On a recent mission trip, I experienced a sad reality. Our team was sent out into desperately poor neighborhoods where we knocked on doors and spread the Good News about God’s love for them and about a new church with a great pastor in town. We entered into kind conversation. Whether they believed that God really could love them or cared whether God loved them or not, they were always courteous. I have never been turned down so many times when I offered a Bible. You would think that at least they might take it and try to sell it or something. Perhaps they said no for holy reasons; they saw it as special and they knew they were not going to read it so better to leave it for someone who would read it. It was a strange experience to have so many people say no when asked if they wanted to have a Bible. ...
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