36 DAVID LETTERMAN Putting his finger on Moodys rather rotund stomach, he smiled and said, The same way you, a man of God, could be that fat!. it is not the use of, it is the idolatry of that is the sin. Berle's second wife, Ruth, not only supported his cigar habit, she showed ingenuity in doing so. The perceived connection between cigars and wealth was one that actor-director Chaplin used to great effect in his films. It enabled him to deliver a striking and most unusual lecture to his students titled The Ministers Fainting Fits, in which he said: Knowing by most painful experience what deep depression of spirit means, being visited therewith at seasons by no means few or far between, I thought it might be consolatory to some of my brethren if I gave my thoughts thereon, that younger men might not fancy that some strange thing had happened to them when they became for a season possessed by melancholy; and that sadder men might know that one upon whom the sun has shone right joyously did not always walk in the light.3, Before seeking relief from such melancholy, Spurgeon sought to understand Gods purposes in these things that he might actually profit from the experience. Tolkien, C.S. Enthusiastic smokers can also be found in the ranks of conservative evangelicals. he ruminated. Off the court, it was much the same way. The three-time Academy Award winner had been a longtime cigarette smoker when he took up golf in the early 1990s. 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. Consequently, this is why Jesus made the perfect sacrifice because He was without blemish and the only perfect One that ever lived. Other famous Christians who smoked or still do are J.R.R. The star of Top Gun, Mission: Impossible and Eyes Wide Shut has been a cigar aficionado throughout most of the 1990s. The famed candy maker smoked eight to 10 cigars a day, a habit he continued when he moved to Cuba to produce sugar. He loved to travel, collect art and smoke cigars, of which he consumed dozens a day. Charles Spurgeon was known as the 'Prince of Preachers.' The cigar-loving author is also famous for saying, "A woman is a woman but a good cigar is a smoke.". The author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn smoked at least 22 cigars a day, maybe as many as 40. 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. But only those who believe in Him are the ones reconciled to God (Acts16:30-31). He once took on a group of women who were seeking to prohibit smoking on streetcars, saying: "A woman who can stand half an hour of the Lexington fish market is well able to face a few blasts of tobacco smoke.". 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. The Babe's explanation later: "Oh, that! The master of suspense, who gave us such thrillers as North by Northwest, Psycho and The Birds, was frequently seen with his trademark bowler hat and cigar. From the moment that King Edward VII uttered his famous proclamation in 1901, cigar smoking has been a pleasant diversion, often an ingrained habit, for politicians, movie stars and a host of other famous partakers. #5 Jonathan Edwards, Scholar, Author and Preacher The actor smoked his first Cuban cigar at the age of 17 on the balcony of the Hotel Nacional in Havana, prior to the revolution. 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. 'Food and drink he could forego without a pang,' wrote his son, 'but cut off from tobacco, he was little better than a lost soul.'" "It is well known that Spurgeon smoked, although it must be admitted that many famous British preachers smoked. 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? Lewis, as well as the Dutch reformed theologian (later Prime Minister of The Netherlands) Abraham Kuyper, were both often seen with pipes in their mouths. Somehow, each subsequent cigar met the same fate, until after the fifth one the merchant wised up and tossed Groucho out. There's something about winter that doesn't seem so funny to the man who has made millions laugh. When you're chairman of the Fed, the economic world hangs on your every word. Now, any complaints Maria might make about her husband's cigar smoking can be parried with a quick reference to her dad. George Bush nominated him in 1991 to replace Thurgood Marshall on the Supreme Court. The smoking screen legend's career spanned silent movies, sound pictures and TV, including the show "Douglas Fairbanks Presents.". Regarding alcohol, Jesus himself did drink wine. And one of the best cigars he smokes is a Montecristo No. To Auerbach, sitting down on the bench to smoke a cigar in the waning minutes of a Boston Celtics triumph was his way of exuding humility. 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. Warner had gotten the cutter from Lord Mountbatten, the British admiral who was assassi-nated in 1979. Douglas received an Academy Award for Best Picture as producer of the 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and won a Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of a corporate high roller in Wall Street. 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. You will need to register to get access to all the features that our community has to offer. 82 PAUL ANKA "If you have to stop your act to keep lighting your cigar, the audience goes out," he once cracked. What's more, if a professing Christian smokes, and their doing so either hinders their witness to non-believers or causes a weaker Christian to struggle in their faith, then love would demand that such a Christian refrain from smoking. 69 JIM BELUSHI A pathological homicidal ex-con who's chewing on a Casa Blanca Half Jeroboam Maduro. Willis, who first gained attention as the wisecracking David Addison on ABC's "Moonlighting," has electrified worldwide audiences in a number of big-budget blockbusters that usually have him, if not saving the world (Armageddon), then saving the day (the Die Hard trilogy). From 1871 he sought each winter to escape the darkness, cold, and dirt of London by retreating to Mentone, on the French Riviera. Down here, poor, feeble nothings affect the heart of their great High Priest on high, who is crowned with glory and honor. He gave his press secretary, Pierre Salinger, less than 24 hours to round them up. Among Rather's most cherished smokes: cigars from Fidel Castro. In turn, he had not long been in London when we find him using such drinks as beer, wine, and brandy, though in very moderate amounts. He found himself smoking half a pack during a round to calm his nerves, so he decided to switch to cigars from around the fifth hole on. Whitefields practice was similar; we find him writing, Give my thanks to that friendly brewer for the keg of rum he sent us.. Its spectacular: This picture of Spurgeon as a man of unusual holiness is entirely true. The king was convinced. I believe Christ is against both drinking and smoking. Not impressed with this man not at all. . A lifetime smoker, he favored Don Pedros, Reina Cubanas and Dutch Liliputanos. 45 CLARENCE THOMAS Hopefully not while they were preaching. This disturbs me being I have read some of Spurgeons books. [19] What? Your voice is missing! And though many people don't realize it, several great and very biblically-minded Christians from the past have, therefore, felt the liberty to smoke. tobacco, Jack Wellman is a father and grandfather and a Christian author and pastor of Heritage Evangelical Free Church in Udall, KS [https://modelchrist.org/] & also a Prison Minister. It must be emphasized he saw nothing wrong in his smoking and that he did it openly. Jonathan you are spot on. The fact remains that moderation in all things is a Godly attribute. He enjoys smoking Montecristo No. 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. God obviously used Dr. Pentecost to try to open Spurgeons eyes to the truth about cigars. He was Charles Spurgeon. No such luck. The British Baptist C. H. Spurgeon believed cigar drafts prepared his throat for preaching. On another occasion, Churchill hosted a luncheon for King Ibn Sa'ud of Saudi Arabia, who did not allow smoking or drinking in his presence. He got their permission. Crossway is a not-for-profit Christian ministry that exists solely for 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. "How could a man have everything if he didn't have a thing to keep his cigar warm?" 97 JAMES WOODS and Fuente Fuente OpusX cigars. Our best efforts to overcome will never save us. American letters almost lost one of its most renowned champions of cigar smoking to, ironically enough, a cigarmaker. 72 MICHAEL RICHARDS I have felt grateful to God, he wrote to the Daily Telegraph, when I have found intense pain relieved, a weary brain soothed, and calm, refreshing sleep obtained by a cigar.9. Mt 26:29 for instance? A cigar sometimes got the comedian into trouble. The press secretary didn't let him down, as he managed to scrounge up 1,200 cigars. Perhaps you will also like these articles which are similar: What Are the Signs of the Second Coming of Jesus? But in his professional dealings, John Pierpont Morgan was ruthless. 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. Fields had a successful career playing hard-drinking, hard-living, yet lovable misogynists in such films as Tillie and Gus (1933), My Little Chickadee (1940) and Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941). 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. 16 RON PERELMAN 77 NAT SHERMAN Favorite cigar: Ashton Maduro No. Get updates on our book project straight to your inbox. 54 GEORGE S. PATTON Everyone shortly excused themselves, and the next morning Twain found the cigars sprawled outside--except for the one left on the plate of the man from whom the cigars had been filched. Moody went to London to meet Spurgeon, whom he had admired from a distance and considered to be his professional mentor. This might all seem like bad news for the believer. Christians in the midst of suffering often need to hear of how suffering is a covenant mark. Other confirmed smokers include Paul Tillich, Reinhold Niebuhr, James Gustafson and Richard John Neuhaus. The legendary business tycoon and robber baron was a painfully shy and private person. The pain was such that it soon kept him from preaching for one-third of the time. 17 FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA Congrats! 11 AL CAPONE Many of the people on the list are practically inseparable from a cigar, people you automatically picture with a smoke, such as Groucho Marx and Alfred Hitchcock. As the story goes, the prime minister requested that a special mask be created that would allow him to smoke while airborne. He knew how quick we are to assume, when set back and depressed, that grace has left us, or that we have become pointless. Busch was trying to teach his friend to speak French by reciting the order to him; his tablemate then repeated it to the waiter. And when he couldnt make it that far, he found a simple walk in the countryside would help. Actor and co-founder of the Grand Havana Room in Los Angeles, "Joey Pants" enjoys a broad spectrum of smokes, from Fuentes to Cubans. TV's Kramer brought the cigar back to the sitcom. If a Christian smokes, does it mean they really arent saved? Her screwball stand-up routines are renowned, but she has also hosted a talk show in which she explored serious subjects. The apostle Paul wrote, "All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful [or "profitable"]. The next day, Shore noticed four or five cigar butts next to a sleeping Ruth. During the middle of the decade, Cruise reportedly had a standing order for Cuban Cohibas with London and Geneva tobacconists. Once, his third wife, Eden, objected to his "stinky old cigar" and ordered him to extinguish it or get a new wife. Losses reveal the insufficiency of all the things around us that we cherish, enabling us to appreciate the all-sufficiency of Christ more. He knew that even his closest acquaintances were reviled by his stogie selections. And this practice, like that of smoking, he did not in any way attempt to deny or hide. 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 Englishmans armor. Two winters earlier, the comedian experienced another tobacco tribulation. 2 on the Bulls' bus. He is the pastor of The Potter's House, a non . At staff meetings, the House speaker would fill his closed office with smoke from his Churchills. Just my experience no haters please. Of our top 10 picks, at least half were prodigious cigar smokers, lighting up 10 or more sticks a day, and one person, Mark Twain, was thought to smoke more than 20. As mayor of New York, Giuliani has focused on quality of life issues and watched crime rates plunge. I have a pipe that is an heirloom from my grandfather. Depression of spirit is no index of declining grace; the very loss of joy and the absence of assurance may be accompanied by the greatest advancement in the spiritual life.8 We should therefore not be too easily dismayed by our troubles: in a failing world, friends will fail us, we will hurt, and we will feel our frailty and emptiness. 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. Well, I didnt drink the Scotch. I surmise and this is my opinion or judgement; some people dont heed the convictions He (Holy Spirit) reveals. ), Such noted Christians should not be used as a justification for smoking, however. I like Spurgeon but he has never stirred my heart with a fire like A.B. Yes, you can still be a Christian and smoke, however God desires that we live a happy, healthy, prosperous life and quitting smoking would be a good thing for any Christian. 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. Sin leads to death as James says in 1:15, Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. The wages or what we earn from sin is death (Romans 6:23). The General Motors advertising executive took up cigar smoking two decades ago after a memorable dinner at New York City's "21.". No, I had nothing to do with it, unless they saw it on my FB page. Well then, let him give it up and have them whitewashed. Opposing players would be motivated by the cigar, doubling their intensity level until the final buzzer. The suffering, they argued rather predictably, was a judgment from God. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any" (1 Corinthians 6:12). Beginning in 1958, he served as president of Family Radio, a .more. It may not be a sin directly for you to smoke; but it is certainly a sin to do so if constant exposure to second-hand smoke affected the health and well-being of other people in your life. He smoked constantly, a cigarette pinched in his thin, creased lips even when he was waiting on customers. expression. ), it is good to know that at least one confirmed cigar smoker sits on the Supreme Court. 66 TOM SELLECK 60, 8 RED AUERBACH . All Rights Reserved. And all this was in the public eye and was jumped on by his many critics, not making it easier to bear. When the cigar lasted only 20 minutes, Groucho demanded a replacement. Short and squat with a bulldog face, Robinson didn't have leading-man looks. "But I get around it," he said in 1995. Some of the choices were obvious. 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