About This Issue: June 05, 1964

A Christian layman issues a plea for meaningful preaching (page 5).… A biographical article describes the ministry of the late Alexander Maclaren of Manchester (page 7).… A librarian tells ministers how they can get the most out of local libraries (page 10). This issue is a special one for pastors with a number of features designed to be of practical help.

We are called to be ambassadors, says Craig Skinner, but we tend to behave like diplomats. His forceful article beginning on the opposite page is based on Second Corinthians 5:14–20.

Our News section includes a report of commemorative Baptist assemblies in Atlantic City.

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 5, 1964

Counselling Unwed Parents

Thomas Edwin Carter

What’s My Line?

A Layman Speaks to the Pulpit

William J. Samarin

Alexander Maclaren: Monarch of the Pulpit

The Minister and the Public Library

Marie D. Loizeaux

Once Married … Twice Wed

Eutychus and His Kin: June 5, 1964

The Relevance of Repentance

Editorial

Preachers and Their Making

Baptists on the Boardwalk

George Williams

Book Briefs: June 5, 1964

The Minister’s Workshop: The Preacher as Steward

A Drama in Four Acts

James S. Stewart

Evangelism in the Rain—In California

The Vigil for Civil Rights

Current Religious Thought: June 5, 1964

Addison H. Leitch

Our Latest

Glasses that have the reflection of athletes running in the lenses.

Review

Becoming Athletes of Attention in an Age of Distraction

Christopher Benson

Even without retreating to the desert, we can train our wandering minds with ancient monastic wisdom.

A throne with a crown of thorns on it

Christ Our King, Come What May

This Sunday is a yearly reminder that Christ is our only Lord—and that while governments rise and fall, he is Lord eternal.

The rapper Flame with stained glass church windows in the background.

Flame Raps the Sacraments

Gretchen Ronnevik

Now that he’s Lutheran, the rapper’s music has changed along with his theology.

A collage with a blurred woman in the background and computer images of a bitcoin and code on top

News

A Mother Tortured at Her Keyboard. A Donor Swindled. An Ambassador on Her Knees.

By Erin Foley in Mae Sot, Thailand

Meet the Christians ensnared by cyberscamming and the ministries trying to stop it.

The Bulletin

Something Is Not the Same

The Bulletin talks RFK’s appointment and autism, Biden’s provision of missiles to Ukraine, and entertainment and dark humor with Russell and Mike.

Black woman behind a ripped blue paper

The Black Women Missing from Our Pews

America’s most churched demographic is slipping from religious life. We must go after them.

A foggy image of a deer and trees.

The Still Small Voice in the Deer Stand

Brian Reisinger

Since childhood, each hunting season out in God’s creation has healed wounds and deepened my faith.

Rend Collective standing with instruments in the forest

Play Those Chocolate Sprinkles, Rend Collective!

Haley Byrd Wilt

The Irish band’s new album “FOLK!” proclaims joy after suffering.