Looking Ahead: August 16, 1968

■ Russell Chandler, CHRISTIANITY TODAY’s religious news fellow from the Washington Journalism Center last fall, has become religious news editor of the Washington Evening Star. He succeeds the gifted Caspar Nannes, who has retired to complete a number of literary projects.

■ Adon Taft, religion editor of the Miami Herald and CHRISTIANITY TODAY’S news correspondent in that city, has won the religious news award of the Southern Presbyterian Church.

■ First staff replacement announced by Editor-elect Harold Lindsell, who is traveling in the Holy Land, is Dr. Richard L. Love, 29, minister of Eastminster Presbyterian Church, Knoxville, Tennessee, and current moderator of Knoxville Presbytery. Love holds a doctorate in New Testament studies from Manchester University, England. He begins duties on September 1.

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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 August 16, 1968

France in Flame

John Warwick Montgomery

Uppsala: Awkward Ecumenical Timing

Pope Faces Birth Control Crisis

Book Briefs: August 16, 1968

The Minister’s Workshop: Dealing with Illegitimacy

Editorial

The Guns of August

Babel or Pentecost?

L. Nelson Bell

Eutychus and His Kin: August 16, 1968

Science and Christianity

Charles Hatfield

The Lord’s Day Is Not Passé

Hudson T. Armerding

The Modern Debate around the Bible

Klaas Runia

Uppsala 1968

Harold Lindsell

Our Latest

Excerpt

Timothy Keller: Sin Is the Strongest Argument for Faith

Tim Keller

Scripture’s take on human nature helps us cope with evil. It also gives us reason to believe.

Marjorie Taylor Green giving a speech and pointing with both pointer fingers.

The Bulletin

Marjorie Taylor Greene, Communion at the White House, and Charlotte ICE Raids

Mike Cosper, Clarissa Moll

Marjorie Taylor Greene splits with Trump, former Bethel leader hosts communion in DC, and ICE makes arrests in Charlotte.

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A Political Scientist Contemplates God

Noah C. Gould

Charles Murray is ready to take religion seriously. He thinks we should too.

The numbers 6 and 7 with a Bible.

6-7 in the Bible

Kristy Etheridge

A scriptural nod to Gen Alpha’s favorite not-so-inside joke.‌

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More Than a City On a Hill

Philip Jenkins

Religion in the Lands that Became America moves readers away from religious exceptionalism.

How He Leaves

Interview by Kelsey Kramer McGinnis

After his final tour, independent musician John Mark McMillan is backing out of the algorithm rat race but still chasing transcendence.

Michael Iskander in House of David Season 2.

Review

Review: ‘House of David’ Season 2

Peter T. Chattaway

The swordfights and staring lovers start to feel like padding. Then, all at once, the show speeds up.‌

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Being Human

Abby Thompson on Overcoming Anxiety in the Big City

A young professional’s journey to self-discovery