Christianity Today

July 15, 1996

Volume 40, Number 8

August 12 August 12, 1996
July 15
June 17 June 17, 1996

Persecuted: A crisis for the contemporary church

Features

YANCEY: Confessions of a Spiritual Amnesiac

No minister had prepared me for God’s absence.

Why the Psalms Scare Us

Kathleen Norris

In these poems of Scripture, you’ll find rage, loneliness, and fear—in other words, you’ll find yourself

From the Fringe to the Fold

Ruth Tucker

How the Worldwide Church of God discovered the plain truth of the gospel.

Foes, Backers Seeks Common Ground

Ross Pavlac in Madison, Wisconsin

Palau Preached to a Preoccupied Metropolis

John W. Kennedy in Chicago, with reports from Bradley Baurain and Christian Coon

Evangelist Sets Sights on U.S. Latinos

By Andres T. Tapia in Chicago

The Suffering Church

Kim A. Lawton

Increasingly, Christians are harassed, arrested, interrogated, imprisoned, fined, or killed because of their religious beliefs and practices.

Editorial

EDITORIAL: Ministry in the Real World Order

Robert A. Seiple, president of World Vision U.S

The cold war is over, but hate is prospering. What is the church to do?

Editorial

EDITORIAL: Burned, but Not Consumed

Richard A. Kauffman

A response to the black church arsons.

ARTICLE: Saving the Safety Net

Everett L. Wilson

The proper aim of welfare reform should be to get people out of poverty, not just off the public dole.

SIDEBAR: When Your Church Says It’s Wrong

Camilla F. Kleindienst, who lives in Fulton, Missouri.

ARTICLE: Tolerance Without Compromise

Richard J. Mouw

Christian engagement in an era of political rancor.

BOOKS: Getting Evangelicals into the Church

Robert W. Patterson

The heresy of individualism.

BOOKS: Wesley on CD

BOOKS: Hymns for the Politically Correct

Donald G. Bloesch

Hallelujah to the All-inclusive One.

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