Sermons to Remember

About the Book

“Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables” (2 Tim. 4:2–4) The truth of God’s Word must be preached to this generation. Only through the preaching of the Word of God can this world be redeemed. These sermons were given by the inspiration of God’s Holy Spirit. Some sermons will uplift, and some will discipline you. To accept the Word is to accept God’s instructions. To this world, the preaching of God’s word is foolishness. A simply act of preaching on the streets is seen and viewed as a foolish thing to do for many. Some mocked the messenger, and many have mocked our savior Jesus Christ and those who followed after him. I am just God’s humble servant who wants to see many receive Jesus as Lord. Among the many I would like to see receive Jesus as Lord are my earthly family. God is my everything, and everyone deserves to know him and have a relationship with him. My greatest achievement was choosing the Lord as my personal savior. I am very proud to say that I am a child of the King. One of my favorite scripture verses is Isaiah 40:31, “But they that wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary, and they shall walk and not faint.” My favorite song is “Invisible Faith” by the Canton Spirituals. It is God who helps me live a prayerful, humble, anointed, and appointed life. The scripture says that “the steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord” (Ps. 37:23). Like John, I cried and will continue be a voice crying in the wilderness saying that “the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand” (Matt. 3:2). Like Isaiah, who heard the voice saying “Who will go for me?” And he answered and said, “Hear am I, Lord send me, I’ll go.” And like Paul, “Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended; but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching fourth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus” (Phil. 3:14).

About the Author

The Dorseys of Elm Hall Plantation consisted of nine children: Virginia “Lady” Williams, Willie Dorsey III, Charles Dorsey, Ronald Dorsey, Shedrick Dorsey (all of Napoleonville, Louisiana), Melvina Brinkley, and Nora Jones (both of New Orleans, Louisiana), and the late Rev. Felton Dorsey and Murphy Dorsey. Ronald is the seventh of nine siblings. The family spent many years on Elm Hall Plantation. Rev. Dr. Ronald Dorsey has been happily married to Connie Marie Johnson for forty-one years and counting. To this union, four children were born: Valerie Shenell Dorsey Harris (forty-one years old) (Marvin Harris), Tasheka Nicole (thirty-nine years old), Pamela Marie Andrew (thirty-six years old) (Donald Andrew), and Ronald Dorsey Jr. (thirty-four years old). He has two grandchildren, three granddoggies, five step-grandchildren, and five step-great-grandchildren: Ryann Allise Dorsey and Tyler Trivett Andrew; Brownie Marie Dorsey, Buttercup Harris, and Lucky Harris; Monia Harris, Marvinesha Harris, Marvin Harris Jr., Courtney Myles, and Donald Vaughn; Courtlynn Brown, Cemahj Myles, Keylam Davis Jr., Aubrey Vaughn, and Ty’Jai Harris. Pastor Dorsey is a proud 1970 graduate of William Henry Reed High School of Napoleonville, Louisiana. He earned his bachelor’s degree and master’s plus of education from Nicholls State University of Thibodaux, Louisiana. Additional credits were earned at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He holds a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree of theology from Christian Bible College in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, He also attended Union Southern Theological Seminary in Houma, Louisiana for 3 ½ years. Rev. Dr. Dorsey received his honorary doctorate of theology from Greater River City Bible Institute. Pastor Dorsey has been running for the Lord since he accepted Christ at the age of fourteen under the leadership of Rev. Fred Dorsey. He was called to the ministry in 1970. He was licensed in 1971 and became ordained in 1973 under the guidance of the Union Southern Missionary Baptist Association. On December 17, 1981, he accepted the call of pastor of the Greater Israel Baptist Church in Belle Alliance, Louisiana. He has been their pastor for thirty-five years. He was the pastor of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Morgan City, Louisiana for 10 ½ years. In addition, he was also the pastor of Bright Morning Star Baptist Church for seven years and served as the president of the Union Southern Missionary Baptist Association for twenty-five years. Despite all of his worldly accomplishments, God, family, and the church are what matter most to him.