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ALL RIGHT, WELCOME EVERYBODY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING

HERE, AND I KNOW SOME MORE PEOPLE ARE COMING IN, BUT I WANT

TO GREET THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING AROUND REALLY THE

WORLD, BUT THE UNITED STATES. YOU KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT IT

IS AT THIS TIME IN OUR COUNTRY, SO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

IT'S GREAT TO HAVE MANY OF OUR PASTORS AND FRIENDS, BUT REALLY

SOME OF THOSE THAT ARE RUNNING FOR OFFICE, BUT YOU THE PEOPLE

THAT ARE GONNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COUNTRY. SO I'D LIKE FOR

US TO TAKE A FEW MOMENTS, LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND STAND. WE'RE

GONNA PRAY AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE,

BUT WE'RE GONNA BEGIN WITH PRAYER TO THE LORD. SO HEAVENLY

FATHER, WE COME TO YOU TONIGHT. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME IN

OUR COUNTRY. WE REMIND YOU THAT WE REDEDICATED THIS COUNTRY BACK

INTO THE HONOR OF YOU, OUR GOD. YOU SAID, "BLESSED IS THE NATION

WHO THE LORD IS THEIR GOD." AND SO, LORD, WE BELIEVE THAT. AND

WE BELIEVE THAT THE GOD FACTOR IS IN MOTION. BUT NOW YOU'RE

LOOKING TO US, THE PEOPLE, TO HELP ACCELERATE YOUR PLAN, NOT

ONLY FOR THIS TIME, BUT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. AND SO,

LORD, WE'RE ASKING YOU TO COME AND SHED YOUR GRACE UPON THIS

GREAT COUNTRY. AND AS WE STAND AND CONTINUE TO FIGHT, BLESS IT

THAT, LORD, WE WILL SEE VICTORY ON EVERY SIDE. AND EVERYBODY

SAID, AMEN. LET'S GO AHEAD AND LOOK TO THE FLAG AND LET'S SAY

THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TOGETHER. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO

THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR

WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH

LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. I CAN'T STOP LOOKING AT THAT GREAT

FLAG. AMEN. WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND BE SEATED. I THANK

GOD. ALSO, HOW MANY VETERANS ARE IN HERE? WOW. WOW. THANK YOU FOR

YOUR SERVICE. ALSO ONLINE, IF YOU'RE A VETERAN, LET US KNOW SO

THAT WE CAN HONOR YOU AS WELL. IN FACT, TALKING ABOUT VETERANS,

BRENDA AND I DECIDED WE'RE GONNA PROBABLY GO AROUND AND LOOK AT

DIFFERENT— WE WENT TO THIS SARPY COUNTY COMMISSION. AND JUST KIND

OF SEEING TODAY WAS THE FIRST DAY OF EARLY VOTING. AND I COULD

NOT BELIEVE ALL OF THE AMERICAN FLAGS THAT PEOPLE WERE WEARING.

YOU'LL BE ENCOURAGED, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, PATRIOTIC

GEAR. I'VE NEVER SEEN IT LIKE THAT. I EVEN COMMENTED TO

SOMEONE THAT HAD WORKED THERE. I SAID, HAVE YOU EVER SEEN IT LIKE

THIS? HE SAID, FIRST OF ALL, RECORD NUMBERS TODAY. SECOND OF

ALL, NO, WE HAVE NOT SEEN THAT. WELL, YOU KNOW, AND YOU AND I

BOTH KNOW THAT THOSE WHO LOVE THEIR COUNTRY AND LOVE THE FLAG

AND SUCH, THEY USUALLY DON'T WEAR THAT KIND OF STUFF. THEY

WOULD RATHER HAVE A PRIDE FLAG OR SOMETHING ELSE, OR A

PALESTINIAN FLAG OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO I THINK THAT'S A

GOOD SIGN TO START IT OFF WITH. WELL, I WANNA TALK TO YOU FOR

JUST A FEW MOMENTS. THIS IS NOT MY TIME HERE FULLY, BUT WE DO

HAVE A LOT OF GREAT GUESTS THAT ARE GONNA SHARE, ESPECIALLY RICK

GREEN. SO AREN'T YOU GLAD THAT HE'S IN THE HOUSE? HE'LL BE

COMING IN JUST A MOMENT. I WANT TO SHARE SOMETHING WITH YOU, AND

THAT'S THIS, THAT WE'RE IN A STRATEGIC TIME IN OUR NATION. I

DON'T THINK IT'S ANY SECRET TO ALL OF YOU THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE

IN A CULTURAL WAR, BUT WE'VE BEEN IN A REALLY A POLITICAL

BATTLE, WE'VE BEEN IN SPIRITUAL BATTLE, BUT WE'VE BEEN IN A

BATTLE WITH THE CHURCH. AND IT SHOULDN'T BE THAT WAY WITH AN

APATHY THAT HAS SET IN AMONG THE MINDSETS OF CHRISTIANS TODAY

THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE INVOLVED IN POLITICS. AND SO MY

QUESTION ALWAYS IS, WELL THEN, WHO ARE YOU LEAVING IT TO, TO BE

THE MORAL STANDARD, TO BE THE VOICE? AND OUR GREAT COUNTRY WAS

FOUNDED OFF OF THE BLACK ROBE REGIMENT OF PASTORS THAT WERE

ACTUALLY THE FIRST CONCEALED CARRIERS. WHILE THEY WOULD

PREACH AND ENCOURAGE THEIR CONGREGATION TO JOIN THE

REVOLUTION AT HAND, THEY WERE CONCEALING THEIR WEAPONS

UNDERNEATH THEIR ROBES. BUT IT CAME FROM THE CHURCH HOUSE. THEY

WERE THE ONES THAT WERE TELLING THEIR PEOPLE, TO GO AHEAD AND

FIND SHOVELS, WHATEVER YOU CAN, AND FIGHT FOR YOUR FREEDOM,

FIGHT FOR GOD, AND FIGHT FOR YOUR COUNTRY. AND SO IT'S SUCH A

GREAT THING TO SEE MANY OF THE PASTORS HERE AND YOU AS

CHRISTIANS, OR MAYBE YOU'RE HERE JUST BECAUSE YOU LOVE THE

COUNTRY. AND IN THIS TIME OF WAR, I WANNA BRING YOU TO

SOMETHING. WHEN I SAY WAR, I'M TALKING ABOUT NOT AN IRANIAN

WAR, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE WAR ON REALLY GIVING OUR CHILDREN

AND THE NEXT GENERATION THE AMERICA THAT MANY OF US GREW UP

TO LOVE AND TO KNOW AND TO APPRECIATE, THAT WE HAD JUSTICE,

WE HAD TRUTH, WE HAD LIBERTY, WE HAD TRUE FREEDOM. WELL, THAT'S

WHAT I'M STANDING AND FIGHTING FOR, IS I WANNA HAND THAT NOT

ONLY TO THE PRESENT GENERATION, BUT I WANNA HAND IT TO THE

FUTURE GENERATION OF OUR CHILDREN. I WANNA REALLY BE ABLE

TO TELL 'EM ABOUT AMERICA THE GREAT, ONE NATION UNDER GOD. AND

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. BUT I WANNA DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO A

SCRIPTURE, JUDGES 5, VERY QUICKLY. AND I WANT YOU TO LOOK

AT THIS, THE CONDITIONS OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN JUDGES 5 THAT

SOUNDS A LOT LIKE OUR DAY-TO-DAY. IT SAYS, IN THE DAYS

OF SHAMGAR, THE HIGHWAYS WERE UNOCCUPIED. IN OTHER WORDS, THAT

PEOPLE GOT OFF THE MAIN ROAD. THIS IS WHY WE DID THIS EVENT,

FOR PASTORS TO COME TOGETHER, FOR YOU, THE PEOPLE, TO COME

TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN HELP NAVIGATE THIS COUNTRY THROUGH

THE CHALLENGES THAT IT HAS TO GET BACK ON THE MAIN ROADS OF

WHAT HAS MADE AMERICA GREAT AND WHAT BRINGS THE BLESSING OF GOD.

THE NEXT THING THAT WE SEE IS IN VERSE 8. IT SAYS THEY CHOSE NEW

GODS. LIKE NEVER BEFORE, WE ARE NOW FACING ISLAM. WE'RE FACING

AN ISLAMIC MOVEMENT. THEY'RE REGISTERING 1,000 PEOPLE A WEEK

TO VOTE. 80 TO 90% OF THE MUSLIMS VOTE, 22% OF CHRISTIANS

VOTE. YOU TELL ME ON THAT RATE, WHERE IS OUR COUNTRY HEADING IF

WE CONTINUE TO HAND IT TO PEOPLE LIKE THAT? THEY CHOSE NEW GODS,

THEN WAS THERE WAR IN THE GATES? I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MUCH CULTURAL

BICKERING AND FIGHTING AND MISUNDERSTANDING AND CONFUSION.

AND THEN LASTLY, WAS THERE A SHIELD OR SPEAR SEEN IN 40,000?

IN OTHER WORDS, THEY LOST THEIR FIGHT, BUT WHAT I LOVE ABOUT IT

IS, VERSE 7, DEBORAH AROSE AS A LEADER, AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S

GONNA TAKE. IT'S WHY WE'RE DOING THIS. IT'S WHY YOU PASTORS BEING

HERE, ENGAGING YOUR CONGREGATION, ENCOURAGING PEOPLE

GET UP. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A POLITICIAN. SHE WAS

A MOTHER, BUT SHE AROSE AND SHE GOT INVOLVED IN POLITICS. LOOK

AT VERSE 9. SHE WENT AND SAID, "MY HEART IS FOR THE GOVERNORS."

COME ON, IS YOUR HEART TOWARDS THE POLITICIANS THAT ARE OUT

THERE TODAY? IS YOUR HEART OUT THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY BE

REMINDED, THEY WORK FOR US. AND SO THE LAST ONE I WANNA SHOW YOU

IN JUDGES 5 IS THIS, AND IT SAYS THIS, THAT THEY WENT TO THE

TRIBE OF REUBEN AND THEY SAID IN VERSE 15, AND REUBEN REPRESENTS

THE CHURCH, AND THEY SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE HAVE GREAT

THOUGHTS OF HEART. AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE A LOT OF CHURCHES

ARE, A LOT OF CHRISTIANS ARE, IS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA GET

INVOLVED. WELL, THAT'S HOW YOU RUIN YOUR COUNTRY AND IT'S HOW

YOU GET YOUR RELIGIOUS LIBERTIES TAKEN. AND WE HAVE GOT TO CHANGE

THAT. SO GUESS WHAT SHE DID? SHE WENT OUT AND BEGAN TO RECRUIT,

GETTING OTHER PEOPLE TO VOTE, GETTING OTHER PEOPLE TO JOIN

WHAT WE ARE ALL WANTING TO JOIN TOGETHER, AND THAT'S FOR A

BETTER AMERICA, A BETTER FUTURE. LASTLY, I WANNA SAY THIS. I WANT

THEM TO PUT UP THIS GRAPHIC. I PREACHED THIS ON SUNDAY. I

ALWAYS KNOW WHEN I DO THIS, I FEEL THE VULNERABILITY AT THE

END BECAUSE YOU'RE ALWAYS GONNA GET SOMEBODY WHO'S NOT GONNA I

LIKE WHAT YOU SAY, BUT I'M NOT HERE FOR POPULARITY. I'M HERE

FOR TRUTH. AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THOSE THAT CAN'T

SPEAK. THIS GENERATION, THE NEXT GENERATION. BUT I MADE IT VERY

CLEAR, THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO THE VOTING BOOTH. THIS IS

WHAT YOU'RE FACING. THIS IS WHAT THE DEMOCRATIC PROGRESSIVE

MOVEMENT, WHAT THEY'RE FOR. THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY FOR ABORTION.

THEY'RE AGAINST RIGHTS TO BEAR ARMS. THEY WANNA TAKE YOUR GUNS

AWAY. THEY'RE AGAINST LEGAL IMMIGRATION. THEY WANT ANYBODY

TO COME OVER THE BORDER, ESPECIALLY CRIMINALS. AND THEY

DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU THE CITIZENS' RIGHTS. AND IT GOES ON

AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON. THEY'RE AGAINST A STRONG DEFENSE

AND MILITARY. YOU CAN SEE THAT. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING,

THIS IS THE ONE THAT I THINK IS THE MOST ALARMING BECAUSE AGAIN,

BLESSED IS THE NATION OF THE LORD IS THEIR GOD. THE LAST ONE,

ACKNOWLEDGING THE CHRISTIAN HERITAGE OF OUR NATION. I'VE

NEVER SEEN IN ALL MY LIFE WHERE EVERYBODY ELSE GETS THE

OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THEIR FAITH BUT CHRISTIANS. AND IF YOU

DO, YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST, YOU'RE A BIGOT.

THEY CALL YOU ALL KINDS OF NAMES. SO THESE ARE THE REAL

ISSUES. AND HERE'S WHAT I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH. IN 1 TIMOTHY

1 Timothy 4 · chapter mention

CHAPTER 4, KEEP IT UP PLEASE, GRAPHICS. I WANT YOU TO HEAR ME

VERY CLEARLY. I WANT TO QUOTE A SCRIPTURE. JESUS SAID IN THE

LAST DAYS, 1 TIMOTHY 4, THAT THERE WOULD BE DOCTRINES OF

DEVILS AND SEDUCING SPIRITS THAT WOULD SEDUCE A GENERATION AND A

PEOPLE. AND THEN IT SAYS IN VERSE 2 THAT IT WOULD CAUSE

PEOPLE'S MINDS TO BE SEARED. AND I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN IN

ALL OF MY LIFE, YOU TALK TO CHRISTIANS TODAY AND THEY WILL

DEFEND THE RIGHT TO KILL A BABY IN THE WOMB AND ARGUE WHETHER

IT'S A CHILD OR NOT. THEY WILL FIGHT FOR THE DRAG QUEEN TO KEEP

READING TO THE KIDS IN SCHOOL AND PEDOPHILIA AND PORNOGRAPHY

TO BE CHECKED OUT BY A 7-YEAR-OLD. THEY WILL FIGHT,

CHRISTIANS AND PASTORS WILL SAY NOTHING AND BE QUIET WHILE

CHILDREN ARE BEING CONVINCED BY VERY EVIL PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT

EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN BUT INDOCTRINATING THEM AND TELLING

A 6, 7, 8, 9-YEAR-OLD THAT THEY CAN BE SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN

THEIR GOD-GIVEN GENDER, AND YOU THE PARENTS DON'T HAVE A RIGHT.

AND THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THERE IS A GENERATION THAT THEIR

CONSCIENCE WILL BE SEARED WITH A HOT IRON BECAUSE OF THE DEMONIC.

AND I AM IMPLORING US AS THE AMERICAN CHURCH, I'M IMPLORING

YOU THAT ARE PASTORS TO ENGAGE LIKE NEVER BEFORE AND ENCOURAGE

YOUR PEOPLE. THIS ISN'T ABOUT WIN OR LOSE BY WAY OF YOUR

FAVORITE CANDIDATE. YES, THAT'S IMPORTANT, BUT WHAT WE CANNOT

LOSE IS A NATION THAT JUST GOT DEDICATED TO GOD. WE CANNOT LOSE

THE MOMENTUM OF HOW GOD WANTS TO BLESS THIS NATION AND IS IN

PROCESS IF WE TURN THE OTHER WAY AND PUT PEOPLE IN OFFICE THAT

BELIEVE, VOTE, AND STAND FOR IT. SO CHURCH, WE'VE GOTTA WAKE UP.

WE HAVE TO DO OUR PART, AND THAT'S WHAT OUR MESSAGE IS

TONIGHT. WE GOTTA GET OUT AND VOTE. WE CAN'T HAVE OUR

CONSCIENCE SEARED WITH A HOT IRON. AND HERE'S THE QUESTION I

WANT TO LEAVE YOU. ARE YOU READY? IT'S WHAT I SAID TO OUR

CHURCH. JESUS SAID IN LUKE 21 THAT YOU GOTTA GET YOUR HEAD

STRAIGHT, BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T GET YOUR HEAD STRAIGHT, HE SAID

THAT THERE'LL BE, IN THE LAST DAYS, THERE'LL BE OCEANS AND

WATERS ROARING GREATLY, HE SAID THAT THE NATIONS WOULD BE IN

PERPLEXITY BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT THE THINGS THAT ARE

COMING. MY QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE YOU DOING WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT

WHAT THE AGENDA OF THE BLUE RIGHT THERE IS TRYING TO DO TO

YOUR CHILDREN, TO OUR COUNTRY? AS PASTORS AND AS LEADERS AND AS

CHURCHES, CONGREGATIONS, WHAT ARE WE DOING? ARE WE STANDING BY

QUIET AND ALLOWING IT TO HAPPEN BECAUSE OUR HEAD IS NOT SCREWED

ON STRAIGHT? WE SHOULD NEVER ALLOW THIS LEVEL OF EVIL OR

INJUSTICE TO GO ON. WE HAVE BEEN CALLED OF GOD AS CHRISTIANS AND

PASTORS TO DO SOMETHING. IT IS NOT ONLY OUR MORAL OBLIGATION,

IT IS OUR OBLIGATION AS CHRISTIANS, GOD-FEARING PEOPLE,

TO STAND FOR THE TRUTH, TELL THE TRUTH, AND FIGHT FOR IT. AMEN?

NOW EXODUS 8:16, IT SAYS THIS, AND PASTOR BRENDA, I'M GOING TO

Exodus 8:16

HAVE YOU COME. PHARAOH WAS GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET RID OF THE

FROGS IN EXODUS 8. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF FROGS, REPUBLICAN,

DEMOCRAT. FROGS ARE UNCLEAN SPIRITS. FROGS IN REVELATION

SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE DRAGON SATAN. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE

THAT ARE SPEAKING VERY SATANIC EVIL AGENDAS THAT PEOPLE ARE

BELIEVING. IT'S SEARING THEIR MIND. AND HE HAD A CHOICE. WHAT

ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT THESE FROGS, PHARAOH? HE SAID, LET

THEM STAY HERE UNTIL TOMORROW. I'M CONVINCED IF WE DON'T SHOW

UP AT THE VOTING BOOTH, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE

FROGS, THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE ABOUT THE AGENDA OF H***. I SAY

NO MORE. NO MORE ELECTIONS HAVING PEOPLE WHO AREN'T GOING

TO WORK FOR US AND BE ABOUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT. TO GOD AND TO OUR

CHILDREN. AND SO I JUST WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU. I WANNA SAY THIS,

PASTOR BRENDA, COME, 'CAUSE I'LL KEEP GOING, BUT I DO HAVE ONE

LAST VERSE I DO WANNA SAY. I'VE HAD PASTORS SAY, YEAH, BUT I'M

AFRAID TO RISK IT ALL. OUR CHURCH HAS EXPLODED IN GROWTH

OVER THE YEARS. THE BOLDER I GOT, THE MORE IT GREW. BUT

HERE'S A PRINCIPLE THAT I WANNA SHARE WITH EVERY PASTOR AND

EVERYONE THAT'S WATCHING ONLINE. IT'S WHY I LOVE PRESIDENT TRUMP.

I DON'T WORSHIP HIM. I DON'T HATE HIM. BUT I THANK GOD FOR

SOMETHING, AND IT'S THIS STRONG LEADERSHIP. JUDGES 5 SAYS THIS,

VERSE 2. WHEN ISRAEL'S LEADERS, OR WHEN AMERICA'S LEADERS,

AMERICA'S PASTORS, AMERICAN STRONG CHRISTIANS ROSE UP, WHEN

THEY ROSE UP BOLDLY, IT SAYS THE PEOPLE WILLINGLY FOLLOWED. DON'T

EVER THINK THAT YOUR BOLDNESS THAT YOUR EFFORT IS IN VAIN, OR

IF YOU SPEAK UP THAT IT'S NOT FOR ANY GOOD. NO, THE MORE

BOLDER YOU ARE ABOUT THE RIGHT THINGS, YOU'LL BE SURPRISED AT

HOW PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO FOLLOW IT. THEY JUST NEED A LEADER.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, PASTOR. WELL,

JUST A COUPLE THINGS I JUST WANTED TO SHARE VERY QUICKLY,

AND THEN I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO TERRI BLACKBURN. SHE'S

OUR POLITICAL LEAH'S ON HERE AT LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. BY THE

WAY, PASTORS, IF YOU CAN HAVE A POLITICAL PERSON THAT'LL DO

FOOTWORK FOR YOU. AND I'M JUST GOING TO SAY A COUPLE OF GREAT

THINGS ABOUT HER BECAUSE AFTER THIS SEGMENT, I WON'T HAVE THE

MIC AGAIN. BUT I DO WANT TO SAY TERRI HAS SPENT HUNDREDS OF

HOURS PUTTING TOGETHER VOTER GUIDES, WHICH WE HAVE AVAILABLE

TONIGHT. BOB WILL TALK ABOUT THAT. OF EVERY SINGLE

INITIATIVE, EVERY JUDGE. HOW MANY OF YOU EVER GOTTEN TO THE

VOTING BOOTH AND YOU DIDN'T KNOW IF THE JUDGE WAS AN IDIOT OR HE

WAS WORTH KEEPING? SHE HAS PUT ALL THAT, DONE ALL THAT FOOTWORK

FOR BOTH DOUGLAS AND SARPY COUNTY. WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE IN

HERE. THERE'S A BOATLOAD OF INFORMATION OUT THERE, AND I'LL

LET, OF COURSE, HER AND BOB TALK ABOUT THAT. BUT PART OF OUR GOAL

TONIGHT IS TO GET CHURCHES LITERALLY ENGAGED, PASTORS

ENGAGED, AND BEING A PART OF, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW RICK WILL

TALK A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT ABOUT HOW JUST A SMALL HANDFUL OF

BELIEVERS THAT DECIDE TO TAKE THEIR PLACE CAN MAKE A SHIFT IN

THE ELECTION. AND I BELIEVE WE ARE THE SEED OF THAT TONIGHT

HERE IN NEBRASKA. AND BY THE WAY, WE WILL HAVE THOUSANDS OF

PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD. YOU KNOW, WE FELT LIKE TO USE

OUR STREAMING AUDIENCE OF PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING IN OTHER

STATES, THIS IS ALSO FOR YOU. TERRI WILL ALSO BE TALKING

TONIGHT ABOUT HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED IN THE POLITICAL

SPHERE, THE WHOLE IDEOLOGY THAT THE CHURCH SHOULD NOT BE

INVOLVED IN POLITICS IS JUST A MISNOMER. IT'S NOT POLITICS

WE'RE INVOLVED IN. WHAT WE'RE INVOLVED IN IS BEING THE LIGHT,

THE CITY SET ON A HILL THAT JESUS SAID WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE.

A REGION THAT SAT IN DARKNESS, COME ON, SOMEBODY, SAW A GREAT

LIGHT. AND WE ARE THAT LIGHT. IF WE'RE NOT THAT LIGHT, THEN

NOBODY'S GOING TO BE THAT. SO, NO, WE'RE BEING INVOLVED IN THE

VERY PEOPLE, THE CANDIDATES, THE INITIATIVES, THE LEGISLATION

THAT GOES ON THAT CONTROLS ULTIMATELY OUR DAILY LIFE. PAUL

PRAYED IT THIS WAY IN THESSALONIANS. HE SAID THESE

WORDS. HE SAID, "PRAY FOR US THAT THE GOSPEL WOULD HAVE FREE

COURSE." THAT'S WHAT WE'RE AFTER. WE NEED OUR PULPITS TO

REMAIN FREE. DON'T TELL ME IN MY PULPIT THAT I CAN'T SAY THAT

MARRIAGE IS BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN. DON'T TELL ME IN MY

PULPIT THAT WE CAN'T STAND UP AND HAVE GOD'S DEFINITION OF

MALE AND FEMALE. SO, THAT ASIDE, I WANNA READ VERY QUICKLY TO YOU

AN ARTICLE, IT'S VERY SHORT, THAT SOMEBODY SENT ME, WRITTEN

BY DAVE RAMSEY. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD OF DAVE RAMSEY? AND

MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO RECEIVE FROM HIS GREAT

CONTENT. BUT HERE'S WHAT HE'S HAD TO SAY ABOUT WHAT WE'RE UP

AGAINST, AND THIS IS PART OF THE REASON WE ARE HOLDING THIS

EVENT. WE ARE UP AGAINST THINGS. CAN I BE HONEST WITH YOU? PASTOR

HANK AND I STARTED THIS CHURCH IN 1997 WITH A SMALL HANDFUL OF

PEOPLE, AND I WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT IN THOSE DAYS, WE'RE

JUST TRYING TO PREACH THE BIBLE. WE WANT TO TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO

PRAY. WE WANT TO TEACH THEM HOW TO HAVE FAITH. WE WANT TO TEACH

THEM HOW TO KNOW JESUS. WE WANT TO BRING PEOPLE IN SO THEY CAN

BE SAVED AND DELIVERED. AND WE NEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT BACK IN

1997 THAT THERE WOULD BE SO-CALLED PASTORS MARRYING TWO

MEN OR TWO WOMEN AND ENDORSING THOSE UNIONS. WE WOULD HAVE

NEVER THOUGHT THAT IN OUR LIFETIME. SO, WE ARE UP AGAINST

A LOT AND WE ARE AT CRITICAL MASS NOW. AND THE CHURCH HAS TO

BE, COME ON, WE ARE THE FORCE THAT'S GONNA PUSH BACK THE GATES

OF H***. SO, HERE'S WHAT DAVE HAD TO SAY ABOUT WHAT WE'RE UP

AGAINST, AND THIS REALLY GAVE ME MOTIVATION AS TO TONIGHT. HE

SAID, "THIS MORNING I REALIZED THAT EVERYTHING IS ABOUT TO

CHANGE. NO MATTER HOW I VOTE OR WHAT I SAY, LIVES JUST ARE NOT

GOING TO BE THE SAME. I AM TOTALLY CONFUSED BY THE

HOSTILITY OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS." I LOOK AT PEOPLE I'VE

KNOWN ALL MY LIFE THAT ARE SO HATE-FILLED, AND THEY SUDDENLY

NOW AGREE WITH OPINIONS THEY WOULD HAVE NEVER EXPRESSED AS

THEIR OWN. I THINK IT'S LIKE WE'VE ENTERED THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

YOU SIMPLY CANNOT JUSTIFY THIS INSANITY. WE'VE BECOME A NATION

THAT HAS LOST ITS COLLECTIVE SENSE OF DIRECTION. WE SEE OTHER

COUNTRIES GOING SOCIALIST AND COLLAPSING, BUT SOMEHOW IT SEEMS

LIKE A GREAT PLAN FOR US. SOMEHOW IT'S UN-AMERICAN FOR THE

CENSUS TO COUNT HOW MANY ACTUAL AMERICANS ARE IN AMERICA. PEOPLE

WHO SAY THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS GENDER ARE NOW DEMANDING A

FEMALE PRESIDENT. LET THAT SINK IN. UNIVERSITIES THAT ADVOCATE

EQUALITY DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ASIAN AMERICANS IN FAVOR OF

AFRICAN AMERICANS. BY THE WAY, THE LAST TIME I REMEMBER, WE

HAVE ONE NATIONAL ANTHEM, ONE. AND I CAN SAY THAT BOLDLY. WE

HAVE A VERY MULTIRACIAL CHURCH HERE AT LORD OF HOSTS. SOME

PEOPLE ARE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THINGS THAT HAPPENED BEFORE THEY

WERE BORN, WHILE OTHERS ARE NOT HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR

ACTIONS AT THE PRESENT TIME. CRIMINALS ARE CAUGHT AND

RELEASED, TO HURT MORE PEOPLE, BUT STOPPING THEM IS BAD BECAUSE

IT'S A VIOLATION OF THEIR RIGHTS. PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER

OWNED SLAVES SHOULD NOW PAY SLAVERY REPARATIONS TO PEOPLE

WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN A SLAVE. WHERE DOES THAT START AND

FINISH? AFTER LEGISLATING GENDER, IF A DUDE PRETENDS TO BE

A WOMAN, YOU'RE NOW REQUIRED TO PRETEND WITH HIM. YOU KNOW, I

THOUGHT ABOUT THAT LONG AND HARD, AND I THOUGHT, NO,

IDENTIFYING WITH IS NOTHING MORE THAN I AM PLAYING MAKE-BELIEVE,

AND YOU HAVE TO AGREE WITH ME. IT WAS COOL FOR JOE BIDEN TO

BLACKMAIL THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE, BUT IT'S NOW AN

IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE IF DONALD TRUMP INQUIRES ABOUT THAT.

PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN TO COLLEGE SHOULD NOW PAY THE DEBTS

OF COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO TOOK OUT HUGE LOANS FOR THEIR DEGREES.

IMMIGRANTS WITH TUBERCULOSIS AND POLIO ARE WELCOME HERE, BUT BOY,

YOU BETTER BE ABLE TO PROVE THAT YOUR DOG IS VACCINATED. WOW.

IRISH DOCTORS AND GERMAN ENGINEERS WHO WANT TO IMMIGRATE

TO THE US MUST GO THROUGH RIGOROUS VETTING PROCESSES. I

WISH FAUCI WOULD HAVE GOT THAT NOTE. VIGOROUS VETTING. BUT ANY

ILLITERATE GANGBANGER WHO JUMPS THE SOUTHERN FENCE IS WELCOME.

$5 BILLION FOR BORDER SECURITY WAS SAID TO BE TOO EXPENSIVE.

BUT $1.5 TRILLION— WITH A T, BY THE WAY— FOR FREE HEALTHCARE IS

NOT. IF YOU CHEAT TO GET INTO COLLEGE, YOU GO TO PRISON. BUT

IF YOU CHEAT TO GET INTO THE COUNTRY, YOU GO TO COLLEGE FOR

FREE. ISN'T THAT FUN? AND POINTING ALL OF THIS HYPOCRISY

OUT SOMEHOW MAKES US RACIST. NO, I BELIEVE IT MAKES US RIGHTEOUS.

NOTHING MAKES SENSE ANYMORE. NO VALUES, NO MORALS, NO CIVILITY.

AND PEOPLE ARE DYING OF A CHINESE VIRUS, BUT IT'S RACIST

TO EVEN REFER TO IT AS CHINESE, EVEN THOUGH IT BEGAN IN CHINA.

WE ARE LIVING IN AN UPSIDE-DOWN WORLD WHERE RIGHT IS WRONG AND

WRONG IS RIGHT, AND MORAL'S IMMORAL. YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE

TALKS ABOUT THAT IN ISAIAH 5. IMMORAL, AND WHAT IS IMMORAL IS

NOW CONSIDERED MORAL, WHERE GOOD IS EVIL, EVIL'S GOOD, AND

KILLING MURDERERS IS WRONG, BUT KILLING INNOCENT BABIES IS NOW

SOMEHOW RIGHT. WAKE UP, AMERICA. THE GREAT UNSINKABLE SHIP

TITANIC HAS HIT AN ICEBERG AND TAKING ON WATER AND SINKING

FAST. AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU TONIGHT, I BELIEVE EVERY ONE OF

US IN THIS ROOM AND THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING FROM AROUND THE

WORLD, WE ARE HERE BECAUSE WE ARE THE BUCKETS THAT ARE GONNA

START PUSHING THAT WATER OUT OF THAT TITANIC. COME ON, ALL HOPE

IS NOT LOST FOR AMERICA. WE STILL HAVE OF HOPE, BUT WE'RE

HERE TO BE THE CHURCH. AMEN AND AMEN. ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET ME

TURN IT OVER TO TERRI. WELCOME THE AMAZING TERRI BLACKBURN.

THANK YOU, PASTOR BRENDA. I HAVE THE ABSOLUTE HONOR JUST TO

ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK AND WELCOME THE ELECTED OFFICIALS

THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY IN THE ROOM, OR CANDIDATES THAT ARE

RUNNING FOR OFFICE THAT DECIDED TO JOIN US. SO FIRST, I WANT TO

WELCOME BILL BOWES. HE IS RUNNING FOR THE NEBRASKA STATE

LEGISLATURE DISTRICT 14. SO THAT'S PAPILLION AND LA VISTA.

GO AHEAD AND STAND UP SO PEOPLE CAN SEE. YES, THANK YOU. NEXT, I

HAVE THE HONOR OF WELCOMING A LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH MEMBER,

LINDA VERMOOTEN. SHE IS RUNNING FOR THE DOUGLAS AND SARPY

LEARNING COMMUNITY DISTRICT 5.

THE NEXT PERSON I HAVE THE HONOR

OF WELCOMING, ANOTHER LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH MEMBER, I LOVE

THAT, IS DALE WILLIAM BRANSBURG. HE IS RUNNING FOR EDUCATIONAL

SERVICE UNIT 3, DISTRICT 5.

AND THE LAST PERSON I WANNA MENTION,

HE WAS HERE EARLIER FOR OUR DINNER WITH THE PASTORS, AND HE

WASN'T ABLE TO STAY, BUT I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIM FOR

TAKING TIME OUT OF HIS BUSY SCHEDULE TO BE HERE, AND THAT IS

SENATOR BRAD VON GILLERN. HE IS A CURRENT NEBRASKA STATE

LEGISLATOR IN DISTRICT 4. HE IS ACTUALLY RUNNING FOR REELECTION.

HE WAS HERE EARLIER, AND I JUST WANNA THANK HIM SO MUCH FOR

TAKING TIME. NOW HERE'S THE FUN PART. DID I FORGET ANYBODY? NO,

I LOVE IT. I LOVE IT. AND WE HAVE SEVERAL VIDEOS OF SOME TOO.

WE HAVE A VIDEO OF SOME THAT WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT THAT

WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY— YEAH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE COMPETING

WITH THE TRUMP RALLY HERE. BUT WE DID, WE HAD SOME THAT WANTED

TO SEND A VIDEO, AND SO YOU'LL HEAR FROM THEM LATER TOO. YOU'LL

ALSO HEAR FROM THE OTHER ONES THAT I MENTIONED THAT ARE

PHYSICALLY HERE TOO. YOU'LL HEAR FROM THEM AS WELL. ABOUT WHY

THEY'RE RUNNING AND THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR. AND

SO NOW I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO BOB, AND HE'S

GOING TO WELCOME THE PASTORS THAT ARE HERE. THANK YOU, TERRI.

LET'S HEAR IT AGAIN FOR TERRI. AND THAT'S NO JOKE. THAT'S

HUNDREDS OF HOURS IN THE VOTER GUIDE, AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK

ABOUT THOSE THINGS. WE'VE GOT SOME RESOURCES FOR YOU AT THE

END. BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO NOW, IT'S OUR HONOR TO ALWAYS

HAVE, OR WHENEVER WE HAVE, OTHER PASTORS IN OUR MIDST. THESE

PASTORS ARE ON THE FRONT LINES, LIKE PASTOR BRENDA SAID. TODAY'S

EQUIVALENT, IN MY OPINION AND THE OPINION OF MANY PEOPLE WHO

ARE HERE, IS OUR PASTORS ARE TODAY'S BLACK ROBE REGIMENT THAT

SERVED OUR COUNTRY AND OUR PEOPLE AT ITS FOUNDING IN THE

LATE 1700S. THEY'RE CRITICAL PEOPLE TO US, AND WE'RE THRILLED

THAT YOU'RE HERE. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO JOE AND LAURA

LAUGHLIN FROM VICTORY CHURCH. THANKS FOR COMING, YOU GUYS.

MIKE AND KATHY GARDNER, YES, PLEASE STAND UP. STAND UP WHEN

THE APPLAUSE IS OVER. THANK YOU, GUYS. MIKE AND KATHY GARDNER

FROM HARVEST CHURCH, THEY CAME ALL THE WAY FROM NORFOLK,

NEBRASKA. TONY AND JEANETTE FINLEY ARE HERE FROM FAITH

FAMILY CHURCH IN OMAHA. I'M GONNA GET YOUR LAST NAME WRONG.

I'M SO SORRY. WE HAVE DAVID AND NATALIE LEGGETT. LEGGETT, I GOT

IT RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING. DAVID AND NATALIE FROM

NEW LIFE FELLOWSHIP OVER IN COUNCIL BLUFFS. AND WE ALSO HAVE

ELI NELSON HERE FROM CHURCH OF THE HEARTLAND. AND ELI BROUGHT A

SMALL TEAM WITH HIM, HIS PARENTS SCOTT AND CHARLIE AND BRENT.

THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TONIGHT. AND WHAT I'D ALSO LIKE

TO DO, ARE THERE ANY OTHER PASTORS, CLERGY, FULL-TIME

MINISTERS IN THE ROOM? WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND UP? ALL RIGHT.

WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR COMING. THE CAUSE FOR CHRIST DOES NOT

HAPPEN UNLESS YOU PASTORS ANSWER THE CALL, FULFILL THE CALL, AND

CONTINUE TO DO THAT THE REST OF THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE. SO WE'RE

HONORED TO HAVE YOU WITH US TONIGHT. AND NOW IT'S MY

DISTINCT HONOR TO INTRODUCE OUR SPECIAL GUEST, RICK GREEN, THE

HONORABLE RICK GREEN. SO I HAD TO DO SOME READING ABOUT RICK.

AND RICK IS A VERY HUMBLE GUY. HE'S GOING TO ENJOY THIS

INTRODUCTION IMMENSELY. I HAVE 4 PAGES. HE'S STILL BACKSTAGE. THE

HONORABLE RICK GREEN. HE IS A FORMER TEXAS STATE

REPRESENTATIVE. SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE POLITICAL ARENA, RICK

LIVED IT. HE'S A LAWYER. WELL, I THOUGHT I'D HAVE A PAUSE THERE.

HE EARNED HIS JD FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN.

ARE THERE ANY HUSKER FANS IN THE CROWD? HAWKEYE FANS? SEE, I

THOUGHT THAT WOULD GET MORE OF A RESPONSE. RICK IS ALSO CO-HOST

OF A DAILY PROGRAM YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD ON THE RADIO CALLED

WALLBUILDERS WITH DAVID AND TIM BARTON. YEP, LET'S HEAR IT FOR

WALLBUILDERS. I THINK RICK AND THE BARTONS HAVE FORGOT MORE

THAN WE'LL EVER LEARN ABOUT AMERICAN HISTORY. THOSE GUYS ARE

AMAZING. HE ALSO HOSTS A PROGRAM AT THE CORE, WHICH IS TWICE A

WEEK, AND HE'S A REGULAR GUEST ALONG WITH PASTOR HANK ON

FLASHPOINT. AND MANY OF US HERE PROBABLY GOT TO KNOW HIM FROM

FLASHPOINT. RICK AND HIS WIFE, KARA, THEY'RE ALSO ENTREPRENEURS

WHO CO-FOUNDED THE PATRIOT ACADEMY MORE THAN 2 DECADES AGO.

YEP, LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE PATRIOT ACADEMY. PATRIOT ACADEMY

IS IN FREDERICKSBURG, TEXAS, AND IT'S BECOME A PROMINENT FORCE IN

EDUCATING PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE UNITED STATES ON OUR NATION'S

FOUNDING AND OUR BIBLICAL HERITAGE. RICK'S PASSION IS

ABOUT BRINGING AMERICA'S FORGOTTEN HEROES, MANY OF WHICH

SHARE OUR COMMON FAITH IN CHRIST, TO THE FOREFRONT. HIS

GOAL IS TO BECOME— AND THIS WAS STATED— HIS GOAL, AND I LOVE IT,

HIS GOAL IS TO BECOME SALT AND LIGHT IN EVERY AREA OF LIFE AND

TO UNDERSTAND AND SHARE GOD'S— AMERICA'S, EXCUSE ME, GODLY

HERITAGE. THE PATRIOT ACADEMY IS AN ELITE LEADERSHIP TRAINING

PROGRAM FOR ALL AGES SPECIALIZE IN APPLIED CIVICS WITH A

BIBLICAL, HISTORICAL, AND CONSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATION. NOW

OF US, THAT LAST SENTENCE SOUNDS SLIGHTLY BETTER

THAN GETTING BAMBOO SHOVED UNDERNEATH OUR FINGERNAILS,

RIGHT? CIVICS IS A BIG WORD. IT'S A TOUGH THING TO GET

INVOLVED IN. BUT LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING FROM FIRSTHAND

EXPERIENCE. RICK'S HIGH ENERGY, HIS DEEP KNOWLEDGE, AND HIS

DOWN-TO-EARTH PERSONALITY, THEY'RE GOING TO CAPTIVATE YOU

TONIGHT. AND THE HUMOROUS WAY THAT HE SHARES FACTUAL

INFORMATION ABOUT WHO WE ARE AS AMERICANS AND WHERE WE CAME

FROM, IT'S GOING TO INSPIRE YOU TONIGHT, AND IT'S GONNA HELP YOU

STAY AND GET INVOLVED AND STAY INVOLVED. HE'S KNOWN AS

AMERICA'S CONSTITUTIONAL COACH.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, RICK GREEN.

THANK YOU, BOB. ALL RIGHT. LEAVE IT TO MY BUDDY BOB

TO TOTALLY, TOTALLY SET ME UP FOR FAILURE. NOT 2 STRIKES, BUT

3 STRIKES. POLITICIAN, LAWYER, AND UT AUSTIN GRAD. SO, YOU

KNOW, HERE I AM IN CORNHUSKER COUNTRY AND HE INTRODUCES ME

LIKE THAT. THANKS A LOT, BROTHER. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS

I'M ACTUALLY A RECOVERING POLITICIAN. I GO TO A TUESDAY

NIGHT MEETING EVERY WEEK. HI, I'M RICK. YOU KNOW, I'M 8 YEARS

CLEAN OFF THE BALLOT, SO THAT'S GOOD. BUT SO I'M PRAYING FOR YOU

GUYS. WHERE'D OUR CANDIDATES GO? I CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE. OH YES,

YES. PRAYING FOR Y'ALL AND THANKFUL FOR YOU. AND I SAY

THAT, OF COURSE, JOKING. I THINK WE ARE PROBABLY TOO CYNICAL.

WHAT WE WANT ARE NOT POLITICIANS. WE WANT PATRIOTS.

ALL RIGHT. AND THE DIFFERENCE— IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THE

DIFFERENCE AS YOU GET READY TO GO VOTE. A POLITICIAN IS ONLY

THINKING ABOUT THE NEXT ELECTION. A PATRIOT IS THINKING

ABOUT THE NEXT GENERATION. SO THEIR DECISIONS AND WHAT THEY DO

AND EVEN WHY THEY'RE DOING IT— I KNOW THESE FOLKS. I KNOW WHY

THEY'RE DOING IT. THEY'RE DOING IT FOR THEIR GRANDCHILDREN

AND YOUR GRANDCHILDREN, MY GRANDCHILDREN. SO THAT'S WHAT WE

WANT MORE OF. SO WE CAN JOKE ABOUT BEING CYNICAL, BUT WE

CAN'T BE CYNICAL ANYMORE. WE CAN'T JUST STAY HOME AND HOPE

THAT SOMEBODY ELSE WILL TAKE CARE OF IT. MAN, PASTOR BRENDA

WAS PREACHING FIRE, AS MY KIDS MIGHT SAY. IS IT SPITTING BARS,

LAYING BARS? I DON'T KNOW, THEY HAVE ALL THESE WEIRD PHRASES. I

DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. ANYWAY, THAT WAS AMAZING. I'M

STEALING EVERY WORD THAT YOU SAID. I'LL GIVE YOU CREDIT THE

FIRST TIME I USE IT. AFTER THAT, IT'S MINE. THAT WAS AWESOME.

EVERY WORD YOU SAID, SPOT ON. SO LET ME JUST START WITH KIND OF

WHERE WE ARE AS A COUNTRY RIGHT NOW. SORT OF WHAT TIME IS IT?

HOW CAN WE BECOME GOOD MEN AND WOMEN OF ISSACHAR THAT

UNDERSTAND THE TIMES? AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT KNOWING WHAT TO

DO. HOW DO WE ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON

IN A POSITIVE WAY? WE DON'T HAVE TO BE DEPRESSED ABOUT THIS. ONE

REASON I LOVE COMING TO LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH IS BECAUSE THE JOY

HERE IS AMAZING. IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW BAD THE FIGHT IS OR

HOW HARD THE FIGHT IS. EVEN WHEN WE WERE EXPERIENCING ABSOLUTE

TYRANNY IN THIS COUNTRY, THERE WAS JOY COMING OUT OF THIS

PULPIT. ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU HAVE

JOY WITH COLLARS THAT HIGH, HANK, BUT ANYWAY, THAT WOULD

LIKE ITCH MY HEAD OR MY NECK OR SOMETHING. AND WHAT IS

HAPPENING? DO I HAVE TO GO PUT THE GREEN BAY SHIRT ON AGAIN? DO

I HAVE TO WEAR THE MUSTARD YELLOW SHIRT AGAIN? THE

CHEESEHEADS ARE GONNA TACKLE ME BACKSTAGE. THE HOOK IS COMING.

ALL RIGHT, ANYWAY, SO SERIOUSLY, HANK AND BRENDA ARE SO GOOD AT

THAT. JUST LITERALLY COUNTING IT ALL JOY WHEN WE EXPERIENCE

VARIOUS TRIALS, 'CAUSE GOD'S USING THAT TO TEACH US PATIENCE

AND PERSEVERANCE, MAKE US PERFECT AND COMPLETE. SO WHETHER

WE'RE IN THE TOUGH, TOUGH, TOUGH TIMES, OR WE'RE IN, I THINK

RIGHT NOW, A REPRIEVE AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME REALLY

GREAT THINGS, IN AMERICA, I LOVE THE FACT THAT THEY STAY STEADY,

THAT THE JOY COMES FROM THE LORD. IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF WHERE

WE ARE OR WHO'S IN THE WHITE HOUSE, IT'S BECAUSE OF WHOSE WE

ARE, RIGHT? AND SO THAT WE CAN APPROACH THIS WHOLE TOPIC

TONIGHT WITH A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE THAN THOSE

WHO DO NOT HAVE THE JOY OF THE LORD. SO I LOVE THE 250TH. I

DON'T KNOW IF— ARE MY SLIDES HOOKING IN? NO, THEY'RE NOT. OR

ARE THEY? YES. LOOK AT THAT BEAUTIFUL SLIDE. THAT'S AN

AMAZING, AMAZING PICTURE RIGHT THERE. THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT.

SO I LOVE THE 250TH. WE WERE THE 250TH BIRTHDAY OF THE NATION. SO

IT'S A PERFECT TIME FOR US TO TALK ABOUT WHY WE'RE GOING TO

VOTE AND WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE VOTING FOR, WHAT WE'RE TRYING

TO— EVEN WHEN WE SAY I'M A CONSERVATIVE, WHAT ARE WE TRYING

TO CONSERVE? IF WE WANT TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, WHAT MADE

AMERICA GREAT IN THE FIRST PLACE? WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE

FIGHTING FOR? SO THIS YEAR IS A PERFECT TIME TO DO THAT. I LOVE

ALL THESE CELEBRATIONS. THE WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN SO HELPFUL

AND BEEN WILLING TO WORK WITH US AND EVERY DATE WE'VE GIVEN THEM.

I MEAN, WHETHER IT WAS THE MAY 17TH REDEDICATION OR JUNE 14TH,

FLAG DAY, OR ANY OF THESE WONDERFUL TIMES TO HAVE CIVIC

RITUAL IN AMERICA AND REMIND US WHO WE ARE. THEY HAVE BEEN

ACTIVE ON THAT. AND I'M JUST TELLING YOU FROM BEING THERE

FIRSTHAND, WORKING WITH THE PEOPLE 3 YEARS AGO THAT WERE

STARTING TO LOOK TOWARDS THE 250TH, THAT THE PEOPLE COMING

OUT OF WASHINGTON, D.C. THAT WERE IN CHARGE OF ALL OF THIS,

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DRAG QUEEN STORY HOUR ALL YEAR LONG. I'M

SERIOUS. I KNOW THAT'S FUNNY, BUT I'M SERIOUS. IT'S THE TRUTH.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE PLANNING. IT WAS ALL THIS CRAZY

STUFF. THANKFULLY, GOD GAVE US A REPRIEVE, AND DONALD J. TRUMP,

EVEN THOUGH HE KIND OF DISTRACTED FROM TONIGHT— HOW

DARE HIM COME WITHIN 3 HOURS OF WHERE I HAD TO FOLLOW HIM ONE

TIME AT ONE EVENT. IT WAS A FAITH AND FAMILY COALITION

EVENT. AND OF COURSE, HE'S SUPPOSED TO GO AN HOUR AND HE

GOES 2.5 HOURS INTO MY SPEAKING TIME. SO IMAGINE THAT, THE

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TAKING MY SPEAKING TIME. NO. SO

ANYWAY, I'M THRILLED FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT GOT TO GO SEE HIM

TONIGHT. WHERE WAS IT? WHAT TOWN DID YOU SAY IT WAS? YEAH, THERE.

SO ANYWAY, I'M JUST GLAD HE'S IN NEBRASKA. THAT'S GOOD FOR YOU

GUYS THAT HE'S GETTING PEOPLE EXCITED AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO

TURN OUT. BUT ANYWAY, HIS TEAM AT THE WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN

PHENOMENAL TO WORK WITH. SO WHEN I SAY, LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, JUNE

14TH, FLAG DAY, WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY USED THAT DAY TO TEACH

CIVIC RITUAL. AND THE REASON THEY HAD THE UFC FIGHTS AT THE

WHITE HOUSE AND HAD THE MARINE CORPS BAND DOING THE MUSIC AND

ALL OF THAT WAS TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE AMERICAN STORY.

SO IF YOU HAPPEN TO WATCH THAT NIGHT, IN BETWEEN EACH OF THE

FIGHTS— I KNOW THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW CHURCHES I CAN TALK

ABOUT THE UFC— AND MY FAVORITE UFC FIGHTER IS A KID NAMED JON

KUNNEMAN. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD OF HIM OR NOT, BUT HE'S MY

FAVORITE. BUT THAT NIGHT, IT WAS SO COOL. THERE'S 150 MILLION

PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD WATCHING, AND IN BETWEEN EACH

FIGHT, THEY PLAYED VIDEOS THAT TAUGHT CIVICS. SO THEY HAD

EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION, AND THEN WHILE THEY HAD THEIR ATTENTION,

THEY PLAYED A VIDEO OF RONALD REAGAN GIVING HIS

ENTIRE FLAG DAY SPEECH ON JUNE 14TH, 40 YEARS AGO, TEACHING

ABOUT WHY THAT FLAG RIGHT THERE IS WORTHY OF BEING WAVED SO THAT

WE DON'T JUST WAVE THE FLAG, BUT WE UNDERSTAND WHY THAT ONE IS

WORTHY OF BEING WAVED, WHAT IT STANDS FOR. THEY PLAYED BETWEEN

A COUPLE OF FIGHTS, THEY PLAYED THIS MONTAGE OF QUOTES FROM

PRESIDENTS AND FOUNDING FATHERS TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF

BEING PATRIOTIC AND CIVIC RITUAL AND PARTICIPATING IN YOUR

GOVERNMENT AND ALL THOSE THINGS. IT WAS JUST A PHENOMENAL,

PHENOMENAL EVENING. AND THEN THE EVENING CAPPED OFF, THE LAST

FIGHT OF THE NIGHT, IT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. THE KID THAT

WAS IN THE FIGHT ACTUALLY TRAINS WITH JOHN, GOOD FRIEND OF

JOHN'S, AND NOBODY THOUGHT THIS KID WAS GONNA WIN. HE'S FROM

ARIZONA, HE WAS AN UNDERDOG, 6-TO-1 UNDERDOG. THE GUY HE'S

FIGHTING FROM SPAIN WAS AN UNDEFEATED CHAMPION OF 2

DIVISIONS. I MEAN, JUST A BEAST. NOBODY THOUGHT THAT JUSTIN

GAETHJE WAS GONNA WIN THAT FIGHT. AND HE ENDS UP, WELL, IN

FACT, WHEN IT OPENED UP, LET ME SHOW YOU THIS SLIDE TOO. SO THE

PICTURE, WHAT THEY DID WHEN THEY DID THE WALKOUT, YOU KNOW, IF

YOU WATCH A BOXING MATCH, IF YOU'RE NOT A UFC FAN BUT YOU

WATCH BOXING, IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN A BOXING MATCH, IF YOU'VE

EVER SEEN THE WALKOUT, THEY PLAY THE SONG CHOICE OF THE FIGHTER.

AND THEN AS THEY'RE WALKING OUT, IT'S A BIG CEREMONIAL THING.

WELL, BECAUSE THEY WERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE, THEY EACH GOT TO

WALK OUT FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. AND SO YOU GOT TO SEE ALL THIS

ARCHITECTURE AND HISTORY AND COOL THINGS. WELL, IT OPENS UP

ON JUSTIN GAETHJE AND HE'S STANDING IN THE OVAL OFFICE WITH

THE AMERICAN FLAG WRAPPED AROUND HIM, LOOKING UP AT THE

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. I MEAN, COME ON. I CAME OUT OF MY

CHAIR. I WAS LIKE, YEAH, LET'S GO, JUSTIN. I'M SO GLAD YOU DID

THAT RIGHT BEFORE YOU GO GET YOUR BRAINS BEAT IN. ACTUALLY

PUT MONEY ON IT ANYWAY. NO. SO I WAS THINKING, THOUGH, I'M FOR AN

UNDERDOG ANYWAY. BUT OF COURSE I'M YELLING AND SCREAMING FOR

THE AMERICAN. WELL, THIS KID GOES OUT, BY THE WAY, HIS SONG,

THERE AIN'T NO GRAVE. I LOVE IT ANYWAY. SO HE WALKS OUT THERE.

HE ENDS UP WINNING THE FIGHT. IT WAS AMAZING. AND THEN JOE ROGAN

SHOVES THE MICROPHONE IN HIS FACE AND SAYS, JUSTIN, YOU WERE

A 6-TO-1 UNDERDOG. THIS WAS IMPOSSIBLE. HOW DO YOU FEEL

RIGHT NOW? AND JUSTIN'S RESPONSE IS, JOE, 250 YEARS AGO, AMERICA

WAS WORSE THAN 6-TO-1 UNDERDOGS. I'M AN AMERICAN. THIS IS IN MY

DNA. YEAH, BABY. I LOVE THAT. I LOVE THAT. SO THE 250TH IS AN

EXCITING TIME TO BE ALIVE. I'M SO THANKFUL THAT GOD'S PUT US

HERE. RONALD REAGAN USED TO SAY, I'M GLAD WE DON'T LIVE IN PALE

AND TIMID TIMES. I'M GLAD WE LIVE AT A TIME WHERE WHAT WE'RE

DOING MAKES A DIFFERENCE. THIS IS AN INFLECTION POINT IN

AMERICA'S HISTORY. WE'RE AT THE 250TH. WE HAVE TO DECIDE, DO WE

WANT AMERICA TO BE GREAT AGAIN, OR ARE WE GOING TO LET HER FALL

APART? MOST NATIONS FALL APART AT 250 YEARS. THAT'S THE NORMAL,

REALLY ABOUT 240 TO 260 YEARS. MOST GREAT NATIONS HAVE

CRUMBLED. RABBI DANIEL LAPIN HAS A GREAT PIECE ON THIS, AND HE

DOCUMENTS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM. AND SO WE'RE RIGHT IN THE

MIDDLE OF THAT AT 250, AND NORMALLY YOU WOULD FALL APART.

HERE'S WHY WE HAVE A CHANCE FOR AMERICA TO HAVE ANOTHER 250

YEARS, SHOULD THE LORD TARRY. I DON'T KNOW WHEN HE'S COMING

BACK. JESUS SAID NO MAN KNOWS. SO, YOU KNOW, HE MAY COME BACK

TOMORROW AND MESS UP ALL MY PLANS. PRAISE GOD, I HOPE THAT

HAPPENS. BUT IF HE DOESN'T AND HE TARRIES FOR ANOTHER 50 YEARS

OR 150 YEARS OR 250 YEARS OR WHATEVER IT IS, I WANT TO MAKE

SURE I'M HANDING TO MY GRANDCHILDREN A NATION WHERE

THEY HAVE THE FREEDOM TO WORSHIP GOD AS THEY CHOOSE. I WANT TO

MAKE SURE THAT I'M HANDING MY GRANDCHILDREN THE FREEDOM TO BE

ABLE TO CHOOSE WHAT GOD CALLED THEM TO, SO THAT THEY GET TO

CHOOSE WHAT THEY DO WITH THEIR LIVES, NOT HAVE SOME DICTATOR

TELL THEM WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO. I WANT THEM TO LIVE IN

FREEDOM, IN OTHER WORDS. AND SO THE WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE

HAVE A CHANCE AT ANOTHER 250 YEARS IS TO TAKE THE ADVICE OF

THE FOUNDING FATHERS. THIS GUY GEORGE MASON WAS THE FATHER OF

THE BILL OF RIGHTS. HE WAS A FRAMER OF THE CONSTITUTION. ONE

OF THE 55 THAT FRAMED IT, NOT ONE OF THE 39 THAT SIGNED IT. HE

WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT REFUSED TO SIGN BECAUSE IT DIDN'T YET

END SLAVERY COMPLETELY, AND IT DIDN'T HAVE THE BILL OF RIGHTS

IN THE CONSTITUTION AT THE TIME THEY DID THE CONSTITUTION THAT

SUMMER IN 1787. BUT HE SAID THIS, HE SAID, NO FREE

GOVERNMENT NOR THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY CAN BE PRESERVED TO ANY

PEOPLE BUT BY A FREQUENT RECURRENCE TO FUNDAMENTAL

PRINCIPLES. AND IF YOU BREAK THAT DOWN, WHAT HE'S SAYING IS

IF WE WANT THAT FREEDOM, IF WE WANT TO PASS IT TO OUR CHILDREN

AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN, THEN WE HAVE TO HAVE A FREQUENT

RECURRENCE TO THE PRINCIPLES THAT ACTUALLY GAVE US THAT

FREEDOM IN THE FIRST PLACE. SO IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT DID WE PUT

INTO THE CULTURE TO GET THE OUTPUTS OF FREEDOM AND THE

BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY? AND IF WE WANT TO HAVE 250 MORE YEARS OF

THAT, WE GOT TO KNOW WHAT THE FORMULA IS. SO I'M GOING TO GIVE

YOU A FEW QUOTES. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS FOR JUST A MINUTE,

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE DUTY TO

VOTE, THE RESPONSIBILITY, NOT JUST A RIGHT, BUT THE DUTY TO

VOTE AND PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS. SO BENJAMIN RUSH, ONE

OF THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION, OTHER FOUNDING

FATHERS AT THE TIME SAID HE WAS ONE OF THE TOP 3 MOST IMPORTANT

FOUNDING FATHERS. WE DON'T TALK ABOUT HIM A LOT TODAY, BUT HE

WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE FOUNDING OF THIS COUNTRY. AND THIS QUOTE

REALLY DOES TELL YOU WHY OUR FAITH— NUMBER 1, WHY AS

CHRISTIANS WE HAVE A DUTY TO DO THIS, BUT NUMBER 2, WHY IT'S A

BLESSING TO EVERYONE IN AMERICA WHEN CHRISTIANS HAVE THEIR VOICE

HEARD. HE SAYS, CHRISTIANITY IS THE ONLY TRUE AND PERFECT

RELIGION. IN PROPORTION AS MANKIND ADOPTS ITS PRINCIPLES

AND OBEYS ITS PRECEPTS, THEY WILL BE WISE AND HAPPY. THE

GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST PRESCRIBES THE WISEST RULES FOR

JUST CONDUCT IN EVERY SITUATION OF LIFE. HAPPY THEY ARE WHO ARE

ENABLED TO OBEY THEM IN ALL SITUATIONS. THE BIBLE CONTAINS

MORE KNOWLEDGE NECESSARY TO MAN IN HIS PRESENT STATE THAN ANY

OTHER BOOK IN THE WORLD. BY RENOUNCING THE BIBLE,

PHILOSOPHERS SWING FROM THEIR MOORINGS UPON ALL MORAL

SUBJECTS. NOW THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT LINE MEANS. WHEN YOU

RENOUNCE THE BIBLE, YOU SWING FROM YOUR MOORINGS. SO NOW

YOU'RE NOT ANCHORED TO ANYTHING. YOU ACTUALLY GET SO DECEIVED YOU

DON'T KNOW WHAT A WOMAN IS. YOU GET SO DECEIVED, YOU THINK MEN

CAN HAVE BABIES. I MEAN, WE'RE AT THAT POINT. WE'RE LITERALLY

LIVING OUT— WE RENOUNCE THE BIBLE, SO NOW THESE PHILOSOPHERS

HAVE SWUNG COMPLETELY FROM ANY KIND OF AN ANCHOR. THE BIBLE IS

THE ONLY CORRECT MAP OF THE HUMAN HEART THAT HAS EVER BEEN

PUBLISHED. THE ONLY MEANS— SO THIS IS TO THE ELECTION— THE

ONLY MEANS OF ESTABLISHING AND PERPETUATING OUR DEMOCRACY.

THANK YOU FOR CATCHING THAT. OUR REPUBLICAN FORMS OF GOVERNMENT.

WE ARE NOT A DEMOCRACY. WE ARE A CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC. WE'RE

NOT EVEN JUST A PURE REPUBLIC. WE'RE NOT GOING TO ELECT THESE

FOLKS AND SAY, HEY, JUST GO DO THE BEST YOU CAN. WE'RE GOING TO

ELECT THESE FOLKS AND SAY, HEY, GO DO THE BEST YOU CAN WITHIN

THESE BOUNDARIES, BECAUSE THE CONSTITUTION GIVES US A

DEFINITION OF WHAT AUTHORITY THEY HAVE OR DON'T HAVE. SO

ANYWAY, OUR REPUBLICAN FORMS OF GOVERNMENT. AND BY THE WAY, IF

ANYBODY EVER TELLS YOU YOU'RE A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY, YOUR

RESPONSE SHOULD BE, YOU'RE DARN RIGHT, BECAUSE THESE GUYS SAID

DEMOCRACY WAS MOBOCRACY. THEY CALLED IT ONE OF THE GREATEST OF

EVILS. THEY SAID, WE DON'T WANT THAT. IT ALWAYS ENDS IN

VIOLENCE. IT ALWAYS FALLS APART. WE DON'T WANT DEMOCRACY. WE WANT

TO BE A CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC. ANYWAY, HE SAID, THE ONLY MEANS

WE'RE GOING TO PERPETUATE— IN OTHER WORDS, PASS THIS ON TO THE

NEXT GENERATION— IS THE UNIVERSAL EDUCATION OF OUR YOUTH

IN THE PRINCIPLES OF CHRISTIANITY BY MEANS OF THE

BIBLE. IN OTHER WORDS, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE BIBLICAL FOUNDATIONS

THAT'S WHAT MADE US GREAT IN THE FIRST PLACE. WE'VE GOT TO COME

BACK TO IT. ANOTHER ONE OF THE GUYS THAT FRAMED THE

CONSTITUTION WAS FROM MARYLAND. OH, THERE WE GO. SORRY, WE CAN

SKIP THAT ONE. IT IS LOCKING UP. OH, SORRY, GUYS. I TELL YOU

WHAT, I'LL DO THIS AND Y'ALL ADVANCE. OH, NO, YOU CAN'T,

BECAUSE WE'RE GOING FROM HERE, AREN'T WE? LET'S SEE. I'M GOING

TO TRY IT HERE. OKAY. JAMES MCHENRY. HERE WE GO. SO HE'S AT

THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. HE STARTS THE MARYLAND BIBLE

SOCIETY. BY THE WAY, BENJAMIN RUSH STARTED THE PHILADELPHIA

BIBLE SOCIETY. THESE GUYS STARTED THE AMERICAN BIBLE

SOCIETY, ALL THESE DIFFERENT BIBLE SOCIETIES. WHY WOULD THEY

START BIBLE SOCIETIES IF THEY DIDN'T WANT THE BIBLE TO BE IN

THE CULTURE? THEY'RE DOING THAT TO SPREAD THE WORD OF GOD, TO

TEACH THE WORD OF GOD, TO GET PEOPLE TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD.

THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT IF THE BIBLE PERMEATES THE CULTURE, THE

CULTURE REFLECTS BIBLICAL VALUES. AND IF YOU SAY, WELL, I

DON'T KNOW IF I WANT BIBLICAL VALUES REFLECTED, WELL, LET'S

SEE, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE PEOPLE

ACTUALLY TREAT THEIR NEIGHBORS THE WAY THEY WANT TO BE TREATED?

I THINK THAT'S WRITTEN DOWN SOMEWHERE IN THE BIBLE. HOW

WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD? IMAGINE THIS. THIS

WOULD BE CRAZY. WHAT IF YOU LIVED IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE

PEOPLE THOUGHT MURDER IS WRONG? WOULDN'T IT BE NICE TO HAVE

NEIGHBORS? I WISH WE ARE BROADCASTING THIS. ALL VIEWERS

IN CALIFORNIA, LISTEN CLOSE. WOULDN'T IT BE NICE TO HAVE

NEIGHBORS WHO ACTUALLY THINK STEALING IS WRONG AND THERE'S NO

$900 EXCEPTION TO THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT? I KIND OF LIKE

THOSE BIBLICAL VALUES. WHAT ABOUT YOU? HONOR YOUR FATHER AND

MOTHER, YOU KNOW, DON'T DECEIVE. I MEAN, ALL OF THESE THINGS USED

TO BE TAUGHT IN THE CULTURE BECAUSE IF YOU TEACH THAT, YOU

GET GOOD NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU GET GOOD NEIGHBORS. I MEAN, EVEN

JUST LOOK AT THE CONSTITUTION. YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE PHRASES IN

THE CONSTITUTION BASED ON BIBLICAL— OOPS, LET'S SEE, IS IT

LOCKED UP AGAIN? OKAY, YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE PHRASES IN THE

CONSTITUTION. IF Y'ALL WANT TO GO FROM BACK THERE, I'LL JUST DO

THIS AND THEN Y'ALL JUST KIND OF FOLLOW ME BECAUSE IT'S NOT

COMING THROUGH, I DON'T THINK. OH, YOU WANT TO TRY AGAIN? ALL

RIGHT. WHAT WAS I SAYING? I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WAS SAYING.

CONSTITUTION. OH YEAH. SO THERE'S PHRASE AFTER PHRASE

AFTER PHRASE IN THE CONSTITUTION YOU SAW FOR A SECOND THERE

THAT'S BASED ON A BIBLE VERSE. EVEN THE WAY THAT WE CHOOSE OUR

LEADERS, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE LEADERS OF TENS, FIFTIES,

HUNDREDS, THOUSANDS, THAT'S RIGHT OUT OF EXODUS. THAT'S YOUR

LOCAL, COUNTY, STATE, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE TYPES OF LEADERS

THAT WE CHOOSE. WE'RE TOLD IN EXODUS, CHOOSE OUT FROM AMONG

YOU LEADERS OF TENS, FIFTIES, HUNDREDS, AND THOUSANDS, ABLE

MEN SUCH AS FEAR GOD, MEN OF TRUTH, HATING COVETOUSNESS. SO

WE EVEN GET A GUIDELINE FOR THE TYPES OF LEADERS TO CHOOSE. YOU

THINK ABOUT ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED

IN OUR SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT, EVEN OUR REPUBLICAN FORM OF

GOVERNMENT, EVEN THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TAX EXEMPTION FOR

CHURCHES, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SEPARATION OF POWERS. JEREMIAH

Jeremiah 17:9

17:9, THE HEART IS EVIL, NO MAN CAN KNOW IT. OUR FOUNDERS

UNDERSTOOD WELL, YOU MIGHT BE A GREAT PERSON, BUT IF I PUT ALL

THE POWER IN YOUR HANDS, YOU'VE GOT EVIL IN YOUR HEART YOU DON'T

EVEN KNOW IS THERE. THAT POWER WILL— ULTIMATE POWER WOULD

CORRUPT YOU. SO WE NEED CHECKS AND BALANCES IN ORDER TO KEEP

THAT FROM HAPPENING. ALL OF THAT IS BASED ON BIBLICAL VALUES AND

BIBLICAL IDEAS. SO JAMES MCHENRY, BACK TO JAMES MCHENRY,

HE WAS THE ONE FROM MARYLAND, AND I WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW

IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE THE BIBLE IN THERE. BIBLES ARE

STRONG PROTECTIONS. WHERE THEY ABOUND, MEN CANNOT PURSUE WICKED

COURSES AND AT THE SAME TIME ENJOY QUIET CONSCIENCE. WHAT

HE'S SAYING IS IF THE BIBLE'S PERMEATING THE CULTURE, RIGHT

AND WRONG IS KIND OF ON EVERYBODY'S MIND. SO YOU'RE

CONSTANTLY BEING REMINDED, YOU'RE BEING CONVICTED ABOUT

RIGHT AND WRONG. SO YOU CAN'T PURSUE EVIL AND HAVE A QUIET

CONSCIENCE. I MEAN, WE'VE ALL DONE EVIL, BUT IF WE HAVE GOOD,

IF WE HAVE BIBLICAL VALUES BEING TAUGHT IN THE SCHOOLS AND FROM

GOVERNMENT AND FROM OUR CHURCH AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT AREAS

AND OUR MENTORS, AND YOU HAVE WHAT I'M LOVING RIGHT NOW IS

THESE INFLUENCERS AND ATHLETES THAT ARE IN THEIR PRESS

CONFERENCES TALKING ABOUT BIBLICAL VALUES. THE MORE THAT

HAPPENS, THERE'S A CONSCIOUSNESS, A GOD

THAT IS STARTING TO PERMEATE THE CULTURE. AND

THAT'S WHAT HE'S REFERRING TO THERE IS IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE

BIBLE IN THE CULTURE, PEOPLE, THERE'S STILL A SERIES OR THERE

IS A SEARING OF THE CONSCIENCE THAT TAKES PLACE BECAUSE GOD'S

WORD IS NOT PERMEATING THE CULTURE. SO LET'S SEE. YEAH, GO

AHEAD AND GO TO THAT NEXT ONE. PUBLIC UTILITY. SO NOT JUST

PRIVATELY. OFTEN WE THINK OF OUR SPIRITUAL LIVES AS IT'S JUST FOR

US PRIVATELY. NO, HE'S SAYING PUBLIC UTILITY. PLEADS MOST

FORCIBLY FOR THE GENERAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE HOLY

SCRIPTURES. WITHOUT THE BIBLE, IN VAIN DO WE INCREASE PENAL

LAWS AND DRAW ENTRENCHMENTS AROUND OUR INSTITUTIONS. IN

OTHER WORDS, WE CAN PASS ALL THE LAWS TO SAY DON'T KILL, DON'T

STEAL, DON'T DO THIS, DON'T DO THAT, BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE

BIBLES IN THE CULTURE, WE'RE JUST PUTTING WORDS ON PAPER. WE

CAN PASS ALL THOSE LAWS, BUT WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THE BIBLE IN

THE CULTURE BECAUSE WE HAVE SELF-GOVERNMENT. WITHOUT

SELF-GOVERNMENT, YOU'RE GOING TO LEAD TO TOTAL TYRANNY. THINK

ABOUT IT. THE MORE THE MORE WE BELIEVE IN A LICENTIOUSNESS

WHERE WE JUST SAY EVERYBODY DO WHATEVER FEELS GOOD, DO

WHATEVER'S RIGHT IN THEIR OWN EYES, THEN MANKIND GOES DOWN

THAT ROAD AND THE CRAZIER THINGS GET, THE WORSE CRIME GETS, THE

MORE UNSAFE IT IS EVEN JUST TO WALK FROM THE GROCERY STORE TO

THE CAR. AND SO SOONER OR LATER, THE PEOPLE START CLAMORING FOR

GOVERNMENT TO STOP THAT. AND SO WHEN GOVERNMENT TRIES TO COME IN

AND STOP ALL OF THAT, NOW GOVERNMENT HAS TO BECOME

TYRANNICAL AND MICROMANAGE EVERY LITTLE THING EVERYONE DOES. YOU

DON'T WANT IT TO BE THAT WAY. YOU WANT SELF-GOVERNMENT SO THAT

WE ARE GOVERNING OURSELVES BECAUSE OF THE CONVICTION THAT

WE GET FROM HEARING THE WORD OF GOD THAT TELLS US TO LIVE A

CERTAIN WAY AND THEN TREAT OUR NEIGHBORS A CERTAIN WAY. THAT

ALWAYS PRODUCES A FAR BETTER CULTURE THAN GOVERNMENT TRYING

TO FORCE IT ON YOU. NOAH WEBSTER SAYS BASICALLY THE SAME THING,

BUT IN THE REVERSE. HE SAYS, ALL THE MISERIES AND EVILS WHICH MEN

SUFFER FROM VICE, CRIME, AMBITION, SLAVERY, AND WAR. SO

ALL THE BAD STUFF YOU DON'T WANT IN THE CULTURE HE SAYS YOU GET

THAT BECAUSE YOU NEGLECT OR DESPISE THE PRECEPTS CONTAINED

IN THE BIBLE. SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE REJECT THE BIBLE OR WE

IGNORE IT OR WE JUST KIND OF NEGLECT IT EVEN AS BELIEVERS,

BECAUSE I USED TO READ THAT AND I'D SAY, I TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW,

THIS IS, IT'S THE LEFT'S FAULT, IT'S THE COMMUNISTS, IT'S THE

PROGRESSIVES, IT'S THE DEMOCRATS. BUT I REPEAT MYSELF,

IT'S THOSE OTHER FOLKS. THEY'RE THE REASON BECAUSE THEY HATE

GOD'S WORD, THEY DESPISE GOD'S WORD. AND THEN I WAS GIVING A

PRESENTATION AND THAT WORD NEGLECTING, GOD JUST ILLUMINATED

IT. I'M LIKE, OH, WAIT A MINUTE, WHO CAN NEGLECT SOMETHING? THE

PEOPLE THAT HAVE IT. WE HAVE THE PRECEPTS CONTAINED IN THE BIBLE

THAT APPLY TO EVERYTHING IN LIFE. IT'S THE SOLUTIONS FOR

EVERYTHING WE'RE FACING AS A CULTURE, AS A FAMILY, AS A

BUSINESS, AS A CHURCH, ALL OF THAT. AND WE'VE NEGLECTED TO

APPLY THE PRECEPTS CONTAINED IN THE BIBLE TO THE CULTURAL ISSUES

OF THE DAY. AND NOW WE'RE GETTING MORE CRIME, MORE

AMBITION, MORE SLAVERY. WE GOT MORE SLAVES TODAY THAN WE'VE

EVER HAD IN HISTORY. THE SEX SLAVE SEX TRAFFICKING AROUND THE

WORLD IS EVEN WORSE THAN SLAVERY WAS 400 YEARS AGO. ALL OF THESE

THINGS ARE HAPPENING BECAUSE WE NEGLECTED THE PRECEPTS CONTAINED

IN THE BIBLE. BUT GUESS WHAT? WE THE CHURCH HAVE THE WORD OF GOD,

AND IF WE STOP NEGLECTING AND WE START EMBRACING AND WE START

TEACHING AND WE START VOTING BASED ON THOSE PRINCIPLES, WE

CAN GET RID OF THE BAD STUFF AND GET BACK TO THE GOOD STUFF.

ANYBODY WANT THAT? SO IT'S NOT COMPLICATED. HERE'S WHAT WE'RE

ATTEMPTING TO DO. WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE THE ADVICE OF GOOD OLD

RONALD REAGAN WHEN HE SAID THAT IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DID, WE

WON'T KNOW WHO WE ARE. SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE DON'T KNOW

OUR HISTORY, IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN OUR HISTORY AND

WHAT PRODUCED THIS GREAT, INCREDIBLE AMERICAN SOCIETY,

THEN WE'RE GOING TO LOSE THE GREATNESS OF AMERICA. IN FACT,

THE WAY HE SAID IT WAS, I'M WARNING OF AN ERADICATION OF THE

AMERICAN MEMORY THAT WILL LEAD TO AN EROSION OF THE AMERICAN

SPIRIT. SO IF YOU LOSE YOUR MEMORY, IF YOU LOSE WHO WE— WHAT

WE DID IN THE PAST, THE STORIES OF THEM. AND I MEAN THE GOOD,

THE BAD, AND THE UGLY. I'M NOT SAYING WE SHY AWAY FROM OR

SUGARCOAT IT. YOU TELL THE WHOLE STORY SO WE CAN LEARN FROM THE

WHOLE THING. BUT IF WE KNOW THOSE STORIES, THEN WE'LL

CONTINUE OUR PATRIOTISM, WE'LL KEEP OUR CIVIC DUTY, WE'LL BE

INVOLVED. WE WON'T HAVE THIS ABYSMAL VOTING PERCENTAGE AND

ALL THAT IF WE REMEMBER WHAT WE DID. BUT IF WE FORGET WHAT WE

DID, THEN WE GET SOFT. WE KIND OF GET SPOILED. WE'VE HAD THE

BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY AND SOMEBODY ELSE PAID THE PRICE, SO

WE HAVEN'T REALLY PAID ATTENTION TO IT. WE'VE ENJOYED GETTING TO

LIVE IN FREEDOM AND MAKE DECISIONS AND ALL THAT, BUT WE

HAVEN'T REALLY DONE THE HARD WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S

PRESERVED FOR THE NEXT GENERATION. SO IT'S ESSENTIALLY

THAT OLD MEME ABOUT TOUGH TIMES MAKING TOUGH MEN, TOUGH MEN MAKE

GOOD TIMES, GOOD TIMES MAKE SOFT MEN, SOFT MEN LEAD YOU BACK INTO

TOUGH TIMES. WE'RE IN THAT GOOD TIMES FOR THE LAST, YOU KNOW,

REALLY 100 YEARS AT LEAST, AND WE'VE GOTTEN SOFT. WE'VE GOTTEN

VERY SOFT, AND THE CHURCH HAS GOTTEN SOFT, AND HASN'T DONE ITS

JOB, HASN'T ENGAGED, HASN'T PARTICIPATED. AND AS A RESULT,

NOW WE'VE STARTED HEADING BACK INTO TOUGH TIMES. HOW DO YOU

STOP THAT? HOW DO YOU REVERSE THAT AND GET BACK TO THE GOOD

TIMES? EXACTLY WHAT REAGAN SAID. CIVIC RITUAL AND MORE EMPHASIS

ON HISTORY. SO IF WE WILL DO THESE THINGS, WHAT WE'RE DOING

TONIGHT, I MEAN, THE FACT THAT ESPECIALLY FOR THESE OTHER

PASTORS THAT CAME AND JOINED WITH HANK AND BRENDA AND AS A

COMMUNITY AND YOU WERE WILLING TO COME HERE AND PARTICIPATE,

THAT IS SUCH A GOOD SIGN FOR REVIVAL IN OUR COUNTRY. SUCH A

GOOD SIGN THAT YOU'RE ALREADY SPEAKING UP AT YOUR CHURCHES AND

ENCOURAGING VOTING AND EVEN TALKING ABOUT THE BALLOT

INITIATIVES AND ALL THAT. SUCH A GOOD SIGN FOR WHERE WE ARE.

YOU'RE DOING CIVIC RITUAL, YOU'RE TEACHING HISTORY, AND

THAT'S HOW WE GET BACK TO SAVING THE COUNTRY. I NEED TO ADDRESS

THE NAYSAYERS OUT THERE THAT SAY, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD JUST

BE, QUOTE UNQUOTE, PREACHING THE GOSPEL. YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO

PUT POLITICS IN THE PULPIT. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WHAT IS THE

GOSPEL? NOT WHAT DOES RICK SAY IT IS, BUT WHAT DID JESUS SAY IT

IS? WHAT IS THE GREAT COMMISSION? GO AND MAKE OF ALL,

TEACHING THEM TO OBEY ONLY THOSE THINGS THAT AREN'T POLITICALLY

CONTROVERSIAL. I'M WATCHING OUT FOR THE LIGHTNING RIGHT NOW

BECAUSE I JUST ADDED TO THE WORD OF GOD OR TOOK AWAY FROM THE

WORD OF GOD. NO, TEACHING THEM TO OBEY EVERYTHING I COMMANDED

YOU. AND HE HAD ALL KINDS OF COMMANDS ABOUT HOW TO TREAT YOUR

NEIGHBOR AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS. TAXES. HE HAD PARABLES

ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF MEDDLING, WHICH IS

THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, IS COMPLETELY

ANTI-BIBLICAL. HE HAS AN ENTIRE PARABLE ABOUT HOW IT'S BETWEEN

YOU AND ME, EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE. IT'S NOT UP TO

GOVERNMENT OR THE OTHER EMPLOYEES HOW MUCH I PAY YOU OR

HOW MUCH YOU'RE WILLING TO WORK FOR OR I'M WILLING TO WORK FOR.

JESUS SPOKE TO ALL THESE THINGS THAT DO IMPACT WHAT OUR CULTURE

LOOKS LIKE, BUT WE BOUGHT THIS WHOLE IDEA OF JUST PREACH THE

GOSPEL. WELL, THE GOSPEL IS TO MAKE DISCIPLES THAT UNDERSTAND

HOW TO LIVE OUT EVERYTHING HE COMMANDED AT WORK, AT CHURCH, IN

GOVERNMENT, ALL THOSE THINGS. NOBODY HERE, ALL THESE PASTORS

THAT ARE HERE, I BET YOU'VE NEVER HAD ANYBODY IN YOUR CHURCH

LEAVE THE SERVICE ON SUNDAY DRIVING HOME GOING, WHAT A GREAT

MESSAGE ON HOW TO BE A GOOD HUSBAND, GOOD FATHER, GOOD

MOTHER, GOOD WIFE. I WISH WE COULD USE IT AT HOME, BUT YOU

KNOW, SEPARATION OF HOME AND CHURCH. NO, DOESN'T HAPPEN,

RIGHT? I HOPE WE HAVEN'T GOT THAT BAD. YOU DON'T LEAVE GOING,

GREAT SERMON ON HOW TO HAVE A GOOD EMPLOYEE, BE A GOOD

EMPLOYEE AND HAVE GOOD WORK ETHIC OR CREATE A GREAT WORK

ENVIRONMENT IF YOU'RE THE ENTREPRENEUR THAT STARTED THE

COMPANY OR WHATEVER. WISH WE COULD USE THAT MONDAY AT WORK,

BUT SEPARATION OF WORK AND CHURCH. WHY HAVE WE BOUGHT THIS

LIE THAT SAYS, MAN, BOY, HANK AND BRENDA WERE TALKING ABOUT

BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF MY VOTE AND KNOWING THE CONSTITUTION

AND THE BIBLE AND HOW TO BE A GOOD CITIZEN AND ALL THAT. BUT I

CAN'T DO THAT TUESDAY BECAUSE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE.

WE BOUGHT A LIE. IT DOES NOT MEAN PEOPLE OF FAITH DON'T GET

INVOLVED IN THE STATE. YOU JUST STAY OVER HERE IN YOUR LITTLE

BOX AT CHURCH. IT MEANS THE STATE CANNOT COME INTO THE

CHURCH AND TELL YOU HOW TO LIVE OUT YOUR FAITH. WE'VE TOTALLY

TURNED IT ON ITS HEAD. SO GOT 11 MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. I'VE BEEN

GOING REALLY SLOW UP UNTIL NOW. SO WE'RE GOING TO RATCHET IT UP.

DAVID BARTON AND I BOTH GET ACCUSED OF TALKING 90 WORDS A

MINUTE WITH GUSTS UP TO 350. AND I THINK I STARTED AT 350. WE'RE

ABOUT TO GUST ON UP TO 700. OKAY. SO SERIOUSLY, THERE'S A

COUPLE OF GUYS THAT SAID THIS WAY BETTER THAN I EVER COULD.

CHARLES FINNEY, HE WAS SECOND GREAT AWAKENING, REALLY WELL

KNOWN, BIG PART OF HOW ALL THAT HAPPENED. HE EVEN STARRED IN A

MOVIE, STAYING ALIVE. IF YOU EVER SAW THAT. I NEVER SAID IT

THAT WAY, BUT THAT'S ACTUALLY FUN. THAT'S PRETTY FUNNY. OKAY,

IT'S NOT JOHN TRAVOLTA. SO CHARLES FINNEY SAID IT THIS WAY.

HE SAID THE CHURCH MUST TAKE RIGHT GROUND IN REGARD TO

POLITICS. POLITICS ARE PART OF A RELIGION IN A COUNTRY SUCH AS

THIS. WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT. AND CHRISTIANS MUST DO THEIR

DUTY TO THEIR COUNTRY AS A PART OF THEIR DUTY TO GOD. GOD WILL

BLESS OR CURSE THIS NATION ACCORDING TO THE COURSE

CHRISTIANS TAKE IN POLITICS. SO LET'S BACK UP AND BREAK THAT

DOWN. THE CHURCH TAKING GROUND IN POLITICS. WHY? BECAUSE

POLITICS, WHEN YOU LIVE IN A CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC,

POLITICS IS JUST PART OF YOUR LIFE. IT'S JUST PART OF A

RELIGION, NO DIFFERENT THAN PREACHING THE GOSPEL ON HOW TO

CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT AT WORK OR HOW TO HAVE GOOD WORK ETHIC OR

HOW TO BE A GOOD HUSBAND OR FATHER AND MOTHER, OR HOW TO BE,

YOU KNOW, A GOOD STEWARD, WHATEVER IT IS. EVERYTHING IN

LIFE THE BIBLE SPEAKS TO. AND IN AMERICA, YOU DON'T RENDER UNTO

CAESAR WHAT IS CAESAR'S AND UNTO GOD WHAT IS GOD'S, MEANING WE

LIVE UNDER A CAESAR THAT'S A DICTATOR. IN AMERICA, IT'S

DIFFERENT. IN AMERICA, WHO IS CAESAR? YOU ARE. I AM. SO IF

YOU'RE GOING TO DO YOUR DUTY, IF POLITICS IS PART OF YOUR

RELIGION BECAUSE YOU LIVE IN A CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC, YOU GOT

TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO CAESAR WELL. YOU'RE CAESAR. SO HOW DO

YOU DO CAESAR? WELL, BECAUSE WE THE PEOPLE ARE CAESAR, RIGHT?

THAT'S HOW THIS WORKS. OUR GOVERNMENT, BECAUSE THE WAY THE

DECLARATION LAYS IT OUT, WE SAY THAT TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS,

GOVERNMENTS ARE INSTITUTED AMONG MEN, DERIVING THEIR JUST POWERS

FROM THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED. SO THE WHOLE PURPOSE

OF GOVERNMENT IS LAID OUT RIGHT THERE IN THE DECLARATION TO

SECURE THESE RIGHTS. AND THE ONLY POWER GOVERNMENT GETS IS

FROM THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED. SO WE THE PEOPLE ARE

CONSTANTLY SORT OF INFLUENCING WHAT OUR GOVERNMENT LOOKS LIKE.

IN FACT, THE NEXT LINE IN THE DECLARATION WE DON'T REPEAT VERY

OFTEN TODAY. JEFFERSON SAID THAT WHEN ANY FORM OF GOVERNMENT

BECOMES DESTRUCTIVE OF THESE ENDS, WHAT ENDS? EARLIER HE HAD

SAID WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS, SO DESTRUCTIVE OF TRUTH, THAT ALL

MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL, THAT THEY'RE ENDOWED BY THEIR

CONGRESS, THAT THEY'RE ENDOWED BY THEIR— THIS IS A GREAT CROWD,

MAN, YOU TAUGHT THEM WELL— THAT WE'RE ENDOWED BY OUR CREATOR

WITH CERTAIN UNALIENABLE RIGHTS, THAT AMONG THESE ARE LIFE, SO IF

GOVERNMENT BECOMES DESTRUCTIVE OF LIFE, LIBERTY, THE PURSUIT OF

HAPPINESS, GOVERNMENT STARTS CONTROLLING YOUR LAND, TELLING

YOU WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR LAND OR WITH YOUR BUSINESS. SO

HOW ABOUT EVEN GIVING OR REFUSING CONSENT OF THE

GOVERNMENT? IF WE'RE MANIPULATING ELECTIONS OR MAKING

IT DIFFICULT TO KNOW IF THE ELECTIONS ARE SECURE, ALL OF

THAT IS GOVERNMENT AT SOME LEVEL DESTROYING THE VERY THINGS THEY

JUST LAID OUT IN THE DECLARATION. SO WHAT DOES HE SAY

TO DO? THAT WHEN ANY FORM OF GOVERNMENT, LOCAL, COUNTY,

STATE, FEDERAL, THEY CAN ALL DO THIS. THAT WHEN ANY FORM OF

GOVERNMENT BECOMES DESTRUCTIVE OF THESE ENDS, IT IS THE RIGHT

OF THE PEOPLE TO ALTER OR ABOLISH IT. NOW, THAT DOES NOT

MEAN— SOMEBODY OUT THERE IS GOING TO TAKE ME OUT OF CONTEXT—

RICK AND HANK, WE'RE CALLING FOR AN ABOLISHMENT OF ALL

GOVERNMENT. NOT AT ALL. WE'RE SAYING IN A CONSTITUTIONAL

REPUBLIC, YOU GET TO ALTER OR ABOLISH PIECES OF GOVERNMENT AS

WE GO. THAT'S WHAT THE WHOLE THING'S ABOUT. THAT'S WHAT

VOTING IS ABOUT. AS A LEGISLATOR, EVERY TIME I FILED A

BILL OR VOTED FOR A BILL, WE WERE ALTERING WHAT OUR

GOVERNMENT LOOKED LIKE. AND SOMETIMES WE WERE ABOLISHING

PARTS OF OUR GOVERNMENT. SO IF YOU HAD A DEPARTMENT THAT WAS NO

LONGER NEEDED, OR MAYBE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, A DEPARTMENT THAT

NEVER SHOULD HAVE EXISTED IN THE FIRST PLACE, LIKE THE FEDERAL

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, RIGHT? ABOLISH THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT

OF EDUCATION. SO THAT'S ALL JEFFERSON— THEY SET IT UP SO

THAT WE COULD DO THAT PEACEABLY. WE DON'T HAVE TO GRAB THE

PITCHFORKS. WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE UP ARMS AGAINST OUR

GOVERNMENT OR ANY OF THAT. WE DON'T NEED BULLETS FOR A

REVOLUTION, WE NEED BALLOTS. WE NEED TO BE VOTING AS THE CHURCH

AND WE CAN ALTER OR ABOLISH. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.

THAT'S WHAT THE DECLARATION TELLS US TO DO. AND CHARLES

FINNEY LAID IT OUT. THE NATION WILL BE BLESSED OR CURSED

DEPENDING UPON WHAT CHRISTIANS DO. IT'S OUR DUTY TO DO THIS.

CAN I JUST TELL YOU, THERE IS NO SECULAR OR SPIRITUAL SPLIT IN

AMERICA. PSALMS 24:1 SAYS, THE EARTH IS THE LORD'S AND THE

Psalms 24:1

FULLNESS OF IT. AND THE FULLNESS THEREOF. NOW SINCE BOB TOLD YOU

I'M FROM TEXAS, I'M JUST GONNA GIVE YOU TEXAS LANGUAGE ON WHAT

THAT SCRIPTURE MEANS. IT MEANS IT'S ALL HIS. EVERY BIT OF IT.

SO THAT MEANS THERE'S NOTHING OFF LIMITS. THERE'S NO

SECULAR-SPIRITUAL SPLIT. YOU'RE NOT MORE HOLY BECAUSE OF A

PARTICULAR PROFESSION YOU GO INTO. YOU ARE A MINISTER OF THE

GOSPEL IF YOU'RE A MECHANIC, IF YOU'RE A PASTOR, IF YOU'RE A

TEACHER, IF YOU'RE RUNNING FOR OFFICE, WHEREVER YOU ARE, YOU

ARE SUPPOSED TO TAKE GOD'S WORD THERE. SO WE DON'T SPLIT THIS

STUFF UP AND SAY SOME THINGS ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS. I'LL GIVE

YOU AN EXAMPLE AND THEN I'LL TRY TO WRAP THIS THING UP. SO THESE

GUYS, THIS IS A PASTOR NAMED JOHN PETER GABRIEL MUHLENBERG.

NOW JOHN PETER GABRIEL MUHLENBERG WAS A PASTOR OF TWO

CHURCHES IN VIRGINIA DURING THE REVOLUTION. AND HE ACTUALLY GOES

FROM THE LEGISLATURE IN VIRGINIA, HE RIDES MOST OF THE

NIGHT, GETS THERE IN TIME TO PREACH ON SUNDAY MORNING,

PREACHES OUT OF ECCLESIASTES, TALKS ABOUT THERE'S A SEASON FOR

THIS, A SEASON FOR THAT. THIS IS JANUARY '75 OR '76. JANUARY '76,

I BELIEVE IT WAS. AND SO HE GETS UP AND HE'S PREACHING AND HE

GETS TO THAT VERSE, "THERE'S A TIME OF PEACE AND THERE'S A TIME

OF WAR." I THINK IT'S VERSE 8. AND HE CLOSES HIS BIBLE, LOOKS

OUT AT HIS CHURCH, TAKES OFF HIS CLERICAL ROBE. THAT'S WHAT THIS

PAINTING IS DEPICTING. TAKES OFF HIS CLERICAL ROBE AND UNDERNEATH

HIS CLERICAL ROBE, HE'S IN THE FULL DRESS MILITARY UNIFORM OF

AN OFFICER IN THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY. AND HE SAYS TO HIS

CONGREGATION, IT'S NO LONGER A TIME OF TIME OF PEACE HERE. IT'S

A TIME OF WAR. ORDERS THE MEN OUTSIDE TO BEAT THE DRUMS, CALLS

HIS MEN TO ARMS. 300 MEN FROM HIS TWO CHURCHES JOIN UP. THEY

BECOME THE 8TH VIRGINIA REGIMENT. HE GOES ON TO BECOME A

MAJOR GENERAL, ONE OF ONLY 13 GUYS TO DO THAT. FIGHTS

THROUGHOUT THE REVOLUTION. HE HAS A BROTHER WHO'S ALSO A

PASTOR, AND FREDERICK AUGUSTUS IS UP IN NEW YORK. AND FREDERICK

AUGUSTUS WRITES HIM AND SAYS, YOU SHOULDN'T BE DOING THIS.

YOU'RE JUST SUPPOSED TO PREACH THE GOSPEL. HE SAYS, YOU WOULD

HAVE ACTED FOR THE BEST IF YOU'D KEPT OUT OF THIS BUSINESS FROM

THE BEGINNING. I NOW GIVE YOU MY THOUGHTS IN BRIEF. I THINK YOU

WERE WRONG. JOHN PETER WRITES HIM BACK AND SAYS, YES, I'M A

CITIZEN OF HEAVEN, BUT I'M ALSO A CITIZEN OF EARTH, AND MY

LIBERTY IS AS DEAR TO ME AS IT IS TO ANY— AS THE POOREST

LAYMAN. MY— YEAH, AS TO ANY MAN. SHALL I THEN SIT STILL? HEAVEN

FORBID IT. I'M CONVINCED IT'S MY DUTY SO TO DO, AND DUTY I OWE TO

GOD AND COUNTRY. AND HE GOES ON AND FIGHTS. WELL, THEY GO BACK

AND FORTH. THEY GOT THIS GREAT ARGUMENT GOING BETWEEN THE TWO

OF THEM. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS FINALLY WRITES HIM AND HE SAYS,

YOU KNOW THE PROBLEM? IT'S YOU VIRGINIANS. YEAH. YOU BUNCH OF

RABBLE-ROUSERS. YOU GOT PATRICK HENRY DOWN THERE AND JEFFERSON,

ALL THESE GUYS CAUSING PROBLEMS. HE SAID, UP HERE IN NEW YORK

WHERE I PASTOR, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THESE PROBLEMS. 2 MONTHS

LATER, THE BRITISH COME INTO HIS HOMETOWN, KICK HIM OUT OF HIS

CHURCH, DESECRATE HIS CHURCH, AND FREDERICK AUGUSTUS GOES,

HMM, MAYBE BABY BROTHER WAS ON TO SOMETHING. THAT MAN YOU'RE

LOOKING AT RIGHT THERE WAS A PASTOR THAT SAID DON'T GET

INVOLVED. AND THEN WHEN IT AFFECTED HIS BACKYARD, HE GOT SO

INVOLVED THAT IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE BILL OF RIGHTS, THERE ARE

TWO SIGNATURES ON THE BILL OF RIGHTS. JOHN ADAMS WAS VICE

PRESIDENT. I MEAN, YEAH, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

SO HE'S PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG

WAS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE IN THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS THAT GAVE

US THE BILL OF RIGHTS. FREEDOM OF RELIGION IN THE FIRST

AMENDMENT FROM A PASTOR. NOW, THAT'S NOT THEM GIVING YOU

FREEDOM OF RELIGION. GOD GAVE YOU FREEDOM OF RELIGION. THAT'S

THEM GIVING YOU THE FIRST AMENDMENT THAT MAKES IT CLEAR

THAT GOVERNMENT'S JOB IS TO PROTECT YOUR FREEDOM OF

RELIGION. BY THE WAY, JOHN PETER WAS ALSO IN THAT CONGRESS. THESE

TWO BROTHERS, PASTORS IN THE FIRST CONGRESS, GIVING US THE

BILL OF RIGHTS. SOMEBODY MAKE A MOVIE OUT OF THOSE GUYS, MAN.

I'M TELLING YOU, INCREDIBLE. OKAY, SO LET ME GO BACK TO

FINNEY. FINNEY WENT ON TO SAY, AND I'M NOT PICKING ON THE

PASTORS THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE YOU'RE HERE, YOU ALREADY

KNOW THIS, BUT A LOT OF OUR PASTORS AND CHRISTIANS, WE PICK

ON THE PASTORS MAYBE A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH BECAUSE THIS IS ALL

OF US. WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THIS. FINNEY SAID, BRETHREN, OUR

PREACHING WILL BEAR ITS LEGITIMATE FRUITS. IF IMMORALITY

PREVAILS IN THE LAND, THE FAULT IS OURS. IN A GREAT DEGREE. IF

THERE'S A DECAY OF CONSCIENCE, THE PULPIT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR

IT. IF THE PUBLIC PRESS LACKS MORAL DISCRIMINATION, THE PULPIT

IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. IF THE CHURCH IS DEGENERATE AND

WORLDLY, THE PULPIT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. IF THE WORLD

LOSES ITS INTEREST IN RELIGION, THE PULPIT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.

IF SATAN RULES IN OUR HALLS OF LEGISLATION, THE PULPIT'S

RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. IF OUR POLITICS BECOME SO CORRUPT THAT

THE VERY FOUNDATIONS OF OUR GOVERNMENT ARE READY TO FALL

AWAY, THE PULPIT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. LET US NOT FORGET THIS

FACT, MY DEAR BRETHREN, BUT LET US LAY IT TO HEART AND BE

THOROUGHLY AWAKE IN OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO RESPECT AND

RESPECT TO THE MORALS OF THIS NATION. IN OTHER WORDS, THE

CHURCH MUST BE SALT AND LIGHT. WE MUST. WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR

WHAT THE CULTURE LOOKS LIKE. I WOULD SUBMIT TO YOU THAT THE

CHURCH HAS BEEN SUGARY AND DULL. WE'VE BEEN TOO SWEET. WE'VE BEEN

SO WORRIED ABOUT BEING NICE. DON'T WANT TO OFFEND ANYBODY.

DON'T WANT TO STEP ON ANYBODY'S TOES. LISTEN, IF I STEPPED ON

YOUR TOES TONIGHT, I DO APOLOGIZE. MY INTENT WAS TO

STOMP ON THEM. WE GOTTA STOP BEING SO WORRIED ABOUT

OFFENDING. YOU KNOW THE GOSPEL IS OFFENSIVE. WE GOTTA STOP

WORRYING ABOUT, "OH, WE GOTTA BE SO—" NO, WE NEED TO BE SALTY AND

BRIGHT. NOT SUGARY AND DULL. SALT AND LIGHT IS WHAT WILL SAVE

THIS COUNTRY. OUR FOUNDERS CERTAINLY UNDERSTOOD THAT.

THAT'S WHY THE BIBLE PERMEATES EVERYTHING IN OUR CULTURE. AND

SO HERE'S THE DEAL: 100 YEARS AGO, THIS GUY RIGHT HERE,

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES JAMES GARFIELD, SPOKE TO US 100

YEARS LATER, WHAT HE CALLED THE NEXT CENTENNIAL. HE SAID, NOW

MORE THAN EVER, THE PEOPLE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CHARACTER OF

THEIR CONGRESS. THIS VOTE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO CAST— I KNOW

NOBODY IN HERE IS GOING TO STAY HOME OR WHINE— YOU'RE GOING TO

CAST A VOTE. YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CHARACTER OF YOUR

CONGRESS. IF THAT BODY BE IGNORANT, RECKLESS, AND CORRUPT,

A COUPLE OF CONGRESSMEN I'D LOVE TO SHOW A PICTURE OF, BUT I'M

NOT GOING TO DO IT. IF IT BE INTELLIGENT, BRAVE, AND PURE,

IT'S BECAUSE THE PEOPLE DEMAND THESE HIGH QUALITIES TO

REPRESENT THEM IN THE NATIONAL LEGISLATURE. IF THE NEXT

CENTENNIAL DOES NOT FIND US A GREAT NATION— HE ALREADY HAD A

RED HAT THAT SAID MAKE AMERICA GREATER— HE SAID IF THE NEXT

CENTENNIAL DOES NOT FIND US A GREAT NATION, IT WILL BE BECAUSE

THE PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT THE ENTERPRISE, CULTURE, AND

MORALITY OF THE NATION DO NOT AID IN CONTROLLING THE POLITICAL

FORCES. FOLKS, HE'S SAYING EXACTLY WHAT I'M SAYING TONIGHT.

IT IS UP TO US TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CONGRESS, OUR STATE

LEGISLATURE, OUR SCHOOL BOARD, ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT ENTITIES

REFLECT A BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW AND HAVE BIBLICAL VALUES. WE GET TO

CHOOSE OUR LEADERS. MOST PEOPLE WHO EVER LIVED ON THE PLANET

DIDN'T GET TO DO THAT. WE GET TO CHOOSE WHAT OUR COUNTRY IS GOING

TO LOOK LIKE, WHAT OUR GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO LOOK

LIKE, WHAT OUR COMMUNITIES ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE. BUT IT'S

GOING TO TAKE EFFORT. IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO JUST SIT BACK AND TALK

ABOUT IT OR ENCOURAGE OTHER PEOPLE TO DO IT OR HOPE SOMEBODY

ELSE RUNS FOR OFFICE. WE HAVE TO GIVE OF OUR LIVES, OUR FORTUNES,

AND OUR SACRED HONOR. OUR LIVES IS OUR TIME STUDYING THE

CONSTITUTION, STUDYING THE WORD OF GOD, STUDYING WHAT MADE OUR

NATION GREAT IN THE FIRST PLACE, AND THEN ACTING ON IT, MAKING

SURE THAT WE GO OUT AND VOTE. NOW, I'M GOING TO VERY QUICKLY

TRY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE REASONS CHRISTIANS DON'T VOTE.

NUMBER ONE REASON I ALWAYS HEAR IS, I WILL NOT VOTE FOR THE

LESSER OF TWO EVILS. JUST WON'T DO IT. TO THAT PERSON I SAY,

UNLESS JESUS CHRIST IS ON THE BALLOT, YOU WILL VOTE FOR THE

LESSER OF TWO EVILS. THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NO, NOT ONE. WE

ARE ALL FLAWED JARS OF CLAY. I HAVE YET TO FIND A CANDIDATE I

AGREE WITH 100%. I DON'T EVEN AGREE WITH MYSELF 100% OF THE

TIME. HOW AM I GOING TO FIND A CANDIDATE? THERE IS NO PERFECT

CANDIDATE. OKAY, YOU ARE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE TO GO IN AND SAY,

WELL, I DON'T LIKE THIS THING THAT THAT PERSON DID BECAUSE

THEY'RE NOT PERFECT. AND THERE MAY BE A LOT OF THINGS YOU DON'T

LIKE ABOUT THIS PERSON OVER HERE, BUT IT'S NOT THAT

COMPLICATED, FOLKS. IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO VOTE BECAUSE MAYBE

THE CANDIDATE THAT EVERYBODY ELSE IN CHURCH IS VOTING FOR,

SAY THEY'RE 80% BIBLICAL AND YOU'RE NOT VOTING FOR THEM

BECAUSE YOU'RE MAD ABOUT THE OTHER 20%, BUT THE OPPONENT IS

LIKE 10% BIBLICAL. BY NOT VOTING, YOU ARE HELPING THE

PERSON THAT IS ONLY 10% BIBLICAL DEFEAT THE ONE THAT WAS 80%

BIBLICAL. DOES THAT MAKE ANY SENSE TO ANYBODY? I THINK WHAT

BRENDA LAID OUT SHOULD BE HEARD BY EVERYONE IN THE CHURCH ACROSS

AMERICA. I HAVE CHRISTIANS TELLING ME THAT THEY'RE NOT

GOING TO GO VOTE IN 3 WEEKS OR IN EARLY VOTING THIS NEXT COUPLE

OF WEEKS BECAUSE THEIR CANDIDATE DIDN'T WIN THE PRIMARY. DO YOU

KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I HAD TO HOLD MY NOSE AND VOTE FOR JOHN

CORNYN IN TEXAS, WHO I THINK WAS A TERRIBLE SENATOR FOR A

REPUBLICAN, BUT HE WAS WAY BETTER THAN ANY DEMOCRAT? I

TRIED TO BEAT HIM IN THE PRIMARY FOR 20 YEARS. AND I LOST AND I

LOST AND I LOST. AND SO I TURN AROUND AND VOTE FOR HIM IN

NOVEMBER, EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T LIKE HIM, EVEN THOUGH LOTS OF

REASONS. BUT I VOTED FOR HIM BECAUSE HE WAS BETTER THAN THE

ALTERNATIVE. WE HAVE CORNYN VOTERS ALL OVER TEXAS RIGHT NOW

SAYING, I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR KEN PAXTON BECAUSE OF BLAH,

BLAH, BLAH, WHATEVER EXCUSE. AND THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS

TALE OF FRICO KID THAT LITERALLY IS FOR CHOPPING OFF THE GENITALS

OF CHILDREN, MURDER OF A BABY UP UNTIL BIRTH, ALL OF THESE THINGS

THAT ARE SO EVIL. AND YET WE HAVE CHRISTIANS THAT I'M JUST SO

RIGHTEOUS. AND I'M SO FULL OF MYSELF, I CAN'T BRING MYSELF TO

VOTE FOR THIS ONE OVER HERE. SO I'M GONNA BE HELPING THE MURDER

OF CHILDREN AND HELPING THE CHILDREN TRANSGENDER AGENDA.

THAT IS FOOLISH, FOLKS. IT IS SPIRITUAL IMMATURITY. IT'S

ABSOLUTELY NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT WE LIVE IN A FALLEN

SOCIETY. THERE IS NO PERFECT CANDIDATE OR PERFECT GOVERNMENT.

JAMES MADISON EVEN SAID OF OUR GOVERNMENT, HE SAID IT'S THE

WORST FORM OF GOVERNMENT OTHER THAN EVERY OTHER ONE. SO IF YOU

NEED TO REMEMBER THAT, JUST GO IN AND SAY, I'M GOING TO VOTE

FOR THIS GUY OR THIS GAL. THEY'RE THE WORST CANDIDATE

OTHER THAN EVERY OTHER ONE. AND THEN YOU GO VOTE FOR THEM.

BECAUSE ALSO, MAN, I LOVE THAT SHEET THAT TERRI MADE. I DON'T

SEE HER, BUT THAT SHEET SHOWING THE DIFFERENCE. I USED TO

JOKINGLY SAY, NOT GOING TO TELL YOU WHO TO VOTE FOR. YOU CAN

VOTE FOR THE REPUBLICANS OR THE COMMUNISTS. IT'S NOW. IT'S REAL.

IT'S LIKE YOU EITHER VOTE FOR THE REPUBLICANS OR YOU ARE

VOTING FOR THE COMMUNISTS. AND YOU EITHER VOTE FOR THE

REPUBLICANS OR YOU STAY HOME, YOU'RE HELPING THE COMMUNISTS.

SO ANYWAY, ALL THAT TO SAY, LESSER OF TWO EVILS, YOU'RE NOT

GOING TO GET AWAY FROM THAT. SOME PEOPLE ARE BEING SO WHINY.

OH, I'M OFFENDED BY SOMETHING THE WHATEVER CANDIDATE SAID. AND

SO THEY'RE GOING TO HELP THE CRAZY ONES. IT JUST MAKES NO

SENSE WHATSOEVER. OTHERS, AND I UNDERSTAND THIS ONE, A LOT OF

CHRISTIANS DECIDE NOT TO VOTE BECAUSE THEY'VE BOUGHT INTO THE

BLACK PILL KIND OF DEFEATIST ATTITUDE. IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY

DIFFERENCE. REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ARE THE SAME, WHICH IS

BALONEY, BY THE WAY. THE DIFFERENCE— AND BELIEVE ME, I

GOT REPUBLICANS I DON'T EVEN LIKE TO BE IN THE SAME ROOM AS

THEM. OKAY. NOBODY PERFECT ON THAT SIDE. THE PARTY'S NOT

PERFECT, ALL THAT. BUT WHEN YOU COMPARE IT TO THE ALTERNATIVE,

THEY ARE INCREDIBLY DIFFERENT. AND SO DON'T BUY THESE DEFEATIST

IDEAS THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO MATTER NO MATTER WHO GETS IN

OFFICE, NO MATTER WHO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE IS, NO

MATTER WHO'S PRESIDENT. NOTHING EVER CHANGES. THAT IS SUCH A

LIE. I'M TELLING YOU THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED. THAT'S WHAT

I SHOULD HAVE DONE TONIGHT WAS JUST READ THE LIST OF, THERE'S

ABOUT 250 THINGS THAT JUST THROUGH THE FAITH OFFICE AT THE

WHITE HOUSE HAVE HAPPENED IN AMERICA AND AROUND THE WORLD,

PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS THAT HAVE BEEN SAVED, ALL KINDS OF

INCREDIBLE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED BECAUSE OF THE

DIFFERENCE IN HAVING A REPUBLICAN SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE

AND A REPUBLICAN MAJORITY LEADER AND A REPUBLICAN IN THE WHITE

HOUSE. IT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE. IT'S NOT PERFECT. WE

DON'T GET EVERYTHING. IT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE. SO DON'T BUY

THAT LIE. DON'T BE A DEFEATIST. EVEN IF IT DIDN'T MAKE A

DIFFERENCE, YOUR DUTY DOESN'T CHANGE. EVEN IF YOU THINK, WELL,

HOWEVER I VOTE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABOUT THE SAME, OR IT'S ONLY

GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. SO WHAT? YOU DON'T

HAVE A LACKADAISICAL JUST I GET TO CHOOSE TO VOTE OR NOT. NO,

THIS IS A DUTY YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN IN THE PARABLE OF THE

TALENTS. YOU'VE BEEN GIVEN A TALENT OF FREEDOM AND A VOTE. IF

YOU WORK THAT TALENT, IF YOU MULTIPLY THAT TALENT, IF YOU USE

THAT TALENT AND GO USE IT, I BELIEVE YOU'LL BE CALLED THE

GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT. IF YOU BURY THAT TALENT, EITHER

BECAUSE YOU'RE WHINING ABOUT WHO THE CANDIDATES ARE, OR YOU DON'T

THINK IT'S GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, OR YOU'RE BEING LAZY

OR WHATEVER, WHAT DOES THE MASTER SAY TO THAT? WICKED AND

SLOTHFUL SERVANT. I DON'T WANT TO BE THE WICKED AND SLOTHFUL

SERVANT. DO YOU? SO LET'S NOT TAKE THIS DEFEATIST ATTITUDE AND

SAY, I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE BECAUSE OF WHATEVER. OKAY, LAST

ONE. OH NO, TWO MORE. POLITICS IS DIRTY. I'M JUST NOT GOING TO—

YOU KNOW, POLITICS. ROB MCCOY, WHEN WE FILMED BIBLICAL

CITIZENSHIP, WE WERE SITTING IN HIS CHURCH AND I WAS ASKING HIM

ABOUT ALL THIS STUFF AND HE SAID, YEAH, THEY ALWAYS SAY

POLITICS IS DIRTY. HE SAID, THE CHURCH IS DIRTY. WHAT'S YOUR

POINT? WE'RE HUMANS, RIGHT? I MEAN, WHAT DO YOU THINK? THERE'S

NO— ANYWAY, SO DON'T BE SILLY LIKE THAT AND THINK, OH, IT'S

JUST A DIRTY BUSINESS OVER THERE. THIS IS JUST LIFE. THIS

IS THE JOY OF WORKING WITH PEOPLE, HUMAN BEINGS THIS SIDE

OF HEAVEN. OKAY. AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS THE ONE WE'RE

SOLVING TONIGHT. SOME CHRISTIANS JUST DON'T KNOW. THEY DON'T

KNOW. THEY REALLY DON'T. THEY DIDN'T GET RAISED IN A FAMILY OR

GO TO A CHURCH WHERE IT'S TALKED ABOUT. AND THEY'RE JUST— THEY'RE

LITERALLY CHECKED OUT. THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW THERE'S AN

ELECTION COMING UP. THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW CLOSE THINGS ARE

IN WASHINGTON, D.C., OR THE IMPACT IT'S GOING TO HAVE ON

THEIR LIFE. THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN IMMEDIATELY MAKE A DIFFERENCE

TONIGHT. USING THE APP, SENDING IT TO YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY,

TAKING THESE VOTER GUIDES. THIS MAKES SUCH A DIFFERENCE, FOLKS.

NORMALLY, ABOUT HALF OF CHRISTIANS ARE REGISTERED TO

VOTE, AND ABOUT HALF OF THOSE SHOW UP AND VOTE. CAN YOU

IMAGINE? 25%. THIS IS LIKE GOING OUT ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD WITH 3

PLAYERS AND TAKING ON THE OPPOSITION. NOW, IF YOU'RE THE

COWBOYS PLAYING THE PACKERS, YOU COULD PROBABLY DO THAT AND BE

OKAY, BUT I'M GOING TO GO TO THIS SIDE OF THE STAGE. I THINK

I'M GOING TO AVOID MY BUDDY OVER HERE. SO SERIOUSLY, AND BY THE

WAY, WHEN WE WHINE ABOUT WHO THE CANDIDATE IS ON THE BALLOT, YOU

KNOW, IT'S KIND OF LIKE BEING— IF YOU'RE ONE OF THE LINEMEN AND

YOU GET IN THE HUDDLE AND THE COACH IS SENDING A QUARTERBACK

THAT YOU DON'T LIKE, SO YOU JUST DECIDE NOT TO EVEN BLOCK. YOU

DECIDE TO JUST LAY DOWN ON THE FIELD AND LET YOUR TEAM LOSE

BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T LIKE THE CALL THAT THE COACH MADE OR THE

QUARTERBACK IS GOING IN. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING WHEN YOU CHECK

OUT OF THIS PROCESS BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIKE THE REPUBLICAN

CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR OR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OR WHATEVER

THE RACE IS THAT YOU'RE MAD ABOUT. FOLKS, IT'S A TEAM SPORT.

THAT'S JUST HOW POLITICS WORKS IN AMERICA. IT'S A TEAM SPORT.

AND WHO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE IS MATTERS BIG TIME. WE WILL GET

NO VOTE ON A LIFE ISSUE OR ANY OF THE PRESIDENT'S AGENDA. THERE

WON'T EVEN BE A VOTE. LET ALONE A CHANCE TO WIN THE VOTE, THEY

WON'T BRING IT TO THE FLOOR. IT MATTERS WHO THE SPEAKER OF THE

HOUSE IS. IT MATTERS WHO THOSE MAJORITIES ARE. SO LAST, LAST,

LAST QUOTE. OH YEAH. AND YOU'RE— AND BY THE WAY, IF YOU THINK IT

DOESN'T MATTER OR THAT YOUR VOTE WON'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE, I LOST

MY FIRST RACE FOR THE LEGISLATURE WITH 30,000 VOTES

CAST ON ELECTION NIGHT. I LOST BY 20 VOTES. THERE'S NOT A

PERSON IN THIS ROOM THAT BETWEEN NOW AND ELECTION DAY IS

INCAPABLE OF GOING OUT AND GETTING 20 MORE PEOPLE TO VOTE

IN THIS ELECTION. EVERYBODY IN HERE COULD DO THAT. IF YOU SPENT

JUST A LITTLE BIT OF TIME DOING THIS. 20 VOTES. IN FACT, THE GUY

STANDING NEXT TO ME, AFTER WE TALLIED EVERYTHING, HE GOES,

RICK, MAN, 20 VOTES. HE SAID, I COULD HAVE GOT YOU 20 MORE

VOTES. I WANTED TO LAY HANDS ON HIM WITHOUT PRAYER AT THAT

MOMENT. I'M TELLING YOU. NOW, FORTUNATELY, BACK THEN WE HAD

PAPER BALLOTS, AND SO WE HAD A RECOUNT, AND WE PUT OUR HANDS ON

EVERY SINGLE BALLOT. WE LOOKED AT EVERY BALLOT, ALL 30,000

BALLOTS, COUNTED IT ALL AGAIN, AND I WON BY 36 VOTES. SO I'M

JUST TELLING YOU, EVERY VOTE COUNTS. AND THAT WAS BACK IN

1998, BY THE WAY. GEORGE BUSH WAS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS AT THE

TIME WHEN HE FOUND OUT IT WAS THAT CLOSE AND I WON. HE SAID,

HE SAID, GREEN, THAT WAS CLOSE. HE SAID, I'M OFFICIALLY DUBBING

YOU LANDSLIDE GREEN. HE THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY FUNNY IN 1998.

2000, FLORIDA RETURNS COME IN, HE QUIT LAUGHING ABOUT RECOUNTS.

I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, HE LEARNED HIS LESSON. CAN I JUST

TELL YOU THAT MUSLIMS IN AMERICA RIGHT NOW ARE VOTING, DEPENDING

ON THE POLL YOU LOOK AT, 93 TO 97%. 93 TO 97%. THEY'RE TALKING

ABOUT IT IN THEIR MOSQUES AND THEY'RE TELLING EVERYBODY GO

VOTE. THEY'RE DRAGGING EVERYBODY TO THE POLLS. CHRISTIANS ARE

VOTING 25%. YOU WONDER WHY WE'RE LOSING. WE CAN TURN THAT AROUND

IF WE SHOW UP. EVERY VOTE COUNTS. THERE'S NO PERFECT

CANDIDATE. LAST QUOTE. I KNOW I WENT OVER. I'M GOING TO TURN IT

OVER TO THESE GUYS. THIS IS NOAH WEBSTER. HE SAID, WHEN YOU

BECOME ENTITLED TO EXERCISE THE RIGHT OF VOTING FOR PUBLIC

OFFICERS, EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM, I DON'T THINK I SEE

ANYBODY UNDER 18. THERE MIGHT BE A FEW IN HERE. ALMOST EVERYBODY.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF THEM OVER HERE. ALMOST EVERYBODY IN HERE,

YOU ALREADY FIT THIS. YOU ARE ENTITLED TO VOTE, TO CHOOSE WHO

YOUR PUBLIC OFFICERS ARE GOING TO BE. SO YOU'VE BEEN GIVEN THE

TALENT. NOW WHAT DOES HE SAY ABOUT IT? LET IT BE IMPRESSED ON

YOUR MIND THAT GOD COMMANDS FOR YOU TO CHOOSE YOUR RULERS,

CHOOSE FOR YOUR RULERS, JUST MEN WHO WILL RULE IN THE FEAR OF

GOD. THE PRESERVATION OF OUR GOVERNMENT DEPENDS ON THE

FAITHFUL DISCHARGE OF THIS DUTY. IF THE CITIZENS NEGLECT THEIR

DUTY AND PLACE UNPRINCIPLED MEN IN OFFICE, THE GOVERNMENT WILL

SOON BE CORRUPTED. LAWS WILL BE MADE NOT FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD SO

MUCH AS FOR SELFISH OR LOCAL PURPOSES. CORRUPT OR INCOMPETENT

MEN WILL BE APPOINTED TO EXECUTE THE LAWS. THE PUBLIC REVENUES

WILL BE SQUANDERED ON UNWORTHY MEN, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE

CITIZENS WILL BE VIOLATED OR DISREGARDED. SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE

READING TODAY'S HEADLINES, RIGHT? WE'VE SEEN THAT IN THE

LAST 20 YEARS. AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT BECAUSE WE PUT

UNGODLY PEOPLE IN OFFICE. IF OUR GOVERNMENT FAILS TO SECURE

PUBLIC PROSPERITY AND HAPPINESS, IT MUST BE BECAUSE THE CITIZENS

NEGLECT THE DIVINE COMMANDS AND ELECT BAD MEN TO MAKE AND

ADMINISTER THE LAWS. I MEAN, HE BASICALLY TOOK THE

RESPONSIBILITY AND DUTY AND HE JUST PUT IT SQUARELY ON YOUR

SHOULDERS AND MY SHOULDERS. WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT OUR

GOVERNMENT LOOKS LIKE. SO WE'VE GOT TO BE ENGAGED. YOU'VE GOT TO

MULTIPLY YOUR VOICE BY TAKING THE APP, TAKING THESE VOTER

GUIDES, SENDING THEM TO YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY. TAKE OUR

RADIO PROGRAM, WALLBUILDERS, AND SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS

AND SPREAD THE WORD. PASS THE TORCH TO THE NEXT GENERATION.

DON'T YOU WORRY MUCH ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW. FOCUS ON THE

ELECTION. BUT BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT SUMMER, BE THINKING ABOUT A

YOUNG PERSON YOU CAN SEND TO PATRIOT ACADEMY. WE'LL TRAIN YOU

UP A LEADER THAT WILL THEN COME BACK HOME AND START A BRUSHFIRE

OF LIBERTY RIGHT HERE. SO CHECK THAT OUT AS WELL. GIVE TO

CANDIDATES, DONATE TO THESE CANDIDATES AND OTHER FOLKS

AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT ARE IN CLOSE RACES. THAT'S INVESTING

YOUR LIFE, YOUR FORTUNE, AND YOUR SACRED HONOR. GIVE MORE TO

YOUR CHURCH. AND I MEAN THAT. THE CHURCH IS TO BE THE

EPICENTER OF THE COMMUNITY. IF YOU WANT TO SHRINK GOVERNMENT,

YOU'VE GOT TO EXPAND THE CHURCH. THE MORE THE CHURCH IS ABLE TO

DO WHAT THE CHURCH HAS ALWAYS BEEN SUPPOSED TO DO, AS WE TAKE

CARE OF THE POOR, AS YOU LOOK AT ALL THE MINISTRIES THIS CHURCH

DOES AND THESE CHURCHES ARE DOING, WE WANT MORE OF THAT. SO

THAT MEANS THE MORE THAT WE CAN GROW THE CHURCH, THE LESS WE CAN

GET THE TAX BILL, THE MORE THE MONEY CAN GO AND BE MORE

EFFECTIVE. THE CHURCH IS TWICE AS EFFECTIVE AS GOVERNMENT AT

TAKING CARE OF THE POOR AND DEALING WITH THOSE NEEDS IN OUR

COMMUNITY. AND THEN LASTLY, JUST SPEAK THE TRUTH. JUST BE WILLING

TO STAND UP AND SAY, THIS IS RIGHT, THIS IS WRONG, I'M GOING

TO SPEAK TRUTH. BUT DO NOT THINK THAT ANY OF US TONIGHT ARE

SAYING POLITICS IS THE ANSWER TO EVERYTHING. IT'S JUST PART OF A

RELIGION IN A COUNTRY SUCH AS THIS. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING—

BACK TO BENJAMIN RUSH, WHO WE OPENED WITH— HE SAID TO JOHN

ADAMS RIGHT THERE AT THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, HE SAID,

WELL, WE WIN DO YOU THINK WE CAN DEFEAT GREAT BRITAIN? I MEAN,

WE'RE TAKING ON THE GREATEST MILITARY IN THE WORLD. DO YOU

REALLY THINK WE CAN DO THIS? AND JOHN ADAMS DID NOT RESPOND WITH

A MILITARY STRATEGY OR A DISSERTATION ON CIVIL RIGHTS. HE

SAID, YES, IF WE FEAR GOD AND REPENT OF OUR SINS. SO IF WE ARE

INDIVIDUALS UNDER GOD, WE CAN BECOME A NATION UNDER GOD AGAIN,

AND WE'RE GOING TO DO IT TOGETHER. GOD BLESS YOU GUYS.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

THANK YOU, RICK. THAT WAS INSPIRING,

EDUCATIONAL, ALL IN ONE. NOW I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY

ABOUT THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM IS VOTING

AND THEY'RE GONNA GO FIND A FRIEND TO TELL THEM TO VOTE AS

WELL. YOU KNOW, AND I MENTIONED THAT, AND I WANT TO ALSO— THE

REASON I'M OUT HERE AGAIN IS TO REMIND YOU THAT THE WORK TO

UPHOLD AND DEFEND OUR BIBLICAL VALUES DOESN'T END ON NOVEMBER

3RD. IT DOESN'T END WHEN WE VOTE IN THE MIDTERMS. AND ACTUALLY, I

ARGUE IT DOESN'T EVEN START THEN. A LOT OF THE THINGS I'M

GOING TO MENTION HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE MINUTES WE CAN START

DOING THIS TOMORROW. WE CAN START DOING THIS RIGHT NOW. WE

DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NOVEMBER 3RD TO START GETTING

ENGAGED, START GETTING INVOLVED, AND START UNDERSTANDING HOW OUR

CITY COUNCILS AND OUR SCHOOL BOARDS ARE WORKING. THESE ARE

THINGS WE CAN START DOING RIGHT NOW. AND I CAN ALREADY SEE SOME

PEOPLE ALREADY STARTING TO LIKE, OH, TERRI, GETTING INVOLVED IN

THE CITY COUNCIL OR GETTING INVOLVED IN THE SCHOOL BOARDS,

THAT SEEMS LIKE A LOT. TAKE A DEEP BREATH. THESE ARE EASY.

THESE ARE EASY STEPS. DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU THINK YOU CONSIDER

YOURSELF AN INTROVERT, AN EXTROVERT, DOESN'T MATTER.

ANYONE CAN DO A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I'M GOING TO LIST OUT HERE

TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR VOICE GETS HEARD, BUT MORE

IMPORTANTLY, THAT OUR BIBLICAL VALUES CONTINUE TO BE UPHELD

WHEREVER YOU LIVE, WHETHER THAT'S HERE IN NEBRASKA, WHETHER

THAT'S WHEREVER YOU'RE WATCHING. YOU CAN IMPLEMENT THESE SHORT

LITTLE THINGS. AND I WILL SAY THIS IS NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST

BY ANY MEANS. THESE ARE JUST 4 QUICK POINTS WHERE I WAS LIKE,

YOU KNOW, I THINK THESE ARE GOOD. LET'S START HERE. WE CAN

START HERE AND THEN BUILD FROM THERE. AND I'M GOING TO RUN

THROUGH THESE KIND OF FAST, BUT IF YOU'RE A NOTE-TAKER, WE

ACTUALLY HAVE ALL OF THESE LISTED OUT ON OUR WEBSITE AT

VOTEYOURVALUES.INFO. YOU CAN GO BACK AND READ THOSE IF YOU

MISSED ANYTHING THAT I SAY. YOU CAN GO BACK AND CHECK IT OUT

THERE. BUT THE FIRST THING I'M GOING TO MENTION HERE, THINGS

THAT WE CAN DO STARTING TOMORROW, IS STARTING TO ATTEND

LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS. SO OUR SCHOOL BOARDS, OUR CITY

COUNCILS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, YOU CAN START GOING TO THOSE.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO AND ATTEND. AND ACTUALLY, I SAID ONE, I

COULD ACTUALLY DO LIKE A 0.5. YOU COULD START WATCHING. 0.5 IS

WATCHING. STEP ONE IS ACTUALLY GOING AND ATTENDING. YOU KNOW, A

LOT OF THESE SMALLER GOVERNMENT MEETINGS, A LOT OF THEM ARE

LIVESTREAMED. SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY WATCH THEM, TURN THEM

ON. YOU KNOW, I'M ONE OF THOSE, I'LL BE WORKING IN MY OFFICE. A

LOT OF THEM ARE DURING THE DAY, AND I'LL HAVE THE LEGISLATURE ON

OR I'LL HAVE THE CITY COUNCIL ON AND JUST LISTENING AND GETTING

AN IDEA OF WHAT ISSUES ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT, WHAT THINGS ARE

BEING TALKED, DEBATED AND VOTED ON. GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT

THEY'RE EVEN TALKING ABOUT. SO THEN WE CAN THEN ENGAGE. WE

CAN'T ENGAGE IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. YOU

KNOW, THE BODY OF CHRIST IN THE PAST HAS BEEN UNFORTUNATELY VERY

REACTIVE. YOU KNOW, HOW MANY OF YOU GUYS HAVE SCROLLED ON SOCIAL

MEDIA AND YOU SAW LIKE A VOTE THAT HAPPENED IN YOUR CITY

COUNCIL, YOUR STATE LEGISLATURE, AND YOU WERE LIKE, WHEN DID THAT

HAPPEN? LIKE, WHAT? LIKE, HOW DID— WHAT? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING

ABOUT? HOW MANY TIMES HAS THAT HAPPENED TO YOU? AND YOU'RE

LIKE, IF I ONLY KNEW. IT'S TIME TO GET PROACTIVE. HOW DO WE

KNOW? IF WE START WATCHING. IF WE START ATTENDING THESE

MEETINGS, THEN WE'LL KNOW WHAT'S COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE. AND SO

THAT'S STEP 1, WATCHING AND ATTENDING OUR LOCAL MEETINGS.

AGAIN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AN EXTROVERT TO DO THAT. YOU CAN

JUST GO, YOU CAN SIT, YOU CAN PRAY IN THE BACK. I DEFINITELY

ENCOURAGE THAT, THEY COULD USE THAT. AND THEN GET AN

UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THINGS THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT, WHAT

ISSUES ARE BEING DISCUSSED, SO THEN WE CAN THEN GO BACK AND

SAY, HEY, HEY, THIS BILL, THIS ISSUE IS COMING DOWN, THEY'RE

GOING TO VOTE ON IT NEXT WEEK. LET'S GET A CALL TO ACTION.

LET'S GET PEOPLE OUT THERE CALLING THEIR REPRESENTATIVES

NOW INSTEAD OF WAITING UNTIL THE NIGHT BEFORE AND WE'RE

SCRAMBLING. NOW WE CAN START BEING MORE PROACTIVE ABOUT WHAT

WE'RE DOING. SO NUMBER 1, ATTENDING LOCAL GOVERNMENT

MEETINGS. NUMBER 2, OKAY, NOW THAT WE'VE STARTED ATTENDING AND

WE'VE GOT AN IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON, YOU KNOW, WE CAN START

PARTICIPATING IN PUBLIC HEARINGS AND TOWN HALLS. YOU KNOW, A LOT

OF THESE LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS, THEY WILL HAVE SOME

KIND OF PUBLIC COMMENT TIME WHERE YOU CAN GO AND THEY CAN

HEAR FROM YOU. AND I FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE POINT WHERE A LOT OF

PEOPLE ARE LIKE, BUT TERRI, I'M JUST ME. AND I'M GUILTY OF THIS,

WHERE I'M LIKE, I'M JUST ME. WHY DO THEY WANT TO HEAR FROM ME? I

DON'T HAVE 10 DEGREES BEHIND MY NAME AND A MILLION LETTERS TO

BACK UP WHAT I'M SAYING. BUT AS RICK WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT,

THIS GOVERNMENT IS FOR YOU. THESE PEOPLE ARE ELECTED BY YOU.

THE VOTES THAT THEY MAKE AND THE DECISIONS THAT THEY MAKE IMPACT

YOU. SO YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO GO AND SAY HOW THIS IS GOING TO

IMPACT YOU AND HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT IT. YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO GO

AND VOICE THAT. AND SO FAR WE'VE BEEN LETTING THAT SLIDE TO THE

WAYSIDE. AND SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO START TAKING ADVANTAGE OF

THOSE PUBLIC HEARINGS, THOSE PUBLIC COMMENT MOMENTS, THOSE

TOWN HALLS. GO AND VOICE YOUR OPINION. YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE

ALL THE DATA. YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ALL THE NUMBERS. IF THAT'S

YOUR THING, ABSOLUTELY, MORE POWER TO YOU. GO DO IT. BUT HEY,

GO AND SAY A PERSONAL, THIS IS HOW THIS IMPACTS ME. THIS IS HOW

THIS VOTE, THIS ISSUE IS GOING TO IMPACT MY DAILY LIFE. BECAUSE

ESPECIALLY WITH THESE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, YOUR CITY

COUNCILS, YOUR SCHOOL BOARDS, THOSE ARE THE THINGS YOU'RE

GOING TO START SEEING IMMEDIATELY WHEN THEY VOTE ON

IT. SO USE A PERSONAL, HEY, THIS IS HOW THIS PERSONALLY AFFECTS

ME. AND YOU KNOW, THAT ACTUALLY WEIGHS VERY HEAVILY ON A LOT OF

THOSE ELECTED OFFICIALS. THOSE ARE THINGS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING

AT. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I'VE WATCHED A STATE, I'VE

WATCHED FLOOR DEBATE AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE, OR I'VE GONE

TO A CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AND THEY'VE SAID, OH, WELL, YOU

KNOW, I ONLY HEARD FROM 3 PEOPLE ON THIS ISSUE, OR I ONLY GOT A

HANDFUL OF EMAILS ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE, SO CLEARLY IT'S

NOT IMPORTANT. WE'VE GOT TO TELL THEM AND LET THEM KNOW THAT

THESE BIBLICAL VALUES, THESE THINGS THAT WE HOLD DEAR, THEY

ARE IMPORTANT. AND WE'RE GOING TO STAND UP FOR THEM, AND WE'RE

GOING TO SPEAK OUT AND DEFEND THEM, AND WE WANT THEM TO DO THE

SAME. SO WE'VE STARTED WATCHING OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS.

WE STARTED ATTENDING THE GOVERNMENT MEETINGS. WE STARTED

GOING AND SPEAKING OUT. AND SPEAKING AT PUBLIC HEARINGS AND

TOWN HALLS. NOW I FEEL LIKE THE NEXT THING— I DIDN'T ACTUALLY

MAKE THIS LIST TO BE LIKE AN ASCENDING THING, BUT IT KIND OF

HAPPENED THAT WAY. THE NEXT THING YOU COULD DO, GET TO KNOW

YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY BY THIS POINT.

GET TO KNOW THEM. AND AGAIN, IF YOU'RE LIKE, "TERRI, OH MAN, I'M

REALLY GETTING OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE AGAIN, THAT'S GONNA BE

REALLY HARD," START WITH A PHONE CALL, AN EMAIL, WRITE THEM A

LETTER. AND LET THEM KNOW, HEY, MY NAME'S SO-AND-SO, I'M A

CONSTITUENT OF YOURS, AND THIS IS HOW I FEEL ABOUT THIS ISSUE.

AND JUST REACH OUT TO THEM. AGAIN, ANOTHER EASY STEP THAT

YOU CAN MAKE YOUR VOICE BE HEARD AND LET THEM KNOW WHERE YOU

STAND, WHERE THEIR CONSTITUENTS STAND ON SPECIFIC ISSUES. AND,

YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING I MENTIONED ABOUT THIS, TOO, IS

WE'RE PRETTY GOOD ABOUT REACHING OUT TO THEM WHEN WE'RE MAD AT

THEM. YOU KNOW, IT'S EASY TO GO AND TO YELL AND BE LIKE, AH, WHY

DID YOU VOTE THAT WAY? BUT I TAKE AN EXAMPLE OF THE FACT OF

PROTECTING OUR GIRLS' SPORTS AND KEEPING BIOLOGICAL BOYS OUT OF

THEM. I KNOW THAT THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT HAS NOT ONLY BEEN

HERE IN NEBRASKA, BUT ACROSS THE NATION, WHERE THAT'S BEEN IN A

LOT OF STATE LEGISLATURES SPECIFICALLY. AND I KNOW THAT

THERE HAVE BEEN SOME LEGISLATURES THAT HAVE ACTUALLY

PROTECTED GIRLS' SPORTS. HOW MANY OF US REACHED OUT TO THOSE

ELECTED OFFICIALS AND SAID THANK YOU? THANK YOU FOR UPHOLDING AND

PROTECTING GIRLS' SPORTS. THANK YOU FOR DEFENDING TRUTH. BECAUSE

THEY'RE TAKING SHOTS OUT THERE TOO, WHEN THEY INTRODUCE THOSE

BILLS AND THEN WHEN THEY GO AND VOTE FOR THEM. YOU KNOW, WE DO

SO MUCH TO TRY TO RECRUIT GOOD CANDIDATES THAT ARE GOING TO

STAND AND DEFEND OUR BIBLICAL VALUES. AND WE'RE LIKE, YEAH,

WHEN THEY'RE RUNNING FOR OFFICE, AND THEN THEY GET IN OFFICE AND

WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, YOU GOT IT. THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT THEY'VE

GOT PEOPLE BEHIND THEM. THEY'VE GOT TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE

PEOPLE THAT ARE PRAYING FOR THEM, THAT ARE GOING TO SUPPORT

THEM WHEN THEY DO STAND FOR OUR BIBLICAL VALUES. AND SO I

ENCOURAGE YOU, IF YOU HAVEN'T YET, AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING

YOU COULD EVEN DO THIS TONIGHT, SEND THEM AN EMAIL AND LET THEM

KNOW, HEY, THIS IS WHO I AM. SO, WE'VE STARTED WATCHING OUR LOCAL

GOVERNMENT MEETINGS AND ATTENDING LOCAL GOVERNMENT

WE'VE STARTED GOING AND PARTICIPATING IN TOWN HALLS

AND PUBLIC HEARINGS, WE'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW OUR ELECTED

OFFICIALS. OKAY, THE LAST THING WE CAN START DOING HERE, WE CAN

ACTUALLY START JOINING SOME OF THOSE LOCAL BOARDS, BOARDS,

COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF CITIES AND

COUNTIES HAVE VOLUNTEER-APPOINTED BOARDS AND

COMMISSIONS THAT RESIDENTS CAN BE A PART OF, THAT CITIZENS CAN

BE A PART OF, WHERE YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE. LET'S

TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A SECOND. YOU HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE

WHEN POLICY IS FIRST BEING TALKED ABOUT. SO BEFORE WE EVEN

GET TO THE VOTING PART, BEFORE WE EVEN GET TO THAT, YOU

ACTUALLY CAN, AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT BEING PROACTIVE, NOW ALL

OF A SUDDEN YOU'RE AT THE TABLE WHERE THEY START TALKING ABOUT,

OH, IS THIS AN ISSUE WE SHOULD EVEN BRING UP? CAN YOU IMAGINE

WHAT SOME OF THESE BOARDS WOULD LOOK LIKE, OR WHAT SOME OF OUR

CITIES AND COMMUNITIES WOULD LOOK LIKE IF WE HAD BOLD

BELIEVERS ON EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS

SITTING AT THE TABLE, HELPING TO DECIDE WHAT THINGS ACTUALLY THEN

GO FORWARD ONTO, WHETHER IT'S A CITY COUNCIL MEETING OR A STATE

LEGISLATURE. AND THESE BOARDS RANGE FROM ALL DIFFERENT THINGS.

IT CAN BE ANYTHING FROM YOUR— THEY'VE GOT PUBLIC ARTS

COMMISSIONS, THEY'VE GOT THE ELECTRICAL BOARD, THEY'VE GOT

THE LIBRARY BOARD. I KNOW WE NEED PEOPLE ON THAT, THAT'S FOR

SURE. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF BOARDS OUT THERE. WHEN I

ACTUALLY WORKED AT THE CITY, THIS WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I

DID, WAS TRYING TO FIND PEOPLE TO FILL THESE POSITIONS. THERE

ARE ALWAYS POSITIONS OPEN. SO I WOULD RECOMMEND LOOKING AT YOUR

CITY WEBSITE, YOUR COUNTY WEBSITE, SEEING WHAT BOARDS,

WHAT COMMISSIONS YOU CAN SIT ON. EVEN AT THE STATE LEVEL, WE HAVE

STATE-LEVEL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AS WELL. CAN YOU

IMAGINE IF WE HAD BOLD BELIEVERS AT THE STATE LEVEL THAT WERE

SITTING AT THE TABLE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT? WHAT WOULD OUR

CITIES, OUR COMMUNITIES, AND OUR STATES LOOK LIKE? THERE ARE SO

MANY WAYS THAT WE CAN IMPACT AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR BIBLICAL

VALUES ARE BEING UPHELD WAY PAST WHEN WE VOTE NOVEMBER WE CAN

START WATCHING OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS AND

ATTENDING THE GOVERNMENT MEETINGS. WE CAN START GOING TO

PUBLIC HEARINGS AND TOWN HALLS. WE CAN START GETTING CONNECTED

WITH OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. WE CAN START LOOKING AT WHAT

OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE TO JOIN BOARDS AND TASK FORCES AND WHERE

WE CAN FIT. AND I'M JUST GOING TO— LIKE I SAID, THIS IS JUST

NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST AT ALL. BUT THIS IS JUST AN EASY PLACE

THAT YOU COULD START TOMORROW. AND I'M GOING TO TAKE KIND OF A

LITTLE BOOK OUT, A PAGE OUT OF RICK'S BOOK HERE. I DIDN'T EVEN

KNOW, BUT I HAD A QUOTE JUST TO END WITH HERE, AND IT'S FROM

JOHN ADAMS, AND IT SAYS, OUR CONSTITUTION WAS MADE FOR A

MORAL AND RELIGIOUS PEOPLE. IT IS WHOLLY INADEQUATE TO THE

GOVERNMENT OF ANY OTHER. AND WHEN I READ THAT QUOTE, TO ME

THAT SAYS THAT OUR GOVERNMENT, OUR CONSTITUTION WAS MADE WITH

THE INTENT OF CHRISTIANS BEING INVOLVED AND BEING A PART OF IT.

I THINK IT'S TIME FOR THE BODY OF CHRIST TO STOP BEING

REACTIVE, TO BE PROACTIVE AND START TAKING

OUR SEAT AT THE TABLE.

THANK YOU. AND LIKE I SAID, IF I RAN THROUGH THAT, I

RAN THROUGH IT REALLY FAST, BUT YOU CAN GO TO

VOTEYOURVALUES.INFO. THAT HAS ALL OF THE THINGS I WENT THROUGH

TONIGHT. BUT I WANT TO NEXT KIND OF TURN IT OVER TO SOME PEOPLE

WHO HAVE DECIDED TO TAKE THAT STAND AND TO STEP OUT AND TO BE

A PART OF OUR ELECTED GOVERNMENT. I'M GOING TO FIRST

TO FIRST START OFF WITH SOMEONE

WHO WANTED TO BE HERE. HE REALLY DID. HE TRIED HIS BEST TO BE

HERE, BUT HE SENT A VIDEO IN HIS STEAD BECAUSE HE WAS GOING TO

BE, I THINK, HONORED AT THE RALLY LATER. AND THAT IS SCOTT

PETERSEN. HE IS RUNNING FOR NEBRASKA SECRETARY OF STATE. I

KNOW A LOT OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH HIM, YES. AND SO HE SENT A

LITTLE VIDEO THAT I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH EVERYONE HERE. HI

THERE. I'M SCOTT PETERSEN, AND I'M RUNNING FOR SECRETARY OF

STATE OF NEBRASKA. I WANT TO THANK TERRI AND YOUR TEAM FOR

THE INVITATION TO JOIN YOU. YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME. I WISH I COULD

BE HERE. I THINK I'M GOING TO END UP BEING WITH PRESIDENT

TRUMP IN GRAND ISLAND, AND WE'LL HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY ON MONDAY.

BIG MESSAGE IS DEFENDING NEBRASKA. MY CAMPAIGN, BY THE

WAY, I DECIDED TO RUN FOR OFFICE ON FEBRUARY 6TH. I WAS TRYING TO

RECRUIT SOMEBODY ELSE TO RUN FOR OFFICE. NOBODY WOULD DO IT. I

THINK GOD PUT SOMETHING IN MY HEAD AND SAID, RUN. I DECIDED TO

RUN, AND EVERY PRAYER SINCE THEN HAS BEEN ANSWERED, AND WE ENDED

UP WINNING BIG IN THE PRIMARY. IT WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE.

SUCH A BLESSING. I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO ACROSS

NEBRASKA, MEET SO MANY WONDERFUL PEOPLE. AND OH, BY THE WAY,

SOMETHING ABOUT WESTERN NEBRASKA, THEY'RE NOT AFRAID TO

TALK POLITICS IN CHURCH. THEY'RE NOT AFRAID TO TALK CHURCH WITH

THEIR POLITICS. SO YOU KNOW WHAT? IT WAS A WONDERFUL

EXPERIENCE. I WOULDN'T GIVE IT BACK FOR ANYTHING. NOW WE'RE IN

THE PRIMARY, OR WE'RE GOING TO THE GENERAL ON NOVEMBER 3RD, AND

IT'S ABOUT DEFENDING NEBRASKA. OUR STATE'S UNDER ASSAULT.

THERE'S SO MUCH MONEY COMING INTO OUR STATE AND SUPPORTING

PEOPLE THAT WOULD ABSOLUTELY DESTROY THE VALUES THAT MAKE

THIS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND RAISE OUR FAMILIES.

IT'S OUR JOB RIGHT NOW TO GET OUT AND VOTE. YOU BETTER MAKE

YOUR VOICE HEARD BECAUSE WE ARE UNDER ASSAULT, AND THE ONLY WAY

WE DEFEND THIS STATE IS IF WE GET OUT AND VOTE. SO THAT'S THE

MESSAGE. GET INVOLVED. MAKE SURE YOUR VOICE IS HEARD AT THE

ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 3RD. AND WE CAN KEEP NEBRASKA A WONDERFUL

PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND RAISE OUR FAMILIES. I WANT NEBRASKANS

DECIDING NEBRASKA'S ELECTIONS. THAT OUTSIDE MONEY IS CORRUPTING

OUR ELECTIONS. WHEN I GET ELECTED AS SECRETARY OF STATE,

I'M GOING TO WORK ON THAT, AND WE'RE GOING TO DISCOURAGE ALL

THAT MONEY COMING INTO OUR STATE AND CORRUPTING OUR ELECTIONS. SO

HELP ME GET OUT AND VOTE. IF YOU WANT TO CHECK ME OUT,

PETERSENFORNEBRASKA.COM. WE DO A LITTLE VOTER TREE PROCESS. IT'S

ALL ABOUT GETTING YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND NEIGHBORS OUT TO

VOTE. I ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS. THAT'S WHAT WE DO. AND PETE

RICKETTS SAYS VOTE 10 TIMES. THAT'S WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT.

MAKE SURE OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY VOTE. SO, LET'S DO IT. I'M

LOOKING FORWARD TO VISITING SOMETIME. I CAN'T WAIT TO REALLY

BE HERE AND ENJOY ONE OF YOUR SERVICES. I EXPECT AN

INVITATION. SO, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO.

LIKE I SAID, SCOTT TRIED VERY HARD TO BE HERE, SO I WAS

THANKFUL THAT HE WAS ABLE TO SEND A VIDEO FOR US. NOW, I WANT

TO INVITE UP BILL BOESE TO COME ON UP TO THE STAGE. AS A

REMINDER, BILL IS RUNNING FOR NEBRASKA STATE LEGISLATURE

DISTRICT 14. TALK A MINUTE OR TWO ABOUT YOUR RACE. FOLLOWING

RICK AND THEN FOLLOWING TERRI, I DON'T KNOW HOW GOOD THAT IS. MY

NAME IS BILL BOESE. I WANT TO TAKE YOU TO MATTHEW 22, ONE OF

MY FAVORITE LITTLE SECTIONS IN THE BIBLE. THE BIBLE IS AN

AMAZING BOOK. I THOUGHT I'D GET AN AMEN OUT OF THAT. OH, THANK

YOU. OKAY. BUT MATTHEW 22, THE PHARISEES ARE TRYING TO TRAP

JESUS INTO MAKING A STATEMENT THAT WILL INCRIMINATE HIM. ONE

OF THE GROUP OF THE PHARISEES, A LAWYER, SAID, I'VE GOT IT.

JESUS, WHAT IS THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT? JESUS ANSWERS, LOVE

THE LORD YOUR GOD. WITH ALL YOUR HEART, WITH ALL YOUR MIND, WITH

ALL YOUR SOUL. BUT WHAT DOES HE ADD ON TO THAT? LOVE YOUR

NEIGHBOR. EVERYTHING WE DO IS BASED IN LOVE. SOMETIMES LOVE IS

HARD. SOMETIMES LOVE IS EASY. TWO PRINCIPLES THAT I WILL

OPERATE IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE UNDER: JUSTICE, FAIRNESS FOR

ALL, TREAT EVERYONE THE SAME. TREAT EVERYONE WELL ON A BASIS

OF LOVE. I AM PRAYING AND I'M ASKING YOU TO PRAY FOR THE

WISDOM OF SOLOMON. I WANT TO MAKE WISE DECISIONS FOR OUR

STATE, AND THE BASIS OF THAT IS GOING TO BE GOD'S LOVE. AND THEN

NUMBER 2 IS PERSEVERANCE. THIS IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT FOR MY

WIFE AND I RIGHT NOW. WE'RE IN THE FINAL 4 WEEKS OF THIS

CAMPAIGN. WE STARTED DOOR KNOCKING IN JULY OF 2025. IT'S

BEEN A LONG ROAD. MY WIFE SAYS I COULD HAVE GIVEN BIRTH TO 2 KIDS

BY NOW. WE'RE READY TO BIRTH THIS ELECTION. THANK YOU FOR

THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU, BILL, SO MUCH. WE'VE

GOT A LOT TO FIGHT FOR IN THE LEGISLATURE. NEXT PERSON I WANT

TO INVITE UP WOULD BE LINDA. LINDA VERMOOTEN, COME ON UP. SHE

IS RUNNING FOR THE SARPY AND DOUGLAS COUNTY LEARNING

COMMUNITY. SO SHE'S GOING TO BE FIGHTING FOR OUR CHILDREN IN

BOTH DOUGLAS AND SARPY COUNTY DISTRICT 5. FIRST OF ALL, I LOVE

GOD WITH ALL MY HEART, ALL MY MIND, AND ALL MY SOUL. AND

SECOND OF ALL, I LOVE MY COUNTRY, THE UNITED STATES OF

AMERICA. GOD BROUGHT ME HERE. I'M NOT BORN HERE. MANY OF YOU

KNOW I'M FROM SOUTH AFRICA, AND THERE'S MANY OF OUR CITIZENS

THAT HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO COME HERE BECAUSE OF OUR GREAT

PRESIDENT. AND HE'S SAVING THEIR LIVES. AND THAT'S SORT OF MY

FULL-TIME UNPAID JOB AT THE MOMENT IS HELPING THEM. AND

THIRDLY, I LOVE THE CHILDREN OF THESE COUNTIES. MANY OF YOU KNOW

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I'M RUNNING. I RAN FOR THE STATE

BOARD OF EDUCATION. TAKE TERRI'S WORDS TO HEART, GET INVOLVED. IT

MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE IF YOU JUST GO SIT IN THE ROOM AND

PRAY, BECAUSE THE POWERS THAT ARE UNSEEN ARE IMPACTED BY YOUR

PRAYERS. SO NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THAT, AND THEN PLEASE GO AND

TESTIFY. IT'S REALLY NOT SCARY. IT'S MUCH MORE SCARY TO BE UP ON

THE STAGE RIGHT NOW THAN TO TESTIFY THERE. YOU'RE ONLY

TALKING TO THE BOARD, 7 OR 8 PEOPLE. EVERYONE ELSE IS BEHIND

YOU, SO THEY DON'T MATTER, AND YOU'RE JUST TALKING TO THOSE 8

PEOPLE AND YOU'RE SHARING YOUR HEART. OUR KIDS' EDUCATION IS

CRUCIAL. WHAT DOES THE LEARNING COMMUNITY DO? WELL, IT'S

BASICALLY A COMMISSION THAT OVERSEES THE MONEY FOR THE SARPY

AND DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS. IT'S A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY. AND

THERE ARE VERY FEW PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY STANDING ON BIBLICAL

PRINCIPLES SERVING ON THIS COMMITTEE. AND WE ALSO STAND TO

HELP THE CHILDREN THAT ARE IN THE IMPOVERISHED AREAS. SO ONE

OF THE CHALLENGES THAT I HAVE NOTED IS THAT SOME OF THIS MONEY

HAS BEEN USED TO PAY FOR ILLEGALS TO HAVE THEIR CHILDREN

IN DAYCARE. NOW, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT AS A CITIZEN, I'M

OUTRAGED BY THAT BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT OUR TAX MONEY IS GOING

FOR. IT'S TO HELP OUR CHILDREN BE SUCCESSFUL SO WE CAN BUILD A

FUTURE FOR THEM AND A BETTER AMERICA FOR ALL OF US. THAT'S

WHY I'M RUNNING. AND I'M LIKE ANY CANDIDATE, HOW CAN YOU HELP

ME? WELL, IF YOU HAVE ANY TIME FREE ON FRIDAY MORNING, WE'RE

GOING TO BE GOING OUT AND KNOCKING DOORS. AGAIN. THAT'S

VERY IMPORTANT, SO PLEASE PRAY IT DOESN'T RAIN BECAUSE A LOT OF

DAYS IT'S RAINED AND THEN YOU JUST GET WET. BUT SECOND, PRAY

LIKE BROTHER BO SAID, WE NEED WISDOM, WE NEED ENERGY, AND I

FUNCTION ON JOSHUA 1:9 WHERE GOD SAYS, "HAVE I NOT COMMANDED YOU

Joshua 1:9

TO BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS? HAVE I NOT COMMANDED YOU TO BE

VERY COURAGEOUS, AND THE ONLY TIME YOU HAVE TO BE VERY

COURAGEOUS IS BECAUSE THERE'S GOOD REASON TO BE TERRIFIED, BUT

GOD IS WITH US AND HE SAYS, "IF I'M WITH YOU, YOU CAN DO

ANYTHING." SO LASTLY, IN THE LOBBY I HAVE SOME YARD SIGNS. IT

REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE IF YOU PUT A YARD SIGN BECAUSE

IT'S NAME RECOGNITION. PEOPLE DON'T KNOW YOU, BUT THEY SAY,

"OH, I'VE SEEN YOUR NAME EVERYWHERE," SO THEY VOTE FOR

YOU. AND THAT'S HOW THE BAD PEOPLE ALSO GET IN, BECAUSE THEY

DO THE SAME THING. SO PLEASE TAKE SOME OF OUR SIGNS, PUT THEM

IN YOUR YARD. THERE'S ALSO OTHER LITERATURE THERE. AND OF COURSE,

WE ALL NEED FINANCES BECAUSE ALL OF THIS COSTS MONEY, AND WE'RE

IN THAT FINAL PUSH. IT'S EVERYTHING ON THE TABLE. DON'T

LEAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU REGRET, BECAUSE ONE VOTE CAN MAKE A

DIFFERENCE. YOU KNOW, IT'S A FRIEND OF MINE JUST LOST HER

VOTE IN THE PRIMARY BY 13 VOTES, SO GET OUT AND VOTE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, LINDA. THANK YOU, LINDA. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I

AM VERY EXCITED TO WELCOME UP TO THE STAGE DALE WILLIAM

BRANDSBERG. HE IS RUNNING FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICE UNIT NUMBER

3, AND I'M EXCITED THAT YOU GET TO SPEAK TOO BECAUSE I THINK

YOU'RE LIKE THE LAST ONE ON THE BALLOT. I THINK YOU'RE THE LAST

CANDIDATE PEOPLE GET TO VOTE FOR, AND SO MAKE SURE YOU FINISH

YOUR BALLOTS. THANK YOU, TERRI. FIRST, I WANT TO SAY PASTOR HANK

AND PASTOR BRENDA, THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS. THIS IS AN

INCREDIBLE THING. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE

HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE OUR VOICES OUT THERE. AGAIN, I AM A

VERY PROUD MEMBER OF THIS CHURCH, AND I FEEL LIKE THE WAY

MY PASTOR TALKS ABOUT THE POLITICS AND GETTING INVOLVED,

THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I'M GETTING INVOLVED. NOW, I HAVE A

SPEECH FOR HALF AN HOUR. HOW MUCH TIME DO I HAVE, TERRI? NO,

BUT I DO HAVE A FEW THINGS. I HAVE A FEW THINGS THAT I DO WANT

TO TALK ABOUT. FIRST, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO, IF

YOU'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT VOTING, THINK ABOUT IT THIS WAY.

THE LEFT ISN'T TRYING TO GET RID OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS. THEY'RE

TRYING TO GET RID OF OUR RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS. THEY'RE

TRYING TO ATTACK US CHRISTIANS AND THE FREEDOMS THAT WE HAVE.

THEY'RE OKAY WITH RELIGION. THEY'RE JUST NOT OKAY WITH OURS.

AND IF YOU'RE NOT VOTING, YOU'RE LETTING THEM TAKE US AWAY. SO MY

NAME IS DALE WILLIAM BRANDSBERG. UNFORTUNATELY, I HAD TO USE MY

MIDDLE NAME BECAUSE I FILLED OUT THE PAPERWORK WRONG. BUT THE

GOOD NEWS IS THAT'S GREAT NAME RECOGNITION, RIGHT? SO IF I HAD

MY WAY, IT'D BE DALE W. BRANDSBERG. BUT, YOU KNOW, SO

THAT'S GOOD NAME RECOGNITION. I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR PEOPLE. DO

YOU KNOW WHAT ESU DOES? IS ANYBODY— THERE'S A PERSON THERE.

SO 1.5% OF THE PEOPLE. SO I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ESU DID EITHER.

I HAD A FRIEND OF MINE COME AND TALK TO ME ABOUT RUNNING FOR AN

OFFICE, AND THIS ESU 3 DISTRICT 5 IS THE OFFICE THAT HE THOUGHT

THAT I SHOULD RUN FOR. WHAT ESU DOES IS THEY'RE VERY, VERY

IMPORTANT. THEY'RE THE GROUP THAT BUYS TEXTBOOKS, BUYS

COMPUTER PROGRAMS, BUYS THE TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS, AND

THEY ARE THE ONES WHO DISTRIBUTE THEM TO THE SCHOOLS. SO THINK

ABOUT WHAT YOUR KIDS ARE LEARNING RIGHT NOW AND YOUR

GRANDKIDS ARE LEARNING RIGHT NOW. I'M GOING TO BE THE CONDUIT

TO EXPOSE A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT'S IN THOSE TEXTBOOKS. I'M

GOING TO EXPOSE WHAT WE'RE TRAINING, WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH

TEACHERS TRAINING. I WANT TO GET A PROGRAM GOING WHERE PARENTS

AND GRANDPARENTS CAN COME TO ME AND TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON

IN ESU. AND I WILL EXPLAIN TO THEM AND GIVE THEM WHAT IS GOING

ON SO THEY'RE AWARE OF WHAT THEIR KIDS ARE LEARNING. SO I

HAVE GRANDKIDS. MY KIDS ARE OUT OF SCHOOL, BUT MY GRANDKIDS, I'M

AFRAID RIGHT NOW FOR THEM AND WHAT THEY'RE TEACHING IN

SCHOOLS. SO I'M GOING TO BE THAT PERSON WHO IS GOING TO START

EXPOSING THAT AGAIN. IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG PROCESS, BUT I

PROMISE YOU THAT THAT IS WHAT I'M GOING TO DO. THE IDEA

OF VOTING. EVERYBODY HERE, TAKE YOUR KIDS, TAKE YOUR

GRANDKIDS. WHEN YOU GET YOUR BALLOT, FILL IT OUT WITH THEM.

WE NEED THE YOUNGER GENERATION TO KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO

VOTE. AND IF WE GET THEM AND WE SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND START

FILLING THEM OUT, TAKE THEM TO THE POLLS WITH YOU. LET THEM SEE

THAT PROCESS. BECAUSE AGAIN, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING

TO KEEP THIS COUNTRY GOING. WE'RE DOING IT NOW. THEY'RE THE

ONES THAT ARE GOING TO KEEP THIS COUNTRY GOING. GET THEM

INVOLVED. THEY NEED TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS RIGHT

HERE. THE, YOU KNOW, THE VOTING STARTS TODAY. SO LIKE LINDA WAS

SAYING, YOU KNOW, MY CAMPAIGN, IT'S NOT A, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A

BIG MONEY CAMPAIGN, BUT I STILL, I NEED YARD SIGNS. I NEED MY

NAME OUT THERE. IT'S ALL ABOUT NAME RECOGNITION. SO MY WEBSITE

IS DWB4NE.COM. IF YOU CAN HELP GO DOOR KNOCK, I, MY WHOLE RACE

IS RECOGNITION. THE GUY I'M RUNNING AGAINST, WHO HAPPENS TO

BE A LIBERAL, HE IS, HE'S ONE, AS TERRI MOVES CLOSER. ALL

RIGHT, I'M WAITING FOR THAT GONG SHOW HOOK TO COME. THE FIRST TWO

TIMES HE RAN UNOPPOSED, HE GOT 14,000 VOTES THE FIRST TIME, HE

GOT 6,000 VOTES THE SECOND TIME. A RACE LIKE MINE, 6,000 VOTES.

SO PLEASE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE IN MY DISTRICT, BUT WHATEVER

DISTRICT YOU'RE IN, GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THE BALLOT FIRST AND

VOTE UP. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY

MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU ALL FOR

COMING, TOO. THIS WAS A GREAT EVENT. I APPRECIATE YOU DOING

THAT. THANKS, TERRI. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. THANK YOU ALL FOR

TAKING THE TIME TO KIND OF TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR RACES.

AND I KNOW, I BELIEVE YOU GUYS WILL ALL BE OUT AFTERWARDS, TOO,

TO BE AVAILABLE. SO IF PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS OR WANT

LITERATURE OR MORE INFORMATION, THEY'LL BE OUT AT THE TABLES IN

THE FOYER THAT YOU I'M SURE THEY HAD WAY MORE TO TALK ABOUT. SO

PLEASE, PLEASE GO ASK THEM QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS, 'CAUSE

THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE. ALL RIGHT, AND WITH THAT, I'M

ACTUALLY GONNA TURN IT OVER TO BOB. THANK YOU, TERRI, THANK

YOU, CANDIDATES. ARE YOU GUYS READY FOR THE BIG FINISH? ALL

RIGHT, WE'LL GET YOU OUT OF HERE REALLY QUICK. WHAT I WANNA DO

FIRST, THOUGH, IT'S A LESS THAN A MINUTE VIDEO FROM CHAD

CONNELLY, WHO'S THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF AN ORGANIZATION CALLED

FAITH WINS. FAITH WINS, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THEM,

THEY'RE DOING THE EXACT SAME THING WE'RE DOING TONIGHT.

THEY'RE MOTIVATING THE CHURCH TO GET OUT AND VOTE OUR VALUES. WE

HAVE A BRIEF VIDEO FROM CHAD, THEN I'M GOING TO DO THE BIG

FINISH. HEY EVERYBODY IN NEBRASKA, CHAD CONNELLY HERE

WITH FAITH WINS, AND I WAS WITH A LOT OF YOUR PASTOR LEADERS AND

FAITH LEADERS JUST ABOUT A MONTH OR SO AGO IN OMAHA FOR A

MEETING, AND I'M SO PROUD OF Y'ALL DOING THE VOTE YOUR VALUES

EVENT. I'M SORRY I CAN'T BE THERE IN PERSON. AS YOU CAN SEE,

I'M IN ARIZONA NOW. WE'VE BEEN IN 21 STATES DOING PASTOR

MEETINGS, JUST TRYING TO STIR THE POT TO MAXIMIZE CHRISTIAN

VOTE. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN NEBRASKA. THAT'S WHAT IT'S

GOING TO TAKE. LET'S FACE IT, THE PROGRESSIVE LEFT HAS LOST

THEIR EVER-LOVING MINDS. IT IS TIME FOR CHRISTIANS TO REEMERGE

AND OCCUPY TILL HE COMES AND TO TAKE OUR PLACE FOR THE WELFARE

OF THE CITY AND TO REEMERGE AS THE FORCE IN AMERICAN POLITICAL

SCENE. GOD BLESS YOU. SORRY I CAN'T BE WITH YOU, BUT SO PROUD

OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING. SEE YOU SOON. YEAH, THANK YOU, CHAD.

THEY'RE A PARTNER ORGANIZATION OF OURS. IF YOU GO OUT TO OUR

VOTEYOURVALUES.INFO WEBSITE, IT'S UP ON THE SCREEN, YEP, YOU

CAN GET ALL THIS INFORMATION. AND HERE'S THE BIG FINISH: IN

THE FOYER ARE SOME ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN ALSO HELP. TPUSA FAITH,

IS OUT IN THE FOYER. GO VISIT THEM WHEN WE'RE DONE HERE. CURT

AND HIS DAUGHTER WILL TAKE GREAT CARE OF YOU AND THEY'LL GIVE YOU

SOME AWESOME INFORMATION. THERE'S A VOTER REGISTRATION

TABLE IN THE FOYER. YOU CAN REGISTER TO VOTE RIGHT HERE AT

LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. THERE'S A GAL, TWO GALS FROM THE RNC THAT

ARE LOOKING FOR SOME VOLUNTEERS. PLEASE GO TALK TO THEM. AND

THERE'S ALSO SOME FOLKS FROM THE ASSURE WOMEN'S CENTER. WE INVITE

THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE ON, THEY HELP ON ONE OF THE KEY ISSUES OF

OUR LIFETIME, THE RIGHT TO LIFE. SO GO VISIT THEM. AND THEN LET

ME GIVE YOU— YOU CAN CLAP. THERE WE GO. WE HAVE SOME HANDOUTS FOR

YOU TOO. PROBABLY IN ADDITION TO HOSTING THIS EVENT AND KEEPING

ALL OF WHAT YOU HEARD TONIGHT IN THE FOREFRONT, WE'VE GOT SOME

RESOURCES FOR YOU. BEFORE I GO OVER THE RESOURCES, LET'S GIVE

RICK GREEN ANOTHER HAND. RICK IS FANTASTIC. WE LOVE HIM HERE AT

LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. AND HE IS ON THE FRONT LINES OF GETTING

PEOPLE OUT TO VOTE. THERE'S THIS VOTE YOUR VALUES ACTION CARD.

PLEASE TAKE THESE WITH YOU. THEY'RE OUT IN THE FOYER. THEY

GIVE YOU STEP-BY-STEP ACTION STEPS THAT YOU CAN TAKE BETWEEN

NOW AND THE ELECTION. THE GRAPHIC THAT HAD THE FOR OR

AGAINST, THE STARK CONTRAST BETWEEN WHAT BIBLICAL VALUES ARE

AND WHAT NON-BIBLICAL VALUES ARE, THAT'S ALSO OUT IN THE

FOYER TOO. FEEL FREE TO TAKE THOSE. AND THEN THE HARD WORK

THAT TERRI PUT TOGETHER ON THESE VOTER GUIDES, THERE'S ONE FOR

DOUGLAS COUNTY. IT'S WRITTEN IN RED. AND THERE'S ONE FOR SARPY

COUNTY THAT'S WRITTEN IN BLUE. THESE VOTER GUIDES GO ALL THE

WAY INTO THE DETAIL OF WHICH JUDGES TO RETAIN. SO IF YOU'RE

LIKE ME AND YOU GO TO THE BALLOT AND YOU LOOK AT THE WHICH JUDGES

TO RETAIN, YOU JUST THROW DARTS, RIGHT? WELL, DON'T DO THAT. WE

HAVE THE INFORMATION IN HERE ABOUT WHO STANDS FOR BIBLICAL

VALUES AND WHO'S GOING TO ADJUDICATE ON OUR BEHALF. ALL OF

THOSE RESOURCES ARE OUT IN THE FOYER. PASTORS, I WANT TO THANK

YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE UP HERE, TO ENGAGE OUR CROWD, TO

GET PEOPLE MOTIVATED. NOW WE HAVE TO GO TAKE ACTION. WE LOVE

YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING. PASTORS, CANDIDATES, THANK YOU

FOR BEING HERE. GO MAKE NOVEMBER 3RD NOT JUST RED, BUT GO MAKE IT

STAND FOR CHRIST. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.