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Go Figure

Recent stats on prayer, family life, and the country’s moral values.

Prayer

49% Americans who prayed for their health in 2007.

43% Americans who did so in 2002.

Source:

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

via

Washington Post

Giving

Where donors give charitable contributions, by income

Source: Congressional Budget Office

Ethics

23% Americans who say the state of moral values in the country is “excellent” or “good.”

15% Americans who said this a year ago. Similarly, the percentage of Americans who said the state of moral values is “poor” dropped from 45% in 2010 to 38%.

Source: Gallup

Family

38 States (including Washington, D.C.) in which married couples make up fewer than 50 percent of all households.

6 States in which this was true in 2000.

Source: U.S. Census via

New York Times

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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

Refocusing on the Family

Sarah Pulliam Bailey

My Top 5 Books On Heaven

Paul Enns

Jesus: Democratic King

John Witte Jr.

Joy in the Midst of Terror

Interview by Joe Carter

Back to the Garden

Tony Carnes

City Parish: An Australian Builds NYC Networks

Mark Moring

The Power and the Glamour

The Paul We Think We Know

Timothy Gombis

News

Youth Movement: Finns Seek Renewal

Ruth Moon

Review

Picturing Paradise: A Review of 'Heaven in the American Imagination'

Bill Walker

Dying Decisions: Should Relatives Intervene?

Dennis Sullivan, Rob Moll, and Robert Orr

A Second-Coming Christian

Harry Potter Is Here to Stay

John Granger

News

A Liberating Woman: A Reflection on the Founder of Christians for Biblical Equality

Elaine Storkey

Review

Common Grace and Amazing Grace: A Review of David Brooks's 'The Social Animal'

Books to Note

Trevin Wax

India's Grassroots Revival

Tim Stafford

News

Syria's Christians Back Assad

Dale Gavlak in Amman, Jordan, and Beirut, Lebanon, and Timothy C. Morgan

Readers Write

Excerpt

God Behaving Badly

David T. Lamb

Q & A: Bishop Kallistos Ware on the Fullness and the Center

News

Ministerial Murkiness: Biggest Religion Case in 20 Years?

Ken Walker

A Change of Focus

Family Talk, Family Business

Sarah Pulliam Bailey

News

Christian President Retains Office, Pastor Kidnapped in Mexico, & Other News

News

Passages

News

Quotation Marks

YouVersion's Volunteer Army

News

Should Marital Infidelity Disqualify a Candidate from Office?

Compiled by Ruth Moon

News

Multi-Site Churches Go Interstate

Bob Smietana

News

Renewal Groups Strategize after the PC(USA) Drops Celibacy Clause for Gay Clergy

Bobby Ross Jr.

Editorial

Harold Camping Is (Sort of) Right

A Christianity Today Editorial

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