Smoking in the Sanctuary

2020-10-05

When I was in Bible College, I had professor recount a story of when he was younger. It went something like this. He was running late for church, and he met a church member, a deacon I think, outside of the church, smoking. He told the deacon, church is starting, come on in. The deacon replied, I will come in when I am done. My professor said, why don't you bring it in with you? The deacon said, I cannot bring the cigarette into the sanctuary. My professor said, I thought that thing was sticking out of the sanctuary.

The man ended up quitting smoking.