Regarding Templeton, I have some think you could be heading in the right direction. Here's some evidence for that view:
Michael Patton has written this sad but challenging article, '
Billy Graham and Charles Templeton: A Sad Tale of Two Evangelists'. There is evidence here that Templeton may not have been intellectually convinced of the Gospel and the Scriptures. See this excerpt from Templeton's,
Farewell to God:
All our differences came to a head in a discussion which, better than anything I know, explains Billy Graham and his phenomenal success as an evangelist.
In the course of our conversation I said, But, Billy, its simply not possible any longer to believe, for instance, the biblical account of creation. The world was not created over a period of days a few thousand years ago; it has evolved over millions of years. Its not a matter of speculation; its a demonstrable fact.
I dont accept that Billy said. And there are reputable scholars who dont.
Who are these scholars? I said. Men in conservative Christian colleges[?]
Most of them, yes, he said. But that is not the point. I believe the Genesis account of creation because its in the Bible. Ive discovered something in my ministry: When I take the Bible literally, when I proclaim it as the word of God, my preaching has power. When I stand on the platform and say, God says, or The Bible says, the Holy Spirit uses me. There are results. Wiser men than you or I have been arguing questions like this for centuries. I dont have the time or the intellect to examine all sides of the theological dispute, so Ive decided once for all to stop questioning and accept the Bible as Gods word.
But Billy, I protested, You cannot do that. You dont dare stop thinking about the most important question in life. Do it and you begin to die. Its intellectual suicide.
I dont know about anybody else, he said, but Ive decided that thats the path for me.
(
Farewell to God, 7-8)
Michael Patton's comment was:
Templeton, as his own story makes plain (p. 3), never truly reached a point where he was intellectually convicted of the truthfulness of Christianity (what the reformers called assensus). Assensus represents the conviction we have in our minds. Assent of the mind is vital to our faith. Graham, according to this testimony, had enough assensus to make a decision. He was not going to be an eternal tire-kicker with regard to Christianity. Sure, he could have waited, like Templeton, until every possible objection to the faith was answered, but this would amount to a failure of modernistic irrationality. We can never have all our questions answered. At some point there must be a sufficiency in probability.
You could be on the right track. Templeton may never have been a believer and was preaching a superficial Gospel that sounded like the real thing, but it wasn't. One comment by another person at the end of this article online was:
The interview former atheist, Lee Strobel conducted with Templeton. When Strobel asked him about Jesus, he said, hes the most important thing in my life. He stammered: I . . . I . . . I adore him . . . Everything good I know, everything decent I know, everything pure I know, I learned from Jesus. Strobel was stunned. He listened in shock. He says that Templetons voice began to crack. He then said, I . . . miss . . . him! With that the old man burst into tears; with shaking frame, he wept bitterly.
As I write this rather lengthy response, another point comes to my mind: What are we doing in preaching a Gospel that is not substantive or invitations to Christ that sound trifling: 'Come to Christ', 'Give your heart to Jesus', 'Raise your hand if you want to receive Jesus', 'Come to the altar if you want salvation', 'Pray the sinner's prayer', etc.
Or is that too harsh??:o
Sincerely in Christ,
Oz
Thank you again Oz. I had classmates that I was close to that were composed of both Arminian and RH camps, ie, use to watch them almost get into fist fights, however they liked me where my Lutheran peers would get sick everytime they even seen me thus don't want you to get sick too - must have been my good looks when I had teeth back then/ 
:o
