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However, Rudenstine said in his statement, "Weshould remember that former ministers who haveheld the post of preacher or minister at theUniversity--including Phillips Brooks--werestrongly criticized during their own time fortheological views that were considered by manypeople to be heterodox...
Robert Mitchum stars as a psychopathic preacher in hot pursuit of a treasure hidden by lynched bank robber, Ben Harper (Peter Graves). Only Harper's son, John (Billy Chapin), knows the whereabouts of the loot, and Mitchum kills, steals and lies in order to catch the child...
...BAKKER knows a vice when he sees it. The convicted preacher has kept busy in the Rochester, Minn., slammer by exhorting fellow prisoners to quit smoking. And he gets results. Prison officials say Bakker, who co-founded the eight-day smoking-cessation program in May 1990, used his "inspirational and motivational" skills to help 116 of the first 125 "students" throw away the packs...
...into the world on a tide of goodwill. The audience stands and sways. Everyone sings a repeated refrain, "We're going home -- nothing can stop us now." The cheers and applause build, and from somewhere in the crowd, a loud voice calls out, "We love you, John Bradshaw!" The preacher-salesman smiles. His blue eyes light up for a moment, his inner child stirs, and he tells them, "Little John likes that...
...them are willing to call every hotel in town. When night falls, they move in. You see some of the same faces from town to town. They're like card collectors." And they are seldom shy about intentions. Recalls Miles McPherson, a former pro-football defensive back turned preacher: "When we went to clubs, women would be competing in any way to get to us, and it is very easy to take advantage of that situation. Some said they wanted an autograph, and then they'd ask you to sign their breasts...