Posted on 06/09/2007 8:14:07 AM PDT by ensignsj
MURFREESBORO, TN – When new believer Gentry Tate attended Murfreesboro Assembly of God’s Friday Night Signs and Wonders meeting, he wasn’t expecting to make use of his acute knowledge of professional basketball. However, when traveling preacher Morgan Sheppard gave the altar call for those who wanted to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit, Tate turned to the NBA for guidance. “He laid hands on me, and I didn’t want to let him down, so I spouted the weirdest gibberish I could come up with: ‘Kirelenko, Mutombo, Potapenko, you name it’. I guess it worked - everyone around me praised Jesus.”
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I know a guy who did the same thing. He just said ‘mashed potatoes’ really fast to the same effect.
Next time he should chant the names of the Cubs’ line-up. They need a pennant.
Hahaha.. maybe he could throw in some 1919 Black Sox names, they need some prayer as well....
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