Introducing Jack Hyles to a New Generation

About This Book

Introducing Jack Hyles to a New Generation is a chronicle of the life of Dr. Jack Hyles and settles some common misconceptions.

Author: Bob Gray Sr. | Pages: 314 | Chapters: 54 | Format: Hardback

Chapter Titles

1. Introduction
2. Dr. Hyles, We Barely Knew You
3. Do Not Forfeit His Influence Because of His Followers
4. Tolerating Minor Differences
5. A Concerned Pastor, Not a Control Freak
6. A Mantle That Did Not Exist
7. Rhetoric and Talking Points
8. In Defense of Defending Friends
9. Why Churches Stop Growing
10. Those Despicable Southern Baptists
11. He Was Not 100% For Hyles
12. The Art of Losing Members
13. Praying to the Dead?
14. Mural, Mural, On The Wall
15. Some Who Loved Him The Most Hurt Him The Most
16. How Can One Take A Strong Stand With Weak Standards?
17. His Convictions Were Not Preferences
18. Beware of Transferred Loyalty
19. Honoring His Predecessors
20. “Man of God” Is Not A Position
21. He Valued People Over Money
22. Just After Numbers
23. Ministries In, Not of the Church
24. Not a Cranky Old Warrior
25. Old Men For Young Men’s Sake
26. Disagree Without Being Personal
27. I Am Suspicious of Young Men Who Criticize Jack Hyles
28. Revisiting a Prophetic Sermon
29. Staying Useful To The End
30. Independent Before There Were Independent Baptists
31. The Relationship Between Older and Younger Men
32. He Did Not Run With His Contemporaries
33. Para-Church, Not Anti-Church Ministries
34. Inconveniencing People
35. Happy Empty Nesters
36. Wednesday Night Bible Study Over Prayer Meeting
37. Folly in Too Much Fellowship
38. Frugal Over Fancy
39. He Did Not Select His Successor
40. Proud of Those Who Were Not The “Ideal”
41. Russell Anderson, His Friend
42. Understanding His Loyalty
43. A Disciplined Memory
44. Not a Baptist Pope
45. He Invested Well
46. His People Were His Encouragers
47. “Please, Take Me For Granted”
48. Restoration Before Retribution
49. Pastors Jack and Beverly Hyles? NOT!
50. Lessons In Growing Older
51. Different Types of Loyalty
52. Increasing His Influence
53. Letting “Your” People Go
54. Pastoral Authority