Yep, old Brother Rolloff was some man of God.  He never preached.  He just
told stories.  He was a story teller but he sure loved kids although I don't
believe he ever had any of his own.  He ran 5 homes for boys and girls.  My
younger sister was at his home in Texas for about a year.  You should have
heard his famous sermon called, When the Mule Walked On or The Day God Hung
A Hippy.  He preached it in the sixties in Dallas in a huge tent meeting
with 1200 people under the tent.  They recorded it.  A big storm blew up and
knocked the tent down just at the time he was going to do the altar call.
It was some sermon, too, but the recorder picked up all the screaming and
yelling when people were trying to get out.  I heard Rolloff in person many
times in my younger days because he came to Denver a lot.  I also had a
pastor a few years ago that was friends with him and lived in the area as a
rancher farmer.  My pastor friend went to Brother Rolloff's funeral.  He
said it was more like a party than any funeral he had ever been to.

Phil.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "MV" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 6:19 PM
Subject: Re: questions to think about


> What a neat way to put that. squeeze the heart and juice comes out the
> eyes" I like that!
>
> Brad
>
> At 07:13 PM 6/4/2007, you wrote:
>
> >I cry like that, Phil.  But, I suppose that is different, some are
> >probably thinking.  After all, I am a woman.  I ask anyone, what the
> >freaking difference that makes.
> >
> >When GOD squeezes your heart, the juice comes out your eyes, is a
> >beautiful little truth in and of itself.  I respect and am very proud of
> >men that can cry.  In my humble opinion, these are the real men of this
planet.
> >
> >IN HIS MATCHLESS NAME,
> >
> >purple Mari
> >
> >
> >
> >At 02:13 PM 5/30/2007, you wrote:
> >>Rhonda,
> >>
> >>You, unfortunately, made the same mistake I have made more than once in
> >>churches I attended.  I tried letting people know who I really was, and
got
> >>burned every single time.  One time, the pastor's wife, where I had been
for
> >>13 years, where I had preached, and where I served the Lord, lied about
me.
> >>How do you think I was going to go about convincing her husband, the
pastor,
> >>that his wife was a bold faced, bare faced, liar?  That's right.  I
> >>couldn't.  She lied about me, regardless, and that was the third time I
let
> >>this pastor into my life intimately in a spiritual sense.  One day,
while on
> >>my knees praying about all of this, and crying my artificial eyes out, I
> >>realized that three strikes and you are out.  I wrote that pastor off.
I
> >>still love him to this day.  He is 86 years old and pastoring a new
church
> >>he started 25 miles south of Denver.  I learned more from him than
anyone.
> >>I'd do anything he asked me to do.  I admire him nearly above any man of
God
> >>I know but he will never be my pastor again.  this is why we call our
little
> >>church, Safe Place Fellowship.  On Friday nights, and Sunday mornings, I
> >>encourage people to speak about exactly how they feel and I don't care
what
> >>it is.  No, you can't do this in a meeting of 3 or 4 hundred people as
> >>easily, of course, but that is what home groups are for.  If we are that
> >>large some day, we will still have home groups every night of the week
in
> >>various parts of the city for that very reason, to create a Safe Place
for
> >>people.  No, I am not talking about therapeutic sensitivity group
meetings.
> >>There is only one problem with this.  I keep forgetting I have to be
honest
> >>and reveal my feelings, too.  That's very difficult to do when people
> >>consider you the shepherd.  Fortunately, I cry easily and it is hard
being
> >>proud when you cry.  I used to hate how easily I cried in front of
others
> >>and about the simplest of things, too, until God said, Jeremiah was
known as
> >>the weeping prophet.  I figured if Jeremiah could be a thumb sucker and
God
> >>used him mightily, that was good enough for me.  Besides, as Lester
Rolloff
> >>used to say, when God squeezes your heart, the juice comes out your
eyes.
> >>
> >>Phil.
>
>
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