About This Issue: May 08, 1964

Several essays stress Christian education in college and seminary. Out of his experience as Princeton chaplain, Ernest Gordon speaks of the need for proclaiming the Word to students today (page 4).… Bernard Ramm says that the fusion of biblicism, theology, and liberal arts that produced the Reformation is needed in Christian education today (page 6).

How is the Church to strike a balance between nurture and witness? David B. Woodward declares that evangelism still has priority (page 9).

News report on the third session of the Consultation on Church Union and the NAE Convention.

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 May 8, 1964

Dynamic Simplicity

James H. Taylor, Sr.

‘He Ascended into Heaven’

The Word and the Campus

The Roots of Christian Humanism

The Missionary Calling

David B. Woodward

Distinctives of a Christian College

Thomas B. Mcdormand

Prayer, the Bible, and the Schools

Eutychus and His Kin: May 8, 1964

The Predicament of Youth

Editorial

Civil Rights and Christian Concern

The Minister’s Workshop: Five Marks of an Evangelical Preacher

Andrew W. Blackwood

The Image of God and the Landscape of Death: Artists and Critics on Modern Art

Book Briefs: May 8, 1964

The A B C of the Gospel

Cary N. Weisiger Iii

The Blake Proposal: Strides and Snags

Evangelical Action in Chicago

Frank E. Gaebelein

Faith and Form

The Bible on the Beaches

Current Religious Thought: May 8, 1964

Our Latest

Construction working holding his hard hat at this side

Review

Safety Shouldn’t Come First

Bonnie Kristian

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

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.

A man and woman walking through water left from the Hurricane Helene

Public Theology Project

A Hurricane Doesn’t Tell Us Who to Hate

What natural disasters reveal about God and neighbor.

The Russell Moore Show: A Conversation with Steve Cuss

The Russell Moore Show

Belief, Experience, and Expectations of God

Steve Cuss talks about finding peace in the tensions of our faith.

The first page of Matthew with a black circle over the name and another circle with Mark in it next two a black and white image of a hand holding a Bible

Review

The Bible Contains Discrepancies. That Doesn’t Make It Untrustworthy.

Noah M. Peterson

Scholar Michael Licona makes the case for a “flexible inerrancy.”

Keith and Kristyn Getty sing from the stage at the Sing! Conference in Nashville.

News

The Gettys’ Modern Hymn Movement Has Theological Pull

Kelsey Kramer McGinnis in Nashville

Yet even at their annual worship conference, there’s room for multiple styles of music to declare the stories of the Bible.

Be Afraid

Be Afraid Bonus Episode 2: Mac Brandt

Mac Brandt discusses horror, race, and playing the bad guy.