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There was a certain Professor of Religion named Dr. Christianson, a studious man who taught at a small college in the western United States .

Dr. Christianson taught the required survey course in Christianity at this particular institution. Every student was required to take this course their freshman year, regardless of his or her major..

Although Dr. Christianson tried hard to communicate the essence of the gospel in his class, he found that most of his students looked upon the course as nothing but required drudgery. Despite his best efforts, most students refused to take Christianity seriously.

This year, Dr. Christianson had a special student named Steve. Steve was only a freshman, but was studying with the intent of going onto seminary for the ministry. Steve was popular, he was well liked, and he was an imposing physical specimen. He was now the starting center on the school football team, and was the best student in the professor's class.

One day, Dr. Christianson asked Steve to stay after class so he could talk with him.

"How many push-ups can you do?"

Steve said, "I do about 200 every night."

"200? That's pretty good, Steve," Dr. Christianson said. "Do you think you could do 300?"

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作者：佚名，中譯：趙泰和

在美國西部一所小的學院裡，有個好學的神學教授名叫Christianson，他在學校教了一門必修的基督教課程。不論專業，所有第一年的新生都得修這門課。儘管Christianson博士想盡辦法向學生們闡述福音的真諦，但他發現學生們只把這門課當作是痛苦煎熬的一門必修課罷了。即使他付出了諸般努力，大部分學生仍是不怎麼將信仰當回事。

今年，Christianson博士發現了一個叫Steve的學生。他很特別，雖然只是個新生，但他學習的目標是為了去神學院進修，以便加入事工。Steve人緣很好，並且體格健壯。現在他正在學校的橄欖球隊擔任首發中鋒，同樣也是Christianson教授最優秀的學生。有一天，教授讓Steve課後留下來與他談話：「你可以做多少個俯臥撐?」

Steve說：「我每天晚上做200個。」

「200？那挺不錯啊，Steve。 要是做300個呢？」，教授問道。