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"What Christians Believe"

In the early 1960s, the fledging Campus Crusade for Christ organization, founded by Bill Bright, distributed a 10 record set of brief messages by prominent American Protestant Evangelical and Fundamentalist ministers and thinkers. Below are links to audio files of the recordings, along with the biographies included for each speaker, along with the front and back covers of the album set.
	Front Cover
	Record 1. Message by William R. Bright, Director, Founder of Campus Crusade for Christ International, entitled "The Uniqueness of Christ"; both side. 45 minutes.
	Record 2 - Side 1. Message by Dr. J. Edwin Orr, writer, lecturer, Christian teacher, member of CCC Board, entitled "Does Faith Make Sense?"; 22 minutes. (Note: because of damage to the outer rim of the Archives copy of this record, the first few seconds of the introduction to this recoding are missing. Record 3, Side 1 has a complete introduction for Dr. Orr.)
	Record 2 - Side 2. Message by Dr. Billy Graham, evangelist, member of CCC Board, entitled "The Challenge of the Cross"; 24 minutes. (Note: because of damage to the outer rim of the Archives copy of this record, the first few seconds of the introduction to this recoding are missing. Record 4, Side 2 has a complete introduction for Rev. Graham.)
	Record 3 - Side 1. message by Dr. J. Edwin Orr, writer, lecturer, Christian teacher, member of CCC Board, entitled "Chance and the Cosmos"; 23 minutes.
	Record 3 - Side 2. Message by Eugenia Price, writer, lecturer, entitled "The Good News"; 20 minutes.
	Record 4 - Side 1. Message by Dr. Wilbur M. Smith, Fuller Theological Seminary professor, Moody Bible Institute professor, member of CCC Board, entitled "Have You Considered Him?"; 21 minutes
	Record 4 - Side 2. Message by Dr. Billy Graham, evangelist, member of CCC Board, entitled "The Mystery of Conversion"; 23 minutes.
	Record 5 - Side 1. Message by Dr. Bernard L. Ramm, author, professor at California Baptist Theological Seminary, entitled "The Virgin Birth of Christ"; 23 minutes.
	Record 5 - Side 2. Message by Dr. Wilbur M. Smith, Fuller Theological Seminary professor, Moody Bible Institute professor, member of CCC Board, entitled "The Resurrection"; 23 minutes.
	Record 6 - Side 1. Message by Dr. J. Edwin Orr, writer, lecturer, Christian teacher, member of CCC Board, entitled "The Christian's Authority"; 21 minutes.
	Record 6 - Side 2. Message by Rev. Robert Thieme, pastor, radio minister, entitled "Rebound"; 20 minutes.
	Record 7 - Side 1. Message by Dr. Everett Harrison, Fuller Theological Seminary professor, missionary, pastor, entitled "A Survey of the New Testament"; 22 minutes.
	Record 7 - Side 2. Message by Rev. Robert Thieme, pastor, radio minister, entitled "Mental Attitude"; 23 minutes.
	Record 8 - Side 1. Message by Major Ian Thomas, missionary to youth, lecturer, entitled "Complete in Christ"; 23 minutes.
	Record 8 - Side 2. Message by Dr. F. J. Huegel, chaplain, missionary, entitled "Laws of Prayer"; 23 minutes.
	Record 9 - Side 1. message by Dr. Richard C. Halverson, pastor, lecturer, author, member of CCC Board, entitled "Christian Maturity"; 24 minutes.
	Record 9 - Side 2. Message by Major Ian Thomas, missionary to youth, lecturer, entitled "Christ, Our Life"; 24 minutes.
	Record 10 - Side 1. Message by Dr. Oswald J. Smith, evangelist, pastor, author, and missionary statesman, entitled "The Calling of God"; 22 minutes.
	Record 10 - Side 2. Message by Rev. George M. Cowan, missionary, teacher, entitled "The World's Greatest Need"; 23 minutes. His message contains a fairly detailed description of the operations of Wycliffe Bible Translators (the Summer Institute of Linguistics) in the early 1960s.
	Back Cover