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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The book cover.

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The book cover.

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