Comments on: Hero Worship

By: Mandy

Mandy — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 21:35:19 +0000

The audience is bad enough, but Hyles actually encouraging it is truly disgusting!

By: Macushlalondra

Macushlalondra — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 03:02:30 +0000

I remember being there one Wednesday for chapel, when a group from our church in Michigan was given a prize (yeah a prize!) to go to First Baptist for the day, see the college, hear the great one preach in chapel, have lunch there, then go to the Sears tower that afternoon and return to the church to hear hyles preach that night.

I didn’t know what to expect. It seems hyles would travel on Monday and Tuesday to preach in some other church and return to preach in chapel on Wednesdays. When he stepped out it was just like this only the applause and cheering went on for 10 FULL MINUTES! I couldn’t believe it! I was exchanging looks with others that came with us thinking what IS this?

Sick, that’s what it was.

By: Mrs. X

Mrs. X — Mon, 09 May 2011 03:47:05 +0000

http://bible.cc/acts/10-26.htm

But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.

By: supernova8610

supernova8610 — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 04:58:33 +0000

That’s really creepy.

By: RojAvon

RojAvon — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 14:25:59 +0000

I’ve never seen anything quite like that. Wow.

By: Big Gary

Big Gary — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:08:21 +0000

Just wait ’til you see the video of me at Spike ‘N’ Lucille University.
(Spike and Lucille are my cats’ names.)

By: alm517

alm517 — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 03:31:04 +0000

He was supposed to come preach at bus conference at my school’s church and the students were going to sit in and I was really excited to hear him live because I had heard of him my whole life, but the day that he was supposed to speak at our school was the day he died. They announced it over the school’s intercom. I was sad then, but now I’m glad I never had to endure it.

By: JC

JC — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 03:07:27 +0000

Thanks for the nightmares…my brother went to that college and I sat in that seat to visit him at school….he made me slightly ill….

sorry for the pause…I just had to throw up in the squatter..but I’m back now.

By: Jordan Maria

Jordan Maria — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:35:26 +0000

oh. my.

By: rob

rob — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:00:33 +0000

When I went there, Jack Hyles would often come and speak in chapel on Wednesdays. It was not every Wednesday, however. So as a student waiting in the auditorium, you were anticipating that he might be there. When the door opened and he stepped out, it went crazy. I don’t think they ever had guest speakers on Wednesdays because it was always a noticeable letdown if he wasn’t there and Dr. Evans or some other staff was speaking.

This does not make it right at all. He loved the “hero worship.” He often had special evening meetings with only the girls and they adored him. I bet there is none of that on video.

Looking back, I can see so many things wrong with this. At the time it seemed ok.