Print Issue: August 2005 | Christianity Today | A Magazine of Evangelical Conviction

Free E-mail Newsletters:

Home > Archives > Print Issue Archives > August 2005

August 2005

Fixing Church Discipline
Tough love without the legalism.

How Discipline Died
The church should stop taking its cues from the state.
by Marlin Jeschke

Shaping Holy Disciples
Mark Dever says discipline is not punishment or self-help.
Interview by Mark Galli

Spheres of Accountability
Megachurch dynamics.
by John Ortberg

Keeping the Lawyers at Bay
How to stay out of court.
by Ken Sande

Healing the Body of Christ
Church discipline is as much about God as it is about erring believers.
by David Neff

Where Are the Men?
Overseas humanitarian groups target women, and for good reason. But it isn't enough.
by Tim Stafford

It's All About Jesus
A convert to Orthodoxy reconsiders evangelicalism.
by Sam Torode

Dying Smart
Why your living will may not be good enough.
by Lindsey O'Connor

Raising the Compassion Bar
How 575 suburban teens underwrote a medical clinic and schoolhouse for a village in Zambia—with money to spare.
by Jeremy Weber

What Is Radical Orthodoxy?
A growing theological movement tries to put secularism in its place.
by Ashley Woodiwiss

Jesus and Justice
How Billy Graham tactfully led evangelicals on race at his first New York City crusade.
by Harold Myra and Marshall Shelley

Victory Lap
Billy Graham wows New York City in what is likely his last American crusade.
by Tony Carnes

HeadLines

Passages: Living Bible creator left an even larger legacy.

Church and State: Prisoners secure religious freedom.

Archaeology: In Jerusalem, 70 truckloads of treasures.

India: Oppressed Dalits seek equal treatment.

Politics: Democrats eye an extreme makeover.

Science: Angst at the Smithsonian.

Pluralism: Air Force Academy survives scrutiny.

Q+A: Charles Colson on 'Deep Throat.'

Education: For-profit school makes painful cuts.

Faith and Learning: Baylor fires provost.

Departments

Inside CT
Unseen Second-Mile Faith

Readers Write

Where We Stand
Broken Tablets; Kenneth N. Taylor, 1917-2005

Reflections
Wisdom That Sticks

Always in Parables | Andy Crouch
Environmental Wager

The CT Review
New biography of Charles Colson; Reaching out to the porn industry; Bookmarks

The Back Page | Charles Colson
What Is Justice?

sponsors

Habakkuk in Zimbabwe
We're hungry, angry, and depending on a sovereign God.

By a Zimbabwean pastor-scholar | posted 7/24/2008 08:24AM

Nothing New
Popular spiritual author and Oprah favorite Eckhart Tolle quotes Jesus a lot. Is he a Christian?

James A. Beverly | posted 7/23/2008 09:50AM

Found in Space
How C. S. Lewis has shaped my faith and writing. By Philip Yancey

Philip Yancey | posted 7/22/2008 08:41AM

Unplanned Parenthood
Amy Laura Hall argues that in God's design, family is a pretty messy thing.

Michelle A. Clifton-Soderstrom | posted 7/21/2008 09:21AM

Second Coming Ecology
We care for the environment precisely because God will create a new earth.

David Neff | posted 7/18/2008 09:37AM

Poll: Do you think Oprah is a good influence?

[Browse More Christianity Today]

Reader Reviews are below

Subscribe to Christianity Today and get 3 free trial issues. No credit card required.

Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery. Offer valid in U.S. only.

If you decide you want to keep Christianity Today coming, honor your invoice for just $19.95 and receive nine more issues, a full year in all. If not, simply write "cancel" across the invoice and return it. The three trial issues are yours to keep, regardless.

Click here for international orders

2-for-1 Gifts!

Free newsletter:

Search by Name

Or use Advanced Search to search by program, region, cost, affiliation, enrollment, more!

Search by: