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Voting Like It Matters
It's not only our civic duty — it's a sacred one.
By Charles Colson with Anne Morse
Poll: Is it wrong to abstain from voting?

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Theology in the News
Anathemas All Around
Charges of heresy underscore stakes of debate over Trinity.

The Imprimatur of Happiness
In Pope Benedict's hands, Christian joy becomes the antidote to modern meaninglessness.

News Quiz: Green Bible, Read Bible
Also: Inflammatory Religulous up against Fireproof, Marriage on the ballot, and more questions from this week's news.

Terror in India: News | Editorial

The New Refugees
As the U.S. opens to Iraqis and Burmese, refugee ministries must adjust.

From Christianity Today Movies:
Reviews: Billy: The Early Years — 2 stars
City of Ember — 3 stars
Body of Lies — 3 stars
The Express — 3½ stars

Fireproof 1, Religulous 0
Anti-religion film stumbles in more ways than one.
Jesus and the Great Depression
American Christianity paid a high price during the 1930s. What will happen now?
Blame the Universalists!
One strange explanation of the economic crisis.
Conservative Episcopalians Jump Ship
Pittsburgh diocese votes to join conservative Anglican province.
India's Christians Rally for Peace
This Sunday near Chicago and elsewhere in the US, Christians will gather to draw new attention to persecuted believers inside India.
Tony Alamo talks about the raid of his Arkansas compound
The controversial evangelist probably should have stayed quiet
Bolivian troops shoot pastor
The country is reeling from live footage of his death at the Pando airport.
Infanticide and the Prime Directive
"Nightline" examines a battle between missionaries and secular anthropologists.

[thursday \| 10.09.08] India Attacks Become Worse Than Ever Editorial: Terror in Orissa Obama's Spiritual Journey and Priorities	[wednesday \| 10.08.08] The New Refugees Election Night's Direct Democracy Battles
[tuesday \| 10.07.08] McCain Talks the Walk Church Property Fights Change Case by Case	[monday \| 10.06.08] Obama is Making a Lot of Evangelicals Think Twice Hansen: Emerging Theology, Liberal Politics
[friday \| 10.03.08] Reconsidering Executive Compensation Evangelicals Say Congress' Bailout Bill is Flawed but Needed	[thursday \| 10.02.08] Colson: God Is In Control During the Financial Crisis Reynolds: Have Pity for a Devastated Wall Street After the Bailout, Government-Owned Churches? Where Do Evangelicals Stand on CEO Compensation?

Churches boost help to many in financial crisis
Nashville pastors say congregations can't wait on the federal government to save the day while the economy crumbles beneath them. (The Tennessean)
McDonald's Denies U-Turn on Gay Rights Support
It looks like the American Family Association is again taking credit for a victory it didn't really achieve (Portfolio.com)
Why Semi-fictional 'Miracle at St. Anna' Poses Better Religion Questions than 'Religulous' Infotainment
'Religulous' reminded me of the Mallard Fillmore comic strips or any of Ann Coulter's stuff, but swinging from the left: unfair, inaccurate, simplistic, sometimes-tedious. (Dallas Morning News)
Urban Exile: Suburban vs. Urban Church Politics
Does our setting influence our politics more than our doctrine? (David Swanson, Out of Ur)
Democrats Chase Evangelical Votes
When Barack Obama proclaimed that 'we worship an awesome God in the blue states' at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, he sent a tingle through many young evangelical Democrats. (Sarah Posner, The Nation)
Archbishop backs opt-out clause on abortions
The Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne joined the growing clamour for the proposed laws to be amended to allow doctors and nurses to opt out of referring women to another health service for treatment. (The Australian)

[CT Classics]The Profit of God
Finding the Christian path in business

Jeff Van Duzer and Tim Dearborn | posted 2/01/2003

What God Hath Not Joined
Why marriage was designed for male and female.

By Edith M. Humphrey | posted 9/01/2004

Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs
Worship music engages the eyes, not just the ears and tongues.

Compiled by Susan Wunderink | posted 5/30/2007

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