Christianity Today

May, 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

A New Day in Vietnam

How a little NGO is helping Christians gain more freedom in a country still plagued by human-rights abuses.

Features

The Bible’s Authority: Faith on Unchanging Terms

Review by J.I. Packer

J.I. Packer’s short review of Who Owns the Bible.

Disorderly Disciplines

Jenell Williams Paris

When I entered motherhood, my traditional spiritual life became impossible.

Post-Christendom Christianity

Review by Douglas A. Sweeney

A short review of Craig Carter’s Rethinking Christ and Culture.

Famine Again?

Tim Stafford

Why some places suffer food shortages decade after decade.

Holy to the Core

Joel Scandrett

We’re tempted by moralism because we’ve forgotten what God wants at the center.

Edgy Spirituality

Review by Lauren F. Winner

Exchanging ‘techniques and technology for love’.

The Angel in the Whirlwind

Review by Timothy C. Morgan

Skip the next HIV/AIDS conference and read these books instead.

Return to Sender?

Review by Douglas LeBlanc

Tony Campolo’s Letters to a Young Evangelical

Christ, My Bodhisattva

Multinational businessman and politician Ram Gidoomal talks about ‘translating’ the gospel in today’s world.

No Sick Child Left Behind

Madison Trammel

Southern Baptist leader says it’s about time all U.S. children had health insurance.

Print Plus

New CEO and editor in chief Harold Smith believes in both electrons and ink.

50 Family Feuds

John W. Kennedy

Democratic Congress prompts Alliance for Marriage to focus on states.

Re-engineering Temptation

Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra

Fuzzy science sparks debate over treatments to reverse homosexuality.

News

News

Christian Colleges’ Green Revolution

Cindy Crosby

From the cafeteria to the classroom, students are learning to be environmentally conscious.

News

Graveyards Came First

Timothy C. Morgan

Outreach in Vietnam’s vibrant church, 38 years after Tet offensive martyrs.

News

No Malaria Malaise

Sheryl Henderson Blunt

White House recruits faith-based groups to fight deadly disease.

News

Man-Made Disaster

Anto Akkara in Colombo, Sri Lanka

In Sri Lanka, money abounds, but fighting halts tsunami reconstruction.

News

Go Figure

Opinion polls on torture, moral behavior, and other recent statistics.

News

News Briefs: May 01, 2007

Another large donation to Opportunity International, suits against pastors end.

News

Quotation Marks

Comments from the Knesset, Max Lucado, Rep Pete Stark, and others.

News

Passages

Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra

New presidents of MOPS, Asbury College, and the SBC’s NAMB named.

News

Freedom Fighters

Brad. A. Greenberg

Department of Justice ramps up efforts to enforce the First Amendment.

Reviews

Bereavement Work

Bookmark and Interview by Rob Moll

Traveling Through Grief advocates specific tasks for getting through loss.

Francis Schaeffer, the Pastor-Evangelist

Review by James E. Taylor, interview by Susan Wunderink

Bryan A. Follis on his book, Truth with Love.

Redeeming Bitterness

Interview by Collin Hansen

Miroslav Volf tells how to stop the ‘shield of memory’ from turning into a sword.

Excerpt

Lite of the World?

Russ Breimeier

The Culturally Savvy Christian says we need to combat superficiality.

Daily Faith

What Karen Kingsbury thinks readers are looking for.

Views

The Joy of Policy Manuals

There’s more to workplace justice than good intentions.

Don’t Cede the High Ground

Our abortion views don’t rest on sociological data.

Spring

Compiled by Richard A. Kauffman

Quotations about spring to stir heart and mind.

Editorial

One-Size Politics Doesn’t Fit All

A Christianity Today Editorial

Evangelical social reform is a many-splendored thing.

Jingo Jangle

Christian tribalism is a renunciation of God’s kingdom.

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