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Well, howdy, big weekend for Grace and I, 28th wedding anniversary this weekend.

Very good.

So I'm excited to be with you and for us everything started while we met at the age of 17

We're in high school and then at the age of 18 Grace actually my great wife

She bought me this Bible this was my first real Bible you know a cow gave its life a tree gave its life I mean a lot went into this so this was the first real Bible that was given to me and then at the age of 19 I was sitting in a dorm room

at a State University reading the book of Romans and somewhere in there I

became a Christian and God saved me in the book of Romans. I've waited 30 years to preach

it. We'll start it next month and really excited about that and then now I'm a brand

new Christian now I got to find a church. By God's grace, I found an awesome church, wonderful people,

great Bible teaching pastor. And one of the first things that he did is he brought us through

all of us new Christians through a Bible study in the Old Testament showing us all the prophecies

that pointed to Jesus to build our confidence that the scriptures are in fact the word of God.

And he was a PhD in Hebrew, which is the language of the Old Testament, super humble,

godly guy, forever grateful for that first church.

And then Grace and I went through our premarital counseling and it was all Bible-based. And Grace and I were praying together

and going to church together

and studying the Bible together.

And lo and behold, I've been a Christian now

for more than 30 years.

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