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September 2008

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September, 2008

Hope for Troubled Times Subscriber access only

Quotations to stir heart and mind.

When a Professor of Aramaic Meets Hollywood Subscriber access only

You get asked some pretty strange things when you speak the language of Jesus.

The Ironic Faith of Emergents

McLaren shows us not only where 'post-evangelicals' are going, but also how they get there.

McLaren Emerging Subscriber access only

In his last two books, Brian McLaren presents more clearly than ever his vision of the gospel.

My Top 5 Books on Food Subscriber access only

Bookmarks

Short reviews of The Future of Christian Learning, To Live Upon Hope, and The Palace Council.

On the Grand Canyon Bus

The Christian life is about the journey as well as the destination.

It's Primetime in Iran

Satellites allow Iranian Christians to come alongside believers back home.

Looking for Home

Muslim-background believers in the U.S. struggle to find Christian community.

Girls on Display Subscriber access only

Why females younger and younger are being portrayed as sexual objects.

Missionary Myths

Why the Great Commission still applies.

Theology in Aisle 7 Subscriber access only

Trying to organize a God who transcends.

The Father of Faith-Based Diplomacy

Doug Johnston is going where few foreign policy experts have gone before.

Should I Fish or Lay Low? Subscriber access only

Eldredges's sense of divine guidance makes a Calvinist's heart burn with envy. Or caution.

Richard Foster on Leadership Subscriber access only

How do leaders — who must get subordinates to follow their lead — practice the discipline of submission?

A Life Formed in the Spirit Subscriber access only

Richard Foster's disciplined attention to spiritual formation began early on.

Debauchery and Crucifixes Subscriber access only

The Hold Steady reminds us of "something bigger."

Quotation Marks Subscriber access only

Recent remarks on politics, sex, and other issues.

Prayer at the Pump Subscriber access only

The upside of $4-a-gallon gas.

Go Figure Subscriber access only

Religion coverage in the primary season, the difference between "churched" and "unchurched" America, and the abortion decline.

Going to Bat for His Neighbors

Bob Muzikowski turns vacant lots into fields of promise.

Choosing Celibacy

How to stop thinking of singleness as a problem.

Sunday Drivers

Churches get creative amid soaring gas prices.

For the Love of Lit

Meritt Sawyer and friends revive the value of family and the printed page.

The Other Kind of Angels

After leaving Capitol Hill, Mark Rodgers started helping investors find artists.

No More Shortcuts

Catherine Rohr's program redirects prisoners' entrepreneurial savvy.

Re-Imagining Reality

Artist Makoto Fujimura launched the International Arts Movement to 're-humanize the world.'

Crouch and Culture Subscriber access only

With one book off to the printer, Andy Crouch contemplates beginning another.

Cultivating Where We're Planted

Andy Crouch says there's no reason to get paralyzed by our 'culture making' mandate.

Creating Culture

Our best response to the world is to make something of it.

Caesar's Sectarians Subscriber access only

The government keeps trying to favor one kind of religion over another.

Healing ORU Subscriber access only

$70 million and Mart Green's business acumen are repairing a scandal-scarred school.

Missional Misstep

Emphasizing the big gospel can make it hard to communicate any gospel.

'Dead Sea Scrolls on Stone' Subscriber access only

Prof says first-century tablet tells of messiah who will die and rise.

Translation Tiff

Some Jamaicans aren't eager to see a Bible in the country's majority language.

Leaving Lakeland

The Florida Outpouring revival concerned Pentecostal leaders.

Undue Attention in Algeria

An Islamic nation decides to enforce its worship restrictions after all.

The Party of Faith Subscriber access only

Democrats and Republicans vie for the title in their upcoming elections.

Salvation through Buddhism? Subscriber access only

Exclusivist view of Christianity might not be so rare.

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