Christianity Today

October, 2008

Volume 52, Number 10

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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

News

Faith and Hope in Ukraine

Susan Wunderink

How Eastern Europe’s most missional evangelical church is rethinking tradition and the Great Commission.

News

Preach and Reach

John W. Kennedy

Despite his liberal record, Barack Obama is making a lot of evangelicals think twice.

Features

Keeping the End in View

James R. Payton Jr.

How the strange yet familiar doctrine of theosis can invigorate the Christian life.

See No Evil

A Christianity Today Editorial

International religious freedom has been too low a priority.

Pushing Boundaries

Interview by Susan Wunderink

Kyiv pastor Sunday Adelaja believes the world is his parish.

Defending the Faith

Timothy C. Morgan in Canterbury and Jerusalem

Conservatives face huge obstacles in putting Anglicanism back together.

A Holy Longing

David Taylor

Beauty is the hard-to-define essence that draws people to the gospel.

After the Aloha Shirts

Interview by Timothy C. Morgan

Retooling Saddleback’s international work and hosting a presidential forum serve a common purpose, says Rick Warren.

Q+A: David Stevens

Interview by Sarah Pulliam

CEO of the Christian Medical Association on fertility treatments and discrimination.

Barring <em>Yahweh</em>

Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra

The Vatican gives orders to excise the name from worship. Do Protestants agree?

Criswell Crisis

Jim Jones in Fort Worth

President resigns, alleging pastor plotted to sell school assets.

News

News

Signs of Faith

Photos by Sam Fentress, slideshow produced by Ruth Moon

Finding Jesus on America’s Bible Road.

News

Loving Where it Hurts the Most

Nate Anderson

Bill Mallonee has been called one of the top 100 songwriters in the world, but an audience is hard to find.

News

Can We Come to the Party?

A Christianity Today Editorial

Never confuse access to politicians with influence on policy.

News

Fire and Nice

Collin Hansen

Minnesota’s Twin Cities are home to a feisty collection of influential churches.

News

Music to Raise the Dead

Review by Andy Whitman

Box set chronicles the Rez Band’s mark on CCM history.

News

A Reverent Maverick

Keri Wyatt Kent

Anne Graham Lotz says her success is due to God. Yes. But she is still an extraordinary preacher.

News

Voting Like It Matters

It’s not only our civic duty — it’s a sacred one.

News

Life, Death, and Chicken Cages

Election night’s biggest direct democracy battles.

News

McCain Talks the Walk

Tony Carnes

After years of ambiguity, Senator McCain reveals his spiritual side for public viewing. How will evangelicals respond?

News

News Briefs: September 02, 2008

Todd Bentley and his wife separate, Christian History & Biography ceases publication, and other news.

News

Quotation Marks

Recent remarks on leaving Hamas for Jesus, the secular cross, and other news developments.

News

Passages

Andy Whitman

Emir Caner to Truett-McConnell, Gordon MacDonald to Denver Seminary, and other transitions.

News

Brighter Than Sundance

Mark Moring

Indiana film festival finds success highlighting “hope and respect.”

News

Go Figure

Black enrollment at Christian colleges, whether abortion views matter in voting, and other news numbers.

News

Reading, Writing, and Rulings

Sarah Pulliam

Courts: Good news for homeschoolers, bad news for Christian schools.

News

Dangerous TEAM Work

Susan Wunderink

Missionary’s ordeal shows country’s growing instability.

News

Continuing Harvest

Paul Asay

Greg Laurie keeps preaching after son’s death.

Wire Story

From Bishop to President

Paul Virgo, Religion News Service

Vatican reluctantly grants Paraguayan Fernando Lugo’s request to step down.

News

Who Is Your Neighbor?

A Washington church sparks residents’ anger by hosting the homeless.

Reviews

How Character Shapes Belief

Douglas Wilson, coauthor of 'Is Christianity Good for the World?'

Top 5 Books: Character Shapes Belief

Bookmarks

John Wilson, editor of 'Books & Culture'

Short reviews of Looking Before and After, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, and Paradise Lost.

Five Ways to Pray the Psalms

Ben Patterson

An abridged version.

Schooled by the Psalms

Ben Patterson

Learning to pray is like playing the violin with virtuosos.

Review

Coupling Therapy

Lisa Graham McMinn

What daily lovemaking for a year did for one marriage.

Review

A Pilgrim’s Progress

Gary Scott Smith

A seasoned biographer examines Barack Obama’s spiritual journey and priorities.

Views

Wisdom for Living and Dying

Compiled by Richard A. Kauffman

Quotations to stir heart and mind.

The Only Hope for Monsters

We can’t defeat evil in the world without facing the evil in ourselves.

Surprised by Disability

Why the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensible.

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