[Ohio-Communities-of-Faith] FW: The Taste of the Apple

[Michael Moore]

From: Larry Perry [mailto:larryperry at performancepress.ccsend.com] On Behalf Of Larry Perry
Sent: Friday, November 5, 2021 8:10 AM
To: mmoore11 at kent.edu
Subject: EXT: The Taste of the Apple

 


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Letter from Larry

 



Friday

October 29, 2021

 



Good Friday Morning Everyone:

 

What would you say if you were in the audience when this happened?

 

TASTE OF THE APPLE

 

A well-respected scholar and avowed atheist was speaking at a large outdoor

picnic. He spoke for two and a half hours attempting to prove 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

nonsense because it was based on a relationship with a risen Jesus, who 

never rose from the dead in any literal sense. He then asked if there were

any questions.

 

After about 30 seconds, an old preacher stood up. "Sir, I have one question,"

he said as all eyes turned toward him. He reached into his sack lunch and

pulled out an apple he had been eating. "My question is a simple question,

" he said before taking another bite of the apple. He continued, "I haven't 

read all the books you have, and I can't recite the Scriptures in the original 

Greek." He took a couple more bites of the apple and said, "I don't know

a thing about Niebuhr and Heidegger."

 

He finished the apple and said, "All I wanna know is: this apple I just finished,

was it tart or sweet?"

 

The speaker 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 and said calmly, "Neither have you tasted my Jesus."

 

Have you tasted Jesus?

 

"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) 

 

Much Love on this special day for YOU!!!

 

YOU are LOVED !!

 

Larry 

 



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