Overhearing the Gospel by Fred B Craddock

Author:Fred B Craddock [Craddock, Fred B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-8272-2733-0
Publisher: Chalice Press
Published: 2002-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

There was a certain seminary professor who was very strict about due dates for papers. Due dates were announced at the beginning of a semester, and failure to meet them resulted in an F for the course. In one class three students did not meet the deadline. The first explained, “Professor, unexpected guests from out of state came the evening before the paper was due, and I was unable to finish it.” “Then you receive an F,” said the professor. The second student explained, “On the day before the paper was due, I became ill with influenza and was unable to complete it.” “Then you receive an F,” said the professor. The third student, visibly shaken at the news about the fate of the other two, cautiously approached the professor’s desk. Slowly he began. “Professor, our first baby was due the same day the paper was due. The evening before, my wife began having pains, and so I rushed her to the hospital. Shortly after midnight she gave birth to a boy. Our son weighs eight pounds. We named him Kenneth.” The professor listened with interest, moved his chair back from the desk, and looked up at the ceiling. After a long pause, he looked across at the student and said, “Then you receive an F for the course.” The news spread rapidly through the seminary. A large delegation of students came to the professor to protest. “Why have you been so cruel and harsh?” they asked. The professor replied, “At the beginning of the semester I gave my word concerning the papers. If the word of a teacher in a Christian seminary cannot be trusted, whose word can be trusted?” The students were dismissed.

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