3/8/26—Conference Schedules and Part one

3/8/26—Conference Schedules and Part one

If I ever had a hope of building a “following” with this blog I think I’ve blown it. When I started writing this, back in ’18, I never imagined I would run out of words to write down. Well, I guess I haven’t. But, I sure have some long lapses. Perhaps ’26 will be a good year for writing as well as a good year for many other happenings—happy happenings.  Here’s a start:

We were just in Gatlinburg for a weekend Bible conference which was filled with good messages, good fellowship amongst being with good friends from 8 states—Wisconsin, Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Maryland, Ohio and Alabama. So it was a very God centered, Bible studying and good discussion time. As they say, “A good time was had by all.”

In April, we’re hoping to have a similar blessed weekend in Arab, AL at my brother Jack’s fellowship. Hope you can plan on being there—April 17-19. If you want information, get in touch with me and I can send you a flyer or give you Jack’s contact info. I don’t know the preachers yet, but some of the same as in Gatlinburg plus a couple others, no doubt.

Then, we turn right around and go to Round Rock,Texas for a Bible conference on the weekend of May 8 to 10. Praying for all our fiends in Texas to be there and some fine preachers there as well. —- A busy Spring, wouldn’t you say?

Later in the year there are some more conferences scheduled. More about them later.

Part One

Recently I have been taking a long look at the decisions I made almost 52 years ago that have thus produced what and where I am and to a large extent what and where my family is today. 52 years ago (1974) we started attending a weekly Bible class having an awe-inspiring teacher (Brother E.C. Moore of Pensacola, FL), a man who was no different in formal education level than I; HS graduate of a small southern Alabama town public school. His difference, however, was astounding: he believed the book he was teaching was the word of God, his King James Bible.

His approach in this class was, while being very thankful for all who came to the class, he said two or 3 things which put the hinges on the attendees—the “in or out” hinges. He said if you do not believe or come to believe the KJB is the word of God there would be no point in you being there because it would be the only authority which he would put forth and the final authority in which to argue with anyone who disagreed with his position. As he later told me in a topical discussion, “Jerry, if I argue with you I will win because this book is where the answers come from and I will show you why I believe the way I do.” Hm, he had me there. In other words I was not going to change his mind unless I knew KJB Scripture to refute him. Um..huh! 

He did know more Scripture than me.

Soon he taught me to just rely on the words in the book. Religion is all man made, and sure ‘nuf…there isn’t a single religion in the Bible. [ergo: the first big decision to make was why are you messing around in a religion? Get out.]

Bro. Moore had a wonderful testimony of his background which brought him to go to hear an evangelist who came to Mobile, AL, where he and his family lived in 1955. The man convinced him by Scripture that he was in a lost condition and needed a Savior. On that July night, Bro. Moore gave up on himself and put his trust in the Lord Jesus Christ for his salvation. He then came to the conclusion that he should preach the things he was learning. He became an Independent Baptist preacher, ordained by several of the same at the Gadsden Baptist Tabernacle in 1959.

His ministry took him to several places for the next few years finally being led to open, then reopen a mission in Montgomery, AL, where he had time to continue studying and being spiritually led in practicing obedience to the Lord’s instruction to “study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needed not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”—2 Tim.2:15. 

And that, my friends will always make any and all students become aware of differing times (or dispensations) in God’s word to show God’s will unfolding on a timeline of Scripture from Genesis to Revelation. So, we began that January, 1974 bible study in the home of John and Martha Sue Sanford in Anniston, AL. …..How in the world did a hoosier boy get there? That’s Part Two.