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Had it in 'im.

Yeah, we're well aware of

his activities. Thank you.

Yeah, listen, I don't

mean to be disrespectful

but what do they pay you guys for?

I mean, you know,

prostitution, addiction,

gambling, written all over.

I mean, you know,

we thought he'd changed, right?

I mean, and we're about

forgiveness and grace

but I got to tell you something,

I... it caused me to doubt

my faith a little bit.

That, my friends,

that's a lesson.

Yeah, you know, it must

be really hard for you

to have to take on all

that responsibility,

- especially with no advance notice.

- Oh, goodness.

I think people don't get

this about ministries.

This size, got the same nuts and

bolts as a Fortune 500 company.

And I'm running it. This ain't

no sleigh ride, trust me.

Yeah, I can imagine.

Well, let's roll.

Body of Christ, Amen.

Body of Christ.

It feels cold in here without him.

I'm sorry?

Sorry, are you all right?

You don't look well.

He's dead. He was executed.

Who?

Your priest.

My father.

What do you mean?

Exactly what I said, son.

My name is William.

William.

Can you help me?

We never thought we'd

see this day, did we?

But miracles can happen

when we, as a people,

unite with one voice.

Our opponents boldly stated

that we could never have

Christians and Jews and Muslims

standing together in solidarity.

But they were wrong, weren't they?

Dead wrong.

This is the future of our

evolution in this nation,

ladies and gentlemen.

This is no longer a Christian nation.

In fact, it never has been.

But the question now becomes

how can a government survive

and even prosper without

the steadfast unity

of its own diverse

religious community?

It simply can't.

It simply can't.

And just as Martin Luther King, Jr.

Faced violent opposition when

he first birthed his dream

of people uniting of all colors,

I have a dream, too.

A dream of a tradition of faith

as diverse as our skins,

walking hand in hand

toward the light.

All right.

What are you doing here, John?

I want to know the truth.

Well, I'll make some calls.

I'll see what I can do, John.

No more lies.

Why did you do this to me?

I-I don't know what

you're talking about.

You knew that bill would never

stand without my support.

Johnny, you know,

you always had moves

but you could never hear the music.

This is the most crucial

piece of legislation

since the Bill of Rights.

This is heaven on earth

for somebody like you.

Imagine, with the flick of a switch,

you could be preaching

to every synagogue

and temple and mosque known to man.

No secrets when we have the keys.

All faiths on bended

knees before the throne.

Whose throne?

I'm not your enemy, John.

The real enemy is some guy with

a nuclear weapon in a suitcase,

hiding in a mosque or a temple

somewhere and I can't get to him

because I don't have the oversight.

You're saying you had that

innocent girl murdered

and you destroyed my life

to protect the nation from terrorism?

Sometimes in war,

there's collateral damage

for the greater good.

You, like a tree that bears no fruit,

shall be swiftly cut down.

Will you stop it with

the Christian platitudes!

You called yourself a

Christian at one time.

I warned you, if you put your

personal history into the street,

- it'd come back and bite you.

- I want to ask you a question.

You thought you were bigger than

the system, but you're not.

You thought you could wash

yourself in the blood of Jesus

and your sins would be removed,

but they weren't.

The public does not take kindly

to a sexual predator on the loose.

I remember what the

Lord said to David,

when Saul was delivered

under his hand.

Oh, stop with the Lord!

Deal with him as you wish.

Lord, please protect

my wife and child.

Listen, if we can share the light

with brothers and sisters

of like-minded faith

and that allows us to

enter into the blessings

spoken of in Jeremiah,

then I am all in.

But I need to know who's with me.

I think we're on the right track.

Good, good. All right.

Well, then, who'd like to close?

Why don't you lead us, Ryan?

Okay.

Lord God, we are so thankful.

We are so grateful you allow

us to enter into your throne

with all these blessings

you've given to us.

Just be thankful that we

can allow these blessings

to just be distributed

throughout the earth

and these four walls might

make your name famous

in all the nations, Lord God.

We are so thankful for

your financial blessings,

for your abundance of grace,

for your showers of mercy, Lord.

John!

Why don't you have a seat, Ryan?

Look, I don't know what to say.

We hate seeing you like this.

Me, especially,

but you can't just barge...

I'm not going to ask you again, Ryan.

Fine. Your show.

Your portfolios must

have just skyrocketed.

Anybody else want

to see the next slide?

Hit the button.

All right, I'll help!

John, stop.

Phew! Now, we're talking.

Look at this.

Not bad.

Look at those numbers.

Not bad for tax money,

for blood money.

Was it worth it?

- Again.

- John.

Hit the button again!

Hit it again!

Stop. There it is.

That's what, like...

help me out here, Dave,

you're the numbers guy.

That's like, what,

a 200% increase in salary?

John, be reasonable.

Reasonable?

Is that how you got to where you're

sitting today, by being reasonable?

John, your uncompromising

perspective is admirable.

I admire it.

But your approach is not

always a practical one.

I built this place

with my bare hands.

Now you're in bed

with the government.

You're taking tax dollars

and you don't think

that they can silence

you any time they want?

They've got a hook in your back.

And you don't even realize it

because you're too blinded

by ambition, greed and lust.

John, it wasn't always

meant to be this way.

Obviously, what happened

to you is unthinkable.

But as far as this

organization is concerned,

we're here just picking

up the pieces.

You asked us to come

here for damage control.

So what good could it possibly do

if we blow our entire credibility

on one piece of legislation?

We'd then just spend the rest of our

life wandering in the wilderness

without any credibility whatsoever.

How many people can

we approach that way?

Have all of you completely forgotten?

There was once a man

who wandered in the wilderness

and he reached more people

than you're ever going to reach now.

I've got him. He's heading to the

southeast corner of the building

towards the parking lot.

I need you to do this.

I think you'll want to see this.

...girl murdered.

You destroyed my life to protect

the nation from terrorism?

Hello, everyone. I'm Diana Lucas

with a breaking news report.

Let me tie up a few loose

ends for you here first.

The footage that you are about to see

has not been verified as

having anything to do

with the evidence in the

charges against John Luther

but our facts submission

department has, in fact,

concluded that it does appear

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