... Then he worked to dismantle the system of apartheid. The rest, as they say, is history.(6) It happened because somebody listened to a sermon. Anybody listening? 1. Thomas W. Gillespie, "The Ministry of God," Opening Convocation, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ, 18 September 1983. 2. Jonathan Edwards: Basic Writings, ed. Ola Elizabeth Winslow (New York: The New American Library, Inc., 1966), pp. 150-167. 3. John Duckworth, Joan 'N' the Whale (Old Tappan, NJ: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1987), p ...
... 't want to leave in the middle of it, but you don't want to see it again." The point is many people have lost hope and have developed a pessimism and hopelessness which places them among the living dead. All this week Ed Love of WDET celebrated the life of the late, great Dizzy Gillespie who died on January 6. One thing about Diz, besides being a great musician, was his zing for life. He imparted joy through his personality and music. He had zest for life, rivaled by none. Contrast, if you will, the vim and ...
... God we should believe in. This is the gospel we should preach. Amen. 1. Tennessee Williams, The Night of the Iguana (New York: Penguin Group Publishers, 1976), p. 60. 2. William Barclay, William Barclay: A Spiritual Autobiography (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1977), p. 52. 3. Thomas W. Gillespie, “Brother Jesus” in The Power to Make Things New, Bruce Larson, ed. (Waco, Texas: Word Books, 1986), pp. 149-150.
