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April

Christianity Today April, 2012

News

Is the Lord's Prayer a Christian Prayer?

Compiled by Ruth Moon

News

Nontraditional Believers Recover Christian Community

Melody J. Wachsmuth in Zagreb, Croatia

Defending Scripture. Literally.

News

Violence in Nigeria: Breaking the Country's Fatal Deadlock

Sunday Agang in Kagoro, Nigeria

Discipling the Eyes Through Art in Worship

W. David O. Taylor

Review

Polarizing Politics by Defending the Declaration

Andrew Walker

Chuck Colson: Evangelicals Should Be Uniters, Not Dividers

Chuck Colson & Timothy George

'God Is Not a Genie in a Bottle': Ways We Misuse the Bible

Interview by Owen Strachan

My Top 5 Books on Christianity in North Korea

Carl Moeller

Review

Tolerance—Or Else: Coercive Attempts to Impose Secular Beliefs

Mollie Ziegler Hemingway

Editorial

How Pastors' Ponzis Affect Our Gospel Witness

A Christianity Today Editorial

News

Mass Appeal: Evangelicals Copy More of Catholic Playbook to Oppose Contraception Ruling

Sarah Pulliam Bailey

Review

Blue Like Jazz

Josh Hurst

Do Pets Go to Heaven?

Wesley Smith, Karen Swallow Prior, and Ben DeVries

Becoming Donald Miller

Mark Moring

What Good Grief Looks Like When a Daughter Dies

Ben Witherington

Excerpt

Connecting Christ

Paul Metzger

News

Sex Sect The Family Cleans House

James A. Beverley

News

Go Figure

Compiled by Ted Olsen

Jesus Disappoints Everyone

John Koessler

Proof of a Good God: 'Crucified Under Pontius Pilate'

News

Quotation Marks

Compiled by Ted Olsen

News

The Problem 'Son': Debate Continues Over Translating 'Son of God' for Muslims

Collin Hansen

News

Passages

Letters to the Editor

Journaling Grief: How Web-Based Publishing Is Changing Everything

Jesus Through Jewish Eyes

Books to Note

Wilson's Bookmarks

John Wilson

Employers Can Limit Employees' Speech, TBN’s Lawsuit, Bar Boots Catholic Group, and More News

News

Contract Concern: USAID Policy on Hiring Alarms Charities

Bobby Ross Jr.

Review

October Baby

Morgan Feddes

Interview: Why Sarah Macintosh Ran Away from CCM and Went Back

Mark Moring

Review

Wrecking Ball

Andy Whitman

Review

The Clearing

Kristin Garrett

Review

Feathers & Twine

Andy Argyrakis

Review

Songs of Praise & Scorn

Jeremy V. Jones

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Turn Toward Each Other and Away from the Screen

Perhaps technology has changed everything. But God is still here, still wiring humans for connection and presence.

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The Call to Art, Africa, and Politics

Daniel Silliman

In 1964, CT urged Christians to “be what they really are—new men and women in Christ.”

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The Bulletin

Pete Hegseth’s Future, Farmers on Tariffs, and Religious Decline Stalls

Mike Cosper, Clarissa Moll

Hegseth scrutinized for drug boat strikes, farmers react to Trump’s tariffs, and a Pew report says religious decline has slowed.

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The Debate over Government Overreach Started in 1776

Three books to read this month on politics and public life.

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Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

BONUS: Amanda Knox on the Satanic Panic and Wrongful Convictions

How elements of the satanic panic and conspiratorial thinking shaped a wrongful conviction.

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The Chinese Christian Behind 2,000 Hymns

X. Yang

Lü Xiaomin never received formal music training. But her worship songs have made her a household name in China’s churches.

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Death by a Thousand Error Messages

Carrie McKean in Midland, Texas

Classroom tech was supposed to solve besetting education problems. The reality is frustrating for students and costly for taxpayers.

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The Surprising Joys of a Gift-Free Christmas

Ahrum Yoo

Amid peak consumerism season, I prayed for ways to teach my children about selfless giving.