Participants: Ron Giannoni (Host), Jean Crawford
Series Code: NSN
Program Code: NSN000056
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00:23 Hi friends, and welcome to another edition of NEWSTART NOW.
00:27 We have in our studio today 00:30 a lady all the way from Virginia, 00:32 and as you know we're in California, 00:34 and I'd like to show you a 00:36 clip from when she first arrived. 00:39 Well I have multiple sclerosis, 00:41 and while I have a very mild case, 00:46 I was diagnosed in 2001, 00:49 and I hadn't had an episode since then, 00:52 until this last summer in June. 00:54 And my left leg and foot went numb, 00:58 and I was having a hard time 01:00 walking and my energy level was very low. 01:03 I had trouble doing daily activities, 01:06 and participating in my family's 01:08 you know, going out to eat, or going 01:12 on vacation or even just going away for the weekend. 01:15 I had heard about NEWSTART many many 01:18 years ago in some tapes that I had received, 01:22 and over the years I had met people who had 01:25 good things to say about the NEWSTART program. 01:28 And... and then I... 01:31 had-- I saw the NEWSTART NOW program and that kind of 01:36 put me over the edge, I said, I need to do this. 01:39 I would love 01:41 to have my blood pressure go down 01:42 so I could go off of the medication. 01:44 I would love for my energy level to increase. 01:48 I... my greatest hope is that 01:53 the numbness in my left leg goes 01:55 away because it makes it hard to walk. 01:57 I mean if I get tired, if I get hot 02:00 it goes completely numb, and I trip, you know, I fall... 02:03 you know the chance of falling goes up a great deal. 02:09 Welcome back friends and in our studio, Jean Crawford 02:12 How are you? All the way from Newmarket Virginia. 02:16 I'm great. I'm great. 02:17 You look so different than when we first met! 02:21 Yes, I feel very different, 02:22 so I'm not surprised that I look different. 02:25 So, what's changed? 02:27 I've learned a new way to live. 02:30 - You have.- I've been rehabilitated! 02:32 Yes, and I'd like you to tell our viewers what 02:35 your neurologist said about the feeling in your leg. 02:38 Well when I had my MS attack last year, 02:43 and it didn't resolve itself within a matter of a few months, 02:47 my last appointment which was in February, 02:50 she said that I probably wouldn't 02:52 get my feeling back in that leg. 02:54 February 2010.- Yes. 02:56 And you'd never get your feeling back in your leg. 02:58 Probably... she said... she didn't say equivocally no, 03:01 but she said probably not. 03:03 - Probably not. 03:04 Well have you got any feeling back? 03:06 Yes, I have. I've had 03:08 times during the day when it's not numb, 03:10 and I had a whole day 03:12 last Saturday when it wasn't numb, and I could... 03:15 -The whole day it wasn't numb? - The whole day! 03:17 And I went for a two mile walk too! 03:19 And you didn't stumble? You didn't fall? 03:21 And I didn't stumble 03:22 it didn't go numb, and I was very happy! 03:25 - Thank God! 03:26 It... I couldn't believe it! 03:28 I mean I don't know why I couldn't believe it, 03:30 but I couldn't. I was very 03:32 excited about that I told everybody, 03:34 I had to tell everybody! 03:35 - Yes. 03:37 So what else? Tell us more! 03:39 You got... I know a lot happened, tell me more. 03:41 Well, I'm able to walk a great-- I 03:44 mean one day I walked five miles! 03:46 - Wow 03:48 on a five mile hike, yeah. 03:49 And I hadn't been able to do that for over a year. 03:52 I can walk two and a half to three miles everyday. 03:56 And I've lost weight, 03:58 my cholesterol's down, 04:00 I'm off my blood pressure medication, 04:02 I'm off my sleep medication! 04:06 What is your blood pressure now? 04:09 Today was--while it's been 120 over-- well it was 04:12 exactly 120 over 80 this morning when I took it so... 04:16 - And that's without medication? 04:17 - Without medication. 04:18 With medication when you arrived what was it? 04:21 Hmm, it was higher than that. It was 04:24 probably 130 over... 04:27 well about 87. 04:29 Okay, so... - That 04:30 was with medication, so... 04:32 And then it started to go down. It was about at 111 04:36 on the medication while I was doing this, 04:38 so they said, Go ahead and go off of it, 04:41 and I did, and it stayed down! 04:43 - Wow. 04:44 Yeah, that's exciting-- I mean my blood work came back and 04:48 that was wonderful. I mean to see your cholesterol come down, 04:53 to see my blood pressure come down, 04:55 you know, that was--that's good to see. 04:59 Tell us about the weight that's come off, 05:01 you said you lost a little weight. 05:03 I've lost about 6 pounds. 05:04 Hmm, I've lost a couple of inches total. 05:09 I would like to say I lost a bunch of inches, 05:11 but I lost a couple inches total. 05:12 But I expect it to continue 05:14 you know, as I go home and continue eating 05:17 and walking and doing the things 05:19 that I've learned here, which is a lot. 05:21 I expect it to keep improving. 05:24 And what is your family going to say about this 05:26 new lifestyle that you're going to bring home? 05:29 Well my husband has said that he's going to do it with me, 05:33 he's going to support me and 05:34 he's going to eat what I fix, and 05:36 walk with me, and I think we're both going to benefit. 05:40 Because I'm going to be teaching him 05:42 all about everything that I've learned! 05:44 Good I'm so happy for you, you just look so different. 05:48 Well like I said I feel so different 05:52 I have so much energy! - What is it? 05:53 Can you tell us, what-- was it any one particular thing? 05:57 Did someone wave a magic wand or something? 05:59 And I know that's not it! 06:00 They tell you the water's magic! 06:05 But I don't know, maybe it is! But 06:07 no, it's the food-- you're doing a 06:10 combination of things that sounds so simple. 06:13 So you've learned that NEWSTART is an acronym for 06:16 Nutrition, Exercise, Water, Sunshine, 06:19 Temperance, Air, Rest, 06:21 and Trust in a Divine Power. - That's right. 06:23 You've learned this. - Yes. 06:25 And you-- - To implement it. 06:27 Do you own it? - Yes. 06:29 Is it really yours? - Yes. 06:30 - And all this in 18 days? 06:32 All this in 18 days, isn't that hard to believe. 06:35 It's something so simple. 06:36 Well you know it is hard for me to believe, 06:39 even though I went through 06:41 the program just as you did. 06:43 It was hard to believe 06:45 that what my doctors couldn't do in years, 06:49 we had done here in two weeks. 06:51 So... - Yes. 06:52 Yes, and I have an appointment with 06:54 my doctor the day after I get back, 06:57 and I think he's going to be very very pleased. 06:59 He's going to be very pleased I know. 07:02 So tell me what part of the program here-- 07:04 we're talking a lot about you and that's what this 07:07 interview is about, but what part 07:09 of the program did you like the most? 07:11 Oh that would be very difficult. 07:14 Believe it or not, I really liked getting up 07:16 and doing stretchercise at 6:45 in the morning, 07:19 6:45? 07:21 Well... I get up earlier than--No... 07:24 Yeah, 6:45, no 5:45. 07:26 5:45, Okay. - 5:45 I'm sorry, 07:28 5:45, I'm still on east coast time! 07:31 5:45, and going for the walks 07:34 and meeting-- there's no one part-- 07:37 It was all, I enjoyed it all, 07:39 I loved it all--the food well 07:41 I enjoyed the food probably most of all. 07:43 I would have to say 07:45 that was my favorite part, 07:46 was finding out that eating vegan 07:49 and eating nutritiously, is not a hardship. 07:54 It actually is enjoyable 07:56 and I don't miss chocolate. 08:01 Now did people here treat you ok? 08:06 The people here are wonderful. 08:09 I mean everybody, I mean 08:11 they treat you like you're the only one going through this, and 08:16 they're so supportive, and you get to know them, 08:19 it's not like you just get to see them for... 08:21 like the doctors, for the-- and you spend like 08:24 15-20 minutes at each 08:26 doctor appointment that you have. 08:28 They eat with you, they walk with you, 08:30 they come in and socialize with you. 08:33 You see them all the time, so your doctor just isn't 08:37 just trying to give you medicine to make you better. 08:39 Isn't it wonderful you get to have lunch and breakfast, 08:42 and if you're eating dinners 08:44 you can sit across the table and 08:45 ask them all the questions you want! 08:47 I like that part myself! 08:49 I did, that was refreshing, 08:52 And one of the guests got sick, 08:55 and one of the doctors went and got her 08:57 some Gatorade because she had been 09:00 throwing up all night long, and he went and 09:03 got in his car and went and got her something 09:05 so she-- 09:06 Now my doctor would say call an ambulance! 09:10 Well thank God for our doctors here. 09:13 Oh, they're wonderful. 09:15 So, tell our viewers here, 09:19 what you plan to do from this point--Oh but before that 09:23 tell our viewers, 09:25 how you ended up arriving here, I think you said it the first 09:29 interview that you saw this program on TV 09:33 and that's how you got here. 09:34 That's what pushed me over the edge, 09:36 yes, I mean that's what... 09:38 You know I just felt so strongly the 09:40 Holy Spirit saying you need to do this Jean. 09:43 You need to call right now, before you 09:47 get busy doing anything else, 09:48 -and I did- and make the reservation, 09:51 make your plane reservation and get out there. 09:53 You know I almost felt like it was 09:56 do it now or you're going to regret it, 09:58 you know, I mean 10:00 I can't even tell you the feeling that I had. 10:03 It was almost overwhelming, 10:04 and I did, I did it right then and there. 10:07 And then in two weeks I found myself here. 10:10 Well congratulations- - Thank you. 10:12 I want to thank you for joining us, 10:14 You're welcome, very welcome. - God Bless you my friend. 10:17 Don't go away friends, 10:19 because we have an important message, 10:20 an interview with Dr. Lukens. 10:24 Well, you've done very well. 10:32 Do you have diabetes, 10:33 heart disease, high blood pressure, 10:36 or do you weigh too much? 10:38 Hi, my name is Dr. Ing, and I'd like to tell you 10:41 about our 18-day NEWSTART lifestyle program. 10:44 It includes a comprehensive medical evaluation 10:47 with laboratory studies and an exercise stress test, 10:51 physician consultations, 10:53 culinary school, 10:55 and an opportunity to walk on beautiful trails 10:58 in the foothills of the Sierras. 11:02 Your health is one of the most 11:03 important things that you have. Don't wait. 11:06 Give us a call at: 11:11 Or visit our website: 11:30 Hi folks and welcome back, and as I promised--Dr. Lukens 11:34 Yes. - How are you sir? 11:35 Good to be back again and talk about our favorite things. 11:38 This is my favorite subject, 11:40 this is the most fun thing I do on campus. 11:44 And I want to talk about Jean because 11:46 when she got here, 11:48 She had kind of a gimpy leg of some sort that she said? 11:52 And some other problems? 11:55 So how's she fairing from a doctor's point of view? 11:59 Well you know, it's very interesting because 12:02 in her situation... 12:05 Multiple sclerosis is the disease that she has. 12:09 She said hers is a mild case, 12:12 it's good that... 12:14 she goes in and out of 12:15 remission and we call it exacerbation. 12:18 But mild maybe, but she 12:23 told you that she couldn't do very much, 12:25 and if that's mild then that's... 12:28 how mild is that? 12:29 - How severe does it get? 12:31 Well let me just tell you 12:34 the way we sort of understand the disease 12:38 is like your nerves 12:42 they have sheaths over them, 12:43 like insulation on the sheaths... 12:46 the nerve sheath. 12:47 And some how the body attacks itself, 12:50 and so you've got like all these bare wires out there, 12:53 and then after a while, you know, 12:55 those parts of the body aren't functioning. 12:58 And she told me that just today, that 13:01 when they took pictures of her, 13:03 her brain-- there's these white areas where there's... 13:05 there's no more of that sheath, and she's hoping that 13:08 that's not going to be an ongoing problem. 13:12 But she's done very well since she's been here. 13:14 Now I had a... 13:17 schoolmate in college, 13:19 and following the traditional things that were offered to him. 13:25 What you usually see is that the person in about five years, 13:29 they're in a wheelchair, 13:31 and then in ten years they're bedfast, 13:35 and then they die. 13:36 And he's dead, and he was one of my schoolmates 13:38 So it's a progressive ongoing, and not a good disease. 13:43 But there is research out there, and people have shown this, that 13:48 these people when they get on a really good lifestyle, 13:53 one of the main things--the most 13:55 important things that a person can do 13:57 is eat totally plant based foods. 14:01 So here we go again. - Here we go again, yeah. 14:03 Plant based foods, so whole plant foods 14:06 eaten whole. 14:08 And... Now let's elaborate 14:10 a little bit on that, Doc. 14:12 You and I understand that, 14:13 but I'd like our viewers to really understand 14:17 what you mean by whole plant foods eaten whole. 14:21 That--really what I hear you saying is that 14:24 we'll take let's say 14:27 what, zucchini and eat it without 14:29 shredding the skin? 14:31 Or tell us what you mean by that. 14:32 Well to take the whole plant 14:35 and make sure--well first of all 14:37 is this from a plant? 14:38 You know, we're told you're supposed 14:40 to have three servings of milk a day. 14:43 Well we don't have time to 14:45 talk about what that does to you. 14:47 But--so... 14:49 Make sure that it comes from a plant... 14:51 - So milk is not from a plant obviously. 14:54 - Not usually. - Unless-- 14:56 Unless it's soy milk! 14:58 - There we go again! 14:59 - Or one of the other milks out there, but-- 15:01 - But anyway so you're eating the whole plant, 15:04 and you want to eat it whole. 15:06 And this is very important because so often 15:09 we will take oil from another plant, 15:12 and add it to our food. 15:13 And it's absorbed differently 15:14 than when it was still in the fiber-- 15:16 -Well olive oil... Let's talk about olive oil 15:17 that's supposed to be really good for you. 15:19 I was raised in an Italian home. We have to have 15:22 olive oil in everything it made us healthy. 15:24 Well you see, Americans are eating 15:26 plus or minus 40 percent of their 15:28 calories from fat, way too much. 15:31 And so to add the olive oil to that, 15:35 if you read far enough you'll find that 15:38 that's not the way to go. 15:40 Well can we eat the olives instead? 15:42 There we go. Whole plant 15:44 food--and olive, yes-- eat it whole 15:46 and it's one fifth the calories. 15:47 Well what's the difference? 15:49 I eat the olive, I'm getting the oil from it? 15:50 Because the oil is absorbed and goes right into your cells. 15:53 Whatever oil you eat will go back into the cells. 15:57 When it stays in the fiber 15:59 and it slowly... 16:01 taking--the calories are 16:03 slowly taken out of those fibers, 16:05 then it doesn't turn the 16:06 cholesterol mechanism on in the liver, 16:09 and so your arteries start clearing out. 16:12 So this is something that's important, 16:13 but let's get back to the multiple sclerosis. 16:15 - Right, ok. But I had to talk about that for a minute! 16:18 - Ok good. 16:19 The multiple sclerosis story 16:22 is that these wire now don't have insulation on them, 16:26 and so her leg... 16:28 her left leg was feeling like it was bound up. 16:32 And so it wasn't a cramp, 16:34 it was hard for her to describe it. 16:37 But it was like something had wrapped around it tight. 16:40 And for some of the time that she was here, 16:43 it was getting less and less, 16:45 and for some of the time while she was here 16:48 she wasn't experiencing that. 16:50 And that's got to be some kind of a 16:52 change right there at the cellular level. 16:55 And I don't think the research that's 16:57 been done on it shows why that would be, 16:59 but I would suggest... 17:01 that because we've talked about this before, 17:03 when you eat the whole plant foods 17:05 and you get the prostaglandins... 17:08 - There's that word again! 17:10 -from the... when you get the prostaglandins 17:14 from the fats that are only from plants 17:16 it dilates the tiny little blood vessels. 17:20 And when the tiny little blood vessels are dilated up 17:24 we start seeing that those 17:25 nerves start getting healthy again. 17:28 And we've seen it over and over again with the diabetics. 17:32 And that's the same way that 17:35 we expect that to happen within a certain length of time 17:39 for most of the diabetics. 17:41 But multiple sclerosis we don't see it that often 17:43 and I hope that people will be encouraged because 17:47 from the research that's shown in real people. 17:53 They can go on 25, 30, 35 years, 17:57 and still be functioning. 17:58 and so you know, I hope that more and 18:01 more people will be willing to try this 18:03 You know I had a guest call me and ask me, they said 18:06 Well how do you know that the plant is better than meat? 18:10 And I said, Do you live near any farms? 18:13 She said, Yes I do. I said while drive by 18:15 take a look at the bull 18:17 out in the field, and tell me what you see the bull eating? 18:23 She says, Oh I got it! 18:25 And here's a bull, a healthy animal 18:27 that is strong and he's eating grass! 18:31 Why would you want to eat the bull rather than the grass? 18:34 Go right to the source! Eat the grass--so to speak. 18:37 - Yeah and we're eating the seeds from the grains, 18:41 and we're eating the seeds from the legumes. 18:44 And if you look at the world by and large, 18:45 that's where people are getting their calories. 18:48 But coming back to the multiple sclerosis thing... 18:53 Why should this turn around? 18:55 Well another thing that happens when 18:57 we go over to the plant based foods, 19:01 we get the immune system 19:04 starting to talk strait 19:07 to the different cells that are involved, 19:10 and then the body is not attacking itself. So this is 19:13 This is what they're saying, this is probably a auto immune 19:16 process, and so it would be in the 19:19 class with all the other auto immune things. 19:22 But even so, she's getting better, 19:25 I've spoken with her, and obviously she's-- 19:27 Yeah she was on about ten 19:28 different medications when she came. 19:30 She wanted to get off of her 19:32 blood pressure medication and her blood pressure 19:35 was very good today, 19:38 she's been off of it. 19:39 She wanted to get off of some of the other medications 19:42 because she felt she should in order to give herself... 19:44 and she's off about half of her medications now. 19:47 She's on a very special medication 19:50 which is very expensive, 19:52 it costs about a thousand dollars a week! 19:54 But that medication makes her 19:56 feel like she's got a really bad flu 19:59 every time she takes it. 20:01 So she would like to get off of that 20:02 one and we're hoping that she will. 20:04 And you're going to follow up with her 20:06 - And so are you! - And so am I! 20:09 Yeah and so that's exciting that we'll get 20:11 to follow along and see what's happening. 20:14 And you know, as we have more and 20:16 more of these cases and as they do 20:18 well, we can tell the other people, 20:21 Look, here's what's happened in all these cases 20:23 and you can do well as she has done. 20:27 So Doctor, I see once again 20:30 we have an individual that's come to us regardless of the 20:33 problems that she's dealing with 20:35 she's off half of her medications. 20:37 - Yes. 20:38 You know, I almost want to say-- and I'm a laymen not a doctor, 20:40 I want the viewers to know that, 20:44 Is this because people are given 20:46 pills that shouldn't be given those pills? 20:49 No, and the thing is, is that like this expensive medication 20:53 that is a help to her right now, 20:55 and she's in some kind of remission. 20:58 But in the long term, 20:59 you know, what's going to happen? 21:01 She needs to do the lifestyle thing so the body doesn't keep 21:05 attacking itself, and we just 21:06 keep trying to suppress them so they... 21:08 And that's the way so many of the auto immune things are 21:11 and people have transplants, 21:13 it's better to keep your own parts 21:15 because you always have to do something. 21:18 Dr. Lukens we're running out of time, 21:20 I want to thank you for joining us in the studio. 21:22 - Thank you, I love it. - See you next time. 21:24 And folks don't go away because we have 21:26 an important message for you in a moment. 21:44 Hello and welcome to NEWSTART AT HOME, 21:46 I'm your host Don Mackintosh. 21:47 And we're glad today to have in the studio 21:49 Dr. Neil Nedley who's the president 21:51 of Weimar here. We're glad that you're with us. 21:54 Thank you it's good to be here. 21:55 Now aside from being the president you're also, 21:57 you know, a physician-- internal medicine specialist, 22:00 but you've also developed a program 22:02 dealing with depression and depression recovery. 22:05 Correct yes, it's actually a program that 22:07 works well for treatment resistent depression. 22:11 And that means that people that have not responded well 22:13 to medications or counseling, or other forms of therapy. 22:17 However people that haven't been on medicines could 22:19 actually benefit from the principles of the program. 22:23 You know we've had patients that have 22:24 come through the NEWSTART program here. 22:26 And the NEWSTART program has you know, 22:28 all those different elements of nutrition exercise, 22:30 and I could go through the whole acronym, but 22:32 goes through those elements and they 22:34 seem to improve even here on this program. 22:36 Yes, that's right, they may come 22:38 here for heart disease or obesity 22:40 and find out their depression 22:42 improves as a result of the NEWSTART program. 22:44 So what is it about those elements 22:47 that is helping with their depression. 22:49 Well nutrition is what the first N stands for, and there are some 22:53 nutritional factors of a plant based 22:56 diet that can significantly help depression. 22:59 A plant based diet will actually improve brain serotonin levels, 23:04 brain dopamine levels, and norepinephrine levels. 23:07 And those are the three 23:08 neuro-chemicals that a lot of the 23:10 antidepressant pharmaceutical 23:11 companies are trying to manipulate. 23:14 But you can actually manipulate 23:16 those through a plant based diet. 23:18 So right here at Weimar during the NEWSTART 23:20 program they can get that. What about exercise? 23:22 Physical exercise also helps dopamine levels in the brain, 23:26 and serotonin also goes up in 23:28 response to vigorous physical exercise. 23:31 So if you're on a regular 23:32 exercise program it'll take about 23:34 seven days to get those 23:35 neuro-chemicals to start to move up, 23:37 just like it takes antidepressants 23:39 about seven days to start to work. 23:41 It will take about seven days and the exercise program will 23:44 really start to kick in and the 23:46 individual's mood will be enhanced. 23:48 Yeah, and you and I have seen that working together in these 23:51 programs off site by the same principles. What about water? 23:54 Water actually helps, you know in fact those 23:56 neuro-chemicals move through a water environment. 24:00 And so if we are well hydrated we're more efficient, 24:02 as far as our frontal lobe activity. 24:07 So adequate hydration is an 24:09 important part of depression recovery. 24:11 So just go through the rest we have, you know, 24:13 two and a half minutes in this short segment, 24:15 but sunlight and temperance and 24:16 all those others, just what are they? 24:18 Sunlight helps you in a couple of ways, 24:20 it improves vitamin D levels through the skin. 24:22 Vitamin D will then improve your melatonin levels at 24:25 night so you'll get much more restorative regenerating sleep. 24:29 And it also helps in the 24:31 daytime particularly in the morning, 24:33 morning sunlight, if it's blue sky, 24:35 and we have a lot of blue sky here at Weimar. 24:39 That wavelength of the blue actually 24:41 improves serotonin levels significantly. 24:45 And it helps to set the body clock. 24:46 So when you get your 24:47 sunlight in the morning, 24:49 you actually sleep better at night. 24:51 Wow, so NEWSTART environment itself, 24:53 that's what's causing this turnaround in patients? 24:57 - Exactly. - Fresh air? 24:59 Fresh air has negative ions, and negative 25:01 ions are produced by pine trees, waterfalls, 25:05 the ocean surf, 25:06 And what we have up here at Weimar, 25:08 not only some waterfalls, but we also have wonderful pine 25:11 trees that emit a lot of negative ions so when 25:14 you're just walking the campus and the trails 25:17 you can take in some real good 25:19 deep breaths, and almost feel your mood elevating, 25:22 and what's going on is those 25:24 negative ions are coming into your lungs and 25:27 actually producing some significant benefit. 25:30 Now we can't talk about rest, 25:31 but we could spend a whole segment on that, 25:33 but you know the last part of the 25:35 NEWSTART thing is Trust in a Divine Power. 25:37 And is there anything you want to say 25:39 about that in the end of our segment? 25:41 Well actually that's a scientific principle now, 25:44 it shows that people that actually have a 25:47 belief system and apply that belief system to their life, 25:50 recover from depression remarkably sooner. 25:53 And so having a trust in God and actually applying 25:57 that trust to your daily activities and your daily life 26:02 enhances the circulation of the frontal 26:05 lobe and that actually improves depression. 26:08 Well thank you so much for joining us Dr. Nedley. 26:10 And thank you also for joining us. 26:12 I think that from this short 26:14 segment you've found a lot of reasons 26:16 to call and learn more about the NEWSTART program, 26:19 or more about the depression recovery program, 26:22 and the same principles are working in both of those. 26:25 And we soon plan to offer those maybe even here on the campus, 26:28 the depression recovery component, 26:29 isn't that right? 26:31 Absolutely, depression recovery and other mental health 26:33 problems will actually be able to 26:35 be enhanced by coming to NEWSTART. 26:38 Want more information? Go to: 26:41 We're glad that you joined us, and we hope that you 26:43 have a new start as a result of watching today's segment. 26:53 Modern views of evolution stem all the way back 26:56 to theories developed in the mid-1800s. 26:59 Out of the same time period came ideas that shape 27:02 our educational system today. 27:05 The Common School Movement, for example, 27:08 saw schools more like a factory, 27:09 with students blindly memorizing instruction 27:12 rather than thinking for themselves. 27:15 Their curriculum was rigid and theoretical. 27:17 Instead of being flexible and practical, 27:20 it was designed to conform the individual 27:23 into a specific ideological mold 27:25 that fit the needs of an old industrial era 27:28 long since passed. 27:31 Just like our view of creation in six literal days, 27:34 we believe the Bible contains an educational blueprint 27:38 radically different from the one we see now. 27:54 Well friends that's it for today. 27:56 In the meantime give us a call at: 28:03 God bless you. |
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