Religion: In the Soup

William Ackerman of Chicago is no Arthur Godfrey fan. In fact, Ackerman, international director of the World Home Bible League, which gives away close to 400,000 Bibles a year, feels that Godfrey is occasionally "suggestive." But when, while he was switching channels one night, Godfrey's humble face swam onto the screen, Bibleman Ackerman stopped to stare. "The Redhead" was pouring the commercial.

"When it comes to the chicken in Lipton's soup, you've got to have faith,"Godfrey was saying. "Just like it says in the Bible. You know—the Book of Hebrews, Chapter 11, Verse one:...

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