Book Briefs: May 18, 1984

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Christianity Today May 18, 1984

Special Evangelism Section: Evangelism: The New Wave Is a Tidal Wave: You Can Even Talk about Evangelism in Polite Society

Tim Stafford

Eutychus and His Kin: May 18, 1984

Editorial

The “Separation” of Church and State?

The Real Issue: Free Exercise of Religion

Vanishing Childhood: Our Confused Culture Is Crowding out the Most Important Years of Life

Rodney Clapp

Eight Important Books on Vanishing Childhood

On Mourning the Death of a Marriage: It Should Not Be; but If Death Occurs, We Need to Know How to Grieve

Walter Wangerin

The Greatest Church Growth Is beyond Our Shores: The World’s Biggest Churches Are Not in Dallas or Los Angeles

C. Peter Wagner

Heaven and Hell under Every Bush

Thomas Howard

The ‘Atrocious’ Mathematics of the Gospel

Refiner’s Fire: There Is an Answer to Evil

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

How Does the Church’s View of Millennialism Affect Missions?

Leslie R. Keylock

Spirituality from the Bottom Up

Witnessing: A Way of Life or a Way with Words?: To Share God’s Message I Must Be God’s Person

Dick Innes

How the World’s Largest Church Got that Way: The Pastor Explains How to Evangelize through Cell Groups

Paul Yonggi Cho

A Study Finds Little Evidence that Religious TV Hurts Local Churches

Beth Spring

An Evangelical Presbyterian Body Asks a Second Group to Join It

Strategists Work to Sound the Death Knell for Abortion

Randy Frame

Fundamentalists Go to Capital to Discuss God, Not Government

Move over National Enquirer—The Bible Is Coming

He Puts Biblical Archaeology on 100,000 Coffee Tables

A White House Aide Reaches out to Reagan’s Opponents

Rock ‘N’ Rollen Flashes His Gospel Message on Television

James R. Adair

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Everything Depends on an Empty Tomb

A reflection on how the resurrection reshapes science, suffering, joy, and the future of the world.

Still Life With Grapes by Edith White.

The Eternal Meaning of the Cup

John Anthony Dunne

Across the church, our Communion practices reveal a broken world and anticipate the one to come.

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What $18 Would Get You

Daniel Silliman

In 1979, CT investigated deceptive Christians, made the case for psychology, and watched Islam with concern.

Christians attend Palm Sunday mass at the Catholic Church of Saint Catherine in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem on March 29, 2026.

News

Palestinian Christians Prepare for Easter amid War and Settler Violence

Heather M. Surls

Many in the community have moved abroad. Those who stay are barred from visiting holy sites.

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A Case for In-Person Voting

By Chris Butler

As a volunteer at a polling station, I saw what we lose when we choose convenience over communal participation.

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Review

We Need More Than Generalities About Beauty and Justice

Makoto and Haejin Fujimura’s new book aims to help Christians think deeply about how we live but falls short on details.

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Excerpt

American Presbyterianism Was Born Amid Chaos

D.G. Hart

An excerpt from Protestants and Patriots: Presbyterians in the Age of Revolution.

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The Bulletin

Classroom Tech, Anti-Trump Protests, Troops in Iran, and Crisis in Cuba

Schools question tech for students, No Kings protests continue, US sends troops to Iran, and a repressive situation in Cuba.