Too Many One-Dollar Bills
Story★★★Among the CNN headlines for April 6, 1999, was this one: Armed Robber Holds
Up Church During Easter Service. It happened in a Louisiana church of about one
hundred worshipers. A gunman wearing a ski mask entered a suburban New Orleans
church fifteen minutes into the morning service. Holding a gun to one member’s
head, he ordered most of the members to lie on the floor while the remaining handful
were forced to walk through the room taking the “offering;’
But he was disappointed with the results. He left grumbling that there were too
many one-dollar bills.
The point
A 1999 news account of an armed robber who held up a church during Easter service but was disappointed by the small bills in the collection.
Scripture
Proverbs 10:2
Audience
Adults
Tone
Humorous · Convicting
To tell aloud
under a minute · 98 words