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The Price Tag of a Soul

           How much does it cost to minister to someone?            That might seem like a strange question, but it occurred to me while I was reading a ministry organization’s pamphlet encouraging the reader to give to their ministry. “Every $10 reaches a new child!” it boasted. But that sentence is what made me think. What if I did  not  give $10? Would they be unable to “reach” just one more child? My imagination painted this picture….. Mr. Greene was a missionary in Romania. He was working for this missionary organization reaching children with the gospel. One month, Mr. Greene received his paycheck of $500, which is $250 less than he normally received. So Mr. Greene went out to the schools, visited homes, and helped at orphanages, making sure that for every $10, he talked to one new child about Jesus. By the end of two weeks of working like this, Mr. Greene tallied off his fift...