and nature sing ♪ and heaven and nature sing ♪ and heaven and heaven and nature sing ♪ and heaven and♪ joy to the world ♪ ♪ joy to the world ♪ joy to the world ♪ joy to the world ♪ joy to the world ♪ but i found in him ♪ a refuge place ♪ and he picked me up ♪ and he turned me around ♪ joy to the world ♪ joy, joy, joy, joy ♪ joy to the world ♪ joy to the world ♪ joy to the world ♪ joy to the world ♪ joy to the world ♪ joy to the world ♪ have you asked him to help you ♪ have you asked him to save you ♪ joy to the world. >> amen, amen, amen ♪ amen. >> we hope you have enjoyed this collection of christmas music and inspiration. these three choirs that we have been able to feature, i know appreciate the opportunity to share with you the message of christmas. it's been my personal privilege to be in that two of these churches and enjoy the wonderful spirit as well as the powerful music that they have been able to present. i also want to say on behalf of all of the family here at the fox news channel, we appreciate you giving us the opportunity to be in your homes. we don't take it lightly t

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is there a heaven? who gets in? and what happens to those who don't?> everybody dies. >> and we want to hope that the people we love will see again and we want to hope that our own identities and our own consciousness and maybe even our own bodies exist in some other realm after we're gone from this earth. >> books trying to provide answers to these age old questions continue to be best sellers. one of them, love winds by michigan megachurch pastor robb bell has ignited an intense new debate, particularly among evangelical christians. >> a lot of people, the conception they were handed over the christian faith, is that you go around making judgments. we know for sure it's burning forever in that place. you don't eternal life. >> author of the book heaven, our enduring fascination with the afterlife. >> it's a mistake to think you can talk about -- even talk about god in the western tradition without talking about hel heaven, right? how you get to heaven, the question is essential to islamic. >> people must accept jesus as a personal savior. >> jesus sa

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>> the "queen of heavens" sails for caracas tonight. i remember it from the time. >> yes, but caracas isn't in bolivia, is it? >> what the porter saw in the banknote was not "bolivia." >> what was it then? >> it was "bolivar." and the bolivar is the unit of currency in venezuela. our friend is on his way to venezuela. simpson! >> stop that man! [sighs] >> the middle. no, no, no, no, miss lemon. to the left. at least one centimeter to the left. that's better. voila. is there nothing to which hercule poirot cannot turn his finger? >> hand. "pay to hercule poirot the sum "of one guinea only. ernest todd." it is to me, hastings, a little reminder never to despise a trivial, eh, with the undignified. a disappearing domestic at one end, a cold-blooded murder at the other. [captioning made possible by friends of nci] [captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--] very simple, very elegant. it's "a table of all the receipts contained in this book." - so it's a recipe book. - yes. and it also has remedies for illnesses... -

[animal noises] >> my heavens, holmes. what i smelt. >> and these are dorak's patients, poor, abused creatures. have you observed the experiments that dorak performs on them? >> oh no, that's none of our business, he says. >> well, count yourself fortunate that the process has been kept from you. now, gentlemen, in you go. >> in there, with him? why? >> to await the police. in, gentlemen. we shall advise inspector lestrade at once. >> you can't leave us in here! >> remember the gorilla is a social animal. and if you both mind your manners, you will do well enough, i dare say. >> ah, mr. bennett and ms. presbury. >> yes. >> i decided i had to accompany jack, mr. holmes. >> have you brought the list of missing dates? >> yes. roy also barked on these nights. >> please, never mind that, mr. holmes. we have far more urgent matters to impart. >> is that so? ms. morphy has renounced my father. >> she's returned his ring? >> today, since when he has remained locked in his study. >> every time i've knocked, he's shouted abuse at me

(laughter) we're trying to get into heaven here, not take the s.a.t.s.laughter) and for the record... (cheers and applause) and for the record, co consubstantial is now istanbul. (laughter) folks, i don't think i'm overstating it when i say this is the single biggest scandal ever to hit the catholic church. (laughter) i certainly refuse to think of another. (laughter) the worst of all, with these weird new changes, now when i'm sitting in the pew i have to stop and actually think about what i'm saying instead of mindlessly reciting words while playing fruit ninja on my iphone. now, just because i think the pope dropped the ball on this one does not mean i'm not on his side. i'm a huge fan. he's got the hair of anderson cooper and the face of an angel that got stuck in a food dehydrator. (laughter) but apparently, not everybody out there is a fan of the popest with the mostest. specifically his brothers from your fatherland. jim? >> turns out the pope is not immune when it comes to seat belt safety. a german citizen filed a lawsuit against the pontiff aft

is for real," little boys astounding story of his trip to heaven and back. laura hillenbrand came in second. rebecca skloot, "the immortal life of henrietta lacks." this was a 2010 title that was on "the new york times" bestseller list for 41 weeks. and then tina fey with bossy pants and eric larson in the garden of beasts. sarah weinman, i know this data is difficult to find, but laura hillebrand, best selling nonfiction book of 2011 according to the new york times. todd burpo, "heaven is for real," best selling on fiction e-book. and print list as well. do you have any idea how many copies of those books got sold? >> it's funny you mention, i feel like especially as the digital market share keeps rising, finding statistics that one can rely on it becomes increasing more difficult. i'll give an example. nielsen has a service called bookscan which tracks anywhere from about 70-75% of print sales. now, even as far back as i think three years ago when kindle was still new and e-book sales are barely in the single digits, one could look to bookscan at least a p

"heaven is for real" for kids.help you fall in love with nook ♪ ♪ for movies, music, apps, and books ♪ ♪ and another thing for you and me ♪ ♪ nook support ♪ is always free thanks! ♪ nook by barnes & noble. starting at just $99. time to deploy the chex mix boring potato chip decoy bag. now no one will want to steal the deliciousness. with a variety of tastes and textures, only chex mix is a bag of interesting. mmm... pillsbury crescent wrapped brie just unroll, wrap the brie and bake. it's so easy. now this might even impress aunt martha. pillsbury crescent wrapped brie. holiday ideas made easy. >>> if you're weaking up this morning and still in the need for gifts, no worries, you have a few hours to go, anyway. >> what can you buy? where do you find it? and is it too late? >> here to help us figure out where to do that last-minute shopping today, is lifestyle expert robin mereno. let's get started. one of the big -- but we mentioned this earlier in the broadcast. these air jordan shoes are back. >> people are going

suddenly, a light from heaven flashed around him, says the book of acts.fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "saul, saul, why do you persecute me?" he asked, "who are you, lord?" the reply came, "i am jesus, whom you are persecuting." >> and when he finds out that jesus is truly alive, it means that the other things that jesus' followers say about him must also be considered as true. jesus is the messiah. >> saul of tarsus who never met jesus in the flesh, never traveled or supped with him and who wanted to kill his followers, becomes the greatest defender of the jesus faith, known to the world by the greek version of his name, paul. >> some people have called paul the second founder of christianity, because christianity is more than following the teachings of jesus. christianity is not just the religion that jesus had, it's the religion about jesus. it's the religion founded on jesus' death and resurrection. >> in his letter to the galatians, paul reveals exactly what jesus told him to do. "that i should announce him triumphant among the ge

>>> your new movie's called "a little bit of heaven." what's your idea of a little bit of heaven?. sunny days with my family. you know. >> have you ever thought about what heaven might be like when you get up there? >> well, i just assume it's going to be good times with the family. people that you didn't get to meet because they were gone. >> do you believe in an afterlife? >> yeah. i like the idea of it. >> do you pray a lot? >> probably. >> probably? >> yeah. >> well, you either do or you don't. >> well, no, it depends -- what do you -- how do you describe praying? going to church and stuff? >> well, not necessarily going to church. but talking to an entity that is not physically there. asking for help. talking through issues, do you do that kind of thing? >> no, no. >> what's your idea of prayer? >> i could use some backup. i could use some backup. that's it pretty much. >> do you go to any church? >> no. no. i don't like being inside, you see. >> at all? >> very rarely. if it's nice weather, then i don't ever want to see the inside of my house. i just want to be in the sun. s

heaven. no one can say for sure but there could be several explanations depending who you ask. tony shin takes a closer look. >> reporter: brian pennings was just about to turn five years old when his toy canoe drifted to the deep went of his pool. >> i figured if i jumped in and held to the canoe i could dog pad toll the side of the pool. >> reporter: but brian sank like a rock. as he began drowning he remembers looking up at the sun. >> it was bright, bright white because of the sun and it slowl closed and went black. and then slowly opened back up and was completely white. i believe i was in the presence of god. >> reporter: for dee barge her brush with death happened two days after back surgery in the form after a blood clot that led to a stroke. dee says she saw a dark tunnel with a light at the end. >> i start through the chasm, the tunnel, and i walk out to the end. and it feels like -- it feels like heaven. >> reporter: dee and brian believe they were at the edge of heaven. but medic

point between this world and heaven. until there's nothing left but bones. then, he's brought to where every monk who's ever lived here ends up-- the ossuary. any idea how many skulls there are here? >> matthew: thousands. i'm not sure how many thousands. >> simon: any idea how far they go back? >> matthew: the ones here would be to the 16th century. >> simon: when you look at the ossuary, what comes to mind? >> matthew: mostly, i see that this is where i'm going to be. i always like to say these are my future roommates. >> simon: there was nowhere for us to go from there, so we headed back to the mainland. the monks invited us to come back any time, and if we do-- or if our grandsons or great- grandsons do-- after ten days here, this much we believe: mt. athos will not have changed at all. >> go to 60minutesovertime.com to see the challenges of scaling and shooting a story on mount athos. w. ♪ [ male announcer ] campbell's green bean casserole. it's amazing what soup can do [ tea kettle whistle ] [ male announcer ] beat

good heavens. >> but would she have sent for her trunk? >> beg your pardon, sir? >> miss dunn sent for her trunk, i believe. now, if she had truly been taken by these white slavers, would she have sent for her luggage? >> well, i don't know, sir. she'd want her things, wouldn't she? even in foreign parts, she'd want her things. >> ah...who came for her trunk, annie? >> the carrier, sir. the man from clotter-patterson. >> and did you pack it for her? >> no, sir. it was already packed and corded. >> ah. that is interesting. that shows that when she left the house on wednesday, already she determined not to return. you see that, do you not? >> oh, i'd never thought of that. >> no. tell me now, annie, what was the very last thing eliza said to you before she went out? >> she said, "if there's any "stewed peaches left over from "the dining room, we'll have "them for supper. and a bit of bacon, and fried potatoes." mad over stewed peaches she was--i should have wondered if that wasn't the way they got her? >> got her? >> the white slavers. >> ah, the stewed peaches. qui

if you lied about money, i'll never believe you about heaven."ied to me about sowing seed for a harvest, he's a liar. and the last person i wanna be around for eternity is a liar. i cried and cried and wept like a baby. and i said, "according to this, i can sow my way out of trouble." and i began to sow everything i could. there's three times in my life god told me to give away everything i had. three times. a check comes in for $5,000, i'm ecstatic 'cause i'm gonna buy me a kitchen chair and kitchen table. i'm gonna buy me draperies, 'cause i had sheets tacked over the windows. and i was called here to charlotte, north carolina to participate in a telethon. i didn't know a whole lot about telethons. they were raisin' money for somethin'. and i'm sitting there and suddenly the preacher says, "i want all of our partners to pray about planting $1,000 seed." and i had never... i'd never heard of somebody sowing $1,000 in my life. i was $100 man myself. my father said i'm the only murdock in the history of the murdock family who ever gave an offering

we can turn toward the saints in heaven.hink a lot of evangelicals might have an issue with this because it seems like a lot of catholics go to the saints and don't go to jesus. that's really what energizes my ministry. people need to get introduced to a saving knowledge. >> the problem that protestants have, they think they're praying to the saints instead of jesus. it's not the same thing at all. >> exactly. >> cynthia is calling from st. paul, minnesota. >> hi, in your book, the "stained glass curtain," you use the phrase our common heritage. and from what i understand, you're referring to the gospel message of salvation, and we as catholics share that in common with non catholic christians. i was wondering if you see baptism as part of our common heritage. because in the vatican 2 documents, that's what it says. i found that same phrase. and i don't know if you want the quote -- >> you probably know it. >> i can respond without the quote if you'd like. >> go ahead. >> well, the phrase "our common heritage" refers to the

. >> this is my wonderful piece of heaven. 7 foot by 12 foot. >> he was sentenced to death in 2005. he's currently in the appeal process. >> we first met robert while shooting in 2005. >> let me ask you a question. is it a greater sin to steal a cracker or to kill someone? >> to kill someone. >> god doesn't see it that way. you break one sin, you break all sins. what does it matter which sin you perpetrate. i'm not afraid to die. i'm not afraid to be dead. i've made my peace with god. i'm trying to do the best i can to live in this world with what time i have left whether it be next year or 100 years, who knows, you know? >> these two rooms are for

there are no beast things in heaven. is a wonderful story about two little children who face death and then what god tells them through his word and that they can know they're going to heaven when that moment comes and know something about what heaven is like. >> you know, i always have people ask me, who is your favorite interview, which big -- and we've interviewed presidents and prime ministers and basically just about everybody we ever wanted to interview but my answer has always been billy graham. billy graham. if you're from the northeast you don't understand but if you're from the southeast, willie, parts all across the world for our family, for my grand mom, my parents, your dad really was -- >> absolutely. >> as i say, our pope. he was. >> great analogy. >> in the south? but it's amazing. >> it's worldwide. travel the world and people i bump into all over have heard him, have seen him on tv, read his book and have come into a relationship with god through faith in jesus because of my daddy. and daddy is 93 as yo

this data is difficult to find, but laura hillenbrand, best-selling nonfiction book, todd burpo, "heaven is for real," bestselling nonfiction e-book and, you know, print list as well. do you have any idea how many copies of those books got sold? >> um, it's funny you mention. i feel like especially as the digital market share keeps rising finding statistics that one can rely on becomes increasingly more difficult. i'll give an example. nielsen has a service called book scan which tracks anywhere from about 70 to 75% of print sales. now, even as far back as, i think, three years ago when the kindle was still new and e-book sales were barely into the single digits, one could look to book scan and at least get a pretty good snap shot of how a book was selling. i mean, it depended on what outlets they were reporting. they still don't report on certain ones. but, again, it was at least a fairly good relative snapshot. but because nielsen book scan does not report digital sales, they've promised that they will, but so far that has not come to fruition. as a result, it's 70-75% of print. but ag

buying a blowballoon writing a message and sending in up to heaven. >>> with the iraq war over, the pentagon is cutting back. that is the biggest cut since the end of the cold war. the cuts are part of a broader plan. >>> a tennessee tourist plans to fight a gun possession charges after police arrested her at the 9/11 memorial. she was visiting the world trade center site last week when she saw a no-guns allowed sign. she was carrying a loaded pistol. she was arrested when she asked police if there was a place she could check the weapon. she has a legal permit to carry the gun in tennessee, but not in new york. she could face more than three years in prison. >>> a fight over 12twitter followers resulted in a lawsuit in south carolina. he left the company and started working for another company. officials say that he owes the company 14 hours for each of his 17,000 followers. during a set for next month. >>> emwe are following you tonight. exciting to see a little bit of snow. >> it did not do any harm. it is going to be called tonight. -- cold tonight. let's take you to damascus. if you miss

york times" best-seller list and combined print and e-books the number one bestseller was taught heaven is for real sarah weinman, i know the data is difficult to find, but laura, best-selling nonfiction book of 2011 according to "the new york times," heaven is for real, best-selling non-fiction million bouck and print list as well. do you have any idea how many copies of those books got sold? >> it's funny you mention. i feel like especially as the digital market share keeps rising, finding statistics one can rely on becomes increasingly more difficult. i will give an example. neilson has a service called books can which tracks anywhere from about 70 to 75% of sales. even as far back as i think three years ago when the kindle lizilo tecum new one could look and get a good snapshot of how a book was selling. it depended on what outlook they were reporting. they still don't report on certain ones. but again it was at least a fairly good relative snapshot but because the books can doesn't report digital scales the promise that they will but so far that has not come to fruition as a result

we were all going direct to heaven. we were all going direct the other way.oes that sound like the current political discourse? [laughter] does that resonate with your feelings? does that describe your consensus of someone you know? how does one navigate the uncertain valley that lays between the best of times, and the worst of times? is it possible for this season of lights to shine into this season of darkness? there's a compass which can guide us from the winter of despair, and that is called hope. help. -- hope is putting faith to work when doubting would be easier. we can all be thankful for hope. people like martin luther king jr, told as darkness cannot drive of darkness. only light to that. the haight cannot drive out hate. only love can do that. perhaps it is only coincidental, but you cannot spell passion without spelling compass. i can remember people who hoped for me encouraged me. no matter the times in the season's, we cannot give up on hope. hope is patientvce with a lamp lit. the american poet emily dickinson rights "hope is that thing with ot

i had a dream the other night about what heaven's gate might be like.t was like an airport boarding planes, yes, the pearly gates had two lanes. first class to the left. everyone else on the right. in that first class lane, some i hadn't seen before. no old school ties. some downright poor. like the widow who gave her last mite to one who needed it more. oh, they waved her right through the first class door. with a man who turned the other cheek and the woman who forgave a thief and the fellow who stooped to help a child who had no food to eat. i didn't see a bold-faceded name or those that hunger after fame but the gate keeper knew all their faces. he was on the first name basis with those he waved through heaven's door. now i hate to add this to our song but the second line was mighty long. cheaters, schemers, lying, lovers, those who write down the faults of others. it's all politician that i knew and a journalist or two. a banker and a hedge fund czar up there, no one knows who they are. a creep, a con, an operator with black berry said on vibrator.

i had a dream the other night about what heaven's gate might be like.t was like an airport boarding planes, yes, the pearly gates had two lanes. first class to the left. everyone else on the right. in that first class lane, some i hadn't seen before. no old school ties. some downright poor. like the widow who gave her last mite to one who needed it more. oh, they waved her right through the first class door. with a man who turned the other cheek and the woman who forgave a thief and the fellow who stooped to help a child who had no food to eat. i didn't see a bold-faceded name or those that hunger after fame but the gate keeper knew all their faces. he was on the first name basis with those he waved through heaven's door. now i hate to add this to our song but the second line was mighty long. cheaters, schemers, lying, lovers, those who write down the faults of others. it's all politician that i knew and a journalist or two. a banker and a hedge fund czar up there, no one knows who they are. a creep, a con, an operator with black berry said on vibrator.

i was broke, busted and manna from heaven. so "pennies from heaven" is what i'll open with. and when i rehearsed these songs with al hague we rehearsed a routine because i was not deeply rooted as a musician. he had togive me things that was enough to follow and when he set up "penniesrom heaven" ♪ ♪ ♪ every time... (scatting) opening night i'm announced by a little guy name pee-wee marquette, who's a midget. (laughr) he was the funniest thing you ever saw in your li and he was given the task of announcing me and he called me belafashdootle-dot. couldn't pronounce my name for anything. and before i could open my mouth up came tommy potter, a base player. and tommy was with his bass and i said "oh, wow, tommy's going to sit in." but then almost as... the moment that tommy it this stage, so did max. and i id, oh, my god. and then right after them came bird, charlie parker. (audience reacts) and charlie parker hooked up his horn and looked at... twisted his piece and looked at al and al said "pennies from even, e-flat." and so i'

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