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December 2003

The Blessed Evangelical Mary
Why we shouldn't ignore her any longer.
by Timothy George

Compassionate Evangelicalism
How a document conceived 30 years ago has prompted us to care more about 'the least of these.'
by Joel A. Carpenter

An After-Christmas Gift
A homeless man, an angel, and a reminder about our final home.
by Lee Knapp

Rebuilding Afghanistan U
How Christian scholars are using their heads to change people's hearts at universities worldwide-including the one Osama bin Laden used to roam.
by Agnieszka Tennant

Hugh Hefner's Hollow Victory
How the Playboy magnate won the culture war, lost his soul, and left us with a mess to clean up.
by Read Mercer Schuchardt

News: North American Report

Politics: Conservatives aim to make Federal Marriage Amendment an issue in the next election. Sheryl Henderson Blunt

North America News Wrap: RU-486 kills again; more storms at Baylor; Moody sells two retail stores; good news for the NCC.

Culture of Death: Terri Schiavo gets a reprieve, but the fight to protect the disabled is not over. Adelle M. Banks

Anglicans: Conservatives and liberals find hope in primates' statement. Douglas LeBlanc

World Report

India: Millions of Dalits influenced by "Jesus films"; radical Hindus respond with violence. Joshua Newton

Sri Lanka: Buddhists burn churches in renewed attacks on Christians.

Departments

Inside CT: Birth Stories | by Timothy C. Morgan
Even God incarnate in Jesus Christ, born of Mary, has a birth story of sorts.

Supremely Rejected
Lower-court decisions the Supreme Court let stand
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Under the Sun
Parrying Masons; Quotation Marks; Go Figure; Threatening the Amish

Where We Stand
Persecution Is a Holy Word; Sailing Off into Irrelevance

Reflections: Advent | Compiled by Richard A. Kauffman
Quotations to stir the heart and mind from Augustine, Madeleine L'Engle, and Walter Wangerin, Jr.

Good Question: Reflected Glory | by J. I. Packer
What does Genesis mean by man being made in the image of God?

Before the Deluge | by Andy Crouch
All of us have a sexual orientation that bends toward the self.

Editor's Bookshelf
Thugs in Jesus' Hometown; The Erosion Continues

The CT Review
Exegeting The Matrix; Horses that Heal; Navigating a Disease; Teaching Us to Hear; A Tumultuous Journey; Nice Yet Naughty

The Postmodern Crackup | by Charles Colson with Anne Morse
From soccer moms to college campuses, signs of the end.

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?

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