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Originally posted on Word Net Daily

An Ohio woman has won $20,000 in a Tenandwin.com competition that encouraged people to learn the Ten Commandments and be able to recite them – in order – in 20 seconds or less.

The competition was sponsored by Darrel Rundus, much of whose work involves the Great News Network.

The winner was Beth Morris of Akron, Ohio, whose answering machine first picked up the  call from Rundus on Nov. 13. She picked up just as he was explaining he had been calling to offer her an opportunity to recite the Ten Commandments.

She was surprised by the call, but in order to prevent any manipulation of the competition, Rundus asked her to recite the law immediately.

 ”No other gods before me, no idols, no blasphemy, remember the Sabbath to keep it holy, honor your father and mother, do not kill, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not lie, do not covet,” she said.

 It took her 17.5 seconds:

“Oh my goodness, this is such an answer to prayer,” she said. “I’m going to pay off credit cards.  I’m going to buy a car, a used car, our car went out two days ago. I’ve been on the Internet looking for something we could afford. Thank you, Jesus,” she said.

 As WND reported, Rundus, a self-made millionaire marketing expert, launched the competition and set up a website to collect telephone numbers of possible participants.

Then, he planned, on the day of the competition he would begin randomly calling entrants, and the first one who could list the law, in order, and do it in 20 seconds or less, would win $20,000.

Rundus told WND he was  distressed that Americans readily can tick off a list of 10 stores, 10 sports teams – even 10 beers, but there’s a collective “Uhmmm” when those same people are asked to cite the Ten Commandments. The project drew the support of Ray Comfort of Living Waters ministry and a partner with actor Kirk Cameron in  The Way of the Master projects.

“Can you name the Ten Commandments?” Comfort’s newsletter asked. “If you can, you could win $20,000.00!!! … Our friend Darrel Rundus will randomly start drawing names and calling people who have registered to ‘Name Ten’ and win $20,000.00. The first qualifying person he gets on the  phone who can list The Law, in order, and do it in twenty seconds or less, will win $20,000.00.”

Entries were collected for several months before the competition was held. There were more than 5,500 people who signed up to possibly get a call with the opportunity, but Morris’ telephone number was the first one randomly drawn by Rundus.

“As a Christian I’m honestly and genuinely intrigued that by the approximate 85 percent of the people around the world today who say they believe in God, but when I asked hundreds of them to name the Ten Commandments, they couldn’t do it,” Rundus said.

“You’re putting me on the spot,” was one of the responses he got.

From a child, it was, “We go to church every Sunday and I don’t know these.”

Morris said she not only worked to memorize the laws, but encouraged others to sign up and do the same.

“Sharing this video with your friends and family over the Thanksgiving holiday is a great way to start up a conversation about the things of God, His laws, His son, our Savior and salvation. I mean, who would not want to watch this video of the amazing story of a woman who won $20,000.00 for just listing God’s laws? Use it as a springboard into a conversation that may just end up saving someone’s soul,” Rundus suggested.

 

He also said there could be another competition, but nothing has been set up yet.