But good tobacco was scarce in the mountains of Cuba, so any cigars they got were highly prized. The legendary business tycoon and robber baron was a painfully shy and private person. Paul clarifies it in Romans 11:6, And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace. Any attempt to save ourselves by works is self-righteousness and God will not accept our own works because they are not sufficient. Of our top 10 picks, at least half were prodigious cigar smokers, lighting up 10 or more sticks a day, and one person, Mark Twain, was thought to smoke more than 20. During the filming of 1997's James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies, Brosnan, the fin de sicle 007, unwound with cigars at Monty's, the posh London cigar club. Myths About the Bible: Was the Eye of the Needle a Gate? Moore is partial to small cigars, such as the Montecristo Joyita, but also enjoys a Cohiba No. Now, any complaints Maria might make about her husband's cigar smoking can be parried with a quick reference to her dad. Regarding alcohol, Jesus himself did drink wine. Thanksgiving Bible Verses: 15 Great Scripture Quotes, 5 Famous New Testament Stories For Children, 25 Encouraging Bible Verses About Strength, Words of Encouragement: 30 Uplifting Quotes, Forgiveness and Reconciliation in Relationships: The Role of Gods Grace and Mercy, The Trinitarian Nature of Effectual Calling, Why So Many Are Called But Few Are Chosen, Christian Dating: A Guide to Navigating Relationships with Faith, A Christians Perspective on Mental Health, Ice Dragon: Legend of the Blue Daisies Movie Review, Phoenix Wilder And The Great Elephant Adventure Movie Review, The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island Movie Review. The head steward in John 2:10 referred to it as the better wine than what they previously got drunk on. During a considerable portion of his life Spurgeon also used alcoholic drinks as a beverage. The great Renaissance figure, Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536), edited the first Greek New Testament to be printed in 1516 and translated it into Latin. The Westerns icon and Oscar winner for his performance in the 1969 classic True Grit smoked large custom-made cigars. Spurgeon's ministry was marked by his constant looking to Christ for his salvation. The automotive icon has been known to light up a Cohiba after consummating a business deal. . The pain, the politics, the opposition, and the overwork (as well as bereavements, like that of his young grandson) all affected him deeply, if in waves. La Aurora Celebrates 120 Years With New Line, Clay Pipe Cigar Bar, Mohegan Sun, Connecticut, California Bill Would Eventually Ban Tobacco Entirely, New Ashtrays By J.C. Newman Have Vintage Look, 2022 Big Smoke Las Vegas Seminars: Blend Ambitions With Dewars And . Get updates on our book project straight to your inbox. According to guard Bob Cousy, the sight of Auerbach sitting calmly smoking a cigar only served to increase the fans' hostility and the abuse they heaped upon the Celtics. Shall lilies grow for you and briars for him?6. I had a fine Cao tonight with some elders from the church I attend, along with some Scotch whiskey! The disappointment was short-lived, however; on a yachting holiday, he found a rare box of Hoyo Double Coronas on St. Maarten. The pain was such that it soon kept him from preaching for one-third of the time. He knew how quick we are to assume, when set back and depressed, that grace has left us, or that we have become pointless. To Auerbach, sitting down on the bench to smoke a cigar in the waning minutes of a Boston Celtics triumph was his way of exuding humility. TV's Kramer brought the cigar back to the sitcom. He would frequently sneak puffs from a double-corona-sized smoke during commercial breaks. Is smoking and being a Christian incompatible? Just because something may be biblically permissible, and may not be defined as a sin 'directly', that doesn't mean that it's a wise thing to do. 53 LOU GERSTNER
2. God tells us that we are to be perfect and abstain from every appearance of evil. Great men and great cigars have always gone together, so it's no surprise that some of the century's most influential and popular figures have embraced this time-honored pastime. Mesmerized by the drama, Cosby took his cigar, which he had placed in an ashtray, and stuck it in his mouth--ash end first. 41 THOMAS EDISON
Often typecast as the maniacal bad guy, the star of Easy Rider and Apocalypse Now has appeared in ads, cigar in hand, for Punch cigars and Ebel watches. He is the author of several books, including Delighting in the Trinity; Rejoice and Tremble; and Gospel People. He enjoys smoking Montecristo No. Dr. D. Martin Lloyd-Joneswho was one of the top physicians of London in his day, and who later became one of the greatest preachers of the twentieth centurysmoked cigarettes. His books are include: Teaching Children The Gospel/How to Raise Godly Children, Do Babies Go To Heaven?/Why Does God Allow Suffering?, "The Great Omission; Reaching the Lost for Christ," and Blind Chance or Intelligent Design?, Empirical Methodologies & the Bible.". ), Such noted Christians should not be used as a justification for smoking, however. When Woodrow Wilson's vice president jocularly mused, "What this country needs is a good five-cent cigar," he opened himself up for Will Rogers' rejoinder, "There are plenty of good five-cent cigars, but they cost 15 cents.". Such preaching was an unusual and controversial form of inductive preaching, and its most famous preacher was Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153). And all this was in the public eye and was jumped on by his many critics, not making it easier to bear. Many of the people on the list are practically inseparable from a cigar, people you automatically picture with a smoke, such as Groucho Marx and Alfred Hitchcock. When Faust repeated the request to the waiter, he was promptly presented with the bill. Craig Gross, 43, with his wife and two kids. This Montecristo No. Truly we do not know but given the fact that we still quote his wisdom today should we doubt that he would have had the wisdom to not smoke today? The hockey great prefers a mild smoke such as a Macanudo or an Ashton 898. Tagged as: As covered by the apostle John in 1 John 3:4, a true definition of sin is lawlessness. Having survived a poverty-stricken childhood, Chaplin's sympathies were always with the underdog, famously symbolized in his character, the Tramp. The proprietor of the small general store in the village closest to our farm was one Earl Smith, a scrawny old man with a gravelly voice and sour face. His reputation as a famed and powerful preacher, his cheery wit, and his cigar-smoking manliness might lead us to imagine there could never be a chink in his Victorian Englishmans armor. 57 MARLENE DIETRICH
To opposing fans, the "victory cigar" symbolized smugness in being able to administer such an awful beating to their team. He was too deep into Calvinism, which Ravenhill opposed. In all this, Spurgeon believed that God had a good purpose in all his suffering, and because of it felt he had become a better prepared and more compassionate pastor. . They are an immovable and infinite comfort beyond the reach of our finite trouble and doubt. The same questions could be asked about drinking beer, or wine, or eating pork, orthe list goes on. Not surprisingly, Shore couldn't sleep, as the sounds emanating from the Babe's bed were hard to shut out. If you like what you're reading, you can get free daily updates through the RSS feed here. expression. Well, I didnt drink the Scotch. . Thanks for writing and asking your question. and Fuente Fuente OpusX cigars. The British Baptist C. H. Spurgeon believed cigar drafts prepared his throat for preaching. While serving as Fidel Castro's right-hand man during the Cuban revolution, he allowed himself two indulgences: books and cigars. 2-loving Woods, a reformed Hollywood bad boy, has received critical accolades for roles in The Onion Fields, Salvador and Ghosts of Mississippi. Lewis, as well as the Dutch . The cigar-loving author is also famous for saying, "A woman is a woman but a good cigar is a smoke." 22 ZINO DAVIDOFF "If your wife doesn't like the aroma of your cigar, change your wife," said the late Swiss-based cigar-industry icon, who began his illustrious career in the 1930s as a worker in his father's tobacco shop in Geneva. Not impressed with this man not at all. 34 ERNIE KOVACS
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"If your wife doesn't like the aroma of your cigar, change your wife," said the late Swiss-based cigar-industry icon, who began his illustrious career in the 1930s as a worker in his father's tobacco shop in Geneva. Still if my fellow posters could go a little easier on those of us who are not exactly skinny I would deeply appreciated it. We don't smoke! in fact, you may even get there quicker if you do!). And though many people don't realize it, several great and very biblically-minded Christians from the past have, therefore, felt the liberty to smoke. If a Christian smokes, does it mean they really arent saved? He was Charles Spurgeon. 2. Read them in the archive below. 90 LUCIANO PAVAROTTI
The apostle Paul wrote, "All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful [or "profitable"]. Sin leads to death as James says in 1:15, Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. The wages or what we earn from sin is death (Romans 6:23). 84 JOE PANTOLIANO
"Therefore," Paul writes, "whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God" (1 Corinthians 10:31). Escape the Nazis in The Great Escape? God loves each of us as if there were only one of us"- Augustine. In these two practices we see that Spurgeon was very human a man of his times. And not only to walk with us but to bear us through. During the middle of the decade, Cruise reportedly had a standing order for Cuban Cohibas with London and Geneva tobacconists. 79 ARTHUR SCHLESINGER JR.
While still in Boston, he invested in a local cigar factory that produced nickel smokes with his picture plastered on the wrapper. Thomas Dexter Jakes Sr. (born June 9, 1957), known as T. D. Jakes, is a pastor, author and filmmaker. All Rights Reserved. What I Learned in My Season of Depression. (David Tosti) After experiencing excruciating headaches, Gross spent years in and out of hospitals, traveling from state to state, left with maxed-out. Warner had gotten the cutter from Lord Mountbatten, the British admiral who was assassi-nated in 1979. What Makes Charles Spurgeon Relevant Today? This being a new thread I was all set to enjoy reading the responses to it, when suddenly and without warning the second post in reply brazenly mentioned the G word. "If I had taken my doctor's advice and quit smoking when he advised me to," Burns quipped at age 98, "I wouldn't have lived to go to his funeral." They seemed sadly regrettable in the life of so righteous a man, yet in the name of either Christian honesty or scholarly accuracy they could not be omitted. 11 AL CAPONE
He said: This morning, being myself more than usually compassed with infirmities, I desire to speak, as a weak and suffering preacher, of that High Priest who is full of compassion: and my longing is that any who are low in spirit, faint, despondent, and even out of the way, may take heart to approach the Lord Jesus. 39 DANNY DeVITO
If this pastor is so out of it that he doesn't know it is unhealty, then I wouldn't trust him on much of anything else. The trumpeter renowned for his groundbreaking be-bop music couldn't afford good cigars during his early career, but decades later he avidly indulged in Cuban Hoyo de Monterreys and Romeo y Julietas. Yet, studying the lives of eminent men, Spurgeon came to the conclusion that those who never have to push through the waves of difficulty never grow in strength and maturity like those who do. Lerner began to pay down debt and took the parent company public, and today it is one of the nation's biggest credit card issuers. Learn more or donate today at, Charles Ray, The Life of Susannah Spurgeon, in. His mind was never the same again. Instead of investigating further and wondering if his practice might indeed be wrong, he instantly rejected the message. He was the author of The Connoisseur's Book of the Cigar, widely regarded as the bible of the industry. "nor is it any other such question that seeks to define the outer-limits of our liberties. Spurgeon took the stogie out of his mouth and walked down the steps to where Moody was still standing in bewilderment. The father of psychoanalysis saw phallic symbols everywhere, but nevertheless conceded that "sometimes a cigar is just a cigar." Martin-Lloyd Jones, himself one of the greatest preachers of all time, says that George Whitfield was the greatest preachers that England ever produced. [19] What? The opera promoter hand-rolled and smoked 25 cigars a day, accumulated more than 40 tobacco-related patents, and published a tobacco trade journal, building Times Square with the profits. Smoking is obviously not healthy and the believer should be diligent in their efforts to quit but what is there in this world that isnt good for you. He liked to celebrate an invention with a stogie (preferably one he had won from a luckless lab assistant who had bet him he couldn't perform whatever feat of technological sorcery he was attempting). For those who fret over the hegemony of the Political Correctness Police (and who doesn't? Off the court, it was much the same way. He also starred in Romancing the Stone, The War of the Roses and everyone's favorite cautionary tale on the dangers of adultery, Fatal Attraction. Perhaps if Hillary makes her way to the Senate, she'll entrust her husband with the authority to set the smoking regulations in their new home in New York. 50 JOHN TRAVOLTA
Version. D.L. Smoking cigars in front of Congress. The fact remains that moderation in all things is a Godly attribute. Do you know about a story of someone overweight asking Spurgeon why he smoked and his reply was why are you overweight? All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any" (1 Corinthians 6:12). As a film star, Travolta can afford to reward himself with less pedestrian smokes: Davidoffs, Dunhills and Montecristos are his favorites. As he walked about Manhattan with a cigar, the 38 degree chill "turned my warm, succulent corona into a piece of cold, soggy rutabaga." It is only those who believe in Jesus Christ that are saved from the penalty of sin (John 3:16). The Four Most Important Things We Could Ever Tell Accordingly the statement we must now make will to many seem inconsistent. It is that Spurgeon both smoked cigars and drank alcoholic beverages. 18 RUSH LIMBAUGH
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We are unable to save ourselves, only Jesus saves. The former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York has a sophisticated palate for cigars, preferring full-bodied smokes from the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua. Then he pauses, taking a puff from his cheap cigar as he cocks his head to one side and says, "Just one more thing" The murderer is as good as jailed. Regarding tobacco however, it defiles the temple of the Holy Spirit. During their honeymoon in Paris, Ruth went shopping for an evening bag, trying larger and larger sizes until she found one that could fit four of Miltie's mammoth Cubans. I surmise and this is my opinion or judgement; some people dont heed the convictions He (Holy Spirit) reveals. Anticipating those infrequent occasions, he would hoard his last smoke, lighting it only to celebrate a victory or console himself over a setback. You'll also get a heads-up on our forthcoming podcast! I started pointing out some of the books I had already read, when I came across Arnold Dallimores biography of Charles Spurgeon. In First John 3:4, the apostle gives us the proper definition of sin, Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness. This means that every human that has ever lived has sins and continues to sin. Even Red's own players suffered from the fourth-quarter fumigation. The cigar emporium impresario entertained politicians, diplomats and actors alike, while smoking a culebra in the store's mezzanine. One day I looked up at him and said, "If you smoke cigarettes, you won't go to heaven We should not let anything else control us but Him. Favorite cigar: Anything except a Havana, 6 MILTON BERLE
He found himself smoking half a pack during a round to calm his nerves, so he decided to switch to cigars from around the fifth hole on. The Habanos-smoking actor staked his place in the cigar pantheon with his role as manager of a fictional Brooklyn cigar shop in the 1995 film Smoke. Rather, it should be, "How can I please the Lord as much as possible? Your Facebook post has already generated quite a few hits FYI. Like all women pastors who presume to get behind the pulpit and teach men, Spurgeon has also never stirred my soul. But at the same time, we shouldnt judge those who do smoke or those who we see are not perfect. Jesus was smoking, that's all there is to it. Down here, poor, feeble nothings affect the heart of their great High Priest on high, who is crowned with glory and honor. On another occasion, Churchill hosted a luncheon for King Ibn Sa'ud of Saudi Arabia, who did not allow smoking or drinking in his presence. Franklin Graham. They smoked before the health risks associated with smoking, and the addictive characteristics of tobacco, were as well-established as they are today. 72 MICHAEL RICHARDS
We believe Spurgeon was wrong for smoking. As he was led to the train in 1932 after losing his appeal, Capone bade adieu to his freedom by lighting a cigar. As an adviser to John F. Kennedy, Schlesinger played a part in instituting the embargo on Cuba, but that doesn't keep the historian from enjoying Habanos. Short and squat with a bulldog face, Robinson didn't have leading-man looks. While most of his more famous on-screen personae do not suggest a reflective side, that is exactly what the private Stallone pursues in his love affair with premium cigars (paired with Armagnac or vintage wine). I have now and then entertained the idea of taking up pipe smoking in my later years, and when I do I always think of Spurgeon and his cigars. Having at all times an objective truth that does not depend on our ability to feel their truth, the promises of God are like a light that cannot be overcome by our darkness. It wasn't until he extracted the forgotten stub weeks later that the plant regained its health. Burns, who lived to 100, credited his 10- to 15-cigar-a-day habit over a 70-year span with not only keeping him spry on stage but also with helping him outlive his physician. He is best known for tales that relate to British imperialism in India, such as The Jungle Book (1894) and Kim (1901). 46 JOHN HUSTON
The five-time British Open champ prefers strong cigars, particularly Cohiba Robustos, Partagas 898s and H. Upmann Magnums. "I smoked them until I was blue in the face," he once lamented. I suggest that the greater question, if we are truly Christians, is not "May I smoke? I was looking for a quote and landed here. Map | Privacy Policy But he admitted that one of his smokes nearly killed an indoor plant that his wife had labored to keep alive. know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? "It was," he recalled, "the most enjoyable transatlantic flight I ever had. 47 ADOLPHUS BUSCH
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No, Nancy Kerrigan hadn't just blasted her with a bazooka; rather, the problem was a wayward shoelace. Previous post: Thanksgiving Bible Verses: 15 Great Scripture Quotes, Next post: 5 Famous New Testament Stories For Children. Favorite cigar: Ashton Maduro No. The actor first became enamored of Cuban cigars in 1973, when he was making The Last Detail, insisting that the petty officer character he played be a cigar smoker. Spurgeon once penned a letter to the editor of the Daily Telegraph after he was criticized for saying to his congregation, "I intend to smoke a good cigar to the glory of God before I go to bed tonight.". By way of using Mr. Spurgeon as an example, I would ask if you felt that had he the medical evidence before him then that we have today if he would have smoked? 98 PHIL GUARASCIO
There is a veritable whos who list of Christians who smoked. Cigar Aficionado Online, M. Shanken Communications, Inc. All rights reserved. Even if Gibson were not a famous movie star, his name would be well known to habitus of some of the country's better cigar-friendly establishments--Club Macanudo, Grand Havana Room, etc. He began smoking at 24, enjoyed an average of 20 cigars a day, and was rarely photographed without his tobacco companion. At 5'11'' and 245 pounds I must say that I was devastated to see the G word brought into the post. I remembered only one particular thing about that biography and I opened it up to the appropriate section and read it to my daughter. The habit, however, proved so strong that he found himself enslaved, till after much struggling he took his cigar box before the Lord, cried desperately for help, and was given a complete victory. Is it Gods will that you would quit? After being turned on to cigars by Arnold Schwarzenegger, the actor-director-producer moved over the years from Cuban Cohibas to Partagas Serie D No. 75 ROBERT DE NIRO
Off the field, the Babe loved the good life: food, drink, women--and cigars. The king of rock and roll was immortalized on his own cigar last year, 21 years after his death. gospel-centered, Bible-centered content. Webfamous meaning: 1. known and recognized by many people: 2. known and recognized by many people: 3. known by very. 86 ARTHUR GOLDBERG
All rights reserved worldwide. Losses reveal the insufficiency of all the things around us that we cherish, enabling us to appreciate the all-sufficiency of Christ more. The president of media giant Cond Nast has been a cigar aficionado since his late 20s and loves to savor La Gloria Cubanas and Hoyo de Monterrey Excaliburs while sailing. Billy Sunday (1862-1935), one of the most famous American preachers raised in poverty, became a professional baseball player. I just havent reached my later years yet. And, not withstanding what brother Pentecost has said, I intend to smoke a good cigar to the glory of God before I go to bed tonight. 80 PIERCE BROSNAN
Welles was a lover of the good life, especially fine cigars; he intentionally wrote cigar-smoking characters, such as Touch of Evil's police captain Hank Quinlan, into his films. 97 JAMES WOODS
. A Surprising Truth It comes as a surprise to some that Charles Spurgeon had a lifelong battle with depression. famous preachers who smokednixon high school yearbooks famous preachers who smoked. ", 76 THOMAS MARSHALL
Rather than submit to the king's wishes, Churchill pointed out that "my rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them." No such luck. But before Kennedy could act, he needed Salinger to complete his assignment. Thanks for stopping by! In the Bible I find not where Jesus himself drank. The depression could hit him so intensely that, he once said, I could say with Job, My soul chooseth strangling rather than life [Job 7:15]. In a world of blown-dry newsmen anchored to their studio desks, Rather enjoys being out in the field, smoking a cigar. The award-winning actor-producer has a proclivity for playing flawed heroes and antiheroes. 28 HOWARD COSELL
He preached against alcohol and other social ills. And yet, he found, there is for all believers, regardless of their emotional state, a wonderful comfort to be found in knowing Gods Fatherly providence. Holy Bible, New International Version ( NIV). It enabled him to deliver a striking and most unusual lecture to his students titled The Ministers Fainting Fits, in which he said: Knowing by most painful experience what deep depression of spirit means, being visited therewith at seasons by no means few or far between, I thought it might be consolatory to some of my brethren if I gave my thoughts thereon, that younger men might not fancy that some strange thing had happened to them when they became for a season possessed by melancholy; and that sadder men might know that one upon whom the sun has shone right joyously did not always walk in the light.3, Before seeking relief from such melancholy, Spurgeon sought to understand Gods purposes in these things that he might actually profit from the experience. First of all, the Bible does not directly condemn smoking or using tobacco. 2s, but, alas, he couldn't find any Hoyo de Monterreys. We will still sin and fall short of the glory of God, but whoever believes in Jesus Christ remains his possession forever and He will never leave you, forsake you, or have you snatched from His hand or the hand of God the Father (John 6:37, 10:28-29). This might all seem like bad news for the believer. In his letter Spurgeon explains . She's just as difficult to classify when it comes to cigars. And let's not forget that one of the most famous portraits of Sigmund Freud shows him unironically holding a cigarwith no hidden meaning, we're sure. Only a rising national concern over the health risks of smoking would lead to Castro's unequivocal decision to stop smoking cigars, even in private, to set an example for his people. (All Scripture quotes are taken from the New King James Other famous Christians who smoked or still do are J.R.R. Of course because God tells us we are to be perfect and to abstain from every appearance of evil and He desires that we live a happy, healthy, prosperous, and long life. Not even the necessity of wearing an oxygen mask for a high-altitude flight in a nonpressurized cabin could prevent Churchill from smoking. On a trip to London, he became acquainted with Punch Double Coronas, Partagas Lusitanias and Monty No. The smoking screen legend's career spanned silent movies, sound pictures and TV, including the show "Douglas Fairbanks Presents.". The embargo was born of a nasty spat that the United States was having with Cuba and its fears that Fidel Castro represented a growing threat to America's security. The legendary pianist loved Cuban cigars, especially Montecristo No. A lifetime smoker, he favored Don Pedros, Reina Cubanas and Dutch Liliputanos. It was for that reason that Susannah Spurgeon had Matthew 5:1112 framed for them to see every day in their bedroom: Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. The author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn smoked at least 22 cigars a day, maybe as many as 40. 20 AL LERNER
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Despite his propensity for violence, the Chicago crime boss saw himself as a generous benefactor, someone who provided jobs for thousands and served "decent liquor and square games." Those who live in the lap of luxury and never experience the discipline of trouble tend always to be more frail and feeble in their faith. At one time he was able to light up right on the arena floor, but as California antismoking laws got tougher, he found himself relegated to a hallway and, eventually, outside the building itself. Dr. D. Martin Lloyd-Joneswho was one of the top physicians of London in his day, and who later became one of the greatest preachers of the twentieth centurysmoked cigarettes. The actor smoked his first Cuban cigar at the age of 17 on the balcony of the Hotel Nacional in Havana, prior to the revolution. An on-again, off-again smoker, Letterman has brought cigar notoriety to late-night television. Martin Lloyd-Joneswho was one of the top physicians of London in his day, and who later became one of the greatest preachers of the twentieth centurysmoked cigarettes. I find Ten Commandments, and it is as much as I can do to keep them; and I have no desire to make them eleven or twelve. It may help to remember that infamous is related to infamy which means evil reputation brought about by something grossly criminal.. Webfamous Crossword Clue. A scene for his 1996 hit, Jerry Maguire, was filmed at the Grand Havana Room in Los Angeles. I overall do see Spurgeon as a very weak Bible teacher compared to people like Finney, Tozer and Ravenhill. Well, Charles Spurgeon smoked and he was a great preacher. Although he was asthmatic, Argentinian-born Che took up cigar smoking as one of his first Cuban customs. Gillespie long had an appreciation for things Cuban: Cuban trumpeter Mario Bauza befriended the young Diz during the 1930s, dramatically influencing his musical style. 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