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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

A burned church building in Mangu, Nigeria on February 2, 2024, following weeks of violence and unrest in the Plateau State.

News

Amid Fear of Attacks, Many Nigerians Mute Christmas

Emmanuel Nwachukwu

One pastor has canceled celebrations and will only reveal the location of the Christmas service last-minute.

An image of MLK

A Time of Moral Indignation

Daniel Silliman

CT reports on civil rights, the “death of God” theology, and an escalating conflict in Vietnam.

Three book covers.

A Heartwarming Book on Sin

Three books on theology to read this month.

Photos of Mike Cosper and Representative Adam Kinzinger.

The Bulletin

Brown University Shooting and The Last Republican

Mike Cosper, Clarissa Moll

Violence at Brown, and former Rep. Adam Kinzinger talks about Jan 6, courage, and global affairs.

A picture of a dove flying in light.

Come, Thou Long-Expected Spirit

W. David O. Taylor

The Holy Spirit is present throughout the Nativity story. So why is the third person of the Trinity often missing from our Christmas carols?

Two men sit at a table in what remains of their devastated Beirut apartment in 1984 during Lebanon's civil war.

Who Writes History When There Is No Winner?

Lebanon’s civil war is a taboo subject. A group of Christians and Muslims is broaching it.

Brandon Engman as Young David in Angel Studio’s David.

Review

Review: Angel Studios’ ‘David’

Peter T. Chattaway

Artistically, it’s ambitious. Narratively, it works. But it’s no “The Prince of Egypt.”

A teenage boy decorating a Christmas tree.

My Son’s Last Christmas at Home

Christmastime comes with its own losses and longings. God understands them.