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Sailing Off into Irrelevance
The Episcopal Church’s rejection of orthodoxy is sobering for evangelicals
An Anglican Rorschach Test
Conservatives and liberals fide hope in statement
Reprieve for Brain-Damaged Woman
But Christian activists say the fight to protect the disabled is far from over
News Wrap
“Deaths, promotions, and other tidbits from the religion world”
‘A Man and a Woman’
Activists say the Federal Marriage Amendment will be the defining issue in the next election
Hugh Hefner’s Hollow Victory
How the Playboy magnate won the culture war, lost his soul, and left us with a mess to clean up.
Rebuilding Afghanistan U
How Christian scholars are using their heads to change people’s hearts at universities worldwide-including the one Osama bin Laden used to roam
Nice Yet Naughty
A no-nonsense book of female sex addiction is finally here.
A Tumultuous Journey
Slow Way Home offers rich prose and vivid characters
Teaching Us to Hear
Lewis Agonistes organizes the Oxford don’s thoughts on everything
Threatening the Amish
How the Amish solve the legal problems of civil liberties
Navigating a Disease
The Long Good Night chronicles one woman’s father’s journey in Alzheimer’s
Horses that Heal
Hope Rising is a sweet collection of real-life stories about the power of love and horses to heal the hurts of disadvantaged children
An After-Christmas Gift
“A homeless man, an angel, and a reminder about our final home”
Quotation Marks
“Recent quotes on repentance, modern life, and the Anglican Communion”
Parrying Masons
Tired of reading about gay Anglican clergy? Get ready for the next controversy: Anglican Freemasons
Reflected Glory
What does Genesis mean by man being made in the image of God?
Compassionate Evangelicalism
How a document conceived 30 years ago has prompted us to care more about ‘the least of these.
Persecution Is a Holy Word
Exaggerating our problems demeans the sacrifice of overseas believers
Supremely Rejected
Lower-court decisions the Supreme Court let stand
Birth Stories
“Even God incarnate in Jesus Christ, born of Mary, has a birth story of sorts”
The Twelfth of Never
Bush administration drastically lowers goals for faith-based initiative
Renewed Attacks on Christians
Christians continue to suffer in Sri Lanka
Blockbuster Evangelism
“Millions have been converted after seeing films about Jesus, and Hindu radicals are responding with violence”
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Exegeting The Matrix
“A lot of spiritual stuff went into The Matrix films, but not as much as some authors think”
Views
The Erosion Continues
Joshua Hammer talks about the implications of Christians’ Holy Land exodus
The Postmodern Crackup
“From soccer moms to college campuses, signs of the end”
Thugs in Jesus’ Hometown
A Season in Bethlehem shows how the city lost its historic harmony
Before the Deluge
All of us have a sexual orientation that bends toward the self
Advent
“Quotations to stir the heart and mind from Augustine, Madeleine L’Engle, and Walter Wangerin, Jr”