June
2013
Volume 57, Number 5
![June June](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/27593.jpg?h=510&w=380)
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The CT archives are a rich treasure of biblical wisdom and insight from our past. Some things we would say differently today, and some stances we've changed. But overall, we're amazed at how relevant so much of this content is. We trust that you'll find it a helpful resource.
Cover Stories
![Want to Change the World? Sponsor a Child Want to Change the World? Sponsor a Child](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/27611.jpg?h=154&w=220)
A top economist shares the astounding news about that little picture hanging on our refrigerator.
Bruce Wydick
Features
![Blessed Are the Buff Blessed Are the Buff](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/27602.jpg?h=154&w=220)
Across the country, congregations are whipping members into shape with highly marketed, faith-based health programs. What's right—and troubling—about the trend.
Leslie Leyland Fields
![The Baptist Bearing Robes and Incense The Baptist Bearing Robes and Incense](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/27606.jpg?h=154&w=220)
How one church leader in Georgia is breaking the longstanding divide between Protestants and Orthodox.
William E. Yoder in Moscow
Views
![You Probably Won't Be Sent to Egypt… You Probably Won't Be Sent to Egypt…](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/27603.jpg?h=154&w=220)
But one way or another, God will point you to the place where your gifts can serve his people.
Carolyn Arends
Reviews
![You Only Die Once You Only Die Once](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/27610.jpg?h=154&w=220)
N. D. Wilson paints a portrait of living joyfully underneath the horizon of mortality.
Brett McCracken
![Sidelining the Stigma of Mental Illness Sidelining the Stigma of Mental Illness](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/27609.jpg?h=154&w=220)
Amy Simpson challenges the church to step up its ministry to a vulnerable population.
Michael Mangis
![Finding the Right Words for God's Word Finding the Right Words for God's Word](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/27612.jpg?h=154&w=220)
Dave Brunn shows Bible translators never achieve strict, word-for-word accuracy--even when they promise it.
Interview by Lindsay Olesberg
News
![Why Christian Groups Oppose America's Anti-Prostitution Stance Why Christian Groups Oppose America's Anti-Prostitution Stance](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/27622.jpg?h=154&w=220)
As the Supreme Court prepares to weigh in, faith-based organizations say 'no' to loyalty oaths.
Melissa Steffan