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"On The Top Of A Hill In A Midwestern State S...
Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 22, 2009 (message contributor)
"On the top of a hill in a Midwestern state stands a courthouse so situated that raindrops falling on one side of the roof travel by way of the Great Lakes into the Atlantic, while drops landing on the opposite side find their way through the Ohio and Mississippi to the Gulf. Just a breath of wind one way or the other may determine whether a single raindrop will end up either in the Gulf or in the Atlantic. Even so, one single decision is enough to determine man’s destiny, either heaven or hell. Have you made the right decision?" [5]
[5]Submitted by Terry Parker of St. Ann, Missouri
From a sermon by David Scudder, Life’s Two Choices, 11/22/2009
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