Cover Story
Cover Story
First Waves of Relief
Muslim-Christian hostilities. Competing for qualified labor. Handling record donations. These are just three obstacles Christian aid groups must navigate.
Cover Story
Bent but Not Broken
A pummeled church helps bury the dead and bring life to those who remain.
Features
My Path to Lesbianism
It was hatred of women that drove me there, and Christ in community that led me out.
Not a Tame Lion
An engaging theologian questions the Jesus of modern scholars.
Your Government Failed You
But then, we don’t want an all-powerful government any more than we want an all-powerful God.
All You Need Is Unconditional Love
A judgmental assessment of judgmentalism is, predictably, full of contradictions.
Where Community Is No Cliché
Forty-three families in rural Texas blend Pentecostal fervor and Anabaptist simplicity.
Jacob vs. Jacob
Jewish believers in Jesus quarrel over both style and substance.
A Look Of Love
Persecuted priest’s smile planted faith in a Chinese activist.
Behind China’s Closed Doors
Newly confident house churches open themselves up to the world.
Wycliffe in Overdrive
Freddy Boswell describes the most audacious Bible translation project ever.
Christian Ed That Pays Off
Grand Canyon University becomes the first for-profit Christian college.
9.5 Theses on Worship
A disputation on the role of music.
A Church Largely on Its Own
Hundreds of missionaries in Ivory Coast pull out after anti-French violence.
Sex Slaves’ Slow Freedom
Sometimes it takes years to negotiate their release.
Bitter Pill
FDA strengthens warning on RU-486.
Scott Peck vs. Satan
A well-known psychiatrist describes and analyzes two exorcisms.
Dorm Brothel
The new debauchery, and the colleges that let it happen.
What to Say at a Naked Party
Three common strategies to check sexual ‘liberation’ no longer work.
Catholics Join NCC Alternative
Launch of broad church association around the corner.
Opportunity of a Generation
Five issues will test the strength and unity of Christian conservatives in the new term.
Tsunami Response Team
Last minute disaster reporting.
Seven Myths of Disaster Relief
What’s really needed after a catastrophe.
House-Church Leader Arrested
Zhang Rongliang has a high profile in China and internationally.
A Question of Trusts
Court says Methodist church may leave denomination and keep its property.
News
News
<em>Christianity Today</em> News Briefs
PCUSA and same-sex marriage, persecution, and closing William Tyndale College
News
Quotation Marks
Recent quotes on Christian rock in school, family films, preemies, and Bushspeak.
Reviews
Bookmarks
Mini-reviews of Calvinism in The Las Vegas Airport, Street Saints, Heaven and, The Seven Last Words from the Cross.
9.5 Theses on Worship
A disputation on the role of music.
Views
Stonewashed Worship
Churches are striving to appear ‘authentic’—like the rest of consumer culture.
The Church and Mission
Quotations to Stir Heart and Mind
Editorial
Gender Is No Disease
Our children’s sex is not something to be screened but gratefully received.
The New Civil War
Christians must be driven by the common good, not by any ideology.
Editorial
Tsunamis and Birth Pangs
Let’s not bash traditional Christian answers to disaster, only keep them in context.