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TALK mail never ceases to amaze me. Thought maybe I should give
you some samples from recent letters.
Here’s
one from the Philippines, asking to be put on our regular
mailing list. Says, “Articles are plain and easy to
understand...great help.”
From
Utah: “Your paper I rate number one, superior. I would not be
ashamed for anyone to read it.”
Australia:
“Discontinue.” Says he is getting too much “light reading”
and has no time to read his Bible.
California:
likes “honest sincere style with neither fake intellectualism
nor phony ‘folksy’ talk.”
Pennsylvania:
“enjoy P.T., especially ‘Stuff’...husband preaches and
frequently takes topics from paper.”
Canada:
long letter with questions on grace, sins of the flesh, etc.
Another from Canada: “Thanks for P.T... quite a few here don’t
like straight and narrow doctrinal path ... like to straddle and
weave a bit.”
California:
with a very fair criticism of my article on “autonomy.”
Texas
college student: “high caliber,
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very informative.. thankful you have
remained above the petty squabbles.” Questions on parable of
tares, and kindred topics.
S.
Carolina: “enjoy P.T., unique style ... interesting and
effective. Sends name of one “conservative in thinking,
liberal in practice.”
Connecticut:
saw March ‘69 issue. would like to receive paper regularly.
Tells of new congregation up there.
Oklahoma:
“Enjoy your paper very much. Please remove our name from the
mailing list.” (We get four or five per year like this — and
I’m still trying to figure them out.)
Kentucky:
list of names. He says, “much good is being done that you may
never hear about, but the main thing is that the good is being
done.”
Florida:
Suggests we encourage brethren and churches to buy a
few good books that set forth the truth and place them in their
local public libraries”. We did this in Burnet some ten
years ago. I made a list of reference books, church histories,
etc., and various individuals bought and donated these to
library. We can’t say it made traffic jams at the desk, but a
few have used the books, the library is grateful for the books,
and they will be there many years.
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