About This Issue: October 09, 1964

In a moving essay on the dire need of the churches, a Methodist minister contends that the renewal of institutionalized Christianity depends upon divine resources and bold commitment, including a new role for the laity. A panel of prominent Christian scholars discusses what factor, more than any other, is likely to decide Christianity’s influence on secular thought.

CHRISTIANITY TODAY’S analysis of the theological situation in Europe continues with an essay on the deterioriation of Barthian defenses.

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 October 9, 1964

Revelation in History

Dare We Hope for Renewal of the Church?

The Revival of the Conservative Spirit in America

Pros and Cons of Baptism: The Case for Infant Baptism

Geoffrey W. Bromiley

The Case against Infant Baptism

G. R. Beasley-Murray

Chaos in European Theology: The Deterioration of Barth’s Defenses

Eutychus and His Kin: October 9, 1964

Victory over Satan

Editorial

Moral Relativism and Public Guilt

Let’s Get Back to the Center

The Minister’s Workshop: The Way to Note-Free Preaching

Book Briefs: October 9, 1964

God’s Best for You

Charles W. Koller

The Next Ten Years

Mass Evangelism: Billy Graham: Back to Boston

Harold Lindsell

British Church Merger by 1980?

Comeback of Urban Churches

Current Religious Thought: October 9, 1964

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