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Lately we have heard horrifying accounts of Christians who were caught fleeing Romania. Imprisonment and beatings are the general rule, but they keep trying to escape. One congregation barricaded itself inside its building in order to hold back government bulldozers. We hope to return to Romania and take food. Pray that this will be possible. — Bill Smith, missionary in Austria

Glasnost and perestroika are really translating into more religious freedom for Christians in the Soviet Union. More things are happening than the casual observer or tourist can observe. Computers and copy machines are being opened up to the Russian people. We no longer have to smuggle in miniature New Testaments. We can now mail full-sized Bibles to the people and be assured that they will not be confiscated. — Stephen Bilak, missionary to the Slavic world

This spring I audited a course in Restoration History taught by Dr. William Richardson, his final semester of teaching at Emmanuel. We used a number of textbooks. including yours. I thought you would be interested in knowing that he only assigned a few chapters from the other books, but he assigned twelve chapters from your book! I was especially helped by your book and read it in its entirety. — Jim Shields, Professor Emeritus, Milligan College 

(We appreciate this commendation and pass it along so that you might be encouraged to read for yourself my The Stone-Campbell Movement, which you may order from us at $21.95 postpaid. — Ed.) 

We have a seminar scheduled at the Quaker Ave. Church of Christ in April with John Willis of ACU, who will explicate the book of Amos. We are billing the seminar under the topic: "Making the Bible Live in Our Study." —Tom Langford, Lubbock, Tx