Volume 45, Number 6

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On issues from foster care to the future of missions. Christianity Today staff have been writing for more than the magazine
David Neff,

High standards are key, says new survey from the Hartford Institute for Religion Research
Tony Carnes

Can an after-school Christian club use public school facilities? The Supreme Court will decide
Religion News Service

Sri Lanka churches try to reconcile Sinhalese Buddhists and Hindu Tamils
Anto Akkara, Ecumenical News International, with additional reporting by Open Doors

More than 600 Christians from around the world flock to Jerusalem to show solidarity with Israel as peace process collapses
Religion News Service

Many Christian agencies are still doing earthquake relief among India's poorest victims
Manpreet Singh

Many Americans, even Christians, pick and choose their ideas of right and wrong
Christianity Today Editorial

The Times should have run a correction. Instead, it might change government policy
A Christianity Today Editorial

Each winter brings a different sort of blizzard to Christianity Today's offices in the western suburbs of Chicago as publishers deluge us with nominations for our Annual Book Awards

With Velma Still Cooks in Leeway, Vinita Hampton Wright leads a quiet transformation of Christian fiction
Lauren F. Winner

What spiritual direction is, and why evangelicals are increasingly attracted to it. An interview with Holy Invitations author Jeannette Bakke
Jennifer H. Disney

When we are battered or baffled by personal injustices, God whispers, If you do what is right, it will go well with you.
Mark Buchanan

Six leading openness theologians say that many assumptions made about their views are simply wrong
John Sanders, Clark Pinnock, Greg Boyd, William Hasker, Richard Rice, and David Basinger

The International Bible Society is doing spiritual archaeology and retro-publishing to reach seekers
Steve Rabey

Two scholars seek to rescue the Great Commission from narrowly evangelistic readings, but their answers may be dangerously wide
Stan Guthrie