WELCOME TO THE 700 CLUB.

AMANDA KNOX IN FOR GORDON

ROBERTSON.

GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TODAY.

AS I MENTIONED OUR DEAR FRIEND

AND FORMER 700 CLUB CO-HOST

SHEILA WALSH WILL JOIN US LIVE

IN STUDIO.

AND RECENTLY I SAT DOWN WITH

JOHN COOPER, FRONTMAN OF ONE OF

CHRISTIAN MUSIC'S MOST POPULAR

BANDS SKILLET.

THAT'S ALSO COMING UP ON

TODAY'S PROGRAM.

BUT FIRST IN THE

NEWS ISRAELI TROOPS ARE ENGAGED

IN FIERCE COMBAT AFTER

PENETRATING HAMAS STRONGHOLDS

IN SOUTHERN GAZA.

MEANWHILE, FAMILIES OF THE

REMAINING HOSTAGES ARE

PRESSURING BENJAMIN NETANYAHU

TO WORK FOR THEIR RELEASE.

CHRIS MITCHELL REPORTS FROM

JERUSALEM.

ISRAELI MILITARY SPOKESMAN

DANIEL HAGAR SAYS IDF FORCES

HAVE BROKEN THROUGH KEY

DEFENSIVE LINES IN JABALYA

SIGIRIYA AND KHAN YUNIS.

THE TERRORISTS ARE NOW

EMERGING UNDERGROUND AND ARE

FIGHTING AGAINST OUR FORCES IN

FACE TO FACE COMBAT.

OUR FORCES ARE WINNING AND

HAVE THE UPPER HAND.

IDF FORCES UNCOVERED ONE OF THE

LARGEST WEAPONS DEPOTS YET

FOUND INSIDE GAZA.

THE WEAPONS INCLUDE HUNDREDS OF

RPG, DOZENS OF ANTI-TANK

MISSILES AND LONG RANGE

MISSILES THAT CAN REACH CENTRAL

ISRAEL.

THE WEAPONS WERE LOCATED THE

HEART OF A CIVILIAN

NEIGHBORHOOD.

ON WEDNESDAY THE IDF HOW HAMAS

LAUNCHED A ROCKET FROM INSIDE A

HUMANITARIAN ZONE.

IT MISFIRED BUT THE IDF SAYS

IT'S ANOTHER OF HAMAS USING ITS

POPULATION AS HUMAN SHIELDS.

ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN

NETANYAHU SAYS THE IDF, THE

HOME OF SINWAR, THE HAMAS

LEADER IN GAZA SO HIS HOUSE IS

NOT A FORTRESS AND HE CAN

ESCAPE BUT IT'S ONLY OF TIME

BEFORE WE GET HIM.

NETANYAHU ALSO REACHED OUT

TO THE RED CROSS ON BEHALF OF

THE HOSTAGES.

WE EXERT THE PRESSURE TO

ALLOW THE RED CROSS TO VISIT

OUR ABDUCTEES.

FURTHER TO THAT I SPOKE AGAIN

WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE RED

CROSS AND TOLD HER TO TURN TO

QATAR WHICH HAS BEEN PROVEN TO

HAVE LEVERAGE ON HAMAS AND

DEMAND THE RED CROSS VISITS TO

OUR ABDUCTORS AND OF COURSE OF

MEDICINE FOR THEM.

THE RELEASED HOSTAGES AND

HOSTAGE FAMILIES MET WITH

NETANYAHU WHO ARE NOW

TESTIFYING OF A MASS SEXUAL

BOTH ON OCTOBER 7TH AND THE

TIME THE HOSTAGES WERE IN

CAPTIVITY.

DOCTORS ALSO VERIFIED HAMAS

DRUG THE HOSTAGES DURING THEIR

RELEASE TO MAKE THEM APPEAR

HAPPY.

ON THE EVE OF HANUKKAH, THE

ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

REVEALED NEVER BEFORE SEEN

EVIDENCE OF THE TIME WHEN THE

GREEK RULER ANTIOCH AS

EPIPHANIES CONQUERED AND RULED

JERUSALEM.

I AM HOLDING IN MY HAND AN

OBJECT THAT FOR ME IS ONE OF

THE MOST EXCITING THINGS IN THE

CITY OF DAVID.

THESE 16 PIECES OF CERAMIC

TILES UNIQUE TO GREEK CULTURE

PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF GREEK

PRESENCE IN JERUSALEM MORE THAN

THOUSAND YEARS AGO.

ARCHEOLOGISTS FOUND THESE TILES

IN THE GIVATI LOT EXCAVATION

THAT VERIFIED THE TIME WHEN

JUDAH THE MACCABEE PURIFIED THE

TEMPLE AND ONE DAY'S OIL LASTED

FOR EIGHT DAYS AND THE MIRACLE

OF HANUKKAH.

SO THAT IS WHAT REALLY

EXCITES ME BECAUSE AFTER 2100

YEARS WE CAN PHYSICALLY RETURN

TO THE EVENTS HANUKKA.

CHRIS MITCHELL CBN NEWS,

JERUSALEM.

THANK YOU CHRIS AND AS CHRIS

MENTIONED THIS EVENING MARKS

THE FIRST DAY OF HANUKKAH, THE

FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS AND IT'S A

HOLIDAY CELEBRATES A VICTORY

MORE THAN 2000 YEARS AGO WHEN

THE JEWISH PEOPLE TRIUMPHED

OVER THEIR ENEMIES.

AND AN EVENT CERTAINLY IN THE

HEARTS AND MINDS OF JEWS AROUND

THE WORLD AS THEY AGAIN FIND

THEMSELVES STARING AT THE FACE

OF EVIL.

THIS HANUKKAH WE ENCOURAGE YOU

TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE UNIQUE

MAYBE TO LIGHT A CANDLE AND

PRAY.

ONE OF THE TRADITIONAL

BLESSINGS SUCH AS THIS ONE

BLESSED ARE YOU AND I ARE GOD

RULER UNIVERSE WHO HAS KEPT US

ALIVE SUSTAINED US AND BROUGHT

US TO THIS SEASON.

AND IN ADDITION WE ALSO INVITE

YOU TO STAND WITH THE SURVIVORS

AND EVACUEES OF THE CURRENT WAR

HAMAS.

AND AS YOU MAY KNOW THROUGH CBN

ISRAEL, YOU CAN PROVIDE FOOD,

WATER, SHELTER AND TRAUMA

COUNSELING.

SO IMPORTANT TO THOSE WHO

SUFFERED FROM THE ATTACKS.

CALL ONE 800 707,000.

VISIT CBC.CA SLASH BLESS ISRAEL

OR TEXT BLESS ISRAEL 71777.

IN OTHER NEWS, FIREWORKS

FLEW ON.

AS FOR REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES

FOR THE PRESIDENT SPARRED GOP

DEBATE BEFORE THE IOWA

CAUCUSES.

AND MARK MARTIN HAS HAS THAT

STORY AND MORE FROM THE CBN

NEWSROOM.

MARK YEAH.

ANDREW VOTERS IN IOWA HAVE LESS

THAN SIX WEEKS TO MAKE UP THEIR

MINDS BEFORE THE CAUCUSES ON

JANUARY 15TH.

ALTHOUGH GOP FRONTRUNNER TRUMP

WAS MISSING FROM THE STAGE, HE

STILL TOOK FIRE FROM SOME.

GEORGE THOMAS HAS HIGHLIGHTS

FROM LAST NIGHT'S HEATED DEBATE

IN A NEWS NATION DEBATE 39 DAYS

TO GO BEFORE THE IOWA CAUCUSES.

YOU CAN'T STAND UP AGAINST

CHILD ABUSE.

HOW ARE YOU GOING TO BE ABLE

TO STAND ANYTHING?

THAT IS THE TRUTH.

WE ARE WE HAVE IT ON VIDEO.

THE FORMER SOUTH CAROLINA

GOVERNOR AND U.N. AMBASSADOR

NIKKI HALEY WAS ON THE HOT SEAT

WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

NIKKI, YOU WERE BANKRUPT

WHEN YOU LEFT THE U.N. AFTER

YOU LEFT THE U.N. AND YOU

BECAME A MILITARY CONTRACTOR.

YOU ACTUALLY STARTED JOINING

SERVICE ON THE BOARD OF BOEING

WHOSE BACK AND YOU SCRATCHED

FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND THEN

THEN GAVE FOREIGN MULTINATIONAL

SPEECHES LIKE HILLARY CLINTON

IS.

AND NOW YOU'RE A MULTI-MILLION

.

THAT MATH DOES NOT ADD UP.

IT ADDS UP TO THE FACT THAT YOU

ARE CORRUPT.

MISS HALEY SEEMED UNFAZED BY

THE NIGHT OF ATTACKS.

LOVE ALL THE ATTENTION

FELLAS.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

HALEY'S POLL NUMBERS HAVE SEEN

A SURGE IN RECENT WEEKS THOUGH

SHE'S PLACED THIRD IN MOST

POLLS AND TRAILS FAR BEHIND

TRUMP.

AND IN TERMS OF THESE DONORS

THAT ARE SUPPORTING ME, THEY'RE

JUST JEALOUS.

THEY WISH THAT THEY WERE

SUPPORTING THEM.

BUT I'M NOT GOING TO SIT THERE

AND GREAT.

FORMER NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR

CHRISTIE EMERGED AS DONALD

TRUMP'S FIERCEST CRITIC ON

STAGE CALLING THE FORMER

PRESIDENT A DICTATOR AND A

BULLY AND URGED HIS FELLOW

REPUBLICANS TO DENOUNCE HIM.

HE STARTED OFF HIS CAMPAIGN BY

SAYING I AM YOUR RETRIBUTION

EIGHT YEARS AGO HE SAID I AM

YOUR VOICE.

THIS IS AN ANGRY, BITTER MAN

WHO NOW WANTS TO BE BACK AS

PRESIDENT BECAUSE HE WANTS TO

EXACT RETRIBUTION ON ANYONE WHO

HAS DISAGREED WITH HIM, ANYONE

WHO'S TRIED TO HOLD THEM TO

ACCOUNT FOR HIS OWN CONDUCT.

AND EVERY ONE OF THESE POLICIES

THAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT ARE

PURSUING A PLAN OF RETRIBUTION.

ONE OF THE STRONGEST MOMENTS

FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS

CAME WHEN ASKED ABOUT WHETHER

DONALD TRUMP WOULD BE FIT TO

RUN AS PRESIDENT IN A SECOND

TERM.

I DON'T KNOW HOW HE WOULD

SCORE ON A TEST BUT I KNOW THIS

WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO

NOMINATE SOMEONE AND ELECT

SOMEONE TWO TERMS WHO'S GOING

TO BE SPITTING NAILS ON DAY ONE

AND FOR EIGHT YEARS.

YOU THINK HE'S RESOLVED SHOULD

NOT NOMINATE SOMEBODY HE WON'T

ANSWER WHO'S ALMOST 80 YEARS

OLD?

ENTREPRENEUR VIVEK RAMASWAMY

WHO BUILT HIS CAMPAIGN AROUND

THE IDEA THAT HE'S A PUBLIC

OUTSIDER HAD A NUMBER OF

MOMENTS WITH HIS FELLOW

CANDIDATES.

HERE'S MY ISSUE WITH ALL

THREE OF MY OTHER COLLEAGUES ON

THIS DEBATE STAGE IS ALL

THEM HAVE BEEN LICKING DONALD

TRUMP'S BOOTS FOR YEARS FOR

MONEY AND ENDORSEMENTS.

THE FOUR CANDIDATES SPARRED

OVER IMMIGRATION, THE

ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR, THE CONFLICT

IN UKRAINE AND CHINA'S GROWING

MENACE AROUND THE WORLD NOTABLY

.

ONCE AGAIN DONALD TRUMP WHO HAS

SKIPPED ALL DEBATES BUT STILL

MAINTAINS A DOUBLE DIGIT LEAD

OVER HIS RIVALS.

GEORGE THOMAS CBN NEWS ON

CAPITOL HILL CONGRESSMAN KEVIN

MCCARTHY ANNOUNCED FROM

CONGRESS.

THE CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN WILL

RETIRE END OF THE YEAR.

IT COMES AFTER A REPUBLICAN

REVOLT LED BY HARD RIGHT

MEMBERS IN OCTOBER OUSTED HIM

AS SPEAKER IN A WALL STREET

JOURNAL OP ED, MCCARTHY

ANNOUNCED HIS INTENT TO SERVE

AMERICA IN NEW WAYS WRITING I'M

LEAVING THE HOUSE BUT NOT THE

FIGHT ADDING THAT MY WORK IS

ONLY GETTING.

THREE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS ARE

TAKING HEAT OVER THEIR

TESTIMONY TO CONGRESS ABOUT

ANTI-SEMITISM AND CALLS

GENOCIDE ON CAMPUS.

THE PRESIDENTS OF HARVARD AND

MIT AND THE UNIVERSITY OF

PENNSYLVANIA FACED ACCUSATIONS

OF NOT DOING ENOUGH TO PROTECT

JEWISH STUDENTS.

AND IN AN EXCHANGE WITH NEW

YORK ELISE STEFANIK, EUPEN

PRESIDENT LIZ MCGILL WOULD NOT

SAY.

CALLS FOR GENOCIDE AMOUNT TO

HARASSMENT SPECIFICALLY CALLING

FOR THE GENOCIDE OF JEWS.

DOES THAT CONSTITUTE BULLYING

OR HARASSMENT?

IF IT IS DIRECTED AND SEVERE OR

PERVASIVE IT IS HARASSMENT.

THE ANSWER IS YES.

IT IS A CONTEXT DEPENDENT

DECISION CONGRESSWOMAN.

IT'S A CONTEXT DEPENDENT

DECISION.

THAT'S YOUR TESTIMONY TODAY FOR

THE GENOCIDE OF JEWS IS

DEPENDING UPON THE CONTEXT THAT

IS NOT BULLYING OR HARASSMENT.

THIS IS THE EASIEST QUESTION

TO ANSWER.

YES, MS..

MCGILL.

PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR JOSH

SHAPIRO CALLED MCGILL'S REMARKS

SHAMEFUL AND A FAILURE OF

LEADERSHIP.

HE ALSO URGED THE SCHOOL'S

BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO MEET.

MCGILL LATER POSTED A VIDEO

SAYING SHE SHOULD HAVE FOCUSED

ON QUOTE THE IRREFUTABLE FACT

ABOUT A CALL FOR GENOCIDE OF

JEWISH PEOPLE IS A CALL FOR THE

MOST TERRIBLE VIOLENCE HUMAN

CAN PERPETRATE.

VERY INTENSE TESTIMONY IN THAT

HEARING YESTERDAY, TERRY.

JOHN COOPER DOESN'T NEED A

MICROPHONE OR A BASS GUITAR TO

BE LOUD AND CLEAR.

HIS WORDS PRACTICALLY SCREAM

OFF THE PAGE.

AMERICA IS AT A CROSSROADS AND

THE CHURCH IS UNDER ATTACK.

RECENTLY HE SAT DOWN WITH

ANDREW KNOX TO DISCUSS HIS

LATEST BOOK WIMPY WEAK AND WOKE

.

WELL, I'VE SEEN JOHN COOPER

AND HIS BAND SKILLET LIVE

MULTIPLE TIMES.

IT IS LOUD, INTENSE AND THE

MESSAGE A POWERFUL DECLARATION

OF THE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST.

OFFSTAGE JON IS A HUSBAND,

FATHER AND WRITER WITH A BOLD

AND MESSAGE FOR THE CHURCH IN

AMERICA.

GRAMMY NOMINATED MULTI-PLATINUM

ROCKER JON COOPER IS THE LEAD

VOCALIST FOR SKILLET, ONE OF

THE BEST SELLING ROCK BANDS OF

THE 21ST CENTURY.

AFTER TRAVELING THE WORLD FOR

THREE YEARS, HE'S NOTICED ONE

CONSISTENT ISSUE ARE

DESPERATELY CONFUSED THEY CAN

NO LONGER TELL TRUTH FROM LIES.

IN HIS NEW BOOK WIMPY

WEEKEND WOKE, JON TACKLES THE

REIGNING PHILOSOPHIES OF OUR

DAY COMBATS THEM BY STANDING ON

THE AUTHORITY OF SCRIPTURE.

ALL RIGHT.

JOHN COOPER IS WITH US NOW TO

TALK ABOUT HIS NEW BOOK.

JOHN, WELCOME THE 700 CLUB.

IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE, MAN.

GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE IN STUDIO

.

IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE IN

PERSON.

YOU KNOW WHAT I WANT TO SAY

PEOPLE WATCHING WILL KNOW

BECAUSE I DO A LOT OF THESE

KIND OF THINGS.

EVERYBODY I HAVE MET TODAY FROM

THE OFFICER THAT PICKED THIS UP

TO THE PEOPLE BACKSTAGE HAVE

BEEN ABSOLUTELY THERE IS SUCH A

SPIRIT OF JOY IN THIS PLACE

RIGHT HERE WATCHING TO KNOW

THAT IT'S VERY UNIQUE AND VERY

IT'S JUST COOL.

THAT IS GREAT.

YEAH.

REALLY ONE JOY ONLY.

OH MY GOSH.

DO.

DO WE NEED JOY?

MORE THAN EVER.

IN FACT, WE NEED RIGHTEOUSNESS,

PEACE AND JOY IN THE HOLY

SPIRIT.

THAT'S WHAT THE KINGDOM OF GOD

IS.

SO YES, WE DID.

THANKS FOR THE KIND WORDS.

ABSOLUTELY.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

JON, WHY THIS BOOK?

I MEAN YOU'RE YOUR MUSIC

ALREADY HAS A MESSAGE OF THE

GOSPEL LOVE OF JESUS.

YOU'RE BUSY GUY.

YOU'RE SELLING OUT SHOWS AROUND

THE WORLD.

WIFE'S IN YOUR BAND WITH YOU.

A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW

THAT YOU'VE GOT A FAMILY.

YOU'RE BUSY.

WHY DID YOU WRITE THIS?

I WROTE THIS BECAUSE WE ARE IN

SUCH A WEIRD A REALLY BAD PLACE

IN THIS COUNTRY THAT MIGHT NOT

BE NEWS FOR EVERYBODY.

THEY MIGHT SAY YEAH, TRUE.

BUT I TRULY BELIEVE WE ARE AT

THE BRINK OF THE DEMISE OF NOT

JUST AMERICA BUT OF WESTERN

CIVILIZATION.

AND JUST TO PUT IT IN A WAY

THAT I THINK EVERYBODY WOULD

RELATE TO.

I MEAN THINK ABOUT IT LIKE THIS

PRAYER IS OUTLAWED IN SCHOOLS

ILLEGAL IN SCHOOLS BUT RADICAL

GENDER THEORY BEING TAUGHT IN

KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE IS

MANDATORY SOMETIMES BEING

TAUGHT BY DRAG QUEENS MEAN.

SO WHAT YOU HAVE IS IS YOU HAVE

PEERS THE NORMAL AVERAGE

AMERICAN EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT

WATCHING THIS PROGRAM KNOWS

WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HAVE THEIR

KID COME HOME WITH STUFF

THEY'VE JUST NEVER HEARD.

THEY'VE LITERALLY HEARD OF

BEFORE.

AND I JUST THOUGHT, YOU KNOW

WHAT?

I THINK WE NEED EVERYBODY

SAYING THIS MESSAGE WE HAVE

PASTOR SAYING WE HAVE SOME

THEOLOGIANS SAY THAT 700 CLUB.

THERE'S ALL THESE THINGS.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S

MISSING IS I DON'T KNOW IF YOU

WANT TO CALL IT INFLUENCER ERS

THERE'S CELEBRITY CLASS

MUSICIANS, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO

CALL ME.

THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN

THAT SPHERE DOING IT AND YOUNG

,YOU KNOW, TEND TO LISTEN TO

WHETHER IT'S KATY PERRY AND

SECULAR MUSIC ARTISTS AND MAYBE

I TO DO MY PART TO SAY THIS

SAME MESSAGE TO WAKE PEOPLE UP

.

WE'RE ON THE BRINK OF

DESTRUCTION.

THE TRUTH OF THE BIBLE CAN US

BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAKE

UP TO THAT.

NOW A LOT OF CHRISTIANS IN

THIS COUNTRY THINK LOOK, I NEED

TO BE COMPASSIONATE TO

REPRESENT THE LORD.

I NEED TO BE GRACIOUS I NEED TO

SEEK UNITY.

TRUE.

BUT I MEAN YOUR MESSAGE IS KIND

SAYING THE CHURCH IS KIND OF

ROLLING OVER TO ACCOMMODATE,

RIGHT?

ABSOLUTELY.

YOU KNOW, WE ARE SPEAKING ABOUT

IT.

LET'S JUST GIVEN AN EVERYDAY

EXAMPLE WITH THE GENTLEMAN THAT

PICKED US UP TODAY.

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HIS HIS

KID WHO IS IN HIGH SCHOOL.

I HAVE A KID IN HIGH SCHOOL

TOO.

I HAVE A KID IN HIGH HIGH

SCHOOL TOO.

OKAY.

OH, OKAY.

YEAH.

SO SO YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I

MEAN.

I TELL MY KIDS I DON'T WANT YOU

GOING AROUND YELLING AT PEOPLE

ABOUT THE GOSPEL AND SCREAMING

AT FOLKS WE DON'T WANT TO BE

MEAN TO.

WE WANT TO WIN PEOPLE WITH THE

LOVE OF CHRIST THAT WON US

OVER.

BUT BUT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN

CULTURES THEY ARE PUSHING YOU

SO HARD THEY ARE FORCING YOU TO

TO FORCEFULLY SAY SOMETHING

BACK BECAUSE IT'S VERY

TYRANNICAL.

PEOPLE DID THAT TO YOU.

THINGS THAT'S SAD OR BOOK THEY

WERE THEY WERE DEMANDING YOU

SPEAK ON ISSUES.

THAT'S THEY WERE SAYING IT'S

THIS IS 2017 SO IT WAS THE

TRUMP ERA AND THE MUSIC

INDUSTRY SAY COME THESE

CHRISTIAN ARTISTS ARE SPEAKING

AGAINST TRUMP COME YOU'RE NOT

SPEAKING AGAINST THE BORDER

POLICY.

HOW COME THEY'RE NOT SPEAKING

AGAINST?

FILL IN THE BLANK POLICY.

AND I WAS THINKING OTHER

MUSICIAN WE NEVER WE NEVER

SPEAK ABOUT THIS STUFF.

I JUST TELL PEOPLE ABOUT GOD

CHRIST LOVES YOU THEY'RE

FORCING YOU TO SAY SOMETHING

AND IF YOU DON'T SAY IT YOU'RE

YOU'RE GOING TO GET IN TROUBLE,

YOU'RE GOING TO GET CANCELED.

AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, I KID, I

CAN'T SOMETHING I DON'T BELIEVE

IT.

I'M NOT GOING TO COMPROMISE MY

MY FAITH AM CONVICTIONS.

SO THEY FORCED YOU TO SAY

SOMETHING AND THE MINUTE YOU

SPEAK THEY SAY THAT YOU'RE

BEING A BULLY OR YOU'RE BEING

MEAN.

SO WE ARE LIVING IN A TIME

CHRISTIANS NEED TO UNDERSTAND

THIS THAT IF FOR THE TRUTH SO

JUST IF NOT JUST IF YOU STAND

FOR CHRIST IF YOU STAND FOR THE

STAND FOR THE UNBORN, YOU'RE

GOING TO BE CALLED YOU'RE GOING

TO BE CALLED A HATER, A SEXIST,

A MISOGYNIST JUST FOR THE FACT

THAT YOU GO I WANT TO STAND FOR

THIS IS A LIFE THAT GOD CREATED

IN HIS OWN IMAGE AND I'M GOING

TO STAND FOR THAT.

IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW NICE YOU

YOU SAY IT, YOU'RE GOING TO BE

CALLED A HATER.

SO WE JUST GOT TO GET USED TO

THAT.

NOW JUST OFF TOPIC A LITTLE

YOU'RE YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY A

WARRIOR FOR CHRIST AND A BUT A

SOFT TENDER PART OF YOU IS

MENTIONED IN YOUR BOOK FACT

RIGHT FROM THE START AND WHEN

YOU LOST YOUR MOM AS A

TEENAGER.

RIGHT.

HOW HOW DID THAT ROCK YOUR

FAITH?

MY MOM WAS A JESUS FANATIC

AND MY MOM TAUGHT ME ABOUT THE

BIBLE.

I DON'T EVEN A DAY WHEN MY

MOM WAS READING THE BIBLE TO ME

AS A KID TAUGHT ME ABOUT THE

LORD SHE GOT CANCER WHEN WHEN I

WAS IN SIXTH GRADE WHATEVER AGE

THAT IS I CAN'T I CAN'T

REMEMBER.

SHE WAS QUITE YOUNG.

MY MOM SHE WAS A YOUNG MOTHER.

SHE HAD ME WHEN SHE WAS ROUGHLY

20.

SO SHE WAS PROBABLY GOSH 33

WHEN SHE FIRST GOT CANCER BEGAN

PRAYING FOR HEALING AND THINGS

LIKE THAT.

AND SHE SHE USED TO SAY I I

BELIEVE I'M GOING TO BE HEALED

BUT IF I'M NOT HEALED YOU

CANNOT BE MAD AT GOD.

GOD IS ALWAYS GOOD AND HE AND

HE DOES ALL BRINGS ALL THINGS

TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD OF WHO

LOVE CHRIST ACCORDING TO HIS

PURPOSES.

SO SHE INSTILLED THAT INTO ME.

SHE DIED THREE YEARS LATER.

I WAS A FRESHMAN IN HIGH SCHOOL

SO I.

I HAD TO KIND OF IN THAT TIME

BEGIN TO KNOW THE LORD NOT JUST

AS A BOSS AND BY THE WAY, JESUS

IS THE BOSS BUT NOT JUST AS MY

LORD WHICH HE IS AND NOT JUST

AS A SAVIOR.

BUT I BEGAN TO TO SAY TO GOD I

NEED A FRIEND, I NEED SOMEBODY

TO TALK TO.

I FELT ABSOLUTELY ALONE IN THE

WORLD MUSIC WAS THERE FOR ME

MUSIC CHRISTIAN MUSIC IN

PARTICULAR REALLY MEANT A LOT

TO ME WHICH IS WHY I LOVE

PLAYING MUSIC BECAUSE CHRISTIAN

MADE ME FEEL UNDERSTOOD.

AND OF COURSE THIS IS BEFORE

THERE WAS AN INTERNET SO I

WASN'T CHATTING WITH FRIENDS

ONLINE.

THERE WERE NO FRIENDS, THERE

WAS MUSIC AND THEN THERE WAS

JESUS.

I WOULD TALK TO JESUS AND I AND

I WOULD SAY I NEED TO KNOW YOU

LIKE AND I BEGAN TO KNOW THAT

INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP AND FOR A

LOT OF YOUR FANS WHO WERE AT

THESE CONCERTS IT KIND OF

RELATES TO YOUR BOOK BECAUSE

YOU SAY THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN

CHRIST FOLLOWERS IN AMERICA

SHOULDN'T CONCERNED ABOUT BEING

LIKED, RIGHT?

A LOT OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE

THEY'RE YOUR ARE PRAISING THE

LORD THEN THEY GET IN THE

SCHOOLS AND WORK AND THEN THEIR

CONCERN ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE THINK

OF THEM AND THEIR FAITH.

YOU SAY STOP THAT.

YEAH, THIS WOULD BE A GOOD

THING TO EXPLAIN MAYBE TO

PARENTS THAT THAT LIKE WHAT'S

HAPPENING WITH MY KIDS THAT ARE

WATCHING.

I THINK PARENTS NEED TO

UNDERSTAND THIS IS NOT THE SAME

WORLD THAT WE GREW UP IN IN THE

EIGHTIES NINETIES 2000 IT'S

JUST NOT BACK THEN LIVING FOR

JESUS IT REALLY WASN'T THAT

OFFENSIVE TO PEOPLE EXCEPT THEY

THOUGHT YOU WERE A GOODY GOODY

RIGHT YOU KNOW TO ME LIKE

GROWING UP I NEVER MET ONE

PERSON WHO WAS LIKE HEY I'M

GOING TO GO LIVE IN FREE SEXUAL

LIFESTYLE AND PARTY AND DO ALL

OF THAT AND.

AND JOHN I THINK THAT MAKES ME

A GOOD PERSON.

THEY DIDN'T THINK IT MADE THEM

A GOOD PERSON.

THEY KNEW THEY WERE PROBABLY

DOING SOMETHING THAT WASN'T

GOOD BUT THEY THEY CHOSE IT AND

IF I SAID I DON'T DO THAT

BECAUSE I'M A FOLLOWER OF JESUS

CHRIST, THEY MIGHT BE LIKE WHAT

A GOODY GOODY BUT THEY DIDN'T

HATE YOU FOR IT.

WHAT PARENTS NEED TO UNDERSTAND

WRITE ABOUT IN THE BOOK THESE

DAYS YOU GET HATED FOR STANDING

UP FOR THINGS THAT THE BIBLE

SAYS.

THAT IS HOW MUCH YOU KNOW THE

SAYS AND ISAIAH WOE TO THOSE

WHO CALL GOOD EVIL AND GOOD WHO

TRADE DARKNESS FOR LIGHT AND

LIGHT FOR DARKNESS THAT'S TIME

WE'RE IN NOW.

SO THESE DAYS YOU'RE NOT JUST

BEING A GOODY GOODY BY SAYING

I'M GOING TO GO TO THE MARCH

FOR LIFE, I'M GOING TO STAND

THE UNBORN THESE DAYS IF YOU DO

THAT THAT IS A BATTLE CRY

AGAINST ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS AND

THEY TRULY BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE

A BAD PERSON FOR IT.

SO I DON'T TELL PEOPLE GO BE

RUDE.

I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD BE

RUDE BUT YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO BE

WINSOME IN THE SAME WAY YOU

WERE THEN.

THEY ALREADY SEE YOU AS NOT

A GREAT PERSON.

SO THIS WITH YOUR YOUR MODEL

HERE THE TWO STORY BUILDING IN

YOUR BOOK BECAUSE WE CAN'T LIVE

WITH ONE FOOT IN THE KINGDOM

AND ONE OUT WE JUST CAN'T LIVE

THAT WAY SO WHAT IS IS THIS

ANALOGY THE TWO STOREY BUILDING

WITH HEAVEN AND EARTH?

OH I'M SO GLAD.

YES OF MY FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT

THE BOOK I BORROW THE ANALOGY

FROM CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHER

CALLED FRANCIS SHAEFER AND THE

60 7080 SOME PEOPLE MIGHT

REMEMBER I THINK ONE OF THE

BEST CHRISTIAN THINKERS OF THE

LAST CENTURY.

HE CREATED THIS CONCEPT OF THIS

TWO FLOORS.

HE BROKE IT NATURE AND GRACE

WHICH IS COMPLICATED AND I

DON'T WANT TO GET INTO HE WAS

SUCH A HE WAS SUCH A GENIUS I

BORROW THE ANALOGY BUT I

CHANGED IT IN A WAY THAT I

THINK FITS OUR TIME A LITTLE

BIT BETTER.

SO I WANT PEOPLE TO THINK OF

TWO TWO FLOORS THE TOP FLOOR TO

CALL HEAVEN THE BOTTOM FLOOR

WE'RE GOING TO CALL EARTH AND

THE TOP FLOOR.

SO WHAT WE SAY IS THAT JESUS IS

LORD OF THE TOP FLOOR AND WHAT

THAT MEANS IS THAT JESUS TELLS

US HOW WE CAN GET TO HEAVEN.

HE TELLS ME HOW I CAN IN MY

PERSONAL LIFE BE RIGHTEOUS AND

HOLY AND IN THE THINGS I

SHOULDN'T WATCH ON TV AND

THINGS LIKE THAT.

HE IS LORD OF THOSE THINGS THE

BOTTOM FLOOR IS EARTH AND SO

WHAT IS EARTH EARTH IS POLITICS

ECONOMICS, THE UNBORN WHAT

ABORTION?

WHAT ARE THESE SEXUALITY GENDER

PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHAT WE TEACH

OUR KIDS AT SCHOOLS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO CALL THAT THE

EARTH AND THE REASON I BROKE IT

UP IS BECAUSE THE BIBLE TEACHES

JESUS CHRIST IS LORD OF

EVERYTHING.

SO JESUS IS SUPPOSED TO BE LORD

OF BOTH FLOORS.

AND WHEN WE COME TO THIS BIG

HUGE BIBLE YOU SITTING HERE I

LOVE THAT BIG BIBLE.

IT REMINDS ME OF THAT'S

PROBABLY WHY YOU GO TO THEIR

HOUSE WITH THE HUGE BIBLE KNOW

IT'S EVEN LARGE PRINT I THINK

OH IS IT WE NEED IT AS MUCH AS

YOU WHEN YOU ARE A GRANDPARENT

AND YOU KNOW YOU KNOW PEOPLE

ARE SERIOUS.

THEY HAVE A BIBLE THAT

THING.

BUT WHAT IS THAT?

CHRIST TELLS US HOW TO LIVE IN

THE WORLD AND IN ANY ANSWER

YOU'RE LOOKING FOR OUR KIDS GO

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHO I AM IN

MY GENDER.

THE BIBLE WILL TELL YOU THAT

WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CHURCH

TODAY THAT IS I THINK SO BAD IS

THAT WE HAVE SAID OKAY, YOU

KNOW WHAT?

WE'RE GOING TO LET CHRIST BE

THE LORD UPSTAIRS.

HE'LL TELL US HOW TO GET TO

HEAVEN AND WE'RE GOING TO LET

BE THE LORD OF THE DOWNSTAIRS

AND SO WHAT I WRITE IN MY BOOK

ACTUALLY I ACTUALLY THINK IS A

FORM POLYTHEISM IF PEOPLE DON'T

MIND THINKING OF IT LIKE THAT

IN OTHER WORDS WHAT WE'RE

SAYING IS JESUS HAS THE ANSWERS

TO SAVE OUR SOULS BUT HE CANNOT

SAVE CIVILIZATIONS.

AND SO WHAT WE DO IS WE SAY

DON'T GET INVOLVED IN DON'T GET

INVOLVED IN ABORTION, DON'T GET

INVOLVED IN THE SEX AND GENDER

,GET INVOLVED IN PUBLIC

SCHOOLS, DON'T GET INVOLVED IN

FILL IN THE BLANK BECAUSE

THAT'S JUST DIVISIVE AND THAT'S

NOT WHAT THE CHURCH IS SUPPOSED

TO DO SOMETIMES WE'RE LIVING IN

RIGHT, ESPECIALLY RAISING KIDS

MUCH DIFFERENT WORLD WORLD THAN

IT WAS.

ALL RIGHT.

JOHN'S BOOK IS CALLED WIMPY

WEAK AND WOKE CAN FIND THAT AND

MORE AT HIS WEBSITE.

JOHN L COOPER DOT THAT'S JOHN L

COOPER AL.COM.

JOHN, THANKS FOR BEING WITH

US REALLY APPRECIATE IT HAD A

GREAT TIME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I BLESS YOU.

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SLASH HOPE AND WE ALWAYS

LOVE WHEN SHEILA WALSH IS BACK

IN STUDIO WITH US.

SHE IS HERE TODAY AND FOR

MORE LET'S GO TO TERRY.

SHE IS YOU KNOW THIS IS THE

SEASON ONE WITH SO MANY DEMANDS

AND SO LITTLE TIME IT'S EASY

FOR THE MOST TIME OF THE YEAR

TO BECOME THE MOST WEARISOME.

AND IF THAT SOUNDS LIKE YOUR

HOLIDAYS TAKE HEART BECAUSE

SHEILA SAYS THAT IN THE MIDDLE

THE MAYHEM LIES THE GREATEST

GIFT OF ALL.

SHEILA WALSH IS WELL KNOWN

IN CHRISTIAN MEDIA AS A TV

HOST, BIBLE TEACHER AND,

PROLIFIC AUTHOR.

CBN AUDIENCES HAVE LOVED HER

SINCE HER DAYS AS A CO-HOST.

WELL, YOU GET OFF SET IN HER

NEW FOR THE CHRISTMAS SEASON.

SHEILA HELPS US REVIVE OF

WONDER AND EXPECTANCY THE GIFTS

OF OF CHRISTMAS OFFERS 25

ADVENT DEVOTIONS WHICH GUIDE

HOLIDAY WEARY READERS BACK TO

THE GREATEST GIFT OF OF ALL.

PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO THE

700 CLUB IT'S HOME WE THINK FOR

HER.

SHEILA WALSH TO HAVE YOU BACK.

TERRY, I JUST LOVE YOU SO

MUCH.

I'M SORRY.

YOU KNOW, FRIEND GOODNIGHT AND

.

I AM AN ADVENT PERSON SO

WHEN I SAW YOUR NEW BOOK THE

GIFTS OF CHRISTMAS I WAS SO

EXCITED BECAUSE FINDING ADVENT

READING THAT REALLY LEADS YOU

WHERE YOU WANT IT TO LEAD YOU

TO JESUS IS WONDERFUL.

SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT

ABOUT SOME OF WHAT WHAT YOU'VE

WRITTEN IN HERE.

I MEAN YOU'RE SUCH A GREAT

WRITER BUT YOU TALK YOU KNOW

THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR WHERE

WE THINK OF MEMORIES THAT

HAPPENED AND YOU HAD A BOOK YOU

WRITE ABOUT HAVING A PARTICULAR

DOLL THAT YOU WANTED ONE YEAR

FOR CHRISTMAS AND AND TALK

ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I THINK

THERE'S SUCH A GREAT MESSAGE

ALL OF US AND WE HAD ONE TOY

STORE IN OUR LITTLE TOWN ON THE

WEST COAST OF SCOTLAND AND MY

NOSE WOULD BE GLUED TO THE

WINDOW BECAUSE BABY DOLL THAT I

WANTED SO MUCH AND I DROPPED

HINTS TO MY MOM.

I'D WRITTEN LETTERS TO SANTA,

I'D DONE EVERYTHING I TOLD TOLD

THE PASTOR IN CASE HE'D ANY

INFLUENCE.

BUT WHEN IT CAME CHRISTMAS

MORNING AND WE CAME DOWNSTAIRS

MY SISTER'S GIFTS FOR ALL OF US

AND AND A CHAIR BY THE FIRE AT

THE LEFT SIDE MINE ON THE RIGHT

AND MY BROTHER'S ON THE TABLE

AND I DIDN'T EVEN LOOK AT FIRST

BECAUSE I THOUGHT IF IT'S NOT

THERE LIFE IS OVER AS IT I'M

SEVEN AND THIS THIS COULD BE A

DEAL BREAKER.

AND WHEN I I FINALLY LOOKED

AT THE GIFTS ON MY CHAIR.

THEY WEREN'T IT WASN'T THERE

AND I TRIED NOT TO CRY AND MY

MOM WAS LIKE WHAT SHEILA, OPEN

YOUR PRESENTS.

SO I OPENED A FEW AND SHE

SAID, OH, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO

LOOK AT YOUR MAIN PRESENT.

AND I'M LIKE WHAT?

MY PRESENT?

SHE SAID, SHEILA, LOOK UNDER

THE CHAIR AND THEY'RE UNDER THE

CHAIR WAS THE BABY DOLL WANTED?

AND I THOUGHT IT'S SUCH A EVERY

YEAR I THINK ABOUT IT IT TERRY

BECAUSE THE GIFT WAS RIGHT AT

MY FEET.

YES.

AND I THINK IT'S SO EASY FOR US

IN THE MIDST OF THE SEASON TO

FORGET THAT THE GREATEST GIFT

OF ALL GROUND ZERO OF HOPE WAS

LAID FEET AND I DON'T WANT

PEOPLE TO MISS THAT IN THE

MIDST OF THE THE CRAZINESS OF

ONE OF THE GIFTS YOU HAVE IN

YOUR WRITING I THINK IS STORIES

AND AND THINGS THAT HAVE

HAPPENED AND AND FINDING THAT

DEEPER MOMENT IN THERE FOR

BECAUSE YOU WRITE ABOUT I THINK

THIS IS SO IMPORTANT THE

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EXPECTATION

AND EXPECTANCY AND YOU KNOW

MAYBE MORE THAN THE CHRISTMAS

SEASON EVEN AS YOU'RE TALKING

ABOUT AS A CHILD DO WE HAVE

THIS EXPECTATION AND BUT TALK

ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

THE TWO.

I THINK THE SEASON IS HARD

FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE FOR A LOT

OF PEOPLE THIS CHRISTMAS WILL

REMIND THEM THAT THIS EMPTY

SEAT AT THE TABLE YEAH AND

PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING WITH

LONELINESS AT RECORD EPIDEMIC

LEVELS BUT THERE'S A DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN YOU KNOW I CAN EXPECT

THAT MY TURKEY THIS COME OUT

PERFECTLY YOU KNOW I'M NOT

LAYING ANY MONEY ON IT BUT BUT

LIVING WITH EXPECTANCY IS THAT

THIS TINY BABY WHO WAS LAID TO

OUR FEET ONE DAY RETURN AND

WILL TURN AS KING OF KINGS AND

OF LORDS AND HE WILL NEVER

DISAPPOINT.

SO EVEN IF YOU'RE BY YOURSELF

THIS CHRISTMAS OR WITH YOUR

FRIENDS IF YOU'RE IN THE BEST

DAYS OR THE WORST DAYS CHRIST

THAT WAS THE WHOLE MESSAGE

HUNDRED YEARS BEFORE JESUS WAS

BORN ISAIAH UNTO AS A CHILD IS

BORN A SON IS.

SO FOR ALL OF US YOU KNOW

HE'S HERE.

YEAH THOSE PROPHECIES ARE ONE

OF THE MOST WONDERFUL ASPECTS

OF CHRISTMAS, AREN'T THEY?

JUST THE HERALDING OF CHRIST AS

YOU'RE SAYING THOUSANDS OF

YEARS BEFORE HE EVER CAME.

HOW DOES ONE NOT BE MOVED BY

THAT?

BUT THEN YOU ABOUT THE

CIRCUMSTANCES THAT JESUS CAME

TO US IN AND YOU HAD QUOTE FROM

DAVID JEREMIAH HE WAS IN A

FORGOTTEN CORNER OF A FORGOTTEN

TOWN IN A FORGOTTEN COUNTRY

ALSO AN UNGLAMOROUS YEAH BUT

WHY IS THAT SO IMPORTANT?

AND YOU KNOW THE THING I

LOVE THAT THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS

MADE TO THE BOYS ON THE NIGHT

SHIFT FACT THAT JESUS AT THE

ANNOUNCEMENT CAME TO SHEPHERDS

AND I DIDN'T REALIZE UNTIL

DOING SOME RESEARCH.

SHEPHERDS WERE THE MOST

DESPISED PEOPLE IN THE

COMMUNITY.

OH YEAH IF EVEN WENT THROUGH

THE TOWN MERCHANTS WOULD THROW

FOOD AT THEM AND VEGETABLES.

THEY WERE LOOKED AT AS THE

LOWEST OF THE LOW AND

INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH IF YOU GO

BACK TO GENESIS WHEN JOSEPH'S

BROTHERS CAME TO HIM AND THEY

REALIZED YOU KNOW WE TRAFFIC TO

YOU TO EGYPT AND NOW YOU'RE ONE

IN CHARGE YOU'RE GOING TO GET

REVENGE AND HE SAID NO, NO, I

KNOW YOU IT FOR EVIL.

GOD INTENDED IT FOR GOOD.

AND THEN HE SAID NOW LISTEN IF

YOU WANT TO LIVE HERE BUT YOU

WANT TO BE FAR AWAY FROM EGYPT

TELL THEM YOU'RE SHEPHERDS

BECAUSE IF THEY KNOW YOUR

SHEPHERDS THEY WILL PUT YOU IN

THE FURTHEST PART OF THE

KINGDOM AND YOU'LL HAVE PEACE.

THE FACT THAT GOD CHOSE THE

SHEPHERDS IT MEANS THAT CHRIST

HASN'T COME FOR THOSE OF US WHO

THINK WE'VE GOT IT ALL

TOGETHER.

YEAH, CHRIST FOR THOSE WHO ARE

WATCHING THIS IN PRISON RIGHT

NOW HE CAME FOR THOSE WHO

DEVASTATED DESTITUTE AND THAT

WAS THE MESSAGE GOD HAS COME TO

US.

THERE'S SUCH WELL, WONDERFUL IT

IS THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF

THE YEAR BUT THERE'S ALSO SO

MUCH CHAOS AND KIND OF

CRAZINESS THAT GOES WITH IT AND

MOST OF WE PUT UPON OURSELVES

YOU KNOW IT'S IT YOU EMBRACE OR

LEAVE BEHIND WHATEVER YOU

CHOOSE.

BUT HOW CAN PRACTICALLY MAKE

THIS THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF

THE YEAR SPIRITUALLY FOR US?

YEAH, THAT'S WHY I WROTE

THIS.

I'VE NEVER WRITTEN A BOOK

BEFORE BUT I WANTED TO MAKE IT

25 DAYS LEADING RIGHT UP TO

CHRISTMAS WHERE WE WOULD JUST

TAKE SOME TIME AND PAUSE AND

DID SOME RESEARCH FINDING OUT

THINGS LIKE THINGS LIKE

MISTLETOE I AVOIDED MISTLETOE

LIKE THE PLAGUE WHEN I WAS A

KID I WAS NOT AN TEENAGER AND

BAD SKIN AND GREASY HAIR SO I

JUST I WOULD GIVE IT A WIDE

BERTH.

BUT MISTLETOE IS KNOWN AS

THE THE THIEF OF THE FOREST IT

CAN'T SURVIVE BY ITSELF SO

ATTACHES TO A TREE AND DRAWS

NOURISHMENT BUT THEN THROUGH IT

PRODUCES ITS OWN FRUIT AND ME

THAT'S SUCH A LESSON I CANNOT

SURVIVE IN THIS WORLD WITHOUT

JESUS SO I AM GRAFTED INTO HIM.

BUT THEN BECAUSE OF THAT WE

PRODUCE FRUIT THAT IMPACTS

THOSE AROUND US.

SO MANY THINGS IF WE'VE EYES TO

SEE THAT GOD IS SPEAKING TO US

THROUGH.

I LOVE THE WAY THAT YOU'VE

DONE THE BOOK WHERE YOU'VE USED

ALL SYMBOLS OF THINGS THAT

REPRESENT CHRISTMAS OR THE

HOLIDAY US AND THEN YOU TAKE US

DOWN THAT THAT ROAD OF THIS THE

REAL MEANING OF THIS IS DO YOU

HAVE A FAVORITE OF THE THINGS

THAT YOU RESEARCHED AND LOOKED

AND WROTE ABOUT OF THE THINGS

THIS YOUNG AUSTRIAN PRIEST

WROTE THE LYRICS TO SILENT

THINKING IT MAYBE WOULD GO NO

FURTHER THAN HIS OWN VILLAGE

THEN OF HIS PUT MUSIC TO IT.

FAST FORWARD TO WHERE IS ABOUT

TO USE THAT IT'S WORLD WAR ONE

IT'S DEVASTATING.

THE GERMAN SOLDIERS AND BRITISH

SOLDIERS ARE IN THE TRENCHES.

WORLD WAR WAS BRUTAL.

THERE WAS GAS THERE IT WAS

SO IT'S CHRISTMAS AND EVEN THE

POPE HAD SUGGESTED COULD THERE

BE A CEASE FIRE?

NEITHER SIDE RESPONDED BUT THIS

ONE GENTLEMAN AND THE GERMAN

ARMY USED TO SING WITH THE

BERLIN OPERA GOT UP AND BEGAN

TO SING IN GERMAN SILENT NIGHT

AND EVENTUALLY ALL THE GERMAN

SOLDIERS JOINED IN THE BRITISH

SOLDIERS WHO ARE JUST A FEW

HUNDRED YARDS AWAY HEAR IT AND

THEY THINK WE KNOW AND THEY

START TO SING WOW.

AND FOR THAT MOMENT EVERYONE

THEIR WEAPONS DOWN AND BEGAN TO

SING A BETTER SONG SURELY

BECAUSE OF JESUS IT'S TIME FOR

US ALL TO PUT OUR WEAPONS DOWN

AND SING A BETTER SONG FOR BOY

THAT'S A WORD THE HOUR AND THE

DAY THAT WE LIVE.

AND YOU TALKED A MOMENT AGO

ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO DO THIS

JOURNEY OF LIFE BY YOURSELF

CERTAINLY IF WE HAVEN'T

DISCOVERED THAT WE WILL LIFE

WILL EAT YOU UP.

YOU HAD A MOMENT WHEN YOU WERE

GOING THROUGH OF THE MOST

DIFFICULT TIMES OF YOUR LIFE

AND RUTH GRAHAM IMPACTED.

TELL US ABOUT THAT.

AND IT WAS INTERESTING IT WAS

WHILE I WAS HERE AT THE 700

CLUB I JUST HAD A COMPLETE

BREAKDOWN ENDED UP PSYCHIATRIC

HOSPITAL FOR A MONTH WHICH WAS

ONE OF GOD'S GREATEST GIFTS TO

ME.

SOMEDAYS GOD WILL TAKE YOU TO

PRISON TO SET YOU FREE AND WHEN

I GOT OUT I WAS I FELT

VULNERABLE AND PAT PAT WAS SO

SWEET TO ME WAS SO HE TREATED

ME LIKE I WAS HIS DAUGHTER BUT

I FELT VULNERABLE VERY ALONE.

BUT RUTH INVITED ME TO COME TO

THE HOUSE AND ON THAT FIRST

NIGHT SHE SAID TO ME CAN I READ

YOU A STORY YOU KNOW YOU KNOW

BILLY GRAHAM'

YOU MAY NOT BUT SHE CAME AND

SAT EDGE OF MY BED, BROUGHT ME

A CUP OF TEA AND READ ME THE

STORY OF A SCOTTISH MAN WHO HAD

KIND OF DISMISSED HIS CHILD

BECAUSE SHE WASN'T DOING ALL

THE RIGHT THINGS AND BUT THE

GRACE GOD THAT BROUGHT HER BACK

AND I REMEMBER TELLING ME GOD'S

NOT FINISHED WRITING YOUR

STORY, SHEILA AND I THINK FOR

THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WATCH

THIS PROGRAM AND ARE BLESSED BY

WHAT YOU GUYS DO, SOME OF THEM

ARE IN THE PLACES OF THEIR LIFE

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY TO THEM

GOD HAS NOT FINISHED WRITING

YOUR STORY AND HE HOLDS ALL THE

PIECES.

HOW DO WE CARRY THE

CHRISTMAS SPIRIT THROUGH THE

REST OF THE YEAR SHEILA HOWE

THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND

HONESTLY EVERY SINGLE DAY NOW I

MEAN I CHRIST IS MY BEST FRIEND

.

I ADORE MY HUSBAND.

WE'VE BEEN MARRIED 29 YEARS,

GOT A BEAUTIFUL SON ABOUT TO

TURN 27 BUT JESUS IS THE BEST

FRIEND I'VE EVER HAD IN MY LIFE

AND EVERY DAY I WAKE UP AND I

ASK THIS LORD GIVE ME EYES TO

SEE WHO I'D MISS TODAY WITHOUT

YOU GIVE ME EARS TO HEAR AND

AND GOD IS ON THE MOVE AND WE

HAVE GOD'S BOOTS ON THE GROUND

AMEN.

YOUR WRITING IS ALWAYS SO RICH

WITH THOUGHT AND TRUTH AND

NUDGES FOR ALL OF US.

I WANT YOU TO BE SURE TO GET

SHEILA'S BOOK.

IT'S CALLED OF CHRISTMAS.

AND HERE'S THE THING WHETHER

YOU'VE STARTED ADVENT OR NOT,

YOU CAN JUST JUMP RIGHT IN ANY

PLACE IN THE BOOK IS GOING TO

TAKE YOU YOU TO THE FEET OF THE

CROSS AND TO THE STABLE THIS

CHRISTMAS SEASON AVAILABLE

NATIONWIDE THE GIFTS OF

CHRISTMAS THEY TO ALL OF US

THANK YOU THANK YOU TO HAVE YOU

COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYER WHO

SUFFERED AN INJURY THAT

SIDELINED HIM IN HIS FINAL

SEASON IS SHOWING THE POWER OF

FAITH.

FLORIDA STATE QUARTERBACK

TRAVIS LED HIS TEAM TO 11

STRAIGHT VICTORIES WHEN INJURY

ENDED HIS SEASON IN NOVEMBER

EVEN THOUGH THE TEAM WAS ON

TRACK FOR AN UNDEFEATED SEASON,

TRAVIS PUT FAITH IN QUOTE GOD'S

PLAN AND IN A SOCIAL MEDIA

VIDEO RIGHT AFTER THE INJURY HE

GOD HAS A JOURNEY FOR ME AND

I'M GOING TO TRUST HIM EVERY

STEP OF THE WAY.

THE SEMINOLES FINISHED 13 TO NO

BUT THE TEAM NOT SELECTED FOR

THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYOFFS

PARTLY BECAUSE TRAVIS WAS NOT

ABLE TO LEAD THEM.

A DETROIT FAMILY RECEIVED A

MUCH NEEDED CHRISTMAS BLESSING

THANKS TO TO SOCIAL MEDIA AND

THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS.

WHEN COLIN MCCONNELL FOUND OUT

HIS NEIGHBOR DONALD WILSON LOST

HIS WIFE AND WAS STRUGGLING TO

SUPPORT HIS KIDS, MCCONNELL HAD

AN IDEA.

HE MADE AN AMAZON WISH LIST FOR

THE FAMILY POSTING IT A TICK

TOCK OVERNIGHT.

HUNDREDS OF PACKAGES ARRIVED AT

MCCONNELL'S DOOR FILLED WITH

FOOD CLOTHES AND TOYS.

HE DELIVERED THE GIFTS TO THE

WILSON FAMILY WITH ENOUGH EXTRA

TO DONATE TO LOCAL PROFITS.

THAT'S JUST LIKE A GOD OF

ABUNDANCE.

YOU COULD ALWAYS GET THE LATEST

FROM CBN NEWS BY GOING TO OUR

WEBSITE AND CBN NEWS.COM.

AND FILTHY AND FULL OF FROGS

THAT'S HOW A LITTLE BOY FROM

PERU DESCRIBED THE ONLY WATER

HE HAD TO DRINK.

IT OFTEN MADE HIM SICK BUT NOT

ANYMORE.

THANKS TO PEOPLE LIKE YOU HIS

WHOLE NOW HAS CLEAN WATER.

NINE YEAR OLD JOHN LIVES WITH

HIS FAMILY HIGH IN THE ANDES

MOUNTAINS OF PERU.

ONE OF THEIR GREATEST

CHALLENGES IS FINDING WATER FOR

DRINKING, BATHING AND COOKING.

EVERY MORNING GET UP AND GO

GET WATER.

I RIDE MY BIKE TO CARRY THE

BOTTLED WATER.

JOHN'S MOM SAID THEY FACED

CRITICAL WATER SHORTAGES FOR

GENERATIONS.

I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 37 YEARS

EVER SINCE I WAS CHILD.

WE HAVE HAD LITTLE OR NO

WATER.

WE MUST GO SOMEWHERE EVERY DAY

TO GET MAIN WATER SOURCES.

IS THIS OPEN PIT?

WELL THE WATER THERE IS FILLED

WITH BACTERIA.

WHEN IT RUNS DRY THEY WALK 40

MINUTES EACH WAY TO A RIVER TO

GET WATER WHICH IS ALSO

DANGEROUS TO DRINK.

THE WELL WATER SMELLS

TERRIBLE.

IT IS FILTHY AND FULL OF FROGS

.

THE RIVER WATER SMELLS LIKE

RAW SEWAGE.

WE ALSO SEE THE ANIMALS USE IT

AS A BATHROOM.

JOHN HIS SIBLINGS HAVE

GOTTEN SICK FROM DRINKING THE

BAD WATER.

WHEN I SICK I HAD A

HEADACHE, STOMACH AND.

I COULD NOT DO ANYTHING BUT

LEAD AND SLEEP SOMETIMES THEY

GOT SO SICK HAD TO TAKE THEM TO

THE CLINIC.

THEY TOLD ME IT WAS FROM

DRINKING DIRTY WATER.

THEN OPERATION BLESSING

ARRIVED IN THE COMMUNITY AND

BUILT A LARGE CAPACITY STORAGE

TANK OVER A NEW UNDERGROUND.

A SOLAR POWERED ELECTRIC PUMP

IN THIS BUILDING FILLS THE

TANK.

THE WATER IS THEN PURIFIED AND

SET VIA A NETWORK TO EVERY HOME

AND FAMILY IN THE COMMUNITY.

I AM HAPPY WITH YOU AS I HAVE

CLEAN WATER HE CAN DRINK AND

EAT TASTE GREAT.

NOW THE WATER IS SAFE FOR US TO

COOK WITH AND TO.

I CAN USE IT TO BATHE MY

CHILDREN.

I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO OPERATION

BLESSING.

WE ARE SO HAPPY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO EVERYONE

WHO GAVE THIS CLEAN WATER AND

THAT WONDERFUL CBN PARTNERS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT

YOU'VE

YOU KNOW THEY WERE WALKING

40 MINUTES EACH WAY 80 MINUTES

SOMETIMES A DAY TO GET THAT HAD

FROGS IN THERE THAT WAS NOT

EVEN REALLY DRINKABLE AND LOOK

AT THAT THANKS TO CBN PARTNERS.

THAT FAMILY CLEAN DRINKING

WATER AS A CBN PARTNER I'M

HUMBLED AND JOYFUL TO KNOW I

PLAYED A PART IN THAT AND

YOU'RE A PART OF WE DO.

WHEN YOU JOIN THE 700 CLUB YOU

HAVE A CUP OF WATER RIGHT HERE

ON THE SET PERHAPS YOU'RE

DRINKING WATER RIGHT NOW

WATCHING IT.

IT'S SO EASY FOR US TO GET WE

WALK INTO THE KITCHEN.

FOR FAMILIES AROUND THE WORLD

THEY'RE STILL STRUGGLING CLEAN

DRINKING WATER WHEN YOU JOIN

THE 700 CLUB LIKE I SAID,

YOU'RE PART OF EVERYTHING DO

AND LOOK WHAT OPERATION

BLESSING DID IN YOUR NAME.

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THESE ARE GREAT INSIGHTS INTO

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THE POPULAR SONG IN CHRIST

ALONE HAS BEEN SUNG BY MORE

THAN MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE.

IT WAS WRITTEN KEITH AND

KRISTEN GETTY.

THESE TALENTED MUSICIANS ALSO

INSPIRED AND ENTERTAINED FANS

WITH CHRISTMAS MUSIC PERFORMED

IN THE IRISH.

AND THIS CHRISTMAS YOU CAN

CATCH THEM ON THEIR UNITED

STATES WHEN WE CRY STILL TO

FULLNESS OF GOD IN THEIR SPACE.

THEY WANTED TO WRITE HYMNS

THAT, HELP PEOPLE WORSHIP THAT

THE WHOLE OF THE GOD OF THE

BIBLE.

SO WE DECIDED TO START WRITING

HYMNS WERE DEEPER ABOUT THE

CORE TRUTHS OF THE CHRISTIAN

FAITH.

FIRST ONE OF COURSE WAS IN

CHRIST ALONE AND THAT REALLY

JUST LAUNCHED US ON THIS

JOURNEY.

GRAMMY NOMINATED ARTISTS

KEITH AND CHRISTINE GETTY HAVE

BEEN WRITING MODERN DAY HYMNS

FOR THE CHURCH FOR MORE THAN 20

YEARS.

THEIR BELOVED SONG IN CHRIST

HAS BEEN SUNG WORLDWIDE BY MORE

100 MILLION PEOPLE.

THIS DECEMBER THEY BRING THEIR

HYMNS CAROLS ON A U.S. TOUR IN

CELEBRATION OF CHRISTMAS.

SOME OF THE GREATEST HYMNS

THAT THE CHURCH HASN'T AS A

FIND IN THE CAROLS.

AND SO WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE

WONDERFUL TO SHINE A LIGHT ON

THAT TO PUT TOGETHER AND TOUR

AROUND CHRISTMAS TIME PRIMARILY

TO ENCOURAGE TO SING AND TO

SING CAROLS AT CHRISTMAS AND TO

REMEMBER THAT RICH HERITAGE

MOTHER MARY JANE TOLD THEM THAT

NOTHING YOU DO WILL REMEMBER

THE SAVIOR WAS BORN ON

CHRISTMAS FIRST OFF AS A

CHRISTMAS PARTY IN THE IRISH

TRADITION WITH SONGS AND DANCE

AND LAUGHTER AND FUN.

AND THE SECOND HALF IS A

CHRISTMAS CAROL SERVICE.

2010, THE GETTY'S CHRISTMAS

TOUR HAS PERFORMED IN VENUES

FROM CARNEGIE TO THE SCREAMER

HORN IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE,

SHARING THE HOPE OF LOVE FOR

THE WORLD AS FOUND IN THE

CHRISTMAS STORY KNEW BLEAK

MIDWINTER FROSTY WHICH MADE

MORE CHRISTMAS CAN BE A TRICKY

TIME FOR SO MANY OF US.

YOU KNOW IT AT EMPHASIZES

HARD FEELINGS OF LOSS OR

FRUSTRATION OR DISAPPOINT MENT

OR JUST COLD WEATHER AND AND

JUST THROUGH TO THE SPRING AND

SO TO SHINE A LIGHT ON THE TREE

MESSAGE OF CHRISTMAS AND WHAT

IT IS AND TO SING AND WHAT WE

HOPE IS SUCH A WARM AND WINSOME

WAY THAT REALLY BRINGS THAT

SENSE OF TRUE JOY THAT IS

ALWAYS THERE WHATEVER

CIRCUMSTANCES WE FACE ACTUALLY

SPEAKING INTO THOSE AND GIVING

PEOPLE HOPE THROUGH THEM AND

THAT MUSIC IS SUCH A POWERFUL

TOOL TO DO THAT.

AND I ALWAYS HOPE THAT FROM

BEGINNING TO END AND THE GOSPEL

IS PRESENTED AS AS BEAUTIFULLY

AND AS FULLY AND RICHLY AS

POSSIBLE.

JOIN THE GETTYS AS THEY

CELEBRATE THE JOY OF CHRISTMAS

.

GROWING UP IN IRELAND WE WERE

WERE TAUGHT VERY MUCH THE

IMPORTANCE OF HOSPITALITY AND

SO WHEN WE HAVE THIS EVENT WE

WANT PEOPLE TO COME IN AND

LAUGH AND ENJOY AND HEAR GREAT

MUSIC.

SECOND HALF WE WANT THEM TO

TAKE THEM ON THIS JOURNEY WHERE

THEY REDISCOVER THE BEAUTY OF

THE CHRISTMAS STORY YET AGAIN.

BUT WE PRAY THAT EACH PERSON

WILL REFRESHED AND RENEWED IN

NEW WAYS JOY TO THE WORLD THE

LORD THAT WE SEE WITH THE HIGH

AND HEAVEN AND NATURE SINGING

AND HEAVEN AND NATURE SINGING

AND THEN THEN HEAD AND SURE

KEITH AND CHRISTINE CHRISTINE

GETTY FOR FOR IF YOU LIKE MORE

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IT'S ALL THERE FOR YOU.

YOU KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THEY

TALK ABOUT IN THE SONGS THAT

THEY SING AND IN THEIR HOPE FOR

WHAT THEIR CONCERTS DO IS TO

BRING PEOPLE HOPE IN IN THIS

SEASON.

THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR THAT

CAN BE AS SAID TOUGH, TRICKY

FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE BUT IT'S A

WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR TO

PONDER TO STOP WHAT YOU'RE

DOING TO BE STILL.

IT'S WHY I LOVE ADVENT SO MUCH

A QUIET TIME WHERE YOU CAN

LIGHT FIRST ONE CANDLE AND THEN

THE SECOND WEEK TWO AND THEN

THREE EACH CANDLE REPRESENTING

SOMETHING.

BUT IN THOSE QUIET IN THE

FLICKER OF CANDLELIGHT LET GOD

SPEAK TO YOUR HEART IF THIS IS

A TRICKY SEASON FOR YOU IF

YOU'VE HAD LOSS IN YOUR LIFE IF

YOU JUST FEEL FAR AWAY FROM

GOD.

WONDERFUL TIME TO JUST COME

BACK INTO THAT PLACE OF QUIET

REVERENCE BEFORE HIM AND THEN

FELLOWS SHIP WITH HIM.

SHEILA TALKED ABOUT GOD BEING

HER FRIEND, JESUS BEING HER

BEST FRIEND.

HE WANTS TO BE THE THE BEST

FRIEND OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF

US.

AND IT'S AS THOUGH GOD WRAPPED

UP AN AMAZING PACKAGE FOR US

AND JUST IT TO US.

AND I THINK HOW SAD WE BE IF WE

DID THAT FOR SOMEONE THAT WE

CARED ABOUT AND LOVED AND THEN

THEY TOOK THE PACKAGE BUT NEVER

OPENED IT.

YOU KNOW TODAY YOU HAVE AN

OPPORTUNITY TO BEGIN UNWRAPPING

AND OPENING THE WONDER OF THE

PACKAGE OF JESUS BECAUSE IN NOT

ONLY DO WE HAVE SALVATION

BECAUSE HE CAME SO SELFLESSLY

FROM GLORY TO GIVE US HOPE AND

AND ETERNAL SALVATION BUT HE'S

NEVER CHANGING.

YOU KNOW IN THIS CRAZY WORLD

THAT WE LIVE IN.

SO CHANGE REALLY EVERYTHING

DOES I GUESS.

ONE THING THAT DOES NOT IS

JESUS CHRIST AND THE TRUTH HE

BRINGS WITH HIM.

SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR HOPE

IN YOUR LIFE RIGHT IF THERE ARE

THINGS THAT MAKE YOU FEEL EMPTY

OR DISTANT LIFE CANDLE ALONE IN

THE QUIET AT NIGHT AND ASK

JESUS TO COME INTO THE VERY

CENTER OF YOUR HEART AND

REFRESH RENEW BEGIN YOU'VE

NEVER MADE THAT COMMITMENT

BEFORE TO RECEIVE HIM AS SAVIOR

A SIMPLE BABY WHO CAME TO MAKE

SURE THAT YOU HAD ETERNAL LIFE.

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