700俱樂部--2018年9月28日 (The 700 Club - September 28, 2018)

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>> Announcer: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS
SPONSORED BY CBN. >> Wendy: COMING UP...A
BOY IS STABBED IN THE FACE WITH A BARBECUE SKEWER.
>> I WAS SCARED FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS, SCREAMING MY
HEAD OFF. >> Wendy: WATCH HOW HE
IS RUSHED TO THE E.R., AND EMERGES AS A WALKING
MIRACLE. >> THE HAND OF GOD WAS ON
MY SON. >> Wendy: PLUS...THE
HIPPIE TURNED PASTOR AT HARVEST CHURCH.
GREG LAURIE LOOKS BACK AT THE JESUS REVOLUTION.
ON TODAY'S "700 CLUB." *
>> Gordon: WELL, WELCOME TO "THE 700 CLUB."
TODAY WE'RE JOINED IN OUR STUDIO BY OUR PARTNERS WHO
COME FROM ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY TO SUPPORT THE
MINISTRY OF CBN. BUT FIRST IN THE NEWS,
BRETT KAVANAUGH, HE HAD A HEARING YESTERDAY.
AND HIS NOMINATION TO THE SUPREME COURT IS NOW IN
THE HANDS OF THE U.S. SENATE.
AND AFTER THURSDAY'S HISTORIC HEARING, IT IS
NOW UP TO A FEW SENATORS FROM BOTH PARTIES TO
DECIDE IF HE'LL BE CONFIRMED.
>> Terry: WELL, THE HEARING BEGAN WITH AN
EMOTIONAL ACCUSATION OF SEXUAL ASSAULT FROM
DR. CHRISTINE BLASEY FORD, FOLLOWED BY A VEHEMENT
DENIAL FROM JUDGE KAVANAUGH.
WE HAVE TWO REPORTS FROM CBN NEWS, BEGINNING WITH
ABIGAIL ROBERTSON, ON THURSDAY'S POWERFUL
TESTIMONY. >> Reporter: IN A
HEARING THAT GRIPPED THE NATION ON THURSDAY,
DR. CHRISTINE BLASEY FORD AND JUDGE BRETT KAVANAUGH
BOTH GAVE EMOTIONAL TESTIMONIES ABOUT WHAT
THEY REMEMBER FROM 1982. >> DR. FORD, WITH WHAT
DEGREE OF CERTAINTY DO YOU BELIEVE BRETT KAVANAUGH
ASSAULTED YOU? >> 100%.
>> Reporter: DR. FORD DESCRIBED IN DETAIL WHAT
SHE BELIEVES HAPPENED. >> BRETT GROPED ME AND
TRIED TO TAKE OFF MY CLOTHES.
I BELIEVED HE WAS GOING TO RAPE ME.
>> Reporter: AND SAID SHE HAS NO DOUBTS IT WAS
BRETT KAVANAUGH AND MARK JUDGE WHO WERE IN THE ROOM
AND ATTACKED HER. >> WHAT IS THE STRONGEST
MEMORY YOU HAVE. >> THE LAUGHTER BETWEEN
THE TWO. >> Reporter: AND THEN
JUDGE KAVANAUGH TOOK HIS TURN, WHERE HE
CATEGORICALLY DENIED HER CLAIM.
>> I'M HERE TODAY TO TELL THE TRUTH.
I'VE NEVER SEXUALLY ASSAULTED ANYONE, NOT IN
HIGH SCHOOL, NOT IN COLLEGE, NOT EVER.
>> Reporter: AND HE SAID WHILE HE BELIEVES
SOMETHING MAY HAVE HAPPENED TO DR. FORD, HE
DID NOT DO IT. >> THE OTHER NIGHT ASHLEY
AND MY DAUGHTER, LIZA, SAID THEIR PRAYERS.
AND LITTLE LIZA, ALL OF 10 YEARS OLD...SAID TO
ASHLEY, WE SHOULD PRAY FOR THE WOMAN.
>> Reporter: KAVANAUGH TOLD HOW THIS PROCESS HAS
DESTROYED HIS FAMILY AND GOOD NAME, CONSEQUENCES
THAT WILL FOLLOW THEM FOR DECADES.
>> I LOVE COACHING MORE THAN ANYTHING I'VE EVER
DONE IN MY WHOLE LIFE. BUT THANKS TO WHAT SOME OF
YOU ON THIS SIDE OF THE COMMITTEE HAVE UNLEASHED,
I MAY NEVER BE ABLE TO COACH AGAIN.
>> Reporter: KAVANAUGH CONFRONTED DEMOCRATS HEAD
ON. >> THIS CONFIRMATION
PROCESS HAS BECOME A NATIONAL DISGRACE.
>> Reporter: JUDGE KAVANAUGH ASSURED SENATORS
NO MATTER WHAT, HE IS NOT BACKING OUT OF THIS
PROCESS. >> YOU MAY DEFEAT ME IN
THE FINAL VOTE, BUT YOU'LL NEVER GET ME TO QUIT,
NEVER. >> Reporter: AND NOW TO
JENNIFER WISHON FOR WASHINGTON'S REACTION TO
THE HEARINGS. >> Jennifer: ABIGAIL, AS
SOON AS THEY GOT THE CHANCE, SOME REPUBLICANS
UNLEASHED THEIR ANGER ON DEMOCRATS FOR DRAGGING
JUDGE KAVANAUGH AND HIS FAMILY THROUGH THE MUD IN
AN EFFORT THEY SAY TO SCORE CHEAP POLITICAL
POINTS AHEAD OF THE MID-TERMS.
>> IF YOU WANTED AN F.B.I. INVESTIGATION, YOU COULD
HAVE COME TO US. WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IS
DESTROY THIS GUY'S LIFE, HOLD THIS SEAT OPEN, AND
HOPE YOU WIN IN 2020. YOU'VE SAID THAT.
THIS IS THE MOST UNETHICAL SHAM SINCE I'VE BEEN IN
POLITICS. >> THIS IS A NATIONAL
DISGRACE, THE WAY YOU'RE BEING TREATED.
>> Reporter: PASTOR ROBERT JEFFERS, WHO SITS
ON THE PRESIDENT'S EVANGELICAL ADVISORY BOARD
SAYS DEMOCRATS DEMONSTRATED HOW FAR
THEY'LL GO TO PROTECT ABORTION RIGHTS.
WHEN WE ALL KNOW THEIR NUMBER ONE OBJECTION TO
JUDGE KAVANAUGH IS HE MIGHT RESTRICT IN SOME WAY
THE MURDER OF 700,000 FEMALES EVERY YEAR IN THE
WOMB THROUGH ABORTION. BUT EVEN IF KAVANAUGH IS
CONFIRMED, DEMOCRATS BELIEVE DR. FORD SERVED AS
A CREDIBLE WITNESS WHO WILL ENERGIZE THEIR BASE
COME NOVEMBER. >> SHE IS CREDIBLE, CALM.
SHE TOLD US SHE WAS TERRIFIED, BUT I THOUGHT
SHE HANDLED THE QUESTIONS PROFESSIONALLY AND
HONESTLY. >> Reporter: APPEARING
ON CBN'S "FAITH NATION," KALEIGH MACENANI PRAISED
THE WAY THEY HANDLED THE ACCUSATION.
>> HE BELIEVES SOMETHING TERRIBLE COULD HAVE
HAPPENED TOWARDS HER, BUT IT JUST WASN'T HIM WHO DID
IT. HE SWORE BEFORE GOD.
>> Reporter: A RELIEVED PRESIDENT TRUMP TWEETED:
"JUDGE KAVANAUGH SHOWED AMERICA EXACTLY WHY I
NOMINATED HIM." THE SENATE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE IS EXPECTED TO ADVANCE JUDGE KAVANAUGH'S
NOMINATION TO THE FULL SENATE, AND PROCEDURAL
ACTION OVER THE WEEKEND WILL SET UP A POSSIBLE
CONFIRMATION VOTE AS EARLY AS TUESDAY.
JENNIFER WISHON, CBN NEWS, WASHINGTON.
>> Gordon: WELL, WE'LL SEE.
AND WE'LL BE REPORTING LATER ON HOW THAT VOTE
GOES. IS THIS GOING TO BE A
CLARENCE THOMAS CONFIRMATION, WHERE THE
NOMINEE TAKES THE HIT AND ULTIMATELY ENDS UP ON THE
SUPREME COURT? OR IS THIS GOING TO BE A
ROBERT BORK MOMENT, WHERE THESE NOMINATIONS KNOCK
HIM OUT. AND THEN WE'RE INTO CAN
ANOTHER JUSTICE BE CONFIRMED?
ONE OF THE CASUALTIES HERE, THOUGH, PEOPLE JUST
LIKE ME, OLDER WHITE MEN -- AND I'M NOT SURE
WE'RE EVEN QUALIFIED ANYMORE OR EVEN ALLOWED TO
SPEAK ON THIS. SO I'M GOING TO TURN TO
TERRY, AND SAY, TERRY, HELP OLDER WHITE MEN OUT?
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS?
[LAUGHTER] >> Terry: WELL, I
THOUGHT IT WAS RIVETING BUT PAINFULLY RIVETING.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS MORNING OR TODAY, I WANT
TO SEND A VERY LARGE BOUQUET TO LINDSEY GRAHAM,
WHO WAS RELIEV RELIEF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WHOLE MESS.
[APPLAUSE] >> Terry: IT IS VERY
OBVIOUS TO ME SOMETHING TERRIBLE DID HAPPEN TO
THIS WOMAN, AND I PRAY SHE FINDS PEACE WITH THAT.
WHAT THIS FAMILY HAS GONE THROUGH, JUDGE KAVANAUGH'S
FAMILY, IS BEYOND THE PAIL.
I CAN'T IMAGINE, BUT THE FACT THAT HIS 10-YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER SAYS, I THINK WE SHOULD PRAY FOR THE WOMAN
SPEAKS TO THEIR VALUE. I WANT TO SAY TO HIM,
THANK YOU FOR NOT CAVING. THANK YOU FOR NOT GIVING
UP, FOR STANDING STRONG, AND JUST DELIVERING THE
MESSAGE. >> Gordon: I'M GETTING
PHONE CALLS WHERE THIS WHOLE EPISODE HAS BEEN SO
MUCH DOMINATING THE NEWS, AND IT IS LITERALLY
RIPPING THE SCAB OFF OF TRAUMATIC EVENTS FOR
WOMEN. AND YOU LOOK AT THE
SURVEYS, AND THE PERCENTAGE IS JUST HUGE IN
OUR CULTURE, OF WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN ASSAULTED.
>> Terry: YOU KNOW, MY CONCERN ABOUT THE WAY THIS
HAS BEEN HANDLED BY LIBERALS WHO HAVE USED IT
FOR POLITICAL PURPOSE IS THAT SOMETHING VALID, LIKE
#MeTOO MOVEMENT, WHERE WOMEN HAVE BEEN PUT IN
COMPROMISING SITUATIONS, REALLY HAS THE PLUG PULLED
ON IT BECAUSE THIS ISN'T TRUE.
THIS IS AN ALLEGATION. THERE IS NO FACT.
THERE IS NO PROOF OF ANY OF THIS.
BUT I DO THINK IT TAINTS THE VERY REAL STRUGGLE
THAT SOME WOMEN HAVE HAD, THAT IS LEGITIMATE.
AND SOMETIMES WE DO SOMETHING FOR THE WRONG
REASON, AND IT WINDS UP COMING AROUND AND KICKING
US ON THE BACK SIDE IN ANOTHER LEGITIMATE AREA.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S YET TO BE SEEN IN THIS.
EVEN POLITICALLY. YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN THAT
HAPPEN BEFORE, THAT SOME THINGS HAPPEN POLITICALLY,
AND THEN THE NEXT PARTY COMES INTO A POSITION OF
POWER OR AUTHORITY, AND THEY HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE
REPERCUSSIONS AND RAMIFICATIONS OF THEIR OWN
CHOICES. WE COULD SEE THAT HAPPEN
DOWN THE ROAD. >> Gordon: I THINK WE'VE
GOTTEN SO DIVIDED, HOW CAN WE EVER EVEN COME TOGETHER
AGAIN. THE EXTREMES HAVE GOTTEN
SO EXTREME. CAN WE EVER BE ONE NATION
INDIVISIBLE? IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE?
BUT LET'S TAKE INTO ACCOUNT AND LET'S REMEMBER
WHAT A 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL SAID, LET US PRAY.
LET US PRAY. AND IN THAT, REMEMBER THE
WORDS OF JESUS. HE ASKS US TO LOVE OUR
ENEMIES. SO REGARDLESS OF WHICH
SIDE YOU'RE ON HERE, WHO YOU CONSIDER AN ENEMY,
THESE ARE THE WORDS OF JESUS.
AND THEY APPLY TO ALL PEOPLE EVERYWHERE.
AND HE TELLS US, LOVE OUR ENEMIES.
DO GOOD TO THOSE WHO PERSECUTE YOU.
THESE ARE WORDS TO LIVE BY.
IN OUR CULTURE TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO FIND THESE
ARE GOING TO BE TOUGH WORDS TO LIVE BY, BUT THE
COMMANDMENT STAYS THE SAME: LOVE YOUR ENEMY; DO
GOOD TO THOSE WHO PERSECUTE YOU.
>>> IN OTHER NEWS, ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN
NETANYAHU HAS WARNED THE UNITED NATIONS IRAN IS
STILL WORKING ON A NUCLEAR WEAPON.
EFREM GRAHAM HAS THAT STORY FROM THE CBN
NEWSROOM. >> Efrem: GORDON, JUST A
FEW MONTHS AFTER NETANYAHU REVEALED THAT ISRAEL HAD
DISCOVERED A SECRET IRANIAN ATOMIC AR ARCHIVES,
HE TOLD THE UNITED NATIONS ON THURSDAY THAT IRAN HAS
ANOTHER FACILITY, WHICH HE CALLED IRAN'S SECRET
ATOMIC WAREHOUSE. NETANYAHU SAYS IRAN HAS
NOT DESTROYED THE TWO LOCATIONS BECAUSE IT WANTS
TO BUILD A NUCLEAR WEAPON. >> IN FACT, THEY PLAN TO
USE BOTH OF THESE SITES IN A FEW YEARS, WHEN THE TIME
WOULD BE RIGHT TO BREAK OUT TO THE ATOM BOMB.
BUT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, REST ASSURED THAT WON'T
HAPPEN. IT WON'T HAPPEN BECAUSE
WHAT IRAN HIDES ISRAEL WILL FIND.
>> Efrem: IRAN DENIED THE ALLEGATIONS.
>>> AT LEAST 91 PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND HUNDREDS OF
OTHERS ARE INJURED AFTER A POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE HIT IN
INDONESIA. OFFICIALS ISSUED A TSUNAMI
WARNING, BUT IT HAS BEEN LIFTED, ALTHOUGH A TSUNAMI
DID HIT ONE TOWN. THE 7.5 MAGNITUDE QUAKE
FOLLOWED A 6.1 QUAKE THAT IT EARLIER TODAY.
THE QUAKE HAS BEEN FOLLOWED BY STRONG AFTER
SHOCKS. A LOCAL DISASTER OFFICIAL
SAYS MANY HOUSES HAVE COLLAPSED.
INDONESIA IS PRONE TO EARTHQUAKES BECAUSE IT IS
LOCATED IN THE RING OF FIRE.
THAT'S AN ARK OF VOLCANOS AND FALT LINES AROUND THE
PACIFIC. >>> IT WAS A POPULAR BOOK,
AND NOW IT IS GOING TO THE BIG SCREEN.
"THE TRUMP PROPHECY" LIVES UP TO ITS NAME, TELLING
THE STORY OF A MAN WHO HAD A REVELATION THAT TRUMP
WOULD BE PRESIDENT SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE HE WAS
ELECTED. BUT AS WENDY GRIFFITH
SHOWS US, THE MOVIE HASN'T BEEN WITHOUT CONTROVERSY.
>> YOUR JOB AS A FIREMAN IS TO REACT CALMLY.
>> BUT WHAT I SAW LAST NIGHT SCARED ME SO MUCH.
>> Wendy: THE TRUMP PROPHECY MOVIE IS THE
STORY OF FORMER FIREFIGHTER MARK TAYLOR,
WHO SAYS HE RECEIVED A SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM GOD
IN 2011 THAT THEN BUSINESSMAN DONALD TRUMP
WAS HEADED TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
PRODUCER RICK ELDRIDGE SAID HE WANT SURE HE
WANTED TWASN'T SURE HEWANTED TO DO THE MOV IE. >> I KNEW IT WOULD BE
CONTROVERSIAL, BUT I KNEW WE HAD A NATION THAT
NEEDED TO HEAR ABOUT GOD'S INTERVENTION IN OUR
COUNTRY. >> Wendy: THE MOVIE
RELIVES THE NIGHT MARK RECEIVED WHAT HE CALLS THE
COMMANDER IN CHIEF PROPHECY.
>> I DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT DONALD TRUMP.
ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD THE LORD SAYING YOU'RE
HEARING THE VOICE OF A PRESIDENT.
>> IT IS REALLY ABOUT A COMMON MAN HEARING FROM
THE LORD, AND BEING GIVEN WISDOM AND ADVICE FROM
FELLOW BELIEVERS TO PRAY ABOUT THAT.
>> Wendy: ONE OF THOSE BELIEVERS WAS MARY CUL
CULBERT, WIFE OF DR. CULBERT, WHO WAS
TREATING HIM FOR ILLNESS. AND SHE STARTED A
NATIONWIDE PRAYER MOVEMENT FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION. A MOVEMENT THAT BECAME THE
KEY PART OF THE MOVIE. >> THERE IS A MANDATE FOR
US AS BELIEVERS TO PRAY FOR THOSE IN AUTHORITY
OVER US. THAT'S A DEEPER MESSAGE WE
REALLY EMPHASIZE IN THE MOVIE.
>> Wendy: THE FILM WAS MADE WITH THE HELP OF
LIBERTY UNIVERSITY FILM STUDENTS, DESPITE THE FACT
THAT THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS SIGNED A PETITION SAYING
THEY DIDN'T WANT THE MOVIE MADE.
AND Facebook WAS ALSO NOT A FAN, AND TEMPORARILY
BLOCKED ALL ADS, CLAIMING THE MOVIE WAS TOO
POLITICAL. BUT NELSON SAYS MOST
PEOPLE WERE JUST REACTING TO THE "T" WORD.
>> THEY GET SQWIRMY WHEN THEY HEAR THE WORDS TRUMP
AND GOD TOGETHER. BECAUSE THEY THINK SOMEHOW
IT IS LESSENING, I THINK, WHO GOD IS BY EVEN
MENTIONING HIS NAME WITH TRUMP.
I THINK, GOODNESS, AREN'T WE ALL GLAD THAT'S NOT HOW
WE FEEL ABOUT OURSELVES? >> Wendy: WENDY
GRIFFITH, CBN NEWS. >> Efrem: THE TRUMP
PROPHECY IS IN MOVIE THEATERS FOR TWO NIGHTS
ONLY, OCTOBER 2nd AND 4th.
YOU CAN FIND OUT HOW TO BUY TICKETS AT
cbnnews.com. GORDON?
>> Gordon: WELL, RESIDENTS ACROSS NORTH
CAROLINA ARE STILL TRYING TO REBUILD IN THE WAKE OF
HURRICANE FLORENCE. BUT MANY ARE FINDING THAT
THE TASK IS TOO GREAT FOR THEM TO DO ALONE.
JUDY NELSON IS A WIDOW WHO'S HOUSE WAS FILLED
WITH MOLD. NO ONE COULD HELP HER
UNTIL SHE MET AN ARMY FROM "OPERATION BLESSING."
>> Reporter: WHEN HURRICANE FLORENCE HIT
NEWBURN, NORTH CAROLINA, AND FLOODED JUDY NELSON'S
HOME, SHE HAD NOWHERE TO TURN FOR HELP.
>> I'M A WIDOW. MY BROTHERS ARE ALL OLDER
THAN ME. THEY CAN'T HELP ME.
I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG FAMILY MEMBERS HERE.
AND THEN THE ONES THAT I DO HAVE, THEY CAN'T LEAVE
THEIR JOBS TO COME HERE AND HELP ME, EVEN THOUGH
THEY MAY WANT TO. >> Reporter: THE
DEVASTATION WAS SO GREAT, AND THERE WERE SO MANY
FAMILIES WHO NEEDED HELP, JUDY KNEW ONLY GOD COULD
PROVIDE. >> IF YOU LIVE BY GOD'S
COVENANT AND PUT GOD FIRST, HE'LL BE RIGHT
THERE FOR YOU. AND I KNOW THAT.
>> Reporter: THEN A VOLUNTEER TEAM FROM
>> I KNEW GOD HAD NOT FORGOTTEN ME.
HE SENT PEOPLE WHEN I NEEDED THEM THE MOST.
I NEEDED NEW WALLS AND FLOORS, AND IT WAS RIGHT
ON TIME. SO HE IS RIGHT ON TIME.
>> Reporter: SO JUDY'S INSURANCE WILL COVER THE
COST OF REPLACING THE CONTENTS OF HER HOUSE, BUT
WHAT THEY WON'T COVER IS THE COST OF TEARING THE
OLD DRYWALL OUT. SO WE'RE HERE TO HELP.
"OPERATION BLESSING" GOT RIGHT TO WORK.
WE TORE UP THE OLD FLOORING AND CUT OUT THAT
DRYWALL THAT WAS ALREADY STARTING TO MOLD.
>> I CAN'T DO IT. I WAS RESCUED.
I KNEW IT WAS GOD SENDING Y'ALL TO ME.
>> Reporter: WHEN OUR WORK WAS DONE, OUR
VOLUNTEERS TOOK THE TIME TO PRAY WITH JUDY.
NOW SHE CAN BEGIN TO TAKE THOSE FIRST STEPS TOWARDS
RECOVERY. >> Y'ALL WERE THE CAVALRY.
THE ONLY THING YOU DIDN'T HAVE WAS A WHITE HORSE AND
A HORN. BUT YOU HAD "OPERATION
BLESSING," AND THAT WAS THE BEST UNIFORM.
THEY CAME WHEN I NEEDED THEM.
THANK YOU, LORD. >> Gordon: BE A PART OF
IT. THE STORM HAS PASSED.
THE FLOODWATERS ARE NOW FINALLY RECEDING.
BUT WHAT IS LEFT IS STILL A DISASTER.
IF YOU WANT TO HELP, WE'VE GOT A SPECIAL FUND FOR
YOU. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CALL
US: 1-800-700-7000. SAY, I WANT TO GIVE TO THE
"OPERATION BLESSING" DISASTER RELIEF FUND.
YOU CAN WRITE TO US, CBN CENTER, VIRGINIA BEACH,
VIRGINIA, 23463, OR YOU CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE AND
GIVE ON cbn.com. BE A PART OF IT:
1-800-700-7000. AND AS YOU SAW, THE RELIEF
EFFORTS IN NORTH CAROLINA ARE ONGOING, AND
"OPERATION BLESSING" NEEDS VOLUNTEERS.
WE'LL BE ACCEPTING VOLUNTEERS AT THE "WITHOUT
LIMITS CHRISTIAN CENTER" IN NEWBURN, NORTH
CAROLINA. WE'LL BE ACCEPTING
VOLUNTEERS MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY -- WE DO HAVE
SUNDAY OFF -- AND WE'LL PROVIDE FREE LUNCH, AND
FREE HOUSING IS ALSO AVAILABLE IF YOU'RE OUT OF
TOWN AND YOU WANT TO VOLUNTEER.
BUT IF YOU'RE OUT OF TOWN, YOU HAVE TO REGISTER IN
ADVANCE. CALL 1-800-677-7974.
THAT'S FOR VOLUNTEERS. THERE IS MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT IT AT ob.org. IF YOU WANT TO VOLUNTEER
AND HELP PEOPLE -- IT'S TOUGH WORK, IT IS HOT
WORK, IT IS DIFFICULT WORK, BUT IF YOU WANT TO
DO IT, YOU'LL SEE THE GRATITUDE OF PEOPLE FACE
TO FACE. AND YOU CAN HEAR THEM SAY,
YOU'VE COME TO ME AND YOU'RE LIKE THE RESCUER
FOR ME. DO IT NOW.
BE A PART OF IT. >> Terry: COMING UP, THE
MIRACLE BOY WHO SURVIVED AFTER BEING IMPALED IN THE
FACE BY A MEAT SKEWER. >> HE GOES, I'M DYING,
MOM. AND I GO, NO, YOU'RE NOT.
AND HE GOES, I WANT TO SEE JESUS, BUT NOT RIGHT NOW.
AND I GO, IT'S OKAY, BABY, JESUS IS HERE WITH US.
>> Terry: SEE THE ONE IN A MILLION SHOT THAT SAVED
HIS LIFE. THAT'S NEXT.
>> Gordon: XAVIER CUNNINGHAM WAS PLAYING
OUTSIDE WHEN HE FELL ON TO A METAL SKEWER.
AND THAT SKEWER WENT THROUGH HIS FACE, WENT
THROUGH SKIN AND BONE, ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK OF HIS
SKULL. AND, BELIEVE THIS, JUST
THREE DAYS AFTER SURGERY, DOCTORS SENT HIM HOME WITH
A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH. JOHN JESSUP TRAVELLED TO
MISSOURI TO TALK TO THE BOY DOCTORS DESCRIBE AS A
MEDICAL MARVEL. >> Reporter: I WANT YOU
TO MEET 11-YEAR-OLD XAVIER CUNNINGHAM.
HE HAS THIS AMAZING STORY THAT HE, HIS FAMILY AND
FRIENDS, WILL SUM UP WITH ONE OTHER WORD, WHICH
IS... >> MIRACLE.
>> Reporter: HE LOVES FOOTBALL, PLAYING
OUTDOORS, AND SPENDING TIME WITH HIS FRIENDS.
THAT ALL CAME CLOSE TO ENDING EARLIER THIS MONTH
AFTER A NEARLY FATAL ACCIDENT.
>> I WAS THE LAST ONE IN. >> Reporter: IT ALL
STARTED AT THIS TREE HOUSE IN HIS BACKYARD, WHERE A
SWARM OF YELLOW JACKETS ATTACKED HIM AND HIS
FRIENDS. IN THE RUSH TO ESCAPE,
XAVIER TRIPPED AND FELL, LANDING ON TO A MEAT
SKEWER THEY HAD FOUND EARLIER.
>> I FELT THIS BURNING PAIN RIGHT IN THIS AREA.
I WAS THERE FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS, JUST SCREAMING MY
HEAD OFF. >> Reporter: SOMEHOW HE
MANAGED TO GET BACK HOME TO HIS MOM.
>> HE HAD THIS METAL LOOKING ROD, WHAT I
THOUGHT IT WAS AN ARROW, COMING OUT OF HIS CHEEK
HERE. >> SHE WAS, LIKE, OH, MY
GOSH, WHO DID THIS TO YOU? >> Reporter: GABRIELLE
RUSHED HER SON TO THE E.M.WITH THE SKEWER STILL
IN HIS FACE. >> HE LOOKS OVER AND GOES,
I'M DYING, MOM. AND I GO, NO, YOU'RE NOT.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE JUST FINE.
AND HE GOES, NO, I CAN FEEL IT.
AND HE GOES, I WANT TO SEE JESUS, BUT NOT RIGHT NOW.
AND I GO, IT'S OKAY, BABY, JESUS IS HERE WITH US.
>> Reporter: ULTIMATELY, THEY WERE SENT TO THE
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HOSPITAL WHILE THEY WAITED
AS A TEAM OF 100 MEDICAL STAFF ASSEMBLED FOR THE
RISKY PROCEDURE. >> THERE WAS A LOT OF
CONVERSATION IF WE SHOULD MAKE AN INCISION IN THE
BACK OF HIS HEAD. >> Reporter:
MIRACULOUSLY, IT MISSED HIS BRAIN, SPINAL CORD,
AND MAJOR BLOOD VESSELS BY ONLY A MILLIMETER.
>> IF IT HIT THE CAROTID ARTERY, I THINK HE
PROBABLY WOULD HAVE HAD SUCH DRAMATIC BLEEDING IN
SUCH A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, IT WOULD HAVE CLOSED
OFF HIS AIRWAY AND HE WOULDN'T HAVE SURVIVED IT.
>> Reporter: DOCTORS COMMANDED XAVIER FOR
KEEPING CALM. THEY SAY THE ODDS OF
MISSING CRITICAL ORGANS WAS ONE IN A MILLION AND
EXPECT A FULL RECOVERY. >> FATHER, WE LOVE YOU.
>> Reporter: CBN SAW HIM TWO DAYS AFTER HIS RELEASE
FROM THE HOSPITAL. WE CHRONICLED HIS FIRST
OUTING AT THE HARRISONVILLE FOOTBALL
FIELD, WHERE HE HOPES ONE DAY TO BE PART OF THE
TEAM. OUR CAMERAS ALSO FOLLOWED
HIM ON HIS FIRST SUNDAY BACK TO CHURCH, WHERE AN
ENTIRE COMMUNITY RALLIED TO PRAY FOR HIM.
DURING THE VISIT, WE TALKED ABOUT THE
EXPERIENCE. CAN I ASK YOU SOMETHING
REAL QUICK? HOW DID YOU KNOW NOT TO
TAKE IT OUT? DID YOU THINK ABOUT IT?
>> I WATCHED BLACK PANTHERS, AND AT THE END
OF IT, HOW HE TAKES IT OUT AND DIES, AND SO I WAS,
LIKE, NOPE. * THE OVERWHELMING,
NEVER-ENDING, OVERWHEL RECKLESS LOVE *
>>> Reporter: I KNOW THERE WAS A SONG --
>> "RECKLESS LOVE"... >> Reporter: WHY DID YOU
KEEP SINGING IT OR ASKING FOR IT TO BE PLAYED?
>> BECAUSE OUR FIRST TIME AT THAT CHURCH, THAT'S ONE
OF THE FIRST SONGS WE LISTENED TO.
AND I WAS, LIKE, THIS IS A GOOD SONG.
>> Reporter: XAVIER'S PARENTS ARE GRATEFUL THEIR
SON IS ALIVE, AND THAT LIFE IS RETURNING TO
NORMAL. THEY ALSO KNOW THEIR
FAMILY HAS AN AMAZING TESTIMONY ABOUT GIVING
GLORY TO GOD. >> GOD CREATED THOSE
DOCTORS TO DO PHENOMENAL THINGS.
BUT THERE COMES A POINT WHERE WE COME TO THE END
OF OURSELVES. AND THIS IS WHERE WE WERE.
NO MAN COULD CHANGE THIS. ONLY THE GOD OF HEAVEN.
>> EVERY DAY, JUST SEEING A MIRACLE IN MY HOUSE.
I MEAN, HE IS. HE IS A LIVING, WALKING
MIRACLE. THE HAND OF GOD WAS ON MY
SON. >> Reporter: THAT
MIRACLE HAS STRENTHENED XAVIER'S FAITH, TOO.
>> WHEN YOU'RE GETTING TO KNOW JESUS, YOU'RE, LIKE,
OH, HE SAVED US AND GAVE HIS LIFE FOR US.
AND AFTER THIS, IT'S JUST LIKE HE TRULY IS THE GOD
ALMIGHTY. >> Reporter: WE POINTED
OUT, JUST LIKE JESUS, HE NOW HAS VISIBLE SCARS.
PROBABLY RIGHT NOW YOU'RE NOT THINKING THAT THEY'RE
BEAUTIFUL, BUT DO YOU THINK THAT MAYBE GOD CAN
MAKE THEM BEAUTIFUL? >> HE CAN MAKE EVERYTHING
BEAUTIFUL. >> Reporter: JOHN
JESSUP, CBN NEWS, IN HARRISONVILLE, MISSOURI.
>> Gordon: THAT WAS AN INCREDIBLE STORY.
GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO BLACK PANTHER AND THE
PRODUCER -- YOU SAVED A BOY'S LIFE BY SHOWING HIM
WHATNOT TO DO. >> Terry: AND I THINK OF
THAT SCRIPTURE THAT SAYS, BEFORE WE HAVE HEARD OF
YOU, BUT NOW WE SEE YOU. >> Gordon: NOW WE SEE
YOU. >> Terry: AMAZING.
>> Gordon: JUST THE HONESTY, I WANT TO SEE
JESUS BUT NOT RIGHT NOW. >> Terry: I THINK A LOT
OF US KIND OF FEEL THAT WAY, RIGHT?
>> Gordon: I THINK IT IS UNIVERSAL.
[LAUGHTER] >> Terry: UP NEXT, A
SINGLE MOM WHO WAS LIVING IN A HOTEL ROOM WITH
NOTHING BUT HER DAUGHTER AND A DRUG HABIT.
>> I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, THIS IS HOW I'M GOING TO
HAVE TO LIVE THE REST OF MY LIFE, EVERY DAY FOR THE
REST OF MY LIFE. >> Terry: HEAR HOW SHE
BROKE THE CYCLE OF ADDICTION, WHEN WE COME
BACK. >> Gordon: MONICA HILL
LOST HER JOB OVER HER DRUG HABIT, WHICH WAS NO
SURPRISE SINCE SHE WORKED AT A PHARMACY AND WAS
FORGING PRESCRIPTIONS FOR HERSELF.
THROWTD HETHROUGHOUT HER LIFE, MONICA BOUNCED FROM ONE
REHAB STINT TO THE NEXT, UNTIL SHE FOUND THE WAY TO
BREAK THE CYCLE WEBSITE ONCE AND FOR ALL.
>> Reporter: FOR YEARS MONICA HILL LIED TO HER
PARENTS ABOUT EVERYTHING. SHE DIDN'T WANT THEM TO
KNOW SHE WAS A DRUG ADDICT.
>> I WAS AFRAID. I WAS AFRAID THAT, MORE
THAN ANYTHING, THEY WOULD BE SO DISAPPOINTED,
HEARTBROKEN, HURT. THERE WAS A LOT OF GUILT.
I THINK I JUST FELT LIKE I WAS FAILING THEM.
>> Reporter: THE DAUGHTER OF ECUADORIAN
IMMIGRANTS, MONICA WAS THE YOUNGEST OF THREE AND GREW
UP IN AN IRISH CATHOLIC NEIGHBORHOOD IN CHICAGO.
>> WE HAD A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL CHILDHOOD.
MY GRANDMA WAS REALLY THE BACKBONE OF OUR FAMILY.
SHE WAS REALLY THE ONE WHO TOOK CARE OF ME AND RAISED
ME AND TAUGHT ME ABOUT GOD.
>> Reporter: SHE WAS POPULAR AND DID WELL IN
SCHOOL, GYMNASTICS, MUSIC, AND CHEERLEADING.
BUT IN HER SOPHOMORE YEAR, SHE MET A BOY WHO WAS A
DROPOUT AND LIKED TO PARTY AND GET HIGH.
>> I STARTED USING DRUGS. SO THEN I WAS ALL INTO A
DIFFERENT PATH. I REALLY WASN'T ABLE TO
HAVE A CLEAR MIND AND BREAK AWAY FROM THIS
RELATIONSHIP BECAUSE THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I FOUND
MYSELF GETTING STUCK IN IT IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
DIMENSION. >> Reporter: SHE STAYED
IN THE RELATIONSHIP THROUGHOUT HIGH SCHOOL AND
COLLEGE, WHILE KEEPING UP HER GRADES AND WORKING A
FULL-TIME JOB. BUT HER BOYFRIEND HAD
BECOME CONTROLLING AND ABUSIVE.
AND HE WAS AFRAID TO LEAVE HIM.
>> WHILE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY I'M WITH THIS
PERSON IN THIS HORRIBLE RELATIONSHIP, THIS PERSON
IS USING DRUGS. SO IT IS SCARY TO TRY TO
ESCAPE THIS RELATIONSHIP, SO I MIGHT AS WELL USE
DRUGS WITH THIS PERSON. SO WE HAVE A COMMON
UNDERSTANDING IN A REALLY SICK WAY.
>> Reporter: MONICA DROPPED OUT OF COLLEGE ONE
CLASS SHORT OF GRADUATING. IN 1993, SHE GOT PREGNANT
WITH HER DAUGHTER, NICKY. THE SAME YEAR HER
BOYFRIEND WENT TO JAIL, BRINGING AN END TO THE
RELATIONSHIP. >> I WAS NO LONGER WITH
HER FATHER. I HAD THIS NEWFOUND SENSE
OF FREEDOM, THIS INDEPENDENCE I HAD NOT HAD
IN OVER 10 YEARS. AND I WAS ABLE TO LIVE MY
LIFE AND DO THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO DO.
>> Reporter: MONICA WAS HOPEFUL OF THE LIFE THAT
WAS AHEAD FOR HER AND NICKY.
SHE REMAINED DRUG-FREE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT
AFTER SHE GOT A JOB AS A PHARMACY TECH, OLD HABITS
RETURNED. >> I WAS SURROUNDED BY LOT
OF PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS THAT I KNEW I
HAD ACCESS TO. AND WHETHER IT WAS FEELING
THE DRUGS OR FORGING PRESCRIPTIONS, OR WHATEVER
IT WAS THAT I NEEDED TO DO TO GET MY FIX.
>> Reporter: THIS WAS THE FIRST OF MANY JOBS
MONICA LOST TO DRUG ADDICTION.
SHE WAS IN AND OUT OF TREATMENT A DOZEN TIMES.
SHE DID MANAGE TO STAY CLEAN FOR THREE YEARS, BUT
IN 2000, WORKING AT ANOTHER PHARMACY, SHE WAS
BACK TO WRITING PRESCRIPTIONS FOR HERSELF.
>> AT ONE POINT IN MY LIFE, I THOUGHT THERE WAS
NO HOPE FOR ME. >> Reporter: SHE WAS
FIRED AND LIVED IN A HOTEL ROOM WITH HER DAUGHTER.
>> I FOUND MYSELF ONE DAY JUST WAKING UP AND BEING
EIN MY BED AND CRYING, AND THINKING TO MYSELF, THIS
IS HOW I'M GOING TO HAVE TO LIVE THE REST OF MY
LIFE, EVERY DAY FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.
>> Reporter: FINALLY IN MARCH OF 2006, MONICA MET
JEFF HILL, A FORMER ADDICT, THROUGH FRIENDS.
>> THERE WAS SOMETHING IN HIM THAT I SAW.
IT WAS SOMETHING PURE AND SINCERE.
AND IT WAS FILLED WITH HOPE.
SO WHEN HE STARTED TALKING ABOUT FREEDOM IN CHRIST,
IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS SO FOREIGN TO ME.
AND IN THE BEGINNING IT WAS, LIKE, HOPEFUL YET
FEARFUL. >> Reporter: SHE STARTED
ATTENDING CHURCH WITH HIM AND READING THE BIBLE.
>> I WAS LITERALLY IN TEARS AT ONE POINT BECAUSE
IT WAS, LIKE, WHY AM I NOT UNDERSTANDING THIS?
WHY AM I NOT GETTING THIS? BUT I KNEW THERE WAS
SOMETHING IN THERE, AND I KNEW I NEEDED TO JUST KEEP
DIGGING UNTIL IT WAS MY TIME TO REALLY UNDERSTAND.
>> Reporter: THREE MONTHS LATER IN CHURCH,
MONICA KNEW IT WAS TIME TO ACCEPT JESUS.
>> I JUST WENT UP THERE, AND I SAID, OKAY, GOD,
THIS IS IT. THIS IS MY TURN.
SO HERE I AM. AND IT WASN'T LIKE IT WAS
A LIGHT SWITCH THAT WENT OFF AND I WENT HOME AND I
WAS TRANSFORMED IN THAT INSTANT, BUT SOMETHING
STARTED TO CHANGE. JESUS IS A REALLY SERIOUS
THING BECAUSE I KNEW GOD GROWING UP, AND I KNEW
ABOUT JESUS AND THE SACRIFICE AND THE
CRUCIFIXION AND THE RESURRECTION, AND I KNEW
ALL OF THOSE THINGS IN MY HEAD, BUT AS THIS POINT, I
KNEW THAT I HAD A RESPONSIBILITY IN MY
HEART. ALSO AT THAT TIME, I KNEW
THAT I CAPITO COULDN'T HAVE FREEDOM AND JOY AND
HAPPINESS AND FULFILLMENT, AND I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO
HAVE THAT IF I CONTINUED TO USE.
>> Reporter: THROUGH GOD'S STRENGTH, MONICA
STOPPED USING DRUGS AND TRUSTED THE LORD TO WORK
IN HER LIFE. >> THE BIGGEST THING FOR
ME AT THAT TIME WAS REALLY CARRYING A LOT OF GUILT
AND SHAME AND CONDEMNATION BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE
YEARS THAT I WAS A SINGLE, DRUG-ADDICTED MOTHER, AND
WHAT I HAD BROUGHT MY PUT MY DAUGHTER THROUGH.
AND GOD WAS WORKING ON MY HEART.
IT TOOK A FEW YEARS. >> Reporter: IN 2009,
MONICA AND JEFF MARRIED, BLENDING THEIR FAMILIES.
TOGETHER THEY RUN "SERENITY VILLAGE," ONE OF
THE LARGEST FAITH-BASED RECOVERY PROGRAMS IN
MINNESOTA. >> I AM A NEW PERSON, A
NEW CREATION. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT I
HAVE DONE IN THE PAST, WHAT I MAY HAVE SAID OR
NOT SAID, THAT GOD'S LOVE FOR ME IS UNCONDITIONAL
AND ETERNAL. ALL OF THAT IS GONE; IT IS
FORGOTTEN. >> Gordon: DID YOU HEAR
IT? DID YOU HEAR IT IN HER
VOICE? SHE'S FREE.
SHE HAD SOMEONE TELL HER YOU COULD HAVE FREEDOM IN
CHRIST. THAT MAY SEEM REALLY ODD
TO YOU. WHAT ARE YOU REALLY
TALKING ABOUT? BUT YOU SAW IT IN HER
FACE, YOU HEARD IT IN HER VOICE, THAT SHE HAS BECOME
A NEW CREATION. THAT'S WHAT THE APOSTLE
PAUL TALKED ABOUT. "BEHOLD, ALL THINGS ARE
MADE NEW." AND THEY CAN BE MADE NEW
FOR YOU. HERE IS THE WONDERFUL
NEWS: GOD GAVE US A PLAN. HE SAID, "I HAVE PLANS AND
PURPOSES SPECIFICALLY FOR YOU."
AND THE WONDERFUL THING IS, HE HASN'T GIVEN UP ON
THAT PLAN. WHEN YOU FOLLOW HIS PLAN,
YOU'LL FIND FULFILLMENT, YOU'LL FIND THE DESIRES OF
YOUR HEART, YOU'LL FIND THAT FREEDOM.
YOU'LL BE PREOF AL FREE OF ALL OF IT.
YOU'LL HAVE A NEW BEGINNING, A NEW DAY, A
FRESH START. IF THIS IS FOR YOU, IF
THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT RIGHT NOW, DON'T TURN
AWAY, DON'T CHANGE THE CHANNEL, BUT PRAY WITH ME
AND LET'S LET JESUS DO ALL THE REST.
PRAY NOW. JESUS -- THAT'S RIGHT,
JUST SAY HIS NAME, SAY IT OUT LOUD.
JESUS, I SEE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR OTHER PEOPLE.
AND I WANT THAT FOR ME. I WANT TO KNOW YOU.
I WANT A FRESH START. I WANT A NEW BEGINNING.
SO, JESUS, COME INTO MY HEART, FORGIVE ME OF THE
THINGS THAT I'VE DONE WRONG, SET ME FREE FROM
WHATEVER CHAINS ME. SET ME FROM THE
ADDICTIONS, THE COMPULSIONS.
MAKE ME NEW. AND, JESUS, IF YOU DO
THIS, I WANT TO FOLLOW YOU ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE.
HEAR MY PRAYER, FOR I PRAY IT IN JESUS' NAME.
AMEN. IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME,
THERE IS ONE MORE THING I WANT YOU TO DO.
I WANT YOU TO LET SOMEBODY ELSE KNOW THE S.
SO PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL US: 1-800-700-7000.
JUST SAY, I PRAYED WITH THAT GUY ON TV AND I ASKED
JESUS TO COME INTO MY HEART.
WHEN YOU CALL, I'VE GOT SOMETHING FREE FOR YOU.
IT'S CALLED "A NEW DAY." IT IS A C.D. TEACHING.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY FREE. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
CALL, AND WE'LL SEND IT RIGHT TO YOU.
1-800-CELE.1-800--- 1-800-700-7000. >> Terry: STILL AHEAD,
MEGA CHURCH PASTOR GREG LAURIE SHARES WHY AN
UNLIKELY GENERATION WAS TRANSFORMED, AND HOW THAT
MAY HOLD THE KEY TO AMERICA'S NEXT REVIVAL.
>> Efrem: AND WELCOME BACK TO "THE 700 CLUB."
POLICE ARRESTED SEVEN MEN IN THE NETHERLANDS ON
THURSDAY ON SUSPICION OF PLOTTING A LARGE-SCALE
TERROR ATTACK. DUTCH PROSECUTORS BELIEVED
THEY FOILED THE PLAN. THE SUSPECTS ALLEGEDLY
WANTED TO USE BOMB VESTS AND ASSAULT RIFLES TO
CARRY OUT ATTACKS AT LARGE EVENTS IN FRANCE AND THE
NETHERLANDS. AND THEY ALSO PLANNED TO
DETONATE A CAR BOMB AT ANOTHER LOCATION.
THREE OF THE SUSPECTS WERE PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED OF
ATTEMPTING TO TRAVEL OVERSEAS TO JOIN EXTREMIST
NETWORKS. >>> "OPERATION BLESSING"
IS PROVIDING PEOPLE WITH LIFE-SUSTAINING SUPPLIES
IN MEXICO. 7-YEAR-OLD ANGEL IS ONE OF
MANY VICTIMS NEARLY SWEPT AWAY BY RISING WATERS.
THEY WERE UP TO HIS CHEST BEFORE HE AND HIS FAMILY
ESCAPED THEIR HOME. "OPERATION BLESSING" HAS
HELPED BRING SUFFERING FAMILIES LIKE ANGEL'S,
SERVING 300 MEALS A DAY IN THEIR COMMUNITY, PROVIDING
SOLAR LIGHTS AND NEW MATTRESSES, AND CHLORINE
GENERATORS WILL ALSO BE DISTRIBUTED TO ENSURE THEY
HAVE SAFE DRINKING WATER. YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT
WHAT "OPERATION BLESSING" IS DOING BY GOING TO ITS
WEBSITE, THAT'S ob.org. GORDON AND TERRY ARE BACK
WITH MUCH MORE OF TODAY "700 CLUB."
THAT'S COMING UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.
[APPLAUSE] >> Terry: MORE THAN
5.5 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE ATTENDED ONE OF GREG
LAURIE'S HARVEST CRUSADES. AND IF THESE MASSIVE
FESTIVALS CONJURE OF IMAGES OF WOODSTOCK, THAT
IS NOT A BAD THING. GREG SAYS THAT ERA KICKED
OFF THE JESUS GENERATION, AND IT CAN BE A MODEL FOR
REEMPREACHING THE YOUTH OF TODAY.
>> Reporter: GREG LAURIE GAVE HIS LIFE TO THE LORD
DURING THE BEGINNING OF THE JESUS MOVEMENT IN THE
EARLY '70s. >> IN THE PAST 40 YEARS,
THIS LIFE THAT I'VE BEEN LIVING HAS LED ME TO SHARE
MY EXPERIENCES WITH LITERALLY MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE LOOKING FOR TRUTH. >> Reporter: IN HIS NEW
BOOK, "JESUS REVOLUTION," GREG LAURIE, ALONG WITH
ELLEN BOND, SHARES REMARKABLE TRUE STORIES OF
THE JESUS MOVEMENT. HE DRAWS ON IMPORTANT
PARALLELS IN OUR TIME OF SPIRITUAL APATHY AND DOWN
RIGHT HOSTILITY, OFFERING HOPE FOR THE NEXT GREAT
AMERICAN REVIVAL. >> Terry: GREG LAURIE
JOINS US NOW. >> THANK YOU, TERRY.
GREAT TO BE HERE. >> Terry: YOU COME WITH
SUCH A FASCINATING STORY, "THE JESUS REVOLUTION."
I LOVE THE VOLKSWAGEN BUS --
>> THAT'S A DESIGN WE DID, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY
CREATING ONE IN REAL LIFE AS WELL FOR FUN.
>> Terry: IT MAKES A STATEMENT.
>> YEAH. >> Terry: YOU AND I BOTH
CAME TO THE LORD IN THE JESUS MOVEMENT, AS IT WAS
CALLED AT THAT TIME, IN THE 1960s, '70s.
THAT WAS A VERY TURBULENT TIME IN OUR COUNTRY.
WHERE WERE YOU AT BEFORE YOU CAME TO CHRIST?
>> WELL, I WAS WITHOUT GOD.
I MOTHER WAS A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN, LITERALLY A MARILYN
MONROE LOOK-ALIKE. SHE WAS MARRIED AND
DIVORCED SEVEN TIMES. SHE WAS A RAGING
ALCOHOLIC. I HAD TO GROW UP QUICKLY
AND ALMOST BE A PARENT TO MY OWN MOM BECAUSE SHE WAS
THAT LOST. SO AT THE RIPE OLD AGE OF
17, I WAS ASKING THE BIG QUESTIONS OF LIFE, LIKE
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF MY LIFE?
WHAT AM I HERE? I LOOKED AT MY MOTHER'S
WORLD, AND I KNEW THE ANSWER WAS NOT IN THE
ADULT WORLD AS I KNEW IT. AND I GOT INTO DRUGS,
ALONG WITH A LOT OF OTHER KIDS IN THE LATE '60s.
AND THOSE DRUGS DID NOT SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS; IT
CREATED NEW PROBLEMS. SO IT WAS A PROCESS OF
ELIMINATION, SEEING WHERE THE TRUTH WASN'T.
AND THEN ON MY HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS, THERE WAS A LITTLE
BIBLE STUDY OF CHRISTIANS MEETING TOGETHER, SINGING
SONGS ABOUT GOD. I JOINED THEM SORT OF FAR
ENOUGH AWAY WHERE I WOULDN'T BE THOUGHT AS ONE
OF THEM, BUT CLOSE ENOUGH TO EAVES DROP.
AND THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I HEARD THE GOSPEL IN A
WAY I UNDERSTAND. >> Terry: WHERE WAS THE
CHURCH AT THAT POINT? WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE
CHURCH? >> I THINK THE CHURCH WAS
BY AND LARGE MISSING THE BOAT.
THEY WEREN'T ASKING THE QUESTIONS THAT WEREN'T
BEING ASKED. WHEN JOHN LENNON WAS
QUOTED AS SAYING "THE BEATLES ARE MORE POPULAR
THAN JESUS," THERE WAS A TRUTH TO THAT.
AND SO I THINK THE CHURCH SORT OF CAUGHT UP.
BECAUSE THE CHURCH WAS NOT REALLY CONNECTING TO THAT
GENERATION. WE DON'T WANT THOSE KIDS
IN HERE. WE DON'T WANT THE LONG
HAIR IN HERE. AND YOU CAN'T COME IN HERE
BAREFOOT. AND HERE IS LITERALLY A
GENERATION SEARCHING FOR PEACE, LOVE, JOY -- AND
WHAT DOES THE GOSPEL OFFER?
THOSE THINGS AND MUCH MORE.
FOR THE CHURCHES THAT OPENED THEIR DOORS TO THE
JESUS MOVEMENT, THEY EXPERIENCED REVIVAL.
AND FOR THE CHURCHES THAT DID NOT, THEY MISSED IT.
>> Terry: WHAT STARTED THAT REVIVAL?
MY EXPERIENCE WITH CHRIST, THOUGH I WAS NURTURED IN
THE CHURCH AFTER, DID NOT COME FROM THE CHURCH.
HOW DID IT START? >> THAT'S A GREAT
QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN
ANSWER IT EXACTLY. IT IS ALMOST LIKE LITTLE
FIRES STARTED HERE AND THERE.
ONE PERSON SAID, IF YOU CAN EXPLAIN IT, GOD DIDN'T
DO IT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN
EXACTLY EXPLAIN HOW AND WHERE IT STARTED, BUT
EVERYONE KNOWS IT STARTED. IN MY EXPERIENCE, IN
CALIFORNIA, TWO PEOPLE CAME TOGETHER, A GUY NAMED
CHUCK SMITH, A MIDDLE-AGED PASTOR OF A RELATIVELY
SMALL CHURCH, AND A YOUNG HIPPIE GUY WHO BECAME A
CHRISTIAN, WHO IS NAMED LONNIE FREES BEE.BI.
AND WHEN THEY CAME TOGETHER, IT SORT OF
EXPLODED. THAT WAS THE INITIAL PHASE
OF THE JESUS MOVEMENT AS I SAW IT.
BUT IT HAPPENED ON THE EAST COAST, IT HAPPENED IN
TEXAS, IN EUROPE, AND OTHER PLACES.
IT IS REALLY INTERESTING WHERE IT POPPED UP.
BUT IT WAS JUST A SPONTANEOUS OUTPOURING OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT AROUND THE WORLD, BUT ESPECIALLY IN
AMERICA. >> Terry: I TRIED TO
EXPLAIN IT TO MY KIDS. I WAS SINGING
PROFESSIONALLY AT THE TIME, AND SPENT SOME TIME
IN LOS ANGELES, AND YOU COULD DRIVE DOWN THE
FREEWAY, AND SOMEBODY WOULD HONK THEIR HORN AND
GO LIKE THIS, AND EVERYBODY KNEW IT MEANT
ONE WAY TO SALVATION THROUGH CHRIST.
AND KIDS WERE ESTATIC ABOUT FINDING THE TRUTH.
WHAT'S THE SIMILARITY? DO YOU SEE SOME BETWEEN
WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE WERE AT THEN AND WHERE THEY'RE AT
NOW? >> I REALLY DO.
I THINK THE COUNTRY WAS UNRAVELING AT THAT POINT.
>> Terry: VIETNAM FOR ONE THING.
>> YEAH. 1968, YOU HAVE MARTIN
LUTHER KINGMARTINLUTHER KING ASSASSINATED, AND YOUNG MEN WERE COMING
HOME FROM VIETNAM IN BODY BAGS.
RIOTS IN THE STREETS. A HUGE RACIAL DIVISION.
IT LOOKED LIKE THE COUNTRY WAS FALLING APART.
ADD TO THIS THE DRUG EPIDEMIC, AND THE SEXUAL
REVOLUTION. IT IS LOOKING SO DARK.
IT CAN ALMOST BE SUMMED UP BY TWO "TIME MAGAZINE"
COVERS, ONE IN THE LATE '60s, "IS GOD DEAD?"
AND ABOUT THREE TO FOUR YEARS LATER, A PSYCHEDELIC
IMAGE OF JESUS ON THE COVER, "JESUS REVOLUTION."
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A REVIVAL MAKES.
THE REASON I WROTE THIS BOOK, TERRY, "JESUS
REVOLUTION," BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT THE
THEME OF REVIVAL SPREADS THE FLAME OF REVIVAL.
SO I SAID, I WANT TO TELL THE STORY BUT IN A WAY
PEOPLE UNDERSTAND. AND I WROTE IT WITH ELLEN
VAUGHN, WHO IS AN OUTSTANDING WRITER.
IT IS A LIT O LITTLE BIT OF A HISTORY LESSON, BUT IT
TAKES YOU THERE AS WELL. BUT IT COMES DOWN TO THIS:
I WROTE IT TO A YOUNG PERSON.
I DIDN'T WRITE IT TO SOMEONE MY AGE, THOUGH
MANY MY AGE WILL READ IT. BUT I WROTE IT AS IF I WAS
SITTING AT A TABLE, ACROSS A MILLENNIAL.
AND I SAID, HERE IS WHAT HAPPENED IN MY YOUTH.
YOU ASKED THE QUESTIONS SIMILARITIES.
IT WAS THE COUNTRY COMING APART AT THE SEEMS. SEAMS.
I FEEL LIKE THIS GENERATION ARE LOOKING FOR
AUTHENTIC. THEY WANT SOMETHING THAT
IS REAL. AND I THINK WE HAVE WHAT
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST.
>> Terry: IS THE CHURCH READY FOR A MOVEMENT LIKE
THAT? >> SOME ARE, AND SOME
MAYBE ARE NOT. FOR THE CHURCHES THAT
OPENED THE DOORS TO THE JESUS MOVEMENT, THEY
EXPERIENCED. BUT SOME CHURCHES DID NOT
OPEN THEIR DOORS. THEY SAID NO TO THOSE
KIDS. I THINK WE HAVE TO BE
ASKING OURSELVES THE QUESTION, FIRST, AM I
READY FOR REVIVAL. I ONCE ASKED PASTOR CHUCK
SMITH IF HE THOUGHT WE WOULD EVER SEE ANOTHER
JESUS REVOLUTION MOVEMENT? AND HE SAID, I DON'T KNOW
IF WE'RE DESPERATE ENOUGH. I THINK IF GOD'S PEOPLE
GET DESPERATE ENOUGH TO PRAY AND FOLLOW 2
CHRONICLE 14, "IF GOD'S PEOPLE WILL TURN FROM LIAR
WICKED WAYS, THEN I WILL HEAR FROM HEAVEN, FORGIVE
THEIR SINCE, AND I WILL HEAL THEIR LAND."
MAYBE ANOTHER WAY TO ASK IT, DO I LIKE REVIVAL IN
MY OWN LIFE? REVIVAL IS JUST RETURNING
TO AN ORIGINAL CONDITION, A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH
CHRIST. >> Terry: IT IS A
POWERFUL MESSAGE, AND A WORD FOR TODAY.
AND WE APPLAUD YOUR LEADERSHIP IN EVEN
BRINGING US TO A PLACE OF CONSIDERING ALL OF THIS.
GREG'S BOOK IS CALLED "JESUS REVOLUTION."
IT IS AVAILABLE WHEREVER BOOKS ARE SOLD.
YOU CAN PICK UP A COPY IN STORES NATIONWIDE.
IT IS A WONDERFUL MESSAGE. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT.
DO IT AGAIN, GOD, DO IT AGAIN.
>> AMEN. >> Terry: WE'LL BE BACK
WITH MORE AFTER THIS. [APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT IS SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU
HERE. [APPLAUSE]
>> Gordon: SHE IS A LOVE GRANDMOTHER WHO CONSIDERS
HERSELF A D.V.D. MISSIONARY.
ANY OCCASION IS A GREAT OCCASION FOR HER TO GIVE
"SUPERBOOK" TO HER GRANDCHILDREN.
AND AS A CBN PARTNER, SHE IS ALSO HELPING TO BRING
"SUPERBOOK" TO CHILDREN ALL OVER THE WORLD.
>> Reporter: WHEN PAT PAT LEANHARDT DISCOVERED
"SUPERBOOK," SHE KNEW IT WAS THE PERFECT WAY TO
TEACH HER GRANDCHILDREN ABOUT THE BIBLE.
>> IT IS SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T HAVE AS A CHILD.
I GREW UP IN A CHURCH WHERE THEY DIDN'T REALLY
TEACH FROM THE BIBLE. ALL THE STORIES OF THE OLD
TESTAMENT, I HAD NO CLUE WHAT THEY WERE ABOUT.
MY LITTLE 3-YEAR-OLD GRANDSON KNOWS MORE ABOUT
BIBLE STORIES THAN I DID WHEN I WAS IN MY 30s.
THAT'S WHY I'M JUST SO PASSIONATE ABOUT
"SUPERBOOK." STEAMS I WATCH HIMSOMETIMES I WATCH HIM
WATCHING IT, AND HE DOESN'T BLINK HIS EYES.
HE IS SO SPELLBOUND BY IT. IF HE CAN GET THIS STORY
AS A 3-YEAR-OLD, THE FOUNDATION IS THERE.
>> Reporter: WHENEVER IT IS TIME FOR A CELEBRATION,
PAT KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT PRESENTS TO GIVE.
>> I LOVE TO GIVE "SUPERBOOK" TO MY
GRANDKIDS AT CHRISTMAS, EASTER, BIRTHDAYS, AND ALL
THE TIMES IN BETWEEN. AS SOON AS I GET ONE IN
THE MAIL FROM THE "SUPERBOOK" CLUB, THEY GET
THAT ONE THAT WEEKMEN WEEK. AND THEY LOOK SO FORWARD
TO IT. >> Reporter: BY
SUPPORTING CBN THROUGH THE "SUPERBOOK" CLUB, PAT IS
ABLE TO REACH OTHER KIDS AROUND THE WORLD.
>> I LIKE TO CONSIDER MYSELF A D.V.D.
MISSIONARY. WE DON'T WANT TO KEEP IT
JUST TO OURSELVES. IT'S TOO GOOD.
>> Reporter: PAT'S DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, ERIN,
HOME-SCHOOLS HER CHILDREN, AND SHE IS ALWAYS ON THE
LOOK OUT FOR WHOLESOME, EDUCATIONAL TOOLS LIKE
"SUPERBOOK." >> CBN IS GIVING PARENTS A
TOOL TO IM PART OUR FAITH TO THE NEXT GENERATION.
>> WHAT "SUPERBOOK" HAS DONE FOR ME, IT HAS MADE
ME GET INTO THE WORD OF GOD.
TO, WHEN FACED WITH A CRISIS OR DILEMMA, SAY,
OKAY, WHAT DOES THE WORD OF GOD SAY ABOUT THIS
PROBLEM? HOW COULD I SOLVE IT THAT
WAY? I THINK ONCE YOU WATCH
ONE, YOU'LL BE HOOKED, AND YOU'LL WANT TO GET THEM
OUT THERE TO ALL OF THE KIDS YOU KNOW.
>> Gordon: AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET IT OUT TO
ALL OF THE KIDS WE KNOW. WE'RE TRYING TO GET IT OUT
TO A WHOLE GENERATION. WE'RE NOW IN OVER 40
BROADCAST LANGUAGES, ONORY WAY TO 55 BROADCAST
LANGUAGES. ONCE WE HIT THAT, WE WANT
TO TAKE IT TO 500 LANGUAGES.
WE WANT THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD TO HEAR AND
LEARN THE STORIES OF THE BIBLE.
YOU CAN BE A PART OF IT. HOW?
JOIN THE "SUPERBOOK" D.V.D. CLUB.
FOR A GIFT OF $25 OR MORE, WE'LL SEND YOU THE LATEST
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OTHER ONE. AND WE'LL GIVE YOU THE
HISTORY BEHIND IT, AS WELL AS THE THEOLOGY OF THE
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BE A PART OF IT. 1-800-700-7000.
AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO GRILL THE OLD WHITE MAN.
>> Terry: YES, WE ARE. I GET TO DO THIS, MY
FAVORITE PART OF THE SHOW. THIS IS RICHARD WHO SAYS
"GROWING UP IN AN ABUSIVE FAMILY, I BECAME ANGRY AT
GOD. I OFFERED MY SOUL TO THE
DEVIL IN CHANGE FOR HELP WITH THE ABUSE.
THE DEVIL CAME AND TOOK MY SOUL.
I AM IN SO MUCH PAIN. I SUFFER WITH SO MANY
AILMENTS. CAN GOD RESTORE ME?"
>> Gordon: RICHARD, DON'T BELIEVE THE LIE.
DON'T BELIEVE THE LIE. THE DEVIL IS A DEFEATED
FOE. THE ONLY THING HE GETS TO
DO IS LIE TO YOU. HE DOESN'T GET TO TAKE
YOUR SOUL. YOUR SOUL HAS BEEN
REDEEMED BY A SAVIOR. THAT REDEMPTION MEANS HE
PAID THE FULL PRICE FOR YOU.
HE DID IT ON A CROSS 2000 YEARS AGO.
THE DEVIL CANNOT UNDO IT. YOUR OWN WORDS CAN'T UNDO
IT. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
ACCEPT IT, RECEIVE IT, AND SAY, I HAVE BEEN BOUGHT
AND PAID FOR. AIPANYTHING THAT HAS COME OUT
OF YOUR MOUTH IS NULL AND VOID WHEN IT IS COVERED BY
THE BLOOD OF JESUS. AND HE WILL MAKE YOU NEW
AGAIN. HE WILL HEAL YOU OF YOUR
SICKNESS. HE WILL HEAL YOU OF THIS
AFFLICTION. HE WILL RESTORE YOUR SOUL.
SO TRUST IN THAT. TRUST IN HIS UNFAILING
LOVE. HIS LOVE IS PURSUING YOU
RIGHT NOW. JUST RECEIVE IT.
>> Terry: THIS IS A VIEWER WHO SAYS, "I'VE
BEEN PRAYING FOR HEALING FOR ME AND MY FRIEND FOR A
LONG TIME, BUT NOTHING SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING.
AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE ISN'T ANY NONE SI KNOWN SIN IN MY
LIFE, BUT I'M STILL NOT HEALED.
IS THERE SOMETHING I'M NOT DOING RIGHT?
PLEASE HELP. I REALLY WANT US TO BE
HEALED." >> Gordon: WELL, YOU
DON'T GIVE YOUR NAME, BUT PLEASE DON'T TAKE THESE
WORDS AS ANY KIND OF CONDEMNATION.
WHEN YOU START FOCUSING ON IF YOU'RE NOT DOING IT
RIGHT, YOU'RE NOT FOCUSING ON THE RIGHT THING.
FOCUS ON THIS: DID JESUS DO IT RIGHT?
WHEN HE DIED ON THE CROSS AND TOOK ALL OF YOUR SINS
AWAY AND ALL OF YOUR DISEASES AWAY, DID HE DO A
GOOD JOB? LOOK TO HIM BECAUSE HE IS
THE AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF YOUR FAITH.
IT'S NOT UP TO YOU. IT'S UP TO HIM.
>>> WE LEAVE YOU WITH THESE WORDS FROM JOSHUA:
"BE STRONG AND OF GOOD COURAGE, FOR THE LORD YOUR
GOD IS WITH YOU WHEREVER YOU GO."
[APPLAUSE]