Apr 10, 2008
The Very Best Pipe Tobacco
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Super Value Black Cavendish: Wonderful for a summer evening’s lunt.
Smooth, rich, cheap.
Some company I keep (if I need any defense):
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Apr 10, 2008
Super Value Black Cavendish: Wonderful for a summer evening’s lunt.
Smooth, rich, cheap.
Some company I keep (if I need any defense):
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“Bad Company ruins good morals.” (1 Cor 15.33)
So then the question is: Did Gerald Ford ruin Abraham, or did Abraham ruin Gerald Ford?
Mmm, I agree. I used to have that picture of the guy painting himself on my office wall.
Here, here!! You need no defense! I personally indulge in cigars (I wish I could use “lunt” the next time our Cigar Club meets) and usually have at the ready C.H. Spurgeon’s biography when I need to offer a defense. I also have tins of pipe tobacco around to use with my Meerschaum, once in a while. I’m partial to Nat Sherman or anything decent with black cherry (concession to my wife). I think I’m going to try that Cavendish; thanks for the link.
Tobacco is hugely addictive. I’m working hard to find the humor in this but it escapes me. Would you let your children smoke? I’ve worked with COPD patients and its not a pretty sight. Those who are still alive would have something to say to you.
Abraham:
I agree completely. I like my pipe as well as my cigars. Both are a great delight, in moderation of course. In fact, when I get together with the other pastors in ARBCA in 2 weeks, we will all be enjoying a smoke together as we meet for the Spurgeon Society during the general assembly. Wholesome.
I’m interested to know your dad’s response to this — I recently listened to an “Ask Pastor John” episode where he flat out called smoking a sin. It’s very rare that I disagree with him, but this was one of those times.
Nick, I think he’d call all smoking stupid (so you can keep disagreeing with him, if you’d like) but it seems in that particular resource that he’s talking about heavy cigarette smoking.
I used to smoke cigars every now and then. Like twice a year maybe.
I stopped when my kids learned that smoking is bad in school and I agreed with the teaching.
this just made me laugh. i enjoyed heaters back in the day, but i hadn’t heard that term back then. hadn’t heard “lunt” either. and i’m glad you’re not in the closet about it. i have a friend at church who i *know* smokes…but she doesn’t know that i know. i wonder if bringing it up would embarrass her or bring relief??? opinions?
You could have stopped with just Lewis and Tolkien for me. I want to be an Oxford don when I grow up.
Driving an automobile is hugely addictive. I’m working hard to find the humor in LW’s post but it escapes me. Would you let your children ride 65 miles an hour in a passenger seat? I’ve worked with accident victims and its not a pretty sight. Those who are still alive would have something to say to you.
Thanks for the heads-up Abraham. I think I will order some and fill my Italian made half-bent Dublin.
I Cor. 10:23 notes that all things may be lawful (obviously, this doesn’t include flat prohibitions like adultery or murder) but not all things are profitable or edify. I find it interesting that so often we argue why we are “allowed” to do something rather than arguing why an activity is inherently profitable or edifying.
I wasn’t being humorous, Mr. Jannace, nor sarcastic. I was speaking out of surprise and concern. Smoking is not funny, glamorous, or safe.
LW, the point is that just because someone finds something otherwise perfectly legal and moral to be “not funny, glamorous, or safe” does not give that person ground to restrict the liberty of another and makes the criticism of it, needless banter. There is inherent danger in many things we do. I substituted driving an automobile, an exercise that I’m certain you and your family members engage in on a regular basis, with smoking, in your post to show the foolishness in your post. Being sanctimonious about smoking and not, for instance, driving an automobile is hypocritical, at worst, ignorant, at best. Smoking is not for you but driving an automobile is. Both are dangerous activities. You have evaluated the risks in driving and found them to be outweighed by the convenience and perhaps the pleasure. I have done the same with cigar smoking. Please leave it alone. I won’t lecture you on the dangers, ugliness, and hazards of your driving. In any event, although I know only your initials, my prayers tonight and tomorrow morning (and longer if I remember to add you to my prayer list) will be for your safe travel, another instance of sovereign grace.
Abraham,
Thanks for the clarification. In that instance, I would certainly agree with him. Doing anything in excess is a sin, and several of those things are named in Scripture (i.e. gluttony, drunkenness, etc.). I’ve thought a lot about the smoking issue and, like you, have kept good company! Over the past several months, the pipe has become more favorable to me over and above my cigars, although I enjoy both about once per week.
Spurgeon was once asked when he thought he might consider smoking a sin and when he would know whether or not he was smoking too much. He responded (paraphrase), “I suppose if I were ever to be found smoking two cigars at the same time.” Great wit.
Ladies love a man with a pipe.
hey, don’t bring us all into this. ;)
correct me if i’m wrong, but isn’t there a HUGE difference in inhaling-smoking (like cigarettes) and puffing (would you call it that?)…whatever the proper term is that you do with a pipe and cigars…in regards to the health/addiction issues?
i doubt he’s inhaling and can be compared to people who will, in the end, have killed themselves by smoking.
i personally, think it’s fine when men want to smoke a pipe–morally, and health-wise. i think eating at mcD’s or drinking a 32-oz soda would be worse for your health than an occasional pipe.
ummmm i don’t know if it’s because i’m a girl, or because i’ve loved books all my life, or if it’s because i have a really good memory, BUT -
of all the photos, i definitely think the one of Frances and her dad (Mr. Badger?) is my absolute fave, hands down. i know i’m going to love this blog.
One of my uncles smoked a pipe. The only thing I remember about him now is that whenever I went over to his house I had to endure the stale odor of pipe smoke that clung to every nook and cranny of the house. I did not like visiting him.
I would love to see a study of the dangers of occasional smoking, especially cigar or pipe, vs. occasional fast food. The free radicals introduced by fast food and soft drinks would be significant.
That doesn’t mean that no one should eat fast food, but I’d join your dad, Abraham, and say that eating fast food is stupid. Nevertheless, I still enjoy it on occasion. Same thing with a cigar.
Abraham: do you also have a small pack of fellow writers called The Inklings? I mean, you’ve got the pipe part–all you need now is a merry band of writers scribbling away at a local coffee shop.
While some may view smoking as a liberty, the reality is exposure first or second hand to smoke significantly increases risk of cancer. If Christians choose to enjoy this as a liberty, so be it. But these attempts to rationalize it as a normal, non-risky behavior akin to driving a car or eating a happy meal are off the mark and immature.
http://www.californialung.org/spotlight/naturaltobacco.html
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_10_2X_Cigar_Smoking.asp
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You’ve all missed the point of this post – the discussion is not about whether smoking is or isn’t a sin but rather is Supervalue Black Cavendish indeed the best tobacco. My answer is a firm no. far exceeds the quality and flavor of any tobacco I’ve ever smoked. I suggest you all quit bickering and try it.
I would respectfully disagree, RS. Eating fast food is indeed *very* risky, and I’d even say that it possibly causes more cancers than smoking does. Especially since more people eat fast food- and on a more regular basis- than smoke. Research trans-fats and partially hydrogenated oils. Scary.
I hope that I live long enough to see the junk science that perpetuates the fallacies of second hand smoke and global warming assigned to the dustbin of history. Amen and amen.
Joe H: Are you serious about Captain Black? I always thought that it was a lower grade, mass produced product. Sometimes I don’t realize when my leg is being pulled so if the joke’s on me, you got me, but if you’re being serious, I’d like to know.
two words:
virginia seven
Basically an aromatic black and golden Cavendish, exceptionally mild, and delightfully aromatic. You could get it at the tobacco shop near Lexington and Larpenteur in Roseville, MN. Or just buy Captain Black in any convenient store (not as good, but close)
A very cool site to check out is: http://www.christianpipesmokers.org . They have reviews, discussion forums. Very cool thing to check out.
Cheers from Germany,
Danny
Charles – I wasn’t pulling your leg. You’re right. Captain Black is a cheap, mass produced tobacco that you can find at any gas station or grocery store, but it’s also the best smoke I’ve tasted. It burns well and has great flavor. I highly recommend it.
LOL, people will argue or debate anything. What happened to your cupcakes Aber??? They looked good enough to eat right out of the garbage….but then again, my standards aren’t real high!
I will certainly make an effort to acquire some ‘Super Value Black Cavendish’ the next chance I get. For you Minneapolis residents, let me recommend Lewis Pipe, located in the Rand Tower on 527 Marquette. He sells a blend called ‘IQ’ that is really quite nice.
If you’re in Louisville, go to the mall just up the road from the seminary for one of the best pipe tobacco selections I’ve found (just don’t buy “kodi”–their black cav, blackberry, old south, and our blend are my favorites).
Also, thanks for the poetry links. I esp. liked “America”. I’ve been recently enjoying Michael Haykin’s blog (Canadian prof. now at Southern Seminary) which has some beautiful and provocative poems of his own.
I can’t help but think of Josh Harris’ illustration several months ago of knocking people over the head with our “liberty” block. Not that I want to replace that with a “legalism” block but I do take seriously the Lord’s words in Matthew 18:6, “But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone hung around his neck, and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.”
As a father of 6 and youth pastor to 75 I have enough other areas that I have to guard against rather than intentionally indulge in another “liberty” that may lead to something more than a pleasure enjoyed in moderation.
Puff, if you can, without causing another to stumble but please don’t sit next to me on the plane.
As a Christian and a father I have a dilema…I love my pipe, a straight stem south african pipe is resting comfortably in my mouth right now..but my kids ask me to quit…my son with tears in his eyes. Both powerful. Tears win, so my pipe is empty
Abraham, as you mentioned at the BoB luncheon, I now understand why needed to be able to blog apart from the DG website! I say that at T4G 2010, we see if we can get a group of us together for a nice smoke and ale at a local establishment. BTW…I also come to the DG conference every year. Is there any suitable establishments where I may be able to enjoy my pipe or a cigar over a nice ale and discuss the conference with one or more brothers?
I’d recommend Brit’s. They’ve got roof seating when it’s nice out.
Cool. I even know right where that is! Now if I can just find a few brothers who will join me.
Aber. Cavendish? Come ON! How gauche. Really, you need to start smoking English blends. They’re so much more sophisticated and they make you stink much longer than cavendishes. Or at least Robyn thinks so. And do you really want to smell like a musty old eighty-year-old? I recommend affordablepipes.com for some cheap bulk mixed by a true master of the craft. Guy’s English #25 rocks the casbah, but you might like Fisherman’s Friend. Might I suggest the navy blend for a truly groovy experience? Also, check out http://www.tobaccoreviews.com if you want to feel REALLY bad about the tobaccos you like most. You might even find a couple blends to try out so you’re not so inferior for only liking cavendish.
Abruptly, my liberty at the bowling alley was disturbed when my eyes met the disbelief of the youth group member from church.
This old post just popped up as a new post in my feed reader. I paid no attention to the date, and didn’t remember it from 2008. So, imagine my surprise when, upon reading through comments, I found that I’d already commented on it! Weird.
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