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 

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