Christianity Today

August 5, 2002

Volume 46, Number 9

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The Third Coming of George Barna: Evangelicalism's most quoted pollster is more fed up with the church than ever—so what's next?

Cover Story

Cover Story

The Third Coming of George Barna

He believes his ten-year campaign to reform the church has failed. What is evangelicals’ most-quoted statistician going to do next?

Features

Farm Boy Makes Good

Robert Schuller’s story is a distillation of his gospel.

Herod’s Stadium

“Israeli archaeologists discover 2,000-year-old stadium”

The Setting of the Age of Aquarius

“Remember the New Age movement? Now, even the New Agers want out”

Skating on Church Pipes

Skateboard ministries provide youth with ramps and a sermon

Breaking Up a Monopoly

The Supreme Court has put parents back in charge of their children’s education

Crushed by a Soviet Relic

What you can do to help persecuted Christians in Turkmenistan

Church Challenges

“For local congregations, threats can come from town drunks or flocks of chickens”

Jewish Leaders Accept Apology

Graham couldn’t have been more humble and apologetic over 1972 comments

‘Hate Speech’ Law Could Chill Sermons

Pastors say bill would restrict preaching against homosexuality

Vatican: Jews do not wait in vain for Messiah

But evangelicals question whether new statement undercuts evangelistic outreach

‘Get Our Kids Out’

Dobson says pro-gay school curriculum has gone too far.

Barna’s Beefs

His nine challenges for American Christianity

The Good News About Generations X & Y

“Watch out, promiscuity! Out of the way, relativism! A wave of young Americans just wants that old time religion. An interview with the author of The New Faithful: Why Young Adults Are Embracing Christian Orthodoxy”

Whither Christian Unity?

The WCC and the WEA represent very different paths. One of them has real promise

The Not-So-New Ecumenism

A recent initiative is structured to exclude evangelicals in the mainline

Bible: Southern Baptist Convention rejects TNIV translation

But Bible forum says controversial translation is ‘within principles

Anglicans: Maverick Vancouver diocese approves same-sex blessings

“Traditionalists walk out, issue global call for outside intervention”

Eritrea: Government shuts down churches.

All Christian houses of worship are ordered shut without official explanation

Pakistan: Presbyterians regain control of college.

Christians aim to reclaim the school’s neglected religious heritage

The Editor Who Helped Save Christianity Today

Remembering Ken Kantzer

Wanted: Church Atheist

Sydney’s St. Barnabas looks for a worthy debate opponent

Quotation Marks

“Comments on suicide bombing, Islam in prisons, and preaching about hell”

European Disunion

Churches push for acknowledgment of Europe’s spiritual heritage

News

News

Go Figure

Americans continue to give to religious groups following September 11

Reviews

Review

A Folk-Rock Caravaggio

Jennifer Knapp sings of the Incarnation’s bloody realities

Views

Fenders of the Faith

Quotations to stir the heart and mind from bumper stickers

Rekindling Old Fires

We can resist technology’s chilling effects on how we spend time together

Undaunted

Bioethics challenges are huge. But so is God

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