Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: AFP
Program Code: AFP000114
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01:02 OF THE AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. 01:11 >> ONE DAY I THOUGHT, 'I JUST WANT TO GO TO SLEEP 01:12 AND NEVER WAKE UP AGAIN. WHAT'S THE PURPOSE? 01:15 WHY NOT GET IT OVER WITH? 01:16 WHY NOT KILL YOURSELF AND SAVE YOURSELF ALL THE GRIEF 01:18 THAT PEOPLE GO THROUGH?' AND SO I THOUGHT ABOUT SUICIDE 01:22 QUITE A BIT - EVEN AS A YOUNGSTER. 01:26 >> FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO 01:29 SHARING GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA. 01:32 THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST 01:35 TELEVISION BROADCASTS. 01:37 WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND ENJOY THIS EDITION OF 01:40 AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS. 01:47 >> YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS A RISK WHEN ANYBODY STANDS UP AND 01:51 SPENDS TOO MUCH TIME TALKING ABOUT THEMSELVES - THAT THEY CAN 01:54 SQUEEZE GOD OUT OF THE PICTURE. AND I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. 01:57 MY POINT IN DOING THIS IS REALLY REDEMPTIVE. 02:00 I'VE MADE A LOT OF MTAKES AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SHARE WHAT 02:03 I'VE FOUND IN MY SEARCHING. 02:05 FIRST OF ALL, LET'S ESTABLISH A FACT: EVERYBODY WANTS 02:08 TO BE HAPPY AND THAT'S PERFECTLY NORMAL. 02:11 GOD WANTS YOU TO BE HAPPY. 02:13 WHEN GOD FIRST MADE THE WORLD EVERYTHING WAS GOOD, GOOD, 02:16 VERY GOOD. 02:17 YOU READ IT THERE IN GENESIS CHAPTERS 1 AND 2. 02:19 THAT'S HIS PLAN. 02:21 BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT HAPPINESS COMES FROM RICHES AND 02:28 FAME - OR AS WE SOMETIMES SAY, 'FAME AND FORTUNE.' 02:31 WELL, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT HAPPINESS DOES NOT COME FROM 02:35 FAME AND FROM FORTUNE. 02:37 I GREW UP IN AN UNUSUAL FAMILY WITH SOME VERY OPPOSITE PARENTS. 02:41 THEY HAD A PRETTY FIERY RELATIONSHIP - LASTED LONG 02:45 ENOUGH FOR MY BROTHER AND I TO COME ALONG. 02:47 BUT MAYBE I'LL START WITH DAD. HE LEFT HOME VERY YOUNG, 02:51 GOT INVOLVED DURING WORLD WAR - WELL HE LEARNED TO 02:52 FLY BEFORE THE WAR, SO AS THE WAR BEGAN HE ALREADY ENTERED IN 02:56 THE AVIATION BUSINESS AND HE WAS A CAPTAIN IN THE AIR FORCE 02:59 DURING WORLD WAR II, HE WAS FLYING ON D-DAY, AND - 03:04 A VERY TALENTED PILOT. 03:05 HE NOT ONLY WAS AN INSTRUCTOR, BUT HE COULD FLY 03:07 JUST ABOUT ANYTHING. 03:09 AFTER THE WAR HE BEGAN TO BUY AND SELL AIRPLANES AND 03:12 HE STARTED A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES. 03:17 HERE'S AN ARTICLE 'GEORGE BATCHELOR MOST - PRESIDENT OF 03:20 INTERNATIONAL AIR LEASES MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON OF THE YEAR.' 03:24 THAT WAS 1995. YOU'D THINK WITH ALL THAT MONEY 03:27 THAT HE'D BE HAPPY, BUT HE WASN'T HAPPY. 03:30 THERE WAS A LOT OF STRESS IN HIS LIFE. 03:32 IT SEEMS LIKE YOU NEVER THINK IT'S ENOUGH. YOU'RE DRIVEN. 03:34 YOU MAKE MONEY AND THEN YOU END UP BEING A SLAVE TO YOUR 03:37 BUSINESSES AND A SLAVE TO YOUR MONEY AND EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO 03:39 TAKE IT AND IT JUST BECOMES A VERY STRESSFUL LIFE. 03:43 JESUS SAID, 'A MAN'S LIFE DOES NOT CONSIST IN THE ABUNDANCE 03:47 OF THINGS HE POSSESSES. 03:49 WHAT PROFIT IS IT IF YOU GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD AND LOSE 03:51 YOUR SOUL?' HAPPINESS DOES NOT COME FROM 03:54 EARTHLY TREASURE - YOU WON'T KEEP IT, YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH 03:56 YOU, YOU'VE NEVER SEEN A HEARSE PULLING A U-HAUL. 04:00 YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH Y. 04:02 NOW, MY MOTHER, ON THE OTHER HAND, LIKE I SAID, 04:05 VERY DIFFERENT. 04:06 SHE WAS A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN - JEWISH - BORN IN NEW YORK, 04:10 MY MOTHER WAS IN SHOW BUSINESS AND SHE WAS A FILM CRITIC FOR 04:15 'GOOD MORNING AMERICA' 04:17 SHE WAS ACTUALLY THE PRESIDENT OF THE FILM CRITICS ORGANIZATION 04:20 THAT'S STILL - FOUNDED IT AND WAS PRESIDENT AND - 04:23 WELL, I ALREADY MENTIONED THAT MOM WENT BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN 04:27 CALIFORNIA AND NEW YORK CITY. 04:30 I WAS BORN IN BURBANK, CALIFORNIA - THAT'S WHERE DAD 04:32 HAD HIS AIRCRAFT BUSINESS - AND BY - THEY DIVORCED 04:35 WHEN I WAS THREE. 04:37 LIKE I SAID, THEIR RELATIONSHIP WAS VERY TEMPESTUOUS. 04:42 SO MOM MOVED TO NEW YORK CITY, MY BROTHER AND I MOVED THERE TO 04:45 JOIN HER AND WE LIVED RIGHT IN MANHATTAN - 81ST STREET, 04:51 ON THE WEST SIDE AND 51ST STREET ON THE EAST SIDE AND MOM WAS SO 04:55 BUSY THAT WE OFTEN ROAMED THE STREETS BY OURSELVES. 04:58 I MEAN, I REMEMBER BEING SEVEN - EIGHT YEARS OLD - NINE YEARS 05:00 OLD, JT GOING UP TO 42ND STREET BY MYSELF AND PLAYING. 05:05 THEY USED TO HAVE THESE PENNY ARCADES BACK THEN WHERE 05:07 YOU COULD PLAY. 05:08 MOM WAS SO BUSY - SINGLE MOTHER TRYING TO DEVELOP HER CAREER AND 05:12 WORKING VERY HARD - THAT I BEGAN TO HAVE PROBLEMS IN SCHOOL. 05:18 I WENT TO 14 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS GROWING UP. 05:21 BUT IN SPITE OF ALL THAT WAS GOING ON, I WAS ALWAYS 05:25 WONDERING, 'WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF LIFE?' 05:28 AND I REMEMBER THAT I THOUGHT, 'LOOK, MONEY DOESN'T MAKE YOU 05:31 HAPPY, FAME DOESN'T MAKE YOU HAPPY' - I'D SEE ALL THE PEOPLE 05:35 RUNNING AROUND IN NEW YORK CITY - THEY ALL LOOKED UNHAPPY. 05:38 I THOUGHT, 'WE JUST DIE AND TURN BACK INTO FERTILIZER. 05:42 WHAT'S THE PURPOSE? WHY NOT GET IT OVER WITH? 05:45 WHY NOT KILL YOURSELF AND SAVE YOURSELF ALL THE GRIEF THAT 05:47 PEOPLE GO THROUGH?' AND SO I THOUGHT ABOUT SUICIDE 05:50 QUITE A BIT EVEN AS A YOUNGSTER. 05:52 FINALLY, I STARTED THINKING, 'LOOK, INSTEAD OF DOING 05:56 SOMETHING BORING LIKE JUST KILLING YOURSELF, WHY DON'T YOU 06:01 DIE WITH SOME EXCITEMENT?' AND SO I THOUGHT, 'I'M GOING 06:04 TO DO AS MANY EXCITING THINGS AS I CAN BEFORE I DIE. 06:09 AND SO, MY WHOLE PHILOSOPHY CHANGED. 06:11 I JUST THOUGHT, 'I'M GOING TO SEE HOW CLOSE TO THE EDGE I CAN 06:13 GET' AND I STARTED BEING AS CRAZY AS I COULD BE. 06:15 I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIND SOME PURPOSE. 06:17 I WAS ABOUT AS MIXED UP AS ANY KID COULD BE BACK 06:19 DURING THIS TIME. 06:21 AND THE VALUES I WAS GETTING FROM HOLLYWOOD AND WHAT I WAS 06:24 SEEING AT HOME WERE NOT HELPING. 06:26 WELL, THE FIRST TIME I RAN AWAY FROM HOME I WAS 13. 06:31 AND I WAS IN AND OUT OF JAIL - AND I'M CONDENSING A LOT OF 06:36 THINGS - I GOT INTO A LOT OF TROUBLE - DRINKING AND DRUGS. 06:41 LAST TIME I LEFT HOME I WAS 15 AND I MOVED UP TO BOSTON - GOT 06:46 INVOLVED WITH ALL THE WRONG PEOPLE - USING DRUGS AND 06:50 DRINKING AND ALCOHOL AND STEALING. 06:52 I WAS NOW STEALING CARS. 06:54 I MEAN, I'D STEAL A CAR AND WE'D PULL UP TO A POLICEMAN AND ASK 06:57 FOR DIRECTIONS JUST BECAUSE WE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE FUN TO GET 07:00 INTO A HIGH-SPEED CHASE AND WE WERE JUST LIVING RLLY CRAZY 07:03 BACK THEN. 07:05 AND I HAD A PART-TIME JOB WHILE I WAS IN BOSTON - I'M ONLY 16 07:09 YEARS OLD NOW - AS A SECURITY GUARD, IF YOU CAN BELIEVE THAT. 07:13 HERE I AM BREAKING INTO HOMES AND ON THE SIDE - I'VE GOT A 07:16 DRIVER'S LICENSE THAT SAYS I'M 18 - AND I'M WALKING AROUND 07:20 FEELING LIKE A BIG SHOT IN BOSTON AND BREAKING INTO HOMES 07:24 AND STEALING AND I MET A FRIEND WHO WAS VERY RELIGIOUS AND HE 07:30 WAS A SECURITY GUARD AND HE FOUND OUT THAT I WAS STEALING - 07:33 HIS NAME WAS JERRY - I SAID, 'OH JERRY, ARE YOU GOING 07:36 TO TURN ME IN?' I NEVER STOLE FROM THE PLACES 07:37 I WAS GUARDING BECAUSE THEY PAID ME AND TRUSTED ME - 07:40 I HAD SOME ETHICS. 07:41 WELL, THIS FRIEND TOLD ME, 'EVERYTHING YOU DO GOD SEES AND' 07:48 - HE SAID - 'YOUR KARMA'S GOING TO GET YOU.' 07:49 HE WAS INTO THESE EASTERN RELIGIONS. 07:51 I SAID, 'AH, THERE'S NO GOD.' I SAID, 'I STOLE THAT TV AND 07:56 I GOT RID OF IT AND NOTHING HAPPENED TO ME AND NOTHING'S 07:59 GOING TO HAPPEN.' HE SAID, 'YOU'LL SEE.' 08:01 AND NOT TOO LONG AFTER HE TOLD ME THAT, I WOKE UP IN MY 08:04 APARTMENT IN BOSTON AND MY DOOR WAS OPEN AND I LOOKED AND MY 08:08 TELEVISION WAS GONE - AND MY RADIO. 08:12 AND I WAS MAD. 08:13 I CALLED THE POLICE RIGHT AWAY. 08:15 I WANTED TO FIND OUT - AND I STARTED WATCHING AND EVERYTHING 08:18 I DID SEEMED TO BACKFIRE. 08:20 I'D BREAK INTO SOMEONE'S HOUSE AND I'D STEAL SOMETHING AND 08:23 I'D BRING IT BACK - AND MY FRIENDS WERE ALL THIEVES - 08:25 THEY'D STEAL IT FROM ME. 08:27 EVERYTHING I'D DO WAS HAPPENING BACK TO ME AND I SAID, 08:31 'THERE MUST BE A GOD.' I COULD TELL YOU A HUNDRED 08:32 STORIES LIKE THAT - WHERE THE LORD WAS LETTING ME KNOW 08:34 THAT HE WAS THERE. 08:36 SO I BEGAN TO SURF AROUND THE TV CHANNELS SUNDAY TO FIND OUT WHAT 08:39 CHRISTIANITY HAD TO OFFER AND I'D HEAR ALL THESE 08:41 TELEVANGELISTS BEGGING FOR MONEY AND GOING THROUGH THESE PHONY - 08:44 WHAT LOOKED LIKE PHONY HEALING SERVICES TO ME. 08:46 AND YOU KNOW, MY MOTHER WAS IN SHOW BUSINESS. 08:49 SHE WAS AN ACTRESS AND SO IT WAS A LITTLE EASIER, MAYBE FOR ME, 08:52 TO SPOT WHEN SOMEONE WAS ACTING AND SOME OF THIS STUFF SEEMED 08:55 A LITTLE DISINGENUOUS. 08:56 SO I JUST KEPT SEARCHING AND THEN I BEGAN TO GET INVOLVED IN 09:00 SOME OF THE EASTERN RELIGIS. 09:02 AND I JUST TOOK OFF AND GOT INVOLVED IN EVERYTHING - 09:04 I MEAN I GOT INVOLVED IN BUDDHISM - TRIED TO 09:07 LEARN WHAT I COULD AND I READ ABOUT THE BUDDHA AND SIDDHARTHA. 09:10 GOT INVOLVED A LITTLE BIT IN TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION 09:12 AND HINDUISM. 09:14 I GOT INVOLVED IN YOGA AND I CAN STILL DO SOME OF THOSE YOGA 09:18 EXERCISES - TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT THE TRUTH WAS. 09:22 I ALREADY HAD SOME JEWISH ROOTS SO I TOSSED IN A LITTLE BIT OF 09:25 JUDAISM - I SORT OF MADE A POTLUCK - INVENTED MY OWN 09:28 RELIGION. 09:29 BECAUSE I FIGURED, 'YOU KNOW, THERE'S PROBABLY SOME GOOD IN 09:31 ALL OF THEM AND I'M GOING TO JUST TAKE THE GOOD FROM ALL OF 09:33 THEM AND MAKE MY OWN.' BUT MY BRAIN WAS NOT A VERY GOOD 09:37 GUIDE OF WHAT TRUTH WAS AND I WENT TO CATHOLIC SCHOOL SO I 09:41 SPRINKLED IN A LITTLE CATHOLICISM INTO IT. 09:43 AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS TRUTH? 09:47 AND I WAS VERY SPIRITUAL. 09:49 I WOULD BE IN A BAR TALKING ABOUT GOD ALL NIGHT LONG. 09:51 OR BE HIGH WITH MY FRIENDS TALKING ABOUT GOD. 09:56 AND, YOU KNOW, LOOKING BACK NOW IT'S SORT OF ABSURD 10:00 TO THINK ABOUT IT. 10:01 DURING THIS TIME, WHILE I WAS LIVING IN BOSTON, MY DAD STOPPED 10:04 IN BOSTON - HE WAS ON A BUSINESS TRIP - AND HE CAME AND I TOOK 10:08 HIM TO LUNCH AND HE SAID, 'DOUG, YOU'RE WASTING 10:11 YOUR LIFE.' HE SAID, 'YOU'RE BROTHER'S SICK.' - 10:13 HE SAID - 'I'VE GOT THIS BUSINESS. 10:15 I'M SUCCESSFUL.' - HE SAID - 'YOU'RE HEALTHY.' 10:18 AND HE SAID, 'YOU'RE THROWING YOUR LIFE AWAY. 10:20 YOU'VE GOT TO GET AN EDUCATION. 10:22 PLEASE GO BACK TO SCHOOL.' - HE SAID - 'LOOK, LET ME TELL YOU 10:24 WHAT I FOUND.' - HE SAID - 'YOU'RE JUST LIVING 10:26 LIKE THIS IN BOSTON - IT'S A MESS.' - 10:27 HE SAID - 'I'VE FOUND A SCHOOL.' AND HE SAID, 'THIS SCHOOL 10:30 IS ON A BOAT. 10:31 THERE'S GIRLS ON THE BOAT' - HE SAID - 'YOU GET TO SAIL 10:34 AROUND THE WORLD. 10:35 YOU GO WATER SKIING AND SCUBA DIVING.' 10:37 AND HE SAID, 'YOU WON'T HAVE TO WORK YOURSELF TO DEATH LIKE 10:39 YOU'RE DOING RIGHT NOW. - HE SAID - 'I'LL PAY FOR IT.' - 10:41 VERY EXPENSIVE SCHOOL. AND HE WAS PLEADING WITH ME. 10:44 AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST COULDN'T TELL HIM NO. 10:45 HE THEN PUT ME ON A PLANE WITH HIM TO MILAN, ITALY. 10:49 FLEW ME TO ITALY, TOOK ME TO THIS BOAT, HANDED ME OVER TO THE 10:52 CAPTAIN - THE SCHOOL YEAR HAD ALREADY STARTED - IT WAS 10:55 PARTWAY THROUGH THE YEAR ALREADY - AND AFTER HE LEFT I FOUND OUT 10:59 I HAD BEEN TRICKED. 11:01 THIS SCHOOL - AND IT HAD A LOT OF WHAT HE HAD ADVERTISED - BUT 11:05 IT WAS A SCHOOL FOR THE CHILDREN OF VERY WEALTHY POLITICIANS AND 11:10 PEOPLE IN NORTH AMERICA WHOSE KIDS MAYBE WERE GETTING MIXED UP 11:13 IN DRUGS OR SOME KIND OF CULT TO TRY AND HELP ISOLATE THEM 11:17 FROM THESE BAD INFLUENCES AND TO ALSO TEACH THEM 11:21 AND STRAIGHTEN THEM OUT - SET THEM ON THE RIGHT TRACK. 11:25 AND WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT I'D BEEN TRICKED LIKE THIS - THEY 11:27 TAKE AWAY YOUR PASSPORT - AND IF YOU GET ARRESTED IN 11:29 TURKEY OR ITALY AND - THERE'S NOTHING THAT ANYBODY CAN DO. 11:32 SO THEY PUT THE FEAR IN US - I COULDN'T RUN AWAY - 11:35 AS SOON AS I GOT BACK TO FLORIDA - OH DAD DID TAKE ME - AS SOON 11:39 AS I GOT BACK HE WAS IN A GOOD MOOD BECAUSE HE HEARD I WAS 11:41 DOING VERY WELL - HE TOOK THE WHOLE FAMILY SNOW SKIING IN 11:44 CANADA AND THEN AFTER THE WINTER TRIP, WHEN IT GOT TIME TO GO 11:47 BACK TO THE SCHOOL, I SOLD MY BROTHER EVERYTHING I HAD, WHICH 11:51 WASN'T MUCH, GOT SOME MONEY AND I LEFT FLORIDA AND I TOOK OFF - 11:54 TOOK A BUS PART OF THE WAY - I GOT STUCK IN - OH WHERE WAS I? 12:00 I WAS IN ROANOKE, VIRGINIA. 12:01 I HAD BEEN DRINKING AND PLAYING POOL AND I LOST ALL MY MONEY - 12:06 VERY RELIGIOUS - GOT STUCK IN OKLAHOMA AND I STOOD ON 12:12 ONE OF THE MAIN ARTERIES THAT CROSSES NORTH AMERICA - 12:15 IT'S CALLED INTERSTATE 40. 12:17 AND YOU ALL KNOW WHAT HITCHHIKING IS - YOU STAND OUT 12:19 THERE ON THE ROAD AND YOU GO LIKE THIS AND YOU BASICALLY 12:22 BEG FOR A RIDE. AND I STOOD THERE FOR HOURS. 12:25 NOW I'M WEARING FLORIDA CLOTHING AND IT'S WINTERTIME. 12:28 AND IT'S VERY COLD. 12:30 AND IT'S FREEZING WEATHER AND I'M JUST SHAKING VIOLENTLY. 12:34 I'M 16 YEARS OLD. I'M SICK FROM DRINKING. 12:36 I'VE GOT NO MONEY LEFT. 12:37 I'M ALL ALONE ON THIS HIGHWAY AND I STOOD THERE FOR HOURS. 12:41 AND YOU GET SO DESPERATE AT TIMES, I JUST ABOUT GOT ON MY 12:43 KNEES - I WOULD - I'D GO LIKE THIS AND I'D BEG WHEN PEOPLE 12:45 WENT BY - FOR A RIDE. 12:48 AND FINALLY I PRAYED AND I ASKED THE LORD FOR FOUR THINGS. 12:57 YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO PRAY. 13:01 I KNEW A COUPLE OF MEMORIZED JEWISH PRAYERS AND I KNEW THE 13:05 LORD'S PRAYER AND HAIL MARY BUT, I MEAN, I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW 13:07 HOW TO PRAY ON MY OWN. 13:09 AND SO - AND I DIDN'T REALLY FEEL RIGHT APPROACHING GOD 13:13 BECAUSE I SAID, 'LORD, FIRST THING IS I KNOW THAT I'VE DONE 13:17 A LOT OF BAD THINGS, BUT I NEED YOUR HELP.' 13:20 AND I'M NOT UNDERSTATING IT, I WAS A ROTTEN KID - SELFISH - 13:26 I DIDN'T THINK ANYONE CARED ABOUT ME SO I DIDN'T 13:29 CARE ABOUT ANYONE ELSE. 13:30 SO I PRAYED - I SAID, 'LORD PLEASE HELP ME. 13:33 I NEED SOME MONEY' - I WAS BROKE - I SAID, 'I NEED SOME FOOD. 13:40 I'M HUNGRY.' AND I'M TOO PROUD, TOO STUBBORN TO ASK MY DAD FOR 13:43 ANYTHING NOW - I DIDN'T WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT SCHOOL. 13:45 AND I PRAYED THAT GOD WOULD GIVE ME A RIDE TO WHERE I WAS GOING. 13:49 AND THE FOURTH THING I PRAYED FOR WAS A RIDE WITH 13:51 SOMEONE NORMAL. 13:53 BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE ON THE ROAD HITCHHIKING - I GOT 13:55 PICKED UP BY SOME REAL ZINGERS. 13:57 YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HITCHHIKE THEY'VE GOT A SAYING, 13:59 'ONLY CRAZY PEOPLE AND CHRISTIANS WILL PICK YOU UP. 14:02 SO I PRAYED. 14:03 I SAID, 'LORD, PLEASE GIVE ME A RIDE WITH SOMEONE NORMAL.' 14:06 I'D BEEN STANDING THERE FOR EIGHT HOURS. 14:08 THE NEXT VEHICLE TO GO BY STOPPED. 14:10 IT WAS A WHITE VAN. 14:11 THE MAN PICKED ME UP, HE TOOK ME 2,000 MILES TO THE DOOR OF WHERE 14:16 I WAS GOING IN CALIFORNIA. 14:18 HE FED ME ALL THE WAY OUT - I DIDN'T ASK HIM TO - HE GAVE ME 14:23 $40.00 WHEN HE DROPPED ME OFF - THAT I DIDN'T ASK FOR - I ALSO 14:27 DID NOT ASK HIM TO PREACH TO ME ALL THE WAY FROM OKLAHOMA TO 14:30 PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA. 14:33 HE WAS A BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIAN AND HE THOUGHT 14:35 I SHOULD BE ONE TOO. 14:36 AND SO, HE WAS JUST PREACHING AWAY AND TELLING ME 14:39 ABOUT THE LORD. 14:41 BUT I THOUGHT THE BIBLE WAS A FAIRY TALE. 14:43 I SAID, 'MY MOTHER USED TO SAY THAT'S A COLLECTION OF FABLES.' 14:45 SO NOW I WAS GOING TO FIND GOD THROUGH NATURE. 14:48 SO I MOVED UP INTO THE MOUNTAINS OUTSIDE OF PALM SPRINGS, 14:52 CALIFORNIA. 14:53 THIS IS ACTUALLY A PICTURE MY BROTHER TOOK WHEN HE CAME TO 14:55 VISIT ME ONE TIME. WAY BACK UP IN THESE DESERT MOUNTAINS - 14:59 THERE WAS A CAVE. 15:02 I HAD FOUND IT WHEN I WAS HITCHHIKING AROUND WHEN I WAS 15 15:04 - WHEN I WAS ROAMING AROUND THE COUNTRY WITH A FRIEND. 15:07 BUT THE MIRACLE IS THAT WHEN I MOVED UP INTO THE CAVE, 15:11 THERE WAS A BIBLE IN THE CAVE. 15:13 AND WHEN I FIRST SAW IT UP THERE I THOUGHT, 'WELL, LOOK AT THAT. 15:16 SOMEONE LEFT A BIBLE' - THIS IS NOT THE BIBLE - 15:19 I THOUGHT, 'THAT'S INTERESTING.' ABOUT SIX MONTHS AFTER LIVING 15:23 THERE I KEPT RUNNING INTO THESE HALF HIPPIE HALF CHRISTIANS IN 15:27 PALM SPRINGS - WE CALLED THEM JESUS FREAKS BACK THEN - AND 15:30 THEY'D COME UP TO YOU AND SAY, 'DO YOU KNOW THE LORD? 15:33 HAVE YOU BEEN WASHED IN THE BLOOD?' 15:34 AND I'M GOING, 'I DON'T KNOW WHAT IN THE WORLD THESE GUYS 15:36 ARE TALKING ABOUT.' SO I THOUGHT, I'D BETTER READ 15:38 THE BIBLE SO I CAN ARGUE WITH THEM BECAUSE I FELT IGNORANT. 15:40 I'D GOTTEN INTO ALL THESE OTHER RELIGIONS AND I READ WIDELY 15:42 ON ALL THE DIFFERENT EASTERN RELIGIONS, BUT I'D NEVER 15:45 READ THE BIBLE. 15:47 I THOUGHT I KNEW ABOUT IT BUT I DIDN'T. 15:48 AND SO, I WENT BACK UP TO THE CAVE AND I STARTED READING 15:52 GENESIS AND EXODUS AND I GOT A LITTLE BOGGED DOWN WHEN I 15:55 GOT TO NUMBERS. 15:58 AND I TALKED TO A CHRISTIAN AND THEY SAID, 'WELL, YOU OUGHT TO 16:01 GO TO THE NEW TESTAMENT.' AND THEY HELPED ME LOCATE THAT 16:03 AND THEN I READ MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE AND JOHN. 16:06 AND AFTER READING THROUGH THE GOSPELS - AND I WENT TO THE 16:09 ENCYCLOPEDIA AND I SAID, 'DID JESUS REALLY LIVE? 16:11 I THOUGHT HE WAS A MYTH.' ALL OF THEM SAY 16:14 HE'S A REAL FIGURE OF HISTORY. HISTORY IS DATED FROM HIS BIRTH. 16:17 AND I WAS REALLY STRUGGLING BECAUSE I THOUGHT, 'I'VE ONLY 16:20 GOT A COUPLE OF CHOICES HERE.' AND SO AS I WAS GOING ALONG 16:26 I FINALLY SAID, 'I'VE GOT TO MAKE A DECISION. 16:29 EITHER JESUS WAS CRAZY, OR HE WAS A LIAR, 16:36 OR HE WAS TELLING THE TRUTH. 16:37 YOU'VE ONLY GOT THOSE THREE OPTIONS.' 16:39 I SAID, 'WELL, HE CAN'T BE CRAZY.' 16:43 BECAUSE AS I'M READING THROUGH THE BIBLE THE GREATEST 16:45 WISDOM OF THE AGES WAS IN THE TEACHINGS OF CHRIST. 16:48 AND HE CAN'T BE A LIAR BECAUSE HE HAD OPPORTUNITY TO TELL THE 16:54 TRUTH AND SAVE HIMSELF IF HE WANTED TO LIE, BUT HE TREASURED 16:59 THE TRUTH SO MUCH THAT HE WAS WILLING TO DIE RATHER THAN TO 17:03 SPEAK A FALSEHOOD. 17:06 AND JUST - YOU KNOW AS YOU READ THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS IT JUST 17:08 RESONATES WITH EVERYBODY - HE'S TELLING THE TRUTH. 17:12 SO MY ONLY OPTION WAS THAT HE WAS THE SON OF GOD. 17:17 AND THEN I REALLY HAD A STRUGGLE - I THOUGHT, 'WHAT DO I DO 17:21 WITH THIS?' I READ WHERE PILATE SAID, 17:22 'WHAT WILL I DO WITH JESUS?' AND I REALLY HEARD THE LORD 17:25 ASKING ME THAT - WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH JESUS? 17:28 IT WAS KIND OF A STRUGGLE FOR ME BECAUSE WITH MY JEWISH 17:30 BACKGROUND, WE THOUGHT CHRISTIANS - THEY WERE ALWAYS 17:33 PERSECUTING THE JEWS AND YOU'RE SORT OF DISOWNED FROM YOUR 17:35 JEWISH FAMILY IF YOU ACCEPT CHRIST BECAUSE IT'S ALMOST 17:38 LIKE A BETRAYAL. 17:40 BUT I SAID, 'YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE TRUTH. 17:43 HE WAS THE MESSIAH.' AND SO, I GOT ON MY KNEES UP 17:47 THERE IN THE CAVE AND I SAID, 'LORD, I'VE DONE EVERYTHING. 17:51 I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING.' - I SAID - 'MY LIFE'S 17:53 A BIG ZERO.' AND I'LL TELL YOU FRIENDS, 17:54 I'M NOT EXAGGERATING - YOU THINK ABOUT IT FOR A MINUTE, YOU DON'T 17:57 GET MUCH LOWER THAN I WAS. 17:59 I'M LIVING LIKE A HERMIT UP IN THE MOUNTAINS - I'D GO DAYS 18:02 WITHOUT SEEING ANYBODY. 18:03 I WANTED TO GET AS FAR AWAY FROM PEOPLE AS I COULD BECAUSE I JUST 18:05 COULDN'T GET ALONG WITH PEOPLE. 18:07 SO THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE I WAS LEFT WITH IS I GOT ON MY KNEES 18:10 AND SAID, 'LORD, WILL YOU COME INTO MY HEART? 18:13 WILL YOU CHANGE ME? 18:14 WILL YOU GIVE ME SOME PURPOSE FOR LIVING?' 18:16 AND RIGHT AFTER I PRAYED, I KNOW THE LORD ACCEPTED ME 18:19 AND I FELT SO EXCITED. 18:22 I JUST KNEW THAT I HAD PEACE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY LIFE 18:24 JUST COMPLETELY BEGAN TO TURN AROUND - AND I SAW SO MANY 18:26 MIRACLES, FRIENDS. 18:28 I'D BE PANHANDLING ON THE STREET AND I'D SAY, 'LORD, 18:31 I HAVE NOTHING TO EAT. 18:32 YOU SAID THAT IF WE PRAY THAT YOU'LL GIVE US SOMETHING TO EAT. 18:36 AND LORD, IT WOULD BE NICE, WHILE I'M ASKING, IF WE COULD 18:39 GET FOUR DOLLARS SO THAT WE COULD MAYBE GO TO A RESTAURANT.' 18:42 A LADY WALKS UP, HANDS US FOUR DOLLARS, AND WALKS AWAY. 18:44 CATCH THIS - I'M UP IN THE CAVE AND I SAY, 'LORD, THIS IS 18:51 SUCH GOOD NEWS I WANT TO TELL THE WORLD. 18:53 I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE REAL AND PEOPLE DON'T KNOW. 18:56 AND I SAID, HOW CAN I TELL EVERYBODY? 18:58 I'M A HERMIT, I LIVE IN A CAVE BUT LORD, IF YOU GIVE ME A 18:59 CHANCE I'LL TELL PEOPLE WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR ME. 19:01 SO I GO TO TOWN AND I CALL MY MOM WHO LIVES IN BEVERLY HILLS - 19:05 I USED TO CALL HER EVERY NOW AND THEN - COLLECT BECAUSE I DIDN'T 19:08 HAVE A PHONE - AND SHE SAYS, 'DOUG, ARE YOU GOING TO BE UP AT 19:12 YOUR CAVE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS?' 19:14 AND I SAID, 'YEAH, WHERE AM I GOING TO GO?' 19:15 SHE SAID, 'I'VE GOT A PRODUCER FROM NBC THAT WANTS TO FLY UP TO 19:19 YOUR CAVE AND DO AN INTERVIEW.' I SAID, 'WHAT?' 19:23 SHE SAID, 'YEAH, I WAS HAVING LUNCH WITH TOM APPLEGATE AND I 19:26 TOLD HIM THAT MY SON'S DAD'S A MILLIONAIRE AND HE'S LIVING 19:30 IN A CAVE.' HE SAID, 'OH, THAT'D BE A GREAT 19:33 HUMAN INTEREST STORY.' SO I MEET MY MOM AT THE AIRPORT, 19:36 THEY CLIMB IN A HELICOPTER, FLY UP THERE - THIS IS THE NEWS CREW 19:40 IN MY CAVE - THEY VIDEOTAPE, FOR NBC, THIS HUMAN INTEREST STORY 19:44 AND THEY ASK YOU, 'SO WHY ARE YOU LIVING UP HERE?' 19:46 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I'VE GOT THIS WORLDWIDE OPPORTUNITY TO 19:49 SHARE MY TESTIMONY - RIGHT AFTER I PRAY. 19:51 AND IT WAS ON TV THREE TIMES THAT DAY. 19:55 I HAD TO GO BACK DOWN TO TOWN AND FIND A HOTEL LOBBY TO WATCH 19:57 IT, BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE A TV. 19:59 AND I KNOW IT WAS ON THREE TIMES THAT DAY BECAUSE ONE OF MY 20:03 FRIENDS IN JAIL SAID, 'DOUG, I SAW YOU ON TV 20:05 THREE TIMES TODAY.' AND SO, GOD IS REAL. 20:10 HE'LL GIVE YOU THESE OPPORTUNITIES AND, YOU KNOW, 20:12 SINCE THEN I SAID, 'LORD, I WANT TO SERVE YOU. 20:14 AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE I'VE 20:17 DROPPED OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL AND, YOU KNOW, MY LIFE'S A BIG ZERO.' 20:20 AND HE JUST BEGAN TO WORK A SERIES OF MIRACLES - AND THEY'RE 20:24 IN THE BOOK AND MAYBE ANOTHER DAY I'LL SAY MORE ABOUT IT.' 20:26 I'VE HIKED UP TO THE CAVE SEVERAL TIMES SINCE THEN. 20:28 THIS IS OUR FAMILY GOING UP THERE IN, I DON'T KNOW, 1999 OR 20:32 SOME TIME AROUND THERE. 20:34 THIS IS A PICTURE OF - THE ONLY PICTURE I'VE REALLY GOT. 20:38 CAN YOU TELL I'M THE BLACK SHEEP OF THE FAMILY? 20:41 MY BROTHER'S WEDDING - I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A SUIT SO I FLY OUT 20:44 LOOKING LIKE A CAVEMAN AND THEY JUST KIND OF PIN SOME CLOTHES 20:48 ON ME. 20:49 THAT'S MY DAD AND MY MOM - THEY JUST HAD TO GRIT THEIR TEETH TO 20:53 GET TOGETHER FOR A PICTURE - THEY'VE ALL SUBSEQUENTLY 20:56 PASSED AWAY. 20:57 AND PEOPLE THOUGHT I WAS CRAZY BECAUSE BACK WHEN MY DAD PASSED 21:01 AWAY THEY SAID, 'DOUG, YOU'RE HIS ONLY SURVIVING BLOOD SON. 21:05 YOU CAN GO BACK AND GET AN ATTORNEY AND YOU CAN TAKE OVER 21:07 THE FOUNDATION AND YOU COULD HAVE ALL THIS MONEY. 21:10 AND THINK OF WHAT YOU COULD DO THEN.' 21:12 AND I SAW THAT IT WAS A BIG TRAP. 21:15 I THOUGHT ABOUT IT, BUT THEN I REALIZED GOD'S CALLED ME TO 21:17 PREACH THE GOSPEL. 21:19 I DON'T WANT TO SPEND THE BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE IN COURT 21:21 DISTRACTED FROM PREACHING THE GOSPEL. 21:24 AND WHAT PROFIT IS IT IF YOU GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD 21:26 AND LOSE YOUR SOUL? 21:28 SO I BASICALLY JUST WALKED AWAY AND KEPT ON PREACHING. 21:31 I KNOW SOME OF YOU MIGHT THINK THAT'S CRAZY, BUT I KNOW THAT 21:33 LIFE - I CAME FROM THAT LIFE - AND THEY'RE ALL MISERABLE AND 21:35 THEY'RE ALL FIGHTING AND CLAWING AND MISERABLE - FOR MONEY 21:37 OR FOR FAME OR FOR FORTUNE. 21:40 IF YOU WANT HAPPINESS IT COMES FROM JESUS AND YOU CAN HAVE THAT 21:43 TONIGHT BEFORE YOU LEAVE BY ASKING. 21:47 YOU CAN DO THE SAME THING I DID UP IN THE CAVE. 21:49 YOU CAN JUST TAKE THE WORD OF GOD, BELIEVE ITS PROMISES 21:52 AND HE'LL GIVE YOU A NEW HEART, HE'LL FORGIVE YOUR SINS, 21:54 AND HE'LL GIVE YOU A PURPOSE FOR LIVING. 21:56 WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE THAT GIFT? 21:59 >> STAY TUNED. 22:00 PASTOR DOUG WI BE RIGHT BACK WITH THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL OFFER. 22:05 (MUSIC) 22:18 >>IN APRIL 2001, THE LORD HAD OPENED SOME DOORS FOR US TO DO A 22:23 FULL CITY-WIDE EVANGELISTIC MEETING HERE IN THE PHILIPPINES. 22:26 WE HAD AN ARENA AND WE WERE MEETING IN AN AUDITORIUM AND 22:29 THOUSANDS WERE COMING AND PEOPLE WERE RESPONDING. 22:33 WE WERE VERY EXCITED. THE PLAN WAS FOR KAREN TO JOIN 22:37 ME ON THE 30TH OF APRIL AND ONE MORNING I WOKE UP AND I GOT THE 22:44 PHONE CALL THAT NO PARENT EVER WANTS TO GET - THAT OUR SON HAD 22:47 BEEN IN A SERIOUS CONSTRUCTION ACCIDENT. 22:50 AND I HAD TO PICK UP KAREN AT THE AIRPORT AND I JUST REMEMBER 22:53 FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS WAITING AT THE AIRPORT DOING A LOT OF 22:57 PRAYING, NOT KNOWING WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO MICAH. 22:59 AND WE HAD BEEN ABLE TO GET A CALL THROUGH TO THE HOSPITAL AND 23:02 THEY SAID HE WAS IN SURGERY - HE WAS IN SERIOUS CONDITION. 23:05 AND GOT BACK TO THE HOTEL ROOM AND DISCOVERED THAT HE DID NOT 23:11 SURVIVE THE SURGERY. WELL, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THERE 23:14 ARE NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE HOW DEVASTATING THAT IS AND SO I 23:17 KNEW I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF AN IMPORTANT MEETING. 23:20 I KNEW HOW THE DEVIL HATED EVANGELISM, BUT I NEEDED TO TELL 23:23 THE LEADERS HERE THAT HAD PUT SO MUCH TIME AND MONEY INTO THE 23:26 SERIES THAT I JUST HAD TO GO HOME. 23:29 AND I PROMISED THEM - I SAID, 'YOU KNOW, GOD WILLING, I WILL 23:32 COME BACK AND I WILL DO ANOTHER SERIES.' 23:42 >>PROMISE FULFILLED. PASTOR DOUG HAS RETURNED TO THE 23:45 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS TO CONTINUE THE WORK HE BEGAN YEARS AGO. 23:49 >>JESUS SAID - WHO? WHO DID I SAY? - JESUS SAID 23:53 THE SABBATH WAS MADE FOR MAN. THAT MEANS MANKIND. 23:58 DO WE STILL NEED WHAT GOD MAKES FOR MAN? 24:01 >>CROWDS OF PEOPLE REACHING CLOSE TO 2,000 GATHERED EACH 24:03 NIGHT TO LISTEN. MANY PEOPLE SIMPLY WALKING BY 24:06 STOPPED TO HEAR THE TRUTH FROM GOD'S WORD. 24:09 >>ONE THING THAT MADE THIS MEETING ESPECIALLY EXCITING AND, 24:12 WE THINK, FRUITFUL, IS THAT THERE WAS AN ONGOING 24:15 EVANGELISTIC TRAINING PROGRAM WITH PAFCOE. 24:18 PAFCOE IS THE PHILIPPINE AMAZING FACTS CENTER OF EVANGELISM. 24:21 IT'S JUST WONDERFUL TO HAVE THAT ARMY OF ADDITIONAL WORKERS THAT 24:25 WERE DOING EVERYTHING FROM HELPING WITH THE OFFERING TO 24:28 SETTING UP FOR THE MEETING TO TAKING DOWN AND ALSO FOLLOWING 24:31 UP WITH THE BIBLE STUDIES - AND THAT'S THE IMPORTANT PART. 24:34 THEY WERE LIKE A SMALL ARMY OF BIBLE WORKERS. 24:36 >>LAST YEAR OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS DID 50 EVANGELISTIC 24:40 MEETINGS AND BAPTIZED ABOUT 1,000 PEOPLE. 24:43 AND SO PAFCOE IS HELPING TO RETURN MANY OF OUR LAYPEOPLE TO 24:47 THE VISION FOR EVANGELISM - THE DESIRE TO WIN SOULS - AND WHEN 24:52 STUDENTS COME FROM AN ISLAND AND THEN GO BACK TO THE ISLAND AND 24:56 DO AN EVANGELISTIC MEETING, IT HAS AN EFFECT NOT JUST ON THAT 25:00 LOCAL CHURCH BUT TOUGHOUT THE ISLAND. 25:03 AND SO, THE IMPACT OF PAFCOE IS TREMENDOUS. 25:06 >>AMAZING FACTS IS SPREADING GOD'S TRUTH THROUGHOUT THE 25:09 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. >>EACH NIGHT OF THE MEETINGS, 25:17 THE CROWDS GREW LARGER AND LARGER. 25:19 ON THE FINAL DAY, THE MEETINGS WERE HELD IN A LARGE SPORTS 25:22 ARENA. NEARLY 8,000 PEOPLE CROWDED IN 25:25 TO HEAR THE TRUTH OF GOD'S WORD. >>I SAT ON THE PLATFORM 25:28 YESTERDAY - SAW ALL THE PEOPLE FILLING THE STANDS - THOUSANDS 25:31 OF PEOPLE - AND IT JUST MOVED ME TO TEARS. 25:33 AND I JUST REALLY THOUGHT, 'LORD, YOU'RE HERE. 25:35 THAT YOU HONORED YOUR PROMISE TO BLESS AND WORK THINGS TOGETHER 25:39 FOR GOOD.' IT REALLY DID GIVE A SENSE OF 25:41 CLOSURE AND COMPLETION AND VICTORY TO WHAT WE HAD STARTED 25:44 OUT BEFORE. >>BECAUSE OF YOUR DECISION WE 25:47 BAPTIZE YOU IN THE NAME OF GOD THE FATHER, HIS SON JESUS 25:51 CHRIST, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. AMEN. 25:55 >>IT WAS A JOYFUL DAY. 143 PEOPLE WERE BAPTIZED. 26:03 >>A LOT OF PEOPLE MADE DECISIONS THAT WILL BE MEASURED IN 26:05 ETERNITY. I THINK ONE OF THE MOST 26:08 IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO CONTINUE TO SEE THE AMAZING 26:11 FACTS MINISTRY AND THE GOSPEL GOING FORWARD IN THIS COUNTRY IS 26:16 IT'S GOING TO TAKE MEDIA. WE SAW DURING THE ALTAR CALL, AS 26:21 HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE CAME FORWARD, THE PASTORS VISITED WITH THEM 26:24 AND ONE PASTOR SAID, 'MANY OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE NEVER BEEN TO 26:27 CHURCH.' AND I SAID, 'HOW DID YOU HEAR 26:29 ABOUT THESE THINGS?' THEY SAID, 'WE'VE BEEN WATCHING 26:31 'AMAZING FACTS' ON THE INTERNET.' 26:33 OR 'WE'VE SEEN PROGRAMS ON 3ABN AND SOME OTHER STATIONS.' 26:36 AND SO WE REALLY BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF MEDIA. 26:39 WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE GOSPEL WHERE THEY ARE WATCHING 26:41 RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THE PLACE IS STILL RIPE - THE HARVEST IS 26:45 GREAT HERE, THE PROGRAMS ARE FEW. 26:48 >>THE COMING OF THE AMAZING FACTS AND THE COMING OF PAFCOE, 26:52 ESPECIALLY HER IN OUR CHURCH, IS REALLY A BLESSING. 26:56 IT NOT ONLY REVIVED THE WHOLE CHURCH, BUT IT ENCOURAGED EVERY 27:00 MEMBER OF E CHURCH TO PARTICIPATE IN SPREADING THE 27:04 GOSPEL. >>WE ARE GOING HOME, FOLLOWING 27:07 THIS SERIES, WITH A NEW ENTHUSIASM FOR THE WORK IN THIS 27:12 COUNTRY. WE JUST THANK THE LORD - WE 27:14 PRAISE THE LORD THIS SERIES REACHED OUR HIGHEST EXPECTATION. 27:17 AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU, OUR FRIENDS WHO MADE IT ALL 27:20 POSSIBLE, BECAUSE THIS PROGRAM IS ENTIRELY FUNDED BY FOLKS LIKE 27:24 YOU WHO BELIEVE IN AMAZING FACTS AND BELIEVE IN THE MESSAGE THAT 27:28 WE'RE SHARING AROUND THE WORLD. AND OUR FAMILY WANTS TO THANK 27:31 YOU PERSONALLY, FOR MAKING THIS TRIP POSSIBLE FOR US TO BE ABLE 27:34 TO COME BACK AND TO FULFILL A PROMISE TO PREACH THE GOSPEL 27:37 HERE. AND, OF COURSE, WE THANK AND 27:40 PRAISE GOD AND GIVE HIM THE GLORY. 27:52 >> SO WHAT IS THE TRUTH? WHERE DO WE GO TO FIND THE ANSWERS 27:56 REGARDING THE PURPOSE OF LIFE? I SEARCHED TRYING EVERYTHING 28:00 I COULD FIND. I LOOKED THROUGH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT RELIGIONS 28:02 AND WHAT REALLY MADE THE DIFFERENCE FOR ME 28:04 IS WHEN I FINALLY PICKED UP A BIBLE. 28:08 I THOUGHT IT WAS A COLLECTION OF FAIRY TALES. I CAME TO FIND 28:10 OUT THERE'S A REASON THIS IS THE BEST-SELLING BOOK IN THE WORLD 28:15 AND WE'D LIKE YOU TO KNOW WHY THE BIBLE 28:17 IS STILL CHANGING LIVES TODAY. 28:19 I HAVE A BOOK I'VE SPECIFICALLY WRITTEN ABOUT THE BIBLE - 28:22 HOW TO STUDY THE BIBLE AND UNDERSTAND IT AND GET THE MOST 28:24 OUT OF IT. IT'S CALLED 'THE ULTIMATE RESOURCE'. 28:28 IN IT YOU'LL FIND LOTS OF VALUABLE INFORMATION ABOUT 28:30 THE HISTORY OF THE BIBLE AND HOW TO APPROACH BIBLE STUDY. 28:34 IF YOU'D LIKE A FREE COPY, JUST GO TO THE WEBSITE ON THE SCREEN 28:38 - 'AMAZINGFACTS.ORG' - OR CALL THE PHONE NUMBER 28:41 AND REQUEST OFFER #104 28:44 I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT YOU WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AND YOU WILL 28:46 BE ENCOURAGED AND COMFORTED BY THIS STUDY AND THAT'S WHY 28:50 WE DO WHAT WE DO HERE AT AMAZING FACTS BECAUSE 28:52 GOD'S MESSAGE IS OUR MISSION. 28:57 >> THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS WEEK'S 28:59 SPECIAL FREE OFFER. THERE IS NO COST OR OBLIGATION. JUST CALL 29:03 THE TOLL-FREE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN AND BE SURE TO NOTE 29:06 THE OFFER NUMBER WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR REQUEST. 29:21 >> THIS PRESENTATION WAS BROUGHT TO YOU 29:23 BY THE FRIENDS OF THE AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. |
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