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a part of The Gentlemen\u2019s Society in Fort Worth, Dewayne Washington teaches that young man a creed.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dewayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 The creed is, \u201cI\u2019m a gentleman.\u00a0 I have honor.\u00a0 I do honorable things.\u00a0 I have integrity.\u00a0 I do the right thing when no one is looking.\u00a0 I have respect for myself and others.\u00a0 I value my education.\u00a0 I am a gentleman.\u201d\u00a0 So, they start there at the very, very basic of what a gentleman truly is.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Tuesday, December 20<sup>th<\/sup>.\u00a0 Our host is the President of FamilyLife\u00ae Dennis Rainey, and I\u2019m Bob Lepine.\u00a0 Today, we\u2019ll hear about how Dewayne Washington is challenging lots of young men to step up and become godly gentlemen.\u00a0 Stay tuned.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>.\u00a0 Thanks for joining us on the Tuesday edition.\u00a0 Before we dive into what we\u2019re going to talk about today, it\u2019s been really interesting and exciting to see\u2014a lot of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> listeners\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 It has.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014over the last several weeks, have been hearing us talk about this matching-gift fund that\u2019s going on here; and they\u2019ve been responding.\u00a0 They\u2019ve been going online at FamilyLifeToday.com.\u00a0 They\u2019ve been calling 1-800-FL-TODAY, and they\u2019ve been letting us know, \u201cWe listen.\u00a0 The program\u2019s making a difference.\u00a0 It matters to us, and we can help.\u201d\u00a0 That\u2019s been some $10-donations, and some $100-donations, and some donations bigger than that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAs you know, Dennis, every donation we\u2019re receiving this month is being matched dollar for dollar up to a total of what is now $3.5 million.\u00a0 That matching fund has been growing even as we head toward Christmas this week.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, we\u2019re hoping listeners will call us at 1-800-FL-TODAY or go online at FamilyLifeToday.com right now and say, \u201cWe want to help.\u00a0 The program makes a difference in our lives, and we want you to continue to be here.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Bob, as we\u2019ve gone through the past year, you and I have talked about the great radio broadcasts we\u2019ve brought to listeners and how we\u2019ve ministered to them.\u00a0 We\u2019ve also taken a look at stations where we\u2019ve not heard from many listeners who want to keep us on the air.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, we really need to hear from you if you\u2019ve benefited from <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> and would like to make a donation; or if you can\u2019t make a donation, write us an e-mail or a letter.\u00a0 Tell us that this broadcast has made a difference in your life, your marriage, your family\u2014maybe someone else you know.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tRight now, here at the end of the year, when we need to hear from listeners and we need to take full advantage of this matching challenge, this would be a good time for every listener\u2014I mean everyone of you who is listening to this broadcast right now\u2014to either pick up the phone and call 1-800-FL-TODAY, or go online and make a generous donation so your gift will be matched dollar for dollar.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou give $100; it\u2019ll become $200.\u00a0 Whatever amount you can give is going to be matched because we aren\u2019t anywhere near taking full advantage of the matching challenge.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 That\u2019s right.\u00a0 Our website, again, is FamilyLifeToday.com.\u00a0 You click on the button that says, \u201cI Care\u201d, and again, that donation is going to be matched dollar for dollar.\u00a0 We just want to say, \u201cThanks,\u201d in advance for whatever you are able to do.\u00a0 We hope to hear from you.\u00a0 Again, as Dennis said, even if you can\u2019t make a donation, let us know you are listening because it is always important for us to know that the program is making a difference in your life.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, we\u2019re going to talk about raising sons today.\u00a0 You raised two young men of your own.\u00a0 I was just sitting here thinking through your sixth grade Sunday school class that you taught for what\u2014almost 10 years; didn\u2019t you?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Well, actually 11 years.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 In that time, you invested in the lives of a lot of young men.\u00a0 You\u2019ve kind of mixed it up and been in a mentoring relationship with younger men for a long time; haven\u2019t you?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 I have, and it\u2019s been one of the most rewarding things that I\u2019ve ever done.\u00a0 There were 550 young people, over an 11-year period, who went through my sixth grade Sunday school class.\u00a0 At the end, I had 75 11- and 12-year-olds in there.\u00a0 Those young people kept getting younger and younger each year.\u00a0 I just would go, \u201cAmazing that somebody like me can relate to them.\u201d\u00a0 It really was a great privilege.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe reason is that I believe the hope for our future is really built on the generation that\u2019s about to come.\u00a0 I think an older generation really has the responsibility to reach down and make an impact in a younger generation.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019ve got a guy here in the studio who is nodding his head in agreement.\u00a0 Dewayne Washington joins us again on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>.\u00a0 Dewayne, welcome back.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dewayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 Thank you so much for having me back.\u00a0 I appreciate it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 He is the founder of The Gentlemen\u2019s Society.\u00a0 Now, usually, when you see \u201cGentlemen\u2019s Club\u201d or whatever, you\u2019re thinking about\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 What you shouldn\u2019t be thinking about.\u00a0 In fact, I\u2019ve always thought, \u201cThat\u2019s the most misnamed business\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Oh, yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014\u201cin America.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Oh, yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 To refer to that as a men\u2019s club or a gentlemen\u2019s club\u2014I mean, that\u2019s the antithesis of what it means to be a man or a gentleman.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dewayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 Exactly.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 You actually are training boys, and young men, and men between the ages of 8 and 18 to become gentlemen.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dewayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes, sir.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 You have about 1,000 guys in the Fort Worth area you\u2019re taking through this program.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dewayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 This year, we will have 1,000.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 When you sit down with a nine-year-old and you\u2019re going to train him to be a gentleman, where do you start?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dewayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 We start in the same place for everybody.\u00a0 We actually start\u2014the very first course is called \u201cHIRE\u201d.\u00a0 It stands for honor, integrity, respect, and education.\u00a0 What they do with the very first course\u2014they learn that those are the four things that are extremely important to every gentleman.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat\u2019s when they learn the creed.\u00a0 The creed is, \u201cI\u2019m a gentleman.\u00a0 I have honor.\u00a0 I do honorable things.\u00a0 I have integrity.\u00a0 I do the right thing when no one is looking.\u00a0 I have respect for myself and others.\u00a0 I value my education.\u00a0 I am a gentleman.\u201d\u00a0 So, they start there at the very, very basic of what a gentleman truly is.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 These courses that you teach\u2014and there are 23 other courses; correct?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dewayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 Correct.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 One of them you teach is called \u201cDressing\u201d.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dewayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u201cDressing for the Occasion.\u201d\u00a0 I love that course because that course is where we see the most change in people i<em>mmediately<\/em>.\u00a0 Let me just tell you what the course is.\u00a0 It is very simple.\u00a0 It\u2019s when we teach the difference between black tie, white tie, business, business casual, and the whole nine\u2014just different types of attire.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWell, the thing is that after that course is done, they always have to come in business attire.\u00a0 So, they always have to wear a suit and tie.\u00a0 They also learn how to tie a tie in that course.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 There you go.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dewayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 There are two stories\u2014if I got time to tell it\u2014that just stick out for me.\u00a0 One is there was a gentleman that had brought his son.\u00a0 He was bringing his son to the courses, and he was kind of sitting outside during the courses.\u00a0 This particular course, he asked if he could sit in on; okay?\u00a0 This gentleman is older than I am; and he said, \u201cI\u2019ve never learned how to tie a tie.\u201d\u00a0 So, actually, I have a picture of him learning how to tie a tie with his son.\u00a0 I mean, it was just a very, very special moment for me.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere was another time, and I have this picture\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Now, let\u2019s stop for a second and just unpack that for a moment.\u00a0 Why would that be a special moment for a father and a son to be tying a tie together?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dewayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 For me, it\u2019s important for several reasons.\u00a0 We teach the team all the time\u2014because we see so much miraculous change all the time, sometimes, the team will think that\u2019s normal.\u00a0 I have to remind everybody that we\u2019re changing family trees.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, the experience that we just gave them, or allowed them to have, dealing with the father and son learning the first time how to tie a tie\u2014that son is going to teach his son, and he\u2019s going to pass on that moment when we\u2019re not even there.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe fact that\u2014number one:\u00a0 We don\u2019t have too many fathers involved to begin with, and we\u2019re allowing them to be able to learn something at the same time\u2014something that they\u2019ll both remember for the rest of their life\u2014you know\u2014the story that this guy will tell his grandson.\u00a0 We were able to be just a little bitty piece of that\u2014to help that relationship in some way, and to help in some way create a society of gentlemen.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Earlier, you mentioned that you had about 100 young men in a gathering and asked all of them to remain standing who had a father at home.\u00a0 You got down, and there was only one.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dewayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 Only one.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 One young man at home.\u00a0 So, that meant the other 99 had never seen their dad or didn\u2019t have a dad and couldn\u2019t possibly know how to tie a tie as a man would tie it.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dewayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 Right\u2014unless, someone else has taught them\u2014but not their father.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Okay, go on to your second story.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dewayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 The next story\u2014and I keep some pictures that are just real special to me.\u00a0 I\u2019ve got this on my cell phone as well.\u00a0 If you look at the picture, there\u2019s nothing special about it.\u00a0 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other.\u00a0 We just looked up, and literally, he\u2019s there helping this guy to become a man.\u00a0 It is like, \u201cHey, I got it.\u00a0 I\u2019m going to show him how to do this as well.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 The 11-year-old was showing the nine-year-old.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dewayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 Right.\u00a0 Now, we do have some opposites.\u00a0 Sometimes, you see like the eight-year-old showing the 14-year- old.\u00a0 That\u2019s my last story here is\u2014they invited us to an event I had to speak at in Dallas\u2014at Dallas City Hall or something.\u00a0 They were putting on a\u2014kind of like a summit for young people.\u00a0 So, they asked, \u201cCan you bring some of your kids?\u201d\u00a0 So, we brought about 75 kids.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe great thing is\u2014they call me in before they brought the kids into the chamber.\u00a0 I asked them, I said, \u201cWhere do you want our kids to sit?\u201d\u00a0 He said, \u201cWell, just have them come in and sit anywhere.\u201d\u00a0 I said, \u201cIf you open that door, they are going to fill up all your front rows because they are taught, if they\u2019re in a place where the information is important to them, then, \u2018You need to be as close to that information as possible.\u00a0 If it\u2019s not that important, then, why are you there to begin with?\u2019\u201d; right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe said, \u201cWell, just tell them to sit in the middle.\u201d\u00a0 They opened the door and told them to sit in the middle, and I was so proud of them.\u00a0 They literally came to the front and just filled it all the way to the back; right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe moment\u2014that was such a defining moment is that\u2014remember, they all have to show up in business attire, okay?\u00a0 So, everything we go to\u2014they are in full suit and tie.\u00a0 Everyone else has pants, sagging to their ankles.\u00a0 I mean, it is apparent which one of these are gentlemen and with Gentlemen\u2019s Society and which one\u2019s aren\u2019t.\u00a0 (Laughter)\u00a0 I mean there is no question.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 They\u2019ve got their uni\u2019s on\u2014their uniform.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dewayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 You have <em>no<\/em> idea how apparent it is.\u00a0 So, they came to me during the meeting; and they said, \u201cHey, we are going to give all the kids ties\u2014not like your kids need them\u2014but we\u2019re going to give everybody ties; but we have a small problem.\u00a0 We don\u2019t have enough men here to teach the kids how to tie a tie.\u00a0 Can your boys help and teach all the other kids how to tie a tie?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou had literally our 10- and 11-year-old boys were showing 17- and 18-year-olds\u2014older boys\u2014how to tie a tie.\u00a0 It was a moment for me.\u00a0 (Laughter)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 We\u2019re talking about something that just sounds kind of average\u2014tying a tie, but you are saying this is a marker.\u00a0 There is weight associated with this\u2014that we don\u2019t even realize.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dewayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 You cannot imagine\u2014I said that, \u201cAs soon as I get clearance, I\u2019m going to start filming some of this\u201d\u2014especially with our TYRC boys.\u00a0 These are boys who were locked up and thought that their life were over.\u00a0 When they put on a suit and for the first\u2014I had a guy say this\u2014he said, \u201cFor the first time, I looked in the mirror; and I liked what looked back.\u201d\u00a0 He said, \u201cI think I\u2019m going to do this more often.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThis guy was 17 years old.\u00a0 So, he\u2019s been looking in the mirror for <em>17 years<\/em> and not liking what he looked back at him.\u00a0 For the <em>first time ever<\/em>, he was able to like what looked back.\u00a0 That\u2019s not even the kicker.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe kicker is the way that these areas\u2014there\u2019s a lot of homeless people there in these areas.\u00a0 The way that the kids will know that the people are homeless is because of their attire; okay?\u00a0 We talk about it.\u00a0 It might not be fair; right?\u2014but that\u2019s how they would be able to tell that\u2014because I asked them, \u201cDo they have a sign on them that says, \u2018Follow me to the shelter\u2019?\u201d\u00a0 Probably not, but they insinuate just because of their outward appearance.\u00a0 They also insinuate that, \u201cIf one of those people is approaching you\u2014what\u2019s about to happen\u2014they\u2019re going to ask you for money.\u201d\u00a0 You also insinuate what they are going to do with that money.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201dIf you did all that based on just appearance, what do you think people think when they see you?\u201d\u00a0 I will take some of the most\u2014what we would consider the most thugged-out individuals that you can possibly lay eyes on\u2014and they will say, \u201cThey probably think I\u2019m a thug, or a gang member, or I\u2019m just a really, really bad guy.\u201d\u00a0 Here\u2019s the kicker\u2014I will ask them, \u201cWhat do you <em>want<\/em> people to think?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThese same guys, with tattoos everywhere\u2014that we\u2019ve had situations where the judge was attempting to give this kid life in prison at 16\u2014these same guys will look at you in the eye and say, \u201cI want them to say, \u2018There goes a good guy.\u00a0 There goes a kid that\u2019s going somewhere.\u00a0 There goes a kid that I can respect.\u2019\u201d\u00a0 I tell them, \u201cWell, then, you need to dress the part; and we\u2019re going to give you the skills to be the part; but take the easy win first.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 When you say to an 11-year-old, thugged-out kid, \u201cHey, next week we\u2019re going to learn how to dress, and you need to come back\u2014you need to have a suit, and a dress shirt, and a tie when you come.\u201d\u00a0 He says, \u201cI don\u2019t have a shirt, a dress suit, and a tie; and I don\u2019t have money to get one.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dewayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 Crack-head never says, \u201cI would get high, but I don\u2019t have any money.\u201d\u00a0 So, that\u2019s the philosophy that we use.\u00a0 If a crack-head cannot use that as an excuse, neither can you.\u00a0 Now, what we will do\u2014\u201cWe\u2019ll never expect for you to do something that we have not taught you,\u201d because we\u2019re not teaching them to dress in suit and tie; we\u2019re teaching them to dress for the <em>occasion<\/em>.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, after they learn the business attire, then, they learn the fact that, \u201cNow, you need to show up in business attire,\u201d which is different from, \u201cYou just need to dress up.\u201d\u00a0 We want to make sure that, \u201cYou understand that you need to have attire that fits the situation.\u201d\u00a0 If you have a suit and tie on and this is a white-tie affair, you will not get in.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dewayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 So, we change the mentality first; and then, we have expectations and charges <em>after <\/em>the mentality changes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Dewayne, a few years back, Bob and I interviewed a gentleman that we really came to love and respect.\u00a0 His name was Harold Davis, and Harold has a mentoring ministry to African American young men in Champaign, Illinois.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne of the statements he made, when we interviewed him was this\u2014he said, \u201cWhen an older man does not reach down and call a younger generation up, that younger generation perishes.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dewayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 What you are doing in The Gentlemen\u2019s Society is\u2014you\u2019ve amassed a curriculum where in course, after course, after course, you are plugging boys, and young men, and 18-year-old men\u2014you\u2019re plugging them into older men who are reaching down\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dewayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 Most definitely.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014around issues of dressing, and work, and conscience, and honor, and nobility of being a man\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dewayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 Exactly.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014and you\u2019re calling them up.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dewayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 Exactly.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 The thing is\u2014it\u2019s working.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dewayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 And it\u2019s spreading now, too.\u00a0 You\u2019ve started a ladies\u2019 society as well?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dewayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 It\u2019s spread in a couple different ways.\u00a0 We started a ladies\u2019 society there in the D\/FW area.\u00a0 We have, now, people calling from across the country to start The Gentlemen\u2019s Society in their area.\u00a0 We now have it so we can start it everywhere.\u00a0 We\u2019re getting Belize up to speed.\u00a0 We\u2019ve got two LC\u2019s down there.\u00a0 I went and met those kids\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Two LC\u2019s.\u00a0 What are LC\u2019s?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dewayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 LC\u2019s are life consultants.\u00a0 Those are the young men and young ladies who are the teachers\u2014the ones that actually go and deliver the curriculum there at the site\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 You train them how to start a Gentlemen\u2019s Society and start engaging with these young men.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dewayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 Exactly.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Well, you know what\u2014here\u2019s my challenge for our listening audience.\u00a0 I have to believe right now there are 25 men across the country who\u2019d like to become an LC, who\u2019d like to import what you\u2019re doing into their community and make a difference.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, beginning with our first broadcast of the day, when you call and get information about how you can find out more about Dewayne Washington\u2019s Gentlemen\u2019s Society, you can ask what number you are.\u00a0 Okay?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dewayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 Good deal.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Say, \u201cWhat number am I?\u201d\u00a0 \u201cWell, you\u2019re number five.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Well, now wait, are they committing when they call or they just expressing interest?\u00a0 I just want to find out what the rules are here.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 I think the rules are, \u201cIf you call, you\u2019re stepping up.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Okay, there you go; alright.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Let\u2019s get with the program.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes, I\u2019m\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 This is not for the faint of heart; alright?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m willing to check this out that\u201d\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014if you call and say, \u201cI am willing to check this out.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 In conscience, you want to find out more.\u00a0 We\u2019re not going to waste Dewayne\u2019s time with a bunch of people who just kind of want to circle and not\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014land the plane.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 We need to get on with it here.\u00a0 Twenty-five\u2014I\u2019m looking for 25 LC\u2019s today.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 You\u2019re still looking for people to help fund the project we started earlier this week to send books down to Fort Worth\u2014copies of your book, <em>Stepping Up.<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>\u00a0<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 I promised them 1,000 books; and I said, \u201cI want\u2014I could give them.\u201d\u00a0 I mean, I could do that, but I thought, \u201cI have to believe there are listeners who\u2019d like to be a part of the process of providing exhortation\u2014biblical exhortation to young men.\u201d\u00a0 At the end of this deal, we\u2019re going to have\u2014well, if you pass out 1,000\u2014Bob, threw out the gauntlet to you, Dewayne.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 We\u2019re going to have 1,000 book reports.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 A thousand book reports coming back with how these young men are going to step up.\u00a0\u00a0 That\u2019s what I like about your program, Dewayne, is your not talking about theory.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dewayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 Right.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 You\u2019re talking about shoe-leather theology of putting it down where life collides with truth\u2014the truth of God\u2019s Word\u2014and demands change and an attitude that changes as well.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dewayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 Exactly.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 I just think it is a great opportunity to get involved and make a difference in a bunch of young men\u2019s lives.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dewayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 Perfect; and I love that because throughout the program, we have a concept called \u201cDo What You Do.\u201d\u00a0 The LC\u2019s are taught that\u2014\u201cFind out what this kid is really about\u201d; you know?\u00a0 Everyone will come in\u2014well, a lot of people will come in and say, \u201cWell, I want to be a football player,\u201d \u201cI want to be a basketball player.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere\u2019s one year we took all the kids and sent them to an NFL camp.\u00a0 We figured out really quick who really wants to be a football player.\u00a0 (Laughter)\u00a0 The cool thing about that, though, is one kid, when he first started\u2014low self-esteem and everything.\u00a0 That kid there, he went\u2014he said, \u201cI want to become a football player.\u201d\u00a0 He went to the football camp.\u00a0 He\u2019s got NFL players on his cell phone right now.\u00a0 He came back\u2014first game, set a school record\u2014sacked the quarterback nine times.\u00a0 To see this kid now; it\u2019s just like, I mean, night and day.\u00a0 He\u2019ll be one\u2014he is actually one of\u2014that comes back and helps teach some of the youngers.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI would like to just add one thing to the gentleman\u2019s statement, when he said that that generation perishes\u2014remember, they don\u2019t go anywhere; okay?\u00a0 So, they stay there.\u00a0 They\u2019re still in the community\u2014so that <em>community<\/em> perishes.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tRight now, we\u2019re\u2014we have a plan for the school district\u2014that we\u2019re meeting with them about.\u00a0 It\u2019s a 10-year-type plan.\u00a0 The whole concept is, \u201cLet\u2019s teach these concepts of philanthropy, of being a great steward of the community.\u00a0 Let\u2019s build that into the curriculum or the fabric of the school district <em>because<\/em> they stay here.\u00a0 They are going to be your teachers, your principals, and your city councilmen.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWell, if they weren\u2019t taught the values, then, guess what your city council is going to look like.\u00a0 Guess what your principals are going to look like; but if you teach them those values, then, you actually are not only helping them changing the family tree, but you\u2019re also changing the very structure of the community itself.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Dewayne\u2014as you were talking, I just broke out into a big smile; and I thought about this passage in Ezekiel\u2014had to hunt it down here.\u00a0 Ezekiel 22, verse 30.\u00a0 It says, \u201c\u2018And I sought for a man among them who should build up the wall and stand in the breach before me for the land that I should not destroy it, but I found none.\u00a0 Therefore, I have poured out my indignation upon them.\u00a0 I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath.\u00a0 I have returned their way upon their heads,\u2019 declares the Lord, God.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat all resulted because someone did not step up and stand in the gap.\u00a0 What you\u2019ve done, Dewayne, on behalf of a bunch of young lads in the Fort Worth area, and now spreading across the country, you\u2019ve stood in the gap.\u00a0 What we\u2019re challenging people to do here on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is\u2014I\u2019m looking for 25 other guys who will stand in the breach.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dewayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 Amen.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 So, will you be one?\u00a0 I don\u2019t know who is listening right now.\u00a0 Will you be one of the 25 who stands in the gap on behalf of the next generation?\u00a0 If you want to help pay for the books we\u2019re going to give this ministry, pick up the phone, give us a shout, and say, \u201cI\u2019d like a piece of that action\u201d\u2014it\u2019s better than Wall Street.\u00a0 (Laughter)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dewayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 It\u2019s a better return; that\u2019s for sure.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Better return than Wall Street, trust me.\u00a0 Dewayne, thanks for being with us.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dewayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 Thank you so much for having me.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Keep running to win, man.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dewayne:<\/strong>\u00a0 I will.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 You can also, by the way, go online at FamilyLifeToday.com if you\u2019d like to help us with the cost of sending these books that we\u2019re going to send to The Gentlemen\u2019s Society in Fort Worth.\u00a0 When you get to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com, click the button that says, \u201cI Care\u201d, and just make a year-end donation to help support <em>FamilyLife Today.<\/em><em>\u00a0 <\/em>That will help us with the cost of sending these books down to Fort Worth as well.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe good news is\u2014when you make that donation this week, it\u2019s going to be matched dollar for dollar because of the matching-gift fund that we\u2019ve got going on.\u00a0 Dennis talked about it at the beginning of today\u2019s program.\u00a0 We\u2019re now just passed $3.5 million, and the fund actually is continuing to grow.\u00a0 So, for us to take full advantage of the money that is in the matching-gift fund, we need to hear from as many <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> listeners as possible.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGo to FamilyLifeToday.com, click the button that says, \u201cI Care\u201d, and make a year-end contribution to help support <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> and help us send these books down to The Gentlemen\u2019s Society as well.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou can also make a donation by calling 1-800-FL-TODAY, 1-800-358-6329.\u00a0 As Dennis said, we\u2019d love to hear from you if you\u2019re one of those guys who\u2019s going to step up and start a Gentlemen\u2019s Society in your community.\u00a0 Let us know about that as well.\u00a0 1-800-FL-TODAY is the number, or go online at FamilyLifeToday.com.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you don\u2019t have a copy of Dennis\u2019 new book, <em>Stepping Up: A Call to Courageous Manhood<\/em>, those are available as well.\u00a0 Again, you\u2019ll find them online at FamilyLifeToday.com, or you can call 1-800- \u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then, the word, \u201cTODAY\u201d.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, tomorrow, I want to encourage you to be back with us.\u00a0 You\u2019re going to meet a wonderful couple, John and Donna Bishop.\u00a0 They\u2019ve got a remarkable story to share, and I hope you can tune in.<strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, and our entire broadcast production team.\u00a0 On behalf of our host, Dennis 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