Reporter: OKLAHOMA'S
LANDRY JONES, THE MAN WHO
TOOK HIS TEAM
TO THREE
BALLGAMES AND SET THE RECORD
FOR PASSING YARDS.
HEAR WHY HE SAID THE
ACCOLADES AREN'T ENOUGH.
I FELT LIKE I WASN'T A
MAN ANYMORE.
Terry: PLUS, WHY
IRANIANS ARE FLEEING THEIR
HOMELAND.
I HAD TO LEAVE MY
PARENTS, SO I LOST MY HOME
AND MY FAMILY.
Terry: ON TODAY'S "THE
700 CLUB."
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[APPLAUSE]
Pat: WELL, WELCOME,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TO
THIS EDITION OF "THE 700
CLUB."
LAST FRIDAY EVIL CAME TO
NEWTON, CONNECTICUT.
BUT TODAY GOOD IS
FLOURISHING, THANKS TO THE
WORK OF A RAPID RESPONSE
TEAM OF CHAPLAINS.
Terry: THESE
COUNSELLORS ARE BRINGING
SPIRITUAL COMFORT AND
SUPPORT TO THE GRIEVING
COMMUNITY, WITH THE HELP OF
SOME FOUR-FOOTED FRIENDS.
YOU, INDEED, WOULD BE
MORE THAN ADEQUATE.
Reporter: THE DAY
BEGINS WITH PRAYER, PRAYER
FOR ONE ANOTHER AND THE
COMMUNITY THEY'VE ADOPTED.
SEE YOU OUT THERE.
BE CAREFUL.
Reporter: THEY'RE
CHAPLAINS FROM THE BILLY
GRAHAM ASSOCIATION RAPID
RESPONSE TEAM.
THE FIRST GROUP ARRIVED IN
IN NEWTON, JUST HOURS AFTER
THE TRAGEDY.
I THINK OF WORDS LIKE
INTENSE AGONY, EMOTIONAL
AGONY, PAIN, THAT WITH GOD'S
GRACE, HE CAN HEAL.
AND THERE IS HOPE.
Reporter: MANY WORKED
IN THE PAST AS POLICE
OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS, AND
E.M.S.
THAT SERVICE HELPED THEM
IMMEDIATELY START
ADMINISTERING TO THE MEN AND
WOMEN RESPONDING TO A
NIGHTMARE.
NOW THEY'RE REACHING OUT
TO
ANYONE WHO NEEDS THEIR
HELP.
IT REALLY IS BOTHERING
ME.
I COULDN'T SLEEP LAST
NIGHT.
Reporter: THE CHAPLAIN
TEAM HAS RESPONDED TO OTHER
MASS SHOOTINGS, VIRGINIA
TECH, AND THE THEATER
SHOOTING IN AURORA.
BUT THE FACT THAT SO MANY OF
THE VICTIMS HERE IN NEWTON
WERE SO YOUNG MAKES THIS
TRAGEDY, THIS RESPONSE,
DIFFERENT.
ALL OF US ARE GRIEVING.
AND ONE PARTICULAR CHAPLAIN
SHARED, I DON'T KNOW IF I
COULD GO ON.
AND HERE WE ARE IN OUR
THIRD, FOURTH DAY.
AND -- BUT WE ALSO KNOW WITH
THE LORD'S STRENGTH AND HIS
HELP, WE CAN GET THROUGH
IT.
I MADE THE COMMENT, IF YOU
AREN'T BROKEN, IF YOU AREN'T
GRIEVING, YOU PROBABLY
SHOULDN'T BE HERE.
BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE
COMPASSION OF CHRIST COMES
OUT, IS
THROUGH OUR OWN
BROKENESS.
Reporter: GRETCHEN IS A
FIREFIGHTER FOR IN
PENNSYLVANIA.
SHE IS ALSO A FORMER TEACHER
WHO FELT
LED
TO NEWTON.
EVIL WAS IN THIS TOWN ON
FRIDAY, BUT LOOK AT THE GOOD
HERE TODAY.
GOD IS WITH THESE PEOPLE
VERY EVIDENTLY.
IT'S AN OUTWARD SHOW THAT
NORMALLY IS KEPT PRIVATE.
AND IT'S GOOD THAT PEOPLE
ARE TOGETHER.
Reporter: YOU CAN'T
WANDER FAR FROM THE SCHOOL
BEFORE BUMPING INTO ONE OF
THESE, COMFORT DOGS.
QUIETLY LENDING AN EAR TO
SCRATCH.
THEY'RE BRIDGES FOR
MINISTRY.
THEY'RE GIFTS FROM GOD.
THEY'RE THE GIFT TO TOUCH
PEOPLE.
DOGS ARE SAFE.
THEY SHOW UNCONDITIONAL
LOVE.
WE'LL SEE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE
HAPPY AND START PETTING THE
DOG AND THEY'LL BREAK DOWN
AND START HUGGING THE DOG.
OR THEY'LL COME SAD AND
LEAVE HAPPY.
Reporter: WHILE
CHAPLAINS CAN HELP, AND
THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE
AFFECTED BY THE CRIME THAT
THEY THOUGHT NEVER COULD
HAPPEN HERE.
JENNIFER WISHON, CBN NEWS,
NEWTON, CONNECTICUT.
Pat: IT WAS SAD, IN A
SUPREME COURT DECISION SOME
YEARS AGO -- WE ARE A
RELIGIOUS PEOPLE WHO'S
INSTITUTIONS REDISPOSE THE
EXISTENCE OF A SUPREME
BEING.
WHETHER IT IS CONNECTICUT,
TEXAS, COLORADO, CALIFORNIA,
WHEREVER IT IS, AMERICANS
ARE A RELIGIOUS PEOPLE.
AND IN TIMES OF CRISIS, THEY
TURN TO A SUPREME BEING WHO
IS ALL EYES AND ALL GOOD AND
ALL KNOWING.
I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR THE MEN
OF GOD WHO ARE WORKING NOW
IN CONNECTICUT TO HELP THOSE
WHO ARE GRIEVING.
BECAUSE GRIEF IS REAL.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, THE
HOPE WE HAVE IN JESUS CHRIST
IS MORE REAL.
AND SO I'M DELIGHTED.
NOW, THE ONE THING WE DON'T
WANT OUT OF THIS TRAGEDY IS
A KNEE-JERK REACTION, ON
ACCOUNT OF ONE CRAZY GUY WHO
HAD A SLIGHT THE DERANGED
MOTHER, WHO GOES ON A
SHOOTING RAMPAGE.
NOW THE NATION IS LOOKING
FOR ANSWERS IN THE WAKE OF
THIS TRAGEDY, AND LEE WEBB
HAS MORE ON THAT.
LEE, WHAT DO YOU HAVE?
Lee: A LOT OF FOLKS ARE
SAYING THAT THE MASSACRE AT
SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MAY BE A GAME CHANGER FOR
GUN CONTROL.
SOME GUN RIGHTS ADVOCATES
ARE SHOWING A CHANGE OF
HEART.
BUT OTHERS SAY THE MASS
SHOOTINGS IN RECENT YEARS
POINT TO ANOTHER PROBLEM: A
GROWING CULTURE OF VIOLENCE
IN AMERICA.
THEY POINT TO INCREASINGLY
REALISTIC AND GRAPHIC
VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES AND
ENTERTAINMENT.
I SPENT ENOUGH TIME ON
THIS QUESTION OF VIOLENCE IN
THE ENTERTAINMENT CULTURE TO
REACH THIS CONCLUSION: THAT
THE VIOLENCE IN THE
ENTERTAINMENT CULTURE,
PARTICULARLY WITH THE
EXTRAORDINARY REALISM TO
VIDEO GAMES AND MOVIES,
ETC., DOES CAUSE VULNERABLE
YOUNG MEN, PARTICULARLY, TO
BE MORE VIOLENT.
Lee: MENTAL HEALTH
EXPERTS ARGUE THAT THESE
MASS SHOOTINGS HAVE ANY
DEMSIONS.
NO SINGLE FACTOR CAN BE
BLAMED.
FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF THE
SHOOTER, ADAM LANZA SAY HE
SUFFERED FROM A PERSONALITY
OR MENTAL DISORDER.
IT APPEARS WASHINGTON IS
GETTING CLOSER TO A DEAL TO
AVOID THE FISCAL CLIFF.
PRESIDENT OBAMA RESPONDED TO
JOHN BOEHNER'S OFFER WITH A
NEW OFFER ON MONDAY.
OBAMA WANTS TO NOW INCREASE
TAX RATES FOR THOSE EARNING
MORE THAN $400,000 A YEAR.
THAT IS A STEP DOWN FROM
RAISING TAXES ON FAMILIES
MAKING MORE THAN $250,000,
BUT IT IS NOT THE $1 MILLION
SALARY CAP THAT JOHN BOEHNER
OFFERED.
THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN ALSO
PROPOSES $800 BILLION IN
CUTS TO PROGRAMS.
Pat: YOU WISH SOMEWHERE
ALONG THE WAY THE PRESIDENT
WOULD SAY WHAT IS GOOD FOR
THE ECONOMY.
HE IS NOT SAYING THAT.
HE KEEPS TALKING ABOUT TAX
FAIRNESS.
FORGET TAX FAIRNESS.
IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
YOU HAVE A TAX RATE, AND
PEOPLE PAY THEIR TAXES UNDER
THE RATE.
SO WHAT IS FAIR?
FAIR IS WHAT THEY PAY.
WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IS LOWER
YOUR ECONOMY.
WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IS MAKE
JOBS.
WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IS BUILD
PROSPEROUS BUSINESSES, AND
TO EMPLOY PEOPLE, AND GROW
THE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
SO THIS COUNTRY IS MORE
PROSPEROUS.
THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.
NOT WORRY SO MUCH I WEREN'T
WANT TO STICK IT TO THIS
GROUP BECAUSE THEY'RE
NOT, QUOTE,"PAYING THEIR
FAIR SHARE."
THAT IS ILLOGICAL AND IT
DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE TO
RECOGNIZE WE'RE OWING HUGE
AMOUNTS OF MONEY TO FOREIGN
COUNTRIES, OWING HUGE
AMOUNTS OF MONEY ON OUR
DEALT.
AND WE'VE GOT TO DEAL WITH
SPENDING.
AND IF THE PRESIDENT USES
SMOKE AND MIRRORS, AND SOME
OF IT IS SMOKE AND MIRRORS,
AND THEY COUNT THE END OF A
WAR AS BEING A REDUCTION IN
SPENDING, LIKE IT IS SOMEHOW
VIRTUOUS, WELL, THAT IS NOT
ENOUGH.
BUT, ANY WAY, THEY'RE
GETTING THERE.
AND WE'LL ALL BREATHE EASIER
UNTIL THE NEXT CRISIS.
I THINK JOHN BOEHNER IS
SHOWING GREAT STATESMANSHIP,
AND HOPEFULLY THE
PRESIDENT -- HE HAS DONE ONE
OF THE NEGOTIATING TRICKS
PEOPLE DO.
YOU MAKE AN ABSOLUTELY
OUTRAGEOUS PROPOSAL, AND
THEN PEOPLE NEGOTIATE OFF OF
THAT.
AND HE SAYS, LOOK, I'M
MAKING CONCESSIONS.
WELL, CONCESSIONS TO BEING
REASONABLE -- IN ANY EVENT,
IF THEY GET TOGETHER, I
THINK AMERICANS WILL BREATHE
A SIGH OF RELIEF.
Lee: PAT, SOME TAXES
ARE EXPECTED TO GO UP, NO
MATTER WHAT.
AND SPENDING CUTS ARE
COMING, TOO, THAT COULD
SPELL DISASTER FOR STATES
ALREADY SUFFERING WITH
ECONOMIC PROBLEMS.
HEATHER CELLS REPORTS ON THE
ANXIETY IN CALIFORNIA.
Reporter: CALIFORNIA
BOASTS THE LARGEST ECONOMY
IN THE U.S., AND THE EIGHTH
LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE
WORLD.
BUT THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
STANDS AT 10.1%.
AND THEY FEEL THE STANDOFF
COULD SERIOUSLY HURT
CALIFORNIA'S EFFORTS AT
ECONOMIC RECOVERY.
MOST PEOPLE THINK THAT
THE ECONOMY WOULD BE DRAWN
INTO RECESSION.
AND THAT WOULD AFFECT THE
STATE'S ECONOMY AND
REVENUES, AND RESULT IN
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF LESS
TAX REVENUE FOR THE STATE.
Reporter: HERE IS WHAT
COULD HAPPEN: MORE THAN
200,000 PEOPLE LOSE THEIR
JOBS.
THE STATE WOULD LOSE UP TO
$4.5 BILLION IN FEDERAL
FUNDS, AND THE STATE BUDGET
COULD SHRINK BY $11 BILLION
OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT
AREAS, DEFENSE CONTRACTORS.
CUTS IN MILITARY SPENDING
COULD KILL 135,000 JOBS IN
CALIFORNIA ALONE.
ACROSS THE STATE, ACTIVISTS
ARE PRESSING WASHINGTON FOR
A DEAL AS 360,000 UNEMPLOYED
CALIFORNIANS CONSIDER THE
PROSPECT OF LOSING
BENEFITS.
IF THE ECONOMY CONTINUES
TO SLOW AS MUCH AS IT IS
NOW, IT WILL BE HARD FOR ME
TO FIND A JOB, IF FIND ONE
AT ALL.
Reporter: AND
CALIFORNIANS FACE A DOUBLE
WHAMMY ON TAXES.
AND VOTERS APPROVED A SALES
TAX I INCREASE OF ONE
QUARTER OF 1% FOR 2013.
IF LAWMAKERS DON'T ACT,
THEY'LL GET HIT WITH HIRE
INCOME TAXES AS WELL.
HEATHER CELLS, CBN NEWS.
Lee: THE PEOPLE OF
HAWAII AND LAWMAKERS IN
WASHINGTON ARE MOURNING THE
DEATH OF SENATOR DANIEL
INOWA.
HE DIED MONDAY OF
RESPIRATORY
COMPLICATIONS.
THE DEMOCRAT SPENT 50 YEARS
IN THE U.S. SENATE.
MAKING HIM THE LONGEST
SERVING SENATOR AT THE TIME
OF HIS DEATH.
HE BROKE BARRIERS AS THE
FIRST JAPANESE PERSON TO
SERVE IN CONGRESS.
HE WON THE MEDAL OF HONOR
DURING WORLD WAR II AND LOST
AN ARM IN THAT BATTLE.
HE PLAYED KEY ROLES IN THE
WATERGATE SCANDAL.
AND PRESIDENT OBAMA HAILED
HIM AS A, QUOTE,"TRUE
AMERICAN HERO."
PAT?
Pat: I'LL ADD MY VOICE
TO THAT.
HE WAS ONE OF THE MOST
GRACIOUS GENTLEMEN YOU COULD
EVER MEET.
HE WAS VERY GENTLE AND
WISE.
AND HE HAD THE CONGRESSIONAL
MEDAL OF HONOR, WHICH IS THE
HIGHEST AWARD WE CAN GIVE
FOR MILITARY VALOR.
SO DESPITE WHAT WAS BEING
DONE TO JAPANESE-AMERICANS
IN THE INTERMMENT CAMPS, HE
CAME FORWARD AS A TRUE
AMERICAN HERO.
AT 88, HE PASSED AWAY.
BUT HE WILL CERTAINLY BE
MISSED.
HE SERVED WITH MY FATHER IN
THE UNITED STATES SENATE.
THEY WERE GOOD FRIENDS.
AND I THINK THAT I HE IS
JUST ONE OF THOSE GIANTS
THAT HAVE COME ACROSS THE
SCENE IN AMERICAN POLITICAL
LIFE THAT WE ALL WISH WERE
STILL IN OFFICE.
AND WE MOURN HIS PASSING.
THERE IS SOMETHING UNUSUAL
THAT HAS HAPPENED.
AND IMMIGRANT OF INDIAN
ANCESTRY HAS APPOINTED AN
AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO THE
UNITED STATES SENATE FROM
GUESS WHERE?
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Lee: SOUTH CAROLINA
GOVERNOR NIKKI HALEY
ANNOUNCED SHE WILL APPOINT
TIM SCOTT TO THE SENATE.
SCOTT IS A TEA PARTY
FAVORITE.
HE WILL REPLACE JIM DEMINT,
WHO IS LEADING IN FEBRUARY
TO HEAD UP THE HERITAGE
FOUNDATION.
SCOTT IS GIVING CREDIT TO
HIS MOTHER, JESUS CHRIST,
AND A CHRISTIAN MENTOR FOR
HIS SUCCESS.
SCOTT WILL BECOME THE ONLY
AFRICAN-AMERICAN SERVING IN
THE U.S. SENATE.
AND HE'LL BE THE SOUTH'S
FIRST BLACK REPUBLICAN
SENATOR SINCE RECONSTRUCTION
IN THE 1800s.
MORE THAN 40 CASES HAVE BEEN
FILED AGAINST THE
PRESIDENT'S CONTRACEPTION
MANDATE.
IT IS THE PART OF OBAMACARE
THAT FORCES EMPLOYERS TO
COVER ABORTION-CAUSING
CONTRACEPTIVES IN THEIR
HEALTH CARE PLANS.
IT EVEN APPLIES TO COMPANIES
AND MINISTRIES WITH SERIOUS
RELIGIOUS OBJECTIONS.
PAUL STRAND WAS ON HAND AS
TWO CHRISTIAN COLLEGES ARGUE
FOR THEIR RIGHT TO SUE.
Reporter: AS FAR AS HE
IS CONCERNED, HE WAS
BATTLING FOR THE RELIGIOUS
LIBERTY OF ALL AMERICANS.
THEY OBJECT TO THE OBAMA
CARE THAT THEIR HEALTH CARE
PAYS FOR CONTRACEPTIONS.
THIS BRINGS TOGETHER A
CATHOLIC AND EVANGELICAL
COLLEGE.
SHOWING THAT IT IS NOT JUST
A MATTER FOR CATHOLICS OR
JUST ABOUT CONTRACEPTION.
IT IS A CASE WHERE THE
GOVERNMENT CAN FORCE YOU TO
SAY WE'RE GOING TO FORCE YOU
TO BREAK YOUR FAITH OR
YOU'LL FACE A FINE.
TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THIS IS
THE LARGEST NUMBER OF
LAWSUITS FILED AGAINST THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON A
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY ISSUE IN
THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY.
THE PRINCIPLE THAT WILL
BE SET DOWN IN THESE CASES,
WE HOPE, WILL PROTECT PEOPLE
FROM HAVING THEIR RELIGIOUS
BELIEFS VIAL LATED AND
COERCCOERCED BY
HEAVY-HANDED GOVERNMENT.
THERE IS A FUNDAMENTAL
ISSUE HERE HAS AFFECTS ALL
OF US.
Reporter: HERE AT THE
WASHINGTON, D.C. CIRCUIT
COURT OF APPEALS, THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION ARGUES THE
COLLEGES SHOULDN'T BE ABLE
TO SUE RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE IT
IS PROMISING TO WORK ON SOME
SORT OF ACCOMMODATION FOR
THOSE OBJECTERS.
THEY MADE THAT PROMISE
BACK IN MARCH.
GOVERNMENT CANNOT REGULATE
ON PROMISE.
GOVERNMENT CANNOT REGULATE
BY SAYING TRUST US.@
Reporter: DUNCAN SAYS
THE CLUTCHES HAV COLLEGESú
HAVE TO PREPARE NOW FOR
FISCAL FINES.
THEY HAVE TO PREPARE FOR
FINES ON THE ORDER OF
$100,000 FOR WHEATON.
Reporter: SO FAR THE
OBJECTION FROM THE OBAMA
WITH RELIGIOUS OBJECTIONS,
LUMP, YOU'LL HAVE TO FOLLOW
THE RULES.
BUT THE ACTUAL FATE OF THE
H.H.S. MANDATE IS FAR FROM
SETTLED.
PAUL STRAND, REPORTING FROM
THE WASHINGTON, D.C. COURT
APPEALS.
Lee: PAT, YOU'RE THE
CHANC CHANCELLOR OF REGENT
UNIVERSITY, AND WHAT ARE
YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS?
Pat: I THINK THESE
MANDATES ARE OUTRAGEOUS.
THE LIBERALS WANT TO FORCE
PEOPLE THEM TO DO WHAT THEY
WANT THEM TO DO.
THERE IS NOTHING LIBERAL
ABOUT IT.
THEY WANT TO FORCE YOU INTO
THEIR MOLD.
WHATEVER THEY THINK IS
RIGHT.
THEY'RE GOING TO USE THE
POWER OF THE STATE TO COERCE
YOU.
AND IF YOU WILL NOT DO IT,
THEY'LL PUT YOU IN JAIL OR
THEY'LL FINE YOU OR SOMEHOW
PENALIZE YOU.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE FACING
HERE.
I THINK SOONER OR LATER,
PEOPLE HAVE GOT TO RECOGNIZE
IT.
I AM ASTOUNDED IN THIS LAST
ELECTION THAT CATHOLICS
DIDN'T MAKE MORE OF A STIR,
AND THEY WEREN'T MORE VOCAL
IN TERMS OF WHERE THEY
VOTED.
THAT HEALTH CARE BILL WAS A
MOMONSTROSITY.
NANCY PELOSI SAID WE'VE GOT
TO VOTE FOR IT SO WE CAN
FIND OUT WHAT IS IN IT.
WHAT A RIDICULOUS THING TO
SAY.
BUT SHE SAID IT.
SHE IS THE SPEAKER OF THE
DEMOCRATIC HOUSE.
YOU'VE GOT TO VOTE FOR IT SO
WE SEE WHAT IS IN IT.
2600, 2700 PAGES OF GLOBAL
GOBBLEDY GOOP, AND IT
DOESN'T SPELL OUT EXACTLY
WHAT THEY ARE.
YOU'VE GOT ALL KINDS OF
WAIVERS AND ALL KINDS OF
CONFUSION.
IT IS AN MONSTROSITY.
BUT IT WAS AN ATTEMPT FOR
THE SO-CALLED LIBERALS TO
TAKE OVER THE ECONOMY.
THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO
DO.
THEY WANT TO CONTROL YOUR
LIFE. AND WE WANT, THE
CONSERVATIVES WANT,
FREEDOM.
THEY WANT TO BE FREE TO
PURSUE THE GOD-GIVEN
INSTINCTS IN THEIR HEART.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THE
PROGRESSIVES WANT.
KEEP IN MIND, THIS IS
SOCIALISM.
THIS IS THE HEAVY HAND OF A
NANNY STATE.
THIS IS JUST WHAT YOU'LL
HAVE UNDER MARKSISM, AND
THAT'S WHAT THESE PEOPLE
WANT.
IF YOU'RE A FREEDOM-LOVING
INDIVIDUAL, YOU DON'T WANT
THAT.
YOU WANT FREEDOM.
SO IT DIDN'T SEEM TO MAKE
ANY DIFFERENCE IN THE LAST
ELECTION.
MAYBE AMERICANS DON'T CARE
ANYMORE.
LET'S HOPE THEY DO.
TERRY?
Terry: UP NEXT, A
CHURCH IN EAST BERLIN, WHO'S
CONGREGATION HAS BEEN
DOUBLED BY, GET THIS, A
FORMER MUSLIM.
AND THEN LATER ON, TOP
COLLEGE QUARTERBACK LANDRY
JONES WILL TALK ABOUT HOW HE
ALMOST GAVE UP ON THE GAME
AND HIMSELF.
Pat: WELL, AS FAR AS
RELIGIOUS MATTERS GO,
EUROPE, ONCE THE CRADLE OF
CHRISTIAN THOUGHT, HAS BEEN
CALLED NOW THE NEW DARK
CONTINENT.
CHURCH ATTENDANCE IS
EXTREMELY LOW, ESPECIALLY IN
THE OFFICIAL STATE
CHURCHES.
BUT SPIRITUAL REVIVAL HAS
COME TO SOME GERMAN
CHURCHES.
FROM WHAT SOURCE?
MUSLIM CONVERTS FROM IRAN.
DALE HERD REPORTS FROM
BERLIN.
Reporter: PARTS OF
GERMANY ARE AMONG THE MOST
GODLESS AREAS IN THE WORLD.
POLLING SHOWS THAT BELIEF IN
GOD IN THE OLD EAST GERMANY
IS ONLY 13%.
BUT CHURCH ATTENDANCE IS
GROWING HERE, THANKS TO
FORMER MUSLIMS FROM IRAN.
PERSIAN CONQRANTS GROW.
SUDDENLY NEW PEOPLE
STARTED COMING EVERY WEEK
AND ASKED TO THE BAPTIZED.
IN THE BEGINNING, ONLY FIVE
OR SIX IRANIANS CAME.
THEY WERE EASY TO SPOT, AND
WE GOT TO KNOW THEM.
AND OVER TIME, THEY BROUGHT
THEIR FRIENDS AND
NEIGHBORS.
Reporter: GERMANY HAS
EXPERIENCED A SEARCH IN
ISLAM THIS YEAR.
MUSLIMS CONDUCTED A
NATIONWIDE CAMPAIGN TO GIVE
AWAY QURANS, IN A COUNTRY
THAT HAS LARGELY TURNED ITS
BACK ON CHRISTIANITY.
BUT ISLAMIC CURDS HAVE
ALREADY EXPERIENCED ISLAM IN
THEIR NATIVE LAND.
MICHAEL ASKED THAT WE
DISGUISE HIS FACE TO PROTECT
HIS FAMILY IN IRAN.
I MET A FEW TIMES WITH
FRIENDS IN TEHRAN, AND THERE
WE SPOKE ABOUT JESUS.
AND WE TRIED TO DO A BIBLE
STUDY SOMETIMES WITHOUT AN
ACTUAL BIBLE.
Reporter: ALL OF THE
PERSIANS WE TALKED TO
ACCEPTED CHRIST IN IRAN, AND
THEN HAD TO EITHER FLEE OR
RISK PRISON OR DEATH.
I WAS ON MY WAY TO A
HOUSE CHURCH MEETING WHEN I
SAW POLICE OUTSIDE THE
FLAT.
SO I DIDN'T GO IN.
AND LATER I CALLED MY
MOTHER.
SHE SAID THE POLICE WERE
HERE LOOKING FOR YOU.
SO MY FAMILY HELPED ME FLEE
THE COUNTRY.
WHEN I WAS IN IRAN, I
WANTED TO BECOME A
CHRISTIAN, BUT IT'S REALLY
DIFFICULT TO LEARN ABOUT
CHRISTIANITY IN IRAN.
IT IS FORBIDDEN FOR A MUSLIM
TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN.
IT WAS REALLY DIFFICULT.
I HAD TO LEAVE MY PARENTS.
SO I LOST MY HOME AND MY
FAMILY.
Reporter: ROSEMARY SAYS
THE PERSIANS WERE SURPRISED
TO FIND SO MANY GERMANS
DISINTERESTED IN
CHRISTIANITY.
MOST OF THEM BECAME
CHRISTIANS IN IRAN, AND KNOW
MORE ABOUT CHRISTIANITY THAN
YOU WOULD EXPECT.
THEY ARE AHEAD OF US, IN A
RESPECT, BECAUSE THEY HAVE
ALREADY BEEN PERSECUTEED FOR
JESUS CHRIST.
AND THEY FELT THAT A LOT OF
GERMANS ARE CHRISTIANS IN
NAME ONLY AND THEY TAKE
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FOR
GRANTED.
Reporter: SOME GERMANS
ARE SUSPICIOUS OF THE
CONVERSIONS, BECAUSE BEING
BAPTIZED CAN HELP THEM STAY
IN GERMANY, RATHER THAN
BEING DEPORTED.
I DID SUSPECT THAT SOME
OF THEM WANTED TO BE
BAPTIZED SO THEY COULD STAY
IN GERMANY.
BUT THAT HAS BEEN THE CASE
FOR ONLY A FEW.
IN FACT, SOME HAVE COME BACK
TO OUR FAITH AND BAPTISM
CLASS FOR THE FOURTH TIME.
Reporter: IT IS NOT
KNOWN HOW MANY HAVE
CONVERTED AND JOINED
CHURCHES IN JOHN F. KENNEDY,
IN GERMANY.
AT THE HOUSE OF GOD'S HELP,
IT HAS REINVIGORATED THE
CONGREGATION.
DALE HERD, CBN NEWS.
Pat: A CLOUD NO BIGGER
THAN GOD'S HAND.
THAT'S EXCITING NEWS.
Terry: COMING UP, THE
SUNAR WHO WAS NAMED THE TOP
QUARTERBACK IN OKLAHOMA.
LANDRY JONES TELLS HOW A
BASKETBALL STAR CHANGED HIS
LIFE.
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Pat: WELL, THE REGULAR
COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON IS
OVER.
THE ARMY-NAVY GAME WAS THE
LAST ONE.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO
THE BOWEL GAMES.
I'M NOT SURE THEY HAVE
SELECTED ALL OF THE
CONTESTANTS, BUT MOST OF THE
BOWL CONTESTANTS ARE BEING
NAMED.
IN A FEW WEEKS, OKLAHOMA
QUARTERBACK LANDRY JONES AND
TEXAS A&M HEISMAN TROPHY
WINNER JOHNNIE MANSELL, WILL
GO HEAD TO HEAD IN ONE OF
THE BIGGEST STAGES IN
COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
THE AT&T COTTON BOWEL.
IT IS THE FOURTH BOWEL GAME
ATTENDANCE FOR LANDRY, AND
JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, HE
THOUGHT ABOUT ENDING HIS
FOOTBALL CAREER AND HIS
LIFE.
Reporter: OKLAHOMA
QUARTERBACK LANDRY JONES IS
ONE OF THE TOP COLLEGE
Q.B.s IN THE COUNTRY.
HE HAS LED THE SOONERS TO
THREE BOWEL GAME VICTORIES.
AND, YES, WITH ALL OF THAT
SUCCESS, IT IS HARD TO
BELIEVE THAT HE ONCE
CONSIDERED HIMSELF AS
NOTHING MORE THAN A
FAILURE.
I GREW UP IN CHURCH, BUT
I SHOULDN'T REALLY -- I DID
ACCEPT CHRIST, BUT IT WAS
ONE OF THOSE THINGS I DIDN'T
KIND OF WALK IT OUT.
I DIDN'T KNOW REALLY WHO I
WAS AND WHAT I STOOD FOR.
I FELT EMASCULATED.
I FELT LIKE I WASN'T A MAN
ANYMORE.
FELT LIKE I WASN'T GOOD
ENOUGH FOR PEOPLE.
Reporter: LANDRY HAS
BEEN PLAYING FOOTBALL SINCE
THE FIRST GRADE.
BY THE TIME HE WAS A SENIOR
IN HIGH SCHOOL, HE WAS A
FRIDAY NIGHT CELEBRITY.
AND THINGS WERE GOING SO
WELL, HE FELT HE REALLY
DIDN'T NEED GOD.
IT WAS ALWAYS, LIKE, WHY,
WHAT'S THE NEED?
IF I HAVE EVERYTHING I WANT
TO HAVE IN THIS LIFE, WHAT'S
THE NEED FOR HAVING GOD OR
ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
Reporter: JUST BEFORE
HE GRADUATED FROM HIGH
SCHOOL, LANDRY COMMITTED TO
PLAY FOR OKLAHOMA.
THAT'S WHERE A HARSH REALITY
SET IN.
I GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL
EARLY.
SO I CAME IN IN THE MIDDLE,
IN JANUARY, AND ALL OF THE
GUYS IN '07 HAD THEIR
FRIENDS AND HAD THEIR
CLICHES GOING.
Reporter: THAT WAS
SOCIALLY, BUT IT WAS EVEN
WORSE WITH FOOTBALL BECAUSE
OKLAHOMA ALREADY HAD A
STARTING QUARTERBACK IN
NUMBER 14, SAM BRADFORD.
AND LANDRY THOUGHT IT WOULD
BECOME A STARTER BY JUST
SIMPLY SHOWING UP.
MY MINDSET WAS I WOULD
COME IN AND START.
I NEVER DID REACH THAT GOAL,
AND IT SHOOK ME.
IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO
COMPREHEND AND UNDERSTAND
WHAT WAS GOING ON.
Reporter: HOW DID YOU
HANDLE THAT?
ALL OF MY IDENTITY WAS IN
FOOTBALL AND GIRLS.
AND THOSE ARE WORLDLY
THINGS.
AND I HAD NOTHING TO THROW
BACK ON.
Reporter: LANDRY THREW
HIMSELF INTO THE PARTY
LIFESTYLE, LOOKING TO
SUPPRESS WHAT HE WAS
FEELING.
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU WERE
TRYING TO CREATE THE SAME
ATMOSPHERE YOU HAD IN HIGH
SCHOOL?
RIGHT.
I JUST FELT EMPE EMPTY.
Reporter: IT WAS AT
THAT TIME LANDRY MET
WHITNEY, A RISING BASKETBALL
STAR.
THERE WAS A LIGHT INSIDE
OF HER, A JOY THAT NEVER
SEEMED TO RUN OUT.
I STARTED DIGGING DEEPER,
AND I FOUND OUT THAT SHE WAS
A CHRISTIAN, AND SHE HAS
BEEN WALKING HER FAITH OUT.
Reporter: WHEN LANDRY
WENT HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
BREAK, HE COULDN'T HELP
THINKING ABOUT WHITNEY AND
HER FAITH.
BEING AROUND HIS FAMILY
AGAIN BROUGHT BACK MEMORIES
OF HOW HE WAS RAISED.
ALL OF MY THINGS FROM MY
CHILDHOOD AND ABOUT GOD, AND
HOW IMPORTANT OF HAVING THAT
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM CAME
FLOODING BACK INTO MY
MEMORY.
THAT'S WHEN GOD REALLY
GRABBED MY HEART AND WAS
KIND OF AFTER ME.
Reporter: LANDRY PRAYED
AND REDEDICATED HIS LIFE TO
THE LORD.
AND EVEN EVERYTHING BEGAN TO
MAKE SENSE.
EVERY TIME I PRAYED, I
WOULD HEAR, YOUR MY SON,
YOUR THE SON OF GOD.
THAT'S ALL I WOULD HEAR,
YOU'RE MY SON AND I'M PROUD
OF YOU.
THAT THEME OF I'M A SON OF
GOD WAS ALWAYS WHAT GOD WAS
SPEAKING TO ME IN THAT FIRST
COUPLE OF MONTHS WHEN I
STARTED THAT RELATIONSHIP
WITH HIM.
Reporter: TOWARDS THE
END OF THE NEXT SEASON,
SENIOR QUARTERBACK SAM
BRADFORD SUFFERED A SERIES
OF INJURIES BEFORE LEAVING
FOR THE NFL, AND LANDRY WAS
GIVEN HIS SHOT.
I WAS, LIKE, TEACH ME,
MOLD ME.
SHOW ME HOW TO LEAD THESE
GUYS AND WHY I PLAY FOOTBALL
AND WHAT IS MY PURPOSE IN
THIS SPORT.
AND BEING A QUARTERBACK IS
KIND OF WHAT GOD PUT ME IN
IN MOLDING MEN AND SHOWING
THEM HOW TO BE MEN OF GOD.
Reporter: LANDRY IS NOW
IN HIS SENIOR YEAR, IN
PURSUIT OF HIS FOURTH BOWEL
GAME CHAMPIONSHIP WITH HIS
EYES ON THE NFL.
AND IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHAT
HAPPENED TO WHITNEY, THEY
WERE MARRIED THIS LAST
JULY.
AND HE SAYS HIS NUMBER ONE
PRIORITY IS TO MODEL HOW TO
BE A GODLY MAN.
WHENEVER I THINK ABOUT
JESUS AND WHAT HE DID ON THE
CROSS, THE WORD THAT ALWAYS
COMES BACK TO ME IS, "I'M
THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE
LIFE."
HE IS TRUTH, HE IS THE WAY,
HE IS THE LIFE.
IF YOU WANT LIFE AND YOU
WANT TRUTH, YOU FIND JESUS,
AND THAT'S ALL WRAPPED UP IN
ONE PERSON.
Pat: YOU ARE MY SON,
AND I'M PROUD OF YOU.
ISN'T THAT INTERESTING?
THE GUY IS AWAY FROM GOD,
BUT DOES GOD COME AND REBUKE
HIM, SAYING YOU SINNED?
THAT'S NOT THE WAY THE
FATHER DOES IT.
HE DRAWS US WITH CORDS OF
LOVE.
HE DRAWS US WITH LOVE.
AND THEN HE TELLS US ABOUT
HIS LOVE.
HOW HE GAVE HIS OWN SON TO
DIE THAT YOU AND I MIGHT
LIVE.
AND HIS SON SAID, "I AM THE
WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE
LIFE.
NOBODY COMES TO THE FATHER
BUT BY ME."
"I'M THE WAY."
SO HERE YOU HAVE A STAR
QUARTERBACK, PROBABLY THE
TOP ONE IN THE NATION, WHO
SAYS JESUS IS EVERYTHING.
HE IS THE WAY, THE TRUTH,
AND THE LIFE.
LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING, DO
YOU KNOW THE LOVE OF GOD
WHICH PASSES UNDERSTANDING?
IT IS SO GREAT YOU CAN'T
UNDERSTAND IT.
THE BIBLE SAYS "EYE HASN'T
SEEN IT, EAR HASN'T HEARD
IT, NEITHER HAS IT ENTERED
INTO THE HEART OF MAN WHAT
GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THEM
THAT LOVE HIM."
IT IS SO WONDERFUL, WE CAN'T
CONCEIVE OF IT, ACCEPT THE
HOLY SPIRIT REVEALS IT.
I WANT TO ASK YOU RIGHT NOW,
AS WE APPROACH CHRISTMAS,
WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW THE
SON OF GOD?
WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE BORN
AGAIN?
WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE JOY
AND PURPOSE IN YOUR LIFE?
IF YOU WOULD, I WANT YOU TO
JUST PRAY A SIMPLE PRAYER,
AND I WANT YOU TO LET JESUS
GET INSIDE, IN YOUR HEART.
I WANT YOU TO PRAY WITH ME.
PRAY WITH YOUR MOUTH, PRAY
WITH YOUR HEART, AND MEAN
WHAT YOU SAY.
RIGHT NOW.
WHEREVER YOU ARE, MEN AND
WOMEN, BOYS AND GIRLS,
TOGETHER, SOME OF YOU,
HUSBAND AND WIFE.
BOW YOUR HEAD RIGHT NOW.
PRAY THESE WORDS.
JESUS -- DO IT NOW!
JESUS, I KNOW YOU DIED FOR
ME, AND I KNOW THAT YOU ROSE
AGAIN THAT I MIGHT LIVE
FOREVER.
AND SO, LORD JESUS, AT THIS
MOMENT I OPEN THE DOOR OF MY
HEART TO YOU.
AND I ASK YOU, COME IN, TAKE
OVER MY LIFE, AND FROM THIS
MOMENT I RECEIVE THE LOVE OF
GOD.
AND I WILL LIVE FOR YOU AND
I WILL SERVE YOU AL OF THE
DAYS OF MY LIFE.
THANK YOU, JESUS, THAT
YOU'VE HEARD MY PRAYER.
AND THANK YOU, LORD, THAT
YOU'VE COME INTO MY HEART.
AND FOR THOSE WHO PRAYED
WITH ME, I WANT TO PRAY FOR
YOU.
FATHER, RIGHT NOW, MAY THE
POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT OF
GOD COME INTO THEIR LIVES,
INTO EACH ONE.
IN THE NAME OF JESUS, BE
FILLED WITH HIS SPIRIT.
AMEN.
AND AMEN.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU
SOMETHING.
YOU JUST PRAYED WITH ME --
IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT
PRAYER YOU'VE EVER PRAYED.
I HAVE SOMETHING CALLED A
NEW DAY.
IT IS A LITTLE C.D. IN HERE
THAT TELLS YOU WHAT YOU JUST
DID.
IT TELLS YOU WHAT IT MEANS
TO BE BORN AGAIN.
IT TELLS YOU WHAT AN
EXCHANGED LIFE IS.
IT TELLS YOU THE FACT THAT
JESUS IS COMING AGAIN.
IT TELLS YOU THE SIGNS OF
THE TIMES.
ALL OF THIS IS HERE IN THIS
LITTLE C.D.
I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU FREE.
YOU CALL AND SAY, LOOK, I
PRAYED WITH PAT.
I GAVE MY HEART TO THE
LORD.
WHAT A WONDERFUL WAY TO
CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS.
AS BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIAN.
1-800-759-0700.
IT IS A TOLL-FREE NUMBER.
CALL NOW.
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY FREE.
NO FINANCIAL OBLIGATION
WHATSOEVER.
EVEN IF YOU DON'T WANT TO
GIVE US YOUR NAME, THAT'S
FINE, TOO.
BUT IF YOU WANT THIS BOOK,
YOU'LL HAVE TO TELL US HOW
TO SEND IT.
BUT OTHER THAN, JUST CALL
AND SAY I PRAYED WITH PAT.
I'M NOW A CHILD OF GOD.
1-800-759-0700.
COUNSELLORS ARE HERE WHO
LOVE YOU.
ALL RIGHT, TERRY HAS GOT
MORE.
Terry: WELL, STILL
AHEAD, IT'S ONE OF OUR
FAVORITE CHRISTMAS CAROLS,
BUT THERE WAS A TIME WHEN IT
WAS SUNG IN SECRET.
LEARN ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF
THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS.
THAT'S LATER ON TODAY'S "THE
700 CLUB."
PLUS WE HAVE YOUR E-MAIL
QUESTIONS, LIKE THIS ONE
FROM JIM, WHO WANTS TO KNOW
"IS THERE SUCH A THING AS AN
UNFORGIVABLE SIN IN GOD'S
EYES?"
STANDARD FOR THASTAY TUNED
AS WE BRING IT ON.
Reporter: WELCOME BACK
TO WASHINGTON FOR THIS CBN
NEWS BREAK.
A NEW STUDY SHOWS MORE
CHILDREN ARE NOW BORN
OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE.
THAT REPORT RELEASED BY THE
NATIONAL MARRIAGE PROJECT IN
THE INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN
VALUES.
IT FOCUSES ON WHAT IT CALLS
MIDDLE AMERICA, AND NEARLY
60% OF AMERICANS WHO
COMPLETE HIGH SCHOOL BUT NOT
COLLEGE.
AMONG THAT GROUP, 44% OF
CHILDREN ARE NOW BORN
OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE.
THAT'S UP 13% SINCE THE
1980s.
STUDY CO-AUTHORITY BRAD WILL
COX SAYS MARRIAGE IN MIDDLE
AMERICA IS AT A TIPPING
POINT, WITH UNWED CHILD
BEARING THREATENING TO
BECOME THE NEW NORM.
CHILDREN RANGED OUTSIDE OF
MARRIAGE ARE MORE LIKELY TO
SUFFER FROM A RANGE OF
SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL
PROBLEMS.
POPULAR CHRISTIAN RADIO HOST
FRANK PATORI DIED ON MONDAY
FROM INJURIES HE RECEIVED IN
A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT.
FOR NINE YEARS, HE HOSTED A
SHOW OUTSIDE OF LOS ANGELES,
TURNING IT INTO ONE OF THE
LARGEST CHRISTIAN TALK SHOWS
IN AMERICA.
SOME SAY HE PROPHESIED HIS
DEATH HOURS BEFORE THE
ACCIDENT THAT EVENTUALLY
TOOK HIS LIFE.
HE SAID RIDING A MOTORCYCLE
ON THE FREEWAY IS A
DANGEROUS ACTIVITY THAT
COULD COST HIM HIS LIFE.
HE ALSO PITCHED FOR THE
CINCINNATI REDS.
HE WAS 55 YEARS OLD.
YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE
LATEST FROM CBN NEWS BY
GOING TO OUR WEBSITE AT
cbnnews.com. PAT AND TERRY
WILL BE BACK WITH MORE OF
"THE 700 CLUB" RIGHT AFTER
THIS.
Pat: LORDS ARE LEAPING
AND MAIDS ARE MILKING, AND
PARPARTRIDGES ARE SINGING.
WHAT'S THE STORY BEHIND THE
LYRICS?
KRISTI WATTS FOUND OUT, WITH
A LOOK AT WHAT IS GOING ON
BEHIND THE CHRISTMAS
TRADITIONS.
Kristi: ALL RIGHT, ACE,
WE CANNOT HAVE A CHRISTMAS
PARTY AT MY HOUSE WITHOUT
SINGING THE 12 DAYS OF
CHRISTMAS.
DO YOU KNOW THEM, BY THE
WAY?
OH, YES.
12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS.
AND ISN'T IT THE SILLIEST
SONG?
IT IS SILLY, BUT IT IS
FUN.
IF YOU SING IT AND KNOW
WHAT IS BEHIND IT, IT IS
REALLY A SERIOUS CHURCH.
WHEN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WAS
OUTLAWED IN ENGLAND, THEY
WENT UNDERGROUND AND
TEACHING THEIR DOGMA.
THE ENGLISH PEOPLE WERE
SINGING THE SONG WITHOUT
KNOWING WHAT IT MEANT.
BUT THE CATHOLIC CHILDREN
KNEW WHAT IT MEANT.
THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
STARTS ON CHRISTMAS EVE AND
GOES TO THE DAY OF
EPIPHANY.
Kristi: YOU KNOW WHAT
I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED ABOUT,
EIGHT MAIDS A-MILKING.
THEY WERE THE LOWEST JOB
IN ENGLAND, THE LOWEST OF
THE LOW, AND CHRIST CAME NOT
ONLY FOR THE KINGS, BUT ALSO
THE LOW.
FIVE GOLDEN RINGS?
THE FIRST FIVE BOOKS OF
THE OLD TESTAMENT.
THE TORAH.
AND 11 PIPERS.
11 DISIPLES WHO TOOK THE
WORD OUT.
THERE WEREN'T 12, THERE WERE
11.
MY FAVORITE IS PROBABLY THE
PARTRIDGE IN THE PEAR TREE
BECAUSE IT IS THE ONLY ONE
ON THE PLANET WHO WILL LAY
DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS NEST.
WHO LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR
US?
CHRIST.
Kristi: YOU CAN GIVEN A
WHOLE NEW MEANING FOR ONE OF
MY FAVORITE SONGS.
THAT WE'RE GOING TO SING
REAL QUICK.
12 DRUMMERS DRUMMING, 11
PIPERS PIPING.
10 LORDS ALEAPING.
EIGHT MAIDS A MILKING.
SIX GEESE LAYING, FIVE
GOLDEN RINGS.
FOUR TURTLE DOVES, THREE
FRENCHES FRENCHS, AND TWO
TURTLE DOVES, AND A
PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE.
Pat: I NEVER THOUGHT OF
THAT AS TEACHING CATHOLIC
DOCTRINE.
Terry: I LOVE THAT.
Pat: ACE COLLINS HAS A
BOOK CALLED "THE STORIES
BEHIND THE GREAT TRADITIONS
FOR CHRISTMAS."
I THINK IT WILL BE A NICE
STOCKING STUFFER.
YOU CAN GET THIS WHERE BOOKS
ARE SOLD, AND WHAT A NICE
GUY.
INTERESTING.
Terry: HE HAS SHOWN SO
MANY FASCINATING FACTS ABOUT
THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY WITH
US, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE
THAT BOOK.
Pat: WE LIVE IN AN AREA
RIGHT NEAR WILLIAMSBURG,
WHICH HAS ALL OF THAT
ENGLISH LOOK.
THE BUILDINGS LEND
THEMSELVES TO ALL OF THAT
KIND OF DECORATION WITH THE
YULE LOG.
BUT WE TAKE SO MANY
TRADITIONS FROM ENGLAND.
THAT ONE SONG THAT THE KIDS
SING, "ASHES TO ASHES AND WE
ALL FALL DOWN."
"RING AROUND THE ROSIE."
Terry: YUP.
Pat: DO YOU KNOW WHAT
THAT IS ALL ABOUT?
IT HAS TO DO WITH THE END OF
THE WORLD.
THE COLLAPSE OF THE WORLD.
ASHES TO ASHES, WE'LL ALL
FOUALL FALL DOWN.
THESE ARE TAUGHT TO KIDS.
BUT GOOD FOR ACE, AND NOW
YOU KNOW ABOUT WHAT THOSE
MILK MAIDS WERE DOING.
TERRY, YOU'RE NEXT.
Terry: THIS CHRISTMAS
IS GOING TO BE MUCH MERRIER
FOR MANY, MANY CHILDREN,
BECAUSE OF THE COMBINED
EFFORTS OF THE MARINES, THE
SALVATION ARMY AND
"OPERATION BLESSING."
TAKE A LOOK.
CAN I DO THAT?
Terry: WHEN YOU SEE
PEOPLE HELPING OTHER PEOPLE,
YOU SEE A LOT OF SMILES.
AT THIS YEAR'S TOYS FOR TOTS
CHRISTMAS DEPOT IN VIRGINIA
BEACH, PARENTS WHO COULDN'T
OTHERWISE PROVIDE GIFTS FOR
THEIR CHILDREN WENT HOME
WITH A BASKETFUL.
EVEN MORE IMPORTANT, EACH
PERSON LEFT KNOWING THAT
SOMEONE CARES.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
I THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM
OF MY HEART.
Reporter: THE CHRISTMAS
DEPOT IS A COMBINED EFFORT
OF A NUMBER OF
ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING
"OPERATION BLESSING," THE
U.S. MARINES, AND THE
SALVATION ARMY.
THIS YEAR WE'VE DONATED
OVER $10,000 WORTH OF CANNED
GOODS AND FOOD ITEMS.
IT WILL GO IN A FOOD BOX
THAT ALL OF THE FAMILIES
THAT GO THROUGH THE LINES
TODAY AND THROUGHOUT THE
WEEK WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE
HOME WITH THEM.
WE ALSO PROVIDED A LARGE BOX
TRUCK FROM THE MARINES,
THEIR TOYS FOR TOTS
PROGRAM.
WE DROP OFF THE BOXES AND
THEN ORGANIZE THE TOYS AND
SET UP THE SHELVING, AND
HELP PUSH CARTS AND ALL OF
THAT STUFF.
WE FIND FAMILIES THAT ARE
NEEDING SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
AND THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WE
ALSO IDENTIFY NEEDS FOR
CHRISTMAS.
I WAS A 19-YEAR-OLD
MOTHER, AND MY HUSBAND WAS
IN COLLEGE, AND I WAS ASKED
TO COME DOWN TO A PLACE LIKE
THIS AND RECEIVE TOYS.
Reporter: MORE THAN
20,000 PEOPLE IN TIDEWATER,
VIRGINIA, WILL BE REACHED BY
THIS SIX-DAY EVENT, AND
GIVEN ITEMS THEY WOULD
OTHERWISE DO WITHOUT.
GRACIAS.
MUCHOS GRACIAS.
THANK YOU FOR
EVERYTHING.
THANK YOU, GOD.
MAY GOD KEEP US ENCOURAGED
AND HAPPY WITH OUR
FAMILIES.
THEY'VE GOT NICE TOYS IN
THERE.
IT IS REALLY NEAT.
MY 9-YEAR-OLD LOVES IT WHEN
SHE UNWRAPS HER PRESENTS.
I WOULD REALLY RATHER THEY
DO THIS BECAUSE IF THEY
WOULDN'T HAVE DONE IT, I
DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD HAVE
DONE FOR MY KIDS FOR
CHRISTMAS.
Terry: I WISH YOU COULD
HEAR THE THINGS I HEAR SO
OFTEN WHEN I'M OUT IN THE
FIELD.
IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR YOU, I
DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD HAVE
DONE.
NOT ME, BUT YOU.
IF YOU'RE A "THE 700 CLUB"
MEMBER, YOU'RE ONE OF THE
PEOPLE MAKING THIS HAPPEN.
NOT JUST HERE IN THE UNITED
STATES, BUT LITERALLY AROUND
THE WORLD.
IT IS 65 CENTS A DAY, $20 A
MONTH, BUT YOU CAN MAKE SUCH
A DIFFERENCE.
WILL YOU GO TO YOUR PHONE
AND CALL RIGHT NOW?
OUR NUMBER IS TOLL-FREE.
1-800-759-0700.
CALL AND SAY I WANT TO JOIN
"THE 700 CLUB."
WHEN YOU DO, OUR WAY OF
SAYING THANK YOU IS TO SEND
YOU PATS TEACHING, "HOW TO
PREPARE FOR AMERICA."
AND IF YOU'RE ALREADY A "700
CLUB" MEMBER, WATCH FOR THIS
MAILING.
BECAUSE INSIDE OF THIS IS A
WONDERFUL DEVOTIONAL CALLED
"QUIET MOMENTS IN HIS
PRESENCE."
THIS GOES OUT TO ALL OF OUR
"700 CLUB" MEMBERS.
AND IT HELPS TO KEEP JESUS
THE REASON FOR THE SEASON.
WE WANT YOU TO HAVE THAT.
UP NEXT, ONE OF THE MOST
POPULAR SEGMENTS OF OUR SHOW
"BRING IT ON."
AND JENNA WANTS TO KNOW IF
YOU HAVE TWO SAVED PEOPLE,
AND ONE FEELS CONVICTED TO
BE A FUNDAMENTALIST -- AND
WHAT IS CONVICTED TO BE AN
EVANGELICAL, HOW CAN THEY BE
TOGETHER?"
AND LATER, THE F.F.H. BAND
SINGS ABOUT SILENT NIGHT.
* ONE SILENT NIGHT
* WHEN ALL IS CALM, WHEN ALL
IS BRIGHT *
Terry: SOME OF YOU SINT
E-MAIL QUESTIONS, AND WE
WANT TO TAKE SOME TIME TO
ADDRESS THOSE TODAY.
PAT, THIS FIRST ONE IS FROM
JIM, WHO SAYS, "IS THERE
SUCH A THING AS AN
UNFORGIVABLE SIN IN GOD'S
EYES?"
Pat: THE ACTUAL SPIRIT
OF IT IS THEY CLAIMED HE HAD
AN EVIL SPIRIT.
BUT MOST BIBLE SCHOLARS SAY
THE ONE SIN IS REFUSING TO
WOOING THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT.
IF YOU REFUSE THE WOOING OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT IT IS
UNFORGIVABLE BECAUSE YOU
HAVE NOT ASKED FOR
FORGIVENESS.
WHEN YOU DO IT RIGHT DOWN TO
THE WIRE, THE GREEK ASPECTS
YOU DID IT ONE TIME.
THAT'S THE WAY IT IS WRITTEN
IN THE GREEK.
I JUST DON'T BELIEVE THAT
SQUARES WITH ANYTHING ELSE
IN THE BIBLE.
BECAUSE GOD IS INFI BECAUSE
GOD IS INFINITELY
FORGIVING.
AND SO THE FACT THAT YOU
SPOKE ONE WORD AND, BANG,
YOU'RE IN HELL -- IT JUST
DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.
THAT'S WHAT IT IS, YOU
RESIST THE WOOING OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT AND IT IS
UNFORGIVING BECAUSE YOU
HAVEN'T ASKED FOR
FORGIVENESS.
Terry: THIS IS JENNA
WHO SAYS, "IF YOU HAVE TWO
SAVED PEOPLE AND ONE FEELS
CONVICTED BY GOD TO BE A
FUNDAMENTALIST, AND THE
OTHER IS CONVICTED TO BE AN
EVANGELICAL, HOW CAN THEY
BOTH BE RIGHT?"
Pat: PAUL SAID, WE
SHOULD BE EAGER TO MAINTAIN
THE UNITY OF THE SPIRIT IN
THE BONDS OF PEACE UNTIL WE
COME TO A PERFECT MAN, TO
THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH.
WE HAVEN'T YET COME TO THE
KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH.
WE'RE NOT TOGETHER.
THERE ARE MANY, MANY, MANY
SECTS OF CHRISTIANITY.
SEVERAL HUNDRED.
BUT THE MOST PEOPLE THING IS
JESUS CHRIST DIED FOR YOUR
SINS.
HE ROSE AGAIN, ACCORDING TO
THE SCRIPTURES.
THAT IS WHAT IS IMPORTANT.
TO SAY GOD -- GOD DIDN'T
CAUSE PEOPLE TO HAVE THESE
DIVISIONS.
IT IS THEIR OWN SELFISHNESS
AND THE PRIDE.
THEY THINK WHAT I'VE GOT IS
THE END OF IT.
I HAVE STUDIED AND I KNOW
THE TRUTH AND YOU DON'T KNOW
THE TRUTH.
AND MY TRUTH IS BETTER THAN
YOUR TRUTH.
THAT'S PRIDE.
SO DON'T TELL ME GOD CAUSED
THIS ONE TO BE
A, QUOTE,"FUNDAMENTALIST AND
THIS ONE TO BE AN
EVANGELICAL."
NO, NO.
YOU DID THAT.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING,
EAGER TO MAINTAIN THE-INITY
OF THTHE UNANIMITY OF THE
SPIRIT IN THE BONDS OF
PEACE.
Terry: LACEY SAYS, "I
WANT GOD IN MY LIFE, BUT HE
NEVER SHOWS ME.
MY MAIN QUESTION IS WHY CAN
EVERYONE ELSE FEEL HIM BUT I
CAN'T?"
Pat: I DON'T KNOW WHAT
IT IS THAT IS GOING ON IN
YOUR LIFE.
I MAY BE WAY OFF THE MARK,
BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT IF I
WERE YOU -- THE ANSWER TO
THIS ONE IS GET A PEN AND
PAPER, BIBLE, GET ON YOUR
KNEES, AND SAY, GOD, SEARCH
ME AND TRY ME AND KNOW MY
THOUGHTS.
AND EVERY TIME YOU FEEL
SOMETHING YOU'RE DOING IS
WRONG, WRITE IT DOWN.
AND WHEN IT IS ALL FINISHED,
YOU SAY, I CONFESS TO THESE,
I TURN AWAY FROM THEM, AND
THROW THEM AWAY.
Terry: AND ACCEPT THE
FORGIVENESS.
Pat: ACCEPT THE
FORGIVENESS.
I RECEIVE FORGIVENESS.
Terry: THIS IS DESTINY,
THIS IS A BIT OF A SAD
QUESTION, "HOW LONG WILL
HEAVEN LAST AND WILL WE BE
BORED IN HEAVEN?
I CRY EVERY DAY ABOUT IT
BECAUSE I'M SCARED TO DIE.
CAN YOU HELP?"
Pat: IT IS GOING TO BE
WONDERFUL.
CAN YOU IMAGINE FOOD SO
DELICIOUS THAT PEOPLE WOULD
KILL ON EARTH TO GET ONE
TASTE OF A PIECE OF FOOD.
THE COLORS ARE GOING TO BE
SO VIBRANT YOUR SENSES WILL
BE OVERWHELMED WITH THE
BEAUTY.
THAT THERE BE CONSTANT JOY
AND CONSTANT PEACE AND ALL
KINDS OF THINGS TO DO.
MAYBE GOD WILL GIVE YOU A
PLANET.
THERE ARE PLENTY OF THEM OUT
THERE.
IF YOU'RE BORED, HERE IS
MARS.
Terry: RULE A PLANET.
Pat: WE WILL JUDGE THE
ANGELS.
THERE WILL BE A WHOLE LOT TO
DO, BUT IT IS GOING TO BE SO
GLORIOUS.
IT WILL BE SO WONDERFUL.
EVERYTHING -- EVERY SENSE
THAT YOU HAVE EVER SENSED OF
PLEASURE WILL BE HEIGHTENED
10,000 TIMES.
IT WILL BE SO GLORIOUS.
EYE HASN'T SCENE, EAR HASN'T
HEARD, EITHER HAS ENTERED
THE HEART OF MAN WOULD GOD
HAS PREPARED FOR THEM.
IT IS WONDERFUL.
LORD, MY FOOT.
BUT HELL -- TED TURNER SAID
HEAVEN IS GOING TO BE
BORING -- BUT ME TELL YOU,
GETTING BURNED IN THE FIRE
DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY,
THAT'S AWFUL.
AND THAT'S THE WAY IT IS
GOING TO BE.
AWFUL.
YOU DON'T WANT THAT.
TOMORROW, A WOMAN HAD PAIN
FOR 12 YEARS.
TALK ABOUT THE 12 DAYS OF
CHRISTMAS, 12 YEARS.
SHE GOT MIRACULOUSLY HEALED
IN AN INSTANT.
AND TODAY WE LEAVE YOU WITH
AN ORIGINAL CHRISTMAS SUNG
FROM THE BAND "FAR FROM
HOME."
HERE IS F.F.H., FAR FROM
HOME, SINGING "ONE SILENT
NIGHT."
*
* QUIET NIGHT
* THE STARS IN THE LAND AND
THE SEA *
* ALL WERE ENJOYING THE
QUIET NIGHT *
* AND THE WIND GREW WINTER
AND SWEET *
* THROUGH THE MANGER
* SMALL
* OVER ONE LITTLE TINY
HEARTBEAT THAT WOULD SAVE US
ALL *
* ONE SILENT NIGHT
* ONE HOLY NIGHT
* WHEN ALL WAS CALM
* WHEN ALL WAS BRIGHT
* WITH NO ONE TO KNEEL
* AND NO ONE TO SING
* HEAVEN CAME DOWN
* AND CHANGED EVERYTHING
* LET ALL THE EARTH
* RECEIVE HER KING
* HIS LOVE IS THERE HOLDING
HER CLOSE *
* ROCKING THE SAVIOR
* SWEET BABY JESUS
*
YOU NEED ALL THE REST YOU
CAN GET *
* THERE ARE PEOPLE IN
NEED *
* FOR A MOMENT, TO FILL
* AFTER MIDNIGHT
* THE SAVIOR
* ONE SILENT NIGHT
* ONE HOLY NIGHT
* WHEN ALL WAS CALM
* WHEN ALL WAS BRIGHT
* WITH NO ONE TO KNEEL
* AND NO ONE TO SING
* HEAVEN CAME DOWN
* AND CHANGED EVERYTHING