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August 5, 2025 | 22:17

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Allen Jackson NOW | Allen Jackson: Trump's Momentum | Allen Jackson Now | August 5, 2025

Good evening, and welcome to nashville.
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I'm alan jackson.
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Tonight we have a special guest, a successful author,
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And a whole lot more.
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He's also been a successful businessman
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And the first african-american
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To be elected to both the house of representatives and the u.s.
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Senate.
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Through it all, he'll gladly tell you
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That he's done it on a bedrock of faith.
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Senator tim scott, welcome back to our show.
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It's great to see you again, sir.
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Well, thanks for having me.
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God bless our country.
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It's been a remarkable six months.
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There's been a lot of fun and it's good to be with you.
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Go in nashville.
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I feel like i'm right there in front of you.
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Well, maybe we can work that out.
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We'll get you down here to the music city
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I love.
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I look forward to that.
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In between his day job in washington
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And representing his home state of south carolina,
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The senators managed to write another wonderful book
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That we will get to in just a moment.
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But first, i want to get your take
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On the mountain of success that your party and president
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Trump have accomplished in the shortest time imaginable
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Six months, and more positive forward movement
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Than most leaders accomplish in a full term.
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You're close to the president.
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So tell us what it's been like
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To be a part of this remarkable success.
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Well, let me just say a first glory to god.
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I mean that sincerely,
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Not just as a throw off, but literally glory to god.
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But i feel like we have a second chance
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In this nation to do the right thing.
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And that is why i'm so excited to see what we're doing.
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And thank god for president trump.
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He has been remarkable and consistent
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In executing the very promises he made on the campaign trail.
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Those are the promises he's keeping right now.
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Think about the very celebrated one big, beautiful bill.
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What did he talk about?
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He talked about making sure that the american people,
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They were seeing so many americans
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And the rust belt, let's call it, feel invisible.
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So many kids in rural america felt invisible.
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So what, the president trump do
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This do working class coalition to put him in office.
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He went to work for them.
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And alan, whether it was tax on tips, whether it was,
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Favorable treatment of overtime or treating social security
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With lower taxation or interest deductibility
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On any american made car promises,
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He made all the promises we have kept.
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In addition to that, think about the border,
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The illegal crossings coming into this country
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Down by over 95% because president trump loves
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National security, because he loves the american people
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And our military fully funded in a way
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That we haven't done in my time in the united states senate.
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And drill baby, drill all of the above strategy
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Now working for the american people.
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Prices are down at the pump because enthusiasm is up
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In the white house.
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President trump had a nickname for the last president.
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You call him sleepy joe,
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But you spent a lot of time with president trump,
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And we saw you on the tour
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Of the federal reserve buildings recently.
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So i want to ask you, does he sleep
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And how does anyone, man, find time to get so much done?
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That's what i was talking to the president just,
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Less than two nights ago.
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And what the president was talking about a 11 p.m.
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Was doing the american people's job, getting the job done,
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I should say, for the american people.
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The man is like the energizer bunny.
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He doesn't sleep and he doesn't slumber.
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He literally must stay awake
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All night thinking about dreaming about
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What can he do
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To make sure this country remains a city on the hill?
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And it is refreshing to see someone
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With his intensity, with his energy, with his focus
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Not about himself, but about the american people.
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Day in and day out.
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It's exciting, but the man cannot be sleeping.
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He's always awake.
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Well, you're already a bestselling author,
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But this week you're releasing a new book.
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I love the title one nation always under god.
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It's profile in christian courage.
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In it
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You make the case
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That in every state in every decade,
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Our country has been built on faith.
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What drew you to writing
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This book at this time in our country's history?
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Well, you.
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I started writing this book in 2023 and certainly last year.
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There is such a sense of depression and weight
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On the shoulders of the american people.
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And it's not the first time we felt that.
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And it probably won't be the last time that we feel that.
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And so i wanted to talk to about stories of christians
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Who stood the test of time, who rose to the occasion.
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I feel like god always finds the right people
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And the right places to do the most extraordinary thing.
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The good news is he always uses ordinary people,
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Not the incredibly talented or the smartest
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Or the richest people.
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He uses ordinary people like you.
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And certainly like me.
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I'm an ordinary guy, and my book is filled of stories
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With stories of men and women who are just ordinary,
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But they hear or feel the call of god,
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And they take a stand that changes the course of history.
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If we are going to be
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The city on the hill,
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If we are going to be the greatest
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Nation on the planet, we must always be
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One nation, always under god.
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There is no other way to do it.
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And so i wanted to share remarkable stories of americans
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Who did
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The most astounding things because they serve a mighty god.
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Well, the book details beautifully how christian values
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Are the basis for our legal our educational systems,
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Our health care, social services a whole lot more.
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You know, i speak to that often in my day
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Job as pastor here in nashville.
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But a big part of the country hasn't yet
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Learned or understood the case that you're making.
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That's hurting us.
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It seems to me this seems like a really valuable contribution.
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Well, i think the nail on the head.
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One of the reasons why i wrote the book is i want every corner
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Of this country, from sea to shining
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Sea, to understand that there is a single truth
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That is our bedrock, and it comes from the gospel
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Of jesus christ.
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If you think about our birth certificate as a nation or
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The declaration of independence, it clearly states
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Where our rights come from.
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It comes from our creator. it doesn't come from government.
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It doesn't come from the best educated.
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It doesn't come from the athletes
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Or the billionaires.
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It comes from our creator, who gave each
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And every one of us inalienable rights.
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When we understand that the success and the significance
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Of this amazing country comes from upon high,
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We will have great confidence in our future
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Because we know he is the same today.
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Yesterday and tomorrow.
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Well, senator scott, please stay with us for another segment.
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You've got some wonderful examples
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Of inspiring stories of america's christians
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That i want to ask you to share.
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Some of those stories.
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We'll be right back.
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We'll be right back.
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We're back now with the distinguished
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Republican senator from south carolina.
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Tim scott,
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You've written about some great examples
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Of our country's notable christian successes,
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Including a story of a man that we all know.
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Apollo 13 astronaut jim lovell.
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Remember level's now famous line from the apollo 13 flight.
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Houston, we have a problem.
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Well, at that point, he was 200,000 miles from home.
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Senator, would you tell us about how his faith helped carry him
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And his fellow astronauts back to earth?
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You know,
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When they were running short on oxygen, short on hope.
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But he jim turned to his faith,
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And he found the energy and not just energy to pray.
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He did that first, of course,
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And believe he did it, of course,
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But he actually put his mind to work.
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One of the parts of scripture i think we sometimes forget
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Is all of matthew 22, verse 37.
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This is the love of your god
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With all your heart, with all your mind,
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With all your soul, and all your strength.
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Where loving god
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With all your mind means
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Putting it to practical application at times.
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And this is one of the times
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That jim had to think it through.
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His faith guided him and he found ways to take
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Fewer tanks to keep
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The astronauts alive until they got back to earth.
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It looked like there was no hope.
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There was no way.
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But because of jim's
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Faith in the lord and then his ability to listen,
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He heard the voice of the lord.
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And i believe he saved every single life.
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But, you know, your observations are amazing.
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So, so important.
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Listening is the key.
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It really is.
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If we know god's perspective, we can do anything.
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Well, alan, you know, one of the problem
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Was i had growing up because i was always talking.
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So even in my prayers, i was always talking.
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It took me a little while to figure out that prayer
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Is a two way communication,
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And a part of praying is listening.
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I'm a big believer in james 516
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That the prayers of the righteous avail much.
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Well, that also means after you said something to the lord,
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Take the time to listen to what he says back.
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And that's a jim lovell did.
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One of the parts of
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Your book that i thought was so remarkable.
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You mentioned you're growing up.
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You had to be an overcomer.
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And you.
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Didn't allow yourself to be a victim.
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Can you talk about that?
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I think that's such an important message.
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You know, alan, in this day and time that we live in,
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So many people see themselves as victims.
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And i remember very early on my mom said, you can be a victim
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Or you can be victorious, but you can't be both.
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And that really started with my grandmother lolita.
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Where who's in the book?
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She had this faith in god that was transcending
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Her circumstances as a maid who had to walk a mile
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Plus to work.
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She had this faith
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That transcended the lack of resources that we were actually
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Raking the dirt in our front yard
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Because she believed that order.
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She had this faith that transcended the deep south
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In the 1950s and 60s as separate and unequal.
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She believed that one day that this country would afford
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Her kids or grandkids tremendous opportunities
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To live their version of the american dream.
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She never got bitter,
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But she taught us always to get better.
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And as a result of that, i understand that life isn't
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The same for every person.
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But in america,
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We've already won the lottery of citizenship, alan.
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And we should act like it.
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And we should come together as one american family
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And take care of all the things that the lord has blessed
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Us with.
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And that's why conservative is conserving.
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And we should
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Conserve the values that made this country strong.
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We should conserve the principles
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That undergird our society and in one nation, always under god.
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You get to see that come alive in story
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After story after story of people
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Who did extraordinary, unbelievable things, consistent
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With ephesians 320, that god can do exceedingly,
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Abundantly above all that we ask or imagine.
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If you want to see that in action, read my book.
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One nation always under god.
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Will you relate the story of
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Another christian, one not as famous as an astronaut?
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I suspect most people have never heard of.
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His name was norman.
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Norman.
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And he is credited with saving more than a billion
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Lives with his discoveries.
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Can you tell us a bit about his story?
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I certainly oh.
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So norman.
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Well, here's here's a guy growing up on a farm where
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His father was teaching him lessons not just about farming,
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But about purpose.
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And one of the things that norman's dad taught him
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Was farming wasn't just about the land.
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It was about serving god in whatever
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Purpose or mission he's called you to.
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Let's fast forward a bit.
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Obviously, if you're a farmer, many of us know farmers.
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A lot of farmers struggle day in and day out.
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They do work that no one else seems to want to do,
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And they do it oftentimes for nothing.
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Because when there's a crop failure,
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They're going into debt.
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And and certainly norman's family
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Understood that process, that cycle.
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But he also understood the power of galatians six seven
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And luke 638.
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And so what you'll read about in the book
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Is how norman, he finds himself in mexico.
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He he has become a student of farming.
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He's become a student of of produce and multiplication.
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And so he discovers ways to get more crop from less land.
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And that powerful lesson is how he uncovered ways
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To multiply harvest to the point
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That he's credited with saving over a billion lives.
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Here's an ordinary guy growing up on a farm,
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Listening to his father, devout believers talk
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About the power of multiplying the harvest.
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And if you remember, galatians six seven says, whatever a man.
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So with that shall you also reap.
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Verse nine says, in due season you shall receive a return.
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And luke 638 tells us
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That if you give, it shall be given unto you.
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Good measure, pressed down, shaken
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Together, and running over.
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And when you put those two together
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In norman's life in mexico,
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What you find is he gave not only principles of growing,
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But he gave principles of multiplying hope,
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Opportunity, and the harvest.
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And as a result,
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He did what no one ever dreamed was possible at that time.
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And he did it while he praised the lord.
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And we need to have that as a clear
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Example of what's possible tomorrow.
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These stories
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That you read in my book, one nation always under god.
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They're not stories about the past.
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I believe they are seeds for our better future.
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Senator, whenever we have a chance
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To visit, your message reminds me why we have hope.
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You have a sense of unity for our nation that comes from god.
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I pray we can all hear that.
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But there's some news. there's some good news in your life.
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I want to congratulate you on your something of a newlywed.
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Yes, sir.
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I just i just passed my first anniversary.
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Praise the lord.
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It took me 58 years to see the manifestation of proverbs 1822.
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But you're looking at an excited
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Man who just crossed over the first year of holy matrimony.
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And i got to tell you, thank god almighty,
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I waited until the lord sent me the right one.
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Amen.
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Well, before we go,
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I want to thank you for your service to our country.
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You know, we met in washington when you were giving it
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A go for 1600 pennsylvania avenue,
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Praying that the successes that you and president trump
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Have had, we'll continue to have in the years ahead.
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What do you have in mind for yourself in these next years?
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Well, you know, i tell you what, i'm
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Even looking back at the 2024 election,
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The one thing i can tell you is daniel 221 is absolutely right
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That the lord chooses our leaders.
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And i am very thankful that the lord chose donald j.
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Trump to lead this nation at this time
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Without any question.
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My hope for my future is to hear matthew 2521.
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Well done my good and faithful servant.
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I don't care where he takes me as long as we go together.
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If we go together, i rather as in the senate or out
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The senate, however it works out.
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I certainly hope that i am able to be an ambassador of hope,
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A purveyor of the good things we find
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In the gospel of jesus christ, because we live it
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More than we talk about it. amen.
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Well, remember the book.
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It's called one
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Nation always under god profile in christian courage.
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You can order it
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And you'll feel better about your own faith
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And what others have done by believing.
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Senator, today you've out preach the preacher.
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We wish you well on your new book. possible.
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Thank you so much, ellen.
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I appreciate that very much.
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I look forward to coming to your church.
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You can get the book today at amazon
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Or anyplace where books are sold.
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Well, thank you sir.
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Yes, sir.
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When we come back, more hope.
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And later, some of your emails.
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I'll be right back.
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I'll be right back.
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You know, i'm grateful to know that people like senator tim
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Scott are fighting for christian values
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In the halls of washington, d.c..
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Takes a great deal of courage to step into public service.
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There are easier occupations in public office.
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There's so many forces and interests
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That work to undermine your efforts.
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Senator scott is a reminder
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That courage is required of every generation.
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That we can't afford just to live off
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The courage of those who preceded us.
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So i believe god looked across the span of time,
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And he called our names to stand today for his purposes.
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And i also believe he's given us everything we need to lead
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Godly lives in this most unique season.
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We won't be held accountable
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For what we would have done had we lived
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During the days of noah or david,
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Or maybe even during the american revolution.
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Our responsibility is this season to take our faith
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And to live it out in our kitchen table,
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At our holiday table, and with our friends.
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If we'll do that,
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I promise there's more reasons for hope than despair.
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I'll be right back with a final note.
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I'll be right back with a final note.
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Thank you for spending a few minutes of your day with us.
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If you ever happened to miss a live episode,
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You can always go to aj now. dot com.
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There's an archive there.
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You can see any program
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Always a highlight.
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Jerry in lubbock, texas wrote, my husband
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And i follow your ministry online and on tbn.
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You're a blessing to our lives.
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Question would you ever consider a political run?
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You'd make a great governor or president.
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Jerry, i'm sure that terrifies the people that know me.
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I'll do whatever the lord asks me at the moment.
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I'm quite certain
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He's asked me to serve a congregation
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And to share a bit of truth with you.
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But thank you for your kind words.
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A viewer on youtube noted, as a canadian-american senior
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Christian, i agree with you.
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Scripture in the church must be relevant to our cultures
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And life. amen.
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You know, we can't afford the luxury of.
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I think it's a really a mistaken idea
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Of the separation of church and state.
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I don't want to state church,
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But we have to have the values of our judeo-christian worldview
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Influencing our government and our leaders.
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Or they'll become increasingly authoritarian.
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History proves that out. that's not just a theory.
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A viewer on the
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Youtube episode with scott brown made this observation.
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It is said that a lie can go around the world
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Before the truth can pull its pants on.
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I love the line.
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If that's the case,
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There's been so many lies told in washington
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That there's a lot of people walking around with no pants on.
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But the truth is coming out.
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And that is good news for all of us.
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Finally, a viewer on alan jackson, now on facebook
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Said the entire bible provides
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Commandments, rules, regulations, laws
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And wisdoms about social issues, political issues,
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And every other issue that we try to pretend
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That god has given us.
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Seriously, what happens in life
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That the father and son have been covered in the bible?
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I agree.
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We have a guidebook on how we can lead our lives,
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And it'll bring god's best to us.
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It's been an honor to have a bit of time with you.
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I'm alan jackson. you have a wonderful evening.
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