“He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.” I Samuel 2:9 “He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.” Isaiah 40:29
The Department of Human Resources in Texas was trying to close his children's homes because they would not take a state license and state inspections. They had a long running battle over those issues, and Bro. Roloff went to jail more than one over it. From his wiki: Some of the homes were temporarily closed in 1973 because Roloff refused on church-state issues to license the home through the state government. The institutions reopened in 1974 after Roloff successfully appealed to the Texas Supreme Court, which ruled in Roloff's favor that it was unconstitutional to close the homes down. At one point, Roloff transferred ownership of the homes from his evangelistic corporation to his church, thus compelling the state to sue the "new" owners (and restart the entire litigation) while he kept the homes running. The Attorney General refiled the case and secured an injunction that tried to shut down the ministry. In 1975, the state passed laws that required the licensing of youth homes. Roloff was arrested twice for refusing to comply with this law. In 1979, in an incident known as the "Christian Alamo", Roloff urged churches and pastors across America who supported his ministry to come to Corpus Christi and form a human chain around the church to prevent the Texas Department of Human Resources from removing children from the homes. Even after his death, legal battles with the State of Texas continued, and ultimately the homes were closed in 1985. However, the homes reopened in 1997 after a new law was passed that allowed faith-based institutions to opt out of state licensing requirements. The law was subject to renewal in 2001 and was not renewed at that time (primarily on the basis that, of the then 2,015 faith-based institutions operating various types of child-care facilities, only a mere seven chose the opt-out provision), whereupon the homes were once again closed.
I replaced my urge to listen to wicked music that used to provide a false feeling of being “pumped up” with this.. which lasts..
Same :)
If the State of Texas would had kept these opened we would not have the Big troubles that we have in America , we reaped what we sowed !
Love that man
“He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.” I Samuel 2:9
“He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.” Isaiah 40:29
Loved it!
A great classic of classics
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Amen!!
Thank you for posting
I was there at Pastor's School when this was recorded.
Love this!! So inspiring
Remember there are good things and some bad also not a 🪭 of the gray
My clothing 👑👣 is what I might just have clean 🪥🫧
Hey Daniel ❤❤ 🖌️🎨🎭👋 remember the agendas are played out
What are other people like Lester Roloff, who was ephasis fruits in the live of true belivers? Can you recommend me?
Please see my friend, David Cloud. www.wayoflife.org. He has a lot of good material.
Also, my own church: www.madisonbaptist.com
@@thomassimpson1978 no, Ruckman was hard on oposite against fruits of belivers, to The point he removed book Of James from aplicaton to Christians
Does anybody know what rules he was talking about at the end?
The Department of Human Resources in Texas was trying to close his children's homes because they would not take a state license and state inspections. They had a long running battle over those issues, and Bro. Roloff went to jail more than one over it. From his wiki: Some of the homes were temporarily closed in 1973 because Roloff refused on church-state issues to license the home through the state government. The institutions reopened in 1974 after Roloff successfully appealed to the Texas Supreme Court, which ruled in Roloff's favor that it was unconstitutional to close the homes down. At one point, Roloff transferred ownership of the homes from his evangelistic corporation to his church, thus compelling the state to sue the "new" owners (and restart the entire litigation) while he kept the homes running. The Attorney General refiled the case and secured an injunction that tried to shut down the ministry. In 1975, the state passed laws that required the licensing of youth homes. Roloff was arrested twice for refusing to comply with this law.
In 1979, in an incident known as the "Christian Alamo", Roloff urged churches and pastors across America who supported his ministry to come to Corpus Christi and form a human chain around the church to prevent the Texas Department of Human Resources from removing children from the homes. Even after his death, legal battles with the State of Texas continued, and ultimately the homes were closed in 1985.
However, the homes reopened in 1997 after a new law was passed that allowed faith-based institutions to opt out of state licensing requirements. The law was subject to renewal in 2001 and was not renewed at that time (primarily on the basis that, of the then 2,015 faith-based institutions operating various types of child-care facilities, only a mere seven chose the opt-out provision), whereupon the homes were once again closed.