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Oral Roberts Has Been Called Home

Yes, everyone’s using that subject heading now that televangelist Oral Roberts is dead at age 91, but this is no time for originality.

There are surprisingly few YouTube clips of the guy; even the infamous “God will call me home if you don’t give me money” moment isn’t there. But here’s a typical moment (from 1959) in the career of Oral Roberts and the history of televangelism:

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