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Books & Culture July/August 1997 Issue

Going On

Robert Siegel

Fore (Golf Dreams)

Jon Pott

When a Man Loves a Woman--As a Friend (Part 2)

Caroline Simon

When a Man Loves a Woman--As a Friend (Part 1)

Caroline Simon

Commentary (Part 2)

Jon Pott

Commentary (Part 1)

Michael LeRoy

Does Inequality = Injustice? (Part 3)

Amy L. Sherman

Does Inequality = Injustice? (Part 2)

Amy L. Sherman

Does Inequality = Injustice? (Part 1)

Amy L. Sherman

In Brief: July 01, 1997

LETTERS

The Gargoyle on the Steeple

LaVonne Neff

Stranger in a Strange Land

John Wilson, Managing Editor

An Unforgiving Eye

Betty Smartt Carter

Dorothy Sayers's Workshop

Ralph C. Wood

After the Death Squads

Mark R. Amstutz

An Ambiguous Rebellion

Ethan Casey

Scalia v. Judicial Activism

Lucas Morel

The Cross and the Holocaust

Jacob Neusner

Paul and the Politics of Identity

Judith M. Gundry-Volf and Miroslav Volf

For the Greater Glory of God?

Patrick Henry Reardon

Oscar Night for Magazines

Michael G. Maudlin

Coercion and Conscience

Phillip Johnson

The Angel of Vengeance

Roy Anker

American Adam

Interview by Michael Cromartie

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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.

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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.

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.

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.

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 earth and a golden stethoscope.

The Cross that Saves and Heals

Jeremy Treat

Good Friday’s message to a wounded world.