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

Our Latest

Messengers raise their ballots to vote during a Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting on June 11, 2024, in Indianapolis.

What to Expect at This Year’s Church Conventions

SBC, LCMS, ACNA, CREC, and Global Methodist gatherings in 2026 will weigh issues including abuse investigations and sexual ethics.

Photos of residents in their new apartments.

Turning ‘a Miracle’ into Long-Haul Help for the Homeless

Taylor Berglund

A North Carolina nonprofit is thinking in decades, not days, about sustainable, affordable housing.

Two people holding signs, one that says "war no more" and the other a picture of Uncle Sam. The individuals are torsos emerging from their phones.

The Bulletin

Joe Kent Resigns, Iranian Threats, and a Victory for Parents’ Rights

Mike Cosper, Clarissa Moll, Russell Moore

Public opinions on the Iran war, homeland security risks, and disagreements about gender transition in the classroom.

An hourglass on its side with flowers growing inside it.

Urgency Is Not Faithfulness

Thomas Anderson

A church that quickly reacts to every controversy is echoing the culture, not God’s word.

Members of the Pakistan Army on the Torkham Border of Afghanistan.

Analysis

Q&A: Why Pakistan and Afghanistan Are Fighting and How Christians There Survive

The Bulletin with Knox Thames

A conversation with human rights lawyer and former diplomat Knox Thames.

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.