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I'm also curious about Larry King. What is the "word" concerning his spiritual state? Does John have any "gut feelings" or perhaps even more concerning him on this matter?

(Fred) Actually, last week we had our Christmas party for the volunteers I serve here at the ministry. John always comes and does a little impromptu Q and A. Someone asked him about the LKL show and John went on about 20 minutes talking about all the stuff we do not see during the commercial break. John stated that Larry is "spiritually curious." He calls himself an agnostic Jew. He has said he wants to believe in God but just doesn't have enough info to make an informed decision. Apparently, a daughter from a previous marriage (Larry's been married 7 times) is a genuine Christian and has been challenging her father. Also, there are a couple of assistant producers who are Christians who love John and have given Larry one of MacArthur's study Bibles. According to them, Larry loves it, because John explains the text. Originally, back after 9/11, these two producers encouraged Larry to invite John to come on and address "where was God in 9/11?" Larry was so impressed with the way John handled himself, that he has taken a shine to him. Also, in the words of the producers, Larry likes John because he is "predictable." In other words, he is, in Larry's mind, the typical fundamentalist that can be the lightening rod for the rest of the panel.

The one show that still sticks in Larry's mind, as well as John's, was the program dealing with homosexual marriage and the San Francisco mayor handing out gay marriage certificates. John was on the program, in studio with Larry and a gay activist named Chad Allen, best known for the son on the show "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman." Before the program began, Larry encouraged "intense disagreement." That didn't happen, and what folks assumed was going to be a big fight turned into John sharing the transforming message of the gospel and Chad getting teary eyed when John said, "You do want to go to heaven don't you?" To which Chad stated "Well, yeah." Then John went on to explain the terms of gaining heaven by turning from sin and embracing Christ. It was a rather impactful exchange, and off air, John was saying that Chad was clearly convicted by the Spirit and expressed interest in our Church (he hasn't come around to my knowledge, however). He is at odds with his parents, who are said to be "christians" and are grieved by his lifestyle choices and have been confronting him about it. At any rate, Larry told John that in all his years of doing these sorts of interviews with two radically opposite points of view has he ever seen a volatile situation handled in such a loving manner. John even touched Chad a couple of times when addressing him personally; that is certainly something that doesn't normally happen.

God has just given this unique opportunity for John to minister to a world wide audience that he would not have otherwise. He has consistently done well against all his opponents, especially that Chopra screwball. In fact, he is sort of a hypocrite, because he has stated that he never wants to be on the program with John ever again because he is so bigoted. However, apparently, he is coming on, unless he backs out at the last minute. If you watch the program, there may be some good stuff between those two.

Fred

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