PROMISES TO KEEP
Dr. Sullivan, former President of the Southern Baptist Convention tells the following story as related in Proclaim, Jan-Mar, 1979. It was submitted to us by Chris Cannon, Pastor of Antioch Baptist Church in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. I heard of a college student who asked his father for a car on the time of his departure for college. The father said to him, “I’ll give you a car if you’ll promise to read the Bible through while you’re away in school.” And the boy promised. On the day of the boy’s departure, a Bible was given to the boy, but nothing was said about the car. The boy departed; he spent four years on the college campus; and at the time of graduation, asked his dad why he had not kept his promise, giving him the auto as he had said. The father’s reply spoke volumes as he said: “There was a check in the Bible for your car. You promised…
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