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Det beste i det triste: 14 artige ting som skjedde i et ellers skrekkelig Oslo-år

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - KGO - 20141006:10:20:00

criticize me or criticize christian fighters in general don t understand the sport or don t completely understand jesus. reporter: preston hawker grew up learning the teachings of jesus from his father. a pastor at freedom fellowship in virginia beach. he only turned to mixed martial arts after tragedy struck a friend. i was newly married. i wanted to know that i had the ability to at the very least defend her life. reporter: hawker started training and began to feel the skills and lessons he learned could also benefit his ministry. now up to 20 fighters join him for practices in the church. i believe that martial arts can lead people to jesus. i m not insure it s the best way. it s one of the ways. reporter: but critics from the cloth believe the message of mma violates the most important teaching of jesus.

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - KGO - 20141006:10:00:00

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - KGO - 20141006:10:21:00

love thy neighbor. our society is kind of it s a whole question of life. do you really believe that life is the most precious of all things and the greatest of all gifts? and not just when it s in the womb, but for every moment until the tomb. rather father dufel has been a parish priest in new york for 43 years and believes the growing popularity of mma is a sign of societal problem. you can t use non-gospel values to reveal gospel value. there s nothing about the gospel revealed in cage fighting. reporter: for the churches where it seems to be working, they say it s a risk worth taking. i think there s something special about having our fight team in the church. the same place where i ve had tons of people come to a relationship with christ. i m not sure i d have the same impact on people s lives some place else. reporter: for nightline,

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - KGO - 20141006:10:19:00

did you know that jesus was angry? reporter: by day he s pastor preston hawker. but by night my nickname is the pastor of the rapture. reporter: he s one of a growing number of pastors. it s a battle out here. and the enemy is trying to seek and destroy. reporter: they believe the brutal sport mixed martial arts has a place not only in the cage but in the church. when the cage door closes, ain t nowhere to run. ain t nowhere to hide. somebody shout jesus. jesus. reporter: there s now 700 fight ministries around the country. the whole reason we re having the fight here is to bring people in and tell them about god. reporter: a new documentary called fight church explores the phenomenon. mainstream western christianity has feminized men. reporter: and questions whether it violates the very core of christianity. cage fighting does not speak about loving one another. it s about hating one another. i think most people that

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