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Tidings: Ted Olsen

Ted Olsen is news director and online managing editor of Christianity Today. He has been writing the magazine's online Weblog—a collection of news and opinion articles from mainstream news sources around the world—since 1999. In 2004, the paper version of the magazine launched Weblog in Print, which looks for unexpected connections and trends in articles appearing in the mainstream press. The column was renamed "Tidings" in mid-2006 and now runs monthly.

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Do They Know It's Hanukkah?
There's more than one "happy holiday" for Christians this season.

Ted Olsen | posted 12/03/2007 08:49AM

Bowing to Kigali
Importing orthodoxy—and cultural baggage.

Ted Olsen | posted 11/05/2007 08:47AM

The Death of Blogs
Well, some of them, anyway.

Ted Olsen | posted 9/25/2007 08:57AM

Bush's 'Theological Perspective'
U. S. presence in Iraq is 'allowing for the inevitable to happen.'

Ted Olsen | posted 8/28/2007 08:43AM

The Quest for the Historical Jerry
You can tell a lot about someone by what he says about Falwell.

Ted Olsen | posted 6/13/2007 08:20AM

Partial Reversal
The Supreme Court's abortion decision shows that the arguments have changed.

Ted Olsen | posted 5/14/2007 08:42AM

Jingo Jangle
Christian tribalism is a renunciation of God's kingdom.

Ted Olsen | posted 4/18/2007 08:52AM

Bottom-Up Discipline
What do you do when your pastor--or your entire denomination--strays?

Ted Olsen | posted 1/16/2007 08:58AM

The Year Conservatives Saved Christmas
We bullied stores out of "'Happy Holidays.'" Hooray?

Ted Olsen | posted 12/07/2006 04:19PM

What Really Unites Pentecostals?
It's not speaking in tongues. It may be the prosperity gospel.

Ted Olsen | posted 12/05/2006 09:25AM

Does Islam Need a Luther or a Pope?
American pundits debate whether centralized religious authority restrains violence.

Ted Olsen | posted 10/20/2006 08:42AM

Asylum vs. Assistance
Offering sanctuary isn't about political protest.

Ted Olsen | posted 9/26/2006 07:58AM

We're Not Spectators
Mideast Christians writing for our website expressed their anguish—and anger.

Ted Olsen | posted 9/01/2006 12:00AM

Latter-day Complaints
Mormons and evangelicals fret over movies, politics, and each other.

Ted Olsen | posted 7/01/2006 12:00AM

Peace, Peace
From the front page to the obits, one day's news about Christian peacemaking.

Ted Olsen | posted 5/01/2006 12:00AM

Time to Get Judicially Serious
Evangelicals and the possible Supreme Court Catholic majority.

Ted Olsen | posted 1/01/2006 12:00AM

The Katrina Quandary
America questions the role of Christian charity.

by Ted Olsen | posted 10/20/2005 12:00AM

Abolishing Abstinence
Telling underage kids not to have sex is surprisingly controversial.

by Ted Olsen | posted 8/24/2005 12:00AM

Dirty Qur'ans, Dusty Bibles
If Leviticus or Jude suddenly disappeared from Scripture, would we notice?

by Ted Olsen | posted 6/20/2005 12:00AM

Who's Driving This Thing?
Everyone is asking who leads the evangelical movement.

By Ted Olsen | posted 2/21/2005 12:00AM

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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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