This week on Christian World News, a Christian pastor realizes his dream of running in the Boston Marathon, only to find that his first priority will always be people. Plus, amid threats of war on the Korean peninsula a Christian missionary ... ...
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TODAY ON "CHRISTIAN WORLD
NEWS" FIGHTING BACK AGAINST
TERROR IN THE WAKE OF THE DEADLY
BOMBING IN BOSTON, BELIEVERS
TAKE THE GOSPEL MESSAGE TO THE
VICTIMS.
AND THREATS OF WAR ON THE KOREAN
PENINSULA.
WE'LL INTRODUCE YOU TO A MAN WHO
IS LEADING A DIFFERENT KIND OF
ARMY.
ONE HE BELIEVES WITH CONQUER
NORTH KOREA FOR CHRIST.
PLUS IN ECUADOR, THIS
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SAYS
HOMOSEXUALS CAN CHANGE.
HE IS FORBIDDEN TO RUN FOR
OFFICE OR EVEN VOTE.
HE MIGHT EVEN FACE JAIL TIME.
WELCOME TO "CHRISTIAN WORLD
NEWS" EVERYONE I AM WENDY
GRIFFITH.
GEORGE THOMAS IS ON ASSIGNMENT.
AMERICANS ARE ROCKED BY THE
TERROR ATTACK THAT STRUCK THE
BOSTON TERROR ATTACK.
THE BOMB SPREAD SHRAPNEL THROUGH
THEIR BODIES.
MANY TENDED TO WOUNDS AND
EVACUATED THEM TO HOSPITALS.
PASTOR JOE PERSINO WAS RUNNING
IN HIS EVER FIRST BOSTON
MARATHON.
I SPOKE TO HIM WHAT HE SAW AND
HOW HE REACTED IN THE CHAOS.
IT WAS SURREAL.
I WAS RUNNING, LOOKING FORWARD
TO FINISHING AND SAW SEVEN OR
EIGHT POLICE OFFICERS ON FOOT
RUNNING INTO TOWN.
THAT WAS MY FIRST INDICATION,
SOMETHING WAS WRONG.
NEXT SIGN WAS 30 TO 40 RUNNERS
CAME TO A SCREECHING HALT FROM
RUNNING.
APPARENTLY A POLICE OFFICER
STOPPED US.
I HAD RUN SIX OTHER MARATHON,
THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN.
I KNEW SOMETHING WAS DRASTICALLY
WRONG.
WHAT DID YOU DO, JOE.
HOW DID YOU HELP THOSE AROUND
YOU AT THAT TIME?
LADY BESIDE ME WAS BESIDE
HERSELF.
I SAID MISS, I AM A MINISTER,
HOW CAN I HELP YOU?
SHE WAS OVERTAKEN OF EMOTION,
HER TWIN SISTER WAS RUNNING THE
SAME RACE AND FINISHED AND
DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT HER.
I TRIED TO CONSOLE HER.
SHE WAS ALMOST INCONSOLABLE.
VERY, VERY PHYSICAL.
SHE ASKED ME TO PRAY WITH HER.
VERY DRAMATIC, COLLAPSED ON HER
KNEES BEGGING FOR MINISTRY, FOR
REASSURAN
REASSURANCE.
SHE WAS UTTERLY ABLE TO CONTACT
HER BROTHER-IN-LAW AND REASSURED
HER SISTER WAS FINE.
PASTOR JOE, I IMAGINE THERE
WILL BE PART OF YOUR SUNDAY
SERMON, WHAT WILL YOU TELL YOUR
CONGREGATION ABOUT YOUR
EXPERIENCE?
I WILL TELL THEM EVIL IS REAL
BUT THAT GOD IS GOOD.
GOD DOESN'T CALL EVIL.
HE CAN STILL REACH AND COMFORT
PEOPLE AND GOD STILL LOVES
PEOPLE AND HOPE IN JESUS CHRIST.
BIGGEST TAKE AWAY FOR ME, THIS
WAS MY BUCKET LIST ITEM, MY
DREAM TO RUN THE BOSTON
MARATHON.
THAT WAS SECONDARY TO PEOPLE.
HURTING PEOPLE WAS FOREMOST ON
MY MIND.
ABSOLUTELY.
NO DOUBT GOD HAD YOU THERE.
CAN ANYTHING COME OUT OF THIS
THAT IS GOOD?
MANY PEOPLE LOST THEIR LEGS AND
LOVED ONE.
A LOT OF GOOD.
GOD IS BRINGING A LOT OF GOOD
OUT OF IT.
LOVE FAR FOR PEOPLE,
PRIORITIZING.
GOD BASICALLY REIGNITING PASSION
TO THE HURTING TO THE LOST.
REORDER OUR LIVES IN SUCH A WAY,
WE NUMBER OUR DAYS ARE RIGHT.
WE ARE HERE FOR A MOMENT.
COMFORTING WORDS, PASTOR JOE
IN MASON CITY, ILLINOIS.
YOU CAN SEE THAT FULL INTERVIEW
AT OUR "CHRISTIAN WORLD NEWS"
WEB PAGE AT CBNNEWS.COM.
THE SUSPECTS CAME TO THE U.S.
FROM A REGION IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA
KNOWN FOR RADICALISM.
GARY LANE, WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT
THIS REGION?
IT IS IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA.
AN ISLAMIC REGION.
RUSSIANS HAVE BEEN FIGHTING
TRYING TO CONTROL THAT AREA.
YOU HAVE 90% OF THE PEOPLE IN
CHECHNYA AND DAGESTAN ARE SUNNI
MUSLIMS.
THEY HAVE WANTED INDEPENDENCE
FROM RUSSIA.
THESE YOUNG GUYS HAD BEEN IN
THE UNITED STATES OVER A DECADE,
GOING TO OUR UNIVERSITY, HAD NEW
CARS, ENJOYING THE AMERICAN WAY
OF LIFE, YET STILL PART OF THIS
GLOBAL JIHAD AGAINST AMERICA.
THEY WERE CHECHNYA NATIONALS
ALSO BECAME RADICALIZES OR
MILITANTS.
ONE OF THEM WAS OUT OF THE
COUNTRY FOR A SHORT WHILE, WHERE
WAS HE?
A LOT OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS.
CHECHNYA IS A PLACE WHERE
TERRORISTS ARE BASED.
CHECHNYAIANS HAVE BEEN IN JIHAD,
AND IRAQ AND OTHER PLACES AROUND
THE WORLD.
THANK YOU, WE APPRECIATE IT.
TURNING TO THE KOREAN PENINSULA.
NORTH KOREA ISSUED MORE THREATS.
AMERICAN AND SOUTH KOREAN FORCES
REMAIN ON HIGH ALERT.
ALL THIS TALK OF WAR COMES AS NO
SURPRISE TO ONE NORTH KOREAN
DEFECTOR, GEORGE THOMAS REPORTS
FROM SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
REPORTER: THREATS TO ATTACK
SOUTH KOREA AND AMERICA, IT IS
NORMAL FOR THIS MAN.
CBN IS TAKING ACTIONS TO PROTECT
HIM.
HE LIVES IN NORTH KOREA.
TWO OR THREE TIMES IT IS GOING
TO ATTACK THE ENEMIES.
THIRD GENERATION NORTH KOREAN
CHRISTIANS KNOWN TO DEFECT TO
SOUTH KOREA.
HIS LIFE AS A SECRET BELIEVER
INSIDE THE COMMUNIST NATION
DETAILED IN THE BOOK "THESE ARE
THE GENERATIONS."
YOU ARE LIFE IS MARKED WITH RISK
THE MOMENT YOU ACCEPT JESUS
CHRIST AS SAVIOR.
THAT IS THE PRICE YOU PAY FOR
BEING A MEMBER OF THE
UNDERCHURC
UNDERCHURCH.
A PRICE HE AND FAMILY PAID
ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF
CHRISTIAN ACTIVITY.
MY ENTIRE FAMILY INCLUDING
CHILDREN AND PARENTS WERE ALWAYS
EVANGELIZING.
WE DID THIS IN SECRET AND HAD TO
BE CAREFUL.
AUTHORITIES BECAME SUSPICIOUS.
EVENTUALLY RELEASED FROM
PRISON WITHOUT BEING CHARGED.
HE SAYS THAT WAS A MIRACLE.
SEVERAL MEMBERS OF FAMILY
INCLUDING MOTHER AND BROTHERS
ARE IN A NORTH KOREAN
CONCENTRATION CAMP BECAUSE OF
THEIR OWN EVAN JELL LISTIC
ACTIVITY.
THEY WERE SENT TO A
CONCENTRATION CAMP BECAUSE
AUTHORITIES FOUND A BIBLE IN THE
HOUSE.
SOME 200,000 CHRISTIANS HELD
IN PRISON CAMPS, ESTIMATED
30,000 ARE CHRISTIANS.
ERICK FOLEY, AN AMERICAN LIVING
IN SEOUL AND TRAIN DEFECTORS TO
SHARE THE GOSPEL.
80% OF DEFECTORS ARE IN
REGULAR CONTACT WITH FAMILY
MEMBERS.
THE FRONT LINE KOREAN MINISTER
ISN'T ON THE BORDER WITH CHINA.
IT IS HERE IN SEOUL
REPORTER: FOLEY HOLDS
REGULAR CLASSES FOR NORTH
KOREANS WHO HAVE DEFECTED TO
SOUTH KOREA.
HE SAYS IT IS HIGHLY STRATEGIC
FOR REACHING THEM AROUND THE
COUNTRY.
WORKERS ARE SENT ABROAD FOR
YEARS.
THEY CAN REACH THEIR FAMILY
MEMBERS BY GOING TO CHINA,
RUSSIA, MONGOLIA, SOUTHEAST ASIA
REPORTER: THEY SAY THE BEST
WAY IS TO REMEMBER THE
UNDERGROUND BELIEVERS QUIETLY IN
THE SHADOWS.
THEY ARE THE FAITHFUL ONES
THAT ENDURE SO MUCH TO SHARE
JESUS.
PRAY GOD WILL GIVE THEM STRENGTH
AND MORE BOLDNESS.
MOST IMPRESSIVE THAT DOESN'T
CHANGE.
THE NORTH KOREAN CHURCH IS
FOCUSSED ON BEING FAITHFUL AND
PROPAGATING THE GOSPEL.
THANKS, GEORGE.
IN EGYPT, THOUSANDS OF MUSLIM
BROTHERHOOD SUPPORTERS GATHERED
IN CAIRO DEMANDING PRESIDENT
MOHAMMED MORSI CLEANSE THE
JUDICIARY.
MORSI SUPPORTERS SAY THE
PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO RID THE
JUDICIARY OF CORRUPTION.
AMERICAN COPTICS GATHERED IN
FRONT OF THE WHITE HOUSE TO
DEMAND JUSTICE.
F
PROTESTERS BELIEVE THE UNITED
STATES SHOULD DO MORE TO PROTECT
THE CHRISTIAN IN ORDER FROM
ATTACKS.
CHRISTIANS AROUND THE WORLD NEED
TO PRAY AND STAND WITH THEM.
FLA F
WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER AS
ONE AND PUSH TO ALLOW COPTIC
CHRISTIANS TO REMAIN IN EGYPT.
THEY ARE THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
AND HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN
THERE.
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF COPTIC
CHRISTIANS HAVE FLED EGYPT IN
THE PAST TWO YEARS.
HE SAYS HOMOSEXUALS CAN CHANGE.
NOW HE IS STRIPPED OF ALL
POLITICAL RIGHTS AND COULD EVEN
GO TO PRISON, THE SHOCKING STORY
FROM ECUADOR.
CAN COURT IN ECUADOR HAS
STRIPPED A FORMER PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE FOR SAYING PUBLICALLY
HOMOSEXUALS COULD CHANGE.
NOW THE EVANGELICAL POLITICIAN
COULD BE SENT TO PRISON FOR HATE
CRIMES.
THE ELECTORAL COURT STRIPPED
FORMER CANDIDATE NELSON ZANFELA
OF ALL RIGHTS.
THEY SAID HE MAY NOT VOTE OR
SERVE IN OFFICE FOR A YEAR.
THEY FINED HIM 3,000 YEARS FOR
HIS COMMENTS ON HOMOSEXUALS.
IT SHOULD COST THE ECUADOREAN
PEOPLE ON REACTIONARY PUBLIC
SPEECH.
ZAVALA SPOKE AGAINST
HOMOSEXUALS, HERE IS WHAT HE
SAID IN A TELEVISION INTERVIEW.
WHEN THE GOVERNMENT IS
INCAPABLE OF SOLVING THE PROBLEM
OF HOMOSEXUALITY, I UNDERSTAND,
AS CHRISTIANS WITH 112 YEARS OF
HISTORY IN ECUADOR AND 2,000
YEARS ON EARTH, WE HAVE SHOWN
OVER AND OVER HOMOSEXUALITY CAN
BE CHANGED.
TODAY IN OUR CHURCHES, PASTORS
WHO USED TO BE HOMOSEXUALS.
HE FACES A PRISON SENTENCE UP
TO THREE YEARS FOR COMMITTING A
HATE CRIME.
FULL PROTECTION IS GRANTED TO
MINORITY GROUPS.
WE ARE SEEING SOME HOW THEY ARE
NOT BEING TOTALLY FAIR TO US.
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CHURCH IN
OUR COUNTRY.
HE HOPES TO APPEAL HIS
CONVICTION.
JOHN WAAGE, CBN NEWS.
THANKS, JOHN.
AS MARGARET THATCHER WAS LAID TO
REST, MANY REFLECTED ON HER
CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES.
KEY CHRISTIAN LEADERS TESTIFIED
TO HER STRONG FAITH.
MARGARET THATCHER WILL BE
REMEMBERED AS PRIME MINISTER FOR
11 YEARS, MANY LEADERS ARE
HIGHLIGHTED IN THE CHRISTIAN
VALLEY AS A COMMITTED BELIEVER.
SHE GREW UP IN THE METHODIST
CHURCH DIED OF A STROKE AT AGE
87.
HER CHRISTIAN FAITH WAS
EVERYTHING SHE STOOD FOR AS A
LEADER, SHE QUOTED FROM FRANCES.
SHE WAS A VERY EXPLICIT
CHRISTIAN IN THAT FAMOUS
STATEMENT, SHE WAS SAYING THESE
ARE THE VALUES, I WANT TO LIVE
MY LIFE BY.
NOW A WELL KNOWN CAMPAIGNER
ON BEHALF OF THE PERSECUTOR
CHURCH REMEMBERS THE TIME SHE
WAS SUMMONED TOLD SHE WAS
RECOMMENDED TO BECOME A PEER IN
THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
I HAD FALLEN DOWN WITH
AMAZEMENT.
WHAT WAS IMPRESSIVE WAS SHE SAID
YOU HAVE ALWAYS GOT FREEDOM TO
SPEAK AND VOTE ACCORDING TO
CONSCIENCE.
ALSO BELIEVES MARGARET
THATCHER WAS DRIVEN BY CHRISTIAN
PRINCIPLES PARTICULARLY WHEN SHE
WAS CAMPAIGNING CHRISTIANITY TO
BE TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS.
SHE WAS VERY CLEAR IN THE
CHRISTIAN VALUES.
ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE I WAS
ACTIVE IN THE 1980S WAS BRINGING
CHRISTIANITY, TEACHING OF OUR
HERITAGE BACK INTO THE TEACHING
OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN OUR
SCHOOLS.
FOR 15 YEARS, HARVEY THOMAS
DIRECTED FOR BILLY GRAHAM
1978-
1978-1991.
THE THING SHE SAID TO ME MOST
OF ALL, WE HAVE TO DO IT THIS
WAY BECAUSE IT IS RIGHT.
PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO JUDGE
AND HISTORY WILL JUDGE.
HER MOTIVATION WAS BECAUSE SHE
BELIEVED IT WAS THE RIGHT THING
TO DO.
THAT IS WHY SHE DID IT.
THAT CAME FROM HER CHRISTIAN
FAITH.
HER STRONG BELIEVE IN GOD
INSPIRED HER POLICIES.
LORD KERRY SUGGESTS IT WAS
BECAUSE OF THE UNIVERSAL TRUTHS
THAT LEFT A LASTING IMPACT AND
LED TO THE END OF THE COLD WAR.
DESPITE THE SADNESS OF HER
PASSING, REASSURED HER QUALITY
OF LIFE IS FAR GREATER IN
HEAVEN.
I FEEL A SENSE OF SADNESS,
SHE WAS A GREAT LEADER AS
CHRISTIAN BELIEVE.
AS THE COUNTRY PAYS THEIR
RESPECTS DURING MARGARET
THATCHERS FUNERAL.
UNLIKE MANY OF THOSE THAT
SUCCEEDED HER, SHE CHOOSE TO
ABANDON HER BELIEFS WHICH HELPED
MAKE GREAT BRITAIN, GREAT.
PETER WOODING FOR CBN NEWS,
LONDON, ENGLAND.
THANKS, PETER.
UP NEXT, KURT WARNER TALKS ABOUT
HIS NEW REALITY SERIES
"EXPERIMENT THE MOMENT"
WITH THE HOST WITH HIS OWN
CINDERELLA STORY.
WELCOME BACK TO "CHRISTIAN
WORLD NEWS." SO MANY PEOPLE FEEL
LIKE THEIR LIVES PAST THEM BY
BEFORE THEY COULD DO THE THINGS
THEY DREAMED OF DOING.
PRO-FOOTBALL STAR KURT WARNER
SAYS IT IS NEVER TOO LATE.
HE HAS A NEW REALITY SHOW CALLED
"THE MOMENT."
IT IS ABOUT GIVING PEOPLE A
SECOND CHANCE.
EVERYBODY HAS A DREAM.
I AM HERE TO GIVE YOU A
SECOND CHANCE.
KURT WARN ER WANTS TO GIVE
THEM A SECOND CHANCE TO FULFILL
THIS BIGGEST DREAM.
ONE DREAM, YOU ARE NOT
GETTING IT.
CLEARLY I HAVE MORE TO SAY.
DREAMS ARE AS DIVERSE OF THE
PEOPLE, FROM A PROFESSIONAL
SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHER TO SYMPHONY
CONDUCTOR TO RACE CAR DRIVER,
NINE PEOPLE WILL BE PUT TO THE
TEST TO SEE IF THEY HAVE WHAT IT
TAKES AND WON'T BE EASY.
THIS IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN
TRYING FOR, FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
KURT WARNER WENT FROM
STOCKING GROCERY STORE SHELVES
IN IOWA TO LEADING ST. LOUIS
RAMS TO A SUPER BOWL JUST A FEW
YEARS LATER.
FIVE WEEKS LATER HE WAS CUT.
HE TRIED OTHER TEAMS, EVEN OTHER
LEAGUES.
EVERYBODY SAID WE ARE NOT
INTERESTED.
I DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE UP ON MY
DREAM.
I KNEW I HAD TO TAKE A JOB AND
PAY BILLS.
I TOOK A JOB STOCKING SHELVES AT
A GROCERY STORE.
I KNEW I MAY GET A COUPLE HOURS
OF SLEEP, GO WORK OUT AND MAKE
SURE I WAS CHASING MY DREAM AND
MY FUTURE WIFE, BRENDA WITH TWO
KIDS, I WOULD HELP TAKE CARE OF
THE KIDS WHILE SHE WENT TO
NURSING SCHOOL.
BY MAKING $5.50 AN HOUR AT A
GROCERY STORE, HE GOT THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY ARENA
FOOTBALL IN IOWA.
I TRIED TO GET BACK INTO THE
NFL.
EVERYONE AROUND ME WAS SAYING AT
SOME POINT YOU HAVE TO GIVE IT
UP, THIS ISN'T GOING TO HAPPEN.
THEY DON'T GIVE 27-YEAR-OLD
INDIVIDUALS A CHANCE TO PLAY IN
THE NFL, JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN AT
THE QUARTERBACK POSITION.
WHAT A REMARKABLE COME BACK.
APPARENTLY COACH DICK VERMEAL
OF THE ST. LOUIS RAMS DIDN'T
AGREE AND GAVE HIM A CHANCE OF
PLAYING IN THE NFL.
SOMETHING HE NOTICED ABOUT ME
HE WANTED TO GIVE ME A CHANCE.
HERE I AM 27 YEARS OLD, I AM A
ROOKIE IN THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL
LEAGUE.
THE REST IS HISTORY.
HE WOULD GO ON TO BE THE BEST
UNDRAFTED FOOTBALL PLAYERS,
FOLLOWING A 12-YEAR CAREER.
ONE OF THE GREATEST STORIES IN
NFL HISTORY.
WHY CAN WANT EVERYTHING PLAY
OUT LIKE I HAD HOPED?
IT WOULD.
I SEE HOW GOD USED THIS STORY.
I WOULDN'T CHANGE A THING.
THE FACT HE WAS BLESSED TO
GET A SECOND CHANCE MAKES HIM
THE PERFECT HOST FOR "THE
MOMENT."
EVERYBODY NEEDS A CHANCE FOR
SOMEBODY TO STEP IN AND GET A
SECOND CHANCE BECAUSE LIFE HAS
TAKEN THEM IN A DIFFERENT
DIRECTION.
LETTING PEOPLE KNOW YOU DON'T
HAVE TO GIVE UP.
IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO BE WHAT
YOU HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE.
HE SAYS THE WHOLE THEME OF
SECOND CHANCES IS SOMETHING
THOSE OF US THAT SERVE A GOD OF
SECOND CHANCES CAN IDENTIFY
WITH.
WHEN I PICK UP THE BIBLE,
THAT IS EVERYBODY'S STORY IN THE
BIBLE.
GOD TAKING PEOPLE EVERYBODY SAYS
NO WAY, CAN'T HAPPEN, NO CHANCE
AND DOING AMAZING THINGS.
I GOT YOUR BACK.
YOU GOT THIS.
THANK YOU.
IT IS TO HOPE OF EACH PERSON
FEATURED IN "THE MOMENT."
THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO TRAIN WITH
AN EXPERT IN THEIR FIELD,
PREPARE FOR AN INTERVIEW AND
HOPEFULLY LAND A JOB OF A
LIFETIME.
WHAT DO YOU HOPE THEY TAKE
AWAY FROM "THE MOMENT?"
I HOPE THEY ARE OPEN TO WHAT
LIFE COULD BE AND THEY ARE TRULY
GOING TO CHASE AFTER WHATEVER IT
IS THEY WANT NO LIFE.
ONE OF THE MOST INSPIRATIONAL
INTERVIEWS I HAVE EVER HAD THE
PLEASURE OF DOING.
HERE IN THE U.S. YOU CAN SEE
KURT WARNER ON "THE MOMENT"
THURSDAYS AT 10:00 P.M., YOU
DON'T WANT TO MISS IT.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
FINALLY THIS WEEK, GEORGE
BEVERLY SHAY, THE VOICE OF BILLY
GRAHAM'S CRUSADES DIED.
HE OFTEN SANG A PEACEFUL HYMN
BEFORE GRAHAM PREACHED.
HE SAID BILLY LOVED THE QUIET.
SHAY WAS THE MOST HUMBLE
GRACEFUL MAN.
I LOVED HIM AS A BROTHER.
GEORGE BEVERLY SHAY WAS 104
YEARS OLD.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US
FROM ALL OF US HERE OT
"CHRISTIAN WORLD NEWS." UNTIL
NEXT WEEK GOOD-BYE, AND GOD
BLESS YOU.