About This Issue: November 22, 1963

Our issue for Universal Bible Sunday (December 8) features statements on Scripture by seven well-known Christians. Related articles include Professor Cailliet’s account of the place of the Bible in his conversion and Dr. Metzger’s assessment of the King James, the Revised Standard, and the Phillips Versions, and the New English Bible. An editorial points to the power of the Bible as an educating force for all people.

Interpreting past events in a Christian light comes under the scrutiny of Dr. McGill.… A controversial drama by Rolf Hochhuth focuses attention on the late Pope Pius XII (see Current Religious Thought, page 50).

Circulation this issue 211,009 copies.

Also in this issue

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 22, 1963

Mark Hatfield's Personal Use of the Bible

Mark O. Hatfield

Book Briefs: November 22, 1963

Review of Current Religious Thought: November 22, 1963

J. D. Douglas

News Worth Noting: November 22, 1963

The Vatican View of Authority

Lance Zavitz

Freedom on a Hinge

A Trio of Transplants

Editorial

The Educating Power of the Bible

‘Do’ or ‘Done’!

L. Nelson Bell

Eutychus and His Kin: November 22, 1963

The Perennial Book

Harold Lindsell

A Christian Historian’s Role

William J. Mcgill, Jr

The Book that Understands Me

Emile Cailliet

Four English Translations of the New Testament

Bruce M. Metzger

My Personal Use of the Bible

A Symposium

Our Latest

David Platt All You Want For Christmas

The Russell Moore Show

David Platt on All You Want for Christmas

What if the most radical thing about Christmas isn’t that God came near—but that he came to serve?

Excerpt

The Story Behind Handel’s ‘Messiah’

The Bulletin with Charles King

Meet the unlikely characters who defined this musical classic.

The KK Park complex in Myanmar's eastern Myawaddy township.

News

The Christians Helping People Enslaved by Cybercrime Scam Centers

Erin Foley in Mae Sot, Thailand

After Myanmar’s military raided a compound, a network of ministries helps trafficking victims return home.

Dreaming Against the Machine

Technologies like AI privilege “growth” and “effectiveness” over imagination and inefficiency. God operates differently.

A Hanukkah menorah is projected onto the sails of the Sydney Opera House in memory of the victims of the shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney on December 15, 2025.

News

Church Provides Shelter, Aid During Bondi Beach Attack

Amy Lewis

Australian Christians are finding ways to support the Jewish community after an ISIS-motivated shooting killed 15.

Brown University student kneels in front of a memorial

News

How Rhode Island Churches Responded to the Brown Shooting

Harvest Prude and Kara Bettis Carvalho in Providence, Rhode Island

God “draws near to us in our suffering,” local pastor Scott Axtmann preached after Saturday’s deadly attack. Area ministries were active too.

Two women facing away, one has an Israel flag draped over her shoulders, the other woman has her arm around the first.

The Bulletin

Hanukkah Attack in Australia and Christmas Hospitality

Steve Cuss, Mike Cosper, Clarissa Moll

Shootings prompt a conversation about antisemitism and violence, and Being Human’s Steve Cuss discusses God’s hospitality.

The book cover.

Review

Personal Preference Is No Way to Judge Faithful Worship

Steven Félix-Jäger’s new volume on biblical, aesthetic, theological, and pastoral considerations in worship will serve many churches.