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.

§

§

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!