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Go Figure

Get the numbers on suicide, world affairs, and the Amish.

5%   Increase in the U.S. suicide rate since 1999.

16%   Increase in the U.S. suicide rate among those ages 40-64.

(Source: Los Angeles Times)

68%   Americans who attend religious services at least once a week who say that the U.S. has a moral obligation to be involved in world affairs.

54%   Americans who attend religious services less than weekly who agree.

(Source: Religion & Ethics Newsweekly)

231,000   Amish population in the U.S.

84%   Growth in the Amish population between 1992 and 2008.

(Source: Religion News Service)

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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.

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Tyler Wigg-Stevenson

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Lord, Teach Us to Pray

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What Is Spiritual Direction?

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Spiritual Formation Agenda

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Groans Too Deep for Words

Joel Hartse

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The Evolution of Darwin

There Goes the Neighborhood

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Books Uncommon and Offbeat

John Wilson, editor of 'Books and Culture'

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The Greatest Social Need

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Jacaranda

Andy Whitman

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Evolve or Die

Annie Frisbie

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Popcorn in the Pews

Ruth Moon

Bush's Envoy's Advice: 'Raise Cain'

Interview by Timothy C. Morgan

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Building a Peace Beyond Understanding

Isaac Phiri with additional reporting from Jonathan Fitzgerald

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Everyday Lord

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Better Than a Bailout

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Battle Fatigue

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How to Help Orphans

Roger Olson

Our Priorities for 2009

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Black Flight

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Second Thoughts

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Emergent's Divergence

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Microfinance, Now More Micro

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News Briefs: January 01, 2009

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Quotation Marks

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Passages

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Up for Debate

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