Dennis (Den) Slattery:
CLASS OF 1967
Parkside High SchoolClass of 1967
Jackson, MI
Trinity Evangelical Divinity SchoolClass of 2001
Deerfield, IL
Anderson University - TheologyClass of 1983
Anderson, IN
Spring Arbor CollegeClass of 1979
Spring arbor, MI
Lima Christian High SchoolClass of 1978
Lima, NY
Dennis (Den)'s Story
Life
In 1968 I joined the Marine Corps and ended up in Vietnam.The first time I came under enemy fire my whole life flashed before me & I wondered:Why am I here?What is the purpose of life?What happens when we die?Is there a God? I didn't have any answers to those questions but my search began that night.When I arrived back in the States I didn't fit in.I left Vietnam thinking I could just put it behind me, but instead I found it changed the way I viewed everything.Happiness & contentment were illusions just out of my reach.I also had to contend with vivid memories of war that haunted me in the night. No one seemed to understand, so in 1972 I went back in th...Expand for more
e military and ended up back in Vietnam. There 2 men handed me a Bible, & said it had the answers to my questions, so I opened it.The first verse I saw stunned me.All of my arguments about God being irrelavant were decimated by this verse. It is better to live in the corner of an attic than in a beautiful home with a cranky and quarrelsome woman( Proverbs 25:24)I was amazed at the simple truth of that verse, so I searched for others.I found wisdom & insight everywhere. How did I miss it?Several days later, I prayed "God, if you're for real I want to know you. Do something to prove to me that you exist & I'll believe in you."That is when my life began to change.
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