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00:12 Hello, friends, and welcome back
00:13 to 3ABN Thursday Night Live. 00:16 We are here with Little Light Studios 00:18 and we've been having a wonderful time. 00:20 My name's Ryan Day. 00:22 If you're just now joining us, 00:23 hey, it's never too late to join us 00:25 'cause we're still gonna continue our conversation 00:27 about how Hollywood and movies and video games 00:30 and all of these different media aspects 00:32 are affecting our brain 00:34 and all of the different hidden agendas 00:36 that the enemy is trying to use 00:37 to affect people 00:39 and to pull them away from Christ 00:40 or to give them a false perception 00:42 of Jesus Christ, our savior. 00:43 And so we're here with Scotty Mayer, 00:45 director and speaker of Little Light Studios. 00:47 We also have 00:49 Brother Keith Detwieler with us, 00:50 producer and speaker for Little Lights Studios, 00:53 and we have a new brother with us, 00:57 Alex Castillejos, did I say that right? 00:59 Yeah, you said it right. My good friend. 01:01 Me and Alex go back a little bit. 01:02 We're friends and so 01:03 it's a blessing to have you joining us here, Brother. 01:05 We're gonna get into talking about the Spanish side, 01:08 the Espanol side of Little Light Studios 01:11 in just a little bit, 01:12 but if you're at home right now, 01:14 we're gonna be asking some questions 01:15 throughout the second hour, 01:16 getting a little deeper into some future projects 01:19 and a little bit more about Little Light Studios. 01:21 But if you have a question, send us in your questions. 01:24 There's two ways to do that. 01:25 We wanna bring that up right now. 01:27 First you can text us. 01:28 So send your question via text at (618) 228-3975. 01:34 Or you can email us your question if you'd like, 01:37 as the email address is right there, 01:39 it's live@3abn.tv. 01:42 So text us, email us, send in those questions. 01:45 I wanna kind of start out 01:46 with just the question or two right now, 01:48 and then we'll get right back into 01:49 what we came to talk about tonight, 01:51 which is Little Light Studios 01:52 and how you're positively affecting 01:54 so many people. 01:55 So here it is, question number one, 01:57 this person says, 01:58 "Do you think that Christian movies 02:00 are the same thing over and over 02:02 and what needs to change 02:03 in order for people to enjoy Christian films again?" 02:08 I'll just throw it out there and let, 02:10 whoever wants to respond, respond. 02:12 Anybody? Anybody. 02:15 You know, Christian movies 02:16 I think are sort of up against a lot, 02:20 like we talked about in the earlier hour here, 02:23 you know, Hollywood has a lot of resources, 02:24 a lot of money. 02:26 They're paying people who are the professional actors 02:30 and these actors are good at what they do. 02:33 And so, you know, when it comes to Christianity, 02:36 it was always kind of looked at as like, 02:38 it's kind of cheesy or it's like low budget 02:41 or, you know, they just don't have the access 02:43 to the financial push to make them 02:47 what the other movies look like. 02:48 So I think that, that might just kinda clear the air, 02:51 why they look so differently, 02:54 but they're starting to become some Christian movies 02:56 that are out there that are really giving 02:58 Hollywood a run for their money. 03:00 You know the new series "The Chosen," 03:04 you know, this is taking the world by storm. 03:06 In fact, no other movie franchise thing in history 03:10 has ever done this kind of like 03:12 pay it forward type of social funding 03:15 to basically get the movies ready. 03:16 Yeah 'cause they're not, you know, owned by like Netflix 03:19 or a streaming service or a big company. 03:22 So yeah, absolutely. 03:23 And, you know, I appreciate 03:25 what they're aiming at to do on this production. 03:29 You know, I've heard many, many people 03:31 that are being exposed to the story of Jesus 03:34 that they have never heard of it. 03:36 I mean, it's going around the world 03:37 and some of these people 03:39 don't have any context of who Jesus is 03:41 and this is sort of a way to introduce them to the topic 03:45 and hopefully will peak their curiosity 03:49 to make them look into it more. 03:50 I see. Wow, appreciate that. 03:52 I appreciate that so much. 03:54 Question number two. 03:56 This person says, 03:58 "Are all of the Hollywood 03:59 and sitcom actors into the occult?" 04:01 And then they say here, even in a mild form of worship, 04:05 whatever that means. 04:07 But, yeah, I could kind of, 04:08 you know, are all Hollywood sitcom actors 04:12 into the occult, I guess. 04:13 Is it occult related? 04:15 So... 04:16 I think that would be a far stretch 04:19 to say that all of them are, 04:21 I think a lot of people like, 04:23 you know, like Scotty, they go down with hopes 04:25 and dreams and good intentions. 04:28 And some of them I think gets sucked 04:30 into some things that they, you know, 04:32 a few years later realize 04:34 I never wish I would have been involved in this. 04:39 And I know you can expand on this more, 04:41 but you know, aside from whether there's something, 04:44 occult or there an agenda, 04:46 let's just talk about the lifestyle 04:47 that people get involved in, right? 04:49 Scotty, you went down to Hollywood 04:52 and within months, right? 04:54 Yep. 04:56 You're walking away from your Christianity 04:59 and you're getting involved in things 05:01 that you were never involved in before. 05:02 Yeah. 05:04 I mean, with growing up 05:05 in the Seventh-day Adventist Church, 05:06 you know, you have a health message. 05:08 You live a pretty decently kosher life, if you would. 05:13 And yeah, within months I was at the parties 05:16 and doing all the things that you see, 05:18 you know, the mainstream celebrities doing. 05:21 And it was really this just sort of like 05:23 enticing world 05:25 that's, you know, grander than life out there 05:27 and you start making these choices. 05:29 So I would agree with Keith. 05:31 I don't think that everybody down there 05:33 has some agenda against, you know, God. 05:37 And is gonna do it, 05:38 but we know through the story that Jesus told. 05:40 Do you remember when He told the story 05:43 about casting the demon out of the man's mind 05:46 and the man swept up his mind 05:48 and the demon came back around to check on the man's house 05:51 and see if he had filled it and he didn't fill it. 05:54 So he went around and he got seven more unclean spirits 05:56 and came back and filled the man. 05:58 And he was worse off than he was before. 06:00 What that story tells me 06:01 is that we can easily be filled with the Holy Spirit, 06:05 or we can be filled with another spirit 06:09 and not even know it. 06:10 So I think a lot of people 06:11 that are in operation under Satan's kingdom 06:14 may not even be aware of that, 06:16 but are definitely fighting for his kingdom. 06:19 Sure. 06:21 So I'm gonna ask this question to you first, Scotty, 06:24 but it's gonna help us to open the door 06:26 to introduce our friend Alex here, 06:28 who is covering the Espanol Spanish side 06:33 of Little Lights Studios. 06:34 But obviously in the beginning, 06:37 it kinda started I'm sure as an English project 06:40 and then the door opened for someone to come in 06:42 and start doing Spanish translation 06:44 and getting the content out there. 06:46 So tell us a little about how that came about, 06:47 and then we're gonna get into Alex 06:49 and how he has affected many people within this ministry? 06:52 Believe it or not, Alex has actually worked 06:54 with us for eight years. 06:56 So he's been on board 06:58 with Little Light Studios for a long time. 06:59 And in the very beginning, 07:01 we would travel around the world 07:03 and you know, most of the world speaks Spanish. 07:05 In fact, that's what we're gonna speak in heaven, right? 07:07 The language is Spanish. 07:09 Isn't that what everybody 07:10 speaks in Spanish, isn't that right? 07:12 Yeah, so you better learn some Spanish. 07:13 Yeah, I'm gonna start learning now, man, I'm from California. 07:16 And you got some points. 07:17 I love that. 07:18 So if you think about it 07:20 in terms of how large the Spanish speaking church is, 07:24 it's much more large 07:25 than the English side of things. 07:28 And they have the very same struggles that we do. 07:30 So Alex, recognizing 07:31 that and coming from Central America said, 07:34 "Hey, I'd love to help you guys out." 07:36 This poor gentleman would wake up 07:37 at 3 o'clock in the morning to translate our videos. 07:41 He would stay up late in the night 07:42 to translate our videos because he had a job 07:44 that he was doing 07:46 and put some serious dedication into the work. 07:48 But God really has blessed. 07:50 We got an opportunity to really bring him on board 07:53 and it's been nice to have him part of our team. 07:56 And, you know, I don't speak Spanish, 07:59 so I can't edit it if it's in Spanish. 08:01 And so it's really been a blessing to have somebody 08:04 in our office able to reach that demographic. 08:06 I think it was about six or seven years ago. 08:08 I found myself out in Oregon 08:10 doing an evangelistic series there. 08:12 And this brother and his family came up smiling from ear to ear 08:15 and we just hit it off as friends immediately. 08:17 But I remember one of the first questions 08:19 he asked me was, "Hey, bro, have you ever heard 08:21 of Little Lights Studio?" 08:23 And I was just like, 08:24 "Man, yeah, I've heard of Little Lights." 08:25 He's like, "I work for them, bro. 08:27 I translate, I do the Spanish translation." 08:28 So it was just, and he was telling me 08:30 all that he was doing and I could just 08:31 see the passion. 08:33 And so, Alex, talk to us a little bit about, 08:35 'cause we've been spending the last hour 08:37 talking about how much Little Light Studio 08:39 has impacted so many lives. 08:42 You're on the Spanish side of things. 08:43 I mean, you've got this whole world 08:45 opened up to you now. 08:46 What has been some of your experiences 08:49 in sharing this content and informing people, 08:51 educating people you know, from a Spanish perspective, 08:56 what has been some of the results? 08:57 I mean, first of all, 08:58 I mean it's 665 plus millions of people who speak Spanish. 09:04 So to bring, when I learned about the message, 09:07 it's like, do we have this in Spanish? 09:09 He said, "No, we don't have it, and we are working on." 09:11 And I was like, "We need to do this." 09:14 So that's why I was like 3, 3:30, 4:00 in the morning, 09:16 I mean, getting up and translating this stuff 09:18 and just to bring this to my community, right? 09:23 Speaking Spanish people and yes, 09:26 I mean, they so accepted 09:28 because it's like, wow, 09:29 I never thought about this thing. 09:31 You know, I was like, we just watched, 09:33 you know, anything. 09:34 And you know, soap operas , telenovela, in Latino 09:37 it's known in the Latino community 09:39 and, but you know, movies and Hollywood, 09:40 I mean, Hollywood is worldwide. 09:43 So it's like, wow, Superman, are you kidding me? 09:45 And you know, all this stuff also. 09:47 And, but yeah, I mean, I go like I say, 09:50 you know, I started translating, 09:51 you know, I helped him to translate 09:53 five different DVDs, you know, projects. 09:57 And I mean, like you were saying, 09:58 I mean, it's not, it's not easy. 10:01 I mean, they worked three years to bring pseudology. 10:04 I mean, it took me eight months to bring in a Spanish. 10:07 That's amazing. 10:08 And a lot of people's like, why you gonna do that? 10:10 In other words like, well it takes time 10:11 and, you know, resources, you know, stuff like that. 10:15 But, yeah, I mean, 10:17 they asked me after those five projects, 10:21 it's like, would you like to go in churches 10:25 in the Latino community 10:27 and share about a few Hollywood in Spanish. 10:30 Okay. Tell us about that? 10:31 So what's been your experience with that? 10:34 Do you feel like there's... 10:35 Do you feel like maybe there's a difference 10:37 in how they perceive it 10:39 or has it just been the same with the American side 10:42 as it is with the Spanish side? 10:44 Yeah. No, it's just, it's the same. 10:47 I mean, because to me, like I said, you know, media, 10:49 Hollywood, I mean, it's worldwide. 10:51 I mean, if it was maybe like in the 80s or something, 10:53 I mean, it was different, but now it's like, 10:56 everybody has a device. 10:57 Everybody has, you know, things like that, you know, 11:00 and these neighborhoods talking about this is worldwide. 11:03 So when I go over there, it's like, 11:04 yeah, I watched that one, you know, I watched that one, 11:07 and some people was like, wow, why is that? 11:11 You know, 10 times? 11:12 And I didn't see anything about how that specific movie 11:17 was attacking God. 11:18 It was attacking the Ten Commandments. 11:19 And I was like, what? 11:21 You know, so yeah. 11:22 I mean, praise God, you know, they're, 11:24 you know, it's not like I don't want you to here in my shirts. 11:28 Yeah. It is very positive. 11:30 And we're growing, you know, 11:31 we growing trying to bring more material videos 11:34 in our YouTube channel and people's like, 11:37 yeah, thank you so much for this material. 11:39 We need it. Amen. 11:40 Sometimes you feel a bit like 11:42 Elijah on the Mount Carmel, right? 11:44 You know what I mean? 11:45 It's like, I don't think that the people, 11:48 you know they got lulled into following this false god 11:52 and in the same way, like we talked about earlier, 11:54 you know, Baal had some parallels 11:57 to the stories of God. 12:00 And you know, I don't think that 12:01 it was just this way over here thing. 12:03 It was like very close to the, you know, real story, 12:08 but just often enough to be a counterfeit. 12:11 And so, you know, I don't know about you guys, 12:12 but I feel a bit like sometimes like, 12:14 you know, today we need to make this choice today, 12:16 which God are we gonna serve 12:18 and let's serve Him with all of our heart. 12:20 Yeah. I think it starts off, you know, young. 12:24 You know, I think 12:25 that the really the start is with like, with the cartoons, 12:27 you know, starting when they're young. 12:29 And so then they learn these ideas, 12:31 they learn, you know, follow your heart. 12:33 They learn get rid of the law. 12:35 They learn magic witchcraft and sorcery are perfectly okay. 12:39 They also learn, you know, communicating with the dead 12:41 is just part of everyday life. 12:43 They learn all those things growing up 12:45 and then what's the next step? 12:47 Superheroes, right? 12:48 It's like a progression. 12:50 And so, I think the devil, 12:53 you know, he's just starting young 12:56 and we just grow up that way and it seems normal. 13:00 So I know, I know you have kids, 13:03 Alex, you have kids. 13:04 Do you have any kids, Brother? I have four. 13:06 Okay. So you guys have kids. 13:07 I don't have any kids, but I'm just asking you in general, 13:09 there may be a parent at home watching right now, 13:11 hearing all that you're saying and saying, oh my goodness. 13:13 You know, I let my kids watch these things. 13:16 I let them watch the movies. 13:18 They're familiar with the Supermans 13:19 and the Batmans and the Spidermans 13:20 or the Disney movies and all the things, you know. 13:22 So what would be your advice to a parent 13:25 who maybe, I mean, 13:27 they're just, they're hearing all of this tonight, 13:29 or maybe they've watched one of your DVDs 13:31 and it's like, oh, my goodness now what? 13:33 So what would you do 13:35 'cause obviously this is affecting kids 13:36 from a very, very early age. 13:38 And we have parents 13:39 that literally allow the television, 13:40 these movies to be their babysitter 13:42 while they're cleaning house or while they're getting job, 13:44 their work done on the side or whatever. 13:46 So, you know, what would be your advice to a parent 13:49 who is struggling with this? 13:51 Because it seems to be a part of our culture. 13:54 It seems to be an American cultural, 13:55 Western cultural thing 13:57 that, you know, television, movies, video games, 14:00 you know, oh, it's not that bad, right? 14:01 So just let them do it. 14:02 And so unpack that a little bit? 14:04 The beauty about God is 14:06 there's no time too late to turn to Him. 14:09 Right. 14:10 You know, you see these examples 14:11 in these stories, in the Bible 14:13 where people have turned at all ages, 14:16 young, middle, old. 14:18 And so I think God is just saying, listen, 14:22 when you see this presented and you need to make a choice, 14:27 turn from those ways and go the other direction. 14:31 So, you know, 14:32 you can't beat yourself up as a parent, 14:34 we've all done it wrong, right? 14:36 You know, it's like, 14:37 I think you, you have to consider that, 14:40 you know, Adam and Eve a perfect couple 14:43 will not possibly not have their first born in heaven. 14:47 I mean, that's a solemn thought right there. 14:50 And so, you know, this is not easy. 14:53 Parenting is difficult, but at the same time, 14:56 it's like, there's no time to say, oh, it's gone too far. 15:00 We have seen people literally that you would have looked at 15:03 and said, there is no way 15:05 that guy is gonna come to my church and preach. 15:08 And then a year later 15:09 we see them preaching up front with a Bible and a tie. 15:12 And you're just like, wow, praise God. 15:14 So I would say to that parent, just start now, 15:19 turn your hearts to God. 15:20 If you don't know how to do it, 15:22 get on your hands and knees 15:23 and say, God, show me how to do it. 15:24 He's a God of answered prayers. 15:26 He will not ignore you. 15:28 He will lead you 15:29 into the paths of righteousness. 15:31 He promises to do so. Praise the Lord. 15:33 I like the way the Bible puts what Scotty was just saying, 15:36 this comes from Isaiah 55:6-7. 15:38 It says, 15:39 "Seek the Lord while He may be found, 15:41 call upon Him while He is near. 15:43 Let the wicked forsake His way, 15:45 and the unrighteous man his thoughts. 15:48 Let him return to the Lord, 15:49 and He will have mercy on him 15:51 and to our God for He will abundantly pardon." 15:54 And so I always tell parents, 15:57 you know, it depends. 15:59 And the reason I say that is 16:00 at what point are you bringing this information to the child? 16:05 There's a difference between 3 and 13 and 17, right? 16:09 If they are three, remember you're the parent. 16:12 You can mold that situation pretty easily, 16:15 you know, and build, I always tell them, 16:17 build on the foundation of time. 16:19 What we're really talking about is time management. 16:22 Do our entire lives just revolve around 16:25 what the next thing to watch, 16:26 play, scroll through is, 16:28 or do they revolve around the idea 16:31 that we're gonna go to God and ask God, 16:33 God, what would You have me do with my time? Right? 16:36 Because we're bought with a price, the Bible says. 16:38 So we really owe our allegiance, 16:41 if you will to God 16:42 and our time should be His time. 16:45 The other thing is, 16:47 if you're bringing it, you know, 16:48 to the kid on the other end of the spectrum, 16:50 they're 16, 17 years old. 16:52 And you just, all of a sudden shut everything off, 16:55 kill your Wifi, 16:56 throw all the TVs out, all that. 16:58 You're probably gonna get a very rebellious response. 17:02 And I'm not saying, don't explain it to them. 17:05 You need to explain it to them. 17:07 You need to have reasons when you come to them. 17:09 And this is why 17:11 we are going to make these changes in our lives. 17:14 But don't bring it in such a way 17:15 that's going to cause or create rebellion 17:18 because in a couple of years, 17:20 they're moving on outside of your home. 17:22 And if they're moving on outside of your home 17:24 and you burn a bridge, right? 17:28 Instead of continuing to build a bridge, 17:30 now, who do they go to? 17:32 Who do they turn to when they have questions, 17:34 when they have those hard situations in life? 17:36 You need to be there for them. 17:37 And you need to make sure that 17:39 they know you love them no matter what. 17:42 Amen. 17:44 Alex, I know you have children. 17:45 Yes. Okay. 17:47 So there came a point in your life 17:49 where you were introduced to Little Light Studios. 17:52 Were you into like movies, you know, video games. 17:55 Was your family, did you, 17:57 were your kids raised on some of these movies? 17:59 Was there a transition point 18:00 in your home at some point in time? 18:03 Or were they not raised upon these things? 18:05 You know, Veggie Tales stuff like that. 18:07 I didn't like this name 18:08 because there's witchcraft stuff like that, 18:11 but they were watching TV. 18:12 They were watching TV. 18:14 And I remember, you know 18:15 learning about Little Light Studios 18:17 and I was like, 18:18 what's, you know, who's those guys, 18:20 you know, I need to find out more about them. 18:21 So I went over there 18:23 and I remember they have a few clips, 18:24 you know, The Magic Kingdom the Mulan thing and YouTube. 18:28 And I was like, what? 18:31 I mean, you know, and you know, my girls in that time, 18:34 I mean, you know, they were younger, 18:37 you know, they were way younger. 18:38 And I tried to explain it. 18:40 I tried to explain to them and you know, luring army, 18:45 we're like, that's how it is. 18:47 I mean, I don't know, 18:49 but I mean, that's how it is in my house, 18:51 it's like, this is it, this is it, this is it, 18:53 and we explained to them 18:54 just like, Keith was saying, 18:56 you know, and I guess different parents, 19:00 they told the kids, how will you, 19:01 you know, but we are to care like that. 19:03 So we came together through Little Light Studios, 19:06 you know, they talk about this thing, 19:07 they talk about this thing. 19:08 And I'm sorry, but we're not gonna be watching 19:10 that kind of stuff in our home. 19:12 And they're like, wow, yeah, we all understand. 19:15 So you talked to Sophie and Lucy 19:17 and they're like, yeah, they totally like, 19:19 no, we don't watch that because whatever. 19:20 And then when they go with their friends, 19:22 even though in the Christian environment, 19:25 they're like, oh, you don't watch that. 19:26 You haven't watched that movie. 19:28 No, we haven't watched it. 19:29 That's amazing. 19:30 I think it's the simple concept of teaching how to fish, right? 19:33 As a parent, we have the child in our home 19:35 for a short amount of time. 19:37 It really is a short amount of time. 19:39 And your job is to teach them 19:42 to be able to stand on their own two feet. 19:44 If you're the one that's constantly making 19:46 all their decisions for them 19:48 and then they turn 18 and you're like, 19:49 okay, good luck. 19:50 You know, it's your decision from here on out. 19:52 A lot of times, they're unaware of how to make that decision. 19:56 So, you know, people will always ask, 19:58 you know, okay, 19:59 so you guys are against the TV and stuff like this. 20:01 Do you own a TV? 20:02 Yes. I own a TV. 20:04 Well, what do you let your kids watch? 20:06 And it's like, 20:07 my TV is not connected to the cable. 20:10 I control what's on it. 20:12 Meaning like, we talk about what we're able to watch. 20:16 And I learned something. 20:18 Kids just want to hang out with you. 20:20 And so every time that my kids wanted to do something like, 20:23 hey dad, you know, let's watch something. 20:25 I would say, you know what? 20:27 Let's go outside and throw a ball. 20:28 Let's go outside and do this. 20:30 Let's go outside and ride a bike. 20:31 So now I trained my children to associate fun with dad 20:35 as doing something not sitting in front of the TV. 20:38 And I'll tell you what? 20:39 It is such a blessing. 20:41 My TV can sit there for many days 20:43 and never even be turned on, 20:44 but it's there because I want my kids to know, 20:48 I can't take you completely away 20:50 from any of these influences. 20:52 You're gonna have to stand on your own two feet someday. 20:55 You're gonna have to make those choices. 20:56 It's gonna be around you. 20:58 If you go to school, your friends 20:59 are gonna be into it and this and that. 21:01 How do you begin to deal with it 21:02 from that point forward? 21:03 So I kind of come at it from a education standpoint. 21:07 I want my kids to understand the reasons why, 21:09 but also to be able to make those decisions. 21:11 That's amazing. 21:12 I can just imagine the success stories 21:14 that you guys have received over the years. 21:18 And you were telling me a little bit about one. 21:20 I know you're gonna get to that story, 21:21 but share with us some success stories 21:23 that you guys have had, 21:25 people that have seen your content 21:26 wrote into you. 21:27 Maybe you've met them at a church somewhere. 21:29 They've told you how Little Light Studios 21:31 has just changed their whole perception, 21:33 their whole perspective on life 21:35 and on Hollywood and all these things, so? 21:37 I'll just bring out a couple and then maybe 21:39 we can get to that really neat story. 21:40 I remember one comment we got on our YouTube channel was 21:43 I became a Christian 21:45 because of your YouTube channel. 21:48 Just that short to the point and simple. 21:50 And it's just like, wow, 21:51 that an impact is being made through 21:54 this small little ministry to change somebody's worldview. 21:58 That's incredible. 21:59 Another one that 22:01 I wouldn't necessarily call it so successful, 22:03 but it's interesting. 22:04 And it gives me a window into 22:06 what the people that we're reaching. 22:08 So we had a couple, they wrote to us and they said 22:12 one of them was atheist and one was agnostic. 22:14 And they said, we watch your channel. 22:17 What? That's kind of strange. 22:19 And they said, 22:20 "We're getting married 22:22 or we're thinking about getting married. 22:24 And we wanted to know what you thought about that. 22:27 And so can you give us some advice 22:29 or what does the Bible say about it?" 22:31 And so I gave them a little Bible study. 22:33 I've wrote up on, you know, 22:34 this is the biblical grounds for marriage 22:36 and why you should get married and these kinds of things. 22:38 And I sent it back to them 22:40 and their response was kind of like, 22:41 we thought, you'd say that. 22:43 And I don't know to this day, if they ever got married, 22:46 I don't know if they'll make that choice, 22:47 but the fact that they're atheist, agnostic 22:50 writing to us and asking us a Bible question 22:54 is kind of like, it just blows your mind. 22:56 Like, why would you even ask, like, why do you care? 22:59 But they did care. 23:00 It seems like there's a level of respect there, right? 23:02 And there's some seeds being sown. 23:04 Absolutely. 23:05 So in our line of work, you know, 23:07 a lot of people had a bad experience during COVID 23:09 and a lot of people lost their jobs, 23:12 but for us, 23:13 and the type of work that we do 23:15 when people were forced to stay home, 23:17 what did they all do? 23:18 They got on and watch the YouTube. 23:20 And so it really, actually, 23:22 our viewership went through the roof 23:24 and our engagement went through the roof 23:27 and we had these really like interesting 23:30 you know, conversations with people 23:32 that I think normally maybe wouldn't have sat down 23:34 and watched our content. 23:36 And so there's a video of a couple, 23:37 and I just love this story 23:39 that right before COVID they were from Los Angeles, 23:42 they were in a relationship together 23:45 and they decided to call it quits 23:47 and then COVID happens 23:49 and they start watching YouTube videos 23:51 and stumble across our ministry. 23:52 So we'll play this little video 23:54 and you can see what the result of that was. 23:56 Absolutely. Let's play the clip. 24:08 Hi, I'm Daniel Contralas and this is Mikayla Contralas. 24:11 We just recently got married. 24:13 Power now vested to me, in the state of California, 24:15 I pronounce you two, husband and wife. 24:22 Came to Christ as of March of this year. 24:30 Yeah, it was in March this year. 24:32 March of this year. 24:34 We got exposed to a lot of things 24:37 that we were not aware of, 24:39 that we were being exposed to mostly by the mainstream media 24:42 and Little Light helped us open our eyes to all that. 24:44 Yeah. 24:46 So basically we broke up actually. 24:48 And was it Jan, February. 24:51 We broke up in February 24:52 and I was just at home alone 24:55 and I was starting to like, 24:57 look at YouTube videos 24:58 and I found Little Light Studios. 25:00 So I started sending him clips of it. 25:03 And the first one I sent you was Peter Pan. 25:05 I remember that. 25:07 And then he texted me and was like, 25:09 I've been praying. 25:10 And I've been watching these videos. 25:11 And I even commented 25:13 on the Little Light Studios pages 25:15 talking about like, pray for my boyfriend. 25:17 Like he's an atheist and he's praying. 25:19 And if it wasn't for you, he would still be an atheist. 25:23 And, you know, after that, 25:25 we started watching the videos together 25:27 and shortly after he proposed to me, 25:30 and then we got married November 14 25:33 and here we are now in Tennessee. 25:35 Happily married. Happily married. 25:38 And we are here. 25:51 Wow, man. That's, that is amazing. 25:54 What's really neat is like she said, 25:56 she was actually messaging us and she was saying, 25:59 please pray for my atheist boyfriend. 26:02 I remember we actually have a prayer journal at our work. 26:05 We take every single comment 26:06 that comes into our ministry seriously. 26:08 And when people engage with us on YouTube, 26:10 we pray for them. 26:12 And so it's been neat to actually see, 26:14 back here, we're praying for this guy. 26:16 And then all of a sudden this couple gets 26:18 not only back together, married. 26:21 He begins to have his faith awakened in God. 26:26 And we're sending him Bible studies 26:28 and send him other things for them to look into 26:30 and books to read and stuff like that. 26:32 And they ended up leaving Los Angeles 26:34 and actually live in Tennessee at this point. 26:37 So that's been really neat. 26:38 The other interesting thing is 26:40 you notice that they were baptized in t-shirts. 26:43 Those are t-shirts that we designed 26:45 and they sent us the videos 26:46 and we're like, wow, that's really incredible. 26:48 That's awesome. 26:50 Yeah, we have little t-shirt ministry 26:51 that's on our website as well. 26:53 And we wanted people 26:55 to wear their witness on their clothing. 26:57 And so we would have different graphic designers 27:00 make these really neat graphics, 27:02 put a Bible verse on it. 27:03 And it's been a really neat ministry, 27:06 really getting people out there saying, 27:07 look, we should all be witnessing, right? 27:09 And here's a subtle way that you can just, 27:11 you know, put it out there, 27:13 like it says in Deuteronomy, right? 27:15 Put it on your doorposts, write it on the walls 27:17 and have it spoken about on a daily basis, so. 27:20 We'll probably bring this back up in just a moment. 27:22 Your website, they can go find these t-shirts 27:24 and many of this content on your website. 27:26 What's your website, again? 27:28 LittleLightStudios.tv. 27:30 LittleLightStudios.tv. 27:31 There it is on your screen. 27:32 Go there and check them out. 27:34 We're gonna bring that back up probably a couple more times 27:36 before the program ends tonight, 27:37 but go check it out. 27:39 I was on there today. 27:40 I was just perusing, which I always, 27:42 you know, I'm always on, you know, 27:43 looking at different ministries websites. 27:44 And I think I've looked at you guys' website 27:46 couple of times over the past two or three years, 27:48 but I mean beautiful website 27:50 and you guys, I mean, it seems like 27:52 you just have your hands in just about everything. 27:54 And so it's a blessing to see 27:55 what the Lord is doing through you guys. 27:57 Got a question. 27:59 Again, we've got questions. 28:00 So if you want to send in your questions, 28:01 it's not too late, 28:03 we've got a few of them here 28:04 and then I'll try to get through 28:05 before the night is up. 28:07 But if you want to send in your question real quickly, 28:08 two ways to do that. 28:09 You can text it in at (618) 228-3975. 28:13 Again, (618) 228-3975. 28:17 Text in your question, 28:18 or you can email in your question. 28:20 There it is right there live@3abn.tv, 28:24 live@3abn.tv. 28:26 So send us your questions. 28:28 Here it is, guys. 28:30 How would you respond to someone who says that 28:33 entertainment could never cause them 28:35 to turn from God? 28:40 We have evidence. 28:42 Yeah, Alex said it. 28:44 Living evidence. 28:46 I am, you know, 28:48 I grew up in the Christian faith 28:50 and I had an intellectual understanding. 28:53 I read the Conflict of the Ages series 28:54 in high school. 28:56 My parents were big into the Spirit of Prophecy, 28:58 and I had an understanding of the Bible. 29:03 And when I was presented with the world, 29:06 even though I knew 29:07 the path that I was choosing, I would have lost my soul. 29:11 And I know that if I would have died, 29:12 I would not have gone to heaven. 29:14 I could have said that 29:15 with a 100% of my confidence in that. 29:19 And so, I always ask this question 29:22 when people come up, you know, 29:24 if you are in love with your spouse, right? 29:27 Would you watch something that demeans your spouse, 29:32 slams your spouse, 29:33 puts your spouse in a wrong light? 29:35 No, you would say that, 29:36 I couldn't watch something like that. 29:37 If they were just being straight mean to him, 29:39 right or her. 29:41 And so it's like, you know, 29:43 we see these things in the media 29:45 that are attacking God, and that's my God, 29:48 like that's who died for me, 29:51 literally followed me into the depths 29:53 of where I had run away from Him 29:56 and won me back. 29:57 And it's like, I feel that 29:59 why would I wanna watch something 30:01 that is contrary to Him 30:04 or His will or anything else like that. 30:06 And so I kind of want 30:08 to reframe that question and be like, 30:11 why would you not wanna turn that off 30:14 if it has anything to do 30:15 with opposite thoughts than God? 30:17 That's amazing. 30:19 That's a great point. That's great. 30:20 So you're living proof. 30:22 You're living proof 30:23 that someone can be in the church, 30:25 be associated with the church, 30:27 familiar with Scripture, familiar with the Bible, 30:29 but then kind of gets sucked into that part 30:32 due to Hollywood and movies and all that. 30:35 So, absolutely. 30:36 That's a powerful explanation, Brother. 30:37 I have actually a Bible verse that I wanna share with you 30:40 'cause that really illustrates it. 30:41 Romans 1:32 says, 30:45 "Knowing them that commit 30:46 such things are worthy of death." 30:48 Meaning if you rob someone or you kill someone, right? 30:52 That action really from the law standard 30:56 is punishable by death 30:58 in the sense of the second death, right? 31:00 But it says not only those that do those things, 31:03 but those that take pleasure in them 31:05 that do them. 31:07 So if I'm watching movies of other people sinning, 31:10 am I not taking pleasure in that action? 31:13 That if I was to do it myself, 31:15 there would be a judgment for that action. 31:17 But if I also take pleasure in that action, 31:19 by the biblical definition 31:21 I'm doing it as well. 31:23 Okay. 31:24 That's a great point. 31:26 In fact, that maybe not on the exact same note, 31:28 but this, this next question 31:29 kind of is similar to the nature of 31:31 what you just said. 31:33 This person says, 31:35 I was at church one day 31:37 and one of the members said to me 31:38 that he was going home to watch a cowboy movie, 31:41 Jesse James. 31:42 He said that he could watch him, 31:45 I guess, on the Sabbath 31:47 because Jesse James was a type of Jesus. 31:49 Please tell us the truth about that? 31:52 Is Jesse James a type of Jesus? 31:54 What movie is that? 31:55 I mean, that's, 31:56 hey, there's people out there 31:58 that may be experiencing that or may have that opinion. 31:59 I mean, I suppose somebody could think that, 32:03 but I lived in Missouri for 25 years. 32:08 And it's interesting. 32:10 I always thought it was odd that Jesse James was, 32:13 you had all this memorabilia in homes and things like this. 32:17 And it's like, okay, wait a minute. 32:18 The guy was a robber and he killed people. 32:22 That to me is not a type of Christ. 32:25 You know, the Bible says 32:28 what is it? 32:29 Is it John 10:10? 32:30 Let me look it up here. 32:32 I think it says, 32:33 "The thief has come to steal and kill and destroy, 32:37 but I am come that they might have life 32:39 and have it more abundantly. " 32:40 So if somebody is coming 32:42 and they're behaving in that way right here. 32:45 Oh, I'm in Matthew. Well, I think I quoted it. 32:47 Yeah, absolutely. 32:49 If somebody is behaving that way, 32:51 that's not a type of Christ. 32:52 You know, the only Christ 32:54 you're gonna find is in the Bible. 32:57 And if it doesn't match up, it's not a type of Christ. 33:00 Absolutely. 33:01 That's a great response. 33:03 Absolutely. Okay. 33:04 So this one comes, this person says, 33:06 I know we are at the end of time. 33:08 My grandson is 10 years old. 33:10 Mom and dad do not take him to any church. 33:13 They feel it as normal to play video games. 33:16 How do I, as a grandparent encourage or entice them 33:20 to watch any of this information? 33:22 This is very scary. 33:24 It is very scary. 33:26 And I would like to say, you know, 33:27 as a grandparent, I can only imagine 33:30 if you aren't exposed to these kinds of things. 33:33 Even watching some of our videos 33:35 might be a little bit like, 33:36 you know, jolting to you. 33:39 But at the same time you know, 33:42 I would say build that relationship 33:44 with that grandchild, 33:46 to the point where they put trust in you. 33:49 A child will trust you if you build that relationship. 33:52 If you just come in guns blazing like, 33:54 hey, this is right, this is wrong, 33:55 this is this, you shouldn't do that. 33:57 You may get some defense there 33:58 or, you know, you may ruin a relationship or a bridge 34:02 that you have with your child 34:04 because that's really the child's parent, right? 34:07 And so as a grandparent, 34:08 you can be there in a loving manner. 34:11 And I think that, you know, 34:12 there's a lot of ways that you can do research. 34:14 For example, you may not need to know, 34:18 you know, all the details of the superhero movies 34:21 to be able to say to your child, 34:24 hey, there's some things 34:26 that are brought up in some of these movies 34:27 that are kind of 34:29 different concepts of the Bible, 34:30 you know, and get the child to tell you, 34:32 hey, you know, if you're watching these kind of movies 34:35 or playing this kind of video games, 34:36 tell me about that. 34:37 Or what's that like? 34:39 And if they say, well, I really like fortnite, 34:41 you know, I like to run around 34:42 and shoot and kill everybody 34:43 and be the last person standing. 34:45 That's what the game is all about, right? 34:47 So then as a grandparent, 34:49 you can then go back and be like, 34:50 well, what do you think 34:52 the Bible has to say about killing? 34:54 And instead of, you know, just maybe instead of killing. 34:57 What about being angry with your brother? 34:59 What about those? 35:00 So you can use those experiences 35:02 then to just drop little nuggets of truth 35:05 into the child and you know, 35:08 but build that relationship 35:09 so that the child will trust what it is that you're saying. 35:11 That's amazing. 35:12 Another thing that I'll suggest 35:14 to your parents or grandparents is 35:16 you can take our material and share it 35:18 in a way that's very non-threatening. 35:20 And what I like to tell them is, 35:22 you know, watch whatever, 35:24 you know, the subject matter is, 35:26 then give it to the person that you want to see it 35:28 and say, 35:30 "Hey, I watched this. 35:31 I'd like to know what you think about it." 35:34 You haven't told them your position, right? 35:37 You have given it to them, 35:38 you've elevated their opinion in their eyes. 35:42 And you've already built in a response 35:44 where they need to come back to you 35:46 and dialogue about it. 35:48 They may not agree. 35:50 You need to be prepared to answer those objections, 35:52 or you may find that 35:53 they come away from it and say, 35:55 wow, that made a lot of sense. 35:57 So you've planted seeds either way. 36:00 So what do you believe will be, 36:03 considering all that you guys do 36:05 in the work that you're doing in Little Lights Studios? 36:08 What do you think will be 36:09 the ultimate impact within the church? 36:11 Moving forward as a result 36:12 of the work that you guys are doing? 36:13 Because I can imagine moving forward, 36:16 you know, you guys are still relatively young 36:19 within the context of our church. 36:21 So a lot of people are coming to know Little Lights Studios, 36:24 more and more people are coming to know you, 36:25 the work that you're doing. 36:27 I mean, when I think of, 36:28 you know, the media, Hollywood movies, video games, 36:31 I think Little Light Studios. 36:32 So, you know, what do you see moving forward, 36:35 so how this is going to impact the church 36:37 and how perhaps 36:39 what steps that the church needs to take in 36:41 getting this message out. 36:43 I believe our mission was the three angels' message. 36:46 In fact, you know it's great that we're on the 3ABN 36:50 which is the three angels' message network, right? 36:53 That is a message of saying, okay, first and foremost, 36:56 I give God the glory for everything, right? 36:58 And then the second and third angel 37:00 is really coming out of the systems of the world, 37:03 not having the character of the world 37:05 written on your forehead. 37:07 That's really what we're getting at. 37:09 We're really getting at that. 37:10 The more you engage with this media, 37:12 the more that you pay attention to it. 37:13 It's a simple process, right? 37:16 There was a study that was done in Time Magazine, 37:18 where they were looking at celebrity worship 37:21 and they'd studied for 10 years 37:23 people that followed certain celebrities, 37:25 like I love that person. 37:26 I watch all their movies. 37:28 I pay attention to everything 37:29 that they do in the world, right? 37:30 And they studied what happens to those people. 37:33 And the conclusion of the study was really interesting. 37:36 They said, because these people 37:38 form bonds in their minds with those celebrities, 37:41 they're able to assimilate 37:43 the celebrities' characteristics in themselves. 37:46 Now I want you to think about that. 37:47 If I focus on a particular celebrity 37:50 and their movies, 37:51 I can take 37:53 their characteristics onto myself. 37:54 Now let me flip that conversation around. 37:57 If I focus on Jesus 37:58 and I do nothing, but learn about Jesus. 38:01 And soak Him into my life 38:04 by studying and watching what He's doing, 38:08 do I not take on His character in real life? 38:10 So really I believe that's kind of the heart 38:14 of what we're trying to do. 38:16 And hopefully 38:17 this will re-get our church excited about, 38:20 we need to be ready. 38:21 Jesus is coming soon. 38:22 We wanna be putting on that robe of righteousness, 38:26 not engaging in the things of the world. 38:29 We're not supposed to be part of the world. 38:31 We're supposed to be in the world, 38:32 but not part of that world. 38:34 Amen. 38:35 By beholding, we become changed, right? 38:37 And I think of that conversation 38:39 that Jesus had with Nicodemus in John 3 38:42 where Jesus says, you know, 38:44 as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, 38:46 so shall the Son of man be lifted up. 38:48 If we're beholding the uplifted Savior, 38:50 we're gonna be changed into likeness of His character 38:53 and His mind, right? 38:54 Let this mind be in you, which is also in Christ Jesus, 38:57 and so beholding Him. 38:59 When we're beholding these movies, these games, 39:01 all of the Hollywood has to offer 39:03 just what you said, 39:04 which is so terrifying to think about 39:06 that there's a reason 39:07 why they call them stars, right? 39:09 You know, you have to look up and behold the stars, 39:12 and that's exactly what we're doing 39:13 when we're idolizing 39:15 and worshiping these individuals. 39:16 We live in a culture that idolizes these people, 39:19 and it's amazing how people have become, 39:21 they're dressing like them. 39:23 They're talking like them. 39:24 They're shaping their lifestyles, 39:26 trying as much as they can to shape their lifestyles 39:29 and practices according to these certain celebrities 39:32 that they follow. 39:33 And it's scary, man, 39:34 there's a certain psychological battle 39:36 that's going there, going on there. 39:38 The parallels are all there. 39:40 It's just we have to open our eyes to them. 39:43 The reason why they put stars in the stone 39:46 is to immortalize those characters into their, 39:50 that's why they call them stars, right? 39:51 In fact, the ancient belief when in Egypt 39:55 was when those Egyptians died, 39:58 that they actually went into the stars in heaven 40:00 and people would follow him as that, right. 40:02 Well, think about 40:04 what is that character written in stone? 40:06 We also have a character written in stone. 40:09 Isn't that interesting? That's right. 40:10 So the devil's got a counterfeit 40:11 for everything that God does. 40:13 He says, no, don't, don't follow 40:15 this character written in stone, 40:17 follow the ones that are written 40:18 in our worldly stones. 40:20 It's amazing. 40:21 And we have a seminar 40:22 that's called false system of worship. 40:25 That's right. 40:26 That's why we had all information 40:28 where we're sharing right now. 40:30 And the one thing that I really enjoy 40:32 and, you know, being part of the Little Lights Studios, 40:35 the mission of Little Light Studios is educate. 40:39 Educate the young people, adult young, you know, 40:42 kids and stuff like that 40:43 to become a Christian in this 21st century 40:47 under pop culture, 40:48 you know, how entertaining all the stuff and seriously, 40:52 I mean, God is, you know, had been blessing the ministry 40:55 just to speak and make videos 40:59 on YouTube or seminars and stuff like that 41:02 to just to reveal the character of God. 41:04 Absolutely. 41:05 You mentioned there, you know, Little Lights Studios 41:08 is there to educate. 41:09 That's essentially what Jesus' ministry was all about, 41:11 in the Great Commission, 41:12 making disciples of all nations. 41:14 To make a disciple, 41:15 you have to teach them, you have to educate them. 41:16 That's exactly what Jesus has done to the disciples. 41:19 And they would continue that work. 41:20 And so you guys are educating people. 41:22 I know I've been educated, 41:23 opened my eyes to a lot of things. 41:25 I didn't even have a clue about 41:26 in reference to movies and games 41:28 and you know the psychology and the science behind, 41:31 you know, all the, when you're fixating your mind 41:34 and your eyes upon that screen 41:36 with all of the flashes and everything 41:38 that it's doing to you on a neurological level, 41:40 it's scary. 41:41 It really, really is. 41:43 And you just don't realize how powerful it is. 41:45 One of the verses that we kind of use a lot in our ministry 41:47 is Ephesians 5:11? 41:49 It says, "Have no fellowship 41:51 with the unfruitful works of darkness, 41:53 but rather expose them." 41:54 That's right. 41:56 And it's interesting it says "Unfruitful" right? 41:58 They're not gonna bear any fruit 42:00 as opposed to, if you're in Christ, 42:02 what are you gonna do? 42:03 You're going to bear the fruits of the spirit. 42:05 There's no fruit in the works of darkness. 42:08 That's right. 42:09 That's powerful. 42:11 So moving forward, 42:13 how do you guys, what are you guys doing? 42:14 What's your plans to expand 42:16 the work of Little Light Studios? 42:17 'Cause I feel like since, you know, 42:19 I don't know, seven or eight years ago 42:20 when I first kind of was introduced to you guys, 42:21 you guys have really expanded 42:23 substantially since then. 42:24 So what's your plans moving forward from here? 42:26 Praise God, like, you know, inviting a Spanish department 42:29 and having some young people jump on board with us. 42:32 We hired a young person actually very recently 42:36 that had some training in the video production world, 42:40 but he really has an interest in 3D technology. 42:43 And it was amazing. 42:44 He jumps on board with us. 42:45 I mean little skills in the sense of it. 42:49 And the other day, you know, he voiced his interest in 3D. 42:53 And so we said, 42:54 "Okay, let's give him the tools for the 3D." 42:56 We bought him some software. 42:57 Within a week 42:58 he's producing some amazing stuff for us. 43:02 So these young kids are just talented. 43:04 And if we just create the environment, 43:07 set the tools in front of them, 43:09 they can create some amazing things. 43:12 So our goal really, 43:13 we've been actually gifted a wonderful piece of property. 43:17 We're in the beginning stages of building a facility. 43:19 So it's taken 12 years for us to get to this spot. 43:23 God has provided a, 43:25 build a spot for us to work out of, 43:27 but it was never our own. 43:29 And so this is the first time 43:30 that we're actually setting our feet on the ground 43:33 and saying, let's build a system 43:37 and a studio where young people wanna come. 43:40 They wanna use their talents. 43:42 And we're pumping out 43:43 some talented kids out of our schools, 43:45 but we're losing a lot of them to the worldly system. 43:48 So we wanna really open up our doors 43:51 and have some of these young people 43:52 kinda help us creatively 43:54 and really get involved in God's work. 43:56 Amen. 43:57 You guys wanna add anything to that? 43:59 No. 44:00 It's just fascinating, you know, 44:01 come in the morning and just to hear, you know, 44:03 about, you know, great comments 44:04 and please pray for me or this thing 44:06 and how are your DVDs, video impact my life. 44:11 And it's just great. 44:13 You know, it's kinda like the punch to keep going. 44:16 You know what I'm saying? Like their passion, okay. 44:18 Let's do it again, man. 44:19 Let's this work this thing together. 44:21 Amen. Praise the Lord. 44:22 All right. 44:24 I've been waiting to ask this question 44:25 because I know that 44:27 when this is gonna kind of help us 44:28 segue into some of your future projects, 44:32 'cause we were talking a little bit about that 44:34 earlier this evening, 44:35 but this question says, 44:37 could you share a little bit about some of the agendas 44:40 that are put into popular Japanese animation? 44:44 I know a lot of people 44:46 that seem obsessed with this genre. 44:48 So I'm guessing maybe 44:50 the anime popular Japanese cartoon anime type stuff. 44:54 It's a big thing. 44:56 It's not some like, I mean, I know a lot of people 44:57 who are into this. 44:58 And so that's your field, man. 45:00 So let's talk about how this is affecting people. 45:02 What's your thoughts on it? It's a very big field. 45:04 In fact, for years, people, 45:07 you know, we get a lot of suggestions on 45:08 what projects to work on. 45:10 You know, either frustrated parents 45:12 or young people that are like, you know, 45:13 "Oh, I'm really struggling in this place. 45:15 Can you guys please put some information out, 45:17 help us understand this topic?" 45:20 And I was never really big into anime. 45:23 And when we talk about anime 45:25 for the audience that doesn't quite understand 45:27 what that means, 45:28 it's Japanese animation. 45:30 So it's cartoons coming from Eastern cultures. 45:33 And there's a lot of spiritual themes 45:36 in some of those things. 45:37 And that's what people are really getting at is like, 45:39 they don't quite understand because they're very complex. 45:42 They're very adult. 45:44 In fact, a lot of very inappropriate things 45:47 that are placed in them. 45:49 And so we did this documentary 45:51 one of the biggest ones 45:52 that kinda came out, 45:54 I guess that most of the kids know about 45:56 years ago is called Dragon Ball Z. 45:58 Now there's 600 and something episodes. 46:02 So we're not talking a two-hour movie, 46:04 we're talking about, 46:06 you start watching when you're five years old 46:08 and maybe you're done when you're 13, you know? 46:12 And what's really interesting about this 46:14 is they're just not shy. 46:15 One of the heroes of the story is Mr. Satan. 46:17 And he drives a car with a 666 on the side. 46:20 You know, it's just like that bold in your face. 46:23 But when we sat down and we kinda said, 46:25 okay, let's really talk about this. 46:26 Let's really understand this topic. 46:29 We started with 20 years ago. 46:32 Here's some of the animations that were coming out. 46:34 Until we got to today, 46:36 what's the most popular ones 46:37 that are hitting our U S soil today? 46:40 And the latest one is called Seven Deadly Sins. 46:42 That just, has been out for a couple of seasons now, 46:45 but it was the fourth most watched thing on Netflix, 46:48 just a few months ago. 46:49 And the Seven Deadly Sins, the entire anime is battling 46:54 the Ten Commandments. 46:55 In fact, the entire purpose of the anime 46:58 is to completely destroy the Ten Commandments 47:02 and that the Seven Deadly Sins are the winners. 47:05 Now that's just alarming to me 47:07 that they can put something out there in our public. 47:09 Our general public is aware of the Ten Commandments. 47:12 I've never met someone that doesn't know 47:14 what the Ten Commandments are. 47:15 Have you? Right. 47:16 I mean, no, but we're growing into a cultural mindset 47:20 where people may be aware of it, 47:21 but they have no clue 47:23 as to the individual aspects of the Ten Commandments. 47:25 They may have heard that word, but I agree with you. 47:27 I've never heard of anyone who doesn't know about them 47:30 or never heard of them, 47:31 but we certainly are seeing the fruits of people 47:33 that are, have no clue about them 47:35 in general, right? 47:36 So this project was a really interesting project. 47:38 We'd never done an animation before. 47:40 And when we sat down and we said, 47:42 "Let's do something that would really resonate 47:44 with people that are involved in this genre." 47:47 And so, we actually, our graphic designer, 47:50 we had to teach her how to animate 47:52 using the animation program. 47:54 And, of course, it took her a week 47:56 and she had the thing mastered, you know, 47:58 that's what a 20-year-old will do. 47:59 You know, you give me the program 48:01 and I'd be like six years down the road, 48:02 like, what's it doing? 48:04 But we learned how to animate. 48:06 We did it animation style. 48:09 And so, it was really kinda neat. 48:11 We chart characters and, you know, 48:13 even Alex made it into the end of the video, 48:15 which was really cool. 48:16 You have to watch it, Bro. 48:17 Yeah, have a Spanish guy. 48:19 I love it. All right. 48:20 That's nice. 48:22 It really was a neat project 48:23 and we actually just finished it 48:24 even about a month ago. 48:26 It's a four-part series. 48:27 We haven't released it out even on DVD yet. 48:29 It's only available digitally. 48:31 So you can get that from our website. 48:32 Okay. 48:34 Let's put that website back up again just one more time. 48:36 If you want to contact Little Lights Studios, 48:39 you wanna know what it is that they do, 48:40 look at some of their past projects, future projects. 48:43 You wanna stay connected to them. 48:45 You need to go to their website. 48:47 So let's put that website up there for our viewers, 48:49 LittleLightStudios.tv. 48:52 Can't get any simpler than that, right? 48:53 LittleLightStudios.tv. 48:55 Go there, I promise you will be blessed indeed. 48:59 Are there any other projects 49:00 that we might need to know about in the near future 49:02 or ones recently that you've done or... 49:03 Yeah. 49:05 Keith talked about the video Bible study series 49:06 and some of the Bible studies, 49:08 because our real passion is not necessarily 49:10 just exposing the darkness. 49:12 Our real passion is leading people 49:14 to the very source of truth. 49:16 That's the Word of God. 49:17 And so, we've picked up this whole other project 49:19 called video Bible studies. 49:20 Okay. Yeah. 49:21 So several years ago we started this project and you know, 49:25 we'll do videos and we get lots of questions 49:27 like, well, how did you come up with that idea? 49:30 Where did you get that in the Bible? 49:32 So we thought, well, what if we made short little videos 49:34 and they're all so far, five minutes or less, 49:37 and they taught you a spiritual truth, 49:40 they're very fast paced, very graphically well done. 49:45 And then each one of them, 49:47 we also made a Bible study really nicely laid out 49:50 and everything that went more in depth. 49:53 And so the video is really designed to get you 49:56 to the Bible study and in the Word of God. 49:58 And so, these are nice little projects 50:01 that we're putting together 50:02 that we can direct people to as a resource and say, 50:06 "Hey, here's how we got that information. 50:08 Here's the Bible study on it in the video format 50:11 and in the print format. 50:12 Okay. Now is this the one we have the video on? 50:14 We had a video clip on? 50:15 So this video clip that we actually have 50:18 is for a kind of a different project. 50:20 As you can notice, 50:21 we have 50 million things going on. 50:23 We're a small team with big ambitions, right? 50:25 And we believe in a big God. 50:27 So we're gonna aim at this. 50:29 Part of the problem with producing videos 50:31 with a small team is we're up against a system 50:35 that's spending a lot of money. 50:37 Hollywood is throwing a lot of money. 50:38 So our way to manage that 50:41 is to try to increase our creativity 50:42 and increase our quality. 50:44 But there's certain things that are hard to get a hold of. 50:46 If you're a video creator you know, 50:48 we don't have any footage of the second coming. 50:50 So, you know, how do you get a hold of that? 50:52 Right? 50:53 But we have animation kids 50:55 that are amazing with these tools 50:56 and they can create amazing resources. 50:58 So we started a company called Video Mission 51:01 that is really creating stock media 51:05 for Christian video makers. 51:07 And we want to get the young kids involved. 51:09 So this is our way to do that. 51:11 Amen. All right. 51:12 So I think we have a clip for that. 51:13 Let's play that right now. 51:16 Hey, everybody, I'm a video content creator 51:18 that is in constant need of biblical illustrations. 51:22 Not only do I not have enough money ever, 51:25 or the resources or the people or the time 51:28 that it's difficult to find some ways 51:31 to illustrate biblical topics. 51:33 This is why we started videomission.com. 51:35 We wanna offer authentic biblical cinematic footage 51:39 for a price that you can afford. 51:41 In 2018, 51:43 we went over to Morocco 51:44 and teamed up with four different ministries 51:46 to shoot the Book of Daniel. 51:47 Our purpose is to go through different sections of the Bible 51:51 and offer footage that is very high quality, 51:56 but it's gotta be a reasonable cost. 51:58 We have a need for all kinds of resources. 52:02 Like people praying, studying the Bible. 52:04 This is an opportunity for a worldwide audience 52:08 to be able to share your content from, 52:11 but also purchase content from other countries as well. 52:15 We're looking for photographers. 52:16 We're looking for illustrators. 52:18 If you have a passion for digital media, 52:21 this is an awesome opportunity 52:23 for you to be able to sell your work 52:25 and make an income. 52:26 I'm very excited to see what you guys do with this footage 52:29 videomission.com, 52:31 authentic biblical cinematic footage 52:34 for your guys as Christian media productions. 52:37 We'll see you guys out there. 52:38 Go win some souls. 52:53 Amen. 52:54 I'm excited about that, man. You guys are doing so much. 52:56 That's such a blessing. 52:57 I gotta ask this question to you Scotty though, 52:59 'cause we've talked about this a little bit 53:01 and I know there's somebody out there that's wondering. 53:03 You guys live to expose, as you said, 53:06 exposing this unfruitful works of darkness. 53:08 You're telling people about all this 53:10 and you've got all this incredible information, 53:13 but somebody might be out there thinking, you know what? 53:15 These guys are watching all these movies, 53:17 watching all these films, playing all these games, 53:20 they've gotta be doing that 53:21 in order to have all this information. 53:22 Isn't that kind of hypocritical? 53:24 You told me about it, inform us on how you do this. 53:27 It's a question that comes up a lot. 53:29 And to be honest when I started working in film, 53:33 that was my idol. 53:35 I loved film. 53:36 I mean, I watched them all, 53:37 rented them all, owned them all. 53:39 And so when we first started a ministry, 53:41 I was like, cool a ministry, 53:43 where I get to watch movies all day long 53:44 and point this stuff out, right? 53:46 But I found that the more that I watched these movies, 53:49 the less I could point it out. 53:51 And what that really told me was, 53:53 you know, spiritual things are spiritually discerned 53:55 and it's really God 53:57 that's pointing these things out to me. 53:59 And so, you don't study a counterfeit 54:02 to try and find another counterfeit, right? 54:04 The better, you know, the genuine, 54:06 the better you can see the counterfeit. 54:08 And so, we just actually do research on them. 54:10 We read about them. 54:12 We don't sit down 54:13 and watch the whole thing through and through. 54:15 Some people will suggest, watch this scene. 54:17 That's basically how we come up with this stuff. 54:19 That's awesome. Praise the Lord. 54:20 Guys, I've had so much fun tonight, 54:22 just talking with you and learning so much, 54:24 you're doing such a great work for the Lord. 54:26 We have just a little over two and a half minutes. 54:28 Maybe just take a few seconds each 54:30 and give some final thoughts for our viewers, encourage them 54:34 or just a spiritual thought from yourself? 54:35 Sure. 54:37 You know, a spiritual thought I like to appeal 54:39 with generally on the first night, 54:41 I'm presenting it's from Psalm 139: 23-24. 54:46 It says this, 54:47 "Search me, O God, and know my heart, 54:50 try me and know my anxieties 54:53 and see if there is any wicked way in me 54:56 and lead me in the way of everlasting." 54:58 And I think that should be the prayer of all of our hearts 55:01 because if Jesus is coming soon, 55:04 we need to be clean. 55:07 We need to be pure of heart. 55:08 We need to be ready to meet God and to clear those minds 55:13 and make sure that they're ready to meet our God. 55:15 Amen. Beautifully said. 55:17 Alex? Yes. 55:19 You know, to me is like sharing your talent. 55:22 Amen. 55:23 You know, it's time to share the gospel. 55:26 That's right. 55:28 And if you have your camera, you have, I smile. 55:32 If you have something you share, Bro. 55:34 You know what I'm saying? 55:36 And I believe that we're living in the grace time. 55:39 I mean, seriously, I mean, you just click the TV is like, 55:42 what, are you kidding me? 55:43 What? 55:45 So I believe that whatever time 55:46 that we have here in this earth. 55:47 That's right. 55:49 Let's share the gospel 55:50 and let's share your talents for Christ. 55:53 Amen. 55:54 Scotty? 55:55 You know, I wanna appeal to those 55:57 that are watching out here. 55:58 You are not ever too young, too old, too tired, 56:03 too whatever to get involved in God's work. 56:06 I mean every single one of us can use the tools that we have. 56:10 God has given every single one of us a talent, a gift, 56:14 something to use to turn around and win a soul. 56:18 You can learn to just dive into the Bible 56:20 and learn this information. 56:22 So you can turn around and help your family members 56:24 and, you know, get involved in the work, 56:27 whether it be technically 56:29 joining up with a ministry like us and creating things 56:32 or even financially, thank you so much. 56:35 Get involved in God's work. 56:36 Amen. 56:38 And if you want to donate 56:39 into support this ministry financially, 56:42 we're gonna put that website there on the screen 56:44 as we're preparing to close. 56:45 Again, that's LittleLightStudios.tv, 56:48 support them, pray for them. 56:49 Guys, thank you so much. 56:51 Appreciate you so much such a blessing. 56:52 And we thank you for joining us tonight. 56:54 We hope you've been blessed. 56:56 We're always praying for you. 56:57 We love each and every one of you. 56:58 Thank you for joining us here again 57:00 at 3ABN Thursday Night Live 57:02 and until next time, may God bless you abundantly. 57:05 Have a nice day. |
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