About This Issue: May 08, 1964

Several essays stress Christian education in college and seminary. Out of his experience as Princeton chaplain, Ernest Gordon speaks of the need for proclaiming the Word to students today (page 4).… Bernard Ramm says that the fusion of biblicism, theology, and liberal arts that produced the Reformation is needed in Christian education today (page 6).

How is the Church to strike a balance between nurture and witness? David B. Woodward declares that evangelism still has priority (page 9).

News report on the third session of the Consultation on Church Union and the NAE Convention.

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 May 8, 1964

Dynamic Simplicity

James H. Taylor, Sr.

‘He Ascended into Heaven’

The Editors

The Word and the Campus

Ernest Gordon

The Roots of Christian Humanism

Bernard Ramm

The Missionary Calling

David B. Woodward

Distinctives of a Christian College

Thomas B. Mcdormand

Prayer, the Bible, and the Schools

Ronald C. Doll

Eutychus and His Kin: May 8, 1964

The Predicament of Youth

L. Nelson Bell

Editorial

Civil Rights and Christian Concern

The Editors

The Minister’s Workshop: Five Marks of an Evangelical Preacher

Andrew W. Blackwood

The Image of God and the Landscape of Death: Artists and Critics on Modern Art

Book Briefs: May 8, 1964

The A B C of the Gospel

Cary N. Weisiger Iii

The Blake Proposal: Strides and Snags

Frank Farrell

Evangelical Action in Chicago

Frank E. Gaebelein

Faith and Form

The Bible on the Beaches

Current Religious Thought: May 8, 1964

Harold B. Kuhn

Our Latest

lit candle and star background

Being Human

Clarissa Moll and Steve Cuss on Power Dynamics, Faith, and Inclusive Leadership

Why did the listener cross the road? To stop fixing and start understanding!

Pastor Elias Rodriguez with three children he flew to Venezuela to reunite with their mother after she was deported without them.

Saying ‘Welcome the Stranger’ Is Easy. Hosting a Toddler Is Not.

A conservative pastor I know opened his home to children whose parents were deported. His witness has me examining my comfortable life.

A collage of people protesting.

Analysis

How to Organize a Healthy Protest

The Bulletin with Chris Butler

Pastor and political strategist Chris Butler draws on Martin Luther King Jr.’s wisdom when planning action.

An image of Claudette Colvin

News

Died: Claudette Colvin, Unsung Civil Rights Pioneer

Haleluya Hadero

As a teenager, Colvin challenged Montgomery’s segregation law and prevailed.

Artwork showing slavery in the United States and persecution of Jews by Romans in the Bible.

Seeing Black History Through Scripture

Rann Miller

Similarities between the African American and Jewish experience can help us think biblically about human dignity.

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The Russell Moore Show

What Happens When You Look Away from the Minneapolis Shootings

You cannot hide a hardened heart behind the fact that you weren’t the one pulling the trigger.

The Dowey family and their adopted daughter, Grace, who is currently in Haiti.

News

Trump’s Visa Suspension Leaves Adoptive Families in Limbo

Hannah Herrera

The government doesn’t provide a blanket exemption for international adoptions but will examine them case by case.

A note reading " I Love You Fletcher" is left outside Annunciation Church and School on August 30, 2025 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

News

After Their Kids Survived the Annunciation Shooting, Parents Search for Healing

Emily Belz in Minneapolis

Families in the same Anglican church watched their young children deal with trauma, anxiety, and grief. They found one solution: each other.