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THE GOOD SAMARITAN AND THE FAST LANE RELIGIOUS LEADERS
Fellow Presbyterian Pastor Charlie Webster recently shared this story about his days at Princeton Seminary. An Ethics professor asked for volunteers for an extra assignment. At 2 o’clock, fifteen students gathered at Speer Library. There he divided the group of fifteen into three groups of five each. They were given envelopes. The first group of five was given an envelope telling them to proceed immediately across campus to Stewart Hall, that they had fifteen minutes to get there and if they didn’t arrive on time it would affect their grade. This was called the ‘High Hurry’ group. A minute or two later he handed out envelopes to five others. Their instructions again were to go over to Stewart Hall but they were given 45 minutes. And after they departed he turned over the envelopes with instructions to the third group, the ‘Low Hurry’ group. They were given three hours to arrive at Stewart Hall. Now,…