Book Briefs: February 3, 1984

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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 February 3, 1984

What Hollywood Doesn’t Know about Romantic Love

Rodney Clapp

Eutychus and His Kin: February 3, 1984

Editorial

The God of the NCC Lectionary Is Not the God of the Bible

A Guest Editorial By Ben Patterson

Cavalier Revision

Living in a World with Thinking Machines: Intelligence Separates People from Animals. Very Soon It Will Not Separate People from Machines. How Should Christians Respond?

Allen Emerson And Cheryl Forbes

Exploring the Soul of the New Machine

You Can Buck the System and Win: Zwingli Did It 500 Years Ago

Sherwood Eliot Wirt

Zwingli Was the Reformation’s Most Gifted Musican: But He Banished Music from the Church

William Lock

How Many Hats Does Your Pastor Wear?: Eight Experts Suggest How Ministers Can Wear Them Better

What Is the Major Shift in Theological Focus?

Robert K. Johnston

Does the Bible Really Say All that about Romance?

Rodney Clapp

When Doubt Can Help You: It’s Too Bad Christians Have Given It a Bad Name

A. J. Conyers

Evangelical Scholars Remove Gundry for His Views on Matthew

Leslie R. Keylock

Churches Might Get a Reprieve from Paying Social Security

Beth Spring

Millions Respond to National Evangelistic Media Blitz

Randy Frame

Can a Deaf Mute Jew Become a Christian? A Court Says Yes

Religious Freedom in China—Is It Fact or Fiction?

Refiner’s Fire: Must Art Be “Christian” to Be Good?

Gene Edward Veith

Make the Most of What God Has Given You!

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A manger on a red spiral background

A Christmas Conspiracy for Zoomer Men

They’re not wrong to believe in a contested world. But they’ve misidentified the villains.

There's a kid and a teenager isolated in a glass cube. Outside, there's a doctor looking at the kid, holding a syringe, like he was was ready to complete his task, but got stopped. On the side of the teenager are other teenagers, showing him their phones.

The Bulletin

Social Media Bans, Hep-B Vaccine, Notre Dame Snubbed, and the 1939 Project

Mike Cosper, Clarissa Moll

Australia bans social media for kids, CDC’s recommendations change, college football uproar, and the far right lens on history.

What makes a song good for corporate worship

The Russell Moore Show

What Makes a Song Good for Corporate Worship?

Russell takes a listener question about whether some songs are better than others for worshipping in a congregational setting.

lit candle and star background

Being Human

Finding Peace in the Chaos: Five Emotional Well-Being Tips for Christmas

How can you maintain your Christmas sanity amid holiday stress?

Adoration of the Shepherds by Rudolf Schiestl

Christ Welcomes Us So That We Might Welcome Him

Oghosa Iyamu

The Incarnation is an act of divine hospitality, and the church is the cohost.

Aleppo city in Syria.

News

A Year After Assad, Evangelicals Help Syria Heal

Heather M. Surls

While uncertain about life under the new Islamist-led government, Christians are providing spiritual and material aid to their neighbors

A ransacked student dormitory at St. Mary's Catholic School in Nigeria.

News

Nigerian Parents Pray for Children’s Return After Mass Kidnapping

Emmaneul Nwachukwu

“I just wish someone can help me get my child back home soon.”

A Saint Nicholas icon with a Santa hat on.

‘Saint Nicholas Is Our Guy’

Interview by Clarissa Moll

A conversation with printmaker Ned Bustard on what traditions teach about the joy of generosity.