Have You Tasted My Jesus?
Author Unknown
At the University of Chicago Divinity School each year they have what is
called "Baptist Day". It is a day when all the Baptists in the area are invited
to the school because they want the Baptist dollars to keep coming in.
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 enters.
One year they invited Dr. Paul Tillich. Dr. Tillich spoke for 2 ½ 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.
Docta 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 ain't never read them books you read (CRUNCH, MUNCH) and 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 1000 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! God 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
Author Unknown
At the University of Chicago Divinity School each year they have what is
called "Baptist Day". It is a day when all the Baptists in the area are invited
to the school because they want the Baptist dollars to keep coming in.
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 enters.
One year they invited Dr. Paul Tillich. Dr. Tillich spoke for 2 ½ 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.
Docta 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 ain't never read them books you read (CRUNCH, MUNCH) and 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 1000 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! God 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