The Printing Press as Evangelist: Books and the Battle for Souls
Ecclesiastes 11:12 observes that "of making many books there is no end." This was profoundly true in Solomon's day; how infinitely more so in A.D....
This is historical examples on moral discernment and the power of words and media, drawing on Ecclesiastes 11:12.
Ecclesiastes 11:12 observes that "of making many books there is no end." This was profoundly true in Solomon's day; how infinitely more so in A. D. 1887, when the printing press has become the mightiest agency for good or evil ever unleashed upon civilization. Consider what a single book represents: the accumulated wisdom of ages, the collected sacrifice of martyrs, the distilled experience of countless battles and victories.…
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