>>Bill: JOINING ME
TODAY ON THE IT IS WRITTEN
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TELECAST IS DR.
GEORGE KNIGHT. HE GREW UP AN
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AGNOSTIC BUT TODAY HE
IS ONE THE MOST RESPECTED
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THINKERS WITHIN
THE ADVENTIST CHURCH
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COMMUNITY. HE IS MY GUEST.
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I KNOW THAT YOU WILL NOT
WANT TO MISS THIS SPECIAL
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INTERVIEW. IT IS
WRITTEN BEGINS RIGHT NOW.
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>>Announcer: IT HAS
STOOD THE TEST OF TIME . . .
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GOD'S BOOK, THE BIBLE.
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STILL RELEVANT IN
TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD
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IT IS WRITTEN,
SPREADING MESSAGES OF
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HOPE AROUND THE WORLD.
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(MUSIC)
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DR. KNIGHT, WELCOME TO
THE IT IS WRITTEN PROGRAM.
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>>Dr, Knight: THANKS BILL.
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>>Bill: IT IS A THRILL
TO HAVE YOU. YOU AND I SPOKE
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ON THE PHONE THE OTHER
DAY AND, I KNOW TECHNICALLY
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YOU ARE RETIRED BUT YOU
SEEM BUSIER NOW THAN WHEN
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YOU WERE IN FULL-TIME
EMPLOYMENT.>>DR. KNIGHT
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WELL, I HAVEN'T
FIGURED OUT WHAT RETIREMENT IS.
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IT'S GOT 2 THINGS FOR ME.
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I GET UP AT 4 O'CLOCK
TO START WORK THE MORNING
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INSTEAD OF SIX AND I
GET PAID HALF AS MUCH. HOW'S
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THAT. >>Bill: WELL WE
APPRECIATE YOU FITTING US
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INTO YOUR BUSY
SCHEDULE AND >>Dr. Knight: IT'S
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GOOD TO BE HERE.
>>Bill: AS I SAID IN THE SHORT
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INTRO, INTERESTINGLY
ENOUGH, YOU GREW UP AS AN
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AGNOSTIC, TODAY I
THINK YOU ARE ONE OF THE MOST
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RESPECTED THINKERS WE
HAVE IN THE ADVENTIST CHURCH,
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YOU'RE AN AUTHOR,
I'VE READ A NUMBER OF YOUR
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BOOKS. WE ARE GONNA
GET A CHANCE TO TALK,
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PARTICULARLY ABOUT YOUR
COMMENTARY ON THE BOOK OF
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HEBREWS, BUT, MAYBE FOR
THE BENEFIT OF OUR VIEWERS
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WE COULD START WITH A
LITTLE HISTORY, OF WHO
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GEORGE KNIGHT IS, MAYBE
YOU COULD START WITH WHERE
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YOU WERE BORN, WHERE
YOU GREW UP. >>DR. KNIGHT:
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OK. I WAS BORN IN
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND, RAISED
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THERE MY ENTIRE LIFE
UNTIL I WENT TO SEMENARY BACK IN
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MICHIGAN. BACK IN THE
MID 1960'S. >>Bill: NOW
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YOU SAID YOU GREW UP
AN AGNOSTIC. >>Dr. Knight:
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YES. I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH
FAITH TO BE AN ATHEIST. AN
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AGNOSTIC SAYS WE DON'T
HAVE ENOUGH DATA; WE JUST
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CAN'T MAKE A DECISION.
AND MY DAD HAD TOLD ME, WELL,
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YOU CAN'T BE A CHRISTIAN
BECAUSE ALL CHRISTIANS ARE
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HYPOCRITS. AND SO I
THOUGHT, WELL, I CAN'T
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GO THAT WAY. I
COULDN'T BELIEVE SOME OF THE
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STUFF THEY WERE TRYING
TO TEACH ME IN SCHOOL ABOUT
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EVOLUTION. I SAID, YOU
KNOW, THAT DOESN'T WORK
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NOTHING COMES OUT
OF NOTHING. AND SO I
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JUST, YOU MIGHT SAY PUT
IN LIMBO. NO WAY TO TELL WHAT
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THE MEANING OF LIFE IS,
THEREFORE, EAT, DRINK, AND
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BE MERRY. LIVE IT UP
FOR TODAY BECAUSE WE DON'T
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KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT
THE FUTURE. >>Bill: AND HOW
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LONG WAS THAT, DID
THAT THINKING CONTINUE
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>>Dr.Knight: UNTIL I
WAS ABOUT EIGHTEEN, , AND AT
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THAT TIME I WAS IN
THE ARMY AND I HAPPENED TO
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COME HOME ONE WEEKEND
AND I MET A YOUNG LADY WHO
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WENT TO CHURCH. AND SHE
WENT TO CHURCH ON SATURDAY
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AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS
KIND OF STRANGE. BUT, I
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WANTED TO BE WITH HER SO
I STARTED GOING TO CHURCH
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AND WHENEVER I WAS ON
LEAVE I STARTED GOING TO
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CHURCH AND THIS WENT
ON, AND THEN AFTER WE WERE
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MARRIED, THEN I WAS
BAPTIZED AND I WENT TO
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AN EVANGELISTIC SERIES
IN EUREKA, CALIFORNIA AND AT
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THE AGE OF 19 WAS
BAPTIZED INTO THE SEVENTH DAY
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ADVENTIST CHURCH. >>Bill:
AND THEN ALL YOUR PROBLEMS
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WERE OVER. LIFE WAS A
PIECE OF CAKE FROM THAT
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POINT ON.
>>Dr.Knight: NO, NO. >>Bill: NO
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>>Dr.Knight: NEVER HAD
ANOTHER PROBLEM. BUT YOU
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KNOW BILL, I WAS LIKE, I
SUPPOSE LIKE NEW CONVERTS
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THE FIRST THING I BEGAN
TO DO WAS LOOK AROUND AT YOU
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PASTORS, LOOKED AROUND
THE CHURCH MEMBERS AND I CAME
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TO ONE CONCLUSION. WHAT
A MESS! YOU PEOPLE REALLY
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WEREN'T PERFECT. YOU
HADN'T TRIED HARD ENOUGH.
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AND BY THIS TIME I WAS
WORKING HIGH CONSTRUCTION
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STRUCTURAL STEEL OVER
SAN FRANSICO BAY AND I STILL
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REMEMBER ONE DAY,
SWINGING THERE AROUND UP IN THAT
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STEEL, I PROMISED GOD
THAT I WOULD BE THE FIRST
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PERFECT CHRISTIAN SINCE
JESUS. >>Bill: WOW. >>Dr.
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Knight: NO PROBLEM ALL
YOU HAD TO DO WAS JUST TRY A
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LITTLE HARDER.>>Bill:
TRY HARDER. A LITTLE BIT MORE
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EFFORT.>>Dr. Knight: I'D
HAD 19 YEARS OF BEING BAD
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AND THAT WASN'T HARD AND
I FIGURED BEING GOOD IS JUST
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HEADING IN ANOTHER
DIRECTION. >>Bill: HOW DID
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THAT, HOW DID THAT GO
FOR YOU?>>Dr. Knight: WELL,
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LET'S PUT IT THIS WAY.
I WAS PRETTY DIFFICULT TO
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LIVE WITH FOR AWHILE.
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BECAUSE IF YOU ARE
PERFECT BY DEFINITION EVERYBODY
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ELSE IS.>>Bill:
IMPERFECT.>>Dr. Knight
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YEAH, IMPERFECT. AND
IT CAME TO A BAD ENDING.
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WELL, 8 YEARS LATER
I WAS PASTORING DOWN IN
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GALVESTON, TEXAS AND I
WOKE UP ONE MORNING AND
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I SAID THIS JUST
DIDN'T WORK. I'M NOT PERFECT,
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MY CHURCH IS MESSED UP,
I'M OUT OF HERE. AND SO I
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WROTE MY CONFERENCE
PRESIDENT A LETTER AND
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PUT IN MY MINISTERIAL
CREDENTIALS AND RESIGNED
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FROM THE SEVENTH
DAY ADVENTIST MINISTRY.
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>>Bill: WOW. >>Dr.
Knight: I NO LONGER WANTED TO BE
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AN ADVENTIST
MINISTER, I DIDN'T WANT TO BE AN
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ADVENTIST OF ANY
SORT, DIDN'T WANT TO BE A
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CHRISTIAN. I WAS GOING
TO GO BACK TO THE HAPPY
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HEDONISM THAT I WAS BORN
IN. AND SO, MY CONFERENCE
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PRESIDENT, HE THOUGHT I
WAS A NICE GUY HE THOUGHT
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I WAS HAVING A BAD DAY.
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NO, NO. I WASN'T HAVING A
BAD DAY I WAS HAVING A BAD
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LIFE SO I SENT THE
CREDENTIALS BACK AGAIN.
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>>Bill: HOW MANY TIMES
DID IT TAKE BEFORE HE ACTUALLY
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REALIZED THAT THIS WAS
THE DECISION THAT YOU MADE?
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>>Dr. Knight:
THREE.>>Bill: THREE
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TIMES.>>Dr. Knight: BUT
THE THIRD TIME I WROTE HIM
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A PRETTY FIREBALL
LETTER AND, I TOLD HIM EXACTLY
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HOW THE COW EATS THE
CABBAGE. MY FIRST LITERARY
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SUCCESS. I NEVER SAW MY
CREDENTIALS AGAIN.>>Bill:
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WOW. SO WHERE DID YOU
GO?>>Dr. Knight: WELL,
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THAT WAS A BIG PROBLEM.
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WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH
MY LIFE? I HAD 3 DEGREES IN
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THEOLOGY, I NEEDED TO
RE-TOOL, WELL I THOUGHT I
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SHOULD GO BACK TO SCHOOL.
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SHOULD I BECOME
THIS, SHOULD I BECOME A
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HISTORIAN, WHAT
SHOULD I DO? ONE THING I KNEW
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I WOULDN'T BE WAS
A THEOLOGIAN. AND SO
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ACTUALLY I
STUDIED PHILOSOPHY. I WAS
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STILL LOOKING FOR
THE ANSWER.>>Bill: WELL,
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IF YOU COULDN'T FIND
IT HERE THEN IT HAD TO BE
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SOMEPLACE ELSE.
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THE EAST WAS PROBABLY
THE PLACE.>>Dr. Knight: WELL,
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I TRIED THE EASTERN
RELIGIONS. I TRIED JUST
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ABOUT EVERYTHING.
FOR 6 YEARS I DIDN'T READ
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MY BIBLE. FOR 6 YEARS
I DIDN'T PRAY. AND AT THE
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END OF 6 YEARS SOMETHING
TERRIBLE HAPPENED. I CAME
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TO THE CONCLUSION THAT
PHILOSOPHY DID NOT HOLD
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ANY ULTIMATE ANSWERS
TO THE MEANING OF LIFE. I
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WENT THROUGH A
CRISIS SECOND TO NONE. WHAT
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DO YOU DO NOW? IS
THERE MEANING ANYWHERE. AND
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ABOUT THAT TIME I HAD A
VISIT FROM A MAN I NEVER
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WANTED TO SEE AGAIN.
HE HAD BEEN MY FIRST BIBLE
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TEACHER. HE KNEW MY
PROBLEM. HE SPENT THE DAY
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WITH MY WIFE AND MYSELF
HE NEVER ONCE TALKED ABOUT
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MY PROBLEM, HE JUST EXUDED
THE LOVE OF JESUS. HE JUST
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EXUDED A CONFIDENCE AND
WHEN HE LEFT I LOOKED OVER
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TO MY WIFE AND SAID, HE
HAS WHAT I NEED. THAT DAY
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I MET JESUS IN ANOTHER
PERSON. AND THAT LEAD TO A
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SERIES OF EVENTS IN
WHICH I FOUND CHRIST AS MY
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PERSONAL SAVIOUR IN A
WAY THAT I DIDN'T KNOW HIM
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BEFORE. MY FIRST
CONVERSION WHICH I THINK
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FOR MYSELF WAS A
NECESSARY STEP. AND THAT IS THAT
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CHRISTIANITY IS RIGHT,
THAT GOD HAS A SYSTEM OF
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DOCTORINE. THAT WAS ALL
GREAT. THAT WAS DOCTORINAL
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CONVERSION.>>Bill:
YES, THAT'S RIGHT. >>Dr.
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Knight: BUT WAS 14
YEARS LATER I MET CHRIST AS MY
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SAVIOUR AND MY ADVENTISM
GOT BAPTIZED.>>Bill: NOW,
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HAD YOUR WIFE ALSO
GONE THROUGH THE SIMILAR
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EXPERIENCE?>>Dr.
Knight SHE WAS IN A SIMILAR
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EXPERIENCE, YES.>>Bill:
WOW. >>Dr. Knight: IT WAS
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A DIFFICULT TIME TO
LIVE THROUGH. BUT YOU KNOW,
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BILL,SOMETIMES WE HAVE
TO GO THROUGH DIFFICULT
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THINGS BECAUSE WHEN WE
GET LOW ENOUGH OUR EARS GET
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BETTER AND WE CAN HEAR
GOD SPEAK MORE PLAINLY.
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>>Bill: SO THEN YOU
BEGIN TO TRANSITION BACK. WHAT
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WAS THAT LIKE TO STEP
BACK INTO AN ADVENTIST CHURCH
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AFTER 6 YEARS? >>Dr.
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Knight: WELL, ACTUALLY,
TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I
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WAS STILL A CHURCH MEMBER.
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IT'S AN INTERESTING
THING, THE WAY PEOPLE APPROACH,
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APOSTITIZED. I DIDN'T
HAVE ANY SPIRITUAL LIFE, YOU
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KNOW, I WAS MOVING
DOWN THE TRACK TOWARD, YOU
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KNOW, HAVING NOTHING TO
DO WITH POST-ADVENTIST AS
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A CULTURE. SO I STILL HAD
ONE, YOU SAY, ONE FOOT IN.
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AND THE LORD LED, ONE
STEP AFTER ANOTHER. I NEVER
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WENT BACK INTO PASTORAL
MINISTRY AGAIN. I DID GO
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BACK INTO TEACHING IN
AN ADVENTIST ELEMENTARY
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SCHOOL. AND BY THIS
TIME I HAD A DOCTORITE IN THE
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PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION.
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AND AT THAT POINT I
GOT A CALL FROM ANDREWS
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UNIVERSITY TO TEACH
A CHRISTIAN APPROACH TO
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EDUCATION. AND I SPENT
9 YEARS DOING THAT AND IT
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WAS IN A GRADUATE PROGRAM
AND AS A RESULT MANY OF MY
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STUDENTS WHO DID
THEIR PHD'S DID THEIR
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DISERTATION IN
ADVENTIST EDUCATIONAL HISTORY.>>
00:10:09.53\00:10:13.23
Bill: INTERESTING. >>Dr.
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Knight: SO WHEN THE
ADVENTIST THEOLOGICAL
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SEMENARY OPENED UP AN
PHD PROGRAM IN ADVENTIST
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STUDIES IN 1985, I
DIRECTED THAT PROAM FOR
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THE NEXT 30 YEARS,
NEXT 27 YEARS.>> Bill: WELL,
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WHAT AN INTERESTING
EXPERIENCE.>>Dr. Knight:
00:10:28.90\00:10:34.40
WELL, BILL, IT'S NOT
A LIFE THAT I WOULD EVER
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WANT TO LIVE THROUGH
AGAIN. BUT I'M GONNA TELL
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YOU SOMETHING. I'D
NEVER CHOOSE TO LIFE ANOTHER
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ONE. GOD GROWS US EACH A
LITTLE DIFFERENT.>>Bill: I
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SAID THAT, I THINK YOU
ARE ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED
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THEOLOGIANS WE HAVE IN
THE CHURCH. YOU'RE PROBABLY,
00:10:47.60\00:10:50.20
MAYBE, ALMOST
PROVOCATIVE ONES BECAUSE I THINK
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YOU HAVE AN INTERESTING
PERSPECTIVE ON CHURCH LIFE
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AND THE WHOLE
CHRISTIAN, OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH
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JESUS CHRIST. >>Dr.
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Knight: WELL YOU KNOW
BILL, MOST PEOPLE HAVE A
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HARD TIME TELLING
WHAT KIND OF A THEOLOGICAL
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ANIMAL I AM. SOME
PEOPLE THINK THAT GUY
00:11:12.80\00:11:18.20
IS ULTRACONSERVATIVE, NO,
THAT GUYS AT THE OTHER END
00:11:18.20\00:11:21.13
OF THE SPECTRUM. I'LL
TELL YOU WHAT, I AM NOT
00:11:21.13\00:11:22.13
CONCERNED ABOUT
WHAT PEOPLE THINK. I'M
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CONCERNED BY THAT WHAT
GOD THINKS. AND, REALLY, WHEN
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I BECAME A SEVENTH- DAY
ADVENTIST CHRISTIAN I LOST
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MY FRIENDS, I LOST MY
JOB, I LOST EVERYTHING. I EVEN
00:11:33.23\00:11:39.40
LOST MY FAMILY. IT WAS
A VERY DIFFICULT TIME. BUT
00:11:39.40\00:11:45.70
FOR ME BECOMING A
CHRISTIAN IS A RADICAL
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THING YOU LEAVE OFF
THE PAST AND MOVE INTO THE
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FUTURE. BY THE WAY,
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF
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HEALING SINCE THAT TIME.
00:11:54.73\00:11:55.23
BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU
ARE RAISED IN A PARTICULAR
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CONTEXT AND YOU GO
AGAINST THE WISHES OF YOUR
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PARENTS, THAT'S NOT
ALWAYS AN EASY, AN EASY ROAD.
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>>Bill: ABSOLUTELY.>>Dr.
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Knight: AND SO
BASICALLY THIS BOOK HAS BEEN
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MY GUIDE. AND WHEREVER
THE BOOK LEADS TO THAT'S WHERE
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I, WITH GOD'S BLESSING
AND GOD'S ENABLING, SEEK TO
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GO. SO, YEAH, I HAVE
SOME PRETTY RADICAL IDEAS AT
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TIMES. SOMETIMES I
SCARE PEOPLE. BUT I THINK THAT
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JESUS DID TOO.>>Bill: I
WOULD AGREE. >>Dr. Knight
00:12:25.86\00:12:26.90
YOU KNOW, WHAT I
CALL JESUS IS A RADICAL
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CONSERVATIVE. WELL,
WHAT DO I MEAN BY THAT? WELL,
00:12:30.46\00:12:34.20
HE WAS TRYING ON
CONSERVE THE OLD VALUES BUT HE
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DIDN'T MIND BREAKING UP
SOME OLD WINE SKINS IN THE
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PROCESS.>>Bill: YES. >>Dr.
00:12:40.43\00:12:40.96
Knight: HE WAS A WINE
SKIN SMASHING CONSERVATIVE.
00:12:40.96\00:12:45.93
BUT HE WASN'T A
TRADITIONALIST. HE SAID,
00:12:45.93\00:12:52.10
YOU'VE HEARD IT SAID,
BUT I SAY UNTO YOU, THEN
00:12:52.10\00:12:53.06
HE BROUGHT US BACK TO
THE CORE OF THE MEANING OF
00:12:53.06\00:12:58.33
SCRIPTURE. AND,
I'VE REALLY TRIED TO MAKE
00:12:58.33\00:13:02.76
CHRIST THE MODEL FOR
MY LIFE. AND I THINK THAT
00:13:02.76\00:13:03.83
MOST PEOPLE AS CHRISTIANS
DO HAVE THAT GOAL. BUT,
00:13:03.83\00:13:08.56
SOME OF US GET INVOLVED
WITH THIS PARTY, OR THIS
00:13:08.56\00:13:13.73
CLUB, OR THIS ORIENTATION,
I REALLY THINK THAT WHAT
00:13:13.73\00:13:14.90
WE REALLY NEED TO DO
IS GET INVOLVED WITH THIS
00:13:14.90\00:13:19.40
ORIENTATION.>>Bill: YES.
00:13:19.40\00:13:19.86
ABSOLUTELY. ONE OF THE
MOST INTERESTING THAT I
00:13:19.86\00:13:24.86
READ THAT YOU WROTE
WAS A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO I
00:13:24.86\00:13:32.60
GUESS AT THE
WORLD GATHERING OF THE
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SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
CHURCH IN 2000. YOU GAVE
00:13:33.36\00:13:37.56
A LECTURE, I DIDN'T
ATTEND THAT, I READ IT LATER,
00:13:37.56\00:13:42.23
ENTITLED "IF I WERE
THE DEVIL." AND, I HAVE TO
00:13:42.23\00:13:43.23
TELL YOU THAT IS ONE
OF THE MOST INTERESTING
00:13:43.23\00:13:48.00
PIECES OF LITERARY WORK I
HAVE EVER READ. IN FACT, I
00:13:48.00\00:13:53.40
QUOTE YOU IN THAT ALL
TIME. I WAS WONDERING IF
00:13:53.40\00:13:54.36
YOU COULD, SORT OF,
TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
00:13:54.36\00:13:58.30
WHAT WAS THE THINKING
BEHIND THAT AND SHARE A
00:13:58.30\00:14:00.93
LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT
THAT IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR
00:14:00.93\00:14:02.00
VIEWERS THAT HAVEN'T
HAD THE BENEFIT OF READING
00:14:02.00\00:14:03.96
THAT OR HEARING
THAT.>>Dr Knight: WELL, I WAS
00:14:03.96\00:14:05.80
INVITED ABOUT 2
WEEKS BEFORE THE GENERAL
00:14:05.80\00:14:06.66
CONFERENCE SESSION.
THEY SAID WE HAVE FOUR OPEN
00:14:06.66\00:14:12.60
SLOTS. WE WANT PEOPLE
TO COME WITH PROVOCATIVE
00:14:12.60\00:14:18.86
IDEAS THAT WILL WAKE
UP THE SAINTS. THEY SAID,
00:14:18.86\00:14:19.83
WE ARE PUTTING YOU IN
THE FIRST ONE AND WE DON'T
00:14:19.83\00:14:23.03
WANT ANYBODY TO FALL
ASLEEP. WELL, THAT SCARED
00:14:23.03\00:14:27.93
THE WITS OUT OF ME.
00:14:27.93\00:14:28.50
THE GENERAL
CONFERENCE SESSION, A LITERARY
00:14:28.50\00:14:32.40
APPOINTMENT IS NOT
SOMETHING YOU TAKE LIGHTLY
00:14:32.40\00:14:33.50
AND SO I THOUGHT WHAT
IN THE WORLD AM I GONNA DO.
00:14:33.50\00:14:41.80
AND, I TAKE LONG WALKS
EVERY DAY AND OFTEN THE
00:14:41.80\00:14:48.83
MOST FRUITFUL THOUGHTS
COME OUT OF MY WALKING, AS
00:14:48.83\00:14:49.86
I'M MEDITATING, AS I LET
MY HEAD SPIN. AND I PLAYED
00:14:49.86\00:14:54.90
A GAME FOR YEARS WITH
MY STUDENTS, IT WAS JUST AN
00:14:54.90\00:15:01.06
OFF-HANDED SORT OF
THING, IF I WERE THE DEVIL
00:15:01.06\00:15:02.03
HOW WOULD I CREATE
THE GOVERNMENT? HOW WOULD
00:15:02.03\00:15:06.70
I CREATE, YOU KNOW,
HOW WOULD I MESS THINGS UP?
00:15:06.70\00:15:12.23
SO, THAT'S THE BASIC
IDEA. IF I WERE THE DEVIL
00:15:12.23\00:15:13.20
WHAT WOULD I DO, IN
THIS PARTICULAR CASE, TO THE
00:15:13.20\00:15:19.96
CHURCH? WELL, I'D GET
THEM TO BE DEAF TO THEIR YOUNG
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PEOPLE. YOU KNOW,
LET'S FACE IT, YOU SEE THE
00:15:25.10\00:15:26.03
COLOR OF MY HAIR, IN
FACT, THERE'S NOT MUCH THERE.
00:15:26.03\00:15:31.56
IT'S THE KIND OF GUYS
WITH MY STYLE OF HAIR-DO THAT
00:15:31.56\00:15:35.03
GENERALLY RUN MOST
RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS.
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I WOULD SHUT THE
YOUNG PEOPLE OUT. I WOULDN'T
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LISTEN TO THEM, I
WOULD, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO
00:15:39.73\00:15:44.66
KILL A CHURCH THAT'S A
WONDERFUL WAY TO DO IT. IF
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YOU WANT TO KILL A
CHURCH YOU JUST HAVE IT FORGET
00:15:45.83\00:15:48.16
WHAT IT STANDS FOR. WHAT
IT'S DISTINCTIVE TEACHINGS
00:15:48.16\00:15:54.10
ARE, YOU DOWN PLAY
THOSE THINGS. AND I WENT
00:15:54.10\00:15:55.10
THROUGH 10 OR 15, 10 OR
12 DIFFERENT THINGS THAT I
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WOULD DO IF I WERE
THE DEVIL. AND THEN IN THE
00:16:02.00\00:16:06.96
CONCLUSION, A SHORT
PART, IF I WERE GOD. THE
00:16:06.96\00:16:07.90
SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEMS
OF THE CHURCH. GOD HAS A
00:16:07.90\00:16:18.66
WAY. HE WANTS TO REACH
OUT HE WANTS TO TOUCH US. BUT
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SOMETIMES WE NEED TO BE
AWAKENED. WE NEED TO KNOW
00:16:24.50\00:16:25.53
WHERE WE'RE HURTING. WE
NEED TO KNOW WHAT OUR SORE
00:16:25.53\00:16:35.43
SPOTS ARE AND WHAT THE
PATHWAY IS TO THE FUTURE.
00:16:35.43\00:16:39.03
SO ACTUALLY, WHAT I DID
IS I USED THAT FRAMEWORK,
00:16:39.03\00:16:40.06
IF I WERE THE DEVIL,
TO REALLY DO AN ANALYSIS
00:16:40.06\00:16:47.30
OF THE CHURCH. BUT I MUST
ADMIT, A NEGATIVE ANALYSIS
00:16:47.30\00:16:52.70
IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
WHEN YOU ARE DEALING WITH A
00:16:52.70\00:16:53.66
NEGATIVE, YOU MUST ALWAYS
COME UP WITH THE POSITIVE.
00:16:53.66\00:17:00.66
WHAT ARE THE SOLUTIONS?
00:17:00.66\00:17:01.16
AND SO, THAT SPEECH
TURNED OUT, PROBABLY, TO BE ONE
00:17:01.16\00:17:06.90
OF THE MORE
CONTROVERSIAL THINGS I'VE DONE.
00:17:06.90\00:17:11.93
ACTUALLY, I WAS
SCARED.>>Bill: WHY?>> Dr.
00:17:11.93\00:17:13.00
Knight: I WAS SCARED TO
PRESENT IT BECAUSE OF THE
00:17:13.00\00:17:21.76
SOME OF THE THINGS I
FELT I HAD TO SAY. AND SO I
00:17:21.76\00:17:25.86
WENT TO THE VICE PRESIDENT
OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE,
00:17:25.86\00:17:26.96
WHO INVITED ME TO MAKE
THE PRESENTATION, THE NIGHT
00:17:26.96\00:17:35.13
BEFORE AND I SAID YOU
MAY WANT TO READ THIS BEFORE
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TOMORROW. HE SAID, NO
GEORGE, HE SAYS I'M NOT
00:17:41.06\00:17:42.13
GOING TO READ IT. HE
SAYS, BUT I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW
00:17:42.13\00:17:44.06
ONE THING. HE SAYS,
THOSE OF US IN THE PRESIDENTAL
00:17:44.06\00:17:48.83
CIRCLE DON'T
ALWAYS APPRECIATE WHAT YOU
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SAY BUT WE KNOW YOU'RE
RIGHT.>>Bill: WOW.>>Dr.
00:17:49.73\00:17:53.56
Knight: AND WITH
THAT AFFIRMATION.>>Bill:
00:17:53.56\00:17:56.86
ABSOLUTELY. >>Dr.
Knight: THEN I WENT BEFORE THAT
00:17:56.86\00:17:57.90
LARGE AUDIENCE THE
NEXT DAY. AND WAS SOMEWHAT
00:17:57.90\00:18:00.36
ASTOUNDED AT THE RESPONSE
IT WAS IMMEDIATE.>>Bill:
00:18:00.36\00:18:11.13
WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE
LOT OF TIME AND I WANT TO
00:18:11.13\00:18:12.13
TRANSITION INTO THE.>>Dr.
00:18:12.13\00:18:15.73
Knight: I RECENTLY
PUBLISHED A BOOK CALLED IF
00:18:15.73\00:18:16.80
I WERE THE DEVIL.>>Bill:
YES.>>Dr. Knight: AND
00:18:16.80\00:18:19.36
THAT FIRST CHAPTER OF
THAT BOOK IS AN EXCERP OF THAT
00:18:19.36\00:18:22.40
SPEECH.>>Bill: AND
WE'LL HAVE, A LINK ON OUR
00:18:22.40\00:18:23.33
WEBSITE FOR ANY OF OUR
VIEWERS WHO ARE INTERESTED
00:18:23.33\00:18:28.33
IN AQUIRING ANY OF DR.
00:18:28.33\00:18:28.80
KNIGHT'S BOOKS. YOU CAN
VISIT OUR WEBSITE IIW.CA,
00:18:28.80\00:18:31.06
IT IS WRITTEN.CA AND
THERE WILL A LINK THERE TO GET
00:18:31.06\00:18:34.93
THOSE. I WANT TO
TRANSITION IN A MINUTE
00:18:34.93\00:18:35.76
OR SO INTO THE BOOK
OF HEBREWS BECAUSE I'VE
00:18:35.76\00:18:40.83
READ THIS COMMENTARY ON
HEBREWS. I THINK IT'S, YOU
00:18:40.83\00:18:47.30
MAKE REFERENCE THAT
IT'S PROBABLY NOT THE MOST
00:18:47.30\00:18:48.40
POPULAR BOOK IN THE NEW
TESTIMENT BUT MAYBE ONE OF
00:18:48.40\00:18:50.13
THE MOST RELEVANT, IF
NOT THE MOST RELEVANT FOR OUR
00:18:50.13\00:18:53.36
SOCIETY TODAY. WE WANT TO
TALK ABOUT THAT AND THAT'S
00:18:53.36\00:18:54.43
WHAT OUR SERIES IS
GOING TO BE ABOUT HERE. BUT
00:18:54.43\00:18:57.26
IN A NUTSHELL, IN YOUR
ASSESSMENT, WHAT WOULD BE
00:18:57.26\00:19:00.70
THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE
THAT'S PLAGUING THE CHURCH
00:19:00.70\00:19:01.70
TODAY? >>Dr. Knight:
NOW THAT IS A HARD QUESTION.
00:19:01.70\00:19:04.03
BUT I WOULD SAY THAT
THE CHURCH IS STILL ON EARTH
00:19:04.03\00:19:10.26
THAT'S THE BIGGEST
PROBLEM THAT WE FACE. ALL OTHER
00:19:10.26\00:19:11.33
PROBLEMS FOLLOW THAT ONE.
00:19:11.33\00:19:16.53
NOW, IF YOU WANT ME TO
GET A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC,
00:19:16.53\00:19:17.60
AND THAT IS THAT
PEOPLE TOO OFTEN DON'T REALLY
00:19:17.60\00:19:20.40
UNDERSTAND WHERE THE
CENTER OF THE FAITH IS.
00:19:20.40\00:19:26.80
THEY MIGHT BELIEVE THE
SABBATH, OR WHAT HAPPENS
00:19:26.80\00:19:27.76
TO A PERSON WHEN THEY
DIE, BUT, I'M TELLING YOU
00:19:27.76\00:19:31.00
RIGHT NOW BILL, IT'S A
RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS
00:19:31.00\00:19:35.30
CHRIST, AS LORD AND
SAVIOUR. ONCE YOU HAVE
00:19:35.30\00:19:36.33
THAT RELATIONSHIP,
EVERYTHING ELSE FALLS INTO
00:19:36.33\00:19:38.96
PLACE. IN FACT, SOME THE
DIFFICULTIES WE SEE IN OUR
00:19:38.96\00:19:44.96
LOCAL CHURCH COMMUNITY,
WHERE PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS
00:19:44.96\00:19:46.00
GET ALONG SO WELL.
THESE KINDS OF PROBLEMS ARE
00:19:46.00\00:19:50.13
SOLVED ONCE JESUS IS AT
THE CENTER WE SEE HOW HE
00:19:50.13\00:19:53.00
RELATED TO PEOPLE. JESUS
AS SAVIOUR, JESUS AS LORD,
00:19:53.00\00:19:54.13
THAT IS THE MODEL FOR
MY LIFE.>>Bill: THAT'S
00:19:54.13\00:20:03.16
WONDERFUL. WELL, THANK
YOU FOR GIVING US A BIT OF
00:20:03.16\00:20:07.23
THAT CONTEXT INTO
YOUR LIFE AND SOME OF YOUR
00:20:07.23\00:20:08.20
THINKING. I'D LIKE TO
BEGIN TO TRANSITION INTO
00:20:08.20\00:20:10.66
THE DISCUSSION THAT WILL,
SORT OF, FORM THE THEME OF
00:20:10.66\00:20:15.16
A COUPLE, YOU'VE AGREED
TO BE HERE WITH US FOR A FEW
00:20:15.16\00:20:16.23
WEEKS LOOKING A THE
BOOK OF HEBREWS AND SOME THE
00:20:16.23\00:20:19.76
INTERESTING, MAYBE WE
COULD TRANSITION TO THAT
00:20:19.76\00:20:23.53
AT THIS POINT. WHAT IS
IT ABOUT, I'LL TELL YA, I'VE
00:20:23.53\00:20:24.56
READ THE BOOK OF HEBREWS,
I'VE READ YOUR COMMENTARY,
00:20:24.56\00:20:31.33
IT'S DEFINITELY NOT THE
MOST EXCITING READS IN THE
00:20:31.33\00:20:34.66
NEW TESTAMENT.>>Dr.
00:20:34.66\00:20:35.13
Knight: WELL, IT DEPENDS
ON WHERE YOU ARE. FOR MOST
00:20:35.13\00:20:38.26
OF US IT'S NOT BUT DON'T
YOU EVER ASK WHAT'S JESUS
00:20:38.26\00:20:39.26
BEEN DOING FOR THESE 2000
YEARS? HEBREWS IS THE BOOK
00:20:39.26\00:20:44.80
THAT ANSWERS
THAT.>>Bill WHEN WAS THE BOOK OF
00:20:44.80\00:20:49.56
HEBREWS WRITTEN? >>Dr.
00:20:49.56\00:20:50.06
Knight: WELL, IT
DOESN'T TELL US IN THE TEXT, BUT
00:20:50.06\00:20:59.30
THE BEST EVIDENCE IS
IT WAS BEFORE THE YEAR AD.
00:20:59.30\00:21:00.40
70. NOW, WHY AD. 70?
00:21:00.40\00:21:08.90
BECAUSE THE JEWISH TEMPLE
WAS DESTROYED IN THAT YEAR
00:21:08.90\00:21:09.96
BY THE LEGIONS OF ROME.
00:21:09.96\00:21:15.00
COMPLETELY FLATTENED OUT
TO THE GROUND. AND HEBREWS
00:21:15.00\00:21:16.03
ACTS AS IF THE TEMPLE
IS STILL THERE. OTHERWISE,
00:21:16.03\00:21:23.80
THERE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN
A BOOK OF HEBREWS. BECAUSE
00:21:23.80\00:21:28.73
THESE PEOPLE WERE A
LITTLE DISCOURAGED, THERE WAS
00:21:28.73\00:21:29.76
THIS BIG TEMPLE, WHAT
HAVE WE GOT? SO THE WHOLE
00:21:29.76\00:21:35.33
BASIS OF HEBREWS
ASSUMES A STANDING TEMPLE. THAT
00:21:35.33\00:21:40.76
WOULD MEAN THAT
HEBREWS WAS PROBABLY WRITTEN
00:21:40.76\00:21:41.73
IN THE LATE 60'S OF
THE CHRISTIAN ERA.>>Bill:
00:21:41.73\00:21:46.66
THERE'S SOME QUESTION AS
TO AUTHORSHIP ALSO. >>Dr.
00:21:46.66\00:21:52.30
Knight: WELL THAT IS AN
INTERESTING ONE BECAUSE NO
00:21:52.30\00:21:53.50
WHERE IN THE ENTIRE BOOK
DOES IT MENTION AN AUTHOR.
00:21:53.50\00:21:59.83
NOR ANY NAMES, NOR ANY
PLACE NAMES. YOU KNOW, YOU
00:21:59.83\00:22:09.16
TAKE GALATIONS FIRST
SENTENCE COMES FROM THE
00:22:09.16\00:22:10.13
APOSTLE PAUL. MOST,
IN FACT, THAT'S THE WAY
00:22:10.13\00:22:16.63
PEOPLE WROTE LETTERS.
JOHN IS SPEAKING. NOW JUDE SAYS
00:22:16.63\00:22:24.00
HE'S JUST A BROTHER OF
THE LORD THE WAY YOU TRACK
00:22:24.00\00:22:25.03
DOWN THOSE THINGS,
YOU KNOW. HE'S A BROTHER
00:22:25.03\00:22:29.06
JAMES, WHO'S A BROTHER
OF THE LORD. BUT NEARLY
00:22:29.06\00:22:33.90
EVERYBODY GIVES HINTS.
00:22:33.90\00:22:34.40
HEBREWS GIVES NO
HINTS AS TO AUTHORSHIP.
00:22:34.40\00:22:39.86
TRADITIONALLY PEOPLE HAVE
FELT THE BEST CANDIDATE IS
00:22:39.86\00:22:40.93
THE APOSTLE PAUL, BUT
THEN THERE HAVE BEEN PEOPLE WHO
00:22:40.93\00:22:43.56
HAVE DONE ALL THESE
WORD ANALYSIS AND EVERYTHING
00:22:43.56\00:22:47.50
ELSE AND THEY SAID
THAT THIS DOESN'T SOUND LIKE
00:22:47.50\00:22:48.66
PAUL, WELL, IT DOES AND
IT DOESN'T BUT HE DOES USE
00:22:48.66\00:22:53.26
SOME DIFFERENT WORDS
BUT HE'S SPEAKING ABOUT A
00:22:53.26\00:22:55.90
DIFFERENT TOPIC. IF
ONE WANTS TO BE COMPLETELY
00:22:55.90\00:22:56.90
SAFE, AND ACCORDING TO
THE BIBLE ITSELF YOU JUST SAY
00:22:56.90\00:23:04.50
THE AUTHOR OF HEBREWS
AND THAT LEAVES THE SITUATION
00:23:04.50\00:23:08.86
OPEN. NOW THE GOOD
NEWS, BILL, IS THAT
00:23:08.86\00:23:09.70
THEOLOGICALLY
SPEAKING IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY
00:23:09.70\00:23:16.20
DIFFERENCE. THE
MESSAGE IS CLEAR. THERE ARE NOT
00:23:16.20\00:23:22.03
CONTEXTUAL ISSUES THAT
WOULD BE PROBLEMATIC IF IT
00:23:22.03\00:23:23.06
WAS APOLOS AS
OPPOSED TO PAUL, FOR EXAMPLE.
00:23:23.06\00:23:30.96
SO, YEAH, IT'S A QUESTION
THAT CAN'T BE SETTLED FROM
00:23:30.96\00:23:34.33
SCRIPTURE ITSELF BUT ON
THE OTHER HAND THE MESSAGE
00:23:34.33\00:23:35.40
IS NOT CHANGED.
>>Bill: WHAT WOULD BE THAT CORE
00:23:35.40\00:23:39.43
MESSAGE, THAT MAJOR
THEME OF THE BOOK OF HEBREWS?
00:23:39.43\00:23:42.33
>>Dr. Knight: JESUS.
YOU KNOW ONE OF THESE DAYS
00:23:42.33\00:23:43.30
WE'LL SIT DOWN AND
WE'LL DO A LITTLE OUTLINE OF,
00:23:43.30\00:23:49.70
WE CAN DO THAT NOW IF YOU
WANT.>>Bill: WELL, WE ONLY
00:23:49.70\00:23:52.40
HAVE A COUPLE OF MINUTES
LEFT. >>Dr. Knight: WELL,
00:23:52.40\00:23:53.40
WE CAN DO IT NOW OR AT
THE BEGINNING OF ANOTHER
00:23:53.40\00:23:55.86
PROGRAM. >>Bill: WHY
DON'T WE DO THAT. SO JESUS IS
00:23:55.86\00:23:58.80
THE THEME, SO THAT'S THE
.>>Dr. Knight: LET ME PUT
00:23:58.80\00:23:59.80
IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
I CAN OUTLINE IT WHEN I'VE
00:23:59.80\00:24:03.60
GOT A LITTLE MORE
TIME BUT LET ME PUT IT IN A
00:24:03.60\00:24:06.10
DIFFERENT WAY. MANY OF
US, ALL OF US AS CHRISTIANS
00:24:06.10\00:24:07.16
UNDERSTAND WHAT PAUL SAID.
00:24:07.16\00:24:13.40
THAT JESUS DIED FOR
US, THAT'S THE GOSPEL. BUT
00:24:13.40\00:24:14.40
YOU KNOW WHAT BILL, A
DEAD SAVIOUR WON'T DO YOU ANY
00:24:14.40\00:24:21.80
GOOD. THEREFORE, PART OF
THE GOSPEL IS THAT HE ROSE
00:24:21.80\00:24:26.76
AGAIN ON THE THIRD DAY.
00:24:26.76\00:24:27.43
GOSPEL IS THE CROSS AND
THE RESURRECTION, BUT YOU
00:24:27.43\00:24:34.16
KNOW BILL, THAT WAS
2000 YEARS AGO AND BABIES ARE
00:24:34.16\00:24:35.13
STILL DYING FROM
CANCER, PEOPLE ARE STILL GETTING
00:24:35.13\00:24:42.33
OLD. THIS IS NOT THE
KINGDOM. WHEN JESUS CAME
00:24:42.33\00:24:48.76
IT WAS THE BEGINNING
OF THE KINGDOM. WELL, THE
00:24:48.76\00:24:49.83
LAST PART OF THE
GOSPEL IS THAT JESUS IS COMING
00:24:49.83\00:24:54.70
AGAIN. NOW, WE'VE GOT
2000 YEARS BETWEEN THE
00:24:54.70\00:25:00.70
RESURRECTION AND
THE SECOND ADVENT.>>Bill
00:25:00.70\00:25:01.53
YEAH, YEAH. >>Dr. Knight:
NOW, WHAT IS JESUS DOING?
00:25:01.53\00:25:06.90
AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN
FOR MY LIFE? THERE'S ONLY
00:25:06.90\00:25:12.60
ONE BOOK IN THE BIBLE
THAT REALLY GOES INTO DETAIL
00:25:12.60\00:25:13.76
ABOUT WHAT CHRIST IS
DOING AND THAT IS THE BOOK OF
00:25:13.76\00:25:19.60
HEBREWS. PROBABLY, WELL,
OF THE LARGER BOOKS OF THE
00:25:19.60\00:25:25.83
NEW TESTAMENT, ONE
OF THOSE THAT IS MOST
00:25:25.83\00:25:26.70
NEGLECTED. >>Bill: I
THINK THAT YOU HAVE JUST
00:25:26.70\00:25:29.46
ARTICULATED THE
PERFECT CLIFFHANGER. I HOPE OUR
00:25:29.46\00:25:34.43
VIEWERS WILL JOIN US
NEXT WEEK AS WE GO INTO THE
00:25:34.43\00:25:35.43
BOOK OF HEBREWS AND
FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT JESUS
00:25:35.43\00:25:39.63
HAS BEEN DOING SINCE
HE ASCENDED. LET'S PRAY.
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FATHER IN HEAVEN, THANK
YOU FOR THIS PRECIOUS TIME
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WE HAD TOGETHER IN YOUR
WORD. WE THANK YOU FOR A
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MAN LIKE DR. KNIGHT THAT
YOU HAVE CALLED, THAT YOU
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HAVE USED AS AN
INSTRUMENT. MAY YOU
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CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN
HIM AND ENLIGHTEN HIM THAT HE
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MAY CONTINUE TO PROCLAIM
YOUR TRUTH AND LIVES MAY
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BE CHANGED. WE THINK OF
OUR VIEWERS LISTENING AND
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WATCHING US TODAY. MAY
YOUR HAND BE UPON THEM,
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BLESS THEM MIGHTILY WE
PRAY IN JESUS NAME. AMEN.
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>>Dr. Knight: AMEN.
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KNIGHT YOU COULD TALK TO
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OF THEM.>>Dr. Knight: AS
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I THOUGHT ABOUT
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YOU KNOW, PEOPLE
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THERE'S A LINK TO THESE ON
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BUT BY EVERY WORD
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THE MOUTH OF GOD.
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