Then there was the single most vivid memory of any sermon ever. I wouldn't necessarily say its a good memory... Although the preacher is on the short list of men of God who have impacted me dramatically and powerfully and positively at a personal level. ...here is the story.
It was the late 70s early 80s. Bishop T. F. Tenney, then District Sup. was preaching an End Times revival at First Church in DeRidder La. (His and my home church). The place was packed and the tension was building every night. I was a kid but it was so powerful and freaky and scary. I mean everyone back then was afraid the end was coming the next day anyway.
Anyway that Sunday night was the last night and he was preaching on the Rapture. A storm blew up duing the service so you can imagine the setting. you can hear the rain pounding on the roof and tension building....
At some point he crescendos "IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE!!!!!!!" As he says "EYE" he pounds the pulpit, you hear the crash of thunder and see the flash of lightning..
and the lights go out! The place is pitch black. silence for a half a heartbeat then the panicked collective moan of a crowd that thought they just got Left Behind.
It took a good 15 minutes to get the place back under control ...
A great story! I can just picture it in my minds eye.
__________________ "I think some people love spiritual bondage just the way some people love physical bondage. It makes them feel secure. In the end though it is not healthy for the one who is lost over it or the one who is lives under the oppression even if by their own choice"
Titus2woman on AFF
"We did not wear uniforms. The lady workers dressed in the current fashions of the day, ...silks...satins...jewels or whatever they happened to possess. They were very smartly turned out, so that they made an impressive appearance on the streets where a large part of our work was conducted in the early years.
"It was not until long after, when former Holiness preachers had become part of us, that strict plainness of dress began to be taught.
"Although Entire Sanctification was preached at the beginning of the Movement, it was from a Wesleyan viewpoint, and had in it very little of the later Holiness Movement characteristics. Nothing was ever said about apparel, for everyone was so taken up with the Lord that mode of dress seemingly never occurred to any of us."
Quote from Ethel Goss (widow of 1st UPC Gen Supt. Howard Goss) book "The Winds of God"
David Wilkerson and his sermon "Call to Anguish" really blew up my world.
My very first pastor after leaving UPC Gordon Houston preached a sermon about the Jewish Wedding Tradition. It made me think about our roots.
TF Tenney befriended me after a mutual friend our ours Brad Bullock passed away a few years ago. He walked me through my bitterness. His son preached at our church and my pastor told me that Tommy wanted to see me.
Call to Anguish was/is a great sermon.
We used to show it to our young people, every year.
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If we ever forget that we're One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under - Ronald Reagan
Call to Anguish was/is a great sermon.
We used to show it to our young people, every year.
__________________ "I think some people love spiritual bondage just the way some people love physical bondage. It makes them feel secure. In the end though it is not healthy for the one who is lost over it or the one who is lives under the oppression even if by their own choice"
Titus2woman on AFF
"We did not wear uniforms. The lady workers dressed in the current fashions of the day, ...silks...satins...jewels or whatever they happened to possess. They were very smartly turned out, so that they made an impressive appearance on the streets where a large part of our work was conducted in the early years.
"It was not until long after, when former Holiness preachers had become part of us, that strict plainness of dress began to be taught.
"Although Entire Sanctification was preached at the beginning of the Movement, it was from a Wesleyan viewpoint, and had in it very little of the later Holiness Movement characteristics. Nothing was ever said about apparel, for everyone was so taken up with the Lord that mode of dress seemingly never occurred to any of us."
Quote from Ethel Goss (widow of 1st UPC Gen Supt. Howard Goss) book "The Winds of God"
Dan Segraves exemplified a Pentecostal with a brain.
Kenneth Haney is still my model of a pastor.
Mary Lou Myrick demonstrated to us what a humble Greek scholar was like.
Raymond Bynum was my first pastor. He was terrible !!
LOL!!!
__________________ "I think some people love spiritual bondage just the way some people love physical bondage. It makes them feel secure. In the end though it is not healthy for the one who is lost over it or the one who is lives under the oppression even if by their own choice"
Titus2woman on AFF
"We did not wear uniforms. The lady workers dressed in the current fashions of the day, ...silks...satins...jewels or whatever they happened to possess. They were very smartly turned out, so that they made an impressive appearance on the streets where a large part of our work was conducted in the early years.
"It was not until long after, when former Holiness preachers had become part of us, that strict plainness of dress began to be taught.
"Although Entire Sanctification was preached at the beginning of the Movement, it was from a Wesleyan viewpoint, and had in it very little of the later Holiness Movement characteristics. Nothing was ever said about apparel, for everyone was so taken up with the Lord that mode of dress seemingly never occurred to any of us."
Quote from Ethel Goss (widow of 1st UPC Gen Supt. Howard Goss) book "The Winds of God"
When I was a kid, there was a Minister that would preach on Tuesday night "Minister's Night" at the Mother Church-- before my Dad became a Pastor. This Minister's name was Kirby Brown. As a very young kid, I remembered LOVING to hear this man sing and preach.
His exuberance and skill in singing really influenced me to love gospel music-- especially when a few years later, I heard him singing on the radio with Hezekiah Walker and the Love Fellowship Mass Choir!
There was an Evangelist that I heard in Manning, SC with the last name of Blackshear. This would have been in 2006. The Lord led me to him and the Lord used him in such a mighty and impactful way-- all off of a single sermon.
Pastor Rufus Parker really loved me.
Pastor Michael Williams-- so many sermons! When I grow up, I want to preach just like him! It wouldn't shock me to know he has the whole Bible memorized!
Bishop James Gilbert.
Pastor Ted Erskine.
Pastor Adrian Rodgers.
Bishop T. D. Jakes.
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"The choices we make reveal the true nature of our character."
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