Announcer: COMING UP, DR. TONY EVANS LEADS THE CHARGE

TOWARDS BECOMING A KINGDOM MAN.

"WHY SHOULD WE WORK THIS HARD WHEN THE WORLD IS GOING DOWN?"

THE SAME REASON YOU JOG

EVEN THOUGH YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO DIE.

YOU DON'T SAY, "JUST BECAUSE I'M GOING TO DIE I'M NOT GOING TO WORK OUT."

THE REALITY IS,

EVEN THOUGH THE WORLD IS GETTING WORSE AND WORSE,

WE SHOULD BE GETTING BETTER AND BETTER.

AND THE WORLD SHOULD SEE AN OPTION

BECAUSE OF THE UNIQUENESS OF THE CHURCH.

Announcer: EVERY MAN'S DESTINY,

EVERY WOMAN'S DREAM -- NEXT!

§

James: WHAT A JOY!

THANK ALL OF YOU SO VERY MUCH.

WHAT A JOY TO SHARE

THIS TIME WITH YOU.

I'M JAMES ROBISON.

BETTY AND I WELCOME YOU

TO LIFE TODAY.

I'VE GOT ON

THE CHRISTIAN VOTE PIN,

WHICH IS INDICATING

THAT CHRISTIANS

SHOULD ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY.

HOW ABOUT LET'S ASSUME

SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR

SOME OF THE ISSUES WE FACE

THAT MIGHT NEED

SOME ADJUSTMENT,

INSTEAD OF BLAMING

EVERYBODY THAT'S UP THERE

THAT SOMEBODY SENT

OR DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO

WITH SENDING

OR PRAYING ABOUT IT

OR LEARNING OR TRYING?

HEY! I'VE GOT A FRIEND HERE.

SOMEONE I RESPECT

AS MUCH AS ANYBODY I KNOW.

YOU KNOW THAT BETTY; YOU HEAR

HOW MUCH I TALK ABOUT HIM.

I KNOW YOU LOVE HIM,

BUT YOU HEAR ME TALK

ABOUT HIM ALL THE TIME.

DR. TONY EVANS IS HERE

AND MY GOODNESS,

HE HAS GOT A QUESTION MARK

AND A BOOK TITLED

HOW SHOULD CHRISTIANS VOTE?

NOW WHO IN THE WORLD THINKS --

WOULD HAVE THE AUDACITY

TO EVEN THINK THAT THEY

COULD WRITE A BOOK LIKE THIS?

WELL, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE

A VERY BOLD PERSON.

LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING,

LET ME JUST GO AHEAD

AND SETTLE THE SCORE,

I SIMPLY THINK HE IS RIGHT.

I THINK THIS IS ONE

OF THE MOST IMPORTANT,

PROFOUND, AND SIMPLE READS.

AS A MATTER OF FACT,

IF YOU GET THIS,

AND IT IS LIKE TONY SAYS

THIS IS KIND OF

MORE LIKE A TEXTBOOK.

YOU'RE GOING TO GO

THROUGH THIS.

IT'S LIKE HE MIRACULOUSLY

TOOK SO MUCH OF THE SUBSTANCE

THERE AND REDUCED IT DOWN

TO PUT BOOTS ON THE GROUND

WITH UNDERSTANDING,

HOW SHOULD A CHRISTIAN VOTE?

AND THEN, MY GOODNESS!

DR. TONY EVANS, KINGDOM MAN,

A TREMENDOUS BOOK.

WELCOME OUR CLOSE FRIEND,

DR. TONY EVANS, TO LIFE TODAY.

GOOD TO SEE YOU, BUDDY!

YOU HANG WITH ME A GOOD BIT

AND YOU KNOW I'M NOT JUST

SAYING THIS BECAUSE WE'VE

GOT AN AUDIENCE LISTENING.

I TALK TO YOU LIKE THIS

WHEN WE'RE TOGETHER.

Dr. Evans: WE TALK LIKE THIS

ALL THE TIME.

James: WHEN I TELL YOU

HOW MUCH I ADMIRE YOU

AND APPRECIATE YOU,

AND WHEN I TELL YOU IN PRIVATE

WHAT I WILL SAY

TO EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD,

I WISH THE WHOLE WORLD

WOULD LISTEN TO YOU --

I WISH THE WHOLE WORLD

WOULD LISTEN TO YOU.

I WISH THE WHOLE WORLD

WOULD HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

I WISH THE WHOLE WORLD

WOULD HEAR THE HEART OF GOD

AND THE WISDOM OF GOD THAT

I HEAR YOU SHARING SO FREELY

AND SO EFFECTIVELY

AND SO BIBLICALLY

AND SO UNCOMPROMISINGLY

AND WITH SUCH LOVE

AND COMPASSION,

I JUST WISH

THEY WOULD ALL HEAR IT.

AND TO SEE THE IMPACT

OF THAT MESSAGE

ON THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU,

AND YOUR FAMILY

THAT I LOVE SO MUCH,

IT JUST BLESSES ME.

NOW I WANT TO THANK YOU

FOR THESE BOOKS.

ALL RIGHT, I'VE GOT

TO ASK YOU A QUESTION.

THE KINGDOM MAN,

I HAD AN IMPACT

A COUPLE YEARS AGO IN MY LIFE,

I WANT TO SAY

THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO

WHERE I REALIZED THAT

THE KINGDOM THAT HE PRAYED,

"THY KINGDOM COME,

THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH

AS IT IS IN HEAVEN."

IT HIT ME FULL FORCE

THAT THE CHURCH WAS NOT HAVING

THE IMPACT ON THIS EARTH

THAT HE WAS PRAYING FOR

IN THE MODEL PRAYER EVEN

THAT HE TAUGHT US TO PRAY

IN HONOR AND RESPECT

AND OBEDIENCE

TO THAT MODEL PRAYER,

THAT THIS WASN'T A PRAYER

"THY KINGDOM COME

AND THY WILL ON EARTH"

BECAUSE WE'VE ESCAPED EARTH

AND WE'VE BEEN

REMOVED FROM IT,

IT WAS LIKE HE WANTED

SOMETHING TO HAPPEN

ON THE EARTH AS THOUGH

THERE WAS A KING

MAKING AN IMPACT

AND IT WAS FOR NOW.

I TRY TO REDUCE IT DOWN

TO LIVING IN HIS PRESENCE

IN THE PRESENT.

WAS I CLOSE?

Dr. Evans: REAL CLOSE.

YOU KEEP LISTENING TO ME

YOU'LL BE RIGHT THERE.

[Laughter]

James: AND I AGREE --

I DO AGREE!

Dr. Evans: I LIKE TO SAY,

AMERICA HAS EMBASSIES

ALL AROUND THE WORLD.

AN AMERICAN EMBASSY

IS A LITTLE BIT OF AMERICA

A LONG WAY FROM HOME.

IT IS WHERE THE LAWS

AND VALUE SYSTEMS OF AMERICA

ARE RESIDENT ON FOREIGN SOIL.

WELL, THE PEOPLE OF GOD

ARE SUPPOSED TO BE

HEAVEN'S EMBASSY,

A LITTLE BIT OF HEAVEN

A LONG WAY FROM HOME

WHERE THE VALUES OF HEAVEN

RESIDE IN HISTORY.

SO IF HISTORY WANTS TO KNOW

WHAT HEAVEN THINKS,

HOW HEAVEN FEELS,

WHAT HEAVEN WOULD DO,

THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO

TO THE HOMELAND,

THEY CAN GO TO THE EMBASSY

THAT IS LOCATED ON THEIR SOIL

AND THAT'S WHAT THE PEOPLE

OF GOD OUGHT TO REPRESENT,

ANOTHER KING,

ANOTHER KINGDOM.

James: THEY DON'T SEEM

TO BE DOING THAT EFFECTIVELY.

Dr. Evans: THAT'S BECAUSE

WE'VE GOTTEN TOO ACCULTURATED

TO THE COUNTRY WE'RE IN

RATHER THAN THE COUNTRY

WE'RE FROM.

WE'VE BECOME SO SECULAR

IN OUR THINKING,

SO WORLDLY IN OUR ORIENTATION,

THAT WE HAVE CONFUSED

THE UNIQUENESS OF OUR EMBASSY

AND OF OUR POSITION.

James: WOW!

SO THIS HIT YOU WHEN?

I TOLD YOU A FEW YEARS AGO

AND I THINK I WAS --

AND YOU'VE KNOWN MY MINISTRY

FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS;

I'VE BEEN PREACHING A WHILE

AND YOU WERE IN SCHOOL

AND I WAS PREACHING AROUND

AND WE OBVIOUSLY CROSSED PATHS

AND WE PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT

WHAT GOD WAS DOING

SO I WAS ABOUT KINGDOM WORK

BUT THE REALITY

OF THE IMPORTANCE

OF A KINGDOM UNDERSTANDING

OF HOW WE ARE SUPPOSED

TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

IN THE HERE AND NOW,

NOT JUST WAIT

FOR THE KINGDOM TO COME,

BUT FOR THE KINGDOM PRESENCE

TO COME NOW ON US SO THAT WE

MAKE AN IMPACT ON THE EARTH,

IT HIT ME REAL SOLID

ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO.

WHEN DID IT HIT YOU?

Dr. Evans: WELL,

IT HIT ME AS I WAS COMPLETING

MY SEMINARY MASTER'S DEGREE

AT DALLAS SEMINARY.

I FOUND MYSELF

ON THE HORNS OF A DILEMMA.

I WAS LEARNING

ALL OF THIS THEOLOGY

THAT EXCITED ME TO NO END

BUT I WAS NOT SEEING ITS

EFFECTIVENESS IN THE CULTURE.

IN FACT, THERE WAS SOME

PROFESSORS WHOSE CHURCH

I COULD NOT GO IN BECAUSE

OF THE COLOR OF MY SKIN,

WHO WERE TEACHING ME

GREAT DOCTRINE IN CLASS.

AT THE VERY SAME TIME, THERE

WAS THIS CULTURAL CONFLICT

BECAUSE I DID MY

DOCTORATE DISSERTATION

ON BLACK THEOLOGY

AND I WAS HEARING THIS CALL

FOR A SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION

BUT WITH THEOLOGY THAT WAS

NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE BIBLE.

SO I HAD GREAT THEOLOGY

WITH LITTLE PRACTICE,

AND I HAD GREAT PRACTICE

WITH ERRANT THEOLOGY.

SO SOMETHING WAS MISSING HERE.

THERE WAS A DEAD MONKEY

ON THE LINE SOMEWHERE.

[Laughter]

WHEN I BEGAN SEARCHING

THE SCRIPTURE

AND THEN BEGAN TO UNDERSTAND

THAT THE JOB OF THE CHURCH

IS NOT THE CHURCH,

THE JOB OF THE CHURCH

IS TO MANIFEST

AND REFLECT THE KINGDOM,

THEN I WENT INTO

A KINGDOM MODE.

WHEN I WENT INTO

A KINGDOM MODE AND SAW THAT

THAT WAS THE COMPREHENSIVE

VIEW OF GOD OVER ALL OF LIFE,

THAT THERE WAS NOTHING

THAT EXISTED OUTSIDE

OF GOD'S KINGDOM AND THAT

THE CHURCH WAS TO MODEL THAT,

REFLECT THAT, TEACH THAT,

AND IMPLEMENT THAT,

IT SHIFTED MY WHOLE VIEW OF

THE UNDERSTANDING OF SCRIPTURE

AND MORE IMPORTANTLY,

IT'S APPLICATION.

THAT'S WHY I CAN TALK ABOUT

WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A MAN,

WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A WOMAN,

OR HOW TO VOTE

AND I CAN ALL DRAW

FROM THAT SAME WELL

BECAUSE IT'S ALL COVERED

UNDER A KINGDOM ORIENTATION

TO LIFE.

Betty: THAT SHOULD EXCITE US

AS CHRISTIANS TO KNOW

THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT

UNTIL JESUS COMES BACK

TO HAVE THAT KINGDOM LIVING

IN OUR HEARTS.

BUT I WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE

IN MY YOUNG CHRISTIAN LIFE,

I DIDN'T KNOW.

I THOUGHT I WAS JUST SUPPOSED

TO HANG IN THERE, AND MISSING

SO MANY OF THE THINGS

THAT GOD WANTED TO SHOW ME.

Dr. Evans: MANY WERE RAISED

WITH THE THEOLOGY THAT SAYS,

"JESUS IS GOING TO COME BACK

AND LIFT US UP OUT OF HERE."

BUT I SAY, "WELL,

WHY SHOULD WE WORK THIS HARD

WHEN THE WORLD IS GOING DOWN?"

WELL, THE SAME REASON YOU JOG

EVEN THOUGH YOU KNOW

YOU'RE GOING TO DIE.

[Laughter]

YOU DON'T SAY, "JUST

BECAUSE I'M GOING TO DIE

I'M NOT GOING TO WORK OUT."

THE REALITY IS, EVEN THOUGH

THE WORLD IS GETTING WORSE

AND WORSE, WE SHOULD BE

GETTING BETTER AND BETTER

AND THE WORLD SHOULD SEE

AN OPTION BECAUSE OF

THE UNIQUENESS OF THE CHURCH.

James: ABSOLUTELY!

YOU MAKE THAT REAL CLEAR

IN KINGDOM MAN.

I LOVE THE WAY

YOU APPROACH IT.

NOW YOU'VE GOT A BIG THEOLOGY

DEGREE, YOU'VE BEEN TO ONE

OF THE GREAT THEOLOGICAL

SEMINARIES AND YOU ARE

A GREAT PREACHER BUT I'VE

GOT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU,

I DON'T THINK MOST --

AND JESUS WAS ONE

PRETTY POWERFUL TEACHER,

I DON'T THINK

MOST OF THE CHURCH GETS IT.

I DON'T THINK THEY UNDERSTAND

WHAT IT IS WE'VE GOT TO GET

IN ORDER TO DO

WHAT HE LEFT US HERE TO DO.

Dr. Evans: ABSOLUTELY.

TALKING ABOUT KINGDOM,

IN EXODUS 34 GOD WOULD CALL

ALL THE MALES OUT OF ISRAEL

AND IT USES

THREE NAMES FOR GOD:

ELOHIM, YAHWEH, AND ADONAI.

IN OTHER WORDS,

THE GOD WHO IS THE POWER,

THE GOD WHO IS YOUR

COVENANT-LOYAL FRIEND,

AND THE GOD WHO IS YOUR BOSS,

WHO TELLS YOU WHAT TO DO.

HE CALLED ALL THE MEN OUT

AND TOLD THE MEN

HOW THEY WERE TO FUNCTION AND

THEN SENT THEM BACK TO ISRAEL

AND TO THEIR FAMILIES.

IN OTHER WORDS,

I WANT TO INSTRUCT THE MEN

SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE IT BACK

TO THEIR FAMILIES SO

THE NATION WILL RUN SMOOTHLY.

WE'RE FALLING APART BECAUSE

MEN ARE MISSING IN ACTION

AND HAVE ABANDONED THEIR ROLES

UNDER THE RULE OF GOD

SO THAT WE CAN OPERATE

IN THE CULTURE PROPERLY.

James: YOU MINISTER A LOT

IN THE INNER CITY.

YOU MINISTER A LOT

WHERE THE MAN IS MISSING.

IT HAS BEEN DEVASTATING --

INDESCRIBABLY DEVASTATING.

GOD CAN CORRECT THE PROBLEM

AND HE CAN EVEN BEGIN

IN THE HOMES OF

THE FATHERLESS RIGHT NOW

IF THEY WILL GET TO KNOW

THIS FATHER

WHO WILL TEACH THEM

HOW TO BE A KINGDOM MAN.

Dr. Evans: ABSOLUTELY!

IF WE CAN GET --

IF THE CHURCH WOULD BEGIN TO

LOVINGLY HOLD MEN ACCOUNTABLE

FOR THEIR DIVINE DESIGN

UNDER GOD, THEN EVEN

BOYS WITHOUT FATHERS

CAN GET SURROGATE DADS.

THAT'S WHY WE GO

INTO THE SCHOOLS

TO HAVE MEN MENTOR BOYS

WHO DON'T HAVE FATHERS

SO THAT THEY CAN GET A VIEW

OF WHAT A FATHER LOOKS LIKE

FROM A KINGDOM MAN,

A MAN WHO IS OPERATING

UNDER THE RULE OF GOD.

James: NOW DOES IT WORK?

Dr. Evans: IT WORKS --

IN FACT, WE CAN'T EVEN

KEEP UP WITH THE SCHOOLS

INVITING US IN BECAUSE

OF THE IMPACT WE'RE HAVING

IN THE LIVES OF YOUNG BOYS

AND YOUNG GIRLS AS WE

INVADE THIS TERRITORY; 72%

OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN

ARE BORN TO SINGLE PARENTS.

SO LET THE DEVIL...

James: HOW DO YOU OVERCOME

THE OBSTACLE THAT SAYS

YOU'VE GOT NO BUSINESS

BEING IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL

DOING ANYTHING RELATED TO GOD?

Dr. Evans: WELL, WHEN YOU

HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN PUTTING

METAL DETECTORS IN THE HALLWAY

AND HAVING THE CHURCH COME IN,

YOU CHOOSE THE CHURCH.

IN OTHER WORDS,

WHEN THINGS GET BAD ENOUGH,

THE CHURCH IS NOT A BAD IDEA.

WE JUST SHOW PEOPLE

AND WE OPERATE IN A WAY

THAT RESPECTS THE DISTINCTION

BETWEEN CHURCH AND STATE

WHILE RESPECTING THE ROLE

OF GOD AND GOOD WORKS.

James: WHEN YOU ARE FOOLISH

ENOUGH, HOWEVER TO THINK

THAT THE GOVERNMENT CAN

TAKE THE PLACE OF GOD AND

YOU MAKE THE GOVERNMENT YOUR

SOURCE UPON WHICH YOU DEPEND

RATHER THAN LOOKING TO GOD

OR PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT GOD

FOR HELP, YOU ACTUALLY

ARE ASKING SOMEONE TO COME

AND TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE

IN THE DITCH SOMEBODY DUG

OR THEY DUG AND FELL IN AND

MAKE THEM COMFORTABLE THERE

SO THAT THEY DON'T LOOK UP

TO SEE IF THERE IS A WAY OUT.

WE LOOK TO THE WRONG SOURCE.

WE NEVER GET OUT OF DITCH.

WE GET MORE COMFORTABLE

IN THE DITCH AND DESPAIR

AND PRETTY SOON

THE WHOLE NATION,

THE WHOLE COMMUNITY

IS IN THE DITCH.

THAT'S PRETTY MUCH

WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

Dr. Evans: THAT'S BECAUSE

WE'VE MIS-DEFINED GOVERNMENT.

WE HAVE TURNED GOVERNMENT

INTO GOD, SOMETHING

IT IS INCAPABLE OF BEING.

THE WAY GOD CONSTRUCTED

GOVERNMENT GOES ALL

THE WAY BACK TO THE GARDEN.

HE GAVE ADAM MAXIMUM FREEDOM,

LIMITED REGULATION

AND DIRE CONSEQUENCES.

SO THE JOB OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT

IS TO PROTECT FREEDOM

AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.

THE BIBLE SAYS IN

FIRST SAMUEL EIGHT, IF YOU

HAVE GOVERNMENT THAT TRIES

TO TAKE THE PLACE OF GOD,

IT WILL TAKE, TAKE, AND TAKE,

AND THEN IT SAYS YOU KNOW IT'S

GONE TOO FAR WHEN IT CHARGES

YOU IN TAXES AS MUCH AS

I EXPECT FROM YOU IN TITHES.

James: WELL,

IT'S GONE WAY PAST THAT.

Dr. Evans: WAY PAST THAT!

SO ITS WAY, WAY OUT OF WHACK

BECAUSE IT IS DOING THINGS

THAT IT WAS NEVER

ASSIGNED TO DO.

James: YOU TALK ABOUT

CHRISTIANS VOTING

A CERTAIN WAY.

I HAVE READ THIS AND YOU SEE

HOW I'VE UNDERLINED IT

AND STARRED IT ALL UP

AND SCRIBBLED ALL OVER IT.

I COULD JUST START PREACHING

THIS TO YOU AND YOU'D BE

SITTING OVER THERE SAYING,

"AMEN! WHERE DID YOU GET

THAT GOOD STUFF?"

I GOT IT HERE AND IT WON'T

TAKE YOU LONG TO READ IT.

PEOPLE CAN GO

TO THE BOOKSTORES,

THEY CAN GO ONLINE AND GET IT,

THEY CAN GET BOTH BOOKS

BUT IF THEY WANTED TO GO

TO TONY EVANS AND SEE

WHAT YOU'VE GOT OR GET --

Dr. Evans: TONYEVANS.ORG.

James: THEY CAN FIND OUT ALL

THE DIFFERENT THINGS YOU'RE

DOING TO TRY TO HELP EQUIP

CHURCHES, TO EQUIP PASTORS,

TO EQUIP MEN TO GO IN

AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE,

TO BE KINGDOM PEOPLE.

NOW ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE WE'VE

GOT A VERY IMPORTANT VOTE,

DO YOU AGREE THAT EVERY

ELECTION IS IMPORTANT?

Dr. Evans: YES!

James: DO YOU BELIEVE THE ONE

IN 2012 IS REAL IMPORTANT?

Dr. Evans: ONE OF THE MOST

IMPORTANT IN OUR HISTORY.

James: NOW, IT'S NOT A MATTER

OF DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN,

IT IS NOT A MATTER

OF LEFT OR RIGHT;

WHAT DO YOU TELL PEOPLE

WHO ARE LOOKING LEFT OR RIGHT.

WHAT DO YOU TELL US

WE NEED TO DO?

Dr. Evans: I SAY WHAT YOU DO

IS YOU DETERMINE

WHICH CANDIDATE, PARTY, AND

PLATFORM WILL MOST ALLOW US

TO ADVANCE THE VALUES

OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

YOU MAKE A KINGDOM DECISION

IN THE VOTING BOOTH.

NOW THAT DOESN'T MEAN

EVERYBODY IS GOING TO VOTE

THE SAME BUT WHAT IT DOES MEAN

IS WHEN THEY COME OUT

OF THE VOTING BOOTH,

THEY'RE GOING TO BE PUSHING

THE SAME KINGDOM.

AND AS LONG AS WE'RE GOING

TO PUSH THE SAME KINGDOM,

EITHER PARTY THAT WINS

WILL HAVE TO LISTEN.

THE PROBLEM IS WE'VE LET

THE KINGDOMS OF THIS WORLD

DIVIDE THE CHURCH

SO THEY KNOW

THEY DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN.

James: THAT'S IT.

SO THEY CAN BE ACTIVE

IN EITHER PARTY

BUT THEY OUGHT TO BE

TRYING TO MOVE PARTIES

TOWARD KINGDOM PRINCIPLES.

Dr. Evans: ABSOLUTELY!

JOSHUA FIVE, IT WAS DURING

RECONNAISSANCE AROUND JERICHO,

HE SEES THIS CAPTAIN

WITH THIS LARGE ARMY

AND HE SAID,

"WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON?

ARE YOU ON JERICHO'S SIDE

OR ARE YOU ON OUR SIDE?"

THE CAPTAIN SAID,

"I THINK YOU'RE CONFUSED.

I'M NEITHER ON YOUR SIDE

NOR AM I ON JERICHO'S SIDE.

I DIDN'T COME TO TAKE SIDES,

I COME TO TAKE OVER."

GOD IS COMING TO TAKE OVER.

HE'S NOT A DEMOCRAT

OR A REPUBLICAN.

HE DOESN'T RIDE THE BACKS

OF DONKEYS OR ELEPHANTS.

WHAT HE WANTS TO DO

IS SET HIS OWN AGENDA.

SO IF GOD'S PEOPLE,

REGARDLESS OF WHICH PARTY

THEY'RE A PART OF,

WILL PROMOTE THAT AGENDA,

EITHER PARTLY

WILL HAVE TO LISTEN.

SO BE DEMOCRAT LITE -- L-I-T-E

OR REPUBLICAN LITE, L-I-T-E

SO YOU CAN BE THE L-I-G-H-T

IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY

OR THE L-I-G-H-T

IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

James: I LIKE THAT!

[Applause]

YOU AND I WERE TALKING

PRIVATELY BEFORE WE WALKED OUT

HERE AND YOU SAID THE PROBLEM

WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE IS

THEIR LOOKING LEFT AND RIGHT.

WHERE DO THEY NEED

TO BE LOOKING?

Dr. Evans: THEY NEED

TO BE LOOKING UP.

AS LONG AS YOU KEEP LOOKING

LEFT AND RIGHT YOU'RE GOING

TO GET A NECK ACHE.

YOU CAN LOOK UP

IN ONE DIRECTION

AND BRING GOD'S POINT OF VIEW,

REGARDLESS OF THE SITUATION.

Betty: WHEN WE DO THAT,

WHEN WE LET GOD COUNSEL US

ON WHO WE SHOULD VOTE FOR,

TO ME, THERE IS

A RESPONSIBILITY

THAT COMES WITH THAT.

YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR VOTE MEANS

MORE BECAUSE YOU VOTED WISELY

AND IT WILL EFFECT POSITIVELY.

Dr. Evans: ABSOLUTELY.

AND IF YOU'RE THINKING

NOT JUST ABOUT THE CANDIDATE

AND THE PARTY

BUT IF YOU'RE THINKING

ABOUT THE KINGDOM OF GOD

AND EVALUATING THEM

IN THAT LIGHT, YOU HAVE

AN ETERNAL PERSPECTIVE

IN A TEMPORAL DECISION.

James: THIS IS NOT TALKING

ABOUT A THEOCRATIC THEOCRACY,

IT'S NOT TALKING ABOUT

CHURCH RULE, IT IS TALKING

ABOUT THE IMPACT OF

THE CHURCH IMPACTING RULERS

EFFECTING THEM

IN A POSITIVE WAY,

MOVING US TOWARD PRINCIPLES

THAT ARE AS SOLID

AS ALL OF GOD'S TRUTH IS.

IT IS A RELIABLE FOUNDATION

UPON WHICH

SANE SOCIETIES BUILD.

Dr. Evans: IF GOD BLESSES

THE NATION

WHOSE GOD IS THE LORD

AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS

EXALTS A NATION AND EVIL

IS A REPROACH TO ANY PEOPLE,

THEN HOW GOD WILL RELATE TO

OUR NATION WILL BE DEPENDENT

UPON HOW HIS PEOPLE

ARE RELATING TO HIM

IN THE CONTEXT OF THE NATION.

GOD SAYS IN EPHESIANS 3:10,

HE DECIDES WHAT HE'S

GOING TO DO IN SOCIETY

BASED ON WHAT THE CHURCH IS

OR IS NOT DOING.

SO THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST

WILL DETERMINE WHERE

AND HOW MUCH

GOD SHOWS UP IN AMERICA.

James: THEN WHEN WE MAKE

A CHOICE OF LEADERS

AND WE UNDERSTAND A DIRECTION

THAT WOULD BE BETTER

AS PEOPLE WHO SEE LIGHT

AND WHO WALK IN LIGHT

AND ARE SUPPOSED TO BE LIGHT,

IF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CHOSEN

DON'T MOVE TOWARD THE LIGHT,

IN THE LIGHT, OUT OF THE DITCH

TO GET US BACK

ON SOLID GROUND,

WE NEED TO, AS RAPIDLY

AND QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE,

REPLACE THEM. RIGHT?

Dr. Evans: THAT'S RIGHT.

James: WITH A PERSON

WHO UNDERSTANDS THE DIRECTION

THAT IS OBVIOUS TO PEOPLE

WHO ARE IN LIGHT;

YOU CAN SEE IT.

Dr. Evans: THAT'S RIGHT.

OUR VOICES MUST BE SO LOUD

THAT ANY CANDIDATE KNOWS

THAT THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE

TO GRAPPLE WITH

THESE KINGDOM PEOPLE

BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING

TO LET GO OF KINGDOM THINKING

JUST FOR A POLITICAL PARTY.

James: THERE YOU GO.

AND KINGDOM PEOPLE CAN

HAVE DIFFERENCES AND

DISAGREEMENTS AND DISCUSSIONS

ABOUT VARIOUS ISSUES WITHOUT

DIVORCING AND SPLITTING UP

TO WHERE THEY LOSE

KINGDOM IMPACT

AND KINGDOM PURPOSE. RIGHT?

Dr. Evans: ABSOLUTELY!

IT IS CRITICAL WE UNDERSTAND

THERE ARE CERTAIN

NONNEGOTIABLES.

THE FAMILY IS A NONNEGOTIABLE.

LIFE IS A NONNEGOTIABLE.

OUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH

AND RELIGION, THOSE ARE

NONNEGOTIABLES BECAUSE

THE BIBLE GIVES THEM TO US.

James: MARRIAGE

IS A NONNEGOTIABLE.

Dr. Evans: ITS DEFINITION --

WE CANNOT ALLOW THE FAMILY

TO BE HOODWINKED FROM

WHAT THE CREATOR HAD IN MIND

WHEN HE CREATED IT.

HE CREATED IT

THE WAY HE WANTS IT TO BE;

HE DIDN'T WANT MEN

TO MESS IT UP.

James: JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY

CALLS A BIBLICAL ISSUE

A POLITICAL ISSUE,

THE KINGDOM PEOPLE MUST NOT

BE EXCUSED OR DISMISSED.

THEY MUST REFUSE

TO FORFEIT WHAT GOD

HAS GIVEN US OVERSIGHT

AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR.

WE'VE GOT TO KEEP STANDING.

Dr. Evans: AND WE'VE GOT

TO WAKE UP FROM THE SLEEP

AND SLUMBER THAT

WE'VE OCCUPIED TOO LONG,

TOO MUCH IS AT STAKE.

OUR VOICES NEED TO BE HEARD

AND WE MUST NOT COMPROMISE

OUR BIBLICAL FAITH

FOR POLITICAL EXPEDIENCY.

James: IF WE STAND TOGETHER

NOW, PEOPLE OF FAITH WHO

BELIEVE GOD AND BELIEVE

THE BIBLE, AND WE STAND

FOR WHAT IS RIGHT.

CAN WE CORRECT

THIS PERILOUS COURSE?

Dr. Evans: ACTUALLY,

I THINK THIS IS OUR BEST TIME

TO CORRECT IT BECAUSE

WHETHER YOU LOOK LEFT OR RIGHT

YOU FIND A MESS.

SO THEREFORE, SINCE WE CAN'T

RUN THE POLITICS TO FIX IT,

WE BETTER DECIDE TO FIX IT

AS THE PEOPLE OF GOD.

James: WE CAN DO IT TOGETHER.

WOULD YOU SAY THANKS

TO DR. TONY EVANS?

[Applause]

BOTH BOOKS

ARE ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL.

I'M TELLING YOU NOW,

GET THIS.

HERE AS YOU GET READY

TO CAST A VOTE,

REMEMBER THERE IS

NO PERFECT CANDIDATE,

ONLY ONE, HIS NAME IS JESUS,

HE IS NOT RUNNING

BUT HE WANTS TO SHOW

PEOPLE WHO TRUST HIM

HOW TO MAKE WISE DECISIONS,

TO BE WELL-INFORMED,

TO BE ACTIVELY INVOLVED.

DON'T HAND IT OFF TO PEOPLE

WALKING IN DARKNESS

WHO ARE GOING TO TAKE OVER

AND TRAMPLE UNDERFOOT,

JESUS SAID,

EVERYTHING THAT THE SALT,

YOU (THE BELIEVER)

HAS NOT PRESERVED.

WHEN YOU DON'T PRESERVE

AND PROTECT THE PRECIOUS,

WE'RE GOING TO GET

TRAMPLED UNDERFOOT;

IT'S BEEN HAPPENING.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT

SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FEET.

LOOK AT THAT!

DON'T YOU LOVE

A LITTLE SHOE LIKE THAT?

DO YOU HAVE ANY GRANDCHILDREN

THAT STILL HAVE

PRETTY SMALL FEET?

Dr. Evans: YES, I DO.

I HAVE A GRANDSON

THAT HAS A SMALL FOOT.

James: YOU KNOW HOW PEOPLE

FIX THOSE LITTLE SHOES

AND BRONZE THEM

AND TAKE CARE OF THEM?

YOU KNOW WHAT WE WANT TO DO?

WE WANT TO PUT SOME SHOES

ON SOME PRECIOUS LITTLE FEET

ALL OVER THE WORLD.

WE CALL THIS CHRISTMAS SHOES

AND WE HAVE TO START

WAY AHEAD OF TIME

SO WE CAN DELIVER THEM

AROUND CHRISTMAS TIME.

IT OPENS THE DOOR FOR THE

MISSIONARIES TO TALK ABOUT

THE CHRIST OF CHRISTMAS

AND TO SHOW THAT LOVE.

YOU'RE GOING TO WANT

TO HAVE A PART

IN MAKING A BIG DIFFERENCE

IN SOMEONE'S LIFE. WATCH.

Kathy: IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE I'M SITTING --

LITERALLY SITTING IN A GARBAGE DUMP IN CENTRAL AMERICA.

I'M AROUND ABSOLUTE FILTH AND CONTAMINATION AND DISEASE.

LITTLE MARIA IS WALKING THROUGH THIS EVERY DAY

WITH THESE LITTLE BARE FEET.

James: THEY CAN GET DISEASES.

THEY'VE GOT WHAT IS KNOWN AS HOOKWORMS

THAT GET IN THEIR FEET WHEN THEY JUST WALK IN DIRT OR SAND,

AND THEN IT GETS INTO THEIR LITTLE INTESTINES,

CAUSES SERIOUS PROBLEMS.

WE'RE GOING TO GIVE CHILDREN ALL OVER THE WORLD SHOES.

WHEN I SAY "WE" THAT'S ALL OF US TOGETHER.

Betty: WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HELP THESE CHILDREN. THEY'RE SO WORTH IT.

IF IT WAS OUR CHILDREN

WE WOULD WANT SOMEONE TO REACH OUT TO THEM.

SO PLEASE JOIN WITH US AND LET'S MAKE THAT DIFFERENCE.

LET'S PUT SOME SHOES ON THEIR FEET

AND LET'S BLESS THESE PRECIOUS LITTLE CHILDREN.

Kathy: LITTLE MARIA HAS NEVER KNOWN --

I'M PLEADING WITH YOU THIS DAY --

THAT YOU WOULD FIND IT IN YOUR HEART

TO REMEMBER GOD'S HEART FOR THE POOR.

I PRAY THIS CHRISTMAS

THAT YOU WOULD BRING THAT JOY TO HER HEART.

THAT'S WHAT I'D LOVE TO SEE.

WE'RE GOING TO GET YOU SOME SHOES, HONEY!

YOU SWEET THING.

James: BOY, I TELL YOU,

I'VE BEEN MANY TIMES

TO THE SAME PLACE

THAT SHE WAS SITTING WHERE

I HAD THOSE SAME EMOTIONS.

I DON'T THINK ANY OF US

CAN BEAR TO LOOK AT PAIN

IF WE DON'T THINK

WE COULD ALLEVIATE IT.

ANY TIME WE SEE PAIN,

EVEN IF IT IS A DISEASE

OR A BATTLE, SOMETHING

SPRINGS UP INSIDE OF US,

A HOPE FOR A CURE.

FOR THESE LITTLE CHILDREN,

BETTY, THERE IS A CURE

FOR THOSE DISEASES.

THERE'S A SOLUTION

FOR THE DISCOMFORT

AND THESE REALLY ARE --

THESE ARE QUITE AMAZING SHOES.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU

HAVE EVER WORN

THE POPULAR SHOES,

THE CROCS THEY CALL THEM,

THIS IS JUST ABOUT

THE EXACT SAME THING

AND THOSE LAST

FOR SUCH A LONG TIME.

THIS IS GOING TO LAST

A LONG TIME.

THIS IS ADJUSTABLE

AS CHILDREN GROW WHERE THEY

CAN WEAR IT FOR A LONG TIME.

BETTY, THIS IS SOMETHING

ALL OF OUR VIEWERS CAN DO.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT $3.60 --

BY THE WAY,

YOU BUY ONE OF THOSE KIND

OF SHOES AROUND HERE,

YOU'RE GOING TO PAY

A LOT OF MONEY FOR THEM --

YOU COULD PUT

A WHOLE LOT OF SHOES OUT.

BUT YOU'VE GOT $36 AND WE'VE

GOT TEN CHILDREN SOME SHOES.

YOU MULTIPLY THAT OUT AND $72

AND YOU'VE GOT 20 KIDS SHOES.

I THINK THAT OUR VIEWERS

WANT TO DO THIS.

Betty: I DO TOO, JAMES.

IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT

THE SHOES THEMSELVES

BUT IT IS SO MUCH MORE

BECAUSE THESE CHILDREN GET

ALL THE CUTS AND THE BRUISES.

YOU SAW WHERE THEY WALK,

WHERE THEY HAVE TO CLIMB OVER

STUFF AND THE TRASH

THAT THEY WALK THROUGH.

THERE'S NO DOUBT

THAT SOME TIME OR ANOTHER

THEIR FOOT'S GOING TO GET CUT

AND THEN THE INFECTION

IS ALLOWED TO GROW,

AND THEN IT GOES

OVER THEIR WHOLE BODY.

SO IT'S SO MUCH MORE

THAN PUTTING SOMETHING

ON THEIR FEET;

IT'S A PROTECTION,

IT'S A HEALTH PROTECTION.

I HOPE YOU WILL JOIN WITH US

AND LET'S DO THIS

FOR THE CHILDREN.

James: WE HAVE COUPLED

WITH THE CHRISTMAS SHOES,

WHAT WE ALSO CALL

CHRISTMAS SMILES WHERE

YOU'VE GOT LITTLE CHILDREN

THAT HAVE SOME KIND

OF FACIAL DEFORMITY,

AND NORMALLY A CLEFT PALATE,

AND THOSE SURGERIES AVERAGE

ABOUT $500.

WE'RE ASKING YOU TO GIVE SHOES

AND SMILES FOR CHRISTMAS.

I WANT TO ASK YOU

VERY DIRECTLY,

COULD YOU GIVE $500

TO GIVE A CHILD A SMILE

FOR CHRISTMAS?

THAT GIFT LASTS

A LIFETIME FOR THEM

AND FOR THEIR FAMILY.

COULD YOU GIVE $1,000

AND PERHAPS GIVE

TWO CHILDREN SMILES?

OR GIVE MANY CHILDREN

PAIRS OF SHOES.

IF YOU COULD MAKE A GIFT,

$144, $72, $36,

WHATEVER IT IS,

YOU'RE GOING TO HELP US

PROVIDE SHOES FOR CHRISTMAS

AND SMILES FOR CHRISTMAS,

WHATEVER GOD PUTS

ON YOUR HEART.

WE WANT TO SEND YOU

THE BOOK OUR SON WROTE.

HE IS A BRILLIANT,

BRILLIANT PERSON.

HE WROTE ABOUT DISCOVERING

THE DEEPER JOY

THAN YOU EVER IMAGINED.

GOD WANTS YOU TO BE HAPPY

BUT HE HELPS YOU UNDERSTAND

WHAT HAPPY MEANS

FROM GOD'S PERSPECTIVE

AND HOW YOU CAN EXPERIENCE IT.

IT IS AN INCREDIBLE BOOK.

WE'RE SENDING THIS

TO SAY THANKS FOR ANY GIFT

THAT YOU MAKE.

WE HAVE OTHER GIFTS

THAT WE WANT TO SEND YOU

THAT WILL BE

A BLESSING TO YOU.

AND MANY OF YOU REMEMBER

IF YOU'RE ABLE TO HELP US

WITH A MAJOR GIFT OF LET'S SAY

THOSE SMILES WE TALKED ABOUT

WITH $1,000,

WE'RE SENDING THE BRONZE,

"THE LION AND THE LAMB."

WE WANT TO BLESS YOU

AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU

FOR MAKING THAT GIFT.

DIAL THE NUMBER;

TAKE YOUR BANKCARD,

USE IT LIKE A CHECK. PLEASE?

WOULD YOU DO THAT RIGHT NOW?

GIVE THE SMILES,

GIVE THE SHOES.

IF YOU WANT TO GO ONLINE

IT'S LifeToday.org;

MAKE THE GIFT THERE.

IF YOU WRITE A CHECK,

CALL US AND TELL US WHAT

YOU'RE PUTTING IN THE MAIL.

MAKE IT TO LIFE,

ADDRESS IT TO LIFE.

THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

Announcer: POVERTY IS A KILLER

AND BECAUSE OF IT CHILDREN NEEDLESSLY SUFFER,

NOT ONLY FROM A LACK OF FOOD AND CLEAN WATER,

BUT ALSO FROM A LACK OF THINGS WE TAKE FOR GRANTED

SUCH AS A HEALTHY SMILE OR A SIMPLE PAIR OF SHOES.

FOR MOST OF THESE CHILDREN,

THEY'VE NEVER OWNED A NEW PAIR OF SHOES

AND WHILE THAT MAY SEEM MINOR IN LIGHT OF ALL THEIR NEEDS,

WALKING WITH BARE FEET PUTS THEM AT RISK

OF LIFE-THREATENING INFECTIONS THAT COULD LEAD

TO CRIPPLING CONSEQUENCES, DISEASE, AND EVEN DEATH.

BY RESPONDING TODAY, YOU CAN HELP LIFE IMMEDIATELY SECURE

AND BEGIN SHIPPING CHRISTMAS SHOES TO 200,000 CHILDREN

AROUND THE WORLD JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

YOUR GIFT OF $36 WILL PROVIDE TEN PAIRS OF SHOES.

A GIFT OF $72 WILL PROVIDE 20 PAIR

AND A GIFT OF $144 WILL HELP PROVIDE 40 PAIRS

OF CHRISTMAS SHOES FOR CHILDREN IN NEED.

IN APPRECIATION OF YOUR GIFT, BE SURE TO REQUEST

THE INSPIRATIONAL NEW BOOK, GOD WANTS YOU TO BE HAPPY

BY JAMES AND BETTY'S SON, RANDY ROBISON.

WITH YOUR GIFT OF $100 TO HELP PROVIDE 28 PAIRS OF SHOES,

YOU MAY REQUEST THE BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED SHOE ORNAMENT

TO PLACE ON YOUR TREE EACH CHRISTMAS.

FINALLY, PLEASE CONSIDER A GIFT OF $1,000 OR MORE

TO HELP PROVIDE TWO CHILDREN WITH CORRECTIVE CLEFT PALATE SURGERIES

AND YOU MAY REQUEST "THE LION AND THE LAMB" BRONZE SCULPTURE.

PLEASE CALL, WRITE, OR MAKE YOUR GIFT ONLINE TODAY.

James: I WANT TO REMIND YOU OF

THE BEAUTIFUL LITTLE ORNAMENT.

THAT LITTLE SHOE,

THIS IS ABSOLUTELY GREAT!

BETTY, YOU AND I LOOK AROUND

THE HOUSE AT THE BRONZES

THAT REMIND US OVER THE YEARS

OF THE GIFTS THAT

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE.

IT IS JUST AN

EXPRESSION OF JOY.

RANDY'S BOOK ON

GOD WANTS YOU TO BE HAPPY

WILL BE SENT TODAY IF YOU SAY,

"WE'LL HELP YOU

WITH THE SHOES."

BUT WE'LL ALSO BE GLAD TO

SEND YOU DR. TONY EVANS BOOK,

HOW SHOULD CHRISTIANS VOTE?

THIS IS SOMETHING

YOU'LL REALLY WANT TO READ

AND PRAY OVER

AND PASS IT ON TO OTHERS.

BUT ALSO

IF WE HEAR FROM YOU TODAY,

WE'LL SEND YOU ONE

OF THE CHRISTIAN VOTE PINS

LIKE BETTY AND I HAVE GOT ON,

REMINDING CHRISTIANS

OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY

TO BE GOOD CITIZENS,

VOTE WISELY.

WOULD YOU SAY A BIG THANKS

TO DR. TONY EVANS?

DOC, I LOVE YOU!

APPRECIATE YOU BIG TIME!

THANK ALL OF YOU SO MUCH!

THANK YOU FOR HELPING US

PUT GOD'S ARMS

AROUND A HURTING WORLD.

THAT'S WHAT

WE'RE DOING TOGETHER.

THANK YOU!

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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.

INDIVISIBLE, NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK

AT ONLINE AND RETAIL BOOKSTORES.

Beth: ...IN THAT GRAY ZONE

WHERE YOU AND I HAVE THE BIGGEST CAPACITY

TO GET SIDESWIPED!

Announcer: DEVELOPING SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT -- TOMORROW!