Be The Fruit

You’ve got to know when to hold ‘em!

by Bill Blair on 18/02/08 at 4:19 pm

If you happen to hear any rumors that Kenny Rogers has been evangelizing on the streets of Nashville, Tennessee on Sunday nights, don’t believe them.  It seems as though there is a Kenny Rogers imposter that drives in from in from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary on Sunday evenings that has taken to the downtown streets of Nashville to spread the gospel.  Reports indicate that such person is Dr. James Parker who drives down to Nashville to teach seminary classes on Mondays at the Lifeway building.  His picture along with an old one of Kenny are below.

Would the real Kenny Rogers please stand up?

Here is the story:  Dr. Parker mentioned today in class that he drove into Nashville last night and ate at the Big River Grille downtown.  After leaving, some drunken guy in a cowboy hat with a guitar stopped him and said, “You are Kenny Rogers!”  Dr. Parker said that this was not the first time this has happened to him, so he is trying to figure out someway to “cash in” on it.

Now, Dr. Parker is not a dead ringer, but I think he actually may look more like Kenny Rogers than Kenny does right now.  See below: