Pastor Admits He Punched a Kid: ‘I Led That Man to the Lord…’

In a newly discovered video, Pastor Eric Dammann admit to punching a child right in the chest because he didn’t take God seriously. And he considers that an ultimately good thing.

As he recounts the story, there was a “real smart-aleck” at some youth group he was at, a “bright kid” who was “just trying to push my buttons and was “not taking the Lord serious.”

So, because of that, he decided to punch the kid right in the chest to put the fear of God in him. Here’s how Dammann recounts that moment and the lesson from it:

“I walked over to him and I went, ‘BAM!’ I punched him in the chest, as hard as I––I crumpled the kid… I leaned over and I said, ‘Ben, when are you gonna stop playing games with God?’ I led that man to the Lord right there. There’s times that that might be needed.”

So there are times when, in order to put the fear of God in someone, you just have a punch a kid really hard in the chest. Good moral lesson right there.

Watch the video below:

[h/t Gawker]
[image via screengrab]

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