Christianity Today

August, 2011

Volume 55, Number 8

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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

Americans Like Evangelicals After All

What they really think about evangelicals, and why we worry about it.

Features

Signs of the End Times

Our pursuit of justice in the present foreshadows the perfect justice of an age to come.

Dave Ramsey Goes Beyond Credit Card Shredding

More congregations than ever are hosting Ramsey’s Financial Peace University. Now he’s looking at their budgets, too.

Ethiopia’s River of Death

A handful of tribal Christians are fighting child sacrifice.

A Dream of a Center: ‘A Model for Faith-based Organizations’

An interview with the head of one of the most effective Pentecostal social missions in America.

God Has a Wonderful Plan for Your Body

It includes sex, diet, and sports—but so much more.

Feeding the Poor Through Pay-As-You-Can

A church-based café in New Jersey may be the future for helping people get on their feet.

A New Kind of Pentecostal

It’s no longer just about raising a hand to God. It’s also about reaching out a hand to the needy.

More from this Issue

Do They Like Us?

Yes, so let’s move on.

No More Band-Aids: Shannon Sedgwick Davis Wields Law to Halt Genocide

Why the president of the philanthropic Bridgeway Foundation says money alone won’t fix the problem.

News

News

Homeless Shelters Face Sharp Cutbacks

The feeding programs and shelters are becoming a shrinking circle of protection despite best efforts by churches and ministries.

News

Go Figure

Abortion, Catholicism, politics, and other recent stats.

News

Pastors: Alabama Immigration Law Will Crimp Outreach

Churches in states with tighter laws on immigration may see unintended consequences.

News

Quotation Marks

Recent comments from Fred Luter, Darren Aronofsky, and others that have stirred the pot.

News

Canceled Flights: New Policies Threaten Settlement Agencies

Resettlement agencies laid off staff after a new Department of Homeland Security screening disrupted refugees’ flights to the U.S.

News

Gender Debate: SBC Pastors Denounce NIV

Southern Baptist delegates passed a resolution criticizing the 2011 update and asked LifeWay stores not to sell the Bible translation.

News

Polling Evangelical Leaders

Both unanimity and diversity emerge in a recent poll of the Lausanne delegates.

News

Passages

Deaths, retirements, resignations and appointments in the church and in the world.

News

Should We Still Give Out Tracts?

Observers weigh in on whether tracts, flyers, and street evangelism are effective tools.

Reviews

Books to Note

Short reviews of ‘Not a Fan,’ ‘Why God Won’t Go Away,’ and ‘A Parent’s Guide to the Christian College.’

Mark Noll on the Foundation of the Evangelical Mind

Christian scholarship must be rooted in the person and work of Christ, says the Notre Dame historian.

My Top 5 Books On Hell

Picks from Robert Peterson, co-editor of ‘Is Hell for Real or Does Everyone Go to Heaven?’

Wilson’s Bookmarks

Brief reviews of ‘The Words of Others,’ ‘The Golden Empire,’ and ‘Building the Barricade.’

Review

King James and Queen Victoria: John Wilson Reviews Timothy Larsen’s Latest

Even among the skeptics of 19th-century England, the Bible loomed large. A review of ‘A People of One Book.’

Agents of Translation: Philip Eaton on ‘Engaging the Culture, Changing the World’

Christian colleges should fluently speak the language of both the gospel and the surrounding culture.

Review

What Jesus Never Said

He taught us not to judge others—or ourselves. A review of ’10 Things Jesus Never Said.’

Views

Real Happiness: Colson and George Bemoan our National Virtue Deficit

Where a people abandons virtue, government steps in.

A Both/And Path to Truth

Why the narrow way to faith is also expansive.

Readers Write

Readers respond to the June issue of Christianity Today.

Drones: Is It Wrong to Kill by Remote Control?

Christian thinkers weigh in on whether the U.S. should use unmanned predator drones to target enemy forces.

Editorial

Good Religion, Bad Religion

A new study reveals we’re incurably religious. That’s a problem.

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