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that was the stupidest movie yeah who

picked this film anyway

my brilliant husband the review sounded

interesting said it was a little weird

but worth saying

a little weird well we need to rewrite

that review yeah

i guess it didn't let on about that one

scene did it you know how was i supposed

to know that we're gonna show that

when i put my hand over his eyes he

tried to push it away

yeah but it wasn't so i could see the

scenes because she had your hands over

my nose and i couldn't breathe

i just gave mine a shot in the ribs she

didn't know i was gonna backfire on her

because i already had my hands covering

my eyes

and as soon as she had made my ribs my

hand went down and i saw

everything

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hey man we finally hired one new

secretary yup she starts tomorrow well i

hope you don't run this one off like i

did the last one

huh funny guy david but i'm looking

around and guess what new bed is

laughing

that's right hey benny and gerard saw

the film and

those guys loved it you're kidding

that's what it told me

catch at lunch

benny gerard i heard you guys saw the

film and liked it

i thought it was great me too you're

joking right i mean reuben actually

thinks that you liked it

we did you thought otherwise well yes

it was weird but that's what we liked

about it yeah it got

good at being weird

i always thought you guys in i.t were a

little off base but now

i know you are

you found me our ball oh i did it yes

you did you can be so high i should get

four shots take it out that wasn't a

foul yes it was i bought take it out

all right let's go

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okay uh last meeting we briefly

discussed our city-wide outreach program

you see the budget

on your sheet there would anyone like to

comment on what we should do this year

well since we have the same budget as

last year why not do the booth at the

chamber of commerce business expo again

thousands of people came through there

and i think we made a good impression in

the community

yeah it seemed to go well any other

ideas well we could sponsor our

basketball camp

we've got some good players in the

college department we could pay them to

run at camp for the week

plus my next-door neighbor is a sports

anchor for channel 8.

i bet he'd do a story on us if we asked

all right that's a new idea

look i think the main thing is we show

the community we care if we do the uh

the business expo again or the

basketball camp they're both very

positive and

we really can't go wrong

hey hey

how'd the meeting go it went okay

did you decide on anything yes that

we'll decide next week

well did you say anything no

david i thought you were gonna tell them

about your idea

well they're talking about a booth at

the expo again or a basketball camp you

know things like that

it's hard to say anything then why do

you even go to those meetings cause i'm

on the outreach committee

but if you have an idea and you don't

say anything

yeah i know i know well you should at

least tell it to them

well i will

next meeting

the new sector is on board and now it's

smooth sailing well i hope we don't run

this one off like it did the last

still trying to be a funny guy david but

i'm looking around and guess what

nobody's laughing you got it besides i

didn't come in the chat

just to make your day i've got to tell

you about this

yesterday listen with both of us a mecca

odom

a leader in world missions and the

president of the nigerian gospel

ministry

will be speaking this weekend in the

evening service

live and in person mecca odom at your

church

i love this guy mr odom has been

instrument on the native missionary

movement throughout africa

and will be speaking on the urgency to

reach out for jesus in these last days

got you and danielle from rossi reserve

just saved one

she meets with the junior high girls and

never misses it okay then

got you won the bleachers i'm really

excited about seeing mr odom

i read almost all of his books and you

know me i'm not a big reader you gonna

try and meet him

well i hadn't thought about it but i

love to talk to him

you know god used that man to open up my

eyes to world evangelism

well you should go up afterwards and

meet him tell him that encourage him

yeah i will well i'll try

you meeting reuben and cindy there no

they say they can't make it

sami's father is having his 60th

birthday so they got to go to that

hey we gotta flick the watch tonight my

brothers and sisters in christ

time is running out

over 150 000 people

die in this world every day and most of

them die

not knowing christ as their personal

lord and savior

this is so tragic and it is

heartbreaking

as believers in christ we need to make

this our number one concern

to reach people all around us with the

gospel

in parts of africa missionaries are

tortured and killed

for trying to tell their enemies about

jesus

they don't want them to die without

knowing the lord

in america we have a hard time

telling our loved ones about him it does

not seem to

be a concern here i am afraid that we

have become too comfortable here

in this country we are too much in the

world

and it has become attractive to us

we want entertainment

we don't seem to be too concerned about

lost souls

and dying people but jesus

is that is why he came

thank you brother thank you my brother

hello mr odom david williams david i was

really challenged by what you had to say

tonight

i agree with you wholeheartedly and i

want to help well you are kind

the lord be praised i know you must be

really busy and i was wondering if you

had time to talk

i know you don't know me but i really

want to be involved in evangelism

could i buy you a cup of coffee or tea

or at least

sit down with you and talk for a short

time

i normally don't attend this church i

live on the other side of the city

well i have a meeting with these

brothers over here but it won't take

long

now if you can wait there's a place at

my hotel

we can speak there i want to see people

come to the lord

i mean really come to know jesus i'm on

the outreach committee with my church

my wife and i support two native

missionaries through your ministry in

africa

but we want to do more i always feel

like i should quit my job

and just move overseas but we don't need

you in africa my friend

the lord needs you right here there's a

very big mission field here

in this country there are plenty of

churches here

in some places there's one in every

corner i've traveled your country

on and off for about three years now

i've spoken in many churches all

denominations

and i sense one main thing in all of

them

most people here do not know how the

devil attacks and deceives them

in this country what do you mean

i finished writing a book i have some

copies here

i'll give you one if you are interested

you can read thank you you're welcome

the most powerful church in america

why is it called that david my friend

i fear for the church in this country

it is in very great danger

danger what kind of danger

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he's got a lot of information in here on

the influence of the movies and media

yeah i read half that book last night

and i feel like i'm lost

david you're the most committed

christian i know

danielle i'm sorry i told the lord last

night i was sorry too

i let ungodly entertainment creep into

my life and i've been deceived hold on

now whoa

what are you talking about hey let me

say that for a second

here read that paragraph right there

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i never thought of it that way yeah i

never thought of it at all

did he talk about this during his sermon

no danielle

how many christians does that describe

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you must be the new secretary david

williams hi i'm monique nice to meet you

mr williams

just call me david is ruben in his

office no he just went to the break room

thanks hey welcome to the team

thank you david

what's up you got a minute sure

my mecca odum really hit it last night

sorry miss

tell me about it time is running out

he must have said that about a dozen

times

and about 200 people work in this

building and i've been here five years

i've talked to what maybe four people

about the lord

i mean that's not even one a year what's

wrong with me man

i know you can't force it on people but

i should be sharing more

there's nothing wrong with you or me

that's the problem

we're both christians have great wives

a good job nice place to live in good

churches

a little money in the bank we got to me

well i don't feel like i got it made

i want to do more you always been into

it man

i know who needs to wake up it's just

not in our heart like it is mr odom's

i mean it's not about feeling guilty or

convicted it's just not in our heart

he ended the message with psalm 16 11.

in the presence of god his fullness of

joy

and now think about that for a second

isn't that what everyone wants

the presence of god is fullness of joy

you'd think we spend 24 hours a day with

jesus

then why don't we because we got a good

job great wise

nice home good church money in the bank

we got it made

before we decide what we'll do for our

city-wide outreach

david asked if he uh could say a few

words david

thank you

i've had an idea for some time now and i

wanted to bring it up last meeting

but didn't anyway

this past weekend i heard a missionary

from africa speak

and then i started reading a book he

wrote this man thinks the most powerful

force on the planet is the entertainment

industry

it impacts people like nothing else a

famous film producer in hollywood said

this

the church which used to be all powerful

has been taken over by film what the

producer is saying

is that motion picture films are making

a greater impact in this world than the

church

so what's the point david the point is

if we really want to reach people for

christ we should make a movie

we should look to the media and

entertainment as a way to communicate

the message

what are you suggesting man i'm

suggesting that we take money from the

outreach fund

and consider doing something that is

media related this year like what

well i i don't know yet david

you have ideas but you never seem to

have a plan

god's the one with the plan we're just

trying to figure out what it is

and i know he wants us to proclaim the

gospel look

our pastor preaches a good sermon every

week but it gets lost compared to the

hours of tv

and movies the congregation watches well

we can't control what people do for

their entertainment

but we have to try to reach them and

entertainment is where they are

at i say we do the business expo again

we reached a lot of people last time

or the basketball camp please let's pray

about this idea with the media

i really think this could be a big thing

here

i don't want to prolong this decision

but with this new suggestion on the

table let's just wait until the next

meeting

and then we'll decide we'll add david's

idea to the list

danielle can you read this for a second

sure wait that's an a

how can you tell who gets an a and it

gets a b david when you're a school

teacher in the first grade

everyone's art projects get an a oh well

you learn something new every day

take a look at what he says about the

media test the media test yeah just read

it when you can you'll see

let me know what you think i think we

should try this

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hey man the movie starts tomorrow night

at 8 15. so let me stay around 7 45

don't be late which movie explosion

uh sorry reuben can't make that one

what that's would be more special

effects in this move than there is

dialogue

well then it shouldn't take you too long

to tell me about it

david we were talking about a mega make

a movie here and you don't want to see

it

sorry can i pass

are you sick of something no

having trouble with the little lady no

then what is it then we have a streakers

in the last 37 movies together

the four of us we supposed to be

breaking joe dimaggio's 56 game hitting

street with going to the movies remember

joe's streak will survive

you sure yeah

i'm sure it won't be the same without

you

thanks

okay um if you change your mind you know

it'll be

the media impacts your life in a greater

way than you ever realize

i'll give you an example have you ever

noticed the commercials on television

when the commercials come on do you stop

what you're doing and shout shh

be quiet the commercials are on i want

to watch them of course not

when the commercials come on you relax

get something to eat take a break

but pay very little attention to them

yet advertisers are paying big money for

those commercials

so the question you have to ask yourself

is this why would an advertiser pay a

great deal of money to air commercial on

television that most people don't really

watch

the answer is simple because they know

how much television influences lives

and of the commercials that we

supposedly do not watch influence our

life

what do you think happens with the

programs we do watch

well television is very powerful most of

it has zero to do with the lord

you know what if we had a commercial on

tv telling people about jesus

yeah like we could afford that

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you're listening to 93.5 the king

station your number one source for the

best in christian music

news is coming up next so stay with us

i'm randy stone i'll be here tomorrow

have a great rest of your day and no

matter what you do lift up the name of

jesus

david what's up how's it going going

great how are you doing doing good

looks like you enjoy your job no this

ain't no job i love it too much

now you you've got a job i hear you

hey you got a minute i want to run

something by you

last night an idea came to mind what if

we were to present the gospel and

everybody was stationed in the city at

the same time

at the same time yeah do you have any

idea how many radio stations are in the

city

yeah there's 16 rated stations

so if we had an ad on all 16 stations at

the same time

we'd reach all the people in the city

listening at that moment

well that's right but i'm not sure every

station plays a break at the same time

was there any way to find out

any idea how much that would cost yeah

i've got all the rate cards

i can do the research and have you

something on monday

you know it's not a sin to turn that

thing on nobody said it was

you know we used to sit here and watch

tv shows and movies every night but

uh now we don't watch anything

you could read a book

yeah but i like to watch things so watch

something

just find a program that's more edifying

or redeeming and not

corrupt like he talks about in the book

find a christian channel

um but the shows in christian tv are

mostly preaching

i want something that's entertaining

yeah almost all the tv shows and movies

are

godless

mr odum is trying to make that point

that these programs affect our lives a

lot more than we realize

and so it makes them wonder

wonder what

if we're really christians at all all

because we watch

movies no

he says a christian should be interested

in the things of the lord not the things

of the world

the movies of the world are christless

and yet

most christians don't even recognize it

mr odom asks well why is that

he then says well maybe

it's because jesus really isn't in them

to realize it that sounds pretty hard

and judgmental david

yeah it does

what if he's right then

that's pretty scary that's very scary

how would you like to live your whole

life

thinking that you were saved

and then when he died you really weren't

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37 movies in a row when you broke the

streak no

no no i didn't break the street for the

record david

broke streak that bum we need to put him

on a popcorn

restriction for that well he's got to go

see explosion that's for sure

yes he does

14 stations run a 60-second ad at 11 59

just before noon

that's your best saturation point if you

want all of your spots to hit at the

same time

okay 14 stations are in the end that

means two don't the other two run brakes

at 11 54.

one of them is ours so we could easily

get that switched which leaves one

station which leaves one problem

what do you mean 104.1 they call

themselves

the one what about them well first

they're the largest station in the city

by far

not even close second they're not too

christian friendly if you know what i

mean

so what you're saying is that we could

probably get an ad on all these other

stations

except for the biggest one that's right

speaking of one i got to be on the air

in one minute

okay thanks randy for all your help i

just need to get that one station that

charlie will never do it who's charlie

the station manager we'll see

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i'm sorry we can't do it for you at that

time like i said we don't have a break

scheduled at 11

59. but it has to run at that specific

time

can't you make an exception i just asked

charlie the answer was no

well can i speak with charlie for a

moment then charlie's very busy sir i'm

sorry

is there something else i could help you

with no

thank you have a nice day

but they can you can run an ad anytime

you want you sure

absolutely well that's good to hear look

with charlie running the show the issue

is not getting the time slot you want

the issue's just getting on there well

i might try again later thanks randy all

right keep me posted

oh well

well look who it is what can i get for

you today gentlemen

let me get the small veggie pizzas sean

throw in as many vegetables as you got

lots of veggies i got it turkey and

cheese on whole wheat i wrote it down

before you said it

i'll try the pizza medium we'll put meat

on mine sausage

pepperoni a cow you know some real food

no problem i'll take what reuben ordered

exact same thing

you got it thanks lads you know we were

at the movies the other night

most people get popcorn but this guy a

steak sandwich

oh that sounds good gotta have onions

and peppers on it though hey i had red

and green peppers on it yeah but it cost

like 20 bucks

ah no that doesn't sound good you don't

mess around do you benny

no sir if the movie's no good at least i

can enjoy a meal

oh dave dave dave heard you broke the

streak

yeah well you gotta go see explosion man

the special effects in that movie will

blow your mind how do you think they do

that stuff

i watched a short clip online on how

they did that last scene it said it cost

10 million dollars just to do that one

part

hello again stephanie i was here

yesterday david williams

yes mr williams how can i help you well

i'm back because i'd like to run a spot

on your radio station at a special time

11 59 like i told you before

and like i told you we don't run a spot

at that time right but i found out that

you could

so do you think that i can speak with

charlie it'll just be a moment i promise

i won't take much of his time charlie

this is david williams

charlie summers what can i do for you

hello it's nice to meet you i'm sorry to

bother you ma'am

i know you don't run an ad at 11 59 a.m

but i understand that you could i was

hoping you could make an exception for

the spot i want to run

and why is that time so important it's

just a timely ad that has to run then

what kind of spot is it it's an

inspirational message

religious christian we don't run

anything religious here but it isn't

religious

you just said it was well it isn't

religious

but maybe it is in a sense you're

thinking i'm sorry i can't help you

i'll pay the fair rate the answer is no

charlene summers charlie she's been in

radio her whole life

her husband died 10 years ago of a heart

attack left everything to her

she hasn't missed a beat as a matter of

fact her ratings are as high as they've

ever been

she seemed pretty strong-willed oh

that's putting it mildly

i met her a few times the media

functions around town she's very

strong-willed

i think you're gonna have to settle for

15 stations oh we need to be on that one

there's got to be a way well there's

always a way

it's going more than this

hey we don't pay overtime here you know

i just finished this come take a look

best month we've ever had and we still

have a few more spots left to sell good

job stephanie

thank you and i would have had one of

those spots sold but

you said no what that religious guy

today i have never seen you turn down

money before especially for an

ad i don't need his ad but if he's got

the money what's the big deal

we don't want that propaganda on our

station

have a good evening good night

okay man the movie starts friday at 7

05.

so close up shop early who meets dad 6

45

and it's the downtown theater this time

the one in the mall doesn't happen

i'm sorry reuben sorry ruben one

can't make it did i walk into the wrong

office this is david williams right

this is the right place cause i thought

i heard him say can't make

you heard right so why can't you make

i just can't there's got to be a reason

i'm sorry reuben i i just can't

david what gifts nothing

i'm sorry reuben

okay uh i'll catch you later all right

see ya

i would like to propose that we take the

money from the outreach budget and place

a 60-second radio ad

announcing the gospel on all 16 radio

stations in the city

at the end of the announcement we will

give a phone number that people can call

we will run these ads

all at the exact same time at 11 59 a.m

on any day during the week

we can run an ad on 15 of the 16

stations

the only station that doesn't run an ad

at that time is 104.1

who happens to be the largest station so

it's important that we get them too

have you checked the cost on this yes

the cost of running an ad

at the desired time slot on 15 stations

comes to 1575.

for 160 second advertisement yes but

that's a one minute add on 15 stations

104.1 charges 300 to run at 1154

which is when they run their break so

the total would be

eighteen hundred and seventy-five

dollars if we ran an ad on every station

but the key here is to try to get them

to air our ad at the exact time as all

the others

that way regardless of what station

they're listening to they'll hear the

gospel

i'll turn the dial but the gospel will

be on every station

so no matter where they turn they'll

hear it then they'll just turn it off

well that's always an option look

i know the program director at 93.5 and

he has told me about all the calls that

they receive

their station is definitely reaching

people i like this station i listen to

it a lot during the day myself they have

a good ministry

i think this is a great way to share the

gospel with the masses in the city

it sounds like a great way to waste a

lot of money to me 800 bucks

in 60 seconds plus not everybody listens

to the radio

our research showed that a great

majority of the people in this city have

a radio on at various times during the

day

to translate that into numbers for you

it could mean

over half a million people would hear

the gospel with that one-minute ad

so what do you think

sounds like a plan to me

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so they're gonna vote next week yeah you

think they're gonna go for it oh i hope

so i felt really good about it well you

seem pretty excited

yeah well maybe the lord's gonna allow

this to happen

here you go thank you

well i can tell you did this and not

reuben because there's not one

misspelled word on the first page

i heard that he wanted to see you for a

minute

thanks

da vide do you have a new guy within

research helping you these days

no why because that report in your hands

is the best work i've seen you do

something's up how about the guys in

research carry this company and always

have

ha how about the guys in sales i don't

want to keep the guys in research

in business i agree with that seriously

david

that's some good work you did a great

job thanks

yeah thing's been coming to me a little

easier lately

what do you mean i don't know i guess

you could say i've been less distracted

well whatever you're doing is helping

thanks i'll see you later

by the way to film me and mrs caught on

friday

you did the right thing it was awful

benny and gerard said they loved it

what

hey monique i'm doing a little research

on radio stations

what station is that the one do you have

it on most of the day

yeah it's always on thanks for the info

well hello jerry surprised to see you

here today

the golf course closed as a matter of

fact i'm on my way there right now so i

only have a minute

well look sit down sit down what's on

your mind

look i think we need to get david

williams off the committee

he's a nice guy but he's going in a

different direction than we are you know

wanting to do these radio ads

david means well i know he's reading a

book by some guy from africa and

now he's an expert on evangelism why

don't you have a talk with him

see if he can find another committee to

spend his energy on well

i don't know if i could do that why not

you're the chairman of the committee

he wants to spend all of our budget on

something that's gonna fly by in 60

seconds

i mean come on thousands of people will

come by our booth over the three days at

the expo

it's a no-brainer and you know it let's

just vote on that next meeting

okay but it shouldn't have gotten this

far

i'd like to offer you 350 to air my ad

on your station just once during that

time slot

350. yes i understand you normally

charge 300

but i have limited funds do you know how

much this station build last year

we don't need your 350

i'm not selling anything with it doesn't

matter

but you have the largest station in the

city with the most listeners and i plan

to keep it that way

i know what the people want and i give

it to them yes but what people want most

of the time is the exact opposite of

what they really need

i suppose they really need to hear your

religious message

well yes not on my station

okay about 400

no deal mr summers what is it going to

take to run my ad on your station at

that time slot

this is really important to you isn't it

mr williams

yes ma'am it is you want to run your

religious ad

on my station at one minute before noon

that's right okay

i'll let you run your ad thank you it's

very kind of you

for fifteen hundred dollars what

charlie cash please be reasonable miss

summers

i am i don't want your religious ad on

my station

so if it's that important to you it will

be 15

100 bills in advance

have a nice day mr williams

she is crazy that's what she said you

did tell her no

i didn't tell her anything well it's

obvious she doesn't want the gospel on

her station

well all the more reason why we need to

be on there you're not thinking about

airing that ad for fifteen hundred

dollars

i don't know what i'm thinking even if

you are how are you gonna come up with

the money

well i was hoping that the outreach

committee would see the importance of it

and agree to it

david you don't even know if they're

going to vote to do it and now you have

to tell them this

there you are hey sean thank you hey

sean you got that radio on all day

all day what station do you have it on

it's always on the one

i used to play me irish music but the

customers didn't appreciate it

you're good man sean see you bye david

hi

what can i get for you

hey any of you guys go to church here

why do you want to know well i see you

playing ball on our grounds just

wondering

it used to does that mean we can't play

here anymore

no you can play here what's your name

justin where do you live justin this

week or

last week what's that supposed to mean

last week my mom this week my dad see

parents are divorced

no they love each other so much that

they live in separate houses

i'm sorry to hear that

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all right let's go guys

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we're going to do a secret ballot

you vote for what you'd like to do we've

got the business expo the basketball

camp or the radio ads

i would ask that you just mark one don't

put your name on the paper

fold them once and then pass them in

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well well

the vote was three to two to two

we're doing the business expo again oh

i'm sorry

yeah i feel like i just lost an election

well you got two votes so someone in

that room saw it your way

and you tried what else can you do

help set up a booth at the business expo

again

i guess

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reuben that was the weekend hey man i um

i got some tragic news about someone you

know what happened

it was in a bulletin yesterday morning

i'm sorry man

the report said he was trying to witness

to a group of fanatics and they beat him

to death right there in the middle of

broad daylight

he was trying to tell his enemies about

jesus

where was this northern nigeria

i'm sorry i just heard mr odom speak at

a church not too long ago

yeah i saw where he was coming i even

had a chance to talk with him that night

for a while

he thought the church in america was in

great danger

danger what kind of danger

well we're sitting there in his hotel

and he started telling me how he thought

the devil was deceiving

the people in america

david when you drove up tonight did you

notice the church across from the hotel

church right across from the hotel

i'm sorry i didn't they had a big sign

you must have seen it all i noticed was

a movie theater

yes that is it the big

church but it was just a movie theater

that my friend is the most powerful

church in america

it's a place where thousands go every

week for fellowship

i don't understand the enemy is using

the movie theater

and other media to accomplish his

purpose

i'm still quite not following you let me

explain there's nothing sinful about

a movie theater a television or radio

these are all great inventions what can

be sinful though

is the content presented by them

in america you have many christians who

go to the theater

but they do not use discernment about

what the devil is doing

to them so what do you call it the most

powerful church in america

i will give you an example and show you

how powerful the movie theater is

in this country now what time does your

church meet on the weekend

sunday morning let's say i go to your

church and preach the morning sermon

halfway through discernment i

cursed the name of jesus or as some

would say

i used the lord's name in vain

will that not wake up your congregation

so then i preach a little more

and i cursed his name again how would

they react to that

then i preached a little more and i

cursed his name

again would the people not be

upset then i bring up a young couple

on the platform and they start to kiss

and take their clothes off right there

in church on a sunday morning how long

do you think

your congregation will allow this to go

on would they not say

this is the most awful thing to curse

the name of jesus

in church and to have them take off

their clothes here

in front of everyone would they not be

appalled

would they not yell out stop it

you cannot do this in this place

but yet i say 12 hours earlier

on saturday night in a movie theater

when this exact same thing occurs

it is entertainment

my friend something is wrong we must

make up our mind

it is either entertainment saturday

night

in the theater and entertainment sunday

morning in church

or it is most sinful

sunday morning in church and

most sinful saturday night in the

theater

this is why i say the movie theater

is the most powerful church in america

it's the only place where christians go

to hear the name of jesus christ used as

a swear word

and to watch nakedness

and yet pay their money

to be entertained

never thought of it like that before i

say this trembling david

most people who go to church in america

no not jesus the bible says in the last

days

men will become lovers of pleasure more

than lovers of god

is this not the case in america now

ask yourself would i go to the movie

theater

to hear my name cursed then why go to

the theater

to hear his name cursed

david

would you go to the theater to see your

daughter

naked on the screen

so why go see someone else's daughter

naked on the screen

it's just great sinfulness in the eyes

of god

i don't know what to say

what can we do we must try and turn this

all around

use the movie theater for jesus we need

dramatic programming on television for

the lord

use radio to tell others the gospel

satan

does not want any of this to happen and

will work to stop

anyone who tries to change it so beware

i understand the media has the power in

this country david the airwaves

the movies the music it is

how the enemy is working

just look around you and observe what

really moves the people

and influences their lives is it not

entertainment and the media

they control the people

they have the power

of the air

apart from me lord for i'm a sinful man

danielle and i used to go to the theater

almost every weekend i also watched a

lot of movies during the week

i never thought about any of this we've

all become very desensitized

a few important things he said to me the

world

and jesus are always 180 degrees apart

always hollywood is of the world and yet

this is our source of entertainment

second he said it's not a sin to watch a

movie

the issue is what's the message

it's either for the lord or against him

it's either gonna build you up or tear

you down

it's either going to corrupt you or

edify you

it's one or the other and why not choose

the godly

and if the godly is not available choose

nothing at all

i hear you one more important thing he

said

if you turn away from ungodly movies and

media

that doesn't make you right with the

lord that can just be a work of the

flesh

he said we must turn to the lord first

and the spirit of god will help you

turn from these ungodly movies and

influences it's always got to start with

the lord

he needs to be the lord of our

entertainment choices

that man was killed for sharing the

gospel of jesus christ

and i'm having a hard time giving up

movies that curse his name

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what kind of a christian am i

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you know just think if everyone who went

to church in this country

i decided not to watch any more movies

that cursed his name

or had any sort of nudity in it or

any vulgar language just think

how that would affect the entertainment

being offered by hollywood

that that would start a revolution

maybe it's time we started one

we must try and turn this all around use

the movie theater

for jesus we need dramatic programming

on television for the lord

use radio to tell others the gospel

does not want any of this to happen and

will work to stop

anyone who tries to change it

use radio to tell others the gospel use

radio to tell

others the cost use radio to tell others

the gossip

i need to do this what put the gospel on

all those radio stations

think of all the people who will hear

about christ i agree

but how are you going to pay the cost

well we have some money

but that's our savings well what are we

saving it for so we can buy something

that we don't need

david there's nothing wrong with having

a savings i know i'm not saying that

i just can't sit around and do nothing

look if the lord wants you to do this

then he'll provide a way

he'll get you the money maybe he already

has it's sitting in our savings account

why don't you pray and ask god for some

clear direction oh i did last night and

i feel he wants me to do this

okay well then he'll provide a way just

keep listening you'll know

we'll know why don't you ask the

outreach committee if they want to help

you with the cost

the worst they can say is no

okay man the wife wants to catch some

new love story coming this friday

it starts at 805 so let me show that

around 7 40.

don't be late i'm sorry ribbon can't

make it

not again let's have a cookout instead

we'll invite over another couple

we got a new game called guess what it's

kind of like charades

it'll be a blast guys versus the girls

what do you think sounds fine but we're

already planning on going to the movie

we'll do that another night

i'm also thinking about starting a movie

ministry at my church

uh with show movie once a month on a

friday night

uh you could start one at your church

i'll be out with it

yeah i guess but

what's up why don't you go to the movies

with us

this is three times in a row now

i'm sorry my friend yeah

but what's the deal this ain't like you

you and i've been friends for a long

time and nothing's gonna change that

i just can't go to these movies anymore

hell come

you're trying to eliminate the voice of

the world and pay more attention to the

word of god

he said that they made a decision

not to go to films that used the lord's

name in vain or

had any nudity in them or even bad

language

that's almost all of them yeah i know

and they're not reading the mainstream

media as much or letting it dictate the

way they think about issues and things

david says that the media is almost

always preaching the opposite of what

the bible says anyway

he's right about that i didn't even know

they were doing this

he also said that it's really made a

difference

that their minds are cleared up a lot in

they're more sensitive to the things of

the lord now

david wants to start a movie ministry

instead of going to the theater on

friday nights we'll show a christian

film once a month at the church on a

friday night

he wants to know if we would help i said

i would

me too i want to help too

you know david is one of my best friends

but he's always been one of jesus to me

and i've always been more into movies to

him

i'm sorry i should have been a much

better man than that

in that book david was telling me mr

odom thinks that

for most people entertainment is that

god and not jesus

and that there's a quick test that we

could take

what type of test he said for one week

don't watch any movies or television

don't listen to the radio or any music

don't even get on the internet or read

magazines and newspapers

in other words completely eliminate all

types of media and worldly entertainment

from your life for one week

okay and then the next week

go back to using the media like you

normally would but this time

you don't pray you don't go to church

you don't read the bible

you don't even speak about the lord to

anyone and do that for one week

okay now here's the test question

after those two weeks ask yourself

and be completely honest what did you

miss more

and their dead bodies shall lie on the

street of the great city

and nations shall see their dead bodies

three days and a half

shall see their bodies

hey justin you got a minute you're

playing man i just need a minute all you

guys just stop what you're doing

week from friday we're gonna be showing

a movie at our church

actually the fellowship hall that

building right over there

i'd like to invite you guys to come and

see it it's free

why you got a movie theater in there no

but we got a big screen and a good sound

system

see it's about 150 people it'll feel

just like a movie theater

what's the movie it's an action-packed

thriller guaranteed to keep you on the

edge of your seats

yeah ajavar sees to leave no thanks man

all right you're right

it's uh it's not an action film it's

actually drama

but you'll like it not interested

hey justin sorry to hear that your

parents are divorced

and that you have to go back and forth

from house to house that must be really

tough

maybe that's the case with some of the

other guys as well

but if you come see this movie next week

i guarantee the message in this film

will help you out in your situation

i guarantee it just think about it

eight o'clock

well some of the ladies have volunteered

to work the booth at the expo i think it

would be good idea if we showed up for a

little while to help out

here's a sheet that uh notes the times

the ladies have indicated they'll be

there

take a look at it and uh see if you can

fit in an hour or two while you're doing

that

uh david has asked for a minute so he

could uh make an announcement it's all

yours

thank you i was reading the book of

revelation and something jumped off the

page at me

it was a truth i had never seen before i

just want to let you know

that i'm planning on going ahead with a

radio outreach and i felt like the

urgency of this was confirmed in my

heart even more from what i read

in revelation chapter 11 we'll read

about the two witnesses who will be on

the earth

during the tribulation prophesying for

1260 days

after this time they will be killed and

the bible says in verse

8 that their dead bodies shall lie in

the street of the great city

and then in verse 9 it says that the

people and the nations

will see their dead bodies for three and

a half days

now you could read over that and not

think anything about it in fact

i went to a seminary library and i

looked up that passage in every

commentary i could find written in the

early 1900s or before

and no one could explain those verses so

what are you getting at

it says that all the people and the

nations

will see the dead bodies of the two

witnesses lying in the street

now how could that happen before 1950 it

couldn't

but around 1950 tv started popping up in

homes

and today through tv and the internet

you can see anything you want in the

whole world

live as it happens do you see how

significant this is

the technology that has exploded all

around us is actually

a sign of the end times i am convinced

that we are living in the last days

before the return of christ

and it is the utmost urgency that we

share the gospel as much as we can with

whoever we can and however we can

and that is key here people have to hear

the gospel

for even a chance to be saved

so why are you telling us this i wanted

to see

if we could use any of the leftover

funds from the citywide outreach for the

radio ads

i was hoping that there would be some

yeah

i think we've pretty much used up the

budget with the uh

booth construction the fees all the

information we'll be handing out

i don't think we'll have anything left

could we possibly pull from another fund

that

i doubt it this is the only money

designated for this type of outrage

okay i see

i appreciate any prayers for the

radioheads

i'll let you know when we're going to

air them

david

david have you ever owned your own

company no jerry i haven't

i can tell i know you mean well wanting

to do these radio ads

and if you want to waste your money

that's your choice but it's not good

business

but it could be good ministry the expo

is both practical and personable

and we get to meet people face to face

if you do those radio ads

i bet you won't get one phone call not a

single one

and they're gonna cost what 18 1900

bucks that's a lot of money to waste for

absolutely nothing don't you think

i'm just trying to help have a good

evening

no jerry you're mistaken it's going to

cost

3 075 bucks now that's

a lot of money for absolutely nothing

danielle hmm

i wanted to let you know that i've been

praying about this i mean

really praying about this the lord

didn't allow me to meet mr oden for no

reason

i asked the committee even though i

didn't feel at peace about asking them

anyway

in fact i don't have peace about asking

anybody

i know it's a lot of money if we were to

pay for these ads out of our own savings

i told the lord about it and i've been

waiting for him

to provide but so far nothing's happened

makes me think that he wants me to pay

for this

so you please at least

pray about it and see if you have peace

if you don't then we don't do anything

but at least

pray about it okay

okay thanks

i love you i love you too

hey randy have you prepared those music

reviews for this weekend

oh becky i'm sorry i forgot you need me

to do them

yeah if you don't mind yeah no problem

oh and uh what about those movie reviews

i haven't seen them yet either

i cancelled them canceled them

they've always done really well for us

yeah i know

i canceled because i can't do them

anymore

you sure yeah i'm sure we're gonna start

doing reviews for christian books

until i can find some christian movies

okay sorry i didn't tell you

are you all right yeah i'm good

thanks for helping me sure

we caught the rose tower over the

weekend

didn't i have marla downing in it oh

yeah in fact it had a whole lot of marla

downing in it

did you catch it reuben no i didn't

how about you david no what

is happening to you guys you're slipping

on seeing your movies

i think every man in our bible study

group saw it

the duchone nudity what do you mean

you know what i mean what are you the

censor board

no did it

a little a little like one scene

a couple maybe three you guys have a

problem with that

wait are we under an investigation here

or something no

then what gives come on guys you know

what i'm getting at

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we're all christians here i mean do you

think it's right that we go

see movies that have a woman taking off

her clothes on the big screen

are you implying that we're not

christians if we do i'm just asking if

it's right

i'm out of here yeah me too guys guys

wait wait

what if that woman up on the screen was

not marla downing

what if that woman was our mother

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or our sister

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or our daughter

or our wife

i would like to say a brief word to you

about the enemy satan has one goal for

you

he wants you to live your life without

jesus he does not care what you do

just as long as you do it without christ

exclude jesus from your daily life

from your entertainment choices from the

work you do keep

jesus out this is the agenda of the

devil

you see the devil knows that in order

for people to spend eternity in heaven

they must have christ in their life

before they die

how do they get christ by believing the

gospel

before people can believe the gospel

they must first hear it

the devil does not want this to happen

so he will do whatever he can to

distract anyone from

first sharing the gospel second from

hearing it

and finally from believing it

had a little deal today with benny and

gerard what happened

well we're at lunch and the subject of

movies came up so

i spoke up about it and

it's not worth saying anything danielle

you just come across condemning and you

make enemies real quick

well what'd they say well nothing really

it's just a subject matter where you

can't win i mean don't

try to tell people what they can or

cannot watch and don't try to convict

anybody

david williams i'm surprised to hear

this from you

what i'm just saying that people can't

receive it so why try

so why try you received it when mr odom

told you

yeah i guess

it's just hard

so does this mean you're not gonna do

the radio ads now

doesn't look like it god hasn't allowed

anyone to step forward with the money so

without that we don't do them

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he just did

don't ever be ashamed to speak up about

jesus christ

he wasn't ashamed when he died on that

cross for you

now i think it's time we shared the

gospel with as many people in this city

who will listen

hello miss summers david williams do you

remember me

i have a very good memory mr williams

well we're about to run our ad and i

wanted to ask you if you consider

coming down on your price what did i

tell you before

well you said 1500 ma'am well that price

still stands i haven't changed my mind

like i mentioned before i have a limited

funds and if you could possibly lower

your price

i'd be most appreciative fifteen hundred

dollars mr williams

but that's five times your normal rate i

only want to air this ad one time on

your station

it'll be 2 000 if you want to keep

negotiating

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thanks for calling the one just a moment

you're not really planning on spending

this much money to air your ad are you

why because it's important

very important you must really think

you're right

i believe the message in the bible is

right but people in different countries

believe in different things

i mean who's to say who's right and

who's wrong they could all be right

there can only be one god the bible says

that the lord is god

for your religion the bible works for

you but for other people's religion they

have their own books that work for them

every religion in the world teaches that

man

has to do something to get to god

but in christianity god did something

to get to man there's a big difference

thank you for all your help

all right this may seem a little

primitive but it's the best i can offer

now we use these phones from time to

time during the year for call-ins

well how many phones do you have 20. you

think that'll work for you

yeah that should be fine well speaking

of work i'll does it oh give me your

phone i'll show you

hello can you hear me all right right

hold on the line and we'll call the same

number again

hello can you hear me all right yes

if all the lines are busy voicemail puts

him on hold plus

it's a toll-free number i've already

talked to the owner he said the calls

are all on us

so there's no charge really yes sir

thank you so much randy this will be

great

all right let's go cut that spot

okay david you know what you're gonna

say uh sorta

do you have your copy written out well i

wrote down a few things

uh david when we sit down to do a

commercial we usually have everything

written out

well i was just gonna sort of speak from

the heart

okay say testing one two three

testing one two three

okay just sit there talking your normal

voice i'll give you a signal when you

have 15 seconds left

and then i'll count you down from five

all right

you ready

ready

um

i can't hear 37 people so far now that's

not gonna break any box office records

but

for the first movie not so bad i think

it's great

people like what they see they'll tell

others hey we do this once a month

we could really build a good ministry

here i'm with you man

thanks for coming we'll just have a seat

anywhere

movie's about to start

oh

hey justin what made you decide to come

cause what you said was right man going

back and forth

in between houses it's been tough

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yes mr david williams is here to see you

who

david williams the guy with the

religious ad

oh stephanie i'm so tired of this tell

him no

he says he has the money

here's the spot i'd like to air this

thursday at 11 59 a.m

and here is the payment

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put it on the schedule

okay

oh miss summers what is it

now thank you

what you working on i am writing down

steps to salvation with bible verses

i figured we could put these by each

phone and share with people when they

called

that's a good idea hey uh we also need a

few more people to help us answer

phones we got 20 of them and i've

already spoken to reuben and cindy and

they can help us

randy's in and you and i make five i can

start calling people

thanks oh and uh we need a few more

radios to help monitor the ads just to

make sure that they air

you know randy's got several of them but

we need a few more okay we need radios

anything else yeah apparently god uses

this

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hey man this thursday 11 59 a.m

be there by 11 45 don't be late

what's playing some bible that my buddy

did

we'll be there man i have someone coming

from the office too oh

thanks we need the help by the way

what's this ad ready

hey charlie you got that cd for the

religious ad i need it for tomorrow

oh it's here somewhere

thanks can you believe he paid 1500

bucks to air this thing

and what's he gonna do change the world

in 60 seconds

stephanie run the ad

at 11 54. pardon

that ad run it at 11 54.

but he paid to have it air at 11 59.

i said 11 54.

but charlie do we have a contract with

him

no did we sign anything

no

11 54.

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randy how's it going david going good

all right we're all set i've got these

radios set to the 16 station so we know

we're on the air

i want to need your help to check them

all on the ad plays you got it

well how about the phones the phones are

good too i've already left a message on

the voicemail just in case

do you have enough people coming to help

you tomorrow yes

well some danielle got someone to cover

her lunch

uh reuben and cindy are coming uh we're

just trying to get a few more

sounds good it's a big day tomorrow

gospel minute

yeah i guess you could say that come on

let me show you how to check these

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radios

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hey hey how are you doing

yeah just thinking about what

i just spent 3075

of our savings on 160 second commercial

it's gonna air on 16 radio stations

tomorrow

we're not trying to sell anything

we're not going to make a penny from

this

sounds kind of crazy doesn't it

yes it does mr williams

and you're married to the man who made

that business transaction

yes i am mr williams

i might not get one phone call

that could be mr williams

i just

want to reach one soul for christ

and honor mr odom

that's why i love you mr williams

it's

do we know if anybody else is coming yes

there should be

two more no make that three

okay good hey you know how many phones

we need yet uh not exactly

we think 13 14.

all right well i'll just set up for

whoever comes

charlie

where's charlie she wasn't feeling well

so she went home

hey frank switch the time on that

religious ad to 11 59.

david two minutes

okay everybody listen up i'd like to

explain

what's going to happen here at 11 59 a.m

all 16 radio stations in the listening

area will be playing a 60-second

announcement sharing the gospel

at the end of the ad a phone number will

be given

if your phone rings i'd like for you to

answer jesus loves you this is david or

whatever your name is

next to each phone there's a sheet i've

written down some bible verses to help

you

i also have a list of good churches you

can suggest around the city

i try to tell them about one near where

they live if you can

i also have a place to get their name

and their phone number if they want to

give it to you

now we're not trying to talk anybody

into anything

this is not a numbers game i want this

to be all god

he has to draw people to himself so

just listen to the need on the other

line and answer appropriately

any questions

okay i want to thank everyone for

helping out today

and i have to admit i don't think i've

been any more nervous in my whole life

30 seconds okay

here we go

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in the bible jesus christ said

i am the light of the world i am the

bread of life

i am the door i am the good shepherd

i am the true vine i am the resurrection

i am the way the truth and the life

the bible says that jesus christ died

for our sins according to the scriptures

was buried and rose again the third day

according to the scriptures

it also says that god commended his love

toward us and that

while we were yet sinners christ died

for us

and lastly the bible says whoever shall

call upon the name of the lord

shall be saved if you need help in

understanding who jesus christ is

and what he did for you please give us a

call

at 800-555-7500

that's 800-555-7500

the call is free thanks for listening

and god bless you

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oman aired mine too

lord bless your word that just went

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forth

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jesus loves you this is david i heard

this message on radio

and i really feel guilty about a lot of

bad things i've done

i i need help can you help me yes sir

jesus christ can't help you he

absolutely can help you

jesus loves you this is danielle

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yes i can tell you about jesus christ

certainly

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jesus loves you this is randy absolutely

jesus loves you this is reuben yeah

you got the right place

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jesus loves you this is cindy this is

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god

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well first of all you have to confess

and realize that you're a sinner

and we're all sinners but the bible says

all have

sinned and come short of the glory of

god we can't get to heaven on our own

or if our good works our sin is in the

way

that's why we need jesus he offered

himself as a sacrifice for our sins

we believe in jesus by faith the bible

says without faith it's impossible to

please god

right now you can pray and ask jesus to

forgive your sins

to come into your life and to save you

would you like to do that god bless you

god bless you very much

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jesus loves you this is david first

corinthians

15 hello this is david can i help you

i'll just stay on the line

we're here to help you if we can

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