{"id":145,"date":"2013-01-30T12:37:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T17:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/54.225.232.228\/us\/product\/the-unresolved-controversy\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T08:57:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T13:57:39","slug":"the-unresolved-controversy","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/banneroftruth.org\/us\/store\/booklets\/the-unresolved-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Unresolved Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Endorsement<\/h2>\n<p>&#8216;Murray&#8217;s critique is as kind as it is revealing and devastating. The icons of modern evangelism are shown as falling into egregious strategic errors which have weakened the evangelical faith at its very core. The bridges built to reach the mainstream became a two-way street by which those who sought to influence the liberals were themselves influenced.&#8217; &#8212;  R.C. 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