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

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

Disorderly Disciplines

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

Post-Christendom Christianity

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

Famine Again?

Why some places suffer food shortages decade after decade.

Holy to the Core

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

Edgy Spirituality

Exchanging ‘techniques and technology for love’.

The Angel in the Whirlwind

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

Return to Sender?

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

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

Democratic Congress prompts Alliance for Marriage to focus on states.

Re-engineering Temptation

Fuzzy science sparks debate over treatments to reverse homosexuality.

News

News

Christian Colleges’ Green Revolution

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

News

Graveyards Came First

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

News

No Malaria Malaise

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

News

Man-Made Disaster

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

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

News

Freedom Fighters

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

Reviews

Bereavement Work

Traveling Through Grief advocates specific tasks for getting through loss.

Redeeming Bitterness

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

Excerpt

Lite of the World?

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

Quotations about spring to stir heart and mind.

Editorial

One-Size Politics Doesn’t Fit All

Evangelical social reform is a many-splendored thing.

Jingo Jangle

Christian tribalism is a renunciation of God’s kingdom.

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