some are tempted to vote for other things than what is in the scriptures. many times, i have been tempted. candidates, and you look at what they say and the many things and many times, instead of voting for character and integrity, you may be tempted to vote for eloquence, someone who is just a great speaker. but in the book of romans, it says that there are those who have much fairer speech. you can look in the scriptures, in the book of proverbs, a fool tells all his mind, but a wise man tells all afterwards. speaking is not necessarily a sign of character. if it is not necessarily a sign that that person will do the right thing always. as a matter of fact, if you speak to much, you get in trouble and you have to renege on things. and that is not a good thing. moses started out my be in words and deeds. -- mighty in words and deeds. but later we find out that that is not a good indicator. character. some see them presidential looking. sam dillon to look at you is going to anoint a king. -- samuel was going to look and was going to anoint a king. we have se

the scripture is what we call the constitution of our faith. it is the constitution, just like the american constitution is a constitution of our nation, it lays out for us what this nation is about and what this nation will accomplish. the book of romance does the same thing in the word of god. it rose -- it lays out for us what our faith is about. turn to 23. this tells us something about ourselves. it says, this righteousness from god comes through faith in jesus christ to all who believe in jesus christ. there is no difference, for all have sinned. that is every person. remember, going back to genesis i, that was the creator. he created heaven and earth, but that means that he created everything in the earth, as well. that is all of us. all of mankind. when we talk about all, that is all of mankind. let us go back to that. there is the difference, for all have since. let me ask you, who in the service could? no one wants to go in that column? no one wants to admit it. after last night. all have sinned. everyone. everyone falls short of the

the scripture is what we call the constitution of our faith. it is the constitution, just like the american constitution is a constitution of our nation, it lays out for us what this nation is about and what this nation will accomplish. the book of romance does the same thing in the word of god. it rose -- it lays out for us what our faith is about. turn to 23. this tells us something about ourselves. it says, this righteousness from god comes through faith in jesus christ to all who believe in jesus christ. there is no difference, for all have sinned. that is every person. remember, going back to genesis i, that was the creator. he created heaven and earth, but that means that he created everything in the earth, as well. that is all of us. all of mankind. when we talk about all, that is all of mankind. let us go back to that. there is the difference, for all have since. let me ask you, who in the service could? no one wants to go in that column? no one wants to admit it. after last night. all have sinned. everyone. everyone falls short of the

i didn't write the scriptures, i believe them. i'll teach the scriptures. i have also encouraged people to try to guard their environments within the limits of the law and provisions of the constitution to provide defenses for their children, their wives their family. >> what interest is the united states government taken to help? >> they are not interested. they are still saying it is a bunch of criminals, you know, that will pass away. >> churches aren't fortified, should they be? >> i think they should. government should be willing to provide the basics of security that would at least give people confidence to worship freely, until we obtain freedom of religion. i have hope in that i always find when i pray. >> in the meantime, one african leader is trying to help the people of nigeria, president of nearby singal is trying to bring peace and offered to hold a delegation of muslims and christians from northern nigeria and see how the two states live together in this country. cbn's president michael little spoke with the president while in daycar. >> you a

for as the scripture says, but perfect love cast out of fear. y, we pray for ourselves as citizens of the city we love it. drive from us and our elected officials all cynicism and slavish ideology. in your mercy grant us just and honest, rep. all men. -- and honest government. -- amen. >> please welcome the color guard in the san francisco girls chorus. -- and the san francisco girls chorus. where are they? [laughter] [laughter] [applause] >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and into the republic, for which it stands, one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. ♪ [chorus singing] [chorus singing] [chorus singing "star spangled banner"] [applause] forward. halt. forward march. [applause] >> you may be seated. i moved a little bit ahead of schedule by introducing all of you. i was supposed to do that at the end of that. and understand if you have been in my position, i would have wanted you to introduce me first. in [laughter] you understand why that happens, mr. mayor. ibm, of course, delighte

. >> first of all, those of you -- many of you know in the scriptures in the torah and the talented, jerusalem is described as a woman, sometimes the mistress had been indicted mother's, sometimes a beautiful princess scarlet silks, but always someone in. is it that is one reason in jerusalem has a personality, an idea that i like and appeals to me. but also, i said this is about the people. and what i wanted to do was create a book that would confront very complicated ideas. after all, the names alone are incredibly complicated. there's babylonian names, turkish names, english names and so on. in so many civilizations in serious and so forth. so the book had to be readable by someone who really knew nothing about the middle east, nothing about jerusalem in history books. mainly my mother. [laughter] and so, that is why i designed it so it's in very small sections in each section is a person. it is a person who helped make the city in some way or the other. and the great thing about being a writer is the people that interested me and i want to write about. so it's a collection of bio

who's a part of the community at my church needs to have an understanding about the bible and the scripture. >> what time is your sunday service? >> 10:30 every sunday morning. someone showed up from south africa at 10:00 last sunday. they came by the church. there's four churches along the road. they didn't have to take us. asked what time and i said 10:30 and they stayed and seemed to be engaged. >> if you other going to hear reverend ron preach, you may have to go by other churches to get to his. how about the media campaign, come home! >> they're reaching 250 million people. the campaign has been successful and attendance has gone up. they're running the campaign all the way through january. and so, i'll see how they do. we protestants need something. >> and it's a longing and an invitation. >> in 2012, you may find yourself more confident and more blessed. happy new year to you. >> we've worked together 11 years. >> blessed new year, we'll see you again next week for mosaic. my name is lucy liu, and i believe that number should be zero. believe in zero. join the effort. visit unicefusa

important that everyone who is part of the community at my church have understanding of the bible and the scriptureunday morning. i had someone show up this past sunday at 10:00 from south africa. i don't know how they got there, they just came by the church. there's four churches along the road. they happened to take us and asked what time is service and they stayed and seemed to be engaged. >> so, if you're going to hear reverend ron preach, you may have to go by a few other churches. how about the roman catholic's come home campaign. >> they're reaching 250,000 people. attendance has gone up. they're running the campaign through the month of january. so, i'll see how they do. i think that we protestants need something. >> and some longing and an invitation to come home. >> go out and find a religious community and give it a chance. in 2012, you'll be more blessed. happy new year to you, brother. good to work with you. 11 years, we've been here doing this. blessed new year, we'll see you again for mosaic.

for the church, and this should be the only scripture for the church."he roman church became very suspicious of his manipulations with the gospel of luke. it is reported that they gave the money back to him and said, "thank you very much, but we don't want you and your gospel." >> this is where we start to see a kind of proliferion of gospels tradition all over the empire. and by the third and early fourth century, there are more gospels than you can actually count, and certainly more than you can easily read within a bible. >> the gospel of mary magdalene, for example, shows us a christian community in which mary magdalene is regarded as a disciple, as a leader, as one of the major teachers in the group, and one who claims that women should be able to teach. >> another text called the "gospel of truth" is not a narrative of the death and resurrection of jesus at all. it's a symbolic reflection on certain themes that come from scripture and are associated with the life and teachings of jesus. >> we also hear of other kinds of gospels that develop, storie

when you look at the scripture where god says if my people who are called by may name will humble themselveshe reality of it is, we like to point fingers. even here in america, we like to point fingers. we like to say it's the liberals' fault, the moderates' fault, some say it's the conservatives' fault. i sit here as the pastor saying the condition our country is in right now is predominantly the church's fault. we as god's people have forgotten the importance of being one nation under god and the importance of humbling ourselves and being people that honestly get on our face before god, ask jesus christ to load us in the candidate we should vote for. >> when mitt romney says i'm running for commander in chief, not pastor in chief. and when the founding fathers also respected the right of someone not to believe anything. do you think -- >> that's -- you're exactly right. he's not running for the pastor in chief. but we cannot take a candidate and disconnect his spiritual beliefs and values from his political beliefs and values. the scripture tells us as a man thinks in his heart, so he is.

he was literate or not but he certainly was very, very familiar with both the christian and the jewish scriptures, the profits. he revered. for the muslims, king david, the prophet david. and so moses, so they consciously built on the jewish tradition and christian tradition. what was this about, what was he doing there? he was giving legitimacy to his religion but also he was adapting, adopting, commandeering the holiness that was already there. and that's what all the religions have done throughout time. and that's why there are three religions in jerusalem. >> i recently read there's a lot of anti-semitism in great britain with your great-uncle, and they wouldn't put a jew in the parliament at that time. you were talking about they wanted the jews, you know, get a hold of israel, but yet palestine, but yet his antagonism towards the jews. the british attitude towards the jews was like in many countries, was ambiguous. but, in fact, i mean, what i was describing about evangelists which is very similar to question of angeles and today in america, was very pro-jewish. of course, there was -- but

letter to samuel miller's talking about whether a jesus was divine says for proof i've searched the scriptures diligently but without success i mean you know it's well. if i don't i'm not everybody has one hundred percent market on the right so so well ok you were given a tax exemption as a trade for staying out of politics why should i pay your taxes so that you can run around and preach politics. well first of all politics the word means governing its influence and christians ought to have a right to influence government and they ought to have a right to influence the course of a nation and so we are not i hate you for it to be that a your taxes to do that oh what taxes do i go well i'm assuming that your church does not pay property taxes i'm assuming that wherever you live you're calling a rectory and you're deducting that i'm i'm assuming that you know like most churches you're basically the rest of us are paying for your fire for your police for the public services they have a public service as a use why should we do that when the deal that was made back during the johnson administration

the scriptures have very, very clear. e begins with the issue of a marriage and it ends with the issue of a wedding. and revelation genesis, it's one man, one woman. and romney has not stood consistently for that through the years. he says he's there now. i don't know if that's the case. his record as governor does not bear that out. >> do you think he's reached out to evangelicals? >> not that i'm aware of. >> if he has, i have not heard about it. >> what would you want from him, and could he change your mind in any way? what would you need to hear from him. >> newt gingrich brings to the table the issues that are cardinal to me. as a follower of jesus christ, including the issue of economic issues. he stands for life. he stands for marriage. i'm not looking to support romney. i've decided who i'm supporting at this time. and i believe that newt gingrich offers a little bit of a winston churchill attitude in the perilous time our nation is in. i'm happy if romney wants to reach out to evangelicals. i'm supporting newt gik

i think there is a concern in america, the scripture says that the foundations be destroyed what will the righteous do? we see a direct attack on the foundations of our country. >> you don't think governor romney will stand up? >> oh, i'm concerned about four more years as richard said. bain capital didn't destroy as many jobs in its lifetime as this president does in 24 hours. >> thank you both for coming on. >>> we'll get a preview of the day on wall street and then market rundown next plus one of the country's most powerful republican governors at the center of a firestorm this morning in his home state. we'll go live to mississippi where outrage is growing after haley barbour frees hundreds of -- pardons hundreds of criminals before leaving office. what was he thinking? what was the motivation behind it? first today's trivia question. from our friends at the university of minnesota's smart politics blog. always a favorite of mine. how many families have had more than six members with the same surname serve in congress? we'll make you work a little bit for this one. who are they? t

of his legitimacy on his study and his this fulfillment of these prophecies, so the jewish scriptureule was vital to christianity and so are the jewish sites and similarly, we don't know if he was literate or not but he certainly was very very familiar with both a the christian and the jewish scriptures on the prophets. for the muslims, king david is the profit david and so on, so moses is not a moussa. so they consciously dealt on the jewish tradition and the christian tradition. what was he doing there? he was giving legitimacy to his religion but also he was adapting, adopting, commandeering the holiness that was already there are and that's what -- is what all the religions have done and that is why there are three religions in jerusalem. >> i want to come in and what you said. i recently read there is a lot of anti-semitism in great britain and they wouldn't put a in the parliament. you are talking about they wanted they choose do you know, get ahold of israel but yet, palestine, but yet there was his antagonism towards the jews. >> the british answer to the jews who like in man

she said "how can the scripture condemn men of antiquity, the great m prejesus christ when... for not being aware of salvation when they couldn't possibly have?" and the tutor couldn't answer. he said to the governness "we must discipline her, be her a little bit." and she stood up to everybody. she stood up to the empress brilliantly. >> rose: what did she think of the american revolution? >> she wasn't in favor of revolutions. either in russia or in europe. the american revolution she was interested in because so many of the leaders of the american revolution were in themselves enlightenment figures. jefferson, ben franklin wa in paris at the time and so forth. >> rose: influenced by the same things that influenced her. >> by the same principles. >> rose: "catherine the great: portrait of a woman" by robert massie pulitzer prize winning author of "nicholas and alexander." thank you. >> thank you very much. >> rose: adam gnik is here. he has been a writer for the "new yorker" magazine for 25 years. the "new york times" says he is able to see the world in a grain of sand. his

the eternity. we cannot even begin to think of it. we cannot even begin to imagine what scripture tells us, the wonderful plan that god has for us in eternity. not one would want to miss what god has plans for us. i want to encourage you today, encourage you that the trinity will be a place that you will not want to miss. that is something that he has planned for us. let me give you just a little bit of my own personal background. i wanted to talk to you about got first and how big he is and his son jesus christ and what he has done for us, because this story today is a story about him. it is not a story about me, so the story i am going to give you today about me is only going to be a pointer towards this great god and what he has planned for you, because the story is not about me. it is about him, but it is also about you, and those who are watching this this morning about how you can come to him and know him in the fullness and the abundance that he brought from the beginning for every one of his creations. i was born here in iowa in waterloo, iowa, to wonderful parents, and i

wonder if he could comment on does he have this kinder, softer side, but maybe he's following the scripture to do your good deeds privately and different trumpet that as much. from the c-span moment it was impressive to me this huge big important moment, he would leave the stage and try to find this lost boy. in different ways giving money to people in need and so forth. you know, those are things that some of his friends would like to talk about more. it is a private thing, so perhaps he does not want to. there is one and that in the boat, where he tried to balance it out. there was an instance where he partners daughter had gone missing in new york city. and romney closed on the firm here in boston, took partners to new york and did everything he could to find his missing daughter. the whole story was told in thed book, but eventually theaid it daughter was found and romney said this was one of the most important moments that they were able to help find his daughter. several years later, that was turned into a camp cannot do what you come across as a little bit awkward, but i know his --

wonder if he could comment on does he have this kinder, softer side, but maybe he's following the scripture to do your good deeds privately and different trumpet that as much. from the c-span moment it was impressive to me this huge big important moment, he would leave the stage and try to find this lost boy. other mullen severin controversy allin we wanted to draw the full picture but he is absolutely his friends and family tell us in the book of many such moments that the public does not see where he's tried to do things in different ways, given money to people in need and so forth. those are things some of his friends would like him to talk about more. it is a private thing, so proves he does not want to. there's one anecdote in the book he tried to balance itself. there was an incident where he d and partners daughter had gone k missing in new york city and mitt romney closed down the fird in boston, took the partners to new york, did everything he could to help find dismissing wn important her daughter at his company that there were able to help find the daughter. that was turned into

principles, and their meaning come from the founder's believes which were rooted in the truths of the holy scripture, the bible. and while congresswoman by title, a politician i never have been nor will i ever hope to be, because i am not motivated in this quest by glory or the promise of political power. i served one purpose in washington, d.c., to lead an effort that was begun by the people of this country. i ran as the next steppingstone of passing on and protecting that torch of liberty, and repealing both obamacare and dodd frank, which means insuring the election of 13 additional republican senators to guarantee that legislation's demise. these words are a warning, the implementation of obama care will represent a turning point for our country and economy, and i worried what a future painting in christy's vein might depict if it's placed into effect. would future generations ask of us gathered here today, what did we do? what did we give? what did we sacrifice to insure the survival of this incomparable republic? i ran because i realized 2012 is our last chance, and our only chance to repeal o

of his legitimacy on his study and his this fulfillment of these prophecies, so the jewish scripture rule was vital to christianity and so are the jewish sites and similarly, we don't know if he was literate or not but he certainly was very very familiar with both a the christian and the jewish scriptures on the prophets. for the muslims, king david is the profit david and so on, so moses is not a moussa. so they consciously dealt on the jewish tradition and the christian tradition. what was he doing there? he was giving legitimacy to his religion but also he was adapting, adopting, commandeering the holiness that was already there are and that's what -- is what all the religions have done and that is why there are three religions in jerusalem. >> i want to come in and what you said. i recently read there is a lot of anti-semitism in great britain and they wouldn't put a in the parliament. you are talking about they wanted they choose do you know, get ahold of israel but yet, palestine, but yet there was his antagonism towards the jews. >> the british answer to the jews who like in m

derived their meaning from the founders' beliefs which were rooted in the immutable truths of the holy scripturethe bible. and while the congressman by title, a politician i never have been, nor will i ever hope to be because i am not motivated in this quest by vain glory or the promise of political power. i have served one singular purpose in washington, d.c., to lead an effort that was begun by the people of this country. i ran as the next stepping stone of passing on and protecting that torch of liberty. and that duty required taking on the charge of repealing both obama care and dodd/frank which mandated ensuring the election of 13 additional republican senators to guarantee that legislation's demise. these words are a warning. the implementation of obama care will represent a turning point for our country in our economy. i worried what a future painting in christie's vain might detick, should obama care be placed into effect. would future generations ask of us, gathered here today, what did we do, what did we give, what did we sacrifice to ensure the survival of this incomparable republic?