("I Miss Back When" is one of my favorite Tim McGraw songs.) Have you ever heard of LeRoy Eims, Warren Wiersbe, John Walvoord, or Vernon Grounds? How about Ray Stedman, Richard Halverson, Earl Palmer, or Dawson Trotman? These names were well-known to the evangelical church of the late twentieth century. I and other church leaders today stand on the shoulders of these pre-blog, pre-Twitter, pre-podcast servants of Jesus.
You can find recordings of these and other teachers of yesteryear here: http://www.discipleshiplibrary.com/
Blog readers are usually interested in what's new and current, considering ourselves rather contemporary and cosmopolitan. But this site opens to you and me some gems from the past, voices we don't need to forget. Beware of what C.S. Lewis called "chronological snobbery": believing those who deeply impacted and nurtured our parents' and grandparents' faith don't have as much to say to us as today's preachers and leaders. They do.
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