I was nine years old, and I'd just bought Casey Kasem's American Top 40 Yearbook. Dad was explaining the difference between Heaven and Hell to me and offered this incentive:
"In Heaven, you can have all the free American Top 40 books you want," he said.
I'd read and heard about God's generosity, but at age nine, hearing it put that way really sold me on the concept of Heaven.
"God must really approve of a person if he's going to give him or her free access to that much information about the artists, their music, and the Billboard charts," I thought.
I know there's more to Heaven than free American Top 40 books, but 37 years later, I still think that's a pretty enticing incentive.
