Editor’s Note from August 27, 1976

Letters have poured in concerning an advertisement placed in CHRISTIANITY TODAY by some evangelicals for Jimmy Carter. The magazine’s board and staff include Republicans and Democrats. We do not endorse any particular candidate. If any evangelicals want to place ads for the Republican candidate, we will accept them. We do think our readers should know what the candidates stand for. It is quite possible that a good Christian might make a bad president. We urge every reader to vote—under God, and led by the Spirit. And let’s be grateful that the presidential brouhaha comes along only every four years!

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 August 27, 1976

The Latter Letters of Barth

Revolutionary Response in Ethiopia

W. Harold Fuller

Outreach at the Olympics

Edward E. Plowman

Book Briefs: August 27, 1976

Minister’s Workshop: Church Weddings Are Not for Everyone

Two Plantings

Eutychus and His Kin: August 27, 1976

Editorial

Bultmann—No Bread in the Balance

Anne Sexton's Rowing Toward God

Asian Strategy for Evangelism

What Is Truth in Art?

Soar with the Eagle, Sing with the Angels

Tillich—Accurate Aims, Alien Assumptions

Our Latest

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Latino Churches’ Vibrant Testimony

Nicole Massie Martin

Hispanic American congregations tend to be young, vibrant, and intergenerational. The wider church has much to learn with and from them.

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Review

Modern ‘Technoculture’ Makes the World Feel Unnaturally Godless

By changing our experience of reality, it tempts those who don’t perceive God to conclude that he doesn’t exist.

The Bulletin

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News

Evangelicals Struggle to Preach Life in the Top Country for Assisted Death

Meagan Gillmore in Ontario

Canadian pastors are lagging behind a national push to expand MAID to those with disabilities and mental health conditions.

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Excerpt

The Chinese Christian Who Helped Overcome Illiteracy in Asia

Yan Yangchu taught thousands of peasants to read and write in the early 20th century.

Kendrick Lamar and Lecrae on a colorful background.

What Would Lecrae Do?

Christina Gonzalez Ho

Why Kendrick Lamar’s question matters.

No More Sundays on the Couch

Erica Bryand Ramirez

COVID got us used to staying home. But it’s the work of God’s people to lift up the name of Christ and receive God’s Word—together.

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Review

Safety Shouldn’t Come First

Bonnie Kristian

A theologian questions our habit of elevating this goal above all others.