Christianity Today

February, 2005

Volume 49, Number 2

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The CT archives are a rich treasure of biblical wisdom and insight from our past. Some things we would say differently today, and some stances we've changed. But overall, we're amazed at how relevant so much of this content is. We trust that you'll find it a helpful resource.

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.

News

Go Figure

Recent stats on poverty, divorce, and perceptions of Islam.

News

LaHaye’s Tribulation

Left Behind coauthor challenges Tyndale over Last Disciple.

News

Passages

Deaths, promotions, and other items from the religion world.

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.

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.

Additional Articles

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