Like many pastors I am always saving interesting newspaper and magazine articles for later use in sermons, Bible studies and other communication. Earlier this week I stumbled upon something I had forgotten all about. What I am about to share came from the little devotional, "Our Daily Bread, March - May 1996). It sounds like a real conversation. Here is goes...
Philip Melancthon, the great Reformation theologian, once said to his friend, Martin Luther, "This day you and I will discuss the governance of the universe." What Luther said in response was unexpected: "This day you and I will go fishing and leave the governance of the universe to God."