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Since the inception of the Atlantic Coast Conference, intense rivalries, legendary coaches, gifted players, and fervent fans have come to define the league's basketball history. In ACC Basketball, J. Samuel Walker traces the traditions and the dram
Excerpt from The Life and Ministry of the Rev. Samuel Walker: Formerly of Truro, Cornwall Religious Tract Society, with such hints and remains as they had been able to collect. The late venerable incumbent of Padstow, and his relative, the Rev. Mr. Rawlings, of Lansallos, sent me many manuscript sermons of Mr. Walker, from which I made the selections added to those on Brotherly Loire, origin ally appended to the Life. But most unexpectedly, since that volume came out, the obliging disposition of William Gray, Esq. Of York, whose judgment, piety, and enlightened Churchmanship have long been appreciated by a large circle of friends, induced him to ofi'er me, with the concurrence of the late Re...
The NCAA men's basketball tournament is one of the iconic events in American sports. In this fast-paced, in-depth account, J. Samuel Walker and Randy Roberts identify the 1973–74 season as pivotal in the making of this now legendary postseason tournament. In an era when only one team per conference could compete, the dramatic defeat of coach John Wooden's UCLA Bruins by the North Carolina State Wolfpack ended a decade of the Bruins' dominance, fueled unprecedented national attention, and prompted the NCAA to expand the tournament field to a wider range of teams. Walker and Roberts provide a richly detailed chronicle of the games that made the season so memorable and uncover the behind-the-scenes maneuvering that set the stage for the celebrated spectacle that now fixes the nation's attention every March.
The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church is a multivolume study by Hughes Oliphant Old that canvasses the history of preaching from the words of Moses at Mount Sinai through modern times. In Volume 1, The Biblical Period, Old begins his survey by discussing the roots of the Christian ministry of the Word in the worship of Israel. He then examines the preaching of Christ and the Apostles. Finally, Old looks at the development and practice of Christian preaching in the second and third centuries, concluding with the ministry of Origen.