UNFORTUNATELY, FREEDOM IS ITS OWN WORST ENEMY.
Announcer: COMING UP ON LIFE TODAY,
AUTHORS, JOHN ANDREWS AND KEVIN MILLER
DEFEND FREEDOM AND VIRTUE IN OUR NATION.
FREEDOM WILL TURN US SOFT AND ULTIMATELY,
WE SELL OURSELVES RIGHT BACK INTO BONDAGE, JAMES.
WE'RE ASKING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN AMERICA
TO DELIVER BOTH FREEDOM AND VIRTUE.
AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, IF IT TRIES TO DO BOTH
WILL GET NEITHER.
Announcer: THE REBIRTH OF FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY --
NEXT!
§
James: I WANT TO WELCOME YOU
TO LIFE TODAY.
IT IS SUCH A PRIVILEGE
TO BE ABLE TO SHARE
THIS TIME WITH YOU.
I'M JAMES ROBISON.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE
AS YOU DO OFTENTIMES
IF YOU WATCH LIFE TODAY,
AND BY THE WAY, THIS IS NOT
SOMETHING YOU WANT TO MISS
BECAUSE YOU SAY, "WELL,
IT MIGHT BE DISTURBING."
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT
WE ARE GOING TO BE ASKING YOU
TO HELP US SAVE LIVES AND
WE DON'T JUST HAVE A WISHFUL
THOUGHT OR A FEEBLE HOPE,
WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT
WE NEED TO DO.
PEOPLE HAVE EXPRESSED
APPRECIATION TO ME
AND TO BETTY OVER THE YEARS
FOR THE FACT THAT WE HAVE
DRILLED SO MANY WATER WELLS
WITH YOUR HELP AND FED
SO MANY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
AND LED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
TO CHRIST BECAUSE OF THOSE
COMPASSIONATE EXPRESSIONS.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS.
WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY
IS AN ATTEMPT TO FEED YOU
AND THOSE YOU LOVE
IN THE MOST IMPORTANT WAY
THAT WILL ENABLE US
TO KEEP HELPING OTHERS.
YOU KNOW WE WROTE THE BOOK,
INDIVISIBLE AS A GIFT
TO HELP EVERYONE UNDERSTAND
WHAT MUST BE DONE AND WHY,
TO GIVE US UNDERSTANDING OF
THE TIMES THAT WE LIVE IN
AND HOW WE CAN PROPERLY
ADDRESS THE VERY PRESSING
AND REAL PROBLEMS WE HAVE.
I AM PRIVILEGED TO INTRODUCE
TO YOU TWO MEN THAT HAVE
WRITTEN TWO BOOKS THAT I THINK
ARE ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS.
NOW INDIVISIBLE IS QUITE
A LENGTHY READ.
THESE ARE BOOKS THAT YOU CAN
READ LITERALLY IN AN EVENING
AND YOU WOULD NOT WASTE
ONE MOMENT.
FREEDOM NATIONALLY,
VIRTUE LOCALLY OR SOCIALISM
BY KEVIN MILLER; YOU'RE GOING
TO MEET HIM IN A MOMENT.
ANOTHER BOOK, RESPONSIBILITY
REBORN; IF RESPONSIBILITY
IS NOT RIGHTLY ASSUMED QUICKLY
WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE
A FUTURE.
"A CITIZENS GUIDE TO
THE NEXT AMERICAN CENTURY" --
FABULOUS BOOKS!
I AM SO GRATEFUL TO WELCOME
THE AUTHOR JOHN ANDREWS
AND ALSO THE AUTHOR OF FREEDOM
NATIONALLY, VIRTUE LOCALLY,
KEVIN MILLER.
KEVIN, JOHN, SO GLAD
TO HAVE YOU!
Kevin: THANKS, JAMES!
John: THANK YOU!
James: YOU'RE BOTH WITH
COLORADO CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY.
YOUR ROLE THERE?
I THINK YOU'RE TEACHING THERE.
JOHN, YOUR ROLE?
John: I RUN A PUBLIC POLICY
INSTITUTE CALLED
CENTENNIAL INSTITUTE
AND OUR MISSION IS TO TEACH
CITIZENSHIP AND HELP
OUR STUDENTS ON THE CAMPUS
LOVE AMERICA AND RECOGNIZE
WHAT WE MUST DO
TO SAVE AMERICA.
AND AT THE SAME TIME TO GET
THAT MESSAGE OUT TO
THE COMMUNITY OF DENVER
AND COLORADO, AND REALLY,
ACROSS THE COUNTRY THROUGH
A BIG NATIONAL CONFERENCE
WE HOLD EVERY SUMMER,
INCLUDING COMING UP, THE END
OF JUNE CALLED
WESTERN CONSERVATIVE SUMMIT.
James: KEVIN, YOU CAME AND
SPENT TIME WITH ME AND BETTY
WHEN WE WERE LITERALLY
PRAYING AND REALLY COMPLETING
THE BOOK, INDIVISIBLE THAT
JAY AND I WERE WORKING ON.
I COULD TELL THAT OUR HEARTS
BEAT IN COMMON.
GIVE OUR VIEWERS A LITTLE
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT YOU MEAN
BY FREEDOM NATIONALLY AND
VIRTUE LOCALLY OR SOCIALISM.
AND FRANKLY, I THINK
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HEADED FOR.
Kevin: THAT'S RIGHT.
IN FACT, I CALL VIRTUE
SOCIALISM WHERE THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT DEFINES AND
ENFORCES OUR VIRTUES FOR US.
REALLY "RENDERING TO CAESAR"
MEANS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
HAS A PARTICULAR ROLE,
THAT'S TO PROTECT US
AND PRESERVES OUR FREEDOM
AND WE HAVE A ROLE
AND THAT'S VIRTUE,
THAT'S FOR US AS INDIVIDUALS,
IN OUR FAMILIES
AND AS CHURCH MEMBERS.
THE CONSTITUTION REALLY
SUPPORTS THE WHOLE IDEA
FREEDOM NATIONALLY,
VIRTUE LOCALLY.
THAT'S REALLY THE WAY
THE CHURCH FUNCTIONS TOO.
THE ONLY WAY WE CAN HAVE
A VIRTUOUS NATION,
A RIGHTEOUS NATION IS BY
CHANGING HEARTS AND MINDS
AND AFFECTING THE NATION
FROM THE BOTTOM UP,
NOT FROM THE TOP DOWN.
James: ONE OF THE THINGS
YOU POINTED OUT AND I ACTUALLY
GRABBED IT AND I RAN WITH IT.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, I WROTE
A COMMENTARY ABOUT IT.
YOU TALK ABOUT THE ONLY REAL
THEOCRACY THAT WE NEED
TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT IS WHAT
AMOUNTS TO AN A-THEOCRACY,
A NON-GOD RULING POWER AND
THAT IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
AND GOVERNMENT BEING
IN CONTROL, AND THEN FORCING
THE WILL AND WAYS OF SOME
PEOPLE ON EVERYBODY BECAUSE
THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY BELIEVE
IN GOD, AND WHO COULD
EVER REALLY HAVE WHAT MIGHT BE
A GOD-CENTERED PRINCIPLE
WOULD NEVER TOLERATE SOMETHING
IN THE LEADERSHIP ROLE
AS A GOVERNMENT.
OUR FOUNDERS UNDERSTOOD THAT.
SO WE REALLY DO HAVE A RULING
POWER RIGHT NOW THAT'S FORCING
THEIR VIEWS ON EVERYBODY ELSE.
Kevin: I CALL IT
A SECULAR THEOCRACY.
THEY FOLLOW THE IDEAS
OF THE CHURCH.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE SECULAR
THEOCRACY THAT RULES US NOW
THINKS THERE IS SIN AND
USUALLY IT'S ENVIRONMENTAL SIN.
IT'S NOT THE SIN
WE UNDERSTAND BIBLICALLY.
THEY FOLLOW THE RULES OF
A RELIGION PER SE
AND THEY REALLY OVER THE PAST
NUMBER OF DECADES ADOPTED
THAT STANCE AND VERY
DELIBERATELY WANT TO BECOME
OUR VIRTUE MASTERS.
THEY DEFINE VIRTUE AND
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW THEM.
OF COURSE, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
OUR FOUNDERS DID NOT INTEND.
James: JOHN, YOU WERE TALKING
ABOUT RESPONSIBILITY.
YOU KNOW CHUCK COLSON WENT
TO BE WITH THE LORD RECENTLY
AND HE MADE A GREAT STATEMENT,
"THE MORE COPS ON THE INSIDE
THE LESS COPS YOU NEED
ON THE OUTSIDE."
BURKE...
AND JAY RICHARDS AND I TALK
ABOUT THIS IN INDIVISIBLE.
BURKE BASICALLY IMPLIED,
AND I PARAPHRASE, IS THAT
WE LITERALLY, BECAUSE OF
OUR UNCHAINED APPETITES,
OUR OUT-OF-CONTROL APPETITES,
APPETITES THAT ARE ACTUALLY
BEGINNING TO RULE US FORM
THE BONDAGE OR THE FETTER
THAT KEEP US IN CHAINS,
AND THAT'S PRECISELY
WHAT'S HAPPENING.
PEOPLE ARE OUT OF CONTROL.
BUT THEN YOU BEGIN TO PUT
THESE SYSTEMS IN PLACE THAT
DO A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT KEVIN
IS REFERENCING AND PEOPLE HAVE
LOST PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.
AS I UNDERSTAND IT, YOU MAKE
IT SO CLEAR, YOU'RE FABULOUS
IN DESCRIBING IT.
I THINK IT IS JUST INCREDIBLE.
I PRAY EVERYBODY WILL GET
THE BOOK AND READ IT.
BUT IF WE WON'T BE PERSONALLY
RESPONSIBLE WE'RE BASICALLY
CONTRIBUTING TO
THE DESTRUCTION OF FREEDOM
AND OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYBODY.
John: UNFORTUNATELY, FREEDOM
IS ITS OWN WORST ENEMY
UNLESS IT IS BALANCED
AND ALLOYED LIKE YOU NEED
TO ALLOY IRON IN ORDER
TO MAKE IT INTO STEEL.
FREEDOM WILL TURN US SOFT
AND ULTIMATELY, WE SELL
OURSELVES RIGHT BACK
INTO BONDAGE, JAMES,
IF WE DO NOT HAVE THAT
OWNERSHIP OF TAKING THE
CONSEQUENCES OF THE CHOICES
THAT WE MAKE AS FREELY
CHOOSING MEN AND WOMEN.
IF WE CAN BALANCE FREEDOM
AND RESPONSIBILITY,
WE'RE GOING TO BEAT THE ODDS
THAT PREDICT THAT THE WHEELS
FALL OFF FOR GREAT NATIONS
AND EMPIRES SOMEWHERE AROUND
200 TO 250 YEARS.
THIS PUTS AMERICA IN THE KILL
ZONE TO SLIDE FROM THE LIBERTY
AND ABUNDANCE THAT HAVE BEEN
THE HEIGHT OF OUR GREATNESS
IN THE 20th CENTURY.
MY BOOK SAYS, "WHERE ARE
WE GOING IN THE 21st CENTURY?"
WE COULD SLIDE BACK DOWN
INTO COMPLACENCY, APATHY,
DEPENDENCY AND ULTIMATELY
AGAIN INTO BONDAGE.
FREEDOM ALLOYED WITH
RESPONSIBILITY HAS GOT TO BE
OUR ANTIDOTE FOR THAT.
IT PLAYS INTO POLITICS BUT
IT'S NOT PRIMARILY POLITICAL.
IT STARTS WITH HOW WE LIVE
OUR OWN LIVES
AND OUR FAMILIES,
OUR CHURCHES, OUR COMMUNITIES
WITH VOLUNTARY CHARITY.
ULTIMATELY, THEN WE START
TO RECLAIM THE POLITICAL ARENA
AS YOU AND JAY HAVE OUTLINED
IN INDIVISIBLE.
James: DO YOU FEEL LIKE
WE'VE COVERED THE POINTS
THAT ARE REALLY CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO PRAY
ABOUT AND REALLY HAVE
AN UNDERSTANDING OF
IN THE BOOK, INDIVISIBLE?
John: I THINK YOU'VE
ABSOLUTELY NAILED IT.
THIS IS A BOOK AMERICA
HAS BEEN WAITING FOR.
I WAS JUST THRILLED AFTER
YOU AND I HAD MET AT
THE WESTERN CONSERVATIVE SUMMIT
A YEAR AGO IN DENVER AND
WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU'RE COMING
BACK TO SHARE WITH
THAT AUDIENCE OF OURS
2000 FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY
ACTIVISTS FROM ACROSS
THE COUNTRY THE MESSAGE
OF INDIVISIBLE.
THAT IT'S A FALSE SEPARATION
TO SAY YOU GET YOUR ECONOMIC
AGENDA OVER HERE AND
YOUR SOCIETY-PRESERVING FAMILY,
CHURCH-PRESERVING AGENDA
OVER HERE.
THEY ARE INDIVISIBLE.
James: AND WE BETTER
BE INDIVISIBLE AS BELIEVERS
AND AS PEOPLE WHO CLAIM
FAITH IN GOD.
IT'S AMAZING HOW MANY WAYS
WE CAN FIND TO ARGUE
AND NOT COME TOGETHER.
WHERE WE DO AGREE WE HAVE
COMMON GROUND BUT WE DON'T
ADDRESS IT, AND TO ME,
THAT'S SHUNNING RESPONSIBILITY.
WE'VE GOT SO MANY PEOPLE
IN BOTH THE PROTESTANT
AND THE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY
AND IN THE COMMUNITY
WHO CLAIM TO BELIEVE IN GOD,
80 MILLION PEOPLE WHO
REALLY SAY THEY BELIEVE IN GOD
WHO COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE
WHO DON'T EVEN REGISTER,
DON'T VOTE, AND IF THEY DO VOTE
THEY'RE EITHER UNINFORMED
OR ILL-INFORMED AND WE DON'T
UNDERSTAND RESPONSIBILITY
TO KNOW THE ISSUES,
TO UNDERSTAND THE PRINCIPLES
YOU ALL TALK ABOUT
IN THESE TWO BOOKS.
IF YOU WERE TO SAY
TO OUR VIEWERS IN JUST THIS
LITTLE INTERACTION WE HAVE,
WHAT WOULD YOU SEE BECOMING
AN INDICATION OF ASSUMING
RESPONSIBILITY PROPERLY?
I THINK I JUST POINTED TO ONE
WE'D AGREE ON AND THAT'S
TO GET INFORMED, WHICH IS WHY
WE'RE TRYING TO HELP YOU
EVEN WITH THE MATERIALS
THAT WE ARE OFFERING.
AND JAY RICHARDS AND I DIDN'T
SPEND REALLY THE BETTER PART
OF A YEAR AND ACTUALLY
TWO YEARS GETTING EVERYTHING
READY AND ME 50 YEARS
OF MINISTRY TO TRY TO LAY
SOMETHING OUT IF WE WEREN'T
TRYING TO ARM YOU SO YOU COULD
BE WELL INFORMED AND UNDERSTAND
WHY THESE THINGS MATTER.
IF PEOPLE WILL BECOME
RESPONSIBLE IN THAT WAY,
WHAT OTHER AREAS
OF RESPONSIBILITY DO YOU SEE
THAT PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND
THEY MUST ASSUME
OR WE REALLY ARE
IN SERIOUS TROUBLE?
John: I CONCLUDE MY BOOK
RESPONSIBILITY REBORN
WITH A 10 POINT AGENDA.
AND AS I SAID A MOMENT AGO,
IT DOESN'T START WITH POLITICS,
IT STARTS WITH BUILDING
THE FOUNDATION ON WHICH
A HEALTHY GOVERNMENT POLITICAL
ORDER STANDS ABOVE GROUND.
IT STARTS WITH STRENGTHENING
OUR FAMILIES WITH INSISTING
OUR KIDS MUST LEARN,
WITH RENEWING A COMMON CULTURE,
NOT A MULTICULTURALISM,
ONE COMMON AMERICAN CULTURE,
THE BEST OF ALL
CULTURES TOGETHER.
EXPECT MORE OF OUR CHURCHES.
EXPAND PRIVATE CHARITY.
THOSE ARE THE FIRST FIVE.
THEN WE TAKE OWNERSHIP OF
OUR ROLE AS CITIZENS
AND WE START RESISTING
OVER GOVERNMENT,
REBUILDING AMERICA'S DEFENSES,
PROTECTING AMERICA'S
SOVEREIGNTY AND AFFIRMING
FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE.
IT IS THOSE TEN -- AND AGAIN,
THE FIRST FIVE, THEY START
WITH THE PERSON IN THE MIRROR
RIGHT IN THE HOUSE WHERE
I LIVE AND THE WORKPLACE
WHERE I GO TO EVERY DAY.
James: KEVIN, WHEN YOU
AND I TALKED, I KNEW YOU
AND I HAD HEARTS THAT BEAT
IN COMMON, NOT JUST WITH
ONE ANOTHER,
NOT WITH SOME POLITICAL CAUSE
BUT WITH THE VERY HEART OF GOD.
GOD WANTS TO BLESS US
SO THAT WE CAN LIVE TO BE
A BLESSING TO OTHERS.
WE'RE ON THE WAY TO FORFEITING
ALL OF THAT AND I KNEW THAT
WAS A DEEP CONCERN TO YOU
AND IT SHOULD BE TO EVERYBODY.
Kevin: ABSOLUTELY!
WHEN WE START TURNING OVER
THE VIRTUE MECHANISM
TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
PEOPLE START LOOKING TO
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
TO ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS,
SOME OF THEIR DEEPEST QUESTIONS
AND WE KNOW THE GOVERNMENT
CAN NEVER ANSWER THEM.
OUR JOB AS CHRISTIANS
IS TO RECAPTURE THAT SPIRIT
OF CHRIST AND KNOW THAT
OUR RESPONSIBILITY, IN FACT,
OUR PRIVILEGE IS TO GO LOCALLY,
GO TO OUR FAMILIES,
OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR CHURCHES
AND LET THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST
BE KNOWN AND MAKE
THE DIFFERENCE LOCALLY
AND TAKE AWAY THIS NOTION
THAT JOHN SHARES WITH ME
IN HIS BOOK THAT IN FACT,
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR US.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
KEEPING OUR FREEDOM BUT
IT IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR
OUR VIRTUE NOTIONS.
THIS IS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY
WE HAVE IN AMERICA.
WE SEE IT GOING ASTRAY.
WE HAVE THIS MOMENT IN TIME
TO STAND UP AND SAY,
"WAIT A MINUTE!
WE'RE NOT LOOKING
TO WASHINGTON FOR VIRTUE.
THERE IS NO WAY!
WE'VE SEEN WASHINGTON OPERATE
FOR TOO LONG.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET VIRTUE
FROM WASHINGTON,
IT IS PRACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE."
WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY NOW
TO GRASP THAT RING AND SAY,
"LOOK, IT IS ABOUT ME
IMPACTING MY COMMUNITY,
IMPACTING MY FAMILY,
IMPACTING LOCALLY."
THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
John: YOU MEAN WHEN SOMEONE
SAYS THEY'RE FROM
THE GOVERNMENT
AND THEY'RE HERE TO HELP ME
AND THEY'RE GOING TO HELP ME
MAKE MY NEIGHBOR BEHAVE AS
HE OR SHE SHOULD, I SHOULD
DISTRUST THAT, KEVIN?
Kevin: OF COURSE!
John: YOU'RE SHATTERING
MY NAIVE WORLD!
[Laughter]
Kevin: HERE'S THE THING,
WE'RE ASKING THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IN AMERICA
TO DELIVER BOTH FREEDOM
AND VIRTUE.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,
IF IT TRIES TO DO BOTH
WILL GET NEITHER BECAUSE
IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING
TO GIVE US VIRTUE,
THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE AWAY
OUR FREEDOMS;
THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON
FOR DECADES NOW.
THEY TAKE AWAY OUR FREEDOMS
IN AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE US
VIRTUOUS AND WE KNOW
THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT
THE SOURCE OF VIRTUE.
John: JAMES, YOU CITED
EDMUND BURKE'S WARNING
IN YOUR BOOK, INDIVISIBLE.
ANOTHER OF MY FAVORITES
FROM THE ERA OF THE AMERICAN
FOUNDING, THE SAME TIME
AS EDMUND BURKE
IS PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS.
HE SAYS, "OUR CONSTITUTION
WAS MADE FOR A MORAL
AND RELIGIOUS PEOPLE.
IT'S WHOLLY INADEQUATE TO
THE GOVERNMENT OF ANY OTHER
KIND OF PEOPLE."
HE DIDN'T MEAN A THEOCRACY.
HE DIDN'T MEAN CHURCHES
OR PASTORS TELLING EVERYBODY
WHAT TO DO.
HE MEANT THAT WE HAVE TO BE
SELF-GOVERNORS, WHICH MEANS
RESPONSIBLE, CHOOSING WELL
AND LIVING WITH
THE CONSEQUENCES OF OUR CHOICES
AS FREE MEN AND WOMEN
OR YOU WILL CREATE A VACUUM
IN WHICH GOVERNMENT MUST
COME TO DICTATE VIRTUE,
GOVERNMENT MUST COME WITH
ITS SAFETY NET OR ITS WELFARE
PROGRAMS BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T
HAVE THE DECENCY TO LOOK AFTER
THEIR OWN FAMILY AND
THE GENEROSITY THEN
TO JUST HELP THEIR NEIGHBOR.
Kevin: YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN
WATCHING LIFE TODAY FOR YEARS
AND HERE'S WHAT THE SECRET IS.
WE KNOW WHAT THE LORD'S SECOND
GREATEST COMMANDMENT WAS,
LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.
WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS SAY,
"THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
WILL TELL YOU HOW TO LOVE
YOUR NEIGHBOR AND THEY WILL BE
THE AGENT FOR DOING IT WELL."
WHAT I LOVE ABOUT LIFE TODAY
AND YOUR FOLKS HAVE BOUND
TOGETHER WITH YOU
IN THIS MINISTRY TO GO LOVE
YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF;
THAT MAY MEAN SOMEONE HERE
IN TEXAS BUT IT MAY MEAN
SOMEONE IN CAMBODIA OR SUDAN.
THAT'S WHAT THIS MINISTRY
IS ABOUT.
ANYTHING LESS WHERE WE SAY
THE GOVERNMENT MUST INTERVENE,
NEVER REALLY HONORS THE LORD.
IT'S REALLY ABOUT THAT KIND
OF A MINISTRY THAT
LIFE TODAY HAS BUILT.
John: IF I SEE YOU IN NEED
AND I THINK THAT THE SOLUTION
IS THAT I'M GOING TO TAKE
FROM JAMES AND TAX HIM,
RELIEVE HIM OF WHAT HE HAS
EARNED OR SAVED IN ORDER
TO HELP YOU, AND THEN I'M GOING
TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT
LIKE I'VE BEEN CHARITABLE
AND ALL I'VE REALLY DONE
IS MANIPULATE THE
POLITICAL SYSTEM AND STEAL,
AND PUT YOU INTO DEPENDENCY
OF SOMETHING YOU DIDN'T MAKE
ANY EFFORT TO HAVE,
THIS IS THE MICROCOSM...
THE THREE OF US THAT
I DESCRIBED AS A MICROCOSM
OF WHAT AMERICA
IS STUCK IN TODAY.
Kevin: AND WHAT YOU ALSO LOSE
IS THE WITNESS FOR CHRIST.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS NOT
GOING TO WITNESS FOR CHRIST.
WHAT LEGITIMATE CHRISTIAN
WITNESS IS, WHEN YOU'RE TRULY
HELPING PEOPLE AT THE DEPTH
OF SEX TRAFFICKING,
WATER NEEDS, FOOD NEEDS
IS WHEN YOU BIND TOGETHER
THE WITNESS OF TRULY
HELPING PEOPLE PHYSICALLY
BUT JUST AS IMPORTANT...
EVEN MORE IMPORTANT IS HELPING
THEM SPIRITUALLY, POINTING
THE WAY TO ETERNAL LIFE.
THIS IS TRUE WITNESS,
AND IT IS APART FROM
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
James: WHEN YOU TURN THE NEEDS
OF PEOPLE IN TROUBLE OVER
TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,
YOU HAVE OFFERED THEM
A FALSE HOPE.
YOU HAVE ENABLED THEM
TO BE COMFORTABLE IN THE DITCH
THAT POOR DECISIONS
ON SOMEBODY'S PART HELPED
GET THEM INTO.
YOU KNOW WHEN WE GET IN
TROUBLE WE HAVE A TENDENCY
TO LOOK FOR HELP.
BUT IF YOU'RE IN TROUBLE
AND SOMEBODY SAYS,
"WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE
OF YOU THERE IN YOUR TROUBLE,"
YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO FIND
SOMEONE WHO CARES
AND THE PEOPLE WHO CARE
ARE THE ONES WHO ARE WILLING
TO SHARE THEIR TIME,
THEIR INTEREST, THEIR MEANS.
YOU HAVE CREATED WHAT I CALL
THE NECESSARY COMPASSION
CONNECTION, WHICH THE
GOVERNMENT DOES NOT DO.
THEY SIMPLY THROW MONEY AT
A TARGET THEY CAN NEVER HIT
BECAUSE IT'S LOVE
THAT NEVER FAILS.
THE GOVERNMENT MISMANAGES
AND THEY'VE PROVEN IT,
HOW CAN YOU DOUBT IT?
TO MANAGE EVERYTHING
WE ENTRUST TO THEIR WATCH CARE.
THE ONLY THING PEOPLE LOOK AT
AND SAY, "WELL, I APPRECIATE"
IS WHAT THE MILITARY HAS DONE
TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE
WHAT OUR LEGISLATORS ARE IN
THE PROCESS OF THROWING AWAY
AND NOT PROTECTING.
SO WE HAVE REALLY
SHORT-CIRCUITED THE WHOLE
SYSTEM OF GETTING PEOPLE
OUT OF TROUBLE.
John: YOU MEAN, JAMES THAT
IF THE PRODIGAL SON,
WHEN HE WAS FEEDING THE PIGS
FAR FROM HIS FATHER'S HOME,
IF HE HAD HAD WELFARE
AND A FREE CLINIC AND
FOOD STAMPS AND CELL PHONES
FOR THE HOMELESS, HE NEVER
WOULD HAVE COME TO HIMSELF
AND GONE HOME.
IT WAS AN ACT OF PERSONAL
RESPONSIBILITY THAT
TOOK HIM HOME.
James: IT DROVE HIM BACK
TO THE FATHER, HIS OWN NEED.
HE FOUND THAT THE FATHER
REALLY LOVED HIM
AND WAS INVOLVED WITH HIM.
I HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT
OLDER BROTHER MUST HAVE BEEN
IN SOME WAY CONNECTED IN
SOME WAY WITH THE GOVERNMENT.
HE HAD TO BE.
HE HAD SUCH A ROTTEN
INDIFFERENT ATTITUDE ABOUT
SOLVING THE HUMAN DILEMMA.
NOW LET ME TELL YOU THIS,
THESE BOOKS ARE
ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS.
BY THE WAY, YOU'RE IN TROUBLE.
SOME OF YOU ARE HURTING,
AND YOU WATCH LIFE TODAY.
SOME OF YOU WHEN YOU SEE
SOMEONE WE WANT TO HELP YOU
SAY, "YOU KNOW WHAT?
I CAN HELP THEM."
BY THE WAY, ON THE MISSION
FIELD, WHEN WE FEED PEOPLE
AND GET THEM STRONG,
WE SHOW THEM HOW TO GROW
BETTER CROPS THAN
THEY EVER GREW.
WE EVEN TEACH THEM TO DO
THE MINUTE WAYS OF IRRIGATION
AND HOW TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF WHAT'S THERE.
WE PUT THEM TO WORK.
WE GET THEM ON THEIR FEET,
GET THEM STRONG.
WE DON'T TRY TO MAKE THEM
ALL LOOK LIKE AMERICANS
AND LIVE LIKE US
AND BE DEPENDENT ON EVERYBODY,
WE GET THEM TO WORK.
John: WELL, YOU'RE IN
THE RESPONSIBILITY BUSINESS,
THAT'S WHY I RESONATED WITH
YOU THE FIRST TIME WE MET.
James: THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
GO TO -- YOU SEE THE WEB SITE
THERE -- WESTERN CONFERENCE?
John:
WESTERNCONSERVATIVESUMMIT.COM.
James: ALL RIGHT, THERE IT IS.
I'M GOING TO BE THERE.
JAY IS GOING TO BE THERE.
BETTY WILL BE THERE.
John: WE'LL BE THERE.
James: AND I HOPE YOU'LL GO ON
AND SAY WE'RE GOING TO BE
THERE WITH YOU IN DENVER.
John: JUNE 29th, JAMES,
THE LAST WEEKEND IN JUNE.
WE'VE STILL GOT LOTS OF ROOM
AND WE WANT PEOPLE FROM ALL
50 STATES WHO CARE ABOUT
TURNING THIS COUNTRY AROUND
AND WHO CARE ABOUT WITNESSING
FOR JESUS CHRIST BY THE KIND
OF CITIZENS THAT WE ARE.
Kevin: THAT'S IN DENVER TOO.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE MENTIONED
DENVER, COLORADO.
James: IN DENVER, AND COME
AND ENJOY THE BEAUTIFUL
ROCKY MOUNTAIN VIEWS,
AND JUST BE THERE
IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD,
NOT ONLY IN
A WONDERFUL ATMOSPHERE.
RESPONSIBILITY REBORN --
FREEDOM NATIONALLY,
VIRTUE LOCALLY OR SOCIALISM --
YOU CAN GET THE BOOKS
RIGHT THERE ONLINE.
YOU REFERENCED, KEVIN, YOU'VE
WATCHED US FOR A LONG TIME,
AND THERE IS NO QUESTION
YOU HAVE SEEN THAT
LOVE NEVER FAILS.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE
A TREMENDOUS NEED RIGHT NOW
FOR LOVE.
I WANT YOU TO LOOK IN
AND I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO
THE STORIES OF TWO CHILDREN.
NOW WHILE YOU LOOK AT THEM,
I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THIS,
WE'RE GOING TO HELP THEM.
YOU'RE GOING TO WANT
TO HELP THEM.
PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT
WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING
THROUGHOUT THIS PROGRAM
IS REACHING OUT TO HELP YOU,
YOUR CHILDREN, IN THE AREAS
OF NEED THAT YOU HAVE.
HERE IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO.
WE CAN DO IT SO EASILY
AND EFFECTIVELY. WATCH.
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
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TO HELP YOU AND BLESS YOU,
AS WELL AS THE BRONZE,
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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
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WILL HELP FEED AND CARE FOR THREE, FIVE, OR TEN CHILDREN
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PLEASE CALL, WRITE, OR MAKE YOUR GIFT ONLINE RIGHT NOW!
Isak: THE PICTURE ON YOUR SCREEN IS A PICTURE
OF DESPERATE NEED, OF DESPERATION,
OF A LIFE BEING STOLEN AWAY
BY A KILLER CALLED MALNUTRITION,
A SIMPLE LACK OF ADEQUATE NUTRITION IN A CHILD'S LIFE.
YOU SAY, "WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THAT?
HOW DO WE BRING HOPE BACK INTO THAT SITUATION?
HOW DO WE TAKE A CHILD LIKE THIS,
THAT WEIGHS LESS THAN HALF WHAT SHE SHOULD AT HER AGE
AND TURN THAT SITUATION AROUND?"
THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT.
YOU OPEN YOUR HEART TODAY AND YOU GIVE
THE VERY BEST GIFT THAT YOU CAN GIVE
BECAUSE BY GIVING THAT GIFT,
YOU LITERALLY WILL BE PROVIDING HOPE
TO CHILDREN WHO SO DESPERATELY NEED IT.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING TO YOU,
COUNTING ON YOU TO SAY, "I'LL DO WHAT I NEED TO DO.
I'LL GIVE THAT GIFT TODAY.
I'LL SAVE THAT LIFE."
James: JOHN ANDREWS ASKED ME
SOMETHING.
BY THE WAY, IF YOU'RE CALLING,
YOU KEEP CALLING UNTIL
YOU GET THROUGH.
BUT YOU MADE A COMMENT ABOUT
THE JESUS STORYBOOK BIBLE
AND I CAN TELL THAT YOU HAD
SEEN IT AND YOU'D EXAMINED IT.
John: YOU KNOW A BIBLE TEACHER
AT OUR CHURCH IN DENVER
BROUGHT THIS TO DONNA'S
AND MY ATTENTION
AND WE JUST LOVE IT!
NEVER A WEEK GOES BY THAT
WE DON'T DIP INTO IT.
IT HELPS YOU STAY CHILDLIKE IN
YOUR FAITH WHICH CHRIST SAID
IS THE ONLY WAY TO FOLLOW HIM.
James: A UNIVERSITY LEADER
SAYING THAT --
AND IT'S THE TRUTH!
IT REALLY IS TRUE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU, KEVIN
AND I THANK YOU, JOHN.
AND LET ME JUST REPEAT,
THERE IS THE WEB SITE
THAT YOU GO ON.
I HOPE WE'LL SEE YOU AT
THAT INCREDIBLE CONFERENCE.
JOHN ANDREWS' BOOK,
RESPONSIBILITY REBORN --
FREEDOM NATIONALLY,
VIRTUE LOCALLY, OR SOCIALISM --
WE'RE HEADED FOR THIS, EXTREME
MANIFESTATION OF SOCIALISM IF
WE DON'T MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR BEING WITH US.
THANK ALL OF YOU FOR WATCHING.
DO ENCOURAGE YOUR FRIENDS
TO WATCH LIFE TODAY.
AND IF YOU REALLY WANT TO ARM
PEOPLE WITH THE BODY ARMOR
FOR THE SPIRITUAL BATTLE
WE'RE IN IN THE CULTURE WAR,
ENCOURAGE THEM TO READ
INDIVISIBLE.
IT REALLY IS A TEXTBOOK
FOR THIS MOMENT IF WE WANT TO
MAKE THE PROPER CORRECTIONS.
GOD BLESS YOU!
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