D. JAMES KENNEDY MINISTRIES PRESENTS
TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM.
SPIRITUAL WARFARE IS BEING WAGED ALL AROUND YOU.
DO YOU KNOW WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE IN THE BATTLE?
AND HOW YOU MIGHT BE AFFECTED IN WAYS YOU'RE
NOT EVEN AWARE OF?
FIND OUT ON TODAY'S TRUTH'S THAT TRANSFORM.
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AS CHRISTIANS, WE KNOW THAT OUTSIDE THE VISIBLE
WORLD, THERE ARE SUPERNATURAL FORCES AT
WORK, BATTLING OVER THE FUTURE OF ALL CREATION.
WHILE GOD IS ULTIMATELY SOVEREIGN OVER IT, THIS
BATTLE, WHICH IS A BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL, IS
REAL.
AND YOU AND I HAVE A PART IN IT.
BUT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE LAY OF THE
BATTLEFIELD.
ON TODAY'S PROGRAM, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT ONE OF OUR
MOST POWERFUL CULTURAL BATTLEGROUNDS: HOLLYWOOD.
YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT SOME OF THE GOOD THINGS HAPPENING
IN THE ENTERTAINMENT FIELD TODAY, AS WELL AS SOME OF
THE EXTRAORDINARY DANGERS TO WATCH OUT FOR.
AND WE WILL SHARE AN ESSENTIAL RESOURCE WITH
YOU THAT WILL HELP YOU SEE INSIDE THE SUPERNATURAL
BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL, ANGELS AND DEMONS.
WE BEGIN OUR LOOK AT THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY
WITH TED BAEHR, ONE OF THE LEADING VOICES IN THE
CHURCH EXAMINING FAITH IN FILMS.
I RECENTLY HAD A CHANCE TO SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH
DR. BAEHR ABOUT SOME OF THE GOOD DEVELOPMENTS WE
HAVE SEEN IN FEATURE FILMS IN RECENT YEARS.
TED, THANKS FOR BEING WITH US, WE'RE DELIGHTED TO
HAVE YOU, YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT FRIEND OF THIS
MINISTRY OVER THE YEARS, DELIGHTED TO HAVE YOU BACK.
WELL IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU AND IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK,
IT'S WONDERFUL.
WHAT A GREAT YEAR- GREAT COUPLE OF YEARS WE'VE HAD
FOR CHRISTIAN FILMS.
ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR THAT WE'RE IN- THERE'S GOING TO
BE SO MANY FILMS COMING OUT.
YOU'RE WORKING, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE WORKING BEHIND
THE SCENES ON A GREAT MANY OF THEM.
AND YET, THE PORTRAYAL OF CHRISTIANS IN TELEVISION
AND IN FILM STILL HAS THE SHADOW OF RIDICULE AND
PERSECUTION OFTEN TIMES TOO.
WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN IN THE SWEEP OF YOUR YEARS
WORKING IN HOLLYWOOD AND LOOKING AT TELEVISION IN
THAT RESPECT?
WELL, TELEVISION AND FILM ARE TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT
WORLDS.
AND THAT'S HARD FOR THE AVERAGE VIEWER TO PAY
ATTENTION TO.
FILM IS TOTALLY BOX OFFICE DRIVEN.
IN OTHER WORDS, WHEN YOU GO TO THE BOX OFFICE AND
YOU PAY FOR A TICKET YOU'RE VOTING AT THE BOX
OFFICE.
SO THE NEW YORK TIMES HAD A VERY ANGRY ARTICLE LAST
JUNE SAYING THAT HOLLYWOOD IS NOT PRO-CHOICE BECAUSE
THEY'RE MAKING MORE PRO-LIFE FILMS.
I MEAN THE BIGGEST FILM OF THE ANIMATED MOVIES LAST YEAR,
HOME, ALL OF THOSE ARE PROLIFE MOVIES.
THE SAME THING IS TRUE WITH SEXUAL PERVERSION;
THOSE DON'T MAKE IT.
AND THE REASON IS THAT WE DO THIS DETAILED ECONOMIC
ANALYSIS OF THE BOX OFFICE AND OF THE TOP 10 FILMS,
90% OF THEM HAVE A CHRISTIAN WORLD VIEW, NONE
OF THEM ARE RATED R, AND NONE OF THEM ARE
ANTI-AMERICAN.
BRET BOZELL WHOM YOU KNOW.
WHOM I LOVE.
AS WE DO AS WELL, STUDIED OVER A LONG PERIOD OF
TIME- ONLY ON TELEVISION I THINK THE TREATMENT OF
CHARACTERS THAT WERE RELIGIOUS.
PARTICULARLY PASTORS.
PASTORS TOOK IT WORSE.
YOU KNOW THEY WERE ALWAYS PHILANDERERS, HYPOCRITES,
AND SO ON.
AND HIS RESEARCH SHOWS A CONTINUING PROGRESSION
TOWARD A HOSTILE TREATMENT OF CHRISTIAN FIGURES IN
TELEVISION.
MY QUESTION FOR YOU, IS WITH RESPECT TO THAT, IS
SO THAT'S THE TREND IN TELEVISION, AND IT'S
DRIVEN BY A DIFFERENT ECONOMIC MODEL, BUT WHAT
ARE YOU SEEING IN FILM IN TERMS OF THE TREATMENT?
I MEAN YOU ALWAYS HAVE, NOW EVEN IN SILLY MOVIES,
YOU KNOW LIKE CAPTAIN AMERICA, YOU'VE GOT 'EM
COMING DOWN IN A CROSS POSITION.
YOU GOT THE BIBLE AND THEY'RE SWEARING ON THE
BIBLE; YOU GOT A BIBLE VERSE ON THE HEAD STONE OF
THE CEMETERY.
ALL OF THOSE MOVIES NOW HAVE SOME AND THE HEAD OF
LEGENDARY PICTURES WHO DOES A LOT OF THAT- I HAD
HIM SPEAK AT NRB LAST YEAR, HE'S JEWISH HE'S NOT
CHRISTIAN.
ALTHOUGH HE'S MOVING IN OUR DIRECTION HE GETS ALL
OUR REPORTS, HE SAYS, "THE WAY I DESIGNED
MY FILMS IS TO LOOK AT YOUR REPORT TO THE
ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY AND I SEE THAT I CAN DO
BETTER IF I CAN GET SUPERMAN TO GO TO CHURCH
TO TAKE A LEAP OF FAITH."
SO THIS IS A WONDERFUL THING.
IF YOU SAW THE WHERE WE'RE TALKING RIGHT NOW, NOT
WHEN YOU PEOPLE ARE WATCHING, YOU WONDERFUL
AUDIENCE OUT THERE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE HEAD OF THE THIRD BIGGEST
FINANCE HOUSE IN HOLLYWOOD.
NOW HE WOULDN'T BE HERE IF HE DIDN'T THINK THAT THIS
WAS A BIG MARKET PLACE.
SO THEY'RE FINALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO YOUR RESEARCH.
YOU'VE PRESENTED YOUR ECONOMIC ANALYSIS FOR
DECADES NOW AND YET SOME PRODUCERS AND HOLLYWOOD
EXECUTIVES CONTINUE TO MAKE THE MOST AWFUL FILMS.
ESPECIALLY IN THE RELIGIOUS ARENA.
I CAN EXPLAIN THE NATURE IN HOLLYWOOD IN ANOTHER
WAY, IN HOLLYWOOD YOU'VE GOT TWO GROUPS.
YOU'VE GOT THE SIX MAJOR STUDIOS; THEY PRODUCE 40%
OF THE MOVIES, THEY PRODUCE THEIR AVERAGE
MOVIE COST IS 103 MILLION.
ON THE OTHER HAND, 60% OF MOVIES COMES FROM
INDEPENDENTS.
AND INDEPENDENTS MAKE MOVIES FOR A DIFFERENT
REASON.
IT USED TO BE ALL THE INDEPENDENTS WERE SORT OF
SMARMY, LEFT-WING WHICH I USED TO BE BEFORE I CAME
TO CHRIST.
THE GUYS THAT HAD AN AGENDA, HARD CORE AGENDA
LIKE MICHAEL MOORE.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT MANY OF THESE INDEPENDENTS NOW
BASED IN NASHVILLE WHERE WE'RE TAPING RIGHT NOW ARE
PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO COMMUNICATE THE GOOD NEWS:
PROVIDENT FILMS, AFFIRM FILMS.
AND THOSE PEOPLE HAVE GROWN.
WELL, WE'RE CERTAINLY THANKFUL FOR YOUR
FAITHFULNESS IN SERVING THIS GENERATION OF
FILMMAKERS THAT ARE TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN
THE CULTURE FOR CHRIST.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.
GOD BLESS YOU, BROTHER.
THANK YOU, LOVE YOU FRANK.
YOU'RE WONDERFUL.
FOR ALL THE GOOD THINGS IT DOES, HOLLYWOOD ALSO HAS
HAD SUCH A STRONG NEGATIVE EFFECT IN AMERICA- EVEN
UPON CHRISTIANS.
THIS IS LARGELY BECAUSE TOO MANY LACK SPIRITUAL
INSIGHT: THE ABILITY TO SEE THE SPIRITUAL REALITY
BEHIND WHAT SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING.
THEY DON'T DISCERN THE INVISIBLE WAR BEING WAGED
OVER OUR NATION, AND OVER OUR SOULS.
DR. D. JAMES KENNEDY CERTAINLY SAW IT,
AND HE HELPS US TO SEE IT TOO IN THIS PORTION
OF HIS MESSAGE, "ANGELS ON ASSIGNMENT."
I AM SURE THAT EVERY READER OF THE BIBLE IS
FAMILIAR WITH THE GREAT ENCOUNTER AT DOTHAN
BETWEEN ELISHA AND THE HOSTS OF THE SYRIANS.
THE SYRIAN ARMY, HAVING A FORCED MARCH BY NIGHT, HAD
SURROUNDED THE ENTIRE CITY OF DOTHAN.
THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF TROOPS AND HORSES AND
CHARIOTS.
AT LEAST THE KING OF SYRIA HAD A RESPECT FOR THIS
PROPHET, BECAUSE ALL OF THAT WAS SET AGAINST ONE
MAN.
EVEN AS QUEEN MARY SAID THAT SHE WOULD RATHER FACE
10,000 SHIPS THAN JOHN KNOX, THE REFORMER OF
SCOTLAND.
WHEN THE SERVANT OF ELISHA AROSE THE NEXT MORNING
EARLY TO PREPARE FOR THE DAY, HE WALKED OUT AND TO
HIS HORROR AND SURPRISE HE SAW THE THOUSANDS OF THE
SYRIAN HOSTS SURROUNDING THE CITY.
HE RUSHED BACK INTO THE HOUSE AND BROUGHT OUT HIS
MASTER AND HE SAID, "ALAS, MASTER!
HOW SHALL WE DO?"
SOME, IN READING THAT MIGHT PASS OVER IT QUICKLY
AND NOT SEE MUCH IN THERE FOR THEM, NOT SUPPOSING
THAT THEY ARE AT ANY TIME LIKELY TO BE SURROUNDED BY
A FOREIGN ARMY.
AH, BUT NOT SO QUICKLY, MY FRIEND.
THERE ARE GREAT TREASURES BURIED HERE.
WE WOULD NOT WANT TO PASS BY WITHOUT PICKING THEM UP.
IT IS AN INTERESTING CONTRAST BETWEEN THE
DISTRAUGHT ALARM AND DISCONSOLATE SERVANT OF
ELISHA AND ELISHA, THE PROPHET, HIMSELF.
HE WAS COMPLETELY AT EASE.
HE WAS CALM.
HE WAS NOT AFRAID.
HE SAID TO HIS ASTONISHED SERVANT: "FEAR NOT: FOR
THEY THAT BE WITH US ARE MORE THAN THEY THAT BE
WITH THEM."
NO DOUBT TO THE SERVANT THAT WAS UTTERLY
ASTONISHING.
THERE WAS NO ONE.
THEY WERE ALONE FACING A VAST HOST OF A FOREIGN
ARMY.
COMPLETELY SURROUNDED.
THERE WAS NO ESCAPE.
WHAT COULD HE POSSIBLY MEAN?
THEN ELISHA PRAYED.
WHAT DID HE PRAY?
HE PRAYED, "O GOD, HELP ME.
O LORD, I AM YOUR SERVANT.
I HAVE FOLLOWED YOU, NOW I AM ALONE AND SURROUNDED.
DELIVER ME."
HE DIDN'T PRAY ANY SUCH THING AS THAT.
HE PRAYED: "LORD OPEN HIS EYES, THAT HE MAY SEE."
THE PROBLEM WAS VERY SIMPLY A MATTER OF SIGHT.
AND GOD OPENED HIS EYES, AND HE SAW, AND BEHOLD,
THE MOUNTAIN WAS FILLED WITH HORSES AND CHARIOTS
OF FIRE WHICH SURROUNDED ELISHA.
NO LIVING THING COULD HAVE PASSED THROUGH THAT RING
OF FIRE.
ELISHA HAD NOTHING TO FEAR.
WHAT A GLORIOUS STORY THAT IS.
IT IS A STORY ABOUT WHAT IS REALLY AT THE VERY
HEART OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH- A STORY OF
SPIRITUAL VISION.
BECAUSE THAT IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT
CHRISTIANITY IS.
IN FACT, UNBELIEVERS LIKE TO DESCRIBE SOMEBODY WHO
HAS BEEN CONVERTED WITH THOSE VERY WORDS.
HE HAS "SEEN THE LIGHT."
WELL, THEY ARE NOT FAR AMISS, BECAUSE JESUS SAID
IN JOHN 3, "EXCEPT A MAN BE BORN AGAIN, HE CANNOT
ONLY NOT ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD, HE CAN'T
EVEN SEE THE KINGDOM OF GOD."
THAT IS THE PROBLEM IN AMERICA TODAY.
HALF OF OUR POPULATION IS BLIND.
THEY DO NOT SEE SPIRITUAL THINGS.
THE WORLD SAYS, "SEEING IS BELIEVING," BUT THE BIBLE
TEACHES BELIEVING IS SEEING, AND WHEN GOD
ENABLES US TO TRUST IN JESUS CHRIST, WE BEGIN TO
SEE THINGS THAT WE HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
HAVE YOU ENTERED INTO THAT SPIRITUAL VISION?
HAVE YOUR EYES BEEN OPENED, OR DO YOU STILL
WANDER IN THE DARKNESS?
YES, SPIRITUAL VISION IS SOMETHING WHICH IS VITALLY
IMPORTANT, AS THE SERVANT OF ELISHA DISCOVERED.
THE SIGHT THAT THAT YOUNG MAN RECEIVED OF GOD'S
MESSENGERS REVEALED THAT THEY WERE ONE EVER NEAR;
THEY WERE TWO MOST NEAR WHEN MOST NEEDED; AND ALSO
THAT THEY COME IN THE FORM MOST NEEDED.
THEY ARE WARRIORS WHEN WE ARE ENCIRCLED BY HOSTILE
FOES.
THEY ARE COUNSELORS WHEN WE ARE PERPLEXED, THEY ARE
COMFORTERS WHEN WE MOURN.
THEIR SHAPES ARE AS VARIED AS OUR NEEDS, AND EVER
CORRESPOND TO THE "PRESENT DISTRESS."
HOW TRUE THAT IS.
NOW MOST OF US ARE NOT LIKELY TO BE SURROUNDED BY
SYRIAN HOSTS, WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN APPOINTMENT AT
"DOTHAN."
AH, DEAR FRIEND, NOT ONLY AT THOSE TIMES WHEN THE
SYRIAN COMES DOWN LIKE A WOLF ON THE PREY, BUT IN
ALL TIMES OF LIFE, THAT WE MIGHT HAVE THE JOY OF THE
CHRISTIAN LIFE, THAT WE MIGHT HAVE THAT INTIMATE
COMMUNION AND FELLOWSHIP WITH CHRIST, THAT WE MIGHT
SEE HIM IN ALL OF HIS GRACE AND IN ALL OF HIS
LOVE, PRAY: "O GOD, OPEN MY EYES THAT I MAY SEE."
ASK THAT GOD MAY GIVE YOU A VISION OF "CHARIOTS OF
FIRE."
KNOWING WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE SPIRITUAL REALM IS
VITAL FOR UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD AROUND YOU.
IN A FEW MINUTES WE WILL TELL YOU ABOUT A VALUABLE-
EVEN ESSENTIAL- NEW RESOURCE THAT WILL HELP
STRENGTHEN YOUR "SPIRITUAL VISION."
BUT FIRST, WE CONTINUE OUR LOOK AT THE SPIRITUAL
EFFECT HOLLYWOOD IS HAVING ON YOU, YOUR FAMILY, AND
OUR NATION.
DESPITE THE BAD NEWS WE'RE ALL AWARE OF, THERE IS
SOME GOOD NEWS ON THE MOVIE FRONT THAT ISN'T AS
WELL-KNOWN.
JERRY NEWCOMBE TAKES A CLOSER LOOK.
IN 2004, MEL GIBSON PROVED THROUGH HIS MOVIE, THE
PASSION OF THE CHRIST, THAT THERE WERE MILLIONS
OF POTENTIAL CHRISTIAN MOVIE-GOERS WHO HAD, FOR
THE MOST PART, GIVEN UP ON THE CINEMA.
TODAY, GOD SEEMS TO BE AT WORK IN THE MOVIES- MOSTLY
THROUGH INDEPENDENTLY PRODUCED AND RELEASED
FILMS.
SEE MOMMY GOD REALLY DOES LOVE US.
HE DOES BABY.
WELL, THE NUMBER OF FAITH BASED MOVIES COMING TO
THEATERS HAS INCREASED YEAR BY YEAR.
I REMEMBER WHEN I GOT STARTED WITH THIS REALLY
BACK IN AROUND 2006 THERE WAS MAYBE A FEW A YEAR
THAT I WOULD HEAR ABOUT: TWO OR THREE.
NOW THERE'S WELL OVER A DOZEN, FIFTEEN, EVEN MORE
EVERY YEAR.
THE BODY HAS VANISHED.
HIS TOMB, IT'S EMPTY.
WHERE HAS HE GONE?
YOU TELL ME.
ALREADY THEY'RE PROCLAIMING HIM RISEN FROM
DEATH.
I HATE WHAT PEOPLE LIKE YOUR CLIENT STAND FOR.
WE'RE GOING TO PROVE ONCE AND FOR ALL THAT GOD IS
DEAD.
I THINK HE NEEDS US AS MUCH AS WE NEED HIM.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS THING YOU HAVE WITH GOD
WORKS EXACTLY BUT I LIKE WHAT IT DOES.
I THINK GOD IS DEFINITELY AT WORK IN USING THE
CINEMA TO REACH LIVES.
IT'S AN OUTREACH.
MOVIEGUIDE PUBLISHER TED BAEHR RECENTLY ESTIMATED
THAT EVERY WEEK ABOUT 20-25 MILLION AMERICANS
WILL GO TO THE MOVIES.
IN CONTRAST, HE NOTES THAT ABOUT 131 TO 141 MILLION
PEOPLE WILL GO TO CHURCH- THAT'S SEVEN TIMES MORE
PEOPLE GOING TO CHURCH THAN TO THE MOVIES IN
AMERICA.
THUS, THERE REALLY IS A LARGE POTENTIAL AUDIENCE
FOR CHRISTIAN MOVIES.
AND, OF COURSE, EVERY TIME WE BUY A MOVIE TICKET, WE
ARE IN A SENSE VOTING, WE ARE SAYING IN EFFECT,
"YES, HOLLYWOOD, MAKE MORE FILMS LIKE THIS ONE."
AND OFTEN THE OPENING WEEKEND DETERMINES A
MOVIE'S SUCCESS OR FAILURE.
JESUS USED PARABLES TO TELL STORIES AND WE HAVE
THE OPPORTUNITY IN OUR GENERATION TO INTERWEAVE
THE ARTS WITH MUSIC AND STORY THROUGH FILM.
THE KENDRICK BROTHERS FROM GEORGIA HAVE PRODUCED SOME
POPULAR CHRISTIAN FILMS, LIKE FACING THE GIANTS,
FIREPROOF, COURAGEOUS, AND WAR ROOM, WHICH DID
EXCEEDINGLY WELL AT THE BOX OFFICE, EVEN THOUGH
IT IS EXPLICITLY CHRISTIAN.
THIS IS MY FAVORITE PLACE IN THIS HOUSE.
I CALL IT MY "WAR ROOM."
YOU WROTE PRAYERS FOR EACH AREA OF YOUR LIFE?
PRAYER STRATEGY.
WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR WHAT GOD HAS BEEN DOING THROUGH
WAR ROOM.
AFTER OPENING WEEKEND WE WERE BLOWN AWAY THAT LABOR
DAY WEEKEND THE NEXT WEEK IT BECAME THE NUMBER ONE
MOVIE IN AMERICA AND WE'RE THINKING, "WE'RE OPENLY
PRESENTING THE GOSPEL AND THE END OF THE MOVIE IS A
DECLARATION OF CHRIST AS KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF
LORDS."
AND SO MOST OF ALL WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE LIVES
THAT HAVE BEEN CHANGED BY THE FILM.
AND THE NICE THING WITH THE KENDRICK BROTHERS IS
THEY DON'T JUST MAKE MOVIES TO MAKE MOVIES,
THEY PRAY AND PRAY AND PRAY TILL THEY FEEL THEY
HAVE AN INSPIRATION FOR A SCRIPT.
MEANWHILE, THE CHALLENGE FOR CHRISTIAN-FILMMAKERS
IS TO HONE THEIR CRAFT AND INCREASE THE QUALITY OF
THEIR STORY-TELLING, WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE
MESSAGE.
PAIN, PAIN, GO AWAY, COME AGAIN ANOTHER DAY.
IS THIS SOME KIND OF PRANK?
DO YOU STILL BELIEVE IN GOD?
CHRISTIANS CAN HELP THESE MOVIES TOUCH MORE LIVES.
I LOOK AT IS AN OUTREACH.
I LOOK AS LIKE I'M INVITING PEOPLE TO A
CHURCH SERVICE.
THAT MIGHT NOT COME TO A CHURCH.
GET THEM TO THE MOVIE THEATER AND THEY HEAR
THESE MESSAGES.
I SPENT MY ENTIRE CAREER AS A JOURNALIST UNTIL THE
DAY MY WIFE PRESENTED ME WITH THE BIGGEST STORY OF
MY LIFE.
FROM THAT MOMENT ON, I SET OUT TO PROVE TO HER AND TO
THE REST OF THE WORLD THAT THEY WERE WRONG.
I CARE THAT THEY'RE GOOD ENOUGH QUALITY TO BE IN
THE THEATER AND GOOD ENOUGH QUALITY TO GET THE
MESSAGE ACROSS.
WHO WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE?
A SINGER WITH AN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE
VOICE AND ZERO TOUCH FROM GOD AND DOESN'T TOUCH ANY
LIFE OR A SINGER WITH A DECENT VOICE THAT PEOPLE'S
LIVES GET TOUCHED?
AND THAT'S HOW SOME OF THESE MOVIES ARE.
TO ME, THE MINISTRY AND THE OUTREACH VALUE ARE
MOST IMPORTANT THINGS.
THEY ESTIMATE ABOUT A THIRD OF THE PEOPLE THAT
WENT TO SEE GOD'S NOT DEAD WERE UNCHURCHED PEOPLE.
SO IT JUST SHOWS THESE MOVIES THAT THEY DO WELL
IN THE THEATER, THEY CAN TOUCH AND CHANGE LIVES
LIKE WE WOULDN'T BELIEVE.
THERE ARE MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE
EARTH.
WHAT MAJOR EVENTS MIGHT HAVE OCCURRED TO SHAPE IT?
WAS THERE A GLOBAL FLOOD?
A BIG BANG?
HOW DID THE EARTH BECOME FILLED WITH SO MANY
AMAZING AND DIVERSE CREATURES?
IS GENESIS HISTORY IS TREMENDOUS WITH INTERVIEWS
WITH ARCHEOLOGISTS, GEOLOGISTS,
PALEONTOLOGISTS, SHOWING HOW A WORLD-WIDE FLOOD
EXPLAINS MANY OF THE GEOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS
AND THINGS THAT THEY SEE OUT THERE.
I BELIEVE IN CHANGE OVER TIME.
BUT I'M NOT AN EVOLUTIONIST.
THE SHARK HAS THE ABILITY TO CHANGE, TO ADAPT, TO
RESPOND DYNAMICALLY TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
BUT THEY ARE STILL SHARKS.
AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE FOSSIL RECORD, THEY'RE
STILL SHARKS.
PLEASE, LORD, HELP ME GET ONE MORE.
HACKSAW RIDGE TO ME WAS A TREMENDOUS EPIC.
IT HAD SUCH SOLID SOLID FAITH BASED CONTENT IN IT.
HE WOULD SAVE A SOLDIER AND KIND OF COLLAPSE AND
"GOD HELP ME SAVE ONE MORE,
HELP ME GET ONE MORE."
AND THAT'S LIKE THE CRY THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE WITH
EVANGELISM.
YOU KNOW, WILLING TO POUR OURSELVES OUT TO TOUCH
MORE LIVES.
HELP ME GET ONE MORE.
ABOVE ALL, MINISTRY LEADERS NOTE THAT THE RISE
OF THESE FAITH-BASED FILMS IN OUR TIME PROVIDE US
WITH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE MINISTRY,
INCLUDING TO THOSE WHO ARE UNCHURCHED.
STORY IS CRUCIAL AND AS WE KNOW JESUS USED IT TO TELL
PARABLES TO IMPART TRUTH OR SOMETIMES TO VEIL
TRUTH, BUT TODAY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS BASICALLY
SHARING VISUAL PARABLES IN THE FORM OF MOTION
PICTURES TO DRAW PEOPLE TO A CLOSER WALK WITH GOD.
HOLLYWOOD PRESENTS A CERTAIN PICTURE TO US OF
THE WAY THINGS ARE.
BUT EVEN WHEN THIS IS DONE WELL, IT ONLY PORTRAYS A
SMALL SLICE OF REALITY.
YET THERE ARE FORCES AT WORK IN THE WORLD-
POWERFUL FORCES- THAT HAVE A FAR GREATER IMPACT ON US
THAN MANY REALIZE.
AND THESE FORCES CAN ONLY BE UNDERSTOOD IF WE HAVE
THE SPIRITUAL EYES TO SEE THEM.
NOW MANY IN THE UNBELIEVING WORLD HAVE
VAGUE AND LOOSELY DEFINED NOTIONS OF THE SPIRITUAL
REALM.
BUT THEY TYPICALLY HAVE NO GRASP OF THE UNSEEN
SPIRITUAL WARFARE EVERYWHERE AROUND THEM.
THE APOSTLE PAUL TELLS US, "WE DO NOT WRESTLE AGAINST
FLESH AND BLOOD, BUT AGAINST THE RULERS,
AGAINST THE AUTHORITIES, AGAINST THE COSMIC POWERS
OVER THIS PRESENT DARKNESS, AGAINST THE
SPIRITUAL FORCES OF EVIL IN THE HEAVENLY PLACES."
YET, IN THAT BATTLE, WE HAVE THE HELP OF THE
CAPTAIN OF OUR SALVATION- OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS
CHRIST.
WE HAVE THE POWERFUL PROTECTION AND AID OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD.
AND WE ALSO HAVE THE HELP OF HIS ANGELS, WHICH THE
SCRIPTURES TELL US ARE "MINISTERING SPIRITS SENT
OUT TO SERVE FOR THE SAKE OF THOSE WHO ARE TO
INHERIT SALVATION."
MANY HAVE QUESTIONS, MANY HAVE THEORIES.
BUT WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS UNSEEN REALM?
HERE IS MY VERY DEAR FRIEND JENNIFER KENNEDY
CASSIDY WITH A POWERFUL NEW RESOURCE THAT WILL
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THANK YOU, FRANK.
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IT FEATURES FOUR EYE-OPENING MESSAGES FROM
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THE BIBLE'S TEACHINGS ON THESE SUPERNATURAL
CREATURES AND HOW THEY AFFECT YOUR LIFE.
THERE IS AN INTENSE INTEREST THESE DAYS IN
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BASED ON SPECULATION, AND IS FILLED WITH
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BOTH ANGELIC AND DEMONIC.
HE EXPLAINS HOW ANGELS SERVE AS GOD'S MESSENGERS
AND WATCH OVER GOD'S ELECT, AND HE EXPOSES
SATAN'S METHODS AND PURPOSES, AND REVEALS HIS
ORIGIN, HIS NATURE, AND HIS LIMITATIONS.
THE UNSEEN REALM IS JUST AS REAL AS OUR VISIBLE
WORLD- YET WE'RE OFTEN COMPLETELY IGNORANT ABOUT
WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE.
YOU NEED TO KNOW THE ROLE OF ANGELIC BEINGS AND
SATANIC DEMONS IN YOUR DAILY LIFE.
SOME HAVE AN UNHEALTHY PREOCCUPATION WITH THEM,
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ON MONDAY, CONFIRMATION HEARINGS ARE SCHEDULED TO
BEGIN FOR JUDGE NEIL GORSUCH, PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
NOMINEE TO THE US SUPREME COURT.
SOME HAVE DECLARED IT TO BE MERELY A POLITICAL
EVENT, WHICH CHRISTIANS OUGHT TO STAY OUT OF.
BUT CONSIDERING THAT IN RECENT DECADES THE SUPREME
COURT HAS IMPOSED BY JUDICIAL FIAT EVERYTHING
FROM ABORTION ON DEMAND TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, ONE CAN
CLEARLY SEE THAT THERE IS AN INTENSE SPIRITUAL
DIMENSION TO THIS NOMINATION, AND TO THE
WORK OF THIS COURT.
IN FACT, ONE OF THE RHETORICAL TRICKS USED BY
THE FORCES OF SECULARISM IS TO PUSH FOR THE
EVER-INCREASING EXTENSION OF GOVERNMENT INTO EVERY
AREA OF HUMAN ENDEAVOR- INCLUDING THE CHURCH- AND
THEN DECLARE THOSE AREAS TO BE "POLITICAL" AND
SOMEHOW OFF LIMITS TO CHRISTIAN TEACHING AND
CRITIQUE.
BUT WE ARE NOT GOING TO PLAY BY THE RULES OF THAT
RIGGED GAME AND NOR SHOULD YOU.
THAT IS WHY I SAY TO YOU TODAY- WITHOUT
EMBARRASSMENT OR RESERVE- THAT JUDGE GORSUCH SHOULD
BE CONFIRMED TO THIS COURT, AND THAT THIS IS
SOMETHING WE SHOULD DEMAND OF OUR SENATORS.
DISRESPECT FOR THE CONSTITUTION AND THE
OUT-OF-CONTROL SUPREME COURT ARE NOT PARTISAN
PROBLEMS; MEMBERS OF EACH PARTY HAVE HAD AN AMPLE
HAND IN BRINGING IT ABOUT.
GOD'S WORD IS CLEAR THAT WE ARE TO BE SUBJECT TO
THE AUTHORITIES HE HAS PLACED OVER US, AND IN THE
AMERICAN SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT THE ULTIMATE
HUMAN AUTHORITY IS THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
STATES.
WE HAVE A DUTY AS CITIZENS TO UPHOLD AND DEFEND IT,
AS IT HAS BEEN HANDED DOWN TO US.
JUDGE GORSUCH HAS A CLEAR JUDICIAL PHILOSOPHY WHICH
SAYS THAT THE CONSTITUTION IS NOT TO BE OVERRULED OR
REWRITTEN BY JUDGES, AND THAT THE TEXT OF THE
CONSTITUTION MUST BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY WITH RESPECT TO
ITS ORIGINAL MEANING.
DEAR FRIENDS, WE WHO HAVE RECEIVED THE MANIFOLD
BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY FROM THE VERY HAND OF GOD ALSO
HOLD A STEWARDSHIP RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT
AND PRESERVE THIS GOOD GIFT FOR OUR CHILDREN AND
GRANDCHILDREN.
AND I TELL YOU THAT, HUMANLY SPEAKING, THE VERY
FUTURE OF OUR NATION AND OUR ABILITY TO PROCLAIM AN
UNFETTERED GOSPEL TO THE WORLD HANGS IN THE
BALANCE.
THIS IS NOT A MATTER OF PERSONAL POLITICAL
PREFERENCE, BUT RATHER AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF JESUS
CHRIST'S LORDSHIP OVER EVERY AREA OF LIFE,
INCLUDING OUR CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC.
WE ARE STANDING FOR TRUTH AND DEFENDING YOUR
FREEDOM.
I'M FRANK WRIGHT.
THANKS FOR JOINING US ON TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM;
WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
NEXT WEEK ON TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM.
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT CHRIST CAME TO DESTROY SATAN.
IN 1ST JOHN IT SAYS THAT HE CAME TO DESTROY THE
WORKS OF THE DEVIL.
HERE I AM THE LORD'S USING ME TO BRING THE WORD OUT
AND TRY TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE PREVENT THEM
FROM SUICIDE OR AN UNNECESSARY GENDER
REASSIGNMENT SURGERY.
THAT'S NEXT WEEK.
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