Christianity Today

September 3, 2001

Volume 45, Number 11

October 1 October 1, 2001
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Possessed or Obsessed? Many Christians say they are in need of deliverance, but some may be giving demons more than their due.

Cover Story

Cover Story

Possessed or Obsessed?

Many Christians say they are in need of deliverance but some may be giving demons more than their due

Features

Mercy Impaired

Let’s shock the world by reversing our apathy toward African sufferers

Nigeria: Orphaned and Widowed

Christian families devastated since Shari’ah law adopted

Jordan: Evangelical Seminary Remains in Limbo

Jordanian school was closed two years ago with orders to re-register

Greece: Socialists Give Evangelicals Some Relief

Greek Orthodox Church fights plan to remove religion designation on identity cards

New Zealand: Christians Divide Over Sex-Worker Law

New Zealand considers decriminalizing prostitution

Learning English from MTV

Inside Agnieszka Tennant’s article on deliverance ministries

Two Cheers

President Bush’s stem-cell decision is better than the fatal cure many sought

Dismantling the Salvation Army

In maintaining integrity, Salvationists got the Boy Scout treatment

Yahoo! Users Shun Christian Shopping Mall

Counterboycotts follow boycotts over portal’s porn sites

Dying Together

How a Bruderhof community rallied around its suffering brother

‘I’m Not in It for the Money’

The digital revolution created many wealthy tech-heads. What do they do now?

Hagiography for Moderns

PBS’s Evolution strives for enlightenment but achieves only indoctrination

Evangelical Bungles Party Leadership Resigns

Stockwell Day’s Canadian Alliance party woes seen as leadership issue, not religious

Laos: Christians Arrested

Quotations to stir heart and mind

Suffering

Quotations to stir heart and mind

Exorcism Therapy

An interview with Michael W. Cuneo, author of American Exorcism: Expelling Demons in the Land of Plenty

Alter Possession

Some ‘demons’ are better left unexorcised

Pandora’s Box of SRA

Satanic ritual abuse is often hard to prove, but it may not matter

Exorcism 101

What can we learn from the way Jesus cast out demons?

Risking Life for Peace

Caught between rebels, paramilitaries, and crop-dusters, peacemaking Christians put their lives on the line in violent Colombia

Christ’s Returns

Building an investment plan beyond profit

How Shall We Then Invest?

Practical steps toward building Kingdom equity.

What Has Jerusalem to Do with Mecca?

Two new books on the world’s religions raise new possibilities, and new questions, for evangelicals

Stem Cells: Embryos Split Prolifers

Bush decision pleases some, keeps door open for disputed research

Charitable Choice: Charity Bill Scaled Back

Prospects for faith-based initiatives bill remain cloudy in Senate

Canadian Anglicans Nearly Broke

A judicial ruling limiting damages seems to be their last hope

School Prayer: Court Okays Mandatory Moment of Silence

Law explicitly allows student prayer at beginning of school day

News

News

Cinema Verities

Even when they’re writing fiction, these Hollywood insiders bring the truth to bear

Wire Story

Episcopal Church: Legal Ping-Pong

Suits and countersuits entangle Maryland Episcopal church

News

Reel School for Real Christians

Act One prepares Christian screenwriters to write Hollywood blockbusters

Reviews

Excerpt

The ‘Ample’ Man Who Saved My Faith

G.K. Chesterton propounded the Christian faith with great wit—and sheer intellectual force.

Views

Why Rules Rule

Debates on the Ten Commandments expose our culture’s ultimate rift

Zarathustra Shrugged

What apologetics should look like in a skeptical age

Compassion Confusion

We should serve the needy even when it has bad political consequences

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