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Looking for God in Russia: Finding Jesus in Orthodox Robes and Evangelical Jeans
Despite increasing repression, the life of Christ emerges in surprising ways.
Features
The New Context of World Missions
A new textbook tackles the changing world of missions.
Rx for Recidivism
Prison Fellowship president Mark Earley talks about challenges the ministry faces.
Behold, the Global Church
It’s time we figured out how to talk–and listen–to one another.
Stopping Cultural Drift
An Asian Pentecostal argues that we need to know what the church is before we figure out what the church does.
Dreaming of Dystopia
Will Self’s The Book of Dave
Imagining a Different Way to Live
Wendell Berry is inspiring a new generation of Christians to care for the land.
A Good Death
John Fanestil finds a model for today in the old tradition of the happy death.
Into the Silent Land
A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation
A Practical Understanding of Jesus’ Life
Tim Stafford interprets Jesus’ life for a new generation in Surprised by Jesus.
How God Works Through Ordinary Churches
Ruth A. Tucker writes about how small churches are doing Christ’s work.
No Theocracy Here
Respected religion journalist retains a clear affection for evangelicals.
Meet the Patriot Pastors
Ohio leaders draft a ‘mighty army’ to fight the ‘secular jihad.’
Races to Watch: South Dakota’s Abortion Ban
Law 6 is in jeopardy as elections approach.
Q&A: Newt Gingrich
The former speaker of the House of Representatives on conservative Christians and politics.
Races to Watch: Governor of Michigan
Gov. Jennifer Granholm vs. Dick DeVos and the economy.
Margin of Victory
Races where evangelicals play a decisive role in the November election. Today: U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania.
High-Impact Leader and Shaker
Harry Jackson says it’s time for a new civil rights movement and a new black church.
The Other <em>Plan B</em>
Anne Lamott’s sequel to ‘Traveling Mercies’.
Gallery of Accusations
Gallery owners allege fraud by Thomas Kinkade.
Expelling InterVarsity
Georgetown’s Protestant chaplain bars evangelical groups from campus.
Clash of Churches in Lebanon
Catholic villagers attack Baptists, vandalize church.
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Long-Distance AIDS Ministry
How one modest-sized church in North Carolina is making a big difference in the heart of Africa.
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Races to Watch: Tammy Duckworth vs. State Sen. Peter Roskam
Embryonic stem cells factor in the race for Henry Hyde’s U.S. House seat.
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Passages
Beckwith granted tenure, Simpson’s new president, and other stories from online sources around the world.
News
Go Figure
Recent statistics on how many evangelicals believe in astrology, the Religious Right, and other data.
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<em>Christianity Today</em> News Briefs
Burned churches in Nigeria and Indonesia, plus a Baptist Foundation of Arizona update.
Reviews
God’s Word in an Old Light
Philip Jenkins on how global South Christians read the Bible.
Views
Plethora of Talent
Agnieszka Tennant moves on.
Middle East Morass
Learning to regard people in light of what they suffer.
Shoot-First Apologetics
What a dead bluebird taught Walter Martin about defending the faith.
Worth Protecting
It’s hard to see the humanity of tiny embryos if we live by blind faith.
Editorial
Theocracy, Anyone?
Jesus rules! But that doesn’t mean we yearn for a state ruled by the church.
Autumn
Quotations to stir heart and mind.
Children of a Lesser Hope
What happens when we lose confidence in the church.
Does Islam Need a Luther or a Pope?
American pundits debate whether centralized religious authority restrains violence.