The following articles were published exclusively online in the Christian Research Journal, Volume 49, number 01 (2026).
CONTENTS:
Feature Articles:
Sigmund Freud and The Making of Our Modern Sexual Identity
by Alisa Ruddell
Editors’ Note: This essay engages Sigmund Freud’s thought and legacy with candor and historical precision. An accurate analysis necessarily involves frank discussion of sexual behavior, impulses, and theories advanced by Freud and his intellectual successors. Author Alisa Ruddell examines this material critically from a Christian moral perspective. Discretion is advised for readers who may find such material unexpected or unsettling.
Cultural Apologetics with Cole Burgett
The God Who Looks Back: A Review of ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’
Cultural Critique with Doug Groothuis
Resurrecting the Dead with AI? Digital Necromancy and the Christian
Fringe Files with Lindsey Mendenwaldt
The Lunar New Year Animals: A Christian Examination of the Chinese Zodiac
Theological Trends with Anne Kennedy
Coming Soon!