Author Bonnie St. John shares her incredible journey of overcoming challenges while purposing to inspire others. Plus, The Irish Tenors join us to singe the Christmas standard, "We Three Kings."
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* O DANNY BOY
Lee: THEY'VE BEEN
AROUND THE WORLD, AND NOW
THEY'RE COMING TO OUR
STUDIOS.
HEAR A LIFE PERFORMANCE FROM
THE IRISH TENORS ON TODAY'S
"THE 700 CLUB."
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Pat: WELCOME, LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN, TO THIS
EDITION OF "THE 700 CLUB."
MAN, HAVE WE GOT A TREAT FOR
YOU.
THOSE IRISH TENORS,
UNBELIEVABLE.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE SINGING
FOR YOU ON THIS PROGRAM.
AND, OH, IT WILL BE SIMPLY
EXTRAORDINARY.
WE ALSO HAVE A STORY WE'RE
GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT A
CROOKED RING OF PEDOPHILES
AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF THE
DUTCH JUSTICE MINISTRY.
IT IS KIND OF SHOCKING.
JUSTICE DENIED.
THAT'S WHAT SOME ARE SAYING
ABOUT THE CASE OF A POWERFUL
FORMER OFFICIAL OF THE
NETHERLANDS, ACCUSED OF SEX
TRAFFICKING.
Terry: THE ISSUE OF
TRAFFICKING IS TERRIBLE
ENOUGH, BUT WHEN THE ALLEGED
PERPETRATOR USED TO HEAD THE
SECURITY OF JUSTICE, THAT
ADDS INSULT TO INJURY.
JOHN JESSOP HAS THE STORY.
Reporter: MUCH LIKE A
COURTROOM, THESE WITNESSES
PRESENTED THEIR TESTIMONY TO
A CAPITOL AUDIENCE.
I WAS AFRAID TO SAY NO,
AND I WAS VERY YOUNG AND
INNOCENT.
Reporter: THAT IS THE
VOICE OF A YOUNG MAN
DESCRIBING EMOTIONAL SCARS
FROM CHILDHOOD.
HIS IDENTITY IS PROTECTED
BECAUSE HE BARELY SURVIVED
AN ASSASSINATION ATTACKED.
AT 14 YEARS OLD, HE LEFT HIS
FAMILY IN TURKEY TO FIND
WORK IN EUROPE.
INSTEAD OF A JOB, HE FOUND
TROUBLE AND IT WAS
BLACKMAILED INTO WORKING AT
AN AMSTERDAM BROTHEL THAT'S
WHEN HE SAID HE MET THIS
MAN, GEORGE DEMIC, A
HIGH-RANKING GOVERNMENT
OFFICIAL.
THE SECOND TIME WE MET,
HE WANTED ME TO GO TO HIS
HOME.
Reporter: HE CLAIMS HE
WAS FORCED TO HAVE SEX WITH
DEMIC.
WE CAN HAVE NICE LAWS IN
THE GOVERNMENT THAT DON'T
WORK WHEN HIGH-PROFILE
PEOPLE ABUSE CHILDREN AND
THEY ARE NOT PROSECUTED.
WHY DO YOU HAVE YOUR LAWS?
Reporter: THE DUTCH
GOVERNMENT ACKNOWLEDGED
INVESTIGATING SEVERAL
COMPLAINTS AGAIN DOMIC,
DATING BACK TO THE 1990s.
IT'S OFFICIAL FIND, THE
OUTCOME OF THESE
INVESTIGATIONS HAVE ALWAYS
BEEN THAT THE RUMORS AND
ALLEGATIONS ARE UTTERLY
BASELESS.
A DUTCH REPRESENTATIVE
ATTENDED THE HEARING AND
CRITICIZED THE ALLEGATIONS.
CONGRESSMAN CHRIS SMITH, A
LEADING ADVOCATE FOR HUMAN
RIGHTS, BELIEVES THAT
STATEMENT WERE ONLY BE
BACKED UP BY TAKING ACTION.
ALL OF THIS EVIDENCE DOES
NOT SUGGEST THAT CRIMES HAVE
BEEN COMMITTED.
I WOULD BE SHOCKED,
FRANKLY.
Reporter: THIS CASE HAS
SPARKED AN INTERNATIONAL
CAMPAIGN TO THE CASE OF
GEORGE DOMIC, AND APPLY
PRESSURE ON THE GOVERNMENT
TO ACT.
THE MINISTERS ARE
PROTESTING HIM.
Reporter: THEY WONDER
JUST HOW HIGH THE CASE MAY
GO.
I THINK IT COULD BE THAT
MORE PEOPLE MAY BE
INVOLVED.
Reporter: AS FOR HER
CLIENT, THE TRAFFICKING
SURVIVOR, HE ONLY MAKES ONE
REQUEST IN ADDITION TO
JUSTICE.
PLEASE HELP PROTECT MY
IDENTITY BECAUSE I STILL
FEAR FOR MY LIFE.
Reporter: JOHN JESSOP,
CBN NEWS, WASHINGTON.
Pat: TERRY, YOU'VE BEEN
TO AMSTERDAM?
Terry: YES, I HAVE.
Pat: HAVE YOU BEEN TO
THE RED LIGHT DISTRICT?
Terry: I HAVEN'T, BUT I
FRIENDS WHO HAVE.
Pat: THERE IS SOMEBODY
HAVING A MINISTRY DOWN THERE
IS AND YOU COULD GET
YOURSELF SHOT, BUT WE WENT
DOWN THERE.
THEY HAVE WOMEN IN THE
WINDOWS ON DISPLAY, LIKE A
BUTCHER SHOP, WITH SCANTY
CLOTHES.
AND THEY ALSO ADVERTISE
VARIOUS TYPES OF MARIJUANA
ON THE RADIO.
AND IT'S OPEN SEASON.
YOU WONDER, THE DUTCH WERE
PRETTY STAYED PEOPLE, AND
YOU ASK YOURSELF, WHAT IN
THE WORLD IS HAPPENING.
THIS GUY, DEMIC, WAS
INVOLVED, AS WE
UNDERSTAND -- IT IS ALLEGED
HE WAS INVOLVED IN GOING OUT
OF THE COUNTRY AND BRINGING
YUN BOYYOUNG BOYS IN FOR
SEX.
THAT IS SHOCKING.
Terry: WHAT I GUESS IS
SORT OF SURPRISING, WITH ALL
OF THE CHARGES THAT HAVE
BEEN MADE, THEY CAN'T SEEM
TO BRING ANYTHING TO ITS
CONCLUSION.
Pat: I DON'T THINK THEY
CARE.
I DON'T THINK THE PEOPLE
REALLY THINK THAT SEX CRIMES
ARE ANYTHING BAD.
YOU KNOW, I'VE -- THE DRUDGE
REPORT HAS GOT SOME
INTERESTING THINGS.
AND ONE THING TODAY HAD TO
DO WITH THE TEENAGERS IN
AMERICA WHO ARE SEXTING
PICTURES.
ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THAT?
Terry: ABSOLUTELY.
Pat: AND WER ONE GUY
SAID, I SAW THIS GIRL'S
BREAST BEFORE I SAW HER
FACE.
AND THEY SAY, DO YOU WANT TO
HAVE SEX, AND DO YOU WANT TO
DO THIS AND THE OTHER, AND
CAN YOU SHOW ME SOME NAKED
PICTURES?
WHERE HAVE WE GONE?
Terry: IT IS GUYS AND
GIRLS.
PAT, IT IS EVERYWHERE.
I THINK IT MUST BE VERY HARD
TOR PEOPLE WHO STRUGGLE IN
THIS AREA OF THEIR LIVES.
TEMPTATION -- I MEAN, YOU
CAN'T GET AWAY FROM IT.
Pat: THE APOSTLE PAUL
LIVED IN A SOCIETY AND IN
KARINTH, AND THERE WERE BATH
HOUSES WHERE 2,000
PROSTITUTES WOULD COME OUT
AN EVENING.
IT WAS HORRIBLE.
AND YOU SEE SOME OF THE
HORRIBLE PICTURES, AND THEY
WERE OBSESSED WITH SEX IN
ANCIENT ROME.
SO IT IS NOTHING NEW.
WHAT IS IT ALL ABOUT?
IS IT SOME SATANIC THING?
DOES IT STIMULATE THE PRIMAL
URGES IN MANKIND?
WHATEVER IT IS, THE BARS ARE
DOWN AND IT GETS WORSE AND
WORSE AND WORSE.
IF YOU WANT TO HAVE
SOMETHING TO PRAY ABOUT,
THIS IS IT.
WHAT IS GOING ON IN HOLLAND
IS GOING ON ALL OVER THE
WORLD.
LEE WEBB HAS THE REST OF OUR
TOP STORIES FROM THE CBN
NEWS.
LEE?
Lee: WE BEGIN WITH A
WORD OF CAUTION FOR
PARENTS.
YOU'RE CHILD'S FAVORITE APP
MAY BE COLLECTING PERSONAL
DATA AND SHARING IT WITHOUT
YOUR PERMISSION.
THE F.T.C. TESTED 400 OF THE
LEADING SMARTPHONES AND
TABLET APPS, RUN BY APPLE
AND GOOGLE, IT CONCLUDED THE
SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS OFFERED
MISLEADING PRIVATE POLICY
ADVERTISING.
CURRENT LAW LIMITS
ADVERTISING TO CHILDREN IN
PRINT AND TELEVISION, BUT IT
IS NOT CLEAR FOR MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY.
THE FEDERAL RESERVE IS
TAKING STEPS NOW TO SOFTEN
THE BLOW FROM A POTENTIAL
FISCAL CLIFF.
THE GOAL IS TO COUNTER-ACT
TAX INCREASES AND SPENDING
CUTS FROM CONGRESS CANNOT
REACH A DEAL.
PRESIDENT OBAMA IS DEMANDING
A TAKE HIKE FOR THE RICH.
HOUSE SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER,
ON THE OTHER HAND, INSISTS
THE PRESIDENT IDENTIFY
SPENDING CUTS.
A BIPARTISAN GROUP IS
REPRESENTING DEFENSE
CUTBACKS.
THEY CALL FOR $550 MILLION
IN MILITARY CUTS OVER THE
LONG-TERM, PAT.
Pat: THIS FISCAL CLIFF
IS AMAZING.
WHAT THE FED IS DOING IS
CHEAPENING OUR MONEY.
THE JAPANESE COUNTRY IS
GOING INTO A RECESSION RIGHT
NOW.
IT IS IN ONE, AND THEY'RE
TRYING TO CHEAPEN THE YEN.
THEY'RE DELIBERATELY SELLING
THE YEN, AND SELLING IT
DOWN.
THE FED, APPARENTLY, IS
CHEAPENING THE DOLLAR.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE
PURCHASING POWER OF THE
DOLLAR 50 YEARS AGO, WHAT IT
WOULD BUY THEN AND NOW, IT
IS RIDICULOUS.
IONE TENTH AS VALUABLE OR
LESS THAN THAT.
THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF
CHEAPENING OUR DOLLAR.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU?
IT IS MORE THAN JUST THE
FISCAL CLIFF.
WHAT WORRIES ME IS THE
POSTURING OF OBAMA.
NOBODY SEEMS SERIOUS.
IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE HE
REALLY WANTS TO MAKE A
COMPREHENSIVE ARRANGEMENT
FOR THE GOOD OF THE
COUNTRY.
ALL THEY'RE DOING IS PLAYING
POLITICS.
DOES HE HAVE SOME HIDDEN
AGENDA THAT IS MOTIVATING
HIM, SOMETHING FROM SAL
DOMENSKI OR ONE OF HIS
MENTORS, THAT WE DON'T KNOW
ABOUT.
IT SEEMS THE POSITIONS HAVE
HARDENED, AND THEY'RE ASKING
THE REPUBLICANS TO MAKE ALL
OF THESE CONCESSIONS, AND
THEY'RE SAYING -- THE BACKER
OF THE REPUBLICANS ARE
SAYING WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO
OFFER, AND SO FAR NOTHING.
Lee: PRO-LIFE
PHARMACISTS IN ILLINOIS WILL
NOT BE PUNISHED FOR REFUSING
TO SUPPLY ABORTION-INDUCING
DRUGS.
A LOWER COURT FIRST BLOCKED
A STATE MAND FORCING THE
SALE OF THE MORNING-AFTER
PILL IN 2005, AND THE COURT
OF APPEALS CONFIRMED THAT
RULING.
SAYING THAT THE ILLINOIS LAW
PROHIBITS ENFORCES IN
LICENSING.
HOSTILITY TOWARDS CHRISTIANS
IS GETTING STRONGER IN
EUROPE.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM EXPERTS
GAVE THAT TESTIMONY TO THE
U.S. HELSINKI POSITION.
THEY SAY THE COURTS
INCREASINGLY BLOCKED
CHRISTIANS FROM PRACTICING
THEIR FAITH AT WORK.
IN BRITAIN, HUMAN RIGHTS ARE
PITTED AGAINST RELIGION, AND
FREEDOM OF RELIGION ITSELF
IS BEING MARGINALIZED AT A
RIGHT.
IT UNDERLINES THE
FOUNDATIONAL PREMISES THAT
GOD HAZE GIVE US AS FREE
WILL.
AND MARGINALIZATION IS ALSO
GOING IN AMERICA.
GUNMEN FIRED AT PROTESTORS
IN EGYPT'S TAHRIR SQUARE.
NINE PEOPLE WERE SAID TO BE
INJURED.
THE OPPOSITION CALLING ON
ITS SUPPORTERS TO MANAGERP
THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE IN
CHRISTIAN. CAIRO.
THEY SAY THEY DRAFTED A
DOCUMENT THAT DOES NOT
REPRESENT ALL EGYPTIANS.
MEANWHILE, MOHAMMED MORSI
HAS GIVEN THE MILITARY
AUTHORITY TO ARREST
CIVILIANS TO,
QUOTE,"MAINTAIN SECURITIES
SECURITY FOR THE REFERENDUM."
THE DEATH TOLL FROM A TIE
TYPHOON THAT SAVAGED THE
PHILIPPINES HAS CLIMBED TO
700.
ANOTHER 400 PEOPLE ARE STILL
MISSING.
MORE THAN 400,000 PEOPLE
HAVE LOST THEIR HOMES.
KNEW INJURIES AND DISEASE
ARE THREATENING TO TAKE MORE
LIVES.
BUT CBN DISASTER RELIEF IS
ON THE SCENE.
Reporter: ROADS BLOCKED
BY FLOODING AND BRIDGES
DESTROYED BY BRIDGES IS
MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR THE
RESCUERS TO REACH THE PEOPLE
OF BOPHA.
THAT IS WHY CBN IS USING
THIS SMALL BOAT TO BRING THE
MUCH-NEEDED RELIEF FASTER TO
SOME 28,000 HOUSEHOLDS THAT
HAVE BEEN ISOLATED.
WE COULD FEEL THE PEOPLE'S
SENSE OF HELPLESSNESS AS WE
SAW FIRSTHAND THE DAMAGE
BOPHA DID TO THEIR
COMMUNITY.
THE STORM DEVASTATED VAST
LANDS OF COCONUT PLANTATIONS
AND SCHOOLS, AND EVEN
HOSPITALS.
THERE IS A SHORT TITCH
SHORTAGE OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES
FOR THE INJURED AND THOSE
SUFFERING FROM FEVER AND
DIARRHEA.
THEY NEED NEBULIZERS AND
FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE TRACTION
FOR THEIR LEGS.
THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE
THAT NEED OPERATIONS, AND
THEY NEED AN X-RAY FOR THEIR
HEAD.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE LOST
THEIR FAMILIES.
THEY NEED TO HAVE ONE
HOSPITAL THAT IS
WELL-EQUIPPED, EVEN IT IS
JUST -- SO LONG AS THERE IS
AN ORDERLY PROCEDURE.
Reporter: WHEN THA SHE
HEARD THAT CBN DISASTER WAS
IN HER VILLAGE, SHE
IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT HER
NIECE, HANNA, FOR AN
EXAMINATION.
SHE WAS SUFFERING FROM
DEHIGHDRATION, BUT EVEN
WORSE, SHE WAS DEVASTATED BY
THE DEATH OF HER FATHER.
HER HOUSE WAS STRUCK BY A
COCONUT TREE.
WE NOW LIVE IN A MAKESHIFT
HOME.
AND ALL OF THIS IS VERY
TRAUMATIC FOR HER.
Reporter: THE DOCTOR
GIVE HER A SOLUTION TO
PREPLACE LOST FLUIDS.
AND A CBN VOLUNTEER PRAYED
FOR HEALING FOR HER BODY AND
EMOTIONAL CONDITION.
YOU ARE REALLY GOD-SENT.
ONLY A FEW ORGANIZATIONS
COME TO US.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
COMING TO OUR VILLAGE TO
HELP US.
AND SHE WAS ALSO SURPRISED
THAT CBN FOUND THEIR TENT.
SHE WAS GRATEFUL FOR THE MAT
AND BLANKET THAT ARE
IMPORTANT IN HELPING HANNA
RECOVER.
MANY MORE VICTIMS NEED
MEDICAL CARE IN THESE
ISOLATED TOWNS.
AND CBN WILL BE HOLDING MORE
MEDICAL MISSIONS IN THE
COMING YEARS.
CBN NEWS, THE PHILIPPINES.
Lee: PAT, IT IS
BREATHTAKING TO SEE THE
DESTRUCTION THAT THESE
STORMS BRING TO THIRD WORLDS
LIKE THAT, WHERE THERE IS
VERY LITTLE INFRASTRUCTURE
AND ROADS.
Pat: THE FLOODS AND THE
TORNADOES SIT THE POOREST
AREAS, AREAS LINE
BANGLADESH, WHERE PEOPLE ARE
DESPERATELY POOR.
AND THE SAME THING WITH THE
PHILIPPINES, POOR, POOR, AND
WHAT LITTLE THEY HAVE GETS
TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM.
AND SO WE NEED TO HELP.
I'VE HEARD SO OFTEN OF
CHARITIES THAT COME INTO AN
AREA -- I HEARD SOMETHING
ABOUT THAT YESTERDAY.
THEY COME IN, TAKE PICTURES,
THEY DO TV, AND THEN THEY
LEAVE.
AND THEY GO HOME AND RAISE
MONEY, BUT THEY DON'T DO
ANYTHING.
WE DON'T DO THAT.
WE GO IN EN STAY AND BRING
RELIEF, MONTH AFTER MONTH
AFTER MONTH.
WE ARE THERE TO HELP
PEOPLE.
WE CAN'T OBVIOUSLY HELP THE
WORLD, AND WE CAN'T STAY
FOREVER, BUT WE STAY A LONG
ENOUGH TIME TO BUILD SOME
HOUSES AND GIVE PEOPLE SOME
EMPLOYMENT, AND BRING
MEDICAL RELIEF.
ON THIS ONE, THE MAIN THING
THEY NEED RIGHT NOW ARE MATS
AND BLANKETS.
THEY NEED SOME HOPE.
THEY NEED HOPE.
AND WE'RE BRINGING THEM THE
WORD OF GOD.
SO IF YOU WANT TO HELP, IT
IS CBN DISASTER RELIEF FUND,
CBN CENTER, VIRGINIA BEACH,
VIRGINIA.
DISASTER RELIEF FUND.
AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE SO
DESPERATELY IN NEED OF OUR
HELP.
TERRY?
Terry: UP NEXT, IT
SEEMED LIKE A GOOD DEAL AT
THE TIME, THE DONATION OF A
MULTI-MILLION CAMPUS TO A
YOUNG SCHOOL.
SO HEAR WHY THIS COLLEGE
TURNED DOWN THAT OFFER.
AND LATER, CHRISTMAS CAROLS
FROM THE WORLD FAMOUS IRISH
TENORS.
YOU DON'T WANTx? TO MISS IT,
SO DON'T GO AWAY.
Pat: WELL, A LITTLE
INSIGHT INTO A PHASE OF
HIGHER EDUCATION YOU'LL FIND
INTERESTING, A FREE COLLEGE
CAMPUS, ALL REHABBED AND
SHINY AND PRETTY, IT SOUNDS
LIKE A GOOD DEAL, DOESN'T
IT?
BUT WHEN A CHRISTIAN
PHILANTHROPY GAVE AWAY A
FREE CAMPUS, THEY FOUND THEY
WEREN'T WELCOME IN THAT
COMMUNITY.
MARK MARTIN HAS THAT
STORYMENT.
> STORY.
WE'RE EXCITED THAT
ANNOUNCE THAT THE FACILITY
WE HAVE VOTED IS THAT
UNIVERSITY.
Reporter: STEVE GRAHAM
WAS ALL SMILES WHEN HE
ANNOUNCED HIS FAMILY'S GIFT
OF THIS HISTORIC NEW ENGLAND
CAMPUS TO GRAND CANYON
UNIVERSITY.
LITTLE DID HE KNOW THAT THE
ARIZONA CHRISTIAN-BASED
SCHOOL WOULD BACK OUT OF THE
DEAL A MONTH LATER.
THE PRESIDENT OF GRAND
CANYON UNIVERSITY SAYS THE
MISSION OF HIS SCHOOL MODELS
THE VISION OF MOODY.
WHILE DR. BRIAN MUELLER
THOUGHT THE CAMPUS WAS A
GOOD FIT FOR HI HIS SCHOOL,
UNEXPECTED EXPENSES AND
CONFLICT LED GRAND CANYON TO
GIVE THE GIFT BACK.
"WE HAD TROUBLE WITH THE
CITY OF NORFIELD, AND THE
TOWN WAS CONCERNED THAT
GROWING THE SCHOOL TO 5,000
STUDENTS WOULD ALTER THE
BASIC MISSION OF THE
SCHOOL."
THIS IS A PROGRESSIVE
VALLEY, A LIBERAL VALLEY,
WHERE IN THE NORTHEAST,
PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED THAT
THE COLLEGE NOT BE
CLOSED-MINDED, BUT
OPEN-MINDED.
Reporter: AMERICAN
CULTURE IS GROWING
INCREASINGLY COLD TO
CHRISTIANITY.
ADD THE HIGH COST OF TUITION
IN A TROUBLED ECONOMY, AND
THAT RAISES THE QUESTION:
WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD
FOR CHRISTIAN HIGHER
EDUCATION."
ALTHOUGH MUELLER PASSED ON
THE NEW SCHOOL, HE SAYS
GRAND CANYON IS
FLOURISHING.
ABOUT 1500 ATTEND CLASS AT
ITS PHOENIX CAMPUS, AND MORE
ONLINE.
MUELLER CREDITS THE
UNIVERSITY'S BUSINESS
MODEL.
WE WENT PUBLIC IN
NOVEMBER 2008, AND GOT A
$250,000 MORE INFUSION OF
FUNDS.
INVESTORS LIKED OUR BUSINESS
MODEL.
Reporter: MUELLER SAYS
THAT INVESTMENT MODEL KEPT
THE SCHOOL, WHICH AT ONE
TIME FACED $20 MILLION IN
DEBT, FROM CLOSING ITS
DOORS.
AND GOING PUBLIC HAS KEPT
TUITION DOWN.
THE AVERAGE STUDENT ONLY
PAYS $2800 FOR TUITION AFTER
SCHOLARSHIPS.
I THINK HIGHER EDUCATION
HAS TO SOLVE THE TUITION
RIDDLE, AND NO ONE HAS DONE
IT PERFECTLY, AND I THINK
GRAND CANYON HAS DONE IT
BEAUTIFULLY.
Reporter: DR. CAMPO IS
OPTMISTIC ABOUT HIGHER
EDUCATION.
HARVARD BUSINESS COOL IS
SCHOOL IS CHANGING THEIR
CURRICULUM.
WE HAVE TO BE UNABASHED, BUT
SHOW FOLKS WE ARE NOT JUST
PREPARING YOU -- WHICH WE
ARE, AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL OF
WHAT YOUR DISCIPLINE IN, BUT
ALSO PREPARE YOU FOR LIFE.
Reporter: ACCORDING TO
COLLEGESTATS.ORG, THERE ARE
990 UNIVERSITIES IN THE
U.S.
THEY SEE A GROWTH PHASE TO
SECULAR EDUCATION.
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION HAS A
UNIQUE IDEA OF SERVICE AND
SUSTAINABILITY AND CARE.
AND LIVING YOUR LIFE FOR
SOMETHING BIGGER THAN
YOURSELF.
AND CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
OFFERS THAT.
WE SEE SOME OF THE GREAT
COLLEGES THAT ARE VERY
ANTAGONISTIC TOWARDS A
CHRISTIAN WORLD VIEW.
I BELIEVE THERE IS A GREAT
NEED IN OUR COUNTRY TO HAVE
THE CHRISTIAN EDUCATION IS
THAT FRIENDLY TO THE
CHRISTIAN BIBLICAL WORLD
VIEW.
Reporter: THE GREEN
FAMILY HOPES THE MOODY
CAMPUS WILL HELP FILL THAT
NEED SOONER RATHER THAN
LATER, BUT THEY KNOWLEDGE
FINDING THE RIGHT RECIPIENT
COULD TAKE SOME TIME.
MARK MARTIN, CBN NEWS,
NORTHFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.
Pat: IT IS AMAZING.
D.L. MOODY WAS A GREAT
EVANGELIST.
HE PREACHED THE WORD OF GOD,
LED THOUSANDS TO THE LORD.
THEY FOUNDED MOODY BIBLICAL
INSTITUTE IN CHICAGO AFTER
HIM.
BUT NORTHFIELD WAS HIS BABY,
AND HE WANTED THAT FOR
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION.
IT'S REMARKABLE THAT 100
YEARS LATER THE PEOPLE IN
NORTHFIELD, THE LEADERSHIP,
SAY WE DON'T WANT CHRISTIAN
EDUCATION IN A SCHOOL THAT
WAS FOUNDED BY A LEADING
EVANGELIST.
IT IS JUST EXTRAORDINARY.
BUT WE, AT REGENT, LOOKED AT
THAT THING.
THEY SHOWED IT TO ME, AND I
SAID NO WAY, THAT WE
COULDN'T POSSIBLY MAKE THAT
THING WORK.
IT IS A BEAUTIFUL -- THE
GREENS HAVE DONE A BEAUTIFUL
JOB IN REHABING IT, IT IS
JUST A LOVELY PROPERTY, BUT
MASSACHUSETTS, IN THAT PART
OF THE WORLD, TO ATTRACT
STUDENTS, NO WAY.
IT JUST WOULDN'T HAVE FIT,
AND I DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD
WORK.
Terry: HOW IN THE
NATURE OF OPEN-MINDEDNESS?
HOW BIZARRE.
Pat: NEW ENGLAND WAS A
PLACE WHERE THEY HAD GREAT
REVIVALS.
THAT'S WHERE THEY HAD THE
TREMENDOUS PREACHING OF SOME
OF THE GREAT MEN OF GOD OF
FAITH.
AND I IT WAS A CENTER OF
CHRISTIANITY, AND IT HAS
GONE SO FAR AWAY.
WHICH SHOWS WE'VE GOT TO BE
VIGILANT BECAUSE THE ENEMY
WILL STEAL THE HERITAGE OF
CHRISTIANS.
AND THIS IS THE HERITAGE OF
CHRISTIANS.
AND IT HAS BEEN STOLEN AWAY
FROM THEM, AND NOW SECULAR
PEOPLE SAY, I'M SORRY, WE
DON'T WANT YOU ANY LONGER.
WELL, GOD IS ON THE THRONE,
AND HE WANTS US.
SPEAKING OF WHAT HE WANTS,
TALKING ABOUT SM SOMETHING
BEAUTIFUL.
WE'VE GOT SOME OF THE
GREATEST SINGERS.
THIS IRISH TENORS WILL JUST
THRILL YOUR HEART.
Terry: COMING UP, THEY
HAVE PERFORMED IN FRONT OF
PRESIDENTS, POPES, AND AT
YANKEE STADIUM.
THE IRISH TENORS JOIN US
LIVE, AND THAT'S NEXT ONpp
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Terry: THE SONG "SILENT
NIGHT" WAS FIRST PERFORMED
IN 1818 ON CHRISTMAS EVE IN
GERMANY.
SINCE THEN, IT HAS BEEN
TRANSLATED INTO MORE THAN
140 LANGUAGES, INCLUDING
SPANISH AND ITALIAN, AS
YOU'RE ABOUT TO HEAR FROM
THE IRISH TENORS.
[SINGING IN A FOREIGN
LANGUAGE]
* SILENT NIGHT
* HOLY NIGHT
* ALL IS CALM, ALL IS
BRIGHT *
* ROUND YON VIRGIN, MOTHER
AND CHILD *
* MOTHER AND CHILD
* HOLY INFANT, SO TENDER AND
MIGHT *
* SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE
* SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE
* SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE
[APPLAUSE]
Terry: WOW!
PHENOMENAL.
NOW IT IS CHRISTMAS.
WE WANT YOU TO KNOW YOU CAN
HEAR MORE CHRISTMAS SONGS
FROM THE IRISH TENORS ON
THEIR C.D.
IT IS CALLED "WE THREE
KINGS."
AND THIS IS AVAILABLE
WHEREVER MUSIC IS SOLD.
NOW, PLEASE WELCOME THE
IRISH TENORS.
IT IS SO GREAT TO HAVE YOU
WITH US AGAIN.
GOOD TO BE HERE.
Terry: LET ME START
WITH YOU, RONAN BECAUSE YOU
NOT JUST AN IRISH TENOR, BUT
YOU'RE A MEDICAL DOCTOR, AND
HAVE WON 18 GOLD MEDALS IN
THE OLYMPICS.
THAT WAS A LONG TIME
AGO.
THAT WAS WHEN I WAS ABOUT
70 POUNDS LIGHTER AND I HAD
A FULL HEAD OF HAIR.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 20 YEARS
AGO.
THAT WAS A GREAT TIME.
I WAS VERY LUCKY THAT I HAD
TWO AMAZING PARENTS WHO WERE
HIGHLY MOTIVATED, AND SHOWED
ME A GREAT DEAL OF LOVE.
AND ANYTHING I PARTICIPATED,
THEY GAVE ME 100% SUPPORT.
I WAS VERY LUCKY.
THE COMPETITORS WEREN'T AS
GOOD.
[LAUGHTER]
Terry: ANTHONY, YOU I
UNDERSTAND, ACTUALLY TAUGHT
YOURSELF MUSIC.
HOW IN THE WORLD DID YOU DO
THAT?
DID YOU WAKE UP ONE DAY AND
SAY, I THINK I'LL BE AN
IRISH TENOR?
THAT'S IT.
I WOKE UP IN THE COT
SINGING -- I'M JOKING.
I STUDIED TRADITIONAL MUSIC,
BUT I'M SELF-TAUGHT ON THE
ACCORDION.
Terry: DOES THAT GIFT
RUN IN YOUR FAMILY?
YES, EVERYBODY WOULD SING
AND PLAY AN INSTRUMENT.
Terry: THAT'S AMAZING.
SIMBA, YOU STUDIED YOUR GIFT
VERY YOUNG?
I DID.
IN THE WORDS OF A GREAT PO
POET, "THERE WERE STARS IN
THE MORNING EAST, AND THEY
DANCED WITH MUSIC."
Terry: WOW, I'M ABOUT
TO SING.
NOW, THE THREE OF UR GOING
YOU ARE GOING TO BE DOING A
SPECIAL EVENT WITH
"OPERATION BLESSING."
TELL US A LITTLE BIT WOULD
YOABOUT THAT?
THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN --
WE FEEL VERY COMPELLED TO DO
SOMETHING FOR PEOPLE IN
BREEZY POINT IN NEW YORK
BECAUSE ONE OF OUR BIGGEST,
I SUPPOSE, STANDING OVATIONS
CAME FROM MADISON SQUARE
GARDEN.
AND THE PEOPLE OF NEW YORK
HAVE BEEN WONDERFUL, AND
PARTICULARILY THE FIREMEN
AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
WERE VERY MUCH PRESENT
AROUND THAT TIME, 9/11.
AND WE WOULD LOVE TO GIVE
BACK TO THOSE PEOPLE IN NEW
YORK WHO WERE SO GENEROUS.
Terry: I THINK RIGHT
NOW, I THINK IT MEANS SO
MUCH TO HAVE PEOPLE SHOW UP
AND SAY, WE SEE YOUR PAIN
AND WE KNOW YOUR NEED.
BUT WHEN GENTLEMEN LIKE YOU
TAKE TIME OUT OF YOUR VERY
BUSY SCHEDULES AND SHOW UP,
IT IS A BOATLOAD FOR THEM.
WE'RE DELIGHTED TO BE
ABLE TO GO THERE.
AND PROVIDE COMFORT.
Terry: COMFORT, YES.
A LOT OF IRISH PEACE IS
COMING YOUR WAY.
Terry: IF YOU CAN'T
WAIT, GO RUSH OUT AND BUY
THEIR C.D.
ONCE AGAIN, IT IS CALLED "WE
THREE KINGS," AND IT'S
AVAILABLE WHEREVER MUSIC IS
SOLD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT IS WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU
HERE.
WE FEEL LIKE CHRISTMAS CAN
NOW HAPPEN.
IT IS OFFICIAL.
Terry: PAT, OVER TO
YOU.
Pat: THOSE MEN ARE
SIMPLY FANTASTIC.
I THINK THE PEOPLE IN BREEZY
POINT WILL LOVE THE FACT
THEY'RE GOING THERE TO HELP
THEM.
WE'VE BEEN HELPING THEM WITH
"OPERATION BLESSING."
IT IS JUST A GREAT THING TO
DO.
I IMAGINE AT BREEZY POINT,
THERE ARE SO MANY POLICE AND
FIREMEN, PROBABLY A LOT OF
THEM ARE IRISH.
I DON'T KNOW.
THERE ARE IS LOT OF GOOD
FOLKS UP THERE, ESPECIALLY
IN THE THIN BLUE LINE THAT
KEEPS PEOPLE SAFE.
STILL TO COME, YOUR
E-MAILS.
STEVE WANTS TO KNOW, "DID
JESUS CELEBRATE HANUKKAH?"
HANUKKAH?
WELL ANSWER THAT QUESTION
AND MORE ON TODAY'S "THE 700
CLUB."
Lee: AND WELCOME BACK
TO "THE 700 CLUB."
A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS RULED
PRO-LIFE LICENSE PLATES AND
THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
THE PROPOSED PLATES CONTAIN
THE MESSAGE "CHOOSE LIFE."
JAWU.S. DISTRICT COURT
JUDGE SAYS THE STATE CANNOT
OFFER THOSE LICENSE PLATES,
IN THE ABSENCE OF A
PRO-CHOICE PLATE,
CONSTITUTES VIOLATION OF THE
FIRST AMENDMENT.
U.S. SUPREME COURT JUSTICE
ANTHONY SCALICE DEFENDED HIS
CONSERVATIVE VIEWS DURING A
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT AT
PRINCETON.
ONE PRO-GAY STUDENT ASKED
HIM WHY HE EQUATES SODOMY ON
MURDER.
HE SAYS HE IS MERELY DRAWING
A PARALLEL ON BANS OF MORAL
ISSUES.
HE ASKED IF WE CAN'T HAVE
MORAL FEELINGS AGAINST
HOMOSEXUALITY, CAN WE HAVE
IT AGAINST MURDER AND OTHER
THINGS.
HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT
INTERPRETING LAW MEANS
ADHERING TO THE WORDS AND
THEIR MEANS AT THE TIME THEY
WRITTEN.
THE SUPREME COURT IS SET TO
HEAR TWO CASES ABOUT LAWS
THAT DEFEND TRADITIONAL
MARRIAGE.
YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE
LATEST NEWS FROM GOING TO
OUR WEBSITE AT
CBNNEWS.COM.
PAT AND TERRY WILL BE BACK
WITH MORE OF "THE 700 CLUB"
RIGHT AFTER THIS.
Pat: LISTEN TO THAT.
Terry: WELL, WE HAVE
SOME E-MAIL QUESTIONS THAT
SOME OF YOU HAVE SENT IN.
PAT, THIS FIRST ONE IS FROM
STEVE, WHO WANTS TO KNOW,
"DID JESUS CELEBRATE
HANUKKAH?"
Pat: HE DIDN'T TELL ME
HE DIDN'T.
[LAUGHTER]
Terry: YOU'RE TAKING
AWAY FROM THE CREDIBILITY
PORTION OF THIS SHOW.
Pat: WELL, I DOUBT VERY
SERIOUSLY.
IF IT IS NOT IN THE BIBLE, I
DON'T BELIEVE IT.
I DOUBT VERY SERIOUSLY IF
THERE WAS ANY CELEBRATION OF
SOMETHING CALLED HANUKKAH.
Terry: DO YOU THINK THE
OBSERVANCE OF THAT CAME
LATER, MAYBE?
Pat: I THINK SO.
WHAT OUR RESEARCH PEOPLE ARE
SAYING, IT IS SOMETHING
HAVING TO DO WITH THE
MACABES, BUT I THINK THEY
STUCK PRETTY CLOSE TO THE
OLD TRADITIONS.
Terry: A ALICE SAYS,,
"WE KNOW JESUS BECAUSE BORN
IN BETHLEHEM, BUT WHERE DID
GOD COME FROM?"
Pat: THE BIBLE DOESN'T
TELL US.
THERE WAS NEVER A TIME WHEN
HE DIDN'T EXIST.
THIS IS ONE OF THE GREAT
MYSTERIES THAT WE'RE ASKING,
WHERE DID GOD COME FROM.
IN THE MIDDLE AGES, THEY
TRIED TO COME UP WITH
SOMETHING THEY CALLED AN
UNCAUSED CAUSE, AND THEN
THEY WOULD SAY THIS WAS
CAUSED AND THIS WAS CAUSED,
AND THEN YOU COME TO THE
UNCAUSED, WHICH, OF COURSE,
DIDN'T TELL YOU ANYTHING.
WE DON'T KNOW, EXCEPT THAT
GOD TOLD US WHATEVER WAS
NEEDED TO LIVE OUR LIVES,
AND TO FIND THE SALVATION
AND HAPPINESS IN OUR LIVES,
AND THE FUTURE LIVES.
BUT HE DID NOT EXPLAIN HIS
OWN EXISTING, ACCEPT TO SAY
FROM EVER LASTING TO
EVERLASTING, THOU OUR GOD.
THAT'S ALL I KNOW BECAUSE
THAT'S ALL THE BIBLE SAYS.
Terry: THAT'S A GOOD
WAY TO LEAD INTO THIS NEXT
QUESTION, FROM BARRY, WHO
SAYS, "I GET SO DISGUSTED
WHEN SOMEONE TELLS ME I
SHOULD BELIEVE SOMETHING
SIMPLY, QUOTE,"BECAUSE THE
BIBLE TELLS ME SO," THAT IS
GOOD FOR CHILDREN, BUT WHEN
I'M TRULY SEEKING
INFORMATION, IT IS PAT
PATRONIZING TO TELL ME
THAT.
WHY SHOULD I BELIEVE
SOMETHING JUST BECAUSE AN
OLD BOOK TELLS ME
SOMETHING?"
Pat: I WROTE A BOOK
CALLED "THE SECRET
KINGDOM."
AND HERE WAS MY THEORY: GOD
IS ALMIGHTY, AND HE IS THE
ONE WHO SETS THE RULES FOR
ALL OF NATURE.
AND IF JESUS IS GOD,
WHATEVER HE SAID WAS HIS
VALID AS THE LAW OF GRAVITY,
IN TERMS OF MORAL AND
ETHICAL TEACHINGS.
ONCE I TOOK THAT PREMISES
AND BEGAN TO LOOK AT HIS
WORDS, I FOUND PRINCIPLES
THAT APPLIED TO PEOPLE IN
EVERY SOCIETY, IN EVERY
LEVEL OF LIFE.
IN EVERY SOCIALOGICAL LEVEL,
THEY ABSOLUTELY AS TRUE AS
THE LAW OF GRAVITY.
AND SO I SET FORTH THE LAW
OF RESPONSIBILITY AND SO
FORTH, AND THEY'VE RESONATED
IN PEOPLE'S HEARTS.
THAT'S -- THE BIBLE IS A
SELF-VALIDATING PIECE OF
LITERATURE.
IT VALIDATES ITSELF.
AND YOU BEGIN TO SEE TRUTHS
REGISTER IN YOUR HEART
BECAUSE THEY ARE TRUE AND
THEY WORK FOR YOU.
SO TO SAY THIS IS AN OLD,
DUSTY BOOK, YOU DON'T REALLY
KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T
STUDIED THE BIBLE.
YOU HAVEN'T UNDERSTOOD WHAT
A BLESSED THING IT IS.
IT IS ALSO AN
EXTRAORDINARILY ACCURATE
BOOK OF HISTORY.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT IS
NOT A SCIENCE TEXTBOOK.
IT NEVER WAS INTENDED AS A
SCIENCE TEXTBOOK.
IT IS A BOOK THAT TELLS US
HOW TO FIND SALVATION IN
GOD, AND HOW TO LIVE A LIFE
THAT WILL BE PLEASING TO
HIM.
THAT'S WHAT IT TELLS US.
AND IF WE FOLLOW THOSE
PRINCIPLES, WE WILL FIND
THAT WE ARE BLESSED BEYOND
MEASURE.
Terry: I THINK WHEN YOU
TALK ABOUT IT BEING A
SELF-VALIDATING BOOK, THE
PROPHECIES ARE PART OF IT
OVER THE YEARS, THAT THEN
FULFILLED THE SIGNS.
Pat: THE CHANCES ARE IN
THE BILLIONS OF ONE OF
SOMETHING BEING FULFILLED IN
THAT SAME FASHION AS TOOK
PLACE IN JESUS.
Terry: MARCUS SAYS, "I
HAVE NOTICED A TREND, YOUNG
WOMEN WEARING MINI SKIRTS
AND CHURCH.
IT MAKES MANY MEN STUMBLE.
I'M AN EX-SEX ADDICT, AND I
THINK, WHY SHOULD WE DEAL
WITH IT IN THE CHURCH.
SHOULDN'T THE PASTORS HELP
WITH THIS ISSUE?"
Pat: THEY SHOULD, BUT
THEY'RE IN FEAR OF BEING
LABELLED AS FUNDAMENTALISTS
OR WHATEVER TERM WANTS TO BE
APPLIED TO THEM.
WE USED TO SPEND A LOT OF
TIME TALKING ABOUT MODESTY,
AND TODAY, GOOD GRIEF, THEY
HAD A WHOLE SPECIAL ON CBS,
VICTORIA SECRET'S, AND THERE
WAS A HOST OF MODELS HALF
NAKED, WITH JUSTIN BIEBER.
YOU LOOK AT AVER TIECHTS
ADVERTISEMENTS AND TV, AND
THERE IS SO MUCH HUMAN FLESH
THAT WOULD BE TEMPTING JUST
TO THE NORMAL PERSON, AND
FOR A SEX ADDICT,
TREMENDOUSLY TEMPTING.
THE BIBLE SAID PEOPLE SHOULD
DRESS MODESTLY.
I THINK PASTORS FEEL THEY
WILL DRIVE YOUNG PEOPLE AWAY
IF THEY GET TOO STRICT IN
THIS REGARD.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY --
Terry: MAYBE SPEAK TO
YOUR PASTOR ABOUT IT.
Pat: A SPOON FULL OF
SUGAR HIPS THE MEDICINE GO
DOWN.
I THINK IT SHOULD BE GIVEN
WITH GRACE.
I THINK THEY SHOULD SAY,
THIS IS THE HIGHER WAY, I
WANT YOU TO BE BEAUTIFUL,
AND NOT BE BEAUTIFUL WITH
PIERCINGS AND CHEWING
BUBBLEGUM IN CHURCH.
Terry: DON'T LOOK UNDER
THE PEW.
Pat: HEAVEN HELP US,
NO.
Terry: WE THANK YOU FOR
YOUR E-MAIL QUESTIONS.
FROM THE C.O.O. OF
Facebook TO OUR LAST TWO
SECRETARIES OF STATE, FIND
OUT WHY THE TOP MINDS OF OUR
DAY GET INSPIRATION FROM
BONNIE ST. JOHN.
THAT'S NEXT.
Terry: WHEN BONNIE
ST. JOHN WAS JUST FIVE YEARS
OLD, HER LEG WAS AMPUTATED.
WHEN SHE RETURNED FROM THE
HOSPITAL, HER MOM GAVE HER A
BROCHURE, AND ON THAT
BROCHURE WAS A PICTURE OF AN
AMPUTEE ON A SKI SAYING,
"DREAM BIG."
BONNIE TOOK THAT ADVICE TO
HEART AND DREAMED BIGGER
THAN ANYONE COULD HAVE
IMAGINED.
Reporter: LIKE MANY
GREAT WOMEN, BONNIE ST. JOHN
HAS BROKEN DOWN BARRIERS TO
ACHIEVE GREAT SUCCESS.
SHE IS A ROAD SCHOLAR THAT
WENT ON TO WORK IN THE WHITE
HOUSE.
SHE IS ALSO THE FIRST
AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO WIN
OLYMPIC OR PARALYMPIC MEDALS
IN SKIING.
SHE HAS BEEN CALLED ONE OF
THE FIVE MOST INSPIRING
WOMEN IN AMERICA.
SO IT MAKES SENSE WHEN THIS
SINGLE MOTHER FELT LIKE HER
OWNED TEENAGED DAUGHTER WAS
SAYING NO TO A CALL OF
LEADERSHIP, SHE ACTED.
BONNIE AND HER DAUGHTER TEAM
UP FOR AN ADVENTURE INTO THE
LIVES OF WOMEN SHAPING THE
WORLD.
Terry: PLEASE WELCOME
TO "THE 700 CLUB," BONNIE
ST. JOHN.
IT IS GREAT TO HAVE YOU.
THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
Terry: YOU HAVE SO MANY
THINGS YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED
AND DONE, IT IS
MIND-BOGGLING.
IT IS ALMOST EASIER TO ASK
WHAT HAVEN'T YOU DONE.
ONE QUOTE OF YOURS HAS MADE
ITS WAY ON TO A STARBUCKS'
CUP.
YOU SAID "PEOPLE FALL DOWN,
WINNERS GET UP, AND GOLD
MEDAL WINNERS JUST GET UP
STRONGER."
I WAS COMPETING AND I WAS
THE THIRD RANKED ONE
ONE-LEGGED WOMAN.
BUT I WAS THE FASTEST PERSON
IN THE FIRST RUN.
BUT IN THE SECOND RUN, I HIT
A BUMP AND FELL DOWN, BUT I
GOT UP AND FINISHED.
AND SO I STILL WAS IN THIRD
PLACE BECAUSE ALL OF THE TOP
WOMEN FELL.
I GOT UP AND I WAS STILL
ABLE TO WIN.
THE WOMAN WHO WON THE GOLD
ALSO FELL DOWN, BUT SHE GOT
UP FASTER.
AND SO I LEARNED HOW
IMPORTANT IT IS TO BE ABLE
TO PICK YOURSELF UP IN ORDER
TO WIN.
Terry: AND IT IS ALSO
VERY IMPORTANT, IT SEEMS TO
ME, IN READING ABOUT YOUR
STORY, TO BE WILLING TO PUTñçñç
YOURSELF OUT THERE, JUSTñyñy
BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT IS GOING
TO MAKE YOU A BIGGER, MORE
STRETCHED, MORE PREPARED
PERSON.
YOU STARTED DOING
MOTIVATIONAL SPEECHES AFTER
YOU HAD SOME OF THESE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND YET YOU
WERE TERRIFIED WHEN YOU
STARTED DOING IT.
WHAT MADE YOU DO IT, AND
WHAT DID PUTTING YOURSELF
OUT THERE DO FOR YOU?
WELL, I ALSO HAD THE
CHALLENGE OF BEING SEXUALLY
ABUSED AS A CHILD, AND I
APPRECIATE YOU GUYS DOING
THE WORK ON THE SEX
TRAFFICKING, BECAUSE I FEEL
SO MUCH FOR THOSE WOMEN.
Terry: YES.
WHEN I HAD MY OWN
DAUGHTER, I HAD SUCH A
STRUGGLE BEING A MOTHER WITH
ALL OF THE MEMORIES OF THE
HORRORS IN MY CHILDHOOD.
AND SO WHILE I WAS SPEAKING,
I WAS ALSO DEALING WITH THE
HORRIBLE MEMORIES.
AND I REMEMBER BEING ON A
TRIP TO TRINIDAD, AND I JUST
COULDN'T BREAK DOWN IN FRONT
OF MY DAUGHTER.
SO I WOULD BE ON A TRIP AND
I WOULD JUST BREAK DOWN WITH
ALL OF THESE HORRIBLE
MEMORIES.
AND I WAS CRYING SO MUCH, I
COULDN'T GET OFF THE BED.
AND I REMEMBER PRAYING AND
GOT JUST LIFTED THAT BURD
BURDEN.
NOT PERMANENTLY, BUT ENOUGH
THAT I COULD MOVE FORWARD.
AND I KEPT PRAYING.
AND I WROTE IN THE BOOK, HOW
STRONG WOMEN PRAY A LOT
ABOUT THE HEALING.
AND TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT
THERE AND SPEAK TO OTHER
PEOPLE, AND I COULDN'T HAVE
DONE IT WITHOUT GOD.
I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT.
IT WAS SO HARD.
AND I HAD REALLY GOTTEN AWAY
FROM GOD IN MY TEEN YEARS.
SO THAT EXPERIENCE OF THIS
REALLY REAL MOMENT OF SAYING
I COULD NOT MOVE, BUT GOD
COULD MOVE ME.
THAT WAS SO REAL TO ME.
AND THAT STARTED ME BACK ON
THAT TRACK TO HEALING.
Terry: THAT WAS LIKE A
SPIRITUAL CROSSROADS --
IT WAS MY DAMASCUS.
I SAW GOD WAS REAL IN THAT
MOMENT.
Terry: YOU KNOW WHAT I
LOVE ABOUT THAT, IS THAT HE
JUST SHOWED UP FOR YOU AT
THAT MOMENT.
YOU DIDN'T ORCHESTRATE IT,
BUT HE JUST SHOWED UP.
EVEN IF I DIDN'T BELIEVE
ENOUGH IN GOD, HE BELIEVED
ENOUGH IN ME.
HE KEEPS LOOKING FOR THAT
SHEEP.
Terry: YOU MENTIONED
YOUR DAUGHTER, AND IT WAS
REALLY YOUR DAUGHTER WHO
MOTIVATED THIS "HOW GREAT
WOMEN LEAD," BOOK.
BECAUSE YOU SAW IN HER A
KIND OF UNWILLINGNESS TO
STEP UP AND TAKE POSITION
AND SORT OF AUTHENTIC
AUTHORITY --
WELL, AND SHE WOULD GET
IN CHARGE OF A CLUB, BUT
WHEN I SAID, LET'S WRITE A
BOOK ON LEADERSHIP, SHE
SAID, EW! WHY?
WHEN WE SAT DOWN WITH
CONDOLEEZZA RICE, THAT WAS A
LIFE-CHANGING MOMENT FOR
HER.
Terry: I LOVED READING
ABOUT YOUR INTERVIEW WITH
HER.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE BOOK
IS.
A COMPILATION OF INTERVIEWS
WITH TOP WOMEN.
YOU INTERVIEWED WOMEN WHO
WERE C.E.O.S OF TOP
CORPORATIONS TO A MOM OF
FIVE CHILDREN.
WHAT DID YOU LEARN?
THERE ARE SO MANY
DIFFERENT WAYS PEOPLE LEAD.
THAT'S WHY WE INCLUDED THE
STAY-AT-HOME MOM, BECAUSE I
WANTED MY DAUGHTER TO SEE
YES, THERE IS THE SECRETARY
OF STATE, BUT THERE IS A MOM
WHO HELPS IN HER
COMMUNITIES.
AND HER HUSBAND WAS A
FIREFIGHTER, AND THEY WERE
HIT BY HURRICANE SANDY AND
LOST THEIR HOUSE.
SO I'M PRAYING FOR THEM
RIGHT NOW.
SHE IS SUCH A PRAYER-FILLED
WOMAN.
ALL OF THE STORIES SHOWING
HOW MANY DIFFERENT WOMEN
LEAD IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
Terry: SO IT WORKED?
IT WORKED.
Terry: WHAT DID YOU
COME AWAY WITH?
BECAUSE YOU WERE ALREADY
DOING THAT, BUT TO HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH
THESE WOMEN WHO WERE SO
IMPACTFUL, WHAT DID YOU
LEARN?
IT REMINDS YOU YOU DO
HAVE TO STEP UP WHETHER IT
IS BIG OR SMALL.
WE WENT TO NICARAGUA, AND
SHE GOT A LOAN AND DID SO
WELL, THEY ASKED HER TO
TRAIN THE OTHER LOAN
OFFICERS.
AND WHEN WE WENT THERE AND
SAW THESE WOMEN STRUGGLING,
NOT ASKING FOR A HANDOUT,
BUT TO HAVE A CHANCE.
AND I THOUGHT, WE CAN'T JUST
DO NOTHING.
Terry: I LOVE THAT
BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S A
MESSAGE FOR ALL OF US.
NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, NO
MATTER WHAT LIFE CHALLENGES
YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO IMPACTÑ
SOMEONE ELSE'S LIFE IN AÑ
HUGE AND SIGNIFICANT WAY.
IF YOU'D LIKE MORE STORIES
FROM BONNIE ST. JOHN, YOU
NEED TO READ HER GREATEST
BOOK.
IT'S CALLED "HOW GREAT WOMEN
LEAD," IT IS A GREAT LOOK
INTO HOU THE LIVES OF WOMEN
WHO ARE SHAPING THE WORLD.
THANK YOU.
IT IS WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU
WITH US AGAIN.
THANK YOU.
Pat: ON TOMORROW'S "700
CLUB," KRISTI IS TALKING
WITH A 9/11 SURVIVOR.
THE LATEST INSTALLMENT OF
HER "VOICE OF HOPE SERIES."
NOW IT IS A THRILL ON THIS
PROGRAM TO BRING BACK THE
IRISH TENORS, TO SING THE
TITLE TRACK FROM THEIR C.D.
CALLED "WE THREE KINGS."
PLEASE WELCOME THEM.
*
* WE THREE AND KING'S OF OR
ORRI ENT *
FOLLOWING YONDER *
* GOD OF WONDER, GOD OF
NIGHT *
* GOD WITH ROYAL BEAUTY
BRIGHT *
* GUIDE US TO THY PERFECT
LIFE *
* BORN A KING ON BETHLEHEM
PLACE *
* KING FOREVER, CEASING
NEVER *
* GOD OF WONDER, GOD OF
LIGHT *
* GOD WITH ROYAL BEAUTY
BRIGHT *
* GUIDE US TO THY PERFECT
LIGHT *
* FRANKINCENSE TO OFFER OUR
KING *
* THE GOD OF NIGHT
* GOD OF WONDER, GOD OF
NIGHT *
* GOD OF ROYAL BEAUTY
BRIGHT *
* GUIDE US THROUGH THIGH
THROUGH THY PERFECT NIGHT *
*
* GOD OF WONDER, GOD OF
LIGHT *
* GOD WITH ROYAL BEAUTY
BRIGHT *
* GUIDE US THROUGH THY
PERFECT NIGHT *
* GLOR GLORIOUS *
*
* GOD OF WONDER, GOD OF
NIGHT *
* GOD WITH ROYAL BEAUTY
BRIGHT *
* GUIDE US THROUGH THIGH
PERFECT NIGHT *
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