Editor’s Note from July 16, 1976

The stark reality of food shortages, waste, and overconsumption by the affluent is reflected in this issue. As our writers make clear, there are no easy solutions. The totalitarianisms of the left or the right provide no real hope, though nation after nation has succumbed to their siren calls. We Christians are to be the light of the world and the salt of the earth.

David E. Kucharsky is now Senior Editor of CHRISTIANITY TODAY. He has been with us almost from the beginning, since 1958. He will be working on special projects. Kudos to this devoted servant of God.

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 July 16, 1976

The Revolution: Christian In Spite of Itself

Southern Presbyterians: Changing Patterns

Arthur H. Matthews

Southern Baptists: Platform for Presidents

Edward E. Plowman

Book Briefs: July 16, 1976

Minister’s Workshop: ‘I Thought You Ought to Know …’

Who Troubles Israel?

Editorial

Sacrificial Living, Sacrificial Giving

Eutychus and His Kin: July 16, 1976

Hunger: Twenty Easy Questions, No Easy Answers

Arthur Simon

Mischief by Statute: How We Oppress the Poor

Ronald J. Sider

A Case Against Waste and Other Excesses

Stanley C. Baldwin

The Bible on Hunger—A Source of Discomfort?

J. D. Douglas

Mary Moody Emerson And the One That Got Away

Nancy Barcus

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A collage of Lucie Campbell, a song she wrote, and her hometown.

Gospel Matriarch Lucie Campbell Looked To God

Daylan Woodall

Her songs spoke to life’s uncertainties and God’s presence—and taught me how to hope.

A photo of Benjamin Watson at mic with the title of the podcast The Just Life overlaid on the image

The Just Life with Benjamin Watson

Johnny Joey Jones: What Do We Owe the Men and Women We Send to War?

Trauma, Responsibility, and the Honor of Being Needed

Part of the set of The Faithful.

Review

‘The Faithful’ Celebrates the Women of the Bible

Paul Marchbanks

The first episode—and a set visit in Italy—introduced a me to a thoughtful new drama about multidimensional women in Scripture.

An image of the hymnal.

News

From ‘O for a Thousand Tongues’ to ‘The Blessing’

Kelsey Kramer McGinnis

The first Wesleyan hymnal in 30 years seeks to reflect the movement’s history and present.

Pastor Ara Torosian filmed Border Patrol agents arresting Iranian members of his congregation.

News

Iranian Christian Freed Nine Months After Border Patrol Arrest

Video of agents arresting him and his wife in Los Angeles went viral, and their church has been praying for his freedom.

John Perkins

Public Theology Project

Why John Perkins Stood (Almost) Alone

The civil rights leader treated love of God and love for others as inseparable.

The Russell Moore Show

Doug McKelvey on Rites of Passage and the Sacredness of Ordinary Life

Every Moment Holy author Douglas McKelvey on writing prayers for the moments both sacred and mundane.

An image from Star Wars and a magazine cover from the CT archives.

From a Galaxy Far, Far Away to Carol Stream, Illinois

Daniel Silliman

CT tracked cultural changes while going through several of its own.