One Sunday morning, the pastor came and announced to the congregation, "Praise the Lord. Today I have both good news and bad news."
"The good news is we have enough money to build a new church."
The congregation cheered, applauded, and broke into a worship song.
After everybody calmed down, the pastor continued, "The bad news, however, is that the money is still in your pockets."
There was deafening silence ...
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