[1] He taught at Columbia Bible College (Columbia International University), Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fuller Theological Seminary, and Wheaton College before becoming editor of Christianity Today.
[5] Lindsell was concerned with the direction Fuller took after his departure, and this led him to write The Battle for the Bible in 1976.
[6] He is credited with boosting the efforts of conservatives to wrest the Southern Baptist Convention away from moderates over the issue of biblical inerrancy.
[1] Ruth Graham credited him with "being used by God to save her doubting faith" while she was a student at Wheaton.
[3] Lindsell's contributions to the exegesis of Scripture included preparing and editing the introductions, annotations, topical headings, marginal references, and index to the Harper Study Bible, published by Zondervan Bible Publishers.