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October 20, 2010
Joe Carter

For five days in the summer of 1979 I was an expert on the Bible.�Although I was humble about my status, my fellow pre-seminarians attending Vacation Bible School at East Cisco Baptist Church Vacation were awed by the agility with which I wielded my knowledge.�We would sit restlessly through the flannelgraph-aided stories of Noah, Joseph, and David, waiting for the event that would put my considerable skills to the test�. . .�Continue Reading �

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