Christianity Today

January, 2005

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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

The Fraudbuster

Rob Moll

The faithful are being defrauded of billions. But this Ponzi-busting ex-con knows how to stop it.

Features

Children Huddled in Crevices

Jim Jewell

Mongolia’s fledgling church seeks to meet a desperate need.

Faith-Filled Fantasy

Reviewed by Cindy Crosby

The author of Shadowmancer tells another spiritual tale between angels and demons.

Searching for Significance

Reviewed by Cindy Crosby

John Piper urges living for the glory of Christ.

The Largest Company in Your City

By Alan Doswald

Branch offices of the church have potential without parallel.

Mystery and Paradox

Reviewed by Cindy Crosby

Unsentimental, careful essays explore God in nature.

Three Faces of Greed

W. Jay Wood

Another vice that looks like a virtue.

The Church—Why Bother?

Tim Stafford

There is no healthy relationship with Jesus without a relationship to the church.

Facing the Elder-Care Crisis

Reviewed by Timothy Johnson, M.D.

Escalating health-care costs bid the church to get creative.

The Church Awakens

Rebecca Barnes in Louisville

Christians make AIDS fight a high priority.

Bilking the Brethren

It may be one of the biggest untold stories on the religion beat.

Dobson on the Gay Marriage Battle

Interviewed by Kathleen K. Rutledge

The Nov. 2 election was the first step in a long fight for traditional marriage.

Full Court Pressure

Kathleen K. Rutledge

The battle for marriage shifts from voters to lawyers and lobbyists.

Terrorizing Ally

Jeff M. Sellers

Saudi Arabia tortures Christians even as it makes human-rights gestures.

All Sins Are Not Equal

J.I. Packer

Question: Are all sins weighed equally, or is one more important than another? —Linda Linton, Celina, Ohio

That Other Church

David Klinghoffer

Let’s face it: Secularism is a religion. Let’s treat it as such.

Twentysomethings for the Lord

Jim Jones in Dallas

Ministries try to channel the next generation’s idealism.

‘Extreme’ Orthodoxy

Rob James in Cardiff

Luis Palau dropped from Welsh revival celebration for his ‘evangelical beliefs.’

Quotation Marks

Recent quotes about pro-life rights, religious sensitivity, the death penalty, and witch hunts.

Giving Hope a Chance

David E. Anderson, RNS

Danforth calls on Sudan’s government, rebels to ‘prove skeptics wrong.’

Religions of Peace?

ENI, in Amsterdam

Christians, Muslims appeal for calm after attacks.

Evangelist in Brigham Young’s Court

James A. Beverley in Salt Lake City

Ravi Zacharias preaches to Mormons about the uniqueness of Christ.

Post-Election Education

John W. Kennedy

Pro-lifers weigh options after Californians fund embryonic stem-cell research.

News

News

<em>Christianity Today</em> News Briefs

By CT staff

Iraqi churches under fire, appealing Oregon’s assisted-suicide law, and Rwanda’s theological school.

News

Go Figure

Recent stats on church politicking, ‘moral values,’ and church/state spending.

News

Passages

By CT staff

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

Reviews

See No Evil

by Christine A. Scheller

Christian TV may be a cultural ghetto, but living there has its advantages.

Q+A: Harry R. Jackson Jr.

By Tony Carnes

Senior pastor of Hope Christian Church in College Park, Maryland, and coauthor (with George Barna) of a new book, High-Impact African American Churches, on trends in black churches.

Views

Politics for Adults

A Supreme Court justice showed us how to “do business” with opponents.

The Church

Compiled by Richard A. Kauffman

Quotations to stir heart and mind

Editorial

Same Song, Second Term

A Christianity Today Editorial

It is a unique political moment for Christian conservatives—or is it?

Back From the Brothel

Thanks to brave ministries, prostitutes are still entering the kingdom.

Editorial

Spiritual Shortcuts

A Christianity Today Editorial

The cheating epidemic reveals a deeper issue.

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