A tribute to Mr. Cool.
There is a man at Grace Bible Baptist church by the name of John Cool. I, in my way, have come to know him.
There is talk around the church, (at least there was) that John has yet to follow the Lord in "believers baptism", my thought was, 'I know his testimony and I believe him to be trusting the Lord why would he not be baptized?' I voiced none of my thoughts, and then later upon pondering, I thought that maybe he decided not to be baptized so that, the impression of his baptism, would not be in anyway seen as instrumental in his salvation!
I have never spoken to John to find out if this indeed was the reason, I'd like to go with that thought.
When I see John Cool at Grace now my comment is, "I see Grace has not lost it's cool yet!"
And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.
