The Lasting Effects of Your School

A new survey found that Christian schooling makes a difference—and that different kinds of Christian education produce different results among their graduates.

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September

Christianity Today September, 2011

Public Theology Project

The Gospel at Ground Zero

Russell D. Moore

Wilson's Bookmarks

John Wilson

My Top 5 Books on TV and Movies

Steven Greydanus

Review

The Antidote to Alcohol and Drug Addiction

Amy Julia Becker

The Science of Shacking Up

Interview by Caryn Rivadeneira

News

Growing in the Word

Matthew D. LaPlante in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

News

Parental Frights: Can Parents Practice Rites that Scare Children?

Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra

Books to Note

A Wordless Presence

Leslie Leyland Fields

Excerpt

The King Jesus Gospel

Scot McKnight

News

Go Figure

Compiled by Ted Olsen

A Cross at the Bookends

Loving Muslims One at a Time

Interview by Mark Galli

Saving the Superheroes: Ministering to the Emergency Dispatch

Shelly Ngo

Believers on the MOVE

Mark Moring

Muslim Missions: Then & Now

J. Dudley Woodberry

How Christian Leaders Have Changed Since 9/11

Have Muslim-Christian Relations Improved Since 9/11?

Rick Love, Carl Moeller, and Jason Micheli

Editorial

Battle for the Bible Translation

A Christianity Today Editorial

Readers Write

News

Apologetics Makes a Comeback Among Youth

Chris Norton

News

Should Churches Try to Minimize Disruptions?

Compiled by Ruth Moon

News

Passages

DeVon Franklin Keeps the Faith in Hollywood

Mark Moring

News

Court Rejects Prostitution Restrictions on AIDS Funding

Susan Wunderink

Criminalizing Circumcision

News

Hundreds Jailed for Sectarian Violence, Turkish Leaders Smooth Way for Christians, & More News

News

Missional Church Mergers

Ken Walker

News

Quotation Marks

Compiled by Ted Olsen

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Christ and the Adulteress by Peter Bruegel

Blaming Women Harms Us All

Dorothy Littel Greco

When we fail to protect and honor women like Jesus, we all lose.

A heart with lots of cracks in it.

Synthetic Love Will Tear Us Apart

Chris Poblete

When we outsource intimacy to machines, we become what we practice. And we’re practicing the wrong things.

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The Russell Moore Show

N.T. Wright on The Vision of Ephesians

The Professor is in – and he’s talking about Ephesians.

Our Prayers Don’t Disappear into Thin Air

Bohye Kim

Why Scripture talks of our entreaties to God as rising like incense.

An image of an astronaut.

From Outer Space to Rome

Daniel Silliman

In 1962, CT engaged friends and enemies in the Cold War and the Second Vatican Council.

Several Christmas album covers.

May Cause a Spontaneous Outburst of Festive Joy

Kelsey Kramer McGinnis

8 new Christmas albums for holiday parties, praise, and playlists.

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Meet CT’s New President

The Bulletin with Nicole Martin and Walter Kim

Nicole Martin seeks to mend evangelical divides and uphold biblical truth.

Image of Donald Trump sitting down next to a standing Zohran Mamdani. Illustrated gifts in front of them.

The Bulletin

Kidnappings in Nigeria, Rep. Greene Resigns, Mamdani Meets Trump

Mike Cosper, Clarissa Moll

Persecution in Nigeria, Marjorie Taylor Greene resigns, Mamdani and Trump have a friendly meeting, and listeners give thanks.