As I said in my review of his book, Unveiling the End Times in Our Time, there is no preacher that I respect more than Adrian Rogers. If possible, that respect increased after reading this book.
This book was written mostly by Joyce Rogers (Adrian's wife), although there is an interview-style section at the end that is mostly Adrian's words. Keep in mind that this book was also written before he passed away. In fact, it was written as a sort of tribute to him towards the end of their time in the pastorate at Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis.
So, with the aforementioned information in mind, there is only one minor criticism of the book. It is not terribly detailed as a biography. Most of the major events of Adrian Rogers' life and ministries are present, including the death of one of their children and the struggles of the Southern Baptist Convention. But, at times the book presents very generic information. Again, this is only a minor criticism. This book is far too thin to be a very detailed biography.
On the positive side, Joyce Rogers presents her words with the skill and perspective of a loving wife writing about her godly husband of many years. She shares the excitements, joys, triumphs, and also disappointments, failures, and tragedies that they experienced together.
The philosophy of his preaching (which is the interview section) was good, but not great. He didn't reveal any information that you could not have probably guessed just by hearing a few of his sermons. Keep the Gospel the focus of your message and life, bathe everything in prayer, don't preach it if you aren't living it, study the Bible constantly, etc. These are all good things - just don't read the book expecting to find an academic treatise on preaching. But if you enjoy hearing Adrian Rogers' unique way of presenting truth - even if it's truth you've heard before - then the philosophy of his preaching is sure to be enjoyable.
I regret that I never heard Adrian Rogers preach in person. In my opinion, he is truly one of the greatest preachers of all time. He was a man of great integrity, with a very winsome demeanor in the pulpit. If you don't know much about his life and ministry, this book is a great source of first-hand information for the casual reader.
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Monday, January 2, 2012
"Unveiling the End Times in Our Time" by Adrian Rogers (Kindle Edition)
Adrian Rogers is a man I deeply respect. His Bible teaching was always incredibly clear, and his writing was just as good as his preaching. He had a marvelous preaching voice. He had such a winsome demeanor and a contagious glow about him.
This book is really a commentary on the book of Revelation, but not so much a verse-by-verse as it is a paragraph-by-paragraph. Throughout the entire work, the glory and superiority of Jesus is proclaimed. Due to the nature of the structure of Revelation, Bro. Rogers' book was necessarily repetitive concerning certain ideas - but he always managed to approach similar thoughts in unique and thought-provoking ways. He also alliterated everything, which usually bothers me because of the great lengths preachers will go to find the right matches for the alliterations. Adrian Rogers' alliterations, however, seemed to flow naturally from the text of Scripture, and they were not tiring or distracting at all. He also managed to fill the book with interesting or inspiring stories (some personal, some not) to help illustrate the truth he was expounding.
The greatest characteristic of this book is that it is highly evangelistic. Rarely would a chapter end without an invitation to receive Christ as your Savior if you have not done so. This tells me much about the man behind the book - that he had a heart for soulwinning. And anyone who is a dedicated soul-winner has a great love for the Lord (and for people).
Minor criticisms would concern my disagreement with some of the symbolism that the author interprets from the passages; but since it is possible that he is right and I am wrong, I can't hold it against him! Even though it seemed to be a fairly introductory look at prophecy in Revelation, I did learn some things from the book.
This was a great book from a great man of God who was also a great preacher. Highly recommended!
P.S. Many thanks to Bro. Paul Lowe for loaning me this Kindle Edition!
This book is really a commentary on the book of Revelation, but not so much a verse-by-verse as it is a paragraph-by-paragraph. Throughout the entire work, the glory and superiority of Jesus is proclaimed. Due to the nature of the structure of Revelation, Bro. Rogers' book was necessarily repetitive concerning certain ideas - but he always managed to approach similar thoughts in unique and thought-provoking ways. He also alliterated everything, which usually bothers me because of the great lengths preachers will go to find the right matches for the alliterations. Adrian Rogers' alliterations, however, seemed to flow naturally from the text of Scripture, and they were not tiring or distracting at all. He also managed to fill the book with interesting or inspiring stories (some personal, some not) to help illustrate the truth he was expounding.
The greatest characteristic of this book is that it is highly evangelistic. Rarely would a chapter end without an invitation to receive Christ as your Savior if you have not done so. This tells me much about the man behind the book - that he had a heart for soulwinning. And anyone who is a dedicated soul-winner has a great love for the Lord (and for people).
Minor criticisms would concern my disagreement with some of the symbolism that the author interprets from the passages; but since it is possible that he is right and I am wrong, I can't hold it against him! Even though it seemed to be a fairly introductory look at prophecy in Revelation, I did learn some things from the book.
This was a great book from a great man of God who was also a great preacher. Highly recommended!
P.S. Many thanks to Bro. Paul Lowe for loaning me this Kindle Edition!
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