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Coming up
on Life Today!
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Bestselling author
John Burke explores
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the phenomenon of
near-death experiences.
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>> The best way to liken it
is think about a painting
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on a wall, a black
and white painting
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on a wall
in a home here. Right?
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Imagine if that's
our world and our life
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and death
is separation.
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So you get ripped out
of that painting
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into this three-dimensional
world of this room
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and you experience
three dimensions of color
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but you've only known
two dimensions,
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and black
and white...
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♪
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JAMES: Thank you all
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very much.
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I welcome you.
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I'm James Robison.
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Betty and I have a guest that
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we're really grateful
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to talk to.
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The book he has written
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is called Imagine Heaven.
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He has spent years talking
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to people, I mean hundreds
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of people who've had
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near-death experiences.
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I'm telling you, it's
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a New York Times bestseller.
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Let's talk to him.
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Would you like to?
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Let's welcome John Burke.
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JOHN: Thank you so much
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for having me on your show.
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JAMES: I hope you're taking
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care of my town down there.
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Your football team struggled
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over the years.
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Well, you won some!
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Alright, tell us about this.
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JOHN: Well, it started for me
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when I was a skeptic.
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When I was young I thought
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Jesus was probably a myth.
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I didn't know what
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I believed about God.
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But my father was dying
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of cancer.
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One night I saw on
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his bedstand, someone had
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given him a book called
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Life After Life.
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And it was the first book...
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JAMES: Life after what?
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JOHN: Life After Life.
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It was the first book
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that coined the term
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"Near-death experience."
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That's when someone has
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a heart attack or
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their brain waves cease.
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They are clinically dead
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and yet modern medicine
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resuscitates them.
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They come back talking about
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how, "But I wasn't dead!
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There's something else!"
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I read that book in one night
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and I said at the end of it,
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oh my gosh!
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Jesus, I think you're real!
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JAMES: How old were you?
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JOHN: I was 16 at the time.
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Moody, who wrote that book,
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was not a Christian; he didn't
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lead people that way.
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That's what I concluded
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just hearing their stories.
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So that took me on a journey.
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The next year was when
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I actually got into a small
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group Bible study,
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asked my questions,
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came to faith in Christ.
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Since then, I went from
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a career in engineering,
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so I'm skeptical by nature.
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I ask a lot of questions.
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Into ministry,
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through seminary.
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So for the last 35 years
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i've not only intensely
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studied the Bible,
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but I have studied about
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a thousand of these
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near-death experiences
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because i've always wanted
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to understand what are those
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and how do they reconcile
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with what scripture says?
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JAMES: Tell me what
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you found out.
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JOHN: Well, what's really
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important is understanding
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that what people come back
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to try to describe is truly
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of another dimension.
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The best way to liken it
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is think about a painting
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on a wall, a black and white
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painting on a wall
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in a home here. Right?
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Imagine if that's our world
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and our life and death
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is separation.
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So you get ripped out
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of that painting into
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this three-dimensional world
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of this room and you
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experience three dimensions
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of color but you've only
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known two dimensions
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and black and white.
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Now you're put back into
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the flat painting and
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you have to describe
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three dimensions of color
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in two-dimensional
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black and white words.
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That's what people
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are trying to explain.
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So, as a result they are all
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interpreting an experience.
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They're going to interpret it
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in their own framework.
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Now, when you look at what
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they are commonly trying
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to say, and that's what
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I'm doing, is taking
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these thousand near-death
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experiences and I take
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about 120 of their stories
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to let you hear
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through their words how this
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actually correlates with what
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the Bible said all along
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about what we should expect
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of the life to come.
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JAMES: Did you find common
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experiences, descriptions,
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that you found consistent
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with what another said
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that in a skeptic's mind
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actually seemed to make sense
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and would have as a person
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then who's been studying
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the Bible, consistent, not
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contradictory of scripture?
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JOHN: Absolutely! Yes.
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JAMES: So I know you go over
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them very, very thoroughly
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in the book which is why
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it's a bestseller,
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which is why Betty and I heard
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about it, which is why Betty
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immediately started reading
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and was captivated by it.
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What are the common elements?
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JOHN: Well, the first is,
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when people die
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they don't feel dead.
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They feel more alive than
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they've ever been before.
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They say they come alive.
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And they have a body still,
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but it's a spiritual body.
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And they often say, it wasn't
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like I had five senses.
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I still could touch, taste...
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But I had more like
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50 senses.
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The senses were heightened,
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like sight that
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you could see for miles.
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Or hearing, or touch.
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Everything was supercharged.
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Now, what's interesting is
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they usually stay within
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the room and are usually
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up above looking down
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at their own resuscitation.
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And in chapter two I write
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about skeptical doctors
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and the afterlife.
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And I write about many
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skeptical cardiologists
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and oncologists who,
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interviewing their patients,
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changed their view.
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They thought when you died
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it's lights out, done.
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You're over.
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And they changed their view
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to believe no, consciousness
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lasts beyond the grave.
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Now, whether they get it
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that it connects the Bible
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or not isn't always clear.
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JAMES: But they got that this
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doesn't seem to be the end?
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JOHN: Yeah! Because of
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very verifiable things
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that have been reported.
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So, for instance...
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JAMES: That are consistent?
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JOHN: Yeah.
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So this has been reported
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in the journal of american
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medical association.
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About 900 scholarly journals
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have written on this now.
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Gallop poll says
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one out of 25 people have
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had a near-death experience.
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This is not uncommon.
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But Christians have not
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wrestled with okay, but
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we need to reconcile it
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to the scriptures.
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How do we do that?
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It's what I was trying to do.
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And it does.
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So Paul said...
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I believe Paul had
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a near-death experience.
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Acts chapter 14 he's stoned
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to death, dragged out
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of the city, left for dead.
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And then he gets up and
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goes back into the city.
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Personally, I don't think
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I would have gone back
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in the city that just
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stoned me to death.
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[Laughter]
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JAMES: He did refer to it like
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an out of body experience.
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JOHN: In First Corinthians 12
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he says - he talks about
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himself 14 years ago,
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whether in the body
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or out of the body
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I don't know. Why?
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Because you still feel
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like you have a body.
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And he talks about being
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taken up into heaven and
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seeing inexpressible things.
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But he also talks about,
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in First Corinthians 15,
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that our bodies are sown
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a natural body, but they're
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raised a spiritual body.
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They're sown in weakness
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but they're raised in power.
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JAMES: Do many of them express
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that there's a power
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that they've sensed
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in this other realm?
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JOHN: The way they describe it
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is, "I had never felt
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so alive in my life."
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They come back and they say
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this life is the shadow.
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That's the real thing.
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This is the less -
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we think of heaven and
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we think fuzzy, ethereal,
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boring, hanging out on clouds
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wishing you'd brought
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a magazine.
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Or people think
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it's going to be an endless
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church service.
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I'm a pastor and
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that sounds bad to me.
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JAMES: A lot of people
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just checked out.
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[Laughter]
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JOHN: It's going to
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be life fully!
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That's what Jesus said.
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Hey, I'm going to prepare
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a place for you.
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And this is what
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people consistently say.
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So yes, like in the Lancet,
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a medical journal in Europe,
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they wrote about a man
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who is brought into
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the hospital there.
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He was comatose.
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He had had a heart attack.
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The nurse realized before
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they intubated him
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and shocked his heart
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he had dentures.
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So they took the dentures out,
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put them in a lower drawer
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of the crash cart.
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His heart started beating
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but he never came to
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in the E.R.; rolled him
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out to another room.
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A week later he comes to.
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He sees that nurse and says
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that's the nurse who knows
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where my lost dentures are.
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[Laughter]
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He tells who was in the E.R.,
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said he was up above
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watching everything and that
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nurse took my dentures
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and put them in
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the lower drawer of the cart
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with all the bottles on it.
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And that's common.
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JAMES: He's been out a week.
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JOHN: There are many,
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many stories like that
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that have convinced people,
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okay, we really do live on.
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Now, what happens is
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what I'm trying to show.
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The beauty of heaven
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that Christians talk about,
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and that's what is
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so encouraging is more
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and more Christians were
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having these experiences
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and talking about them.
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Early on they didn't because
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new age researchers took it
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and interpreted what was
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being said in more of
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a new age slant.
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For instance, all
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the experiences were good.
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Well, that's because
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only people who heard of
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these good experiences
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and had good experiences
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came forward.
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But since we found out
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no, that's not true,
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people don't often
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come forward but
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23% of those who do
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come forward to share this,
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they don't come forward
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because it's so sacred
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to them, they don't want
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to be made fun of.
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23 percent come forward
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saying they had
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hellish experiences.
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So they're not all good.
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JAMES: Horrific.
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More horrific than
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they might have imagined?
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JOHN: And I interview
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a tenured college professor
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who was an atheist
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who dies in Paris -
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duodenum ruptures.
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He can't get surgery. He dies.
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This is really important
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because I've discovered
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some interpretive keys
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to these stories.
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Because if you just go read
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near-death experience stories
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you could get really confused.
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Some things about how does
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that relate to the Bible?
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But they're some interpretive
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keys and one of them is
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that people often say
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there was a border
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or a boundary they knew
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they couldn't cross
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on the other side or
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they couldn't come back.
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So this is not
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full biological death.
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It's a peek in, but there is
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a border or a boundary
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you can't cross.
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So we can't tell from
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near-death experiences
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what eternity is like.
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We can tell that from
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what Jesus and the prophets
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told us,
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because God revealed it.
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So that's the bigger
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framework we've got
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to fit these into.
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But Howard Storm,
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this professor, dies.
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He thought it was going
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to be lights out, but
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he's more alive than
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he's ever felt before,
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like 50 senses not just five.
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And another commonality
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is that people often have
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friends and relatives who
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have passed on before them
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come and welcome them.
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It is this joyous reunion.
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It's like this incredible,
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just bursting with joy -
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we're ourselves.
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We recognize each other.
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We still know our memories.
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We still - it's just life
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continued but much,
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much better because
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communication is purer.
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We know each other
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thought to thought.
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JAMES: Then, when they come
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back are they expressing
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disappointment, after where
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they were and -- ?
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JOHN: They don't want
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to be here.
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Many of them are depressed.
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JAMES: They thought they had
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really gotten to the ultimate?
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JOHN: Yeah. But this
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atheist college professor,
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initially it was all good,
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and he even had a group
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of people who were saying,
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"Come with us, Howard."
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And he thought they were
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hospital staff.
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He didn't know he was dead.
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He couldn't figure it out
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because he felt alive.
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But they were saying,
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"Come with us.
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We're going to help you."
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But they deceived him
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and led him into an outer
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darkness and it was horrific.
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When I interviewed him,
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he couldn't tell me about it.
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He said, "They did such
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horrific things that
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I've been trying
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to block it out."
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Because he had not crossed
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that boundary I think he still
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could call out to God.
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He remembered when
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a neighbor brought him
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to Sunday School as a kid
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and a song came to his mind,
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"Jesus loves me."
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That's all he could remember.
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And he wanted that to be true
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like nothing else.
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And he cries out,
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"Jesus, save me!"
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And he says into this
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utter blackness comes
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this brilliant man of light,
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brighter than the sun
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but not hard to look at,
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unconditional love,
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wraps him up, holds him
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to his chest.
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He is healed.
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Takes him out of there
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and there he gets
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a life review.
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So he relives his life
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in the presence of Jesus
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and the angels and this
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is another commonality,
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by the way.
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So another commonality
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is that people all around
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the globe experience
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this brilliant God of light
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who is unconditional love.
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He knows them, he's personal,
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he knows their every thought
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and motive.
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And in his present state,
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review their lives.
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They re-experience
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their lives.
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JAMES: All this is happening
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in rapid time.
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JOHN: Well, time, they say,
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is not the same.
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You experience past,
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present, and future
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in a different way.
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They say, "i don't know if
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it was an instant or I relived
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my whole life again."
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Which sounds an awful lot
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like Second Peter 3,
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"To the Lord a day is like
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a thousand years, and
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a thousand years is like
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a day." Right?
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So you start to see all
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these commonalities but
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all across the globe
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they don't describe the God
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of their culture,
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they describe the God of
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the Bible, the God who said
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I am the light of the world.
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JAMES: That's another
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consistency?
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JOHN: The God who is
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unconditional love, who
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knows them by name personally
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and they never want to leave
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his presence.
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They never want to leave
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his presence.
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Now, another interpretive key,
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because what's confused
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Christians is why doesn't
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Jesus tell them I'm Jesus?
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Because those who know Jesus,
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know he's Jesus.
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They absolutely know it.
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But Jesus said, "My sheep
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know my voice; they hear me
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and they follow me." Right?
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Sometimes we think, well,
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why doesn't God just
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tell them, "I'm Jesus"?
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As if he couldn't do that now
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if he wanted to.
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He's not limited. Right?
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So, he's doing
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these things on purpose.
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What they do come back
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consistently knowing
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is that God is love and what
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he shows in their life review
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is the most important thing
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is how they treated all the
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people they interacted with
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and how love is
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what's most important
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and how every little action,
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for good or bad,
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had a ripple effect
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and mattered to him.
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So, love God and love people.
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That's what
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they come back with.
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JAMES: Amazing. The ultimate,
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the two great commandments.
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Betty, you've been
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studying that.
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BETTY: He mentioned earlier
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about some of the stories
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- every story it seems like
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they could not describe
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enough how beautiful,
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extraordinary everything was.
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Like you said, it was
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like depth after depth.
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Everything was alive.
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JOHN: And not unlike earth,
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and I interview people
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who like doctors
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and twa airline pilots
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and like this college
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professor who then became
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a pastor.
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He left his tenured
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college professorship
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to become a Christian pastor,
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literally a Damascus Road
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experience.
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But these people who don't
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need to make up crazy stories
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to go sell books
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and make money,
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and in fact it hurts
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their careers.
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Yet they are saying
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the same thing.
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JAMES: Well, you know,
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this is not the place
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anybody wants to miss.
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I've met Jesus,
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and he's believable
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and I've experienced enough
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of the presence of heaven
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as he presents it
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in my life to be able to see.
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You can't embellish it
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beyond reality, the heaven
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is beyond embellishment.
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It's beyond exaggeration.
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It's beyond imagination.
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It's real and he offers it,
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he offers a great peace
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that passes understanding now,
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and comfort.
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But eternity, you just
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don't want to miss it.
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JOHN: It's the hope we have.
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You know, God actually
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commands us to Imagine Heaven.
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Colossians 3:1 says: Set
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your minds on things above,
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not on things of the earth.
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Set your hearts where
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Christ is because your life
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is hidden there.
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JAMES: And it's beyond
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and greater than anything
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we could even comprehend.
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JOHN: It's going to be greater
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than we really can -
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BETTY: And I think if we can
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do that, grasp a little bit
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of heaven that God wants us
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to see, we would live
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differently here.
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JOHN: It changes how you live.
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And you know what,
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quite honestly?
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That's why I wrote this.
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I wrote it for two reasons.
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I wrote it for skeptics
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like I was because I think
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they'll see that okay,
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this is across the globe.
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This is all cultures,
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and yet they are describing
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the God of the Bible.
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And I show very clearly
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how that's true.
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But secondly, for Christians,
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because I find so many
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Christians who live
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for retirement because
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they can imagine it.
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They can imagine golfing,
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and being with family
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and friends and enjoying life.
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But they haven't realized
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how great the ultimate
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retirement is going to be
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and we need to live for it
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and save for it
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and sacrifice for it.
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JAMES: And I love sharing life
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so I wouldn't ever want
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to retire from that.
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But I know I have
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eternal life.
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Do you appreciate
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John taking the time
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to research and to investigate
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and talk to all these people?
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You can get the book
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in the bookstore.
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John, we have led, literally,
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I think, by showing people
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where they can be the miracle
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people longed for
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and give them not only
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water for life,
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but the water of life,
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and there's tremendous joy.
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I want you to look in
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because every one of you
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that communicate with us,
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whether we see you in person
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or you communicate
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through email or in a note,
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you say, James and Betty,
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thank you for letting us
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be the miracle
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someone longs for.
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You're going to want to be
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a miracle right here,
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and you can be.
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I want you to watch.
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This is where you can download
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a whole lot of heaven
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right here in somebody's life
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right now.
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JAMES: "if you give just
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a cup of water in my name,"
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Jesus said.
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Just a cup!
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BETTY:, I'm not exaggerating
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when I say to our viewers
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that to know that we could
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touch your life
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in some positive way
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and point you to the source
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of life and joy and peace,
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now and everlasting,
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gives us a tremendous sense
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of gratitude and joy.
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And when you see
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a situation like that,
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that is as grave that
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she's just looking for water,
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and the heart cry of so many.
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And we can not only give
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a cup of water, we can give
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a well of water
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and we've been doing it.
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And right now we are facing
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one of the greatest crises
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according to the missionaries,
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where we emergency have to
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drill immediately.
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So what we're asking for
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is a miracle, and the miracle
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is in your heart
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and in your hands.
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I believe our viewers
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are going to help us drill
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those water wells.
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BETTY: I believe you will too
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because you believe
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in miracles.
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We can be a miracle
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to this mother, and to
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many other mothers like her
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as she watches children die
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and it breaks her heart.
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And she knows that if she
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gives them the water it's
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going to likely kill them,
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but they have to have
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the water to survive
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even for a day.
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So please join with us
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and let's get the wells
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to them quickly so that
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they can have the opportunity
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to see their children grow up,
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just as we enjoy
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our children growing up.
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JAMES: Well, you know,
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with the great drilling rigs,
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we can drill those wells
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in most areas in a matter
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of days.
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And then we can case them
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and give them a manual pump
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because in so many areas
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they have inconsistent
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power sources at best.
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In some of the areas,
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in these outlying areas
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in the third world countries,
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they don't have power
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to their particular village
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or area.
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So we are giving them
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the greatest gift they will
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receive apart from
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the water of life, Jesus.
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And isn't it wonderful
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to know that it's because
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of the love of God
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in our heart that
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we're giving them the water
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that they so desperately need?
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But that because
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we've experienced that
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relationship with God,
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we're able to share
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the water of life with them.
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And once they've seen
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the love of the God we talk
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about expressed through us,
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and meeting one of the
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greatest needs in their lives
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it's so much easier for them
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to understand God's love.
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Would you please,
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please right now, we're asking
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you to make the greatest gift
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possible to give life.
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The wells still cost, $4800.
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Could you give a well
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or part of a well?
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Is there any way
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that you could do that?
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Would you right now,
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would you get your bankcard,
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go to the website you see,
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or dial the number that's
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always there as a prayer line,
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and make the gift
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God puts on your heart.
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If you can give a well,
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please do.
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A part of a well will do.
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Remember this, $48 will
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give ten people water
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the rest of their life.
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$144 - 30 people
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the rest of their life.
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There is a level at which
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you can participate.
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Right now, the website
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you see, or dial the number
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and make the gift
00:23:00.011 --> 00:23:01.179 align:start line:10% position:10% size:58%
God puts on your heart.
00:23:01.246 --> 00:23:02.481 align:start line:10% position:10% size:58%
Thank you for doing it.
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Every day, thousands
of lives are lost
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to waterborne disease,
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and nearly half of those
are children
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under the age
of five.
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Through Mission:
Water for LIFE
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you can give mothers hope
and children a future
00:23:16.394 --> 00:23:18.663 align:center line:10% position:50% size:50%
as we provide clean,
life-giving water
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for thousands of children
and their families
00:23:21.266 --> 00:23:23.201 align:center line:10% position:50% size:53%
before it's too late.
00:23:23.268 --> 00:23:25.270 align:start line:10% position:23% size:53%
With your gift today,
you can help drill
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and establish
350 water wells this year.
00:23:28.106 --> 00:23:30.108 align:center line:10% position:30% size:40%
Your gift of $24
00:23:30.175 --> 00:23:32.377 align:center line:10% position:50% size:73%
will help provide clean water
for five children.
00:23:32.444 --> 00:23:34.946 align:start line:10% position:10% size:43%
A gift of $48
will help provide
for ten.
00:23:35.013 --> 00:23:37.482 align:center line:10% position:33% size:43%
And $144
will help provide
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life-giving water
for 30 people
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for a lifetime.
00:23:41.586 --> 00:23:43.555 align:start line:10% position:23% size:35%
With a gift
of any amount,
00:23:43.622 --> 00:23:45.624 align:center line:10% position:50% size:68%
we'll send you, Prayers for
my Physical Health,
00:23:45.690 --> 00:23:47.726 align:start line:10% position:10% size:60%
a Bible-based collection
of 52 prayers designed
00:23:47.793 --> 00:23:51.530 align:center line:10% position:45% size:68%
to bring strength, healing,
and renewal to every area
of your body
00:23:51.596 --> 00:23:53.598 align:center line:10% position:38% size:53%
covering a wide range
of physical needs.
00:23:53.665 --> 00:23:55.667 align:start line:10% position:10% size:73%
This beautifully crafted book
encourages
00:23:55.734 --> 00:23:58.236 align:center line:10% position:38% size:55%
intimate conversations
with God.
00:23:58.303 --> 00:24:00.372 align:start line:10% position:10% size:40%
With a gift
of $100 or more,
00:24:00.438 --> 00:24:03.141 align:center line:10% position:45% size:68%
you may request the
"Armor of God" tumbler set.
00:24:03.208 --> 00:24:05.410 align:start line:58% position:10% size:60%
These two 20-ounce
stainless steel tumblers
00:24:05.477 --> 00:24:07.646 align:center line:58% position:35% size:48%
each inscribed with
Ephesians 6:11
00:24:07.712 --> 00:24:09.714 align:center line:58% position:33% size:45%
are a practical
and meaningful way
00:24:09.781 --> 00:24:11.783 align:center line:58% position:35% size:48%
to carry a reminder
of God's strength
00:24:11.850 --> 00:24:13.952 align:center line:58% position:35% size:50%
and protection
throughout your day.
00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:16.688 align:start line:10% position:20% size:60%
Finally, please consider
a gift of $1200
00:24:16.755 --> 00:24:19.324 align:center line:10% position:50% size:53%
to help provide water
for 250 people
00:24:19.391 --> 00:24:21.326 align:center line:10% position:50% size:45%
or a gift of $4800
00:24:21.393 --> 00:24:23.361 align:center line:10% position:45% size:40%
to help sponsor
a complete well,
00:24:23.428 --> 00:24:25.664 align:center line:10% position:48% size:63%
and request our inspiring
bronze sculpture,
00:24:25.730 --> 00:24:27.732 align:center line:10% position:40% size:40%
"Lion of Judah."
00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:32.170 align:start line:10% position:15% size:68%
Please call, write, or make
your gift online today!
00:24:36.575 --> 00:24:39.644 align:start line:53% position:18% size:65%
RANDY: You know, so many
people don't have a choice
00:24:39.711 --> 00:24:41.847 align:center line:58% position:50% size:58%
when it comes to water.
00:24:41.913 --> 00:24:44.850 align:start line:53% position:23% size:53%
The only water source
that they have
00:24:44.916 --> 00:24:46.885 align:center line:58% position:50% size:60%
is the one nearest them.
00:24:46.952 --> 00:24:50.388 align:center line:58% position:50% size:55%
In this case, a river.
00:24:50.455 --> 00:24:54.526 align:start line:53% position:20% size:60%
When you look at it,
it doesn't look too bad.
00:24:54.593 --> 00:24:56.828 align:start line:53% position:13% size:73%
It's a little dirty, but
you can see some of the areas
00:24:56.895 --> 00:24:58.964 align:center line:53% position:50% size:45%
where there's moss
and animals
00:24:59.030 --> 00:25:01.233 align:center line:53% position:50% size:45%
and people bathing
and swimming.
00:25:01.299 --> 00:25:05.036 align:start line:47% position:13% size:73%
They tell us it's not so much
what you can see in here
that's dangerous,
00:25:05.103 --> 00:25:07.105 align:center line:53% position:50% size:35%
it's what
you can't see.
00:25:07.172 --> 00:25:10.075 align:start line:53% position:15% size:70%
It's what goes into
the stomachs and the systems
00:25:10.141 --> 00:25:13.211 align:center line:53% position:50% size:50%
of even the youngest
of children.
00:25:13.278 --> 00:25:17.482 align:start line:53% position:35% size:30%
It hits them
the hardest.
00:25:17.549 --> 00:25:23.255 align:start line:53% position:13% size:73%
Fresh, clean drinking water
-- You can give that to them.
00:25:23.321 --> 00:25:25.357 align:start line:53% position:28% size:45%
We need to come
into this village,
00:25:25.423 --> 00:25:28.393 align:center line:53% position:50% size:70%
and that village over there,
across the river.
00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:31.796 align:start line:53% position:23% size:55%
We need to come in
with many water wells.
00:25:31.863 --> 00:25:34.299 align:center line:53% position:50% size:55%
I'm asking you
to make that possible.
00:25:34.366 --> 00:25:36.368 align:start line:53% position:28% size:43%
The more of you
that join with us
00:25:36.434 --> 00:25:38.436 align:center line:53% position:50% size:38%
in Mission:
Water for Life,
00:25:38.503 --> 00:25:40.672 align:center line:53% position:50% size:58%
the more water wells
we'll be able to drill.
00:25:40.739 --> 00:25:43.041 align:start line:53% position:23% size:55%
It's my heart's desire
that no child
00:25:43.108 --> 00:25:45.644 align:center line:53% position:50% size:48%
would ever drink
contaminated water.
00:25:45.710 --> 00:25:49.414 align:start line:53% position:23% size:53%
So, please go online,
go to the phone,
00:25:49.481 --> 00:25:51.883 align:center line:53% position:50% size:45%
make the best gift
you can.
00:25:51.950 --> 00:25:55.921 align:start line:10% position:15% size:68%
I can promise you, you will
be helping to save a life.
00:25:57.188 --> 00:25:58.490 align:start line:58% position:10% size:48%
JAMES: I hope I can
00:25:58.556 --> 00:26:00.725 align:start line:58% position:10% size:68%
adequately express how much
00:26:00.792 --> 00:26:02.827 align:start line:58% position:10% size:60%
your love means to these
00:26:02.894 --> 00:26:04.162 align:start line:58% position:10% size:70%
-- you're saving their lives
00:26:04.229 --> 00:26:05.630 align:start line:58% position:10% size:48%
and their families.
00:26:05.697 --> 00:26:06.765 align:start line:58% position:10% size:45%
Thank you so much,
00:26:06.831 --> 00:26:08.066 align:start line:58% position:10% size:55%
viewers of Life Today,
00:26:08.133 --> 00:26:09.935 align:start line:58% position:10% size:48%
sharing Life Today.
00:26:10.001 --> 00:26:12.637 align:start line:58% position:10% size:38%
Imagine Heaven.
00:26:12.704 --> 00:26:14.806 align:start line:58% position:10% size:70%
When you have somebody there
00:26:14.873 --> 00:26:16.041 align:start line:58% position:10% size:58%
and now a lot of people
00:26:16.107 --> 00:26:17.442 align:start line:58% position:10% size:45%
for us, it becomes
00:26:17.509 --> 00:26:18.677 align:start line:58% position:10% size:33%
very special.
00:26:18.743 --> 00:26:20.211 align:start line:58% position:10% size:68%
We're not going to miss it.
00:26:20.278 --> 00:26:21.346 align:start line:58% position:10% size:70%
I think when you share this,
00:26:21.413 --> 00:26:22.514 align:start line:58% position:10% size:60%
and see it, you're going
00:26:22.580 --> 00:26:23.748 align:start line:58% position:10% size:55%
to help a lot of other
00:26:23.815 --> 00:26:25.016 align:start line:58% position:10% size:48%
people not miss it.
00:26:25.083 --> 00:26:26.117 align:start line:58% position:10% size:55%
You help us give a cup
00:26:26.184 --> 00:26:27.319 align:start line:58% position:10% size:60%
of water, the book is in
00:26:27.385 --> 00:26:28.453 align:start line:58% position:10% size:60%
the bookstore, but we'll
00:26:28.520 --> 00:26:29.521 align:start line:58% position:10% size:63%
be glad to send it to you
00:26:29.587 --> 00:26:30.689 align:start line:58% position:10% size:70%
if you would like to have it
00:26:30.755 --> 00:26:31.856 align:start line:58% position:10% size:48%
because we're going
00:26:31.923 --> 00:26:33.024 align:start line:58% position:10% size:53%
to experience heaven,
00:26:33.091 --> 00:26:34.192 align:start line:58% position:10% size:65%
and express it right here.
00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:35.360 align:start line:58% position:10% size:50%
Would you thank John
00:26:35.427 --> 00:26:36.494 align:start line:58% position:10% size:63%
for sharing this with us?
00:26:36.561 --> 00:26:37.595 align:start line:58% position:10% size:43%
John, I thank you
00:26:37.662 --> 00:26:38.930 align:start line:58% position:10% size:55%
for the effort, buddy.
00:26:38.997 --> 00:26:40.098 align:start line:58% position:10% size:53%
Thank you so much for
00:26:40.165 --> 00:26:42.767 align:start line:58% position:10% size:53%
watching the program.
00:26:42.834 --> 00:26:44.602 align:start line:58% position:10% size:73%
Thank you for being an answer
00:26:44.669 --> 00:26:48.573 align:start line:58% position:10% size:53%
to somebody's prayer!
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♪
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♪
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At LIFE Outreach,
we believe in making
00:27:34.552 --> 00:27:37.922 align:center line:10% position:50% size:73%
a lasting impact on your life
and the lives of others.
00:27:37.989 --> 00:27:40.091 align:start line:10% position:20% size:58%
Through
Life Planning Services,
00:27:40.158 --> 00:27:42.494 align:center line:10% position:50% size:60%
we offer estate planning
and giving solutions
00:27:42.560 --> 00:27:45.797 align:center line:10% position:50% size:70%
that provide tax advantages,
income, and the satisfaction
00:27:45.864 --> 00:27:48.233 align:center line:10% position:50% size:53%
of supporting a cause
close to your heart.
00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:51.136 align:start line:10% position:15% size:68%
With options like bequests,
charitable gift annuities,
00:27:51.202 --> 00:27:54.406 align:center line:10% position:50% size:65%
and IRA rollovers, you can
chart a purposeful path,
00:27:54.472 --> 00:27:56.775 align:center line:10% position:50% size:43%
creating a legacy
of love and hope
00:27:56.841 --> 00:27:58.810 align:center line:10% position:50% size:58%
for future generations.
00:27:58.877 --> 00:28:02.514 align:center line:10% position:50% size:73%
Call or visit
Life Planning Services today.
00:28:02.580 --> 00:28:06.351 align:start line:63% position:18% size:65%
>> I tried everything that
I knew and I just thought,
00:28:06.418 --> 00:28:08.787 align:center line:63% position:50% size:30%
God, we need
to chat.
00:28:08.853 --> 00:28:12.524 align:start line:10% position:25% size:50%
Niki Hardy felt like
her faith was dying.
00:28:12.590 --> 00:28:16.061 align:start line:10% position:13% size:73%
LIFE Today is made
possible by the supporters of
LIFE Outreach International.
00:28:16.127 --> 00:28:19.164 align:center line:10% position:50% size:70%
Your gift will be
used exclusively for
the exempt purposes of LIFE.
00:28:19.230 --> 00:28:21.232 align:start line:10% position:23% size:53%
The ministry features
specific outreaches
00:28:21.299 --> 00:28:23.301 align:center line:10% position:50% size:68%
as examples of the programs
it supports and conducts.
00:28:23.368 --> 00:28:25.370 align:start line:10% position:18% size:63%
Gifts are considered
to be without restriction
00:28:25.437 --> 00:28:27.505 align:center line:10% position:50% size:68%
as to use unless explicitly
stipulated by the donor.
00:28:27.572 --> 00:28:29.808 align:center line:10% position:50% size:60%
The ministry is a member
of the ECFA.