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In the 1920s he aided harry houdini in his crusade against fraudulent mediumship. Faithfully based on the scriptures of the acts and the epistles, this saga of kings and jailers, of far voyages and shipwreck, of strange miracles and. The subtitle of the greatest story ever told is a tale of the greatest life ever lived. The greatest story ever told radio program, a 19471956 series inspired by the gospels. Was editor of liberty magazine, and former senior editor of readers digest. Fulton oursler s most popular book is the greatest story ever told. Discover book depositorys huge selection of fulton oursler books online. The greatest story ever told by fulton oursler librarything. The greatest book ever written by fulton oursler, paperback.

The greatest story ever told by fulton oursler kirkus. The large supporting cast includes dorothy mcguire as mary, claude rains as herod the great, jose ferrer as herod antip. A tale of the greatest life ever lived by oursler, fulton seller between the covers rare books, inc. Buy the greatest story ever told by fulton oursler online at alibris. Using a fictionalized narrative, oursler takes events from the gospels of the new testament and adds imaginative dialogues and personalities to recreate the first. This sequel to the greatest story ever told follows the turbulent adventures of the apostles paul, peter, and james after the crucifixion of christ in their struggle to spread the good news to the world. Completely faithful to the literal statements of the scriptures, ourslers retelling of the old testament sets real people against a painstakingly researched and vividly depicted background.

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