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Series Code: UBR
Program Code: UBR210021S
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00:02 that's walking in their divine purpose together. 00:05 My name is Jason Bradley 00:07 and you're watching Urban Report. 00:35 Hello, and welcome to Urban Report. 00:37 My guests today are Art and Pat Humphrey. 00:40 Art is a video producer 00:42 and Pat is the president of the ASI Southwest Chapter. 00:46 Welcome to Urban Report, Art and Pat. 00:48 Thank you. Thank you. 00:50 Yes, it's great to have you here. 00:52 You know, I know you guys personally, 00:54 but I want to dive into 00:56 a little bit about your backgrounds 00:59 and find out, you know, 01:01 were you raised in the church? 01:03 And how did you come to meet the Lord? 01:05 Let's talk about that? 01:08 Well, when I was born, my mother was a Christian 01:11 and I went through church school. 01:13 She worked and put me through church school 01:16 and so 01:19 when it came time to give my heart to the Lord, 01:22 you know, I did that, 01:23 you know, and I followed the Lord 01:25 and as I got older, 01:27 I started wandering and getting more serious 01:29 about my relationship with the Lord, 01:32 because all of us have to do that. 01:33 You know, you have to get to a point 01:35 where you got to be committed totally. 01:37 Yes. Yes. 01:38 So you, you had that relationship for yourself. 01:41 You weren't trying to live through your mother's 01:42 relationship with Christ. 01:44 Yes. Yes. 01:45 That's important. That's important. 01:46 And what about you, Pat? 01:48 So, in my case, 01:49 I was not raised in an Adventist home 01:51 and I wouldn't really describe it as a Christian home, 01:54 although we belonged to a church 01:56 and we would go to church on occasion. 01:59 And so, I would say kind of a nominal Christian background, 02:04 but when it came time for me to go to high school, 02:08 my parents decided that they were going to send me 02:10 to a public to, 02:11 not a public school, but to a private school. 02:14 And I had the choice of going to either an Adventist, 02:17 I mean, to a Lutheran school or to a Catholic school. 02:21 And so I went to the Lutheran school 02:23 and there I learned a lot about church history. 02:26 And then years later 02:29 I was given a copy of The Great Controversy. 02:32 Oh, wow. 02:33 And so when I read that book, 02:35 I just couldn't put it down. 02:37 And all of the things that I had learned 02:39 in that Lutheran high school kind of came together for me 02:42 and put the missing pieces into the puzzle. 02:46 And shortly after that, 02:49 I became a Seventh-day Adventist. 02:51 I took Bible studies and joined the church. 02:54 So that was my experience. Wow. 02:56 So The Great Controversy, 02:59 you got that book and you learnt from that 03:02 and the Lutheran school that you went to, 03:04 and then you became Adventist? 03:06 Absolutely. Wow. 03:07 Tell us about The Great Controversy? 03:08 So for someone out there that may not know 03:11 what The Great Controversy is, 03:12 just give a brief synopsis of it? 03:14 So The Great Controversy is a book about church history 03:19 and it talks about not just history actually, 03:23 it talks about prophecy as well, 03:24 but many of the events that have transpired 03:28 over the years that talk about 03:32 the reformation and the dark day 03:37 and all of the events that kind of foretell 03:40 what is coming 03:41 and that Jesus is ultimately going to return. 03:44 So it really takes you through the whole history 03:47 of the Christian Church, 03:48 but it leads you also to prophecy 03:51 and understanding what is coming as well. 03:54 And you're a part of a project that is dealing 03:57 with The Great Controversy, touch on that real quick? 04:00 Yeah. 04:01 So it's interesting how God leads in our lives 04:03 because how interesting that I came into the church 04:08 through reading The Great Controversy. 04:10 And just recently I was given an opportunity 04:13 and invited to be part of a project 04:15 called Streams of Light International. 04:17 And so Streams of Light is a ministry 04:22 that is dedicated to getting a copy 04:24 of The Great Controversy into every home 04:27 in North America over the next five years. 04:31 And so God leads in mysterious ways. 04:33 I never dreamed that I'd be part of a project 04:36 to give out the very book 04:39 that brought me into relation with, 04:41 relationship with Christ and also into the church. 04:45 So it's exciting project and we are just 04:49 excited to be part of that. 04:51 Amen. 04:52 Well, a little bit later, 04:53 we're going to get into your presidency, 04:55 Madam President, and find out about 04:57 what that is like and, and how you came 05:01 or stepped into that role and the challenges 05:03 and all of that stuff? 05:04 But, Art, I want to talk to you about some of the projects 05:07 that you have going on right now. 05:09 You've been busy and talk to us about that? 05:12 I'm not quite that busy. 05:13 It takes a while to do those projects, 05:15 but, you know, I remember being in the fifth grade 05:19 and looking in a book at school, 05:23 a very big thick book about motion pictures. 05:27 And there was a picture specifically 05:30 that captured my imagination, 05:32 a picture of a thousand people 05:35 on a set of a movie called Cleopatra. 05:38 And I just was so fascinated about that. 05:41 And I thought, how did they do, what do they do? 05:43 How are they doing those things? 05:45 You know, I didn't know anything, 05:47 you know, in the fifth or sixth grade. 05:50 And I was just curious about it and that's what happened to me. 05:52 I just was interested 05:54 in television and motion picture. 05:56 Okay. 05:57 That's the course 05:58 that I pursued for my life's work. 06:00 Wow. Okay. 06:01 So that's what sparked that? 06:03 Yes. 06:04 But now you use that for ministry. 06:07 And so, yeah. 06:08 So tell us about some of the projects 06:10 that you've worked on. 06:12 And we actually have some clips. 06:14 So let's talk about that? 06:16 Well, I believe that as a Christian, 06:21 we have to fight fire with fire 06:24 because Hollywood is really doing 06:26 a job on people of the world. 06:30 And the films that I create are truth filled films, 06:34 films that lead people to the Bible 06:38 and Bible study. 06:40 So that's what I decided to do 06:43 is three angels' message projects. 06:45 Okay. 06:46 And you have a project entitled, 06:49 Scared to Death? 06:51 Okay. Now what does that entail? 06:54 Because it's the title, Scared to Death. 06:57 Tell us about that film? Yeah. 07:00 In Hollywood, they always used to talk about 07:03 children or animals. 07:05 The directors will say no more movies with childrens 07:07 or children or animals. 07:09 This is two little boys that go camping together. 07:12 And one little boy is afraid of his shadow. 07:15 And the other little boy is a Bible student 07:17 and he teaches his friend what happens when you die? 07:21 This is the state of the dead for children. 07:24 Wow. 07:25 It's a vegetarian, scary movie. 07:29 Vegetarian scary movie, I love that. 07:32 Well, I'll tell you what? 07:33 Let's look at that clip. 07:34 We'll go to that clip right now. 07:36 And then we'll talk about it after. 07:37 Let's go. 07:40 You look like you just seen a ghost. 07:43 I'm always kind of edgy. 07:45 You know when sometimes spooky thing get near, 07:49 I can't stand it. 07:51 I'm always scared of the dark. 07:53 You know, dead people ghost, I can't stand it. 07:58 Why are you so scared? 08:01 I don't know. 08:03 I think it happened after, 08:05 you know, after my uncle. 08:10 Dude, can't go around being scared all the time. 08:13 Hey, how'd you get that way? 08:14 Okay man, whatever. 08:27 Brant, honey, it's bedtime. 08:31 Turn that off and go to bed. 08:32 Here's the body, put these gloves on. 08:35 Okay, mom, just a minute. 08:37 You know you've got school in the morning. 08:39 If I could just 08:43 reach the right blood vessel. 08:50 That's it. 08:55 You're getting close. Take your time. 09:02 I can't, we're running out of time. 09:07 No, wait, it's moving. 09:11 It's starting to... It's starting to move. 09:14 It's alive. 09:16 Brant? 09:19 I know, I really shouldn't watch all those horror movies. 09:23 It makes me imagine things. 09:26 Things like what? 09:32 You're getting close, take your time. 09:38 I can't, we are running out of time. 09:42 It's moving. 09:44 It's starting to move. 09:46 It's starting to move! 09:48 It's alive! 09:53 Brett. 09:55 Brett, do you know what happens when a person dies? 09:58 Yeah. 10:00 Sort of, they go into ghost like state 10:02 and they can be pretty scary. 10:06 Nope. Nothing like that. 10:08 Well, what makes you so sure? 10:12 Well, you see, you can't guess or believe 10:14 everything that it's going ground. 10:16 You know what I mean? 10:17 From things like movies especially scary ones. 10:20 And even though what some people say 10:22 happens to you when you die, 10:23 you got to take a look at the Bible. 10:25 You erase it when you find out about ghosts 10:28 and things in the Bible? 10:29 Brett, I believe that the Bible is the book for everyone, 10:33 not just Christians. 10:34 Hey you listen to this. 10:41 It says, "For the living know that they shall die, 10:45 but the dead know not anything." 10:47 So you don't think there's such things as ghost? 10:52 It's not what I think or feel because my senses can fool me. 10:55 I've got to believe what the Bible says. 10:58 Okay, man, whatever. 11:01 Sometimes at night I get so scared. 11:04 Hey, please read that text to me again. 11:07 Sure. 11:08 It says, "For the living know that they shall die, 11:11 but the dead know not anything." 11:13 You can be sure that the Bible is true. 11:16 You don't have to be scared. 11:18 Well, maybe I have watched too many scary movies. 11:21 What about my uncle? 11:23 Did he go somewhere after death. 11:26 A friend at school said, my uncle is probably in heaven. 11:31 I wish that I could tell you that your uncle is in heaven, 11:34 but there are Bible texts that talk about resurrection. 11:37 Cool word. 11:39 But what is this resurrection? 11:44 When Jesus returns to this earth, 11:46 there will be a resurrection. 11:48 Hey, here's another verse. 11:50 "For the Lord himself 11:52 shall descend from heaven with a shout, 11:54 with the voice of the archangel, 11:56 and with the trump of God: 11:58 and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 12:00 Then we which are alive and remain 12:02 shall be caught up together with them 12:04 in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air." 12:07 And you know what, Brett, 12:08 the very next verse says, 12:09 "Comfort one another with these words," 12:11 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18. 12:19 Wow. That's really interesting. 12:20 That's a... 12:22 That's a different spin on things 12:23 because you know, in the world 12:25 like kids talk about ghost stories. 12:27 They tell ghost stories and all of that. 12:29 In this film, he's educating his friend 12:32 on the state of the dead. 12:34 So that was, that was really cool. 12:35 Tell you, you wanted to clarify some things? 12:38 A lady called me from Florida and she says, 12:41 "I use scared to death 12:44 in Bible studies with the kids at church." 12:46 And she said, 12:48 "I broke my DVD. Can you send me another one?" 12:51 I said, absolutely. 12:52 She said, "Every one of those kids, 12:54 this is the first thing I do is I play this film for them." 12:57 And she said, 12:59 "Every one of those kids stay in Christ 13:02 when they grow up." 13:03 Wow. Praise God. 13:04 That's a huge blessing. 13:06 And that was one of your first projects, correct? 13:09 That was the first movie project. 13:10 Yes. Okay. 13:11 Okay. Now you've worked on other projects too? 13:14 Yes, there's a short list. 13:16 Okay. Okay. 13:19 What's the next project you worked on? 13:22 The next one was a film called oh no. 13:26 Yeah, The Quest. Okay. 13:27 The Quest is a film of college students 13:31 at a secular university that discover the Sabbath 13:34 as a result of a research project. 13:37 Okay. And you also did The Creation? 13:40 The Creation. 13:42 Yes, The Creation was released in 2010 13:44 and that one was distributed around the world. 13:47 We had a public distribution that was on Wal-Mart, 13:50 it was on Amazon, it was everywhere. 13:52 Nice. You know? 13:53 And you know, I only know in eternity 13:56 what happened with these films? 13:58 So we have a clip if you want us to show. 14:01 Absolutely. You know what? 14:02 Let's go check out that clip right now. 14:05 I started off believing evolution 14:07 was the most sensible thing, 14:09 I just assumed it was true. 14:13 We really have to go on faith 14:15 when it comes to where we came from originally. 14:17 I think what God inspired Moses to do 14:20 was write a record that is corrective. 14:24 And under the guiding hand of inspiration, 14:26 Moses sat down and wrote us an accurate, 14:30 beautiful, poetic description of, 14:33 of how the universe began. 14:35 In six days, the great work of creation 14:38 had been accomplished, 14:40 and God rested on the seventh day 14:42 from all His work, which He had made. 14:45 Irreducible complexity says that it's much too complex, 14:49 one little part missing, and it no longer works. 14:52 All of those parts have to work at the same time. 14:55 They have to come together to, to be able to work. 14:58 There's so much organization design that's built in 15:04 for everything has a place 15:06 that just doesn't happen by coincidence. 15:08 It has to be by divine intervention 15:12 and intelligence that brings about 15:15 what we understand to be the universe. 15:17 The creator of the universe, who is perfect and true. 15:21 And wouldn't lie to us, told us what He did. 15:24 He gave us the eyewitness account 15:27 of His creation in the Bible. 15:29 The first few chapters of Genesis 15:31 lay it all out for us. 15:35 The creation. 15:42 The universe and all creation, 15:44 the intricacies of the living cell, 15:46 the molecular structure of atoms, 15:49 the complexity of matter, 15:50 all speak volumes of the creative power of God. 15:54 Not only is He the creator and a loving Father 15:57 who put perfection in all creative things. 16:00 There's really not enough programming time 16:02 to adequately and fully demonstrate 16:05 the magnificence of God's creation. 16:07 Our program is thus presented to spark new faith, 16:11 hope and love 16:13 of the one who gave Himself for His creation. 16:16 His ultimate restoration 16:17 and reclamation of our fallen race 16:20 will be our study theme throughout the endless ages. 16:31 If it could be demonstrated 16:33 that any complex organ existed 16:36 which could not possibly have been formed 16:39 by numerous successive, slight modifications, 16:44 my theory would absolutely break down. 16:51 If you can fathom 16:53 someone taking alphabets, 16:57 the American alphabet A to Z 17:00 and having 1 trillion of each alphabet, 17:05 a trillion of As, trillion Bs and just, 17:09 and piling up a mountain of alphabets, 17:14 like as tall as Mount Everest of alphabets, 17:18 and then placing a bomb beneath 17:22 this large mountain of alphabets 17:24 and blowing up the alphabets and they just go 17:27 blowing up into the sky and the alphabets all fall down 17:31 into the Webster dictionary. 17:34 From A to Z in alphabetical order 17:36 with the description and definition of every word. 17:39 If you can believe something of that nature, 17:41 then you can believe in the Big Bang Theory. 17:45 That's how impossible it is in my mind. 17:54 The mysteries of the visible universe, 17:56 the wondrous works of Him, which is perfect in knowledge. 18:01 God's glory in the heavens, 18:03 the innumerable worlds in the orderly revolutions. 18:08 The balancings of the clouds, 18:11 the mysteries of light and sound of day and night, 18:14 all were open to the study of our first parents, 18:20 on every leaf of the forest or stone of the mountains, 18:23 in every shining star in earth and air and sky, 18:27 God's name was written. 18:30 The order and harmony of creation 18:32 spoke to them of infinite wisdom and power. 18:36 They were ever discovering some attraction 18:39 that filled their hearts with deeper love 18:41 and called forth fresh expressions of gratitude. 18:45 So long as they remain loyal to the divine law, 18:48 their capacity to know, to enjoy and to love 18:52 would continually increase. 18:54 They would be constantly gaining 18:56 new treasures of knowledge, 18:58 discovering fresh springs of happiness 19:00 and obtaining clearer, and yet clearer conceptions 19:04 of the immeasurable unfailing love of God. 19:39 I love how the gentlemen in the film use 19:43 that illustration and kind of really painted 19:45 the picture of like how out there 19:48 the Big Bang Theory is, 19:51 what the alphabet and the mountain 19:53 and all of that stuff. 19:54 And coming together in the dictionary, 19:56 the letters coming together in the dictionary. 19:58 Yeah. So... 19:59 It's amazing how people can believe about 20:01 the Big Bang Theory. 20:03 It's amazing. 20:05 But I wanted to tell you too, that these films 20:07 are made with little or no money. 20:10 I only equipment. 20:12 I had the time to do it and the Lord impressed upon me 20:16 that I should do it. 20:18 So that's what I did. Yeah. 20:20 And that's, I'm glad that you said that because you know, 20:23 there's probably a lot of people 20:24 that are at home and they're thinking, 20:25 well, I don't have the money to do these things, 20:28 like I want to witness for God. 20:30 I want to do, you know, this or that for God like, 20:35 but it's about what you have in your hand, right? 20:37 What do you have in your hand that you can use 20:40 for God's honor and glory? 20:41 And that's what you've been doing. 20:44 We have The Crowning Act. 20:47 We have a trailer of The Crowning Act. 20:50 And so why don't you tell us a little bit about that film 20:54 prior to going to that clip? 20:56 In our church, we have a prophet 20:59 and the prophet is a messenger of God. 21:03 The prophet doesn't come up with his own messages. 21:06 And the prophet said 21:08 that when the church and state unites 21:11 then will be the time 21:13 for the marvelous workings of Satan. 21:15 Now, I thought, what is that? 21:18 So I thought about it and thought 21:20 it was going to be a lot of things. 21:21 Satan's going to do miracles and all sorts 21:23 of crazy things and make people believe 21:25 in spaceships and aliens and all that. 21:28 But I thought 21:29 maybe as the appearance of Satan as Christ. 21:32 And so I started writing, I came up with the script 21:35 and we called it The Crowning Act, 21:36 which is the crowning act of Satan 21:40 appearing or impersonating or personating Christ. 21:44 And the whole world is going to believe it. 21:46 Wow. Wow. 21:48 Well, let's take a look at that trailer right now. 22:10 Happy birthday. 22:12 Oh, wow. Thank you. 22:15 What exactly did you see this morning? 22:17 I saw a bright light, a dazzling light. 22:21 My heart was touched. This is wonderful. 22:24 I will never forget it. 22:27 I don't think that's Jesus. 22:29 I saw him with my own eyes. 22:30 It has to be Jesus. 22:32 Dan, maybe this time you cannot rely on your eyes. 22:36 We need to rely on God's Word. 22:38 Wonder if there's any other stations out there 22:40 talking about God's Word, and the Bible truth. 22:47 So who is this bright, shiny being 22:50 that's walking around in Israel? 22:53 Christ has come. He's come to the earth. 23:08 Wow. 23:09 I just want to say that brother needed 23:11 to turn to 3ABN's Dare to Dream Network. 23:12 He was wondering if anybody was out there talking, 23:15 he should have flipped on Dare to Dream. 23:16 I'm just saying, 23:18 but that looks very interesting. 23:20 So how, how long roughly did that take 23:24 and to come about? 23:25 Well, I sent out a treatment, 23:28 a treatment as just a rough 23:29 idea of what the film is going to be like. 23:31 I sent it out to many ministry leaders 23:33 and they said, oh, this is a great idea. 23:35 We're too busy. 23:37 And I got a, an email 23:39 from my friend, Steve Wohlberg at White Horse Media. 23:41 He said, I'm interested. 23:43 So we took it from there. 23:44 We've been working on it for very many months, 23:47 but it's going to be released very soon. 23:48 As a matter of fact, I think by this showing 23:51 it's going to be online at thecrowningact.com. 23:54 Oh, nice, nice. 23:56 Pat, I want to take a moment to talk to you Madam President 24:00 about the presidency. 24:02 So what is it like being a president for ASI 24:05 Southwest Chapter? 24:07 Well, it's a very busy role. 24:10 As a matter of fact, 24:12 serving as president as a volunteer role, 24:14 but sometimes it's almost like having a full-time job 24:19 and of course it can be just as busy 24:21 as you can allow it to be. 24:24 But ASI, let me just tell you just a little bit, 24:27 I think, you know a little bit about ASI, 24:29 but it is a ministry of people 24:32 who come from all different walks of life. 24:34 They're all laypeople who share a common passion. 24:38 They come from many different backgrounds, 24:41 but they all share a passion 24:43 to share Christ in the marketplace. 24:45 And so ASI Southwest is one of eight chapters 24:50 across North America 24:52 and each chapter kind of has its own unique 24:55 niche for ministry. 24:56 And some of the things that our chapter 24:58 has done is we have something called jumpstart 25:02 free health clinic, and we do a health ministry. 25:06 We've kind of paused that a little bit 25:08 with the pandemic, but hopefully one day 25:10 we will be able to get back into doing that. 25:13 And we do evangelism projects. 25:18 We do all kinds of, of ministry. 25:20 And so we're just a small chapter, 25:22 but we have a lot of excited people 25:25 who love the Lord and want to finish the work. 25:28 Amen. 25:29 And what does ASI stand for? 25:31 Oh, it's a mouthful. 25:32 So ASI stands for 25:34 Adventist-laymen's Services and Industries. 25:38 And so that just kind of represents 25:41 the different types of ministries. 25:43 There's organizational members that are, 25:46 there are people who are in business, 25:48 people who are professionals, doctors, and nurses. 25:52 And so it's just a, you know, 25:55 collaborative organization with people from different 25:59 types of ministries and businesses. 26:01 Amen. 26:02 Well, 3ABN has had the excited, exciting opportunity 26:06 and privilege of partnering with ASI Southwest 26:09 Chapter and doing a rally. 26:12 And that, that was a wonderful rally. 26:14 Yes. 26:16 I think, you know, this is groundbreaking 26:18 because no other chapter that I know 26:20 of as ever partnered with 3ABN, 26:23 I know that on the national level 26:26 3ABN and ASI have had a very close partnership, 26:29 but we've never done that on the chapter level. 26:32 So I feel like we really broke some ground there 26:35 and we're excited. 26:36 Amen. Amen. 26:38 If someone wants to get in touch with you guys 26:40 about some of these projects that you have going on, 26:43 or how do they contact you? 26:46 What's your email address? 26:47 So, we have an email address, 26:48 Art and Pat Humphrey is very simple, 26:51 ArtandPatHumphrey@gmail.com 26:53 So it's just our names and a Gmail. 26:56 Believe it or not, I'm the only Art Humphrey on YouTube. 27:00 So it's easy to find me. 27:02 Really? Okay. 27:03 So you have the YouTube channel too? 27:04 Yeah, Youtube.com/Art Humphrey, you'll find me. 27:07 Beautiful. 27:09 What would you say to an individual 27:10 that wants to do something for God, 27:12 but they don't know where to begin? 27:14 Just look in this camera right here 27:15 and speak to them? 27:17 That's a good question. 27:19 You know, I think that 27:20 if you want to do something for the Lord, 27:22 anything, make films, whatever, pray, He'll show you. 27:26 If it won't go away, it's for you to do. 27:28 Amen, Pat? 27:30 Yeah. I agree with that. 27:31 And I would say pray, 27:33 but also ask the Lord for some divine appointments 27:36 and He will send them, 27:37 but I would also say 27:39 be prepared for what He's going to do. 27:42 Amen. Amen. 27:43 Thank you so much for coming on and sharing 27:45 and for using your gifts for God. 27:48 And we want to encourage you to use 27:49 your gifts for God. 27:51 Thank you for tuning in. 27:52 Until next time, may God richly bless you. |
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