50 years in preaching and teaching

Charles and Charity Whisnant Looking Back a Few Yearsd

Charles in 1965 I was at youth camp.  I also was the teacher of the teenage class

Pastor in 1971 at Madison Missionary Baptist Church Minford Ohio

 

Bible Baptist Seminary, in 1967  Arlington Texas

Now I am in the back second to the left

 

 

Our wedding in June 1969

Charles, Charity, Debbie, Don, Lelona, Pauline and Ellen

 

 

 I am preaching at FBC in Altoona, Kansas 2015

 

 

Bible Baptist Seminary, Arlington Texas 1969

Know The Bible: Study Method Early Years: Charles e Whisnant

Before Seminary, while still in High School I had a desire to know the Bible.  On of my projects was to study the Book of Galatians.  Here is the original notes from that study. Back in 1963 I worked on this project. 

Hand Printed then and still love doing that today. Notes from the Galatians study

Yes this 

Yes this is my first Scofield Bible back in the day, around 1960 I believe and used it in those days at Roanoke Baptist Temple and then in Seminary up to 1969. 

I believe ever page is used, and the original notes ours still in the Bible

I never ask a student in my youth class to do what I would not do.

Gideon Baptist Church in Fort Worth Texas 1965-69

Arlington Baptist Collage at Arlington Texas 2011

 

FORTY THREE YEARS AGO 

Charity and I were standing in this place.

 

If you will careful notice  WHIZ I 996-1969

I put this on the side walk when they put in the side walk

 

This is the Boy's Dorm and the side walk where I put the WHIZ on.

 

These are the steps that we would set on back in 1966. This photo is 2011, I don't think it would be safe today.

 

I am sitting on the back side of the Tea Garden, below is the steps.

When You Say "I Just Don Not Understand The Scripture?"

KEEP ON LISTENING EVEN WHEN YOU THINK YOU WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO

·       I do not know what you mean by what you are teaching? Pastor Charles, they will say.  I know when I was in Seminary in Dr. George Norris class, I was listening to the lectures on the subject of Theology, I realized after hearing him speak not only did I feel I knew nothing of what he was speaking, but I felt I would never be able to understand a think we was saying.

·       But I am glad I keep on listening to him for the rest of the year and the next year.·    

I can tell you if you keep on listening, and keep on listening, you will begin to find that more than yo had even realized is sinking and seeping in, and you will wake up one of these day and say,. “I got it, I see what it is about, I am beginning to  understand.” 

 ·       If you are not there yet, KEEP ON LISTENING.

·       Do not impatient with yourself when you are studying a difficult passage in Scripture, keep on, hold on, reading or listening and suddenly you will find yourself not only do you know much more than you thought you knew, but you will be able to follow and to understand.

REMEMBER THIS, DON’T LET THE DEVIL SAY TO YOU, “You are not a theologian.”  Say, “I am in this Christian family, and I intend to listen and to read until I do understand it.  If you do that you will not only defeat th4e enemy, but you will soon find that you have an understand. 

And that is exactly what happen in Theology 101, 201, 301,and 401 and 501. 

LET IT BE KNOWN NEWSLETTER 1969

LET IT BE KNOWN - STUDENTS OF BIBLE BAPTIST SEMINARY NEWSLETTER

Note the PASTORAL PRACTICE CLASS

Dr. George Norris had the vision to start this class with some of preacher

boys. Off campus at Gideon Baptist Church.

Those were some of the best practical classes on church and pastoral ministry.

Believe me, having taken my first church to pastor. These classes really helped me.
Secondly

Ralph and Barbara Wimm,

Most outstanding servants of Christ

STUDENT CHRISTIAN ACTIVITIES CLUB

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Bill Smith, Edgar Graham and Daniel Stockton who were on this project with me, they were and are as I understand great servants to the Lord.

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Those years 1966-1969 in Seminary were interesting to say the least. As I remember the desire of my heart was for the on campus students. I had desire to help them move forward in their Christian service. I was only nineteen in August 1966, but I had been a Youth Pastors for two years prior in coming to Seminary. As I remember the only on campus activity was the Missionary group, and as I remember there was no activity for the preachers, students that was not missionaries. So I desired to start a ministry to minister to them. As I remember we had a great time trying, but as I also remember, not well received by the administration. Of course this was 40 years ago. Those were the years.

Arlington Baptist College today, has come alone way from those days. The current leadership are doing a wonderful work.

A group of student spend many hours on this project, Student Christians Activity Club. As I again remember after 40 years. I still believe that this would have been a wonderful ministry on campus, as was the Campus Newsletter, and the Student on Campus Revival.

And many of those who were on this project, have proven themselves as wonderful servants of the Lord Jesus Christ, many of them even after 40 years are still serving the Lord today.