A war widow rightly wonders: Whose freedom are we fighting for?

A Christian journalist seeks to understand the burgeoning pagan religion.

Growing number of evangelicals threatens liquor profits.

Sometimes it takes years to negotiate their release.

How the church battles deadly prophets in its midst.

The Vanishing Word laments the loss of the logos.

Women's Eucharist calls for worship of pagan deities specifically condemned in Scripture.

Plus: Bush speaks about his religion (and that of others), TBN cancels Praise-a-thon, and many other stories from online sources around the world.

Has the nation finally abandoned its Judeo-Christian heritage, or is there still hope?

New scholarship on the ancient Olympics reminds Christians why Emperor Theodosius outlawed the event so many centuries ago.

How a brilliant monk laid the groundwork for Christian Europe

The author of A Field Guide to Narnia says Lewis wove pre-Christian ideas into a story for a post-Christian culture.

Could a person be saved without knowing Christ? Among the Indians, Edwards began to wonder.

It's a shame about Rome, but wait—there's more! What a fifth-century critic might have said.

Augustine's early years reveal an intense, proud, and sensual man who yearned to know truth.

Despite the mythmaking, there's a wealth of Christian truth and devotion worth recovering.

The stories of desert fathers' skirmishes with demons pointed to a larger struggle—and victory.

The early monks not only prayed in the desert but sometimes rioted in the cities.

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