About This Issue: November 08, 1963

What is the role of thanksgiving in God’s pattern of things? Cary Weisiger shows it to be indispensable in the divine purpose. The editorial on page 29 points to the apparent tendency to secularize the Thanksgiving holiday.

Several articles focus upon communication: God to man and man to man. And be sure not to miss “The Minister’s Workshop,” highlighted by Paul Rees’s plea for the concrete.

Frank Farrell reports on the annual convention of the Disciples of Christ (page 38).

This issue exceeds 210,600 copies.

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The CT archives are a rich treasure of biblical wisdom and insight from our past. Some things we would say differently today, and some stances we've changed. But overall, we're amazed at how relevant so much of this content is. We trust that you'll find it a helpful resource.

Christianity Today November 8, 1963

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Editorial

Cigarettes and the Stewardship of the Body

Thanksgiving: Clue to Life’s Meaning

Cary N. Weisiger, Iii

We Have Something to Say

William A. Benfield

The Silent God?

G. C. Berkouwer

The Greatest Sermon in Fiction

D. Bruce Lockerbie

Don’t Preach above Your Experience

Richard G. Dunwoody

The Letter of Recommendation: Reliable or Not?

Orlo Strunk, Jr

Eutychus and His Kin: November 8, 1963

To Whom Shall the Church Listen?

Thomas M. Olbricht

Responsibility

L. Nelson Bell

Disciple Roads to Unity

Frank. Farrell

The Gospel in Disguise

Revolution or Retreat?

News Worth Noting: November 08, 1963

Book Briefs: November 8, 1963

The Minister’s Workshop: Captured by the Concrete

Paul S. Rees

The War in Vietnam

Review of Current Religious Thought: November 8, 1963

Addison H. Leitch

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An illustration of the beast from Revelation.

Public Theology Project

The Antichrist Hides in Plain Sight at Christmas

Russell Moore

First-century Bethlehem is not an escape from all the political chaos; it’s the epicenter.

A school desk and laptop.

The School Tech Situation Is Worse than You Think

Carrie McKean in Midland, Texas

There are still good teachers doing good work. But they can only do so much when state directives and district resources push them online.

A baseball hit and government building.

Geoff Duncan Brings Baseball Strategy to Halls of Power

The Just Life with Geoff Duncan

How a former MLB player found God and a calling for civic service.

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The Russell Moore Show

Andrew Peterson on Beholding the Lamb of God for Over 25 Years

Gather round ye listeners come…Andrew Peterson is back.

Pieces of illustrations from Jane Eyre.

Why I Need Jane Eyre

Wendy Kiyomi

The heroine reminds me what it means to be beloved as I raise three children who were abandoned like her.

A family helping a foster child.

News

Trump’s Foster Care Order Sides with Christian Families

Harvest Prude

The executive order reverses a Biden-era push for LGBTQ policies that shut Christians out of fostering and adoption, but its legal mechanism is left vague.

There's a kid and a teenager isolated in a glass cube. Outside, there's a doctor looking at the kid, holding a syringe, like he was was ready to complete his task, but got stopped. On the side of the teenager are other teenagers, showing him their phones.

The Bulletin

Social Media Bans, Hep-B Vaccine, Notre Dame Snubbed, and the 1939 Project

Mike Cosper, Clarissa Moll

Australia bans social media for kids, CDC’s recommendations change, college football uproar, and the far right lens on history.

A manger on a red spiral background

A Christmas Conspiracy for Zoomer Men

Luke Simon

They’re not wrong to believe in a contested world. But they’ve misidentified the villains.

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