The 700 Club: November 9, 2009

UnderWing Transcripts PO Box 16282 Clearwater, Florida 33766 540 455-2333 / UnderWing@underwingtranscripts.com ________________________________________ The 700 Club Daily Broadcast Monday, November 9, 2009 PAT ROBERTSON: Welcome to The 700 Club. Nancy Pelosi has set her compatriots up for a fall next fall. And it’s like you’ve got people being hung out on a firing line as targets. She’s made her own compatriots targets, because she got them for cap and trade. Now, she got them on health care. And the Republicans are going to take dead aim. And Lindsey Graham, a senator, says this bill that they’ve passed in the House in the dead of night is, quote, “dead on arrival” in the Senate. TERRY MEEUWSEN: Well, senators have several concerns about the bill, especially the so-called public option. John Jessup has the story from Washington. CARE JOHN JESSUP: Democrats now look to the Senate, the next round for reforming health care. But two words appear to spell disaster for their short-lived victory in the House: public option. GRAPHIC: “FOX NEWS SUNDAY” Sen. Joe Lieberman ([I] Connecticut): The public option plan is unnecessary. It has been put forward, I'm convinced, by people who really want the government to take over all of health insurance. JOHN JESSUP: In the final hours before the vote, Republicans rallied on the steps of the Capitol in an effort to defeat the bill. Rep. Michele Bachmann ([R] Minnesota): Let me ask you a question. Is President Obama going to be your doctor? Crowd: No! Rep. Michele Bachmann: Can we fix stupid? Crowd: No! Rep. Michele Bachman: No! JOHN JESSUP: In the end, their efforts failed. The House narrowly passed their reform bill by just two votes, but only after Speaker Nancy Pelosi caved to the demands of pro-life Democrats, who wanted language in the bill explicitly banning the use of taxpayer money to pay for abortions. President Obama, who personally lobbied lawmakers over the weekend, hailed the vote as historic and pressed the Senate to act quickly. President Barack Obama: Given the heated an often misleading rhetoric surrounding this legislation, I know that this was a courageous vote for many members of Congress. And I'm grateful to them and for the rest of their colleagues for taking us this far. JOHN JESSUP: The House plan covers about 96 percent of Americans, requires everyone to have insurance or pay a penalty, and requires employers to provide insurance or face fines. Low income earners would get assistance to help them buy coverage, and insurance companies would be banned from denying or dropping coverage for pre-existing conditions. The House bill also creates a government-run insurance plan. The reforms will cost an estimated 1.1 trillion dollars to put in place, paid for by taxing the wealthy and cuts in Medicare. With strong public opposition to the bill, Republicans now have their eyes set on the 2010 midterm elections. GRAPHIC: “FOX NEWS SUNDAY” Rep. Mike Pence ([R] Indiana): Nancy Pelosi last night said that they were answering the call of history. Well, I've got to tell you, if Democrats keep ignoring the American people, their party is going to be history in about a year. GRAPHIC: CBS: “FACE THE NATION” JOHN JESSUP: Democrats believe the House vote creates momentum to keep the ball moving. GRAPHIC: CBS: “FACE THE NATION” Sen. Jack Reed ([D] Rhode Island): I believe we're going to pass health care reform. I believe we must do this because it's essential to not just the quality of life here, but our economic success in the future. JOHN JESSUP: The final Senate bill likely will be a much-watered down version of what passed in the House. And liberal Democrats will try to strip out the ban on federally-funded abortions. Congressman Chris Smith, who helped to get the amendment passed in the house, told CBN News that pro-life supporters will keep fighting to keep the measure a part of the bill. Rep. Chris Smith ([R] New Jersey): We have to fight as passionately as we can, that when you do health care it doesn't become a conduit for the polar opposite of health care, and that’s abortion which kills babies. JOHN JESSUP: John Jessup, CBN News, Capitol Hill. PAT ROBERTSON: Well, I wonder if President Obama is offering ambassadorships to those congressmen that get defeated in the next election. They’re really just setting those guys up. They’re like targets. I just cannot believe—well, people are blind. And they apparently are blind, and they’ve just got to get this thing where they get their government hand on one-sixth of the economy and all that money from health care. They want it in the government coffers. And they’re determined to do it. This is the left wing agenda, and he’s pushing the country to the left, and the people don’t want to go left. They’re centrists, and they don’t want to go to the left. And he’s pushing them that way, and they say, “No way.” So look what happened to Virginia. Look what happened to New Jersey. It’s going to happen all over the country unless they wake up. But I think it’s too late for them to wake up in the House. TERRY MEEUWSEN: Well, saving face now may be losing the race later. PAT ROBERTSON: Nancy Pelosi I understand is not all that popular in California. And the same thing with Senator Reid out in Nevada. Both of them are facing stiff opposition in the next election. We’ve seen other majority leaders, like one from South Dakota, who went down because the American people got just sick of his obstructing judges. And it just got to be really bad. Well, we’ll see what happens, ladies and gentlemen. But isn’t politics interesting? Well, Lee Webb has the rest of our top stories from the CBN Newsroom. Lee. LIEBERMAN LEE WEBB: Pat, the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee is calling for a probe now into the deadly shootings at Fort Hood. Senator Joe Lieberman tells Fox News he wants to know whether the Army missed warning signs that Major Nidal Malik Hasan was become extreme in his Islamist views. GRAPHIC: FOX NEWS SUNDAY Joe Lieberman ([I] Connecticut): If Hasan was showing signs, saying to people that he had become an Islamic extremist, the US Army has to have zero tolerance. He should have been gone. LEE WEBB: And the warning signs seem to have been there. The London Daily Telegraph reports Hasan allegedly gave a lecture to other doctors saying non-Muslims should be beheaded and have boiling oil poured down their throats. The Army psychiatrist also worshipped at the same mosque as two of the 9/11 terrorists. Fellow doctors say Hasan openly claimed to be a Muslim first and an American second. Last Thursday, Hasan killed 13 soldiers and wounded more than 30 others at Fort Hood. The news has many lawmakers concerned but not all that surprised. GRAPHIC: FOX NEWS SUNDAY Joe Lieberman: A couple of years ago, after a two-year investigation, my committee put out a report that said the new face of terrorism in America would not just be the attacks as 9/11, organized abroad and sending people in here. It would be people within this country, homegrown terrorists, self-radicalized, often over the Internet, going to jihadist web sites. And there's concern from what we know now about Hasan that, in fact, that's exactly what he was, a self-radicalized, homegrown terrorist. LEE WEBB: Even the co-founder of the Islamic community near Fort Hood told Hasan, quote, “There's something wrong with you.” Meanwhile, Pat, the Army Chief of Staff says he doesn't want a backlash against other Muslim soldiers because of Hassan's actions. PAT ROBERTSON: Well, worry about backlash, but the truth is this guy was off his trolley, and they should have gotten him out. But nobody wanted to go after him because of political correctness. We just don’t talk about somebody’s, quote, “religion,” even if their religion involves beheading infidels and pouring boiling oil down their throats. But he wasn’t hiding it. I tell you what should happen, and I think it’s going to happen, is the families of those soldiers who were killed have an absolute major lawsuit for damages against the United States government. There was a failure. As Senator Lieberman said, this man should have been gone. He should have been out of the service. But just imagine, our young men, brave defenders of the freedoms we enjoy, having to sit in psychological evaluation in front of this man. Just think what that means. Think what it would do to their psyches. It was a horrible chapter. But if we don’t stop covering up what Islam is—Islam is a violent, I was going to say religion, but it’s not a religion. It’s a political system. It’s a violent political system bent on the overthrow of the governments of the world and world domination. That is the ultimate aim. And they talk about infidels and all this, but the truth is, that’s what the game is. So you’re dealing with a, not a religion, you’re dealing with a political system. And I think we should treat it as such and treat its adherence as such as we would members of the communist party or members of some fascist group. Well, it’s a tragedy. Our hearts go out to the families who suffered. But those in the Army should be held in account for the fact they let this man loose. Lee. FT HOOD LEE WEBB: Pat, while Congress and the Army are investigating last week’s shootings, the Fort Hood community is looking to God for strength and comfort. Wendy Griffith is there and brings us the story. WENDY GRIFFITH: The first Sunday since the worst mass shooting ever on a US military base, soldiers and families here at Fort Hood are looking to God and each other to get through. Fort Hood families gathered for worship at Memorial Chapel where they heard a difficult message of grace and forgiveness. Chaplain Frank Jackson (Ft. Hood): And, Lord, you teach us to love and pray for those who rise up against us. We pray for Major Hassan, asking you would do the work that only you can do in his life. WENDY GRIFFITH: And this was the overwhelming theme at Fort Hood over the weekend, not so much anger over the senseless and brutal murders, but a commitment to overcome evil with good. Angela Williams (Military Police, Ft. Hood): I think the most amazing thing I saw when I got on the scene was that although the soldiers there knew that there was an alleged shooter, and he had possibly shot numerous soldiers that were on the scene, they worked diligently to save his life. And I thought that spoke to who we are as soldiers. WENDY GRIFFITH: Hundreds gathered at a prayer vigil to remember the fallen and let the healing process begin. Chaplain Doug Carver (US Army): "As we reclaim safety and security of this community and for those of you who are religious, as we reach out to Almighty God and find strength in our time of need. Teresa Haskins (Army Wife): And this is just so sad. It’s just so sad that it was a soldier. It was a soldier. WENDY GRIFFITH: But Fort Hood's strong commitment to taking care of each other in times like these was in full force. Military wives delivered food to the victims' families and the base's many chaplains were busy visiting the wounded. Chaplain Mike Lembke (Ft. Hood): Here's a guy who had received two gunshot wounds just a few hours before, this horrendous, traumatic situation. His first concern was for others. WENDY GRIFFITH: Lembke says the best thing he can do as a chaplain is listen and pray, words that he put to song. Chaplain Mike Lembke (Singing): “Much to know . . . .” WENDY GRIFFITH: This man stood for eight hours outside his pick-up truck to let the soldiers know somebody was praying. Mark Rodgers (Praying for Soldiers): So that the soldiers would know that we love them and we care for them, and to lift them up in prayer and just ask God to watch over them and protect them, because they're amazing. They’re just the most amazing group of people on the face of the earth as far as I’m concerned. There's nobody like the American soldier. WENDY GRIFFITH: Wendy Griffith, CBN News, Fort Hood, Texas. LEE WEBB: Amen to that. HURRICANE IDA WARNINGS LEE WEBB: The Gulf Coast is bracing for Hurricane Ida. The National Hurricane Center reports Ida has weakened to a category one storm, but warnings remain along 200 miles of the Gulf Coast from Mississippi to Florida. This rare November storm could make landfall as early as Tuesday morning. Meanwhile, Hurricane Ida triggered floods and mudslides in El Salvador that killed more than 120 people. At least 60 people are missing, and 7,000 homes were damaged. NETANYAHU-OBAMA MTG LEE WEBB: President Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House tonight. US-Israeli relations have been strained since Netanyahu rejected Obama's demand that Israel stop building or expanding Jewish settlements in the West Bank. Obama has said that ending the settlements would be mandatory for resuming negotiations. However, a partial freeze on building may be the best that the administration can hope for. GOP IN 2010 LEE WEBB: The GOP is focusing on cutting government spending as a key theme for the 2010 Congressional elections. The Washington Times reports that Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele is behind the rally for fiscal conservatism. Steele and other party leaders want to prevent battles within the GOP. They plan on focusing on issues people are talking about: spending, jobs, big government and taxes. Pat, what do you think? PAT ROBERTSON: Well, I think the talk about we’re going to run on cutting spending, I don’t think that’s going to get you elected. But I do think creation of jobs and pulling the economy out and giving people a brighter future, that’s a winner. And Lee, I predicted some time ago when gold was about 250 that it was going to for 1,000. It has exceeded my prediction. Tell us about it. GOLD HITS NEW HIGHS LEE WEBB: That’s right, Pat. It hit yet another record high today, going over 1,109 dollars. Investors moved into gold after the US unemployment rate climbed to 10.2 percent in the latest report on Friday. The dollar also weakened again, and that usually helps gold, analysts saying corrections are possible. They also believe that gold's long-term trend is still up, Pat, and that it's not done yet hitting record highs. PAT ROBERTSON: No, it’s not. And, Terry, we knew it was coming. TERRY MEEUWSEN: Well, you have said all along that this was a solid place to put your money. Talk about the future. PAT ROBERTSON: Well, I think it’s going to go to at least 1,800. If it caught up to the high of what it was during Jimmy Carter’s time, it would be somewhere, inflation adjusted, up to about 2,300. So it’s way below those highs, even though the nominal number looks so big. But there’s no doubt that the dollar is being trashed. Our country is trashing its currency. And with these wasteful programs and these incredible debts, the dollar is going down. And it’s just a question of not gold is any more valuable, but the value of the gold versus the dollar has shifted. And we talk about dollars. The dollar is 1,100, but that’s big, 1,100 and eight or nine dollars. And it’s still going up higher. TERRY MEEUWSEN: So you’re going to stay in there. PAT ROBERTSON: I hope you got your gold. Is that a gold chain you’ve got on? TERRY MEEUWSEN: No. Unfortunately, this is probably going to be green by next week. PAT ROBERTSON: I’m sorry. You could take it and melt it and get a few books. TERRY MEEUWSEN: I so wish. I so wish. Well, coming up, a look back at a turning point in world history. Ronald Reagan: Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall. PAT ROBERTSON: This was a place where the Gospel would find root, and it did. TERRY MEEUWSEN: The fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years later, after this. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * GRAPHIC: MAX’S MIRACLE LEE WEBB: Coming up later . . . . Man: I had heard something that sounded a screen fall out of the window. LEE WEBB: Child’s play turns deadly. Woman: I remember screaming, “My son fell out of a window!” LEE WEBB: A two story fall . . . . Woman: Are you trying to tell me my son may not make it? LEE WEBB: On today’s 700 Club. 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Buy gold and wait. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * NEXT DAY PROMO GRAPHIC: FREE AT LAST LEE WEBB: Tomorrow. Man: I figured she knew what she got when she married me. LEE WEBB: But he figured wrong. Woman: I remember crying out to God, saying, “I can’t do this anymore. I’m so tired, Lord. I just can’t do this anymore.” LEE WEBB: Why this alcoholic saw no way out. Man: I’d always said I didn’t want to die on my boys the way my dad died on me. LEE WEBB: What finally freed him. Woman: When I see my husband now, there aren’t any chains on him. He’s free. LEE WEBB: Tomorrow on The 700 Club. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * PAT ROBERTSON: Do you remember history? It’s so easy to forget. You remember, Santayana said those who refuse to remember the lesson of history are doomed to live it again. Well, 20 years ago, the Berlin Wall came down. The wall’s collapse marked the end of an oppressive era, and it also provided an unprecedented opportunity. Gary Lane has that story. FOCUS: BERLIN WALL ANNIVERSARY GARY LANE: It began with a challenge from a determined American President. Ronald Reagan: Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! GARY LANE: Two years later, Thursday evening, November 9th, east Germans scaled the Berlin Wall. That was the beginning of the end of the Cold War and Soviet Communism. There were tears of joy, cheers and jubilant applause as east Germans poured through the opening into west Berlin. Some had been separated from friends and relatives for more than 25 years. Others had never set foot in the west. The wall was built in August 1961 on the orders of Soviet Premier Nikita Kruschev. Over a period of nearly three decades, as many as 200 people had been killed attempting to escape to the west. I asked Pat Robertson to share his reflections on the 20th anniversary. He says he wasn't surprised when the wall and the Communist system behind it came crashing down. PAT ROBERTSON: I knew that there was something about Communism that was wrong. It was contrary to the human spirit. It was a failed economic system, failed social system, failed moral system. Everything about it was wrong, and I knew it would come down. GARY LANE: Not only did its collapse bring about an end to the Cold War, but a new opening. Christians were provided an opportunity to share the Gospel with many eastern Europeans who had never heard it. Another memorable moment came four months later as Billy Graham and Pat Robertson met at the wall in Berlin. PAT ROBERTSON: It was a historic moment, and I was with a man who had declared that the Gospel should be preached in eastern Europe. He had gone over there and had been terribly criticized by people for doing that. GARY LANE (Interviewing): He took a lot of criticism. PAT ROBERTSON: A lot of criticism. But he knew. He knew that those people were hungry for God and this was a place where the Gospel would find root, and it did. GARY LANE (Reporting): Millions of east Europeans embraced Christianity. They are still flocking to churches like this one in Budapest, Hungary. (Interviewing): Is it over now? Is that window of opportunity over? PAT ROBERTSON: I don't think it's over, but it certainly is not near as wide as it was when the wall came down. Those people were so hungry for spiritual reality. Now, they have become hungry for materialism. GARY LANE (Reporting): The world has faced many challenges since that historic weekend in Berlin. Twenty years have now passed, and the Cold War has succumbed to hot wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the world is likely to face many difficult challenges in the days ahead. But this is a time for remembering and for celebrating a victory. PAT ROBERTSON: We forget. We move on. But these moments of triumph in our history we need to emphasize, and it shows that a free people can triumph over totalitarianism if they're resolute. And we had a resolute President, and he won. GARY LANE: Gary Lane, CBN News. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * PAT ROBERTSON: That was an important thing. TERRY MEEUWSEN: Well, that was a moment in time. It really was. Part of the wall. PAT ROBERTSON: A piece of the wall. People were so anxious. They had sledgehammers. They were banging that thing up. Terry, when I was first over there some years before that, I stood at a place where an east German had been killed. This young man had tried to scale the wall. And he was shot, and he lay bleeding on top of the barbed wire, and screaming for help. And as people from the west tried to come help him, the east German guards lowered their automatic weapons, whatever they had, Uzis or whatever, or AK47s, and they lowered those guns at him, and they said, “If anybody makes a move, we’ll shoot you.” And they left that young man to scream and die in pain on that wall. TERRY MEEUWSEN: That wall represented an awful lot of pain. PAT ROBERTSON: Oh, it was incredible. Well, I stood at the place of the cross, and I was so moved by that story and realized what a hideous thing that that totalitarian system had been, and to see the freedom. But the freedom is being misused. Just like we have freedom here in America, it is being misused because it is given over to carnality, to materialism, to pleasures, to all that sort of thing. But in those early days, people wanted God. They wanted God. And there are still millions who have come to the Lord and are still going on with God. But it’s a lot harder. The wall, ah, praise God. TERRY MEEUWSEN: It came down. PAT ROBERTSON: Yes. TERRY MEEUWSEN: The wall came down. It was a wonderful time. PAT ROBERTSON: Good triumphed, and evil fell. TERRY MEEUWSEN: Well, it’s Money Monday, speaking of things. But we’ve got your e-mail questions. Brenda says, “I was excited to hear that the United States’ gross domestic product shows growth for the third quarter. Does a positive GDP mean the recession is over?” TERRY MEEUWSEN: We’re going to answer Brenda’s question when we Bring It On. But first, the man behind many of the best loved praise and worship songs: Paul Baloche performs live from his latest CD, right after this. GRAPHIC: PAUL BALOCHE SINGS * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * SPOT 2A: HUMANA BIG BOOK Spokesman: If you have Medicare, I have three things you’ll want to hear. There’s an all-in-one Medicare health plan from Humana. It includes Medicare prescription drug coverage, and it can save you money in so many ways. It’s all in this book, and it’s yours free just for calling. You’ll see all the ways the plan saves you money, including prescription drugs. In fact, Humana Medicare Advantage members saved on average over 1,400 dollars on their prescription costs last year. And you get all this coverage with a monthly health plan premium that may surprise you. 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SET-UP PIECE GORMAN WOODFIN: “Open the Eyes of My Heart,” “Above All,” “In Your Name.” These are just a few of the songs that have made Paul Baloche one of the most popular worship artists and songwriters of our time. Many of his songs are among the most sung in churches worldwide. In his latest CD, Glorious, Paul continues his legacy of music, drawing millions of believers closer to God. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * GUEST: PAUL BALOCHE TERRY MEEUWSEN: Well, please welcome back to The 700 Club Paul Baloche. It is great to have you here. Paul Baloche: Thank you, Terry. Thank you. TERRY MEEUWSEN: Just hearing that music kind of stirs you. Talk to me about the process of how God births that in you. What do you go through in creating a worship song that’s not just between you and God, but for the body of Christ? Paul Baloche: Right. Right. I guess two components: you’re always looking for that inspired moment. And it usually happens in the midst of worship. I’m a worship pastor at my church for the last 20 years. And so you’re looking for those phrases or little things that kind of come out of my mouth. Or I’ll hear someone else praying, and I’ll think, “Man, that’s something we need to say to the Lord.” And so then from that point, I try to prayerfully put together, put in a song that others can sing. And it’s mainly at my local church. And then over the years, it’s been fun to just see songs spill out from my local church and end up on CDs and other people singing them. TERRY MEEUWSEN: Does it seem weird to you when you’re in your car, and you turn the radio on, and it’s you? Paul Baloche: It does, yes. It feels like a grown child. It feels like one of your kids that has grown up and gone off to college. And you’re like, “Oh, yes, I remember you. I remember when you were born.” TERRY MEEUWSEN: You grew up in the Catholic Church, and there was a point in your life where you actually thought about becoming a priest. You said something that I have always said also as someone who grew up in the Catholic Church, that out of that background came a real awe and reverence for the Lord. How important is that in what you do musically? Paul Baloche: I think very important. I’m grateful for the foundation that was laid in my life. And my parents were very sincere in their pursuit of the Lord in that way. But I was missing a heart connection and started to stray there for a bit in my late teen years. And I just remember having that God encounter where I just asked the Lord to come into my life. And just something happened in me, in my spirit. And it felt like it became alive. And I thought, “Well, I would love to still be involved in music, but music that maybe has the potential to encourage people in their walk with the Lord.” And so it’s just been a dream come true. I don’t even know how I’ve gotten to still be able to do this. But I look back 20 years and go, “How did you do this, Lord?” But the goal has always just been to encourage people through music. TERRY MEEUWSEN: Well, you mention that you’ve been worship leader at your church for 20 years. How do you keep that fresh? Paul Baloche: That’s a great idea. I think that’s the primary responsibility that I feel is to keep my own heart fresh in the Lord. And my wife and I, and I have three children, and we just try to make it real at home and just try to keep God as the center of our home, the center of our discussion, just bring God into the everyday stuff of life, so that it doesn’t become a religious thing, but it’s a relationship 24/7, dialoguing, talking with the Lord. And yes, that’s what I’m trying to do, I’m sure just like you. TERRY MEEUWSEN: Tell me about your latest release. It’s called Glorious. Paul Baloche: Again, a lot of the songs were birthed in our home church, a lot of the ideas, and then kind of worked through with my band. And some of the songs, a lot of them are specifically taken from New Testament themes, because I feel like a lot of the songs that we sing kind of form our theology, whether we like that or not. It’s just true. The songs that we sing kind of create an image of how we see God and our theology. So I was trying to be a little bit more intentional about putting some New Testament ideas and concepts so that, as people are singing these songs, they’re getting the Word of God and the heart of God into their soul. TERRY MEEUWSEN: I was reading some of what you’d said about wanting people to look deeper into Jesus and not always just looking back and what Christ has done for us, certainly not forgetting that, but going to a deeper place in the now and tomorrow with Him. Paul Baloche: Yes. Well, the song “Glorious” kind of speaks to that, that the apostle Paul didn’t know the earthly Jesus. The Jesus that he knew and that he encountered was the Jesus that you and I know, the risen, resurrected, the living God that we can have relationship with. So it kind of explores that idea of, as Paul says, that this is the great mystery. Christ in you, the hope of glory. And so that’s kind of what that’s about. TERRY MEEUWSEN: It is a great mystery. I’m going to let you move over to the music set, if you will, and tell people about what you’re going to do for us. It’s great to have you here. Paul Baloche: Great. Thank you, Terry, so much. TERRY MEEUWSEN: Thank you so much. We look forward to hearing from your new release. And many of you, I know that worship is a huge part of your relationship with the Lord, and it really is something that draws us to a deeper place in Him. And Paul is a person who has been gifted with helping us to get there from here. Sometimes life infringes on that, so it’s wonderful when we can really get away with the Lord. And this new CD called Glorious is something that will help you to do that. You’re going to recognize Paul’s style on here, God’s style being used through him. This is available wherever music is sold, and we want to say now, here is Paul Baloche singing “Just To Be With You,” from his release called Glorious. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * PAUL BALOCHE SINGS “JUST TO BE WITH YOU” Paul Baloche (Singing): “Lord, my life is an empty cup . . . .” * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * SPOT 3: CANCER CENTERS – LAURA Laura Brokow: The doctor came in. I was still waking up from anesthesia. He leaned over my bed and he said, “Laura, you have cancer,” and he walked out of the room. The first thought is, “What’s going to happen to my children?” I knew I was ready to fight this, and I just wanted this cancer out of me. I wanted to take care of it and move on. Then my mom called me. She had seen an ad on TV for Cancer Treatment Centers of America. It was just a tremendous experience from the minute that I walked in the door. Their bedside manner, you just can’t even describe it. It takes a very special person to do what they’re doing. Announcer: Hope is alive at Cancer Treatment Centers of America. Call us now to have a real conversation about you and your treatment options. We’ll send you this free DVD that shows you how this very special group of people put you at the center of everything they do. Laura Brokow: I wanted to live to see my kids grow up. That’s what gave me the drive to fight cancer. They supported that in me. They gave me choices. They made me realize that every life is worth saving. You can’t fight cancer if you don’t have hope. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CONGRESS MILLIONAIRES LEE WEBB: Welcome back to The 700 Club. Many are doing all they can just to get by in this tough economy, but one group seems to be doing extremely well: members of Congress. A new report by the Center for Responsive Politics says there are 237 millionaires serving in the House and Senate. That's 44 percent, compared to only one percent of Americans overall. The richest member is Republican California Representative Darrell Issa. His net worth exceeds 250 million. Issa is followed by four Democrats. IRAN CHURCHES LEE WEBB: Iran’s revolutionary guards have forced the nation’s largest official church to close its doors on Fridays. The Farsi Christian news network reports government officials threatened to seize the Central Assemblies of God Church in Tehran if Friday worship services were not discontinued. The church was the home of Haik Hovsepian, a bishop murdered by government security agents in 1994. Central Assembly will remain open on Sunday. Some church members have reportedly been arrested. Their whereabouts are unknown by their families. You can always get the latest from CBN News by going to our web site at CBN.com. GRAPHIC: FOR MORE INFORMATION LOG ON TO CBN.COM Pat and Terry will be back with more of The 700 Club, after this. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * SPOT 4: SKIN MEDICA Spokeswoman: Notice anything? No? That’s the idea. I have unwanted facial hair. What, you thought you were alone? That’s because we all try so hard to keep it a secret. But now it’s easy with Vaniqa. It’s not a hair remover. It’s a prescription cream that’s clinically proven to reduce the growth of facial hair in women. Woman: Vaniqa has given me the freedom to be close to people again. Spokeswoman: Vaniqa is gentle. Use it along with your regular skincare routine. It works deep within the follicle, blocking the enzyme essential for hair growth. It’s dermatologist recommended and FDA approved. Woman: I started seeing less facial hair within a month. Woman: I’m so glad I asked my doctor about Vaniqa. Dr. Marla Klein, MD (Board-certified Dermatologist): It’s safe to use and it doesn’t have the potential to scar or damage skin like removal methods do. The most frequent side effects associated with Vaniqa are mild and skin related. Woman: Unwanted facial hair? With Vaniqa, nobody needs to know. Announcer: For more information and a free rebate of up to 60 dollars, call or go online now. Woman: It’s the best decision I ever made. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * NEXT DAY PROMO GRAPHIC: FREE AT LAST LEE WEBB: Tomorrow. Man: I figured she knew what she got when she married me. LEE WEBB: But he figured wrong. Woman: I remember crying out to God, saying, “I can’t do this anymore. I’m so tired, Lord. I just can’t do this anymore.” LEE WEBB: Why this alcoholic saw no way out. Man: I’d always said I didn’t want to die on my boys the way my dad died on me. LEE WEBB: What finally freed him. Woman: When I see my husband now, there aren’t any chains on him. He’s free. LEE WEBB: Tomorrow on The 700 Club. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * BRING IT ON TERRY MEEUWSEN: Well, it’s Monday, and that means we take any of your financial questions that have come in and try to answer as many as we can. Are you ready? PAT ROBERTSON: I’ll let you know after you ask me the questions. All right, what have you got? TERRY MEEUWSEN: Okay, well, this is from Brenda, who says, “I was excited to hear that the United States gross domestic product shows growth for the third quarter. Does a positive GDP mean the recession is over?” PAT ROBERTSON: No, it doesn’t. It used to be if you had two quarters of growing GDP, there was one statistician who came up with that theory. But we have a Bureau Of Economic Statistics, I believe it’s called, that is much more cautious. And they want to see a number of indicia of growth before they say the recession is over. So the answer is that wasn’t enough. And they’re still waiting to confirm it. TERRY MEEUWSEN: Do you think it’s over? PAT ROBERTSON: No. TERRY MEEUWSEN: Didn’t think so. Okay, this is Noah, who says, “Under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP, the United States government purchased equity shares and scores of financial services companies, like Citigroup for example. Since these purchases were made with taxpayers’ money, this would make all taxpaying Americans shareholders in the various companies, right? Well, who in government is representing the interests of the taxpayers with regard to these giant shareholder stakes?” PAT ROBERTSON: Well, Noah, right now it’s the Department of the Treasury. But I understand there are some bills before Congress that would set up a trust of sorts and have a three-member board of trustees appointed by the President, who could make decisions, supposedly impartial decisions. Right now it’s strictly political. The Treasury Department under the pressure of the President could flip those shares any way they want to. But they’re hoping that somehow these companies like Citicorp will buy back the debt and will cancel it all out, so they won’t have to worry about it. That’s what they hope. TERRY MEEUWSEN: Yes. Ben says, “To create additional income, my wife and I are thinking about purchasing a rental property. We recently bought our own fixer upper home and find we enjoy and are able to do most home renovation projects ourselves. It seems like there are some really good deals in today’s housing market. We’re young and eager to get started. What would you recommend we do first?” PAT ROBERTSON: Well, Ben, I want to tell you that’s the way to a fortune. That’s one of the best ways to grow money is through rental property. But what you’ve got to do is make sure—I would take somebody with you who is a building contractor, an architect or some expert . . . . TERRY MEEUWSEN: An inspector or something. PAT ROBERTSON: . . . . and go through the houses. There are people who are full time inspectors and who could go through the house, because sometimes they’ve been trashed. And also the recommendation is make sure you turn on the utilities, so you can flip a switch and everything works. And if it doesn’t work, you don’t want it. But there are some tremendous buys out there, and it looks like the banks are finally coming down to more realistic levels. They want to dump those properties, get them off their books. And if you shop wisely, you can pick up some really good stuff. But remember, you’re going to be working your head off looking after somebody else’s property. The lady will call you in the middle of the night, “My pipes are leaking,” and things like that. So that’s part of the price. But it’s a good way to build an estate substantially. TERRY MEEUWSEN: This is Patricia, who says, “I’ve read where in order to take advantage of possible higher interest rates in the future, I should ‘ladder’ my investments. What does that mean and how would I do that?’ PAT ROBERTSON: Well, laddering means you buy one year CDs and you get three year CDs and you get five year CDs and you get ten year CDs, and you’ve got a party of money in them. I tell you, I wouldn’t get any CDs these days. The interest rates are appallingly low. There are so many better deals that you can get if you just look around in the market. Well, you’ve got exchange traded funds that have various bonds that pay much higher interest. And it’s easy to find these things. I like some of the things like, well, they are actually set up as master limited partnerships where they have to pay out everything, all their profits. And they pay very high rates. You can look at seven, eight, nine, ten, 11, 12 percent versus one percent or half a percent or two percent on CDs. So laddering in the old days used to make some sense, but I don’t think any of those CDs make any sense now. What else? TERRY MEEUWSEN: This is Stan, who says, “I recently heard that many investors are holding cash and not yet reentering the stock market. What are the ramifications of this down the road?” PAT ROBERTSON: Well, I think in terms of the overall market value, there’s something like 40 percent in cash right now, which is a big deal. Once that cash comes in, it will boost the market. But it’s not there yet. But if it does come in, it will help. You don’t know where it’s going to go, though. It doesn’t necessarily have to come into the stock market. It can go overseas someplace to foreign stocks or it can go into gold or something. But the cash is there, and it could be significant. TERRY MEEUWSEN: That’s all the time we’ve got for today. A lot of interesting questions. PAT ROBERTSON: Yes. Save your confederate money. The south will rise again. That’s what they used to tell us in the old days. TERRY MEEUWSEN: Don’t quote him on that, okay? PAT ROBERTSON: Well, whatever. Maybe you can save your continental currency. Whatever. But in the midst of problems, there are always opportunities. TERRY MEEUWSEN: Of course. PAT ROBERTSON: And there are opportunities to make some money in this troubled world that we live in. Well, Tammy Bennett suffered with kidney disease. And over the years, the cost of dialysis sent her family’s budget into a tailspin. It got so bad, she and her husband Curtis were eating pancakes and peanut butter to survive. Then Tammy found a solution that rescued her finances. It also helped save her life. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CURTIS AND TAMMY BENNETT ANDREW KNOX: Money was tight for Curt and Tammy Bennett, who live in the small town of Alma, Missouri. Tammy Bennett: We would just get out our pennies and roll the pennies and say, “Okay, we’ve got five dollars worth of pennies, so we can go get a gallon of milk and a thing of bread.” ANDREW KNOX: Tammy suffered with acute kidney failure when she was 17, and years of dialysis twice a week really put a strain on the family budget. Some weeks, they were down to eating pancakes and peanut butter for dinner. Curtis Bennett: I just didn’t know how we were going to make it. We had so many bills, and she had all the medicines that she was taking. ANDREW KNOX: For years, doctors searched unsuccessfully for a suitable donor. Eventually, Tammy was unable to work, and Curt’s job as a food service delivery man didn’t bring in enough to meet their basic needs. Tammy Bennett: It was very stressful. You’re just always constantly under the stress of, “What are we going to do tomorrow?” ANDREW KNOX: Then in 2005, Tammy was watching a CBN telethon. A story about a child with a cleft palate caught her attention. Tammy Bennett: Any time they do medical stuff for the little kids, because cleft palate surgery over here is no big deal, and overseas it changes their way of life, so that’s what touches my heart. ANDREW KNOX: That was the day Tammy decided to join The 700 Club. Tammy Bennett: I kind of already knew that the Holy Spirit wanted us to be givers. And we did tithe at our church, but I just felt led to give more. ANDREW KNOX: The Bennetts prayed for God’s direction in their finances. In spite of the tough economic conditions in their own home, in October 2007 they increased their giving to CBN’s 1000 Club. One month after that pledge, Curt landed a higher paying job in the food industry. Curtis Bennett: It’s so much better. We actually have hope now. ANDREW KNOX: One year later, the couple took another step of faith and joined The 2500 Club. That same year, Curt found an even better job and brought home more money than he had in the couple’s previous ten years of marriage. Curtis Bennett: God has given everything to us. Since we’ve been giving, He just gives us more and more. Tammy Bennett: Our whole life changed. ANDREW KNOX: Tammy underwent a kidney transplant, and her husband turned out to be a perfect match. Now, she’s in good health. Tammy Bennett: I’m just a new woman. I feel like God made me all over again. I feel like He made me, and it’s like He plucked me out of this really bad life and put me in this fantastically blessed life. ANDREW KNOX: This year, the Bennetts became CBN founders. Now, Tammy is a nurse, and she recently landed a job she loves. And their days of buying milk with rolled pennies are far behind them. Tammy Bennett: I get so excited thinking about it, because I can’t tell people enough how much our lives have changed. God is just so wonderful. All we’re doing is giving like He asked us to, and we’re getting blessed way beyond measure. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * PAT ROBERTSON: Isn’t that what God says? “Prove Me. Prove Me with your tithes and offerings if I won’t open the windows of Heaven and pour you out such a blessing you can’t contain it.” And look at that. GRAPHIC: 1-800-759-0700 CBN.COM They’re getting such blessings they can’t contain, increasingly lucrative jobs. And Terry was saying what are the odds that a husband would have a matched kidney with his wife? TERRY MEEUWSEN: That’s really amazing. PAT ROBERTSON: Isn’t that remarkable? TERRY MEEUWSEN: Yes, it is remarkable. But they stepped out in faith, and God always says He will meet us right there when we do that. PAT ROBERTSON: Well, talk about tough, to wind up giving ten dollars a month or 20 dollars a month when you’re eating peanut butter . . . . TERRY MEEUWSEN: Out of the jar. Yes. PAT ROBERTSON: . . . . and pancakes. Anyhow, they did it, and God honored it, and that’s the important thing. So folks, if you want to be blessed: 1-800-759-0700. Don’t be afraid to step out, because the Lord will meet you. TERRY MEEUWSEN: And use you, and that’s pretty exciting, too. PAT ROBERTSON: Amen. TERRY MEEUWSEN: Well, coming up next, a parent’s nightmare. Man: I ran upstairs and saw my little Natalie looking out the window. So I pulled her aside, and I looked out down the window, and I saw Max on the ground. TERRY MEEUWSEN: See how a massive brain injury and around the clock prayer led to a miracle. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * SPOT 5A: GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS Announcer: Thanksgiving is one of the best times of the year when we remember God’s blessings with the people we love. 700 Club partners, this year you can make CBN’s Great Is Thy Faithfulness a part of your celebration. Your Thanksgiving gift brings life changing help to people in need. You feed the hungry all around the world, including those here at home. Watch for this mailing. Remember God’s blessings, and send in your gift. Serve up God’s love this holiday season. Give, so others can know God’s faithfulness. It’s like inviting the world to your Thanksgiving table. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * SPOT 5B: ALERT USA Dr. Joyce Brothers: Hi, I’m Dr. Joyce Brothers. Those of us who are independent and live alone shouldn’t do so without having emergency protection. And for reliability and peace of mind, I recommend Alert USA. Announcer: With Alert USA, if you ever need assistance, just press your pendant to be connected to an operator who can summon help to your home 24 hours a day. Dr. Joyce Brothers: I’ve been giving advice for many years, and I believe Alert USA provides the best emergency support and value for your dollar. Call now for a free brochure. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * PAT ROBERTSON: When six-year-old Max Trane arrived at the emergency room doctors had little hope for his survival and even less hope that he would ever talk or walk again. But Max has amazed them all, thanks to the power of prayer. Watch this. MAX TRANE RENELLE ROBERTS: The Tranes were an active family with three busy children. As they finished dinner one evening, the children went upstairs to play. Francis Trane: We thought they were playing hide-and-go-seek through the rooms, but they were really talking out by the window to friends. And Max was trying to get a friend’s attention down below in the alleyway. Byron Trane (Max’s Father): I had heard something that sounded like a screen fall out of the window. I ran upstairs and saw my little Natalie looking out the window. So I pulled her aside, and I looked out down the window, and I saw Max on the ground. Francis Trane (Max’s Mother): I heard him screaming, “Call 911.” So I called 911. And I remember being very loud and hysterical, because it’s all happening really quickly, and screaming, “My son fell out a window, and he has a head injury.” RENELLE ROBERTS: Max was rushed to the hospital. Max’s pediatrician, Dr. Bill Sears, met them there. Dr. Bill Sears (Pediatrician): He had a massive brain injury. He hit his head so hard that he had a lot of bleeding between the skull bone and the brain. And since the brain is like in a rigid box, when it bleeds, the blood can’t go anywhere, so it compresses the brain. RENELLE ROBERTS: Doctors operated, but gave the Tranes very little hope for Max’s recovery. Francis Trane: He had finished the surgery, and he says, “We’re just going to have to watch him hour by hour and see what happens and see if he makes it.” And I said, “Are you trying to tell me my son may not make it?” He said, “Quite possibly.” Dr. Bill Sears: My nurse, in fact, reminded me of what I said the day after Max’s injury. She said, “You came back to the office the next morning and you said, if Max survives, it will be a miracle.” RENELLE ROBERTS: Family and church members prayed for Max around the clock. After several days, doctors knew Max would live, but he was in a deep coma. Byron Trane: The doctors pretty much said that there was a real good chance that he would be a vegetable, that he would not be able to talk again and that he would be fully paralyzed on his right side. Francis and I would pray together, and prayer was the only place we really had to go in those really dark, really dark times. God is the only One that could handle what was going on. RENELLE ROBERTS: After only three weeks in the hospital, Max was moved to a rehab unit for another five weeks. Max had to learn to walk, talk and function again. Today, Max is 12. His parents and doctors are amazed by his recovery. Dr. Bill Sears: I think it was a miracle that he not only made it, but he made it so well. Max Trane: It’s been really fun just to exercise, and it’s been helping me get better. RENELLE ROBERTS: Because of the difficulties they’ve faced together, the Tranes, now with four children, have a new perspective on God’s faithfulness. Francis Trane: A great part of such a horrible tragedy is learning God’s faithfulness and learning how to stand up in the face of challenges. Max Trane: He got me out of a wheelchair and out of a walker. Byron Trane: He’s out riding his bike. He’s going to school. He’s a miracle, a miracle in motion. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * HOSTS PRAY FOR NEEDS PAT ROBERTSON: What a marvelous example of prayer, but what a terrible tragedy. TERRY MEEUWSEN: Oh, my goodness. PAT ROBERTSON: God is faithful. Here is something, an answer to prayer. Last August, Stephen of Lakeland, Florida developed an intense shooting pain in his jaw. He didn’t have dental insurance, so he tried over the counter medications. The ache continued. Then on Friday of Labor Day, he was holding his jaw with one hand and flipping through the channels with the other. He came on The 700 Club just as Terry spoke about someone who had no dental insurance holding his jaw. She said that God was healing the condition. Stephen said, “That’s for me.” The pain left his jaw and hasn’t returned. TERRY MEEUWSEN: Praise the Lord. PAT ROBERTSON: Isn’t that great? TERRY MEEUWSEN: Wow, that’s awesome. PAT ROBERTSON: Okay, what else? TERRY MEEUWSEN: Well, this is Karrie, who lives in Jefferson, Oregon. She was diagnosed with bipolar disorder when she was only 21 years old. As her bouts with depression grew worse, she tried numerous medical prescriptions, but nothing helped. She finally turned to street drugs to dull her pain. And then one day she was watching this program, and Pat, the Lord gave you a word of knowledge about being healed from depression. Karrie claimed the word, stopped her prescriptions, stopped using drugs altogether without any withdrawal. And she has had no bouts of depression since then. PAT ROBERTSON: Wherever you are, folks, join with us. Terry and I are going to join together. “Father, we acknowledge that you are God Almighty. There is nothing impossible for you. You created the earth. You created everything that’s in it. You gave breath to man, and you can heal people right now in this audience. There are people suffering, Lord. We bring them before you, in the name of Jesus. In Jesus’ holy name, my brothers and sisters, right now receive a healing in your body.” There is a brain tumor the Lord is taking away now. There is a swelling in the brain that the Lord is healing. The swelling is going down. You’ll be absolutely whole, in Jesus’ name. Somebody that has a twisted right foot. That foot is straightening out, in Jesus’ name. You will walk. You will run. You will be totally healed. Terry, what is God saying to you? TERRY MEEUWSEN: There is someone named Joey that’s praying for something specific, but you’re not a child. You’re a man, and your name is Joey. And God wants you to know that He has heard your prayer, and the answer is already in process for you. PAT ROBERTSON: Thank you, Jesus. TERRY MEEUWSEN: Someone else, you have a lot of arthritis, especially in your knuckles, where they’re starting to swell and disfigure. God is healing that for you. Just begin to move your hands back and forth and feel that warmth coming into them as God just releases you from that. PAT ROBERTSON: There is a chest pain. It’s a type of angina. The Lord is healing that right now. Your heart is going to be regular. The angina will cease, in Jesus’ name. Amen. TERRY MEEUWSEN: Amen. PAT ROBERTSON: And amen. Folks, that’s all the time we’ve got. Thanks so much for being with us. GRAPHIC: 1-800-759-0700 CBN.COM Call our counselors. They’re available to you 24 hours a day. And we leave you with these words from the Psalms, . . . . GRAPHIC: Psalm 136:4 “Give thanks to Him who alone does mighty miracles. His faithful love endures forever.” (NLT) . . . . “Give thanks to Him who alone does mighty miracles. His faithful love endures forever.” For Lee and Terry and all of us, this is Pat Robertson saying goodbye. God bless you. 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