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GA99020 
19-June-1999 
 
               Presbyterians Pro-life Hear Willimon 
 
FORT WORTH-William H. Willimon, dean of the chapel at Duke University, was 
the keynote speaker for the Presbyterian Pro-Life dinner on Saturday 
evening.  Speaking of  an encounter he had with one of his Duke students, 
who had successfully avoided chapel attendance for two years, Willimon said 
that the rationale for the student's absence was "go to church and you have 
to change." "The nature of the Christian faith is that God grabs your life 
and never lets you go," proclaimed Willimon citing II Corinthians 5 as the 
basis for his understanding.  
     Proceeding to his  theme of "Choice," he stressed that the true choice 
in life is that "God chooses us, not the other way around." 
     Terry Schlossberg, Executive Director of the Presbyterians Pro~Life, 
introduced Willimon, pointing out that he had been selected by Baylor 
University as one of the twelve most effective preachers in the English 
speaking world. 
 
Emett H. Barfield              

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