December
2010
Volume 54, Number 12

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Features

The Third Lausanne Congress demonstrated that global evangelicalism has been transformed.
Tim Stafford in Cape Town, South Africa

A physicist and a philosopher envision God's design in the beautiful equations of string theory.
Trevor Persaud
Views

Why the rescue of the Chilean miners was a "great miracle," and what it tells us about Hanukkah.
A Christianity Today Editorial
Reviews
Douglas Gresham, C. S. Lewis's stepson and co-producer of the Narnia movies, is the keeper of his stepfather's flame.
Mark Moring

Journalist and poet Eliza Grizwold says we can learn a lot about Christianity by surveying the region where they have clashed for 200 years.
Interview by Mark Galli

Christian authors discuss the best Christmas story not in the Bible.
Jerry B. Jenkins, Kathleen Norris , and Francine Rivers

We can grab hold of joy in this life, not just in heaven, says theologian Ellen Charry. A review of 'God and the Art of Happiness.'
Katelyn Beaty
Why this simple reminder is necessary right now. A review of Phillip Cary's 'Good News for Anxious Christians.'
Christopher Benson
News
Machine-gun preachers, dueling atheists, the Christian yoga firestorm, and other recent remarks in the church around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen