I need to come to grips that God is a better god than me. He is sovereign, not I. It’s His universe and He’s permitted to run it according to His wisdom. In His sovereignty He permits people, at times, to hurt me. Yet without excusing their sin, He has a reason for inflicting pain in my life. It’s my job to trust Him as God, knowing that He has my best interests in mind, working all things together for my ultimate good (Rom. 8:28). It’s not about me becoming bitter over my trials. It’s about Him making me better through my trials.
Randy Smith

John Elward Brown

John Elward Brown

John Elward Brown
1879-1957
Evangelist, educator, broadcaster, and author. Dr. John E. Brown, founder of the university that bears his name, will be remembered throughout eternity as an evangelist who led more than 400,000 souls to Christ through evangelistic campaigns, church crusades, personal work and Christian education. In a day when in some circles evangelism was subject, John Brown of Arkansas, as he was called so often, proved the validity of evangelism by conducting city-wide meetings that were successful in their spiritual response and above reproach in every business transaction. Businessmen and children alike loved and respected him.

His crusades carried him to every part of the United States and Canada, while his most successful campaigns were conducted in California. Dr. Brown will be remembered for his messages on the Holy Spirit. Many of those messages are compiled in one of the more than 40 books he authored, this one titled, Will Pentecost Be Repeated?

John E. Brown, Sr., continues to be remembered by his broadcasts, for “he, being dead, yet speaketh.” The broadcasts are aired today on KUOA in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, and KGER, Long Beach, California. The school that bears his name, John Brown University, is located in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. It is a fully accredited, distinctly evangelical university whose motto is, “Christ over all.” The unique educational aspect of his school continues to emphasize threefold, Christ-centered education–namely, head, heart, and hand. As Dr. Brown has said so often, “The way to victory in a few words is…trust God…go to work!”