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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

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The Impossibility of Thanksgiving
Why gratefulness is more gift than duty.

Mark Galli | posted 11/25/2009 10:45AM

My Top 5 Movies on Thankfulness

Annie Young Frisbie, CT Movies critic and blogger at SuperFastReader.com | posted 11/25/2009 11:14AM

The Green Baptist
Jonathan Merritt seeks a renewed approach to American society.

Tim Stafford | posted 11/24/2009 11:31AM

What Does the Manhattan Declaration Really Mean?
Also: advocacy groups gear up for the Christmas shopping season with politics and compassion.

Tobin Grant | posted 11/24/2009 12:16PM

'A Voice for Sanity'
J. Lee Grady doesn't want your gold. The journalist wants a 'Holy Ghost housecleaning' of the charismatic movement.

Sarah Pulliam Bailey | posted 11/23/2009 01:11PM

Modern-Day Mordecai
When he's away from his day job, Charisma editor J. Lee Grady is probably working on a project to empower women and confront abuse.

Sarah Pulliam Bailey | posted 11/23/2009 01:06PM

The Next Redesign
Look for Christianity Today's new and improved presence online.

Ted Olsen | posted 11/23/2009 01:43PM

Trees Of Life
How Floresta integrates development discipleship, and creation care overseas.

Deann Alford in the Dominican Republic | posted 11/20/2009 10:56AM

A Grounded Faith
Mexican ministry branches out beyond tree planting to bring healing to souls in a barren land.

Jeremy Weber in Oaxaca, Mexico | posted 11/06/2009 01:56PM

Will Abortion Derail Health Care Reform?
The Senate moves closer to a vote on health care reform, groups argue over presidential appointments, and the Family Research Council issues a correction.

Tobin Grant | posted 11/20/2009 11:05AM

Cleaning Up After Others
A&E's The Cleaner is about tough love and redemption.

Todd Hertz | posted 11/19/2009 10:19AM

'O, Evangelicos!'
We need not abandon our name—just live up to it.

Philip Yancey | posted 11/18/2009 10:31AM

An Edwards-ian Thanksgiving
In November 1739, Jonathan Edwards preached not freedom from want, but freedom from demons.

Elesha Coffman | posted 11/25/2009 06:42PM

Poll: Will you do something for Thanksgiving with people from your church?

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