News

Go Figure

Do evangelicals like big government? And other statistics.

50%

Evangelicals who say the government should not fund faith-based organizations.

50%

Evangelicals who say the government should distribute wealth more evenly in this country.

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$1 million

Amount donated by Target to the Salvation Army in 2006.

$8 million

Amount the Salvation Army bell ringers raised in front of Target stores nationwide in 2003. The chain has banned the ringers since 2004.

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17%

Hate crimes in 2005 that targeted victims for their religious beliefs.

14.2%

Hate crimes in 2005 that targeted victims for their sexual orientation.

Sources: Baylor Religion Survey, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, FBI/Associated Press

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Red-Light Rescue

Dawn Herzog Jewell

The Problem with Hating Religion

Review by John Wilson

Don't Mess with Missions

Review by Jim Reapsome

An Upside-Down World

Christopher J. H. Wright

Creation or Evolution? Yes!

Mega-Headache

Sarah Pulliam

Family Feud

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Surprised by Friendship

Cassandra Zinchini

The Story of America?

Review by John Wilson

Give Parents a Say

<em>Ricardo the Fierce</em>

Review by Timothy C. Morgan

Dethroned

Simple Process, Vibrant Church

Review by Howard A. Snyder

Signs of the Church

Compiled by Richard A. Kauffman

Mere Mission

Interview by Tim Stafford

The Beatles' Spiritual Journeys

Review by LaTonya Taylor

Faith-Based Activism

Editorial

Go Gently into That Good Night

A Christianity Today Editorial

Sex Isn't Work

Timothy C. Morgan

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Child Sex Tours

Dawn Herzog Jewell

The Scandal of Forgiveness

A Tale of Five Herods

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Reviewing the Fundamentals

A Christianity Today Editorial

Top Ten Stories of 2006

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Passages

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Christianity Today News Briefs

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Quotation Marks

Fleeing Nineveh

Keith Roshangar, RNS, with reporting by Susan Wunderink

Blue Law Special

Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra

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Status Quota

Andy Peck in London

Ghost Growth

Ken Walker

The Year Conservatives Saved Christmas

Spoils of Victory

Sheryl Henderson Blunt

The Pain at New Life

Lindsey O'Connor

Devastated by an Affair

Joe Maxwell

Salvation Army Wins Battle

Madison Trammel

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