ATHEISTS CAN APPLY THEIR VIEWS IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE
BUT WE CHRISTIANS AREN'T ALLOWED TO?
THIS IS ABSURD.
Announcer: NEXT, JAMES AND BETTY ARE JOINED BY JAY RICHARDS,
MARK DAVIS, AND JANET PORTER
TO DISCUSS FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY.
INDIVISIBLE BOOK, MUCH LIKE OUR CONSTITUTION,
OUR FOUNDING DOCUMENTS WERE GROUNDED IN THE MOST QUOTED BOOK,
AND OUR FOUNDING DOCUMENTS, IS THE BIBLE.
A LOT OF DEVOUT PEOPLE GOING INTO VOTING BOOTHS,
BRINGING ABOUT CHANGE THAT WILL HAVE A CERTAIN FLAVOR.
Announcer: A NEW DIRECTION -- NEXT!
§
James: WELCOME TO LIFE TODAY!
I'M JAMES ROBISON.
IT'S A THRILL
TO SHARE WITH YOU.
I'VE GOT SOME VERY
EXCITING GUESTS.
WE ARE REALLY REACHING OUT
WITH ALL THE LOVE,
THE FEARLESS,
FAITHFUL COMMITMENT TO GOD
AND TO YOU TO HELP YOU
SEE YOUR PRAYERS ANSWERED,
TO SEE YOUR CONCERNS MET
AND TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE HOPE
FOR THE FUTURE.
I REALLY DO BELIEVE
WE ARE ON A PERILOUS COURSE
RIGHT NOW, NATIONALLY.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE MAKING
THE WISEST DECISIONS.
THERE IS NO PERSON TO BLAME.
THERE IS NO PARTY TO BLAME.
BUT THERE IS A BELIEF SYSTEM
THAT HAS SEPARATED US
FROM TRUTH AND HAS REMOVED
AND DISCARDED THE PRINCIPLES
THAT HAVE ENABLED US
TO BE BLESSED TO THE POINT
THAT WE CAN BLESS OTHERS,
THAT WE SEE OPPORTUNITY
FOR NOT ONLY OURSELVES
BUT THOSE WE LOVE.
WE'RE VERY CLOSE
TO FORFEITING THAT.
AS A MATTER OF FACT,
I'M CONVINCED
THAT PEOPLE WHO CARE,
PEOPLE WHO APPRECIATE
THE FREEDOM AND BLESSINGS
WE'VE ENJOYED
ARE GOING TO NOW
HAVE TO FIGHT FEARLESSLY,
FAITHFULLY, BOLDLY,
TO RECLAIM WHAT
WE HAVE FORFEITED
BY LACK OF INVOLVEMENT,
LACK OF UNDERSTANDING,
LACK OF WISDOM.
THAT'S THE REASON
JAY RICHARDS AND I SPENT
A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME --
BASICALLY, THIS IS A RESULT
OF A 50 YEAR JOURNEY
OF NOT ONLY LIVING
AND EXPERIENCING
THE BLESSINGS OF FREEDOM,
BUT LOVING PEOPLE
ALL OVER THE WORLD.
I JOINED WITH JAY RICHARDS
BY DIVINE MANDATE,
WITH SOMEONE
WITH SOME DIFFERENCES,
TO COME TOGETHER
TO POINT AT THE PRINCIPLES
THAT MATTER TO PEOPLE WHO
HAVE DIFFERENCES, TO SHOW
WE CAN FIND COMMON GROUND
TO ADDRESS EFFECTIVELY
OUR COMMON CONCERNS.
YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR
A DISCUSSION.
GET THE BOOK, INDIVISIBLE.
GO TO INDIVISIBLE.COM,
GO TO THE BOOKSTORES.
NOT ONLY SHOULD YOU READ IT
BUT EVERY PERSON YOU KNOW
THAT YOU BELIEVE CARES
ABOUT OUR COUNTRY
AND OUR FUTURE,
THEY NEED TO READ IT.
IT REALLY IS THE UNDERSTANDING
OF THE TIMES AND HOW WE
CAN MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT.
GET THE BOOK.
SOMEONE ASKED A QUESTION
WITH OUR PANEL OF MARK DAVIS
AND JAY RICHARDS
AND JANET PORTER
AND BETTY AND MYSELF.
THEN WE BEGAN
TO DISCUSS AN ANSWER.
YOU'RE GOING TO LIKE THIS.
LET'S LISTEN TO THE QUESTION.
IT'S A PERTINENT QUESTION.
HERE IT IS.
THE TERM "SEPARATION
OF CHURCH AND STATE,"
WE SEE THAT IN THE NEWS
ALL OF THE TIME.
AS A FULL-TIME TEACHER
OF LIBERTY, I SEE
THE RESULTS OF BELIEVERS
THINKING THAT THEY DON'T EVEN
HAVE THE RIGHT TO SPEAK
IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE.
SO WHAT'S THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING
THAT YOU WANT TO CONVEY
TO OUR VIEWERS ABOUT
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
AND WHY THEY NOT ONLY HAVE
A RIGHT BUT A RESPONSIBILITY
TO SPEAK IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE?
James: I WISH I COULD PUT
THE E-MAIL ON THE SCREEN
I GOT FROM A LADY THIS WEEK.
SHE SAID,
"I'M A DEDICATED CHRISTIAN.
I JUST LOVE GOD.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW
THAT IT IS IDOLATRY
TO TELL PEOPLE TO GO VOTE.
WHEN YOU GO INTO THAT VOTING
BOOTH YOU ARE IN IDOL WORSHIP.
DON'T DO IT!"
CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT?
THAT REALLY IS SOUND THINKING!
THAT WILL REALLY HELP US
RIGHT THE SHIP OF STATE
AND CORRECT OUR COURSE.
THAT'S THE EXTREME BUT
THAT'S WHERE SOME PEOPLE ARE.
THEN WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS
NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE
IT'S THE LAST DAYS.
WE KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO END.
WE KNOW IT'S GOING
TO GET WORSE AND WORSE.
AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE
ABLE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
WE KNOW WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS.
WHERE DID THE BIBLE
DISMISS YOU FROM
THE RESPONSIBILITY
OF RUNNING THE RACE
THAT IS SET BEFORE YOU
OF KEEPING THE FAITH
AND FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT
AND FIGHTING LIKE A GOOD
SOLDIER OF THE LORD JESUS
AND PUTTING ON
THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD
AND RESISTING EVIL?
AND BE A LIGHT
THAT PIERCES THE DARKNESS
AND SALT THAT PRESERVES
THE PRECIOUS...
WHEN DID YOU GET EXCUSED
FROM THAT GOD-GIVEN CALL
AND RESPONSIBILITY
AND COMMISSION TO MAKE
DISCIPLES OF THE NATIONS
WHICH ARE FOLLOWERS OF TRUTH
AND PRINCIPLE?
WHEN DID YOU GET EXCUSED?
MANY PEOPLE HOWEVER,
IN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION,
THEY THINK SOMEHOW
SEPARATION OF CHURCH
AND STATE MEANS THEY MIGHT BE
ABLE TO VOTE BUT DON'T DO IT
IN A REAL EFFECTIVE WAY
BY BEING REALLY KNOWLEDGEABLE
ABOUT WHO YOU ARE VOTING FOR.
DO IT AS IGNORANTLY AS YOU CAN
AND AS MANIPULATED AS YOU
CAN BE AND THEN YOU GO DO IT.
THAT'S HOW MOST PEOPLE
THINK ABOUT IT.
HOW DO YOU ANSWER THAT, JAY?
Jay: WELL, WE DEAL WITH THIS
SPECIFICALLY IN THE BOOK.
MOST FOLKS KNOW THAT THE VERY
PHRASE "SEPARATION OF CHURCH
AND STATE" IS NOT IN THE
CONSTITUTION, IT'S NOT IN
THE BILL OF RIGHTS,
IT'S NOT IN THE DECLARATION
OF INDEPENDENCE.
IT'S IN A PRIVATE LETTER
THOMAS JEFFERSON WROTE
TO THIS DANBURY
BAPTIST CHURCH ASSOCIATION
BECAUSE THEY WERE BEING
BADGERED AND PERSECUTED BY
SOME OTHER RELIGIOUS GROUPS,
OTHER CHRISTIAN GROUPS.
HE WAS TALKING,
OF COURSE, ABOUT THIS
INSTITUTIONAL SEPARATION
OF THE STATE AND THE CHURCH.
THAT IS WE DON'T HAVE
A NATIONAL FEDERAL CHURCH.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,
AND THANK GOD FOR THIS,
WASHINGTON DC DOES NOT FORCE
EVERYONE TO TOE THE LINE ON
PARTICULAR THEOLOGICAL VIEWS.
THEY DON'T ALL
HAVE TO BE BAPTIST,
THEY DON'T HAVE
TO BE PRESBYTERIAN.
THIS IS WHAT JAMES MADISON,
ONE OF THE FOUNDERS, SAID.
HE SAID, "LOOK,
IF THE METHODISTS TRY
TO ESTABLISH THIS,
THEY'RE GOING TO BE CHECKED
BY THE PRESBYTERIANS.
AND IF THE PRESBYTERIANS
TRIED TO MAKE THEIR FAITH
THE OFFICIAL NATIONAL CHURCH
THEN THEY HAVE TO DEAL
WITH THE CATHOLICS."
SO WE ALREADY CHECK
EACH OTHER'S AMBITIONS.
BUT THE FOUNDERS UNDERSTOOD,
THE REASON THEY DON'T
ESTABLISH A FEDERAL CHURCH
IS PRECISELY
TO PROVIDE THE FAITHFUL
FREE SPACE TO OPERATE IN.
AN INSTITUTIONAL SEPARATION OF
CHURCH AND STATE NEVER MEANT
AND WAS NEVER INTENDED TO MEAN
BY THE FOUNDERS
A SEPARATION OF THE FAITHFUL
FROM THE PUBLIC SQUARE.
WE CAN HAVE
BOTH OF THESE THINGS.
I'VE NEVER MET A CHRISTIAN
THAT ACTUALLY THINKS
HIS OR HER PARTICULAR
DENOMINATION SHOULD
BE FORCED ON EVERYONE ELSE.
NONE OF US BELIEVE THAT.
BUT WHAT WE DON'T ACCEPT IS
THIS IDEA THAT THE PUBLIC
SQUARE SHOULD BE SCRUBBED
OF ALL RELIGIOUS FAITH
AND RELIGIOUS IDEAS.
THIS IS ABSURD.
SO ATHEISTS CAN APPLY THEIR
VIEWS IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE
BUT WE CHRISTIANS
AREN'T ALLOWED TO?
I MEAN THIS IS ABSURD.
WE JUST REALLY SHOULDN'T BE
INTIMIDATED BY THIS PHRASE.
James: AND THE LAW,
AND EVEN IN THAT DISCUSSION,
ONE OF THE MAIN POINTS
THAT WAS MADE WAS THAT
IT WAS VERY CLEAR
THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT
TO INFRINGE UPON RELIGIOUS
FREEDOM AND EXPRESSION.
IT WAS NEVER INTENDED, AND
THIS WAS IN THE DISCUSSION
AND A POINT WELL MADE,
IT WAS NEVER INTENDED WITH
THAT LAW TO PROTECT THE
WILDERNESS FROM THE GARDEN
BUT TO PROTECT THE GARDEN
FROM THE WILDERNESS.
WE ARE AS THE GARDEN SUPPOSED
TO EFFECT THE WILDERNESS.
WE ARE SUPPOSED TO PENETRATE
EVERYTHING, BUT WE DON'T LET
THE ENCROACHMENT COME IN.
THAT IS WHERE
THE REAL PROBLEM IS.
Mark: IT'S FUNNY,
BECAUSE IF PEOPLE DO WHAT
YOU DESCRIBE IN INDIVISIBLE,
IF PEOPLE DO WHAT
THE BIBLE TELLS US TO DO
IN TERMS OF PLUGGING
INTO THE WORLD AROUND US,
FIGHTING EVIL,
BRINGING ABOUT CHANGE,
MANAGING THE WORLD
THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US
TO MANAGE IN THE WAYS THAT
OUR INDIVIDUAL IDEOLOGY
SEES FIT, YOU WILL SEE,
IF THESE GUIDELINES
ARE FOLLOWED,
A LOT OF DEVOUT PEOPLE
GOING INTO VOTING BOOTHS,
BRINGING ABOUT CHANGE THAT
WILL HAVE A CERTAIN FLAVOR.
IT WILL BE
A MORE PRO-LIFE COUNTRY.
IT WILL BE A MORE FISCALLY
RESPONSIBLE COUNTRY.
IT WILL BE A COUNTRY
INTERESTED IN FIGHTING
JUST WARS TO THWART TERROR.
AND THAT MAY HAVE
A CERTAIN POLITICAL FLAVOR
TO SOME BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN
WE'VE BECOME A THEOCRACY.
WE DIDN'T INSTILL
A NATIONAL CHURCH THAT SAYS
YOU MUST GO BE PRO-LIFE.
PEOPLE SIMPLY WILLED IT
THROUGH THEIR VOTE.
NOBODY ESTABLISHED
A NATIONAL RELIGIOUS POLICY
THAT SAID THAT WE'RE GOING TO
DO CERTAIN THINGS IN THE WAR,
WE'RE GOING TO DO
CERTAIN THINGS IN SPENDING,
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CERTAIN
PRIORITIES IN THE BUDGET.
THEY WILL SIMPLY
HAVE COME ABOUT
BY THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE,
A PEOPLE GUIDED BY BOTH
BOOKS IN FRONT OF JAMES,
INDIVISIBLE AND THE BIBLE.
Janet: YOU KNOW
WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT IT
IS THE INDIVISIBLE BOOK,
MUCH LIKE OUR CONSTITUTION,
OUR FOUNDING DOCUMENTS,
WERE GROUNDED
IN THE MOST QUOTED BOOK,
IN OUR FOUNDING DOCUMENTS
IS THE BIBLE.
I WAS GOING TO DEBATE AN
ATHEIST, A MEMBER OF A.C.L.U.
AND THERE WERE SOME OTHER
FOLKS THAT WERE AGAINST ME
AND I JUST REMEMBER THINKING,
YOU KNOW WHAT I LOVE ABOUT
DEBATING THE ISSUES
OF THE DAY?
IF THEY'RE GROUNDED
IN THE WORD OF GOD,
THEY'RE GOING TO BASICALLY
BEAR OUT WHAT GOD SAYS.
IF I DIDN'T BELIEVE IN THE
BIBLE, I BELIEVE THE BIBLE
JUST BY READING THE PAPER.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU FOLLOW WHAT
GOD SAYS, THERE ARE BLESSINGS.
WHEN YOU CHOOSE DEATH,
THERE ARE CURSES.
THAT'S THE ISSUE.
I REMEMBER THE ISSUE THAT
CAME UP, MUCH LIKE YOUR
QUESTION, THE ISSUE SAID,
"SHOULD GOD BE ALLOWED
TO BE IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE?"
ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES
OF BEING GOD IS
YOU CAN GO WHEREVER YOU WANT.
[Laughter]
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO,
AS HIS REPRESENTATIVES,
OCCUPY UNTIL HE COMES
AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT OUR
GREAT COMMISSION IS TO GO,
WE'RE TO MAKE DISCIPLES,
WE'RE TO TEACH
AND TO OBEY EVERYTHING
HE'S COMMANDED US.
THAT'S REALLY
WHAT THIS IS BASED ON,
THAT'S WHAT OUR FOUNDERS
ARE BASING OUR DOCUMENTS ON
AND THAT'S THE JOY
OF STANDING FOR WHAT GOD SAYS
IS BECAUSE EVERY SHRED
OF SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH
BEARS IT OUT TO BE TRUE.
James: I THINK THE ENEMY
OF TRUTH HAS ACTUALLY
OVERPLAYED HIS HAND.
I THINK THE CONSEQUENCES
OF A GOD DENYING,
A WORLDVIEW
THAT DIMINISHES THE VALUE
AND IMPORTANCE OF FAITH,
OF MARRIAGE,
OF BASIC MORALITY
AND EVEN STANDARDS,
A RELATIVE MENTALITY,
EVERYTHING RIGHT
IN THE EYES OF THE BEHOLDER,
I THINK THAT THE CONSEQUENCES
OF THAT PROGRESSIVE THINKING,
THAT SOCIALIST MENTALITY WHERE
SOMEBODY IS GOING TO TAKE
AND DISTRIBUTE ACCORDING
TO THEIR OWN DETERMINATION
WITH THE COMPASSION
CONNECTION TOTALLY REMOVED,
I THINK IT'S REVEALING
HOW UGLY IT IS.
WHY COULDN'T WE SEE IT
IN THE SOVIET UNION?
WHY COULDN'T WE SEE IT
IN FASCIST GERMANY
WHEN THE CHURCH0 KEPT SINGING
WHILE THE JEWS
WERE BEING TRUCKED AND
TRAINED TO THE DEATH CAMPS,
WHILE SOMEBODY IS PROMISING
TO MEET THEIR NEEDS AND SOLVE
ALL THEIR ECONOMIC WOES
WITHOUT BUILDING
ON ROCK-SOLID PRINCIPLES,
JUST VAIN PROMISES
AND MERE RHETORIC?
AND BEWARE OF THOSE
WHO CAN JUST SPEAK IT WELL
BUT DON'T HAVE
THE TIME-TESTED,
HISTORICALLY-PROVEN,
CONFIRMED PRINCIPLES OF TRUTH
THAT ARE FOUND
IN THE IRREFUTABLE WORD OF
THE LIVING GOD, THE BIBLE;
THEY'RE THERE.
PLENTY OF ROOM FOR DISCUSSION.
MUCH ROOM FOR APPLICATION
BUT YOU CAN SEE THE EFFECT
OF APPLYING TRUTH
TO EVERYDAY LIFE,
TO OUR SOCIETY, OUR COMMUNITY,
OUR FAMILIES --
YES, OUR NATIONS.
HISTORY TELLS THE STORY.
IT ALSO TELLS US THAT WITH
GREAT SPIRITUAL AWAKENING
COMES THE SUPERNATURAL IMPACT,
THE EFFECT OF THAT POWER
RELEASED IN THE LIVES
YIELDED AND COMMITTED
TO TRUTH.
THAT'S WHAT THE INVITATION
IS FOR US TODAY.
WE CAN SEE IT,
IT IS NOT TOO LATE.
IT IS LATER THAN
MOST PEOPLE THINK IT IS,
BUT IT IS NOT TOO LATE.
WE CAN TURN IT.
Betty: DOESN'T IT COME DOWN
TO FINDING OUT
WHAT WE BELIEVE, NOT LETTING
SOMEONE ELSE DECIDE FOR US
BUT BEING INFORMED.
IT HAS TO START HERE
IN YOUR OWN HEART.
AND WHAT YOU BELIEVE
AND WHAT YOU'VE COME TO KNOW
AND WHAT YOU FOUND OUT
THROUGH RESEARCH AND READING
AND CONSCIOUSLY KNOWING WHAT
THE CANDIDATES BELIEVE IN,
WHAT THEY STAND ON
AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING
TO BE TRUE ON.
AND THEN WE GO
AND WE VOTE RESPONSIBLY
FROM OUR CONSCIENCE,
FROM OUR HEARTS, AND THEN
WE CAN GO AWAY SAYING,
"WE VOTED RIGHT."
James: I'VE BEEN WATCHING YOU
HERE ON THE MONITOR
WHILE YOU'RE TALKING
AND I WAS THINKING,
IF I WASN'T MARRIED
AND YOU WEREN'T,
I'D COME ASK YOU OUT.
[Laughter]
I JUST LOVE THE RADIANCE OF
YOUR LIFE AND THE PRINCIPLES
THAT GUIDE YOUR LIFE.
BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT EVEN
AS I WAS WATCHING YOU
AND KNOWING I'M A RECIPIENT
OF THE BLESSING OF GOD
ON YOUR LIFE,
I THINK SOMETIMES
THAT I HAVE NOT ONLY STOOD
ON THE SHOULDERS
OF THIS BEAUTIFUL WOMAN,
I'M SIX THREE,
SHE'S FIVE FOUR, AND I'VE
STOOD ON HER SHOULDERS,
I KNOW THAT,
I'VE LEANED ON HER
BUT I REALLY BELIEVE THAT
IN THIS BLESSED LIFE WE LIVE,
I THINK WE COULD
FIND OURSELVES DOING
WHAT I THINK A LOT
OF REALLY SINCERE PEOPLE DO.
THEY JUST SORT OF SETTLE
INTO THE BLESSING OF
THE BEAUTIFUL RELATIONSHIP
THEY HAVE WITH ONE ANOTHER
AND WITH GOD,
AND JUST LET THE WORLD
GO TO HELL IN A HAND BASKET.
SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENT ABOUT
OUR RELATIONSHIP, HOWEVER.
I CAN'T HELP BUT SPEAK THE
THINGS I'VE SEEN AND HEARD.
YOU CAN'T SILENCE ME.
YOU CAN'T STOP ME
FROM WITNESSING.
ALL HELL CAN'T STOP ME.
THE GOVERNMENT CAN'T STOP ME:
THREATS, ANGER,
HOSTILITY, ANIMOSITY.
GOD IS PREPARING A TABLE
BEFORE ME IN THE PRESENCE
OF ALL ENEMIES AND ACCUSERS.
HE ANOINTS CONTINUALLY MY HEAD
WITH THE OIL
OF HIS ABIDING PRESENCE.
BETTY AND I JUST CAN'T HIDE
THE LIGHT OF GOD'S BLESSING
UNDER OUR OWN LITTLE COMFORT.
FROM THE TIME WE'VE STARTED
DATING I WAS THE WITNESS.
YOU WENT TO HEAR ME PREACH
WHEN WE WERE JUST DATING
AND I'VE NEVER STOPPED.
WE'VE NEVER
STOPPED WITNESSING
WHEREVER WE GO,
WHETHER IT IS IN A RESTAURANT,
WHETHER IT'S A WAITRESS,
WHETHER IT'S ON A PARKING LOT,
WHETHER IT'S STOPPING
AT SOMEPLACE BESIDE THE ROAD.
I WITNESSED TO AN ALCOHOLIC
SERVICE STATION OWNER
PLAYING CARDS AND DRINKING
WITH HIS BUDDIES.
I STOPPED THERE
WITH OUR 10 YEAR OLD GRANDSON
WHO IS NOW 22,
AND WENT IN THERE AND
WITNESSED TO ALL THOSE MEN.
THE OWNER OF THE STATION
GOT SAVED.
IT MADE
THE SAN ANTONIO NEWSPAPER,
HOW GLORIOUS
THE CONVERSION WAS.
YOU KNOW WHAT WAS REALLY FUN?
OUR TEN-YEAR-OLD GRANDSON,
EVERY TIME WE WOULD GO
ON THE ROAD SOMEWHERE
EVERY STATION WE PASSED HE'D
SAY, "PAPAW, ARE WE GOING
TO STOP AT THAT STATION?"
"PAPAW, ARE WE GOING TO STOP
AT THAT STATION?"
[Laughter]
I'D SAY, "LUKE,
I CAN'T STOP AT ALL OF THEM.
I WISH I COULD."
YOU SEE BETTY AND I HAVE
ENJOYED THIS RELATIONSHIP
BECAUSE OF A RELATIONSHIP
WITH GOD.
BUT HERE'S THE DEAL,
THE RELATIONSHIP IS FOR YOU.
THE OPPORTUNITY
TO KNOW GOD AS FATHER
AND TO HAVE A FAMILY,
AND THE OPPORTUNITY
TO BE A LIGHT
THAT PIERCES THE DARKNESS,
TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
IN SOMEBODY'S WORLD
WHEN THEY FEEL FORGOTTEN
AND OVERLOOKED
AND THAT NOBODY CARES.
MANY PEOPLE ARE LIKE I WAS
IN AN IMPOVERISHED
NEIGHBORHOOD.
I WAS THE KID THAT MOVED
17 TIMES IN 10 YEARS
AND NOBODY KNEW I COULD RUN
OR CATCH OR THROW.
SO WHEN THE TEAMS WERE PICKED
I'M STILL STANDING THERE.
I'D JUST TURN AND WALK AWAY.
NOBODY PICKED ME.
ONE NIGHT GOD PICKED ME.
"I PICK YOU."
A LOT OF YOU FEEL
OVERLOOKED, NOT CHOSEN
BUT YOU'VE BEEN CHOSEN.
GOD SAYS YOU'RE
A CHOSEN GENERATION.
YOU'RE A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD.
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE
A WITNESS.
PLEASE HEAR THIS.
THIS ISN'T JUST SOMETHING
FROM JAMES ROBISON,
THIS IS SOMETHING FROM
THE GOD WHO LOVES YOU.
YOU WERE BORN FOR TODAY.
YOU WERE BORN FOR THIS MOMENT
-- A WORLD CHANGER.
YOU CAN REACH
FOR THE UNREACHABLE
BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE GOD TO
WHOM NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE
WAITING TO TAKE YOU
INTO THE SHELTER AND SHADOW
OF HIS WATCH CARE,
TO BE THE SHEPHERD
THAT LEADS YOU,
THAT CARES FOR YOU
AND DIRECTS YOUR STEPS.
WOULD YOU DECIDE
TO FOLLOW HIM?
AND WOULD YOU BE A WITNESS?
AND WOULD YOU STAND UP?
AND WOULD YOU BE A LIGHT
PIERCING THE DARKNESS?
THAT'S GOD'S INVITATION
TO YOU.
WOULD YOU BE
A RESPONSIBLE CITIZEN?
WOULD YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE
FOR THE CHILDREN
AND GRANDCHILDREN
THAT YOU KNOW AND LOVE?
WOULD YOU SEE AMERICA
RESTORED TO THE BLESSINGS
OF ALMIGHTY GOD
SO THAT WE CAN BLESS
THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD?
AS A PART OF THE FAMILY
OF FAITH, THIS IS
GOD'S INVITATION TO YOU.
YOU WERE BORN FOR THIS DAY.
James: AND YOU WERE; I WAS.
BETTY AND I, ALL OF US.
WE DO NOT HAVE TO FORFEIT
OUR LIVES,
NOT ONE PART OF IT,
OUR LAND, OUR NATION,
OUR FREEDOM, THE LIBERTY,
THE OPPORTUNITY,
THE BLESSINGS THAT HAVE BEEN
BESTOWED UPON US SO FREELY.
BUT WE'RE GOING
TO HAVE TO FIGHT
IN SO MANY WAYS
AND SO MANY INSTANCES
TO GET THEM BACK.
AGAIN, THAT'S THE REASON
THAT GOD REALLY DID LEAD ME,
COMMAND ME TO WRITE THE BOOK,
INDIVISIBLE: RESTORING FAITH,
FAMILY, AND FREEDOM
BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.
WHO WOULD HAVE EVER THOUGHT
THAT MARRIAGE AND FAMILY
WOULD BE SO DESPISED
OR REDEFINED?
OR CAST ASIDE AS UNIMPORTANT,
AND FREEDOM AND
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY,
AND THE PRIVILEGE
OF ALL OF US BEARING THE LOAD
AND CARING FOR OTHERS,
CARING ABOUT
ALL OF US PARTICIPATING,
NOT CREATING RESENTMENT
BETWEEN PEOPLE,
LOVING ALL PEOPLE.
WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT
THE CAPACITY AND PRACTICE
OF THAT WOULD BE
SO ASSAULTED?
WELL, IT HAS BEEN.
WELL, YOU OUR VIEWERS
CAN HELP CORRECT
OUR NATION'S COURSE;
HELP US GO IN A NEW DIRECTION
BY INSPIRING OUR LEADERS
AND OUR CITIZENS
TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS.
LET'S DO IT.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU
ONE OF THE BEST DECISIONS
WE'LL EVER MAKE TOGETHER.
I WANT YOU TO LISTEN
TO TWO YOUNG PEOPLE
WHO HAVE NEVER ENJOYED WHAT
WE'VE BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE.
BECAUSE WE'RE BLESSED
WE CAN CHANGE EVERYTHING
FOR THEM.
WATCH CLOSELY.
James: WHAT ARE YOU
GOING TO DO?
WE WENT BACK -- BY THE WAY,
THOSE ARE AREAS OF SUDAN
WHERE WE FOUND
20,000 CHILDREN
WHERE THEY WERE DYING,
LIKE TWO A DAY,
TRYING TO GET INTO AN AREA
WHERE THEY HEARD
WE WERE GOING TO BE FEEDING
BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING
TO ESTABLISH THESE CENTERS,
WHICH IS ONE THING
I'M ASKING YOUR HELP FOR.
WHILE WE'RE FEEDING HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN
THAT WE FOUND
AND PUT IN OTHER AREAS,
WE'RE NOW TRYING TO OPEN
OTHER AREAS THERE IN
THE CRITICAL AREA OF SUDAN
WHERE THEY WERE DYING JUST
TRYING TO GET IN THE LINE.
SO THEY SAY,
"NOW THAT YOU'RE HERE,
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?"
THE MISSIONARIES FOUND THEM.
TOOK OUR MISSION TEAM
AND OUR TELEVISION CAMERAS
WHERE WE COULD SHOW YOU
AND WHERE WE COULD SEE.
NOW THEY'RE SAYING, "OKAY,
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?"
A MISSION PASTOR IN ANGOLA
YEARS AGO, AFTER WE HAD
RESCUED LITERALLY THOUSANDS
AND THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN
THAT WERE CONNECTED TO THEM,
WHERE THEY WERE BURYING THEM
BY THE HUNDREDS CONTINUALLY
IN LITTLE GRAVES AND WE
HAD TOTALLY STOPPED IT.
WE WENT IN WHERE THE PASTOR
HAD ALL OF HIS CHILDREN IN
CHURCH AND THEY WERE SINGING
AND THEY WERE SO HAPPY.
THEN I REMEMBER
AS WE WERE WALKING AWAY,
THE PASTOR STOPPED US
AND HE SAID, "ARE YOU NOT
GOING TO BE HERE ANYMORE?
YOU JUST CAME TO SEE IT
AND NOW YOU'RE GONE?"
HE THOUGHT WE HAD COME,
WE SAW, AND WE WERE GONE?
AND WE SAID, "NO!
WE JUST CAME TO REPORT
ON HOW POSITIVE THE GOOD IS."
BECAUSE HE SAID, "THEY'RE SO
MANY MORE THAT ARE COMING
BECAUSE THEY FOUND OUT
WE'RE HELPING THEM AND IT
IS CHANGING THEIR LIVES."
WE SAID, "WE'RE NEVER
GOING TO LEAVE YOU.
WE'RE GOING TO HELP YOU."
NOW THAT CHILD WAS SAYING,
"OKAY, YOU'RE HERE.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?"
YOU REALLY ARE THE ANSWER
TO THE MISSIONARIES.
ARE THEY GOING
TO BE ABLE TO STAY?
WILL THEY STAY EMPTY-HANDED
WITH A BROKEN HEART?
OR WILL THEY STAY
WITH A HEART OF LOVE
AND HANDS FULL OF COMPASSION
AND EXPRESSIONS OF YOUR LOVE?
GOD'S LOVE THROUGH YOU.
HERE'S WHAT
I'M ASKING YOU TO DO.
DIAL THE NUMBER.
IF YOU'VE WATCHED US BEFORE
YOU KNOW WHAT
I'M ASKING YOU TO DO.
NOW PLEASE DO IT.
IF YOU'VE NEVER WATCHED BEFORE
YOU'VE NEVER SEEN THIS, PLEASE
JOIN BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ABLE
TO SAVE THE LIVES OF MILLIONS
OF CHILDREN AND LEAD MILLIONS
OF CHILDREN TO CHRIST.
WE JUST GOT A REPORT
FROM OUR MISSIONARIES.
THEY HAVE RECORDED 9.9 MILLION
COMMITMENTS TO CHRIST THROUGH
THE MISSION OUTREACHES AND
THE DOORS THAT HAVE BEEN
OPENED THROUGH THE FEEDING,
THROUGH THE WELLS.
AMAZING! NEARLY 10 MILLION!
WE'RE WINNING PEOPLE
TO CHRIST.
WE'RE EXPRESSING
THE LOVE OF GOD IN ACTION.
WOULD YOU HELP US DO IT?
DIAL THE NUMBER, PLEASE!
TAKE YOUR BANKCARD,
USE IT LIKE A CHECK.
IF YOU WRITE A CHECK MAKE IT
TO LIFE, BUT CALL US AND
TELL US YOU'RE SENDING IT.
WE NEED TO KNOW.
WE NEED TO LET
THE MISSIONARIES KNOW.
YOU CAN HELP IN THAT AREA,
YOU CAN MAINTAIN IT.
THE LOVE OF GOD THROUGH HIS
PEOPLE WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN.
IF YOU WANT TO GO ONLINE,
YOU GO TO LifeToday.org
AND MAKE YOUR GIFT.
WE'VE GOT SOME VERY
SPECIAL GIFTS FOR YOU:
THE JESUS STORYBOOK BIBLE,
THE SIDE-BY-SIDE BIBLE
TO HELP YOU AND BLESS YOU,
AS WELL AS THE BRONZE,
"THE LION AND THE LAMB."
THANK YOU FOR HELPING US.
MAKE THE LARGEST GIFT
YOU CAN.
IF YOU CAN GIVE $100,
IF YOU COULD GIVE $1,000
I'M ASKING YOU TO DO IT.
BUT WHATEVER YOU DO,
YOU REMEMBER THIS, $30 OR $50,
YOU'RE GOING TO CHANGE
THE LIVES OF THREE
OR FIVE CHILDREN.
MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE
FOR THEM.
THANK YOU
FOR GOING TO THE PHONE
OR GOING ONLINE.
Announcer: AT THIS VERY MOMENT, A CHILD IS DRAWING HIS LAST BREATH
STRUGGLING TO STAY ALIVE DUE TO A LACK OF FOOD.
SADLY, THIS IMPOVERISHED CHILD IS NOT ALONE
AND WITHOUT OUR HELP MANY LIKE HIM FACE DEATH AS WELL.
TODAY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE -- AND HELP SAVE A LIFE.
IN ADDITION TO THE 400,000 CHILDREN
ALREADY IN LIFE'S MISSION FEEDING PROGRAM,
OUR TEAMS HAVE FOUND A REGION IN SOUTH SUDAN WITH ANOTHER
20,000 CHILDREN IN NEED OF IMMEDIATE LIFE-SAVING ASSISTANCE.
OUR MISSION TEAMS ARE IN PLACE BUT
WE DESPERATELY NEED YOUR HELP TO REPLENISH
CRITICALLY NEEDED FOOD SUPPLIES IMMEDIATELY.
YOUR LIFE-SAVING GIFT OF $30, $50, OR $100
WILL HELP FEED AND CARE FOR THREE, FIVE, OR TEN CHILDREN
FOR THREE FULL MONTHS.
WITH YOUR GIFT, WE'LL RUSH YOU THE JESUS STORYBOOK BIBLE.
THIS BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED BOOK WILL HELP YOUR CHILDREN
DISCOVER FOR THEMSELVES THAT JESUS IS AT THE CENTER
OF GOD'S GREAT STORY OF SALVATION,
AND AT THE CENTER OF THEIR LIVES TOO!
WITH YOUR GIFT OF $100 OR MORE TO HELP FEED TEN CHILDREN,
YOU MAY REQUEST OUR NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION
AND NEW KING JAMES SIDE-BY-SIDE BIBLE
WITH A TWO-COLUMN FORMAT FOR EASY COMPARISON.
FINALLY, PLEASE PRAYERFULLY CONSIDER A GIFT OF $1,000 OR MORE
TO HELP FEED AND SAVE THE LIVES OF 100 CHILDREN,
AND YOU MAY ALSO REQUEST "THE LION AND THE LAMB" BRONZE SCULPTURE.
PLEASE CALL, WRITE, OR MAKE YOUR GIFT ONLINE RIGHT NOW!
Isak: "EYES ARE THE WINDOW TO THE SOUL"
IS WHAT THE WORD OF GOD TELLS US
AND YET WHAT YOU'RE SEEING TODAY IS LIFELESS EYES,
THE WINDOWS TO A DYING CHILD.
BECAUSE THIS CHILD IS DYING FOR ONE SIMPLE REASON,
THE LIFE IS STOLEN OUT OF ITS EYES AND OUT OF ITS BODY
BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH FOOD.
YET, THE ANSWER TO ENDING THE SUFFERING AND THIS PAIN,
THE ANSWER TO RESCUING AND SAVING THIS CHILD'S LIFE
IS SO VERY SIMPLE.
IT'S JUST YOU GETTING UP RIGHT NOW,
DIALING THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN,
AND GOING ONLINE AND GIVING THE GIFT OF LIFE,
GIVING THE GIFT OF FOOD TO THIS CHILD
AND TO CHILDREN ALL OVER THIS AREA
THAT SO DESPERATELY NEED YOUR HELP TODAY.
James: YOU WILL LOVE
THE JESUS STORYBOOK BIBLE!
ONE OF OUR GUESTS SAID,
AS A MATTER OF FACT,
A PROFESSOR AND
A FORMER LEGISLATURE SAID,
HE AND HIS WIFE READ IT
AND HE'S MY AGE.
AND HE SAID THEY FIND
THESE STORIES SO REFRESHING,
EVERY ADULT
OUGHT TO READ THEM,
NOT JUST THE CHILDREN.
THEN THE SIDE-BY-SIDE BIBLE --
WHAT A BLESSING.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO FORGET,
INDIVISIBLE --
INDIVISIBLE.COM.
YOU CAN FIND OUT
ALL THE DIFFERENT PLACES
YOU CAN SEND PEOPLE
TO GET IT OR GET IT
AND OF COURSE,
YOU CAN GET IT FROM US
HERE AT LIFE TODAY.
BUT ENCOURAGE YOUR FRIENDS
TO READ IT.
IT'S GOING TO SHOW US WHY
WE NEED A COURSE CORRECTION
AND WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND
THE DIRECTION WE MUST GO.
LET'S GET THE WORD OUT.
LET'S GET ON OUR FACE
BEFORE GOD
AND STAND ON OUR FEET
FOR GOD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR WATCHING.
AND THANKS FOR YOUR HELP
AND YOUR SUPPORT.
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Beth: WHAT IS THE LORD GOING TO DO?
Audience: PLUCK!
Beth: HE IS GOING TO PLUCK MY FEET OUT OF THE NET.
Announcer: BETH MOORE TOMORROW!