From wars and rumors of war abroad, to the rise of anti-Christian, "woke" ideology here at home, it’s clear that Americans are living in perilous and unprecedented times. Some would even say that we’re witnessing biblical prophecy unfold in real time. Stakelbeck Tonight will make sense of these stunning developments through a bold and biblical lens.
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Stakelbeck Tonight | Erick Stakelbeck: April 15, 2025 | Stakelbeck Tonight | April 15, 2025
- Welcome to stakelbeck tonight.
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- I'm erick stakelbeck and we are in a unique spiritual
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- Season where passover coincides with holy week.
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- Passover began on april 12th and it ends this friday evening.
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- Good friday.
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- Now today, tens of thousands of people gather
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- At the western wall in jerusalem for the priestly blessing.
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- It's a ritual dating back
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- Some 2500 years to the time of solomon's temple.
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- And with israel still battling the likes of hamas
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- While dozens of hostages languish in gaza,
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- The words of the prayer that was recited today
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- In jerusalem have never been more timely.
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- From the book of numbers.
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- The lord said to moses, tell aaron and his sons,
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- This is how you are to bless the israelites.
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- Say to them, the lord bless you and keep you the lord.
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- Make his face shine on you and be gracious to you.
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- The lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.
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- That is the priestly blessing.
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- I prayed over both of my daughters frequently
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- And israelis certainly lean on it as threats gather
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- And none greater than the possibility of a nuclear iran.
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- The united states
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- And iran held indirect nuclear talks over the weekend in oman.
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- And round two is coming up this saturday.
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- It's unclear
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- If a truly
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- Credible deal can be reached with iran's radical ayatollahs.
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- But president trump warned on monday
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- That this is the last chance for iran's regime.
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- Take a look.
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- Iran has to get rid of the concept of a nuclear weapon.
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- They cannot have a nuclear weapon.
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- He can't have a nuclear weapon.
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- Nobody can have you can't have anybody have a nuclear force.
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- You can't have nuclear weapons.
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- And i think they have to happen as a whole
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- Because they
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- Were so used to dealing with stupid people in this country.
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- And i had iran perfect.
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- You had no attacks.
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- You would have never had october seven in israel.
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- The attack by hamas because iran was broke.
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- It was stone cold broke
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- When i was president. and i don't want to do
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- I want them to be a rich, great nation.
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- The only thing is one thing simple.
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- It's really simple. they can't have a nuclear weapon
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- And they got to go fast
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- Because they're fairly close to having one
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- And they're not going to have one.
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- And if we have to do something very harsh, we'll do it.
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- And i'm not doing it for us.
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- I'm doing it for the world, because that's that.
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- And these are radicalized people
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- And they cannot have a nuclear weapon that.
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- Two big takeaways there.
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- Number one, president trump said he was very aware that iran
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- Is trying to drag things out or, as he said, tapping us along.
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- In other words, the president is not naive.
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- He knows how the ayatollahs operate and he won't be fooled.
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- Secondly,
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- He said he would deal with the iranian nuclear menace,
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- Not just for the sake of america, but for the world.
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- Folks, president trump has said many times
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- That he believes god spared his life in butler,
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- Pennsylvania, last july when he survived an assassin's bullet.
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- I agree.
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- And i believe he was spared to deal with challenges
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- Exactly like this, to show strong, decisive leadership
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- In confronting the prospect of a nuclear armed iran.
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- It's not going to happen on trump's watch.
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- Iran will not go nuclear.
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- One thing that is happening
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- Is an acknowledgment that god is on the throne.
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- Now, coming up, i'll talk more about a potential iran deal.
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- But in the meantime, in president trump's
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- Presidential proclamation for easter,
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- He says he's joining in prayer with christians
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- Celebrating the crucifixion and resurrection
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- Of our lord and savior, jesus christ, the living
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- Son of god who conquered death, freed us from sin
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- And unlocked the gates of heaven for all of humanity.
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- When the president of the united states
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- Is proclaiming the truth of the gospel for all the world
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- To hear, you know, we're living in a special moment.
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- Up next, we're joined by the faith
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- Director of the brand new white house faith office.
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- To hear more about how god is moving in our nation's capital.
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- And it all starts now.
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- She's helping to lead the charge.
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- And one of the most significant
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- Spiritual movements to hit washington, d.c.
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- In years.
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- Jenny korn is deputy assistant to the president and faith
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- Director of the white house faith office.
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- It's a bold initiative launched by president trump
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- To ensure that faith, prayer and biblical values
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- Are at the very heart of his administration.
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- Jenny joins us now from the white house.
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- Jenny, always great to see you.
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- Hey, a great week so far.
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- A great holy week.
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- Of course, it started
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- With president trump's proclamation on sunday.
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- And now you've got a special prayer and worship service
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- This thursday, holy thursday,
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- Featuring franklin graham, greg, lori jensen, franklin.
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- Tell us more about that
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- And some of your plans for this holy week.
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- Thank you so much for having me, eric, and especially here
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- From the white house.
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- It's such an honor to be able to tell
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- Your viewers happy holy week and happy easter
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- As we lead into resurrection sunday.
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- So we're so excited
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- And we wanted to make sure that holy week and easter
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- Had the observance that it deserves.
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- And so president trump, as you said,
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- He released a proclamation on sunday
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- To make sure that we're kicking off the holy week correctly.
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- He will be releasing a presidential video message
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- So everyone an american can hear directly from him.
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- Tomorrow, wednesday, we're having a pre easter dinner
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- With prayer and worship.
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- And that's going to be livestream.
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- The president will give remarks.
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- And then on thursday,
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- We're going to round out the week
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- With a white house staff, easter pre
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- Easter celebration with prayer and worship.
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- And we're just so excited again to give easter the observance
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- That it deserves.
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- Jenny, it's so amazing.
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- And number one, the faith office,
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- You're doing incredible work within earshot
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- Near the west wing,
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- Within earshot of the president every day, which is amazing.
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- But i contrast what you're doing now with last year,
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- Easter and the biden administration acknowledging
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- Transgender day of visibility on easter sunday.
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- Can you talk about the contrast
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- We have now with president trump in office right.
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- Huge contrast again.
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- We wanted to make sure that we were honoring and celebrating
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- Holy week and easter in the way it's intended
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- With the rest of america who are christians
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- And who are believers who are also honoring this.
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- A wonderful week.
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- Yet last year,
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- I don't know
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- What the thinking was behind president biden and his team
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- To put that proclamation on easter sunday about trans
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- Visibility day.
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- You know, the president has every prerogative
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- To release proclamations
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- A week before or a week later or do it quietly.
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- But someone on his team decided that though they were going to
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- Put that thumb in the eye and put that trans visibility
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- Proclamation on easter sunday.
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- It was so funny because i wasn't working
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- At the white house then.
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- As you know, i worked for president trump
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- In his 45 administration and people still called us.
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- I mean, i got
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- I don't even know how many hundreds
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- Of calls and texts and emails i got saying what is happening
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- Over at the white house?
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- It's like, well, i don't work there anymore,
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- So i can't tell you what they were thinking.
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- But now that we're back in the white house,
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- We wanted to make sure that we did it right.
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- And we're just excited to be able to
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- Observe this this holiday and celebrate with christians
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- Here in america and really all around the world.
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- Yeah. amen.
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- Jenny, you work with president trump,
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- Obviously on a daily basis. look, that
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- Presidential proclamation, he declared he is risen.
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- He referred to jesus as our lord and savior.
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- He posted on his truth social account this week, we need god.
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- We want god.
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- That's the president of the united states,
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- The leader of the free world,
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- Declaring that for all the world to see.
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- Jenny, how important is that that the president
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- Is setting the tone
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- For faith in our country and really for the world?
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- It really is so important because we've seen
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- In the last administration, in previous administrations
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- Where they've tried to diminish religion, try
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- To diminish and discriminate really against people of faith.
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- And so president trump, who is a person of faith
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- And you saw that even before he was the president,
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- Pastor paul white, who you know really well,
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- Who's senior adviser for the faith office,
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- She's known the president for 24 years, and he called her up
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- 24 years ago and said, i was watching christian television.
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- So before he ever thought about being president,
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- He was watching christian television
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- And went to sunday school.
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- And one of the most treasured things
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- He has is the bible that his mother gave him.
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- So it's very important.
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- It's part of his dna and it's something
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- He brought to the white house.
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- And he sees that people of faith
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- Were being discriminated against.
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- So this white house faith office that he created
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- That is in the west wing
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- Is is a has an open door for people of faith.
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- And he wants to make sure that people of faith know
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- That they have a voice in the government.
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- For far too long,
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- This separation of church
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- And state has been deemed that people,
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- They don't have a voice in the government.
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- That's not what it means.
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- It means that the government can't dictate to you
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- What religion you can be.
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- So people have faith, just like every other
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- American can have a voice in their government.
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- And the president is celebrating that in a great way,
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- But not just through this holiday.
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- It's going to be on policy
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- That you see him implement and it's going to see on
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- Communication and the engagement.
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- And so we're just so excited to be able to bring thousands
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- Of people of faith through these doors
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- Because they are americans, too.
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- It's amazing and it's really unprecedented.
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- We've never had a white house faith office again
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- Within earshot of the west wing. absolutely amazing.
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- Hey, about a minute left and you've got to go off
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- And get ready for this big easter celebration
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- You have at the white house the next few days,
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- Big plans for the white house faith office going forward.
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- Look, you guys are busy every day.
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- People are coming through meeting
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- About the future of our nation, faith in our nation.
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- What's next for the faith office
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- After you get past this very busy holy week?
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- Right.
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- I think your viewers need to i'm going to paint this picture.
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- People of all faiths,
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- Of all denominations, of all ethnic backgrounds,
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- From every single state and even abroad
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- Are have a voice in this government.
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- And we're bringing them to the white house
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- For listening sessions, for working sessions, for briefings
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- Where we tell people
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- What we're working on and we want to hear
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- Directly from them so they have an open door.
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- Religious freedom is the beacon of what this white house faith
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- Office is doing.
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- We want to make sure that people say,
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- Know that they have this freedom in this country.
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- We're going to keep it.
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- We're also going to be standing up for people
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- Who are persecuted all over the world.
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- You've seen far too long that christians have been persecuted.
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- Jews have been persecuted all over the world.
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- And we will not stand for that here at this white house,
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- Not in this government.
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- And we just know that
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- When a man who kneeled on a football field
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- To pray had to go all the way over to the supreme court
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- To make sure that he could keep his job,
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- That we do have some problems with religious freedom,
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- And we're going to make sure that we combat those
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- And that we make sure
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- That people have their freedom in america. jenny?
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- Well said.
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- Faith, family and freedom are back at the white house
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- Faith office helping lead the charge.
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- Jenny, great job. keep it up. we'll see you again soon.
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- God bless and happy easter.
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- Coming up, i mentioned earlier that iran nuclear program,
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- Those nuclear talks.
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- Is there a deal to be had with the ayatollahs?
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- And if there is, what should that deal look like?
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- My thoughts coming up next. don't move.
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- My thoughts coming up next. don't move.
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- Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight.
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- Folks have been talking about
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- The incredible things happening in washington, d.c.
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- Through the white house faith office, the great celebration
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- Of easter
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- For all the world to see presidential proclamations
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- From president trump.
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- And yet easter is not a joyous time right now
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- For christians in nigeria who are being persecuted
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- On the ground by islamic jihadists.
- 00:12:15.193 --> 00:12:17.662
- As we speak, holy week started with islamic terrorists
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- Going on a rampage
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- Throughout nigeria, killing at least 60 christians,
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- Burning homes to the ground, attacking churches and leaving
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- At least 1000 followers of jesus displaced.
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- During this holy week, folks pray
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- For our brothers and sisters in christ in nigeria right now.
- 00:12:38.316 --> 00:12:42.053
- It's really one of the epicenters globally
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- For christian persecution, i'm sad to say.
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- Keep them in your prayers this holy week.
- 00:12:47.124 --> 00:12:49.794
- There's an old saying in radical islam, right?
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- We've talked about it here on the show frequently.
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- First the saturday people, the jews,
- 00:12:53.998 --> 00:12:56.901
- Then the sunday people, the christians.
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- We've got what jihadists are doing to followers of jesus.
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- Then we have, for instance, what the jihadist in iran
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- Would like to do to the jewish people
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- And really people around the world
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- Who don't subscribe to the radical jihadist ideology.
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- We talk about a potential iran nuclear deal.
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- Obviously, the first one was a complete
- 00:13:17.722 --> 00:13:19.423
- Disaster back in 2015 agreed to by barack obama.
- 00:13:19.423 --> 00:13:23.594
- President trump
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- Rightly pulled out of that deal during his first term.
- 00:13:24.695 --> 00:13:28.065
- Now we've got rumblings again, we've got
- 00:13:28.065 --> 00:13:29.767
- These talks happening right now between the us and iran
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- About a new deal.
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- A deal can only work if it has these four conditions.
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- To my mind.
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- And bear in mind the blueprint for this would be 2003.
- 00:13:38.843 --> 00:13:43.114
- Moammar gadhafi, remember in the libyan dictator,
- 00:13:43.114 --> 00:13:46.417
- Not so dearly departed back in 2003,
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- He agreed to completely dismantle
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- Libya's nuclear program.
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- Now, benjamin netanyahu, the israeli prime minister,
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- Has said this recently, and i second this notion
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- We need the libya model if we're going to be
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- Any kind of credible deal with iran.
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- That means, number one, iran must agree
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- To completely dismantle all of its nuclear sites.
- 00:14:06.604 --> 00:14:10.408
- And remember,
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- Iran has about 12 of these sites
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- Scattered throughout the country, heavily fortified,
- 00:14:13.844 --> 00:14:16.414
- Deep underground.
- 00:14:16.414 --> 00:14:17.381
- Guess what?
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- They need to dismantle all of those sites.
- 00:14:18.382 --> 00:14:21.085
- Number two, they need to agree to inspections,
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- Frequent open inspections from american inspectors,
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- International inspectors.
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- That must be agreed to.
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- Number three, no more ballistic missile development.
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- Iran has a very robust
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- Ballistic missile program right now, including developing
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- Intercontinental ballistic missiles that could reach, yes,
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- The united states.
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- That needs to be dismantled.
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- And lastly, number four, iran needs to stop
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- Its support of terror organizations in the region.
- 00:14:49.513 --> 00:14:52.850
- That iranian ring of fire,
- 00:14:52.850 --> 00:14:54.285
- Which is already hurting very badly right now, is hamas
- 00:14:54.285 --> 00:14:57.321
- And hezbollah
- 00:14:57.321 --> 00:14:58.589
- Licking their wounds courtesy of israel's battering that it's
- 00:14:58.589 --> 00:15:01.926
- Put on them over the past few months?
- 00:15:01.926 --> 00:15:03.594
- Iran needs to cease and desist their sponsorship of terror.
- 00:15:03.594 --> 00:15:07.798
- Without those four conditions, folks,
- 00:15:07.798 --> 00:15:09.767
- I can't see a deal happening.
- 00:15:09.767 --> 00:15:11.602
- And by the way, if a deal doesn't happen,
- 00:15:11.602 --> 00:15:14.205
- President trump and israel have made very clear
- 00:15:14.205 --> 00:15:17.108
- That military action is on the table.
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- There will not be a nuclear iran.
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- Coming up, one of the big proponents
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- Against a nuclear iran on capitol
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- Hill has been senator ted cruz, while his father, rafael,
- 00:15:26.450 --> 00:15:30.187
- Is also a warrior for faith, family and freedom.
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- We'll talk to him next. stick around.
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- We'll talk to him next. stick around.
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- Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight,
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- He saw cuba, the
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- Country of his birth, ravaged by the evils of communism.
- 00:15:45.435 --> 00:15:49.506
- And now he's sounding the alarm about that same threat
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- On our shores.
- 00:15:52.475 --> 00:15:53.843
- Pastor rafael cruz is a bold voice for biblical truth.
- 00:15:53.843 --> 00:15:57.447
- And like his son, texas senator ted cruz, he's
- 00:15:57.447 --> 00:16:00.283
- On the front lines of the fight for faith, family and freedom.
- 00:16:00.283 --> 00:16:04.721
- And he joins us now.
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- Rafael, always great to see you, my friend.
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- You've just had
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- Some very important testimony before the texas senate.
- 00:16:09.459 --> 00:16:12.562
- You're encouraging the state of texas
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- And really the nation
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- To teach kids about the evils of communism.
- 00:16:15.799 --> 00:16:19.602
- Tell us more about that and why it's so important.
- 00:16:19.602 --> 00:16:22.372
- Well, first, eric is so great to be with you
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- And your voice for freedom
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- In america, and i am just so excited to be with you.
- 00:16:28.178 --> 00:16:31.614
- Well, you know, about a month ago,
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- I was invited to testify before the u.s.
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- Senate, the texas senate, about the dangers of communism
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- And why communism needed to be taught
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- And the dangers of it
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- In our public schools beginning at the fourth grade.
- 00:16:46.162 --> 00:16:49.766
- And it was very interesting that everyone in that committee,
- 00:16:49.766 --> 00:16:54.604
- I was surprised
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- Everyone in that committee agreed with the need to do so.
- 00:16:55.805 --> 00:17:00.343
- Well.
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- And you think it's really
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- It goes without saying, rafael, for such a time as this?
- 00:17:03.613 --> 00:17:06.950
- Because, look,
- 00:17:06.950 --> 00:17:07.984
- Over the past few years and you've been sounding
- 00:17:07.984 --> 00:17:09.085
- Alarm, you're traveling not only the state of texas,
- 00:17:09.085 --> 00:17:11.521
- But the country.
- 00:17:11.521 --> 00:17:12.722
- And you said, look, this is time we have a country to say,
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- As you've told me many times.
- 00:17:15.492 --> 00:17:17.727
- But right now you've seen that communists
- 00:17:17.727 --> 00:17:20.563
- May be cloaked in a different kind of message.
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- Maybe they don't proclaim we're communist,
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- But that marxist communist message.
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- We've seen that grow, right?
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- Absolutely.
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- As a matter of fact, i.
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- I claim that it was jimmy carter that made me
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- A strong, committed republican and and strong boys.
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- Because i'll tell you, the first time i heard jimmy carter
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- Speak before he
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- Was even elected, i knew that man was a communist.
- 00:17:50.193 --> 00:17:53.997
- He sounded just like fidel castro.
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- Wow. and, you know, you remember that 22% interest rate, 18%
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- Inflation lines around the block to get gasoline destroyed.
- 00:18:03.273 --> 00:18:08.178
- The country.
- 00:18:08.178 --> 00:18:09.312
- But i'll tell you what, it took jimmy carter to give us.
- 00:18:09.312 --> 00:18:12.215
- Ronald reagan.
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- Yeah.
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- And ronald reagan was a revolution
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- In this country for righteousness.
- 00:18:16.219 --> 00:18:18.021
- Well, we saw that
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- That threat of marxism again raised,
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- He said, with our prior administration.
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- Yeah.
- 00:18:24.994 --> 00:18:26.029
- I mean, the biden regime were openly marxist.
- 00:18:26.029 --> 00:18:29.365
- But i'll tell you what, i think the blinders
- 00:18:29.365 --> 00:18:31.935
- Were taken out of people's eyes. yeah.
- 00:18:31.935 --> 00:18:34.204
- That gave us that incredible victory.
- 00:18:34.204 --> 00:18:37.207
- You know, in the last election, both donald trump and my son,
- 00:18:37.207 --> 00:18:41.444
- Senator cruz, won by nine and a half points
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- In the state of texas.
- 00:18:44.581 --> 00:18:46.482
- It was an overwhelming mandate
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- And a rejection of the marxist theories that are being promoted
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- In america. yeah.
- 00:18:52.722 --> 00:18:54.257
- The american people have spoken and i feel great point.
- 00:18:54.257 --> 00:18:56.392
- Landslide victories by senator ted cruz, your son,
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- President trump, of course.
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- You mention the restoration,
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- A revolution even under president reagan
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- After the darkness of the carter years.
- 00:19:04.434 --> 00:19:06.869
- Do you sense that now your pastor as well?
- 00:19:06.869 --> 00:19:09.272
- Do you sense that now in america, are we on the verge
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- Of national restoration, god willing, of revival?
- 00:19:12.542 --> 00:19:16.045
- Do we have that possibility now with the new leadership?
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- Oh, i think so. i think so.
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- And the reason i think so is to follow the one.
- 00:19:19.782 --> 00:19:23.653
- You know, if we geezers throw those two.
- 00:19:23.653 --> 00:19:26.356
- Matthew 24 to look at the signs of the times,
- 00:19:26.356 --> 00:19:30.260
- If we read matthew 24,
- 00:19:30.260 --> 00:19:32.795
- If jesus is coming at midnight, it's 1159.
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- I think the return of the lord is imminent.
- 00:19:37.267 --> 00:19:40.670
- Yeah.
- 00:19:40.670 --> 00:19:41.771
- And jesus said, he's coming for a glorious church.
- 00:19:41.771 --> 00:19:44.841
- We don't have a glorious church today.
- 00:19:44.841 --> 00:19:47.477
- We have a pathetic church.
- 00:19:47.477 --> 00:19:49.846
- And it is the fault of the pastors.
- 00:19:49.846 --> 00:19:51.881
- Most pastors in america want to preach
- 00:19:51.881 --> 00:19:56.185
- A gospel that doesn't offend anybody.
- 00:19:56.185 --> 00:19:59.088
- There are clean men's and women's ears,
- 00:19:59.088 --> 00:20:01.591
- And they're not preaching the whole counsel of god.
- 00:20:01.591 --> 00:20:04.627
- That's what we're commanded to do.
- 00:20:04.627 --> 00:20:06.162
- Yeah, we are in the mess we are because of the failure
- 00:20:06.162 --> 00:20:10.300
- Of the pastors to address the nation, you know,
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- And they give you this garbage
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- About separation of church and state.
- 00:20:16.005 --> 00:20:18.141
- Well, you know very well i'm a student of history.
- 00:20:18.141 --> 00:20:21.411
- You know, the american revolution
- 00:20:21.411 --> 00:20:24.147
- Would never have happened if it had not been for pastors.
- 00:20:24.147 --> 00:20:28.785
- You look at the declaration of independence
- 00:20:28.785 --> 00:20:30.853
- That 27 grievances in the declaration of independence
- 00:20:30.853 --> 00:20:34.924
- Each and every one of those grievances
- 00:20:34.924 --> 00:20:36.926
- That were preached from the churches of america
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- For ten years prior to jefferson writing the decree,
- 00:20:40.063 --> 00:20:44.934
- It was pastors from the pulpit calling out king george
- 00:20:44.934 --> 00:20:49.639
- For the atrocities of the british were perpetrated
- 00:20:49.639 --> 00:20:52.542
- Upon the american people.
- 00:20:52.542 --> 00:20:54.410
- The question is, where are those pastors today?
- 00:20:54.410 --> 00:20:57.180
- They're hiding behind their pulpits, scared to death
- 00:20:57.180 --> 00:21:01.417
- Of not being, quote, politically correct,
- 00:21:01.417 --> 00:21:04.787
- Which about time
- 00:21:04.787 --> 00:21:06.022
- We become biblically correct instead of politically correct.
- 00:21:06.022 --> 00:21:09.759
- Amen. men of god help
- 00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:11.728
- Lay the foundation for the american revolution.
- 00:21:11.728 --> 00:21:14.097
- And we talk about when we talk folks, about wishy
- 00:21:14.097 --> 00:21:16.366
- Washy pastors, we're not sitting with one
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- Right now, our good friend rafael cruz.
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- Rafael, last question.
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- What do you say to people
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- Who say, well, faith in politics should never mix?
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- How do you respond to that, especially in this dire time
- 00:21:25.441 --> 00:21:27.910
- That we're living in right now for the soul of our nation?
- 00:21:27.910 --> 00:21:30.880
- Again, you know, george santayana once said, if we fail
- 00:21:30.880 --> 00:21:33.783
- To learn the lessons of history, we're doomed to repeat that.
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- 3337 of 39 or 57
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- Signers of the declaration were seminary graduates.
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- There were theologians.
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- There were men of god.
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- All of them eat the word of god.
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- What's happening?
- 00:21:53.169 --> 00:21:54.070
- Nation of our constitution,
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- Of our declaration, of our war for independence.
- 00:21:55.905 --> 00:21:58.808
- It would not have been happen had it not
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- Been for the christian influence in america.
- 00:22:01.778 --> 00:22:03.846
- Yeah. amen.
- 00:22:03.846 --> 00:22:04.781
- Rafael, well-said as always.
- 00:22:04.781 --> 00:22:06.182
- And folks, you can see why senator ted cruz
- 00:22:06.182 --> 00:22:08.551
- Is such a stalwart for faith, family and freedom in the u.s.
- 00:22:08.551 --> 00:22:12.155
- Senate with a father like rafael cruz.
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- Rafael, always a pleasure to see you, my friend.
- 00:22:14.524 --> 00:22:16.325
- God bless you. we'll see you again soon.
- 00:22:16.325 --> 00:22:18.027
- And coming up after the break,
- 00:22:18.027 --> 00:22:19.061
- My final thoughts
- 00:22:19.061 --> 00:22:20.196
- On this easter season and why the message of jesus,
- 00:22:20.196 --> 00:22:23.232
- The resurrection.
- 00:22:23.232 --> 00:22:24.133
- He is risen, is needed now more than ever.
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- That's next. stick around.
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- That's next. stick around.
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- Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight folks.
- 00:22:35.278 --> 00:22:37.079
- As we wrap up, we talked earlier about the priestly blessing
- 00:22:37.079 --> 00:22:40.950
- Laid out in the book of numbers, an amazing prayer.
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- It made me think of second corinthians
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- Chapter nine, verse eight, another blessing.
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- And god is able to bless you abundantly
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- So that in all things at all times, having all that you need,
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- You will abound in every good work.
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- That's my prayer for you this holy week.
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- And speaking of which, hey, our holy week programing, easter
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- Programing really kicks into overdrive tomorrow.
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- Our good friend rick renner is with us.
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- The resurrection revealed
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- Thursday mysteries of the passover
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- With rabbi jonathan
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- Kahn and great messianic worship from joshua aaron.
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- And then friday, we wrap it up in jerusalem.
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- Good friday special with our good friend
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- Danny the digger. herman.
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- You won't want to miss it until tomorrow.
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- God bless you. we'll see you soon.
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