Christianity Today

December, 2006

Volume 50, Number 12

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The CT archives are a rich treasure of biblical wisdom and insight from our past. Some things we would say differently today, and some stances we've changed. But overall, we're amazed at how relevant so much of this content is. We trust that you'll find it a helpful resource.

Cover Story

Cover Story

The Mary We Never Knew

Why the mother of Jesus was more revolutionary than we’ve been led to believe.

Features

Will the 21st Be the Orthodox Century?

Fascination with the Great Tradition may signal deep changes for both evangelicals and the Orthodox.

When You’re Sick of Prayer

Two books that make a delightful difference.

Liberty and Justice for the Small

Gregory Sisk’s research finds that courts treat fringe religious groups better than Catholics and Baptists.

An Ethnography of Southern Evangelicals

A Jew Among the Evangelicals is a Jewish reporter’s analysis of the Evangelicals around him.

The Importance of Knowing What’s Important

Being a counterculture for the common good begins with what we choose to focus on–and to overlook.

Freedom and the Moral Life

David Gushee reviews essay collection The Freedom of a Christian.

Does Darfur Have a Prayer?

Genocide in western Sudan proves nearly impossible to stop.

When 7 x 5 = 75

And you thought secular bias on campuses was bad. Stephen Carter reviews The Decline of the Secular University.

Wisdom for Short-Term Missionaries

Serving With Eyes Wide Open prepares short-term missionaries to be culturally sensitive.

Approaching the Triune God

How the doctrine of the Trinity shapes Christian life.

Small Loans, Big Goals

Nobel Prize boosts growing microfinance ventures.

Cross Dress

British airline sends employee home for wearing crucifix.

Life After Haggard

Leaders praise new NAE chief, debate direction.

Marginalized Again

Evangelicals protest mandatory Christian curriculum in Israel.

News

News

Banking on Breast Milk

One ministry’s unusual approach to saving AIDS orphans in Africa.

News

Familiar Word

Famous black voices eagerly join audio Bible project.

News

<em>Christianity Today</em> News Briefs

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship’s suit; Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and private prayer languages; Child Custody Protection Act; Air Force Academy.

News

Go Figure

Figures from the midterm elections.

News

Quotation Marks

Comments on Will Graham’s first crusade, getting over sexual abuse, Catholics and contraception, and the image of Islam.

News

Passages

Joel Hunter steps down from presidency of the Christian Coalition of America, C. Ben Mitchell becomes director of the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity, and other stories.

News

Better Late Than Never

Pregnancy care centers move to the inner city.

News

Painful Decline

Saddleback Church assumes Purpose Driven, scales back programs.

Reviews

Entertaining Truth

Patricia Heaton (Everybody Loves Raymond) on being in Hollywood but not of it.

Views

Garlic, Dracula, and Al Qaeda

Civilization itself is the target of extremist Muslims.

Dating Jesus

When ‘lover of my soul’ language goes too far.

What Really Unites Pentecostals?

It’s not speaking in tongues. It may be the prosperity gospel.

War on the Weak

Eugenics has made a lethal comeback.

Editorial

A Higher Amendment

Protect religious freedom by exercising it responsibly. A Christianity Today editorial.

Editorial

Entrepreneurs R Us

The Ted Haggard scandal exposes our movement’s strengths and weaknesses. A Christianity Today editorial.

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