Christianity Today

May 24, 1999

Volume 43, Number 6

June 14 June 14, 1999
May 24
April 26 April 26, 1999

Gambling Away the Golden Years: Casinos are seducing an alarming number of seniors. Where is the church?

Cover Story

Cover Story

Gambling Away the Golden Years

John W. Kennedy

Casinos are seducing an alarming number of seniors. Where is the church?

Features

Dental Miracle Reports Draw Criticism

James A. Beverley in Toronto.

Celebration of Traditions

John Wilson

Richard Foster wants Christians to be renewed by encountering the church’s “living streams.”

In Brief: May 24, 1999

Jim Jones in Dallas.

Expatriate Congregations Thrive

Kenneth D. MacHarg.

Expatriates Find Overseas Congregations Thriving

Multinational Focus Spurs Church Growth

Grace Pundyk in Mahboula, Kuwait.

Ancient Church Discovered in Gaza

Ecumenical News International.

Materialism, Heresy Plague Churches

Obed Minchakpu in Jos, Nigeria.

Exit Strategy

Wendy Murray Zoba

Amidst church conflicts and a devastating hurricane, missionaries John and Shirley Wind answered the call to leave Honduras.

Firebombs Threaten Messianic Jews

Timothy C. Morgan, with Dan and Melike Smeenge in Albania; Tomas Dixon in Vienna; Willy Fautre in Brussels; and wire reports.

Balkan evangelicals feel strain of ethnic cleansing.

Disney Ditches Dogma

Mark A. Kellner in Burbank.

Religious groups say boycott bears fruit.

Editorial

Church Discipline on Trial

The verdict against pastor Gregory Dell was not “denominational cleansing,” but a necessary attempt at disciple making.

No Luck With the Churches

Michael Maudlin, Managing Editor

Surprised by Death

James Van Tholen

A young pastor discovers what grace looks like while battling cancer.

How Abortion Became a Necessary Evil

Clarke D. Forsythe

Why Americans oppose abortion but want to keep it legal.

Re-Imagining Women

Susan Wise Bauer

Jan Crouse is calling Bible-believing, intellectually minded mainline women to unite.

Is Lying Always Wrong?

Allen Verhey

We live the truth not for its own sake, but for God’s sake and for the neighbor’s sake.

Classic & Contemporary Excerpts from May 24, 1999

Just 50 days after Easter, the Holy Spirit empowered the Early Church. Here are timely thoughts about the Third Person of the Trinity and our response to him.

Where No Ministry Has Gone Before

Ken Steinken

To be more effective ministers, Five Iron Frenzy resists the packaging of Christian rock bands.

The Art of Being Christian

John Skillen

Twenty years of growth and struggle for Christians in the Visual Arts.

Views

Does Kosovo Pass the Just-War Test?

The military intervention introduces moral questions that the church ought to raise now, not waiting until the body bags start coming home.

Men Need Church, Too

The church’s nuptial bond was now imagined as me-and-Jesus alone, and as swooning and passionate.

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