Book Briefs: July 20, 1973

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Christianity Today July 20, 1973

The Minister’s Workshop: Without These, Don’t Start

Editor’s Note …

Healing in the Spirit

Kathryn Kuhlman

The Only Hope for World Evangelization

David A. Womack

The Deceptions of the Children of God

Edward E. Ericson, Jr., And Paul Macpherson

The Incredible Crusade

John Wesley White

Eutychus and His Kin: July 20, 1973

Eutychus

Editorial

The Infallible Word

Let Bygones Be Bygones?

World out of Joint

Leon Morris

What Is the Gospel?

C. René Padilla

The Grace of God

L. Nelson Bell

Billy and the Blacks: Atlanta and Graham Revisited

Edward E. Plowman

The Graham Tax Audits

ICCC At 25: Thunder on the Beach

Barrie Doyle

The Big Issue: Women on the Move

Solidarity with Cesar

Russell Chandler

Our Latest

Two vintage Polaroid photos on a terracotta background showing an elderly person and child holding hands — one walking through a forest, the other a close-up of their joined hands — with an autumn leaf branch between them.

Let the Little Children Hang with Church Grandmas

In our age-segregated society, I’m grateful for the elder saints who counsel and invest in my children.

online-sports-gambling

The Russell Moore Show

McKay Coppins on the Hidden Dangers of Online Sports Gambling

McKay Coppins spent one year and $10,000 of The Atlantic’s money to find out the truth about sports betting.

A magazine cover from the CT archives, and a photo from Russia in 1983.

In ‘the Year of the Bible,’ Evangelicals Debate Politics, Civil Disobedience

Daniel Silliman

CT emphasized diverse views in ongoing discussions in 1983.

Law enforcement detaining a suspect following a shooting incident at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, D.C. on the night of April 25, 2026.

Quashing Political Violence Requires We Tame Our Tongues

Bonnie Kristian

The manifesto of the WHCD shooting suspect was biblically superficial and wrong. It was also unsettlingly familiar.

The book on a red background.

Review

God Didn’t Make a Zero-Sum World

Daniel K. Williams

Ian Shapiro argues that democracy depends on spreading the wealth. But Christians are equipped to live in love, not fear.

Palestinian man overlooking the west bank.

The Bulletin

Trust in Higher Ed, Marijuana Status, NFL Draft, and West Bank Violence

Public confidence in universities, medical marijuana risk, NFL draft picks, and understanding the Israeli settler movement.

The book on a blue background.

Excerpt

Competence Is Deeper Than Confidence

David Thomas

An excerpt from Capable: How to Teach Your Kids the Strengths, Skills, and Strategies to Build Resilience.

An image of a person working on a computer.

The Syllabus

In College, AI Is a Friend and Foe

Compiled By Haleluya Hadero

Students discuss how the technology can serve as a learning tool but can also lead to dishonesty and laziness.