Christianity Today

September, 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

Cover Story

Why We Love Football

Grace and idolatry run crossing patterns in the new American pastime.

Features

The Good Life

Augustine says we must love the very best the most.

Go and Plant Churches of All Peoples

Crusades and personal witnessing are no longer the cutting edge of evangelism.

Latter-Day Politics

Mitt Romney believes American values, not Mormon doctrine, should rule a President.

A New Kind of Dying

Sudden death gives way to anticipated mortality. A review of Last Rights.

Whatever Happened to Samson?

This novel with a fierce intelligence should resurrect him.

Q&A: Paul Marshall

The Hudson Institute senior fellow discusses initial findings of the forthcoming book Religious Freedom in the World 2007.

Powering Down

World Vision India head Jayakumar Christian on how the poor become movers and shakers, and movers and shakers become poor.

News

News

Our Teachable Moment

The Iraq war calls for some serious rethinking by Christians.

News

I Was a Stranger

How should we deal with 12 million illegal immigrants?

News

Pastor Provocateur

Love him or hate him, Mark Driscoll is helping people meet Jesus in one of America’s least-churched cities.

News

The Bible in Brush & Stroke

Medieval and modern join forces in the Saint John’s Bible.

News

Second Chances at Life

698,000 inmates were released from prison in the last 12 months. Most will be behind bars again by 2009. How can we keep more from returning?

News

A Kinder, Gentler Coach

Tony Dungy may be the most respected coach in the NFL—but he’s also got some enemies.

News

Fumbling Religion?

When it deals with Christians and churches, the NFL doesn’t always have a good game plan.

News

Odds and Endings

News

What It Means to Love Israel

Beware giving the nation too much theological meaning and the Jews too little.

News

Quotation Marks

Comments on religious wear, cuneiform tablets, old papers, and other subjects.

News

Accountability for Growth

New ECFA membership option designed for churches, small ministries.

News

Trusted Guides

Texas Baptists want to help immigrants become citizens.

News

Passages

Ugandan minister arrested, Anglican pastor flees Iraq, and other news.

News

Go Figure

Recent statistics on peacemaking, church abuse, and Christian product sales.

News

Retooling Seminary

Northern Baptist’s new strategy: to reach more students with less.

News

Giving Spirit

These 10 cities have the highest rate of residents who volunteer in religious venues.

News

News Briefs: September 07, 2007

Asbury’s governance woes, Calif. Episcopal church property, and charges filed against abortion doctor.

News

Costly Commitment

In wake of abductions, Korean Christians take heavy criticism.

News

Crop of Concerns

Farm bill draws out Christian reformers worried about subsidies.

News

Passports Postponed

New requirements complicate missionary plans.

Reviews

Bookmarks

Short reviews of Metaphysics and the God of Israel, Hidden Iran, and Caring for Mother.

Review

Going Home

Morris Robinson fuses old and new.

‘Sculpting in Time’

Russian filmmaker sought to harrow the soul.

Views

God’s Writing Life

Our Creator has chosen a medium that is the most challenging of all.

Editorial

All That’s Good in Sports

The NBA is as good a place as any for working out one’s salvation.

News

Bush’s ‘Theological Perspective’

U. S. presence in Iraq is ‘allowing for the inevitable to happen.’

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