Christianity Today

February 5, 2001

Volume 45, Number 2

February 19 February 19, 2001
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Saint Flanders: He's the evangelical next door on The Simpsons, and that's okily dokily among many believers.

Cover Story

Cover Story

Blessed Ned of Springfield

Mark I. Pinsky

He’s the evangelical next door on The Simpsons, and that’s okily dokily among many believers.

Features

Update

New Law Helps Church Gain Storefront Site

New Law Helps Church Gain Storefront Site

In the Word: The ‘Shyness’ of God

Self-centeredness is cured by looking deeply within the life of the Trinity.

Readers’ Forum: The Rapture: What Would Jesus Do?

Glenn Paauw

An end-times pilgrim counts the cost of discipleship

Civil Reactions | Stephen L. Carter: The Courage to Lose

In elections, and in life, there is something more important than winning.

The Social Experiment that Failed

Glenn T. Stanton

Two books disclose the unforeseen hazards of divorce, and the unexpected fruits of marriage.

NCC: Untying the Knot

Sheryl Henderson Blunt

NCC withdraws endorsement of ‘one-man, one-woman’ marriage statement.

Top Ten Religion Stories, 2000

SELECTED BY CT EDITORS AND WRITERS

Death by Default

Few seem to have noticed the euthanasia movement’s latest gains

Counseling: Deliverance Debate

Kevin Bidwell

Unconventional ‘Theophostic’ counseling cites results in rebutting its critics.

Money: Electronic Giving Struggles to Catch On

Ken Walker

Despite benefits, automatic electronic transfers still rare in churches

Episcopal Church: Bishop to Be Punished 19 Years After Affair

Douglas LeBlanc

Episcopal Church court may decide fate of Montana’s Charles Jones next week.

House Churches May Be ’Harmful to Socity’

Alex Buchan, Compass Direct

But China’s unofficial congregations resist evil cult label

Divorcing a Dictator

David Miller in Lima, Peru

Evangelicals assess the bitter lessons of the Fujimori years

India: Militant Hindus Assault Christians

Manpreet Singh in New Delhi

Persecution of religious minorities stirs Christian outrage against government inaction.

Kenya: Nairobi’s Bloody Witness

Odhiambo Okite

Pastor who resists injustice is repeatedly beaten by police.

‘Come and Receive Your Miracle’

Corrie Cutrer

German evangelist Reinhard Bonnke’s evangelistic crusades are setting attendance records, but career missionaries worry about discipleship.

Dining on Yams and Coke

Timothy C. Morgan

From Davey & Goliath to Homer and Ned

Mark I. Pinsky

Steve Tompkins believes God has a sense of humor

How Big Is The Simpsons?

Mark I. Pinsky

The show’s popularity goes beyond its 10th anniversary star on Hollywood Boulevard.

The Shari’ah Threat

Corrie Cutrer

Muslim Fundamentalist law troubles Christians and some Muslims

Facing the Smiles

Corrie Cutrer

Visiting Nigeria taught me as much about the despair in my own soul as it did the soul of this country.

The Great Reunion Beyond

Sarah E. Hinlicky

Death is the heartless divider—or so I thought before I watched my grandpa die.

Whatever Happened to God?

Donald G. Bloesch

Too much worship is convivial rather than adoring

‘Youth Has Special Powers’

Wendy Murray Zoba

The Millennial generation may be uniquely wired to stand—and sweat—for God.

Between a Rock and a Holy Site

Clarence H. Wagner Jr

Muslims have increased efforts to take control of Holy Land sties revered by Jews and Christians.

The New Ecumenists

Lauren F. Winner

Gen-X Christians are reinterpreting the meaning of church unity.

From the CTI Board

Harold Myra

Old Friends, New Ventures

News

Wire Story

Catholics Remain Largest Bloc in Congress

Religion News Service

Baptists, Methodists follow

Wire Story

Episcopalians, Lutherans Celebrate Unity

Religion News Service

News

Film Tries to Bridge Chasm Between Jews, Evangelicals

Deann Alford

A new documentary explores each group’s concept of prayer, the Bible, and the Messiah.

Reviews

The World Behind the Movie

William Romanowski

Why Hollywood has a hard time getting Christianity right, and how we can tell when it does.

Review

The Ten Commandments Become Flesh

A Polish director prods European and American audiences to consider God’s timeless standards.

Review

Honest Prayer, Beautiful Grace

Douglas LeBlanc

The messianic and passionate U2 sounds like itself again

Views

Quotations in Honor of Black History Month

Richard A. Kauffman

Quotations in Honor of Black History Month

Andy Crouch: A Testimony in Reverse

I have discovered how inconvenient it can be when God actually does speak.

The Back Page | Philip Yancey: God at Large

A look around the globe reveals a God as big as we want him to be

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