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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The Christianity Today Book Awards

CT Editors

Our picks for the books most likely to shape evangelical life, thought, and culture.

A layout of several books.

Beyond the CT Book Award Winners

20 more suggestions from our editor in chief.

Steve Cuss, Clarissa Moll, and Russell Moore dressed in Santa hats and ugly Christmas sweaters.

The Bulletin

Welcoming Christmas with Russell Moore, Clarissa Moll, and Steve Cuss

Steve Cuss, Clarissa Moll, Russell Moore

Hosts of CT Media podcasts discuss their Christmas traditions, memories, and advice for navigating the season.

An image of the book cover.

Review

Today’s Christians Can Learn from Yesterday’s Pagans

Grace Hamman

Classicist Nadya Williams argues for believers reading the Greco-Roman classics.

Several smart phones and analog devices.

Trading TikTok for Time with God—and Each Other

Some young Christians embrace lower-tech options.

lit candle and star background

Being Human

Anxiety, the Nervous System, and Your Window of Tolerance: A Conversation with Lisa Cuss & Clarissa Moll

How your nervous system helps you notice God

Christ and the Adulteress by Peter Bruegel

Blaming Women Harms Us All

Dorothy Littell Greco

When we fail to protect and honor women like Jesus, we all lose.

A heart with lots of cracks in it.

Synthetic Love Will Tear Us Apart

When we outsource intimacy to machines, we become what we practice. And we’re practicing the wrong things.