>> efrem: coming up up... >> a motorcyclist was critically injured. >> efrem: ...a tragic accident. >> i didn't know whether or not i was going to die. >> you just never think it
is going to happen to you. >> efrem: a young man paralyzed, and then it leads to a miracle on christmas eve. >> that's when i stood up. the best day of the year. >> efrem: today on "the 700 club."
>> i knew that everybody had witnessed a miracle. [applause] * >> pat: well, welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to this edition of "the 700 club." it looks like donald trump
is putting together one of the best cabinets in memory. i can't remember when there have been so many outstanding people being named to the cabinet. and the one that is coming in now, this guy was
running the biggest corporation in the world, at least industrial corporation, exxon-mobil. rex tillerson, what a wonderful name. isn't that a great name, rex tillerson? >> terry: yes.
and also in keeping with trump's whole wanting to bring experts that are not just politicians into play. and i think people are appreciating that. >> pat: you've got a world's statesman who has
been negotiating with governments all around the world. he is very knowledgeable, a very fine person. but, man, the left -- the berrage of cat calls coming out of places like the "washington post,"
they make you sick. somebody ought to set fire to the pages of that awful publication. you know, jeff besos bought that thing. he is afraid that trump is going after him for antitrust.
so he is going to do everything to weaken trump. but i heard yesterday, and it may be right, that there are some people that say all of these regulations that obama has been adding on, that trump
may just, on day one, just by the stroke of a pen, cancel all of the executive orders, which he has a perfect right to do. he can cancel all of them and put back selective ones he thinks is important.
>> terry: which would be a wise move. >> pat: it would save billions and trillions. the cost of regulation is -- what is it? how many trillion? three trillion? four trillion.
>> terry: it is a huge amount of national debt. >> pat: it is. they keep laying on the regulations. we got thrown out of office because of these, so let's double down and have twice as many.
the democrats don't get it. okay, well, terry, what have you got? >> terry: well, the nomination of tillerson comes as some democrats are raising questions about whether the russians
tried to influence the election in favor of gary lane has the story. >> reporter: president-elect trump's choice of rex tillerson as secretary of state is controversial. >> usually you look in the
secretary of state for someone who has some level of diplomatic experience. >> reporter: will tillerson lacks diplomatic and political experience, as c.e.o. of the exxon-mobil oil company, he has developed many
friendly relationships with world leaders. he has received the russian order of friendship award, and has close ties to vladimir putin. that has raised concerns on capitol hill.
some think he is a bit too close to the russians. the tillerson nomination comes at a time when both democrats and republicans are calling for an investigation of alleged russian meddling in the recent u.s. presidential
election. >> the russians are not our friend. i hope that those who are going to be in positions of responsibility in the new administration share my view. >> reporter: on the
daily show, president obama said russian attempts to influence american elections dates back to the soviet union days. he says an investigation and report may prevent such actions in the
future. >> president obama: what they did here, hacking some e-mails and releasing them, is not a particularly fancy brand of espionage or propaganda. >> reporter: but julian
assange says russia was not the source of the hacked d.n.c. and hacked e-mails during the presidential campaign. and some of those in the agency that oversees all u.s. intelligence, the officer of the director of
national intelligence, reportedly disagree with the c.i.a. assessment. reuters reports, they said the assessment that russia acted to boost trump over hillary clinton lacks conclusive evidence. and just days before the
electoral college lectors meet next monday to cast their votes, making the presidential election final, at least 10 of them say they want a national intelligence briefing to determine if trump is fit to serve.
critics say it is just another attempt by democrats and some members of the hillary clinton campaign to delegitimize the trump victory. and judges stopped the recount efforts in michigan and pennsylvania.
and trump gained another 131 votes after the recount in wisconsin. meanwhile, trump is making his final sources for his white house team. he has chose gary conh as his chief economic advisor.
he will be the third wall street secretary to join the trump administration. with a little more than one month to go until inauguration day, trump has only a few cabinet picks remaining. some of the selections are
controversial, so he is likely to face ongoing attacks in the days ahead. gary lane, cbn news. >> pat: you know, we're living in -- it's like -- they talk about the tempted village, you wonder what in the world
is going on in this world that we live in? first of all, they said, mr. trump, will you accept the results of the election? and he said, well, i'm not sure. because he hadn't thought
it through. all of a sudden michelle obama jumps on him and everybody jumps on him. isn't that shocking, here is a man who is going to refuse to accept the will of the people. so the election is over,
and donald trump won fair and square. and he wants to be named president. so what is happening? the people who were taking such horror at his stand are saying, we won't accept the results of the
can you imagine? we've got to have a briefing to the lectors on whether he is fit to serve. that is obsurd. there is nothing in the constitution that says that.
they're doing everything they can to demean him, to discredit him. and the power goes on from the "new york times," the "washington post," cnn, and all of these people. in my opinion, i say it again, he has picked one
of the most suburb cabinet members in my lifetime. these people are really qualified. and plus they're qualified as conservatives. they're capable people who can make a difference with a president who wants to
be an activist. so get ready for it. as a friend of mine, paul, said some years ago, "when the pigs start to scream, turn up the grease." because the pigs are squealing like crazy on this one.
donald trump's team is already looking to move the u.s. embassy in israel. this has been a move that all of us thought should have taken place years ago. congress voted for it, but
the state department has blocked it. now trump says i'm looking for a new location in jerusalem to build the embassy. john jessup has that. >> john: that's right, pat.
even before he takes office, trump's transition team reportedly is looking for places to relocate the embassy, which would fulfill one of his campaign promises. chris mitchell brings us that story.
>> chris: during his campaign, trump pledged to move the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. the campaign manager, kellyanne conway, reiterated that pledge and said it is a very big priority for trump.
some believe one possible location for the u.s. embassy would be at the current site of the u.s. citizens service office. it is located here in a jerusalem neighborhood, and considered a logical choice for a future
embassy, but it is not the only site. another choice, the area of the nearby diplomat hotel, currently a home for elderly immigrants. the u.s. owns the property, but not the hotel.
a third site is this abandoned lot in this neighborhood owned by the u.s. former israeli finance minister says trump's pledge to move the embassy is an excellent idea. >> it is about time.
we are sitting now in israel's capital. >> chris: lipid is seen as a top contender for israeli prime minister in the future. in response to a question from cbn news, lipid told foreign journalists that
every embassy should be in jerusalem. >> this is our capital. we waited 2,000 years to come back here. we expect the world to acknowledge this fact and to recognize israel, and jerusalem as our capital.
and therefore we should have the embassy there. >> chris: he related a story from president obama's recent trip to >> the white house issued the statement saying that the president was in jerusalem, and then they
changed it, not to mention jerusalem as the capital of israel. and this was in western it wasn't even eastern i think this is preposterous. >> chris: no country in the world recognizes
jerusalem as israel's capital. since israel's founding, administrations of both parties have maintained a consistent policy as recognizing no state as having sovereignty over but in 1995, the u.s.
congress passed the "jerusalem embassy act" mandating the move of the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. so far every president has avoided the move, citing security concerns and signing a special waiver.
moving the embassy will not make everybody happy. >> there will be happiness on the israeli side. there will be unhappiness on the arab-palestinian side. >> chris: some say the move must come in a wider
context of an israeli-palestinian agreement. in the meantime, many say if the move is ever going to happen, trump is the one to get the job done. chris mitchell, cbn news, >> john: pat, a bold
move. >> pat: well, i have talked to people who maintain this incredible fiction that the capital of israel is tel aviv. well, that's just nonsense. it is not tel aviv.
it is jerusalem. it has been jerusalem forever. and this is their eternal headquarters. i met sometime ago with yasser arafat, and he wanted jerusalem. the palestinians want
you see, if they got jerusalem, then they'll have a key position in taking over all of israel. i mean, it is a chess game, and they move the knight and then they move the castle and so forth. but it is time the united
states faces up to reality. the parliament of israel is in jerusalem. the headquarters of their main offices are in the prime minister is in the knesset is in that's their capital.
can you imagine some nation dealing with the united states, saying we're not going to acknowledge washington as your capital. we're going to go to baltimore. that's night, but
baltimore is not our washington is. so trump is going to do it is nice to have somebody who is going to tell those namby pambys at the state department, you're going to do it my way.
we need a bold leadership. we just haven't had that. the united states is crying out for bold -- as ronald reagan said, i'm going to paint in bold colors, not pale pastels. >> efrem: pastors are celebrating a freedom.
there was an anti- anti-discrimination law that dealt with important issues, including, sr. iincluding sensuality. it would have forced many churches to break the law in order to follow their
beliefs. >> heather: as the country's strict test anti-discrimination law, it threatened to control how churches communicate about gender and sexuality and how they operate their bathrooms.
the strategy: the massachusetts attorney-general and anti-discrimination agency deciding that a church would be considered a place of public accommodation if it hosted a secular event, such as a
food pantry. the church would be forced to follow the law and its rule about gender identity. pastor george small and three other pastors sued the state, saying that it violated their first
amendment rights. >> it could affect me as a pastor and what i teach and how we operate as a church. this is new ground. >> heather: pastor small was joined in the suit by three other pastors.
they also spoke with cbn. >> this law is really tying our hands, not allowing us to be who we are. and the government has no place. >> there is all of this talk of a wall of
separation of church and state. where is it when it comes to something like this? >> heather: the victory for the churches comes with a new interpretation of the law. the massachusetts
attorney-general's office now says it was not right to automatically consider houses of worship as places of public accommodation. >> they recognized that they have no legal authority to apply this
law, cart blanc, to churches. >> heather: the pastors' attorney says they are overjoyed by the state's decision and are dropping their lawsuit. >> it is a great day in the state of massachusetts
when both the commission and the attorney-general recognize the freedom of every church to operate consistently with its faith. >> heather: the even credited the pastors for taking on the state,
noting, quote,"your lawsuit caused us to focus on these issues and to make this precedent." and noin iowa this fall, a federal court shut down a similar attempt to classify churches. >> it is an excellent sign
that the massachusetts commission and attorney-general have likewise back pedalled and said, we admit that the first amendment protects the freedom of churches to operate consistently with their faith.
>> heather: he notes that the massachusetts win no have happened without these four pastors and their willingness to take a stand. it should serve as a warning to any other state trying to use legend
billiolgbt laws tocontrol churches. >> john: a big win for religious freedom. >> pat: i remember when i met with the cardinal some years ago, and we were talking about georgetown. and the whole idea they
had to use their money, the catholic church's money, to have private meeting places for homosexual students and other accomodations. and i said, if you were forced to do it, what would you do?
and he said, i would close the school down. just like that. they weren't going to do that was a brave cardinal. unfortunately, most churches have backed down. but these brave pastors in boston won a victory.
it is a small victory that says the church can identify people on account of the sex they were born with and have bathrooms as an accommodation. that's all they're doing. >> terry: there is something to be said that
we all should learn from, in standing up and challenging. >> pat: you know, the devil is a bluffer. he always bluffs. you'll find it in putin. you'll find it in the ayatollahs and all the way
up and down the line. there is always a bluff. if you stand up to the bluff, you usually will win. and those people stood up to, you know, the big beasts saying, oh, we're going to get you.
and they said, no, you're not. we're taking our rights. >> terry: good for them, indeed. >>> coming up, a church in washington, d.c. reaches out to a syrian refugee family.
>> this is one of the greatest crisis of our generation, and how we respond to it might just define our future as a >> terry: see how this congregation is providing friendship and financial help, after this.
>> pat: you're watching "the 700 club." we're glad to see you. as we're getting closer and closer to christmas. i'm sure there is that holiday spirit in the air, we hope. while politicians have
been debating about the syrian refugee crisis, the church has often stepped in to provide real solutions. abigail robertson shows us how one congregation in washington is doing what they believe the bible is
calling them to do, and, that is, to love their neighbors. >> reporter: this may look like a regular prayer meeting, but those being prayed over might surprise you. a muslim family recently
resettled from syria, who left their country when isis invaded their home town and gunned down many of their neighbors. the family buried their 16-year-old son for hours during the raid, to protect him from being
forcibly recruited to the terrorist organization. members from "national community church" have gathered to listen to the family's story and learn more about why they fled to the united states. >>> have you ever met any
syrian refugees before? >> i don't think so. the media gives a lot of it as bad people. and all sorts of danger. >> reporter: this pastor and his wife, katie, met the family shortly after they arrived in the u.s.
they spoke no english, and were placed in the expensive city of washington, d.c. the resettlement agency covered expenses for only three months. the father, bashir, once an electrician, now feels
helpless. >> in syria, he was very strong. he was a provider. he had a sure skill set and profession. here he feels lost. he is working really hard to learn english, but the
pressure to get financial security is pretty strong. >> reporter: kate and dave realized two major things missing in the resettle process: friendships and income. they opened up their home to host this event, which
solved both those issues, and gave the church an opportunity to put a face to the crisis. >> what we're missing is friendship. >> reporter: those attending not only met the family, but they learned
to make a syrian dish, which was a type of cheese. and each person gave money towards the family's rent. >> they're just sharing their stories. >> reporter: but what you see happening here is
easier said than done. >> across the nation, 73% of the general population avoids conversations with muslims. you take a little bit of risk to cul cut past the rhetoric and the opinions, to get involved in areas
that are controversial, but there are people behind these topics and these issues. >> reporter: lead pastor mark batteron found that out after his wife returned from a refugee missions trip.
>> her heart started to break, to what i believe breaks the heart of god. when your wife has a heart for something, as her husband, you get a heart for it. >> reporter: pastor batterson believes if
churches could move past the politics, they could change the course of this crisis. >> sometimes we confuse political issues with biblical issues. my hope and prayer would be that the church would
recognize that this is one of the greatest crisis of our generation. and how we respond to it might just define our future as a church. >> reporter: n.c.c. plans to host more "listen and learn" events with
different refugee families in the future. as for bashir, he started a handyman service with the help of kate, in the hopes of becoming self-sufficient in america. reporting from washington,
abigail robertson, cbn news. >> pat: that's very sweet. you see, if all of the people who were christian would actually work as christians and move together, there is nothing
impossible. and as we are servants, he that is a servant of the lord is the leader of the greatest among you, he that serves the most. so the way to be great is to be a servant. terry?
>> terry: well, up next, a walking miracle. >> i knew i was going to show everybody what god had done for me. and that's when i stood up and i walked all the way out there. >> terry: see this
paralyzed man take his first step on christmas eve. plus, we're going to be praying for you and your needs right after this. stay with us. >> pat: hey, merry christmas.
we're almost there. it is a great time. i hope that you and your family are going to be enjoying a wonderful holiday. we will share the love of god on this program with >>> well, lance williams
is a husband and a father of two. 12 years ago, on christmas eve, lance became something else: a walking miracle. here is his incredible story. >> reporter: as a father
of two, lance williams sees every christmas as a time to make special memories with his family. but what happened christmas 2004 will always be etched in his mind. earlier that year, on may 10th, lance was on his
way home to be with he was single, and soon to be commissioned as an officer in the united states army. his mother, connie, remembers. >> he wa it was actually one of those moments when
everything was perfect in your life. we were all having a big dinner at my house. we were getting ready, and lance was late, as usual, i thought. >> reporter: but lance never arrived.
>> hello? >> reporter: instead, connie got a phone call. her son had been in an >> i thought we would go get him and bring him home with a broken leg. >> reporter: but it was worse than she could have
imagined. lance's accident became a headline on the evening criticallyly injured. 21-year-old lance williams collided with a ford explorer. the driver of the s.u.v. was charged with failure
to yield. >> reporter: connie and her husband rushed to the hospital, where church members, friends, and family had already gathered to pray. they waited for the doctor's report.
>> i didn't know that he died. if he >> reporter: finally they got the news that he survived, but he had broken his neck, and the doctors said he would most likely be a quadriplegic.
at the same time, i'm a christian. so i had the faith that no matter what, you know, i could make it through. but i sure didn't want to hear what they had to say. >> reporter: while lance underwent surgery, more
people joined in prayer. doctors were able to repair his spine, but said lance had only a 5% chance of ever walking again. by now, lance had regained consciousness. he says even while trapped under the s.u.v., he felt
god's peace. >> the very first thing that i did was i prayed the lord's prayer, instantly, because i didn't know if i was going to die or not. i wasn't scared. because i knew where i was
going to go. in that moment, i knew where i would go if i were to die. i forgave the guy underneath the vehicle, not even knowing who this guy was. that forgiveness to that
guy right then and there was probably the start of my true healing. >> reporter: though the pain was often unbearable, he worked hard at rehab and continued to pray for a full recovery. after 90 days, he got a
sign that god was listening. >> with myself praying, moving my hand, and with the help of god, that was the first thing that happened. and i was just, like, i knew i was going to be
fine. >> reporter: once he crossed that bridge, his rehabilitation moved quickly, surprising even doctors. finally he went home. he was still in a wheelchair, but he had his
heart set on one goal: to walk down the aisle in church to receive communion on christmas lance was ready to take a step of faith. he was at church and it was christmas eve. >> i told my stepdad, i
want to walk up for communion. that's when i stood up and i was at the back, and i walked all the way up there. >> and he did it. it was a big church, and he walked all the way from
the back. i remember the people around me, the people in the choir, said, connie, that's a long way. and i said, yeah, it is. it was my personal answer to prayer. and it was just -- you
know, god gave his son. and it was like my son was given to me. it was a gift. >> i knew i hit the goal, and i wanted to hear it. but i knew i was going to i knew everybody had witnessed a miracle.
>> reporter: today you can find lance working up a sweat at the gym, and spending time with his wife, gabby, and their two daughters. >> it means the world that i know that god has given me my life back.
i do have a little bit of paralysis, still, however i have a wonderful family, after i was told i would never have children. i can pretty much do everything that a normal, able-bodied person can. i'm very thankful for what
god has done in my life. even though i had to go through that hard time, i'm super excited for what he has done for me. and i know he's not done with the healing. and if i have to wait until i join him in heaven
to be completed, i can wait for that time. i'm amazed at what god has done in my life and what he continues to do in my life. >> pat: what a wonderful guy. what a marvelous
testimony. a christmas eve miracle, i want to walk down the church aisle and get god bless him. >>> it is almost christmas, and we have been sending these things out.
they look like this, and they come out in the mail. and if you pump a little on them, there is a little ornament here that is a pretty picture, like a classical picture. and these can go on your tree, but you can also
fill out on the back of them prayer requests. so here are some of the prayer requests that have come from some of these very pretty things. this one says, "my wife has colon cancer and needs prayer, obviously."
and somebody said, "i'm praying for healing from an intense foot pain." and another says, "my daughter is going through a divorce." and terry, you have some, too? >> terry: a wife says,
"i need prayer for my husband, who has emphysema." and then here is one that says, "i need open doors for a new job." >> pat: we are talking about a god who created everything.
there is nothing he can fix your broken bones. he can fix your spine. he can fix your diabetes. he can fix your cancer. and he can fix your relationships, and he can fix your finances.
whatever you need. whatsoever you ask in prayer, believing it shall be done unto you. listen, we're going to pray. terry and i are going to join hands right now. i want you to join with
us. wherever you are at home, join right now. we're going to hold these before the lord. father, you're people are crying all across this land and in other countries.
people are crying out to you right now. and we hold them before and as your representatives here on earth, we speak the word of faith in the name of jesus, my brothers and sisters, be made whole.
we speak to these conditions, that they might be healed. we speak to the finances, that there might be an abundance. we speak to the marriages, that there might be love. in the name of jesus.
terry, you have something? someone, you have a shoulder problem. it is not a rotator cuff, but you've been in some kind of an accident, a fall or something, and your shoulder has been totally misaligned.
god is healing that for all of those tendons and ligaments are going back into place, healthy and whole, in jesus' name. >> pat: man, your neck is bad. you have ripped something in your neck.
put your hand on your neck, right now, where it hurts. in the name of jesus, from this moment on, you will be completely healed. >> terry: and there is someone else, you have, like, a chronic condition
with athlete's foot and it is cracking. and god is healing that right now. the pain is gone. >> pat: lord, let the peace of god rest upon people right now in jesus' name.
amen. and amen. >> terry: well, coming up later, they're not elves, but they work just as hard. meet the husband and wife team known as "the cookie cutter couple."
>> we don't have any help. >> terry: this couple has created 300,000 handmade cookie cutters. see how they did it on today's "700 club." >> and welcome back to a federal judge has granted a request by
disney and several hollywood studios for a preliminary injunction against vid angel. that's the streaming service that allows families to filter out offensive content from movies.
this means vid angel has to stop streaming content for films it has not obtained licenses for. vid angel c.i.a. neil horman released a statement saying, quote,"the decision is a temporary one that we will
appeal. while the appellate process plays out, we will work to improve our system and prepare for our anticipated post-injunction relaunch." vid angel plans to fight the case all the way to
the supreme court. >>> dangerously cold temperatures are headed for the central and midwest. some parts of the midwest and northeast could experience their lowest temperatures of this
century. all 16 years. windchills could go as low as 30 to 40 below 0. this comes after snow has already hit parts of the region. >> the snow is nice for about a month.
and then after that, not so much. >> it's beautiful. , actually. i've never seen it like this in december in a while. >> wendy: it is
beautiful to look at. the latest snowstorm has already caused up to 900 accidents. >> slow down. that's the best advice i can give anybody because once you brake traction, there is no bringing it
back. >> wendy: that's the truth. well, experts are warning people against hypothermia during this cold weather in the next few days, and urging folks to take extra precautions.
please do. >> you can always get the latest from cbn news by going to our website at cbnnews.com. pat and terry will be back with more of "the 700 club" right after this. >> terry: today monica
is a 3-year-old who can't stop smiling at herself in the mirror. but not long ago, monica almost never smiled, and her big sister cried just looking at her. >> reporter: 3-year-old monica was born with a
cleft lip. it made it difficult for her to eat or drink anything. her older sister, dorga, wanted to do something to help. >> when my little sister came home with her lip
like that, i cried a lot. i asked my mother, why was she like that? but no one told me when she was getting older, everyone teased her and said, why is she like that? can't you do something to
fix her? don't your parents have money to make her all right? >> reporter: their father works in a tailer shop, he barely makes enough money to feed their family of five.
>> when i saw my daughter was born with a cleft lip, i felt really bad. how am i going to raise her? how am i going to be able to pay for a surgery? >> i don't go to work because i need to take
care of monica and get my other daughters ready for school. sometimes we have food to eat, and sometimes we don't. >> reporter: then cbn heard about monica. we immediately arranged
for her to have a free cleft lip surgery. when we went back a year later to see how monica was doing, her beautiful smile said it all. >> she likes how she looks now. she keeps looking at
herself in the mirror. she is very happy. and she is able to eat and drink without any problems. >> reporter: we also wanted to help monica's parents provide for their so last year, after we
learned that monica's mother knew how to sew, we gave her a sewing machine, to start her o own business from home. >> i get a lot of business from ladies because there are very few tailers in the area.
>> now i am confident that all of my daughters will be independent and have a bright future. >> thank you so much for giving my sister the surgery. she is so happy and cute. i also want to thank you
for giving my mother the sewing machine so we can buy good food to eat. thank you, cbn. >> terry: what if monica was your child? what if you were the dad or the mom who didn't always have food on the
table? you were god's answer to their prayer, to their need. "700 club" members, you're making an incredible difference in the lives of children, parents, families all around the
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tilstill ahead, we're going to bring it on. carol says, there is obvious favortism being shown by my mother to other siblings. this makes me sad and i withdraw. how do i move past it is
and honor my mother anyway anyway? pat is going to answer that question and more after this. >> terry: well, yesterday, we showed you highlights from the founders in the holiday
bake-away con test. wcontest. the first prize winner was awarded $10,000. this is charlene who wrote and said, "it was my first contest, and i really enjoyed myself. now i know what to expect
and how to step my game up. if you're having another one next year, i'll most definitely compete. thank you for the opportunity." stephanie said, "this was such a fun contest.
i hope they do another one next year. i learned so much." and angela wrote, "i was completely amazed today. it was stiff competition and beautiful cakes. i'm still in shock about winning second place.
i'm still crying. i entered to see if i could win money for brain i'm just a little old home cook. i'm living proof that anyone has a chance at winning, especially if you pray and have faith."
>> pat: that was the woman we all were pulling for. she had an anomaly in her brain. some kind of like two layers of skull -- i didn't quite understand what it was, but it was a
very rare condition. she needed the money to get surgery, and she didn't have that. and she entered this contest. you can't favor somebody because she has a brain problem.
but she won second place and she won $7500, which was enough to pay for the surgery she needed. it was beautiful. >> terry: one of the elements you hear throughout the comments that we had is how much
people learned in doing this. so are we doing this next year? >> pat: if i have to judge another one -- i can't eat all of those cakes. >> terry: yes, you can
do it. come on, pat. >> pat: i have to take one for the team. >> terry: i'll be your stand in. >>> well, leaving milk and cookies for santa is a tradition in many, many
homes this christmas. right now, you're going to meet a couple who dedicated the past 20 years to creating what no cookie baker should ever be without. take a look. >> reporter: nestled
among the ever greens sits a workship, preparing for there is no reindeer and not an elf in sight, but what they make in this gift shop brings delight to everyone. they are joyce and al, from cannon falls,
minnesota. they run a prosperous home business called "a and m cutters." it began with joyce, and avid cookie-maker and collector needed a cookie cutter. >> she said, come on,
smart guy, you always said you could build cutters, here is your chance. >> reporter: al, already skilled in woodwork, took on the challenge. and he made joyce the exact cookie cutter she wanted.
from that first cookie cutter came a thriving family business. >> we work at it all of the time. nothing is too big or too small. >> reporter: they do no advertising.
they don't even have a website. >> we're too busy for a >> reporter: yet the business grew faster than a minnesota snowdrift. in 20 years of operation, they have delivered more than 300,000 handmade
cookie cutters. they have even caught the attention of national media. but never mind all of the attention. the moorehouses see their business as something more.
as a young girl, joyce spent hours in the kitchen with her mother and grandmother. >> and we could never make enough cook sees o cookies or cakes or pies to satisfy four brothers who were big eaters.
>> reporter: she carried the cookie-making tradition to her family of four children, and her four children soon added 12 more cookie-makers. >> it is just something you can do together as a family and enjoy.
>> i like to use butter. i think butter keeps the cookie fresher longer. and i like to use real vanilla. >> reporter: al has his own precious secret for preserving cookie cutters. >> don't wash them.
just watch them off and put them on the shelf. 50 years from now, if the people take care of the product, they'll still be >> reporter: christmas is a very special time for the moorehouses. as christmas eve
approaches, al's workshop closes its doors, and not a creature stirs in joyce's christmas. that's when the moorehouses take time to celebrate love and family, and the greatest gift ever given to the world.
>> christmas should be a time of quiet, a time of joy, a time of going to church and seeing the candles and hearing the music. christ is the light of the >> terry: wow, nothing like a good sugar cookie.
woman. she has held that family together. she had four kids, and they wanted cookies, so she turned out the cookies. >> terry: and that he took on that task.
that's amazing. speaking of cookies, our annual facebook holiday recipe contest is under we want you to send us your favorite cookie recipe, for a chance to see your recipe featured right here on "the 700
all happening this thursday, december 15th. time is running out, so hurry over to facebook.com/700club and share your favorite christmas cookie recipe. >>> i have some questions for "bring it on".
this is carol who says, "we are to honor our father and mother, but how is this possible when there is favortism in the i find myself becoming bitter when i witness the favortism and become very sad and withdrawn.
how can i overcome these feelings and continue to be the loving daughter the my mother that god commands me to be?" >> pat: you remember jacob and he had 12 sons. well, he had various wives and the sons that were
really important to him were benjamin and joseph. the other brothers hated joseph. they sold him to slavery. but they never, never, never got mad at their father because he was the patriarch.
now, look, the bible says honor. and the word is "give weight to." they brought you into this they were the progenatours of your life. it is honor, and you respect them for the fact
that they are the matriarch, patriarch. you had no life without them. >> terry: this is fritas, "will the church go through the tribulation?" >> pat: i won't go into
great detail about this, but tribulation and so forth -- the bible makes it very clear that at the end of the triplelation -- you read it in matthew. i know people have this -- >> terry: rapture -- >> pat: this plymouth
brethren philosophy. "theit is after. so whatever trial is going to come on the earth, we will be there for it. at the end of the time, the lord will keep us in the midst of that. but at the end of that
time, we will be brought up to be with the lord. that's what the bible teaches. so the idea that, oh, yeah, you're american, and americans don't ever have to suffer -- so you'll not go through any
tribulation, but you'll have seven years, and you get caught up, and then the bad thing will happen and then you go back to earth again -- not in the bible. i'm sorry. it is not there.
>> terry: this is joyce who says, "dear pat, i'm a christian and i read the bible every day. however, i always find my mind wandering from thought to thought, even as i reading. do you have any
suggestions on how i can concentrate solely on what i'm reading?" >> pat: yeah, i really can. get one verse that speaks to you and read it over and over and over again. something that really
speaks to you. and read it and get that into your mind. if you're just reading and reading, and got all of those hebrew names and everything, your mind starts to wander, of course it does.
but if you take one scripture that speaks to you, and keep reading it. >> terry: i'm going to the last question: "monica says, while singing and worshipping god in church, i felt this extreme heat go through my body.
i have never experienced is this the ma manifestation of the holy spirit?" >> pat: it sounds like it certainly can be. he comes in mysterious ways, and heat can be one of them. or you could be having
hotflashes and you're got menopause. i don't know why you're hot. >> terry: it sounds like this is an unusual occurrence. >> pat: yes, it could be the power of god.
>>> well, thank you for watching this edition of our power minute comes from psalm 34: "o taste and see that the lord is good. blessed is the man who trusts in him." well, tomorrow we go up
close and personal with "fox and friend's," co-host aimsley earhart.