In 2010 Penn Jillette, the atheist half of Penn and Teller, posted a late-night video about a fan who handed him a Gideon New Testament after a show. He said the man was kind, sane, looked him in the eye, and cared enough to tell him. Then he asked the question that should shame every Christian who has ever kept quiet at a dinner table: how much do you have to hate somebody to believe in everlasting life and not tell them?

Andy Meakin didn’t have that problem. He was a water engineer from Beckenham working the slums of Addis Ababa, a husband and a father of three, not a preacher. On November 23, 1996, three drunk hijackers took Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961, the engines quit over the Indian Ocean, and the plane began falling at two thousand feet a minute. Andy unbuckled, stood up in the aisle, and said, “Many of us might die in this crash, so there’s something you need to know.” He was still on his feet telling people about Jesus Christ when the plane hit the water off the Comoros. He was one of the 125 who died. Survivors say as many as twenty people called on God before the water came.

“How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?” Romans 10:14

Nobody reading this is on a falling plane. Everybody reading this knows somebody who is, slower.

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In September 1876, floodwaters carried a little North Carolina church off its foundation and onto the very lot its congregation had been refused.

That’s where this episode begins. It also follows the old account of John Craig’s escape from execution and a black dog carrying a purse of gold.

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Last year, I recorded a bunch of podcasts for Substack, but the quality really stunk. I’ve always had trouble with my speaking. When I was a kid, I had tubes in my ears and a severe stutter. I still slur words without knowing I’m doing it, and I talk exceptionally fast. So I gave up on those recordings.

Recently, I found a tool that lets me use a voice editor and add music. That’s how I’ve put this episode together.

I really want to be a blessing to you through these stories as well as my writing. After you’ve listened, tell me what you think of the voice and music. Would you listen to more of these? If you like it, I’ll upload more.

Oh, and the dog in the picture is our beloved Ginger. She held, and still holds, a special place in all our hearts.

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I wrote this morning about a revelation I had, and I felt the need to record this one. Somethings need to be spoken and not written. I appreciate you all and your prayers and support here is the link I mention in the podcast.

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