Christianity Today

October, 2008

Volume 52, 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

News

Faith and Hope in Ukraine

How Eastern Europe’s most missional evangelical church is rethinking tradition and the Great Commission.

News

Preach and Reach

Despite his liberal record, Barack Obama is making a lot of evangelicals think twice.

Features

Keeping the End in View

How the strange yet familiar doctrine of theosis can invigorate the Christian life.

See No Evil

International religious freedom has been too low a priority.

Pushing Boundaries

Kyiv pastor Sunday Adelaja believes the world is his parish.

Defending the Faith

Conservatives face huge obstacles in putting Anglicanism back together.

A Holy Longing

Beauty is the hard-to-define essence that draws people to the gospel.

After the Aloha Shirts

Retooling Saddleback’s international work and hosting a presidential forum serve a common purpose, says Rick Warren.

Q+A: David Stevens

CEO of the Christian Medical Association on fertility treatments and discrimination.

Barring <em>Yahweh</em>

The Vatican gives orders to excise the name from worship. Do Protestants agree?

Criswell Crisis

President resigns, alleging pastor plotted to sell school assets.

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Loving Where it Hurts the Most

Bill Mallonee has been called one of the top 100 songwriters in the world, but an audience is hard to find.

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Can We Come to the Party?

Never confuse access to politicians with influence on policy.

News

Fire and Nice

Minnesota’s Twin Cities are home to a feisty collection of influential churches.

News

Music to Raise the Dead

Box set chronicles the Rez Band’s mark on CCM history.

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A Reverent Maverick

Anne Graham Lotz says her success is due to God. Yes. But she is still an extraordinary preacher.

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Voting Like It Matters

It’s not only our civic duty — it’s a sacred one.

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Life, Death, and Chicken Cages

Election night’s biggest direct democracy battles.

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McCain Talks the Walk

After years of ambiguity, Senator McCain reveals his spiritual side for public viewing. How will evangelicals respond?

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News Briefs: September 02, 2008

Todd Bentley and his wife separate, Christian History & Biography ceases publication, and other news.

News

Quotation Marks

Recent remarks on leaving Hamas for Jesus, the secular cross, and other news developments.

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Passages

Emir Caner to Truett-McConnell, Gordon MacDonald to Denver Seminary, and other transitions.

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Brighter Than Sundance

Indiana film festival finds success highlighting “hope and respect.”

News

Go Figure

Black enrollment at Christian colleges, whether abortion views matter in voting, and other news numbers.

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Reading, Writing, and Rulings

Courts: Good news for homeschoolers, bad news for Christian schools.

News

Dangerous TEAM Work

Missionary’s ordeal shows country’s growing instability.

News

Continuing Harvest

Greg Laurie keeps preaching after son’s death.

Wire Story

From Bishop to President

Vatican reluctantly grants Paraguayan Fernando Lugo’s request to step down.

News

Who Is Your Neighbor?

A Washington church sparks residents’ anger by hosting the homeless.

Reviews

Bookmarks

Short reviews of Looking Before and After, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, and Paradise Lost.

Schooled by the Psalms

Learning to pray is like playing the violin with virtuosos.

Review

Coupling Therapy

What daily lovemaking for a year did for one marriage.

Review

A Pilgrim’s Progress

A seasoned biographer examines Barack Obama’s spiritual journey and priorities.

Views

The Only Hope for Monsters

We can’t defeat evil in the world without facing the evil in ourselves.

Surprised by Disability

Why the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensible.

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