C. S. Craig, the author and founder of Word of Truth Ministries, has been called home to glory. My dad’s greatest wish was to be in the presence of Almighty God. Now, his many burdens are lifted and he is, at last, in the arms of his Lord and Savior.
My father knows the face of Jesus.
C. S. (Buddy) Craig
October 7, 1941 – December 16, 2023
I love you, Pop… always and forever.
Dad had expressed to me that he did not want his passing announced on this site when his time came, as he feared it would draw attention away from the Lord. I, however, feel it is necessary to pass along this news to those who have been faithful readers of Word of Truth Ministries since the beginning, as some of you knew him personally.
I am his firstborn child and only son, G. W. Craig. I take up the reins of my fallen father’s work amid a fog of weighty grief, hoping the Son will light my path and help me along the way as I shepherd my Dad’s legacy to its completion.
Dad left many studies that were never published to this site, most of which have been posted. Each hand-written note, thought, and study has been entered by hand. There are some amazing things yet to come, things that I stand in awe over, things for which Dad always gave credit and glory to the Holy Spirit for His inspiration. I can’t wait to share them all with you.
One last thing: There are many cases of beloved and well-known pastors who have gone on to be with the Lord, ones whose sons have completely shattered the legacy of their fathers and embraced secular humanism. Rest assured that will not be the case with me. With the exception of spelling or punctuation corrections, none of Dad’s studies will be altered or influenced by me in any way.
Dad intended to bring people to a better understanding of Scriptural Truth, and to glorify Christ, the Living God. We hope this will be the case with you.
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Before his passing, Dad wrote the following:
I seem to hear the call of the wild in the impatient wind, and I yearn to connect with both mysteries.
Even more as I see the northern lights, I long to merge into the beauty and the wonder of the splendorous – to be immersed and filled until we become one, flashing forth to and from eternity, coming and going in the forever world of God’s glory.
It is one thing to see the beauty of light from a wooded mountaintop, and another to ride on the wings of changing flashes as they go forth and away, but coming again, forever to stay.
The abstract world is so non-human. As I seem to be approaching the light of my imaginings, I am passing from fantasies to realities. I am perhaps on my final voyage to the great realities of the mysterious fantasies of my childhood and my adulthood.
Perhaps imagining is becoming reality when the places and faces and characters of my childhood are beginning to reach out.
WORDS
The words we leave behind will tell a story of who we really were. Words slip behind the sins to reveal the inner person who struggles with sin weaknesses. We all do. The sin nature more often than not has the upper hand in the lives of believers.
I have, for years, in spite of my sin nature, attempted to compile notes and Bible studies that would someday accomplish whatever God intends, in spite of my disobedience and inconsistencies. Perhaps they will be compiled into one work or book by my children or someone else by God’s leading Spirit. Perhaps not. If a man of my many failures can produce by the Holy Spirit, then perhaps these words of encouragement will not be lost from time, as if I had never lived.
May God bless my efforts after I’m gone – even if it’s for the benefit of just one person, they will not have been in vain.
Perhaps it is I who has gained the most from my studies.