There was a family that had a visiting preacher over for dinner. In the process of the visit a Bible question came up and they needed their family Bible to find the answer. In their desire to impress the preacher, they sent their young child to get the Bible, telling him, "Go in Mommy and Daddy's room to the table by the bed and get the big book that we read out of so much."
The child quickly took off only to return a minute later with the Sears catalog.
I realize that there is no longer a Sears catalog and children, teens, and even young adults don't know what it is, but the message that this family obviously spent more time looking at a catalog than at the Bible. At least from the child's perspective it seemed that way. I don't know where I first heard this story or whether it is a true story or not.
The child quickly took off only to return a minute later with the Sears catalog.
I realize that there is no longer a Sears catalog and children, teens, and even young adults don't know what it is, but the message that this family obviously spent more time looking at a catalog than at the Bible. At least from the child's perspective it seemed that way. I don't know where I first heard this story or whether it is a true story or not.
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