Christianity Today

July, 2007

Volume 51, Number 7

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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

Gospel Riches

Isaac Phiri and Joe Maxwell

Africa’s rapid embrace of prosperity Pentecostalism provokes concern–and hope.

Features

Spirituality Squared

Review by Patricia Raybon

Webber’s Divine Embrace touches both head and heart.

Sorrow But No Regrets

Christine A. Scheller

My life in the troubled, redemptive church.

Cancer’s Unexpected Blessings

Tony Snow

When you enter the Valley of the Shadow of Death, things change.

Onward, Christian Soldiers

Review by Alfred J. Andrea

God’s War is the new standard in the field.

A Taste for Excellence

Joe Maxwell knows everything from evangelicalism to skinning squirrels.

First Church of Prosperidad

Interview by Madison Trammel

Arlene Sanchez Walsh on the African-style prosperity gospel right in our backyards–in immigrant Latino churches.

From Tower-Dwellers to Travelers

Ugandan-born theologian Emmanuel Katongole offers a new paradigm for missions.

Brewing Battle

Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra

Missouri Baptists frown on beer as evangelistic hook.

Q&A: Rep. Heath Shuler

Interview by Collin Hansen

Shuler, a Democratic Congressman from North Carolina who ran as a social conservative, defeated a Republican incumbent in 2006.

Identity ‘Crisis’

Brad A. Greenberg

Nazarenes rethink entire sanctification.

Creation Display

Rob Moll

New museum touts young-earth view.

News

News

Go Figure

Recent statistics on religious books and Muslims and Christians.

News

Faith Perfected

A Christianity Today Editorial

Recent martyrdoms sadden us but cannot make us despair.

News

Quotation Marks

Comments on getting permission to convert in Malaysia, China 2008’s missionary potential, and other topics.

News

Just As We Were

Is mass evangelism dead?

News

News Briefs: July 11, 2007

The Center for Reclaiming America for Christ closes, Iraq added to religious rights watch list, and InterVarsity back at University of Wisconsin-Superior.

News

Passages

John Stott retires, Zondervan CEO resigns, Biola kicks off centennial with a new president, and other news.

News

Cross Purposes

Madison Trammel

Biggest Christian conference splits amid growing atonement debate.

News

Tyrant’s Tomb Unearthed

Gordon Govier

Herod the Great’s final resting place said to be found.

Reviews

My Top 5 Books on Sex

Compiled by Lauren F. Winner, author of 'Real Sex'

Glocal Church Ministry

Bob Roberts has an idea that may change American congregations, if not the world.

Bookmarks

Short reviews of Dissident Discipleship, When Saints Sing the Blues, and Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters.

A Tough Audience

Mark Moring

Michael Landon Jr. on making movies for Christians.

Think About God

Andree Farias

Pioneer Brian Doerksen on what’s wrong with worship music.

Views

It’s Not About the Crusades

The clash with Islam is over new global realities.

Blessed Are Those Who Mourn

Compiled by Richard A. Kauffman

Quotations to stir heart and mind.

Old-Fashioned Creation Care

Thrift and care for the environment go hand in hand.

Editorial

Virtue That Counts

A Christianity Today Editorial

Why justification by faith alone is still our defining doctrine.

Stumbling After Jesus

The Christian life was never meant to be a cakewalk.

The Quest for the Historical Jerry

You can tell a lot about someone by what he says about Falwell.

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