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: Revival Is Rising in America | Stakelbeck Tonight | August 11, 2025
- Welcome to stakelbeck
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- Tonight i'm erick stakelbeck.
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- And you can't make america safe again
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- Without first cleaning up washington, d.c..
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- International dignitaries and tourists should come to d.c.
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- And be blown away by how clean and efficient it is.
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- Our nation's capital should be a source of national pride,
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- But it has become anything but that.
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- Washington, d.c.
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- Today is plagued by crime, filth and homeless encampments.
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- Folks, i live just outside of d.c.
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- And worked in the district
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- For nearly 20 years until i left in 2020.
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- I witnessed the decline firsthand.
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- The sorry state of our nation's capital
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- Right now
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- Sends the wrong message to americans and to the world.
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- President trump realizes this, and he's vowing to clean up d.c.
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- Just as he cleaned up our disastrous southern border.
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- The president announced today
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- That he's activating national guard
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- Troops and taking over dc's metropolitan police department.
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- The crime wave will come to an end.
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- D.c. will now be under federal control.
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- Watch.
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- I'm announcing a historic action to
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- Rescue our nation's
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- Capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam and squalor.
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- And worse.
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- This is liberation day in d.c., and we're
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- Going to take our capital back.
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- We're taking it back.
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- And it's not just d.c..
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- The president is warning
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- Other crime ridden cities to get their act together fast.
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- Take a look.
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- Other cities are hopefully watching this.
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- They're all watching.
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- Just like everyone's watching here.
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- They're all watching.
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- And maybe they'll self,
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- Clean up and maybe they'll self do this
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- And get rid of the cashless bail thing
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- And all of the things that caused the problem.
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- And if you go back
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- This whole thing with cashless bail is a disaster.
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- So many problems came that we we never had before.
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- So they're watching us today
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- And if they don't learn their lesson,
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- If they haven't studied us properly
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- Because we're going to be very
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- Successful, i have zero doubt about that.
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- It's going to be it's a question of will
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- It be really fast, like the border.
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- Now he went on to mention new york and chicago,
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- But los angeles and philly or two other cities
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- That are certainly drowning in crime and lawlessness.
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- Remember, one reason president trump was elected
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- Was because he promised
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- To clean up our cities and make our streets safer.
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- It's called law and order,
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- And it was drifting away during the biden years.
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- But trump is a man of action.
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- He just gets things done and succeeds
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- Where others have failed.
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- Just look at the peace treaty
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- He brokered last week between armenia and azerbaijan.
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- Those two nations have been battling for decades,
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- But trump was able to bring their leaders together
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- And hammer out an historic deal.
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- And now he's set to sit down with vladimir putin this coming
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- Friday to hopefully work towards ending the ukraine war.
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- Again, trump is a man of action and moral clarity.
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- His administration is bringing both
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- To the table in the fight against christian persecution.
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- Up next, we'll get a shocking update on how believers
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- Are suffering in africa and india and how you can pray.
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- And it all starts now.
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- Christian
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- Persecution is rising like never before,
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- And much of the world is turning a blind eye.
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- But not jeff king.
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- For over two decades, he's been sounding
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- The alarm about the growing assault
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- Against followers of jesus across the globe.
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- He's president of international christian concern
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- And host of the faith under fire podcast,
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- Where he shares powerful stories of christian courage
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- And sacrifice in the face of brutal oppression.
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- Jeff joins us now. jeff, always great to see you.
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- Hey, we're hearing horrific stories about churches
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- Burned, christians beheaded, and entire villages destroyed
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- In the nation of mozambique, in southeastern africa.
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- What's the truth on the ground there, jeff?
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- And why is the world seemingly barely paying attention
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- To what's happening there? and africa as a whole?
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- Yeah.
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- Well, erick, first of all, the big picture is, this is
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- Another, islam is jihad.
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- It's, another movement.
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- They're they're trying to establish a caliphate.
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- And if people don't know what that is, it's
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- Just basically an islamic kingdom in you're
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- Trying to resurrect movements
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- Or kingdoms that were controlled by islam in the past.
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- So since 2017, a million christians displaced
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- From these radical islamist, 1800 killed.
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- That's the big picture.
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- So just recently, any number of attacks,
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- Public beheadings, it's just horrendous.
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- But it kind of goes on and on.
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- And the world as as you said, it just kind of fails to,
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- Deal with it.
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- And there's a couple reasons.
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- One, it's radical islam.
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- And so oftentimes the mainstream press will not deal with that.
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- The un will not, you know, call them out.
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- And then you've got it's kind of a
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- It's it's a corner country of the world.
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- It's it's a backwater.
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- And so people are
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- Just not aware,
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- You know, so much of the headlines
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- Are taken up by ukraine and different things.
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- So that's kind of that's kind of the way.
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- Yeah.
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- And meanwhile as you said, you have
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- Jihadis are running rampant
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- Really throughout africa i think, of nigeria.
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- You and i have discussed
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- The horrible situation there for christians,
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- Over the months as well.
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- Hey, shifting gears a bit to india, a nation
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- You've been focused on a bunch recently.
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- We've heard similar reports, mobs
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- Roaming the streets, attacking christians, burning churches.
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- What are the particular hotspots in india right now,
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- And why are things intensifying there for believers?
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- Yeah.
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- Well it's it's gone on big picture again.
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- We'll start there. this has gone on since.
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- Prime minister modi was elected.
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- So he basically if you if you had to be blunt, you'd
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- Say he's a hater of christians and his political party.
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- They want to rid india of christians.
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- That's the very big picture.
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- So modi is a very skilled politician.
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- You're never going to hear him say anything.
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- But if you if you listen, to the state governors that are
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- That are bjp, his political party, they're aligned with him.
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- The hate speech that they spew out is unbelievable.
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- It is it's not subtle at all, but it's not in english.
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- So no one ever picks it up.
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- So that's the very big picture.
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- You have christians attacked all the time.
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- Pastors attacked, beaten in the streets.
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- Every once in a while, somebody killed.
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- They come
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- And invade sunday services with sticks and beat people.
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- It goes on and on.
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- You'll never hear a peep from modi.
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- That's kind of his job.
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- Just stay silent
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- And that communicates to all the radical hindus,
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- To go to continue on the warpath.
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- You know, there's no consequences.
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- In the big picture, you know, i was just meeting with,
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- Some representatives from india, just, this sunday,
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- And we were discussing it.
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- So in the, in the big picture,
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- It's largely in the north, in the tribal areas.
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- And there's just such
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- A mass movement of people coming to christ there.
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- It's absolutely amazing story.
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- But that always causes a backlash that causes a back,
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- A backlash spiritually in the spiritual world.
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- But then they're also unique to india
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- Because, you know, it is run by a caste system.
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- And at the top of the caste system are the brahmins.
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- Think of the old south, and they don't want to.
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- They don't want to upset the existing order.
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- You know, for us it was race.
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- For them it's a spiritual level.
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- The brahmin sit at the top and we're going to stay at the top.
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- And those people need to stay at the bottom.
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- That's a very big picture way to look at it.
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- Yeah jeff encouraging
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- Report actually overall and what you're sharing
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- And that the gospel is spreading throughout india.
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- Amazing and interesting too.
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- We're talking muslim extremist in africa.
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- Hindu extremist in india.
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- Hey, president trump obviously
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- Back in office now about seven months.
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- Have you seen a shift.
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- Have you seen a
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- Greater concentration on this issue out of dc?
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- Now that there is a new administration in town?
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- Yeah, well, things are bubbling.
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- And trump has been very much a friend,
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- To persecuted christians around the world.
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- And of course,
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- In the last administration, that was not the case.
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- So we were always swimming upstream.
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- So, the that's the good news.
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- The bad news
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- Is that he, you know, i think the clock
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- Is ticking for him, and he has such a,
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- A varied agenda, and he's going on all fronts.
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- But he is an absolute friend to persecuted christians.
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- And we do feel like the tide has turned. yes.
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- Yeah. well, that is great to hear.
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- Jeff, you're at the forefront of that fight, my friend.
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- Folks, it's called the faith under fire podcast.
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- Check out jeff's great work at international christian concern.
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- Jeff. great job.
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- Keep it up, my friend, and come back soon
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- For more updates on what's happening in india.
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- In africa, we really appreciate it.
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- And coming up, kirk cameron joins us, folks, august 16th.
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- Mark your calendars. kirk
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- Has a very big event nationwide scheduled for that day.
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- Find out what it is and how you can be a part of it.
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- Next.
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- Next.
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- Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight.
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- From drag queens and libraries to woke ideology
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- In elementary schools,
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- A dark agenda is targeting your children,
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- Hijacking classrooms, rewriting history, and erasing
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- Judeo-christian values from the public square.
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- This is an accidental.
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- It's strategic,
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- And it's spreading fast from universities down
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- To the picture books in your local library.
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- But the good news is christians are waking up.
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- Leading the charge is our friend
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- Kirk cameron, host of takeaways with kirk cameron right here on
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- Tbn and the kirk cameron show podcast.
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- Kirk joins us now. always great to see you kirk.
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- And hey big day coming up august 16th.
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- See you at the library nationwide big event.
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- Tell us more about it.
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- Erick, it's so great to be with you.
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- And yes, august 16th is is a really big day
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- Because a couple of years ago
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- We were being locked out of libraries,
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- When they preferred drag queen story hours
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- To good, wholesome christian story hours.
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- But this year,
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- The political winds have shifted and the cultural taste
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- Has shifted.
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- Now we're partnering
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- With the trump administration at the library of congress
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- For a national day of praying, singing and reading
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- Christian books of virtue to children.
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- It's called see you at the library.
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- It's a spin on see you at the pole.
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- And we're inviting people all over this country
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- To adopt their local library and join us.
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- We've already got hundreds of libraries
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- Participating in all 50 states.
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- This is what happens when,
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- When faith doesn't back down and we press
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- For the values that we know the american people want.
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- So just go to see you at the library.com, and you can host,
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- An event yourself or you can join one
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- That's already in full swing.
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- Yeah. and kirk, we have it's amazing.
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- By the way, we have a clip here real quick
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- With some more information, folks. take a look.
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- Okay.
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- In a world this summer.
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- Okay. ready?
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- On august 16th,
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- You're invited to be a part of a national movement
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- To revive our culture,
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- To reawaken the heart of our nation,
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- And to strengthen the conviction of our children.
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- It's called see you at the library.
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- It's a nationwide day when hundreds of thousands
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- Of families gather at local libraries
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- And read stories that reflect timeless values
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- And pray for our children and our country.
- 00:12:03.251 --> 00:12:05.854
- At a time when truth is being challenged
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- And families feel under pressure.
- 00:12:08.223 --> 00:12:09.958
- This is a chance to stand together, invite your neighbors.
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- Rally your church.
- 00:12:13.128 --> 00:12:14.429
- Let's show up boldly in our biggest numbers yet.
- 00:12:14.429 --> 00:12:17.566
- Find out how to get involved and i'll see you at the library.
- 00:12:17.566 --> 00:12:22.704
- Kirk, obviously, president trump in office, it's
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- A new day and it really feels like there's a momentum shift.
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- Now, as you said a few years ago,
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- You were doing library events,
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- They were getting shut down, etc.
- 00:12:32.380 --> 00:12:34.516
- But now there seems to be momentum for faith,
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- Family and freedom and really, you're striking here
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- While the iron is hot, it seems.
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- Absolutely.
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- When full systems,
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- Political systems and ideological systems,
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- Which, by the way, always have an underlying religion to them.
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- We've been experiencing the fruit of secular humanism
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- Over the last four years.
- 00:12:59.407 --> 00:13:00.709
- When those systems begin to fail
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- And they're empty promises, people wake up and say,
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- There's got to be something better than this.
- 00:13:05.614 --> 00:13:07.082
- Oh, wait, i remember how it used to be.
- 00:13:07.082 --> 00:13:09.184
- Remember back when, when it was all about
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- God and country and family and moms and dads and kids and
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- And educating children in the values that produce
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- Blessing and protection. let's get back to those.
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- And so i think that's what we're seeing right now.
- 00:13:20.962 --> 00:13:23.298
- And the proof of that is that just see you at the library.
- 00:13:23.298 --> 00:13:26.301
- That is not just a celebrity driven event.
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- It doesn't have massive corporate funding behind it.
- 00:13:28.770 --> 00:13:31.840
- It's a grassroots effort
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- Where moms and dads and grandparents
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- Are adopting their local library,
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- Inviting their communities.
- 00:13:37.445 --> 00:13:39.414
- And we have hundreds of thousands of people joining in
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- And telling the true story of america and the recipe
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- That makes it the greatest country in the world.
- 00:13:46.354 --> 00:13:49.491
- So, it's a very exciting time to be alive.
- 00:13:49.491 --> 00:13:52.394
- If people are depressed about all the bad
- 00:13:52.394 --> 00:13:54.062
- And dark things happening, remember, there is a god behind
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- The clouds who's working all things together for good.
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- And i believe that he still has a great purpose for america.
- 00:14:01.303 --> 00:14:04.739
- Yeah. god is moving.
- 00:14:04.739 --> 00:14:05.774
- No doubt.
- 00:14:05.774 --> 00:14:06.775
- And you had pushback in previous years, kirk?
- 00:14:06.775 --> 00:14:08.910
- Of course.
- 00:14:08.910 --> 00:14:09.577
- Are you getting any pushback
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- For the event on august 16th from the usual suspects?
- 00:14:10.845 --> 00:14:14.749
- No, there are the usual suspects.
- 00:14:15.483 --> 00:14:17.852
- I also
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- Am experiencing unprecedented amount of support.
- 00:14:20.221 --> 00:14:23.558
- I mean, i'm here in texas today.
- 00:14:23.558 --> 00:14:26.061
- I live in tennessee, but i'm here
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- With a some friends at mercy ships, an amazing organization.
- 00:14:27.796 --> 00:14:31.566
- And on my way here in the airport
- 00:14:31.566 --> 00:14:33.535
- And at the car rental place, there's people saying,
- 00:14:33.535 --> 00:14:35.704
- Thank you.
- 00:14:35.704 --> 00:14:36.705
- Thank you for the stuff that you're doing with,
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- Reading books to children.
- 00:14:39.374 --> 00:14:41.242
- We decided to homeschool our family.
- 00:14:41.242 --> 00:14:43.511
- We've decided to get brave books.
- 00:14:43.511 --> 00:14:45.680
- Book of the month club.
- 00:14:45.680 --> 00:14:46.614
- We're watching iggy and mister kirk there.
- 00:14:46.614 --> 00:14:49.417
- This is just a few of the things that i'm doing,
- 00:14:49.417 --> 00:14:51.186
- But people are wanting
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- To get back to what leads to blessing and protection.
- 00:14:52.620 --> 00:14:56.024
- And it's not a secret.
- 00:14:56.024 --> 00:14:57.826
- Our founders told us before them, the forefathers
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- And foremothers told us it's all about faith
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- And virtue and hard work.
- 00:15:04.366 --> 00:15:07.035
- And we are seeing people just running in that direction
- 00:15:07.035 --> 00:15:10.805
- Because we were about to go over the cliff
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- Financially, economically, educationally,
- 00:15:13.742 --> 00:15:15.810
- Spiritually, morally.
- 00:15:15.810 --> 00:15:16.945
- And people don't want that to happen to their kids.
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- Yeah,
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- People are becoming more
- 00:15:20.181 --> 00:15:21.216
- Bold and god has given us a national reprieve.
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- We can't squander it.
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- More on that with kirk cameron, host of takeaways.
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- Right here on tbn and the kirk cameron show podcast.
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- Stay with us. more after the break.
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- Stay with us. more after the break.
- 00:15:35.006 --> 00:15:37.730
- Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight.
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- We're talking to kirk cameron folks.
- 00:15:39.966 --> 00:15:41.334
- Follow him on instagram across social media.
- 00:15:41.334 --> 00:15:44.270
- Kirk, we're talking about
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- What really seems to be
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- The stirrings of revival here in america today.
- 00:15:46.539 --> 00:15:49.876
- How much of that emanates trickles down in a good way
- 00:15:49.876 --> 00:15:53.713
- From the white house.
- 00:15:53.713 --> 00:15:54.781
- Look, we've got a white house faith office now,
- 00:15:54.781 --> 00:15:56.516
- President trump has spoken very openly about his faith
- 00:15:56.516 --> 00:15:59.719
- And that god spared his life in butler, pennsylvania.
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- How much of these stirrings
- 00:16:02.822 --> 00:16:04.157
- That we're seeing back to the lord
- 00:16:04.157 --> 00:16:06.225
- Really start with our leadership?
- 00:16:06.225 --> 00:16:08.194
- I think many millions of people who are good, patriotic,
- 00:16:08.194 --> 00:16:12.598
- Conservative, faithful
- 00:16:12.598 --> 00:16:14.400
- People have been emboldened by president trump
- 00:16:14.400 --> 00:16:17.403
- And his fearlessness.
- 00:16:17.403 --> 00:16:18.638
- I mean, i mean,
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- The courage that that man has
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- To continue to press forward in spite of all of the opposition.
- 00:16:22.508 --> 00:16:26.312
- I mean, just think of the impeachments,
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- Think of the felony charges.
- 00:16:28.014 --> 00:16:29.615
- Think of all of the russiagate,
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- And think of all of the different scandals
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- That have happened, not to mention the assassination
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- Attempts.
- 00:16:36.489 --> 00:16:37.323
- People say, man, if he can do that,
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- Certainly i can stand up at my school board
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- And defend my children
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- And their right to a wholesome education.
- 00:16:41.961 --> 00:16:45.064
- I think it's really important, erick,
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- That we remember that america is very unique.
- 00:16:46.599 --> 00:16:50.002
- We're not like a country like china or like,
- 00:16:50.002 --> 00:16:54.540
- North korea, where they have a leader,
- 00:16:54.540 --> 00:16:57.210
- Like, like like the sovereign of the country
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- Who dictates the laws.
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- We have a representative of the leaders
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- And who are the sovereign
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- Leaders in the united states of america.
- 00:17:06.252 --> 00:17:08.221
- We the people, of course.
- 00:17:08.221 --> 00:17:09.856
- And he is representing the values
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- Of millions of good americans who want to get back
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- To these values of faith, morality.
- 00:17:15.728 --> 00:17:18.764
- Good and godly education, law and order,
- 00:17:18.764 --> 00:17:22.168
- The things that produced blessing.
- 00:17:22.168 --> 00:17:24.203
- And the truth is, is that we have a window of time,
- 00:17:24.203 --> 00:17:26.939
- I believe, where we can download that second burst bravery
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- That we have as christians, and we can recapture
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- A vision of victory and make america good again.
- 00:17:36.949 --> 00:17:40.520
- And if we make her good again, perhaps she will be truly
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- Great again.
- 00:17:43.689 --> 00:17:44.490
- But if we squander it, i.
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- I couldn't
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- I couldn't make a case for why god would not bring judgment
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- Upon a nation that is taking god out of schools, taking the ten
- 00:17:52.331 --> 00:17:55.768
- Commandments out of courthouses, and has has just,
- 00:17:55.768 --> 00:17:59.739
- Decimated children's education and morality.
- 00:17:59.739 --> 00:18:03.309
- But if we do steer it the right way,
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- I think we could see another great awakening.
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- Amen. amen. on all counts, kirk.
- 00:18:08.581 --> 00:18:10.650
- So well said.
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- Hey, president trump, by the way,
- 00:18:11.517 --> 00:18:12.752
- We're talking about the moves he's made and the boldness.
- 00:18:12.752 --> 00:18:16.189
- He's had some pretty great successes
- 00:18:16.189 --> 00:18:17.924
- Where many others have failed.
- 00:18:17.924 --> 00:18:19.192
- I think about this peace treaty just the other day
- 00:18:19.192 --> 00:18:21.027
- Announced brokered between armenia and azerbaijan.
- 00:18:21.027 --> 00:18:24.564
- Can you talk more about how he's just a man of action?
- 00:18:24.564 --> 00:18:27.433
- He's getting things done that benefits
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- Not only every christian,
- 00:18:29.335 --> 00:18:30.603
- But every american and really the international order as well.
- 00:18:30.603 --> 00:18:33.873
- Well, erick, you said that countries name really well.
- 00:18:34.941 --> 00:18:36.976
- I don't think i could pronounce it that accurately.
- 00:18:36.976 --> 00:18:39.879
- Well done.
- 00:18:39.879 --> 00:18:41.047
- Not only that, so many other things. right.
- 00:18:41.047 --> 00:18:43.049
- Making good on so many of the promises.
- 00:18:43.049 --> 00:18:45.251
- But here's something that we all need to remember as believers.
- 00:18:45.251 --> 00:18:48.154
- We're not, looking for a savior from silicon valley.
- 00:18:48.154 --> 00:18:53.392
- We're not looking for a messiah from mar-a-lago.
- 00:18:53.392 --> 00:18:57.330
- We've already got our messiah and our jesus in heaven. but.
- 00:18:57.330 --> 00:19:02.501
- And what we are seeing is
- 00:19:02.501 --> 00:19:05.371
- A man who understands the value that he can leverage
- 00:19:05.371 --> 00:19:10.543
- To bring about good in the business sector.
- 00:19:10.543 --> 00:19:14.013
- We watched as he, in 72 hours,
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- Just brokered a $500 billion deal with japan
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- And other countries, investing billions
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- Into our infrastructure in this country,
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- Putting out the fires of a war in asia,
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- Between, thailand and another country.
- 00:19:31.430 --> 00:19:34.533
- I'm not sure i can pronounce the name of it.
- 00:19:34.533 --> 00:19:36.602
- And he did all this not through threatening war,
- 00:19:36.602 --> 00:19:39.272
- Not through, lengthy diplomacy and negotiations.
- 00:19:39.272 --> 00:19:42.775
- It was simple economic leverage.
- 00:19:42.775 --> 00:19:44.543
- He said, if you want to continue to sell to the customers
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- Of the united states of america
- 00:19:47.747 --> 00:19:49.315
- The best customers in the whole world,
- 00:19:49.315 --> 00:19:50.850
- You guys got to stop shooting at each other.
- 00:19:50.850 --> 00:19:52.652
- Yeah.
- 00:19:52.652 --> 00:19:53.686
- You guys got to just stop killing each other.
- 00:19:53.686 --> 00:19:54.920
- And they were like, okay, now, if he can do that in a weekend,
- 00:19:54.920 --> 00:19:58.924
- What can we, as the family of faith do if we actually valued
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- Even just the economic power that we have and said
- 00:20:03.896 --> 00:20:07.233
- To the culture shapers like netflix and amazon and, and,
- 00:20:07.233 --> 00:20:10.936
- Facebook, meta.
- 00:20:11.304 --> 00:20:12.838
- Hey, if you want to market to the family
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- Of faith as your customers,
- 00:20:15.574 --> 00:20:18.411
- We want you to
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- Come to the table and offer things that are going to build
- 00:20:19.945 --> 00:20:21.747
- A better future for our children.
- 00:20:21.747 --> 00:20:23.516
- But if we just give them our time
- 00:20:23.516 --> 00:20:24.784
- And give them our money and give them our children's
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- Hearts and minds, they have no incentive.
- 00:20:26.452 --> 00:20:28.954
- So we've got to stop with this mindset of,
- 00:20:28.954 --> 00:20:31.457
- Hey, rapture, let's go get us out of here
- 00:20:31.457 --> 00:20:33.926
- While the earth goes to hell and say, wait a minute,
- 00:20:33.926 --> 00:20:36.062
- Let's be fruitful. multiply.
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- Take dominion over the earth for the glory of god
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- And the flourishing of the human race.
- 00:20:39.899 --> 00:20:41.934
- Yeah.
- 00:20:41.934 --> 00:20:42.968
- And folks, kirk is discussing all these topics
- 00:20:42.968 --> 00:20:44.270
- On this great podcast, the kirk cameron show podcast.
- 00:20:44.270 --> 00:20:47.006
- Hey last question.
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- You've got gen z kids. i have two gen z daughters.
- 00:20:48.074 --> 00:20:50.743
- We're talking about revival.
- 00:20:50.743 --> 00:20:52.044
- I've been really encouraged by what i've seen
- 00:20:52.044 --> 00:20:54.580
- In the younger generation.
- 00:20:54.580 --> 00:20:56.115
- Keep talking about this revival we're seeing among gen z,
- 00:20:56.115 --> 00:20:59.618
- And maybe they can lead that
- 00:20:59.618 --> 00:21:01.253
- Great awakening that we're discussing one day.
- 00:21:01.253 --> 00:21:04.256
- We are seeing, and i think it goes back to what
- 00:21:05.157 --> 00:21:06.992
- I had mentioned before, you know, when you try something
- 00:21:06.992 --> 00:21:09.795
- And it's an epic failure and you face plant economically
- 00:21:09.795 --> 00:21:13.566
- And then the values of secular humanism
- 00:21:13.566 --> 00:21:16.502
- Or fake religion, it's the worst.
- 00:21:16.502 --> 00:21:19.705
- It's the stuff that jesus had the harshest things to say about
- 00:21:19.705 --> 00:21:22.408
- Because it not only leaves people empty, but it makes
- 00:21:22.408 --> 00:21:26.112
- People think that christianity is is hollow as well.
- 00:21:26.112 --> 00:21:29.648
- What we're seeing is people getting back
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- To the secret sauce recipe.
- 00:21:32.852 --> 00:21:34.854
- I'll just leave you with this quote from noah webster,
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- Who gave us the webster's dictionary.
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- He was the founder,
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- Of american education and one of our founding fathers.
- 00:21:41.026 --> 00:21:43.863
- And he said, every civil government
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- Is based on some religion or philosophy of life.
- 00:21:45.431 --> 00:21:49.935
- And he said the education of that nation
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- Will propagate the religion of the nation. and in america,
- 00:21:51.737 --> 00:21:54.640
- That foundational religion was christianity.
- 00:21:54.640 --> 00:21:57.243
- It was sewn into their hearts for 200 years in the home
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- And in the school, public and private.
- 00:22:00.513 --> 00:22:02.648
- He said.
- 00:22:02.648 --> 00:22:03.783
- Our liberty, our prosperity and growth is the result
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- Of a biblical way of life.
- 00:22:06.252 --> 00:22:07.653
- And if we want to continue the future
- 00:22:07.653 --> 00:22:09.655
- Of success and prosperity,
- 00:22:09.655 --> 00:22:11.357
- It depends
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- On educating the youth of america
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- In the principles of christianity.
- 00:22:14.126 --> 00:22:16.228
- Amen. the perfect way to end kirk cameron.
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- As always, my friend, we appreciate.
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- Keep up the great work. we will see you at the library.
- 00:22:20.099 --> 00:22:23.068
- August 16th.
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- The one and only kirk cameron kirk god bless.
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- We'll see you again soon.
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- And coming up after the break, my final thoughts don't move.
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- And coming up after the break, my final thoughts don't move.
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- Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight, folks.
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- As we wrap up here, i'm thinking about president trump
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- Again, restoring law and order to american cities.
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- And that's a good thing.
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- And if you're upset about that, think of proverbs 21 verse 15.
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- When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous.
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- But terror to evil doers.
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- I don't know about you,
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- But i'd like to see our capital in particular.
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- Washington, d.c.
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- Cleaned up and again,
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- A symbol of national pride and a beacon to the world.
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- President trump trying to do exactly that.
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- Hey, tomorrow night we're talking about shabbat.
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- Why it matters for everyone.
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- Keeping holy the sabbath.
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- Some really fascinating
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- Biblical insights coming up tomorrow night.
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- Until then, god bless you and we'll see you soon.
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