December 2010
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Dec 9th
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“Many evangelicals are deeply concerned with the race problem but are unwilling...”
– Laycock, Ernest L, letter to the editor. Christianity Today, December 6, 1963. (It’s worth noting that this was one of many letters on this topic, most of which weren’t nearly so extreme; I hope at some point to do a longer post where I discuss more of the letters).
Dec 8th
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Dec 5th
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“Evangelist Billy Graham made headlines by accepting his first invitation to...”
– “Billy Graham at Belmont Abbey,” Christianity Today, December 6 1963, 30.  A few notable things here: First, that the practice of an evangelist requesting a show of hands (usually with the eyes of the audience closed) after a sermon calling for conversion is well-enough established...
Dec 4th
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Dec 3rd
November 2010
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Evangelical Saints
Fifty-three years ago today, evangelical missionaries Jim Elliot, Nate Saint, Ed McCully, Peter Fleming, and Roger Youderian died in Ecuador at the hands of a group of Auca indians. They were certainly not the first evangelical missionaries to die – after the Boxer Rebellion, for example, thick volumes were published, full of the names and stories of perished evangelicals – but these five...
Nov 21st
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Nov 17th
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“President Ford has received a memorable gift - a giant, 150-pound pumpkin with...”
– “Pumpkin Pulpit.” Christianity Today, October 25, 1974, p. 46.
Nov 16th
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“I applaud the article by Martin LaBar in the July 26 issue, ‘A Message to...”
– Allen, Robert Barclay, letter to the editor. Christianity Today, August 30, 1974.
Nov 15th