Dennis Prager Show - Lee Habeeb's "The Streets Were My Father"
Aired: 2021-06-02
Duration: 04:11


=== God's Solution (03:24) ===

[00:00:00]  His latest is to produce this film, The Streets Were My Father.
[00:00:05]  And again, my friends, fatherlessness is the greatest contributor to crime, and God is the greatest solution.
[00:00:16]  And if you're an atheist, you should be as firmly on board as any religious person.
[00:00:25]  Because the issue isn't whether or not you have faith, it's whether or not you...
[00:00:29]  Acknowledge the truth.
[00:00:30]  Even if you think God is a magical potion, let us say somebody developed a magical potion and it solved most people's worst problems.
[00:00:42]  Addiction of any type.
[00:00:46]  And violence.
[00:00:48]  Let's say it did.
[00:00:49]  Wouldn't you advocate taking the magical potion?
[00:00:53]  So you were saying, Lee Habib, That just as the church is led in the anti-abolition, in the pro-abolition, anti-slavery movement, they should lead in, and then I have to cut you off for a break.
[00:01:08]  Go ahead.
[00:01:10]  Indeed.
[00:01:11]  Look, it's up to us, and we can complain, but we're not complainers.
[00:01:15]  I mean, we're doers.
[00:01:16]  And the American church needs to grow, and it needs to grow by radical acts of love.
[00:01:22]  And when people see those radical acts of love, and you'll see them in this film, you'll see radical acts of love so beautiful.
[00:01:28]  A father forgiving the guy who killed his son and telling that guy he's his son because he knew that kid never had a father, the kid who shot his own son.
[00:01:37]  And when you see radical acts of love and godliness, it makes you want to be godly.
[00:01:41]  It makes you want to think about God.
[00:01:43]  And it is an answer to your problem.
[00:01:45]  And faith has always been the bulwark of American liberty.
[00:01:49]  Liberty without faith is licentiousness.
[00:01:52]  And the abolition movement, the civil rights movement, was led not just by Dr. Martin Luther King, but remember he was Reverend King and his daddy was a pastor.
[00:02:00]  That civil rights movement was led by the cross and led by great Jewish and Christian religious leaders fighting for real justice, God's justice, not social justice, God's justice.
[00:02:13]  And they're very different.
[00:02:15]  They're very different things.
[00:02:18]  Powerful stuff.
[00:02:22]  It's interesting.
[00:02:23]  It's a separate discussion for another time.
[00:02:25]  If my child were murdered, would I embrace his murderer?
[00:02:33]  I don't think I'd have that in me.
[00:02:37]  But it doesn't mean anything.
[00:02:38]  I'm just being open with you.
[00:02:40]  I would say this, Dennis.
[00:02:41]  The alternative is to be consumed by bitterness.
[00:02:44]  And then you let the person who murdered your son own you.
[00:02:47]  And in this respect, it's not that you're forgiving him.
[00:02:50]  But you're letting go of it yourself, and it's very powerful for you and for that person.
[00:02:56]  In any event, I'm just emoting with you, but your message is truly of overwhelming significance, and this is the type of film we need.

=== Handing Hope (01:01) ===

[00:03:11]  So it is now available at SalemNow.com, is that correct?
[00:03:17]  That's correct, and I'm hoping particularly people of faith, This is a great proselytizing tool.
[00:03:22]  We need people to join our churches.
[00:03:24]  And if you simply hand this disk, buy some disks, and hand them to people without fathers.
[00:03:30]  Hand them to strangers who may not believe in the power of God.
[00:03:34]  And it's not going to be you proselytizing or you testifying.
[00:03:38]  It's going to be these three men.
[00:03:40]  And they're weeping in this film.
[00:03:42]  And these are tough men.
[00:03:43]  And these are gangsters and murderers.
[00:03:45]  But they're human beings.
[00:03:47]  And there was a reason that they became the way they became.
[00:03:50]  And you'll find that out, and you'll discover the power of God to transform a life.
[00:03:56]  And by buying this at SalemNow.com, buy a few discs.
[00:04:00]  Buy ten.
[00:04:01]  Hand them out to people through the year.
[00:04:03]  And you'll get a thank you from those people, I promise you.
[00:04:06]  You'll get a thank you.
[00:04:07]  I agree.
[00:04:09]  Keep up the great work, Lee Habib.