Cover Story
Cover Story
The Joy of Sports
There are a lot of Christian athletes who care about the Cross, the gospel, humility, joy, and sanctification.
Cover Story
Stay in the Struggle
I suspect that God’s design is for us to conduct our analysis in the very throes of competition.
Cover Story
Amen, and a Foul
It is important to distinguish between individuals in sports and the system of sports. Both are broken due to the Fall.
Cover Story
Sports Fanatics
How Christians have succumbed to the sports culture—and what might be done about it.
Features
Jesus Ball in Slovakia
GoodSports reaches a culture suspicious of Christians by teaching kids how to hit an inside pitch.
Marilynne Robinson, Narrative Calvinist
John Calvin has given the Pulitzer Prize-winning author a way of seeing that imbues her novels with the grandeur of God.
‘Hunger Can Be Conquered’
And, says former Wall Street Journal reporter Roger Thurow, churches have a crucial role to play.
Less Aid for AIDS?
Groups fear impact of Obama administration’s PEPFAR stance.
More from this Issue
A Proverbs 31 Woman
Eve Nunez speaks up for children who cannot speak for themselves.
More Sports Talk
But not the kind you hear on ESPN.
News
News
Passages
Southern Baptist educator Helen Driscoll dies, Gordon Donoho appointed to head Christians in Action Missions International, and other transitions in the Christian world.
News
Go Figure
Recent statistics on how pastors view Islam, pastors’ work hours, poverty, and other topics.
Where It’s Hardest to Believe
Charting the world’s worst persecutors.
News
Quotation Marks
Recent remarks Jim Dobson’s new organization, Montana’s assisted suicide, and other topics.
Reviews
Review
A Chronicle of Hopeful Dying
Death is not the enemy, says cancer-stricken Walt Wangerin, but a chance for Jesus to shine.
Wilson’s Bookmarks
Between Relativism and Fundamentalism, Churchill, and The Strange Adventures of Mr. Andrew Hawthorn.
There’s Power in the Blood
On the heels of the Twilight Saga’s success, Christian novelists are tapping the riches of vampire mythology.
Review
Oppression in the Home
A book helping churches respond to an issue we’d rather not think about.
My Top 5 Books on Sports
Picks from Andrew Parker, professor of sport and Christian outreach at the University of Gloucestershire
Books to Note
Short reviews of recent books worth considering.
Why Gayle Haggard Stayed
She tells CT why she remained married to Ted Haggard—even after he suggested that she divorce him.
2010 Christianity Today Book Awards
Judges whittled 472 submissions down to 12 winners.
Views
Strength in Meekness
What to do with the anger that saps strength.
Valentine’s Dynamic Love
Our love is most godly when it is against the world for the world.
Editorial
Listen, Then Speak
Uganda’s anti-gay bill is making cross-cultural relations more complex than ever.
Lent—Why Bother?
Three authors weigh the merits of observing Lent.
Readers Write
Your responses to the December 2009 issue of Christianity Today.