I missed some great men by hours ... Born Again in Aug of '81
I met Hyles many times, but Lester ...
Are his homes still operational in Texas?
Many people don't understand nor know, what battles were fought for American freedom by men that had a strong core value and faith in God .... and won ...
.... Clayton Moore (The Lone Ranger ... copyright rights), Lester Rolloff (Freedom of religion and property rights) and a few others I can't remember just now
They were for a while, then they moved to to Missouri, I believe, then they were closed. The people who managed them after Brother Roloff weren’t like him, for the worse.
I stayed for a year in the Bethesda Home for Girls in Hattiesburg MS, and it was one of the best years of my life. I’ve often wished I could retreat to it again when I’m fed up with the escalating, openly celebrated sin of this world.
I often heard Brother Roloff preach in person, and though he’s often held up as an example by younger fundamentalists as not being an expository preacher, all I can say is that they must not be very familiar with the majority of his sermons. He most certainly could go off on some rabbit trails, but he was aware of this tendency and kept it in check. He loved the Bible and was too immersed in it to stray very far very often. The only time he got “political” was when he was fighting to keep from being forced to be licensed by the state.
Your’re certainly correct about that-I doubt that we’ll see the likes of men like Lester Roloff and John R Rice again, men who never succumbed to the comfort and ease of acceptance by the world.