Word: christs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cried. "Sin is gnawing away at the human heart. I'm not pointing the finger of accusation at you. I know, as I stand here today, I'm in the same trouble as you. But I know I've found the answer-Jesus Christ . . . There's only one time to get right with...
...area of dour, industrial Birmingham, Potter and his fellow crusaders are swarming in a "saturation campaign" designed to test the chances of evangelizing the segment of Britain that Billy Graham largely failed to reach-the workers. Potter's plan is not to rack up as many "decisions for Christ" as possible, but to stimulate discussion along Christian lines, eventually organize "Christian cells in the factories-Communism in reverse...
...evangelists moved from factory to factory in the area, pep-talking, chatting, leading discussions. After factory closing time the crusaders made house-to-house calls among the 75,000 people of the area, announced as doors opened: "We'd like to talk to you about the difference Jesus Christ makes on the job." This week they are holding a series of evening meetings in a local Baptist church (chosen for its location rather than denomination) which are addressed by machine operators, clerks, union leaders, foremen and company officials. Slogan of the two-week crusade: "Just...
...only to rise for judgment on Resurrection Day. (Orthodox Protestants and Catholics today read Paul as meaning that the afterlife begins immediately at death.) Seventh-day Adventists also hold that after the Last Judgment impenitent sinners, and Satan with them, will be annihilated. But orthodox Christianity continues to interpret Christ's words, "These shall go away into everlasting punishment" (Matthew 25:46), to mean literally that rather than annihilation...
...delighted to do justice to a much maligned group of sincere believers, and in our minds and hearts take them out of the group of utter heretics like the Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons and Christian Scientists, to acknowledge them as redeemed brethren and members of the Body of Christ...