![]() ![]() Sadly, that assessment was, as the saying goes, no longer operative. He said things in his wonderful little strip that made us feel as if this guy really understood us, shared our fears and insecurities, and sympathized.Ĭhristianity Today, the voice of Evangelicalism back then, profiled him (in 1965) in an article that called him “a devoted Christian and dedicated churchman… a model Christian professional artist, a loving family man, an unabashed witness to Christ as his Lord and Savior.” Art galleries displayed his original panels. He was the most successful cartoonist, not only in the world, but in history. As I shall explain, etc.īack in those days I’ve been reminiscing about in my last couple posts (the early ’70s), when I was working with a Christian musical group and we were in the midst of the “Jesus Movement,” there was no celebrity Christian about whom we were more smug than Charles M. In fact, it rises from a scary level of personal identification. Please understand that this doesn’t spring from malice. ![]() Warning: I will say some hard things about Charles Schulz in the course of this review. ![]() ![]() I might add that it also made me feel as if I were being beaten repeatedly with a rubber hose. I’ve told you already that I found this book utterly gripping and compelling. ![]()
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