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September 2003

The Unflappable Condi Rice
Why the world's most powerful woman asks God for help.
By Sheryl Henderson Blunt

Why Don't They Listen?
John Stott on the most pernicious obstacles to effective world evangelism.
Interview by Gary Barnes

God and the Water Slide
Christian camping is bigger than ever, but some rituals never change.
By Randall Balmer

Worship at the O.K. Corral
Cowboy churches shape their ministries for the western at heart.
By Linda Owen

News: North American Report

Security: Evangelicals urge Ashcroft to respect civil liberties.

Passages: Three evangelical pioneers dieBill Bright, Paul Brand, Larry Burkett.

Pornography: Canadian Christians battle inertia to protect children.

Homosexuality: Conservatives push for constitutional marriage amendment after Supreme Court decriminalizes sodomy.

World Report

Iraq: Baghdad Christians fight fear with faith.

China: Hong Kong government backs down on antisedition law.

Dominican Republic: Church shares pure waterboth physical and spiritual.

Departments

Inside CT: You Are What You Were | By Mark Galli
Past events are still shaping our behavior today.

Under the Sun:
Quotation Marks; Go Figure

Where We Stand:
The Next Sexual Revolution; 'The Privilege of Struggle'; Hard Line on the Road Map; History Is Not Bunk

Reflections: Work and Vocation | Compiled by Richard A. Kauffman
Quotations to stir heart and mind from Thomas Merton, Dorothy Sayers, and others.

Civil Reactions | By Stephen L. Carter
Sports Mobs and Manners

The CT Review
A Distorted Predestination; Lowering the Baby Boom; A Jolt of Sanity; Aching for Something Deep; West, Meet East; Church on the Ropes

The Back Page | By Philip Yancey
The Least Likely Soil

Obama Does Not Widen Religious Exemption for Contraceptive Mandate
The burden to cover contraception shifts.

Sarah Pulliam Bailey | posted 2/10/2012 01:18PM

The Best Ways to Fight Poverty—Really
The church's role in raising the poor's standard of living.

Mark Galli | posted 2/10/2012 09:21AM

Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to the December issue.

posted 2/10/2012 09:23AM

Calling All Callings: Amy Sherman on ‘Kingdom Calling’
Christians can build thriving communities by exercising their vocational gifts.

Interview by Morgan Feddes | posted 2/09/2012 09:47AM

Pro-life Advocates Cheer State Court Rulings, Parliament Reaffirms Church De-Regulations, and More News
Important developments in the church and the world.

posted 2/09/2012 09:52AM

First They Came for the Catholics: Obama's Contraceptive Mandate
An open letter to evangelical Christians.

Timothy George and Chuck Colson | posted 2/08/2012 10:10AM

You Can't Worship Here: Evicting Churches from New York Schools
What will really happen this weekend when churches gather in school buildings for the last time?

A Christianity Today editorial | posted 2/08/2012 10:04AM

A Crackdown on International Adoptions
The rate of adoptions in Ethiopia has declined 90 percent.

Matthew D. LaPlante in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | posted 2/07/2012 10:16AM

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