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By Greg Puls

Loving Where it Hurts the Most
Bill Mallonee has been called one of the top 100 songwriters in the world, but an audience is hard to find.
By Nate Anderson

Slideshow: No Need to Fret
Bill Mallonee sings about hardship, but his lyrics are haunted by hope.

Go Figure
Get the number on Max Lucado, Orthodox congregants, and poverty.

Poll: When do you start listening to Christmas music?

News Quiz
Fire and Dating
Name that nonprofit, Mike Huckabee's biblical blunder, and stem-cells make an organ.
Special Section: News Quiz

Our Contentious Catalyst
Francis Schaeffer never stopped battling for the faith.

Reference Rainbow
What it looks like to graph the Bible's cross-references.

Denominational Diagnostics
What I look for to find a healthy church.

My Top 5 Devotionals
By Carolyn Nystrom, coauthor with J.I. Packer of Praying: Finding our Way through Duty to Delight

World's Worst Persecutor
Will U.S. diplomatic shift and Graham visit help Christians?

Sorting through the Rubble
Westmont College rebuilds after fire destroys 20 percent of its campus.

From Christianity Today Movies:
Reviews: Twilight — 2½ stars
Bolt — 3 stars

Bob Jones U. Apologizes for Former Racist Policies
Apology came after school received alumni-penned letter with over 500 signatories.
Evangelical Theological Society Votes Not to Amend
It will stay about biblical inerrancy and the Trinity.
Do Jews Go to Heaven?
The podcast of my discussion with a rabbi.
Adult Stem Cells Score Again
A trachea engineered from bone marrow stem-cells makes ethical research more appealing.
Students Did Not Start Fire, Westmont Says
Authorities said earlier that 10 college-age students had built a bonfire that started the fire.
eHarmony to Offer Gay Dating Service After Settlement
The dating website will launch the new same-sex dating site called "Compatible Partners."
Student Bonfire Caused Westmont Fire
Authorities did not identify what school the 10 students attended.
Focus on the Family Folding Four Print Publications
Brio, Brio and Beyond, Breakaway, and Plugged In will turn into online magazines.

[thursday \| 11.20.08] Francis Schaeffer, Contentious Catalyst Graphic: The Bible Rainbow	[wednesday \| 11.19.08] Philip Yancey: Denominational Diagnostics Carolyn Nystrom's Top 5 Devotionals Transitions in the Evangelical World
[tuesday \| 11.18.08] Will North Korea Change? Quotation Marks Sorting through the Rubble	[monday \| 11.17.08] One Hundred Years of Wit and Wisdom News Briefs Review: No Sweet Home
[friday \| 11.14.08] Islam According to Gallup Surprise! You're a Muslim! Losing It on TV News Quiz: For Better or For Worse with Prop. 8	[thursday \| 11.13.08] Essays in Orni-Theology Excerpt: The Song of Larks Lynne Hybels: Listening in the Middle East Soulwork: The Leadership Cult Catholic Bishops Debate Pro-Life Statement 'With a Punch'

[The Latest]

Ex-church official sentenced for embezzlement
A 62-year-old man was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison Friday for embezzling about $1.1 million from the church organization where he once worked. (Associated Press)
Bob Jones Univ. apologizes for racist policies
Bob Jones University is apologizing for racist policies that included a one-time ban on interracial dating and its unwillingness to admit black students until 1971. (Associated Press)
Feminine milestone
Broad Street Presbyterian Church is being led by an all-woman team for the first time (The Columbus Dispatch)
What Happy People Don’t Do
Happy people spend a lot of time socializing, going to church and reading newspapers — but they don’t spend a lot of time watching television, a new study finds. (The New York Times)
Parents' despair is left at Nebraska's doorstep
Thirty-five children have been abandoned in the state since passage of its unique safe-haven law. It's a cry for help. (Los Angeles Times)
Japanese Christian martyrs to be beatified
Samurai warriors, housewives and children were crucified, thrown into hot springs and tortured, but refused to renounce their religion. Japan's extraordinary but relatively unknown history of Christian persecution is finally receiving recognition in a beatification of 188 martyrs. (Associated Press)

[Top Stories]

Hindu extremists' reward to kill Christians, as Britain refuses to bar members
Extremist Hindu groups offered money, food, and alcohol to mobs to kill Christians and destroy their homes, according to Christian aid workers in the eastern state of Orissa (The Times, London)
Prop. 8: Gay-marriage ban considered by California Supreme Court
The California high court will review legal challenges to Prop. 8. A hearing is set for March. Prior to a ruling, gay weddings will not be allowed to resume. (Los Angeles Times)
Protests Over a Rule to Protect Health Providers
A last-minute Bush administration plan to grant sweeping new protections to health care providers who oppose abortion and other procedures on religious or moral grounds has provoked a torrent of objections, including a strenuous protest from the government agency that enforces job discrimination laws. (New York Times)
ORU Plans to Slice 100 Jobs
ORU has spent an undisclosed amount recently to deal with the aftermath of lawsuits and scandal that began last October. (Tulsa World)
Christian College Closings Rare, But Could Rise in Downturn
Every year, a handful of institutions go under. And while a wave of college closings is unlikely, the current economic turmoil could accelerate the pace. (Associated Press)
Ted Haggard Breaks His Silence
Haggard Claims He Had Sexual Experience With Man at 7 Years Old (ABC News)

[CT Classics]Broken Tablets
The Court splits the baby and denies the rule of law. Feel united yet?

A Christianity Today editorial | posted 8/01/2005

Why the Devil takes VISA
A Christian response to the triumph of consumerism.

by Rodney Clapp | posted 10/07/1996

Good Question: Heavenly Bodies
What do we gain from a bodily resurrection?

Timothy George | posted 2/01/2003

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