Holy Spirit Found in Area Man’s Basement圣灵发现,在男子方面的地下室
Written by Mark Van Steenwyk : April 11, 2008写的马克范steenwyk : 2008年4月11日
Police discovered the Holy Spirit trapped inside an area man’s home on Tuesday morning.警方发现圣灵被困车厢内,一个地区男子的家就星期二上午。 Police raided the home of Larry Thompson, age 53, after a neighbor noticed “strange sounds” coming from the man’s basement.警方突击搜查家拉里汤普森, 53岁后,一位邻居发现“奇怪的声音”来自该名男子的地下室。 There, police discovered the Holy Spirit, trapped in an large glass bottle.在那里,警方发现了圣灵,被困在一个大玻璃瓶。
Missing since 1986, the Holy Spirit has been a misunderstood, mysterious, force in the world of Christian thought.失踪自1986年以来,圣灵一直误解,神秘的力量在世界上的基督教思想。 Police only began searching for the Holy Spirit recently, since no one had filed a mission persons report.警方只开始寻找圣灵最近,因为没有人提交了一份失踪人员的报告。
“We didn’t know he was gone,” said Pastor Lynn Spalding of Trinity Lutheran Church. “我们不知道他是走了,说: ”牧师林恩斯伯丁三位一体路德教会。 “Our faith doesn’t require the validation of experience.” “我们的信仰并不需要验证的经验” 。
Oddly enough, even local Assembly of God pastor Frank Ortiz didn’t realize that the Holy Spirit had been kidnapped.奇怪的,甚至当地大会上帝的牧师坦诚奥尔蒂斯并不知道圣灵被绑架。 “We just assumed that he was withholding his presence from us until we were worthy for revival,” said the Pentecostal minister. “我们只是假设他是隐瞒他的存在,从我们,直到我们都值得为复苏,说: ”五旬节部长。
When local Baptist pastor Charles Graham was told that the Holy Spirit had been found, he expressed surprise: “You mean there actually IS a Holy Spirit?”当本地浸礼会牧师格雷厄姆查尔斯获悉,圣灵被发现,他表示惊讶: “你的意思存在,实际上是一个神圣的精神” ?
Thompson tried ransoming the Holy Spirit several times between 1986 and 1995, but Catholic, Lutheran, Baptist, and Pentecostal leadership were unwilling to pay the $250,000 ransom price.汤普森试图ransoming圣灵数倍之间的1986年和1995年,但天主教会,路德会,浸信会,五旬节的领导都不愿支付二十五点○○○万美元赎金价格。 As ransom attempts failed, Thompson stored the Holy Spirit away in his basement for “safe keeping.”作为赎金的尝试失败,汤普森储存圣灵的距离在他的地下室为“保管” 。
According to early reports, Thompson “completely forgot about the Holy Spirit” until several months ago, when the Spirit started to据最初的报道,汤普森“完全忘记了圣灵” ,直到数个月前,当精神开始 groan wordlessly呻吟wordlessly . 。 Eventually, the groans became loud enough to upset neighbors.最终,成为响亮的呻吟,足以扰乱邻居。
The Holy Spirit isn’t pressing charges.圣灵是不迫切的收费。
Editor’s Note: Don’t worry, the Holy Spirit should be recovered enough to make his regular annual appearance at Pentecost on May 11. 编者的话:不要担心,圣灵的应收回足以使他每年定期出现在圣灵降临节5月11日。 In honor of this esteemed day: don’t forget your submission to the 在荣誉的尊敬,这天:请不要忘记您提交给 Pentecost Writing Competition 圣灵降临节征文比赛 ! ! And don’t forget. 不要忘了。 We need regular submissions to keep the content flowing as well. 我们需要经常保持意见书的内容,流向,以及。
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