CARLSBAD, CA - According to congregants at New Hope Baptist Sunday, pastor Jim Irving gave a passionate altar call, in which he pressed those on the fence to make a public commitment to purchase his new book that very day.

"With every head bowed, and with every eye closed, who feels God calling them to buy my new book in the lobby for only $14.99?" pastor Jim Irving reportedly whispered into the microphone, the emotion in the darkened sanctuary palpable. "If you feel God tugging on your heart strings right now, I simply want you to raise your hand."

Witnesses who peeked out one eye despite the pastor's assurance that no one would be watching claimed that what happened next was miraculous, as over thirty hands went up, as people solemnly committed to take their first step of faith by purc

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