On today’s episode of Godly Goosebumps, Pastor Dudley Rutherford shares a story about Dr. John R. Claypool. John was nationally and internationally recognized as one of our nation’s most gifted preachers, but it wasn’t until after the death of his daughter that his preaching gave him an unshakable conviction that “life is a gift,” a spiritual insight he used to encourage countless “fellow strugglers”. Dr. Claypool could have allowed this tragic episode in his life to pull him away from God, but instead, it fueled him to be like the apostle Paul who said, “for when I am weak then I am strong”.
This story comes from Pastor Bob Russell from Southeast Christian in Louisville, KY.