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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

sponsors

An Invisible Wall
Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a pastor in Berlin assesses Germany's spiritual climate.

Interview by Sarah Pulliam Bailey in Berlin | posted 11/09/2009 11:29AM

Germany's 'Cold Religion'
A Berlin-based journalist says that Martin Luther would have driven most of Germany's bishops from their pulpits.

Interview by Sarah Pulliam Bailey in Berlin | posted 11/09/2009 10:46AM

After the Wall
Reflections on 20 years of mission in Europe

Jonathan Lamb | posted 11/09/2009 10:46AM

A Lost Generation
Mainline churches in East Germany rediscover a sense of mission.

Susan Wunderink | posted 10/01/2009 10:02AM

Let us Tell You a Story
Recovering the lost spiritual discipline of reading biographies.

Chris Armstrong | posted 11/06/2009 09:52AM

The Mushroom Hunt
How to find a good biography.

Chris Armstrong | posted 11/06/2009 09:53AM

After Election Day, the Vote Everyone Has Been Waiting For
Tuesday brought big news on same-sex unions and the election outcomes of conservative candidates, but all eyes are now on the health-care bill.

Tobin Grant | posted 11/06/2009 09:54AM

Yawning at the Word
It's really hard to listen to God when there are really interesting things to think about.

Mark Galli | posted 11/05/2009 10:33AM

Go Figure
Recent numbers on female senior pastors, abortion, and the megachurch.

Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 11/05/2009 10:34AM

Looking for Clear Signals
Religious freedom needs less talk and more action in Washington.

A Christianity Today editorial | posted 11/04/2009 09:18AM

Matrix: International Religious Liberty Advocates
CT looks at the major religious liberty groups' emphases and work.

posted 11/04/2009 09:21AM

Alien Seduction
ABC's sci-fi series V, which premieres tonight, tackles questions of blind faith, asking, "Would we believe them?"

Review by Todd Hertz | posted 11/03/2009 11:06AM

Aliens Among Us
ABC's 'V' is a probing look at culture and the need for discernment, says the show's executive producer.

Interview by Todd Hertz | posted 11/03/2009 11:07AM

Rising from the Valley of Death
Steven Curtis Chapman opens up about losing his daughter, their family's arduous journey, and a new album of songs chronicling the path of pain and hope.

Interview by Mark Moring | posted 11/02/2009 09:48AM

Poll: Which of the following book genres do you read most for spiritual growth?

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