Matt and Laurie sit with Franklin Graham to talk about Billy and Ruth Graham’s book “This Christmas Night” and share old memories of the Graham family growing up during the Christmas seasons.
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Praise | Praise - Franklin Graham - This Christmas Night - November 30, 2021 | December 1, 2021
- [MUSIC]
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- - MALE ANNOUNCER: TONIGHT, ON
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- - MALE ANNOUNCER: TONIGHT, ON "PRAISE" FROM COLORADO --
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- "PRAISE" FROM COLORADO -- PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE
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- PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELISTIC
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- BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION AND OF
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- ASSOCIATION AND OF SAMARITAN'S PURSE,
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- SAMARITAN'S PURSE, FRANKLIN GRAHAM.
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- [MUSIC]
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- [MUSIC] AND, NOW, MATT AND LAURIE
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- AND, NOW, MATT AND LAURIE CROUCH!
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- CROUCH! - MATT CROUCH: WE CERTAINLY
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- - MATT CROUCH: WE CERTAINLY WISH THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A
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- WISH THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE COLDER HERE IN
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- LITTLE COLDER HERE IN SOUTHERN COLORADO.
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- SOUTHERN COLORADO. BUT THIS IS SOUTHERN COLORADO.
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- BUT THIS IS SOUTHERN COLORADO. IT'S A...BEAUTIFUL DAY, HERE.
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- IT'S A...BEAUTIFUL DAY, HERE. AND WE ARE WITH
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- AND WE ARE WITH FRANKLIN GRAHAM, ALL ONE HOUR.
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- FRANKLIN GRAHAM, ALL ONE HOUR. WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING
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- WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT CHRISTMAS.
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- ABOUT CHRISTMAS. THIS MONTH OUR MONTHLY
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- THIS MONTH OUR MONTHLY RESOURCE OFFER THAT WE HAVE
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- RESOURCE OFFER THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE, OUR GIFT OFFER FOR
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- AVAILABLE, OUR GIFT OFFER FOR YOU, THIS MONTH, COMES COURTESY
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- YOU, THIS MONTH, COMES COURTESY OF DR. BILLY AND RUTH GRAHAM
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- OF DR. BILLY AND RUTH GRAHAM AND "THIS CHRISTMAS NIGHT."
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- AND "THIS CHRISTMAS NIGHT." SO, FRANKLIN, IF WE'RE GONNA
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- SO, FRANKLIN, IF WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT CHRISTMAS, THEN
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- TALK ABOUT CHRISTMAS, THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE US
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- YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE US INTO THE GRAHAM HOME, YOU'RE
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- INTO THE GRAHAM HOME, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE US INTO WHAT
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- GONNA HAVE TO TAKE US INTO WHAT IT WAS LIKE.
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- IT WAS LIKE. YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO KIND
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- YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO KIND OF DO THAT.
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- OF DO THAT. WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT
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- WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT THE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS,
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- THE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS, WHICH, OF COURSE,
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- WHICH, OF COURSE, IS THE ULTIMATE POINT.
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- IS THE ULTIMATE POINT. BUT LET'S START WITH CHRISTMAS
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- BUT LET'S START WITH CHRISTMAS MEMORIES, CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS,
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- MEMORIES, CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS, AND WHAT IT MEANT AT THE
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- AND WHAT IT MEANT AT THE GRAHAM FAMILY.
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- - FRANKLIN GRAHAM: MY MOTHER
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- - FRANKLIN GRAHAM: MY MOTHER MADE CHRISTMAS FUN.
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- MADE CHRISTMAS FUN. - MATT: OKAY.
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- - MATT: OKAY. - FRANKLIN: AND SHE,
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- - FRANKLIN: AND SHE, UM...LIKE, I THINK, ALL MOMS --
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- UM...LIKE, I THINK, ALL MOMS -- WE MADE COOKIES, CHRISTMAS
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- WE MADE COOKIES, CHRISTMAS COOKIES, AND SHE DECORATED THE
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- COOKIES, AND SHE DECORATED THE HOUSE FROM ONE END TO
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- HOUSE FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER.
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- AND, IT WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY
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- AND, IT WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY STUNNING.
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- STUNNING. AND, UH, OUR HOME WAS
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- AND, UH, OUR HOME WAS A LOG HOME.
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- A LOG HOME. - MATT: OKAY.
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- - MATT: OKAY. - FRANKLIN: NOW, THEN, IT WAS,
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- - FRANKLIN: NOW, THEN, IT WAS, VERY RUSTIC.
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- VERY RUSTIC. MY MOTHER, UM-- BACK IN THE
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- MY MOTHER, UM-- BACK IN THE 50s, SHE BUILT THIS HOUSE OUT
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- 50s, SHE BUILT THIS HOUSE OUT OF USED LUMBER.
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- OF USED LUMBER. AND THE LOGS WERE HAND-HEWED
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- AND THE LOGS WERE HAND-HEWED FROM LOG CABINS.
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- FROM LOG CABINS. ALL THE LOGS WERE ABOUT
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- ALL THE LOGS WERE ABOUT 200 YEARS OLD.
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- 200 YEARS OLD. AND SO, JUST A MAGNIFICENT HOME
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- AND SO, JUST A MAGNIFICENT HOME THAT WE GREW UP IN.
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- THAT WE GREW UP IN. AND SO, SHE JUST DECORATED IT.
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- AND SO, SHE JUST DECORATED IT. NOW, I KNOW SOME PEOPLE MAY
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- NOW, I KNOW SOME PEOPLE MAY SAY: WHY WOULD THE GRAHAMS
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- SAY: WHY WOULD THE GRAHAMS DO THIS?
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- DO THIS? BUT...WE HAD SANTA CLAUS.
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- BUT...WE HAD SANTA CLAUS. [LAUGHTER]
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- [LAUGHTER] AND, UH, FOR US--
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- AND, UH, FOR US-- - MATT: WE'RE GONNA GET INTO
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- - MATT: WE'RE GONNA GET INTO THAT A LOT, YOU KNOW.
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- THAT A LOT, YOU KNOW. - FRANKLIN: FOR US KIDS -- I
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- - FRANKLIN: FOR US KIDS -- I MEAN, THAT WAS A BIG DEAL.
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- MEAN, THAT WAS A BIG DEAL. AND...BUT WE NEVER LOST THE
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- AND...BUT WE NEVER LOST THE FOCUS OF CHRISTMAS.
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- FOCUS OF CHRISTMAS. CHRISTMAS EVE, MY FATHER WOULD
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- CHRISTMAS EVE, MY FATHER WOULD READ THE CHRISTMAS STORY, OR
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- READ THE CHRISTMAS STORY, OR PART OF IT, AND THEN WE WOULD
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- PART OF IT, AND THEN WE WOULD CONCLUDE IT ON CHRISTMAS
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- CONCLUDE IT ON CHRISTMAS MORNING.
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- MORNING. BEFORE WE OPENED GIFTS, BEFORE
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- BEFORE WE OPENED GIFTS, BEFORE WE HAD BREAKFAST, BEFORE WE DID
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- WE HAD BREAKFAST, BEFORE WE DID ANYTHING, WE AS A FAMILY GOT ON
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- ANYTHING, WE AS A FAMILY GOT ON OUR KNEES AND PRAYED.
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- OUR KNEES AND PRAYED. NOW, WE DID THIS NOT JUST
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- NOW, WE DID THIS NOT JUST ON CHRISTMAS.
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- ON CHRISTMAS. AS A FAMILY, EVERY DAY,
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- AS A FAMILY, EVERY DAY, WE HAD DEVOTIONS.
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- WE HAD DEVOTIONS. IN THE MORNING, BEFORE WE WENT
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- IN THE MORNING, BEFORE WE WENT TO SCHOOL, WE WOULD PRAY FOR
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- TO SCHOOL, WE WOULD PRAY FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS, AND,
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- FAMILY AND FRIENDS, AND, PEOPLE THAT WEREN'T WITH
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- PEOPLE THAT WEREN'T WITH US, OR PEOPLE WE KNEW THAT WERE
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- US, OR PEOPLE WE KNEW THAT WERE SICK THAT CHRISTMAS.
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- SICK THAT CHRISTMAS. AND, SO, MY PARENTS ALWAYS KEPT
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- AND, SO, MY PARENTS ALWAYS KEPT THE SPIRITUAL AS THE FOCUS --
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- THE SPIRITUAL AS THE FOCUS -- BUT, AT THE SAME TIME, FUN.
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- BUT, AT THE SAME TIME, FUN. WE WOULD PUT MILK OUT FOR
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- WE WOULD PUT MILK OUT FOR SANTA CLAUS.
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- SANTA CLAUS. [MATT LAUGHS HEARTILY]
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- [MATT LAUGHS HEARTILY] WE'D PUT COOKIES.
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- WE'D PUT COOKIES. AND THE NEXT MORNING, THERE
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- AND THE NEXT MORNING, THERE WOULD BE A BITE OUT
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- WOULD BE A BITE OUT OF THE COOKIE.
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- OF THE COOKIE. AND I WAS-- I MAY HAVE BEEN
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- AND I WAS-- I MAY HAVE BEEN 16 BEFORE I REALIZED THAT
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- 16 BEFORE I REALIZED THAT SANTA CLAUS'S HANDWRITING
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- SANTA CLAUS'S HANDWRITING LOOKED A LOT LIKE MOM'S.
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- LOOKED A LOT LIKE MOM'S. [LAUGHS]
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- [LAUGHS] SO, IT WAS...AH...
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- SO, IT WAS...AH... BUT IT WAS JUST FUN.
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- BUT IT WAS JUST FUN. - MATT: YEAH.
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- - MATT: YEAH. - FRANKLIN: AND I REMEMBER ONE
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- - FRANKLIN: AND I REMEMBER ONE TIME...OH, I'D MISBEHAVED --
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- TIME...OH, I'D MISBEHAVED -- NOT ON CHRISTMAS BUT SOMETIME
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- NOT ON CHRISTMAS BUT SOMETIME THAT YEAR.
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- THAT YEAR. [CHRISTMAS MUSIC]
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- [CHRISTMAS MUSIC] SO, MY MOTHER-- WE ALWAYS PUT
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- SO, MY MOTHER-- WE ALWAYS PUT STOCKINGS UP, RIGHT?
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- STOCKINGS UP, RIGHT? AND THE STOCKINGS WOULD BE
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- AND THE STOCKINGS WOULD BE OVERFLOWING WITH...THINGS.
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- OVERFLOWING WITH...THINGS. SHE HID MY STOCKING BEHIND THE
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- SHE HID MY STOCKING BEHIND THE COUCH, AND SHE HAD A STOCKING
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- COUCH, AND SHE HAD A STOCKING WITH SWITCHES AND ASHES.
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- WITH SWITCHES AND ASHES. [MATT LAUGHS HEARTILY]
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- AND I'M TALKIN' ABOUT A BUNDLE
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- AND I'M TALKIN' ABOUT A BUNDLE OF SWITCHES COMIN' UP.
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- OF SWITCHES COMIN' UP. AND THEN, ASHES HAD FALLEN DOWN
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- AND THEN, ASHES HAD FALLEN DOWN THE SIDE OF THE STOCKING.
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- THE SIDE OF THE STOCKING. ON THE FLOOR WAS THIS BIG PILE
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- ON THE FLOOR WAS THIS BIG PILE OF ASHES.
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- OF ASHES. AND I JUST BLINKED AND I
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- AND I JUST BLINKED AND I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT, UH, THIS
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- COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT, UH, THIS HAD HAPPENED TO ME.
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- HAD HAPPENED TO ME. I THOUGHT: WHAT IN THE WORLD...
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- I THOUGHT: WHAT IN THE WORLD... SO, I WENT BACK UPSTAIRS.
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- SO, I WENT BACK UPSTAIRS. AND, WHEN MAMA CALLED US
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- AND, WHEN MAMA CALLED US ALL FOR TO COME IN,
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- ALL FOR TO COME IN, NORMALLY WE ALL RUN INTO THE
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- NORMALLY WE ALL RUN INTO THE LIVING ROOM, AND I JUST KIND OF
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- LIVING ROOM, AND I JUST KIND OF MOSEYED INTO THE LIVING ROOM,
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- MOSEYED INTO THE LIVING ROOM, HOPING THAT MAYBE WHAT I HAD
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- HOPING THAT MAYBE WHAT I HAD SEEN EARLIER THAT MORNING
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- SEEN EARLIER THAT MORNING WOULDN'T BE TRUE.
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- WOULDN'T BE TRUE. AND WHEN I GOT THERE, LO AND
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- AND WHEN I GOT THERE, LO AND BEHOLD, THERE WAS THAT STOCKING
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- BEHOLD, THERE WAS THAT STOCKING FULL OF ASHES AND SWITCHES.
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- FULL OF ASHES AND SWITCHES. AND IT WAS MY STOCKING.
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- AND IT WAS MY STOCKING. AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF I SHOULD
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- AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF I SHOULD CRY OF WHAT.
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- CRY OF WHAT. BUT I REMEMBER MAMA JUST
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- BUT I REMEMBER MAMA JUST GIGGLING AND LAUGHING.
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- GIGGLING AND LAUGHING. AND, UH, WITHIN A FEW MINUTES,
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- AND, UH, WITHIN A FEW MINUTES, HERE SHE CAME WITH THE REAL
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- HERE SHE CAME WITH THE REAL STOCKING SHE HAD BEEN HIDING.
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- STOCKING SHE HAD BEEN HIDING. [LAUGHTER]
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- [LAUGHTER] SHE MADE IT FUN.
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- AND I JUST THINK, AS CHILDREN,
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- AND I JUST THINK, AS CHILDREN, I LOOK BACK AT OUR HOME -- THE
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- I LOOK BACK AT OUR HOME -- THE LOVE THAT WE HAD IN OUR HOME,
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- LOVE THAT WE HAD IN OUR HOME, THE JOY THAT WE HAD IN
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- THE JOY THAT WE HAD IN OUR HOME.
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- OUR HOME. UH, IT WASN'T WHAT WE GOT.
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- UH, IT WASN'T WHAT WE GOT. AND, AS KIDS, WE ALWAYS LIKED
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- AND, AS KIDS, WE ALWAYS LIKED GETTING GIFTS.
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- GETTING GIFTS. I REMEMBER THE SPIRITUAL
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- I REMEMBER THE SPIRITUAL THAT MY MOTHER AND FATHER--
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- THAT MY MOTHER AND FATHER-- ALWAYS REMINDING US AS
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- ALWAYS REMINDING US AS A FAMILY WHY JESUS CHRIST CAME.
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- A FAMILY WHY JESUS CHRIST CAME. AND SO, AS A FAMILY, WE ALWAYS
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- AND SO, AS A FAMILY, WE ALWAYS REMEMBERED THAT.
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- AND, THIS BOOK -- MATT, IT'S
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- AND, THIS BOOK -- MATT, IT'S JUST--
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- JUST-- WE GOT SOME STORIES IN HERE.
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- WE GOT SOME STORIES IN HERE. WE'VE GOT HYMNS IN HERE.
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- WE'VE GOT HYMNS IN HERE. WE'VE GOT SEVERAL MESSAGES THAT
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- WE'VE GOT SEVERAL MESSAGES THAT MY FATHER HAS WRITTEN ABOUT
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- MY FATHER HAS WRITTEN ABOUT CHRISTMAS THAT WE'VE COMPILED
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- CHRISTMAS THAT WE'VE COMPILED TO PUT IN HERE.
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- TO PUT IN HERE. UM...MANY PEOPLE USE THIS AS A
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- UM...MANY PEOPLE USE THIS AS A DEVOTIONAL FOR CHRISTMAS.
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- DEVOTIONAL FOR CHRISTMAS. AND I WOULD CERTAINLY RECOMMEND
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- AND I WOULD CERTAINLY RECOMMEND A PERSON USING THAT AS A
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- A PERSON USING THAT AS A DEVOTION FOR THE MONTH OF
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- DEVOTION FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.
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- DECEMBER. I THINK IT'S AN INCREDIBLE
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- I THINK IT'S AN INCREDIBLE BOOK.
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- - MATT: SO, WE'RE...ABOUT
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- - MATT: SO, WE'RE...ABOUT 6 MINUTES INTO THE BROADCAST,
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- 6 MINUTES INTO THE BROADCAST, HERE, AND YOU'VE ALREADY GIVEN,
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- HERE, AND YOU'VE ALREADY GIVEN, BASICALLY, THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF
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- BASICALLY, THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF CHRISTMAS AND JESUS BORN
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- CHRISTMAS AND JESUS BORN TO DIE.
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- TO DIE. - MATT: AND YOUR EVANGELIST--
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- - MATT: AND YOUR EVANGELIST-- - LAURIE CROUCH: IT'S ALREADY
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- - LAURIE CROUCH: IT'S ALREADY COME OUT.
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- COME OUT. - MATT: --IS FULLY ON DISPLAY.
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- - MATT: --IS FULLY ON DISPLAY. - LAURIE: I LOVE IT.
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- - LAURIE: I LOVE IT. - MATT: AND I LOVE THAT.
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- - MATT: AND I LOVE THAT. BUT I WANNA CIRCLE BACK TO
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- BUT I WANNA CIRCLE BACK TO SANTA CLAUS.
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- SANTA CLAUS. - FRANKLIN: YEAH.
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- - FRANKLIN: YEAH. - MATT: OKAY?
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- - MATT: OKAY? [LAURIE LAUGHS]
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- [LAURIE LAUGHS] BECAUSE, THERE'S A LOT OF
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- BECAUSE, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT REALLY FROWN ON
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- PEOPLE THAT REALLY FROWN ON THAT KIND OF STUFF AND WOULD
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- THAT KIND OF STUFF AND WOULD THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE
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- THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE SOMEWHAT CONTROVERSIAL, THAT
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- SOMEWHAT CONTROVERSIAL, THAT SOMEONE AS...YOU KNOW, WELL
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- SOMEONE AS...YOU KNOW, WELL KNOWN AS DR. BILLY GRAHAM WOULD
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- KNOWN AS DR. BILLY GRAHAM WOULD HAVE THE SANTA CLAUS KIND OF
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- HAVE THE SANTA CLAUS KIND OF THING INVOLVED IN CHRISTMAS.
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- THING INVOLVED IN CHRISTMAS. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO SOMEBODY
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- WHAT DO YOU SAY TO SOMEBODY THAT'S KIND OF LIFTING THE
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- THAT'S KIND OF LIFTING THE EYEBROW AT THE IDEA THE GRAHAM
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- EYEBROW AT THE IDEA THE GRAHAM FAMILY HAD SANTA CLAUS?
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- FAMILY HAD SANTA CLAUS? - FRANKLIN: WELL, YOU KNOW,
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- - FRANKLIN: WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS THE
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- THERE'S ALWAYS THE "BAH! HUMBUG!" GUYS OUT THERE.
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- "BAH! HUMBUG!" GUYS OUT THERE. [MATT LAUGHS]
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- [MATT LAUGHS] AGAIN, MY MOTHER MADE IT FUN.
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- AGAIN, MY MOTHER MADE IT FUN. AND FOR US CHILDREN, GROWING
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- AND FOR US CHILDREN, GROWING UP, IT WAS FUN.
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- UP, IT WAS FUN. AND SO, CHRISTMAS WAS JUST A
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- AND SO, CHRISTMAS WAS JUST A SPECIAL TIME FOR US.
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- SPECIAL TIME FOR US. AND EVEN FOR MY FAMILY, MY
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- AND EVEN FOR MY FAMILY, MY WIFE, JANE AND I --
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- WIFE, JANE AND I -- FOR OUR CHILDREN.
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- FOR OUR CHILDREN. WE MADE CHRISTMAS VERY SPECIAL.
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- WE MADE CHRISTMAS VERY SPECIAL. WE HAD SANTA CLAUS AND WE HAD
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- WE HAD SANTA CLAUS AND WE HAD THE GIFTS AND ALL THAT.
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- THE GIFTS AND ALL THAT. AND WE NOW DO IT FOR OUR 12
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- AND WE NOW DO IT FOR OUR 12 GRANDCHILDREN AND MAKE A BIG
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- GRANDCHILDREN AND MAKE A BIG DEAL OUT OF IT.
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- DEAL OUT OF IT. BUT WE READ THE CHRISTMAS STORY
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- BUT WE READ THE CHRISTMAS STORY IN MY HOME, JUST LIKE MY
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- IN MY HOME, JUST LIKE MY PARENTS DID, UH, WHEN I WAS
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- PARENTS DID, UH, WHEN I WAS GROWING UP.
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- [SLEIGH BELLS]
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- [SLEIGH BELLS] [BELL TOLLING]
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- [BELL TOLLING] - RUTH GRAHAM: "AND THERE WERE
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- - RUTH GRAHAM: "AND THERE WERE IN THE SAME COUNTRY SHEPHERDS
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- IN THE SAME COUNTRY SHEPHERDS ABIDING IN THE FIELD, KEEPING
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- ABIDING IN THE FIELD, KEEPING WATCH OVER THEIR FLOCK BY
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- WATCH OVER THEIR FLOCK BY NIGHT.
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- NIGHT. [MUSIC]
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- [MUSIC] AND, LO, THE ANGEL OF THE LORD
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- AND, LO, THE ANGEL OF THE LORD CAME UPON THEM, AND THE GLORY
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- CAME UPON THEM, AND THE GLORY OF THE LORD SHONE ROUND ABOUT
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- OF THE LORD SHONE ROUND ABOUT THEM, AND THEY WERE SO AFRAID.
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- THEM, AND THEY WERE SO AFRAID. AND THE ANGEL SAID UNTO THEM,
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- AND THE ANGEL SAID UNTO THEM, FEAR NOT: FOR, BEHOLD, I BRING
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- FEAR NOT: FOR, BEHOLD, I BRING YOU GOOD TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY,
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- YOU GOOD TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY, WHICH SHALL BE TO ALL PEOPLE.
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- WHICH SHALL BE TO ALL PEOPLE. FOR UNTO YOU IS BORN THIS DAY
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- FOR UNTO YOU IS BORN THIS DAY IN THE CITY OF DAVID A SAVIOR,
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- IN THE CITY OF DAVID A SAVIOR, WHICH IS CHRIST THE LORD.
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- WHICH IS CHRIST THE LORD. AND THIS SHALL BE A SIGN UNTO
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- AND THIS SHALL BE A SIGN UNTO YOU; YE SHALL FIND THE BABE
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- YOU; YE SHALL FIND THE BABE WRAPPED IN SWADDLING CLOTHES,
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- WRAPPED IN SWADDLING CLOTHES, LYING IN A MANGER.
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- LYING IN A MANGER. AND, SUDDENLY, THERE WAS WITH
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- AND, SUDDENLY, THERE WAS WITH THE ANGEL A MULTITUDE OF THE
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- THE ANGEL A MULTITUDE OF THE HEAVENLY HOSTS PRAISING GOD, AND
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- HEAVENLY HOSTS PRAISING GOD, AND SAYING, GLORY TO GOD IN THE
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- SAYING, GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST, AND ON EARTH PEACE,
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- HIGHEST, AND ON EARTH PEACE, GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN.
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- GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN. - MATT: "THIS CHRISTMAS NIGHT"
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- - MATT: "THIS CHRISTMAS NIGHT" IS A BRAND-NEW GIFT OFFER,
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- IS A BRAND-NEW GIFT OFFER, THIS MONTH.
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- THIS MONTH. TWO OF THE MOST WELL-KNOWN
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- TWO OF THE MOST WELL-KNOWN NAMES IN CHRISTIAN CIRCLES
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- NAMES IN CHRISTIAN CIRCLES AROUND THE WORLD --
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- AROUND THE WORLD -- BILLY GRAHAM AND RUTH GRAHAM.
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- BILLY GRAHAM AND RUTH GRAHAM. FRANKLIN, YOU'RE HERE
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- FRANKLIN, YOU'RE HERE REPRESENTING THIS.
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- REPRESENTING THIS. YOU ARE THE SECOND GENERATION
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- YOU ARE THE SECOND GENERATION OF THE BILLY GRAHAM
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- OF THE BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION.
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- EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION. THESE ARE STORIES AND SERMONS
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- THESE ARE STORIES AND SERMONS AND BASICALLY THE COMPILATION
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- AND BASICALLY THE COMPILATION OF WHAT YOUR FAMILY REALLY
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- OF WHAT YOUR FAMILY REALLY REPRESENTED AND HOW YOU
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- REPRESENTED AND HOW YOU REPRESENTED CHRISTMAS IN
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- REPRESENTED CHRISTMAS IN YOUR OWN FAMILY.
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- - LAURIE: THIS CHRISTMAS MIGHT
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- - LAURIE: THIS CHRISTMAS MIGHT LOOK REALLY DIFFERENT FOR A LOT
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- LOOK REALLY DIFFERENT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.
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- OF PEOPLE. UM...A LOT DIFFERENT, MAYBE,
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- UM...A LOT DIFFERENT, MAYBE, FROM LAST YEAR.
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- FROM LAST YEAR. UM...CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT, IN
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- UM...CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT, IN ANY WAY?
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- ANY WAY? - FRANKLIN: WELL, LET ME JUST,
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- - FRANKLIN: WELL, LET ME JUST, UM...SOMETHING MY MOTHER TAUGHT
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- UM...SOMETHING MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME -- NOT JUST ME, BUT ALL OF
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- ME -- NOT JUST ME, BUT ALL OF US CHILDREN, GROWING UP
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- US CHILDREN, GROWING UP TO HELP OTHERS.
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- TO HELP OTHERS. AND, MY MOTHER AND FATHER HAD A
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- AND, MY MOTHER AND FATHER HAD A CHECKING ACCOUNT, AND THEY
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- CHECKING ACCOUNT, AND THEY CALLED IT "THE HELP FUND."
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- CALLED IT "THE HELP FUND." AND IT WAS JUST-- IF DADDY GOT
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- AND IT WAS JUST-- IF DADDY GOT AN HONORARIUM FOR SPEAKING
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- AN HONORARIUM FOR SPEAKING SOMEWHERE OR SOMETHING, THEY'D
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- SOMEWHERE OR SOMETHING, THEY'D PUT IT IN THAT HELP FUND.
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- PUT IT IN THAT HELP FUND. AND THEY WOULD LOOK FOR PEOPLE
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- AND THEY WOULD LOOK FOR PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT NEEDED
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- IN THE COMMUNITY THAT NEEDED HELP.
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- HELP. MAYBE THEIR HOUSE BURNED DOWN,
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- MAYBE THEIR HOUSE BURNED DOWN, OR MAYBE, UM, THEY'D LOST THEIR
- 00:09:13.976 --> 00:09:15.811
- OR MAYBE, UM, THEY'D LOST THEIR JOB AND PEOPLE WERE OUT OF
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- JOB AND PEOPLE WERE OUT OF WORK, AND CHRISTMAS WAS COMING.
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- AND THEY KNEW THAT A FEW
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- AND THEY KNEW THAT A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS HERE OR THERE
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- HUNDRED DOLLARS HERE OR THERE COULD MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN
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- COULD MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN A PERSON'S CHRISTMAS.
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- A PERSON'S CHRISTMAS. THEY LOOKED AROUND FOR PEOPLE
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- THEY LOOKED AROUND FOR PEOPLE TO HELP.
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- TO HELP. NOW, THEY DID THAT QUIETLY.
- 00:09:28.457 --> 00:09:29.759
- NOW, THEY DID THAT QUIETLY. THEY DIDN'T MAKE A BIG DEAL
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- THEY DIDN'T MAKE A BIG DEAL ABOUT IT.
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- ABOUT IT. THEY DIDN'T...ADVERTISE IT.
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- THEY JUST QUIETLY...MY ENTIRE
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- THEY JUST QUIETLY...MY ENTIRE LIFE, WERE HELPING PEOPLE IN
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- LIFE, WERE HELPING PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, LOCAL PEOPLE.
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- THE COMMUNITY, LOCAL PEOPLE. AND, UH, SO, THEIR FAITH WAS
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- AND, UH, SO, THEIR FAITH WAS REAL.
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- REAL. - LAURIE: YEAH.
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- - LAURIE: YEAH. - FRANKLIN: AND WHEN WE COME
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- - FRANKLIN: AND WHEN WE COME TO CHRISTMAS, UH, BECAUSE OF
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- TO CHRISTMAS, UH, BECAUSE OF THE COMMERCIALISM AND ALL THE
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- THE COMMERCIALISM AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF, IT'D BE VERY EASY
- 00:09:50.112 --> 00:09:51.247
- OTHER STUFF, IT'D BE VERY EASY TO LOSE SIGHT.
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- TO LOSE SIGHT. MY MOTHER AND FATHER BELIEVED
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- MY MOTHER AND FATHER BELIEVED THE SCRIPTURES --
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- THE SCRIPTURES -- COVER TO COVER.
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- COVER TO COVER. WE WORSHIPED THE KING
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- WE WORSHIPED THE KING AT CHRISTMAS.
- 00:10:00.189 --> 00:10:01.357
- AT CHRISTMAS. BUT, QUIETLY, THEY LIVED OUT
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- BUT, QUIETLY, THEY LIVED OUT WHAT THEY BELIEVED BY JUST
- 00:10:02.391 --> 00:10:03.959
- WHAT THEY BELIEVED BY JUST HELPING OTHER PEOPLE IN TIME OF
- 00:10:04.026 --> 00:10:04.627
- HELPING OTHER PEOPLE IN TIME OF NEED.
- 00:10:04.694 --> 00:10:06.295
- NEED. NOW, WE HAD SOME CRAZY...
- 00:10:06.362 --> 00:10:07.763
- NOW, WE HAD SOME CRAZY... [LAURIE LAUGHS]
- 00:10:07.830 --> 00:10:09.031
- [LAURIE LAUGHS] ....CRAZY TRADITION.
- 00:10:09.098 --> 00:10:12.668
- ....CRAZY TRADITION. MY MOTHER...SHEEEE!
- 00:10:12.735 --> 00:10:14.336
- MY MOTHER...SHEEEE! UM, THIS ONE WAS OYSTER STEW.
- 00:10:14.403 --> 00:10:16.772
- UM, THIS ONE WAS OYSTER STEW. AND, WHEN SHE WAS IN CHINA --
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- AND, WHEN SHE WAS IN CHINA -- OF COURSE, MY MOTHER WAS BORN
- 00:10:17.973 --> 00:10:19.375
- OF COURSE, MY MOTHER WAS BORN IN CHINA, RAISED IN CHINA.
- 00:10:19.442 --> 00:10:20.309
- IN CHINA, RAISED IN CHINA. SHE WAS, I THINK, 19,
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- SHE WAS, I THINK, 19, BEFORE SHE LEFT CHINA.
- 00:10:23.612 --> 00:10:24.714
- BEFORE SHE LEFT CHINA. AND, HER FIRST LANGUAGE, AS A
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- AND, HER FIRST LANGUAGE, AS A YOUNG GIRL, WAS MANDARIN.
- 00:10:25.948 --> 00:10:30.519
- YOUNG GIRL, WAS MANDARIN. SO, SHE HAD THIS TRADITION
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- SO, SHE HAD THIS TRADITION IN HER FAMILY, THE BELL
- 00:10:35.791 --> 00:10:37.059
- IN HER FAMILY, THE BELL FAMILY -- ON CHRISTMAS THEY HAD
- 00:10:37.126 --> 00:10:38.127
- FAMILY -- ON CHRISTMAS THEY HAD OYSTER STEW.
- 00:10:38.194 --> 00:10:40.596
- OYSTER STEW. NOW...FOR US CHILDREN...
- 00:10:40.663 --> 00:10:45.768
- NOW...FOR US CHILDREN... [LAURIE LAUGHS]
- 00:10:45.835 --> 00:10:46.669
- [LAURIE LAUGHS] - LAURIE: EWWW...
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- - LAURIE: EWWW... - FRANKLIN: ...NONE OF US
- 00:10:48.170 --> 00:10:48.771
- - FRANKLIN: ...NONE OF US PARTICIPATED IN THIS TRADITION
- 00:10:48.838 --> 00:10:49.405
- PARTICIPATED IN THIS TRADITION WITH MAMA.
- 00:10:49.472 --> 00:10:50.473
- WITH MAMA. SHE WAS ALONE.
- 00:10:50.539 --> 00:10:51.006
- SHE WAS ALONE. SHE HAD THESE LITTLE
- 00:10:51.073 --> 00:10:52.308
- SHE HAD THESE LITTLE SANTA CLAUS MUGS THAT,
- 00:10:52.374 --> 00:10:53.642
- SANTA CLAUS MUGS THAT, SAT ON THE TABLE.
- 00:10:53.709 --> 00:10:55.878
- SAT ON THE TABLE. SHE HAD THIS BIG SANTA CLAUS
- 00:10:55.945 --> 00:10:58.147
- SHE HAD THIS BIG SANTA CLAUS BOWL, WITH A LADLE IN IT,
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- BOWL, WITH A LADLE IN IT, FILLED WITH OYSTER STEW.
- 00:11:00.249 --> 00:11:00.716
- FILLED WITH OYSTER STEW. SHE WAS JUST HOPING THAT
- 00:11:00.783 --> 00:11:01.751
- SHE WAS JUST HOPING THAT WE WOULD TAKE A
- 00:11:01.817 --> 00:11:03.486
- WE WOULD TAKE A LIKING TO IT.
- 00:11:03.552 --> 00:11:05.354
- LIKING TO IT. WE WOULDN'T EVEN SMELL
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- WE WOULDN'T EVEN SMELL THE STUFF.
- 00:11:08.090 --> 00:11:09.759
- THE STUFF. I DON'T KNOW OF A KID ANYWHERE
- 00:11:09.825 --> 00:11:10.926
- I DON'T KNOW OF A KID ANYWHERE THAT'S GONNA EAT...OYSTER STEW.
- 00:11:10.993 --> 00:11:12.027
- THAT'S GONNA EAT...OYSTER STEW. MAYBE THEY DO,
- 00:11:12.094 --> 00:11:14.930
- MAYBE THEY DO, BUT I DON'T KNOW OF ANY --
- 00:11:14.997 --> 00:11:15.498
- BUT I DON'T KNOW OF ANY -- NOT IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA,
- 00:11:15.564 --> 00:11:16.632
- NOT IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, WHERE I GREW UP.
- 00:11:16.699 --> 00:11:18.033
- - RUTH: EARLY THIS EVENING,
- 00:11:19.034 --> 00:11:19.769
- - RUTH: EARLY THIS EVENING, BILL AND I WERE TALKING
- 00:11:19.835 --> 00:11:21.003
- BILL AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT...FUNNY THINGS THAT HAVE
- 00:11:21.070 --> 00:11:21.604
- ABOUT...FUNNY THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED DURING CHRISTMAS, AND,
- 00:11:21.670 --> 00:11:22.671
- HAPPENED DURING CHRISTMAS, AND, SOME OF THE SWEETEST, HAPPIEST
- 00:11:22.738 --> 00:11:24.340
- SOME OF THE SWEETEST, HAPPIEST MEMORIES YOU COULD IMAGINE.
- 00:11:24.406 --> 00:11:25.741
- MEMORIES YOU COULD IMAGINE. BUT I THINK ONE THAT I ENJOY SO
- 00:11:25.808 --> 00:11:27.042
- BUT I THINK ONE THAT I ENJOY SO MUCH, BECAUSE, WE WERE GETTING
- 00:11:27.109 --> 00:11:28.043
- MUCH, BECAUSE, WE WERE GETTING READY FOR CHRISTMAS ONE MORNING
- 00:11:28.110 --> 00:11:29.812
- READY FOR CHRISTMAS ONE MORNING -- WE WERE GETTING READY TO GO
- 00:11:29.879 --> 00:11:31.046
- -- WE WERE GETTING READY TO GO AND OPEN THE GIFTS.
- 00:11:31.113 --> 00:11:34.183
- AND OPEN THE GIFTS. AND, WE HAVE OYSTER STEW AT OUR
- 00:11:34.250 --> 00:11:35.317
- AND, WE HAVE OYSTER STEW AT OUR HOME, EVERY CHRISTMAS MORNING.
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- HOME, EVERY CHRISTMAS MORNING. - MALE VOICE: YUCK.
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- - MALE VOICE: YUCK. - RUTH: AND THEN, WE HAVE
- 00:11:39.021 --> 00:11:39.522
- - RUTH: AND THEN, WE HAVE PRAYERS.
- 00:11:39.588 --> 00:11:40.156
- PRAYERS. AND, THE KIDS WERE GETTING MORE
- 00:11:40.222 --> 00:11:40.823
- AND, THE KIDS WERE GETTING MORE AND MORE IMPATIENT TO GET THERE
- 00:11:40.890 --> 00:11:41.757
- AND MORE IMPATIENT TO GET THERE AND OPEN THEIR GIFTS.
- 00:11:41.824 --> 00:11:42.558
- AND OPEN THEIR GIFTS. AND I HEARD LITTLE
- 00:11:42.625 --> 00:11:44.026
- AND I HEARD LITTLE STEPHAN-NELSON, OUR GRANDSON --
- 00:11:44.093 --> 00:11:45.227
- STEPHAN-NELSON, OUR GRANDSON -- WHO WAS ABOUT 4 OR 5 AT THE
- 00:11:45.294 --> 00:11:46.762
- WHO WAS ABOUT 4 OR 5 AT THE TIME -- WITH HIS ARMS TOGETHER
- 00:11:46.829 --> 00:11:49.598
- TIME -- WITH HIS ARMS TOGETHER AND HIS BACK WAS TO US.
- 00:11:49.665 --> 00:11:51.300
- AND HIS BACK WAS TO US. AND HE WAS SO DISGUSTED, HE
- 00:11:51.367 --> 00:11:52.768
- AND HE WAS SO DISGUSTED, HE SAID, "BETHLEHEM WAS NEVER AS
- 00:11:52.835 --> 00:11:53.836
- SAID, "BETHLEHEM WAS NEVER AS MISERABLE AS THIS."
- 00:11:53.903 --> 00:11:55.571
- MISERABLE AS THIS." [LAUGHTER]
- 00:11:55.638 --> 00:11:57.206
- [LAUGHTER] - MATT: SO, WHAT I WANT YOU TO
- 00:11:57.273 --> 00:11:59.441
- - MATT: SO, WHAT I WANT YOU TO KNOW IS: "THIS CHRISTMAS NIGHT:
- 00:11:59.508 --> 00:12:02.378
- KNOW IS: "THIS CHRISTMAS NIGHT: REFLECTIONS FROM OUR HEART TO
- 00:12:02.444 --> 00:12:03.946
- REFLECTIONS FROM OUR HEART TO YOUR HOME" IS OUR MONTHLY
- 00:12:04.013 --> 00:12:05.014
- YOUR HOME" IS OUR MONTHLY AND, IT'S ABOUT BILLY AND RUTH
- 00:12:05.080 --> 00:12:05.581
- AND, IT'S ABOUT BILLY AND RUTH GRAHAM'S REFLECTIONS ON
- 00:12:05.648 --> 00:12:07.516
- GRAHAM'S REFLECTIONS ON CHRISTMAS IN THE GRAHAM HOME.
- 00:12:07.583 --> 00:12:09.652
- CHRISTMAS IN THE GRAHAM HOME. WATCH THIS.
- 00:12:09.718 --> 00:12:12.588
- WATCH THIS. - TOM NEWMAN: FRIENDS, ONE
- 00:12:12.655 --> 00:12:13.189
- - TOM NEWMAN: FRIENDS, ONE TIME WHEN WE WERE FILMING IN
- 00:12:13.255 --> 00:12:13.956
- TIME WHEN WE WERE FILMING IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE, WE
- 00:12:14.023 --> 00:12:14.723
- THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE, WE WERE STANDING JUST FEET AWAY
- 00:12:14.790 --> 00:12:17.226
- WERE STANDING JUST FEET AWAY FROM WHERE JESUS PRAYED AND
- 00:12:17.293 --> 00:12:18.828
- FROM WHERE JESUS PRAYED AND SWEAT DROPS OF BLOOD BEFORE HE
- 00:12:18.894 --> 00:12:21.096
- SWEAT DROPS OF BLOOD BEFORE HE WENT TO THE CROSS.
- 00:12:21.163 --> 00:12:22.765
- I WAS OVERWHELMED BY THE
- 00:12:24.967 --> 00:12:25.768
- I WAS OVERWHELMED BY THE INCREDIBLE COST OF HIS
- 00:12:25.835 --> 00:12:26.235
- INCREDIBLE COST OF HIS SACRIFICE.
- 00:12:26.302 --> 00:12:27.303
- SACRIFICE. YOUR GENEROUS SACRIFICE TO TBN
- 00:12:27.369 --> 00:12:28.337
- YOUR GENEROUS SACRIFICE TO TBN ALLOWS US TO REACH THE NATIONS
- 00:12:28.404 --> 00:12:30.439
- ALLOWS US TO REACH THE NATIONS WITH THAT GIFT OF REDEMPTION.
- 00:12:30.506 --> 00:12:31.740
- AND AS OUR THANK YOU FOR YOUR
- 00:12:35.711 --> 00:12:36.278
- AND AS OUR THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIFT OF ANY AMOUNT TO TBN,
- 00:12:36.345 --> 00:12:37.179
- GIFT OF ANY AMOUNT TO TBN, WE'LL SEND YOU BILLY AND RUTH
- 00:12:37.246 --> 00:12:38.280
- WE'LL SEND YOU BILLY AND RUTH GRAHAM'S CLASSIC BOOK,
- 00:12:38.347 --> 00:12:39.448
- GRAHAM'S CLASSIC BOOK, "THIS CHRISTMAS NIGHT."
- 00:12:39.515 --> 00:12:41.217
- "THIS CHRISTMAS NIGHT." THIS BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED
- 00:12:41.283 --> 00:12:42.384
- THIS BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED WORK IS A LOVE LETTER ASSURING
- 00:12:42.451 --> 00:12:44.687
- WORK IS A LOVE LETTER ASSURING US THAT WE ARE NOT ALONE.
- 00:12:44.753 --> 00:12:47.356
- US THAT WE ARE NOT ALONE. - FRANKLIN: I HOPE THIS BOOK
- 00:12:47.423 --> 00:12:48.257
- - FRANKLIN: I HOPE THIS BOOK IS A BLESSING TO PEOPLE.
- 00:12:48.324 --> 00:12:50.826
- IS A BLESSING TO PEOPLE. IT'S GOT NOT ONLY MESSAGES FROM
- 00:12:50.893 --> 00:12:52.328
- IT'S GOT NOT ONLY MESSAGES FROM MY FATHER, BUT IT'S FILLED
- 00:12:52.394 --> 00:12:53.329
- MY FATHER, BUT IT'S FILLED WITH SCRIPTURE.
- 00:12:53.395 --> 00:12:54.496
- WITH SCRIPTURE. AND THE POETRY COMES FROM
- 00:12:54.563 --> 00:12:56.932
- AND THE POETRY COMES FROM MY MOTHER'S HEART.
- 00:12:56.999 --> 00:12:57.366
- MY MOTHER'S HEART. I MEAN, IT'S JUST, UH...
- 00:12:57.433 --> 00:12:58.300
- I MEAN, IT'S JUST, UH... WHEN YOU READ IT,
- 00:12:58.367 --> 00:12:58.868
- WHEN YOU READ IT, YOU'RE READING HER HEART
- 00:12:58.934 --> 00:12:59.935
- YOU'RE READING HER HEART COMING OUT.
- 00:13:00.002 --> 00:13:01.103
- COMING OUT. - TOM: EVERY GENEROUS,
- 00:13:01.170 --> 00:13:02.137
- - TOM: EVERY GENEROUS, TAX-DEDUCTIBLE GIFT YOU MAKE
- 00:13:02.204 --> 00:13:03.405
- TAX-DEDUCTIBLE GIFT YOU MAKE HELPS TBN REACH THE WORLD WITH
- 00:13:03.472 --> 00:13:04.573
- HELPS TBN REACH THE WORLD WITH THE TRANSFORMING LOVE OF JESUS.
- 00:13:04.640 --> 00:13:06.508
- THE TRANSFORMING LOVE OF JESUS. GOD BLESS YOU FOR PARTNERING
- 00:13:06.575 --> 00:13:08.310
- GOD BLESS YOU FOR PARTNERING WITH THE GLOBAL MISSION OF TBN.
- 00:13:08.377 --> 00:13:11.480
- - MATT: WE WELCOME YOU BACK TO
- 00:13:34.370 --> 00:13:35.738
- - MATT: WE WELCOME YOU BACK TO RIGHT HERE IN WESTERN COLORADO.
- 00:13:35.804 --> 00:13:37.172
- RIGHT HERE IN WESTERN COLORADO. WE'RE TALKING WITH
- 00:13:37.239 --> 00:13:38.040
- WE'RE TALKING WITH FRANKLIN GRAHAM ABOUT THIS
- 00:13:38.107 --> 00:13:39.375
- FRANKLIN GRAHAM ABOUT THIS CHRISTMAS NIGHT.
- 00:13:39.441 --> 00:13:42.077
- CHRISTMAS NIGHT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHRISTMAS.
- 00:13:42.144 --> 00:13:43.312
- WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHRISTMAS. - LAURIE: WOW.
- 00:13:43.379 --> 00:13:47.016
- - LAURIE: WOW. - MATT: LOOK, WE'RE GOING TO,
- 00:13:47.082 --> 00:13:48.651
- - MATT: LOOK, WE'RE GOING TO, UM...KIND OF --
- 00:13:48.717 --> 00:13:49.485
- UM...KIND OF -- IT'D BE NICE IF IT HAD
- 00:13:49.551 --> 00:13:50.085
- IT'D BE NICE IF IT HAD BEEN SNOWY AND MAYBE OUR
- 00:13:50.152 --> 00:13:51.153
- BEEN SNOWY AND MAYBE OUR VISUAL EFFECTS PEOPLE CAN PUT
- 00:13:51.220 --> 00:13:52.087
- VISUAL EFFECTS PEOPLE CAN PUT SOME SNOW ON THE GROUND AND
- 00:13:52.154 --> 00:13:54.356
- SOME SNOW ON THE GROUND AND KIND OF--
- 00:13:54.423 --> 00:13:56.292
- I JUST WISH IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
- 00:13:56.892 --> 00:13:57.459
- I JUST WISH IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE COLDER AND WE WOULD
- 00:13:57.526 --> 00:13:58.627
- A LITTLE COLDER AND WE WOULD HAVE BEEN, UH, BETTER, BUT--
- 00:13:58.694 --> 00:14:00.596
- HAVE BEEN, UH, BETTER, BUT-- - LAURIE: INSTEAD OF WE'RE
- 00:14:00.663 --> 00:14:01.196
- - LAURIE: INSTEAD OF WE'RE SITTING HERE SWEATING.
- 00:14:01.263 --> 00:14:02.031
- SITTING HERE SWEATING. - MATT: IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE
- 00:14:02.097 --> 00:14:02.698
- - MATT: IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE KIND OF A ODDLY WARM DAY, HERE,
- 00:14:02.765 --> 00:14:04.566
- KIND OF A ODDLY WARM DAY, HERE, IN NOVEMBER OF 2020.
- 00:14:04.633 --> 00:14:08.504
- AND SO, FRANKLIN, TAKE US INTO
- 00:14:10.339 --> 00:14:10.906
- AND SO, FRANKLIN, TAKE US INTO THE GRAHAM HOME.
- 00:14:10.973 --> 00:14:13.108
- THE GRAHAM HOME. THE BOOK IS THE TRADITIONS, THE
- 00:14:13.175 --> 00:14:16.345
- THE BOOK IS THE TRADITIONS, THE STORIES, THE POEMS, THE
- 00:14:16.412 --> 00:14:18.480
- STORIES, THE POEMS, THE SERMONS, AND ALL OF THE GOOD
- 00:14:18.547 --> 00:14:19.748
- SERMONS, AND ALL OF THE GOOD STUFF AND THE IMPORTANT STUFF,
- 00:14:19.815 --> 00:14:20.950
- STUFF AND THE IMPORTANT STUFF, THAT CHRISTMAS IS.
- 00:14:21.016 --> 00:14:27.423
- THAT CHRISTMAS IS. BUT YOU GAVE US A HINT THAT
- 00:14:27.489 --> 00:14:28.023
- BUT YOU GAVE US A HINT THAT THERE WAS FUN IN YOUR
- 00:14:28.090 --> 00:14:29.525
- THERE WAS FUN IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD, THAT YOUR MOTHER
- 00:14:29.591 --> 00:14:31.593
- HOUSEHOLD, THAT YOUR MOTHER MADE SURE THAT CHRISTMAS
- 00:14:31.660 --> 00:14:32.628
- MADE SURE THAT CHRISTMAS WAS, YOU KNOW,
- 00:14:32.695 --> 00:14:36.031
- WAS, YOU KNOW, GIFT-GIVING, AND SANTA CLAUS,
- 00:14:36.098 --> 00:14:36.665
- GIFT-GIVING, AND SANTA CLAUS, AND COOKIES AND MILK, AND
- 00:14:36.732 --> 00:14:37.766
- AND COOKIES AND MILK, AND COMING DOWN THE CHIMNEY, AND
- 00:14:37.833 --> 00:14:39.535
- COMING DOWN THE CHIMNEY, AND ALL THAT.
- 00:14:39.601 --> 00:14:40.936
- DID YOU TEAR OPEN YOUR GIFTS?
- 00:14:41.470 --> 00:14:42.705
- DID YOU TEAR OPEN YOUR GIFTS? OR DID YOU HAVE TO DO IT IN
- 00:14:42.771 --> 00:14:43.505
- OR DID YOU HAVE TO DO IT IN ORDER, ONE AT A TIME,
- 00:14:43.572 --> 00:14:45.140
- ORDER, ONE AT A TIME, AND ALL THAT?
- 00:14:45.207 --> 00:14:45.975
- AND ALL THAT? OR WAS IT CHAOS?
- 00:14:46.041 --> 00:14:47.176
- OR WAS IT CHAOS? - FRANKLIN: UH...I THINK IT
- 00:14:47.242 --> 00:14:48.110
- - FRANKLIN: UH...I THINK IT WAS CHAOS.
- 00:14:48.177 --> 00:14:49.044
- WAS CHAOS. [LAUGHTER]
- 00:14:49.111 --> 00:14:50.646
- [LAUGHTER] MATT, WOULD YOU TAKE A LOOK AT
- 00:14:50.713 --> 00:14:51.580
- MATT, WOULD YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE GRAHAM HOME.
- 00:14:51.647 --> 00:14:52.181
- THE GRAHAM HOME. WE HAD A HOUSE THAT WAS FILLED
- 00:14:52.247 --> 00:14:53.248
- WE HAD A HOUSE THAT WAS FILLED WITH LOVE, IT WAS FILLED WITH
- 00:14:53.315 --> 00:14:55.017
- WITH LOVE, IT WAS FILLED WITH LAUGHTER, AND, AS A RESULT,
- 00:14:55.084 --> 00:14:57.119
- LAUGHTER, AND, AS A RESULT, YOU LOOK BACK AT YOUR CHILDHOOD
- 00:14:57.186 --> 00:14:58.487
- YOU LOOK BACK AT YOUR CHILDHOOD WITH GREAT, FOND MEMORIES.
- 00:14:58.554 --> 00:15:02.024
- WITH GREAT, FOND MEMORIES. AND, MY MOTHER WAS A CHARACTER.
- 00:15:02.091 --> 00:15:05.961
- AND, MY MOTHER WAS A CHARACTER. SHE PLAYED JOKES ON PEOPLE.
- 00:15:06.028 --> 00:15:10.366
- SHE PLAYED JOKES ON PEOPLE. ONE TIME SHE WAS SERVING
- 00:15:10.432 --> 00:15:12.167
- ONE TIME SHE WAS SERVING A BOUILLON SOUP.
- 00:15:12.234 --> 00:15:15.904
- A BOUILLON SOUP. SO, GRADY WILSON WAS AN
- 00:15:15.971 --> 00:15:16.638
- SO, GRADY WILSON WAS AN EVANGELIST THAT WORKED
- 00:15:16.705 --> 00:15:17.539
- EVANGELIST THAT WORKED WITH MY FATHER.
- 00:15:17.606 --> 00:15:18.674
- WITH MY FATHER. AND HE WAS AT THE TABLE.
- 00:15:18.741 --> 00:15:21.143
- AND HE WAS AT THE TABLE. AND, MY MOTHER PUT...TADPOLES.
- 00:15:21.210 --> 00:15:27.149
- AND, MY MOTHER PUT...TADPOLES. SO, SHE WENT DOWN TO A LITTLE
- 00:15:27.216 --> 00:15:27.783
- SO, SHE WENT DOWN TO A LITTLE POND, AND SHE HAD SCOOPED UP
- 00:15:27.850 --> 00:15:28.884
- POND, AND SHE HAD SCOOPED UP SOME TADPOLES, SO SHE HAD THIS
- 00:15:28.951 --> 00:15:29.485
- SOME TADPOLES, SO SHE HAD THIS BOUILLON-LOOKING--
- 00:15:29.551 --> 00:15:31.120
- BOUILLON-LOOKING-- IT WASN'T BOUILLON.
- 00:15:31.186 --> 00:15:31.620
- IT WASN'T BOUILLON. IT WAS ACTUALLY JUST...
- 00:15:31.687 --> 00:15:32.855
- IT WAS ACTUALLY JUST... COLORED WATER.
- 00:15:32.921 --> 00:15:33.322
- COLORED WATER. [LAUGHTER]
- 00:15:33.389 --> 00:15:34.390
- [LAUGHTER] AND, FOR THE CROUTONS,
- 00:15:34.456 --> 00:15:35.257
- AND, FOR THE CROUTONS, SHE HAD TADPOLES.
- 00:15:35.324 --> 00:15:38.694
- SHE HAD TADPOLES. SO, WE ALL SIT THERE AND WE
- 00:15:38.761 --> 00:15:39.895
- SO, WE ALL SIT THERE AND WE HAVE PRAYER.
- 00:15:39.962 --> 00:15:41.730
- HAVE PRAYER. AND, HE REACHES IN AND THE
- 00:15:41.797 --> 00:15:42.898
- AND, HE REACHES IN AND THE CROUTON SWIMS AWAY.
- 00:15:42.965 --> 00:15:45.401
- CROUTON SWIMS AWAY. AND, OF COURSE, HE WAS SHOCKED.
- 00:15:45.467 --> 00:15:47.336
- AND, OF COURSE, HE WAS SHOCKED. HE DIDN'T KNOW IF HE SHOULD SAY
- 00:15:47.403 --> 00:15:48.737
- HE DIDN'T KNOW IF HE SHOULD SAY SOMETHING OR...HE WAS...
- 00:15:48.804 --> 00:15:51.240
- SOMETHING OR...HE WAS... [MATT LAUGHS HEARTILY]
- 00:15:51.306 --> 00:15:52.608
- [MATT LAUGHS HEARTILY] SO, HE-- HE JUST KIND OF STARED
- 00:15:52.674 --> 00:15:53.275
- SO, HE-- HE JUST KIND OF STARED AT HIS BOWL OF SOUP FOR A
- 00:15:53.342 --> 00:15:54.543
- AT HIS BOWL OF SOUP FOR A MINUTE TO THINK: WELL, HOW DO I
- 00:15:54.610 --> 00:15:55.611
- MINUTE TO THINK: WELL, HOW DO I TELL MRS. GRAHAM THERE'S
- 00:15:55.677 --> 00:15:56.578
- TELL MRS. GRAHAM THERE'S SOMETHING ALIVE IN MY SOUP?
- 00:15:56.645 --> 00:15:58.080
- SOMETHING ALIVE IN MY SOUP? [LAUGHTER]
- 00:15:58.147 --> 00:16:00.082
- [LAUGHTER] BUT, I MEAN, THAT'S THE
- 00:16:00.149 --> 00:16:00.616
- BUT, I MEAN, THAT'S THE WAY SHE WAS.
- 00:16:00.682 --> 00:16:01.283
- WAY SHE WAS. SHE WAS FUN.
- 00:16:01.350 --> 00:16:03.018
- SHE WAS FUN. SO, THE HOUSE WAS ALWAYS FILLED
- 00:16:03.085 --> 00:16:03.786
- SO, THE HOUSE WAS ALWAYS FILLED WITH A LITTLE BIT OF
- 00:16:03.852 --> 00:16:04.620
- WITH A LITTLE BIT OF EXCITEMENT.
- 00:16:04.686 --> 00:16:07.556
- EXCITEMENT. - MATT: OKAY, SO, WE ALL KNOW
- 00:16:07.623 --> 00:16:08.490
- - MATT: OKAY, SO, WE ALL KNOW EVERYONE WATCHING THIS
- 00:16:08.557 --> 00:16:10.893
- EVERYONE WATCHING THIS BROADCAST COULD GOOGLE YOUR
- 00:16:10.959 --> 00:16:13.195
- BROADCAST COULD GOOGLE YOUR FATHER AND KNOW THAT HE
- 00:16:13.262 --> 00:16:16.031
- FATHER AND KNOW THAT HE BASICALLY SERVED EVERY
- 00:16:16.098 --> 00:16:17.933
- BASICALLY SERVED EVERY PRESIDENT, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR,
- 00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:21.937
- PRESIDENT, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR, YOU KNOW, A 40-YEAR SPAN OR SO.
- 00:16:22.004 --> 00:16:23.238
- YOU KNOW, A 40-YEAR SPAN OR SO. AND THE PUBLIC SIDE OF THE
- 00:16:23.305 --> 00:16:26.175
- AND THE PUBLIC SIDE OF THE GRAHAM FAMILY IS PRETTY
- 00:16:26.241 --> 00:16:28.744
- GRAHAM FAMILY IS PRETTY WELL KNOWN.
- 00:16:28.811 --> 00:16:31.613
- WELL KNOWN. AND, WHAT WE'RE REALLY TALKING
- 00:16:31.680 --> 00:16:33.849
- AND, WHAT WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT ARE THESE HOMEBOUND
- 00:16:33.916 --> 00:16:35.184
- ABOUT ARE THESE HOMEBOUND TRADITIONS.
- 00:16:35.250 --> 00:16:36.418
- TRADITIONS. THERE WAS JUST-- THERE WAS--
- 00:16:36.485 --> 00:16:37.820
- THERE WAS JUST-- THERE WAS-- YOU KNOW, I MEAN, LOOK --
- 00:16:37.886 --> 00:16:41.423
- YOU KNOW, I MEAN, LOOK -- I MEAN,
- 00:16:41.490 --> 00:16:41.924
- I MEAN, SOME OF YOUR MOTHER'S IN YOU,
- 00:16:41.990 --> 00:16:43.659
- SOME OF YOUR MOTHER'S IN YOU, YOU REALIZE?
- 00:16:43.725 --> 00:16:44.093
- YOU REALIZE? I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
- 00:16:44.159 --> 00:16:45.160
- I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA SHARE THE EXACT DETAILS
- 00:16:45.227 --> 00:16:48.430
- WANNA SHARE THE EXACT DETAILS OF THE PRANK THAT YOU PULLED ON
- 00:16:48.497 --> 00:16:49.631
- OF THE PRANK THAT YOU PULLED ON GREG LAURIE, BUT, AT SOME
- 00:16:49.698 --> 00:16:51.834
- GREG LAURIE, BUT, AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A
- 00:16:51.900 --> 00:16:53.135
- POINT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR MOTHER
- 00:16:53.202 --> 00:16:53.769
- LITTLE BIT OF YOUR MOTHER INSIDE OF YOU.
- 00:16:53.836 --> 00:16:56.472
- INSIDE OF YOU. AND, SO, YOU'RE REALLY--
- 00:16:56.538 --> 00:16:58.774
- AND, SO, YOU'RE REALLY-- THERE WAS THIS PUBLIC
- 00:16:58.841 --> 00:17:02.044
- THERE WAS THIS PUBLIC PERSONA THAT IF THERE HAD BEEN
- 00:17:02.111 --> 00:17:05.147
- PERSONA THAT IF THERE HAD BEEN A NATIONAL TRAGEDY, THEN WE
- 00:17:05.214 --> 00:17:07.783
- A NATIONAL TRAGEDY, THEN WE EXPECT DR. BILLY GRAHAM TO GO
- 00:17:07.850 --> 00:17:10.285
- EXPECT DR. BILLY GRAHAM TO GO AND SPEAK TO US ALL, AND WE
- 00:17:10.352 --> 00:17:11.253
- AND SPEAK TO US ALL, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT.
- 00:17:11.320 --> 00:17:13.021
- UNDERSTAND THAT. AT 9/11, YOUR FATHER TOOK A
- 00:17:13.088 --> 00:17:15.257
- AT 9/11, YOUR FATHER TOOK A PULPIT AND...WALKED INTO THE
- 00:17:15.324 --> 00:17:17.092
- PULPIT AND...WALKED INTO THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL, AND SPOKE,
- 00:17:17.159 --> 00:17:19.428
- NATIONAL CATHEDRAL, AND SPOKE, AND CALMED THE NATION.
- 00:17:19.495 --> 00:17:23.532
- AND CALMED THE NATION. AND SO, NOW, WE GET A GLIMPSE
- 00:17:23.599 --> 00:17:26.068
- AND SO, NOW, WE GET A GLIMPSE BEHIND THE CURTAIN AND THAT
- 00:17:26.135 --> 00:17:28.637
- BEHIND THE CURTAIN AND THAT THERE WAS A COUNTERBALANCE TO
- 00:17:28.704 --> 00:17:30.572
- THERE WAS A COUNTERBALANCE TO ALL OF THE CEREMONY THAT WOULD
- 00:17:30.639 --> 00:17:33.041
- ALL OF THE CEREMONY THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN MEETING
- 00:17:33.108 --> 00:17:35.777
- HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN MEETING PRESIDENTS, AND BEING WITH
- 00:17:35.844 --> 00:17:37.613
- PRESIDENTS, AND BEING WITH PRESIDENTS, AND PRAYING WITH
- 00:17:37.679 --> 00:17:38.814
- PRESIDENTS, AND PRAYING WITH PRESIDENTS, AND CALMING THE
- 00:17:38.881 --> 00:17:40.349
- PRESIDENTS, AND CALMING THE NATION AT NATIONAL TRAGEDIES.
- 00:17:40.415 --> 00:17:42.851
- AND, WHAT THIS BOOK HAS DONE IS
- 00:17:45.053 --> 00:17:45.654
- AND, WHAT THIS BOOK HAS DONE IS YOU'VE COMPILED THE GRAHAM
- 00:17:45.721 --> 00:17:46.388
- YOU'VE COMPILED THE GRAHAM FAMILY, KIND OF AROUND-- THESE
- 00:17:46.455 --> 00:17:51.460
- FAMILY, KIND OF AROUND-- THESE ARE WHAT YOU LIVED YOUR LIFE,
- 00:17:51.527 --> 00:17:54.830
- ARE WHAT YOU LIVED YOUR LIFE, BUT THERE WAS SOME FUN ATTACHED
- 00:17:54.897 --> 00:17:56.298
- BUT THERE WAS SOME FUN ATTACHED TO IT.
- 00:17:56.365 --> 00:17:56.732
- TO IT. AND...I-I-I DON'T KNOW WHAT I
- 00:17:56.798 --> 00:18:00.202
- AND...I-I-I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WAS GONNA EXPECT, BUT, AT SOME
- 00:18:00.269 --> 00:18:02.037
- WAS GONNA EXPECT, BUT, AT SOME POINT, I'M THRILLED TO HEAR
- 00:18:02.104 --> 00:18:03.605
- POINT, I'M THRILLED TO HEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, YOUR SENSE OF
- 00:18:03.672 --> 00:18:06.375
- THAT, YOU KNOW, YOUR SENSE OF HUMOR CAME FROM YOUR MOM.
- 00:18:06.441 --> 00:18:10.145
- HUMOR CAME FROM YOUR MOM. AND THE PRANKS THAT YOU PULL
- 00:18:10.212 --> 00:18:12.080
- AND THE PRANKS THAT YOU PULL ON, YOU KNOW, YOUR FELLOW
- 00:18:12.147 --> 00:18:13.415
- ON, YOU KNOW, YOUR FELLOW EVANGELISTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT
- 00:18:13.482 --> 00:18:14.917
- EVANGELISTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT OBVIOUSLY COMES THE DNA STRAIN
- 00:18:14.983 --> 00:18:16.185
- OBVIOUSLY COMES THE DNA STRAIN FROM YOUR MOTHER.
- 00:18:16.251 --> 00:18:18.654
- - FRANKLIN: WELL, UM...
- 00:18:22.958 --> 00:18:23.425
- - FRANKLIN: WELL, UM... [LAUGHS]
- 00:18:23.492 --> 00:18:24.326
- [LAUGHS] WELL, I PROBABLY-- YEAH, THAT'S
- 00:18:24.393 --> 00:18:25.093
- WELL, I PROBABLY-- YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
- 00:18:25.160 --> 00:18:25.727
- RIGHT. THAT'S TRUE.
- 00:18:25.794 --> 00:18:27.529
- THAT'S TRUE. WE TALK ABOUT WHAT THE FIRST
- 00:18:27.596 --> 00:18:28.130
- WE TALK ABOUT WHAT THE FIRST CHRISTMAS WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE.
- 00:18:28.197 --> 00:18:29.364
- CHRISTMAS WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE. UM...JESUS WAS BORN IN A
- 00:18:29.431 --> 00:18:30.766
- UM...JESUS WAS BORN IN A MANGER, IN A STALL.
- 00:18:30.832 --> 00:18:32.034
- MANGER, IN A STALL. AND MAYBE YOU WOULD CALL
- 00:18:32.100 --> 00:18:35.470
- AND MAYBE YOU WOULD CALL IT A BARN.
- 00:18:35.537 --> 00:18:36.438
- IT A BARN. - MATT: YEAH.
- 00:18:36.505 --> 00:18:37.673
- - MATT: YEAH. - FRANKLIN: BUT IT WASN'T A
- 00:18:37.739 --> 00:18:38.674
- - FRANKLIN: BUT IT WASN'T A BARN --
- 00:18:38.740 --> 00:18:39.975
- BARN -- IT WAS ACTUALLY A CAVE
- 00:18:40.042 --> 00:18:41.343
- IT WAS ACTUALLY A CAVE THAT THEY PUT THE ANIMALS IN
- 00:18:41.410 --> 00:18:42.511
- THAT THEY PUT THE ANIMALS IN AND HAD A MANGER FOR THE
- 00:18:42.578 --> 00:18:43.979
- AND HAD A MANGER FOR THE ANIMALS TO EAT OUT OF.
- 00:18:44.046 --> 00:18:46.648
- ANIMALS TO EAT OUT OF. BUT IT WAS A BARN.
- 00:18:46.715 --> 00:18:49.985
- BUT IT WAS A BARN. AND SO, WHEN YOU THINK OF, UM--
- 00:18:50.052 --> 00:18:51.320
- AND SO, WHEN YOU THINK OF, UM-- IT WASN'T HOLLY AND...UM...
- 00:18:51.386 --> 00:18:53.322
- IT WASN'T HOLLY AND...UM... - MATT: PINE SCENT.
- 00:18:53.388 --> 00:18:56.325
- - MATT: PINE SCENT. [LAUGHS]
- 00:18:56.391 --> 00:18:57.226
- [LAUGHS] - FRANKLIN: PINE SCENT.
- 00:18:57.292 --> 00:18:57.759
- - FRANKLIN: PINE SCENT. - MATT: CINNAMON.
- 00:18:57.826 --> 00:19:00.295
- - MATT: CINNAMON. - FRANKLIN: IT HAS THE SCENT
- 00:19:00.362 --> 00:19:01.563
- - FRANKLIN: IT HAS THE SCENT OF ANIMALS, AND, UH...AND THE
- 00:19:01.630 --> 00:19:02.965
- OF ANIMALS, AND, UH...AND THE THINGS THAT ANIMALS LEAVE
- 00:19:03.031 --> 00:19:03.732
- THINGS THAT ANIMALS LEAVE BEHIND.
- 00:19:03.799 --> 00:19:04.766
- BEHIND. SO, THAT WAS THE SCENT OF
- 00:19:04.833 --> 00:19:06.101
- SO, THAT WAS THE SCENT OF CHRISTMAS.
- 00:19:06.168 --> 00:19:08.670
- CHRISTMAS. SO, A FEW YEARS AGO, I SAY:
- 00:19:08.737 --> 00:19:09.605
- SO, A FEW YEARS AGO, I SAY: WHAT COULD I SEND GREG LAURIE?
- 00:19:09.671 --> 00:19:11.006
- WHAT COULD I SEND GREG LAURIE? [LAUGHTER]
- 00:19:11.073 --> 00:19:11.940
- [LAUGHTER] [MISCHIEVOUS MUSIC PLAYS]
- 00:19:12.007 --> 00:19:15.644
- [MISCHIEVOUS MUSIC PLAYS] WE HAD A LIVE NATIVITY.
- 00:19:15.711 --> 00:19:17.479
- WE HAD A LIVE NATIVITY. AND, WE HAD SOME CAMELS AT
- 00:19:17.546 --> 00:19:18.747
- AND, WE HAD SOME CAMELS AT THIS LIVE NATIVITY -- AT THIS
- 00:19:18.814 --> 00:19:20.048
- THIS LIVE NATIVITY -- AT THIS BILLY GRAHAM LIBRARY.
- 00:19:20.115 --> 00:19:22.551
- BILLY GRAHAM LIBRARY. AND WE EVEN HAD MONKEYS IN THE
- 00:19:22.618 --> 00:19:23.785
- AND WE EVEN HAD MONKEYS IN THE NATIVITY.
- 00:19:23.852 --> 00:19:24.886
- NATIVITY. AND, UH, SOME PEOPLE WOULD COME
- 00:19:24.953 --> 00:19:26.121
- AND, UH, SOME PEOPLE WOULD COME BY AND SAY, "WELL...WHERE'D
- 00:19:26.188 --> 00:19:27.155
- BY AND SAY, "WELL...WHERE'D THOSE MONKEYS COME FROM?"
- 00:19:27.222 --> 00:19:29.458
- THOSE MONKEYS COME FROM?" WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS IN THE--
- 00:19:29.524 --> 00:19:30.525
- WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS IN THE-- THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A MONKEY
- 00:19:30.592 --> 00:19:32.594
- THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A MONKEY IN THERE.
- 00:19:32.661 --> 00:19:34.630
- IN THERE. SO, WE MAKE THE NATIVITY KIND
- 00:19:34.696 --> 00:19:35.264
- SO, WE MAKE THE NATIVITY KIND OF FUN.
- 00:19:35.330 --> 00:19:37.132
- OF FUN. I WANTED TO GET AN ALLIGATOR
- 00:19:37.199 --> 00:19:38.267
- I WANTED TO GET AN ALLIGATOR IN THERE.
- 00:19:38.333 --> 00:19:41.203
- IN THERE. THE PEOPLE THAT DO THE
- 00:19:41.270 --> 00:19:42.104
- THE PEOPLE THAT DO THE ANIMALS SAY, "WELL, IT'S
- 00:19:42.170 --> 00:19:42.938
- ANIMALS SAY, "WELL, IT'S TOO COLD FOR AN ALLIGATOR,"
- 00:19:43.005 --> 00:19:43.705
- TOO COLD FOR AN ALLIGATOR," SO THEY WOULDN'T LET ME.
- 00:19:43.772 --> 00:19:44.773
- SO THEY WOULDN'T LET ME. [MATT LAUGHS]
- 00:19:44.840 --> 00:19:45.641
- [MATT LAUGHS] BUT I TOLD MY SON ROY, I SAID,
- 00:19:45.707 --> 00:19:46.541
- BUT I TOLD MY SON ROY, I SAID, "ROY, I WANT YOU TO GO GET THE
- 00:19:46.608 --> 00:19:47.442
- "ROY, I WANT YOU TO GO GET THE LITTLE BIT OF THAT, UM, CAMEL
- 00:19:47.509 --> 00:19:48.744
- LITTLE BIT OF THAT, UM, CAMEL POOP OVER THERE.
- 00:19:48.810 --> 00:19:52.214
- POOP OVER THERE. [MATT LAUGHS HEARTILY]
- 00:19:52.281 --> 00:19:54.216
- [MATT LAUGHS HEARTILY] AND SHOVEL IT UP AND PUT
- 00:19:54.283 --> 00:19:54.750
- AND SHOVEL IT UP AND PUT IT IN A ZIPLOC BAG."
- 00:19:54.816 --> 00:19:55.651
- IT IN A ZIPLOC BAG." "DAD, WHAT DO YOU
- 00:19:55.717 --> 00:19:56.385
- "DAD, WHAT DO YOU WANT THAT FOR?"
- 00:19:56.451 --> 00:19:57.486
- WANT THAT FOR?" I SAID: "I WANT TO SEND IT TO
- 00:19:57.552 --> 00:19:58.587
- I SAID: "I WANT TO SEND IT TO GREG LAURIE, 'CAUSE THAT'S THE
- 00:19:58.654 --> 00:19:59.955
- GREG LAURIE, 'CAUSE THAT'S THE TRUE SMELL OF CHRISTMAS.
- 00:20:00.022 --> 00:20:03.625
- TRUE SMELL OF CHRISTMAS. AND WE'RE GONNA GIVE THAT TO
- 00:20:03.692 --> 00:20:05.060
- AND WE'RE GONNA GIVE THAT TO HIM, AS A CHRISTMAS GIFT."
- 00:20:05.127 --> 00:20:06.128
- HIM, AS A CHRISTMAS GIFT." OH, HE WAS SO EXCITED.
- 00:20:06.194 --> 00:20:08.430
- OH, HE WAS SO EXCITED. AND, WE SHRUNK-WRAPPED THE
- 00:20:08.497 --> 00:20:09.865
- AND, WE SHRUNK-WRAPPED THE THING AND DOUBLE-WRAPPED IT.
- 00:20:09.931 --> 00:20:10.932
- THING AND DOUBLE-WRAPPED IT. AND THEN WE PUT IT IN A--
- 00:20:10.999 --> 00:20:11.933
- AND THEN WE PUT IT IN A-- I THINK IT WAS ONE OF THESE
- 00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:13.435
- I THINK IT WAS ONE OF THESE CANISTERS THAT, UM, FRUIT CAKE
- 00:20:13.502 --> 00:20:14.770
- CANISTERS THAT, UM, FRUIT CAKE COMES IN.
- 00:20:14.836 --> 00:20:16.938
- COMES IN. AND WE PUT IT IN THAT, AND
- 00:20:17.005 --> 00:20:17.472
- AND WE PUT IT IN THAT, AND SEALED IT, AND WRAPPED IT UP.
- 00:20:17.539 --> 00:20:18.540
- SEALED IT, AND WRAPPED IT UP. AND SO, GREG...
- 00:20:18.607 --> 00:20:20.275
- AND SO, GREG... [MATT SNORT-LAUGHS]
- 00:20:20.342 --> 00:20:21.376
- [MATT SNORT-LAUGHS] ...I THINK, THOUGHT HE WAS
- 00:20:21.443 --> 00:20:22.177
- ...I THINK, THOUGHT HE WAS GETTING A REAL NICE GIFT.
- 00:20:22.244 --> 00:20:24.179
- GETTING A REAL NICE GIFT. AND, UM...I'M NOT SURE HE
- 00:20:24.246 --> 00:20:25.180
- AND, UM...I'M NOT SURE HE APPRECIATED IT AS MUCH AS WE
- 00:20:25.247 --> 00:20:26.615
- APPRECIATED IT AS MUCH AS WE APPRECIATED GIVING IT TO HIM.
- 00:20:26.682 --> 00:20:28.917
- APPRECIATED GIVING IT TO HIM. [LAUGHTER]
- 00:20:28.984 --> 00:20:29.851
- [LAUGHTER] - GREG LAURIE: YES, THIS STORY
- 00:20:29.918 --> 00:20:30.686
- - GREG LAURIE: YES, THIS STORY IS TRUE.
- 00:20:30.752 --> 00:20:31.453
- IS TRUE. OH, WE WERE SO EXCITED.
- 00:20:31.520 --> 00:20:32.754
- "OH, LOOK! WE GOT A GIFT FROM
- 00:20:33.522 --> 00:20:34.089
- "OH, LOOK! WE GOT A GIFT FROM FRANKLIN!
- 00:20:34.156 --> 00:20:34.690
- FRANKLIN! HOW NICE!"
- 00:20:34.756 --> 00:20:35.390
- HOW NICE!" AND IT WAS WRAPPED BEAUTIFULLY,
- 00:20:35.457 --> 00:20:36.491
- AND IT WAS WRAPPED BEAUTIFULLY, I HAVE TO SAY.
- 00:20:36.558 --> 00:20:37.559
- I HAVE TO SAY. MY WIFE WAS WITH ME, WE UNDO
- 00:20:37.626 --> 00:20:38.727
- MY WIFE WAS WITH ME, WE UNDO THE RIBBON, WE'RE TAKING OFF
- 00:20:38.794 --> 00:20:40.462
- THE RIBBON, WE'RE TAKING OFF THE BEAUTIFUL PAPER...
- 00:20:40.529 --> 00:20:42.564
- THE BEAUTIFUL PAPER... AND, OF COURSE, SHE SAYS, "I'LL
- 00:20:42.631 --> 00:20:43.899
- AND, OF COURSE, SHE SAYS, "I'LL SAVE THAT FOR LATER."
- 00:20:43.965 --> 00:20:44.599
- AND WE OPEN UP THE BOX AND
- 00:20:45.233 --> 00:20:46.068
- AND WE OPEN UP THE BOX AND WE'RE LIKE: "WAIT...WHAT IS
- 00:20:46.134 --> 00:20:46.868
- WE'RE LIKE: "WAIT...WHAT IS THIS?"
- 00:20:46.935 --> 00:20:48.503
- THIS?" [CHRISTMAS MUSIC PLAYING]
- 00:20:48.570 --> 00:20:49.871
- [CHRISTMAS MUSIC PLAYING] AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE
- 00:20:49.938 --> 00:20:50.672
- AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT.
- 00:20:50.739 --> 00:20:51.440
- IT OUT. AND THEN, WE REALIZE: HE
- 00:20:51.506 --> 00:20:51.973
- AND THEN, WE REALIZE: HE SENT US DUNG!
- 00:20:52.040 --> 00:20:53.809
- SENT US DUNG! [LAUGHTER]
- 00:20:53.875 --> 00:20:54.376
- [LAUGHTER] AND I THOUGHT: MAYBE THERE
- 00:20:54.443 --> 00:20:55.444
- AND I THOUGHT: MAYBE THERE WAS A SPIRITUAL REASON.
- 00:20:55.510 --> 00:20:56.345
- WAS A SPIRITUAL REASON. LIKE PAUL SAYS: THOSE THINGS
- 00:20:56.411 --> 00:20:57.012
- LIKE PAUL SAYS: THOSE THINGS THAT I COUNTED AS GAIN ARE
- 00:20:57.079 --> 00:20:58.180
- THAT I COUNTED AS GAIN ARE LOST TO ME.
- 00:20:58.246 --> 00:20:59.848
- LOST TO ME. AND THE WORD HE USED IS
- 00:20:59.915 --> 00:21:00.816
- AND THE WORD HE USED IS ACTUALLY "DUNG."
- 00:21:00.882 --> 00:21:01.616
- ACTUALLY "DUNG." MAYBE FRANKLIN WAS MAKING A
- 00:21:01.683 --> 00:21:02.751
- MAYBE FRANKLIN WAS MAKING A SPIRITUAL POINT.
- 00:21:02.818 --> 00:21:03.685
- SPIRITUAL POINT. NO.
- 00:21:03.752 --> 00:21:04.720
- NO. IT WAS JUST FRANKLIN DOING
- 00:21:04.786 --> 00:21:05.420
- IT WAS JUST FRANKLIN DOING A PRANK.
- 00:21:05.487 --> 00:21:07.723
- A PRANK. THANK YOU SO MUCH, FRANKLIN,
- 00:21:07.789 --> 00:21:08.757
- THANK YOU SO MUCH, FRANKLIN, FOR THE BEAUTIFUL GIFT OF DUNG.
- 00:21:08.824 --> 00:21:09.958
- FOR THE BEAUTIFUL GIFT OF DUNG. AND, BY THE WAY...
- 00:21:10.025 --> 00:21:11.426
- AND, BY THE WAY... I OWE YOU ONE.
- 00:21:11.493 --> 00:21:13.829
- I OWE YOU ONE. - FRANKLIN: WE PLAY JOKES LIKE
- 00:21:13.895 --> 00:21:14.696
- - FRANKLIN: WE PLAY JOKES LIKE THAT ON EACH OTHER, FROM TIME
- 00:21:14.763 --> 00:21:15.630
- THAT ON EACH OTHER, FROM TIME TO TIME.
- 00:21:15.697 --> 00:21:16.798
- BUT THE BOOK ALSO HAS--
- 00:21:17.799 --> 00:21:18.266
- BUT THE BOOK ALSO HAS-- MY MOTHER WAS A POET.
- 00:21:18.333 --> 00:21:19.868
- MY MOTHER WAS A POET. - MATT: OKAY.
- 00:21:19.935 --> 00:21:20.335
- - MATT: OKAY. - FRANKLIN: SHE WROTE POETRY.
- 00:21:20.402 --> 00:21:20.969
- - FRANKLIN: SHE WROTE POETRY. AND, UM...SOME OF HER POETRY'S
- 00:21:21.036 --> 00:21:22.671
- AND, UM...SOME OF HER POETRY'S IN THIS BOOK.
- 00:21:22.738 --> 00:21:23.305
- IN THIS BOOK. UH, SOME OF HER FAVORITE HYMNS,
- 00:21:23.372 --> 00:21:25.507
- UH, SOME OF HER FAVORITE HYMNS, UH, WE'VE GOT HERE IN
- 00:21:25.574 --> 00:21:26.975
- UH, WE'VE GOT HERE IN THIS BOOK.
- 00:21:27.042 --> 00:21:27.676
- THIS BOOK. SO, IT'S NOT JUST, UH, THE
- 00:21:27.743 --> 00:21:29.911
- SO, IT'S NOT JUST, UH, THE GRAHAM FAMILY, BUT IT'S THINGS
- 00:21:29.978 --> 00:21:31.113
- GRAHAM FAMILY, BUT IT'S THINGS THAT MEANT SOMETHING TO MY
- 00:21:31.179 --> 00:21:32.447
- THAT MEANT SOMETHING TO MY MOTHER AND FATHER --
- 00:21:32.514 --> 00:21:34.583
- MOTHER AND FATHER -- UH, THE POETRY AND HYMNS
- 00:21:34.649 --> 00:21:35.484
- UH, THE POETRY AND HYMNS AND SO FORTH.
- 00:21:35.550 --> 00:21:36.051
- AND, THE POETRY COMES FROM MY
- 00:21:39.688 --> 00:21:40.589
- AND, THE POETRY COMES FROM MY MOTHER'S HEART.
- 00:21:40.655 --> 00:21:42.023
- MOTHER'S HEART. I MEAN, IT'S JUST, UH--
- 00:21:42.090 --> 00:21:42.724
- I MEAN, IT'S JUST, UH-- WHEN YOU READ IT,
- 00:21:42.791 --> 00:21:43.425
- WHEN YOU READ IT, YOU'RE READING JUST HER
- 00:21:43.492 --> 00:21:44.493
- YOU'RE READING JUST HER HEART COMING OUT.
- 00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:44.960
- HEART COMING OUT. UM...SHE EVEN WROTE A POEM
- 00:21:45.026 --> 00:21:45.627
- UM...SHE EVEN WROTE A POEM ABOUT ME.
- 00:21:45.694 --> 00:21:46.094
- ABOUT ME. [LAUGHTER]
- 00:21:46.161 --> 00:21:46.862
- [LAUGHTER] BUT I DON'T THINK WE PUT
- 00:21:46.928 --> 00:21:47.662
- BUT I DON'T THINK WE PUT IT IN THIS BOOK.
- 00:21:47.729 --> 00:21:48.630
- IT IN THIS BOOK. THAT'S IN ANOTHER BOOK, SO...
- 00:21:48.697 --> 00:21:49.331
- THAT'S IN ANOTHER BOOK, SO... [LAUGHTER]
- 00:21:49.398 --> 00:21:51.500
- [LAUGHTER] - LAURIE: ABOUT THE STOCKING
- 00:21:51.566 --> 00:21:52.167
- - LAURIE: ABOUT THE STOCKING WITH THE SWITCHES IN THERE.
- 00:21:52.234 --> 00:21:53.001
- WITH THE SWITCHES IN THERE. - MATT: WHAT I LOVE ABOUT WHAT
- 00:21:53.068 --> 00:21:55.103
- - MATT: WHAT I LOVE ABOUT WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT, YOU KNOW,
- 00:21:55.170 --> 00:21:57.839
- I'M HEARING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I COULDA ALMOST THOUGHT I GREW
- 00:21:57.906 --> 00:21:59.941
- I COULDA ALMOST THOUGHT I GREW UP IN SOME KIND OF A SECULAR
- 00:22:00.008 --> 00:22:02.043
- UP IN SOME KIND OF A SECULAR ENVIRONMENT, BECAUSE, AT SOME
- 00:22:02.110 --> 00:22:04.212
- ENVIRONMENT, BECAUSE, AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE
- 00:22:04.279 --> 00:22:07.115
- POINT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE COOKIES AND THE MILK FOR
- 00:22:07.182 --> 00:22:08.683
- COOKIES AND THE MILK FOR SANTA CLAUS, AND THE PRESENTS,
- 00:22:08.750 --> 00:22:10.152
- SANTA CLAUS, AND THE PRESENTS, AND...
- 00:22:10.218 --> 00:22:11.119
- AND... AND, I MEAN, IT WAS LIKE THAT
- 00:22:11.186 --> 00:22:14.156
- AND, I MEAN, IT WAS LIKE THAT IN OUR HOME, ALSO.
- 00:22:14.222 --> 00:22:17.025
- IN OUR HOME, ALSO. AND...AND THE IDEA THAT THERE
- 00:22:17.092 --> 00:22:19.761
- AND...AND THE IDEA THAT THERE CAN BE BALANCE TO THE STORY OF
- 00:22:19.828 --> 00:22:20.996
- CAN BE BALANCE TO THE STORY OF CHRISTMAS, AND THAT, SURE, FOR
- 00:22:21.062 --> 00:22:23.632
- CHRISTMAS, AND THAT, SURE, FOR THE MOST PART, PEOPLE HAVE
- 00:22:23.698 --> 00:22:25.300
- THE MOST PART, PEOPLE HAVE SECULARIZED, AND THEY HAVE SAID
- 00:22:25.367 --> 00:22:27.402
- SECULARIZED, AND THEY HAVE SAID THE TERMS "X-MAS,"
- 00:22:27.469 --> 00:22:30.138
- THE TERMS "X-MAS," AND THERE ARE--
- 00:22:30.205 --> 00:22:31.606
- AND THERE ARE-- YOU KNOW, I STILL HAVE A
- 00:22:31.673 --> 00:22:32.641
- YOU KNOW, I STILL HAVE A TRADITIONAL STREAK IN MY--
- 00:22:32.707 --> 00:22:35.043
- TRADITIONAL STREAK IN MY-- INSIDE OF ME THAT, IF WE DO A
- 00:22:35.110 --> 00:22:36.945
- INSIDE OF ME THAT, IF WE DO A CHRISTMAS CARD, IT HAS TO HAVE
- 00:22:37.012 --> 00:22:38.146
- CHRISTMAS CARD, IT HAS TO HAVE A NATIVITY.
- 00:22:38.213 --> 00:22:41.349
- A NATIVITY. I MEAN, IT JUST-- THERE'S
- 00:22:41.416 --> 00:22:42.484
- I MEAN, IT JUST-- THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT IT THAT, YOU
- 00:22:42.551 --> 00:22:43.785
- SOMETHING ABOUT IT THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD FEEL LIKE SIN TO
- 00:22:43.852 --> 00:22:44.719
- KNOW, IT WOULD FEEL LIKE SIN TO ME IF OUR CHRISTMAS CARD DIDN'T
- 00:22:44.786 --> 00:22:48.123
- ME IF OUR CHRISTMAS CARD DIDN'T HAVE A...YOU KNOW, A STAR, AND
- 00:22:48.190 --> 00:22:49.991
- HAVE A...YOU KNOW, A STAR, AND THE WHOLE MANGER, AND THE WHOLE
- 00:22:50.058 --> 00:22:52.227
- THE WHOLE MANGER, AND THE WHOLE THING, AND THE CAMEL,
- 00:22:52.294 --> 00:22:53.628
- THING, AND THE CAMEL, AND THE WISE MEN...
- 00:22:53.695 --> 00:22:54.763
- AND THE WISE MEN... BUT THERE IS ALSO THE IDEA
- 00:22:54.830 --> 00:22:58.967
- BUT THERE IS ALSO THE IDEA THAT THERE CAN BE FUN.
- 00:22:59.034 --> 00:23:01.136
- THAT THERE CAN BE FUN. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE-- THAT'S
- 00:23:01.203 --> 00:23:02.737
- AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE-- THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE EXPERIENCING.
- 00:23:02.804 --> 00:23:03.472
- WHAT YOU'RE EXPERIENCING. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TELLING US.
- 00:23:03.538 --> 00:23:04.473
- THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TELLING US. YOU'RE GIVING US A LOOK AT THE
- 00:23:04.539 --> 00:23:05.874
- YOU'RE GIVING US A LOOK AT THE BALANCE OF THAT.
- 00:23:05.941 --> 00:23:07.375
- BALANCE OF THAT. - FRANKLIN: WELL, MY MOTHER
- 00:23:07.442 --> 00:23:08.777
- - FRANKLIN: WELL, MY MOTHER AND FATHER ARE BURIED IN
- 00:23:08.844 --> 00:23:09.778
- AND FATHER ARE BURIED IN CHARLOTTE, AT THE BILLY GRAHAM
- 00:23:09.845 --> 00:23:11.646
- CHARLOTTE, AT THE BILLY GRAHAM LIBRARY.
- 00:23:11.713 --> 00:23:13.548
- LIBRARY. AND AT CHRISTMAS, UH, WE TAKE
- 00:23:13.615 --> 00:23:15.784
- AND AT CHRISTMAS, UH, WE TAKE THAT FUN, UH, TO THE LIBRARY,
- 00:23:15.851 --> 00:23:17.052
- THAT FUN, UH, TO THE LIBRARY, 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT'S EXACTLY
- 00:23:17.118 --> 00:23:18.820
- 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT MY MOTHER WOULD WANT.
- 00:23:18.887 --> 00:23:19.888
- WHAT MY MOTHER WOULD WANT. AND SO, WE DECORATE THE LIBRARY
- 00:23:19.955 --> 00:23:21.389
- AND SO, WE DECORATE THE LIBRARY -- NOT WITH SANTA CLAUS.
- 00:23:21.456 --> 00:23:23.825
- -- NOT WITH SANTA CLAUS. BUT IT'S WITH THE HOLLY,
- 00:23:23.892 --> 00:23:25.727
- BUT IT'S WITH THE HOLLY, AND ALL THE LIGHTS,
- 00:23:25.794 --> 00:23:28.163
- AND ALL THE LIGHTS, IT'S A PLACE TO GO SPEND
- 00:23:28.230 --> 00:23:28.997
- IT'S A PLACE TO GO SPEND CHRISTMAS AND HAVE A
- 00:23:29.064 --> 00:23:29.698
- CHRISTMAS AND HAVE A TRADITIONAL KIND OF CHRISTMAS
- 00:23:29.764 --> 00:23:30.966
- TRADITIONAL KIND OF CHRISTMAS MEAL, AND, AND, JUST TAKE
- 00:23:31.032 --> 00:23:33.101
- MEAL, AND, AND, JUST TAKE THE FAMILY ON A HORSE RIDE
- 00:23:33.168 --> 00:23:36.471
- THE FAMILY ON A HORSE RIDE THROUGH THE PROPERTY.
- 00:23:36.538 --> 00:23:38.440
- THROUGH THE PROPERTY. SO, WE STILL-- YOU KNOW, I
- 00:23:38.507 --> 00:23:39.841
- SO, WE STILL-- YOU KNOW, I THINK: LET'S MAKE CHRISTMAS
- 00:23:39.908 --> 00:23:41.109
- THINK: LET'S MAKE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL.
- 00:23:41.176 --> 00:23:41.476
- SPECIAL. IT SHOULD BE SPECIAL.
- 00:23:41.543 --> 00:23:43.011
- IT SHOULD BE SPECIAL. FIRST OF ALL, IT'S THE BIRTHDAY
- 00:23:43.078 --> 00:23:44.145
- FIRST OF ALL, IT'S THE BIRTHDAY OF JESUS CHRIST, GOD'S SON.
- 00:23:44.212 --> 00:23:46.248
- OF JESUS CHRIST, GOD'S SON. GOD COMING TO THIS EARTH IN THE
- 00:23:46.314 --> 00:23:50.185
- GOD COMING TO THIS EARTH IN THE FORM OF A MAN FOR THE PURPOSE
- 00:23:50.252 --> 00:23:51.553
- FORM OF A MAN FOR THE PURPOSE OF SAVING MANKIND FROM SIN.
- 00:23:51.620 --> 00:23:53.221
- OF SAVING MANKIND FROM SIN. AND THAT IS A SPECIAL DAY.
- 00:23:53.288 --> 00:23:55.223
- AND THAT IS A SPECIAL DAY. WE SHOULD TREAT THAT DAY
- 00:23:55.290 --> 00:23:56.625
- WE SHOULD TREAT THAT DAY SPECIAL.
- 00:23:56.691 --> 00:23:58.994
- SPECIAL. UH...AND, UH, NOT ONLY SHOULD
- 00:23:59.060 --> 00:24:01.129
- UH...AND, UH, NOT ONLY SHOULD WE BE REVERENT, BUT THERE'S NO
- 00:24:01.196 --> 00:24:03.298
- WE BE REVERENT, BUT THERE'S NO REASON WHY WE CAN'T BE JOYOUS.
- 00:24:03.365 --> 00:24:05.133
- REASON WHY WE CAN'T BE JOYOUS. BECAUSE WE SHOULD BE HAPPY THAT
- 00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:06.735
- BECAUSE WE SHOULD BE HAPPY THAT THE KING OF KINGS AND THE LORD
- 00:24:06.801 --> 00:24:08.837
- THE KING OF KINGS AND THE LORD OF LORDS IS COME TO THIS EARTH
- 00:24:08.904 --> 00:24:10.505
- OF LORDS IS COME TO THIS EARTH TO SAVE SINNERS -- AND I'M ONE
- 00:24:10.572 --> 00:24:11.806
- TO SAVE SINNERS -- AND I'M ONE OF 'EM.
- 00:24:11.873 --> 00:24:12.607
- OF 'EM. AND I JUST THANK GOD THAT,
- 00:24:12.674 --> 00:24:14.776
- AND I JUST THANK GOD THAT, WHEN I WAS YOUNG -- I WAS 22 --
- 00:24:14.843 --> 00:24:16.311
- WHEN I WAS YOUNG -- I WAS 22 -- WHEN I ACCEPTED CHRIST AS
- 00:24:16.378 --> 00:24:18.046
- WHEN I ACCEPTED CHRIST AS MY SAVIOR.
- 00:24:18.113 --> 00:24:20.081
- MY SAVIOR. I HAD RUN FROM GOD, I HAD
- 00:24:20.148 --> 00:24:21.416
- I HAD RUN FROM GOD, I HAD REBELLED AGAINST GOD.
- 00:24:21.483 --> 00:24:22.150
- REBELLED AGAINST GOD. I DIDN'T WANT HIM IN MY LIFE.
- 00:24:22.217 --> 00:24:23.985
- I DIDN'T WANT HIM IN MY LIFE. I WANTED TO PLAY, I WANTED
- 00:24:24.052 --> 00:24:24.719
- I WANTED TO PLAY, I WANTED TO PARTY.
- 00:24:24.786 --> 00:24:25.453
- TO PARTY. IT WASN'T THAT I DIDN'T
- 00:24:25.520 --> 00:24:26.354
- IT WASN'T THAT I DIDN'T BELIEVE.
- 00:24:26.421 --> 00:24:27.088
- BELIEVE. I DID.
- 00:24:27.155 --> 00:24:28.657
- I DID. BUT I JUST DIDN'T WANT GOD
- 00:24:28.723 --> 00:24:29.257
- BUT I JUST DIDN'T WANT GOD RUNNING MY LIFE.
- 00:24:29.324 --> 00:24:30.492
- RUNNING MY LIFE. - MATT: WOW.
- 00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:31.293
- - MATT: WOW. - FRANKLIN: I WANTED TO RUN
- 00:24:31.359 --> 00:24:31.893
- - FRANKLIN: I WANTED TO RUN MY OWN LIFE.
- 00:24:31.960 --> 00:24:32.827
- MY OWN LIFE. AND, I FINALLY JUST GOT TO THE
- 00:24:32.894 --> 00:24:33.595
- AND, I FINALLY JUST GOT TO THE POINT WHERE I WAS SICK AND
- 00:24:33.662 --> 00:24:34.963
- POINT WHERE I WAS SICK AND TIRED OF JUST BEING SICK AND
- 00:24:35.030 --> 00:24:35.564
- TIRED OF JUST BEING SICK AND TIRED.
- 00:24:35.630 --> 00:24:37.065
- TIRED. AND I GOT ON MY KNEES,
- 00:24:37.132 --> 00:24:37.632
- AND I GOT ON MY KNEES, ONE NIGHT.
- 00:24:37.699 --> 00:24:38.333
- ONE NIGHT. I SAID: "GOD, I'VE SINNED AND
- 00:24:38.400 --> 00:24:39.167
- I SAID: "GOD, I'VE SINNED AND I'M SORRY.
- 00:24:39.234 --> 00:24:39.634
- I'M SORRY. FORGIVE ME.
- 00:24:39.701 --> 00:24:40.735
- FORGIVE ME. IF YOU CAN JUST THAT THE BROKEN
- 00:24:40.802 --> 00:24:41.736
- IF YOU CAN JUST THAT THE BROKEN PIECES OF MY LIFE AND PUT IT
- 00:24:41.803 --> 00:24:43.672
- PIECES OF MY LIFE AND PUT IT TOGETHER, YOU CAN HAVE IT."
- 00:24:43.738 --> 00:24:44.973
- TOGETHER, YOU CAN HAVE IT." AND WHEN I PRAYED THAT PRAYER,
- 00:24:45.040 --> 00:24:46.274
- AND WHEN I PRAYED THAT PRAYER, I MEANT IT.
- 00:24:46.341 --> 00:24:47.108
- I MEANT IT. AND, UH, HE TOOK MY LIFE, THE
- 00:24:47.175 --> 00:24:49.377
- AND, UH, HE TOOK MY LIFE, THE BROKEN PIECES OF MY LIFE, AND
- 00:24:49.444 --> 00:24:50.645
- BROKEN PIECES OF MY LIFE, AND HE BEGAN TO...PUT IT TOGETHER.
- 00:24:50.712 --> 00:24:53.081
- HE BEGAN TO...PUT IT TOGETHER. AND, UM, I'VE MADE MANY
- 00:24:53.148 --> 00:24:55.617
- AND, UM, I'VE MADE MANY MISTAKES IN LIFE.
- 00:24:55.684 --> 00:24:57.852
- MISTAKES IN LIFE. AND I'VE SINNED MANY TIMES IN
- 00:24:57.919 --> 00:24:59.287
- AND I'VE SINNED MANY TIMES IN LIFE, BUT, I JUST GET ON MY
- 00:24:59.354 --> 00:25:00.822
- LIFE, BUT, I JUST GET ON MY KNEES, AND CONFESS IT, AND ASK
- 00:25:00.889 --> 00:25:02.357
- KNEES, AND CONFESS IT, AND ASK FOR HIS FORGIVENESS, AND GET
- 00:25:02.424 --> 00:25:03.491
- FOR HIS FORGIVENESS, AND GET BACK UP AND GO.
- 00:25:03.558 --> 00:25:04.693
- BACK UP AND GO. - MATT: MMH.
- 00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:05.527
- - MATT: MMH. BEAUTIFUL.
- 00:25:05.594 --> 00:25:06.428
- BEAUTIFUL. THAT'S WHAT THE STORY OF
- 00:25:06.494 --> 00:25:07.395
- THAT'S WHAT THE STORY OF CHRISTMAS, THAT'S WHAT--
- 00:25:07.462 --> 00:25:09.264
- YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WHEN YOU TALK
- 00:25:10.198 --> 00:25:12.567
- YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE GOOD NEWS OF WHAT
- 00:25:12.634 --> 00:25:13.368
- ABOUT THE GOOD NEWS OF WHAT WE'RE REALLY DEALING WITH--
- 00:25:13.435 --> 00:25:14.569
- WE'RE REALLY DEALING WITH-- THIS MONTH OF NOVEMBER, BY THE
- 00:25:14.636 --> 00:25:15.303
- THIS MONTH OF NOVEMBER, BY THE WAY, "THIS CHRISTMAS NIGHT"
- 00:25:15.370 --> 00:25:15.837
- WAY, "THIS CHRISTMAS NIGHT" WAY, "THIS CHRISTMAS NIGHT"
- 00:25:15.904 --> 00:25:16.371
- WAY, "THIS CHRISTMAS NIGHT" IS OUR MONTHLY RESOURCE OFFER.
- 00:25:16.438 --> 00:25:17.606
- IS OUR MONTHLY RESOURCE OFFER. UH, BILLY AND RUTH GRAHAM.
- 00:25:17.672 --> 00:25:20.208
- UH, BILLY AND RUTH GRAHAM. GETTING A PEAK INSIDE OF THE
- 00:25:20.275 --> 00:25:21.977
- GETTING A PEAK INSIDE OF THE KIND OF, UH-- RIGHT INSIDE THE
- 00:25:22.043 --> 00:25:23.912
- KIND OF, UH-- RIGHT INSIDE THE GRAHAM FAMILY.
- 00:25:23.979 --> 00:25:28.750
- GRAHAM FAMILY. AND, FRANKLIN, YOU WERE THERE,
- 00:25:28.817 --> 00:25:30.285
- AND, FRANKLIN, YOU WERE THERE, SO YOU'RE GONNA GIVE US YOUR
- 00:25:30.352 --> 00:25:30.952
- SO YOU'RE GONNA GIVE US YOUR FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE OF
- 00:25:31.019 --> 00:25:31.486
- FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE OF ALL OF THAT.
- 00:25:31.553 --> 00:25:33.788
- ALL OF THAT. "REFLECTIONS FROM OUR HEARTS
- 00:25:33.855 --> 00:25:34.456
- "REFLECTIONS FROM OUR HEARTS TO YOUR HOME."
- 00:25:34.522 --> 00:25:36.958
- TO YOUR HOME." YOU CALLED IT ALMOST LIKE A
- 00:25:37.025 --> 00:25:38.026
- YOU CALLED IT ALMOST LIKE A DEVOTIONAL, UH, DURING THE
- 00:25:38.093 --> 00:25:38.593
- DEVOTIONAL, UH, DURING THE CHRISTMAS SEASON.
- 00:25:38.660 --> 00:25:40.428
- CHRISTMAS SEASON. IT'S OUR GIFT TO YOU, HERE IN
- 00:25:40.495 --> 00:25:42.430
- IT'S OUR GIFT TO YOU, HERE IN WATCH THIS.
- 00:25:42.497 --> 00:25:43.131
- [CHRISTMAS JINGLE PLAYS]
- 00:26:08.590 --> 00:26:09.791
- AS OUR THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIFT
- 00:26:10.492 --> 00:26:11.026
- AS OUR THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIFT OF ANY AMOUNT TO TBN, WE'LL
- 00:26:11.092 --> 00:26:13.061
- OF ANY AMOUNT TO TBN, WE'LL SEND YOU BILLY AND RUTH
- 00:26:13.128 --> 00:26:13.795
- SEND YOU BILLY AND RUTH GRAHAM'S CLASSIC BOOK,
- 00:26:13.862 --> 00:26:14.896
- GRAHAM'S CLASSIC BOOK, "THIS CHRISTMAS NIGHT."
- 00:26:14.963 --> 00:26:15.997
- "THIS CHRISTMAS NIGHT." THIS BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED
- 00:26:16.064 --> 00:26:16.965
- THIS BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED WORK IS A LOVE LETTER ASSURING
- 00:26:17.032 --> 00:26:18.767
- WORK IS A LOVE LETTER ASSURING US THAT WE ARE NOT ALONE.
- 00:26:18.833 --> 00:26:23.004
- US THAT WE ARE NOT ALONE. - FRANKLIN: I HOPE THIS BOOK
- 00:26:23.071 --> 00:26:23.638
- - FRANKLIN: I HOPE THIS BOOK IS A BLESSING TO PEOPLE.
- 00:26:23.705 --> 00:26:25.173
- IS A BLESSING TO PEOPLE. IT'S GOT NOT ONLY MESSAGES FROM
- 00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:27.242
- IT'S GOT NOT ONLY MESSAGES FROM MY FATHER, BUT IT'S FILLED
- 00:26:27.308 --> 00:26:28.143
- MY FATHER, BUT IT'S FILLED WITH SCRIPTURE.
- 00:26:28.209 --> 00:26:30.145
- WITH SCRIPTURE. - MATT: MM.
- 00:26:30.211 --> 00:26:30.979
- - MATT: MM. - FRANKLIN: AND THAT'S WHY IT
- 00:26:31.046 --> 00:26:31.613
- WITH THE GLOBAL MISSION OF TBN.
- 00:26:46.494 --> 00:26:47.228
- WITH THE GLOBAL MISSION OF TBN. - BILLY GRAHAM: I THINK THE
- 00:26:47.295 --> 00:26:47.829
- - BILLY GRAHAM: I THINK THE MESSAGE OF CHRISTMAS HAS BEEN
- 00:26:47.896 --> 00:26:48.863
- MESSAGE OF CHRISTMAS HAS BEEN GENERALLY MISUNDERSTOOD AND
- 00:26:48.930 --> 00:26:49.564
- GENERALLY MISUNDERSTOOD AND MISAPPLIED.
- 00:26:49.631 --> 00:26:51.633
- MISAPPLIED. SOME THINK ONLY OF BUSINESS
- 00:26:51.700 --> 00:26:53.068
- SOME THINK ONLY OF BUSINESS PROFITS, SHOPPING, GIFTS,
- 00:26:53.134 --> 00:26:55.570
- PROFITS, SHOPPING, GIFTS, TINSEL, TOYS, AND CELEBRATIONS.
- 00:26:55.637 --> 00:26:57.038
- TINSEL, TOYS, AND CELEBRATIONS. OTHERS THINK ONLY OF BETHLEHEM,
- 00:26:57.105 --> 00:26:59.107
- OTHERS THINK ONLY OF BETHLEHEM, OF THE STAR IN THE SKY,
- 00:26:59.174 --> 00:27:02.177
- OF THE STAR IN THE SKY, SHEPHERDS IN THE FIELD,
- 00:27:02.243 --> 00:27:02.911
- SHEPHERDS IN THE FIELD, AND ANGELS SINGING.
- 00:27:02.977 --> 00:27:04.412
- AND ANGELS SINGING. AND STILL, OTHERS CYNICALLY
- 00:27:04.479 --> 00:27:06.614
- AND STILL, OTHERS CYNICALLY ASK: WHERE IS THE PRINCE OF
- 00:27:06.681 --> 00:27:07.916
- ASK: WHERE IS THE PRINCE OF PEACE?
- 00:27:07.982 --> 00:27:09.851
- PEACE? BUT THE REAL CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
- 00:27:09.918 --> 00:27:11.753
- BUT THE REAL CHRISTMAS MESSAGE GOES MUCH DEEPER.
- 00:27:11.820 --> 00:27:12.420
- GOES MUCH DEEPER. IT ANSWERS ALL THE GREAT
- 00:27:12.487 --> 00:27:13.888
- IT ANSWERS ALL THE GREAT QUESTIONS THAT PLAGUE THE HUMAN
- 00:27:13.955 --> 00:27:15.223
- QUESTIONS THAT PLAGUE THE HUMAN RACE AT THIS OR ANY OTHER HOUR.
- 00:27:15.290 --> 00:27:17.892
- RACE AT THIS OR ANY OTHER HOUR. THE CHRISTMAS MESSAGE IS
- 00:27:17.959 --> 00:27:19.494
- THE CHRISTMAS MESSAGE IS RELEVANT, REVOLUTIONARY, AND
- 00:27:19.561 --> 00:27:20.862
- RELEVANT, REVOLUTIONARY, AND REASSURING, IN A WORLD OF
- 00:27:20.929 --> 00:27:23.498
- REASSURING, IN A WORLD OF CONFUSION AND CRISIS.
- 00:27:23.565 --> 00:27:26.768
- CONFUSION AND CRISIS. IT CAN BE SUMMED UP IN THREE
- 00:27:26.835 --> 00:27:28.269
- IT CAN BE SUMMED UP IN THREE TREMENDOUS EVENTS: A BIRTH,
- 00:27:28.336 --> 00:27:29.370
- TREMENDOUS EVENTS: A BIRTH, A DEATH, AND A CLIMAX OF
- 00:27:29.437 --> 00:27:32.240
- A DEATH, AND A CLIMAX OF HUMAN HISTORY.
- 00:27:32.307 --> 00:27:34.909
- HUMAN HISTORY. THE BIBLE TEACHES THAT THERE
- 00:27:34.976 --> 00:27:37.278
- THE BIBLE TEACHES THAT THERE WILL BE A CLOSE TO HISTORY,
- 00:27:37.345 --> 00:27:39.380
- WILL BE A CLOSE TO HISTORY, AS WE KNOW IT.
- 00:27:39.447 --> 00:27:41.116
- AS WE KNOW IT. MAN WILL HAVE HIS LAST
- 00:27:41.182 --> 00:27:43.051
- MAN WILL HAVE HIS LAST ARMAGEDDON.
- 00:27:43.118 --> 00:27:44.552
- ARMAGEDDON. BUT WHEN IT SEEMS THAT MAN IS
- 00:27:44.619 --> 00:27:45.754
- BUT WHEN IT SEEMS THAT MAN IS ABOUT TO DESTROY HIMSELF,
- 00:27:45.820 --> 00:27:47.255
- ABOUT TO DESTROY HIMSELF, GOD WILL INTERVENE.
- 00:27:47.322 --> 00:27:50.258
- GOD WILL INTERVENE. CHRIST WILL RETURN.
- 00:27:50.325 --> 00:27:51.526
- CHRIST WILL RETURN. AT HIS BIRTH, HE WAS IN THE
- 00:27:51.593 --> 00:27:53.194
- AT HIS BIRTH, HE WAS IN THE STALL OF AN ANIMAL.
- 00:27:53.261 --> 00:27:55.330
- STALL OF AN ANIMAL. AT HIS DEATH, HE WORE A CROWN
- 00:27:55.396 --> 00:27:56.197
- AT HIS DEATH, HE WORE A CROWN OF THORNS.
- 00:27:56.264 --> 00:27:58.433
- OF THORNS. BUT WHEN HE COMES AGAIN, IT
- 00:27:58.500 --> 00:27:59.868
- BUT WHEN HE COMES AGAIN, IT WILL BE AS THE COMMANDER IN
- 00:27:59.934 --> 00:28:01.469
- WILL BE AS THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMIES OF HEAVEN.
- 00:28:01.536 --> 00:28:03.905
- CHIEF OF THE ARMIES OF HEAVEN. HE WILL TAKE CONTROL OF THIS
- 00:28:03.972 --> 00:28:04.939
- HE WILL TAKE CONTROL OF THIS WAR-WEARY WORLD AND BRING THE
- 00:28:05.006 --> 00:28:06.608
- WAR-WEARY WORLD AND BRING THE PERMANENT PEACE THAT WE STRIVE
- 00:28:06.674 --> 00:28:07.776
- PERMANENT PEACE THAT WE STRIVE FOR AND LONG FOR.
- 00:28:07.842 --> 00:28:10.645
- FOR AND LONG FOR. A NEW WORLD WILL BE FORMED.
- 00:28:10.712 --> 00:28:12.380
- A NEW WORLD WILL BE FORMED. A NEW SOCIAL ORDER WILL EMERGE.
- 00:28:12.447 --> 00:28:13.882
- A NEW SOCIAL ORDER WILL EMERGE. IN THE MIDST OF SO MUCH GLOOM
- 00:28:13.948 --> 00:28:18.086
- IN THE MIDST OF SO MUCH GLOOM AND PESSIMISM, IN MANY PARTS OF
- 00:28:18.153 --> 00:28:19.954
- AND PESSIMISM, IN MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD THAT WE'VE SEEN THIS
- 00:28:20.021 --> 00:28:21.723
- THE WORLD THAT WE'VE SEEN THIS YEAR, OR PERHAPS EVEN IN YOUR
- 00:28:21.790 --> 00:28:23.258
- YEAR, OR PERHAPS EVEN IN YOUR OWN HEART, WE'RE NOT TO WRING
- 00:28:23.324 --> 00:28:24.559
- OWN HEART, WE'RE NOT TO WRING OUR HANDS.
- 00:28:24.626 --> 00:28:28.897
- OUR HANDS. THE ANGEL SAID TO THE
- 00:28:28.963 --> 00:28:29.464
- THE ANGEL SAID TO THE FRIGHTENED SHEPHERDS
- 00:28:29.531 --> 00:28:30.031
- FRIGHTENED SHEPHERDS 2.000 YEARS AGO:
- 00:28:30.098 --> 00:28:30.832
- 2.000 YEARS AGO: "FEAR NOT.
- 00:28:30.899 --> 00:28:33.301
- "FEAR NOT. JESUS SAYS, 'LET NOT YOUR HEART
- 00:28:33.368 --> 00:28:34.636
- JESUS SAYS, 'LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED.
- 00:28:34.702 --> 00:28:36.738
- BE TROUBLED. IF I GO AND PREPARE A PLACE FOR
- 00:28:36.805 --> 00:28:37.739
- IF I GO AND PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU, I WILL COME AGAIN.'"
- 00:28:37.806 --> 00:28:40.475
- - MATT: IT'S A BEAUTIFUL
- 00:28:41.376 --> 00:28:42.110
- - MATT: IT'S A BEAUTIFUL EVENING, HERE IN
- 00:28:42.177 --> 00:28:42.644
- EVENING, HERE IN WEST COLORADO.
- 00:28:42.710 --> 00:28:46.915
- WEST COLORADO. AND, FRANKLIN GRAHAM, WE'RE
- 00:28:46.981 --> 00:28:47.515
- AND, FRANKLIN GRAHAM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHRISTMAS.
- 00:28:47.582 --> 00:28:48.616
- TALKING ABOUT CHRISTMAS. BY THE WAY, IT'S JUST A
- 00:28:48.683 --> 00:28:49.851
- BY THE WAY, IT'S JUST A BEAUTIFUL SUNSET.
- 00:28:49.918 --> 00:28:52.086
- BEAUTIFUL SUNSET. OUR VIEW BEHIND YOU IS
- 00:28:52.153 --> 00:28:52.587
- OUR VIEW BEHIND YOU IS BEAUTIFUL.
- 00:28:52.654 --> 00:28:55.390
- BEAUTIFUL. UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, UM,
- 00:28:55.456 --> 00:28:57.125
- UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, UM, BOOK THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT,
- 00:28:57.192 --> 00:29:00.662
- BOOK THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, "THIS CHRISTMAS NIGHT," I
- 00:29:00.728 --> 00:29:02.197
- "THIS CHRISTMAS NIGHT," I NOTICE THAT THERE'S EXCERPTS
- 00:29:02.263 --> 00:29:05.133
- NOTICE THAT THERE'S EXCERPTS FROM "DECISION" MAGAZINE, WHICH
- 00:29:05.200 --> 00:29:06.801
- FROM "DECISION" MAGAZINE, WHICH IS YOUR FATHER'S, UH...YOU
- 00:29:06.868 --> 00:29:09.871
- IS YOUR FATHER'S, UH...YOU KNOW, BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELISTIC
- 00:29:09.938 --> 00:29:11.206
- KNOW, BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION -- YOUR MAGAZINE.
- 00:29:11.272 --> 00:29:13.041
- SO, YOUR FATHER WAS THE ONE
- 00:29:15.243 --> 00:29:16.311
- SO, YOUR FATHER WAS THE ONE THAT-- HE DIDN'T HAVE GHOST
- 00:29:16.377 --> 00:29:17.445
- THAT-- HE DIDN'T HAVE GHOST WRITERS.
- 00:29:17.512 --> 00:29:18.680
- WRITERS. HE WAS ACTUALLY WRITING ALL OF
- 00:29:18.746 --> 00:29:19.581
- HE WAS ACTUALLY WRITING ALL OF THESE THINGS.
- 00:29:19.647 --> 00:29:21.916
- THESE THINGS. AND, TAKE US THROUGH THE
- 00:29:21.983 --> 00:29:22.550
- AND, TAKE US THROUGH THE PROCESS OF WHAT THAT WAS LIKE.
- 00:29:22.617 --> 00:29:24.018
- PROCESS OF WHAT THAT WAS LIKE. - FRANKLIN: EVERY MONTH, MY
- 00:29:24.085 --> 00:29:24.986
- - FRANKLIN: EVERY MONTH, MY FATHER WROTE THE LEAD ARTICLE
- 00:29:25.053 --> 00:29:28.389
- FATHER WROTE THE LEAD ARTICLE FOR "DECISION."
- 00:29:28.456 --> 00:29:31.025
- FOR "DECISION." AND SO, WHAT WE HAVE IN HERE --
- 00:29:31.092 --> 00:29:33.795
- AND SO, WHAT WE HAVE IN HERE -- WE HAVE SOME OF THOSE ARTICLES
- 00:29:33.862 --> 00:29:35.363
- WE HAVE SOME OF THOSE ARTICLES THAT HE WROTE, UH, THAT WE PUT
- 00:29:35.430 --> 00:29:36.965
- THAT HE WROTE, UH, THAT WE PUT IN HERE.
- 00:29:37.031 --> 00:29:38.333
- IN HERE. BUT THE PROCESS OF WRITING --
- 00:29:38.399 --> 00:29:40.768
- BUT THE PROCESS OF WRITING -- MY FATHER--
- 00:29:40.835 --> 00:29:42.303
- MY FATHER-- RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN TAKE YOUR
- 00:29:42.370 --> 00:29:43.271
- RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN TAKE YOUR IPHONE -- YOU CAN DICTATE ON
- 00:29:43.338 --> 00:29:44.205
- IPHONE -- YOU CAN DICTATE ON YOUR IPHONE, AND SO FORTH.
- 00:29:44.272 --> 00:29:45.607
- YOUR IPHONE, AND SO FORTH. BUT -- THEN, THEY HAD WHAT THEY
- 00:29:45.673 --> 00:29:47.609
- BUT -- THEN, THEY HAD WHAT THEY CALL DICTAPHONES.
- 00:29:47.675 --> 00:29:48.476
- CALL DICTAPHONES. AND IT WAS A LITTLE MICROPHONE
- 00:29:48.543 --> 00:29:50.311
- AND IT WAS A LITTLE MICROPHONE YOU TALK INTO, HAD A WIRE GOING
- 00:29:50.378 --> 00:29:52.213
- YOU TALK INTO, HAD A WIRE GOING DOWN TO A LITTLE MACHINE THAT
- 00:29:52.280 --> 00:29:53.715
- DOWN TO A LITTLE MACHINE THAT HAD A BELT ON IT.
- 00:29:53.781 --> 00:29:57.518
- HAD A BELT ON IT. AND SO, HE WOULD DICTATE WHAT
- 00:29:57.585 --> 00:29:58.620
- AND SO, HE WOULD DICTATE WHAT HE WAS THINKING.
- 00:29:58.686 --> 00:30:00.922
- HE WAS THINKING. THAT BELT WOULD GO DOWN TO HIS
- 00:30:00.989 --> 00:30:02.390
- THAT BELT WOULD GO DOWN TO HIS OFFICE, ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF
- 00:30:02.457 --> 00:30:03.758
- OFFICE, ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF DOWN THE MOUNTAIN.
- 00:30:03.825 --> 00:30:05.126
- DOWN THE MOUNTAIN. AND SOMEBODY WOULD RUN IT DOWN
- 00:30:05.193 --> 00:30:06.294
- AND SOMEBODY WOULD RUN IT DOWN THERE, HIS SECRETARIES WOULD
- 00:30:06.361 --> 00:30:07.262
- THERE, HIS SECRETARIES WOULD TRANSCRIBE IT, AND THEN COME
- 00:30:07.328 --> 00:30:08.463
- TRANSCRIBE IT, AND THEN COME BACK UP TO HIM.
- 00:30:08.529 --> 00:30:10.164
- BACK UP TO HIM. AND, HE WOULD, LOOK AT IT.
- 00:30:10.231 --> 00:30:14.135
- AND, HE WOULD, LOOK AT IT. HE HAD BOUGHT BOXES OF
- 00:30:14.202 --> 00:30:17.972
- HE HAD BOUGHT BOXES OF THESE FLAIR PENS IN
- 00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:19.674
- THESE FLAIR PENS IN RED AND BLACK.
- 00:30:19.741 --> 00:30:21.376
- RED AND BLACK. BUT HE WOULD TAKE THE FLAIR --
- 00:30:21.442 --> 00:30:24.312
- BUT HE WOULD TAKE THE FLAIR -- AND HE ALWAYS HAD THINGS
- 00:30:24.379 --> 00:30:25.713
- AND HE ALWAYS HAD THINGS PRINTED UP EXTRA LARGE,
- 00:30:25.780 --> 00:30:27.081
- PRINTED UP EXTRA LARGE, LIKE DOUBLE-TYPE BIG,
- 00:30:27.148 --> 00:30:30.018
- LIKE DOUBLE-TYPE BIG, DOUBLE-SPACED, AND THEN, GET
- 00:30:30.084 --> 00:30:34.255
- DOUBLE-SPACED, AND THEN, GET RIGHT IN BETWEEN, CROSS
- 00:30:34.322 --> 00:30:37.659
- RIGHT IN BETWEEN, CROSS SOMETHING OUT.
- 00:30:37.725 --> 00:30:39.260
- SOMETHING OUT. AND, SO, IF YOU LOOK AT HIS
- 00:30:39.327 --> 00:30:40.595
- AND, SO, IF YOU LOOK AT HIS SERMONS-- AND SOME OF 'EM ARE
- 00:30:40.662 --> 00:30:41.763
- SERMONS-- AND SOME OF 'EM ARE ON DISPLAY AT THE BILLY GRAHAM
- 00:30:41.829 --> 00:30:42.563
- ON DISPLAY AT THE BILLY GRAHAM LIBRARY, AND YOU'LL SEE HOW
- 00:30:42.630 --> 00:30:43.598
- LIBRARY, AND YOU'LL SEE HOW HE EDITED HIS SERMONS, AND
- 00:30:43.665 --> 00:30:44.532
- HE EDITED HIS SERMONS, AND CROSSED-- HIGHLIGHTED, AND, YOU
- 00:30:44.599 --> 00:30:46.134
- CROSSED-- HIGHLIGHTED, AND, YOU KNOW, DOUBLE-UNDERLINED
- 00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:48.002
- KNOW, DOUBLE-UNDERLINED SOME THINGS.
- 00:30:48.069 --> 00:30:49.938
- SOME THINGS. UH...AND, SOMETIMES, HE WROTE
- 00:30:50.004 --> 00:30:51.639
- UH...AND, SOMETIMES, HE WROTE THINGS IN THERE YOU'D HAVE NO
- 00:30:51.706 --> 00:30:53.408
- THINGS IN THERE YOU'D HAVE NO CLUE WHAT THEY MEANT, BUT IT
- 00:30:53.474 --> 00:30:54.776
- CLUE WHAT THEY MEANT, BUT IT MEANT SOMETHING TO HIM.
- 00:30:54.842 --> 00:30:55.743
- MEANT SOMETHING TO HIM. - MATT: HMH!
- 00:30:55.810 --> 00:30:56.444
- - MATT: HMH! - FRANKLIN: AND, IT WAS JUST
- 00:30:56.511 --> 00:30:57.045
- - FRANKLIN: AND, IT WAS JUST SOMETHING TO JOG HIS MEMORY.
- 00:30:57.111 --> 00:30:58.613
- SOMETHING TO JOG HIS MEMORY. BUT THAT'S THE WAY HE WROTE.
- 00:30:58.680 --> 00:31:00.381
- BUT THAT'S THE WAY HE WROTE. AND HE ALWAYS DICTATED IT TO A
- 00:31:00.448 --> 00:31:02.450
- AND HE ALWAYS DICTATED IT TO A -- AT THAT TIME --
- 00:31:02.517 --> 00:31:03.851
- -- AT THAT TIME -- A DICTAPHONE.
- 00:31:03.918 --> 00:31:06.554
- A DICTAPHONE. I DON'T THINK-- I THINK THAT
- 00:31:06.621 --> 00:31:08.022
- I DON'T THINK-- I THINK THAT COMPANY'S LONG OUT OF BUSINESS.
- 00:31:08.089 --> 00:31:09.157
- COMPANY'S LONG OUT OF BUSINESS. BUT, BACK IN THE 60s, AND 70s,
- 00:31:09.223 --> 00:31:11.259
- BUT, BACK IN THE 60s, AND 70s, AND 80s, AND 90s, THAT'S THE
- 00:31:11.326 --> 00:31:14.796
- AND 80s, AND 90s, THAT'S THE WAY HE DID HIS MAIL.
- 00:31:14.862 --> 00:31:15.830
- WAY HE DID HIS MAIL. AND MY FATHER ANSWERED--
- 00:31:15.897 --> 00:31:19.233
- AND MY FATHER ANSWERED-- PERSONAL LETTERS THAT CAME TO
- 00:31:19.300 --> 00:31:19.968
- PERSONAL LETTERS THAT CAME TO HIM, HE ANSWERED 'EM.
- 00:31:20.034 --> 00:31:21.202
- HIM, HE ANSWERED 'EM. NOW, A LOT OF MAIL WENT TO
- 00:31:21.269 --> 00:31:22.637
- NOW, A LOT OF MAIL WENT TO MINNEAPOLIS, WHERE MOST OF THE
- 00:31:22.704 --> 00:31:24.806
- MINNEAPOLIS, WHERE MOST OF THE WORK WAS DONE.
- 00:31:24.872 --> 00:31:26.307
- WORK WAS DONE. BUT, IF A LETTER WAS ADDRESSED
- 00:31:26.374 --> 00:31:28.309
- BUT, IF A LETTER WAS ADDRESSED TO HIM IN
- 00:31:28.376 --> 00:31:29.711
- TO HIM IN MONTREAT, NORTH CAROLINA
- 00:31:29.777 --> 00:31:30.311
- MONTREAT, NORTH CAROLINA WHERE HE LIVED, THAT
- 00:31:30.378 --> 00:31:31.079
- WHERE HE LIVED, THAT MAIL CAME TO HIM.
- 00:31:31.145 --> 00:31:33.081
- MAIL CAME TO HIM. AND HE WOULD ANSWER STACKS
- 00:31:33.147 --> 00:31:33.881
- AND HE WOULD ANSWER STACKS OF LETTERS,
- 00:31:33.948 --> 00:31:35.516
- OF LETTERS, EVERYDAY, ON A DICTAPHONE.
- 00:31:35.583 --> 00:31:36.351
- EVERYDAY, ON A DICTAPHONE. AND HE WOULD SPEND HOURS IN HIS
- 00:31:36.417 --> 00:31:37.885
- AND HE WOULD SPEND HOURS IN HIS OFFICE, THERE, AT THE HOUSE.
- 00:31:37.952 --> 00:31:39.587
- OFFICE, THERE, AT THE HOUSE. HE HAD A LITTLE OFFICE, OFF HIS
- 00:31:39.654 --> 00:31:40.822
- HE HAD A LITTLE OFFICE, OFF HIS BEDROOM, AND HE WOULD SIT THERE
- 00:31:40.888 --> 00:31:41.956
- BEDROOM, AND HE WOULD SIT THERE AND HE WOULD WORK ON HIS MAIL.
- 00:31:42.023 --> 00:31:43.524
- AND HE WOULD WORK ON HIS MAIL. AND, UH, EVERY NOW AND THEN,
- 00:31:43.591 --> 00:31:46.260
- AND, UH, EVERY NOW AND THEN, HE'D GET TIRED OF THAT AND HE'D
- 00:31:46.327 --> 00:31:48.062
- HE'D GET TIRED OF THAT AND HE'D COME OUT AND GO OUT AND PLAY
- 00:31:48.129 --> 00:31:50.131
- COME OUT AND GO OUT AND PLAY WITH THE DOGS.
- 00:31:50.198 --> 00:31:50.732
- WITH THE DOGS. WE ALWAYS HAD PETS.
- 00:31:50.798 --> 00:31:51.799
- WE ALWAYS HAD PETS. I NOTICE YOU HAVE YOUR DOG,
- 00:31:51.866 --> 00:31:53.067
- I NOTICE YOU HAVE YOUR DOG, HERE, RUNNING AROUND.
- 00:31:53.134 --> 00:31:54.802
- HERE, RUNNING AROUND. AND MY FATHER ALWAYS HAD ONE OR
- 00:31:54.869 --> 00:31:56.637
- AND MY FATHER ALWAYS HAD ONE OR TWO DOGS IN THE HOUSE.
- 00:31:56.704 --> 00:31:57.939
- TWO DOGS IN THE HOUSE. AND THAT WAS JUST PART OF...
- 00:31:58.006 --> 00:31:59.774
- AND THAT WAS JUST PART OF... GROWING UP, HAVING CATS AND
- 00:31:59.841 --> 00:32:01.476
- GROWING UP, HAVING CATS AND DOGS AND THOSE THINGS.
- 00:32:01.542 --> 00:32:02.977
- DOGS AND THOSE THINGS. BUT, MY FATHER GREW UP
- 00:32:03.044 --> 00:32:04.178
- BUT, MY FATHER GREW UP ON A FARM.
- 00:32:04.245 --> 00:32:04.912
- ON A FARM. AND HE WAS A...A DAIRY FARM.
- 00:32:04.979 --> 00:32:10.618
- AND HE WAS A...A DAIRY FARM. SO, MILKING COWS, AS A YOUNG
- 00:32:10.685 --> 00:32:12.120
- SO, MILKING COWS, AS A YOUNG BOY -- THAT'S WHAT HE DID,
- 00:32:12.186 --> 00:32:13.521
- BOY -- THAT'S WHAT HE DID, EVERY MORNING BEFORE HE WENT TO
- 00:32:13.588 --> 00:32:15.523
- EVERY MORNING BEFORE HE WENT TO SCHOOL.
- 00:32:15.590 --> 00:32:17.325
- SCHOOL. EVERY EVENING, THOSE COWS HAD
- 00:32:17.392 --> 00:32:17.959
- EVERY EVENING, THOSE COWS HAD TO BE MILKED AGAIN.
- 00:32:18.026 --> 00:32:18.826
- TO BE MILKED AGAIN. SO, WHEN HE CAME BACK FROM
- 00:32:18.893 --> 00:32:19.560
- SO, WHEN HE CAME BACK FROM SCHOOL, BACK--
- 00:32:19.627 --> 00:32:20.561
- SCHOOL, BACK-- SO, ALL HE KNEW WAS MILKING
- 00:32:20.628 --> 00:32:21.429
- SO, ALL HE KNEW WAS MILKING COWS, AS A YOUNG BOY, UNTIL HE
- 00:32:21.496 --> 00:32:22.897
- COWS, AS A YOUNG BOY, UNTIL HE WENT OFF TO COLLEGE.
- 00:32:22.964 --> 00:32:24.098
- WENT OFF TO COLLEGE. UH, HE'D MILK COWS -- EVEN
- 00:32:24.165 --> 00:32:27.068
- UH, HE'D MILK COWS -- EVEN WHILE HE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL
- 00:32:27.135 --> 00:32:27.802
- WHILE HE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL HE'D MILK COWS!
- 00:32:27.869 --> 00:32:29.470
- HE'D MILK COWS! - MATT: MY GOODNESS...
- 00:32:29.537 --> 00:32:30.438
- - MATT: MY GOODNESS... WE'RE GETTING A LOOK AT THE
- 00:32:30.505 --> 00:32:32.740
- WE'RE GETTING A LOOK AT THE GRAHAM FAMILY --
- 00:32:32.807 --> 00:32:34.308
- GRAHAM FAMILY -- FRANKLIN GRAHAM.
- 00:32:34.375 --> 00:32:36.511
- FRANKLIN GRAHAM. UH, YOU HAD A PILE OF BROTHERS
- 00:32:36.577 --> 00:32:37.145
- UH, YOU HAD A PILE OF BROTHERS AND SISTERS, AND WE ALL KNOW
- 00:32:37.211 --> 00:32:39.414
- AND SISTERS, AND WE ALL KNOW ABOUT THAT.
- 00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:41.315
- ABOUT THAT. AND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT,
- 00:32:41.382 --> 00:32:42.150
- AND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT HERE --
- 00:32:42.216 --> 00:32:43.251
- RIGHT HERE -- "THIS CHRISTMAS NIGHT."
- 00:32:43.317 --> 00:32:44.252
- "THIS CHRISTMAS NIGHT." WE WANT YOU TO KNOW MORE ABOUT
- 00:32:44.318 --> 00:32:45.486
- WE WANT YOU TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HOW YOU CAN GET IT.
- 00:32:45.553 --> 00:32:46.487
- WATCH THIS.
- 00:32:47.088 --> 00:32:47.688
- NO BETTER GIFT THAN THAT.
- 00:34:11.239 --> 00:34:12.406
- NO BETTER GIFT THAN THAT. - TOM: EVERY GENEROUS,
- 00:34:12.473 --> 00:34:12.907
- - TOM: EVERY GENEROUS, TAX-DEDUCTIBLE GIFT YOU MAKE
- 00:34:12.974 --> 00:34:13.541
- TAX-DEDUCTIBLE GIFT YOU MAKE HELPS TBN REACH THE WORLD FOR
- 00:34:13.608 --> 00:34:14.175
- HELPS TBN REACH THE WORLD FOR JESUS.
- 00:34:14.242 --> 00:34:15.476
- JESUS. GOD BLESS YOU.
- 00:34:15.543 --> 00:34:17.545
- GOD BLESS YOU. [BELLS PLAY "JOY TO THE WORLD"]
- 00:34:17.612 --> 00:34:21.415
- [BELLS PLAY "JOY TO THE WORLD"] - BILLY GRAHAM: CHRISTMAS IS
- 00:34:21.482 --> 00:34:22.049
- - BILLY GRAHAM: CHRISTMAS IS THE MOST THRILLING SEASON OF
- 00:34:22.116 --> 00:34:22.850
- THE MOST THRILLING SEASON OF THE YEAR.
- 00:34:22.917 --> 00:34:25.019
- THE YEAR. IT'S THE TIME WHEN WE CELEBRATE
- 00:34:25.086 --> 00:34:25.686
- IT'S THE TIME WHEN WE CELEBRATE JESUS' BIRTH IN A MANGER, IN
- 00:34:25.753 --> 00:34:27.188
- JESUS' BIRTH IN A MANGER, IN AFRAID.
- 00:34:27.255 --> 00:34:28.623
- AFRAID. I BRING YOU GOOD NEWS OF GREAT
- 00:34:28.689 --> 00:34:29.457
- I BRING YOU GOOD NEWS OF GREAT JOY THAT WILL BE FOR ALL THE
- 00:34:29.524 --> 00:34:30.057
- JOY THAT WILL BE FOR ALL THE PEOPLE.
- 00:34:30.124 --> 00:34:32.760
- PEOPLE. TODAY, IN THE TOWN OF DAVID, A
- 00:34:32.827 --> 00:34:33.494
- TODAY, IN THE TOWN OF DAVID, A TODAY, IN THE TOWN OF DAVID, A
- 00:34:33.561 --> 00:34:35.096
- TODAY, IN THE TOWN OF DAVID, A SAVIOR HAS BEEN BORN TO YOU.
- 00:34:35.163 --> 00:34:38.432
- SAVIOR HAS BEEN BORN TO YOU. HE'S CHRIST THE LORD."
- 00:34:38.499 --> 00:34:41.969
- HE'S CHRIST THE LORD." THE RELEVANCE OF JESUS' BIRTH
- 00:34:42.036 --> 00:34:43.271
- THE RELEVANCE OF JESUS' BIRTH IS AS TRUE TODAY AS IT WAS
- 00:34:43.337 --> 00:34:45.206
- IS AS TRUE TODAY AS IT WAS CENTURIES AGO.
- 00:34:45.273 --> 00:34:50.311
- CENTURIES AGO. GOD SENT HIS SON AS A SIGN OF
- 00:34:50.378 --> 00:34:50.945
- GOD SENT HIS SON AS A SIGN OF HIS LOVE FOR EACH OF US.
- 00:34:51.012 --> 00:34:53.181
- HIS LOVE FOR EACH OF US. AND THAT SON DIED ON THE CROSS
- 00:34:53.247 --> 00:34:55.650
- AND THAT SON DIED ON THE CROSS AS AN ATONEMENT FOR OUR SINS.
- 00:34:55.716 --> 00:34:58.719
- AS AN ATONEMENT FOR OUR SINS. WE CAN HAVE FORGIVENESS; WE CAN
- 00:34:58.786 --> 00:35:01.489
- WE CAN HAVE FORGIVENESS; WE CAN HAVE PEACE AND KNOW THAT ALL OF
- 00:35:01.556 --> 00:35:03.858
- HAVE PEACE AND KNOW THAT ALL OF OUR SINS HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN
- 00:35:03.925 --> 00:35:05.293
- OUR SINS HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN BECAUSE OF WHAT HE DID ON THE
- 00:35:05.359 --> 00:35:06.861
- BECAUSE OF WHAT HE DID ON THE CROSS.
- 00:35:06.928 --> 00:35:07.795
- CROSS. AND EACH CHRISTMAS, WE
- 00:35:07.862 --> 00:35:09.063
- AND EACH CHRISTMAS, WE CELEBRATE THIS MOST PRECIOUS
- 00:35:09.130 --> 00:35:11.832
- CELEBRATE THIS MOST PRECIOUS GIFT AND THE HOPE IT REPRESENTS
- 00:35:11.899 --> 00:35:14.068
- GIFT AND THE HOPE IT REPRESENTS FOR ALL OF MANKIND.
- 00:35:14.135 --> 00:35:16.237
- FOR ALL OF MANKIND. SADLY, FOR MANY PEOPLE,
- 00:35:16.304 --> 00:35:18.639
- SADLY, FOR MANY PEOPLE, CHRISTMAS IS THE LONELIEST TIME
- 00:35:18.706 --> 00:35:19.574
- CHRISTMAS IS THE LONELIEST TIME OF THE YEAR.
- 00:35:19.640 --> 00:35:22.310
- OF THE YEAR. PEOPLE IN HOSPITALS, OR
- 00:35:22.376 --> 00:35:23.611
- PEOPLE IN HOSPITALS, OR RETIREMENT HOMES; MEMBERS OF
- 00:35:23.678 --> 00:35:25.713
- RETIREMENT HOMES; MEMBERS OF OUR ARMED FORCES, SO MANY MILES
- 00:35:25.780 --> 00:35:27.081
- OUR ARMED FORCES, SO MANY MILES AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILY AND
- 00:35:27.148 --> 00:35:29.450
- AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS; MANY OF YOU, TONIGHT,
- 00:35:29.517 --> 00:35:31.686
- FRIENDS; MANY OF YOU, TONIGHT, ARE ALSO FACING A PERSONAL
- 00:35:31.752 --> 00:35:34.155
- ARE ALSO FACING A PERSONAL CRISIS.
- 00:35:34.222 --> 00:35:36.090
- CRISIS. THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH YOUR
- 00:35:36.157 --> 00:35:37.258
- THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH YOUR MARRIAGE, YOUR CHILDREN, OR
- 00:35:37.325 --> 00:35:39.527
- MARRIAGE, YOUR CHILDREN, OR YOUR JOB; AN ADDICTION TO DRUGS
- 00:35:39.594 --> 00:35:42.230
- YOUR JOB; AN ADDICTION TO DRUGS OR ALCOHOL; THE DEATH OR
- 00:35:42.296 --> 00:35:45.866
- OR ALCOHOL; THE DEATH OR ILLNESS OF A LOVED ONE; OTHERS
- 00:35:45.933 --> 00:35:46.767
- ILLNESS OF A LOVED ONE; OTHERS JUST FEEL AN EMPTINESS
- 00:35:46.834 --> 00:35:49.303
- JUST FEEL AN EMPTINESS INSIDE -- A KNOWLEDGE THAT
- 00:35:49.370 --> 00:35:51.072
- INSIDE -- A KNOWLEDGE THAT SOMETHING IS MISSING, BUT YOU
- 00:35:51.138 --> 00:35:52.740
- SOMETHING IS MISSING, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
- 00:35:52.807 --> 00:35:55.543
- DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. WITH ALL THE PROBLEMS WE FACE
- 00:35:55.610 --> 00:35:57.011
- WITH ALL THE PROBLEMS WE FACE IN SO MANY WARS, WHERE IS
- 00:35:57.078 --> 00:35:57.812
- IN SO MANY WARS, WHERE IS JESUS?
- 00:35:57.878 --> 00:36:01.449
- JESUS? TONIGHT, HE IS ALIVE.
- 00:36:01.515 --> 00:36:03.784
- TONIGHT, HE IS ALIVE. [CHRISTMAS MUSIC BEGINS]
- 00:36:03.851 --> 00:36:04.885
- [CHRISTMAS MUSIC BEGINS] AND HE CAN BE WITH EACH ONE OF
- 00:36:04.952 --> 00:36:05.519
- AND HE CAN BE WITH EACH ONE OF YOU.
- 00:36:05.586 --> 00:36:06.187
- YOU. THE CHRISTMAS MESSAGE TELLS US
- 00:36:06.254 --> 00:36:06.821
- THE CHRISTMAS MESSAGE TELLS US THAT.
- 00:36:06.887 --> 00:36:08.656
- THAT. IT ANSWERS ALL THE QUESTIONS
- 00:36:08.723 --> 00:36:09.991
- IT ANSWERS ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE PLAGUED THE HUMAN
- 00:36:10.057 --> 00:36:11.425
- THAT HAVE PLAGUED THE HUMAN RACE SINCE TIME BEGAN.
- 00:36:11.492 --> 00:36:13.160
- RACE SINCE TIME BEGAN. IT GOES STRAIGHT TO OUR
- 00:36:13.227 --> 00:36:15.630
- IT GOES STRAIGHT TO OUR SEARCHING HEARTS AND TELLS US
- 00:36:15.696 --> 00:36:17.298
- SEARCHING HEARTS AND TELLS US THAT CHRIST ALONE CAN BRING US
- 00:36:17.365 --> 00:36:20.067
- THAT CHRIST ALONE CAN BRING US LASTING PEACE -- PEACE WITH
- 00:36:20.134 --> 00:36:20.801
- LASTING PEACE -- PEACE WITH GOD, PEACE AMONG PEOPLE AND
- 00:36:20.868 --> 00:36:24.205
- GOD, PEACE AMONG PEOPLE AND NATIONS, AND PEACE WITHIN OUR
- 00:36:24.272 --> 00:36:25.373
- NATIONS, AND PEACE WITHIN OUR HEARTS.
- 00:36:25.439 --> 00:36:27.975
- HEARTS. - MATT: FRANKLIN, WE'RE--
- 00:36:28.042 --> 00:36:28.776
- - MATT: FRANKLIN, WE'RE-- JUST AS THE SUN IS GETTING
- 00:36:28.843 --> 00:36:32.213
- JUST AS THE SUN IS GETTING READY TO SET OVER YOUR
- 00:36:32.280 --> 00:36:33.281
- READY TO SET OVER YOUR SHOULDER, AND WE'RE, IN
- 00:36:33.347 --> 00:36:34.515
- SHOULDER, AND WE'RE, IN ESSENCE, OUT OF TIME, HERE.
- 00:36:34.582 --> 00:36:35.616
- ESSENCE, OUT OF TIME, HERE. BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU KIND
- 00:36:35.683 --> 00:36:37.585
- BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU KIND OF THE FINAL WORD.
- 00:36:37.652 --> 00:36:38.319
- OF THE FINAL WORD. WE DON'T EVER WANT A "PRAISE"
- 00:36:38.386 --> 00:36:39.520
- WE DON'T EVER WANT A "PRAISE" PROGRAM TO END WITHOUT SOMEBODY
- 00:36:39.587 --> 00:36:41.155
- PROGRAM TO END WITHOUT SOMEBODY KNOWING WHY WE SIT HERE, WHY WE
- 00:36:41.222 --> 00:36:43.691
- KNOWING WHY WE SIT HERE, WHY WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BOOKS
- 00:36:43.758 --> 00:36:45.259
- TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BOOKS LIKE THIS.
- 00:36:45.326 --> 00:36:48.162
- LIKE THIS. AND, WE CERTAINLY ENJOY, UH,
- 00:36:48.229 --> 00:36:49.397
- AND, WE CERTAINLY ENJOY, UH, GETTING TO KNOW SOMEBODY BETTER
- 00:36:49.463 --> 00:36:52.533
- GETTING TO KNOW SOMEBODY BETTER THAT WAS AS WELL KNOWN AS YOUR
- 00:36:52.600 --> 00:36:55.636
- THAT WAS AS WELL KNOWN AS YOUR FAMILY.
- 00:36:55.703 --> 00:36:58.539
- FAMILY. BUT THERE IS ONLY ONE REASON WE
- 00:36:58.606 --> 00:37:01.108
- BUT THERE IS ONLY ONE REASON WE ALL SIT HERE -- THE REASON
- 00:37:01.175 --> 00:37:02.977
- ALL SIT HERE -- THE REASON YOU'RE HERE, THE REASON WE'RE
- 00:37:03.044 --> 00:37:04.445
- YOU'RE HERE, THE REASON WE'RE HERE, THE REASON THIS
- 00:37:04.512 --> 00:37:05.646
- HERE, THE REASON THIS TELEVISION NETWORK WAS RAISED
- 00:37:05.713 --> 00:37:07.281
- TELEVISION NETWORK WAS RAISED UP, UH, WAS TO SHARE THE LOVE
- 00:37:07.348 --> 00:37:09.216
- UP, UH, WAS TO SHARE THE LOVE OF WHO JESUS IS TO THE WORLD.
- 00:37:09.283 --> 00:37:11.752
- OF WHO JESUS IS TO THE WORLD. AND SO, JUST TAKE THE
- 00:37:11.819 --> 00:37:12.653
- AND SO, JUST TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY OF TALKING ABOUT
- 00:37:12.720 --> 00:37:16.290
- OPPORTUNITY OF TALKING ABOUT "THIS CHRISTMAS NIGHT" AND WHAT
- 00:37:16.357 --> 00:37:18.092
- "THIS CHRISTMAS NIGHT" AND WHAT IT REALLY MEANS IN SOMEBODY'S
- 00:37:18.159 --> 00:37:21.329
- IT REALLY MEANS IN SOMEBODY'S LIFE, AND LEAD PEOPLE TO THE
- 00:37:21.395 --> 00:37:22.296
- LIFE, AND LEAD PEOPLE TO THE LORD.
- 00:37:22.363 --> 00:37:23.664
- LORD. WHY NOT?
- 00:37:23.731 --> 00:37:24.165
- WHY NOT? - FRANKLIN: AND, THANK YOU,
- 00:37:24.231 --> 00:37:25.833
- - FRANKLIN: AND, THANK YOU, MATT, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
- 00:37:25.900 --> 00:37:26.600
- MATT, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. I HOPE THIS BOOK IS A BLESSING
- 00:37:26.667 --> 00:37:28.736
- I HOPE THIS BOOK IS A BLESSING TO PEOPLE.
- 00:37:28.803 --> 00:37:30.971
- TO PEOPLE. IT'S GOT, UH, NOT ONLY MESSAGES
- 00:37:31.038 --> 00:37:32.139
- IT'S GOT, UH, NOT ONLY MESSAGES FROM MY FATHER, BUT IT'S FILLED
- 00:37:32.206 --> 00:37:33.974
- FROM MY FATHER, BUT IT'S FILLED WITH SCRIPTURE, AS YOU READ
- 00:37:34.041 --> 00:37:34.809
- WITH SCRIPTURE, AS YOU READ THROUGH IT.
- 00:37:34.875 --> 00:37:35.976
- THROUGH IT. IT'S GOD'S WORD.
- 00:37:36.043 --> 00:37:36.911
- IT'S GOD'S WORD. AND THAT'S WHY IT CAN BE USED
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- AND THAT'S WHY IT CAN BE USED AS A DEVOTIONAL.
- 00:37:38.679 --> 00:37:40.014
- AS A DEVOTIONAL. AND, UH, IT'S GOT POETRY AND
- 00:37:40.081 --> 00:37:42.350
- AND, UH, IT'S GOT POETRY AND SOME OF THE HYMNS THAT WERE MY
- 00:37:42.416 --> 00:37:43.684
- SOME OF THE HYMNS THAT WERE MY MOTHER'S FAVORITE AT CHRISTMAS.
- 00:37:43.751 --> 00:37:46.787
- MOTHER'S FAVORITE AT CHRISTMAS. AND I THINK THOSE WILL BE A
- 00:37:46.854 --> 00:37:47.955
- AND I THINK THOSE WILL BE A BLESSING TO PEOPLE.
- 00:37:48.022 --> 00:37:48.556
- BLESSING TO PEOPLE. AND SO, I PRAY THAT GOD WILL
- 00:37:48.622 --> 00:37:50.257
- AND SO, I PRAY THAT GOD WILL USE THIS.
- 00:37:50.324 --> 00:37:51.692
- USE THIS. AND I THANK YOU FOR WANTING TO
- 00:37:51.759 --> 00:37:53.127
- AND I THANK YOU FOR WANTING TO USE THIS AS A GIFT OFFERING,
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- USE THIS AS A GIFT OFFERING, UH, FOR YOUR MINISTRY, THIS
- 00:37:54.562 --> 00:37:57.098
- UH, FOR YOUR MINISTRY, THIS YEAR.
- 00:37:57.164 --> 00:37:58.432
- CHRISTMAS IS ABOUT GOD'S LOVE.
- 00:37:59.200 --> 00:38:00.668
- CHRISTMAS IS ABOUT GOD'S LOVE. - MATT: HMHH.
- 00:38:00.735 --> 00:38:01.702
- - MATT: HMHH. - FRANKLIN: YOU KNOW, THE
- 00:38:01.769 --> 00:38:02.503
- - FRANKLIN: YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT GOD SO LOVED
- 00:38:02.570 --> 00:38:04.572
- BIBLE SAYS THAT GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY
- 00:38:04.638 --> 00:38:07.375
- THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON THAT WHOSOEVER
- 00:38:07.441 --> 00:38:08.309
- BEGOTTEN SON THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD NOT
- 00:38:08.376 --> 00:38:10.277
- BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH, BUT SHOULD HAVE
- 00:38:10.344 --> 00:38:11.612
- PERISH, BUT SHOULD HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE.
- 00:38:11.679 --> 00:38:12.580
- EVERLASTING LIFE. THE BIBLE MAKES IT VERY CLEAR
- 00:38:12.646 --> 00:38:15.349
- THE BIBLE MAKES IT VERY CLEAR THAT ALL OF US HAVE SINNED AND
- 00:38:15.416 --> 00:38:16.851
- THAT ALL OF US HAVE SINNED AND WE HAVE COME SHORT OF GOD'S
- 00:38:16.917 --> 00:38:18.753
- WE HAVE COME SHORT OF GOD'S STANDARD.
- 00:38:18.819 --> 00:38:19.954
- STANDARD. JESUS CHRIST CAME TO THIS EARTH
- 00:38:20.020 --> 00:38:22.523
- JESUS CHRIST CAME TO THIS EARTH TO SAVE ME.
- 00:38:22.590 --> 00:38:24.425
- TO SAVE ME. BUT HE CAME TO THIS EARTH TO
- 00:38:24.492 --> 00:38:25.926
- BUT HE CAME TO THIS EARTH TO SAVE YOU.
- 00:38:25.993 --> 00:38:26.961
- SAVE YOU. AND, I WAS 22 YEARS OLD WHEN I
- 00:38:27.027 --> 00:38:28.629
- AND, I WAS 22 YEARS OLD WHEN I ASKED JESUS TO COME INTO MY
- 00:38:28.696 --> 00:38:29.864
- ASKED JESUS TO COME INTO MY HEART AND TO MY LIFE.
- 00:38:29.930 --> 00:38:30.664
- HEART AND TO MY LIFE. NOW, FOR YEARS, I TRIED TO RUN
- 00:38:30.731 --> 00:38:33.634
- NOW, FOR YEARS, I TRIED TO RUN MY OWN LIFE.
- 00:38:33.701 --> 00:38:34.668
- MY OWN LIFE. I THOUGHT I COULD, UH...I
- 00:38:34.735 --> 00:38:36.404
- I THOUGHT I COULD, UH...I COULD, UH...MAKE MYSELF HAPPY.
- 00:38:36.470 --> 00:38:38.406
- COULD, UH...MAKE MYSELF HAPPY. BUT I JUST FOUND MYSELF GETTING
- 00:38:38.472 --> 00:38:40.441
- BUT I JUST FOUND MYSELF GETTING MORE MISERABLE, GOING DEEPER
- 00:38:40.508 --> 00:38:42.410
- MORE MISERABLE, GOING DEEPER AND DEEPER INTO SIN AND JUST
- 00:38:42.476 --> 00:38:43.844
- AND DEEPER INTO SIN AND JUST MISERY.
- 00:38:43.911 --> 00:38:46.247
- MISERY. AND, ONE DAY, I JUST WOKE UP
- 00:38:46.313 --> 00:38:47.348
- AND, ONE DAY, I JUST WOKE UP AND I JUST SAID: "GOD, I'VE
- 00:38:47.415 --> 00:38:50.518
- AND I JUST SAID: "GOD, I'VE SINNED.
- 00:38:50.584 --> 00:38:51.118
- SINNED. FORGIVE ME.
- 00:38:51.185 --> 00:38:51.986
- FORGIVE ME. AND I'LL GIVE YOU MY LIFE.
- 00:38:52.052 --> 00:38:53.287
- AND I'LL GIVE YOU MY LIFE. IF YOU'LL TAKE THE PIECES OF MY
- 00:38:53.354 --> 00:38:55.489
- IF YOU'LL TAKE THE PIECES OF MY LIFE AND PUT IT TOGETHER AND
- 00:38:55.556 --> 00:38:56.924
- LIFE AND PUT IT TOGETHER AND MAKE SENSE OUT OF IT, YOU CAN
- 00:38:56.991 --> 00:38:57.825
- MAKE SENSE OUT OF IT, YOU CAN HAVE IT."
- 00:38:57.892 --> 00:38:59.026
- HAVE IT." AND WHEN I PRAYED THAT
- 00:38:59.093 --> 00:39:00.027
- AND WHEN I PRAYED THAT PRAYER I MEANT IT.
- 00:39:00.094 --> 00:39:00.594
- PRAYER I MEANT IT. AND HE TOOK MY LIFE
- 00:39:00.661 --> 00:39:01.595
- AND HE TOOK MY LIFE AND HE'S BEEN WORKING
- 00:39:01.662 --> 00:39:02.363
- AND HE'S BEEN WORKING ON ME EVER SINCE.
- 00:39:02.430 --> 00:39:04.198
- ON ME EVER SINCE. BUT THE BIBLE IS CLEAR THAT GOD
- 00:39:04.265 --> 00:39:05.599
- BUT THE BIBLE IS CLEAR THAT GOD LOVES US; THERE'S NO QUESTION
- 00:39:05.666 --> 00:39:06.934
- LOVES US; THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
- 00:39:07.001 --> 00:39:07.568
- ABOUT THAT. AND JESUS CHRIST DIDN'T COME TO
- 00:39:07.635 --> 00:39:09.236
- AND JESUS CHRIST DIDN'T COME TO THIS WORLD TO CONDEMN YOU; HE
- 00:39:09.303 --> 00:39:10.938
- THIS WORLD TO CONDEMN YOU; HE CAME HERE TO SAVE YOU.
- 00:39:11.005 --> 00:39:12.440
- CAME HERE TO SAVE YOU. AND YOU HAVE TO RESPOND BY
- 00:39:12.506 --> 00:39:15.176
- AND YOU HAVE TO RESPOND BY ACCEPTING JESUS CHRIST AS
- 00:39:15.242 --> 00:39:18.145
- ACCEPTING JESUS CHRIST AS SAVIOR AND LET HIM BE THE LORD
- 00:39:18.212 --> 00:39:20.281
- SAVIOR AND LET HIM BE THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE.
- 00:39:20.347 --> 00:39:20.881
- OF YOUR LIFE. JESUS SAID, "I'M THE WAY, THE
- 00:39:20.948 --> 00:39:23.918
- JESUS SAID, "I'M THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE."
- 00:39:23.984 --> 00:39:25.286
- TRUTH, AND THE LIFE." AND: "NO MAN COMES TO THE
- 00:39:25.352 --> 00:39:25.953
- AND: "NO MAN COMES TO THE FATHER, BUT BY ME."
- 00:39:26.020 --> 00:39:30.491
- FATHER, BUT BY ME." THERE'S NOT MANY WAYS TO GOD.
- 00:39:30.558 --> 00:39:31.559
- THERE'S NOT MANY WAYS TO GOD. AND I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE AND
- 00:39:31.625 --> 00:39:32.827
- AND I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE AND THEY SAY, "WELL, I'VE GOT MY
- 00:39:32.893 --> 00:39:33.427
- THEY SAY, "WELL, I'VE GOT MY OWN CONNECTIONS TO GOD."
- 00:39:33.494 --> 00:39:34.161
- OWN CONNECTIONS TO GOD." REALLY?
- 00:39:34.228 --> 00:39:35.262
- REALLY? THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON WHO
- 00:39:35.329 --> 00:39:36.263
- THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON WHO TOOK YOUR SINS AND THAT'S THE
- 00:39:36.330 --> 00:39:37.498
- TOOK YOUR SINS AND THAT'S THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.
- 00:39:37.565 --> 00:39:39.433
- LORD JESUS CHRIST. NO OTHER PERSON IN HISTORY DIED
- 00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:40.568
- NO OTHER PERSON IN HISTORY DIED FOR YOUR SINS -- ONLY JESUS.
- 00:39:40.634 --> 00:39:42.136
- FOR YOUR SINS -- ONLY JESUS. AND HE DIED FOR YOUR SINS, HE
- 00:39:42.203 --> 00:39:44.138
- AND HE DIED FOR YOUR SINS, HE WAS BURIED FOR YOUR SINS, HE
- 00:39:44.205 --> 00:39:45.673
- WAS BURIED FOR YOUR SINS, HE SHED HIS BLOOD ON A CROSS FOR
- 00:39:45.739 --> 00:39:47.041
- SHED HIS BLOOD ON A CROSS FOR YOUR SINS, BUT ON THE THIRD
- 00:39:47.107 --> 00:39:48.342
- YOUR SINS, BUT ON THE THIRD DAY, GOD RAISED HIS SON OUT OF
- 00:39:48.409 --> 00:39:49.577
- DAY, GOD RAISED HIS SON OUT OF THE GRAVE.
- 00:39:49.643 --> 00:39:51.846
- THE GRAVE. JESUS IS ALIVE.
- 00:39:51.912 --> 00:39:52.713
- JESUS IS ALIVE. HE'S NOT DEAD.
- 00:39:52.780 --> 00:39:53.414
- HE'S NOT DEAD. AND HE'LL COME INTO YOUR HEART,
- 00:39:53.481 --> 00:39:55.182
- AND HE'LL COME INTO YOUR HEART, AND HE'LL CHANGE YOU, AND HE'LL
- 00:39:55.249 --> 00:39:56.984
- AND HE'LL CHANGE YOU, AND HE'LL FORGIVE YOU, AND CLEANSE YOU,
- 00:39:57.051 --> 00:39:57.985
- FORGIVE YOU, AND CLEANSE YOU, IF YOU JUST ASK HIM.
- 00:39:58.052 --> 00:39:58.819
- IF YOU JUST ASK HIM. THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
- 00:39:58.886 --> 00:40:00.521
- THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS JUST SAY-- YOU CAN JUST PRAY
- 00:40:00.588 --> 00:40:02.056
- JUST SAY-- YOU CAN JUST PRAY THIS PRAYER WITH ME, RIGHT NOW.
- 00:40:02.122 --> 00:40:03.824
- THIS PRAYER WITH ME, RIGHT NOW. JUST SAY: GOD, I'VE SINNED.
- 00:40:03.891 --> 00:40:05.025
- JUST SAY: GOD, I'VE SINNED. I'M SORRY.
- 00:40:05.092 --> 00:40:06.727
- I'M SORRY. FORGIVE ME.
- 00:40:06.794 --> 00:40:09.063
- FORGIVE ME. I BELIEVE JESUS CHRIST IS YOUR
- 00:40:09.129 --> 00:40:10.831
- I BELIEVE JESUS CHRIST IS YOUR SON, AND I WANT TO TRUST HIM AS
- 00:40:10.898 --> 00:40:12.099
- SON, AND I WANT TO TRUST HIM AS MY SAVIOR, AND I WANT TO FOLLOW
- 00:40:12.166 --> 00:40:15.269
- MY SAVIOR, AND I WANT TO FOLLOW HIM AS MY LORD.
- 00:40:15.336 --> 00:40:17.271
- HIM AS MY LORD. IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER, GOD
- 00:40:17.338 --> 00:40:18.939
- IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER, GOD WILL FORGIVE YOUR SINS AND
- 00:40:19.006 --> 00:40:21.175
- WILL FORGIVE YOUR SINS AND HE'LL HEAL YOUR HEART AND HE'LL
- 00:40:21.242 --> 00:40:22.610
- HE'LL HEAL YOUR HEART AND HE'LL GIVE YOU A NEW LIFE AND A NEW
- 00:40:22.676 --> 00:40:24.178
- GIVE YOU A NEW LIFE AND A NEW BEGINNING, BUT YOU HAVE TO BE
- 00:40:24.245 --> 00:40:25.679
- BEGINNING, BUT YOU HAVE TO BE WILLING TO ACCEPT IT.
- 00:40:25.746 --> 00:40:27.281
- WILLING TO ACCEPT IT. GOD IS OFFERING SALVATION.
- 00:40:27.348 --> 00:40:28.549
- GOD IS OFFERING SALVATION. HE'S OFFERING FORGIVENESS.
- 00:40:28.616 --> 00:40:30.351
- HE'S OFFERING FORGIVENESS. BUT YOU'VE GOT TO BE WILLING TO
- 00:40:30.417 --> 00:40:32.353
- BUT YOU'VE GOT TO BE WILLING TO ACCEPT IT.
- 00:40:32.419 --> 00:40:33.921
- ACCEPT IT. AND IT'S BY FAITH.
- 00:40:33.988 --> 00:40:35.422
- AND IT'S BY FAITH. BY GRACE ARE WE SAVED, THE
- 00:40:35.489 --> 00:40:36.557
- BY GRACE ARE WE SAVED, THE BIBLE SAYS, THROUGH FAITH.
- 00:40:36.624 --> 00:40:37.358
- BIBLE SAYS, THROUGH FAITH. IT'S NOT OF WORKS.
- 00:40:37.424 --> 00:40:39.393
- IT'S NOT OF WORKS. YOU CAN'T-- MANY PEOPLE WANT TO
- 00:40:39.460 --> 00:40:40.561
- YOU CAN'T-- MANY PEOPLE WANT TO WORK FOR THEIR SALVATION.
- 00:40:40.628 --> 00:40:41.962
- WORK FOR THEIR SALVATION. THEY WANT TO TELL SOMEONE, "LET
- 00:40:42.029 --> 00:40:44.098
- THEY WANT TO TELL SOMEONE, "LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I HAD TO DO TO
- 00:40:44.164 --> 00:40:45.165
- ME TELL YOU WHAT I HAD TO DO TO GET SAVED."
- 00:40:45.232 --> 00:40:45.966
- GET SAVED." NO.
- 00:40:46.033 --> 00:40:47.835
- NO. IT'S BY GOD'S GRACE AND IT'S
- 00:40:47.902 --> 00:40:49.236
- IT'S BY GOD'S GRACE AND IT'S THROUGH FAITH.
- 00:40:49.303 --> 00:40:51.071
- THROUGH FAITH. OTHERWISE, YOU WOULD BOAST
- 00:40:51.138 --> 00:40:52.139
- OTHERWISE, YOU WOULD BOAST ABOUT IT, YOU WOULD BRAG ABOUT
- 00:40:52.206 --> 00:40:53.507
- ABOUT IT, YOU WOULD BRAG ABOUT IT, AND GOD'S NOT GONNA LET YOU
- 00:40:53.574 --> 00:40:54.375
- IT, AND GOD'S NOT GONNA LET YOU DO THAT.
- 00:40:54.441 --> 00:40:55.943
- DO THAT. HE PAID THE ENTIRE PRICE BY
- 00:40:56.010 --> 00:40:57.244
- HE PAID THE ENTIRE PRICE BY LETTING HIS SON...SHED HIS
- 00:40:57.311 --> 00:40:59.780
- LETTING HIS SON...SHED HIS BLOOD FOR YOU.
- 00:40:59.847 --> 00:41:03.951
- BLOOD FOR YOU. AND WHEN JESUS CHRIST HUNG ON
- 00:41:04.018 --> 00:41:05.185
- AND WHEN JESUS CHRIST HUNG ON THAT CROSS, AT THAT MOMENT, GOD
- 00:41:05.252 --> 00:41:07.087
- THAT CROSS, AT THAT MOMENT, GOD POURED ALL THE SINS OF MANKIND
- 00:41:07.154 --> 00:41:09.156
- POURED ALL THE SINS OF MANKIND ON HIS SON -- SINS PAST; SINS
- 00:41:09.223 --> 00:41:10.958
- ON HIS SON -- SINS PAST; SINS PRESENT; SINS FUTURE, WHERE WE
- 00:41:11.025 --> 00:41:13.794
- PRESENT; SINS FUTURE, WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
- 00:41:13.861 --> 00:41:16.130
- ARE TODAY. ALL THE SINS OF MANKIND WERE
- 00:41:16.196 --> 00:41:18.532
- ALL THE SINS OF MANKIND WERE POURED UPON HIS SON.
- 00:41:18.599 --> 00:41:20.301
- POURED UPON HIS SON. AND AT THAT MOMENT, GOD HAD TO
- 00:41:20.367 --> 00:41:22.069
- AND AT THAT MOMENT, GOD HAD TO TURN HIS BACK ON HIS SON.
- 00:41:22.136 --> 00:41:24.438
- TURN HIS BACK ON HIS SON. IN THAT ONE MOMENT, HE BECAME
- 00:41:24.505 --> 00:41:26.674
- IN THAT ONE MOMENT, HE BECAME FILTH, HE BECAME DIRT, HE
- 00:41:26.740 --> 00:41:29.843
- FILTH, HE BECAME DIRT, HE BECAME SIN, FOR YOU AND ME.
- 00:41:29.910 --> 00:41:32.146
- BECAME SIN, FOR YOU AND ME. AND HE CARRIED THOSE SINS TO
- 00:41:32.212 --> 00:41:34.281
- AND HE CARRIED THOSE SINS TO THE GRAVE.
- 00:41:34.348 --> 00:41:36.317
- THE GRAVE. AND AFTER THREE DAYS, GOD SAID:
- 00:41:36.383 --> 00:41:39.587
- AND AFTER THREE DAYS, GOD SAID: THAT'S ENOUGH.
- 00:41:39.653 --> 00:41:40.688
- THAT'S ENOUGH. IT'S FINISHED.
- 00:41:40.754 --> 00:41:42.056
- IT'S FINISHED. AND HE RAISED HIS SON TO LIFE.
- 00:41:42.122 --> 00:41:44.792
- AND HE RAISED HIS SON TO LIFE. AND I KNOW THAT, ONE DAY, MY
- 00:41:44.858 --> 00:41:46.560
- AND I KNOW THAT, ONE DAY, MY LIFE ON THIS EARTH WILL COME TO
- 00:41:46.627 --> 00:41:47.194
- LIFE ON THIS EARTH WILL COME TO AN END.
- 00:41:47.261 --> 00:41:48.262
- AN END. I'M 68 YEARS OLD.
- 00:41:48.329 --> 00:41:50.331
- I'M 68 YEARS OLD. MAYBE GOD WILL GIVE ME TWO
- 00:41:50.397 --> 00:41:51.498
- MAYBE GOD WILL GIVE ME TWO YEARS.
- 00:41:51.565 --> 00:41:52.132
- YEARS. MAYBE HE GIVES ME TWO DAYS.
- 00:41:52.199 --> 00:41:53.467
- MAYBE HE GIVES ME TWO DAYS. MAYBE HE GIVES ME 20 YEARS, I
- 00:41:53.534 --> 00:41:54.602
- MAYBE HE GIVES ME 20 YEARS, I DON'T KNOW.
- 00:41:54.668 --> 00:41:55.135
- DON'T KNOW. DOESN'T MATTER.
- 00:41:55.202 --> 00:41:56.704
- DOESN'T MATTER. BUT, ONE OF THESE DAYS, MY LIFE
- 00:41:56.770 --> 00:41:58.939
- BUT, ONE OF THESE DAYS, MY LIFE WILL COME TO AN END.
- 00:41:59.006 --> 00:42:00.040
- WILL COME TO AN END. AND I KNOW THAT I WILL BE
- 00:42:00.107 --> 00:42:01.008
- AND I KNOW THAT I WILL BE BEFORE THE KING OF KINGS AND
- 00:42:01.075 --> 00:42:02.476
- BEFORE THE KING OF KINGS AND THE LORD OF LORDS.
- 00:42:02.543 --> 00:42:03.577
- THE LORD OF LORDS. AND HE WILL ACCEPT ME INTO HIS
- 00:42:03.644 --> 00:42:05.346
- AND HE WILL ACCEPT ME INTO HIS PRESENCE -- NOT BECAUSE I'M A
- 00:42:05.412 --> 00:42:06.880
- PRESENCE -- NOT BECAUSE I'M A GOOD GUY.
- 00:42:06.947 --> 00:42:08.048
- GOOD GUY. I'M NOT.
- 00:42:08.115 --> 00:42:08.983
- I'M NOT. BECAUSE I'M FORGIVEN.
- 00:42:09.049 --> 00:42:11.018
- BECAUSE I'M FORGIVEN. BECAUSE I PUT MY FAITH AND
- 00:42:11.085 --> 00:42:12.086
- BECAUSE I PUT MY FAITH AND TRUST IN HIS SON, JESUS CHRIST.
- 00:42:12.152 --> 00:42:13.721
- TRUST IN HIS SON, JESUS CHRIST. AND HE FORGAVE ME THE DAY I DID
- 00:42:13.787 --> 00:42:15.923
- AND HE FORGAVE ME THE DAY I DID THAT, WHEN I WAS 22 YEARS OLD.
- 00:42:15.990 --> 00:42:17.891
- THAT, WHEN I WAS 22 YEARS OLD. HE FORGAVE ME.
- 00:42:17.958 --> 00:42:20.361
- HE FORGAVE ME. AND HE'LL FORGIVE YOU, IF
- 00:42:20.427 --> 00:42:21.729
- AND HE'LL FORGIVE YOU, IF YOU'LL JUST PRAY THAT PRAYER.
- 00:42:21.795 --> 00:42:23.063
- YOU'LL JUST PRAY THAT PRAYER. AND I WANNA DO IT ONE MORE TIME
- 00:42:23.130 --> 00:42:23.998
- AND I WANNA DO IT ONE MORE TIME WITH YA.
- 00:42:24.064 --> 00:42:24.965
- WITH YA. I WANT YOU TO JUST LISTEN.
- 00:42:25.032 --> 00:42:25.899
- I WANT YOU TO JUST LISTEN. JUST PRAY THIS PRAYER.
- 00:42:25.966 --> 00:42:26.500
- JUST PRAY THIS PRAYER. SAY: GOD, I'VE SINNED.
- 00:42:26.567 --> 00:42:27.201
- SAY: GOD, I'VE SINNED. I'M SORRY.
- 00:42:27.267 --> 00:42:30.237
- I'M SORRY. FORGIVE ME.
- 00:42:30.304 --> 00:42:31.538
- FORGIVE ME. I BELIEVE JESUS IS YOUR SON.
- 00:42:31.605 --> 00:42:35.609
- I BELIEVE JESUS IS YOUR SON. I BELIEVE THAT HE DIED FOR MY
- 00:42:35.676 --> 00:42:36.210
- I BELIEVE THAT HE DIED FOR MY SINS, THAT YOU RAISED HIM TO
- 00:42:36.276 --> 00:42:38.912
- SINS, THAT YOU RAISED HIM TO LIFE.
- 00:42:38.979 --> 00:42:40.080
- LIFE. I WANT TO TRUST HIM AS MY
- 00:42:40.147 --> 00:42:42.449
- I WANT TO TRUST HIM AS MY SAVIOR.
- 00:42:42.516 --> 00:42:43.617
- SAVIOR. I WANT TO FOLLOW HIM AS LORD,
- 00:42:43.684 --> 00:42:46.787
- I WANT TO FOLLOW HIM AS LORD, FROM THIS DAY FORWARD, FOREVER.
- 00:42:46.854 --> 00:42:49.456
- FROM THIS DAY FORWARD, FOREVER. AND I PRAY THIS, IN JESUS'
- 00:42:49.523 --> 00:42:52.292
- AND I PRAY THIS, IN JESUS' NAME.
- 00:42:52.359 --> 00:42:53.494
- NAME. AMEN.
- 00:42:53.560 --> 00:42:56.230
- AMEN. IF YOU PRAYED THAT, THEY'VE GOT
- 00:42:56.296 --> 00:42:58.332
- IF YOU PRAYED THAT, THEY'VE GOT A NUMBER THERE ON THE SCREEN.
- 00:42:58.399 --> 00:42:59.133
- A NUMBER THERE ON THE SCREEN. UH...CALL IT.
- 00:42:59.199 --> 00:43:01.935
- UH...CALL IT. THEY'VE GOT OPERATORS THERE
- 00:43:02.002 --> 00:43:03.203
- THEY'VE GOT OPERATORS THERE THAT LIKE TO SPEAK WITH YOU,
- 00:43:03.270 --> 00:43:05.005
- THAT LIKE TO SPEAK WITH YOU, TALK WITH YOU -- PRAY WITH YOU!
- 00:43:05.072 --> 00:43:06.507
- TALK WITH YOU -- PRAY WITH YOU! I'D DO THAT, RIGHT NOW.
- 00:43:06.573 --> 00:43:07.608
- I'D DO THAT, RIGHT NOW. AND I'M SURE MATT AND LAURIE
- 00:43:07.675 --> 00:43:09.476
- AND I'M SURE MATT AND LAURIE WOULD BE GLAD TO SEND YOU A
- 00:43:09.543 --> 00:43:10.544
- WOULD BE GLAD TO SEND YOU A BIBLE.
- 00:43:10.611 --> 00:43:11.011
- BIBLE. AND, THAT'S SO IMPORTANT --
- 00:43:11.078 --> 00:43:12.813
- AND, THAT'S SO IMPORTANT -- THAT YOU HAVE GOD'S WORD, IF
- 00:43:12.880 --> 00:43:14.014
- THAT YOU HAVE GOD'S WORD, IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT.
- 00:43:14.081 --> 00:43:15.115
- YOU DON'T HAVE IT. BUT REMEMBER THIS, RIGHT NOW:
- 00:43:15.182 --> 00:43:16.050
- BUT REMEMBER THIS, RIGHT NOW: GOD LOVES YOU.
- 00:43:16.116 --> 00:43:18.118
- GOD LOVES YOU. OKAY?
- 00:43:18.185 --> 00:43:19.019
- OKAY? HE LOVES YOU.
- 00:43:19.086 --> 00:43:20.220
- HE LOVES YOU. AND IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER,
- 00:43:20.287 --> 00:43:22.256
- AND IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER, HE'S FORGIVEN YOU.
- 00:43:22.322 --> 00:43:23.190
- HE'S FORGIVEN YOU. YOU'RE CLEANSED.
- 00:43:23.257 --> 00:43:24.458
- YOU'RE CLEANSED. AND, I WANT YOU TO GET INVOLVED
- 00:43:24.525 --> 00:43:25.959
- AND, I WANT YOU TO GET INVOLVED IN A CHURCH.
- 00:43:26.026 --> 00:43:27.795
- IN A CHURCH. FIND A CHURCH THAT BELIEVES THE
- 00:43:27.861 --> 00:43:29.496
- FIND A CHURCH THAT BELIEVES THE BIBLE FROM COVER TO COVER.
- 00:43:29.563 --> 00:43:31.265
- BIBLE FROM COVER TO COVER. AND TELL THE PASTOR WHAT YOU
- 00:43:31.331 --> 00:43:33.934
- AND TELL THE PASTOR WHAT YOU DID AND THE PRAYER THAT YOU
- 00:43:34.001 --> 00:43:36.036
- DID AND THE PRAYER THAT YOU PRAYED.
- 00:43:36.103 --> 00:43:37.204
- PRAYED. AND TELL 'EM YOU WANT TO GET
- 00:43:37.271 --> 00:43:38.539
- AND TELL 'EM YOU WANT TO GET INVOLVED AND YOU WANT TO GET
- 00:43:38.605 --> 00:43:40.507
- INVOLVED AND YOU WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN THE CHURCH.
- 00:43:40.574 --> 00:43:42.409
- INVOLVED IN THE CHURCH. SO, DO THAT, RIGHT AWAY.
- 00:43:42.476 --> 00:43:43.777
- SO, DO THAT, RIGHT AWAY. GOD BLESS YOU.
- 00:43:43.844 --> 00:43:47.581
- GOD BLESS YOU. - MATT: I WANNA MAKE AN
- 00:43:47.648 --> 00:43:48.082
- - MATT: I WANNA MAKE AN OBSERVATION, HERE.
- 00:43:48.148 --> 00:43:49.016
- OBSERVATION, HERE. FOR THE LAST FEW MINUTES,
- 00:43:49.083 --> 00:43:51.518
- FOR THE LAST FEW MINUTES, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT
- 00:43:51.585 --> 00:43:54.321
- THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT COULD HAVE EVER HAPPENED IN
- 00:43:54.388 --> 00:43:56.557
- COULD HAVE EVER HAPPENED IN PEOPLE'S LIVES...YOU KNOW...
- 00:43:56.623 --> 00:43:57.658
- PEOPLE'S LIVES...YOU KNOW... WAS HAPPENING.
- 00:43:57.725 --> 00:44:01.128
- WAS HAPPENING. YOU WERE GIVING A CLEAR AND
- 00:44:01.195 --> 00:44:02.296
- YOU WERE GIVING A CLEAR AND BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION OF THE
- 00:44:02.362 --> 00:44:06.066
- BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS.
- 00:44:06.133 --> 00:44:08.302
- WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW,
- 00:44:09.303 --> 00:44:11.038
- WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, "THIS CHRISTMAS NIGHT," BUT
- 00:44:11.105 --> 00:44:12.206
- "THIS CHRISTMAS NIGHT," BUT "THIS CHRISTMAS NIGHT" WAS
- 00:44:12.272 --> 00:44:13.407
- "THIS CHRISTMAS NIGHT" WAS ABOUT THIS STORY THAT YOU JUST
- 00:44:13.474 --> 00:44:15.409
- ABOUT THIS STORY THAT YOU JUST TOLD.
- 00:44:15.476 --> 00:44:17.778
- TOLD. AND, THERE WAS SOMETHING REALLY
- 00:44:17.845 --> 00:44:20.814
- AND, THERE WAS SOMETHING REALLY INTERESTING THAT WAS PLAYING
- 00:44:20.881 --> 00:44:21.915
- INTERESTING THAT WAS PLAYING OUT.
- 00:44:21.982 --> 00:44:22.649
- OUT. BECAUSE, YOU WERE TELLING GOD'S
- 00:44:22.716 --> 00:44:23.951
- BECAUSE, YOU WERE TELLING GOD'S BEAUTIFUL LOVE STORY,
- 00:44:24.017 --> 00:44:26.520
- BEAUTIFUL LOVE STORY, SURROUNDED BY GOD'S BEAUTIFUL
- 00:44:26.587 --> 00:44:28.255
- SURROUNDED BY GOD'S BEAUTIFUL CREATION.
- 00:44:28.322 --> 00:44:29.990
- YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T A FANCY
- 00:44:30.557 --> 00:44:31.658
- YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T A FANCY STUDIO SOMEWHERE.
- 00:44:31.725 --> 00:44:32.459
- STUDIO SOMEWHERE. WE'RE OUT HERE.
- 00:44:32.526 --> 00:44:33.494
- WE'RE OUT HERE. THESE ARE REAL HILLS AND REAL
- 00:44:33.560 --> 00:44:34.795
- THESE ARE REAL HILLS AND REAL TREES, AND THAT WAS A REAL
- 00:44:34.862 --> 00:44:35.963
- TREES, AND THAT WAS A REAL SUNSET.
- 00:44:36.029 --> 00:44:37.898
- SUNSET. AND YOU WERE TELLING THE STORY
- 00:44:37.965 --> 00:44:39.066
- AND YOU WERE TELLING THE STORY OF JESUS AND HIS LOVE, INSIDE
- 00:44:39.133 --> 00:44:42.102
- OF JESUS AND HIS LOVE, INSIDE OF HIS CREATION AND VIEWING HIS
- 00:44:42.169 --> 00:44:43.504
- OF HIS CREATION AND VIEWING HIS CREATION.
- 00:44:43.570 --> 00:44:46.206
- CREATION. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL EVENING IT IS
- 00:44:46.273 --> 00:44:47.274
- WHAT A BEAUTIFUL EVENING IT IS HERE.
- 00:44:47.341 --> 00:44:49.376
- HERE. AND, FRANKLIN GRAHAM, YOU KNOW
- 00:44:49.443 --> 00:44:50.277
- AND, FRANKLIN GRAHAM, YOU KNOW -- LOOK, THANK YOU, BECAUSE,
- 00:44:50.344 --> 00:44:52.112
- -- LOOK, THANK YOU, BECAUSE, WHAT AN ECLECTIC SHOW.
- 00:44:52.179 --> 00:44:54.448
- WHAT AN ECLECTIC SHOW. WE HEARD ABOUT OYSTER SOUP.
- 00:44:54.515 --> 00:44:58.385
- WE HEARD ABOUT OYSTER SOUP. WE HEARD ABOUT CAMEL POOP.
- 00:44:58.452 --> 00:45:02.055
- WE HEARD ABOUT CAMEL POOP. WE HEARD ABOUT ALL SORTS OF
- 00:45:02.122 --> 00:45:03.290
- WE HEARD ABOUT ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT TRADITIONS, AND
- 00:45:03.357 --> 00:45:04.458
- DIFFERENT TRADITIONS, AND EVERYTHING FROM SANTA CLAUS TO
- 00:45:04.525 --> 00:45:06.627
- EVERYTHING FROM SANTA CLAUS TO THE PRESENTATION OF THE GOSPEL
- 00:45:06.693 --> 00:45:09.797
- THE PRESENTATION OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST TO THE WORLD.
- 00:45:09.863 --> 00:45:11.832
- OF JESUS CHRIST TO THE WORLD. SO, THANK YOU FOR THIS AMAZING
- 00:45:11.899 --> 00:45:12.533
- SO, THANK YOU FOR THIS AMAZING EVENING.
- 00:45:12.599 --> 00:45:14.368
- EVENING. - FRANKLIN: THANK YOU, MATT.
- 00:45:14.434 --> 00:45:15.002
- - FRANKLIN: THANK YOU, MATT. THANK YOU, LAURIE.
- 00:45:15.068 --> 00:45:16.336
- THANK YOU, LAURIE. - MATT: AND, THANK YOU, WHAT
- 00:45:16.403 --> 00:45:16.970
- - MATT: AND, THANK YOU, WHAT YOU DID TO MAKE THIS AVAILABLE
- 00:45:17.037 --> 00:45:17.704
- YOU DID TO MAKE THIS AVAILABLE TO THE TBN VIEWERS.
- 00:45:17.771 --> 00:45:19.473
- "THIS CHRISTMAS NIGHT" IS OUR
- 00:45:19.973 --> 00:45:20.541
- "THIS CHRISTMAS NIGHT" IS OUR MONTHLY RESOURCE, HERE IN
- 00:45:20.607 --> 00:45:21.041
- MONTHLY RESOURCE, HERE IN AND, UH...LOOK, ALL I CAN TELL
- 00:45:21.108 --> 00:45:21.608
- AND, UH...LOOK, ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS I GREW UP WITH
- 00:45:21.675 --> 00:45:22.509
- YOU IS I GREW UP WITH SANTA CLAUS AND THE WHOLE THING.
- 00:45:22.576 --> 00:45:24.511
- SANTA CLAUS AND THE WHOLE THING. AND MY MOM WAS...FUN.
- 00:45:24.578 --> 00:45:26.547
- AND MY MOM WAS...FUN. - LAURIE: AN ELF.
- 00:45:26.613 --> 00:45:27.080
- - LAURIE: AN ELF. [MATT AND LAURIE LAUGHING]
- 00:45:27.147 --> 00:45:27.848
- [MATT AND LAURIE LAUGHING] - MATT: SHE WAS MUCH MORE--
- 00:45:27.915 --> 00:45:28.448
- - MATT: SHE WAS MUCH MORE-- [LAUGHS]
- 00:45:28.515 --> 00:45:28.782
- [LAUGHS] SHE WAS MUCH MORE THAN JUST
- 00:45:28.849 --> 00:45:29.383
- SHE WAS MUCH MORE THAN JUST FUN.
- 00:45:29.449 --> 00:45:29.550
- FUN. SHE WAS...PRETTY ECLECTIC
- 00:45:29.616 --> 00:45:30.117
- SHE WAS...PRETTY ECLECTIC PERSON HERSELF.
- 00:45:30.184 --> 00:45:31.285
- PERSON HERSELF. - FRANKLIN: SHE WAS A
- 00:45:31.351 --> 00:45:32.085
- - FRANKLIN: SHE WAS A LOT OF FUN.
- 00:45:32.152 --> 00:45:32.686
- LOT OF FUN. [LAUGHTER]
- 00:45:32.753 --> 00:45:33.086
- [LAUGHTER] - LAURIE: YOU NEED TO WRITE A
- 00:45:33.153 --> 00:45:33.720
- - LAURIE: YOU NEED TO WRITE A BOOK FOR YOUR MOM AND DAD.
- 00:45:33.787 --> 00:45:34.288
- BOOK FOR YOUR MOM AND DAD. - FRANKLIN: SHE WAS A LOT OF
- 00:45:34.354 --> 00:45:34.922
- - FRANKLIN: SHE WAS A LOT OF FUN.
- 00:45:34.988 --> 00:45:35.122
- FUN. [LAUGHING HEARTILY]
- 00:45:35.189 --> 00:45:35.589
- [LAUGHING HEARTILY] - LAURIE: WE'LL TELL
- 00:45:35.656 --> 00:45:36.089
- - LAURIE: WE'LL TELL THE..."ELF STORY."
- 00:45:36.156 --> 00:45:38.258
- THE..."ELF STORY." - MATT: MY MOM MIGHT HAVE SENT
- 00:45:38.325 --> 00:45:38.926
- - MATT: MY MOM MIGHT HAVE SENT SOMEBODY CAMEL POOP, TOO,
- 00:45:38.992 --> 00:45:39.493
- SOMEBODY CAMEL POOP, TOO, YOU KNOW.
- 00:45:39.560 --> 00:45:40.160
- YOU KNOW. SO, ULTIMATELY, WHAT I THINK I--
- 00:45:40.227 --> 00:45:41.261
- SO, ULTIMATELY, WHAT I THINK I-- WHAT I'LL REMEMBER ABOUT THIS,
- 00:45:41.328 --> 00:45:43.831
- WHAT I'LL REMEMBER ABOUT THIS, OF COURSE, IS JUST THE...
- 00:45:43.897 --> 00:45:46.667
- OF COURSE, IS JUST THE... SITTING WITH YOU AND
- 00:45:46.733 --> 00:45:50.003
- SITTING WITH YOU AND REALIZING THAT THERE WAS
- 00:45:50.070 --> 00:45:52.039
- REALIZING THAT THERE WAS BALANCE IN THE GRAHAM HOME.
- 00:45:52.105 --> 00:45:55.776
- BALANCE IN THE GRAHAM HOME. AND WE WANT THIS BOOK, WE WANT
- 00:45:55.843 --> 00:45:57.811
- AND WE WANT THIS BOOK, WE WANT THIS OFFER TO COME TO YOU SO
- 00:45:57.878 --> 00:46:00.180
- THIS OFFER TO COME TO YOU SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE IT IN
- 00:46:00.247 --> 00:46:01.715
- THAT YOU CAN HAVE IT IN YOUR HOME.
- 00:46:01.782 --> 00:46:03.517
- YOUR HOME. YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, USE IT AS A
- 00:46:03.584 --> 00:46:04.151
- YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, USE IT AS A DEVOTIONAL AND ALL OF THAT KIND
- 00:46:04.218 --> 00:46:05.485
- DEVOTIONAL AND ALL OF THAT KIND OF STUFF.
- 00:46:05.552 --> 00:46:06.420
- OF STUFF. SO, THIS MONTH OF NOVEMBER,
- 00:46:06.486 --> 00:46:07.821
- SO, THIS MONTH OF NOVEMBER, THE BOOK BY
- 00:46:07.888 --> 00:46:08.822
- THE BOOK BY BILLY AND RUTH GRAHAM,
- 00:46:08.889 --> 00:46:09.690
- BILLY AND RUTH GRAHAM, "THIS CHRISTMAS NIGHT."
- 00:46:09.756 --> 00:46:11.391
- "THIS CHRISTMAS NIGHT." WATCH THIS FOR ALL THE
- 00:46:11.458 --> 00:46:13.060
- WATCH THIS FOR ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW YOU CAN
- 00:46:13.126 --> 00:46:14.561
- INFORMATION ABOUT HOW YOU CAN GET IT -- RIGHT HERE, RIGHT
- 00:46:14.628 --> 00:46:15.195
- GET IT -- RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW.
- 00:46:15.262 --> 00:46:16.797
- NOW. - TOM: FRIENDS, IT'S AMAZING
- 00:46:16.864 --> 00:46:17.364
- [CHRISTMAS JINGLE PLAYS]
- 00:46:42.155 --> 00:46:43.357
- AS OUR THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIFT
- 00:46:44.057 --> 00:46:44.591
- AS OUR THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIFT OF ANY AMOUNT TO TBN, WE'LL
- 00:46:44.658 --> 00:46:46.627
- OF ANY AMOUNT TO TBN, WE'LL SEND YOU BILLY AND RUTH
- 00:46:46.693 --> 00:46:47.361
- SEND YOU BILLY AND RUTH GRAHAM'S CLASSIC BOOK,
- 00:46:47.427 --> 00:46:48.462
- GRAHAM'S CLASSIC BOOK, "THIS CHRISTMAS NIGHT."
- 00:46:48.528 --> 00:46:49.563
- "THIS CHRISTMAS NIGHT." THIS BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED
- 00:46:49.630 --> 00:46:50.530
- THIS BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED WORK IS A LOVE LETTER ASSURING
- 00:46:50.597 --> 00:46:52.332
- WORK IS A LOVE LETTER ASSURING US THAT WE ARE NOT ALONE.
- 00:46:52.399 --> 00:46:56.570
- US THAT WE ARE NOT ALONE. - FRANKLIN: I HOPE THIS BOOK
- 00:46:56.637 --> 00:46:57.204
- - FRANKLIN: I HOPE THIS BOOK IS A BLESSING TO PEOPLE.
- 00:46:57.271 --> 00:46:58.739
- IS A BLESSING TO PEOPLE. IT'S GOT NOT ONLY MESSAGES FROM
- 00:46:58.805 --> 00:47:00.807
- IT'S GOT NOT ONLY MESSAGES FROM MY FATHER, BUT IT'S FILLED
- 00:47:00.874 --> 00:47:01.708
- MY FATHER, BUT IT'S FILLED WITH SCRIPTURE.
- 00:47:01.775 --> 00:47:03.710
- WITH SCRIPTURE. - MATT: MM.
- 00:47:03.777 --> 00:47:04.544
- - MATT: MM. - FRANKLIN: AND THAT'S WHY IT
- 00:47:04.611 --> 00:47:05.178
- GAVE HIS LIFE TO REACH THE
- 00:47:05.245 --> 00:47:05.679
- GAVE HIS LIFE TO REACH THE NATIONS, WITH HIS LOVE.
- 00:47:05.746 --> 00:47:07.447
- AS OUR THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIFT
- 00:47:08.015 --> 00:47:08.582
- AS OUR THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIFT OF ANY AMOUNT TO TBN, WE'LL
- 00:47:08.649 --> 00:47:09.816
- OF ANY AMOUNT TO TBN, WE'LL SEND YOU BILLY AND RUTH
- 00:47:09.883 --> 00:47:10.984
- SEND YOU BILLY AND RUTH GRAHAM'S CLASSIC BOOK,
- 00:47:11.051 --> 00:47:12.786
- GRAHAM'S CLASSIC BOOK, "THIS CHRISTMAS NIGHT."
- 00:47:12.853 --> 00:47:14.688
- "THIS CHRISTMAS NIGHT." THIS BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED
- 00:47:14.755 --> 00:47:16.423
- THIS BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED WORK IS A LOVE LETTER ASSURING
- 00:47:16.490 --> 00:47:18.458
- WORK IS A LOVE LETTER ASSURING US THAT WE ARE NOT ALONE.
- 00:47:18.525 --> 00:47:18.959
- US THAT WE ARE NOT ALONE. RIGHT NOW.
- 00:47:19.026 --> 00:47:20.093
- - FRANKLIN: DADDY, YOU AND I
- 00:47:20.560 --> 00:47:21.261
- - FRANKLIN: DADDY, YOU AND I HAVE HAD THE, UH, OPPORTUNITY
- 00:47:21.328 --> 00:47:23.030
- HAVE HAD THE, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL, UH, TO MANY PARTS OF
- 00:47:23.096 --> 00:47:23.697
- TO TRAVEL, UH, TO MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD.
- 00:47:23.764 --> 00:47:26.133
- THE WORLD. AND, THERE IS-- AND FOR MANY
- 00:47:26.199 --> 00:47:27.668
- AND, THERE IS-- AND FOR MANY PEOPLE HERE IN THIS COUNTRY,
- 00:47:27.734 --> 00:47:29.236
- PEOPLE HERE IN THIS COUNTRY, THERE IS A SENSE OF
- 00:47:29.303 --> 00:47:30.103
- THERE IS A SENSE OF HOPELESSNESS, THAT THERE IS NO
- 00:47:30.170 --> 00:47:30.737
- HOPELESSNESS, THAT THERE IS NO HOPE.
- 00:47:30.804 --> 00:47:33.840
- HOPE. UH, WHAT DO YOU SAY THIS
- 00:47:33.907 --> 00:47:35.676
- UH, WHAT DO YOU SAY THIS CHRISTMAS TO PEOPLE WHO FEEL
- 00:47:35.742 --> 00:47:36.677
- CHRISTMAS TO PEOPLE WHO FEEL THAT THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO HOPE
- 00:47:36.743 --> 00:47:37.711
- THAT THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO HOPE FOR THEM?
- 00:47:37.778 --> 00:47:40.580
- FOR THEM? - BILLY: THE HOPE LIES IN
- 00:47:40.647 --> 00:47:41.214
- - BILLY: THE HOPE LIES IN JESUS CHRIST.
- 00:47:41.281 --> 00:47:44.918
- JESUS CHRIST. [MUSIC]
- 00:47:44.985 --> 00:47:45.686
- [MUSIC] HE IS THE HOPE OF THE WORLD.
- 00:47:45.752 --> 00:47:46.753
- HE IS THE HOPE OF THE WORLD. BECAUSE THE BIBLE TEACHES THAT
- 00:47:46.820 --> 00:47:47.721
- BECAUSE THE BIBLE TEACHES THAT JESUS CHRIST IS COMING BACK
- 00:47:47.788 --> 00:47:49.156
- JESUS CHRIST IS COMING BACK SOMEDAY AS KING OF KINGS AND
- 00:47:49.222 --> 00:47:50.958
- SOMEDAY AS KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
- 00:47:51.024 --> 00:47:53.360
- LORD OF LORDS. HE'LL BE THE MESSIAH.
- 00:47:53.427 --> 00:47:56.129
- HE'LL BE THE MESSIAH. YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE RELIGIONS
- 00:47:56.196 --> 00:47:57.264
- YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD ARE LOOKING TO THE
- 00:47:57.331 --> 00:47:58.398
- OF THE WORLD ARE LOOKING TO THE FUTURE WITH ANTICIPATION THAT
- 00:47:58.465 --> 00:48:01.668
- FUTURE WITH ANTICIPATION THAT SOMEBODY IS GOING TO COME AND
- 00:48:01.735 --> 00:48:02.769
- SOMEBODY IS GOING TO COME AND SETTLE THE PROBLEMS OF THE
- 00:48:02.836 --> 00:48:04.471
- SETTLE THE PROBLEMS OF THE WORLD.
- 00:48:04.538 --> 00:48:05.739
- WORLD. WHETHER A PERSON'S A BUDDHIST
- 00:48:05.806 --> 00:48:07.808
- WHETHER A PERSON'S A BUDDHIST OR ISLAMIC, THEY ALL ARE
- 00:48:07.874 --> 00:48:09.743
- OR ISLAMIC, THEY ALL ARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING.
- 00:48:09.810 --> 00:48:12.746
- LOOKING FOR SOMETHING. THEY'RE NOT QUITE SURE WHAT.
- 00:48:12.813 --> 00:48:14.014
- THEY'RE NOT QUITE SURE WHAT. OR SOMEONE.
- 00:48:14.081 --> 00:48:15.382
- OR SOMEONE. AND I THINK THAT OUR HOPE LIES
- 00:48:15.449 --> 00:48:16.883
- AND I THINK THAT OUR HOPE LIES IN JESUS CHRIST, NOT ONLY FOR
- 00:48:16.950 --> 00:48:18.452
- IN JESUS CHRIST, NOT ONLY FOR OUR PAST SINS, NOT ONLY FOR OUR
- 00:48:18.518 --> 00:48:20.087
- OUR PAST SINS, NOT ONLY FOR OUR PRESENT LIVING AND GUIDANCE AND
- 00:48:20.153 --> 00:48:22.823
- PRESENT LIVING AND GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION, BUT IT LIES IN THE
- 00:48:22.889 --> 00:48:24.658
- DIRECTION, BUT IT LIES IN THE FUTURE, IN WHICH HE WILL BE THE
- 00:48:24.725 --> 00:48:26.193
- FUTURE, IN WHICH HE WILL BE THE RULER.
- 00:48:26.259 --> 00:48:28.228
- RULER. AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT
- 00:48:28.295 --> 00:48:28.895
- AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT DAY.
- 00:48:28.962 --> 00:48:29.863
- - MATT: SO, FRANKLIN, WE'RE
- 00:48:30.530 --> 00:48:32.366
- - MATT: SO, FRANKLIN, WE'RE LITERALLY OUT OF TIME, BUT I
- 00:48:32.432 --> 00:48:34.101
- LITERALLY OUT OF TIME, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU KIND OF
- 00:48:34.167 --> 00:48:35.002
- JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU KIND OF THE FINAL THOUGHT, FINAL WORD.
- 00:48:35.068 --> 00:48:36.069
- THE FINAL THOUGHT, FINAL WORD. AND I WANTED YOU TO CONFIRM
- 00:48:36.136 --> 00:48:37.771
- AND I WANTED YOU TO CONFIRM THAT THIS IS NOT A SET.
- 00:48:37.838 --> 00:48:39.272
- THAT THIS IS NOT A SET. THIS IS-- WE'RE REALLY OUT
- 00:48:39.339 --> 00:48:40.307
- THIS IS-- WE'RE REALLY OUT HERE.
- 00:48:40.374 --> 00:48:41.808
- HERE. WE TRADED FOUR WALLS IN DENVER
- 00:48:41.875 --> 00:48:44.511
- WE TRADED FOUR WALLS IN DENVER FOR NO WALLS.
- 00:48:44.578 --> 00:48:46.480
- FOR NO WALLS. AND, HERE WE ARE, OUT HERE IN
- 00:48:46.546 --> 00:48:47.881
- AND, HERE WE ARE, OUT HERE IN NATURE.
- 00:48:47.948 --> 00:48:50.517
- NATURE. YOU LOVE THIS.
- 00:48:50.584 --> 00:48:51.284
- YOU LOVE THIS. I KNOW YOU DO.
- 00:48:51.351 --> 00:48:51.785
- I KNOW YOU DO. - FRANKLIN: I DO.
- 00:48:51.852 --> 00:48:52.586
- - FRANKLIN: I DO. AND IT REMINDS ME A LOT OF THE
- 00:48:52.652 --> 00:48:53.787
- AND IT REMINDS ME A LOT OF THE HOME THAT I GREW UP IN.
- 00:48:53.854 --> 00:48:55.122
- HOME THAT I GREW UP IN. - MATT: MMHM.
- 00:48:55.188 --> 00:48:55.756
- - MATT: MMHM. - FRANKLIN: AND THIS IS JUST,
- 00:48:55.822 --> 00:48:57.024
- - FRANKLIN: AND THIS IS JUST, UH-- THE LOGS THAT YOU HAVE
- 00:48:57.090 --> 00:48:59.826
- UH-- THE LOGS THAT YOU HAVE HERE AND THE BEAMS THAT YOU
- 00:48:59.893 --> 00:49:00.861
- HERE AND THE BEAMS THAT YOU HAVE ON THIS, UH...FACILITY IS
- 00:49:00.927 --> 00:49:01.928
- HAVE ON THIS, UH...FACILITY IS INCREDIBLE.
- 00:49:01.995 --> 00:49:03.697
- INCREDIBLE. AND THIS IS A SET!
- 00:49:03.764 --> 00:49:06.166
- AND THIS IS A SET! IT'S A SET THAT GOD DESIGNED.
- 00:49:06.233 --> 00:49:07.567
- IT'S A SET THAT GOD DESIGNED. - MATT: THERE IT IS.
- 00:49:07.634 --> 00:49:08.435
- - MATT: THERE IT IS. I LIKE IT.
- 00:49:08.502 --> 00:49:09.536
- I LIKE IT. - FRANKLIN: AND IT'S JUST
- 00:49:09.603 --> 00:49:10.137
- - FRANKLIN: AND IT'S JUST ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING,
- 00:49:10.203 --> 00:49:11.071
- ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING, STUNNING, GORGEOUS.
- 00:49:11.138 --> 00:49:12.406
- AND THANK YOU ALL FOR LETTING
- 00:49:13.273 --> 00:49:14.408
- AND THANK YOU ALL FOR LETTING ME BE WITH YOU AND HAVING AN
- 00:49:14.474 --> 00:49:16.143
- ME BE WITH YOU AND HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE A LITTLE
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- OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GRAHAM HOME, AND
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- BIT ABOUT THE GRAHAM HOME, AND MY MOTHER AND FATHER, WHO, UM,
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- MY MOTHER AND FATHER, WHO, UM, I LOVED VERY MUCH.
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- I LOVED VERY MUCH. AND JUST, UH-- IT WAS JUST A
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- AND JUST, UH-- IT WAS JUST A PRIVILEGE FOR ME, AS A SON, UH,
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- PRIVILEGE FOR ME, AS A SON, UH, TO BE RAISED IN THAT HOME.
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- TO BE RAISED IN THAT HOME. I NEVER WANNA TAKE THAT FOR
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- I NEVER WANNA TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED.
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- GRANTED. GOD GAVE ME A SPECIAL MOM AND
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- GOD GAVE ME A SPECIAL MOM AND DAD.
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- DAD. AND, UH, SO ALL OF US IN THE
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- AND, UH, SO ALL OF US IN THE FAMILY, UH -- WE JUST REJOICE
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- FAMILY, UH -- WE JUST REJOICE THAT THEY'RE IN THE PRESENCE OF
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- THAT THEY'RE IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD, UH, THIS CHRISTMAS.
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- GOD, UH, THIS CHRISTMAS. AND THEY'RE TOGETHER IN HIS
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- AND THEY'RE TOGETHER IN HIS PRESENCE.
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- PRESENCE. - LAURIE: ISN'T IT GREAT?
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- - LAURIE: ISN'T IT GREAT? - MATT: BEAUTIFUL.
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- - MATT: BEAUTIFUL. WE'LL SEE YOU, NEXT TIME.
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- WE'LL SEE YOU, NEXT TIME. - LAURIE: MERRY CHRISTMAS.
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- - LAURIE: MERRY CHRISTMAS. - MATT: BYE-BYE.
- 00:49:50.777 --> 00:49:51.978
- - MATT: BYE-BYE. MERRY CHRISTMAS.
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- MERRY CHRISTMAS. [CHRISTMAS MUSIC]
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- [CHRISTMAS MUSIC] - VOICE OF BILLY GRAHAM: AS I
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- - VOICE OF BILLY GRAHAM: AS I LOOK BACK OVER THE YEARS, THE
- 00:49:57.884 --> 00:49:58.518
- LOOK BACK OVER THE YEARS, THE MEMORIES OF MANY CHRISTMASES
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- MEMORIES OF MANY CHRISTMASES FLOOD MY MIND: CHRISTMAS CARDS
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- FLOOD MY MIND: CHRISTMAS CARDS THAT WE READ AND RE-READ...
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- THAT WE READ AND RE-READ... [FIRE CRACKLES]
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- [FIRE CRACKLES] ...THE SMELL OF PINE DRIFTING
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- ...THE SMELL OF PINE DRIFTING THROUGH THE HOUSE, THE
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- THROUGH THE HOUSE, THE FIREPLACE CRACKING ON A CHILLY
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- FIREPLACE CRACKING ON A CHILLY DECEMBER NIGHT...
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- DECEMBER NIGHT... ALL OF THESE THINGS TURN MY
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- ALL OF THESE THINGS TURN MY THOUGHTS TO THOSE THAT I LOVE.
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- THOUGHTS TO THOSE THAT I LOVE. RUTH AND I HAVE TREASURED THESE
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- RUTH AND I HAVE TREASURED THESE MOMENTS SPENT WITH FAMILY AND
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- MOMENTS SPENT WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, EACH YEAR AT
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- FRIENDS, EACH YEAR AT CHRISTMAS, AS WE GATHER
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- CHRISTMAS, AS WE GATHER TOGETHER AND CELEBRATE HOW THE
- 00:50:18.939 --> 00:50:22.075
- TOGETHER AND CELEBRATE HOW THE CHRISTMAS MESSAGE CAN BRING
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- CHRISTMAS MESSAGE CAN BRING PEACE TO A FRAGILE WORLD.
- 00:50:23.977 --> 00:50:31.618
- PEACE TO A FRAGILE WORLD. - TOM: FRIENDS, IT'S AMAZING
- 00:50:31.685 --> 00:50:32.252
- - TOM: FRIENDS, IT'S AMAZING HOW THE BIBLE COMES ALIVE IN
- 00:50:32.319 --> 00:50:32.853
- HOW THE BIBLE COMES ALIVE IN ISRAEL.
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- ISRAEL. WHILE FILMING WITH MAX LUCADO,
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- WHILE FILMING WITH MAX LUCADO, IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE
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- IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE ONE MISERABLY HOT DAY, MAX WAS
- 00:50:35.689 --> 00:50:37.324
- ONE MISERABLY HOT DAY, MAX WAS SPEAKING UNDER A TWISTED OLIVE
- 00:50:37.390 --> 00:50:39.426
- SPEAKING UNDER A TWISTED OLIVE TREE, JUST FEET AWAY FROM WHERE
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- TREE, JUST FEET AWAY FROM WHERE JESUS WOULD HAVE PRAYED,
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- JESUS WOULD HAVE PRAYED, SWEATING DROPS OF BLOOD AND
- 00:50:43.130 --> 00:50:46.133
- SWEATING DROPS OF BLOOD AND AGONIZING OVER THE ENORMOUS
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- AGONIZING OVER THE ENORMOUS SACRIFICE HE WAS ABOUT TO MAKE
- 00:50:48.235 --> 00:50:50.270
- SACRIFICE HE WAS ABOUT TO MAKE FOR YOU, ME, AND FUTURE
- 00:50:50.337 --> 00:50:51.638
- FOR YOU, ME, AND FUTURE GENERATIONS.
- 00:50:51.705 --> 00:50:52.839
- IN THAT MOMENT, MY DISCOMFORT
- 00:50:53.673 --> 00:50:54.641
- IN THAT MOMENT, MY DISCOMFORT BECAME MEANINGLESS, AS I WAS
- 00:50:54.708 --> 00:50:57.110
- BECAME MEANINGLESS, AS I WAS OVERWHELMED BY THE INCREDIBLE
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- OVERWHELMED BY THE INCREDIBLE COST OF HIS SACRIFICE.
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- COST OF HIS SACRIFICE. AND IT'S BECAUSE OF YOUR
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- AND IT'S BECAUSE OF YOUR GENEROUS SACRIFICE THAT TBN IS
- 00:51:05.285 --> 00:51:06.553
- GENEROUS SACRIFICE THAT TBN IS ABLE TO SHARE THIS GIFT OF
- 00:51:06.620 --> 00:51:09.289
- ABLE TO SHARE THIS GIFT OF REDEMPTION, EVERY DAY, ALL OVER
- 00:51:09.356 --> 00:51:10.457
- REDEMPTION, EVERY DAY, ALL OVER THE WORLD.
- 00:51:10.524 --> 00:51:11.458
- THE WORLD. AS WE ENTER INTO THIS SEASON OF
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- AS WE ENTER INTO THIS SEASON OF GIVING, WE REMEMBER THAT JESUS
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- GIVING, WE REMEMBER THAT JESUS GAVE HIS LIFE TO REACH THE
- 00:51:14.794 --> 00:51:16.863
- GAVE HIS LIFE TO REACH THE NATIONS WITH HIS LOVE.
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- AS OUR THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIFT
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- AS OUR THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIFT OF ANY AMOUNT TO TBN, WE'LL
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- OF ANY AMOUNT TO TBN, WE'LL SEND YOU BILLY AND RUTH
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- SEND YOU BILLY AND RUTH GRAHAM'S CLASSIC BOOK,
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- GRAHAM'S CLASSIC BOOK, "THIS CHRISTMAS NIGHT."
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- "THIS CHRISTMAS NIGHT." THIS BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED
- 00:51:25.405 --> 00:51:26.406
- THIS BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED WORK IS A LOVE LETTER ASSURING
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- WORK IS A LOVE LETTER ASSURING US THAT WE ARE NOT ALONE.
- 00:51:28.308 --> 00:51:31.444
- US THAT WE ARE NOT ALONE. - FRANKLIN: I HOPE THIS BOOK
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- - FRANKLIN: I HOPE THIS BOOK IS A BLESSING TO PEOPLE.
- 00:51:32.479 --> 00:51:33.980
- IS A BLESSING TO PEOPLE. IT'S GOT NOT ONLY MESSAGES FROM
- 00:51:34.047 --> 00:51:36.750
- IT'S GOT NOT ONLY MESSAGES FROM MY FATHER, BUT IT'S FILLED WITH
- 00:51:36.816 --> 00:51:37.584
- MY FATHER, BUT IT'S FILLED WITH SCRIPTURE.
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- SCRIPTURE. - MATT: MM.
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- - MATT: MM. - FRANKLIN: AND THAT'S WHY IT
- 00:51:39.553 --> 00:51:40.120
- - FRANKLIN: AND THAT'S WHY IT CAN BE USED AS A DEVOTIONAL.
- 00:51:40.187 --> 00:51:41.321
- CAN BE USED AS A DEVOTIONAL. YOU'VE GOT POETRY AND SOME OF
- 00:51:41.388 --> 00:51:42.455
- YOU'VE GOT POETRY AND SOME OF THE HYMNS THAT, UH, WERE MY
- 00:51:42.522 --> 00:51:44.658
- THE HYMNS THAT, UH, WERE MY MOTHER'S FAVORITE AT CHRISTMAS.
- 00:51:44.724 --> 00:51:46.993
- MOTHER'S FAVORITE AT CHRISTMAS. AND I THINK THOSE WILL BE A
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- AND I THINK THOSE WILL BE A BLESSING TO PEOPLE.
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