Three
young men with extra ordinary gifts
Were
preaching the gospel to multiplied thousands
Across
the nation within ten years
Only
one of them was still on track for Christ
Graham,
Templeton and Clifford
All
three came shooting out
Of the
starting blocks like rockets
You’ve
heard of Billy Graham
So how
come you’ve never heard of Chuck Templeton
Or
Bron Clifford? Especially when they came out strong in ‘45
Just
few years later
Templeton
left the ministry to pursue
A
career as a radio and television commentator
With
newspaper columnist he had decided he was
No
longer a believer in Christ in the orthodox sense of term
What
about Clifford? By 1954
Clifford
had lost his family, his ministry, his health and then...his life
Alcohol
and financial irresponsibility had done him in
He
wound up leaving his wife and their two Down’s syndrome children
At age
35 this once great preacher died from cirrhosis of liver in a run down motel
In
Christian life
Is not
how you start that matters
It’s
how you finish
Graham
made it, Templeton and Clifford didn’t
You
may thinking
Those
are interesting stories
But
they really don’t relate to me
I’m
not in full time ministry
Are
you a husband? Do you have kids?
If Yes
is the answer then you are implicated
Christian
husband and fathers are in the ministry full time
The
enemy just didn’t want you to realise it
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