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My most important published venture...LT



A DARING FAITH IN A HAZARDOUS WORLD:
Building a Courageous Lifestyle with LEE ROBERSON
Compiled by Lindsay Terry

I took the 48 books that Dr. Lee Roberson penned and “lived” with them for months, searching through them page by page, paragraph by paragraph. I found 385 valuable and resplendent quotations on 135 subjects. I placed an authenticating Scripture with each one and listed the book from which I had taken it. The collection is published by Ambassador International.

It was my privilege to know Dr. Lee Roberson for more than fifty years. He passed away in 2007, at age 97. When I was sixteen years of age my pastor, Covell Keenam, took me to a Bible Conference in Toccoa Falls, Georgia. I saw Lee Roberson for the first time. I will never forget the commanding voice which filled the auditorium, the stateliness of the man, and his sincere preaching.

During my latter seminary years I had the joy of traveling with him to special meetings as a singer and trumpet player. He was always available to counsel with me, no matter what my need or problem might have been.

He founded Tennessee Temple University and Temple Theological Seminary. My wife, Marilyn, also a Temple grad, and I were married in the living room of Dr. and Mrs. Roberson’s home on July 1, 1955. It was a short “Dr. Roberson ceremony,” but very meaningful to us.

Since my student days I was totally convinced of Dr. Roberson’s commitment to the Lord’s service. He was also a man of extreme discipline in his personal life and his ministry schedule. His work ethic was exemplary. He took time to visit the church members in the local hospitals each afternoon when he was not traveling. Even with the care of the Church and the schools and a myriad of other responsibilities, when his schedule would permit, he would attend student activities such as recitals and ball games. The whole of it was very meaningful to him.

Dr. Roberson was a leader of men, “walking the point,” for more than three quarters of a century. After his college and seminary days he continued his study of theology and became an avid reader. The books he has devoured would equal a sizable library in number. The knowledge gained through building, the study of the Bible, reading, preaching, pastoring, practical experience, personal sorrow, sickness, and the observing of humanity around him equipped him to be a most effective leader. John Maxwell, one of our nation’s most competent writers and speakers on the subject of leadership, said, “Lee Roberson changed the course of my life.”

The Paintings
Marilyn
Commissioned Projects

One of the greatest thrills that Marilyn experiences is for someone to ask her to paint a particular picture for them. She has, on occasion, repainted a picture that she had already finished, simply because someone wanted a smaller version or because the original had already sold.

Recently a lady asked Marilyn to paint a beautiful scene that can be viewed from the back lawn of a home on a lake in Georgia. The painting was to be a gift for a young woman soon to be wed. The scene in question was the place where she had become engaged to be married. After a series of photographs were submitted and a general idea of the finished project was ascertained, Marilyn began to paint. The result was a beautiful painting that was accepted with unbridled joy and enthusiasm.

One of Marilyn’s most elaborate paintings was “Gazebo I.” It was a painting of a gazebo scene in the Washington Oaks State Gardens near St. Augustine, Florida. She painted it from a photograph that we made while touring the Park. Imagine her thrill when the painting sold to an excited purchaser. And a greater thrill when another couple wanted her to paint the scene for a special place in their newly purchased home near St. Augustine. She had several prints professionally made and they have been favorites also.
See Marilyn's paintings at our website.
www.lindsayandmarilynterry.com

Life’s Journey
Leadership

Everything rises and falls on Leaderhsip.
- Lee Roberson

God is the one who places powerful leadership characteristics in the breasts of certain individuals. Strong leadership tendencies can be honed and sharpened in some people, but they cannot be implanted into them through instructions. However, all of us will surely influence those around us. That lesson is emphasized in this topic. That kind of leadership is ours to use correctly or to abuse.

“Leave me be! I just want to do my own thing and let everyone else do the same!” That may be your attitude, but that is not reality. You WILL lead someone in some direction. All of us touch the lives of others who watch us daily. We will, by our actions or our words, influence others toward a life of sin and selfishness, or we will lead them toward that which is right and holy.

Even though we are not all strong leaders, there are certain leadership traits that we can develop in our lives, making us capable of influencing others in a more positive manner. We cannot escape our responsibilities to those around us. And one day when we stand before God, and will give account of our leadership.
Timely Scriptures for leaders to observe:
Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. 1Tim. 4:12

Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you. Phil. 4:9

For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: 1Pet. 2:21

And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost: 1Th. 1:6

That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. Heb. 6:12

Some must follow, and some command, though all are made of clay.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

A leader is one who learns from those around him,
compiles the information and gives it back to the followers.
- Jack Hyles
Leaders think.
They think because they are leaders.
They are leaders because they think.
- Paul Parker