David: Assuming this Hubert to have played a formative role in what I've been reading from you these past weeks(your biblical and theological statements) perhaps I (we) need to understand more of his life and work. I've already been told where I may obtain audio so I'll look into it. Lance ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: May 03, 2004 16:58 Subject: [TruthTalk] Holy Hubert Lindsey
> Judy wrote: > > Hubert Lindsey sounds insane > > No, he was not insane, and never a braver man would you ever meet. > > John S. wrote: > > Nothing holy about Hubert -- a man who claim > > to have converted Bill Graham, > > Hubert never said that he personally, single-handedly, converted Billy > Graham, if that is what you mean. Hubert was preaching a revival with > Mordecai Ham, when Billy Graham responded to an altar call for salvation > at the age of 16. Do you have some information that would repudiate > this? > > I checked out Hubert's story in Billy Graham's book, "Just As I Am," > where Graham tells the whole story of his conversion at these meetings. > It confirms just about everything in Hubert's testimony about it. He > mentions Modecai Ham by name, just as we might expect from Hubert's > account. I don't remember Graham mentioning Hubert Lindsey by name in > his book, but that is not unusual to give only the primary evangelist > the recognition. Billy Graham simply subtitles the chapter with, > "Itinerant Evangelists." Hubert was one of those evangelists who > preached this revival with Mordecai Ham where Billy Graham was > converted. If you read the account from Graham, it sounds like Hubert's > style of preaching all the way. He describes the sermons as being about > sin, judgment and Hell. Billy Graham wrote, "What was slowly dawning on > me during those weeks was the miserable realization that I did not know > Jesus Christ for myself. I could not depend on my parents' faith." At > the time, Billy Graham was a Presbyterian who had been baptized as an > infant. Later, Billy Graham writes, "For all my previous religious > upbringing and church activity, I believe that that was the moment I > made my real commitment to Jesus Christ." > > So Hubert spoke the truth about Billy Graham's conversion. Why do you > call Hubert a liar? > > John S. wrote: > > ... converted over 40.000 Jews and thousands of > > hippies and conducted services at a 2000 member > > church -- which in fact was his service garage. > > His service garage? What are you talking about? I think you are mixing > up information from various sources. > > Did you know Hubert? Are you reporting some first hand information > here, or gossip that you obtained off the internet? > > John S. wrote: > > A complete impostor, full of vile and hatred. > > A reprobate in the truest sense of the word. > > John, I am truly shocked that you would say something like this. Hubert > was a spiritual father to me. I guess that does not surprise you. > Maybe you think the same thing about me. > > Hubert was one of the most loving men I have ever known. He was > anything but full of vile and hatred. Not even his enemies ever > characterized him like this. He was beat up hundreds of times for > preaching Christ, shot, stabbed, you name it. Hubert was arrested 100 > times for preaching Christ and never convicted of a crime. He always > turned the other cheek and loved his neighbor. Through a broken jaw, he > would tell his attackers that Jesus loved them and he did too. There > were many men who were converted through Hubert's unquenched love for > them, and they are preaching the gospel today. > > Peace be with you. > David Miller, Beverly Hills, Florida. > > ---------- > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org > > If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
