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March 2009

The Depression Epidemic
Why we're more down than ever—and the crucial role churches play in healing.
by Dan G. Blazer
Plus: When You're Depressed; My Life with Antidepressants; Connecting to Hope; Light When All Is Dark

Making the Local Church a Hero
The untold success story of Willow Creek in Africa.
by Mark Galli

Long Live the Law
What would John Calvin say to Dick Cheney?
by David Neff

Devilish and Divine
The man who is the voice of God and the incarnation of Screwtape.
by Mark Moring

Standing with the Desolate
The anguish of working for those who suffer for their faith.
by Ziya Meral

The Radical Conservative
Richard John Neuhaus helped inspire a generation of evangelicals to participate boldly in the public square.
by Timothy George

The Other Side of Church Growth
Philip Jenkins says we need a theology of church extinction.
Interview by Stan Guthrie

HeadLines

Ministry: Despite worst fighting in decades, Israeli-Palestinian reconciliation goes on.

Religious Freedom: Myanmar government forbids churches in capital to worship.

Health Care: When health workers' consciences and patients' rights clash.

Theology: Leading critics of 'the local church' now say it's orthodox.

Life Ethics: Physician-assisted suicide spreads beyond Oregon.

Missions: British missionaries' jailing highlights e-mail risk.

Q+A: Louie Giglio teams up with Matt Redman and Chris Tomlin for 'superstar' church plant.

Evangelism: Recession forces ministries to save souls on the cheap.

Departments

Inside CT
The Great Passing On

Readers Write

Where We Stand
Reducing Abortions for Real; Year of the Study Bible

Reflections
Praying for 'Our Daily Bread'

Wrestling with Angels | Carolyn Arends
Hiding What They Seek

Unconventional Wisdom | Dinesh D'Souza
Staring into the Abyss

The CT Review
Mark Driscoll's Death by Love delivers the blunt-edged truth of the cross; Wendell Berry reader celebrates local churches; Ruth Haley Barton shares her favorite Lenten resources; Finger of God documents the Spirit's strange movements; Andrew Bird's new album revels in childlike wonder; plus John Wilson's Bookmarks.

The Back Page | Philip Yancey
A Dream That Won't Die

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

Review by Cindy Crosby | posted 2/09/2010 09:49AM

Casting Too Wide a Net
Ministries protest proposed finance reform.

Ken Walker | posted 2/09/2010 09:50AM

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

posted 2/09/2010 09:52AM

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

Collin Hansen | posted 2/08/2010 09:11AM

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

Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 2/08/2010 09:12AM

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

Mark L. Y. Chan | posted 1/21/2010 04:23PM

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

Andrew Parker | posted 2/05/2010 10:01AM

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

Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 2/05/2010 10:00AM

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.

Tobin Grant | posted 2/05/2010 11:31AM

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

Mark Galli | posted 2/04/2010 09:27AM

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

Mark Moring and Tim Stafford | posted 2/04/2010 09:29AM

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

Jedd Medefind | posted 2/03/2010 09:56AM

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

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