1 00:00:08,165 --> 00:00:09,085 Speaker 1: Life audio. 2 00:00:11,045 --> 00:00:13,765 Speaker 2: This nation was in decline in the late seventies, and 3 00:00:14,165 --> 00:00:18,125 Speaker 2: we were going downhill, and people had seen sometimes had 4 00:00:18,165 --> 00:00:20,924 Speaker 2: given up that it was just inevitable. And Reagan came 5 00:00:20,965 --> 00:00:24,964 Speaker 2: along and said, no, we're not falling there. We're going 6 00:00:25,044 --> 00:00:34,485 Speaker 2: ahead here. And we believed him. 7 00:00:35,045 --> 00:00:38,005 Speaker 3: If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, 8 00:00:38,165 --> 00:00:41,364 Speaker 3: then we will be a nation gone under These are 9 00:00:41,405 --> 00:00:45,324 Speaker 3: the famous words of the fortieth President of the United States, 10 00:00:45,565 --> 00:00:49,925 Speaker 3: Ronald Reagan. What an amazing life he lived, What an 11 00:00:49,925 --> 00:00:55,445 Speaker 3: amazing presidency he had. Welcome to our special interview with 12 00:00:55,605 --> 00:01:00,245 Speaker 3: actor Dennis Quaid, filmed at the Reagan Ranch. Now, the 13 00:01:00,285 --> 00:01:04,005 Speaker 3: Reagan Ranch is up in the hills of Santa Barbara. 14 00:01:04,525 --> 00:01:08,565 Speaker 3: It's isolated, it it's beautiful, and what I love about 15 00:01:08,645 --> 00:01:11,445 Speaker 3: it is this little home that's just barely over one 16 00:01:11,444 --> 00:01:15,645 Speaker 3: thousand square feet was actually built to a large part 17 00:01:15,725 --> 00:01:19,285 Speaker 3: by Reagan himself. He poured his own patio, he built 18 00:01:19,325 --> 00:01:22,725 Speaker 3: his own dock. Reagan loved to work with his hands, 19 00:01:22,845 --> 00:01:26,804 Speaker 3: and so you really see his life and personality reflected 20 00:01:26,925 --> 00:01:29,725 Speaker 3: in this little home. So here at the Reagan Ranch, 21 00:01:29,885 --> 00:01:32,764 Speaker 3: I sit down with Dennis Quaid and we talk about 22 00:01:32,804 --> 00:01:35,365 Speaker 3: the President, and we talk about his faith. 23 00:01:35,444 --> 00:01:38,524 Speaker 1: Here's what a lot of people don't know about Ronald Reagan. 24 00:01:38,605 --> 00:01:42,005 Speaker 3: He had a deep faith implanted in him from his 25 00:01:42,205 --> 00:01:47,405 Speaker 3: childhood by his very godly mother that influenced him dramatically 26 00:01:47,645 --> 00:01:53,165 Speaker 3: throughout his presidency. Especially after the assassination attempt on his life. 27 00:01:53,245 --> 00:01:56,205 Speaker 3: He realized that God had spared him and that he 28 00:01:56,365 --> 00:01:59,085 Speaker 3: was put here for a reason. So we're going to 29 00:01:59,165 --> 00:02:01,965 Speaker 3: explore that, and we're also going to take you on 30 00:02:02,005 --> 00:02:05,845 Speaker 3: a little tour of the Reagan Ranch. So here it 31 00:02:05,925 --> 00:02:11,885 Speaker 3: is my interview with actor Dennis Quake. Everybody, Greg Glory 32 00:02:11,965 --> 00:02:15,725 Speaker 3: here with my friend Dennis Quake. And guess where we are. 33 00:02:15,765 --> 00:02:18,645 Speaker 3: We're in the coolest place ever, Dennis. Tell folks where 34 00:02:18,645 --> 00:02:19,165 Speaker 3: we're sitting. 35 00:02:20,005 --> 00:02:23,605 Speaker 2: We're at the Reagan Ranch, or what was don as 36 00:02:23,645 --> 00:02:27,485 Speaker 2: the Western White House back of the day when Reagan 37 00:02:27,605 --> 00:02:32,525 Speaker 2: was president. He bought this, I think it was after 38 00:02:32,645 --> 00:02:34,205 Speaker 2: he was governor of California. 39 00:02:34,925 --> 00:02:37,325 Speaker 4: And it's up here at the top of the hill. 40 00:02:37,405 --> 00:02:40,045 Speaker 4: You could just over there you could see the ocean. 41 00:02:40,885 --> 00:02:45,045 Speaker 2: And I came up here when I was deciding whether 42 00:02:45,685 --> 00:02:49,565 Speaker 2: I was worthy to play Reagan or not. And when 43 00:02:49,605 --> 00:02:52,925 Speaker 2: I came through the gate and came out on this field, here. 44 00:02:53,885 --> 00:02:57,005 Speaker 2: I felt like I could really feel him, and I 45 00:02:57,085 --> 00:03:00,325 Speaker 2: realized that Reagan was he was a humble man. 46 00:03:00,405 --> 00:03:02,485 Speaker 4: He was when I came. 47 00:03:02,365 --> 00:03:05,125 Speaker 2: Through here, and it really gave me a feeling and 48 00:03:05,165 --> 00:03:09,365 Speaker 2: a glue limps into who he was inside. 49 00:03:09,405 --> 00:03:12,125 Speaker 3: Yeah, you really sense it when you walk through that house. 50 00:03:12,285 --> 00:03:14,725 Speaker 3: Just the things that are hanging on the wall. You 51 00:03:14,765 --> 00:03:18,645 Speaker 3: don't see photos of him with world leaders. You just 52 00:03:18,685 --> 00:03:22,965 Speaker 3: see paintings of horses and other things that remind you 53 00:03:23,005 --> 00:03:24,965 Speaker 3: of the West. He loved the West as you do. 54 00:03:25,405 --> 00:03:31,325 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's those things that were of him. And his bookcase. 55 00:03:33,045 --> 00:03:36,325 Speaker 2: I think it's the most distaintful and the most incredible 56 00:03:36,365 --> 00:03:40,405 Speaker 2: thing about this house. There's every book that he ever 57 00:03:40,445 --> 00:03:42,525 Speaker 2: had his life, going back to nine years old. 58 00:03:42,845 --> 00:03:43,645 Speaker 4: That's right in there. 59 00:03:43,725 --> 00:03:45,925 Speaker 3: There's one book in particular, his mother gave to him 60 00:03:45,925 --> 00:03:49,685 Speaker 3: when he was a little boy, and this book almost 61 00:03:49,805 --> 00:03:51,885 Speaker 3: was like a blueprint for his life. You know that 62 00:03:51,925 --> 00:03:55,605 Speaker 3: book I'm talking about, And it was the story of 63 00:03:55,645 --> 00:03:58,605 Speaker 3: a young boy who had an alcoholic father and he 64 00:03:58,645 --> 00:04:01,685 Speaker 3: had a godly mother and it was the influence of 65 00:04:01,725 --> 00:04:04,245 Speaker 3: his mother that set him on the right track in life, 66 00:04:04,885 --> 00:04:07,965 Speaker 3: and that a young boy, it's a fictional book, went 67 00:04:08,005 --> 00:04:10,685 Speaker 3: on to become a member of Congress. And so here's 68 00:04:10,765 --> 00:04:15,085 Speaker 3: young Ronald Reagan with an alcoholic father, with a godly mother. 69 00:04:15,685 --> 00:04:18,005 Speaker 3: And he went on to do more than become a 70 00:04:18,005 --> 00:04:20,284 Speaker 3: member of Congress. He went on to become the governor 71 00:04:20,325 --> 00:04:23,844 Speaker 3: of California and served two terms as a President of 72 00:04:23,885 --> 00:04:26,805 Speaker 3: the United States. And I would say he's one of 73 00:04:26,805 --> 00:04:30,365 Speaker 3: the greatest presidents in all of American history. 74 00:04:30,405 --> 00:04:31,205 Speaker 1: Would you agree with that. 75 00:04:31,245 --> 00:04:32,685 Speaker 4: I would totally agree with that. 76 00:04:32,845 --> 00:04:36,125 Speaker 2: I would say at the greatest president of the twentieth century, 77 00:04:36,325 --> 00:04:39,404 Speaker 2: asked me, you know, along with Franklin Roosevelt in a 78 00:04:39,445 --> 00:04:41,205 Speaker 2: way of what the country went through. 79 00:04:41,885 --> 00:04:47,365 Speaker 4: And his story is a bit like mine. I had 80 00:04:47,365 --> 00:04:49,205 Speaker 4: an alcoholic father and a godly mother. 81 00:04:49,325 --> 00:04:51,645 Speaker 2: I was asked, if we have this same story up 82 00:04:51,765 --> 00:04:59,325 Speaker 2: until the movies. Then after that he went on to 83 00:04:59,485 --> 00:05:02,165 Speaker 2: do really, really great things for all of us. 84 00:05:02,245 --> 00:05:04,885 Speaker 3: Did you draw from that like when you're because you know, 85 00:05:04,965 --> 00:05:07,245 Speaker 3: all of the things that happened to us in life 86 00:05:07,325 --> 00:05:09,485 Speaker 3: make us who we are, for better or for worse, 87 00:05:09,565 --> 00:05:13,885 Speaker 3: but they form our character. Certainly formed his character. Reagan 88 00:05:14,005 --> 00:05:17,165 Speaker 3: was naturally optimistic. His father was more of a pessimist, 89 00:05:17,365 --> 00:05:21,045 Speaker 3: but his mother inspired him, and your mother inspired you 90 00:05:21,125 --> 00:05:23,885 Speaker 3: in fact, after you made a recommitment to Christ, you 91 00:05:24,005 --> 00:05:26,604 Speaker 3: wrote a song for your mom on My Way to Heaven, 92 00:05:27,085 --> 00:05:29,885 Speaker 3: So it seems like you could pull from that as 93 00:05:29,885 --> 00:05:33,925 Speaker 3: you're playing the role of an actor who became the president, 94 00:05:33,965 --> 00:05:37,485 Speaker 3: because you too are obviously a very accomplished actor. 95 00:05:37,605 --> 00:05:41,085 Speaker 2: I didn't feel like I was wondering why they were 96 00:05:41,125 --> 00:05:45,245 Speaker 2: asking me to play Reagan because he was my favorite president. 97 00:05:45,285 --> 00:05:47,645 Speaker 2: In a way, I felt unworthy. Plus also he was 98 00:05:47,765 --> 00:05:52,445 Speaker 2: like such like Muhammad Ali, known all over the world, right, 99 00:05:52,685 --> 00:05:55,045 Speaker 2: and I was. 100 00:05:55,045 --> 00:05:55,964 Speaker 4: Trying to see a way in. 101 00:05:56,085 --> 00:05:59,325 Speaker 2: But you know, I came to realize, well, one thing, 102 00:05:59,405 --> 00:06:02,205 Speaker 2: we're both actors, and I think I have a sunny 103 00:06:02,205 --> 00:06:08,365 Speaker 2: disposition naturally, yes as well, and uh it his story, 104 00:06:09,005 --> 00:06:12,205 Speaker 2: but I wanted to get you know, back behind the 105 00:06:12,325 --> 00:06:17,365 Speaker 2: any kind of like public image or impersonation and what 106 00:06:17,365 --> 00:06:22,125 Speaker 2: what was that, you know, because that's the thing that's 107 00:06:22,165 --> 00:06:25,245 Speaker 2: going to make it interesting and not just a documentary 108 00:06:25,325 --> 00:06:26,725 Speaker 2: on his life. 109 00:06:26,925 --> 00:06:30,725 Speaker 4: And he uh, you know, his life was. 110 00:06:32,685 --> 00:06:39,885 Speaker 2: About overcoming failure too, so many failed attempts and seeking 111 00:06:40,045 --> 00:06:41,165 Speaker 2: his purpose. 112 00:06:42,605 --> 00:06:43,165 Speaker 4: In life. 113 00:06:43,805 --> 00:06:47,685 Speaker 2: You know, uh, well passed when we're supposed to be there. 114 00:06:48,845 --> 00:06:50,645 Speaker 2: I think it is you know, as an actor, I 115 00:06:50,685 --> 00:06:53,245 Speaker 2: can really relate to him in a sense because I 116 00:06:53,285 --> 00:06:59,245 Speaker 2: think he never got to the place that he aspired 117 00:06:59,285 --> 00:07:02,645 Speaker 2: to be as an actor and could have been, you know, 118 00:07:02,725 --> 00:07:05,885 Speaker 2: for one reason or another. You know, John Wayne had 119 00:07:05,885 --> 00:07:11,085 Speaker 2: a spot and Jack Warner he was relegated to be 120 00:07:11,285 --> 00:07:13,525 Speaker 2: movies in a sense. He got stuck in that place. 121 00:07:14,285 --> 00:07:17,605 Speaker 2: And he was married to Jane Wyman at a time 122 00:07:17,645 --> 00:07:20,365 Speaker 2: when his career was really kind of on the downslide, 123 00:07:21,045 --> 00:07:24,605 Speaker 2: and she won an Academy award and what is it, 124 00:07:24,805 --> 00:07:28,525 Speaker 2: you know, all those things that add up to how 125 00:07:28,565 --> 00:07:33,365 Speaker 2: you your own self esteem that I always think that 126 00:07:33,645 --> 00:07:37,245 Speaker 2: I'll be bigger than that myself, but you know, things 127 00:07:37,285 --> 00:07:40,725 Speaker 2: affect you that they do, and so I wanted to 128 00:07:40,725 --> 00:07:45,445 Speaker 2: get to that part of Reagan. And that's what made 129 00:07:45,525 --> 00:07:50,525 Speaker 2: his triumph even the more after you know, his career 130 00:07:50,565 --> 00:07:52,885 Speaker 2: was on the downslide in acting, but that's what kind 131 00:07:52,925 --> 00:07:57,085 Speaker 2: of pushed him to become the vice president of the 132 00:07:57,085 --> 00:08:00,205 Speaker 2: Screen Actress Guild and then the president, and that was 133 00:08:00,245 --> 00:08:01,685 Speaker 2: his entry into politics. 134 00:08:02,005 --> 00:08:06,685 Speaker 3: Yes, he delivered his line so well. Certaines were pivotal 135 00:08:06,765 --> 00:08:10,925 Speaker 3: in his career. Of course, there's the famous uh, tear 136 00:08:11,045 --> 00:08:14,365 Speaker 3: down this wall statement, What do you remember about filming 137 00:08:14,405 --> 00:08:18,245 Speaker 3: that scene and was that a hard scene to recreate? 138 00:08:19,325 --> 00:08:19,485 Speaker 4: They? 139 00:08:19,645 --> 00:08:21,205 Speaker 2: You know, it was all we were out on the 140 00:08:21,205 --> 00:08:23,885 Speaker 2: street there in Oklahoma City in front of the Masonic 141 00:08:23,925 --> 00:08:27,045 Speaker 2: Temple and they they put up Yeah, they with a 142 00:08:27,045 --> 00:08:30,285 Speaker 2: big green screen behind me. So you know we were 143 00:08:30,325 --> 00:08:32,685 Speaker 2: not in Berlin for that. But you feel you'll wind 144 00:08:32,765 --> 00:08:37,165 Speaker 2: up feeling like you did and uh uh being a 145 00:08:37,245 --> 00:08:42,165 Speaker 2: very windy day and you know the but you know 146 00:08:42,485 --> 00:08:46,005 Speaker 2: we wound up. He really captured that moment. I remember 147 00:08:46,045 --> 00:08:48,765 Speaker 2: because I lived through them. I loved those moments. You know, 148 00:08:48,805 --> 00:08:52,245 Speaker 2: we both did. We did, and I knew what it meant. 149 00:08:53,165 --> 00:08:57,605 Speaker 2: Uh back then, Yes, how much that moment meant, Yes, 150 00:08:57,685 --> 00:08:58,525 Speaker 2: there's really something. 151 00:08:59,365 --> 00:09:02,685 Speaker 3: And what was the message that he was convened. He 152 00:09:02,805 --> 00:09:09,285 Speaker 3: was saying to Gorbachev, tear down this wall. It was 153 00:09:09,285 --> 00:09:14,005 Speaker 3: was that before or after his famous speech uh calling 154 00:09:14,645 --> 00:09:16,604 Speaker 3: the Soviet Union an evil. 155 00:09:16,445 --> 00:09:17,165 Speaker 4: Evil empire. 156 00:09:17,285 --> 00:09:20,885 Speaker 2: He called the Soviet the evil empire several of the 157 00:09:20,965 --> 00:09:25,005 Speaker 2: years before and in his in his first presidency, and 158 00:09:25,085 --> 00:09:27,085 Speaker 2: this uh tear down this wall? 159 00:09:27,445 --> 00:09:28,125 Speaker 4: Was there? 160 00:09:28,165 --> 00:09:31,525 Speaker 2: Weren't that many moments left, you know, for much time 161 00:09:31,605 --> 00:09:35,885 Speaker 2: left to get done, but it started out to get done. 162 00:09:35,805 --> 00:09:40,805 Speaker 4: Yeah, and uh, he. 163 00:09:39,445 --> 00:09:42,405 Speaker 2: He said that it was it was about you know, 164 00:09:43,685 --> 00:09:47,285 Speaker 2: it was about the end of fear. It was about 165 00:09:47,525 --> 00:09:50,485 Speaker 2: we lived in a world where I remember as a kid, 166 00:09:50,565 --> 00:09:54,205 Speaker 2: you do too, We had those we had those drills 167 00:09:54,245 --> 00:09:56,485 Speaker 2: where we got down under our desk in case of 168 00:09:56,485 --> 00:09:57,325 Speaker 2: a nuclear. 169 00:09:57,285 --> 00:09:59,565 Speaker 3: That would have really helped, right, Yeah, being under a 170 00:09:59,605 --> 00:10:01,085 Speaker 3: desk from a nuclear blast. 171 00:10:01,165 --> 00:10:01,405 Speaker 4: Yeah. 172 00:10:02,125 --> 00:10:08,365 Speaker 2: The I mean, I think the Soviets they had thousands 173 00:10:08,445 --> 00:10:12,005 Speaker 2: and thousands of missiles and we had just a few 174 00:10:12,285 --> 00:10:16,005 Speaker 2: thousand less or whatever. But who cares after the first 175 00:10:16,605 --> 00:10:19,445 Speaker 2: or second thousand, you know, there's not really going to 176 00:10:19,445 --> 00:10:24,285 Speaker 2: be anybody around to keep score. But at those times, 177 00:10:25,085 --> 00:10:29,165 Speaker 2: over ninety percent of the population believed that we were 178 00:10:29,165 --> 00:10:30,605 Speaker 2: going to be in a nuclear war. 179 00:10:31,165 --> 00:10:35,845 Speaker 3: Yeah, he changed the world, and his faith influenced everything 180 00:10:35,925 --> 00:10:40,925 Speaker 3: that he did. He memorized scripture at a very early age. 181 00:10:41,485 --> 00:10:44,405 Speaker 3: He was a Sunday school teacher at age twelve, how 182 00:10:44,405 --> 00:10:47,605 Speaker 3: about that. And he could see that he had a gift. 183 00:10:47,645 --> 00:10:50,805 Speaker 3: His mother, of course, encouraged him in this that you 184 00:10:50,925 --> 00:10:52,085 Speaker 3: have something special. 185 00:10:52,205 --> 00:10:52,645 Speaker 1: He was a. 186 00:10:52,605 --> 00:10:56,645 Speaker 2: Lifeguard too, he was here, which also speaks to that 187 00:10:56,925 --> 00:11:00,965 Speaker 2: very same thing they you know, a leader, a guard. 188 00:11:02,165 --> 00:11:04,165 Speaker 3: I read that later in his life, after he had 189 00:11:04,205 --> 00:11:10,525 Speaker 3: Alzheimer's and he didn't remember anything of his presidency. He 190 00:11:10,645 --> 00:11:13,805 Speaker 3: remembered that he was a lifeguard, and he remembered how 191 00:11:13,805 --> 00:11:15,445 Speaker 3: many people he actually saved. 192 00:11:15,805 --> 00:11:18,085 Speaker 2: Yeah, and along with that, which is very much like 193 00:11:18,165 --> 00:11:21,445 Speaker 2: being a politician, about half those people that he saved 194 00:11:22,725 --> 00:11:23,925 Speaker 2: were angry at him. 195 00:11:26,285 --> 00:11:27,605 Speaker 1: What did you sat here for? 196 00:11:28,165 --> 00:11:28,805 Speaker 4: You know, they were. 197 00:11:28,765 --> 00:11:30,765 Speaker 2: Drowning and they didn't know it, or you know, they'd 198 00:11:30,765 --> 00:11:34,525 Speaker 2: had their pride, you know, be sponged a little bit. 199 00:11:35,005 --> 00:11:37,445 Speaker 4: So you know, he you how to deal with everything. 200 00:11:37,845 --> 00:11:39,885 Speaker 3: He think of some of the things that Reagan said. 201 00:11:40,725 --> 00:11:43,765 Speaker 3: I don't have the quote exactly, but it was something 202 00:11:43,805 --> 00:11:47,365 Speaker 3: to the effect that all the truth that we need 203 00:11:47,445 --> 00:11:50,525 Speaker 3: in life is found between the two covers of this book, 204 00:11:50,605 --> 00:11:54,085 Speaker 3: you know, speaking of the Bible, and such a strong 205 00:11:54,285 --> 00:11:59,125 Speaker 3: believer in the Bible, in God, in absolute truth, and 206 00:11:59,165 --> 00:12:01,885 Speaker 3: he would weave it into his speeches but in a 207 00:12:02,005 --> 00:12:06,485 Speaker 3: very beautiful way, in a thoughtful way, but in a 208 00:12:06,605 --> 00:12:09,285 Speaker 3: very direct way as well, and that seemed to just 209 00:12:09,365 --> 00:12:11,005 Speaker 3: permeate his life in general. 210 00:12:12,525 --> 00:12:17,165 Speaker 4: I totally agree. You know, it's that's the thing of that. 211 00:12:18,885 --> 00:12:22,125 Speaker 2: Jesus to me, Jesus, you know, I came here to 212 00:12:22,165 --> 00:12:25,365 Speaker 2: tell us about heaven and the promise of heaven, right, 213 00:12:25,445 --> 00:12:27,325 Speaker 2: but he also came here to tell us how to 214 00:12:28,285 --> 00:12:30,525 Speaker 2: live in a way that we can have a little 215 00:12:30,525 --> 00:12:33,725 Speaker 2: piece of Heaven here on earth, you know, with that 216 00:12:34,805 --> 00:12:38,285 Speaker 2: without you know, I think half of sin is what 217 00:12:38,325 --> 00:12:41,565 Speaker 2: we do to ourselves and the way we think about ourselves, 218 00:12:41,645 --> 00:12:44,205 Speaker 2: and you know, which is not the way God wants 219 00:12:44,205 --> 00:12:49,485 Speaker 2: to see ourselves. And that's uh. I think it's very 220 00:12:49,485 --> 00:12:53,605 Speaker 2: important to remember that, you know, the Kingdom of God 221 00:12:53,645 --> 00:12:55,605 Speaker 2: has spread out upon the earth, and men do not 222 00:12:55,725 --> 00:12:59,725 Speaker 2: see it. And Reagan was kind of the same way 223 00:13:00,125 --> 00:13:05,125 Speaker 2: that you know, you you're looking at something and the 224 00:13:05,165 --> 00:13:07,645 Speaker 2: way you view it. This nation was in decline in 225 00:13:07,685 --> 00:13:10,525 Speaker 2: the late seventies, and you know, we were going downhill 226 00:13:10,845 --> 00:13:14,885 Speaker 2: and people had seemed sometimes had given up that it 227 00:13:14,925 --> 00:13:15,885 Speaker 2: was just inevitable. 228 00:13:15,885 --> 00:13:18,485 Speaker 4: And Reagan came along and said, no. 229 00:13:18,565 --> 00:13:23,765 Speaker 2: We're not falling there, We're going ahead here, and. 230 00:13:25,485 --> 00:13:26,325 Speaker 4: We believed him. 231 00:13:26,485 --> 00:13:26,845 Speaker 1: Yeah. 232 00:13:27,325 --> 00:13:30,525 Speaker 3: Well, a lot of people think that Reagan coming into 233 00:13:31,565 --> 00:13:35,485 Speaker 3: the presidency is directly connected to the last great spiritual 234 00:13:35,525 --> 00:13:38,925 Speaker 3: awakening that happened in America, which was that Jesus move 235 00:13:39,085 --> 00:13:41,965 Speaker 3: which happened in the seventies and it. 236 00:13:42,085 --> 00:13:43,005 Speaker 1: Changed the culture. 237 00:13:43,045 --> 00:13:46,645 Speaker 3: I mean, Time magazine actually dubbed it the Jesus Revolution. 238 00:13:46,885 --> 00:13:49,205 Speaker 3: You know, while people were talking about a sexual revolution 239 00:13:49,845 --> 00:13:53,405 Speaker 3: or a drug revolution, God sent a Jesus Revolution and 240 00:13:53,445 --> 00:13:56,885 Speaker 3: it changed the culture and in all of these young. 241 00:13:56,805 --> 00:13:57,965 Speaker 4: Kids almost over night. 242 00:13:58,205 --> 00:13:58,485 Speaker 1: Yeah. 243 00:13:58,765 --> 00:14:02,645 Speaker 3: Yeah, and it changed a lot of people who thought 244 00:14:02,685 --> 00:14:06,725 Speaker 3: liberally and had a different worldview to more conservative, I 245 00:14:06,765 --> 00:14:10,605 Speaker 3: would say, biblically based worldview. Many of us were young, 246 00:14:10,645 --> 00:14:13,684 Speaker 3: were getting married, We're having families, were raising our children, 247 00:14:14,085 --> 00:14:16,605 Speaker 3: and Reagan comes on the scene. You know, President Carter 248 00:14:17,245 --> 00:14:20,565 Speaker 3: didn't have a great presidency, good man, you know, a 249 00:14:20,565 --> 00:14:24,165 Speaker 3: man of faith, but we needed someone like Ronald Reagan. 250 00:14:24,245 --> 00:14:28,125 Speaker 3: First thing that happened after Reagan was elected and went 251 00:14:28,165 --> 00:14:31,325 Speaker 3: into offices, the hostages are finally released. 252 00:14:31,725 --> 00:14:31,965 Speaker 1: You know. 253 00:14:32,205 --> 00:14:36,085 Speaker 3: Yeah, because his philosophy was peace through strength. 254 00:14:36,685 --> 00:14:39,685 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's what it was. That it became we win, 255 00:14:40,205 --> 00:14:44,245 Speaker 2: you lose. He said that to them. But you know, 256 00:14:44,285 --> 00:14:48,445 Speaker 2: I'd like to just kind of like point out that, 257 00:14:48,805 --> 00:14:55,165 Speaker 2: you know, Reagan not got twenty minutes after uh he 258 00:14:56,085 --> 00:14:59,565 Speaker 2: was inaugurated, they were released. Yeah, the hostage Why do 259 00:14:59,565 --> 00:15:01,285 Speaker 2: you think they've been gone for foreign and four? Why 260 00:15:01,285 --> 00:15:05,405 Speaker 2: didn't they The Iranians had too much respect for Reagan. 261 00:15:05,525 --> 00:15:10,885 Speaker 2: I believed at least thirty percent that he just might 262 00:15:11,325 --> 00:15:14,965 Speaker 2: bomb Tehran and what would happen, The would be consequences 263 00:15:15,005 --> 00:15:18,805 Speaker 2: from it instead of appeasement. And that was a big 264 00:15:18,845 --> 00:15:22,845 Speaker 2: thing that was in a way wrong with us back then. 265 00:15:24,405 --> 00:15:27,445 Speaker 2: But you can't America in a way in the world 266 00:15:27,525 --> 00:15:31,005 Speaker 2: is innocent where a young nation were two hundred years old, 267 00:15:31,685 --> 00:15:35,125 Speaker 2: we want to believe in goodness. 268 00:15:36,205 --> 00:15:36,965 Speaker 4: In this world. 269 00:15:37,605 --> 00:15:40,605 Speaker 2: And you know, we didn't grow up like you would 270 00:15:40,645 --> 00:15:44,925 Speaker 2: have in Soviet Russia back in those days, or in 271 00:15:44,965 --> 00:15:48,925 Speaker 2: Iran or you know where there's brutality Afghanistan where the 272 00:15:48,965 --> 00:15:52,485 Speaker 2: brutality all around me at the time, and you know 273 00:15:52,565 --> 00:15:56,325 Speaker 2: it's appeasement. That's what you know happened in World War Two. 274 00:15:56,925 --> 00:15:59,725 Speaker 2: They give you, tell the bully, okay, I want to 275 00:15:59,765 --> 00:16:02,605 Speaker 2: give you what you want this time, but this time 276 00:16:02,645 --> 00:16:08,165 Speaker 2: we're good, right, yes, right, And then all he does 277 00:16:09,285 --> 00:16:14,125 Speaker 2: in the back room is laugh at you because he's 278 00:16:14,125 --> 00:16:17,925 Speaker 2: gotten his way. And it was Reagan who said, well, 279 00:16:18,765 --> 00:16:20,885 Speaker 2: you know, you can app he's a bully, but there's 280 00:16:20,885 --> 00:16:22,445 Speaker 2: going to come a time when you're going to have 281 00:16:22,485 --> 00:16:23,405 Speaker 2: to stand up to him. 282 00:16:23,485 --> 00:16:23,645 Speaker 1: Right. 283 00:16:24,085 --> 00:16:25,925 Speaker 3: He had a little when he was a little boy 284 00:16:25,965 --> 00:16:28,645 Speaker 3: at a bully. You know, bothering him, and his mother 285 00:16:28,725 --> 00:16:30,245 Speaker 3: told him and go face that bully. 286 00:16:30,405 --> 00:16:30,765 Speaker 1: He did. 287 00:16:31,445 --> 00:16:33,925 Speaker 3: You know, Reagan was the first what we would call 288 00:16:34,245 --> 00:16:38,085 Speaker 3: cowboy as president. Right, and now they said that in 289 00:16:38,125 --> 00:16:42,045 Speaker 3: the derogatory way. Oh he's a cowboy, you know, but 290 00:16:43,125 --> 00:16:47,525 Speaker 3: there's a certain mythic quality or he's an actor. Yes, was. 291 00:16:49,605 --> 00:16:50,765 Speaker 4: The brightest role of his life. 292 00:16:50,845 --> 00:16:52,405 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, but the cowboy. 293 00:16:52,445 --> 00:16:56,525 Speaker 3: There's a certain mythic quality about the Western, about the cowboy. 294 00:16:56,965 --> 00:16:59,005 Speaker 3: He played that role, but he really here we are 295 00:16:59,045 --> 00:17:01,485 Speaker 3: in a beautiful wrench. He loved to ride his horses, 296 00:17:01,965 --> 00:17:04,085 Speaker 3: and people around the world saw him as a cowboy. 297 00:17:04,325 --> 00:17:05,125 Speaker 1: But it worked. 298 00:17:05,725 --> 00:17:08,645 Speaker 3: It worked in his favor because he's a man of 299 00:17:08,645 --> 00:17:11,804 Speaker 3: his word. He'll do what he says he's going to do. 300 00:17:12,365 --> 00:17:14,764 Speaker 3: Kind of don't mess with me, you know, right, that's 301 00:17:14,804 --> 00:17:15,764 Speaker 3: kind of what I'm getting. 302 00:17:15,685 --> 00:17:16,164 Speaker 4: I think, you know. 303 00:17:16,244 --> 00:17:21,324 Speaker 2: Also the cowboy, it harkens back to manifest destiny on 304 00:17:21,445 --> 00:17:24,965 Speaker 2: our track. We're going west, yes, you know, building a nation. 305 00:17:25,365 --> 00:17:30,564 Speaker 2: And there was also about bringing civilization. Uh, it was 306 00:17:30,604 --> 00:17:34,484 Speaker 2: about good versus evil because out there you have to 307 00:17:34,524 --> 00:17:37,725 Speaker 2: rely on yourself, you know, we're you know, think of 308 00:17:37,764 --> 00:17:40,284 Speaker 2: Shane where you know the movie There there was no law, 309 00:17:40,965 --> 00:17:45,085 Speaker 2: and it was you know, he became like the sheriff. 310 00:17:45,524 --> 00:17:49,564 Speaker 2: And it's also a very romantic vision as well, that 311 00:17:49,564 --> 00:17:54,524 Speaker 2: that's there, and it's our movies, our Western movies. Were 312 00:17:54,564 --> 00:17:57,725 Speaker 2: the Russians grew up watching our westerns, you know, dubbed 313 00:17:57,725 --> 00:18:01,004 Speaker 2: into Russian of course, but you know, they they were enamored. 314 00:18:01,004 --> 00:18:05,524 Speaker 2: The whole world was enamored with with the cowboy. And 315 00:18:05,844 --> 00:18:09,684 Speaker 2: Reagan came along and you know it was you know, 316 00:18:09,725 --> 00:18:13,445 Speaker 2: there's that famous picture of him with a cowboy hat 317 00:18:13,725 --> 00:18:17,644 Speaker 2: and granting that really became like the the image of 318 00:18:17,885 --> 00:18:21,244 Speaker 2: the cowboy Reagan. But that wasn't his hat. They just 319 00:18:21,284 --> 00:18:23,605 Speaker 2: gave it to him to put it on. And yeah, 320 00:18:23,645 --> 00:18:25,924 Speaker 2: you know, he'd played westerns and he was enamorate of 321 00:18:25,925 --> 00:18:26,364 Speaker 2: the West. 322 00:18:26,804 --> 00:18:28,805 Speaker 4: But you know, in. 323 00:18:28,804 --> 00:18:33,324 Speaker 2: Writing he had which some would call, you know, English 324 00:18:33,365 --> 00:18:35,244 Speaker 2: style and the saddle. 325 00:18:34,885 --> 00:18:37,165 Speaker 1: And every one of the high boots. Yeah yeah, but. 326 00:18:37,205 --> 00:18:41,725 Speaker 2: It wasn't English writing. It was actually US cavalry, oh, 327 00:18:42,125 --> 00:18:44,644 Speaker 2: was what he was doing. In fact, he tried to 328 00:18:44,764 --> 00:18:47,684 Speaker 2: join the cavalry. Yes, at one time, had aspirations of 329 00:18:47,725 --> 00:18:48,044 Speaker 2: doing it. 330 00:18:48,084 --> 00:18:49,564 Speaker 1: Wow, he was quite the writer. 331 00:18:49,764 --> 00:18:51,804 Speaker 4: Yeah, he was an excellent, excellent writer. 332 00:18:52,125 --> 00:18:55,484 Speaker 3: Ronald Reagan's mother now wrote in the margin of her bible, 333 00:18:55,804 --> 00:18:59,284 Speaker 3: second Chronicle seven fourteen, and then she added this little note, 334 00:18:59,804 --> 00:19:03,565 Speaker 3: a wonderful passage for the healing of a nation. And 335 00:19:03,844 --> 00:19:05,845 Speaker 3: Ronald Reagan put his hand on that bike. But when 336 00:19:05,844 --> 00:19:08,764 Speaker 3: he was sworn in to become our president. And second 337 00:19:08,844 --> 00:19:12,325 Speaker 3: Chronicle seven fourteen says God speaking, if my people, which 338 00:19:12,324 --> 00:19:14,645 Speaker 3: are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray 339 00:19:14,965 --> 00:19:17,964 Speaker 3: and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, 340 00:19:18,125 --> 00:19:20,725 Speaker 3: then I will hear from heaven and forgive their sin 341 00:19:21,165 --> 00:19:23,804 Speaker 3: and heal their land. So the part that applies to 342 00:19:23,844 --> 00:19:27,205 Speaker 3: a nation is God says, I'll heal your land. But 343 00:19:27,324 --> 00:19:30,084 Speaker 3: first he wants us to turn from our sins and 344 00:19:30,125 --> 00:19:33,084 Speaker 3: pray and seek his face. But it reminds me that 345 00:19:33,484 --> 00:19:37,524 Speaker 3: your mother wrote something in the margin of your bible. 346 00:19:37,604 --> 00:19:40,445 Speaker 2: We have a it was her bible was actually the 347 00:19:40,484 --> 00:19:42,925 Speaker 2: family Bible, right, you know that was there? 348 00:19:43,044 --> 00:19:44,364 Speaker 1: Yeah, that Bible still. 349 00:19:44,165 --> 00:19:45,044 Speaker 4: Oh yeah, for sure. 350 00:19:45,725 --> 00:19:49,085 Speaker 2: I have my grandfather's Bible too, you know, going way 351 00:19:49,125 --> 00:19:49,645 Speaker 2: back there. 352 00:19:50,284 --> 00:19:53,325 Speaker 4: But you know, kind of we're tired about the Jesus revolutions, 353 00:19:53,445 --> 00:19:55,365 Speaker 4: you know, she had, she. 354 00:19:55,365 --> 00:19:58,564 Speaker 2: Had, like she wrote in the margins, you know, became 355 00:19:58,604 --> 00:20:03,004 Speaker 2: a Christian in nineteen forty six, and that is the 356 00:20:03,084 --> 00:20:06,564 Speaker 2: Jesus Revolution, which is rund the same time, she she 357 00:20:06,804 --> 00:20:08,244 Speaker 2: felt a hunger. 358 00:20:07,885 --> 00:20:08,845 Speaker 4: Around that time. 359 00:20:10,165 --> 00:20:14,445 Speaker 2: To getting baptized a second time, you know, renewing that 360 00:20:15,125 --> 00:20:19,205 Speaker 2: and that that was going on a lot back then in. 361 00:20:19,125 --> 00:20:21,364 Speaker 3: Fact, So when did she become a Christian? Because then 362 00:20:21,405 --> 00:20:23,884 Speaker 3: she said, I became a born again Christian win. 363 00:20:24,084 --> 00:20:26,445 Speaker 4: Born again Christian in nineteen eighty two. 364 00:20:26,484 --> 00:20:27,365 Speaker 1: Well that's amazing. 365 00:20:27,445 --> 00:20:30,884 Speaker 3: Yeah, what are you hoping when someone sees this film? 366 00:20:30,925 --> 00:20:31,284 Speaker 1: Reagan? 367 00:20:32,084 --> 00:20:34,644 Speaker 3: And I just couldn't think of anyone being cust to 368 00:20:34,645 --> 00:20:36,445 Speaker 3: the role apart from you. I mean, you are so 369 00:20:36,885 --> 00:20:40,044 Speaker 3: perfect for this role in so many ways. But what 370 00:20:40,084 --> 00:20:42,725 Speaker 3: are you hoping that someone will take away from watching 371 00:20:42,725 --> 00:20:43,205 Speaker 3: this film? 372 00:20:44,604 --> 00:20:46,764 Speaker 4: Number One? I hope they're entertained. I really do. 373 00:20:47,084 --> 00:20:54,685 Speaker 2: And you know, people born before nineteen eighty they this 374 00:20:54,804 --> 00:20:59,925 Speaker 2: movie is inspiring and it's chanced to remember what our 375 00:20:59,965 --> 00:21:05,244 Speaker 2: country was like during these times and how far are 376 00:21:05,284 --> 00:21:08,044 Speaker 2: we could go when inspired, how united we could all 377 00:21:08,125 --> 00:21:08,605 Speaker 2: be and. 378 00:21:08,564 --> 00:21:09,764 Speaker 1: It wasn't that long ago. 379 00:21:09,885 --> 00:21:13,044 Speaker 2: Yeah, and for those that were born after nineteen eighty, yeah, 380 00:21:13,125 --> 00:21:15,764 Speaker 2: they'll get to see what this country could be and 381 00:21:15,885 --> 00:21:16,484 Speaker 2: still could be. 382 00:21:16,564 --> 00:21:20,484 Speaker 3: Good point, So it seems they have a really important 383 00:21:20,564 --> 00:21:22,844 Speaker 3: message for America right now. 384 00:21:23,044 --> 00:21:23,645 Speaker 4: Yeah, it does. 385 00:21:24,445 --> 00:21:30,285 Speaker 2: Reagan, he wasn't afraid of his faith, no to show it. 386 00:21:30,524 --> 00:21:32,845 Speaker 2: There's not that he warred on his sleeve or anything, 387 00:21:32,925 --> 00:21:35,685 Speaker 2: but it was you know, it definitely had a lot 388 00:21:35,725 --> 00:21:36,965 Speaker 2: to do with the way he governed. 389 00:21:37,125 --> 00:21:39,285 Speaker 4: Yeah, he was a man. 390 00:21:39,764 --> 00:21:44,244 Speaker 2: He had principles, and I think sometimes that's what's missing 391 00:21:44,885 --> 00:21:47,324 Speaker 2: from today because if you have principles, and if you're 392 00:21:47,324 --> 00:21:51,524 Speaker 2: governed by principles, it doesn't matter if you're Republican or 393 00:21:51,564 --> 00:21:55,285 Speaker 2: a Democrat. These are things that you know, go beyond 394 00:21:55,324 --> 00:22:00,645 Speaker 2: a party. They're truths. They you know, if you live 395 00:22:00,725 --> 00:22:02,404 Speaker 2: by will bear fruit. 396 00:22:02,685 --> 00:22:03,044 Speaker 1: Yes. 397 00:22:03,925 --> 00:22:07,965 Speaker 3: Well, George Washington and Reagan loved to quote this said 398 00:22:08,004 --> 00:22:15,045 Speaker 3: that religion and morality are in indispensable supports for our country. 399 00:22:15,084 --> 00:22:17,524 Speaker 3: You need them, you need them both. And it seems 400 00:22:17,524 --> 00:22:19,645 Speaker 3: like these are two things that we pushed away. 401 00:22:19,645 --> 00:22:21,125 Speaker 1: First. We started with religion. 402 00:22:21,725 --> 00:22:24,405 Speaker 3: Oh, you can't have the Ten Commandments on the wall 403 00:22:24,405 --> 00:22:26,804 Speaker 3: of a classroom and you can't pray in school. And 404 00:22:27,764 --> 00:22:29,564 Speaker 3: we look at the country and we look at the 405 00:22:29,564 --> 00:22:32,205 Speaker 3: way it's gone downhill. We push God out of the culture, 406 00:22:32,484 --> 00:22:36,324 Speaker 3: we push God out of everything. Well, morality is directly 407 00:22:36,564 --> 00:22:40,764 Speaker 3: tied to those foundational beliefs, and so George Washington believed 408 00:22:40,764 --> 00:22:43,524 Speaker 3: that Reagan loved to quote that and that was something 409 00:22:43,645 --> 00:22:46,844 Speaker 3: his presidency was built upon. And I think that's something 410 00:22:46,885 --> 00:22:47,965 Speaker 3: we need to return to it. 411 00:22:48,524 --> 00:22:50,804 Speaker 2: I totally agree, something that we all have in common. 412 00:22:50,925 --> 00:22:53,884 Speaker 2: I mean, I'm sure you remember too. We used to 413 00:22:54,165 --> 00:22:57,205 Speaker 2: we used to say the Lord's Prayer in school in 414 00:22:57,244 --> 00:23:00,685 Speaker 2: the morning, and we say the Pledge of Allegiance in 415 00:23:00,725 --> 00:23:05,924 Speaker 2: the morning. And you know, one by one things have 416 00:23:06,725 --> 00:23:09,044 Speaker 2: been taken away. I'm even surprised they played the Star 417 00:23:09,125 --> 00:23:13,044 Speaker 2: Spangled banner before games and I thank god we have 418 00:23:13,165 --> 00:23:19,044 Speaker 2: that a it's simile return to it. And you know, 419 00:23:19,125 --> 00:23:22,365 Speaker 2: why can't we have a prayer in the morning in school. Yeah, 420 00:23:22,564 --> 00:23:27,484 Speaker 2: and if there's Muslims, they could they pray their prayer. 421 00:23:28,125 --> 00:23:29,284 Speaker 4: Christians pray their prayer. 422 00:23:29,524 --> 00:23:32,885 Speaker 2: If you're an atheist, you can pray whatever prayer that is, 423 00:23:33,324 --> 00:23:34,484 Speaker 2: or not pray the prayer. 424 00:23:34,764 --> 00:23:37,565 Speaker 4: That's that's freedom of religion, is It's right. 425 00:23:38,004 --> 00:23:38,205 Speaker 1: Yeah. 426 00:23:38,244 --> 00:23:42,005 Speaker 3: You know, there was a spiritual awakening in the colonies 427 00:23:43,244 --> 00:23:45,484 Speaker 3: that came as a result, to a large part to 428 00:23:45,524 --> 00:23:49,844 Speaker 3: the preaching of George Whitfield, a British evangelist thousands and 429 00:23:49,885 --> 00:23:53,284 Speaker 3: thousands of people are coming to Christ. What years this 430 00:23:53,524 --> 00:23:57,165 Speaker 3: early seventeen hundred, so it's before we became a nation. 431 00:23:57,244 --> 00:24:01,284 Speaker 3: In fact, Benjamin Franklin went and heard Whitfield preach a 432 00:24:01,365 --> 00:24:04,564 Speaker 3: person and it had great admiration for him. So this 433 00:24:04,725 --> 00:24:08,284 Speaker 3: sort of till the ground and prepared the soil for 434 00:24:08,445 --> 00:24:13,324 Speaker 3: what would become America. So our nation was built in 435 00:24:13,405 --> 00:24:16,804 Speaker 3: the soil of revival with those values. Not all of 436 00:24:16,844 --> 00:24:20,445 Speaker 3: our founding fathers were what we would call today maybe 437 00:24:20,524 --> 00:24:25,004 Speaker 3: evangelical Christians, but they were God fears and they believed 438 00:24:25,044 --> 00:24:29,045 Speaker 3: in the authority of Scripture, and some of them actually 439 00:24:29,044 --> 00:24:32,045 Speaker 3: were very devout in their faith. I would include George 440 00:24:32,084 --> 00:24:35,084 Speaker 3: Washington as one of those people at a very strong faith. 441 00:24:34,925 --> 00:24:36,804 Speaker 4: As well as being a big part of the Age 442 00:24:36,804 --> 00:24:37,524 Speaker 4: of Enlightenment. 443 00:24:37,645 --> 00:24:41,085 Speaker 3: Yes, yes, yes, so I think that you know, that's 444 00:24:41,125 --> 00:24:44,004 Speaker 3: what we need again. We need another spiritual awakening. That's 445 00:24:44,004 --> 00:24:45,924 Speaker 3: why I do what I do still, and we go 446 00:24:45,965 --> 00:24:49,884 Speaker 3: into stadium's arenas, go wherever we can go and preach 447 00:24:49,925 --> 00:24:53,205 Speaker 3: the Gospel because Americans just need to hear that there's 448 00:24:53,205 --> 00:24:55,604 Speaker 3: a God in heaven who loves them, who sent his 449 00:24:55,645 --> 00:24:58,284 Speaker 3: son Jesus Christ to dine in the cross for their sin, 450 00:24:58,685 --> 00:25:00,844 Speaker 3: and to turn from their sin and pu their faith 451 00:25:00,885 --> 00:25:01,244 Speaker 3: in Him. 452 00:25:01,445 --> 00:25:03,725 Speaker 1: He will forgive them. That simple message. 453 00:25:03,925 --> 00:25:05,725 Speaker 3: I don't think has been hurt by a a lot 454 00:25:05,725 --> 00:25:08,324 Speaker 3: of Americans today, and there are a lot of people 455 00:25:08,324 --> 00:25:10,644 Speaker 3: in the world today, and I think we need to 456 00:25:10,645 --> 00:25:11,284 Speaker 3: hear it again. 457 00:25:12,004 --> 00:25:14,365 Speaker 2: It is such a simple message, and sometimes I take 458 00:25:14,405 --> 00:25:18,644 Speaker 2: for granted that maybe everybody's heard it, but no they haven't. 459 00:25:18,844 --> 00:25:20,844 Speaker 2: The other night at your Crusade, it was like it 460 00:25:20,925 --> 00:25:25,084 Speaker 2: harkened me back to the days of Billy Graham. But 461 00:25:25,524 --> 00:25:28,765 Speaker 2: when I was such an incredible feeling there's such a hunger, 462 00:25:29,004 --> 00:25:33,564 Speaker 2: yes out there now, that hole that needs to be 463 00:25:33,604 --> 00:25:36,244 Speaker 2: filled that only Christ can fence. 464 00:25:36,365 --> 00:25:38,284 Speaker 1: Right, that's right true. Yeah. 465 00:25:38,324 --> 00:25:41,405 Speaker 3: Billy Graham had a close relationship with Ronald Reagan as 466 00:25:41,405 --> 00:25:43,965 Speaker 3: a matter of fact. And the amazing thing about Billy 467 00:25:44,044 --> 00:25:47,084 Speaker 3: is he had relationships with presidents on both sides of 468 00:25:47,125 --> 00:25:49,884 Speaker 3: the aisle. Though he was friends with Nixon, he had 469 00:25:49,885 --> 00:25:53,525 Speaker 3: a relationship with President Kennedy and tried to be helpful 470 00:25:53,564 --> 00:25:56,524 Speaker 3: in supportive side note. I was talking to Billy once 471 00:25:56,564 --> 00:25:58,925 Speaker 3: and I said, do you have any regrets in life? 472 00:25:58,925 --> 00:26:01,324 Speaker 3: He said yes. I was doing one of the pre 473 00:26:01,484 --> 00:26:05,405 Speaker 3: breakfast prep breakfasts in Washington, d C. And President ken 474 00:26:05,645 --> 00:26:07,844 Speaker 3: he was in office, and he said, Billy, would you 475 00:26:07,925 --> 00:26:09,524 Speaker 3: drive with me back to the White House. 476 00:26:09,564 --> 00:26:11,205 Speaker 1: I have something I want to talk to you about. 477 00:26:11,524 --> 00:26:14,925 Speaker 3: Billy said, well, mister President, I'd love to, but I'm 478 00:26:14,965 --> 00:26:17,604 Speaker 3: sick right now. I'm afraid I would get you sick. 479 00:26:17,844 --> 00:26:19,404 Speaker 3: How about if I get back to you in like 480 00:26:19,445 --> 00:26:22,124 Speaker 3: a week when I'm better. And President Kennedy said that 481 00:26:22,125 --> 00:26:25,645 Speaker 3: would be fine. And only days after that, President Kennedy 482 00:26:25,725 --> 00:26:29,445 Speaker 3: was assassinated. Billy said, my regret is I always wanted 483 00:26:29,445 --> 00:26:31,164 Speaker 3: to know what he wanted to talk to me about, 484 00:26:31,925 --> 00:26:35,244 Speaker 3: but he would He was very close with President Johnson, 485 00:26:35,324 --> 00:26:39,044 Speaker 3: a Democrat. He preached at President Johnson's funeral, close to 486 00:26:39,125 --> 00:26:43,404 Speaker 3: President Nixon, George H. W. Bush George W. Bush, but 487 00:26:43,604 --> 00:26:48,684 Speaker 3: very close with Ronald Reagan. Ron and Nancy and Billy 488 00:26:48,885 --> 00:26:51,484 Speaker 3: and Ruth were friends and they spent a lot of 489 00:26:51,524 --> 00:26:54,164 Speaker 3: time together. And what a great dinner that would have 490 00:26:54,205 --> 00:26:56,884 Speaker 3: been be invited to, you know, behind us as the 491 00:26:56,925 --> 00:26:59,525 Speaker 3: Reagan ranch, and there's a table where they would sit 492 00:26:59,524 --> 00:27:00,445 Speaker 3: and have meals together. 493 00:27:00,564 --> 00:27:01,564 Speaker 1: That'd be a great. 494 00:27:01,484 --> 00:27:03,364 Speaker 3: If you get fixed, I want to go to dinner 495 00:27:03,365 --> 00:27:06,844 Speaker 3: with Billy and Ruth Graham and Ronald And that'd be fun. 496 00:27:06,925 --> 00:27:09,125 Speaker 4: That would be incredible. Put Johnny Cash in there too. 497 00:27:09,084 --> 00:27:13,804 Speaker 3: Yes, playing in the background, right, Donnie stopped playing that 498 00:27:13,844 --> 00:27:14,325 Speaker 3: same rip. 499 00:27:16,165 --> 00:27:18,484 Speaker 1: I'll like it. 500 00:27:19,244 --> 00:27:22,764 Speaker 3: If you could have dinner with three people through all 501 00:27:22,804 --> 00:27:23,925 Speaker 3: of world history? 502 00:27:24,405 --> 00:27:25,044 Speaker 1: Who would you have? 503 00:27:25,125 --> 00:27:27,965 Speaker 3: And we'll we'll think Jesus out of it because he 504 00:27:28,004 --> 00:27:31,685 Speaker 3: would be our first choice. A real historical figure. Maybe 505 00:27:31,685 --> 00:27:34,605 Speaker 3: they're in life today. Maybe it's someone who lived. Who 506 00:27:34,604 --> 00:27:39,524 Speaker 3: would you have dinner with? Abraham Lincoln? No, Abraham Abraham 507 00:27:39,524 --> 00:27:42,205 Speaker 3: from the Power? Yeah, original Dad. 508 00:27:42,125 --> 00:27:43,684 Speaker 1: The original Abraham. 509 00:27:44,044 --> 00:27:45,844 Speaker 4: Yes, their original Dad. That would be great. 510 00:27:46,725 --> 00:27:47,325 Speaker 1: I like that. 511 00:27:47,524 --> 00:27:51,045 Speaker 2: Yeah, Ronald Reagan would be one of them. 512 00:27:51,125 --> 00:27:52,684 Speaker 1: Abraham and Ronald Reagan. 513 00:27:52,885 --> 00:27:56,725 Speaker 4: I guess the theme of dads here. Yes, and uh, 514 00:27:57,764 --> 00:27:59,204 Speaker 4: Abraham Lincoln. Put him in. 515 00:27:59,244 --> 00:28:04,604 Speaker 3: Two Abrahams and a Ronald interesting combination. Yeah, these are 516 00:28:04,645 --> 00:28:09,645 Speaker 3: all powerful, influential people. I don't know who I would 517 00:28:09,685 --> 00:28:11,725 Speaker 3: have dinner with. I think maybe c. S. 518 00:28:11,804 --> 00:28:14,364 Speaker 1: Lewis. I really admired CEUs Lewis. 519 00:28:14,484 --> 00:28:18,044 Speaker 3: Yeah, I would include Billy Graham, though I had dinner 520 00:28:18,084 --> 00:28:20,205 Speaker 3: with Billy Graham, but I liked him so much I'd 521 00:28:20,205 --> 00:28:23,205 Speaker 3: do it again. I might invite Ronald Reagan to that 522 00:28:23,284 --> 00:28:25,685 Speaker 3: meal as well, because as I've been kind of prepping 523 00:28:25,725 --> 00:28:29,924 Speaker 3: for this interview and going over Reagan's life, you know, 524 00:28:30,125 --> 00:28:32,244 Speaker 3: a lot of which I knew, but things i'd forgotten, 525 00:28:32,365 --> 00:28:35,725 Speaker 3: some new things I discovered. I just became so impressed 526 00:28:35,764 --> 00:28:38,245 Speaker 3: with this man all over again. I thought, what a 527 00:28:38,285 --> 00:28:42,164 Speaker 3: remarkable president. I'm so glad that, you know, I was 528 00:28:42,205 --> 00:28:45,644 Speaker 3: alive to see his presidency. And you know, it's funny 529 00:28:45,645 --> 00:28:48,885 Speaker 3: because when he was president, he was not popular. 530 00:28:48,925 --> 00:28:51,285 Speaker 1: At times, he was denied it, that's uh. 531 00:28:52,725 --> 00:28:56,084 Speaker 2: He was called a warmonger, yes, you know, and he 532 00:28:56,645 --> 00:28:59,364 Speaker 2: took a lot of that and rolled off his back. 533 00:28:59,525 --> 00:29:06,645 Speaker 2: And you know, it took somebody who had that reputation 534 00:29:08,725 --> 00:29:11,924 Speaker 2: to get the Soviets to come to the table. You know, 535 00:29:12,045 --> 00:29:15,165 Speaker 2: he's the first one to say no to them. And 536 00:29:16,045 --> 00:29:18,765 Speaker 2: it took a cold warrior like that to win the 537 00:29:18,765 --> 00:29:19,245 Speaker 2: Cold War. 538 00:29:19,645 --> 00:29:23,045 Speaker 3: Do you remember what happened with the air traffic controllers? 539 00:29:23,604 --> 00:29:26,765 Speaker 3: They all threatened to quit and he fired him. And 540 00:29:26,805 --> 00:29:30,005 Speaker 3: the Soviets were watching their sizing up this new president. 541 00:29:30,245 --> 00:29:32,965 Speaker 1: It says before the assassination attempted, who is this guy? 542 00:29:33,084 --> 00:29:35,725 Speaker 1: Does he keep his word? Is he like President Carter? 543 00:29:35,925 --> 00:29:36,485 Speaker 1: Who is he? 544 00:29:36,885 --> 00:29:39,725 Speaker 3: And he fired all the air traffic controllers and they thought, ooh, 545 00:29:39,844 --> 00:29:40,685 Speaker 3: he keeps his word. 546 00:29:41,084 --> 00:29:41,325 Speaker 4: Yeah. 547 00:29:41,525 --> 00:29:45,045 Speaker 2: Rayman was, you know, president of a union by the way, 548 00:29:45,485 --> 00:29:49,685 Speaker 2: and you know they all they all went out on strike, 549 00:29:49,885 --> 00:29:50,725 Speaker 2: and he said, well. 550 00:29:50,525 --> 00:29:55,525 Speaker 4: A contract is a contract. Yeah, and they forfeited their jobs. 551 00:29:55,885 --> 00:29:58,644 Speaker 2: At the subjects look at that, and they said, he 552 00:29:58,725 --> 00:30:03,164 Speaker 2: shut down the skies of Americans. If he do that 553 00:30:03,205 --> 00:30:06,285 Speaker 2: to his own people, imagine what he'd do to us. 554 00:30:06,844 --> 00:30:10,805 Speaker 3: That little test was an important one that he passed 555 00:30:10,844 --> 00:30:13,845 Speaker 3: early on, and it set a course for his presidency. 556 00:30:15,604 --> 00:30:17,005 Speaker 1: This is a really. 557 00:30:16,645 --> 00:30:20,285 Speaker 3: Important film for people to see and a really important 558 00:30:20,325 --> 00:30:22,364 Speaker 3: presidency for them to know more about. 559 00:30:22,844 --> 00:30:27,725 Speaker 2: Well that's the parallels are amazing, including the times. You know, 560 00:30:27,765 --> 00:30:30,445 Speaker 2: we made this movie in twenty twenty and a little 561 00:30:30,445 --> 00:30:33,684 Speaker 2: bit of twenty one, and you know, during COVID, and 562 00:30:34,485 --> 00:30:38,285 Speaker 2: I had one wish for when it came out was 563 00:30:38,365 --> 00:30:41,045 Speaker 2: that it doesn't come out in an election year, because 564 00:30:43,005 --> 00:30:46,364 Speaker 2: we did you know, the movie is not political. I 565 00:30:46,405 --> 00:30:50,565 Speaker 2: don't really think it's a political movie, but it's about 566 00:30:50,565 --> 00:30:52,805 Speaker 2: a man stuff. But I just did want it to 567 00:30:52,844 --> 00:30:57,844 Speaker 2: be just totally taken over by politics and the response 568 00:30:58,005 --> 00:31:03,205 Speaker 2: and the hunger to see it in the interest is really. 569 00:31:02,965 --> 00:31:04,205 Speaker 4: I'm finding off the charts. 570 00:31:04,245 --> 00:31:06,565 Speaker 2: I mean, people come up to be about my movies 571 00:31:06,604 --> 00:31:08,725 Speaker 2: before they come out, after they come out, and this 572 00:31:08,765 --> 00:31:09,165 Speaker 2: one did. 573 00:31:09,205 --> 00:31:10,805 Speaker 4: But it's incredible. 574 00:31:11,005 --> 00:31:14,285 Speaker 3: It's an inspirational film, a movie you're going to be 575 00:31:14,365 --> 00:31:14,885 Speaker 3: touched by. 576 00:31:15,485 --> 00:31:16,845 Speaker 1: But it's not just history. 577 00:31:17,005 --> 00:31:19,285 Speaker 3: It can be our future as well if we can 578 00:31:19,405 --> 00:31:23,045 Speaker 3: learn from this man, not just his presidency, but the 579 00:31:23,125 --> 00:31:27,045 Speaker 3: men Ronald Reagan and the impact he had on the world, 580 00:31:27,125 --> 00:31:31,124 Speaker 3: which was based so much on his faith in God 581 00:31:31,604 --> 00:31:33,805 Speaker 3: that was passed on to him from his dear mother. 582 00:31:34,725 --> 00:31:35,765 Speaker 4: So much of that too. 583 00:31:36,885 --> 00:31:40,325 Speaker 2: You know, the people that he inspired that were young, 584 00:31:40,805 --> 00:31:42,005 Speaker 2: young men and women. 585 00:31:42,805 --> 00:31:45,885 Speaker 4: They still carry that torch today. 586 00:31:46,205 --> 00:31:50,245 Speaker 2: Like his influence on today, you know, is so great, 587 00:31:51,084 --> 00:31:57,285 Speaker 2: and he is an example of how we should be 588 00:31:57,325 --> 00:32:00,245 Speaker 2: as a people and how we should how a president 589 00:32:01,125 --> 00:32:03,164 Speaker 2: should govern. 590 00:32:03,485 --> 00:32:08,404 Speaker 3: Yes, I love what Dennis Quaid said about how only 591 00:32:08,604 --> 00:32:12,325 Speaker 3: Christ can fill that void in a person's life. So 592 00:32:12,445 --> 00:32:15,965 Speaker 3: let me ask you in closing, have you noticed that 593 00:32:16,005 --> 00:32:18,565 Speaker 3: there is a hole in your life, so to speak? 594 00:32:18,844 --> 00:32:20,165 Speaker 1: Have you tried to fill it. 595 00:32:20,165 --> 00:32:25,924 Speaker 3: With different things as culture offers, maybe relationships, maybe possessions, 596 00:32:25,965 --> 00:32:31,884 Speaker 3: maybe success or fame, or substances, drugs, alcohol, and you 597 00:32:32,045 --> 00:32:33,884 Speaker 3: found none of those things. 598 00:32:34,285 --> 00:32:34,965 Speaker 1: Fill that hole. 599 00:32:35,045 --> 00:32:39,285 Speaker 3: Listen, you were designed to have a relationship with your creator, 600 00:32:39,525 --> 00:32:40,765 Speaker 3: God Almighty. 601 00:32:40,325 --> 00:32:40,924 Speaker 1: Who loves you. 602 00:32:41,445 --> 00:32:43,645 Speaker 3: He loves you so much he sent his own son, 603 00:32:43,805 --> 00:32:47,125 Speaker 3: Jesus Christ, to die on the crust for your sin. 604 00:32:47,725 --> 00:32:51,884 Speaker 3: And Christ rose again from the dead. And now Jesus says, 605 00:32:52,325 --> 00:32:55,045 Speaker 3: I stand at the door of your life, and I knock, 606 00:32:55,365 --> 00:32:57,765 Speaker 3: and if you will hear my voice and open the door, 607 00:32:57,925 --> 00:33:00,365 Speaker 3: I will come in. Have you asked Christ to come 608 00:33:00,405 --> 00:33:03,525 Speaker 3: into your life? If not, would you like to let 609 00:33:03,565 --> 00:33:05,965 Speaker 3: me lead you in a simple prayer that I've led 610 00:33:06,045 --> 00:33:08,885 Speaker 3: many people in over the years. It's a simple prayer 611 00:33:08,925 --> 00:33:12,884 Speaker 3: of asking Jesus to come into your life. So if 612 00:33:12,925 --> 00:33:16,005 Speaker 3: you want Christ to forgive you of your sin, if 613 00:33:16,045 --> 00:33:18,565 Speaker 3: you want to know that you'll go to heaven when 614 00:33:18,565 --> 00:33:21,644 Speaker 3: you die, if you want a relationship with God like 615 00:33:21,725 --> 00:33:25,045 Speaker 3: Ronald Reagan had and Dennis Kwaid has and so many 616 00:33:25,084 --> 00:33:28,205 Speaker 3: others have, then just pray this prayer with me. You 617 00:33:28,245 --> 00:33:30,125 Speaker 3: can pray it out loud if you like, but pray 618 00:33:30,165 --> 00:33:34,085 Speaker 3: this after me. Just pray, Lord Jesus. I know I'm 619 00:33:34,084 --> 00:33:36,685 Speaker 3: a sinner, but I know that you are the savior 620 00:33:37,125 --> 00:33:40,165 Speaker 3: who died on the cross for my sin and rose 621 00:33:40,165 --> 00:33:43,285 Speaker 3: again from the dead. I turn from my sin now, 622 00:33:43,805 --> 00:33:47,325 Speaker 3: and I choose to follow you from this moment forward. 623 00:33:47,925 --> 00:33:49,925 Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, I pray Amen. 624 00:33:50,645 --> 00:33:52,884 Speaker 3: If you just prayed that prayer, I would like to 625 00:33:52,925 --> 00:33:57,005 Speaker 3: send you at no charge, something called the New Believer's Bible. 626 00:33:57,565 --> 00:34:01,124 Speaker 3: It's a special edition of the New Testament prepared especially 627 00:34:01,485 --> 00:34:04,364 Speaker 3: for someone that's new in the faith, where I filled 628 00:34:04,365 --> 00:34:07,045 Speaker 3: it with a lot of note about how you can 629 00:34:07,084 --> 00:34:10,205 Speaker 3: grow in your relationship with Christ. So thanks for watching. 630 00:34:10,605 --> 00:34:11,245 Speaker 1: God bless you.