Christianity Today

October, 2007

Volume 51, Number 10

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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

What God Has Joined

David Instone-Brewer

What does the Bible really teach about divorce?

Features

Why Muslims Follow Jesus

J. Dudley Woodberry, Russell G. Shubin, and G. Marks

The results of a recent survey of converts from Islam.

Until We Meet Again

Daniel R. Lockwood

‘Does the Bible teach that we will recognize our loved ones in heaven?’

A Grounded Faith

Gary M. Burge

Jesus and Archaeology digs deep for biblical insights.

Gutsy Guilt

Don’t let shame over sexual sin destroy you.

Interview with a Pharisee—and a Christian

How two believers of two faiths talk to one another with conviction and civility.

Redeeming the Remarried

Ron L. Deal

There’s a lot at stake if we neglect ministering to stepfamilies.

When the Lights Go Out

Assuming that things go wrong, even in the church.

The Dread Cancer of Stinginess

John Rowell

When it comes to missions giving, donor dependency may not be the greatest problem.

Q&A: Peter Wehner

Interview by Collin Hansen

Wehner, the former director of the White House Office of Strategic Initiatives and deputy assistant to the President, joined the Ethics and Public Policy Center in August as a senior fellow.

Broken Bonds

Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra

Biola University sues nation’s second-largest bank for overcharges.

News

News

From Hand Out to Hand Up

Isaac Phiri

Three Arkansas entrepreneurs are helping build Rwanda’s largest bank for the poorest of the poor.

News

Taking Revival to the World

Cassandra Zinchini

Australia’s largest and most influential church extends its reach to London, Paris, and Kiev.

News

The Good Shepherds

Rob Moll

A small but vigorous movement believes that in farming is the preservation of the world.

News

Tethered to the Center

Collin Hansen

The Gospel Coalition is committed to core evangelical beliefs and wide-ranging cultural engagement.

News

The Fatherless Child

A Christianity Today Editorial

It is a unique cultural moment for the church to act like a family.

News

Amusing Ourselves on Sunday

A Christianity Today Editorial

Why the church must practice a different kind of comedy.

News

Quotation Marks

Comments on evangelical baggage, imprecatory prayer, and other subjects.

News

Go Figure

Recent statistics on checking email in church, Falwell’s life insurance, and pastors’ salaries.

News

Passages

New Life Church, IFES, and Assemblies of God find new leaders, and other news.

News

News Briefs: October 10, 2007

U.S. resolution on Dalits, WEA to open Iraq branch, and Rev. Price sues 20/20.

News

Campus Capitalism

Kristen Scharold

Colorado Christian firing raises questions about university’s politics.

News

Milking Martyrdom

Turkish Mission accused of sending false report.

News

The Best Research Yet

Tim Stafford

Two psychologists show that homosexuals should not be discouraged from seeking change.

News

An Older, Wiser Ex-Gay Movement

Tim Stafford

The 30-year-old ministry now offers realistic hope for homosexuals.

News

Moving to ‘Acceptance’

Lisa Parro

Mainline Lutheran assembly urges bishops not to discipline gay ministers.

News

Anglicans Turn Inside Out

Sheryl Henderson Blunt

Episcopal renewal group’s new strategy divides conservatives.

News

Uniform Disagreement

Ken Walker

Officers’ endorsement tests First Amendment boundary.

News

Choosing a Side

Jocelyn Green

New Amnesty International policy says abortion shouldn’t be illegal.

Reviews

Puncturing Atheism

Fourfold God Squad brilliantly takes on Dawkins, Hitchens, & Co.

Amazing Newton

Aitken biography examines a giant on his own terms.

My Top 5 Books on the Civil War

Allen C. Guelzo

By Allen C. Guelzo, author of Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President and Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.

Excerpt

Runner-up Wife

Ginger Kolbaba

And other resources that give insight into remarriage.

Bookmarks

John Wilson

Short reviews of Americanism and 3:16.

Review

Lovers in a Dangerous Time

Jeffrey Overstreet

Over the Rhine is sensual, spiritual, and political.

Views

Community of Memory

We’re on the verge of destroying a key pillar of civilization.

Blessed Are the Merciful

Compiled by Richard A. Kauffman

Quotations to stir heart and mind.

When Red Is Blue

Why I am not a Red-Letter Christian.

A Fishy Facebook Friend

Shouldn’t the Golden Rule apply in virtual reality?

News

The Death of Blogs

Well, some of them, anyway.

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