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Praise | David Barton | 9/11/18

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September 11, 2018

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Matt & Laurie Crouch host David Barton in Washington, DC - Revival in America.

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Praise | David Barton | 9/11/18

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- ANNOUNCER: IN HONOR OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11,
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JOIN US AS WE LOOK AT THE NEED FOR REVIVAL IN OUR NATION.
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NEXT ON PRAISE.
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TONIGHT ON PRAISE FROM WASHINGTON DC, AUTHOR,
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HISTORIAN AND NATIONAL TREASURE, DAVID BARTON.
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- AND NOW MATT AND LAURIE CROUCH.
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- MATT CROUCH: WE WELCOME YOU TO OUR NATION'S CAPITOL TODAY.
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PRAISE COMES TO YOU FROM RIGHT HERE IN WASHINGTON DC.
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OUR GUEST, DAVE BARTON.
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DAVE, WHAT IS THE STATE OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN
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AMERICA TODAY.
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- DAVID BARTON.
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- OH, RELIGIOUS LIBERTY.
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IT'S HURTING.
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IT'S HURTING.
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WE'VE NEVER HAD THE TYPE OF PERSECUTION WE HAVE NOW.
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THERE IS A PUBLIC INDICATION COMES OUT
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EVERY YEAR BY FIRST LIBERTY, GREAT GROUP,
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RELIGIOUS HOSTILITY IN AMERICA.
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AND THERE ARE NOW THOUSANDS OF EXAMPLES OF
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WHERE PEOPLE ARE BEING TARGETED.
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FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE A PASTOR IN ARIZONA WHO
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WENT TO JAIL BECAUSE HE HAD A BIBLE STUDY IN HIS
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HOME AND IT VIOLATED ZONING SO THEY PUT HIM
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IN JAIL.
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I KNOW A PASTOR FRIEND IN KANSAS SPENT 3 DAYS IN
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JAIL FOR GIVING OUT THE GOSPEL OF JOHN ON
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THE SIDEWALK.
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TWO GIDEONS IN FLORIDA, TWO DAYS IN JAIL GIVING
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OUT NEW TESTAMENTS ON A SIDEWALK.
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A GUY IN GEORGIA, 67 YEAR OLD MAN, TWO DAYS IN JAIL
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BECAUSE ON A CITY BUS HE GAVE OUT A RELIGIOUS
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TRACK, ON A CITY BUS HE GAVE OUT A TRACK ON A
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FELLOW BUS RIDER.
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WE'RE TALKING JAIL TIME.
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IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA A PASTOR WAS WALKING
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THROUGH A MALL, YOUTH PASTOR WALKING THROUGH A
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MALL TALKING TO OTHERS.
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OFFICERS HEARD HIM MENTION THE WORD GOD,
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TACKLED HIM, NOSE DIVED HIM RIGHT INTO THE
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MARBLE, CAME UP BLOODY, HAND CUFFED HIM, HAULED
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HIM OFF, ARRESTED HIM BECAUSE HE TALKED ABOUT
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GOD TO TWO OTHER PEOPLE IN A MAUL.
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IT'S JUST UNBELIEVABLE.
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- LAURIE CROUCH: HOW ARE THEY GETTING BY WITH THAT?
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UNDER WHAT-- AM I MISSING A LAW HERE?
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- YEAH.
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IT'S A MISUNDERSTANDING OF WHAT RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
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IS AND SUPPOSED TO BE IN WHAT SEPARATION CHURCH IS.
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EVERYBODY THINKS SEPARATION OF CHURCH IN
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STATE IS THE MANDATE.
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YOU CAN'T DO GOD IN PUBLIC.
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WHEREAS THE FIRST AMENDMENT SAYS YOU CAN'T
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PROHIBIT THE FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION.
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WE'VE GOT EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE.
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WE NOW THINK THE SUN COMES UP IN THE WEST AND
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GOES DOWN IN THE EAST EVEN KNOW IT'S OPPOSITE
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EVERY MORNING.
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SO IT'S A MATTER OF KNOWLEDGE AND IT'S A
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MATTER OF THESE POLICE OFFICERS, MANY OF THEM
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HAVE BEEN THROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT TAUGHT
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THEM WRONG, THEN THEY GET ATTORNEYS WHO HAVE GONE
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THROUGH LEGAL SCHOOLS THAT TEACH THEM WRONG,
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AND THEY COME OUT WITH THE WRONG VIEW.
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THAT'S WHY WITHOUT EXCEPTION WHEN EVERY ONE
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OF THESE CASES GET INTO COURT WE ALWAYS WIN, BUT
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THAT DOESN'T KEEP THE GUY FROM HAVING A BLOOD
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EFFACE OR KEEP THEM FROM SERVING JAIL TIME.
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AND BY THE WAY, IN MOST OF THESE CASES WHEN THEY
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WERE THROWN IN JAIL THEY WERE DENIED ANY ACCESS TO
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AN ATTORNEY WHICH ALSO VIOLATED CLEAR
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CONSTITUTIONAL CLAUSES AS WELL, SO THE HOSTILITY
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LEVEL IS REALLY BIG.
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ST. LOUIS, FIVE YEAR OLD KID, TEACHER PICKED HIM
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UP, TURNED HIM AROUND, SAID YOU'LL NEVER PRAY
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OVER YOUR LUNCH AGAIN!
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HAULED HIM INTO THE PRINCIPAL WHO TOLD HIM TO
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HAVE A KINDERGARTEN KID ARRESTED IN GEORGIA,
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ARRESTED FOR THIS.
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WHAT COUNTRY ARE WE IN?
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THIS IS NOT WHAT MAKES THE NEWS SO SINCE WE
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DON'T SEE IT ON THE NEWS, YOU AND I JUST LOOK ON
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THE OUTSIDE PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE IT UNLESS THEY
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SEE IT ON THE NEWS.
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AND IT'S NOT ON THE NEWS, AND THAT'S WHY THIS PAMPHLET
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COMES OUT EVERY YEAR FROM FIRST LIBERTY,
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RELIGIOUS HOSTILITY IN AMERICA, DOCUMENTING
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THOUSANDS OF CASES.
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BEEN 130% INCREASE IN THESE CASES OVER THE LAST
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FIVE YEARS.
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SO HOSTILITY REALLY REALLY HIGH.
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- OKAY.
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SO I ASKED YOU A MOMENT AGO JUST AS WE STARTED
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THE SHOW, AND I'LL READ IT AGAIN, WHAT IS THE
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STATE OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN AMERICA?
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THE SHORT ANSWER IS IT'S PRETTY IN DESPAIR.
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I MEAN, IT'S -HOW DO WE PUSH BACK AGAINST IT?
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WHAT'S OUR BEST AND MOST EFFECTIVE TOOL TO PUSH BACK?
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- UM, BEST AND MOST EFFECTIVE TOOL IS DEVELOP
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A BACKBONE BECAUSE WE DON'T LOSE THESE CASES IN
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COURT, BUT TOO MANY TIMES PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO
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FIGHT AND THEY DON'T WANT TO MAKE AN ISSUE OUT OF
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IT AND GO TO COURT OVER IT.
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AND WE HAVE SCHOOL AFTER SCHOOL WHO WILL DO
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SOMETHING WRONG, AND MAN, WE JUST NEED THE PARENT
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TO SAY YES, THIS KID CAN STAND UP AND PARENT SAID
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OH, I DON'T WANT TO CREATE AN ISSUE, SO THAT
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ALLOWS THE SCHOOL TO CONTINUE TO DO IT AND
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OTHER SCHOOLS TO CONTINUE TO DO IT.
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THE KIDS WANT TO STAND UP, BUT INTERESTINGLY
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ENOUGH I'LL TAKE YOU TO TWO INSTANCES THAT
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HAPPENED IN TEXAS, ONE WHERE A KID,
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VALEDICTORIAN IN HIS CLASS, WAS TOLD BY THE
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PRINCIPAL AT A RURAL DISTRICT, AND USUALLY IN
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A RURAL SCHOOL YOU CAN GET BY MORE THAN YOU CAN
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IN A CITY OR SUBURBAN SCHOOL.
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THIS KID IN HIS VALEDICTORIAN SPEECH WAS
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GOING TO THANK GOD AND HIS PARENTS, AND THE
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PRINCIPAL SAID IF YOU MENTION THE WORD GOD, I
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WILL TURN YOUR MIC OFF.
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WELL, HE MENTIONED THE WORD GOD, HE TURNED
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HIS MIC OFF.
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THE KID WENT AHEAD AND GAVE THE REST OF HIS
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SPEECH ANYWAY, SO THE PRINCIPAL THEN SAYS YOU
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KNOW, YOU WERE GOING TO THE NAVAL ACADEMY.
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I'M GOING TO WRITE THE NAVAL ACADEMY AND MAKE
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SURE YOU DON'T GO THERE.
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I'M GOING TO TELL THEM HOW BAD YOU ARE,
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ET CETERA.
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AND SO THIS KID WILLING TO FIGHT AND GO TO COURT
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AND WON OBVIOUSLY EASILY IN COURT.
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THE SCHOOL GOT SLAPPED DOWN WHICH THEY SHOULD
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HAVE BEEN, BUT WHAT WAS INTERESTING WAS THIS KID,
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A PASTOR CAME TO HIM ASK SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT?
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YOUR AUTHORITIES NOT TO MENTION GOD.
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YOU SHOULD HAVE OBEYED YOUR AUTHORITIES.
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YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE MENTIONED GOD.
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I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MANY OF THESE CASES WHERE
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KIDS STAND UP TO SHOW BACKBONE AND PASTORS SAY,
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YOU KNOW WHAT?
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YOU SHOULD HAVE LISTENED TO YOUR AUTHORITY.
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IN COONS, TEXAS GIRLS THERE, CHEER LEADERS
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SAID, WHY DO WE ALWAYS SAY CRUSH THE OTHER TEAM
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OR DESTROY OR KILL?
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WHY DON'T WE PUT POSITIVE MESSAGES UP?
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SO WITH THEIR OWN MONEY THEY MADE BANNERS, THEIR
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OWN PAID FOR PAINT BY THEMSELVES, I CAN DO ALL
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THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS ME.
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WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS, AND THE TEAM
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WOULD RUN THROUGH THAT ON THE FIELD.
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BECAME AN ISSUE, SO THE SCHOOL SAID, YOU CAN'T
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HAVE RELIGIOUS VERSES.
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AND THE KID SAID WE DID IT WITH OUR OWN MONEY
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AND TIME.
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SURE WE CAN.
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AND AGAIN THEY WENT TO COURT.
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IT GOES YEARS IN COURT.
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AND THE COURT SAYS FREE SPEECH, OF COURSE THEY CAN.
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FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION.
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OF COURSE THEY CAN.
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BUT AGAIN PASTORS SAID GIRLS, YOU SHOULD HAVE
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LISTENED TO YOUR AUTHORITY.
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YOUR AUTHORITIES TOLD YOU NOT TO USE BIBLE VERSES.
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THESE ARE WHAT WE WOULD CALL EVANGELICAL PASTORS,
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AND SO THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WE HAVE IS OFTEN
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FROM THE INSIDE, NOT FROM THE OUTSIDE BECAUSE WE
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WIN THESE CASES WHEN WE GET THEM TO COURT.
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WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SUPREME COURT RIGHT THERE
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ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CAPITOL, AND DON'T LOSE
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THESE CASES WHEN WE GET TO THAT LEVEL.
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- WOW.
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- WE DON'T.
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- OKAY.
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SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FIRST OF ALL, DAVE
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BARTON, LET ME GIVE YOU A PROPER INTRODUCTION.
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FOUNDER, PRESIDENT OF WALL BUILDERS, A NATIONAL
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PRO FAMILY ORGANIZATION PRESENTS AMERICA'S
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FORGOTTEN HISTORY AND HEROES.
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THIS ISN'T WRITTEN.
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THIS IS ME NOW TALKING.
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AND HE'S A NATIONAL TREASURE.
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AND HIS BRAIN WORKS BETTER THAN MINE, I
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ASSURE YOU.
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SO BASICALLY I LOVE TO KIND OF SIT WITH YOU,
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DAVE, BECAUSE IN ONE SENSE IT GIVES ME THE
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OPPORTUNITY AND THE CONTEXT OF SITTING HERE
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WITH THE US CAPITOL, AND YOUR INFORMATION IS NOW
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ON THE SCREEN, AND LET ME JUST DO THIS AS WE'RE
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STARTING THIS BROADCAST.
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WE'RE TALKING ABOUT -WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT
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RELIGIOUS LIBERTIES, AND CERTAINLY WE WINSOME,
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WE LOSE SOME.
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CERTAINLY THERE HAS BEEN SOME POSITIVE THINGS THAT
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HAVE HAPPENED, THE JOHNSON AMENDMENT THAT IS
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SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT NOW BECAUSE OF A PRESIDENTIAL
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DECREE I THINK IT WAS.
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- EXECUTIVE ORDER.
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- EXECUTIVE ORDER, AND SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS
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WE WIN, SOME THINGS WE ARE LOSING, SOME THINGS
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WE NEED TO DO BETTER.
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WHAT IT FEELS LIKE THOUGH IS I WANT YOU TO KNOW
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THAT THE INFORMATION ABOUT WALL BUILDERS,
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LOOK, GO TO THEIR WEB SITE AND GET EDUCATED.
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- LET ME JUST SAY WE'RE NOT BUILDING A WALL ON
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THE SOUTHERN BORDER.
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THAT'S NOT US.
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[LAUGHTER]
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PEOPLE TODAY DON'T RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT
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WALL BUILDERS IS A VIABLE --
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- I NEVER MADE THAT CONNECTION.
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I HAVE TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
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- I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY CALLS WE GET FOR
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CONSTRUCTION STUFF.
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NO. THIS IS NEHEMIAH.
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IT'S REBUILDING THE WALLS THAT HAVE BEEN TORN DOWN.
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- I GET IT, DAVE.
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- HE WANTS THEM TO GET IT.
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- YEAH.
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THEY'RE NOT BUILDING ANY WALLS.
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INASMUCH AS THERE MIGHT BE A WALL BEING BUILT,
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IT'S NOT BEING DONE BY DAVE.
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- THAT'S RIGHT.
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- SO I WANNA YOU TO GET DAVE'S CONTENT AND THE
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FOUNDERS BIBLE.
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- YES.
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- LOOK, ALL OF THIS STUFF THAT DAVE DOES
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IS AMAZING.
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OKAY, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THOUGH FEELS KIND
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OF HISTORICALLY UNIQUELY CONNECTED TO THE 500 YEAR
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HISTORY OF KIND OF THE REFORMATION, AND THERE
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WAS A VERY FAMOUS MARTIN LUTHER'S EVENT 500 YEARS AGO.
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LAURIE AND I WERE THERE IN WITTENBERG OR
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VITTENBERG DEPENDING ON WHO YOU'RE TALKING TO.
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THAT IS KIND OF BEING TALKED ABOUT THROUGH THE
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YEAR OF 2017, LARGE, HUGE EVENTS WENT ON THERE
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IN GERMANY THAT WE TRIED TO AVOID.
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WE WERE AROUND HUGE CROWDS, YOU KNOW,
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HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
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TALK ABOUT REVIVAL AND AMERICA AND WHY WE NEED A
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NEW REFORMATION AS IT WERE, AND IF WE'RE NOT
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SEEING IT, WHY NOT?
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WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU.
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- I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MANY CHURCHES I'M WITH
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THAT ARE PRAYING FOR REVIVAL FOR AMERICA.
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NOW, I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE A
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CLUE WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.
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- OKAY.
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- AND HERE'S WHY I SAY THAT, IN TEXAS, OUR
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BRANCH, WE'RE AT THE CENTER OF A DROUGHT FOR
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FIVE YEARS.
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WE PRAYED FOR RAIN.
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WE SAW WHEN THE RAIN CAME PRAYER WAS ANSWERED.
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HERE'S ANY QUESTION.
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YOU'RE PRAYING FOR REVIVAL.
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HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR PRAYERS ARE ANSWERED?
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HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN TO STOP PRAYING?
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WHAT'S YOUR REVIVAL LOOK LIKE?
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AND WELL EVERYTHING IS WELL AND HEALTHY. NO.
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WE HAVE REVIVALS LIKE THE FIRST GRADE AWAKENING,
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THE SECOND GRADE AWAKENING, AND NOBODY
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KNEW THEY WERE IN THOSE REVIVALS UNTIL THEY WERE
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LONG AFTERWARDS AND HISTORIANS LOOKED BACK
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AND SAID I THINK LET'S CALL THAT THE
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FIRST GRADE AWAKENING.
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GEORGE WHITFIELD NEVER KNEW HE WAS IN A REVIVAL.
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HE HAD NO IDEA BECAUSE THEY LAST DECADES.
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THE FIRST GRADE AWAKENING IS 1730 TO 1770.
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THE SECOND GRADE AWAKENING SOMETIMES BUMPS
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THE THIRD GRADE AWAKENING 1801 TO 1877.
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76 YEARS.
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YOU COULD BE BORN AND DIED AND BE 75 YEARS OLD
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AND NEVER KNEW YOU WERE IN A REVIVAL BECAUSE
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YOU'RE WHOLE LIFE IS LIVING ONE, SO WE HAVE AN
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ARTIFICIAL CONSTRUCT FOR REVIVAL THAT'S NOT
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HISTORICALLY ACCURATE.
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REVIVALS ARE A LOT OF HARD WORK.
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THEY ARE A LOT OF FIGHT, AND IT USUALLY IS
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INTERNAL FIGHT.
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WHO WAS MARTIN LUTHER PROTESTING?
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THE CHURCH.
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HE WAS THE PRIEST IN A CHURCH PROTESTING.
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HE'S NOT TAKING ON SECULAR GOVERNMENT.
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HE'S TAKING ON THE CHURCH.
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AND SO REVIVAL OFTEN MEANS THE CHURCH
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FIGHTS ITSELF.
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- INTERESTING.
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- AND BY THE WAY, I'LL POINT OUT NEARLY ALWAYS
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THE MAINSTREAM CHURCH IS NEVER PART OF A REVIVAL
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BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS OLD WINE SKINS,
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NEW WINE SKINS.
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REMEMBER JESUS TALKED ABOUT THAT?
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- WOW.
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- A REVIVAL COMES AND THEY SAY WE'VE NEVER DONE
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-FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS WE'VE DONE IT THIS WAY.
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JESUS COMES WITH A NEW WINE SKIN.
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AND SEE THAT'S WHY GEORGE WHIT FEED, I TALKED ABOUT
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HIM IN THE FIRST GRADE AWAKENING, GRAB THIS,
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YOU'RE IN AMERICA BACK IN THE FOUNDING ERA,
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1730 TO 1770.
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YOUR TRANSPORTATION IS A HORSE.
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THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMUNICATION EXCEPT,
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EXCEPT YOUR VOICE.
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HE SPENT 34 YEARS PREACHING IN AMERICA,
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PREACHED 18.000 SERMONS ON HORSEBACK.
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HE RODE FROM MAINE TO GEORGIA AND BACK 7 TIMES
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PREACHING AS HE WENT.
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80% OF ALL AMERICANS PHYSICALLY HEARD HIM
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PREACH A SERMON.
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HOW MANY COMMUNITIES DO YOU HAVE TO BE IN FOR 80%
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OF AMERICANS TO HEAR YOU PERSONALLY IN-PERSON
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DELIVER A SERMON?
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IT KILLED HIM.
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THE LAST TWO YEARS OF HIS LIFE HE HAD A PORTABLE
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PULPIT HE CARRIED ON HIS HORSE, AND HE WOULD GET
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THAT PULPIT OUT, GET IT OUT, PREACH TO A CROWD
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AND THEN GO OFF AND SPIT UP HIS GUTS AND COUGH UP
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A BUNCH OF BLOOD AND GET BACK ON HIS HORSE.
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KILLED HIM.
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IT WAS NO FUN WHAT HE DID.
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IT WAS HARD WORK, BUT IT SAVED THE NATION.
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WE WOULD NOT BE HERE WERE IT NOT FOR WHITFIELD AND
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THE GREAT AWAKENING.
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BUT HERE'S THE DEAL.
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WHY WAS WHIT FIELD ALWAYS PREACHING OUTSIDE IN
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OPEN AIR MEETINGS?
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BECAUSE NO CHURCH WOULD LET HIM COME INSIDE.
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WE DON'T DO IT THAT WAY.
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OH, YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE GUYS?
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WE DON'T -REVIVAL, SECOND GRADE AWAKENING,
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OUTDOOR REVIVALS. WHY?
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WE DON'T DO THAT IN THE CHURCH.
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AND SO THE CHURCH TYPICALLY MAKES THE
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DECISION I'M NOT GOING TO BE PART OF IT.
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WE'RE PRAYING FOR REVIVAL, THEN WHEN IT
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COMES, I'M NOT DOING IT THAT WAY.
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THAT DOESN'T FIT MY IMAGE OF WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.
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SO LITERALLY HERE'S WHY I THINK I CAN STATISTICALLY
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PROVE AMERICA'S IN REVIVAL RIGHT NOW.
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I THINK HISTORIANS WILL LOOK BACK AND SAY THIS IS
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REVIVAL, AND I THINK I CAN PROVE IT SEVERAL WAYS.
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I'M GOING TO USE THE NEGATIVE SIDE OF PROOF.
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THERE'S OVER 3 00.000 CHURCHES IN AMERICA.
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I'M ONBOARD WITH GEORGE BARNA.
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GEORGE BARNA IS THE MOST CITED POLLSTER IN
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AMERICAN HISTORY.
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HE IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS HAS JUST FOCUSED
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SOLELY ON THE CHURCH.
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HE'S IN A BIBLICAL WORLD VIEW AND THINKING.
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HIS BOOK IS JUST TERRIFIC.
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I RECOMMEND EVERY GEORGE BARNA PIECE HE'S EVER DONE.
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HE'LL CALL 500 TO 600 CHURCHES EVERY DAY.
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NOT IN A WEEK.
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EVERYDAY 500 TO 600 CHURCHES, AND THE COOL
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THING ABOUT GEORGE BARNA IS HE DOESN'T LET YOU
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SELF-IDENTIFY.
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IF YOU HAVE A FOX POLLER, NBC POLLER OR WASHINGTON
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POST POLLER THEY'LL SAY ARE YOU A CHRISTIAN?
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IF YOU SAY YES, THEY'LL MARK YOU.
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ARE YOU A BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN?
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YOU SAID SAY, THEY'LL MARK YOU.
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ARE YOU AN EVANGELICAL?
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GEORGE DOESN'T LET YOU SELF-IDENTIFY THAT WAY.
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HE WILL ASK YOU A QUESTION, HAVE YOU HAD A
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LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE CENTERING ON JESUS CHRIST?
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NO, I NEVER HAVE.
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I DON'T CARE IF YOU SAY YOU'RE A BORN AGAIN
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CHRISTIAN OR NOT, IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A LIFE
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CHANGING EXPERIENCE WITH JESUS CHRIST, YOU'RE NOT
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BORN AGAIN.
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SO THAT'S WHY -DO YOU BELIEVE THE BIBLE IS
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GOD'S WORD?
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NO, I THINK IT'S A GOOD GUIDE BUT -- I DON'T CARE.
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YOU CAN'T BE AN EVANGELICAL, MATT, NO
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MATTER WHAT YOU CALL YOURSELF IF YOU DON'T
00:14:20.170 --> 00:14:23.020
BELIEVE THE BIBLE IS THE GUIDE BOOK.
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WHERE AS NATIONALLY POLLSTERS PUT
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EVANGELICALS ABOUT 24% TO 27% OF THE NATION,
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BARNA PUTS IT AT ABOUT 9% OF THE NATION BECAUSE
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HE ASKS YOU QUESTIONS THAT IDENTIFY YOU.
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SO ASK SIX QUESTIONS, CHURCHES, REALLY EASY,
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CAN YOU EARN SALVATION OR IS THAT A GIFT OF GRACE?
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DID JESUS LIVE A SINLESS LIFE?
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IS THE BIBLE TRUE IN IT TEACHINGS?
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DOES GOD STILL GET INVOLVED IN THE WORLD TODAY?
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WILL HE ANSWER PRAYER?
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IS SATAN IMAGINARY BEING OR IS HE A REAL BEING BUT
00:14:49.010 --> 00:14:52.090
WE JUST BLAME THINGS ON THE IMAGINARY?
00:14:52.110 --> 00:14:54.210
AND DO YOU BELIEVE THERE'S ABSOLUTE
00:14:54.230 --> 00:14:57.010
MORAL TRUTH?
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DOES THE BIBLE SET FORTH MORAL RIGHTS AND WRONGS?
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AT THIS POINT RIGHT NOW 72% OF THE NATION'S
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CHURCHES DO NOT AGREE THOSE SIX STATEMENTS.
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NOW THOSE ARE SIX SIMPLE NON-NEGOTIABLES.
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THAT'S THE EASIEST STUFF IN THE BIBLE.
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72% SAYS HUH-UH, WE'RE NOT THERE.
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OKAY.
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BUT THAT DOES MEAN THAT WE HAVE 28% THAT DO
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BELIEVE THAT.
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THAT'S 100.000 CHURCHES.
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THAT WILL SAVE A NATION ANY DAY.
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SO THEN FOCUS ON THOSE 100.000 CHURCHES, THOSE
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THAT DO BELIEVE, AND WE CALL THEM THEOLOGICALLY
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CONSERVATIVE CHURCHES, THEY ADHERE TO THE BIBLE.
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SO WE START ASKING THOSE PASTORS, CALL THEM, ASK
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THEM, AND WE ASK THEM AND SAY OKAY, DO YOU BELIEVE
00:15:34.290 --> 00:15:37.160
THE BIBLE APPLIES TO EVERY ISSUE OF LIFE?
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SURE. I BELIEVE THAT.
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I MEAN, GOD GAVE 613 LAWS.
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THERE'S NO LAW WE COVER OVER HERE THERE'S NO WAY
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THE BIBLE HASN'T ADDRESSED BY PRINCIPLE
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OR SPECIFIC.
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SO WE THEN ASK THEM DO YOU THINK THE BIBLE
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SPEAKS ABOUT ABORTION?
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DOES THE BIBLE SPEAK ABOUT MARRIAGE?
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DOES IT SPEAK ABOUT GENDER IDENTITY?
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DOES THE BIBLE SPEAK ABOUT RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION.
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DOES THE BIBLE SPEAK ABOUT ECONOMICS AND
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EDUCATION OR IMMIGRATION?
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GO THROUGH 14 THINGS.
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FORTUNATELY BETWEEN 91 AND 97% OF THOSE PASTORS
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SAID YES, THE BIBLE ADDRESSES THAT ISSUE.
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SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS.
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THESE GUYS NOT ONLY BELIEVE THE BIBLE.
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THEY THINK THE BIBLE APPLIES TO EVERY ASPECT
00:16:19.030 --> 00:16:20.220
OF LIFE.
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NEXT QUESTION, HAVE YOU ADDRESSED ANY OF THOSE
00:16:22.220 --> 00:16:25.020
ISSUES TO YOUR CONGREGATION OR WILL YOU
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ADDRESS THOSE?
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90% OF BIBLE BELIEVING PASTORS SAID NO WAY.
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THOSE ARE POLITICAL ISSUES.
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I WON'T TOUCH THEM.
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- OH, DEAR.
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- TIME OUT.
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YOU JUST SAID THEY'RE IN THE BIBLE, AND NOW YOU
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SAID BECAUSE THEY SAY THAT IT'S POLITICAL,
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YOU'RE NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE BIBLE?
00:16:39.250 --> 00:16:41.150
SO WE'RE AT 2.8% OF PASTORS IN THE NATION
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WILLING TO TAKE THE WORD OF GOD AND APPLY IT TO
00:16:44.040 --> 00:16:46.040
WHAT GOES ON IN DAILY LIFE.
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NOW, REVIVAL, ALL REVIVAL MEANS IS THE WORD OF GOD
00:16:48.120 --> 00:16:51.130
IS ONCE AGAIN ACCEPTED AS AND APPLIED TO YOUR LIFE
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AND YOU LIVE IT OUT IN YOUR LIFE.
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THAT'S WHY THE WORD OF GOD APPLIES TO EVERY
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HEADLINE THAT'S OUT THERE, BUT TODAY PEOPLE
00:16:58.170 --> 00:17:00.130
CAN'T TAKE A BIBLE VERSE AND PUT IT WITH A
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CAPITOL GAINS TAX.
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THEY CAN'T TAKE A BIBLE VERSE AND PUT IT IN
00:17:05.000 --> 00:17:06.250
COMPETITION OF FREE MARKET.
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WE USED TO, AND SEE, THAT'S WHAT THE CHURCH
00:17:08.130 --> 00:17:10.180
USED TO BE GOOD AT DOING IS SAYING LOOK HOW THE
00:17:10.200 --> 00:17:12.070
WORD OF GOD APPLIES.
00:17:12.090 --> 00:17:13.240
LOOK AT WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT YOUR FAMILY
00:17:13.260 --> 00:17:14.250
AND BUSINESS.
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LOOK WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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WE USED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
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AND THAT'S A REVIVAL, SO REVIVAL ALL IT MEANS IS
00:17:19.040 --> 00:17:20.250
THE WORD OF GOD STARTS BECOMING PRACTICAL AGAIN.
00:17:20.270 --> 00:17:22.290
YOU START LIVING OUT THE WORD OF GOD, AND THE
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CHURCH RIGHT NOW SAYS WE REFUSE TO BE PART OF THAT.
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WE'RE NOT GONNA DO--
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THAT'S WHY A RIVAL NEARLY ALWAYS HAPPENS OUTSIDE
00:17:31.240 --> 00:17:33.280
THE CHURCH, AND SO YOU'RE SEEING ALL THESE OTHER
00:17:34.000 --> 00:17:37.120
THINGS STARTING TO COME IN FROM THE OUTSIDE THAT
00:17:37.140 --> 00:17:39.120
ARE MOVING US IN A SPIRITUAL DIRECTION.
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BUT WE'RE THE MOST SECULAR WE'VE EVER BEEN
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AS A NATION, AND IT'S BECAUSE THE PULPIT, THE
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CHURCH REFUSES TO APPLY GOD'S WORD TO REAL LIFE.
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- DAVE, UM, I WANT YOUR--
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- [DAVE] ARE WE DEPRESSED ENOUGH NOW?
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- WELL, YOU'RE MAKING A POINT, AND I DON'T WANT
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YOU TO FORGET THAT YOU ARE SOMEWHAT TRYING TO
00:17:58.070 --> 00:18:01.290
PROVE THAT WE'RE IN A REVIVAL, OKAY.
00:18:02.010 --> 00:18:05.010
SO FAR THAT WAS MAYBE THE BAD NEWS OF THAT
00:18:05.030 --> 00:18:08.130
DISSERTATION I HOPE.
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I HOPE IT DOESN'T GET ANY WORSE.
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BUT I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION I WANT TO INSERT
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RIGHT HERE IS: IS IT BECAUSE OF THE UNIQUE 180
00:18:15.060 --> 00:18:22.090
THAT HAPPENED IN 1947 WHEN THE SEPARATION OF
00:18:22.110 --> 00:18:27.040
CHURCH AND STATE REALLY GOT TURNED ON ITS, TURNED 180?
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WOULD THAT BE THE COMPELLING REASON A
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PASTOR DOESN'T ADDRESS THOSE?
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HE DOESN'T THINK HE CAN?
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- THAT'S PART.
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THAT IS PART OF WHAT WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO IT,
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BUT THAT'S NOT SUBSTANTIVE UNLESS YOU'RE
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ALREADY BELIEVING THE WRONG THINGS.
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IF I READ THE BIBLE AND I SAY JESUS CALLED OUT
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HEROD AND HE CALLED HIM AN OLD FOX, AND IF I SEE
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JESUS CONFRONT-- YOU'RE A CIVIL LEADER,
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YOU'RE A WHITE WASHED SEPULCHER.
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I DON'T CARE WHAT 1947 SUPREME COURT SAYS,
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MY BIBLE SAYS JESUS CONFRONTED THE CIVIL
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LEADERS AND TALKED ABOUT CIVIL ISSUES.
00:19:04.060 --> 00:19:06.050
HE TALKED ABOUT THE BAD CONSTRUCTION OF THE TOWER
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AT GILBOA THAT FELL AND THE ARCHITECTURE IS BAD,
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KILLED 18 PEOPLE. HE TALKED ABOUT HOW
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HEROD MINGLED THE BLOOD OF THE GALILEANS SACRIFICES.
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HE TALKED ABOUT ISSUES THAT WERE ANY NEWS OF THE
00:19:15.280 --> 00:19:18.190
PEOPLE RIGHT THEN IN THAT POINT IN TIME.
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AND I DON'T CARE WHAT 1947 SUPREME COURT SAYS.
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I KNOW WHAT MY BIBLE SAID.
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I KNOW IN THE CASE OF ELIJAH, HE WAS JUST-- YOU
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REMEMBER THE WICKEDNESS OF AHAB AND JEZEBEL?
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HE WAS JUST ABOUT TO CONFRONT THE WICKEDNESS
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OF AHAB AND JEZEBEL, AND HE WAS JUST ABOUT TO TELL
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THEM, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID WITH IMMINENT DOMAIN,
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TAKING PRIVATE PROPERTY, WHAT YOU DID WITH RELIGIOUS
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PROSECUTION, YOU KILLED THE LORD'S PROPHETS, HE'S
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JUST ABOUT TO LAY IT ALL OUT AND FORTUNATELY HE
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REMEMBERS HIS 501C3 TAXES AND KEPT HIS MOUTH SHUT.
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MY BIBLE DOESN'T SHOW THAT.
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MY BIBLE SHOWS THAT EVERY MINISTER OF GOD
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CONFRONTED THE CIVIL ARENA EVERY TIME.
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NATHAN AND GAD JUMPED DAVID AND SAID DAVID,
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THOU ART THE MAN.
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YOU'RE THE GUY THAT SLEPT WITH BATHSHEBA.
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IT WAS THE PREACHERS CALLING OUT THE CIVIL LEADERS.
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SO I DON'T CARE WHAT ANYTHING, IF I KNOW THE
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BIBLE, I SAY NO, I'VE GOT TO ADDRESS THIS STUFF.
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THAT'S WHAT WE SEE THROUGHOUT.
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- AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED 500 YEARS AGO
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WITH LUTHER.
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- HE SAID I'VE BEEN IN THE BIBLE, I'VE BEEN STUDYING
00:20:14.220 --> 00:20:16.260
THE BIBLE, YOU GUYS ARE SAYING ALL THIS STUFF OUT
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HERE, HERE IS WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS,
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AND GETTING BACK TO THAT.
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NOW HERE'S THE PROBLEM WITH HIM,
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AND I'LL JUST BE REAL BLUNT.
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- PLEASE. YOU'RE FROM TEXAS; YOU CAN BE BLUNT.
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- I CAN BE REAL BLUNT.
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RIGHT NOW, OF EVERYONE IN AMERICA WHO PROFESSES ANY
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RELIGIOUS FAITH WHATEVER, YOU'VE GOT HUNDREDS OF
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FAITHS TO CHOOSE FROM.
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90 PERCENT OF AMERICANS SAY I AM A CHRISTIAN, SO
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90 PERCENT OF THOSE WHO PROFESS FAITH CHOOSE
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THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.
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NOW THAT'S ABOUT 72 PERCENT OF AMERICANS
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SAY I'M A CHRISTIAN.
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OF THOSE WHO PROFESS CHRISTIANITY, ONLY NINE
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PERCENT READ THE BIBLE ON A DAILY BASIS.
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AND THEN LET'S SAY YOU READ THE BIBLE DAILY AND
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"I JUST LOVE THE 23RD PSALM, I READ IT EVERY DAY."
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OKAY, LET ME ASK YOU A DIFFERENT QUESTION.
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HAVE YOU EVER READ THE BIBLE FROM COVER TO COVER?
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YOU'RE TALKING THREE PERCENT OF AMERICANS WHO
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HAVE EVER READ THE FULL BIBLE COVER TO COVER.
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SO WHAT HAPPENS IS WE DON'T KNOW WHAT GOD SAYS
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AND WE LOVE JESUS, AND SO WHAT WE DO IS WE
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CONFORM GOD TO OUR IMAGE.
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WHATEVER WE'RE DOING, GOD LOVES ME, HE ACCEPTS ME,
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HE UNDERSTANDS THE TEMPTATIONS I HAVE, SO
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THEREFORE WE ENDORSE OUR LIFESTYLE BY CONFORMING
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HIM TO OUR IMAGE BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HE SAYS.
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SO AT THIS POINT, WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE THE TWO
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OUT OF THREE CHRISTIANS BELIEVE THERE IS NO
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ABSOLUTE MORAL TRUTH.
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I'M SORRY, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE TEN
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MORAL TRUTHS; END OF STORY RIGHT THERE.
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GOD WROTE THEM DOWN.
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WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS YOU DON'T COMMIT ARSON,
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THAT'S A MORAL IMPERATIVE.
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WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS YOU DON'T COMMIT INFANTICIDE,
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WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS YOU DON'T COMMIT RAPE,
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ALL OF THOSE ARE MORAL ABSOLUTES.
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THERE'S NO ALTERNATIVE FOR A CHRISTIAN.
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THOSE ARE MORAL ABSOLUTES.
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THE TWO OUT OF THREE CHRISTIANS BECAUSE WE
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DON'T KNOW IT'S IN GOD'S WORD.
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THAT'S WHERE LUTHER WAS SO KEY IN GETTING THE WORD,
00:22:04.190 --> 00:22:07.150
AND BEFORE LUTHER CAME, 250 YEARS BEFORE LUTHER,
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GUYS WERE DYING SIMPLY FOR TRYING TO GET THE
00:22:11.180 --> 00:22:14.090
BIBLE AVAILABLE TO EVERY INDIVIDUAL IN THEIR OWN
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LANGUAGE SO THEY COULD READ IT.
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LUTHER WAS ON THE TAIL END OF THE REFORMATION
00:22:18.040 --> 00:22:21.060
MOVEMENT BECAUSE WYCLIFFE STARTED IT, AND WYCLIFFE
00:22:21.080 --> 00:22:24.230
GETS KILLED, BURNED AT THE STAKE FOR TRYING TO
00:22:24.250 --> 00:22:28.260
GET THE BIBLE WHERE PEOPLE CAN READ IT.
00:22:28.280 --> 00:22:31.150
SO LUTHER IS AT A POINT IN TIME WHERE FOR 250
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YEARS THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THE BIBLE AND BE
00:22:34.090 --> 00:22:36.030
READ, AND HE'S READING THE BIBLE.
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AND ONCE HE STARTS READING THE BIBLE, HE
00:22:38.120 --> 00:22:39.180
CHANGES THE WORLD, BUT IT STARTS WITH KNOWING GOD'S
00:22:39.200 --> 00:22:43.020
WORD. AND AT THIS POINT, THE CHURCH WENT OUT
00:22:43.040 --> 00:22:46.100
TEACHING GOD'S WORD. WE REFUSE TO ADDRESS
00:22:46.120 --> 00:22:48.140
THE THINGS THAT GOD'S WORD ADDRESSES.
00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:50.130
IF THEY'RE IN THE NEWS, WE TAKE THEM OFF THE
00:22:50.150 --> 00:22:52.090
TABLE AND SAY THAT'S POLITICAL.
00:22:52.110 --> 00:22:53.200
NO, THAT'S BIBLICAL.
00:22:53.220 --> 00:22:55.090
WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS, AND
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IF THAT'S WHAT LUTHER DID, AND THAT'S WHY WE LOOK AT
00:22:57.190 --> 00:23:00.110
HIM AS REALLY THE HALLMARK OF THE
00:23:00.130 --> 00:23:02.030
REFORMATION, BUT IT STARTED WITH BIBLE
00:23:02.050 --> 00:23:03.250
KNOWLEDGE THAT GREW BEFORE THEN, AND THAT'S
00:23:03.270 --> 00:23:06.100
WHAT THE CHURCH HAS TO DO NOW.
00:23:06.120 --> 00:23:07.180
NOW THIS IS WHERE I'M FINDING THE GOOD NEWS
00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:09.040
BECAUSE KIDS, MILLENNIALS, I CAN'T TELL
00:23:09.060 --> 00:23:11.030
YOU, WE HAVE EVERY TWO WEEKS IN THE SUMMER WE
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TAKE IN 50 MILLENNIALS, 50 KIDS AGES 18 - 25
00:23:13.280 --> 00:23:17.120
AND WE TAKE THEM THROUGH THE STUFF THEY DON'T GET
00:23:17.140 --> 00:23:19.200
IN HISTORY, THE STUFF THEY DON'T GET IN BIBLE.
00:23:19.220 --> 00:23:21.260
AND A LOT OF THESE ARE SECULAR KIDS, AND THEY
00:23:21.280 --> 00:23:25.010
COME OUT, AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TEXTS
00:23:25.030 --> 00:23:26.260
WE GET, I'M READING MY BIBLE EVERY DAY, I NEVER
00:23:26.280 --> 00:23:29.130
HAVE READ SUCH A PRACTICAL BOOK, THERE'S
00:23:29.150 --> 00:23:31.030
SO MUCH COOL STUFF IN THERE. AND THEY WERE
00:23:31.050 --> 00:23:32.250
KIDS THAT NEVER READ THE BIBLE BEFORE.
00:23:32.270 --> 00:23:34.230
SO THERE'S GOOD STUFF.
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- ANNOUNCER: AS AMERICA STANDS AT THE CROSSROADS
00:23:37.040 --> 00:23:39.190
OF HISTORY, THERE IS A NEED FOR US TO LOOK BACK
00:23:39.210 --> 00:23:42.230
AND REDISCOVER THE VISION OF THOSE WHO LAID THE
00:23:42.250 --> 00:23:45.250
GROUND WORK AND BUILT THE FOUNDATION THAT
00:23:45.270 --> 00:23:47.230
MADE OUR NATION GREAT.
00:23:47.250 --> 00:23:49.180
DISCOVER THE SCRIPTURES THAT THE FOUNDERS USED
00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:51.220
AS THE BASIS FOR OUR ORIGINAL FOUNDING DOCUMENTS.
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SEE WHAT CHAPTERS INSPIRED THEM IN THE
00:23:55.140 --> 00:23:57.100
FIGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE.
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UNDERSTAND THE SACRIFICES THEY MADE BECAUSE OF
00:23:59.070 --> 00:24:01.020
THEIR BIBLICALLY BASED BELIEFS.
00:24:01.040 --> 00:24:03.070
AND LEARN ABOUT AMERICA AS A CHRISTIAN NATION.
00:24:03.090 --> 00:24:06.060
DISCOVER THIS IN THE FOUNDER'S BIBLE.
00:24:06.080 --> 00:24:08.250
CALL OR CLICK TO RECEIVE YOUR COPY TODAY.
00:24:08.270 --> 00:24:11.160
- MATT CROUCH: WE ARE IN WASHINGTON DC
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WITH HISTORIAN, DAVE BARTON.
00:24:18.100 --> 00:24:20.120
HE'S A WALL BUILDER.
00:24:20.140 --> 00:24:22.150
HE'S IN TEXAS WITH BRICKS AND MORTAR AND
00:24:22.170 --> 00:24:24.180
HE BUILDS WALLS, RIGHT?
00:24:24.200 --> 00:24:26.140
- ABSOLUTELY. SOUTHERN BORDER.
00:24:26.160 --> 00:24:28.060
- NOT! HE BUILDS DIFFERENT KINDS OF WALLS, AND HE
00:24:28.080 --> 00:24:34.180
BASICALLY-- GO TO THE WEBSITE AND GET DAVE'S STUFF.
00:24:34.200 --> 00:24:37.000
WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A DISCUSSION ABOUT REVIVAL.
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WHAT IS IT?
00:24:41.090 --> 00:24:42.190
BUT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT LUTHER, SO I WANT
00:24:42.210 --> 00:24:45.160
TO GO TO OUR TRIP TO GERMANY JUST A FEW DAYS
00:24:45.180 --> 00:24:49.120
AGO AND KIND OF GET MORE ABOUT LUTHER.
00:24:49.140 --> 00:24:52.260
WHEN WE COME BACK, I NEED YOU TO CONTINUE THIS
00:24:52.280 --> 00:24:56.250
STORY IN REGARD TO YOU'RE PROVING WE'RE IN A
00:24:56.270 --> 00:25:02.290
REVIVAL. LET'S GO TO WITTENBERG, GERMANY.
00:25:03.010 --> 00:25:04.250
WATCH THIS.
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- NARRATOR: WITTENBERG, GERMANY, 1517.
00:25:07.060 --> 00:25:12.050
MARTIN LUTHER, A LOCAL AUGUSTINIAN PRIEST,
00:25:12.070 --> 00:25:15.070
COMPOSES A LIST OF 95 THESES FOR DEBATE AGAINST
00:25:15.090 --> 00:25:18.280
CORRUPTION IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.
00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:22.270
ALLEGEDLY, LUTHER POSTS HIS 95 THESES TO THE DOOR
00:25:22.290 --> 00:25:26.200
OF WITTENBERG'S CASTLE CHURCH, AN ACTION WHICH
00:25:26.220 --> 00:25:30.060
IGNITES A FIRESTORM THROUGHOUT EUROPE AND
00:25:30.080 --> 00:25:32.210
CHANGES THE COURSE OF HISTORY.
00:25:32.230 --> 00:25:37.170
DURING THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THIS
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INCREDIBLE EVENT, MATT AND LAURIE CROUCH JOIN
00:25:39.190 --> 00:25:43.080
AUTHOR ERIC METAXAS FOR A CLOSER LOOK AT THE LIFE
00:25:43.100 --> 00:25:46.280
OF MARTIN LUTHER AND THE STORY OF REFORMATION.
00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:52.210
- IN MODERN TIMES, THERE IS NO MORE IMPORTANT OR
00:25:52.230 --> 00:25:55.050
INFLUENTIAL STORY THAN THE STORY OF MARTIN LUTHER
00:25:55.070 --> 00:25:57.210
ON THE REFORMATION. THAT'S A FACT.
00:25:57.230 --> 00:25:59.170
MOST PEOPLE-- IT'S SO IMPORTANT AND IT HAD SUCH A
00:25:59.190 --> 00:26:02.090
WIDE AFFECT THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T EVEN REMEMBER
00:26:02.110 --> 00:26:04.280
IT. IT'S LIKE WHEN WE SAY ABOUT, IF YOU ASK A 20
00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:07.250
YEAR OLD WHO CURED POLIO?
00:26:07.270 --> 00:26:10.060
THEY'D BE LIKE I DON'T KNOW, AND BY THE WAY,
00:26:10.080 --> 00:26:11.270
WHAT'S POLIO? LIKE, YOU TOTALLY TAKE FOR GRANTED
00:26:11.290 --> 00:26:15.130
THINGS BECAUSE YOU SAY WELL, WE'VE NEVER HAD
00:26:15.150 --> 00:26:17.250
A PROBLEM WITH POLIO. OH, REALLY?
00:26:17.270 --> 00:26:19.050
TALK TO YOUR GRANDPARENTS ABOUT POLIO.
00:26:19.070 --> 00:26:20.260
THE THINGS WE TAKE FOR GRANTED TODAY NOT ONLY
00:26:20.280 --> 00:26:24.020
DIDN'T THEY EXIST IN LUTHER'S TIME, NOBODY
00:26:24.040 --> 00:26:25.280
COULD DREAM OF THEM EXISTING.
00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:27.200
BECAUSE OF WHAT HE DID IN THIS BUILDING AND
00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:29.220
IN THIS TOWN, THE WHOLE WORLD CHANGED.
00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:33.120
- WHAT HAPPENED HERE, IN CASE SOMEBODY JUST TUNED IN?
00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:36.050
- WELL, 500 YEARS AGO, WHEN HAPPENED HERE WAS
00:26:36.070 --> 00:26:38.260
THAT A YOUNG MONK NAMED MARTIN LUTHER NAILED A
00:26:38.280 --> 00:26:41.240
DOCUMENT ON THIS DOOR.
00:26:41.260 --> 00:26:44.210
THAT DOCUMENT BECAME SO FAMOUS THAT THIS BRONZE
00:26:44.230 --> 00:26:47.000
DOOR IS NOW A REPRODUCTION OF THE DOCUMENT.
00:26:47.020 --> 00:26:49.270
THE 95 THESES HAVE BEEN REPRODUCED IN BRONZE.
00:26:49.290 --> 00:26:52.270
ABOUT A HUNDRED AND SOME YEARS AGO THEY MADE THAT.
00:26:52.290 --> 00:26:55.120
BUT IT WAS SIMPLE WOODEN DOORS, AND HE TACKED UP A
00:26:55.140 --> 00:26:58.240
DOCUMENT BECAUSE HE WANTED PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY
00:26:58.260 --> 00:27:02.050
IN THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY BECAUSE THERE'S A
00:27:02.070 --> 00:27:04.080
UNIVERSITY HERE IN WITTENBERG.
00:27:04.100 --> 00:27:06.040
HE WAS A MONK BUT ALSO A THEOLOGY PROFESSOR.
00:27:06.060 --> 00:27:08.160
HE WANTED PEOPLE TO DEBATE THE ISSUE OF INDULGENCES,
00:27:08.180 --> 00:27:11.190
WHICH WAS A PRACTICE OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
00:27:11.210 --> 00:27:14.200
AT THE TIME, WHICH HE COULD SEE WAS CAUSING
00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:16.290
TROUBLE WITH THE FAITHFUL, SOMETHING
00:27:17.010 --> 00:27:19.060
WRONG, AND HE SAID IF WE HAVE A DEBATE ON THIS
00:27:19.080 --> 00:27:21.240
ISSUE, IT WILL HELP US STRAIGHTEN OUT A WHOLE
00:27:21.260 --> 00:27:24.070
BUNCH OF THINGS.
00:27:24.090 --> 00:27:25.210
AND IN FACT, HE POSTED-- 500 YEARS AGO, HE POSTED
00:27:25.230 --> 00:27:28.180
THAT DOCUMENT HERE AT THE TIME REALLY HAVING NO
00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:31.080
CLUE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT HE DID.
00:27:31.100 --> 00:27:33.280
NOW WE REALIZE THIS IS ONE OF THE SEMINAL
00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:35.250
MOMENTS IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD LITERALLY. HUGE.
00:27:35.270 --> 00:27:40.240
AND THAT LED TO A DEBATE, AND IT ULTIMATELY LED TO
00:27:40.260 --> 00:27:46.190
HIS EXCOMMUNICATION BY THE POPE, AND IT
00:27:46.210 --> 00:27:48.180
LED TO PROTESTANTISM.
00:27:48.200 --> 00:27:50.230
SO IF YOU'RE PART OF ANY CHURCH THAT'S NOT
00:27:50.250 --> 00:27:53.030
EASTERN ORTHODOX OR ROMAN CATHOLIC, IF YOU'RE ANY
00:27:53.050 --> 00:27:56.220
KIND OF PROTESTANT, IT BEGAN LITERALLY IN THIS SPOT.
00:27:56.240 --> 00:28:00.190
HARD FOR US TO GET OUR HEADS AROUND IT.
00:28:00.210 --> 00:28:02.110
IT BEGAN HERE 500 YEARS AGO.
00:28:02.130 --> 00:28:04.190
HE DID NOT HAVE THE SLIGHTEST INKLING THAT
00:28:04.210 --> 00:28:07.150
IT WOULD BE HISTORIC.
00:28:07.170 --> 00:28:09.100
SO WHENEVER YOU SEE ILLUSTRATIONS OF LUTHER
00:28:09.120 --> 00:28:12.180
POUNDING THE THESES ONTO THIS DOOR OR WHATEVER, IT
00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:16.070
LOOKS LIKE HE KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING, LIKE HE WAS
00:28:16.090 --> 00:28:18.260
SAYING EVERYBODY NEEDS TO READ THIS!
00:28:18.280 --> 00:28:20.230
HE WAS LITERALLY TACKING SOMETHING ONTO A BULLETIN
00:28:20.250 --> 00:28:23.280
BOARD RIGHT HERE.
00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:25.180
THIS WAS THE BULLETIN BOARD OF THE DAY.
00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:27.210
AND HE MAY NOT HAVE EVEN DONE IT.
00:28:27.230 --> 00:28:29.170
HE MIGHT HAVE GIVEN IT TO THE CHURCH CUSTODIAN AND
00:28:29.190 --> 00:28:31.250
SAID PLEASE POST THIS, OR HE MIGHT HAVE DONE IT
00:28:31.270 --> 00:28:34.080
WITH PASTE WHICH IS NOT VERY DRAMATIC. RIGHT?
00:28:34.100 --> 00:28:36.180
IT DOESN'T HAVE THAT THUNDEROUS POUNDING,
00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:40.040
RIGHT? RIGHT?
00:28:40.060 --> 00:28:41.120
IT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED THAT WAY.
00:28:41.140 --> 00:28:42.270
BUT THE POINT IS THAT THAT SET SOMETHING IN MOTION.
00:28:42.290 --> 00:28:46.010
WE HAVE NEVER GONE BACK.
00:28:46.030 --> 00:28:47.120
IN FACT, I'LL GO WAY PAST CHURCH STUFF.
00:28:47.140 --> 00:28:49.290
WHAT HE DID HERE AND WHAT HAPPENED AS A RESULT
00:28:50.010 --> 00:28:53.090
CREATED THE MODERN WORLD AS WE KNOW IT.
00:28:53.110 --> 00:28:57.160
IT DIDN'T JUST CREATE PROTESTANTISM.
00:28:57.180 --> 00:28:59.130
IT CREATED EVERYTHING WE TAKE FOR GRANTED
00:28:59.150 --> 00:29:01.160
IN THE MODERN WORLD.
00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:02.260
THE CONCEPT OF LIBERTY, WHICH WE IN AMERICA
00:29:02.280 --> 00:29:05.010
THINK WE INVENTED THAT.
00:29:05.030 --> 00:29:06.240
NONE OF THAT WAS POSSIBLE UNTIL THIS HAPPENED, SO
00:29:06.260 --> 00:29:11.080
THE RAMIFICATIONS OF WHAT LUTHER DID, WHICH HE
00:29:11.100 --> 00:29:14.080
HIMSELF DID NOT FORESEE, OPENED THE DOOR TO
00:29:14.100 --> 00:29:18.040
MODERNITY, TO THE FUTURE.
00:29:18.060 --> 00:29:20.040
SO FOR THE LAST 500 YEARS, WE'VE BEEN LIVING
00:29:20.060 --> 00:29:23.240
IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WORLD THAN THE WORLD THAT
00:29:23.260 --> 00:29:26.180
EXISTED BEFORE LUTHER DID WHAT HE DID HERE.
00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:29.090
SO I WANT TO UNPACK SOME OF THAT AS WE GO.
00:29:29.110 --> 00:29:31.280
THE THING THAT SET IT OFF IS THIS THING, I SHOULD
00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:33.290
EXPLAIN, CALLED INDULGENCES.
00:29:34.010 --> 00:29:35.180
THIS JUST STARTED EVERYTHING.
00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:37.220
BUT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE INDULGENCES?
00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:39.090
INDULGENCE IS-- IT'S WEIRD THING.
00:29:39.110 --> 00:29:41.110
IMAGINE IF YOU HAVE THIS SYSTEM IN THE CATHOLIC
00:29:41.130 --> 00:29:45.010
CHURCH WHERE PEOPLE SAY OKAY, YOU'VE SINNED,
00:29:45.030 --> 00:29:48.020
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT?
00:29:48.040 --> 00:29:49.140
WELL, THE PRIEST IS GONNA SAY WELL, IT'S NOT ENOUGH
00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:51.030
JUST TO A SAY YOU'RE SORRY. YOU NEED TO DO SOME
00:29:51.050 --> 00:29:52.220
KIND OF PENANCE TOO, SOMETHING LIKE THAT,
00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:55.020
SO WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT THINGS YOU CAN DO?
00:29:55.040 --> 00:29:56.270
WELL YOU COULD SAY A HUNDRED HAIL MARY'S, OR
00:29:56.290 --> 00:29:58.180
YOU COULD DO THIS OR THAT, OR YOU COULD GIVE
00:29:58.200 --> 00:30:01.050
MONEY TO SOME WORK OF GOD, RIGHT?
00:30:01.070 --> 00:30:04.230
OR YOU COULD GIVE MONEY TO THE CHURCH, OR YOU
00:30:04.250 --> 00:30:07.150
COULD GIVE MONEY TO A BUILDING PROJECT.
00:30:07.170 --> 00:30:09.060
AT THE TIME, THEY WERE TRYING TO BUILD
00:30:09.080 --> 00:30:10.080
ST. PETERS IN ROME.
00:30:10.100 --> 00:30:11.210
HAVE YOU HEARD OF ST. PETERS? BIGGEST CHURCH.
00:30:11.230 --> 00:30:13.210
SO THEY NEEDED MONEY TO BUILD ST. PETERS IN ROME
00:30:13.230 --> 00:30:18.210
BECAUSE THE POPE AT THE TIME WAS LIKE SPENDING
00:30:18.230 --> 00:30:20.080
MONEY LIKE A DRUNKEN SAILOR TRYING TO
00:30:20.100 --> 00:30:21.150
MAKE ROME AMAZING.
00:30:21.170 --> 00:30:23.190
- LAURIE: IT'S LIKE GETTING A TICKET AND
00:30:23.210 --> 00:30:24.250
HAVING TO PAY A FINE.
00:30:24.270 --> 00:30:25.270
- EXACTLY. THANK YOU.
00:30:25.290 --> 00:30:27.070
- YOU'RE WELCOME.
00:30:27.090 --> 00:30:28.070
- THAT WAS GOOD.
00:30:28.090 --> 00:30:29.160
BASICALLY THEY SAID HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN DO.
00:30:29.180 --> 00:30:32.010
IF YOU BUY AN INDULGENCE, YOU SPEND MONEY, GIVE TO
00:30:32.030 --> 00:30:34.130
THE CHURCH, WE WILL GIVE YOU KIND OF LIKE A
00:30:34.150 --> 00:30:37.190
"GET OUT OF JAIL FREE" CARD, RIGHT?
00:30:37.210 --> 00:30:39.250
NOW CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW QUICKLY THIS GET ABUSED,
00:30:39.270 --> 00:30:41.170
THIS IDEA?
00:30:41.190 --> 00:30:43.070
SO THE PRINCE OF THIS AREA, THE MAN WHO BUILT
00:30:43.090 --> 00:30:46.250
THIS CASTLE CHURCH AND WHO LIVED HERE, HE SAID I
00:30:46.270 --> 00:30:50.030
DON'T WANT INDULGENCES PREACHED IN MY TOWN FOR A
00:30:50.050 --> 00:30:52.160
NUMBER OF REASONS. COMPLICATED.
00:30:52.180 --> 00:30:54.080
BUT THE ARCHBISHOP VERY CLOSE BY, HE NEEDED MONEY
00:30:54.100 --> 00:30:59.080
BADLY, OKAY. YOU CAN SEE HOW GREED ENTERS IN.
00:30:59.100 --> 00:31:01.220
HE SAYS I NEED MONEY BADLY.
00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:04.150
SO THE POPE SAYS TO HIM I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, IF
00:31:04.170 --> 00:31:06.000
YOU HAVE INDULGENCES PREACHED IN YOUR TOWN,
00:31:06.020 --> 00:31:07.230
WE'LL SPLIT IT WITH YOU.
00:31:07.250 --> 00:31:09.170
WE IN ROME WILL TAKE HALF TO BUILD ST. PETERS BUT
00:31:09.190 --> 00:31:12.210
WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU THE OTHER HALF TO PAY BACK
00:31:12.230 --> 00:31:15.210
THE LOAN YOU OWE TO THE VATICAN SO THAT YOU CAN
00:31:15.230 --> 00:31:19.240
GET BLAH BLAH BLAH. THAT'S ANOTHER STORY.
00:31:19.260 --> 00:31:22.000
IT'S ALL IN THE BOOK. AND SO HE SAYS OKAY.
00:31:22.020 --> 00:31:25.060
SO THEY START PREACHING INDULGENCES 25 MILES
00:31:25.080 --> 00:31:27.130
AWAY FROM HERE, OKAY?
00:31:27.150 --> 00:31:29.030
PEOPLE ARE SO CRAZY FOR INDULGENCES, THEY SAID
00:31:29.050 --> 00:31:32.000
YOU MEAN LIKE I CAN PAY SOME MONEY AND I CAN
00:31:32.020 --> 00:31:34.280
GET LIKE MY MOTHER OUT OF PURGATORY?
00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:37.130
I LOVE MY MOTHER, SHE'S SUFFERING IN PURGATORY,
00:31:37.150 --> 00:31:40.100
I CAN JUST PAY MONEY AND GET HER OUT OF PURGATORY?
00:31:40.120 --> 00:31:42.170
I'M GONNA GET IN A WAGON OR HORSE AND TRAVEL 25
00:31:42.190 --> 00:31:45.090
MILES TO OTTERBERG AND I'M GONNA DO THAT.
00:31:45.110 --> 00:31:47.280
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:49.090
PEOPLE WERE FLOCKING FROM THIS TOWN TO THE NEARBY
00:31:49.110 --> 00:31:52.160
TOWNS WHERE THESE INDULGENCES WERE PREACHED.
00:31:52.180 --> 00:31:54.240
LUTHER WAS A PASTOR SO HE'S IN THE CHURCH, THE
00:31:54.260 --> 00:31:58.140
CITY CHURCH OVER THERE OR THE CASTLE CHURCH HERE.
00:31:58.160 --> 00:32:00.170
HE'S HEARING PEOPLE'S CONFESSIONS AS A HUMBLE
00:32:00.190 --> 00:32:02.180
PASTOR, AS A PRIEST, AND PEOPLE, THEY GIVE THEIR
00:32:02.200 --> 00:32:06.040
CONFESSION, AND THEN THEY PULL THIS THING OUT OF
00:32:06.060 --> 00:32:08.000
THEIR POCKET. GET OUT OF JAIL FREE CARD.
00:32:08.020 --> 00:32:10.040
HEY, YOU WANT ME TO DO A HUNDRED HAIL MARY'S BUT
00:32:10.060 --> 00:32:12.020
WHAT ABOUT THIS? BOOM!
00:32:12.040 --> 00:32:14.010
SO HE STARTS REALIZING NOT ONLY ARE INDULGENCES
00:32:14.030 --> 00:32:17.100
MESSED UP IN EVERY THEOLOGICAL WAY, BUT IT'S
00:32:17.120 --> 00:32:19.290
UNDERMINING THE FAITH OF THE FAITHFUL.
00:32:20.010 --> 00:32:21.280
THEY'RE THINKING THAT I PAY MONEY AND I CAN DO
00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:23.270
WHAT I WANT. AND THEY CAN PAY IN ADVANCE AND GET
00:32:23.290 --> 00:32:26.290
AN INDULGENCE, THAT IF I GO HIT SOMEBODY,
00:32:27.010 --> 00:32:29.280
I CAN PAY IN ADVANCE. IT REALLY BECAME SICK.
00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:33.000
SO LUTHER SAYS THIS IS BAD.
00:32:33.020 --> 00:32:35.200
IT IS MY JOB AS A PROFESSOR OF BIBLE
00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:37.260
STUDIES AT THIS UNIVERSITY TO LET THE
00:32:37.280 --> 00:32:39.170
CHURCH KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING, AND WE'VE GOT
00:32:39.190 --> 00:32:41.240
TO FIX IT. AND HE WAS SURE THAT THE POPE AND
00:32:41.260 --> 00:32:44.080
EVERYBODY WOULD THANK HIM FOR CLEARING THIS UP.
00:32:44.100 --> 00:32:46.230
DIDN'T HAPPEN. IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
00:32:46.250 --> 00:32:50.020
IT GOT A LITTLE COMPLICATED.
00:32:50.040 --> 00:32:51.180
THE GUY WHO WAS PREACHING THE INDULGENCES, THIS GUY
00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:54.060
TRAVELING FROM TOWN TO TOWN, HE GOT OFFENDED.
00:32:54.080 --> 00:32:56.160
HE STARTS ATTACKING LUTHER AS A HERETIC.
00:32:56.180 --> 00:32:58.200
BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, IT ESCALATED INTO LUTHER'S A
00:32:58.220 --> 00:33:03.130
HERETIC AND HE NEEDS TO COME TO ROME AND FACE THE
00:33:03.150 --> 00:33:06.030
MUSIC. NOW HE UNDERSTANDS I'M IN TROUBLE.
00:33:06.050 --> 00:33:08.190
I'M GONNA GO TO ROME BEFORE THE INQUISITION.
00:33:08.210 --> 00:33:11.070
I COULD VERY WELL BE BURNED AT THE STAKE.
00:33:11.090 --> 00:33:15.110
SO IT IMMEDIATELY BECAME THIS BIG CHAOTIC MESS
00:33:15.130 --> 00:33:20.070
THAT WENT WAY BEYOND THIS ISSUE OF INDULGENCES.
00:33:20.090 --> 00:33:23.010
IT OPENED UP EVERY OTHER THEOLOGICAL DOOR, SO IT
00:33:23.030 --> 00:33:26.020
QUICKLY BECAME BIG NEWS, NOT JUST HERE IN GERMANY
00:33:26.040 --> 00:33:30.160
BUT EVERYWHERE. PEOPLE STARTED TALKING ABOUT IT.
00:33:30.180 --> 00:33:32.210
AND THAT'S KIND OF HOW THE TROUBLE HAPPENED IS
00:33:32.230 --> 00:33:34.130
THAT THE PUBLICITY JUMPED THE FENCE, RIGHT,
00:33:34.150 --> 00:33:36.260
AND BEFORE HE KNEW IT, EVERYBODY FOR HUNDREDS OF
00:33:36.280 --> 00:33:40.080
MILES ARE BAD MOUTHING THE CHURCH, BAD MOUTHING
00:33:40.100 --> 00:33:43.110
ALL THESE THE CORRUPTION AND ALL THIS DIFFERENT
00:33:43.130 --> 00:33:46.100
STUFF, AND SO IN A WAY THE VATICAN AND THE POPE
00:33:46.120 --> 00:33:49.160
HELD LUTHER RESPONSIBLE, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS
00:33:49.180 --> 00:33:53.040
HIS INTENTION TO BLESS THE CHURCH.
00:33:53.060 --> 00:33:55.040
THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT HIS INTENTION WAS TO BLESS
00:33:55.060 --> 00:33:57.030
THE CHURCH, NOT TO GET IN AN ARGUMENT.
00:33:57.050 --> 00:33:58.280
HE WAS A FAITHFUL SON OF THE CHURCH.
00:33:59.000 --> 00:34:02.080
- YOU'RE MAKING A STORY UNFOLD.
00:34:02.100 --> 00:34:06.010
THERE IS A POINT IN TIME THOUGH, ERIC, WHERE
00:34:06.030 --> 00:34:10.050
ULTIMATELY IT FEELS LIKE THIS STORY FINALLY,
00:34:10.070 --> 00:34:15.270
IF YOU BOIL IT DOWN AND BOIL IT DOWN, IT'S REALLY
00:34:15.290 --> 00:34:19.040
ABOUT THE AMAZING 500 YEAR DISCOVERY OF
00:34:19.060 --> 00:34:22.180
GRACE THROUGH FAITH.
00:34:22.200 --> 00:34:25.150
- IT'S THE REDISCOVERY OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS
00:34:25.170 --> 00:34:27.190
CHRIST WHICH HAD BEEN HIDDEN UNDER DEAD RELIGION.
00:34:27.210 --> 00:34:30.080
I MEAN LAURIE WAS JUST SAYING IT BEFORE WE
00:34:30.100 --> 00:34:32.170
STARTED SHOOTING THAT.
00:34:32.190 --> 00:34:34.030
IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, BECAUSE OF SINFUL MAN,
00:34:34.050 --> 00:34:37.110
WE ALWAYS DEVOLVE BACK TO OUR SINFUL WAYS.
00:34:37.130 --> 00:34:40.220
WE MAKE TRADITION WHAT WAS ONCE ALIVE-- WE KILL
00:34:40.240 --> 00:34:44.070
WHAT WAS ONCE ALIVE UNDER TRADITION.
00:34:44.090 --> 00:34:46.120
WE BURY IT UNDER TRADITION.
00:34:46.140 --> 00:34:47.260
WELL IMAGINE LUTHER GROWS UP IN THE MOST CORRUPT
00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:53.160
TIME OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
00:34:53.180 --> 00:34:56.260
AND ANY CATHOLIC WOULD AGREE THAT THE SIX POPES
00:34:56.280 --> 00:35:00.170
DURING THE TIME OF LUTHER RIGHT BEFORE HIM, IT WAS
00:35:00.190 --> 00:35:03.140
THE NADIR, IT WAS THE PIT OF CORRUPTION.
00:35:03.160 --> 00:35:07.220
THEY HAD BECOME AS WORLDLY AS YOU CAN BE,
00:35:07.240 --> 00:35:10.060
AND CATHOLICS WOULD SAY THAT PROVES THE STRENGTH
00:35:10.080 --> 00:35:13.050
OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, THAT EVEN WITH POPES LIKE
00:35:13.070 --> 00:35:15.250
THAT, THEY DIDN'T CHANGE DOCTRINE, WHICH YOU HAVE
00:35:15.270 --> 00:35:17.230
TO TIP YOUR HAT TO THEM.
00:35:17.250 --> 00:35:19.110
THEY DIDN'T CHANGE DOCTRINE THE WAY A LOT
00:35:19.130 --> 00:35:22.020
OF PEOPLE SAY WE CAN JUST CHANGE DOCTRINE.
00:35:22.040 --> 00:35:23.290
THEY NEVER CHANGED DOCTRINE.
00:35:24.010 --> 00:35:25.150
BUT THERE WERE PEOPLE WITHIN THE CHURCH AT THE
00:35:25.170 --> 00:35:28.230
TIME WHO KNEW HOW CORRUPT IT WAS.
00:35:28.250 --> 00:35:30.170
THEY KNEW REFORMATION WAS NECESSARY.
00:35:30.190 --> 00:35:32.240
THE ONLY QUESTION WAS HOW?
00:35:32.260 --> 00:35:34.190
HOW ARE WE GONNA GET BACK TO THE ROOTS?
00:35:34.210 --> 00:35:37.060
HOW ARE WE GOING GET BACK TO THE GOOD NEWS OF THE GOSPEL?
00:35:37.080 --> 00:35:39.040
IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, AND THIS IS MAYBE
00:35:39.060 --> 00:35:41.180
SOMETIMES AS CHRISTIANS WE DON'T THINK ABOUT IT,
00:35:41.200 --> 00:35:43.260
YOU THINK EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD SEEMS TO KNOW
00:35:43.280 --> 00:35:46.220
SOMETHING'S WRONG, RIGHT?
00:35:46.240 --> 00:35:48.210
THAT'S WHERE YOU GET ALL THE RELIGIONS IN THE
00:35:48.230 --> 00:35:50.130
WORLD FROM PAGAN RELIGIONS, THAT EVERYBODY
00:35:50.150 --> 00:35:51.290
KNOWS SOMETHING'S WRONG.
00:35:52.010 --> 00:35:53.170
WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO GET RIGHT WITH THE
00:35:53.190 --> 00:35:55.130
GODS, WITH THE UNIVERSE, WITH WHATEVER IT IS.
00:35:55.150 --> 00:35:58.040
THEY KNOW SOMETHING'S WRONG, SO THEY CREATE
00:35:58.060 --> 00:36:00.140
THIS THING CALLED RELIGION, RIGHT?
00:36:00.160 --> 00:36:02.080
SO IF YOU SACRIFICE THIS ANIMAL AND DO THIS AND
00:36:02.100 --> 00:36:04.020
DON'T DO THAT AND WHATEVER, YOU KIND OF
00:36:04.040 --> 00:36:06.050
WORK YOUR WAY UP SO THAT THE GODS AREN'T ANGRY.
00:36:06.070 --> 00:36:09.040
AND THOSE ARE THE RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD.
00:36:09.060 --> 00:36:11.230
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WE BELIEVE
00:36:11.250 --> 00:36:13.270
AND THE RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD IS THAT WE HAVE AN
00:36:13.290 --> 00:36:15.230
ANSWER TO RELIGION.
00:36:15.250 --> 00:36:17.240
WE KNOW THAT RELIGION ISN'T THE ANSWER, RIGHT?
00:36:17.260 --> 00:36:19.230
ALL THE LAW OF THE OLD TESTAMENT IS ULTIMATELY
00:36:19.250 --> 00:36:22.290
DESIGNED TO SHOW US WE CAN'T KEEP THE LAW, THAT
00:36:23.010 --> 00:36:25.200
WE WILL NEVER DO IT.
00:36:25.220 --> 00:36:27.190
JESUS SAID, SO YOU HAVEN'T COMMITTED
00:36:27.210 --> 00:36:29.040
ADULTERY?
00:36:29.060 --> 00:36:30.240
WELL, GOOD FOR YOU, BUT IF YOU'VE COMMITTED
00:36:30.260 --> 00:36:32.120
ADULTERY IN YOUR MIND, YOU'VE COMMITTED ADULTERY.
00:36:32.140 --> 00:36:34.040
SO YOU'VE NEVER ACTUALLY MURDERED ANYBODY?
00:36:34.060 --> 00:36:35.220
WELL, THAT'S GREAT, BUT I SAY UNTO YOU THAT IF YOU
00:36:35.240 --> 00:36:37.120
CURSE SOMEONE IN YOUR MIND, YOU'VE COMMITTED
00:36:37.140 --> 00:36:39.040
MURDER IN YOUR MIND.
00:36:39.060 --> 00:36:40.230
SO JESUS CALLS US TO THIS IMPOSSIBLE STANDARD.
00:36:40.250 --> 00:36:42.280
HE SAYS, YOU UNDERSTAND YOU CAN'T DO IT ON YOUR OWN.
00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:46.080
NO ONE CAN BE PERFECT.
00:36:46.100 --> 00:36:48.140
THAT'S WHY I'VE COME, TO PAY THE DEBT AND TO MAKE
00:36:48.160 --> 00:36:51.150
A WAY THAT BY FAITH, NOT BY ACTIONS AND WORKS AND
00:36:51.170 --> 00:36:54.170
RELIGIOUS ACTS AND PRAYERS, BUT BY FAITH,
00:36:54.190 --> 00:36:57.270
YOU CAN APPROPRIATE WHAT I, JESUS, HAVE DONE FOR YOU.
00:36:57.290 --> 00:37:01.230
SO THAT'S THE ANSWER.
00:37:01.250 --> 00:37:03.200
THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS OF THE GOSPEL.
00:37:03.220 --> 00:37:05.120
WHEN LUTHER WAS REALIZING THIS PROBLEM THAT I NEED
00:37:05.140 --> 00:37:09.040
TO GET CLOSE TO GOD, THE WAY PROVIDED, AT THE
00:37:09.060 --> 00:37:11.190
TIME, WAS NOT WORKING.
00:37:11.210 --> 00:37:14.110
HE BECAME MORE -- THE MORE HE TRIED TO DO IT,
00:37:14.130 --> 00:37:17.060
THE MORE FRUSTRATED HE BECAME UNTIL HE
00:37:17.080 --> 00:37:19.120
REDISCOVERED -- WHAT HAD BEEN HIDING FOR CENTURIES
00:37:19.140 --> 00:37:22.110
BURIED UNDER BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS AND GOLD AND
00:37:22.130 --> 00:37:26.080
IVORY AND ALL KINDS OF TRADITION WAS THIS
00:37:26.100 --> 00:37:28.290
BEAUTIFUL SIMPLE THING CALLED THE GOSPEL OF
00:37:29.010 --> 00:37:31.170
JESUS THAT SAYS ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS BELIEVE IN
00:37:31.190 --> 00:37:35.120
YOUR HEART THAT JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD WHO DIED
00:37:35.140 --> 00:37:38.190
FOR YOU, WHO PAID YOUR DEBT, WHO ROSE FROM THE
00:37:38.210 --> 00:37:42.130
DEAD AND WHO MADE A WAY FOR YOU TO GO WITH HIM
00:37:42.150 --> 00:37:47.050
INTO PARADISE FOREVER. FAITH.
00:37:47.070 --> 00:37:49.130
WHEN LUTHER DISCOVERED THIS, HE ALMOST WENT
00:37:49.150 --> 00:37:52.040
CRAZY BECAUSE HE SAID, HOW IS IT POSSIBLE WE'VE
00:37:52.060 --> 00:37:54.270
BEEN MISSING THIS FOR CENTURIES?
00:37:54.290 --> 00:37:56.270
- THERE YOU GO.
00:37:56.290 --> 00:37:58.190
- SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT HE WENT HALF CRAZY.
00:37:58.210 --> 00:38:01.030
ANYBODY WHO REALLY, REALLY SEES THE LORD, YOU
00:38:01.050 --> 00:38:03.210
KIND OF GO HALF CRAZY BECAUSE YOU'RE SAYING,
00:38:03.230 --> 00:38:06.040
THIS IS SO AMAZING. I'VE GOT TO TELL EVERYBODY.
00:38:06.060 --> 00:38:08.120
I DON'T CARE IF I DIE. GO AHEAD AND KILL ME.
00:38:08.140 --> 00:38:11.090
- THE WORLD REALLY CHANGED.
00:38:11.110 --> 00:38:14.130
PRIOR TO THAT TIME, YOU HAD KINGS AND SUBJECTS.
00:38:14.150 --> 00:38:21.210
THAT'S THE WAY THE WORLD WORKED,
00:38:21.230 --> 00:38:23.040
AND EVERY SOCIETY.
00:38:23.060 --> 00:38:24.270
THERE WAS RULERS AND PEOPLE THAT FOLLOWED
00:38:24.290 --> 00:38:28.010
THOSE RULERS, AND IT WAS REALLY THE IDEA THAT A
00:38:28.030 --> 00:38:32.190
MAN WOULD THINK, NO, I'M GOING TO GO TO THE BIBLE,
00:38:32.210 --> 00:38:36.110
AND WHATEVER THE BIBLE TELLS ME, NOT WHAT
00:38:36.130 --> 00:38:38.220
SOMEBODY ELSE TELLS ME, WHAT THE BIBLE TELLS ME
00:38:38.240 --> 00:38:40.260
IS GOING TO RULE MY LIFE. FREE THINKING. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, --
00:38:40.280 --> 00:38:45.170
- FREE THINKING CONSTRAINED BY GOD'S WORD.
00:38:45.190 --> 00:38:47.170
IT WASN'T THINKERS FREE THINKERS IN THE SENSE OF
00:38:47.190 --> 00:38:49.170
THE ATHEIST WHO BELIEVE EVERYTHING.
00:38:49.190 --> 00:38:51.090
IT'S FREE THINKING WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF GOD'S WORD.
00:38:51.110 --> 00:38:54.020
- OF GOD'S WORD, THAT ULTIMATELY CREATED THE
00:38:54.040 --> 00:38:56.220
NATION THAT WE'RE IN NOW.
00:38:56.240 --> 00:38:58.140
- THAT'S RIGHT.
00:38:58.160 --> 00:39:00.040
- PRIOR TO THAT TIME, THIS KIND OF THINKING
00:39:00.060 --> 00:39:02.110
THAT LED TO THE PILGRIMS COMING HERE COULD NOT HAVE EXISTED.
00:39:02.130 --> 00:39:05.220
- THAT'S RIGHT.
00:39:05.240 --> 00:39:07.070
- ALL RIGHT, SO THERE'S THE CONNECTION POINT.
00:39:07.090 --> 00:39:09.140
THAT WAS A REVIVAL.
00:39:09.160 --> 00:39:11.230
THAT WAS A REFORMATION, AND IT CHANGED THE WORLD.
00:39:11.250 --> 00:39:15.280
- AND THAT'S THE WAY WE SHOULD SAY IT.
00:39:16.000 --> 00:39:17.160
WE SHOULD NOT USE THE WORD REVIVAL.
00:39:17.180 --> 00:39:19.050
WE SHOULD USE REFORMATION BECAUSE REVIVAL IS A
00:39:19.070 --> 00:39:20.200
DECADES' LONG THING.
00:39:20.220 --> 00:39:22.070
A REFORMATION WAS A MOVEMENT THAT LASTED
00:39:22.090 --> 00:39:23.280
DECADES CENTURIES.
00:39:24.000 --> 00:39:25.190
THAT'S THE WAY TO LOOK AT A REVIVAL.
00:39:25.210 --> 00:39:27.020
SO WHEN YOU'RE PRAYING FOR REVIVAL NOW, PRAY FOR
00:39:27.040 --> 00:39:29.220
IT, BUT JUST REALIZE IT MAY TAKE DECADES
00:39:29.240 --> 00:39:31.150
TO WORK OUT.
00:39:31.170 --> 00:39:33.030
- OKAY. FOR THOSE THAT JUST JOINED US, DO A MINUTE ON
00:39:33.050 --> 00:39:36.260
WHAT IS A REVIVAL AND WHY YOU THINK WE'RE IN ONE NOW.
00:39:36.280 --> 00:39:41.280
- A REVIVAL IS A RETURN TO A LOVE FOR GOD'S WORD
00:39:42.000 --> 00:39:44.230
AND TRYING TO LIVE IT OUT AND APPLY IT IN
00:39:44.250 --> 00:39:47.020
YOUR DAILY LIFE.
00:39:47.040 --> 00:39:48.220
AND WHAT THAT LEADS TO IS THE GROWTH OF THE CHURCH
00:39:48.240 --> 00:39:50.180
BECAUSE PEOPLE SAY, MAN, I LOVE THE WAY YOU'RE
00:39:50.200 --> 00:39:52.130
HANDLING YOUR KIDS.
00:39:52.150 --> 00:39:54.020
I GOT REAL -- SHOW ME HOW YOU DO THAT.
00:39:54.040 --> 00:39:56.080
SO YOU TAKE ME TO THE BIBLE AND SHOW ME.
00:39:56.100 --> 00:39:58.050
I LOVE THE WAY YOU RUN YOUR BUSINESS.
00:39:58.070 --> 00:40:00.000
IT'S SUCH A DIFFERENT -- HOW DO YOU DO THAT?
00:40:00.020 --> 00:40:01.200
AND SO WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU START LIVING
00:40:01.220 --> 00:40:03.140
OUT YOUR FAITH.
00:40:03.160 --> 00:40:05.070
PEOPLE SEE THAT AND SAY, I WANT THAT.
00:40:05.090 --> 00:40:07.070
TODAY, WE'RE SO FIXATED ON HAVING THEM SAY A
00:40:07.090 --> 00:40:09.030
SINNER'S PRAYER AND THAT'S A CONVERSION.
00:40:09.050 --> 00:40:11.000
NO, IT'S NOT A CONVERSION.
00:40:11.020 --> 00:40:12.230
I CAN HAVE A PARROT SAY A SINNER'S PRAYER.
00:40:12.250 --> 00:40:15.050
ARE THEY THEN A CHRISTIAN PARROT?
00:40:15.070 --> 00:40:17.130
NO YOU GOT TO HAVE --
00:40:17.150 --> 00:40:18.270
- SAY THAT AGAIN.
00:40:18.290 --> 00:40:20.220
- I COULD HAVE A PARROT RECITE THE SINNER'S PRAYER.
00:40:20.240 --> 00:40:24.130
THAT DOESN'T MAKE THEM A CHRISTIAN.
00:40:24.150 --> 00:40:25.260
IT'S THE FRUIT OF YOUR LIFE.
00:40:25.280 --> 00:40:27.180
THAT'S WHY WE'RE TOLD IN EPHESIANS 2:8 AND 9, "BY
00:40:27.200 --> 00:40:29.180
GRACE YOU ARE SAVED THROUGH FAITH." YOU'RE
00:40:29.200 --> 00:40:31.130
SAVED UNTO GOOD WORKS, VERSE 10.
00:40:31.150 --> 00:40:33.010
IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE FRUIT THAT SHOWS YOU'RE A
00:40:33.030 --> 00:40:35.030
DIFFERENT TREE, THAT PRAYER DIDN'T
00:40:35.050 --> 00:40:36.210
DO YOU ANY GOOD.
00:40:36.230 --> 00:40:38.090
YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE THE FRUIT TO PROVE IT, AND
00:40:38.110 --> 00:40:39.290
JESUS SAYS, I JUDGE YOU BY YOUR FRUIT.
00:40:40.010 --> 00:40:41.180
YOU SAY TO ME, LORD, LORD, BUT I DON'T EVEN
00:40:41.200 --> 00:40:43.050
KNOW YOU.
00:40:43.070 --> 00:40:44.220
- THAT'S SOME PRETTY TOUGH TEXAS TALK THERE, DAVE.
00:40:44.240 --> 00:40:46.140
- THAT'S BIBLICAL TALK, AND THAT'S WHAT THE
00:40:46.160 --> 00:40:48.100
CHURCH HAS GOT TO GET BACK TO.
00:40:48.120 --> 00:40:49.250
NOW, WHY ARE WE IN THAT?
00:40:49.270 --> 00:40:51.120
LET ME TAKE THIS RIGHT BACK HERE.
00:40:51.140 --> 00:40:53.090
WE HAVE BEHIND US THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF
00:40:53.110 --> 00:40:56.060
EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS SERVING UNTIL THE HOUSE
00:40:56.080 --> 00:40:57.270
OF REPRESENTATIVES OF ANY RECORDED TIME SINCE
00:40:57.290 --> 00:41:00.020
THE FOUNDING ERA.
00:41:00.040 --> 00:41:01.290
WE HAVE BACK THERE 103 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS THAT
00:41:02.010 --> 00:41:04.220
WEEK, WHEN THEY START VOTES, THEY GO OFF TO
00:41:04.240 --> 00:41:07.130
ROOM 219 AND START PRAYING FOR THE NATION,
00:41:07.150 --> 00:41:09.220
PRAYING FOR THE COUNTRY.
00:41:09.240 --> 00:41:11.160
THEY PRAY FOR THE VOTES THEY'RE ABOUT TO HAVE.
00:41:11.180 --> 00:41:13.020
THEY SEEK GOD'S WILL ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
00:41:13.040 --> 00:41:14.260
YOU'LL NEVER HEAR ABOUT THOSE GUYS IN THE NEWS.
00:41:14.280 --> 00:41:16.260
YOU'LL NOT HEAR THAT RIGHT DOWN THERE AT THE
00:41:16.280 --> 00:41:19.020
WHITE HOUSE, EVERY WEEK THEY HAVE A CABINET BIBLE
00:41:19.040 --> 00:41:21.290
STUDY ON THE MATURITY IN CHRIST THAT'S GOING
00:41:22.010 --> 00:41:24.180
ON AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
00:41:24.200 --> 00:41:26.090
YOU WILL NOT HEAR THAT OF THE 19 CABINET MEMBERS --
00:41:26.110 --> 00:41:28.210
TEN ARE EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS, SOLID,
00:41:28.230 --> 00:41:30.270
BIBLE GROUNDED FOLK.
00:41:30.290 --> 00:41:32.210
THAT'S THE KIND OF STUFF.
00:41:32.230 --> 00:41:34.250
IT'S NOT A CHURCH DOING IT BECAUSE THE CHURCH
00:41:34.270 --> 00:41:36.280
OFTEN DOESN'T MAKE REVIVALS, BUT GOD'S WORD
00:41:37.000 --> 00:41:39.160
IS STARTING TO COME ALIVE TO PEOPLE, AND GOD'S WORD
00:41:39.180 --> 00:41:42.180
IS STARTING TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON PEOPLE.
00:41:42.200 --> 00:41:44.130
THESE GUYS ARE PLANNING POLICY.
00:41:44.150 --> 00:41:46.030
NOW, WE'RE NOT WHERE WE WANT TO BE.
00:41:46.050 --> 00:41:47.290
THAT'S FOR SURE, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS DECADES' LONG.
00:41:48.010 --> 00:41:50.070
SO WHEN I LOOK AT WHERE WE WERE A DECADE AGO,
00:41:50.090 --> 00:41:52.180
MAN, WE'RE PASSING MORE PRO-LIFE LEGISLATION.
00:41:52.200 --> 00:41:54.260
WE'RE DOING MORE THINGS.
00:41:54.280 --> 00:41:56.230
NOW, THE COURT'S A PROBLEM, BUT THE GUYS IN
00:41:56.250 --> 00:41:59.040
CONGRESS ARE DOING MORE GOOD STUFF.
00:41:59.060 --> 00:42:01.020
WE HAVE A RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AMBASSADOR.
00:42:01.040 --> 00:42:02.280
WE NOW ARE ACTUALLY INVOLVED IN HELPING STOP
00:42:03.000 --> 00:42:05.200
THE GENOCIDE OF CHRISTIANS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
00:42:05.220 --> 00:42:07.200
THINGS THAT WEREN'T HAPPENING TEN YEARS AGO.
00:42:07.220 --> 00:42:10.010
SO I'M SEEING A HEART CHANGE AND TURN IN
00:42:10.030 --> 00:42:12.190
A GOOD DIRECTION.
00:42:12.210 --> 00:42:14.130
I'M SEEING PEOPLE OPEN TO THE STUFF.
00:42:14.150 --> 00:42:16.060
THEY JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WANT, AND UNTIL
00:42:16.080 --> 00:42:18.050
CHRISTIANS STEP UP AND SAY, HEY, I'VE GOT --
00:42:18.070 --> 00:42:20.100
LOOK AT MY KIDS.
00:42:20.120 --> 00:42:21.240
LOOK AT MY BUSINESS. LOOK AT ANYTHING.
00:42:21.260 --> 00:42:23.150
WHEN WE START LIVING IT OUT, PEOPLE WANT IT.
00:42:23.170 --> 00:42:26.020
THEY'RE HUNGRY FOR IT, AND THAT'S WHAT A
00:42:26.040 --> 00:42:27.150
REVIVAL ALWAYS IS.
00:42:27.170 --> 00:42:28.250
THAT'S WHERE YOU GET A GROWTH IN THE CHURCH, NOT
00:42:28.270 --> 00:42:30.110
BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE SINNER'S PRAYER, BUT
00:42:30.130 --> 00:42:31.190
BECAUSE YOUR FAITH WORKS, AND PEOPLE WANT WHAT
00:42:31.210 --> 00:42:33.140
WORKS, AND WHEN YOU SHOW THEM THAT YOUR FAITH
00:42:33.160 --> 00:42:35.150
WORKS, AND IT MAKES YOU DIFFERENT, AND IT WORKS
00:42:35.170 --> 00:42:37.160
REALLY WELL, THEY WANT IT.
00:42:37.180 --> 00:42:39.100
- I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF VIEWERS THAT WOULD
00:42:39.120 --> 00:42:42.190
HAVE SAID OR ANSWERED THE QUESTION
00:42:42.210 --> 00:42:45.050
"WHAT IS A REVIVAL?"
00:42:45.070 --> 00:42:46.270
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SOME LOUD CHURCH GATHERING
00:42:46.290 --> 00:42:51.160
WHERE PEOPLE WERE JUMPING UP AND DOWN AND LOUD
00:42:51.180 --> 00:42:54.060
MUSIC WAS BEING PLAYED, AND MAYBE SOMEBODY WOULD
00:42:54.080 --> 00:42:58.230
HAVE HAD HANDS LAID ON THEM AND FALLEN OVER.
00:42:58.250 --> 00:43:01.090
- UH-HUH.
00:43:01.110 --> 00:43:03.010
- THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN KIND OF A MENTAL PICTURE.
00:43:03.030 --> 00:43:05.230
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE WAY IT IS IN TEXAS,
00:43:05.250 --> 00:43:07.280
BUT WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING IS SUCH A
00:43:08.000 --> 00:43:11.220
PRACTICAL THING, OKAY?
00:43:11.240 --> 00:43:14.260
THAT'S WHY WALLBUILDERS IS ON TBN.
00:43:14.280 --> 00:43:16.290
THAT'S WHY DAVE IS A PART OF MOST OF THE NATIONAL
00:43:17.010 --> 00:43:19.170
HOLIDAYS, AND WHEN IT COMES TO THANKSGIVING OR
00:43:19.190 --> 00:43:22.070
THIS OR THAT OR THE OTHER; KIND OF WASHINGTON
00:43:22.090 --> 00:43:26.170
OR PRESIDENT'S DAY AND FOURTH OF JULY AND ALL OF
00:43:26.190 --> 00:43:30.160
THESE THINGS, THAT'S WHY DAVE IS A PART OF ALL OF
00:43:30.180 --> 00:43:33.030
THESE THINGS BECAUSE HE UNDERSTANDS THE
00:43:33.050 --> 00:43:35.220
PRACTICALITY OF REVIVAL IS YOU UNDERSTANDING,
00:43:35.240 --> 00:43:39.200
FIRST OF ALL KNOWLEDGE, THAT YOU ARE TO LIVE YOUR
00:43:39.220 --> 00:43:42.280
LIFE OUT ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE, AND WHEN YOU DO
00:43:43.000 --> 00:43:45.160
THAT, PEOPLE ARE ATTRACTED TO THAT.
00:43:45.180 --> 00:43:48.110
- THAT'S RIGHT.
00:43:48.130 --> 00:43:50.070
- AND THEY WANT WHAT YOU HAVE.
00:43:50.090 --> 00:43:51.260
THEY WANT WHAT YOU ARE, AND YOU BECOME A
00:43:51.280 --> 00:43:53.290
MAGNET FOR PEOPLE.
00:43:54.010 --> 00:43:56.090
AND SO OFTEN, IN MODERN TIMES, WE ARE KNOWN
00:43:56.110 --> 00:44:00.130
FOR WHAT WE SAY, NOT WHAT WE DO.
00:44:00.150 --> 00:44:02.210
- THAT'S RIGHT.
00:44:02.230 --> 00:44:04.170
- AND IF YOU GO BACK TO THE FIRST CENTURY, THE
00:44:04.190 --> 00:44:06.110
ONLY WAY YOU WOULD HAVE KNOWN YOU WERE A
00:44:06.130 --> 00:44:08.050
CHRISTIAN IS IF YOU LOVED GOD WITH ALL OF YOUR
00:44:08.070 --> 00:44:09.190
HEART AND LOVED YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.
00:44:09.210 --> 00:44:11.070
THAT WAS THE ONLY QUALIFICATION AT THAT
00:44:11.090 --> 00:44:12.180
POINT OR DIFFERENTIATION.
00:44:12.200 --> 00:44:14.150
SO NOW IT'S ALL ABOUT WHAT WE SAY
00:44:14.170 --> 00:44:17.060
AND NOT WHAT WE DO.
00:44:17.080 --> 00:44:18.230
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT REVIVAL AS WHAT WE DO,
00:44:18.250 --> 00:44:20.040
NOT WHAT WE SAY.
00:44:20.060 --> 00:44:21.230
- THERE YOU GO.
00:44:21.250 --> 00:44:23.050
- I GET IT. ALL RIGHT.
00:44:23.070 --> 00:44:24.200
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE LAST WORDS, BUT JUST
00:44:24.220 --> 00:44:27.190
BECAUSE I WANT PEOPLE TO GET IT, AND I KNOW YOU'RE
00:44:27.210 --> 00:44:30.250
SAYING IT FOR THE THIRD TIME, BUT WE HAVE NEW
00:44:30.270 --> 00:44:33.030
VIEWERS THAT TUNE IN, WHAT IS REVIVAL, AND HOW
00:44:33.050 --> 00:44:35.160
CAN THEIR LIFE CHANGE AFTER WATCHING THIS
00:44:35.180 --> 00:44:39.190
PROGRAM, AND SIR, THE FINAL WORD IS YOURS.
00:44:39.210 --> 00:44:43.100
- THE LAST PART FIRST.
00:44:43.120 --> 00:44:45.190
YOUR LIFE WILL CHANGE WHEN YOU GET IN GOD'S
00:44:45.210 --> 00:44:47.260
WORD AND READ IT AS A PRACTICAL BOOK.
00:44:47.280 --> 00:44:50.160
DO NOT READ THE BIBLE AS A DEVOTIONAL BOOK.
00:44:50.180 --> 00:44:52.180
DON'T READ IT TO GET BLESSED.
00:44:52.200 --> 00:44:54.200
READ IT AND SAY, OH, LOOK WHAT THAT SAYS ABOUT SCIENCE.
00:44:54.220 --> 00:44:57.010
HEY, THIS IS REALLY GOOD ON ECONOMICS.
00:44:57.030 --> 00:44:58.190
OH, LOOK WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT TEACHING
00:44:58.210 --> 00:45:00.140
METHODS FOR EDUCATION.
00:45:00.160 --> 00:45:02.040
READ THE BIBLE AS A PRACTICAL BOOK.
00:45:02.060 --> 00:45:04.220
AT WALLBUILDERS, WE HAVE SO MUCH THAT SHOWS HOW
00:45:04.240 --> 00:45:07.180
PEOPLE IN EVERY PROFESSION TOOK THE BIBLE
00:45:07.200 --> 00:45:10.000
AND TRANSFORMED THAT PROFESSION, WHETHER IT BE
00:45:10.020 --> 00:45:12.020
SCIENCE OR LAW OR MEDICINE OR ANYTHING.
00:45:12.040 --> 00:45:14.030
- STOP RIGHT THERE AND JUST SAY WHAT IS THE BEST
00:45:14.050 --> 00:45:16.240
PRODUCT AT WALLBUILDERS' WEB SITE THAT WOULD BE
00:45:16.260 --> 00:45:19.290
THE INTRODUCTORY COURSE TO WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT?
00:45:20.010 --> 00:45:22.250
- IF YOU WANT TO READ ONE, IT WOULD BE THE
00:45:22.270 --> 00:45:25.140
FOUNDER'S BIBLE BECAUSE THE FOUNDER'S BIBLE TAKES
00:45:25.160 --> 00:45:29.060
ITS BIBLE VERSES AND SHOWS YOU HOW IT BUILT
00:45:29.080 --> 00:45:32.090
SCIENCE OR HOW IT BUILT MEDICINE OR WHATEVER IT WAS.
00:45:32.110 --> 00:45:34.140
SO AS AN INDIVIDUAL, GET INTO THE BIBLE AND DON'T
00:45:34.160 --> 00:45:35.290
LOOK TO BE BLESSED BY IT.
00:45:36.010 --> 00:45:37.110
LOOK FOR STUFF TO DO OUT OF IT.
00:45:37.130 --> 00:45:38.220
READ THE BIBLE AND SAY, ALL RIGHT, I SEE SOME --
00:45:38.240 --> 00:45:40.220
THIS IS WHAT I GOT TO DO AT SCHOOL NEXT WEEK.
00:45:40.240 --> 00:45:42.160
THIS IS WHAT I HAVE TO DO AT BUSINESS.
00:45:42.180 --> 00:45:44.030
THIS IS WHAT I NEED TO DO AT THE BOARD MEETING,
00:45:44.050 --> 00:45:45.200
WHATEVER IT IS.
00:45:45.220 --> 00:45:47.080
LOOK FOR STUFF TO DO.
00:45:47.100 --> 00:45:49.090
WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU START TRANSFORMING THOSE
00:45:49.110 --> 00:45:51.040
AROUND YOU WHO WILL SEE A DIFFERENCE AND SAY I WANT
00:45:51.060 --> 00:45:53.030
WHAT YOU GOT, AND THEN IT GROWS, AND THAT'S WHAT
00:45:53.050 --> 00:45:55.000
LEADS TO A REFORMATION.
00:45:55.020 --> 00:45:56.270
- BEFORE YOU GIVE THE LAST WORD, WHICH IS THE
00:45:56.290 --> 00:46:00.260
DESCRIPTION, I JUST WANT TO SAY THE 800 NUMBER ON
00:46:00.280 --> 00:46:04.120
THE SCREEN IS FOR THAT FOUNDER'S BIBLE, AND
00:46:04.140 --> 00:46:09.130
DAVE, YOU ARE A NATIONAL TREASURE.
00:46:09.150 --> 00:46:12.170
YOU'VE PUT THIS TOGETHER.
00:46:12.190 --> 00:46:14.070
YOU'VE PUT THIS ENTIRE THING TOGETHER, AND WE
00:46:14.090 --> 00:46:16.180
WANT YOU TO HAVE IT.
00:46:16.200 --> 00:46:20.150
IT IS LITERALLY THE WAY TO READ THE BIBLE AND
00:46:20.170 --> 00:46:22.110
HAVE IT LIVE OUT.
00:46:22.130 --> 00:46:23.220
YOU WANT REVIVAL IN YOUR HOUSE?
00:46:23.240 --> 00:46:25.130
YOU WANT REVIVAL IN YOUR CITY?
00:46:25.150 --> 00:46:28.010
YOU WANT REVIVAL IN YOUR CHURCH?
00:46:28.030 --> 00:46:29.160
LIVE IT OUT DAY-BY-DAY.
00:46:29.180 --> 00:46:33.020
STOP BEING ABOUT WHAT YOU SAY ON TWITTER,
00:46:33.040 --> 00:46:35.190
AND WHAT YOU DO, OKAY?
00:46:35.210 --> 00:46:39.030
THE FOUNDER'S BIBLE, THE 800 NUMBER, AND WHAT WE
00:46:39.050 --> 00:46:41.180
DID IS WE ORGANIZED THAT THE OPERATORS THERE KNOW
00:46:41.200 --> 00:46:44.200
WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
00:46:44.220 --> 00:46:46.240
THE 800 NUMBER IS ON THE SCREEN.
00:46:46.260 --> 00:46:49.000
BY THE WAY, GO TO THIS SHOT, I WANT TO TURN TO
00:46:49.020 --> 00:46:51.070
THIS CAMERA BECAUSE IT'S SUCH AN IMPRESSIVE SHOT.
00:46:51.090 --> 00:46:53.110
THIS GIANT 800 NUMBER HERE WITH THE YOU IS
00:46:53.130 --> 00:46:57.040
CAPITOL IN THE BACKGROUND IS FOR THE FOUNDER'S BIBLE.
00:46:57.060 --> 00:47:03.260
DAVE, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW
00:47:03.280 --> 00:47:06.010
THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.
00:47:06.030 --> 00:47:08.210
IT'S A NATIONAL TREASURE.
00:47:08.230 --> 00:47:11.070
HE'S A NATIONAL TREASURE, AND WE'RE TALKING TODAY
00:47:11.090 --> 00:47:13.200
ABOUT REVIVAL.
00:47:13.220 --> 00:47:15.240
SO THIS 800 NUMBER FOR THE FOUNDER'S BIBLE,
00:47:15.260 --> 00:47:18.280
EVERYONE GETS IT.
00:47:19.000 --> 00:47:20.270
CALL THE NUMBER, AND ALL THE INFORMATION
00:47:20.290 --> 00:47:22.190
IS ON THE SCREEN.
00:47:22.210 --> 00:47:24.150
CALL IT, AND GET IT, AND THAT'S HOW
00:47:24.170 --> 00:47:26.130
THAT'S GOING TO WORK.
00:47:26.150 --> 00:47:28.030
OKAY, WHAT IS KIND OF IN YOUR FINAL
00:47:28.050 --> 00:47:29.270
THOUGHTS, WHAT IS REVIVAL?
00:47:29.290 --> 00:47:32.090
- REVIVAL IS A CHANGE OF LIFE SPAN TO LEADS TO A
00:47:32.110 --> 00:47:36.190
CHANGE IN POLICY.
00:47:36.210 --> 00:47:39.000
YOU NEVER EVER HAVE A REVIVAL THAT'S ONLY SPIRITUAL.
00:47:39.020 --> 00:47:41.020
IT ALWAYS AFFECTS POLICY.
00:47:41.040 --> 00:47:42.250
- OKAY, SAY THAT AGAIN.
00:47:42.270 --> 00:47:44.110
- REVIVAL IS A CHANGE IN PERSONAL ATTITUDES THAT
00:47:44.130 --> 00:47:46.060
LEAD TO A CHANGE IN NATIONAL POLICY.
00:47:46.080 --> 00:47:48.040
- GOT IT.
00:47:48.060 --> 00:47:49.240
- AND YOU KNOW YOU'RE IN A REVIVAL WHEN YOU START
00:47:49.260 --> 00:47:51.220
GETTING POLICIES THAT REFLECT BIBLICAL PRECEPTS
00:47:51.240 --> 00:47:55.000
BECAUSE THEY'RE DRIVEN FROM THE BOTTOM UP.
00:47:55.020 --> 00:47:57.030
THEY DON'T CREATE THE CULTURE.
00:47:57.050 --> 00:47:58.250
WE CREATE THE CULTURE FROM THE BOTTOM UP.
00:47:58.270 --> 00:48:00.170
WHEN WE GET IF THE BIBLE, APPLY IT, USE IT, AND
00:48:00.190 --> 00:48:02.230
KNOW IT, THEN WE'LL DEMAND POLICIES THAT
00:48:02.250 --> 00:48:04.260
REFLECT WHAT WE KNOW AND WHAT WE DO, AND THAT'S
00:48:04.280 --> 00:48:07.050
WHAT REVIVAL ACTUALLY -- YOU KNOW YOU'RE IN A
00:48:07.070 --> 00:48:09.210
GENUINE REVIVAL WHEN YOUR POLICIES START
00:48:09.230 --> 00:48:12.030
CHANGING AS A RESULT.
00:48:12.050 --> 00:48:14.020
- AND HOW DO YOU CHANGE FIRST YOUR HOME, THEN
00:48:14.040 --> 00:48:17.080
YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THEN YOUR COMMUNITY, AND THEN
00:48:17.100 --> 00:48:20.080
IT GOES UP FROM THERE?
00:48:20.100 --> 00:48:21.240
- YOU START WITH THE ATTITUDE THAT GOD'S WORD
00:48:21.260 --> 00:48:25.070
IS RIGHT EVERY TIME, EVEN WHEN I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
00:48:25.090 --> 00:48:28.110
THEREFORE, WHEN IT TELLS ME NOT TO CURSE MY ENEMY,
00:48:28.130 --> 00:48:32.220
THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
00:48:32.240 --> 00:48:34.200
I'D RATHER PUNCH THEM IN THE NOSE, BUT I'M GOING
00:48:34.220 --> 00:48:36.150
TO DO IT BECAUSE IT SAYS TO.
00:48:36.170 --> 00:48:38.200
AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE
00:48:38.220 --> 00:48:40.180
THEOLOGICAL THINGS YOU'LL BUMP UP AGAINST THAT
00:48:40.200 --> 00:48:41.260
DON'T MAKE ANY SENSE, AND THAT'S NOT WHAT I
00:48:41.280 --> 00:48:43.030
BELIEVE.
00:48:43.050 --> 00:48:44.110
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU BELIEVE.
00:48:44.130 --> 00:48:45.250
THIS IS WHAT GOD SAID.
00:48:45.270 --> 00:48:47.070
SO THE FIRST THING YOU HAVE TO DO IS SAY GOD IS
00:48:47.090 --> 00:48:48.170
RIGHT 100% OF THE TIME.
00:48:48.190 --> 00:48:50.060
IF I HAVE A DISPUTE WITH GOD, HE'S GOING TO BE
00:48:50.080 --> 00:48:51.200
RIGHT, AND THAT'S MY POSITION.
00:48:51.220 --> 00:48:53.240
SO WHEN I READ IN THE BIBLE SOMETHING THAT I
00:48:53.260 --> 00:48:56.180
DON'T LIKE AND IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, I'M STILL
00:48:56.200 --> 00:48:58.080
GOING TO DO IT.
00:48:58.100 --> 00:49:00.080
SO THAT'S A STARTING ATTITUDE IS NO MATTER HOW
00:49:00.100 --> 00:49:02.020
HARD IT IS, NO MATTER HOW TOUGH IT IS, NO MATTER
00:49:02.040 --> 00:49:04.120
HOW MUCH YOU DON'T WANT TO GO AND BE RECONCILED
00:49:04.140 --> 00:49:06.250
WITH A NEIGHBOR THAT YOU'VE BEEN YELLING AT
00:49:06.270 --> 00:49:09.020
FOR 50 YEARS, THE BIBLE AND JESUS SAYS LEAVE YOUR
00:49:09.040 --> 00:49:10.290
GIFT AT THE ALTAR. GO BE RECONCILED. I HATE THAT.
00:49:11.010 --> 00:49:13.030
GREAT, YOU HATE IT, GO DO IT.
00:49:13.050 --> 00:49:15.040
IF YOU DON'T OBEY, AND HE SAYS I GIVE THE HOLY
00:49:15.060 --> 00:49:19.160
SPIRIT TO THOSE THAT OBEY ME.
00:49:19.180 --> 00:49:21.050
HE SAYS OBEDIENCE IS BETTER THAN SACRIFICE.
00:49:21.070 --> 00:49:23.050
ALL THROUGHOUT THE BIBLE, STUFF COMES TO
00:49:23.070 --> 00:49:24.290
THOSE THAT OBEY, AND THAT'S THE DEAL.
00:49:25.010 --> 00:49:26.200
YOU READ GOD'S WORD, WHATEVER IT SAYS, YOU
00:49:26.220 --> 00:49:28.280
OBEY IT, BUT YOU ALSO LOOK FOR
00:49:29.000 --> 00:49:30.120
APPLICATION OUT OF IT.
00:49:30.140 --> 00:49:32.020
YOU'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR STUFF TO DO.
00:49:32.040 --> 00:49:33.220
I READ MY CHAPTER.
00:49:33.240 --> 00:49:35.200
I'M GOING TO FIND SOMETHING I CAN APPLY
00:49:35.220 --> 00:49:37.060
TODAY THAT I'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE.
00:49:37.080 --> 00:49:38.160
THAT'S REVIVAL. THAT'S WHAT BRINGS REVIVAL.
00:49:38.180 --> 00:49:40.010
- REVIVAL IS REALLY WHAT YOU DO, NOT WHAT YOU SAY.
00:49:40.030 --> 00:49:44.160
- THAT'S EXACTLY IT, AND IT'S NOT A
00:49:44.180 --> 00:49:46.060
SPIRITUAL FEELING. IT'S NOT AN EMOTION.
00:49:46.080 --> 00:49:47.180
IT'S NOT THE MANIFESTATIONS THAT
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GO ON AROUND US.
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FIRST AWAKENING, ALL SORT OF MIRACULOUS
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MANIFESTATIONS.
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THERE WERE SLAIN IN THE SPIRIT, ALL OF THE
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THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY.
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IT HAPPENED BACK THEN, BUT THAT WASN'T THE FOCUS.
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THE FOCUS WAS TRANSFORMING THE CULTURE.
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IT WAS GETTING PEOPLE IT THINK BIBLE, GETTING
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PEOPLE TO LIVE BIBLE.
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ALL THIS OTHER STUFF IS GOOD STUFF.
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IT'S FINE, BUT THAT'S NOT REVIVAL, AND THAT'S NOT
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AN INDICATION OF A REVIVAL.
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THAT GOES ON EVEN WHEN REVIVAL IS NOT THERE.
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REVIVAL HAPPENS WHEN YOU START SEEING THE CULTURE
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TRANSFORM AND POLICIES CHANGE, AND EDUCATION
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CHANGE, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S A DECADES' LONG PROCESS.
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YOU COMMIT YOURSELF TO LIVING GOD'S WORD EVERY
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DAY,IT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE OVER TIME.
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- AND YOU THINK WE'RE IN A REVIVAL?
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- I THINK WE'RE IN A REVIVAL.
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I THINK WE'RE IN A REVIVAL.
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I THINK HISTORIANS WILL WRITE ABOUT THIS
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YEARS FROM NOW.
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THEY'LL LOOK BACK AND SAY -- NOBODY IN A REVIVAL
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KNEW THEY WERE IN A REVIVAL AND WHAT WAS GOING ON.
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HISTORIANS AFTERWARDS LOOKED BACK AND SAID,
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LET'S CALL THAT THE SECOND GREAT AWAKENING.
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NOBODY KNEW AT THE TIME.
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- BUT AT THE TIME, IT FELT LIKE A BIG FIGHT.
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- AT THE TIME, IT WAS.
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THE SECOND GREAT AWAKENING WAS ALL ABOUT
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THE SLAVERY ISSUE.
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THE CHRISTIANS WERE TAKING THE
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ANTI-SLAVERY POSITION.
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THE SECULAR GUYS WERE TAKING -- AND SOME
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CHRISTIANS WERE TAKING THE SLAVERY POSITION.
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A LOT OF GUYS IN THE SOUTH WERE USING THE
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BIBLE TO JUSTIFY SLAVERY.
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IT WAS A CULTURE FIGHT.
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THAT'S A REVIVAL.
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WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD BECAUSE YOU DON'T GET
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PEACE IN THIS WORLD.
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YOU GET PEACE IN THE NEXT WORLD.
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THIS WORLD, YOU'RE PUT HERE IN TEND THE GARDEN,
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AND THERE'S A LOT OF WEEDS YOU GOT TO PULL
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OUT, AND THERE'S A LOT OF FIGHTS THAT WILL GO ON.
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JESUS DIDN'T HAVE IT PEACEFUL WHEN HE WAS HERE.
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THEY ATTACKED HIM, THEY BEAT HIM.
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HE SAID, IF THEY DID IT TO ME, THEY'RE GOING TO
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DO IT TO YOU.
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IF YOU THINK REVIVAL IS THE ABSENCE OF CONFLICT,
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YOU HAVE NO CLUE WHAT THE BIBLE IS ABOUT OR WHAT
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REVIVAL IS ABOUT.
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THERE IS CONFLICT ALL OVER IT.
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GEORGE WHITFIELD, IN HIS DAY, GREAT REVIVAL
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PREACHER WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.
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THE PREACHERS OF HIS DAY TOLD THEIR PARISHIONERS
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TO CLIMB UP THE TREES AND PEE ON HIM AND
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DEFECATE ON HIM.
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THAT'S WHAT PREACHERS WERE TELLING THEM.
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HE HAD TO PUT UP WITH THAT MEETING AFTER
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MEETING AFTER MEETING.
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THAT'S A REVIVAL.
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- PRAISE THE LORD.
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[GIGGLING]
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- HISTORIAN AND NATIONAL TREASURE DAVID BARTON.
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BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU PRAY FOR.
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[LAUGHTER]
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REVIVAL, IT'S HERE.
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- BE READY.
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- FOUNDER'S BIBLE, GET IT.
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THANK YOU, DAVID.
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- THANKS GUYS. - WOW.
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[MUSIC]
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[MUSIC]
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- ANNOUNCER: AS AMERICA STANDS AT THE CROSSROADS OF HISTORY,
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THERE IS A NEED FOR US TO LOOK BACK AND REDISCOVER THE
00:52:15.280 --> 00:52:18.280
VISION OF THOSE WHO LAID THE GROUNDWORK AND BUILT
00:52:19.000 --> 00:52:23.030
THE FOUNDATION THAT MADE OUR NATION GREAT.
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DISCOVER THE SCRIPTURES THAT THE FOUNDERS USED AS THE BASIS
00:52:25.260 --> 00:52:28.220
FOR OUR ORIGINAL FOUNDING DOCUMENTS.
00:52:28.240 --> 00:52:31.070
SEE WHAT CHAPTERS INSPIRED THEM IN THE FIGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE.
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UNDERSTAND THE SACRIFICES THEY MADE BECAUSE OF THEIR
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BIBLICALLY-BASED BELIEFS,
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AND LEARN ABOUT AMERICA AS A CHRISTIAN NATION.
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DISCOVER THIS IN THE FOUNDERS' BIBLE. CALL OR CLICK
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TO RECEIVE YOUR COPY TODAY.
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