RADIOMarch 02, 2023

SHOCK: How a pastor deterred ARMED robbers with PRAYER

We all need more good stories in our daily consumption of news, so Glenn is here to help! In this clip, Glenn details the SHOCKING story of how a pastor deterred four armed robbers who entered a Missouri church earlier this month. But the pastor — and his congregation — used quick thinking and PRAYER to stop the potential travesty. THIS is the heartwarming (and also slightly funny) story you need this week…

Transcript

Below is a rush transcript that may contain errors

GLENN: I got to talk to this man, before the end of the week, I have to do it. I think this is a great story.

Four armed men, wearing masks -- masks, entered a Missouri church earlier this month. With alleged intent to rob it or worse.

STU: Alleged. Is that really necessary?

GLENN: Well, just listen. Listen to the story.

So Mark Quello, I guess, Futrel, he is the pastor at All Creation North View Holiness Family Church. Too many words in that, just cut it down. Just cut it down.

STU: Economy of words.

GLENN: Okay?

It's in Ferguson. He said, he watched these four guys, wearing masks with guns on their waists and empty bags in their hands walking in.

Now, he's a former police officer, and now a pastor. He said, the hairs on my -- back of my neck stood up. And I said, okay. Something is about to happen. It's not going to be good.

He said, me being a former police officer, I noticed the waistbands. And I'm like, okay. Something in their waistbands as well.

So he's up there. And he's preaching. And he's seeing this. Nobody else has seen it yet. And he's like, what do I do? What do I do?

So he does, what I don't think anybody else would do. He's like, hey, you. Yeah, you.

You in the purple jacket. What is your name?

And he starts walking down the aisle towards them, and he engages them directly. What is your name?

I can't hear you. Say your name out loud.

And then he said, you four gentlemen, can you account for yourself? Who sent you here? You just decided, you saw this church. And you just decided, I'm just going to come on in. Talk to me. Why are you here?

Who sent you here?

He said, they found out that they were -- later, they were connected to two robberies from convenience stores. And the preacher just engaged them, and said, turning to the congregation, you know what, let's praise God for them coming in today.

Let's just praise God. I praised God, that God sent them in here because I think the devil meant this for evil.

Then he said, but you are messing with the wrong guy. Don't play with me. I still have a cop anointing. And I still know what's going on, and I know what's about to happen. God is about to change the plan of the enemy. So let's pray on these four.

And he turns to the young men. And he looks at them, and says, lift your voice up to God.

Pray with us, will you? And the young men are like, uh. And then the entire congregation surrounds these would-be robbers. And he's like, bow your heads, bow your heads. We're going to pray on you.

And so the whole congregation comes around, and they put their hands. Nobody is reaching for the gun. They put their hands on the back of these guys. And they are praying that the Holy Ghost will come and just change these men.

They pray for a while, and then the congregation sits back down. Like, see, brothers, that wasn't so bad. Thank you for letting us pray for you.

We're thankful that for whatever reason, the Lord let you come on in here. And when you walked on this ground, you walked on to the ground of the holy ghost.

You step foot, on the all-creation parking lot. And you encountered the move of the holy ghost. And I don't think any of you are going to be the same.

And they all just kind of looked at him. Looked at the congregation. Wearing the mask.

Looked at each other.

And went, yes, sir.

And turned around and walked out.

Police are still looking for them.

STU: Wow.

GLENN: The pastor said, I've got to find this. When the enemy comes in like a flood, the spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard. And the flood will never be greater than the standard.

I mean, you want to talk about faith in God. That pastor coming out from behind that -- that podium, and seeing him. And knowing, oh, boy. There's trouble.

STU: Hmm.

GLENN: I think that's a great story.

STU: What kind of masks were there, do we know?

GLENN: On the evening of February 21st, the number 12 ranked mid-Vermont Christian school Eagles of White River Junction. Again, too many names. Too many names. They were scheduled to take on the number five Long Trail Mountain Lions of Dorset. First round of the Vermont division four girls varsity tournament, the Eagles dropped out. They forfeited the game. Because when they got there, they realize that had one member of the Mountain Lions was actually a male. And so they withdrew from the tournament, because they said, we believe playing against an opponent with a biological male, jeopardizes the fairness of the game, the safety of our players, and allowing biological males to participate in women and children's sports, sets a bad precedent for the future of women's sports in general.

Good for them.

STU: I mean, some school eventually is going to be smart enough to just go out there, and recruit a whole team of dudes.

And just go out there and just kick everybody's butt. And half of the teams will just probably forfeit. I mean, this is a very ultra competitive world there. I want to start this school.

GLENN: I know. I would like to do that. You know, if there was like a -- I don't know. A podcasting, you know, kind of division. We get all the guys here, just put them in skirts.

STU: I don't know how that would -- I mean, that might be something you like, but it's not something that I think would affect the quality of the podcasts.

GLENN: No, no, no. The podcast division. If there was a sports division, with the podcasts. And then there was male/female. We just -- because I don't think our team would be necessarily that good. Playing against men.

But even I could -- come on. Seriously.

Women. Right? That's not too sexist, right? Women.

STU: No. Definitely not.

Certainly not what you're going for. Specifically. I will say though, in sports, you have a little bit of real world evidence, that boys are able to compete in most sports, at a higher level, than girls. Yes, I know.

I mean, you can look at things like track and field, where you're just literally measuring. And you find a lot of these results play out that way.

GLENN: Hmm. So wait a minute.

STU: There's a --

GLENN: You're saying that only a Russian, probably hermaphrodite from the Soviet Union days. That is doing shot put. Is not as good as a male doing that.

STU: I don't know. That's a good point. But usually, that's the way it plays out.

GLENN: Right. Right.

STU: And my understanding, a Herman after tight, no longer the accepted term. I learned this directly from Weird Al Yankovic.

STU: So I know it's true.

GLENN: Okay. Why were -- what? Why were -- how did that happen?

STU: You have a lot of questions on that?

GLENN: Yeah. I do.

STU: No. That's fair. Weird Al has been doing a concert tour over the past few years. Which I have happened to see. And he has a song from many years ago.

GLENN: You went alone, didn't you?

STU: Of course I did.

Who would do that?

GLENN: This is sad. This is sad. A man in his '40s.

STU: Oh, it was the best time of my life. It was fantastic. I would do it again.

GLENN: Play the accordion, Al! Play the accordion! Bring it home!

STU: It was fantastic.

GLENN: I bet it was.

STU: But so he had a song, I can't remember which one it was. But he uses the word hermaphrodite in it. And he goes through the whole segment.

And he actually stops the song in the middle of it. And says, in totally like a -- you know, Weird Al. I don't know what his politics are. He's never been a political guy.

I don't -- that's not what he does.

GLENN: He's Weird Al Yankovic.

STU: I know. But he's a legend, okay? Weird Al is a legend. So he kind of stops it and says, by the way, this is not the term we're supposed to use anymore.

And he goes through this whole thing about how, you know things change over time. And trying not to be canceled. But also acknowledging it. It was a very, very funny way. But I honestly, there's so many terms that have been canceled. I didn't realize that hermaphrodite, apparently, not a term you're supposed to use anymore. Now, I don't care about that at all.

I do think that was interesting. That was one of the things they would use as the defense back in the day. Remember, when they talked about transgender people. What about hermaphrodites. You keep saying there's only two genders. What about hermaphrodites. That's what they used to say. That was the argument. Now they won't even make the argument, because they won't let themselves use the word.

We are screwed up.

GLENN: Let me ask you something. Because you've loved Weird Al for a very long time. Ever since I've known you.

STU: I have loved Weird Al. Loved him since back in the day.

GLENN: I believe he's been on the show.

STU: You know, we met him once when he was in New York. He was in the studios for something else. I don't remember if we brought him on the air or not. I can't remember.

GLENN: Okay. All right. Yeah, I can't remember if we brought him on the air. I also can't remember also even meeting him.

STU: You've had him on the air though.

GLENN: I've had him on the air several times.

But you -- that's a big deal, Weird Al.

STU: Yeah, for sure. I love Weird Al.

GLENN: Did you go backstage to meet him?

STU: No. I did not. I sat in the audience, and enjoyed the show.

GLENN: You can't. You have such little juice, you can't even get a backstage pass to see --

STU: Those are highly --

GLENN: Oh.

STU: Highly priced items.

GLENN: I bet. They don't just come on the internet.

STU: Now, look, was there a meet and greet level here? And did I look into it?

I mean, sure. Did I say if there was any availability?

The answer to that was no. There was none available at the time, when I looked.

But I would have proudly gone to meet and greet Weird Al and told you all about it. I love the guy. I love the guy.

GLENN: I know. I know.

How much would you have paid to shake his hand, and get your photo with Weird Al?

STU: No. As I just mentioned, I have met him before.

GLENN: I know. But to get your -- you would have paid for a meet and greet.

How much is that worth to you? A private meeting with Weird Al. I'm just asking. How much would that be worth?

STU: I would have paid the ticket premium.

GLENN: Which would have been what?

STU: I don't know. I bet it would have been a couple hundred bucks. A couple hundred bucks. I've been to meet and greets. You're familiar with this process.

GLENN: Is it worth, let's say $500 -- you're not going with a crowd. It would be one-on-one.

STU: I mean, I'm -- I'm conflicted by this. I think you're leading to something, to make fun of me. But I'm very conflicted.

GLENN: I'm just trying to go for your wallet.

STU: Okay. I don't actually want to meet the people that I like.

GLENN: That you like.

STU: I find it to -- I mean, I've met you. I liked you when I was on the air, when I was a kid.

You were the local host. And I was like, this guy sounds funny. And now I've met him, and it ruined the whole thing.

You've destroyed my vision of you.

GLENN: Right. It's like regular people for me. You were a regular person, when we met. You're still a regular person.

And I don't like you. I don't like you.

STU: Right. But you're not like that.

I mean, I know you've had instances where --

GLENN: Yeah. B.B. King. B.B. King. Elton John. Both of them.

STU: You loved them.

GLENN: I loved them.

Elton John, I can't use that word on the air. Not a nice man. And -- and B.B. King hit on my wife.

STU: Right. Right in front of you.

GLENN: I was the fan.

STU: You don't have the juice to stop an artist from hitting on your wife.

GLENN: No. Man can only do so much. But I walk in -- I walk in, and she slept during the concert. She hates B.B. King. I love B.B. King.

And, you know, I walk in, and he doesn't even look up for me. I'm like, Mr. King. He's like, uh-huh.

And I walk closer. I just wanted to shake your hand. And he looks up, and he does -- he looks at me for like half a second.

And then he goes right to Tania, like, come on over here, and sit on B.B.'s lap.

STU: That's an opening line right there.

GLENN: And I shoved her out of the way, and I sat on his lap, and it was very nice.

Could passengers have SAVED Iryna Zarutska?

Surveillance footage of the murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska in Charlotte, NC, reveals that the other passengers on the train took a long time to help her. Glenn, Stu, and Jason debate whether they were right or wrong to do so.

Transcript

Below is a rush transcript that may contain errors

GLENN: You know, I'm -- I'm torn on how I feel about the people on the train.

Because my first instinct is, they did nothing! They did nothing! Then my -- well, sit down and, you know -- you know, you're going to be judged. So be careful on judging others.

What would I have done? What would I want my wife to do in that situation?

STU: Yeah. Are those two different questions, by the way.

GLENN: Yeah, they are.

STU: I think they go far apart from each other. What would I want myself to do. I mean, it's tough to put yourself in a situation. It's very easy to watch a video on the internet and talk about your heroism. Everybody can do that very easily on Twitter. And everybody is.

You know, when you're in a vehicle that doesn't have an exit with a guy who just murdered somebody in front of you, and has a dripping blood off of a knife that's standing 10 feet away from you, 15 feet away from you.

There's probably a different standard there, that we should all kind of consider. And maybe give a little grace to what I saw at least was a woman, sitting across the -- the -- the aisle.

I think there is a difference there. But when you talk about that question. Those two questions are definitive.

You know, I know what I would want myself to do. I would hope I would act in a way that didn't completely embarrass myself afterward.

But I also think, when I'm thinking of my wife. My advice to my wife would not be to jump into the middle of that situation at all costs. She might do that anyway. She actually is a heck of a lot stronger than I am.

But she might do it anyway.

GLENN: How pathetic, but how true.

STU: Yes. But that would not be my advice to her.

GLENN: Uh-huh.

STU: Now, maybe once the guy has certainly -- is out of the area. And you don't think the moment you step into that situation. He will turn around and kill you too. Then, of course, obviously. Anything you can do to step in.

Not that there was much anyone on the train could do.

I mean, I don't think there was an outcome change, no matter what anyone on that train did.

Unfortunately.

But would I want her to step in?

Of course. If she felt she was safe, yes.

Think about, you said, your wife. Think about your daughter. Your daughter is on that train, just watching someone else getting murdered like that. Would you advise your daughter to jump into a situation like that?

That girl sitting across the aisle was somebody's daughter. I don't know, man.

JASON: I would. You know, as a dad, would I advise.

Hmm. No.

As a human being, would I hope that my daughter or my wife or that I would get up and at least comfort that woman while she's dying on the floor of a train?

Yeah.

I would hope that my daughter, my son, that I would -- and, you know, I have more confidence in my son or daughter or my wife doing something courageous more than I would.

But, you know, I think I have a more realistic picture of myself than anybody else.

And I'm not sure that -- I'm not sure what I would do in that situation. I know what I would hope I would do. But I also know what I fear I would do. But I would have hoped that I would have gotten up and at least tried to help her. You know, help her up off the floor. At least be there with her, as she's seeing her life, you know, spill out in under a minute.

And that's it other thing we have to keep in mind. This all happened so rapidly.

A minute is -- will seem like a very long period of time in that situation. But it's a very short period of time in real life.

STU: Yeah. You watch the video, Glenn. You know, I don't need the video to -- to change my -- my position on this.

But at his seem like there was a -- someone who did get there, eventually, to help, right? I saw someone seemingly trying to put pressure on her neck.

GLENN: Yeah. And tried to give her CPR.

STU: You know, no hope at that point. How long of a time period would you say that was?

Do you know off the top of your head?

GLENN: I don't know. I don't know. I know that we watched the video that I saw. I haven't seen past 30 seconds after she --

STU: Yeah.

GLENN: -- is down. And, you know, for 30 seconds nothing is happening. You know, that is -- that is not a very long period of time.

STU: Right.

GLENN: In reality.

STU: And especially, I saw the pace he was walking. He certainly can't be -- you know, he may have left the actual train car by 30 seconds to a minute. But he wasn't that far away. Like he was still in visual.

He could still turn around and look and see what's going on at that point. So certainly still a threat is my point. He has not, like, left the area. This is not that type of situation.

You know, I -- look, as you point out, I think if I could be super duper sexist for a moment here, sort of my dividing line might just be men and women.

You know, I don't know if it's that a -- you're not supposed to say that, I suppose these days. But, like, there is a difference there. If I'm a man, you know, I would be -- I would want my son to jump in on that, I suppose. I don't know if he could do anything about it. But you would expect at least a grown man to be able to go in there and do something about it. A woman, you know, I don't know.

Maybe I'm -- I hope --

GLENN: Here's the thing I -- here's the thing that I -- that causes me to say, no. You should have jumped in.

And that is, you know, you've already killed one person on the train. So you've proven that you're a killer. And anybody who would have screamed and got up and was with her, she's dying. She's dying. Get him. Get him.

Then the whole train is responsible for stopping that guy. You know. And if you don't stop him, after he's killed one person, if you're not all as members of that train, if you're not stopping him, you know, the person at the side of that girl would be the least likely to be killed. It would be the ones that are standing you up and trying to stop him from getting back to your daughter or your wife or you.

JASON: There was a -- speaking of men and women and their roles in this. There was a video circling social media yesterday. In Sweden. There was a group of officials up on a stage. And one of the main. I think it was health official woman collapses on stage. Completely passes out.

All the men kind of look away. Or I don't know if they're looking away. Or pretending that they didn't know what was going on. There was another woman standing directly behind the woman passed out.

Immediately springs into action. Jumps on top. Grabs her pant leg. Grabs her shoulder. Spins her over and starts providing care.

What did she have that the other guys did not? Or women?

She was a sheepdog. There is a -- this is my issue. And I completely agree with Stu. I completely agree with you. There's some people that do not respond this way. My issue is the proportion of sheepdogs versus people that don't really know how to act. That is diminishing in western society. And American society.

We see it all the time in these critical actions. I mean, circumstances.

There are men and women, and it's actually a meme. That fantasize about hoards of people coming to attack their home and family. And they sit there and say, I've got it. You guys go. I'm staying behind, while I smoke my cigarette and wait for the hoards to come, because I will sacrifice myself. There are men and women that fantasize of block my highway. Go ahead. Block my highway. I'm going to do something about it. They fantasize about someone holding up -- not a liquor store. A convenience store or something. Because they will step in and do something. My issue now is that proportion of sheepdogs in society is disappearing. Just on statistical fact, there should be one within that train car, and there were none.

STU: Yeah. I mean --

JASON: They did not respond.

STU: We see what happens when they do, with Daniel Penny. Our society tries to vilify them and crush their existence. Now, there weren't that many people on that train. Right?

At least on that car. At least it's limited. I only saw three or four people there, there may have been more. I agree with you, though. Like, you see what happens when we actually do have a really recent example of someone doing exactly what Jason wants and what I would want a guy to do. Especially a marine to step up and stop this from happening. And the man was dragged by our legal system to a position where he nearly had to spend the rest of his life in prison.

I mean, I -- it's insanity. Thankfully, they came to their senses on that one.

GLENN: Well, the difference between that one and this one though is that the guy was threatening. This one, he killed somebody.

STU: Yeah. Right. Well, but -- I think -- but it's the opposite way. The debate with Penny, was should he have recognize that had this person might have just been crazy and not done anything?

Maybe. He hadn't actually acted yet. He was just saying things.

GLENN: Yeah. Well --

STU: He didn't wind up stabbing someone. This is a situation where these people have already seen what this man will do to you, even when you don't do anything to try to stop him. So if this woman, who is, again, looks to be an average American woman.

Across the aisle. Steps in and tries to do something. This guy could easily turn around and just make another pile of dead bodies next to the one that already exists.

And, you know, whether that is an optimal solution for our society, I don't know that that's helpful.

In that situation.

THE GLENN BECK PODCAST

Max Lucado on Overcoming Grief in Dark Times | The Glenn Beck Podcast | Ep 266

Disclaimer: This episode was filmed prior to the assassination of Charlie Kirk. But Glenn believes Max's message is needed now more than ever.
The political world is divided, constantly at war with itself. In many ways, our own lives are not much different. Why do we constantly focus on the negative? Why are we in pain? Where is God amid our anxiety and fear? Why can’t we ever seem to change? Pastor Max Lucado has found the solution: Stop thinking like that! It may seem easier said than done, but Max joins Glenn Beck to unpack the three tools he describes in his new book, “Tame Your Thoughts,” that make it easy for us to reset the way we think back to God’s factory settings. In this much-needed conversation, Max and Glenn tackle everything from feeling doubt as a parent to facing unfair hardships to ... UFOs?! Plus, Max shares what he recently got tattooed on his arm.

THE GLENN BECK PODCAST

Are Demonic Forces to Blame for Charlie Kirk, Minnesota & Charlotte Killings?

This week has seen some of the most heinous actions in recent memory. Glenn has been discussing the growth of evil in our society, and with the assassination of civil rights leader Charlie Kirk, the recent transgender shooter who took the lives of two children at a Catholic school, and the murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska, how can we make sense of all this evil? On today's Friday Exclusive, Glenn speaks with BlazeTV host of "Strange Encounters" Rick Burgess to discuss the demon-possessed transgender shooter and the horrific assassination of Charlie Kirk. Rick breaks down the reality of demon possession and how individuals wind up possessed. Rick and Glenn also discuss the dangers of the grotesque things we see online and in movies, TV shows, and video games on a daily basis. Rick warns that when we allow our minds to be altered by substances like drugs or alcohol, it opens a door for the enemy to take control. A supernatural war is waging in our society, and it’s a Christian’s job to fight this war. Glenn and Rick remind Christians of what their first citizenship is.