WAY THAT THEY'RE LIVING.
WILL YOU CALL NOW?
1-800-700-7000.
JOIN THE CLUB.
WE'LL SEND YOU "THE FULL ARMOR
OF GOD."
HOW DO YOU PUT IT ON FOR
YOURSELF AND FOR YOUR FAMILY?
YOU'RE HEARING TERRY'S HEART
FROM DECADES OF EXPERIENCE IN
UKRAINE.
IF I CAN GET THAT MAP, YOU'LL
SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT CENTERS
THAT ORPHANS PROMISE HAS GOTTEN
ESTABLISHED IN UKRAINE.
THIS IS
DECADES OF WORK.
TERRY ADOPTED THREE SISTERS FROM
THAT CITY.
YOU CAN SEE IT, ALL THE WAY IN
THE EASTERN SIDE ON THE BORDER
OF THE -- I BELIEVE THAT'S THE
BLACK BERNANSK, AND ALL OF THAT
IS BECAUSE OF YOUR FAITHFUL
GIVING.
THANK YOU.
BUT AS WE FACE THE DESTRUCTION
OF THE EASTERN PART OF UKRAINE,
WE'RE SEEING THE HEROISM OF THE
PEOPLE THAT WE'VE KNOWN NOW FOR
DECADES, HOW THEY'RE WILLING TO
PUT THEIR OWN LIVES AT RISK, PUT
THEIR FAMILIES AT RISK, HOW DO
WE GET THEM TO SAFETY, AT THE
SAME TIME STILL PROVIDE FOOD,
NECESSARY SUPPLIES FOR CIVILIANS
WHO ARE GOING THROUGH THIS
HORRIFIC WAR.
IT'S ALL MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE
PEOPLE LIKE YOU CARE ENOUGH TO
GIVE.
SO THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
> WELL, HERE AT HOME, RISING
GAS AND GROCERY PRICES ARE
PUTTING SOME AMERICANS AT RISK
OF GOING HUNGRY.
THE GOOD NEWS?
THERE'S SOMETHING YOU CAN DO
ABOUT IT.
WHEN YOU GIVE TO CBN, YOU'RE
HELPING PEOPLE RIGHT HERE IN THE
UNITED STATES TO MAKE IT THROUGH
TOUGH TIMES.
Reporter: ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, MANY FAMILIES STILL
LINE UP AT THEIR LOCAL FOOD
BANKS.
IN OKLAHOMA, OPERATION BLESSING
PARTNER ON WHITE HORSES IS DOING
ALL IT CAN TO HELP MEET THE
NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S BEEN A HARD TIME FOR
EVERYBODY.
BEEN COMING BACK HERE FOR TWO
YEARS, AND IT HELPS ME A LOT
BECAUSE I'M BY MYSELF.
I'M DISABLED.
IT HELPS WHEN I DON'T HAVE MONEY
TO BUY FOOD.
Reporter: MINISTRY DIRECTOR
TRAVIS CLINGMAN HAS BEEN FEEDING
THOSE IN NEED SINCE HE WAS A
KID.
I LIVE IN PADEN, OKLAHOMA, IN
THE POOREST COUNTY IN OKLAHOMA.
I WAS RAISED TO FEED THE POOR.
NO ONE ELSE WAS FEEDING THE POOR
OUT HERE.
OPERATION BLESSING ASKED IF
THERE WAS A NEED IN THE AREA AND
ME AND MY WIFE SAID YES.
Reporter: THANKS TO
OPERATION BLESSING PARTNERS,
FAMILIES ARE GETTING THE HELP
THEY NEED.
PEOPLE DRIVE UP TO GET FOOD, AND
SOME VOLUNTEERS EVEN TAKE FOOD
TO FAMILIES THAT CAN'T COME GET
IT THEMSELVES.
I SACK IT UP AND DIVIDE IT
BETWEEN THESE FOUR FAMILIES.
I LIKE GIVING AND HELPING
PEOPLE.
THEY ARE SO PLEASED TO GET THEM.
THEY LET ME KNOW HOW THANKFUL
THEY ARE AND HOW MUCH IT HELPS
THEM.
IT'S UNBELIEVABLE HOW MANY
PEOPLE JUST DON'T EVEN HAVE
VALUE IN THEMSELVES, LET ALONE
IN THIS LIFE, AND GIVING AWAY
FOOD JUST STEPS RIGHT THROUGH
THAT WALL AND SHOWS THEM THEIR
VALUE.
SO REALLY IT'S WHAT DRIVES US IS
THE ABILITY TO LOVE ALL PEOPLE
THROUGH FOOD.
IT HELPS A LOT.
I MEAN, LESS WORRIES ON HOW I'M
GOING TO FEED MYSELF, AND IT'S
BEEN A BLESSING FOR ME.
I CAN'T SAY THANKS ENOUGH TO
OPERATION BLESS AND ALL THE
FAITHFUL SUPPORTERS BECAUSE IT
TAKES ALL OF US TO SERVE THE
KINGDOM OF GOD.
I THINK THEY'RE DOING WHAT
GOD WANTS THEM TO DO AND I THINK
THEY LOVE JESUS.
THAT'S THE WAY I SEE IT.
BECAUSE WE LOVE JESUS, WE
WANT TO HELP PEOPLE IN NEED.
WE WANT TO DO UNTO OTHERS.
WE WANT TO DO TO THE LEAST OF
THESE, OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
WE WANT TO HELP PEOPLE IN NEED.
BUT THE COSTS ARE GOING UP.
I MEAN, JUST LOOK AT THE SHEER
COSTS OF RUNNING THE TRUCK
FLEET.
DIESEL PRICES HAVE JUST GONE
THROUGH THE ROOF.
AND THEN THE COST OF ACQUISITION
OF THE FOOD SUPPLIES, ALL OF THE
DIFFERENT SHORTAGES AS A RESULT
OF THE PANDEMIC AND HOW DO WE
GET INTO PROCUREMENT.
SO THAT WE CAN BE THERE FOR
PEOPLE IN THEIR HOUR OF NEED.
MANY AMERICANS TODAY HAVE A
WHOLE LOT MORE MONTH THAN THEY
DO MONEY, AND WE WANT TO HELP
THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW
GOD LOVES THEM.
WE LOVE THEM.
AND HERE YOU CAN BE A PART OF
IT.
YOU CAN SAY YES, I WANT TO JOIN
THE 700 CLUB.
A PORTION OF EVERY GIFT TO THE
700 CLUB GOES INTO THE WORK OF
OPERATION BLESSING.
AGAIN WE'RE
PROVIDING MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF
FOOD EVERY SINGLE YEAR TO PEOPLE
RIGHT HERE IN AMERICA.
WE'RE PROVIDING DISASTER RELIEF
TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH
TORNADOES, HURRICANES, NATURAL
DISASTERS RIGHT HERE IN AMERICA.
BUT ALSO AROUND THE WORLD.
YOU'RE A PART OF ALL OF IT WHEN
YOU JOIN WITH US.
SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN, CALL
US.
1-800-700-7000.
IF YOU'RE ALREADY A MEMBER AND
WANT TO INCREASE, AGAIN, CALL
US.
1-800-700-7000: AND WHEN YOU
CALL MAKE SURE YOU ASK FOR
PLEDGE EXPRESS, ELECTRONIC
MONTHLY GIVING, BANK DOING ALL
THE WORK, NO CHECKS TO WRITE
ANYMORE, AND WE CAN SEND AS OUR
GIFT TO YOU POWER FOR LIFE,
MONTHLY TEACHING CDs OR
DOWNLOADS, YOUR CHOICE.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CALL US.
1-800-700-7000.
ASK FOR PLEDGE EXPRESS.
OR YOU CAN GO TO CBN.COM AND
WHEN YOU GIVE MONTHLY ON THE
INTERNET, YOU'RE AUTOMATICALLY
SIGNED UP FOR PLEDGE EXPRESS.
WE HAVE SOMETHING NEW WHERE YOU
CAN TEXT TO GIVE.
TEXT THE LETTERS CBN TO 71777.
EITHER WAY, DO IT RIGHT NOW.
WELL, WHEN YOU JOIN THE 700 CLUB
YOU'LL GET MY FATHER'S LATEST
TEACHING FROM THE BOOK OF EFISH
CALLED PUTTING ON THE FULL ARMOR
OF GOD.
PUT ON THE FULL ARMOR OF GOD
SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE A STAND
AGAINST THE DEVIL'S SCHEMES.
PUT ON THE FULL ARMOR OF GOD.
PAT ROBERTSON RECORDS THE BOOK
EPHESIANS.
DISCOVER THE MEANING OF
SPIRITUAL WARFARE, THE
IMPORTANCE OF UNITY, THE MYSTERY
OF THE GOSPEL, MEANING OF THE
ARMOR OF GOD, AND MUCH MORE.
PLUS AN EXCLUSIVE CONVERSATION
BETWEEN PAT AND TERRY.
WHY IS FAITH SO IMPORTANT?
WELL, YOU HAVE THAT KIND OF
FAITH THAT THE POWER OF GOD IS
REAL, THEN THE POWERS OF THE
ENEMY ARE NOT GOING TO GET TO
YOU.
BECOME A CBN PARTNER AND GET
YOUR COPY OF "PUTTING ON THE
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CALL 1-800-700-7000 OR GO TO
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AVAILABLE NOW.
> COMING UP.
TORTURED BY A SECRET SHAME.
THE PLEASURE WAS SUCH AN
ADDICTION.
A YOUNG MAN'S LIFE TURNS INTO
A TRAIN WRECK.
I HAD EXTREMELY DEPRESSION
SEVERE DEPRESSION, SUICIDAL
THOUGHTS.
SEE WHAT HE DID.
I WAS GOING TO JUMP OFF THE
BALCONY.
AND WHAT BROUGHT HIM BACK
FROM THE BRINK.
I WAS A NEW CREATION,
LITERALLY.
> BACK TO THE 700 CLUB FOR
THIS CBN NEWS BREAK THE BILL
PROPOSED BANNING STATE LAWS
RESTRICTING ABORTION BEFORE 4
WEEKS AS WELL AS DOING AWAY WITH
OTHER RESTRICTIONS LIKE
MANDATORY ULTRASOUNDS AND
WAITING PERIODS BEFORE AN
ABORTION.
THIS BILL WOULD TAKE US TO AN
EVEN MORE EXTREME AND DARKER
PLACE.
THE BILL WOULD FUNCTIONALLY
ALLOW ELECTIVE ABORTION THROUGH
ALL NINE MONTHS
ALL 50 SENATE REPUBLICANS AND
ONE DEMOCRAT, JOE MANCHIN OF
WEST VIRGINIA, VOTED AGAINST
BRINGING THAT BILL TO A VOTE.
> LOOKING OVERSEAS TO FREEDOM
UNDER ASSAULT IN HONG KONG.
WEDNESDAY AUTHORITIES ARRESTED A
CATHOLIC CARDINAL ON NATIONAL
SECURITY CHARGES.
19-YEAR-OLD JOSEPH ZINN WAS
RELEASED ON BAIL AFTER HE AND
SEVERAL OTHERS WERE TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY.
A RETIRED BISHOP OF HONG KONG IS
CHARGED WITH COLLUDING WITH
FOREIGN FORCES TO ENDANGER
CHINA'S NATIONAL SECURITY.
HE AND FOUR OTHERS WITH
CONNECTIONS TO A GROUP THAT
PROVIDED LEGAL AID TO PEOPLE WHO
TOOK PART IN PRO DEMOCRACY
PROTESTS IN 2019 HAVE BEEN
CHARGED.
ZINN IS KNOWN AS A FIERCE CRITIC
OF CHINA AND STRONGLY OBJECTED
TO THE VATICAN'S 2018 AGREEMENT
WITH BEIJING OVER THE NOMINATION
OF BISHOPS.
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GORDON AND TERRY WILL BE BACK
WITH MORE OF THE 700 CLUB AFTER
THIS.
.
> WESLEY BARRETT LIVED WITH A
> WESLEY BARRETT LIVED WITH A
SECRET.
IT CAUSED HIM SHAME AND
ISOLATION AND LED HIM TO DRINK
AND DO DRUGS.
WHEN HE COULD NO LONGER TAKE THE
PRESSURE, WESLEY MADE A
DESPERATE DECISION.
THIS IS IT.
I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE.
I CAN'T LIVE LIKE THIS ANYMORE.
I HAD MADE A DECISION TO JUMP
OFF THE BALCONY AND END MY LIFE.
BY HIS EARLY 20s, WESLEY
BARTLETT'S LIFE HAD BECOME
UNBEARABLE, FILLED WITH DARKNESS
AND RAGE.
ALTHOUGH HE GREW UP IN A LOVING
CHRISTIAN HOME, EVERYTHING
CHANGED WHEN HE WAS 12 AS HE WAS
MOLESTED BY A NEIGHBOR AND
INTRODUCED TO PORNOGRAPHY.
I KNEW IN MY HEART THAT IT
WAS LONG.
THE PLEASURE WAS SUCH AN
ADDICTION THAT I KEPT GOING BACK
TO IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER
AGAIN.
I DEFINITELY KEPT IT HIDDEN,
WHICH GREW INTO SHAME AND JUST A
PLACE OF LIKE ISOLATION.
NOT FEELING LIKE I WAS WORTHY
AND NOT WANTING TO -- ANYONE
ELSE TO KNOW.
Reporter: IT DROVE HIM INTO
FURTHER DARKNESS.
I OPENED DOORS TO LIKE REALLY
DARK MOVIES, AT THE SAME
PERSON'S HOUSE, ACTUALLY, AND
LISTENING TO BANDS, ONE OF THE
DARKEST ONES IN THE WORLD, BLACK
WITCHERY, BLOOD BATH, SOME OF
THE MOST SATANIC ARTISTS OUT
THERE.
THE WORDS TRANSFORMED ME.
ON TOP OF THAT, I WAS DEALING
WITH REALLY NEGATIVE THOUGHT
PATTERNS AND WORD CURSES FROM MY
OWN MOUTH OVER MYSELF.
I SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE IT AGAIN,
I'M WORTHLESS, I'M SO STUPID.
WHY DID I DO THIS AGAIN?
.
Reporter: AT AGE 18, HE WAS
INTRODUCED TO ALCOHOL AND
MARIJUANA, WHICH BECAME HIS ONLY
ESCAPE FROM THE FEELINGS THAT
HAD HAUNTED HIM.
GOT ME REALLY, REALLY HIGH,
AND I WAS LIKE, WOW, THIS IS
LIKE ACTUAL PEACE, A BREAK FROM
ALL THIS DEPRESSION AND
DARKNESS.
ONCE I FELT THOSE FEELINGS, I
JUST CONTINUALLY PURSUED THEM.
Reporter: OVER THE NEXT FEW
YEARS, WESLEY'S LIFE FELL APART.
I HAD THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN
DEBT.
I HAD BEEN ARRESTED FOUR
DIFFERENT TIMES.
I HAD HAD SO MANY NEAR-DEATH
EXPERIENCES, BLACKING OUT, DRUNK
BEHIND THE WHEEL MULTIPLE TIMES.
I HAD EXTREMELY SEVERE
DEPRESSION, SUICIDAL THOUGHTS.
I WAS HEARING DESCRIPTIONS OF
KILLING MYSELF AND OTHERS AND
TORTURE AND PER VERSION, JUST
THE DARKEST STUFF THERE IS,
HONESTLY.
I COULDN'T TAKE IT.
THAT'S WHEN I STARTED MAKING
REALLY BAD DECISIONS WITH
PEOPLE, STEALING FROM PEOPLE,
PAWNING THINGS, AND JUST LIKE
TRYING TO FEED THAT ADDICTION
BUT ALSO NUMBING MY REALITY.
THAT WAS MY MAIN GOAL, WAS JUST
TO ESCAPE EVERYTHING.
Reporter: WESLEY REALIZED
THAT HE COULDN'T FIND LASTING
PEACE IN DRUGS AND ALCOHOL.
HE FULLY REJECTED HIS FAMILY'S
FAITH AND SOON LOST ALL HOPE.
I BECAME AGNOSTIC AT ONE
POINT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT GOD REALLY
EXISTS.
WHEN I DID THAT, WHEN I MADE
THAT DECISION, IT WAS LIKE THE
DARKEST SEASON OF MY LIFE AND I
WAS JUST LIKE REALLY DEPRESSED,
REALLY DOWN.
LIKE THIS IS IT, I CAN'T DO THIS
ANYMORE.
I CAN'T LIVE LIKE THIS ANYMORE.
I HAD MADE A DECISION TO JUMP
OFF THE BALCONY AND END MY LIFE.
Reporter: RIGHT BEFORE HIS
PLANNED SUICIDE JUMP, HE WAS
INTERRUPTED BY A PHONE CALL FROM
HIS SISTER.
SHE WAS LIKE HOW ARE YOU
DOING?
I WAS LIKE HONESTLY, I'M FEELING
HOPELESS AND I CAN'T DO THIS
ANYMORE.
AND SHE JUST TOLD ME ALL THE
THINGS GOD HAD DONE IN HER LIFE
AND ENCOURAGED ME AND TOLD ME
ABOUT HOW SHE USED TO HAVE
DEPRESSION AND HOW GOD HEALED
HER MIND AND SHE GOT TO STOP
TAKING ANTIDEPRESSANT.
SHE SAID TO ME, LEAVE NO STONE
UNTURNED IN YOUR LIFE, AND THAT
STUCK OUT TO ME MORE THAN
ANYTHING ELSE.
AND AFTER THE PHONE CALL, I WAS
JUST -- I GOT ON MY KNEES ON
THAT BALCONY, AND I SAID, "GOD,
I GIVE YOU EVERYTHING.
I GIVE YOU MY LIFE.
I'M DONE.
I GIVE UP THE MUSIC, DRUGS, I
GIVE UP EVERYTHING ELSE THAT
I'VE BEEN HOLDING ONTO AND I ASK
YOU FILL ME WITH YOUR HOLY
SPIRIT."
WHEN HE FILLED ME, THE HAZE WAS
OVER MY MIND AND EVERYTHING WAS
RESTORED.
HE GAVE ME WISDOM.
HE RESTORED MY PHOTOGRAPHIC
MEMORY, MY VOCABULARY AGAIN,
JUST TOTAL CLARITY.
I WAS A NEW CREATION, LITERALLY.
Reporter: THE DARKNESS THAT
ONCE CONSUMED HIS LIFE HAS BEEN
REPLACED BY THE LIGHT AND LOVE
OF JESUS.
JESUS HAS COMPLETELY HEALED
MY HEART AND SET ME FREE.
I BREAK DOWN IN TEARS ALL THE
TIME, JUST TEARS OF JOY NOW.
IT'S BEEN SO MANY YEARS OF TEARS
OF HEALING AND EVERYTHING, BUT
NOW IT'S LIKE HE'S SET ME FREE
AND THERE'S JUST CLARITY.
I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I'M DOING
WITH MY LIFE AND HOW DO USE ALL
THE TALENTS AND THE GIFTINGS FOR
LIKE ART AND MUSIC AND WRITING
LYRICS AND ALL THOSE THINGS, I
GET TO USE THOSE BEFORE THE HOLY
SPIRIT FOR THE KINGDOM.
THE
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM IS MORE --
IT'S UNDESCRIBABLE.
IT'S MORE FUN THAN ANYTHING THE
WORLD COULD EVER OFFER.
IT'S LIKE HE CAN TAKE YOU
ANYWHERE, OPEN DOORS ANYWHERE,
AS LONG AS YOU KEEP HIM AS YOUR
FIRST LOVE.
YOU KNOW, ALL AROUND US IN
THE WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN IS THE
REALM AND IT'S VERY, VERY REAL.
WHETHER WE START DABBLING WITH
THINGS LIKE WESLEY DID IN THE
BEGINNING, YOU KNOW, WHETHER
IT'S OUT OF SHAME OR JUST
BECAUSE WE'RE INTRIGUED OR
SOMEONE INTRODUCES IT TO US.
IT DOESN'T MATTER.
IT BEGINS TO PENETRATE THE WALLS
OF OUR LIVES IF WE DON'T KNOW
TRUTH.
WESLEY ALMOST LOST HIS LIFE,
ALMOST ENDED EVERYTHING, BECAUSE
HE DIDN'T KNOW TRUTH.
AND YOU KNOW ONE BAD DECISION,
ONE BAD INVITATION TO SOMETHING
IN YOUR LIFE LEADS TO ANOTHER.
THAT'S WHAT I THINK OF AS I
LISTEN TO A STORY.
IT'S LIKE ONE AFTER ANOTHER,
JUST ASSAULTING HIM AND HIM
FEELING LIKE HE'S IN CONTROL AND
BUYING INTO ALL OF IT.
AND THEN THE DAY COMES WHEN YOU
REALIZE I'M NOT IN CONTROL OF
ANY OF THIS.
IT'S ALL CONTROLLING AND
DESTROYING ME.
BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS, IN THE
DARKEST OF HOURS WHEN EVERYTHING
ELSE HAS FALLEN APART AND
EVERYONE YOU KNOW HAS FAILED
YOU, EVERYTHING YOU'VE TRIED HAS
FAILED YOU, STILL GOD IS THERE.
STILL THERE WITH ARMS EXTENDED
SAYING, "COME TO ME."
YOU KNOW, WESLEY SAID AFTER HE
TALKED TO HIS SISTER, HE GOT
DOWN TO HIS KNEES AND HE JUST
GAVE IT ALL UP.
WE SING A SONG CALLED "I
SURRENDER ALL."
YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT THAT'S
ABOUT.
YOU GIVE IT ALL UP.
YOU SAY I'M SICK AND TIRED OF
THIS.
I'M SICK OF MY LIFE.
I'M SICK OF BEING DECEIVED.
I'M SICK OF MAKING POOR CHOICES.
I'M SICK OF IT ALL.
AND YOU COME BEFORE THE LIVING
GOD, CREATOR OF ALL THINGS.
YOU SAY I'M GIVING IT ALL UP.
MAKE HIMSELF REAL TO YOU.
INVITE HIM IN AND LET HIM BRING
TRUTH AND FREEDOM FOR YOU.
IT'S ALL HE'S WAITING FOR.
DO IT.
SURRENDER.
JESUS, FORGIVE MY SINS, EVERY
ONE OF THEM.
I CHOOSE YOU.
YOU KNOW WHAT HE WILL SAY BACK
TO YOU?
I CHOOSE YOU.
FROM THE BEGINNING OF TIME,
BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF TIME,
GOD HAD YOU IN MIND.
OH, COME HOME TO THE FATHER,
HEART OF GOD.
INVITE HIM INTO YOUR HEART AND
LIFE.
AND THEN LET HIM TEACH YOU, LET
HIM BEGIN TO CHANGE YOU EVEN AS
HE DID FOR WESLEY.
JESUS SAID, "YOU'LL KNOW THE
TRUTH AND THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU
FREE."
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT
WALKING WITH JESUS, CALL AND ASK
FOR A NEW DAY.
THE PHONE CALL IS FREE.
IT'S RIGHT THERE ON THE SCREEN.
SO IS THE PACKET.
IT'S FILLED WITH INFORMATION
ABOUT FOLLOWING AFTER THE LORD.
CALL NOW.
ASK FOR IT.
IN JESUS' NAME WE PRAY.
GORDON?
> HERE'S SOME WORDS FROM
CORRINTHIANS, ALL THINGS HAVE
PASSED AWAY.
BEHOLD, ALL THINGS HAVE BECOME
