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

An All-Court Press for School Prayer

Refiner’s Fire: The Master’s Touch

Shirley W. Belleranti

Help Me Shed My Excess Baggage

Books that Influence Our Lives

Billy Graham Views the End Times

W. A. Criswell’s Key to Successful Preaching

Insights on Eternity from a Scientific View of Time

Willie: Maximum Freedom in a Maximum-Security Prison

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

Editorial

The Good News the Resurrection Brings

Eutychus and His Kin: April 6, 1984

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Beth Moore on Falling in Love with Ecclesiastes

It’s time for a Moore family reunion to discuss the most depressing book of the Bible.

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Interview by Marvin Olasky

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After Hostage Release, Peace Remains Uncertain

The Bulletin with Haviv Rettig Gur

Israel and Gaza wait for results of cease-fire agreement.

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Wonderology

No Dark Sky

Does living in a vast universe make humanity less significant?

American Christians and local Muslims eating lunch together in Oman.

Evangelism Isn’t Allowed in Oman. Sharing Is.

A Christian-led interfaith group helps both Muslims and Christians explain the value of their faith.

Surgeons operate in a pediatric ward in Benin.

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Good News About Christian Hospitals in Africa

Study author praises staff members who “stay where their presence matters most.”

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Hostages Come Home

Mike Cosper, Clarissa Moll

Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners released as part of a peace deal brokered by President Trump.