Jason Jones - Between Vulnerable And Violent

March 18, 2025 | S25:E76

A man who was unable to protect his own child explains why and how he now helps endangered children all over the world.

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Life Today with James Robison | Jason Jones - Between Vulnerable And Violent | March 18, 2025

>> she was crying like i'd never heard anyone
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In my life cry; she just kept saying,
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"i'm sorry! i'm sorry! i'm sorry!"
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Then her father said, "we know your secret,
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And your secret's gone."
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It was that experience that here i was,
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I thought i was strong. i was an athlete; now i'm a soldier.
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And i was impotent to protect my own child.
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This traumatic event launched jason jones
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Into a mission to defend human dignity around the world
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Through the vulnerable people project.
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Next on life today.
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♪
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James: well, i'm going
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James: well, i'm going to introduce you to somebody
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James: well, i'm going to introduce you to somebody i've kind of known
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To introduce you to somebody i've kind of known from overseas.
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I've kind of known from overseas. he was a away a good bit,
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From overseas. he was a away a good bit, traveling to all kinds
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He was a away a good bit, traveling to all kinds of places and had
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Traveling to all kinds of places and had a really tough background.
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Of places and had a really tough background. but boy, does he love the poor
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And the overlooked.
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And the overlooked. and does he fight for life.
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And the overlooked. and does he fight for life. his name is jason jones.
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And does he fight for life. his name is jason jones. if you read "the stream,"
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His name is jason jones. if you read "the stream," you've read him a lot,
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If you read "the stream," you've read him a lot, and that's on purpose.
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You've read him a lot, and that's on purpose. he's not going to stop
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And that's on purpose. he's not going to stop being there.
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He's not going to stop being there. he's a good friend
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Being there. he's a good friend of john zmirak who
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He's a good friend of john zmirak who a lot of you respect.
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Of john zmirak who a lot of you respect. they respect each other
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A lot of you respect. they respect each other like crazy.
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They respect each other like crazy. they build each other up.
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Like crazy. they build each other up. i'm sure carry each other up
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They build each other up. i'm sure carry each other up sometimes, trying
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I'm sure carry each other up sometimes, trying to be sure you understand
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Sometimes, trying to be sure you understand because both of them
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To be sure you understand because both of them are brilliant.
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Because both of them are brilliant. but jason jones is here.
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Are brilliant. but jason jones is here. i want you to tell us
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But jason jones is here. i want you to tell us the names of the different
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I want you to tell us the names of the different ministries and what
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The names of the different ministries and what you're doing because i want
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Ministries and what you're doing because i want all of you who are watching,
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You're doing because i want all of you who are watching, not only to get to know him
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All of you who are watching, not only to get to know him and what he's doing,
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Not only to get to know him and what he's doing, what's on his heart,
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And what he's doing, what's on his heart, and what he's going to put
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What's on his heart, and what he's going to put on your heart to pray about,
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And what he's going to put on your heart to pray about, in many instances,
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On your heart to pray about, in many instances, perhaps to help.
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In many instances, perhaps to help. but i want you to share,
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Perhaps to help. but i want you to share, jason, what you believe
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But i want you to share, jason, what you believe god's people, who would
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Jason, what you believe god's people, who would like to do god's kingdom
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God's people, who would like to do god's kingdom will on his earth,
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Like to do god's kingdom will on his earth, could hear from you
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Will on his earth, could hear from you that would be a help
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Could hear from you that would be a help and an inspiration.
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That would be a help and an inspiration. so welcome to life today .
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And an inspiration. so welcome to life today . jason: it's a privilege
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So welcome to life today . jason: it's a privilege to be here, james.
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It's surreal.
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It's surreal. you both have played
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You both have played such a role.
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Such a role. i didn't become a believer
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I didn't become a believer until my late 20s,
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There without knowing it
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There without knowing it every step of the way.
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There without knowing it every step of the way. as a writer at "the stream,"
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Every step of the way. as a writer at "the stream," it's the first place
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As a writer at "the stream," it's the first place in 30 years as a writer
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It's the first place in 30 years as a writer where i feel at home
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In 30 years as a writer where i feel at home as someone who wants
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Where i feel at home as someone who wants to draw from the gospel
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As someone who wants to draw from the gospel of jesus christ but
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To draw from the gospel of jesus christ but apply it to contemporary,
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Of jesus christ but apply it to contemporary, political problems,
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Apply it to contemporary, political problems, and social problems.
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Political problems, and social problems. i never felt at home.
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And social problems. i never felt at home. so, i want to thank you
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I never felt at home. so, i want to thank you for "the stream."
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So, i want to thank you for "the stream." i heard you speak
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For "the stream." i heard you speak as a young man.
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I heard you speak as a young man. i had a little radio show
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As a young man. i had a little radio show in hawaii, and i went
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I had a little radio show in hawaii, and i went to nrb 2001,
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In hawaii, and i went to nrb 2001, and you were both on stage.
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To nrb 2001, and you were both on stage. as you shared this
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And you were both on stage. as you shared this beautiful story about
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As you shared this beautiful story about your relationship together,
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Beautiful story about your relationship together, i was struck.
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Your relationship together, i was struck. i said this man i was in awe.
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I was struck. i said this man i was in awe. james: you were
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I said this man i was in awe. james: you were real young then.
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James: you were real young then. jason: oh, yeah.
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Real young then. jason: oh, yeah. i remember every word
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Jason: oh, yeah. i remember every word of that speech.
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I remember every word of that speech. this was over 20 years ago.
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Of that speech. this was over 20 years ago. and, i said, "this man
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This was over 20 years ago. and, i said, "this man loves us more than he cares
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And, i said, "this man loves us more than he cares about how we think of him."
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Loves us more than he cares about how we think of him." he's not thinking
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About how we think of him." he's not thinking about himself.
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He's not thinking about himself. he's thinking about us
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About himself. he's thinking about us as men and the problems
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He's thinking about us as men and the problems that we have
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As men and the problems that we have and that we will face.
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That we have and that we will face. i just said, "i want
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And that we will face. i just said, "i want to be like that.
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I just said, "i want to be like that. i want to think more about
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To be like that. i want to think more about the people i'm talking to
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I want to think more about the people i'm talking to than myself,"
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The people i'm talking to than myself," as a young, insecure person
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Than myself," as a young, insecure person at the time.
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As a young, insecure person at the time. so that shaped me
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At the time. so that shaped me as a communicator.
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So that shaped me as a communicator. i just want to thank
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As a communicator. i just want to thank both of you for that.
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All of your articles on
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All of your articles on "the stream," stream.org,
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"the stream," stream.org, you can go there every day --
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You can go there every day -- and i want them to see him
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And i want them to see him in so many diverse people,
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In so many diverse people, so uniquely designed,
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So uniquely designed, and supernaturally
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And supernaturally brought together.
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Brought together. i hope you'll go to
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Jason, what do you want us
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Jason, what do you want us to hear related to what
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Jason, what do you want us to hear related to what god has shown you
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To hear related to what god has shown you and put on your heart?
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God has shown you and put on your heart? you've seen the persecuted.
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And put on your heart? you've seen the persecuted. you've seen that you have
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You've seen the persecuted. you've seen that you have the desire to save
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You've seen that you have the desire to save every little baby
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The desire to save every little baby in the womb.
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Every little baby in the womb. you want to save every person
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In the womb. you want to save every person you can who's been overlooked.
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You want to save every person you can who's been overlooked. you talk about someone
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You can who's been overlooked. you talk about someone who loves the overlooked.
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You talk about someone who loves the overlooked. but also, the persecuted,
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Who loves the overlooked. but also, the persecuted, defeated, and even
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But also, the persecuted, defeated, and even imprisoned christians
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Defeated, and even imprisoned christians and believers
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Imprisoned christians and believers all over the world.
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And believers all over the world. you've got a burden there.
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All over the world. you've got a burden there. you've literally put
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You've got a burden there. you've literally put your arms around
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You've literally put your arms around as many of them as you can.
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Your arms around as many of them as you can. what do you want
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As many of them as you can. what do you want our viewers to hear
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What do you want our viewers to hear and understand and not only
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Our viewers to hear and understand and not only pray about but even
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And understand and not only pray about but even with the outreaches of life,
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Pray about but even with the outreaches of life, help us undergird?
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With the outreaches of life, help us undergird? tell the family of god
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Help us undergird? tell the family of god that's watching.
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I promise you.
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I promise you. people are watching out here
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People are watching out here who like to see
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Who like to see after the least of these,
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Around the people
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Around the people that thought they'd never
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Around the people that thought they'd never be noticed; people want
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That thought they'd never be noticed; people want to feed the hungry,
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Be noticed; people want to feed the hungry, give clean water
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To feed the hungry, give clean water to the thirsty --
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Give clean water to the thirsty -- give water to the thirsty.
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To the thirsty -- give water to the thirsty. these people want
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Give water to the thirsty. these people want people to know christ.
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These people want people to know christ. and they want people
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People to know christ. and they want people to return to the principles
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And they want people to return to the principles necessary to make a nation
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To return to the principles necessary to make a nation great and keep it great.
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Necessary to make a nation great and keep it great. so, you've got viewers
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Great and keep it great. so, you've got viewers that i think initially
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So, you've got viewers that i think initially care about what
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That i think initially care about what god has on his heart.
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Care about what god has on his heart. help inspire us
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God has on his heart. help inspire us to know how we can better
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Help inspire us to know how we can better understand, better focus,
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To know how we can better understand, better focus, and better work together.
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Understand, better focus, and better work together. share with us anything
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And better work together. share with us anything you believe god, through
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Share with us anything you believe god, through your vision and your travels
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You believe god, through your vision and your travels would want us to hear.
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Your vision and your travels would want us to hear. jason: thank you, james.
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Would want us to hear. jason: thank you, james. as a young atheist,
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Jason: thank you, james. as a young atheist, i read ecclesiastes 4:1
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As a young atheist, i read ecclesiastes 4:1 and it struck me.
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I read ecclesiastes 4:1 and it struck me. solomon, the richest man,
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And it struck me. solomon, the richest man, powerful man, said,
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Solomon, the richest man, powerful man, said, "i look all over the world,
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On the side of the oppressor
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On the side of the oppressor is power, and on the side
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Is power, and on the side of the oppressed
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Of the oppressed there is no one."
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There is no one." that to me was
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That to me was the most sorrowful line
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But i've come to understand
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But i've come to understand as a christian that
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But i've come to understand as a christian that it's no longer like that.
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As a christian that it's no longer like that. you can say, i look
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It's no longer like that. you can say, i look all over the world and
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You can say, i look all over the world and all i see is oppression,
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All over the world and all i see is oppression, and on the side of
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All i see is oppression, and on the side of the oppressor is power.
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And on the side of the oppressor is power. but on the side of
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The oppressor is power. but on the side of the oppressed is
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But on the side of the oppressed is the body of christ.
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The oppressed is the body of christ. i can say i've seen
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The body of christ. i can say i've seen your ministries work
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I can say i've seen your ministries work all over the world.
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Your ministries work all over the world. where i am, where i work,
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All over the world. where i am, where i work, i see your work,
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Where i am, where i work, i see your work, i see your audience,
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I see your work, i see your audience, i see their hands
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I see your audience, i see their hands and i see their feet.
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I see their hands and i see their feet. this morning i was on
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And i see their feet. this morning i was on the phone with brad phillips
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This morning i was on the phone with brad phillips of the persecution project
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The phone with brad phillips of the persecution project foundation, and together
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Of the persecution project foundation, and together we're evacuating christians
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Foundation, and together we're evacuating christians from khartoum
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We're evacuating christians from khartoum into the nuba mountains.
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From khartoum into the nuba mountains. and you've been
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Into the nuba mountains. and you've been a big supporter of brad's.
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And you've been a big supporter of brad's. james: basically,
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A big supporter of brad's. james: basically, when he was kind of a kid.
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James: basically, when he was kind of a kid. i was really close to
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When he was kind of a kid. i was really close to his dad when he was
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I was really close to his dad when he was shaking the nation.
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His dad when he was shaking the nation. so, i love him.
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Shaking the nation. so, i love him. hi, brad!
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So, i love him. hi, brad! jason: we love brad.
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Hi, brad! jason: we love brad. he's the bravest man
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Jason: we love brad. he's the bravest man i've ever met.
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He's the bravest man i've ever met. the kindest man.
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I've ever met. the kindest man. james: no doubt!
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The kindest man. james: no doubt! fearless, tireless!
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James: no doubt! fearless, tireless! jason: fearless, tireless.
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Fearless, tireless! jason: fearless, tireless. he's a bull
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Jason: fearless, tireless. he's a bull and he has no fear.
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He's a bull and he has no fear. i can tell you
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And he has no fear. i can tell you brad phillips' stories
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I can tell you brad phillips' stories all day long.
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Brad phillips' stories all day long. i know you played
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All day long. i know you played an important role
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I know you played an important role in his father coming
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An important role in his father coming to the lord.
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In his father coming to the lord. i remember when brad was
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To the lord. i remember when brad was on your show many, many,
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I remember when brad was on your show many, many, like two decades ago
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On your show many, many, like two decades ago and i called brad.
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Like two decades ago and i called brad. i said, "so, how much
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And i called brad. i said, "so, how much of that support are you
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I said, "so, how much of that support are you going to see when
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Of that support are you going to see when you're on the show?"
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Going to see when you're on the show?" he says, "can i tell you
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You're on the show?" he says, "can i tell you something?
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He says, "can i tell you something? they send me more
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Something? they send me more than they raise for me."
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They send me more than they raise for me." he said, "i'm going
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Than they raise for me." he said, "i'm going to tell you something.
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He said, "i'm going to tell you something. they send me more than
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I'm on the show."
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I'm on the show." when i was a young man,
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When i was a young man, a young atheist, my mom
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A young atheist, my mom had me when she was 16,
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Had me when she was 16, and my mother was married
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And my mother was married and divorced a bit.
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I just wanted to be strong.
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I just wanted to be strong. my dream was to grow up
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I just wanted to be strong. my dream was to grow up to be a strong man
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My dream was to grow up to be a strong man who could protect his mother,
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To be a strong man who could protect his mother, protect his siblings.
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Who could protect his mother, protect his siblings. one day would have
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Protect his siblings. one day would have a family of his own
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One day would have a family of his own that i would protect.
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A family of his own that i would protect. that was my daydream,
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That i would protect. that was my daydream, actually.
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That was my daydream, actually. when my mom would be going
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Actually. when my mom would be going through problems with
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When my mom would be going through problems with her husband at the time
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Through problems with her husband at the time or whatever, i would go
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Her husband at the time or whatever, i would go into my room, i would lie
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Or whatever, i would go into my room, i would lie in my bed, and i would
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Into my room, i would lie in my bed, and i would daydream about how strong
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In my bed, and i would daydream about how strong i was going to be.
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Daydream about how strong i was going to be. i was a football player
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I was going to be. i was a football player and a wrestler as i grew up
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I was a football player and a wrestler as i grew up and got bigger and stronger.
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And a wrestler as i grew up and got bigger and stronger. then as a young boy,
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And got bigger and stronger. then as a young boy, actually two days
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Then as a young boy, actually two days before my 17th birthday,
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Actually two days before my 17th birthday, on a saturday morning,
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Before my 17th birthday, on a saturday morning, my high school girlfriend
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On a saturday morning, my high school girlfriend rode her bicycle over
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My high school girlfriend rode her bicycle over to my house and woke me up
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Rode her bicycle over to my house and woke me up with the words,
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To my house and woke me up with the words, "i'm pregnant."
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With the words, "i'm pregnant." you would think
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"i'm pregnant." you would think i would be scared.
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You would think i would be scared. but actually, i was excited.
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I would be scared. but actually, i was excited. i remember thinking,
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But actually, i was excited. i remember thinking, now is my chance
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I remember thinking, now is my chance to be a strong man
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Now is my chance to be a strong man and to be a protector
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To be a strong man and to be a protector and to be a provider.
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And to be a protector and to be a provider. my high school girlfriend
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And to be a provider. my high school girlfriend came from a family
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My high school girlfriend came from a family of abuse as well.
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Came from a family of abuse as well. we put together a plan
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Of abuse as well. we put together a plan that i would join the army
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We put together a plan that i would join the army and she would hide
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That i would join the army and she would hide the pregnancy until i got
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And she would hide the pregnancy until i got back from basic training.
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The pregnancy until i got back from basic training. we would tell our parents.
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Back from basic training. we would tell our parents. on my birthday,
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We would tell our parents. on my birthday, i went down to the recruiter.
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On my birthday, i went down to the recruiter. i knew this program because
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I went down to the recruiter. i knew this program because a friend had just entered it.
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I knew this program because a friend had just entered it. i went down to the recruiter
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A friend had just entered it. i went down to the recruiter and on my 17th birthday,
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I went down to the recruiter and on my 17th birthday, i began the process
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And on my 17th birthday, i began the process of enlisting in the army.
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I began the process of enlisting in the army. it wasn't too much longer
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Of enlisting in the army. it wasn't too much longer that i was off
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It wasn't too much longer that i was off to fort benning, georgia.
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That i was off to fort benning, georgia. i was going to be
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To fort benning, georgia. i was going to be an infantryman.
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I was going to be an infantryman. while i was in basic training,
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An infantryman. while i was in basic training, i didn't want to go
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While i was in basic training, i didn't want to go to church so i told
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I didn't want to go to church so i told the drill sergeants
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To church so i told the drill sergeants on sundays when everyone else
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The drill sergeants on sundays when everyone else went to church,
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On sundays when everyone else went to church, i told him i was an atheist,
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Went to church, i told him i was an atheist, and i didn't believe in god.
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I told him i was an atheist, and i didn't believe in god. "you can't make me
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And i didn't believe in god. "you can't make me go to church."
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"you can't make me go to church." so they said, "that's okay!
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Go to church." so they said, "that's okay! but we can make you
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So they said, "that's okay! but we can make you clean pots and pans
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But we can make you clean pots and pans every sunday."
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Clean pots and pans every sunday." so every sunday i was called
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Every sunday." so every sunday i was called "pots and pans boy."
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So every sunday i was called "pots and pans boy." i was cleaning pots and pans
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"pots and pans boy." i was cleaning pots and pans on a sunday morning,
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I was cleaning pots and pans on a sunday morning, it was actually two weeks
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On a sunday morning, it was actually two weeks before basic training
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It was actually two weeks before basic training was to end, and a soldier
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Before basic training was to end, and a soldier came running in.
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Was to end, and a soldier came running in. he said, "jones,
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Came running in. he said, "jones, your girlfriend's on the phone
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He said, "jones, your girlfriend's on the phone and she's crying."
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Your girlfriend's on the phone and she's crying." so, i ran out
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And she's crying." so, i ran out and answered the phone.
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So, i ran out and answered the phone. she was crying like
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And answered the phone. she was crying like i'd never heard anyone
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She was crying like i'd never heard anyone in my life cry.
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I'd never heard anyone in my life cry. she just kept saying,
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In my life cry. she just kept saying, "i'm sorry.
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She just kept saying, "i'm sorry. i'm sorry, i'm sorry."
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"i'm sorry. i'm sorry, i'm sorry." and then her father said,
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I'm sorry, i'm sorry." and then her father said, "we know your secret,
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And then her father said, "we know your secret, and your secret's gone.
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"we know your secret, and your secret's gone. i took her to get
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And your secret's gone. i took her to get an abortion."
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I took her to get an abortion." right at that moment,
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An abortion." right at that moment, a drill sergeant hung up
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Right at that moment, a drill sergeant hung up the phone.
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A drill sergeant hung up the phone. i punched my drill sergeant.
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The phone. i punched my drill sergeant. another sergeant dragged me
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I punched my drill sergeant. another sergeant dragged me into my captain's office.
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Another sergeant dragged me into my captain's office. i was fortunate that
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Into my captain's office. i was fortunate that my drill sergeants
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I was fortunate that my drill sergeants were very thoughtful.
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My drill sergeants were very thoughtful. they sat me down
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Were very thoughtful. they sat me down and they cared for me.
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They sat me down and they cared for me. but i didn't know that
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And they cared for me. but i didn't know that destroying a child
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Until i found out that
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Until i found out that my child was destroyed.
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My child was destroyed. we didn't go to church.
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We didn't go to church. we weren't involved
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We weren't involved in politics.
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In politics. this was before cable news.
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This was before cable news. i didn't know much
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It was that experience
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It was that experience that here i was,
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It was that experience that here i was, i thought i was strong.
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That here i was, i thought i was strong. i was an athlete,
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I thought i was strong. i was an athlete, now i'm a soldier,
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I was an athlete, now i'm a soldier, and i was impotent to protect
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Now i'm a soldier, and i was impotent to protect my own child.
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And i was impotent to protect my own child. the child that i daydreamed
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My own child. the child that i daydreamed about protecting,
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The child that i daydreamed about protecting, that my child will never know,
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About protecting, that my child will never know, they'll never know violence,
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That my child will never know, they'll never know violence, they'll never know hunger,
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They'll never know violence, they'll never know hunger, they'll never know fear,
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They'll never know hunger, they'll never know fear, and so that struck me.
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They'll never know fear, and so that struck me. then as a young infantryman,
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And so that struck me. then as a young infantryman, i realized we live
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Then as a young infantryman, i realized we live in a violent world.
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I realized we live in a violent world. lots of fathers are in
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In a violent world. lots of fathers are in positions where they can't
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Lots of fathers are in positions where they can't protect their child.
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Positions where they can't protect their child. that's where i got the idea
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Protect their child. that's where i got the idea for my organization,
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That's where i got the idea for my organization, the vulnerable people project,
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For my organization, the vulnerable people project, and i was not yet a christian.
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The vulnerable people project, and i was not yet a christian. so this was in my mind
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And i was not yet a christian. so this was in my mind as a young soldier,
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So this was in my mind as a young soldier, that one day i'm going
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As a young soldier, that one day i'm going to start an organization
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That one day i'm going to start an organization that protects the vulnerable.
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To start an organization that protects the vulnerable. actually, in my mind,
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That protects the vulnerable. actually, in my mind, i'm going to stand
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Actually, in my mind, i'm going to stand with fathers.
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I'm going to stand with fathers. when you have a family
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With fathers. when you have a family placed in an impossible
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When you have a family placed in an impossible situation, they're not weak,
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Placed in an impossible situation, they're not weak, they're vulnerable.
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Situation, they're not weak, they're vulnerable. they're actually
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They're vulnerable. they're actually very strong.
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They're actually very strong. you may have a young woman
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Very strong. you may have a young woman who's been abused
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You may have a young woman who's been abused since the moment she came out
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Who's been abused since the moment she came out of the womb herself,
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Since the moment she came out of the womb herself, and then she walks into
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Of the womb herself, and then she walks into a crisis pregnancy center
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And then she walks into a crisis pregnancy center thinking it's an abortion
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A crisis pregnancy center thinking it's an abortion clinic looking for help.
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Thinking it's an abortion clinic looking for help. that's not a weak,
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Clinic looking for help. that's not a weak, young woman.
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That's not a weak, young woman. that's sadly, a young woman
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Young woman. that's sadly, a young woman who may be very strong,
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That's sadly, a young woman who may be very strong, too strong, but she's placed
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Who may be very strong, too strong, but she's placed in an impossible situation.
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Too strong, but she's placed in an impossible situation. so i had this idea that
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In an impossible situation. so i had this idea that i want to help
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So i had this idea that i want to help strong families and strong men
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I want to help strong families and strong men who are placed
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Strong families and strong men who are placed in impossible situations,
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Who are placed in impossible situations, defend their families.
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In impossible situations, defend their families. when you think about it,
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Defend their families. when you think about it, a lot of the work we do
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When you think about it, a lot of the work we do is working with orphans.
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A lot of the work we do is working with orphans. well, no father has been
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Is working with orphans. well, no father has been put in a more helpless
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Well, no father has been put in a more helpless position to defend
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Put in a more helpless position to defend his family, than a father
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Position to defend his family, than a father who's dead.
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His family, than a father who's dead. so, we work in afghanistan
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Who's dead. so, we work in afghanistan caring for the widows
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So, we work in afghanistan caring for the widows and orphans of our afghan
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Caring for the widows and orphans of our afghan allies who were
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And orphans of our afghan allies who were killed in action.
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Allies who were killed in action. we've distributed
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Killed in action. we've distributed millions of meals
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We've distributed millions of meals and millions of hours
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Millions of meals and millions of hours of heat through coal
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And millions of hours of heat through coal to these families.
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Of heat through coal to these families. and as a former infantryman
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To these families. and as a former infantryman myself, i'm so grateful.
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And as a former infantryman myself, i'm so grateful. the ranger creed is
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Myself, i'm so grateful. the ranger creed is "never shall i leave
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The ranger creed is "never shall i leave a fallen comrade to fall
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"never shall i leave a fallen comrade to fall into the hands of the enemy."
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A fallen comrade to fall into the hands of the enemy." and so probably,
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Into the hands of the enemy." and so probably, my favorite program is what
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And so probably, my favorite program is what we call "coal for christmas."
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My favorite program is what we call "coal for christmas." we distribute coal
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We call "coal for christmas." we distribute coal and food and balloons
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We distribute coal and food and balloons and little knickknacks
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And food and balloons and little knickknacks and toys across afghanistan,
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And little knickknacks and toys across afghanistan, to the orphans of men
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And toys across afghanistan, to the orphans of men who died fighting alongside
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To the orphans of men who died fighting alongside american forces
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Who died fighting alongside american forces who, tragically, we have
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American forces who, tragically, we have abandoned that country
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Who, tragically, we have abandoned that country in a very ham-fisted way.
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Abandoned that country in a very ham-fisted way. but people don't understand.
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In a very ham-fisted way. but people don't understand. you're in afghanistan,
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But people don't understand. you're in afghanistan, you're in iraq,
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You're in afghanistan, you're in iraq, you're in the west bank
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You're in iraq, you're in the west bank in gaza, you're in sudan,
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You're in the west bank in gaza, you're in sudan, and you're fighting abortion
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In gaza, you're in sudan, and you're fighting abortion and you're making movies.
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And you're fighting abortion and you're making movies. what does this all have
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And you're making movies. what does this all have to do with --
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What does this all have to do with -- from the very beginning
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To do with -- from the very beginning for me, it's all been
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From the very beginning for me, it's all been the same thing,
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For me, it's all been the same thing, standing between
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The same thing, standing between the vulnerable
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Standing between the vulnerable and the violent.
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The vulnerable and the violent. protecting strong people
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And the violent. protecting strong people placed in impossible
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Protecting strong people placed in impossible situations.
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Placed in impossible situations. that's what we are called
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Situations. that's what we are called to do as a christian.
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That's what we are called to do as a christian. that's what the body
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To do as a christian. that's what the body of christ is to do.
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That's what the body of christ is to do. our organization
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Of christ is to do. our organization doesn't proselytize.
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Our organization doesn't proselytize. when you're pulling
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Doesn't proselytize. when you're pulling somebody out of a burning
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When you're pulling somebody out of a burning building it's not the best
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Somebody out of a burning building it's not the best time to proselytize.
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Building it's not the best time to proselytize. but how many of the people
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Time to proselytize. but how many of the people we serve who come to accept
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But how many of the people we serve who come to accept jesus christ is overwhelming.
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We serve who come to accept jesus christ is overwhelming. we hear their stories
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Jesus christ is overwhelming. we hear their stories all the time because
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We hear their stories all the time because we're showing them
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All the time because we're showing them the love of christ
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We're showing them the love of christ through serving them
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The love of christ through serving them in challenging circumstances.
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Through serving them in challenging circumstances. we never give up.
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In challenging circumstances. we never give up. we have, i will say
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We never give up. we have, i will say our organization through
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We have, i will say our organization through the holy spirit has been
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Our organization through the holy spirit has been blessed with fortitude.
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The holy spirit has been blessed with fortitude. with the last organization
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Blessed with fortitude. with the last organization we know of in afghanistan,
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With the last organization we know of in afghanistan, we promised them that
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We know of in afghanistan, we promised them that we would be with them
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We promised them that we would be with them till the end.
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We would be with them till the end. and we will not leave
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Till the end. and we will not leave one afghan ally alone.
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And we will not leave one afghan ally alone. we're going to be with them
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One afghan ally alone. we're going to be with them until they're all safe,
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We're going to be with them until they're all safe, whether it's in afghanistan
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Until they're all safe, whether it's in afghanistan or they're resettled.
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Whether it's in afghanistan or they're resettled. james: let me tell you this.
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The missionaries, the type
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The missionaries, the type of people we help when
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Of people we help when we tell you about the people
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We tell you about the people that plant themselves
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That plant themselves in the midst of hell
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In the midst of hell with the loving arms
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A heart full of god's love
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A heart full of god's love flowing, here's an example.
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A heart full of god's love flowing, here's an example. i want you to tell our viewers
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Flowing, here's an example. i want you to tell our viewers where they can find
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I want you to tell our viewers where they can find how they can help
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Where they can find how they can help your organization directly
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How they can help your organization directly if they want to.
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To find the fastest way?
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To find the fastest way? jason: our website is
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Jason: our website is vulnerablepeopleproject.com.
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Vulnerablepeopleproject.com. it's www.
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It's www. vulnerablepeopleproject.com.
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Vulnerablepeopleproject.com. i have all my "stream"
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Writing a lot lately.
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Writing a lot lately. i write when i'm angry.
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Writing a lot lately. i write when i'm angry. i've been angry a lot.
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I write when i'm angry. i've been angry a lot. i've been passionate a lot.
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I've been angry a lot. i've been passionate a lot. there's a lot of sorrow
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I've been passionate a lot. there's a lot of sorrow and suffering in the world
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But vulnerable people
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But vulnerable people project.com.
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Project.com. you can look to see
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You can look to see the work that we do.
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The work that we do. one of our other favorite
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One of our other favorite programs is we provide
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Programs is we provide security guards,
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And security guards
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And security guards for the most vulnerable
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And security guards for the most vulnerable christian communities
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For the most vulnerable christian communities across nigeria.
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Christian communities across nigeria. we also provide security
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Across nigeria. we also provide security for the very last synagogue
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We also provide security for the very last synagogue in nigeria.
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For the very last synagogue in nigeria. this is our commitment
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In nigeria. this is our commitment to the one thing that --
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This is our commitment to the one thing that -- we work in india with
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To the one thing that -- we work in india with the dalits right now.
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We work in india with the dalits right now. there's a real uptick in
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The dalits right now. there's a real uptick in hindu nationalist violence
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There's a real uptick in hindu nationalist violence in india because
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Hindu nationalist violence in india because so many people across
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In india because so many people across the different caste systems
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So many people across the different caste systems are converting
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The different caste systems are converting to christianity.
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Are converting to christianity. the dalit, the untouchables,
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To christianity. the dalit, the untouchables, they go from thinking
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The dalit, the untouchables, they go from thinking -- imagine it's not
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They go from thinking -- imagine it's not what others think about
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-- imagine it's not what others think about the dalits in india,
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What others think about the dalits in india, it's what they think
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The dalits in india, it's what they think about themselves.
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It's what they think about themselves. they go from thinking
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About themselves. they go from thinking that they're not even human
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They go from thinking that they're not even human to realizing that
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That they're not even human to realizing that they've been made
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To realizing that they've been made in the image and likeness
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They've been made in the image and likeness of the all-knowing,
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In the image and likeness of the all-knowing, all-powerful, all-loving
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Of the all-knowing, all-powerful, all-loving creator of the cosmos.
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All-powerful, all-loving creator of the cosmos. that's a big switch!
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Creator of the cosmos. that's a big switch! i never used to like
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That's a big switch! i never used to like when coming into christianity
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I never used to like when coming into christianity as an atheist, i never
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When coming into christianity as an atheist, i never liked that term,
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As an atheist, i never liked that term, "good news."
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Liked that term, "good news." that sounds a little cheesy.
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"good news." that sounds a little cheesy. i don't know.
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That sounds a little cheesy. i don't know. what does that mean,
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I don't know. what does that mean, good news?
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What does that mean, good news? but then when you realize,
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Good news? but then when you realize, as i do through our work,
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But then when you realize, as i do through our work, wade into pre-gospel
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As i do through our work, wade into pre-gospel communities, you realize
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Wade into pre-gospel communities, you realize it is really good news
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Communities, you realize it is really good news to know who you are,
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It is really good news to know who you are, who made you,
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To know who you are, who made you, and why you were made.
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Who made you, and why you were made. and so, when you're born
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And why you were made. and so, when you're born into a christian,
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And so, when you're born into a christian, even post-christian society,
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Into a christian, even post-christian society, it may have a strange sound.
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Even post-christian society, it may have a strange sound. but for me, especially
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It may have a strange sound. but for me, especially working with the dalit,
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But for me, especially working with the dalit, it's really good news.
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Working with the dalit, it's really good news. so you see an uptick
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It's really good news. so you see an uptick in violence.
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So you see an uptick in violence. but the greatest gift
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In violence. but the greatest gift is someone who was
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But the greatest gift is someone who was a hardcore atheist until
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Is someone who was a hardcore atheist until his late 20s, it's that
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A hardcore atheist until his late 20s, it's that christianity lets people
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His late 20s, it's that christianity lets people know the truth
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Christianity lets people know the truth about themselves,
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Know the truth about themselves, their incomparable dignity,
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About themselves, their incomparable dignity, beauty, and worth.
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Their incomparable dignity, beauty, and worth. francis schaefer
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Beauty, and worth. francis schaefer always called that
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Francis schaefer always called that the pre-evangelization.
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Always called that the pre-evangelization. people don't even know
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The pre-evangelization. people don't even know how important they are
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People don't even know how important they are anymore.
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How important they are anymore. they don't know
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Anymore. they don't know how beautiful
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They don't know how beautiful or how dignified they are.
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How beautiful or how dignified they are. we know that about them.
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Or how dignified they are. we know that about them. betty: do you have
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I know you probably
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I know you probably have many, somebody
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Have many, somebody you could share with us
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You could share with us who saw this change,
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Who saw this change, this vulnerability that
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This vulnerability that you talk about in different
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That changed their whole life?
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That changed their whole life? jason: we do see this
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That changed their whole life? jason: we do see this a lot with so many
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Jason: we do see this a lot with so many of the communities.
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A lot with so many of the communities. they wonder what
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Of the communities. they wonder what we have up our sleeves.
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They wonder what we have up our sleeves. why are you helping me?
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We have up our sleeves. why are you helping me? what's the real motive?
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Why are you helping me? what's the real motive? do you know what i mean?
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What's the real motive? do you know what i mean? betty: yeah. they don't trust.
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Do you know what i mean? betty: yeah. they don't trust. jason: they don't trust,
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Betty: yeah. they don't trust. jason: they don't trust, and i understand this.
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Jason: they don't trust, and i understand this. when you're dealing with
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And i understand this. when you're dealing with vulnerable or broken
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When you're dealing with vulnerable or broken communities, you have
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Vulnerable or broken communities, you have to accept that they're
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Communities, you have to accept that they're not going to be trusting.
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To accept that they're not going to be trusting. in fact, there's a woman,
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Not going to be trusting. in fact, there's a woman, in aswan, a wonderful woman.
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In fact, there's a woman, in aswan, a wonderful woman. her name was nahum kafoury,
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In aswan, a wonderful woman. her name was nahum kafoury, and she was a swedish doctor
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Her name was nahum kafoury, and she was a swedish doctor who would allow herself
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And she was a swedish doctor who would allow herself to be captured by isis
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Who would allow herself to be captured by isis so that she could provide care
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To be captured by isis so that she could provide care for the women captured
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So that she could provide care for the women captured by isis.
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For the women captured by isis. i was talking to her,
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By isis. i was talking to her, and one of the communities
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I was talking to her, and one of the communities that she was serving
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And one of the communities that she was serving got upset with her
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That she was serving got upset with her for something.
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Got upset with her for something. she bought an ambulance
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For something. she bought an ambulance with her own money
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She bought an ambulance with her own money and they destroyed
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With her own money and they destroyed her ambulance.
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And they destroyed her ambulance. and rene girard,
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Her ambulance. and rene girard, this french anthropologist
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And rene girard, this french anthropologist said, "what the gospel
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This french anthropologist said, "what the gospel teaches us is this.
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Said, "what the gospel teaches us is this. when you stand with
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Teaches us is this. when you stand with the vulnerable, you become
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When you stand with the vulnerable, you become indistinguishable from
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The vulnerable, you become indistinguishable from the vulnerable
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Indistinguishable from the vulnerable you're standing with
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The vulnerable you're standing with to the mob trying
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You're standing with to the mob trying to destroy them."
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To the mob trying to destroy them." i said when you stand
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To destroy them." i said when you stand with the vulnerable,
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I said when you stand with the vulnerable, you become as vulnerable
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With the vulnerable, you become as vulnerable as they are."
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You become as vulnerable as they are." she said something
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As they are." she said something really profound.
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She said something really profound. she said, "just because
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Really profound. she said, "just because you stand with the vulnerable
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She said, "just because you stand with the vulnerable doesn't mean you have
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You stand with the vulnerable doesn't mean you have the right to expect
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Doesn't mean you have the right to expect their gratitude."
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The right to expect their gratitude." so oftentimes, we find
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Their gratitude." so oftentimes, we find at the beginning there's
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So oftentimes, we find at the beginning there's this fear or this distrust.
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At the beginning there's this fear or this distrust. but then over time,
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This fear or this distrust. but then over time, and this is where
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But then over time, and this is where the evangelization comes in,
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And this is where the evangelization comes in, they begin to see themselves
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The evangelization comes in, they begin to see themselves as how you see them.
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They begin to see themselves as how you see them. i love when i see
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As how you see them. i love when i see that happen.
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I love when i see that happen. we just evacuated 12 girls
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That happen. we just evacuated 12 girls from pakistan who we had
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We just evacuated 12 girls from pakistan who we had to take from afghanistan
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From pakistan who we had to take from afghanistan into pakistan because
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To take from afghanistan into pakistan because they were wounded.
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Into pakistan because they were wounded. isis blew up their school,
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They were wounded. isis blew up their school, it was a girls' school.
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Isis blew up their school, it was a girls' school. isis blew up their school.
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It was a girls' school. isis blew up their school. we took them for initial
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Isis blew up their school. we took them for initial medical treatment
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We took them for initial medical treatment in pakistan and then
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Medical treatment in pakistan and then we brought them to canada.
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In pakistan and then we brought them to canada. well, i'm a father.
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We brought them to canada. well, i'm a father. i have seven children
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And as someone who's
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And as someone who's a father, i kind of look
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A father, i kind of look through the eyes of
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Through the eyes of my ministry as a father.
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My ministry as a father. so the week we brought them
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So the week we brought them to canada, it was around
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I said, "we're sending them
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I said, "we're sending them to 'the nutcracker.'"
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I said, "we're sending them to 'the nutcracker.'" they had never
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To 'the nutcracker.'" they had never even seen ballet.
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They had never even seen ballet. so, they got to go to this,
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Royal theater in toronto.
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Royal theater in toronto. they got to see one of
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They got to see one of the best troupes in the world
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The best troupes in the world perform "the nutcracker."
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Perform "the nutcracker." the afghan girl
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And she herself was
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And she herself was initially evacuated because
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And she herself was initially evacuated because of german nato forces,
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Initially evacuated because of german nato forces, she had to flee.
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Of german nato forces, she had to flee. she said to me that
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She had to flee. she said to me that she had become a christian.
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She said to me that she had become a christian. she said, "now i see
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She had become a christian. she said, "now i see your work through the eyes
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She said, "now i see your work through the eyes of a christian.
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Your work through the eyes of a christian. i always wondered,
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Of a christian. i always wondered, why are they doing this?
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I always wondered, why are they doing this? but now i know why
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Why are they doing this? but now i know why you're doing this.
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But now i know why you're doing this. because you see
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You're doing this. because you see these young girls
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Because you see these young girls as made in the image
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These young girls as made in the image and likeness of god."
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As made in the image and likeness of god." james: even though
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And likeness of god." james: even though we're right in rescue life,
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James: even though we're right in rescue life, i want to talk about jason.
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We're right in rescue life, i want to talk about jason. this is one of the most
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God-changed individuals
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God-changed individuals we've ever known.
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We've ever known. it's the first time
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It's the first time he's gotten to interact
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He's gotten to interact with us in person
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Has touched him for years.
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Has touched him for years. father, i just want
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Has touched him for years. father, i just want an outpouring of love today.
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Father, i just want an outpouring of love today. i want people right now
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An outpouring of love today. i want people right now to be thinking, i'm going
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I want people right now to be thinking, i'm going to get my bank card,
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To be thinking, i'm going to get my bank card, checkbook, and god, i want
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To get my bank card, checkbook, and god, i want to write the biggest check
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Checkbook, and god, i want to write the biggest check i can possibly write
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To write the biggest check i can possibly write to do the biggest job
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I can possibly write to do the biggest job of putting your arms around
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To do the biggest job of putting your arms around people becoming a miracle,
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Of putting your arms around people becoming a miracle, giving them life.
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People becoming a miracle, giving them life. lord, please give us
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Giving them life. lord, please give us the greatest response
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Would you right now,
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Would you right now, put your arms, literally,
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Put your arms, literally, please, around all
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Betty, we've been doing it
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Betty, we've been doing it a long, long time.
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Betty, we've been doing it a long, long time. betty: we have.
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A long, long time. betty: we have. james: i want to do it
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Betty: we have. james: i want to do it a lot longer.
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James: i want to do it a lot longer. but i can't do any of it.
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A lot longer. but i can't do any of it. all i can do is show you
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But i can't do any of it. all i can do is show you a sad situation,
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All i can do is show you a sad situation, and we could weep,
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And walk away.
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And walk away. or we can find a way
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Or we can find a way to put our hands out
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To put our hands out with something that
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With something that we'll put in the hands
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We'll put in the hands of those who have hands-on,
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Of those who have hands-on, and we'll put arms around,
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And we'll put arms around, and we'll get involved
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And we'll get involved to rescue these girls.
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To rescue these girls. and now even provide
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And now even provide 50 more rooms
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50 more rooms in a beautiful building
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In a beautiful building that we're renovating but
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To do it.
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To do it. father, you are the miracle.
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To do it. father, you are the miracle. you're the one who
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Father, you are the miracle. you're the one who makes miracles happen
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You're the one who makes miracles happen but we're the ones
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Makes miracles happen but we're the ones who provide the miracle
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But we're the ones who provide the miracle with your love
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Who provide the miracle with your love flowing through us.
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With your love flowing through us. move everyone watching,
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Flowing through us. move everyone watching, in jesus' name.
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Move everyone watching, in jesus' name. would you go and get
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In jesus' name. would you go and get your bank card
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Would you go and get your bank card and use it like a check?
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Make a gift to life.
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Make a gift to life. i know by now,
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I know by now, you remember $128 is what
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You remember $128 is what it takes to rescue one child.
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It takes to rescue one child. $1280, ten.
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$1280, ten. would you please right now
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Would you please right now just make the gift
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Remember, you're giving life.
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Remember, you're giving life. you are providing
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Remember, you're giving life. you are providing the miracle that changes
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You are providing the miracle that changes everything for people
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The miracle that changes everything for people who never thought
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Everything for people who never thought they'd have a chance.
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Who never thought they'd have a chance. thank you.
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Innocent children longing to be loved and cared for
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Are being abducted and sold
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Into the evil industry of human trafficking.
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Through mission: rescue life,
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Your gift today of only $128
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Will help reach, rescue, or restore a child
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And change their destiny forever.
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Gifts of $64 or $32
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Will be combined with support from others
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To help rescue one more child
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From the shame and pain of sexual slavery.
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Currently, one of our rescue centers
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In southeast asia is at maximum capacity.
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With the need never greater,
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We need to secure and renovate a new rescue home
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That will offer refuge and restoration
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For up to 50 trafficking survivors.
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Please consider an additional gift
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As we urgently need $1.25 million
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Above our normal budget
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To secure and renovate this place of hope.
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With a gift of any amount,
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We'll send you sleep on this by dr. david jeremiah.
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This nightly devotional
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Will help you let go of your anxieties and rest in peace
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As you reflect on inspiring promises
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From god's word.
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With a gift of $128 or more,
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You'll receive the elegant mug set,
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"a beautiful morning."
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Both generously sized mugs are inscribed
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With encouraging scriptures
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To begin your new day.
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Finally, please consider a gift of $1280
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Which will help save 10 children.
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And you may request our inspiring bronze sculpture,
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"lion of judah."
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Please call, write, or make your gift online.
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James: well, i'm believing
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James: well, i'm believing god for a miracle.
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James: well, i'm believing god for a miracle. jason, you're a miracle.
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God for a miracle. jason, you're a miracle. all the people you help
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Jason, you're a miracle. all the people you help in all those places,
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All the people you help in all those places, muslim countries,
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In all those places, muslim countries, very dangerous countries.
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Muslim countries, very dangerous countries. thank you. thank you!
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Very dangerous countries. thank you. thank you! gosh, i wish i could
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Thank you. thank you! gosh, i wish i could put our arms around you
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Gosh, i wish i could put our arms around you to tell you how much
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Put our arms around you to tell you how much he loves you and how much
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To tell you how much he loves you and how much he says thank you
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He loves you and how much he says thank you for sharing my love
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He says thank you for sharing my love with the least of these.
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For sharing my love with the least of these. thank you.
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Erwin: this is pastor lutzer.
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Erwin: this is pastor lutzer. perhaps as you look at
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Perhaps as you look at the religions of the world,
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The religions of the world, you ask yourself,
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The only way to the father?
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The only way to the father? after all, there are lots
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The only way to the father? after all, there are lots of religious options
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After all, there are lots of religious options to choose from.
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Of religious options to choose from. well, the answer
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To choose from. well, the answer is simply this.
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Well, the answer is simply this. that other religions
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Is simply this. that other religions have gurus and prophets,
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That other religions have gurus and prophets, they have teachers,
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Have gurus and prophets, they have teachers, but what they don't have
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They have teachers, but what they don't have is a savior who can
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But what they don't have is a savior who can actually forgive our sins,
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Is a savior who can actually forgive our sins, clean us off, so to speak,
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Actually forgive our sins, clean us off, so to speak, and present us to god
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Clean us off, so to speak, and present us to god the father as perfect.
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And present us to god the father as perfect. jesus is the only one who
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The father as perfect. jesus is the only one who has those qualifications.
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Jesus is the only one who has those qualifications. he was born sinless.
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Has those qualifications. he was born sinless. all the other teachers
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He was born sinless. all the other teachers have sin and they admit
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All the other teachers have sin and they admit to their sinfulness
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Have sin and they admit to their sinfulness and their failures.
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To their sinfulness and their failures. jesus was absolutely perfect.
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And their failures. jesus was absolutely perfect. and the good news is when
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Jesus was absolutely perfect. and the good news is when we are falling into sin,
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And the good news is when we are falling into sin, so to speak, we need someone
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We are falling into sin, so to speak, we need someone who is not a part
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So to speak, we need someone who is not a part of our predicament.
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Who is not a part of our predicament. and jesus is not a part
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Of our predicament. and jesus is not a part of our predicament.
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And jesus is not a part of our predicament. he became one of us
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Of our predicament. he became one of us in the flesh, but
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He became one of us in the flesh, but absolutely sinless
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In the flesh, but absolutely sinless to take us to the father.
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Absolutely sinless to take us to the father. i want you to think about
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To take us to the father. i want you to think about the claims of jesus
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I want you to think about the claims of jesus that we hear so much about
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The claims of jesus that we hear so much about and we forget
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That we hear so much about and we forget how significant they are.
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And we forget how significant they are. lenin believed that
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How significant they are. lenin believed that if communism were to
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Lenin believed that if communism were to overtake russia there would
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If communism were to overtake russia there would be bread on every table.
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Overtake russia there would be bread on every table. but he never had the nerve
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Be bread on every table. but he never had the nerve to say, "i am the bread
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But he never had the nerve to say, "i am the bread of life.
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Shall never hunger.
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Shall never hunger. he who believes in me
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He who believes in me shall never thirst."
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Shall never thirst." freud actually believed
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Freud actually believed that psychotherapy
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With all their ailments.
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With all their ailments. we can debate whether
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With all their ailments. we can debate whether or not that came to pass
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We can debate whether or not that came to pass but freud would have never
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Or not that came to pass but freud would have never had the nerve to say,
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But freud would have never had the nerve to say, "peace i leave with you.
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Had the nerve to say, "peace i leave with you. my peace i give unto you
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"peace i leave with you. my peace i give unto you not as the world gives
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My peace i give unto you not as the world gives give i unto you.
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Not as the world gives give i unto you. let not your heart
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Give i unto you. let not your heart be troubled,
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Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid."
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Be troubled, neither let it be afraid." imagine that,
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Neither let it be afraid." imagine that, "my peace i give to you."
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Imagine that, "my peace i give to you." one other example.
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"my peace i give to you." one other example. krishna believed,
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One other example. krishna believed, of course, in reincarnation.
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Krishna believed, of course, in reincarnation. but he never had the nerve
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Of course, in reincarnation. but he never had the nerve to say what jesus said,
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But he never had the nerve to say what jesus said, "i am the resurrection
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To say what jesus said, "i am the resurrection and the life.
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"i am the resurrection and the life. he who believes in me,
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And the life. he who believes in me, though he were dead,
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He who believes in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.
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Though he were dead, yet shall he live. and whosoever lives
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Yet shall he live. and whosoever lives and believes in me
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And whosoever lives and believes in me shall never die."
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And believes in me shall never die." you say, well, pastor lutzer,
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Shall never die." you say, well, pastor lutzer, i have some doubts about
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You say, well, pastor lutzer, i have some doubts about the christian faith.
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I have some doubts about the christian faith. i even have some doubts
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The christian faith. i even have some doubts about jesus.
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I even have some doubts about jesus. would you come to him
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About jesus. would you come to him as you are with your doubts?
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Would you come to him as you are with your doubts? i can assure you,
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As you are with your doubts? i can assure you, he can handle them.
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I can assure you, he can handle them. there is a song i like
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He can handle them. there is a song i like and one of the stanzas
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There is a song i like and one of the stanzas says these words,
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And one of the stanzas says these words, "just as i am
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Says these words, "just as i am though tossed about
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"just as i am though tossed about with many a conflict,
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Though tossed about with many a conflict, many a doubt,
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With many a conflict, many a doubt, fightings within
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Many a doubt, fightings within and fears without.
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Fightings within and fears without. o lamb of god,
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And fears without. o lamb of god, i come, i come!"
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O lamb of god, i come, i come!" no wonder jesus said,
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I come, i come!" no wonder jesus said, "no man comes to the father
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No wonder jesus said, "no man comes to the father but by me."
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"no man comes to the father but by me." come to the savior as you are
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But by me." come to the savior as you are and you'll discover that
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Come to the savior as you are and you'll discover that he's as good as his word.
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And you'll discover that he's as good as his word. god bless you.
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He's as good as his word. god bless you. you have a good day,
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Jason Jones - Between Vulnerable And Violent

March 18, 2025 | S25:E76

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