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The New School Choice Agenda

Why Christians in Richmond, Virginia, and elsewhere are choosing to send their children to struggling public schools.

Where Are the Dads? Treating Richmond's Fatherless Epidemic

How local Christians are building human capital through public health—one man at a time.

Creative Discipleship: Meet Richmond's Christians Subscriber access only

Five Richmonders who transcend their city's cultural Christianity in unlikely ways.

Proof of a Good God: 'Crucified Under Pontius Pilate'

Why this 'factoid' from the Nicene Creed is key to ending our nightmares about God.

What Good Grief Looks Like When a Daughter Dies

Walking the way of grace in the midst of my grief.

Discipling the Eyes Through Art in Worship

The visual arts can play a powerful role in worship—if we look closely enough.

Jesus Disappoints Everyone

Our Savior has come, but we're often blind to his purposes.

Violence in Nigeria: Breaking the Country's Fatal Deadlock

Christians and Muslims will find peace if they work together for justice.

Jesus Through Jewish Eyes Subscriber access only

Why Jewish New Testament professor Amy-Jill Levine thinks Jews should know more about Jesus, and Christians more about first-century Judaism.

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Headlines

Go Figure

Recent stats on missions, money, and church and state.

Quotation Marks

Recent remarks on book titles, weight loss, and more.

Sex Sect The Family Cleans House

The former Children of God movement is leaving its sex cult history behind as it shifts from radical legalism to more biblical behavior.

The Problem 'Son': Debate Continues Over Translating 'Son of God' for Muslims

Wycliffe translations challenged by Assemblies of God.

Contract Concern: USAID Policy on Hiring Alarms Charities

Groups concerned religious liberty fear they could be challenged in the future.

Passages Subscriber access only

Deaths, retirements, and other changes in the church and the world.

Mass Appeal: Evangelicals Copy More of Catholic Playbook to Oppose Contraception Ruling

Mandate has evangelicals and Catholics finding common ground on ethics—and strategy.

Is the Lord's Prayer a Christian Prayer?

Observers weigh in as a judge considers the question.

Nontraditional Believers Recover Christian Community

Renewal in the post-war Balkans comes from outside the God box.

Viewpoints

Letters to the Editor Subscriber access only

Readers respond to the February issue.

How Pastors' Ponzis Affect Our Gospel Witness

A rash of pastor-endorsed fraud taints our gospel witness

Do Pets Go to Heaven?

An author, a professor, and an animal advocate weigh in.

Defending Scripture. Literally.

Not everything the Bible has to say should be literally interpreted. But that doesn't make it less powerful.

Chuck Colson: Evangelicals Should Be Uniters, Not Dividers

Why evangelicals need to redefine themselves and reform the whole church.

CT Review

Books

Polarizing Politics by Defending the Declaration

Social conservatism draws its viability from America's founding principles. A review of 'The Case for Polarized Politics.'

My Top 5 Books on Christianity in North Korea

Picks from Carl Moeller, CEO of Open Doors USA and coauthor of 'The Privilege of Persecution'

Tolerance—Or Else: Coercive Attempts to Impose Secular Beliefs

Secularists, D.A. Carson says, want to drive their opponents from the public square.

Wilson's Bookmarks Subscriber access only

Brief reviews of 'The Monks of Tibhirine,' 'How to Win an Election,' and 'Wright Morris Territory.'

Connecting Christ

How to discuss Jesus in a world of diverse paths.

'God Is Not a Genie in a Bottle': Ways We Misuse the Bible

Why Eric J. Bargerhuff says we must avoid twisting Bible verses for our own advantage.

Books to Note Subscriber access only

Brief reviews of 'Prophetic Evangelicals,' 'The Explicit Gospel,' and 'Winning the Food Fight.'
Movies

October Baby

The power of forgiveness is key in this pro-life journey of self-discovery.
Music

Songs of Praise & Scorn

Feathers & Twine

Wrecking Ball

The Clearing

Interview: Why Sarah Macintosh Ran Away from CCM and Went Back

She left Christian music a decade ago, frustrated with the industry. Now she's back on a CCM label. Here's why.

In Every Issue

Journaling Grief: How Web-Based Publishing Is Changing Everything Subscriber access only

The Internet allows a project to go from idea to publication in record time.

Becoming Donald Miller Subscriber access only

Marshall Allman plays the author of 'Blue Like Jazz.'

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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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