Christianity Today

December 9, 1996

Volume 40, Number 14

January 6 January 6, 1997
December 9
November 11 November 11, 1996

Christmas Unplugged: Should spending less and turning off TV be part of the church's mission to the world?

Cover Story

Cover Story

Christmas Unplugged, Part 1

Why spending less and turning off TV should be part of the church’s mission to the world.

Cover Story

Christmas Unplugged, Part 2

Why spending less and turning off TV should be part of the church’s mission to the world.

Features

God’s Missionary to Us, Part 2

When Lesslie Newbigin returned to the West after 35 years in India, he found his native England had become a foreign mission field.

Evolution: Pope Says Evolution More than a Hypothesis

Darwin’s theories still deeply divide Christians.

The Holy Inefficiency of Henri Nouwen

A better symbol of the Incarnation, I can hardly imagine.

God’s Missionary to Us, Part 1

When Lesslie Newbigin returned to the West after 35 years in India, he found his native England had become a foreign mission field.

Lutherans, Episcopalians Talk Unity

Lutherans, Episcopalians Talk Unity

Worldwide Faith News Goes Online

Worldwide Faith News Goes Online

Voters Reject Betting Measures

Voters Reject Betting Measures

Few Rank Jesus’ Birth Top Holiday Focus

Few Rank Jesus’ Birth Top Holiday Focus

World Relief Staffers Murdered

World Relief Staffers Murdered

First English Translation Published

First English Translation Published

Bethlehem Bible College Buys Land

Bethlehem Bible College Buys Land

Part of the Truth

Jim Bakker’s memoir leaves some important questions unanswered.

Editorial

Judging the Justices

Yes, the judiciary is usurping the powers of the people, but talk of revolution is alarmist.

Editorial

When Relief Is Not Enough

Bread for my neighbor is a spiritual concern.

What British Evangelicals Do Right

The highly effective (and visible) ministry of England’s Evangelical Alliance.

The Most Dangerous Baby

How an infant in a cow shed overturns the brute force of Caesar.

Fatherhood Aborted

The hidden trauma of men and abortion and what the church can do about it.

The Monk Who Came in from the Cold

“A ninth-century Irish monk travels to Byzantium and beyond in this
rousing historical novel by the author of the best-selling Pendragon
Cycle.”

Recovering the Chruch’s Memory

An alternative to the willful amnesia of modern theology.

Sex, Drugs, and the Varieties of Religious Experience

A librarians’ guide to the most influential books of the century.

Jerry Falwell’s Uncertain Legacy

Pastor, chancellor, and self-proclaimed prophet is staging a comebackto secure his standing as a leading evangelical.

News

News

Missions’ Wild Olive Branch

For 50 years, the unconventional Spiros Zodhiates has built amg into a worldwide evangelistic, relief, and publishing venture.

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