Christianity Today

June 15, 1998

Volume 42, Number 7

July 13 July 13, 1998
June 15
May 18 May 18, 1998

Mormons on the Rise: Missionaries impossible? As Mormons are poised to become the next world religion, Southern Baptists are knocking on the doors of Utah's saints.

Cover Story

Cover Story

Mormons on the Rise

John W. Kennedy in Salt Lake City and Provo

Features

Can God Be Trusted?

Cornelius Plantinga, Jr.

He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge. (Ps. 91:4, NRSV)

Virgin in a Condom Provokes Outcry

Vic Francis in Auckland, New Zealand.

Virgin in a Condom Provokes Outcry

Centennial of Protestantism Marked

Jovie Galaraga in Manila.

Centennial of Protestantism Marked

Is Millennium’s Meaning Missing?

Is Millennium’s Meaning Missing?

Pakistani Bishop’s Death Sparks Riots

Pakistani Bishop’s Death Sparks Riots

Student Banned from Tournament

Student Banned from Tournament

210 Groups Join Outreach Campaign

210 Groups Join Outreach Campaign

Smut Tax Raises Questions, but Not Revenue

Gordon Govier in Madison, Wisconsin.

Smut Tax Raises Questions, but Not Revenue

Homosexual Job-Protection Bill Back

Walter R. Ratliff in Washington, D.C.

Homosexual Job-Protection Bill Back

Why Calvin Was a Calvinist

Michael Horton

Rediscovering the Geneva Reformer in his long-lost catechism.

The Early Church’s Health Plan

Christians practiced neither abortion nor infanticide and thus attracted women.

Doubting Thomas’s Gospel

Craig Evans, professor of biblical studies at Trinity Western University in British Columbia.

“Jesus said, ‘Damn the Pharisees, for they are like a dog sleeping in the cattle manger, for it neither eats nor [lets] the cattle eat.’ —Gospel of Thomas

What I’d Like to Tell the Pope About the Church

Responding to the main criticism Catholics have against evangelicals: that we have no doctrine of the church.

Bathsheba-Gate

Eugene H. Peterson

What Bible heroes can teach us about scandals.

God’s Green Acres

Tim Stafford

How Calvin DeWitt is helping Dunn, Wisconsin, reflect the glory of God’s good creation.

Sunday Among the Saints

John W. Kennedy in Draper, Utah.

Editorial

Home Is Where the Parent Should Be

How to resist a society that pulls parents in every direction but home.

Same-Sex Marriage: Verdict Aftershocks

Mary Cagney.

Bishops reject call for a special session, but protests lead to removal of minister Creech.

Graham Crusade: Caught Between Cultures

Christine J. Gardner in Albuquerque.

Recovery evangelism is used to spread the gospel to Native Americans at a joint Graham festival.

How Can a False Religion Be So Successful?

Michael Maudlin, Managing Editor

De-Seiple-ing World Vision

Interview by Kevin D. Miller

Straight talk from Bob Seiple on myopic Americans and the new realities facing international development.

News

Views

The Oxford Prophet

Lewis predicted a time when those who want to remold human nature “will be armed with the powers of an omnicompetent state.

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