god"? tonight. john: i am out of my element. i like to talk about what i know, research, understand. "science vs. god"? i am over my head. we bribing guests who think and fight about this lot. what created by? i thought there was a big bang the universe was a single tiny point* until there was an explosion of energy then life grew. smart people are convinced that is the way it went down. but did god cause the big bang? how did humans have been? is there the intelligent design? yes says dinesh d'souza up. michael shermer says no. how do know? >> hi cannot be certain there is no god but reasonably confident an apology, religion, psychology shows people invent guide to explain causality. wiser storms, accidents comment people die, hunter-gatherer's through the modern world, hammons construct a guide to explain things. different gods, religions, but what are the chances that 999 others are false and this is the one true god or they are all social be constructed? >> when rethink of god you can think of but tall mountain. we stand at

with god, it shall be done.be done. ♪ music god reigns blessings on you. ♪ music [applause] ♪ music [applause] >> in those days, a decree went out from caesar augustus that all of the world would be regularreregistered to pay tax. joe receipt went from nazareth to bethlehem because this was his family's home from the line of david. he took mary with him to be registered and she was close to delivering her child. >> wild they were there, the time came for mary's baby to be delivered and she brought forth her first born son. she wrapped him in clothes and laid him in the manger because there was no room for them in the inn. they were with the county shepherd out in the field catching watch over their flock by night. an angel of the lord shone all around them and the angel said to them -- ♪ music for behold i bring to you! oh, behold i bring to you, just rejoice! ♪ music dplosh i can't in excelsis deo. gloria, gloria, gloria! floor i can't, gloria, gloria! gloria, gloria, gloria! gloria, gloria, gloria! for behold

who will bring any charge against those whom god has chosen, it is god who justifies, who is he thatmns? christ jesus who died more than that who was raised to life is at the right hand of god and interceding for us. who shall separate us from the love of christ shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword, we faced that all day long, we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered. know in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. for i am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of god that is in christ jesus our lord. >> and so we stan now in prayer for ourselves. our hearts are broken but our spirits will strengthen by the power of god's goodness and his ever creating love and by the generous hearts of a community who truly cares. we have shown to the world our compassion. but you have placed on our shoulders a burden of unimaginable pain. you have p

why did god not entervene.e's big enough to do it and that is it a faur enough question and i am sure you ared that . how do you respond. >> it is it a fair question and a question we wrest will with if there is it a picture of unbridaled horror this is what we need to know . what happened friday, was a picture of somebody violating the greatest gifts that god gave humanity and that is free will. 99 percent of the time they use free will to do good things and choose to love and choose to respect. they are conses and opportunities of free will. and this is it a case and i sure mental ilwas involved and i know the devil was involved and a case where they bused it is it and this is it what we have to believe. god did not create this, but god can use and take that which was intended for evil and turn it boo something good. like darryl on your broadcast showed us. the terrible death for rachel was used for good. god redeemed something. i don't want to sound like a bumper sticker theology. this is what we have to com

if god is for us, who can be against us?s own son, but gave up for all of us. embraces us and give us all things. whom will bring charges against those whom god has chosen? it is god who justifies, who is he who condemns. christ jesus who died and after that raised to life is at the right-hand of god and interceding for us. who shall separate us from the love of christ, shall trouble or hardship or purpersecution o nakedness, and as written, your faith all day long we're considered to be sleep to be slaughtered. no, in all of these things we're more than congress for those who loved us for i am convinced that neither death nor life. angels nor demons, the present nor the future or height or death anything else, in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of god that is in christ jesus our lord. [applaus [applause]. so we stand now in prayer for ourselves. our hearts are broken, but our spirits are strengthened by the power of god's goodness and his ever creating love and by the generous hearts of a community wh

god is with us. god's love unites us, god's purpose steadies us. god's spirit comforts us. bless be our god forever and ever. amen. >> i offer you this prayer from my heart to your hearts. on behalf of all of your children, all of your loved ones. the hebrew memorial prayer. please rise. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> oh, god exalted in full of compassion, grant perfect peace in your sheltering presence among the holy and the pure to the souls of all of our loved ones that perished in that horrible day. they have gone to their eternal home, master of mercy, we beseech you. remember all of their worthy and righteous deeds that they performed in the land of the living. may their souls be bound up in the bond of life eternal. there is no death, just transformation. may they rest in peace. and let us say amen. >> amen. >> please, be seated. and let us unite our hearts in prayer. oh, god of love and mercy. we come before you this night with broken hearts. we offer you our tears and our pain, our anger and our sorrow. oh, lord, there was a hole so large we wonder if even you and your greatness

you are confident there is a god? i a his book does offer a universe free of god more from nothing but offers from the laws of physics. i would hope as a fellow physicist would agree there is nothing. john: why do think there is intelligent design? >> what convinces me the most is t resurrection and life of jesus christ that is evident. it is not scientific evidence it unisys that is the only evidence you will listen to then you will rule out a religion but also a whole host of other types of the human knowledge. >> y are convinced by the resurrection but it certainly isn't it normally rising from the dead is not consistent with biology. you are convinced but what a evidence it had been? >> it is about miracles. john: water into wine. >> tammy say it is always and everywhere with no exception? >> >> from no amount of empirical generalization can you draw a conclusion true as logic. you don't know a star goes that way. >> we assume. >> we measure but the plate in knitted is directly related to speed of light. john: tha

god has called them all home.f us who remain, let us find the strength to carry on and make our country worthy of their memory. may god bless and keep those we've lost in his heavenly place. may he grace those we still have with his holy comfort, and may he bless and watch over this community and the united states of america. [ applause ] [ applause ] >> on behalf of the newtown clergy association, we are so grateful to our president for spending time with us and for reminding us that we are not alone in this time of tragedy, that there's not just a country standing behind us, that there's a world standing behind us. those words i know as difficult as they were to hear for some, brought much consolation to all. i want to thank our governor and all the state officials who have been by our side since day one. they have been a remarkable reminder to us of their humanity and their care for us. but most of all, i want to thank an incredible first-select woman who's led us through the most dark periods of our lives. in

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"what does god want us to do?" >> this era was an age of definition, not just for christianity, but also for judaism. it marks the emergence, for the first time, into the light of history of a new group and a new culture, and a new literature and a new way of thinking and writing. >> narrator: without the temple, the priesthood that had presided over its rituals lost its power. there emerged new leaders, the pharisees, rabbis who would lead the jewish people in a new direction. >> and the rabbis represent for us a new age of definition. it is the rabbis who now emerge as a new kind of judaism, and it is this judaism which will endure from the second century of our era down to our own age. ( music playing ) >> narrator: the failure of the first revolt also created a crisis for early christians who were still a part of judaism. the kingdom had not come; the messiah had not arrived. the followers of jesus coped by telling stories about the man they had expected would deliver the new kingdom on earth. >> we have to rem

for god's sake, leave them alone. >> for god's sake, that's it. i am looking forward to your book coming out. when i read about t the fact that you believe we should be holding god account i believe, i did a double take. what do you mean? are we supposed to question god? we're not brought up to question god. you're saying we need to. >> isn't that amazing we lost the theological condition of challenging god? the greatest act of faith is to make commands of god t means you believe he controls the world and capable of protecting the innocent and if he can split the red sea he can ensure that adam lanza is hit by a truck on the way to school so he can't perpetrate the action. the word israel literally translates as he who challenges god. if you look at the great stories of the bible, god says to abraham i will destroy sodom and gomorrah, but you are the god of the whole worth. we're supposed to be in a partnership with god. we're not supposed to defend tragedy and blame ourselves. >> when with you say a partnership with god, i want to bring up brian

god is with us. god's love unites us. god's love steadies us. god's spirit comforts us. blessed be our god for ever and ever, amen. >> i offer you this prayer for my heart to your heart. on behalf of all of your children, all of your loved ones. the hebrew memorial prayer. please rise. [singing in hebrew] >> o, god, grant peace to the souls of all for love one's that perished in that horrible day. they have gone to their eternal home. we beseech you. remember all their worthy and righteous deeds that they performed in the land of the living. may their souls be bound up. there is no death, just transformation. made the rest in peace. and let us say amen. please be seated. >> let us unite our hearts in prayer. o god of love and mercy, we come before you this night with broken hearts. we offer you our tears and our pain, our anchor and our sorrow -- our anger. there is a whole so large we wonder if you can fill a as we grieve and mourn for those who are lost. each flight that is before us is a light that has been lost to our world. some money in a sense, so many brave. all

the jews saw themselves as a unique people with one god, one god alone, and this one god of this one special people had one temple. and that's a very powerful idea, reflecting-- accurately, i think-- the historical truth that the temple was a very powerful unifying source within the jewish community. this was the one, most sacred place on earth, the one place on earth where the earth rises up and the heavens somehow descend just enough that they just touch. this was the only one place on the entire earth where this was so. >> the temple in jerusalem was the symbolic heart of the country. jews everywhere, if they chose to, if they were pious, would put aside part of their income-- it's sort of like, oh, the way christmas clubs operate now-- you'd put aside money explicitly to be spent having a party in jerusalem. >> narrator: although the temple was the centerpiece of jewish life and worship, judaism was not a state religion. >> there's no such thing as a state church. it's not a monolithic religious or cultural entity at this time. indeed, what we're seeing more and more through the

to god and to him we shall return. those are the people upon are blessings from god. so let us all of every faith of every background pray for god's comfort at this time of heart breaking tragedy. with every difficult there is ees, barely, with every difficulty there is ease. amen. >> a prayer for the first responders, let us pray. >> holy god, many of these men and women you called into service when they were just children. they wanted to be police officers and firefighters and care for those that were in need, lord. you gave them gifts for their life to serve. you asked them to pay a high price for all the skills that they have been given, for the strength that they have. you equipped them, you gave them a willingness to learn, to train, to study. you gave them a willingness to serve in the middle of the night when a call would come in. and you gave them the willingness to respond when this town needed them the most. lord, we thank you for those in this town that responded, but we thank you also for those throughout

they were claiming a son of god, a god from god, a savior.to be titles that the roman emperor abrogated to himself. >> for the next few years, paul would languish in prison, surviving assassination attempts and brutal interrogations. finally, his appeals to be tried in rome were answered. >> paul is a citizen of the roman empire, and that provides certain protections for him. they include the right to a trial, the right to not be whipped or beaten without a trial, the right to appeal to caesar, and a protection against crucifixion. >> the trip from jerusalem almost killed paul when he was shipwrecked in a storm. finally, in the year 60 a.d., paul reached rome in chains. just in time for rome's first official persecution of christians at the hands of the emperor, nero. in the year 64 a.d., when a fire destroyed much of imperial rome, nero famously fiddled while the city burned. but he had his reasons for letting the fire burn. he wanted to clear out space for grand new buildings. >> the christians living in the south of the city are immune fro

>>> oo god didn't do it. the message we say is god loves that child.the hope of christianity. jesus having his little ones. the answer is more complicated than somebody might like. we never know when the call is going to come. this is horrible it shouldn't happen. on the other hand it's a proof we have to fight evil not tolerate it. >> i went to catholic schools and i am a catholic. i staund we have been given free will, but you know the ability to choose what we want to do is still -- it allows those other people to choose evil. it is something we can't stop. >> we can offer another law, a law of love and training in sympathy. it will be interesting to read what part religion played in his plan's life, if anything. >> we need to be more rae lig gus as a nation. >> jack monday, we hear from the father roby parker of one of the children. he said, i am not angry. i for give. does that surprise you? have you heard that before? >> i have. as we respond to disasters. we meet with people who have a foundation of faith. a faith in christ. we have people who d

for as long as god sees fit to keep us on this earth.ome to me, jesus said, and do not hinder them, for such belongs the kingdom of heaven. charlotte, daniel, olivia, josephine, anna, dylan, madeline, katherine, chase, jesse, james, grace, e mcmilie, caroline, noah, jessica, benjamin, alison, god has called them all home, for those of us who remain, let us find the strength to carry on and make our country worth think of their memory. may god bless and keep those we've lost in his heavenly place. may he grace those we still have with his holy comfort and may he bless and watch over this community and the united states of america. >> . >> bret: president obama speaking just under 18 minutes in the role of consoler in chief, saying newtown, you are not alone. the president mentioned teachers who didn't make it out of sandy hook school, and just as he read the names the sound of weeping in the auditorium. the president said decisions lie ahead and not doing enough, and he steered clear of policy prescriptions, but said we need to change. to

god's spirit comforts us. blessed be our god forever and ever. amen. >> i offer you this prayer from my heart to your heart's -- hearts on behalf of all of your children, all of your loved ones. the hebrew memorial prayer. please rise. ♪ ["the hebrew memorial prayer"] >> ogata exulted and full of compassion, -- oh god exalted and full of compassion, great peace to the souls of all of our loved ones that perished in that horrible day. they have gone to their eternal home, master of mercy. we b.c. to. remember all of their were the enriches deeds that they performed -- we beseech you. remember all of their richest deeds that they performed. there is no death. just transformation. may rest in peace. let us say, amen. >> please be seated. >> let us unite our parts in prayer. god, of love and mercy, we come up before you this night with a broken hearts. we offer you our tears and our pain, our anger and our sorrow. oh lord, there was a whole -- hole so large we wonder ago your greatness can fill it as we grieve for those who are lost. each light that

why did god not entervene.s big enough to do it and that is it a faur enough question and i am sure you ared that . how do you respond. >> it is it a fair question and a question we wrest will with if there is it a picture of unbridaled horror this is what we need to know . what happened friday, was a picture of somebody violating the greatest gifts that god gave humanity and that is free will. 99 percent of the time they us free will to do good things and choose to love and choose to respect. they are conses and opportunities of free will. and this is it a case and i sure mental ilwas involved and i know the devil was involved and a case where they bused it is it and this is it what we have to believe. god did not create this, but god can use and take that which was intended for evil and turn it boo something good. like darryl on your broadcast showed us. the terrible death for rachel was used for good. god redeemed something. i don't want to sound like a bumper sticker theology. this is what we have to come b

why did god not entervene. it and that is it a faur enough question and i am sure you ared that . how do you respond. >> it is it a fair question and a question we wrest will with if there is it a picture of unbridaled horror this is what we need to know . what happened friday, was a picture of somebody violating the greatest gifts that god gave humanity and that is free will. 99 percent of the time they use free will to do good things and choose to love and choose to respect. they are conses and opportunities of free will. and this is it a case and i sure mental ilwas involved and i know the devil was involved and a case where they bused it is it and this is it what we have to believe. god did not create this, but god can use and take that which was intended for evil and turn it boo something good. like darryl on your broadcast showed us. the terrible death for rachel was used for good. god redeemed something. i don't want to sound like a bumper sticker theology. this is what we have to come back to. the goodn

its own, a deistic god?>> well, no, in terms of the population there's the calvinists and the deists. >> way back then? >> right. the calvinists totally predominated among the population. the founding fathers were much more elites and yes, many of them were deists but in terms of the vast majority of deistshey they thought about it in terms of calvinists where god, didn't think about jesus much except he was sent for this mission. the piety wasn't jesus, didn't have a personal relationship with jesus is the point. >> well, you seem reluctant to say that the nation in its founding documents was so founded as a secular, no religious state. >> it was by law, yes. >> by law. >> yes. >> and curiously enough, with that religious freedom guaranteed by the founding documents, since none were stipulated for the population, that developed into a curious paradox. more people became affiliated by reason of our religioreedom. don't you take note of that? >> absolutely, absolutely. >> isn't that a paradox? >> well -- >> i

word more clearly. >> using the word of god and seeing the church grow through the word of god, when there is better understanding. >> reporter: the translators worked with partner ministries to produce a bokachi version of the jesus film. sponsored by "the faith comes by hearing" mission. but the work of translation comes at a price. and according to bob gunn, the challenges multiply as the project nears completion. >> over and over we have deaths, critical illness, financial reversals, all kinds of things happen. >> reporter: but though hardships are forgotten on a day like this. with the translated new testament safely delivered, ramidas believes a new world of opportunity will open up for the bokachi believers. >> i believe god has called his own church with the missionaries. >> reporter: stan jeter, cbn news. >> wendy: you can see more great stories about the work of the church around the globe at our christian world news website. find it at cbnnews.com. we'll be right back. >> george: and finally on our broadcast this welcome, an iranian christian threatened with compulsion is

>> look, if there were a god einstein had talked about spinoza's god if there were god it would be thecreative force in the cosmos. it would be the very thing that i'm seeking. if there were god, a look at the universe. it's a glorious place. it's an astonishing place filled with wonders but it's also filled with nightmares. to people in syria really deserve to have their entire homes destroyed in be put out on the street and wonder if they will be hit by sniper a sniper's bullet at any second? not one bit. so it's our job to clean up the mess. it's our job to straighten a place out. we are the first collectivities of protons, the protons that make you and me up 13.72 billion years old. they have been around for a long time. we are the first social project those protons have ever put together that have a conscience and they can look at these things and say this is not right. this is not just. this is not warm and compassionate and loving which means we are the first creatures capable of doing anything we can, the phrase it out green the soul singer gave me while he was driving me aroun

to do god's will. >>neil: did god see this coming? >>guest: of course god has soon it all coming, it would be like i knew when i had my children that growing up they would go through different pains and they would go through heartaches and they could make some bad choices and other people would do things against them. i still chose to have them because i love them, even knowing that because they got free will, there would be pain. the issue is, do we run to god for comfort or do we runaway from him? most people as you can see, the churches in newtown were filled last sunday because most people they run to god for comfort. there are some things we are not going to understand until we get to it turnty and get to heaven. what we need to do right now is release our grief. receive help from others. remember what is important. and run to god. what matters most in life is relationships. i have been at death bed of thousands of people as a pastor. i have never had one person at the death bed say, bring me my t

god it god and i'm not. god is good and i'm not. >> perrmerry christmas. good to see you. >> sean: lots nor come as this hannity holiday special continues. how the troops in afghanistan are spending the holidays and ainsley earhardt with the inspirational story of a special homecoming >> sean: welcome back. the holidays are often a time when we realize how important family friends and community are to our lives. one man who knows that more than any one else is army sergeant joe pave ram. ainsley earhardt traveled to get it amazing story. >> it started out like any other in southern iraq. two days away from returning home to the states this sergeant volunteered to join some other soldiers in it pulling last minute guard duty. >> about 300-meters in front of me was the vehicle that sergeant tavera and the other soldiers were riding in when it was hit by a rocket. the vehicle exploded and spun around a couple of times and by the time i got up there sergeant tavear was right next to the vehicle and the vehicle was in flames. >> the captain quickly pulled joel

we've got to build our life on what god says. god is worthy. truth. >> god allowed me to provide this word in this prison: i have enough faith right now to know that god has everything ready for me. >> narrator: fames leads bible study for the men in his housing unit. he is regarded as a jailhouse pastor. but in another unit, michael leisher pledges an alliance to a different entity. >> you have lucifer and satan. in death i found life and hell is my paradise. this is my paradise. his life is illuminated by all of his tattoos. they were all accumulated in his prison stays. >> it's better than some of the scratches i've seen on some inmates. but it's really not all that extravagant. it's definitely not street-quality work. it was all single needle. >> i was 24 when i got the tattoo on my head. the horns, itself, it's just me being an outlaw. somebody that's a little devil himself. >> at the time that i got that tattoo, i had a real strict belief in being antichristian. i believe if there's a god looking down at me, he's got something looking rig

why did god not entervene. it and that is it a faur enough question and i am sure you ared that . how do you respond. >> it is it a fair question and a question we wrest will with if there is it a picture of unbridaled horror this is what we need to know . what happened friday, was a picture of somebody violating the greatest gifts that god gave humanity and that is free will. 99 percent of the time they use free will to do good things and choose to love and choose to respect. they are conses and opportunities of free will. and this is it a case and i sure mental ilwas involved and i know the devil was involved and a case where they bused it is it and this is it what we have to believe. god did not create this, but god can use and take that which was intended for evil and turn it boo something good. like darryl on your broadcast showed us. the terrible death for rachel was used for good. god redeemed something. i don't want to sound like a bumper sticker theology. this is what we have to come back to. the goodn

>> i don't think god let's stuff happen. again, we talk about this, like how did god allow this.om to live, and to -- a free will to live. when you begin to look at these crisis and experiences, our personal experiences, we live in an enter woven pattern, and we experience these things and god doesn't stop and step in and say you can't do that, do this, do that, you know, and that's the kind of god we serve, and that's pretty kind of small minded who moves based on our own whims. >> the problem of evil, there's an intersection between inner freedom and god's power and sovereignty. there are times when god does intervene dramatically, but god requires us to love and that requires freedom and if he was able to micromanage us it would no longer be love, and it would not be a love relationship but like a slavery. we often say why does god let, but the deeper question is how do we go on allowing the violence in the culture and we have to take up our own responsibility. >> we will take a break and have a discussion about christmas after this. >>> welcome back to "viewpoint," and we are

and god would intervene because he's all powerful.hat helps me is to look at it from a different perspective and that is, why would god allow free will? and i believe it's a very simple explanation. because with that free will we have an opportunity to love and most people do it pretty well and some people unfortunately take that free will and turn it against the very people that god has loved so deeply, to create us and to give us this great gift. >> rick: rabbi, as a parent yourself of young children and i am, too, i'm still in a state of shock and i imagine people all over the country are. and how do you get past the shock and how do you begin the search for comfort in a time like this? >> it's incredibly hard and i'm in that state of shock as well. and i think what father jonathan just said is very profound and in jewish tradition, we have an idea that at times of tragedy, god cries alongside us. and we have to simply draw from our reservoir of faith. and be honest that the answers we don't know, but also to bring as much comfort

or talk to god yet, after a tragedy, we're the first to blame god.d where were you? and god's always where he's been, but it breaks the heart of god to see this yet, we're not made as robots, we have a choice and to say that our choices is just private is totally bogus because the choices and decisions that we make affect not only ourselves, but others and innocent bystanders. >> kelly: pastor ed young, we thank you for their wonderful insights from the heart of god. >> uma: and this investigation is just beginning and we're learning more as they unfold. and we'll recap what we know so far. stay with us. doctor told me cm is efficiently absorbed in small continuous amounts. citracal slow release continuously releases calcium plus d with efficient absorption in one daily dose. citracal slow release. with efficient absorption in one daily dose. avoid bad.fats. don't go over 2000... 1200 calories a day. carbs are bad. carbs are good. the story keeps changing. so i'm not listening... to anyone but myself. i know better nutrition when i see it: great grai

or no god. in other words no skin off my back. we have been around. >> bill: tell the little girl, the 6-year-old girl that you can't quote her grandfather. 20 seconds, carlson, wrap it up for us. >> i have got to give you good news, solution in santa monica where they have been trying to shut something down. nativity scene there for 29 years. guess what the success story is as long as you have unattended nativity scene which means a live nativity scene you can have it if you get a petition. folks in your towns all across america. >> bill: need live people out there. >> if you add menorah the supreme court says that's okay. >> bill: okay, ladies, when we come right back from l.a., how much do americans really know about christmas? jesse watters went to rockefeller center to find out. gutfeld and >> bill: thanks for staying with us. i'm reporting tonight from california. in the watters world segment. how much do you know about christmas? >> we sent jesse watters out to rockefeller center where th

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god, we thank you for this town. we thank you for its people, and we thank you for the opportunity to stand together and not fall apart. amen. now a final blessing of hope through faith in jesus christ from the words of st. john to st. paul. i heard a loud voice from the throne saying, behold the dwelling place of god is within man. he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and gone will be with them as their god. -- god will be with them as their god. he shall wipe away every year from their eyes, and to death shall be no more. neither shall there be morning or crying -- mourning or crying or pain. he who was seated on the throne said, behold, i am making all things, and a decrease of our lord, jesus christ, the love it -- made the grace of our lord, jesus christ, the love of our god, and the holy spirit be with you all. amen. i asked you to please take your seats until i can receive confirmation the president has safely exited and now the school campus. i do not know who that confirmation is going to co

god it god and i'm not. god is good and i'm not. >> perrmerry christmas. good to see you. >> sean: lots nor come as this hannity holiday special continues. how the troops in afghanistan are spending the holidays and ainsley earhardt with the inspirational story of a special homecoming of a true great american hero. that and much more straight ahead. >>> live from america's news headquarters i'm marianne rafferty. the family of a former u.s. marine who has been in the mexican prison for months says their son is set to be released at any moment now. john hammer has been locked up since august in one of the toughest prisons south of the border. mexican police arresting him when crossed the border from texas with an antique gun. because mexico is strict with firearms he had been facing 15 years behind bars. >>> and president obama nominating senator john kerry to be the next secretary of state. he won't need a lot of on-the-job training. kerry is chairman of the senate foreign relations committee and also ran for president in 2004. and if confirmed the senator

i really think god sees me as i see my grandson who is 3.might have an episode sometimes or announce that i am not his big super spider-man girl anymore. because i am older, i roll my eyes and say, whatever. my house, my kitchen, a comeback. i think it got kind of rolls his or horizon goes, whatever. i am here when your ready again. tavis: "gratitude begins in our hearts and dovetails into behavior. it almost always makes you willing to be of service, which is where the joint presides. means you're willing to stop being such a jerk when you are aware of all that has been given to you in your lifetime and in the past few days. it is hard not to be humbled and pleased to give back." i love that. it almost always makes you willing to be of service, which is where the joy resides. it took me awhile in my life to come to that conclusion. joy presides in serving other people. >> we are hungry for what we have not quite got yet or achieved. we get it and then we are swiss cheesy in our spirit. you stop the train. stop the runaway train of narcissis

where was god? that when your parishioners come to you and ask where was god. >> god lets the rain fall on everybody, on good people and people who aren't so good, and he loves us all. sometimes it may feel like we -- it may be hard for us to feel his love but i liken it to when i go up in an airplane, on a rainy day when you fly off somewhere and the clouds are looming, and it's raining, as soon as you get above those clouds, the sun is doing what it does every single day which is shining, and i know that god is there always, and god loves us all. he doesn't love everything that we do. he doesn't sign off on every behavior that we have. but he loves us all. he loves us so much. and i believe and what i preach is that god wants us to love him back, and to be obedient, to listen to him and to live in a way that pleases him. >> i think people of faith understand that but i do think, i just want to go quickly to anthea on this because you teach the theology behind how we approach life. what does the th