The Upper Room in art.

How do we reach out when programs fail?

PCUSA bars non-celibate gay clergy, Answers in Genesis launches online journal, and a NY court rules out-of-state same-sex marriages are valid.

Recent comments by Andy Pettitte, Bill Clinton, and others.

A Turkish theologian finds the image of Christ in the persecuted church.

How do we learn the deep 'one another' community of Scripture without being in close proximity?

The Tibetan protests show that Christians aren't the only ones fed up with the Party's interference in ecclesiastical matters.

How to guide your church and your leaders into more effective evangelism.

Philadephia speech is rhetorical high water mark of presidential primary season.

Ted Haggard exits spiritual restoration program, remembering David F. Wright and Ruth Stafford Peale, and more news.

As casinos and lotteries spread, two-thirds of Americans join in.

This year, 49 publishers nominated 359 titles published in 2007. CT editors selected the top books in each category, and then panels of judges — one panel per category — voted. In the end, we chose 10 winners and gave 11 awards of merit to the books that best shed light on people, events, and ideas that shape evangelical life, thought, and mission. Selections from judges' comments are below.