Christianity Today

June 17, 1996

Volume 40, Number 7

July 15 July 15, 1996
June 17
May 20 May 20, 1996

Rediscovering the Holy Spirit: Bible scholar Gordon Fee thinks we have domesticated the Spirit and missed the point of his mission

Cover Story

Cover Story

Rediscovering the Holy Spirit

Wendy Murray Zoba

Bible scholar Gordon Fee thinks we have domesticated the Holy Spirit and missed the point of his mission

Features

Episcopalian Bishops Abort Heresy Trial

Randy Frame in Wilmington, Delaware

‘Roe’ and ‘Doe’ Tell Their Stories

Interracial Outreach Delayed

SIDEBAR: Wrestling with Wesley’s Legacy

United Methodists Retain Ban on Homosexual Ordinations

Steve Rabey in Denver

COLSON: Lady with a Blue Dress On

CHARLES COLSON & Nancy Pearcey

Court Strikes Down Homosexual Rights Ban

Steve Rabey in Colorado Springs

Politicians Pay Homage to America’s Preacher

John W. Kennedy in Washington, D.C.

Evangelist Billy Graham issues call to repentance.

Washington Rally Convicts Nation of Sins

Carolyn Curtis in Washington, D.C.

Hope in Short Supply Amid Liberia’s Chaos

Richard Nyberg

Can Haiti Be Revived?

Randy Frame in Port-au-Prince; Additional reporting by Ted Olsen

The struggle for justice receives a boost from Christian ministries.

Classic & Contemporary Excerpts from June 17, 1996

BOOKS: The Worship Wars

A bulletin from the front.

BOOKS: Scandalous No More?

Roger E. Olson

Alister McGrath defends evangelical theology against its primary competitors: postliberalism, postmodernism, and pluralism.

Unwrapping Jesus

Philip Yancey

Columnist; Contributor

My top ten surprises.

Saint Nasty

Mark Galli

Columnist; Contributor

Spiritual giants care about one thing—and it’s not people’s feelings.

Editorial

EDITORIAL: Scalia’s Foolishness

David Neff

Columnist; Contributor

Let’s be fools for Christ, not plain fools.

Editorial

EDITORIAL: Promoting Renewal, Not Tribalism

A new confession reaffirms our doctrinal foundations but needs to draw its boundaries wider.

By Timothy George, dean of Beeson Divinity School, Samford University, and senior adviser for Christianity Today

LETTERS: A question of orthodoxy

Hired Pens

David Neff, Executive Editor

Columnist; Contributor

News

News

STEP-ing Out on Faith–and Off Welfare

By Amy L. Sherman

How a city ministry rescues the perishing from poverty and drugs.

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