Book Briefs: December 14, 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 December 14, 1984

Tim Lahaye Will Move to Washington to Promote Christian Political Activity

Eutychus and His Kin: December 14, 1984

Editorial

The Miracle of Christmas

Kenneth S. Kantzer

Virgin-Born Rabbits

A Widening Light: Poems of the Incarnation by Madeleine L’engle and Luci Shaw

Room for Christ

Dorothy Day

Wesley’s Other Children: Some Denominations of the Wesleyan Tradition outside the Giant United Methodist Church Are among the More Innovative in America

Dennis Kinlaw And James S. Robb

The God and Politics Debate: How the Press Got Religion

Rodney Clapp

Learning to Live with Money: One Person’s Journey

Dominion over the Airwaves

Critics Fear that Reagan Is Swayed by Those Who Believe in a Nuclear Armageddon’

Personalia Update: December 14, 1984

No-Growth Guilt

J. Grant Swank

A Study Finds No Connection between Christian Beliefs and Political Party Affiliation

Why Are Sikhs and Hindus Killing One Another in India?

Randy Frame

U.S. Catholic Bishops Call Poverty a National Scandal

The Soviet Union Calls for More Atheistic Propaganda

Canadian Churches Gain Independence from Their U.S. Counterparts

Mainline Churches Reassess Prochoice Stand on Abortion

Church and State Unite to Distribute Scriptures in Brazil

Speaking out: What? Ban My Book?

Steve Lawhead

The Outrageous Act of Forgiveness

Kierkegaard’s Leap or Schaeffer’s Step?

Harold O. J. Brown

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Being Human

Why Family Patterns Still Run Your Life with Steve Cuss & Clarissa Moll

The gospel of your family vs. the gospel of Jesus

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The Russell Moore Show

Am I Sinning by Feeling Anxious?

Russell answers a listener question about trusting God when your anxiety won’t go away.

Padre Micheal Watenga preaching in a nightclub.

News

The Anglican Priest Preaching in Kenya’s Nightclubs

Pius Sawa

As hard-partying culture steals youth from the church, one pastor seeks to bring them back.

The stone from Jesus' tomb crushing a Roman pillar.

The Rebellious Act of Rolling Back the Stone

Richard Mouw

From Jesus to angels to the apostles, Resurrection Day instructs us on earthly and heavenly authority.

Pope Leo XIV and Pete Hegseth praying.

The Bulletin

Therapists’ Free Speech, Grads’ Careers, and Hegseth’s Imprecatory Prayer

Clarissa Moll, Russell Moore

Supreme Court ruling on conversion therapy ban, high unemployment rates of college grads, and the theology of praying judgment on enemies.

Three books on a green background.

Review

Manifest Destiny Was an Act of Volition

John Fea

Three books on early American history.

The recording studio for The Christ podcast.

Review

‘The Christ’ Audio Drama Testifies to Easter

Peter T. Chattaway

You can’t ‘come and see’ this depiction of Jesus, but you can definitely come and hear.

The earth and a golden stethoscope.

The Cross that Saves and Heals

Jeremy Treat

Good Friday’s message to a wounded world.