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Randall Martin of Conway Baptist Church in Conway won first place this summer in the Southern Baptist Convention's first national youth Bible drill in Atlanta, Ga. Students in grades seven through nine from 13 states competed in the drill by looking up passages in the Bible in eight seconds or less. Martin competed against 14 other teenagers. He had a perfect score. "He has a phenomenal knowledge of the Bible," Martin's mother, Tammy, said. Martin had to make it through three competitions before reaching the national level - church, regional and state. Martin's mother said he has been practicing two...