Christianity Today

January, 2007

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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

News

Red-Light Rescue

Dawn Herzog Jewell

The ‘business’ of helping the sexually exploited help themselves.

Features

The Problem with Hating Religion

Review by John Wilson

A scholar rescues the reputation of generation of Middle East scholars.

Don’t Mess with Missions

Review by Jim Reapsome

Paradigms in Conflict argues against changing missionary theories and practice.

An Upside-Down World

Christopher J. H. Wright

Distinguishing between home and mission field no longer makes sense.

Mega-Headache

Sarah Pulliam

Church fights town restrictions on services.

Family Feud

Roger Olson calls for a ceasefire in a long-running theological civil war.

The Story of America?

Review by John Wilson

Robert Kagan’s Dangerous Nation.

<em>Ricardo the Fierce</em>

Review by Timothy C. Morgan

A not-so-clinical book for those touched by special-needs kids.

Simple Process, Vibrant Church

Review by Howard A. Snyder

Simple Church calls churches to focus on making disciples.

Mere Mission

Interview by Tim Stafford

N.T. Wright talks about how to present the gospel in a postmodern world.

The Beatles’ Spiritual Journeys

Review by LaTonya Taylor

Steve Turner’s The Gospel According to the Beatles.

Faith-Based Activism

Christianity fuels social justice in The Beloved Community.

Sex Isn’t Work

Timothy C. Morgan

Top Ten Stories of 2006

The events, people, and debates of the past year that Christianity Today‘s editors and writers believe have shaped, or will significantly shape, evangelical life, thought, or mission.

Fleeing Nineveh

Keith Roshangar, RNS, with reporting by Susan Wunderink

Threatened by persistent violence, Assyrian Christians in Iraq want to govern themselves.

Blue Law Special

Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra

Study: Laws banning Sunday commerce encourage moral behavior.

Ghost Growth

Ken Walker

Baptist report: Some ‘failed’ church plants never existed.

Spoils of Victory

Sheryl Henderson Blunt

Pro-life Democrats hope party’s takeover will remove stigma.

The Pain at New Life

Lindsey O'Connor

One family deals with its pastor’s fall.

Devastated by an Affair

Joe Maxwell

How churches heal after the pastor commits adultery.

Salvation Army Wins Battle

Madison Trammel

But the broader struggle for religious freedom continues.

News

News

Surprised by Friendship

Cassandra Zinchini

Discovering where hope begins in a village in Mozambique.

News

Child Sex Tours

Dawn Herzog Jewell

The average victim is 14, and Americans make up 25 percent of the customers.

News

Passages

Deaths of Allen Finley and Pierre Gemayel, Installation of Katharine Jefferts Schori, and other stories.

News

Christianity Today News Briefs

Nicaragua bans abortions, Kingsway to build a bigger church, a $75 million donation, and the Partial-Birth Abortion Act

News

Quotation Marks

Comments on same-sex marriage, Syria, Twinkies, and the Republican defeat.

News

Go Figure

Do evangelicals like big government? And other statistics.

News

Status Quota

Andy Peck in London

Britain’s faith schools welcome students from other religions.

Reviews

Creation or Evolution? Yes!

Francis Collins issues a call to stand on the middle ground.

Views

Give Parents a Say

The current public school model isn’t working.

Dethroned

Jesus puts the all-important self in its place.

Signs of the Church

Compiled by Richard A. Kauffman

Quotations to stir heart and mind.

Editorial

Go Gently into That Good Night

A Christianity Today Editorial

Fear of mortality lies at the root of our bioethics confusion.

The Scandal of Forgiveness

Want to shock your neighbors? Try forgiving them.

A Tale of Five Herods

If you had five minutes with the President, what would you say?

Editorial

Reviewing the Fundamentals

A Christianity Today Editorial

Ted Haggard’s fall raises crucial questions about holiness.

The Year Conservatives Saved Christmas

We bullied stores out of “‘Happy Holidays.'” Hooray?

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