July
2011
Volume 55, Number 7

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Features

Focus on the Family isn’t the only Colorado Springs organization preparing for its future after James Dobson.
Sarah Pulliam Bailey

With its people turning to Christ in waves, India hosts more believers now than at any time in its 4,000-year history.
Tim Stafford

The metropolitan archbishop of the Eastern Orthodox Church in the U.K. on evangelism, evangelicals, and the Orthodox Church.
Interview by David Neff
Views

Jesus will put an end to this earth—but that is not the end of the story.
A Christianity Today Editorial

Christian thinkers weigh in on whether family or friends should intervene if a terminally ill Christian decides against life-extending treatment.
Dennis Sullivan, Rob Moll, and Robert Orr
Reviews

Brooks's portrait of human flourishing lacks the essential elements of rescue and redemption.
Andy Crouch
How Andrew White's Baghdad congregation brings God's love to a war-torn land.
Interview by Joe Carter
News
With more than 22 million users on mobile platforms, and millions more on its website, it has unusual success in creating a massive participatory system like Wikipedia or YouTube.
Recent comments from Oprah Winfrey, Jim Wallis, and others that have stirred the pot.
Compiled by Ted Olsen
Churches discuss future paths since the votes came in for the Presbyterian Church(USA) to open the door to ordaining non-celibate homosexuals.
Bobby Ross Jr.

Church leaders say the embattled president should stay on.
Dale Gavlak in Amman, Jordan, and Beirut, Lebanon, and Timothy C. Morgan