Christianity Today

February 9, 1998

Volume 42, Number 2

March 2 March 2, 1998
February 9
January 12 January 12, 1998

How Much Truth Can We Take? South Africa looks for healing from its violent past. Christian people and Christian ideas take the lead.

Cover Story

Cover Story

How much truth can We take?

L. Gregory Jones

South Africa’s Christian experiment for finding healing from its violent past.

Features

Between a Nightmare and a Dream

Desmond Tutu

If reconcilication can happen in South Africa, it can happen elsewhere.

Revival: Brownsville Revival Rolls Onward

Steve Rabey

But success brings intense scrutiny for Pensacola Pentecostal church.

Growing Criticism

Randy Frame

Groups back away from Preparation for Parenting.

Cry with a Beloved Country

Susan VanZanten Gallagher

Restoring human dignity to the victims of apartheid.

The Word Became Art

Karen L. Mulder

Strict Antimissionary Bill Retooled

Sean Aaron Osborne in Jerusalem

Strict Antimissionary Bill Retooled

Plans Under Way for Next Day of Prayer

Plans Under Way for Next Day of Prayer

New Leaders Emerging After Civil War

Obed Minchakpu

New Leaders Emerging After Civil War

Assemblies of God Church Attacked

Assemblies of God Church Attacked

NAE President Argue Takes New Post

NAE President Argue Takes New Post

Split Nearing for Texas Convention

Martin King

Split Nearing for Texas Convention

Gender Revisions Completed on NIrV

Gender Revisions Completed on NIrV

Tin Drum Oklahoma Clash Marches On

Tin Drum Oklahoma Clash Marches On

Does Evangelical Theology Have a Future?

Responses by Clark H. Pinnock, Thomas C. Oden, and Timothy GeorgeRoger E. Olson

Roger Olson argues that a division between traditionalists and reformists threatens to end our theological consensus.

A Tough Choice

Michael G. Maudlin, Managing Editor

Editorial

Let the Prisoners Work

Crime doesn’t pay, but prison labor can benefit everyone.

I’m Not OK, You’re Not OK

Michael G. Maudlin

New Life Clinics’ Steve Arterburn talks about why we are reluctant to be transparent about our problems.

The Alpha-Brits Are Coming

Timothy C. Morgan

A British course for non-Christians aims to transform North American evangelistic outreach.

A Pilgrim on the Way

Response Clark H. Pinnock

For me, theology is like a rich feast, with many dishes to enjoy and delicacies to taste.

The Real Reformers are Traditionalists

Response Thomas C. Oden

If there is no immune system to resist heresy, there will soon be nothing but the teeming infestation of heresy.

A Theology to Die For

Summing up Timothy George

Theologians are not freelance scholars of religion, but trustees of the deposit of faith.

The ‘Jackie Robinson’ of Evangelism

When Howard Jones broke the race barrier on Billy Graham’s platform, he faced rejection from both sides.

Why We Love This Deadly Sin

Barbara Brown Taylor

Staying angry protects us from getting hurt again, but at what price?

The Struggle for Lincoln’s Soul

Mark A. Noll

Was Abraham Lincoln a Christian? A look at the evidence.

Paid in Full

Charles H. Spurgeon

The sacrifice of Calvary was not a part payment; it was a complete and perfect payment.

Racism’s Faces of Faith

The use and abuse of Christianity in the civil-rights struggle.

News

News

Seeker Sensitive on Russia’s Frozen Frontier

by Beverly Nickles in Syktyvkar, Russia

Russian Baptists blend Orthodox culture with evangelical outreach.

Views

Jesus’ Unanswered Prayers

When Jesus prayed to the one who could save him from death, he did not get that salvation; he got instead the salvation of the world.

Don’t Blame the Publishers!

Publishers are not forcing shallow books on an unwilling community.

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