Christianity Today

July 12, 1999

Volume 43, Number 8

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The Triumph of the Praise Songs: As praise bands and worship teams replace organs and choirs, the boomer tastes that reshaped our society are ruling our worship as well.

Features

New Song, Familiar Tune

Jan Karon’s latest Mitford installment changes locales to talk about living where you’re at.

The Triumph of the Praise Songs

How guitars beat out the organ in the worship wars.

Pain Relief

The Christian & Missionary Alliance apologizes to adults abused as missionary kids in Africa.

Truth-Telling on Trial

Will racial reconciliation move beyond amnesty for those who admitted their errors?

The Ministry of Safe Play

Columbus, Ohio, Christians fight community decay with a friendly recreation area and Bible studies.

Indianapolis: Graham Touts Muscular Christianity

Sports stars, Graham put grit in the gospel.

The Biotech Temptation

Research on human embryos holds great promise, but at what price?

The Profits of Praise

The praise and worship music industry has changed the way the church sings.

We Are What We Sing

Our classic hymns reveal evangelicalism at its best.

One Church, Two Faiths

Will the Episcopal Church survive the fight over homosexuality?

Integrating Mars and Venus

Gender-based ministries may be effective, but are they biblical?

Coming to a Neighborhood Near You

Refugees from around the world are knocking on our door.

Stuck on the Road to Emmaus

The secret to why we are not fulfilled.

A Cracked Code

It is not the form of the Scriptures or the sequence of its letters that conveys its truth, but rather the content of the book.

Views

Writing the Trinity

Robert Farrar Capon rightly mocks Christians who conceive of the persons of the Trinity as players on the sidelines taking turns at substitution.

Escape from Fantasy Island

Reality is God’s home address.

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