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The 4 types of angels.

Mar 15th by Jon
#728.

I’ve made no secret of my affection for pastor Matt Chandler of the Village Church. Of any pastor I’ve heard, he most closely does what I want to do with my writing. He brings the truth in an honest, stripped down, Bible based way that is not afraid to use satire and humor to get at the point. I’ve never met him, but I once hid behind a pole at a restaurant while he talked with Anne Jackson. I’m pretty cool.

#658.

Last week I spoke at the Clemson University Fellowship of Christians Athletes. There were maybe 500 or 600 people.

To me, that felt like about 27,000

The folks at Clemson told me that was small.

I can’t believe what they’ve got going on there. On most Thursday nights, 800-1,200 students are filing into that auditorium and there’s not an adult in sight. It’s all student led. At 33 I was one of the oldest people in the room. It was just amazing.

But why was attendance so low the night I spoke?

Because I have a unibrow? Nope.

Because the smarter/hotter of the two Acuffs, my wife, did not come with me? Nope.

Because Thursday is “must see TV” night? Nope.

Those are all good guesses, but the reason attendance was about half the size it should have been is pretty simple …