John W. Nevin: Reformed Critique of the Altar Call
John Williamson Nevin, Mercersburg Theology, and Hart's biography: a high-church Calvinist take on the anxious bench, revivalism, and the altar call.
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Philip the Bold: Kleptocracy as an Art
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