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Happy Birthday Jay

Donn R Arms — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 15:49:14 +0000

On January 30 Jay Adams will celebrate his 90th birthday! While Jay no longer receives email, we have established a special email address for his friends to communicate with him on this special occasion. Send your greeting and whatever message you would like to communicate, long or short, to this address—jayeadams1970@gmail.com. We will print them out and present them to him in a binder so he can read through them in the days to come.

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Update

Donn R Arms — Mon, 31 Dec 2018 14:31:03 +0000

We are grateful for all those who have contacted us to ask why our blog seemed to have gone dark. We are glad that so many noticed and have checked in. As 2018 comes to a close let me give you an update about what is happening at the Institute for Nouthetic Studies.
First, let’s talk about Jay. Next month Jay will celebrate his 90^th birthday. His entire family was able to gather for the Christmas holidays and, together with a number of local friends, they celebrated the event early with an event at Redeemer Presbyterian Church last Friday. This is a photo of Jay and my daughter-in-law who baked and decorated the birthday cake.
While Jay’s health has been stable in recent days he will be dealing with some challenges early next month. On Wednesday, January 2 he will be undergoing surgery on his foot and if all goes well, he will have the same surgery done on the other several weeks later. Please pray with us that he will tolerate the surgery well and that the result will enable him to walk better.
January 30 is the date of his 90^th birthday. We have set up a temporary email account for him to receive your birthday greetings. Jay no longer receives email, but we will print out each email message we receive and present them to him in a notebook on his birthday. Send your greetings and messages to him at jayadams1970@gmail.com.
Now, about my health. On Thanksgiving evening, I was clobbered by an acute case of pancreatitis. This came on the heals (pun intended) of surgery I had on my foot just three weeks before that. After a week and a half in the hospital and several weeks of bed rest I am finally able to function well enough to answer email and work at my desk several hours each day. I am grateful for your prayer and ask that you continue to present my health issues before His throne. I am dealing with several complications, including a blood clot in my leg, and it looks like I will require more surgery on my foot once my other issues are resolved.
However, the ministry of the Institute is going forward! As I hope you have heard, we are now the publisher of most of Dr. Adams’ books and we are working diligently to bring a number of titles back into print soon. While my health issues slowed down our progress temporarily, we hope to have several titles ready early next year. We will have Committed to Craftsmanship in Biblical Counseling ready early next month. Soon thereafter we hope to have What to do on Thursday ready to print.
Thank you for your interest in this ministry and thank you for praying, both for Dr. Adams and myself.

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Happy Birthday Jay!

Jay Adams — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 14:16:10 +0000

Today, January 30, is Dr. Jay E Adams’ birthday. He has now achieved 88 years during his sojourn on this earth. If you would like to send him a birthday greeting you may do so at a special temporary email box we have set for this purpose. Write him at jayeadams1970@gmail.com.

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Happy Birthday!

Jay Adams — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 15:24:06 +0000

Tomorrow, January 30, we will be honoring Dr. Adams on the occasion of his 87th birthday. We have set up a temporary email box for the occasion at jayeadams1970@gmail.com if you would like to send a word of greeting. Jay will not be able to respond to each message but each one will be an encouragement.

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Happy Anniversary!

Donn R Arms — Sat, 30 May 2015 05:00:42 +0000

When introduced to my wife and me for the first time people often conclude I must be rich. Any woman this gorgeous, they often think, who would marry a lump like Arms must be after his money. While it is true that I am rich, it is not in this world’s goods. Were I as rich as Croesus, I could not afford to purchase what God has given to me freely. My greatest treasure is the most the most beautiful woman ever to grace the campus of Faith Baptist Bible College in Ankeny, Iowa whom I somehow persuaded to marry me. It was 40 years ago today that I sealed the deal in a little Baptist church in Seymour, Iowa where her dad served as pastor.
Now, forty years later, I continue to live joyfully with the wife of my youth. Our four children, along with our seven grandchildren, rise up and call her blessed. Her husband also praises her saying, “Many daughters have done well, but you are the greatest!”
I love you, Babe. Happy Anniversary!

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Happy Birthday Dr. Adams!

Jay Adams — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 14:10:41 +0000

Today is Dr. Adams’ 85th birthday. If you wish to send him a greeting you may do so at jay@nouthetic.org. He will not be able to respond to everyone individually but he will enjoy hearing from you.
God bless you Jay! May this day be full of joy as you celebrate with your family.

The righteous man will flourish like the palm tree,
He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Planted in the house of the Lord,
They will flourish in the courts of our God.
They will still yield fruit in old age;
They shall be full of sap and very green.

Psalm 92:12-14

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Update

Jay Adams — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 02:25:29 +0000

You may have noticed that our blog went dark for about a month. Fear not. We are back. Events of this past month required us to focus our attention on other things including

Moving into our new home and office
The hugely successful launch of our online school
The birth of our newest GRANDDAUGHTER!
But most importantly, a serious decline in Dr. Adams’ health

Dr. Adams has become steadily weaker this past month and his Doctors have been at a loss to explain it. About three weeks ago we learned he had several brain tumors but they were eventually diagnosed to be benign. Last weekend Dr. Adams had a serious neurological event of some sort and he was rushed to the hospital in grave condition. By Monday his condition had stabilized and he has been in the ICU until today when he was moved to another facility where he will be monitored and treated for several weeks.

I am glad to report that he is awake and, though very weak, still retains his sense of humor. One hospital chaplain who stopped by to visit explained to Jay that even though he was a Baptist minister he loved Presbyterians and, in true ecumenical form, declared that we were all God’s children. On his way out the door, he offered to be of whatever help to Jay he could be. Jay responded by saying, “It sounds like you are the one who needs my help!”

Please pray for Jay and Betty Jane. This has been a difficult week and there are more hard days to come. Pray also that his doctors would have wisdom as they seek to understand his condition and find the proper balance of various medications and IVs. He was not pleased when I suggested that one of his problems seemed to be a “chemical imbalance.”

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