Christianity Today

October, 2010

Volume 54, 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

Cover Story

The Reformer

Molly Worthen

How Al Mohler transformed a seminary, helped change a denomination, and challenges a secular culture.

Features

How Far Should Forgiveness Go?

Christine A. Scheller

Seventy times seven? I can barely forgive some corrupt clergy once.

The Art of Glory

Cape Cod’s newly completed Church of the Transfiguration embodies the belief that beauty can nurture our communion with God.

A Covenant with the Earth

Matthew Farrelly

Why the work of Christ makes all the difference in our care of creation.

Pension Tension

Rob Moll

Lawsuit questions ‘church related’ retirement plans.

More from this Issue

The Ultimate Wave

Mark Moring

Bryan Jennings takes the Good News to surfers.

Honest Appraisal

Learning from reformers, past and present.

News

News

Violence Prompts Worship Law Revision, IHOP Sues IHOP, & More News

Important developments in the church and the world.

215 Baptist Churches Planted in Haiti

Interview by Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra

New fellowships will ‘preserve the harvest’ of new Christians.

News

A Different Kind of Tent Revival

Sarah Pulliam Bailey in Port-au-Prince

How one pastor is tackling Haiti’s complex challenges.

News

The Abolitionists’ Scandal

William Wilberforce and the Clapham Sect founded Sierra Leone, then tolerated a form of slavery there, a new book reveals.

News

Go Figure

Stats on euthanasia, seminaries and honesty.

News

Border Crossing

Ken Walker

Why Philip Yancey’s newest book is debuting in Brazil.

News

Quotation Marks

Glenn Beck’s fruits, Robert Park’s homecoming, and more.

News

Cross Examination

Ruth Moon

Italian crucifix case creates a mixed bag.

News

Condemnation

Compiled by Trevor Persaud

Should Christians publicly denounce believers who vilify others?

News

Getting Obama’s Faith Wrong

So if 18 percent of Americans think Obama is a Muslim, is that a large number or a small one? Find out what 18 percent of Americans also believe.

News

River Jordan Pollution, Medi-Share Loses in Ky., Etc.

Recent important developments in the church and world.

Reviews

Books to Note

Short reviews of recent books worth considering.

Excerpt

Spiritual Rhythm

Being with Jesus every season of your soul.

Max Lucado on Compassion: The Best Apologetic

Interview by Sarah Pulliam Bailey

The San Antonio pastor and author explains why he focuses on poverty in his latest book.

Wilson’s Bookmarks

John Wilson

Brief reviews of ‘Creation Untamed’, ‘Wayfaring,’ and ‘Master of Disguises.’

Review

Looking Over the Fence

New research suggests scientists are more like neighbors than enemies of the faith. Andy Crouch reviews ‘Science vs. Religion.’

My Top 5 Books on Family Ministry

Reggie Joiner

By Reggie Joiner, author of ‘Think Orange’

Review

Always Dying, Always Reborn

John Wilson

Exploring the new horizons—and limits—of our perpetual chase for immortality.

Joni Eareckson Tada on Something Greater than Healing

Interview by Sarah Pulliam Bailey

Now facing breast cancer and chronic pain, the author, speaker, and advocate talks about the blessings of suffering.

Views

We Must Not Despair

Chuck Colson with Catherine Larson

It’s not the time to withdraw from politics.

Mixing Jesus into Populist Politics

David Brody, Wendy Wright, and David P. Gushee

What place do Christians have in the tea party movement?

Readers Write

Your responses to the August 2010 issue of Christianity Today.

Hospitality Sweet

One of the forgotten keys to the dynamic worship of God.

Editorial

Mosques in Middle America: The Next Christian Response to Islam

A Christianity Today Editorial

The strain of religious diversity tests Christians’ own principles.

Additional Articles

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