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Erick Stakelbeck: The Foundations of America | Stakelbeck Tonight

February 10, 2026 | S E | 23:29

Join Erick Stakelbeck on "Stakelbeck Tonight" as he exposes the unholy alliance between Islam and the radical left, with a focus on the rise of Islamo-communism in New York City. Unveiling the dangerous agenda to replace Judeo-Christian values with socialism and Sharia, Stakelbeck dives into the consequences and challenges facing America as it approaches its 250th anniversary. Featuring interviews with influential figures like Dr. Ben Carson and Pastor Rob Pacienza, the show delves into the spiritual battles, historical foundations, and the call for revival in the face of cultural chaos. Protecting America's future is the theme as Stakelbeck navigates through the intricate landscape of faith, freedom, and the fight for the nation's soul.

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Stakelbeck Tonight | Erick Stakelbeck: The Foundations of America | Stakelbeck Tonight | February 10, 2026

Welcome to stakelbeck tonight.
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I'm erick stakelbeck and the mask is now off completely.
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As america marks the 250th anniversary of its founding,
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The unholy alliance between islam
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And the radical left is becoming very bold.
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They are publicly proclaiming that they intend to
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Take the united states in a new direction.
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From faith, family and freedom
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To socialism, sharia and separation.
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New york city mayor zoran mamdani personifies
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This movement.
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His brand of islamo communism now reigns over our nation's
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Financial capital and largest city.
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And 25 years after nine over 11, he's quoting mohammed
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And the koran in arabic to defend open borders.
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Watch.
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And i consider my own faith, islam,
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A religion built upon a narrative of migration.
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The story of the hijrah reminds us the prophet muhammad.
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Ali, who is seldom, was a stranger to
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Who fled mecca and was welcomed in medina.
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Sura 1642 tells us, as for those
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Who immigrated in the cause of a law after being persecuted,
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We will surely bless them with a good home in this world.
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Or as the prophet muhammad ali he was, selim said, islam began
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As something strange and will go back to being strange.
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So glad tidings to the strangers.
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Can you imagine being a first responder
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Who ran into the twin towers and risked your life on 9/11?
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Or someone who lost a family member in the deadliest
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Islamic terror attack in u.s. history?
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And then now having to watch a hamas sympathizer running
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New york city, praising mohammed and quoting the koran,
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By the way, after muhammad migrated to medina.
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He built up his followers and strength
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And went on to slaughter the jewish tribes there.
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Surely zoran mamdani knows this migrate
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Not to assimilate, but to dominate.
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We're seeing it across
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The western world, in europe, canada and australia.
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And if the left in america has its way, we'll see it here, too.
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Here's jean wu, a democrat member of the texas state house
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Who was born in china, calling on non-whites in america
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To rise up and overthrow their white oppressors.
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Watch.
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I always tell people the day the latino,
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African-american, asian and other communities realize
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That they are, that they share the same oppressor.
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Is the day we start winning
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Because we are the majority in this country now we are.
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We have the ability to take over this country
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And to do what is needed for everyone
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And to make things fair.
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But the problem is our communities are divided.
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They're completely divided.
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Folks, again,
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That's an elected representative
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In the texas state house basically calling for a race war
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Because it's all about divide and conquer.
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It's a strategy both islam and the left share.
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Both sides of that alliance want to replace judeo-christian,
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Western civilization, which they despise.
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But a cautionary tale for the left in partnering
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With islamists.
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You have no idea.
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The forces you are unleashing.
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During the iranian revolution, the marxist, communist
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And socialist all backed the ayatollah khomeini.
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And then a few months after he took power,
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He had them all rounded up and executed.
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Once islam is in charge, it's not interested in accommodation
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And it does not play nice with other religions or ideologies.
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That's why islamists are throwing gays off
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Of buildings in places like afghanistan and gaza.
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Here's the good news for you and for me.
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God is still on the throne.
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America really is the last line of defense
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For western civilization.
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And while the left wants to undermine that at every turn
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Under president trump,
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America still stands as a shining city on a hill
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Now more than ever, as we celebrate 250 years as a nation.
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There are great patriots
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Fighting every day to preserve our way of life.
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We're joined by one of them, doctor ben carson.
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Next.
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As a new generation
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Searches for truth amid cultural chaos.
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I recently sat down with doctor ben carson, vice
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Chair of the religious liberty commission
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And host of common sense with doctor ben carson.
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Our conversation happened at the annual
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Am fest event in phoenix, where thousands gathered
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Around faith, freedom and the future of our nation.
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Take a look.
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Doctor ben carson, always great to be with you.
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And you and i
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Were talking off-camera before we started about revival. yes.
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And you believe this is really stirring?
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Tell us more about your thoughts on how god is moving right now
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In america.
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Well, you know, i've seen it over the last few years, but
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I think it really caught fire after what happened to charlie.
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They've grown up at a time
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When there was all this wokeism and stuff going on,
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And they can see that that's not really leading
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To anyplace good.
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And they're saying,
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How did america become a great nation?
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And they're looking back and not looking at the
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Reorganized history,
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But the real history of our country,
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Which is really quite inspirational.
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I advocate
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The good, the bad and the ugly, teaching them about everything.
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But when you look at our country,
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There's a heck of a lot more good than there is bad and ugly,
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Incredible opportunities for people.
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And that's why america has become a destination
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For so many people around the world.
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None of that happens by accident.
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And, you know, a large portion
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Of our belief system was our faith in god.
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Yeah.
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And even our founding documents
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Says that our rights come from our creator.
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Those things, i think, are starting to catch
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On, particularly with the young men.
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Doctor carson, you've made this really,
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The main emphasis now, faith, family, freedom
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In your organization
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And education and reforming the educational system,
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As you said, away from the woke madness.
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Do you
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Have high hopes for this young generation, generation z.
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Well, what we have to recognize is.
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And they make no bones about this.
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The marxists,
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They talk about how important it is to get to the young people
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And to indoctrinate them, because if you can do that,
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You're very likely to have them for the rest of their lives.
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And that's that american cornerstone.
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We have put a lot of emphasis on our little patriots program,
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So that we can be in there and be just as vigorous,
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If not more vigorous, than they are.
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We have a feature film coming out,
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And star spangled at best.
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Frankly, the adventures, the movie.
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Yeah. and it's very well done.
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You know, the whole point is to get our young people to know
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What values went behind the formation of our country.
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Doctor carson, when we look across the west,
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Judeo
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Christian western civilization, there's major trouble signs.
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Europe. australia. canada.
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Waves of muslim migrants welcomed in by the left and weak
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Leaders there.
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You see, president trump is not only a
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Standard bearer for america, but for the entire west.
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There's no question about it.
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These are
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Systems that have been little world
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Incompatible, quite frankly, since
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Jacob and esau, since isaac and ishmael.
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And when you look at something like sharia law,
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Sharia law is not compatible with our constitution.
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No matter how you try to twist it, it is not.
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And the way that women are treated, it's not come.
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It's not consistent with the way that we do things.
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You obviously headed up hud and housing and urban
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Development in the last trump administration.
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President trump
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Really making moves this time around to strengthen our cities,
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Get them back under control.
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The lawlessness is taking root.
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And far too many of our cities.
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Do you see promising signs there, doctor carson?
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Maybe an urban renewal in some respects, god willing.
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Well, i think what's going on right now with reexamining the.
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How do we get the prices of houses down to a reasonable
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Level is so critically important.
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I was 33 when i bought my first house.
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It cost $226,000.
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That that same house today cost $606,000.
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And people salaries have not risen commensurate with that.
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So we have to recognize that that's a point of frustration
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For a lot of our young people.
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And what can we do?
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Well, you know, we can start with the low hanging fruit.
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We have a lot of regulations that are duplicative.
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Getting the
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Interest rates back down.
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And certainly inflation seems to be moving
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In the right direction now.
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And technology, interestingly enough, i was at a factory
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In chicago, two weeks ago
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Where they have integrated ai
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With the robotics into house building.
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They can put together a whole house and a place. wow.
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So that's going to bring down the cost a lot.
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It's a really fascinating time.
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No doubt. and the ai race.
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It seems that
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President trump sees that this is the issue in china.
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And the people seem to jockeying for position here.
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Right.
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If if we get
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Behind in that area, believe me, they will have no mercy on us.
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Yeah.
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So we have to we have to push with great vigor
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And faith forward and not
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Become frightened.
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Yeah. and hide under the bushel there. wow.
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Well said.
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Coming up next, president trump's
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Powerful message at the national prayer breakfast
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As america approaches its 250th anniversary.
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What it means for the spiritual future of this nation.
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Stick around.
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Stick around.
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Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight, as the nation
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Looks ahead to 250 years of american history.
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I recently sat down
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With pastor rob parsons, a senior pastor at coral ridge
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Presbyterian church and president
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And ceo of coral ridge media ministries,
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To discuss faith, freedom and where our nation is headed.
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Now, before we bring you that conversation, president trump
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Recently used a national prayer breakfast to deliver a message
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That sent a clear signal
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About where he believes america is headed as a nation.
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As we celebrate 250 years,
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Take a look to support this exciting renewal.
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This morning, i'm pleased to announce
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That on may 17th, 20 to 2826,
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That we're inviting americans from all across the country
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To come together on our national mall, to pray,
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To give thanks, and to we are going to do something
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That everyone said like, that's tough.
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We're going to rededicate.
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America as one nation under. god.
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You know, a lot of people.
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Honor god and he will honor you.
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I'm joined now by our good friend, pastor rob paciencia,
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Senior pastor at coral ridge presbyterian church
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And president and ceo of coral ridge media ministries.
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Pastor rob, always great to see you.
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Hey, you were in the room for that speech by president trump.
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He kind of brought the house down. so i'm told.
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What was your
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Impression of the speech and the reaction in the room?
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Well, it was one of many standing ovations that won,
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Being the largest and longest standing ovation of the morning.
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And i think anybody that understands
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The important role of faith in this nation,
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The importance of our nation remaining,
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One nation under god
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Understood the importance of the most powerful man
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In the world,
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And the leader of this nation declaring on a public platform,
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That we are going to dedicate, this nation, rededicate
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This nation, back to god,
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As our founders did 250 years ago.
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And it seems that god can't help
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But bless that kind of attitude when it comes from our leaders.
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We've heard some chatter recently that, well,
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You know, not just recently, really over the years,
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Christians shouldn't get involved in politics at all.
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We should just stick to preaching the gospel,
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Not concern ourselves with the political.
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What do you say to the folks who are putting forth that view?
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Well, the word politics literally
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Means the affairs of a nation or the affairs of a city.
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And jesus christ does not declare himself as just
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Lord of the spiritual sphere.
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He declares himself as lord of all.
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That includes politics and government
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In order for jesus christ to be lord of all, that means
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That his word, his teachings, his values are to be pervasive
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Over every sphere of society, including politics
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And government.
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It's the old myth that the secular left has been trying
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To use for years that you can't legislate morality.
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That is false. that is a myth.
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All legislation is defined and shaped by someone's morality.
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The question is,
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Is it going to be shaped by cultural marxism, secularism,
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Or by the
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Judeo-christian worldview
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That shaped the founding of this nation 250 years ago?
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Pastor rob, great points all around.
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And we see that spiritual battle
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Unfolding on our streets right now.
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I look no further than minneapolis, where nine
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And ice radicals, left wing radicals
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Recently stormed a church in the twin cities.
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Now nine of them have been arrested.
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The trump administration is getting on top of that.
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But what does that say about the point we're at right now?
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Well, it shows the new wave that we're under,
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Here in america right now,
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That we're not no longer living in a nation where people
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Understand, the right to peacefully protest.
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But now we have the new revolution, that we're seeing
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From the progressive left, storming houses of worship,
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Intimidating congregations.
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That's the new low that we're facing as a nation right now.
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And the audacity, for individuals like don lemon
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And the protesters, to say that it is a first amendment right.
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That is, absolutely
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A false understanding of the first amendment.
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Actually, the individuals
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In that church are protected by the first amendment.
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That they would be able to freely exercise their religion,
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That they do not have the first amendment right
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To protest, to intimidate.
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And i'm grateful that law enforcement is stepping up,
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And enforcing the law and enacting justice and holding
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Those protesters accountable.
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Are you encouraged by what you see in america,
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This this revival bubbling up, especially among generation z?
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I am so encouraged.
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The liberal elite,
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Particularly those in hollywood,
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Are so out of touch with middle america.
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And i think we're beginning to see, the revival happening,
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People waking up, people that might have been silent,
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Afraid to speak up and stand up for truth.
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I think they're
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Seeing we're seeing a generation emboldened and empowered,
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To take this nation back, not for their glory,
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But for the glory of god.
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I think we're seeing pastors rise up
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And start to finally speak truth to power,
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And to preach the whole council of god
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And help their congregations understand
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How it applies to this cultural moment.
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Great stuff. as always, folks.
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Be sure to check pastor rob out on social media,
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The city of god podcast as well.
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Pastor rob hacienda. always great to see you my friend.
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God bless. we'll see you again soon.
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Coming up,
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Don't believe the left's false rewrite of america's founding.
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The united states really was founded on
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Biblical values by brave, god fearing men.
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Learn more after the break.
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Learn more after the break.
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Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight,
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As america approaches its 250th anniversary, questions
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About our nation's spiritual foundation
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Are once again front and center, with some even
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Questioning our nation's christian heritage.
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I recently sat down with cynthia scott at turning points
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Annual and first to talk about america's founding, god's
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Role in our history, and her great new book, celebrating god
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Our founder, and america's 250th birthday.
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Take a look.
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Cynthia, great to have you with us.
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Big year.
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Coming up for america, the 250th anniversary of our nation.
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But none of this happens without god's providential hand
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Upon this nation.
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Your new book, celebrating god, our founder, talks about,
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Okay, we're the most prosperous nation
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In the history of the world, right?
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None of it happens without god's hand.
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Talk more about that, cynthia.
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How god almighty has brought us to this point.
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If you look at our true history, if you go back
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And see the motives and the thinking
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Of our forefathers, of the pilgrims of the puritans,
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They were firmly devoted to christ.
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They came here for religious freedom.
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They came here to build a life on god's ways
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And his principles.
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They they entered into a covenant with him
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At the beginning of their landing in plymouth.
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And they covenanted to be god's people.
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And he covenanted to be their god.
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That is so important.
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And so what they did, and then later, the pilgrims.
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Just ten years later, in 1630, the pilgrims.
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Pilgrims came over.
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They set about to establish education in america
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To preach the gospel.
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And the pastors were really the thought leaders.
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They filtered everything through the scriptures.
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So they instilled in america a biblical worldview,
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Which is so important.
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It's so important for us to remember.
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And i was writing these prayers that are in the book.
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The book is history and prayer.
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Every chapter.
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Every chapter, every chapter gives the history of god.
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And in that section of our founding,
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And then leads people directly into engaging
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With that same god in prayer for the nation, for themselves.
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And then it gives them the opportunity to stop
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And listen to what god is saying to them personally
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And to take action.
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Because god, god calls all of us.
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You know, our founders, many of them were ordinary
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Men and women, but god got behind them.
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And look what he did.
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I mean, our nation is exceptional.
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We all know it.
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And it would never have been exceptional without god. no.
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But what i've found is that people don't know that
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They don't know the history.
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And as i was researching and writing these prayers,
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It struck me like a lightning bolt.
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God himself is our founder, and he doesn't get the credit.
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And he should get the credit. absolutely.
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And you make a great point, cynthia.
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People forget.
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And i think part of it, a big part problem is our
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Educational system is not stressing
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The godly foundation of this nation.
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And the founders were godly men.
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They were. they were christians, actually. yeah.
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And did you know that 106 of our first
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108 colleges were founded on the christian faith? wow.
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That's 98%.
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Even a school like harvard,
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Some of those ivy league schools which are radical left
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Now, were christian institutions. that's right.
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Do we see stirrings of revival,
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Especially since charlie's death? absolutely.
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I mean, we've heard reports of moving, of god's
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Spirit all over the nation and even in other countries.
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Yeah. after his death, god.
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God used him before he took him to heaven.
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And he's certainly using him now.
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And i thank god for that.
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I see stirrings in all sorts of people i see.
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I see people
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Sort of their light bulbs going off
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When they think about god being our founder,
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When they think, well, you know, i didn't realize that.
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And it it does stir them.
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And that's the whole goal
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That we would return to god, that we would wholeheartedly
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Turn back to him as individuals and as a nation.
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There's no limit to what he can do.
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No doubt there's none.
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And i think that verse to whom much is given, much is required.
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And that's certainly us in america. last question.
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Your student of history, of course.
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Consequences.
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If we go the other way and we turn our backs on
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God never works out well for a nation.
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It never works out well for a nation.
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The hope that we have
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Is that we've had two great awakenings in this nation before
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We did decline in the past, and there were some faithful
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Who cried out to god on behalf of the nation,
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And he brought a great awakening.
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We need to be crying out for revival
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And spiritual awakening now, because god has done it before.
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He is certainly able to do it again.
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You know the scripture.
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I love that you brought up scripture. yeah.
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In one samuel 230 it says that god
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Says, those who honor me, i will honor.
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And that is the theme of this book. yeah.
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Our forefathers honored god.
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And look what happened.
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Look at the nation that he brought forth
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Because of their faithfulness.
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And it can be so with us.
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Next, it
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Is america's 250th birthday.
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So what does the future hold for our nation?
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And what does the bible say about that?
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Find out after the break.
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Find out after the break.
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Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight, folks.
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As we wrap up here,
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We've been talking about america's 250th anniversary,
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A very significant date for a lot of reasons.
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And a lot of people are asking, look, where are we heading?
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As we discussed earlier in the show,
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We've got this islamo leftist alliance making strides.
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And that's not good.
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But i think we can really
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Find the key to the future of america.
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In first samuel chapter two, verse 30.
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God says those who honor me, i will honor,
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But those who despise me will be disdained.
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There you go. honor god.
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He will honor you.
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America put jesus front and center
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And we will continue to thrive tomorrow night.
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Colonel richard kemp is here with us.
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Great middle east breakdown.
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Until then, god bless you.
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We'll see you soon.
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Erick Stakelbeck: The Foundations of America | Stakelbeck Tonight

February 10, 2026 | S E | 23:29

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