Book Briefs: April 6, 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 April 6, 1984

Supreme Court Speaks up for Religion in American Life

Beth Spring

An All-Court Press for School Prayer

Beth Spring

Refiner’s Fire: The Master’s Touch

Shirley W. Belleranti

Help Me Shed My Excess Baggage

Juliana Lewis

Books that Influence Our Lives

Billy Graham Views the End Times

W. A. Criswell’s Key to Successful Preaching

W. A. Criswell

Insights on Eternity from a Scientific View of Time

Willie: Maximum Freedom in a Maximum-Security Prison

Larry R. Isitt

The Necessity of Death: There Is No Life without It

Virginia Stem Owens

How Freedom of Thought Is Smothered in America: A Pluralistic Society Demands that Christian Values Be Heard. Instead They Are Being Blotted Out

Carl Horn

Editorial

The Good News the Resurrection Brings

Eutychus and His Kin: April 6, 1984

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The Bulletin

Pete Hegseth’s Future, Farmers on Tariffs, and Religious Decline Stalls

Mike Cosper, Clarissa Moll

Hegseth scrutinized for drug boat strikes, farmers react to Trump’s tariffs, and a Pew report says religious decline has slowed.

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The Debate over Government Overreach Started in 1776

Three books to read this month on politics and public life.

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The Call to Art, Africa, and Politics

Daniel Silliman

In 1964, CT urged Christians to “be what they really are—new men and women in Christ.”

Two students sitting at desks facing each other.

Turn Toward Each Other and Away from the Screen

Perhaps technology has changed everything. But God is still here, still wiring humans for connection and presence.

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Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

BONUS: Amanda Knox on the Satanic Panic and Wrongful Convictions

How elements of the satanic panic and conspiratorial thinking shaped a wrongful conviction.

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Death by a Thousand Error Messages

Carrie McKean in Midland, Texas

Classroom tech was supposed to solve besetting education problems. The reality is frustrating for students and costly for taxpayers.

An image of Lu Xiaomin.

The Chinese Christian Behind 2,000 Hymns

X. Yang

Lü Xiaomin never received formal music training. But her worship songs have made her a household name in China’s churches.

Empty Christmas gifts.

The Surprising Joys of a Gift-Free Christmas

Ahrum Yoo

Amid peak consumerism season, I prayed for ways to teach my children about selfless giving.