A cowardly preacher

When I was a teenager I almost decided against becoming a Christian. The preacher in our small farm-country Methodist Church preached that Christians were never supposed to practice violence, no matter what. After church daddy waited until the congregation had left and asked the preacher, “Would you commit violence to stop a man from raping your wife?” The preacher said “no.” “What if he were raping your daughters?” “No, I would just pray for him.” Daddy looked at him and said, “I never...