Editor’s Note from June 23, 1978

This issue celebrates the father. The Saviour Lord specially instructs us to call God “our Father.” And the Bible sets a human father boldly in the role in locus dei (in place of God). What should a true father be like? He should be like God. Frightening, dreadful—an ennobling thought. Tom Howard brings fresh insights to an old theme.

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 June 23, 1978

On Wealth and Stewardship

Klaus Bockmühl

Terror and Death in Zaire

United Presbyterian Church: Deciding the Homosexual Issue

Arthur H. Matthews

Book Briefs: June 23, 1978

Minister’s Workshop: A Need to Be Alone

Refiner’s Fire: An Uneasy Smile for Satire

Harry Boonstra

Those Incomprehensible British Fundamentalists: Part Two

Carl F. H. Henry

Sixty Years after—How Goes the Revolution?

Derek Sangster

Parents and Prodigals

Virginia Stem Owens

The Yoke of Fatherhood

Thomas Howard

Editorial

A Turning Point?

Eutychus and His Kin: June 23, 1978

A Message from the Publisher: June 23, 1978

Harold L. Myra

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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.

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.

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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.

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.