Nice to see Ashcroft’s picture on C&F. I grew up seeing his picture… seemed like every Sunday… in the news section of the Evangel. It was so rare to see an Assemblies of God member successful in political office. It is good to see that societal prejudice against holy rollers has lessened. His father used to be the Bible teacher every summer, at the Oklahoma camp meeting.
A friend once told me a story about a blind professor of his. He would begin each lecture by placing a can of soda on a counter top. Half an hour or so into the lecture, he would open the soda and begin drinking it. Well, one morning he put a can of beer on the counter. Halfway through the lecture, he popped it open and took a sip, after which he said, “It appears as though my wife has rearranged the refrigerator.”