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Karen Carter <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 25 Jul 2005 16:25:29 +0000
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Ok thanks Kathy I will check it out.  I am sure I probably have listen to him but just don't remember.

--
Christ is either Lord of all or he is not Lord at all.
Karen Carter '74



> Karen,
> His ministry is called, "Through the Bible."  There is a web site, ttb.org
> if you want to here him say something.  Then you'll know if you've heard
> him before.  His voice is very unique and takes some getting used to for we
> northerners. GRIN!
> Kathy
>
> At 12:57 PM 7/23/2005, you wrote:
> >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
> >
> >--
> >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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