gimster,
Wow! Your mom has a great gift! I don't know what the phrase [wish list preacher] means. I've heard his dad was wonderful. I like sermons that uplift people. I don't enjoy the fire and brimstone sort of stuff. Life is difficult enough without some holier-than-thou, self appointed saint telling me I've got Hell to look forward to. I just like Joel's encouragement, that's all. I know little about him and have been sadly disappointed by so-called, grand preachers of late. But I believe in God; and believe in the "ask and you shall receive" scripture. If you don't ask for anything, and you get nothing, whose to blame?
Ciao for now
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