Dr. Bill Hinson, the chaplain at Baylor University, told of a salesman friend of his who was driving through the back roads of Missouri some time ago when he came upon a little country gas station/grocery store. It had a gravel driveway and just one gas pump in the front. While the attendant filled his car, he turned and walked into the little grocery store. The store had a screen door with one of those metal braces that advertises bread placed at a 45-degree angle on it. When the door slammed it hit a ball that rang a bell to alert the clerk that a customer had entered.
Sitting behind the counter was a little old man wearing a green sun visor working on his books. He hardly looked up when the salesman walked in. Behind him on a shelf was an old handgun. The salesman said to the...