Preacher's Piece

"God Can Draw A Straight Line With A Crooked Stick"

When I was a senior in high school, one of my teachers predicted that one day I would be farming 10,000 acres of land and own half the state of Wisconsin. Those were his exact words. I have never forgotten what he said or the confidence he had in me. I had another teacher who told me I'd be wasting my education if I went to Bible college instead of a university that would train me in a vocation. You know what? They were both wrong!

When I first got out of high school I was torn on whether I should go to college or farm. For a while...