There was a small town that had two churches and one whiskey distillery. Members of both churches complained the distillery gave the community a bad image. To make matters worse, the owner of the distillery was an atheist. The church members had tried unsuccessfully for two years to shut down the distillery. Finally they decided to hold a Saturday night group prayer meeting and ask God to intervene and settle this once and for all. During the entire meeting, a terrible electrical storm raged. To the delight of the church members, lightning struck the distillery and it burned to the ground. The next morning the sermon in both churches was on the power of prayer. The insurance adjusters promptly notified the distillery owner they would not pay for the damages since it was caused by an act of God. They told him acts of God were excluded from his policy. The owner was infuriated and decided to sue the churches, claiming they had conspired with God to destroy his building and business. The church members emphatically denied having anything to do with the cause of the incident. The judge hearing the case opened the trial with these words. I find one thing about this case most perplexing. We have a situation here where the plaintiff, an atheist, is professing his belief in the power of prayer, and the defendants, the church members are denying that very same power....(rereading from Bennie Tates book One More Night With The Frogs)
Posted on: Sun, 04 Jan 2015 00:18:59 +0000
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