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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

Padre Micheal Watenga preaching in a nightclub.

News

The Anglican Priest Preaching in Kenya’s Nightclubs

Pius Sawa

As hard-partying culture steals youth from the church, one paster seeks to bring them back.

lit candle and star background

Being Human

Why Family Patterns Still Run Your Life with Steve Cuss & Clarissa Moll

The gospel of your family vs. the gospel of Jesus

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The Russell Moore Show

Am I Sinning by Feeling Anxious?

Russell answers a listener question about trusting God when your anxiety won’t go away.

The stone from Jesus' tomb crushing a Roman pillar.

The Rebellious Act of Rolling Back the Stone

Richard Mouw

From Jesus to angels to the apostles, Resurrection Day instructs us on earthly and heavenly authority.

Pope Leo XIV and Pete Hegseth praying.

The Bulletin

Therapists’ Free Speech, Grads’ Careers, and Hegseth’s Imprecatory Prayer

Clarissa Moll, Russell Moore

Supreme Court ruling on conversion therapy ban, high unemployment rates of college grads, and the theology of praying judgment on enemies.

Three books on a green background.

Review

Manifest Destiny Was an Act of Volition

John Fea

Three books on early American history.

The recording studio for The Christ podcast.

Review

‘The Christ’ Audio Drama Testifies to Easter

Peter T. Chattaway

You can’t ‘come and see’ this depiction of Jesus, but you can definitely come and hear.

The earth and a golden stethoscope.

The Cross that Saves and Heals

Jeremy Treat

Good Friday’s message to a wounded world.