Christianity Today

May 18, 1998

Volume 42, Number 6

June 15 June 15, 1998
May 18
April 27 April 27, 1998

McCartney on the Rebound: He started a ministry to heal men's relationships while his own marriage was in crisis; he drew a million men to Washington only to announce a few months later that he was laying off all his staff. Now he's hiring them back. Who is this man piloting Promise Keepers' wild ride?

Cover Story

Cover Story

McCartney on the REBOUND

Phyllis E. Alsdurf

How a workaholic jock and insensitive husband became the nation’s leading Promise Keeper.

Features

New Oratorio Features Black Gospel

Richard A. Kauffman in Washington, D.C.

Inside the Vatican

Richard John Neuhaus

The pope’s chief doctrinal officer has always been in dialogue with the Reformation traditions. Now he reveals his vision for Christianity in the new millennium.

Falwell Denounces Operation Rescue

Christopher Calnan in Lynchburg

Falwell Denounces Operation Rescue

Bankruptcy Exemption Progresses

Walter R. Ratliff in Washington

Bankruptcy Exemption Progresses

Leaders Retain ‘Chastity’ Vow

Leaders Retain ‘Chastity’ Vow

Pope’s Visit Blindsides Evangelicals

Obed Minchakpu in Jos, Nigeria

‘Antimissionary’ Bill Effort Backfires

Sean Aaron Osborne in Jerusalem

Evangelicals Protest Media Shutdowns

Jeff M. Sellers in Madrid

Gambling with the Enemy

Instead of folding, the church should be upping the ante

Augustine Who?

A window on the Greek Christian world-and a model for contemporary theology and biblical study.

The Bottom Line

How colleges-not excluding Christian schools-have been shaped by market forces.

Bright Lights, Big Pity

David Neff, Executive Editor

Nonprofits: The Myth of the Needy Child?

by Art Moore

Newspaper expose finds the promise of some child-sponsorship programs falls short.

Hispanic Christian Radio Grows by Blocks and Blends

Kenneth D. MacHarg

New information-age strategy enables stations to compete with secular counterparts.

News Update: Up from the Ashes?

John W. Kennedy

With $4 million in donations, Promise Keepers recalls its staff—for now.

The Coach’s Burden

That hate mail really gave me a first glimpse of the seething giant of racism lurking within the Christian church.

None Dare Call It Sin, plus America’s Gambling Habit

Tim Stafford

How Mississippi’s Bible Belt succumbed so quickly and so completely to the gambling industry.

Colombia’s Bleeding Church

David L. Miller in Bogota and Medellin

Despite the murders of 120 church leaders, Christians are fighting for peace in one of the world’s most violent nations.

The Day We Were Left Behind

Barbara Brown Taylor

When Jesus had said this, as they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.—Acts 1:9.

Under the Streets of Bucharest

Tomas Dixon in Bucharest

Lifting manhole covers and crawling inside is a first step in a Romanian ministry’s gritty outreach.

News

Wire Story

Back to the Future?

Julia Lieblich, Religion News Service

Antischool-prayer crusaders cite a 50-year-old case in resisting the proposed Religious Freedom Amendment.

Views

I Didn’t Mean to be Rude

Many faiths, not just ours, hold quite specific doctrines and stand at firm disagreement with one another.

And the Word Was … Debatable

All those who take up the daunting task of Bible translation step into a force field of tension.

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