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00:04 [MUSIC] 00:10 >> Welcome back to the second hour of 3 ABN today Live. 00:13 We have been blessed. We hope you did not miss the first 00:16 hour. We've been actually watching a documentarian 3 even 00:20 today live. It's a little unusual. But what a powerful 00:22 stories being told here from the team of the evidence review 00:26 and avoid incur 7, 2, 00:28 >> Have this is an incredible documentary redeemed. And if 00:31 you missed the first hour, you can always go to CBN, DOT TV 00:36 and you can watch that first hour. But other not what you 00:39 just set up for us. What happened? I'm just a brief 00:42 synopsis of the first hour and then set up for us what we're 00:46 going to watch as we move from the the private life to his 00:50 public ministry. 00:53 >> The experience of discovering an individual who 00:57 grows up and under some of the most difficult circumstances 01:01 imaginable, 01:02 a communist state, a completely controlled life. No 01:07 opportunities for entrepreneurship are the things 01:10 that he's become sex successful at. 01:12 He's literally sweeping the streets in the city of Prague. 01:16 He is not expecting his life to go anywhere, particularly after 01:20 an athletic injury takes away a budding a career in what we 01:24 call soccer and they call football. He saw his life is 01:28 really just moving into partying and really no specific 01:32 direction. But as God began working in his life and a 01:35 series of amazing Providence's happened, he begins to be moved 01:40 toward faith. Some of that through immense personal loss. 01:43 Yeah. The loss of a 9 week-old son was crisis in his life. 01:49 A crisis that actually led he and his wife to faith. Dwight 01:53 Nelson's 1998 series was the place where they made a public 01:59 commitment. He tells the story in that 02:02 when Dwight calls for people to commit to Christ, they're 02:05 watching on a screen in Prague and they stand up and make the 02:09 commitment right there in front of the screen when not many 02:13 others in the room did they were that clear that got to use 02:16 their personal crisis to bring them to think that would have 02:19 been at 98? Yes, yeah. And again, it's a story I would 02:24 have been hoping to tell Dwight Nelson someday in person 02:28 because of the impact his ministry had on a life that he 02:33 may have not yet met, but he's had a huge impact on the lives 02:36 of many other people. 02:38 >> So tell us about the 2nd half of the documentary that 02:40 we're getting ready to see the set that up. 02:41 >> For us, the story really moves from who is this man 02:45 redeemed passer? 02:47 What is this? The personal journey that led him to faith, 02:51 including Lawson crisis and 02:54 and times where he needs to practice the gifts of 02:57 forgiveness as well as be forgiven. 03:00 Now we begin to move toward the man who has got his used to 03:05 bless so many other people. We we look at 03:08 what he's done for the little community in which he lives. 03:11 We see his investments in him proving life for this little 03:15 town to 400. We'll also watch what he's done in Prague in 03:20 this amazing center that he's built a business park that has 03:27 all kinds of 03:29 inducements toward faith. I I sat there one day and asked 03:34 him in this part of our film crew and part of our interview. 03:37 I said 03:40 a person could 03:42 do a lot of things right in the space you've created. They 03:45 could rent a good apartment. They could do their grocery 03:49 shopping. They could get their dry cleaning done. They could 03:52 eat at vegetarian restaurants. You've established they could 03:56 buy books and tracks and witnessing material from an 03:59 advantage because center you've created, they could attendant 04:02 administering in this business park that he's found it and to 04:04 their children could go to school at an Adventist school 04:09 that he has created an around there and old government 04:11 building. 04:12 It's a pretty comprehensive vision of what life can be. 04:15 But it goes beyond that. 04:17 You look at the little touches 04:19 planting rooftops with trees and green things to remind 04:23 people that there is a benefit in nature that is healing and 04:27 whole restoring to the whole person. 04:30 I was so struck that the comprehensiveness of his vision 04:34 isn't limited to just well. I've created a space. The 04:37 employees can go during their breaks. He's thinking about 04:40 whole lives. He's making an I was brought to faith 04:43 by 100 little influence is now. Let me help create some of 04:47 those the bring other people to say. We don't know what will be 04:51 the turning point another person's life. That's right. 04:54 God does. But I am absolutely certain God is using that 04:57 environment redeem itself to create to bring many more 05:01 people to face time. 05:03 >> That's a great set up. I'm looking forward to the 05:04 second part of redeemed. So without any further ado, 05:07 let's go to that right now. 05:10 >> As your business career began to take off, you grew 05:14 more successful, were able to make more investments. You 05:18 started investing in your family, 05:21 in your home, even in your community. 05:24 >> I mean, I accepted Jesus as my savior. I realized got this 05:29 city owner of every single thing I have in my life. 05:33 So I made some contact in my heart of it. Got out to his 05:39 money. Mitch are available for my business and for my but I 05:44 would life goeth. 05:46 >> For my money is that the changes that were going on and 05:48 redeems inner life began to have a greater and greater 05:52 impact on the way he conducted his business the way he 05:55 structured real estate deal. He's the man which he recruited 05:58 and supported employees and the way he committed himself to 06:02 bringing home this to everyone in his personal and business 06:07 are us. 06:08 >> Some individuals will focus on the material things, 06:13 beautiful cars, a lovely home. 06:16 [MUSIC] 06:18 And the other thing that's you've got the investments in 06:21 people and places that don't live in a spot like this. 06:25 Why does it bring you happiness to invest in building churches 06:30 or starting schools? What makes that important to you? 06:33 >> Then I realized the Jesus forgave me. All my sons in the 06:39 borough to my heart, the AU peace and people have been us 06:43 based on that. I started it. Who the life completely 06:48 different way from different perspectives. 06:51 >> The moment are ready to change his life and he believed 06:54 and call them out to you got his investment change. He 06:58 started investing more into family and the more into that 07:01 event, ICE type before then 2002, 07:05 I established just. 07:07 >> All right with it. Come on. Come on. I'm not a lot this 07:10 coming. Then the made some beautiful. I was always some 07:14 are of money for this calm and peace. Target 07:18 want to support on the ministry project. And I promised to pull 07:23 some money for got 4. I always the fight comes the oh, no. 07:28 Then Jesus will come back. How are we meant to some other 07:31 things over houses so money? It would be something called 07:35 the quicker they get us to have to do that. So I I pray to God 07:40 to give maybe is gone and show me when it will be the dime to 07:45 use all the money to do things for shutting the Gospel. 07:50 >> Now that redeem was busy operating a business empire. 07:54 Would he ever find a partner with whom to share his life? 07:57 >> It was miss. I first met redeem in the room and a 08:00 fitness center. That's where we first met and that's where our 08:05 relationship started. 08:06 >> You were on the treadmill one day and got to talking what 08:09 happened. 08:11 Well, have been. 08:12 >> To be on a slice or heard that I sent some text message. 08:17 Then we ferment on the on the launch of the 2 are still quite 08:20 a long way to start today. 08:23 >> She soon accepted Christ as her personal savior and decided 08:27 to be baptized 08:29 [MUSIC] 08:34 [MUSIC] 08:36 redeem. And Barbara rejoiced at the birth of their first son, 08:40 Samuel. And they were excited to bring him back home. 08:45 But then 08:46 [MUSIC] 08:48 the second son Benjamin wasn't far behind and they were all so 08:51 excited to bring Benjamin Home. 08:54 But then 08:57 the Demon Barber brought home their 3rd and last son, Timothy 09:03 now with redeem junior and 3 new boys. The family was 09:07 complete. 09:10 >> Now, 3 sons, yes, and a house full of joy and laughter 09:16 play. 09:18 >> I think 2 or to invest your time and spend their time it 09:21 gets. This is a really important because they know 09:25 that the whole cult or a sewer could slow down this 09:29 necessarily, too, even them to procreate enough to play them. 09:33 But it's also too. 09:34 >> Columbo, Jesus might buy personal feeling is that he's 09:38 somebody like men. He's always got a greeting, the people who 09:43 are a little bit. And so I think he's he's very a nice 09:49 person. I think the best to what this goal oriented just 09:54 for this goal went in to have this go 10:00 in the business. I hope they will still 2 or together with 10:05 him and he couldn't bank and a plus. And this too. 10:10 >> BB Centrum. Which redeem had been building since 1996 posts 10:15 the Eastern European headquarters of many check and 10:18 international companies, including Microsoft, 10:21 Hewlett-Packard and UniCredit Bank. 10:24 >> This a person for my whole professional life, I believe go 10:30 up in our hearts. Some sense of you got this unique and only 10:35 learned about the I believe we were created in his image so we 10:40 can do also something to be nice for people of the 10:43 understand the people are working for corporations 10:48 sometimes long said over their lives, including sleeping done. 10:51 And we think it's really important to prepare for them. 10:54 Nice or content of ironman. 10:56 [MUSIC] 10:59 >> I'm looking at all kinds of retail operations here in the 11:03 lower level of the BBB Center. How did these come to be and 11:07 who are some of the clients? 11:09 >> Detail units are read in court and for the whole 11:12 business part because it the bring some additional and 11:16 people who've spent in the work for a corporation, one set of 11:20 their life. They they have some services that are here, which 11:23 is good for them because they can't say that time. 11:26 >> How many people are employed in what we can see? 11:28 >> Around the same working environment here is no for 11:32 15,000 people. But the final stage of may be sent to could 11:35 be easily over 20,000. People working here where I come from. 11:39 That's a midsize city in Czech Republic believe makes it even 11:43 more. 11:44 >> And this is one of the beautiful Thursday of this is 11:46 the job of it. And what store owners came to be sent to 9 11:51 years ago. They started it. Was it, though, as it did in 11:53 the store, they put the children to the mission in the 11:57 garden and a woman to the school. Elijah, the man was 12:00 baptized for 5 years ago and this couple with their kids 12:05 that are coming to us about the church. 12:07 >> I'm very happy here and I'm very satisfied. I like the 12:11 access to the owners as employees were doing very 12:14 beautiful work. Maybe some of the best in the country. 12:18 >> That's the them. Let's get to know. 12:21 >> If I lived or worked to get the centrum, 12:25 I could do a lot of my life. 12:28 >> Within a few 100 meters of here. 12:31 >> If I wanted to buy children might be able to attend the 12:35 school if I could get in line with us today. 12:39 >> And this is the school Elijah. So this would be a 12:42 typical classroom. Yes, okay. Smart boards and all the rooms. 12:45 Yes, in all of them. 12:48 >> The most important is to educate the young adults is a 12:52 moral human being relationship with God. That's over. 12:57 >> That's our focus. 13:00 It was the first debate and the 13:02 last school year. 13:04 >> I'm having to learn all kinds of new sounds and 13:08 inflections. 13:10 >> Everywhere I've gone in your world, I have seen children. 13:14 I see activities for children. I see playgrounds for children. 13:18 I see train yards for children. I've wondered sometimes if the 13:23 story of little Max, 13:26 he's behind a lot of that. 13:28 >> The funding to some of the yes, 13:31 because before I understood the Bible, my idol schools to name 13:36 every sing, according to my little marks, just the 5th for 13:41 the teachers. 13:42 >> As redeem walked me around the school campus, a public 13:45 school that he had bought in completely refurbished by. 13:48 So again, the commitment to children. 13:51 >> In terms of possible, I'd like to build for our show them 13:55 the nyces home. I'm able to build a weekend visit the 13:59 school budget. 14:00 [MUSIC] 14:06 Many of live pics to do you have that meet the Sir? I'm 14:10 thinking and then you have 150 meters. Cynical goods long, 14:14 John. Hi, John. And then thrown Florida ball and outdoor 14:18 exercise, the excellent teacher for physical education. So this 14:23 is the New 10 things we want to. 14:25 >> Well, over 90 person gets are using the. So if you have, 14:30 that's what a group for the school and for that gets it. 14:33 >> Every summer from think, you know, the proper thing for 14:37 people from the church. So from the school of our children, 14:40 the for 2 minutes and the coroner was the school. 14:45 >> Weekend, though, if you want to see if they can get out. 14:51 Yeah, buddy ball on. So yeah, 14:55 we can do this. 14:57 [MUSIC] 15:01 We told you he like to play, OK? 15:05 >> Haha. 15:08 >> The money then wasn't that enough to know that 15:12 we can get 18? It's a first date. And this year we had to 15:18 over 50. 15:19 >> A yellow card came here for our public meetings. In 2014, 15:23 she accepted Jesus who started the study of Bible. She was. 15:27 But does she is the leading feature Eliza score in the in 15:30 the end, it's going to. 15:33 >> There is a 15:35 the fitness center 15:36 where I could stay physically healthy. 15:39 I could eat at any number of restaurants, including 15:43 vegetarian. 15:44 >> Restaurant that you operate. I could even drop my dry 15:47 cleaning off at retail stores. I could do much shopping here. 15:51 I could do my banking. 15:53 >> Because the offices are key for this. For this location. 15:56 We would like to something which creates most of us here. 16:00 This is the largest building can be some from building do to 16:03 a fit the shape it's normal on about the what is quite unusual 16:07 is the surrounding the building. 16:13 >> If you asked me where I was right now, I would say I was in 16:18 the back of your house or the backyard or perhaps on the edge 16:23 of the field. But actually, 16:24 we're up how many stories in the air on the level of number 16:28 9 in a roof terrace on one of the buildings you have built 16:33 here in the central. 16:35 Why invest in greenery and plants and fresh air that this. 16:42 >> Working environment for the people they have some think 16:44 like light is especially using for doing the lunchtime or 16:49 doing some breaks. They have something to eat this food. 16:52 We call it it well. And if the corporation has so this factory 16:57 employees, it's much more reason to stay in the building 17:00 for longer times, especially in this building to have you with 17:03 a cart than Michael. So it is a on current tenants and they are 17:06 a long time and be something that is that to a children's 17:09 playground. 17:10 >> This is the telecommunication company to 17:13 it's also the stuff we got. We will say the deal, the 17:16 damage. It will slide over the over the 2 buildings soap in 17:19 2007. Then I promise to God I will pay for the guy from this. 17:24 So perfect and food got into trouble. I would prefer to 17:29 wells amazing case. But when does it have an open that? 17:33 >> I watch people walk through these sidewalks and streets and 17:39 I will tell you they look different than many of them 17:42 places like going other industrial parks around the 17:44 world. Do you think that has something to do with 17:48 what you've created as a campus? 17:50 >> I believe if the monument is a really nice 17:54 bring some joy for people and I believe they can maybe smile 17:59 owed more than a moment. 18:00 >> For the shared how and his goal to bring honor to God, 18:03 he has made a commitment to place a visible passage of 18:06 scripture and each one of the buildings, the Lord has blessed 18:10 him to construct. 18:12 >> If you have all the days, this is the business is the 18:15 cheapest, the both the affection for Kate's right in 18:18 Brown's because it for free and it's screaming here and running 18:22 into the water and during the launch time, this is what a 18:26 lively all thought out. This is the planned center for 18:28 Microsoft to hear it. 18:32 It's also both long 1000 Square meters of the field unit, 18:35 which is not easy for the purpose to use. It's also the 18:39 ideal space here. And I will show you the main room here, 18:43 [MUSIC] 18:46 golf court thing so so beautiful. It together. Feels 18:51 amazing 100, though. Those winds go to meet us in the 18:53 detail in office building cut through the evening. This is a 18:56 manhole 18:58 that is the pool for, but because the only real and if 19:02 you sold the picture, 19:04 but there's enough, my some of those here, this is the 19:08 Anderson gets the room and to have some fuel costs owns. 19:11 This is a small long. 19:14 >> My first public meetings or are just here in the back in 19:18 the back. The freight got Bill sent to us 15 people great. 19:22 And that's exactly happen. 19:24 >> What age is the church? 2009 so sold in Europe putting 19:29 value into their lives. 19:32 But they aren't making any immediate promises or pledges 19:35 to you about what they're going to believe or do. And you're 19:39 okay with that. 19:40 >> I would be so happy and I owe them. What became a sums 19:44 that are in this store will begin his chin about the of 19:47 course, the goat 19:50 dozen of us 19:52 follow him are too often and the same. I think he's 19:55 expecting from from us the most important for any single 19:59 person. That's not rules that the no life. This is the most 20:03 important topic. But I have to respect all people have free 20:08 choice. 20:09 [MUSIC] 20:12 >> So this is the showroom. So this is a must for 20:14 presentation. It's completely new it from this here. 20:18 And the I just can show you something from the his story. 20:23 [MUSIC] 20:28 [MUSIC] 20:33 Now you can see how was the play so funny 5 years ago. 20:37 This is the main road on the left side that you can see the 20:41 2 pilots that read them. All right. All right. 20:44 >> If ever there was a project that truly deserved the title 20:48 center of influence, Redeem passersby. Centrum. Certainly 20:52 it here you taste a bit of the life you are intended to live 20:56 even in the middle of a big city here. You see values lived 20:59 out that are usually associated with the brutal pace of 21:03 corporate culture. 21:05 >> We have some U.S. corporations the forward. 21:07 The goal is the use of this area out here before. This is a 21:11 confection our construction. You're okay. Yeah. You believe 21:14 Christ will come very soon but we like to joke, which can 21:20 influence part of that. 21:23 >> To have him just influenced a part of the city. You've 21:26 rebuilt 21:28 a city within the city. Have you know? 21:32 >> Yes, it is. This a lot of the name will be sent to 21:35 protect it this summer, a small sedan to sit. 21:40 >> This is the shuttle buses said about 12,000 people work 21:44 here. 21:46 So there's a free shuttle bus system between here and the 21:49 metro Senate. 21:51 >> This is the cars. 21:53 [MUSIC] 21:58 >> I think that we've got. 22:01 [MUSIC] 22:03 >> And this public students, but this 22:07 for I like them both 22:09 we charge stations. You can see also the bus still be here if 22:13 this shuttle bus, anybody can use it for free. 22:16 >> This is something called hopes the city itself because 22:20 if this city a short distance and that means it's it's 22:25 efficient and sometimes doing the whole week, my wife doesn't 22:29 need a car because I think it's here. It's great. I think it's 22:33 it's well lit for life. 22:35 >> We are quite small camp in it. You have less than 70 22:38 people in our main business in the Czech Republic every year 22:42 you have for us. It can also place there will always do then 22:47 most of my book in Venice and the Czech Republic. And I would 22:50 never guess the vote be among them. But from years ago, 22:54 we were number 9, the number of aid to the number 6 and this 22:59 event, number city, really, I couldn't believe that there. 23:03 [MUSIC] 23:06 >> Missing seems to be honest. This town has that will open 23:09 the has become more and more of them. 23:11 [MUSIC] 23:16 [MUSIC] 23:20 >> You've improved 23:22 the place where you live 23:24 so that other people 23:25 have improvements in the places where they live and work, 23:28 too. 23:29 >> If you didn't live here, you're so you think you would 23:32 respond differently as a businessman in this place? 23:35 >> It's easily possible because if you live here, you can 23:38 expect in the day-to-day life here. 23:41 >> In addition to the development pieces, 23:44 what else has changed about the town in the years you've been 23:47 here? 23:48 >> The most changes can see 23:51 here, which is the part of conflicts of ages and to and 23:57 central part of the village has no set the whole, you know, 24:01 many market, you know, a church building and the terrific 24:06 children terrific play down. I love that place. Then we 24:10 truth. This place is over home and we would like to. 24:14 >> O do not only. 24:17 >> Nice home for us, but we would like also to build 24:21 something nice for the whole village. 24:24 >> Here in the center of town is where 24:27 quite a bit of 24:28 the help you've provided his shows up here. 24:31 There are also other buildings, I believe. 24:34 >> Yes, the rebuild also to families, hoses on this for the 24:39 record, the minutes of family and to the second problem is 24:42 for the biblical Mark. Are you sponsor a Bible work? Yes, 24:46 this is that the Model train museum. Exactly. How did you 24:50 get interested in trains? 24:53 Firstly, folks, my father who promised me that when I when I 24:57 was a boy, we will build it on the my father died in 2003 and 25:03 rebuild this in 2011. 25:05 >> It seems like a great gift to a tiny village that could 25:10 not have afforded 25:11 many of these things. 25:13 >> For such a small religious, it's a really everybody 25:16 limited. Of course, I am always Suh, but England tonight 25:22 can get some feedback and I can see some gratefulness of people 25:28 because it is something called dismissing a from currents, 25:32 the Fed because Jesus changed my heart. The desire of 25:37 me as a Christian is. 25:39 >> Built nice home for our kids, but also to do something 25:44 for it. So 25:46 >> on this and I understand these ponds, the with the 25:49 bubble years are also part of Lee is created 25:52 as it because it's quite nice. Some. 25:55 >> Small, small 25:58 this or come to the U.S. something connected to the 26:01 truck and not arc. 26:03 >> You try to bilk nice environment in this village 26:06 continuously and I believe people like it. 26:15 >> Whenever I come to town, 26:17 I always notice 26:19 the odd little things like 26:21 a piece of sculpture 26:23 in the town of 400 people 26:26 who does that 26:28 and a piece of sculpture that isn't just aesthetic 26:31 decoration. 26:33 It's a biblical story. 26:35 It's a story about 26:38 Noah, 26:39 his wife 26:40 and 3 sons 26:42 and their wives. 26:44 We're a long way from an ocean here. 26:47 But according to the biblical record, 26:49 this entire planet 26:51 was once covered with water and only 8 people. These 8 26:57 escaped. 26:58 Why was that? 27:00 >> Because a man followed God's word to build an arc of safety. 27:05 But that arc wasn't for his family alone. 27:08 The invitation was for everyone. Everyone who was 27:10 willing. 27:11 >> To join Noah on that arc. 27:14 >> Here in step could be to say, and it be the center in 27:17 the business park. 27:18 >> The Dean has built an arc of sorts, an arc with the 27:22 invitation for anyone who is willing 27:24 willing to accept the savior, enjoying him and his family for 27:28 a day. That is yet to come. 27:30 >> But will come 27:33 when all of this will come to an end. 27:36 >> I've seen video footage of you building churches and 27:41 running wheelbarrows around and you look incredibly happy 27:45 someone in your position could hire other people to do that 27:48 for you. And yet you've chosen to get personally involved in 27:52 projects to build them to help people and start schools and 27:56 churches. Why's that? 27:57 >> What we got for free from GAAP. 28:01 We would like to 28:02 give pre 2 others got this sojourn of loss and he should 28:07 be changed to picture of got the image of God foe. 28:12 >> We should be just off growth. If you have less 28:15 ability is 28:16 we should be generous. 28:17 >> I met and talked with many people in the teens world. 28:20 But Richard, an American who currently works for redeem his 28:24 story really grabbed me back in 2010. 28:28 >> We went with the right team to Tanzania. He went out there 28:31 with a group of about 10 people and they wanted to do like an 28:35 evangelist take series out there in Tanzania. My dad asked 28:39 redeem if I could come with him and at the time they already 28:42 knew that there are some issues with me. I got it a little bit 28:44 into the opiates at that time of going every day. 28:47 And there's times when I would not off here and there I kept 28:50 it on the low. I didn't want people knowing what it is that 28:53 I was doing, including my dad and my family. But they knew 28:56 something was up. Something was wrong. And my dad knew and he 28:59 asked redeem was like, look, 29:02 Rick is going through some struggles right now. Can he 29:04 come with us? Here's a man that could afford to take 10 other 29:08 people from high professionals to go with them. 29:11 But for him to decide and say, because my dad told him, 29:15 I'm struggling and he said, look, this could be a life 29:18 changing situation for him. So let's bring in and when he 29:22 said that, and he took me to and to be honest, I kind of 29:24 didn't really want to go because I knew that there's 29:26 going to be 29:28 no drugs there. But something spoke to my heart and said, 29:31 look, he should go. And that's where really we got close to 29:35 the in Venice family. What really changed my heart? 29:39 I would say the most is observing someone who claims to 29:43 be a Christian, if you really 29:45 is a Christian, if he's really living what it is that Jesus 29:49 told us to. After I got back, 29:51 I ended up going to rehab here in the Czech Republic. I said, 29:54 Lord, you are up there. Please help me out. I mean, I feel 29:59 like a little child. I was like help me out. I promise I will 30:02 go the right way. 30:03 I would do whatever. But just help me out of the situation 30:06 fell asleep 30:07 woke up the next morning and I felt 30:11 unexpectedly good. 30:13 The next day I felt good. The next I felt even better the 30:16 next half and no withdrawal at all. 30:20 So to me, that was a miracle right there. And I knew from 30:24 that day on that what I promised the guy he's got to be 30:26 something done definitely keeping because he got me out 30:29 of a situation that I thought was not going to happen. 30:32 I realize I need to I need to go in the opposite direction 30:36 and keep going in the opposite direction, not just get off and 30:39 stopped 30:40 and then live that same type of lifestyle, the same mentality I 30:43 knew I had to go away from its site, figured Jesus, him being 30:47 just that perfect example. Perfect man stimulus. I 30:50 figured, well, why not try to go that way? I mean, it made 30:53 sense to me right there. And then I just felt that my 30:55 heart. And that's the decision that I made when I came out of 30:59 the rehab. After the 3 months, I felt amazingly good. I told 31:03 reading what what happened in the rehab and ready responded. 31:06 Hallelujah, 31:07 really in front of a crowd in front of a home crowd in. 31:11 >> Then we started to build our home here. The board also do it 31:16 because your field here and I saw what looked to us and to my 31:21 my idea was to build some park. Nice part about that. Just a 31:25 bill. Barak would be not good enough. I also got both from 31:30 idea. 31:32 >> The park here that we're going back. 31:33 You helped create these 12 sets of of tablets. 31:38 That tell the story of the great controversy 31:42 in many ways. That's the key Adventist stories. And that's 31:48 true. 31:49 >> It came to my mind it up to Bill Barr, conflict of ages 31:53 and I decided to build the both stops. What is said that the 31:57 whole story between good and evil between Jesus and that 32:01 bill. 32:03 >> There are 12 of these around this 40 hectare park. 32:07 They were written by for the passer personally, 32:12 a summary of the story of God's plan for saving human beings 32:17 from their cells. 32:19 This particular one 32:21 tells the story of the first rebellion against God's plan, 32:27 Satan in heaven. Lucifer known as he was then 32:33 prideful in his heart and rebels against God's plan and 32:37 creates anger and frustration in chaos 32:42 and ultimately brought that 32:44 to our first human parents 32:47 ever. Since then, 32:48 we've all been looking for some signs that pointed in some 32:51 different directions, signs of hope 32:54 and healing to overcome the brokenness that came into our 32:57 universe because of one fallen angel and millions of people 33:03 who have followed him with their lives. 33:07 Tonight. Just behind me 33:09 read the per server is telling people about how healing 33:14 happens from rebellion like this. How God has a plan to 33:19 restore human beings and ultimately win them back to 33:23 himself 33:25 because they place their trust in Jesus Christ as their 33:28 savior. 33:29 [MUSIC] 33:34 [MUSIC] 33:39 [MUSIC] 33:41 You actually go out and 33:43 and speak and tell your story and and preach. 33:47 >> My life story, as you said, the beginning or most most 33:52 think and also some prejudice and to that's a lie. I forgot 33:56 to look tough invitations after my commotion to share my life 34:00 story. 34:01 And it's awesome. It's I mean, think here in the Europa and 34:04 I've got the in addition from some different denominations 34:08 and of course, from any other interest churches. But he 34:11 changed Coker, send message, see Angeles messages the a nice 34:15 this time in the year because he 34:19 you can do this to find. You can see how got this 34:22 changing people. 34:24 >> In front of our lives, this is the most important vote we 34:27 can do is conditions who shared with others or freight and hope 34:34 which we have in Jesus. 34:37 >> The apostle Paul once wrote, I have become all things to all 34:41 people. So that by all possible means I might say some 34:45 sometimes that means preaching and so redeem preaches. 34:49 >> What's the most satisfying thing? 34:52 >> When you look at here 34:54 from your corner office, I like. 34:57 >> The joke 34:59 which we are doing. Its job is just visible under the 35:03 something cook the can stay for 2 nations. 35:06 >> I'm grateful to God for every sing because built so far 35:11 on the business side or even on the privates, 35:16 of course, is the condition. I know we come think nothing of 35:19 it still have the only what he can take with us is so good 35:23 luck to change by God's grace, 35:26 [MUSIC] 35:35 >> the long single person safe. But then that that it's much 35:40 more valuable to them all to show us on this list. 35:44 [MUSIC] 35:46 I like my or if this my whole being I consider my work also 35:51 as a part of my mission to root out for. But in the end, 35:55 the only important to be home in investments would be safe 35:58 for them. 35:59 [MUSIC] 36:02 >> I mean, the 9 team's ghost the charge. He is the whole 36:05 heart to the war and to the chart. 36:09 >> I had my and my team's passion. When he sits out to do 36:12 something, he doesn't fully he goes will be you want to get 36:17 something done. 36:19 I know that David Lee Jin this company is lucky to have such a 36:23 man like me, stuff center to spawn so so much in their town. 36:27 [MUSIC] 36:32 [MUSIC] 36:37 [MUSIC] 36:38 [MUSIC] 36:43 [MUSIC] 36:47 >> The greatest legacy move they say would be the most that 36:50 this man would be if people will understand its most the 36:55 because Jesus changed his lines. 36:57 >> If you could wish one thing for all the people, 37:00 we're looking down to the top of the consumption, it's the 37:04 one thing he was shot. 37:06 >> Icahn saying in a sink owes them as many as possible of 37:10 them to be in that and oh, my God. That's the 37:14 the simplest on some best one, too. 37:16 [MUSIC] 37:21 [MUSIC] 37:24 >> What a powerful testimony. I love the evangelist. Oh, 37:29 I love to heart for others. His heart for God. That's 37:33 inspired me. It's motivated me even within my own sphere of 37:38 influence to get out and to do things for the kingdom of God. 37:42 What would be your objective with the creation of this home? 37:47 Obviously time goes into it. Money goes into it. What is 37:51 your purpose? What you want people to take away from the 37:54 felt when they watch it 37:56 when they're done what you want them to do? 37:59 >> I think there are 2 parts to the story, right? First one is 38:03 a testament to what got us in in. If someone watches these, 38:09 they can also say 38:11 if you could do it for the Hill, certainly do it for me. 38:14 I mean, I I mean, my life changed in the grace of God. 38:18 The second part we thought these 38:21 should be really or could be such an inspiring thing to say 38:26 to everyone 38:27 in your sphere of influence to put a face you 38:30 what can I do to with this? What can they do to bring 38:34 people into the not knowledge of Christ? You know, I remember 38:38 the team and I remember him even personally seen how 38:43 masterfully 38:44 he created this experience for everyone. The works to be sent 38:47 from it because, you know, a bill you mentioned this before 38:51 we watched the 2nd half. 38:53 You cannot avoid the Knicks post to the for ways in which 38:58 God can talk to you. Maybe through health. You may be 39:02 through, you know? Yeah, because of the G in the 39:04 vegetarian restaurant, educate education. You see, you know, 39:09 there are a few holiday, correct, the book center and 39:12 whatnot. But here you have these people, the word that, 39:15 you know, big names from Microsoft and other companies 39:18 and they send their children. 39:21 I've been to school. These children are being exposed to 39:24 the stories and the notions of the Bible in the God of the 39:27 Bible and Jesus in their lives. He's so afraid of Christian, 39:31 right is what he believes in and the the evangelism to see 39:34 it. You know, he could just be an event and it's becoming 39:37 harder for him. No, I'm going to love myself. So the 2nd half 39:42 again of the of the story East, I believe a call to all of us. 39:47 What can you this would redeem us? They want to say, oh, 39:51 well, he has might. Well, 39:52 the point is that what can I do to change the life of those 39:56 around around me? I say we've done this about a God, loves 40:01 them and wants to, you know, take them home and then other 40:04 not one of the things that helps us determine which 40:07 stories to tell in print video. 40:09 >> Audio opt in on our ministry platforms. As we look for this, 40:14 I element we call replica ability. How will this story? 40:20 How can this story be replicated? Some other place, 40:24 someone else, someone else who can say, well, I can't do it 40:27 quite that way, but I could do this. It's that inspiring 40:31 element in which by showing all that redeem has done, we know 40:35 that a lot of people will say 40:38 opportunity. It's not maybe on his scale, but I could try this 40:43 and that the premise that we're all moving toward is 40:48 not that 40:49 I preach like you do or that he writes, like you do, it's that 40:55 each of us is used by God in unique ways and unique sets of 40:59 the relationships to win and influence people. I have a good 41:03 friend whose role is that of a floor standard in Europe and 41:08 heat and some days he says to me I wish I had more 41:11 opportunities to witness a nice and mild. You haven't been 41:14 listening to yourself that you're having conversations. 41:17 I could never have with people. I could never come across in 41:21 that trade and you're sharing Jesus with them. He said, 41:24 I guess you're right. I I said no one else in the world could 41:28 tell your story to those individuals except you 41:32 redeem story inspires because it reminds us 41:36 I can't do exactly what he's done, but I can do some things. 41:39 I can share some piece of my own experience with Christ. 41:43 I have some tool in my hand that I can use. That's the part 41:47 that makes it a story. Always worth time. 41:50 >> Yeah, he's not ashamed of the gospel. Not also addressed 41:52 because when you go into these major corporations write these, 41:55 they're renting from him right there. And he has sections of 41:59 the great controversy. Is that right? Or scripture verses 42:01 writes, if the crisis to me and he needed to, it's a part in 42:06 his hometown. 42:07 >> We're probably I would say probably a 30 acre beautiful 42:11 landscaped park in which as you walk around the trade bills, 42:15 you see the story of the great controversy to hold on. That's 42:19 where it is like super glass tablets. So joggers and early 42:22 in the morning, people just walking by. There's no one 42:25 standing there saying so what do you think of this? They're 42:28 learning they come by this study. There was a bench for 42:31 them to sit down. 42:33 It's highly imaginative thoughts of how people come to 42:36 faith. And to me it reminded me there's a lot more I can do and 42:42 then simply, 42:43 you know, contribute by tithe and watch someone else do the 42:46 work. I in fact, have a personal responsibility, 42:49 not just professionally and personally to talk. 42:53 >> With the people near me continues the tools, God's 42:55 given me to help them come to think that that's what I see 42:58 tonight. And that's what the Holy Spirit actually convict in 43:01 my heart as we've been talking and hearing the stories. 43:04 So I just want to say to you at home are 3ABN family. 43:10 What is God putting your hand? What are the gifts that you 43:13 have? What are the things that you can do? You might not be 43:17 able to build make complexes. You might not be able to even 43:21 preach an evangelistic series, but God has given you a sphere 43:25 of influence, reach out, share Jesus within that sphere of 43:31 influence, share his word and look for out of the box ways to 43:36 evangelize. I think that's something I got from this. 43:38 You need to look for out of the mocs ways to advance from you 43:41 and me, too. 43:42 >> We're not here in the closing minutes. There's been a 43:44 transitions. Let's talk about that here with avenues review, 43:47 even the executive editor for a number of years there to share 43:51 with us the changes that are taking place. Very, very 43:53 exciting. So tell us about that. 43:55 >> You know, I I guess proving that God still has ways for us 44:00 to grow. Even at the advanced age of 65. I I've I've watched 44:05 God leading over a number of months. I absolutely love 44:10 working with the team that people like a bill that I have 44:13 been so fortunate to work alongside for all these years. 44:16 But I felt God urging me to do something different in the sort 44:21 of final act of my career. And I wanted to do something 44:25 that was but not only fun on a personal level but meaningful 44:29 to my church. Something that could use skills that God has 44:33 helped me build a network says help me build over the years. 44:36 As of early September, I wrote to the Board of Ethics Review 44:40 Ministries and said this is the normal time when reappointment 44:44 happened to rules like editorial offices. Please don't 44:47 consider my name this time. I feel God calling the to 44:50 something else. That's something else has turned out 44:52 to be the world churches representative to the U.S. 44:56 Capitol, the White House and the diplomatic corps in 44:58 Washington. The wow. Can you say that one with Ahmadinejad 45:05 that of to the U.S. Capitol, the White House and the 45:08 diplomatic Corps that's based in Washington, D.C., area 45:11 Sundays and thrilled to be on other literally a job I have 45:17 dreamed about for a few years. I was 15 years old when I 45:22 learned that my church had a representative on Capitol Hill 45:26 and with the diplomatic corps in the White House and I 45:28 thought 45:29 they pay someone to do that. It was to me it brings together 45:33 by love of government and history. I've been a lifelong 45:36 student of the political process and those were always 45:39 sort of hobbies. I have absolutely loved living close 45:43 to Washington, D.C., and building networks of contacts 45:47 about faith. We've met so many. 45:50 I never saw that the opportunity would come for me 45:52 to do that. So as of January one, I will transition to a new 45:56 role housed in the public affairs and religious Liberty 45:58 Department of the church, but actually be working quite a 46:02 fair amount of the time from an office immediately beside the 46:05 U.S. Supreme Court, which is going to be a fun place to be 46:09 an influence. Yeah, those and help help 46:12 shaped their thinking about religious liberty, about 46:16 preserving the rights of faith, minorities and making certain 46:20 that people of all faiths are respected in the public square. 46:25 As of January one, there will be a new executive editor and 46:29 someone you know, yes, yeah. Over the years many of us have 46:33 been fortunate to meet and know Justin Kim. Absolutely. Justin, 46:37 I first got to know through Generation Youth Christ. 46:40 You as you I see is the better, you know, and I know 3ABN has 46:44 for years help broadcast that that event. I attended it for 9 46:50 years and is in a row and saw often in the interval between 46:54 Christmas and New Year's. That's where I met Justin 46:56 Candace and I've watched him grow of watched him as a pastor 47:00 in the communication director. Most recently he has been the 47:04 leader of inverse, the formerly the collegiate quarterly of the 47:08 church. He will be moving into the role of executive editor as 47:11 of January. 1st, I'm spending some weeks now and overlap with 47:15 him trying to help him get a sense of how to handle this. 47:19 Well, large and complex ministry that now includes not 47:23 only print the video and audio and the media lab and social 47:29 media and of course, administers you TVA produced 47:33 the documentary. 47:35 >> We Love and appreciate just unclean to work with him for 47:38 years. He's been here 3ABN and of course we do. I see before 47:42 with him and just want to say our prayers go with you, 47:46 elder, not with this new position. That alert is called 47:49 you to take up. And our prayers are also with Justin captioned 47:52 the role that God has called in to fulfill their too 47:55 almost at the end of this. We are. So let's see if we can 47:58 have some closing thoughts in the last moments. I will start 48:01 when Caper your heart tonight. 48:04 >> A couple of new thoughts. One of them. I almost succumbed 48:07 to the want to watch the story firsthand. The unthinkable 48:11 redeem. Oh, well, if I have the wealth, if I had, you know, 48:15 I could it almost calm. But then, you know, the spirit, 48:18 the h**** gaveled in a full yourself. If you don't do what 48:22 you can now, what you have of him. Yeah, you know, God can 48:26 not use you in any way beleaguered. So, you know, 48:29 my wife and I started doing some things there locally. 48:31 And yeah, so I am by the viewer 3 are perhaps the same way and 48:37 say, you know, no, I can start to the day and have to wait to 48:41 have multimillion dollars to something for Christ. And they 48:44 have see really my bank account and steal do something for the 48:47 cross. And then in this part of a very brief thing about Bill 48:51 has been such an pleasure and honor and they can not think of 48:55 someone that can do this job better now as he moves into 48:59 this new role, I just cannot imagine. So guy, you know, 49:02 you know, has a way to put people in place is perfect 49:05 timing to and God knows what he's doing or not. 49:09 >> It has been the greatest honor of my life to work with 49:13 the administration ministries for 25 years on time and to 49:17 watch God bring to the ministry. People like Gabriel 49:20 and many others who have talents. I didn't even know we 49:23 eat it. But God saw all of this coming and help build around 49:26 us. A team that is this really dramatically expanded the 49:30 footprint and the reach of what had been a street view has been 49:33 able to do over the the many, many years of its existence. 49:36 For for me, the story that we share tonight is really the 49:41 story that underlines everything we as believers do 49:45 we watch God 49:47 influence us and shape us and bring us to faith and then he's 49:50 taps on the shoulder and says I'm not done with you and then 49:53 I've got something more there. Someone in your world who needs 49:56 to hear your story 49:59 being involved in this story, 50:02 if your mind to be, I need to be more forward. My telling of 50:06 what God's done by. 50:07 >> And a man, thank you so much. Thank you both for being 50:10 here in Gabriel. Thank you for your heart. Forgot your heart 50:13 for ministry. And we're delighted to be able to share, 50:17 have shared this powerful testimony with you at home. 50:21 Know that we love you and pray for you. We'll see you next 50:23 time 50:24 [MUSIC] 50:29 [MUSIC] 50:34 [MUSIC] 50:39 [MUSIC] 50:44 [MUSIC] 50:49 [MUSIC] 50:53 [MUSIC] 50:58 [MUSIC] 51:03 [MUSIC] 51:08 [MUSIC] 51:13 [MUSIC] 51:18 [MUSIC] |
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