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 soldiers and a CT magazine.

When the Times Were ‘A-Changin’’

Daniel Silliman

CT reported on 1967 “message music,” the radicalism on American college campuses, and how the Six-Day War fit into biblical prophecy.

A man sitting by a window.

From Panic Attacks to Physical Discipline

Justin Whitmel Earley

How one new year turned my life around spiritually and physically.

Three book covers.

Reexamining Thomas Jefferson

Thomas S. Kidd

Three books on history to read this month.

Where Your Heart Is, There Your Habits Will Be Also

Elise Brandon

We won’t want to change until we know why we need to and what we’re aiming for.

My New Year’s Resolution: No More ‘Content’

Kelsey Kramer McGinnis

I want something better than self-anesthetizing consumption.

An open Bible

Plan This Year’s Bible Reading for Endurance, not Speed

J. L. Gerhardt

Twelve-month Genesis-to-Revelation plans are popular, but most Christians will grow closer to God and his Word at a slower pace.

Calendar that says 2025 and pages flying off.

The Bulletin

The Bulletin Remembers 2025

Mike Cosper, Clarissa Moll, Russell Moore

Mike, Russell, and Clarissa reflect on 2025 top news stories and look forward to the new year.

Strongmen Strut the Stage

The Bulletin with Eliot Cohen

Shakespeare offers insights on how global leaders rise and fall.