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"You Look Good, You Smell Good, But You're Going to Hell..."

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A good friend of ours was told by Jesus himself that if he didn't change, he would go to hell. He was attending a Pentecostal church at the time, but had not turned his life over to God. He was there mostly to establish a presence for the men of the church so they would stay away from his cute little wife. He and Terri were the childrens' ministers, and were respected and appreciated in the church. Terri was from a long-standing church-attending family. Rick was raised in foster homes after his mother was murdered in his presence. Because his family were itinerant farm workers, Rick didn't attend school until he was around 8 years old. His foster mother tutored him, but catching up academically was extra difficult because he was also dyslexic.  Rick eventually joined the Navy and was deployed on a ship out of San Diego. After several months at sea the ship was coming back to the port. On board, he was reading one of the darker passages in the Old Testament. He was horrified