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    Haunted by the Holy Ghost: Memoirs of a Reluctant Prophet
    Haunted by the Holy Ghost: Memoirs of a Reluctant Prophet
    Haunted by the Holy Ghost: Memoirs of a Reluctant Prophet
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    Haunted by the Holy Ghost: Memoirs of a Reluctant Prophet

    By Charles Kiker

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    Haunted by the Holy Ghost is a geographical, chronological and spiritual autobiography. The author describes the place of his birth: a farm in semi-arid Swisher County in the Texas Panhandle in depression/Dust Bowl days. He describes his schooling at a two-room rural school through elementary years, and his years at a small town high school. The author reflects upon the richness as well as the poverty of those days. He describes his struggles with his call to ministry as a haunting by the Holy Ghost. The reader is taken on a travelogue of the places in which the author and his wife ministered. The spiritual aspect of their lives is always on or just below the surface. At times the author waxes homiletical and theological, with occasional narrations of humorous incidents.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateApr 25, 2013
    ISBN9781481743532
    Haunted by the Holy Ghost: Memoirs of a Reluctant Prophet
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    Charles Kiker

    Charles Kiker is a child of the depression. He grew up on a hardscrabble farm in the Texas Panhandle during Dust Bowl days, and attended a small rural elementary school before moving up to a small-town high school. He wanted to be a farmer, but from his earliest memories felt the call of God to be a minister. He farmed for nine years out of high school before embarking upon education for ministry. Kiker earned a Ph.D. in Old Testament from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has taught Old Testament Hebrew as well as general religion courses at seminary and college levels, and has served as minister of several churches. He is married to his childhood sweetheart, Patricia.They have lived in Tulia, Texas since his retirement in 1999. They have two daughters, five grandchildren, and two great grandchildren.

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