When Martin Luther
nailed his 95 theses
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to the church
door in Wittenberg,
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he came here to Heidelberg
for a formal disputation.
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There were hopes
that he will be silenced.
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But instead, he
watered the seeds
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for the Protestant Reformation.
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On today's program,
we'll walk the streets
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that Martin Luther walked.
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But more importantly, we
will be seeing his message,
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the gospel message
spread throughout the world.
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Just before He
went up to heaven,
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Jesus gave us a command.
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He gave us a mission.
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Jesus said "Go,
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go unto all the world
telling them of His love."
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This is our mission.
This is our Global Mission.
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Hello, I'm Gary Krause,
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and welcome to
Global Mission Snapshots,
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coming to you
today from the historic
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and the beautiful city
of Heidelberg, Germany.
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In this city, so many things
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have happened through the years.
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But my favorite story is
the story of Martin Luther,
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and of course the
Protestant Reformation
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that played an
important role in this city.
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Martin Luther was
not a perfect man.
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But he took
God's words seriously
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and he was
prepared to lay his life
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on the line because of it.
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And today, the rays of truth
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that spread from the
Protestant Reformation
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are still going out
to the ends of the earth,
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even to Papua New Guinea
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where we're going
next for our first story.
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My biggest aim is to
help people change their live
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economically,
socially, and spiritually
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so they're ready
when the Lord comes.
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In Papua New Guinea, villagers
depend on growing crops
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and raising animals
as a source of income.
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They will often find
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that there is not
much income to live on.
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A lot of the
younger working generation
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decide to move to the cities
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to find better
paying job opportunities
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leaving the older generation
to work in the villages.
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Adventist church
member, Brother John,
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takes it upon
himself to visit villages
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and educate them
on how they can thrive
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in the village environment.
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He studied agriculture
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at a prestigious
agricultural school in Japan.
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He teaches them how to
maximize their earnings
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by sharing his
formal education with them.
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Some people get on
me and say things like,
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"You shouldn't give
away a free service.
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They should pay you for
what you are giving them."
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But when I hear
that, I ask them,
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"Did you pay for my school fee?
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It is up to me how I use
my knowledge to help others."
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Brother John
usually visits villages
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with Adventist members as
a gateway into the village.
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And then welcomes everyone
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in the village
to join the lesson.
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His visits begin with
prayer and a short Bible lesson.
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He teaches them practical skills
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about how to do things
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like how to make
your own chicken feed,
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or the best way
to grow their crops.
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The villagers get a
hands-on demonstration
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of how to perform
the farming techniques.
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These tangible
skills allow the villagers
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to earn more money
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and improve the
quality of their lives.
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Brother John
explains how their jobs
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are very important to
the country's economy.
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With this knowledge,
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the villagers
feel more confident
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and excited
about doing their jobs.
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That's why I am so
happy that I can be involved
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and go places to train others.
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When they're
satisfied, I'm satisfied.
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Brother John's
approach not only encourages
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the church
members in the village,
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but also shows others
that he cares about them.
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He is doing his best
to follow the example
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Christ modeled for us
when He was on the earth.
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Through this ministry,
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many people have
felt the love of Jesus.
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The churches are
growing in the villages
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that Brother John has visited.
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Since the villagers
are making more money
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by using Brother
John's farming techniques,
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church members are also giving
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more to support their
church and mission offerings.
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I have realized that the tithes
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and offerings have gone
up in all the districts.
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Please pray for Brother John
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as he continues to volunteer
his time to share his knowledge
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with the villagers
of Papua New Guinea.
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Pray that he can
continue to model Christ method
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and spread the message of Jesus.
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Thank you for
supporting mission.
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My guest is
Pastor Corrado Cozzi,
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who is the
communication director
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for the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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in the Inter-European region.
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Corrado, thanks for joining us.
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Prego. Okay, thank you.
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You are from Italy originally
and your area of influence
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now is how many
countries here in Europe?
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We have particularly
all the south of Europe,
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part of the west,
and part of the east.
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So, from Bulgaria,
that is in the east,
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the Romania, Czech and Slovakia.
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We have Germany,
Austria, Switzerland,
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Italy, France, Germany I
say, and Spain, and Portugal,
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and the islands here around.
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So you have all
these different territories
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with different histories,
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different
languages, different cultures.
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How do you put together
a communication strategy
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for such diverse region?
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You see, which is my Italian
name, my Italian language.
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So, the
challenge is the language.
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We have to
understand each other.
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But really, today,
to say that the language
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is an obstacle is not correct
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because all of us
can speak English.
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Maybe you can understand
that my English is not correct,
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but we try to do our best
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just to be in
contact each other.
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So first obstacle
could be the language,
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and of course we can overcome
this, trying to understand,
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to learn also
different languages.
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You know, most of us
speaks three, four languages
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in order to be,
to say understand
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about these
international context.
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But the second is their culture.
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Okay, we have to
understand not only that word,
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but also how to be
with people that are living
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in a different
background, different culture.
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They needs a
different team leader
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because we are in
Europe, of course, but different
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and we have to be
ready to give an answer.
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Yes, now, when you
talk about spiritual things,
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Christian
things, Adventist things,
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your audience come
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is increasingly
a secular audience,
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a non-church attending audience.
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How do you make
the Christian message
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understandable to these people?
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You know, we have
this good facilities
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or good possibility or
opportunity with the media.
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Okay?
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Website, application,
internet is helping us
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just to share
the message in a way
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that this could
be understandable.
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Today, the people
don't listen with the ear,
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they listen with their
eyes, so they need the images.
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So, we can share some messages
that are really deep message
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regarding the Bible,
regarding Christianity,
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regarding the spiritual things.
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And then we can share
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with the help of
these tools that can,
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and some times, simplify also
the meaning of this message.
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Of course, of
course, we are in a place
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that you have not
only one kind of religion.
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So, and you, you have to know
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the different religion
that where you are living.
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So to be, to say
tolerant, to be respectful,
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to know the
thinking of the others,
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and to try to
speak the same language.
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Yes, yeah.
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Now, you also have
Hope channel here in Europe.
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What sort of programming do
you put on the Hope channel?
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Normally, we have
two big chain of channel.
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So, we have German Hope channel
and Romanian Hope channel
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that are broadcasting daily.
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And let's say,
almost all the day.
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So normally, the
program that we are trying
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to broadcast are
linked or related with panel,
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let's say discussion around
a topic that is very important,
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trying to
understand what the society
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would like to know
regarding some topic
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that is very hot potato,
homosexuality, immigrants now,
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the question of,
of course the crisis,
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the financial crisis.
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So, and we try
to give some answer,
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trying to present our
opinion, and mixing this opinion
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with also some
messages coming from the Bible,
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which suggestion
or which supports,
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built a support that
Bible can give today.
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And we have to use
the language of today,
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but based on the Bible.
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Right, so to show how the Bible
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can be applied to
practical situations.
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Exactly, exactly.
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Now, I understand
that the Hope channel
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in Romania is a
very popular channel.
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Can you describe the
influence it has in Romania?
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Yeah, as the statistic said
that the Romanian Hope channel
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is the fourth national
rating channel or TV station
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that they have in Romania.
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Number four? Number four.
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It's very popular, why?
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Because they use to
present, really to say,
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the answer of the
real need of the society.
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So they call
people on the studio,
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people from the
society, some political people,
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or other people that
come from different sectors
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that can give an
opinion, an answer,
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sharing of course,
this opinion, this answer
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in the way that the
people can understand really
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what is the problem,
how to solve the problem.
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Of course, there are programs
that are strictly linked
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with spirituality
message coming from the Bible.
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And the Romania
people like this,
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they like this, they
like to receive the truth.
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So to be
authentic when the message
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or when the speech is presented,
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to be authentic and they accept.
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Wonderful, what are your hopes,
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Corrado, for
communication in this region?
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As we said before,
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we are in a very
interesting region.
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Europe is diversified,
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is divided by
culture, languages,
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but united by
the same goal, okay?
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Where every people
would like to receive
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the same answer to their
needs, their basic needs.
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So, communication
is trying to respect
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the possibility
to give this answer
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using the best the
tools that we have.
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So, we cannot close the
eyes before the new possibility.
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So, it's not only
TVs, it's not only radio,
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it's internet,
it's the application.
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There is smart TV today.
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Today, the people use
the smart phone, for what?
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For everything.
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We should talk
through the smart phone.
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So we are trying to
arrive to use this tools
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that the people use it normally,
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and to pass the message
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or might be what we
like to share with them
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through this
internet and a little tool.
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Wonderful.
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Corrado, thank you
for sharing with us today.
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Thank you very much.
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And we will be right back
straight after this break.
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