Participants: David Down
Series Code: DUTP
Program Code: DUTP000021
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00:01 In this program we visit the traditional Mt. Nebo
00:04 from which Moses viewed the promised land before he died. 00:08 He climbed this mountain shortly after he had written the book of 00:12 Deuteronomy, which, by the way, contains some remarkable 00:16 information on how to live longer, 00:19 and how to enjoy a good life. 00:55 The hill over there, on which there is a church built, 00:58 is Mt. Nebo, and it may not look very imposing from here, 01:03 but from the Jordan valley where Moses ascended from, 01:07 it's 1,000 meters up to the top. 01:09 From the top we get a very fine view, of course. 01:12 We can see right out over the Jordan valley. 01:15 You can see on the left the Dead Sea, and in the distance, 01:19 on a fine day, we can see the hills of Judea, and Jerusalem 01:23 even surrounding the hills. 01:30 Would you like to know how to live longer and enjoy it? 01:35 Well I've got good news for you. 01:37 Moses, in the book of Deuteronomy, tells us we can 01:40 live longer, and he tells us how to do it. 01:43 In Deuteronomy chapter 4 and in verse 40 he says, 01:49 you shall therefore keep his statues and his commandments 01:52 which I command you today, that you may prolong your days 01:57 in the land which the Lord your God is giving you. 02:01 So there you are; you can live longer. 02:02 Well, what's the secret of it? 02:05 It says in chapter 7, It shall come to pass because you 02:09 listened to these judgments, and keep, and do them, 02:13 the Lord will take away from you all sickness, 02:16 and will afflict you with none of the terrible diseases 02:19 of Egypt which you have none. 02:21 There's nothing arbitrary about this. 02:23 It wasn't that God was saying listen, I'm going to make all 02:26 the other nations sick, and I'm going to make you good, and 02:29 strong, and healthy. 02:31 This was a case of follow the rules and you'll reap 02:35 the benefits. 02:36 Don't follow the rules and you'll reap the consequences. 02:39 Let me just give you a few simple illustrations of this. 02:44 You've heard of the proverb saying, cleanliness 02:48 is next to Godliness. 02:50 Heard that one? 02:51 It's not actually a quotation from the Bible. 02:54 But, never the less, the Bible certainly does teach that we 02:58 need to have cleanly habits. 03:02 For instance, in Exodus chapter 19, verse 10, 03:14 Then the Lord said to Moses, Go to the people, and sanctify them 03:18 today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes... 03:22 Well, you see, cleanliness is next to Godliness. 03:25 And if you are hygienic and keep yourself clean, 03:29 well, naturally, you're going to avoid some of these skin 03:32 diseases which people get. 03:34 And there's some other rules here, too. 03:36 Now you listen to this very simple one in Numbers 03:41 chapter 19, and in verse 15, Every open vessel which has no 03:47 cover fastened on it is unclean. 03:50 Now that's quite important, you know, because if you leave 03:53 a vessel, whether it's a pot or a dish, and some food, and it's 03:57 uncovered, well, it's not long before the flies sit on it, 04:01 and it's going to be contaminated. 04:02 That's the way disease spreads. 04:04 So God told the Israelites, follow these simple rules 04:08 and you won't have some of these problems. 04:11 Now here's another very practical one, listen: 04:13 in Deuteronomy 23, verse 13, You shall have an implement 04:18 among your equipment, and when you sit down outside you shall 04:22 dig with it and turn and cover your refuse. 04:25 Now there's a lot of diseases in the East. 04:28 I've seen the people of India, for instance, out in the 04:31 morning, you know, out to the patty fields. 04:33 They just go to the toilet there. 04:36 They just leave it. 04:37 The flies come swarming over it, and the next thing they're back 04:40 in the windows and sitting on the food. 04:42 That's why there's so much cholera, typhoid, 04:44 amoeba, dysentery. 04:46 Well, here's some good instruction, 04:49 practical instruction. 04:50 And Moses told the people follow this instruction and 04:55 you will avoid the diseases that are so rampant among 04:59 the other nations. 05:05 Now what I have told you so far is probably nothing new to you. 05:09 I'm sure you've all got nice, clean, hygienic kitchens. 05:12 But you've got to remember, it wasn't always that way. 05:15 You know, people never dreamed that disease could be carried 05:18 on the legs of flies. 05:21 But, of course, we know that now. 05:22 So we can see that this instruction just has 05:26 to be inspired. 05:27 Moses certainly didn't get it from the Egyptian doctors. 05:30 It must have come from God! 05:31 And that should give us a lot of confidence in the rest of the 05:34 instruction that He's passed on to us. 05:37 Behind me is a bronze serpent on a pole. 05:41 This commemorates an incident in the wilderness wanderings. 05:44 The people were being bitten by snakes, and they were 05:48 dying likes flies. 05:49 So God told Moses to make this metal serpent; put it on a pole, 05:53 and whoever looked at it would live. 05:55 They'd recover. 05:56 Now this indicates that God is very interested in our health, 05:59 happiness, and recovery from disease. 06:02 And, of course, especially prevention of disease is even 06:05 more important. 06:06 So we can have a lot of confidence in the instruction 06:09 that is given here. 06:10 And let me give you a little bit more. 06:12 Now here is something that is, perhaps more relevant 06:15 to our modern world. 06:16 In Leviticus, chapter 13, verse 45, Now the leper on whom the 06:22 sore is, his clothes shall be torn, and his head bare, 06:24 and he shall cover his mustache, or his mouth, 06:27 and cry, Unclean, unclean. 06:30 And he shall dwell alone, and his habitation shall be 06:32 outside the camp. 06:33 Now anyone who has been inside a surgery, you know, 06:36 when an operation is in progress. 06:38 You see the doctors with all their coverings on their lips. 06:41 And this is to prevent the spread of disease. 06:44 We know that disease can be spread through what is breathed 06:48 out of the mouth. 06:49 So here is some instruction that was along these lines. 06:52 This lets us know that God knew what He was talking about 06:57 way back there. 06:58 Here's something else in our cholesterol conscious age: 07:02 Leviticus 3, verse 17, This shall be a perpetual statute 07:06 throughout your generations, and all your dwellings. 07:08 You shall eat neither fat nor blood. 07:11 Now we're just waking up to that today. 07:13 And here it was thousands of years ago: don't eat fat! 07:19 It just builds up cholesterol in your arteries, and veins, 07:22 and it can bring on a heart attack. 07:25 So, here's some very up-to-date counsel, isn't it? 07:28 Now there is something that a lot of people think is very 07:32 important for their happiness, and that's the use of 07:36 alcoholic beverages. 07:37 But, is it? 07:39 You know, I think I've had a little experience in this. 07:43 My father was a good man. 07:45 I was brought up in an affluent home, but he was a drinker. 07:49 And I'll tell you, whenever he came back, and had had some 07:51 drinks, there was a lot of very unhappy scenes in the home. 07:55 And, of course, alcohol also causes accidents; 07:59 even a little bit. 08:00 And it certainly is a drain on the pocket. 08:03 There's a lot of reasons why we shouldn't be using alcohol. 08:05 And it says over here in Proverbs 20, verse 1, 08:09 Wine is a mocker, intoxicating drink arouses brawling, 08:14 and whoever is led astray by it is not wise. 08:18 I think that is very relevant counsel, don't you? 08:23 But there's always somebody who will raise the question: 08:25 didn't Jesus turn water into wine at the marriage feast 08:30 at Cana of Galilee? 08:31 Yes, indeed He did. 08:32 In fact this is one of two churches in Cana of Galilee 08:37 that commemorate the miracle. 08:39 And inside this particular church there is a stone jar 08:43 and it's standing in front of a little water cistern. 08:46 And so this church commemorates the incident. 08:49 It really happened; sure. 08:50 But the question is, which type of wine? 08:52 You see, there are two types of wine. 08:55 We recognize that. 08:56 You can either go into a liquor shop and buy a bottle of 09:00 alcoholic wine, or you can go into a supermarket and buy a 09:04 bottle of grape juice, which we sometimes refer to as 09:07 unfermented wine. 09:08 Now in our society these are two separate and distinct things. 09:13 One is alcoholic, and the other is non-alcoholic. 09:16 But in biblical times, of course, they didn't label 09:19 them on bottles just as clearly as that. 09:21 When the grape crushing season came along they crushed the 09:25 grapes, got the juice, and for a few days it was unfermented. 09:30 And then if you didn't do anything about it, 09:32 then, of course, it became fermented. 09:34 However, they had a system of boiling it, boiling it, 09:38 and boiling it until it became a thick, syrupy juice. 09:40 That would keep for up until nearly twelve months. 09:44 All you had to do was add water to taste. 09:47 So, there are two types of wines spoken of in the Bible. 09:50 You have, for instance, in Isaiah chapter 65, verse 8, 09:55 Thus says the Lord, As the new wine is found in the cluster, 09:59 and one says, Do not destroy it; for a blessing is in it. 10:03 I like grape juice. 10:04 It's a good drink, and there's a real blessing in it. 10:06 But, of course, there is another type of wine which is 10:09 condemned in the Bible. 10:10 Proverbs chapter 23, verse 29, Who has woe? who hath sorrow? 10:16 who has contentions? who has complaints? who has wounds 10:20 without cause? who has redness of eyes? 10:23 Those who linger long at the wine;... 10:25 Now you don't need to wonder very long as to just what type 10:29 of wine is referred to there. 10:30 Obviously, that is alcoholic wine causing the 10:34 red eyes, and the wounds without cause, and so forth. 10:37 And so it says here, Do not look on the wine when it is red, 10:41 when it sparkles in the cup. 10:43 At the last it bites like a serpent and stings like a viper. 10:47 Not only don't drink it, don't even look at it. 10:51 Don't be tempted because alcoholic wine is harmful 10:54 to the health. 10:55 Now let's take a look at the physical effects of alcohol 10:59 on the human body. 11:00 I want to talk to Dr. John Quinn of Sydney's large 11:04 West Meade Hospital. 11:05 Dr. Quinn has a degree in Science. 11:08 He has a degree in medicine. 11:10 And he has a Ph. D. in Immunology, which makes him 11:15 pretty well qualified to talk to us. 11:17 Dr. Quinn, what can you tell us about the effect of alcohol 11:20 on the human body? 11:21 Yes, David, thank you. 11:22 I'll just start off by telling some of the statistics 11:28 associated with alcohol in medicine. 11:30 For example, it's known that 85% of Australian men, 11:35 and 75% of the women, drink alcohol in some form or another. 11:39 Now alcohol, even in minor amounts, can interfere with 11:44 medications that many people take for minor illnesses. 11:48 Now the problem with that is that the effects 11:50 are unpredictable, and this can lead to sleepiness. 11:53 It can interfere with their ability to drive a car, 11:56 and perform various skilled tasks. 11:58 Now even in moderate amounts alcohol can acerbate many 12:03 medical conditions that people have. 12:06 While in excessive amounts alcohol leads to a whole host 12:10 of disease processes. 12:12 Well, when somebody puts the bottle to their lips, 12:15 what actually happens when it starts pouring 12:17 down their throat? 12:18 Yes, well, David, after they've taken a mouthful, obviously 12:23 it goes down the main esophagus into the stomach, and there it 12:29 goes on into the small bowel where it's largely 12:32 absorbed from. 12:33 Now, on the way down through the esophagus, it irritates the 12:37 lining of the esophagus. 12:38 And also in the stomach it irritates the lining. 12:40 And this leads to pain in the long term, and a condition 12:44 called esophagitis, or gastritis, and bleeding. 12:47 While in the small bowel, the irritation of the wall can 12:50 interfere with the absorption of many important nutrients, 12:53 in particular the B group vitamins. 12:55 Is this a liver you've got there? 12:59 What effect does alcohol have on your liver? 13:01 Well, because of the arrangement of the anatomy in the body, 13:06 the substances that are absorbed from the small bowel in the 13:10 stomach, first of all, are taken to the liver. 13:13 Now the liver is a process, a storehouse, and a processing 13:17 factory in the body. 13:18 And because of this, as the alcohol is absorbed from the 13:22 digestive system, it's the liver that bears the first brunt, 13:25 other than the lining of the small intestine. 13:29 Now even a single episode of binge drinking, such is very 13:34 common on a Friday evening in Australian populations, 13:37 can lead to a condition called fatty liver. 13:41 As you can see in this liver here, this is what's called 13:44 the cirrhotic liver, which is a long term consequence 13:48 of excessive alcohol. 13:50 But you can see these little fat globules, if I can point them 13:53 out with my pen. 13:54 The normal liver is sort of smooth and homogeneous. 13:58 These little fat globulars have replaced the normal 14:02 liver tissue. 14:03 As a result, the functions of the liver are interfered with, 14:06 and in time this can lead to serious disease. 14:10 The person ends up a rather pathetic sight with a swollen, 14:14 bloated stomach. 14:15 They are unable to process many of the nutrients that are 14:19 absorbed, and also, unfortunately, many of the 14:23 toxins that come in from the digestive system from the 14:27 breakdown of proteins in the bacterial products. 14:30 When they get to the liver they're dealt with, 14:32 and detoxified. 14:34 But if the liver doesn't work, then they're getting into the 14:37 circulation and can interfere with many of the 14:40 body's functions. 14:41 It's all pretty frightening. 14:42 Now what's this over here? 14:44 Don't tell me that's a heart, is it? 14:45 Alcohol effects the heart? 14:47 Yes, now, unfortunately, the heart, too, bears a large brunt 14:52 of excessive alcohol intake. 14:55 Now the normal heart is about the size of your clenched fist. 14:58 And if I compare my fist with this heart, even though this 15:02 heart is opened up to display the internal structures, you can 15:06 see that this is a very large heart. 15:08 Now what happens is that the alcohol acts as a toxin on 15:12 the muscle cells, and these muscle cells are unable to 15:16 contract properly. 15:17 And as a result, the heart tries to compensate by getting larger, 15:22 and, therefore, allowing more blood to be pumped in and out. 15:25 Also the force of the contraction is better the larger 15:29 the heart gets, to a certain extent. 15:31 In time this heart becomes so large and dilated that the wall 15:36 becomes very floppy, and it's unable to pump the blood 15:39 adequately through the body. 15:41 The person ends up with a condition called 15:43 alcoholic Cardiopathy. 15:45 Well, it sounds like the long term effects 15:47 are pretty disastrous. 15:49 What about the short term effects? 15:51 Yes, well, the short term effects are something that's 15:55 more relevant to the average sort of Australian, since we can 15:59 consider only about 10% of males, about 3 to 5% of females 16:04 eventually go on to become what we would refer to as 16:07 chronic alcoholics. 16:09 The under aged; the under 17, and the under 25 year age group 16:17 in Australia; they're a very large proportion of drinkers 16:20 in Australia. 16:22 And, unfortunately, just looking at the male population, 16:26 about 30 to 40% of these young men will eventually get into 16:31 some trouble in their youth, and their early adulthood, 16:35 because of excessive alcohol. 16:37 This may be in the form of a motor vehicle accident. 16:41 And despite random breath testing in Australia, 16:43 still about 50% of fatal road accidents are caused by 16:48 excessive alcohol intake. 16:51 Then we have domestic violence. 16:53 Alcohol is a significant contributor here. 16:57 The person may be drinking and is unable to control many of 17:02 their normal emotions. 17:05 This can lead to violence, which is a rather dreaded, 17:10 and unfortunate thing that we see in the Australian community. 17:13 So your advice, I presume, is keep off the bottle, aye? 17:17 Even in moderate drinking? 17:19 What do you think? 17:20 Yes, even in moderate drinking, 17:21 particularly in females, for example. 17:25 I mean it's been shown that in a woman that is pregnant, even one 17:30 or two standard drinks a day can lead to a condition called 17:33 the fetal alcohol syndrome in which the poor unfortunate 17:37 newborn child is mentally and physically handicapped for 17:40 the rest of their life just because of their mother's 17:44 excessive alcohol during the pregnancy. 17:46 There is something else that Moses wrote just before he 17:49 climbed Mt. Nebo. 17:51 You'll find it in Deuteronomy 29:18; listen: 17:55 And that there may not be among you a root bearing bitterness 18:00 or wormwood. 18:01 Some translations put it that there may not be a 18:04 poisonous herb. 18:05 Now there's quite a few poisonous herbs growing 18:08 in the world today, and, unfortunately, some people 18:10 are using them to their detriment. 18:13 For instance, there is the tobacco leaf. 18:15 And you've only got to look at a packet of cigarettes 18:18 and read it here: WARNING smoking is a health hazard. 18:22 And according to the latest government regulations, 18:24 the tobacco companies have to be even more specific than that. 18:28 It is a deadly poison, and it's not wise to use it. 18:32 I talked with Dr. Russell Butler who is a consultant physician 18:38 about the effect of smoking on the human body. 18:42 Tobacco has a lot of effects on the human body which we've been 18:46 aware of for, oh, maybe 30 years, since the first reports 18:51 were made of an association between smoking, particularly 18:55 smoking cigarettes, and lung cancer. 18:59 You know, a cigarette is really very much like a chimney. 19:04 And if you were to get on the end of a chimney and inhale 19:07 the smoke, you'd expect it to be fairly nasty on the body. 19:11 Now if you look here at this picture of a normal lung 19:15 you'll see that it's pink with a few specks of black on it, 19:20 just from the normal dust that we see in the air. 19:25 But this specimen I've got in the bottle here shows the 19:30 blackening which happens when someone smokes regularly over a 19:37 protracted period of time. 19:38 Now the person who did this had the consequences that they 19:46 eventually developed a lung cancer. 19:48 And this pale patch of tissue here is the cancer which 19:53 eventually led to them having to have this lung removed. 19:56 Beyond that they have a patch of pneumonia because the 20:00 air passages in the lung have been obstructed by the 20:05 development of this cancer. 20:06 It's been well known for a long time now that people who smoke, 20:13 particularly people who smoke cigarettes, are likely to have 20:17 something, about a twenty times increased risk of developing 20:22 lung cancer. 20:23 The other effects of smoking, however, are perhaps not so 20:30 evident, and not apparently statistically so great. 20:35 For instance, people also develop heart disease. 20:41 We've got some pictures here of the inside of blood vessels 20:44 which show the deposition of cholesterol and other material 20:51 which tends to block up the arteries. 20:53 Now, statistically, the increase in risk of developing heart 21:02 disease due to smoking is only about two or threefold. 21:06 But when you think that nearly a third of the population 21:09 eventually dies of heart disease, it's very much more 21:14 common than these with lung cancer. 21:15 So the influence of smoking in accelerating heart disease 21:19 is, in fact, much more important as a public health problem 21:22 than is lung cancer. 21:25 But there are other poisonous plants around besides tobacco 21:29 leaves, you know. 21:30 I want to talk to Don Bain, who is the Director of the 21:33 Health Department of the Seventh-day Adventist Church 21:36 in the South Pacific region. 21:38 Don, what can you tell us about marijuana? 21:42 David, I guess we could tell you a great deal about marijuana 21:44 because this is a very old drug that's been used in Eastern 21:47 countries for thousands of years has in recent decades 21:51 been discovered by people in Western society. 21:54 Many people think that this is a very innocuous substance, 21:57 but it's not. 21:58 It's actually a very subtle drug. 22:00 It appears to be virtually harmless, but its effect upon 22:04 the body is really only starting to be understood now as we're 22:07 doing more research. 22:08 Marijuana is a mood altering drug and it effects our concept 22:13 of time and space, and our judgment. 22:16 And for people who drive or engage in any activity where 22:19 they might be using machinery or flying aircraft, or doing 22:22 things like that, marijuana can be a very serious drug. 22:25 So the advice is, leave it alone, aye? 22:27 Don't even experiment with it. 22:29 I would say definitely so; that this is not 22:31 a drug to be played with. 22:32 I think we'd be much better in our society without it. 22:36 What about the plants that produce caffeine? 22:39 Well, caffeine is an interesting substance, too. 22:41 It's been around for a long time, and it's probably one of 22:44 the drugs that is most used in the world actually. 22:48 Now you find caffeine in a variety of substances. 22:51 Coffee, of course, is a major source of caffeine for millions 22:54 of people; tea also. 22:56 The cola drinks have quite a lot of caffeine in them. 22:59 And there are alkaloids which are similar to caffeine 23:02 Theobromine, etc, which you will find even in chocolate. 23:05 But caffeine is a drug that people used for a stimulate, 23:08 to give them a lift. 23:09 And again, people may think that this isn't dangerous, 23:13 but again, evidence shows that too much caffeine can have a 23:17 very deleterious effect upon the body. 23:19 Does it have any relationship to stress? 23:22 Well, people will take caffeine, as in fact they will take a lot 23:26 of drugs, to overcome the stresses of life. 23:30 You know, people are always looking to chemical crutches. 23:32 If you've got a problem let's open the medicine chest 23:35 and find a pill or potion. 23:36 And that's why people tend to be into alcohol, into marijuana, 23:40 into caffeine, into many of these things to try and either 23:43 block life out or make life a little more exciting, 23:45 or something like that. 23:46 And I really think that when people are looking to chemicals 23:50 to solve their problems, they're really fooling themselves. 23:53 And even with caffeine, that this could have 23:56 a serious effect actually upon oxygen levels to the brain, 23:59 and can effect our motor performance. 24:00 So I really think that if people are looking for drugs to help 24:04 them with stress, they're looking in the wrong direction. 24:06 People would do much better looking to a balanced lifestyle, 24:09 getting a balance in the social, mental, physical, 24:12 and spiritual areas. 24:13 These are the sort of things that people should be 24:15 concentrating on. 24:17 Now medicines and drugs in that area have some place in 24:20 society, but they've got to be governed. 24:22 They've got to be controlled by competent people. 24:25 That we've gotten into this habit of self medication, 24:28 and people are taking so many pills, potions, drugs, and all 24:32 sorts of substances to try and help them cope. 24:35 And I really think that this isn't a positive way to behave. 24:38 So it's best to keep away from the regular cup of tea. 24:41 Well, I think even that, you know, people may get some 24:44 comfort from it, but even the cup of tea that people think is 24:48 quite harmless, that drug authorities, from instance, 24:51 New South Whales, and health authorities have shown that 24:53 beyond five cups a day, for instance, that's been 24:56 considered, even by the health authorities in this state, to be 25:00 a health risk. 25:02 So I think that we need to be very careful taking these sorts 25:06 of substances into our body. 25:07 Now let us talk about what we eat. 25:11 You know the Bible tells us to look after our bodies. 25:14 In I Corinthians, chapter 6, and in verse 19, it says: 25:17 Do you not know that your body is the temple of the 25:21 Holy Spirit which is in you, whom you have from God, 25:24 and you are not your own? 25:26 For you were brought at a price: therefore glorify God in your 25:30 body, and in your spirit, which are God's. 25:33 So not only your spirit, but your body belongs to God, 25:36 and God expects you to look after it. 25:37 And, more specifically, it says in I Corinthians 10, and in 25:42 verse 31: Therefore whether you eat, or drink, or whatever 25:47 you do, do all to the glory of God. 25:50 Carolyn Laredo is an officer in the diet office of a leading 25:56 Sydney hospital, so she'll be a good one to talk to about 26:00 dietary matters. 26:02 Carolyn, just how important is diet to health? 26:05 Well, there's an adage that's very appropriate to answer 26:09 that question, David. 26:10 "We are what we eat. " 26:12 Diet is extremely important to our health. 26:15 Really, what we put into our bodies is what determines what 26:20 we can get out of them. 26:21 And what are the principles of a good diet? 26:23 Well, there's a lot of things that contribute to us having 26:27 a good diet. 26:28 It's important that we have regular meals; that they be 26:31 set at a time suitable for each particular individual. 26:36 We need a lot of variety. 26:38 And we need to be aware of things like obesity; 26:41 particularly because that is a very big problem in our 26:46 society today. 26:47 We need to decrease fat, sugar, alcohol, and salt. 26:52 We find that a lot of people that might have high intake 26:57 of these things 26:58 We need to increase our dietary fiber, and have a lot of fruit 27:03 and vegetables. 27:04 Fresh fruit and vegetables are really the best things 27:06 that you can eat. 27:07 I'm sure. 27:09 We need a variety which is the big thing in a vegetarian diet. 27:13 It cannot be emphasized enough because without variety you are 27:19 not including everything that your body needs. 27:23 But the vegetarian diet, with that variety, 27:27 does include everything. 27:30 But, of course, good health is not only a matter of abstaining 27:34 from what is harmful, it is doing what is good. 27:37 And that not only involves having a good, solid diet; 27:41 a good, healthy diet, everything is involved. 27:45 You should have good rest at night. 27:48 You should breathe plenty of fresh air, drink plenty of 27:53 fresh water, and I think that exercise is also an important 27:58 element for good health. 28:09 Beautiful game for an old fellow. 28:12 Well, my son beat me again, of course. 28:15 He usually does these days, but I got my exercise. 28:19 I really enjoy a game of tennis. 28:21 And I think the reason I can keep up with my boys is because 28:25 of my lifestyle. 28:26 I don't drink. 28:27 I don't smoke. 28:28 I don't use tea or coffee. 28:29 I've got a wonderful wife who turns on some great 28:32 vegetarian meals. 28:33 And I really get the most out of life. 28:36 Well, what about you? 28:38 Do you have something there that should go? 28:41 I think we've all got to get a good lifestyle, you know. 28:44 And if there's anything that you need to get rid of, well, 28:48 why not get rid of it now? 28:49 You'll not only live longer, but you'll get far more out of life. 28:59 Unbelievable! 29:02 Now I'm going to let you into a little secret. 29:04 David's into his 70th year! 29:07 So maybe that healthy lifestyle really does pay dividends! 29:11 Have you ever noticed that our Jewish friends are usually quite 29:17 prosperous folk? 29:18 Well I don't know the secret of their prosperity today, 29:21 but I do know the secret of the prosperity of Abraham, 29:26 the father of the Jewish nation. 29:28 In our next program we'll be visiting Ur of the Chaldees, 29:32 Abraham's hometown. 29:34 We'll be investigating his finances and revealing the 29:38 exciting story of Ur; how it was lost, forgotten, and found 29:43 again recently by archeologists. 29:45 It's a really interesting story. 29:47 Why don't you join us then? |
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