Comments on: A Tribute to my Dad: Faithfulness in Obscurity https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/11/25/a-tribute-to-my-dad-faithfulness-in-obscurity/  Informing Minds. Moving Hearts. Directing Hands. Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 By: Betsy https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/11/25/a-tribute-to-my-dad-faithfulness-in-obscurity/#comment-49387 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 21:01:00 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=15578#comment-49387 A very inspiring blog indeed. Praise GOD for such devotion. Your dad & mom àre good examples for us to follow. God bless u for this wonderful blog!

]]> By: Alastair Manderson https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/11/25/a-tribute-to-my-dad-faithfulness-in-obscurity/#comment-45280 Sat, 08 Mar 2014 20:31:00 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=15578#comment-45280 And they’ve just made him moderator of the Assembly
http://www.freechurchcontinuing.org/reports/news/fcc-news/item/free-church-continuing-announces-new-moderator-designate-2

]]> By: T.Newbell https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/11/25/a-tribute-to-my-dad-faithfulness-in-obscurity/#comment-33578 Tue, 26 Nov 2013 04:34:20 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=15578#comment-33578 David, I loved reading this! Praise God for your fathers faithfulness. Beautiful that he did not grow discontent serving. So encouraging!

]]> By: Indebted https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/11/25/a-tribute-to-my-dad-faithfulness-in-obscurity/#comment-33522 Tue, 26 Nov 2013 00:22:57 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=15578#comment-33522 I feel inadequate to add comment, you being his own son, and I only being a life he’s touched along the way, but I just can’t bring myself to not say this:

I first heard your Dad preach at a youth weekend, that I don’t think I paid much attention to, but your parents showed such care and gracious hospitality to my sister and I, that I have ever since remembered him with fondness.

In the years following, when I was first seeking the Lord I found myself listening to a lot of your Dad’s sermons.

The day before I left home for university, one of his sermons had the warning:
“It’s better to have no friends for a period than to have the wrong friends”.
http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=710717498

Coming when it did, I was conscious of it being an unavoidable restraint on me. It disarmed my excuses about what I’d have socially agreed to for the sake of forming friendships/meeting new people. I’m thankful that the Lord powerfully used it by His grace to redirect my affections.

That was probably the most dangerous time of my life. With the enticement of a world that would accept me if I just joined in, I tremble to think of where I could easily be, except for the ministry of your father being blessed to my soul on that day.

]]> By: Kirsty Fairns https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/11/25/a-tribute-to-my-dad-faithfulness-in-obscurity/#comment-33512 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 23:31:58 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=15578#comment-33512 David thanks for this, echo all you have said about mum and dad and will try not to tell them about it!! We are blessed indeed…

]]> By: Kip Burke https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/11/25/a-tribute-to-my-dad-faithfulness-in-obscurity/#comment-33431 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 18:26:33 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=15578#comment-33431 David, thanks for sharing your heart and your parents with us. You are blessed and your testimony has blessed me this Monday afternoon!

]]> By: Gavin Beers https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/11/25/a-tribute-to-my-dad-faithfulness-in-obscurity/#comment-33414 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 17:37:22 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=15578#comment-33414 A pastor to young pastors too, always seeking to encourage and give sound advice. A man of strong conviction coupled with humility and love.

]]> By: John J Murray https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/11/25/a-tribute-to-my-dad-faithfulness-in-obscurity/#comment-33410 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 17:17:05 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=15578#comment-33410 I can echo all that you have said from my own experience of fellowship and ministry and that of my relations who have have sat under his gracious ministry. They both manifested the beauty of grace and your Dad had that unction in his preaching that is all too rare today. A happy retirement that is well earned.

]]> By: Barry York https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/11/25/a-tribute-to-my-dad-faithfulness-in-obscurity/#comment-33399 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 16:44:36 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=15578#comment-33399 Thank you for this beautiful tribute to your father, David.

]]> By: Les https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/11/25/a-tribute-to-my-dad-faithfulness-in-obscurity/#comment-33363 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 14:47:54 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=15578#comment-33363 Thank you for posting this! It’s an encouragement since I’m starting over at age 49 and still wondering what direction to take.

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