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: Is Faith the Key to America's Future? | Stakelbeck Tonight | July 8, 2025
- Welcome to stakelbeck tonight i'm erick stakelbeck
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- And the great dream of european and u.n.
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- Bureaucrats and left wing democrats everywhere
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- Appears to be dead, at least for now.
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- For decades, they've all longed for a palestinian state
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- That would see
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- Israel give up large portions of its ancestral homeland,
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- Including the biblical heartland of judea and samaria
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- And half of jerusalem.
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- Even after the carnage of october 7th, they would not let
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- The dream die.
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- Their solution to the worst massacre of the jewish people
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- Since the holocaust was to effectively reward
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- The palestinians with, you guessed it, a state.
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- Even though palestinian leaders still refuse
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- To even recognize israel's right to exist.
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- Thankfully, israeli
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- Prime minister benjamin
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- Netanyahu has not only great leadership skills,
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- But another very important quality
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- That is sorely lacking in today's political
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- And mainstream media worlds.
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- It's called common sense.
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- Here was bibi on monday at the white house when pressed
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- About a palestinian state.
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- You know, after october 7th, people said that
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- The palestinians have a state, hamas state in gaza.
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- Look what they did with it. they didn't build it up.
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- They built down two bunkers into terror tunnels,
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- After which they massacred our people,
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- Raped our women, beheaded our men, invaded our
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- Our cities and our towns
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- And our kibbutzim and did horrendous,
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- Horrendous massacres,
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- The kind of which we didn't
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- See since world war two and the nazis, the holocaust.
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- So people aren't likely to say, let's
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- Just give them another state.
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- It would be a platform to destroy israel.
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- We'll work out a peace with our palestinian neighbors.
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- Those who don't want to destroy us,
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- And we'll work out a peace in which our security,
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- The sovereign power of security, always remains in our hands.
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- The people will say it's not a complete state.
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- It's not a state.
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- It's not that we don't care.
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- You know, we vowed never again.
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- Never again is now.
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- Fact check.
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- All true.
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- Now, bibi's public rejection of a palestinian state
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- Wasn't the only big news
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- To come out of his meeting yesterday with president trump.
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- He also officially endorsed president trump
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- For the nobel peace prize.
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- Take a look.
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- But the president has already realized
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- Great opportunities before the court.
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- He's forging peace as we speak,
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- And one country and one region after the other.
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- So i want to present to you, mr.
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- President, the letter i sent to the nobel prize committee.
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- I know it's
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- Nominated for the peace prize, which is well-deserved.
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- And you should get it.
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- Thank you very much.
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- This i didn't know.
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- Well,
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- Thank you very much. thank you.
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- Coming from you in particular, this is a very meaningful.
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- Folks, president trump's nobel peace
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- Prize would be about five years overdue.
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- He should have received it back in 2020
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- When he brokered the historic abraham accords, peace
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- Treaties between israel and its arab neighbors.
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- The good news is
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- The abraham accords are today very much back on the table
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- Now that iran's nuclear program and its terror proxies
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- Like hamas and hezbollah have been smashed.
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- Do not be surprised to see saudi arabia
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- And even syria sign on to the accords and normalize
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- Relations with israel in the not so distant future.
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- Trump and bibi discuss that and much more during
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- Their white house meeting,
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- Including a potential ceasefire deal in gaza and the return
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- Of the remaining israeli hostages from hamas clutches.
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- They also commented on a man who's captured
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- A lot of headlines recently and for all the wrong reasons.
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- The potential next
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- Mayor of new york city, a 33 year old communist,
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- Muslim and anti-israel radical named zoran mamdani.
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- Take a look.
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- We don't know who
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- The mayor is going to be yet, but this is a communist.
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- He's not a socialist. he's a communist.
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- And he's had some really bad things about jewish people.
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- And he said some really bad things about a lot of people.
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- And i think he's going through a little bit of a honeymoon
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- Right now, but he won't make it.
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- But, you know, it all comes through the white house.
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- He needs the money through the white house.
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- He needs to learn he's going to behave well behaved.
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- He better behave.
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- Otherwise, you're going to have big problems.
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- Amen.
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- Folks, pray for voters in new york city
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- To have moral clarity and, yes, common sense.
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- This november when they head to the polls.
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- Having mom donny in charge of america's largest city
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- Would be a disaster of epic proportions.
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- Up next, we're joined by a man who's battled communist,
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- Socialist, radical islamist and the deep state
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- And lived to tell about it,
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- But not without a monumental struggle.
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- General michael flynn,
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- Former national security adviser to president trump, is here
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- To share his incredible journey of faith, patriotism
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- And perseverance.
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- And it all starts now.
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- He was a top u.s.
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- General, a battlefield tested warrior, and president
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- Trump's first national security advisor.
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- Then he became the target of a political witch hunt
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- That nearly destroyed his life.
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- But instead of backing down, general
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- Michael flynn stood firm and came back even stronger.
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- In his powerful new book, pardon of innocence
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- An inspiring story of faith and freedom.
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- He shares the untold story
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- Of how he was framed by a corrupt justice system,
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- Betrayed
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- By deep state operatives and targeted by powerful
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- Political enemies, all because he dared to put america first.
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- General flynn, great to see you. number one.
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- Number two. congrats on the book.
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- I can't think of
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- Someone more distinguished than you serving our country.
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- Director of the defense intelligence agency.
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- Obviously, president trump's first national security advisor.
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- You served in tours, leading soldiers
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- Throughout the middle east.
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- The list goes on and on. highly decorated.
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- And by the way, you garnered bipartisan support and respect.
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- Then you come to washington, d.c., around 2016, early 2017,
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- And you're serving under president trump
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- As his first national security advisor.
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- And general, let's just say the deep state
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- Didn't like it very much.
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- And the swamp nearly swallowed you up.
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- But they didn't succeed.
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- Tell us more about that transition into the
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- Political realm and how things came crashing
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- Down, at least for a time.
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- Yeah.
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- So so for folks, for this new book,
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- Pardon of innocence, they can,
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- You know, they can get it on, at amazon.
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- It's a great book.
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- You can also go to general flynn.com to find it.
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- One of the things that i want people to understand
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- Is, you know, they came after me because i,
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- Wasn't somebody that they had that they owned.
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- You know, i just wasn't a person.
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- I wasn't a, you know, a general coming out of the army
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- Who then went into politics, who had was beholden to anybody.
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- I, i came into a relationship with president trump, current
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- President trump. then he was candidate.
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- Trump was back in 2015, the summer of 2015.
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- And they saw a guy like me who not only ran
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- One of the largest intelligence agencies in the world,
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- Was the top
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- Military intelligence officer in the department of defense.
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- But i really did.
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- I really do know
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- Our system of government and certainly
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- The national security system.
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- And, we've learned so much in the in the last ten years
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- Of watching
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- Trump being persecuted, watching
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- People like me being persecuted.
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- But this is not just my story.
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- This pardon of innocence is not just my story.
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- It is a story for every single american that has been
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- Persecuted at the local, state, federal level.
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- And a lot of people that came into my life
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- During the during the course of this, of what i went through.
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- And it's a story that will, in fact,
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- Encourage people if you if you take the time to read it.
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- And it's actually a really very easy read
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- And you'll you'll be encouraged, you'll be inspired, you'll
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- You'll feel like call to action if if you will.
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- One of the things to with with president trump,
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- I talk about
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- Some very intimate conversations that we had together.
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- Not only when we met, but also during the campaign of 2016
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- And then into the, the whole thing that took place,
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- You know, where i ended up having to resign
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- From the white house after a very short tenure
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- As the national security advisor,
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- Very intense period of time for the country.
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- But that intensity never ended. it never ended.
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- I mean, the, you know, the persecution began really
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- At that moment.
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- And, we're where trump and i'll tease a little bit here.
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- You know, trump and i talked about it.
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- And, you know, he really did feel like that.
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- If i walked away from the from the white house
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- That that things would they,
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- You know, they would calm down,
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- That the russia narrative would calm down.
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- And that was anything but the truth that ended up
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- It ended up skyrocketing.
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- I mean, it just they tripled down on him.
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- So what we are facing still is we're facing
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- A weaponized government still exists.
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- Trump is the right president.
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- Then i believed he was the right president.
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- I thank god that i had my family and my faith to be able
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- To ride this thing out and ride it all the way through.
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- I mean, for for those that know me or have studied me, i serve.
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- I've been serving for over 50 years of my life.
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- I still own ten surfboards, and i've ridden
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- Some of the biggest waves around you can imagine.
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- And man, you know, it's not the way.
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- It's not the wave, you know, it's how you ride it, right?
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- It's not.
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- It's not the fact that we all have a life.
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- It's how you live your life and how i'm going to live.
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- My life is one of service to this country.
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- I was born on an army base.
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- I grew up in a as a as an army kid.
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- My father's a retired, sergeant from the army,
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- World war two korea vet. both.
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- My grandfather served in world war one and, world war two.
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- My my family is a family of military service.
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- And so,
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- You know, they picked the wrong family
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- When they when they picked mike flynn to persecute.
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- And they just did not realize
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- That, that we were never going to give up.
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- Up next, he faced
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- Political persecution, public scrutiny and personal loss.
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- But through it
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- All, general michael flynn never let go of his faith.
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- After the break, he opens up about
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- How god sustained him during his darkest days
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- And why he believes faith is the key to america's future.
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- That's next.
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- That's next.
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- Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight.
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- General michael flynn has worn many titles.
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- Soldier, intelligence, chief national security advisor.
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- But through it all, he's held fast to one identity
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- A man of deep faith
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- In his powerful new book, pardon of innocence.
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- General flynn shares how that faith sustained him
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- Through one of the most intense battles
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- Of his life a battle not on the fields of war,
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- But against a weaponized justice system.
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- Determined to silence him.
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- How did this build your faith as well?
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- Obviously your family.
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- Incredible support there, but it's been very cool for me
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- Just to kind of witness your faith journey as well.
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- These past few years, you've really drawn
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- Closer to the lord through all this. it seems.
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- Yeah. i mean, 100%, 100%.
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- I mean, i you know, i grew up as a catholic kid.
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- We went to,
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- You know, we always stuck together
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- As a family, went to church all the time and,
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- You know,
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- All the stuff that you do as a, as a catholic kid
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- Growing up in an irish catholic family in this case.
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- But i was never one to wear it on my sleeve.
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- But as i came out and
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- And then all of a sudden i was thrown into to hell.
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- You know, i talk about my faith, brought me to,
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- You know, psalm 23, where, you know,
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- I was physically,
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- I felt physically in the valley of the shadow of death.
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- But i never feared anything because, as psalm 23 says,
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- Thou art with me,
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- And i believe that, and i believe that strongly.
- 00:12:36.713 --> 00:12:39.749
- And so many people,
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- So many other people that had so many problems
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- With the weaponization of local, state or federal government
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- That came to me and they were looking for advice from me.
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- And so i had to really use, you know, vastly
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- Better discernment.
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- Yeah.
- 00:12:57.234 --> 00:12:58.201
- But my faith got grew much, much stronger
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- Because i do believe that i was guided
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- Through this, this purgatory, if you will, and
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- And doing the right things, never,
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- Never relenting on what i believe, never changing.
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- I mean, anybody that knew me when i was ten,
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- If you if those that knew me when i was ten, they
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- They were to meet me today.
- 00:13:21.191 --> 00:13:22.292
- That's a funny you never changed because i have not.
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- And if there's anything that has
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- That has strengthened, it hadn't changed me.
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- It's just strengthened is my faith.
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- And i will, and i'll always believe that.
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- And it's something that i think this country needs
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- To find its own strength in our in our faith
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- As a nation, because we are in a bit of a moral decline.
- 00:13:41.444 --> 00:13:45.215
- You know, spiritually.
- 00:13:45.682 --> 00:13:46.783
- And i think our country,
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- We were founded on judeo christian principles and values.
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- We should be fearless about them.
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- And that's kind of where i am today, erick.
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- Yeah. general.
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- So well said.
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- Last question.
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- We know you are a busy man.
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- Are you more optimistic now president trump back in office,
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- Of course, for a second term
- 00:14:02.332 --> 00:14:04.401
- That the hell that you went through just a few years ago
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- And still the remnants of
- 00:14:08.705 --> 00:14:09.873
- Are trying to cling to you, but you're forging ahead.
- 00:14:09.873 --> 00:14:12.042
- Are you more optimistic now
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- That with president trump back in office,
- 00:14:13.610 --> 00:14:15.845
- This deep state madness can be brought under control?
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- And more brave americans,
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- Courageous patriots like yourself won't be targeted?
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- Yeah, i am optimistic.
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- I'm very optimistic.
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- I'm optimistic in the outcome.
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- If i have a hint of pessimism,
- 00:14:31.494 --> 00:14:34.431
- It's in the time frame that we that it is going to take
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- For us to get to that outcome, to achieve that outcome.
- 00:14:38.368 --> 00:14:41.171
- So i am very optimistic that the outcome will be,
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- A positive thing,
- 00:14:45.475 --> 00:14:46.710
- Very positive thing, because frankly,
- 00:14:46.710 --> 00:14:48.478
- The american people are not going to accept anything else.
- 00:14:48.478 --> 00:14:51.548
- But i do.
- 00:14:51.548 --> 00:14:52.482
- But i, you know, my middle name is thomas.
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- So i would just tell you
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- That there's always a hint of pessimism and that pessimism is
- 00:14:56.619 --> 00:14:59.656
- How long it takes to get there.
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- I think
- 00:15:01.291 --> 00:15:02.559
- The american people right now is from what i have a feel for,
- 00:15:02.559 --> 00:15:05.628
- You know, sort of a fingertip feel for the american sentiment
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- Is that the american people want,
- 00:15:08.398 --> 00:15:10.467
- You know, they want results right now.
- 00:15:10.467 --> 00:15:12.202
- We want to see things right now, i do, too.
- 00:15:12.202 --> 00:15:14.804
- I mean, i, you know, i'm human,
- 00:15:14.804 --> 00:15:16.573
- But i know that those results are going to take time.
- 00:15:16.573 --> 00:15:20.643
- I do know for all your listeners and for everyone
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- That hears this,
- 00:15:23.413 --> 00:15:24.481
- I do know because i do stay in touch with them.
- 00:15:24.481 --> 00:15:26.449
- President trump believes and believes what i don't.
- 00:15:26.449 --> 00:15:29.386
- What i'm saying is that people will
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- And need to be held accountable.
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- And these institutions that have so damaged our country,
- 00:15:33.857 --> 00:15:37.761
- They need to be adjusted, reformed.
- 00:15:37.761 --> 00:15:40.663
- You know,
- 00:15:40.663 --> 00:15:41.631
- Some of them may be razed to the ground, but
- 00:15:41.631 --> 00:15:43.266
- But trump feels that same way and he's going to do everything
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- That he can.
- 00:15:45.935 --> 00:15:46.903
- But remember, folks, he's only one man.
- 00:15:46.903 --> 00:15:49.105
- It takes it takes sacrifice.
- 00:15:49.105 --> 00:15:51.741
- And one of those sacrifices is time.
- 00:15:51.741 --> 00:15:54.010
- So put the time into it.
- 00:15:54.010 --> 00:15:55.812
- Trump has put a lot of time into it.
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- A lot of, you know, i mean, they they tried to kill the guy.
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- So all of us that are still speaking out
- 00:16:01.651 --> 00:16:04.587
- And fighting for our country
- 00:16:04.587 --> 00:16:06.222
- Know that we will continue to do that,
- 00:16:06.222 --> 00:16:07.891
- But we need a lot more soldiers out there to do the same thing.
- 00:16:07.891 --> 00:16:10.960
- Amen. and general michael flynn, you are leading the charge.
- 00:16:10.960 --> 00:16:13.596
- You break it
- 00:16:13.596 --> 00:16:14.697
- All down in your great new book, pardon of innocence.
- 00:16:14.697 --> 00:16:17.100
- It is a must read for such a time as this.
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- General, thank you for your service,
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- Your bravery, your heroism, for our country.
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- We appreciate you. good luck with the book.
- 00:16:24.240 --> 00:16:26.476
- God bless you, general. we'll see you again soon.
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- God bless. erick. thank you.
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- Folks, be sure to follow general flynn on
- 00:16:32.449 --> 00:16:34.551
- And across social media
- 00:16:34.551 --> 00:16:35.785
- And pick up his great book, pardon of innocence.
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- Coming up next, a conversation that may change how you see
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- Both scripture and science confirming the timeless wisdom
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- Of the torah.
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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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- Every day, scientists and ivy league scholars
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- Published studies
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- On everything from happiness to health and success.
- 00:16:58.952 --> 00:17:02.222
- But what if the answers they're uncovering were already
- 00:17:02.222 --> 00:17:05.058
- Written down over 3000 years ago in his powerful new book,
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- God was right
- 00:17:09.729 --> 00:17:11.030
- How modern social science proves the torah is true.
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- Author mark gerson
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- Takes a deep dive into the five books of moses
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- And compares them point for point
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- With the latest breakthroughs in psychology, economics,
- 00:17:20.773 --> 00:17:23.910
- And behavioral science.
- 00:17:23.910 --> 00:17:25.512
- His conclusion the torah not only ask the right questions,
- 00:17:25.512 --> 00:17:29.916
- It got the answers right first.
- 00:17:29.916 --> 00:17:32.185
- I sat down with mark recently in washington, dc,
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- For a fascinating conversation about the intersection
- 00:17:34.487 --> 00:17:37.857
- Of ancient scripture and modern science,
- 00:17:37.857 --> 00:17:40.193
- And what it means for our lives today.
- 00:17:40.193 --> 00:17:42.695
- Take a look.
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- Mark, first of all, you had me at the title.
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- God was right.
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- Congratulations on the book, my friend.
- 00:17:48.735 --> 00:17:50.637
- And, one of the things you say that i love
- 00:17:50.637 --> 00:17:53.339
- Is that the torah, which is obviously ancient,
- 00:17:53.339 --> 00:17:55.475
- Thousands of years old.
- 00:17:55.475 --> 00:17:56.709
- Yet you say, mark,
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- That it is one of the most contemporary books ever written.
- 00:17:57.911 --> 00:18:01.314
- Tell us what you mean by that.
- 00:18:01.314 --> 00:18:02.448
- The bible is the most contemporary book ever written.
- 00:18:02.448 --> 00:18:04.584
- The bible should not be in the religion section of bookstores.
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- It should be in the self-help section of bookstores.
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- Every question that someone might ask, a self-help book,
- 00:18:09.422 --> 00:18:12.158
- Every question this one might ask their pastor
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- Or their rabbi or their minister or whoever.
- 00:18:14.260 --> 00:18:16.563
- It's all asked and answered in the bible.
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- And the most practical questions.
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- Do we think of all of these entirely relevant,
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- Totally practical questions are asked and answered
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- In the torah, the five books of moses.
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- Give us some more of the practical
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- Wisdom, everyday wisdom that's just as relevant in 2025
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- As it was thousands of years ago.
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- That's found in the torah.
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- Oh, there are so many.
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- For instance, let's talk about clothing
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- And what clothing actually means
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- And what clothing actually does.
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- So when god sends adam out of the garden,
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- He sends him out with garments of light.
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- That's significant because i don't have any
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- Concerns about with garments. so why does he do so?
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- We learn that we feel what we wear and we act how we feel.
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- So one of the lessons from modern life,
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- When people wake up in the morning and they're sad,
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- What are they naturally going to do?
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- They're actually going to put on a pair of baggy sweatpants,
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- A big shirt, and what's they're going to do.
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- It's going to make them sadder.
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- What does the bible tell us?
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- Dress how you want to feel. therefore,
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- If you're sad in the morning, what should you wear?
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- Wear a floaty dress.
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- Wear colorful jewelry.
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- Wear happy clothes and you will become happy.
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- And therefore you act like a happy person.
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- And that's one of so many examples
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- Of how the bible instructs us about how to live our day
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- From when we wake up in the morning,
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- To when we go to sleep at night, to the practical decisions
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- We make on a contemporary basis to our existential dreams.
- 00:19:26.065 --> 00:19:28.835
- It's all there in the torah.
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- Yeah, it's almost like people take it for granted.
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- All of our wisdom today, again, mark, is in the torah
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- And the subtitle of the book,
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- How social sciences prove the torah is true.
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- Tell us more about that, because you break it
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- Down in the book in just eloquent detail,
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- About the truth of the torah being proven by science.
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- It's not just a matter of of faith.
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- It's a matter of fact. exactly.
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- So for 3000 years, people have read this study
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- The torah, they've study the torah,
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- And they've asked the question, is the torah true?
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- Is the torah false or is it just a good book?
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- That's true in some places,
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- And perhaps outdated in other places in the 21st century.
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- We have something to go by
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- Which people before us didn't have before us.
- 00:20:07.840 --> 00:20:09.776
- People only had faith and experience to go by.
- 00:20:09.776 --> 00:20:12.045
- Now we have faith, experience and social science
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- Because the social scientists, people like jonathan haidt
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- And malcolm gladwell, people
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- Whose works populate bestseller lists.
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- They're
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- Asking the same questions that the biblical author asked.
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- So now we can test with social scientific certitude
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- Or the claims of the torah. true.
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- Are they false or are they true in some places
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- And false in other places?
- 00:20:32.799 --> 00:20:34.033
- And what i've found in the book, what's really been revealed
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- By modern social science is that the torah is absolutely true.
- 00:20:36.769 --> 00:20:41.407
- The torah is the greatest guidebook ever written.
- 00:20:41.407 --> 00:20:44.410
- And if someone learns the guidance in the torah
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- And follows the guidance in the torah,
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- They'll have experienced what is the best
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- Pathway to a happy, meaningful, and fulfilling life?
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- Yeah, it's amazing when you combine
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- The truth of the bible with irrefutable
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- Archeological, scientific, social science evidence.
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- You've got an unbeatable combination, mark.
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- Last question.
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- God was right. the title of the book. yeah.
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- God knew exactly what he was doing.
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- Right with the torah.
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- He laid out a blueprint for humanity.
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- This is how you should live
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- And live like you live life to the fullest.
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- Exactly. that's exactly right. it's so beautifully put.
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- The torah is a blueprint for humanity,
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- And it's also a blueprint for each of us.
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- No matter what anyone is struggling with,
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- No matter what anyone is challenged by.
- 00:21:25.685 --> 00:21:28.421
- You know, whether what opportunities come to someone.
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- How do i think about them? people ask.
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- The answer is
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- It's right there in the torah, and we should consult it
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- And let it speak to us and let it help us,
- 00:21:36.562 --> 00:21:38.464
- Because everything's in the torah.
- 00:21:38.464 --> 00:21:40.433
- And it wouldn't be the best guidebook
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- And the ultimate self-help book.
- 00:21:42.034 --> 00:21:43.403
- But for one thing, it has to be easy to understand.
- 00:21:43.403 --> 00:21:47.206
- So there's nothing esoteric in the torah.
- 00:21:47.206 --> 00:21:49.242
- The torah is the best guidebook because like all guide books,
- 00:21:49.242 --> 00:21:51.844
- Like all good self-help books, it reveals itself pretty easily.
- 00:21:51.844 --> 00:21:55.448
- And that makes it such a joy to read and study the torah.
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- Thanks again.
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- The book is called god was right,
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- And you can pick it up wherever books are sold.
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- Coming up after the break, my final thoughts on perseverance.
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- We heard a lot about it today,
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- Especially from general michael flynn.
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- What does the bible have to say about him?
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- Break that down after the break.
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- Stick around.
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- Stick around.
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- Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight, folks.
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- When i think about tonight's show,
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- I think about perseverance.
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- Number one, benjamin netanyahu, donald trump.
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- We talked about them earlier in the show.
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- Two men of who have persevere against political witch hunt.
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- And then some,
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- Of course, general michael flynn,
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- No one one's been through more than he has
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- Courtesy of the deep state, and he's lived to tell about it.
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- Why? as he broke down,
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- It was faith in jesus that got him through.
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- I think of the book of james,
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- Chapter one,
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- Verse 12, blessed is the one who perseveres under trial,
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- Because having stood the test,
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- That person will receive the crown of life
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- That the lord has promised to those who love him.
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- So, folks, when you go through these trials, think of that.
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- Meditate on that.
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- The words of james and throughout the word of god,
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- That is the rock that will get you through.
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- Hey, tomorrow night, a great prophecy roundtable.
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- Alan didio and joseph z are here breaking down current events
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- From a biblical perspective. why they matter to you?
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- That's tomorrow night.
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- Until then, thanks for joining us.
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- God bless you and we'll see you soon.
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