Ferene Visky:
Richard [Wurmbrand] could not abide any fanatical legalism in his congregation. He once received a report that one of the brethren had been found to be a secret smoker. Now that was not the custom in that congregation. Without delay, the elders of the church convoked and decided to expel the man. Before passing the resolution, they summoned the culprit. As the proceedings began, Richard took out a packet of cigarettes, leisurely lit one up, and to the utter amazement of the elders, began to smoke. No one was expelled.
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