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December 2006

The Mary We Never Knew
Why the mother of Jesus was more revolutionary than we've been led to believe.


Stepping Out of the Wings
The real achievement of The Nativity Story is its portrayal of Joseph.


A Human Retelling
What screenwriter Mike Rich was trying to accomplish in The Nativity Story.


The Importance of Knowing What's Unimportant
Being a counterculture for the common good begins with what we choose to focus on—and to overlook.


Will the 21st be the Orthodox Century?
Fascination with the Great Tradition may signal deep changes for both evangelicals and the Orthodox.


Banking on Breast Milk
One ministry's unusual approach to saving aids orphans in Africa.


Liberty and Justice for the Small
Gregory Sisk's research finds that courts treat fringe religious groups better than Catholics.


Does Darfur Have a Prayer?
Genocide in western Darfur proves nearly impossible to stop.



HeadLines

Church Life: National Association of Evangelicals charts future in wake of Ted Haggard scandal.

Great Britain: Airline sends employee home for wearing crucifix.

Poverty: Nobel Prize boosts microfinance.

Israel: Evangelicals protest mandatory Christian curriculum.

Church Life: Purpose Driven conferences, campaigns subside.

Media: Hollywood stars dramatize Bible.

Abortion: Pregnancy care centers move to inner city.

Q+A: Jeffery Sheler on Believers.

Tidings: Ted Olsen asks what really unites Pentecostals.


Departments

Inside CT
The Golfing Theologian

Readers Write

Where We Stand
Entrepreneurs R Us; A Higher Amendment

Reflections
Christmas Sermons

Taste and See |
Dating Jesus

Global Prognosis |
Garlic, Dracula, and Al Qaeda

The CT Review
Surveying the post-secular campus; Patricia Heaton on entertaining truth; a fresh look at the ancient discipline of prayer; Bookmarks

The Back Page |
War on the Weak

 
Talk, Research, Marry
What Elizabeth Gilbert discovered about marriage before she ate her words in Committed.

Casting Too Wide a Net
Ministries protest proposed finance reform.

Readers Write
Your responses to the December 2009 issue of Christianity Today.

Why Pope John Paul II Whipped Himself
New book reopens questions on self-denial and "what is lacking in Christ's afflictions."

Quotation Marks
Recent remarks Jim Dobson's new organization, Montana's assisted suicide, and other topics.

More important than winning the argument against relativism is winning the relativist for Christ.

My Top 5 Books on Sports
Picks from Andrew Parker, professor of sport and Christian outreach at the University of Gloucestershire

Go Figure
Recent statistics on converts' zeal, faith-based funding, preaching social issues, and other topics.

FRC, AFA Say Gay Sex Should Be a Crime
The debate over antisodomy laws moves from Uganda back to the U.S. Also: Groups debate immigration reform, abstinence education, and Scott Roeder.

Are We Transformed Yet?
Why the spiritually mature don't talk about how God has made them spiritually mature.

Faith Equals Action
To White House Fellow Adam Taylor, the math is simple.

Strong on Zeal, Thin in Knowledge
Lessons from Haiti's arrest of American Christians trying to take children out of the country.

Poll: Does your church tend to attract a certain age group?

 
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