Editor’s Note from December 04, 1970

Evening comes early, snow comes often, winds blow not only chill but downright frigid—it’s December, and winter is undeniably here. The next issue of CHRISTIANITY TODAY, which will be dated December 18, will contain a bit of a Christmas treat. Look for it!

In this issue Klaas Runia tackles the matter of what evangelicals believe about the Bible, a particularly important question in an age when everything seems to be coming unglued. His essay will run in two parts. Francis Schaeffer, a brilliant interpreter of the contemporary scene, declares war on the irrationality of modern thought. Equally contemporary is the discussion by Leighton Ford (speaker on alternate Sundays on the Graham “Hour of Decision”) of the need for real revolution of the right kind and for the right purpose. As a special treat our former co-editor Frank Gaebelein pays tribute to Beethoven. Gaebelein is a skillful pianist who profoundly appreciates the genius of Beethoven and who understands how God in his common grace distributes rare aesthetic gifts to men of all races and nations and speaks through them to people everywhere.

Speaking of gifts: our circulation manager, Connely McCray, recently got a hole-in-one on a 154-yard thirteenth hole, using a nine iron—earning the stinted praise of those of us around the office who have never even come close!

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