A pastor at a frontier Texas church ended a stirring sermon with, "All those who want to go to heaven, put up your hands!" Everybody enthusiastically raised their hands.... everybody except a grizzled old cowboy who had been slouching against the door post at the back of the room.
All heads turned as he sauntered up to the front, spurs jangling and said, "Preacher, that was too easy. How d'ya know if these here folks are tellin' the truth? I can gar-an-damn-tee ya to prove who really means it an' who don't!"
Bemused but confident of his congregation, the preacher said "Ok, stranger, go ahead and put the faith of these good people to the test. Ask them anything you want."
At that the cowpoke pulled his twin six-shooters, turned to the audience and said, "Alright people, who ever REALLY wants to go heaven, raise your hands!"
The preacher saw that he had some work to do.
Boomer
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