Christianity Today

May, 2006

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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

Nothing But the Blood

Mark Dever

More and more evangelicals believe Christ’s atoning death is merely a grotesque creation of the medieval imagination. Really?

Features

The Debt Slayers

John W. Kennedy

There’s a reason there are more Christian financial advisers than ever.

A New Kind of Urban Christian

As the city goes, so goes the culture.

Whose Law in Afghanistan?

Barbara G. Baker, Compass Direct, with additional news-service reporting

High-profile apostasy case highlights legal contradictions.

Homeland Security’s Catch-22 for Exiles

Madison Trammel

‘Ridiculous’ interpretation of law bars thousands.

Every Tribe and Class

Jennifer Su

If these missionaries have their way, millions of Taiwanese will no longer be too embarrassed or intimidated to go to church.

Becoming a Christian

Reviewed by Rich Poll

Twelve conversations with people who came to Christ.

The Evangelical Unifier: History

Reviewed by Collin Hansen

Douglas Sweeney appeals to evangelicals of all stripes to sustain the movement’s momentum.

Gridlock on Genocide

J. Carter Johnson

Pressure on Sudan mounts, but the killing continues in Darfur.

Choking on Modernity

Reviewed by Eric Miller

The Maker’s Diet is part of the problem.

Trapped with Dr. X

Reviewed by John Wilson

An evolutionary philosopher’s case against religion overpromises, underdelivers.

Searching for Cultural Authority

Reviewed by Mark Noll

Neither nature nor experience are sufficient to interpret reality, writes Roger Lundin.

The Legacy of Adoniram Judson

Reviewed by Sarah Johnson

A new biography shows behind the successful missionary were three matchless women.

This Little Light of Mine

Sharing your faith does not have to be so intimidating.

The Scripture-Engaging Lincoln

Mark Noll

A new biography is one of the best.

Visual Spirituality

Answered by Adrienne Dengerink Chaplin

Is religious art, like Michelangelo’s ‘Creation of Adam,’ a violation of the second commandment when God is portrayed?—Steve Potts, Jackson, Mississippi

The Saints Go Marching Back

Deann Alford

Poverty-fighting Christians labor to restore city workforce after Katrina.

Salary Quandary

Michael Barrick

Ministries pay executives less than their secular nonprofit counterparts. Should they?

Peace, Peace

From the front page to the obits, one day’s news about Christian peacemaking.

Tying Grace to the Cross

The old hymns capture our condition.

Stopping Genocide—Again

Interview by Tony Carnes

Ethnic bloodshed in Sudan’s Darfur region remains the top crisis for U.N. ambassador John Bolton.

News

News

Quotation Marks

Recent comments from Tom Fox, Mitt Romney, and Billy Graham.

News

CT News Briefs

CT staff

Palestinian Bible Society bookshop threatened, closed; church political activities investigated; Wal-Mart carries the pill.

News

Go Figure

Recent stats on gifts to Pat Robertson, church attenders’ view on the Iraq war, and mainline seminarians.

News

Passages

CT staff

Promotions, deaths, and other items from the religion world.

Reviews

Crunchy Time

Rod Dreher says that conservative man cannot live by the free market alone.

Views

Editorial

Religious Freedom Isn’t Free

A Christianity Today Editorial

Rights to faith and liberty are at risk in Afghanistan.

Ponder These Things

Compiled by Richard A. Kauffman

Quotations to stir heart and mind.

A Long, Warm Glow

A respected evangelical elder on the life of faith.

The ACLU Is Not Evil

And neither are many people with whom we disagree.

Post-Traumatic Faith

Patrick Stone

Understanding the plight of Christians who have killed in combat.

Crash

What our harrowing experience taught me about human nature.

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