Emphasis Preaching Journal
A Christian layman who was...
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A Christian layman who was also an avid fan of the Cincinnati Reds baseball team once agreed, several weeks in advance, to give a ten-minute testimony of his faith to a group of new Christians taking a training class at his church. As it happened, the Reds ended up in a major playoff game that night, and a friend offered him a ticket free of charge. There was, however, no way he could go to the game and still be present to give his testimony. "Can't you get out of it?" his friend asked. "What's ten minutes?"