Passages: September 2013

Died

Donald P. Hustad, Billy Graham crusade organist who inspired generations of church musicians at Moody Bible Institute and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He was 94.

Selected

Gregory Thornbury, as president of The King's College in New York City. He previously served as founding dean of Union University's School of Theology.

Born

News, the name of the news section in the print redesign of CT, which debuts next issue. Passages has, shall we say, passed.

(Find expanded coverage of these notable passages—and more—at ChristianityToday.com/Gleanings.)

This article appeared in the September, 2013 issue of Christianity Today as "Passages".

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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.

Christianity Today September, 2013

Cover Story

Chaos and Grace in the Slums of the Earth

Kent Annan in Bangkok

Prodigal Love: What to Do When Family or Friends Have Rejected Jesus

Karen Swallow Prior

Review

Taking Care of Busyness

Review by Alissa Wilkinson

A Front-Row Seat to African Faith

Philip Jenkins

Editorial

Hungry for Outrage

Letters to the Editor

Should Yoga be Banned from Public Schools as a Religious Activity?

Amy Julia Becker, Matthew Lee Anderson, Laurette Willis

God's Word in Two Words

Tullian Tchividjian

Testimony

Forgiving the Man Who Murdered My Mom

Everett L. Worthington Jr.

Worship con Queso

Why We Need Small Towns

Jake Meador

The Gospel of Small for an Oversized Church

To Tame the World

N.T. Wright Wants to Save the Best Worship Songs

Interview by Andrew Byers

Review

Faith Outside the Bubble

Review by Alister McGrath

Wilson's Bookmarks

John Wilson

New & Noteworthy Books

Matt Reynolds

Excerpt

Conversion or Death

Asia Bibi with Anne-Isabelle Tollet

News

The Hope Dealers of Honduras

Allison J. Althoff

News

Gleanings: September 2013

News

Why America's Christian Colleges Are Pursuing Chinese Students

Melissa Steffan

News

Go Figure: September 2013

News

Quotation Marks: September 2013

The Wars Over Christian Beards

News

Game Changer: Pastors Blame Kids' Sports for Attendance Dips

Ruth Moon

My Top 5 Books on The Body

R.M. Stone

News

Counting the Cost (Accurately)

Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra

News

Should Pastors Rebuke Parishioners from the Pulpit?

Compiled by Ruth Moon

Our Latest

The recording studio for The Christ podcast.

Review

‘The Christ’ Audio Drama Testifies to Easter

Peter T. Chattaway

You can’t ‘come and see’ this depiction of Jesus, but you can definitely come and hear.

Pope Leo XIV and Pete Hegseth praying.

The Bulletin

Therapists’ Free Speech, Grads’ Careers, and Hegseth’s Imprecatory Prayer

Clarissa Moll, Russell Moore

Supreme Court ruling on conversion therapy ban, high unemployment rates of college grads, and the theology of praying judgment on enemies.

Three books on a green background.

Review

Manifest Destiny Was an Act of Volition

John Fea

Three books on early American history.

The Body of the Dead Christ in the Tomb by Hans Holbein the Younger.

The Scandal and Grace of Christ’s Saturday in the Grave

Hardin Crowder

How Fyodor Dostoevsky saw the whole story of redemption in Holbein’s painting of the dead Jesus.

The earth and a golden stethoscope.

The Cross that Saves and Heals

Jeremy Treat

Good Friday’s message to a wounded world.

cosmic-plinko

Wonderology

Cosmic Plinko

Are we here by chance?

People attend the Easter drone show at The Church on Masters Road in Manvel, Texas.

News

Churches Try Drones and Skydiving Bunnies for Easter Outreach

“We want to make it about Jesus and getting people excited about the Easter season and going to church somewhere.”

A photo of Benjamin Watson at mic with the title of the podcast The Just Life overlaid on the image

The Just Life with Benjamin Watson

Tony Dungy: What It Costs to Stand for Your Faith

Speaking up for the value of all life in the face of criticism.