Sin, salvation, grace, damnation, repentance, revival, judgment, forgiveness,...
The following set of words has the capacity to annoy and intrigue me: sin, salvation, grace, damnation, repentance, revival, judgment, forgiveness, soul-winning, heaven and hell. This is the vocabulary...
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My uncle, Andrew Himes, and my father, John R. Himes, are both grandsons of noted fundamentalist evangelist John R. Rice (founder of the Sword of the Lord publishing company). Despite their shared...
View ArticleA Black Man Walked into a Church
Excerpt from The Sword of the Lord: The Roots of Fundamentalism in an American Family.In 1963 when I was 13, my dad was pastor of the Southside Baptist Church in Millington, Tennessee. Many in our...
View ArticleBob Jones University and Racial Reconciliation
Excerpt from Chapter 27 of "The Sword of the Lord" by Andrew Himes. -- In the 21st century, it’s almost impossible for people in the South or anywhere else to maintain ideas about race, religion, or...
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Parker Palmer's Foreword to "The Sword of the Lord"
Foreword to The Sword of the Lord. I met Andrew Himes in 2004 through his masterful film, Voices in Wartime, a profound exploration of the experience of war. As someone who has long wished to be in...
View ArticleA Phenomenal Epic Saga and Guide to Fundamentalism in America
In “The Sword of the Lord: The Roots of Fundamentalism in an American Family”, Andrew Himes introduce us to his Fundamentalist ancestors, the Rice family. He takes us through their lives as displaced...
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Redefining Christian Fundamentalism: Following the Example and Teachings of...
On Sunday, Oct. 6, 1963, I was a skinny, 13-year-old white kid with glasses. My dad pastored a fundamentalist Baptist church just north of Memphis, and my granddad, John R. Rice, was the dean of...
View ArticleBeating Up Baptists
Excerpt from Chapter 3 of The Sword of the Lord. Baptists were an oppressed and disreputable religious community in American before the Revolution. They were attacked, beaten, jailed, and ostracized...
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A legitimate, historical and academic account of a fundamentalist upbringing
If you like Matthew Paul Turner - Jesus Needs New PR - and appreciated his hilarious semi-autobiographical tale of growing up in a Conservative/fundamentalist home Churched and you appreciate history,...
View ArticleBilly Graham and the Soda Fountain
Excerpt from Chapter 22 of The Sword of the Lord: The Roots of Fundamentalism in an American Family. The year was 1956, and April in Wheaton was lush and luminous. The grass at Grandpa and Grandma’s...
View ArticleHow the Scots-Irish Invented Fundamentalism
Excerpt from Chapter 3 of The Sword of the Lord: The Roots of Fundamentalism in an American Family.Summary: The Scots-Irish migration to America in the 1700s helped prepare the way for the explosive...
View ArticleThe Sword of the Lord Book Trailer
Trailer for "The Sword of the Lord: The Roots of Fundamentalism in an American Family," published by Chiara Press in 2011. This video produced by Odyssey Network for the Call on Faith smartphone...
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Taking My Grandmother into My Heart
I was born into a prominent fundamentalist family in 1950 and then grew up in the midst of cultural turmoil and massive social change. My granddad was John R. Rice, famous evangelist and editor of the...
View ArticleFundamentalism from the Ashes of War
Excerpt from Chapter 14 of "The Sword of the Lord: The Roots of Funamentalism in an American Family"The Great War, within a generation to be known as the First World War, gave powerful impetus to the...
View ArticleUnconditional Love
Video published by the Inspiration and Spirit Channel of Call on Faith.Excerpt from Chapter 27 of The Sword of the Lord: The Roots of Fundamentalism in an American Family For me, the death of my...
View ArticleSin, salvation, grace, damnation, repentance, revival, judgment, forgiveness,...
The following set of words has the capacity to annoy and intrigue me: sin, salvation, grace, damnation, repentance, revival, judgment, forgiveness, soul-winning, heaven and hell. This is the vocabulary...
View ArticleBook alert for students of modern church history: Unique perspective on...
My uncle, Andrew Himes, and my father, John R. Himes, are both grandsons of noted fundamentalist evangelist John R. Rice (founder of the Sword of the Lord publishing company). Despite their shared...
View ArticleA Black Man Walked into a Church
Excerpt from The Sword of the Lord: The Roots of Fundamentalism in an American Family.In 1963 when I was 13, my dad was pastor of the Southside Baptist Church in Millington, Tennessee. Many in our...
View ArticleBob Jones University and Racial Reconciliation
Excerpt from Chapter 27 of "The Sword of the Lord" by Andrew Himes. -- In the 21st century, it’s almost impossible for people in the South or anywhere else to maintain ideas about race, religion, or...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Parker Palmer's Foreword to "The Sword of the Lord"
Foreword to The Sword of the Lord. I met Andrew Himes in 2004 through his masterful film, Voices in Wartime, a profound exploration of the experience of war. As someone who has long wished to be in...
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