Lester Roloff – Death In The Pot

Lester Roloff was born on June 28, 1914, to Christian parents in Dawson, Texas. Raised on a farm, he learned the value of hard work at a young age. In his early teens he was saved and later committed his life to becoming a preacher. He knew he needed an education and set his sights on attending Baylor University in Waco, Texas. To help pay for his expenses, he took a family cow to Waco and milked it daily in return for room and board.

In 1935, he met Marie Brady at the First Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, during a State Training Union Convention. They were married on August 10, 1936. Early in their marriage, Lester pastored small town churches and preached as an evangelist during revival meetings. On June 20, 1937, Lester and Marie were blessed with a baby daughter, Elizabeth Ann. After Lester’s graduation from Baylor, the family moved to Fort Worth, Texas, so that he could attend Southwestern Seminary. During seminary he served as pastor of First Baptist Church in Trinidad, Texas. During World War II, the Roloff family moved to Houston, Texas, where Brother Roloff became pastor of Magnolia Park Baptist Church.

In 1940, Brother Roloff accepted the call of Park Avenue Baptist Church in Corpus Christi, Texas to become their pastor. Park Avenue Baptist, later known as Second Baptist Church, flourished during the time Lester was pastor. While serving at Park Avenue, Brother Roloff became a sought after preacher for revival meetings and evangelistic services. And, in 1944, the Roloff family grew to include an adopted daughter, Pamela Kay.

Faith, Fasting & Food

As a young preacher and father, Brother Roloff continued to battle chronic health problems. He searched for answers and in his thirties made “discoveries that completely altered his health.” As Marie Brady Roloff wrote in her book entitled “Lester Roloff — Living by Faith,” Lester believed,

“there were three ‘F’s, which if followed, could revolutionize one’s life.

The first ‘F’ –faith- was well known by his radio audience and those who heard him preach. Over and over through the years he has said, ‘Now the just shall live by faith,’ and he has practiced it. …

There was a second ‘F’ he found in the Bible that he began to practice. It became a tremendous truth that he could not neglect. Jesus said, ‘Then shall they fast’ (Mark 2:20; Luke 5:35). … When the truth of this got hold of Lester, like any other Bible truth that became real to him, he grabbed onto it and didn’t let go. ‘Fasting isn’t an ordinance or a church doctrine,’ he said, ‘but just plain Bible truth and is a practice between the individual and the Lord. Like other great truths, it has been abused and misused and therefore has come into bad repute. But why should we leave out a practice that has such a prominent place in the Scripture?’ ….

Lester came to some practical conclusions regarding the third ‘F’ –food. He became convinced that four things are killing the American people- too much food, bad food, wrong combinations of food, and anxiety and worry, which stem from an absence of faith, trust, and wisdom from God.”

He recommended that foods be consumed in their natural state as much as possible and also encouraged exercise. He said, “you’d be surprised to know what a brisk walk of at least a mile every day with the proper breathing will do for you.” Truly, Brother Roloff was ahead of his time as evidenced by the increased emphasis in today’s world on proper eating and exercise.

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Younger Generation More Prone to Immoral Behavior, Survey Finds

Young adults under 25 are more than twice as likely as all other adults to engage in behaviors considered morally inappropriate by traditional standards, a survey released Monday shows.

Two-thirds (64 percent) of Americans under 25 years old said they used profanity in public, compared to just one out of five Baby Boomers (persons born between post-World War II and the early 1960s), according to The Barna Group survey.

The Baby Boomer generation is known for rebelling against traditional standards of morality.

But the younger generation — known as Mosaics — was nine times more likely than Boomers to have engaged in sex outside of marriage (38 percent vs. 4 percent), six times more likely to have lied (37 percent vs. 6 percent), nearly three times more likely to have gotten drunk (25 percent vs. 9 percent), and twice as likely as Boomers to have watched pornography (33 percent vs. 16 percent).

“We are witnessing the development and acceptance of a new moral code in America,” commented George Barna, who directed the survey. “Mosaics have had little exposure to traditional moral teaching and limited accountability for such behavior.”

“The moral code began to disintegrate when the generation before them – the Baby Busters – pushed the limits that had been challenged by their parents – the Baby Boomers,” he noted. “The result is that without much fanfare or visible leadership, the U.S. has created a moral system based on convenience, feelings, and selfishness.”

In May, researchers asked a random sample of 1,003 adults across the United States via telephone if they engaged in any of eight behaviors considered morally objectionable during the past week.

The behaviors included exposure to pornography, using profanity in public, gambling, gossiping, engaging in sexual intercourse with someone to whom they were not married, retaliating against someone, getting drunk, and lying.

A majority of adults had engaged in at least one of the behaviors over that past week.

The most common behavior was using profanity in public. About three out of every ten adults (28 percent) admitted to using foul language. The second most popular behavior was gambling (20 percent), which included purchasing a lottery ticket. This was followed by watching pornography (19 percent), gossiping (12 percent), getting drunk (12 percent), and lying (11 percent).

Having sexual intercourse with someone that respondents were not married to (9 percent) and retaliation (8 percent) were the least common behaviors among those surveyed.

When looking at faith identities, evangelicals were the group most likely to adhere to traditional morality while atheists and agnostics were most likely to reject these values.

For evangelicals, profanity (16 percent) and pornography (12 percent) were the most common behaviors. Less than five percent engaged in inappropriate sex (3 percent), gambling (2 percent), lying (1 percent) or drunkenness (less than one-half of one percent).

In contrast, sixty percent of atheists and agnostics used profanity in public, half watched pornography, and a third got drunk over the past week, according to the survey.

“The consistent deterioration of the Bible as the source of moral truth has led to a nation where people have become independent judges of right and wrong, basing their choices on feelings and circumstances,” Barna said. “It is not likely that America will return to a more traditional moral code until the nation experiences significant pain from its moral choices.”

Al Lacy – The Book

The Importance and Duty of Meditating on the Word of God

by I. C. Herendeen

“This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth: but thou shalt meditate therein day and night that (in order that) thou mayest observe to do all that is written therein: for then shalt thou make thy way prosperous, and then shalt thou have good success.” (Joshua 1:8)

God was not here giving Joshua mere good advice which he would be free to heed or not as he might desire, but instead He was giving him a commandment which he was to “obey, and that “day and night,” i.e. constantly. And this commandment was not for Joshua alone but for you and me and every other servant and follower of the Lord as well, for “Whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning” (Rom. 15:4) and obedience. God told Jeremiah in 7:23, “Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.” God expects and demands that we shall be an obedient people, keeping (observing and practicing) whatsoever He has commanded us. We profess to have received Him as our “Lord and Saviour” and therefore we are to look to Him at all times and in all things for His directions as to what He would have us do or refrain from doing. “We are not our own, we have been bought with a price” and are therefore to “glorify God.” As our Creator and Lord He has the right to command us what He will, and it is ours to obey His will gladly and cheerfully.

Joshua, great commander of Israel that he was, was to be guided and governed wholly by “This Book of the law.” He had received his orders from God through “this Book,” and he was to regulate his conduct by it. “The Lord said unto Moses, Write this in a book and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua” (Ex. 17:14). From this we see that the Book was prepared for Joshua, and now he is to fulfill Its words. This Book of the law was to have absolute supremacy, and all Joshua’s actions were to be regulated by it. It is “the Book of the LAW” and as binding on us as on Joshua. It is more than good advice, for it is a law clothed with Divine authority, a Rule for us to walk by.

Once every seven years the whole Book of the law was to be read in the hearing of the entire congregation of Israel: “that they may hear, and learn to fear the Lord their God, and observe to do all the words of this law” (Deut. 31:10-14). This was the Book which was to regulate Joshua’s actions. God warned him that “This Book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth.” And this is God’s warning to us too, for no man is above the law of God, be he clothed with great power and authority, or one of the common people, all must be in subjection to the Divine law, and regulated by what is “written” if we would have the smile of God and prosper in whatsoever we do (Psa. 1:3).

“Thou shalt meditate therein day and night.” Most important as it is, meditation is a lost art today with multitudes of professing Christians. It is one of the most important means of grace and spiritual growth. It is not optional whether we obey or not but obligatory, something that God has “commanded” us to do. How about you? Have you obeyed this Divine “command”? Have you? How much time do you spend each day reading the Word of God, let alone meditating on it? Alas, in so many homes of professing Christians the Word of God receives scant attention, if indeed it be opened at all from day to day. At best many may hastily read a few verses of it after supper, then the Book is closed and laid on the table until the next night when perhaps a few more verses are thoughtlessly read. The usual excuse given by those who neglect it is that they are too busy with a multiplicity of duties and concerns of life for quiet and leisurely meditation. If this is your excuse then be sure you are acting in the energy of the flesh and are little better than a slave to it.

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  A Renewed Mind

• A Soldier That Stands
• A World Decaying Because of Man
• Bondage
• Child Rearing
• Christ Is Lord
• Confessing & Forsaking Sin
• Don’t Lose The Vision
• Dr. Law & Dr. Grace
• Evil Lust
• Food, Fasting & Faith
• How Is Your Appetite (Part 1)
• How Is Your Appetite (Part 2)
• How Much Sin Will Cost You
• If I Had My Life To Live Over
• If I Were You
• Live By Faith
• Living By Faith
• Repent Or Perish
• Scene of the Crucifixion
• Some Things Every Preacher Needs To Know
• Steps In The Degeneration of Our Nation
• Teach Us To Pray
• The Book That Makes The Difference
• The Days of Noah
• The D’s of Life
• The End Time Sin
• The Gates of Hell Shall Not Prevail
• The Lonliest Man
• The Lost Fear of God
• The Only Remedy For Sin (Part 1)
• The Only Remedy For Sin (Part 2)
• The Solution To Pollution
• The Wages of Sin
• Things Preachers Have To Do
• Thirty Things About Faith
• Three Foolish Men
• Three Views of David
• Valley Walking
• What Are You Gonna Do
• Where God Won’t Be Found

This is That – L.B. Hicks

If you have never heard a message by L.B. Hicks you have missed out! I only wish that I would have had the opportunity to hear him preach while he was living. Unfortunately I never had that chance, but I do enjoy hearing recordings of him preach. He was an orator, and a man who preached with fervency.

This message was recorded in 1959 to the best of my knowledge. He preached this message at the Cadle Tabernacle camp meeting in Indianapolis Indiana. This was a huge campmeeting – which unfortunately is no longer in operation.

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To “This is That.” His text was from Acts 2.