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close tonight. But before I read in our last
passage this evening, I want to go through a list
of things with you, and I want you to think
about this. One singer in a song titled "Old
Enough to Know Better" says, "If you don't
mind, I guess I'll stay here and drink. I'm old
enough to know better, but I'm still too young
to care." Now, I just want you to listen to some
of the words in some of these songs — and,
again, it's about drinking; it's about rebellion
and those kinds of things. You see, if you want
to know what somebody believes, listen to
their words; look at their music and their
lifestyle and you can find out. Let's go all the
way back to the '40s and early '50s with Hank
Williams, Sr. He died January 1st, 1953. He
even wrote a song that Christians sing today, "I
Saw the Light." Many Christians sing that today,
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