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I could share with you some of my mail without having you think
I attract such correspondence. Maybe Stuff About Things and my
correspondents have a mystical affinity.
Some
time back I made the mistake of quoting a Nigerian’s appeal
for finances to buy a wife. I received one check, and another
inquiry about how to forward the-money — both being an
embarrassment to me. I tried to make it right by personal
letters.
Thanks
for the mail asking about my lizard friend and telling me your
lizard experiences. Can’t write much more about that, for
little children are saying, “That’s the man who talks to
lizards!” Anyhow, Rusty was home only once during this past
month.
Had
a letter from a church consisting mostly of women. Said when a
male member came he wanted one of them to lead the prayer for
his communion. I first suggested “shoot the man” and make a
problem for which I have some solid answers (viz., you shouldn’t
have done it), and I could give lots of scriptures. Then,
thinking this might not be practical, I tried to show the Supper
is not “administered” and the man could pray silently.
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A
very nice letter from a new contact in Australia, wants a study
on spiritual gifts. (Letter answered, and study is in this
issue.) Another nice letter from a lady who thought my note
about a “Bus Ministry” that used a bus and five workers to
pick up four riders, indicated I did not properly appreciate
small things. I assured her I meant to convey that the bus was a
BIG thing, which in this case should have been supplanted by
individual contact and transportation. A letter about labor
unions had already been answered in “You Know What?” and
another letter about birth control, I didn’t know how to
answer.
Then
this fellow wrote that he had tried to preach a point I had
made, and it got him INTO a hole. He said he meant INTO, not
UNTO. Said he was UNTO it when he started preparing the lesson.
Said he told the brethren not to worry about “hair” problems
— if we live long enough we’ll probably lose our hair
anyhow. He had a hunch this wouldn’t go over, and it didn’t.
I sent him some good stuff on “nature” (see McKnight on Eph.
2:3, note 3) and hope he can get us OUT OF the hole.
The
real ego-builder was a request for a sermon preached in 1969.
Wow!!
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