Book Briefs: October 19, 1984

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Christianity Today October 19, 1984

A Christian Musician Awaits Trial in the Soviet Union

Eutychus and His Kin: October 19, 1984

Editorial

Mudslinging in the Sanctuary

“Us” and “Them” within the Church

The Myth of the Generation Gap: Surprising Findings about Adolescents and Their Faith Offer Hope to Parents and Youth Workers

Forliti

The Wall of Adventism

Joan Craven

What Seventh-Day Adventists Believe

Leslie R. Keylock

And Justice for All?: Accomplished Constitutional Lawyer William Ball Offers Much-Needed Counsel on Religious Freedom in Education

Election ’84 / Part 2 What the Democrats Believe: Evangelicals Who Agree with the Party on Issues of Poverty and Peace May Not on Abortion and Gay Rights

Where the Democrats Come From

Billy Graham Sees Vitality and Dedication among Russian Christians

Cardboard Culture

Harold O. J. Brown

The Bible Is Marching On

Randy Frame

The New Right Disagrees over Taking Donations from Sun Moon

The Senate Ethics Committee Drops Its Investigation of Mark Hatfield

The Vatican Tries to Rein in a Leading Proponent of Liberation Theology

Leslie R. Keylock

Christian Leaders Take Steps to Combat the Porn Epidemic

Worldwide Church of God Loses a Defamation Suit

Joseph M. Hopkins

The Secret Life of Teenagers

Tim Stafford

Refiner’s Fire: Can There Be Faith in Betrayal?

L. Eugene Startzman

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Kilauea Volcano by Jules Tavernier

We Need the Doctrine of Hell

The harsh reality shows us our depths of depravity and the depth of Christ’s redemption.

An Afghan Hazara woman carrying her child along a street in Dasht-e-Barchi in Kabul.

News

Extremist Attacks Leave Dozens of Christians Dead in Afghanistan

A Pakistani pastor who baptized several of the victims continues shepherding church members living under Taliban rule.

A chain broken by a glow of light.

Black Hope Faces a Crisis

Thomas Anderson

An influential academic theory says anti-Black racism won’t change. As it trickles into popular culture, the church should be ready to respond.

A magazine cover from the CT archives, and a photo from Russia in 1983.

In ‘the Year of the Bible,’ Evangelicals Debate Politics, Civil Disobedience

Daniel Silliman

CT emphasized diverse views in ongoing discussions in 1983.

Two vintage Polaroid photos on a terracotta background showing an elderly person and child holding hands — one walking through a forest, the other a close-up of their joined hands — with an autumn leaf branch between them.

Let the Little Children Hang with Church Grandmas

In our age-segregated society, I’m grateful for the elder saints who counsel and invest in my children.

online-sports-gambling

The Russell Moore Show

McKay Coppins on the Hidden Dangers of Online Sports Gambling

McKay Coppins spent one year and $10,000 of The Atlantic’s money to find out the truth about sports betting.

Law enforcement detaining a suspect following a shooting incident at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, D.C. on the night of April 25, 2026.

Quashing Political Violence Requires We Tame Our Tongues

Bonnie Kristian

The manifesto of the WHCD shooting suspect was biblically superficial and wrong. It was also unsettlingly familiar.

Palestinian man overlooking the west bank.

The Bulletin

Trust in Higher Ed, Marijuana Status, NFL Draft, and West Bank Violence

Public confidence in universities, medical marijuana risk, NFL draft picks, and understanding the Israeli settler movement.