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“For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men.” Titus 2:11 NKJV A Bible-believing congregation in Mount Carmel, Illinois determined to continue serving the Lord together.  A March 23, 1940 article in the Mt. Carmel Daily Republican Register carried the headline: “Grace Memorial Church is name chosen by group.” Pastor Albert […]

“Let all the earth fear the Lord; Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.” Psalm 33:8 NKJV A young man arrived home late one night and found a poem his mother had placed on the piano. As he read it, he began to compose music for the lyrics: “I’d rather

“For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward those who fear Him.” Psalm 103:11 NKJV A casual encounter opened multiple doors. Staying at the University Park Motel our first night in Greenville, South Carolina, where I was to attend Bob Jones University, the son of the motel owners

“For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.” 2 Corinthians 5:14-15 NKJV The death of the Lord Jesus

“Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.” Jeremiah 33:3 NKJV “Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit’; Whereas you do not

“But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.” 2 Corinthians 4:7 NKJV  Easter Sunday – April 9, 1950 – was a very significant day in my life, and in what would become “real revival” in my hometown of Mt. Carmel, Illinois.

“God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.” 1 Corinthians 1:9 NKJV Mary Greer and I were married June 18, 1950, and I enrolled at Bob Jones University, Greenville, South Carolina.  On our first wedding anniversary in 1951, we met with Charles Mellis, Jr. at

“Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.” 2 Corinthians 2:14 NKJV Answer the question: Are you available and flexible to serve God?  New Year’s Eve 1944, Army Air Corps Serviceman Nate Saint attended a service conducted by John

“Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one? I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.” 1 Corinthians 3:5-7 NKJV God puts “the

“Therefore He says: ‘Awake, you sleep, arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light.’ ” Ephesians 5:14 NKJV Torrey Johnson wrote to Percy Crawford: “You gave fresh approach to the ministry of youth across the country. God raised you up at a time when mass evangelism was in the doldrums. You, with a