About This Issue: March 27, 1964

In recognition of Easter, this issue features a threshold page, an article by F. F. Bruce, and a lead editorial—all on aspects of the Resurrection.

CHRISTIANITY TODAY announces with pleasure the appointment, effective September 1, of Dr. Harold Lindsell as Associate Editor. A professor since 1947 at Fuller Theological Seminary, where he has served as dean of the faculty and vice-president, Dr. Lindsell is widely known for his books on missions and biblical studies. Most recently he has edited the Harper Study Bible (Revised Standard Version), to be published this summer.

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 March 27, 1964

Appalachia: Mountains of Poverty

Holmes Rolston III

The Day God Made

The Editorss

The Easter Event

F. F. Bruce

The New Morality

Howard Carson Blake

The Church and the World Today

James Mcdowell Richards

Is There a Need for Demythologizing?

David H. Freeman

To the Desert—To the World!

Floyd Doud Shafer

Eutychus and His Kin: March 27, 1964

Self-Control

L. Nelson Bell

Editorial

The Continuing Power of the Resurrection

The Editors

The Isolationism of Islam

‘The Deputy’ and Its Critics

Book Briefs: March 27, 1964

Protestant Footing in Israel

Dwight L. Baker

NCC Draws Battle Lines

Revolution in the Choir Loft

Donald Hustad

Moral Diagnosis

J. D. Douglas

Current Religious Thought: March 27, 1964

Addison H. Leitch

Our Latest

Reverend Jesse Jackson speaking to a Democratic gathering at the Cheyenne Civic Center on April 20, 1989.

The Complicated Legacy of Jesse Jackson

Haleluya Hadero

Six Christian leaders reflect on the civil rights giant’s triumphs and tragedies.

Detainees are transferred to an ICE facility during a federal immigration enforcement operation in Chicago on October of 2025.

News

The Churches That Fought for Due Process

An Ecuadorian immigrant with legal status fell into a detention “black hole.” Church leaders across the country tried to pull him out.

President Trump looking upon smokestacks.

The Bulletin

AI Predictions, Climate Policy Rollback, and Obama’s Belief in Aliens

Mike Cosper, Clarissa Moll, Russell Moore

The future of artificial intelligence, Trump repeals landmark climate finding, and the existence of aliens.

A CT magazine cover from 1973 and an image of an anti-abortion poster.

Troubling Moral Issues in 1973

Daniel Silliman

CT condemned the Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade and questioned the seriousness of Watergate.

Ben Sasse on Capitol Hill.

Ben Sasse and a Dying Breed of Politician

The former senator is battling cancer. Losing him would be one more sign that a certain kind of conservatism—and a certain kind of politics—is disappearing.

Three books on a pink background.

Reading Dante with C. S. Lewis and Dorothy Sayers

Three books on theology to read this month.

An image of Ron Kenoly.

Died: Ron Kenoly, ‘Ancient of Days’ Singer and Worship Leader

Kelsey Kramer McGinnis

Kenoly fused global sounds with contemporary worship music, inspiring decades of praise.

John Michael Finley as Bart Millard and Sammy Dell as his son Sam in I Can Only Imagine 2.

Review

MercyMe Holds On to a Hit in ‘I Can Only Imagine 2’

Kelsey Kramer McGinnis

The contemporary Christian film sequel explores life after writing a megahit, asking whether hardship can bear good fruit.