What could be better than that? 36 DAVID LETTERMAN Learn more or donate today at, Charles Ray, The Life of Susannah Spurgeon, in. Jonathan you are spot on. The famed candy maker smoked eight to 10 cigars a day, a habit he continued when he moved to Cuba to produce sugar. 1:67). 38 DIZZY GILLESPIE And all this was in the public eye and was jumped on by his many critics, not making it easier to bear. 179-183, Here! 75 ROBERT DE NIRO "The Wizard of Menlo Park" also had a sense of humor: to tweak associates who pilfered his cigars, he once planted phony smokes rolled from sawdust in his desk drawer. Personally, I couldn't say that an adult smoking a cigarette or two a day is much of a problem; but smoking a pack a day clearly suggests that tobacco has become a health-compromising addiction and has a greater hold on someone than it should. If there's anyone who's hard to pigeonhole, it's Goldberg. Ha. I suggest that the greater question, if we are truly Christians, is not "May I smoke? When the NBA legend made a move on court, few opponents could stop him. 91 DENNIS HOPPER However, when Spurgeon answered the door with a cigar in his mouth, Moody fell down the stairs in shock. 63 MILTON HERSHEY In his letter Spurgeon explains . God tells us that we are to be perfect and abstain from every appearance of evil. With those simple words, spoken shortly after his coronation in 1901, Britain's Edward VII ended the tobacco intolerance that had marked Queen Victoria's reign. 2. . If I caste the first stone, it would have to be aimed at myself. 45 CLARENCE THOMAS Tolkien, C.S. Discussion in 'General Baptist Discussions' started by TT23, Jun 7, 2006. The Four Most Important Things We Could Ever Tell In the Bible I find not where Jesus himself drank. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you (KJV). 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His books are include: Teaching Children The Gospel/How to Raise Godly Children, Do Babies Go To Heaven?/Why Does God Allow Suffering?, "The Great Omission; Reaching the Lost for Christ," and Blind Chance or Intelligent Design?, Empirical Methodologies & the Bible.". What the 35th president wanted in early 1962 was a bunch of Cuban cigars, 1,000 Petit Upmanns to be exact. First of all, the Bible does not directly condemn smoking or using tobacco. This is an incomplete list of people known for their preaching including their published sermons . Down here, poor, feeble nothings affect the heart of their great High Priest on high, who is crowned with glory and honor. Mt 26:29 for instance? 18 RUSH LIMBAUGH You'll also get a heads-up on our forthcoming podcast! He knew how quick we are to assume, when set back and depressed, that grace has left us, or that we have become pointless. Before flying on to Rome, Berle packed some 500 Havanas, but customs officials there informed him that visitors were limited to 100 cigars. I got a few chuckles out of it, as I had when I originally read it. But he admitted that one of his smokes nearly killed an indoor plant that his wife had labored to keep alive. 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. 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. ), Such noted Christians should not be used as a justification for smoking, however. The legendary star of vaudeville, radio, TV and film resurrected his movie career in the 1970s with starring roles in The Sunshine Boys and Oh, God! Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Home BLOG He Smoked Cigars and Drank Alcoholic Beverages. Having survived a poverty-stricken childhood, Chaplin's sympathies were always with the underdog, famously symbolized in his character, the Tramp. This Montecristo No. We are unable to save ourselves, only Jesus saves. The golf-loving ballet legend, who's partial to vintage Cuban Dunhills, was introduced to cigars by director Milos Foreman. After all, who wants to hurt? 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. 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. 90 LUCIANO PAVAROTTI 96 GREGORY HINES 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. Rather than submit to the king's wishes, Churchill pointed out that "my rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them." They smoked before the health risks associated with smoking, and the addictive characteristics of tobacco, were as well-established as they are today. But before Kennedy could act, he needed Salinger to complete his assignment. Often the camera would catch him in the act, smoke rising past Letterman's face as he wore a "Who, me?" What Do Christians Believe About Dinosaurs? Like what you just read? The Habanos-smoking actor staked his place in the cigar pantheon with his role as manager of a fictional Brooklyn cigar shop in the 1995 film Smoke. The bulbous-nosed, nasal-voiced comedic actor started out as a vaudeville juggler, teaching himself the skill with cigar boxes. The disappointment was short-lived, however; on a yachting holiday, he found a rare box of Hoyo Double Coronas on St. Maarten. Favorite cigar: Ashton Maduro No. 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. That outlook didn't stop him, however, from putting out some of the finest films ever made--The Maltese Falcon, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The African Queen--and almost single-handedly creating the film noir genre. And when he couldnt make it that far, he found a simple walk in the countryside would help. The fact remains that moderation in all things is a Godly attribute. "nor is it any other such question that seeks to define the outer-limits of our liberties. Mencken, journalist, humorist and shaper of modern fiction, toiled in his father's factory until August Mencken's demise allowed his son to pursue his true talent. Perhaps you will also like these articles which are similar: What Are the Signs of the Second Coming of Jesus? Christian Answers, 29 ORSON WELLES The director of such films as The Godfather and Apoca-lypse Now owes his cigar education, in part, to Jack Warner, the onetime head of Warner Bros. As a young writer and director, Coppola worked a bit with Warner, who taught Coppola the proper way to light a cigar. "Therefore," Paul writes, "whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God" (1 Corinthians 10:31). 65 FIORELLO LA GUARDIA Despite being admired, Kipling was criticized by many of his peers for his support of British colonialism and racial prejudice. 32 CHE GUEVARA 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. Why? The head steward in John 2:10 referred to it as the better wine than what they previously got drunk on. 57 MARLENE DIETRICH -Arnold Dallimore, Spurgeon: A New Biography (Banner of Truth, 1985), pp. . Our best efforts to overcome will never save us. A Surprising Truth It comes as a surprise to some that Charles Spurgeon had a lifelong battle with depression. The same questions could be asked about drinking beer, or wine, or eating pork, orthe list goes on. Not even the necessity of wearing an oxygen mask for a high-altitude flight in a nonpressurized cabin could prevent Churchill from smoking. IBM's smoking chairman initiated a partnership with 21 states and school districts in which students benefited from the firm's technology and technical assistance. As former teammate John Salley once put it: "We were just apostles. A Singing Faith. 80 PIERCE BROSNAN Favorite cigar: Petit Upmann, 3 FIDEL CASTRO Holiness is not the way to Jesus; Jesus is the way to holiness. As a film star, Travolta can afford to reward himself with less pedestrian smokes: Davidoffs, Dunhills and Montecristos are his favorites. The legendary pianist loved Cuban cigars, especially Montecristo No. 89 ARTUR RUBINSTEIN So much so that today he would almost certainly be diagnosed as clinically depressed and treated with medication and therapy. Another argument against this view of smoking is that many godly men have been smokers, such as the famous British preacher C.H. As covered by the apostle John in 1 John 3:4, a true definition of sin is lawlessness. When Warner died, he left a gold-and-silver cigar cutter to an associate, who gave it to Coppola. 53 LOU GERSTNER 2 on the Bulls' bus. Thomas Dexter Jakes Sr. (born June 9, 1957), known as T. D. Jakes, is a pastor, author and filmmaker. He says some of his best conversations with men have been conducted over a cigar, such as a Por Larraaga Nacionales. THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION, NIV Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission. Accordingly the statement we must now make will to many seem inconsistent. . Such preaching was an unusual and controversial form of inductive preaching, and its most famous preacher was Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153). Regarding tobacco however, it defiles the temple of the Holy Spirit. 27 febrero, 2023 . We don't smoke! "How could a man have everything if he didn't have a thing to keep his cigar warm?" And one of the best cigars he smokes is a Montecristo No. The hockey great prefers a mild smoke such as a Macanudo or an Ashton 898. (David Tosti) After experiencing excruciating headaches, Gross spent years in and out of hospitals, traveling from state to state, left with maxed-out. 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. Whitefields practice was similar; we find him writing, Give my thanks to that friendly brewer for the keg of rum he sent us.. The Montecristo No. The automotive icon has been known to light up a Cohiba after consummating a business deal. Be not drunk with grape juice, wherein is excess. The change helped relax him, and eventually Nicholson got down to a 12 handicap. If a Christian smokes, does it mean they really arent saved? "If you have to stop your act to keep lighting your cigar, the audience goes out," he once cracked. . 81 WAYNE GRETZKY However, when pastoring the suffering and depressed, he seemed most often to have focused people on Christ crucified and as the Man of Sorrows. But none of that is any indication that our Father has forgotten or failed us, nor that we might no longer be useful. This article has addressed all types of tobacco: cigarettes, pipe, cigar, snuff, and chewing tobacco. Copyright 2010-2023 Telling Ministries LLC. 62 ELVIS PRESLEY Those who live in the lap of luxury and never experience the discipline of trouble tend always to be more frail and feeble in their faith. Lewis, as well as the Dutch . 28 HOWARD COSELL The thread is about smoking, I used to smoke, long since quit of course, but I was miraculously delivered by the Lord and have absolutely no desire to smoke now. 12 GROUCHO MARX 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.". If we are to be good stewards of the bodies that God gave us, we should think very carefully about using something that brings harm to us. Your voice is missing! 49 RUDOLPH GIULIANI Another thing to consider in this would be the impact that smoking may have on other people. Best known for bringing electric light and recorded sound into the world, Edison was also a prodigious cigar smoker. Some of the choices were obvious. He and his wife, actress Nicole Kidman, once presented their friend, Demi Moore, with a travel humidor for her birthday. As the mother feels with the weakness of her babe, so does Jesus feel with the poorest, saddest, and weakest of his chosen.11. Only a rising national concern over the health risks of smoking would lead to Castro's unequivocal decision to stop smoking cigars, even in private, to set an example for his people. He pastored the Faith Center and Wescott Christian Center and held weekly Sunday services at the Los Angeles University Cathedral. He often stated that he couldn't work without cigars and that "smoking was one of the greatest pleasures in life." 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. At 5'11'' and 245 pounds I must say that I was devastated to see the G word brought into the post. 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. Yet, studying the lives of eminent men, Spurgeon came to the conclusion that those who never have to push through the waves of difficulty never grow in strength and maturity like those who do. During their honeymoon in Paris, Ruth went shopping for an evening bag, trying larger and larger sizes until she found one that could fit four of Miltie's mammoth Cubans. Paul clarifies it in Romans 11:6, And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace. Any attempt to save ourselves by works is self-righteousness and God will not accept our own works because they are not sufficient. 46 JOHN HUSTON 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. Yes, you can still be a Christian and smoke. Escape the Nazis in The Great Escape? Suddenly, Tonya Harding began to cry during her routine. They seemed sadly regrettable in the life of so righteous a man, yet in the name of either Christian honesty or scholarly accuracy they could not be omitted. Is smoking and being a Christian incompatible? Off the field, the Babe loved the good life: food, drink, women--and cigars. At any rate, he applied Spurgeons principle by telling of his own experience in giving up cigars. Do you expect to be crowned with gold where he was crowned with thorns? 35 KING EDWARD VII Of course because God tells us we are to be perfect and to abstain from every appearance of evil and He desires that we live a happy, healthy, prosperous, and long life. famous preachers who smoked. 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. The outspoken radio and TV commentator was a latecomer to cigars, but he was a quick learner. 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. cigarettes, Favorite cigar: Hoyo de Monterrey, 9 JACK NICHOLSON 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. The suffering, they argued rather predictably, was a judgment from God. It comes as a surprise to some that Charles Spurgeon had a lifelong battle with depression. Actor and co-founder of the Grand Havana Room in Los Angeles, "Joey Pants" enjoys a broad spectrum of smokes, from Fuentes to Cubans. Since all have sinned and fallen short of Gods standard, every human is in big trouble (Romans 3:23). The British Baptist C. H. Spurgeon believed cigar drafts prepared his throat for preaching. 47 ADOLPHUS BUSCH Worshippers at the Angelus Temple in Los Angeles, one of the many churches Wigglesworth visited. What I Learned in My Season of Depression. At staff meetings, the House speaker would fill his closed office with smoke from his Churchills. Once, his third wife, Eden, objected to his "stinky old cigar" and ordered him to extinguish it or get a new wife. He was about to sign an embargo prohibiting any Cuban products from entering the country, including his beloved cigars. The Nobel Prize-winning English writer and poet was hailed in Britain as the heir apparent to Charles Dickens. Warner had gotten the cutter from Lord Mountbatten, the British admiral who was assassi-nated in 1979. We must assume that if ever in his lifetime Spurgeon was embarrassed it was now! A member of the $20 million-per-picture club, Ford shies away from the Hollywood scene, preferring the company of his family on their large Wyoming ranch, where he can puff in peace. Jesus is the only human who never sinned. You will need to register to get access to all the features that our community has to offer. How could you, a man of God, smoke that? protested the great American evangelist. American letters almost lost one of its most renowned champions of cigar smoking to, ironically enough, a cigarmaker. So, how did we decide who deserved to be inscribed on a list of the century's most notable cigar smokers? When you're chairman of the Fed, the economic world hangs on your every word. His "Seinfeld" smoking misadventures include trading in Cubans (the people, not the cigar) and burning down a cabin with a discarded stogie. The pain was such that it soon kept him from preaching for one-third of the time. 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. "I was conscious that I had not permitted myself to smoke anymore, but I was still enjoying it in my sleep." This aided the . 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. A decade later, Gillespie returned the favor, hiring the Cuban master congero Chano Pozo for his big band, helping to create Latin jazz. We should not let anything else control us but Him. Here! (I know of no preachers that chewed tobacco; but I'm sure there were some that did. 44 DAN RATHER 27 W. C. FIELDS (All Scripture quotes are taken from the New King James A member of the smoking Rat Pack, Davis entertained audiences with his singing, dancing, acting and impressions. When I became a Christian I started praying many hours a day as time went on I learned about all the things I was doing wrong and laid them aside. Clearly He wasnt serving juice. During the mid-1990s, Willis frequented Arnold Schwarzenegger's Monday night cigar dinners at Schatzi on Main. Auerbach's victory ritual was so reviled that the Cincinnati Royals management once handed out 5,000 cigars to its fans, instructing them to light up when the Royals won. Your post got picked up by the Aquila Report. 97 JAMES WOODS And the thought of death defeated, tears wiped away, and exchanging the helmets and swords of our struggle for palm branches and crowns was all essential comfort for Spurgeon. 33 CHARLIE CHAPLIN While serving as Fidel Castro's right-hand man during the Cuban revolution, he allowed himself two indulgences: books and cigars. 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. Her screwball stand-up routines are renowned, but she has also hosted a talk show in which she explored serious subjects. Christians in the midst of suffering often need to hear of how suffering is a covenant mark. Charles Spurgeon was known as the 'Prince of Preachers.' One of the best times to smoke a cigar is while he's reading a script, says the former star of "Magnum, P.I." When the cigar lasted only 20 minutes, Groucho demanded a replacement. He was known to favor Cuban smokes, particularly Meridiana Kohinoors. 34 ERNIE KOVACS [19] What? In 2006, he was named in the 10 Most Fascinating People list published by Barbara Walters. After being turned on to cigars by Arnold Schwarzenegger, the actor-director-producer moved over the years from Cuban Cohibas to Partagas Serie D No. He is one of the most popular televangelists in the world, with his televised sermons being watched by millions of people every week in over 100 countries, including 10 million viewers in the US alone. When you're the president of the United States, you can get just about anything you'd like. When Faust repeated the request to the waiter, he was promptly presented with the bill. I started pointing out some of the books I had already read, when I came across Arnold Dallimores biography of Charles Spurgeon. 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? Spurgeon once penned a letter to the editor of the Daily Telegraph after he was criticized for saying to his congregation, "I intend to smoke a good cigar to the glory of God before I go to bed tonight.". What Makes Charles Spurgeon Relevant Today? Win an Oscar atage 70? ), it is good to know that at least one confirmed cigar smoker sits on the Supreme Court. 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. Your Facebook post has already generated quite a few hits FYI. His name is etched there in brass on humidor boxes for all to see. Among Rather's most cherished smokes: cigars from Fidel Castro. He came upon his predilections after having been tutored in cigars by Ernesto Perez-Carrillo, maker of La Gloria Cubana. Berle must be ecstatic, as all three of his spouses supported his hankering for Havanas. The father of psychoanalysis saw phallic symbols everywhere, but nevertheless conceded that "sometimes a cigar is just a cigar." The proprietor of the small general store in the village closest to our farm was one Earl Smith, a scrawny old man with a gravelly voice and sour face. When his smoking began is not known, but in Spurgeons time the practice was believed to be beneficial to ones health. 52 DEMI MOORE In a world of blown-dry newsmen anchored to their studio desks, Rather enjoys being out in the field, smoking a cigar. Anticipating those infrequent occasions, he would hoard his last smoke, lighting it only to celebrate a victory or console himself over a setback. Favorite cigar: El Producto, 5 MARK TWAIN Even while leading his troops into battles that liberated Europe in the Second World War, the brilliant but volatile U.S. general traveled with a humidor full of Cubans. 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