Tom
Adams has
been a pastor and writer for more than 40 years. He is the Former
Director of Missions for Fox Valley Baptist Association. Tom
Adams has
been a pastor and writer for more than 40 years. He is the Former
Director of Missions for Fox Valley Baptist Association.
He holds an undergraduate degree from Murray State University, a Master of Divinity from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and an Honorary Doctorate from judson Collge.
He is the Author of "Speaking out", and has had a regular column in the Illinois Baptist since 1972.
Rev. Tom Adams
"Don’t get the idea that aging is a total "downer". It has a definite "up" side and the pluses far outweigh the minuses."
"I suppose I am in the youth of my old age. I’m still young enough to have a lot to learn, yet, I’m old enough to have learned a few things. May I share a few of those lessons with you?
"What if all of us resolved to go twenty-four straight hours without complaining? What if we all did it at once? We wouldn’t recognize our world!"
"...everyone is bearing a burden of some sort. Indeed, we would be startled to know the load some folks carry. "
"...everyone is bearing a burden of some sort. Indeed, we would be startled to know the load some folks carry. "
"We tend to judge a person’s loyalty by the number of hours he spends inside the church building, the number of church jobs he holds, and the number of church activities in which he participates."
"If temporal success is a criterion of divine blessing, then Paul must have been terribly backslidden."
"...when the pulpit and the pew close ranks and join forces under the endowment of the Holy Spirit, hitherto impregnable gates of hell collapse like papier-mâché."