Died: Donald Wildmon, Champion of Christian Boycotts
The Methodist minister and founder of American Family Association mobilized believers to exert economic influence on major corporations.
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Responses to our September issue via letters, tweets, and Facebook posts.
The Severe Sensualist
A birthday garland for Jack Gilbert.
Will New Calvinism Report Calm Tensions among Southern Baptists?
(UPDATED) SBC advisors find “challenging but not insurmountable points of tension” in soteriology struggle.
Beer and Bismarck
Baseball’s history of breaking boundaries.
“The Mysterious Nature of Nature”
On the films of Terrence Malick.
Congregation Gets Protesters, Then Cops’ Bill
Plus: Methodist locale loses tax exemption over gay ceremony stand, bad grades for Oxford’s Christian schools, Dobson nixes Thompson again, and hundreds of other stories from online sources around the world.
Ecumenical Cinema
Though Jewish, longtime director Henry Koster made movies about Christians that are embraced by believers even today—including The Robe, The Bishop’s Wife and A Man Called Peter.
Max Lucado Stepping Down
Plus: Zimbabwe cracks down on church leaders, Israel considers anti-evangelism bill, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Episcopal Bishops Balk at Anglican Leaders’ Demands
Plus: The truth about that Anglican-Catholic union rumor; baby bone scandal at Indian Christian hospital; New Life’s overseers speak on Haggard’s “dark side”; and other stories.