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>> HI THERE, AND WELCOME
AND WELCOME TO HOMEKEEPERS
AND WE ARE KICKING OFF A
WONDERFUL WEEK AS WE LOOK
FOR TO THANKSGIVING AND WE
ARE CELEBRATING MY
FAVORITE HOLIDAY OF ALL,
AND THAT IS THE ONE WHERE
PROBABLY MORE THAN ANY
OTHER TIME OF THE YEAR AND
THE FAMILY IS AROUND THE
TABLE AND THAT IS A GOOD
THING, I HAVE THE SAME
GUEST, AND PASTOR WHITTEN
AND HE IS A PASTOR, OF THE
EXCITING IDLEWILD BAPTIST
CHURCH IN LUTZ, FLORIDA.
WERE GOING TO BE TALKING
ABOUT THE FAMILY. AND THE
DIFFERENT SEGMENTS OF THE
FAMILY AND WERE GOING TO
BE TALKING ABOUT FATHERS,
AND SINGLE PEOPLE. WERE
GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT
BROKEN PEOPLE AND NOW WE
CAN MINISTER TO THEM AS A
FAMILY AND I DO NOT WANT
YOU TO MISS ONE DAY THIS
WEEK, AND EVERY DAY WERE
GOING TO BE FIXING A
RECIPE WITH PUMPKIN IN IT.
AND YOU CANNOT GET ANY
BETTER THAN THAT, AND
YOU'RE GOING TO BE MEETING
PASTOR SHORTLY, AND WHILE
I JOIN STEPHANIE, AND WE
WANT TO PUT UP A PICTURE
OF THEIR CHURCH IN
FLORIDA, AND YOU CAN KNOW
MORE ABOUT HIM AND NOW
THIS CAN BE AND STAY WITH
US AND WERE GOING TO BE
FIXING TODAY, SOME
CRANBERRIES, AND PUMPKIN
BREAD.
>> ISN'T THAT A BEAUTIFUL
CHURCH? THAT IS SO
GORGEOUS. AND THIS IS
WHERE MY DAUGHTER'S FAMILY
GOES, AND SHE PLAYS THE
HARP THERE, IT IS SO
GREAT TO HAVE THE PASTOR
HERE, AND THIS IS NOT EASY
TO GET HIM, AND WERE SO
HAPPY TO HAVE HIM FOR THE
WEEK.
>> AND WE HAVE THE
CRANBERRY BREAD, AND WITH
THE PUMPKINS, YOU HAVE THE
CINNAMON, AND THE BAKING
POWDER, AND YOU HAVE NOT
MAY, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE
CRANBERRIES, AND YOU COULD
MIX THIS UP. AND WE HAVE
SOME UNSWEETENED PUMPKIN,
FROM THE CAN, AND THIS IS
SOME APPLESAUCE, AND THIS
IS WHERE IT IS SO HEALTHY.
>> AND ALSO, YOU KNOW,
THIS WOULD BE SO NICE, FOR
THE WEEK, AND IF YOU WILL
REQUEST ANY OF THE RECIPES
THIS WEEK, WE CAN SEND
THEM ALL TO YOU.
>> WHAT A DEAL. AND THAT
IS MY KIND OF BARGAIN
RIGHT THERE.
>> AND THEY COULD GET OF
COUPON?
>> THAT SOUNDS LIKE A
PLAN, AND THE RECIPE HAS
SOME SUBSTITUTES, AND WE
HAVE THE ARTIFICIAL
SUBSTITUTES. AND WE HAVE
A COUPLE OF EGGS, AND WE
HAVE GOT ONE TABLESPOON OF
MELTED BUTTER. THIS WAS
MELTED, AND THEN THIS WAS
UNDER THE LIGHTS.
>> AND WE HAVE THE PEOPLE
GETTING TOGETHER FOR
THANKSGIVING?
>> WERE GOING TO BE GOING
TO MY DAUGHTER'S HOUSE,
AND SHE LIVES OUT IN THE
COUNTRY IN ZEPHYRHILLS,
AND WERE GOING TO BE GOING
THERE,
>> AND WILL EVERYBODY
BRING A DISH?
>> YES, AND WE BRING THE
ARTS AND CRAFTS FOR
THE KIDS, AND WE HAVE THE
ARTS AND CRAFTS FOR
THE KIDS, AND WE HAVE
THE OBSTACLE COURSE.
>> AND WHAT IS THE
MENU LIKE?
>> AND IT WOULD BE THE
TYPICAL, TURKEY AND MASHED
POTATOES, DRESSING, AND
I'M SURE, THAT I WOULD
MAKE MANY DESSERTS, AND
THIS IS WHAT EVERYBODY
WANTS OF ME.
>> WHAT TYPE OF DRESSING?
>> AND YOU KNOW, THE
REGULAR AND THE NORMAL.
>> AND YOU KNOW, AND MY
MOTHER IN LAW GOT ME AND
CORNBREAD, AND IT IS THE
SAUSAGE, AND ALSO, THERE
IS ANOTHER TYPE, AND I
THINK, IT HAS SOME
POTATOES IN IT. AND I
THINK, THERE WOULD BE NO
END TO WHAT YOU COULD DO.
>> FOR SURE, AND WE WANT
TO MIX THESE TWO
INGREDIENTS TOGETHER, AND
YOU DON'T WANT TO WORK
THIS OVER TO MUCH AND YOU
WANT TO MAKE SURE
EVERYTHING HAS MOISTURE.
AND YOU WANT TO DO THIS
WITH YOUR HAND.
>> AND IF ANYBODY HAS SEEN
THE PROGRAM VERY LONG,
THEY KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE
A REALLY GOOD QUICK
BREAD WITH MY TEA.
>> THIS WILL BE DELICIOUS,
AND I TASTED THE BATTER.
>> LAUGHTER.
>> DID I SPRAY YOU?
>> I SPRAYED MYSELF
>> AND THIS WOULD BE A
BEAUTIFUL RECIPE, THIS IS
SO SPARKLY. AND I WANT TO
TAKE A TASTE.
>> THIS WOULD BE GREAT ON
THANKSGIVING MORNING AND
THE MORNING AFTER, AND
ALSO THE NIGHT, AND ANY
TIME.
>> AND WE ARE TRYING TO
THINK OF THE OTHER
RECIPES, AND YOU HAVE GOT
TO SEE THIS EVERY DAY THIS
WEEK AND WERE GOING TO BE
DOING A PUMPKIN SOUP. AND
WERE GOING TO BE DOING A
PUMPKIN DIP.
>> I CANNOT WAIT FOR THAT
ONE.
>> YOU ACTUALLY GET IT OUT
OF THE PUMPKIN.
>> AND WERE GOING TO BE
DOING A BUNT CAKE. AND
WERE GOING TO BE DOING A
SUPER EASY CAKE I MADE
LAST WEEK IN AND EVERYBODY
LOVED IT, AND IT IS JUST
TWO INGREDIENTS.
>> AND THIS HAS THE APPLE
CIDER, AND THE FROSTING.
NOW LET ME TASTE THIS AND
I LOVE THE CRANBERRIES,
THE QUICK BREAD. OH,
THIS IS SO MOIST.
>> AND WHAT IS YOUR
FAVORITE DINNER GOING TO
CONSIST OF? ON
THANKSGIVING?
>> I PUT THE TURKEY IN,
AT 12 AM, AND YOU ARE SO
GLAD WHEN YOU WAKE UP.
>> AND YES, AND I COOK
MINE ALL NIGHT LONG AND
SLOW.
AND THEN YOU TAKE IT OUT,
THE MEAT COMES OFF OF THE
BONE
>>AND WHY DO YOU
DO THAT?
YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW
WHERE I GOT MY IDEA.
>> IN OH, AND ONE TIME I
COULD A CHICKEN LIKE THAT
BY ACCIDENT, AND I WAS
WORRIED I WOULD, BUT IT
WAS SO GOOD AND I THOUGHT
MAYBE I SHOULD TRY IT WITH
A TURKEY.
>> AND ANYTHING THAT YOU
WOULD COOK SLOWLY.
>> ARE YOU DOING YOURS AT
YOUR HOUSE?
>> I DON'T KNOW, AND YOU
CAN FIND OUT, AND YOU GO
TO THE PLACE IN LIFE, YOUR
DAUGHTER TAKES OVER.
>> AND I'M GOING TO BE
GOING TO MY DAUGHTERS AND
I'M EXCITED.
>> AND DO YOU WANT TO
TASTE THIS?
>> I WILL GIVE YOU A
LITTLE BITE.
>> AND CAN I BE DAINTY?
>> OH, YES, AND THIS IS
SO MOIST.
>> AND THIS IS IN THE
PUMPKIN. I LOVE IT.
>> AND YOU NOTICE AND THE
RESTAURANTS, THEY HAVE THE
SEASONAL FOODS, AND LIKE
THE PUMPKIN CHEESECAKES,
AND THE CHEESECAKE
FACTORY, HOWEVER, AND
BEFORE WE PROCEEDED TO
SHOW YOU THE INTERVIEW, I
HAD WITH DOCTOR WHITTEN,
I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WHY
WE ARE DOING THIS AND HE
HAD PREACHED A SERIES ON
THE FAMILY WHICH I WAS
AWARE OF. AND I THOUGHT,
THIS WAS SO PERFECT AND I
GOT THE CDS, AND I
LISTENED, AND I THOUGHT
IT WOULD BE A PERFECT FIT
FOR OUR MINISTRY,
HOMEKEEPERS. AND I WAS
VERY GRATIFIED THAT HE
WOULD COME AND SIT DOWN
WITH ME AND AS I
MENTIONED, WERE GOING TO
BE TALKING ABOUT THE
DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE
FAMILY LIFE AND THE
MARRIAGE IS SO IMPORTANT.
AND HE EMPHASIZES, AND
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED, AND
IT IS A SINNER MARRIED TO
A SINNER, AND THERE IS SO
MUCH BIBLICAL TRUTH THAT
IS GOING TO BE THE MOST
IMPORTANT WEEK OF THE YEAR
FOR HOMEKEEPERS AND I HOPE
YOU WILL JUST MAKE THIS AN
ABSOLUTE RESOLUTION TO
WATCH EVERY DAY THIS WEEK.
AND ALSO, AND WE WANT TO
REMIND YOU, WERE GOING TO
BE DOING THE PUMPKIN
RECIPES EVERY DAY AND WERE
GOING TO BE SENDING THEM
TO YOU ALL FIVE OF THEM.
AS THE SONG SAYS, IT IS
THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF
THE YEAR, AND TO BEGIN THE
HOLIDAY TIME AND THIS IS
THE BEST. AND THIS IS THE
INTERVIEW I HAD WITH
DOCTOR WHITTEN.
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>> PASTOR KEN WHITTEN, HE
IS THE PASTOR OF IDLEWILD
BAPTIST CHURCH, HE IS IN
THE AREA.
>> AND WE ARE OVER AND
LUTZ, AND WE ARE IN LUTZ
[LUTES]
FLORIDA. AND THIS IS
WHERE WE ARE LOCATED.
>> AT YES, I WAS IMPRESSED
WHEN YOU FIRST WENT OUT,
TO THIS NEW BUILDING, IT
WAS MAGNIFICENT AND SOME
OF THE PEOPLE THEY PAINTED
SOME HOUSES, AND THEY SAID
THAT WE WANTED TO BLESS
YOU.
>> WE WERE THERE TO SERVE,
AND WE TIME THIS FIGURE
OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WE
WANTED TO BE A PART OF THE
COMMUNITY. AND THE FIRST
TIME THAT I DID AN
INTERVIEW, WITH A PRESS,
AND WE WERE IN NORTH
TAMPA, AND THE PEOPLE
SAID, DON'T I KNOW
GEOGRAPHY? AND THEY SAID
THIS IS LUTZ, AND WE
HAVE THE BOOTS IN LUTZ.
AND WE HAVE GOT TO BE A
PART OF THE COMMUNITY, AND
WE HAVE GOT TO KNOW WHERE
WE ARE. AND NOW 24 YEARS
LATER, I LOVE IT. AND WE
SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
>> YOU BETTER GET THIS
RIGHT, FOR YOUR CITY AND
FULL DISCLOSURE, AND MY
DAUGHTER AND MY SON-IN-LAW
AND MY GRANDSONS, AND THEY
GO TO IDLEWILD. I ASKED
THEM, AND WHAT DO YOU LIKE
ABOUT THE CHURCH? AND
THEY SAID THEY LOVED IT.
AND I CAN REMEMBER, AND
THEY BOTH WERE BAPTIZED
VERY YOUNG, AND YOU COULD
HARDLY SEE THEIR HEADS OUT
OF THE WATER, AND I
BELIEVE, AND WHEN THE
CHILDREN
WANT TO, YOU BETTER DO IT
THEN, AND WHEN THEY ARE
TEENAGERS, THEY MIGHT NOT
WANT TO AND SAMMY, AND
NOW I HAVE GOT TO CALL HIM
SAM BECAUSE HE IS 16. HE
WAS SO LITTLE, I SAM, AND
WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?
AND HE SAID BECAUSE JESUS
DID AND THAT WAS THE
ANSWER. THAT WOULD BE
FINE.
>> HE IS A THEOLOGIAN.
>> AND THE CHURCH MEANS A
LOT TO ME PERSONALLY BUT I
HEARD YOU SPEAKING ON THE
FAMILY AND I UNDERSTOOD,
IT WOULD BE FIVE MESSAGES
AND I LISTENED TO THEM
CAREFULLY, AND I THOUGHT
IT WOULD BE SO PERFECT FOR
THANKSGIVING WEEK, AND I
THINK, IT IS THE MOST
FAMILY HOLIDAY OF ALL,
REALLY. IT IS MY
FAVORITE. AND I LISTENED,
AND GET USED THE SCRIPTURE
MALACHI CHAPTER 2, AND
THIS IS DIFFICULT WORDS,
THEY ARE HARD WORDS ABOUT
MARRIAGE, AND WHAT
PROMPTED YOU? AND NOW TO
BE HONEST, AND I FELT THE
EDGE, THAT I HAD NOT
NOTICED IN THE OTHER
MESSAGES, AND THERE WAS
SUCH A PASSION.
>> AND YOU KNOW, THE HOME
IS VERY PASSIONATE, AND WE
KNOW, AND THE BODY OF
CHRIST KNOWS, AND IN THE
TIME OF THANKSGIVING, AND
DURING THE HOLIDAYS AND
THE HOLIDAYS ARE TOUGH ON
BROKEN LIVES YOU KNOW, IT
IS THE BROKEN HEART AND
THE HOMES, THAT BRING
BROKEN HEARTS. AND THAT
BRINGS TWO MORE BROKEN
HOMES AND IS LIKE A CYCLE
WE FALL INTO, AND
MARRIAGE AND THE HOME AND
THE FAMILY IT IS, IT IS
THE ELEMENT OF PASSION FOR
ME, AND JESUS LOVES THE
HOME. AND I THINK, AND
WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR
SOCIETY TODAY, AND WE
RECOGNIZE WE ARE GOING
THE WRONG WAY. AND THEY
SAY WE ARE GOING TO WRONG
WAY, AND IT LOOKS LIKE
WOULD HAVE LESS DIVORCE,
BUT MORE PEOPLE TO LIVE
TOGETHER, AND THEY NEVER
GET MARRIED. AND THIS IS
SIMPLY, AND WHILE
HETEROSEXUALS ARE RUNNING
AWAY FROM MARRIAGE,
HOMOSEXUALS ARE RUNNING TO
MARRIAGE, AND THAT IS SO
IRONIC TO ME.
>> COULD YOU HAVE THOUGHT
ABOUT 25 YEARS AGO?
>> NOT 10 YEARS AGO, BUT
THIS IS APPARENT AND IT IS
HERE, AND WE MUST SPEAK
TO IT. AND THIS IS SO
IMPORTANT AND YOU MUST DO
IT WITH GOD'S POWER AND
AUTHORITY, BUT WITH
GRACE, AND YOU ARE
DEALING WITH A BROKEN
SYSTEM AND BROKEN HEARTS.
>> AND WE HAD A LOT OF
STATISTICS AND YOU QUOTED
PATRICK MOYNIHAN, AND HE
WAS THE SPEAKER OF THE
HOUSE.
>> YES, FROM NEW YORK.
>> AND BACK THEN, AND
BEFORE WE HAD A CLUE, AND
SAID THE PROBLEM AND THE
PROBLEM IS THE BREAKDOWN
OF THE HOME.
>> AND YES, I WROTE IT
DOWN, THE BIGGEST CHANGE
THAT HE HAD SEEN AND THE
FAMILY STRUCTURE HAS, PART
AROUND NORTH AMERICA AND
THE CHANGE HAS OCCURRED IN
AN INSTANT, AND SOMETHING
THAT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN
IMAGINABLE 40 YEARS AGO.
AND THIS IS, AND THIS
IS RIGHT, AND SO AND THE
STATISTICS BEAR IT OUT AND
IT IS CHANGING.
>> AND ACCORDING TO THE
STATISTICS, AND FOR THE
LAST YEAR, AND 40 PERCENT
OF THE CHILDREN ARE WORN
OUT OF WEDLOCK, AND 50
PERCENT DO NOT GET
MARRIED, AND 20 PERCENT
ARE IN SINGLE MARRIED
HOMES, AND THE JOB IS
ENORMOUS FOR THE CHURCH.
>> WE ARE NOT DEALING WITH
JUST MOM AND DAD, AND
GRANDDAD IN THE SAME PEW,
AND OUR CHURCHES ARE
DIFFERENTLY STRUCTURED,
AND WITH SOME CONTEMPORARY
AND TRADITIONAL AND SOME
IN BETWEEN AND DIFFERENT
SERVICES AND MOM AND DAD
GO TO ONE SERVICE AND THE
KIDS GO TO ANOTHER, AND
MAYBE TO GET THE KIDS
DON'T GO AT ALL. AND
WITHIN THE STRUCTURE YOU
HAVE, YOU HAVE THOSE WHO
COME TO US, AND WE HAVE
ONE WEAKENED WITH DAD AND
MOM, AND THE FAMILY WAS
TOGETHER, AND NOW IT IS
NOT THERE ANYMORE, AND
THE FAMILY IS NOT THERE
ANYMORE, AND THEY DON'T
GO TO ANYMORE, AND THIS IS
WHEN THEY CAN GO, BECAUSE
OF THEIR SCHEDULES. THIS
IS A SAD SITUATION.
>> AND THIS IS ANOTHER
VERY, VERY SAD COMMENTARY,
THE STATISTICS ARE 90
PERCENT
OF THE CHILDREN IN PUBLIC
SCHOOLS WERE INVOLVED IN A
LOCAL CHURCH, AND FOUR
PERCENT TODAY, AND THAT
ANSWER SO MANY QUESTIONS
AND WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH
THE YOUNG PEOPLE.
>> AND I THINK, AND WHEN
YOU TALK TO THE PASTORS OF
THE STUDENTS, AND THEIR
MINISTRY AND THE SCHOOLS
TODAY, IS A MISSION FIELD.
WE THANK GOD FOR OUR
PUBLIC EDUCATION AND THEY
LOVE THE LORD, AND THEY
SEE IT AS A MISSION FIELD
AND EVERY DAY, THEY
MINISTRY TO PEOPLE WHO
HAVE STUDENTS, AND THEY
HAVE NO MORAL VALUES BASED
UPON THE JUDEO-CHRISTIAN
ETHICS OF THE WORD OF GOD
AND WHEN WE SAY IT IS
WRONG, AND THEY SAY, WHY?
>> AND JOHN PETERSON, THE
GREAT SONGWRITER HE SAID,
AND YOU WROTE SO MANY
SONGS, AND WHAT A WRITER
HE WAS, AND SO MANY
CLASSICAL THINGS, AND IT
WAS ONE THAT WAS COUNTRY,
AND CHURCH TWICE ON SUNDAY
AND ONCE IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE WEEK AND THAT IS
POWERFUL.
>> HE MUST HAVE BEEN A
BAPTIST.
>> AND ALSO, THE
PENTECOSTALS, AND WE HAD
TO SERVICES IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE WEEK, AND WE HAD
WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY. AND
THAT WOULD BE SO GOOD FOR
THE CHILDREN TO HAVE THAT,
TO HAVE THE COCOON THAT
THEY NEED WHEN THEY ARE
YOUNG.
>> AND YES, AND THEY DON'T
GET IT TODAY, AND THEY
DON'T GET IT, AND THIS IS
SO DIFFICULT. WE USED TO
HAVE THE TIME AND WE WOULD
PREACH, AND WE KNEW THE
LOST WHERE THERE, AND YOU
CAN HAVE SUNDAY NIGHT, AND
THOSE WHO ARE GROWING, AND
THEN YOU COULD GO DEEPER
ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, AND
YOU COULD BE EXEGETICAL,
AND THEY DON'T COME ANY
MORE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHTS,
AND SUNDAY NIGHTS,
>> IT IS GONE.
>> WE STILL HAVE SUNDAY
NIGHT AND WE DO. AND THIS
IS LIKE THE GUY, AND HE
SAID, YOU KNOW SUNDAY
NIGHT DOES NOT COUNT. AND
SOME CHURCHES, THEY DON'T
HAVE SUNDAY NIGHT BUT IN
MANY PLACES WE STILL DO.
>> ALSO, AND YOU REACHED
WAY BACK INTO AND WHAT WE
ARE SEEING AND THE END
RESULTS, AND THAT IS
DARWINISM AND EVOLUTION,
AND HIGHER CRITICISM AND
HOW MANY DECADES AGO WAS
THAT?
>> THAT WAS 1500 YEARS
AGO, AND THEY BEGAN TO
ERODE THE TRUTH OF THE
WORD OF GOD, AND THEY HAVE
CONTINUED TO BUILD. AND
WHEN WE SAY, THUS SAYS THE
LORD, PEOPLE SAY, I DON'T
BELIEVE IT ANYMORE. AND
THEN WE STOP SAYING THUS
SAYS THE LORD, AND WE JUST
SAY, AND WE THINK IT SAYS,
AND NOW THERE ARE SOME
PEOPLE THAT MY SAY, AND WE
DON'T THINK IT WHAT, IS
WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES AND
WE HAVE LOST OUR VALUES,
WE HAVE LOST THE ANCHORING,
AND THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT
LOST VALUES AND THIS IS
WHAT MALACHI IS ABOUT,
AND THE PEOPLE WHO HAD
LEFT THE COVENANT OF GOD.
AND MALACHI DEALS WITH
MARRIAGE AND HE IS TALKING
ABOUT JESUS AND THE LORD
WAS MARRIED TO HIS CHURCH
AND ISRAEL. AND DOES SO,
AND IF WE HAVE NO
STANDARD, AND EVERYBODY
DOES WHAT IS RIGHT IN
THEIR OWN EYES, AND THAT
SEEMS TO BE WHAT WE ARE
SEEING TODAY.
>> I WANT TO PREFACE WHAT
I'M SAYING, WITH THIS
NEXT THOUGHT, AND THAT
IS, TO MY WONDERFUL
VIEWERS, AND I LOVE YOU
WITH ALL MY HEART BUT WE
SHOULD BE OFFENDED, AND
IF WE HIT, AND MAYBE WE
HIT A BUTTON THAT WOULD
MAKE YOU UNCOMFORTABLE.
AND IF YOU PREACH AGAINST
DIVORCE, AND SOMEBODY WHO
HAS BEEN DIVORCED, AND
THEY WILL BE OFFENDED,
PERSONALLY. AND THERE
ARE REASONS FOR DIVORCE
BUT IT IS AS COMMON AS
FLIPPING PANCAKES TODAY,
AND YET IN THE BOOK OF
MALACHI, AND GOD ALMIGHTY
SAYS HE HATES IT. AND I
DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT
IF GOD HATES SOMETHING, I
WANT TO STAY AWAY FROM IT.
>> AND MALACHI SAYS, HE
HATES DIVORCE AND HE SAYS,
IT COVERS A GARMENT WITH
VIOLENCE. AND WE CAN
THINK, AND WE CAN THINK,
AND WHAT DOES HE HATE? AND
WHY DOES HE HATED? AND WE
NEED TO SEPARATED, AND
GOD HATING DIVORCE AND
DIVORCEES, ARE TWO THINGS
THAT WOULD BE SEPARATE.
AND THE REASON HE HATES
IT, IS BECAUSE OF FIRST
OF ALL AND THE PROBLEM
THAT IT DEMONSTRATES.
JESUS SAYS AND BECAUSE OF
THE HARDNESS OF YOUR HEART
MOSES ALLOWED DIVORCE.
AND SOPHIE IS TALKING
ABOUT THE HARDNESS OF OUR
HEART, AND GOD DOES NOT
WANT US TO BE HARD AND WE
HAVE PROBLEMS, AND WHY
DOES HE HATED? AND IT IS
A PROBLEM, AND HE
DEVASTATES A PERSON. AND
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT
DIVORCE DOES. AND BEFORE
I WAS A PASTOR, I WAS
WORKING WITH THE SINGLE
ADULTS IN TENNESSEE. I
LOVE THE SINGLE ADULTS AND
I LOVE THE PEOPLE WHO GO
THROUGH THE PAIN OF
DIVORCE, AND THEY ARE THE
BIGGEST CHEERLEADERS FOR
MARRIAGE, AND THEY ARE
THE ONES WHO SAY LISTEN,
AND IT TAKES TWO, IT IS
NOT ALWAYS BECAUSE, AND
BECAUSE, AND MAYBE ONE OR
THE OTHER IT IS USUALLY
BOTH, BUT SOMETIMES ONE IS
MORE AT FAULT.
AND HE DEVASTATES THE
PEOPLE, AND WHEN JESUS
SPEAKS ABOUT DIVORCE, AND
HE SAYS LET THE CHILDREN
COME TO ME, AND I THINK
WHAT HE WAS SAYING WAS, HE
WAS NOT JUST DEMONSTRATING
A PROBLEM, AND IT DOES NOT
JUST DEVASTATE A PERSON,
BUT HE LOOKED AT THE
CHILDREN, AND HE WAS
SAYING, IT IS GOING TO BE
DOING SOMETHING TO THIS
LITTLE GUY HERE.
>> THAT IS GOOD.
>> AND WHAT HE IS SAYING,
I DON'T HATE THE
DIVORCEES, I HATE WHAT IT
DOES TO PEOPLE AND
ANYTHING THAT HURTS
PEOPLE, GOD HATES IT.
>> AND I THINK, AND I
THINK THAT IS EXACTLY
RIGHT. HE DOES NOT WANT
THE PEOPLE TO BE HURT AT
ALL.
>> NOT AT ALL.
>> AND HE KNOWS, BEING
GOD, THE DEEP PAIN THAT
THIS WILL INFLICT AND, AND
THE CHILDREN AND THEN YOU
GET INTO THE BLENDED
FAMILIES AND ALL OF THIS,
AND THIS IS SO MUCH BETTER
TO MAKE A COVENANT WITH
THE RIGHT PERSON AND MAKE
IT HAPPEN. AND ONE THING
THAT WE DON'T KNOW, AND
THE TEACHING THAT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT, AND YOU
NAMED, INCLUDING YOURSELF
SOME VERY HIGH-PROFILE
PREACHERS, AND YOU KNOW,
AND THEY HAD SOME MARRIAGE
ISSUES. WHICH ABSOLUTELY
CONFIRMS THAT NOBODY IS
EXEMPT.
>> YOU KNOW, I DID, AND I
CAN REMEMBER NAMING SOME
OF THOSE, AND THEY WERE
FUNNY REALLY AND WHEN YOU
THINK AND WHEN YOU THINK
ABOUT THIS, AND THESE ARE
THE PEOPLE THAT HE WOULD
SAY AND WELL, AND
CERTAINLY AND WE HAVE GOT
A GREAT MARRIAGE. CHUCK
SWINDOLL, AND BY HIS OWN
TESTIMONY, HIS WIFE JUST
SAID, THIS IS IT, AND I'VE
HAD IT. AND HE SAID
LISTEN, GIVE ME A CHANCE
AND HE HAD NO MORE
CHANCES, AND HE DID NOT
LISTEN TO THE OTHER
CHANCES. AND HOWARD
HENDRICKS, AND THE LIST
GOES ON AND ON AND THE
PEOPLE IN THEIR MARRIAGES.
>> IT IS A COMFORT.
>> IT IS A GREAT COMFORT
TO ME, AND I TOLD JENNY,
IF YOU LEAVE ME, I'M GOING
TO GOING WITH YOU.
>> AND NOBODY IS EXEMPT,
AND THE POINT OF IT IS,
THAT YOU WORK IT OUT. YOU
WORK IT OUT. YOU DO NOT
BAIL OUT.
>> AND I THINK, AND THE
DIFFERENCE IS AND THERE IS
A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, AND
IN THE BOOK OF MALACHI HE
TALKED ABOUT MARRIAGE AND
IN TERMS OF THE WORD
COVENANT. AND THIS IS
BASED UPON THE OLD
TESTAMENT, AND THIS IS
THE WORD COVENANT, AND
GOD HAS MADE A PROMISE.
AND THERE IS A DIFFERENCE,
AND THIS IS NOT A
CONTRACT, A CONTRACT CAN
BE BROKEN, AND A COVENANT
CANNOT BE BROKEN. A
CONTRACT IS BASED UPON
LAWS, AND COVENANTS ARE
BASED UPON LOVE, AND
CONTRACTOR BASED UPON
DISTRUST, AND COVENANTS
ARE BASED UPON TRUST.
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE,
AND ONE SAYS, YOU BETTER
DO IT, AND THAT IS A
CONTRACT, AND A COVENANT
SAYS, HOW CAN I SERVE
YOU?, AND ONE SAYS, IT IS
A DEAL, THAT'S A
CONTRACT. AND THE OTHER
SAYS IT IS A RELATIONSHIP,
AND THAT'S A COVENANT.
AND ONE SAYS I AM
SUSPICIOUS, AND ONE SAYS
I WILL TRUST YOU. AND GOD
ENTERS INTO A
RELATIONSHIP, AND HE SAYS,
I HAVE MARRIED YOU, I
HAVE MARRIED ISRAEL, AND
THEN YOU GET MARRIED, THE
CHURCH IS HIS BRIDE, HE
HAS MADE A COVENANT WITH
US. I HAVE MADE WITH,
YOU KNOW, AND I MADE A
COVENANT WITH MY WIFE 37
YEARS AGO BUT I LOVE HER,
AND I WILL ALWAYS TRY TO
DO RIGHT BY YOU, BUT IF I
DO NOT, AND CONTINUE TO
LOVE ME. AND THIS IS WHAT
JESUS SAYS, I WOULD
CONTINUE TO LOVE YOU AND I
WILL NOT BLOT OUT YOUR
NAME IN THE LAMB'S BOOK OF
LIFE, AND I WILL PUT THIS
IN MY HANDS, AND YOU ARE
WITH ME AND I AM WITH YOU
AND WE COULD GO THROUGH
THIS TOGETHER.
>> AND THERE IS NOTHING
ELSE IN THE HUMAN
EXPERIENCE LIKE MARRIAGE
AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE
COVENANT AND THIS IS
SUPPOSED TO BE, AND
CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG AN
ILLUSTRATION, OF HOW
JESUS LOVES THE CHURCH AND
THE RESPONSE OF THE CHURCH
BACK TO CHRIST. AND I
THINK, AND HE WANTS THAT
EVERYWHERE FOR THE PEOPLE
TO OBSERVE AND FOR THE
SINNERS TO OBSERVE, THERE
IS SOMETHING ABOUT THIS
THAT IS NOT OF THIS WORLD.
>> THE PURPOSE OF
MARRIAGE, AND THE PEOPLE
SAY, THEY SAY IT IS FOR
PROCREATION, AND THE
PURPOSE OF MARRIAGE IS NOT
PROCREATION, AND THE
CHILDREN OF THE HERITAGE
OF THE LORD, ABSOLUTELY,
BUT MARRIAGE IS TO GLORIFY
GOD, AND OF GOD HAS PUT A
HUSBAND AND A WIFE
TOGETHER AND THEY ARE
OPPOSITE, AND HE PUTS THEM
TOGETHER, AND HE SAYS THE
TWO WILL BE ONE FLESH.
AND WE CLEAVE TO OUR
WIVES, AND WE BECOME ONE
FLESH, AND HE DOES IT FOR
HIS GLORY. AND DO YOU SEE
WHAT THE ENEMY WANTS TO
ATTACK YOU? AND HE WANTS
NOTHING TO DO WITH THE
GLORY OF GOD AND THIS IS
GOD'S GLORY WE ARE DEALING
WITH, AND THIS IS GOD'S
GLORY, THE HOME.
>> I AM A PASTOR'S
DAUGHTER, AND I CAN
REMEMBER ONE TIME HE SAID,
IT WOULD BE BEST IF YOU
CAN HANDLE THESE TYPES OF
SITUATION FROM THE PULPIT.
AND I THINK YOU DID THAT
IN THIS SERIES, AND IN,
YOU WILL NEVER KNOW AT
ALL, AND THERE WAS ENOUGH
THAT WAS SAID IN THE POWER
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT
MADE IT REALLY PLAYING,
WERE GOING TO BE RUNNING
OUT OF TIME, BUT IN THE
BOOK OF MALACHI IT SAYS
YOU DON'T WANT TO TREAT
EACH OTHER TREACHEROUSLY,
AND THAT IS SO STRONG,
AND HOW STRONG THE MESSAGE
IS, AND SO, AND WHEN I
WAS SITTING THERE, THEN I
THOUGHT, YEAH, AND I
COULD HEAR MY FATHER AND
I BELIEVE THE PASTOR IS
HANDLING THIS AND YOU'RE
HANDLING THIS FROM THE
PULPIT AND WE'RE OUT OF
TIME, AND WE HAVE GOT
TOMORROW COMING UP. AND I
KNOW YOU LOOK FORWARD TO
THAT AND PLEASE, AND
REMEMBER, THERE IS NO
HIGHER CALLING THAN THAT
OF A HOME KEEPER AND GOD
BLESS YOU.
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>> CLOSED CAPTIONING WAS
PROVIDED BY AND PRESENTED
BY THE STAFF OF THE
CHRISTIAN TELEVISION
NETWORK IN CLEARWATER,
FLORIDA.
>> MUSIC TO CONCLUSION.
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