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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The Russell Moore Show

Everything Depends on an Empty Tomb

A reflection on how the resurrection reshapes science, suffering, joy, and the future of the world.

Still Life With Grapes by Edith White.

The Eternal Meaning of the Cup

John Anthony Dunne

Across the church, our Communion practices reveal a broken world and anticipate the one to come.

An image of Iran and a CT magazine cover.

What $18 Would Get You

Daniel Silliman

In 1979, CT investigated deceptive Christians, made the case for psychology, and watched Islam with concern.

Christians attend Palm Sunday mass at the Catholic Church of Saint Catherine in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem on March 29, 2026.

News

Palestinian Christians Prepare for Easter amid War and Settler Violence

Heather M. Surls

Many in the community have moved abroad. Those who stay are barred from visiting holy sites.

One glowing voting booth next to others that are grayed out.

A Case for In-Person Voting

By Chris Butler

As a volunteer at a polling station, I saw what we lose when we choose convenience over communal participation.

The book on an orange background.

Excerpt

American Presbyterianism Was Born Amid Chaos

D.G. Hart

An excerpt from Protestants and Patriots: Presbyterians in the Age of Revolution.

A billboard with an old propaganda poster of Fidel Castro with a machine gun.

The Bulletin

Classroom Tech, Anti-Trump Protests, Troops in Iran, and Crisis in Cuba

Schools question tech for students, No Kings protests continue, US sends troops to Iran, and a repressive situation in Cuba.

A row of houses.

The Syllabus

What’s the Fix For the Affordability Crisis?

Compiled by Haleluya Hadero

Baylor University students tell us what they think about Zohran Mamdani, Ezra Klein’s Abundance, and the rising cost of housing.