R.C. Sproul

And I would have given anything to have been able to stay on the faculty of that college.

But it had been made absolutely clear to me when I went there that this was for a one-year appointment only.

Well, during that year I was scouting around trying to find a teaching position somewhere else when in the springtime when contracts were being offered at various places, I was offered a teaching position at a school in Massachusetts.

And I was grateful for that offer, and I went there for an interview.

And when I went through the interview, I wasn't quite as excited as I had been earlier with the possibility.

And when I returned from Massachusetts to continue my teaching at my alma mater, the president of the college called me into his office and said, I know that you were hired for one year only, but we would like to offer you a permanent contract here.

Well, that was my wildest dream.

That was like going to the Super Bowl.

I thought, wow, that's terrific.

But he said, think about it for a couple of days and give me your answer.

So I came home and I told my wife, and we both rejoiced in this, and I decided, well, obviously this is what we've always wanted to do.

We'll just say yes.

And so I called the president of the school in Massachusetts and told him that I had been offered a position at my alma mater.

And he said to me, oh, please, he said, before you decide on that, he said, will you at least think about it for a week or whatever and get back to me?

And I thought, well, I owed him that.

And so I would.

And so my wife and I decided to pray about it for a week.

And we prayed every night.

We had students come into our living room, and literally we would pray from 11 o'clock at night till 7 o'clock in the morning.

We'd pray all night long.