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George: THIS WEEK ON
CHRISTIAN WORLD NEWS,
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AT RISK
HERE IN AMERICA.
SEE WHAT HAPPENED WHEN
THIS CHRISTIAN BAKER
REFUSED A GAY WEDDING.
> PLUS...CAPTURING THE
YOUTH OF AFRICA, HOW SONG,
DANCE, AND MINISTRY ARE
DELIVERING KIDS FROM
HOPELESSNESS.
> AND FRIENDS OF ZION,
DISCOVERING THE HIDDEN
HISTORY OF HOW CHRISTIANS
HELPED FOUND THE JEWISH
STATE.
> RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IS
UNDER THREAT IN AMERICA.
HELLO, EVERYONE.
WELCOME TO THIS WEEK'S
EDITION OF CHRISTIAN WORLD
NEWS.
I'M GEORGE THOMAS.
IN OREGON, A COUPLE
REFUSED TO PAY A $135,000
FINE FOR REFUSING TO BAKE
A CAKE FOR A GAY WEDDING.
WELL, NOW THE STATE IS
THREATENING TO PLACE A
LEAN ON THEIR HOME UNTIL
THE FINE IS PAID.
ABIGAIL ROBERTSON SPOKE
WITH THE CHRISTIAN COUPLE
WHO SAY THEIR
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AT
STAKE, AND, GUESS WHAT?
THEY ARE NOT BACKING DOWN.
Reporter: THE TROUBLE
FOR AARON AND MELISSA
CLINE BEGAN TWO YEARS AGO
WHEN A WOMAN CAME INTO
THEIR BAKERY ASKING FOR A
WEDDING CAKE.
A USUAL DAY.
SHE CAME IN AND SAT DOWN.
SHE HAD A CAKE TO TRY.
I ASKED HER FOR THE BRIDE
AND GROOM'S NAME.
SHE TOLD ME THERE WILL BE
TWO BRIDES.
I WAS APOLOGETIC AND I
SAID, I'M SORRY, WE CAN'T
DO THIS.
I DON'T MEAN TO WASTE YOUR
TIME.
SHE WALKED OUT.
Reporter: A FEW WEEKS
LATER, THE CLINES FACED A
CIVIL A COMPLAINT FOR
FAILING TO SERVE THE
COUPLE IN A PLACE OF EQUAL
BUSINESS.
WE THOUGHT WE WERE
FULLY IN OUR RIGHTS.
EVERYBODY BELIEVES THAT
ADAGE: WE RESERVE THE
RIGHT TO REFUSE BUSINESS
FOR ANY REASON.
Reporter: THE COUPLE
ORIGINALLY WERE FIN FINED FOR FINE
AWARDED $400, COST OF THE
CASE.
BUT THE
JUDGE THEN AWARDED
THEM $135,000.
AND THE JUDGE TOLD THE
COUPLE TO CEASE AND DESIST
DESIST.
THE CLINES HAVE HAD TO
CLOSE THEIR BUSINESS AND
HAVE SPENT THE PAST TWO
YEARS FIGHTING TO PROTECT
THEIR RELIGIOUS LIBERTYRS
ANLIBERTY,AND NOW THEY FIGHT TO
PROTECT FREE SPEECH.
IT IS A GOVERNMENT
AGENCY TELLING A PRIVATE
INDIVIDUAL WHAT THEY CAN
AND CANNOT SAY.
THIS SHOULD SCARE EVERY
AMERICAN.
I'M SHOCKED AT THE FACT
THAT I WASN'T EVEN -- I
WASN'T EVEN CHARGED, AND
I'M BEING TOLD THAT I HAVE
TO BE SILENT.
AND TO ME THAT'S -- I
DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.
I MEAN, I DON'T SEE HOW
SOMEBODY CAN TELL ME TO BE
QUIET.
AND, FRANKLY, I'M NOT
GOING TO BE QUIET ABOUT MY
FAITH.
Reporter: HANS VONS
OF THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION
SAYS THE CLIENTS COULD
SEEK LEGAL ACTION AGAINST
THE COMMISSIONER NE FOR HIS
CLEAR PREJUDICES IN THIS
CASE.
I THINK THEY HAVE A
CIVIL RIGHTS CASE AGAINST
THE JUDGE.
HE CLEARLY HAS ACTED IN A
BIAS, PREJUDICE MANNER.
HE HAS ACTED AS JUDGE,
JURY, AND EXECUTIONER IN
THIS CASE, AND HE HAS
ACTED PUNITIVELY AGAINST
THEM.
Reporter: AND HE ALSO
FEELS THAT THE RULING IS
INTENDED TO INTIMIDATE
OTHER CHRISTIANS.
I THINK THE CHURCHES
SHOULD BE GETTING BEHIND
THE CLINES.
BUT I HAVE NO DOUBT
THEY'RE NOT SAYING
ANYTHING ABOUT THIS
BECAUSE THE CLEAR INTENT
OF THE STATE OF OREGON AND
COMMISSIONER AVOCIAN, IS
TO INTIMIDATE THE
CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY.
THAT'S WHY HE HAS IMPOSED
THIS HUGE PUNISHMENT ON
THE CLINES.
IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT
INTIMIDATION IS WORKING.
Reporter: AARON AND
MELISSA HAVE SEEN MIXED
SUPPORT FROM CHRISTIANS IN
PORTLAND.
EVEN THE CHURCHES --
AND I'M NOT SAYING ALL OF
THEM, BUT A PERS TAGE OF PERCENTAGE OF
THE CHURCHES SAID, THEY'VE
MADE THIS MESS; THEY'RE ON
THEIR OWN.
I THINK FOR THE YOUNGER
GENERATION, THEY DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHY CHRISTIANS
WOULD REFUSE.
FOR THEM, IT'S NOT THAT
THEY -- THEY WOULD SEE THE
ACT OF BAKING A CASE AS
ENDORSING.
IT IS A MATTER OF
EQUALITY.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE
MORE AND MORE OF THIS
ENCROACHMENT UPON
RELIGIOUS LIBERTIES.
AND I THINK WE HAVE TO
REALLY BE PREPARED FOR
THAT.
Reporter: DESPITE THE
HARDSHIPS AND LONG ROAD
AHEAD, AARON AND MELISSA
REMAIN CONFIDENT GOD WILL
SEE THEM THROUGH.
FOR ME, PERSONALLY, IT
HAS BEEN -- IT IS WEIRD TO
SAY, BUT IT HAS BEEN AN
AMAZING EXPERIENCE.
I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH
THROUGH ALL OF THIS.
GOD HAS TAUGHT ME TO TRUST
HIM.
George: INCREDIBLE.
I'M STRUCK BY THE FACT
THAT HER RESPONSE TO HOW
SHE IS HANDLING THIS AND
HOW GOD IS HELPING HER
THROUGH THIS -- IN FACT,
THE COUPLE, WHAT DID THEY
SAY TO YOU?
Reporter: MEETING
WITH THEM IS SO GREAT
BECAUSE THEY ARE SO
POSITIVE.
AND THEY BELIEVE THIS IS
JUST A CHALLENGING SEASON
THEY'RE GOING THROUGH.
AND THEY'RE LEANING ON
GOD, THEY'RE TRUSTING HIM,
AND THEY REALLY BELIEVE HE
IS GOING TO PULL THEM
THROUGH.
AND EVEN JUST A COUPLE OF
DAYS, ON THEIR Facebook
PAGE, THEY POSTED "IN THE
MIDST OF OUR TRIALS AND
STRUGGLES, WE SHOULD FIND
OURSELVES DRAWING CLOSER
TO THE LORD.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING
WHAT THE LORD DOES FOR YOU
WHEN YOU LAY EVERYTHING AT
HIS FEET."
SO THEY'RE ENCOURAGING
OTHER PEOPLE GOING THROUGH
HARD TIMES JUST TO DEPEND
ON GOD.
George: I'M CURIOUS,
WHAT CAN CHRISTIANS DO TO
HELP?
ACCEPT FOR PRAY FOR THE
FAMILY.
Reporter: FINANCIALLY
THEY HAVE RAISED OVER
$350,000, AND THEY'VE
BROKEN THE RECORD ON
"CONTINUE TO GIVE" FOR THE
LARGEST CAMPAIGN EVER.
SO RIGHT NOW THEY REALLY
NEED PRAYERS.
PRAY FOR THE FAMILY.
PRAY FOR THE KIDS.
PRAY EVEN FOR THE LABOR
COMMISSIONER, THAT GOD
WILL SOFTEN HIS HEART
TOWARDS THIS COUPLE.
George: THANK YOU FOR
THIS UPDATE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
> WELL, WE'RE MOVING
OVERSEAS TO PAKISTAN,
WHERE ASA BIBI WAS
SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR
BLASPHEMY.
RIGHT NOW SHE WILL NOT BE
EXECUTED.
THE SUPREME COURT
OVERTURNED HER SENTENCE
THIS WEEK, BUT BIBI HAS
SUFFERED IN PRISON FOR
MORE THAN SIX YEARS AND IS
REPORTEDLY IN ILL-HEALTH.
THE THREE-JUDGE PANEL
SUSPENDED THE DEATH
SENTENCE GIVEN BY TWO
LOWER COURTS.
A NEW HEARING DATE WILL BE
SCHEDULED FOR HER CASE.
IN THE MEANTIME, SHE
REMAINS IN PRISON.
EARLIER I SPOKE WITH GARY
LANE ABOUT THIS STUNNING
DEVELOPMENT.
George: WHAT
SPECIFICALLY DID THE
SUPREME COURT HERE DECIDE?
THEY OVERTURNED HER
DEATH SENTENCE.
WHAT THEY SAID, BASICALLY,
IS THE DECISION OF TWO
LOWER COURTS, THE SESSIONS
COURT AND THE APPEALS
COURT, BOTH WERE IN ERROR
WHEN THEY FOUND HER GUILTY
OF BLASPHEMY AGAINST
MUHAMMAD AND SENTENCING
HER TO DEATH.
SO SHE WILL NOT BE
EXECUTED.
George: REMIND OUR
VIEWERS AGAIN WHY SHE IS
IN PRISON AND WHY DID SHE
RECEIVE THE DEATH
SENTENCE?
SIX YEARS AGO, ASA BIBI
WAS WORKING IN A FRUIT
ORCHARD WITH SOME MUSLIM
COLLEAGUES.
THEY GOT INTO A HEATED
DISCUSSION ABOUT THEIR
FAITH.
SHE SAID SOMETHING LIKE,
MY JESUS HAS SAVED ME FOR
ETERNITY.
WHAT HAS YOUR PROPHET EVER
DONE FOR YOU.
AND IMMEDIATELY SHE WAS
ACCUSED OF BLASPHEMY.
A CROWD GATHERED AROUND
AND THEY STARTED BEATING
HER AND KICKING HER.
AND THE POLICE CAME AND
HAULED HER AWAY, AND SHE
HAS BEEN IN JAIL FOR SIX
YEARS NOW.
AND SHE IS CHARGED WITH
BLASPHEMY, AND IN
PAKISTAN, THE SENTENCE IS
DEATH.
George: WHAT ARE THE
CHANCES SHE WILL GET
RELEASED?
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL
HOPING AND PRAYING FOR.
WHAT IS LIKELY TO HAPPEN
NOW IS THE SUPREME COURT,
THE PAKISTANI SUPREME
COURT, WILL SCHEDULE A
REHEARING.
A NEW HEARING FOR HER.
WHO KNOWS WHEN THEY WILL
SCHEDULE THAT.
IT COULD BE MONTHS; IT
COULD BE YEARS.
BUT THEN IT WILL BE
REHEARD, AND WHO KNOWS?
MAYBE SHE WILL BE SET FREE
FROM PRISON BASED ON TIME
ALREADY SERVED, WHICH
MAKES HER ONE OF THE
LONGEST --
George: SEVEN YEARS?
OVER SIX YEARS IN JUNE.
WHICH MAKES HER ONE OF THE
LONGEST TO SERVE.
AUAD MASI SERVED A LITTLE
OVER THAT.
George: ANOTHER
PAKISTANI CHRISTIAN.
YES.
George: IN A LAND
WHERE CHRISTIANS ARE CONS
CONSTANTLY UNDER PRESSURE,
FROM SUICIDE ATTACKS TO
PHYSICAL PERSECUTION,
PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSECUTION,
HOW ARE CHRISTIANS
REACTING TO HER CASE?
THEY'RE ELATED.
THE CHRISTIANS ARE SAYING,
THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE
BEEN LOOKING FORWARD.
TO WE'VE BEEN PRAYING AND
PRAYING FOR THIS.
BUT WHAT THEY REALLY NEED
IS A STRONG LEADER TO
STAND UP AND BE AN
ADVOCATE FOR BIBI, AND TO
SAY IT IS TIME TO GET RID
OF THE 295 BLASPHEMY LAW.
BUT THAT HAS HAPPENED TO
OTHERS.
PEOPLE LIKE SAMAN TASIR,
THE MUSLIM GOVERNOR OF
PUNJAB, WAS KILLED BECAUSE
HE DID EXACTLY THAT.
George: THERE IS A
PROVISION IN THE
CONSTITUTION THAT SAYS IF
YOU WERE TO DESECRATE THE
QURAN OR ANYWAY SOMETHING
NEGATIVE ABOUT THE PROFIT
MUHAMMAD, YOU WILL BE
SLAPPED WITH THE BLASPHEMY
LAW.
Reporter: THERE IS
BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE
QURAN, AGAINST ISLAM, AND
AGAINST MUHAMMAD.
AND THE HARSHEST IS
AGAINST MUHAMMAD, AND THE
PENALTY IS DEAD.
George: THE GLOBAL
COMMUNITY HAS BEEN
RALLYING, DO YOU THINK
THAT PLAYED A ROLE IN HER
RELEASE?
THE VOICE OF THE
MARTYRS WERE ADVOCATING
FOR HER, AND TWO PEOPLE
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR
HER WERE KILLED AS BEING
ADVOCATES.
I THINK THAT HAD SOMETHING
TO DO WITH IT, BUT THERE
IS TREMENDOUS PRESSURE ON
THE JUDGES IN PAKISTAN.
AT THE LOWER LEVELS,
THEY'RE EITHER BRIBED OR
INTIMIDATED, THEY SAY,
HEY, YOU'LL BE KILLED OR
WE'LL COME AFTER YOU IF
YOU DON'T RULE THE WAY WE
WANT YOU TO RULE, WHICH IS
BLASPHEMY, AND CONVICT
THIS PERSON.
George: GARY HAS
VISITED BIBI'S FAMILY.
TO SEE MORE OF HIS REPORTS
ON THIS CASE, CHECK OUT
HIS BLOG
thegloballane@cbnnews.com.
> COMING UP, TEACHING
AFRICAN SLUM KIDS HOW TO
SING AND DANCE THEIR WAY
TO FREEDOM.
George: AND WELCOME
BACK TO THE BROADCAST.
THE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA
SAYS A MULTI-NATIONAL
AFRICAN FORCE WILL TAKE ON
THE RADICAL ISLAMIC GROUP
BOKO HARAM.
THE GROUP HAS KILLED
THOUSANDS OF MUSLIMS AND
CHRISTIANS IN NIGERIA.
AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
KIDNAPPING OF HUNDREDS OF
SCHOOL GIRLS FROM THE
CHRISTIAN VILLAGE OF
CHIBOK LAST YEAR.
HE SAID BOKO HARAM WOULD
BE DEFEATED IN A YEAR AND
A HALF OUR LESS.
A MUSIC PHENOMENON, BY
THE WAY, IS SWEEPING
AIRWAVES, CLUBS, AND
SCHOOLS IN AFRICA.
THEY CALL THEMSELVES "
"K-CREW."
ANGELA ZATOPEK LINGS US
THIS LOOK AT A UNIQUE
MUSIC MINISTRY FOR CHRIST.
Reporter: THEY MAY
LOOK LIKE A BUNCH OF KIDS
DANCING AND SINGING AROUND
THE CITY STREETS OF KENYA,
OR YOU MIGHT SPOT THEM
THROUGHOUT THE SLUMS OF
AFRICA, AND THEY ARE KNOWN
AS K-CREW, AND THEY USE
MUSIC FOR MINISTRY.
ENERGETIC, SPIRITUAL, AND
UPLIFTING, THIS IS JUST A
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WHAT
FANS EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY
SEE K-CREW IN ACTION.
IT IS YOUNG PEOPLE
USING URBAN GOSPEL MUSIC
WITH CONVICTION.
Reporter: AND THEY'VE
DONE JUST THAT, REACHING
MORE AND MORE SINCE
COCA-COLA KENYA BEGAN
SPONSORING THEIR
JAM-PACKED PERFORMANCES.
PEOPLE DON'T STAY IN THEIR
SEATS FOR LONG AS THEY
WORSHIP WITH THEIR DANCING
SHOES ON.
MY NA NAME IS THOMAS, AND
I WAS IN THE SECULAR
INDUSTRY.
DANCING IS THE ULTIMATE
EXPRESSION.
EVEN IF A PRESIDENT COMES
TO AFRICA, WE HAVE TO
DANCE FOR THEM.
SO WE ARE TO USE DANCING
AS A TOOL OF MEDIUM.
Reporter: WITH MUSIC
AND DANCE AS THEIR TOOL OF
INFLUENCE, K-CREW IS
CREATING A NEW FORMULA FOR
OUTREACH.
KENYA HAS A FUSION OF
SOUNDS.
LIKE LINGALA AND ZIMPUKA.
WE REALIZE WE HAVE TO
REACH THE MASSIVE
POPULATION.
Reporter: PART OF
THEIR OUTREACH INCLUDES A
WEEKLY TELEVISION PROGRAM
THAT REACHES OVER ONE
MILLION VIEWERS.
WITH MANY OF THE D.J.s
RAISED IN AFRICA'S SLUMS,
THEY OFTEN RETURN HOME TO
PERFORM.
THE ENDORA SLUM IS HOME TO
MORE THAN ONE MILLION
PEOPLE.
K-CREW BRINGS A MESSAGE OF
HOPE, USING HIP-HOP AS A
POSITIVE COMMUNITY FORCE.
THEY ALSO TAKE THEIR
MINISTRY TO THE SCHOOLS,
BEGINNING WITH DANCE AND
ENDING WITH THE WORD OF
THE DAY.
SELF-ESTEEM DRIVES THEM
THEM.
YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR
LIFE.
THERE HAS BEEN AN
ATTACK IN KENYA, BUT HERE,
COURAGEOUSLY MOVING
FORWARD.
Reporter: REFLECTING
ON RECENT ATTACKS IN
KENYA, D.J. MICKEY WAS
INSPIRED TO CREATE A SONG
ABOUT THE VICTIMS, CALLED
"FALLEN HEROS."
K-CREW IS CURRENTLY
EXPANDING TO ACQUIRE THEIR
OWN RADIO STATION,
SUPPORTED BY THEIR U.S.
PARTNERS, REGENT GLOBAL.
WITH GOSPEL MUSIC BEING
THE NUMBER ONE FORM OF
ENTERTAINMENT IN KENYA,
K-CREW IS KEEPING THEIR
MESSAGE CONVENTIONAL, BUT
PRESENTING IT IN AN
UNCONVENTIONAL WAY.
George: UP NEXT, WE
VISIT A STATE-OF-THE-ART
MUSEUM THAT BRINGS TO LIFE
A LITTLEMON LITTLE KNOWN PART OF
ISRAEL'S HISTORY.
George: THE FOUNDING
OF THE MODERN STATE OF
ISRAEL HAS BEEN CALLED A
MIRACLE.
FEW PEOPLE REALIZE
CHRISTIANS, THEY ACTUALLY
PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN
BUILDING AND PROTECTING
THE JEWISH NATION.
NOW A STATE-OF-THE-ART
MUSEUM IN JERUSALEM SHOWS
THE WORLD THIS HIDDEN
HISTORY.
CHRIS MITCHELL TAKES US
THERE.
Chris: THE MUSEUM
GREETS VISITORS WITH A
PROFOUND INTRODUCTION,
STUNNING AERIALS OF ISRAEL
WHILE A MAP TRACES THE
LAND GIVEN BY GOD TO THE
12 TRIBES, ALL SET TO
ORIGINALLY SCORED MUSIC.
*
Chris: THE MUSEUM
USES STATE-OF-THE-ART
TECHNOLOGY.
FOR EXAMPLE, THIS AREA IS
ONE OF THE LARGEST
TOUCH-PANEL EXHIBITS
ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
TOUCH ONE OF THESE PANELS,
AND YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT
CHRISTIAN ZIONISTS
THROUGHOUT HISTORY.
THE MODERN FEATURES, LIKE
VIDEO MAPPING, AIM TO TELL
NEW AUDIENCES ONE OF THE
MOST COMPELLING AND OFTEN
UNKNOWN STORIES ABOUT
MODERN ISRAEL: THE ROLE OF
CHRISTIAN ZIONISM.
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU
ADDRESSED THIS HISTORY IN
A 2012 SPEECH.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT
THE JEWISH STATE AND
MODERN ZIONISM WOULD HAVE
BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT
CHRISTIAN ZIONISM.
I THINK THAT THE MANY
CHRISTIAN SUPPORTERS OF
THE REBIRTH OF THE JEWISH
STATE AND THE IN-GATHERING
OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE IN
THE 19th CENTURY MADE
POSSIBLE THE RISE OF
JEWISH ZIONISM.
Chris: HE BUILT THE
MUSEUM TO SPREAD THE WORD
OF CHRISTIAN ZIONISTS
PLACE IN HISTORY.
WANTING A HOME FOR
CHRISTIANS TO CELEBRATE
THEIR HEROS AND THEIR
HISTORY, I FOUND NO PLACE
IN ISRAEL WHERE
BIBLE-BELIEVING CHRISTIANS
CAN GO TO.
THEY HAVE HEROS AND
HISTORY.
Chris: THE MUSEUM IS
BASED ON YEARS OF
RESEARCH, AND THIS
TWO-VOLUME SET WRITTEN BY
EVANS.
THERE ARE SO MANY OF
THEM.
IF YOU TAKE GEORGE BUSH,
1844.
HE WAS A HEBREW PROFESSOR
AND HE WROTE A BOOK THAT
SOLD A MILLION COPIES ON
THE RESTORATION OF ISRAEL.
AND, YES, HIS TWO
RELATIVES WERE U.S.
PRESIDENTS.
Reporter: OTHERS,
LIKE ORD WINGATE FORMED
THE FIRST JEWISH FIGHTING
UNIT OVER 2,000 YEARS AGO.
WOMEN LIKE CORI AND HER
FAMILY, THE NAZIS KILLED
HER FATHER AND SISTERS,
AND SHE SUFFERED IN A
CONCENTRATION CAMP BECAUSE
THEY HID JEWS DURING THE
HOLOCAUST.
AND RAUL WALLENBURG FACED
DEATH TO SAVE JEWS.
WALLENBURG JOINED THE
THOUSANDS OF JEWISH
PRISONERS IN THE DEATH
MARCHES TO AUSCHWITZ,
TRYING TO SAVE ANYONE HE
COULD.
WHAT WAS IT, THAT TO
FACE DEATH?
I REALIZE, NUMBER ONE, IT
WAS THEIR BIBLE.
THEY HAD AN INTIMATE
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
LIVING LORD, AND THEY
LOVED THE WORD OF GOD.
AND THEY WERE WILLING TO
COMMIT THEIR LIFE FOR IT.
AND WITH THE WORD OF GOD
CAME PROMISES OF THE
JEWISH PEOPLE.
Chris: THOSE
SCRIPTURAL PROMISES ARE
WOVEN IN THE EXHIBITS,
FROM ISRAEL TO ABRAHAM.
ONE DAY GOD APPEARED TO
ABRAHAM AND SPOKE THE
WORDS THAT WOULD GIVE
BIRTH TO THE NATION OF
ISRAEL.
Chris: FOR VISITORS,
THE EXPERIENCE IS WOW.
IT IS AN EXPERIENCE
LIKE NO OTHER.
YOU GO IN THERE AND IT IS
INTERACTIVE, AND YOU LEARN
A LOT OF THINGS YOU
PROBABLY NEVER EVEN
LEARNED.
I THOUGHT THIS WAS ONE
OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE
THINGS I'VE SEEN IN ISRAEL
IN THE TIME I HAVE BEEN
HERE.
Chris: MANY NEVER
KNEW THE HISTORY AND NOW
WANT TO TELL OTHERS.
I AM GOING TO TELL
EVERYONE I CAN THINK OF,
PEOPLE IN MY SYNAGOGUE, TO
COME HERE, TO SEE HOW THIS
BEAUTIFUL LAND OF ISRAEL
WAS NOT BUILT JUST BY THE
JEWS, BUT BY THE
CHRISTIANS AND THE
WONDERFUL PEOPLE WHO
RISKED THEIR LIVES TO MAKE
US A HOMELAND.
Chris: FOR EVANS, THE
MUSEUM LET'S THE JEWISH
PEOPLE KNOW THAT ALTHOUGH
ENEMIES SURROUND ISRAEL,
THEY'RE NOT ALONE.
THEY SEE AUSCHWITZ AND
WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH,
AND THEY SEE THE
ALIENATION IN THE WORLD
TODAY.
AND THEY COME THROUGH IT
AND THEY SAY, WE'RE NOT
ALONE.
THERE ARE CHRISTIANS WHO
REALLY LOVE US.
AND IT IS JUST AMAZING TO
SEE THAT.
IT GIVES ME HOPE I'M NOT
ALONE.
THAT'S ENOUGH.
Chris: CHRIS
MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,
JERUSALEM.
George: TERRIFIC,
CHRIS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU CAN TAKE A VIRTUAL
ONLINE TOUR OF THE
"FRIENDS OF ZION" MUSEUM.
FIND A LINK ON OUR
cbnnews.com WEBSITE.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER
THIS.
George: ACTRESS ROMA
DOWNEY, FAMOUS FOR HER
WORK ON CHRISTIAN MOVIES
AND TV, SAYS SHE HAS HAD
ENOUGH OF ALL OF THE
NEGATIVE STORIES IN THE
NEWS.
SO SHE CREATED A POSITIVE
AND INSPIRATIONAL TV SHOW
CALLED "ANSWERED PRAYERS."
JENNIFER WISHON BRINGS US
THAT STORY.
Reporter: ANSWERED
PRAYERS, THEY ARE WHAT
CHRISTIANS SEEK DAILY, AND
OFTEN GOD ANSWERS JUST
WHEN WE THINK ALL HOPE IS
LOST.
TIRED OF THE DISCOURAGING
NEWS ON TV, ACTRESS AND
PRODUCER ROMA DOWNEY
DECIDED TO LOOK FOR
INSPIRATION.
THERE ARE MOMENTS OF
DIVINE INTERVENTION.
Reporter: SHE WENT TO
CHURCHES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, ASKING FOR
STORIES OF ANSWERED
PRAYERS.
THE RESPONSE WAS
OVERWHELMING.
20 OF THOSE MODERN DAY
MIRACLES WILL BE RELIVED
IN HER NEW SERIES,
"ANSWERED PRAYERS."
ON "TOUCHED BY AN
ANGEL," WE USED TO SAY
THAT COINCIDENCE WAS GOD'S
WAY OF REMAINING
ANONYMOUS.
AND YOU SEE IN THESE
STORIES HOW GOD SHOWS UP
AGAIN AND AGAIN.
Reporter: AS
CHRISTIANS, WE KNOW THAT
GOD IS CONSTANTLY
ANSWERING PRAYERS, HE IS
CONSTANTLY MOVING IN THE
WORLD.
BUT FOR MANY PEOPLE
WATCHING THIS, IT MAY BE
SURPRISING.
IT IS REMINDING PEOPLE
THAT THEY'RE NOT ALONE,
THAT GOD IS REAL, AND THAT
GOD HEARS THEM WHEN THEY
CRY OUT.
Reporter: WE'RE
LIVING IN A TIME WHEN MANY
AMERICANS FEEL THEIR
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IS UNDER
ATTACK.
AT THE SAME TIME, YOU'RE
PUTTING A SHOW ABOUT
ANSWERED PRAYERS ON THE
AIR.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE
TIMING OF THIS LAUNCH?
I'M JUST REALLY
ENCOURAGED.
WE'RE HOPING THAT THE SHOW
MIGHT BIRTH A PRAIRIE
VIVAL.
WE KNOW THAT WE NEED
PRAYER NOW MORE THAN EVER.
THERE IS A LOT OF FEAR IN
OUR NATION, I THINK.
THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS
GOING ON IN OUR WORLD THAT
ARE VERY SCARY, AND I
THINK IT IS JUST GOOD TO
BE REMINDED THAT OUR GOD
IS AN ALMIGHTY GOD.
AND WHEN WE REACH OUT TO
HIM, HE HEARS US.
Reporter: "ANSWERED
PRAYERS" IS ON T.L.C. THIS
SUNDAY AT 10 p.m.
EASTERN.
IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE,
THERE WILL BE A MOMENT
WHEN YOU WILL SCRATCH YOUR
HEAD AND SAY THERE IS NO
LOGICAL EXPLANATION FOR
ANY OF THE OUTCOMES OF
THESE STORIE
SOMETHING SUPERNATURAL IS
GOING ON HERE.
Reporter: JENNIFER
WISHON, CBN NEWS, NEW
YORK.
George: THANKS,
JENNIFER.
FINALLY THIS WEEK, CBN'S
"SUPERBOOK" IS AIRING ON
TIBO TV, GERMAN'S LARGEST
CHRISTIAN CHANNEL.
TWO EPISODES ARE SHOWED
EACH WEEK.
VIEWERS CAN ALSO CONNECT
WITH "SUPERBOOK" ON
Facebook, AND THE
"SUPERBOOK" WEBSITE, WHERE
THEY CAN PLAY GAMES, LEARN
MORE ABOUT GOD, AND
DISCOVER BIBLE STORIES IN
FUN AND EXCITING WAYS.
> FOLKS, THAT IS IT FOR
US THIS WEEK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US.
UNTIL NEXT WEEK, FROM ALL
OF US HERE, GOOD-BYE AND
GOD BLESS YOU.