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Reflections On My Life: In The Kingdom And The Academy, Thomas H. Olbricht

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Reflections on my Life is the memoir of Thomas Olbricht, dedicated Churches of Christ minister, renowned scholar, and prolific author. Olbricht recalls his more than 50-year ministry in the Churches of Christ together with his academic career in Christian education, which includes administrative posts at the University of Iowa, Harding University, the University of Dubuque, Pennsylvania State University, Abilene Christian University, and Pepperdine University.

Forever Young: The Life And Times Of M. Norvel Young & Helen M. Young, Bill Henegar, Jerry Rushford

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Forever Young is the dual biography of Dr. M. Norvel Young and Helen M. Young, a pioneering husband and wife team in the field of Christian education, respectively President and First Lady of Pepperdine University in Southern California. Telling their stories in not easy because of the breadth of their experiences: their tales range from Tennessee and Oklahoma to Texas, California and the far recesses of the globe. They completed more than 40 international trips in which they helped rebuild a devastated post-war Germany, smuggled Bibles into Russia, conducted a ceremony for the Shah of Iran, met with the King …

Christians On The Oregon Trail: Churches Of Christ And Christian Churches In Early Oregon, 1842-1882, Jerry Rushford

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The Restoration Movement originated on the American frontier in a period of religious enthusiasm and ferment at the beginning of the nineteenth century. The first leaders of the movement deplored the numerous divisions in the church and urged the unity of all Christians through a restoration of New Testament Christianity. The Protestant Reformation had gone astray, they felt, and the various denominations must be directed back to primitive Christianity. They believed that this would be possible if everyone would wear the name "Christian" and return to the Biblical pattern of the New Testament church in doctrine, worship, and practice. Those …

We Preach Christ Crucified: Sermons In Honor Of Frank Pack By His Students, Jerry Rushford

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This volume of sermons, edited by Jerry Rushford, honors the teaching, preaching, writing, and life of Frank Pack (1916-1998), who served for 60 years as a preacher in Churches of Christ and for more than 45 years as a distinguished professor of biblical studies in three colleges related to Churches of Christ: David Lipscomb College, Abilene Christian College, and Pepperdine University. Since Dr. Pack distinguished himself as a consummate teacher, it is especially fitting that some of his former students, among the finest preachers in the church, honor him with the fruits of their labor.

Political Disciple: The Relationship Between James A. Garfield And The Disciples Of Christ, Jerry Rushford

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James A. Garfield (1831-1881), the only preacher to ever occupy the White House, was a product of the profound social, intellectual and religious ferment of the early decades of the nineteenth century which produced the American religious movement known as the Disciples of Christ. The first fifty years of Disciple history closely paralleled Garfield’s life. The purpose of this study is to focus on the intimate Garfield-Disciples relationship, and to show its reciprocal nature. Garfield was helped by Disciples in the building of a political base (he won ten consecutive elections in the Western Reserve), and they in turn shared …

Faith Was His Fortune: The Life Story Of George Pepperdine, Bill Youngs

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This biography builds on and updates Faith is my Fortune by Richard Clark and Jack Bates. George Pepperdine (1886-1962) was the founder of Western Auto Supply and, later, Pepperdine University in Southern California. Pepperdine was a noted businessman, philanthropist, and a lifelong member of Churches of Christ.

"The Apollos Of The West": The Life Of John Allen Gano, Jerry Rushford

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The purpose of this thesis is the presentation of the life of John Allen Gano, a man important in the history of both early Kentucky and the Restoration Movement. Research toward that end resulted in the recovery of many important documents concerning the period. Basic materials are his own writings, whether in his “Biographical Notebook,” his frequent letters to the Millennial Harbinger, or that found reported to or copied in other brotherhood papers. In addition, a wealth of secondary sources are utilized to complete the overall picture of his life and times.

Information gathered from primary and secondary sources …

Faith Is My Fortune: A Life Story Of George Pepperdine, Richard L. Clark, Jack Ward Bates

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This memoir, dictated to the authors by George Pepperdine, is subtitled “actual experiences, business success and reverses, stewardship and philanthropy, which have proved that strong religious faith is a greater fortune, more to be desired than riches, or any other assets.” This is the story of George Pepperdine (1886-1962), founder of Western Auto Supply and, later, Pepperdine University in Southern California. Pepperdine was a noted businessman, philanthropist, and a lifelong member of Churches of Christ.

History Of The Churches Of Christ In California, James L. Lovell

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Second Edition. 1959.

This publication updates and expands the church history chronicled in the 1942 special edition of the West Coast Christian. It includes a brief history of the growth of Churches of Christ in California, historical sketches of individual congregations, directories of congregations and preachers in the state, and pictures of many of the preachers and missionaries.

Written and compiled by James L. Lovell.

West Coast Christian: Special California Edition, James L. Lovell

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Volume 5, Number 4. July 1942.

This special edition includes a brief history of the growth of Churches of Christ in California, historical sketches of individual congregations, directories of congregations and preachers in the state, pictures of many of the preachers, other pictures of historical interest, and features on three California institutions offering Christian training to youth.

Jimmie Lovell, Editor

Robert King, Manager

Our Plea: A Radio Sermon, J. P. Sewell

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The sermon that composes this tract was delivered by Jesse P. Sewell over radio broadcasting station WRR from the auditorium of the Pearl and Bryan Streets Church of Christ, Dallas, Texas on April 3, 1927. J.P. Sewell was president emeritus of Abilene Christian College and the regular minister of the Church of Christ in Corsicana, Texas at the time. The sermon also appeared in the Dallas News. It is a plea for a restoration of the New Testament church and loyalty to Christ and His Word.

Memories Of Early Days, J. M. Mccaleb

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In this memoir of his childhood in central Tennessee, missionary John Moody (J.M.) McCaleb recalls the joys and sorrows of growing up in the rural United States in the post-Civil War era. McCaleb (1861-1953) was a Churches of Christ preacher who, with his wife Dorothy, engaged in missionary work in Japan (1892-1941), before returning to the US where McCaleb taught on Eastern religions at Pepperdine College. The book (undated, but inscribed in 1919) also includes hand-drawn illustrations.

Handbook On Baptism Or Testimonies Of Learned Pedobaptists On The Action And Subjects Of Christian Baptism, And Of Both Baptists And Pedobaptists And The Design Thereof, J. W. Shepherd

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J. W. Shepherd (1861-1948) was an influential minister and author with Churches of Christ. He studied at College of the Bible in Louisville, Kentucky under J. W. McGarvey, and he was office editor of the Gospel Advocate with David Lipscomb. James A. Harding described J. W. Shepherd’s Handbook on Baptism, first published in 1894, as “by far the fullest, the best arranged, and most valuable collection of learned testimonies on the action, subjects, and design of baptism ever published in a single volume.”

Prayer: An Examination Of The Scriptures As To The Rules And Purposes Pertaining To This Part Of The Divine Worship, Hyram Pharris

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Authored by Hyram Pharris of Gainesboro, Tennessee.

Communings In The Sanctuary, R. Richardson

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Robert Richardson (1806-1876) was a close associate of Alexander Campbell and a coeditor with Campbell of the Millennial Harbinger and a professor at Campbell’s Bethany College. He was the author of the monumental two-volume Memoirs of Alexander Campbell. In Communings in the Sanctuary, Richardson gathered together 24 of his best communion talks at the Bethany Church of Christ. These meditations became a celebrated book of devotions, and J. W. McGarvey referred to these talks as “gems of beauty.”