Night Court - An act of God

In "Death of a Bailiff" from 10/15/1987, dazed by a lightning strike, Bull thinks he hears God tell him to give away all his money, $27,500. The comedy is in Bull's being mistaken, but his "sign" of God's concern is one that many of us have experienced. More than 30 years ago, my wife and I received a gift of $3.00 that was so obviously from the hand of God that it gave our faith strength that has never wavered.

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[KamikazeSteve]

Things have a way of working out sometimes, especially to those who keep an open mind about God and just believe. I've personally seen many times when things happen that just seem too perfectly timed to be coincidence. Such as my father coming to possess what he calls "God's gas can" which he found along the road just a short walk from where he ran out of gas and didn't have anything with him to put gas in. There have also been many other things happen but I can't go into detail about them here.

[SidsCardShop]

One sign of a maturing Christian is seeing God's involvement in our daily affairs, instead of attributing everything to good or bad luck. We have given "coincidence" a bad rep by our usage. It simply means more than one thing happening simultaneously, e.g., there was a current reason for the can being placed where it was, while a future reason was your father's need. His story illustrates Romans 8:28-29. Some of my own experiences bring tears to my eyes, thinking of God's love for me. Thanks!

[JMcH]

@SidsCardShop - Amen, Sid! I stopped believing in "luck" and "coincidences" when I became a Christian after many years as an atheist. God gave me evidence that no such things existed. My wife and I lost our first child to miscarriage on July 25 1999. A few months later, we attended a Christian concert where Mission of Mercy was present and we felt the calling to sponsor a child. We were given a child's information packet at random. Imagine our astonishment when we saw his birthday was July 25th.

[SidsCardShop]

@JMcH Thanks for the wonderful testimony. Man's "at random" is God's specification.

[Devin9999]

This is brilliant. What a great show. You would never see anything like this now. A biblical lesson on a sitcom. Amazing.

[DarkCountDooku]

"Thanks, I feel much better now"

"How do you feel?"

"Medium rare"

Hahahahaha!

[TruBeliever4Life]

are u people actually debating god and religion on a nightcourt youtube vid? lol

[RyanKBoman]

This is when sitcoms were truly great. Nice storylines, good writing, and talented character actors.

I can watch clips of Night Court, Cheers, etc. over almost all thereality show crap that is on TV today

[crassyfrake]

I think Richard Moll is very underrated as an actor. It would be easy to play Bull as just a big dumb oaf, but he added a lot of dimensions to his character.

[shaneberger]

THANK YOU :-D

[DeathscytheRick]

Why doesnt any anyone make a Bull clip of the forehead palm or "thank you/oh-kay" bits? Those were always funny.

[joiles01]

Such childish naivete. Good ol' Bull.

[racefan32]

@eagle5001 yep his heart was bigger than the man himself.