Book Briefs: March 2, 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 March 2, 1984

Reagan Stirs the Broadcasters with an Evangelical Speech

Eutychus and His Kin: March 2, 1984

Editorial

The IRS Is Not Always the Enemy

A Climate of Mind

Looking at the Death Penalty from behind Bars: Two Prisoners Offer an “Inside” Opinion

Richard Peck And Roger Todd

Christian Publishing: Too Many Books & Too Few Classics?: Christian Writers Often Express Their Theological Concepts without Emotion, Drama, or Tension

We Are in Love with Our Own Destruction: But Faith Is an Oasis Where Green Things Can Grow

Frederick Buechner

Did You Hear the One about Cardinal Sin …: … or the Nurse Named Basin … or the Doctor Named Bonecutter?

Kathryn Lindskoog

Embryo Transfer: A Women Can Now Give Birth to Her Own Stepchild: But What Are the Moral and Legal Implications?

Robert G. Wells

A Royal Reception for Billy Graham in England

Here’s a Novel Way to Help Put a Student through College

Refiner’s Fire: The Generous Critic: John Updike

A Virginia College Bans an Antiabortion Painting

Churches’ Support Falters When Their Workers Organize

Volunteers Receive Federal Aid to Help Abused Children

What Is the Best Systematic Theology for a Pastor or Lay Person?

In Wonder of the Psalms

Herbert Lockyer

How Dirty Jokes and the Fear of Death Prove There Is a Heaven

Controversial Theologian Hans Küng Affirms Faith in Life after Death

College Students and the Church Can Get Together

Our Latest

An image of the kidnapped pastor.

News

Pastor Abducted in Nigeria Amid Escalating Kidnapping Crisis

Emmanuel Nwachukwu

Armed gang continues to hold him after family paid the ransom.

The book cover on a blue background.

Review

The Liturgy of American Charisma

Historian Molly Worthen studies dynamic leaders, eager followers, and their shared efforts to “consecrate a new reality.”

An image of MLK and an image of the church he pastored.

Why Many Black Christians Reject the Evangelical and Mainline Labels

Jessica Janvier

The history of a prominent church pastored by MLK in Alabama shows the reason African Americans often don’t embrace either term.

The Bulletin

Kirk’s Memorial Service, Two Million Deportations, Facts About Autism

Mike Cosper, Russell Moore

Episode 211

Next Gen

Inside the Ministry

The Next Gen Initiative

Casting a captivating vision of following Jesus for the next generation.

Asylum seekers arrive in Sweden.

News

Where Refugees Were Seen as an Opportunity from God

In Sweden, a church continues to advocate evangelism of Muslims, despite criticism from all sides.

Pixelated anime Jesus wearing headphones with Twitch and Discord logos patterned across the screen.

Revival of the Nerds

Jaclyn S. Parrish

On Twitch streams and in Discord chats, “nerd culture” ministers reach out to a demographic long misunderstood by the church.

Pixelated people in front of a retro screen.

Christian Gamers Find Their People

Video-game developers, speculative fiction authors, and table-top enthusiasts got together to play at an expo for “Christian storytellers in popular culture.”