Dr. Bob Jr. began preaching while serving as Acting President during his father’s
absences. When his father was away, part of Dr. Bob’s responsibility was
to preside over or preach at the daily chapel service. He was not a trained
theologian, so to prepare for these preaching opportunities, he began reading
some of the great works of systematic theology, sermons of the Puritan divines
and the sermons of some contemporary preachers. In the mid-1930s, Dr. Bob began
preaching regularly in campus chapel services and began to be invited to preach
at revivals and young people’s meetings. By the late thirties he was highly
sought as a preacher.
Eventually, Dr. Bob’s preaching career took
him to every inhabited continent in the world and every state in the union.
He preached to millions of people and saw many thousands converted to Christianity.
