Christianity Today

April 5, 1999

Volume 43, Number 4

April 26 April 26, 1999
April 5
March 1 March 1, 1999

Hungry for God: Special News Report: Tired of comfortable Christianity and longing for revival, millions of Christians are rediscovering the discipline of fasting. Surprisingly, teenagers are the most eager participants.

Cover Story

Cover Story

Hungry for God

Christine J. Gardner

Why more and more Christians are fasting for revival.

Features

Church Members Seek Asylum

Beverly Nickles in Moscow.

Sword Drills and Stained Glass

Lauren F. Winner

What children really learn in Sunday school.

National Baptists’ Lyons Convicted

Mike Wilson in St. Petersburg.

School Permits Abstinence Choice

Doug Trouten in Minneapolis.

The Last Good War

Peter T. Chattaway

Three “Best Picture” nominations ask why we fight.

First Messianic Synagogue Built

Ralph Tone in Buenos Aires.

The Selling of ‘Miracle City’

Stephen R. Sywulka in Guatemala City.

NAE Selects New President

John W. Kennedy in Orlando.

Family Films Make Big Money

Christine J. Gardner.

Editorial

Not a Fast Fix

It’s hard to fast, and even harder to do it for the right reasons.

What Would J. Christy Wilson Do?

Michael Maudlin, Managing Editor

Outside the Gate Outsider artists interpret the cross.

Carla Sonheim

Outsider artists interpret the cross.

How Green Is Easter?

Loren Wilkinson

Celebration of Jesus’ resurrection is more than being glad about the return of spring.

Not Your Father’s Evangelist

Wendy Murray Zoba

Franklin Graham has been groomed to wear his father’s mantle. How does it fit?

Angel in the Pulpit

Wendy Murray Zoba

Though she eschews the title, even her father says that daughter Anne Graham Lotz is the best preacher in the family.

Truth and Consequences in South Africa

L. Gregory Jones

A PBS documentary asks what the Truth and Reconciliation Commission achieved.

Jesus Wasn’t a Pluralist

James R. Edwards

When I debate defenders of homosexuality, I am often accused of being exclusive in a way that Jesus wasn’t.

Did God Die on the Cross?

J. I. Packer

As Jesus’ life was a divine person’s totally human life, so his dying was a divine person’s totally human death.

Views

The Last Deist

We need more than a just watchmaker who winds up the universe and lets it tick.

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