I know you know this Kathy and others . His social commentaries are still right on because he must have taken them or based them on scripture. I probably have heard him but am note sure. I would have to hear him again to know. What is the name of his ministry
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Christ is either Lord of all or he is not Lord at all.
Karen Carter '74
> Hey Helen,
> Have you ever found a preacher with whom you are in total agreement! Hey,
> I'm Greg's worst critic! Poor guy! He knows that if I"m quiet when we get
> home, there's something I didn't agree with! GRIN! What amazes me, though
> is how J Vernon's social commentary is still so right on even 35 years later!
> Kathy
>
>
> At 07:15 PM 7/21/2005, you wrote:
> >Hi, Kathy,
> >
> >I used to listen to old J. Vernon McGee, too! But I stopped
> >listening when I heard him say that the new Jerusalem would be a
> >literal place, a sphere within a cube, (or maybe it was a cube within
> >a sphere) with those streets of gold and all the rest, with the
> >measurements set forth in the book of the Revelation of Jesus
> >Christ. He said, if my memory is serving me correctly, that the
> >people on earth would be traveling back and forth from earth to the
> >city by way of some sort of space travel vehicles. Before he taught
> >all that stuff, I was blessed by his teaching. He did love his Lord,
> >and was faithful in his ministry.
> >
> >Helen
> >
> >Earlier, Kathy Du Bois wrote:
> >Hey Helen,
> >Greg and I try to listen to this old preacher, J Vernon McGee in the
> >morning. He had this thing about going through the bible in five years as
> >a radio program in the early 70s. This man passed away in 1988, but what
> >amazes us is how, even though his comments about Christian living, the
> >church, and sin were made over 35 years ago, they are still relevant for
> >today. Situations may change, but I guess that sin does not. Fortunately,
> >our God doesn't change either.
> >God bless,
> >Kathy
> >
> >At 08:37 AM 7/21/2005, you wrote:
> >Earlier, Vicki and The Rors wrote:
> > Good comments here, Helen. We need fresh new stuff. Not rut conservation.
> >
> >Hi, Vicki,
> >The thing that amazes and saddens me at the same time, is that the
> >institutional churches have not changed their rote and rut for
> >generations. Mr. Tozer wrote so many insightful articles concerning
> >the church. I know he wrote in the 1950s and how much before that, I
> >don't know. But what he writes, for example the article I posted
> >here, applies to the institutional churches even today. It almost
> >seems as though the rotes and ruts have been inherited from one
> >generation to the next, with no real understanding of how to change
> >it. I know that some godly and sincere men have attempted it. They
> >have seen the problems, but have not come up with the solutions. God
> >bless them for at least trying.
> >
> >There are thousands of sincere and devout Christians who have left
> >the institutional churches because of the ruts which have kept them
> >from growing in the Grace and Knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. I
> >was talking with a young man yesterday whose father has been a pastor
> >for many years, ten years in this area, and the congregation consists
> >of about 23 people. He assured me that numbers of members was not
> >the priority for his father, but guiding the folks to a maturity in
> >knowing Christ in an intimate relationship. That was so good to
> >hear! And so rare!
> >
> >Love to y'all,
> >Helen
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