homeless guys, right? that's not how it works. we know that. we know it so obviously that we tend to miss it. all economists know that generally free economies are going to create wealth over time. now what i find fascinating about this is that's true economically. but the question is how is this possible? and i think this is a point in which the judeo-christian theological tradition and the insights and discoveries of economics converge. right? and the biblical understanding of the human person we are made from the dust of the earth, and yet we have in us the very breath of god. we are created in the image of the free creator. we don't create like god does, right? we don't call things into existence out of nothing. we take what god has created, and as his image bearers, we transform it into things that were not there before. so god creates sand and we grants to us the dignity to

transform it into fiberoptic cables and integrated circuits, the nervous systems and the brains of the telecommunications information revolution. we can transmit a thousand times more information in fiberoptic cables made from 60 pounds of sand than we could transmit from a standard copper wire made from a thousand pounds of copper. that is the image of god at work. what this means is that there are certain types of economic systems that both allow us to trade beneficially and also channel our god-given creativity to create wealth. i wouldn't go so far that the christian world view sort of entails the free market or something like that. but i would say if you know what man is, if you know we're creatures made in the image of god, you will want and defend an economic system that channels that creativity into greater things for ourselves and for others there is a very inspiring vision. i hope you find it inspiring because what this means is there

is not this conflict between our moral and religious beliefs and the economic system that we see that is under attack. people that are interested in fiscal issues and people that are interested in social issues can work together around the same set of principles. and that's one of -- those two groups need to work together. but the truth of the matter is a lot of people of faith don't know how to work together. so with that i want to introduce my co-author james robison who has i know an impassioned and inspiring message to give you. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> thank you, jay. glenn beck texted me last night after he left and he said, "james, i didn't connect with the people in colorado last night." did glenn beck connect with the people in colorado last night?

[ applause ] i think it's important to know that with the very bright lights, especially last night, it was impossible to see the audience. but i was able to watch all the people around him. and i told glenn by return he hit a grand slam. he hit it out of the park. he was a statesman, and i appreciate it. [ applause ] now, i want you to know that you're witnessing something that is more significant that may come to your mind on first glance. i am a southern baptist, very conservative evangelist. jerry falwell said you make all the rest of us conservatives look like a bunch of liberals. last night an evangelical introduced a mormon. [ applause ] and i called him a friend because he is family. you just heard a catholic philosopher now followed by an

evangelical protestant. you may not know it, but what you are witnessing is what is absolutely essential for the survival of freedom as we have known it. [ applause ] we have to stop the damaging bickering, the continual division and dissension that everything within the capacity and character of creator god literally rebukes. god is calling for a unity, a harmony with the creator. and as jay pointed out, we are born in the image of god, co-creators. we didn't move out of the stone age because we ran out of rocks. the very thought that you could take sand and create the greatest wealth in america with fiberoptics and microchips.

we don't really have an energy crisis, we've got a crisis in relationship with father god, and we do not have a relationship with the family of the father. and we've got to get that healed. [ applause ] there is a prevailing destructive spirit of divorce that is tearing marriages apart, families apart, and a nation apart. and we've got to put a stop to it. being created equal does not mean we're created the same. no two snowflake is the same, no two fingerprints are the same, no two people are the same. the new testament refers to the family of faith as the body of christ. the world teaches that what you need to succeed are connections. god says what you need to succeed is connectedness. every part in the body connected to every other part. i've recently been pointing out to my friends connect this part of the body properly to this part of the body, submit to it the head, and the hand works

properly. the hand of god, the love of god, the compassionate watch care of god must be demonstrated by people who have submitted their lives to the father and creator, submitting to his lordship and and connect to one another properly, each with distinct roles to fulfill. but when connected together, we can put the arms of a loving father around a broken devastated world. and let me say to every conservative republican, you better pull your head out of the sand and you better understand if you don't want your epitaph to be tou fool, then you better understand that you take some of your creative energy and some of the great capacity that god has given you to create prosperity and wealth and you focus on the need of the downtrodden and the overlooked. you best learn to speak the language of the poor or they're going to destroy prosperity and wealth as we have enjoyed it. and we have been the most prosperous, benevolent nation in history. we're either going to witness in

our lifetime the rebirth of freedom and the restoration of the foundation this nation was established to become the most benevolent nation in history or we're going witness the death of it. as ronald reagan said, if we don't remember we are a nation under god, we will be a nation gone under. god is calling us to a heart harmony with one another that enables us to overcome all the power of evil. right now we are witnessing what appears to be a prevailing world view that is so upside down, so inverted with god on the bottom, if acknowledged at all. the philosophies and ideals of men, of marx, of socialism, of progressive liberalism prevailing, and those people are so deceived as a pilot inverted,

not knowing so. when they think they pull up, they continue to take us down. it's as though the chicago mafia has ended up in washington, d.c. [ applause ] i want to make it absolutely clear. don't blame democrats or republicans. the major responsibility rests of the shoulders of people who profess faith in a living mighty god. [ applause ] while you stayed home and took care of business, somebody is giving you the business. and i can promise you that the enemy of faith and freedom, the enemy of everything that made our nation great are walking in lockstep, the strangest, oddest bedfellows you have ever seen, but they march in step, just like the consuming locusts in

job chapter 2. they never broke rank. they walked together. they found the places of vulnerability through the windows as thieves, consuming the wealth, the productivity of an agrarian society. the consuming locusts in america are the liberal progressive socialists that are destroying the potential of our nation. [ applause ] there is only one way to stop it. rend your heart, not your garments. stop going through the motions of religion and get in a relationship with god. and if you say you love god and you don't love your brother, you're a liar. the very fact that i'm standing here shoulder to shoulder, heart

to heart with a catholic philosopher. i don't even have a college degree. glenn beck and i are kind of cut out of the same mold. i told you last night when i introduced glenn i'm the product of force a forced sex relationship imposed on a practical nurse, a home nurse. she conceived me. in desperation with no husband, meager income, she said i've got to get rid of the child. the doctor said no. possibilities. i lived in poverty without a father. i'm so typical in so many ways of the inverted per veiling world view that destroying our world. fatherless. fatherless because people don't know god the father. they don't understand commitment. this room is filled with successful people, and success and wealth is not our problem.

the farmer that jesus said thy fool that your soul is not required of me. he didn't say that because he didn't have an abundant harvest and a fertile field. he didn't say it because the harvests had bigger barnes. he said it because he was so consumed with himself that he could not see realistically the challenging which are in fact opportunities for thinkers to deal with. the wealth creators ought to own the poverty problem. don't turn it over to the federal government. they can't manage one dollar well. [ applause ] don't put salve on your conscience because you've given them 30% of your income to mismanage. stop doing it. do what tom cousins did in atlanta. rebuild the inner city, turn the whole place inside out. there is enough brainpower in

this room alone to correct our nation's perilous course. there are enough professing christians here. pull your head out of the sand. stand up on the rock of god's truth. refuse to give the devil another inch. [ applause ] don't give the world philosophies prevailing your future, your children's. we are robbing and stealing from children yet to be born. god forgive us all. i will not sit back and watch this nation die. i will use every ounce of energy and strength and ability god has given me to awaken the church, to awaken the people of faith to quit arguing and be an answer to jesus' prayer that we be one with the father and perfected in supernatural unity with one

another. that's what you see with me and jay. that's what you see with me and glenn beck when i went to it and glenn said when you came to me a mormon and you an evangelical protestant, you were coming to a leper, a leper, but you loved me. you loved me. changing my life. love never, never fails! [ applause ] hope does not ride into town on air force one. it doesn't ride on the backs of donkeys or elephants. i know the bible says some day the lion will lie down with the lamb. i wish i could just have enough influence to get a donkey to lie down with an elephant. have a civil discussion so we could have better civil government. my mother took me as a boy to

poverty. i didn't have an address. we got our mail at someone else's house. when i filled out the little survey card at school to tell about my dad, i didn't have one. i lived on the alleys behind someone's house on a dump, a dirty river. i bathed in the colorado. i was 5 to 10% white where i lived. a wonderful thing happened. no one taught me to hate opportunity and success. no one told me that success was an enemy. and i looked out from the mire

and the muck and the misery of my impoverished situation and my dysfunctional family, and i saw possibilities. i saw opportunity. i went to work at age 12 every day for 40 cents an hour. no one told me that was too little. no one told me i was too young. three months after i went to work, the manager of the store said you're the greatest worker i've ever seen. he put me over produce. he put me over dairy, he put me over the stock department. he had university of texas students working, and he said, son, i've never seen anything like you. i'd let you run the meat department, but they have a law you've got to be 18. he said i'll tell you what, boy. i'll bet when you grow up, you could manage a store just like this. my little 12-year-old mind that hasn't been flipped into an inverted world view, my little

12-year-old mind said when i grow up, i can own this store. [ applause ] that's what must happen. and do you know how we get the truth of possibilities out and potential? we become exactly what jesus commissioned us to be. we become salt and light. light illuminates the way. everything that is out of place, how to put it in place and the proper way to go. and jesus said don't you hide that light under any covering of conformity or compromise. do not cover it with religion when a vital relationship is critical. and let me tell you how many of my friends, many people right here have allowed that light to be hidden. taken care of busine in the light of your own situation. and you have never gotten that

light up on a lamp stand to stand by other lights and become the city on the hill that cannot, will not, and must not be hidden. and unless we do that, what jesus said about salt, we will witness. jesus said if salt loses its effect. what does salt do? it protects the precious, the priceless and adds flavor to all aspects of a life. jesus said if the salt loses its effect it's good for nothing but to be trampled under the feet of men. what are you watching right now we have hid then the light at church and at home. we have enjoyed the blessings and benefits we have not become the light that cannot been hidden and watching the sacred and the precious trampled under the feet of god-denying individuals and the only hope is for us to come together, first fall on our face before god and

stand on our feet before god. he is the father. we are family and he is our hope for restoring freedom. god bless you. [ applause ] wow. wow. james robison, indivisible. jay richards indivisible. richards and robison, robison and richards, catholic evangelical, mormon, jews. americans of goodwill who understand we are a nation under god and indivisible and as such we will prevail. what an inspiring message. thank you james, thank you, jay,

thank you paul eldridge for taking the gavel for a little while. we have depth and bench on this team at colorado christian university and the western conservative summit. for the entrust of the next main speaker let me welcome the honorable ambassador marilyn ware. >> thank you. i do want to comment post-script. it took me 42 years to get there to the embassy. so remain resilient and determined in what you believe. john, good to be with you and bill and eleanor armstrong, summit friends, all of us it will be my pleasure and will be yours i'm certain to introduce kt mcfarland who is a foreign affairs expert and national

security expert. just by way of background you should know that kt worked in security positions for three presidents, for nixon, ford, and ronald reagan. she and i had a breakfast meeting this morning and we both commented ronald reagan's foresight and vision and the encouragement that she got in those early posts were what put her on the track that has made her a great american. those are my words, not hers. in addition, in today's world and in a world of media and variations of media, kt has become the fox news analyst and appears on fox news and fox business news and she is blogging. she is communicating with every tool that you could have.

has a very significant radio presence and i'm sure you will recognize her either having seen her there or heard her voice on one of these many radio programs. so now it's time to travel the world in foreign affairs and defense matters and welcome k.t. mcfarland. [ applause ] >> i just want to tell you you have no idea who this lady is, marilyn ware is a legend in conservative circles and diplomatic circles. she doesn't sing her own praises ever but ran a major corporation and went on to be the ambassador to finland where they were not expecting a women ambassador and has continued to do great things for conservative causes and

republican causes around the world. so anyway i'm honored to share the stage with you. >> it's all yours. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> i also for can you hear me if i walk over here? yes? okay. i want to thank john andrews. you know, he gets it. he understands that it's not just winning enough electoral votes to be president. it's about changing the way people think. and i learned that from ronald reagan where he knew it wasn't enough just to be president. he knew you had to get the support of the american people to govern. and we've had political leaders for the last decade or so who didn't get that. that's why it's so important the work you are doing here to educate yourself on the issues and be active and alive and part of it. i do think it's important since i'm talking about national security issues to ask if anyone

who has worn the uniform, either in law enforcement or the military or whose family member has done so. i'm a navy mom and i like to thank my fellow countrymen. would you please stand up and get a round of applause. this is awesome. great. and thank you all. ronald reagan used to say freedom is one generation from being lost. and the fact that people serve the country and do so under difficult times we owe you a debt of gratitude and the young people take the example from what you have done with your own lives. one thing i want to do and i will do it quickly is to tell you who i really am. how many of you watch fox news? i'm the brunette at fox news.

[ laughter ] [ applause ] >> and in that regard, i have to earn my keep every day as the brunette at fox news. and so i want to talk to you about the national security issues we face today, the ones we are likely to face four years from now if we don't have a change of course and then really the future beyond that. where are we today? well, the arab spring. a year ago someone stood up here and said this is great. the entire middle east is going up in flames and they are throwing over their dictators and will have new democratic governments. it hasn't happened that way. the countries in the middle east who have overthrown their dictators have in the last several days in egypt just last week, have voted to replace those dictators with islamic governments, with islamic leaders and particularly in the

case of egypt it's the muslim brotherhood. do we worry about the muslim brotherhood. they were created in the 1920s and they talk about establishing an islamic state. that could be like iran where they are anti-american and expansionist or like turkey. and you don't know the direction egypt is going. but as egypt goes so will the rest of the region. egypt is the largest country in that part of the world and with the greatest history and the one the other muslim countries look to. and the elections are not a good indicator of where things are going. look at what happens with the arab spring and how it develops. it's not where we thought it is going to be and the administration has done a very poor job of pulling the rug out

from the countries that were our friends and supporting the countries which are not. where the arab spring started was with iran right after president obama was inaugurated he gave a speech at cairo university and called for the people in the muslim world to stand up for their rights and stand up for their freedom. and when the people did that, president obama turned the other way and the people in the streets were saying where are you? you have forsaken us and president obama did. he turned his back on the reform movement any ran. at that point he thought he would negotiate with the iranian regime and charm them out of their nuclear weapons plans. that didn't worm out. that's where we are in the arab spring movement. the second thing we are today and this is the greatest threat to american security is iran's nuclear weapons program. iran is try to do two things. they want nuclear weapons -- they want to be a nuclear

weapons state. they are working fast and furiously toward possession of nuclear weapons. and at the same time they want to expand to the entire region. they want to be the most power until country in the persian gulf region in the middle east at large. why? that is the choke point of world's oil. 40% of the exported oil goes past the iranian border. if iran controls the persian gulf region iran controls the world's oil and if iran controls the world's oil iran controls the world's economy. that is the second greatest threat facing america today and that is one that is present and you know they don't see there is any impediment to what they are about to do. the third thing to think about is israel. in the last four years we have walked step-by-step by step away

from israel. some people say that's a good thing. we were too pro israeli and anti-arab in the past. but what it does is it convinces israel they are on their own. if they feel that america doesn't have their back, particularly this administration, they're going to feel compelled to deal with the second threat i just talked about which is iran's nuclear weapons program. israel has said time and time again the israeli leadership, both political parties, the elites in israel have said they ran as a nuclear weapons state is an extenial threat. and if the united states is not helping them stop iran they will and in short order feel it's necessary to take things in their own hands and attack iran's nuclear weapons sites. the next thing faces the united states today is the reset with

russia. that hasn't worked out. president obama came in saying we're going to reset relations with russia because they've been so bad. and the russian leadership said where do you want to reset things back to, the 1990s in the russians were pleased with the way things were going in the bush era because they felt they were reclaiming their superpower status and their place in the world. so when they misfired by saying this is a reset of our relations with the russians the russians looked askance with that and for the last four years, vladimir putin has increasingly felt that he's got president obama right where he wants him. he's put him in a box and now to the point where the meeting they had two weeks ago, vladimir putin lectured obama the entire time. now obama thought that a reset with