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Erick Stakelbeck: Do Miracles Happen Today? | Stakelbeck Tonight

March 28, 2025 | 23:29

Erick Stakelbeck brings viewers the latest in biblical archaeology news as a mysterious pyramid-shaped structure is discovered in the Judean desert, dating back 2,200 years. Then, in a powerful new documentary, Investigating the Supernatural Miracles, CBN News journalist Billy Hallowell explores the existence of miracles in today's world. Finally, Stakelbeck sits down with Nick Vujicic, founder of Pro-Life FinTech, to discuss the launch of this groundbreaking venture and the importance of aligning financial decisions with faith. Shawn Copeland, CEO of Regent Bank, also joins to discuss faith-based banking and the future of faith-driven business.

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Stakelbeck Tonight | Erick Stakelbeck: Do Miracles Happen Today? | Stakelbeck Tonight | March 28, 2025

Welcome to stakelbeck tonight.
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I'm erick stakelbeck
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And after a very eventful week with wars and rumors of war,
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Let's head into the weekend with some encouragement.
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Breaking biblical archeology news out of israel.
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Archeologist for the israel
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Antiquities authority have uncovered
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What they're calling a mysterious pyramid
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Shaped structure dating back some 2200 years.
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That's before the time of jesus.
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Now, the structure was uncovered in the judean desert.
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It was made from hand-hewn stones that weighed hundreds
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Of pounds each.
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So what was it?
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That's what experts are trying to find out.
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They believe it could have been a grave marker, a guard tower,
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Or possibly some sort of ancient monument.
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What is clear,
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According to the director of israel's
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Antiquities authority, is that the judean desert survey
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Is one of the most important archeological operations
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Ever undertaken in the state of israel's history.
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Folks, considering all the incredible discoveries
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We've seen in israel over the past few decades
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From the dead sea
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Scrolls to the city of david, that's a bold statement
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And it gives you an idea
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Of the times we're living in, bible times, prophetic times.
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You can even say these are times that are supernatural.
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Miracles are still happening all around us.
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And a new documentary gives first hand evidence.
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Get the inside story next.
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Miracles.
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Do they still happen today?
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Or are they just a thing of the past?
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A feature from ancient biblical times
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That no longer have relevance in 2025.
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Well, a majority of americans,
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Including yours, truly, believe that miracles do happen today.
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And a great new documentary
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Produced by our friends at cbn news called investigating
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The supernatural miracles provides firsthand evidence.
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Take a look.
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And i slip.
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I can use the whole right side of my body.
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I went from having a promising career
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As a neuroscientist to having a medical science.
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People would pray for me, and sometimes
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I felt like this power that just zapped me.
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So how do you know this was an psychosomatic misdiagnosis,
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Something that was being missed in that process?
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Are miracles real?
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Do they happen today?
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Let's investigate.
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Folks, this is a powerful new film.
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And joining us to share more about it
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Is our good friend billy hollowell, cbn news
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Investigative journalist, author, podcaster
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And host of investigating the supernatural miracles.
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Billy.
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First of all, congrats on the film, my friend.
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And second, hey, you traveled the country
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Hearing these incredible firsthand accounts of how god
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Is moving supernaturally in people's lives.
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How big of an impact did
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This film have on you and how you view miracles?
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Well, thank you for having me.
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And i love that question because it had a huge impact on me.
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I kind of went into this as a christian.
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You know, we've known each other a long time.
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You know, i've always been a believer,
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But i think, you know, i believe miracles were true.
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I believe they could happen.
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I just hadn't seen a lot of them
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In front of my face happening before me.
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And so i went into this skeptically thinking, okay,
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Maybe they're telling the truth.
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Let's let's see. do we need to poke holes in it?
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How do we sort of prove that these things are real?
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I left this film, though, very convicted,
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Because the thing that stood out and we'll talk about this,
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But all of these stories that people were so persistent
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In their quest to find a miracle,
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I found myself thinking, would i do the same thing
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If i had if i was suffering from a terminal illness,
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If a loved one was, would i push as hard as they did?
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And i think going into the film, the answer was probably no.
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Coming out of it, the answer is absolutely.
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It transformed the entire way
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That i think about god and trust in him and his plan.
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Well, incredible. bill is a powerful film.
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And hey, you also address
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The views of the skeptics, i guess you would say people
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Who doubt that miracles exist or maybe ever existed.
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But what would their argument be?
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Some of the counterarguments to the film
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That, hey, miracles, it's done. it over with.
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They don't happen today, not only in the
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Scientific community, but some christians believe that as well.
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Yeah, i think it's actually harder to deal
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With the debate among christians over this.
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Right, because you understand why atheists and skeptics
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And some scientists who fall into those categories,
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Why they don't believe. right.
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They don't have a biblical worldview.
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But when people are in church every week
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And they're opening a bible,
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I mean, you look at matthew five alone
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And all the healing stories in that chapter alone,
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You wonder, well, how do you arrive at this place
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Where these things are no longer happening?
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So that's a really difficult thing to deal with.
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I think
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You have to approach this from evidence,
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And that was why we wanted to investigate it
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The way we did to provide evidence to look at
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Only a couple of stories.
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You're looking at 3 to 4 stories
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That interweave with one another
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And you're looking at the profound evidence.
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I think a reasonable person will look at these cases
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And they're going to walk away and they have to be confronted
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With this question of what happened.
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How did a brain tumor that was inoperable,
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That couldn't be treated in any way
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Disappear, leaving behind only scar tissue
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When the only thing that person did was seek prayer and seek
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The lord?
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These are big questions, and i don't think that this,
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You know,
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Sort of the atheist argument, the agnostic argument of, well,
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Something happened and i can't explain it.
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And that's and that's fine.
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Well, that's not good enough.
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You know, we need to dig into that.
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And so we do address it in the film.
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But i think these are such compelling stories
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That even those people are going to be challenged.
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You think the timing of this film
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Speaks to the times we're living in right now
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And can shine a light in the darkness?
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When we started working on this,
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As you know, it was two years ago
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Practically that we started
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Talking about this and working on it.
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It took over a year to film
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And, you know,
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As we were doing that, we had no idea
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The country would be where it is right now.
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And this is the funny thing with god.
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He knows what's coming. he knows what's needed.
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And i think because of where we are
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Right now watching these young people
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Who have been lied to endlessly, right.
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They've been told
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They can be the arbiters of their own truth,
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That they can decide whatever they believe is real.
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It's all up to them.
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Those lies have hit a wall now,
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And those young people are looking for answers.
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And we're seeing them flock
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To revival events on college campuses.
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It very much seemed to start with astbury
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And it has gone into all the secular schools.
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And we're watching this return to faith, the stagnation
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Of the decline of faith,
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Which is a really good thing right now in this country.
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And i think because of that, we're talking more about
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Miracles.
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We're seeing evil be very much in our faces.
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I think it's sort of out there. it's not hiding anymore.
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And yet at the same time, we're seeing god show up,
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As he always has.
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But i think we're paying more attention to it
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In these incredible ways.
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So i think there's absolutely a relation
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Between the conversation about miracles
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And the general cultural trajectory we're on right now.
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Yeah, billy, you report on this all the time.
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We are locked in a spiritual battle right now.
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It seems to be intensifying.
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And to your last point about the younger
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Generation and generation z, you see a greater openness
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Among people to kind of delve
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Into the supernatural in a godly sense, of course.
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Absolutely.
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I think there's always been an openness.
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You see this at halloween time
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When it comes to evil, the secular world is talking
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More about demons and evil than christians are.
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They're not doing it the right way.
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They're not doing it in a scriptural way,
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But they're talking about it.
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And so when it comes to miracles,
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We need to own these conversations
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And talk about them because these things are happening.
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And as you'll see in investigating
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The supernatural, these cases are compelling
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And i think they call us back to the question
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Of who is making these things happen.
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And we, for the christian, know that to be god.
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And so people can find out more if they go to cbn.
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Kcom, slash supernatural.
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But but absolutely, we're watching
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Incredible things happen right.
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Now so we can see the film at that url.
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Billy you just gave.
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How else can we see the film any other ways?
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Right now it's cbn dcoms last supernatural.
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If people are still into getting dvds, they can do that.
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They can also stream it there as well. perfect.
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And billy cbn news do such a great job
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With these documentary films.
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They've done a bunch over the years
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But is real about saint patrick.
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This is the latest
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In a long line of excellent, excellent
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Cbn news documentaries with an excellent
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Host are very good friend billy hollowell.
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Billy, great job on the film.
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We'll see you again soon, my friend. god bless.
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Thank you so much.
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Great job there by billy and the team at cbn news.
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Be sure to check out that
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Incredible new documentary and coming up after the break.
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Is your money funding abortions?
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I was shocked.
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And our next guest, the one and only nick,
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Which is revealed to me.
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Stick around to find out.
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Stick around to find out.
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Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight,
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Christians are finding new ways
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To align their money with their values.
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Nick voyage.
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It's known worldwide
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For his inspirational story and unwavering faith
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Is now taking a bold step into the financial sector
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With a groundbreaking pro-life fintech venture.
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I sat down with him recently to share
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Why he's launching this initiative,
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How it's set to transform the financial landscape
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For faith driven consumers,
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And why standing for life isn't just a moral decision.
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It's an economic one.
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Nick it is finally here, my friend.
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Pro life fintech.
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This is the grand opening.
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Yes. plano, texas.
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People can open accounts now. tell us more about it.
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Why this such a big night?
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Look, you know, people have heard about
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Not only cancel culture, but many of us who are now
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Even realigning our investment decisions
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Along with biblical values, judeo-christian values.
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We know that the big banks philanthropically give to
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Nonprofit organizations things that
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Are absolutely contradictory to the lord's will.
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They're woke.
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If they're woke, they're giving money to abortion clinics.
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And some of that flow through is
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Even transgender hormone altering drugs.
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And so when you actually follow the money, most of us
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Actually say, oh, yeah, we want to change the world.
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But what we're going to understand is
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If i even want to donate to a pro-life organization,
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That pro-life organization owns bank,
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Makes money on their money and actually funds abortions.
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And so pro-life fintech is we reject cancel culture,
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But we also give 10% net profits
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To any nonprofit organization that we as a board of directors
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Seem viable and deemed as god's will to bless people.
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So it's not just for unexpected pregnancy related
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Nonprofit organizations.
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We want to help the veterans, the widows, the orphans,
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Foster care, the disabled, whoever we can help.
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We just want to do it in the name of the lord.
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And so pro-life fintech, it's an online banking alternative
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For us who do want to align
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Our banking with our judeo-christian values.
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But the genesis of this really started around 2019,
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Right when you were canceled by a major bank.
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Tell us more about that experience,
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Why it raised such alarm bells for you.
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So my sister in christ,
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Betsy gray in santa barbara at the time,
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We actually became friends and she was my prayer warrior
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Intercessor for three years after i spoke at her gala
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For her network, medical nonprofit organization
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That she was ceo of giving abortion determined
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Women a free ultrasound to have the ability
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To choose life after they see the baby inside the womb.
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And seven out of ten chose life, praise god.
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But in 2018, they got a massive donation
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And they found out that there were no banks in
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Santa barbara that did not give philanthropically
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To abortion organizations as such.
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And she fell on the floor, wept, and she said, god forgive us.
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And people didn't know.
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People had no idea.
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2018 actually, you know what, bro?
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We talked to two for two years.
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No one believed us.
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Finally, when roe v wade was flipped,
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Everyone was like, oh, yeah.
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Chase bank did get a megaphone out
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And say, we'll pay for your abortions, right?
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So thank god for that market education that god gave us
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For the for the market,
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His clients.
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But no one believed us.
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And then betsy said, hey, can you be my co-founder?
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After i told her, listen,
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You need someone to drive this thing.
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This is an uphill battle.
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And she's like, would you do it?
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And i'm like, i'll pray about it.
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I said, i didn't really want to do anything like this.
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This is this is bigger than me.
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I was.
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Slightly busy, man, to.
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Slightly be just slightly little.
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And i said, i'll pray about it.
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And guess what happened? eight weeks later,
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I got canceled out of chase bank.
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I woke up one morning.
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My credit cards were frozen,
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My debit cards were frozen, my credit line was frozen.
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I couldn't log in. they wouldn't speak to me.
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They said, a letter is coming.
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I went to my branch manager down the street.
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We're friends. for 15 years.
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She didn't know what was going on.
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She called corporate
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While i was there and she said, they can't talk to me.
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She can't talk to me either.
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And so they're calling security and giving me five,
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5 minutes to get out.
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And it was like a movie in america.
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In america, yes.
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In california. it's just unbelievable.
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You know, and it's a national bank.
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And i just couldn't believe
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And they're like, a letter is coming.
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And all the letters said was, we reviewed who you are,
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Get out of here.
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You got 30 days to find another bank.
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But we take your cash.
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Because of your conservative christian beliefs.
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They didn't clearly.
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And so what's interesting right now, this is fresh news,
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And i'm going to be very careful
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With how i'm going to say this.
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But there were some legislative people in america
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Who know this story,
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And they also know
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3000 businesses that have had the same experience.
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They're trying to actually stop making the law right now
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To say to banks, you can't do that again without cause.
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You have to explain why, because they never explained to me.
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Now i know why in my opinion, i know why.
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Yeah, i was kind of viral on some things.
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As a conservative christian.
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You're not known for mincing words, nor should you.
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And that's why we love you. i love you.
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But you said you said to her, your colleague in pro-life,
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A.k.a, i need to pray about it.
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And the lord gives you the answer. you're canceled.
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It's almost like the lord is saying, nick,
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You need to be the point man on this. yeah, it's pretty clear.
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And i grew up and he said, he said yes.
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And so we started that journey
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And we opened november 30th, 2024, and we are open
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Go to pro-life fintech outcome for all that information.
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And we actually now are open for even corporate accounts
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Thanks to our regent bank
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Charter bank regent, they're the fdic umbrella
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And as an extension digitally, if you will, where the fintech
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Extended by their charter sponsor of regent bank.
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We're so thankful for them
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And shown copeland and our board and everyone there.
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And so please check it out.
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It's going to be very, very big.
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Up next,
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More on the future of faith driven business,
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Banking and leadership and why it matters to every believer.
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Don't move.
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Don't move.
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Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight.
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As the culture shifts,
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So does the way people bank and do business.
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More and more americans are looking for faith
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Aligned financial institutions that reflect their values,
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Especially when it comes to life and religious freedom.
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I recently sat down
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With shawn copeland, chairman and ceo of regent bank.
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He's also a small business
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Investor and author of a great book called 94 eggs.
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Everything changes when you bring god into your business.
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He's leading the charge in faith based banking,
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And he broke down
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What this movement means for christians, businesses
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And the broader financial landscape.
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Take a look.
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Shawn, great to be with you.
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And hey, we've got a lot to discuss.
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You're involved
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In so many exciting projects for the kingdom,
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But first of all, a pro-life fintech.
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Shawn this is the big launch party here in plano, texas.
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Tell us how you got involved and region
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Bank got involved with pro-life fintech.
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Both a short version of a very long story,
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And i'm very happy to be with you, is
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I was on a podcast for our faith that work movement
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Talking about our bank and our bank's super, super faith based.
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And a guy from texas by the name of george pond heard
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The heard my podcast interview called me up.
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It was asking me about the bank.
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And right in the middle of our discussion, he just froze
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And he goes,
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The holy spirit is telling me, you need to meet my friends
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Betsy and nick, who are starting a bank in dallas, texas.
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This would be nick voyager.
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Well, i didn't know this at the time.
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I didn't know that the nick was just that betsy and nick.
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And so we're starting a bank in dallas, texas.
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So i was like, wow,
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I'm not super excited about talking to my competition.
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But if the holy spirit said to do so, i will visit with them.
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Well, yes, it turned out to be envoy, yet
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They ended up we have a
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We have a banking as a service
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Fintech platform through our bank,
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And we ended up becoming their sponsor, uh, bank.
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And that's what got us to this point tonight.
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Shawn two things.
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Number one, explain a little bit more people
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Who may not know what a fintech is. yes.
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And number two, what in particular drew you?
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And as a man of faith and a businessman of faith,
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What drew you to this movement
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That nick and betsy are starting?
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So so a fintech is basically a financial technology
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Firm, and it can be many, many different things. it's
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Using technology and finance together in this situation.
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Pro-life fintech is is the front door.
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So they are essentially everybody's bank.
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Regent bank is simply the sponsor bank
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That allows them to have fdic insurance
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Check cards for their transaction.
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We do all the compliance stuff where we're the behind
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The scenes organization that allows this all to run.
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But that betsy nick, i served on the board with them.
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They are the they determine the products,
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The services, the pricing, the brand.
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That's all. that's all them.
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I was so drawn to them because it was so pure.
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It just all fit perfectly.
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I love them. i love their purpose.
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We were very unique in that we may be the largest faith
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Based bank in the world and we had a fintech division,
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So it just only the lord kind of brought us all together.
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Oh, so clearly god brought together and talk
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More about how banking look.
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In some cases,
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Major banks have gone woke, but region bank is different.
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So deep banking is a very, very real pro life.
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Fintech has been the bank.
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We were just we just had a bank in texas.
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Shut our account down and you never get a
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You never really get a reason for why
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You just get a letter that says we've deemed you
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As high risk and blah blah.
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Well, i know what our transactions are.
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They're nothing high risk about us.
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I mean, it's investor wires in and software
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Payments out and a little bit of payroll out.
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That's it.
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So it could only be because they didn't agree
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With our stance and that's why they wanted to shut us down.
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And we get two or three calls like this at region bank
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Every week.
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And so we we are kind of a refuge
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For people who want to bank with their values.
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They can go to pro-life fintech.
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Now pro-life fintech today is it's digital only.
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It is personal accounts only.
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But if there's somebody out there that wants to
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Bank with their
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Have their business or have their
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Have a trust account, they can come to reach it.
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Click on pr, laugh on how they heard about us and we'll
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Still pay pro-life fintech a really great referral fee.
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And you expand on this.
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Your philosophy shown in your great book, bestseller 94 x
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Tell us more about 94 x and the motivation
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Behind writing that book.
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I had just finished a role as secretary of commerce
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At our state. i was praying over what was next.
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I felt like the lord had a new chapter for me
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And he basically told me that my my purpose is
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To show the world how to integrate faith in business.
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So that is where 94 x was born.
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94 x is 160
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Divided by 1.7, 160 number of hours
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And our employees work for us in a month, 1.7 number of hours.
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They go to church.
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And the point is, christian business leaders out there,
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Your employees are in your care.
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94 times
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More than even those that go in the walls of a church.
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So what the lord told me was that's why
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I gave have given you this level of authority
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So that you could bring me to your people
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When the lord gave me the vision.
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It is global, so we are going to take it all over the world.
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And that is happening pretty rapidly.
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And so it's it's been very, very exciting.
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Up next, my final thoughts on
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Putting your money where your faith is.
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That's next.
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That's next.
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Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight, folks.
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As we wrap up here, we've seen tonight
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Firsthand
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How god is moving in miraculous ways,
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Whether it's through the power of life,
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Faith driven business, or the resources he's entrusted to us
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When we align our finances with his kingdom,
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We're not just making a statement.
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We are making an actual tangible impact.
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Proverbs chapter three versus nine and ten says honor
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The lord with your wealth
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And with the first fruits of all your produce.
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Then your barns will be filled with plenty and your vats will
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Be bursting with wine.
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When we put god first,
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Even in our finances, he blesses and multiplies
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It all for his glory, honor god, and he will honor you.
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Hey, next week some great shows.
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Incredible line up our good friend
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Yaya pinto tv in israel correspondent
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Joins us live from on the ground in jerusalem.
00:23:07.547 --> 00:23:10.283
And patricia
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Heaton from hit
00:23:10.984 --> 00:23:12.152
Shows like everybody loves raymond and the middle is also
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Joining us.
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And we've got some special guests as well.
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You don't want to miss it.
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Until then, have a great weekend.
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God bless you and we'll see you soon.
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March 28, 2025 | 23:29

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