Editor’s Note from October 08, 1976

This issue is crammed with good things, not the least of which is Ronald Youngblood’s appraisal of the TEV Old Testament, published by the American Bible Society. Our cover and the article by Paul Steeves on the Bible in the Russian tongue serve to remind us that there are hundreds of languages left into which no portion of the Bible has been translated.

We mourn with George Beverly Shea the loss of his wife, Erma, who died a few weeks ago after an extended bout with cancer. We also rejoice with him that Erma is in the presence of the Lord.

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 October 8, 1976

The Changing Pace of the Orient

J. D. Douglas

Meeting Moon at the Monument

The Episcopal Church: Women Are Winners

Edward E. Plowman

Book Briefs: October 8, 1976

Vision of a Uniting Task

Carl F. H. Henry

Editorial

China: Here and Hereafter

A Trumpet Blast of Warning

Edith Schaeffer

Refiner’s Fire: The Word in View

Cheryl Forbes

Evangelism or Social Justice: Eliminating the Options

Ronald J. Sider

Darkness

Eugene Warren

How Should We Then Live?

An Interview With Francis Schaeffer

Good News for Modern Man: Becoming a Bible

Ronald F. Youngblood

A Centennial Celebration Nine Hundred Years Late

Paul D. Steeves

Eutychus and His Kin: October 8, 1976

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