I heard an amusing story about a group of Methodists who were holding a camp meeting. Some top flight preachers from across the country were coming in to share in this event. One of the main speakers was forced, at the very last minute, to cancel out. He was supposed to preach right after lunch that day and they had no speaker.

So the Bishop went to a young pastor with a lot of promise and said, "I want you to fill in and preach in that service after lunch."

The young pastor said, "Well, Bishop! How can I do that? I didn't bring any sermons with me. I came strictly…