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

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

In the Beginning, Grace
Evangelicals desperately need spiritual and moral renewal—on that everyone agrees. But what do we do about it?

Mark Galli | posted 10/02/2009 10:20AM

Reveling in the Mystery
Sometimes in order to see God, we have to learn to not know him.

D. H. Williams | posted 9/17/2009 09:43AM

Vacationing with the Pagans
Watching the Beatles in fast-forward reminded me of just how far we've come in four decades.

Eric Miller | posted 9/04/2009 09:31AM

Three Gifts for Hard Times
What I've learned as life has taken a turn for what most people think is the worst.

William J. Stuntz | posted 8/28/2009 09:36AM

Here We Are to Worship
Six principles that might bring a truce to the age-old tension between tradition and popular culture.

Brad Harper and Paul Louis Metzger | posted 8/21/2009 09:54AM

The Case for Early Marriage
Amid our purity pledges and attempts to make chastity hip, we forgot to teach young Christians how to tie the knot.

Mark Regnerus | posted 7/31/2009 09:43AM

Evangelicals on the Newburyport Trail
George Whitefield's tomb is attracting a brisk flow of visitors. Just don't make a big deal about it.

G. Jeffrey MacDonald | posted 7/23/2009 09:26AM

To Kill or to Love—That Was the Question
Rethinking the image of God helped me to decide.

Brandon O'Brien | posted 7/17/2009 10:15AM

Not an Academic Question
Pastors tell how the justification debate has changed their ministry.

Trevin Wax and Ted Olsen | posted 6/26/2009 09:55AM

The Justification Debate: A Primer
Two of the world's most prominent pastor-theologians on justification—and what difference it makes.

John Piper and N.T. Wright, compiled by Trevin Wax | posted 6/26/2009 09:54AM

A City of Angels for the Homeless
How one church in the nation's homeless capital is responding.

Troy Anderson | posted 6/17/2009 09:16AM

How Tim Keller Found Manhattan
The pastor of Redeemer Church is becoming an international figure because he's a local one.

Tim Stafford | posted 6/05/2009 09:47AM

What Do Prayer Studies Prove?
When a landmark study suggests that intercessory prayer may actually hurt patients instead of help them, you have to wonder.

Gregory Fung and Christopher Fung | posted 5/15/2009 09:03AM

'The Perfect Hybrid'
At 26, Joshua DuBois has already been a pastor and a congressional fellow, and is now the President's faith-based point man.

Sarah Pulliam | posted 5/13/2009 09:35AM

Augustine's Origin of Species
How the great theologian might weigh in on the Darwin debate.

Alister McGrath | posted 5/08/2009 11:06AM

Out of Step and Fine with It
Why Tullian Tchividjian, the grandson of the Most Admired Man in America, thinks Christians need to become unfashionable.

Collin Hansen | posted 5/05/2009 10:30AM

Hunger Has a Profile
Working at my local food pantry helped me personalize the statistics.

Cindy Crosby | posted 4/29/2009 08:59AM

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

David Fitch | posted 8/27/2008 10:40AM

Red Herring: Mikhail Gorbachev's Not-Quite Conversion
Asking whether the former Soviet leader is a Christian has a long history.

Paul Kengor | posted 4/04/2008 08:28AM

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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

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