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Date: Monday, 20-Jan-97 10:17 AM

From: Stephen Shek             \ Internet:    (stephen.shek@mci.com)
To:   Conyers List             \ Internet:    (conyers@listserv.acsu.buffalo
.edu)

Subject: Fwd: story

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The following is a short story that a group of youth from our church
community is discussing, debating in their search and clarification of God.
May be this will help those other youth groups. There are some typo.

God bless....

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From: <Kevin12388@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 19:53:12 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <970117195311_72426707@emout16.mail.aol.com>
To: Stephen.shek@mci.com
Subject: Fwd: story

Hey Jay I sent this to my sis,  If you like this, please pass on the light
to others thanx.  Enjoy :-)
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Subj:    story
Date:    97-01-17 19:32:12 EST
From:    Kevin12388
To:      vivian_l1@mail.utexas.edu

hey viv,  I got this story sent to me from Allison, Enjoy:-)

         "It takes guts to say Jesus "

This is a TRUE story of something that happened just a few years ago at USC.

There was a professor of philosophy there who was a deeply committed to
atheist. His primary goal for one required class was to spend the entire
semester attempting to prove that God couldn't exist. His students were
always afraid to argue with him because of his impeccable logic. For twenty
years he had taught this class and no one had ever had the courage to go
against him. Sure, some had argued in class at time, but none had
ever"really gone against him! Nobody would go against him because he had a
reputation. At the end of every semester, on the last day, he would say to
the class of 300 students, "if there is anyone here who still believes in
God, is a fool. If God existed, he could stop this piece of chalk from
hitting the ground and breaking. Such simple task to prove he is God, and
yet he fails to prove it." And every year he would drop the chalk onto the
tile floor and the chalk would shatter into pieces. All of the students
could do nothing but stop and stare. Most of the students were convinced by
him that God couldn't exist. Certainly, a number of Christians had slipped
through, but for 20 years they had been too afraid to stand up.

Well a few years ago, there was a freshman who happened to get enrolled in
the class. he was a Christian, and had heard the stories about this
professor. he had to take the class because it was one of the required
classes for his major. He was afraid of the professor. But for three months
that semester, he prayed every morning that he would have the courage to
stand up no matter what the professor said or what the class thought.
Nothing they could do to shatter his faith. Finally, the day came. The
professor said, "If there is anyone here who still believes in God, Stand up
!" The professor and the class of 300 people were shocked, as the freshman
stood up at the back of the room. ther professor shouted, "YOU FOOL! If
nothing I have said all semester has convinved you that God doesn't exist,
then you are an ignorant fool! If God existed, he could keep this piece of
chalk from breaking when it hit the ground?" He proceeded to drop the chalk,
but as he did, it slipped out of his fingers, off his shirt cuff, onto the
pleats of his pants, down his leg, and off his shoe. And as it hit the
ground, it simply rolled away, unbroken. The Professor's jaw dropped as he
stared at the chalk. He looked up at the young man and then ran out of the
lecture hall. the young man who had stood up proceeded to walk to the front
of the room and share his faith in Jesus for the next half hour. 33 students
stayed and listened as he told of God's love for them and of his power
though Jesus.


"...Yet to all who received him, to those who believed his name, he gave the
right to become children of God- children born not of natural descent, nor
of human decision or a husband's will, but born of GOD."

Hey viv, I spent 45 min. typing this for you, I hope it had light a light in
your heart. ........Would you do the same for God?  ...........I know now
you would :-)

God bless
Brother


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