He’s loved almost universally by fundies even though he spent three terms as president of the Southern Baptist Convention. Time heals all separations.
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He’s loved almost universally by fundies even though he spent three terms as president of the Southern Baptist Convention. Time heals all separations.
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Much as I would love to find out more about this man I’ve never heard of, I’m not sure I can do an hour-long YouTube video of an old guy with a nearly incomprehensible southern accent. Sorry. Guess I’ll be forever ignorant. 🙂
Too hit the highlights, you can check out the Sword of the Lord biography page.
They wouldn’t lie to you.
From SOL:
“R.G. Lee was born November 11, 1886, and died July 20, 1978. The midwife attending his birth held baby Lee in her black arms while dancing a jig around the room, saying, “Praise God! The Lord has sent a preacher to this house.â€Â
Wow….
I guess Colonel Sanders beat him to the Van Dyke part of the ensemble. 😉
I think I’d title that “If Fundamentalists Had Written Gone With the Wind“
I realize this may be the wrong place to stick up for Mr. Lee, but I do believe “Payday Someday” is one terrific sermon. When I have taught on Naboth’s vineyard, using much of Payday Someday (with full credit to Mr. Lee), there appears to have been much fruit.
It’s not the wrong place at all to stick up for him.
He’s just someone that most fundies do happen to like.
I do have to admit that Lee is far more interesting to listen to than the average lunatic fundy.
He’s an above average lunatic?
He is also one of only two, with Bob Jones Sr., real-life examples of that peculiar Southern accent. The only other place I’ve heard it is The Green Mile.
I heard him give this message in person in the late 70’s shortly before he died.
I’m not sure if he’s considered a “fundy,” but most of the folks I know who hold R.G. Lee in high regard feel the same way about Vance Havner. Mr. Havner was a great preacher, and several of his sermons are available on the internet.
Talk about thick accent.
Accent? He barely has an accent, at least a Southern one. I’m from Delaware, and I can understand every word quite clearly, even with my hearing problem.
Thank you, Will. His accent is noticeable (like I said–it’s an odd one that he shares with Bob Jones Sr.) but by no means “thick” or “incomprehensible.” If anyone wants to hear that, I’ll gladly record some of my cousins.
Pay Day someday was one of my Dad’s favoritest sermons of all time. It nearly made me want to leave church forever.