Warner Sallman's Head Of Christ
Stories And Humor For Inspired Preaching
Dr. Charles R. Goff, the pastor of Chicago Temple Methodist Church in post-World War I days, was lecturing at a Chicago YMCA. He titled his address: "What I think Jesus was like."
The pastor deplored the fact that so many artists' paintings of the years past made Jesus appear pale and with a meek personality. Of course, we know Jesus did suffer on the cross, but Dr. Goff thought Jesus had strong features worth describing. So he told the audience what he thought Jesus might have looked like. He gave a word for word striking description of Jesus.