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

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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

Philip Yancey

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

Tom Minnery

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

Dan Pawley

Refiner’s Fire: The Generous Critic: John Updike

Rodney Clapp

A Virginia College Bans an Antiabortion Painting

Randy Frame

Churches’ Support Falters When Their Workers Organize

Steve Rabey

Volunteers Receive Federal Aid to Help Abused Children

Beth Spring

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

Philip Yancey

Controversial Theologian Hans Küng Affirms Faith in Life after Death

Hans Küng

College Students and the Church Can Get Together

Scott Hawkins

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This ‘Screwtape for Our Times’ Will Challenge and Confound You

Brad East

The Body of This Death is difficult to classify, difficult to read, and absolutely worth your time.

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Being Human

Andrew Arndt: The Hidden Struggles of Public Figures and Why Real Community Matters

How do we identify coping mechanisms and begin a journey to wholeness?

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The Russell Moore Show

Should I Leave My Church Over Calvinism and Arminianism?

Russell answers a listener question about whether a church’s differences over Calvinism and Arminianism mean it’s time to leave his church.

Abraham Lincoln in 1863

Was Abraham Lincoln a Christian?

Marvin Olasky

In his younger years, Lincoln was a skeptic. But as he aged, he turned toward biblical wisdom—and not only when in the public eye.

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Killing People Is Not the Same as Allowing Them to Die

Matthew Loftus

And the church of Jesus Christ has to offer people a better way of thinking about life and dependence if we want to push against the horrors of euthanasia.

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How CT Editors Carl Henry and Nelson Bell Covered Civil Rights

Michael D. Hammond

Trying to stake out a sliver of space for the “moderate evangelical,” the magazine sometimes left readers confused and justice ignored.

The Olympic rings and five athletes.

Christian Athletes to Cheer on at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics

Annie Meldrum

Competitors in speedskating, bobsledding, the biathlon, and hockey speak about their faith.

Richard Nixon Eating with Zhou Enlai in 1972.

CT Reports from Nixon’s Trip to Communist China

Daniel Silliman

In 1972, American evangelicals were concerned about religious liberty around the world and moral decline at home.

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