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.

THE GLENN BECK PODCAST

The Shocking Miracles That Turned a Former Atheist to God

What happens when science can’t explain the impossible? Glenn Beck sits down with ex-atheist and best-selling author Lee Strobel to uncover the shocking truth about modern-day miracles. From a young girl declared brain-dead who later returned describing her family’s private life, to blind people who suddenly “see” during a near-death experience, the evidence is piling up. Strobel reveals documented cases, even published in peer-reviewed medical journals, that point to one undeniable truth: miracles are real, and God is still at work today. Whether you’re a skeptic or a believer, this conversation will leave you questioning everything you thought you knew about life, death, and the supernatural.

Watch Glenn Beck's FULL Interview with Lee Strobel HERE

No, Trump isn't erasing slavery's history in Smithsonian

The Leftist media found their latest 'scandal' when President Trump accused the Smithsonian museum of focusing too much on how "bad slavery was." Democratic media outlets were quick to accuse Trump of believing that there must be GOOD aspects of slavery. But does anybody ACTUALLY believe that what Trump was saying? Glenn and Stu go through the critical context of what Trump was talking about while blasting the media for purposefully misleading the public with their biased spin.

Transcript

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GLENN: You know, it's one thing to get a story wrong.

It's one thing to misunderstand, or whatever. But it's -- it's an entirely other thing to intentionally take things out of context.

Intentionally leave things off the table.

Intentionally paint a picture, that you know is not true.

The Smithsonian story, that came out yesterday. That -- this is prime example of that.

STU: Yes. This one really annoys me. And this is a certain thing that mainstream media does a lot, particularly with Donald Trump.

In that, they -- it's -- a certain form of resistance journalism, if you will.

Where they don't come out and say, Donald Trump believes slavery is good. That's not the headline.

The headline today was -- this is the New York Times. Trump says Smithsonian focuses too much on, quote, how bad slavery was. End quote.

Now, that headline is very specifically crafted to present --

GLENN: Uh-huh.

STU: A couple of thoughts in your head. Right?

You're supposed to think, wait a minute. Trump thinks -- the Smithsonian is focusing too much on how bad slavery is.

Well, what he must mean is, he thinks it's good. There were good aspects of it --

GLENN: It wasn't as bad. It wasn't as bad as everything.

STU: Right. Like he's making some excuse for the horrors of slavery.

And, of course, if he did do that, it would be a story. Right? Like, it would be a story if Donald Trump came out and said, you know what, slavery actually wasn't that bad. It was a pretty good. That's a real story. Of course, he didn't say anything like that.

And we know that -- you know, if you have a couple of brain cells, you know this for multiple reasons.

Number one: You might note, that politicians don't say things like that.

Nobody says things like that.

GLENN: But he says everything!

He just says it.

GLENN: Oh, that's right.

He's the worst guy in the world.

Of course, that's the headline that's designed to lead that horse to water.

That resistance warrior who already believes everything terrible about Donald Trump. This is another thing for them to make them hate him more. Because they're the only people who would -- could possibly believe the spin you're getting from the Times. They're -- that water. They're the ones that will drink after they're led to that water. Right?

Those people are the targets. We know that even if politicians believed something like that.

Which, of course, most people don't. Almost no one does.

But even if a politician did believe that, they don't just blurt it out. That's not the type of thing people do.

So you're supposed to think, in the parentheses of your mind.

You're supposed to say, oh, well.

He just let that one slip out.

He does believe it. He normally wouldn't say this, but he let it slip out.

Another reason, you should obviously know this spin is wrong.

Donald Trump has said slavery is bad over and over and over and over and over again, like all other human beings in 2025, right? He said it over and over and over again. Now, in parentheses, you're supposed to think, all those times were false. So he was lying all the other times, but this one time he let the truth slip out, which is that he actually thinks slavery is not that bad.

Now, both of those things are insane to believe. But of course, it's not the main thing that should convince you.

It's the context of how he was talking about this. He wasn't saying that slavery wasn't bad. What was -- what -- he was saying, quite clearly was, the Smithsonian, an American institution, was focusing too much on the negatives about our history. Rather than the positives of our history.

And he -- we should instead, have more focus on the positives. We know this, because he actually said it! He said, quote.

His complaint was, nothing about success. Nothing about brightness. Nothing about the future.

In other words, this American institution should talk a little bit more positively about America.

Not erase everything negative about America.

It's like, if you wanted to -- you know, the -- the new England patriots Hall of Fame museum.

And every display was about Eli Manning and Nick Foles. It's like, yeah. They did have a couple of Super Bowl losses. Sure, that's part of their story. But if you looked at it. And everything was about the Eagles and the Giants winning those games, you would have no idea, that they had a dynasty in there. Right?

Like that they're one of the best football teams of all time. You would totally lose that.

And that's it real story of America. I know you focus on that, Glenn. Because you in your museum. Have a lot of things that are bad about your history.

GLENN: No, I collect -- David Barton has collected so much of the good stuff, and I collect the dark stuff. Because if you don't -- if we don't teach our kids, that these dark things happened in this country, two things happen: One, they don't believe us, on the good things.

When they hear those dark things, and they didn't come from us. They just automatically think, well, you don't -- you're lying to me. You never told me about any of this stuff.

STU: Right.

GLENN: So you have to tell the worst parts of it. You have to.

The second reason it is really important is if you don't teach that, you will repeat it!

STU: Uh-huh.

GLENN: Even if you teach it, we generally repeat it.

But you have a better chance, if you can teach it -- you know, history -- here's the problem.

The Smithsonian, and everybody else, is trying to make history about now.

Right now. What does this mean, right now?

I'm going to judge it through the eyes of right now. Well, history is about the past.

It's about the past.

How did people think back then?

Why did they think that way, back then?

Who fought against that, at that time?

What was the real argument?

I mean, there are people now, scholars. Who will tell you, that Frederick Douglass never -- never said a good word about the Constitution.

Well, that's just absolutely dishonest.

STU: Uh-huh.

GLENN: Frederick Douglass was a guy who said the Constitution was a slave document.

And then he was told, by, I can't remember who.

He was told by. Because we have the book at the library, at our museum.

He was told, read the Unconstitutionality of Slavery. When he read that and then went back and read the Constitution in that light, he was like, oh, my gosh. This is the greatest freedom document of all time. But people want now in academia and in our museums, they want to say, no! Because they're trying -- their goal is to get rid of the Constitution. My goal is to make sure we don't make these same kinds of mistakes again. I want to know the truth.

Let me be the judge. Tell me the good and the bad.

Tell me honest history.

That's what I want to know.

And they don't do that. I was up at the portrait gallery.

Tania and I had to go to the White House for something.

Oh, it was the interview.

And so we had a couple of hours before the interview with Donald Trump.

And so we went to the national port rat gallery.

And now -- Stu, tell me what you think might be in the National Portrait Gallery.

STU: I would maybe guess that they're portraits of important figures in American history.

GLENN: Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Portraits. Okay.
First of all, it was the dirtiest, most filthy museum I have been in. It was filthy!

It's like, I mean, we walked in. I thought we were walking into some sort of employee door. Honest to God. You were with me, weren't you, Jason?

JASON: Yeah.

GLENN: It was like we walked in like the back door. I really thought we were in the wrong place because it was filthy. Nope. That was the front door. So we get in, and we start seeing. And there's portraits. And they've got some really great art.

But you start to notice things like, wait a minute.

This is the national portrait gallery.

Why do you have a 1970's girls swinger bicycle with Cuban flags and stickers of Che on it?

What --

STU: What.

GLENN: What is that all about? Okay. And there was a good portion of the portrait gallery that was like that.

They had one room. And if you've ever been to like a science museum. And they have a big dinosaur.

You know, and they have all the bones up there.

STU: Yeah.

GLENN: Okay. It was about that size.

And correct me from I'm describing this incorrectly, Jason.

You remember it.

It was in the last room. This big, huge gallery. And it was -- it was -- it looked like bones.

Like a vertebra. Okay? And it came out. It was across most of the room. Probably 70 percent of the room had this in the center of it. Agreed with that, Jason?

JASON: Yeah. Perfect.

GLENN: And it was bronze or gold or something.

And they were fists. Well, what are those fists? That was the black power fist, given at the 68 Mexico City Olympics. Okay?

Black power.

A, what did that cost us.

What did that cost us to install.

And what does that say?

What is that?

Again, completely for no reason.

You want to do a deal where you're talking about, for instance, not maybe in the portrait gallery.

But you're doing an exhibit on pushback, on rebellions, on people who have moved the civil rights forward.

Whatever it is. That's where that belongs.

But it seems as though everything is telling us, it's a bad nation. And communism is neat!

This is our government's pay -- our tax dollars pay for this museum. People come from all over the world, to learn about America!

And all they hear about America is, we're a bad place. And communism is neat.

What the hell is that?

That all should be -- I mean, I would -- I would give my right arm to be on the counsel of the art museum. It would drive them out of their minds.

Out of the art museums.

And the Smithsonian. I would give my right arm. And maybe part of my left arm, to be able to do that.

Because it's everywhere. It's everywhere.

And I'm a guy who wants to tell the dark side of America. But that's like if I said to you. I want to tell the good side of America.

We meet the Nazis suspect so every museum, the point of every museum, always led you back to, we built the Nazis!

Because of the -- we -- we broke the back of the Nazis, because the greatest American generation. That's one story of America.

That's not the story of America!

That's one story.

You want to tell slavery, tell both sides of slavery.

Not just the horrors of slavery.

But the miracle of those who were white. Who stood up, and tried to stop it!

Tell the story about how our Founders sent out an armada. This was 18- -- early 1800s.

We sent out an armada. Because we stopped the slave trade in America.

We said, there's no more slave trade. If you're born here, then that's fine.

But it was a compromise.

It was a progressive move. Take it a little bit at a time.

And so what they did, because the slave trade was still going on.

We -- our Navy sent ships off the coast of Africa.

And they were there for -- I don't want to say. Because I will get this wrong.

Somebody fact-check me.

But a long time.

And all they were doing was, if there were slave ships that were coming out.

They would turn around and say, go back to Africa. Okay?

Do you even know that story?

Do you know the story about our Pilgrims, arresting the captain.

Our Pilgrims, arresting the captain of a slave ship. And then taking up a collection amongst themselves, restocking that ship, with -- with more food, cleaning it up, taking everybody out of chains, hiring a new captain with their poor people. With their money!

And sending them back home to Africa. Do you know that story? Why? Why isn't our museum telling that story? I absolutely want the story of -- of slavery told. But I want it to be told in context.

And it's not the story of America!

It is one of the stories of America. That thank God, we fought -- we're the only country en masse. Where one race of people fought and tied for the freedom of the -- of another race of people.

We're the only ones!

So please. Give it a rest. So dishonest. So dishonest.

Russia-Ukraine War Talks: Why the Deep State Needs Trump to FAIL | Glenn TV | Ep 453

From the Alaska summit with Putin to the peace talks with Zelenskyy and EU leaders at the White House, Trump has been diligently working to resolve the conflicts left by the Obama and Biden administrations. Progress toward ending the Russia-Ukraine war appears within reach, but could the deep state sabotage President Trump’s plans? The Democrats and media seemed intent on undermining these efforts from the start. Glenn Beck reveals declassified documents that prove they knew the Russia collusion narrative would harm U.S.-Russia relations. Yet they risked escalating tensions, even to the point of war — to oppose and weaken Trump. Now, unable to back down, they are actively working to derail Trump’s efforts to broker peace. Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy (R) joins to give the inside story of the historic Trump-Putin meeting, the real reason for the B-2 bomber flyover, and the truly effective way Europe can stand with Ukraine.

PragerU CEO EXPOSES How Woke Indoctrination Replaced Real Education

American parents are waking up to a shocking reality: many of today’s teachers can’t pass even the most basic civics or literacy tests, yet they’re in charge of shaping the next generation. In this eye-opening conversation, Glenn Beck sits down with PragerU CEO to expose how woke indoctrination has infiltrated our schools — with educators who can’t define what a boy or girl is, but are more than eager to push radical ideology onto your kids. From absurd test failures to the Marxist training happening in teacher colleges, this episode reveals why so many parents no longer trust the education system. Are America’s classrooms turning into indoctrination centers instead of places of learning? The answer will shock you.

Watch Glenn Beck's Extended Interview with PragerU CEO Marissa Streit HERE