The reason I ask is because I have heard that a pastor takes a pistol in the pulpit with him.
Luke 22:36
ESV - 36 He said to them, "But now let the one who has a moneybag take it, and likewise a knapsack. And let the one who has no sword sell his cloak and buy one.
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