Thursday, November 24, 2005

an unusual carpenter

A Christian teacher once visited a secondary school in one of England's cities. It was at Christmas time; so he thought it appropriate to remind the young people at the assembly about the most wonderful story ever told, the story of the birth of Christ.

The pupils were remarkably attentive and seemed to enjoy his account of the dramatic virgin birth. Afterwards a boy of about twelve came to say how much he had enjoyed the story.

To the teacher's shock he said that he had never heard it before and had a question about it: "Why did Jesus' parents give him the name of a swear word?"

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