REFORMATION SUNDAY — COURAGE TO TAKE A STAND
William H. Leroy, DCE at the First Baptist Church of Pueblo, Colorado sent in a story that could be used in a Reformation Day sermon, especially if you are speaking on such themes as courage to stand up and be counted. Four extra months of P. Etc. to Bill for his story. When Honorius was Emperor of Rome, about the year 400 A.D., the great Coliseum of Rome was often filled to overflowing with spectators. These had come from far and near to view the state games. Part of the sport consisted in watching as human beings battled with wild beasts or against one another until one or the other was killed. The assembled multitude made Roman holiday of such sport and found its highest delight in the death of a human being. It was on such a day when the vast crowd was watching the contest that a Syrian monk by the name of Telemachus…
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