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Article: IRON MAN With a Golden Rule.
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- Vibrant Life
- Article date:
- November 1, 1998
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Ask Dallas Mavericks team captain and power forward A. C. Green when his streak began, and he may not remember, in spite of the NBA hoopla November 20, 1997, when he played in his record 907th consecutive game. November 19, 1986, was a long time ago; Johnny Carson still hosted The Tonight Show and Ronald Reagan was president.
Yet ask Green when he was saved and he's got a ready answer--August 2, 1981. In that memorable sermon titled "Do You Want to Go to Heaven or Hell?" the preacher minced no words and offered three altar calls before the teenage Green finally stepped forward at a small church in Hermiston, Oregon. "Since then the golden rule has come alive in ...