Christianity Today

October, 2014

Volume 58, Number 8

November, 2014
September, 2014

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.

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Cover Story

Cover Story

InterVarsity’s Plan for a Culturally Diverse Staff

The campus ministry has pioneered intentional, personalized training for Asian American leaders.

Cover Story

Eugene Cho Leads the Quest for a Reconciled Church

The Seattle pastor believes Asian Americans need to speak out about race in America.

Cover Story

Asian Americans: Silent No More

Asian American Christians are growing in influence and audience. Will they be embraced by their broader church family?

Features

The Difference between ‘Platform’ and Pastoral Leadership

Australia pastor Mark Sayers says influence has to be about more than book sales and retweets.

Blessed Are the Broke

. . . and rich are the financially desperate. Just ask my family.

A Word Can Be Worth a Thousand Pictures

Why the pulpit—and not the screen—still belongs at the center of our churches.

Online Christian Higher Ed Skyrockets

Liberty, Grand Canyon universities super-charge distance education.

More from this Issue

Testimony

My Immigration Status: Beloved

In Christ I am more than the ‘crime’ I committed at age 5.

Confusions Abounding

Asian Americans cannot be pigeonholed.

Reply All

Readers respond to the July/August issue via letters, tweets, and blogs.

News

News

Why Your Bible Was Made in China

Does it matter that the Good Book is printed where many Christians lack one?

News

Was Driscoll’s Board a Problem?

Outside Insight: Some say it’s the new norm. Others don’t consider it biblical.

News

Why It’s Hard to Learn from African Christians

New research spotlights what the continent’s believers (and those worldwide) are missing.

Here Come the Healers

Ebola brings Africa’s medical missionaries worldwide attention.

News

Gleanings: October 2014

Important developments in the church and the world (as they appeared in our October issue).

Reviews

Review

Abraham Kuyper Goes Pop

A brilliant new film series pictures how to live out our salvation.

Hope for Women in Hell

Rescued from the sex trade, Anny Donewald now seeks to rescue others.

Excerpt

When Punishment Isn’t the Point

An excerpt from ‘True Paradox: How Christianity Makes Sense of Our Complex World’

Review

An Experiment in ‘Going Saint’

Richard Foster’s son gets acquainted with the spiritual disciplines.

Review

The Case Against ‘Radical’ Christianity

Michael Horton’s message to restless believers: Stay put, and build the church.

Wilson’s Bookmarks

From the editor of Books & Culture.

Views

Saying Goodbye for Good

How to bid farewell as though our bodies mattered.

What a Christian Ethic Looks Like Outside

Beauty for the many: Why I side with conservationists over nature mystics.

Editorial

Why ISIS Must Be Stopped

But no special pleading on behalf of Christians is required.

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