A Little Scroll

A LITTLE SCROLL
Revelation 10

One of the most famous baseball umpires of all time, Bill Klem, earned his reputation by insisting that the umpire’s word was not only final, but in a sense creative. On one celebrated occasion, he waited a long time to call a particular pitch. Some umpires would say that the ball thrown was, in its own right, either a “ball” or a “strike,” either inside the strike zone or out. The umpire’s ruling would merely be acknowledging the facts of the case. Klem was made of sterner stuff. “Well,” asked the player, “is it a ball or a strike?”...