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The Fundamentalist Journal, Volume 4, Number 8 Scholars Crossing 1985 The Fundamentalist Journal 9-1985 The Fundamentalist Journal, Volume 4, Number 8. Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/fun_85 Recommended Citation "The Fundamentalist Journal, Volume 4, Number 8." (1985). 1985. 7. https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/fun_85/7 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the The Fundamentalist Journal at Scholars Crossing. It has been accepted for inclusion in 1985 by an authorized administrator of Scholars Crossing. For more information, please contact [email protected]. & Y i /.1 '{ w H T t.€ di ;d 'ts. { t I ."1 ,lJ\- .k' { A9 PA ;H !! Themost influentialconservative hotestant writer of our era - now collectedin this monurnentalset THE GOMPTETEWORKS OF FRANCISA. 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