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06-27-2008, 10:11 AM
Matthew 12:38-39 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from You." But He answered and said to them, "An evil and adulterous generation craves for a sign..."
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Jesus image seen in granite slab in Dallas 1:58 PM CT
Over the past two days, John Ganster has seen cars creep, crawl and park in front of his East Dallas stone company, as their occupants try to catch a glimpse of a granite slab stained with what some think is an image of Jesus.
Some customers believe a granite slab at Verona Marble Company shows an image of Jesus Christ. The slab, which is worth $1,500, was pulled from the company's inventory and the company is hoping to donate it to a church in Oklahoma.
View larger More photos Photo store “Some customers and people have just wanted to take a look for themselves,” said Mr. Ganster, a co-owner of Verona Marble Company, which is located in the 4800 block of Olson Drive near Mesquite.
No one at the company noticed the image, Mr. Ganster said, until a customer called and asked about buying the “Jesus” stone, a hunk of granite that comes from Brazil.
“We said, ‘What are you talking about?’” he said. “We went to see for ourselves.”
The stone, which weighs around 1,000 pounds, had been in the company’s Tulsa, Okla., store. It was moved to the Dallas office in December, after builders in the Tulsa area kept passing on it, because of cosmetic imperfections.
4800 block of Olson Drive in Dallas “That’s kind of ironic,” Mr. Ganster said. “Christ said that he would build his church on the stone that the builders rejected.”
Now, the company has little trouble getting offers for the slab, which would normally sell for about $1,500. Some of those offers have come from competitors.
But Mr. Ganster said Verona has no plans to sell.
Instead, he said, the company hopes to donate the stone to a Catholic church in Oklahoma.
“This came to us for a reason,” Mr. Ganster said. “I don’t know why, but it did.”
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http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/062708dnmetjesusstone.450 1fbb1.html
Jesus image seen in granite slab in Dallas 1:58 PM CT
Over the past two days, John Ganster has seen cars creep, crawl and park in front of his East Dallas stone company, as their occupants try to catch a glimpse of a granite slab stained with what some think is an image of Jesus.
Some customers believe a granite slab at Verona Marble Company shows an image of Jesus Christ. The slab, which is worth $1,500, was pulled from the company's inventory and the company is hoping to donate it to a church in Oklahoma.
View larger More photos Photo store “Some customers and people have just wanted to take a look for themselves,” said Mr. Ganster, a co-owner of Verona Marble Company, which is located in the 4800 block of Olson Drive near Mesquite.
No one at the company noticed the image, Mr. Ganster said, until a customer called and asked about buying the “Jesus” stone, a hunk of granite that comes from Brazil.
“We said, ‘What are you talking about?’” he said. “We went to see for ourselves.”
The stone, which weighs around 1,000 pounds, had been in the company’s Tulsa, Okla., store. It was moved to the Dallas office in December, after builders in the Tulsa area kept passing on it, because of cosmetic imperfections.
4800 block of Olson Drive in Dallas “That’s kind of ironic,” Mr. Ganster said. “Christ said that he would build his church on the stone that the builders rejected.”
Now, the company has little trouble getting offers for the slab, which would normally sell for about $1,500. Some of those offers have come from competitors.
But Mr. Ganster said Verona has no plans to sell.
Instead, he said, the company hopes to donate the stone to a Catholic church in Oklahoma.
“This came to us for a reason,” Mr. Ganster said. “I don’t know why, but it did.”
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