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Cover Story
The Forgiveness Factor
Social scientists like Robert Enright are discovering the healing power of a Christian virtue.
Cover Story
How God Won When Politics Failed
Learning from the abolitionists during a time of political discouragement.
Features
Things We Ought to Know
Charles Colson’s apologetic—and call to action—is in the tradition of Francis Schaeffer.
It Takes a Village to Fight Divorce
Church and state join forces to promote marriage preparation programs.
Why We Like Harry Potter
The series is a ‘Book of Virtues’ with a preadolescent funny bone.
Forgive and Remember
A year after the Clinton impeachment, can we get some perspective?
Author Wendy Shalit Is Proud to Be Modest
Author Wendy Shalit rattles the female establishment with a hip appeal to tradition.
In the Word: On the Receiving End
What Jesus really meant about becoming like little children.
Take, Eat—But How Often?
Many churches observe the Eucharist a few times a year, but the early churches seemed to observe it weekly—possibly daily. What is most appropriate?—Wendell J. Biermann, Fayetteville, New York
Popular Culture: The Film Dogma Is Anti-Dogma
After the furor, Kevin Smith’s film seems flawed but oddly touching
New & Noteworthy: Christian Living
Recent and important releases that will shape evangelical thought
Setting Captives Free
It takes more than getting a woman inmate out of jail to turn her life around
Chasing Amy
God intervened in a NOW activist’s unlikely conversion
Taming the Reformation
What the Lutheran-Catholic Justification Declaration really accomplished—and what it did not.
Out of the Ashes
In a land of volcanoes, persistent missionary efforts finally yield fruit.
Paying for Free Speech
The controversy over mandatory student fees heads to the Supreme Court.
Presbyterians Support Same-Sex Unions
Northeast Synod rules 8-2 in favor of continuing church’s holy union ceremonies
Children’s Literature: Parents Push for Wizard-free Reading
Bestsellers now under fire in some classroom
Higher Education: Crumbling Family Values
Hillsdale College confronts a sexual scandal, suicide, and leader’s resignation.
Costa Rica: Coffee Sales Perk Up Ministry Support
Pura Vida has donated $10,000 to missions and aid organizations
Northern Ireland: Peace at Last?
Protestants and Catholics agree on a new government.
Smorgasbord Spirituality
Evangelicals make a thin showing as the world’s religions gather to make common cause.
India: Loving the Lepers
A murdered missionary’s widow carries on her husband’s work.
News
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Sudan: CSI Loses U.N. Status
Slave-freeing organization’s rebel spokesman violated U.N. rules
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Methodists: Creech stripped of clergy credentials
United Methodist minister guilty of breaking church law at gay ceremony
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Baptist Foundation of America Lands in Bankruptcy Court
Troubled agency, accused of lawbreaking, offers restructuring plan.
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Beating the Odds
Christians in two states defeat gambling by exposing its harmful effects on the poor.