Christianity Today

May, 2012

Volume 56, Number 5

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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.

Features

Getting to the Crux of Calvary

Richard Mouw

Each atonement theory highlights a truth about the Cross—but none more so than Christ’s substitutionary death.

Works and Words: Why You Can’t Preach the Gospel with Deeds

Duane Litfin

And why it’s important to say so.

From Powerlifter to Powerless

Kathleen Anderson

How physical debility strengthened my reliance on God.

Miracles in Mozambique: How Mama Heidi Reaches the Abandoned

Tim Stafford

There are credible reports that Heidi Baker heals the deaf and raises the dead. One thing is for sure: She loves the poor like no other in this forgotten corner of the planet.

More from this Issue

Touched by Jesus: Healing Body and Soul

Timothy Morgan

Healing and the Good News move in concert.

Helping Urbana Find Its Voice

Elissa Cooper

Nikki Toyama-Szeto diversifies Intervarsity’s student conference.

News

News

Quebec: Canada’s Prodigal Province

Ann-Margret Hovsepian in Montreal

The province’s evangelicals pursue a fresh hearing for the gospel in their post-Christian culture.

News

Black Church Barrios: African American Churches Adapt to Latino Neighbors

C. L. Lopez

Shifting demographics necessitate a second look at historic churches’ ministries.

News

Marketing Martyrs: Does Iranian Pastor’s Theology Impact Advocacy on His Behalf?

Ken Walker

Youcef Nadarkhani’s beliefs raises strategic questions.

News

Should Churches Halt Missions Trips to Mexico?

Compiled by Ruth Moon

Observers weigh in.

News

Sensation Before Scholarship: Gospel Fragment Tantalizes Experts

Gordon Govier

Previous forgeries make announcements of new archeological discoveries difficult to believe.

Forced Out: Pastors’ Fight and Flight

Research shows more than a quarter of pastors have been edged out of a church, regardless of denomination.

News

Quotation Marks

Recent remarks on Pat Robertson, surprise persecution simulations, and more.

News

Migrant Ministries: European Churches Revitalized by Asian Diaspora

Ruth Moon

Churches are filling with both immigrants and locals drawn to new worship styles.

News

Passages

Deaths, retirements, and other changes in the church and the world.

News

Go Figure

Recent stats on prison ministry, spirituality, and geography.

Reviews

My Top 5 Books On Fatherhood

Picks from Doug Wilson.

Review

Brave New Web: Navigating the Conflict Between Pluralism and Freedom

Joseph Knippenberg

Religious organizations should defend their public presence without resorting to individualism.

Teach Us to Pray: Learning from Prayer Partners in History

Interview by Elesha Coffman

Great figures from church history have much to teach about talking with God.

Wilson’s Bookmarks

John Wilson

Brief reviews of ‘On the Meaning of Sex,’ ‘The Dickens Dictionary,’ and ‘Henry Ossawa Tanner’

The Choir’s Steve Hindalong: Celebrating Sobriety

Dave Urbanski

A Christian music veteran discusses a new album and his long-time struggle with alcohol.

Review

Dollars and Moral Sense: What Money Can’t Buy

Todd C. Ream

There’s more to life than relationships of economic exchange.

Excerpt

Subversive Kingdom

Ed Stetzer

Living as agents of gospel transformation.

Review

Journeys of Faith

Michael McGowan

A brief look.

Review

Rhetorical Darwinism

John Mark Reynolds

A brief look.

Review

How God Became King

Bill Walker

A brief look.

Why We Need ‘Community’

Todd Hertz

Not just in real life, but NBC’s brilliant sitcom too.

Q & A: Ross Douthat on Rooting Out Bad Religion

Interview by Sarah Pulliam Bailey

Why the New York Times columnist wants to see America return to its confessional roots.

Views

Throwing Christ Over the Cliff

How the church can help the faithful stay faithful.

Private Faith and Public Policy: Where Obama and Santorum Agree

Let’s not vomit on JFK’s famous church-state speech.

Letters to the Editor

Readers respond to the March issue.

Should We Stop Child Placement Programs if We’re Required to Work with Same-Sex Couples?

Paul Shrier, Lynne Marie Kohm, and Ryan T. Anderson

A theology professor, a law professor, and an editor weigh in.

Editorial

The ‘Monsters’ Among Us: Child Sex Abusers in Our Midst

A Christianity Today Editorial

How fellow Christians should respond.

Additional Articles

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