Book Briefs: September 28, 1973

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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 September 28, 1973

Personal Pietism and Watergate

Harold B. Kuhn

One Hundred Years of Ministry to Lepers

Gene Phillips

Not Condoned

Guru Maharaj JI: Shedding ‘Divine Light’

Robert L. Cleath And

Spree ’73: Fueling the Fire

Edward E. Plowman

J. R. R. Tolkien

Editorial

Key 73: Planning a Sequel

The Narrow Road

L. Nelson Bell

Who Speaks for Christianity in Your Library?

A Contemporary Translation

Eutychus and His Kin: September 28, 1973

Eutychus

Bridget and Bernie Love Baloney

Allen Stephen Maller

More and More, Scripture Lives!

E. M. Blaiklock

Homosexuals and the Church

Harold Lindsell

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A chain broken by a glow of light.

Black Hope Faces a Crisis

Thomas Anderson

An influential academic theory says anti-Black racism won’t change. As it trickles into popular culture, the church should be ready to respond.

Kilauea Volcano by Jules Tavernier

We Need the Doctrine of Hell

The harsh reality shows us our depths of depravity and the depth of Christ’s redemption.

An Afghan Hazara woman carrying her child along a street in Dasht-e-Barchi in Kabul.

News

Extremist Attacks Leave Dozens of Christians Dead in Afghanistan

A Pakistani pastor who baptized several of the victims continues shepherding church members living under Taliban rule.

A road sign pointing in two directions.

Public Theology Project

8 Things I’ve Learned About How to Make a Major Life Decision

Russell Moore on the mid-level choices that perplex us.

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.

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.

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.