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T 4 What Happens When I Die? (Part 2: The Ecstasy of Heaven) “We have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens” (2 Corinthians 5:1). ****** he Associated Press named Pepper Martin athlete of the year in 1931. The Oklahoma native and right-handed center fielder batted .500, stole five bases, scored five runs, and played excellent defense to lead his St. Louis Cardinals to a World Series victory over the Philadelphia Ath- letics. After the seventh and decisive game, the press cornered him for an interview. In the midst of celebration, a reporter asked, “Pepper, now that you have won the World Series sin- gle-handedly, what do you want more than anything else in the world?” Following a pondering pause, he startled them with his answer: “Above everything else in the world I want to go to

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