Editor’s Note from January 02, 1976

Our new anonymous correspondent, Eutychus VII, begins his column in this issue. We look to Eutychus to “prove that the pin is mightier than the sword in deflating ecclesiastical pretense, sham, and present-day religiosity” (the quote is from a collection of Eutychus I’s letters, Eutychus (and his pin), published by Eerdmans in 1960). Our first Eutychus was Edmund Clowney. The sixth scion in this provocative line was Harold O. J. Brown, unmasked last issue, and I want to thank him for two years’ worth of good reading. To the latest occupant of that window-seat at Troas: Welcome! Stay awake, and help us stay awake.

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Christianity Today January 2, 1976

Another Look at Moratorium

Jews and Evangelicals: Mutual Concerns

The WCC: Words in the Wilderness

Book Briefs: January 2, 1976

God's Greatest Creation

Eutychus and His Kin: January 2, 1976

Editorial

He Meant What He Said: ‘Him, His, He’

Simone Weil, or Radical Sainthood

We Are Giving Them Back Their Culture

Nairobi: Crisis in Credibility

The Spirit of 1740

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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.

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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.