Neglected and abused as a child, Jennifer fell into addiction and prostitution as a runaway. Plus, the Shores sisters remember growing up in Alabama during the turbulent Civil Rights era.
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YOUR LIFE IS A GIFT.
YOUR LIFE HAS A PURPOSE.
Reporter: ON THE ROAD
WITH PRO-LIFE LEADER, LEILA
ROSE.
THERE IS A SPIRITUAL
BATTLE HAPPENING IN OUR
MIDST.
PLUS...
THERE WAS A VERY DARK
FORCE AT MY HOME.
HOW SHE ESCAPED THE
MONSTER.
AND THEN...
WE HAD A FEAST RIGHT AT
THE FIRST PLACE OF HISTORY.
THE HERO WHO SURVIVED THE
BOMB AND BECAME A CIVIL
RIGHTS LEGEND.
IF I GAVE INTO THE HATE,
IT WOULD DESTROY ME.
Pat: WELL, WELCOME TO
THIS EDITION OF "THE 700
CLUB."
THE QUESTION IN THE UKRAINE,
WILL PUTIN'S GOVERNMENT WIN
OUT OR WILL PRO-DEMOCRACY
FORCES WIN OUT?
UKRAINE HAS DECLARED A DAY
OF NATIONAL MOURNING AFTER
25 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THE
LATEST VIOLENCE TO HIT THE
COUNTRY.
AND THE BATTLES AREN'T OVER
YET BY A LONG SHOT.
Terry: PROTESTORS AND
SECURITY FORCE ARE GETTING
READY FOR MORE
CONFRONTATIONS, WHILE
CHRISTIANS IN THE COUNTRY
ARE STANDING UP FOR THE
GOSPEL AND ASKING FOR
PRAYER.
GEORGE THOMAS HAS THE
STORY.
George:
George: ACROSS UKRAINE,
THE STUNNING IMAGES FROM THE
CAPITAL CITY.
A VIOLENCE NEVER SEEN SINCE
THE DAYS OF INDEPENDENCE
MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO.
AS MANY HERE WORRY ABOUT A
BLOODY CIVIL WAR.
OVERNIGHT LARGE SECTIONS OF
THE PROTEST CAMP IN THE
HEART OF KIEV WAS ON FIRE.
I THINK THAT TODAY, AFTER
ALL THIS, PEOPLE WILL RISE
UP FOR REAL.
George: SOME 10,000
GOVERNMENT FORCES SURROUNDED
THE DEMONSTRATORS,
EVENTUALLY MOVING IN AND
SEIZING CONTROL OF A THIRD
OF INDEPENDENCE SQUARE.
IT IS REALLY SCARY.
WE CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW THE
GOVERNMENT CAN HATE THEIR
PEOPLE SO MUCH, BUT ON THE
OTHER HAND, IT IS NOT SCARY
HERE BECAUSE WHEN YOU COME
TO INDEPENDENCE SQUARE, IT
IS OBVIOUS THAT PEOPLE ARE
UNITED AND THEY ARE STAYING
UNTIL THE END.
George: THROUGHOUT THE
NIGHT, ANTI-GOVERNMENT
DEMONSTRATORS BATTLED WITH
STONES AND MOLOTOV
COCKTAILS, AGAINST POLICE
ARMED WITH HAND GRENADES AND
RUBBER BULLETS.
TODAY PROTESTORS ARE BACK ON
THE SQUARE, DIGGING IN FOR
ANOTHER DAY OF
CONFRONTATION.
THIS IS THE LAST WAR, THE
LAST CHANCE FOR US.
IF WE LEAVE NOW, EVERYTHING,
EVERYTHING WILL BE BROKEN.
George: THE CRISIS
BEGAN LAST NOVEMBER WHEN
UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT REJECTED
A TRADE DEAL WITH THE
EUROPEAN UNION.
THE PROTESTORS WANT CLOSER
TIES WITH EUROPE.
THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO SIDE
WITH PUTIN.
I THINK PUTIN WOULD LOVE
TO HAVE UKRAINE UNDER HIS
LEADERSHIP.
George: STEVE WEBBER
LEADS CBN'S OFFICE IN
UKRAINE.
HE SAYS FROM KREMLIN'S
PERSPECTIVE, RUSSIA HAS NO
BORDERS.
THERE IS A UNION BETWEEN
KYRZAKHSTAN AND BELARUS AND
RUSSIA, KIND OF A ECONOMIC
CONSOLIDATION, BUT HE WANTS
UKRAINE IN THAT.
George: UKRAINE GAINED
ITS INDEPENDENCE FROM THE
FORMER SOVIET UNION BACK IN
1991, AND EVER SINCE THEN
THIS NATION HAS BEEN
SEARCHING FOR ITS TRUE
IDENTITY.
IN FACT, HALF THE COUNTRY IS
EVENLY SPLIT.
THE EAST SIDE IS
PRO-RUSSIAN.
THE WEST SIDE,
PRO-EUROPEAN.
AND THIS CRISIS HAS ONLY
DEEPENED THOSE DIVISIONS.
MEANWHILE, CHURCHES ACROSS
DEMO DENOMINATIONS HAVE
BEEN ACTIVELY INVOLVED,
HOPING TO SPEAK TRUTH AND
HOPE INTO THE CRISIS.
THEY'VE HELD 24-HOUR PRAYER
VIGILS.
WE ARE NOT EMBARRASSED TO
NAME THE NAME OF GOD, NOT
EMBARRASSED TO NAME THE NAME
OF JESUS CHRIST.
WE'VE GOT PLACARDS DOWN
THERE ON M MIDONG, SAYING,
"PRAYER FOR JESUS, JESUS HAS
THE FUTURE FOR OUR NATION."
George: THIS MORNING ON
Facebook, WEBBER CALLED
FOR PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD
TO PRAY FOR UKRAINE.
WE JUST NEED TO PRAY
THERE THER THAT THERE WILL
BE A WHOLE NEW GENERATION OF
PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SERVE FOR
THE GOOD OF THE PEOPLE.
George: GEORGE THOMAS,
CBN NEWS.
Pat: YOU REALLY SHOULD
BE PRAYING FOR THE UKRAINE.
IT WAS THE BREAD BASKET OF
EUROPE.
IT HAS THE POTENTIAL OF
BEING AN AGRICULTURAL SUPER
POWER.
RUSSIA WANTS IT AS A
SATELLITE, AND THE PEOPLE
SAY, NO, WE WANT TO BE
PRO-WESTERN AND FREE.
IT HAS A TREMENDOUS HISTORY
OF CHRISTIANITY.
THEY HAVE OVER A THOUSAND
YEARS OF CHRISTIAN HISTORY.
AND WE HAVE A VERY STRONG
PRESENCE IN THE UKRAINE.
WE HAVE A HUGE TV STUDIO
THERE.
AND STEVE WEBBER HAS DONE A
TERRIFIC JOB.
KEEP IN MIND, LET'S PRAY FOR
THAT COUNTRY BECAUSE WE
DON'T NEED IT TO GO BACK
INTO THE SOVIET ORBIT, AND
WE ALSO DON'T NEED
RESTRICTIVE LAWS RIGHT NOW
ABOUT BRINGING IN MONEY
COMING FROM OTHER SOURCES
THAT WILL CUT OFF SOME OF
THE BANKS.
TERRY, YOU HAVE AN ORPHANAGE
IN THE UKRAINE?
Terry:
"ORPHANS' PROMISE" HAS
MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE
PROJECTS.
WE'RE INVOLVED IN SOMETHING
LIKE 13 ROMA COMMUNITIES,
AND WE HAVE 18 TRAINING
CENTERS FOR KIDS AGING OUT
OF ORPHANAGES.
ALL KINDS OF WORK, NOT TO
MENTION WHAT CBN
INTERNATIONAL HAS FOCUSED
THERE.
SO IF THEY BEGIN TO CHARGE A
TAX ON THE MONIES COMING IN,
GIVEN AS DONATIONS FOR THE
WORK THERE, THAT WOULD
HUGELY EFFECT THEM.
Pat: WHO IS DOING THAT,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE
COUNTRY?
Terry: THAT'S PART OF
THE NEW LAW.
THE PEOPLE ARE RISING UP
BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD
FREEDOM.
THEY'VE TASTED IT.
AND THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO
WANT TO GO BACK TO RUSSIAN
DOMINATION.
IT IS FINANCIAL.
IT'S ALL FINANCIAL.
BUT WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
THAT COUNTRY TO TRULY
ESTABLISH ITSELF AS
PENTAGON.
INDEPENDENT.
TO SEE COUNTRYMAN AGAINST
COUNTRYMAN IS JUST SUCH A
SAD THING.
Pat: YOU REMEMBER THAT
FORMER PRIME MINISTER WHO
WAS POISONED.
Terry: USHENKO.
Pat: YES, AND THE PRIME
MINISTER, THEY PUT HER IN
JAIL.
AND SHE WAS A PRETTY GOOD
PERSON.
IT IS SO MUCH CORRUPTION.
EVERYBODY IS INTO THE TILL.
Terry: AS WE PRAY, ONE
OF THE THINGS WE SHOULD PRAY
FOR IS THAT GOD WOULD RAISE
UP A LEADER, AS STEVE SAYS,
HAS THE TRUE LIFE AND FUTURE
OF THIS COUNTRY AT MIND
RATHER THAN FINANCIAL GAIN.
Pat: IT IS RIGHT IN THE
HEART OF EUROPE, LADIES AND
GENTLEMENMENT AND, A LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN.
AND AS I SAY, IT IS AN
AGRICULTURAL BREAD BASKET.
AND STALIN PUT THE CRAMPS ON
THE UKRAINIANS, AND THEY HAD
ALL OF THIS FOOD AND HE
WOULDN'T LET THEM EAT IT.
IT WAS A HORRIBLE THING.
THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH GREAT
TURMOIL.
BUT THIS THING IS OUT OF
CONTROL.
THAT PRESIDENT, QUITE
FRANKLY, NEEDS TO RESIGN,
AND THE UNITED STATES NEEDS
TO HELP THE PROTESTORS.
WE NEED TO COME DOWN, ONCE
IN OUR LIVES, ON THE PART OF
FREEDOM AND NOT ON THE PART
OF THESE NASTY DICTATORS.
IN OTHER NEWS, NORTH KOREA
CAREER HAS ARRESTED A
CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY.
JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT STORY
FROM WASHINGTON.
HERE IS JOHN.
Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT,
PAT.
AN AUSTRALIAN MISSIONARY IS
IN POLICE CUSTODY.
OFFICIALS DETAINED
75-YEAR-OLD JOHN SHORT FOR
ALLEGEDLY HANDING OUT
CHRISTIAN MATERIAL.
HE OWNS A CHRISTIAN
BOOKSTORE IN HONG KONG, AND
TRAVELLED TO PYONGYANG WITH
A TOUR GROUP FROM BEIJING.
NORTHERN KOREAN OFFICERS
TOOK HIM FROM HIS HOTEL
EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY IS
FORBIDDEN IN NORTH KOREA.
AND FOREIGNORS ARE
REPEATEDLY ARRESTED.
KENNETH BAE, ANOTHER
MISSIONARY, IS SERVING 15
YEARS.
A HIGHER MINIMUM WAGE COULD
COST THE COUNTRY ABOUT A
HALF MILLION JOBS BY 2016.
THAT ANALYSIS COMES FROM THE
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET
OFFICE.
THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN
PUSHING FOR A GRADUAL
INCREASE IN THE MINIMUM
WAGE, UP TO $10.10 BY 2016.
REPUBLICANS HAVE LONG
OPPOSED THE MINIMUM WAGE
BOOST, CALLING IT A JOB
KILLER.
SENATE MAJORITY LEADER HARRY
REID IS EXPECTED TO BRING
THE DEBATE TO THE SENATE
FLOOR NEXT MONTH.
Pat: THE DEMOCRATS ARE
EMBARRASSED.
YOU KNOW, SOCIALISM, LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN, DOES NOT
WORK.
AND WE HAVE IN THE WHITE
HOUSE A MAN WHO TENDS
TOWARDS SOCIALISM.
AND HIS FOLLOWERS ARE
STATEST IN THEIR
ORIENTATION.
AND THE PROBLEM IS THEIR
IVORY TOWER ACADEMICS, AND
THEY HAVE LITTLE EXPERIENCE
IN THE REAL WORLD, AND THEY
DON'T REALIZE HOW THEIR
POLICIES ARE DESTROYING THE
GREATEST STATIO NATION ON
EARTH.
THIS ATTEMPT AT THE MINIMUM
WAGE IS ONE MORE ATTEMPT TO
GAIN CONTROL IN THE PRIVATE
SECTOR.
AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE
DOING IN HEALTH CARE.
IF YOU LET THEM GET CONTROL,
THEY'LL RUIN ANYTHING
THEY'LL GET THEIR HANDS ON
BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT
THEY'RE DOING.
JOHN?
Reporter: PAT, THERE
APPEARS TO BE A HUGE
DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE
PRESIDENT'S POSITIVE TALK
ABOUT THE ECONOMY AND WHAT
AMERICANS ARE EXPERIENCING.
THAT DIVIDE OCCURRED AGAINST
AS THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
PRAISED THE 2009 STIMULUS,
ALSO KNOWN AS THE RECOVERY
ACT.
Reporter: THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION IS
CELEBRATING THE FIVE-YEAR
ANNIVERSARY OF ITS 2009
STIMULUS PROGRAM.
A SELF-COCONGRATULATE
REPORT SAYS JUMP-STARTING
THE BUSINESSES AND THE
ECONOMY WAS SUCCESSFUL.
IRONICALLY, ALSO OUT THIS
WEEK, A NEW GALLOP POLL IN
WHICH AMERICANS SAY THEIR
BIGGEST CONCERN IS JOBS AND
UNEMPLOYMENT.
25% OF DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS AGREE IT IS THE
BIGGEST PROBLEM.
THEIR SECOND BIGGEST
CONCERN: THE ECONOMY.
I THINK THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE ARE A LITTLE BIT
AHEAD OF THE PRESIDENT ON
THIS ONE, AND THEY'RE
WORRIED.
Reporter: FORBES
CONTRIBUTOR AND VENTURE
CAPITALIST BILL FREZA
SAYS --
LOOK AT THE FACT THERE IS
AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF
UNCERTAINTY ON THE HORIZON
IN TERMS OF WHERE THEY'RE
GOING TO GET THEIR HEALTH
CARE, AND HOW MUCH IT WILL
COST, AND WITH EVERYBODY
NERVOUS, IT IS HARD FOR THE
AMERICAN POPULATION TO BE
EXCITED ABOUT THE ECONOMY
AND TO BELIEVE ANY OF THE
NUMBERS COMING OUT OF
WASHINGTON.
Reporter: LAST FALL THE
GALLOP SHOWED THAT THE
AMERICANS WERE MOST WORRIED
ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT AND
POLITICIANS.
BUT BEFORE THAT, GOING BACK
TO FEBRUARY 2008, AMERICANS
HAVE SAID THAT EITHER JOBS
OR THE ECONOMY WERE THE MOST
IMPORTANT PROBLEMS.
THIS CONSISTENT WORRY IS, OF
COURSE, UNLIKELY TO BE EASED
BY THE PRESIDENT'S LATEST
REPORT.
AND THERE IS ALREADY TALKS
THAT THE G.O.P. PLANS TO USE
ECONOMY CONCERNS AS A MAJOR
MID-TERM ELECTION WEAPON.
HEATHER CELLS, CBN NEWS.
Reporter: PAT, WE'LL
SEND IT BACK TO YOU.
Pat: A RECENT POLL JUST
TAKEN INDICATED 71% OF THOSE
WHO VOTED FOR OBAMA WERE
SORRY THEY DID IT.
THEY THINK THEY MADE A
MISTAKE.
JOHN?
Reporter: WELL, PAT,
SPEAKING OF THAT POLL, THE
ECONOMY AND THE PROBLEMS
WITH OBAMACARE ARE TAKING
THEIR TOLL ON THE
PRESIDENT.
A NEW POLL SHOWS ONLY 79% OF
OBAMA VOTERS WERE VOTE
AGAIN, AND 71% REGRET VOTING
FOR HIM.
WELL, HOLLYWOOD WANTS A TAX
CUT FOR ITSELF.
FILM WORKS, A GROUP THAT
REPRESENTS THE ENTERTAINMENT
INDUSTRY, HAS STARTED AN
ONLINE PETITION.
THE DAILY CALL REPORTS THE
PETITION ASKS CALIFORNIA'S
FILM AND TV FANS TO PUSH
LAWMAKERS FOR GREATER
FINANCIAL BREAKS FOR FILM
PRODUCTION TO STAY IN
CALIFORNIA.
THE PETITION SAYS IF POLICY
MAKERS FAIL TO MAKE OUR
STATE MORE COMPETITIVE, THE
FILM INDUSTRY WILL FACE THE
SAME FATE AS AT COMPANIES,
INCLUDING AEROSPACE, WHICH
LEFT CALIFORNIA FOR OTHER
STATES.
WELL, EATING FOODS WITH
VITAMIN "C," LIKE ORANGES,
STRAWBERRIES AND BROCCOLI
MAKE UP THE RISK OF A
HEMORRHAGEIC STROKE.
THE RESEARCH IS STILL IN ITS
PRELIMINARY STAGE, BUT
MEDICAL NEWS TODAY REPORTS
IT COULD ADD TO THE GROWING
BODY OF EVIDENCE THAT LINKS
WHAT YOU EAT TO THE RISKS OF
HAVING A STROKE.
THAT WAS A RELATIVELY
SMALL-SCALE STUDY WITH BIG
IMPLICATIONS.
Pat: YOU WONDER -- WE
WERE ON TO THIS 20 YEARS
AGO, AND YOU WONDER WHY IT
TAKES THE MEDICAL PROFESSION
SO LONG TO CATCH UP.
JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
VITAMIN "C" ALONE WON'T DO
IT.
THERE IS SOMETHING CALLED
THE COMPLEX, THAT YOU HAVE
VITAMIN "C" COMPLEX, AND THE
BIOFLAVONOIDS ARE PART OF
WHAT'S INVOLVED IN SOME OF
THESE FRUITS AND
VEGETABLES.
AND PURE VITAMIN "C" IS
NICE, IT STRENGTHENS THE
CAPILLARIES AND THE
ARTERIES, BUT WITH THE
BIOFLAVONOIDS, RUTIN AND THE
OTHER THINGS THAT ARE
INVOLVED, ARE MUCH MORE
EFFECTIVE.
SO WER WHEN I TAKE VITAMIN
"C," I ALWAYS MAKE SURE IT
HAS THE VITAMIN "C"
COMPLEX.
AND THE STUDY SHOWS YOU EAT
BROCCOLI AND HAVE CITRUS
FRUITS.
Terry: THAT IS OFTEN
TRUE WITH VITAMINS, IT NEEDS
NOTHING TO GO WITH IT.
Pat: DO YOU TAKE THE
COMPLEX?
Terry: I THINK MY "C"
DOES.
I'LL HAVE TO GO HOME AND
CHECK.
Pat: YOU THINK?
YOU'RE GOING TO LEAVE THAT
TO CHANCE?
Terry: I'M NOT QUITE AS
INTO IT AS YOU ARE.
Pat: ALL RIGHT, KEEP
GOING.
Terry: COMING UP, SHE
IS 25 YEARS OLD AND A FORCE
TO BE RECKONED WITH.
MEET THE WOMAN WHO WENT
UNDERCOVER TO BUST PLANNED
PARENTHOOD.
LIVE ACTION'S LEILA ROSE IS
NEXT.
*
Pat: WELL, WE HAVE SOME
UNLIKELY HEROS.
THE AMAZING THING IS THE
YOUNGER GENERATION, THE
GEN-Ys ARE PASSIONATELY
PRO-LIFE.
MANY OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE
SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD
HAVE BEEN ME.
THEY ARE SO CLOSE TO
ABORTION AND THESE BABIES
AND THEY THINK, I COULD HAVE
BEEN THAT BABY.
LEILA ROSE IS JUST 25 YEARS
OLD, AND SHE HAS ALREADY
MADE A HUGE IMPACT ON THE
PRO-LIFE MOVEMENT.
AND SHE HAS BEEN NAMED ONE
OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL
WOMEN IN WASHINGTON UNDER
35.
AND AS DAVID BRODY REPORTS,
SHE HAS EVEN TAKEN ON
AMERICA'S LARGEST ABORTION
PROVIDER, PLANNED
PARENTHOOD.
David: LEILA ROSE MAY
NOT LOOK LIKE A BRAWLER, BUT
THAT DOESN'T STOP HER FROM
TAKING THE FIGHT TO THE
ABORTION INDUSTRY.
TO PAY FOR DRUGS THAT ARE
KILLING HUMAN LIFE --
NOT DIRECTLY.
INDIRECTLY --
David: SHE DOESN'T
BACK DOWN.
AS LONG AS THEY ARE LEGAL
IN OUR NATION, THEN
ABORTIONS SHOULD BE DONE IN
OUR PUBLIC SQUARE.
WE'RE OBJECTIFYING AND
DEHUMANIZING HUMAN BEINGS,
AND THAT IS NEVER RIGHT.
WE HAVE TO STAND UP AGAINST
THAT AND EXPOSE IT.
David: AND EXPOSE IT,
SHE HAS.
BY USING HIDDEN CAMERAS, HER
GROUP, "LIVE ACTION,"
INVESTIGATED PLANNED
PARENTHOOD CLINICS.
IN ONE INCIDENT, ROSE POSED
AS A 13-YEAR-OLD, SAYING SHE
WAS HAVING SEXUAL RELATIONS
WITH A 31-YEAR-OLD.
THAT IS CONSIDERED CHILD
ABUSE AND SHOULD BE REPORTED
TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES.
"LIVE ACTION" CAMERAS
CAPTURED A WORKER SAYING
THIS INSTEAD.
I DIDN'T HEAR THE AGE.
I DON'T WANT TO KNOW THE
AGE.
Reporter AGE.
David: HER
INVESTIGATIONS HAVE LED TO
FIRINGS, POLITICAL
INVESTIGATIONS, AND MEDIA
ATTENTION.
SHE HAS BEEN NAMED ONE OF
THE MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN
IN WASHINGTON UNDER 35.
CRITICS, HOWEVER, CLAIM THE
UNDERCOVER VIDEOS ARE EDITED
IN A MISLEADING WAY.
ALTHOUGH "LIVE ACTION"
PROVIDES ALL LIVE VIDEO TO
MEDIA GROUPS.
YOU KNOW THE MEDIA GROUPS
CAN'T STAND YOU.
I LOVE THEM ALL.
David: LEILA FOUND HER
CALLING AT A YOUNG AGE.
I CAME ACROSS A BOOK AT 9
YEARS OLD, CALLED "THE HAND
BACK ON ABORTION."
I WAS INTERESTED, AND I
OPENED IT UP, AND IT FELL TO
THE CENTER.
WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS THE
IMAGE OF A CHILD, IN THE
FIRST TRIMESTER, MAYBE 10
WEEKS OLD, NEWLY FORMING
EYES AND NOSE AND A FACE.
AND SHE WAS THE VICTIM OF
ABORTION.
David: THAT IMAGE PUT
HER ON A PRO-LIFE IMAGE.
SHE STARTED "LIVE ACTION" IN
HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN TOOK
HER CAUSE TO UCLA.
HER ACTIVISM INCREASED, AND
THE UNDERCOVER
INVESTIGATIONS BEGAN.
NOW ROSE'S ORGANIZATION
EMPLOYS 10 FULL-TIME STAFF
MEMBERS AND THEY'RE
GROWING.
LEILA ROSE AND HER "LIVE
ACTION" TEAM ARE KNOWN FOR
THOSE UNDERCOVER VIDEOS
EXPOSING ABORTION.
BUT HER REAL HEART IS TO
CHANGE THE HEARTS AND MINDS
OF YOUNG PEOPLE.
SO THAT IS WHY SHE COMES TO
PLACES LIKE THIS, IN
MINNEAPOLIS, IN THE SUBURBS,
IN A SNOWSTORM, ALL TO
AFFECT THE NEXT GENERATION.
I CHALLENGE THEM, YOUR
LIFE IS A GIFT.
YOUR LIFE HAS A PURPOSE.
THERE IS NO GREATER CAUSE
THAN THE CAUSE FOR LIFE IN
OUR COUNTRY.
David: INSIDE THESE
EVENTS, SHE SEES THIS,
HUNDREDS OF YOUNG, DEDICATED
TEENAGERS.
THERE IS DEFINITELY
PASSION.
EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTS THE
CAUSE IS SUPER INTO IT.
EVERYONE IS SUPER PASSIONATE
AND WANTS IT TO CHANGE.
David: AND STATISTICS
BACK THAT UP.
ONE RECENT STUDY SHOWS 51%
OF 18 TO 29-YEAR-OLDS
BELIEVE ABORTION SHOULD
EITHER BE TOTALLY ILLEGAL OR
ONLY AVAILABLE WITH SOME
EXCEPTIONS.
THE YOUTH ARE THE MOST
PRO-LIFE GENERATION WE
HAVE.
David: SHARON WILSON
RUNS A YOUTH PROGRAM IN THE
MINNEAPOLIS AREA.
SHE SAYS TECHNOLOGICAL
ADVANCES, THAT CAN EVEN SHOW
THE BABY'S FACES, MAKE A BIG
DIFFERENCE FOR THEM.
THESE KIDS GET IT.
THE CULTURE OF DEATH CAN'T
PUSH THIS ON TO THEM BECAUSE
THEY KNOW BETTER.
IT WILL BE THIS GENERATION
THAT WILL CHANGE THE LAWS
AND CHANGE THE HEARTS,
SPECIFICALLY, ON THE AREAS
OF ABORTION.
IT'S THEIR GENERATION THAT
HAS BEEN LOST.
A KEY MARKET FOR US IS
YOUNG PEOPLE.
WE NEED TO REACH MY
GENERATION.
AND FUTURE GENERATIONS.
David: IT IS WHY SHE
WORKS TO TEACH THEM THE
IMPORTANCE OF LIFE.
GOD CREATED US WITH A
PURPOSE.
AND BEFORE HE FORMED US IN
THE WOMB, HE HAD A PLAN FOR
US.
David: AND ROSE
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE FIGHT
SHE IS FIGHTING IS BOTH SEEN
AND UNSEEN.
IN ALL OF THIS, THERE IS
SOMETHING EVEN DEEPER GOING
ON THAN WHAT WE CAN EVEN SEE
IN FRONT OF US.
THERE IS A SPIRITUAL BATTLE,
AN EPIC BATTLE HAPPENING IN
OUR MIDST.
IF WE BECOME ACTIVISTS AND
GO OUT THERE, EVEN IF IT IS
THE BEST CAUSE, EVEN IF
WE'RE FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE
AND RIGHTEOUSNESS AND GOOD
THINGS, BUT IT IS NOT BEING
COMPLETELY IN FUSED, AND
PRAYER IS IN FUSING IT WITH
THE SPIRIT OF GOD AND THE
LOVE OF GOD, THEN WE ARE
NOTHING.
David: LEILA ROSE JUST
WANTS TO MAKE HER LIFE COUNT
FOR SOMETHING, AND KNOWS ALL
OF THIS BEGINS AND ENDS WITH
JESUS, WHOM SHE CALLS HER
FIRST FRIEND.
LIFE IS SHORT.
AND MY LIFE COULD BE VERY
SHORT.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG OUR
LIVES COULD BE.
SO USE TODAY FOR LOVE.
FOR LOVING GOD AND FOR
SHARING HIS LOVE AND HIS
SPECIFIC PLAN, AND HIS PLAN
FOR EACH PERSON IS SHARING
THAT WITH EVERYBODY THAT WE
MEET.
David: DAVID BRODY,
CBN NEWS.
Pat: WHAT A BEAUTIFUL
GIRL AND HOW PASSIONATE.
BUT TO THINK THAT THE YOUNG
PEOPLE, THEY GET IT.
THEY THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT
COULD HAVE BEEN ME.
MY MOTHER COULD HAVE ABORTED
ME.
AND IT'S SO CLOSE TO THEM,
AND THEY CAN SEE IT.
AND THEY CAN SEE THE HORROR
OF IT.
AND THEY CAN SEE THESE
ULTRASOUNDS, AND THEY
REALIZE THAT THIS IS A
BABY.
THIS ISN'T A BLOB OF
TISSUE.
AND ALL OF THE LIES THAT ARE
BEING PUT OUT BY PLANNED
PARENTHOOD GO RIGHT OVER
THEIR HEAD.
THEY DON'T BUY IT.
THEY WANT THE TRUTH.
WELL, WE'VE GOT A TREMENDOUS
STORY FOR YOU RIGHT NOW,
TALKING ABOUT THE TRUTH.
HERE IS TERRY.
Terry: WE DO.
UP NEXT, SHE SOLD HER BODY
FOR DRUGS, HAUNTED BY THE
MEMORY OF HER FATHER.
HE WAS A MONSTER.
HE WAS A CHILD MOLESTER, AND
HE MOLESTED MY SISTER AND
EYI FOR MANY YEARS.
Terry: HOW SHE FOUND
LOVE IN A HOUSE OF HOPE,
AFTER THIS.
Pat: CAN YOU IMAGINE
THE HORROR OF A FATHER,
INSTEAD OF CHERISHING THAT
SWEET LITTLE GIRL THAT HAS
BEEN PUT INTO HIS LIFE, HIM
AND HIS WIFE, HE TAKES HER
AS A PREDATOR AND MAKES HER
A SEX SLAVE OR A SEX
OBJECT.
JENNIFER UNANCE LEARNED
EARLY ON HOW TO DENY HER
FEELING AND NUMB OUT WHEN
THIS WAS HAPPENING.
THAT WAS HER COPING
MECHANISM DURING YEARS OF
SEXUAL ABUSE AT THE HANDS OF
HER VERY OWN FATHER.
Reporter: JENNIFER GREW
UP IN A HOME FILLED WITH
DARKNESS AND FEAR.
MY DAD WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
MY HERO AND SOMEONE THAT I
LOOK UP TO AND MY PROTECTOR,
BUT INSTEAD HE WAS A
MONSTER.
HE WAS A CHILD MOLESTER, AND
HE MOLESTED MY SISTER AND I
FOR MANY YEARS.
HE WAS ANGRY, AND HE GOT
DRUNK A LOT.
AND HE WAS REALLY
UNPREDICTABLE.
DURING THE TIMES OF ABUSE, I
WOULD KIND OF TURN MY
EMOTIONS OFF OR TRY TO FOCUS
ON THINGS AS THE ABUSE WAS
HAPPENING.
LIKE FOCUS ON THE TILES IN
THE CEILING, AND KIND OF
COUNT THE TILES.
AND SOMETIMES I WOULD JUST
CRY, BUT I WOULD TRY TO HOLD
MY TEARS IN BECAUSE I DIDN'T
WANT MY DAD TO KNOW I WAS
CRYING.
IT WAS PAINFUL BECAUSE I
DIDN'T WANT IT TO HAPPEN,
BUT I DIDN'T WANT HIM TO BE
MAD AT ME.
I FELT REALLY DIRTY.
I FELT LIKE I WAS A BAD
KID.
BEING A CHILD AND BEING
ABUSED LIKE THIS TOOK AWAY
MY SELF-WORTH AND MY VALUE
AND MY SELF-ESTEEM.
AND I FELT REALLY ALONE.
AND, MOST OF ALL, THE ONLY
THING THAT I WANTED WAS
SOMEBODY TO LOVE ME
UNCONDITIONALLY, WITHOUT
HARMING ME.
AND THAT'S THE ONE THING
THAT I WAS LACKING.
BUT I KNEW I WANTED THAT.
Reporter: YEARS OF
SEXUAL ABUSE AND CONFUSION
LEFT JENNIFER FULL OF
ANXIETY.
SHE WAS HAUNTED BY DEMONIC
DREAMS AT NIGHT.
THERE WAS A VERY DARK
FORCE IN MY HOME.
IT WAS REALLY SCARY.
AT NIGHT I WOULD JUST PUT
THE COVERS OVER MY HEAD.
I WAS IN SO MUCH FEAR AT
NIGHT, ESPECIALLY IN THE
DARK.
AND SOMETIMES I WOULD JUST
LEAVE THE HOUSE SO THAT I
COULD GO TAKE MY MIND
ELSEWHERE.
AND I WOULD DO A LOT OF
PRETENDING OUTSIDE.
Reporter: WHEN SHE WAS
EIGHT YEARS OLD, A TEENAGED
NEIGHBOR TAUGHT JENNIFER
THERE WAS NO SAFE PLACE FOR
HER.
WE WERE ALL OUT RIDING
BIKES, ALL OF THE KIDS IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND HE
ASKED ME IF I WANTED TO COME
IN FOR SOME KOOL-AID, AND I
WENT INTO HIS HOUSE AND, UM,
HE ENDED UP BLINDFOLDING ME
AND ABUSING ME, SEXUALLY
ASSAULTING ME IN HIS HOUSE.
IT SEEMED LIKE EVERYWHERE I
WENT I WAS A TARGET.
Reporter: SHE NEVER
REPORTED IT, BUT WHEN SHE
WAS 14 YEARS OLD, SHE GOT
THE COURAGE TO TELL HER MOM
ABOUT THE YEARS OF ABUSE
FROM HER FATHER.
HER FATHER WENT TO PRISON,
BUT FOR JENNIFER THE PAIN
AND DARKNESS REMAINED.
ALL THAT FEAR AND
LONELINESS TURNED INTO
ANGER.
I FELT GUILTY FOR TELLING,
THAT I BROKE UP MY FAMILY.
AND I JUST WANTED TO HURT
MYSELF BECAUSE I FELT LIKE
THAT'S WHAT I DESERVED.
I BEGAN CUTTING MYSELF.
USING HEROIN, USING
COCAINE.
I DID EVERYTHING I COULD TO
GET THAT FROM NOW ON.
THAT BECAME REALLY ADDICTIVE
TO ME BECAUSE IT TOOK AWAY
ALL OF THAT PAIN, ALL OF
THAT SORROW, THE IDENTITY I
HAD TAKEN ON.
Reporter: SHE LIVED IN
HER CAR AND SOLD HER BODY
FOR DRUGS.
JENNIFER SAYS SHE STAYED
HIGH FOR WEEKS AT A TIME.
THERE WERE TIMES WHEN I
WOULD COME DOWN OFF THE
DRUGS.
I WOULD SLEEP FOR DAYS AND
EAT, BUT I WOULD CRY
UNCONTROLLABLY.
JUST MY EMOTIONS TOOK OVER.
THEN I WOULD WALK AROUND
OUTSIDE, AND WALK UP AND
DOWN THE STREETS, JUST
PRAYING THAT SOMEBODY WOULD
STOP, PULL OVER, AND HELP
ME.
Reporter: AND SHE SAYS
SHE FELT TRAPPED AND
HOPELESS.
JENNIFER GOT INVOLVED WITH A
DRUG-DEALING BIKER THAT
NEARLY COST HER HER LIFE.
I TOOK ON A LOT OF
BEATINGS.
I FIGURED IF HE DIDN'T KILL
ME, I MIGHT AS WELL KILL
MYSELF.
I'M GOING TO DIE EITHER
WAY.
SO I TOOK HIS GUN ONE DAY,
WHEN HE WAS AT WORK, AND I
FOUGHT WITH THAT GUN FOR
OVER AN HOUR, JUST CRYING.
I JUST WANTED TO END
EVERYTHING.
BY THAT TIME I WAS DONE.
I DIDN'T WANT THAT LIFE
ANYMORE.
Reporter: FOR JENNIFER,
HOPE CHANGED WHEN HE
RECONCILED WITH HER MOM, WHO
HAD BECOME A CHRISTIAN.
HER MOTHER TOLD HER ABOUT
BETHANY HOUSE, A CHRISTIAN
HOME FOR GIRLS ON THE
STREET.
DESPERATE FOR HELP, SHE WENT
TO THE HOME.
I COULD SEE THE LIGHT
INSIDE THE HOUSE.
THE MINUTE I WALKED IN, IT
WAS ALMOST LIKE A WHOOSH OF
DARKNESS THAT HAD LEFT.
I COULD SEE THE HOLY SPIRIT
ON EVERYONE'S FACE.
I FELT THE LOVE.
IT WAS UNCONDITIONAL.
IT WAS PURE.
IT WAS HOLY.
I HAD NEVER FELT ANYTHING
LIKE THAT IN MY LIFE.
IT WAS GOING FROM HELL INTO
HEAVEN, IN A SENSE.
I KNEW IT WASN'T FROM THIS
WORLD.
WHY WOULD SOMEONE LIKE THAT
LOVE ME?
WHY WOULD THESE PEOPLE EVEN
OPEN A HOME LIKE THIS FOR
PEOPLE LIKE ME?
THAT WAS A REALLY PIVOTAL
MOMENT IN MY LIFE, TO KNOW
THAT PEOPLE LOVE ME AND IT
WAS FOR NOTHING BUT JUST
THEIR LOVE.
Reporter: THE NEXT DAY,
JENNIFER BECAME A
CHRISTIAN.
WHEN IT MEANT FOR ME TO
GIVE MY LIFE TO CHRIST MEANT
THAT I WOULD NO LONGER HAVE
TO LIVE IN DARKNESS, AND I
WOULD NO LONGER HAVE TO BE
ABUSED, AND THAT I FINALLY
FOUND THE LOVE THAT I HAD
ALWAYS LOOKED FOR IN MY
LIFE.
IT WAS EVERYTHING I HAD BEEN
SEARCHING FOR SINCE I WAS A
CHILD.
JESUS IS MY HEAVENLY FATHER,
AND HE'LL ALWAYS BE MY
PROTECTOR, AND HE'LL ALWAYS
BE MY HERO.
Reporter: SHE SAYS GOD
BEGAN HEALING THE EMOTIONAL
WOUNDS FROM YEARS OF ABUSE.
SHE RECENTLY FOUNDED "HOUSE
OF ANGETTY, ANGETY," A
HOUSE FOR WOMEN WHO HAVE
BEEN SEXUALLY ABUSED AND
EXPLOITED.
WHEN THEY WALK IN,
THEY'RE GOING TO EXPERIENCE
THE SAME THING THAT I
EXPERIENCED WHEN I WALKED IN
IN THE BETHANY HOUSE.
Reporter: JENNIFER SAYS
THE ABUSE THAT USED TO
DEFINE HER IS NOW REPLACED
WITH THE LOVE AND GRACE OF
GOD.
I'M A NEW CREATION IN
CHRIST.
THE OLD HAS PASSED AWAY.
AND FINDING OUT MY TRUE
IDENTITY, WHICH IS IN HIM,
AND THAT I'M HIS DAUGHTER,
I'M FORGIVEN, I'M HIS
FRIEND.
ANYONE OUT THERE WHO IS HURT
OR ABUSED WHO THINKS THEY
CAN'T GO ANYWHERE IN LIFE,
THAT THEY'RE SUICIDAL, GOD
CAN RAISE YOU UP TO DO
ANYTHING.
JUST CALL OUT THE NAME OF
JESUS.
AND THERE IS HOPE IN HIM.
Pat: WHO AM I?
WHERE AM I GOING?
WHY AM I HERE?
THOSE QUESTIONS ARE IN EVERY
TEENAGER.
AND IF THEY GREW UP IN A
LOVING HOME, THEY FIND AN
IDENTITY IN THE FACT THAT
THEIR MOTHER AND FATHER LOVE
THEM.
THEY GROW OUT WITH AN
ATTITUDE OF LOVE.
YEAH, THEY MIGHT REBEL A
LITTLE BIT AND EXPLORE A FEW
THINGS, BUT THEY ALL FEEL
LOVE.
AND WE ALL WANT LOVE.
AND GOD ALMIGHTY SAYS I LOVE
YOU.
THE BIBLE SAYS GOD IS LOVE.
HE IS NOT LOVING.
HE IS LOVE ITSELF.
HE IS FORGIVING AND HE IS
ACCEPTING.
AND WE ALL WANT THAT
FATHER.
HE IS THE FATHER UPON WHOM
ALL FAMILIES ARE NAMED.
WE FIND OUT ABOUT LOVE.
WE LOVE HIM BECAUSE HE FIRST
LOVED US.
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS
UNTIL WE MET GOD.
SO IF SOMEBODY IS BROUGHT UP
IN AN ABUSIVE SITUATION, AND
THE ONES THAT ARE SUPPOSED
TO LOVE THEM TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF THEM AND HURT THEM, THEY
SAY, WHO AM I?
WHY AM I DOING THIS?
WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME?
I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT?
I NEED AN ANSWER.
IF YOU'RE LIKE JENNIFER, I
WANT TO TELL YOU THERE IS AN
ANSWER, AND THE ANSWER IS IN
JESUS CHRIST.
HE LOVES YOU.
AND HE IS THE LORD OF
GLORY.
AND WHAT HE'LL DO IS GIVE
YOU A BRAND NEW LIFE.
YOU WANT ACCEPTANCE.
YOU WANT SOMEBODY, A FATHER,
TO PUT HIS ARMS AROUND YOU
AND LOVE YOU AND PROTECT
YOU.
HE'LL DO THAT.
BECAUSE THAT'S THE KIND OF
GOD HE IS.
HE LOVES YOU.
HE DOESN'T WANT TO CONDEMN
YOU.
HE WANTS TO LOVE YOU.
AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND
TO THAT LOVE, ALL YOU HAVE
TO DO IS ASK.
ASK AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE.
SEEK AND YOU SHALL FIND.
KNOCK AND THE DOOR WILL BE
OPENED.
DO YOU WANT LOVE?
DO YOU WANT ACCEPTANCE?
DO YOU WANT FORGIVENESS?
DO YOU WANT PEACE?
DO YOU WANT JOY?
DO YOU WANT THE KNOWLEDGE
THAT WHEN THIS LIFE IS OVER
YOU'RE GOING TO BE WITH HIM
FOREVER?
IT'S REAL EASY.
I WANT YOU TO PRAY WITH ME
RIGHT NOW.
LET THE LOVE OF GOD COME
INTO YOUR HEART.
THESPRAY THESE WORDS --
THAT'S RIGHT, PRAY WITH ME.
JESUS, I NEED LOVE.
I NEED SOMEBODY TO LOVE ME.
I NEED SOMEBODY TO FORGIVE
ME.
AND TO WELCOME ME AND TO
TAKE CARE OF ME.
AND, LORD, I KNOW THAT'S
WHAT YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU
DO.
AND SO I BELIEVE, LORD, THAT
YOU LOVE ME SO MUCH YOU DIED
FOR ME ON THE CROSS, TO
FORGIVE MY SINS.
SO I COME TO YOU RIGHT NOW
AND I RECEIVE YOU AS SAVIOR
AND I MAKE YOU LORD OF MY
LIFE.
AND FROM THIS MOMENT ON I AM
YOURS.
THANK YOU, LORD.
THANK YOU, LORD.
IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME, I
WANT YOU TO THANK GOD HE HAS
HEARD YOUR PRAYER.
BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE
YOU ESTABLISH WHAT IS NEXT
BECAUSE YOU'LL COME AND SAY,
WELL, I JUST PRAYED WITH
THIS GUY ON TELEVISION, BUT
WHAT DO I DO NEXT?
SO IT'S OUR PRIVILEGE TO SAY
WE HAVE FOR YOU A COMPACT
DISC.
IT'S 73 MINUTES OF VERY
INTENSE TEACHING ABOUT WHAT
YOU HAVE JUST DONE.
AND I'LL GIVE THIS TO YOU
FREE.
THERE IS NO OBLIGATION
WHATSOEVER.
AND ALONG WITH THIS, A
LITTLE BOOK THAT HAS THE
BIBLICAL VERSES THAT ARE IN
THAT TEACHING.
IT IS BACKED UP BY THE HOLY
BIBLE.
AND WE'LL GIVE THIS TO YOU.
AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
CALL AND SAY, I PRAYED WITH
PAT; I GAVE MY HEART TO THE
LORD.
WE'VE GOT, ON THE PHONES,
PEOPLE WHO LOVE YOU AND CARE
ABOUT YOU.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CALL
AND SAY, I PRAYED WITH THAT
GUY ON TV, AND I GAVE MY
HEART TO THE LORD, AND I'D
LIKE THAT NEW PACKET CALLED
"A NEW DAY."
1-800-759-0700.
IF FOR ANY REASON THE LINES
ARE BUSY, BE PATIENT.
WE'VE GOT LOTS AND LOTS OF
TELEPHONES.
1-800-759-0700.
NO FINANCIAL OBLIGATION
WHATSOEVER.
JUST CALL IN AND SAY, I WANT
TO TELL YOU I JUST MADE THIS
DECISION, I GAVE MY HEART TO
JESUS.
PLEASE SEND ME "A NEW DAY."
HERE IS TERRY.
Terry: STILL AHEAD,
WE'RE GOING TO "BRING IT ON"
WITH YOUR E-MAIL.
VIRTRUM SAID, "I WAS READING
IN MARK 16 THAT WASN'T
INCLUDED IN ONE OF MY
BIBLES.
I ASKED SOME PEOPLE ABOUT
IT, AND THEY SAID IT WAS
ADDED AT A LATER DATE.
WHY?
AND DOESN'T THAT POSE A
PROBLEM?"
WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT IN A
LITTLE BIT.
IT'S ALL COMING UP.
WELCOME BACK TO
WASHINGTON FOR THIS CBN NEWS
BREAK.
A JUDGE IN NEW MEXICO SAYS
TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS CAN
CHOOSE TO END THEIR LIVES
WITH THE HELP OF A DOCTOR.
THE RULING MEANS PHYSICIANS
LEGALLY CAN PRESCRIBE LETHAL
DOSES OF MEDICINE TO DYING
PATIENTS.
JUDGE NAN NASH WROTE, "THIS
COURT CANNOT ENVISION A
RIGHT, MORE FUNDAMENTAL, OR
MORE PRIVATE INTEGRAL TO THE
SAFETY OF A NEW MEXICO CAN
THAN THE RIGHT OF A
TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT TO
CHOOSE AID IN DYING."
OREGON, WASHINGTON STATE,
MONTANA, AND HAWAII ALL
ALLOW PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED
SUICIDE.
TAKING A WALK COULD BE GOOD
FOR YOUR MEMORY.
RESEARCHERS FOUND THUNDER AN
ENERGETIC WALK THREE TIMES A
WEEK INCREASED THE SIZE OF
THE HYPOCAMPUS.
SCIENTISTS SAY THE EXERCISE
TOOK UP TO TWO YEARS OFF THE
BRAIN'S AGE.
YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE
LATEST FROM CBN NEWS BY
GOING TO OUR CBS,
CBNNEWS.COM.
PAT AND TERRY WILL BE BACK
WITH MORE OF "THE 700 CLUB"
RIGHT AFTER THIS.
*
Terry: WE WANT TO
"BRING IT ON" WITH YOUR
E-MAIL QUESTIONS FOR A FEW
MOMENTS.
PAT, THIS FIRST ONE IS FROM
BIRTRUM, WHO SAYS, "I FANCY
MYSELF AS A BIBLICAL
SCHOLAR.
I LIKE TO CROSS-REFERENCE
VERSES WITH OTHER
TRANSLATIONS.
I WAS READING IN MARK 16,
AND I SAW AN ENTIRE SECTION
WASN'T INCLUDED IN ONE OF MY
BIBLES.
IT DEALT WITH THE
RESURRECTION OF CHRIST.
I ASKED SOME PEOPLE, AND
THEY SAID IT WAS ADDED AT A
LATER DATE.
WHY?
AND DOESN'T THAT POSE A
PROBLEM?"
Pat: BIRTRUM, TO START
WITH, YOUR NOT A BIBLICAL
STUDENT.
SCHOLAR.
YOU'RE AN EAGER STUDENT.
WE DON'T HAVE SOMETHING THAT
WAS WRITTEN BY THE HAND OF
THE APOSTLE PAUL OR PETER
AND GIVEN TO US.
IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.
THE BEST ONES WE'VE GOT ARE
AT LEAST 100 YEARS
AFTERWARDS, I THINK.
SO WHAT DO WE DO WHEN WE
WANT TO TRANSLATE
SOMETHING?
WE HAVE TO GET A GREEK TEXT
FROM SOMEWHERE.
NOW, THERE WAS ONE THAT WAS
CALLED THE TEXTUS RECEPTUS
THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER BY A
SCHOLAR ERASMUS, AND THAT IS
THE ONE THE KING JAMES WAS
TRA TRANSLATED FROM.
AFTER A TIME, SCHOLARS HAD
DISCOVERED MORE ANCIENT
MANUSCRIPTS GETTING CLOSER
AND CLOSER TO THE ORIGINAL.
THEY HAVE BEEN PUT TOGETHER
IN SEVERAL SO-CALLED CODE
CODESEES, AND THERE IS ONE
IN THE VATICAN AND THERE IS
ONE, I BELIEVE, IN
WASHINGTON.
AND THESE ARE THE MOST
AUTHENTIC.
BUT YOU'VE ALSO GOT SOME
FRAGMENTS THAT PEOPLE HAVE
PUT TOGETHER, ETC.
NOW, WHEN THEY GO BACK TO
THOSE BEST DOCUMENTS, THEY
FIND THAT MARK'S GOSPEL
STOPS.
NOW, WHAT HAPPENED?
WHEN PEOPLE HAD THESE
FRAGMENTS BACK IN THE OLD
DAYS, THEY THOUGHT, WELL,
I'LL IMPROVE ON IT A LITTLE
BIT.
BECAUSE, AFTER ALL, PAUL GOT
BIT BY A SNAKE ON MALTA AND
HE DIDN'T GET INJURED, SO
WHY DON'T I PUT IN SOMETHING
ABOUT HANDLING SNAKES.
SO I'LL PUT SOMETHING ELSE
BECAUSE THOSE MIRACLES
HAPPENED AND HE JUST WANTS
TO MAKE SURE IT IS IN THE
BIBLE.
SO THIS SCRIBE WRITES ALL OF
THAT DOWN.
NOW THAT PART IS NOT THERE.
WE COULD SAVE A LOT OF
PEOPLE GETTING BITTEN BY
RATTLESNAKES IF THEY REALIZE
THAT WASN'T PART OF THE
ORIGINAL TEXT.
THIS DRINKING POISON AND
STUFF IS NOT BIBLICAL.
I BELIEVE THE BIBLE.
BUT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WE
DON'T HAVE THE AUTOGRAPHS.
SO YOU TAKE THE BEST
KNOWLEDGE YOU CAN GET -- AND
I HAD A COURSE IN THIS,
THANK GOODNESS -- IT WAS ONE
OF THE BEST COURSES IN
SEMINARY -- WHERE YOU
ACTUALLY GO BACK TO THE
GREEK AND YOU SAY, THIS IS
AN ADDITION.
YOU CAN TELL, IT JUST JUMPS
OUT AT YOU.
THIS IS AN ADDITION BY SOME
SCRIBE.
THE LAST PART OF MARK IS AN
ADDITION BY SOME SCRIBE.
AND THE BETTER MANUSCRIPTS
DON'T HAVE IT.
SO NOBODY IS TRYING TO PLAY
GAMES OR DECEIVE ANYBODY,
BUT IT STOPPED AFTER
ABOUT -- WHATEVER VERSE IT
IS.
THE REST OF IT IS AN
ADDITION.
AND THE BEST MANUSCRIPTS,
AND YOU CAN READ A GOOD
BIBLE THAT WILL SAY IT
DOESN'T APPEAR IN THIS
MANUSCRIPT OR THAT
MANUSCRIPT.
THE CATHOLICS USE SOMETHING
CALLED THE VALGATE, BUT THAT
ISN'T AS OLD AS THE GREEK
MANUSCRIPTS.
Terry: EVEN LATER.
Pat: THE BIGGEST THING
IS I BELIEVE IN JESUS.
AND JESUS IS GOD.
AND I BELIEVE IN THE WORD OF
GOD.
BUT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND
THAT, YOU KNOW, AS SCHOLARS
YOU RECOGNIZE WHAT IS THERE
AND YOU DEAL WITH IT.
THAT HASN'T HURT MY FAITH
ANY.
TRUST ME, THAT PART ABOUT
GETTING BIT BY SNAKES AND
DRINKING POISON AND ALL OF
THAT WASN'T IN THE
ORIGINAL.
Terry: BUT HOW
WONDERFUL THAT HE IS SEEKING
LIKE THIS.
Pat: I'M GLAD HE IS
SEEKING, BUT DON'T TELL ME
YOUR A BIBLICAL SCHOLAR.
YOU'RE NOT A SCHOLAR.
YOU'RE A SEEKER.
Terry: VIC SAYS, "MY
FRIEND GOT BAPTIZED OVER 40
YEARS AGO AND SAYS HE IS A
CHRISTIAN, BUT DOESN'T ACT
LIKE ONE.
HE LIVES LIKE THERE IS NO
MORMS MORALS OR SPIRITUAL
GUIDELINES.
HE SAYS HE IS OKAY BECAUSE
HE GOT BAPTIZED.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?"
Pat: I KNOW PEOPLE
BELIEVE IN BEING BAPTIZED,
BUT THE BIBLE INDICATED THAT
BAPTISM WAS EVIDENCE OF AN
INNER GRACE.
YOU FIND THE LORD, AND
YOU'RE BURIED WITH CHRIST IN
BAPTISM AND RAISED IN UNISON
LIFE.
THE BIBLE SAYS IF WE'RE DEAD
TO SIN, HOW CAN WE LIVE ANY
LONGER THEREIN?
THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID HIS
CONDEMNATION IS JUST -- IN
OTHER WORDS, HE IS GOING TO
HELL.
I'M SORRY, BAPTISM IS NOT
GOING TO GET YOU INTO
HEAVEN.
ONLY FAITH.
Terry: THIS IS STACEY
WHO SAYS, "I STARTED GOING
TO A NEW CHURCH EARLIER THIS
YEAR.
BUT LATER I'VE BEEN
STRUGGLING.
I FEEL OUT OF PLACE.
I HAVE YET TO MAKE FRIENDS,
AND, FRANKLY, I DON'T FEEL
WELCOME BY THE
CONGREGATION.
I ENJOY THE PREACHING, BUT I
CAN DOWNLOAD THE SERMONS THE
NEXT DAY.
DO YOU THINK THAT IS
SUFFICIENT?"
Pat: YOU NEED TO GET
TOGETHER WITH CHRISTIANS.
IF YOU DON'T LIKE THAT
CONGREGATION, GO FIND
ANOTHER ONE.
Terry: AND YOU CAN'T
ALWAYS WAIT UNTIL THE
CONGREGATION SWELLS TO YOUR
PRESENCE, YOU HAVE TO
ACTIVATE AND GO TO BIBLE
STUDIES --
Pat: SOME ARE ACCEPTING
AND FRIENDLY, AND SOME
AREN'T.
IF YOU DON'T FEEL
COMFORTABLE, FIND ONE WHERE
YOU'RE COMFORTABLE.
THERE HAS GOT TO BE MORE
THAN ONE GOOD PREACHER IN
YOUR TOWN.
THERE MUST BE A FEW OTHERS
SOMEWHERE.
ALL RIGHT.
SEARCH.
SEEK AND YOU WILL FIND.
[LAUGHTER]
Terry: WE THANK YOU FOR
YOUR QUESTIONS.
WE ALWAYS LOVE HEARING FROM
YOU.
IMAGINE CLINGING TO LIFE
WRAPPED AROUND A UTILITY
POLE.
WELL, THAT'S JUST WHAT
HAPPENED TO A TAXI DRIVER IN
THAILAND WHO LOST EVERYTHING
HE OWNED IN A FLOOD.
HERE IS HOW HE GOT THE HELP
HE NEEDED FROM CBN'S
DISASTER RELIEF TEAM.
IT WAS LIKE A TSUNAMI.
MY WHOLE HOUSE WAS SUBMERGED
IN WATER.
Reporter: PROKID WILL
NEVER FORGET THE NIGHT
FLOODWATERS RUSHED INTO HIS
VILLAGE IN THAILAND.
ALL I COULD DO WAS HANG
ON TO A UTILITY POLE.
I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE
ELECTROCUTED.
Reporter: THE NEXT
MORNING PROKID WAS RESCUED
AND TAKEN TO A TEMPORARY
SHELTER.
THERE CBN DISASTER RELIEF?
TEAMS PROVIDED HIM AND OTHER
FLOOD VICTIMS FOOD, CLEAN
WATER, AND MEDICINE.
HE DISCOVERED THAT HIS HOUSE
HAD BEEN BADLY DAMAGED BY
THE FLOODING.
HE COULDN'T AFFORD TO PAY
FOR THE NEEDED REPAIRS TO
HIS HOUSE.
I LOST ALL OF MY
POSSESSIONS.
THE ROOF HAD SO MANY HOLES
IN IT, THAT WHEN IT RAINED I
WOULD GET SOAKED.
IT WAS VERY STRESSFUL.
Reporter: SO CBN
PROVIDED THE BUILDING
MATERIALS NEEDED TO REPLACE
THE ROOF.
WE ALSO INSTALLED A NEW
DOOR, WINDOW, AND REBUILT
HIS SMALL BATHROOM.
PROKID WAS SO TOUCHED BY
WHAT WE HAD DONE, THAT HE
PRAYED WITH A CBN STAFF
MEMBER TO BECOME A
CHRISTIAN.
GOD TOOK CARE OF
EVERYTHING.
IF CBN HAD NOT HELPED ME, MY
LIFE WOULD STILL BE VERY
DIFFICULT.
I AM DEEPLY TOUCHED AND VERY
HAPPY.
THANK YOU, CBN.
Terry: THE LOVE OF GOD
SCHEDULED.
IT TOUCHED AND CHANGED
PROKID'S HEART.
IT WASN'T JUST HIS HOUSE,
HIS PHYSICAL HOUSE, THAT
NEEDED FIXING.
HE NEEDED TO KNOW THERE WAS
A GOD WHO LOVED HIM AND
THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
FRESH LIFE IN HIM.
IF YOU'RE A "700 CLUB"
MEMBER, YOU PROVIDED ALL OF
THAT, THE OPPORTUNITY TO
REPAIR HIS HOME, TO TOUCH
HIS HEART, AND TO GIVE HIM A
HOPE AND A FUTURE.
AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK
YOU.
IF YOU'RE NOT A "700 CLUB"
MEMBER, WHAT A GREAT DAY TO
GO TO YOUR PHONE.
THOUSAND OF US ARE OUT TO
MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE
LOVE OF CHRIST.
SO CALL THAT TOLL-FREE
NUMBER AND ON YOUR SCREEN,
1-800-759-0700.
65 CENTS A DAY, $20 A MONTH
MAKES YOU A "700 CLUB"
MEMBER.
THERE ARE LOTS OF CLUB
LEVELS YOU CAN EXAMINE.
BUT DO SOMETHING TODAY TO
MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
WHEN YOU DO, WE WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU BY SENDING YOU
"VISIONS OF THE NIGHT, HOW
GOD SPEAKS TO PEOPLE IN
DREAMS."
CALL NOW AND WE'LL GET THIS
OUT TO YOU RIGHT AWAY.
PAT?
Pat: STILL AHEAD, A
CHILLING PAGE FROM AMERICA'S
CIVIL RIGHTS HISTORY.
WHEN THE BOMB WENT OFF
OFF -- WE'D ALWAYS BEEN TOLD
IF THERE WAS A BOMB OR
ANYBODY SHOOTS IN THE HOUSE,
TO HIT THE FLOOR.
I NEVER FORGET HIM SAYING IF
I HELD ON TO THE HATE, IT
WOULD DESTROY ME.
Pat: TWO SISTERS RECALL
GROWING UP WITH THE GENTLE
GIANT OF DYNAMITE HILL, WHEN
WE COME BACK
Terry: THE SISTERS
YOU'RE ABOUT TO MEET GREW UP
WITH A RING-SIDE SEAT FOR
SOME OF THE MOST DRAMATIC
EVENTS UNFOLDING IN CIVIL
RIGHTS HISTORY.
BUT AT THE TIME, THEY DIDN'T
EVEN REALIZE IT.
TO THEM, THE MAN AT THE
CENTER OF IT ALL WAS SIMPLY
THEIR DADDY.
Reporter: CIVIL RIGHTS
ATTORNEY ARTHUR SHORES HAS
BEEN CALLED ALABAMA'S DRUM
MAJOR FOR JUSTICE.
HIS DAUGHTERS, HELEN AND
BARBARA, HAVE WRITTEN A BOOK
CALLED "THE GENTLE GIANT OF
DYNAMITE HILL."
THEY DETAILED THEIR FATHER'S
WORK IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT.
MY FATHER WAS ALWAYS
KNOWN FOR HIS KINDNESS.
HE WAS ALWAYS VERY HUMBLE,
AND A VERY SUMMARY
SOFT-SPOKEN, GENTLEMAN.
WHEN HE TALKED, PEOPLE
WOULD LISTEN.
HE WAS A GREAT NEGOTIATOR.
HE WAS ONE WHO COULD BRING
PEOPLE TOGETHER AT A TABLE
AND TALK THINGS OUT AND WORK
THINGS OUT FOR THEM.
SO HE WAS GENTLE, YET HE WAS
A GIANT IN MY ESTIMATION.
Reporter: ARTHUR SHORES
FIRST MADE A NAME FOR
HIMSELF IN THE 1950s, WHEN
HE TOOK ON A POLICE
BRUTALITY CASE AND WON.
BY THE '60s, HE WAS DR.
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING'S
ATTORNEY.
WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE
COMING TO THE HOUSE THAT WE
NEVER REALIZED AT THAT TIME
THAT WE HAD A SEAT RIGHT AT
THE FIRST PLACE IN HISTORY,
OF ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO
WERE COMING THROUGH AND THE
CASES THAT HE HAD.
Reporter: IN 1963,
SHORES REPRESENTED VIVIENNE
MALONE IN DAVID HOOD IN A
COURT CASE AGAINST THE
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA.
HE MADE HIS FAMOUS STAND
IN THE SCHOOLHOUSE DOOR AND
WAS ASKED TO STEP ASIDE.
BUT BECAUSE OF THE EFFORTS
AND EVERYTHING, THEY WERE
ENROLLED AT THE UNIVERSITY.
HE SAID THAT WAS ONE OF THE
HIGH POINTS OF HIS CAREER.
Reporter: ALONG WITH
THESE CASES CAME THREATS
AGAINST HIM AND HIS FAMILY.
WE WOULD GET THE
THREATENING PHONE CALLS,
THREATENING LETTERS.
ONE THING THAT I REMEMBER MY
FATHER ALWAYS DOING -- HE
WAS A VERY SPIRITUAL MAN.
WE WOULD ALWAYS GO IN AND
PRAY.
Reporter: THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD BECOME KNOWN AS
"DYNAMITE HILL."
IT GOT THE NAME BECAUSE
THERE WERE ZONING LAWS IN
THE EARLY '30s AND '40s,
WHERE BLACKS COULD ONLY LIVE
ON THE EAST SIDE OF CENTER
STREET, AND NOT THE WEST
SIDE.
Reporter: BUT FOR
BLACKS WHO TRIED TO MOVE
INTO HOMES ON THE WHITE SIDE
OF THE STREET --
USUALLY BEFORE THEY GOT
READY TO MOVE INTO THE
HOUSE, THE HOUSE WAS BOMBED
OR THEY WOULDN'T GET A
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY
AFTER THEY SPENT MONEY TO
BUILD A HOME THERE.
THAT HAPPENED TO 50 OR MORE
HOUSES IN THIS AREA.
SO IT GOT THE NAME "DYNAMITE
HILL," BECAUSE THE HOUSES
THAT WERE BOMBED WERE ALL IN
AND AROUND AND STRAIGHT UP
THIS HILL.
Reporter: THE SHORES'
HOME WAS HIT TWICE.
BARBARA, WHO STILL LIVES IN
THEIR CHILDHOOD HOME,
REMEMBERS SEEING HER HOUSE
AFTER THE FIRST BOMBING.
ONCE WE GOT TO THE HOUSE,
I SAW ONE END OF THE HOUSE
REALLY JUST SORT OF BLOWN
UP.
THE GARAGE DOORS WERE GONE.
EVERY WER WINDOW IN THE
HOUSE WAS BLOWN OUT.
WHEN WE CAME IN, WE SAW THAT
MY FATHER WAS OKAY.
I WENT RUNNING OUT IN THE
BACKYARD AND FOUND A
NEIGHBOR WHO WAS COVERING
SOMETHING UP.
AND IT HAPPENED TO BE MY
FAVORITE DOG THAT WAS KILLED
IN THE BOMBING.
Reporter: BARBARA TOLD
HER FATHER SHE HATED THE
PEOPLE WHO KILLED HER DOG.
HE SAID, WE NEED TO
PRAY.
YOU NEED TO ASK GOD FOR
FORGIVENESS.
I'LL NEVER FORGET HIM SAYING
IF I HELD ON TO THE HATE, IT
WOULD DESTROY ME.
AND I DIDN'T WANT THAT TO
HAPPEN.
HE SAID, YOU HAVE TO LET IT
GO, AND I DID.
Reporter: A WEEK AND A
HALF LATER, THEIR HOME WAS
BOMBED AGAIN.
WE WERE ALL HERE, MY
MOTHER, MY FATHER AND
MYSELF.
WHEN THE BOMB WENT OFF, WE
HAD ALWAYS BEEN TOLD IF A
BOMB OR ANYBODY SHOOTS IN
THE HOUSE, TO HIT THE
FLOOR.
SO I WAS CRAWLING FROM THE
KITCHEN TO THE LIVING ROOM,
WHERE MY FATHER WAS.
AND I SAW THAT HE WAS OKAY.
I RAN INTO MY MOTHER'S ROOM
AND FOUND MY MOTHER
UNCONSCIOUS.
Reporter: HER MOTHER
WAS HOSPITALIZED BUT MADE A
FULL RECOVERY.
HOWEVER, THOSE MEMORIES
STILL HAUNT BARBARA.
THOSE ARE MEMORIES THAT
WILL ALWAYS STAY WITH ME.
FOR THE LONGEST I COULD
ALMOST CLOSE MY EYES AND
SMELL THE SCENT OF THE
DYNAMITE.
Reporter: BARBARA HAS
HAD A SUCCESSFUL CAREER IN
SOCIAL WORK.
HELEN FOLLOWED IN HER
FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS AND GOT A
LAW DEGREE.
SHE NOW SERVES AS A CIRCUIT
COURT JUDGE IN THE 10TH
DISTRICT OF ALABAMA.
SHE SAYS HER FATHER SERVED
AS A ROLE MODEL FOR HER AND
MANY OTHER YOUNG
AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
I'M PROUD THAT HE HAD THE
COURAGE AND THE FORTITUDE TO
TAKE ON CIVIL RIGHTS CASES
LONG BEFORE WE HEARD OF
CIVIL RIGHTS IN THE '60s.
EVEN IN THE MIDST OF THREATS
TO HIS LIFE, EVEN IN THE
MIDST OF THREATS TO HIS
FAMILY, HE CONTINUED TO TAKE
ON VOTING RIGHTS CASES,
CASES THAT WOULD LEAD TO THE
EQUALIZATION OF TEACHERS'
SALARIES AND DESEGREGATION
OF THE SCHOOLS.
Reporter: THEY SAY
THEIR FATHER'S SPIRITUAL
STRENGTH IS WHAT KEPT THEM
GOING IN HIS FIGHT FOR
JUSTICE.
HIS FAITH WAS
UNWAVERING.
AS FAR BACK AS I CAN
REMEMBER, MY FATHER MODELED
FOR US HIS FAITHFULNESS.
EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED,
THE BOMBING, HE NEVER LOST
HIS FAITH.
AND HIS BELIEF THAT GOD
WOULD BRING HIM AND HIS
FAMILY THROUGH ALL OF THIS.
Terry: AN INCREDIBLE
STORY.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO READ MORE
ABOUT ARTHUR SHORES, BARBARA
AND HELEN'S BOOK IS CALLED
"THE GENTLE GIANT OF
DYNAMITE HILL."
IT IS AVAILABLE WHEREVER
BOOKS ARE SOLD.
WHAT A GREAT READ.
Pat: THE ABILITY OF
THOSE WONDERFUL PEOPLE TO
FORGIVE IS JUST
EXTRAORDINARY.
THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN FILLED
WITH HATE, AND THEY'RE NOT.
THEY HAD FORGIVENESS, AND
THAT'S WHY THEY WON.
WE LEAVE YOU WITH TODAY'S
POWER MINUTE FROM ISAIAH 49:
"FOR I WILL CONTEND WITH
THOSE WHO CONDEMN YOU, AND I
WILL SAVE YOUR CHILDREN."
THAT'S ALL OF THE TIME WE'VE
GOT.
TOMORROW, THE GREATEST
FEMALE ATHLETE IN THE 20th
CENTURY, JACKIE JOYNER
CURSEY TELLS US WHAT IT IS
LIKE TO WIN SIX OLYMPIC
MEDALS.
FOR TERRY AND ALL OF US,
THIS IS PAT ROBERTSON.
GOOD-BYE AND GOD BLESS YOU.
JACJACK