Not forgotten
As I write these words on the second Sunday of Advent, 2016 (that annus horribilis) is winding down, and I’m thinking about..
Theodore J. Wardlaw
Theodore J. Wardlaw is president emeritus of Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Texas.
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