The British Baptist C. H. Spurgeon believed cigar drafts prepared his throat for preaching. Read them in the archive below. As he explained in a 1995 interview, "I think I pretty much gravitate toward restaurants that allow cigar smoking, partly because it's so important to me to smoke, particularly after dinner. "I'm not particular.". The Nobel Prize-winning English writer and poet was hailed in Britain as the heir apparent to Charles Dickens. We will still sin and fall short of the glory of God, but whoever believes in Jesus Christ remains his possession forever and He will never leave you, forsake you, or have you snatched from His hand or the hand of God the Father (John 6:37, 10:28-29). gospel-centered, Bible-centered content. 65 FIORELLO LA GUARDIA Being a pastor, he was sensitively aware of how to give such theology to people who are in the throes of pain. Regarding alcohol, Jesus himself did drink wine. A Singing Faith. Smoking cigars in front of Congress. expression. Do you know about a story of someone overweight asking Spurgeon why he smoked and his reply was why are you overweight? Lewis, Chuck Colson, Johann Sebastian Bach, Billy Graham, and Jerry Farwell (although the last two quit in their latter years). Even if Gibson were not a famous movie star, his name would be well known to habitus of some of the country's better cigar-friendly establishments--Club Macanudo, Grand Havana Room, etc. 68 SAMMY DAVIS JR. There is no record that anybody was upset over his smoking. Everyone shortly excused themselves, and the next morning Twain found the cigars sprawled outside--except for the one left on the plate of the man from whom the cigars had been filched. Then he pauses, taking a puff from his cheap cigar as he cocks his head to one side and says, "Just one more thing" The murderer is as good as jailed. 30 HARRISON FORD Tolkien, C.S. Discussion in 'General Baptist Discussions' started by TT23, Jun 7, 2006. Learn more about the life and ministry of this influential theologian and preacher. Douglas received an Academy Award for Best Picture as producer of the 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and won a Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of a corporate high roller in Wall Street. On a trip to London, he became acquainted with Punch Double Coronas, Partagas Lusitanias and Monty No. During the mid-1990s, Willis frequented Arnold Schwarzenegger's Monday night cigar dinners at Schatzi on Main. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you (KJV). Off the court, it was much the same way. But in the 1930 film Little Caesar, Robinson not only launched his 50-year film career, but also set the stereotype of the American gangster forever in the minds of the moviegoing public. In 1994, Cosby was watching the ladies' figure skating finals in the Winter Olympics on TV, puffing away on an Ashton. : The Fight Against Apathy. Why? A cigar sometimes got the comedian into trouble. What's more, if a professing Christian smokes, and their doing so either hinders their witness to non-believers or causes a weaker Christian to struggle in their faith, then love would demand that such a Christian refrain from smoking. But from a purely financial point of view, if somebody is not going to support my business, I'm certainly not going to support their business.". He would frequently sneak puffs from a double-corona-sized smoke during commercial breaks. She has been nominated for an Oscar for her performance in The Color Purple and been named best supporting actress in Ghost. 86 ARTHUR GOLDBERG Regarding tobacco however, it defiles the temple of the Holy Spirit. When Warner died, he left a gold-and-silver cigar cutter to an associate, who gave it to Coppola. Kennedy then signed the embargo, and Cuban tobacco has been off-limits to Americans ever since. Such preaching was an unusual and controversial form of inductive preaching, and its most famous preacher was Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153). Your information will *never* be shared or sold to a 3rd party. he ruminated. When he was just 25 years old, Welles conceived, wrote and directed Citizen Kane (1941), considered by many cineastes to be the finest and most innovative American film ever made. Having at all times an objective truth that does not depend on our ability to feel their truth, the promises of God are like a light that cannot be overcome by our darkness. [20] For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are Gods. When the multimillion dollar businessman and former owner of Consolidated Cigar Corp. wants to eat out, he naturally looks for a cigar-friendly establishment. As a film star, Travolta can afford to reward himself with less pedestrian smokes: Davidoffs, Dunhills and Montecristos are his favorites. Short and squat with a bulldog face, Robinson didn't have leading-man looks. There is only one way to salvation that is only in Jesus Christ (Acts 4:12). He was the author of The Connoisseur's Book of the Cigar, widely regarded as the bible of the industry. 82 PAUL ANKA ON the other hand, what about gluttony? Some of his fondest memories are of his father smoking White Owls during his childhood in New Jersey. Somehow, each subsequent cigar met the same fate, until after the fifth one the merchant wised up and tossed Groucho out. The famed candy maker smoked eight to 10 cigars a day, a habit he continued when he moved to Cuba to produce sugar. 34 ERNIE KOVACS Starting out with Macanudos, Ashtons and Fonsecas, Limbaugh soon gravitated toward Havanas. The larger-than-life cinema icon, who went on to produce four more masterpieces, was at turns reviled and revered by his peers. Interpreting Levitical Laws as a Christian (An Interpretive Grid), In Every Pang that Rends the Heart, the Man of Sorrows Had a Part, Charlotte's Web: Dr. Dorian, Miraculous Webs, Animals Talking, Snippets: Low Self-Esteem is Not Humility (1 Samuel 15). The man for whom the imposing Churchill cigar size is named smoked eight to 10 cigars a day, primarily Cuban brands. Your post got picked up by the Aquila Report. Once, as he would later relate in his essay "Concerning Tobacco," he pilfered a handful of costly and elegant cigars from a friend's house, removed the labels, and placed the smokes in a box identified by his favorite brand. Robert Hall, the famous preacher of the St. Andrews Street Baptist Church, Cambridge, had been ordered by his physician to become a smoker, and since Spurgeon lived at Cambridge and attended that church in his teens, he was undoubtedly familiar with this event. 71 ALAN "ACE" GREENBERG 31 TOM CRUISE Yes, you can still be a Christian and smoke. But whoever believes in Jesus Christ is saved from the penalty of sin (John 3:16). In his letter Spurgeon explains . Throughout his words ran the idea that smoking was not only an enslaving habit, but that the Christian must look on it as sin. The star of Top Gun, Mission: Impossible and Eyes Wide Shut has been a cigar aficionado throughout most of the 1990s. While serving as Fidel Castro's right-hand man during the Cuban revolution, he allowed himself two indulgences: books and cigars. It says in the bible everything God made was good.He made tobacco.Why can't we smoke?The Indians of old had peace pipes and I' sure that people in days gone by found some use for tobacco.Also it says to drink a little wine for what ails you .But we say it is a sin.I think if we love one another as God loves us all these other things are not important. If I caste the first stone, it would have to be aimed at myself. January 23, 2013 16:51 PM. (All Scripture quotes are taken from the New King James If anybody can show me in the Bible the command, Thou shalt not smoke, I am ready to keep it, but I havent found it yet. I suggest that the greater question, if we are truly Christians, is not "May I smoke? I could readily enough have laid violent hands upon myself, to escape from my misery of spirit.2. 88 TOM WATSON Spurgeon's ministry was marked by his constant looking to Christ for his salvation. 22 ZINO DAVIDOFF . The actor first became enamored of Cuban cigars in 1973, when he was making The Last Detail, insisting that the petty officer character he played be a cigar smoker. He preached against alcohol and other social ills. Moreover, there were no qualms whatsoever about the practice in the minds of many ministers in the Church of England and the Church of Scotland and in the churches of France and Holland. He knew that even his closest acquaintances were reviled by his stogie selections. We should seek to do whatever will honor Jesus Christ, and will best places ourselves in His complete service. The actor smoked his first Cuban cigar at the age of 17 on the balcony of the Hotel Nacional in Havana, prior to the revolution. 36 DAVID LETTERMAN Most members of the Christian clergy and many lay people have been a preacher to the unconverted. What are you going to say?". Enter your email to get updates from Recognizing Christ. Lewis, as well as the Dutch reformed theologian (later Prime Minister of The Netherlands) Abraham Kuyper, were both often seen with pipes in their mouths. George Bush nominated him in 1991 to replace Thurgood Marshall on the Supreme Court. The top-selling author of legal thrillers such as The Firm enjoys smoking four cigars a week. 2s, but, alas, he couldn't find any Hoyo de Monterreys. Cigar Aficionado Online, M. Shanken Communications, Inc. All rights reserved. 29 ORSON WELLES Just because something may be biblically permissible, and may not be defined as a sin 'directly', that doesn't mean that it's a wise thing to do. There is a time simply to sit and weep with them. No, I had nothing to do with it, unless they saw it on my FB page. "Come out, come out, wherever you are. At one time he was able to light up right on the arena floor, but as California antismoking laws got tougher, he found himself relegated to a hallway and, eventually, outside the building itself. Save the free world as Our Man Flint? Burns, who lived to 100, credited his 10- to 15-cigar-a-day habit over a 70-year span with not only keeping him spry on stage but also with helping him outlive his physician. 4s, Diplomaticos and Bolivars. 57 MARLENE DIETRICH 10 Things You Should Know about Charles Spurgeon. Lewis, Chuck Colson, Johann Sebastian Bach, Billy Graham, and Jerry Farwell (although the last two quit in their latter years). D.L. 94 SAMMY SOSA From 1871 he sought each winter to escape the darkness, cold, and dirt of London by retreating to Mentone, on the French Riviera. 24 SIGMUND FREUD In a world of blown-dry newsmen anchored to their studio desks, Rather enjoys being out in the field, smoking a cigar. Jesus was more concerned with what came out of the mouth (in words) than what was going into it saying in Matthew 15:11, What goes into someones mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them. It is what comes out of the mouth that defiles believers; it is by our words that our heart is revealed. The former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York has a sophisticated palate for cigars, preferring full-bodied smokes from the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua. The ways a believer can profit from suffering cannot be trotted out coolly to those who are reeling and weeping. A decade later, Gillespie returned the favor, hiring the Cuban master congero Chano Pozo for his big band, helping to create Latin jazz. In First John 3:4, the apostle gives us the proper definition of sin, Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness. This means that every human that has ever lived has sins and continues to sin. The author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn smoked at least 22 cigars a day, maybe as many as 40. As the mother feels with the weakness of her babe, so does Jesus feel with the poorest, saddest, and weakest of his chosen.11. ), Such noted Christians should not be used as a justification for smoking, however. The picture was shot in Canada, affording easy access to Havanas. A familiar face at Cigar Aficionado's annual gala dinners, the Park Place Entertainment CEO has led his company to the top of the gaming industry. Beginning in 1958, he served as president of Family Radio, a .more. The same questions could be asked about drinking beer, or wine, or eating pork, orthe list goes on. TV's Kramer brought the cigar back to the sitcom. Despite being admired, Kipling was criticized by many of his peers for his support of British colonialism and racial prejudice. His larger-than-life persona, his considerable girth, and his zest for excess couldn't disguise the fact that George Herman Ruth was one of the best baseball players of the century. Seeing Christ in Fight Club (And Other Unexpected Places in Culture) is in the works. So we are all in big trouble since we all have and will continue to sin in this life. An occasional cigar smoker, Fields used cigars as props in many of his movies to make him "look boorish," according to biographer James Curtis. After concluding his sermon he asked Dr. Pentecost to speak, suggesting especially that he apply the principle he himself had declared. 179-183, Here! Jesus was smoking, that's all there is to it. "Therefore," Paul writes, "whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God" (1 Corinthians 10:31). What Do Christians Believe About Dinosaurs? Fields had a successful career playing hard-drinking, hard-living, yet lovable misogynists in such films as Tillie and Gus (1933), My Little Chickadee (1940) and Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941). famous preachers who smoked WebA1 known and recognized by many people: a famous actress / building Marie Curie is famous for her contribution to science. He told, with much praise to God, how he had been enabled to defeat the habit. He is a frequent guest at Cigar Aficionado Big Smokes and enjoys cigars late at night. One press reporter described him as he drove to the Tabernacle each morning, and his account closed with the words enjoying his morning cigar. While out on a jaunt with his students one morning, when several of them had lighted pipes or cigars Spurgeon said, Arent you ashamed to be smoking so early! And they immediately put out their fire. The Habanos-chomping 20th Century Fox mogul brought the world such memorable films as The Grapes of Wrath. As former teammate John Salley once put it: "We were just apostles. 17 FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA A cigar, often a Don Sebastian, was never too far from thecomposer of some of our most beloved musicals, whether he was playing the piano or riding a horse. A lifetime smoker, he favored Don Pedros, Reina Cubanas and Dutch Liliputanos. 2s and 3s, so much that he owned a tobacco plantation in pre-Castro Cuba. His mind was never the same again. Off the field, the Babe loved the good life: food, drink, women--and cigars. Spurgeon took the stogie out of his mouth and walked down the steps to where Moody was still standing in bewilderment. Losses reveal the insufficiency of all the things around us that we cherish, enabling us to appreciate the all-sufficiency of Christ more. 50 JOHN TRAVOLTA 41 THOMAS EDISON Stopping in a store that sold expensive gadgets for the Man Who Has Everything, as he described it, Cosby hoped to find some device that would keep his cigar warm. 81 WAYNE GRETZKY "nor is it any other such question that seeks to define the outer-limits of our liberties. Accordingly the statement we must now make will to many seem inconsistent. All I can say is this, there is only one Holy Spirit and his main function is to sanctify and bring believers into a deeper holiness. Anticipating those infrequent occasions, he would hoard his last smoke, lighting it only to celebrate a victory or console himself over a setback. This aided the . During the Roaring Twenties, Capone had controlled gambling, prostitution and bootlegging rackets. "I smoked them until I was blue in the face," he once lamented. And, not withstanding what brother Pentecost has said, I intend to smoke a good cigar to the glory of God before I go to bed tonight. As the story goes, the prime minister requested that a special mask be created that would allow him to smoke while airborne. Invariably, he smoked his trustworthy El Producto cigars during his act, not because he couldn't afford a more expensive cigar, but because they stayed lit on stage longer than the more tightly packed Havana smokes. Myths About the Bible: Was the Eye of the Needle a Gate? Most men would be thrilled if their wives relished the smoke wafting from their cigars. Spurgeon found for himself that in seasons of great pain, the sympathy of Jesus is the next most precious thing to his sacrifice.10 Again and again Spurgeon, therefore, returned to the theme of Christs compassion for his suffering people. Its spectacular: This picture of Spurgeon as a man of unusual holiness is entirely true. The actor has likened cigar smoking to marbles: a guy kind of thing. A Surprising Truth It comes as a surprise to some that Charles Spurgeon had a lifelong battle with depression. No one else saw it that way, though. 53 LOU GERSTNER Is it Gods will that you would quit? He was too deep into Calvinism, which Ravenhill opposed. The master of suspense, who gave us such thrillers as North by Northwest, Psycho and The Birds, was frequently seen with his trademark bowler hat and cigar. His wife, Susannah, wrote, My beloveds anguish was so deep and violent, that reason seemed to totter in her throne, and we sometimes feared that he would never preach again.1. The cigar emporium impresario entertained politicians, diplomats and actors alike, while smoking a culebra in the store's mezzanine. He did his graduate work at Moody Theological Seminary. 2s on the golf course. For him, cigars were an acceptable and agreeable means of relaxation when life was otherwise overwhelming. Opposing players would be motivated by the cigar, doubling their intensity level until the final buzzer. Revered for his honest and moral on-screen presence, Ford has appeared in an eclectic mix of films such as the Star Wars trilogy, Witness and Clear and Present Danger. . Your Facebook post has already generated quite a few hits FYI. We don't smoke! As mayor of New York, Giuliani has focused on quality of life issues and watched crime rates plunge. You'll also get a heads-up on our forthcoming podcast! Best known for bringing electric light and recorded sound into the world, Edison was also a prodigious cigar smoker. I have not found occasion to use it yet, but hope that I will someday. 72 MICHAEL RICHARDS Jack has written 1284 articles on What Christians Want To Know! It does not come from human beings or human opinions. The outspoken radio and TV commentator was a latecomer to cigars, but he was a quick learner. Hopefully not while they were preaching. A scene for his 1996 hit, Jerry Maguire, was filmed at the Grand Havana Room in Los Angeles. Somewhere between Rocky and Rambo lies Stallone the connoisseur. Although the Tramp was not above picking up the cast-off cigar butts of the rich, in City Lights Chaplin used a big cigar both as a symbol of the upper class, with its wealth and power, and as a spear to harpoon it. Despite his propensity for violence, the Chicago crime boss saw himself as a generous benefactor, someone who provided jobs for thousands and served "decent liquor and square games." Like all women pastors who presume to get behind the pulpit and teach men, Spurgeon has also never stirred my soul. famous preachers who smokedshort term factors that affect children's developmentshort term factors that affect children's development Lerner began to pay down debt and took the parent company public, and today it is one of the nation's biggest credit card issuers. The beer baron who brought America the light, refreshing pilsner beer that became Budweiser was once dining in Paris with a St. Louis restaurateur named Tony Faust. I like a cigar every time I'm finished." Version. As covered by the apostle John in 1 John 3:4, a true definition of sin is lawlessness. There's something about winter that doesn't seem so funny to the man who has made millions laugh. Among Rather's most cherished smokes: cigars from Fidel Castro. After taking his share, Guevara used cigars as incentives for his soldiers because, as he wrote, "a smoke in times of rest is a great companion to the solitary soldier.". "I was conscious that I had not permitted myself to smoke anymore, but I was still enjoying it in my sleep." Favorite cigar: Cohiba Corona Especial, 4 GEORGE BURNS Big Smoke Meets WhiskyFest: Tickets Available. The larger-than-life tenor puffs the occasional Cuban, but prefers surprisingly small cigars, Swiss-made Villigers, which he first bought on a whim 22 years ago. Martin-Lloyd Jones, himself one of the greatest preachers of all time, says that George Whitfield was the greatest preachers that England ever produced. 2. He's most nettled by acquaintances who cadge rare cigars only to let them go out after four or five puffs. After all, who wants to hurt? We know the tough-guy thing is just for the movies, but do you really want him mad at you? If Spurgeon had been filled with the Holy Spirt, he would have been taught by Christ that tobacco and alcohol are sin. (Photo: Public domain) After Smith Wigglesworth died in 1947, doctors are said to have found that . I overall do see Spurgeon as a very weak Bible teacher compared to people like Finney, Tozer and Ravenhill. How could you, a man of God, smoke that? protested the great American evangelist. On an earlier occasion, Marx splurged for a 10-cent pure Havana after spotting an advertisement that promised "thirty glorious minutes in Havana." Warner had gotten the cutter from Lord Mountbatten, the British admiral who was assassi-nated in 1979. It's well known that the first lady bans tobacco smoke from the White House, but does the chief executive light up somewhere else--say, for instance, on a state visit overseas? Mt 26:29 for instance? Sargent Shriver, the father of Schwarzenegger's wife, Maria, the TV correspondent, offered him a cigar after a dinner, shortly after Schwarzenegger and Maria met in 1977. 54 GEORGE S. PATTON First of all, the Bible does not directly condemn smoking or using tobacco. When he died, his philosophy of excess was extolled on his tombstone: Nothing in Moderation. The actor who first came on the public's radar screen as Vinnie Barberino in TV's "Welcome Back, Kotter" and then skyrocketed to star stature as the disco-dancing Tony Manero in Saturday Night Fever has a long-standing affection for cigars. 100 JOHN GRISHAM What the hell difference does it make?" Like his "Columbo" character, Falk doesn't make any claims to being a cigar connoisseur. Often typecast as the maniacal bad guy, the star of Easy Rider and Apocalypse Now has appeared in ads, cigar in hand, for Punch cigars and Ebel watches. Often the camera would catch him in the act, smoke rising past Letterman's face as he wore a "Who, me?" He was Charles Spurgeon. While she prefers small cigars, she's been known to light up a big Cohiba now and then. "He told me afterward that some day I would get shot for giving people that kind of cigars to smoke." Because of sin we live in a fallen world and therefore there are no perfect Christians. 51 JOHN WAYNE 67 OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN I Suddenly, Tonya Harding began to cry during her routine. famous preachers who smoked. Lewis, as well as the Dutch . 83 ANDRE AGASSI This had been human custom since time immemorial, and there can be little doubt that Spurgeon had been introduced to it as a boy in the homes of his grandfather and his father and that he had grown up accustomed to the practice. Favorite cigar: H. Upmann, 7 BILL COSBY Welcome to Baptist Board, a friendly forum to discuss the Baptist Faith in a friendly surrounding. 37 EDWARD G. ROBINSON When he resumed cigar smoking in the '90s, one of Nicholson's favorite haunts was the Forum in Los Angeles, where he would attend most of the Lakers' home games. Webfamous meaning: 1. known and recognized by many people: 2. known and recognized by many people: 3. known by very. The president of media giant Cond Nast has been a cigar aficionado since his late 20s and loves to savor La Gloria Cubanas and Hoyo de Monterrey Excaliburs while sailing. Even Marilyn Monroe, with whom the entertainer had a short fling before she became a star, savored the aroma of his cigars, and Uncle Miltie, who regularly tried to wean his friends off cigarettes and on to cigars, once bought a box of small cigars for the blonde bombshell, hoping to persuade her to switch. (David Tosti) After experiencing excruciating headaches, Gross spent years in and out of hospitals, traveling from state to state, left with maxed-out. I have a pipe that is an heirloom from my grandfather. In an 1890 sermon titled The Tenderness of Jesus, for example, he spoke, while feeling his own weakness, about Christ as the High Priest who feels for us in our infirmities. Berle's second wife, Ruth, not only supported his cigar habit, she showed ingenuity in doing so. In 1866, as the high-living Prince of Wales, he had quit his London gentlemen's club over its no-smoking policy (the final straw was when a servant admonished him for lighting up). Rather, it should be, "How can I please the Lord as much as possible? As well as hearing of Gods loving and mighty Fatherliness, Christians in the midst of suffering often need to hear of how suffering is a covenant mark. Copyright 2010-2023 Telling Ministries LLC. the old post office chicago wedding cost; how does synaptic wiring allow the brain to learn memorize and change; how old was oakes fegley in the goldfinch lake mary ca water temperature famous preachers who smoked. The Babe's explanation later: "Oh, that! For TV buffs, the image is indelible: the rumpled police detective with the unruly hair and the wrinkled trenchcoat heads for the door, his back to the suspect. He was both man and God and lived a perfect live. His tongue told him he had "instantly made a very serious mistake." The legendary pianist loved Cuban cigars, especially Montecristo No. One of America's most notorious gangsters was about to board a train for prison, having been nailed for tax evasion. 2 on the Bulls' bus. 2 or a Montecristo No. It was for that reason that Susannah Spurgeon had Matthew 5:1112 framed for them to see every day in their bedroom: Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Some well-known personalities are more private about their cigar smoking, such as Harrison Ford and Clarence Thomas. The winner of the Best Director and Best Picture Oscars for Braveheart didn't mind risking his clean-cut image and rankling the Morals Police by announcing he would play a tobacco lobbyist in Thank You for Smoking. The best deal that the Bear Stearns chairman ever made was one that kept him supplied with cigars (courtesy of Ron Perelman) "for quite a while.". His name is etched there in brass on humidor boxes for all to see. His reputation as a famed and powerful preacher, his cheery wit, and his cigar-smoking manliness might lead us to imagine there could never be a chink in his Victorian Englishman's armor. He knew how quick we are to assume, when set back and depressed, that grace has left us, or that we have become pointless. 92 STEVE FLORIO Twain's penchant for cigars didn't necessarily mean he smoked the best cigars. Huston once described movie directing as "a left-handed form of human endeavor," and lived as though he tolerated his calling only as a way to finance his taste for the finer masculine endeavors, which famously included cigars, liquor, women and gambling. Gene Scott, the flamboyant and plain-speaking pastor and television preacher who was as adept at staring down a live television audience to raise money as he was at holding forth with an erudite. Dr. D. Martin Lloyd-Joneswho was one of the top physicians of London in his day, and who later became one of the greatest preachers of the twentieth centurysmoked cigarettes. I hope this helps. On another occasion, Churchill hosted a luncheon for King Ibn Sa'ud of Saudi Arabia, who did not allow smoking or drinking in his presence. He Smoked Cigars and Drank Alcoholic Beverages, Empathy Produced Through the Suffering of Another, He Smoked Cigars and Drank Alcoholic Beverages -IKTHUS.NET, Why I admire Spurgeons position on cigars and brandy | , Follow Tides and Turning on WordPress.com, The Misused Passages: 1 Corinthians 2:9, Eye Hath Not Seen, Nor Ear Heard, Myths About the Bible: Noah was Mocked? Once, his third wife, Eden, objected to his "stinky old cigar" and ordered him to extinguish it or get a new wife. 12 GROUCHO MARX Thanks for writing and asking your question. Of course, this was prior to Charles Haden Spurgeon. Then, converted by an evangelist Charles Parham and convinced of God's calling, they became an evangelist, also. Known for his blunt and often harsh rebukes--in his words, "telling it like it is"--of athletes and fellow sportscasters, Cosell was both loved and hated by viewers and peers alike. The famous Christian writer C.S. Although he was asthmatic, Argentinian-born Che took up cigar smoking as one of his first Cuban customs. Tagged as: God obviously used Dr. Pentecost to try to open Spurgeons eyes to the truth about cigars. Of our top 10 picks, at least half were prodigious cigar smokers, lighting up 10 or more sticks a day, and one person, Mark Twain, was thought to smoke more than 20. Smoking is obviously not healthy and the believer should be diligent in their efforts to quit but what is there in this world that isnt good for you. 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