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.

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 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

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The Religion Gender Gap Among the Young Is Disappearing

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The venerable theological tradition makes war slower, riskier, costlier, and less efficient—and that’s the point.

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Will the Church Enter the Guys’ Group Chat?

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Young men are looking for online presence. The church needs to offer more than weekly breakfasts.

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Attempts at Cultural Crossover

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From Pat Robertson’s soap opera to creation science, CT reported evangelical efforts to go mainstream in 1982.

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Young, Educated, and Urban Pastors Are Most Likely to Use AI

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A survey found denominational differences in pastors’ use of the technology, as well as widespread skepticism about its reliability.