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September 2008

Creating Culture
Our best response to the world is to make something of it.
by Andy Crouch
Plus: No More Shortcuts; Re-imagining Reality; The Other Kind of Angels; Going to Bat for His Neighbors; For the Love of Lit

Missional Misstep
Emphasizing the big gospel can make it hard to communicate any gospel.
by David Fitch

A Life Formed in the Spirit
Richard Foster's disciplined attention to spiritual formation began early on.
Interview by Mark Galli

Choosing Celibacy
How to stop thinking of singleness as a problem.
by Marcy Hintz

When a Professor of Aramaic Meets Hollywood
You get asked some pretty strange things when you speak the language of Jesus.
by Ariel Sabar

The Father of Faith-Based Diplomacy
Doug Johnston is going where few foreign policy experts have gone before.
by Rob Moll

McLaren Emerging
Brian McLaren presents more clearly than ever his vision of the gospel.
by Scot McKnight

Looking for Home
Muslim-background believers in the U.S. struggle to find Christian community.
by Christopher Lewis

Healing ORU
$70 million and Mart Green's business acumen are repairing a scandal-scarred school.
by John W. Kennedy

HeadLines

Bible: Patois translation stirs debate in Jamaica..

Church Life: Gas prices prompt ministry changes.

Religious Freedom: Algeria cracks down on non-Muslim worship.

Election 2008: Which is the real faith-friendly party?

Archaeolgy: Stone tablet may reveal another type of messiah.

Revival: Many Pentecostals wary of popular Lakeland revival.

Q+A: Former U.S. attorney David Iglesias on what led to his 2006 dismissal.

Theology: What to make of Pew's survey about salvation.

Plus: Reconstructing the Temple.

Departments

Inside CT
Crouch & Culture

Readers Write

Where We Stand
Caesar's Sectarians; Prayer at the Pump

Reflections
Hope for Troubled Times

Wrestling with Angels | Carolyn Arends
Theology in Aisle 7

Foolish Things | Stan Guthrie
Missionary Myths

The CT Review
God tells John Eldredge to go fishing; The Lolita Effect re-covers young girls; Stephen H. Webb shares favorite books on food; Save Me sympathetic to ex-gay movement; the Hold Steady blurs sacred-profane divide; plus John Wilson's Bookmarks

The Back Page | Philip Yancey
On the Grand Canyon Bus

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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