What’s After Chapter 11?

There’s an old story about a little Church that was having a homecoming service for members who had moved away. One former member who attended was a man who had become extremely wealthy. He, along with others, was giving testimony on their Faith experience.

The rich man spoke of when, as a little boy in that same Church, he had earned his first dollar – a silver dollar. “I had decided,” he said, “to keep it forever. But a visiting preacher came to the Church and spoke about the urgent need for funds in his mission work. Consequently, when the offering basket was passed, a great struggle took place within me. As a result, I put my treasured silver dollar in the basket. And I am convinced that God has blessed me so richly because I gave God everything I possessed when I was a boy.”

The congregation was captivated by the wealthy man’s moving testimony until a woman in the front pew rose and…