Welcome back to Liberty Insider.
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Before the break
with guest Wintley Phipps
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we were riffing on a little bit
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about the
principles of democracy
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and religious liberty and so on
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but I what really wanted to
get on was how do we protect
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this underlying
principle of religious liberty
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and it seems to me
well, we can debate a lot here
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and now the future
security depends upon
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training up a new
generation that have it right.
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Right, right, right.
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And you might not have noticed
recently in our religious
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liberty activities of the
Seventh-day Adventist church
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there's been an
initiative from the west coast
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to establish a freedom classroom
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bring young
people on a tour of--
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These high sports spots and
educate them in the principle.
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But actually
you're ahead of the game,
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what have you been doing?
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Sure.
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Well, for me it started
because on this train ride
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where I saw this man I
looked a little discouraged
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and I said there's
anybody sitting next to you
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and it was Chuck
Colson and he began to take me
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into the prisons with
him-- over 30 years ago
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and I was shaken by what I saw.
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I did not
realized that one of every
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three African American males,
you know, men that look like me
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and about sons,
one of every three
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between the ages of 18
and 30 are in prison today
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in the United
States or America--
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States or
districts. Or should provide.
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Especially by the way
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we're talking about
democratic principles.
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Since in many
states they lose the right
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to practice
that's a very dangerous.
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Yeah, there are in
the prison on probation
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no parole
supervised by the court system.
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I'll give you another statistic
that I came across recently
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that really has me reeling
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almost 20 African
American males are murdered
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every day in the
United States of America.
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Almost 20 are killed
every single day of every year
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in the United States of America.
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If that was happening
in Iraq or Afghanistan
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where 20 American soldiers--
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for example if the 20 American
soldiers were being killed
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every day of every year
there would be an outcry.
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And so Chuck Colson
really opened my eyes
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because being coming
from my faith tradition
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I was a little sheltered.
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And so he placed me
on his board of directors
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and I saw how you
build a power church ministry
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and how you run a not
for profit with integrity.
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And while on the board a
very alarming statistics surface
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we found out that almost
70% of all children in America
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who end up in prison
come from the children
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of those who were in prison.
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So I began to advocate
why don't we build ministry
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intervention for children
whose parents are incarcerated?
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Because if they're the
most likely they go to prison
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they're the ones
who need the most help.
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And I tell people
when you have a board
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and you have a wide-eyed
idealist who is always hopping
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on what needs to be
done you know what you do,
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you get an enabling action
and you set him off to do it.
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So they basically said
look this is a calling for you
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and if you wish to
move in that direction
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we'll help you get started
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and they got me
in my first employee,
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my first office space
and gave me the resources
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to begin building what
is now The Dream Academy.
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And the Dream
Academy is an organization,
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a charity that brings tutoring
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and mentoring to
children of prisoners
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and children
falling behind in school.
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I give you another statistics.
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Now when does the,
when does this take place,
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obviously not
during school hours.
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After school. After school.
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It is an after school program
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and we get the kids at
the most vulnerable hour
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because most of the crime
and most of the difficulty
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happens between three
and six in the afternoon
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and so they come to us.
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We help them to figure out
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where they're not
doing well in school
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because it's critical for
them to do well in school.
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Lincoln by the age of 30,
60% of all black boys in America
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60% who don't graduate from
high school will be in prison.
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I know it's incredible. I
didn't know it was that hard.
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Yes. It's shocking.
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Yeah, and so--
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We're not running out of time
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but I see our time running away.
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Yes, yes.
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In other programs you have been
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kind enough to sing a song.
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Absolutely and we happen to.
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The picture you
are painting demands
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a arousing go for
compassion and help.
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Sure. You got a song we go this?
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Absolutely, well, you know
I'm thinking this beautiful hymn
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"His Eye Is on the Sparrow."
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Because these young
people God has His eye on them
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and I want them to know that.
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Absolutely.
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And so I will share this
song. Looking forward to.
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Why should I feel discouraged
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Why should the shadows come
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Why should my heart feel lonely
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And long for heaven and home
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When Jesus is my portion
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My constant Friend is He
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His eye is on the sparrow
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And I know He's watching over me
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His eye is on the sparrow
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And I know He's watching over me
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I sing because I'm happy
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Yes, Lord, I
sing because I'm free
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For His eye is on the sparrow
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And I know He's watching over me
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His eye is on the sparrow
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And I know He's watching over me
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I know He's watching over me
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I know He's watching over me
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I sing because I'm happy
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Yes, Lord, I
sing because I'm free
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For His eye is on the sparrow
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And I know He's watching over me
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His eye is on the sparrow
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And I know He's watching over me
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Yes, yes,
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I know He's watching over me
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Awful. Well, praise God.
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Well, we have to
believe that God's eyes
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are not just on the
sparrow it's on the young
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these young men and
women you're able to influence.
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And I'm
presuming that a big part
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of what you're
communicated to them
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is not just general values
the fact that God loves them
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and cares for
them and they've value.
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Absolutely.
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I would prove
from what I have read
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and see the lot of the problem
with the prisoners themselves
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and then it would
have to be that children.
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They devalued
themselves. That's right.
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And when somebody contributes
to your sense of self-work
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and self-esteemed not only do
they not only do they give you
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more than money could
every buy but they also express
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or they express the love of God
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and the character of God to you.
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Wonderful, wonderful. Yeah.
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So you the program is
going strong and continuing.
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Yes, we always have need
for more resources and funds
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and I tell
people God told me once
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you've seen a
sparrow with a worry line.
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So no matter what's happening
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don't worry God
will take care of you.
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And we ask that you'd
pray for us and support us
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as we help the young
people with the Dream Academy.
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One of the most moving and
indeed the troubling scenes
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in the New Testament
is when Jesus was teaching
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His disciples and others
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and gathered around
with some young children.
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He said "Whoever causes
one of these young people
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to go astray, whoever subverts
the innocence of a young person
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better for him that a millstone
be put around his neck."
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In other words, it's very
important that young people
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be kept spiritually
pure and they be protected.
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It's very important
that they be prepared
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and husbanded
toward the kingdom.
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Our guest today has
spoken about his Dream Academy
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that's a very particular
program that addresses
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a very particular social
problem in the United States
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but actually the
dream of Jesus is that
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all young people be
prepared for His kingdom
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and the dream of our religious
liberty endeavored has to be
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that we can prepare young
people to know what freedom is,
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to live freedom and
liberty in their lives
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and that be
prepared to exemplify that
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in their
community, in their nation
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and thereby on a the
trust and the importance
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that God has placed
upon their wellbeing.
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For Liberty Insider
this is Lincoln Steed.
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