peace that comes through forgive forgiveness of jesus christ. she tells that story, both lives on wrong paths but they have to pay for the choice this is a made but forgiven. she paid through her drug addiction and losing custody of her daughter for a time and obviously that was a beginning of a new life for her. are you surprised hollywood chose to make a movie like this? somewhat but not completely. that s this is really ap inn inspireing but tragic story. four people lost their lives. this thing ended the way it did. you can t argue with the evidence. some people say that religion stuff i m not all for. just like nichols said i don t want that church bs. the reality is the evidence is there. this thing ended in a peaceful situation where he surrendered himself. as you said earlier he had no reason to do that after taking four lives.
he could have killed her and four other people on the way out. it ended different because of that message. that this is power of jesus christ transforms people and makes us free. people can argue about god in the public square but at least keeping the porch light on for god in the public square? we re sort of removeing god from every corner of life right now. you see the power of faith and belief in him that can change lives in this story? that is why we must keep that light going. you see it. the evidence is overwhelming. look at my home state of louisiana, angola prison where the most dangerous prisons, one of the most in the united states transformed by the interjection of faith, they re having revival in that prison. it s the power of the gospel and transforms even the lives of prisoners. the story of forgiveness, the ability of this woman taken hostage in her own home bound
and the last0oú of my life. i believe god was saying do you life or do you want a new one? if you say no i ll give you new life. to bemla÷ lhonest a new life even for five 3@ sounded moreqvp than the way i had been living. you see that now in retro suspect. were you conscious of that? of that presence? did you feel that presence? or just a strong instinct? probably for the first time to say no? no. i eo felt the presence of god telling memm+ñ this is it. you can choose the old life or the new life. and i will give it to you. like i said[ñst( idn t know if i was going to make it out of there pw i didn t know9?$ç if it wasrr goingz;[ to be five minutes or 50 years. but as soon as i chose not to do:@a÷ those drugs,%dw for me. %@hvá jbwnow? iwútz realize ashley smith wasn t in
introducedv]t the book what kind of effect did it have on you? for me i needed an answer to that question. i sat in hutch that day before they introduced the book i began to thank god. i don t know why i m here at this church service. i shouldn t be here. i m+p%ru worthy of being here. i want my life to change. andfm1 i m in this place to where iáaá st not because i want to. just the way of life. that is what i do to survive and i want to change. and right about that time thei1w$ pastor said the church is going to be reading this book. if you want one, they re so and so much money. if you don t have the money9yn get one anyway. and i picked it up and started to read it. what made you pull it out start reading to brian nichols that night? i(=+ .
he would kill two more people beforeñu] leaving that court house2jeupa@f and two more on theekbc run. then he crossed paths witháó> ashley smitòj a young woman, mother struggling with demons of drug siu3ñaddiction. for seven hours he held her hostage in her apartment,an ordeal that would change their lives forever.#!0 tonight ashley sits downm$ the kelly file to describe what unfolded thatg3ñ(mb @jnight. how choices she made may have saved1f$a her life and why she thinks nichols chose to end the manhunt the way he did. and we ll hear fromc geraldo riviera, who was in tkk2 miht8 of thee