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crucial factor in the worldwide growth of the movement. In addition, the revival he led in 1906 at Zion
City, Illinois, encouraged the emergence of Pentecostalism in South Africa.

A prolific writer, he edited The Apostolic Faith (1889-1929) and authored Kol Kare Bomidbar: A Voice
Crying in the Wilderness (1902) and the Everlasting Gospel (c. 1919).
(http://www.bu.edu/missiology/missionary-biography/n-o-p-q/parham-charles-fox-1873-1929/)

Albert Schweitzer 1875-1965

Albert Schweitzer was French a theologian, organist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher,
and physician. He is famous for his humanitarian medical work in Gibbon, Africa. His
writing in the “Quest for the Historical Jesus” called into question the Gospel accounts
concerning the facts about Jesus’s life. He challenged many of the Gospel writer’s views.
He promoted the idea that all of Jesus’s future predictions, as understood by his
audience, would be fulfilled in their lifetime. He challenged the eschatological views of
his day.

Rudolph Bultmann, 1884-1976 ––

Rudolf Bultmann (1884–1976) was one of the most influential scholars and theologians of
the 20th century. He was the son of a Lutheran pastor, and he became professor of New
Testament at the University of Marburg (Germany). Bultmann is best known for the
concept of “demythologizing” the New Testament.

Bultmann taught that the New Testament was a product of the 1st century worldview,
which readily accepted stories of divine intervention that he called “myth.” Bultmann
believed that in modern times, we know that God does not intervene in miraculous ways, so, to get at
the true meaning of the text, the New Testament must be “demythologized”—that is, the miraculous
elements must be stripped away to get at what is most important. For Bultmann, the importance is that,
in Christ, God has done some good for humanity. In Christ God did something, but it is not so important
to nail down exactly what He did or any details about the life of the “historical Jesus.”

Bultmann is one more scholar in a long line of (primarily German) scholars who sought to present
Christianity in a way that would make it more acceptable to the “modern” mind that rejects the idea of
supernatural intervention. (https://www.gotquestions.org/Rudolf-Bultmann.html)

As you can see, skeptics of God’s Word became prolific. They attacked the veracity of
the Gospel writers and the confirming miracles that Jesus performed. Rather than
accept the Gospels at face value, the chose to reinterpret what they wrote to fit their
modern views. The Bible predicts in 2 Timothy 3:2 that as the history of the world
progresses, that men will slander His world. Verse 5 concludes with, “Have nothing to do with such
people.” In other words, don’t pay attention to their worldly ideas. Today, such skeptics are prolific.

Jude 3:3 challenges every believer to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered
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to the saints.” I hope you are one who stands upon God’s Word against all who would attack it as
true.

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