MY COMMITMENT IS NOT TO A POLITICAL PARTY,

MY COMMITMENT IS TO JESUS CHRIST.

Announcer: NEXT ON LIFE TODAY,

FORMER GOVERNOR MIKE HUCKABEE.

IF A CHRISTIAN VOTES HIS POCKETBOOK

RATHER THAN HIS GODLY PRINCIPLES

HE OUGHT NOT TO VOTE OR CALL HIMSELF A CHRISTIAN VOTER

BECAUSE AT THAT POINT HE IS BEING A VOTER

BASED ON HIS OWN PERSONAL GREED,

NOT THE NATIONAL NEED.

Announcer: MORE CONVERSATION

AND LESS CONFRONTATION -- NEXT!

James: IT'S ALWAYS A THRILL

TO COME AND SHARE

LIFE Today WITH YOU.

WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT

ALL OF OUR GUESTS.

SOMETIMES I GET

A LITTLE BIT HYPED UP

BECAUSE I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT

WATCHING SOMEONE'S JOURNEY.

I'M JAMES ROBISON;

BETTY AND I ARE THRILLED TO

HAVE GOVERNOR MIKE HUCKABEE

BACK WITH US.

MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW THAT

HE ACTUALLY STARTED HERE,

YOU MIGHT SAY IN HIS

VISIBILITY ROLE IN MEDIA,

IN TELEVISION,

AND THEN TRAVELING

AND BEING BEFORE

A TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF PEOPLE.

YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS

BUT I THINK IT IS VERY,

VERY IMPORTANT.

HE HELPED ORGANIZE

AND ORCHESTRATE

AND BRING TOGETHER A MEETING

THAT REALLY DID CHANGE

THE COURSE OF HISTORY.

HE HELPED ORGANIZE,

AND THIS WAS SOMETHING GOD

PUT ON MY HEART, AND REALLY,

IT WASN'T DIFFICULT FOR HIM

TO SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF IT

OR ANOTHER PERSON

TO SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF IT,

AND FRANKLY, IT STARTED

IN THE HEART OF BILLY GRAHAM

AND BILL BRIGHT,

CHARLES STANLEY,

ADRIAN RODGERS

AND A FEW MEN OF PRAYER,

AND IT CONCERNED

THE FUTURE OF AMERICA

AND THE SOVIET THREAT

AND SOME BAD DECISIONS

THAT WE WERE MAKING

THAT WERE NOT BASED

UPON SOUND PRINCIPLES.

AND WE FOUND SOMEONE

THAT WE THOUGHT WE SHOULD

AT LEAST HEAR AND

WE WANTED PEOPLE OF FAITH

TO HEAR HIM.

SO MIKE HUCKABEE, WORKING

FOR ME, HELPED ORGANIZE

THE NATIONAL AFFAIRS BRIEFING

THAT FILLED, FOR THE FIRST

TIME TO OVERFLOWING

THE REUNION ARENA IN DALLAS.

GOVERNOR HUCKABEE PUT THAT

TOGETHER UNDER THE GUIDANCE

AND OVERSIGHT OF THOSE OF US

WHO WERE PRAYING.

HE DID A GREAT JOB.

MR. REAGAN SPOKE.

HE MADE THAT FAMOUS STATEMENT

TO THE CHRISTIANS

AND THE LEADERS OF CHURCHES,

"I KNOW YOU CAN'T ENDORSE ME

BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW

I ENDORSE YOU."

WELL, THAT MADE

HEADLINES NATIONWIDE.

AND WHAT HE WAS SAYING,

BECAUSE HE TALKED TO ME

A LONG TIME THE NEXT DAY,

HE SAID, "THE PRINCIPLES

AND CONCERNS OF THOSE PEOPLE

I TOTALLY EMBRACE

AND ENDORSE."

AND SURE ENOUGH,

HE BECAME A GREAT LEADER.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN ME

IN SAYING THANKS

TO GOVERNOR MIKE HUCKABEE

FOR HIS CONTINUING LEADERSHIP

IN OUR COUNTRY?

GOVERNOR, THOSE WERE

GREAT DAYS; WEREN'T THEY?

Mike: THEY WERE GREAT DAYS

AND ONE OF THE POWERFUL

MOMENTS FROM THAT STATEMENT

THAT PRESIDENT REAGAN MADE,

THEN CANDIDATE REAGAN,

WAS BECAUSE AT THAT TIME,

CHRISTIANS HAD BEEN

SOMEWHAT MARGINALIZED,

PUT OUTSIDE THE REALM

OF INFLUENCE, PARTICULARLY

EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS,

SORT OF THOUGHT OF AS,

THEY'RE OPERATING

DOWN AT THE STOREFRONTS

AND THEY'RE NOT WELL EDUCATED

AND THEY DON'T HAVE ANY ROLE

TO PLAY IN OUR CULTURE.

AND WE WERE LOOKED UPON

CONTEMPTUOUSLY BY SO MANY

PEOPLE IN OUR CULTURE.

WHEN A LEADING PRESIDENTIAL

CANDIDATE LOOKED OUT THERE

AND SAID, "I ENDORSE YOU,"

IT VALIDATED PEOPLE WHO

NEEDED TO BE UPHELD AS A PART

OF THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY

IN HAVING A VOICE

THAT WAS IMPORTANT.

IT WAS AN AMAZING MOMENT;

FAR BIGGER THAN I THINK

ANYBODY RECOGNIZED

AT THE MOMENT.

AND IT WAS THE LAUNCH

OF CHRISTIAN BECOMING

ACTIVE AND INVOLVED IN

POLITICAL AFFAIRS IN AMERICA.

James: I WAS CREDITED,

YOU MIGHT SAY

OF BEING ONE OF THE LEADERS

OF WHAT ULTIMATELY BECAME

REFERRED TO IN THE MEDIA BY,

I GUESS, MAINLY CRITICS

OR JUST OBSERVERS

AS "THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT."

I SAW SOMETHING HAPPENED

THAT CONCERNED ME DEEPLY.

WE TALKED ABOUT IT IN

INDIVISIBLE QUITE THOROUGHLY,

I REALLY KIND OF LAID IT OUT

SO EVERYONE WOULD UNDERSTAND,

I ACTUALLY SAW SOMETHING

I DID NOT THINK WAS HEALTHY,

I DID NOT EVEN THINK

IT WAS EXACTLY WHAT WOULD

BE PLEASING TO THE LORD

OR FULFILL HIS PURPOSE

OR HIS COMMISSION TO US

AS BELIEVERS; I SAW IT

APPEAR THAT THE CHURCH OR

EVANGELICALS OR CHRISTIANS

OR "THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT"

WAS BECOMING AN ARM

OF A POLITICAL PARTY

OR AN APPENDAGE OF IT.

IN MY UNDERSTANDING

OF SCRIPTURE

AND THE COMMISSION OF CHRIST

AND BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES

AND BIBLICAL STANDARDS

IS THAT IF WE'RE LIGHT

AND SALT,

WE PRESERVE THE PRECIOUS,

WE EFFECT EVERYTHING

IN THE CULTURE AND WE LIGHT

AND ILLUMINATE THE WAY

AND REVEAL THE ERROR

AND THE DANGER, AND THAT'S

WHAT WE DO AS CHRISTIANS.

THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE

AN IMPACT ON ALL PARTIES,

ON ALL PEOPLE,

ON ALL CANDIDATES

AND OF COURSE, ON ALL VOTERS.

SO, WHEN I SAW THAT,

I BECAME A LITTLE BIT MORE

RECLUSIVE IN THE SENSE THAT

I WAS BEHIND THE SCENES MORE.

I THINK THAT WAS

A WISE DECISION ON MY PART.

WHAT HAS HAPPENED

SINCE THEN HOWEVER,

HAS BEEN THE REMOVING

OF THE ACTION ON THE PART

OF THE PEOPLE OF FAITH.

AND I'M SEEING

A TREMENDOUS NUMBER

OF PROTESTANTS AND CATHOLICS

WHO DON'T EVEN REGISTER

TO VOTE.

WHEN THEY REGISTER TO VOTE,

THEN THEY DON'T VOTE.

WHEN THEY DO VOTE

THEY SEEM TO VOTE

FROM AN UNPRINCIPLED,

UNINFORMED PERSPECTIVE.

I'D LIKE YOUR TAKE ON THAT.

Mike: WELL, FIRST OF ALL,

YOU OFTEN HEAR PEOPLE SAY

VOTERS VOTE THEIR POCKETBOOK.

IF A CHRISTIAN VOTES

HIS POCKETBOOK RATHER

THAN HIS GODLY PRINCIPLES

HE OUGHT NOT TO VOTE

OR CALL HIMSELF

A CHRISTIAN VOTER

BECAUSE AT THAT POINT

HE IS BEING A VOTER BASED

ON HIS OWN PERSONAL GREED

NOT THE NATIONAL NEED.

THERE IS NOTHING WRONG

IN HAVING AN INTEREST

IN TAX POLICY

AND FINANCIAL ISSUES,

THOSE ARE ALL IMPORTANT

BUT WHEN A CHRISTIAN VOTES,

THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE

OUGHT TO BE:

WHAT DOES GOD WANT TO DO

IN THIS COUNTRY?

AND WHAT IS GOD TRYING

TO SAY TO US AS A PEOPLE?

AND WHAT ARE THE ISSUES

THAT TRANSCEND WHETHER

I'M PROSPEROUS OR NOT?

BECAUSE GOD CAN USE PEOPLE

WHO ARE BROKE AND HE CAN USE

PEOPLE WHO HAVE GREAT WEALTH.

IT IS NOT HOW MUCH WE HAVE,

IT'S HOW DID WE OBTAIN IT

AND WHAT ARE WE

DOING WITH IT?

THOSE ARE

THE BIBLICAL CRITERIA

FOR PEOPLE HAVING SOMETHING.

BUT IT BOTHERS ME WHEN

I HEAR CHRISTIANS SAY,

"WHAT I REALLY CARE ABOUT IS

MY OWN ECONOMIC CONDITION."

YOU OUGHT TO CARE ABOUT

THE ECONOMIC CONDITION

OF OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS,

SOME OF WHOM ARE STRUGGLING

TO PAY JUST ENOUGH

TO FILL THEIR GAS TANKS

OR PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE.

WE NEED TO BE CONCERNED

ABOUT THE FACT

THAT WE HAVE CREATED

A DISPOSABLE GENERATION,

WHERE WE DEVALUE HUMAN LIFE

TO THE LEVEL

THAT WE THINK IT IS OKAY

FOR SOMEONE TO BE DEEMED

EXPENDABLE, DISPOSABLE,

NOT HAVING WORTH AND VALUE,

THAT SHOULD BE PROTECTED

AND PRESERVED.

THOSE ARE ISSUES THAT OUGHT

TO DRIVE THE CHRISTIAN VOTE.

James: YOU ACTUALLY INSPIRED

THIS INCREDIBLE DOCUMENTARY,

THE GIFT OF LIFE.

HE'S THE COMMENTATOR,

HE'S THE VOICE OVER,

AS WELL AS THE INSPIRATION

FOR THE GROUP,

CITIZENS UNITED

THAT PUT THIS TOGETHER --

POWERFUL PIECE!

WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN OFFERING

THIS TO OUR VIEWERS

AND ASKING THEM TO SHOW IT

IN THEIR CHURCHES, GOVERNOR,

BECAUSE IT SHOWS

THE PRECIOUSNESS OF LIFE.

I THINK ROE VS. WADE

WAS AN AWFUL DECISION.

IT WAS AN ASSAULT

ON LIFE ITSELF.

RIGHT TO LIFE IS

THE FIRST RIGHT FROM WHICH

ALL OTHER RIGHTS COME.

WHEN YOU DENY THAT RIGHT

OR TALK ABOUT SOMEONE'S

PERSONAL RIGHT IN PRIVACY,

WHAT THEY DO,

OR WITH THEIR BODY

AS IT AFFECTS

SOMEBODY ELSE'S BODY,

IT BECOMES EVERYONE'S CONCERN.

THE PRECIOUSNESS OF LIFE,

IN MY OPINION,

AND UNDERSTANDING

THAT IS THE ONLY WAY

WE'RE GOING TO OVERCOME THIS,

WHAT I BELIEVE IS

A HORRIFIC PRACTICE

OF TERMINATING LIVES

FOR WHATEVER REASON.

AND IF WE DON'T CHANGE THAT,

I REALLY BELIEVE

WE HAVE SET THE COURSE

FOR ECONOMIC COLLAPSE,

RELATIONSHIPS COLLAPSE,

THE VALUE OF ALL LIFE

DIMINISHING.

I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE

SUPREME ISSUES OF THE DAY.

AND THE ONLY WAY

WE'LL CORRECT IT,

NOT JUST CHANGE ROE V. WADE,

BUT CHANGE THE HEARTS

SO THAT WE VALUE LIFE,

WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THAT?

Mike: IF I DON'T VALUE YOU

AS A HUMAN BEING,

I'M NOT GOING TO VALUE

PHYSICAL THINGS,

I'M NOT GOING TO VALUE MONEY,

I'M NOT GOING TO VALUE

AN EDUCATION,

I'M NOT GOING TO VALUE

DECENT STREETS.

EVERYTHING ELSE

GOES WITH THAT.

THE GIFT OF LIFE TAKES

A VERY DIFFERENT APPROACH

TO THE ISSUE

OF THE SANCTITY OF LIFE

AND I THINK IT'S BEEN

AMAZINGLY POWERFUL TO CHANGE

PEOPLE'S PERSPECTIVE.

YOUR STORY IS AT THE HEART

OF THE GIFT OF LIFE

AND EVERY TIME I'VE BEEN

IN THE SCREENING

WHERE PEOPLE HAVE SEEN IT,

TWO THINGS HAPPEN:

THEY LAUGH UNCONTROLLABLY

AT SOME OF THE THINGS

YOU TALK ABOUT,

WHEN BROTHER HALE,

WHO ADOPTED YOU, I WON'T

SPOIL IT FOR THE PEOPLE,

BUT IT IS A POWERFUL MOMENT

AND THEN SECONDS LATER

THEY'RE BAWLING THEIR EYES OUT

WHEN THEY REALIZE

HOW YOUR LIFE WAS SPARED.

WHEN I SEE YOU,

AND I WATCH THE SHOW,

AND I SEE WHAT YOU'RE DOING

TO CHANGE THE LIVES

OF CHILDREN IN AFRICA

AND GIVE THEM HOPE

AND LIFE AND FOOD,

AND I SEE TENS OF THOUSANDS

OF PEOPLE COMING TO CHRIST,

I ASK MYSELF, "WOULD THE

WORLD BEEN BETTER OFF

HAD YOUR MOTHER,

WHO ATTEMPTED TO ABORT YOU,

WHAT IF SHE'D

BEEN SUCCESSFUL?"

IT IS NOT JUST YOUR LIFE

THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPACTED.

FRANKLY, MY LIFE

WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPACTED.

MY SON WHO IS NAMED

DAVID JAMES HUCKABEE

AFTER YOU, MY GRANDSON,

CHANDLER JAMES HUCKABEE

NAMED AFTER YOU,

THE IMPACT IS FAR GREATER

THAN THE ONE LIFE --

THE MILLIONS OF LIVES THAT

ARE TOUCHED AROUND THE WORLD,

THAT ALL WOULD

HAVE BEEN AFFECTED

HAD YOUR MOTHER BEEN ABLE

TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

THE QUESTION

THIS FILM ASKS IS,

"WHAT IF THE PEOPLE

WHOSE MOTHERS ATTEMPTED

OR CONTEMPLATED AN ABORTION

HAD BEEN SUCCESSFUL?

WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED?"

AND WE JUST LET THESE PEOPLE

TELL THEIR STORIES.

AND I'M TELLING YOU,

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BEAT

PEOPLE OVER THE HEAD

OR GRAB THEM BY THE LAPELS,

THE MESSAGE IS THERE.

WHEN GOVERNOR RICK PERRY OF

TEXAS SAW THIS FILM IN IOWA

WHEN WE FIRST PREMIERED IT,

HE HAD PRIOR TO THAT

BEEN PRO-LIFE

BUT HAD EXCEPTIONS FOR RAPE

AND INCEST UNTIL HE HEARD

THE POWERFUL STORY

IN THIS FILM

OF REBECCA KIESSLING

AND AFTER HE HEARD HER STORY,

THE NEXT DAY

HE PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED

HE NO LONGER WAS ALLOWING

AND BELIEVING IN EXCEPTIONS

BECAUSE HE UNDERSTOOD

THAT EVEN A LIFE

THAT MAY HAVE BEEN CREATED

IN AN UNHOLY WAY

STILL HAD A HOLY PURPOSE

BECAUSE GOD HAD ALLOWED IT

TO BE CREATED.

IT WAS STUNNING.

IT WAS A VERY AMAZING MOMENT

TO SEE SOMEONE IN

A NATIONALLY PROMINENT MOMENT

MAKE SUCH A STATEMENT.

IT WAS A GOD THING,

THERE NO OTHER WAY

TO DESCRIBE IT.

HOW IMPORTANT

DO YOU THINK IT IS

FOR PEOPLE WHO PROFESS FAITH

TO BE INVOLVED

IN AN INTELLIGENT WAY,

IN AN ACTIVE WAY

IN THE POLITICAL PROCESSES

IN CHOOSING THE LEADERS

WHO WILL DETERMINE

THE POLICIES

AND THE DIRECTION

AND ULTIMATELY, EVEN THE LAWS

THAT WE HAVE TO EITHER ENDURE

OR BE BLESSED BY?

Mike: IT CHANGES AMERICA,

QUITE FRANKLY.

FOR EXAMPLE, IN MOST ELECTIONS

ONLY 50%

OF EVANGELICAL BELIEVERS

EVEN REGISTER TO VOTE

AND OF THE 50% WHO REGISTER

ONLY 50% TYPICALLY VOTE.

AND WHEN THAT NUMBER

IS BELOW 50%,

LIBERALS WILL TAKE SEATS

THAT HAD BEEN CONSERVATIVE.

I DON'T THINK CHRISTIANS

OUGHT TO EVER PUT THEIR FAITH

IN ANY POLITICAL PARTY.

I'M ACTIVE

IN A POLITICAL PARTY

BUT IF THAT POLITICAL PARTY

WERE TO ABANDON

THE PRINCIPLES OF LIFE

AND THE PRINCIPLES

THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT

AND TO DEVIATE FROM THOSE,

MY COMMITMENT IS NOT

TO A POLITICAL PARTY,

MY COMMITMENT

IS TO JESUS CHRIST.

I DON'T THINK

ANY POLITICAL PARTY

PERFECTLY REPRESENTS HIM.

I WANT TO SPEAK TO THE PARTY,

NOT LET THE PARTY

SPEAK FOR ME WHEN IT COMES

TO MATTERS OF FAITH.

AND I THINK CHRISTIANS

HAVE TO BE VERY BOLD AND SAY,

"HERE'S THE CRITERIA."

IT'S NOT TRYING TO GET

A CANDIDATE TO AGREE

TO JUST SAY SOME THINGS

BUT TO SAY, "HERE'S

WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME."

CHRISTIANS NEED

TO NOT JUST BE VOTERS

BUT INFORMED VOTERS.

AND DON'T BELIEVE --

ONE OF THE THINGS

THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SAY

TO EVERY AMERICAN, THE LEAST

CREDIBLE INFORMATION

YOU WILL EVER HAVE ABOUT

SOMEONE RUNNING FOR OFFICE

IS THE INFORMATION YOU GET

FROM HIS OR HER OPPONENTS.

JUST REMEMBER,

THAT IS NOT GOOD INFORMATION.

SO IF YOU SAY,

"WELL, I SAW THAT AD

THAT JAMES ROBISON PUT OUT

ON MIKE HUCKABEE."

DISMISS IT -- DISMISS IT!

IT IS RAT POISON.

IT IS RAT POISON --

I'M TELLING YOU.

James: BAD EXAMPLE!

BECAUSE I'D BE SAYING

GOOD THINGS.

BUT IF WE WERE OPPONENTS

THEN YOU DON'T TRUST THE

OTHER OPPONENT'S COMMENTS.

Mike: YOU'RE NOT GOING

TO SAY IF YOU'RE MY OPPONENT

IN A POLITICAL RACE, "THAT

MIKE HUCKABEE IS A NICE GUY!

HE HAS GOT SUCH INTEGRITY.

YOU KNOW HE'S MADE SOME TOUGH

DECISIONS BUT I HAVE TO AGREE

MOST OF THEM ARE RIGHT."

YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE

ONE THING I'VE SAID OR DONE,

YOU'RE GOING TO AMPLIFY IT,

TURN IT UP TO AN 11

ON A SCALE OF 10 AND TELL

EVERYBODY I'M JUST ABOUT

SOMEWHAT OF A COMBINATION

OF MAYBE JEFFREY DAHMER

AND BERNIE MADOFF.

[Laughter]

AND ELECTING ME WOULD BE

DISASTROUS FOR THE WORLD!

DON'T TAKE THAT INFORMATION

AS PART OF THE PROCESS.

GET IT INDEPENDENTLY.

BECOME YOUR OWN EDITOR.

CAREFULLY WEIGH AND SIFT

THROUGH WHATEVER YOU HEAR

ABOUT SOMEONE RUNNING.

James: I BELIEVE THAT 1980

WAS A CRITICALLY

IMPORTANT ELECTION

FOR THE WHOLE WORLD;

WHAT HAPPENED

IN THE UNITED STATES

AFFECTED THE WHOLE WORLD.

WE MADE A WISE DECISION,

WE MADE A WISE CHOICE

AND PEOPLE OF FAITH

HAD A WHOLE LOT

TO DO WITH IT.

AND BY THE WAY,

A HOLLYWOOD ACTOR REPLACED

A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER

IN OUR DENOMINATION.

JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY HAS

A GOOD PROFESSION OF FAITH

AND ARE GOOD CHRISTIANS

DOES NOT NECESSARILY

MAKE THEM THE BEST

QUALIFIED TO LEAD

AT A PARTICULAR MOMENT

OR IN A PARTICULAR ROLE;

YOU REALLY NEED

TO KEEP THAT IN MIND.

AGAIN, THAT'S WHY WE WROTE

THE BOOK, INDIVISIBLE

SO YOU CAN LOOK AND SEE

WHAT ARE THE REAL ISSUES

THAT WE FACE AND THAT MATTER.

THAT'S WHY

YOU WROTE THE BOOK,

A SIMPLE GOVERNMENT

BECAUSE WE COULD HAVE

A VERY SIMPLE GOVERNMENT.

WHEN YOU LOOK

AT THIS YEAR'S ELECTION,

IN LIGHT OF WHERE THINGS ARE,

HOW IMPORTANT IS

THIS ELECTION THIS YEAR?

Mike: WE ALWAYS SAY

EVERY ELECTION

IS THE MOST IMPORTANT.

THIS ONE HAS GREAT IMPORTANCE

FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.

WE ARE NOW

AT A NATIONAL CROSSROADS

AS A NATION

AS TO WHETHER OR NOT

WE'RE GOING TO CARRY OUT

THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE,

LARGELY BELIEVING

THAT GOVERNMENT

WILL MAKE DECISIONS FOR ME

OR WHETHER WE WILL RETURN

TO THE BASIC CONCEPT

THAT EVERY INDIVIDUAL

HAS BOTH LIBERTY

AND THE RESPONSIBILITY

OF LIBERTY.

IT'S REALLY THAT FUNDAMENTAL.

AND I THINK SOMETIMES

PEOPLE GET WRAPPED UP IN

DO YOU BELIEVE

IN A 35% OR A 39% TAX?

FORGET ALL THAT NOISE.

WHAT WE NEED TO ASK IS

DOES THIS PERSON

BASICALLY BELIEVE

IN THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT

OF THE INDIVIDUAL

AS ACCOUNTABLE BEFORE GOD

AND ALSO RESPONSIBLE

FOR ONE'S LIBERTY

OR DO WE BELIEVE THAT WE NEED

TO DEPEND MORE ON GOVERNMENT

TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS

FOR US.

THAT'S THE BIG ISSUE

THAT HAS TO BE DECIDED

IN THIS ELECTION.

James: WE'VE GOT TO DECIDE

WHETHER WE WANT A GOVERNMENT

IN CONTROL, ALL PROVIDENT,

UPON WHICH PEOPLE

ARE TAUGHT TO DEPEND

OR WHETHER WE WANT GOVERNMENT

OF THE PEOPLE

THAT IS UNDER THE CONTROL

OF PEOPLE WHO ARE

PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE

AND WHO ARE LIVING

WITH THE FREEDOM AND LIBERTY

THAT OUR FOUNDERS

HAVE OFFERED US, REALLY,

IN THE FOUNDING DOCUMENTS.

WE'VE GOT TO MAKE

THAT DECISION THIS YEAR.

Mike: AND GOVERNMENT IS

SUPPOSED TO BE OUR SERVANT,

WE'RE NOT TO BE

GOVERNMENT'S SERVANT.

AND WE'VE REALLY COME

TO THE PLACE

WHERE THAT'S THE DECISION.

DO WE BELIEVE WE ELECT PEOPLE

TO SERVE US

OR DO WE ELECT THEM

SO THAT WE CAN SERVE THEM?

HERE'S A FASCINATING FIGURE.

WHEN A PERSON

LEAVES CONGRESS --

THE AVERAGE MEMBER

OF CONGRESS

WHO LEAVES CONGRESS

BECOMES A LOBBYIST

AND HIS INCOME GOES UP

BY 1472% -- 14 TIMES

WHAT HE MADE IN CONGRESS.

THE PROBLEM IS,

PEOPLE GO TO CONGRESS,

THEY STAY THERE FOREVER,

WE DON'T GET THEM IN

AND GET THEM OUT,

AND MAKE THEM GO HOME,

AND IT'S LIKE

THE ROACH MOTEL.

THEY GET IN BUT WE

CAN'T GET RID OF THEM.

AND ONCE WE EVEN --

IF WE VOTE THEM OUT,

THEY DON'T GO HOME AND SAY,

"GEE, I'M SORRY

THE WAY I VOTED."

NO, THEY STAY IN WASHINGTON

AND BECOME LOBBYISTS

AND BECOME MULTIMILLIONAIRES

LOBBYING THE VERY PEOPLE

THEY USED TO WORK WITH.

IT IS JUST OUTRAGEOUS.

THAT'S WHAT HAS TO CHANGE.

James: THAT'S THE KIND

OF LITTLE SUMMATION

I'D LIKE TO REPLAY

JUST BECAUSE IT'S SO TRUE.

ALL OF THIS CAN BE CHANGED.

I REALLY BELIEVE

WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN

TO CORRECT THE COURSE.

YOUR BOOK, A SIMPLE

GOVERNMENT, WILL HELP,

INDIVISIBLE WILL HELP.

WOULD YOU AGREE

THIS WILL HELP?

AS A PASTOR, WOULD YOU

WANT YOUR CONGREGATION, WHEN

YOU WERE PASTORING, TO READ

SOMETHING LIKE INDIVISIBLE?

Mike: I THINK ESPECIALLY

DURING AN ELECTION YEAR,

AS PEOPLE ARE TALKING

ABOUT THE ROLE OF BELIEVERS

AND THE POLITICAL PROCESS.

THIS IS A BOOK

THAT DOESN'T TELL THEM

HOW TO VOTE.

IT DOESN'T HAVE

AN APPLICATION FORM

TO JOIN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY

OR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY

OR TO SUPPORT

A PARTICULAR CANDIDATE.

IT OUTLINES THE BIG PICTURE,

THE THINGS THAT MATTER

TO AMERICA,

NOT JUST TO BELIEVERS

BUT TO EVERY AMERICAN,

AND THEN LET'S THE READER

MAKE THE DECISION.

THEY'LL COME

TO THE RIGHT CONCLUSION

BECAUSE THE FACTS

ARE PRESENTED

IN A VERY COMPELLING WAY.

James: I AGREE 100%.

THIS WOULD BE GREAT

FOR PASTORS TO SHOW

IN YOUR CHURCHES.

YOU CAN GET IT.

THERE IS A WEB SITE

WHERE YOU CAN GET IT.

AS A MATTER OF FACT,

I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU,

IF YOU'LL JUST HELP US

SAVE LIVES OVER IN AFRICA

AND YOU ASK FOR IT,

WE'LL FIND OUT SOME WAY

TO PAY FOR IT

AND SEND IT TO YOU BECAUSE

I WANT YOU TO HAVE IT.

INDIVISIBLE IS BEING SENT

TO THOSE OF YOU, MIKE,

WHO WILL DO WHAT YOU JUST

REFERENCED A WHILE AGO AND

THAT IS HELP RESCUE PEOPLE

WHO ARE LITERALLY PERISHING

IN THE HARD-HIT AREAS

OF AFRICA

INCLUDING SOUTH SUDAN.

WOULD YOU SAY THANKS

TO GOVERNOR HUCKABEE

FOR HIS STAND,

FOR HIS CONVICTION?

[Applause]

THANK YOU FROM

THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART,

THANK YOU FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP

BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING,

THANK YOU

FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

I COULD NOT BE MORE PLEASED

TO HAVE SOMEONE STANDING UP

IN FRONT OF OUR NATION AND

GIVING THE KIND OF COUNSEL

AND ADVICE THAT YOU'VE

GIVEN HERE ON OUR PROGRAM

OR THAT YOU GIVE

ON YOUR RADIO PROGRAM

EVERY DAY,

THREE HOURS A DAY NOW,

AND ON YOUR FOX PROGRAM

AND ON YOUR COMMENTARY.

AGAIN, LET'S SAY THANKS

TO GOVERNOR HUCKABEE.

Mike: THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

[Applause]

James: GOVERNOR HUCKABEE

REFERENCED SOMETHING

A MOMENT AGO THAT

HE HAD APPRECIATION FOR

AND THAT IS THE FACT

THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HELP

LITERALLY SAVE LIVES

WITH THE FEEDING PROGRAMS.

I WANT YOU TO JUST

LISTEN VERY CLOSELY

TO THE STORY OF A MOTHER,

AND THERE ARE SO MANY

THAT SHE IS REPRESENTING

THAT WE CAN HELP.

LISTEN CLOSELY PLEASE.

THIS WOMAN IS IN SOUTH SUDAN.

Announcer: THE PEOPLE OF SUDAN ENDURED DECADES OF TURMOIL

AND SUFFERING DURING THEIR CIVIL WAR.

ARMED MARAUDERS FROM THE NORTH WOULD OFTEN RAID VILLAGES

IN THE PREDOMINANTLY CHRISTIAN SOUTHERN REGIONS

TO STEAL THEIR LAND AS WELL AS ESTABLISH TRIBAL AND MUSLIM DOMINANCE.

Announcer: NOW THAT SOUTH SUDAN IS INDEPENDENT,

THOUSANDS OF EXILES ARE RETURNING TO THEIR HOMELAND.

EQUIPPED WITH THEIR FAITH IN GOD, A GLIMMER OF HOPE,

AND THE CLOTHES ON THEIR BACKS,

THE VILLAGERS ARE EAGER TO START OVER

BUT ARE CURRENTLY LIVING IN MEAGER TEMPORARY CAMPS

WITH VERY LITTLE FOOD.

James: WOULD YOU

TAKE THAT MOTHER

AND THAT LITTLE CHILD?

SHE SAID,

"I DON'T KNOW HOW...

HOW WE'RE GOING TO SURVIVE."

I CAN TELL YOU HOW.

WOULD YOU HELP?

NOW THINK ABOUT IT.

I WAS SO AMAZED

WHEN MISSIONARIES TOLD ME

YEARS AGO,

NOW MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO,

DID YOU KNOW THAT FOR $30

WE CAN FEED THREE CHILDREN

FOR SIX MONTHS?

$50 WE CAN FEED FIVE,

AND $100 WE CAN FEED TEN.

NOW IT'S NOT QUITE THAT --

IT'S NOT QUITE THAT

EXPANSIVE IN ITS EFFECT.

NOW IT'S $30

FOR THREE MONTHS;

$50 FOR THREE MONTHS,

FIVE CHILDREN;

$100 TEN CHILDREN

FOR THREE MONTHS.

BETTY AND I AND THE OTHERS,

WE JUST WOULD KEEP WORKING

TO TRY TO KEEP GETTING

THE MONTHS TOGETHER,

AND WE KEEP TRUSTING GOD

AND ASKING YOU.

RIGHT NOW WE REALLY FACE

A SEVERE SERIOUS CHALLENGE

AND THAT IS THAT

WE'VE GOT 20,000 STARVING,

DESPERATE CHILDREN

RIGHT THERE,

MANY OF THEM ARE CHRISTIANS.

THEY WERE DRIVEN OUT.

SOUTH SUDAN NOW HAVE

SEPARATED FROM THE RADICAL

MUSLIM NATION OF SUDAN.

AND IT IS SOUTH SUDAN;

IT IS PRIMARILY CHRISTIAN,

AND I'M TALKING ABOUT

DEDICATED CHRISTIANS.

JUST LIKE FRANKLIN GRAHAM,

BILLY GRAHAM'S SON SAID,

HE SAID, "JAMES, YOU CAN

SEE CHRISTIANS IN THE SUDAN

WHO ARE JUST LIKE THE ONES

IN THE BOOK OF ACTS."

HE SAID, "YOU'VE GOT

TO GO WITH ME THERE."

WE DID! YEARS AGO, WE WENT

WITH HIM AND WE SAW IT.

AND WE'VE NEVER LEFT.

AND OUR MISSIONARIES

HAVE NEVER LEFT.

THEY KEEP GOING INTO

THE HARDEST HIT REGIONS.

RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT SOME

REAL SITUATIONS THAT ARE

INCREASING AND THAT'S WHY

GEORGE CLOONEY WENT OVER

THERE AND TALKED ABOUT IT.

IT IS SERIOUS!

IT'S A WHOLE LOT WORSE THAN

WHAT YOU SAW WHERE HE WAS

WHERE OUR WORKERS ARE.

IT'S DEVASTATING

BUT IT'S THE VERY CONCERN --

THE RIGHTFUL CONCERN

THAT HE EXPRESSED.

WOULD YOU DIAL

THE TELEPHONE NUMBER?

WOULD YOU SAY, "I'LL ANSWER

THAT MOTHER'S HEART CRY?

I CAN TAKE CARE OF TEN

OF THOSE DESPERATE CHILDREN;

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS

THAT YOU'RE HELPING

ALL OVER AFRICA

IN NEEDY AREAS.

WE'RE GOING TO HELP YOU,

JAMES.

WE'RE GOING TO HELP YOU

TAKE CARE OF THAT ADDITIONAL

20,000 IN SOUTH SUDAN."

WOULD YOU DIAL THE NUMBER?

TAKE YOUR BANKCARD

AND USE IT LIKE A CHECK?

IF YOU WANT TO WRITE

A CHECK, MAKE IT TO LIFE.

MAKE THE LARGEST GIFT

YOU CAN.

DON'T THINK,

"IF I ONLY HELP THREE

THAT'S TOO FEW."

NO! $30 IS HUGE,

IT SAVES THOSE LIVES.

IT ANSWERS

THAT MOTHER'S PRAYER

FOR HER SITUATION.

BUT IF YOU COULD HELP US

TAKE CARE OF 100

AND MAKE A $1,000 GIFT

OR SEVERAL THOUSAND,

I BELIEVE YOU'LL DO IT!

I BELIEVE YOU WANT TO DO IT

SO I WANT TO THANK YOU

FOR IT.

PLEASE MAKE THAT CALL.

IF YOU WANT TO GO ONLINE,

LifeToday.org

YOU CAN DO THAT.

WE'RE GOING TO SEND YOU

SOME SPECIAL GIFTS

TO BLESS YOU, YOUR CHILDREN,

YOUR GRANDCHILDREN,

TO BLESS YOU

IN YOUR BIBLE STUDY.

WE'LL GLADLY SEND THE BOOK

THAT IS IMPACTING

SO MANY LIVES RIGHT NOW

AND COULD CORRECT

OUR NATION'S COURSE,

INDIVISIBLE, TO SAY

THANK YOU FOR HELPING US

SAVE THOSE LIVES.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIFT!

THANK YOU

FOR MAKING THAT CALL.

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!

James: BETTY AND I WANT

TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH

FOR HELPING.

THANK YOU!

EVERY GIFT IS SO IMPORTANT.

INDIVISIBLE WILL BE

SENT TO YOU.

I REALLY HOPE

YOU'LL ENCOURAGE YOUR

FRIENDS TO GET A COPY

AND TO REALLY FOCUS

OUR PRAYERS AND OUR ATTENTION

SO THAT WE CAN COME FROM A --

YOU KNOW REALLY,

THE VERSE OF SCRIPTURE:

MY PEOPLE PERISH

FOR A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE.

GOVERNOR HUCKABEE SAID,

"IF YOU GRASP THE TRUTHS HERE

THAT VERSE WILL

NO LONGER APPLY."

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PERISH

FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE --

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE

THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH

WE NEED TODAY.

SO WE'LL BE SENDING IT TO YOU.

ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO GET IT.

AGAIN, THANKS TO

GOVERNOR HUCKABEE.

Mike: THANK YOU, JAMES!

GOD BLESS YOU, BETTY!

James: THANK ALL OF YOU!

YOU'RE A GREAT AUDIENCE!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

WE REALLY APPRECIATE GETTING

TO SHARE THIS TIME WITH YOU.

GOD BEGAN TO UNDO MY VIEW OF HIM AND BUST IT UP.

Announcer: NEXT WEEK, BIBLE TEACHER JENNIE ALLEN.