Christianity Today

October, 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

Where We Are and How We Got Here

50 years ago, evangelicals were a sideshow of American culture. Since then, it’s been a long, strange trip. Here’s a look at the influences that shaped the movement.

Features

What Married Women Want

Sociologist Brad Wilcox says one type of marriage makes most women happier.

The Church’s Great Malfunctions

We should be our own fiercest critics, doing so out of the deep beauty and goodness of our faith.

Flea Market Believers

If these biblical literalists don’t go to church, can the Right count their vote?

A Bioethicist on Genesis

Leon Kass’s The Beginning of Wisdom.

Hope for Shalom

Lisa Graham McMinn’s The Contented Soul

A Greater Vision

Billy Graham’s bottom line never changes: ‘Are we really being used to change people?’

A One-China (Church) Policy

Werner Burklin says overseas evangelicals perpetuate the gulf between state-approved churches and illegal house churches.

Genocide and Grace

Three survivor stories that foster healing.

LBJ and JFK

The story of ‘Judgment Days’ is a triumph and a tragedy.

What’s Next: Relief and Development

Not What, But How: What evangelical leaders say are the priorities and challenges for the next 50 years.

What’s Next: International Justice

Long Road: What evangelical leaders say are the priorities and challenges for the next 50 years.

What’s Next: Higher Education

Uniquely Christian: What evangelical leaders say are the priorities and challenges for the next 50 years.

Legacy of a Global Leader

Less known than Stott’s earlier work is his ministry with Langham Partnership International.

Evangelism Plus

John Stott reflects on where we’ve been and where we’re going.

What’s Next: Evangelism

Urgent still: What evangelical leaders say are the priorities and challenges for the next 50 years.

What’s Next: Culture

‘The True, The Good’: What evangelical leaders say are the priorities and challenges for the next 50 years.

Let Us Reason Together About Life

A new statement from Evangelicals and Catholics Together encourages discourse on the most divisive of issues.

What’s Next: Theology

No compromise: What evangelical leaders say are the priorities and challenges for the next 50 years.

What’s Next: Publishing & Broadcasting

New media, old story: What evangelical leaders say are the priorities and challenges for the next 50 years.

What’s Next: Politics

Worried optimism: What evangelical leaders say are the priorities and challenges for the next 50 years.

What’s Next: Missions

Whole gospel: What evangelical leaders say are the priorities and challenges for the next 50 years.

What’s Next: Youth

Church Reconnect: What evangelical leaders say are the priorities for the next 50 years in youth ministry.

What’s Next: Local Church

We asked 114 leaders from 11 ministry spheres about evangelical priorities for the next 50 years. First up: Fresh basics for the local church.

‘Truth from the Evangelical Viewpoint’

What ‘Christianity Today’ meant to the movement 50 years ago.

Calvary Reunion: Skip Heitzig Returns to N.M.

New Mexico megachurch pastor returns after leadership conflict.

Cool on Climate Change

New Christian coalition says fighting global warming will hurt the poor.

Braves Lose Focus

Faith Nights hit snag after major-league debut.

News

News

Q&A: Richard Stearns

The president of World Vision U.S. on the Global Fund, free condoms, and church-based relief and development work.

News

To Russia with Fury

Sometimes charity means anger.

News

Go Figure

What evangelicals really believe about Israel and global warming.

News

Quotation Marks

Recent comments from Michael Schiavo, Katherine Harris, and others.

News

One ‘Major Step’

Saudi Arabia’s promise to curb abuses raises cautious hope.

News

‘Christianity Today’ News Briefs

Passing the Child Custody Protection Act, Methodists join the Joint Declaration of the Doctrine of Justification, and a PCUSA megachurch disaffiliates.

News

‘They Know We Are Christians’

Lebanese Christian compassion impresses Muslims during bloody conflict.

News

A Hint of Peace

War-torn church ponders amnesty for rebel leader.

News

Passages

Remembering Leon Morris; Random House buys Multnomah; new Faith-Based Initiatives czar; and North Park’s new president.

News

Soaking in Blood—Again

Sri Lankan violence costs 1,000 lives. Relief efforts set back.

News

Axis Denied

Willow Creek ends “church-within-church” for 20-somethings.

News

Indonesia’s Death Quota

Advocates question motive for executing Christians.

News

Disputed Dismissal

Was it flame mails or budget cuts that cost a Greenville professor his job?

News

The Price of Protest

Chinese police beat hundreds during church demolition.

Reviews

From Eternity to Here

Randy Alcorn says the afterlife is crucial to how we live this one.

Review

IDing ID’s Designer

Darwin’s Nemesis shows why the debate isn’t going away.

The Top 50 Books That Have Shaped Evangelicals

Landmark titles that changed the way we think, talk, witness, worship, and live.

Views

CT Classics

Some of our favorite quotes from two decades of Reflections columns.

Grappling with God

Prayer sometimes feels like a hug and a stranglehold at the same time.

Editorial

Save the E-Word

Let’s improve the public perception of evangelicalism.

Editorial

Media in Motion

Evangelicalism’s mission and message outlast evolving technologies.

Train Wreck Coming

Why homosexual marriage threatens free expression of religion.

Asylum vs. Assistance

Offering sanctuary isn’t about political protest.

The Earmark Epidemic

The disease must be cured for the common good.

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