Christianity Today

June, 2012

Volume 56, Number 6

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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

By Grace You Are Mature

We don’t grow out of spiritual adolescence by trying to grow up.

Features

The Resurrection: A Bridge Between Two Worlds

How the Resurrection infused my rational faith with a passionate hope.

When Dad Is in Prison

Mentoring programs for children of prisoners let faith flourish after federal cutback.

Ponce de León on Steroids

What does Christian maturity look like in a youth-worshiping culture?

The Social Network Gospel

How interconnectivity helps us better engage the Bible.

Apps to the Future: The New Social Network Engagers

How interconnectivity helps us better engage the Bible.

The Rise of Digital Urban Tribes

How we under- and overestimate the power and shape of the next generation.

Remembering Charles Colson, a Man Transformed

The real story of how “Nixon’s hatchet man” ended up in, out, and back in prison (and the White House), shaping a movement in the process.

More from this Issue

The Art of Loving Your Neighbor

Dave Runyon puts the Great Commandment in action.

Evangelicalism’s Youthful Romance

From junior-high camp gimmicks to sexperiments.

News

News

Pro-Life Democrats Dwindle in Congress

Redistricting and retirements may halve the small group—again.

News

Book Buyer Beware? It’s Christian Fiction.

Controversy brews over labels on Christian novels.

Why Denomination Matters to Church Growth

A recent study suggests orthodoxy doesn’t draw church crowds on its own.

News

Fury Over Mission School Fees

Church-run schools in Nigeria made a shift in cost.

News

Liberia: Getting Back to the Founding Faith

Believers debate re-labeling the country a ‘Christian nation.’

News

The Fight for Egypt’s Future

Coptic Christians test new strategies to thrive in an Islamist Egypt.

News

Passages

Deaths, appointments, and other changes in the church and the world.

News

Quotation Marks

Quotes about Richard Land, the word ‘a,’ and more.

Reviews

Childlike Faith: Are Kids Born with Belief?

What developmental science tells us about children’s religious beliefs.

Review

Holy Ground: Why This Land Is God’s Land

Ignoring the ethics of food production and land use is not an option for Christians.

Review

Grace Amid Genocide

How Cambodia’s Killing Fields became an extraordinary ex-Communist’s mission field.

Timothy George on the Reformers’ Postmodern Moment

The historical theologian says Luther and Calvin show us how to read the Bible for the sake of the church.

Review

For Greater Glory

Film highlights Mexico’s battle for religious freedom in the early 1900s.

Wilson’s Bookmarks

Brief reviews of ‘Free Will,’ ‘The Lion Bible in Its Time,’ and ‘Crazy Dangerous’

Views

In on the Joke of the Bible

Why we can’t get the New Testament without the Old.

Editorial

Why Catholics and Evangelicals Can Be United Against Nihilism

Chuck Colson’s vision for Christian unity and full-orbed reform lives on.

Charles Colson & Timothy George: Churchless Jesus

A viral video is a symptom of our spiritual malaise, but not the cure.

Letters to the Editor

Readers respond to the April issue.

Additional Articles

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