Freedom America: Rededicate 250

May 16, 2026 | 90:10

TBN commemorates America's 250th anniversary by rededicating the U.S. as "one nation under God."

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| Freedom America: Rededicate 250 | May 16, 2026

Rededicate weekend is in full
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Swing. we are right here in washington, d.c. and we welcome
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You from wherever you're watching. that's a live shot to
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The stage that will be happening in all the stuff
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That'll be going on tomorrow. brandon gill texas is
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Represented here. yep. so congressional district 26.
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That's right. okay. and you're here with us this weekend. lot
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Going on this weekend. yup. rededication is an important
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Thing. your thoughts on it?
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>> well, it's an incredibly important thing, especially on
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The 250th anniversary of our country's birth. you know, i
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Think this is particularly a good time given the the 250th
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Anniversary, to to think back on the principles that america
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Was founded on, which was we were founded we were a largely
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Christian nation founded on christian principles. and i
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Think that that's something that we should always be
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Looking towards. but especially at a time whenever we're
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Remembering our heritage, it's.
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>> it would be hard to rededicate something if you
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Didn't know what it was originally dedicated to. and
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Rights don't come from kings or governments. they come from god.
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And that's what you know that and many other principles,
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Christian based principles is what we're. that's what we're
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Getting to celebrate first. first and foremost, you've been
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To our big facility while it was under construction there in
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Dallas, and we have a lot of screens come back. we're able
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To fake a lot of things, but can. can you confirm we're not
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Faking this? this is.
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>> this is the real deal here. and this is one of the most
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Beautiful shots in washington.
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>> yeah. 101 constitution is our home today. tomorrow will
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Be on the mall. and we're going to get to see a lot of that
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Even getting set up. and there's sound checks going on
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Now and all of that.
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>> i hear there's a lot of praise and worship going on
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Down there. it's fun with all the sound checks they've been
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There for, for all week, like 24 hours a day setting up for
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This beautiful weekend, rededicate to 50. and we're so
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Happy that you've joined us today. i'm just happy to sit
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Here with another texan. you know what? i love brandon. i
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Love sitting here with guys your age that that you've got
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Babies the age of my grandbaby and you are in it and you're
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Fighting and you're remembering you're remembering with us what
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This country was all about, you know, and i know we've got our
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Flaws and blah, blah, blah or whatever. but today we
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Celebrate the good things that god has done. yep. in this
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Country.
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>> that that's exactly right. yep. we've got got the wife and
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Two kids. they, they travel back and forth between texas
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And dc with me and daughters, almost three years old. son is
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One year old. they're back at the apartment with my wife,
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Danielle, who is who's very involved in everything that we
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Do. but you're exactly right. i mean, ultimately it it sounds
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Almost overused, but they really are the reason that
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We're that we're fighting so hard to preserve the america
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That that you guys got to experience that gave me so much
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Opportunity so that our children and their children
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Ultimately have the same opportunities and live in the
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Same cultural civilization that that we got to experience. and
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Again, that is one that is rooted fundamentally on a
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Christian foundation, christian cultural foundation, and of
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Course, a, a legal and constitutional order that that
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Is rooted in the christian faith and the christian
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Conception of, of what is good, true and beautiful. and that's
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Here what we're here to, to rededicate the.
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>> you're on the judiciary oversight committee in congress.
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You're a younger guy. you are in and amongst some older
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Wolves in the pack there, as it were, washington's.
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>> there are a lot of wolves.
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>> there's a. yeah, exactly. give us one of the fights that
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You're in right now that you take seriously and are really
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Kind of. that's getting your attention in the in some of the
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Judiciary meetings that you're doing.
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>> yeah. i mean, you know, just just this week, we had a
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Hearing with a, a, a soros district attorney who has made
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It his mission to release some of the worst of the worst
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Criminals on onto american streets. i mean, i, i got to
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Cross-examine him about a case recently where an illegal alien
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Was was arrested. he had raped an american, underage american
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And this district attorney intentionally because it was an
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Illegal alien in question, reduced the charges to a from a
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Felony to a misdemeanor. and that is part of a, a, an
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Incredibly perverse conception of justice that the left has
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Put forward. that, by the way, is contrary to our own biblical
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Understanding of justice, the one that our country was
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Founded upon. it is it is so antithetical. their their idea
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Is so antithetical to to the rule of law and to the things
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That will preserve this country.
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>> what's the point? what are what are they trying what are
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We trying to do here? what are they trying.
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>> to do? they think they're accomplishing.
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>> i, i think that they think they're accomplishing a few
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Things. one is i, i do think that there's a political angle
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Here where they recognize that a, a world dominated not by law
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And order, but a society dominated by sort of an anarcho
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Tyranny, where, where criminals are on the streets and they are
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Doing bad things and they're harming the american people,
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Creates a level of chaos that is much more conducive to the
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Left's political success than a society that is stable and
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Rooted in law and order and rooted in private biblical
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Morality and public biblical morality. so i think that
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That's one portion of it. the other is, is truly a rejection
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Of, of justice as we understand it. you know, the, the, the
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Great writer c.s. lewis writes extensively about different
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Conceptions of justice. and, and we believe in biblically
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And retributive justice, meaning you get what you
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Deserve. and that's what our justice system should be rooted
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In. and that's something that the left fundamentally rejects
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In favor of novel, novel, their own novel theories. and that's
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A problem.
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>> you you have to kind of start a process and get an
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Election team together, and you have to campaign and you have
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To do all that stuff. and, you know, i can't imagine, you know,
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But you're here now. what is your soapbox? you're here, you
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Know, you represent congressional district, you
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Know, 26. what are we wanting you to fight for? what is your
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Main thing that you're here to try to accomplish?
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>> well, i came here. i'm a conservative fundamentally and
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A christian fundamentally. and i think that those are the two
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Principles that that and belief systems that my district also
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Holds to and that they want me to represent here in washington.
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And what does that mean? it means, as conservatives, we
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Want to conserve the america of our founding, the america that
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Is rooted in in individual freedom and ordered liberty,
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The america that believes in law and order, that believes in
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A modern context and in borders and in border security and
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America, that that believes that there are only two genders
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And that we shouldn't be pushing perverse ideologies on,
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On young children. i mean, things that, you know, would
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Have been taken for granted, by the way, 20 years ago, or the
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Things that the culture wars of today.
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>> and surely you prayed about. yeah, what you're doing, you
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Know, you were kind of in the finance field and probably had
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A great trajectory there to meet the needs of your family.
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And so then when you become a congressman, you're kind of at
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The sir, you're serving. okay. and you prayed about that. and
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How did you know this was what you were supposed to do?
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>> yeah, it, it is something that, that my wife and i prayed
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About extensively. i would say, i, i never expected to come
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Here and in fact, never expected to be running for
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Office whenever i did. and in many ways it didn't seem like
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The right timing, but that clearly it was clearly god's
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Timing and not mine. we, you know, my my first daughter was
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Recently born. she was about 3 or 4 months old. whenever the
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Race opened up, whenever my predecessor announced he was
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Retiring and my wife and i prayed and we realized we we
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Need to get in the fight in a real and a substantial way. and
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We we thought that that was the direction the lord was calling
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Us and ended up jumping in and had a pretty crazy time. and,
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You know, looking back, you can see how god was guiding every
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Step. a lot of things fell in line that that, you know, you
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You wouldn't have expected.
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>> give me something that it was just totally unexpected.
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You know what? you surely, surely you went into this, you
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Know, just saying, you know, god's with me. this is going to
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Be great, you know, and then just tell us something that you
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Just went. no way. that just happened. you know? i mean,
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Kind of one of those. yup. whoa. kind of moments.
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>> well, there's always good and bad things that that
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Happened in, in that front. and i can tell you whenever we were
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Jumped into to the race initially and things seemed to
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Be sort of going well, which was meeting a lot of really
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Good people. we have a texas 26 is a phenomenal place. i mean,
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Really incredible conservative, god fearing americans. but
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About three weeks before election day, we saw attack ads
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Coming in from from from d.c. from from where we're at here.
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And literally millions of dollars being spent against me,
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Slandering me in an 11 way primary before a runoff, just
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Negative on me not backing or, or being for or against any
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Other candidate. and it was it was surreal because of the
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Volume of attack that was that was coming at us. and luckily,
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My wife is very strong in the in this area. she's she's ready.
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She's in, in, in it for the fight and ready to ready to
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Serve. so, so she was, she was the perfect person to be, to be
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Going through that with. but ultimately the lord, lord was
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With us and we were able to win the win the primary without a
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Runoff.
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>> wow. you know, it just feels like, you know, the scripture
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Is real. yeah. you know, the door that god opens, no man can
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Shut, right? and the door that god shuts, no man can open.
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There's, there can be a confidence. but when you're
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Really going after something, this dream and this, you know,
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This feeling, it it's it's it's so weird how some of these
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Things will just kind of come at you from left field and
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God's testing to see what you're made of, man. and you're
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Just and you're here and you're doing it and you're getting it
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Done. and we're very proud of you. we're we're not exactly in
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Your district, but we're adjacent to your district.
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>> we're just south.
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>> of it. just south. yeah, we're right there. denton
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County.
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>> is one of the. we're in. yeah, yeah, yeah, i love that
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God will make your reputation for you. yeah. that there's
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Nothing that we have to worry about when you're walking in.
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God. sorry. these mics are new for me. no, normally we're
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Wearing them and so but that that god will the bible says
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What can man do to you? right? so right. no matter what
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Happens when god opens the door, like matt said, no man can
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Close that. and so you don't really have to worry about it.
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But thank you for what you do. thank you for your call. thank
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You. i want to thank your wife for sticking behind you so, so
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Strong. and that's what i love about beautiful christian
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Couples that are in it for the fight. yeah, i love that.
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>> final thoughts on rededication.
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>> you know, we we are so blessed to live in, in the
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Greatest country that that i believe has has ever existed.
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And the lord has blessed our country through, through all of
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Our history and, and really incredible ways. and we i think
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It's important for us always to recognize that whenever you
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Inherit a country and a civilization is as great as as
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Ours is, we have an obligation to our kids and our grandkids
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To make sure that they get to experience that as well. and i
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Think a the core part of that is keeping our faith in christ,
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Which was the backbone of our nation's development. and
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That's exactly why we're here.
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>> yeah.
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>> brandon, how old are you?
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>> i'm 32, 32.
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>> so i think you've got a couple more years. you you
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Couldn't even be president yet. you got to be 35. so that's
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Right. you got a little you gotta, you gotta mature a
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Little bit before you make the next jump. brandon gill great.
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Franklin graham is going to have a word for us. we're here
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At the entire weekend of rededicate 250 weekend and
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Franklin graham take it away.
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>> this is a very special day. the president has called a day
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To rededicate ourselves to god, to rededicate this country and.
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But to rededicate this country, we need to rededicate ourselves
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Individually. but to have a president that has asked for
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This. when did we ever had a president say, come, we need to
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Rededicate america to god and 250 years. i don't know if any
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President has ever done that. so this is this is huge. it's
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Also to have members of congress out there. so many of
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Our other government leaders are out here remembering what
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God has done and praying to god and giving him the glory and
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Recognition as a nation. not only do we need to rededicate
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Ourselves, but we need to. we need to confess our sins and
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Ask god to forgive us. we've become so wicked in so many
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Ways, but yet today you've got congress, you've got business
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People. you've got people from all over the country that have
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Come to this mall for this very special event. and it's the
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President that's called forth. the president is behind this,
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And i believe god hears those prayers. i think god will see
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This. and my prayer is that god will bless america. and as we
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Go forward for the next 250 years, if that's if that should
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Happen, that we as a nation will turn to god, we need to
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Rededicate and not just rededicate, but we need to turn
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From our sins back to god and put our faith and trust in him.
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God bless you and god bless america.
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>> rededicate. 250 is upon us. we're here this weekend.
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Tomorrow's the big day. that's a live shot. sound checks are
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Going on. the washington monument in the background and
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Getting set up. rededication is a big deal. dave barton
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Rededication sounds good, but unless you know what the
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Original dedication was rededicating. you know,
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Sometimes is is misunderstood. i want to ask you that. think
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Of, you know, kind of renewing your wedding vows. well, you
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Know who you're you're renewing them is the one that you're
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Married to. so, so we need you to help our audience kind of
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Understand what we were originally dedicated to. you're
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The perfect guy to do it. what what's your first and, well,
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Kind of opening comments.
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>> is why? why the 17th of may and the 17th of may is because
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In the 17th of may, 1776, they issued a proclamation by
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Continental congress for a day of prayer. but. and that's what
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This is tomorrow rededication. but their day was the day of
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Fasting, humiliation and prayer. okay. and they said that we
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Need to hit our knees and we need to recognize our
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Wickedness before god. we need his help. and it was i mean, if
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You read that it's we need to appease his righteous judgment
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Because we have sinned. and if we don't get sin out of our
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Lives, he can't bless us. and it is such a focus on being
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Holy and getting rid of sin in the nation. so john hancock is
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The one who signed it. it's written by a guy named william
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Livingston, a signer of the constitution. he was governor
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Of new jersey. so he writes and said, we have we cannot do this
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Without god's help. and we know that. and we really need to get
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Humbled. and then john hancock issued it, and george
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Washington then took it and had every continental officer,
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Every continental soldier, just take that day off and hit your
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Knees and spend it. so what we're going to do a few hours
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Tomorrow, this was a day long thing for them. and it was a it
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Was a big focus. now, i say that because that was not the
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First time they had done that. they started that in 1774, the
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First time our founding fathers met in congress was in
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Philadelphia, and it was in september 1774. and the first
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Time they got together asking, what are we going to do about
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The situation in great britain? they spent two hours in prayer,
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And they studied four chapters of the bible together in
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Congress. so that's not church. so most christians don't get
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Two hours of prayer and four hours of bible study or four
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Chapters bible study in a month. yeah. and this is what our
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Political founding fathers did on the very first time they got
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Together. so you're right, we don't often recognize that. and
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Then the other thing i'll throw in is we are so comfortable
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With where we are now, we don't realize how fragile it is.
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Example, if you take 5800 years of world history that we have,
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And in the 5800 years thousands of nations have existed,
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University of illinois and university of chicago law
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School said, what is the average length for a nation?
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How long does the average nation exist? the answer is 17
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To 19 years. wow. so we're looking at 250. if you take
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France. france had a revolution ten years after we did. they're
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Now in their 15th constitution, the same period of time.
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>> my goodness.
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>> we are so fragile. we don't recognize it. we just assume
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This is always going to happen. always be. and if we don't take
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Responsibility for what makes it work, it won't stay. and so
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That's the bad part about being american is this is so common.
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Sure, we're going to exist forever. no, we're blessed in a
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Way that other nations aren't. and unless we recognize that
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God is the reason, which is why the rededication tomorrow get
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Back to god as the reason. if we don't get back to god as the
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Reason, we're not guaranteed another 30 years.
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>> so, dave, it feels like you could do something that maybe,
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You know, only you can do for us. why don't you walk us
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Through 250 years ago and set the stage? how long had we been
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Colonies? what what were the troubles? what were the
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Problems that they would have been facing? what what were,
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You know, this great experiment, this republic that got kind of
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Put together? it feels like our founding fathers 250 years ago,
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Were really desperate for cohesion. it feels like that
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Kind of help, help set that stage. what were they? what
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Were they writing back and forth to each other? what were
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They discussing? what were the major problems that were they
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Were experiencing that long ago?
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>> you know, interestingly, the founding fathers, obviously,
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They're people like everybody else, and they're subject to
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The same passions we have. and it's an interesting thing. we
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Talk about the founding fathers. we rarely know who they are
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Today. yeah. my son tim and i, we speak at a lot of
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Universities and colleges, and we'll often put up a picture of
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The signers of the declaration. the guys were celebrating on
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The two 50th. they're the ones who gave us the declaration. so
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There's 56 signers of the declaration, and we'll put that
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Up and say, all right, how many can you call by name?
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>> yeah.
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>> and tim carries a gift card with him to these universities
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And says, if you can name five, i'll give you this gift card.
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He's had the same gift card nine years. so we don't know
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Who our founding fathers are. we just know the founding
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Fathers. and so we have images of what they are and who they
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Are. but we we don't know. there are real people. they
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Have real issues. matter of fact, we have a book coming out
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In about two weeks that covers a short biography, each of the
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56. wow. and you'll find out that, for example, founding
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Father from georgia was killed in the war for independence. he
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Was killed by an american general who got mad at him and
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Killed one of the signers of the declaration. these guys
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Didn't always get along. they're humans. the same thing
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With maryland. you you had samuel chase and charles
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Carroll and maryland, two great signers. declaration. they
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Didn't like each other. they kept introducing legislation to
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Cancel the other. you know, it's like they're they're
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Humans, but they had common values that drove them. and
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That's what kept them together. and i don't think americans
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Today recognize the common values that will keep us
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Together. so they're humans. they have differences. they
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Have opinions. there's a lot of things they disagree on. same
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With us. what is it we agree on? yeah. what is it that we have
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To have as a foundation to survive? and that's what makes
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Us special is what we agree on. not not that we're all unified
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And everything we believe because we're not. i mean,
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That's why we got over there's over 400 denominations that
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Focus just on saturday sabbath. yeah, 400 saturday sabbath
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Denominations. you know, how many thousand denominations? we
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Don't agree with each other on everything. yeah, but on the
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Big stuff we do. and that's what the founding fathers did.
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They and they set it forth in declaration 161 words. at the
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Start of the declaration set forth six principles. and they
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All agreed on those six principles, maybe on nothing
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Else. but on that they agreed. and that's why we exist as a
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Nation.
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>> you know, that is such an important point, because they
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Could have argued things till the day to to the the day is
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Long, you know, they could have they could have found a million
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Things to disagree on, but they decided they were going to try
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To find six and maybe they tried more, but they settled on
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Six things that mattered. yeah. and they have held largely. and
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When we think of the, you know, the discord that we see modern
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Times, that ain't anything new, apparently. no, it's not that
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Was going on even back then.
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>> well, it was going on with moses when they had disputes
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Over who's going to be the leader. and you have all these
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Insurrections going on with moses. i mean, this is human
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Nature. yeah. we're going to find something to fight about.
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Even if we all agree on something, we're still going to
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Find something to fight. that's just human nature. so division
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Is part of it. but having fundamental principles, and
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This is where this is this is what's cool about the founding
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Fathers in the declaration, there's 161 words set forth.
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Here's our six principles. okay. then they give 27 examples of
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How those principles have been violated. that's the grievances
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And declaration. and then they end by saying, okay, we pledge
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Our lives, fortunes, sacred honor to fix all this and give
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It to these six principles. so that's declaration real simply.
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What's very interesting is those 27 grievances. here's
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Where the british have messed it up. 27 examples. every one
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Of those grievances had been preached from the american
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Pulpit prior to 1960, prior to 1763. wow. so every one of the
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Things you see in the declaration is something that
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Pastors had been hammering on for 15 years, at least prior to
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The time that was written. that's where we lack today.
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There's no cohesion among pastors on common principles.
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We don't even know those principles. and most pastors
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Today won't even talk about government. but yet god created.
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That's the second institution he created. genesis nine six.
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He gave the noahide laws six categories of civil government.
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And so those pastors knew that. and they they had the people
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Trained in thinking about civil government. today, i was just
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Talking to one of the leaders in washington state and
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Washington state. only 25% of evangelicals even vote. wow.
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They don't even know what the principles are. they could own
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Washington state if just the evangelicals would vote. and
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That's the difference between now and then. as pastors back
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Then said, look here. and just to point out that pastors had a
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Lot to preach about with civil government, a theologian named
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John locke, who's also a philosopher. in 1690, he wrote
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A small book, 400 pages long, called the two treatises of
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Government. we have that book. we have 160,000 original items
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Out of the american founding, american, early american
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History. so that little book and less than 400 pages
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References the bible over 1400 times to show how civil
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Government is to operate. i don't think a pastor today can
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Name five verses on civil government, and yet that one
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Had 1400 and everybody studied that book. that was even our
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Colleges and universities. that was. every citizen knew that
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Book. and so that's why they could say, okay, based on the
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Bible, here's 27 areas where great britain has been
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Violating biblical principles of government. and we agreed on
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That. that's what we could agree on, and that's why we
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Created a new government. again, they were all different
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Denominations. there was a catholic signer, there was
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Congregationalist signers, there were baptist signers.
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They didn't agree on all the stuff. they agreed on the big
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Stuff. and that's what christians today probably can't
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Do in the same way, which means we need to get back to the
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Bible. it would help if every one of us would read the two
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Treatises of government that they read from 1690. man, if we
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Knew the bible like that, that's where the that's where
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The unity comes from. is that knowledge.
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>> is there a priority of the six principles that are largely
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Framed in the constitution? is there a priority for them in
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Your mind? give me give us the what you're kind of giving us
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What we were dedicated to so that the rededication can even
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Mean more.
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>> yeah. and you brought something up really important
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Because a lot of people see the declaration as a separate
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Document from the constitution. and particular secular people
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Today do that. jerry nadler, who was on judiciary committee,
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Democrat judiciary committee, he said, what god's will is of
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No concern to us. well, you only say that if you don't know
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What the declaration says. and so what happened? the
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Declaration six principles and declaration starts that there
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Is a creator god. number two, the creator god has given us
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Certain inalienable rights that belong to every single human
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Being. number three, government exists to protect the rights
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That god has given. now government has other functions
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As well, but its number one purpose is to make sure we have
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The right to do what god told us we could do. so that's the
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Number one purpose. and so it goes through these six
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Principles, and they're all higher. and so you get down to
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The last principle says, if the government. and by the way, the.
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The fourth principle is pass this, pass these principles
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That government should protect, then you have the will of the
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Majority. so we, the people, we determine the policies we want,
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But we can't determine policies on life or, or marriage or
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Anything else, because those are determined by god. and so
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What we used to recognize, there were certain things that
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God did that we can't legislate on, but there are certain
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Things we can legislate on. what's the speed limit? you
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Know, how many highways do we want? how many people in a car?
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We do that by the consent of the government. so the will of
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The majority. and the final thing says that if you get any
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Government that does not do the first five things, you have a
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Right to create a new government. and so that was the
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That was the biblical basis of that, that that book from 1690,
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Those are the principles that were set out. here's how god
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Created government from adam and eve all the way through
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Moses and all the way in the new testament. so the
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Declaration lays out the principles, and the
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Constitution comes along and says, okay, here's our six
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Principles, and here's how we put them in the constitution.
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So those two documents are never to be separated. what
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Happened is in the as we got into the abolition movement of
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The 1820s and 30s and 40s, the declaration says that every
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Person has an inalienable right to life, liberty, and the
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Pursuit of happiness, liberty, slavery. so what happened is a
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Whole bunch of declaration guys said, you cannot have slavery
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In the states. it violates the god given right of liberty. and
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Then a bunch of the pro-slavery guys said, oh, wait a minute,
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We took an oath to uphold the constitution, not the
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Declaration. we don't care what the declaration says.
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Constitution doesn't say anything about slavery, so we
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Can do this. and so that's where they started shoving the
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Constitution separate from declaration. founding fathers
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Never did. so then you get into you move on further. for
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Example, when you take the 1960s and 70s, the debates in
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Congress were. the declaration says that you have an
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Inalienable right to life. and the pro-abortion people said,
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That's in the declaration. we took an oath to uphold the
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Constitution. the constitution doesn't say anything about
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Abortion. we can do abortion. and then as you got into the 19
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Tens, the 20 tens, and we were dealing with same sex marriage,
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We said, well, the declaration says the law of nature and
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Nature's god. that means there are two genders and they marry
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Opposite genders. you don't marry the same gender in nature
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That violates the laws, they said. that's a declaration we
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Took an oath to uphold the constitution. constitution says
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Nothing about it. so we've gone through about 180 years of
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People trying to separate those.
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>> documents, those documents.
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>> and when you do that, you separate the value system of
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Those documents. and that's where everything always
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Unravels, is when you take that, that biblical system out of the
00:29:52.082 --> 00:29:55.252
Declaration and throw it aside. that's why after the civil war
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Slavery stuff, slavery ended. they started requiring that no
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State can become part of the united states unless it upholds
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The declaration and the constitution. there you go. so
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Those two things have to be together. now, most christians
00:30:08.198 --> 00:30:10.467
Today don't know the six principles of the declaration
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And don't know what the constitution does to enforce
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Those principles. but that's why a secular person will never
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Do the right thing with those principles. because you got to
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Understand what god gave you, what the jurisdictions are,
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Certain things government can't get into because god drew a
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Line here and now we see government and everything. so,
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So much so that right now the us code annotated is all the
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Federal laws. if you were to make a pledge to read 700 pages
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A day of the us code annotated, you could finish the entire
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Code book in only 25000 years. yeah, that's how many laws we
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Have passed. god gave us ten commandments. they worked
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Really good. when you take god out, you can't pass enough laws
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To regulate human behavior. yeah. and so why is it
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Christians think they shouldn't be involved in civil government?
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If we hadn't had christians involved at the beginning with
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The declaration, we wouldn't have this nation, we wouldn't
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Be celebrating 250.
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>> and we wouldn't be sitting here today.
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>> we would not be sitting here today.
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>> my goodness. david barton, you just gave us basically a
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Master's course in understanding that the
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Declaration of independence and the constitution have to work.
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>> they have to go together.
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>> they have to stay together. do you have you written on that
00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:35.285
Exact principle in one of your books, which where could we get
00:31:35.285 --> 00:31:38.922
More info? what book would we order from amazon?
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>> we have the american story covers so much of this, and
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Shows how the founding fathers built on those principles,
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Where the principles came from, and it's like a law of gravity.
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It doesn't matter what generation you're in, it
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Doesn't matter how many thousand years from now, how
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Many thousand years ago. it works all the time. and they're.
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>> just entitled the american. american story. dave barton and
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Tim. or is it.
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>> dave and tim barton?
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>> dave and tim? wow. i feel like. just because we've done a
00:32:05.315 --> 00:32:14.892
Series together all those years ago, the american heritage
00:32:14.892 --> 00:32:18.862
Series, it feels like i knew that. but i hadn't heard you
00:32:18.862 --> 00:32:23.133
Talk about that in a long time. and what an incredible thing.
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Order the book, say the name of the title.
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>> the american story.
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>> the american story. get it? amazon is probably got it
00:32:32.376 --> 00:32:35.079
Sitting there.
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>> dave barton is our national treasure. he is in flesh right
00:32:36.346 --> 00:32:40.951
Here. love you dave. thank you. and tim, you guys, tim has
00:32:40.951 --> 00:32:45.155
Followed in your footsteps and such a unbelievable way. and
00:32:45.155 --> 00:32:48.792
I'm so proud of both of you. i'm so glad that the body of
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Christ has you. i'm so glad that this nation has you
00:32:52.463 --> 00:32:55.399
Speaking into it.
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>> rededicate to 50. the big event is tomorrow. and dave,
00:32:56.567 --> 00:33:03.841
We're you know, you you've been to our beautiful studio there
00:33:03.841 --> 00:33:06.610
In texas, and we can fake a lot of things with screens. this is
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Not fake, right?
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>> not fake. okay. there's no hd screen back here. that is
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Real. it is very cool. a lot of fun things about that building
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Too.
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>> i don't know how this all got organized, that a bunch of
00:33:21.592 --> 00:33:23.527
Texans were starting our live broadcast today, but yet
00:33:23.527 --> 00:33:26.930
Another texan, ed young senior. watch this.
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>> danish philosopher tells a story of a spider who dropped a
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Single strand down from the top of an old barn and began as a
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Young spider to weave his web. as time went by, the web grew.
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The web provided the spider with food, with flies, caught
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All kinds of bugs. spider built his web larger and larger. as
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The years went by, it became the envy of all the other
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Spiders. one day the spider was traveling across his
00:33:57.961 --> 00:34:02.232
Beautifully woven web and noticed a single strand going
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All the way back into the darkness of the barn all the
00:34:06.570 --> 00:34:10.641
Way to the top. and he thought, i wonder why this is here? and
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The spider climbed as high as he could and severed the single
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Strand that was the core of the whole web. and when he went up
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And cut that strand, the whole giant web began to tumble down,
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Down, down, down. taking the spider with it. listen, ladies
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And gentlemen, this is tragically and exactly what is
00:34:34.698 --> 00:34:38.435
Happening to much of america from a single strand our
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Forefathers wove a republic whose elaborate web was
00:34:43.207 --> 00:34:47.177
Sustained. generation of people with the highest levels of
00:34:47.177 --> 00:34:51.114
Opportunity. that single strand was biblically based on judeo
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Christian worldview that formed our constitutional system. we
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Can say it simply in god we trust, but sadly, the spider
00:35:00.824 --> 00:35:08.365
Forgot the importance of that strand. and tragically, in many
00:35:08.365 --> 00:35:12.502
Ways, america is much like that spider in the 21st century. let
00:35:12.502 --> 00:35:17.507
Me tell you, there is good news. the lord himself was nailed to
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A beam that has become our instrument of salvation,
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Redemption, and yes, our rededication to him as a nation.
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King solomon gave us the blueprint. here's the verse. if
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My people who are called by my name christian, will humble
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Themselves and pray and seek my face, says the lord, and turn
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From their wicked ways, then i will hear from heaven. i will
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Forgive their sin. i'll heal their land. second chronicles
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714. will you take those three steps with me today? and guess
00:35:56.246 --> 00:36:01.051
What? he'll hear us. he'll forgive us. oh, and the promise
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He will heal the united states of america.
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>> we are live right here in washington, dc, and all of us
00:36:17.501 --> 00:36:22.939
Here are sitting with kind of big dumb grins on our face
00:36:22.939 --> 00:36:27.544
Because of what's happening all weekend and tomorrow with
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Rededication to 50. we are fully informed now. thank you,
00:36:33.317 --> 00:36:38.488
Dave barton, for what you just brought to us. we're live here
00:36:38.488 --> 00:36:42.793
Today, saturday, tomorrow, sunday, the big event. and in
00:36:42.793 --> 00:36:48.498
Fact, erick stakelbeck is down on the mall. erick, what's the
00:36:48.498 --> 00:36:54.571
What's the latest down there?
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>> hey matt and laurie the big day is almost here. rededicate
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250. and i'm here on our epic tbn set. we're overlooking, of
00:37:00.510 --> 00:37:03.980
Course, the washington monument and the rededicate 250 set.
00:37:03.980 --> 00:37:07.718
What an exciting day. history being made on america's 250th
00:37:07.718 --> 00:37:12.589
Anniversary rededicating the nation to the lord. honoring
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God and just praying and expecting great things in
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Return for our nation. we just had praise and worship filling
00:37:20.197 --> 00:37:23.900
The air here on the national mall. chris tomlin, the
00:37:23.900 --> 00:37:27.104
President's united states marine band. tomorrow is praise.
00:37:27.104 --> 00:37:30.974
It's worship. it's celebrating god's hand on our nation. it's
00:37:30.974 --> 00:37:34.978
Thanksgiving. it's going to be an amazing, amazing, historic
00:37:34.978 --> 00:37:37.881
Day. you can watch it right here on tbn starting at 12:30
00:37:37.881 --> 00:37:41.118
P.m. eastern time, running throughout the day. rededicate
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250 for such a time as this, matt and laurie, back to you.
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>> eric is proving that tomorrow is happening. we're
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Going to be down on the mall most of all the day tomorrow
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The 17th, and today we are live right here in washington, dc.
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Dave donaldson i have i have you to thank, i think for most
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Of us being here, i mean, i met you at the nrb, we started
00:38:13.483 --> 00:38:17.788
Talking about kind of what you see today. we have a beautiful
00:38:17.788 --> 00:38:22.793
Two story booth that eric just showed us. and all day we're
00:38:22.793 --> 00:38:27.798
Getting to proclaim the name of jesus on the mall right here in
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Washington, dc. give me your first thoughts on this big
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Rededication weekend in general.
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>> well, first of all, it was so good for us to have lunch
00:38:39.342 --> 00:38:43.680
The other day and to catch up. our families go way back.
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>> all the way to springfield, missouri. absolutely.
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>> before we were even born. yeah. and so i, i feel like
00:38:49.820 --> 00:38:53.957
I've known you for a long time. and, and i was mentioning
00:38:53.957 --> 00:38:57.727
Before we went on the air that, you know, a lot of people ask
00:38:57.727 --> 00:39:00.931
Us for favors the white house and access. but your producer
00:39:00.931 --> 00:39:06.002
Russell and your team and you, you made the most of it. here
00:39:06.002 --> 00:39:10.474
We are. you capitalize on the capital and and look at this
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Spectacular.
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>> you know, before before you your thoughts just dawned on me
00:39:17.013 --> 00:39:20.050
That if you wound the clock back, you know, to the 1980s,
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Not only would we have been talking about a big event
00:39:24.688 --> 00:39:27.290
Called washington for jesus that happened way back then,
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But you would have been sitting on the parade set with my mom
00:39:30.927 --> 00:39:34.498
And dad, paul and jan. and so you go way back. welcome back.
00:39:34.498 --> 00:39:39.536
It's been a a while, and you're kind of one of the main players
00:39:39.536 --> 00:39:43.907
Here for this big event for all weekend, but especially
00:39:43.907 --> 00:39:47.377
Tomorrow.
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>> well, just one of the leaders of america. praise and
00:39:48.512 --> 00:39:53.083
Rededicate. 250 but we have an incredible team, starting with
00:39:53.083 --> 00:39:56.953
Our president, who has proclaimed many times that our
00:39:56.953 --> 00:40:01.525
Nation is built on prayer. it is sustained and strengthened
00:40:01.525 --> 00:40:05.495
Because of prayer. and matt and lori, this is important because
00:40:05.495 --> 00:40:08.565
Tomorrow is a 250th anniversary of the second continental
00:40:08.565 --> 00:40:14.437
Congress declaring a day of prayer, fasting, humility. and
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That was prior to the american revolution.
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>> my goodness.
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>> wow, wow. so get ready.
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>> may 17th is literally representing not just some
00:40:26.616 --> 00:40:31.354
Random day in may. i mean, that is literally on the day of that
00:40:31.354 --> 00:40:36.126
Other call to prayer.
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>> absolutely.
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>> that's awesome.
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>> and we're believing for a spiritual revolution this time
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Across the country. and, and we're just calling out to
00:40:43.166 --> 00:40:47.804
People, you know, across this country to pray for tomorrow,
00:40:47.804 --> 00:40:51.841
But also those that can get here, we would appreciate them
00:40:51.841 --> 00:40:55.545
Coming. they won't miss it. i, i told somebody yesterday, i'm
00:40:55.545 --> 00:40:58.782
Believing for a spiritual driven fomo. you don't want to
00:40:58.782 --> 00:41:02.686
Miss this. nice. it truly will be a spectacular and a move of
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God thematically.
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>> what is what is tomorrow about what what did what did
00:41:08.124 --> 00:41:12.395
The leadership of the event want it to be? for our viewers
00:41:12.395 --> 00:41:17.867
That are watching, and a lot of them will be viewing and seeing
00:41:17.867 --> 00:41:22.405
What's happening tomorrow? what is what do you want the
00:41:22.405 --> 00:41:25.775
Audience to get out? what are the main themes?
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>> well, there are three pillars. and, and pardon me, as
00:41:27.844 --> 00:41:30.413
I read this, i, i think it's so well written and i would hate
00:41:30.413 --> 00:41:34.784
To mess it up, but there's going to be three pillars
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Tomorrow. and this is not just one speaker after another. it's
00:41:38.254 --> 00:41:42.626
Prayer, it's praise, but also it's going to be storytelling.
00:41:42.626 --> 00:41:47.263
Okay, we're going to tell a narrative and it's based on
00:41:47.263 --> 00:41:49.966
These three pillars. pillar one, listen to this. the miracles
00:41:49.966 --> 00:41:54.504
That made us a reflection of god's providence through 250
00:41:54.504 --> 00:41:58.808
Years, honoring the faith that inspired america's founders and
00:41:58.808 --> 00:42:03.246
Has carried us forward in every generation since. beautiful.
00:42:03.246 --> 00:42:07.984
Isn't that incredible? and number two, pillar number two,
00:42:07.984 --> 00:42:11.087
The miracles that are still in our midst, personal testimonies
00:42:11.087 --> 00:42:15.959
Of god's healing in our lives and in our land. and then
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Pillar three, a new birth of freedom and faith, a collective
00:42:20.397 --> 00:42:25.468
Expression of gratitude for 250 years of freedom in a unified
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Moment of rededication. thank you. asking for god's blessing,
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Guidance, and grace for the next 250 years.
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>> beautiful.
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>> the thought hit me, dave, you can't really rededicate
00:42:41.017 --> 00:42:45.188
Till you understand what the nation was dedicated to. what
00:42:45.188 --> 00:42:48.958
Did our founding fathers say about what this nation was
00:42:48.958 --> 00:42:53.863
About so that we can understand fully re dedication.
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>> amen. i mean, i can't add anything to that. that is so
00:42:59.302 --> 00:43:03.573
Well said.
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>> it, it feels like.
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>> well said.
00:43:05.475 --> 00:43:06.643
>> it feels like if we don't understand the dynamics of what
00:43:06.743 --> 00:43:11.614
The founders said, that rights don't come from kings or
00:43:11.614 --> 00:43:15.552
Governments, they come from god. these are the attributes that
00:43:15.552 --> 00:43:20.156
We are rededicating to. the dedication was done. the
00:43:20.156 --> 00:43:25.261
Rededication is tomorrow. it's beautiful.
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>> yeah. and you know, what i love about tbn is that no
00:43:26.730 --> 00:43:29.566
Matter. yes, we want you here in washington dc with us, but
00:43:29.566 --> 00:43:33.236
That's impossible for probably most of you watching. but you
00:43:33.236 --> 00:43:36.406
Can be such a part of this. and we want you. if there's prayers
00:43:36.406 --> 00:43:39.976
Being said, we want you to join in with us. we want you to
00:43:39.976 --> 00:43:43.646
Participate. we want you to sing with us like your little
00:43:43.646 --> 00:43:46.149
Life depended on it. like you were right in the middle of
00:43:46.149 --> 00:43:49.085
Everybody here. and just be a part of what we're doing
00:43:49.085 --> 00:43:52.021
Tomorrow. i think it's so significant. i think a lot of
00:43:52.021 --> 00:43:54.190
People, miss donaldson, would say that this is just a
00:43:54.190 --> 00:43:57.026
Symbolic thing, and we're just, you know, doing the 250 thing.
00:43:57.026 --> 00:43:59.996
But i actually think that there could be a real spiritual shift
00:43:59.996 --> 00:44:03.266
With this. you know, if people when.
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>> as a man thinks so is he, you know.
00:44:07.003 --> 00:44:09.105
>> god said, if my people who are called by my name will pray
00:44:09.105 --> 00:44:13.510
And humble themselves and seek my face, turn from their wicked
00:44:13.510 --> 00:44:16.713
Ways, i will hear from heaven, i will hear in heaven.
00:44:16.713 --> 00:44:20.683
>> well, i can tell you, you know, i've been in so many
00:44:20.683 --> 00:44:23.586
Meetings in the west wing, you know, where we have prayed.
00:44:23.586 --> 00:44:26.790
Yeah. you know, calling out to god for our nation and for this
00:44:26.790 --> 00:44:30.326
Day, believing that tomorrow will be a moment for a movement.
00:44:30.326 --> 00:44:36.166
>> yeah.
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>> it truly believed that. and god is going to remind us of
00:44:37.367 --> 00:44:41.137
Like you. well said, matt, you know, about how he has brought
00:44:41.137 --> 00:44:44.340
This nation, you know, through some very turbulent times, but
00:44:44.340 --> 00:44:49.145
Our hearts are going to be lifted up with gratitude to him
00:44:49.145 --> 00:44:52.048
In anticipation of what is ahead. and it's already
00:44:52.048 --> 00:44:57.320
Happening. it's already happening. but i can tell you
00:44:57.320 --> 00:45:00.557
That god has blessed our nation with some great leaders. yes,
00:45:00.557 --> 00:45:05.295
With our president, siouxsie wiles, pastor paula white,
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Jenny korn, vince hayllie, you know, just a godly man. and
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That really envisioned this day and then obviously blessed with
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A wonderful vice president that calls out to god. and then
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Secretary rubio. and so we're going to be hearing from a lot
00:45:24.414 --> 00:45:28.284
Of these leaders tomorrow as well, not just the faith
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Leaders, but leaders that god has raised up to lead this
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Nation.
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>> yeah. in 1980, washington, jesus was a washington for
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Jesus was a huge event. huge. you know, the some say there
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Was a million people. it was broadcast. it was amazing. but,
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You know, that was the private sector and the church
00:45:46.669 --> 00:45:50.006
Organizations coming together to make it. this one's
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Different. this is kind of a west wing top down mandate from
00:45:52.508 --> 00:45:59.315
Leadership to do this and to have this done. there's a big
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Difference between a private sector group coming in and
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Using the mall and the west wing of the white house calling
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For this rededication day. it's a big difference.
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>> it is. and it's catalytic as part of america praise. we're
00:46:13.296 --> 00:46:19.469
Calling people across this country, over a million people,
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To pray each day for our nation. but also we're asking
00:46:23.873 --> 00:46:28.845
Individual groups to come together each week. god gave
00:46:28.845 --> 00:46:32.782
Vince hayllie the number ten, so at least ten people to come
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Together each week, and that could be virtual and person to
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Pray for our leaders and for this nation.
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>> beautiful. you know, you date back. you're a good
00:46:44.928 --> 00:46:48.965
Christian guy. love the lord. and and i think you, if you'll
00:46:48.965 --> 00:46:54.370
Help me do something for our audience.
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>> absolutely.
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>> would you would you approve? and would you confirm that
00:46:57.473 --> 00:47:00.576
That's not a screen back there, that that's actually the
00:47:00.576 --> 00:47:03.413
Capital. and like, this is really a balcony. and if you
00:47:03.413 --> 00:47:06.683
Went over it, it really hurt. you know, it's real, right?
00:47:06.683 --> 00:47:09.252
We're here because, well, i'm not going to, i'm.
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>> not going to prove that one.
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>> okay. you're not going to prove it, but you're confirming
00:47:13.923 --> 00:47:16.960
We're here.
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>> i am confirming, you know, this is this is my home. yeah.
00:47:18.227 --> 00:47:21.764
This is where i serve. and it never gets old.
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>> yeah.
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>> you know.
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>> because because as we kind of oh, at least we have the
00:47:27.136 --> 00:47:30.073
Outside of the building to this is 101 constitution. but as i
00:47:30.073 --> 00:47:33.943
Was looking at that from last night's broadcast, it almost
00:47:33.943 --> 00:47:36.946
Looked fake. and so and, and we can fake a lot of things. we,
00:47:36.946 --> 00:47:41.384
We have a lot of screens in our studio in dallas, but we are
00:47:41.384 --> 00:47:44.520
Here. thank you so much, dave, for being here. final thought
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For tomorrow.
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>> again, i just want to encourage those, you know, that
00:47:50.126 --> 00:47:52.628
That are in the region, if they will come out, starts at 11
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A.m. it'll go to 5 p.m. and then we're going to have a
00:47:57.867 --> 00:48:00.937
Concert. chris tomlin yep, after that. and so we just hope
00:48:00.937 --> 00:48:05.808
That you will join us in person. if not, as lori mentioned,
00:48:05.808 --> 00:48:09.846
It'll be streamed around the world. and yeah, this is going
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To be one of these days. we talk about, you know, for many
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Decades to come.
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>> all you gotta do is stay tuned right here to tbn. we're
00:48:19.522 --> 00:48:22.625
Going to be carrying it pretty much all day tomorrow and look
00:48:22.625 --> 00:48:27.563
Forward to all the stuff going on. we've got a little bit of a
00:48:27.563 --> 00:48:31.667
Promo that'll tell you a little bit more. some of the more
00:48:31.667 --> 00:48:34.871
Details about tomorrow. rededicate 250 watch this.
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>> america was founded on faith and prayer. and for 250 years,
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That legacy has endured. tomorrow, may 17th, we carry it
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Forward together with rededicate. 250 a national
00:48:45.314 --> 00:48:48.051
Jubilee of prayer, praise and thanksgiving, a historic
00:48:48.051 --> 00:48:50.987
Gathering uniting voices of faith from across the nation.
00:48:50.987 --> 00:48:53.890
Lifting america in prayer for the future. join us for special
00:48:53.890 --> 00:48:57.193
Musical performances including chris tomlin. hear from faith
00:48:57.193 --> 00:48:59.996
Leaders reverend franklin graham, reverend samuel
00:48:59.996 --> 00:49:02.832
Rodriguez, pastor jenson franklin, eric metaxas, pastor
00:49:02.832 --> 00:49:05.768
Robert jeffress and jack graham, plus featured speakers sadie
00:49:05.768 --> 00:49:08.971
Robertson huff and jonathan roumie. also, government
00:49:08.971 --> 00:49:11.507
Leaders, including house speaker mike johnson, senator
00:49:11.507 --> 00:49:14.544
Tim scott, secretary of war pete hegseth and former hud
00:49:14.544 --> 00:49:17.613
Secretary doctor ben carson. from the founding fathers to
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Today, faith has always been america's foundation, and this
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Sunday we come together to honor that legacy. don't miss
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Rededicate 250 an unforgettable day of prayer, worship and
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Celebration tomorrow, may 17th from 1230 to 7 p.m. eastern
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Only on tbn and tbn plus live stream.
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>> rededication 250 weekend is fully underway. we welcome you
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Wherever you're viewing to washington, dc. behind us, the
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United states capitol and a live view right now to the mall
00:49:52.582 --> 00:49:58.287
And all of the different things that are happening right now.
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We have all of the setup is being done down there on the
00:50:02.992 --> 00:50:08.097
Mall. all of the sound checks and everything that are
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Happening. i want to circle back to just a few minutes ago,
00:50:12.702 --> 00:50:17.673
Our guest, dave barton, and he was talking about how, you know,
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In 2026 and even before this time that we had somehow
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Figured out a way to separate or some had tried to separate
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The declaration of independence and the constitution. and, you
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Know, that that's something that when, when, when he kind
00:50:41.764 --> 00:50:47.670
Of explained it in that way, it all made sense that some people
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Are trying to separate, separate the values from just
00:50:50.873 --> 00:50:54.777
The statement of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,
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You know, and that is somewhat of the issues that we're
00:50:58.147 --> 00:51:03.052
Dealing with in modern society. we first of all, we're just
00:51:03.052 --> 00:51:07.657
Grateful that we're here in washington. we're grateful that
00:51:07.657 --> 00:51:12.328
You get to be with us wherever you're watching around the
00:51:12.328 --> 00:51:15.932
World. america has played such a role and missionaries and and
00:51:15.932 --> 00:51:21.070
The gospel going out and and, you know, everyone around the
00:51:21.070 --> 00:51:25.274
World that i know is celebrating with us around the
00:51:25.274 --> 00:51:30.079
World. but for you watching here in the united states, this
00:51:30.079 --> 00:51:32.615
Is a great, great weekend.
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>> you know, and, and what's so amazing about that is this is
00:51:33.950 --> 00:51:37.386
Not a political weekend. this is a christian.
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>> prayer to rededication.
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>> rededication of all those things that we hold dear to our
00:51:45.494 --> 00:51:49.532
Heart and what this country was formed on. i mean, it was all
00:51:49.532 --> 00:51:54.837
About having having freedom of religion was such a huge thing.
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And so i just love that we have all these young voices getting
00:52:00.643 --> 00:52:06.382
Involved generation after generation, telling the truth
00:52:06.382 --> 00:52:09.285
And not the. there's so much seems to be so much revisionism.
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Is that like recidivism? yeah. it's one of those words, you
00:52:15.057 --> 00:52:19.762
Know, about really what it's about. and i think what dave
00:52:19.762 --> 00:52:22.598
Just talked about was having the constitution and the
00:52:22.598 --> 00:52:25.835
Declaration together, you know, because if you separate them,
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Then it's just chaos.
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>> yeah. you know, and, and then, you know, we just
00:52:30.539 --> 00:52:34.510
Finished with dave donaldson, who the point we were making
00:52:34.510 --> 00:52:38.114
With dave donaldson was the fact that this, this project
00:52:38.114 --> 00:52:42.785
Really came out of the west wing of the white house, that
00:52:42.785 --> 00:52:46.756
This is a top down. we we think about it. and i've been talking
00:52:46.756 --> 00:52:50.893
About, you know, last night quite a bit and a little bit
00:52:50.893 --> 00:52:53.896
Today that i remember washington for jesus, 1980. a
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Lot of you, you know, remember those big events that we did on
00:52:57.533 --> 00:53:02.471
The mall and, and the jimenez family and rock church and
00:53:02.471 --> 00:53:06.509
Everybody came together for those huge events. and it was
00:53:06.509 --> 00:53:10.079
Almost like if i would have been honest. and, you know, you
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Could have said, well, those were the good old days. those
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Those were the days when jesus could be lifted up on the mall,
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When you could get permits and do all this. and, you know, but,
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But sit here and think about it for a second. we're, we're,
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We're watching this as a top down event that is really being,
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You know, organized.
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>> it's used.
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>> to do, you know, really being organized by, by the west
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Wing of the white house. and, and it is that's a big
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Difference because washington for jesus, we had to make
00:53:43.879 --> 00:53:46.482
Happen. right. and this is something we got an invitation
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To come and be a part of.
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>> a beautiful thing.
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>> and we're literally just trying to sit here and soak
00:53:52.888 --> 00:53:55.124
This in for a minute, because we're not having to think about
00:53:55.124 --> 00:53:58.294
The good old days being in the rear view mirror. we're living
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In them right this minute this weekend.
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>> you know, i remember it wasn't 1996 that we were all
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Here. i think for the last for the last time that we were here
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Doing something on the mall. right. and kim clement.
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>> oh.
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>> wow was with us and you were directing. and i'll never
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Forget that. it was just like.
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>> started to rain.
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>> the holy spirit just landed on this place and it started to
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Rain. and kim had been playing the piano so hard that his
00:54:25.755 --> 00:54:30.059
Fingers were bleeding. yeah. and i'll never forget you
00:54:30.059 --> 00:54:33.262
Shooting the blood mixed with water, even on the piano that
00:54:33.262 --> 00:54:36.565
Day. and it was just such a beautiful, a beautiful day. but
00:54:36.565 --> 00:54:41.003
I think this rededication, i think just rededicating our
00:54:41.003 --> 00:54:44.106
Lives, even back to god.
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>> how about personally, you know, yeah.
00:54:45.775 --> 00:54:48.377
>> our lives. yeah. personally, back to god. and, and again,
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This is not a political thing. i don't care what you are. i
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Don't care what you believe. if you believe in god and a
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Greater power, there's only one. and so we can rededicate our
00:54:59.155 --> 00:55:04.960
Lives to him in this beautiful moment of history and time.
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We'll never we'll never be 250 years old again, you know.
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>> and dave brought out a point that the original founding
00:55:12.968 --> 00:55:18.974
Fathers, now 250 years ago, they could only really agree on
00:55:18.974 --> 00:55:24.046
Six things. and so those are the six things that they
00:55:24.046 --> 00:55:28.384
Decided to agree on. there could have been a billion
00:55:28.384 --> 00:55:31.353
Things they didn't disagree on. but these six things that that
00:55:31.353 --> 00:55:36.258
Rights come from god, not from kings or governments, those
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Those are those things matter.
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>> and it reminded me of when the disciples came to jesus and
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They said, these people over here are, were they baptizing
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Or.
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>> yeah, they're casting out. they were doing good works, but
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We don't know them.
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>> but we don't know them. and he said, man, if they're not
00:55:53.008 --> 00:55:56.078
Against us, they're for us. so that just reminded me if
00:55:56.078 --> 00:55:58.948
There's something that we can all agree on, let's agree on it
00:55:58.948 --> 00:56:01.951
That god is king and he controls everything and we're
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Going to rededicate to him.
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>> humans are so good at figuring out a way to get
00:56:05.855 --> 00:56:09.391
Divided.
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>> over, i.
00:56:09.792 --> 00:56:10.926
>> know, eschatology or getting divided over all sorts of
00:56:11.026 --> 00:56:13.729
Things, or cessationism or gifts of the spirit, or, you
00:56:13.729 --> 00:56:17.566
Know, we're so good at figuring out a way to be divided. and,
00:56:17.566 --> 00:56:23.072
You know, thank god for those six principles in the
00:56:23.072 --> 00:56:26.942
Declaration of independence that brought us together. we've
00:56:26.942 --> 00:56:30.012
Done a little piece that'll go deeper into the declaration the
00:56:30.012 --> 00:56:35.951
Independence. watch this.
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>> hello. my name is larry. i'm the president of hillsdale
00:56:41.323 --> 00:56:44.493
College, which is honored to be working with the white house to
00:56:44.493 --> 00:56:47.930
Produce these videos. in honor of the 250th anniversary of the
00:56:47.930 --> 00:56:52.535
Declaration of independence, the greatest political document
00:56:52.535 --> 00:56:55.304
In human history. we're going to talk about two things the
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Meaning and the structure of the declaration of independence.
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First question is what does it mean? things have causes.
00:57:01.544 --> 00:57:05.481
Declaration of independence contains a lot of information
00:57:05.481 --> 00:57:07.650
About the formal cause of america in the middle. but its
00:57:07.650 --> 00:57:11.253
Chief function is to provide the final cause of the country.
00:57:11.253 --> 00:57:15.190
What is the country for? and it begins very beautifully. it
00:57:15.190 --> 00:57:20.129
Says that any time in history, any people in history have a
00:57:20.129 --> 00:57:24.533
Right under the laws of nature and of nature's god to form a
00:57:24.533 --> 00:57:29.238
Nation. what do these laws say about people? they say that
00:57:29.238 --> 00:57:32.808
They're all created equal. i think what a remarkable thing
00:57:32.808 --> 00:57:35.878
It is for a people to adopt a standard like that as their
00:57:35.878 --> 00:57:40.382
Governing purpose. and we did that in opposition to a king
00:57:40.382 --> 00:57:44.353
Who claimed that he was born to be our ruler. if you recognize
00:57:44.353 --> 00:57:49.825
This principle of equality and you recognize it properly, it
00:57:49.825 --> 00:57:54.063
Will give rise to the most amazing diversity and
00:57:54.063 --> 00:57:57.600
Difference among people, because it sets up a right of
00:57:57.600 --> 00:58:01.704
All of us to pursue our lives as best we can. we said in the
00:58:01.704 --> 00:58:07.343
Laws of nature and nature's god, no one is born to rule anybody
00:58:07.343 --> 00:58:13.115
Else. now, worried about the structure of the document. it
00:58:13.115 --> 00:58:18.921
Begins with this universal claim that we're all created
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Equal and that nobody may rule us except by our consent. and
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In the middle of it, they claim the king has done a bunch of
00:58:26.862 --> 00:58:30.065
Bad stuff that justifies the revolution. he took houses away
00:58:30.065 --> 00:58:34.737
From people and put troops in them. that means they were
00:58:34.737 --> 00:58:38.641
Dislodged. they were driven out into the street. he arrested
00:58:38.641 --> 00:58:43.078
People. he put him on ships, and they were put on trial in
00:58:43.078 --> 00:58:46.782
Front of people they never met before. not a jury of your
00:58:46.782 --> 00:58:50.185
Peers. but then that leads us to the second thing about this
00:58:50.185 --> 00:58:55.991
Structure point. and that was some of them are direct
00:58:55.991 --> 00:59:00.963
Violations of the best method. the founders argued the only
00:59:00.963 --> 00:59:05.734
Sure method to keep the government from doing things
00:59:05.734 --> 00:59:08.971
Like that to you. they are representation. we are acting
00:59:08.971 --> 00:59:14.510
For them. we have government by consent. and then when the law
00:59:14.510 --> 00:59:17.913
Is applied upon any citizen, he has to be taken in front of a
00:59:17.913 --> 00:59:24.386
Judge. so the middle bit of the declaration, these 28
00:59:24.386 --> 00:59:29.358
Paragraphs, is the second part of the structure of the
00:59:29.358 --> 00:59:32.995
Declaration of independence. and the third part is a formal
00:59:32.995 --> 00:59:37.633
Legislative act that makes the nation. it's passed by the
00:59:37.633 --> 00:59:42.371
Continental congress. i should mention that god appears four
00:59:42.371 --> 00:59:46.341
Times in the declaration of independence. he appears in the
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First sentence as the maker of the laws of nature and nature's
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God. he appears in the beginning of the second
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Paragraph as the endower of our rights as creator, the founder
00:59:56.785 --> 01:00:03.759
Of everything. the last paragraph is personal. they
01:00:03.759 --> 01:00:07.930
Refer to themselves for the first time. we. therefore, the
01:00:07.930 --> 01:00:12.701
Representatives of the united states, the representatives of
01:00:12.701 --> 01:00:14.737
The united states. we in general congress assembled. and
01:00:14.737 --> 01:00:19.508
Then they appeal to somebody to judge whether they're right and
01:00:19.508 --> 01:00:24.146
That person is not the king of england. it's the supreme judge
01:00:24.146 --> 01:00:28.050
Of the world. so, in other words, we swear we're doing
01:00:28.050 --> 01:00:33.589
What seems right, and we ask god to judge. and then the
01:00:33.589 --> 01:00:38.494
Beautiful lessons and for the support of this declaration,
01:00:38.494 --> 01:00:42.464
With a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence,
01:00:42.464 --> 01:00:47.870
That's god. as the executive branch, we mutually pledge to
01:00:47.870 --> 01:00:54.343
Each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.
01:00:54.343 --> 01:00:59.748
We americans today. oh, those people, we should learn about
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Them. thank you.
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>> thank you. doctor. larry arnn, hillsdale college. i feel
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Like we're getting a little bit of a civics lesson here today
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As we are looking live right this second at the stage being
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Set up for rededicate 250 underway this weekend. and
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We're live here on saturday with you.
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>> and i have a feeling some good preaching is going to come
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Tomorrow from that pulpit right there.
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>> my understanding there are lots of singing of jetsons here.
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There's a lot of speaking. there's a big concert at the
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End, you know, just a what a great day. and to think that
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This is really being organized by the west wing at the white
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House is, is really a great a great thing. we've done it
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Before, but we all had to do it.
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>> and no doubt we would have done it through all the years.
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Yeah. just never invited, you know, i it.
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>> we're getting to relive the good old days again. thank you.
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And i just i'm just happy on the inside. yeah. in regard to
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That we're glad to be here. it's a once in a lifetime
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Opportunity to be sitting here in you know that's real sitting
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Behind us. okay. it's not a screen, i promise. i could have
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Probably made it look just the same.
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>> well, it's real because the wind is blowing. yeah. and we
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Would not have this wind.
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>> in this. there was some earlier. well, maybe you didn't
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Hear it in the microphones, but there was some kind of support
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For regime change or something rally going on down below us.
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So some regime somewhere has.
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>> turned it down.
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>> has a bunch of people wanting it to change. okay. i
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Couldn't really hear, but.
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>> we were.
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>> trying to focus. this is this is the capital of the
01:03:06.241 --> 01:03:09.344
Political world. and a lot of people find their voice here.
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Okay, we've got lots of more to talk about, but i want to go to
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A clip called faith of our fathers. how do you really
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Rededicate if you don't really know what we were originally
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Dedicated to? good question. right. watch this. faith of our
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Fathers.
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>> i've been asked to say a few words about the religious faith
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Of america's founders and why it matters. hi, i'm mark david
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Hall, a professor in the robertson school of government
01:03:57.693 --> 01:04:00.395
At regent university. let me begin by observing that a lot
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Of nonsense has been written about the faith of america's
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Founders, scholars and popular authors alike routinely assert
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That they were enlightenment deists who desired to strictly
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Separate church and state. nothing could be further from
01:04:15.644 --> 01:04:18.847
The truth. on september 24th, 1789, the house of
01:04:18.847 --> 01:04:23.585
Representatives approved what would become the first
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Amendment, an amendment that includes these important words
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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of
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Religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.
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America's founders saw nothing wrong with civic leaders
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Endorsing religious practices like prayer, but they had also
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Come to a consensus that there must be no compulsion in
01:04:44.940 --> 01:04:48.076
Matters of faith. did the founders religious convictions
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Make a difference in the creation of america's
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Constitutional order? absolutely they did. the
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Declaration of independence, its central paragraph relies on
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A theological claim. we hold these truths to be self-evident,
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That all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their
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Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among
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These are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. for
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Almost all the founders, god is the source of natural rights,
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And it is a primary duty of government to protect these
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Rights. in federalist 51, james madison observed that if men
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Were angels, no government would be necessary. if angels
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Were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls
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On government would be necessary. this led them to
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Design a constitutional order characterized by the separation
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Of powers, checks and balances and federalism. finally, the
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Founders understood the christian faith to require the
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Robust protection of religious liberty for all. the virginia
01:05:55.110 --> 01:06:00.082
Convention agreed in article 16, which had a profound influence
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On subsequent state constitutions in the national
01:06:04.019 --> 01:06:06.588
Bill of rights, was amended to remove the language of
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Toleration to make it clear that the free exercise of
01:06:10.125 --> 01:06:13.061
Religion is a right, not a privilege, granted by the state.
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Today, we give thanks for our founders religious faith, and
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For their wisdom and foresight in protecting the sacred right
01:06:21.269 --> 01:06:25.006
Of conscience in the first amendment. now it is up to
01:06:25.006 --> 01:06:28.110
Every generation to protect these rights, to ensure that
01:06:28.110 --> 01:06:31.546
Every american can sit under his own vine and fig tree and
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Never be afraid. thank you for joining me.
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>> rededicate 250. weekend is upon us. the us capitol shining
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Man. that thing was redone a number of years ago, and it is
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One seriously shiny, amazing, beautiful building. it serves
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As our backdrop here. for us. we're at 101 constitution and
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Tomorrow's a big day for all of us. we're going to be
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Broadcasting live most of the day. tom, you're going to be
01:07:17.459 --> 01:07:21.163
Helping us kind of on with the on the fly interviews. eric,
01:07:21.163 --> 01:07:25.133
You're going to be helping us. you're going to be conducting
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Some of the interviews and some of the stuff from our mall
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Location all day tomorrow. so. we, you know, i don't know if
01:07:33.008 --> 01:07:40.615
You got to see it. you were kind of down on the mall and
01:07:40.615 --> 01:07:43.785
You just kind of got back here. but, you know, there was an
01:07:43.785 --> 01:07:48.757
Explanation by dave barton where in modern society, some
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People are trying to, you know, navigate the way they want life
01:07:53.461 --> 01:07:58.533
To work by separating the declaration of independence and
01:07:58.533 --> 01:08:02.103
The constitution. they want to separate the morality issues
01:08:02.103 --> 01:08:06.875
Away from the way it would work in, in practicality. feels like
01:08:06.875 --> 01:08:13.348
We've got some things that we need to make sure we rededicate.
01:08:13.348 --> 01:08:16.918
Your thoughts on rededication weekend.
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>> yeah, laura, you said it earlier. i think each of us
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Individually, we rededicate the nation. that's incredible. we
01:08:21.957 --> 01:08:24.826
Have to rededicate ourselves first and foremost to god and
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Observe our walk. we are ambassadors for christ. and i
01:08:28.797 --> 01:08:31.333
Think with the declaration and the constitution, what david
01:08:31.333 --> 01:08:34.236
Was saying, look, at the end of the day, it is non-negotiable.
01:08:34.236 --> 01:08:38.039
It's indisputable. this nation was founded by godly men.
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There's no way around it. even before the founders, the
01:08:41.676 --> 01:08:44.479
Puritans, the pilgrims, we're going back to the 1600s. yeah.
01:08:44.479 --> 01:08:47.515
These were godly men and women who established a beachhead in
01:08:47.515 --> 01:08:51.486
This country for jesus. it's undeniable. these were bible
01:08:51.486 --> 01:08:55.423
Believing christians, overwhelmingly the founding
01:08:55.423 --> 01:08:57.626
Fathers. and yes, there were some deists, but the deist
01:08:57.626 --> 01:09:00.528
Believed in the god of abraham, isaac and jacob, the god of the
01:09:00.528 --> 01:09:04.032
Bible, the one true god. it's indisputable. and to me, this
01:09:04.032 --> 01:09:09.104
Is a perfect kind of fulfillment of things. closing
01:09:09.104 --> 01:09:11.373
The circle in a sense. yesterday, matt and laura, you
01:09:11.373 --> 01:09:14.042
And i talked about 1789, george washington at his inauguration.
01:09:14.042 --> 01:09:18.113
Our first president dedicated this nation to the lord. that
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Was 237 years ago in new york city, of all places. they could
01:09:21.883 --> 01:09:26.154
Use jesus there today a bit, i think. but washington dedicated
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Our nation to the lord. now, year 250, we're doing it again,
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And i. it's nothing but good can come out of this. yeah.
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Those who honor me, god says i will honor. we are publicly
01:09:37.198 --> 01:09:40.835
Honoring god almighty, his hand on our nation in front of the
01:09:40.835 --> 01:09:44.039
Eyes of the world again in a very public way. and matt,
01:09:44.039 --> 01:09:47.075
You've been saying it from the top down, from the highest
01:09:47.075 --> 01:09:49.978
Office in the land, and not just grassroots. our government
01:09:49.978 --> 01:09:52.580
Is formally rededicating this nation. it's amazing. i hope
01:09:52.580 --> 01:09:56.251
People realize what an amazing moment we're in right now. it's
01:09:56.251 --> 01:09:59.454
A complete open door for the gospel.
01:09:59.454 --> 01:10:01.923
>> tom, your thoughts on rededication?
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>> well, i can't help but think about the find. most quoted
01:10:03.825 --> 01:10:06.995
Scripture of the weekend will be second chronicles 714. yeah,
01:10:06.995 --> 01:10:10.932
But the first word in it is if. it's if my people. a lot of
01:10:10.932 --> 01:10:16.371
Times we want everybody to be participant in this. but this
01:10:16.371 --> 01:10:19.974
Is a specific word to us as believers. if my people will
01:10:19.974 --> 01:10:25.380
Humble themselves and pray and seek my face, then these are
01:10:25.380 --> 01:10:32.253
Conditional things. so when we talk about rededicating, it's
01:10:32.253 --> 01:10:35.790
Humbling ourselves and praying and basically getting away from
01:10:35.790 --> 01:10:40.395
Our wicked ways. and you know, the thing about humility is
01:10:40.395 --> 01:10:44.866
When we recognize the state that we are really in, that's
01:10:44.866 --> 01:10:48.203
Really what humility is. and for everyone, even at home,
01:10:48.203 --> 01:10:51.673
Sitting here thinking, oh, this is a great big event, but can i
01:10:51.673 --> 01:10:54.709
Just ask you to have you humbled yourself? have you
01:10:54.709 --> 01:10:58.046
Prayed because this is critical. it's god's people. if my people
01:10:58.046 --> 01:11:03.618
Will humble themselves and pray, then he will heal our land. and
01:11:03.618 --> 01:11:07.856
How many of us want to heal the land? how many of us want to
01:11:07.856 --> 01:11:11.126
See america be that beacon on a hill again and shine brighter
01:11:11.126 --> 01:11:15.163
Than ever? this is our time as the body of christ. if my
01:11:15.163 --> 01:11:20.034
People, that's us. so family tbn family, let's stand. let's.
01:11:20.034 --> 01:11:25.507
Let's humble ourselves. let's pray. let's seek god's face and
01:11:25.507 --> 01:11:29.577
Allow him to do what only he can do when we do our part. if
01:11:29.577 --> 01:11:33.114
My people.
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>> yeah.
01:11:34.149 --> 01:11:35.316
>> i would. i remember i was with an old timer one time, you
01:11:35.417 --> 01:11:39.654
Know, he wasn't a pastor. he was he wasn't a deacon in a
01:11:39.654 --> 01:11:42.690
Church. he just he's just a congregant. and he just loved
01:11:42.690 --> 01:11:45.760
The lord. and he, he, he was, you know, just a, a person that
01:11:45.760 --> 01:11:49.431
Was in our lives years and years ago. he's, he's in heaven
01:11:49.431 --> 01:11:52.167
Now. and, and i asked him that question. he was a wise old guy.
01:11:52.167 --> 01:11:56.304
And i said, you know what, what's the definition for
01:11:56.304 --> 01:12:01.142
Humility? because i've been told i have kind of a loud
01:12:01.142 --> 01:12:04.679
Voice. and, you know, i would have i would have had a
01:12:04.679 --> 01:12:07.482
Confused understanding of what humility is. does that mean you
01:12:07.482 --> 01:12:10.785
Kind of talk soft and, and you kind of, you know, are you, you,
01:12:10.785 --> 01:12:16.157
You bow a lot, you know, and so i, i was, i was wondering if,
01:12:16.157 --> 01:12:21.296
You know, as a, as a young guy, you know, if i would just never
01:12:21.296 --> 01:12:26.968
Qualify, you know, because i just, you know, i just was
01:12:26.968 --> 01:12:30.572
Wondering about he said personality. he just kind of,
01:12:30.572 --> 01:12:33.475
He kind of paused for a moment and it was almost like he was
01:12:33.475 --> 01:12:37.312
Trying to, to help me understand based upon knowing
01:12:37.312 --> 01:12:40.982
My personality. and he said, humility is the understanding
01:12:40.982 --> 01:12:48.523
That the path, the pathway that you're walking down, god
01:12:48.523 --> 01:12:52.494
Already created it for you, that you're that nothing in
01:12:52.494 --> 01:12:56.130
Your own strength, that you're not really a, you're doing
01:12:56.130 --> 01:13:00.068
Something. and if you'll walk down the path god created for
01:13:00.068 --> 01:13:03.638
You, that's the understanding that he's been there before you
01:13:03.638 --> 01:13:06.274
And he's and he's bringing you down. and so there is these
01:13:06.274 --> 01:13:10.478
Times where we, we, we should even if you don't, even if you
01:13:10.478 --> 01:13:16.584
Think this weekend is a big political event, it's not
01:13:16.584 --> 01:13:20.255
Supposed to be. it's a rededication event. yeah. but
01:13:20.255 --> 01:13:22.357
Even if it is, that doesn't mean you can't rededicate
01:13:22.357 --> 01:13:26.394
Something inside of you.
01:13:26.394 --> 01:13:27.729
>> yeah. no doubt. and we think about personal humility, the
01:13:27.729 --> 01:13:31.099
Ultimate example of servant leadership. jesus. yeah. and no
01:13:31.099 --> 01:13:34.569
Matter if we're we're louder or more, more reserved, we have
01:13:34.569 --> 01:13:38.673
That ability to have that servant leadership. and i think
01:13:38.673 --> 01:13:41.075
We do that here at tbn from the very top, no doubt. and look,
01:13:41.075 --> 01:13:44.846
There'll be like some political figures speaking, of course,
01:13:44.846 --> 01:13:48.283
But i think of charlie kirk's funeral. our dear friend
01:13:48.283 --> 01:13:51.219
Charlie, he's a tbn programmer. and matt and lori, you were at
01:13:51.219 --> 01:13:54.889
That memorial service and. incredible. yeah. political
01:13:54.889 --> 01:13:58.860
Figures. yes. but that wasn't a political rally where they
01:13:58.860 --> 01:14:01.629
Preached the gospel.
01:14:01.629 --> 01:14:02.664
>> sure did.
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>> i mean, our secretary of state, marco rubio, more
01:14:03.765 --> 01:14:06.334
Eloquent, i think, than most pastors. i mean, in his
01:14:06.334 --> 01:14:09.504
Presentation of the gospel, it was amazing. it was not
01:14:09.504 --> 01:14:12.507
Political. i think that's what we'll see tomorrow. rededicate
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250. i really do, yes, but but it's undeniable that an
01:14:14.909 --> 01:14:19.280
Administration this is top down, man, as you've been saying, is
01:14:19.280 --> 01:14:22.550
Putting this forward. we want to rededicate this nation to
01:14:22.550 --> 01:14:25.653
The lord. it's amazing. it's apolitical. the message at the
01:14:25.653 --> 01:14:29.257
End of the day, everyone should be on board with that. and
01:14:29.257 --> 01:14:32.660
Again, only good things can come of this for our nation.
01:14:32.660 --> 01:14:36.164
We're recognizing, i think of josiah biblically. i think of
01:14:36.164 --> 01:14:39.434
Ezra in the bible, those rededication moments with the
01:14:39.434 --> 01:14:42.704
Ancient israelites and good things came after that. god
01:14:42.704 --> 01:14:45.974
Honored that.
01:14:45.974 --> 01:14:47.275
>> yeah, i love, i love that i, i think i was actually watching
01:14:47.275 --> 01:14:52.046
On the news the day that president trump said, we're
01:14:52.046 --> 01:14:55.383
Going to we're going to rededicate this nation, you
01:14:55.383 --> 01:14:58.920
Know, and i was like, rededicate the nation. it was
01:14:58.920 --> 01:15:02.056
Like, oh, wow, okay, we're all over that. and i remember you
01:15:02.056 --> 01:15:06.461
Getting hooked up with don donaldson and saying, tbn's
01:15:06.461 --> 01:15:09.731
Going to support that. we're going to get there. we're going
01:15:09.731 --> 01:15:12.467
To do our thing there. and, and we certainly have done that.
01:15:12.467 --> 01:15:17.939
And just the when you think about all the grace that god
01:15:17.939 --> 01:15:21.876
Has had on our country too, as well, because that was 250 plus
01:15:21.876 --> 01:15:27.715
Years ago, all the forefathers and their intentions for this
01:15:27.715 --> 01:15:31.686
Nation and how far we've gone straight, how far we have
01:15:31.686 --> 01:15:36.624
Strayed from from that and thinking about god's actual
01:15:36.624 --> 01:15:42.397
Hand to keep us covered here in such a beautiful way over these
01:15:42.397 --> 01:15:47.502
Years. and i think. i think we've needed we probably should
01:15:47.502 --> 01:15:54.676
Have done this a long time ago, you know, and somebody we
01:15:54.676 --> 01:15:57.679
Should probably do this yearly, in fact. in fact, from now on,
01:15:57.679 --> 01:16:01.149
Every sunday, i want you to join with me personally in my
01:16:01.149 --> 01:16:04.786
Home. we're going to rededicate this nation and ourselves back
01:16:04.786 --> 01:16:08.056
To god.
01:16:08.056 --> 01:16:09.157
>> it's like we have a reprieve right now as a nation. a
01:16:09.257 --> 01:16:11.726
Reprieve from the lord. yeah, yeah. that we may not deserve.
01:16:11.726 --> 01:16:14.796
But yeah.
01:16:14.796 --> 01:16:15.997
>> when have we ever, you know, going back to the charlie kirk
01:16:16.097 --> 01:16:18.099
Memorial, that was the whole cabinet. yeah, yeah. it wasn't
01:16:18.099 --> 01:16:20.935
Just president trump who went on. he spoke for a while. yeah.
01:16:20.935 --> 01:16:25.573
But i mean, tulsi gabbard, i mean, it was it was the cabinet.
01:16:25.573 --> 01:16:29.677
It was the leaders vice president advance. i mean,
01:16:29.677 --> 01:16:33.548
Every one of them sounded like they could have occupied a
01:16:33.548 --> 01:16:36.684
Pulpit. yeah. because they each one preached a message that was
01:16:36.684 --> 01:16:40.354
Full of biblical truth. when have we had a cabinet that
01:16:40.354 --> 01:16:43.925
Stood for jesus, like we have right now? and then the
01:16:43.925 --> 01:16:47.028
President to make this declaration, we're doing this.
01:16:47.028 --> 01:16:50.064
And you guys, you know, the, the amount of things,
01:16:50.064 --> 01:16:53.334
Programing, requests that we have from people who are having
01:16:53.334 --> 01:16:55.903
Special events from the 4th of july through the rest of the
01:16:55.903 --> 01:16:59.040
Year. yeah, this is an amazing time that we can't let this
01:16:59.040 --> 01:17:02.343
Pass. yes, we've got to focus on it. we've got to do our part
01:17:02.343 --> 01:17:06.013
As believers to pray and bring support and encouragement.
01:17:06.013 --> 01:17:08.349
>> you know, something you don't think about a lot when
01:17:08.349 --> 01:17:11.052
You've got some of this. but this, this project wasn't
01:17:11.052 --> 01:17:14.155
Budgeted for this year. we didn't know this event was
01:17:14.155 --> 01:17:16.724
Going to happen. it was it was not budgeted. right. and i had
01:17:16.724 --> 01:17:20.595
To call one of our board members and, and start talking
01:17:20.595 --> 01:17:24.232
About this. and, and i remember colby, god love him, his his
01:17:24.232 --> 01:17:28.903
Response because, you know, we'll probably tv, it'll
01:17:28.903 --> 01:17:31.606
Probably be, you know, north of 250,000 $350,000. when it all
01:17:31.606 --> 01:17:37.979
Gets said and done of what it takes to bring this, you know,
01:17:37.979 --> 01:17:42.016
The way that we're doing it. and and i remember colby's
01:17:42.016 --> 01:17:45.586
Response, one of the tbn board members who's an attorney here
01:17:45.586 --> 01:17:49.090
In, in washington, and he said, man, this is a once in a
01:17:49.090 --> 01:17:53.461
Lifetime opportunity. you know, we gotta figure this out, you
01:17:53.461 --> 01:17:56.697
Know?
01:17:56.697 --> 01:17:57.198
>> yeah. for sure.
01:17:57.198 --> 01:17:58.399
>> yeah. agreed. and, and so the idea that partners these,
01:17:58.399 --> 01:18:02.103
These events that we're bringing you, you know, if god
01:18:02.103 --> 01:18:06.874
Puts it on your heart to send an extra donation or something
01:18:06.874 --> 01:18:09.977
Like that because of what we're doing, this was not budgeted.
01:18:09.977 --> 01:18:12.914
Un un un unexpected. but here we are. and we're, we're we're
01:18:12.914 --> 01:18:17.618
Here by faith.
01:18:17.618 --> 01:18:18.786
>> and what i love is that sunday tomorrow. yeah. all of
01:18:18.786 --> 01:18:21.856
Our our programmers have donated their time.
01:18:21.856 --> 01:18:24.125
>> a lot of them have. yeah.
01:18:24.125 --> 01:18:26.060
>> who didn't know? i'll find out. former programing times. i
01:18:26.060 --> 01:18:31.933
Mean you call jensen and man. absolutely. you know pastor
01:18:31.933 --> 01:18:35.603
Jack and yeah, so many of them. pastor jeff i shouldn't start.
01:18:35.603 --> 01:18:39.173
But anyway, so their hearts are are in it and they're actually
01:18:39.173 --> 01:18:43.044
Here. they're going to be visiting with us tomorrow, all
01:18:43.044 --> 01:18:45.313
Day tomorrow for like six, 6.5 hours. seven hours. yeah. all
01:18:45.313 --> 01:18:49.283
Day live right here on the mall. there's praise and worship and
01:18:49.283 --> 01:18:52.854
Good preaching going on. okay. right here.
01:18:52.854 --> 01:18:55.056
>> it's saturday. what's the date? so tomorrow's 17th. so
01:18:55.056 --> 01:18:58.960
16th, may, 16th, saturday. and, and one, one of the things is
01:18:58.960 --> 01:19:05.466
We've been saying it last night and, and tonight that if you if
01:19:05.466 --> 01:19:09.871
You if you were honest, you could have you could have said
01:19:09.871 --> 01:19:13.774
That some of the things in the past, the washington for jesus
01:19:13.774 --> 01:19:17.979
Events were the good old days. yeah. you know, we came
01:19:17.979 --> 01:19:21.282
Together and jesus was lifted up. and we get to sit here this
01:19:21.282 --> 01:19:25.553
Weekend and say, wait a second. we're we're in the good old
01:19:25.553 --> 01:19:29.423
Days. we're doing it right here. top down. tom, you were at the
01:19:29.423 --> 01:19:35.429
1996 washington for jesus with toymaker. so tom created
01:19:35.429 --> 01:19:41.402
Toymaker a lot of people. toymaker. i saw that when i was,
01:19:41.402 --> 01:19:44.939
You know, i saw that i you know, and so you perform toymaker
01:19:44.939 --> 01:19:50.611
Here in 1996 at washington and preached. and so we're back now,
01:19:50.611 --> 01:19:57.285
All these years later, your thoughts in regard to kind of
01:19:57.285 --> 01:20:00.588
Some of that good old day time that we're getting to relive,
01:20:00.588 --> 01:20:04.091
Really.
01:20:04.091 --> 01:20:05.259
>> you know, every moment that we have that we're focused on
01:20:05.359 --> 01:20:08.029
Serving jesus is a great moment. yes. those times, they stick
01:20:08.029 --> 01:20:11.666
With you and you remember them listening to your father.
01:20:11.666 --> 01:20:14.568
Remember your father's speech. and i remember you talking
01:20:14.568 --> 01:20:18.172
About even how he was sitting in his office writing that. and,
01:20:18.172 --> 01:20:22.243
And when jan walked in, there was a glow about him when he
01:20:22.243 --> 01:20:25.813
Did that. i mean, those, those, those kind of moments, they're
01:20:25.813 --> 01:20:29.283
Still with us. but, you know, a moment we just had. yeah. what
01:20:29.283 --> 01:20:32.586
Were you guys were on the air. eric and i heard this large
01:20:32.586 --> 01:20:36.157
March going down there.
01:20:36.157 --> 01:20:37.224
>> yeah. we knew something was going on. it was it.
01:20:37.224 --> 01:20:39.393
>> was a pro-iranian march of iranian people. eric went down
01:20:39.393 --> 01:20:42.363
There. you know what happens? they surround him.
01:20:42.363 --> 01:20:44.765
>> yeah.
01:20:44.765 --> 01:20:45.900
>> we love you. we watch you every night. we see you. these
01:20:46.000 --> 01:20:48.302
Are iranian people. tbn is having that kind of reach. yeah,
01:20:48.302 --> 01:20:52.340
And i and it was just such a blessing to me. i, i you know,
01:20:52.340 --> 01:20:56.344
Eric, he said, tom, i gotta be on the air.
01:20:56.344 --> 01:20:58.546
>> but it's good that you've pulled me down.
01:20:58.546 --> 01:21:01.215
>> we run down there and we're shooting a little bit of things
01:21:01.215 --> 01:21:04.385
With cell phones, stuff like this. and they run up and the
01:21:04.385 --> 01:21:07.321
Organizer thing came up and started talking with them, you
01:21:07.321 --> 01:21:09.490
Know, and it's just a the reach that the things that your folks
01:21:09.490 --> 01:21:13.227
Set in motion. so we talk about, well, these are the good old
01:21:13.227 --> 01:21:16.297
Days. know everything builds upon each other. thank you lord.
01:21:16.297 --> 01:21:18.499
Nothing just goes away. we just keep building. it's just from
01:21:18.499 --> 01:21:21.402
Glory to glory. this is what tbn's doing now. how many more
01:21:21.402 --> 01:21:24.405
Million people are we reaching this time than we did at
01:21:24.405 --> 01:21:27.308
Washington for jesus? yeah, it has grown. god has blessed, god
01:21:27.308 --> 01:21:30.911
Has anointed. and you know what? it's because people keep
01:21:30.911 --> 01:21:34.815
Humbling themselves. people keep praying, people keep
01:21:34.815 --> 01:21:38.786
Giving. and it gives the ability for the word to go out
01:21:38.786 --> 01:21:41.956
And can continue like this. and that's those are jesus moments.
01:21:41.956 --> 01:21:45.760
They don't get any better than that.
01:21:45.760 --> 01:21:47.595
>> yeah. i think of where we were. it seemed a few years ago
01:21:47.595 --> 01:21:50.765
That as a nation, we may have been heading off a cliff and
01:21:50.765 --> 01:21:53.801
Kind of staring into the abyss. and the reprieve is just
01:21:53.801 --> 01:21:58.973
Amazing that i feel we have right now complete open door
01:21:58.973 --> 01:22:01.442
From the lord, which can be rare. and we pray this last for
01:22:01.442 --> 01:22:05.012
Years and years. thank you lord. we've got this unique
01:22:05.012 --> 01:22:07.915
Opportunity as the body of christ to work in the light
01:22:07.915 --> 01:22:11.519
Where our government is actually saying, yeah, spread
01:22:11.519 --> 01:22:13.788
The gospel. we want you to help us rededicate the nation to the
01:22:13.788 --> 01:22:17.992
Lord. what an amazing time, folks. you have to understand
01:22:17.992 --> 01:22:21.228
The moment we're in right now. how special. yes. it's special.
01:22:21.228 --> 01:22:24.432
It's historic. absolutely. it's biblical. we're living in bible
01:22:24.432 --> 01:22:29.503
Times today. the best days lie ahead.
01:22:29.503 --> 01:22:33.107
>> pastor alan jackson can't be here in person for rededicate
01:22:33.107 --> 01:22:39.947
250. but he sent us a video. i want to get his comments in,
01:22:39.947 --> 01:22:43.651
And then when we come back, we'll have some final thoughts
01:22:43.651 --> 01:22:47.188
About tomorrow and the rest of the weekend. watch this.
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>> it's an honor to be a part of this program celebrating
01:22:52.326 --> 01:22:55.329
America's history as a christian nation, every
01:22:55.329 --> 01:22:57.932
Uniquely christian. but because we emerge from that desire to
01:22:57.932 --> 01:23:01.168
Honor a biblical worldview, a judeo-christian value, it has
01:23:01.168 --> 01:23:04.772
Shaped this nation until today. but here's the challenge every
01:23:04.772 --> 01:23:08.809
Generation has to make a decision for themselves. we
01:23:08.809 --> 01:23:11.579
Cannot flourish off of the faith of those who preceded us.
01:23:11.579 --> 01:23:14.915
We can stand on their shoulders, but we have to make a decision
01:23:14.915 --> 01:23:17.685
To honor god in this generation, every one of us. it only takes
01:23:17.685 --> 01:23:21.422
Three generations for an idea to be completely lost from a
01:23:21.422 --> 01:23:25.359
Culture. i'll give you a pretty simple example. my grandfather
01:23:25.359 --> 01:23:28.262
And the apostle paul shared something in common the fastest
01:23:28.262 --> 01:23:31.765
Means of land transportation available to them as young men
01:23:31.765 --> 01:23:34.735
Was a fast horse. i know that seems archaic at this point in
01:23:34.735 --> 01:23:39.039
Our lives, but that idea dominated culture for hundreds
01:23:39.039 --> 01:23:42.076
And hundreds of years. it doesn't take long for an idea
01:23:42.076 --> 01:23:45.246
To be lost. and if you and i don't lead with our faith, take
01:23:45.246 --> 01:23:49.183
Our faith outside of our churches and into the public
01:23:49.183 --> 01:23:52.386
Square, into academia, into the marketplace, the christian
01:23:52.386 --> 01:23:56.657
Faith is a shaping influence in this nation, will become a
01:23:56.657 --> 01:24:00.261
Historical relic, and we will lose our freedom and liberties.
01:24:00.261 --> 01:24:03.164
It's an exciting time. god is moving in the earth, and i
01:24:03.164 --> 01:24:06.167
Believe he's looking for men and women who will be willing
01:24:06.167 --> 01:24:09.069
To lead with their faith, to talk about their god
01:24:09.069 --> 01:24:11.772
Experiences and what god has done in their hearts and their
01:24:11.772 --> 01:24:14.074
Lives. in whatever arena of influence that god has given to
01:24:14.074 --> 01:24:17.211
You. don't imagine that your platform is small. don't
01:24:17.211 --> 01:24:20.181
Imagine that your voice is insignificant. your name is
01:24:20.181 --> 01:24:22.983
Known in the halls of heaven. and if we will stand in jesus
01:24:22.983 --> 01:24:26.921
Name on behalf of his values and his principles, i believe
01:24:26.921 --> 01:24:30.591
You and i will see god bless america again. and that can be
01:24:30.591 --> 01:24:34.461
Our legacy for the generations who follow us. thank you for
01:24:34.461 --> 01:24:38.098
Your prayers and most of all for leading with your faith.
01:24:38.098 --> 01:24:47.374
>> thank you, brother alan jackson. rededicate weekend is
01:24:47.374 --> 01:24:52.079
Underway. preparations, sound checks, all that kind of stuff
01:24:52.079 --> 01:24:55.216
Are happening right now. that's a live shot down on the mall.
01:24:55.216 --> 01:24:58.586
We are at 101 constitution and we're overlooking here the us
01:24:58.586 --> 01:25:03.958
Capitol. so we're not very far away from there. but everything
01:25:03.958 --> 01:25:07.528
Is set for tomorrow. big day. we start broadcasting tomorrow
01:25:07.528 --> 01:25:13.267
At 12:30 p.m. eastern, and we will be broadcasting most of
01:25:13.267 --> 01:25:18.138
The day. we're live here saturday the 16th of may. and
01:25:18.138 --> 01:25:24.511
Kind of your final thoughts here, guys, i get this sense of
01:25:24.511 --> 01:25:29.516
Of, you know, if we were sitting here on this beautiful
01:25:29.516 --> 01:25:33.053
Four shot where the capitol's back there, you know, i could
01:25:33.053 --> 01:25:37.825
Just kind of almost lay the mic down and just kind of look
01:25:37.825 --> 01:25:42.463
Around and stare and, and realize what, what we're in the
01:25:42.463 --> 01:25:45.399
Midst of here and, and just be really happy. you know, i just
01:25:45.399 --> 01:25:49.069
Have a, i have this really dumb grin feeling on the inside of
01:25:49.069 --> 01:25:52.906
Me. you know, it's like, man.
01:25:52.906 --> 01:25:54.708
>> well, you're wearing it. well, don't. let it. pass you
01:25:54.708 --> 01:25:58.045
By.
01:25:58.045 --> 01:25:58.712
>> we could sit here.
01:25:58.712 --> 01:25:59.280
>> all.
01:25:59.280 --> 01:26:00.114
>> day, soak it in.
01:26:00.114 --> 01:26:01.315
>> the weather's perfect. everything about it's glorious.
01:26:01.315 --> 01:26:03.851
>> unbelievable. final thoughts on kind of the rededication.
01:26:03.851 --> 01:26:07.755
>> you know, i just sitting here thinking i'm looking out
01:26:07.755 --> 01:26:10.691
Of this beautiful mall area and how clean it is, how safe we
01:26:10.691 --> 01:26:15.296
Feel here, the changes that are happening that that god is
01:26:15.296 --> 01:26:19.700
Honoring people who have been praying, the thought that we
01:26:19.700 --> 01:26:23.037
Even have an opportunity to go to the museum of the bible in
01:26:23.037 --> 01:26:26.540
Washington, d.c. a beautiful structure that the green family
01:26:26.540 --> 01:26:30.177
And others have donated to put this amazing structure here.
01:26:30.177 --> 01:26:34.048
God's on the move. this is a country that was formed by god,
01:26:34.048 --> 01:26:39.453
And it's for god today. and may we keep that heritage going,
01:26:39.453 --> 01:26:43.023
Keep it alive.
01:26:43.023 --> 01:26:44.191
>> i love that by god and for god. and he is moving. here's
01:26:44.291 --> 01:26:47.161
Something to think about. the point's been made many times
01:26:47.161 --> 01:26:49.596
That 250 years. hey, that's a shelf life for empires. yeah,
01:26:49.596 --> 01:26:54.134
Most of the time. here's what's different about the united
01:26:54.134 --> 01:26:56.970
States of america. this is a nation founded on the lord that
01:26:56.970 --> 01:27:00.674
By and large follows jesus. those other empires didn't have
01:27:00.674 --> 01:27:04.912
That. that gives me great confidence that another
01:27:04.912 --> 01:27:07.514
Principle. yes, another 250 years and beyond for the united
01:27:07.514 --> 01:27:11.819
States. and laurie, i'm telling you, annual event every every
01:27:11.819 --> 01:27:15.689
Year, let's rededicate it, rededicate, let's do it 250
01:27:15.689 --> 01:27:19.793
Years, many more. i think the best is yet to come. i see
01:27:19.793 --> 01:27:22.830
What's happening in generation z, young people. on
01:27:22.830 --> 01:27:27.901
The move. it's an amazing time to be alive and to be an
01:27:27.901 --> 01:27:30.938
American.
01:27:30.938 --> 01:27:32.106
>> i'm just happy to be here tomorrow. till tomorrow. i just
01:27:32.206 --> 01:27:35.409
Think i, i do love the thought of just sitting here and
01:27:35.409 --> 01:27:38.278
Soaking it all in, but right where you are, no matter where
01:27:38.278 --> 01:27:41.582
You're at, you can, you can celebrate just like we are. and
01:27:41.582 --> 01:27:45.452
That's what i love about tb. and i always say, when we come
01:27:45.452 --> 01:27:48.555
Live from somewhere, it's because of you sweet partners.
01:27:48.555 --> 01:27:51.992
You make this happen. you've done it for 53 years and we
01:27:51.992 --> 01:27:56.230
Have taken you with. and you've taken us along on your journey
01:27:56.230 --> 01:27:59.466
To. and i love you for that. and i just pray that this
01:27:59.466 --> 01:28:03.103
Weekend is special for you no matter where you're at. i pray
01:28:03.103 --> 01:28:05.606
That your churches are celebrating this sunday.
01:28:05.606 --> 01:28:08.075
Something about rededication and doing something with your
01:28:08.075 --> 01:28:12.146
Family. this is such a family thing as well, having your kids
01:28:12.146 --> 01:28:14.948
Here and, and i just think it's a, it's a beautiful, a
01:28:14.948 --> 01:28:19.620
Beautiful thing. and to keep all of the people here in our
01:28:19.620 --> 01:28:23.957
Prayers. so much has happened in the last couple years. and
01:28:23.957 --> 01:28:26.860
Just.
01:28:26.860 --> 01:28:27.895
>> i can't i can't be here looking. my view as i look
01:28:27.995 --> 01:28:34.001
Towards the cameras, there's a big, you know, glass wall there.
01:28:34.001 --> 01:28:40.507
And so i can see the us capitol behind me. and that makes me
01:28:40.507 --> 01:28:45.913
Think of washington for jesus 1980 and and everything that
01:28:45.913 --> 01:28:52.052
Happened such an impressionable age. i was 18 or 19 years old.
01:28:52.052 --> 01:28:56.023
And i'm when i remember when my dad said, god's done all he's
01:28:56.023 --> 01:28:59.993
Ever going to do about the devil, now it's up to you and
01:28:59.993 --> 01:29:03.063
To me. let's take it back in jesus name all weekend. let's
01:29:03.063 --> 01:29:07.601
Declare that.
01:29:07.601 --> 01:29:10.037
>> america was founded on faith and prayer. and for 250 years,
01:29:10.037 --> 01:29:13.440
That legacy has endured. tomorrow, may 17th, we carry it
01:29:13.440 --> 01:29:17.277
Forward together with rededicate 250 a national
01:29:17.277 --> 01:29:20.147
Jubilee of prayer, praise and thanksgiving, a historic
01:29:20.147 --> 01:29:22.983
Gathering uniting voices of faith from across the nation.
01:29:22.983 --> 01:29:25.919
Lifting america in prayer for the future. join us for special
01:29:25.919 --> 01:29:29.189
Musical performances including chris tomlin. hear from faith
01:29:29.189 --> 01:29:32.092
Leaders reverend franklin graham, reverend samuel
01:29:32.092 --> 01:29:34.995
Rodriguez, pastor jentezen franklin, eric metaxas, pastor
01:29:34.995 --> 01:29:37.831
Robert jeffress and jack graham, plus featured speakers sadie
01:29:37.831 --> 01:29:41.101
Robertson huff and jonathan roumie. also, government
01:29:41.101 --> 01:29:43.570
Leaders, including house speaker mike johnson, senator
01:29:43.570 --> 01:29:46.440
Tim scott, secretary of war pete hegseth and former hud
01:29:46.440 --> 01:29:49.776
Secretary doctor ben carson. from the founding fathers to
01:29:49.776 --> 01:29:52.646
Today, faith has always been america's foundation, and this
01:29:52.646 --> 01:29:55.449
Sunday we come together to honor that legacy. don't miss
01:29:55.449 --> 01:29:59.019
Rededicate 250. an unforgettable day of prayer,
01:29:59.019 --> 01:30:01.555
Worship and celebration tomorrow, may 17th from 1230 to
01:30:01.555 --> 01:30:06.093
7 p.m. eastern only on tbn and tbn plus live stream.
01:30:06.093 --> 01:30:06.093

Freedom America: Rededicate 250

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