His name is Bill.  He has wild hair, wears a T-shirt with holes in it, jeans
and no shoes.  This was literally his wardrobe for his entire four years of
college.  He is brilliant.  Kind of esoteric and very, very bright.

He became a Christian while attending college.

Across the street from the campus is a well-dressed, very conservative
church.  They want to develop a ministry to the students, but are not sure
how to go about it.  One day Bill decides to go there.  He walks in with no
shoes, jeans, T-shirt, and wild hair.  The service has already started snd so
Bill starts down the aisle looking for a seat.

The church is completely packed and he can't find a seat.  By now people are
really looking a bit uncomfortable, but no one says anything.  Bill gets
closer and closer and closer to the pulpit and, when he realizes there are no
seats, he just squats down and sits right on the carpet.  (Although perfectly
acceptable behavior at a college fellowship, trust me, this had never
happened in this church before!)

By now the people are really uptight, and the tension in the air is thick.
About this time, the minister realizes that from way at the back of the
church, a deacon is slowly making his way toward Bill.  Now the deacon is in
his eighties, has silver-gray hair, and a three-piece suit.  A godly man,
very elegant, very dignified, very courtly.  He walks with a cane and, as he
starts walking toward this boy, everyone is saying to themselves that you
can't blame him for that he's going to do.  How can you expect a man of his
age and of his background to understand some college kid on the floor?

It takes a long time for the man to reach the boy.  The church is utterly
silent except for the clicking of the man's cane.  All eyes are focused on
him.  You can't even hear anyone breathing.

The minister can't even preach the sermon until the deacon does what he has
to do.  And now they see this elderly man drop his cane on the floor.  With
great difficulty he lowers himself and sits down next to Bill and worships
with him so he won't be alone.

Everyone chokes up with emotion.  When the minister gains control, he says,
"What I'm about to preach, you will never remember.  What you have just seen,
you will never forget.  Be careful how you live.  You may be the only Bible
some people will ever read."