God’s Dice or God’s Purpose

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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 August 11, 1972

Editorial

Sport: Are We Overdoing It?

Editor's Note from August 11, 1972

On Separating Sheep from Goats

Duane H. Thebeau

The Missionary in the Angry Seventies

David H. Adeney

‘Turning on’ Is Nothing New

Paul A. Marshall

Contemporary Theology and ‘Church Material’

Bernard Ramm

The Candy-Coated Gospel

M. Dean Stephens

Book Briefs: August 11, 1972

Does Your Cistern Leak?

L. Nelson Bell

God’s Dice or God’s Purpose

Leon Morris

Eutychus and His Kin: August 11, 1972

Eutychus

The Fortunes of Theology

The Fortunes of Theology

Carl F. H. Henry

Graham in Cleveland: Action at Second Base

Leslie K. Tarr

Degrees Disputed

Barrie Doyle

Conservative Baptists: From Conflict to Caution

Edward E. Plowman

Our Latest

How ChatGPT Revealed a False Diagnosis

Luke Simon

A devastating cancer diagnosis wrecked a young couple. But after five years of uncertainty, a chatbot changed everything.

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Excerpt

We Can’t Manifest the Good Life

Elizabeth Woodson

An excerpt from Habits of Resistance: 7 Ways You’re Being Formed by Culture and Gospel Practices to Help You Push Back.

An old photograph of Ida Wells.

Tearing Apart ‘The Old Thread-bare Lie’

Black journalist Ida B. Wells exposed Southern lynching.

A painting of Jesus looking dejected, surrounded by MAGA flags.

The Bulletin

Rafah Crossing, Trump’s IRS Lawsuit, Don Lemon’s Arrest, and MAGA Jesus

Mike Cosper, Clarissa Moll

Palestinians cross into Egypt, Trump’s leaked tax documents, former CNN anchor arrested, and MAGA Jesus vs. the real Jesus.

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Review

Women Considering Abortion Need to Hear the Truth

Ericka Andersen

Becoming Pro-Grace rightly challenges churches to greater compassion but fails to equally uphold the rights of unborn children.

A street performance by Abolishion to raise awareness of human trafficking and sexual slavery in Athens, Greece.

News

European Evangelicals Tailor Anti-Trafficking Ministries

As laws and attitudes on prostitution differ from country to country, so do the focuses of local nonprofits.

Pastor Elias Rodriguez with three children he flew to Venezuela to reunite with their mother after she was deported without them.

Saying ‘Welcome the Stranger’ Is Easy. Hosting a Toddler Is Not.

A conservative pastor I know opened his home to children whose parents were deported. His witness has me examining my comfortable life.

An image of Claudette Colvin

News

Died: Claudette Colvin, Unsung Civil Rights Pioneer

Haleluya Hadero

As a teenager, Colvin challenged Montgomery’s segregation law and prevailed.