Book Briefs: April 6, 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 April 6, 1984

Supreme Court Speaks up for Religion in American Life

Beth Spring

An All-Court Press for School Prayer

Beth Spring

Refiner’s Fire: The Master’s Touch

Shirley W. Belleranti

Help Me Shed My Excess Baggage

Juliana Lewis

Books that Influence Our Lives

Billy Graham Views the End Times

W. A. Criswell’s Key to Successful Preaching

W. A. Criswell

Insights on Eternity from a Scientific View of Time

Willie: Maximum Freedom in a Maximum-Security Prison

Larry R. Isitt

The Necessity of Death: There Is No Life without It

Virginia Stem Owens

How Freedom of Thought Is Smothered in America: A Pluralistic Society Demands that Christian Values Be Heard. Instead They Are Being Blotted Out

Carl Horn

Editorial

The Good News the Resurrection Brings

Eutychus and His Kin: April 6, 1984

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An image of Casey Means.

We Should Demand More from MAHA

RFK Jr. and surgeon general nominee Casey Means identify real problems in American health and medicine. But their solutions are lacking.

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The Russell Moore Show

Chris Beha on Why He Isn’t An Atheist Anymore

Former Harper’s Magazine editor Christopher Beha on his journey from skeptical Atheism to skeptical Christianity.

Smoke rises from a strike on Tehran on March 3, 2026.

Hope for Freedom for Iran, but Expect a Mess for America

Bonnie Kristian

Trump rightly campaigned against “endless wars” and nation building in the Middle East. His war on Iran is likely to repeat those very errors.

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You Don’t Need a Decoder Ring Each Time You Suffer

Liz Hall, Kelly M. Kapic, and Jason McMartin

Two theologians and a psychologist on offering comfort for those in pain.

Ryan Gosling stars as Ryland Grace in Project Hail Mary.

Review

Review: ‘Project Hail Mary’

Ryan Gosling’s new science fiction movie shows an astronaut who saves the world and dies to self.

Kristi Noem holding a box with flowers and a sign with her name on it.

The Bulletin

Kristi Noem Fired, Iran Chooses Leader, and Pakistan Fights Taliban

Mike Cosper, Clarissa Moll

Secretary of DHS fired, former Ayatollah’s son declared new supreme leader, and Pakistan’s war with Taliban.

A More Literal View of ‘the Body of Christ’

Thomas Anderson

Scripture’s description of the church is more than a comparison to human anatomy.

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Excerpt

C.S. Lewis on the ‘Solemn Fun’ of Nearing the End

C.S. Lewis

An excerpt from Letters on Living the Faith.