Harold Lindsell | |
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| Education | Wheaton College University of California, Berkeley New York University |
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| Institutions | Columbia Bible College (Columbia International University) Northern Baptist Theological Seminary Fuller Theological Seminary |
Harold Lindsell (December 22, 1913 – January 15, 1998[1]) was anevangelical Christian author and scholar who was one of the founding members ofFuller Theological Seminary.[2] He is best known for his 1976 bookThe Battle for the Bible.[3]
Lindsell was born inNew York City and obtained degrees atWheaton College,University of California, Berkeley andNew York University.[1] He taught at Columbia Bible College (Columbia International University),Northern Baptist Theological Seminary,Fuller Theological Seminary, and Wheaton College before becoming editor ofChristianity Today.[1][4] He served as president of theEvangelical Theological Society in 1971.[5]
Lindsell was concerned with the direction Fuller took after his departure, and this led him to writeThe Battle for the Bible in 1976.[6] He is credited with boosting the efforts of conservatives to wrest theSouthern Baptist Conventionaway from moderates over the issue ofbiblical inerrancy.[1]Ruth Graham credited him with "being used by God to save her doubting faith" while she was a student at Wheaton.[3]
Lindsell's contributions to the exegesis of Scripture included preparing and editing the introductions, annotations, topical headings, marginal references, and index to the Harper Study Bible, published by Zondervan Bible Publishers.
Lindsell was diagnosed withpolyneuropathy in 1991 and died of flu complications in 1998.[3]
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