WEBVTT 00:08.918 --> 00:12.303 ALL RIGHT, WELCOME EVERYBODY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING 00:12.303 --> 00:14.934 HERE, AND I KNOW SOME MORE PEOPLE ARE COMING IN, BUT I WANT 00:14.934 --> 00:18.382 TO GREET THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING AROUND REALLY THE 00:18.382 --> 00:21.270 WORLD, BUT THE UNITED STATES. YOU KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT IT 00:21.270 --> 00:24.654 IS AT THIS TIME IN OUR COUNTRY, SO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 00:24.654 --> 00:28.360 IT'S GREAT TO HAVE MANY OF OUR PASTORS AND FRIENDS, BUT REALLY 00:28.360 --> 00:33.386 SOME OF THOSE THAT ARE RUNNING FOR OFFICE, BUT YOU THE PEOPLE 00:33.386 --> 00:36.116 THAT ARE GONNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COUNTRY. SO I'D LIKE FOR 00:36.116 --> 00:38.379 US TO TAKE A FEW MOMENTS, LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND STAND. WE'RE 00:38.379 --> 00:42.955 GONNA PRAY AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, 00:42.955 --> 00:45.428 BUT WE'RE GONNA BEGIN WITH PRAYER TO THE LORD. SO HEAVENLY 00:45.428 --> 00:48.398 FATHER, WE COME TO YOU TONIGHT. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME IN 00:48.398 --> 00:54.017 OUR COUNTRY. WE REMIND YOU THAT WE REDEDICATED THIS COUNTRY BACK 00:54.017 --> 00:57.931 INTO THE HONOR OF YOU, OUR GOD. YOU SAID, "BLESSED IS THE NATION 00:59.167 --> 01:02.375 WHO THE LORD IS THEIR GOD." AND SO, LORD, WE BELIEVE THAT. AND 01:02.375 --> 01:05.086 WE BELIEVE THAT THE GOD FACTOR IS IN MOTION. BUT NOW YOU'RE 01:05.086 --> 01:09.658 LOOKING TO US, THE PEOPLE, TO HELP ACCELERATE YOUR PLAN, NOT 01:09.658 --> 01:13.379 ONLY FOR THIS TIME, BUT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. AND SO, 01:13.379 --> 01:17.293 LORD, WE'RE ASKING YOU TO COME AND SHED YOUR GRACE UPON THIS 01:17.293 --> 01:21.624 GREAT COUNTRY. AND AS WE STAND AND CONTINUE TO FIGHT, BLESS IT 01:21.624 --> 01:25.794 THAT, LORD, WE WILL SEE VICTORY ON EVERY SIDE. AND EVERYBODY 01:25.794 --> 01:29.867 SAID, AMEN. LET'S GO AHEAD AND LOOK TO THE FLAG AND LET'S SAY 01:29.867 --> 01:33.571 THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TOGETHER. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO 01:33.571 --> 01:38.767 THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR 01:38.767 --> 01:44.156 WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH 01:44.156 --> 01:49.231 LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. I CAN'T STOP LOOKING AT THAT GREAT 01:49.231 --> 01:52.769 FLAG. AMEN. WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND BE SEATED. I THANK 01:52.769 --> 01:59.466 GOD. ALSO, HOW MANY VETERANS ARE IN HERE? WOW. WOW. THANK YOU FOR 01:59.466 --> 02:02.618 YOUR SERVICE. ALSO ONLINE, IF YOU'RE A VETERAN, LET US KNOW SO 02:02.618 --> 02:05.433 THAT WE CAN HONOR YOU AS WELL. IN FACT, TALKING ABOUT VETERANS, 02:05.433 --> 02:07.857 BRENDA AND I DECIDED WE'RE GONNA PROBABLY GO AROUND AND LOOK AT 02:07.857 --> 02:13.303 DIFFERENT— WE WENT TO THIS SARPY COUNTY COMMISSION. AND JUST KIND 02:13.303 --> 02:16.510 OF SEEING TODAY WAS THE FIRST DAY OF EARLY VOTING. AND I COULD 02:16.510 --> 02:24.368 NOT BELIEVE ALL OF THE AMERICAN FLAGS THAT PEOPLE WERE WEARING. 02:24.368 --> 02:27.880 YOU'LL BE ENCOURAGED, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, PATRIOTIC 02:27.880 --> 02:31.970 GEAR. I'VE NEVER SEEN IT LIKE THAT. I EVEN COMMENTED TO 02:31.970 --> 02:34.135 SOMEONE THAT HAD WORKED THERE. I SAID, HAVE YOU EVER SEEN IT LIKE 02:34.135 --> 02:37.134 THIS? HE SAID, FIRST OF ALL, RECORD NUMBERS TODAY. SECOND OF 02:37.134 --> 02:39.186 ALL, NO, WE HAVE NOT SEEN THAT. WELL, YOU KNOW, AND YOU AND I 02:39.186 --> 02:43.691 BOTH KNOW THAT THOSE WHO LOVE THEIR COUNTRY AND LOVE THE FLAG 02:43.691 --> 02:46.721 AND SUCH, THEY USUALLY DON'T WEAR THAT KIND OF STUFF. THEY 02:46.721 --> 02:49.462 WOULD RATHER HAVE A PRIDE FLAG OR SOMETHING ELSE, OR A 02:49.462 --> 02:52.813 PALESTINIAN FLAG OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO I THINK THAT'S A 02:52.813 --> 02:55.394 GOOD SIGN TO START IT OFF WITH. WELL, I WANNA TALK TO YOU FOR 02:55.394 --> 02:59.257 JUST A FEW MOMENTS. THIS IS NOT MY TIME HERE FULLY, BUT WE DO 02:59.257 --> 03:03.970 HAVE A LOT OF GREAT GUESTS THAT ARE GONNA SHARE, ESPECIALLY RICK 03:03.970 --> 03:06.615 GREEN. SO AREN'T YOU GLAD THAT HE'S IN THE HOUSE? HE'LL BE 03:06.615 --> 03:12.035 COMING IN JUST A MOMENT. I WANT TO SHARE SOMETHING WITH YOU, AND 03:12.035 --> 03:14.842 THAT'S THIS, THAT WE'RE IN A STRATEGIC TIME IN OUR NATION. I 03:14.842 --> 03:17.487 DON'T THINK IT'S ANY SECRET TO ALL OF YOU THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE 03:17.487 --> 03:20.799 IN A CULTURAL WAR, BUT WE'VE BEEN IN A REALLY A POLITICAL 03:20.799 --> 03:23.065 BATTLE, WE'VE BEEN IN SPIRITUAL BATTLE, BUT WE'VE BEEN IN A 03:23.065 --> 03:27.660 BATTLE WITH THE CHURCH. AND IT SHOULDN'T BE THAT WAY WITH AN 03:27.660 --> 03:33.266 APATHY THAT HAS SET IN AMONG THE MINDSETS OF CHRISTIANS TODAY 03:33.266 --> 03:36.587 THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE INVOLVED IN POLITICS. AND SO MY 03:36.587 --> 03:40.041 QUESTION ALWAYS IS, WELL THEN, WHO ARE YOU LEAVING IT TO, TO BE 03:40.041 --> 03:44.716 THE MORAL STANDARD, TO BE THE VOICE? AND OUR GREAT COUNTRY WAS 03:44.716 --> 03:49.118 FOUNDED OFF OF THE BLACK ROBE REGIMENT OF PASTORS THAT WERE 03:49.118 --> 03:51.464 ACTUALLY THE FIRST CONCEALED CARRIERS. WHILE THEY WOULD 03:51.464 --> 03:54.741 PREACH AND ENCOURAGE THEIR CONGREGATION TO JOIN THE 03:54.741 --> 03:57.730 REVOLUTION AT HAND, THEY WERE CONCEALING THEIR WEAPONS 03:57.730 --> 04:01.184 UNDERNEATH THEIR ROBES. BUT IT CAME FROM THE CHURCH HOUSE. THEY 04:01.184 --> 04:04.475 WERE THE ONES THAT WERE TELLING THEIR PEOPLE, TO GO AHEAD AND 04:04.475 --> 04:08.646 FIND SHOVELS, WHATEVER YOU CAN, AND FIGHT FOR YOUR FREEDOM, 04:09.929 --> 04:14.581 FIGHT FOR GOD, AND FIGHT FOR YOUR COUNTRY. AND SO IT'S SUCH A 04:14.581 --> 04:17.549 GREAT THING TO SEE MANY OF THE PASTORS HERE AND YOU AS 04:17.549 --> 04:21.159 CHRISTIANS, OR MAYBE YOU'RE HERE JUST BECAUSE YOU LOVE THE 04:21.159 --> 04:24.704 COUNTRY. AND IN THIS TIME OF WAR, I WANNA BRING YOU TO 04:24.704 --> 04:28.201 SOMETHING. WHEN I SAY WAR, I'M TALKING ABOUT NOT AN IRANIAN 04:28.201 --> 04:33.332 WAR, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE WAR ON REALLY GIVING OUR CHILDREN 04:33.332 --> 04:37.612 AND THE NEXT GENERATION THE AMERICA THAT MANY OF US GREW UP 04:37.612 --> 04:42.004 TO LOVE AND TO KNOW AND TO APPRECIATE, THAT WE HAD JUSTICE, 04:42.004 --> 04:46.252 WE HAD TRUTH, WE HAD LIBERTY, WE HAD TRUE FREEDOM. WELL, THAT'S 04:46.252 --> 04:48.801 WHAT I'M STANDING AND FIGHTING FOR, IS I WANNA HAND THAT NOT 04:48.801 --> 04:52.328 ONLY TO THE PRESENT GENERATION, BUT I WANNA HAND IT TO THE 04:52.328 --> 04:54.620 FUTURE GENERATION OF OUR CHILDREN. I WANNA REALLY BE ABLE 04:54.620 --> 04:59.323 TO TELL 'EM ABOUT AMERICA THE GREAT, ONE NATION UNDER GOD. AND 04:59.323 --> 05:03.643 SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. BUT I WANNA DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO A 05:03.643 --> 05:07.434 SCRIPTURE, JUDGES 5, VERY QUICKLY. AND I WANT YOU TO LOOK 05:07.434 --> 05:10.903 AT THIS, THE CONDITIONS OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN JUDGES 5 THAT 05:10.903 --> 05:14.597 SOUNDS A LOT LIKE OUR DAY-TO-DAY. IT SAYS, IN THE DAYS 05:14.597 --> 05:17.552 OF SHAMGAR, THE HIGHWAYS WERE UNOCCUPIED. IN OTHER WORDS, THAT 05:17.552 --> 05:21.230 PEOPLE GOT OFF THE MAIN ROAD. THIS IS WHY WE DID THIS EVENT, 05:21.230 --> 05:23.816 FOR PASTORS TO COME TOGETHER, FOR YOU, THE PEOPLE, TO COME 05:23.816 --> 05:27.601 TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN HELP NAVIGATE THIS COUNTRY THROUGH 05:27.601 --> 05:30.630 THE CHALLENGES THAT IT HAS TO GET BACK ON THE MAIN ROADS OF 05:30.630 --> 05:34.059 WHAT HAS MADE AMERICA GREAT AND WHAT BRINGS THE BLESSING OF GOD. 05:34.059 --> 05:37.600 THE NEXT THING THAT WE SEE IS IN VERSE 8. IT SAYS THEY CHOSE NEW 05:37.600 --> 05:43.529 GODS. LIKE NEVER BEFORE, WE ARE NOW FACING ISLAM. WE'RE FACING 05:43.529 --> 05:47.215 AN ISLAMIC MOVEMENT. THEY'RE REGISTERING 1,000 PEOPLE A WEEK 05:47.215 --> 05:55.630 TO VOTE. 80 TO 90% OF THE MUSLIMS VOTE, 22% OF CHRISTIANS 05:55.630 --> 06:00.104 VOTE. YOU TELL ME ON THAT RATE, WHERE IS OUR COUNTRY HEADING IF 06:00.104 --> 06:03.151 WE CONTINUE TO HAND IT TO PEOPLE LIKE THAT? THEY CHOSE NEW GODS, 06:03.151 --> 06:07.160 THEN WAS THERE WAR IN THE GATES? I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MUCH CULTURAL 06:07.160 --> 06:10.464 BICKERING AND FIGHTING AND MISUNDERSTANDING AND CONFUSION. 06:10.464 --> 06:15.034 AND THEN LASTLY, WAS THERE A SHIELD OR SPEAR SEEN IN 40,000? 06:15.034 --> 06:17.744 IN OTHER WORDS, THEY LOST THEIR FIGHT, BUT WHAT I LOVE ABOUT IT 06:17.744 --> 06:20.891 IS, VERSE 7, DEBORAH AROSE AS A LEADER, AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S 06:20.891 --> 06:24.167 GONNA TAKE. IT'S WHY WE'RE DOING THIS. IT'S WHY YOU PASTORS BEING 06:24.167 --> 06:27.715 HERE, ENGAGING YOUR CONGREGATION, ENCOURAGING PEOPLE 06:27.715 --> 06:31.247 GET UP. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A POLITICIAN. SHE WAS 06:31.247 --> 06:34.362 A MOTHER, BUT SHE AROSE AND SHE GOT INVOLVED IN POLITICS. LOOK 06:34.362 --> 06:37.574 AT VERSE 9. SHE WENT AND SAID, "MY HEART IS FOR THE GOVERNORS." 06:37.574 --> 06:40.560 COME ON, IS YOUR HEART TOWARDS THE POLITICIANS THAT ARE OUT 06:40.560 --> 06:44.092 THERE TODAY? IS YOUR HEART OUT THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY BE 06:44.092 --> 06:48.986 REMINDED, THEY WORK FOR US. AND SO THE LAST ONE I WANNA SHOW YOU 06:48.986 --> 06:52.596 IN JUDGES 5 IS THIS, AND IT SAYS THIS, THAT THEY WENT TO THE 06:52.596 --> 06:59.575 TRIBE OF REUBEN AND THEY SAID IN VERSE 15, AND REUBEN REPRESENTS 06:59.575 --> 07:01.581 THE CHURCH, AND THEY SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE HAVE GREAT 07:01.581 --> 07:03.972 THOUGHTS OF HEART. AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE A LOT OF CHURCHES 07:03.972 --> 07:07.341 ARE, A LOT OF CHRISTIANS ARE, IS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA GET 07:07.341 --> 07:10.791 INVOLVED. WELL, THAT'S HOW YOU RUIN YOUR COUNTRY AND IT'S HOW 07:10.791 --> 07:14.478 YOU GET YOUR RELIGIOUS LIBERTIES TAKEN. AND WE HAVE GOT TO CHANGE 07:14.478 --> 07:18.484 THAT. SO GUESS WHAT SHE DID? SHE WENT OUT AND BEGAN TO RECRUIT, 07:18.484 --> 07:22.746 GETTING OTHER PEOPLE TO VOTE, GETTING OTHER PEOPLE TO JOIN 07:22.746 --> 07:25.935 WHAT WE ARE ALL WANTING TO JOIN TOGETHER, AND THAT'S FOR A 07:25.935 --> 07:30.117 BETTER AMERICA, A BETTER FUTURE. LASTLY, I WANNA SAY THIS. I WANT 07:30.117 --> 07:33.786 THEM TO PUT UP THIS GRAPHIC. I PREACHED THIS ON SUNDAY. I 07:33.786 --> 07:37.568 ALWAYS KNOW WHEN I DO THIS, I FEEL THE VULNERABILITY AT THE 07:37.568 --> 07:40.196 END BECAUSE YOU'RE ALWAYS GONNA GET SOMEBODY WHO'S NOT GONNA I 07:40.196 --> 07:42.842 LIKE WHAT YOU SAY, BUT I'M NOT HERE FOR POPULARITY. I'M HERE 07:42.842 --> 07:46.467 FOR TRUTH. AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THOSE THAT CAN'T 07:46.467 --> 07:50.236 SPEAK. THIS GENERATION, THE NEXT GENERATION. BUT I MADE IT VERY 07:50.236 --> 07:53.283 CLEAR, THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO THE VOTING BOOTH. THIS IS 07:53.283 --> 07:56.331 WHAT YOU'RE FACING. THIS IS WHAT THE DEMOCRATIC PROGRESSIVE 07:56.331 --> 07:59.699 MOVEMENT, WHAT THEY'RE FOR. THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY FOR ABORTION. 07:59.699 --> 08:02.730 THEY'RE AGAINST RIGHTS TO BEAR ARMS. THEY WANNA TAKE YOUR GUNS 08:02.730 --> 08:06.675 AWAY. THEY'RE AGAINST LEGAL IMMIGRATION. THEY WANT ANYBODY 08:06.675 --> 08:10.124 TO COME OVER THE BORDER, ESPECIALLY CRIMINALS. AND THEY 08:10.124 --> 08:13.428 DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU THE CITIZENS' RIGHTS. AND IT GOES ON 08:13.428 --> 08:16.940 AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON. THEY'RE AGAINST A STRONG DEFENSE 08:16.940 --> 08:20.388 AND MILITARY. YOU CAN SEE THAT. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, 08:20.388 --> 08:23.676 THIS IS THE ONE THAT I THINK IS THE MOST ALARMING BECAUSE AGAIN, 08:23.676 --> 08:27.108 BLESSED IS THE NATION OF THE LORD IS THEIR GOD. THE LAST ONE, 08:27.108 --> 08:29.626 ACKNOWLEDGING THE CHRISTIAN HERITAGE OF OUR NATION. I'VE 08:29.626 --> 08:33.443 NEVER SEEN IN ALL MY LIFE WHERE EVERYBODY ELSE GETS THE 08:33.443 --> 08:36.330 OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THEIR FAITH BUT CHRISTIANS. AND IF YOU 08:36.330 --> 08:38.901 DO, YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST, YOU'RE A BIGOT. 08:38.901 --> 08:41.775 THEY CALL YOU ALL KINDS OF NAMES. SO THESE ARE THE REAL 08:41.775 --> 08:45.559 ISSUES. AND HERE'S WHAT I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH. IN 1 TIMOTHY 08:45.559 --> 08:48.554 CHAPTER 4, KEEP IT UP PLEASE, GRAPHICS. I WANT YOU TO HEAR ME 08:48.554 --> 08:50.889 VERY CLEARLY. I WANT TO QUOTE A SCRIPTURE. JESUS SAID IN THE 08:50.889 --> 08:54.349 LAST DAYS, 1 TIMOTHY 4, THAT THERE WOULD BE DOCTRINES OF 08:54.349 --> 09:00.032 DEVILS AND SEDUCING SPIRITS THAT WOULD SEDUCE A GENERATION AND A 09:00.032 --> 09:03.376 PEOPLE. AND THEN IT SAYS IN VERSE 2 THAT IT WOULD CAUSE 09:03.376 --> 09:07.529 PEOPLE'S MINDS TO BE SEARED. AND I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN IN 09:07.529 --> 09:11.392 ALL OF MY LIFE, YOU TALK TO CHRISTIANS TODAY AND THEY WILL 09:11.392 --> 09:14.855 DEFEND THE RIGHT TO KILL A BABY IN THE WOMB AND ARGUE WHETHER 09:14.855 --> 09:19.407 IT'S A CHILD OR NOT. THEY WILL FIGHT FOR THE DRAG QUEEN TO KEEP 09:19.407 --> 09:23.816 READING TO THE KIDS IN SCHOOL AND PEDOPHILIA AND PORNOGRAPHY 09:23.816 --> 09:26.621 TO BE CHECKED OUT BY A 7-YEAR-OLD. THEY WILL FIGHT, 09:26.621 --> 09:30.372 CHRISTIANS AND PASTORS WILL SAY NOTHING AND BE QUIET WHILE 09:30.372 --> 09:34.860 CHILDREN ARE BEING CONVINCED BY VERY EVIL PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT 09:34.860 --> 09:38.419 EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN BUT INDOCTRINATING THEM AND TELLING 09:38.419 --> 09:42.633 A 6, 7, 8, 9-YEAR-OLD THAT THEY CAN BE SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN 09:42.633 --> 09:46.415 THEIR GOD-GIVEN GENDER, AND YOU THE PARENTS DON'T HAVE A RIGHT. 09:46.415 --> 09:49.523 AND THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THERE IS A GENERATION THAT THEIR 09:49.523 --> 09:53.770 CONSCIENCE WILL BE SEARED WITH A HOT IRON BECAUSE OF THE DEMONIC. 09:53.770 --> 09:58.497 AND I AM IMPLORING US AS THE AMERICAN CHURCH, I'M IMPLORING 09:58.497 --> 10:03.480 YOU THAT ARE PASTORS TO ENGAGE LIKE NEVER BEFORE AND ENCOURAGE 10:03.480 --> 10:08.532 YOUR PEOPLE. THIS ISN'T ABOUT WIN OR LOSE BY WAY OF YOUR 10:08.532 --> 10:11.511 FAVORITE CANDIDATE. YES, THAT'S IMPORTANT, BUT WHAT WE CANNOT 10:11.511 --> 10:16.986 LOSE IS A NATION THAT JUST GOT DEDICATED TO GOD. WE CANNOT LOSE 10:16.986 --> 10:20.866 THE MOMENTUM OF HOW GOD WANTS TO BLESS THIS NATION AND IS IN 10:20.866 --> 10:26.420 PROCESS IF WE TURN THE OTHER WAY AND PUT PEOPLE IN OFFICE THAT 10:26.420 --> 10:32.240 BELIEVE, VOTE, AND STAND FOR IT. SO CHURCH, WE'VE GOTTA WAKE UP. 10:32.240 --> 10:35.694 WE HAVE TO DO OUR PART, AND THAT'S WHAT OUR MESSAGE IS 10:35.694 --> 10:38.506 TONIGHT. WE GOTTA GET OUT AND VOTE. WE CAN'T HAVE OUR 10:38.506 --> 10:41.398 CONSCIENCE SEARED WITH A HOT IRON. AND HERE'S THE QUESTION I 10:41.398 --> 10:43.727 WANT TO LEAVE YOU. ARE YOU READY? IT'S WHAT I SAID TO OUR 10:43.727 --> 10:48.789 CHURCH. JESUS SAID IN LUKE 21 THAT YOU GOTTA GET YOUR HEAD 10:48.789 --> 10:52.082 STRAIGHT, BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T GET YOUR HEAD STRAIGHT, HE SAID 10:52.082 --> 10:55.762 THAT THERE'LL BE, IN THE LAST DAYS, THERE'LL BE OCEANS AND 10:55.762 --> 10:59.631 WATERS ROARING GREATLY, HE SAID THAT THE NATIONS WOULD BE IN 10:59.631 --> 11:02.986 PERPLEXITY BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT THE THINGS THAT ARE 11:02.986 --> 11:06.919 COMING. MY QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE YOU DOING WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT 11:06.919 --> 11:11.333 WHAT THE AGENDA OF THE BLUE RIGHT THERE IS TRYING TO DO TO 11:11.333 --> 11:15.363 YOUR CHILDREN, TO OUR COUNTRY? AS PASTORS AND AS LEADERS AND AS 11:15.363 --> 11:19.296 CHURCHES, CONGREGATIONS, WHAT ARE WE DOING? ARE WE STANDING BY 11:19.296 --> 11:23.549 QUIET AND ALLOWING IT TO HAPPEN BECAUSE OUR HEAD IS NOT SCREWED 11:23.549 --> 11:27.710 ON STRAIGHT? WE SHOULD NEVER ALLOW THIS LEVEL OF EVIL OR 11:27.710 --> 11:31.967 INJUSTICE TO GO ON. WE HAVE BEEN CALLED OF GOD AS CHRISTIANS AND 11:31.967 --> 11:35.683 PASTORS TO DO SOMETHING. IT IS NOT ONLY OUR MORAL OBLIGATION, 11:35.683 --> 11:39.145 IT IS OUR OBLIGATION AS CHRISTIANS, GOD-FEARING PEOPLE, 11:40.578 --> 11:46.171 TO STAND FOR THE TRUTH, TELL THE TRUTH, AND FIGHT FOR IT. AMEN? 11:46.171 --> 11:52.900 NOW EXODUS 8:16, IT SAYS THIS, AND PASTOR BRENDA, I'M GOING TO 11:52.900 --> 11:58.198 HAVE YOU COME. PHARAOH WAS GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET RID OF THE 11:58.198 --> 12:01.972 FROGS IN EXODUS 8. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF FROGS, REPUBLICAN, 12:01.972 --> 12:06.612 DEMOCRAT. FROGS ARE UNCLEAN SPIRITS. FROGS IN REVELATION 12:06.612 --> 12:10.000 SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE DRAGON SATAN. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE 12:10.000 --> 12:14.078 THAT ARE SPEAKING VERY SATANIC EVIL AGENDAS THAT PEOPLE ARE 12:14.078 --> 12:18.297 BELIEVING. IT'S SEARING THEIR MIND. AND HE HAD A CHOICE. WHAT 12:18.297 --> 12:22.127 ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT THESE FROGS, PHARAOH? HE SAID, LET 12:22.127 --> 12:26.341 THEM STAY HERE UNTIL TOMORROW. I'M CONVINCED IF WE DON'T SHOW 12:26.341 --> 12:29.162 UP AT THE VOTING BOOTH, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE 12:29.162 --> 12:35.251 FROGS, THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE ABOUT THE AGENDA OF H***. I SAY 12:35.251 --> 12:38.553 NO MORE. NO MORE ELECTIONS HAVING PEOPLE WHO AREN'T GOING 12:38.553 --> 12:45.030 TO WORK FOR US AND BE ABOUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT. TO GOD AND TO OUR 12:45.030 --> 12:48.624 CHILDREN. AND SO I JUST WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU. I WANNA SAY THIS, 12:48.624 --> 12:50.886 PASTOR BRENDA, COME, 'CAUSE I'LL KEEP GOING, BUT I DO HAVE ONE 12:50.886 --> 12:54.335 LAST VERSE I DO WANNA SAY. I'VE HAD PASTORS SAY, YEAH, BUT I'M 12:54.335 --> 12:58.089 AFRAID TO RISK IT ALL. OUR CHURCH HAS EXPLODED IN GROWTH 12:58.089 --> 13:02.100 OVER THE YEARS. THE BOLDER I GOT, THE MORE IT GREW. BUT 13:02.100 --> 13:04.442 HERE'S A PRINCIPLE THAT I WANNA SHARE WITH EVERY PASTOR AND 13:04.442 --> 13:08.052 EVERYONE THAT'S WATCHING ONLINE. IT'S WHY I LOVE PRESIDENT TRUMP. 13:08.052 --> 13:12.547 I DON'T WORSHIP HIM. I DON'T HATE HIM. BUT I THANK GOD FOR 13:12.547 --> 13:15.678 SOMETHING, AND IT'S THIS STRONG LEADERSHIP. JUDGES 5 SAYS THIS, 13:15.678 --> 13:22.164 VERSE 2. WHEN ISRAEL'S LEADERS, OR WHEN AMERICA'S LEADERS, 13:22.164 --> 13:28.023 AMERICA'S PASTORS, AMERICAN STRONG CHRISTIANS ROSE UP, WHEN 13:28.023 --> 13:31.957 THEY ROSE UP BOLDLY, IT SAYS THE PEOPLE WILLINGLY FOLLOWED. DON'T 13:31.957 --> 13:35.926 EVER THINK THAT YOUR BOLDNESS THAT YOUR EFFORT IS IN VAIN, OR 13:35.926 --> 13:41.143 IF YOU SPEAK UP THAT IT'S NOT FOR ANY GOOD. NO, THE MORE 13:41.143 --> 13:45.336 BOLDER YOU ARE ABOUT THE RIGHT THINGS, YOU'LL BE SURPRISED AT 13:45.336 --> 13:48.557 HOW PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO FOLLOW IT. THEY JUST NEED A LEADER. 13:48.557 --> 13:53.658 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, PASTOR. WELL, 13:53.658 --> 13:56.425 JUST A COUPLE THINGS I JUST WANTED TO SHARE VERY QUICKLY, 13:56.425 --> 13:59.241 AND THEN I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO TERRI BLACKBURN. SHE'S 13:59.241 --> 14:03.971 OUR POLITICAL LEAH'S ON HERE AT LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. BY THE 14:03.971 --> 14:07.097 WAY, PASTORS, IF YOU CAN HAVE A POLITICAL PERSON THAT'LL DO 14:07.097 --> 14:09.998 FOOTWORK FOR YOU. AND I'M JUST GOING TO SAY A COUPLE OF GREAT 14:09.998 --> 14:12.483 THINGS ABOUT HER BECAUSE AFTER THIS SEGMENT, I WON'T HAVE THE 14:12.483 --> 14:17.917 MIC AGAIN. BUT I DO WANT TO SAY TERRI HAS SPENT HUNDREDS OF 14:17.917 --> 14:21.123 HOURS PUTTING TOGETHER VOTER GUIDES, WHICH WE HAVE AVAILABLE 14:21.123 --> 14:25.628 TONIGHT. BOB WILL TALK ABOUT THAT. OF EVERY SINGLE 14:25.628 --> 14:28.834 INITIATIVE, EVERY JUDGE. HOW MANY OF YOU EVER GOTTEN TO THE 14:28.834 --> 14:32.360 VOTING BOOTH AND YOU DIDN'T KNOW IF THE JUDGE WAS AN IDIOT OR HE 14:32.360 --> 14:36.785 WAS WORTH KEEPING? SHE HAS PUT ALL THAT, DONE ALL THAT FOOTWORK 14:36.785 --> 14:39.815 FOR BOTH DOUGLAS AND SARPY COUNTY. WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE IN 14:39.815 --> 14:43.454 HERE. THERE'S A BOATLOAD OF INFORMATION OUT THERE, AND I'LL 14:43.454 --> 14:47.494 LET, OF COURSE, HER AND BOB TALK ABOUT THAT. BUT PART OF OUR GOAL 14:47.494 --> 14:52.399 TONIGHT IS TO GET CHURCHES LITERALLY ENGAGED, PASTORS 14:52.399 --> 14:56.968 ENGAGED, AND BEING A PART OF, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW RICK WILL 14:56.968 --> 15:01.284 TALK A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT ABOUT HOW JUST A SMALL HANDFUL OF 15:01.284 --> 15:06.917 BELIEVERS THAT DECIDE TO TAKE THEIR PLACE CAN MAKE A SHIFT IN 15:06.917 --> 15:11.572 THE ELECTION. AND I BELIEVE WE ARE THE SEED OF THAT TONIGHT 15:11.572 --> 15:15.183 HERE IN NEBRASKA. AND BY THE WAY, WE WILL HAVE THOUSANDS OF 15:15.183 --> 15:18.618 PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD. YOU KNOW, WE FELT LIKE TO USE 15:18.618 --> 15:21.507 OUR STREAMING AUDIENCE OF PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING IN OTHER 15:21.507 --> 15:25.038 STATES, THIS IS ALSO FOR YOU. TERRI WILL ALSO BE TALKING 15:25.038 --> 15:29.693 TONIGHT ABOUT HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED IN THE POLITICAL 15:29.693 --> 15:33.658 SPHERE, THE WHOLE IDEOLOGY THAT THE CHURCH SHOULD NOT BE 15:33.658 --> 15:38.297 INVOLVED IN POLITICS IS JUST A MISNOMER. IT'S NOT POLITICS 15:38.297 --> 15:42.953 WE'RE INVOLVED IN. WHAT WE'RE INVOLVED IN IS BEING THE LIGHT, 15:42.953 --> 15:46.629 THE CITY SET ON A HILL THAT JESUS SAID WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE. 15:46.629 --> 15:50.177 A REGION THAT SAT IN DARKNESS, COME ON, SOMEBODY, SAW A GREAT 15:50.177 --> 15:54.110 LIGHT. AND WE ARE THAT LIGHT. IF WE'RE NOT THAT LIGHT, THEN 15:54.110 --> 15:58.123 NOBODY'S GOING TO BE THAT. SO, NO, WE'RE BEING INVOLVED IN THE 15:58.123 --> 16:03.637 VERY PEOPLE, THE CANDIDATES, THE INITIATIVES, THE LEGISLATION 16:03.637 --> 16:08.622 THAT GOES ON THAT CONTROLS ULTIMATELY OUR DAILY LIFE. PAUL 16:08.622 --> 16:11.267 PRAYED IT THIS WAY IN THESSALONIANS. HE SAID THESE 16:11.267 --> 16:15.820 WORDS. HE SAID, "PRAY FOR US THAT THE GOSPEL WOULD HAVE FREE 16:15.820 --> 16:19.443 COURSE." THAT'S WHAT WE'RE AFTER. WE NEED OUR PULPITS TO 16:19.443 --> 16:24.091 REMAIN FREE. DON'T TELL ME IN MY PULPIT THAT I CAN'T SAY THAT 16:24.091 --> 16:28.724 MARRIAGE IS BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN. DON'T TELL ME IN MY 16:28.724 --> 16:32.849 PULPIT THAT WE CAN'T STAND UP AND HAVE GOD'S DEFINITION OF 16:32.849 --> 16:38.837 MALE AND FEMALE. SO, THAT ASIDE, I WANNA READ VERY QUICKLY TO YOU 16:38.837 --> 16:44.793 AN ARTICLE, IT'S VERY SHORT, THAT SOMEBODY SENT ME, WRITTEN 16:44.793 --> 16:48.581 BY DAVE RAMSEY. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD OF DAVE RAMSEY? AND 16:48.581 --> 16:52.081 MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO RECEIVE FROM HIS GREAT 16:52.081 --> 16:57.090 CONTENT. BUT HERE'S WHAT HE'S HAD TO SAY ABOUT WHAT WE'RE UP 16:57.090 --> 17:00.108 AGAINST, AND THIS IS PART OF THE REASON WE ARE HOLDING THIS 17:00.108 --> 17:04.041 EVENT. WE ARE UP AGAINST THINGS. CAN I BE HONEST WITH YOU? PASTOR 17:04.041 --> 17:09.901 HANK AND I STARTED THIS CHURCH IN 1997 WITH A SMALL HANDFUL OF 17:09.901 --> 17:13.914 PEOPLE, AND I WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT IN THOSE DAYS, WE'RE 17:13.914 --> 17:17.301 JUST TRYING TO PREACH THE BIBLE. WE WANT TO TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO 17:17.301 --> 17:21.459 PRAY. WE WANT TO TEACH THEM HOW TO HAVE FAITH. WE WANT TO TEACH 17:21.459 --> 17:24.924 THEM HOW TO KNOW JESUS. WE WANT TO BRING PEOPLE IN SO THEY CAN 17:24.924 --> 17:29.814 BE SAVED AND DELIVERED. AND WE NEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT BACK IN 17:29.814 --> 17:37.269 1997 THAT THERE WOULD BE SO-CALLED PASTORS MARRYING TWO 17:37.269 --> 17:41.534 MEN OR TWO WOMEN AND ENDORSING THOSE UNIONS. WE WOULD HAVE 17:41.534 --> 17:44.949 NEVER THOUGHT THAT IN OUR LIFETIME. SO, WE ARE UP AGAINST 17:44.949 --> 17:48.733 A LOT AND WE ARE AT CRITICAL MASS NOW. AND THE CHURCH HAS TO 17:48.733 --> 17:52.915 BE, COME ON, WE ARE THE FORCE THAT'S GONNA PUSH BACK THE GATES 17:52.915 --> 17:57.796 OF H***. SO, HERE'S WHAT DAVE HAD TO SAY ABOUT WHAT WE'RE UP 17:57.796 --> 18:03.618 AGAINST, AND THIS REALLY GAVE ME MOTIVATION AS TO TONIGHT. HE 18:03.618 --> 18:07.201 SAID, "THIS MORNING I REALIZED THAT EVERYTHING IS ABOUT TO 18:07.201 --> 18:12.680 CHANGE. NO MATTER HOW I VOTE OR WHAT I SAY, LIVES JUST ARE NOT 18:12.680 --> 18:17.521 GOING TO BE THE SAME. I AM TOTALLY CONFUSED BY THE 18:17.521 --> 18:21.379 HOSTILITY OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS." I LOOK AT PEOPLE I'VE 18:21.379 --> 18:25.244 KNOWN ALL MY LIFE THAT ARE SO HATE-FILLED, AND THEY SUDDENLY 18:25.244 --> 18:28.548 NOW AGREE WITH OPINIONS THEY WOULD HAVE NEVER EXPRESSED AS 18:28.548 --> 18:32.430 THEIR OWN. I THINK IT'S LIKE WE'VE ENTERED THE TWILIGHT ZONE. 18:33.729 --> 18:38.220 YOU SIMPLY CANNOT JUSTIFY THIS INSANITY. WE'VE BECOME A NATION 18:38.220 --> 18:42.646 THAT HAS LOST ITS COLLECTIVE SENSE OF DIRECTION. WE SEE OTHER 18:42.646 --> 18:47.041 COUNTRIES GOING SOCIALIST AND COLLAPSING, BUT SOMEHOW IT SEEMS 18:47.041 --> 18:51.480 LIKE A GREAT PLAN FOR US. SOMEHOW IT'S UN-AMERICAN FOR THE 18:51.480 --> 18:56.870 CENSUS TO COUNT HOW MANY ACTUAL AMERICANS ARE IN AMERICA. PEOPLE 18:56.870 --> 18:59.980 WHO SAY THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS GENDER ARE NOW DEMANDING A 18:59.980 --> 19:07.541 FEMALE PRESIDENT. LET THAT SINK IN. UNIVERSITIES THAT ADVOCATE 19:07.541 --> 19:12.222 EQUALITY DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ASIAN AMERICANS IN FAVOR OF 19:12.222 --> 19:15.488 AFRICAN AMERICANS. BY THE WAY, THE LAST TIME I REMEMBER, WE 19:15.488 --> 19:23.803 HAVE ONE NATIONAL ANTHEM, ONE. AND I CAN SAY THAT BOLDLY. WE 19:23.803 --> 19:29.703 HAVE A VERY MULTIRACIAL CHURCH HERE AT LORD OF HOSTS. SOME 19:29.703 --> 19:32.504 PEOPLE ARE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THINGS THAT HAPPENED BEFORE THEY 19:32.504 --> 19:36.125 WERE BORN, WHILE OTHERS ARE NOT HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR 19:36.125 --> 19:40.765 ACTIONS AT THE PRESENT TIME. CRIMINALS ARE CAUGHT AND 19:40.765 --> 19:45.563 RELEASED, TO HURT MORE PEOPLE, BUT STOPPING THEM IS BAD BECAUSE 19:45.563 --> 19:49.951 IT'S A VIOLATION OF THEIR RIGHTS. PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER 19:49.951 --> 19:54.880 OWNED SLAVES SHOULD NOW PAY SLAVERY REPARATIONS TO PEOPLE 19:54.880 --> 19:59.212 WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN A SLAVE. WHERE DOES THAT START AND 19:59.212 --> 20:04.190 FINISH? AFTER LEGISLATING GENDER, IF A DUDE PRETENDS TO BE 20:04.190 --> 20:08.403 A WOMAN, YOU'RE NOW REQUIRED TO PRETEND WITH HIM. YOU KNOW, I 20:08.403 --> 20:11.001 THOUGHT ABOUT THAT LONG AND HARD, AND I THOUGHT, NO, 20:11.001 --> 20:16.326 IDENTIFYING WITH IS NOTHING MORE THAN I AM PLAYING MAKE-BELIEVE, 20:16.326 --> 20:23.780 AND YOU HAVE TO AGREE WITH ME. IT WAS COOL FOR JOE BIDEN TO 20:23.780 --> 20:27.336 BLACKMAIL THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE, BUT IT'S NOW AN 20:27.336 --> 20:30.668 IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE IF DONALD TRUMP INQUIRES ABOUT THAT. 20:31.829 --> 20:35.617 PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN TO COLLEGE SHOULD NOW PAY THE DEBTS 20:35.617 --> 20:39.096 OF COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO TOOK OUT HUGE LOANS FOR THEIR DEGREES. 20:41.220 --> 20:45.593 IMMIGRANTS WITH TUBERCULOSIS AND POLIO ARE WELCOME HERE, BUT BOY, 20:45.593 --> 20:54.401 YOU BETTER BE ABLE TO PROVE THAT YOUR DOG IS VACCINATED. WOW. 20:54.401 --> 20:57.297 IRISH DOCTORS AND GERMAN ENGINEERS WHO WANT TO IMMIGRATE 20:57.297 --> 21:02.252 TO THE US MUST GO THROUGH RIGOROUS VETTING PROCESSES. I 21:02.252 --> 21:08.963 WISH FAUCI WOULD HAVE GOT THAT NOTE. VIGOROUS VETTING. BUT ANY 21:08.963 --> 21:12.271 ILLITERATE GANGBANGER WHO JUMPS THE SOUTHERN FENCE IS WELCOME. 21:13.379 --> 21:19.143 $5 BILLION FOR BORDER SECURITY WAS SAID TO BE TOO EXPENSIVE. 21:20.299 --> 21:25.903 BUT $1.5 TRILLION— WITH A T, BY THE WAY— FOR FREE HEALTHCARE IS 21:25.903 --> 21:30.724 NOT. IF YOU CHEAT TO GET INTO COLLEGE, YOU GO TO PRISON. BUT 21:30.724 --> 21:33.289 IF YOU CHEAT TO GET INTO THE COUNTRY, YOU GO TO COLLEGE FOR 21:33.289 --> 21:40.893 FREE. ISN'T THAT FUN? AND POINTING ALL OF THIS HYPOCRISY 21:40.893 --> 21:45.624 OUT SOMEHOW MAKES US RACIST. NO, I BELIEVE IT MAKES US RIGHTEOUS. 21:50.006 --> 21:54.658 NOTHING MAKES SENSE ANYMORE. NO VALUES, NO MORALS, NO CIVILITY. 21:54.658 --> 21:57.801 AND PEOPLE ARE DYING OF A CHINESE VIRUS, BUT IT'S RACIST 21:57.801 --> 22:02.030 TO EVEN REFER TO IT AS CHINESE, EVEN THOUGH IT BEGAN IN CHINA. 22:03.440 --> 22:06.187 WE ARE LIVING IN AN UPSIDE-DOWN WORLD WHERE RIGHT IS WRONG AND 22:06.187 --> 22:09.095 WRONG IS RIGHT, AND MORAL'S IMMORAL. YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE 22:09.095 --> 22:13.597 TALKS ABOUT THAT IN ISAIAH 5. IMMORAL, AND WHAT IS IMMORAL IS 22:13.597 --> 22:16.505 NOW CONSIDERED MORAL, WHERE GOOD IS EVIL, EVIL'S GOOD, AND 22:16.505 --> 22:21.566 KILLING MURDERERS IS WRONG, BUT KILLING INNOCENT BABIES IS NOW 22:21.566 --> 22:27.018 SOMEHOW RIGHT. WAKE UP, AMERICA. THE GREAT UNSINKABLE SHIP 22:27.018 --> 22:31.091 TITANIC HAS HIT AN ICEBERG AND TAKING ON WATER AND SINKING 22:31.091 --> 22:34.314 FAST. AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU TONIGHT, I BELIEVE EVERY ONE OF 22:34.314 --> 22:36.879 US IN THIS ROOM AND THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING FROM AROUND THE 22:36.879 --> 22:40.262 WORLD, WE ARE HERE BECAUSE WE ARE THE BUCKETS THAT ARE GONNA 22:40.262 --> 22:44.319 START PUSHING THAT WATER OUT OF THAT TITANIC. COME ON, ALL HOPE 22:44.319 --> 22:48.737 IS NOT LOST FOR AMERICA. WE STILL HAVE OF HOPE, BUT WE'RE 22:48.737 --> 22:53.974 HERE TO BE THE CHURCH. AMEN AND AMEN. ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET ME 22:53.974 --> 22:59.941 TURN IT OVER TO TERRI. WELCOME THE AMAZING TERRI BLACKBURN. 23:04.891 --> 23:11.063 THANK YOU, PASTOR BRENDA. I HAVE THE ABSOLUTE HONOR JUST TO 23:11.063 --> 23:15.010 ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK AND WELCOME THE ELECTED OFFICIALS 23:15.010 --> 23:16.557 THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY IN THE ROOM, OR CANDIDATES THAT ARE 23:16.557 --> 23:24.081 RUNNING FOR OFFICE THAT DECIDED TO JOIN US. SO FIRST, I WANT TO 23:24.081 --> 23:28.566 WELCOME BILL BOWES. HE IS RUNNING FOR THE NEBRASKA STATE 23:28.566 --> 23:32.421 LEGISLATURE DISTRICT 14. SO THAT'S PAPILLION AND LA VISTA. 23:32.421 --> 23:42.169 GO AHEAD AND STAND UP SO PEOPLE CAN SEE. YES, THANK YOU. NEXT, I 23:42.169 --> 23:45.611 HAVE THE HONOR OF WELCOMING A LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH MEMBER, 23:46.689 --> 23:50.052 LINDA VERMOOTEN. SHE IS RUNNING FOR THE DOUGLAS AND SARPY 23:50.052 --> 23:52.234 LEARNING COMMUNITY DISTRICT 5. 23:58.908 --> 24:00.766 THE NEXT PERSON I HAVE THE HONOR 24:00.766 --> 24:03.672 OF WELCOMING, ANOTHER LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH MEMBER, I LOVE 24:03.672 --> 24:08.742 THAT, IS DALE WILLIAM BRANSBURG. HE IS RUNNING FOR EDUCATIONAL 24:08.742 --> 24:11.121 SERVICE UNIT 3, DISTRICT 5. 24:16.615 --> 24:18.559 AND THE LAST PERSON I WANNA MENTION, 24:18.559 --> 24:23.199 HE WAS HERE EARLIER FOR OUR DINNER WITH THE PASTORS, AND HE 24:23.199 --> 24:26.202 WASN'T ABLE TO STAY, BUT I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIM FOR 24:26.202 --> 24:29.236 TAKING TIME OUT OF HIS BUSY SCHEDULE TO BE HERE, AND THAT IS 24:29.236 --> 24:32.689 SENATOR BRAD VON GILLERN. HE IS A CURRENT NEBRASKA STATE 24:32.689 --> 24:36.703 LEGISLATOR IN DISTRICT 4. HE IS ACTUALLY RUNNING FOR REELECTION. 24:36.703 --> 24:39.111 HE WAS HERE EARLIER, AND I JUST WANNA THANK HIM SO MUCH FOR 24:39.111 --> 24:49.530 TAKING TIME. NOW HERE'S THE FUN PART. DID I FORGET ANYBODY? NO, 24:49.530 --> 24:54.771 I LOVE IT. I LOVE IT. AND WE HAVE SEVERAL VIDEOS OF SOME TOO. 24:54.771 --> 24:57.117 WE HAVE A VIDEO OF SOME THAT WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT THAT 24:57.117 --> 25:00.994 WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY— YEAH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE COMPETING 25:00.994 --> 25:04.191 WITH THE TRUMP RALLY HERE. BUT WE DID, WE HAD SOME THAT WANTED 25:04.191 --> 25:06.842 TO SEND A VIDEO, AND SO YOU'LL HEAR FROM THEM LATER TOO. YOU'LL 25:06.842 --> 25:09.044 ALSO HEAR FROM THE OTHER ONES THAT I MENTIONED THAT ARE 25:09.044 --> 25:11.990 PHYSICALLY HERE TOO. YOU'LL HEAR FROM THEM AS WELL. ABOUT WHY 25:11.990 --> 25:15.150 THEY'RE RUNNING AND THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR. AND 25:15.150 --> 25:18.616 SO NOW I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO BOB, AND HE'S 25:18.616 --> 25:22.682 GOING TO WELCOME THE PASTORS THAT ARE HERE. THANK YOU, TERRI. 25:22.682 --> 25:27.713 LET'S HEAR IT AGAIN FOR TERRI. AND THAT'S NO JOKE. THAT'S 25:27.713 --> 25:30.246 HUNDREDS OF HOURS IN THE VOTER GUIDE, AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK 25:30.246 --> 25:32.408 ABOUT THOSE THINGS. WE'VE GOT SOME RESOURCES FOR YOU AT THE 25:32.408 --> 25:36.895 END. BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO NOW, IT'S OUR HONOR TO ALWAYS 25:36.895 --> 25:42.057 HAVE, OR WHENEVER WE HAVE, OTHER PASTORS IN OUR MIDST. THESE 25:42.057 --> 25:46.327 PASTORS ARE ON THE FRONT LINES, LIKE PASTOR BRENDA SAID. TODAY'S 25:46.327 --> 25:49.216 EQUIVALENT, IN MY OPINION AND THE OPINION OF MANY PEOPLE WHO 25:49.216 --> 25:54.594 ARE HERE, IS OUR PASTORS ARE TODAY'S BLACK ROBE REGIMENT THAT 25:54.594 --> 25:57.709 SERVED OUR COUNTRY AND OUR PEOPLE AT ITS FOUNDING IN THE 25:57.709 --> 26:01.417 LATE 1700S. THEY'RE CRITICAL PEOPLE TO US, AND WE'RE THRILLED 26:01.417 --> 26:04.210 THAT YOU'RE HERE. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO JOE AND LAURA 26:04.210 --> 26:10.462 LAUGHLIN FROM VICTORY CHURCH. THANKS FOR COMING, YOU GUYS. 26:12.280 --> 26:15.421 MIKE AND KATHY GARDNER, YES, PLEASE STAND UP. STAND UP WHEN 26:15.421 --> 26:20.773 THE APPLAUSE IS OVER. THANK YOU, GUYS. MIKE AND KATHY GARDNER 26:20.773 --> 26:22.951 FROM HARVEST CHURCH, THEY CAME ALL THE WAY FROM NORFOLK, 26:22.951 --> 26:29.938 NEBRASKA. TONY AND JEANETTE FINLEY ARE HERE FROM FAITH 26:29.938 --> 26:38.713 FAMILY CHURCH IN OMAHA. I'M GONNA GET YOUR LAST NAME WRONG. 26:38.713 --> 26:44.734 I'M SO SORRY. WE HAVE DAVID AND NATALIE LEGGETT. LEGGETT, I GOT 26:44.734 --> 26:49.092 IT RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING. DAVID AND NATALIE FROM 26:49.092 --> 26:53.173 NEW LIFE FELLOWSHIP OVER IN COUNCIL BLUFFS. AND WE ALSO HAVE 26:53.173 --> 27:00.925 ELI NELSON HERE FROM CHURCH OF THE HEARTLAND. AND ELI BROUGHT A 27:00.925 --> 27:02.658 SMALL TEAM WITH HIM, HIS PARENTS SCOTT AND CHARLIE AND BRENT. 27:02.658 --> 27:08.705 THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TONIGHT. AND WHAT I'D ALSO LIKE 27:08.705 --> 27:12.891 TO DO, ARE THERE ANY OTHER PASTORS, CLERGY, FULL-TIME 27:12.891 --> 27:20.059 MINISTERS IN THE ROOM? WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND UP? ALL RIGHT. 27:21.464 --> 27:27.280 WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR COMING. THE CAUSE FOR CHRIST DOES NOT 27:27.280 --> 27:33.164 HAPPEN UNLESS YOU PASTORS ANSWER THE CALL, FULFILL THE CALL, AND 27:33.164 --> 27:36.169 CONTINUE TO DO THAT THE REST OF THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE. SO WE'RE 27:36.169 --> 27:39.522 HONORED TO HAVE YOU WITH US TONIGHT. AND NOW IT'S MY 27:39.522 --> 27:43.957 DISTINCT HONOR TO INTRODUCE OUR SPECIAL GUEST, RICK GREEN, THE 27:43.957 --> 27:46.385 HONORABLE RICK GREEN. SO I HAD TO DO SOME READING ABOUT RICK. 27:48.398 --> 27:51.731 AND RICK IS A VERY HUMBLE GUY. HE'S GOING TO ENJOY THIS 27:51.731 --> 28:02.662 INTRODUCTION IMMENSELY. I HAVE 4 PAGES. HE'S STILL BACKSTAGE. THE 28:02.662 --> 28:04.826 HONORABLE RICK GREEN. HE IS A FORMER TEXAS STATE 28:04.826 --> 28:08.138 REPRESENTATIVE. SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE POLITICAL ARENA, RICK 28:08.138 --> 28:12.874 LIVED IT. HE'S A LAWYER. WELL, I THOUGHT I'D HAVE A PAUSE THERE. 28:14.490 --> 28:18.214 HE EARNED HIS JD FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN. 28:19.730 --> 28:24.142 ARE THERE ANY HUSKER FANS IN THE CROWD? HAWKEYE FANS? SEE, I 28:24.142 --> 28:27.835 THOUGHT THAT WOULD GET MORE OF A RESPONSE. RICK IS ALSO CO-HOST 28:27.835 --> 28:30.228 OF A DAILY PROGRAM YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD ON THE RADIO CALLED 28:30.228 --> 28:34.579 WALLBUILDERS WITH DAVID AND TIM BARTON. YEP, LET'S HEAR IT FOR 28:34.579 --> 28:38.112 WALLBUILDERS. I THINK RICK AND THE BARTONS HAVE FORGOT MORE 28:38.112 --> 28:40.922 THAN WE'LL EVER LEARN ABOUT AMERICAN HISTORY. THOSE GUYS ARE 28:40.922 --> 28:44.600 AMAZING. HE ALSO HOSTS A PROGRAM AT THE CORE, WHICH IS TWICE A 28:44.600 --> 28:48.229 WEEK, AND HE'S A REGULAR GUEST ALONG WITH PASTOR HANK ON 28:48.229 --> 28:51.472 FLASHPOINT. AND MANY OF US HERE PROBABLY GOT TO KNOW HIM FROM 28:51.472 --> 28:56.125 FLASHPOINT. RICK AND HIS WIFE, KARA, THEY'RE ALSO ENTREPRENEURS 28:56.125 --> 28:59.730 WHO CO-FOUNDED THE PATRIOT ACADEMY MORE THAN 2 DECADES AGO. 29:01.018 --> 29:04.575 YEP, LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE PATRIOT ACADEMY. PATRIOT ACADEMY 29:04.575 --> 29:09.782 IS IN FREDERICKSBURG, TEXAS, AND IT'S BECOME A PROMINENT FORCE IN 29:09.782 --> 29:13.349 EDUCATING PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE UNITED STATES ON OUR NATION'S 29:13.349 --> 29:17.068 FOUNDING AND OUR BIBLICAL HERITAGE. RICK'S PASSION IS 29:17.068 --> 29:21.163 ABOUT BRINGING AMERICA'S FORGOTTEN HEROES, MANY OF WHICH 29:21.163 --> 29:25.820 SHARE OUR COMMON FAITH IN CHRIST, TO THE FOREFRONT. HIS 29:25.820 --> 29:28.694 GOAL IS TO BECOME— AND THIS WAS STATED— HIS GOAL, AND I LOVE IT, 29:28.694 --> 29:33.688 HIS GOAL IS TO BECOME SALT AND LIGHT IN EVERY AREA OF LIFE AND 29:33.688 --> 29:37.622 TO UNDERSTAND AND SHARE GOD'S— AMERICA'S, EXCUSE ME, GODLY 29:37.622 --> 29:41.861 HERITAGE. THE PATRIOT ACADEMY IS AN ELITE LEADERSHIP TRAINING 29:41.861 --> 29:45.325 PROGRAM FOR ALL AGES SPECIALIZE IN APPLIED CIVICS WITH A 29:45.325 --> 29:50.291 BIBLICAL, HISTORICAL, AND CONSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATION. NOW 29:50.291 --> 29:53.656 OF US, THAT LAST SENTENCE SOUNDS SLIGHTLY BETTER 29:53.656 --> 29:56.027 THAN GETTING BAMBOO SHOVED UNDERNEATH OUR FINGERNAILS, 29:57.405 --> 30:00.706 RIGHT? CIVICS IS A BIG WORD. IT'S A TOUGH THING TO GET 30:00.706 --> 30:04.487 INVOLVED IN. BUT LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING FROM FIRSTHAND 30:04.487 --> 30:08.781 EXPERIENCE. RICK'S HIGH ENERGY, HIS DEEP KNOWLEDGE, AND HIS 30:08.781 --> 30:11.361 DOWN-TO-EARTH PERSONALITY, THEY'RE GOING TO CAPTIVATE YOU 30:11.361 --> 30:14.778 TONIGHT. AND THE HUMOROUS WAY THAT HE SHARES FACTUAL 30:14.778 --> 30:19.643 INFORMATION ABOUT WHO WE ARE AS AMERICANS AND WHERE WE CAME 30:19.643 --> 30:23.142 FROM, IT'S GOING TO INSPIRE YOU TONIGHT, AND IT'S GONNA HELP YOU 30:23.142 --> 30:26.570 STAY AND GET INVOLVED AND STAY INVOLVED. HE'S KNOWN AS 30:26.570 --> 30:28.343 AMERICA'S CONSTITUTIONAL COACH. 30:28.633 --> 30:29.995 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, RICK GREEN. 30:36.928 --> 30:43.143 THANK YOU, BOB. ALL RIGHT. LEAVE IT TO MY BUDDY BOB 30:43.143 --> 30:47.137 TO TOTALLY, TOTALLY SET ME UP FOR FAILURE. NOT 2 STRIKES, BUT 30:47.137 --> 30:50.858 3 STRIKES. POLITICIAN, LAWYER, AND UT AUSTIN GRAD. SO, YOU 30:50.858 --> 30:53.921 KNOW, HERE I AM IN CORNHUSKER COUNTRY AND HE INTRODUCES ME 30:53.921 --> 30:57.402 LIKE THAT. THANKS A LOT, BROTHER. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS 30:57.402 --> 31:00.963 I'M ACTUALLY A RECOVERING POLITICIAN. I GO TO A TUESDAY 31:00.963 --> 31:05.341 NIGHT MEETING EVERY WEEK. HI, I'M RICK. YOU KNOW, I'M 8 YEARS 31:05.341 --> 31:10.086 CLEAN OFF THE BALLOT, SO THAT'S GOOD. BUT SO I'M PRAYING FOR YOU 31:10.086 --> 31:12.329 GUYS. WHERE'D OUR CANDIDATES GO? I CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE. OH YES, 31:12.329 --> 31:15.132 YES. PRAYING FOR Y'ALL AND THANKFUL FOR YOU. AND I SAY 31:15.132 --> 31:18.801 THAT, OF COURSE, JOKING. I THINK WE ARE PROBABLY TOO CYNICAL. 31:18.801 --> 31:21.685 WHAT WE WANT ARE NOT POLITICIANS. WE WANT PATRIOTS. 31:21.685 --> 31:24.905 ALL RIGHT. AND THE DIFFERENCE— IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THE 31:24.905 --> 31:27.308 DIFFERENCE AS YOU GET READY TO GO VOTE. A POLITICIAN IS ONLY 31:27.308 --> 31:30.096 THINKING ABOUT THE NEXT ELECTION. A PATRIOT IS THINKING 31:30.096 --> 31:33.557 ABOUT THE NEXT GENERATION. SO THEIR DECISIONS AND WHAT THEY DO 31:33.557 --> 31:35.800 AND EVEN WHY THEY'RE DOING IT— I KNOW THESE FOLKS. I KNOW WHY 31:35.800 --> 31:37.964 THEY'RE DOING IT. THEY'RE DOING IT FOR THEIR GRANDCHILDREN 31:37.964 --> 31:40.596 AND YOUR GRANDCHILDREN, MY GRANDCHILDREN. SO THAT'S WHAT WE 31:40.596 --> 31:43.260 WANT MORE OF. SO WE CAN JOKE ABOUT BEING CYNICAL, BUT WE 31:43.260 --> 31:46.293 CAN'T BE CYNICAL ANYMORE. WE CAN'T JUST STAY HOME AND HOPE 31:46.293 --> 31:49.101 THAT SOMEBODY ELSE WILL TAKE CARE OF IT. MAN, PASTOR BRENDA 31:49.101 --> 31:52.888 WAS PREACHING FIRE, AS MY KIDS MIGHT SAY. IS IT SPITTING BARS, 31:52.888 --> 31:54.670 LAYING BARS? I DON'T KNOW, THEY HAVE ALL THESE WEIRD PHRASES. I 31:54.670 --> 31:57.799 DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. ANYWAY, THAT WAS AMAZING. I'M 31:57.799 --> 32:00.174 STEALING EVERY WORD THAT YOU SAID. I'LL GIVE YOU CREDIT THE 32:00.174 --> 32:02.661 FIRST TIME I USE IT. AFTER THAT, IT'S MINE. THAT WAS AWESOME. 32:02.661 --> 32:05.246 EVERY WORD YOU SAID, SPOT ON. SO LET ME JUST START WITH KIND OF 32:05.246 --> 32:08.281 WHERE WE ARE AS A COUNTRY RIGHT NOW. SORT OF WHAT TIME IS IT? 32:08.281 --> 32:11.412 HOW CAN WE BECOME GOOD MEN AND WOMEN OF ISSACHAR THAT 32:11.412 --> 32:14.398 UNDERSTAND THE TIMES? AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT KNOWING WHAT TO 32:14.398 --> 32:17.031 DO. HOW DO WE ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON 32:17.031 --> 32:19.697 IN A POSITIVE WAY? WE DON'T HAVE TO BE DEPRESSED ABOUT THIS. ONE 32:19.697 --> 32:23.053 REASON I LOVE COMING TO LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH IS BECAUSE THE JOY 32:23.053 --> 32:26.119 HERE IS AMAZING. IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW BAD THE FIGHT IS OR 32:26.119 --> 32:28.672 HOW HARD THE FIGHT IS. EVEN WHEN WE WERE EXPERIENCING ABSOLUTE 32:28.672 --> 32:30.855 TYRANNY IN THIS COUNTRY, THERE WAS JOY COMING OUT OF THIS 32:30.855 --> 32:36.068 PULPIT. ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU HAVE 32:36.068 --> 32:39.380 JOY WITH COLLARS THAT HIGH, HANK, BUT ANYWAY, THAT WOULD 32:39.380 --> 32:49.152 LIKE ITCH MY HEAD OR MY NECK OR SOMETHING. AND WHAT IS 32:49.152 --> 32:55.458 HAPPENING? DO I HAVE TO GO PUT THE GREEN BAY SHIRT ON AGAIN? DO 32:55.458 --> 32:58.478 I HAVE TO WEAR THE MUSTARD YELLOW SHIRT AGAIN? THE 32:58.478 --> 33:03.264 CHEESEHEADS ARE GONNA TACKLE ME BACKSTAGE. THE HOOK IS COMING. 33:03.264 --> 33:06.485 ALL RIGHT, ANYWAY, SO SERIOUSLY, HANK AND BRENDA ARE SO GOOD AT 33:06.485 --> 33:09.367 THAT. JUST LITERALLY COUNTING IT ALL JOY WHEN WE EXPERIENCE 33:09.367 --> 33:12.702 VARIOUS TRIALS, 'CAUSE GOD'S USING THAT TO TEACH US PATIENCE 33:12.702 --> 33:15.254 AND PERSEVERANCE, MAKE US PERFECT AND COMPLETE. SO WHETHER 33:15.254 --> 33:17.693 WE'RE IN THE TOUGH, TOUGH, TOUGH TIMES, OR WE'RE IN, I THINK 33:17.693 --> 33:19.955 RIGHT NOW, A REPRIEVE AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME REALLY 33:19.955 --> 33:23.583 GREAT THINGS, IN AMERICA, I LOVE THE FACT THAT THEY STAY STEADY, 33:23.583 --> 33:26.715 THAT THE JOY COMES FROM THE LORD. IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF WHERE 33:26.715 --> 33:29.285 WE ARE OR WHO'S IN THE WHITE HOUSE, IT'S BECAUSE OF WHOSE WE 33:29.285 --> 33:31.855 ARE, RIGHT? AND SO THAT WE CAN APPROACH THIS WHOLE TOPIC 33:31.855 --> 33:35.132 TONIGHT WITH A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE THAN THOSE 33:35.132 --> 33:38.361 WHO DO NOT HAVE THE JOY OF THE LORD. SO I LOVE THE 250TH. I 33:38.361 --> 33:41.557 DON'T KNOW IF— ARE MY SLIDES HOOKING IN? NO, THEY'RE NOT. OR 33:41.557 --> 33:43.517 ARE THEY? YES. LOOK AT THAT BEAUTIFUL SLIDE. THAT'S AN 33:43.517 --> 33:47.380 AMAZING, AMAZING PICTURE RIGHT THERE. THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. 33:47.380 --> 33:50.720 SO I LOVE THE 250TH. WE WERE THE 250TH BIRTHDAY OF THE NATION. SO 33:50.720 --> 33:53.100 IT'S A PERFECT TIME FOR US TO TALK ABOUT WHY WE'RE GOING TO 33:53.100 --> 33:55.800 VOTE AND WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE VOTING FOR, WHAT WE'RE TRYING 33:55.800 --> 33:58.440 TO— EVEN WHEN WE SAY I'M A CONSERVATIVE, WHAT ARE WE TRYING 33:58.440 --> 34:01.880 TO CONSERVE? IF WE WANT TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, WHAT MADE 34:01.880 --> 34:04.380 AMERICA GREAT IN THE FIRST PLACE? WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE 34:04.380 --> 34:06.880 FIGHTING FOR? SO THIS YEAR IS A PERFECT TIME TO DO THAT. I LOVE 34:06.880 --> 34:10.080 ALL THESE CELEBRATIONS. THE WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN SO HELPFUL 34:10.080 --> 34:12.960 AND BEEN WILLING TO WORK WITH US AND EVERY DATE WE'VE GIVEN THEM. 34:12.960 --> 34:16.114 I MEAN, WHETHER IT WAS THE MAY 17TH REDEDICATION OR JUNE 14TH, 34:16.114 --> 34:19.247 FLAG DAY, OR ANY OF THESE WONDERFUL TIMES TO HAVE CIVIC 34:19.247 --> 34:22.122 RITUAL IN AMERICA AND REMIND US WHO WE ARE. THEY HAVE BEEN 34:22.122 --> 34:25.576 ACTIVE ON THAT. AND I'M JUST TELLING YOU FROM BEING THERE 34:25.576 --> 34:28.966 FIRSTHAND, WORKING WITH THE PEOPLE 3 YEARS AGO THAT WERE 34:28.966 --> 34:31.761 STARTING TO LOOK TOWARDS THE 250TH, THAT THE PEOPLE COMING 34:31.761 --> 34:33.930 OUT OF WASHINGTON, D.C. THAT WERE IN CHARGE OF ALL OF THIS, 34:33.930 --> 34:36.918 IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DRAG QUEEN STORY HOUR ALL YEAR LONG. I'M 34:36.918 --> 34:39.809 SERIOUS. I KNOW THAT'S FUNNY, BUT I'M SERIOUS. IT'S THE TRUTH. 34:39.809 --> 34:42.315 THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE PLANNING. IT WAS ALL THIS CRAZY 34:42.315 --> 34:46.957 STUFF. THANKFULLY, GOD GAVE US A REPRIEVE, AND DONALD J. TRUMP, 34:46.957 --> 34:49.365 EVEN THOUGH HE KIND OF DISTRACTED FROM TONIGHT— HOW 34:49.365 --> 34:53.380 DARE HIM COME WITHIN 3 HOURS OF WHERE I HAD TO FOLLOW HIM ONE 34:53.380 --> 34:55.965 TIME AT ONE EVENT. IT WAS A FAITH AND FAMILY COALITION 34:55.965 --> 34:58.582 EVENT. AND OF COURSE, HE'S SUPPOSED TO GO AN HOUR AND HE 34:58.582 --> 35:02.034 GOES 2.5 HOURS INTO MY SPEAKING TIME. SO IMAGINE THAT, THE 35:02.034 --> 35:04.539 PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TAKING MY SPEAKING TIME. NO. SO 35:04.539 --> 35:06.562 ANYWAY, I'M THRILLED FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT GOT TO GO SEE HIM 35:06.562 --> 35:09.595 TONIGHT. WHERE WAS IT? WHAT TOWN DID YOU SAY IT WAS? YEAH, THERE. 35:09.595 --> 35:12.000 SO ANYWAY, I'M JUST GLAD HE'S IN NEBRASKA. THAT'S GOOD FOR YOU 35:12.000 --> 35:16.249 GUYS THAT HE'S GETTING PEOPLE EXCITED AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO 35:16.249 --> 35:20.018 TURN OUT. BUT ANYWAY, HIS TEAM AT THE WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN 35:20.018 --> 35:22.744 PHENOMENAL TO WORK WITH. SO WHEN I SAY, LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, JUNE 35:22.744 --> 35:26.848 14TH, FLAG DAY, WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY USED THAT DAY TO TEACH 35:26.848 --> 35:29.959 CIVIC RITUAL. AND THE REASON THEY HAD THE UFC FIGHTS AT THE 35:29.959 --> 35:32.990 WHITE HOUSE AND HAD THE MARINE CORPS BAND DOING THE MUSIC AND 35:32.990 --> 35:35.733 ALL OF THAT WAS TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE AMERICAN STORY. 35:35.733 --> 35:38.318 SO IF YOU HAPPEN TO WATCH THAT NIGHT, IN BETWEEN EACH OF THE 35:38.318 --> 35:40.563 FIGHTS— I KNOW THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW CHURCHES I CAN TALK 35:40.563 --> 35:42.921 ABOUT THE UFC— AND MY FAVORITE UFC FIGHTER IS A KID NAMED JON 35:42.921 --> 35:46.332 KUNNEMAN. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD OF HIM OR NOT, BUT HE'S MY 35:46.332 --> 35:50.812 FAVORITE. BUT THAT NIGHT, IT WAS SO COOL. THERE'S 150 MILLION 35:50.812 --> 35:53.877 PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD WATCHING, AND IN BETWEEN EACH 35:53.877 --> 35:58.315 FIGHT, THEY PLAYED VIDEOS THAT TAUGHT CIVICS. SO THEY HAD 35:58.315 --> 36:01.055 EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION, AND THEN WHILE THEY HAD THEIR ATTENTION, 36:01.055 --> 36:03.213 THEY PLAYED A VIDEO OF RONALD REAGAN GIVING HIS 36:03.213 --> 36:06.901 ENTIRE FLAG DAY SPEECH ON JUNE 14TH, 40 YEARS AGO, TEACHING 36:06.901 --> 36:10.654 ABOUT WHY THAT FLAG RIGHT THERE IS WORTHY OF BEING WAVED SO THAT 36:10.654 --> 36:13.556 WE DON'T JUST WAVE THE FLAG, BUT WE UNDERSTAND WHY THAT ONE IS 36:13.556 --> 36:16.122 WORTHY OF BEING WAVED, WHAT IT STANDS FOR. THEY PLAYED BETWEEN 36:16.122 --> 36:19.410 A COUPLE OF FIGHTS, THEY PLAYED THIS MONTAGE OF QUOTES FROM 36:19.410 --> 36:22.617 PRESIDENTS AND FOUNDING FATHERS TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF 36:22.617 --> 36:25.889 BEING PATRIOTIC AND CIVIC RITUAL AND PARTICIPATING IN YOUR 36:25.889 --> 36:27.974 GOVERNMENT AND ALL THOSE THINGS. IT WAS JUST A PHENOMENAL, 36:27.974 --> 36:31.423 PHENOMENAL EVENING. AND THEN THE EVENING CAPPED OFF, THE LAST 36:31.423 --> 36:33.525 FIGHT OF THE NIGHT, IT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. THE KID THAT 36:33.525 --> 36:35.594 WAS IN THE FIGHT ACTUALLY TRAINS WITH JOHN, GOOD FRIEND OF 36:35.594 --> 36:39.044 JOHN'S, AND NOBODY THOUGHT THIS KID WAS GONNA WIN. HE'S FROM 36:39.044 --> 36:41.851 ARIZONA, HE WAS AN UNDERDOG, 6-TO-1 UNDERDOG. THE GUY HE'S 36:41.851 --> 36:45.959 FIGHTING FROM SPAIN WAS AN UNDEFEATED CHAMPION OF 2 36:45.959 --> 36:49.488 DIVISIONS. I MEAN, JUST A BEAST. NOBODY THOUGHT THAT JUSTIN 36:49.488 --> 36:52.681 GAETHJE WAS GONNA WIN THAT FIGHT. AND HE ENDS UP, WELL, IN 36:52.681 --> 36:55.824 FACT, WHEN IT OPENED UP, LET ME SHOW YOU THIS SLIDE TOO. SO THE 36:55.824 --> 36:58.227 PICTURE, WHAT THEY DID WHEN THEY DID THE WALKOUT, YOU KNOW, IF 36:58.227 --> 37:00.070 YOU WATCH A BOXING MATCH, IF YOU'RE NOT A UFC FAN BUT YOU 37:00.070 --> 37:02.313 WATCH BOXING, IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN A BOXING MATCH, IF YOU'VE 37:02.313 --> 37:05.982 EVER SEEN THE WALKOUT, THEY PLAY THE SONG CHOICE OF THE FIGHTER. 37:05.982 --> 37:08.306 AND THEN AS THEY'RE WALKING OUT, IT'S A BIG CEREMONIAL THING. 37:08.306 --> 37:10.485 WELL, BECAUSE THEY WERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE, THEY EACH GOT TO 37:10.485 --> 37:12.888 WALK OUT FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. AND SO YOU GOT TO SEE ALL THIS 37:12.888 --> 37:16.093 ARCHITECTURE AND HISTORY AND COOL THINGS. WELL, IT OPENS UP 37:16.093 --> 37:19.778 ON JUSTIN GAETHJE AND HE'S STANDING IN THE OVAL OFFICE WITH 37:19.778 --> 37:22.504 THE AMERICAN FLAG WRAPPED AROUND HIM, LOOKING UP AT THE 37:22.504 --> 37:27.492 DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. I MEAN, COME ON. I CAME OUT OF MY 37:27.492 --> 37:32.594 CHAIR. I WAS LIKE, YEAH, LET'S GO, JUSTIN. I'M SO GLAD YOU DID 37:32.594 --> 37:36.803 THAT RIGHT BEFORE YOU GO GET YOUR BRAINS BEAT IN. ACTUALLY 37:36.803 --> 37:40.726 PUT MONEY ON IT ANYWAY. NO. SO I WAS THINKING, THOUGH, I'M FOR AN 37:40.726 --> 37:42.736 UNDERDOG ANYWAY. BUT OF COURSE I'M YELLING AND SCREAMING FOR 37:42.736 --> 37:45.971 THE AMERICAN. WELL, THIS KID GOES OUT, BY THE WAY, HIS SONG, 37:45.971 --> 37:49.893 THERE AIN'T NO GRAVE. I LOVE IT ANYWAY. SO HE WALKS OUT THERE. 37:49.893 --> 37:53.369 HE ENDS UP WINNING THE FIGHT. IT WAS AMAZING. AND THEN JOE ROGAN 37:53.369 --> 37:56.101 SHOVES THE MICROPHONE IN HIS FACE AND SAYS, JUSTIN, YOU WERE 37:56.101 --> 37:59.496 A 6-TO-1 UNDERDOG. THIS WAS IMPOSSIBLE. HOW DO YOU FEEL 37:59.496 --> 38:04.602 RIGHT NOW? AND JUSTIN'S RESPONSE IS, JOE, 250 YEARS AGO, AMERICA 38:04.602 --> 38:07.673 WAS WORSE THAN 6-TO-1 UNDERDOGS. I'M AN AMERICAN. THIS IS IN MY 38:07.673 --> 38:15.918 DNA. YEAH, BABY. I LOVE THAT. I LOVE THAT. SO THE 250TH IS AN 38:15.918 --> 38:18.958 EXCITING TIME TO BE ALIVE. I'M SO THANKFUL THAT GOD'S PUT US 38:18.958 --> 38:21.698 HERE. RONALD REAGAN USED TO SAY, I'M GLAD WE DON'T LIVE IN PALE 38:21.698 --> 38:24.582 AND TIMID TIMES. I'M GLAD WE LIVE AT A TIME WHERE WHAT WE'RE 38:24.582 --> 38:29.149 DOING MAKES A DIFFERENCE. THIS IS AN INFLECTION POINT IN 38:29.149 --> 38:33.620 AMERICA'S HISTORY. WE'RE AT THE 250TH. WE HAVE TO DECIDE, DO WE 38:33.620 --> 38:35.976 WANT AMERICA TO BE GREAT AGAIN, OR ARE WE GOING TO LET HER FALL 38:35.976 --> 38:39.950 APART? MOST NATIONS FALL APART AT 250 YEARS. THAT'S THE NORMAL, 38:39.950 --> 38:43.315 REALLY ABOUT 240 TO 260 YEARS. MOST GREAT NATIONS HAVE 38:43.315 --> 38:45.978 CRUMBLED. RABBI DANIEL LAPIN HAS A GREAT PIECE ON THIS, AND HE 38:45.978 --> 38:48.529 DOCUMENTS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM. AND SO WE'RE RIGHT IN THE 38:48.529 --> 38:52.154 MIDDLE OF THAT AT 250, AND NORMALLY YOU WOULD FALL APART. 38:52.154 --> 38:55.748 HERE'S WHY WE HAVE A CHANCE FOR AMERICA TO HAVE ANOTHER 250 38:55.748 --> 38:57.689 YEARS, SHOULD THE LORD TARRY. I DON'T KNOW WHEN HE'S COMING 38:57.689 --> 39:01.299 BACK. JESUS SAID NO MAN KNOWS. SO, YOU KNOW, HE MAY COME BACK 39:01.299 --> 39:03.353 TOMORROW AND MESS UP ALL MY PLANS. PRAISE GOD, I HOPE THAT 39:03.353 --> 39:08.182 HAPPENS. BUT IF HE DOESN'T AND HE TARRIES FOR ANOTHER 50 YEARS 39:08.182 --> 39:11.503 OR 150 YEARS OR 250 YEARS OR WHATEVER IT IS, I WANT TO MAKE 39:11.503 --> 39:14.061 SURE I'M HANDING TO MY GRANDCHILDREN A NATION WHERE 39:14.061 --> 39:20.063 THEY HAVE THE FREEDOM TO WORSHIP GOD AS THEY CHOOSE. I WANT TO 39:20.063 --> 39:23.657 MAKE SURE THAT I'M HANDING MY GRANDCHILDREN THE FREEDOM TO BE 39:23.657 --> 39:25.930 ABLE TO CHOOSE WHAT GOD CALLED THEM TO, SO THAT THEY GET TO 39:25.930 --> 39:28.589 CHOOSE WHAT THEY DO WITH THEIR LIVES, NOT HAVE SOME DICTATOR 39:28.589 --> 39:30.358 TELL THEM WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO. I WANT THEM TO LIVE IN 39:30.358 --> 39:33.475 FREEDOM, IN OTHER WORDS. AND SO THE WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE 39:33.475 --> 39:36.463 HAVE A CHANCE AT ANOTHER 250 YEARS IS TO TAKE THE ADVICE OF 39:36.463 --> 39:38.985 THE FOUNDING FATHERS. THIS GUY GEORGE MASON WAS THE FATHER OF 39:38.985 --> 39:41.662 THE BILL OF RIGHTS. HE WAS A FRAMER OF THE CONSTITUTION. ONE 39:41.662 --> 39:44.933 OF THE 55 THAT FRAMED IT, NOT ONE OF THE 39 THAT SIGNED IT. HE 39:44.933 --> 39:47.820 WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT REFUSED TO SIGN BECAUSE IT DIDN'T YET 39:47.820 --> 39:50.402 END SLAVERY COMPLETELY, AND IT DIDN'T HAVE THE BILL OF RIGHTS 39:50.402 --> 39:52.567 IN THE CONSTITUTION AT THE TIME THEY DID THE CONSTITUTION THAT 39:52.567 --> 39:55.613 SUMMER IN 1787. BUT HE SAID THIS, HE SAID, NO FREE 39:55.613 --> 39:57.842 GOVERNMENT NOR THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY CAN BE PRESERVED TO ANY 39:57.842 --> 40:00.921 PEOPLE BUT BY A FREQUENT RECURRENCE TO FUNDAMENTAL 40:00.921 --> 40:02.525 PRINCIPLES. AND IF YOU BREAK THAT DOWN, WHAT HE'S SAYING IS 40:02.525 --> 40:04.898 IF WE WANT THAT FREEDOM, IF WE WANT TO PASS IT TO OUR CHILDREN 40:04.898 --> 40:07.400 AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN, THEN WE HAVE TO HAVE A FREQUENT 40:07.400 --> 40:09.967 RECURRENCE TO THE PRINCIPLES THAT ACTUALLY GAVE US THAT 40:09.967 --> 40:12.439 FREEDOM IN THE FIRST PLACE. SO IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT DID WE PUT 40:12.439 --> 40:15.889 INTO THE CULTURE TO GET THE OUTPUTS OF FREEDOM AND THE 40:15.889 --> 40:18.778 BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY? AND IF WE WANT TO HAVE 250 MORE YEARS OF 40:18.778 --> 40:21.201 THAT, WE GOT TO KNOW WHAT THE FORMULA IS. SO I'M GOING TO GIVE 40:21.201 --> 40:23.047 YOU A FEW QUOTES. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS FOR JUST A MINUTE, 40:23.047 --> 40:26.176 AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE DUTY TO 40:26.176 --> 40:30.028 VOTE, THE RESPONSIBILITY, NOT JUST A RIGHT, BUT THE DUTY TO 40:30.028 --> 40:32.836 VOTE AND PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS. SO BENJAMIN RUSH, ONE 40:32.836 --> 40:35.068 OF THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION, OTHER FOUNDING 40:35.068 --> 40:37.476 FATHERS AT THE TIME SAID HE WAS ONE OF THE TOP 3 MOST IMPORTANT 40:37.476 --> 40:39.242 FOUNDING FATHERS. WE DON'T TALK ABOUT HIM A LOT TODAY, BUT HE 40:39.242 --> 40:42.550 WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE FOUNDING OF THIS COUNTRY. AND THIS QUOTE 40:42.550 --> 40:45.681 REALLY DOES TELL YOU WHY OUR FAITH— NUMBER 1, WHY AS 40:45.681 --> 40:48.571 CHRISTIANS WE HAVE A DUTY TO DO THIS, BUT NUMBER 2, WHY IT'S A 40:48.571 --> 40:52.023 BLESSING TO EVERYONE IN AMERICA WHEN CHRISTIANS HAVE THEIR VOICE 40:52.023 --> 40:54.512 HEARD. HE SAYS, CHRISTIANITY IS THE ONLY TRUE AND PERFECT 40:54.512 --> 40:57.483 RELIGION. IN PROPORTION AS MANKIND ADOPTS ITS PRINCIPLES 40:57.483 --> 41:00.212 AND OBEYS ITS PRECEPTS, THEY WILL BE WISE AND HAPPY. THE 41:00.212 --> 41:03.418 GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST PRESCRIBES THE WISEST RULES FOR 41:03.418 --> 41:06.528 JUST CONDUCT IN EVERY SITUATION OF LIFE. HAPPY THEY ARE WHO ARE 41:06.528 --> 41:09.991 ENABLED TO OBEY THEM IN ALL SITUATIONS. THE BIBLE CONTAINS 41:09.991 --> 41:12.476 MORE KNOWLEDGE NECESSARY TO MAN IN HIS PRESENT STATE THAN ANY 41:12.476 --> 41:14.704 OTHER BOOK IN THE WORLD. BY RENOUNCING THE BIBLE, 41:14.704 --> 41:17.045 PHILOSOPHERS SWING FROM THEIR MOORINGS UPON ALL MORAL 41:17.045 --> 41:19.289 SUBJECTS. NOW THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT LINE MEANS. WHEN YOU 41:19.289 --> 41:21.614 RENOUNCE THE BIBLE, YOU SWING FROM YOUR MOORINGS. SO NOW 41:21.614 --> 41:24.644 YOU'RE NOT ANCHORED TO ANYTHING. YOU ACTUALLY GET SO DECEIVED YOU 41:24.644 --> 41:29.457 DON'T KNOW WHAT A WOMAN IS. YOU GET SO DECEIVED, YOU THINK MEN 41:29.457 --> 41:32.924 CAN HAVE BABIES. I MEAN, WE'RE AT THAT POINT. WE'RE LITERALLY 41:32.924 --> 41:35.813 LIVING OUT— WE RENOUNCE THE BIBLE, SO NOW THESE PHILOSOPHERS 41:35.813 --> 41:39.103 HAVE SWUNG COMPLETELY FROM ANY KIND OF AN ANCHOR. THE BIBLE IS 41:39.103 --> 41:41.992 THE ONLY CORRECT MAP OF THE HUMAN HEART THAT HAS EVER BEEN 41:41.992 --> 41:45.202 PUBLISHED. THE ONLY MEANS— SO THIS IS TO THE ELECTION— THE 41:45.202 --> 41:48.460 ONLY MEANS OF ESTABLISHING AND PERPETUATING OUR DEMOCRACY. 41:49.857 --> 41:54.175 THANK YOU FOR CATCHING THAT. OUR REPUBLICAN FORMS OF GOVERNMENT. 41:54.175 --> 41:56.616 WE ARE NOT A DEMOCRACY. WE ARE A CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC. WE'RE 41:56.616 --> 41:59.490 NOT EVEN JUST A PURE REPUBLIC. WE'RE NOT GOING TO ELECT THESE 41:59.490 --> 42:01.722 FOLKS AND SAY, HEY, JUST GO DO THE BEST YOU CAN. WE'RE GOING TO 42:01.722 --> 42:04.709 ELECT THESE FOLKS AND SAY, HEY, GO DO THE BEST YOU CAN WITHIN 42:04.709 --> 42:08.321 THESE BOUNDARIES, BECAUSE THE CONSTITUTION GIVES US A 42:08.321 --> 42:11.709 DEFINITION OF WHAT AUTHORITY THEY HAVE OR DON'T HAVE. SO 42:11.709 --> 42:14.262 ANYWAY, OUR REPUBLICAN FORMS OF GOVERNMENT. AND BY THE WAY, IF 42:14.262 --> 42:17.474 ANYBODY EVER TELLS YOU YOU'RE A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY, YOUR 42:17.474 --> 42:21.730 RESPONSE SHOULD BE, YOU'RE DARN RIGHT, BECAUSE THESE GUYS SAID 42:21.730 --> 42:25.569 DEMOCRACY WAS MOBOCRACY. THEY CALLED IT ONE OF THE GREATEST OF 42:25.569 --> 42:28.235 EVILS. THEY SAID, WE DON'T WANT THAT. IT ALWAYS ENDS IN 42:28.235 --> 42:30.789 VIOLENCE. IT ALWAYS FALLS APART. WE DON'T WANT DEMOCRACY. WE WANT 42:30.789 --> 42:32.877 TO BE A CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC. ANYWAY, HE SAID, THE ONLY MEANS 42:32.877 --> 42:35.125 WE'RE GOING TO PERPETUATE— IN OTHER WORDS, PASS THIS ON TO THE 42:35.125 --> 42:37.792 NEXT GENERATION— IS THE UNIVERSAL EDUCATION OF OUR YOUTH 42:37.792 --> 42:39.815 IN THE PRINCIPLES OF CHRISTIANITY BY MEANS OF THE 42:39.815 --> 42:42.980 BIBLE. IN OTHER WORDS, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE BIBLICAL FOUNDATIONS 42:42.980 --> 42:45.820 THAT'S WHAT MADE US GREAT IN THE FIRST PLACE. WE'VE GOT TO COME 42:45.820 --> 42:47.940 BACK TO IT. ANOTHER ONE OF THE GUYS THAT FRAMED THE 42:47.940 --> 42:52.740 CONSTITUTION WAS FROM MARYLAND. OH, THERE WE GO. SORRY, WE CAN 42:52.740 --> 42:56.160 SKIP THAT ONE. IT IS LOCKING UP. OH, SORRY, GUYS. I TELL YOU 42:56.160 --> 42:58.820 WHAT, I'LL DO THIS AND Y'ALL ADVANCE. OH, NO, YOU CAN'T, 42:58.820 --> 43:03.220 BECAUSE WE'RE GOING FROM HERE, AREN'T WE? LET'S SEE. I'M GOING 43:03.220 --> 43:07.000 TO TRY IT HERE. OKAY. JAMES MCHENRY. HERE WE GO. SO HE'S AT 43:07.000 --> 43:09.360 THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. HE STARTS THE MARYLAND BIBLE 43:09.360 --> 43:11.560 SOCIETY. BY THE WAY, BENJAMIN RUSH STARTED THE PHILADELPHIA 43:11.560 --> 43:13.786 BIBLE SOCIETY. THESE GUYS STARTED THE AMERICAN BIBLE 43:13.786 --> 43:16.740 SOCIETY, ALL THESE DIFFERENT BIBLE SOCIETIES. WHY WOULD THEY 43:16.740 --> 43:19.566 START BIBLE SOCIETIES IF THEY DIDN'T WANT THE BIBLE TO BE IN 43:19.566 --> 43:22.199 THE CULTURE? THEY'RE DOING THAT TO SPREAD THE WORD OF GOD, TO 43:22.199 --> 43:24.623 TEACH THE WORD OF GOD, TO GET PEOPLE TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD. 43:24.623 --> 43:27.898 THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT IF THE BIBLE PERMEATES THE CULTURE, THE 43:27.898 --> 43:30.596 CULTURE REFLECTS BIBLICAL VALUES. AND IF YOU SAY, WELL, I 43:30.596 --> 43:33.405 DON'T KNOW IF I WANT BIBLICAL VALUES REFLECTED, WELL, LET'S 43:33.405 --> 43:36.086 SEE, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE PEOPLE 43:36.086 --> 43:38.639 ACTUALLY TREAT THEIR NEIGHBORS THE WAY THEY WANT TO BE TREATED? 43:40.425 --> 43:44.610 I THINK THAT'S WRITTEN DOWN SOMEWHERE IN THE BIBLE. HOW 43:44.610 --> 43:46.792 WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD? IMAGINE THIS. THIS 43:46.792 --> 43:48.585 WOULD BE CRAZY. WHAT IF YOU LIVED IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE 43:48.585 --> 43:54.272 PEOPLE THOUGHT MURDER IS WRONG? WOULDN'T IT BE NICE TO HAVE 43:54.272 --> 43:57.368 NEIGHBORS? I WISH WE ARE BROADCASTING THIS. ALL VIEWERS 43:57.368 --> 44:01.905 IN CALIFORNIA, LISTEN CLOSE. WOULDN'T IT BE NICE TO HAVE 44:01.905 --> 44:04.593 NEIGHBORS WHO ACTUALLY THINK STEALING IS WRONG AND THERE'S NO 44:04.593 --> 44:09.004 $900 EXCEPTION TO THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT? I KIND OF LIKE 44:09.004 --> 44:13.660 THOSE BIBLICAL VALUES. WHAT ABOUT YOU? HONOR YOUR FATHER AND 44:13.660 --> 44:17.218 MOTHER, YOU KNOW, DON'T DECEIVE. I MEAN, ALL OF THESE THINGS USED 44:17.218 --> 44:19.940 TO BE TAUGHT IN THE CULTURE BECAUSE IF YOU TEACH THAT, YOU 44:19.940 --> 44:22.065 GET GOOD NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU GET GOOD NEIGHBORS. I MEAN, EVEN 44:22.065 --> 44:24.221 JUST LOOK AT THE CONSTITUTION. YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE PHRASES IN 44:24.221 --> 44:27.905 THE CONSTITUTION BASED ON BIBLICAL— OOPS, LET'S SEE, IS IT 44:27.905 --> 44:31.123 LOCKED UP AGAIN? OKAY, YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE PHRASES IN THE 44:31.123 --> 44:33.940 CONSTITUTION. IF Y'ALL WANT TO GO FROM BACK THERE, I'LL JUST DO 44:33.940 --> 44:38.440 THIS AND THEN Y'ALL JUST KIND OF FOLLOW ME BECAUSE IT'S NOT 44:38.440 --> 44:42.760 COMING THROUGH, I DON'T THINK. OH, YOU WANT TO TRY AGAIN? ALL 44:42.760 --> 44:46.120 RIGHT. WHAT WAS I SAYING? I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WAS SAYING. 44:46.120 --> 44:49.180 CONSTITUTION. OH YEAH. SO THERE'S PHRASE AFTER PHRASE 44:49.180 --> 44:51.260 AFTER PHRASE IN THE CONSTITUTION YOU SAW FOR A SECOND THERE 44:51.260 --> 44:54.800 THAT'S BASED ON A BIBLE VERSE. EVEN THE WAY THAT WE CHOOSE OUR 44:54.800 --> 44:57.220 LEADERS, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE LEADERS OF TENS, FIFTIES, 44:57.220 --> 44:59.100 HUNDREDS, THOUSANDS, THAT'S RIGHT OUT OF EXODUS. THAT'S YOUR 44:59.100 --> 45:02.221 LOCAL, COUNTY, STATE, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE TYPES OF LEADERS 45:02.221 --> 45:04.273 THAT WE CHOOSE. WE'RE TOLD IN EXODUS, CHOOSE OUT FROM AMONG 45:04.273 --> 45:07.095 YOU LEADERS OF TENS, FIFTIES, HUNDREDS, AND THOUSANDS, ABLE 45:07.095 --> 45:10.156 MEN SUCH AS FEAR GOD, MEN OF TRUTH, HATING COVETOUSNESS. SO 45:10.156 --> 45:13.811 WE EVEN GET A GUIDELINE FOR THE TYPES OF LEADERS TO CHOOSE. YOU 45:13.811 --> 45:16.456 THINK ABOUT ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED 45:16.456 --> 45:18.780 IN OUR SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT, EVEN OUR REPUBLICAN FORM OF 45:18.780 --> 45:20.800 GOVERNMENT, EVEN THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TAX EXEMPTION FOR 45:20.800 --> 45:23.365 CHURCHES, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SEPARATION OF POWERS. JEREMIAH 45:23.365 --> 45:26.315 17:9, THE HEART IS EVIL, NO MAN CAN KNOW IT. OUR FOUNDERS 45:26.315 --> 45:28.722 UNDERSTOOD WELL, YOU MIGHT BE A GREAT PERSON, BUT IF I PUT ALL 45:28.722 --> 45:31.131 THE POWER IN YOUR HANDS, YOU'VE GOT EVIL IN YOUR HEART YOU DON'T 45:31.131 --> 45:34.020 EVEN KNOW IS THERE. THAT POWER WILL— ULTIMATE POWER WOULD 45:34.020 --> 45:36.670 CORRUPT YOU. SO WE NEED CHECKS AND BALANCES IN ORDER TO KEEP 45:36.670 --> 45:41.101 THAT FROM HAPPENING. ALL OF THAT IS BASED ON BIBLICAL VALUES AND 45:41.101 --> 45:43.525 BIBLICAL IDEAS. SO JAMES MCHENRY, BACK TO JAMES MCHENRY, 45:43.525 --> 45:45.821 HE WAS THE ONE FROM MARYLAND, AND I WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW 45:45.821 --> 45:48.181 IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE THE BIBLE IN THERE. BIBLES ARE 45:48.181 --> 45:52.805 STRONG PROTECTIONS. WHERE THEY ABOUND, MEN CANNOT PURSUE WICKED 45:52.805 --> 45:55.149 COURSES AND AT THE SAME TIME ENJOY QUIET CONSCIENCE. WHAT 45:55.149 --> 45:58.264 HE'S SAYING IS IF THE BIBLE'S PERMEATING THE CULTURE, RIGHT 45:58.264 --> 46:01.250 AND WRONG IS KIND OF ON EVERYBODY'S MIND. SO YOU'RE 46:01.250 --> 46:03.337 CONSTANTLY BEING REMINDED, YOU'RE BEING CONVICTED ABOUT 46:03.337 --> 46:06.451 RIGHT AND WRONG. SO YOU CAN'T PURSUE EVIL AND HAVE A QUIET 46:06.451 --> 46:09.983 CONSCIENCE. I MEAN, WE'VE ALL DONE EVIL, BUT IF WE HAVE GOOD, 46:09.983 --> 46:12.969 IF WE HAVE BIBLICAL VALUES BEING TAUGHT IN THE SCHOOLS AND FROM 46:12.969 --> 46:15.554 GOVERNMENT AND FROM OUR CHURCH AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT AREAS 46:15.554 --> 46:17.849 AND OUR MENTORS, AND YOU HAVE WHAT I'M LOVING RIGHT NOW IS 46:17.849 --> 46:20.739 THESE INFLUENCERS AND ATHLETES THAT ARE IN THEIR PRESS 46:20.739 --> 46:23.564 CONFERENCES TALKING ABOUT BIBLICAL VALUES. THE MORE THAT 46:23.564 --> 46:25.877 HAPPENS, THERE'S A CONSCIOUSNESS, A GOD 46:25.877 --> 46:28.397 THAT IS STARTING TO PERMEATE THE CULTURE. AND 46:28.397 --> 46:30.645 THAT'S WHAT HE'S REFERRING TO THERE IS IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE 46:30.645 --> 46:33.744 BIBLE IN THE CULTURE, PEOPLE, THERE'S STILL A SERIES OR THERE 46:33.744 --> 46:36.329 IS A SEARING OF THE CONSCIENCE THAT TAKES PLACE BECAUSE GOD'S 46:36.329 --> 46:39.139 WORD IS NOT PERMEATING THE CULTURE. SO LET'S SEE. YEAH, GO 46:39.139 --> 46:41.708 AHEAD AND GO TO THAT NEXT ONE. PUBLIC UTILITY. SO NOT JUST 46:41.708 --> 46:45.145 PRIVATELY. OFTEN WE THINK OF OUR SPIRITUAL LIVES AS IT'S JUST FOR 46:45.145 --> 46:49.175 US PRIVATELY. NO, HE'S SAYING PUBLIC UTILITY. PLEADS MOST 46:49.175 --> 46:51.599 FORCIBLY FOR THE GENERAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE HOLY 46:51.599 --> 46:54.586 SCRIPTURES. WITHOUT THE BIBLE, IN VAIN DO WE INCREASE PENAL 46:54.586 --> 46:57.026 LAWS AND DRAW ENTRENCHMENTS AROUND OUR INSTITUTIONS. IN 46:57.026 --> 47:00.157 OTHER WORDS, WE CAN PASS ALL THE LAWS TO SAY DON'T KILL, DON'T 47:00.157 --> 47:02.502 STEAL, DON'T DO THIS, DON'T DO THAT, BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE 47:02.502 --> 47:05.007 BIBLES IN THE CULTURE, WE'RE JUST PUTTING WORDS ON PAPER. WE 47:05.007 --> 47:07.479 CAN PASS ALL THOSE LAWS, BUT WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THE BIBLE IN 47:07.479 --> 47:09.904 THE CULTURE BECAUSE WE HAVE SELF-GOVERNMENT. WITHOUT 47:09.904 --> 47:12.521 SELF-GOVERNMENT, YOU'RE GOING TO LEAD TO TOTAL TYRANNY. THINK 47:12.521 --> 47:17.979 ABOUT IT. THE MORE THE MORE WE BELIEVE IN A LICENTIOUSNESS 47:17.979 --> 47:19.665 WHERE WE JUST SAY EVERYBODY DO WHATEVER FEELS GOOD, DO 47:19.665 --> 47:22.249 WHATEVER'S RIGHT IN THEIR OWN EYES, THEN MANKIND GOES DOWN 47:22.249 --> 47:26.022 THAT ROAD AND THE CRAZIER THINGS GET, THE WORSE CRIME GETS, THE 47:26.022 --> 47:28.976 MORE UNSAFE IT IS EVEN JUST TO WALK FROM THE GROCERY STORE TO 47:28.976 --> 47:32.443 THE CAR. AND SO SOONER OR LATER, THE PEOPLE START CLAMORING FOR 47:32.443 --> 47:35.574 GOVERNMENT TO STOP THAT. AND SO WHEN GOVERNMENT TRIES TO COME IN 47:35.574 --> 47:37.821 AND STOP ALL OF THAT, NOW GOVERNMENT HAS TO BECOME 47:37.821 --> 47:41.224 TYRANNICAL AND MICROMANAGE EVERY LITTLE THING EVERYONE DOES. YOU 47:41.224 --> 47:44.163 DON'T WANT IT TO BE THAT WAY. YOU WANT SELF-GOVERNMENT SO THAT 47:44.163 --> 47:47.679 WE ARE GOVERNING OURSELVES BECAUSE OF THE CONVICTION THAT 47:47.679 --> 47:50.361 WE GET FROM HEARING THE WORD OF GOD THAT TELLS US TO LIVE A 47:50.361 --> 47:53.299 CERTAIN WAY AND THEN TREAT OUR NEIGHBORS A CERTAIN WAY. THAT 47:53.299 --> 47:55.739 ALWAYS PRODUCES A FAR BETTER CULTURE THAN GOVERNMENT TRYING 47:55.739 --> 47:58.854 TO FORCE IT ON YOU. NOAH WEBSTER SAYS BASICALLY THE SAME THING, 47:58.854 --> 48:02.130 BUT IN THE REVERSE. HE SAYS, ALL THE MISERIES AND EVILS WHICH MEN 48:02.130 --> 48:04.458 SUFFER FROM VICE, CRIME, AMBITION, SLAVERY, AND WAR. SO 48:04.458 --> 48:07.605 ALL THE BAD STUFF YOU DON'T WANT IN THE CULTURE HE SAYS YOU GET 48:07.605 --> 48:11.458 THAT BECAUSE YOU NEGLECT OR DESPISE THE PRECEPTS CONTAINED 48:11.458 --> 48:14.572 IN THE BIBLE. SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE REJECT THE BIBLE OR WE 48:14.572 --> 48:18.199 IGNORE IT OR WE JUST KIND OF NEGLECT IT EVEN AS BELIEVERS, 48:18.199 --> 48:20.110 BECAUSE I USED TO READ THAT AND I'D SAY, I TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 48:20.110 --> 48:23.079 THIS IS, IT'S THE LEFT'S FAULT, IT'S THE COMMUNISTS, IT'S THE 48:23.079 --> 48:26.306 PROGRESSIVES, IT'S THE DEMOCRATS. BUT I REPEAT MYSELF, 48:26.306 --> 48:31.603 IT'S THOSE OTHER FOLKS. THEY'RE THE REASON BECAUSE THEY HATE 48:31.603 --> 48:33.529 GOD'S WORD, THEY DESPISE GOD'S WORD. AND THEN I WAS GIVING A 48:33.529 --> 48:36.684 PRESENTATION AND THAT WORD NEGLECTING, GOD JUST ILLUMINATED 48:36.684 --> 48:40.898 IT. I'M LIKE, OH, WAIT A MINUTE, WHO CAN NEGLECT SOMETHING? THE 48:40.898 --> 48:45.827 PEOPLE THAT HAVE IT. WE HAVE THE PRECEPTS CONTAINED IN THE BIBLE 48:45.827 --> 48:49.066 THAT APPLY TO EVERYTHING IN LIFE. IT'S THE SOLUTIONS FOR 48:49.066 --> 48:51.725 EVERYTHING WE'RE FACING AS A CULTURE, AS A FAMILY, AS A 48:51.725 --> 48:54.563 BUSINESS, AS A CHURCH, ALL OF THAT. AND WE'VE NEGLECTED TO 48:54.563 --> 48:57.693 APPLY THE PRECEPTS CONTAINED IN THE BIBLE TO THE CULTURAL ISSUES 48:57.693 --> 49:00.016 OF THE DAY. AND NOW WE'RE GETTING MORE CRIME, MORE 49:00.016 --> 49:02.860 AMBITION, MORE SLAVERY. WE GOT MORE SLAVES TODAY THAN WE'VE 49:02.860 --> 49:06.337 EVER HAD IN HISTORY. THE SEX SLAVE SEX TRAFFICKING AROUND THE 49:06.337 --> 49:10.271 WORLD IS EVEN WORSE THAN SLAVERY WAS 400 YEARS AGO. ALL OF THESE 49:10.271 --> 49:13.306 THINGS ARE HAPPENING BECAUSE WE NEGLECTED THE PRECEPTS CONTAINED 49:13.306 --> 49:17.641 IN THE BIBLE. BUT GUESS WHAT? WE THE CHURCH HAVE THE WORD OF GOD, 49:17.641 --> 49:20.708 AND IF WE STOP NEGLECTING AND WE START EMBRACING AND WE START 49:20.708 --> 49:23.389 TEACHING AND WE START VOTING BASED ON THOSE PRINCIPLES, WE 49:23.389 --> 49:26.151 CAN GET RID OF THE BAD STUFF AND GET BACK TO THE GOOD STUFF. 49:26.151 --> 49:32.588 ANYBODY WANT THAT? SO IT'S NOT COMPLICATED. HERE'S WHAT WE'RE 49:32.588 --> 49:34.754 ATTEMPTING TO DO. WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE THE ADVICE OF GOOD OLD 49:34.754 --> 49:38.524 RONALD REAGAN WHEN HE SAID THAT IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DID, WE 49:38.524 --> 49:40.352 WON'T KNOW WHO WE ARE. SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE DON'T KNOW 49:40.352 --> 49:42.839 OUR HISTORY, IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN OUR HISTORY AND 49:42.839 --> 49:46.529 WHAT PRODUCED THIS GREAT, INCREDIBLE AMERICAN SOCIETY, 49:46.529 --> 49:48.855 THEN WE'RE GOING TO LOSE THE GREATNESS OF AMERICA. IN FACT, 49:48.855 --> 49:51.101 THE WAY HE SAID IT WAS, I'M WARNING OF AN ERADICATION OF THE 49:51.101 --> 49:54.165 AMERICAN MEMORY THAT WILL LEAD TO AN EROSION OF THE AMERICAN 49:54.165 --> 49:57.213 SPIRIT. SO IF YOU LOSE YOUR MEMORY, IF YOU LOSE WHO WE— WHAT 49:57.213 --> 49:59.701 WE DID IN THE PAST, THE STORIES OF THEM. AND I MEAN THE GOOD, 49:59.701 --> 50:02.268 THE BAD, AND THE UGLY. I'M NOT SAYING WE SHY AWAY FROM OR 50:02.268 --> 50:04.820 SUGARCOAT IT. YOU TELL THE WHOLE STORY SO WE CAN LEARN FROM THE 50:04.820 --> 50:07.884 WHOLE THING. BUT IF WE KNOW THOSE STORIES, THEN WE'LL 50:07.884 --> 50:10.869 CONTINUE OUR PATRIOTISM, WE'LL KEEP OUR CIVIC DUTY, WE'LL BE 50:10.869 --> 50:13.661 INVOLVED. WE WON'T HAVE THIS ABYSMAL VOTING PERCENTAGE AND 50:13.661 --> 50:17.031 ALL THAT IF WE REMEMBER WHAT WE DID. BUT IF WE FORGET WHAT WE 50:17.031 --> 50:20.304 DID, THEN WE GET SOFT. WE KIND OF GET SPOILED. WE'VE HAD THE 50:20.304 --> 50:23.209 BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY AND SOMEBODY ELSE PAID THE PRICE, SO 50:23.209 --> 50:27.691 WE HAVEN'T REALLY PAID ATTENTION TO IT. WE'VE ENJOYED GETTING TO 50:27.691 --> 50:30.679 LIVE IN FREEDOM AND MAKE DECISIONS AND ALL THAT, BUT WE 50:30.679 --> 50:33.089 HAVEN'T REALLY DONE THE HARD WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S 50:33.089 --> 50:35.403 PRESERVED FOR THE NEXT GENERATION. SO IT'S ESSENTIALLY 50:35.403 --> 50:38.537 THAT OLD MEME ABOUT TOUGH TIMES MAKING TOUGH MEN, TOUGH MEN MAKE 50:38.537 --> 50:41.043 GOOD TIMES, GOOD TIMES MAKE SOFT MEN, SOFT MEN LEAD YOU BACK INTO 50:41.043 --> 50:44.642 TOUGH TIMES. WE'RE IN THAT GOOD TIMES FOR THE LAST, YOU KNOW, 50:44.642 --> 50:48.193 REALLY 100 YEARS AT LEAST, AND WE'VE GOTTEN SOFT. WE'VE GOTTEN 50:48.193 --> 50:50.844 VERY SOFT, AND THE CHURCH HAS GOTTEN SOFT, AND HASN'T DONE ITS 50:50.844 --> 50:54.457 JOB, HASN'T ENGAGED, HASN'T PARTICIPATED. AND AS A RESULT, 50:54.457 --> 50:57.106 NOW WE'VE STARTED HEADING BACK INTO TOUGH TIMES. HOW DO YOU 50:57.106 --> 50:59.595 STOP THAT? HOW DO YOU REVERSE THAT AND GET BACK TO THE GOOD 50:59.595 --> 51:03.111 TIMES? EXACTLY WHAT REAGAN SAID. CIVIC RITUAL AND MORE EMPHASIS 51:03.111 --> 51:05.713 ON HISTORY. SO IF WE WILL DO THESE THINGS, WHAT WE'RE DOING 51:05.713 --> 51:08.651 TONIGHT, I MEAN, THE FACT THAT ESPECIALLY FOR THESE OTHER 51:08.651 --> 51:12.023 PASTORS THAT CAME AND JOINED WITH HANK AND BRENDA AND AS A 51:12.023 --> 51:14.062 COMMUNITY AND YOU WERE WILLING TO COME HERE AND PARTICIPATE, 51:14.062 --> 51:17.564 THAT IS SUCH A GOOD SIGN FOR REVIVAL IN OUR COUNTRY. SUCH A 51:17.564 --> 51:23.847 GOOD SIGN THAT YOU'RE ALREADY SPEAKING UP AT YOUR CHURCHES AND 51:23.847 --> 51:26.177 ENCOURAGING VOTING AND EVEN TALKING ABOUT THE BALLOT 51:26.177 --> 51:28.571 INITIATIVES AND ALL THAT. SUCH A GOOD SIGN FOR WHERE WE ARE. 51:28.571 --> 51:30.917 YOU'RE DOING CIVIC RITUAL, YOU'RE TEACHING HISTORY, AND 51:30.917 --> 51:34.516 THAT'S HOW WE GET BACK TO SAVING THE COUNTRY. I NEED TO ADDRESS 51:34.516 --> 51:37.099 THE NAYSAYERS OUT THERE THAT SAY, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD JUST 51:37.099 --> 51:39.940 BE, QUOTE UNQUOTE, PREACHING THE GOSPEL. YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO 51:39.940 --> 51:43.336 PUT POLITICS IN THE PULPIT. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WHAT IS THE 51:43.336 --> 51:47.793 GOSPEL? NOT WHAT DOES RICK SAY IT IS, BUT WHAT DID JESUS SAY IT 51:47.793 --> 51:51.604 IS? WHAT IS THE GREAT COMMISSION? GO AND MAKE OF ALL, 51:52.939 --> 51:55.949 TEACHING THEM TO OBEY ONLY THOSE THINGS THAT AREN'T POLITICALLY 51:55.949 --> 52:00.559 CONTROVERSIAL. I'M WATCHING OUT FOR THE LIGHTNING RIGHT NOW 52:00.559 --> 52:03.376 BECAUSE I JUST ADDED TO THE WORD OF GOD OR TOOK AWAY FROM THE 52:03.376 --> 52:06.694 WORD OF GOD. NO, TEACHING THEM TO OBEY EVERYTHING I COMMANDED 52:06.694 --> 52:09.486 YOU. AND HE HAD ALL KINDS OF COMMANDS ABOUT HOW TO TREAT YOUR 52:09.486 --> 52:13.892 NEIGHBOR AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS. TAXES. HE HAD PARABLES 52:13.892 --> 52:16.617 ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF MEDDLING, WHICH IS 52:16.617 --> 52:19.100 THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, IS COMPLETELY 52:19.100 --> 52:22.626 ANTI-BIBLICAL. HE HAS AN ENTIRE PARABLE ABOUT HOW IT'S BETWEEN 52:22.626 --> 52:24.693 YOU AND ME, EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE. IT'S NOT UP TO 52:24.693 --> 52:27.353 GOVERNMENT OR THE OTHER EMPLOYEES HOW MUCH I PAY YOU OR 52:27.353 --> 52:29.741 HOW MUCH YOU'RE WILLING TO WORK FOR OR I'M WILLING TO WORK FOR. 52:29.741 --> 52:33.509 JESUS SPOKE TO ALL THESE THINGS THAT DO IMPACT WHAT OUR CULTURE 52:33.509 --> 52:35.532 LOOKS LIKE, BUT WE BOUGHT THIS WHOLE IDEA OF JUST PREACH THE 52:35.532 --> 52:38.825 GOSPEL. WELL, THE GOSPEL IS TO MAKE DISCIPLES THAT UNDERSTAND 52:38.825 --> 52:42.600 HOW TO LIVE OUT EVERYTHING HE COMMANDED AT WORK, AT CHURCH, IN 52:42.600 --> 52:45.250 GOVERNMENT, ALL THOSE THINGS. NOBODY HERE, ALL THESE PASTORS 52:45.250 --> 52:47.402 THAT ARE HERE, I BET YOU'VE NEVER HAD ANYBODY IN YOUR CHURCH 52:47.402 --> 52:50.551 LEAVE THE SERVICE ON SUNDAY DRIVING HOME GOING, WHAT A GREAT 52:50.551 --> 52:52.703 MESSAGE ON HOW TO BE A GOOD HUSBAND, GOOD FATHER, GOOD 52:52.703 --> 52:55.032 MOTHER, GOOD WIFE. I WISH WE COULD USE IT AT HOME, BUT YOU 52:55.032 --> 53:01.631 KNOW, SEPARATION OF HOME AND CHURCH. NO, DOESN'T HAPPEN, 53:01.631 --> 53:05.386 RIGHT? I HOPE WE HAVEN'T GOT THAT BAD. YOU DON'T LEAVE GOING, 53:05.386 --> 53:08.275 GREAT SERMON ON HOW TO HAVE A GOOD EMPLOYEE, BE A GOOD 53:08.275 --> 53:11.581 EMPLOYEE AND HAVE GOOD WORK ETHIC OR CREATE A GREAT WORK 53:11.581 --> 53:13.988 ENVIRONMENT IF YOU'RE THE ENTREPRENEUR THAT STARTED THE 53:13.988 --> 53:16.235 COMPANY OR WHATEVER. WISH WE COULD USE THAT MONDAY AT WORK, 53:16.235 --> 53:19.765 BUT SEPARATION OF WORK AND CHURCH. WHY HAVE WE BOUGHT THIS 53:19.765 --> 53:23.537 LIE THAT SAYS, MAN, BOY, HANK AND BRENDA WERE TALKING ABOUT 53:23.537 --> 53:27.110 BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF MY VOTE AND KNOWING THE CONSTITUTION 53:27.110 --> 53:29.775 AND THE BIBLE AND HOW TO BE A GOOD CITIZEN AND ALL THAT. BUT I 53:29.775 --> 53:32.118 CAN'T DO THAT TUESDAY BECAUSE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE. 53:32.118 --> 53:37.222 WE BOUGHT A LIE. IT DOES NOT MEAN PEOPLE OF FAITH DON'T GET 53:37.222 --> 53:39.144 INVOLVED IN THE STATE. YOU JUST STAY OVER HERE IN YOUR LITTLE 53:39.144 --> 53:42.430 BOX AT CHURCH. IT MEANS THE STATE CANNOT COME INTO THE 53:42.430 --> 53:48.105 CHURCH AND TELL YOU HOW TO LIVE OUT YOUR FAITH. WE'VE TOTALLY 53:48.105 --> 53:54.960 TURNED IT ON ITS HEAD. SO GOT 11 MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. I'VE BEEN 53:54.960 --> 53:59.940 GOING REALLY SLOW UP UNTIL NOW. SO WE'RE GOING TO RATCHET IT UP. 53:59.940 --> 54:02.900 DAVID BARTON AND I BOTH GET ACCUSED OF TALKING 90 WORDS A 54:02.900 --> 54:06.140 MINUTE WITH GUSTS UP TO 350. AND I THINK I STARTED AT 350. WE'RE 54:06.140 --> 54:10.520 ABOUT TO GUST ON UP TO 700. OKAY. SO SERIOUSLY, THERE'S A 54:10.520 --> 54:13.100 COUPLE OF GUYS THAT SAID THIS WAY BETTER THAN I EVER COULD. 54:13.100 --> 54:16.280 CHARLES FINNEY, HE WAS SECOND GREAT AWAKENING, REALLY WELL 54:16.280 --> 54:19.280 KNOWN, BIG PART OF HOW ALL THAT HAPPENED. HE EVEN STARRED IN A 54:19.280 --> 54:28.409 MOVIE, STAYING ALIVE. IF YOU EVER SAW THAT. I NEVER SAID IT 54:28.409 --> 54:32.376 THAT WAY, BUT THAT'S ACTUALLY FUN. THAT'S PRETTY FUNNY. OKAY, 54:32.376 --> 54:34.250 IT'S NOT JOHN TRAVOLTA. SO CHARLES FINNEY SAID IT THIS WAY. 54:34.250 --> 54:38.772 HE SAID THE CHURCH MUST TAKE RIGHT GROUND IN REGARD TO 54:38.772 --> 54:45.357 POLITICS. POLITICS ARE PART OF A RELIGION IN A COUNTRY SUCH AS 54:45.357 --> 54:48.120 THIS. WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT. AND CHRISTIANS MUST DO THEIR 54:48.120 --> 54:50.848 DUTY TO THEIR COUNTRY AS A PART OF THEIR DUTY TO GOD. GOD WILL 54:50.848 --> 54:53.495 BLESS OR CURSE THIS NATION ACCORDING TO THE COURSE 54:53.495 --> 54:57.201 CHRISTIANS TAKE IN POLITICS. SO LET'S BACK UP AND BREAK THAT 54:57.201 --> 55:01.614 DOWN. THE CHURCH TAKING GROUND IN POLITICS. WHY? BECAUSE 55:01.614 --> 55:04.662 POLITICS, WHEN YOU LIVE IN A CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC, 55:04.662 --> 55:07.951 POLITICS IS JUST PART OF YOUR LIFE. IT'S JUST PART OF A 55:07.951 --> 55:11.721 RELIGION, NO DIFFERENT THAN PREACHING THE GOSPEL ON HOW TO 55:11.721 --> 55:14.353 CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT AT WORK OR HOW TO HAVE GOOD WORK ETHIC OR 55:14.353 --> 55:17.498 HOW TO BE A GOOD HUSBAND OR FATHER AND MOTHER, OR HOW TO BE, 55:17.498 --> 55:19.986 YOU KNOW, A GOOD STEWARD, WHATEVER IT IS. EVERYTHING IN 55:19.986 --> 55:24.385 LIFE THE BIBLE SPEAKS TO. AND IN AMERICA, YOU DON'T RENDER UNTO 55:24.385 --> 55:27.194 CAESAR WHAT IS CAESAR'S AND UNTO GOD WHAT IS GOD'S, MEANING WE 55:27.194 --> 55:29.441 LIVE UNDER A CAESAR THAT'S A DICTATOR. IN AMERICA, IT'S 55:29.441 --> 55:35.076 DIFFERENT. IN AMERICA, WHO IS CAESAR? YOU ARE. I AM. SO IF 55:35.076 --> 55:38.446 YOU'RE GOING TO DO YOUR DUTY, IF POLITICS IS PART OF YOUR 55:38.446 --> 55:40.919 RELIGION BECAUSE YOU LIVE IN A CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC, YOU GOT 55:40.919 --> 55:44.851 TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO CAESAR WELL. YOU'RE CAESAR. SO HOW DO 55:44.851 --> 55:47.179 YOU DO CAESAR? WELL, BECAUSE WE THE PEOPLE ARE CAESAR, RIGHT? 55:47.179 --> 55:49.603 THAT'S HOW THIS WORKS. OUR GOVERNMENT, BECAUSE THE WAY THE 55:49.603 --> 55:53.440 DECLARATION LAYS IT OUT, WE SAY THAT TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS, 55:53.440 --> 55:55.879 GOVERNMENTS ARE INSTITUTED AMONG MEN, DERIVING THEIR JUST POWERS 55:55.879 --> 55:57.726 FROM THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED. SO THE WHOLE PURPOSE 55:57.726 --> 56:00.214 OF GOVERNMENT IS LAID OUT RIGHT THERE IN THE DECLARATION TO 56:00.214 --> 56:03.264 SECURE THESE RIGHTS. AND THE ONLY POWER GOVERNMENT GETS IS 56:03.264 --> 56:06.201 FROM THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED. SO WE THE PEOPLE ARE 56:06.201 --> 56:10.648 CONSTANTLY SORT OF INFLUENCING WHAT OUR GOVERNMENT LOOKS LIKE. 56:10.648 --> 56:13.369 IN FACT, THE NEXT LINE IN THE DECLARATION WE DON'T REPEAT VERY 56:13.369 --> 56:16.734 OFTEN TODAY. JEFFERSON SAID THAT WHEN ANY FORM OF GOVERNMENT 56:16.734 --> 56:20.438 BECOMES DESTRUCTIVE OF THESE ENDS, WHAT ENDS? EARLIER HE HAD 56:20.438 --> 56:23.859 SAID WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS, SO DESTRUCTIVE OF TRUTH, THAT ALL 56:23.859 --> 56:25.617 MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL, THAT THEY'RE ENDOWED BY THEIR 56:25.617 --> 56:30.180 CONGRESS, THAT THEY'RE ENDOWED BY THEIR— THIS IS A GREAT CROWD, 56:30.180 --> 56:33.823 MAN, YOU TAUGHT THEM WELL— THAT WE'RE ENDOWED BY OUR CREATOR 56:33.823 --> 56:36.402 WITH CERTAIN UNALIENABLE RIGHTS, THAT AMONG THESE ARE LIFE, SO IF 56:36.402 --> 56:40.636 GOVERNMENT BECOMES DESTRUCTIVE OF LIFE, LIBERTY, THE PURSUIT OF 56:40.636 --> 56:42.816 HAPPINESS, GOVERNMENT STARTS CONTROLLING YOUR LAND, TELLING 56:42.816 --> 56:45.687 YOU WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR LAND OR WITH YOUR BUSINESS. SO 56:45.687 --> 56:47.787 HOW ABOUT EVEN GIVING OR REFUSING CONSENT OF THE 56:47.787 --> 56:50.850 GOVERNMENT? IF WE'RE MANIPULATING ELECTIONS OR MAKING 56:50.850 --> 56:53.785 IT DIFFICULT TO KNOW IF THE ELECTIONS ARE SECURE, ALL OF 56:53.785 --> 56:57.794 THAT IS GOVERNMENT AT SOME LEVEL DESTROYING THE VERY THINGS THEY 56:57.794 --> 56:59.269 JUST LAID OUT IN THE DECLARATION. SO WHAT DOES HE SAY 56:59.269 --> 57:01.850 TO DO? THAT WHEN ANY FORM OF GOVERNMENT, LOCAL, COUNTY, 57:01.850 --> 57:04.384 STATE, FEDERAL, THEY CAN ALL DO THIS. THAT WHEN ANY FORM OF 57:04.384 --> 57:07.689 GOVERNMENT BECOMES DESTRUCTIVE OF THESE ENDS, IT IS THE RIGHT 57:07.689 --> 57:11.699 OF THE PEOPLE TO ALTER OR ABOLISH IT. NOW, THAT DOES NOT 57:11.699 --> 57:14.410 MEAN— SOMEBODY OUT THERE IS GOING TO TAKE ME OUT OF CONTEXT— 57:14.410 --> 57:16.833 RICK AND HANK, WE'RE CALLING FOR AN ABOLISHMENT OF ALL 57:16.833 --> 57:20.201 GOVERNMENT. NOT AT ALL. WE'RE SAYING IN A CONSTITUTIONAL 57:20.201 --> 57:24.019 REPUBLIC, YOU GET TO ALTER OR ABOLISH PIECES OF GOVERNMENT AS 57:24.019 --> 57:26.522 WE GO. THAT'S WHAT THE WHOLE THING'S ABOUT. THAT'S WHAT 57:26.522 --> 57:29.810 VOTING IS ABOUT. AS A LEGISLATOR, EVERY TIME I FILED A 57:29.810 --> 57:33.016 BILL OR VOTED FOR A BILL, WE WERE ALTERING WHAT OUR 57:33.016 --> 57:36.060 GOVERNMENT LOOKED LIKE. AND SOMETIMES WE WERE ABOLISHING 57:36.060 --> 57:38.480 PARTS OF OUR GOVERNMENT. SO IF YOU HAD A DEPARTMENT THAT WAS NO 57:38.480 --> 57:41.012 LONGER NEEDED, OR MAYBE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, A DEPARTMENT THAT 57:41.012 --> 57:42.807 NEVER SHOULD HAVE EXISTED IN THE FIRST PLACE, LIKE THE FEDERAL 57:42.807 --> 57:47.342 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, RIGHT? ABOLISH THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT 57:47.342 --> 57:51.123 OF EDUCATION. SO THAT'S ALL JEFFERSON— THEY SET IT UP SO 57:51.123 --> 57:53.367 THAT WE COULD DO THAT PEACEABLY. WE DON'T HAVE TO GRAB THE 57:53.367 --> 57:55.690 PITCHFORKS. WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE UP ARMS AGAINST OUR 57:55.690 --> 57:57.937 GOVERNMENT OR ANY OF THAT. WE DON'T NEED BULLETS FOR A 57:57.937 --> 58:02.676 REVOLUTION, WE NEED BALLOTS. WE NEED TO BE VOTING AS THE CHURCH 58:02.676 --> 58:06.033 AND WE CAN ALTER OR ABOLISH. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. 58:06.033 --> 58:08.538 THAT'S WHAT THE DECLARATION TELLS US TO DO. AND CHARLES 58:08.538 --> 58:12.313 FINNEY LAID IT OUT. THE NATION WILL BE BLESSED OR CURSED 58:12.313 --> 58:16.168 DEPENDING UPON WHAT CHRISTIANS DO. IT'S OUR DUTY TO DO THIS. 58:16.168 --> 58:21.212 CAN I JUST TELL YOU, THERE IS NO SECULAR OR SPIRITUAL SPLIT IN 58:21.212 --> 58:24.376 AMERICA. PSALMS 24:1 SAYS, THE EARTH IS THE LORD'S AND THE 58:24.376 --> 58:27.841 FULLNESS OF IT. AND THE FULLNESS THEREOF. NOW SINCE BOB TOLD YOU 58:27.841 --> 58:30.339 I'M FROM TEXAS, I'M JUST GONNA GIVE YOU TEXAS LANGUAGE ON WHAT 58:30.339 --> 58:36.374 THAT SCRIPTURE MEANS. IT MEANS IT'S ALL HIS. EVERY BIT OF IT. 58:36.374 --> 58:39.200 SO THAT MEANS THERE'S NOTHING OFF LIMITS. THERE'S NO 58:39.200 --> 58:42.816 SECULAR-SPIRITUAL SPLIT. YOU'RE NOT MORE HOLY BECAUSE OF A 58:42.816 --> 58:46.123 PARTICULAR PROFESSION YOU GO INTO. YOU ARE A MINISTER OF THE 58:46.123 --> 58:48.624 GOSPEL IF YOU'RE A MECHANIC, IF YOU'RE A PASTOR, IF YOU'RE A 58:48.624 --> 58:52.938 TEACHER, IF YOU'RE RUNNING FOR OFFICE, WHEREVER YOU ARE, YOU 58:52.938 --> 58:55.909 ARE SUPPOSED TO TAKE GOD'S WORD THERE. SO WE DON'T SPLIT THIS 58:55.909 --> 58:58.961 STUFF UP AND SAY SOME THINGS ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS. I'LL GIVE 58:58.961 --> 59:01.836 YOU AN EXAMPLE AND THEN I'LL TRY TO WRAP THIS THING UP. SO THESE 59:01.836 --> 59:05.627 GUYS, THIS IS A PASTOR NAMED JOHN PETER GABRIEL MUHLENBERG. 59:05.627 --> 59:08.583 NOW JOHN PETER GABRIEL MUHLENBERG WAS A PASTOR OF TWO 59:08.583 --> 59:12.759 CHURCHES IN VIRGINIA DURING THE REVOLUTION. AND HE ACTUALLY GOES 59:12.759 --> 59:16.148 FROM THE LEGISLATURE IN VIRGINIA, HE RIDES MOST OF THE 59:16.148 --> 59:18.221 NIGHT, GETS THERE IN TIME TO PREACH ON SUNDAY MORNING, 59:18.221 --> 59:20.710 PREACHES OUT OF ECCLESIASTES, TALKS ABOUT THERE'S A SEASON FOR 59:20.710 --> 59:25.050 THIS, A SEASON FOR THAT. THIS IS JANUARY '75 OR '76. JANUARY '76, 59:25.050 --> 59:27.810 I BELIEVE IT WAS. AND SO HE GETS UP AND HE'S PREACHING AND HE 59:27.810 --> 59:30.430 GETS TO THAT VERSE, "THERE'S A TIME OF PEACE AND THERE'S A TIME 59:30.430 --> 59:34.210 OF WAR." I THINK IT'S VERSE 8. AND HE CLOSES HIS BIBLE, LOOKS 59:34.210 --> 59:36.470 OUT AT HIS CHURCH, TAKES OFF HIS CLERICAL ROBE. THAT'S WHAT THIS 59:36.470 --> 59:39.130 PAINTING IS DEPICTING. TAKES OFF HIS CLERICAL ROBE AND UNDERNEATH 59:39.130 --> 59:41.890 HIS CLERICAL ROBE, HE'S IN THE FULL DRESS MILITARY UNIFORM OF 59:41.890 --> 59:44.470 AN OFFICER IN THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY. AND HE SAYS TO HIS 59:44.470 --> 59:46.785 CONGREGATION, IT'S NO LONGER A TIME OF TIME OF PEACE HERE. IT'S 59:46.785 --> 59:50.077 A TIME OF WAR. ORDERS THE MEN OUTSIDE TO BEAT THE DRUMS, CALLS 59:50.077 --> 59:52.727 HIS MEN TO ARMS. 300 MEN FROM HIS TWO CHURCHES JOIN UP. THEY 59:52.727 --> 59:55.120 BECOME THE 8TH VIRGINIA REGIMENT. HE GOES ON TO BECOME A 59:55.120 --> 59:57.850 MAJOR GENERAL, ONE OF ONLY 13 GUYS TO DO THAT. FIGHTS 59:57.850 --> 01:00:01.399 THROUGHOUT THE REVOLUTION. HE HAS A BROTHER WHO'S ALSO A 01:00:01.399 --> 01:00:04.531 PASTOR, AND FREDERICK AUGUSTUS IS UP IN NEW YORK. AND FREDERICK 01:00:04.531 --> 01:00:07.020 AUGUSTUS WRITES HIM AND SAYS, YOU SHOULDN'T BE DOING THIS. 01:00:07.020 --> 01:00:10.312 YOU'RE JUST SUPPOSED TO PREACH THE GOSPEL. HE SAYS, YOU WOULD 01:00:10.312 --> 01:00:13.428 HAVE ACTED FOR THE BEST IF YOU'D KEPT OUT OF THIS BUSINESS FROM 01:00:13.428 --> 01:00:15.210 THE BEGINNING. I NOW GIVE YOU MY THOUGHTS IN BRIEF. I THINK YOU 01:00:15.210 --> 01:00:17.362 WERE WRONG. JOHN PETER WRITES HIM BACK AND SAYS, YES, I'M A 01:00:17.362 --> 01:00:20.108 CITIZEN OF HEAVEN, BUT I'M ALSO A CITIZEN OF EARTH, AND MY 01:00:20.108 --> 01:00:22.580 LIBERTY IS AS DEAR TO ME AS IT IS TO ANY— AS THE POOREST 01:00:22.580 --> 01:00:26.049 LAYMAN. MY— YEAH, AS TO ANY MAN. SHALL I THEN SIT STILL? HEAVEN 01:00:26.049 --> 01:00:29.019 FORBID IT. I'M CONVINCED IT'S MY DUTY SO TO DO, AND DUTY I OWE TO 01:00:29.019 --> 01:00:33.049 GOD AND COUNTRY. AND HE GOES ON AND FIGHTS. WELL, THEY GO BACK 01:00:33.049 --> 01:00:35.024 AND FORTH. THEY GOT THIS GREAT ARGUMENT GOING BETWEEN THE TWO 01:00:35.024 --> 01:00:37.272 OF THEM. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS FINALLY WRITES HIM AND HE SAYS, 01:00:37.272 --> 01:00:41.607 YOU KNOW THE PROBLEM? IT'S YOU VIRGINIANS. YEAH. YOU BUNCH OF 01:00:41.607 --> 01:00:44.497 RABBLE-ROUSERS. YOU GOT PATRICK HENRY DOWN THERE AND JEFFERSON, 01:00:44.497 --> 01:00:46.600 ALL THESE GUYS CAUSING PROBLEMS. HE SAID, UP HERE IN NEW YORK 01:00:46.600 --> 01:00:49.876 WHERE I PASTOR, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THESE PROBLEMS. 2 MONTHS 01:00:49.876 --> 01:00:52.220 LATER, THE BRITISH COME INTO HIS HOMETOWN, KICK HIM OUT OF HIS 01:00:52.220 --> 01:00:55.495 CHURCH, DESECRATE HIS CHURCH, AND FREDERICK AUGUSTUS GOES, 01:00:55.495 --> 01:00:59.348 HMM, MAYBE BABY BROTHER WAS ON TO SOMETHING. THAT MAN YOU'RE 01:00:59.348 --> 01:01:01.371 LOOKING AT RIGHT THERE WAS A PASTOR THAT SAID DON'T GET 01:01:01.371 --> 01:01:05.143 INVOLVED. AND THEN WHEN IT AFFECTED HIS BACKYARD, HE GOT SO 01:01:05.143 --> 01:01:07.873 INVOLVED THAT IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE BILL OF RIGHTS, THERE ARE 01:01:07.873 --> 01:01:10.666 TWO SIGNATURES ON THE BILL OF RIGHTS. JOHN ADAMS WAS VICE 01:01:10.666 --> 01:01:12.447 PRESIDENT. I MEAN, YEAH, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 01:01:12.447 --> 01:01:15.577 SO HE'S PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG 01:01:15.577 --> 01:01:19.269 WAS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE IN THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS THAT GAVE 01:01:19.269 --> 01:01:22.255 US THE BILL OF RIGHTS. FREEDOM OF RELIGION IN THE FIRST 01:01:22.255 --> 01:01:26.958 AMENDMENT FROM A PASTOR. NOW, THAT'S NOT THEM GIVING YOU 01:01:26.958 --> 01:01:29.141 FREEDOM OF RELIGION. GOD GAVE YOU FREEDOM OF RELIGION. THAT'S 01:01:29.141 --> 01:01:31.148 THEM GIVING YOU THE FIRST AMENDMENT THAT MAKES IT CLEAR 01:01:31.148 --> 01:01:33.315 THAT GOVERNMENT'S JOB IS TO PROTECT YOUR FREEDOM OF 01:01:33.315 --> 01:01:35.802 RELIGION. BY THE WAY, JOHN PETER WAS ALSO IN THAT CONGRESS. THESE 01:01:35.802 --> 01:01:38.993 TWO BROTHERS, PASTORS IN THE FIRST CONGRESS, GIVING US THE 01:01:38.993 --> 01:01:41.253 BILL OF RIGHTS. SOMEBODY MAKE A MOVIE OUT OF THOSE GUYS, MAN. 01:01:41.253 --> 01:01:44.861 I'M TELLING YOU, INCREDIBLE. OKAY, SO LET ME GO BACK TO 01:01:44.861 --> 01:01:48.067 FINNEY. FINNEY WENT ON TO SAY, AND I'M NOT PICKING ON THE 01:01:48.067 --> 01:01:51.033 PASTORS THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE YOU'RE HERE, YOU ALREADY 01:01:51.033 --> 01:01:54.144 KNOW THIS, BUT A LOT OF OUR PASTORS AND CHRISTIANS, WE PICK 01:01:54.144 --> 01:01:56.885 ON THE PASTORS MAYBE A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH BECAUSE THIS IS ALL 01:01:56.885 --> 01:01:59.531 OF US. WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THIS. FINNEY SAID, BRETHREN, OUR 01:01:59.531 --> 01:02:02.577 PREACHING WILL BEAR ITS LEGITIMATE FRUITS. IF IMMORALITY 01:02:02.577 --> 01:02:06.186 PREVAILS IN THE LAND, THE FAULT IS OURS. IN A GREAT DEGREE. IF 01:02:06.186 --> 01:02:09.301 THERE'S A DECAY OF CONSCIENCE, THE PULPIT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR 01:02:09.301 --> 01:02:12.609 IT. IF THE PUBLIC PRESS LACKS MORAL DISCRIMINATION, THE PULPIT 01:02:12.609 --> 01:02:15.242 IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. IF THE CHURCH IS DEGENERATE AND 01:02:15.242 --> 01:02:18.614 WORLDLY, THE PULPIT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. IF THE WORLD 01:02:18.614 --> 01:02:21.022 LOSES ITS INTEREST IN RELIGION, THE PULPIT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. 01:02:21.022 --> 01:02:23.688 IF SATAN RULES IN OUR HALLS OF LEGISLATION, THE PULPIT'S 01:02:23.688 --> 01:02:26.674 RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. IF OUR POLITICS BECOME SO CORRUPT THAT 01:02:26.674 --> 01:02:30.174 THE VERY FOUNDATIONS OF OUR GOVERNMENT ARE READY TO FALL 01:02:30.174 --> 01:02:33.784 AWAY, THE PULPIT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. LET US NOT FORGET THIS 01:02:33.784 --> 01:02:36.607 FACT, MY DEAR BRETHREN, BUT LET US LAY IT TO HEART AND BE 01:02:36.607 --> 01:02:40.281 THOROUGHLY AWAKE IN OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO RESPECT AND 01:02:40.281 --> 01:02:43.185 RESPECT TO THE MORALS OF THIS NATION. IN OTHER WORDS, THE 01:02:43.185 --> 01:02:49.024 CHURCH MUST BE SALT AND LIGHT. WE MUST. WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR 01:02:49.024 --> 01:02:53.035 WHAT THE CULTURE LOOKS LIKE. I WOULD SUBMIT TO YOU THAT THE 01:02:53.035 --> 01:02:57.872 CHURCH HAS BEEN SUGARY AND DULL. WE'VE BEEN TOO SWEET. WE'VE BEEN 01:02:57.872 --> 01:03:00.873 SO WORRIED ABOUT BEING NICE. DON'T WANT TO OFFEND ANYBODY. 01:03:00.873 --> 01:03:03.342 DON'T WANT TO STEP ON ANYBODY'S TOES. LISTEN, IF I STEPPED ON 01:03:03.342 --> 01:03:05.988 YOUR TOES TONIGHT, I DO APOLOGIZE. MY INTENT WAS TO 01:03:05.988 --> 01:03:10.709 STOMP ON THEM. WE GOTTA STOP BEING SO WORRIED ABOUT 01:03:10.709 --> 01:03:15.127 OFFENDING. YOU KNOW THE GOSPEL IS OFFENSIVE. WE GOTTA STOP 01:03:15.127 --> 01:03:18.750 WORRYING ABOUT, "OH, WE GOTTA BE SO—" NO, WE NEED TO BE SALTY AND 01:03:18.750 --> 01:03:22.517 BRIGHT. NOT SUGARY AND DULL. SALT AND LIGHT IS WHAT WILL SAVE 01:03:22.517 --> 01:03:24.807 THIS COUNTRY. OUR FOUNDERS CERTAINLY UNDERSTOOD THAT. 01:03:24.807 --> 01:03:28.011 THAT'S WHY THE BIBLE PERMEATES EVERYTHING IN OUR CULTURE. AND 01:03:28.011 --> 01:03:30.431 SO HERE'S THE DEAL: 100 YEARS AGO, THIS GUY RIGHT HERE, 01:03:30.431 --> 01:03:33.876 PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES JAMES GARFIELD, SPOKE TO US 100 01:03:33.876 --> 01:03:37.016 YEARS LATER, WHAT HE CALLED THE NEXT CENTENNIAL. HE SAID, NOW 01:03:37.016 --> 01:03:40.429 MORE THAN EVER, THE PEOPLE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CHARACTER OF 01:03:40.429 --> 01:03:42.833 THEIR CONGRESS. THIS VOTE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO CAST— I KNOW 01:03:42.833 --> 01:03:45.236 NOBODY IN HERE IS GOING TO STAY HOME OR WHINE— YOU'RE GOING TO 01:03:45.236 --> 01:03:48.601 CAST A VOTE. YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CHARACTER OF YOUR 01:03:48.601 --> 01:03:52.639 CONGRESS. IF THAT BODY BE IGNORANT, RECKLESS, AND CORRUPT, 01:03:52.639 --> 01:03:54.578 A COUPLE OF CONGRESSMEN I'D LOVE TO SHOW A PICTURE OF, BUT I'M 01:03:54.578 --> 01:03:58.327 NOT GOING TO DO IT. IF IT BE INTELLIGENT, BRAVE, AND PURE, 01:03:58.327 --> 01:04:00.955 IT'S BECAUSE THE PEOPLE DEMAND THESE HIGH QUALITIES TO 01:04:00.955 --> 01:04:04.080 REPRESENT THEM IN THE NATIONAL LEGISLATURE. IF THE NEXT 01:04:04.080 --> 01:04:06.804 CENTENNIAL DOES NOT FIND US A GREAT NATION— HE ALREADY HAD A 01:04:06.804 --> 01:04:08.727 RED HAT THAT SAID MAKE AMERICA GREATER— HE SAID IF THE NEXT 01:04:08.727 --> 01:04:11.627 CENTENNIAL DOES NOT FIND US A GREAT NATION, IT WILL BE BECAUSE 01:04:11.627 --> 01:04:13.358 THE PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT THE ENTERPRISE, CULTURE, AND 01:04:13.358 --> 01:04:15.777 MORALITY OF THE NATION DO NOT AID IN CONTROLLING THE POLITICAL 01:04:15.777 --> 01:04:18.887 FORCES. FOLKS, HE'S SAYING EXACTLY WHAT I'M SAYING TONIGHT. 01:04:18.887 --> 01:04:22.261 IT IS UP TO US TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CONGRESS, OUR STATE 01:04:22.261 --> 01:04:25.891 LEGISLATURE, OUR SCHOOL BOARD, ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT ENTITIES 01:04:25.891 --> 01:04:29.731 REFLECT A BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW AND HAVE BIBLICAL VALUES. WE GET TO 01:04:29.731 --> 01:04:32.558 CHOOSE OUR LEADERS. MOST PEOPLE WHO EVER LIVED ON THE PLANET 01:04:32.558 --> 01:04:35.466 DIDN'T GET TO DO THAT. WE GET TO CHOOSE WHAT OUR COUNTRY IS GOING 01:04:35.466 --> 01:04:36.831 TO LOOK LIKE, WHAT OUR GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO LOOK 01:04:36.831 --> 01:04:38.904 LIKE, WHAT OUR COMMUNITIES ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE. BUT IT'S 01:04:38.904 --> 01:04:43.000 GOING TO TAKE EFFORT. IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO JUST SIT BACK AND TALK 01:04:43.000 --> 01:04:45.153 ABOUT IT OR ENCOURAGE OTHER PEOPLE TO DO IT OR HOPE SOMEBODY 01:04:45.153 --> 01:04:48.405 ELSE RUNS FOR OFFICE. WE HAVE TO GIVE OF OUR LIVES, OUR FORTUNES, 01:04:48.405 --> 01:04:51.153 AND OUR SACRED HONOR. OUR LIVES IS OUR TIME STUDYING THE 01:04:51.153 --> 01:04:54.190 CONSTITUTION, STUDYING THE WORD OF GOD, STUDYING WHAT MADE OUR 01:04:54.190 --> 01:04:56.782 NATION GREAT IN THE FIRST PLACE, AND THEN ACTING ON IT, MAKING 01:04:56.782 --> 01:04:59.510 SURE THAT WE GO OUT AND VOTE. NOW, I'M GOING TO VERY QUICKLY 01:04:59.510 --> 01:05:03.627 TRY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE REASONS CHRISTIANS DON'T VOTE. 01:05:03.627 --> 01:05:06.790 NUMBER ONE REASON I ALWAYS HEAR IS, I WILL NOT VOTE FOR THE 01:05:06.790 --> 01:05:12.966 LESSER OF TWO EVILS. JUST WON'T DO IT. TO THAT PERSON I SAY, 01:05:12.966 --> 01:05:17.410 UNLESS JESUS CHRIST IS ON THE BALLOT, YOU WILL VOTE FOR THE 01:05:17.410 --> 01:05:21.977 LESSER OF TWO EVILS. THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NO, NOT ONE. WE 01:05:21.977 --> 01:05:24.859 ARE ALL FLAWED JARS OF CLAY. I HAVE YET TO FIND A CANDIDATE I 01:05:24.859 --> 01:05:27.290 AGREE WITH 100%. I DON'T EVEN AGREE WITH MYSELF 100% OF THE 01:05:27.290 --> 01:05:29.951 TIME. HOW AM I GOING TO FIND A CANDIDATE? THERE IS NO PERFECT 01:05:29.951 --> 01:05:33.898 CANDIDATE. OKAY, YOU ARE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE TO GO IN AND SAY, 01:05:33.898 --> 01:05:35.839 WELL, I DON'T LIKE THIS THING THAT THAT PERSON DID BECAUSE 01:05:35.839 --> 01:05:38.378 THEY'RE NOT PERFECT. AND THERE MAY BE A LOT OF THINGS YOU DON'T 01:05:38.378 --> 01:05:40.719 LIKE ABOUT THIS PERSON OVER HERE, BUT IT'S NOT THAT 01:05:40.719 --> 01:05:45.047 COMPLICATED, FOLKS. IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO VOTE BECAUSE MAYBE 01:05:45.047 --> 01:05:47.291 THE CANDIDATE THAT EVERYBODY ELSE IN CHURCH IS VOTING FOR, 01:05:47.291 --> 01:05:50.257 SAY THEY'RE 80% BIBLICAL AND YOU'RE NOT VOTING FOR THEM 01:05:50.257 --> 01:05:53.543 BECAUSE YOU'RE MAD ABOUT THE OTHER 20%, BUT THE OPPONENT IS 01:05:53.543 --> 01:05:57.390 LIKE 10% BIBLICAL. BY NOT VOTING, YOU ARE HELPING THE 01:05:57.390 --> 01:06:00.756 PERSON THAT IS ONLY 10% BIBLICAL DEFEAT THE ONE THAT WAS 80% 01:06:00.756 --> 01:06:05.070 BIBLICAL. DOES THAT MAKE ANY SENSE TO ANYBODY? I THINK WHAT 01:06:05.070 --> 01:06:08.152 BRENDA LAID OUT SHOULD BE HEARD BY EVERYONE IN THE CHURCH ACROSS 01:06:08.152 --> 01:06:11.104 AMERICA. I HAVE CHRISTIANS TELLING ME THAT THEY'RE NOT 01:06:11.104 --> 01:06:14.940 GOING TO GO VOTE IN 3 WEEKS OR IN EARLY VOTING THIS NEXT COUPLE 01:06:14.940 --> 01:06:17.845 OF WEEKS BECAUSE THEIR CANDIDATE DIDN'T WIN THE PRIMARY. DO YOU 01:06:17.845 --> 01:06:20.878 KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I HAD TO HOLD MY NOSE AND VOTE FOR JOHN 01:06:20.878 --> 01:06:25.227 CORNYN IN TEXAS, WHO I THINK WAS A TERRIBLE SENATOR FOR A 01:06:25.227 --> 01:06:27.635 REPUBLICAN, BUT HE WAS WAY BETTER THAN ANY DEMOCRAT? I 01:06:27.635 --> 01:06:31.005 TRIED TO BEAT HIM IN THE PRIMARY FOR 20 YEARS. AND I LOST AND I 01:06:31.005 --> 01:06:33.092 LOST AND I LOST. AND SO I TURN AROUND AND VOTE FOR HIM IN 01:06:33.092 --> 01:06:35.981 NOVEMBER, EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T LIKE HIM, EVEN THOUGH LOTS OF 01:06:35.981 --> 01:06:38.051 REASONS. BUT I VOTED FOR HIM BECAUSE HE WAS BETTER THAN THE 01:06:38.051 --> 01:06:40.716 ALTERNATIVE. WE HAVE CORNYN VOTERS ALL OVER TEXAS RIGHT NOW 01:06:40.716 --> 01:06:43.124 SAYING, I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR KEN PAXTON BECAUSE OF BLAH, 01:06:43.124 --> 01:06:45.531 BLAH, BLAH, WHATEVER EXCUSE. AND THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS 01:06:45.531 --> 01:06:50.283 TALE OF FRICO KID THAT LITERALLY IS FOR CHOPPING OFF THE GENITALS 01:06:50.283 --> 01:06:54.504 OF CHILDREN, MURDER OF A BABY UP UNTIL BIRTH, ALL OF THESE THINGS 01:06:54.504 --> 01:06:57.714 THAT ARE SO EVIL. AND YET WE HAVE CHRISTIANS THAT I'M JUST SO 01:06:57.714 --> 01:07:00.380 RIGHTEOUS. AND I'M SO FULL OF MYSELF, I CAN'T BRING MYSELF TO 01:07:00.380 --> 01:07:03.189 VOTE FOR THIS ONE OVER HERE. SO I'M GONNA BE HELPING THE MURDER 01:07:03.189 --> 01:07:07.364 OF CHILDREN AND HELPING THE CHILDREN TRANSGENDER AGENDA. 01:07:07.364 --> 01:07:11.523 THAT IS FOOLISH, FOLKS. IT IS SPIRITUAL IMMATURITY. IT'S 01:07:11.523 --> 01:07:14.349 ABSOLUTELY NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT WE LIVE IN A FALLEN 01:07:14.349 --> 01:07:16.982 SOCIETY. THERE IS NO PERFECT CANDIDATE OR PERFECT GOVERNMENT. 01:07:16.982 --> 01:07:19.407 JAMES MADISON EVEN SAID OF OUR GOVERNMENT, HE SAID IT'S THE 01:07:19.407 --> 01:07:25.634 WORST FORM OF GOVERNMENT OTHER THAN EVERY OTHER ONE. SO IF YOU 01:07:25.634 --> 01:07:27.979 NEED TO REMEMBER THAT, JUST GO IN AND SAY, I'M GOING TO VOTE 01:07:27.979 --> 01:07:31.293 FOR THIS GUY OR THIS GAL. THEY'RE THE WORST CANDIDATE 01:07:31.293 --> 01:07:34.687 OTHER THAN EVERY OTHER ONE. AND THEN YOU GO VOTE FOR THEM. 01:07:34.687 --> 01:07:38.623 BECAUSE ALSO, MAN, I LOVE THAT SHEET THAT TERRI MADE. I DON'T 01:07:38.623 --> 01:07:41.515 SEE HER, BUT THAT SHEET SHOWING THE DIFFERENCE. I USED TO 01:07:41.515 --> 01:07:44.172 JOKINGLY SAY, NOT GOING TO TELL YOU WHO TO VOTE FOR. YOU CAN 01:07:44.172 --> 01:07:50.690 VOTE FOR THE REPUBLICANS OR THE COMMUNISTS. IT'S NOW. IT'S REAL. 01:07:50.690 --> 01:07:52.890 IT'S LIKE YOU EITHER VOTE FOR THE REPUBLICANS OR YOU ARE 01:07:52.890 --> 01:07:55.690 VOTING FOR THE COMMUNISTS. AND YOU EITHER VOTE FOR THE 01:07:55.690 --> 01:07:59.110 REPUBLICANS OR YOU STAY HOME, YOU'RE HELPING THE COMMUNISTS. 01:07:59.110 --> 01:08:01.290 SO ANYWAY, ALL THAT TO SAY, LESSER OF TWO EVILS, YOU'RE NOT 01:08:01.290 --> 01:08:03.950 GOING TO GET AWAY FROM THAT. SOME PEOPLE ARE BEING SO WHINY. 01:08:03.950 --> 01:08:06.749 OH, I'M OFFENDED BY SOMETHING THE WHATEVER CANDIDATE SAID. AND 01:08:06.749 --> 01:08:08.630 SO THEY'RE GOING TO HELP THE CRAZY ONES. IT JUST MAKES NO 01:08:08.630 --> 01:08:12.670 SENSE WHATSOEVER. OTHERS, AND I UNDERSTAND THIS ONE, A LOT OF 01:08:12.670 --> 01:08:14.710 CHRISTIANS DECIDE NOT TO VOTE BECAUSE THEY'VE BOUGHT INTO THE 01:08:14.710 --> 01:08:17.315 BLACK PILL KIND OF DEFEATIST ATTITUDE. IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY 01:08:17.315 --> 01:08:19.645 DIFFERENCE. REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ARE THE SAME, WHICH IS 01:08:19.645 --> 01:08:22.762 BALONEY, BY THE WAY. THE DIFFERENCE— AND BELIEVE ME, I 01:08:22.762 --> 01:08:26.554 GOT REPUBLICANS I DON'T EVEN LIKE TO BE IN THE SAME ROOM AS 01:08:26.554 --> 01:08:30.411 THEM. OKAY. NOBODY PERFECT ON THAT SIDE. THE PARTY'S NOT 01:08:30.411 --> 01:08:34.750 PERFECT, ALL THAT. BUT WHEN YOU COMPARE IT TO THE ALTERNATIVE, 01:08:34.750 --> 01:08:38.046 THEY ARE INCREDIBLY DIFFERENT. AND SO DON'T BUY THESE DEFEATIST 01:08:38.046 --> 01:08:40.149 IDEAS THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO MATTER NO MATTER WHO GETS IN 01:08:40.149 --> 01:08:42.041 OFFICE, NO MATTER WHO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE IS, NO 01:08:42.041 --> 01:08:44.293 MATTER WHO'S PRESIDENT. NOTHING EVER CHANGES. THAT IS SUCH A 01:08:44.293 --> 01:08:46.830 LIE. I'M TELLING YOU THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED. THAT'S WHAT 01:08:46.830 --> 01:08:49.479 I SHOULD HAVE DONE TONIGHT WAS JUST READ THE LIST OF, THERE'S 01:08:49.479 --> 01:08:53.509 ABOUT 250 THINGS THAT JUST THROUGH THE FAITH OFFICE AT THE 01:08:53.509 --> 01:08:56.319 WHITE HOUSE HAVE HAPPENED IN AMERICA AND AROUND THE WORLD, 01:08:56.319 --> 01:08:58.583 PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS THAT HAVE BEEN SAVED, ALL KINDS OF 01:08:58.583 --> 01:09:00.960 INCREDIBLE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED BECAUSE OF THE 01:09:00.960 --> 01:09:03.288 DIFFERENCE IN HAVING A REPUBLICAN SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE 01:09:03.288 --> 01:09:05.857 AND A REPUBLICAN MAJORITY LEADER AND A REPUBLICAN IN THE WHITE 01:09:05.857 --> 01:09:09.329 HOUSE. IT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE. IT'S NOT PERFECT. WE 01:09:09.329 --> 01:09:11.746 DON'T GET EVERYTHING. IT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE. SO DON'T BUY 01:09:11.746 --> 01:09:14.873 THAT LIE. DON'T BE A DEFEATIST. EVEN IF IT DIDN'T MAKE A 01:09:14.873 --> 01:09:20.704 DIFFERENCE, YOUR DUTY DOESN'T CHANGE. EVEN IF YOU THINK, WELL, 01:09:20.704 --> 01:09:23.056 HOWEVER I VOTE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABOUT THE SAME, OR IT'S ONLY 01:09:23.056 --> 01:09:25.342 GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. SO WHAT? YOU DON'T 01:09:25.342 --> 01:09:29.964 HAVE A LACKADAISICAL JUST I GET TO CHOOSE TO VOTE OR NOT. NO, 01:09:29.964 --> 01:09:33.020 THIS IS A DUTY YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN IN THE PARABLE OF THE 01:09:33.020 --> 01:09:36.535 TALENTS. YOU'VE BEEN GIVEN A TALENT OF FREEDOM AND A VOTE. IF 01:09:36.535 --> 01:09:39.746 YOU WORK THAT TALENT, IF YOU MULTIPLY THAT TALENT, IF YOU USE 01:09:39.746 --> 01:09:41.994 THAT TALENT AND GO USE IT, I BELIEVE YOU'LL BE CALLED THE 01:09:41.994 --> 01:09:46.072 GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT. IF YOU BURY THAT TALENT, EITHER 01:09:46.072 --> 01:09:49.058 BECAUSE YOU'RE WHINING ABOUT WHO THE CANDIDATES ARE, OR YOU DON'T 01:09:49.058 --> 01:09:50.985 THINK IT'S GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, OR YOU'RE BEING LAZY 01:09:50.985 --> 01:09:54.196 OR WHATEVER, WHAT DOES THE MASTER SAY TO THAT? WICKED AND 01:09:54.196 --> 01:09:57.969 SLOTHFUL SERVANT. I DON'T WANT TO BE THE WICKED AND SLOTHFUL 01:09:57.969 --> 01:10:01.822 SERVANT. DO YOU? SO LET'S NOT TAKE THIS DEFEATIST ATTITUDE AND 01:10:01.822 --> 01:10:03.572 SAY, I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE BECAUSE OF WHATEVER. OKAY, LAST 01:10:03.572 --> 01:10:06.840 ONE. OH NO, TWO MORE. POLITICS IS DIRTY. I'M JUST NOT GOING TO— 01:10:06.840 --> 01:10:10.040 YOU KNOW, POLITICS. ROB MCCOY, WHEN WE FILMED BIBLICAL 01:10:10.040 --> 01:10:12.460 CITIZENSHIP, WE WERE SITTING IN HIS CHURCH AND I WAS ASKING HIM 01:10:12.460 --> 01:10:14.180 ABOUT ALL THIS STUFF AND HE SAID, YEAH, THEY ALWAYS SAY 01:10:14.180 --> 01:10:16.040 POLITICS IS DIRTY. HE SAID, THE CHURCH IS DIRTY. WHAT'S YOUR 01:10:16.040 --> 01:10:22.180 POINT? WE'RE HUMANS, RIGHT? I MEAN, WHAT DO YOU THINK? THERE'S 01:10:22.180 --> 01:10:24.600 NO— ANYWAY, SO DON'T BE SILLY LIKE THAT AND THINK, OH, IT'S 01:10:24.600 --> 01:10:27.580 JUST A DIRTY BUSINESS OVER THERE. THIS IS JUST LIFE. THIS 01:10:27.580 --> 01:10:33.704 IS THE JOY OF WORKING WITH PEOPLE, HUMAN BEINGS THIS SIDE 01:10:33.704 --> 01:10:36.798 OF HEAVEN. OKAY. AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS THE ONE WE'RE 01:10:36.798 --> 01:10:39.939 SOLVING TONIGHT. SOME CHRISTIANS JUST DON'T KNOW. THEY DON'T 01:10:39.939 --> 01:10:43.546 KNOW. THEY REALLY DON'T. THEY DIDN'T GET RAISED IN A FAMILY OR 01:10:43.546 --> 01:10:46.015 GO TO A CHURCH WHERE IT'S TALKED ABOUT. AND THEY'RE JUST— THEY'RE 01:10:46.015 --> 01:10:48.339 LITERALLY CHECKED OUT. THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW THERE'S AN 01:10:48.339 --> 01:10:51.625 ELECTION COMING UP. THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW CLOSE THINGS ARE 01:10:51.625 --> 01:10:53.869 IN WASHINGTON, D.C., OR THE IMPACT IT'S GOING TO HAVE ON 01:10:53.869 --> 01:10:56.450 THEIR LIFE. THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN IMMEDIATELY MAKE A DIFFERENCE 01:10:56.450 --> 01:11:00.365 TONIGHT. USING THE APP, SENDING IT TO YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY, 01:11:00.365 --> 01:11:03.575 TAKING THESE VOTER GUIDES. THIS MAKES SUCH A DIFFERENCE, FOLKS. 01:11:03.575 --> 01:11:06.801 NORMALLY, ABOUT HALF OF CHRISTIANS ARE REGISTERED TO 01:11:06.801 --> 01:11:09.915 VOTE, AND ABOUT HALF OF THOSE SHOW UP AND VOTE. CAN YOU 01:11:09.915 --> 01:11:15.147 IMAGINE? 25%. THIS IS LIKE GOING OUT ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD WITH 3 01:11:15.147 --> 01:11:18.501 PLAYERS AND TAKING ON THE OPPOSITION. NOW, IF YOU'RE THE 01:11:18.501 --> 01:11:21.005 COWBOYS PLAYING THE PACKERS, YOU COULD PROBABLY DO THAT AND BE 01:11:21.005 --> 01:11:27.063 OKAY, BUT I'M GOING TO GO TO THIS SIDE OF THE STAGE. I THINK 01:11:27.063 --> 01:11:34.150 I'M GOING TO AVOID MY BUDDY OVER HERE. SO SERIOUSLY, AND BY THE 01:11:34.150 --> 01:11:38.539 WAY, WHEN WE WHINE ABOUT WHO THE CANDIDATE IS ON THE BALLOT, YOU 01:11:38.539 --> 01:11:41.653 KNOW, IT'S KIND OF LIKE BEING— IF YOU'RE ONE OF THE LINEMEN AND 01:11:41.653 --> 01:11:43.865 YOU GET IN THE HUDDLE AND THE COACH IS SENDING A QUARTERBACK 01:11:43.865 --> 01:11:49.130 THAT YOU DON'T LIKE, SO YOU JUST DECIDE NOT TO EVEN BLOCK. YOU 01:11:49.130 --> 01:11:52.692 DECIDE TO JUST LAY DOWN ON THE FIELD AND LET YOUR TEAM LOSE 01:11:52.692 --> 01:11:55.659 BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T LIKE THE CALL THAT THE COACH MADE OR THE 01:11:55.659 --> 01:11:58.466 QUARTERBACK IS GOING IN. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING WHEN YOU CHECK 01:11:58.466 --> 01:12:00.534 OUT OF THIS PROCESS BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIKE THE REPUBLICAN 01:12:00.534 --> 01:12:02.812 CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR OR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OR WHATEVER 01:12:02.812 --> 01:12:06.404 THE RACE IS THAT YOU'RE MAD ABOUT. FOLKS, IT'S A TEAM SPORT. 01:12:06.404 --> 01:12:09.451 THAT'S JUST HOW POLITICS WORKS IN AMERICA. IT'S A TEAM SPORT. 01:12:09.451 --> 01:12:13.781 AND WHO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE IS MATTERS BIG TIME. WE WILL GET 01:12:13.781 --> 01:12:17.534 NO VOTE ON A LIFE ISSUE OR ANY OF THE PRESIDENT'S AGENDA. THERE 01:12:17.534 --> 01:12:19.781 WON'T EVEN BE A VOTE. LET ALONE A CHANCE TO WIN THE VOTE, THEY 01:12:19.781 --> 01:12:22.430 WON'T BRING IT TO THE FLOOR. IT MATTERS WHO THE SPEAKER OF THE 01:12:22.430 --> 01:12:26.043 HOUSE IS. IT MATTERS WHO THOSE MAJORITIES ARE. SO LAST, LAST, 01:12:26.043 --> 01:12:28.227 LAST QUOTE. OH YEAH. AND YOU'RE— AND BY THE WAY, IF YOU THINK IT 01:12:28.227 --> 01:12:31.582 DOESN'T MATTER OR THAT YOUR VOTE WON'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE, I LOST 01:12:31.582 --> 01:12:34.408 MY FIRST RACE FOR THE LEGISLATURE WITH 30,000 VOTES 01:12:34.408 --> 01:12:39.145 CAST ON ELECTION NIGHT. I LOST BY 20 VOTES. THERE'S NOT A 01:12:39.145 --> 01:12:42.501 PERSON IN THIS ROOM THAT BETWEEN NOW AND ELECTION DAY IS 01:12:42.501 --> 01:12:45.247 INCAPABLE OF GOING OUT AND GETTING 20 MORE PEOPLE TO VOTE 01:12:45.247 --> 01:12:47.126 IN THIS ELECTION. EVERYBODY IN HERE COULD DO THAT. IF YOU SPENT 01:12:47.126 --> 01:12:50.710 JUST A LITTLE BIT OF TIME DOING THIS. 20 VOTES. IN FACT, THE GUY 01:12:50.710 --> 01:12:52.638 STANDING NEXT TO ME, AFTER WE TALLIED EVERYTHING, HE GOES, 01:12:52.638 --> 01:12:55.210 RICK, MAN, 20 VOTES. HE SAID, I COULD HAVE GOT YOU 20 MORE 01:12:55.210 --> 01:12:59.260 VOTES. I WANTED TO LAY HANDS ON HIM WITHOUT PRAYER AT THAT 01:12:59.260 --> 01:13:04.175 MOMENT. I'M TELLING YOU. NOW, FORTUNATELY, BACK THEN WE HAD 01:13:04.175 --> 01:13:07.392 PAPER BALLOTS, AND SO WE HAD A RECOUNT, AND WE PUT OUR HANDS ON 01:13:07.392 --> 01:13:10.092 EVERY SINGLE BALLOT. WE LOOKED AT EVERY BALLOT, ALL 30,000 01:13:10.092 --> 01:13:15.266 BALLOTS, COUNTED IT ALL AGAIN, AND I WON BY 36 VOTES. SO I'M 01:13:15.266 --> 01:13:18.735 JUST TELLING YOU, EVERY VOTE COUNTS. AND THAT WAS BACK IN 01:13:18.735 --> 01:13:21.800 1998, BY THE WAY. GEORGE BUSH WAS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS AT THE 01:13:21.800 --> 01:13:23.819 TIME WHEN HE FOUND OUT IT WAS THAT CLOSE AND I WON. HE SAID, 01:13:23.819 --> 01:13:26.043 HE SAID, GREEN, THAT WAS CLOSE. HE SAID, I'M OFFICIALLY DUBBING 01:13:26.043 --> 01:13:32.478 YOU LANDSLIDE GREEN. HE THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY FUNNY IN 1998. 01:13:32.478 --> 01:13:35.374 2000, FLORIDA RETURNS COME IN, HE QUIT LAUGHING ABOUT RECOUNTS. 01:13:35.374 --> 01:13:39.237 I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, HE LEARNED HIS LESSON. CAN I JUST 01:13:39.237 --> 01:13:41.753 TELL YOU THAT MUSLIMS IN AMERICA RIGHT NOW ARE VOTING, DEPENDING 01:13:41.753 --> 01:13:48.467 ON THE POLL YOU LOOK AT, 93 TO 97%. 93 TO 97%. THEY'RE TALKING 01:13:48.467 --> 01:13:50.550 ABOUT IT IN THEIR MOSQUES AND THEY'RE TELLING EVERYBODY GO 01:13:50.550 --> 01:13:53.034 VOTE. THEY'RE DRAGGING EVERYBODY TO THE POLLS. CHRISTIANS ARE 01:13:53.034 --> 01:13:56.864 VOTING 25%. YOU WONDER WHY WE'RE LOSING. WE CAN TURN THAT AROUND 01:13:56.864 --> 01:14:00.710 IF WE SHOW UP. EVERY VOTE COUNTS. THERE'S NO PERFECT 01:14:00.710 --> 01:14:03.754 CANDIDATE. LAST QUOTE. I KNOW I WENT OVER. I'M GOING TO TURN IT 01:14:03.754 --> 01:14:07.137 OVER TO THESE GUYS. THIS IS NOAH WEBSTER. HE SAID, WHEN YOU 01:14:07.137 --> 01:14:09.461 BECOME ENTITLED TO EXERCISE THE RIGHT OF VOTING FOR PUBLIC 01:14:09.461 --> 01:14:11.048 OFFICERS, EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM, I DON'T THINK I SEE 01:14:11.048 --> 01:14:13.709 ANYBODY UNDER 18. THERE MIGHT BE A FEW IN HERE. ALMOST EVERYBODY. 01:14:13.709 --> 01:14:15.553 THERE'S A COUPLE OF THEM OVER HERE. ALMOST EVERYBODY IN HERE, 01:14:15.553 --> 01:14:19.881 YOU ALREADY FIT THIS. YOU ARE ENTITLED TO VOTE, TO CHOOSE WHO 01:14:19.881 --> 01:14:22.126 YOUR PUBLIC OFFICERS ARE GOING TO BE. SO YOU'VE BEEN GIVEN THE 01:14:22.126 --> 01:14:24.931 TALENT. NOW WHAT DOES HE SAY ABOUT IT? LET IT BE IMPRESSED ON 01:14:24.931 --> 01:14:29.500 YOUR MIND THAT GOD COMMANDS FOR YOU TO CHOOSE YOUR RULERS, 01:14:29.500 --> 01:14:32.550 CHOOSE FOR YOUR RULERS, JUST MEN WHO WILL RULE IN THE FEAR OF 01:14:32.550 --> 01:14:35.023 GOD. THE PRESERVATION OF OUR GOVERNMENT DEPENDS ON THE 01:14:35.023 --> 01:14:38.090 FAITHFUL DISCHARGE OF THIS DUTY. IF THE CITIZENS NEGLECT THEIR 01:14:38.090 --> 01:14:41.157 DUTY AND PLACE UNPRINCIPLED MEN IN OFFICE, THE GOVERNMENT WILL 01:14:41.157 --> 01:14:43.952 SOON BE CORRUPTED. LAWS WILL BE MADE NOT FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD SO 01:14:43.952 --> 01:14:46.923 MUCH AS FOR SELFISH OR LOCAL PURPOSES. CORRUPT OR INCOMPETENT 01:14:46.923 --> 01:14:49.556 MEN WILL BE APPOINTED TO EXECUTE THE LAWS. THE PUBLIC REVENUES 01:14:49.556 --> 01:14:51.837 WILL BE SQUANDERED ON UNWORTHY MEN, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE 01:14:51.837 --> 01:14:54.294 CITIZENS WILL BE VIOLATED OR DISREGARDED. SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE 01:14:54.294 --> 01:14:56.558 READING TODAY'S HEADLINES, RIGHT? WE'VE SEEN THAT IN THE 01:14:56.558 --> 01:15:00.313 LAST 20 YEARS. AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT BECAUSE WE PUT 01:15:00.313 --> 01:15:03.457 UNGODLY PEOPLE IN OFFICE. IF OUR GOVERNMENT FAILS TO SECURE 01:15:03.457 --> 01:15:06.586 PUBLIC PROSPERITY AND HAPPINESS, IT MUST BE BECAUSE THE CITIZENS 01:15:06.586 --> 01:15:10.195 NEGLECT THE DIVINE COMMANDS AND ELECT BAD MEN TO MAKE AND 01:15:10.195 --> 01:15:13.564 ADMINISTER THE LAWS. I MEAN, HE BASICALLY TOOK THE 01:15:13.564 --> 01:15:16.452 RESPONSIBILITY AND DUTY AND HE JUST PUT IT SQUARELY ON YOUR 01:15:16.452 --> 01:15:19.644 SHOULDERS AND MY SHOULDERS. WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT OUR 01:15:19.644 --> 01:15:22.227 GOVERNMENT LOOKS LIKE. SO WE'VE GOT TO BE ENGAGED. YOU'VE GOT TO 01:15:22.227 --> 01:15:25.674 MULTIPLY YOUR VOICE BY TAKING THE APP, TAKING THESE VOTER 01:15:25.674 --> 01:15:27.741 GUIDES, SENDING THEM TO YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY. TAKE OUR 01:15:27.741 --> 01:15:30.145 RADIO PROGRAM, WALLBUILDERS, AND SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS 01:15:30.145 --> 01:15:33.029 AND SPREAD THE WORD. PASS THE TORCH TO THE NEXT GENERATION. 01:15:33.029 --> 01:15:35.449 DON'T YOU WORRY MUCH ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW. FOCUS ON THE 01:15:35.449 --> 01:15:37.997 ELECTION. BUT BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT SUMMER, BE THINKING ABOUT A 01:15:37.997 --> 01:15:40.721 YOUNG PERSON YOU CAN SEND TO PATRIOT ACADEMY. WE'LL TRAIN YOU 01:15:40.721 --> 01:15:43.541 UP A LEADER THAT WILL THEN COME BACK HOME AND START A BRUSHFIRE 01:15:43.541 --> 01:15:46.169 OF LIBERTY RIGHT HERE. SO CHECK THAT OUT AS WELL. GIVE TO 01:15:46.169 --> 01:15:48.845 CANDIDATES, DONATE TO THESE CANDIDATES AND OTHER FOLKS 01:15:48.845 --> 01:15:51.956 AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT ARE IN CLOSE RACES. THAT'S INVESTING 01:15:51.956 --> 01:15:55.486 YOUR LIFE, YOUR FORTUNE, AND YOUR SACRED HONOR. GIVE MORE TO 01:15:55.486 --> 01:15:58.118 YOUR CHURCH. AND I MEAN THAT. THE CHURCH IS TO BE THE 01:15:58.118 --> 01:16:00.943 EPICENTER OF THE COMMUNITY. IF YOU WANT TO SHRINK GOVERNMENT, 01:16:00.943 --> 01:16:04.457 YOU'VE GOT TO EXPAND THE CHURCH. THE MORE THE CHURCH IS ABLE TO 01:16:04.457 --> 01:16:06.945 DO WHAT THE CHURCH HAS ALWAYS BEEN SUPPOSED TO DO, AS WE TAKE 01:16:06.945 --> 01:16:08.790 CARE OF THE POOR, AS YOU LOOK AT ALL THE MINISTRIES THIS CHURCH 01:16:08.790 --> 01:16:11.470 DOES AND THESE CHURCHES ARE DOING, WE WANT MORE OF THAT. SO 01:16:11.470 --> 01:16:14.343 THAT MEANS THE MORE THAT WE CAN GROW THE CHURCH, THE LESS WE CAN 01:16:14.343 --> 01:16:16.493 GET THE TAX BILL, THE MORE THE MONEY CAN GO AND BE MORE 01:16:16.493 --> 01:16:19.383 EFFECTIVE. THE CHURCH IS TWICE AS EFFECTIVE AS GOVERNMENT AT 01:16:19.383 --> 01:16:21.889 TAKING CARE OF THE POOR AND DEALING WITH THOSE NEEDS IN OUR 01:16:21.889 --> 01:16:24.539 COMMUNITY. AND THEN LASTLY, JUST SPEAK THE TRUTH. JUST BE WILLING 01:16:24.539 --> 01:16:27.141 TO STAND UP AND SAY, THIS IS RIGHT, THIS IS WRONG, I'M GOING 01:16:27.141 --> 01:16:30.482 TO SPEAK TRUTH. BUT DO NOT THINK THAT ANY OF US TONIGHT ARE 01:16:30.482 --> 01:16:34.738 SAYING POLITICS IS THE ANSWER TO EVERYTHING. IT'S JUST PART OF A 01:16:34.738 --> 01:16:38.432 RELIGION IN A COUNTRY SUCH AS THIS. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING— 01:16:38.432 --> 01:16:41.227 BACK TO BENJAMIN RUSH, WHO WE OPENED WITH— HE SAID TO JOHN 01:16:41.227 --> 01:16:42.913 ADAMS RIGHT THERE AT THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, HE SAID, 01:16:42.913 --> 01:16:46.125 WELL, WE WIN DO YOU THINK WE CAN DEFEAT GREAT BRITAIN? I MEAN, 01:16:46.125 --> 01:16:48.694 WE'RE TAKING ON THE GREATEST MILITARY IN THE WORLD. DO YOU 01:16:48.694 --> 01:16:51.777 REALLY THINK WE CAN DO THIS? AND JOHN ADAMS DID NOT RESPOND WITH 01:16:51.777 --> 01:16:54.988 A MILITARY STRATEGY OR A DISSERTATION ON CIVIL RIGHTS. HE 01:16:54.988 --> 01:17:00.255 SAID, YES, IF WE FEAR GOD AND REPENT OF OUR SINS. SO IF WE ARE 01:17:00.255 --> 01:17:04.847 INDIVIDUALS UNDER GOD, WE CAN BECOME A NATION UNDER GOD AGAIN, 01:17:04.847 --> 01:17:06.613 AND WE'RE GOING TO DO IT TOGETHER. GOD BLESS YOU GUYS. 01:17:06.613 --> 01:17:07.280 THANKS FOR HAVING ME. 01:17:21.416 --> 01:17:24.180 THANK YOU, RICK. THAT WAS INSPIRING, 01:17:24.180 --> 01:17:29.022 EDUCATIONAL, ALL IN ONE. NOW I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY 01:17:29.022 --> 01:17:31.541 ABOUT THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM IS VOTING 01:17:31.541 --> 01:17:33.383 AND THEY'RE GONNA GO FIND A FRIEND TO TELL THEM TO VOTE AS 01:17:33.383 --> 01:17:38.883 WELL. YOU KNOW, AND I MENTIONED THAT, AND I WANT TO ALSO— THE 01:17:38.883 --> 01:17:43.360 REASON I'M OUT HERE AGAIN IS TO REMIND YOU THAT THE WORK TO 01:17:43.360 --> 01:17:50.034 UPHOLD AND DEFEND OUR BIBLICAL VALUES DOESN'T END ON NOVEMBER 01:17:50.034 --> 01:17:54.590 3RD. IT DOESN'T END WHEN WE VOTE IN THE MIDTERMS. AND ACTUALLY, I 01:17:54.590 --> 01:17:58.216 ARGUE IT DOESN'T EVEN START THEN. A LOT OF THE THINGS I'M 01:17:58.216 --> 01:18:01.809 GOING TO MENTION HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE MINUTES WE CAN START 01:18:01.809 --> 01:18:05.207 DOING THIS TOMORROW. WE CAN START DOING THIS RIGHT NOW. WE 01:18:05.207 --> 01:18:08.702 DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NOVEMBER 3RD TO START GETTING 01:18:08.702 --> 01:18:13.270 ENGAGED, START GETTING INVOLVED, AND START UNDERSTANDING HOW OUR 01:18:13.270 --> 01:18:15.915 CITY COUNCILS AND OUR SCHOOL BOARDS ARE WORKING. THESE ARE 01:18:15.915 --> 01:18:19.618 THINGS WE CAN START DOING RIGHT NOW. AND I CAN ALREADY SEE SOME 01:18:19.618 --> 01:18:23.450 PEOPLE ALREADY STARTING TO LIKE, OH, TERRI, GETTING INVOLVED IN 01:18:23.450 --> 01:18:25.550 THE CITY COUNCIL OR GETTING INVOLVED IN THE SCHOOL BOARDS, 01:18:25.550 --> 01:18:28.822 THAT SEEMS LIKE A LOT. TAKE A DEEP BREATH. THESE ARE EASY. 01:18:28.822 --> 01:18:31.790 THESE ARE EASY STEPS. DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU THINK YOU CONSIDER 01:18:31.790 --> 01:18:35.399 YOURSELF AN INTROVERT, AN EXTROVERT, DOESN'T MATTER. 01:18:35.399 --> 01:18:39.025 ANYONE CAN DO A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I'M GOING TO LIST OUT HERE 01:18:39.025 --> 01:18:41.111 TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR VOICE GETS HEARD, BUT MORE 01:18:41.111 --> 01:18:44.384 IMPORTANTLY, THAT OUR BIBLICAL VALUES CONTINUE TO BE UPHELD 01:18:44.384 --> 01:18:46.549 WHEREVER YOU LIVE, WHETHER THAT'S HERE IN NEBRASKA, WHETHER 01:18:46.549 --> 01:18:50.961 THAT'S WHEREVER YOU'RE WATCHING. YOU CAN IMPLEMENT THESE SHORT 01:18:50.961 --> 01:18:54.491 LITTLE THINGS. AND I WILL SAY THIS IS NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST 01:18:54.491 --> 01:18:58.037 BY ANY MEANS. THESE ARE JUST 4 QUICK POINTS WHERE I WAS LIKE, 01:18:58.037 --> 01:19:01.086 YOU KNOW, I THINK THESE ARE GOOD. LET'S START HERE. WE CAN 01:19:01.086 --> 01:19:05.018 START HERE AND THEN BUILD FROM THERE. AND I'M GOING TO RUN 01:19:05.018 --> 01:19:08.051 THROUGH THESE KIND OF FAST, BUT IF YOU'RE A NOTE-TAKER, WE 01:19:08.051 --> 01:19:11.101 ACTUALLY HAVE ALL OF THESE LISTED OUT ON OUR WEBSITE AT 01:19:11.101 --> 01:19:14.423 VOTEYOURVALUES.INFO. YOU CAN GO BACK AND READ THOSE IF YOU 01:19:14.423 --> 01:19:16.814 MISSED ANYTHING THAT I SAY. YOU CAN GO BACK AND CHECK IT OUT 01:19:16.814 --> 01:19:19.125 THERE. BUT THE FIRST THING I'M GOING TO MENTION HERE, THINGS 01:19:19.125 --> 01:19:23.699 THAT WE CAN DO STARTING TOMORROW, IS STARTING TO ATTEND 01:19:23.699 --> 01:19:26.926 LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS. SO OUR SCHOOL BOARDS, OUR CITY 01:19:26.926 --> 01:19:30.458 COUNCILS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, YOU CAN START GOING TO THOSE. 01:19:30.458 --> 01:19:33.589 YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO AND ATTEND. AND ACTUALLY, I SAID ONE, I 01:19:33.589 --> 01:19:38.229 COULD ACTUALLY DO LIKE A 0.5. YOU COULD START WATCHING. 0.5 IS 01:19:38.229 --> 01:19:42.885 WATCHING. STEP ONE IS ACTUALLY GOING AND ATTENDING. YOU KNOW, A 01:19:42.885 --> 01:19:48.360 LOT OF THESE SMALLER GOVERNMENT MEETINGS, A LOT OF THEM ARE 01:19:48.360 --> 01:19:51.392 LIVESTREAMED. SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY WATCH THEM, TURN THEM 01:19:51.392 --> 01:19:54.376 ON. YOU KNOW, I'M ONE OF THOSE, I'LL BE WORKING IN MY OFFICE. A 01:19:54.376 --> 01:19:56.863 LOT OF THEM ARE DURING THE DAY, AND I'LL HAVE THE LEGISLATURE ON 01:19:56.863 --> 01:20:00.376 OR I'LL HAVE THE CITY COUNCIL ON AND JUST LISTENING AND GETTING 01:20:00.376 --> 01:20:04.001 AN IDEA OF WHAT ISSUES ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT, WHAT THINGS ARE 01:20:04.001 --> 01:20:07.515 BEING TALKED, DEBATED AND VOTED ON. GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT 01:20:07.515 --> 01:20:11.461 THEY'RE EVEN TALKING ABOUT. SO THEN WE CAN THEN ENGAGE. WE 01:20:11.461 --> 01:20:14.188 CAN'T ENGAGE IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. YOU 01:20:14.188 --> 01:20:18.026 KNOW, THE BODY OF CHRIST IN THE PAST HAS BEEN UNFORTUNATELY VERY 01:20:18.026 --> 01:20:20.869 REACTIVE. YOU KNOW, HOW MANY OF YOU GUYS HAVE SCROLLED ON SOCIAL 01:20:20.869 --> 01:20:23.825 MEDIA AND YOU SAW LIKE A VOTE THAT HAPPENED IN YOUR CITY 01:20:23.825 --> 01:20:27.102 COUNCIL, YOUR STATE LEGISLATURE, AND YOU WERE LIKE, WHEN DID THAT 01:20:27.102 --> 01:20:30.491 HAPPEN? LIKE, WHAT? LIKE, HOW DID— WHAT? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING 01:20:30.491 --> 01:20:32.499 ABOUT? HOW MANY TIMES HAS THAT HAPPENED TO YOU? AND YOU'RE 01:20:32.499 --> 01:20:37.238 LIKE, IF I ONLY KNEW. IT'S TIME TO GET PROACTIVE. HOW DO WE 01:20:37.238 --> 01:20:40.274 KNOW? IF WE START WATCHING. IF WE START ATTENDING THESE 01:20:40.274 --> 01:20:45.775 MEETINGS, THEN WE'LL KNOW WHAT'S COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE. AND SO 01:20:45.775 --> 01:20:49.136 THAT'S STEP 1, WATCHING AND ATTENDING OUR LOCAL MEETINGS. 01:20:49.136 --> 01:20:52.052 AGAIN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AN EXTROVERT TO DO THAT. YOU CAN 01:20:52.052 --> 01:20:55.494 JUST GO, YOU CAN SIT, YOU CAN PRAY IN THE BACK. I DEFINITELY 01:20:55.494 --> 01:20:59.368 ENCOURAGE THAT, THEY COULD USE THAT. AND THEN GET AN 01:20:59.368 --> 01:21:02.663 UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THINGS THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT, WHAT 01:21:02.663 --> 01:21:06.490 ISSUES ARE BEING DISCUSSED, SO THEN WE CAN THEN GO BACK AND 01:21:06.490 --> 01:21:09.544 SAY, HEY, HEY, THIS BILL, THIS ISSUE IS COMING DOWN, THEY'RE 01:21:09.544 --> 01:21:12.517 GOING TO VOTE ON IT NEXT WEEK. LET'S GET A CALL TO ACTION. 01:21:12.517 --> 01:21:15.024 LET'S GET PEOPLE OUT THERE CALLING THEIR REPRESENTATIVES 01:21:15.024 --> 01:21:17.579 NOW INSTEAD OF WAITING UNTIL THE NIGHT BEFORE AND WE'RE 01:21:17.579 --> 01:21:21.098 SCRAMBLING. NOW WE CAN START BEING MORE PROACTIVE ABOUT WHAT 01:21:21.098 --> 01:21:23.765 WE'RE DOING. SO NUMBER 1, ATTENDING LOCAL GOVERNMENT 01:21:23.765 --> 01:21:26.706 MEETINGS. NUMBER 2, OKAY, NOW THAT WE'VE STARTED ATTENDING AND 01:21:26.706 --> 01:21:29.389 WE'VE GOT AN IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON, YOU KNOW, WE CAN START 01:21:29.389 --> 01:21:33.567 PARTICIPATING IN PUBLIC HEARINGS AND TOWN HALLS. YOU KNOW, A LOT 01:21:33.567 --> 01:21:36.457 OF THESE LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS, THEY WILL HAVE SOME 01:21:36.457 --> 01:21:40.853 KIND OF PUBLIC COMMENT TIME WHERE YOU CAN GO AND THEY CAN 01:21:40.853 --> 01:21:44.093 HEAR FROM YOU. AND I FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE POINT WHERE A LOT OF 01:21:44.093 --> 01:21:48.329 PEOPLE ARE LIKE, BUT TERRI, I'M JUST ME. AND I'M GUILTY OF THIS, 01:21:48.329 --> 01:21:51.201 WHERE I'M LIKE, I'M JUST ME. WHY DO THEY WANT TO HEAR FROM ME? I 01:21:51.201 --> 01:21:55.789 DON'T HAVE 10 DEGREES BEHIND MY NAME AND A MILLION LETTERS TO 01:21:55.789 --> 01:21:58.901 BACK UP WHAT I'M SAYING. BUT AS RICK WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT, 01:21:58.901 --> 01:22:02.989 THIS GOVERNMENT IS FOR YOU. THESE PEOPLE ARE ELECTED BY YOU. 01:22:02.989 --> 01:22:06.914 THE VOTES THAT THEY MAKE AND THE DECISIONS THAT THEY MAKE IMPACT 01:22:06.914 --> 01:22:11.256 YOU. SO YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO GO AND SAY HOW THIS IS GOING TO 01:22:11.256 --> 01:22:14.445 IMPACT YOU AND HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT IT. YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO GO 01:22:14.445 --> 01:22:18.370 AND VOICE THAT. AND SO FAR WE'VE BEEN LETTING THAT SLIDE TO THE 01:22:18.370 --> 01:22:21.590 WAYSIDE. AND SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO START TAKING ADVANTAGE OF 01:22:21.590 --> 01:22:24.715 THOSE PUBLIC HEARINGS, THOSE PUBLIC COMMENT MOMENTS, THOSE 01:22:24.715 --> 01:22:29.024 TOWN HALLS. GO AND VOICE YOUR OPINION. YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE 01:22:29.024 --> 01:22:31.672 ALL THE DATA. YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ALL THE NUMBERS. IF THAT'S 01:22:31.672 --> 01:22:35.927 YOUR THING, ABSOLUTELY, MORE POWER TO YOU. GO DO IT. BUT HEY, 01:22:35.927 --> 01:22:41.804 GO AND SAY A PERSONAL, THIS IS HOW THIS IMPACTS ME. THIS IS HOW 01:22:41.804 --> 01:22:46.316 THIS VOTE, THIS ISSUE IS GOING TO IMPACT MY DAILY LIFE. BECAUSE 01:22:46.316 --> 01:22:51.181 ESPECIALLY WITH THESE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, YOUR CITY 01:22:51.181 --> 01:22:53.124 COUNCILS, YOUR SCHOOL BOARDS, THOSE ARE THE THINGS YOU'RE 01:22:53.124 --> 01:22:55.131 GOING TO START SEEING IMMEDIATELY WHEN THEY VOTE ON 01:22:55.131 --> 01:23:00.412 IT. SO USE A PERSONAL, HEY, THIS IS HOW THIS PERSONALLY AFFECTS 01:23:00.412 --> 01:23:03.864 ME. AND YOU KNOW, THAT ACTUALLY WEIGHS VERY HEAVILY ON A LOT OF 01:23:03.864 --> 01:23:06.031 THOSE ELECTED OFFICIALS. THOSE ARE THINGS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING 01:23:06.031 --> 01:23:10.205 AT. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I'VE WATCHED A STATE, I'VE 01:23:10.205 --> 01:23:12.613 WATCHED FLOOR DEBATE AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE, OR I'VE GONE 01:23:12.613 --> 01:23:15.455 TO A CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AND THEY'VE SAID, OH, WELL, YOU 01:23:15.455 --> 01:23:20.576 KNOW, I ONLY HEARD FROM 3 PEOPLE ON THIS ISSUE, OR I ONLY GOT A 01:23:20.576 --> 01:23:24.669 HANDFUL OF EMAILS ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE, SO CLEARLY IT'S 01:23:24.669 --> 01:23:29.870 NOT IMPORTANT. WE'VE GOT TO TELL THEM AND LET THEM KNOW THAT 01:23:29.870 --> 01:23:33.257 THESE BIBLICAL VALUES, THESE THINGS THAT WE HOLD DEAR, THEY 01:23:33.257 --> 01:23:36.826 ARE IMPORTANT. AND WE'RE GOING TO STAND UP FOR THEM, AND WE'RE 01:23:36.826 --> 01:23:39.309 GOING TO SPEAK OUT AND DEFEND THEM, AND WE WANT THEM TO DO THE 01:23:39.309 --> 01:23:48.033 SAME. SO WE'VE STARTED WATCHING OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS. 01:23:48.033 --> 01:23:51.285 WE STARTED ATTENDING THE GOVERNMENT MEETINGS. WE STARTED 01:23:51.285 --> 01:23:54.110 GOING AND SPEAKING OUT. AND SPEAKING AT PUBLIC HEARINGS AND 01:23:54.110 --> 01:23:56.759 TOWN HALLS. NOW I FEEL LIKE THE NEXT THING— I DIDN'T ACTUALLY 01:23:56.759 --> 01:23:59.072 MAKE THIS LIST TO BE LIKE AN ASCENDING THING, BUT IT KIND OF 01:23:59.072 --> 01:24:03.969 HAPPENED THAT WAY. THE NEXT THING YOU COULD DO, GET TO KNOW 01:24:03.969 --> 01:24:06.458 YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY BY THIS POINT. 01:24:07.759 --> 01:24:12.576 GET TO KNOW THEM. AND AGAIN, IF YOU'RE LIKE, "TERRI, OH MAN, I'M 01:24:12.576 --> 01:24:14.583 REALLY GETTING OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE AGAIN, THAT'S GONNA BE 01:24:14.583 --> 01:24:18.919 REALLY HARD," START WITH A PHONE CALL, AN EMAIL, WRITE THEM A 01:24:18.919 --> 01:24:23.035 LETTER. AND LET THEM KNOW, HEY, MY NAME'S SO-AND-SO, I'M A 01:24:23.035 --> 01:24:25.698 CONSTITUENT OF YOURS, AND THIS IS HOW I FEEL ABOUT THIS ISSUE. 01:24:26.922 --> 01:24:32.703 AND JUST REACH OUT TO THEM. AGAIN, ANOTHER EASY STEP THAT 01:24:32.703 --> 01:24:36.989 YOU CAN MAKE YOUR VOICE BE HEARD AND LET THEM KNOW WHERE YOU 01:24:36.989 --> 01:24:43.694 STAND, WHERE THEIR CONSTITUENTS STAND ON SPECIFIC ISSUES. AND, 01:24:43.694 --> 01:24:46.661 YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING I MENTIONED ABOUT THIS, TOO, IS 01:24:46.661 --> 01:24:49.932 WE'RE PRETTY GOOD ABOUT REACHING OUT TO THEM WHEN WE'RE MAD AT 01:24:49.932 --> 01:24:55.218 THEM. YOU KNOW, IT'S EASY TO GO AND TO YELL AND BE LIKE, AH, WHY 01:24:55.218 --> 01:25:02.820 DID YOU VOTE THAT WAY? BUT I TAKE AN EXAMPLE OF THE FACT OF 01:25:02.820 --> 01:25:05.989 PROTECTING OUR GIRLS' SPORTS AND KEEPING BIOLOGICAL BOYS OUT OF 01:25:05.989 --> 01:25:08.155 THEM. I KNOW THAT THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT HAS NOT ONLY BEEN 01:25:08.155 --> 01:25:11.381 HERE IN NEBRASKA, BUT ACROSS THE NATION, WHERE THAT'S BEEN IN A 01:25:11.381 --> 01:25:14.664 LOT OF STATE LEGISLATURES SPECIFICALLY. AND I KNOW THAT 01:25:14.664 --> 01:25:17.452 THERE HAVE BEEN SOME LEGISLATURES THAT HAVE ACTUALLY 01:25:17.452 --> 01:25:22.304 PROTECTED GIRLS' SPORTS. HOW MANY OF US REACHED OUT TO THOSE 01:25:22.304 --> 01:25:27.317 ELECTED OFFICIALS AND SAID THANK YOU? THANK YOU FOR UPHOLDING AND 01:25:27.317 --> 01:25:32.146 PROTECTING GIRLS' SPORTS. THANK YOU FOR DEFENDING TRUTH. BECAUSE 01:25:32.146 --> 01:25:36.610 THEY'RE TAKING SHOTS OUT THERE TOO, WHEN THEY INTRODUCE THOSE 01:25:36.610 --> 01:25:40.023 BILLS AND THEN WHEN THEY GO AND VOTE FOR THEM. YOU KNOW, WE DO 01:25:40.023 --> 01:25:44.853 SO MUCH TO TRY TO RECRUIT GOOD CANDIDATES THAT ARE GOING TO 01:25:44.853 --> 01:25:48.042 STAND AND DEFEND OUR BIBLICAL VALUES. AND WE'RE LIKE, YEAH, 01:25:48.042 --> 01:25:50.496 WHEN THEY'RE RUNNING FOR OFFICE, AND THEN THEY GET IN OFFICE AND 01:25:50.496 --> 01:25:55.357 WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, YOU GOT IT. THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT THEY'VE 01:25:55.357 --> 01:25:59.383 GOT PEOPLE BEHIND THEM. THEY'VE GOT TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE 01:25:59.383 --> 01:26:02.298 PEOPLE THAT ARE PRAYING FOR THEM, THAT ARE GOING TO SUPPORT 01:26:02.298 --> 01:26:06.808 THEM WHEN THEY DO STAND FOR OUR BIBLICAL VALUES. AND SO I 01:26:06.808 --> 01:26:09.677 ENCOURAGE YOU, IF YOU HAVEN'T YET, AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING 01:26:09.677 --> 01:26:12.674 YOU COULD EVEN DO THIS TONIGHT, SEND THEM AN EMAIL AND LET THEM 01:26:12.674 --> 01:26:18.364 KNOW, HEY, THIS IS WHO I AM. SO, WE'VE STARTED WATCHING OUR LOCAL 01:26:18.364 --> 01:26:20.992 GOVERNMENT MEETINGS AND ATTENDING LOCAL GOVERNMENT 01:26:20.992 --> 01:26:25.160 WE'VE STARTED GOING AND PARTICIPATING IN TOWN HALLS 01:26:25.160 --> 01:26:27.259 AND PUBLIC HEARINGS, WE'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW OUR ELECTED 01:26:27.259 --> 01:26:31.010 OFFICIALS. OKAY, THE LAST THING WE CAN START DOING HERE, WE CAN 01:26:31.010 --> 01:26:34.536 ACTUALLY START JOINING SOME OF THOSE LOCAL BOARDS, BOARDS, 01:26:34.536 --> 01:26:41.937 COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF CITIES AND 01:26:41.937 --> 01:26:46.431 COUNTIES HAVE VOLUNTEER-APPOINTED BOARDS AND 01:26:46.431 --> 01:26:49.963 COMMISSIONS THAT RESIDENTS CAN BE A PART OF, THAT CITIZENS CAN 01:26:49.963 --> 01:26:55.292 BE A PART OF, WHERE YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE. LET'S 01:26:55.292 --> 01:26:59.177 TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A SECOND. YOU HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE 01:26:59.177 --> 01:27:03.268 WHEN POLICY IS FIRST BEING TALKED ABOUT. SO BEFORE WE EVEN 01:27:03.268 --> 01:27:07.356 GET TO THE VOTING PART, BEFORE WE EVEN GET TO THAT, YOU 01:27:07.356 --> 01:27:12.037 ACTUALLY CAN, AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT BEING PROACTIVE, NOW ALL 01:27:12.037 --> 01:27:14.506 OF A SUDDEN YOU'RE AT THE TABLE WHERE THEY START TALKING ABOUT, 01:27:14.506 --> 01:27:19.636 OH, IS THIS AN ISSUE WE SHOULD EVEN BRING UP? CAN YOU IMAGINE 01:27:19.636 --> 01:27:24.205 WHAT SOME OF THESE BOARDS WOULD LOOK LIKE, OR WHAT SOME OF OUR 01:27:24.205 --> 01:27:28.600 CITIES AND COMMUNITIES WOULD LOOK LIKE IF WE HAD BOLD 01:27:28.600 --> 01:27:33.447 BELIEVERS ON EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS 01:27:33.447 --> 01:27:41.495 SITTING AT THE TABLE, HELPING TO DECIDE WHAT THINGS ACTUALLY THEN 01:27:41.495 --> 01:27:45.448 GO FORWARD ONTO, WHETHER IT'S A CITY COUNCIL MEETING OR A STATE 01:27:45.448 --> 01:27:48.895 LEGISLATURE. AND THESE BOARDS RANGE FROM ALL DIFFERENT THINGS. 01:27:48.895 --> 01:27:51.557 IT CAN BE ANYTHING FROM YOUR— THEY'VE GOT PUBLIC ARTS 01:27:51.557 --> 01:27:54.986 COMMISSIONS, THEY'VE GOT THE ELECTRICAL BOARD, THEY'VE GOT 01:27:54.986 --> 01:27:57.867 THE LIBRARY BOARD. I KNOW WE NEED PEOPLE ON THAT, THAT'S FOR 01:27:57.867 --> 01:28:02.607 SURE. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF BOARDS OUT THERE. WHEN I 01:28:02.607 --> 01:28:04.647 ACTUALLY WORKED AT THE CITY, THIS WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I 01:28:04.647 --> 01:28:08.613 DID, WAS TRYING TO FIND PEOPLE TO FILL THESE POSITIONS. THERE 01:28:08.613 --> 01:28:13.840 ARE ALWAYS POSITIONS OPEN. SO I WOULD RECOMMEND LOOKING AT YOUR 01:28:13.840 --> 01:28:18.097 CITY WEBSITE, YOUR COUNTY WEBSITE, SEEING WHAT BOARDS, 01:28:18.097 --> 01:28:21.338 WHAT COMMISSIONS YOU CAN SIT ON. EVEN AT THE STATE LEVEL, WE HAVE 01:28:21.338 --> 01:28:24.454 STATE-LEVEL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AS WELL. CAN YOU 01:28:24.454 --> 01:28:29.465 IMAGINE IF WE HAD BOLD BELIEVERS AT THE STATE LEVEL THAT WERE 01:28:29.465 --> 01:28:34.107 SITTING AT THE TABLE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT? WHAT WOULD OUR 01:28:34.107 --> 01:28:39.793 CITIES, OUR COMMUNITIES, AND OUR STATES LOOK LIKE? THERE ARE SO 01:28:39.793 --> 01:28:44.532 MANY WAYS THAT WE CAN IMPACT AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR BIBLICAL 01:28:44.532 --> 01:28:49.832 VALUES ARE BEING UPHELD WAY PAST WHEN WE VOTE NOVEMBER WE CAN 01:28:49.832 --> 01:28:55.323 START WATCHING OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS AND 01:28:55.323 --> 01:28:58.679 ATTENDING THE GOVERNMENT MEETINGS. WE CAN START GOING TO 01:28:58.679 --> 01:29:01.874 PUBLIC HEARINGS AND TOWN HALLS. WE CAN START GETTING CONNECTED 01:29:01.874 --> 01:29:04.764 WITH OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. WE CAN START LOOKING AT WHAT 01:29:04.764 --> 01:29:08.393 OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE TO JOIN BOARDS AND TASK FORCES AND WHERE 01:29:08.393 --> 01:29:12.167 WE CAN FIT. AND I'M JUST GOING TO— LIKE I SAID, THIS IS JUST 01:29:12.167 --> 01:29:15.282 NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST AT ALL. BUT THIS IS JUST AN EASY PLACE 01:29:15.282 --> 01:29:19.231 THAT YOU COULD START TOMORROW. AND I'M GOING TO TAKE KIND OF A 01:29:19.231 --> 01:29:22.828 LITTLE BOOK OUT, A PAGE OUT OF RICK'S BOOK HERE. I DIDN'T EVEN 01:29:22.828 --> 01:29:26.939 KNOW, BUT I HAD A QUOTE JUST TO END WITH HERE, AND IT'S FROM 01:29:26.939 --> 01:29:31.370 JOHN ADAMS, AND IT SAYS, OUR CONSTITUTION WAS MADE FOR A 01:29:31.370 --> 01:29:36.508 MORAL AND RELIGIOUS PEOPLE. IT IS WHOLLY INADEQUATE TO THE 01:29:36.508 --> 01:29:41.052 GOVERNMENT OF ANY OTHER. AND WHEN I READ THAT QUOTE, TO ME 01:29:41.052 --> 01:29:46.046 THAT SAYS THAT OUR GOVERNMENT, OUR CONSTITUTION WAS MADE WITH 01:29:46.046 --> 01:29:51.313 THE INTENT OF CHRISTIANS BEING INVOLVED AND BEING A PART OF IT. 01:29:52.388 --> 01:29:55.359 I THINK IT'S TIME FOR THE BODY OF CHRIST TO STOP BEING 01:29:55.359 --> 01:29:58.194 REACTIVE, TO BE PROACTIVE AND START TAKING 01:29:58.194 --> 01:29:59.575 OUR SEAT AT THE TABLE. 01:30:10.822 --> 01:30:12.927 THANK YOU. AND LIKE I SAID, IF I RAN THROUGH THAT, I 01:30:12.927 --> 01:30:14.546 RAN THROUGH IT REALLY FAST, BUT YOU CAN GO TO 01:30:14.546 --> 01:30:18.938 VOTEYOURVALUES.INFO. THAT HAS ALL OF THE THINGS I WENT THROUGH 01:30:18.938 --> 01:30:22.609 TONIGHT. BUT I WANT TO NEXT KIND OF TURN IT OVER TO SOME PEOPLE 01:30:22.609 --> 01:30:27.337 WHO HAVE DECIDED TO TAKE THAT STAND AND TO STEP OUT AND TO BE 01:30:27.337 --> 01:30:31.152 A PART OF OUR ELECTED GOVERNMENT. I'M GOING TO FIRST 01:30:31.152 --> 01:30:33.375 TO FIRST START OFF WITH SOMEONE 01:30:33.375 --> 01:30:37.311 WHO WANTED TO BE HERE. HE REALLY DID. HE TRIED HIS BEST TO BE 01:30:37.311 --> 01:30:41.490 HERE, BUT HE SENT A VIDEO IN HIS STEAD BECAUSE HE WAS GOING TO 01:30:41.490 --> 01:30:45.075 BE, I THINK, HONORED AT THE RALLY LATER. AND THAT IS SCOTT 01:30:45.075 --> 01:30:49.706 PETERSEN. HE IS RUNNING FOR NEBRASKA SECRETARY OF STATE. I 01:30:49.706 --> 01:30:55.785 KNOW A LOT OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH HIM, YES. AND SO HE SENT A 01:30:55.785 --> 01:31:01.160 LITTLE VIDEO THAT I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH EVERYONE HERE. HI 01:31:01.160 --> 01:31:05.352 THERE. I'M SCOTT PETERSEN, AND I'M RUNNING FOR SECRETARY OF 01:31:05.352 --> 01:31:09.834 STATE OF NEBRASKA. I WANT TO THANK TERRI AND YOUR TEAM FOR 01:31:09.834 --> 01:31:13.785 THE INVITATION TO JOIN YOU. YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME. I WISH I COULD 01:31:13.785 --> 01:31:17.318 BE HERE. I THINK I'M GOING TO END UP BEING WITH PRESIDENT 01:31:17.318 --> 01:31:21.253 TRUMP IN GRAND ISLAND, AND WE'LL HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY ON MONDAY. 01:31:22.458 --> 01:31:28.210 BIG MESSAGE IS DEFENDING NEBRASKA. MY CAMPAIGN, BY THE 01:31:28.210 --> 01:31:34.025 WAY, I DECIDED TO RUN FOR OFFICE ON FEBRUARY 6TH. I WAS TRYING TO 01:31:34.025 --> 01:31:37.702 RECRUIT SOMEBODY ELSE TO RUN FOR OFFICE. NOBODY WOULD DO IT. I 01:31:37.702 --> 01:31:40.917 THINK GOD PUT SOMETHING IN MY HEAD AND SAID, RUN. I DECIDED TO 01:31:40.917 --> 01:31:45.634 RUN, AND EVERY PRAYER SINCE THEN HAS BEEN ANSWERED, AND WE ENDED 01:31:45.634 --> 01:31:48.483 UP WINNING BIG IN THE PRIMARY. IT WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. 01:31:49.978 --> 01:31:52.400 SUCH A BLESSING. I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO ACROSS 01:31:52.400 --> 01:31:56.828 NEBRASKA, MEET SO MANY WONDERFUL PEOPLE. AND OH, BY THE WAY, 01:31:56.828 --> 01:32:00.084 SOMETHING ABOUT WESTERN NEBRASKA, THEY'RE NOT AFRAID TO 01:32:00.084 --> 01:32:03.950 TALK POLITICS IN CHURCH. THEY'RE NOT AFRAID TO TALK CHURCH WITH 01:32:03.950 --> 01:32:06.805 THEIR POLITICS. SO YOU KNOW WHAT? IT WAS A WONDERFUL 01:32:06.805 --> 01:32:09.869 EXPERIENCE. I WOULDN'T GIVE IT BACK FOR ANYTHING. NOW WE'RE IN 01:32:09.869 --> 01:32:14.666 THE PRIMARY, OR WE'RE GOING TO THE GENERAL ON NOVEMBER 3RD, AND 01:32:14.666 --> 01:32:19.353 IT'S ABOUT DEFENDING NEBRASKA. OUR STATE'S UNDER ASSAULT. 01:32:20.621 --> 01:32:24.972 THERE'S SO MUCH MONEY COMING INTO OUR STATE AND SUPPORTING 01:32:24.972 --> 01:32:29.629 PEOPLE THAT WOULD ABSOLUTELY DESTROY THE VALUES THAT MAKE 01:32:29.629 --> 01:32:33.723 THIS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND RAISE OUR FAMILIES. 01:32:33.723 --> 01:32:37.175 IT'S OUR JOB RIGHT NOW TO GET OUT AND VOTE. YOU BETTER MAKE 01:32:37.175 --> 01:32:40.949 YOUR VOICE HEARD BECAUSE WE ARE UNDER ASSAULT, AND THE ONLY WAY 01:32:40.949 --> 01:32:45.600 WE DEFEND THIS STATE IS IF WE GET OUT AND VOTE. SO THAT'S THE 01:32:45.600 --> 01:32:50.125 MESSAGE. GET INVOLVED. MAKE SURE YOUR VOICE IS HEARD AT THE 01:32:50.125 --> 01:32:56.669 ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 3RD. AND WE CAN KEEP NEBRASKA A WONDERFUL 01:32:56.669 --> 01:33:02.592 PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND RAISE OUR FAMILIES. I WANT NEBRASKANS 01:33:02.592 --> 01:33:07.801 DECIDING NEBRASKA'S ELECTIONS. THAT OUTSIDE MONEY IS CORRUPTING 01:33:07.801 --> 01:33:10.802 OUR ELECTIONS. WHEN I GET ELECTED AS SECRETARY OF STATE, 01:33:10.802 --> 01:33:13.832 I'M GOING TO WORK ON THAT, AND WE'RE GOING TO DISCOURAGE ALL 01:33:13.832 --> 01:33:16.798 THAT MONEY COMING INTO OUR STATE AND CORRUPTING OUR ELECTIONS. SO 01:33:16.798 --> 01:33:20.228 HELP ME GET OUT AND VOTE. IF YOU WANT TO CHECK ME OUT, 01:33:21.543 --> 01:33:26.272 PETERSENFORNEBRASKA.COM. WE DO A LITTLE VOTER TREE PROCESS. IT'S 01:33:26.272 --> 01:33:28.997 ALL ABOUT GETTING YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND NEIGHBORS OUT TO 01:33:28.997 --> 01:33:32.027 VOTE. I ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS. THAT'S WHAT WE DO. AND PETE 01:33:32.027 --> 01:33:35.009 RICKETTS SAYS VOTE 10 TIMES. THAT'S WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT. 01:33:35.009 --> 01:33:38.444 MAKE SURE OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY VOTE. SO, LET'S DO IT. I'M 01:33:38.444 --> 01:33:42.096 LOOKING FORWARD TO VISITING SOMETIME. I CAN'T WAIT TO REALLY 01:33:42.096 --> 01:33:46.332 BE HERE AND ENJOY ONE OF YOUR SERVICES. I EXPECT AN 01:33:46.332 --> 01:33:50.135 INVITATION. SO, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO. 01:33:56.835 --> 01:33:59.430 LIKE I SAID, SCOTT TRIED VERY HARD TO BE HERE, SO I WAS 01:33:59.430 --> 01:34:03.856 THANKFUL THAT HE WAS ABLE TO SEND A VIDEO FOR US. NOW, I WANT 01:34:03.856 --> 01:34:13.326 TO INVITE UP BILL BOESE TO COME ON UP TO THE STAGE. AS A 01:34:13.326 --> 01:34:16.580 REMINDER, BILL IS RUNNING FOR NEBRASKA STATE LEGISLATURE 01:34:16.580 --> 01:34:21.828 DISTRICT 14. TALK A MINUTE OR TWO ABOUT YOUR RACE. FOLLOWING 01:34:21.828 --> 01:34:25.546 RICK AND THEN FOLLOWING TERRI, I DON'T KNOW HOW GOOD THAT IS. MY 01:34:25.546 --> 01:34:29.217 NAME IS BILL BOESE. I WANT TO TAKE YOU TO MATTHEW 22, ONE OF 01:34:29.217 --> 01:34:33.358 MY FAVORITE LITTLE SECTIONS IN THE BIBLE. THE BIBLE IS AN 01:34:33.358 --> 01:34:37.405 AMAZING BOOK. I THOUGHT I'D GET AN AMEN OUT OF THAT. OH, THANK 01:34:37.405 --> 01:34:42.591 YOU. OKAY. BUT MATTHEW 22, THE PHARISEES ARE TRYING TO TRAP 01:34:42.591 --> 01:34:45.922 JESUS INTO MAKING A STATEMENT THAT WILL INCRIMINATE HIM. ONE 01:34:45.922 --> 01:34:49.923 OF THE GROUP OF THE PHARISEES, A LAWYER, SAID, I'VE GOT IT. 01:34:49.923 --> 01:34:54.341 JESUS, WHAT IS THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT? JESUS ANSWERS, LOVE 01:34:54.341 --> 01:34:59.468 THE LORD YOUR GOD. WITH ALL YOUR HEART, WITH ALL YOUR MIND, WITH 01:34:59.468 --> 01:35:05.218 ALL YOUR SOUL. BUT WHAT DOES HE ADD ON TO THAT? LOVE YOUR 01:35:05.218 --> 01:35:11.928 NEIGHBOR. EVERYTHING WE DO IS BASED IN LOVE. SOMETIMES LOVE IS 01:35:11.928 --> 01:35:16.390 HARD. SOMETIMES LOVE IS EASY. TWO PRINCIPLES THAT I WILL 01:35:16.390 --> 01:35:21.152 OPERATE IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE UNDER: JUSTICE, FAIRNESS FOR 01:35:21.152 --> 01:35:26.724 ALL, TREAT EVERYONE THE SAME. TREAT EVERYONE WELL ON A BASIS 01:35:26.724 --> 01:35:30.253 OF LOVE. I AM PRAYING AND I'M ASKING YOU TO PRAY FOR THE 01:35:30.253 --> 01:35:34.519 WISDOM OF SOLOMON. I WANT TO MAKE WISE DECISIONS FOR OUR 01:35:34.519 --> 01:35:39.298 STATE, AND THE BASIS OF THAT IS GOING TO BE GOD'S LOVE. AND THEN 01:35:39.298 --> 01:35:43.308 NUMBER 2 IS PERSEVERANCE. THIS IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT FOR MY 01:35:43.308 --> 01:35:46.853 WIFE AND I RIGHT NOW. WE'RE IN THE FINAL 4 WEEKS OF THIS 01:35:46.853 --> 01:35:51.301 CAMPAIGN. WE STARTED DOOR KNOCKING IN JULY OF 2025. IT'S 01:35:51.301 --> 01:35:56.636 BEEN A LONG ROAD. MY WIFE SAYS I COULD HAVE GIVEN BIRTH TO 2 KIDS 01:35:56.636 --> 01:36:02.813 BY NOW. WE'RE READY TO BIRTH THIS ELECTION. THANK YOU FOR 01:36:02.813 --> 01:36:06.096 THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND 01:36:06.096 --> 01:36:17.287 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU, BILL, SO MUCH. WE'VE 01:36:17.287 --> 01:36:22.564 GOT A LOT TO FIGHT FOR IN THE LEGISLATURE. NEXT PERSON I WANT 01:36:22.564 --> 01:36:28.293 TO INVITE UP WOULD BE LINDA. LINDA VERMOOTEN, COME ON UP. SHE 01:36:28.293 --> 01:36:32.348 IS RUNNING FOR THE SARPY AND DOUGLAS COUNTY LEARNING 01:36:32.348 --> 01:36:36.139 COMMUNITY. SO SHE'S GOING TO BE FIGHTING FOR OUR CHILDREN IN 01:36:36.139 --> 01:36:47.319 BOTH DOUGLAS AND SARPY COUNTY DISTRICT 5. FIRST OF ALL, I LOVE 01:36:47.319 --> 01:36:51.188 GOD WITH ALL MY HEART, ALL MY MIND, AND ALL MY SOUL. AND 01:36:51.188 --> 01:36:54.785 SECOND OF ALL, I LOVE MY COUNTRY, THE UNITED STATES OF 01:36:54.785 --> 01:36:59.377 AMERICA. GOD BROUGHT ME HERE. I'M NOT BORN HERE. MANY OF YOU 01:36:59.377 --> 01:37:04.323 KNOW I'M FROM SOUTH AFRICA, AND THERE'S MANY OF OUR CITIZENS 01:37:04.323 --> 01:37:07.068 THAT HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO COME HERE BECAUSE OF OUR GREAT 01:37:07.068 --> 01:37:11.282 PRESIDENT. AND HE'S SAVING THEIR LIVES. AND THAT'S SORT OF MY 01:37:11.282 --> 01:37:16.412 FULL-TIME UNPAID JOB AT THE MOMENT IS HELPING THEM. AND 01:37:16.412 --> 01:37:21.731 THIRDLY, I LOVE THE CHILDREN OF THESE COUNTIES. MANY OF YOU KNOW 01:37:21.731 --> 01:37:25.035 THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I'M RUNNING. I RAN FOR THE STATE 01:37:25.035 --> 01:37:32.216 BOARD OF EDUCATION. TAKE TERRI'S WORDS TO HEART, GET INVOLVED. IT 01:37:32.216 --> 01:37:36.506 MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE IF YOU JUST GO SIT IN THE ROOM AND 01:37:36.506 --> 01:37:42.654 PRAY, BECAUSE THE POWERS THAT ARE UNSEEN ARE IMPACTED BY YOUR 01:37:42.654 --> 01:37:49.475 PRAYERS. SO NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THAT, AND THEN PLEASE GO AND 01:37:49.475 --> 01:37:54.549 TESTIFY. IT'S REALLY NOT SCARY. IT'S MUCH MORE SCARY TO BE UP ON 01:37:54.549 --> 01:37:59.127 THE STAGE RIGHT NOW THAN TO TESTIFY THERE. YOU'RE ONLY 01:37:59.127 --> 01:38:03.586 TALKING TO THE BOARD, 7 OR 8 PEOPLE. EVERYONE ELSE IS BEHIND 01:38:03.586 --> 01:38:07.291 YOU, SO THEY DON'T MATTER, AND YOU'RE JUST TALKING TO THOSE 8 01:38:07.291 --> 01:38:12.839 PEOPLE AND YOU'RE SHARING YOUR HEART. OUR KIDS' EDUCATION IS 01:38:12.839 --> 01:38:17.938 CRUCIAL. WHAT DOES THE LEARNING COMMUNITY DO? WELL, IT'S 01:38:17.938 --> 01:38:22.283 BASICALLY A COMMISSION THAT OVERSEES THE MONEY FOR THE SARPY 01:38:22.283 --> 01:38:27.592 AND DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS. IT'S A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY. AND 01:38:27.592 --> 01:38:31.714 THERE ARE VERY FEW PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY STANDING ON BIBLICAL 01:38:31.714 --> 01:38:37.880 PRINCIPLES SERVING ON THIS COMMITTEE. AND WE ALSO STAND TO 01:38:37.880 --> 01:38:42.708 HELP THE CHILDREN THAT ARE IN THE IMPOVERISHED AREAS. SO ONE 01:38:42.708 --> 01:38:47.031 OF THE CHALLENGES THAT I HAVE NOTED IS THAT SOME OF THIS MONEY 01:38:47.031 --> 01:38:52.337 HAS BEEN USED TO PAY FOR ILLEGALS TO HAVE THEIR CHILDREN 01:38:52.337 --> 01:38:56.785 IN DAYCARE. NOW, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT AS A CITIZEN, I'M 01:38:56.785 --> 01:39:02.261 OUTRAGED BY THAT BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT OUR TAX MONEY IS GOING 01:39:02.261 --> 01:39:07.961 FOR. IT'S TO HELP OUR CHILDREN BE SUCCESSFUL SO WE CAN BUILD A 01:39:07.961 --> 01:39:12.698 FUTURE FOR THEM AND A BETTER AMERICA FOR ALL OF US. THAT'S 01:39:12.698 --> 01:39:16.231 WHY I'M RUNNING. AND I'M LIKE ANY CANDIDATE, HOW CAN YOU HELP 01:39:16.231 --> 01:39:19.908 ME? WELL, IF YOU HAVE ANY TIME FREE ON FRIDAY MORNING, WE'RE 01:39:19.908 --> 01:39:24.098 GOING TO BE GOING OUT AND KNOCKING DOORS. AGAIN. THAT'S 01:39:24.098 --> 01:39:26.984 VERY IMPORTANT, SO PLEASE PRAY IT DOESN'T RAIN BECAUSE A LOT OF 01:39:26.984 --> 01:39:34.279 DAYS IT'S RAINED AND THEN YOU JUST GET WET. BUT SECOND, PRAY 01:39:34.279 --> 01:39:39.960 LIKE BROTHER BO SAID, WE NEED WISDOM, WE NEED ENERGY, AND I 01:39:39.960 --> 01:39:44.056 FUNCTION ON JOSHUA 1:9 WHERE GOD SAYS, "HAVE I NOT COMMANDED YOU 01:39:44.056 --> 01:39:48.207 TO BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS? HAVE I NOT COMMANDED YOU TO BE 01:39:48.207 --> 01:39:52.221 VERY COURAGEOUS, AND THE ONLY TIME YOU HAVE TO BE VERY 01:39:52.221 --> 01:39:57.680 COURAGEOUS IS BECAUSE THERE'S GOOD REASON TO BE TERRIFIED, BUT 01:39:57.680 --> 01:40:03.220 GOD IS WITH US AND HE SAYS, "IF I'M WITH YOU, YOU CAN DO 01:40:03.220 --> 01:40:10.445 ANYTHING." SO LASTLY, IN THE LOBBY I HAVE SOME YARD SIGNS. IT 01:40:10.445 --> 01:40:13.656 REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE IF YOU PUT A YARD SIGN BECAUSE 01:40:13.656 --> 01:40:17.747 IT'S NAME RECOGNITION. PEOPLE DON'T KNOW YOU, BUT THEY SAY, 01:40:17.747 --> 01:40:20.795 "OH, I'VE SEEN YOUR NAME EVERYWHERE," SO THEY VOTE FOR 01:40:20.795 --> 01:40:24.325 YOU. AND THAT'S HOW THE BAD PEOPLE ALSO GET IN, BECAUSE THEY 01:40:24.325 --> 01:40:28.673 DO THE SAME THING. SO PLEASE TAKE SOME OF OUR SIGNS, PUT THEM 01:40:28.673 --> 01:40:32.106 IN YOUR YARD. THERE'S ALSO OTHER LITERATURE THERE. AND OF COURSE, 01:40:32.106 --> 01:40:35.411 WE ALL NEED FINANCES BECAUSE ALL OF THIS COSTS MONEY, AND WE'RE 01:40:35.411 --> 01:40:40.210 IN THAT FINAL PUSH. IT'S EVERYTHING ON THE TABLE. DON'T 01:40:40.210 --> 01:40:44.912 LEAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU REGRET, BECAUSE ONE VOTE CAN MAKE A 01:40:44.912 --> 01:40:47.553 DIFFERENCE. YOU KNOW, IT'S A FRIEND OF MINE JUST LOST HER 01:40:47.553 --> 01:40:53.220 VOTE IN THE PRIMARY BY 13 VOTES, SO GET OUT AND VOTE. THANK YOU. 01:40:53.220 --> 01:41:04.000 THANK YOU, LINDA. THANK YOU, LINDA. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I 01:41:04.000 --> 01:41:07.368 AM VERY EXCITED TO WELCOME UP TO THE STAGE DALE WILLIAM 01:41:07.368 --> 01:41:18.111 BRANDSBERG. HE IS RUNNING FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICE UNIT NUMBER 01:41:18.111 --> 01:41:21.002 3, AND I'M EXCITED THAT YOU GET TO SPEAK TOO BECAUSE I THINK 01:41:21.002 --> 01:41:25.270 YOU'RE LIKE THE LAST ONE ON THE BALLOT. I THINK YOU'RE THE LAST 01:41:25.270 --> 01:41:28.266 CANDIDATE PEOPLE GET TO VOTE FOR, AND SO MAKE SURE YOU FINISH 01:41:28.266 --> 01:41:35.759 YOUR BALLOTS. THANK YOU, TERRI. FIRST, I WANT TO SAY PASTOR HANK 01:41:35.759 --> 01:41:38.789 AND PASTOR BRENDA, THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS. THIS IS AN 01:41:38.789 --> 01:41:41.097 INCREDIBLE THING. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE 01:41:41.097 --> 01:41:45.522 HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE OUR VOICES OUT THERE. AGAIN, I AM A 01:41:45.522 --> 01:41:49.818 VERY PROUD MEMBER OF THIS CHURCH, AND I FEEL LIKE THE WAY 01:41:49.818 --> 01:41:53.938 MY PASTOR TALKS ABOUT THE POLITICS AND GETTING INVOLVED, 01:41:53.938 --> 01:41:58.106 THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I'M GETTING INVOLVED. NOW, I HAVE A 01:41:58.106 --> 01:42:02.658 SPEECH FOR HALF AN HOUR. HOW MUCH TIME DO I HAVE, TERRI? NO, 01:42:02.658 --> 01:42:05.077 BUT I DO HAVE A FEW THINGS. I HAVE A FEW THINGS THAT I DO WANT 01:42:05.077 --> 01:42:10.509 TO TALK ABOUT. FIRST, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO, IF 01:42:10.509 --> 01:42:14.932 YOU'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT VOTING, THINK ABOUT IT THIS WAY. 01:42:14.932 --> 01:42:20.444 THE LEFT ISN'T TRYING TO GET RID OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS. THEY'RE 01:42:20.444 --> 01:42:23.728 TRYING TO GET RID OF OUR RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS. THEY'RE 01:42:23.728 --> 01:42:27.590 TRYING TO ATTACK US CHRISTIANS AND THE FREEDOMS THAT WE HAVE. 01:42:27.590 --> 01:42:30.536 THEY'RE OKAY WITH RELIGION. THEY'RE JUST NOT OKAY WITH OURS. 01:42:30.536 --> 01:42:38.507 AND IF YOU'RE NOT VOTING, YOU'RE LETTING THEM TAKE US AWAY. SO MY 01:42:38.507 --> 01:42:42.227 NAME IS DALE WILLIAM BRANDSBERG. UNFORTUNATELY, I HAD TO USE MY 01:42:42.227 --> 01:42:45.734 MIDDLE NAME BECAUSE I FILLED OUT THE PAPERWORK WRONG. BUT THE 01:42:45.734 --> 01:42:50.892 GOOD NEWS IS THAT'S GREAT NAME RECOGNITION, RIGHT? SO IF I HAD 01:42:50.892 --> 01:42:54.416 MY WAY, IT'D BE DALE W. BRANDSBERG. BUT, YOU KNOW, SO 01:42:54.416 --> 01:42:58.988 THAT'S GOOD NAME RECOGNITION. I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR PEOPLE. DO 01:42:58.988 --> 01:43:03.833 YOU KNOW WHAT ESU DOES? IS ANYBODY— THERE'S A PERSON THERE. 01:43:03.833 --> 01:43:08.533 SO 1.5% OF THE PEOPLE. SO I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ESU DID EITHER. 01:43:08.533 --> 01:43:11.276 I HAD A FRIEND OF MINE COME AND TALK TO ME ABOUT RUNNING FOR AN 01:43:11.276 --> 01:43:16.233 OFFICE, AND THIS ESU 3 DISTRICT 5 IS THE OFFICE THAT HE THOUGHT 01:43:16.233 --> 01:43:20.276 THAT I SHOULD RUN FOR. WHAT ESU DOES IS THEY'RE VERY, VERY 01:43:20.276 --> 01:43:24.514 IMPORTANT. THEY'RE THE GROUP THAT BUYS TEXTBOOKS, BUYS 01:43:24.514 --> 01:43:28.512 COMPUTER PROGRAMS, BUYS THE TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS, AND 01:43:28.512 --> 01:43:32.880 THEY ARE THE ONES WHO DISTRIBUTE THEM TO THE SCHOOLS. SO THINK 01:43:32.880 --> 01:43:34.935 ABOUT WHAT YOUR KIDS ARE LEARNING RIGHT NOW AND YOUR 01:43:34.935 --> 01:43:38.708 GRANDKIDS ARE LEARNING RIGHT NOW. I'M GOING TO BE THE CONDUIT 01:43:38.708 --> 01:43:42.096 TO EXPOSE A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT'S IN THOSE TEXTBOOKS. I'M 01:43:42.096 --> 01:43:44.906 GOING TO EXPOSE WHAT WE'RE TRAINING, WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH 01:43:44.906 --> 01:43:55.667 TEACHERS TRAINING. I WANT TO GET A PROGRAM GOING WHERE PARENTS 01:43:55.667 --> 01:43:58.830 AND GRANDPARENTS CAN COME TO ME AND TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON 01:43:58.830 --> 01:44:02.687 IN ESU. AND I WILL EXPLAIN TO THEM AND GIVE THEM WHAT IS GOING 01:44:02.687 --> 01:44:06.978 ON SO THEY'RE AWARE OF WHAT THEIR KIDS ARE LEARNING. SO I 01:44:06.978 --> 01:44:10.616 HAVE GRANDKIDS. MY KIDS ARE OUT OF SCHOOL, BUT MY GRANDKIDS, I'M 01:44:10.616 --> 01:44:13.688 AFRAID RIGHT NOW FOR THEM AND WHAT THEY'RE TEACHING IN 01:44:13.688 --> 01:44:17.547 SCHOOLS. SO I'M GOING TO BE THAT PERSON WHO IS GOING TO START 01:44:17.547 --> 01:44:21.095 EXPOSING THAT AGAIN. IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG PROCESS, BUT I 01:44:21.095 --> 01:44:26.778 PROMISE YOU THAT THAT IS WHAT I'M GOING TO DO. THE IDEA 01:44:26.778 --> 01:44:32.895 OF VOTING. EVERYBODY HERE, TAKE YOUR KIDS, TAKE YOUR 01:44:32.895 --> 01:44:37.310 GRANDKIDS. WHEN YOU GET YOUR BALLOT, FILL IT OUT WITH THEM. 01:44:37.310 --> 01:44:40.360 WE NEED THE YOUNGER GENERATION TO KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO 01:44:40.360 --> 01:44:43.953 VOTE. AND IF WE GET THEM AND WE SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND START 01:44:43.953 --> 01:44:46.455 FILLING THEM OUT, TAKE THEM TO THE POLLS WITH YOU. LET THEM SEE 01:44:46.455 --> 01:44:50.063 THAT PROCESS. BECAUSE AGAIN, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING 01:44:50.063 --> 01:44:53.672 TO KEEP THIS COUNTRY GOING. WE'RE DOING IT NOW. THEY'RE THE 01:44:53.672 --> 01:44:56.173 ONES THAT ARE GOING TO KEEP THIS COUNTRY GOING. GET THEM 01:44:56.173 --> 01:44:59.670 INVOLVED. THEY NEED TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS RIGHT 01:44:59.670 --> 01:45:06.020 HERE. THE, YOU KNOW, THE VOTING STARTS TODAY. SO LIKE LINDA WAS 01:45:06.020 --> 01:45:09.520 SAYING, YOU KNOW, MY CAMPAIGN, IT'S NOT A, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A 01:45:09.520 --> 01:45:13.154 BIG MONEY CAMPAIGN, BUT I STILL, I NEED YARD SIGNS. I NEED MY 01:45:13.154 --> 01:45:16.942 NAME OUT THERE. IT'S ALL ABOUT NAME RECOGNITION. SO MY WEBSITE 01:45:16.942 --> 01:45:25.807 IS DWB4NE.COM. IF YOU CAN HELP GO DOOR KNOCK, I, MY WHOLE RACE 01:45:25.807 --> 01:45:28.456 IS RECOGNITION. THE GUY I'M RUNNING AGAINST, WHO HAPPENS TO 01:45:28.456 --> 01:45:32.704 BE A LIBERAL, HE IS, HE'S ONE, AS TERRI MOVES CLOSER. ALL 01:45:32.704 --> 01:45:38.557 RIGHT, I'M WAITING FOR THAT GONG SHOW HOOK TO COME. THE FIRST TWO 01:45:38.557 --> 01:45:41.948 TIMES HE RAN UNOPPOSED, HE GOT 14,000 VOTES THE FIRST TIME, HE 01:45:41.948 --> 01:45:47.850 GOT 6,000 VOTES THE SECOND TIME. A RACE LIKE MINE, 6,000 VOTES. 01:45:47.850 --> 01:45:51.394 SO PLEASE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE IN MY DISTRICT, BUT WHATEVER 01:45:51.394 --> 01:45:55.078 DISTRICT YOU'RE IN, GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THE BALLOT FIRST AND 01:45:55.078 --> 01:46:01.123 VOTE UP. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY 01:46:01.123 --> 01:46:03.428 MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU ALL FOR 01:46:03.428 --> 01:46:06.576 COMING, TOO. THIS WAS A GREAT EVENT. I APPRECIATE YOU DOING 01:46:06.576 --> 01:46:15.066 THAT. THANKS, TERRI. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. THANK YOU ALL FOR 01:46:15.066 --> 01:46:18.441 TAKING THE TIME TO KIND OF TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR RACES. 01:46:18.441 --> 01:46:21.945 AND I KNOW, I BELIEVE YOU GUYS WILL ALL BE OUT AFTERWARDS, TOO, 01:46:21.945 --> 01:46:25.231 TO BE AVAILABLE. SO IF PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS OR WANT 01:46:25.231 --> 01:46:28.226 LITERATURE OR MORE INFORMATION, THEY'LL BE OUT AT THE TABLES IN 01:46:28.226 --> 01:46:33.288 THE FOYER THAT YOU I'M SURE THEY HAD WAY MORE TO TALK ABOUT. SO 01:46:33.288 --> 01:46:36.435 PLEASE, PLEASE GO ASK THEM QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS, 'CAUSE 01:46:36.435 --> 01:46:38.848 THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE. ALL RIGHT, AND WITH THAT, I'M 01:46:38.848 --> 01:46:42.431 ACTUALLY GONNA TURN IT OVER TO BOB. THANK YOU, TERRI, THANK 01:46:42.431 --> 01:46:46.509 YOU, CANDIDATES. ARE YOU GUYS READY FOR THE BIG FINISH? ALL 01:46:46.509 --> 01:46:49.209 RIGHT, WE'LL GET YOU OUT OF HERE REALLY QUICK. WHAT I WANNA DO 01:46:49.209 --> 01:46:52.664 FIRST, THOUGH, IT'S A LESS THAN A MINUTE VIDEO FROM CHAD 01:46:52.664 --> 01:46:56.186 CONNELLY, WHO'S THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF AN ORGANIZATION CALLED 01:46:56.186 --> 01:46:59.585 FAITH WINS. FAITH WINS, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THEM, 01:46:59.585 --> 01:47:02.563 THEY'RE DOING THE EXACT SAME THING WE'RE DOING TONIGHT. 01:47:02.563 --> 01:47:06.285 THEY'RE MOTIVATING THE CHURCH TO GET OUT AND VOTE OUR VALUES. WE 01:47:06.285 --> 01:47:08.399 HAVE A BRIEF VIDEO FROM CHAD, THEN I'M GOING TO DO THE BIG 01:47:08.399 --> 01:47:13.252 FINISH. HEY EVERYBODY IN NEBRASKA, CHAD CONNELLY HERE 01:47:13.252 --> 01:47:16.081 WITH FAITH WINS, AND I WAS WITH A LOT OF YOUR PASTOR LEADERS AND 01:47:16.081 --> 01:47:19.394 FAITH LEADERS JUST ABOUT A MONTH OR SO AGO IN OMAHA FOR A 01:47:19.394 --> 01:47:22.742 MEETING, AND I'M SO PROUD OF Y'ALL DOING THE VOTE YOUR VALUES 01:47:22.742 --> 01:47:25.590 EVENT. I'M SORRY I CAN'T BE THERE IN PERSON. AS YOU CAN SEE, 01:47:25.590 --> 01:47:29.213 I'M IN ARIZONA NOW. WE'VE BEEN IN 21 STATES DOING PASTOR 01:47:29.213 --> 01:47:32.179 MEETINGS, JUST TRYING TO STIR THE POT TO MAXIMIZE CHRISTIAN 01:47:32.179 --> 01:47:34.808 VOTE. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN NEBRASKA. THAT'S WHAT IT'S 01:47:34.808 --> 01:47:38.014 GOING TO TAKE. LET'S FACE IT, THE PROGRESSIVE LEFT HAS LOST 01:47:38.014 --> 01:47:41.717 THEIR EVER-LOVING MINDS. IT IS TIME FOR CHRISTIANS TO REEMERGE 01:47:41.717 --> 01:47:45.004 AND OCCUPY TILL HE COMES AND TO TAKE OUR PLACE FOR THE WELFARE 01:47:45.004 --> 01:47:49.417 OF THE CITY AND TO REEMERGE AS THE FORCE IN AMERICAN POLITICAL 01:47:49.417 --> 01:47:52.577 SCENE. GOD BLESS YOU. SORRY I CAN'T BE WITH YOU, BUT SO PROUD 01:47:52.577 --> 01:47:57.615 OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING. SEE YOU SOON. YEAH, THANK YOU, CHAD. 01:47:57.615 --> 01:48:01.074 THEY'RE A PARTNER ORGANIZATION OF OURS. IF YOU GO OUT TO OUR 01:48:01.074 --> 01:48:07.082 VOTEYOURVALUES.INFO WEBSITE, IT'S UP ON THE SCREEN, YEP, YOU 01:48:07.082 --> 01:48:10.391 CAN GET ALL THIS INFORMATION. AND HERE'S THE BIG FINISH: IN 01:48:10.391 --> 01:48:15.805 THE FOYER ARE SOME ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN ALSO HELP. TPUSA FAITH, 01:48:15.805 --> 01:48:20.136 IS OUT IN THE FOYER. GO VISIT THEM WHEN WE'RE DONE HERE. CURT 01:48:20.136 --> 01:48:22.713 AND HIS DAUGHTER WILL TAKE GREAT CARE OF YOU AND THEY'LL GIVE YOU 01:48:22.713 --> 01:48:25.788 SOME AWESOME INFORMATION. THERE'S A VOTER REGISTRATION 01:48:25.788 --> 01:48:29.428 TABLE IN THE FOYER. YOU CAN REGISTER TO VOTE RIGHT HERE AT 01:48:29.428 --> 01:48:33.739 LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. THERE'S A GAL, TWO GALS FROM THE RNC THAT 01:48:33.739 --> 01:48:37.457 ARE LOOKING FOR SOME VOLUNTEERS. PLEASE GO TALK TO THEM. AND 01:48:37.457 --> 01:48:40.767 THERE'S ALSO SOME FOLKS FROM THE ASSURE WOMEN'S CENTER. WE INVITE 01:48:40.767 --> 01:48:44.813 THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE ON, THEY HELP ON ONE OF THE KEY ISSUES OF 01:48:44.813 --> 01:48:49.249 OUR LIFETIME, THE RIGHT TO LIFE. SO GO VISIT THEM. AND THEN LET 01:48:49.249 --> 01:48:54.754 ME GIVE YOU— YOU CAN CLAP. THERE WE GO. WE HAVE SOME HANDOUTS FOR 01:48:54.754 --> 01:48:58.216 YOU TOO. PROBABLY IN ADDITION TO HOSTING THIS EVENT AND KEEPING 01:48:58.216 --> 01:49:01.612 ALL OF WHAT YOU HEARD TONIGHT IN THE FOREFRONT, WE'VE GOT SOME 01:49:01.612 --> 01:49:04.724 RESOURCES FOR YOU. BEFORE I GO OVER THE RESOURCES, LET'S GIVE 01:49:04.724 --> 01:49:10.614 RICK GREEN ANOTHER HAND. RICK IS FANTASTIC. WE LOVE HIM HERE AT 01:49:10.614 --> 01:49:13.017 LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. AND HE IS ON THE FRONT LINES OF GETTING 01:49:13.017 --> 01:49:18.236 PEOPLE OUT TO VOTE. THERE'S THIS VOTE YOUR VALUES ACTION CARD. 01:49:18.236 --> 01:49:20.709 PLEASE TAKE THESE WITH YOU. THEY'RE OUT IN THE FOYER. THEY 01:49:20.709 --> 01:49:23.840 GIVE YOU STEP-BY-STEP ACTION STEPS THAT YOU CAN TAKE BETWEEN 01:49:23.840 --> 01:49:27.469 NOW AND THE ELECTION. THE GRAPHIC THAT HAD THE FOR OR 01:49:27.469 --> 01:49:30.921 AGAINST, THE STARK CONTRAST BETWEEN WHAT BIBLICAL VALUES ARE 01:49:30.921 --> 01:49:33.635 AND WHAT NON-BIBLICAL VALUES ARE, THAT'S ALSO OUT IN THE 01:49:33.635 --> 01:49:37.184 FOYER TOO. FEEL FREE TO TAKE THOSE. AND THEN THE HARD WORK 01:49:37.184 --> 01:49:40.176 THAT TERRI PUT TOGETHER ON THESE VOTER GUIDES, THERE'S ONE FOR 01:49:40.176 --> 01:49:45.062 DOUGLAS COUNTY. IT'S WRITTEN IN RED. AND THERE'S ONE FOR SARPY 01:49:45.062 --> 01:49:48.454 COUNTY THAT'S WRITTEN IN BLUE. THESE VOTER GUIDES GO ALL THE 01:49:48.454 --> 01:49:53.122 WAY INTO THE DETAIL OF WHICH JUDGES TO RETAIN. SO IF YOU'RE 01:49:53.122 --> 01:49:55.766 LIKE ME AND YOU GO TO THE BALLOT AND YOU LOOK AT THE WHICH JUDGES 01:49:55.766 --> 01:49:59.635 TO RETAIN, YOU JUST THROW DARTS, RIGHT? WELL, DON'T DO THAT. WE 01:49:59.635 --> 01:50:02.222 HAVE THE INFORMATION IN HERE ABOUT WHO STANDS FOR BIBLICAL 01:50:02.222 --> 01:50:06.805 VALUES AND WHO'S GOING TO ADJUDICATE ON OUR BEHALF. ALL OF 01:50:06.805 --> 01:50:09.690 THOSE RESOURCES ARE OUT IN THE FOYER. PASTORS, I WANT TO THANK 01:50:09.690 --> 01:50:14.660 YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE UP HERE, TO ENGAGE OUR CROWD, TO 01:50:14.660 --> 01:50:19.133 GET PEOPLE MOTIVATED. NOW WE HAVE TO GO TAKE ACTION. WE LOVE 01:50:19.133 --> 01:50:21.794 YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING. PASTORS, CANDIDATES, THANK YOU 01:50:21.794 --> 01:50:27.148 FOR BEING HERE. GO MAKE NOVEMBER 3RD NOT JUST RED, BUT GO MAKE IT 01:50:27.148 --> 01:50:29.729 STAND FOR CHRIST. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.