SOMETIMES WE CAN GET CAUGHT UP IN EITHER OBLIGATION,

GET CAUGHT UP IN TRADITION, GET CAUGHT UP IN RITUAL...

Announcer: NEXT, FOX NEWS ANALYST, FATHER JONATHAN MORRIS.

AND SO WE DO THAT WHETHER WE'RE GOOD BAPTIST GIRLS

OR WHETHER WE'RE PRIESTS AND BISHOPS AND POPES EVEN.

WE TURN THOSE INTO ENDS IN AND OF THEMSELVES.

THEN WE GO DOWN ONE OR ANOTHER ROAD

THAT LEADS TO THE SAME PLACE WHICH IS NOT HAPPINESS.

Announcer: FEARLESS LIVING... NEXT!

§

James: THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IT IS SUCH A JOY TO COME

INTO YOUR HOME OR WHEREVER

YOU HAPPEN TO BE WATCHING.

I'M JAMES ROBISON.

BETTY AND I WELCOME YOU

TO LIFE TODAY.

I'VE ALWAYS HAD

A LITTLE INCLINATION

TO ROCK THE BOAT,

SO TO SPEAK.

I'M WILLING TO TREAD

SOMETIMES WHERE I'M TOLD

ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD.

BUT I DO IT WITH GREAT JOY

AND PEACE BECAUSE I KNOW

I'M FOLLOWING THE LEADERSHIP

OF GOD THE FATHER

AND THE LORD JESUS

IN BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER

TO GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER

SO WE CAN ALL KNOW

THE FATHER IN HEAVEN BETTER,

AND REALLY TEAR DOWN WALLS

THAT SO OFTEN UNNECESSARILY,

AND EVEN TO OUR OWN

DETRIMENT DIVIDE US,

OR WHERE WE CAN'T EVEN HEAR

AND BECOME MORE, NOT ONLY

SINCERE SEEKERS OF TRUTH,

BUT THOSE WHO DISCOVER TRUTH

AND APPLY IT EFFECTIVELY

IN OUR LIVES.

THAT'S REALLY MY JOURNEY.

I WROTE A BOOK TITLED

<I>INDIVISIBLE </I>WITH A CATHOLIC

PH.D. FROM PRINCETON, AND BOTH

THE LEADING EVANGELICALS,

THE LEADING PROTESTANTS

AND THE LEADING CATHOLICS

AND THE LEADING THINKERS

IN THE COUNTRY HAVE EMBRACED

AND ENDORSED IT AND

ENCOURAGED PEOPLE TO READ IT.

AS YOU KNOW

IT BECAME A BESTSELLER.

ONE OF THE MOST DYNAMIC

ENDORSEMENTS CAME TO US

ACTUALLY BEFORE ANY

BY ONE WHO HAD READ

THE ENTIRE BOOK

AND IT IS A WORTHY READ;

IT IS NOT SOMETHING

YOU READ THROUGH FLIPPANTLY.

AND IT WAS WRITTEN

BY FATHER JONATHAN MORRIS

WHO IS THE FOX NEWS

LET'S SAY REPRESENTATIVE

SO OFTEN OF THE THOUGHTS

AND THINGS OF GOD

THAT HE'S JUST SEEN OFTEN.

HE WROTE

A FANTASTIC ENDORSEMENT

CONCERNING THE BOOK.

IT REALLY MEANT A LOT TO ME.

AND THIS MAN HAS

INSPIRED ME TREMENDOUSLY.

I REALLY WANT TO GO AHEAD

AND GET INTO THE ISSUE OF

A PROTESTANT AND A CATHOLIC

SITTING DOWN TOGETHER

AND APPEARING TO LOVE GOD

AND LOVE ONE ANOTHER.

NOW WHERE IN THE WORLD

WOULD WE EVER HEAR

SUCH A COMMAND TO LOVE GOD

AND TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER?

HOW PREPOSTEROUS

AND EXTREME CAN YOU GET?

WELL, THAT JUST HAPPENS TO BE

THE TWO GREAT COMMANDMENTS

FROM THE LORD JESUS HIMSELF.

I REALLY HAVE NO PROBLEM

OBEYING THAT BECAUSE

I LOVE GOD WITH ALL MY HEART

SO I CAN LOVE OTHERS.

AND I REALLY DO LOVE

JONATHAN MORRIS.

WOULD YOU WELCOME

JONATHAN MORRIS

TO LIFE TODAY?

Jonathan: JAMES... BETTY.

James: I ASKED YOU, I SAID

WHEN I HAD YOU HERE BEFORE

I REALLY CAUGHT THE HEAT

BECAUSE I CALLED YOU

"FATHER JONATHAN MORRIS."

Jonathan: WHY DON'T YOU

JUST CALL ME JONATHAN?

James: WELL,

YOU JUST CALL ME JAMES.

WE'VE AGREED TO THAT.

WILL YOU PLEASE,

CATHOLICS, FORGIVE ME.

I'M GOING TO CALL HIM

JONATHAN, AND EVANGELICALS

THAT WERE DISTURBED ABOUT IT,

WE'VE GOT THIS SETTLED.

WE REALLY, REALLY DO

SOMETIMES START DRAWING

THE LINES ON VARIOUS ISSUES

THAT REALLY KEEP US

FROM EVER HEARING

ONE ANOTHER'S HEART.

SO LET ME JUST KIND OF

CUT TO THE CHASE WITH

HOW I FEEL ABOUT YOU.

I SAID WHEN YOU

WERE HERE BEFORE THAT

EVERY TIME I LISTENED TO YOU,

I SEE JESUS AND I HEAR JESUS.

AND I HEAR NOT FROM JUST

A PRIEST OR A REPRESENTATIVE

OF A RELIGIOUS BODY,

CATHOLICS, AND YOU HAVE

THE CLERICAL COLLAR,

AND SO IT'S OBVIOUS

THAT YOU ARE

"A MAN OF THE CLOTH"

OR "A MAN OF GOD,"

AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT

YOU'RE REPRESENTING.

EVERY TIME I LISTEN TO YOU,

I REALLY DO HEAR

FROM THE LORD.

I DON'T THINK WE

AS EVANGELICALS,

IN THE MEDIA,

IN THE SECULAR REALM

HAVE ANY REPRESENTATIVE

THAT EVEN APPROACHES

YOUR EFFECTIVENESS

IN EVERY SETTING WHERE

THEY CALL YOU IN AND ASK YOU

TO ADDRESS A SITUATION.

I'VE NEVER HEARD ANYONE

MORE TRUE TO THE SCRIPTURES,

MORE TRUE TO THE LORD.

SO I'VE JUST GO TO ASK YOU

BECAUSE I THINK A KNOW

A LOT OF CATHOLICS

AND I KNOW FOR A FACT

THAT I KNOW A LOT OF BAPTISTS

AND I KNOW A WHOLE LOT

OF PROTESTANTS

IN ALL DIFFERENT GROUPS

THAT GO TO CHURCH AND HAVE

A RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATION

OR AFFILIATION

BUT THEY DON'T HAVE

A RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS.

THEY DON'T REALLY KNOW JESUS.

I'VE GOT TO ASK YOU AS

A CATHOLIC AND AS A PRIEST,

ARE THERE ANY PEOPLE

IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

WHO HAVE A RELIGION

AND AN ASSOCIATION

BUT MAYBE DON'T HAVE A REAL

RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS?

Jonathan: I WOULD SAY

WE CATHOLICS ARE ESPECIALLY

GOOD AT DOING THAT,

WHICH IS NOT A GOOD THING.

IN OTHER WORDS,

SOMETIMES WE CAN GET CAUGHT UP

IN EITHER OBLIGATION,

GET CAUGHT UP IN TRADITION,

GET CAUGHT UP IN RITUAL,

WITHOUT GOING TO THE CORE

AND TO THE CENTER

OF WHAT MAKES ANY OF THOSE

THINGS THAT ARE GOOD, GOOD,

AND THAT IS THE PERSON

OF JESUS CHRIST,

JESUS OF NAZARETH.

JAMES, I SAID THIS LAST TIME

WE WERE ON THE SHOW TOGETHER,

I'M VERY HAPPY TO SAY

AND WE CATHOLICS, AGAIN,

ARE NOT VERY GOOD AT THIS,

BUT I'M SO BLESSED

TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT

I'VE ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST AS

MY PERSONAL LORD AND SAVIOR.

WE'RE NOT USED

TO USING THAT VOCABULARY IN

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH SOMETIMES

BUT I THINK IT WOULD DO US

A LOT OF GOOD

TO LEARN HOW TO SAY THAT

IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT, OF COURSE

AS YOU KNOW AND YOU'VE

PREACHED FOR SO MANY YEARS,

SAYING THE WORDS,

IT'S ABOUT TRULY IN OUR HEART

ACCEPTING GOD INTO OUR LIVES

AND THEN LIVING IT OUT

BY BUILDING A FRIENDSHIP

AND A RELATIONSHIP WITH A GOD

WHO ALSO IS SEEKING --

LIKE THAT GREAT HOUND

OF HEAVEN --

SEEKING TO ENTER INTO

RELATIONSHIP WITH US.

James: I HAD A VERY

DYSFUNCTIONAL CHILDHOOD,

NO FATHER IN THE HOME

AND VERY POOR CIRCUMSTANCES.

BUT OCCASIONALLY,

I WOULD BE TAKEN TO CHURCH.

MY MOTHER, AT A CERTAIN

PERIOD IN MY LIFE,

SOMEWHERE WHEN I WAS 10 OR 11

AND THEN AT 12, I REMEMBER,

SHE STARTED TAKING ME

TO CHURCH --

JUST DECIDED WE OUGHT TO GO,

AND WE WENT

TO AN EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU,

WE GOT ON OUR KNEES

AND PRAYED A LOT, ALL THAT...

WENT THROUGH A LOT OF MOTIONS,

HAD A LOT OF --.

IT DIDN'T REGISTER A WHOLE LOT

TO A 10 YEAR OLD

FROM SKID ROW AND POVERTY;

IT DIDN'T IMPRESS ME.

I WAS REAL IMPRESSED WITH

THE STAIN GLASSED WINDOWS

AND I WATCHED THEM

AND LOOKED AT THEM.

I SAW JESUS

KNOCKING AT THE DOOR.

I WAS A LITTLE BOY SITTING

THERE AND I'M THINKING,

I BET HE'S KNOCKING

AT THE DOOR OF MY HEART.

IT SEEMED LIKE SOMEBODY

SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THAT

IN THE SCRIPTURE.

THEN I SAW A PICTURE OF JESUS

IN THE STAINED GLASS

HOLDING A LITTLE LAMB.

I FELT LIKE HE WOULD LIKE

TO HOLD ANY LITTLE LOST LAMB.

THAT IMPRESSED ME

BUT THAT'S ALL IT DID.

IT WAS A VERY

POSITIVE IMPRESSION.

YOU NEVER KNOW HOW ART OR

SOMETHING IS GIVING A MESSAGE.

AT A CERTAIN POINT MY MOTHER

SAID, "I THINK YOU NEED

TO JOIN THE CHURCH."

SO SHE SET UP A SITUATION

AND I WAS CHRISTENED.

I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER A LOT

ABOUT WHAT WENT ON BUT I KNOW

NOTHING HAPPENED INSIDE OF ME.

I WATCHED AN AWFUL LOT OF

PEOPLE WHO BECOME MEMBERS OR

GO THROUGH A RITUAL AND THEY

DON'T REALLY KNOW THE LORD.

LATER I CAME TO KNOW CHRIST.

I WAS INTRODUCED TO JESUS

IN A VERY DRAMATIC WAY.

SOMEBODY JUST SHARED, KIDS,

TEENAGERS SHARED CHRIST

AND I GAVE MY LIFE TO CHRIST,

AND I MADE A PUBLIC CONFESSION

TO THE FACT THAT I WANTED

TO GIVE MY LIFE TO CHRIST.

I'VE SAID MANY TIMES

I PUT MY HAND

IN THE HAND OF THE PASTOR

TO PUBLICLY SAY I WANT CHRIST

BUT I PUT MY LIFE

IN THE HAND OF THE MASTER

AND HE REALLY CHANGED MY LIFE.

I ENDED UP IN THAT CHURCH

AND MET THIS GIRL OVER HERE.

Betty: WHO WAS A GOOD

LITTLE BAPTIST CHURCH GIRL!

[Laughter]

I WAS ONE OF THE ONES

DESCRIBED EARLIER THAT

WENT TO CHURCH,

DID ALL THE THINGS

THE CHURCH ASKED ME TO DO...

VERY OBEDIENT.

THERE EVERY TIME

THE DOORS WERE OPEN.

James: THE ORIGINAL

FIRST CHURCH LADY.

HERE SHE IS RIGHT HERE.

THE LITTLE GIRL CHURCH LADY.

Betty: BUT I DIDN'T

KNOW JESUS.

AND I HAD TO COME

TO THAT POINT,

JUST AS YOU DESCRIBED EARLIER

OF THAT PERSONAL

RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM

AND REALIZING THAT

I WAS A SINNER

AND I NEEDED JESUS

TO COME AND FORGIVE ME,

TO COME INTO MY HEART.

ALL THE CHURCH

ACTIVITIES I DID

WOULD NOT DO THAT FOR ME.

I HAD TO MAKE THAT COMMITMENT

AND ASK HIM PERSONALLY.

Jonathan: MAYBE YOU'RE GOING

TO CORRECT ME ON THIS,

I'M NOT SURE,

I'M THINKING AS YOU'RE

TELLING ME YOUR STORY,

JAMES, AND BETTY AS WELL,

THAT EVEN WHEN IT DIDN'T FEEL

LIKE ANYTHING WAS GOING ON

IN THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD,

LOOKING AT THE

STAINED GLASS WINDOWS

OR BEING CHRISTENED

OR TRYING TO BE OBEDIENT,

I WONDER AND MY GUESS IS

IF GOD WASN'T DOING

SOMETHING UNBELIEVABLE.

RIGHT? AND KIND OF

LEADING US ALONG,

HELPING US TAKE BABY STEPS.

I THINK THE SAME THING HAPPENS

FOR A LOT OF CATHOLICS.

YOU BROUGHT UP THE EXAMPLE

OF BEING CLERICS.

IT DOESN'T MATTER

WHAT I WEAR, RIGHT?

THIS IS SOMETHING,

THIS IS A MAN-MADE TRADITION.

WHAT DOES IT SYMBOLIZE?

James: WHEN YOU PLAY GOLF,

DO YOU WEAR THAT COLLAR?

Jonathan: NO, WHEN I PLAY GOLF

I DO NOT WEAR THIS.

[Laughter]

BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN...

FOR THE RECORD,

JAMES GOT OUT OF PLAYING GOLF

WITH ME TODAY.

I THINK HE WAS AFRAID...

BUT THAT'S ANOTHER ISSUE.

James: I WAS AFRAID!

[Laughter]

Jonathan: BUT SINCE

YOU BROUGHT IT UP...

BUT THOSE THINGS

THAT ARE VERY HUMAN,

VERY MAN-MADE, SO TO SPEAK,

CAN BE GREAT REMINDERS.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN

IN THE CATHOLIC TRADITION?

BLACK MEANS DEATH TO SIN.

WHITE MEANS LIFE AND PURITY.

THEY CAN BE

GREAT REMINDERS TO ME.

BUT IF I TURN THOSE REMINDERS

OR THOSE SYMBOLS

INTO GOD HIMSELF OR

IF I TURN RITUAL INTO FAITH,

WELL THEN I'VE GOT A PROBLEM.

SO WE DO THAT WHETHER

WE'RE GOOD BAPTIST GIRLS

OR WHETHER WE'RE PRIESTS

AND BISHOPS AND POPES EVEN,

IF WE TURN THOSE THINGS

THAT COULD BE VERY GOOD,

SYMBOLS THAT HELP US,

REMINDERS THAT LEAD US

TOWARD THE CENTER

AND TO THE CORE,

IF WE TURN THOSE TO ENDS

IN AND OF THEMSELVES,

THEN WE GO DOWN

ONE OR ANOTHER ROAD

THAT LEADS TO THE SAME PLACE

WHICH IS NOT HAPPINESS.

James: WHEN I LISTEN TO YOU,

I HEAR A MAN THAT SAYS,

I WANT EVERYBODY

TO KNOW THE LORD.

AND I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW

THAT HE'S RELEVANT AND REAL.

I HEAR THAT --

IT JUST COMES OUT OF YOU.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING

THAT IS REPRESENTED

BY THE PRIESTLY GARMENTS,

IT IS IN YOUR COUNTENANCE,

IT IS IN YOUR DEMEANOR.

NOW I WANT TO ASK YOU,

WHY IS IT

THAT JESUS IS SO SPECIAL

AND SO REAL TO YOU

AND IT'S SO OBVIOUS

TO EVERYONE?

Jonathan: WELL, FIRST OF ALL,

I'M NOT WITHOUT MY FLAWS

AND SIN, OBVIOUSLY,

AS HUMAN BEINGS AND AS

FALLEN CREATURES OF GOD.

BUT I AM SO GRATEFUL TO GOD

FOR FIRST OF ALL MY PARENTS

WHO WERE SHINING EXAMPLES

TO ME, NOT OF PERFECTION

BUT RATHER OF

A MAN AND A WOMAN

WHO HAD THEIR PRIORITIES

SET STRAIGHT.

I REMEMBER ONE

VERY SIMPLE EXAMPLE.

MY DAD IS A LAWYER

AND I REMEMBER HIM

TELLING ME ONCE.

HE USED TO HAVE

SPECIAL TIME OUT

WITH EACH OF THE CHILDREN;

MY MOTHER DID AS WELL.

WE COULD CHOOSE

WHEREVER WE WOULD GO.

I REMEMBER SAYING

I WANTED TO GO TO MCDONALD'S

WITH MY DAD

BUT IT WAS HIS EXCUSE

TO TALK WITH US.

AND ONE TIME

HE EXPLAINED TO ME HIS BUDGET.

HE SAID, "JONATHAN,

DO YOU KNOW THAT

YOUR MOM AND I HAVE A BUDGET?"

I SAID, "BUDGET?

YEAH, I'VE HEARD

YOU TALK ABOUT IT."

"WELL, WE'VE DECIDED

HOW MUCH MONEY WE NEED,

HOW MUCH MONEY

IS GOOD FOR OUR FAMILY,

AND ANYTHING ELSE

THAT I MAKE OVER THAT

GOES SOMEPLACE ELSE."

IT WAS AS SIMPLE AS THAT.

IT WAS AN EXAMPLE,

OH! MY DAD IS NOT LIVING

FOR WEALTH.

MY DAD AND MY MOM

ARE LIVING TOGETHER AS A TEAM

WITH A PURPOSE.

THOSE ARE LITTLE THINGS

THAT WE CAN DO AS FAMILIES,

THAT WE CAN DO AS INDIVIDUALS,

WHETHER IT IS A BUDGET

OR WHETHER IT IS HOW

I USE MY FREE TIME,

OR HOW I SPEAK

OR WHAT I READ,

WHAT TELEVISION I WATCH

AND IT HAS TO DO

WITH SETTING PRIORITIES BASED

ON WHO I KNOW MYSELF TO BE,

A CREATURE OF GOD

THAT HAS SINNED

AND HAS BEEN REDEEMED

AND IS BEING CONSTANTLY

BROUGHT TO THE WELL OF GRACE

BY THE SAVING WORK

OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.

James: WHAT DO YOU WANT

TO SEE AMONG THE CATHOLICS

AND THE PROTESTANTS --

LET'S JUST SAY CHRISTIANS.

ISN'T IT A SHAME

WE KEEP HAVING TO DIVIDE UP

WHEN WE'RE ALL SAYING

WE WANT TO PURSUE THE LORD.

WHAT'S THE LONGING IN YOUR

HEART RIGHT NOW YOU WANT

TO SEE WHEN YOU LOOK ON

THE GREATER SCENE NATIONALLY

AND IN THE WORLD, WHAT DO

YOU WANT TO SEE HAPPENING?

Jonathan: FEARLESSNESS:

GETTING RID OF THE LIE

FROM THE DEVIL THAT HE HAS

IMPLANTED IN OUR SOULS

THAT WE SOMEHOW ARE BEST

WHEN WE'RE SAFE;

MEANING IN AN AREA

IN WHICH THERE IS LEAST

LIKELIHOOD OF DANGER

AND DANGER MEANS STEPPING OUT.

IT MEANS BEING UNAFRAID

TO SPEAK.

IT MEANS BEING UNAFRAID

TO TRY NEW THINGS.

THE POPE AND MANY OTHERS

OF RECENT YEARS

AND BOTH CATHOLIC

AND PROTESTANT TRADITIONS

HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT

THE NEW EVANGELIZATION,

THE NEED THAT NEW CHALLENGES

THAT ARE PRESENT

IN OUR SOCIETY IN

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

AND BEYOND TODAY

IN WHICH SECULARISM

IS TRYING TO WIPE OUT FROM

THE FACE OF OUR PUBLIC SQUARE

AND FROM OUR CONSCIENCE

THE NAME AND VOICE OF GOD.

WE NEED NEW --

WE HAVE NO CHALLENGES --

WE NEED NEW WAYS OF REACHING

EVERY SINGLE HUMAN SOUL;

IN ORDER FOR US TO DO THAT

WE HAVE TO BE FEARLESS.

LET'S LOOK AT SOME

GREAT ATHLETES RIGHT NOW

THAT ARE OUT THERE.

TIM TEBOW, JEREMY LIN,

BUBBA WATSON --

THEY'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT GOD!

THAT'S BEING FEARLESS

WHETHER YOU'RE A PREACHER

OR WHETHER YOU'RE AN ATHLETE,

WHETHER YOU'RE A HOUSEWIFE,

FEARLESS IN LIVING PRIORITIES

IN SHARING THE REASONS

FOR BELIEVING.

James: WHEN YOU READ THE BOOK

AND WROTE THE GREAT

ENDORSEMENT FOR IT,

I THINK YOU SAW WHAT JAY

AND I WERE TRYING TO DO

WITH THE BLESSINGS

OF CHURCH LEADERS

AND THAT WAS, AS WE SAY,

COME TOGETHER INDIVISIBLE,

THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS

YOU CAN'T SEPARATE;

YOU CAN'T SEPARATE

THE ECONOMIC AND THE MORAL,

THE SOCIAL AND THE PHYSICAL.

YOU CAN'T DOWNPLAY

THE IMPORTANCE AND VALUE

OF A SINGLE HUMAN LIFE

AND THE INNOCENT.

IF YOU DEVALUE THAT LIFE

THEN YOU'VE DEVALUED

EVERYTHING PERTAINING

TO LIFE AND GODLINESS.

WE'RE LITERALLY SAYING WE

WANT PEOPLE TO GET THE TRUTH

AND PUT ON BODY ARMOR

TO WIN THE CULTURE WAR.

AND WHAT WE WERE CALLING

PEOPLE TO DO WAS TO FIRST

FALL ON THEIR FACE BEFORE GOD

BUT THEN DO

JUST WHAT YOU SAID,

STAND ON OUR FEET FOR GOD,

BECOME BOLD AND FEARLESS TO BE

THAT SHINING CITY ON A HILL

THAT PIERCES THE DARKNESS

AND REALLY CAN CHANGE

THE DIRECTION OF OUR NATION

AND THE VERY COURSE

OF HUMAN HISTORY.

Jonathan: RIGHT.

BUT JAMES, YOU SAID THAT

CHURCH LEADERS ON BOTH SIDES

CAME TO SUPPORT.

BUT THEY CAME --

WE CAME TO ITS SUPPORT

NOT BEFORE YOU WROTE IT

BUT AFTER YOU WROTE IT.

IN OTHER WORDS,

YOU STEPPED OUT AND YOU DID IT

WITH SOMEBODY WHOM...

OF A DIFFERENT

THEOLOGICAL BENT

AND DENOMINATION

AND YOU SAID, "YOU KNOW WHAT?

I'M GOING TO GET

CRITICIZED FOR THIS,

I'M GOING TO GET

CRITICIZED FOR IT."

AND YOU SAID,

"I'M NOT GOING TO...

ON THE ONE HAND

I'M TRADING MY BELIEFS

IN ORDER TO GET ALONG

WITH EVERYONE."

YOU DIDN'T SAY,

"HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT?

IT DOESN'T MATTER

IF YOU'RE CATHOLIC

OR YOU'RE BAPTIST

OR EVANGELICAL,

IT DOESN'T MATTER

WHAT YOU BELIEVE."

YOU DIDN'T SAY THAT.

BUT ON THE OTHER HAND

YOU WERE UNAFRAID,

YOU WERE FEARLESS

IN SAYING THERE ARE THINGS

WE AGREE ON

AND THESE THINGS HAVE

UNBELIEVABLE IMPORTANCE

FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY

AND OF OUR SOCIETY,

FOR THE TYPE OF KIDS

AND GRANDCHILDREN OUR KIDS

AND GRANDCHILDREN

WILL BECOME.

YOU STEPPED OUT.

BUT NOT EVERYONE IS CALLED

TO WRITE BOOKS.

WHEN I STARTED WRITING

THIS BOOK, I SAID,

"I HAVE NEVER

WRITTEN BOOKS BEFORE.

WHY AM I DOING THIS?"

BUT OPPORTUNITIES

PRESENTED THEMSELVES.

EVERYONE HAS OPPORTUNITIES

THAT ARE PRESENTING

THEMSELVES, WHETHER IT IS

GETTING ALONG WITH A NEIGHBOR

THAT YOU DON'T GET ALONG WITH,

WHETHER IT'S ACTUALLY ASKING

FORGIVENESS FOR THE FIRST TIME

FROM YOUR SPOUSE.

WHETHER IT'S ACTUALLY DECIDING

THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TELL

YOUR SON OR YOUR DAUGHTER

I LOVE YOU

AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE

OF WHAT YOU COULD BECOME

BUT RATHER BECAUSE

OF WHO YOU ARE --

WHATEVER IT HAPPENS TO BE.

BUT FEARLESS IN PRINCIPLE

BECAUSE WE KNOW

THAT GOD LOVES US

AND THAT'S WHERE OUR VALUE

AND THAT'S WHERE OUR STRENGTH

COMES FROM.

James: AND THEN WE OUGHT

TO STAND FOR THOSE VALUES

ON THE NATIONAL STAGE TOO

AND NOT JUST GIVE

OUR LAND TO PEOPLE,

WHO AS YOU SAID EARLIER,

ALLUDED TO THOSE

WHO DISREGARD GOD AND

BASICALLY WANT TO TRAMPLE

THE SACRED UNDER FOOT

AS THOUGH IT DOESN'T MATTER.

WE CAN'T ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN.

DO YOU APPRECIATE

JONATHAN MORRIS?

DO YOU APPRECIATE

THIS INCREDIBLE,

INCREDIBLE MAN OF GOD?

YOU KNOW WHAT

I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT NOW

IS SOMETHING THAT...

YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR OUR SON

TALKING TO ALL OF US

FROM CAMBODIA

WHERE HE'S SEEING

WHAT THE LACK OF CLEAN WATER,

LACK OF WHAT

WE TAKE FOR GRANTED,

THAT COSTS AND WHAT

WE CAN DO ABOUT IT.

I WANT YOU TO LISTEN

AND WE'RE REALLY GLAD OUR SON

LOVES GOD, HIS SPOUSE,

HIS FOUR CHILDREN AND

REPRESENTS THE LORD. LISTEN.

Randy: I MET A FAMILY YESTERDAY,

A FATHER, A MOTHER, A LITTLE GIRL.

THE WOMAN'S NAME IS TI

AND SHE EXPLAINED HOW THEY USED TO HAVE THREE CHILDREN

BUT THEIR FOUR-YEAR-OLD SON DIED,

AND THEN ABOUT A YEAR LATER THEIR THREE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER DIED.

SHE SHOWED ME PHOTOS OF HER TWO LOST CHILDREN.

TI TOLD ME HOW QUICKLY THE VOMITING AND DIARRHEA

OVERTOOK HER CHILDREN.

THEY BECAME SICK ONE DAY

AND THE NEXT DAY THEY WERE GONE.

IT SOUNDED LIKE THE SAME STORY

WE'VE HEARD SO MANY TIMES.

WATERBORNE DISEASES ARE TAKING THE LIVES OF CHILDREN.

SO I ASKED HER TO SHOW ME THEIR WATER SOURCE.

THE ONLY WATER THEY HAVE IS KILLING THEM.

IT IS CONTAMINATED, IT IS FILTHY,

AND YET THEY HAVE NO CHOICE.

RIGHT NEXT TO THEIR WATER HOLE ARE TWO GRAVES.

LOOKING AT THOSE GRAVES,

THEY'RE RELATIVELY NICE NEAT LITTLE MOUNDS OF DIRT

AND IT REALLY HIDES THE HORRIBLE,

HORRIBLE DEATH THAT THESE CHILDREN DIED.

I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE. I WAS AT A LOSS FOR WORDS.

WHAT DO YOU TELL PARENTS

THAT HAVE LOST THEIR CHILDREN THAT WAY?

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

I FELT LIKE I SHOULD JUST PRAY.

I ASKED THE LORD TO COMFORT THEM

AND REALLY TO JUST WATCH OVER THAT LITTLE GIRL,

THEIR ONE REMAINING CHILD.

I JUST HOPE THEY DON'T HAVE TO WAIT VERY LONG

TO RECEIVE AN ANSWER TO MY PRAYER.

I DON'T WANT THEM TO HAVE TO ADD ANOTHER GRAVE.

James: I FEEL LIKE

I HEARD MORE THAN JUST

OUR SON OR A DAD'S HEART,

I FEEL LIKE

I HEARD GOD'S HEART

AND THE HURT AND I REALLY

HEARD A CRY FOR HELP

FOR THAT LITTLE GIRL

AND FOR A LOT OF OTHERS

THAT SHE REPRESENTS.

Betty: THOSE PARENTS

DON'T LOVE THOSE CHILDREN

ANY LESS THAN WE LOVE

OUR OWN CHILDREN, JAMES.

I LOOK AT THAT --

DID YOU SEE HOW DIRTY

AND FILTHY THAT WATER WAS?

WELL, THAT'S JUST

ON THE SURFACE.

IT IS SO CONTAMINATED.

IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG

FOR THAT CONTAMINATION

TO GET INTO THEIR PRECIOUS

LITTLE BODIES

AND START DESTROYING

AND EATING AWAY AT THEIR LIFE.

WE CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE.

I JUST THINK HOW BLESSED

WE ARE HERE IN OUR COUNTRY

THAT WE CAN JUST GO

TO OUR KITCHEN SINK,

TO THE FAUCET AND TURN IT ON

AND WE GET CLEAN ENOUGH WATER

TO DRINK SO THAT

IT DOESN'T HURT US, JAMES.

I GIVE OUR DOG

SO MUCH CLEANER WATER

THAN WHAT YOU SAW RIGHT THERE.

I MAKE SURE OF THAT,

AND THAT'S A PET!

THESE CHILDREN

DESERVE A CHANCE.

WON'T YOU PLEASE HELP US

DIG THESE WELLS,

TO PUT THESE WELLS IN

SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE

PLENTY OF WATER

SO THAT WILL NOT BE THE CAUSE

OF THEIR HEALTH

IN THEIR FAMILY?

James: OBVIOUSLY, THERE

WASN'T A THING WE COULD DO

FOR THOSE LITTLE CHILDREN

THAT WERE GONE

OR THAT MOTHER OTHER

THAN WHAT RANDY DID

AND THAT'S TO CARE.

BUT WE CAN DO SOMETHING

VERY REAL AND SIGNIFICANT

AND THAT'S

UNQUESTIONABLY EFFECTIVE.

IT IS NOT LIKE WE HAVE

TO DO SOME KIND OF EXPERIMENT

TO TRY TO FIND THE ANSWER

TO THAT PROBLEM

TO STOP THAT DEATH CYCLE.

WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.

WE NEED TO DRILL A WELL.

WE KNOW THE COSTS

OF DRILLING A WELL.

WE KNOW THE AVERAGE COSTS.

WE HAVE TARGETED 350 AREAS

SIMILAR IN MANY DIFFERENT

COUNTRIES OF TREMENDOUS NEED.

AND WE TARGET THEM

BECAUSE THE MISSIONARIES

POINTED THEM OUT TO US

BECAUSE OF THE LOVE OF GOD

IN THEIR HEARTS.

THEY SAID,

"THESE PEOPLE HAVE A NEED."

AND THEY PLANTED THEIR LIFE

THERE IN THE MIDST OF THE PAIN

AND SAID, "COULD WE JUST PUT

A WATER SOURCE HERE?"

WELL, THEY ASKED US

BECAUSE THEY KNEW

WE WOULD ASK YOU.

AND THEY ASKED US BECAUSE

THEY KNEW WE CARE

AND WE WOULD ASK SOMEONE

WHO OBVIOUSLY HAS PROVEN

THEY CARE.

SO I'M ASKING YOU

TO DO IT AGAIN.

I'M ASKING YOU TO HELP US

DRILL A WELL THERE.

RANDY FOUND MANY AREAS

WITH THE MISSIONARIES

WHERE THE CIRCUMSTANCES

ARE EXACTLY THE SAME.

THAT LITTLE GIRL THAT'S ALIVE

AND THOSE LITTLE CHILDREN

THAT DIED, THEY REPRESENT

SO MANY OTHERS THAT ARE

SAYING AND REPRESENTING

THE NEED WE CAN MEET.

SO I'M ASKING YOU TO DO IT.

WOULD YOU PLEASE?

WOULD YOU SAY,

"HERE'S MY GIFT OF LOVE

TO HELP DRILL THAT WELL"?

THE AVERAGE COST IS $4800.

COULD YOU GIVE THAT?

EVERYONE WHO DOES IT SAYS,

"IT IS ONE OF THE

GREATEST JOYS OF MY LIFE."

WOULD YOU MAKE THAT GIFT?

IF YOU CAN

GIVE AN ENTIRE WELL,

PERHAPS YOU COULD GIVE $2400

AND PRAY SOMEONE MATCHES

OR $1200 AND PRAY

THREE JOIN YOU.

WHATEVER YOU CAN DO, DO IT

BUT KEEP THIS IN MIND BECAUSE

HERE'S WHERE THE MAJORITY

OF THE MONEY COMES FROM:

$48 WILL GIVE TEN PEOPLE WATER

FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE.

$144 WILL GIVE 30 PEOPLE WATER

THE REST OF THEIR LIFE.

THERE IS SOME LEVEL

AT WHICH YOU CAN PARTICIPATE.

FATHER, I PRAY EVERYONE

RIGHT NOW WOULD MOVE

TO EITHER GO ONLINE

TO MAKE A GIFT

OR TO WRITE A CHECK

OR TO USE THEIR BANKCARD

AND MAKE A CALL.

LEAD THEM IN THEIR GIVING.

IN JESUS' NAME.

PLEASE BE AN ANSWER

TO THE CONCERN OF THAT MOTHER

AND OTHERS LIKE HER,

TO THE PRAYER

THAT OUR SON PRAYED.

WOULD YOU DIAL THAT NUMBER?

TAKE YOUR BANKCARD,

USE IT LIKE A CHECK.

IF YOU WRITE A CHECK,

MAKE IT TO LIFE BUT CALL US

AND TELL US

WHAT YOU'RE SENDING.

<I>LifeToday.org</I> IF YOU WANT

TO MAKE THE GIFT ONLINE.

WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL

GIFTS TO SEND YOU

TO BE A BLESSING TO YOU

AND TO SAY THANK YOU.

PLEASE GO TO THE PHONE

RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIFT!

Announcer: EVERY DAY MILLIONS OF CHILDREN

ARE FORCED TO MAKE A DREADFUL CHOICE,

DRINK FILTHY POLLUTED WATER FILLED WITH DEADLY DISEASE

OR DIE FROM THIRST.

NO CHILD SHOULD EVER BE FACED WITH THIS DECISION!

THE GOOD NEWS IS THERE IS A SOLUTION!

<I>MISSION: WATER FOR LIFE</I>

IS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING AND VIABLE DEMONSTRATIONS

OF GOD'S LOVE IN THE WORLD TODAY.

SUFFERING CAN END

BECAUSE CLEAN WATER CHANGES EVERYTHING!

WITH YOUR GIFT TODAY, WE CAN ESTABLISH

AND DRILL 350 NEW WATER WELLS

FOR REMOTE VILLAGES IN 12 DIFFERENT NATIONS.

YOUR GIFT OF $24

WILL HELP PROVIDE CLEAN WATER FOR FIVE PEOPLE!

A GIFT OF $48 WILL HELP PROVIDE FOR 10 PEOPLE.

$72 WILL IMPACT 15 PEOPLE.

AND $144 WILL HELP PROVIDE FRESH, CLEAN,

DISEASE-FREE WATER

FOR 30 PEOPLE FOR A LIFETIME!

WITH YOUR GIFT BE SURE TO REQUEST <I>ARISE</I>,

A BEAUTIFUL NEW DAILY DEVOTIONAL

FEATURING WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT FROM INSPIRING WOMEN

WHO HAVE SHARED THEIR FAITH ON <I>LIFE TODAY</I>.

WITH YOUR GIFT OF $100 OR MORE,

YOU MAY REQUEST THE<I> ARISE</I> AUDIO VISUAL DEVOTIONAL

FEATURING 40 DAYS OF INSPIRATION

FROM <I>LIFE TODAY'S </I>FAVORITE WOMEN GUESTS.

PLEASE PRAYERFULLY CONSIDER A GIFT OF $1200

TO HELP PROVIDE WATER FOR 250 PEOPLE

OR A GIFT OF $4800

TO HELP SPONSOR A COMPLETE WELL.

AND BE SURE TO REQUEST THE 2012 COMMEMORATIVE BRONZE SCULPTURE,

"THE LION AND THE LAMB."

PLEASE CALL, WRITE, OR MAKE YOUR SECURE GIFT ONLINE TODAY!

James: I WANT TO REMIND YOU

THAT IN WAY OF EXPRESSING

JUST LOVE AND THANKS TO YOU,

WE WANT TO SEND YOU

THE STORIES AND TESTIMONIES

AND DEVOTION

OF SO MANY OF THE WOMEN

THAT YOU'VE SEEN AND RESPECT

RIGHT HERE ON LIFE TODAY,

WHETHER IT IS BETH OR BETTY

OR KATHY TROCOLLI

OR SHEILA WALSH OR

ALL THE DIFFERENT ONES THAT

HAVE SUCH AWESOME STORIES.

YOU CAN ALSO GET

THE CD AND DVD SERIES.

WE'RE SENDING THE BEAUTIFUL

"LION AND THE LAMB" BRONZE

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WILL MAKE

A GIFT OF $1200 OR MORE

TOWARD THE WELL

OR GIVE THE WELL.

I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT

FATHER JONATHAN MORRIS' BOOK,

<I>GOD WANTS YOU HAPPY</I>

IS IN THE BOOKSTORES.

YOU CAN GO AND GET A COPY.

I PROMISE YOU, YOU'LL GET

A SMILE ON YOUR FACE BECAUSE

HE KNOWS THE SOURCE OF JOY.

HE'S GOING TO JOIN ME AGAIN

LATER IN THE WEEK.

WOULD YOU JUST JOIN ME

IN SAYING THANKS SO MUCH

FOR BEING WITH US?

THANK YOU, JONATHAN.

LOVE YOU, BUDDY!

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Announcer: FAITH, FAMILY, AND FREEDOM ARE UNDER ATTACK.

JAMES ROBISON AND JAY RICHARDS ENCOURAGE A DIVIDED AMERICA

TO STAND TOGETHER BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.

<I>INDIVISIBLE</I> -- NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK

AND ONLINE AND RETAIL BOOKSTORES.

Beth: ANY TIME YOU ARE IN A NET OF SHAME,

YOUR ENEMY IS LAUGHING AT YOU.

Announcer: GETTING OUT OF THE NET! TOMORROW!