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October 2011

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How to Read the Bible

New strategies for interpreting Scripture turn out to be not so new—and deepen our life in Christ.

Survey: Frequent Bible Reading Can Turn You Liberal

What a surprising survey says about how reading the Bible frequently can turn you liberal (in some ways).

Interview: Chai Ling on Saving China's Daughters

Each day in China, 35,000 baby girls are aborted and 500 women commit suicide. One freedom fighter won't take it any longer.

Half the Sky Is Falling

'Unnatural Selection' traces the world's missing girls back to powerful Western institutions.

John Stott: Four Ways Christians Can Influence the World

How we can be salt and light.

The Messy Business of Clean Water in Africa

Drilling for truth in the Central African Republic.

A Fully Biblical Liberation Theology

Free at first: an excerpt from 'Chaos and Grace.'

Sherwood Baptist Partners with a Black Church to Bring Racial Healing

The church behind 'Facing the Giants,' 'Fireproof,' and 'Courageous' partners with an African American congregation to bring reconciliation to a Georgia town.

Calling for Heroic Commitment

The makers of 'Fireproof' are improving their craft with 'Courageous,' their new film about fatherhood.

Undoing the Famine Damage

If the famine in the Horn of Africa is manmade, human intervention can end the crisis.

Briefing

Spotlight

The Green Collection: Bibles and More

The "Passages" exhibition will travel to Atlanta, the Vatican, New York, and other cities.
Gleanings
Headlines

Go Figure

Recent stats on identity, changes in NYC faith, and religious freedom.

Quotation Marks

Recent remarks on deadly attacks, fasting & more.

Church Drops Mortgage for Expansion

A church in Las Vegas dropped plans to expand through mortgage payments.

Passages

Deaths, retirements, resignations and appointments in the church and in the world.

Online Boycotts Separate Corporations from Christian Groups

Petitions effective, but not by numbers.

Tanzanians Throng to Miracle Cure

Churches debate healing power of pastor's cure.

Should Pastors Perform Marriages for Cohabitating Couples?

Observers weigh in.

Persecution Prompts Missions Agency to Transform

Operation Mobilization India transforms itself into a local witness.

Viewpoints

Unexpected Political Hero

Even evangelicals who disagreed with Mark Hatfield admired his passionate faith.

Is Online Dating for Christians?

An anthropologist, a writer, and a ministry leader consider Christian dating websites.

Power Washed by God

The blessings—and danger—of divine proximity.

The 'Big Love' Strategy

What are Americans learning from pop culture portrayals of polygamy?

CT Review

Books

What's New Is Old: 'America's New Evangelicals'

Today's politically liberal evangelicals may not be as different as some imagine.

My Top 5 Books For Young Adults

Picks from Sara Zarr, author of 'How to Save a Life.'

Profiling Christians Who Have Suffered Under Chinese Communism

A non-Christian reporter profiles martyrs of the Middle Kingdom. A review of 'God Is Red.'

Simply Jesus

Who he was, what he did, why it matters.

Wilson's Bookmarks

Brief reviews of 'The Pietist Impulse in Christianity,' 'John in the Company of Poets,' and 'What I Hate.'

Interview: Douglas Groothuis on Good Apologetics

The philosophy professor wants all Christians to go out and defend the faith in love.

Books to Note

Short reviews of 'Moral Apologetics for Contemporary Christians,' 'Beautiful Outlaw,' and 'The Accidental Revolutionary.'

In Every Issue

A New Bible Battle

It's not about doctrine but our use of Scripture.

The Coach in Your Head

Sports psychologist Julie Bell can help you hear it.

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The Stand-in Church

The Stand-in Church

Sometimes we speak the gospel from the bottom up.

The New Televangelists

The New Televangelists

I had to look past celebrity ministry to learn how to really pastor.

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