Robert Reynolds Jones Sr. (October 30, 1883 – January 16, 1968) was an American evangelist , pioneer religious broadcaster , and the founder and first president of Bob Jones University .
54-661: Rob(ert) , Bob , or Bobby Jones may refer to: Academics [ edit ] Bob Jones Sr. (1883–1968), Christian evangelist who founded Bob Jones University Bob Jones Jr. (1911–1997), Bob Jones, Sr.'s son, and second president of the university Bob Jones III (born 1939), Bob Jones, Sr.'s grandson, and third president of the university Bobby Jones (academic) (1932–2001), American academic Bobi Jones (Robert Maynard Jones, 1929–2017), Welsh Christian academic Robert B. Jones (linguist) (1920–2007), professor at Cornell University Robert J. Jones (born 1951), chancellor of
108-628: A Bible conference service in Winona Lake, Indiana , and said, "If schools and colleges do not quit teaching evolution as a fact, we are going to become a nation of atheists." In the fall of 1925—shortly after the Scopes Trial —Jones and his wife were driving in south Florida talking about the need for an orthodox Christian college as an alternative to what he perceived to be loss of both state and denominational colleges to secularism. After stopping for some sandwiches, Jones announced, "just as
162-723: A Catholic in the White House." Jones's support for Hoover, though quixotic in 1928, was perhaps the earliest harbinger of the demise of the Solid South . In the late 1920s, Jones, like Billy Sunday (who was an Iowan), accepted contributions for his evangelistic campaigns from the Ku Klux Klan . Jones also supported members of the Klan, notably his friend, Alabama Governor Bibb Graves , for political office. Although Jones rejected lawlessness and lynching , he sympathized with
216-631: A Ku Klux Klan official in the 1960s Bob Jones Award , an award given by the United States Golf Association Bob Jones High School , Madison, the largest public high school in the state of Alabama Bob Jones University , founded by Bob Jones, Sr Bob Jones University v. United States , a United States Supreme Court decision See also [ edit ] Robert Johns (disambiguation) Bert Jones (disambiguation) Robbie Jones (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
270-542: A choir member during a meeting he was conducting in Uniontown, Alabama . Their only child, Bob Jones Jr. , was born October 19, 1911, in Montgomery , where they made their home. Mary Gaston Jones died on May 12, 1989, in her 101st year—83 years after the death of her husband's first wife. Jones's family was devoutly Christian—his mother a Primitive Baptist and his father an "immersed" Methodist . The family attended
324-520: A clap of thunder out of a clear sky," that he was going to found such a school. His wife's first response was, "Robert, are you crazy?" Jones immediately turned the car north and began consulting with friends in Alabama and north Florida about a location. On April 14, 1926, a charter was approved by the circuit court in Panama City, Florida , and Jones promoted real estate sales to raise money for
378-534: A cousin, also John Jones, a tailor in the parish of St Ethelburga's Bishopsgate . He married Margaret Waad or Wade, a daughter of Armagil Waad , who served as Clerk of the Privy Council for Edward VI . When they were betrothed in January 1561, Jones wrote to Throckmorton that she was a skilled player on the virginals , and commented "blessed is the wooing that is not long a doing". In 1570, Robert Jones
432-595: A dry-goods box in front of a Dothan drug store. His gifts were recognized by Dr. Charles Jefferson Hammitt (1858–1935), a Methodist missionary from Philadelphia and former president of Mallalieu Seminary (1882–1923), a Methodist secondary school in Kinsey . Jones boarded with the Hammitts and helped pay his board by serving the household, even taking orders from the Hammitt children. Jones graduated from Mallalieu in 1900, and
486-483: A father-son relationship. During the 1950s, however, Graham began distancing himself from the older fundamentalism, and in 1957, he sought broad ecumenical sponsorship for his New York Crusade. Jones argued that because members of Graham’s campaign executive committee had rejected major tenets of orthodox Christianity, such as the virgin birth and the deity of Christ, Graham had therefore violated 2 John 9-11, which prohibits receiving in fellowship those who do “not abide in
540-519: A nearby Methodist church where Bob Jones was converted at age 11. But as a portent of Jones's later non-denominationalism , he too was baptized by immersion before joining the Methodists. At age 12, Jones was made Sunday School superintendent, and he held his first revival meeting at his home church—seeing sixty conversions in a single week. At thirteen, he built a "brush arbor" shelter and organized his own congregation of 54 members. By age 15, Jones
594-482: A reporter noted that Jones "pounded the altar so hard he broke it.") During the Fundamentalist-Modernist controversy of the 1920s, Jones grew increasingly concerned with the secularization of higher education. Children of church members were attending college, only to reject the faith of their parents. Jones later recalled that in 1924, his friend William Jennings Bryan had leaned over to him at
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#1732793770447648-487: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bob Jones Sr. Bob Davis Reynolds Jones was the eleventh of twelve children born to William Alexander and Georgia Creel Jones. In 1883, when Bob was born, Alex Jones, a Confederate veteran, was working a small farm in Dale County , Alabama , but within months the family moved to Brannon Stand west of Dothan . All
702-952: The Count of Feria as they were travelling to the Château d'Amboise in France in April 1560. They met Mary, Queen of Scots , and Francis II of France . Susan Clarencieux spoke to Throckmorton at Amboise, saying they were loyal subjects of Elizabeth I but were travelling to Spain for their religious conscience. Like Somers and Railton, Jones was a cryptographer, with a reputation for breaking codes used in diplomatic correspondence between France and Scotland. Jones came to England as Throckmorton's messenger to Elizabeth I at Greenwich in November 1560. At this time there were discussions that Elizabeth I might marry James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran and it
756-620: The romance Amadis and works by Clément Marot . Sir Henry Paget wrote that Jones ought to defer his book buying until he came to Orléans , where the bookseller's daughter was the "fairest maid without comparison in Orléans or Paris". While Francis II of France was hunting at houses and estates belonging to the Duke of Guise in September 1559, Throckmorton, Somers, and Henry Killigrew toured Lorraine , visiting Metz and Nancy . Jones
810-581: The 1920s, Jones was probably the best-known evangelist in the United States except for Billy Sunday . His campaign results were remarkable even for the era. For instance, in a seven-week campaign in Zanesville, Ohio (1917), a town of 22,000, there were 3,384 converts, of whom 2,200 joined churches on Easter Sunday. In 1921, Muskingum College , a Presbyterian school, became the first of several institutions to confer honorary doctorates on Jones. By
864-1523: The 1970s and 80s, member of Basketball Hall of Fame Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1962) , American basketball coach at Saint Francis University, high school athletic director Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1984) , American professional basketball player Robert Jones (basketball, born 1979) , American basketball coach at Norfolk State University Cricket [ edit ] Rob Jones (cricketer) (born 1995), English cricketer Robert Jones (English cricketer) (born 1981), English cricketer Robert Jones (Barbadian cricketer) (1886–1951), Barbadian cricketer Golf [ edit ] Bobby Jones (golfer) (1902–1971), American amateur golfer Robert Trent Jones (1906–2000), golf course architect Robert Trent Jones Jr. (born 1939), golf course architect Horse racing [ edit ] Robert Jones (jockey) (died 1938), aka Bobby Jones, American Champion jockey Bobby Jones (1904–1969), British Classic-winning jockey Rugby [ edit ] Bob Jones (rugby union) (1875–1944), Welsh rugby union forward Bobby Jones (rugby union) (1900–1970), Welsh rugby player Robert Jones (rugby, born 1921) (1921–?), rugby union and league footballer for Wales XV (RU), Glamorgan, Aberavon Robert Jones (rugby union, born 1965) , Wales and British Lions rugby union player Other sports [ edit ] Bob Jones (Australian footballer) (born 1961), Australian rules footballer Robert Jones (ice hockey) (1867–?), goaltender for
918-768: The 1990s Rob Jones (footballer, born 1979) , English footballer for Doncaster Rovers Baseball [ edit ] Bobby Jones (right-handed pitcher) (born 1970), right-handed baseball pitcher Bobby Jones (left-handed pitcher) (born 1972), left-handed baseball pitcher Bobby Jones (outfielder) (born 1949), outfielder and manager/coach Bob Jones (third baseman) (1889–1964), Major League Baseball player Sug Jones (Robert Roosevelt Jones, 1907–1982), American baseball player Basketball [ edit ] Bob Jones (basketball, born 1940) (1940–2021), American basketball coach and athletic director at Kentucky Wesleyan College, 1972–1980 Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1951) , American professional basketball player in
972-458: The British band The Wonder Stuff Robert Hope-Jones (1859–1914), English inventor of the theater organ Robert Jones (composer) (died 1617), English lutenist and composer Robert Jones (Welsh composer) (born 1945), Welsh composer, organist and choirmaster Robert W. Jones (1932–1997), American classical composer Writers and illustrators [ edit ] Bob Jones, writer of
1026-481: The Klan's professed endorsement of religious orthodoxy, Prohibition , and opposition to the teaching of evolution as fact. Racial segregation per se was hardly an issue among whites in 1920s Alabama because at the time both supporters and a majority of white opponents of the Klan were segregationists. Nevertheless, Jones remained a segregationist into the era of the Civil Rights Movement , when he
1080-664: The Louisiana Supreme Court Robert Clive Jones (born 1947), American federal judge Bob Jones (police commissioner) (1955–2014), in the West Midlands of England Robert Jones (wrongful conviction) (born 1973), exonerated after conviction for a 1992 murder Robert Jones (Ohio lawyer) (1930–1998) Military [ edit ] Robert Jones (figure skater) , 18th-century British popularizer of figure skating and fireworks Robert Jones (VC) (1857–1898), Welsh recipient of
1134-1003: The Miami Dolphins Association football [ edit ] Robert Albert Jones (1864–?), Druids F.C. and Wales international footballer Robert Jones (footballer, born 1868) (1868–1939), Everton, Ardwick and Wales international footballer Robert Jones (footballer, born 1971) , English football midfielder for Wrexham Robert Jones (referee) , English football referee Robert Reuben Jones (1902–?), footballer for Huddersfield Town, 1920s Bob Jones (footballer, born 1902) (1902–1989), football goalkeeper for Bolton Wanderers and Cardiff City, 1920s and 1930s Bobby Jones (footballer, born 1933) (1933–1998), footballer for Southport, Chester, and Blackburn Bobby Jones (footballer, born 1938) (1938–2015), footballer for Bristol Rovers, Northampton Town, and Swindon Town Rob Jones (footballer, born 1971) , Welsh-born English international footballer, played for Liverpool in
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#17327937704471188-836: The Montreal Victorias Bob Jones (ice hockey) (born 1945), played in the NHL and WHA Rob Jones (rower) , (born 1985), United States rower and 2012 Paralympic Games medalist Business [ edit ] Bob Jones (businessman) (born 1939), New Zealand property investor and former politician Bob Jones (Texas businessman) , former Texas businessman Robert "Fish" Jones (died 1930), American fish market owner, zoo owner Law [ edit ] Robert Noble Jones (1864–1942), New Zealand lawyer, public servant and land court judge Robert E. Jones (judge) (born 1927), Oregon Supreme Court and federal district judge Robert Byron Jones (1833–1867), justice of
1242-772: The New York Giants Bob Jones (wide receiver) (born 1945), American football player for the Chicago Bears Bobby Jones (guard) (1912–1999), American football player for the Green Bay Packers Bobby Jones (wide receiver) (born 1955), American football wide receiver Robert Jones (linebacker) (born 1969), American football player for the Dallas Cowboys Robert Jones (offensive lineman) (born 1999), American football player for
1296-1202: The Privy Seal Robert Jones (of Castell-March) , MP for Carnarvon in 1625 and Flintshire in 1628 Robert Jones (died 1715) (1682–1715), British MP for Glamorganshire, 1712–1715 Robert Jones (died 1774) (1704–1774), British MP for Huntingdon, 1754–1774 Robert Jones (Labour politician) (1874–1940), British MP for Caernarvonshire, 1922–1923 Robert Jones (Conservative politician) (1950–2007), British Conservative MP 1983–1997 US [ edit ] Robert McDonald Jones (1808–1872), Confederate politician Robert Taylor Jones (1884–1958), governor of Arizona Robert Franklin Jones (1907–1968), Ohio representative to US Congress, 1939–1947 Robert E. Jones Jr. (1912–1997), US House of Representative from Alabama Robert G. Jones (born 1939), Louisiana state senator Robert Jones (Michigan politician) (1944–2010), Kalamazoo mayor, member of Michigan House of Representatives Sports [ edit ] American football [ edit ] Bob Jones (long snapper) (born 1978), American football player for
1350-422: The United States, Jones began both a daily and weekly network program heard from New York to Alabama; and despite his other responsibilities, he maintained an uninterrupted radio ministry for 35 years until his health failed in 1962. In 1944, Jones became a founder of National Religious Broadcasters and served as a director. Jones understood that the manner of delivery necessary to declaim to thousands unamplified
1404-845: The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Films and plays [ edit ] Bob Jones (sound engineer) , British sound engineer for films Bob Devin Jones (born 1954), American playwright, director, and actor Rob Brydon (Robert Brydon Jones, born 1965), Welsh actor Robert Edmond Jones (1887–1954), American theater designer of sets, lighting, costumes Robert Earl Jones (1910–2006), American actor and father of James Earl Jones Robert C. Jones (1936–2021), American screenwriter and film editor Music [ edit ] Bobby Jones (saxophonist) (1928–1980), American jazz saxophonist Bobby Jones (singer) (born 1939), gospel singer Rob Jones (musician) (1964–1993), bass guitarist in
1458-1469: The Victoria Cross Robert Jephson Jones (1905–1985), British bomb disposal expert awarded the George Cross Robert Owen Jones (1837–1926), British Army officer and cartographer Religion [ edit ] Robert Elijah Jones (1872–1960), United States clergyman, bishop of the Methodist Episcopalian Church Robert Jones (archdeacon of Worcester) (born 1955), English Anglican priest Robert Jones (dean of Clonmacnoise) (born 1955), Dean of Clonmacnoise Robert Jones (writer) (1810–1879), Welsh Anglican priest and writer Science [ edit ] Sir Robert Jones, 1st Baronet (1857–1933), British orthopaedic surgeon Robert Thomas Jones (engineer) (1910–1999), NASA aeronautical engineer Robert Clark Jones (1916–2004), American physicist Robert Jones (aerodynamicist) (1891–1962), Welsh aerodynamicist Other [ edit ] Robert Jones (designer) , British cabinet maker and designer Robert J. Jones (trade unionist) (1899–1962), Welsh trade union leader Robert Lawton Jones (1925–2018), American architect from Oklahoma, noted for his contributions to modern art Bob Jones (Grand Dragon) (1930–1989),
1512-427: The college. On December 1, 1926, ground was broken on St. Andrews Bay near Lynn Haven, Florida , and the college opened on September 12, 1927, with 88 students. Jones said that although he was averse to naming the school after himself his friends overcame his reluctance "with the argument that the school would be called by that name because of my connection with it, and to attempt to give it any other name would confuse
1566-412: The crowds; people even stood outside and stuck their heads in the windows to listen. It's a wonder it did not spoil me." American evangelistic meetings received more newspaper publicity at the turn of the twentieth century than before or since and were often boosted by the town fathers out of civic pride. Bob Jones meetings were frequently front-page news for weeks in the cities where he held meetings. By
1620-426: The division of orthodox Protestantism into fundamentalism and neo-evangelicalism . The severance, which had already been bruited about in some conservative seminaries, became actual with the rise to prominence of evangelist Billy Graham . Graham had briefly attended Bob Jones College, and the University had conferred an honorary degree on him in 1948. In the 1940s Jones and Graham seemed to have developed something of
1674-492: The elder Jones continued to raise money, preach regularly at chapel services, and provide inspiration to the hundreds of ministerial students who flooded the campus during the 1950s and revered him as "Doctor Bob." Gradually, during the early '60s, he began to suffer "hardening of the arteries," resigned as chairman of the board in 1964, and was forced to retire to the University infirmary in 1966. Despite mental confusion, his prayers were said to have remained bell-clear virtually to
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1728-541: The end. New mass entertainment, such as radio and movies, helped put an end to an era of citywide evangelism typified by the ministries of Bob Jones and Billy Sunday . But Jones was not afraid of technological progress per se and believed that the new media might provide additional opportunities to spread the gospel. During the early 1920s Jones was one of the first religious figures to broadcast on radio. The 1925 Bob Jones evangelistic meetings in Pittsburgh were perhaps
1782-492: The first remote-controlled religious broadcasts in the world, as well as the first broadcasts to originate from an evangelistic crusade. (In the same year, Jones also made a religious film, which because of its graphic—for the era—portrayal of certain sins, was slashed into an "unrecognizable mess" by the Pennsylvania State Censorship Board.) In 1927, the year that network radio was launched in
1836-566: The following year he entered Southern College (later Birmingham-Southern College ) at Greensboro, Alabama , supporting himself with his preaching. He attended until 1904 but by then was already so prominent as an evangelist that he left without taking a degree, in part to help support two widowed sisters. By the time Jones was 17, both his father and mother were dead. In 1905, Jones married Bernice Sheffield, who contracted tuberculosis and died within ten months of their marriage. On June 17, 1908, he married Mary Gaston Stollenwerck, whom he had met as
1890-610: The fundamentals of the Christian faith. The Bob Jones University creed (composed by journalist and prohibitionist Sam Small ) was an abbreviated statement of traditional orthodoxy, emphasizing those aspects of the faith that were under attack during the early twentieth century. Therefore, the BJC creed affirmed the inspiration of the Bible and rejected the theory of human evolution as necessary tenets of Christian belief. Perhaps because of
1944-495: The people." Bob Jones took no salary from the college, and in fact, for years afterward, he helped support the school through personal savings and income from his evangelistic campaigns. Both time and place were inauspicious. The Florida land boom had peaked in 1925, and a hurricane in September 1926 further reduced land values. The Great Depression followed hard on its heels. Bob Jones College barely survived bankruptcy and its move to Cleveland, Tennessee , in 1933. Nevertheless,
1998-435: The reputation of both the school and its founder continued to grow, and with the enactment of GI Bill at the end of World War II , the college was virtually forced to seek a new location and build a new campus. In 1947, the school moved to Greenville, South Carolina , where it was renamed Bob Jones University . By that time, oversight of day-to-day operations had long since passed to his son, Bob Jones Jr. Nevertheless,
2052-406: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_Jones&oldid=1256332538 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
2106-1003: The syndicated Goren Bridge newspaper column Bob Jones (illustrator) (1926–2018), American artist and advertising illustrator Robert Jones, name given by adoptive parents to Australian writer Robert Dessaix Robert F. Jones (1934–2002), American novelist and outdoors journalist R.S. Jones (Robert S. Jones, 1954–2001), American novelist and editor Robert Isaac Jones (1813–1905), Welsh pharmacist, writer, and printer Politics [ edit ] Australia and Canada [ edit ] Robert Jones (Australian politician) (1845–1927), New South Wales politician Robert Jones (Lower Canada politician) (died 1844), land agent and politician in Lower Canada Robert Jones (Canada East politician) (died 1874), politician in Canada East UK [ edit ] Robert Jones (diplomat) (died 1574), Clerk of
2160-620: The teaching of Christ.” Members of Graham’s organization accused Jones of jealousy because Graham was now attracting larger crowds than any who had ever heard Jones. Jones wrote that he was an old man who did not want to “get into a battle” but that he would not go “back on the Lord Jesus Christ.” The notoriety of the Graham-Jones split marked a more-or-less permanent division among Bible-believers into smaller fundamentalist and larger evangelical factions. Jones enjoyed politics,
2214-473: The tension between his mother’s Primitive Baptist views and his own long-standing membership in the Methodist Church, Jones sought to split the difference between Calvinism and Arminianism . He urged his hearers to believe that “whatever the Bible says is so,” even if its words did not fit a particular theological system. Although Jones believed that man was depraved by nature and that salvation
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2268-480: The time he was 40, Jones had preached to more than fifteen million people face-to-face and without amplification, and he was credited with tens of thousands of conversions. (Unlike Billy Sunday , Jones was reluctant to keep tabulated records of his results.) Crowds might be as large as 15,000 at a time, virtually necessitating the sustained volume, hyperbolic language, and extravagant gestures that became stereotypical characteristics of period evangelists. (In Zanesville,
2322-544: The unmarried Jones children helped work the farm there, and Bob Jones often sold the family vegetables door-to-door in Dothan. Jones later recalled, "We may have been a little undernourished, but we built some character." Jones's elementary schooling was limited by modern standards, but the boy early exhibited a quick mind and oratorical ability. Alex Jones had Bob memorize passages from the Bible and from literature, and Bob, who
2376-475: Was "timid and self-conscious," was regularly called on to perform for guests. Jones later recalled, "I did whatever my father said to do, but when he told me to 'say the speech,' I suffered agony that nobody could possibly know." Jones must have quickly overcome his stage fright, however, for by 1895, as a twelve-year-old, he gave a spirited, twenty-minute defense of the Populist Party while standing on
2430-526: Was "unmeet" or unsuitable for a "woman's knowledge". Cecil objected to detail concerning the Council of Trent , apparently feeling that foreign policy ought not to be founded on unmediated intelligence. In London, Somers and Jones met Carlo Ubertino Solaro, Count of Moretta , the ambassador from Savoy in November 1561. Jones had a brother, John Jones, who was a merchant tailor in Fleet Street , and
2484-565: Was a licensed circuit preacher for the Alabama Methodist Conference . A year later, he was called to the Headland Circuit of five churches, including the one he had started, and he was earning $ 25 a month (worth $ 916 today) for his labors. Jones later wondered that "the devil did not trap me....I was pulled here and there and from house to house. People flocked to hear me preach. The buildings could not hold
2538-455: Was also rumoured she might marry a favourite, Robert Dudley . Dudley confronted Jones, asking if Mary, Queen of Scots and Queen of France, had relayed a rumour that Elizabeth would marry him, her horse-keeper. Jones thought that Dudley could only have heard this from Elizabeth herself. After Jones had an audience with Elizabeth in November 1560, William Cecil complained to Throckmorton that his report contained "matter of such weight" that it
2592-618: Was an English diplomat, from April 1558 a Clerk of the Privy Seal, and keeper of the council chamber. Jones worked with John Somers and Henry Middlemore for Nicholas Throckmorton , the ambassador in France in 1559. Jones wrote friendly joking letters to Richard Oseley or Ouseley at the English court, mentioning his colleague Somers as a fellow player of the cithern , and listing their mutual friends including Gregory Railton and William Honnyng . Jones mentions in his letters reading
2646-517: Was in his 70s. There are few references to race in Jones's sermons and chapel messages until the late 1950s, but in a 1960 radio address, Jones declared that God had been the author of segregation and that opposition to segregation was opposition to God. Jones's health began to fail before the integration of neighboring Furman University in 1965, and he did not live to see the abandonment of segregation, six years later, at Bob Jones University. Robert Jones (diplomat) Robert Jones (died 1574)
2700-506: Was left at Bar-le-Duc . Despite the tone of his correspondence, the historian Nicola Sutherland notes that Throckmorton's assistants in France, as Protestants and lacking ambassadorial status, were "disliked, distrusted, and isolated". Their situation deteriorated as English intervention in Scotland became more likely, and their role in subversion in France can be doubted. Throckmorton sent Somers and Jones to talk to Jane Dormer and
2754-503: Was skeptical of both the intellectual emphasis of the Reformed tradition and the pietism of the "deeper life" movement. He could quote Goethe and Cicero without affectation, but he urged his students to make “truth simple and easy to grasp”—to put “the fodder on the ground” and give “all the animals from a giraffe to a billy-goat” an equal chance to understand the gospel. In the 1950s, Jones played an important, if unwelcome, role in
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#17327937704472808-511: Was the friend of many politicians, and had been encouraged to run for office a number of times. During the 1928 presidential election, Jones campaigned throughout the South for Republican Herbert Hoover against Democrat Al Smith . Smith, he claimed, would be unduly influenced by the Pope, who Jones said was to Catholics "the voice of God." Jones said he "would rather see a saloon on every corner than
2862-414: Was through Christ and by grace alone, his early revival sermons stressed opposition to social sins such as drinking, dancing, and Sabbath desecration and the possibility that they might be ameliorated by legislation as well as by individual repentance. Jones's view of academic learning was also practical; he advocated Christian higher education yet insisted that faith could not rest on human argument. Jones
2916-473: Was unsuited to the new medium, and his radio sermons were instead delivered in an intimate, folksy manner. Perhaps three thousand of his approximately ten thousand radio messages survive, and recordings are still nationally syndicated. Theologically, Jones was a Protestant in the Reformation tradition. One of his first concerns when he founded Bob Jones College was to provide a creed that would embody
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