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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 May 5, 1978

Testamentary Help in Interpreting the Old and New Testaments

John Warwick Montgomery

Spiritual Upsurge in Singapore

Edward E. Plowman

Evangelicals ‘Up Front, Suddenly,’ in Uruguay

Forrest J. Boyd

Book Briefs: May 5, 1978

Must I Really Love Myself?

John R. W. Stott

Destructive or Constructive Freedom?

Edith Schaeffer

Annie Dillard's Way of Seeing

God Is Transcendent—But Is Language?

James D. Spiceland

Should Churches Buy into the Education Business?

William H. Willimon

A Face Aflame

An Interview With Annie Dillard

Editorial

Watergate: A Different View

Eutychus and His Kin: May 5, 1978

Our Latest

Airport sign in English and German with "Arrivals" crossed out and replaced with "Departure."

The Bulletin

Dick Cheney Dies, Democrats Win Elections, and Merz Says ‘Go Home’

Mike Cosper, Clarissa Moll, Russell Moore

The life and legacy of Dick Cheney, Tuesday’s elections, and Germany signals future deportations.

A CT magazine cover from 1959 and a photo of Khrushchev.

Why CT Was Skeptical of Cold War Calls for Peace

Daniel Silliman

In 1959, evangelicals looked to political leaders to hold up America’s great spiritual heritage as responses to the Soviet Union divided Christians.

News

When God Closes a Church, He Opens Another?

US evangelicals are buying up shuttered Catholic properties.

Flooded roads and damaged houses visible from a drone.

News

After Hurricane Melissa, Jamaican Baptists Look to Rebuild from the Ruins

Churches step in as shelters, aid sites, and sources of hope after the island’s strongest storm.

attends a church service at the Alliance Tabernacle Church.

News

Zohran Mamdani’s Coalition Captured Some Christians, Alarmed Others

The democratic socialist’s energetic campaign paid off in Tuesday’s election.

A photo of Benjamin Watson at mic with the title of the podcast The Just Life overlaid on the image

The Just Life with Benjamin Watson

Justin Giboney: Stop Outsourcing Your Witness

Faith that holds conviction and compassion in the same breath.

A music note and a smudged symbol of the Holy Trinity.

When Songs Undermine Orthodoxy

Church songs need to be true, not necessarily catchy.

People at a 'Light for Ukraine' vigil in Poland in February 2023.

News

Europe’s Christian Pacifists Reconsider Peace by Arms

Ken Chitwood in Eisenach, Germany

Some once committed to nonviolence see rearmament as a necessary deterrent.