Evangelist and author Rod Parsley stresses the importance of the Cross of Christ. Plus, Frank's mother hid drugs in his car during a police raid which sent him to jail.
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I HEAR FREEZE.
ARRESTED.
I SEE GUNS POINTED AT ME.
FOR A CRIME HE DIDN'T COMMIT.
SHE JUST ALLOWED ME TO GO TO
JAIL FOR THE DRUGS SHE PLANTED.
AN INNOCENT MAN FIGHTS FOR
HIS LIFE.
I WASN'T GOING TO PLEAD
GUILTY TO SOMETHING I DIDN'T
DO.
ON TODAY'S "700 CLUB."
WELCOME, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, TO THIS EDITION OF
"700 CLUB." A FEW DAYS AGO HE
WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UKRAINE.
NOW AN ARREST WARRANT HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR VIKTOR YANUKOVYCH.
GEORGE THOMAS BRINGS US THE
STORY FROM KIEV.
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MANY OF YOU TODAY FEEL THE SAME
AS I DO, THERE ARE A LOT OF
TEARS IN OUR HEARTS.
NEW AT ONE OF KIEV'S LARGEST
EVANGELICAL CHURCHES, PASTOR
TRIES TO COMFORT A GRIEVING
CONGREGATION.
OUR HEART IS ACHING.
UKRAINIANS MOURNING MORE THAN
100 PEOPLE KILLED IN CLASHES
BETWEEN RIOTS AND PROTESTERS AND
SADDENS OVER A COUNTRY FACING
DRAMATIC CHANGES.
ANTIGOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATORS IN
POWER.
ON SATURDAY, UKRAINE'S
PARLIAMENT STUNNED THE NATION BY
VOTING OVERWHELMING TO IMPEACH
VIKTOR YANUKOVYCH.
THEY PICKED AN INTERIM
PRESIDENT.
CHRISTIANS WERE PRAYING ON
INDEPENDENT SQUARE AND
CHURCHES,
GOT DID A MIRACLE.
UKRAINE IS A NEW COUNTRY.
TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF HOW
DRAMATIC THE CHANGES HAVE BEEN,
A FEW DAYS AGO THIS ENTIRE
STREET WAS COMPLETELY FILLED BY
THE POLICE.
TODAY YOU HAVE DOZENS OF MEN.
YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK ALL THE WAY
DOWN, ORDINARY FOLKS WHO HAVE
TAKEN OUR POSITION IN FRONT OF
THE PARLIAMENT WHAT HAPPENS
NEXT IS VERY UNCERTAIN.
AS LAWMAKERS SCRAMBLE TO PUT
TOGETHER A COALITION GOVERNMENT,
SKEPTICISM ABOUNDS, INCLUDES
PRIME MINISTER FREE AFTER
SPENDING MONTHS IN PRISON.
WE NEED A WHOLE NEW
GOVERNMENT.
THEY NEED TO GO.
UKRAINE'S NEIGHBOR, RUSSIA
CLOSELY WATCHES THE CHANGES.
PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN TALKED
ABOUT BRINGING UKRAINE BACK INTO
ITS ORBIT.
ON SUNDAY, AMERICA WARNED RUSSIA
NOT TO THINK ABOUT SENDING
TROOPS INTO UKRAINE.
BACK AT THE PASTOR'S CHURCH, A
PLEA FOR RECONCILIATION AFTER
MONTHS OF TURMOIL.
WE NEED TO UNITE BECAUSE THEY
ARE DIVIDED.
WE NEED TO MAKE IMPORTANT
DECISIONS IN THE DAYS AHEAD.
PAT: SOME OF YOU SAY WHAT IS
WITH UKRAINE, WHO CARES?
I WANT TO SHOW YOU A MAP, JUST
TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF THE
STRATEGIC LOCATION.
LOOK AT THE JIE GOOD AFTERNOONIC
COUNTRY, BORDERS ON
HUNGARY AND
ROMANIA.
IT IS A STRATEGIC PORT ON THE
BLACK
SEA.
IT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST
FERTILE AREAS IN THE WHOLE
WORLD.
WHEN STALLIN CAME IN, HE STARVED
OUT UKRAINIANS.
NEVERTHELESS, THEY WANT FREEDOM.
IT IS AMAZING, THE RUSSIANS WANT
IT, YOU SEE, PUTIN WANTS TO
RE-ESTABLISH THE FORMER SOVIET
UNION.
HE WANTS GREATER RUSSIA.
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
TRIUMPH OF THAT WINTER OLYMPICS,
THEY PULL THIS THING AWAY FROM
HIM.
ONE OF THE IRONIES OF HISTORY.
GEORGE THOMAS IS IN KIEV,
CAPITOL OF UKRAINE.
REPORTER: IT WAS STUNNING, IN
ESSENCE, 50 YEARS OLD, ALEXANDER
TORCHINOF.
HE HAS A LONG POLITICAL CAREER.
THE PRISONER JUST RELEASED AFTER
30 MONTHS IN PRISON.
ON INDEPENDENT SQUARE, PEOPLE
ARE TALKING ABOUT TORCHINOF, HE
HAS BEEN THERE SINCE THE
DEMONSTRATIONS BEGAN, HE WAS
THERE CALLING FOR YANUKOVYCH TO
STEP DOWN.
HE HAS BEEN THERE DURING ALL OF
THE UPHEAVAL.
IS SHE THE FRONT RUNNER OR
THIS GENTLEMAN RUNNING AND THE
NEXT FULL TIME PRESIDENT?
REPORTER: EXCELLENT QUESTION,
PAT.
THERE IS AMBIVALENCE TOWARDS
HER.
THE MAJORITY OF THE FOLKS I HAVE
SPOKEN TO SAY LISTEN, WE WANT
YOUNG PEOPLE.
WE NEED FRESH PEOPLE NOT TIED TO
THE AL GUARDS, WE ARE FED UP, WE
WANT RIGHTEOUS LEADERS.
CHRISTIANS ARE PRAYING FOR MEN
AND WOMEN THAT BRING THAT MORAL
BIBLICAL FOUNDATION TO THE
COUNTRY.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN, PAT THAT SHE
DOESN'T HAVE A HUGE FOLLOWING.
PEOPLE ON THE STREETS WANT NEW
LEADERSHIP.
PAT: TALK ABOUT A SPLIT.
PEOPLE ON THE EAST, ONCE THAT
BORDER RUSSIA, ONES ON THE WEST
TIE IN WITH THE UE.
REPORTER: IT IS MIXED, PAT.
OBVIOUSLY, THE BIG FOCUS, LAST
24-48 HOURS HAS BEEN THE CRY MIA
REGION.
VERY STRATEGIC, VERY IMPORTANT
TO GIVE OUR VIEWERS WHY THIS
COUNTRY IS SO STRATEGIC.
RUSSIA
PROTESTS IN CRY MIA IN AN
AREA THAT BORDERS THE BLACK SEA.
RUSSIANS HAVE HUGE NAVEL
PRESENCE AND DEFINITELY WANT TO
SIDE WITH RUSSIA.
THEY WANT THE SPLIT.
IT IS EVENLY DIVIDED, EASTERN
PART PREDOMINANTLY PRORUSSIAN
AND WESTERN PROEUROPEAN.
I WAS JUST HERE TWO WEEKS AGO,
BECAUSE OF THE UPROAR, THIS IS
ALSO ABOUT CORRUPTION, PAT.
LET ME TELL YOU OVER AND OVER
AGAIN PEOPLE ARE SAYING ENOUGH.
WE ARE TIRED OF PAYING BRIBES.
WE WANT TO LIVE A LIFE WHERE WE
DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH ALL OF
THIS CORRUPTION.
PAT: I UNDERSTAND THE COUNTRY
IS BANKRUPT.
THE IMF AND EU HAS COME, PUTIN
HAD UP 15 BILLION DOLLARS.
NEVERTHELE
NEVERTHELESS, BESTERN POWERS ARE
GOING TO BAIL THEM OUT.
DID YOU HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT IT?
REPORTER: OBVIOUSLY THAT IS A
HUGE CONCERN.
THIS IS IN ESSENCE A BANKRUPT
COUNTRY.
RUSSIA CAME TO THE TABLE
QUICKLY.
ACCUSATION AGAINST THE WEST IS
LIKE HEY, GUYS, WHAT HAVE YOU
BEEN WAITING FOR, HOW COME YOU
DIDN'T BRING MONEY TO THE TABLE
LIKE THE RUSSIANS.
PUTIN LAST NOVEMBER SAID BOY, I
GOT IT IS PRIZE, UKRAINE, GOING
TO ACCEPT 15 BILLION DOLLARS AND
SUDDENLY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HIT
THE STREETS OF KIEV, WAIT A
MINUTE, VLADIMIR PUTIN.
THE BRITTS HAVE COUGHED UP
MONEY.
CLEARLY, GOING FORWARD, I THINK
THERE IS A WAIT AND SEE
APPROACH.
OBVIOUSLY THE BIG QUESTION,
RUSSIA, THIS IS CLEARLY A HUGE
BRAWL FOR KREMLIN AND VLADIMIR
PUTIN.
HE WAS HOPING TO
EXTEND RUSSIA.
HE ONCE CALLED UKRAINE THE
LITTLE RUSSIA.
THIS IS A HUGE BLOW FOR VLADIMIR
PUTIN.
PAT: GEORGE THOMAS REPORTS
FROM KIEV IN UKRAINE.
IT IS AMAZING AN EVANGELICAL
CHRISTIAN PUT IN THE POSITION.
IT IS EXTRAORDINARY.
THIS IS A MAJOR, MAJOR DEFEAT
FOR PUTIN.
UNITED STATES HAS TO HANG TOUGH,
AND SAY LOOK, VLADIMIR, KEEP
YOUR HAND OFF.
THEY HAVE SENT THAT WORD, DON'T
YOU DARE SEND IN TROOPS.
ANOTHER NATIONAL REBELLION
RAGING.
REPORTER: IT HAS BEEN 13
STRAIGHT DAYS OF VIOLENT CLASHES
IN VENEZUELA.
POLICE AND PRO-GOVERNMENT
GROUPS.
CHAVISTAS AS THEY ARE CALL.
HUGO CHAVEZ DIED OF CANCER LAST
YEAR.
A DISASTROUS ECONOMY, POLITICAL
DEPRESSION UNDER NICOLAS
MADORO.
THEY ARE PROTESTING IN FLORIDA,
CALIFORNIA AND PANAMA
WHERE CBN
CHUCK HOLTON TALKED ABOUT TO
SOME OF THEM.
REPORTER: HERE IN PANAMA
CITY, PANAMA, MANY ARE JOINING
IN SOLIDARITY WITH THEIR
COUNTRYMEN BACK IN VENEZUELA.
WE DON'T WANT COMMUNISM IN
VENEZUELA.
PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO FEED
THEIR KIDS.
PEOPLE AFRAID OF GOING IN THE
STREETS AND GETTING SHOT.
THEY ARE REALLY HORRIFIED OF
WHAT IS HAPPENING.
REPORTER: IN CROCKUS, I WILL
NOT ACCEPT THAT VENEZUELANS ARE
FASCISTS, TAKE THOSE WORDS AND
PUT THEM YOU KNOW WHERE.
THERE HAVE BEEN VIOLENT ATTACKS
ON DEMONSTRATORS.
OPPOSITION POLITICIAN ACCUSED BY
THE GOVERNMENT OF INSTIGATING
THE DEMONSTRATIONS IS IN JAIL.
ANOTHER LEADER HAS EMERGED AFTER
ENGAGING IN AN ARMED STANDOFF.
SOME FEEL THE TIPPING POINT
VENEZUELA WHEN THEY -- WHAT
HAPPENED IN UKRAINE JUST MIGHT
HAPPEN IN VENEZUELA.
DALE HURD, CBN NEWS.
PAT: I WANT TO DIRECT CHUCK
HOLTON IN CROCKUS, DALE IS HERE
AT THE CBN NEWS HEADQUARTERS.
WE HAVE THE SITUATION COVERED.
HERE IS THE DEAL, CHAVEZ DID
EVERYTHING HE COULD TO CULTIVATE
THE CUBAN REVOLUTION AND HE HAS
BEEN SENDING 100,000 BARRELS OF
OIL TO CUBA.
I THINK IT MAYBE, EVERYDAY OR
WHATEVER.
IT IS AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF OIL.
IF THAT IS CUT OFF, IT WILL
STRANGLE THE CUBAN ECONOMY.
CUBANS WANT TO UPHOLD MADORO.
HE IS A LEFT-WING THUG.
AS I AM WARNED ON THIS PROGRAM A
COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND
SUGGESTING WE OUGHT TO TAKE OUT
CHAVEZ, MY WORDS HAVE COME TRUE.
CHAVEZ, OF COURSE DIED OF
CANCER.
NEVERTHELESS, WE SHOULD HAVE
HURRIED HIS DEMISE ALONG.
THIS COUNTRY IS FALLING APART.
RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF THE
CARIBBEAN.
BREEDING GROUND FOR
REVOLUTIONARIES, POSSIBILITY OF
MISSILES COMING AT THE UNIT.
THEY LIKE UKRAINE BANKRUPT.
LOADED WITH OIL.
POT LOADS OF OIL IN THEIR
VARIOUS RESOURCES.
HEAVY CRUDE, BUT THEY HAVE GOT
IT.
THEY HAVE BEEN USING IT AS A
WEAPON.
DESPITE THE WEALTH, THEY
SQUANDERED EVERY PENNY.
THAT IS THE WAY COMMUNISM
WORKED.
THESE PEOPLE WANT FREEDOM!
ACROSS THE WORLD, PEOPLE ARE
SAYING WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF
THESE CORRUPT REGIMES.
WE WANT FREEDOM.
OUR HATS OFF TO THE
REVOLUTIONARIES IN THE CREW
CRANE AND ALSO THOSE IN
VENEZUELA.
HERE IS WENDI.
WENDY: PEOPLE ARE SPEAKING.
NO DOUBT.
PAT: YOU JUST CAME BACK FROM
NEW YORK.
YOU WERE WITH MY FRIEND SEAN
HANHA
HANTY
WENDY: I WAS PART OF THE
PANEL OF EXPERTS THAT SAW THE
FILM.
I WANT TO THANK MARK AND ROMA
FOR THE FILM QUALITY.
BEYOND THAT AND MORE
IMPORTANTLY, YOU CAN SEE THE
POWER OF GOD FROM THE CLIPS WE
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE.
NOT ONLY QUALITY FILM MAKING.
CHRISTIAN FILMS HAVE LACKED THAT
IN THE PAST YEARS.
NOT TO SAY ANYTHING BAD.
FOR INSTANCE, "FIREPROOF"
STARRING KIRK CAMERON WAS NO. 4
AT THE BOX OFFICE.
THANK YOU, IT IS MAGNIFICENT.
THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
WHO ELSE WAS ON THE PANEL?
I SAT NEXT TO STEPHEN MANSFIELD,
RALPH REID.
MARK AND ROMA DOWNEY, SO HUMBLE.
THEY HAVE DONE SOMETHING
INCREDIBLE IN HOLLYWOOD.
THEY NEED OUR PRAYERS.
PAT: WE HAD AN ADVANCED
SHOWING OF THE "PASSION OF THE
CHRIST."
I SAW IT.
IT WAS SO BRUTAL.
I SAID YOU HAVE TO TONE DOWN
SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
YOU HAVE THE POOR MAN DEAD
BEFORE HE GETS TO THE CROSS.
IT WAS A BOX OFFICE SMASH,
GROSSED 600 MILLION DOLLARS
WHICH IS HUGE.
IT DIDN'T HAVE THE QUALITY THIS
MOVIE DOES.
THIS MOVIE IS FABULOUS.
IT HAS BEEN TEN YEARS SINCE
"PASSION OF THE CHRIST."
PAT: MARK BURNETT IS ONE
SUCCESS AFTER ANOTHER AND
"TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL"
ROW MA DOWNING.
BY ALL MEANS, GO TO SEE IT.
WENDY: FEBRUARY 28TH.
COMING UP, LONG ROAD THROUGH ONE
OF THE LEAST EVANGELIZED REGIONS
IN THE COUNTRY.
THERE ARE EVANGELICAL
CHURCHES IN MANY OF THESE
COMMUNITIES, MUCH SMALLER
NUMBERS THAN OTHER PLACES IN THE
UNITED STATES.
WENDY: WE'LL TAKE A DRIVE
ALONG THE
I-29
CORRIDOR RIGHT
AFTER
THIS.
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PAT: YOU CAN DRIVE ACROSS
NORTH DAKOTA AND MONTANA AND YOU
ARE NOT GOING TO SEE MANY PEOPLE
IN THE UPPER MIDWEST, PEOPLE ARE
SPREAD FEW AND FAR BETWEEN.
THIS HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF THE
LEAST EVANGELIZED AREAS OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
CHRISTIAN LEADERS ARE TRYING A
NEW WAY TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL
THERE.
PAUL STRAND HAS THAT STORY.
PAUL: THE I-29 CORRIDOR RUNS
NORTH AND SOUTH FROM KANSAS
CITY, MISSOURI TO CANADIAN
BORDER AND SOUTHERN BAPTIST
LEADERS SEE IT AS A RIPE FIELD.
IT WASN'T JUST THAT SOUTHERN
BAPTISTS BUT EVANGELICALS
UNDERREPRESENTED.
THEY ARE IN MUCH SMALLER NUMBERS
THAN IN OTHER PLACES IN THE
UNITED STATES.
PAUL: NORTH AMERICAN MISSION
BOARD WILL LAUNCH THE HEARTLAND
INTERSTATE STRATEGY.
STRENGTHEN EXISTING CHURCHES AND
PLANT NEW ONES OVER THE NEXT
FOUR YEARS IS THE GOAL.
PEOPLE IN THE UPPER MIDWEST
TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OUT OF
LIFE.
STRUGGLING THROUGH WITH THE
REGULAR STRUGGLES WE ALL HAVE,
MAKING ENDS MEET, WHERE IS OUR
SIGNIFICANCE.
PAUL: THEY ARE TRYING TO
PLANT SEVEN CHURCHES ALONG THE
CORRIDOR.
THEY PLAN TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL
EAST AND WEST INTO MORE REMOTE
REGIONS.
WE ARE THINKING WE CAN COME
STRAIGHT UP I-29 INTO THE MAJOR
CITIES, ST. JOSEPH, OMAHA, SUE
CITY, AND EVEN TO WINNIPEG.
PAUL: CHURCH PLANTER
RELOCATED TO SIOUX FALLS.
WE MADE AN INTENTIONAL EFFORT
TO CANVAS TEAMS.
INTRODUCED OURSELVES, THIS IS
WHO WE ARE, WE WANT TO BLESS
YOU.
PAUL: HIS VISION FOR REACHING
THE UPPER MIDWEST COMES FROM THE
BIBLE.
OUR PASSION CAME FROM THE
BOOK OF ACTS.
WE WANTED TO BE PART OF A
BIBLICAL CHURCH.
WE WANTED TO SEE THE GOSPEL GO
OUT THAT WAS IMPEFR YOUS OR
UNAFFECTED.
NO. 1 IS PRAY THE LORD RAISES
UP LEADERS FROM THE HARVEST.
PAUL: CHURCH LEADERS HOPE A
MAJOR PUSH PLAN FOR THE FALL
WILL FOLLOW THE GREAT
COMMISSION.
IT IS AN AMAZING THING GOD
HAS BEEN DOING.
HIS GLORY KNOWN AMONG EVERYONE.
PAUL: PAUL STRAND CBN NEWS.
PAT: IN NORTH DAKOTA THEY
HAVE SO MUCH MONEY FROM THE
BOBBING AND SHALE, NORTH DAKOTA
WITHOUT QUESTION THE PRETTIEST
WOMEN.
REALLY?
PAT: THEY HAVE A SCANDANAVIAN
BACKGROUND.
ONE GOOD LOOKING PEOPLE.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE PARTIAL TO
WEST VIRGINIA?
PAT: I WAS BORN NEAR THERE.
I HAVE TO BE HONEST.
I WOULD JOG IN SIOUX FALLS.
I WOULD STOP WHILE I WAS DOING
MY CAMPAIGN THING.
WENDY: YOU WOULD GO JOGGING
TO LOOK AT THE PRETTY GIRLS?
PAT: THE PRETTY SCENERY,
BICYCLE TRAILS.
IT IS A BEAUTIFUL AREA.
PAT: IF THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST
CAN BRING MORE BLESSING GOOD FOR
THEM.
WENDY: STILL TO COME,
INNOCENT MAN STOPPED BY THE
POLICE.
THEY COME BACK AND READ ME MY
MIRANDA RIGHTS AND ARREST ME.
FOR WHAT?
I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG.
WENDY: FIND OUT WHO FRAMED
HIM NEXT.
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PAT: CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT YOU
WOULD FEEL LIKE IF YOU WERE
FRAMED FOR A MAJOR CRIME YOU
DIDN'T COMMIT AND THEN YOU
REALIZED THE PERSON WHO DID IT
TO YOU WAS YOUR OWN MOMMA?
FRANK THOMAS HAD THAT
EXPERIENCE.
HE WAS SET UP, COPS ARRESTED HIM
AFTER DRUGS AND CASH IN HIS CAR.
FRANK HADN'T PUT THEM THERE, HIS
OWN MOTHER DID.
SOON HE WAS STARING AT 60 YEARS
BEHIND BARS.
WHEN I START WALKING IN THE
HOUSE, I HEAR FREEZE.
THESE GUYS RUNNING FROM THE
ALLEY.
FRANK THOMAS HAD NO IDEA WHY
POLICE STOPPED HIM.
WHEN THEY SEARCHED HIS CAR...
THERE WAS AN OUNCE OF CRACK
COCAINE WRAPPED UP IN PACKAGE TO
SALE AND SEVERAL THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS IN THE GLOVE BOX.
HIS DREAM OF MAKING A NEW
START FADED AWAY.
FRANK GREW UP IN A POVERTY
STRICKEN HOME IN KANSAS CITY
MISSOURI.
IT WAS TOUGH.
AT 16 HE WENT TO WORK FOR HIS
UNCLE WHO WAS A SUCCESSFUL
BUSINESS OWNER.
HE STARTED TO BELIEVE HE HAD A
CHANCE FOR A BETTER LIFE.
IT HELPED ME TO UNDERSTAND I
HAD SOME LEVEL OF CONTROL OVER
MY CIRCUMSTANCES.
IF THAT IS WHAT IT TAKES IN
ORDER TO BE WHO HE WAS, THAT IS
WHAT I WANT TO DO.
FRANK ENJOYED WORKING AND DID
WELL IN SCHOOL.
HIS MOTHER TOOK HIS MONEY TO PAY
RENT AND UTILITIES.
IT CAUSED FRICTION BECAUSE I
FELT THE ROLES HAD REVERSED AND
DIDN'T FEEL LIKE SHE WAS
FIGHTING FOR MY BROTHER AND I.
STILL FRANK WORKED HARD AND
MADE HIS WAY INTO COLLEGE.
HE LOST HIS FOCUS.
I DIDN'T GO TO CLASS.
I STAYED UP LATE DRINKING BEER.
WE WOULD SLEEP LATE AND GO EACH
LUNCH TOGETHER AND HANG OUT AND
PLAY VIDEO GAMES.
HE WAS PUT ON PROBATION.
I HAD OUTSTANDING BALANCE OF
SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS I HAD
NO IDEA WHERE I WAS GOING TO GET
THE MONEY TO PAY.
I WENT BACK TO KANSAS CITY AND
MY MOTHER PICKED ME UP AT THE
TRAIN STATION AND --
FRANK WAS RUNNING OUT OF TIME
AND PATIENCE.
I TOLD MY MOM, GIVE ME THOSE
DRUGS, I'LL SELL THEM.
I DIDN'T WANT TO DEAL DRUGS, I
WANTED TO GET OUT OF THERE MORE.
IF THAT WAS A WAY TO DO IT, THAT
IS WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO.
THREE WEEKS INTO MY DRUG DEALING
CAREER, I GET BUSTED.
AS A FIRST TIME OFFENDER HE
WAS GIVEN PROBATION.
HIS GIRLFRIEND MOVED TO
CALIFORNIA.
HE JOINED HER THERE. MY PLAN
WAS TO COMPLETE THE PROBATION
AND GET MY RECORD WIPED CLEAN
AND GET MYSELF BACK IN SCHOOL
AND MOVE ON WITH MY LIFE.
SOME TIME LATER HE WENT HOME
TO APPEAR IN COURT FOR AN
OUTSTANDING TRAFFIC VIOLATION.
HE LET HIS MOTHER USE HIS CAR.
WHEN HE RETURNED, THE POLICE
WERE WAITING.
THEY SEARCHED THE HOUSE AND HIS
CAR.
THEY COME BACK AND READ ME MY
MIRANDA RIGHTS AND ARREST ME.
I SAID FOR WHAT, I DIDN'T DO
ANYTHING WRONG.
POLICE FOUND DRUGS AND CASH
IN THE CAR AND GUN IN THE HOUSE.
THEY ACCUSED HIM OF RUNNING
DRUGS FROM CALIFORNIA TO IOWA.
MY MOTHER HAD PUT THEM THERE.
MY FATHER WAS KNOWN TO STEAL HER
DRUGS AND MONEY AND TAKE THE CAR
AND BE GONE FOR DAYS.
SHE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING.
SHE ALLOWED ME TO GO TO JAIL FOR
DRUGS SHE MRAPLANTED THERE.
FRANK FACED 60 YEARS IN JAIL.
THE JUDGE SAID NO DEALS.
THEY THINK THEY HAVE ENOUGH
EVIDENCE TO CONVICT YOU.
I KNEW I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO
FIGHT FOR MY LIFE.
FEELING THE STING OF HIS
MOTHER'S BETRAYAL, FRANK OUT OF
OPTIONS AND HOPE UNTIL HE FOUND
A BIBLE IN THE PRISON LIBRARY.
I GRABBED THE BIBLE.
WHERE DO YOU GO WHEN THE ONE
PERSON IN THE WORLD TURNS THEIR
BACK ON YOU, MY MOTHER.
I WAS DOWN TO NOTHING AND
NOWHERE ELSE TO GO.
HE ALSO STARTED PRAYING.
I KEPT SAYING LORD, HELP ME,
SAVE ME, YOU KNOW I AM INNOCENT.
HELP ME GET OUT OF HERE.
AN INMATE SPOKE TO HIM ABOUT
JESUS.
HAVE YOU EVER SPOKEN TO JESUS
ABOUT FORGIVENESS OF YOUR SINS.
HE LED ME IN THE SINNERS PRAYER.
LORD YOUR WORD SAYS THE TRUTH
WILL SET ME FREE.
I BELIEVED THAT THE TRUTH IS
GOING TO SET ME FREE.
THE JURY REACHED A VERDICT.
HE SAYS WE, THE JURY FOUND
THE DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY.
COUNT TWO AND THREE NOT GUILTY.
I JUST FALL TO MY KNEES AND SAY
THANK YOU, JESUS, THANK YOU,
THANK YOU, THANK YOU!
NOW A FREE MAN, FRANK
RETURNED TO CALIFORNIA WHERE HE
GOT A JOB AND STARTED ATTENDING
USC AND FORGAVE HIS MOTHER WHO
WAS THERE WHEN HE GRADUATED WITH
HONORS.
I KNEW I HAD TO LET IT GO AND
FORGIVE HER.
I KNEW IF I WAS EVER GIVEN
ANOTHER CHANCE, NOTHING SHORT OF
DEATH THAT COULD STOP ME FROM
ACHIEVING THE SUCCESS IN LIFE
GOD CALLED ME TO.
HE EVENTUALLY MARRIED ERIKA
AND THEY STARTED A FAMILY.
I FINALLY STARTED
UNDERSTANDING MY IDENTITY.
MOST FIND THEIR IDENTITY IN
THEIR EARTHLY FATHER.
IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME TO FIND
MINE IN MY HEAVENLY FATHER AND
MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE
WORLD.
PAT: YOU READ THE STORY OF A
MAN NAMED JOSEPH.
JOSEPH WAS A RIGHTEOUS MAN, HE
WAS HARDWORKING, HONORABLE,
RESPONSIBLE.
BUT HIS BOSS' WIFE WANTED TO
HAVE SEXUAL RELATIONS.
JOSEPH SAID NO.
YOU ARE MY BOSS' WIFE.
SHE FRAMED HIM, ACCUSED HIM.
HE WOUND UP IN PRISON.
ALL THAT TIME, HE NEVER FORSOOK
THE LORD, NEVER DID ANYTHING
THAT WAS WRONG IN GOD'S EYES.
HE KNEW IF HE TRUSTED THE LORD
HE WOULD COME OUT ON TOP.
ON TOP HE DID.
OUT OF THAT EXPERIENCE, HE MET
THE PEOPLE WHO KNEW THE PHARAOH
AND WOUND UP SECOND HIGHEST
RANKING PERSON IN EGYPT.
GOD USED THE TRAGEDY TO BRING
FORTH SOMETHING GOOD.
IN THE TERMS OF FRANK THOMAS,
GOD USED WHAT SEEMED LIKE
TRAGEDY TO BRING FORTH SOMETHING
WONDERFUL.
WHAT I WANT TO SAY TO EVERYONE
IS DON'T DESPAIR, NO. 1, DON'T
TURN ON GOD, NO. 2 AND BLAME
HIM.
TRUST IN THE LORD AND DO GOOD
AND YOU WILL DWELL IN THE LAND
AND YOU WILL BE FED.
GOD WILL LOOK AFTER YOU IF YOU
TRUST HIM.
SOME OF YOU SAY NO, I DON'T
UNDERSTAND IT.
I DON'T BELIEVE OR TRUST GOD.
YOU WANT TO.
YOU WANT TO KNOW THE HEAVENLY
FATHER IS ON YOUR SIDE, NOT
AGAINST YOU.
IF YOU WANT PEACE WITH GOD.
I WANT TODAY, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO
IS SAY YES TO JESUS.
JUST SAY LOOK, LORD, I AM SORRY.
I ASK YOU TO FORGIVE ME.
DON'T TRY TO COVER UP WHAT YOU
HAVE DONE OR TOUGH IT OUT.
DON'T GET HARD NOSED AND STAND
BEFORE GOD AND SHAKE YOUR FIST.
SAY LORD, I AM SORRY, I ASK YOUR
FORGIVENESS.
I KNOW JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS
FOR MY SIN.
I RECEIVE HIM NOW AS SAVIOR.
I MAKE HIM THE LORD OF MY LIFE.
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AND GOD WILL ANSWER.
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NICOLE SAYS SHE HAS A FRIEND
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SAYS SHE IS A CHRISTIAN.
WHAT DO I SAY TO HER?
YOUR QUESTIONS AFTER THIS.
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WE HAVE YOUR E-MAIL QUESTIONS,
NICOLE WRITES: HAVE A FRIEND
THAT SAYS SHE IS A CHRISTIAN BUT
BELIEVES IN REINCARNATION, WHAT
CAN I SAY TO HER?
PAT: YOU CAN TELL HER THERE
IS NO BIBLICAL FOUNDATION.
IT IS THE HINDU WHEEL.
YOU HEAR ABOUT GOOD KARMA, BAD
KARMA.
WHEN YOU ARE BORN YOU HAVE THIS
KARMA ATTACHED.
YOU LIVE IN A PARTICULAR WAY AND
THE NEXT LIFE YOU PAY FOR IT.
YOU ARE A HUMAN BEING, BUT MAY
COME BACK AS A DOG OR COW OR AS
THE RAIN FALLING ON THE GROUND.
BIBLE SAYS CLEARLY, IT IS
APPOINTED UNTO MAN ONCE THEY DIE
AND COME UNDER JUDGMENT.
HINDUS BELIEVE YOU ARE ON A
WHEEL.
GENIUS OF BUDDHISM, IF YOU WILL,
BUDDHIST SAID WE ARE GOING TO
SEE NIRVANA.
I AM GOING TO GET TO THE PLACE
WHERE I HAVE NO FEELING
WHATSOEVER.
IN NIRVANA, I WILL ESCAPE THE
WHEEL OF HINDU KARMA.
IT IS AL -- ALL NON SENSE.
ALL RIGHT.
WENDY: CAN DEPRESSION BE
OVERCOME WITHOUT MEDICINE?
PAT: DEPENDS ON YOUR
DEPRESSION.
IT DOES TAKE MEDICATION.
A HEALTHY DIET, NO SWEETS, NO
SUGAR, NO WHITE FLOUR AND ALL
THAT STUFF, VEGETABLES, FRUIT
AND EXERCISE AND FRESH AIR.
CHANCES ARE YOU CAN OVERCOME
DEPRESSION.
CERTAIN TIMES YOU DO NEED
MEDICATION.
OTHER THING IS IF YOU BELIEVE IN
GOD, GOD CAN DELIVER YOU FROM
IT.
I WAS IN A GYM CLASS, WE WERE
DOING AN ABCLASS, YOU CAN'T HAVE
GOOD ABS AND BE DEPRESSED.
PAT: SOUNDS GOOD.
[LAUGHTER].
WENDY: HE WAS TALKING ABOUT
--
PAT: ALL RIGHT.
WENDY: MARGARET WRITES WHEN I
WAS YOUNGER, I WAS TOLD LUCIFER
IS IN CHARGE OF HEAVEN'S
WORSHIP?
PAT: IT IS NOT IN THE BIBLE
WHATSOEVER.
HE WAS THE HIGHEST OF THE
CREATED BEINGS.
YOU WERE IN THE PLACE OF GOD.
WALKED ON THE STONES OF FIRE AND
HIGHEST OF ALL BEINGS UNTIL SIN
WAS FOUND IN YOU.
THING ABOUT LUCIFER, BECAUSE OF
HIS BEAUTY, HE SINNED.
HE LOOKED AT HIMSELF AND SAID I
AM SMARTER THAN GOD, PRIDE IS
THE ULTIMATE SIN.
HE WASN'T IN CHARGE OF ANY
PRAISE CHORUS.
HE TOOK ONE-THIRD OF THE ANGELS,
THEY ARE DEMONIC SPIRITS AND IN
TORMENT AND WILL BE AS JESUS,
YOU REMEMBER THE ONES, THE PIGS,
DON'T CAST US INTO THE PIT
BEFORE THE TIME.
THEY KNOW THEY ARE GOING TO HELL
AND TORMENTED FOREVER.
THERE IS NO PRAISE CHORUS COMING
OUT OF THAT.
NEW
WENDY: WILL NOT TITHING CAUSE
SOMEONE TO GO TO HELL?
PAT: MIGHT BE SOME PREACHER
THAT PREACHES THAT.
THAT IS RIDICULOUS.
YOUR SALVATION DOESN'T DEPEND ON
WHETHER YOU GIVE OR NOT, THAT IS
NON SENSE.
JESUS DIED AND ROSE AGAIN, IF
YOU BELIEVE IN HIM AND BORN
AGAIN, YOU ARE GOING TO BE IN
HEAVEN.
THEN YOU LIVE FOR HIM.
IF YOU HAVE BEEN BORN AGAIN, YOU
LIVE FOR HIM.
NOT TITHING, GOOD GRIEF.
WENDY: JANICE WRITES, I KNOW
HE IS OUR HEALER AND PLANS ARE
GOOD.
I HEARD SOMEONE THANKING GOD FOR
WEAKNESS AND SICKNESS BECAUSE IT
ALLOWED HIM TO BE STRONG.
WHAT IS YOUR TAKE?
PAT: WE CAN PRAISE GOD FOR
OUR INFIRMITIES.
BIBLE SAYS WHEN I AM WEAK, I AM
STRONG.
YOU NOW HAVE TO DEPEND ON THE
LORD.
IF I AM DEPENDING ON THE ACUITY
OF MY REASON, THEN I AM NOT
DEPENDING ON GOD.
WHEN I AM WEAK, I AM STRONG.
YOU DON'T THANK GOD BECAUSE YOU
ARE SICK.
SICKNESS CAN LEAD YOU TO GOD,
YOU PRAISE GOD FOR EVERYTHING.
WENDY: THAT MAKES SENSE.
JUSTIN WRITES: I HAVE CONFESSED
MY SINS TO JESUS AND SAID THE
SINNER'S PRAYER BUT KEPT ON
SINNING.
I FEEL LIKE JESUS HAS ACCEPTED
ME.
PAT: I AM NOT SURE YOU HAVE
ACCEPTED -- WHOLE THING IS YOU
HAVE AN AFTER THOUGHT, THIS IS
WRONG, I AM IN THE PIG STY AND
ARISE AND GO TO MY FATHER'S
HOUSE.
YOU TURN AND BEGIN TO LIVE FOR
THE LORD.
I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE EVER MADE
THAT REAL COMMITMENT.
YOU SAID YES, JESUS, I BELIEVE
IN YOU, I GO FORWARD, SHAKE THE
PREACHER'S HAND.
WHAT ABOUT IN YOUR HEART, DID
YOU REALLY SAY I HAVE SINNED?
I AM WRONG?
I HAVE DONE THE WRONG THING AND
ASK TO BE FORGIVEN AND GOING TO
BE DELIVERED FROM THIS?
I REMEMBER THIS DRUNK IN NEW
YORK, HE SAID OH, PAT, THIS
DRINKING IS KILLING ME, I NEED
HELP.
I SAID WILL YOU PRAY WITH ME.
HE SAID OH YES, PATTY.
I SAID LORD, JESUS.
I SAID YOU PRAY WITH ME.
LORD, JESUS, I AM SORRY I HAVE
BEEN DRINKING.
NOW LORD, TAKE IT AWAY AND I'LL
NEVER DRINK ANOTHER DROP.
HE SAID PATTY, I DON'T WANT TO
GO THAT FAR.
WENDY: HE WASN'T QUITE READY.
PAT: SO MUCH FOR THAT.
GREAT QUESTIONS.
WENDY: WITH A CRIPPLED ARM,
DAVID OFTEN STRUGGLED TO FIND
WORK.
SOMETIMES HE WENT HUNGRY AND HIS
CHILDREN COULDN'T EAT.
THEN A HURRICANE HIT THEIR
VILLAGE AND MADE LIFE MORE
DIFFICULT.
DAVID WORKS HARD TO PROVIDE
FOR HIS FAMILY.
THAT HAS BEEN CHALLENGING
BECAUSE OF A BIRTH DEFECT THAT
LIMITS WHAT HE CAN DO.
DAVID'S WIFE MAKES IMPANATAS FOR
EXTRA MONEY.
THE FAMILY IS ONLY DOWN TO TWO
SMALL MEALS A DAY.
I LOVE MY CHILDREN.
THEY GET SO HUNGRY AND CRY UNTIL
WE GIVE THEM SOMETHING.
DAVID AND FAMILY HAD TO MOVE
IN WITH HIS WIFE'S PARENTS AFTER
A STORM DESTROYED THEIR HOME.
MY HOUSE WAS GONE.
THE WIND BLEW EVERYTHING AWAY.
THE FIRST THING OPERATION
BLESSING DID WAS BUILD DAVID'S
FAMILY A NEW HOME.
I AM SO HAPPY WITH OUR NEW
HOUSE.
THIS HOUSE IS A BLESSING FROM
GOD.
WE HELPED THEM EXPAND THEIR
BUSINESS.
THEIR INCOME HAS TRIPLED.
WE ARE SELLING MORE IMPANATAS
BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE MONEY FOR
INGREDIENTS.
SALES ARE GOOD.
NOW THEY CAN EAT THREE TIMES
A DAY.
I AM FILLED WITH HOPE, WE
HAVE A GOOD BUSINESS AND GOOD
HOUSE TO LIVE IN, THANK YOU.
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PAT?
PAT: STILL TO COME, GIFTED
PREACHER AND AUTHOR, PASTOR ROD
PARSLEY IS GOING TO UNCOVER THE
CASE OF THE MISSING CROSS WHEN
WE COME BACK.
PAT: IN THE CROSS OF CHRIST
OF GLORY TOWERING AROUND THE LEX
OF TIME.
FOR CHRISTIANS, CROSS IS MORE
THAN JUST A SYMBOL.
IT IS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT EVENT IN HISTORY.
AFTER CENTURIES OF APPEARING IN
CHURCHES AND ART WORK AND
JEWELRY, SOME FEAR THE CROSS IS
BEING FORGOTTEN.
CHRISTIANITY'S MOST IMPORTANT
SYMBOL, THE CROSS IS
DISAPPEARING INSIDE AND OUT.
ROD PARSLEY SAYS THE THEME THAT
TOOK PLACE AT CALVARY IS TOO
GRUESOME AND CHURCHES ARE
REPLACING CHURCHES WITH LESS
DEMANDING IMAGES.
IN HIS LATEST BOOK "THE CROSS"
ROD POINTS A CROSSLESS
GENERATION BACK TO CALVARY.
PAT: I READ THIS BOOK, ALMOST
LYRICAL, IT IS CALLED "A CROSS."
PASTOR ROD PARSLEY IS BACK.
THANK YOU, WHAT A JOY TO BE
HERE WITH YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WONDERFUL
ENDORSEMENT OF THE BOOK.
PAT: IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
SOMETHING ABOUT THE CROSS THAT
MOVED YOU.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR OWN PERSONAL
EXPERIENCE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I WAS SHARING WITH YOUR CO-HOST
WHO IS FROM WEST VIRGINIA.
I SAID YOU KNOW THEY CALL WEST
VIRGINIA ALMOST HEAVEN.
SHE SAID WHY.
NEXT DOOR TO KENTUCKY.
MY FAMILY IS FROM EASTERN
KENTUCKY THE INTERSECTION OF THE
TUG RIVER WHERE THEY FORM THE
SANDY RIVER AND RUN INTO THE
OHIO.
RIGHT THERE A LITTLE CHURCH
BUILDINGS, PAT, FROM THE TIME I
CAN REMEMBER HAVING A MEMORY, I
WAS IN THOSE WOODEN CHURCH PEWS
LOGGING A WHOLE LOT OF HOURS.
I WAS MESMERIZED BY THE SINGING
THE PREACHING WHERE THE CROSS
WAS CENTRAL AND TESTIMONIES
WHERE THE CROSS WAS CENTRAL.
I WOULD SIT AND GAZE OUT THOSE
STAINED GLASS WINDOWS.
EACH ONE DEPICTED A BIBLICAL
SCENE.
EVERY ONE HAD THE CROSS
SUPERIMPOSED OVER THEM.
I BEGAN TO LITERALLY VIEW THE
CROSS, I AM IN MY 40TH YEAR
PREACHING THE BLOOD STAINED
CROSS OF CHRIST.
PAT: IT IS THE CERTAIN.
IT IS THE HALLMARK OF TRUE
EVANGELISM.
PAT: UH HUH.
SEEMS IN 21ST CENTURY
AMERICA, THE CROSS HAS GONE
MISSING.
LARGELY DUE TO MISUNDERSTANDING
OF THE SUPREME COURT OF
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE,
MOST OF OUR LITERAL CROSSES HAVE
BEEN FORCIBLY REMOVED FROM OUR
PUBLIC PLACES WHERE THEY HAVE
BEEN DISPLAYED FOR DECADES
PROUDLY WITHOUT HARM.
NOW WE ARE TOLD WE ARE POST
CHRISTIAN NATION.
LAST THING ANYONE IN POLITE
SOCIETY WOULD WANT TO DO IS DO
OFFEND THE DELICATE
SENSIBILITIES OF THE SKEPTIC
ATHEIST OR AGNOSTIC.
SURELY IN OUR CHURCHES, SURELY
THERE WE'LL FIND WHERE THE CROSS
IS HONORED AND DISPLAYED.
IN A NATION WHERE A CROSS ONCE
TOPPED THE STEEPLE OF EVERY
CHURCH BUILDING, IT HAS FALLEN
OUT OF FASHION.
THEY SAY IT IS SO OLD SCHOOL, SO
LAST CENTURY.
I THINK BECAUSE THE CROSS, SCENE
OF CALVARY IS SO UGLY.
IT IS GRIM TO LOOK AT THERE.
PAT: WHAT DOES THE CROSS SAY
TO YOU IN TERMS OF WHAT IT MEANS
IN CHRISTIANITY?
IT IS THE CENTRAL, IT MUST BE
BE, PAT, THE CENTRAL MESSAGE OF
CHRISTIANITY.
IT IS THE IRREFUTABLE EVIDENCE
OF GOD'S UNCONDITIONAL HOLINESS
OF HIS SUPREME LOVE FOR
HUMANITY.
SOME LOOK AT THE CROSS, 1
CORINTHIANS 1:23, THE CROSS IS A
STUMBLING BLOCK TO THE JEW, THE
THE RELIGIOUS, TO THOSE THAT
THINK THEY CAN DO IT ON THEIR
OWN.
THEY STUMBLE OVER THE CROSS
BECAUSE THE CROSS SAYS IT IS THE
CROSS AND NOTHING.
IT IS THE CROSS OR NOTHING.
PAT: THAT IS WHAT PAUL SAID.
JESUS CHRIST CRUCIFIED, THAT WAS
IT.
HE GOT TO ATHENS AND PLAYED HEAD
GAMES.
HE GOT TO CORINTH, IT IS THE
CROSS, PERIOD.
THAT IS WHERE WE ARE, 1
CORINTHIANS 1:23, BUT TO THE
GREEK IT IS FOOLISHNESS.
TO THE INTELLECTUAL MIND AND
THANK GOD FOR INTELLECT.
WE HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF PREACHERS
THAT WOULD DO GOOD TO COME TO
REGENT AND LEARN TO READ AT
LEAST.
WE HAVE A PARADOX.
WHILE THE CROSS IS DISAPPEARING
FROM OUR CITY SCAPES AND CHURCH
PLATFORMS, AT THE SAME TIME,
CROSSES SEEM TO BE EVERYWHERE.
THEY DANGLE FROM THE NECKS OF
GODLESS GYRATING POP STARS,
PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES BRAND
THEIR BODIES WITH EVERY SIZE OF
A CROSS.
IF A CROSS MAKES AN APPEARANCE
AT A PLAY OR GRADUATION, IT WILL
CAUSE LAWSUITS.
WE FOUND A WAY TO MARGINALIZE
THE ONLY EMBLEM, A CROSSLESS
GENERATION HAS TO BE POINTED
BACK TO CALVARY.
PAT: IS THE BOOK OUT NOW?
IT IS IN BOOKSTORES AND
RODPARSLEY.COM.
PAT: THIS IS A FABULOUS BOOK,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
YOU HAVE TOUCHED THE HEART OF
CHRISTIANITY HERE.
I HAVE HAD SUCH A GOOD TIME
DOING IT, PAT.
I DID THE TRILOGY OF BOOKS,
"SILENT NO MORE."
"CULTURALLY INCORRECT."
AND "LIVING ON OUR HEADS."
ON THIS ONE, IT WAS A TWO-YEAR
LABOR OF LOVE, REALLY.
I WENT BACK INTO MY HISTORY.
I SAID WHAT IS THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT EMBLEM OF MY
CHRISTIANITY?
WHAT SAYS IT ALL?
THE CROSS.
PAT: BROTHER, I APPRECIATE
THIS BOOK.
I COMMEND IT TO YOU.
IT IS LIKE READING POETRY.
VERY ELOQUENT AND VERY MOVING.
WE LEAVE YOU WITH TODAY'S POWER
MINUTE, PSALM 99: THE LORD ALSO
WILL BE A REFUGE FOR THE
OPPRESSED.
REFUGE IN THE TIME OF TROUBLE.
THOSE THAT KNOW YOUR NAME WILL
PUT THEIR TRUST IN YOU.
FOR YOU, LORD, FOR THOSE THAT
HAVE NOT FORSAKEN YOU.
OUR THANKS TO PASTOR PARSLEY AND
LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU
TOMORROW, BYE-BYE.
GOD BLESS YOU.