Featured Writing a Book on John R. Rice

Since my church uses the ESV, I've come to notice that it's the "you all" Bible. The phrase "you all" appears quite frequently in the ESV.

 

I grew up in Alabama and we always said the 'L' sound - but spelled it y'all because the apostrophe replaced the 'ou' in 'you all'

 

BTW I remember a lunch at Temple after your grandad spoke. As you know all the important people sat on the platform in the cafeteria.

Your grandad saw a spot at our table and came down to sit with us - even though he had to sit in 'starvation corner.' He touched my heart with his humility.

 

Self publishing or is a major publisher looking at it?

 

I have a book being released end of the month through a company that calls it self publishing. Where I paid them to publish it. So was just wondering. A Second book is due out in August through them.

 

Amazon has publish on demand that is free unless you want some assist with it. They get their cut when you sell books. Process seems fairly easy and simple from what I've read about it thus far.

As to stories: When in Bible college wife and I and another couple went to hear Him along with Jack Hyles. Hyles spoke first - came to his closing prayer the pianist started playing and he rudely told her not to - "I don't need piano playing when I pray!" (Next day the wife heard him on the radio with piano music while he prayed

Anyway he started in on the offering and made a humongous show of how much he could weasel out of the congregation. Anyone giving $5 raise your hands. Anyone giving $10 stand up (as they did they were looking around so everyone could see who they were . It was such a show we all were disgusted and left before your grand father spoke.

Always felt comfortable with the leaving but also regretted missing your grand-dad.

 

I hope you will write the book. I heard him preach at TTU, at Sword conferences and in the big summer Sword meeting. I was waiting to ask him to sign my Bible when he asked the special music guy - can't remember his name, great operatic voice but died very young - what he was going to sing. Dr. Rice said could you sing a particular song. The singer said how could I turn you down?

He was a great man. I will look forward to reading it.

 

As soon as i saw the name.. yes, it was Ray Hart. What a powerful voice.

 

Good luck with the book, my mother and her family grew up in the IFB movement they always spoke highly of him. Have any other books been written on him?

 

JoJ, what did he think of your MA training? Was he enthusiastic about it? Or was he wary of it?

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Fond Memories

John,

I have some very found memories of your grandfather and one of my favorites is the last time I heard him speak (Midway Baptist in San Diego) two or three months before he passed. He spoke out of Luke 18:1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; he spoke for a good while as I remember stating how he learned to pray over the years by first learning ask for little things and ultimately that trust grew till he felt comfortable asking God for the impossible things.

I especially remember the altar call it was perhaps one of the greatest altar calls I have ever seen. In attendance that evening were perhaps 800 people and when the altar call was given there was left in the pews a mere handful of people. Our oldest two children still have the bibles he autographed.

A tremendous servant of our God I am sure the book will strive to do him justice. Romans 13:7 Render therefore to all their dues: ... honour to whom honour. (is due)

May your passion continue till the book is published.