Ordinary Terrorists

Muslim extremists in Pakistan do not always belong to dangerous groups.

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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 Story

Wooing the Faithful

Tony Carnes

Cover Story

John Kerry's Open Mind

Mark Stricherz

Salt-and-Pepper Politics

Jon Warren: Eyewitness to Suffering

Denise McGill

Land of Warlords

Mark Stricherz

Living with Fundamentalists

Reviewed by Cindy Crosby

Mei-Chun Jau: Community Journalism

Denise McGill

Not Far from the Brahmin Tree

Mark Stricherz

Pick Your Shibboleths Wisely

Daniel A. Crane

Poetry, Parables, and Prose

Reviewed by Cindy Crosby

News

Quotation Marks

Sin and Evil

Compiled by Richard A. Kauffman

John H. White: Mercy Over Justice

Denise McGill

Second-Best Kid Lit Ever

Reviewed by Douglas LeBlanc

Senate's Top Democrat in the Cross Hairs

Collin Hansen

Smuggling Cats for a Gay Celebrity

Jonathan David Taylor

The Ecstatic Heresy

Robert Sanders

The Moral Home Front

The Nightmare of North Korea

Kang Hyeok

Why Commitment Matters

Reviewed by Cindy Crosby

Wind of Terror, Wind of Glory

Daniel Tomberlin

Wind of Terror, Wind of Glory

Daniel Tomberlin

A Heartless Homeland

Gregg Chenoweth & Tricia Miller

News

<em>Christianity Today</em> News Briefs

By CT staff

News

Passages

By CT staff

Wire Story

Charley's No Angel

RNS, CT staff reports, and Baptist Press

LDS and DNA

By John W. Kennedy

Operation Human Rights

Building Alliances to Save Lives

An interview with Allen D. Hertzke

Fighting Flight

Kevin Begos

Church Militant

Bob Smietana

'Termites to National Security'

Tony Carnes

A Stopped Pulse

CT Staff

Ordinary Terrorists

Jeff M. Sellers

News

Go Figure

Blogging for Jesus

Reviewed by Cindy Crosby

California's Prop. 71 Stem-Cell 'Scam'

Sheryl Henderson Blunt

Changed by the Unchanging

Reviewed by Cindy Crosby

From Sex Pistols to <em>Shadowmancer</em>

Bob Smietana

Vegetarians in Paradise

Answered by Bill T. Arnold

Greg Schneider: God's Personal PR Firm

Denise McGill

Editorial

Heat Stroke

A Christianity Today Editorial

Good Shooters

Timothy C. Morgan

Editorial

It's Not About Stem Cells

A Christianity Today Editorial

Joanna Pinneo: Intimate Storyteller

Denise McGill

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Pete Hegseth’s Future, Farmers on Tariffs, and Religious Decline Stalls

Mike Cosper, Clarissa Moll

Hegseth scrutinized for drug boat strikes, farmers react to Trump’s tariffs, and a Pew report says religious decline has slowed.

The Debate over Government Overreach Started in 1776

Three books to read this month on politics and public life.

Turn Toward Each Other and Away from the Screen

Perhaps technology has changed everything. But God is still here, still wiring humans for connection and presence.

The Call to Art, Africa, and Politics

In 1964, CT urged Christians to “be what they really are—new men and women in Christ.”

Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

BONUS: Amanda Knox on the Satanic Panic and Wrongful Convictions

How elements of the satanic panic and conspiratorial thinking shaped a wrongful conviction.

The Chinese Christian Behind 2,000 Hymns

X. Yang

Lü Xiaomin never received formal music training. But her worship songs have made her a household name in China’s churches.

Death by a Thousand Error Messages

Classroom tech was supposed to solve besetting education problems. The reality is frustrating for students and costly for taxpayers.

The Surprising Joys of a Gift-Free Christmas

Ahrum Yoo

Amid peak consumerism season, I prayed for ways to teach my children about selfless giving.

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