Have You tasted..
A Friend sent this today..I had to share,
"Have You Tasted My Jesus?"
At the University of Chicago Divinity
School each year they have what is called "Baptist Day." On this day each
one is to bring a lunch to be eaten
outdoors in a grassy picnic area.
Every "Baptist Day" the school would
invite one of the greatest minds to
lecture in the theological education
center. One year they invited Dr. Paul Tillich. Dr.
Tillich spoke for two and one-half hours proving
that the resurrection of Jesus was false.
He quoted scholar after scholar and book after book. He concluded
that since there was no such thing as the historical resurrection
the religious tradition of the church was groundless, emotional
mumbo-jumbo, because it was based on a relationship with a risen
Jesus, who, in fact, never rose from the dead in any literal sense.
He then asked if there were any questions. After about 30 seconds, an old, dark
skinned preacher with a head of short cropped, woolly white hair stood up in the back of the
auditorium. "Dr. Tillich, I got one question," he
said as all eyes turned toward him.
He reached into his sack lunch and pulled out an apple and
began eating it. "Docta Tillich.. CRUNCH, MUNCH "My question is a simple question,.... CRUNCH,MUNCH..."Now, I can't recite the Scriptures in the
original Greek...CRUNCH,MUNCH..."I don't
know nothin' about Niebuhr and Heidegger...CRUNCH,
MUNCH... He finished the apple.
"All I wanna know is: This apple I just ate,------ was it bitter or sweet?" Dr.Tillich paused for a moment and answered in exemplary scholarly fashion: "I cannot possibly answer that question, for I
haven't tasted your apple."
The white-haired preacher dropped the core of his apple into his
crumpled paper bag, looked up at Dr.Tillich and
said calmly, "Neither have you tasted my Jesus."
The 1,000 plus in attendance could not contain themselves.
The auditorium erupted with applause and cheers. Dr.
Tillich thanked his audience and promptly left the platform.
Have you tasted Jesus? Please pass this on Saints! Jesus has risen...and He's
coming back one day!
Taste and see that the LORD is good;
blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him. If you have, rejoice in
the hope of the resurrection that
your faith in Him brings! Psalm 34:8
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"Have You Tasted My Jesus?"
At the University of Chicago Divinity
School each year they have what is called "Baptist Day." On this day each
one is to bring a lunch to be eaten
outdoors in a grassy picnic area.
Every "Baptist Day" the school would
invite one of the greatest minds to
lecture in the theological education
center. One year they invited Dr. Paul Tillich. Dr.
Tillich spoke for two and one-half hours proving
that the resurrection of Jesus was false.
He quoted scholar after scholar and book after book. He concluded
that since there was no such thing as the historical resurrection
the religious tradition of the church was groundless, emotional
mumbo-jumbo, because it was based on a relationship with a risen
Jesus, who, in fact, never rose from the dead in any literal sense.
He then asked if there were any questions. After about 30 seconds, an old, dark
skinned preacher with a head of short cropped, woolly white hair stood up in the back of the
auditorium. "Dr. Tillich, I got one question," he
said as all eyes turned toward him.
He reached into his sack lunch and pulled out an apple and
began eating it. "Docta Tillich.. CRUNCH, MUNCH "My question is a simple question,.... CRUNCH,MUNCH..."Now, I can't recite the Scriptures in the
original Greek...CRUNCH,MUNCH..."I don't
know nothin' about Niebuhr and Heidegger...CRUNCH,
MUNCH... He finished the apple.
"All I wanna know is: This apple I just ate,------ was it bitter or sweet?" Dr.Tillich paused for a moment and answered in exemplary scholarly fashion: "I cannot possibly answer that question, for I
haven't tasted your apple."
The white-haired preacher dropped the core of his apple into his
crumpled paper bag, looked up at Dr.Tillich and
said calmly, "Neither have you tasted my Jesus."
The 1,000 plus in attendance could not contain themselves.
The auditorium erupted with applause and cheers. Dr.
Tillich thanked his audience and promptly left the platform.
Have you tasted Jesus? Please pass this on Saints! Jesus has risen...and He's
coming back one day!
Taste and see that the LORD is good;
blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him. If you have, rejoice in
the hope of the resurrection that
your faith in Him brings! Psalm 34:8
Source Unknown
posted by Vonniebooboo at 12:18 AM
1 Comments:
I Love It....awesome.
Taste and see that the Lord is good...
Thank you ma'am,
Tinman
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