{"id":7021,"date":"2014-09-25T16:21:52","date_gmt":"2014-09-25T23:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/?p=7021"},"modified":"2014-09-25T16:22:07","modified_gmt":"2014-09-25T23:22:07","slug":"introducing-new-audio-content-from-pastor-bill-acton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/2014\/09\/25\/introducing-new-audio-content-from-pastor-bill-acton\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing: New Audio Content from Pastor Bill Acton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7022\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/20140925_billacton.jpg\" alt=\"20140925_billacton\" width=\"545\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/20140925_billacton.jpg 545w, https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/20140925_billacton-300x156.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Blue Letter Bible has received a highly-treasured collection of insightful and memorable sermons from Pastor Bill Acton. This 93-year-old preacher has the remarkable legacy of being a faithful minister, church planter, and disciple-maker for more than 65 years.<\/p>\n<p>Pastor Bill credits his love of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blueletterbible.org\/commentaries\/spurgeon_charles\/\" target=\"_blank\">Charles Spurgeon\u2019s<\/a> writings, as well as his personal friendship with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blueletterbible.org\/audio_video\/mcgee_j_vernon\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. J. Vernon McGee<\/a>, as having greatly influenced his preaching. Few people know that Pastor Bill mentored a budding youth pastor named <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dts.edu\/about\/faculty\/dwallace\/\" target=\"_blank\">Daniel Wallace<\/a>, who has since become a renowned Greek New Testament scholar.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Blue Letter Bible President, Jim Milligan, shares: &#8220;We are very blessed to feature the addition of over 700 audio messages from my dear friend, Pastor Bill Acton. Still preaching at age 93, Bill\u2019s wisdom and knowledge of Scripture is priceless.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pastor Bill and his beloved wife Fay have enjoyed 59 years of marriage, and together it has been their mission: &#8220;To point people to the truths of God\u2019s amazing and sovereign grace.&#8221; He continues to fulfill this calling through discipling and teaching at Reverence Bible Church in Southern California.<\/p>\n<p>We invite you to listen to one of Pastor Bill\u2019s messages entitled,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blueletterbible.org\/audio_video\/acton_bill\/eph\/Miscellaneous.cfm#Saved_by_Grace_and_Not_by_Ourselves\" target=\"_blank\"> &#8220;Saved by Grace and Not by Ourselves.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blueletterbible.org\/audio_video\/acton_bill\/\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Pastor Bill Acton&#8217;s Complete Audio Library<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blue Letter Bible has received a highly-treasured collection of insightful and memorable sermons from Pastor Bill Acton. This 93-year-old preacher has the remarkable legacy of being a faithful minister, church planter, and disciple-maker for more than 65 years. Pastor Bill credits his love of Charles Spurgeon\u2019s writings, as well as his personal friendship with Dr. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-misc","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7021"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7024,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7021\/revisions\/7024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}