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★ This is the Fall Book Issue, complete with forecast and several features on communicating the Gospel effectively through the printed page.

★ Editorial Associate James Daane contributes the threshold essay, the book forecast, and the article on “Eschatology and History” to this issue.

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 September 28, 1962

Review of Current Religious Thought: September 28, 1962

Philip Edgcumbe Hughes

Book Briefs: September 28, 1962

Protestant Preview of Second Vatican Council

Editorial

Craftsmen Plus

43: The Final State: Heaven and Hell

Clean Christians

Eutychus and His Kin: September 28, 1962

Fall Book Forecast 1962

What Are You Looking For?

A. Skevington Wood

If You Would Be Gladly Heard

Margaret A. Graham

Is Language Worth the Trouble?

Dr. Robert Longacre

Eschatology and History

The Sermons of John Donne

William R. Mueller

Writing Is a Ministry

Harold N. Englund

One Lord, One History

Our Latest

News

Texas Student Ministry Sues over Law Cutting Off Free Speech at 10 p.m.

Phoebe S. Gibson

In honor of Charlie Kirk, lawmakers will meet to reevaluate campus discourse, including new state regulations.

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Review

Jesus Uses Money to Diagnose Our Spiritual Bankruptcy

Michael J. Rhodes

A new book immerses us in the strange, subversive logic of his financial parables.

‘Make the Truth Interesting to Hear, Even Enjoyable’

Interview by Divya Chirayath

Robert Clements doesn’t shy away from his Christian faith in his newspaper column. Yet Indian readers keep coming back for more.

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The Way We Debate Atonement Is a Mess

A case study in how Christians talk about theology, featuring a recent dustup over penal substitutionary atonement.

The Bulletin

Kilmeade’s Comments, Rubio Visits Israel, and the Trump Revolution

Mike Cosper, Clarissa Moll

Episode 208

People aglow in red holding up signs in remembrance of Charlie Kirk.

Excerpt

From Dialogue to Devastating Murder

Russell Moore and Mike Cosper discuss Charlie Kirk’s alternative to civil war.

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Come to Office Hours, Be Humble, and Go to Church

As a professor, I know you’re under pressure. Let me share what I’ve learned in 20 years in the classroom.

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Being Human

Beyond Self-Help: Real Spiritual Formation with Dr. Kyle Strobel

Watchfulness, prayer, and the hidden saboteurs of your faith