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Dr. Law and Dr. Grace - Part 7
Lester Roloff
Lester Leo Roloff (1914–1982) was an American fundamentalist Independent Baptist preacher whose fiery sermons and extensive ministry left a significant mark on 20th-century evangelicalism. Born on June 28, 1914, near Dawson, Texas, he was the youngest of three sons to Harry Augustus and Sadie Isabel McKenzie Roloff, raised on a cotton farm in a strict Baptist environment. Converted at age 12 during a revival at Shiloh Baptist Church in July 1926, he began preaching at 18. He attended Baylor University, famously bringing a Jersey cow named Marie to sell milk for tuition, and later studied at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth. In 1936, he married Marie Brady, and they had two daughters, one biological and one adopted. Roloff’s preaching career began in small Texas churches, including pastorates in Houston and Corpus Christi, where he launched The Family Altar radio program in 1944, eventually broadcast on 180 stations. After filling in for a revival in 1950 following B.B. Crim’s death, he founded Roloff Evangelistic Enterprises in 1951, shifting to full-time evangelism. He broke with the Southern Baptist Convention in 1956 over theological differences, aligning with Independent Baptists, and established Alameda Street Baptist Church in Corpus Christi. Known for preaching against homosexuality, communism, alcohol, and modern vices, he also founded homes for troubled youth, starting with the Rebekah Home for Girls in 1968.
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This sermon emphasizes the transformative power of God's grace that pardons, cleanses, and freely bestows new life on all who believe. It challenges listeners to reflect on whether their sins have been washed away by the blood of Jesus and invites them to receive God's grace by putting their faith in Him. The message highlights the unmatched greatness of God's grace that can bring happiness, peace, and salvation to those who come to Him.
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Grace, grace, God's grace, that will pardon and cleanse within. Grace, God's grace, that will bring my life freely bestowed on all who believe His face. Will you this moment His grace receive? Grace, God's grace, that will pardon and cleanse within. Grace, that is greater than all our sin. While you edge, while we praise, while every head is bowed, I ask you one question. Have your sins been washed away in the blood of the Lamb that we sang about in the early part of the service? Are you a grace-covered Christian tonight? Oh, so many wonderful songs have been written about the grace of God and the Bible's full of the grace of God. Right now, out in listening land and looking land, are you unhappy, miserable, confused? Maybe you've accepted religion, been to all these old quack doctors, but you've never yet been saved. Wouldn't you come right now and put your faith in the Lord Jesus and say, God, be merciful to me, the sinner, and wash away all my sin? Miss Ernestine's coming to sing, please. Had it not been for a place called Mount Calvary, had it not been for the old rugged cross, had it not been for a man called Jesus, then my soul forever would be lost. We invite you to meet us here at the altar right now, quickly, while she comes to sing. We'll wait for you here, wait for you, with you. Come and trust Him tonight, won't you, right now? Just suppose God saves you this time, come right on. Talk to grace tonight. He was willing to cut from me, and to torment me, and to cut me open, for as long as I live.
Dr. Law and Dr. Grace - Part 7
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Lester Leo Roloff (1914–1982) was an American fundamentalist Independent Baptist preacher whose fiery sermons and extensive ministry left a significant mark on 20th-century evangelicalism. Born on June 28, 1914, near Dawson, Texas, he was the youngest of three sons to Harry Augustus and Sadie Isabel McKenzie Roloff, raised on a cotton farm in a strict Baptist environment. Converted at age 12 during a revival at Shiloh Baptist Church in July 1926, he began preaching at 18. He attended Baylor University, famously bringing a Jersey cow named Marie to sell milk for tuition, and later studied at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth. In 1936, he married Marie Brady, and they had two daughters, one biological and one adopted. Roloff’s preaching career began in small Texas churches, including pastorates in Houston and Corpus Christi, where he launched The Family Altar radio program in 1944, eventually broadcast on 180 stations. After filling in for a revival in 1950 following B.B. Crim’s death, he founded Roloff Evangelistic Enterprises in 1951, shifting to full-time evangelism. He broke with the Southern Baptist Convention in 1956 over theological differences, aligning with Independent Baptists, and established Alameda Street Baptist Church in Corpus Christi. Known for preaching against homosexuality, communism, alcohol, and modern vices, he also founded homes for troubled youth, starting with the Rebekah Home for Girls in 1968.