Christianity Today

October 23, 2000

Volume 44, Number 12

November 13 November 13, 2000
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Undying Worm, Unquenchable Fire: What is hell—eternal torment or annihilation? A look at the Evangelical Alliance's The Nature of Hell.

Cover Story

Cover Story

Undying Worm, Unquenchable Fire

What is hell—eternal torment or annihilation? A look at the Evangelical Alliance’s The Nature of Hell.

Features

Biotech: Tissue of Lies?

Latest stem-cell research shows no urgent need to destroy human embryos for the cause of science.

Is the Stock Market Good Stewardship?

I see more of our Christian brothers investing in the market. Is this a healthy trend?—Edward Tsui, Toronto

Camus the Christian?

A pastor describes how the great existentialist atheist asked him late in life, Do you perform baptisms?

Machiavelli Marooned

The church offers something that transcends the reality of television.

Gwen Shamblin in the Balance

Thomas Nelson cancels book contract with Weigh Down author over her controversial comments rejecting the Trinity.

SBC Funding Imperiled

Texas Baptists resolved reduce monies for SBC seminaries and programs.

Updates

NCC Seeks End to Cuba Embargo

School Vouchers Face Tight Races

Recent surveys show much opposition to voucher initiatives in California and Michigan.

Fire and Ice

Charismatic renewal in the Arctic has converted half of some villages. It’s also ignited criticism from established churches.

Vatican: Protestants Not ‘Sister Churches’

Vatican official proclaims Protestant churches not sister churches to the Roman Catholic faith.

Smack Down

53 Christian professors, students, and church-planters detained.

Colombia: Abducted Pastor Pays His Own Ransom on Installment Plan

Ransom arrangement a tough decision for churches and missions.

Nigeria: Will Shari’a Law Curb Christianity?

Gombe, a north Nigerian state, creates a council of faiths to deal with fears over Islamic law.

North Korea: 7 Christian Executions Suspected

North Korea reportedly executed Christians as young as 15 in April.

Ecuador: Word and Spirit Together

For the first time, Pentecostal leaders are invited to a key Latino Protestant Congress.

Grunge Boomers in Concert

Teens and parents fast and pray together for massive youth revolution.

Good News for Witches

Every Halloween, thousands of Wiccans descend on Salem, Massachusetts—and local churches reach out.

Rightly Dividing the Hell Debate

Key advocates and writings.

Coming to Terms

Five key phrases in the hell debate.

Free to Be Creatures Again

How predestination descended like a dove on two unsuspecting seminarians, and why they are so grateful.

Beyond Self-Help Chatter

Each biblical passage is a pixel in a greater picture—a truth preachers forget at the peril of their listeners’ souls.

Big-Picture Faith

From the first nanosecond to the final cry of victory, and every divine moment between—all is charged with meaning.

Love Your Heavenly Enemy

How are we going to live eternally with those we can’t stand now?

The Transcendental Gore

The Democratic nominee for president combines a modernist Christian faith with a drive to master his world. By Tony Carnes

More Than a Badge and a Gun

Police chaplain Steve Lee lays down the law, and lifts up grace, for an unreached people group—cops.

Lessons From Two Sides of AIDS

An HIV-positive woman and a wealthy businessman are reminded of God’s expansive love at a unique camp.

Scouts in a Jam?

The courts protect rights. The media-savvy win hearts and minds.

The Fallacy of Missile Defense

Christians should reject nuclear proliferation, especially when it’s proposed of just war.

The Perils of Harry Potter

Literary device or not, witchcraft is real—and dangerous.

In the Word: The Grim Shepherd

He visits every living thing, but those with understanding need not be afraid

Views

The Back Page | Philip Yancey: Getting a Life

The most fully alive persons are those who give their lives away.

Quotations to Contemplate

Quotations to contemplate on dying and eternity.

Editorial

Honest Ecumenism

The Vatican’s recent statement on the nature of the church is a step forward, not backward, for Christian unity.

Your World: Unrighteous Indignation

Righteous anger is often a mask for mere self-righteousness.

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