Christianity Today

August 9, 1999

Volume 43, Number 9

September 6 September 6, 1999
August 9
July 12 July 12, 1999

Redeeming Sudan's Slaves: Will buying the freedom of one fuel the enslavement of ten? Some Christian human-rights workers say slave redemption backfires.

Cover Story

Cover Story

Redeeming Sudan’s Slaves

Christine J. Gardner

Americans are becoming instant abolitionists. But is the movement backfiring?

Features

Good News for the Lost, Imprisoned, Abducted, and Enslaved

Wendy Murray Zoba

Lawyers and investigators at the International Justice Mission have learned that sharing the gospel means going into the heart of darkness.

Let’s Get Physical

Karen L. Mulder.

Motus O uses the human body to reveal the soul.

Peretti Out-Grishams Grisham

Susan Wise Bauer

God and the Devil in the summer blockbusters.

Howard-Browne Takes New York

Tony Carnes in New York.

South Koreans Help Neighbors

Myung Soo Park in Seoul.

A Postmodern Ezekiel

Michael Maudlin, Managing Editor

Homosexuality: Presbyterians Hold Firm on Fidelity

Jim Jones in Fort Worth.

Homosexual ordination under study until 2001.

Will Pax TV Survive Second Season?

Malcolm Foster.

Family-friendly network faces survival test.

Europe: East Germany Churches Falter

Richard J. Nyberg in Bonn.

Editorial

Can I Get a Witness?

Candidate testimonies must move beyond piety to policy.

The Greatest Story Never Read

Gary M. Burge

Recovering biblical literacy in the church.

I Love to Tell the Story to Those Who Know It Least

Lillian Daniel

Biblical preaching in a post-Christian culture.

What’s in a Name?

James R. Edwards

Why we shouldn’t call the Old Testament the ‘Hebrew Scriptures.’

News

Wire Story

House Upholds Display of Ten Commandments

Religion News Service.

Views

How Evil Became Cool

The Littleton killers were mirroring in grotesque action what the adult culture advocates in abstract concepts.

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