Editor’s Note from December 05, 1975

By the time this issue arrives in your home I’ll be in Nairobi covering the Fifth Assembly of the World Council of Churches. I hope to have an interpretive overview of the assembly in the January 2 issue.

Our readers will want to hear Billy Graham’s address to the nation via TV on New Year’s Eve, as the Bicentennial year commences.

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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 December 5, 1975

Church of England: Back to Basics

The Marxist New Man

KLAUS BOCKMÜHL

Black Pentecostals: Setting up the Kingdom

Moving on Public Frontiers

Book Briefs: December 5, 1975

Walled In or Walled Out?

Editorial

The Personal Gift: Better than Gold

Eutychus and His Kin: December 5, 1975

Rober Herrick: Welcoming Christ's Advent

Catching up with ‘The Evangelicals’

Mark A. Noll

Beauty in the Bible

The Christian Source of Truth

How to Choose a Bible

Mary Reconsidered

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Behind the Story

Why We Retracted a Report About Violence in Afghanistan

Andy Olsen

A note from CT’s editorial director for news about our reporting on an attack on a house church.

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Public Theology Project

What Social Media Addiction Tells Us About Heaven and Hell

The infinite scroll is a counterfeit paradise, a parody of the coming world beyond “all that we ask or think.”

Amy-Grant

The Russell Moore Show

Amy Grant on New Music After a Decade

What holds a life together when it feels fragmented?

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News

Floods Scatter Christian Communities in Africa

Pius Sawa

A pastor in Kenya struggles to rebuild a church destroyed by erratic weather.

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News

Good Lungs and Lung Cancer

A tribute to Karl Zinsmeister, a Bush administration adviser who was a faithful Christian and the most interesting man I knew.

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News

Anxious Chinese Young People are Turning to Fortunetelling

Kelly Ng

Even in churches, youth group members are asking about star signs. Pastors are pushing back and seeking openings.

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Join a Church Before It’s an Emergency

Benjamin Vrbicek

With health care, we understand the need to plan for pain, even while we’re well. Spiritual care requires planning too.

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Public Theology Project

Why I Don’t Debate Atheists

We need apologetics, but what we need more is genuine confidence in the Word we carry.