 He had only seconds to make his decision. The father knew his son was a Christian and he also knew his son's friend was not. The agony of his decision could not be matched by the torrent of the waves. As the father yelled out, I love you, son, he threw the lifeline to his son's friend. By the time the father had pulled the friend back to the capsized boat, his son had disappeared beneath the raging swells of the ocean, never to be recovered. By this time, the two teens were sitting up straight in their pew, anxiously awaiting the next words to come out of the old man's mouth.