>> today on "christian world news" christians cry out to god on behalf of the persecuted church in one bloody african nation, the help can't come soon enough. and they are called apresident obam obamas apostates. plus honeymoon of service. these people went from the altar to the mission field. welcome everyone to "christian world news" i am wendy griffith. george thomas is on assignment. sunday november 13th is the international day of prayer for the persecuted church. christians all over the world will ask god to help those suffering for christ. one such nation is the west african country of nigeria. places of worship are burned and christians killed simply for believing in jesus. gary lane has more. >> reporter: as christians around the world gather to pray for their persecuted brothers and sisters in christ, open doors president carl muller says it is important to know how to pray for them. >> they don't ask that persecution would stop. they pray instead they would be strong in the midst of persecution and empower them to be bold witnesses. >> one country particular in concern is ni

somali christians are very underground. there is no church of somali believ believers. >> the somali people make the national news every week. terrorism, war in smally, refugee camps. we want the church as they read these headlines to have a different response than the world. >> they hope they'll commit to praying weekly for the persecuted church in somalia. heather sells, cbn news. >> it is not just muslims turning to christ, hard economic times are leading many to return to church. that is the case in greece struggling with economic and politic political crisis. more greeks are turning to the faith. tyler james. >> reporter: new economic reports out shows the country's economy shrank 5.2 percent proving the recession is deeper than originally thought. greeks are turning to religion for some kind of relief. >> the church is the last resort for everyone. more so when people have problems. this is a mistake, it is human nature to forget got in good times and remember him in hard times. >> the church can offer a lot. with fai

a vote in christianity anywhere there's no liberty in christianity that's why when they come out with these statements like america was founded in a christian values i challenge them ok name the christian values that you're talking about and show me where they're in american law show me where your assertion that this is a judeo christian nation actually manifests itself in our law and by the way gail christian is a is is a fake word anyways but let's find out what they mean and when you take it to the next level exactly what name one judeo christian value that's part of american law they can't because it's not true they know it they're lying they're trying to distract your attention from the fact that they have no solutions to this country's real problems and this country's real problems have no have nothing to do with abortion or gay marriage they're all about the economy the jobs our infrastructure our and quite frankly this horrible division that we have this horrible polarization that we have in our society that i have a lot of parts like are out of time but i have to have i want

see why this find is so significant to our christian heritage. plus how some of the best chefs in the country help others celebrate thanksgiving. and there is a large church in australia. if you don't know their name, chances are you heard their songs, we'll take you down under to hillsong church. americans give thanks to god for his many blessings, welcome to "christian world news" everyone i am wendy griffith. this week americans celebrated the thanksgiving holiday, a time of remembering the country's biblical foundation and give thanks to god for his many blessings. recently archaeologists discovered the original church built in 1908 where pocahontas married james roth. it is evidence of america's christian heritage. >> if you kill him, you'll have to kill me, too. >> daughter, stand back! >> i won't! >> pocahontas best known for saving the life of johns smith who helped establish jameston in 1607. he would later marry another colonist named james, james roth. just where the marriage took place was a mystery until now nearly 400 years after th

they ought to stand up for the palestinian, christians, but, ralph, look, look at all the christians.7 million christians in that part of the world. i will say this, if it's in israel, they are not persecuted there like in egypt or callet licks are in iraq. they are victims of perse -- persecution, and one guy converted to christianity, and they sentenced him to death. >> host: demons have been released because for centuries, the whole arab-islamic world was a paragon of tolerance for religious -- >> guest: under the at mon empire? >> host: they prided themselves on it, but when the west moved in, divide and rule, you support one muslim sect against another, they engage in a furry, and then they turn on other -- >> guest: got a problem with the british empire, ralph? >> host: a little bit. this is what happens. >> guest: i don't disagree. >> host: invaders destroy societies. >> guest: all right, there's no doubt that's one of the great causes, but let's say this. right now, there's a rising islamic movement there, and a lot of them, i don't disagree with the fact that people's religio

, all of them christians.o his own radical conclusion about hell and decided he was going to preach it. that he had to. >> how dare we attach that horrendous creation of a customized torture chamber to the loving, merciful god whose mercy endured forever? >> and what happened? oh, my. >>> coming up, carlton pearson was about to pay the price for his new convictions. >> i didn't think it would be anything like it was. [ male announcer ] meet rachel and annie. we asked them to be part of an experiment to prove febreze air effects eliminates tough cooking odors. [ facilitator ] take a deep breath, tell me what you smell. it's grassy. it's green. it smells like fresh wood. like a latte. [ facilitator ] go ahead and take your blindfolds off. oh my goodness. are you serious? wow. i think my nose touched that. [ facilitator ] ok, rachel, annie. wow. [ male announcer ] eliminate tough odors with febreze air effects so you can breathe happy guaranteed. i had[ designer ]eeling enough of just covering ups wmy moderate to

i heard, the mod over there is when a santos, if the christians christians.exist in their hearts the will to remain one nation under god and one people united i history, heritage and language committed to proposition that men and women are to be judged, not by their color the color of the skin, but by the content of their character. americans to believe that we're all equal in length, not because not because because we came from but because of who we are, americans be okay so why did you go overboard with his who is white and who's not white? you think hispanics are not like what you think justice sotomayor is not white? she looks like any. >> guest: she she is a puerto rican lady. i don't know how she defines herself economy day what i see as the problem. there's no doubt as i said many times before anybody could be a good american. i think any group can be assimilated but here's the three problems. what is the enormous numbers of people come into this country who have never before been assimilated into any western country. never. >> host: 1912 the highest n

is forced on christians.day of judgment is coming. it really is. on family radio, they are reading a great book. there is a fellow also in the fox's book of martyrs. supervisor chiu: thank you very much. any other members of the public wish to speak in general public comment? >> hello. i just begin? thank you. i am it president of californians for electro reform. -- elect coral reform -- electoral reform. you're so it surprised the and then it has an interest even before the results of the election appeared in your first election, nine of you avoid a second run of the election you would have had to face under the old section. supervisor cohen would not even have been in the runoff, and supervisor chu the has the privilege of incumbency benefited because she did not have to plan for the possibility of a runoff election. it is not just supervisors who have benefited. so have taxpayers. san francisco paid out $7 million -- saved $7 million, and it is estimated it will save another $3 million this year. rather th

christians wanted that in the united states in the 19th century, a more christian society reflecting our views and values, but also, ralph, this thing that's taken place against the christians over there, and some governments are trying to stop it, but that is real. it is an effort really to drive christianity out of that part of the world all the way from egypt to pakistan and india, and all of those in there are facts and it is dialed down into ethiopia, the 16th parallel, south of there, it's heavily catholic, and north of that in the sudan and places like that, it's arab and muslim. look at their -- i mean, the persecutions are unbelieverble. >> host: all over. in china they are persecuting too. a peaceful christian community, and they are terrified because if this falls apart, they'll be exiled. >> guest: the christians are very successful in syria, and they are protected by assad and his son, and the state -- i heard the model over there is when assad goes, it's the christians to beirut and the others to the wall. i mean, so i'm not sure this is all that liberal a society to em

from being christians and christians teach that homosexuality is a sin and you want to take that out yet can't you can argue whether christians are right about it but you can't tell christians they can or can't teach based on their beliefs and i was never taught in my church that being gay is wrong and. actually i was taught that what jesus was here on earth could do was to teach us to treat he had he had dinner with the tax collectors and the lepers and the prostitutes and that god is the ultimate judge. and that it is not good that is to love i don't love my neighbor. as to what is really into you as in believing to me is unwilling to the camera man it's subjective it's more thought policing than anything else it's a crime it's a. nose under the tent and a thought crime going should be dealt with by the teacher and by the terrorists it happens it helps think it's terrorism is terrorism so the guys who flew planes and nine eleven are the same as a kid somebody for their goal was to secure that your perverted view of the reality is to change terrorism is trying to change the news beh

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in the past, pilgrimage was vital in christian religion. certainly in muslim and in buddhists. only islam requires the pilgrimage, the haj. it is one of the five pillars of islam. that is nuanced. only if you are financially and physically able. on pilgrimage, people experience the same activities. therefore it produces a sense of camaraderie and sharing. constantly we see the spirit is strong but the flesh is weak. all three religions use handy objects to help focus people's thoughts. prayer beads are some of the most ubiquitous. they are brought by people especially on the haj where they could kneel down and then pray during the days of their journey. the koran's small ones were often carried with people. one of the most common kinds of souvenirs is the simplest. stones. stones are dirt from the ground. people who have been on the haj and who have engaged in one of the rituals which is the stoning of satan. they bring some of those stones home with them. you also have muslims with clay from kabbalah or other holy places pressed that they use in prayer. although the doctrinal

michael pearl the man whose teachings they follow is spreading his goss pel through a popular christian book "to train a child." the pearls wrote it as a blueprint for raising children they say the way the bible commands. >> it says that if you spare the rod, you hate your child. but if you love him, you chasten him timely. >> the pearls say they're not to blame for what the family did, but spare the rod, spoil the child is a message that many fundamentalist christians and preachers embrace. you'll hear from some of them tonight. you'll hear from a woman whose parents followed the treatment when she was growing up. she calls it abuse. >> this is systemic form of brainwashing these children. >> our investigation led us to a corner of christian fundamentalism that operates almost entirely beyond the reach of authority. fundamentalist baptist homes for troubled teens. they say they help character and found wayward young christians found their way back to god. >> they bodily man hadled me to the floor. and he hit me with a board as hard as he could. and i was shocked. i had been paddled my

>> today on "christian world news" a mother fights for her life. why this pakistani christian got a death sentence for defending her faith. >> plus church attendance in england is on the decline. see how they are meeting the needs of their communities. >> and the gateway to typhoons, why the storm-ravaged area in the philippines the struging to recover and a team of doctors is showing the love of christ to those that need it the most. christians worldwide rally around a pakistani mother sentenced to death. i am george thomas. >> and i am wendy griffith. asia bibi is a wife and mother and a christian in jail sentenced to death for blasphemying the prophet mohammed. believers around the world are taking action on her behalf. gary lane traveled to pakistan and brings us this exclusive interview with asia's husband and children. >> 10-year-old e sham and her sister play a popular pakistani board game with their father. one important part of their family game night is missing, their mother, asia bibi. she hasn't played with her daughters for two years.

i'm christian. i'll read through the prism of being a christian and take out things i believe and things i disagree witness. i read tolle's books, new earth and first book, the power of now. there is interesting things in me. people are lost in their head. repetitive thinking. we don't live in t moment. if you say the lord's prayer, it brings you back to the moment. i apply my christian beliefs to it. i don't worry about it because i'm grounded in my faith. don't you think people similarly that have faith can maybe take good points that people make and i don't them and build their faith in another way? >> absolutely. i compliment oprah in the book. i have a whole section with oprah. i think she has done a marvelous thing. but she goes on the air that jesus can't be the only way to god and gives alternatives. one of her famous quotes, the gurus come not to teach us about the divine but to teach us that we are divine. and in terms of value, de-stressing, this is countered not just to my own christiani

shiites killed christians, christians killed christians, syrians killed palestinians. they all kill each other but no one seemed to care. only when they thought they might get the israelis involved somehow, everybody started to care about that. spent going back to what you%, i know it was the christians but sharon was defense minister so he had the power to stop them. so why didn't he? >> well, -- >> i'm second we need speakers at the microphone only. you can't be heard by the rest of the audience. >> he did not see in advance, he did not think something like that would happen. unfortunately, it happened. not for the first time in lebanon and not for the last time, unfortunately. >> i'm wondering, and it may be unfair to ask you what your father might think of something that he has not been able to observe himself, but what do you think the future of israel and its international relationships will look like, and what you think your father would have thought of those things given his history with the country surrounding israel? >> i'm not sure that we see democratic ref

by the way, christian teens don't have to restrict their righteous bullying to gays. according to leviticus they should also torment their classmates who have tattoos, wear "clothing woven of two kinds of material" or are girls in their time of menstrual impurity. and don't just bully those girls, bully anyone who touches them, for they are unclean. and remain unclean until the girl gives the principal two turtles or two young pigeons to be sacrificed. [ laughter ] obviously we're talking about christians here. we can't have hindus, jews and muslims bullying us about having burgers, bacon and booze. there's only one problem with this amendment. it also allows bullying based on sincerely held moral conviction. and there may be some who are convinced that by inserting into a law written to prevent the suicides of tormented gay children an amendment that justifies that cruelty by appealing to god, these republican senators are being immoral. and i just worry that next november those voters might pick on them. and that's the word. we'll be right back. [cheers and applause

pearl is a minister of the gospel, a devout christian.his wife are best-selling authors who have written many religiously themed books. but their most popular and most controversial is a book called "to train up a child" in which they write about the need to inflict physical pain. >> i don't use the term hitting. >> reporter: what's the word? >> spanking. >> reporter: is there a difference? >> absolutely. a hand is hitting, a little switch is spanking. a wooden spoon or spatula, that is spanking. >> reporter: in the book, the pearls who live in rural tennessee declare "the rod is a gift from god, use it as the hand of god to train your children." "any spanking to effectively reinforce instruction, must cause pain." this couple believed in the pearls. kevin and elizabeth shots, parents of nine children read their book. the book was found in their house and put in an evidence bag after the california couple pummelled one of their daughter for hours. lidia shots had been adopted died after suffering hor irving injuries all over her body. mic

yfrjts he, there's a difference in why the foundation is absolutely, as christian pointed out and itoesn't matter why they can't pay the bills. the bottom line is they can't pay their bills and the whole question is what taxpayer are you going to put it on. put the burden on. are you going to put the burden on the harrisburg taxpayer as jonas points out or put it on the taxpayers as a whole collectively like with general motors? i don't think it's fair to put it on the collective. >> brenda: last word. >> don't forget, you can stop paying bills without going bankrupt. bankruptcy is so you give less to creditors and leave them alone. they can stop paying and no one can lend them money and sell the capitol building, i don't think what they're going to do. >> who would buy it no. >> and does it have any gold in the dome? that's what i'm-- >> all right, thanks, guys, that's got to be the last word. >> cutting hours, not jobs. the work sharing program is spreading and why someone here says it's more proof that it's the free market, not ge that has the answer for loge unemployment. in amer

precedent and hand a victory to health care billionaires also what's the connection between strict christian fundamentalist homes and child abuse the answer in tonight's everything you know is wrong and finally what's a reasonable price to pay to ensure that the banks are one percent doesn't destroy our economy again in my daily take i'll tell you why whatever occupy wall street costs it's well worth it. several lower courts have had their turn now it's the supreme court's turn to rule on obamacare the affordable care act today the high court announced that it will hear five hours of oral argument really next year most likely around march to determine the constitutionality of president obama's affordable care act normally the court here is one hour of world arguments in each case of the fact that it's agreed to hear five hours in this case shows apparently just as seriously the supreme court is taking. about the centerpiece of the challenge to obamacare is the individual mandate and whether or not the federal government can force someone to buy health insurance just last week a prominent con

i'm christian. i'll read through the prism of being a christian and take out things i believe and things i disagree witness. i read tolle's books, new earth and first book, the power of now. there is interesting things in me. people are lost in their head. repetitive thinking. we don't live in the moment. if you say the lord's prayer, it brings you back to the moment. i apply my christian beliefs to it. i don't worry about it because i'm grounded in my faith. don't you think people similarly that have faith can maybe take good points that people make and i don't them and build their faith in another way? >> absolutely. i compliment oprah in the book. i have a whole section with oprah. i think she has done a marvelous thing. but she goes on the air that jesus can't be the only way to god and gives alternatives. one of her famous quotes, the gurus come not to teach us about the divine but to teach us that we are divine. and in terms of value, de-stressing, this is countered not just to my own christia

his manifesto makes clear, as the caller said, even to mas christians, uses the word christian to mean non islamic. not specifically, i don't know, black, hispanic., no, muslims that he does not like.t like. and a yes, very anti muslim, bus jews and buddhists and all of-m. the people of europe to join t peohim in the fight against the islamic edition of europe. wiat is what he is this saying. whether or not that is connected to the insanity on some molecular level, i don't know.iy the new york times describedsome some as a christianibe fundamentalist, and outrageous, something you come to expect. >> you can watch this and other programs online. up next, john keefe weltering birmingham alabama as part of our city store. recounting the military career of u.s.s. wahoo in the pacific. >> probably the most influential submarine skipper of world war ii. he was really the first true submarine ace. the pilot aces so much in world war ii. such an interesting character that i am surprised that no one had done a biography of him. history. i always joke. i don't write about submarines. i prefer to

in 1976 they kill christians , and palestinians killed christians andy ki negative area -- they all killeh other and nobody seems to care. only when they thought they may get israelis support somehow everybody started to care about that. >> i know it was the christians but sean was the i defense minister and had the power to stop them. why didn't he?t th >> host: speakers at the microphone on 81 he did not think something like that but not for the first time or the last time unfortunately. >> it may be unfair to ask us something he could nots observe but what you think the future of israel will look like after the year and a half of democratic reforms and what dode you think your father would haverm thought given his history with the countries surrounding israel? >> i am not sure we see democratic reforms the redo see that in egypt for instance, mou barack left with of monetary that are in power and out. it is even less now than it used to be. we can see what is going on, as saudi arabia, women might be able to drive in four years. that is a big achievement. i am not sure if we will see t

michael pearl the man whose teachings they follow is spreading his goss pel through a popular christian book "to train a child." the pearls wrote it as a blueprint for raising children they say the way the bible commands. >> it says that if you spare the rod, you hate your child. but if you love him, you chasten him timely. >> the pearls say they're not to blame for what the family did, but spare the rod, spoil the child is a message that many fundamentalist christians and preachers embrace. you'll hear from some of them tonight. you'll hear from a woman whose parents followed the treatment when she was growing up. she calls it abuse. >> this is systemic form of brainwashing these children. >> our investigation led us to a corner of christian fundamentalism that operates almost entirely beyond the reach of authority. fundamentalist baptist homes for troubled teens. they say they help character and found wayward young christians found their way back to god. >> they bodily man hadled me to the floor. and he hit me with a board as hard as he could. and i was shocked. i had been paddled my

through a popular christian parenting book he wrote with his wife "to train up a child." apparently more than 1 million copies have been sold. the pearls wrote it as a blueprint for raising children they say the way the bible commands. >> it says that if you spare the rod, you hate your child. but if you love him you chosen him timely. >> the pearls say not to blame for what the shatzs did but spare the rod, spoil the child is a message that many fundamentalists and their preachers e78 brace. you also hear from a woman whose parents followed the pearls' teachings when she was growing up. her parents called it biblical chastisement. she calls it abuse. >> this is a systematic form of brain washing for these children. >> a form of christian fundamentally that operates almost entirely beyond the reach of authorities. fundamentalist baptist homes for so-called troubled teens. they say they build character and help wayward young christians find their path back to god. but some former residents describe them as houses of horror. >> and they just bodily man handled me to the flo

it encountered in the lengths that various kinds of christian. let's say missionaries. and warriors conquered and turned them into christian holidays so it is hello to be in the sense of being all saints today but for the people who celebrated it it was the end of some mean so when sam is summer time and so it was the end of the summertime season the beginning of the six months of cold cold winter that's interesting while the grisly perfect. will the grisly paraphernalia there are a number of explanations prepared for example in mexico it was as take ritual and as we all know the aesthetics had kind of grisly religious rites that often human sacrifices so there are lots of skulls and bones around too to use in the celtic region animals were slaughtered on some way in because it was the beginning of the time where without refrigerators you could keep your meat for the winter and so all the animals that were sick or lame or couldn't make it through the winter were sacrificed on that time and the meat was put into a cold storage and the bones were thrown into the fire it's