Contents

Contents

Contents

List of Illustrations

Foreword

Preface

Abbreviations

Part 1

From the Depths of Mining to Mining God’s Depths: The Early Years and Outback Ministry

1

Prologue

2

Lithgow – Mining Scars: 1914–31

3

Sydney – Self-Starters: 1931–40

4

Minnipa – Beyond Outback: 1940–45

Part 2

Personal Shyness to Scholarly Boldness and Popularity

5

Ridley – Still under the Radar: 1945–9

6

Cambridge – Scholarly Boldness: 1949–51

7

Cambridge – Love and Truth in Atonement

8

Ridley – Emerging Popularity: 1952–9

Part 3

Australian Reticence to International Expansion and Influence

9

North America – West, South, North and East: 1959–61

10

England – Tyndale, Touring and Tension: 1961–4

Part 4

One Great Truth to a Champion of Significant Truths

11

Ridley – Finally in Charge: 1964–6

12

Conferences, Chapel and Tours: 1966–70

13

Administration, Publishing and Serving: 1970–72

14

Expansion in Australia and South America: 1972–9

Part 5

An Administrative Quagmire to a Clear Path of Energetic Retirement

15

Australians, Indians, Africans and Asians: 1979–85

16

Retiring Conversations, Last Atoning Works: 1985–95

Part 6

The Setting Sun and Assessing Lifetime Impacts

17

Addition, Multiplication and Endings: 1995–2006

Appendix 1: Handwritten Note by Leon Morris

Appendix 2: The Authority of the Scriptures

Appendix 3: Handwritten Draft of ‘Steve’s Girl’

Selected Bibliography

Endnotes

Index

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