Cover Story
Cover Story
The Emergent Mystique
The ’emerging church’ movement has generated a lot of excitement but only a handful of congregations. Is it the wave of the future or a passing fancy?
Features
Opportunity Denied
Florida school vouchers flunked for ties to religion.
Emergent Evangelism
The place of absolute truths in a postmodern world—two views.
Journalism for Jesus
Christian publications multiply amid new freedom.
Musings that Swirl
Searching for God Knows What: Stimulating ideas about the Christian life.
Mutual Mayhem
A plea for peace and truth in the madness of Nigeria.
Dangerous Meditations
What harm is there in achieving a higher state of consciousness through meditation?
Parsing Pop Lyrics
Tangled Up in The Bible translates Dylan’s use of scripture.
The Chinese Church’s Delicate Dance
A conversation with the head of the Protestant Three-Self Patriotic Movement.
Why I Apologized to Planned Parenthood
My difficult unplanned pregnancy impelled me to show a little more grace.
Winking at Corruption No More
Christians help lead a worldwide movement opposing graft.
Security Gaffes
Evangelical schools worry over post-9/11 visa rules.
Praying for Terrorists
Christians seek healing in Beslan.
Q & A: Bobby Welch
President of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), on his five-week national bus tour, which ended October 7, to jump-start evangelism in the 16.3-million-member denomination. The SBC has experienced a four-year decline in baptisms.
The Politics of Stem Cells
Why do some scientists and politicians insist on exploiting embryos?
Silencing Rights Talk
Law would shut down many faith-based groups.
Serious Love
Love That Works: seeking a better understanding.
The Virtue of Vulnerability
It can be hard to trust, but failing to is worse.
Back to the Basics
Christian-Muslim violence requires a ‘new’ missions strategy: Forgiveness and love.
Breaking Covenant
Latin America director of Casa Alianza had sex with a teen.
Can This Institution Be Saved?
A curious alliance of helping professionals is working to rebuild marriage in a culture of divorce.
News
News
Quotation Marks
Recent quotes on morality, Bush and God, the fertility gap, LA County cross, and missions in India.
News
<em>Christianity Today</em> News Briefs
Campus evangelism at New Orleans, Passion sales, the ark hunt fails, and the persecution watch.
Wire Story
TBN Under the Microscope
Newspaper investigates Christian network over sex charges, spending.
Reviews
Review
Good News from the Doctor
A longtime TV physician’s tortuous search leads to an informal apologetic.
Rubber Sharks and Real Kids
Ted Baehr tells parents to use common sense and cognitive development theory.
Views
Defending Our Neighbor
Can we start a war to protect others?
Hope for Abraham’s Sons
What will it take for us to overcome this violent world?
The Way of Salvation
Quotations to stir heart and mind.
Bad Believers, Non-Believers
Do religious labels really mean anything?