I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello and welcome to 3ABN Today.
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My name is CA Murray
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and allow me once
again to thank you
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for sharing just
a little of your,
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no doubt, busy day with us.
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So thank you as always
for your love, your prayers,
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your support of Three
Angels Broadcasting Network.
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As together, we join hands
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with our Lord and
savior Jesus Christ
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to warn the world that
Christ is coming very, very soon
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and that each
of us must be ready
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for that grand and glorious day.
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I am excited yea verily today
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for couple of
reasons, one, subject matter.
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This is the ministry
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that we sort of kept an eye
on over the years and it has...
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I don't want to say morphed
as much as it has evolved
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and changed its direction
just a little bit and grown.
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And then, I got three
young good looking guys here
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to share the stage with me
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and so we are happy about that
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who are all
dedicated to the Lord
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and to the work of the Lord.
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We're gonna talk
about Little Light Studios,
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that is the name that you
have perhaps heard before,
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but may be not in its most
recent incarnation dare I say.
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They are doing some good things
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and added some new men
and material dare I say.
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We've got...
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Let me get the
names here, Scott Mayer
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who's been here
many, many times.
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I guess you
like Scott or Scotty?
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You know, Scotty works well,
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that's what most
people call me so.
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Yeah, Scotty keeps you young,
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you know, when you get Scott,
that's when you get grandkids.
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I got to keep that young. Yeah.
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We got Scotty
Mayer. We got Mikey Jenny.
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Mikey Jenny sounds like
the name of a football player.
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Yeah.
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Quarterback, Mikey Jenny.
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Yeah, Jenny
keeps me young as well.
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And let's see Keith Detwieler.
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Yes. Yeah. Detwieler.
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I know a
Detwieler kind of thing.
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Anyway, three good guys
who've got a lot to say.
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We're very, very excited
about what they have to say.
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And I think before
we go into our music,
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I want to just jump into
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'cause I am kind of
excited about this ministry
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and what you guys are doing.
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So before we go to music,
let's get a little background
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because you're
kind of the original,
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original guy, Scotty.
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You know, you're
like the original guy.
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Give me just a little
flavor, where you from?
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How this whole Little
Light thing got started
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because you were
on a whole other track
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and the Lord
kind of snatched you
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and brought you
into something else,
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so give me the sort of
reader's digest version of that,
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then we go to Mikey and Keith.
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So I grew up in a little
town of Paradise, California.
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Maybe, some of you heard
of this place called Paradise,
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maybe not
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but it's a very like
nice little small town
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in Northern California.
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I grew up with a
fascination in film.
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My parents had a little
eight-millimeter film camera.
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So my brother and I
used to make little stories
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of their neighborhood kids.
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When I got to college,
took film studies in college
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and ended up in Los Angeles
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working in the film
and television industry
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for a number of years,
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but really lost all connection
to my roots as an Adventist.
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I grew up and went
through all Adventist schools,
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even through college and
just fell into the world.
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And God sent the right
people at the right time,
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pulled me out of
that... Praise the Lord.
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And I started praying
God, what do you want me to do?
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How do you want me to use
my gifts and talents for you?
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And we started
making little documentaries
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on various different
subjects and here we are today.
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Yeah.
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So you did the "Adventist" thing
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all the way through school.
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I did.
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You know, I was a
good Adventist so to say.
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You know, little
angel from Paradise.
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And, but like most of our youth,
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you know, that go
away from the church,
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I definitely
just lost interest in,
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and it wasn't
that I disbelieved it,
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I just didn't
have the heart for it.
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And, so coming back
with a new set of eyes,
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I have a real
passion for that demographic,
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probably because
that was my exit.
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And so we like, you
know, creating content
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and aiming at them
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because this church has
so many beautiful truths,
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how can we
present it to our youth
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so that they don't walk away.
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That's kind of the
purpose of Little Light.
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And when Little Light started,
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one of the things I recall that
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it was really
kind of had its sight
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on being an evangelistic arm,
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sort of outreach, outreach.
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But the Lord has sort
of change, you know...
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You know, the Lord
doesn't waste anything,
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He uses our experiences
to become part of our resume
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which you well know.
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So since you saw
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how you can be in
the Adventist bubble,
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and not be Adventist,
or not even be Christian,
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you just doing
the Adventist thing.
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That's right.
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One of the
burdens of Little Light
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as it has evolved is to go back
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and sort of give those
who may be in that same path
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some stability and some roots,
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and I think that's a
great, great evolution
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of the ministry.
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That's right. Yeah.
Really do. Really do.
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Mikey, did you grow
up in a Christian home?
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I did.
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It was more
Baptist, you see, you know,
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my parents were
raised in Christian schools
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all their life.
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But when I grew up,
it just seemed like,
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I mean, I was into the
youth and stuff like that
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but when I got
to like 12 and 13,
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I thought this is
like holding me back,
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and saw MTV, and it looks so fun
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and, you know, I was
kind of drawn to that
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and want to do my
own thing, you know.
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So I did that for a
while and it didn't really,
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it didn't get me anywhere so.
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You know, a lot
of the party life
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and trying to escape
through drugs and alcohol
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but when I reached rock bottom,
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you know, I
really had to cry to God,
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and my cousin inspired
me to just read His word
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and stop judging God
by all the "hypocrites"
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who represent Him or whatever.
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So when I really started
reading His Word for myself,
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that's when I pick my heart
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and I started to
pray for things I needed
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and saw God
answers supernaturally
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in ways that He
knew I needed to see.
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And I couldn't keep
running from Him, you know,
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so I realized at that point,
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I was running and
it wasn't the questions
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of whether He was there anymore.
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It was just me running
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so I felt like I wasn't
good enough to be a Christian
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but one night alone in my
house God revealed Himself to me
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in a way that was
just so personal to me.
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And I knew it was Him
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that I knew He was
meeting me where I was
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that I wasn't going to have to
clean myself up to get to Him.
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And that night I accepted Him
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and from there it was
a slow growing process,
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that was probably eight years
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where I didn't look
like a Christian, you know,
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but I had at
least a belief in Him,
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and I prayed to Him and
had a personal relationship.
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But over time, God
started like giving me
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these real kind of instantaneous
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eye-opening things
about the times we're living
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and that kind of
made me get more serious.
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And so I came across
Little Lights material
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and that was
reassuring some of the things
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that God was
showing me about agendas
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in Hollywood and
things like that.
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And that's what got
me really interested in
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and their ministry
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and to be, so want
to spread this message
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to the younger generation.
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Now you're from
where originally?
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I was born North Carolina.
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I'm an army brat so all
over but Chattanooga, yeah.
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I heard the little lilts,
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I know you are
native Californian.
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Yeah.
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It occurred to
me. So you were...
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Can you class
yourself really as a seeker
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as though, you know,
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even though you
didn't quite know
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what it was you're looking for?
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You were seeking.
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Yeah, I would never
say I was an atheist.
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I was agnostic,
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even as an elementary
school I would go to the library
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and I get the paranormal
books about ghosts and aliens,
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and I was just so
intrigued by that like,
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"What is this?
Does it really exist?"
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And I really wanted to
know what that was, you know,
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and God just showed me a
lot of what that really is now
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and giving me those answers.
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And I believe the
answers are in the Bible.
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Praise the Lord.
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And isn't it interesting, Mikey,
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that God will
meet you where you are
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on the road that you are on.
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You've come together in ministry
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but your paths are
totally different, you know.
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You did the
straight up Adventist thing
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and then you came from a
whole different kind of deal
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but God met you both
at your point of need,
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and then began to walk you
into where He wanted you to go.
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You said to me as
we were talking before
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that you weren't like
broken down at rock bottom
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when God called you, you
actually doing pretty good.
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Yeah, I had a clothing line,
it was called Execute clothing
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and I print t-shirts with...
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They just looked like
rock and roll t-shirts,
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you know.
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And a lot of
people were starting to...
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Had a lot of bands and models
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from all over the
world wearing them
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and given me free pictures
of them wearing on the stuff,
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and so I had all the promotion.
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And I actually went
homeless on the road
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to promote this
thing in for a year,
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did that and
that's how I got the name.
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And started doing a
rap project with a guy
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and we were on our
way to move to California
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because everything seemed
like it was falling in place,
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I mean, some bigger
names in the rap industry were,
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you know, giving us attention,
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and we were getting endorsements
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and things like that.
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And so God kind of got me
to the point where I'm like,
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in California having a
music video shot by a guy
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who worked for MTV
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and get all these
models and all the film crew,
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and it's just like,
"Wow, this is real."
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And that's when God was
like, "Look, how close you are.
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You can have this
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but this isn't what
I have for your life."
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So He let me make the decision,
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it wasn't like,
"You're my last resort, God"
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it was like, "I am
laying it all down for You"
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just like the
fishermen drop their nets
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and followed Him, you know.
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There's something
to be said for that.
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It is one thing to come to God
when you have no other options.
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You are homeless,
you're living in your car,
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that kind of thing.
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There's another thing when
things are going pretty good
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and at that point God says,
"Knock! Knock! Knock! Hello.
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Yeah, I want you to go
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and do something
totally different."
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Yeah. Yeah. But you did so.
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Keith?
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Now it's funny,
each, as we move along,
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each, each leap of
faith is a little stronger
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because Keith
really did a leap of faith.
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When we were talking,
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you started talking
about family and whatnot.
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Born where, Keith?
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Actually, born in
Southern California.
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California guy.
Yeah, around Riverside.
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Okay.
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Know that area.
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Christian family?
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Yeah, basically raised
in the Adventist church.
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My mom was, maybe Baptists
for a little bit of time
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when my parents got married
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but, you know, I
never knew anything else.
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Got to about 14, my
parents left the church,
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reason being silly reason,
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my dad had an
argument with the pastor over
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who's going to do special
music and everybody parted ways,
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and we never came
back for like 7 years.
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So 14 to 21, which
are pretty formative years
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I think for a
person, no church at all.
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I mean, we just
didn't go anywhere
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and that's where I want to say
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a lot of the
influence of the world
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came into our family,
my life in particular.
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And I just soaked up all
kinds of stuff on TV, and movies
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and, you know, a
little bit of video games.
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But then about 21, I had been
in school for a couple years,
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went to Missouri Western State
University, studying chemistry.
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Met a girl and
she was Christian,
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which I thought was
odd at a public university
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'cause most of
the girls I talked to
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were talking about partying,
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smoking, drinking, whatever,
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and this girl happen
to be reading her Bible
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and I was like.
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And she challenged
me with a couple things,
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one of them was,
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most people don't
know what they believe
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or why they believe it,
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and it got me to thinking,
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"What do I believe
and why do I believe it."
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You know, if I would
say, I'm an Adventist,
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that's the one thing
I would identify with.
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Why would I say that?
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What are those
things that make me so
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and where are they in the Bible?
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So I really started
studying a lot for myself
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and then challenging
her with some of the things
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that I was studying.
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And so eventually, we
got married, had children,
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and I came across this material
online, Facebook of all things.
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Somebody, friend of
mine, his nephew posted a video
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and I watched it, I watched
more of it, it was of Scotty,
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and I thought that
makes a lot of sense.
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You know, a lot of people,
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you know, they have a hard time
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because their parents
tell them, "Don't do this."
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Why?
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You know, a lot of
times the why isn't there,
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and I think that's one thing
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that Little Light
provides is the why.
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The why.
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Let me ask you
a question, Keith.
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When you got married,
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were you doing the
"church thing" at all?
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You say she was
a Christian... Yes.
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And you had certainly
some Christian background.
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Were you moving
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towards the Lord kind
of in a holding pattern?
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Definitely.
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No, I was definitely
moving toward the Lord.
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In fact, it is interesting
because I recognize that
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and I prayed that He would
remove this girl out of my life
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if she was going
to be a distraction.
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And He didn't, in
fact, He confirmed
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that she wasn't
going to be a distraction,
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and we got married,
and, you know, everything.
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That side is history,
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you know, we had four
kids and here we are today.
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But at one point,
yeah, I made a decision
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because I felt like God
was calling me to ministry,
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applied to Amazing
Facts, kind of fell through.
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The job just kind of dissolved,
I was like, "Okay, well."
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Now you were working doing
what at this point of time?
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Agricultural chemistry.
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Okay. Yeah.
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I worked for a company
that was owned by Land O'Lakes.
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So you got a solid job,
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it's not like you're out
looking for something to do.
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Yeah, solid job, benefits,
you know, that whole thing.
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And it's pretty good company
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and, you know, I
guess I could have moved up
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if I played my cards right.
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Probably, would have been
better if I went back to school
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and got my masters but.
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Yeah, but you're a chemist,
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I mean they're not
going on trees, you know.
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Yeah, it's fairly impressive.
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It was all
right. It was all right.
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So, yeah, but I felt a
strong call to ministry
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from a young age
actually, like about 11.
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And I never really
did anything with Him,
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my parents
encouraged me to be a doctor
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so when I was in
school I was really premed.
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That's why I went
to chemistry route.
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And then...
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Yeah, so I seen this
opportunity come around
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and thought, "You know,
maybe this is it for ministry.
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Maybe, this is what
God is calling me to do."
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And I asked him,
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you know, if that's
what He wanted me to do,
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He had to sell my
house, and He did.
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I mean, I literally only
talked about selling my house
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to one person six months prior.
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I prayed that
prayer and two weeks later,
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I got a phone call
from this lady's daughter,
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and it was somebody
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I would never
really talk to that about.
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She's like, "Hey, I heard
you're selling your house."
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Yeah.
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She's like, "I am
going to come look at it."
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And the whole process happened
so fast, it was unbelievable.
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I mean, just within a
matter of a couple months
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everything was
wrapped up and done.
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Wow!
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But then got
through a little hiccup in,
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we had our fourth child
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and we had moved in
with my mother-in-law.
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And, you know, it was like hard
to find a place in California,
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it's really expensive,
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and when you just quit your job,
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you don't have all
these finances available
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at your disposal.
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But by the next year we moved.
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And it was tricky
because ministry is tough,
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I mean, it's not always easy
and especially, financially.
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I remember the day
that Brandon called me
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and he said, "I
think you should know
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before you move out here,
nobody got paid this month."
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I was like, "I had
already quit my job.
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I was moving my family."
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And it was like, "What do I do?"
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I talked to my wife about it
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and I said, "You know
what, if I don't do it,
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I will never do it"
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because the devil
always put something
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in your way to prevent you.
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Sure.
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And so we did it,
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we talked about
it, we prayed about it,
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and we said, "You know,
we already have the evidence.
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God has already
answered so let's go.
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It can't be like
that every month."
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So this is wife
and four kids now.
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Four kids. Yeah. Okay.
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So we moved to
Paradise and started working,
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and I started learning
about what these guys do
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and just trying to
be the helping hands
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where they needed to be helped.
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And yeah, so now here I am.
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And you bring a
whole different skill set
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because this is technically
or basically, a media ministry,
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and you're a chemist,
not the tightest of fits,
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you know, in...
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Not exactly. Yeah.
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But you said
something to me, Scotty,
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which is something
we do here at 3ABN,
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you much more,
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are much more
impressed with the feel,
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and the spiritual DNA
than necessarily the skill set
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because you can teach stuff
00:18:01.21\00:18:02.94
but the love for God has to
be kind of be there already.
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I'm more
attracted to someone's heart
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or the reasoned why
they want to get involved
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than I am on their skill set,
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anyone can be taught something.
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It's really difficult to
teach somebody the right spirit
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of why they're
doing what they're doing.
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And when these
guys called me up,
00:18:20.76\00:18:22.20
you know, I mean
just as random of things
00:18:22.23\00:18:25.43
that they were
involved in or they do,
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just in dialoguing with
them and listening to them in
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and, you know, really
just praying about it.
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I mean, like Keith,
you know, on our end
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we like to ask God
very difficult questions
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and one of the questions
00:18:40.45\00:18:41.78
that I asked for
Keith actually when he came
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'cause we do the
same thing on our end,
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"God, if You want us
to work with this guy,
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you know, he's got
a family of four kids.
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I didn't even know I
can provide for him."
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So I said, "I
want his whole income
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to show up in my mailbox."
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That month, his
entire amount showed up
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in a check from a
random foundation,
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never heard of them before
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so, you know, these kind
of confirmations to me is,
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doesn't matter what
kind of skill set they have.
00:19:07.14\00:19:09.71
If God wants
them to work with us,
00:19:09.74\00:19:11.41
there's a reason for that.
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Amen and amen.
00:19:12.81\00:19:14.15
Now before we get into hardcore
what Little Light is about
00:19:14.18\00:19:18.22
at this point in time,
00:19:18.25\00:19:21.09
we're gonna go to music
00:19:21.12\00:19:22.46
but I'm so impressed
00:19:22.49\00:19:23.86
because Keith and
Mikey both came to you
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watching your stuff.
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You know, it was
thing that you had produced
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that they were
able to get a hold of
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and that did it for
you, is that so, Mikey?
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Yeah. Keith?
00:19:35.07\00:19:36.40
Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
00:19:36.44\00:19:37.77
So you got two converts.
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I got two.
00:19:39.47\00:19:42.84
Two proselytes, you
got right of the bat.
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Yeah, two believers.
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And you were impressed
with what you saw, Mikey?
00:19:47.62\00:19:49.45
Yes.
00:19:49.48\00:19:51.02
Like I said, God had
opened my eyes in a big way
00:19:51.05\00:19:53.02
and, you know, people
where I heard in church
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them trying to, you know,
00:19:56.36\00:19:57.69
bash this book or
that movie, and I was like,
00:19:57.73\00:20:00.10
"This is kids' stuff, you know."
00:20:00.13\00:20:01.43
To me, I couldn't
see I had blinders on
00:20:01.46\00:20:04.17
but God had opened my eyes
00:20:04.23\00:20:05.83
and I was like able to
see all this stuff instantly,
00:20:05.87\00:20:09.00
and right after that I
started doing Bible studies
00:20:09.04\00:20:10.37
with the guy.
00:20:10.41\00:20:11.74
And he saw where I was at
00:20:11.77\00:20:13.11
and he was like, "I
think you'd like these guys."
00:20:13.14\00:20:14.58
And he gave me some
bootleg material of...
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Praise God, it's
getting out there.
00:20:20.62\00:20:21.95
That's right.
00:20:21.98\00:20:23.35
I almost started
to give you the new,
00:20:23.39\00:20:24.72
there's a lot of
your stuff out there.
00:20:24.75\00:20:26.09
That's kind of...
00:20:26.12\00:20:28.06
Well, it's bootleg.
00:20:28.09\00:20:29.99
We have a
saying in our ministry,
00:20:30.03\00:20:31.53
"We are putting
it on God's tab."
00:20:31.56\00:20:33.13
That's what we're doing. Indeed.
00:20:33.16\00:20:34.46
Now look where it
ended up, you know, so.
00:20:34.50\00:20:36.50
Yeah. Yeah. Praise the Lord.
00:20:36.53\00:20:37.90
You know, Scotty, Mikey,
I also want to say Keithy,
00:20:37.93\00:20:41.04
you know, it's kind of a thing.
00:20:41.07\00:20:43.64
But the same with you,
00:20:43.67\00:20:45.01
you saw something that
really touched your heart
00:20:45.04\00:20:46.91
and began to pull on some things
00:20:46.94\00:20:48.54
that I guess we're
kind of laying back there
00:20:48.58\00:20:50.48
from a long time.
00:20:50.51\00:20:51.88
Yeah, it was the why. Yeah.
00:20:51.91\00:20:53.55
Yeah, because
you're doing evangelism now
00:20:53.58\00:20:55.88
which is up front and out front
doing the work of the Lord,
00:20:55.92\00:20:59.55
that's front line
stuff, and we praise the Lord.
00:20:59.59\00:21:01.29
We praise the Lord.
00:21:01.32\00:21:02.66
How does that make you
feel when you look back?
00:21:02.69\00:21:04.03
I have seen all of
that original stuff.
00:21:04.06\00:21:07.30
You know, that, you
know, it's getting out there,
00:21:07.30\00:21:09.83
it's reaching and
actually making changes,
00:21:09.86\00:21:13.13
you know, in people's lives.
00:21:13.17\00:21:14.50
You know, I think when
we started the ministry,
00:21:14.54\00:21:16.37
we didn't think about
where it was gonna go.
00:21:16.40\00:21:19.87
We were creating
things that tripped us up,
00:21:19.91\00:21:23.14
or that we wanted to understand,
00:21:23.18\00:21:25.71
or know, or that
we were excited about,
00:21:25.75\00:21:28.42
sort of seen the
great controversy
00:21:28.45\00:21:29.98
in our world.
00:21:30.05\00:21:31.45
And, you know, we would make
these things in our basement
00:21:31.49\00:21:35.56
and make these things in,
00:21:35.59\00:21:36.93
you know, with sometimes people
00:21:36.99\00:21:38.33
would ask to come
over to our studio
00:21:38.36\00:21:39.96
and take a look at it
00:21:40.00\00:21:41.30
and they'd be like, "We thought
you guys were a little bigger."
00:21:41.33\00:21:45.97
And, you know, I'm
humbled really, honestly
00:21:46.00\00:21:50.14
because when I
look back over my life,
00:21:50.17\00:21:52.61
I don't deserve of anything.
00:21:52.64\00:21:54.91
And God has allowed me to have
00:21:54.94\00:21:58.45
a tiny little voice in
this war that is around us
00:21:58.48\00:22:03.39
and I just feel honored
to be doing what I'm doing,
00:22:03.42\00:22:06.29
and now that doesn't mean
everything is cherries and pie.
00:22:06.32\00:22:08.86
Oh, not really. I understand.
00:22:08.89\00:22:11.36
I've never cried more
tears, I've never had more pain,
00:22:11.39\00:22:14.73
I've never been more
discouraged, depressed,
00:22:14.73\00:22:18.53
I mean, ministry work is hard,
00:22:18.57\00:22:21.20
and that's sometimes
what people don't see.
00:22:21.24\00:22:24.31
And, you know,
that's why it's important
00:22:24.34\00:22:26.68
to pray for those that
are out there in ministry
00:22:26.74\00:22:29.88
and creating things, you know.
00:22:29.91\00:22:32.68
We make videos
that share information,
00:22:32.71\00:22:36.28
trying to point
people back to the Bible
00:22:36.32\00:22:38.85
and there's a whole world
that doesn't want us to do that.
00:22:38.89\00:22:41.46
Precisely.
00:22:41.49\00:22:42.82
Yeah, and an unseen world that
doesn't want you to do that.
00:22:42.86\00:22:45.13
I want to go to our
music, then when we come back.
00:22:45.16\00:22:47.46
I want you,
Scotty, in particular
00:22:47.50\00:22:49.80
to sort of give me an overview
00:22:49.83\00:22:52.07
of what the original
focus of the ministry was
00:22:52.10\00:22:54.47
and how you've kind of,
00:22:54.50\00:22:55.97
I don't want to
say more evolved into
00:22:56.00\00:22:58.47
to a more inward focus,
00:22:58.51\00:23:00.98
a more spiritual uplift focus
00:23:01.01\00:23:02.94
which is sorely
needed by a large segment
00:23:02.98\00:23:05.65
of the
Seventh-day Adventist church.
00:23:05.68\00:23:07.02
Our music today is
coming to us from Paul Kreisle.
00:23:07.05\00:23:12.75
And he is a good
friend of the ministry,
00:23:12.79\00:23:15.62
came in some time ago,
00:23:15.66\00:23:17.03
and he is going to be
singing "Be Still and Know".
00:23:17.06\00:23:20.93
Be still and know
00:23:41.35\00:23:43.45
That He is God
00:23:43.49\00:23:49.19
Be still and know
00:23:49.22\00:23:51.19
That He is holy
00:23:51.23\00:23:57.10
Be still oh,
restless soul of mine
00:23:57.13\00:24:02.27
Bow before the Prince of peace
00:24:02.30\00:24:06.31
Let the noise and clamor cease
00:24:06.34\00:24:13.28
Be still and know that He is God
00:24:13.31\00:24:18.05
Be still and know
that He is faithful
00:24:21.19\00:24:25.96
Consider all that He has done
00:24:29.13\00:24:34.10
Stand in awe and be amazed
00:24:34.14\00:24:38.01
And know that He
will never change
00:24:38.04\00:24:44.65
Be still
00:24:44.68\00:24:47.88
Be still
00:24:52.25\00:24:56.26
And know that He is God
00:24:56.29\00:25:00.23
Be still
00:25:00.26\00:25:04.43
And know that He is God
00:25:04.47\00:25:08.17
Be still
00:25:08.20\00:25:12.21
And know that He is God
00:25:12.24\00:25:16.58
Be still, be speechless
00:25:16.61\00:25:22.32
Be still and know that He is God
00:25:26.69\00:25:31.53
Be still and
know He is our Father
00:25:34.63\00:25:39.47
Come rest your
head upon His breast
00:25:42.60\00:25:47.58
Listen to the rhythm
00:25:47.61\00:25:49.91
Of His unfailing heart of love
00:25:49.94\00:25:55.68
Beating for His little ones
00:25:55.72\00:25:59.65
Calling each of us to come
00:25:59.69\00:26:05.09
Be still
00:26:08.76\00:26:11.43
Be still
00:26:16.94\00:26:20.98
Amen and amen.
00:26:39.26\00:26:40.60
Thank you so much, Paul Kreisle,
00:26:40.63\00:26:41.93
"Be still and know".
00:26:41.96\00:26:43.33
I am here with Scotty Mayers,
00:26:43.37\00:26:44.70
speaker/director of
Little Light Ministries.
00:26:44.73\00:26:46.80
Mikey Jenny who is
graphics and editing
00:26:46.84\00:26:50.37
of Little Light Studios,
00:26:50.41\00:26:52.01
and the evangelist and
speaker is Keith Detwieler.
00:26:52.04\00:26:57.11
Gentlemen, again,
good to have you here.
00:26:57.15\00:26:58.48
Scotty, I want
you to give me sort of
00:26:58.51\00:27:01.38
when Little Light was launched,
00:27:01.42\00:27:04.39
what the focus was, and
how that is kind of evolved,
00:27:04.42\00:27:07.39
and how the Lord has
kind of lead you into,
00:27:07.42\00:27:09.32
not a totally different path
00:27:09.36\00:27:10.69
but certainly a nuanced change
00:27:10.76\00:27:13.26
into what you
were doing originally?
00:27:13.29\00:27:15.33
Like we talked about
a little bit earlier,
00:27:15.36\00:27:17.10
I think the focus for
us in the very beginning
00:27:17.17\00:27:19.97
was seeing the great controversy
00:27:20.04\00:27:22.67
in our world
00:27:22.70\00:27:24.61
and that was eye-opening to us.
00:27:24.64\00:27:27.01
So as we were
looking over entertainment,
00:27:27.08\00:27:30.65
and these various
things, and seen how,
00:27:30.68\00:27:32.81
I mean, there's
just this common thread
00:27:32.85\00:27:34.68
through a lot of
films that just that...
00:27:34.72\00:27:36.52
There's no other
way to explain it
00:27:36.55\00:27:38.22
other than there's
a spiritual warfare
00:27:38.25\00:27:39.75
going on around us.
00:27:39.79\00:27:42.22
And we kept going, we're going
to reach the world with this,
00:27:42.26\00:27:44.66
we're going to go
to the unchurched,
00:27:44.69\00:27:46.06
and they're going to see that
there's a real war going on.
00:27:46.09\00:27:49.33
But then God kept sending us
00:27:49.36\00:27:50.73
to these very
conservative churches
00:27:50.77\00:27:53.54
where we kept
shaking our heads going,
00:27:53.60\00:27:56.10
"First we go to the world
00:27:56.14\00:27:57.47
but why we do keep going
to the Adventist churches."
00:27:57.51\00:28:01.04
And then it really dawned on us
00:28:01.08\00:28:02.91
that God has a special
purpose for our church.
00:28:02.94\00:28:06.25
And as our ministry
has gone down the path,
00:28:06.28\00:28:09.12
we've learned a lot, a
lot since the beginning.
00:28:09.15\00:28:12.29
And, you know, we've got
really good at pointing out
00:28:12.32\00:28:15.06
what the problem was
00:28:15.09\00:28:16.99
but then, as our
ministry is kind of morphed,
00:28:17.06\00:28:19.19
we've said, "You know
what really the big problem is,
00:28:19.23\00:28:22.40
is not
understanding the solution
00:28:22.43\00:28:25.00
and the solution is
00:28:25.03\00:28:26.74
finding truth in
the Word of God."
00:28:26.77\00:28:30.14
And so as we
began to kind of change,
00:28:30.21\00:28:33.68
we said, "You know,
00:28:33.71\00:28:35.04
how can we inspire
this young generation
00:28:35.08\00:28:37.81
to get back
into the Word of God?
00:28:37.85\00:28:39.78
How can we make
the beautiful truths
00:28:39.81\00:28:42.75
that have been here
for thousands of years
00:28:42.78\00:28:44.35
that have been gifted
to our Adventist church,
00:28:44.39\00:28:46.25
how can we present
them in a creative manner
00:28:46.29\00:28:48.86
and give them to
this younger generation
00:28:48.89\00:28:51.03
that they'll take hold of them,
00:28:51.06\00:28:52.59
and sink them
deep in their heart."
00:28:52.63\00:28:54.00
So I think I love creativity,
00:28:54.00\00:28:57.23
I love finding,
00:28:57.27\00:28:59.00
you know, ways that
we can add unique ways
00:28:59.03\00:29:03.84
to approach this subject
00:29:03.87\00:29:05.41
but truly our end goal
00:29:05.44\00:29:07.74
is how do you
get to fall in love
00:29:07.78\00:29:09.88
with the God of the Bible.
00:29:09.91\00:29:11.25
Amen. Amen. Well said.
00:29:11.28\00:29:12.91
Do you remember
some of the titles
00:29:12.95\00:29:14.35
or some of the
original video material
00:29:14.38\00:29:16.22
that we all who have consumed it
00:29:16.25\00:29:19.99
are so familiar with
just for our audience?
00:29:20.02\00:29:21.99
We've made a lot of videos
00:29:22.02\00:29:26.49
analyzing
different subject matters
00:29:26.53\00:29:28.13
that Hollywood has put out.
00:29:28.16\00:29:29.50
So we made one on cartoons
called the Magic Kingdom,
00:29:29.53\00:29:32.50
we made one called
the Replacement Gods.
00:29:32.53\00:29:35.14
Superhero
movies are notoriously,
00:29:35.17\00:29:37.97
you know,
spiritualistic in their nature,
00:29:38.01\00:29:40.71
they're always about
these end of the world scenarios
00:29:40.78\00:29:43.04
where there's this hero
that's going to save humanity,
00:29:43.08\00:29:46.01
I mean, that's very
close to what the Bible is so.
00:29:46.05\00:29:48.32
So we called it
the Replacement gods
00:29:48.35\00:29:49.75
because what
they're really doing
00:29:49.78\00:29:51.12
is they're taking
the same concepts of God
00:29:51.15\00:29:52.82
and replacing them.
00:29:52.85\00:29:55.02
And then as we
started doing that,
00:29:55.06\00:29:56.49
people would
ask about, you know,
00:29:56.52\00:29:57.86
"Oh, my kid plays
00:29:57.89\00:29:59.23
hours and hours of video games."
00:29:59.26\00:30:00.60
So we started a
video game series
00:30:00.63\00:30:02.03
called Controller
00:30:02.06\00:30:03.53
which, you know,
that's what kids play with
00:30:03.57\00:30:06.13
is a controller to
play the video game.
00:30:06.17\00:30:07.84
But what's
actually controlling you,
00:30:07.87\00:30:10.37
is it you
controlling the video game
00:30:10.41\00:30:12.11
or the video
game controlling you?
00:30:12.14\00:30:14.18
So that series
really took off on that.
00:30:14.24\00:30:16.85
And then we've kind of split off
00:30:16.91\00:30:18.25
on different topics from there.
00:30:18.28\00:30:19.65
We like documentaries
00:30:19.68\00:30:21.02
so most of our projects
00:30:21.05\00:30:22.38
are in that
format of documentaries.
00:30:22.42\00:30:25.05
And we've now moved into
a lot of short form things
00:30:25.09\00:30:28.19
that we've put out on
YouTube and social media.
00:30:28.22\00:30:32.13
Mikey, do you recall
what it was in particular
00:30:32.16\00:30:33.96
that sort of arrested you
00:30:34.00\00:30:35.46
and attracted
you to Little Light?
00:30:35.50\00:30:38.17
Like I said, it was
like a time in my life
00:30:38.20\00:30:41.04
when I was just
the scales fell off
00:30:41.07\00:30:42.47
so it was like perfect timing.
00:30:42.50\00:30:43.84
If I would have seen this
stuff five years before that,
00:30:43.87\00:30:47.01
probably never watched
it again, you know, right.
00:30:47.04\00:30:49.18
So God has got a
perfect timing, you know,
00:30:49.21\00:30:51.41
and it was Gnostic gospels,
a little battlefield Hollywood,
00:30:51.45\00:30:55.25
and Magic Kingdom.
00:30:55.28\00:30:56.72
And yeah, I was,
00:30:56.75\00:30:59.32
my eyes were like able to see it
00:30:59.35\00:31:01.52
so when they were showing
it, I could see real clearly.
00:31:01.56\00:31:03.46
Yeah. Yeah.
00:31:03.53\00:31:04.86
I've watched Magic
Kingdom any number of times
00:31:04.89\00:31:06.23
with my grandson,
00:31:06.26\00:31:07.60
it's just you've ever seen it.
00:31:07.60\00:31:08.93
Anything
particular jumped out at you
00:31:08.96\00:31:10.30
when you're watching, Keith?
00:31:10.33\00:31:11.80
I would say probably,
Gnostic gospels as well.
00:31:11.83\00:31:17.57
So I was pretty well
versed in the Hollywood library
00:31:17.61\00:31:20.88
so when I seen those things,
00:31:20.94\00:31:22.28
it's like immediate
recognition of what's going on
00:31:22.31\00:31:24.61
once it was broken down,
00:31:24.65\00:31:27.48
and then later, the
Replacement Gods, yeah.
00:31:27.52\00:31:29.52
Yeah. Yeah.
00:31:29.55\00:31:30.89
So, Scotty, a lot of,
even Adventist young people,
00:31:30.95\00:31:33.96
don't watch
certainly with a critical eye
00:31:34.02\00:31:35.92
and somebody don't
know what they're consuming.
00:31:35.96\00:31:38.09
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
00:31:38.13\00:31:39.96
Can those
materials still begotten?
00:31:40.00\00:31:41.56
They can. Okay.
00:31:41.60\00:31:42.93
You can find
them on our website,
00:31:42.96\00:31:44.30
LittleLightStudios.tv.
00:31:44.33\00:31:46.23
We've put out a lot of things on
00:31:46.27\00:31:48.30
onto YouTube for free,
00:31:48.34\00:31:50.84
so you can see a lot
of like smaller versions
00:31:50.87\00:31:53.94
of that same sort of thing
00:31:54.01\00:31:55.34
that kind of keeps up
with the current things
00:31:55.38\00:31:57.71
that are out.
00:31:57.75\00:31:59.21
So there's many
ways you can find them.
00:31:59.25\00:32:00.95
Okay, we've got
some contact information
00:32:00.98\00:32:03.15
coming up a little later
00:32:03.18\00:32:04.85
and we'll let them know
where they can get that.
00:32:04.89\00:32:08.59
One of the
things that I see here
00:32:08.62\00:32:10.53
that is part of your
growth, Video Bible Studies.
00:32:10.56\00:32:15.10
It is a project toward reaching
the younger generation...
00:32:18.23\00:32:20.80
And I'm so glad that you
guys are still young enough
00:32:20.84\00:32:24.27
to have a burden
for the young people,
00:32:24.31\00:32:27.68
and really have locked down on.
00:32:27.71\00:32:30.51
There are other
groups in the church
00:32:30.55\00:32:32.35
that are trying to
minister to the church.
00:32:32.38\00:32:34.82
And you are
another brick in that wall.
00:32:34.85\00:32:37.59
So walk us through
what that is all about
00:32:37.62\00:32:39.52
and what it seeks to do?
00:32:39.55\00:32:41.22
Sure.
00:32:41.26\00:32:42.59
The Video Bible Study
series is blending video
00:32:42.62\00:32:45.39
with actual print Bible studies.
00:32:45.43\00:32:48.10
So it was designed to
give a five minute video
00:32:48.13\00:32:51.77
that is very, you know,
00:32:51.80\00:32:53.57
edited together with graphics in
00:32:53.60\00:32:55.47
and kind of
deals with the topic,
00:32:55.50\00:32:56.84
so we kind of
bounced off of the idea of
00:32:56.87\00:32:59.77
can we teach this truth
in five minutes or less.
00:32:59.81\00:33:04.25
And so in five minutes or
less can we show you things like
00:33:04.28\00:33:08.75
why do we need a law?
00:33:08.78\00:33:11.12
You know, why does God
allow pain and suffering?
00:33:11.15\00:33:13.46
These are some of the
topics that we deal with.
00:33:13.49\00:33:16.93
And then we use YouTube
as our main delivery of those
00:33:16.96\00:33:21.50
and we put a link in there
00:33:21.53\00:33:23.93
where people can
actually download a Bible study
00:33:23.97\00:33:26.00
that's designed very
well like a magazine.
00:33:26.03\00:33:29.64
It has a lot of
design elements to it
00:33:29.67\00:33:31.21
so it's very pleasing
for the younger generation.
00:33:31.24\00:33:35.24
And if they want to
look more into the topic,
00:33:35.28\00:33:37.11
they can see where we
got that idea from the Bible.
00:33:37.15\00:33:39.85
So it's really meant to
be used in a group setting,
00:33:39.88\00:33:42.32
watch the video, discuss it,
00:33:42.35\00:33:43.95
and then do the Bible study
to further your understanding.
00:33:43.99\00:33:48.12
I like that. I like that.
00:33:48.16\00:33:49.56
Have you found for
older, more settled Christians,
00:33:49.59\00:33:55.76
"Adventists" per se,
00:33:55.80\00:33:58.10
the kinds of
things that trouble them
00:33:58.13\00:34:00.84
are not
necessarily the kinds of things
00:34:00.87\00:34:02.77
that their children are
wrestling with and are facing?
00:34:02.80\00:34:07.31
For the older "crowd"
if I can use that term,
00:34:07.38\00:34:11.41
which day is the correct day,
00:34:11.45\00:34:13.75
those class of
things, state of the death,
00:34:13.82\00:34:15.55
Sabbath school,
those kinds of things.
00:34:15.58\00:34:17.19
It seems as though
00:34:17.22\00:34:18.55
that younger people
are dealing with much more
00:34:18.59\00:34:20.76
rubber meets the road
kinds of stuff, you know.
00:34:20.79\00:34:23.32
How do I stay away from drugs?
00:34:23.36\00:34:24.86
How do I, you know,
how do I not allow myself
00:34:24.89\00:34:26.70
to get sucked
into a lot of stuff?
00:34:26.73\00:34:29.00
So is your ministry trying
to address those kinds of things
00:34:29.03\00:34:32.10
in particular, those things
that really young people face
00:34:32.13\00:34:35.74
on high school
campuses, on college campuses,
00:34:35.77\00:34:37.71
in the workplace once
getting out of school?
00:34:37.74\00:34:40.04
And I can sort
of put that to Keith
00:34:40.08\00:34:41.41
'cause you're the evangelist.
00:34:41.44\00:34:42.78
So, well, I'm just,
00:34:42.81\00:34:44.65
Scotty and I both
speak so we're both out
00:34:44.68\00:34:47.18
speaking to people.
00:34:47.22\00:34:49.58
So this series is a
mixture and we call it a series
00:34:49.62\00:34:52.65
because we've done season one
00:34:52.69\00:34:54.59
and we're working on season two,
00:34:54.62\00:34:56.16
the idea is that
these will keep going.
00:34:56.19\00:34:59.29
And what we did is
we took a mixture of,
00:34:59.33\00:35:01.33
you know, what people
would call doctrinal topics
00:35:01.36\00:35:04.27
and we mixed them in
with non-doctrinal topics,
00:35:04.30\00:35:07.44
not that they're
not biblical topics
00:35:07.47\00:35:08.87
but for example,
00:35:08.90\00:35:10.81
talking about what
is Christian humility?
00:35:10.84\00:35:13.88
You know, we live in a
world that's very self-absorbed
00:35:13.91\00:35:16.75
and very self-centered,
00:35:16.78\00:35:18.65
so what does it
look like to be humble
00:35:18.68\00:35:20.72
from the Bible?
00:35:20.75\00:35:22.72
Sort of tackling
those kind of topics.
00:35:22.75\00:35:24.29
In the future, we're looking
at things like sexuality,
00:35:24.32\00:35:26.42
and depression,
and of course drugs,
00:35:26.45\00:35:28.79
and yeah, just the
rubber meets the road stuff
00:35:28.82\00:35:31.63
like you're talking about
that people are grappling with.
00:35:31.66\00:35:33.80
I think a lot of them
have grown up with hearing,
00:35:33.83\00:35:37.60
maybe the more
traditional stuff over and over
00:35:37.63\00:35:39.90
so it seems like,
"Yeah, okay, I get that.
00:35:39.93\00:35:41.47
I've got that down."
00:35:41.50\00:35:42.84
But, you know,
00:35:42.87\00:35:44.21
how do I get help in
this area I'm struggling with
00:35:44.27\00:35:46.74
and so that's what we're,
that's where we're working on.
00:35:46.78\00:35:50.45
I really, really like that.
00:35:50.51\00:35:51.85
You touched on
something I would,
00:35:51.88\00:35:53.68
so I would want to hear
00:35:53.72\00:35:56.18
what does Christian
humility look like in this world
00:35:56.22\00:35:58.89
where everybody's kind of me, I,
00:35:58.92\00:36:00.79
and I'm getting mine,
you get yours best you can.
00:36:00.82\00:36:04.66
Does it mean, you know,
we have this bully culture,
00:36:04.69\00:36:07.56
does it mean to
just lay down that folk
00:36:07.60\00:36:09.06
kind of walk all over me,
00:36:09.10\00:36:10.47
or how do I stand in
for myself in Jesus' name
00:36:10.50\00:36:12.67
and try to, you know,
support myself in a world
00:36:12.70\00:36:15.07
that is really antagonistic
to those kinds of values.
00:36:15.10\00:36:18.04
That's great
stuff. You got something?
00:36:18.07\00:36:20.68
Yeah, I was just
going to add to that.
00:36:20.71\00:36:23.11
Another element that
when we were producing these
00:36:23.14\00:36:26.01
came about was,
00:36:26.05\00:36:27.42
we developed what's
called a master guide.
00:36:27.45\00:36:29.38
And the master guide is
designed to help somebody
00:36:29.42\00:36:31.22
who's never led a
small group study,
00:36:31.25\00:36:33.56
lead a small group study,
00:36:33.59\00:36:34.92
so all the Bible studies
are inside the master guide
00:36:34.96\00:36:37.79
and they have little
prompts, little sections,
00:36:37.83\00:36:39.36
where they can take
notes or make notes,
00:36:39.39\00:36:41.50
you know, wide margin so.
00:36:41.53\00:36:44.27
They know to start with
prayer, to end with prayer,
00:36:44.30\00:36:46.60
those kind of things,
00:36:46.63\00:36:47.97
and so has the answers filled in
00:36:48.00\00:36:49.74
you know for the questions.
00:36:49.77\00:36:51.27
So you can really just
drive a small group study
00:36:51.31\00:36:54.64
even if you've
never done that before.
00:36:54.68\00:36:57.51
The purpose of
giving a Bible study
00:36:57.55\00:37:00.88
is you can't give
something that you don't know.
00:37:00.95\00:37:03.05
Precisely.
00:37:03.08\00:37:04.42
So I think it's really awesome.
00:37:04.45\00:37:05.79
I mean, Mikey
has so many stories,
00:37:05.82\00:37:08.52
this guy's
constantly giving Bible studies.
00:37:08.56\00:37:10.86
I don't think he ever
goes home and sleeps actually.
00:37:10.89\00:37:13.56
And the stories that, I
mean, he has with teaching them,
00:37:13.63\00:37:18.33
I mean, he's just excited
00:37:18.37\00:37:19.70
but it also, you know,
makes him know the information
00:37:19.73\00:37:23.41
so that's why we
want to encourage
00:37:23.44\00:37:24.77
this younger
generation too as well.
00:37:24.81\00:37:26.57
You know, do the Bible study
00:37:26.61\00:37:27.94
but also, you know,
00:37:27.98\00:37:29.31
if you can and
you're willing to,
00:37:29.34\00:37:30.68
then give it to somebody else
00:37:30.75\00:37:32.08
because then, you know,
really sinks into to you.
00:37:32.11\00:37:36.99
Okay, spotlight on Mikey now
00:37:37.02\00:37:38.62
'cause I want to move
away from the video stuff.
00:37:38.65\00:37:40.66
The Lord has taken your
background, your resume,
00:37:40.69\00:37:44.23
and folded it into the ministry,
00:37:44.26\00:37:45.69
also you're like t-shirt guy,
00:37:45.73\00:37:47.60
and I really think that is cool.
00:37:47.60\00:37:49.73
You were saying that
occurred to you sometime before,
00:37:49.76\00:37:52.70
but it wasn't, how
do you make this real?
00:37:52.73\00:37:54.27
How do you make,
you know, t-shirts?
00:37:54.30\00:37:55.94
You can just take a lot
of money in the t-shirts
00:37:55.97\00:37:57.64
and lose your
shirt, literally, you know.
00:37:57.67\00:37:59.37
But, so Mikey comes along
and he's got this expertise,
00:37:59.41\00:38:02.51
let's walk through how
that got sort of folded into
00:38:02.54\00:38:05.11
or baked into the cake here.
00:38:05.15\00:38:06.98
Yeah, I'll tell
you, you don't make money
00:38:07.05\00:38:09.85
having your own clothing
line, I did for a while.
00:38:09.88\00:38:12.49
I was homeless and I
never made any profit at all.
00:38:12.52\00:38:14.72
And some models,
00:38:14.76\00:38:16.32
and people
trying to talk you down
00:38:16.36\00:38:17.76
on your selling price
00:38:17.79\00:38:19.19
but when you have to pay
to have your shirts printed,
00:38:19.23\00:38:22.40
there's all
kinds of stipulations
00:38:22.43\00:38:23.77
you've got to have
at least a hundred.
00:38:23.80\00:38:25.13
It's got to be under, you know,
00:38:25.17\00:38:26.50
you're paying for
every color that's involved
00:38:26.53\00:38:28.07
so you're
spending a lot of money
00:38:28.10\00:38:30.51
and not making a lot back.
00:38:30.54\00:38:31.87
So I got interested in
printing t-shirts of my own
00:38:31.91\00:38:35.81
'cause I just like the
whole art of it, you know,
00:38:35.84\00:38:37.65
it's like being in a
dark room back in the days
00:38:37.68\00:38:39.68
when you had to do the
whole film processing thing.
00:38:39.71\00:38:42.28
There's a really a lot involved
that people don't know about
00:38:42.32\00:38:44.45
but they invited me to do
one of these Bible studies
00:38:44.49\00:38:47.56
you're talking about,
00:38:47.59\00:38:48.99
and I kind of
just jokingly said,
00:38:49.02\00:38:50.36
"Don't you guys want to
start printing t-shirts?"
00:38:50.43\00:38:51.76
And Scotty is like, "Well,
your machine fit right here."
00:38:51.79\00:38:53.43
And I'm like, "Yeah, it would."
00:38:53.50\00:38:55.03
So he had...
00:38:55.06\00:38:57.43
I mean, like I said,
God timing, you know,
00:38:57.47\00:38:59.67
just everything's come together.
00:38:59.70\00:39:02.04
But it's neat,
most of the t-shirts
00:39:02.07\00:39:03.47
that we have been developing
00:39:03.54\00:39:05.37
are religious in nature,
00:39:05.41\00:39:07.84
they're, you know, artistic
00:39:07.88\00:39:09.64
and they're
conversational pieces.
00:39:09.68\00:39:11.85
So we kind of
really springboard off of,
00:39:11.88\00:39:15.28
you know, you don't
have to give a Bible study.
00:39:15.32\00:39:17.12
You can wear a t-shirt that
has the Sabbath written on it
00:39:17.15\00:39:20.59
and somebody asks you,
"Hey, you know, what is that?"
00:39:20.62\00:39:23.12
Or and so as even
simple as a t-shirt can be,
00:39:23.16\00:39:27.40
it can be a witnessing tool.
00:39:27.46\00:39:28.96
And we've enjoyed
having Mikey, you know,
00:39:29.00\00:39:32.90
develop some of
these things for us.
00:39:32.93\00:39:34.80
Are young people
wearing t-shirts?
00:39:34.84\00:39:36.47
Are they buying into that stuff?
00:39:36.50\00:39:37.84
Oh, yeah. Really? Yes.
00:39:37.87\00:39:39.21
Yeah. Yeah.
00:39:39.24\00:39:40.58
I mean, we're all
living walking billboards
00:39:40.61\00:39:41.94
for something, you know,
00:39:41.98\00:39:43.35
so we want to be
aiming people towards Christ
00:39:43.38\00:39:46.25
so they look at you, so
it's a icebreaker, you know.
00:39:46.28\00:39:49.35
It's hard to talk about
spiritual things to strangers
00:39:49.38\00:39:51.75
so. Yeah..
00:39:51.79\00:39:53.36
You spend a lot of time on
high school college campuses,
00:39:53.39\00:39:56.93
church groups,
00:39:56.96\00:39:58.56
and you take that
material with you?
00:39:58.59\00:39:59.93
Yeah.
00:40:00.00\00:40:01.30
Wish you had
brought some with you here.
00:40:01.33\00:40:02.66
Yeah, we should have.
00:40:02.70\00:40:04.50
We should have.
00:40:04.53\00:40:05.87
Oh, you have little t-shirts,
you know, kind of thing.
00:40:05.90\00:40:07.84
But I think
that's a great thing.
00:40:07.87\00:40:10.37
And it first of all,
it promotes your brand
00:40:10.41\00:40:12.67
but also it promotes
what you're talking about
00:40:12.71\00:40:16.24
salvation wise, you know,
00:40:16.28\00:40:17.65
it broadens that kind of thing.
00:40:17.68\00:40:19.91
So, Mikey, you
don't do any talking.
00:40:19.98\00:40:21.32
You're not the speaking guy.
You've got a great voice, man.
00:40:21.35\00:40:24.42
I need a little
practice, you know.
00:40:24.45\00:40:26.55
I am interested, I'd
like to do evangelistic series
00:40:26.59\00:40:28.79
and stuff like that.
00:40:28.82\00:40:30.83
If you have the burden,
God will give you the gift,
00:40:30.89\00:40:33.16
you know, it's coming.
00:40:33.19\00:40:34.56
I wanted to get to something
00:40:34.56\00:40:35.90
before our time
gets away from us
00:40:35.93\00:40:38.73
and that's video mission,
00:40:38.77\00:40:41.10
that's a whole
new sort of wrinkle.
00:40:41.14\00:40:42.87
Who's going to
walk me through that?
00:40:42.90\00:40:44.47
Scotty? I'll start it off.
00:40:44.51\00:40:45.97
Keith can add it.
00:40:46.01\00:40:48.31
We have a big need
for creative video.
00:40:48.34\00:40:51.81
We've always been small
so finances limit us to,
00:40:51.85\00:40:55.08
you know, there's
always kind of a direct link
00:40:55.12\00:40:56.45
between how
creative you could be in
00:40:56.48\00:40:58.42
and the financing.
00:40:58.45\00:41:00.59
And so all of
these media ministries,
00:41:00.66\00:41:03.09
they're all using,
you know, stories of Jesus
00:41:03.12\00:41:07.30
or stories of the second coming,
00:41:07.30\00:41:09.56
and we need media
to illustrate that.
00:41:09.60\00:41:13.07
So what happened, we
talk about, you know,
00:41:13.10\00:41:15.37
Jesus being crucified,
00:41:15.40\00:41:16.77
a lot of times we're
limited to a picture.
00:41:16.81\00:41:18.87
But see, kids are used to
00:41:18.91\00:41:20.94
the hundreds of
millions of dollars
00:41:20.98\00:41:22.31
that Hollywood is
putting into their productions
00:41:22.34\00:41:24.71
and so a lot of
times when they see ours
00:41:24.75\00:41:26.55
that are not quite as,
you know, expensive looking
00:41:26.58\00:41:29.72
or anything they
dismiss the message.
00:41:29.75\00:41:32.29
So Video Mission was
00:41:32.32\00:41:33.76
a Christian stock media
website that we developed
00:41:33.82\00:41:37.19
that pools a lot of creative
Christian media ministries
00:41:37.23\00:41:43.33
that are out there creating
00:41:43.40\00:41:44.73
really unique and
interesting things.
00:41:44.77\00:41:46.67
And it offers it for
them to be able to sell it
00:41:46.70\00:41:50.24
so they can sell it
and recoup some costs back,
00:41:50.27\00:41:52.87
but then it can be
sold on a really low cost
00:41:52.91\00:41:56.38
for the people that need it.
00:41:56.41\00:41:57.95
So as pastors need video
clips or pastors need pictures,
00:41:57.98\00:42:01.82
they can go on to this
website and purchase them.
00:42:01.85\00:42:04.09
So for example, you're
doing a series on the sanctuary.
00:42:04.12\00:42:07.26
So we shot a bunch of
stuff about the sanctuary
00:42:07.29\00:42:10.06
and the priest, and putting
all these things on there,
00:42:10.13\00:42:13.03
and people need media of that.
00:42:13.06\00:42:15.36
So we can recoup
some of those costs back,
00:42:15.40\00:42:17.80
we can use it in our productions
00:42:17.83\00:42:19.20
but then someone from
Brazil, or someone from Europe,
00:42:19.23\00:42:21.50
or wherever can also
put it in their productions
00:42:21.54\00:42:23.97
and use it as well.
00:42:24.01\00:42:25.91
So you're kind of,
I am trying to look,
00:42:25.94\00:42:28.34
think of the right
word, like a middleman,
00:42:28.38\00:42:30.35
you provide a place
where content can be purchased.
00:42:30.41\00:42:34.45
That's right.
00:42:34.48\00:42:35.82
Like if I was a
singer and I wanted a track,
00:42:35.85\00:42:37.19
I would go to
somebody who sells tracks,
00:42:37.25\00:42:38.75
you do that for video content.
00:42:38.79\00:42:40.42
That's right.
00:42:40.46\00:42:41.79
But then there's
also a lot of kids
00:42:41.82\00:42:43.16
who are really
talented with a camera
00:42:43.19\00:42:45.26
but they don't
know what to do with it.
00:42:45.29\00:42:46.66
They don't work for
a ministry, you know,
00:42:46.70\00:42:48.60
they got a camera and a skill.
00:42:48.63\00:42:50.40
So now they can sit at home,
00:42:50.43\00:42:52.17
create things for pastors to use
00:42:52.20\00:42:54.44
if they're really good
at shooting nature things
00:42:54.47\00:42:56.27
or, you know, they're really
good at using aftereffects
00:42:56.30\00:43:00.58
and creating CG things
00:43:00.61\00:43:02.14
of various
different biblical topics so.
00:43:02.18\00:43:05.41
And make some
money too. That's right.
00:43:05.45\00:43:07.42
So one of the things you do is
connect consumer with products
00:43:07.45\00:43:10.39
so they have something.
00:43:10.42\00:43:11.75
That is a really
great idea. Yeah.
00:43:11.79\00:43:13.19
Yeah, 'cause people
who are doing evangelism,
00:43:13.22\00:43:15.39
or other kinds of things,
or just want something for,
00:43:15.42\00:43:18.79
maybe their own consumption,
00:43:18.83\00:43:20.63
here's a place
where you can go get it,
00:43:20.70\00:43:22.00
kind of a one stop kind of deal.
00:43:22.03\00:43:23.53
That's right.
00:43:23.57\00:43:24.90
Yeah, Keith, do you
want to weigh in on this?
00:43:24.93\00:43:26.27
Well, I think a
couple of other things
00:43:26.30\00:43:28.34
that are interesting
about the project is,
00:43:28.37\00:43:31.47
you know, if you think about
young people being in school,
00:43:31.51\00:43:34.88
they spend a lot of
money on school these days.
00:43:34.91\00:43:37.98
I mean, you're very fortunate
to get out of school debt free.
00:43:38.01\00:43:41.52
And if you think, maybe
I go to school for film,
00:43:41.55\00:43:43.99
and animation,
and things like that,
00:43:44.05\00:43:45.39
and you rack up a $40,000 bill.
00:43:45.42\00:43:47.26
And you're going to get married,
00:43:47.32\00:43:48.66
your spouse has the same thing,
00:43:48.69\00:43:50.03
and then you
want to get a house,
00:43:50.06\00:43:51.39
and other things snowballs.
00:43:51.43\00:43:52.76
And you think
about those people,
00:43:52.79\00:43:54.66
what options do they
have to pay off all that debt.
00:43:54.73\00:43:57.13
Are they going to be
inclined to go into ministry?
00:43:57.20\00:44:01.37
Probably not,
00:44:01.40\00:44:02.74
because ministries tend
to be strapped financially,
00:44:02.77\00:44:05.51
it can, you
know, have a ceiling,
00:44:05.54\00:44:07.48
and so they're
going to look elsewhere.
00:44:07.51\00:44:09.18
And I think a lot of
talented young people
00:44:09.21\00:44:10.95
are probably going
to places like Hollywood
00:44:10.98\00:44:13.52
because it pays
significantly more
00:44:13.55\00:44:15.72
to pay off their school debt,
00:44:15.75\00:44:17.12
and along the way
00:44:17.19\00:44:18.65
they may be not keeping
in touch with their roots
00:44:18.69\00:44:21.12
and losing their way,
you know, from salvation.
00:44:21.16\00:44:23.96
So I think it
helps with that as well.
00:44:24.03\00:44:29.50
We created this
a bit out of need
00:44:29.53\00:44:32.03
because when we're doing
these Video Bible Studies,
00:44:32.07\00:44:34.00
you think about all the
biblical topics we touch,
00:44:34.04\00:44:35.94
all the things we touch,
we need to illustrate those.
00:44:35.97\00:44:39.01
So it's kind of like, "Well,
if we need to illustrate it,
00:44:39.04\00:44:41.84
we might as well
start creating the tools
00:44:41.88\00:44:44.35
for other people as well
00:44:44.38\00:44:45.71
because I'm sure they're
having the same problem."
00:44:45.75\00:44:48.08
It's either too expensive
or it's not very creative,
00:44:48.12\00:44:53.52
so we want to solve both,
00:44:53.56\00:44:54.96
and kind of take
the iTunes approach.
00:44:54.99\00:44:57.19
You know, when iTunes started,
00:44:57.23\00:44:58.86
one of the reasons they
started making music so cheap
00:44:58.89\00:45:01.83
is because a lot of
music was being pirated.
00:45:01.86\00:45:03.80
Yes.
00:45:03.87\00:45:05.20
Even though oddly enough,
00:45:05.23\00:45:06.57
most of the people who
were pirating the music
00:45:06.60\00:45:07.94
were also buying
most of the music
00:45:07.97\00:45:11.11
but still they were
losing a lot of money.
00:45:11.14\00:45:13.38
So you make a song 99 cents,
00:45:13.41\00:45:15.48
that's in my
affordability range.
00:45:15.51\00:45:17.25
Yeah. Yeah.
00:45:17.28\00:45:18.61
It's the same for
ministries, you know.
00:45:18.65\00:45:19.98
If a clip is
$20, $40 versus $400,
00:45:20.02\00:45:23.92
it's certainly in my
range of affordability.
00:45:23.99\00:45:26.25
So we want to give
that tool to ministries
00:45:26.29\00:45:29.22
to help them spread
the gospel much faster.
00:45:29.26\00:45:31.39
Well done.
00:45:31.43\00:45:33.50
I have a good friend
00:45:33.53\00:45:34.83
who worked in the video
library at CNN for many years
00:45:34.86\00:45:37.83
and they will sell you,
they will sell you clips,
00:45:37.87\00:45:39.77
You know, and it
started about a thousand,
00:45:39.80\00:45:41.60
kind of work their way up,
and we're talking 30 seconds,
00:45:41.64\00:45:43.81
we are not talking
about full minute, you know.
00:45:43.87\00:45:46.37
And if you've got money to spend
00:45:46.41\00:45:47.74
and you can have
as much as you want
00:45:47.78\00:45:49.24
but video pre-done
is expensive stuff,
00:45:49.28\00:45:52.88
so that is a
great way to facilitate
00:45:52.91\00:45:56.02
what pastors may want to do,
00:45:56.05\00:45:57.39
what evangelists may want to do,
00:45:57.45\00:45:58.89
that is really,
really nice stuff.
00:45:58.92\00:46:00.72
We're really just
kind of scratching
00:46:00.79\00:46:02.59
the tip of the iceberg.
00:46:02.62\00:46:04.83
Our plan that we're
working on is to go to Morocco
00:46:04.86\00:46:07.50
where a lot of these types
of biblical things are shot.
00:46:07.56\00:46:11.17
And they have all
the sets, all the extras,
00:46:11.20\00:46:13.34
you know, that kind of thing,
00:46:13.37\00:46:14.70
and we're partnering
00:46:14.74\00:46:16.07
with a couple of
different organizations
00:46:16.10\00:46:17.44
to be able to do that,
00:46:17.47\00:46:18.81
and go and film for about a week
00:46:18.84\00:46:20.18
which is not very
cheap as you can imagine.
00:46:20.21\00:46:24.18
But hopefully, we'll get
all the B-roll that we need
00:46:24.25\00:46:28.18
for a certain
segment of the Bible,
00:46:28.22\00:46:29.62
and then we can keep going back
00:46:29.65\00:46:31.22
and doing it over and over again
00:46:31.25\00:46:32.59
until we just fill
up a whole library worth
00:46:32.62\00:46:35.06
of useful clips for
people to do the work.
00:46:35.09\00:46:38.99
And when I say we're
just scratching the surface,
00:46:39.03\00:46:41.40
this is just video,
00:46:41.43\00:46:42.90
you think of,
there's music, animations,
00:46:42.93\00:46:46.27
think of all the slides
and pictures that pastors use,
00:46:46.30\00:46:49.04
you know.
00:46:49.07\00:46:50.41
It would be awesome
if I could have something
00:46:50.47\00:46:51.97
that looked like it was
straight out of the pages
00:46:52.01\00:46:53.44
of The New Testament
00:46:53.48\00:46:54.81
verses a painting or a picture
00:46:54.84\00:46:57.31
that something did that
was from the '60s, you know.
00:46:57.35\00:47:00.38
So we need to
modernize the tools
00:47:00.45\00:47:01.78
and update them
00:47:01.82\00:47:03.15
because the people
that we need to reach,
00:47:03.18\00:47:04.85
you think about a
lot of millennials,
00:47:04.89\00:47:06.79
they have the highest
percentage of atheists
00:47:06.82\00:47:10.16
in that generation
00:47:10.19\00:47:11.53
versus the other
generations, it's about double.
00:47:11.56\00:47:14.13
And they're not going to
take a look at your stuff
00:47:14.20\00:47:16.23
if it doesn't look good.
00:47:16.26\00:47:17.60
No, they're
sophisticated consumers.
00:47:17.63\00:47:19.97
And if they have seen some
really high end video stuff
00:47:20.04\00:47:22.80
and if you come up
with something weak,
00:47:22.84\00:47:24.21
and I mean, you can put it over,
00:47:24.24\00:47:25.57
that's the
Lord's blessing on it.
00:47:25.61\00:47:26.94
But their mind is trained
to see something a certain way
00:47:26.98\00:47:30.65
and if they're not seeing
it, they're going to blow it off
00:47:30.68\00:47:32.31
or they won't respect it,
00:47:32.35\00:47:33.72
and they won't even take
time to get to the message
00:47:33.75\00:47:36.25
what they're seeing
doesn't entice them,
00:47:36.28\00:47:38.62
so they're not even listening
00:47:38.65\00:47:39.99
because they've
already shut down.
00:47:40.06\00:47:41.39
They are being
inundated with video.
00:47:41.42\00:47:43.02
You think about YouTube,
00:47:43.06\00:47:44.96
I think it's about one in
every five visits on the web
00:47:44.99\00:47:48.46
is YouTube.
00:47:48.50\00:47:50.03
It's the second
largest search engine.
00:47:50.07\00:47:51.43
I mean, you're
talking about, about 74%, 75%
00:47:51.47\00:47:55.44
of all the
internet's traffic now is video.
00:47:55.47\00:47:57.67
Yeah.
00:47:57.71\00:47:59.04
So we've got to reach
them where they're at.
00:47:59.07\00:48:03.78
This is very powerful.
00:48:03.81\00:48:06.38
You're kind of like, I
don't want to say a startup
00:48:06.41\00:48:08.88
'cause you've been
around for a couple of years
00:48:08.92\00:48:10.62
but you are
evolving, you're growing,
00:48:10.65\00:48:12.55
and I'm so glad that
you've targeted this audience.
00:48:12.59\00:48:15.96
The more ways we can
target that particular audience
00:48:15.99\00:48:20.26
in the church
00:48:20.33\00:48:22.13
because if we can motivate
them to stand for Christ
00:48:22.16\00:48:24.70
they become the
evangelistic tools.
00:48:24.73\00:48:26.47
So you are de facto evangelizing
00:48:26.50\00:48:29.27
because you're
preparing evangelists to go out
00:48:29.30\00:48:31.24
and do what
they're called to do.
00:48:31.27\00:48:32.81
So praise the Lord for that.
00:48:32.84\00:48:34.18
And we're one
little piece of the puzzle.
00:48:34.21\00:48:35.61
Yeah.
00:48:35.64\00:48:36.98
You know, we're
trying to link arms
00:48:37.05\00:48:38.48
with all the other
creators in our church
00:48:38.51\00:48:40.82
and, you know, there's
a lot of talented people
00:48:40.85\00:48:43.39
but we're all fragmented.
00:48:43.42\00:48:44.99
So, you know, if we
can kind of come together
00:48:45.02\00:48:46.96
and have more of a
pool of talent together
00:48:46.99\00:48:51.49
and work together in a
sort of unified version
00:48:51.53\00:48:56.56
of trying to reach the world,
00:48:56.63\00:48:58.43
I think we could really
get some steam ahead of us so.
00:48:58.47\00:49:01.44
Agreed.
00:49:01.47\00:49:02.80
Is there, and I was
going to ask this question.
00:49:02.84\00:49:04.17
Is there any
sort of clearing house
00:49:04.24\00:49:06.41
or agency that brings
young talented startups
00:49:06.44\00:49:11.01
or groups with vision
together so you can network,
00:49:11.05\00:49:13.65
or do you just
have to kind of go out
00:49:13.68\00:49:15.18
and find people of
like mind on your own?
00:49:15.22\00:49:18.45
You know, ASI has been
around for a very long time,
00:49:18.49\00:49:22.22
and they've taken a lot of us
00:49:22.26\00:49:23.96
younger
ministries under their wings
00:49:23.99\00:49:25.86
and really helped
us move along as well.
00:49:25.89\00:49:29.26
ASI has been a huge
help to our ministry.
00:49:29.30\00:49:33.10
And there is
another sort of thing
00:49:33.13\00:49:35.64
that's springing
up called Fruition lab
00:49:35.67\00:49:38.84
that is really a bunch
of entrepreneurs together
00:49:38.87\00:49:43.95
because sometimes
what we don't realize is
00:49:43.98\00:49:46.38
business is as much of
a ministry as ministry.
00:49:46.41\00:49:50.49
Like the reason why
we're getting involved
00:49:50.52\00:49:52.32
in all these other things is
00:49:52.35\00:49:53.69
because we have
all these messages
00:49:53.76\00:49:55.26
that we would
love to push out there
00:49:55.29\00:49:56.76
but it takes
money. Yes, it does.
00:49:56.83\00:49:58.19
How do we go out and do that?
00:49:58.23\00:49:59.86
We have to
create these resources
00:49:59.89\00:50:01.33
and these
things that can help us
00:50:01.36\00:50:02.70
achieve those goals.
00:50:02.73\00:50:04.07
And so I would love to see
more cohesiveness in our church
00:50:04.13\00:50:08.84
with the business departments
00:50:08.87\00:50:10.71
and those, you know,
people who are creative,
00:50:10.77\00:50:13.74
and we need to work
together, and blend together,
00:50:13.78\00:50:16.11
and make these
things move forward.
00:50:16.14\00:50:18.51
Yeah. Yeah.
00:50:18.55\00:50:19.88
I've had a chance
to talk with the guys
00:50:19.91\00:50:21.25
on the set from Fruition,
00:50:21.28\00:50:22.62
I like what they're doing.
00:50:22.65\00:50:24.29
ASI is good but it's general,
00:50:24.32\00:50:26.29
it's across
many, many platforms,
00:50:26.32\00:50:27.76
it's almost, you
know, any business.
00:50:27.79\00:50:30.03
But I'm thinking
particularly of media ministry,
00:50:30.09\00:50:34.73
internet ministry,
social media ministry,
00:50:34.73\00:50:38.20
those kinds of
things that are attracting
00:50:38.23\00:50:40.60
and holding young people
in large numbers, you know,
00:50:40.67\00:50:43.77
coming together and
really strengthening themselves
00:50:43.84\00:50:45.64
by sharing ideas
00:50:45.67\00:50:47.01
and sharing
those kinds of things.
00:50:47.04\00:50:48.38
That is just great thing.
00:50:48.41\00:50:49.74
You know, ARTV is
really stepping up
00:50:49.78\00:50:51.75
and trying to link
arms with everyone as well.
00:50:51.78\00:50:54.32
And they're starting
to get all the creators
00:50:54.35\00:50:56.62
on video conference calls
00:50:56.65\00:50:58.69
and trying to work
us together as well.
00:50:58.72\00:51:01.89
How can we start to
develop things together
00:51:01.92\00:51:04.33
and so?
00:51:04.36\00:51:05.69
We're starting to see
the group pressed together,
00:51:05.73\00:51:08.53
and I believe that we will
see the gospel go into the world
00:51:08.56\00:51:12.37
when we begin to work together.
00:51:12.40\00:51:13.74
In a hundred words or
less, Scotty, ARTV is...
00:51:13.80\00:51:16.44
Adventists Review TV. Indeed.
00:51:16.47\00:51:18.51
Yeah, a good friend of mine
00:51:18.54\00:51:19.94
just got began
working with them,
00:51:19.97\00:51:22.34
Dee Casper. Oh, yeah.
00:51:22.38\00:51:23.71
Oh, you know, Dee.
00:51:23.75\00:51:25.08
Just talked with
him just the other day,
00:51:25.11\00:51:26.45
he's excited about that.
00:51:26.48\00:51:27.82
He hangs out
with you. Yes. Yeah.
00:51:27.85\00:51:29.78
I want to go now
to the address roll.
00:51:29.82\00:51:32.15
You've heard some of the things
that Little Light is doing,
00:51:32.19\00:51:35.76
how the Lord is
moving this ministry along.
00:51:35.79\00:51:38.43
They need your prayers,
00:51:38.46\00:51:40.86
they also need
your financial support.
00:51:40.90\00:51:42.66
Plus, they have
some good video material
00:51:42.70\00:51:44.90
that they already have
00:51:44.93\00:51:46.40
that I think
can still be bought.
00:51:46.43\00:51:49.60
The illegal downloads...
00:51:49.64\00:51:52.07
that you can,
00:51:52.11\00:51:53.71
you can sit your
children in front of this stuff
00:51:53.74\00:51:55.58
and it's good,
00:51:55.61\00:51:56.98
they will hold them,
they will watch them.
00:51:57.01\00:51:58.51
We did this with our
grand's some years ago.
00:51:58.55\00:52:01.38
And they watched
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00:52:01.42\00:52:03.39
in fact, they watched it
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00:52:14.30\00:52:17.53
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00:52:17.57\00:52:20.30
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