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Forgets us, never leaves us permanently enslaved and overcomes all obstacles to set us free. so, if having hope and confidence in the future regardless of any election or indicators, id rather be crazy and confident than just plain crazy. [applause] and a pastor of a church started with 30 people and quickly grew into a church that had a congregation of thousands. >> understand that jesus rising from the grave, gathering his followers together on that mountain, and giving this message and go int...

He overcomes all obstackles to set us free. having hope and confidence regardless election indicators makes me crazy so be it. i rather be crazy and confident than just plain crazy. [ applause ] he a founding pastor of a church that started with 30 people and quickly grew into a church that had a congeigation of thousands. >> jesus rising from the grave and gathering his followers together on that mountain and giving this message. go into all . world and make disciples. do we understand and all ...

Mother, mary, stayed at the foot of the cross. >> outside of the women, who remained there watching, the picture we get from the gospels was that most of his followers actually ran away and hid because they were afraid for their own safety. >> that should have been the end of the jesus story, and it might have been if not, the gospels tell us, for the women, namely mary magdalene, and mary, mother of jesus. three days after his death, they discovered his empty tomb. as he promised, jesus had ris...

John, named after the evangelists, said to have written them. >> matthew and john were two of the disciples of jesus. matthew, the tax collector and john, the beloved disciple. mark was a companion of the apostle peter and luke was a companion of the apostle paul. >> but did they really write the gospels? >> we can never be sure. what could happen is easy to imagine. in days such as that, peter was relaying to some young pupil the stories he remembered before it was too late, and mark is putting...

Driving christians from the jewish faith. >> by the time we get to john, we hear talk of those who respected jesus being thrown out of the synagogue. yes, and how the enemies in johns gospel are the jews. it left a terrible legacy in christianity. >> if you read your gospel carefully, then sometimes you would stop and be rather perplexed by this, because jesus is a jew, his disciples are jews. practically all the characters are jews. so when the jews challenge jesus and his disciples, you should...

The rebecca black song is going to be. obviously you have struck a nerve with people. tell me what you hope to achieve long-term. >> i have a huge heart for discipleship. get people to raise their hand for jesus and make cool videos. i want to impact the college demographic and get them to make disciples in the nation and infect him with his grace. >> i commend you. it is so unique and encouraging you to take on the institutions including that of organized religion and not being authtentic and i...

Into a sort of collapse of disappointment and disillusion? >> it didnt break down because christian leaders decided they needed something more permanent to preserve the faith in jesus. so they compiled a history, sacred books, and a clergy to stand in for jesus, but that didnt happen overnight. >> i think most people imagined that after jesus died, the church just emerged suddenly, and that you had christians confessing the nicene creed, reading the canon of the 27 books of the new testament, an...

Black and-- >> your message is much better than rebecca blacks song was ever going to be. obviously, you struck a nerve with people. and tell me what you hope to achieve long-term? >> yeah, long-term goal i have a huge heart for discipleship, and we can get people to raise their hands for jesus, but mine is to look at the demographics and disciples across the nation. >> mike: i commend you, its so unique and fresh and original to hear someone taking on the institutions, including that of organiz...

Men. some are saying why were there women there? but mostly even jaded catholics are embracing the new pope. >> is everybody pleased with the new popes way of preaching? >> some think that hes not astroditias traditional as theyd like him to be. why was he wearing black pants underneath his white robe because hes not being as formal as the last pope. so, some criticism, but mostly a huge refreshing embracement of the new pope. >> interesting to watch over the years. >> all our viewers who are ce...

And the very conscience effort shown once again on easter sunday to reach out and touch the faithful. benedict xvi is still alive and watching from afar but with each move no matter how symbolic, francis seemed happy to abandon the austere and distant approach of his predecessor. if differences have come up between the two folks, its not been before the cameras. in addition to their face to face meeting theyve had several phone conversations, including one this week that the vatican spokesman de...