Christianity Today

August, 2006

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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

Cover Story

The Case for Kids

A defense of the large family by a ‘six-time breeder.’

Features

Pharmacists with No Plan B

Nate Anderson

Freedom of conscience and ‘reproductive rights’ clash at the local drugstore.

Trivializing the Transcendent

Richard P. Sloan

What can science really tell us about faith?

The Jesus of Africa

Reviewed by Mark Noll

Contemporary African Christologies are rich and varied.

Peretti in the House

Reviewed by Bob Smietana

This collaboration between Frank Peretti and Ted Dekker is a thrilling disappointment.

Mine Eyes Have Seen the Gory

Reviewed by Elesha Coffman

Two historians tell why Christian thought went AWOL during the civil war.

The Moral Imagination

Reviewed by John Wilson

Morality and religion from Edmund Burke to Lionel Trilling.

Ka-Ching! You’re a Parent

Reviewed by John Wilson

The Baby Business

Law or Free Market?

Nate Anderson

Pursuing morality in a pluralist society.

The Noesen Saga

Nate Anderson

Counting the cost of refusing a prescription.

Jesus from East to West

Reviewed by J. P. Moreland

Ravi Zacharias defends Christianity using the narrative of his life.

Our Transnational Anthem

Orlando Crespo

‘O say can you see … ‘ a church where many cultures work together in Christ?

Marriage Matters

Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra

Debate rages even after Senate and House reject federal amendment.

Falling Apart

Douglas LeBlanc

Controversial decisions at the recent General Convention have accelerated the break-up of the Episcopal Church.

How Then Shall We Politick?

Interview by Collin Hansen

Michael Gerson, recently resigned Bush speechwriter and adviser, on how evangelicals should comport themselves in the public square.

Prevention Wars

Timothy C. Morgan

Christian activists question Global Fund’s AIDS strategies.

A Counter Trend—Sort Of

Large families are a small but growing minority.

Love to Love Children

Our growing families.

Word Made Brash

New Scripture adaptations are not your father’s comic books.

<em>Darkness Is My Only Companion</em>

Reviewed by Robertson McQuilkin

Psychotherapy that uses Scripture without ignoring science.

Making Promises

Reviewed by John Wilson

Why to keep your word—and the Word.

News

News

Passages

Compiled by CT staff

Roy Moore defeated, Regent University dean and Biola president retire.

News

Big Screen Jesus

Mark Moring

Two upcoming films target the ‘Passion’

News

<em>Christianity Today</em> News Briefs

Compiled by CT staff

Newdow and InnerChange rejected in court, archeologists debate new find’s support of the Bible.

News

Playing Favorites

Brad A. Greenberg

Court affirms that Daystar bid should have won TV station.

News

Go Figure

Recent stats on Americans’ faith and forfeits.

News

Quotation Marks

Compiled by Ted Olsen and Rob Moll

The intolerance of the tolerant and comments from Frank Page and Bono.

News

New Life for Nepal

Anto Akkara in Kathmandu, Nepal

Hindu monarchy abolished; churches can now register.

Reviews

What (Not All) Women Want

The finicky femininity of ‘Captivating’ by John and Stasi Eldredge.

Views

Proverbs

Compiled by Richard A. Kauffman

Quotations to stir heart and mind.

‘A More Practical Approach’

A fledgling group in China tries a ‘new’ strategy to secure human rights.

Editorial

The AIDS Team

A Christianity Today Editorial

Principled collaboration by churches is urgently needed to help defeat HIV.

Editorial

Leveling the Investment Field

A Christianity Today Editorial

Why has it been so hard for organizations to treat Israel like any other state?

Bad Judgment

Ruling imperils faith-based programs around the country.

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