Christianity Today

October, 2015

Volume 59, Number 8

November, 2015
September, 2015

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.

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Cover Story

Cover Story

Do You Believe a False Teaching?

Answer these questions to find out.

Cover Story

Why You Shouldn’t Call That False Teaching a Heresy

Justin S. Holcomb

How to tell which errors deserve the ultimate warning label.

Cover Story

History’s Biggest Heresies

Compiled by Kevin P. Emmert

False teachings condemned by the church.

Features

The Weird and Wonderful Church Drawings of John Hendrix

Hendrix is no Thomas Kinkade. Which means he gets us a lot closer to the Bible.

Our Beautiful, Broken Christian Ancestors

As a Southerner, I have to grapple with my forebears’ tainted legacy. As a believer, I have to do the same.

Was the Samaritan Woman Really an Adulteress?

Lynn H. Cohick

We know her as sexually immoral. Her community would have known otherwise.

How Christian Institutions Can Stay Christian Amid Secular Pressure

Interview by Matt Reynolds

Legal experts Stephen Monsma and Stanley Carlson-Thies say religious and secular organizations should enjoy equal freedom to live out their convictions.

More from this Issue

Testimony

From the Bahá’í Faith to Porn to Alpha to Jesus

Emily Armstrong

God has been faithful all during my winding journey to complete surrender.

A History Lesson

Why we need one from time to time.

Reply All

Responses to our July/August issue.

A Beautiful Escape

Harold B. Smith

CT transcends the bitter realism in and outside the church.

News

News

When Churches Get Burnt by the Offering

Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra

Should ministries return stolen donations?

News

The Christian Case for Not Giving Up on the World’s Most Fragile State

Why World Vision and local Christian leaders remain hopeful about South Sudan.

News

Can the Baker, the Florist, the Photographer, and the Clerk Win?

Compiled by Bob Smietana

Experts weigh in on religious liberty challenges to same-sex marriage.

Tent of Greeting

A snapshot of Christian witness in the world.

News

Gleanings: October 2015

CT staff

Important developments in the church and the world (as they appeared in our October issue).

Reviews

Excerpt

Don’t Laugh, but I Think Theology Should Be Funny

Stanley Hauerwas

An excerpt from “The Work of Theology.”

A Pastor’s Journey from Gay Pride Parades to the Pulpit

How Caleb Kaltenbach shed his anti-Christian upbringing.

Review

Leaving Patriarchy in the Past

Craig L. Blomberg

Scripture affirms sweeping male authority, says John Stackhouse—just not for all time.

Review

Are You Worshiping a Fake Jesus?

Will Willimon

Daniel Darling catalogues the impostors vying for your devotion.

Wilson’s Bookmarks

John Wilson

From the editor of Books & Culture.

New & Noteworthy Books

Matt Reynolds

Compiled by Matt Reynolds

Views

Can One Marriage Support Two Callings?

Dorcas Cheng-Tozun

Entrepreneurs’ wives, pastors’ wives, and others: God has a purpose for you right now.

The Justice-Forward Salvation Army

Combined with evangelism, it’s a heady combination.

Editorial

Why We Need the New Battle for the Bible

It’s time to turn to Scripture as our final authority.

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