Word: templeton
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Even as Graham's preaching grew more confident, his concern about his intellectual preparation lingered. But when his friend and fellow YFC revivalist Charles Templeton urged him to come to Princeton Theological Seminary and lay a deeper academic foundation for his preaching, Graham balked. When they met on their travels, they fell into deep debates, with Templeton now armed with philosophy, anthropology and a willingness to read the Bible as metaphor. Graham found he couldn't muster the logical responses...
...Templeton charged him with committing intellectual suicide. But Graham came to believe doubt was a dangerous distraction from his calling. He decided the Bible was the one true Word in its entirety and never wavered. Looking back today, Graham says, "I had one great failure, and that was intellectual. I should have gone on to school. But I would talk to people about that, and they'd say, Oh no, go on with what you're doing, and let others do that. I do regret I didn't do enough reading, enough study, both formal and informal...
...Templeton worked on the project with Apple over the spring and summer. "We decided to add QuickTime video, which is a way that Apple computers can store and distribute images," he said. "To our knowledge, this is the first electronic book produced by Harvard students...
Many of the videos relate to restaurants and sites mentioned in the book, Templeton said. "One example: we've got a video down by the Harbor on one of the trolley tours...Thebasic idea is that we hope they can see where theymay be going," he said...
...Templeton said Let's Go is "hoping" toeventually make the Guide available to studentsover the Harvard computer network, although videoimages would not be available. Right now, though,he said, the publishing company plans to study thefeedback from purchasers of the CD-ROM version...