Members futurehope Posted December 1, 2009 Members Share Posted December 1, 2009 This week I bring up John R. Rice for your comments on his ministry and thoughts concerning his teachings and writings. Most of you know prOBably more about him than I do, so I will simply mention his founding of The Sword of the Lord and he wrote numerous books and booklets throughout his life. He is hailed by many fundamentalists as "one of the greats", yet many have ridiculed him as closed minded and judgemental towards other christians. His staff once reported that during his ministry they received 22,923 letters from individuals who had accepted Christ as a result of reading John R. Rice's books, booklets, or Sermons published in the Sword of the Lord. He went home to be with the Lord in 1980. What are your thoughts concerning the ministry of John R. Rice? Was he one of the most sound biblical scholars and fundamentalists, as hailed by some? Or maybe he was the judgemental and closed minded individual as some have accused? I look forward to your thoughts and comments. God Bless, Futurehope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators HappyChristian Posted December 1, 2009 Administrators Share Posted December 1, 2009 I loved John R. Rice. Never met him personally, but I wrote him a letter about something that was really bothering me spiritually - and he wrote back. With his busy schedule, I was impressed. At the time, there were no churches we could attend, so I was thankful for his spiritual words, which really helped me greatly at the time. He is actually a very readable writer. Very down to earth and biblical. We have several of his books, and they are books that we re-read from time to time. My hubby has some of the original SOTL papers, with both Rice brothers. They are really neat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pastorj Posted December 2, 2009 Members Share Posted December 2, 2009 I have almost all his books and love his commentaries. He was not an Only KJV guy, but he held strongly to it for his own personal use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JerryNumbers Posted December 2, 2009 Members Share Posted December 2, 2009 I like him, but I like his successor quite a bit more, Curtis Hutson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kayla Posted December 2, 2009 Members Share Posted December 2, 2009 I love the songs he wrote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members trc123 Posted December 2, 2009 Members Share Posted December 2, 2009 He was a blessed man of God. He stood for Scriptural principles, while still showing forth love, grace and class. I have nothing bad to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Seth Doty Posted December 2, 2009 Members Share Posted December 2, 2009 I had heard good things about him all my life but when I got older I read several of his books. It has been several years but I recall wondering why he was so highly recommended since I was distinctly unimpressed and highly doubtful about some of the doctrinal content and some statements made in passing. His writings didn't seem to be anywhere near the caliber I had been led to expect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kevinmiller Posted December 2, 2009 Members Share Posted December 2, 2009 I think he was a little bit condemning and maybe a little overzealous but he seemed like a good sincere guy. I think he was much better than Curtis Hutson, personally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members heartstrings Posted December 2, 2009 Members Share Posted December 2, 2009 Heard him preach, in person, when I was a kid. That was about 40 years ago and I wasn't even saved at the time. We also have one of his books "The Great and Terrible God". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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