What I woudn’t do for a million dollars …
The following story was e-mailed to me today from Christian Newswire:
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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 10/Christian Newswire/ — Tuesday, the man from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania who tried to cash a $1 million dollar gospel tract made international news. As comical as it may seem that anyone would actually believe there is such a thing as a $1 million dollar bill in U.S. currency, the flip side of this situation demonstrates the gravity and desperation in the world today that perhaps this man and many others may feel. He helped to prove why Living Waters Publications, the ministry that produces and distributes the bills with gospel tracts on them, felt the need to develop something that would directly address the imminent greed and materialism that has gripped members of society in the U.S. and in many countries around the world. It is a tool that starts very lively and interesting conversations and gives people a chance to examine the actual words on the bill, which are the basis of the ministry of Living Water Publications and Way of the Master Radio and Television, hosted by Todd Friel, Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron.
Approximately one year ago, the Secret Service seized a number of Million Dollar Bill Gospel tracts from a Dallas ministry who also distributes the bills, saying that they were counterfeit (although the highest U.S. currency since 1969 is just a $100 bill). There is an ongoing court case on this matter.
Todd Friel, spokesperson on this issue at Way of the Master Radio, stated, “The last time there was a threat to seize the million dollar bills, people went crazy and purchased half a million bills in one day. If the government takes these million dollar bills the ministry has a Billion Dollar bill tract that is in full color, and very popular. ”
Friel also said, “On a more serious note, there are at least a half dozen similar phony million dollar bills, including a bill sold at the nation’s largest pharmacy chain. My questions are these: Why has our ministry had millions of our million dollar bill Gospel tracts confiscated? Why is the story of the Pittsburgh man who tried to cash one of our bills such big news? Could it be that the real controversy is not a million dollar counterfeit but the message that is on the back of the pretend money?”
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I think Friel is asking the right questions. I mean, what is the harm of the million dollar tracts. They certainly seem to be doing exactly what his ministry hoped they would: call attention to the words of the Gospel. And really, my thought is not who would attempt to cash the so-called bill, but who would actually cash the bill for them.
What bank or any other financial institution would not know that the government has never made million dollar bills!
I needed something to brighten my day. This story did it. Imagining someone trying to cash that tract is funny. What I wouldn’t do for a million dollars …
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