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July 2004

When Does Personhood Begin?
And what difference does it make?
by Bob Smietana

Unwanted Interruptions
Why is our culture so hostile to children-inside and outside the womb?
An interview with theological ethicist Amy Laura Hall

Frozen Out
What to do with those extra embryos.
by John Van Regenmorter

Saving Strangers
The journey of one Somali Bantu family in the largest group resettlement of African refugees in U.S. history.
Photo essay by Denise McGill

Where Stormie Finds Her Power
Stormie Omartian is a bestselling author precisely because she doesn't have a picture-perfect life.
by Tim Stafford

Pondering a Divorce
Some United Methodists think their differences are irreconcilable.
by Kathleen K. Rutledge

The 4-14 Window
New push on child evangelism targets the crucial early years.
by John W. Kennedy

Conservative Like a Fox
Cal Thomas hates the liberalism, but tries to love the liberal.
by Tony Carnes

HeadLines

India: Voters chasten Hindu rightists—and hearten Christians.

Rights: New report decries religious liberty trends across the world.

Globalization: African Methodists afford hope for a troubled denomination.

Nigeria: Christians avenge February murders, spark Muslim retaliation.

Canada: Christians divided over new law that seeks to protect gays.

Archaeology: Citing new satellite images, team seeks Noah's ark.

Q+A: James Dobson on the Federal Marriage Amendment.

Fraud: Christians lured into buying 'rare' coins.

Nepal: Terror threats shut down development work.

Passages: Deaths, promotions, and other items from the religion world.

Quotation Marks: Recent quotes on unborn children's pain, literary Jenkins, and Dan Brown's scruples.

Go Figure: Recent stats on teen prayer, Bible reading, and music piracy.

News Briefs: The morning-after pill, persecution in Vietnam, and the Jesus Video Project.

Departments

Inside CT: Bike Rides with Refugees
There are 13 million refugees and asylum seekers worldwide. We show you the lives of four of them.
by Tim Morgan

Where We Stand
The Evil In Us; No-Fault Division?

'Truth' on Two Hills
What happens when church and culture conspire to ignore the meaning of words.
by Bob Wenz

Methodists Divided on Split
Church leaders react to talk about division.
by Anil Stephen

Reflections: Discipleship
Quotations to stir heart and mind
Compiled by Richard A. Kauffman

Speaking Out | by John Aman
It's About God

Bearing the Cross | by Jeff M. Sellers
Out-of-Control Clerics

Good Question | Answered by Laurence W. Wood
God Minus World = God

Civil Reactions | by Stephen L. Carter
Hope Deferred

The CT Review
Purging the Faith from 'Faith-Based'; Bonds that Bind; Celestial Sights; Memoir of Hope; Targeted Apologetics; Witness amid War

The Back Page | by Philip Yancey
Discreet and Dynamic

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God Is Not Dead Yet
How current philosophers argue for his existence.

William Lane Craig | posted 7/03/2008 10:50AM

Recommended Reading
Books on the existence of God.

William Lane Craig | posted 7/03/2008 09:02AM

A New Day for Apologetics
People young and old are flocking to hear — and be changed by — winsome arguments for the Christian faith.

Troy Anderson | posted 7/02/2008 08:50AM

Fact and Faith
Mark Mittelberg says this is no time to jettison logic.

Interview by Stan Guthrie | posted 7/02/2008 08:51AM

Tory Believers: Which Higher Loyalty?
During the Revolutionary War, many preached Loyalism as the Christian response.

Mark Noll | posted 7/03/2008 09:34AM

Directions: Was the Revolutionary War Justified?
Americans fought a war to gain the kind of freedom that Canada, New Zealand, and Australia were simply given.

posted 2/08/1999 12:00AM

Early Returns Are Mixed
Global evangelicals don't necessarily vote like American evangelicals.

Mark A. Noll | posted 7/01/2008 08:33AM

Reading the Bible with Obama
The presidential candidate crosses swords with Dr. Dobson over hermeneutics.

Collin Hansen | posted 6/30/2008 09:46AM

Poll: Does your church celebrate Independence Day?

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