Christianity Today

July, 2004

Volume 48, Number 7

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When Does Personhood Begin? And what difference does it make?

Cover Story

Cover Story

When Does Personhood Begin?

And what difference does it make?

Features

Fools’ Gold

Christians lured into buying ‘rare’ coins.

God Minus World = God

Does God need our help, love, and praise?

Inside <em>CT</em>: Bike Rides with Refugees

There are 13 million refugees and asylum seekers worldwide. We show you the lives of four of them.

Memoir of Hope

Letters for Lizzie wrestles with death and discovers God is not safe.

Pondering a Divorce

Some United Methodists think their differences are irreconcilable.

Purging the Faith from ‘Faith-Based’

The first detailed history of President Bush’s initiative to help the poor.

Eye for an Eye for an Eye

Are Nigeria’s deadly religious riots really about religion?

Saving Strangers

The journey of one Somali Bantu family in the largest group resettlement of African refugees in U.S. history.

Targeted Apologetics

Encountering New Religious Movements with the Gospel.

Terror on Top of the World

Maoist threats shut down development work.

The 4-14 Window

New push on child evangelism targets the crucial early years.

Truth’ on Two Hills

What happens when church and culture conspire to ignore the meaning of words.

Where Stormie Finds Her Power

Stormie Omartian is a bestselling author precisely because she doesn’t have a picture-perfect life

Witness Amid War

The untold story of Christian efforts to end the violence in Guatemala.

Frozen Out

What to do with those extra embryos.

Unwanted Interruptions

Why is our culture so hostile to children-inside and outside the womb?

Q & A: James Dobson

The chairman of Focus on the Family speaks about the need for the proposed Federal Marriage Amendment.

Unwanted Interruptions

Why is our culture so hostile to children-inside and outside the womb?

Unwanted Interruptions

Why is our culture so hostile to children-inside and outside the womb?

Heart of Truthfulness

African Methodists provide hope to a troubled church.

Discreet and Dynamic

Why, with no apparent resources, Chinese churches thrive.

Out-of-Control Clerics

Official scourgings and vigilante enforcers in Iran terrorize Christians.

Bonds that Bind

David Gushee examines marriage and divorce in historical and contemporary contexts.

Christians Fear Some Backlash After India Elections

Still, they’re heartened by voters’ chastening of nationalist Hindus.

Conservative Like a Fox

al Thomas hates the liberalism, but tries to love the liberal.

Explorers of Noah’s Lost Ark

Citing new satellite images, team seeks to ‘solidify the faith of many Christians.’

News

News

Quotation Marks

Recent quotes on unborn children’s pain, literary Jenkins, and Dan Brown’s scruples.

News

Methodists Divided on Split

Church leaders react to talk about division.

News

News Briefs: July 01, 2004

The morning-after pill, persecution in Vietnam, and the Jesus Video Project.

News

Go Figure

Recent stats on teen prayer, Bible reading, and music piracy.

Wire Story

Black Eye for Freedom

Report warns about religious liberty trends around the world.

News

Passages

Deaths, promotions, and other items from the religion world.

Reviews

Review

Celestial Sights

‘Room of Marvels’ is a vision of what heaven might look like.

Views

Hope Deferred

Christians are uniquely positioned to further racial equality.

Editorial

No-Fault Division?

It may be time for mainline churches to consider an amicable divorce.

Discipleship

Quotations to stir heart and mind

It’s About God

Why Judge Roy Moore was right—a response to Ted Haggard.

Editorial

The Evil In Us

Prisoner torture in Iraq exposes the ordinary face of human depravity.

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