Editor’s Note from May 24, 1974

I am happy to announce the appointment of Melvin J. Sorenson as general manager of CHRISTIANITY TODAY beginning June 1.

Mel is an accounting-management graduate of the University of Illinois and has logged many years in business. He spent thirteen years with Christian Life Publications as vice-president, publisher, and secretary of the corporation. His earliest work was with R. R. Donnelley printing company in Chicago. He comes to CHRISTIANITY TODAY from Compassion, which has a notable ministry around the world in providing homes for orphans and other needy children. We welcome him to his new assignment.

Please keep praying for the International Congress on World Evangelization, to be held in July at Lausanne. At a time when one government after another has toppled and world inflation as well as shortages begin to exact an almost intolerable price, God’s people must be challenged to finish the task of making the Gospel available to every person in the world.

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 24, 1974

An Anti-Ecumenical Devil?

John Warwick Montgomery

Rochunga Pudaite: Direct Lines to the World

James C. Hefley

NAE: Exulting Evangelicals

Barrie Doyle

Book Briefs: May 24, 1974

The Good of Suffering

Gladys M. Hunt

Editorial

Needed: A Strategy for Academia

Robert L. Cleath

Eutychus and His Kin: May 24, 1974

The Refiner’s Fire: G. K. Chesterton

J.D. Douglas

Should You Go to College?

Elisabeth Elliot

Christian Cluster Colleges—Off to a Good Start

Ronald J. Sider

Needed: Christian Professors Who Profess

In Defense of a Liberal Arts Education

Calvin D. Linton

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An empty hospital bed.

Public Theology Project

When Christians Contemplate Assisted Suicide

Answering a reader’s tragic question requires more than a sound theology of hell.

An eye and an artist's canvas.

I Failed to Mature as an Artist—Until I Learned to See

Drawing is a way of entrusting what I can see to the care and attention of God.

A baby with pink and blue circles.

We Are Obsessed with Gender

Bonnie Kristian

With incoherent language trickled down from academic theorists, we think and talk about gender incessantly—and to our detriment.

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The Russell Moore Show

Charles Marsh on Bonhoeffer’s 120th Birthday

What does it mean to follow Jesus when the state is demanding your loyalty—and the church is tempted to comply?

Kelly Rowland as Leah Caldwell and Clifford “Method Man” Smith as Jarrett Roy in Relationship Goals.

How A Pastor’s Book Inspired a New Rom-Com

Haleluya Hadero

Mike Todd’s book, Relationship Goals, gets a spotlight in a film aimed at both Christian and secular audiences.

Several abstract wine bottles.

Jesus Did Not Serve Grape Juice

Why reopen debate about what we serve for Communion? Because it matters that we follow God’s commands.

Faith leaders pray at St. John Missionary Baptist Church in Springfield, Ohio.

Bracing for ICE Raids, Haitians Get Temporary Reprieve

Andy Olsen in Springfield, Ohio

A federal judge on Monday extended deportation protections for Haitian immigrants. While they waited for the ruling, pastors in Springfield, Ohio, gathered and prayed.

How ChatGPT Revealed a False Diagnosis

Luke Simon

A devastating cancer diagnosis wrecked a young couple. But after five years of uncertainty, a chatbot changed everything.