The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 31, Ed. 1, Friday, May 29, 1942 (open access)

The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 31, Ed. 1, Friday, May 29, 1942

Weekly student newspaper from Abilene Christian College in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: May 29, 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lecture on Reforming Councils transcript

Lecture on Reforming Councils

Lecture by LeMoine Lewis at Abilene Christian University concerning church history. The lecture begins with a scripture readings from Ephesians 4 and then a hymn. He talks about the reforming councils of the 15th century.
Date: unknown
Creator: Lewis, LeMoine G.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 2, Ed. 1, Wednesday, August 29, 1990 (open access)

The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 2, Ed. 1, Wednesday, August 29, 1990

Weekly student newspaper from Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: August 29, 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pro-Union Sentiment Among Restorationists within the Confederacy transcript

Pro-Union Sentiment Among Restorationists within the Confederacy

Lecture given Tuesday, February 24, 1998, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University
Date: February 24, 1998
Creator: Holley, Peggy
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lecture on Lords of the Congregation transcript

Lecture on Lords of the Congregation

Lecture by LeMoine Lewis at Abilene Christian University concerning church history. The lecture begins with a scripture reading from Psalms 40 and then a hymn. He speaks about the time between John Knox’s departure from Scotland in 1556 and his final return in 1559. The Reformation party grew in numbers and became more aggressive, forming the league for common action and mutual defense.
Date: unknown
Creator: Lewis, LeMoine G.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lecture on John Huss transcript

Lecture on John Huss

Lecture by LeMoine Lewis at Abilene Christian University concerning church history. The lecture begins with a prayer, followed by a scripture readings from 2 Timothy 3:17, and then a hymn. He speaks about the Czech forerunner of the Protestant Reformation—John Huss.
Date: unknown
Creator: Lewis, LeMoine G.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Restoration History Lectures - Restoration in Russia transcript

Restoration History Lectures - Restoration in Russia

Lecture given Wednesday, February 20, 1991, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University
Date: February 20, 1991
Creator: Jones, Wesley
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lecture on the Beginnings of Christianity in Scotland transcript

Lecture on the Beginnings of Christianity in Scotland

Lecture by LeMoine Lewis at Abilene Christian University concerning church history. The lecture begins with announcements and a prayer, followed by a devotional, and then a hymn. He speaks about the beginnings of Christianity in Scotland to begin a series of lectures on the Scottish Reformation.
Date: unknown
Creator: Lewis, LeMoine G.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 6, Ed. 1, Friday, October 24, 1958 (open access)

The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 6, Ed. 1, Friday, October 24, 1958

Weekly student newspaper from Abilene Christian College in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: October 24, 1958
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interview with Jack Riehl, 1986 captions transcript

Interview with Jack Riehl, 1986

Interview with Jack Riehl, Area Manager for the J.C. Penney Company. In the interview, Riehl discusses the current status and health of the J.C. Penney Company, as well as his recent family vacation to England for historical learning purposes.
Date: 1986
Creator: Riehl, Jack & McCaleb, Gary
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 14, Ed. 1, Friday, January 12, 1940 (open access)

The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 14, Ed. 1, Friday, January 12, 1940

Weekly student newspaper from Abilene Christian College in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: January 12, 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Surviving the Ragin Fire: Part 1 transcript

Surviving the Ragin Fire: Part 1

Lecture given Wednesday, June 25, 2003 at Abilene Christian University
Date: June 25, 2003
Creator: Scott, Pat
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 44, Ed. 1, Friday, March 21, 2003 (open access)

The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 44, Ed. 1, Friday, March 21, 2003

Tri-weekly student newspaper from Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: March 21, 2003
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Sufferings of This Present Time: Christian Perspectives on the "Attack on America" - Living Christian as Americans transcript

The Sufferings of This Present Time: Christian Perspectives on the "Attack on America" - Living Christian as Americans

Lecture given Tuesday, February 19, 2002, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "How do we make sense of our world in the wake of the terrorist attacks on our nation? Five months after our national tragedy we are still asking the hard questions of faith in the face of devestation and loss. While easy answers evade us, it is important for Christians to think about the shape of their world in the light of suffering. Join these three teachers as we consider again our place in light of the events of September 11, 2001."
Date: February 19, 2002
Creator: Hailey, Mel; Rankin, Bill & Trevathan, Charles
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Psalm 119 - Stepchild of the Psalter transcript

Psalm 119 - Stepchild of the Psalter

Lecture given Wednesday, February 20, 1991, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University
Date: February 20, 1991
Creator: Griffith, Anna
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Can These Bones Live? - How We Moved Our Church and Lived to Tell About It! transcript

Can These Bones Live? - How We Moved Our Church and Lived to Tell About It!

Lecture given Friday, September 22, 2006, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "This class deals with the relocation and transformation of the Midtown Church of Christ in Fort Worth, Texas, now the Heritage Church of Christ in Keller, Texas. How a church changed from a declining and dying entity into a thriving and growing church in a vibrant neighborhood."
Date: September 22, 2006
Creator: Hackney, Jim
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Leaders, Followers, and Those Who are in the Way transcript

Leaders, Followers, and Those Who are in the Way

Lecture given Monday, June 27, 2005 at Abilene Christian University: "Class will present key principles of effective leadership. Additionally, it will intoduce an area that is rarely discussed (effective fellowship), and will discuuss those in our congregations who can be obstacles to progress."
Date: June 27, 2005
Creator: Hurd, Jimmy
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
There's Something Fishy Going on Here transcript

There's Something Fishy Going on Here

Lecture given Wednesday, June 25, 2003 at Abilene Christian University
Date: June 25, 2003
Creator: Sandine, Brian
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Christian Chronicle (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 73, No. 10, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 1, 2016 (open access)

The Christian Chronicle (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 73, No. 10, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 1, 2016

Monthly newspaper from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that includes news and information about the Churches of Christ along with advertising.
Date: October 1, 2016
Creator: Tryggestad, Erik
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Eclipse of a Vision? - The 19th Century: Restoration and the Spirit of America transcript

The Eclipse of a Vision? - The 19th Century: Restoration and the Spirit of America

Lecture given Monday, September 18, 2006, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Like America itself, our goal was to transcend history. But can any movement escape the assumptions of its own time? In fact, at inception, we were the religious expression of the spirit of the republic. Can that vision thrive?"
Date: September 18, 2006
Creator: Thomson, Ross
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Marriage is for Life transcript

Marriage is for Life

Lecture given Tuesday, February 25, 1992, 7:00 PM at Abilene Christian University
Date: February 25, 1992
Creator: Holt, G.P. & Helterbrand, Ken
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Christian Chronicle (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, May 10, 1968 (open access)

Christian Chronicle (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, May 10, 1968

Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes news and information about the Churches of Christ along with advertising.
Date: May 10, 1968
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 17, Ed. 1, Friday, October 19, 1984 (open access)

The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 17, Ed. 1, Friday, October 19, 1984

Weekly student newspaper from Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: October 19, 1984
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Prickly Pear, Yearbook of Abilene Christian University, 1979 (open access)

Prickly Pear, Yearbook of Abilene Christian University, 1979

Yearbook for Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas includes photos of and information about the school, student body, professors, and organizations. Index starts on page 362.
Date: 1979
Creator: Abilene Christian University
Object Type: Yearbook
System: The Portal to Texas History