When most people hear Dr. Adrian Rogers preach for the first time, they are captivated by his deep, resonant voice. But through this collection of sermons, you will be struck by his faithful presentation of Jesus Christ as light and truth. He exhorts believers to remain devoted to Christ, to follow the instruction that God gives, and to have confidence in God's goodness during the complexities of life. He begs readers to recognize Jesus as truth itself, to treasure truth over experience, and to risk whatever is necessary to defend the truth. Dr. Rogers desires people to be brought from darkness into light so that they can understand the truth of God's message through His Son and through the Bible. Though salvation is the ultimate triumph over evil in an individual's life, there are many battles to be fought and won as we cast off the darkness of what life is without Christ. Here is encouragement to continue to grow in conformity to Christ's light and truth. Marked by Dr. Rogers's friendly style and graciousness, these sermons highlight God's solution to the darkness of the world.
Adrian Pierce Rogers was an American pastor, conservative, author, and a three-term president of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Rogers was born in West Palm Beach, Florida, and decided to enter into the Christian ministry at the age of nineteen. He graduated from Stetson University. Rogers was ordained by Northwood Baptist Church (now known as The Village Baptist Church) in West Palm Beach. In 1972, he became the senior pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis, where he remained until March 2005. During this period, the church's membership grew from 9,000 to 27,000, and the church moved into a new, megachurch facility.
Rogers was instrumental in the Southern Baptist denomination's shift towards the right that began in the late 1970s, as he was elected president of the denomination during a theological controversy within the denomination. He published eighteen books and is featured on the internationally-available radio and television program, Love Worth Finding, which is broadcast in English and Spanish.
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