About This Issue: October 09, 1964

In a moving essay on the dire need of the churches, a Methodist minister contends that the renewal of institutionalized Christianity depends upon divine resources and bold commitment, including a new role for the laity. A panel of prominent Christian scholars discusses what factor, more than any other, is likely to decide Christianity’s influence on secular thought.

CHRISTIANITY TODAY’S analysis of the theological situation in Europe continues with an essay on the deterioriation of Barthian defenses.

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 9, 1964

Revelation in History

Dare We Hope for Renewal of the Church?

T. Leo Brannon

The Revival of the Conservative Spirit in America

John C. Cooper

Pros and Cons of Baptism: The Case for Infant Baptism

Geoffrey W. Bromiley

The Case against Infant Baptism

G. R. Beasley-Murray

Chaos in European Theology: The Deterioration of Barth’s Defenses

The Editor

Eutychus and His Kin: October 9, 1964

Eutychus Ii

Victory over Satan

L. Nelson Bell

Editorial

Moral Relativism and Public Guilt

Let’s Get Back to the Center

The Minister’s Workshop: The Way to Note-Free Preaching

Book Briefs: October 9, 1964

God’s Best for You

Charles W. Koller

The Next Ten Years

Mass Evangelism: Billy Graham: Back to Boston

Harold Lindsell

British Church Merger by 1980?

J. D. Douglas

Comeback of Urban Churches

Current Religious Thought: October 9, 1964

Harold B. Kuhn

Our Latest

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.

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.

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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?

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.

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.

The book cover

Excerpt

We Can’t Manifest the Good Life

Elizabeth Woodson

An excerpt from Habits of Resistance: 7 Ways You’re Being Formed by Culture and Gospel Practices to Help You Push Back.