Book Briefs: November 9, 1984

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Christianity Today November 9, 1984

Former Reformed Church Head Is Nominated for Top Ncc Position

Eutychus and His Kin: November 9, 1984

Editorial

Partisan Politics: Where Does the Gospel Fit?

Learning from the Past

American Methodism at 200: The Case for Hope

Edmund W. Robb, Jr.

Missions on the Move

American Methodism at 200: The Case for Despair

Charles Keysor

American Methodism 200: The Unclaimed Heritage

Dennis E. Kinlaw

Deliver Us from Evil: In Today’s Peril, as in Nazi Germany, the Tempted Christ Stands Close By

Helmut Thielicke

Is Church Discipline an Invasion of Privacy?: Recent Court Cases Force the Question

Lynn Buzzard

Prolife Activists Escalate the War against Abortion

Randy Frame

Southern Baptist ‘Moderates’ Regroup for a 1985 Battle against Inerrantists

James C. Hefley

Some Christian Leaders Want Further Political Activism

Beth Spring

… and Black Americans Are Doing Their Part

Daniel W. Pawley

Preparing for the College Crunch: Wishful Thinking Won’t Send Children to the School of Their Dreams; Thoughtful Planning Will

Leslie R. Keylock

James Robison Leaves Church of Former Baptist President

Humanist Leader Files a Lawsuit against Aspects of Congressional Chaplaincy

Ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses Protest the Group’s Practice of Shunning Former Members

Gordon College and Barrington College Consider a Merger

Evangelical Students Gain Visibility at Yale

Experts Say Clergy Stress Doesn’t Have to Result in Burnout

Church Discipline without a Lawsuit

J. Carl Laney

Places in the Heart Makes a Place for Religion

Refiner’s Fire: A Christ for the Crowds

Julia Duin

The Toughest Virtue

Gale D. Webbe

What Does a Weaker Brother Look Like?

Finding the Real John Wesley

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What the Iran War Could Do to Your Soul

War, in every case, is hell.

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Considering Both Sides of Church Divisions

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CT hosted debates about the charismatic movement and women’s ordination.

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The Forgotten Founding Father

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Birthright Citizenship, War’s Moral Hazards, and Can Literature Save Men?

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