Christianity Today

September, 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

Young, Restless, Reformed

Calvinism is making a comeback—and shaking up the church.

Features

‘Divine Conspirator’ Dallas Willard Dies at 77

Dallas Willard was on a quiet quest to subvert nominal Christianity.

It’s All About God

A brief summary of Calvinism.

Embrace Your Inner Pentecostal

“Holy Spirit religion” is quietly infiltrating the church, revitalizing us all.

China’s New Legal Eagles

Evangelical lawyers spur civil rights movement forward.

Class Warfare

Virginia megachurch sues county for barring theology courses.

What Happened to Religion in Canada?

How our neighbor to the north lost its faith.

The Call of Samuel

Samuel Rodriguez wants to build a bridge between Hispanic and Anglo evangelicals.

Logic Left Behind

Kevin Phillips’s new political screed is stranger than fiction—much stranger.

The Whole Word for the Whole World

Fewer than 10 percent of the world’s languages have the Old Testament. But that’s about to change.

Jeffrey Dahmer’s Story of Faith

A prison minister who led the mass-murderer to Jesus tells the story.

For Shame?

Why Christians should welcome, rather than stigmatize, unwed mothers and their children.

Christ’s Story

A top-notch scholar drops academic language for a basic retelling of Jesus’

The Truth Is Somewhere

Legacy of Guatemala’s evangelical deposed dictator remains unsettled.

Wrongful Love

Students sue when Christian school expels them for ‘lesbian behavior.’

Theology for an Age of Terror

Augustine’s words after the ‘barbarian’ destruction of Rome have a remarkably contemporary ring.

The New Missions Generation

Two centuries after Haystack, college students remain excited about missions—but with fundamentally different assumptions.

Together in the Jesus Story

Bob Webber’s fingerprints are all over a new call to live the narrative that really matters.

Nicholas Kristof on Evangelicals, China, and Human Rights

The Pulitzer Prize winner says, “Evangelicals have influence in the White House that The New York Times columnists do not.”

‘Volcanic’ Response

Jews for Jesus takes to New York City streets.

We’re Not Spectators

Mideast Christians writing for our website expressed their anguish—and anger.

Bygone Protests

Operation Rescue transforms clinic.

Two Degrees of Separation

GARBC distances itself from college after Southern Baptist endorsement.

Thinking Straight

Court decisions cheer opponents of same-sex marriage.

Echoes and Voices from Beyond

N.T. Wright argues that Christianity better comprehends our deepest human longings.

Estranged Bedfellows

Besides Jesus, what drove Jews and Christians apart from the beginning?

The Problem with Prophets

In their zeal for social change, some evangelical activists stand on shaky biblical ground.

Pluralist Impotence

Robert Wuthnow examines why religion fails to change American society.

Dr. Willard’s Diagnosis

Why we need to really die before we can really live.

News

News

Quotation Marks

Recent comments from President Bush, a Mississippi imam, and others.

News

Go Figure

Recent stats on gay families and the value of volunteerism.

News

<em>Christianity Today</em> News Briefs

Uganda’s civil war, female Anglican bishops, Jews for Jesus lawsuit, and stem cell veto.

News

Passages

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

News

Scrubbing CleanFlicks

It’s about the rule of law, not the morals of film.

Reviews

Excerpt

A Call to an Ancient Evangelical Future

The full text of an appeal to live the biblical narrative.

Views

Despair Not

There is something worse than misery and death.

Postcard from Africa

Where hope and despair live side by side.

Editorial

God’s Will in the Public Square

Democratic Senator Barack Obama gets it mostly right.

How to Create Cynics

Everybody knows when we’re covering up our confusion with God-talk.

Sit Down, Sit Down for Jesus?

Contrary to rumor, the culture wars aren’t over. Nor should they be.

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