THEY CALL HIM THE SAVIOR
OF ISLAM.
HEAR WHAT HE BELIEVES AND
WHAT HE HAS PLANNED FOR THE
WEST.
THE PEOPLE THINK THERE IS
A PLACE OF SHARI'A IN THE
WEST.
SHARI'A IS A WAY, IT'S A
PATH.
Reporter: AND THEN,
TRAPPED INSIDE A CULT, AND
DISOWNED BY HER PARENTS.
I FELT VERY LEFT OUT AT
SCHOOL.
I FELT VERY ISOLATED.
Reporter: ONE DAUGHTER
MAKES HER BREAK ON TODAY'S
"THE 700 CLUB."
I WENT OUT AND I DID
WHATEVER I THOUGHT I WAS
BEING BAD ENOUGH TO DO.
*
[APPLAUSE]
Pat: WELL, WELCOME,
FOLKS, TO THIS EDITION OF
"THE 700 CLUB."
WELL, OBAMA SAID HE WAS
GOING TO BRING IN A NEW
FOREIGN POLICY, DIFFERENT
FROM THE BUSH
ADMINISTRATION, KINDLER,
GENTLER, MORE, OH, GENTLER
TOWARDS THE MUSLIM
EXTREMISTS, APOLOGIZING FOR
AMERICA ALL OVER THE WORLD.
WELL, DID IT WORK?
I THINK THE ANSWER IS A
RESOUNDING NO.
AMERICA A UNDER ATTACK IN
THE MUSLIM WORLD.
A MOB STORMED THE U.S.
EMBASSY IN YEMEN TODAY, AND
RIOTERS FIRED TEAR GAS OF
PROTESTORS IN EGYPT.
Terry: MITT ROMNEY SAYS
IT IS THE LATEST RESULT OF A
WEAK FOREIGN POLICY.
MEANWHILE, NEW INFORMATION
SUGGESTS THAT THE DEADLY
ATTACK IN LIBYA WAS PLANNED
BY TERRORISTS.
EPHRAIM GRAHAM HAS MORE.
Reporter: TODAY BRINGS
MORE TROUBLE IN THE MIDDLE
EAST.
REPORTS SAY PROTESTORS
STORMED THE U.S. EMBASSY IN
YEMEN OVERNIGHT.
EYE WITNESSES SAY SECURITY
FORCES OPENED FIRE.
AND IN EGYPT, UNREST IS
MOUNTING.
ANGRY PROTESTORS FILLED THE
STREETS.
POLICE THERE FIRED TEAR GAS
AND RUBBER BULLETS INTO THE
CROWD TO KEEP THEM AWAY FROM
THE U.S. EMBASSY.
MEANWHILE, U.S. OFFICIALS
ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT
TUESDAY'S DEADLY ATTACKS IN
LIBYA.
A TERRORIST GROUP WITH TIES
TO al-QAEDA CLAIMS
RESPONSIBILITY.
OFFICIALS SAY IT WAS A
WELL-COORDINATED ATTACK,
TIMED TO COINCIDE WITH THE
9/11 ANNIVERSARY, AND IT
HAPPENED JUST ONE DAY AFTER
al-QAEDA LEADER
al-ZAWAHIRI CALLED FOR
LIBYANS TO RISE UP AGAINST
AMERICANS.
Reporter: ONE DAY
BEFORE THE STORMING OF THE
EMBASSY, al-ZAWAHIRI, HE
CALLED FOR THEM TO RISE UP.
Reporter: FOUR PEOPLE
WERE KILLED, INCLUDING U.S.
AMBASSADOR CHRIS STEVENS.
HE RISKED HIS LIFE TRYING
TO STOP A TYRANT, AND THEN
GAVE HIS LIFE.
Reporter: PRESIDENT
OBAMA SPOKE WITH THE LEADERS
OF LIBYA AND EGYPT FOLLOWING
THE ATTACKS.
THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS HE
URGED THEM TO WORK WITH THE
U.S. TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF
THE DIPLOMATS.
AND HE OFFERED HIS
CONDOLENCES TO THE FRIENDS
AND FAMILIES OF CHRIS
STEVENS AND OTHER VICTIMS,
AND PROMISED THE KILLERS
WOULD BE BROUGHT TO
JUSTICE.
President Obama: AS
AMERICANS, WE STAND UNITED,
ALL OF US, IN GRATITUDE FOR
THEIR SERVICE.
I WANT TO ASSURE YOU WE WILL
BRING THEIR KILLERS TO
JUSTICE.
Reporter: LIBYANS ARE
FILLING THE STREETS,
DEMONSTRATING AGAINST THE
ATTACK ON THE U.S.
CONSULATE.
MEANWHILE, THE VIOLENCE IN
THE MIDDLE EAST IS BECOMING
A POLITICAL ISSUE.
MITT ROMNEY WENT AFTER THE
PRESIDENT, SAYING THAT THE
WHITE HOUSE HAS NOT BEEN
PROVIDING LEADERSHIP IN THE
MIDDLE EAST.
HE ATTACKED A STATEMENT --
THE ADMINISTRATION WAS
WRONG TO STAND BY A
STATEMENT SYMPATHIZING WITH
THOSE WHO BREACHED OUR
EMBASSY IN EGYPT, INSTEAD OF
CONDEMNING THEIR ACTIONS.
Reporter: PRESIDENT
OBAMA FIRED BACK AT MITT
ROMNEY FOR THAT STATEMENT.
ARGUING THAT THE PRESS
RELEASE WAS RELEASED BEFORE
ANY OF THE ATTACKS TOOK
PLACE.
THE ROMNEY CAMP POINTED OUT
THE EMBASSY REISSUED SUPPORT
FOR THE STATEMENT AFTER THE
ATTACKS BEGAN.
President Obama:
GOVERNOR ROMNEY HAS A HABIT
OF SHOOTING FIRST AND LEARN
LATER.
AS PRESIDENT, YOU CAN'T DO
THAT.
Pat: I BELIEVE THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION POLICY FOR
APOLOGIZING FOR AMERICA
AROUND THE WORLD IS
PROFOUNDLY WRONG.
AMERICA IS AN EXCEPTIONAL
COUNTRY.
IT IS A GREAT COUNTRY.
AND AMERICAN LEADERS
SHOULDN'T BE APOLOGIZING.
AMERICAN EMBASSIES SHOULDN'T
BE TRYING TO PLACATE MUSLIM
SENSIBILITIES.
PERHAPS THE FILM WAS
STUPID -- I DON'T KNOW.
NEVERTHELESS, I HAVEN'T SEEN
IT, BUT IT DIDN'T WARRANT
WHAT THE RESULTS ARE THAT
HAVE COME ABOUT.
THE PEOPLE LEADING THESE
MARCHES AND RIOTS -- THEY'RE
CRAZED FANATICS, AND I THINK
THAT WE DON'T NEED TO BE
PLACATING THEM WITH OFFICIAL
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
LEE WEBB HAS THE REST OF OUR
TOP STORIES FROM THE CBN
NEWS ROOM.
LEE?
Lee: PAT, HOBBY LOBBY
HAS BECOME THE LARGEST
COMPANY NOW TO FILE SUIT
AGAINST THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT'S CONTRACEPTION
MANDATE.
IT IS AN ARTS AND CRAFTS
RETAIL CHAIN OWNED BY
CHRISTIANS.
THEY OPPOSE THE SECTION OF
OBAMACARE THAT FORCES THEM
TO PROVIDE ABORTION INDUCING
DRUGS.
THESE ABORTION-CAUSING
DRUGS GO AGAINST OUR FAITH.
OUR FAMILY IS BEING FORCED
BETWEEN FOLLOWING THE LAWS
OF THE LAND THAT WE LOVE, OR
MAINTAINING THEIR RELIGIOUS
BELIEFS THAT HAVE MADE OUR
BUSINESS SUCCESSFUL AND HAVE
SUPPORTED OUR FAMILY AND
THOUSANDS OF OUR EMPLOYEES
AND THEIR FAMILIES.
WE SIMPLY CANNOT ABANDON OUR
RELIGIOUS BELIEFS TO COMPLY
WITH THIS MANDATE.
Lee: HOBBY LOBBY COULD
FACE FINES UP TO
$1.3 MILLION A DAY IF IT
DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE NEW
FEDERAL LAW.
AND THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF
WASHINGTON, D.C. HAVE FILED
A SIMILAR LAWSUIT IN THAT
STATE.
PRO-GAY CANDIDATES IN RHODE
ISLAND LOST BIG.
ONLY ONE OUT OF THE SIX
PRO-GAY MARRIAGE CANDIDATES
CLAIMED VICTORY.
THEY'RE RUNNING FOR STATE
LEVEL POSITIONS.
LAST MINUTE FUNDING FROM TIM
GILL FAILED TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE IN THOSE RACES.
CBN NEWS HAS REPORTED ON
GILL'S FUNDRAISING EFFORTS
ON CANDIDATES THAT SUPPORT
GAY MARRIAGE.
ABOUT HALF THE MEMBERS OF
THE RHODE ISLAND STATE
SENATE OPPOSE SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE.
IT HAS BEEN A MONTH SINCE A
GAY ACTIVIST WALKED INTO THE
HEADQUARTERS OF THE FAMILY
RESEARCH COUNCIL AND WOUNDED
A BUILDING EMPLOYEE.
TONY PERKINS TALKED ABOUT
THAT INCIDENT, AND THE ISSUE
HE BELIEVES WILL PLAY A BIG
ROLE IN THE UPCOMING
ELECTION.
Reporter: TONY PERKINS
SAYS DESPITE THE GENERAL
BELIEF, THE ECONOMY IS ALL
THAT MATTERS.
WE ALSO BELIEVE IF YOU
WANT TO STRENGTHEN THE@
ECONOMY, YOU MUST FIRST
STRENGTHEN THE AMERICAN
FAMILY.
Reporter: HE SAYS
CRUCIAL SWING STATES THIS
YEAR HAVE TENDED TO BE
PRO-LIFE.
MANY OF THE STATES WHERE
PRO-LIFE ACTION HAS BEEN
STRONGEST ARE SWING STATES.
Reporter: WHAT SHOCKS
HIM, PERKINS SAYS, IS HOW
VICIOUS THE DEBATE HAS
BECOME ABOUT THESE
CONTENTIOUS SOCIAL ISSUES.
IN ONE CASE, IT LED A GAY
MAN TO ENTER A BUILDING AND
START SHOOTING.
IT IS TIME TO START
HURTLING HATE, AND HAVE A
LEGITIMATE DEBATE.
Reporter: PERKINS
TALKED SAID THE GUNMAN WHO
WOUNDED THAT MAN HAD THE
POTENTIAL FOR A MASSACRE.
THE MAN WHO SHOT JOHNSON
HAD ENOUGH AMMUNITION TO
KILL HALF OUR WORKERS THAT
DAY.
Reporter: PAUL STRAND,
CBN NEWS, WASHINGTON.
Lee: FORMER SECRETARY
OF STATE CONDOLEEZZA RICE IS
TALKING ABOUT HER FAITH AND
POLITICS WITH CBN NEWS.
DAVID BRODY INTERVIEWED HER
ON THIS WEEK'S BRODY FILE
PROGRAM.
AND SHE OPENED UP ABOUT
BEING SINGLE AT THE AGE OF
58.
I THANK GOD FOR THE LIFE
HE GAVE ME, LITERALLY IN
THOSE WORDS.
I'M A NICE SOUTHERN GIRL.
I ASSUMED I WOULD GET
MARRIED, BUT I NEVER FOUND
ANYBODY I WANTED TO LIVE
WITH.
AND THAT IS A PREREQUISITE
FOR GETTING MARRIED.
MAYBE SOME DAY I WILL.
BUT MY LIFE FEELS COMPLETE.
MY LIFE FEELS FULFILLING.
I WORK HARD TO PRACTICE MY
FAITH.
AND I THINK THAT GOD TOUCHES
US IN ALL KINDS OF
PACKAGES.
SOME OF US MARRIED, SOME OF
US SINGLE.
BUT THE IMPORTANT THING IS
TO REMEMBER THAT GOD TOUCHES
US ALL.
Lee: FASCINATING, AND,
BY THE WAY, DAVID CALLS HIS
SHOW "POLITICS WITHOUT THE
SNOOZE FACTOR."
YOU CAN WATCH "THE BRODY
FILE" 9:30 A.M. ON FRIDAY.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU WILL KEEP
PRESSURING THE U.S. TO GET
TOUGHER ON IRAN.
ISRAEL FEARS IRAN WANTS TO
PRODUCE NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
RECENT REPORTS SAY THE
PRESIDENT COULD NOT FIND
TIME IN HIS SCHEDULE TO MEET
WITH NETANYAHU DURING HIS
UPCOMING TRIP TO THE U.S.
BOTH SIDES ARE DOWNPLAYING
REPORTS OF A RIFT, BUT
NETANYAHU TELLS THE
JERUSALEM POST HE WILL NOT
BACK DOWN FROM EXPRESSING
HIS VIEWS ON ISRAEL
SECURITY, AND HE WILL NOT
STOP CALLING FOR RED LINES
TO BE SET.
PAT?
Pat: WELL, HE IS WRITE
IN SAYING WHEN?
YOU WANT US TO WAIT UNTIL
WHEN?
AND FOR WHAT?
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU IS A
TOUGH GUY.
I APPRECIATE HIM.
I GOT TO KNOW HIM WHEN HIS
BROTHER, YANNI, WAS KILLED
DURING THAT INTEBI RAID, AND
HE WAS A NATIONAL HERO IN
ISRAEL.
AND THEN HE CAME ALONG WITH
THAT TREMENDOUS ACCLAIM FOR
HIS BROTHER, AND THE NEXT
THING YOU KNOW HE BECAME
PRIME MINISTER.
HE IS TOUGH.
AND THEY NEED TO BE TOUGH
BECAUSE THEY'RE FACING
EXTINCTION.
IF YOU'RE PEOPLE ARE FACING
ULTIMATE EXTINCTION AT THE
HANDS OF THE TERRORISTS, YOU
HAVE TO TAKE ACTION.
AND HE WANTS TO TAKE
ACTION.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE A
PRESIDENT WHO IS ANYTHING
BUT TOUGH.
HE CLAIMS TO BE TOUGH, BUT
HE IS NOT.
Terry: EXACTLY.
UP NEXT, HE IS THE GRANDSON
OF THE FOUNDER OF THE MUSLIM
BROTHERHOOD.
SO WHAT IS HE DOING IN THE
U.S.A.?
FIND OUT WHEN ERIC
STACKELBACH GOES ONE-ON-ONE
WITH TERIK RA RAMADAN AFTER
THIS.
.
Pat: WELL, WE'VE JUST
HAD THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE
TRAGEDY OF SEPTEMBER 11TH,
WHAT THEY CALL 9/11.
AND THE LOSS OF LIFE, AND,
OF COURSE, THE TERRORISTS
TRIED TO PICK UP ON THAT
ANNIVERSARY AND ATTACK OUR
EMBASSY IN BENGHAZI IN
LIBYA.
IN CASE YOU WONDER, RADICAL
ISLAM IS ALIVE AND WELL.
WE'RE SEEING IT IN THE
ATTACKS AGAINST THE U.S.
EMBASSIES IN THE MUSLIM
WORLD.
AND NOW THE GRANDSON OF THE
FOUNDER OF THE MUSLIM'S
BROTHERHOOD IS TRYING TO
QUOTE REPACKAGE ISLAM FOR
THE WESTERN WORLD.
HIS NAME IS TERIK RAMADAN,
AND HE HAS BEEN CALLED
ISLAM'S SAVIOR.
RECENTLY OUR ERIC
STACKELBACH SAT DOWN TO
BRING US THIS EXCLUSIVE
INTERVIEW WITH THE GRANDSON
OF THE FOUNDER OF THE MUSLIM
BROTHERHOOD.
[YELLING]
Reporter: AS THE MUSLIM
BROTHERHOOD TIGHTENS ITS
GRIP ON EGYPT, WESTERN
GOVERNMENTS ARE TRYING TO
GET A HANDLE ON THIS
POWERFUL GROUP.
IS IT A RADICAL JIHADIST
MOVEMENT OR A VOICE FOR
REFORM THAT OPPOSES
VIOLENCE.
TERIK RAMADAN FACES THOSE
SAME QUESTIONS.
I'M THE GRANDSON OF THE
FOUNDER OF THE MUSLIM
BROTHERHOOD.
Reporter: HIS FAMILY
LINEAGE GIVES RAMADAN AN
INSTANT CREDIBILITY.
WHILE HIS GRANDFATHER
FOUNDED THE MUSLIM
BROTHERHOOD, HIS FATHER DID,
TOO.
IN A RECENT INTERVIEW WITH
CBN NEWS, HE DENIED ANY
INVOLVEMENT WITH THE MUSLIM
BROTHERHOOD.
I'M NOT A MEMBER.
Reporter: STILL, HE
PRAISES HIS FOREFATHER'S
WORK AND SAYS, QUOTE,"THERE
IS NOTHING IN HIS HERITAGE
HE REJECTS."
IT IS THE MUSLIM
BROTHERHOOD'S FIRST BEACH
HEAD IN THE WEST.
NOW HIS SON, TERIK RAMADAN,
IS CARRYING ON THAT LEGACY
HERE AT OXFORD UNIVERSITY.
Reporter: HE TEACHES
ISLAMIC STUDIES AT OXFORD.
IN WRITINGS AND SPEECHES, HE
PROMOTES WHAT HE CALLS A
MODERN, EUROPEAN VERSION OF
ISLAM.
HE HAS ADVISED THE BRITISH
GOVERNMENT ON TERRORISM
ISSUES AND SAYS SHARI'A LAW
IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE U.S.
CONSTITUTION AND THE LAW.
Reporter: DO YOU THINK
THERE IS A PLACE FOR SHARI'A
IN THE LAW?
SHARI'A IS A WAY, IT IS A
PATH, FOR EXAMPLE.
WHEN I AM BASED IN MY
COUNTRY, OR IN THE WEST, AND
THE LAW OF THE COUNTRY IS
SAYING THAT WE ARE EQUAL
BEFORE LAW, THAT IS
SHARI'A.
SO MY UNDERSTANDING OF
SHARI'A IS NOT THE CLOSED
SYSTEM.
IT IS AN OPEN SYSTEM.
Reporter: RAMADAN
PACKAGES CONCEPTS LIE
SHARI'A IN A BENIGN WAY FOR
NON-MUSLIM AUDIENCE.
HIS CRITICS CHARGE IT IS A
DIFFERENT STORY WHEN HE
SPEAKS TO MUSLIMS.
BROTHER TERIK, THE
PROFESSORS CEREMONIES HAVE
RADICALIZED COUNTLESS YOUNG
PEOPLE.
IN 2003, A FRENCH COURT
FOUND THAT LANGUAGE USED BY
PREACHERS LIKE RAMADAN CAN
INFLUENCE YOUNG MUSLIMS, AND
INCITING THEM AS A FACTOR.
HE ALSO CAUSED AN UP ROAR
WITH NICOLAS SARKOZY WHEN HE
REFUSED TO CALL FOR A BAN ON
STONING.
[SPEAKING FRENCH]
Reporter: CONTROVERSY
CONTINUED TO FOLLOW RAMADAN
IN 2004, WHEN THE BUSH
ADMINISTRATION REVOKED HIS
VISA AND REFUSED TO LET HIM
ENTER THE COUNTRY JUST DAYS
BEFORE HE WAS TO BEGIN
TEACHING AT NOTRE-DAME.
HE USED THE PATRIOT ACT
BECAUSE I WAS SUPPORTING
PALESTINIAN ORGANIZATIONS.
HE SAID THIS PALESTINIAN
ORGANIZATION WAS LIKELY TO
BE HAMAS.
CONNECTED TO HAMAS OR GIVING
MONEY TO HAMAS.
THIS ORGANIZATION WAS, AT
LEAST IN 2003, AND I GAVE
THE MONEY BETWEEN '98 AND
200 2002, SO I STOPPED ONE
YEAR BEFORE.
Reporter: HAMAS IS A
U.S. DESIGNATED TERRORIST
ORGANIZATION, AND SERVES AS
THE PALESTINIAN WING OF THE
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD.
THE POSITION IS
LEGITIMATE RESISTANCE ON
OCCUPATION.
Reporter: SO THE
VIOLENCE IS LEGITIMATE,
THOUGH, WHEN HAMAS DOES FIRE
ROCKETS?
NO, NO, NO.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS WHAT THEY
ARE SAYING.
THEY ARE SAYING THAT TO
RESIST THE VIOLENCE OF THE
ISRAELI ARMY IS LEGITIMATE.
Reporter: OVER THE
YEARS, AT LEAST EIGHT
COUNTRIES, INCLUDING EGYPT
AND SAUDI ARABIA, HAVE
BARRED RAMADAN FROM
ENTERING.
FRANCE BANNED IN FOR SIX
MONTHS IN THE 1990s FOR
ALLEGED LINKS TO TERRORIST
ORGANIZATION.
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
LIFTED THE AMERICAN BAN ON
RAMADAN ON 2010.
HE NOW TRAVELS FREELY INSIDE
THE UNITED STATES, GIVING
LECTURES AND ATTENDING
CONFERENCES.
I'M A EUROPEAN BY
CULTURE.
AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT
I'M NOT GOING TO RESPECT THE
PRINCIPLES OF MY RELIGION.
Reporter: IT IS
BALANCING THOSE ISLAMIC
PRINCIPLES WITH THOSE OF THE
WEST THAT HAS PROVEN A MORE
COMPLICATED MATTER.
ERIC STACKELBACH, CBN NEWS,
REPORTING FROM OXFORD,
UNIVERSITY.
Pat: WE ARE LIKE SUCH
SHEEP.
WE REALLY DON'T WANT
CONFLICT.
WE DON'T WANT
UNPLEASANTNESS.
AND IT IS UNPLEASANT TO SAY
A MAN IS TRYING TO UNDERMINE
THE FOUNDATION.
TO THINK THAT THE UNITED
STATES CONSTITUTION IS
COMPATIBLE TO SHARI'A LAW,
WHICH CONDONES THE CUTTING
OFF OF THE HANDS OF THIEVES
AND THE BEATING OF WOMEN AND
THAT KIND OF STUFF -- TO
THINK THAT IS COMPATIBLE
WITH U.S. LAW IS NONSENSE.
Terry: NOT TO MENTION
WHAT WE JUST SAW WHAT
HAPPENED IN PAKISTAN, WHICH
WAS A DELIBERATE, UNTRUE
CHARGE AGAINST A CHRISTIAN
GIRL.
DON'T THINK THAT CAN'T
HAPPEN ANYWHERE THAT THAT
KIND OF A LAW IS --
Pat: THE FACT THAT
SOMEBODY COULD BE STONED TO
DEATH OR IMPRISONED FOR
LIFE, WHATEVER, FOR
INSULTING THE QURAN.
AND THEN SOMEBODY IS
PLANTING PAGES ON HER.
I MEAN, THE IDEA THAT
SOMEBODY WOULD BE IN PRISON
AND EXECUTED FOR DESECRATING
THE HOLY BIBLE -- IT WON'T
HAPPEN.
Terry: YOU CAN'T EVEN
KEEP ONE ON YOUR DESK
ANYMORE.
Pat: SO MUCH FOR THAT.
WE'VE GOT A GUEST COMING
UP.
YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT HE
HAS DONE.
Terry: THAT'S EXACTLY
RIGHT.
WE WANT YOU TO MEET THE
FARMER WHO WENT FROM GROWING
CROPS, TO HEALING PEOPLE,
EVEN RAISING THE DEAD.
ONE MINUTE THEY WERE
MOANING, AND THE NEXT MINUTE
HE WAS STANDING THERE.
Terry: SOUTH AFRICAN
EVANGELIST ANGUS FRANKIN
JOINS US AFTER THIS.
*
Pat: SOME MOVIES ARE
LETDOWN, SOME ARE INSPIRING,
AND ONE CALLED "FAITH LIKE
POTATOES," IS A MOVE ABOUT A
SOUTH AFRICAN FARMER NAMED
ANGUS BUCKIN.
AND THE TITLE MEANS THAT
FAITH HAS TO HAVE FLESH.
AND HE HAS BOTH.
JUST WATCH.
Reporter: ANGUS BUCKIN
WAS A SUCCESSFUL FARMER IN
SOUTH AFRICA, BUT HE LIVED
WITH NO PURPOSE IN LIFE.
IN 1979, THE GREATEST DAY
OF MY LIFE, ME, MY WIFE, AND
MY CHILDREN WENT TO A LITTLE
METHODIST CHURCH, AND AT THE
END, I'LL NEVER FORGET IT,
MY CHILDREN WENT TO THE
FRONT.
IT CHANGED MY LIFE.
Reporter: ANGUS BEGAN
TELLING OTHERS ABOUT JESUS,
RIGHT IN HIS OWN BACKYARD.
AND HE WATCHED AS GOD WORKED
MIRACLES.
OVER THE YEARS, THE CROWDS
GREW BIGGER AND BIGGER.
LOOK DOWN, AND RIGHT IN
THE FRONT THERE WAS A MAN
SITTING THERE, AND HE HAD
TWO CRUTCHES.
AND I HEARD GOD SAY GO
BEHIND HIM AND PRAY FOR THAT
MAN.
AND THAT MIRACLE TURNED THE
PEOPLE.
HE WAS RUNNING UP AND DOWN
JUMPING FOR JOY.
Reporter: WHETHER IT IS
PREACHING FOR THOUSANDS AT
HEALING CRUSADES, OR GIVING
A HOME TO ORPHANS, ANGUS HAS
SEEN GOD CHANGE HUNDREDS OF
LIVES.
Pat: PLEASE WELCOME TO
"THE 700 CLUB," AN
EXTRAORDINAIRE MAN, ANGUS
BUCKIN.
IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE.
Pat: YOU WERE IN
ZAMBIA, AND THEN YOU WENT
INTO THE ZULOO COUNTRY.
THAT'S RIGHT.
AND I PREACH IN MY SECOND
LANGUAGE.
THE ZOOLOOERS ARE A PROUD
PEOPLE.
IT IS A BEAUTIFUL LANGUAGE,
PAT.
IT IS SUCH AN HONOR TO WORK
WITH THE LAND.
I'M PREACHING AND MY SONS
ARE WORKING THE FARMS.
Pat: WHEN WE THERE IN
ZULOO COUNTRY.
WE DID A PROGRAM THERE.
OKAY.
ONE THING ABOUT THEM,
THEY'RE PASSIONATE PEOPLE.
SO WHEN WE COME THROUGH FOR
CHRIST, THEY'RE PASSIONATE.
Pat: YOU HAVE A NUMBER
OF THE ZULOO WOMEN WORKING
ON YOUR FARM.
AND THEY CAME TO YOU ONE
NIGHT CRYING AND SOBBING.
THERE WAS A THUNDERSTORM,
AND THEY WERE STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING, AND ALL OF THE
WOMEN WERE KNOCKED TO THE
GROUND AND ONE DIDN'T GET
UP.
I'M TELLING YOU THE TRUE
STORY.
THEY CAME TO THE HOUSE, THEY
WERE CRYING, AND I HAD BEEN
PREACHING THEM ABOUT THE
POWER OF GOD.
I SAID GET AWAY FROM
WITCHCRAFT.
GET TO JESUS.
WHEN I HEARD THIS WOMAN WAS
DOWN, THEY SAID TO ME SHE
WAS DEAD.
SO I WENT UP THERE IN MY
PIC PICKUP, MY TRUCK.
I SAID GO IN AND BRING THE
BODY UP.
AND THEY SAID, YOU KEEP
TELLING US THIS JESUS HAS
HEALING POWER.
YOU BETTER COME IN AND A
PRAY.
I'LL NEVER FORGET IT, I
WALKED IN THERE, AND IT WAS
SMOKY, AND IT IS LIKE ALMOST
SCREAMING.
THIS WOMAN WAS LYING ON THE
ONE SIDE WITH A BLANKET OVER
HER.
I WENT OVER HER AND PRAYED
OVER HER.
I SAID, JESUS, PLEASE, IT IS
YOUR REPUTATION.
AND NOTHING HAPPENED, PAT.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
I FELT THE HOLY SPIRIT
SAYING TAKE HER BY THE WRIST
AND PICK HER UP.
AND SO I PICKED HER UP.
AND THEN I FELT THE LORD SAY
TO ME, LET HER GO.
AND SHE STOOD WITH HER HANDS
RAISED UP, AND THE PLACE
WENT BALLISTIC.
FOR WEEKS LATER, THEY WERE
WORKING THE FIELDS AND
SINGING HYMNS.
Pat: BUT SHE WAS
STONE-COLD DEAD.
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THE
TRUTH.
THEY HAD A BLANKET OVER THE
BODY.
THEY TOLD ME SHE WAS DEAD.
I LAID MY HANDS ON HER AND I
PRAYED FOR HER.
AND NOTHING HAPPENED.
AND THEN THE HOLY SPIRIT
SAID TAKE A HOLD OF HER AND
STAND HER UP.
THE STORY, FAITH LIKE
POTATOES.
REMEMBER THE SCOTTISH
PREACHER WHO SAID YOU HAVE
TO HAVE FAITH THAT IS
POSITIVE.
ONE GENUINE MIRACLE EQUALS A
THOUSAND SERMONS.
AND THAT WAS IT.
Pat: AND YOU'VE GONE
PREACHING ALL OVER AFRICA.
THERE ARE TENS OF THOUSANDS
THAT HAVE COME TO THE LORD.
THE BIGGEST THING IS THE
MEN.
THIS IS MY FIRST VISIT TO
THE U.S.
I'VE GOT A HEART FOR YOU
GUYS.
LOOK AT THOSE MEN.
Pat: HOW MANY
PEOPLE --
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS.
Pat: HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS.
THAT'S A FARM THERE.
JUST -- PAT, YOU KNOW WHAT I
FEEL ABOUT -- LOOK AT THAT.
Pat: I SEE THEM.
IT IS INCREDIBLE.
IT IS GREAT.
AND, PAT, THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE, YOUR PEOPLE -- IF
THERE IS ANY PROBLEM IN THE
WORLD, AND IF ANYTHING GOES
WRONG, YOU GET THE BLAME FOR
IT.
I'M GOING TO NASHVILLE
TOMORROW -- TODAY, AND I'M
PREACHING TO 3,000 MEN ON
FRIDAY NIGHT.
MY FIRST ONE.
I'M TELLING YOU, I CAN'T
WAIT TO GET THERE.
I CAN SEE YOUR A MAN'S MAN.
YOU RIDE HORSES, AND I RIDE
HORSES --
Pat: I'VE WORKED ON A
FARM.
I'VE DONE ALL OF THE THINGS
YOU'VE DONE.
AND LOVE YOUR WIVES.
LOVE YOUR WIFE; DISCIPLINE
YOUR CHILDREN.
THAT'S ALL WE'RE PREACHING,
AND IT'S WORKING.
Pat: YOU BUILT A HOUSE
AND CAME DOWN INTO THAT
AREA -- YOU HAD NOTHING.
HOW IN THE WORLD DID YOU DO
IT?
YOU WORKED 18 HOURS A DAY
EVERY DAY --
ALL OF THE CREDIT TO MY
WIFE, MY BEST FRIEND.
SHE WAS SIX MONTHS
PREGNANT.
WE HAD NO CELL PHONES, NO
WATER, NO COMMUNICATION.
WE BUILT IT IN THREE WEEKS.
THE ZULOO PEOPLE SAID THESE
GUYS WILL BE GONE IN SIX
MONTHS.
THEY'RE LIVING WORSE THAN
US.
35 YEARS HAVE GONE BY, AND
WE'RE STILL THERE.
Pat: YOU'RE WIFE IS SO
LOVING, BUT SHE IS SO
SLIGHT, AND SHE ENDURED --
SHE IS AN AMAZING WOMAN.
I SPOKE TO HER EARLY THIS
MORNING.
I TELL THE CROWD, SOMETIMES
I HAVE TO SELL AN OX WHEN I
GET HOME, A COW, TO PAY FOR
THE PHONE CALLS.
I SAID I'VE GOT NO MORE COWS
LEFT, BUT I'VE STILL GOT MY
WIFE.
Pat: YOU BUILT -- IT
WAS JUST MUD, AND THE ZULOO
WOMEN HELPED YOU MAKE THE
MUD BRICKS.
AND WE PLASTERED WITH
CEMENT.
I'M STILL IN THE SAME
HOUSE.
WHY DO I NEED TO BUY ANOTHER
HOUSE?
MY FATHER IS BUILDING A
MANSION FOR ME IN HEAVEN.
I'VE GOT 27 ADOPTED
CHILDREN.
I'VE GOT 154 SPIRITUAL SONS
ALL OVER THE WORLD.
I'M IN THE FAMILY BUSINESS,
LIKE YOU, SIR.
Pat: YOU CALL IT
SHALOM?
SHALOM IS THE NAME OF THE
FARM.
AND WE CALL IT SHALOM
MINISTE MINISTRIES.
THEY SAID THEY NEED A NAME,
AND MY WIFE SAID SHALOM,
PEACE.
I'M GOING TO ISRAEL IN NINE
DAYS' TIME AND I'M SPEAKING
AT THE TA TABERNACLE.
Pat: THAT'S A GREAT
PLACE.
WHAT IS GOD TELLING YOU
ABOUT THIS TIME WE LIVE IN,
AND WHAT'S COMING.
WHAT GOD'S TELLING ME --
THAT'S WHY I'M IN THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.
GOD IS TELLING ME,
GENTLEMEN, IT IS TIME TO PUT
YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE BACK OF
MY BIBLE, RIGHT AT THE
BACK.
I HAVE WRITTEN A THING IN
THE BOOK OF REVELATION.
"KEEP SHORT OF COUNTS WITH
MAN AND SHORT OF COUNTS WITH
GOD."
JESUS IS NOT COMING SOON,
PAT.
I'M TELL YOU, HE IS ON HIS
WAY.
HE WILL COME LIKE?
I'M BLOWN AWAY BY THE
HOSPITALITY AND THE LOVE OF
YOUR PEOPLE.
IT'S SO GENEROUS.
Pat: YOU'RE A GREAT
MAN.
YOU'RE CHILDREN, DID THEY
GROW UP LOVING THE LORD?
YES.
ALL FIVE OF THEM LOVE
JESUS.
MY OLDEST BOY ORGANIZED
THOSE EVENTS YOU JUST SAW ON
THE TELEVISION.
IT IS HUGE.
WE HAD TO PUT AN EIGHT-
EIGHT-INCH PIPE TO GET
SHOWERS FOR THE MAN.
THIS WASN'T A ONE-DAY
EVENT.
THE TOILETS, FOR EXAMPLE,
THE SHOWERS -- I MEAN, THE
FOOD.
IT WAS AWESOME.
Pat: YOU DID ALL OF
THAT?
THEY DID IT ALL OVER.
I JUST CAME FROM YORKSHIRE,
ENGLAND, 3,000 PEOPLE.
I'M GOING TO NASHVILLE
TODAY, 3,000 MEN ON FRIDAY
NIGHT.
Pat: LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, THIS BOOK IS
CALLED "FAITH LIKE
POTATOES."
READ -- I MEAN, IF ANY OF
YOU HAVE EVER BEEN IN
FARMING, THIS GUY, IT'S
TOUGH WHAT HE DID.
MAN, I WORKED LIKE CRAZY
WHEN I WAS A KID.
I GOT PAID $15 A MONTH.
YOU'D GET UP AT 5:30, 6:00
IN THE MORNING, WHATEVER,
SLOP THE HOGS, CHOP THE
WOOD, DO ALL OF THIS STUFF,
GO OUT IN THE FIELD --
YOU'VE DONE THAT.
PAT, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M
HOPING TO DO NOW?
THIS IS MY DESIRE --
Pat: WHAT'S THAT.
ON TUESDAY, MAYBE YOU CAN
PRAY FOR ME.
IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS A
GOOD OPPORTUNITY THAT I'M
GOING TO MEET ONE OF YOUR
DEAR FRIENDS, DR. BILLY
GRAHAM.
IT WILL BE ONE OF THE
HIGHLIGHTS OF MY LIFE.
TO ME, HE IS NUMBER ONE.
THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE I CAN
MEET THE GENTLEMAN.
Pat: HE CAN'T HEAR.
BUT HE IS ONE OF MY HEROS
AND ONE OF MY GOOD FRIENDS.
LET'S PRAY FOR HIM AND YOU.
THANK YOU, ANGUS, FOR THE
LOVE YOU HAVE, AND THE LOVE
FOR HIM.
WE PRAY HE MIGHT SEE -- PUT
HIM IN FRONT OF THOSE WHO
WILL BE BLESSED BY HIS
PRESENCE.
IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
AMEN.
THANK YOU.
Pat: GOD BLESS YOU.
FANTASTIC WHAT GOD HAS DONE
WITH A SIMPLE FARMER WHO IS
PREACHING FAITH LIKE
POTATOES.
YOU CAN GET THIS BOOK WHERE
BOOKS ARE SOLD.
THANK YOU, BROTHER.
Terry: COMING UP LATER,
A WOMAN REJECTS THE FAITH OF
HER PARENTS AND THEY DISOWN
HER.
I FELL INTO A DEEP
DEPRESSION.
AND I CAN REMEMBER HAVING A
BOTTLE OF PILLS.
AND I CALLED ONE OF MY
FRIENDS, AND I BASICALLY
TOLD HIM GOOD-BYE BECAUSE I
WAS PLANNING ON KILLING
MYSELF.
Terry: SEE HOW A KNOCK
ON THE DOOR SAVED HER LIFE
AFTER THIS.
Reporter: WELCOME TO
WAS WASHINGTON FOR THIS CBN
NEWSBREAK.
CONGRESS IS PASSING A NEW
SIX-MONTH SPENDING BILL
BECAUSE THE CURRENT FISCAL
YEAR ENDS SEPTEMBER 30th,
AND THE MEASURE IS NEEDED TO
AVOID A GOVERNMENT
SHUTDOWN.
IT WILL CONTINUE A FREEZE ON
FEDERAL WORKERS PAY, BUT
GIVE THE AGENCIES A 6%
INCREASE IN FUNDING.
THE REPUBLICANS ARE AGAINST
THE INCREASE, BUT THEY CHOSE
TO PASS THE TEMPORARY BILL,
SO CONGRESS DOESN'T HAVE TO
PASS ANOTHER SPENDING BILL
IN THE POST-ELECTION
LAME-DUCK SESSION.
U.S. INVESTIGATORS ARE
INVESTIGATING REPORTS THAT
CHINESE PEOPLE HAVE
HARVESTED HUMAN ORGAN
PARTS.
THEY ALLEGED THAT KIDNEYS,
LIVES, LUNGS, HEARTS, AND
CORNEAS, WERE TAKEN FROM
DECEASED DISSIDENTS.
AND THEY SAY THEY MAY BE
INVOLVED IN THE BARBARIC
HARVESTING.
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WITH MORE OF "THE 700 CLUB"
RIGHT AFTER THIS.
Terry: AS A CHILD,
CYNTHIA COOPER NEVER HAD A
BIRTHDAY PARTY.
SHE WASN'T ALLOWED TO
CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS, AND SHE
COULDN'T PLAY SPORTS.
HER RELIGION FOR BADE ALL OF
THESE THINGS, AND SHE
ACCEPTED THAT, UNTIL THE DAY
HER PARENTS THREW ALL OF HER
SISTER'S CLOTHES ON THE
FRONT LAWN.
I REMEMBER BEING FIVE AND
GETTING MY FIRST CHRISTMAS
GIFT FROM SCHOOL.
Reporter: CYNTHIA
COOPER'S FATHER DIDN'T ALLOW
GIFTS OR CELEBRATIONS.
WHEN HE GOT HOME, HE
IMMEDIATELY THREW IT IN THE
TRASH.
I REMEMBER BEING CRUSHED
BECAUSE I DIDN'T
UNDERSTAND.
Reporter: CYNTHIA
COOPER'S FATHER AND MOTHER
WERE JEHOVAH WITNESSES.
HER FATHER WAS AN ELDER OF
THE FAITH AND STRICTLY
ENFORCED ALL OF THE RULES OF
THE RELIGION.
NO CELEBRATION OF
HOLIDAYS, BIRTHDAYS,
CHRISTMAS.
JESUS CHRIST WAS SIMPLY A
PROPHET WHO CAME TO THE
EARTH.
THEY DON'T BELIEVE THAT GOD
IS ABLE TO TALK TO YOU.
Reporter: AS A CHILD,
CYNTHIA WAS INDEPENDENT AND
CURIOUS.
SHE STRUGGLED TO UNDERSTAND
HER FATHER'S RELIGION.
I WOULD ASK HIM
QUESTIONS, AND A LOT OF THE
QUESTIONS HE WOULDN'T
ANSWER, OR HE WOULD GET
FRUSTRATED WITH ME.
PRETTY MUCH HIS RESPONSE
WAS, BECAUSE I SAID SO.
I FELT VERY LEFT OUT AT
SCHOOL.
I FELT VERY ISOLATED.
THERE WAS REALLY NO OUTSIDE
INFLUENCE OR OPPORTUNITY TO
BE SOCIAL OUTSIDE THE
MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH.
Reporter: CYNTHIA
CARRIED HER LONELINESS,
DOUBT, AND QUESTIONS INTO
HER TEENS.
SHE DREADED THE EXHAUSTING
WORK REQUIRED BY THE
RELIGION.
THE JEHOVAH WITNESSES
BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN GET
YOUR SALVATION THROUGH
WORK.
AND SO THE MORE HOURS YOU
HAVE IN FIELD SERVICE, THE
MORE DOORS YOU KNOCK ON, THE
MORE VALUABLE YOU ARE TO THE
KINGDOM HOME.
THE OLDER I GOT, I WOULD
PLAY SICK EVERY SATURDAY.
I'M NOT GOING OUT IN FIELD
SERVICE.
JUST ANY LITTLE WAY THAT I
COULD AVOID, YOU KNOW, DOING
THE WORKS OF THE KINGDOM.
Reporter: THE MORE WORK
HER PARENTS DID FOR KINGDOM
HALL, THE MORE CYNTHIA
REBELLED.
I PUSHED THE ENVELOPE
MORE.
I WENT OUT AND I DID
WHATEVER I THOUGHT IT WAS
BIG AND BAD ENOUGH TO DO.
SNEAKING OUT WITH MY
BOYFRIEND, GOING PLACES I
HAD NO PERMISSION.
Reporter: WHEN CYNTHIA
WAS 13, HER OLDER SISTER
MARRIED A MAN WHO WAS NOT A
JEHOVAH WITNESS.
HER SISTER'S ACTIONS AND HER
PARENTS REACTIONS FINALLY
BROUGHT CYNTHIA TO A
BREAKING POINT WITH THE
RELIGION.
MY PARENTS HAD LITERALLY
THROWN ALL OF MY SISTER'S
CLOTHES OUT ON THE FRONT
LAWN BECAUSE SHE HAD GOTTEN
MARRIED.
I BEGAN TO THINK, THIS IS
YOUR CHILD.
HOW CAN YOU SAY YOU LOVE
YOUR CHILD AND YOU LOVE GOD,
BUT YOU'RE TREATING YOUR
CHILD THIS WAY.
I JUST BEGAN TO QUESTION.
IT WAS SOMETHING INSIDE OF
ME THAT SAID THIS IS NOT THE
LOVE OF GOD.
SO I BEGAN TO SEARCH FOR
GOD.
Reporter: CYNTHIA
SECRETLY PRAYED FOR GOD AND
ASKED HIM TO REVEAL
HIMSELF.
SO TALKING TO TIME FOR
THE FIRST TIME IT WAS
FOREIGN.
THE JEHOVAH WITNESSES HAD
TAUGHT ME THAT GOD DOESN'T
SPEAK TO PEOPLE.
HERE I AM TALKING TO THIS
GOD WHO CAN'T HEAR ME -- I
DON'T KNOW IF HE CAN HEAR
ME.
Reporter: THEN IN HER
JUNIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL
HAD, SHE EXPERIENCED
SOMETHING SHE WAS TAUGHT
COULD NEVER HAPPEN.
SHE BELIEVED SHE HEARD THE
VOICE OF GOD.
I ACTUALLY HAD A PINCHED
NERVE.
AT THE TIME, NO ONE KNEW
WHAT IT WAS.
I SAID, LORD, IF YOU HEAL
ME, I'LL SERVE YOU.
I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE, I
DON'T KNOW HOW TO SERVE YOU,
BUT IF YOU HEAL ME, I WILL.
I HEARD THE HOLY SPIRIT SAY
OKAY.
AND SO I TURNED MY NECK, AND
SOMETHING SNAPPED IN THE
SIDE OF MY NECK.
AND IMMEDIATELY I WAS
HEALED.
AND I KNEW IT WAS HIM.
AND THEN IMMEDIATELY THE
PEACE THAT I FELT ONCE THAT
CAME OVER ME -- IT WAS
AWESOME.
Reporter: CYNTHIA KEPT
HER PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
WITH GOD A SECRET UNTIL SHE
MOVED OUT OF HER PARENTS'
HOME.
SHE KNEW THERE WOULD BE
GRAVE CONSEQUENCES.
WHEN SHE WAS 19 AND LIVING
INDEPENDENTLY, SHE DENOUNCED
THE JEHOVAH WITNESS
RELIGION.
I WROTE A LETTER TO ONE
OF THE ELDERS OF THE
CONGREGATION, AND I TOLD
THEM I NO LONGER WISH TO BE
A WITNESS.
I HEARD LATER ON THAT THEY
PUBLICLY DISOWNED ME AT THE
SERVICE.
Reporter: SO DID
CYNTHIA'S PARENTS.
WHEN MY PARENTS DISOWNED
ME IT WAS DEVASTATING.
I REMEMBER MY DAD CALLING ME
AND TELLING ME I WAS NOT
WELCOME.
IT CRUSHED ME.
THERE WERE SO MANY DIFFERENT
EMOTIONS.
BUT ONE THING I KEPT IN THE
BACK OF MY MIND IS THAT I
HAD HEARD THE VOICE OF GOD.
SO IF ANYTHING HAPPENS, I
KNEW HE TALKED TO ME WHEN HE
HEALED ME.
SO THAT'S WHAT KEPT ME
GOING.
Reporter: A COUPLE OF
MONTHS LATER, CYNTHIA MET A
PASTOR AT A LOCAL GYM, AND
HE INVITED HER TO CHURCH.
BECAUSE OF HIS INVITATION,
SHE ATTENDED A CHRISTIAN
CHURCH FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
HER LIFE.
AT FIRST SHE WAS AFRAID.
I HAD BEEN TAUGHT THAT
ALL OTHER CHURCHES WERE TIED
UP WITH SATAN, THE DEVIL.
AND TO GO IN AND EMBRACE
THAT WOULD BE BASICALLY
WORSHIPPING THE DEVIL.
BUT THERE WAS SUCH A PEACE
THAT CAME OVER ME THAT I
KNEW IT WAS GOD AND I KNEW
IT WAS HIM LEADING.
Reporter: THAT DAY
CYNTHIA LEARNED ABOUT JESUS
AND HIS PLAN OF SALVATION.
CYNTHIA GAVE HER LIFE TO
CHRIST.
WHEN I FIRST GOT SAVED
AND I ASKED CHRIST INTO MY
HEART, I FELT CLEAN.
GOING TO THE ALTER, I FELT
LIKE I WAS BEING RINSED OF
EVERYTHING.
IT WAS A FREEING
EXPERIENCE.
IT WAS INDESCRIBEABLE.
Reporter: CYNTHIA'S NEW
FAITH WAS GENUINE, BUT HER
CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY
ONLY WIDENED THE GAP BETWEEN
HER AND HER FAMILY.
I FELL INTO A DEEP
DEPRESSION.
AND I CAN REMEMBER HAVING A
BOTTLE OF PILLS.
AND I CALLED ONE OF MY
FRIENDS AND I BASICALLY TOLD
HIM GOOD-BYE.
BECAUSE I WAS PLANNING ON
KILLING MYSELF.
AND RIGHT BEFORE THAT
HAPPENED, HE KNOCKED ON THE
DOOR, THANK GOD, AND HE
PRAYED ME OUT OF THAT
DEPRESSION.
Reporter: WITH THE
SUPPORT OF HER CHURCH,
CYNTHIA DREW ON GOD'S
STRENGTH AND ENCOURAGEMENT.
HER VICTORY OVER DEPRESSION
CAME WHEN SHE STARTED
READING THE BIBLE AND
MEMORIZING SCRIPTURES.
CYNTHIA SAID HER HARDSHIPS
ONLY MADE HER FAITH
STRONGER.
I LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT
WHO JESUS WAS FROM MY
PROVIDER, MY COMFORTER WHEN
I WAS LONELY.
HE WAS MY PEACE, YOU KNOW,
WHEN MY MIND WOULD TRY TO BE
CONFUSED.
HE HAS BEEN MY MOTHER.
HE HAS BEEN MY FATHER.
HE HAS BEEN EVERYTHING TO
ME.
Reporter: TODAY CYNTHIA
IS STILL ES STRAIRCHLD
ESTRANGED FROM HER FAMILY,
BUT SHE HAS FORGIVEN THEM.
SHE SHARES HER STORY IN HER
BOOK, "THE COST OF
RELIGION."
I HAVE A RELATIONSHIP
WITH JESUS CHRIST.
I LIVE MY LIFE BASED ON THE
RELATIONSHIP BECAUSE I WANT
TO BE PLEASING TO HIM.
THAT IS SO ABSENT FROM THE
RITUALS THAT COME WITH
RELIGION.
THERE IS NO COMPARISON.
IF THERE IS SOMEONE TODAY
WATCHING AND YOU WANT JESUS,
AND MAYBE YOU WERE TAUGHT HE
IS JUST A PROPHET.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TODAY
TO INVITE HIM INTO YOUR
HEART.
HIS BLOOD IS MORE POWERFUL
THAN ANYTHING.
HIS SPIRIT IS MORE POWERFUL
THAN ANYTHING.
IF YOU DILIGENTLY SEEK HIM,
HE WILL FIND YOU.
Terry: THAT'S HIS
PROMISE.
YOU'LL FIND ME WHEN YOU SEEK
FOR ME WITH ALL OF YOUR
HEART.
YOU CAN DO THAT TODAY.
MAYBE YOU'VE BEEN TRAPPED IN
THE EMPTINESS OF RELIGION.
MAYBE YOU'VE JUST BEEN
TRAPPED IN GROWING UP IN A
SCENARIO WHERE YOU DIDN'T
EVER KNOW WHO GOD WAS.
LET ME ASSURE YOU GOD WANTS
TO KNOW YOU INTIMATELY.
HE ALREADY KNOWS YOU FROM
HIS END, BUT HE WANTS TO
KNOW YOU IN A RELATIONSHIP
WITH YOU.
WE WERE CREATED IN THE IMAGE
AND LIKENESS OF GOD.
AND WE WERE CREATED TO HAVE
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.
THE BIBLE SAYS HE LOVES US
MORE THAN WE CAN BEGIN TO
UNDERSTAND OR IMAGINE, THAT
HE DANCES OVER US WITH
DELIGHT.
WE ARE HIS CREATION.
HE SAYS THAT HE KNEW US
BEFORE WE WERE EVER FORMED
IN OUR MOTHER'S WOMB.
YOU'RE GOD'S IDEA.
DON'T MISS OUT ON HAVING A
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.
JESUS CAME AND SACRIFICED.
HE WASN'T JUST A PROPHET.
HE IS GOD IN FLESH,
SACRIFICED ON THE CROSS FOR
YOUR SIN AND MINE.
YOU KNOW IN OUR HEART OF
HEARTS, WE KNOW WHO WE ARE.
WE KNOW THAT WE ARE
SINNERS.
WE KNOW THAT WE FOLLOW THE
THINGS OF OUR FLESH.
WE KNOW WE DON'T DO RIGHT.
WE WANDER.
WE WANDER IN OUR OWN WAY.
AND GOD IS SAYING, COME TO
ME.
NOT ONLY WILL I FORGIVE YOU
YOUR SINS, NOT ONLY WILL I
GIVE YOU A FRESH START, A
NEW BEGINNING, I'M PREPARING
A PLACE FOR YOU AND I TO
LIVE FOREVER TOGETHER, FOR
ETERNITY.
THAT'S FOR THOSE WHO CALL
UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD,
WHO RECEIVE THE FORGIVENESS
OF CHRIST.
WHO SAY, YES, GOD, I WANT TO
LIVE FOR YOU.
THAT'S ALL IT IS BECAUSE IT
IS A RELATIONSHIP THAT
STARTS WITH A CONVERSATION.
YOU JUST TALK TO HIM.
JUST SAY, GOD, I AM LOST.
I AM A SINNER IN NEED OF A
SAVIOR.
JESUS, FORGIVE MY SINS.
SAVE MY SOUL.
COME INTO THE CENTER OF MY
LIFE.
TEACH ME TRUTH.
TEACH ME HOW TO LIVE FOR
YOU.
DON'T LISTEN TO VOICES
AROUND YOU WHO DEFINE WHO
JESUS IS IN THEIR OWN
TERMINOLOGY.
GO TO THE WORD OF GOD AND
READ WHAT HE SAYS IN HIS
INSPIRED WORD ABOUT HOW WHO
HE IS, WHO YOU ARE, ABOUT
HIS PROMISES AND HIS PLANS
AND PURPOSES FOR YOU.
IT'S ALL THERE.
IT'S ALL THERE.
TODAY, START WITH THIS
CONVERSATION AND INVITE HIM
INTO YOUR LIFE.
AND LET HIM REVEAL HIMSELF
TO YOU.
IT IS NOT HARD.
HE WANTS TO KNOW YOU.
IF YOU'VE PRAYED THAT PRAYER
AND YOU'VE BEGUN A
RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS, WE
WANT TO HELP YOU GROW IN
IT.
PAT HAS PUT TOGETHER FOR YOU
A PACKET CALLED "A NEW
DAY."
IT IS FILLED WITH WONDERFUL
INFORMATION.
WHAT DO YOU DO NOW?
HOW DO YOU GROW IN THIS NEW
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD?
HOW DO YOU READ THE WORLD
EFFECTIVELY?
WHY DO WE GO TO CHURCH?
WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?
THIS IS FREE FOR THE
ASKING.
NO STRINGS ATTACHED.
ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS CALL
THAT TOLL-FREE NUMBER,
1-800-759-0700.
EVEN THE CALL IS FREE.
JUST SAY, I'VE PRAYED THAT
PRAYER AND I'D LIKE THE "NEW
DAY" PACKET, AND WE'LL GET
THIS OUT TO YOU RIGHT AWAY.
PAT?
Pat: THANKS, TERRY.
UP NEXT, FOLKS, WE'LL BRING
IT ON WITH YOUR E-MAIL
QUESTIONS.
KAY SAYS, "IS IT WRONG TO
LISTEN TO WEIGHT LOSS
C.D.s?
DOES THE BIBLE WARN AGAINST
BEING IN A TRANCE?"
I GUESS SHE IS TALKING ABOUT
HYPNOSIS, AND WE'LL ANSWER
THAT QUESTION WHEN WE COME
BACK.
Terry: FRIENDS, WE
LISTEN TO DIFFICULT,
CHALLENGING, UNIQUE TIMES.
WE NEED TO UNITE TOGETHER
AND PRAY FERVENTLY.
IF YOU'RE A "700 CLUB"
MEMBER, WATCH FOR THIS TO
COME IN THE MAIL.
INSIDE OF IT IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO SEND
IN YOUR PRAYER REQUESTS FOR
THE COUNTRY, AND STEPS FOR
REVIVAL IN AMERICA.
WE WANT YOU TO HAVE BOTH OF
THESE.
WE WANT YOU TO BE PART OF
THIS PRAYER OUTREACH.
IF YOU'RE NOT A "700 CLUB"
MEMBER, GO TO CBN.COM.
THERE IS A WAY TO GET AHOLD
OF THE MATERIALS THERE.
WE NEED TO BE PART OF THIS.
Pat: TERRY, WE'VE
REALLY GOT TO GET WITH IT.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT
WE GET A LITTLE SURFACE --
IT'S KIND OF LIKE WE'RE
RIDING ON THE FROTH.
THERE IS SO MUCH NEWS AND SO
MUCH CHATTER AND SO MUCH
MUCH GARBAGE --
Terry: AND
DISCOURAGEMENT.
Pat: AND
DISCOURAGEMENT.
AND EVERY TIME YOU TURN
AROUND, THERE IS SOMETHING
BAD.
AND WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THE
REALITY OF GOD.
WE RENDER OUR HEARTS AND OUR
GARMENTS, AND CRY OUT TO
GOD.
GOD CAN HEAR -- NOT ONLY CAN
HEAR, BUT WILL HEAR AND
ANSWER.
RIGHT HERE IN AMERICA, IF
YOU CAN BELIEVE IT, NOT ONLY
ARE THERE SIX MILLION PEOPLE
ON FOOD STAMPS, THERE ARE
16 MILLION PEOPLE IN AMERICA
WHO GO HUNGRY EVERY DAY.
IN AMERICA.
AND FOR MANY OF THEM, SCHOOL
IS THE ONLY PLACE THEY CAN
GET A FULL MEAL.
Reporter: MANY CHILDREN
IN AMERICA GO HUNGRY.
FOR SOME THE ONLY FOOD THEY
GET COMES ON SCHOOL DAYS.
ON THE WEEKENDS, THERE IS
NOTHING.
THIS FACT REALLY HIT HOME
FOR ELIZABETH JOHNSON.
I WAS A TEACHER, AND I
SAW KIDS AT THE DOOR OF THE
CAFETERIA AT BREAKFAST TIME
ON MONDAY MORNINGS, AND
OFTEN THEY HADN'T HAD
ANYTHING TO EAT SINCE THEY
LEFT SCHOOL ON FRIDAY.
Reporter: JULIE SMITH,
DIRECTOR OF SAMARITAN'S
KITCHEN IN WILLSBORO, NORTH
CAROLINA, SAYS THE
STATISTICS ARE STAGGERING.
ABOUT ONE IN FOUR
CHILDREN IN THE STATE OF
CAROLINA ARE AT RISK OF
GOING HUNGRY.
Reporter: SO
SAMARITAN'S KITCHEN DECIDED
TO FILL KIDS' BACKPACKS WITH
FOOD TO TAKE HOME FOR THE
WEEKEND.
TO DO THAT, THEY WENT TO
"OPERATION BLESSING," WHO
GLADLY PROVIDED FOOD FOR THE
PROGRAM.
SUSAN BLACKBURN IS THE
PRINCIPAL OF MILLER'S CREEK,
ELEMENTARY, WHERE THE
PROGRAM HAS REALLY TAKEN
OFF.
FOR US TO BE ABLE TO
PROVIDE THAT BACKPACK IS
PRICELESS BECAUSE GOOD
NUTRITION LEADS TO GOOD
ACHIEVEMENT AND ABILITY TO
LEARN.
THE DONATIONS THAT WE
RECEIVE FROM "OPERATION
BLESSING,", THERE IS NO WAY
WE COULD EVER SAY THANK YOU
ENOUGH TO THOSE FOLKS THAT
MAKE THAT POSSIBLE, THROUGH
THEIR DONATIONS AND THROUGH
THEIR KINDNESS AND THROUGH
THEIR GENEROSITY, WE'RE ABLE
TO PASS THAT FORWARD TO THE
FOLKS THAT WE SERVE.
Pat: IN AMERICA TODAY,
OUT OF THE FARM ABUNDANCE,
18 MILLION TONS OF FOOD IS,
YOU KNOW, PLOWED UNDER
BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MEET THE
GRADING REQUIREMENTS OF THE
VARIOUS SUPERMARKETS.
WE HAVE WORKED WITH A NUMBER
OF FARMERS -- WE GET
MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF
POTATOES, AND WE GET RICE
AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS, TO
MAKE AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE
THROUGH "OPERATION
BLESSING."
THE FACT THAT ANYBODY IN
AMERICA HAS TO GO HUNGRY IS
APPALLING.
AND TO THINK WE HAVE
46 MILLION PEOPLE ON FOOD
STAMPS TO SUPPLEMENT THEIR
INCOME.
WE REALLY HAVE GOT TO DO
SOMETHING TO GET THIS PLACE
GOING.
BUT WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR
THE GOVERNMENT TO ACT AND
FOR THE POLITICIANS TO DO
WHAT THEY DO, WE WANT YOU TO
KNOW THAT "OPERATION
BLESSING" IS OUT THERE
FEEDING PEOPLE, CARRYING
MILLIONS OF POUNDS.
MY GOAL WAS TO HAVE
100 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD A
YEAR SHIPPED INTO THE INNER
CITIES AND A APPALACHIANS
AND OTHER PLACE.
IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE,
CALL IN AND SAY I WANT TO
HELP.
IT IS 1-800-759-0700.
AND YOU CAN BE A PART OF
WHAT WE'RE DOING TO HELP
OTHERS.
QUICKLY, QUESTIONS.
Terry: THIS IS KAY,
PAT, WHO SAYS, "IS IT WRONG
TO LISTEN TO WEIGHT LOSS
C.D.s?
DOESN'T THE BIBLE WARN
AGAINST BEING IN A TRANCE?"
Pat: IF I HAVE A DIET
BOOK, IT DOESN'T PUT ME IN A
TRANCE.
IT MAKES ME HUNGRY.
I THINK IF YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT BEING HYPNOTIZED, THE
ANSWER IS IT IS WRONG.
IT IS WRONG TO GIVE YOUR
SPIRIT OVER TO SOMEBODY
ELSE.
I KNOW ABOUT HYPNOTIZED
PEOPLE.
IT IS NOT THAT HARD.
IT IS A POWER OF
SUGGESTION.
YOU SUGGEST YOU'RE GETTING
SLEEPY, AND ALL THAT STUFF,
AND THEN YOU CAN HAVE
SUGGESTION.
WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE OUR
MINDS SUBCONSCIOUS OVER TO
SOMEBODY ELSE.
I'VE NEVER SEEN A WEIGHT
LOSS C.D. THAT
GETS YOU
HYPNOTIZED.
THAT'S WRONG.
Terry: MICHAEL
SAYS, "HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN
YOU'RE FILLED WITH THE HOLY
SPIRIT?
WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE?"
Pat: IT IS NOT A
QUESTION OF FEELING.
IN THE OLD CHURCH, THEY
SPOKE IN TONGUES.
AND THERE IS THE BIG DEBATE,
IS THIS THE SIGN OF THE
BAPTISM.
BUT THERE IS ALSO THE FRUIT
OF THE SPIRIT.
YOU'RE FILLED WITH THE
SPIRIT AND YOU DEMONSTRATE
THE FOOD.
AS MANY ARE LED BY THE
SPIRIT OF GOD, THEY'RE THE
SONS OF GUIDE, AND YOU CAN
FIND THE HOLY SPIRIT
SPEAKING TO YOU AND LEADING
YOU AND GUIDING YOU.
I THINK THE BIG THING IS
TAKE IT BY FAITH.
YOU ASK, YOU SURRENDER, AND
YOU RECEIVE THE FAITH.
Terry: THIS IS A VIEWER
WHO SAYS, "I HAVEN'T BEEN TO
CHURCH IN MANY YEARS.
HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHICH
CHURCH IS RIGHT FOR YOU?"
Pat: IT IS RIGHT WHERE
THEY PREACH THE WORD OF GOD
AND BELIEVE IN THE BIBLE.
IF THEY DON'T BELIEVE IN THE
BIBLE AND THEY DON'T PREACH
THE WORD AND THEY DON'T TELL
AS JESUS AS SAVIOR, YOU
DON'T WANT TO GO THERE.
IF ALL THEY TALK ABOUT IS
SOCIAL DOCTRINE, FORGET IT.
YOU HAVE A SPIRIT.
WHERE DOES YOUR SPIRIT FEEL
AT HOME?
WHERE DO YOU FEEL REST WHEN
YOU GO IN?
TRY A FEW ONES.
OF COURSE, IF YOU'VE GOT
CHILDREN, YOU WANT A
CHILDREN THAT HAS GOT A
YOUTH PROGRAM.
Terry: YOU KIND OF HAVE
TO TRY IT
A FEW TIMES.
WE SAID WE HAVE TO GO AT
LEAST THREE TIMES BEFORE WE
MAKE A DECISION.
Pat: THANKS FOR THOSE
QUESTIONS.
TOMORROW, A WOMAN PRONOUNCED
CLINICALLY DEAD COMES BACK
TO LIFE.
TODAY WE LEAVE YOU WITH
THESE WORDS FROM 1
THESSALONIANS: "IN
EVERYTHING GIVE THANKS FOR
THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD IN
CHRIST JESUS CONCERNING
YOU."
SEE YOU TOMORROW.
BYE-BYE.
