> Hello and I wanna welcome
you to another edition of
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Bible Alive. In fact, we're
starting a new season. It seems
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like it's been almost two years
and I just want to let you know
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that we appreciate your support
and your prayers for Bible
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Alive. Bible Alive was designed
to take Bible stories, unpack
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them so that you could say,
"Wow, this is practical in my
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life today, not 2000 or
3000 years ago. " Before we get
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started today though, we've got
some exciting things. I want you
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to meet not only a good friend
of mine but my brother, Rudy.
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Rudy, I'm glad that you're here
with us today. >> Good to be
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here today. > And this is the
first time that you've been on
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the air with me... with me
I think? >> Very first, yeah.
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> So, hopefully not the last.
>> That's right. > Well, I want
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to give a little bit of reason
why Rudy is here. You're the new
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President of Remnant
Publications. >> Yes. > I've
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stepped down and we'll be
sharing that story and why that
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happened and what's going on and
is... is Remnant still going to
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keep going or is Bible Alive
program going to keep going and
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we'll share that. It's going
to be very exciting and how God
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step-by-step leads us if we're
surrendered, he wants to take us
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where we... where we ought to
go, not always where we think we
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should go. >> That's right. >
So before we start, let's have
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a Word of prayer. If you'd
bow your heads with me, I love
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praying to the Lord. Father in
Heaven, thank you again for such
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a great time as this, that
we can share with your precious
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people. Father, I pray that
anyone out there that... that is
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struggling that... that you will
help them not to be tired of
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their protracted effort and
Father they might keep their
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eyes single to Your glory, keep
their eyes upon Jesus and not on
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self. I pray that You might
bless this program today and
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Father I thank You for hearing
this prayer because I pray it in
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the Name of Jesus,
in faith, Amen. >> Amen.
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> OK Rudy, 26 years
ago Remnant was started
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and a lot of people
see me, I preach around the
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World and you know I've been
on Bible Alive and so I'm fairly
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well known. You're not so fairly
well known at least at Remnant
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but it doesn't mean you
haven't been involved since...
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since actually I have 26 years
ago... I... you... you were
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right with me with Dan our other
brother and we... and we start
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it together. >> Yep. Start
it like you said, 26 years ago.
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Our first order I remember
was 350,000 books which was
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significant. > Can you imagine
- I remember that Rudy, hear we
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pray about this, Dan and you and
I and... and we went... we went
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to get these books out we have
such a burden to get the books
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out to help people understand
the Bible and 350,000 books. Now
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that was back in the 80s.
$350,000 maybe that would be
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more like $600,000, $700,000
today. I remember we talked and
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prayed about that a lot. >> It
was a tremendous undertaking at
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that time and just... just
to think we're... you know, you
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don't even know 350,000 people,
to get that many books out.
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> Probably you know >> was a > a
thousand people. >> Absolutely,
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so it was an undertaking. >
And we were... we were all in
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construction, we were building
and... and we also had a... a
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company called Trail Master
Products. We got suspension
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components for these, 4-wheel
drive trucks. We had our own
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business but to go from
there and to be called into the
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Ministry was... was amazing and
you were there. I remember... I
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remember when we flew... we
over to Boise, Idaho went to
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Pacific Press and Pacific Press
printed those 350,000 books for
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us. > Yes, they printed and
then shipped them here and to
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see 8 xxx's come to the
door to unload you think, "What
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have I done?" >
That's right. >> I mean,
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350,000 books and you're
committed > I remember >>at
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that point. > we
were xxx xxx >> Yeah.
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> we were thinking, "Where are
we going to put these things?"
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But you know God... that
was 26 years ago and God has
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tremendously blessed and you
were a part of that, you were on
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the front line so to speak. You
were with... with your finances,
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you've been on the Board of
Remnant from Day 1 and God has
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really blessed and now,
you know, as... as we look I...
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there are so many miracles. I
would love to just do a program
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sometime and share about
the miracles at Remnant but I do
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want to share this one thing.
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Before we... before we actually
got those books, I was talking
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to a... a Pastor that was at our
church and I'd been praying how
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God was leading my life, I'd
given my life back to the Lord
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and... and he came and he...
he saw this business and what we
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were doing, this secular
business, he said, "You should
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be... you seem to love the Lord
so much you... you ought to be
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working for him and he was
talking to all of us and when
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he... when he finally said,
"Dwight, you seem to love these
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books that... that change
people's lives, you read your
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Bible, you studied all the time,
maybe God would have you get
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these books out like the leaves
of autumn" and right then and...
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and I don't say it too often
because it's humbling, it's...
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it's not bragging, I don't know
if it was my angel, I don't know
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if it was Jesus, I just know
there was an audible voice. I
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mean, it was a loud voice that
said, "Dwight, this is what I
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want you to do" and this Pastor
challenged me. "Maybe you should
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get these books out like the
leaves of autumn" and of course
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when we talked and we prayed
about that and I didn't even
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tell him I was... I probably
got white because he asked if I
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was OK because I looked behind
me because there had to be
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somebody there behind me talking
to me and anyways I said, "I'd
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pray about it" and we got
together and prayed and got
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350,000 books and it was quite
overwhelmed but here it is 26
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years later and now you've
become the President because I
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believe that God has... has
moved me to go to Review and
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Herald. So, how's it going at
Remnant? >> Yeah, I think it's
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going very good, very exciting.
You know, God's leading. > Amen.
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>> We're giving Bibles to
Africa, in Portuguese, for the
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very first time. > Wow. >>
We've been getting close to a
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million Bibles in Africa over
the last several years but not
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in Portuguese. So, that's a...
that's a huge project to get
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that accomplished. > I guess
so and we're going to be talking
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more about that also about,
I think you mentioned that, the
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reason we... that Remnant has
such a burden to get those books
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out, is that you said that,
is it 70% of that? >> 70% of the
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Pastors in some of those
countries in South Africa don't
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even have a Bible. I
can't imagine preaching > Wow.
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>> without a Bible, let alone
being a Pastor without a Bible.
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> So, 70... we're not talking
about 17%? >> No, 70. > You're
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talking seven zero >>
Seven zero, 70%. > Wow. >> Don't
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have... don't even have a Bible
to... to preach with. > So...
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so, the goal... the
goal obviously for Remnant
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Publications from Day 1,
is to get the publishing xxx.
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>> Absolutely. > To get the
books out >> Yeah > get Bibles
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out, get... get books that help
people understand the Bible and
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of course, you know, I want to
talk now because now I've... of
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course, I've... I've moved
to Review and Herald which I've
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been blessed there and so
Rudy, I want to... let's share a
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little bit how that transpired.
I think it was probably about 8
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or 10 weeks before Mark Thomas,
the President of Review and
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Herald gave me a call, you and
I were talking and I can't quite
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remember how that came about.
I think you do. >> Well, it's
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amazing, it's amazing
when you think back all these
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coincidences. Then you find out
they're not coincidence. > Yeah.
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>> But I was... had a burden to
write a book. I've been giving
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Bible studies for 25 years.
Had a burden to write a book on
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Bible studies and getting people
involved and excited about
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Bible studies and then >> And
that book... and that book is
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called Studying With A Purpose
>> Studying With A Purpose.
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> Yeah and we're going to
talk more about that later but
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it's... it's... it's you had
quite a burden to get >>To... to
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get that out because > OK
>> Bible studies, I felt there
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was something lacking in the
normal process so I was excited
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about that. So, who do you go
to? > Yeah. >> It would be nice
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to have someone publish this
and we're in the publishing work
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so that was an easy step. So, I
called Dwight and my brother Dan
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> Yeah. >> and they were
excited about it so I thought,
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"Yeah, let's do this thing.
" At the same time there was
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international sales was growing
and you would ask me, "Well, do
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you think you could
handle this?" I handled all the
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shipping and our other
businesses and it's so... it's
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amazing how related the two are.
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I mean, we are getting a
product all over the world. Now
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Now we're just getting books all
over the world. > Yes. It's...
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it's just a higher calling.
>> It's just a higher calling
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but the process, the business
process is the same and it's
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just amazing that then as I
start growing and taking more of
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a part in... in producing this
book and doing international
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sales, then Mark called you.
> Yeah, it's... it's... it's
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something and I'll back up just
a little bit and... and help to
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explain that too, that,
here you're... you're working in
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construction, you're
doing these high end homes,
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multi-million dollar homes
>> Yeah. > in North Carolina.
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>> Between 3 million and 5
million. > $3 million to $5
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million >> Yeah, homes >
that you've been >> Yeah > that
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you've been building > plus
you're giving Bible studies and
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the... and the Pastor had got
another call and you were the
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the Head Elder, so you were
still preaching in the church,
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still doing Bible studies
and a... and a new Pastor didn't
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come for almost a year. >>
Almost a year > and so right
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at the end of that, you just had
such a great burden for... for
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the work and I'll... I'll never
forget when you called, we... we
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flew down there to talk to you,
Dan and I and you talked about
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this book and then... and then
when I got back, like a week or
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two later I think, you would
call us, "You know Dwight, I...
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I just... in be... in between
homes and I just have a real
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burden, I don't know if there's
anything at Remnant that... that
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I could do here in North
Carolina to be a part of... and
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that's when I said,
"Man, you would be so good at
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international sales because in
the secular business you worked
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with a... with sales
internationally and freight and
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stuff. " >> I worked with all
the routing, all the shipping
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> Yeah. >> domestic and
overseas. So, that was an easy
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> Transition >> easy matter.
> Yeah. >> Easy transition for
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me to do and I was used to
working with those people and...
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and at the time you were saying
you really didn't have time to
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deal with that and all your
other duties. > Yeah. >> So, it
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worked out. > It worked
out. So now we're... now you're
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starting to help with that and
that was I think around 6 weeks
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or 8 weeks, between 6 weeks and
2 months before Mark Thomas from
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Review and Herald called me and
I'll never forget, Mark calling
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me up and I've known him
for years, Review and Herald has
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printed books for Remnant a
number of times and we partnered
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together and my dream and
my vision has always been the
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publishing work. So, Mark calls
and I'll never forget he said,
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"Dwight, I'm gonna ask you
something quite serious but I
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know, 'you're going to say no'"
and of course, I knew it was
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serious when he said that,
he wasn't joking and he... he
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called me to... he said, "You
know, we've had some changes at
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Review and Herald. We need
some... some people to think
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outside the box. I... I know you
and I just would ask that you
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would come to Review and of
course the first thing I want to
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say is, "Hey, I really feel
honored and impressed that you
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would call me," but I mean,
I started the Remnant 26 years
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ago, I mean, I'm not going to
move from Remnant to Review and
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then he said, "You know
Dwight, did God call you to the
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publishing work or did he call
you to Remnant? What... what is
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your calling?" >> Amen. > And,
so that... that really made me
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think and I remember talking to
you, talking to Dan, talking to
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the whole Remnant Board and the
whole goal is, is that we need
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to get books out. God didn't
call me to Remnant per se, we
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started Remnant which is God's
calling but to the publishing
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work and I have such a burden
and I know you do and I know
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Mark Thomas and others at
Review and Pacific Press and
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other printing companies or...
or Ministries around the World,
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we need to be joining hands
and working >> Amen. > so much
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together. The Lord is coming
soon and fearfully and trembly,
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I felt God calling me there.
>> Letting God lead. > Letting
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God lead. >> These... these so
called coincidence, you know, as
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you look back, it's not,
it's God's leading. > It's God's
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leading, that's right. Well,
we're going to have to take a
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break. We're going to be right
back. Don't go away and I know,
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I think during the break, I
think we're going talk a little
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bit more about >> That's right.
> your Studying With A Purpose.
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So don't go away.
We'll be right back.
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> Hello, I want to welcome you
to Author's Corner. I'm Dwight
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Hall and I have a good friend
and my brother, Rudy Hall.
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Glad you're here,
Rudy. > Good to be here.
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>Rudy, we are holding
a book or both of us are,
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Studying With A Purpose and
I looked at the back and I love
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that because it says, "What's
your reason?" This is about...
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a book about Bible study but
it's more than that. It's kind
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of a beginning. Explain
what's it's about. >> It's about
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studying with a purpose.
In other words, why are you
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studying the Bible? > OK >>What
is your point? What are you
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trying to get out of it? Are you
just reading it, to read it like
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a good book? Or, what is your
point? What do you expect when
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you read the Bible? > In
other words, so... so this is
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something that's a precursor
maybe, it's a Bible study but
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it's a precursor, you're not
just getting into all the do's
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and the don'ts, you're saying,
"Hey, if you're going to get
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this Bible, there is probably
gonna be changes in your life"
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and so, this book is a great
book to start out with. What is
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the purpose of getting
xxx? >> Preparing yourself.
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It's preparing yourself to
study the Bible using Biblical
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principles to study the Bible.
> So Rudy, there's lots of
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studies out there. Why Studying
with a Purpose? Why this? Why
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this? What are you going
to expect? >> Dwight, I know
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there's lots of studies. For 25
years I've used a lot of those
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studies. > OK. >> but it just
seems like there was something
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lacking. People were studying
the Bible and really not
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preparing themselves for
what they was getting into > OK.
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>> and this is- if you
have it... I build houses > OK.
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>> and if you have a great
foundation, the rest goes good.
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If you don't get that
foundation, then, it's going to
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be trouble all the way through
the rest of the project. This
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gets you on the right foundation
to study the Bible. > Right from
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the get go. Right from the
beginning, you know what you're
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gonna run up to, you know that
you're gonna have changes, you
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there's going to be a cost,
Christ talks about that. You
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need it to get started on the
right foundation. So when these
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things come up, they
don't take you by surprise.
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> That's it. That's a great
xxx. OK, well, thanks a lot.
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Listen, to me this is a must.
You can get hundreds of these
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and pass them out.
Make sure you get this
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Studying With A Purpose, let's
get the Word out, let's get
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people back into the Word.
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>>> Don't wait. Order now, at
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or call
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>>> Have you ever wondered
why some married couples seem to
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look alike especially when they
have been together for a long
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time? Studies have shown that
there is real evidence as to
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why couples who have been
married for a long time tend to
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look similar to each other.
According to research, the
00:14:32.40\00:14:35.67
increase in facial similarity
results from decades of shared
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emotions. This happens because
of something called mimicry.
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When couples have spent
many years together and they've
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shared thousands of smiles
and frowns, their facial muscles
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start to take on similar
patterns to each other. If we
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make the Bible our guide,
we will be the person God has
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designed us to be.
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> Welcome back, I'm glad that
you stayed with us. The exciting
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things on how God will move upon
your life, he's in the business
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of miracles, we sometimes...
Rudy calls them coincidences but
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they're not coincidences.
When... when... when it's all
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through, you can look back
and say, "Wow, God was leading
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moment by moment, day by day,
even year by year in our lives
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if we just let him. ">>
Yeah, we're too quick to call it
00:15:22.76\00:15:25.74
coincidence but when you look
back, you see that there was no
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coincidence. > I mean... I mean,
when I think of you coming 6 to
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8 weeks and... and mentioning
this, which really kind of
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surprised me, not... he... he
was always involved giving books
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and giving Bible studies but yet
to me, when you said, "You know,
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Dwight, the Lord is just working
on my heart and I just... if...
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if I can do something in the
international sales," and you
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were already involved and God
knew that Mark would be calling
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me up, he knew and anyways
and then I want to surrender me,
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Lord, what would you have me to
do? Because we've talked about
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it and... and... and I
think that many of you that are
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watching would know the same
thing. It's not about Rudy Hall,
00:16:03.96\00:16:06.56
it's not about Dwight Hall,
it's not about Remnant, it's not
00:16:06.59\00:16:09.67
about Review and Herald, it's
about God and... and His... His
00:16:09.70\00:16:14.18
glory and what does He want
from us. >> Well, He's going to
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finish the work, Amen > Amen,
that's right. >> and regardless,
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so it's just a matter... it's
just... who's working with his
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plan. > Yeah. It was...
and... and... and sometimes you
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question the plan, as human,
sometimes when things don't go
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right but yet... so... so at
Remnant it's been... it's been
00:16:31.22\00:16:36.05
quite some time now
and... and what excites me is
00:16:36.08\00:16:40.01
because no matter what,
Remnant... I have to say it's
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not mine, it's the Lord's but it
feels like your baby because you
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start it and we all started it
and it will always be that way
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but yet, God had... it's not
about a higher calling, it's God
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moving his people where they...
where they need to go but again
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what... so what's going on? Is
Remnant growing? I mean, what?
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>> Well, I'm glad you asked that
because it really hasn't missed
00:17:02.65\00:17:05.75
a beat > Amen and that's true.
>> and not only that, we're...
00:17:05.78\00:17:08.97
we're moving forward. It's
wonderful to study the Bible.
00:17:09.00\00:17:12.81
The Remnant Study Bible,
I mean, the people love it
00:17:12.84\00:17:15.53
> Yeah. >> but the fact, is
that, there's other groups, the
00:17:15.56\00:17:18.80
youth. > Yeah. >> We're doing
a lot of things with eBooks and
00:17:18.83\00:17:21.67
getting audio, just moving
forward with technology... is
00:17:21.70\00:17:25.65
moving forward, we need to move
with it. > Amen. >> So, Remnant
00:17:25.68\00:17:28.56
wants to be on that cutting edge
and we are on that cutting edge
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> That's right. >> and so >
Amen. >> we're moving forward
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with that and so there's a lot
to learn. I didn't grow up in
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that age, so there's a lot
of... for me to learn > Yeah.
00:17:37.79\00:17:40.58
>> along with everybody else
but it's exciting and the audio
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is doing... doing fantastic,
electronic eBooks... eBooks is
00:17:43.69\00:17:48.02
doing fantastic. So we're not
just maintaining, we're moving
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forward. But you know, we've
talked a lot about what I'm
00:17:51.41\00:17:54.94
doing here at Remnant and...
but I think what a lot of the
00:17:54.97\00:17:57.95
viewers would know, they're not
used to seeing me here. > Yeah.
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>> They're used to seeing
you here and I'm sure the big
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question is, you know, you've
talked about you going to Review
00:18:02.99\00:18:05.88
How is that going? I mean, what
is God working in your life at
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Review? > Well, I would... I
would not be honest if I didn't
00:18:10.75\00:18:13.83
say there was... there's always
challenges. I know you've had
00:18:13.86\00:18:16.05
them at Remnant, just learning
everything and it's been
00:18:16.08\00:18:19.05
challenging for me but, you
know, Rudy, when... when Mark
00:18:19.08\00:18:23.58
called me up and when he said
those words, "Dwight, I'm going
00:18:23.61\00:18:27.28
to ask you something and I know
you're going to say, 'no' but
00:18:27.31\00:18:30.09
before you do, I'm just... I'm
asking you to pray about it" and
00:18:30.12\00:18:33.33
he asked >> Amen. > me that
which is completely... come as
00:18:33.36\00:18:35.87
a complete shock. I mean,
I've... I've never thought about
00:18:35.90\00:18:38.96
going anywhere but...
but Remnant after 26 years.
00:18:38.99\00:18:41.52
I stick with things
and God has blessed so much
00:18:41.55\00:18:43.99
and I thought I would be
at Remnant until I had to run
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to the hills or something, you
know. >> Or when the Lord comes
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> Till the Lord >> whichever
came first. > Whichever came
00:18:50.14\00:18:51.69
first and I was totally
satisfied and... and I loved it
00:18:51.72\00:18:56.25
but when he called and I started
praying and I remember talking
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to you, >> Absolutely. > I
talked to Dan, we talked to
00:18:58.65\00:19:01.50
the... the Remnant Board, in
fact, I can remember talking to
00:19:01.53\00:19:05.45
the whole staff at Remnant
and... and opening up before
00:19:05.48\00:19:08.15
them and said, you know,
"What's your thoughts? What...
00:19:08.18\00:19:10.68
what... what shall I be doing?"
because I did not want to make a
00:19:10.71\00:19:14.04
mistake. You know, it's easy to
say, "forget you," I mean, "I'm
00:19:14.07\00:19:17.52
here at Remnant, I'm not
leaving" but I want to always do
00:19:17.55\00:19:20.97
God's will. I don't want to
look to the left nor the right
00:19:21.00\00:19:22.84
and then I even called people
like Pastor Doug Batchelor, he's
00:19:22.87\00:19:26.95
a good friend of mine and of
course, Danny Shelton and Jim
00:19:26.98\00:19:29.45
Gilley and I... I... I talked to
our... our Michigan Conference
00:19:29.48\00:19:32.84
President Elder Jay Ballymore,
and... and even... even Elder
00:19:32.87\00:19:36.99
Ted Wilson, General Conference
President, I mean, I talked to a
00:19:37.02\00:19:40.32
lot of people and prayed
and they prayed with me and just
00:19:40.35\00:19:42.91
said, "Listen Dwight, obviously
you know that still small voice"
00:19:42.94\00:19:46.58
>> Amen. > and they were saying,
"I'm not the Holy Spirit" but if
00:19:46.61\00:19:51.08
this can further the work of
God and they all talked about
00:19:51.11\00:19:54.74
the Ministries and the Church
working even more together
00:19:54.77\00:19:57.47
in these last days. >> And
that's... that's what we've been
00:19:57.50\00:19:59.49
doing but I think
the Ministries like Doug
00:19:59.52\00:20:02.52
Batchelor's, like 3ABN, like
these other Ministries, they
00:20:02.55\00:20:05.12
realized what an
unusual circumstance this is for
00:20:05.15\00:20:11.24
supporting ministries, to work
with, you know, the conference
00:20:11.27\00:20:15.47
and that is... is a wonderful
opportunity to walk together
00:20:15.50\00:20:18.68
but it's unusual. So
that's where the prayer > Yes.
00:20:18.71\00:20:22.30
>> and you know,
came in so fervently and
00:20:22.33\00:20:24.91
that's why when you first
mentioned it to me you know, I
00:20:24.94\00:20:28.15
was thinking, "Are you nuts?
What are you talking about?
00:20:28.18\00:20:32.79
What are you thinking about?"
But in the back of my mind, if
00:20:32.82\00:20:35.38
the Lord wasn't behind this, how
would it work out? That's how
00:20:35.41\00:20:39.34
unusual it is. > Yeah and...
and... and I was thinking that
00:20:39.37\00:20:42.48
too. In fact, like I said, when
Mark first asked me, I thought,
00:20:42.51\00:20:45.19
you know, I really felt honored
but, give me a break! There is
00:20:45.22\00:20:48.98
no way, I mean, you know, I...
I... I'm Remnant. I mean, that's
00:20:49.01\00:20:54.21
all I know. >> That's right.
> And yet, when I got on my
00:20:54.24\00:20:56.97
knees and I knew, you know...
you know it's amazing because
00:20:57.00\00:21:00.38
we're human but I knew God
was going to tell me, "Don't go
00:21:00.41\00:21:03.64
anywhere. Just stay at
Remnant. " >> Or you... or you
00:21:03.67\00:21:06.18
wanted him to. > I wanted... I
wanted him to, that's right. But
00:21:06.21\00:21:10.01
as I was... as I opened my heart
>> Amen. > and as I talked to
00:21:10.04\00:21:13.46
>> Amen > other people and as
I talked to the staff at Remnant
00:21:13.49\00:21:15.22
they said, "Dwight, the bottom
line is, again, it's... it's not
00:21:15.25\00:21:18.83
about Remnant, it's... it's not
about Review, it's about doing
00:21:18.86\00:21:22.75
God's will, God's way. "
>> It's not about Dwight, it's
00:21:22.78\00:21:26.20
not about Rudy. > No. >> It's
about God's work. >> It's about
00:21:26.23\00:21:29.72
God's work and the more I pray,
the more I talk to other people
00:21:29.75\00:21:33.36
from the church, from other
Ministries, it was all the same,
00:21:33.39\00:21:37.38
"Dwight, this could be a
very... a great calling right
00:21:37.41\00:21:40.90
now because it's something that
we're... we're... we're reaching
00:21:40.93\00:21:44.47
the other. We know that the...
the end is very near. Let's get
00:21:44.50\00:21:47.86
things done and... and I have to
say that at... at Review, I've
00:21:47.89\00:21:53.57
always thought, you know, it
doesn't matter if it's Review or
00:21:53.60\00:21:55.66
somebody else but when you're
in your own group and many of
00:21:55.69\00:22:00.24
you, wherever you're working,
your own churches, everyone that
00:22:00.27\00:22:04.05
you know there,
they're your friends. >> Amen.
00:22:04.08\00:22:07.30
> So you're thinking it as
people, like to me, Remnant is
00:22:07.33\00:22:10.15
my friends, it's my family
and... and Review at the time,
00:22:10.18\00:22:13.57
it was just... it's Review,
yeah, there was people there,
00:22:13.60\00:22:15.40
there is but it's Review.
But now that I've been there,
00:22:15.43\00:22:17.87
tremendous, dedicated people
and they... they... they want
00:22:17.90\00:22:22.66
the same thing, they want to
get the right books out like the
00:22:22.69\00:22:27.14
leaves of autumn, just like
Remnant. >> Well, I had kind of
00:22:27.17\00:22:29.37
an advantage I thought, over
you because I knew what I was
00:22:29.40\00:22:32.51
coming into. > Yeah. Number
one, I can still call, pull from
00:22:32.54\00:22:36.36
your experience, Dan, he's been
here 25 years, you already had a
00:22:36.39\00:22:40.64
great staff in place > Amen.
>> that I can pull from. You
00:22:40.67\00:22:44.27
know, I was accepted and I...
and I knew that coming into it.
00:22:44.30\00:22:47.32
> Yeah. >> I mean, I knew
everybody there. You was going
00:22:47.35\00:22:51.25
into another environment >
That's right. >> and so I just
00:22:51.28\00:22:55.08
wanted to hear, you know, how
that environment accepted you
00:22:55.11\00:22:59.01
and... and how did you feel
walking in because you knew Mark
00:22:59.04\00:23:02.55
> Yes. >> and... and... but
I knew everybody and also I had
00:23:02.58\00:23:07.50
people I could pull on that
I could trust. How did you feel
00:23:07.53\00:23:10.86
going into a brand new
environment? > Well, like a
00:23:10.89\00:23:14.64
stranger but I knew Mark
and Mark had been working with
00:23:14.67\00:23:18.78
Remnant for years and wanting
to partner up and do things
00:23:18.81\00:23:22.55
together which we printed a
lot... we printed hundreds of
00:23:22.58\00:23:25.90
thousands of books. I think,
over a million books. >> Over a
00:23:25.93\00:23:28.99
million, yes. > At... at
the Review and Herald and we
00:23:29.02\00:23:30.89
printed for 10 years at
the Pacific Press when we had
00:23:30.92\00:23:33.60
Remnant. So, it's not
something... we weren't
00:23:33.63\00:23:35.92
strangers that way but to go
in there and not know the people
00:23:35.95\00:23:38.78
and be in charge of different
areas but... but when I got
00:23:38.81\00:23:41.33
there, I just mentioned that I
wanted... I wanted to make sure
00:23:41.36\00:23:44.32
that we got the right books out
and we did the right things and
00:23:44.35\00:23:47.36
I just have to share one
little experience. Every year
00:23:47.39\00:23:50.99
Pacific Press and Review and
Herald has a marketing seminar
00:23:51.02\00:23:54.84
for all the ABC's, the... the
bookstores, the a Christian book
00:23:54.87\00:23:58.40
stores and they get together
and I... I just... I... I was
00:23:58.43\00:24:03.18
just so... so blessed because
at the end of that, everyone...
00:24:03.21\00:24:07.20
everybody was walking around
saying, "This was the most
00:24:07.23\00:24:09.62
spiritual seminar that
we've had in years. " They can't
00:24:09.65\00:24:13.38
remember one more spiritual
and Doug Church who is the vice
00:24:13.41\00:24:17.26
president of the Marketing
Division, like I'm the vice
00:24:17.29\00:24:19.93
president of Marketing Division
at Review, he is for Pacific
00:24:19.96\00:24:22.28
Press and we talked and we
prayed together and... and all
00:24:22.31\00:24:25.55
of us just said, "What a
blessing it's been. " So, I see
00:24:25.58\00:24:29.87
change is being made and... and
by the way, I'm not saying this
00:24:29.90\00:24:32.15
because I did this. >> All
praise > It wasn't about me.
00:24:32.18\00:24:35.43
>> All praise to God. > It
was praises to God. >> Praise
00:24:35.46\00:24:37.17
> God. >> Praises God and... and
it's because I see that... that
00:24:37.20\00:24:40.53
the... the people have... have
such a burden. >> Amen. > They
00:24:40.56\00:24:44.12
know God is coming soon, with
his angels and we all have our
00:24:44.15\00:24:48.15
work to do and it's not just...
again, it's not about Review,
00:24:48.18\00:24:50.24
Pacific or... or Remnant or
Amazing Facts or 3ABN or other
00:24:50.27\00:24:54.11
Ministries. It's about working
together because the Lord says,
00:24:54.14\00:24:57.21
"One will put a thousand to
flight, two ten thousand. What
00:24:57.24\00:25:00.20
will 5 or 10 of us do?"
>> Absolutely. > So anyway,
00:25:00.23\00:25:02.57
that's, you... you know, that...
you know, that's kind of going
00:25:02.60\00:25:05.89
what's going on... going
on and of course, there's been
00:25:05.92\00:25:07.88
challenges, there's going to be
challenges but the bottom line
00:25:07.91\00:25:12.02
is, Rudy, the people there
want to see the books get out
00:25:12.05\00:25:17.24
in a greater way, just like at
Remnant. It's been... it's been
00:25:17.27\00:25:20.39
great. >> And you've... you've
told me personally, you've been
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received well there and that's
a blessing. They have worshipped
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as we have worshipped >
Absolutely. Every morning they
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have worship. >> And so
there were similarities? > Yes
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>> There was similarities but to
see these different processes,
00:25:29.93\00:25:35.03
class pans and it's... it's just
a wonderful thing and the people
00:25:35.06\00:25:39.00
are feeding off of that. > And
they are and... and one... one
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thing before we... before we
have to wind up but just... I
00:25:43.38\00:25:46.47
wanna share it. You know, when
you go into a new place people
00:25:46.50\00:25:50.67
are watching you, just like,
even you at Remnant even though
00:25:50.70\00:25:52.82
>> Yes. >you've been around,
you knew people but they're
00:25:52.85\00:25:54.16
still watching. How is this...
how is this Rudy gonna handle
00:25:54.19\00:25:56.34
things? How is he gonna do
things? And they were thinking
00:25:56.37\00:25:58.40
the same thing there and I had
one person come up to me, they
00:25:58.43\00:26:03.09
said, "I don't... I'm not
interested in religion. I'm
00:26:03.12\00:26:07.19
interested in... in how Christ
moves in your life. I want to
00:26:07.22\00:26:11.80
see a sermon in the way
you walk, in the way you talk"
00:26:11.83\00:26:15.11
> Amen. > and... and... and
that's a tall order and unless
00:26:15.14\00:26:18.73
we can keep Christ on our... on
our focus, that's not going to
00:26:18.76\00:26:22.24
happen because we can... we can
get a lot of books out like the
00:26:22.27\00:26:24.29
leaves of autumn but it's more
than that and I see hearts being
00:26:24.32\00:26:27.45
changed at the Review, day by
day people saying, "Wow, God is
00:26:27.48\00:26:32.00
changing my life" and the...
anyway, it's just amazing. A
00:26:32.03\00:26:35.40
lot... a lot of great
stories. >> Amen. Amen.
00:26:35.43\00:26:37.83
> So, well, I mean, before we
wrap it up Rudy, are you happy?
00:26:37.86\00:26:41.96
Have you had second thoughts?
>> Yeah. Well, always. I'm
00:26:41.99\00:26:45.72
always going to have that
but I am happy. It's... it's a
00:26:45.75\00:26:47.98
blessing to work in the
Lord's Vineyard. > Amen.
00:26:48.01\00:26:50.28
>> I mean, that's... what better
job could you have than saving
00:26:50.31\00:26:54.43
souls and do that for
a living? > That's right.
00:26:54.46\00:26:56.85
>> I mean, that's exciting.
If it's not exciting, you're
00:26:56.88\00:26:58.73
in the wrong work. > That's
right. >> So... but I enjoyed
00:26:58.76\00:27:01.20
building and I enjoyed pretty
much whatever I've done... I
00:27:01.23\00:27:04.92
mean, whatever you do,
do it with all your might
00:27:04.95\00:27:06.46
> Yes. >> but to answer the
question, it's very exciting and
00:27:06.49\00:27:10.20
to hearing other stories
from other parts of the World,
00:27:10.23\00:27:12.99
not just the country >
Absolutely. >> and... and
00:27:13.02\00:27:15.72
saving souls and working with
these people, it's... it's just
00:27:15.75\00:27:20.08
exciting. > Amen. But we
gotta... we gotta wrap it up but
00:27:20.11\00:27:23.18
you know something? Every one
of you that are watching, have
00:27:23.21\00:27:26.13
a duty, have an awesome
responsibility and opportunity
00:27:26.16\00:27:28.76
to share Jesus Christ wherever
you're at. So, until next time
00:27:28.79\00:27:33.72
remember you too can have a
better way of life. So what?
00:27:33.75\00:27:36.55
Don't put it off.
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