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December 2002

The Ultimate Language Lesson
Teaching English may well be the 21st century's most promising way to take the Good News to the world.


Violent Night, Holy Night
The Apocrypha tells us about the brutal and seductive world Jesus was born into.


Three Temptations of Spiritual Formation
When seeking to be shaped by christ, It is all too easy to veer from a fully Christian approach.


IDEAS WITH CONSEQUENCES
Ears to Hear, Eyes to See
Luci Shaw's poetry helps us pay attention to God's world.



News: North American Report

New Sect: Weigh Down guru Gwen Shamblin's Remnant Fellowship grows.

Politics: Prochoice activists take aim at Christian FDA candidate.

Human Rights: Activists celbrate as President signs Sudan Peace Act,

Mainline Renewal: Conservatives plead for denominational loyalty.

Fruad: "Financial Warfare" scam targets black churches.

Homosexuality: Reformed church in Toronto welcomes active gay leaders.

Mail Scam: New twist on old con game tempts Christians to part with their money.

Plus: Christians have been victims—and accomplices—in fraud schemes.


World Report

India: Despised Dalits quit Hinduism, find new dignity in Christ.

Brazil: Evangelical political influence grows.

Brazil: Good Samaritan tangled in red tape.


Departments

Under the Sun
Clean Flicks, Illegal Flicks?; Quotation Marks; Go Figure

Editorials
Muslim Phobic No More; When Pastors Plagiarize

Reflections
Word Made Flesh

Always in Parables |
Blinded by Pop Praise

Bearing the Cross |
Heightened Hostilities in Egypt

The CT Review:
How to Survive Grief; A Wounded Shepherd; Celtic Music in a Christian Key; Homespun Stories; Shockingly Beautiful Prose; New Christian Allegory; A Wry Debut Novel; The Real Gospel

The Back Page |
Just War in Iraq

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Loving Where it Hurts the Most
Bill Mallonee has been called one of the top 100 songwriters in the world, but an audience is hard to find.

Slideshow: No Need to Fret
Bill Mallonee sings about hardship, but his lyrics are haunted by hope.

Go Figure
Get the number on Max Lucado, Orthodox congregants, and poverty.

Fire and Dating
Name that nonprofit, Mike Huckabee's biblical blunder, and stem-cells make an organ.

Our Contentious Catalyst
Francis Schaeffer never stopped battling for the faith.

Reference Rainbow
What it looks like to graph the Bible's cross-references.

Denominational Diagnostics
What I look for to find a healthy church.

My Top 5 Devotionals

Sorting through the Rubble
Westmont College rebuilds after fire destroys 20 percent of its campus.

World's Worst Persecutor
Will U.S. diplomatic shift and Graham visit help Christians?

Poll: When do you start listening to Christmas music?

From Christianity Today Movies:
Twilight
This film adaptation will satisfy fans of the vampire romance novel, but doesn't have much of anything for anyone else.

Bolt
A dog who thinks he's a superhero goes on a cross-country journey of self-discovery in Disney's best home-grown cartoon in years.

 
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