Sam Cooke once recorded a song with a first line that’s become famous: “Don’t know much about history.” Later, teachers published some student essays about the American Revolution that provided supporting evidence for that critique. Students wrote numerous groaners, such as “Delegates from the original 13 states formed the Contented Congress.” Maybe the teachers made Read more... The post How ‘Christianity Today’ Reported News and Offered Views, 1956–2026 appeared first on C...| Christianity Today
October 15, 1956, was the date of Christianity Today’s first issue. Tomorrow we’ll begin a weekly feature of highlights from each year. Planning for that issue, though, began a year earlier, when Billy Graham gathered a small group to discuss the need for a new Christian magazine. Here’s an abridged version of what he said: Read more... The post What Billy Graham Wanted in ‘Christianity Today’ appeared first on Christianity Today.| Christianity Today