[Shane Harper singing"Hold You Up"]When it's coming apart,you had it allIt wasn't enoughNo, it's not enoughThey tell youit's not worth the priceSo just let it goBut you know you can'tYou know you won'tIt's not easy, no,finding the words to sayWhen you're feeling lost,you'll find your wayThe world is so broken andsometimes it leaves you coldAt nighttimes you can't feelthe fire to guide you homeThe demons will harm you andtry to steal what you knowBut the angels,they brought youAnd they'regonna hold you upThey're gonna hold you upThey seethe fear in your eyesHeart sinks like a stone'Cause when you're afraid,it weighs on your soulWhen the timing is right,somehow you'll knowWhen nobody stands,stand on your ownIt's not easy, no,finding the words to sayWhen you're feeling lost,you'll find your wayThe world is so broken andsometimes it leaves you coldAt nighttimes you can't feelthe fire to guide you homeThe demons will harm you andtry to steal what you knowBut the angels,they brought youAnd they'regonna hold you upThey're gonna hold you upThey're gonna hold you upThey're gonna hold you upThey're gonnahold you up- Name?- Wheaton. Josh Wheaton.You got yourpre-registration sheet?(Josh)Yeah.All core requirementsare here.What is yourhumanities elective?.Philosophy 1 50.Radisson, 1 1 :00 on Monday,Wednesday, and Friday.You might want to think abouta different instructor.Because?Let's just say you'rewandering into the snake pit.I'd recommend Patelor maybe Mueller.Come on, man.It can't be that bad.Think Roman Colosseum, lions,people cheering for your death.(Josh)Yeah, but I'd have torearrange my whole schedule.I don't thinkI can really--It's your funeral.Last drop dateis the 22nd.You might want tokeep that in mind.You're done.- Thanks.- Yeah, have a good semester.- Hi.- Martin Yip.What doesP.R.C. stand for?.People's Republic of China.Oh. Seriously?.(Martin)Oh yes,always serious.(registrar)Okay.[cell phone ringing]##You've gotta be kidding me!.(receptionist)White & Wolfe,how can I help you?.Yes, please hold.White & Wolfe.Mm-hmm, I will let 'em knowyou called.Thank you, bye-bye.(businessman)Buy as muchTochigi Heavy lndustriesas you can on-margin.We've gotten wind of a mergerand the Japanese could care lessabout insider trading.You're gonna thank mefor this one, I guarantee it.You're on with Marc.Hey, I need youto give me directions.You're kidding, right?.No, somebody stole my GPSand my phone has decided thatit is spinning propeller time.(Marc)Can't do it.The Nikkei just openedand there's a massivesell-off going on.Oh, and by the way, I madereservations for us Fridayat La Rive Gauche.Wait, you'll take meto La Rive Gauchebut you won't take the timeto give me directions?.What's in it for me?.(female)You're kidding, right?.You're serious.Okay, well, I'm on my wayto an ambush interviewof Duck CommanderWillie Robertson,and I am going tocrash that partyand hold his feetto the fire.And yesterday's discreteweb hits were over 32,000,which means I am on pace forover a million views this monthand my--[together]--own advertisers.That's my girl!Not just anotherpretty face.(female2)Miss Shelley, I've got somethingspecial for you today.Think you're gonna like it.Oh my, chicken!I don't know when wasthe last time I had chicken.(female2)That would be yesterday,for lunch and dinner.Are you serious?.I don't think that she shouldhave the same thing every--You think of anything elsegonna make her that happy?.Is it okay if I help?.Oh, alright, alright.You're new here,aren't you?.It's me, Mom.Mina, your daughter.[chuckling]I'm sorry, I don't--It's okay, it's okay.I don't see a ring.It's complicated.##I am Professor Radissonand this is Philosophy 1 50,Introductionto Philosophical Thought.If either of those factsis news to you,then now would beyour turn to leave.I understandsome of you are hereto satisfy your Liberal Artselective requirements.If you're looking foran easy grade without much work,well, then now would beyour turn to leave.See, you've now enrolledat a university.You'll be expected to produceuniversity-level work.Pfft, I'm out.There's always one.Michel Foucault,Bertrand Russel,Ludwig Feuerbach,Bertolt Brecht,Friedrich Nietzsche,Ayn Rand, George Santayana,Democritus,Denis Diderot, David Hume,John Stuart Mill,Albert Camus, Richard Dawkins,Sigmund Freud,Noam Chomsky.The list goes on.Philosophers, poets,scientists, authors,towering intellects,all of them.But what do theyall have in common?.Yes?.They're all dead.(Professor Radisson)Well, that would beincorrect.Mr. Dawkins and Mr. Chomsky arestill very much alive, Mister--G-dog Gerard Trigga.G-dog.Anyone else?.No one?.Well, they are,or were...atheists.Based on the 1 6th-centuryFrench "athe'isme,"from the Greek "theos,"meaning "God,"and from the prefix "a,"meaning, as it alwaysdoes in Greek, "without."In short, each ofthe thinkers I namedtook the strong positionthat there is no God,as opposed to the weak positionof agnosticism."Gnostic," from the Greek"gnosos," to know,and again, with the prefix "a"meaning to not know,or more accurately, to doubt theexistence of a supreme being.This semester,I propose that we refuseto waste our limited timetogether debating the existenceof the big man in the sky,the myth of a benevolent,all-powerful,supernatural being.- Hey!.- How was your flight?.- Wonderful.- Wonderful?.It's likea 30-hour flight.Thirty-six.Great to see you.Nice to see you.Dakar to Zurich,Zurich to Frankfurt,an 8-hour layover,and directto Carter lnternational.Ugh, how does that translateas wonderful?.I'm happy, I'm safe, and nowI'm here because God is good.All the time.And all the time?.God is good.(Professor Radisson)God is dead.This is, of course,a metaphor,but an illustrative one meaningnot that God has somehow died,but rather that he neverexisted in the first place,other than in the depthsof our forebears' imaginations.He was a useful fairy talein ages gone by,when his fiery anger was usedto explain away plaguesand crop failures,diseases and disasters,which we now ascribeto bacteria and viruses,chromosomal disorders,and plate tectonics.In short, science and reasonhave supplanted superstition,and we areall the better for it.And with your permission,I would like to bypass thissenseless debate all togetherand jump to the conclusionof which every sophomoreis already aware of:there is no God.All that I requirefrom each of youis that you fill inthe papers I've just given youwith three little words:"God is dead,"along with your signature.The sooner we reacha unanimous consensus,which I expect we will,I will be sparedthe tedious dutyof slogging throughdry and dusty arguments,and you will bypassthe section of the coursein which studentshave traditionally receivedtheir lowest gradesof the semester.And when you finish, pleasepass your papers to the right.Thank you.Thank you.Oh, a lower case "g."Maybe this oneought to get extra credit.Thank you.Excuse me, Mister--Wheaton.Josh Wheaton.Mr. Wheaton,is something wrong?.Yeah, I can't.I can't dowhat you want.I'm a Christian.Oh, don't worry.You can still go backto your dorm roomand sink to your kneesand pray to your bedsideif you'd like.What you do in yourpersonal life is your business,but what you doin this class is mine.I can't.Alright, Mr. Wheaton.Allow me to explainthe alternative.If you cannot bring yourselfto admit that God is deadfor the purposes of this class,then you will needto defend the antithesisthat God is not dead.And you'll need to do itin front of this classfrom the podium.And if you fail, as you shall,you will fail this sectionand lose 30% of your final graderight off the bat.Are you readyto accept that?.Well, who would decidewhether I wonor lost the argument?.Well, I would.It's my class, my rules.Grading's my prerogative.No disrespect, but I'm not sureyou can be objective.What would you propose?.Well, what about them?.Well, that's interesting,but why would I wantto empower them?.Well, you've alreadywon them over.I mean, I'd have tounconvince them,get them to admitthey were wrong.Alright, Mr. Wheaton.You'll get 3 sessions,the last 20 minutesof each of the next 3 classes,to make your case.I promise to keepmy interruptions to a minimum.You may take whatever questionsyou'd like from the class,but I will not increaseyour allotted time.Of course,you'll be responsiblefor all the otherclass assignments.But, you know,you could change your mindand bring in your signedstatement at our next class,and we'll go forward as thoughnone of this ever happened.The rest of us, having dispensedwith primitive superstition,will turn our focus tothe issue of being in reality.For our next class,please have read David Hume's"The Problems of lnduction"and Renee Descartes'"Discourse on Method,"to which you may addBertrand Russell's"Why I Am Not a Christian"in preparationfor Mr. Wheaton's lectureand in thanks for hisfailure to help us reacha unanimous consensus.(Josh's girlfriend)You don't want to denyyour faith, I get it.So, the answer's simple:drop the class.Yeah, but I'm not sureI can do that.I feel like God wantssomeone to defend him.Don't be ridiculous.I don't know,I just keep thinkingof that C.S. Lewis line,"Only a real risk cantest the reality of a belief."(Josh's girlfriend)So, you're gonna risk our futureover your yearbook quote?.Josh, why am I here?.Hello, earth to Josh.Why am l, Salutatorianof our graduating class,here at mythird-choice school?.I'm sorry for havingthe next 50 yearsof our life planned out.That's just who I am.I don't know, Kara,it's just--(Josh's girlfriend)Josh, I love you,but I absolutely forbid youto go up against this professorin his own classroom.We have too much at stake.The whole thing's riggedto make you look like an idiot,and if you wantto get into law school,you can't affordto flunk this class.Even a "C"could be disastrous.#I don't know whyyou wear those heels.What's wrong with 'em?.You're too tall.You're taller than me.You're man enoughto handle it.I'm just saying, I don't wantto be the short guy at the prom.Mr. Robertson!Hi, or should lcall you Willie?.You can call me Willie.Amy Ryan,I blog "The New Left."Can I ask youa few questions?.Yeah, sure, fire away.This is my wife--(Amy)Korie, I know.I'm actually surprisedto see you here.I thought you'd be home,barefoot and pregnant.I haven't been barefoot andpregnant in a really long time.I do kindamiss those days, huh?.Yeah, you want to startagain?. We can try.No.(Amy)You've made a fortuneselling devicesthat are designed to lurewater fowl to their deaths.Oh, I guesswhen you say "you,"you're referring to thewhole group of my family,which would be "y'all."You can justchange it to "y'all."That'd be aneasier expression,that way it'll geteverybody in there.So, y'all have madea fortune, isn't that right?.We're doing alright.We can certainly buybigger tires on our trucksand four-wheelersto get out in the mud with,so life is good.What makes you thinkyou have the moral rightto go around maiming andkilling innocent animals?.Hey, look, let's just getone thing straight.I ain't maiming nothing.Whatever I see and I aim at,I shoot.When I shoot it,I kill it and then I eat it.So, you do killthose ducks?.(Willie)Of course I do.What am I gonna do,cook 'em while they'restill moving around?.That would be cruel.(Korie)That'd be bad.So, this isn't an act?. You'reactually proud of what you do?.Of course I am. Why would ldo it if I'm not proud of it?.And you go alongwith everything he says?.We've been marriedfor 20 years.I don't go alongwith everything he says,but on the thingsthat matter, yeah,I agree wholeheartedly.So, what do you say to peoplewho are offended by your show,not just becauseof the hunting,but because you openly prayto Jesus in every episode?.Hey, we're not tryingto offend anybody, alright?.If they don't want to watch theshow, they can turn the channel.As far as mypraying to Jesus,my life and my whole eternitybelongs to God.All this stuff is temporary:the money, fame, success.T emporary.Even life is temporary.Jesus, that's eternal.Jesus said this:"Whoever acknowledgesme before men,"he will acknowledgebefore the Father in heaven."Whoever disowns me,I'll disown him to the Father."Now, those words are writtenin red so they're important.And that's it?.That's it.That's what we're going with.Pretty simple, isn't it?.Thanks for your time.Come on, let's godo some acknowledging.You're welcome to join us.(Amy)No thanks, I'm good.You're good?.Alright.Who was that lady?.####You're beautiful.I wish youdidn't have to do that.It's for my father.He's very traditional.[horn honking][speaking foreign language]Who were you talking to?.No one.Ayisha, I know it's hardliving in their worldand being apart from it,a world you can seebut can't touch.I know they seem happy,but know that when you lookaround at all those people,there is no onewho worships God,not the way he deservesand demands to be worshipped.We must never forgetwho and what we are.That is the mostimportant thing.Yes, Baba.I only insist on thisbecause I love you.You know that, don't you?.That I love you?.Of course, Baba.######Can I help you?.You waiting for someone?.Yeah, you could say that.It looks like he'sout at the moment.(reverend)Well, maybethat's why he sent me.[Stellar Kart singing"Ones and Zeros"]We are the onesand zerosThe beautiful incomplete[cell phone ringing]We are the future heroesA colorful symphonyWe are the ones(Josh)I could drop the class,run away,pretend likeit never happened,which is whatmy girlfriend wants.I could sign the paper sayingsomething I don't believe.Or I commit academic suicidein front of a live audienceby trying to provethat God exists.How many peoplein that class?.Eighty maybe.And how many of themdo you thinkwould everstep foot in here,or any other churchfor that matter?.Well, none probably.So, your acceptanceof this challenge,if you decide to accept it,may be the only meaningfulexposure to God and Jesusthey'll ever have.Yeah.Yeah, I suppose so.Check outMatthew 1 0:32-33.What, that's it?.That's all?.Yeah.Just a Scriptural citation?.If you're still undecidedafter that one,Iook at Luke 1 2:48.It can't be that simple.(reverend)Sure it can.You're here because thatstill small voice inside youisn't happy with the choiceseveryone else wants you to make.Personally, I think it's theHoly Spirit talking to you.That's how he interacts with usif we allow him to.All you have to dois decidewhether or notyou're willing to listen.It's not easy,but it's simple.######"So everyone whoacknowledges me before men,"l also will acknowledge beforemy Father who is in heaven,"but whoeverdenies me before men,I also will deny beforemy Father who is in heaven.""Everyone to whommuch was given,"of him much will be required,"and from him to whomthey entrusted much,they will demand the more."[text message alert tone](Amy)Sorry I'm late.I had to move a ton of stuffaround just to get here.That's alright.Please, go and have a seatMs. Ryan.[text message alert tone]Oh, excuse me a second.We've gotten your results backfrom your test the last week.[text message alert tone]Okay, as I was saying--[cell phone ringing]I'm so sorry.I have got to take this call.Amy.Your resultscame back positive.You have cancer.I don't have timefor cancer.I'm too busy.(doctor)Listen, it's already growninto the surrounding tissue.Your lymph nodes are involvedand your blood markers indicateevidenceof distant metastasis.Now, I've alreadyscheduled you for an MRl.We need to determinethe extent of it.I know you'revery importantand the world can'tget along without you,but it's my jobto let you knowthat it may be preparingto do exactly that,and it certainly will unlessyou begin immediate treatment.Do you understand?.#Hey babe.Babe, where've you been?.Did you turn your phone off?.More like I forgotto turn my phone on.Do you knowwhat day it is?.Thursday?.Anything else?.The 1 3th?.Happy anniversary.Six years ago, your youth groupcollided with mine.You remembered.Mm-hmm, andwe're gonna celebrate.You remember how we met?.The Newsboys.They're gonna bein town next Friday.(Kara)You are amazing,which is why I love you.Look, I know I came off probablyway too strong yesterday.You know, I just--I get concerned when outsidethings start coming between us.You get that, can't you?.- Sure.- Forgive me?.- Always.Come on.I just need--Whoa!Well, that can'tall be Statistics.Josh, please tell meyou haven't been spendingall your timeon that philosophy thing.Not all of it.Okay, most of it.Josh, that's not funny.Okay, it's really not.Look, this is somethingI want to do, okay?.I don't understandhow it comes between us.Josh, everythingyou do is about us.Okay, we're a team.I mean, we're what, 6 yearsgoing on forever, right?.That means your grades,your whole future,I'm a part of that.I don't see how thisis contributing to our future.(Josh)Yeah, well,neither do my parentsor anyone else in my life.What should that tell youif every single personthat loves youis sayingthe exact same thing?.Josh, I'm letting you know nowfor your own good,this experiment is over.You need to prioritizeand decidewho's the most importantperson in your life,me or Professor Radisson?.What if it's God?.God wants you with me,so it's the same answer.Return the books to the library,sign the stupid paper,and move on.A year from now, we'lllook back on this and laugh.We're not inhigh school anymore.The decisions you make nowcan have real consequences.Josh!Josh, this is serious.I know.You know.(Reverend Dave)I can't believe I'm makinga 1 2-hour drive to Floridato do things that seemedcorny when I was 1 2.(out-of-town pastor)David, I promised my mothera picture of me in mouse earsstanding in frontof the fairy tale castle.The mouse ears are for me,picture is for her.T o you, it's old-hat, but to me,it's a lifelong dream come true.Can you notunderstand that?.Then we'll go forthe undersea submarine ride.(Reverend Dave)Actually, I think they closedthat ride like 20 years ago.And then we'll ride theworld's biggest roller coaster.Sixteenth biggest.In my mind, whenI'm screaming as we descend,it will bethe world's biggestand I'll be glad thatit's not taller than it is.[engine sputtering]That doesn't sound good.[engine sputtering]Maybe the battery--[engine sputtering]Or the starter.Either way, we're notgoing anywhere right now.I'll call and arrangefor a rental car.But how will weget to the rental car?.They'll deliver it to us.Are you serious?.Yeah, absolutely.They'll deliver usthe car we are to drive?.Yeah.Hello?.Amazing.(Professor Radisson)But there are someflat-earthers out therewho still consider theexistence of a supreme deityto be either necessary,or self-evident, or both.And with that,as previously announced,I will be turning the podiumover to Mr. Wheaton,who will be presentinghis case in favorof a supremecelestial dictator,otherwise known as God.Mr. Wheaton,are you ready?.Podium is yours.Atheists say that no onecan prove the existence of God,and well, they're right.But I say no one candisprove that God exists.But the only wayto debate this issueis to look atthe available evidence,and that's whatwe're going to do.We're going toput God on trial,with Professor Radissonas the prosecutor,and meas the defense attorney,and you as the jury.Most cosmologists now agreethat the universe begansome 1 3.7 billion years agoin an eventknown as the Big Bang.So, let's lookat theoretical physicistand Nobel Prize winnerSteven Weinberg's descriptionof what the Big Bangwould have looked like.And since he's an atheist,we can be surethere isn't any believer-biasin his description.In the beginning,there was an explosion,and in 3 minutes,or ever will be,was produced.We had a universe.For 2,500 years,most scientists agreedwith Aristotle on the ideaof a steady-state universe,that the universehas always existedwith no beginning and no end,but the Bible disagreed.In the 1 920s, Belgian astronomerGeorges Lematre, a theist,who was actually also--(female student)What's a theist?.(Josh)A theist is someone who believesin the existence of God.He said that the entire universejumping into existencein a trillionthof a trillionth of a second,out of nothingness,in an unimaginablyintense flash of lightis how he would expectthe universe to respondif God were to actually utterthe command in Genesis 1 :3,"Let there be light."In other words, the originof the universe unfoldedexactly how one would expectafter reading Genesis,and for 2,500 years,the Bible had it rightand science had it wrong.(Reverend Dave)So, the earliestyou can get here is 5?.Okay, we'll be waiting.Wait, it hasair conditioning, right?.Okay, thanks.Well, looks like we won'tget there 'til late tonight.Sorry, I think you're gonnamiss an entire day at the park.It's okay, David.I'm sure we can make good useof our time here today.Sure.We can meetthe choir director,talk about song choicesfor the upcoming concert.Or we could meetthe women's clubabout the detailsfor the next craft bazaar.Lots of important stuff.(secretary)And since you're not leaving,you'll have timeto meet Mina for lunch.Right, I can meetMina for lunch.(out-of-town pastor)Sounds like you need thisvacation more than I do.(Reverend Dave)No, I just need to dosome meaningful workso that I can have somethingto take a vacation from.(out-of-town pastor)You know, some of the mostimportant work that we domay seem meaningless to us.This comingfrom the missionarywho literallyis in the trenches,winning hearts for the Lordon a daily basis.David, God has youexactly where he wants you.He who is faithfulin a very little thingis also faithful in much.God knowsyou're doing the work.It's all partof his grand design.(Josh)All of which points to a Godthat created it.You see, in the real world,we never see thingsjumping into existenceout of nothingness,but atheists want to make onesmall exception to this rule,namely, the universeand everything in it.(female student2)But in his book,"The God Delusion,"Richard Dawkins saysthat, "lf you tell meGod created the universe,then I have the rightto ask you who created God."Dawkins' questiononly makes sensein terms of a Godwho has been created.It doesn't make sensein terms of an uncreated God,which is the kind of Godthat Christians believe in.And even leaving Godout of the equation,I then have a right to turnMr. Dawkins's own questionback around on him and ask,"lf the universe created you,then who created the universe?. "You see, both the theist andthe atheist are both burdenedwith answeringthis same questionof how did things start.What I'm hopingyou'll pick up from all thisis that you don't have tocommit intellectual suicideto believe in a Creatorbehind the creation.And to the extentthat you don't allow for God,you'd be pretty hard-pressedto find an incrediblealternative explanationfor how things came to be.(Professor Radisson)Well, I imagine you'requite pleased with yourself.I see you've carefully avoidedthe fact that Stephen Hawking,the world's mostfamous scientist,and who is not a theist,has recently come out in favorof a self-designing universe.I haven't avoided it,I just didn't--You just didn'tknow about it.Alright, well let's seewhat Professor Hawking,Lucasian Professor of physicsat Cambridge,who occupies a teaching chaironce held by Sir lsaac Newton,has to say aboutthe origin of the universe.And I quote, "Becausethere's a law such as gravity,"the universe can and willcreate itself from nothing."Spontaneous creationis the reason"there is somethinginstead of nothing."It's why the universe exists,why we exist."lt is not necessaryto invoke Godto set the universein motion."End of quote.So, you may have nevercome across his comment,but his point remains.How do you answer?.I don't know.(Professor Radisson)You don't know?.I prick the balloonof your entire argumentwith a single pin,and you don't know?.Huh.Well, I mean, I'd like to tellyou I have the perfect answer,but it doesn't shakemy underlying faith.(Professor Radisson)Okay, so the greatest scientificmind in all of history saysthat God is not necessary, buta first-semester freshman says,"Oh, yes he is."Wow, you know, that's gonnabe a really tough choice.Well, I look forwardto next week's lecture.Class is dismissed.Do you think you'resmarter than me, Wheaton?.Do you think there'sany argument you can makethat I won'thave an answer for?.I never saidI was smarter.That's the firstintelligent thing you've said.Now, I want tomake this clear.In that classroom,there is a god,and yep, I'm him.I'm also a jealous god,so do not try to humiliate mein front of my students.You know, I also checked upon your declared major.Pre-law?.What exactly is pre-law?.We don't awarddegrees in that.Don't bother answering,but know this,if you truly feel a needto continue with the charade,I will make it my personalmission to destroy any hopeof a law degreein your future.Have a nice day.- You did it, didn't you?.- What?.You know whatI'm talking about.You went and did yourargument, didn't you?.Yeah, yeah I did.What were youtrying to prove?.I'm not even surethere are words to describewhat I'm feeling right now.I'm sorry Josh,but it's over between us.That's it?.It's just--it's over?.(Kara)It's over, Josh.If you're going to do somethingthis stupid and selfishafter I already told youwhat would happen--Yeah, but that's sort ofthe point, isn't it?.This is something that'simportant to me, right,but since it's notimportant to you,you made it a make-it-or-break-it-thing for us.You didn't ask me,you told me.It wasn't a decisionthat we made,it was a decision thatyou made for the both of us.Well, somebody had to.Okay.That's it?. "Okay"?.(Josh)It's not what I want.Honestly, I'm still hopingyou'll change your mind, right,but I have todo this thing.I feel like it's somethingthat God wants me to do.I can't just turn away from it,especially not now,now that I've started.My mother wasso right about you.I just wishI'd had the sense to listen.#[Manic Drive singing"Save a Life"]Oh picture it, a little girl,just a beautiful 8-year-oldTrying to live throughthis life in a crazy worldHey, Fahid.She finds herself as a teenand her life in ruins--[video game beeping]Showed that girl she hadmeaning and a purpose to lifeMaybe avoidthat downward slideWould you tell her the truthor let her live in a lie?.It all just seems to changeWhen you see itas a life to save--(preaching)you're saved,and Christ died for our sinsaccording to the Scriptures,that he was buried, that hewas raised on the third dayaccording to the Scriptures.If you believe thisin your heart,if you accept this by faith,you see, God will forgive you,he'll cleanse you,and he'll set you free.[video game beeping][video game powers offGive me that!Give me that!You must never tell Baba.Swear to meyou will never say anything.Swear it!(Marc)Bottle of Cristal,my table.Yes, Mr. Shelley.I have some news.Me too.Okay, but me first.I've justbeen named partner.I think I have cancer.Did you hear me?.Did you hearwhat I just said?.I have cancer.This couldn't waituntil tomorrow?.What?.How can yousay that to me?.I thought you loved me.I do, but you'rechanging our agreement,you're breaking our deal.You make it sound likea contract negotiation.Well, what did youthink this was?.I thought it was love.Grow up, Amy.Love is the most overused wordin the English language.It's what we saywhen we want something,when we need something,and you're as guilty of itas anybody.We had fun.You were my hot, younggirlfriend with the chic job.I was your upwardly mobile,charming, successful boyfriend.And we were togetherbecause we each got somethingout of the relationshipthat we wanted,and it was good.It was--actually, it was great.But now it's over.How did I notsee this in you?.Because you sawwhat you wanted.You understandthat I might die?.And I'm sorry about that.Hey, you're inmy philosophy class.Martin, right?.Correct,and you're Mr. Josh.Yeah.Yeah, that's me,Mr. Josh.Hey, is that onour reading list?.No.Can I ask youa question?.Yeah, sure.Why are you doingwhat you are doing?.Everyone elsethinks I'm crazy.My girlfriend--ex-girlfriend left me over it.My parentsdon't want me to risk it.At the end of it all,I'm gonna have towork like a dogfor the rest of the semesterjust to catch upon my other classes.You have describedyour difficulties,but you haven't answeredmy question of why.I don't know.I just--I think of Jesusas my friend.(Martin)So, you think Jesus is God?.Yeah, and the Son of God.I don't wantto disappoint him,even if everyonethinks I should.See, to me,he's not dead.He's alive.I don't want anyone to gettalked out of believing in himjust because some professorthinks they should.See you around, Martin.Bye.Hiya, Tom Blanchard,Metro City Auto.Here's your keys.- Thank you.- Satisfaction is guaranteed.Do I need to sign something?.Absolutely.I'm giving you a car.Sign here,and then one more right there,and one more there.And if you could just initialthere, there, and there.Thank you.Call us when you're back.You have it for the weekend.We'll come pick you up.Thanks.[engine sputtering]You're kidding.[engine sputtering]What did you do?.Did you break it?.What?.Check and seeif it's still in gear.No, it's in park.I don't understand.It worked 5 minutes ago.Alright,well, now it's not.How soon can youget us another car?.(T om)Well, not tonight.It's already after 5:30.Everyone's gone homeand I'm already kind of latefor an audition.An audition?.Yeah, the gang and lare doing "Death of a Salesman"and it's kind ofa dinner theatre thing.What happenedto satisfaction guaranteed?.It's alright, David.We can leave tomorrow.You want to make this driveand miss half the day?.Perhaps it'sgonna rain anyway.Forecast for tomorrowis 82 and sunny at 9 a.m.Sometimes youdon't make any sense.Sometimes you make too much.Just remember, God is good.All the time.And all the time?.God is good.Will you sign thissaying you reject the car?.[phone ringing]You're on with Marc.It's me, dork,your sister.(Mina)Oh, and this is about?.You reallyshould go see Mom.She's not doing well.She hasn't beendoing well for years.That's why theycall it dementia.(Mina)Still, you shouldgo see her.Claire said you haven'tbeen there in awhile.(Marc)Like it matters?.Besides, I justbought her a new TV.Look, I'll make you a deal.You go and you ask herwhat 3 + 3 equals.If she gives you theright answer, I'll visit.That's not fair.(Marc)Life's not fair.I gotta go.Say hi to Amy.(Marc)No, that's over.What'd you do?.Unresolved personal issues.She's got some stuffshe's gotta work through.I'm sorry to hear that.Well, that'sthe way it goes.Okay, ready toget this started?.[scoffing]Seriously, youhave got to get a life.Y eah, tell me about it.Hey honey.Oh, sorry,the door was open.I just let myself in.- Hi.- Hi.Oh hey, did you pick upthe bottle of wine I wanted?.I did.I left it in the car.It's in the car.Don't worry about it.You have a loton your plate.So, you know, just--thank you for helpingset up our dinner party.Well, unless I'm wrong,all the guests are fromthe philosophy department?.That's not true.Vivian's a sociologist.You're proving my point.Look, I can't help it.See, my intellectual rigorfalls to piecesthe instantI get around you.Really?.You could have fooled me.The first time I walkedinto your classroom,you were allblood and thunder.That was a performance,staged largely for your benefit.In the mean time, I kepttrying to keep my eyes off youand hoping that there wasa brain inside that pretty head.(Mina)Why?.Well, because if there wasn't,then, you know,there's no way I could havemade myself go out with you.Look, as it was, I waiteduntil you aced the midterm.It was an A-minus.Close enough.Come on, where is she?.Huh?.Who?.That carefree,free-spirited girlwho forced me to almostrisk my career by dating her.You know, the one who quotedEmily Dickinson, and Shelley,and Spongebob Squarepantswith equal self-confidence.I mean, what ever happenedto the old Mina?.'Cause I miss her.She has got a momwho's failing,she's sensingtime is passing by,and she's starting to wonderif she's unequally yoked.Alright, you've beenreading again, haven't you?.Reading, listening,thinking.You can hardlycall this thinking.As a matter of fact,it's the opposite of thinking.You know I'm a Christian.You knew that whenyou first started seeing me.Yes, and you knowthat I'm not.Yeah, I know,and I knowthere's a lot of thingsyou don't wantto talk about,so we don'ttalk about them.Yeah, except the not talkingis starting to get louderand louder, and soonit will be deafening,and I don't knowif I can put up with that.- I know.- Do you?.- Yeah.Because we needto be clear on this.There's only roomin this relationship for two,which meansI don't get a mistressand you don't get to drag aturned itinerant rabbiinto our lives.Look, I'm gonnago freshen up.Is this the same car?.Oh, no sir.No, sir.Same model,different color.The other onewas a cabernet.This is moreof a merlot.(Reverend Dave)You know,lying's not good.Lying to an ordained ministeris flat-out bad.You know that, right?.(Tom)Sir, I assure you this isa different automobile.Here, try it out.How'd your audition go?.Oh, pretty good.I'm up for the role of Biff,so--thanks for asking.[engine sputtering]You guys going somewhere?.How's it look for you withthe department chair position?.I'm up for reviewmid-semester.Dean Powell assures meit's a slam dunk.(female colleague)Well, congratulationsJeffrey.Anything elseon your plate?.Not really.(female colleague2)Feel like sharing?.I've got this student in myintroductory class this semesterwho's--well,he's taken a challengeto provethe existence of God.In your classroom?.- Yes.- Silly boy.- Freshman?.- Oh yeah.Doesn't seemquite fair to me.Well, how's that?.(Mina)He's inexperiencedin front of a room,and you're expecting himto compete with youin your own fieldof expertise.(Professor Radisson)Come on, Mina.This is fun for me.I can't help it if a boywants to make a fool of himselfand commit academic suicide.Look, I tried to stop him.I gave him an out,but no, no, no,he wants to provethat God isn't dead.[colleagues chuckling]Look, I know I amin the minority here,but I actuallybelieve in God.Yes, yes, well, she is--she's a work in progress.[colleagues laughing]So, darling, I think it's bestwe just change the subject.(Mina)But I'm just saying--Mina, I've askedpolitely, okay?.Okay.The coq au vinis almost done.(Professor Radisson)Excellent.T o the dining room.(Professor Radisson)Nothing like a nice merlotto take the edge off.Cheers, everyone.Mina, this wine is awful.It's been cooked.It tastes like it wassunning in a moldy basement.Talk about your"Grapes of Wrath."[colleagues laughing]I bought it beforeI went shopping the other day.I locked it in the trunkand when I got homeI forgot about it.Well, I think this dinnerserves as a valuable lesson.As Socrates put itover 2,000 years ago,"Gnothi seauton."Looks likeit's Greek to her.(Professor Radisson)Oh, it's "Know thyself,"darling, know thyself.Which I suggest meansknowing your own limitations.You know,if you'll all excuse me,it's time forthe help to depart.Sweetheart--####(female lab technician)No pacemaker?.No other piercings, right?.No.(female lab technician)I know it sounds crazy,but I have to ask.If there's any ferrous metalanywhere inside your body,the magnetic fieldwill put it out, and forcibly.#(Josh)In our last class,I was asked a questionthat I couldn't answer.As Professor Radissonpointed out,Stephen Hawking is an atheist.He also wrote a bookcalled "The Grand Design"in which he saysthe following:"Because there is a lawsuch as gravity,the universe can and willcreate itself from nothing."And to be honest, I didn'tknow how to refute that.I mean, after all,Hawking is clearly a genius.But, Professor John Lennox,who teaches mathematicsand philosophyhas demonstrated thatthere are not one, even two,but three errorsof logic containedin that one simple sentence,and it all boils downto circular reasoning.Hawking is basically sayingthat the universe existsbecause the universeneeded to exist,and because the universeneeded to exist,it therefore created itself.It's like this.If I say to youthat I can provethat Spam is the best-tastingfood that's ever existedbecause in all of history,no food has ever tasted better,you'd probablylook at me strangeand say I haven'tproven anything.And you'd be right,all I've done isrestate my original claim.But when Hawking claimsthat the universe created itselfbecause it neededto create itself,and then offers thatas an explanationas to howand why it was created,we don't immediately recognizethat he's doing the same thing.But he is, promptingLennox to further comment,"Nonsense remains nonsense,"even when spokenby famous scientists"even thoughthe general publicassumes they arestatements of science."This is the height of hubris.Are you telling methat you, a freshman,are saying thatStephen Hawking is wrong?.No, what I'm sayingis that John Lennox,a professor of mathematicsand philosophy,has found Professor Hawking'sreasoning to be faulty,and I agree with his logic.But if youcan't bear to disagreewith Hawking's thinking,then I suggest that youturn to page five of his book,where he insistsphilosophy is dead.And if you're so sureof Professor Hawking'sinfallibility,and philosophyreally is dead,then well, there's reallyno need for this class.(Mina)It's likeI'm a convenience to him,except for whenmy faith comes up,then he becomesverbally abusive.I'm guessing he's bright.Brilliant.Handsome.Yes.And his attentionmakes you feel special,gives you a senseof completeness.Have you beenreading my diary?.Psychologists call itthe Cinderella complex.It's not my name for it,so don't get upset with me.Guys are capableof the same thing.It's just they don'thave a name for it.But in essence,you're looking for his approvalto give youa sense of self-worthinstead ofgenerating it internally.Don't most people do that?.Y eah, a lotof people do, sure.But, using romanceto shore up self-imageis an unstable foundation.Do you believe God's capableof error, bias, or bad judgment?.No.So, if he's incapableof mistakes,and he made youin his likeness and image,then it follows that hecares about you, right?.Right.To the pointwhere God's only Sonwould willingly be crucifiedagain for you, just you,if that's whatwas necessary.Well, if heloves you that much,who cares whatyour boyfriend thinks?.T o the wrong person,you'll never have any worth.But to the right person,you'll mean everything.(Josh)Ladies and gentlemenof the jury,for the last 1 50 years,Darwinists have been sayingthat God is unnecessaryto explain man's existenceand that evolutionreplaces God,but evolution onlytells you what happensonce you have life.So, where did that somethingthat's alive come from?.Well, Darwinnever really addressed it.He assumed maybe somelightning hit a stagnant poolfull of the right kindof chemicalsand bingo,a living something.But it's just not that simple.You see, Darwin claimed that theancestry of all living thingscame from that onesingle, simple organismwhich reproduced andwas slowly modified over timeinto the complex life formswe view today.Which is why, aftercontemplating his own theory,Darwin utteredhis famous statement,"Natura non facit saltum,"meaning,"Nature does not jump."Well, as noted authorLee Strobel pointed out,that if you can picturethe entire 3.8 billion yearsthat scientists saylife has been aroundas one 24-hour day,in the space ofjust about 90 seconds,most major animal groupssuddenly appearin the forms in whichthey currently hold.Not slowly and steadilyas Darein predicted,but in evolutionary terms,almost instantly.So, "nature doesnot jump" becomes"nature makesa giant leap."So, how do theistsexplain this sudden outburstof new biological information?."And God said, 'Let the waterteem with living creatures"'and let birdsfly above the earthacross the expanseof the sky.'"So God created thegreat creatures of the sea"and every livingand moving thing"with whichthe water teems,"according to its kind.And God saw that itwas good," Genesis 1 :20.In other words,creation happenedbecause God saidit should happen.And even what looks,to our eyes,to be a blind,unguided processcould really be divinelycontrolled from start to finish.Isn't there anyone you'd liketo have here with you for this?.No, there's nobody.###[slow clapping]Lies, lies, and more lies.It's easy to dismisswhat you don't understandor what you don'twant to understand.(Professor Radisson)There it is, the defaultsetting of the Bible-thumper."lf only you would openthe Scripture and read,then you would understand."So says thebrave young freshman."For thou art wise, and withthou, all wisdom shall die,"Job 1 2, verse 2.What else does Job tell us?."For man who is bornof woman is few of days,"and full of trouble."He comes forth like a shadowand does not continue."So man lies down,and does not rise'til the heavensare no more."Well, at least hegot that part right.What happened to you?.When a 1 2-year-old watcheshis mother dying of cancer,it's only naturalto beg God for her life.He'll promise anythingto his make-believegrandfather in the sky,including to loveand worship him forever,if only he will spare her.Sometimes the answer is no.Tell that to me the dayyou lose someone you love.She died believing a lie.She died believing thatsomeone out there loved hereven while he wasstrangling her to death.A God who would allow thatis not worth believing in.That is why, Wheaton,you will findthe most committed atheistswere once Christians,but we tookthe blinders off.We saw the worldfor what it truly is.You see,Shakespeare had it right.Life is really a taletold by an idiot,full of sound and fury,and signifying nothing.##Ayisha!##"He's the one godwho has not begotten."Say it!I command you to say it!No, Baba.Jesus is my Lord and Savior andhe died to save me from my sins.No![Tricia Brock singing"What I Know"]Carry on, carry onWhat I know is you,my God, are realNo matter how I feel,you've never let me goAnd what I knowis there will never be a dayYou aren'tjust a breath awayAnd through it allI've gotta hold to what I knowGonna holdto what I knowWhat I knowWhat I know(Amy)Sorry for the delayin posting my interview.It's been a rough week.When I finally caught up to--[crying]New post.I have cancer.Amy is going to die.[sobbing]No![sobbing]Jeffrey, I needto talk to you.You know howI feel about that.On campus, I'mProfessor Radisson, okay?.So, then he claims that Dawkinsis the one who was in error,as if Dawkins thought--Jeffrey, I'm leaving you.Excuse me.What?.What are you saying?.I'm leaving you.You can't do that.I won't accept it.I'm sorry.(Professor Radisson)I said I don'taccept that.I won't allow it.I know, I heard you,but it's not your choice.Good bye, Jeffrey.How long has shebeen hiding her faith?.About a year.I can't even imaginewhat she must be feeling.You asked to bein the trenches, David.What have I done,Pastor Dave?.I've lost everything.What if I madea mistake?.Ayisha, you've displayedan amazing amount of courageby standing upfor your faith.God knows the risks you've takenand he will honor that.I don't thinkI can do this.We're here for you,Ayisha.(Reverend Dave)Are you--have you readof the Apostle Paul?.He said, "l knowwhat it is to have little,"and I know what it isto have plenty."ln any and allcircumstances,"l have learned the secretof being well-fed"and of being hungry,"of having plentyand of being in need.I can do all things--""Through Christwho strengthens me."Right.You're not alone, Ayisha.You're gonna be okay.######I made a mistake with you,Ietting you speakin front of my classroomand spewyour propaganda.But today, we're gonnachange things up a bit.(Josh)Evil.Now, it's been said that evilis atheism's most potent weaponagainst the Christian faith,and it is.After all, the very existenceof evil begs the question,"lf God is all-goodand God is all-powerful,why does he allowevil to exist?. "The answer at its core isremarkably simple: free will.God allows evil to existbecause of free will.From the Christian standpoint,God tolerates evil in this worldon a temporary basisso that one day,those who chooseto love him freelywill dwell with him in heaven,free from the influence of evil,but with theirfree will in tact.In other words,God's intention concerning evilis to one day destroy it.(Professor Radisson)Well, how convenient."One day, I will get ridof all the evil in the world."But until then, you just haveto deal with all the wars,"and Holocausts, tsunamis,poverty, starvation, and AlDS.Have a nice life."Next, he'll be lecturing uson moral absolutes.But why not?.Professor Radisson,who's clearly an atheist,doesn't believein moral absolutes,but his core syllabus sayshe plans to give us an examduring finals week.Now, I'm betting thatif I manage to get an "A"on the exam by cheating,he'll suddenly startsounding like a Christian,insisting it's wrongto cheat,that I should haveknown that.And yet,what basis does he have?.If my actions are calculatedto help me succeed,then why shouldn'tI perform them?.For Christians,the fixed point of morality,what constitutesright and wrong,is a straight linethat leads directly back to God.(Professor Radisson)Oh, so you're saying thatwe need a God to be moral,that a moral atheistis an impossibility.(Josh)No, but with no God, there'sno real reason to be moral.I mean, there'snot even a standardof what moral behavior is.For Christians,lying, cheating, stealing--in my example, stealinga grade I didn't earn--are forbidden.It's a form of theft.But if God does not exist,as Dostoyevskyfamously pointed out,"lf God does not exist,then everything is permissible."And not only permissible,but pointless.If Professor Radisson is right,then all of this,all of our struggle,our debate,whatever we decide hereis meaningless.I mean, our livesand ultimately our deathshave no more consequencethan that of a goldfish.This is ridiculous.So, after all your talk,you're saying that it allcomes down to choice:believe or don't believe.That's right,that's all there is.That's allthere's ever been.The only difference betweenyour position and my positionis that you take awaytheir choice.You demand that they choose thebox marked, "l don't believe."(Professor Radisson)Y es, becauseI want to free them.Because religionis like a--it's like a mind virusthat parents have passed ondown to their children,and Christianityis the worst virus of all.It slowly creepsinto our liveswhen we're weakor sick or helpless.So, religionis like a disease?.(Professor Radisson)Yes. Yes, it infectseverything.It's the enemy of reason.Reason?.Professor, you left reasona long time ago.What you're teaching hereisn't philosophy.It's not evenatheism anymore.What you're teachingis antitheism.It's not enoughthat you don't believe.You need all of usto not believe with you.(Professor Radisson)Why don't youadmit the truth?.You just want to ensnare themin your primitive superstition.What I want is for themto make their own choice.That's what God wants.You have no idea how muchI'm gonna enjoy failing you.Yeah, but who are you reallylooking to fail, Professor?.Me or God?.Do you hate God?.That's not evena question.Okay, why do youhate God?.This is ridiculous.Why do you hate God?.Answer the question.You've seen the scienceand the arguments.Science supportshis existence.You know the truth.So, why do you hate him?.Why?.!It's a very simplequestion, Professor.Why do you hate God?.Because he tookeverything away from me.Yes, I hate God.All I have for himis hate.How can you hate someoneif they don't exist?.You've proven nothing.Maybe not.They get to choose.Is God dead?.God is not dead.God's not dead.God's not dead.God's not dead.God's not dead.God's not dead.God's not dead.God's not dead.God's not dead.God's not dead.[students agreeing in unison]######(Martin)Josh!.Josh. Josh!Your decision to proveGod is not deadhas affected me greatly.I'm glad.Yes, and it haschanged everything.I've decidedto follow Jesus.That's great, Martin.Hey, you know what?.You've gottacheck this out.- Okay.- Come on.(Reverend Dave)Why did I have tobring my suitcase?.Not bringing itwould show a lack of faith.Oh merciful Father,please allow this car to start.Amen.That's it?.Why, do you have a better"Lord, please make my car run"blessing that you know?.No.So then,let's give it a try.Okay.No, no, no, no.Put our bagsin the trunk first.David, we spend our entire livestalking about faith.Now I'm asking youto show faith.Okay.[engine starting]- Unbelievable.- No. Faith.- God is good.- All the time.- And all the time?.- God is good.I don't even knowwhat I'm doing here.I mean, it's not likeyou even know who I am.You prayed and believedyour whole life,never done anything wrong,and here you are.You're the nicest person I know,I am the meanest.You have dementia,my life is perfect.Explain that to me.Sometimes the devilallows peopleto live a lifefree of trouble'cause he doesn't want themturning to God.Your sin is like a jail cell,except it's all nice and comfy,and there doesn't seem to beany need to leave.The door's wide open'til one day,time runs out,and the cell doorslams shutand suddenly...it's too late.Who did you say you were?.I can't believe this.The car actually startsand now we're beingdone-in by believers.I think it's beautiful.Please,no more words of wisdom.But I'm just happy to seeall these peoplegoing to sing about Jesus.[horn blaring]Move!.Hello, gentlemen.Can I help you?.I'm Amy Ryan.I write "The New Left."Michael Tait.How are you?.Did we schedule this?.No, I actually find that thebest interviews are unscripted.So, in a few minutes, youguys are gonna go out thereand you're gonna singabout God and Jesusas if they're as realas you and me.How can you do that?.Well, to us,they are as real.As a matter of fact,even more so.I mean, we existin the here and now.They've existed forever.Think about that.Y eah, you know,in the beginning was the Word.The Word was with Godand the Word was God.[Amy chuckling]So, I see.So when you're pressed,you quote a bunch ofancient scribblings and say,"Don't worry,it's all in there."Well, they may be ancient,but they're not scribblings.I mean, we believe Godgave us an instruction manual,and it's wherewe draw our strengthand it's wherewe find our hope.So, where do youfind your hope?.I'm dying.(Duncan Phillips)Hey Amy, you're not hereto trash us, are you?.I think that's whatyou might have done,but I think you're herekinda wondering,kinda hoping that this stuffis for real, aren't you?.How do you know that?.(Duncan Phillips)I just felt that that'swhat God was saying,and he just wantedyou to know it.That's--I can't--(Jody Davis)Y eah, and he'sjust the drummer.[Safe Haven singing"Chasing the Sun"]And we never really didwhat we're toldAnd we'll say we were dumband all aloneBut we're stillchasing the sunWe'll say we were youngand full of hopeAnd we never really didwhat we're toldAnd we'll say we were dumband all aloneBut we're stillchasing the sunOne day, we'll fadebut we'll never forget--##(female voiceover)"My dearest son,"words cannot expressthe love I have for you"or the sorrow in my heart"knowing that I will neverbe able to see you grow up"and fulfill God's planfor your life."My heart is brokenat the thought of leaving you."l know God is in control."His ways arehigher than our ways"and his thoughtsare higher than our thoughts."Live life to the fullest andremain in the joy of the Lord."You will foreverbe in my heart.I love you.Mom."[phone dialing](Mina)Hey, it's Mina.Sorry I missed your call.Leave a message.Mina, it's Jeffrey.Please call me.(male)Hey guys,we're a-go for the show.Hey Steve,give us a minute, buddy.This is kinda important.- Thanks guys.- Thanks.Can we prayfor you real quick?.Do you mind?.Cool.Dear God, we don't knowyour plan for Amy, Lord,but we're asking you wouldsave her tonight, Lord.Change her, cleanse her,give her a fresh start, Lord.Let her know that she's loved,and more importantly,that she is loved by you,the Master of the universe.Give her strength forthe journey ahead, Lord,and let her know in her heart,God, speak to her,that you're gonna be with herevery step of the way.We pray this, Jesus,in your holy name.Amen.Yeah.(Duncan Phillips)Hey guys, we gotta roll.Cool, you gonna beokay, Amy?.You good?.##Make a way forMake a way forMake a way for the KingThe King is coming##Empty heartsare filling upWicked waysare coming undoneEvery eyeis looking out for youCity lightsare burning outFreedom's songis ringing loudDead men waking upto the sound of youAnd all our heartscan singAll our hearts can singMake a way forMake a way forMake a way for the KingThe King is comingSo, make a way forMake a way forMake a way for the King[thunder rumbling]Oh, that's perfect.So much for sunnyand clear skies.[tires screeching]Call an ambulance!Call an ambulance!Don't move.His ribs are crushed.His lungsare filling with blood.He doesn't have long.Are you sure?.Yeah.Don't move.I can't die.I'm not ready.Do you know Jesus?.I'm an atheist.I believe it's God's mercythat brought me here right now.I'm dying.How can youcall that mercy?.Because that car could havekilled you instantly.And I'm sure right nowyou probably wish that it did,but I'm here to tell youthat it's a gift'cause the Godthat you don't believe inhas given youanother chance,another chanceto change your final answer.I don't want to die,but I'm so scared.(Reverend Dave)If it's any consolation,so was Jesus.He was so scared,he sweat blood.He asked the Father if itcould be removed from him,but the answer was no.He says no a lot.(Reverend Dave)He gives us the answerswe'd ask forif we knewwhat he knows."'For as the heavensare higher than the earth,"so are my ways higherthan your ways,and my thoughts are higher thanyour thoughts,' says the Lord."Exactly.So, the question is--stay with me.Stay with me.Are you willing to putyour faith in Jesus Christ?.Are you willingto take that chance?.Y es.God is willing to forgive youof your sins, all of them,if you accept his Sonand ask him into your life.That's all you have to dois just accept his Son.Accept his love and receivehis forgiveness right now.Do you accept himas Lord and Savior?.Yes, I accept.(Reverend Dave)It's alright.In a few minutes, you're gonnaknow more about God than I do,or anybody else here does.It's okay, it's okay.##(Michael Tait)If you check outthe screens behind me,we have a very special messagefrom a very good friend.(Willie)Hey, I'm Willie Robertson,speaking on behalfof the Robertson family.Me and the gangwanted to let you knowwe've heard in the newsthat there's been a bit ofa squabble down there on campus.One of your professors insistedthat God is dead.Well, I'm happy to announcethat the reports of God's deathwere greatly exaggerated.Now, let meask you a question.Have you got yourcell phones on you?.Good.Alright, now whilethis next song is playing,I want everyoneto go to their contactsand click oneverybody you knowand text themthree simple words:"God's not dead."And there'sand everyone knowsabout 1 00 people.That's a million messagesright there.A million times we're gonna tellJesus that we love himin the next 3 minutes.And for the young manwho took up the gauntletto defend God's honor,and you know who you are,I can only imagine the smileyou put on God's face.This one goes out to you.It was you, wasn't it?.The one who defended God?.Yeah.How did you know?.I heard you talkingin the cafeteria.Only a real risk teststhe quality of a belief, right?.#Let love explodeand bring the dead to lifeA love so bold to seea revolution somehowLet love explodeand bring the dead to lifeA love so bold to seea revolution somehowNow I'm lostin your freedomAnd this worldI'll overcomeMy God's not dead,he's surely aliveHe's living on the inside,roaring like a lionMy God's not dead,he's surely aliveHe's living on the inside,roaring like a lionRoaring, he's roaring,roaring like a lionLet hope arise andmake the darkness hideMy faith is deadI need a resurrectionsomehowNow I'm lostin your freedomAnd this worldI'll overcomeMy God's not dead,he's surely aliveHe's living on the inside,roaring like a lionMy God's not dead,he's surely aliveHe's living on the inside,roaring like a lionRoaring, he's roaring,roaring like a lionHe's roaring,he's roaringLet heaven roarand fire fallCome shake the groundwith the sound of revivalLet Heaven roarand fire fallCome shake the groundwith the sound of revivalWhat happened here tonightis a cause for celebration.Pain, yes, for justa few moments, but now,think aboutthe joy in heaven.My God's not dead,he's surely aliveHe's living on the inside,roaring like a lionMy God's not dead,he's surely aliveHe's living on the inside,roaring like a lionGod's not dead,he's surely aliveHe's living on the inside,roaring like a lionGod's not dead,he's surely aliveHe's living on the inside,roaring like a lionRoaring, he's roaring,roaring like a lionHe's roaring, he's roaring,roaring like a lionRoaring like a lionOur God is alive##[Superchick singing"This is the Time"]This is a story of your life,a movie starring youWhat's the next scenehave for you to do?.Leave the dishes in the sink,leave your fear there tooLive the story youwould write for youSay, hey, hey,wake your heartAnd break, break,break apartThe walls that keep youfrom being youAnd walk, walktowards the lightAnd don't stop'til you live your lifeLike someone died for youThis is the time to tryJust step out,your life is waitingAnd as you fall,you'll find that you can flyThis is the time to tryJust step out,your life is waitingAnd as you fall,you'll find that you can flyYou can find a million wordsto build a wall of fearSafe behind that wall,imprisoned hereTake that someday step todayto who you're meant to beAnd turn your dreamsto plans so you can breatheSay, hey, hey,wake your heartAnd break, break,break apartThe walls that keep youfrom being youAnd walk, walktowards the lightAnd don't stop'til you live your lifeLike someone died for youThis is the time to tryJust step out,your life is waitingAnd as you fall,you'll find that you can flyAsk anyonewhose time is upWhat they'd givefor what you've gotAnd how they'dlive your lifeLive like your life'sworth dying forYou just walked outthat prison doorAnd you'll know howto live your lifeThis is the time to tryJust step out,your life is waitingAnd as you fall,you'll find that you can flyThis is the time to tryJust step out,your life is waitingAnd as you fall,you'll find that you can flyThis is the time to tryJust step out,your life is waitingAnd as you fall,you'll find that you can fly