Walking With Giants: The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir
Overview
Elmer Towns is known around the world as cofounder of the world’s largest Christian university and as author of more than 175 popular books on prayer, spirituality, and the Church. He is also known as a motivator par excellence of men and women who long to be exceptional for the cause of Christ. But not many people know that a long “desert experience” lies behind Towns’ extraordinary success, an experience that taught him how to be, in the words of the apostle Paul, “crucified with Christ” (Gal. 2:20). In these memoirs, one of the modern Church’s most influential teachers shares his fascinating life story, drawing out principles that can be applied by anyone seeking to become great in God’s kingdom. Leaders and students alike will be challenged to greater faithfulness and encouraged to seek God more deeply.
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Elmer Towns is a gifted Bible teacher and faithful preacher of the Word of God. His life’s story will warm your heart as he shares the deepest hurts of a young boy who overcame the struggles and turmoil of a difficult childhood by meeting the Savior. His commitment to Jesus Christ has led him into pulpits and classrooms, and many young men and women have learned the great truths of Scripture under the careful teaching of my friend, Elmer Towns.
—Franklin Graham, president and CEO, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
Walking with Giants takes us on an insightful journey through the last 70 years of evangelicalism from the perspective of one of its key movers and shakers. During the trip, you will laugh out loud as the 19-year-old preacher, Elmer Towns, motivates the recently-regenerated town drunk to help paint their dilapidated church. Six decades later, you will weep as he relates the loss of Jerry Falwell, his dear life-long teammate. Walking with Giants is a great read.
—Dr. Bill Jones, president, Columbia International University
Elmer Towns has been my mentor for more than 40 years. He first touched my life through his books and then through his life. He has spent his life challenging pastors and church leaders around the world to enlarge their vision and passion for the cause of Christ. His life has touched mine and now will touch yours as you read this book. To Elmer, my great friend and mentor, I say, ‘Well done! You have lived well!’
—John C. Maxwell, founder, The INJOY Group
- Title: Walking with Giants: The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir
- Author: Elmer Towns
- Publisher: Regal
- Print Publication Date: 2012
- Logos Release Date: 2014
- Pages: 272
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Towns, Elmer L; Baptists › United States--Clergy--Biography
- ISBNs: 9780830763825, 0830763821
- Resource ID: LLS:WLKWTHGNTS
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T03:51:20Z
Elmer Towns is cofounder of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, and dean of its School of Religion. Also a best-selling author, he won an ECPA Gold Medallion Book of the Year Award for The Names of the Holy Spirit.