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« Reply #25 on: April 28, 2016, 11:14:24 PM »
Quote from: Small L on April 28, 2016, 03:55:36 PM
Thomas Merton and Flannery O'Connor have probably had the biggest influence on me.

I'm sorry to have forgotten Flannery. (Wonderful picture of her in your signature, by the way; I haven't seen that one before.)
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« Reply #26 on: April 29, 2016, 01:21:55 PM »
Quote from: whyCarly? on April 28, 2016, 11:14:24 PM
Quote from: Small L on April 28, 2016, 03:55:36 PM
Thomas Merton and Flannery O'Connor have probably had the biggest influence on me.

I'm sorry to have forgotten Flannery. (Wonderful picture of her in your signature, by the way; I haven't seen that one before.)
Thanks! I found it on this Italian site if you're interested. That page seems to be the only place that has it.
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« Reply #27 on: May 08, 2016, 02:34:48 PM »
Living: Billy Graham
Deceased (Bless their Soul): Paul and Martin Luther
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« Reply #28 on: July 29, 2016, 05:17:16 PM »
hmmm...good question! I'm interpreting this not as those who had the biggest impact on historical christianity overall, but whose work I've most grafted into my own beliefs.

1. Jim Wallis
2. Walter Rauschenbusch
3. Pope Francis
4. Dorothy Day
5. Jim Armstrong (UMC bishop in the 1960s + 70s, George McGovern's best friend)
6. Joseph Girzone
7. Karen Armstrong
8. Rachel Held Evans
9. Miak Siew
10. Yap Kim Hao
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« Reply #29 on: July 30, 2016, 10:44:08 AM »
Within the past 500 years or so and why

1. John Wesley (soteriology)
2. Zwingli (view on communion)
3. Menno Simons (baptism, nonviolence)
4. Nicklaus Zinzendorf (prayer, missions, small groups)
5. Martin Luther King (nonviolent petition of civil authorities to uphold rights of the citizen regardless of ethnic or racial difference)
6. John Calvin (Sovreginity of God)
7. Don Gifford (pastor during my formative years, sanctification)
8. Randy Blankenship (current pastor, marriage and family, biblical worldview)
9. Mike Bickle (prayer, insight on Song of Solomon)
10. Lou Engle (prayer, evangelism)
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« Reply #30 on: July 30, 2016, 12:40:51 PM »
Jesus Christ.
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« Reply #31 on: July 30, 2016, 01:35:57 PM »

How?
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« Reply #32 on: July 30, 2016, 02:52:03 PM »
Desmond Tutu on social justice.  For theology: John Wesley, St. Paul, George MacDonald, C.S. Lewis, Paul Tillich, Karen Armstrong, and Walter Rauschenbusch.
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« Reply #33 on: July 30, 2016, 11:07:50 PM »

And which one?
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« Reply #34 on: August 01, 2016, 01:55:31 AM »

I feel like 'I'm very High Church' should be sufficient answer to both of these questions.

Also, Endō's become an increasingly greater influence on my faith over the past few months.
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