Christianity Today

August, 2008

Volume 52, Number 8

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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

News

Racing for Jesus

How God-fearing drivers and a national ministry bring faith to NASCAR.

Features

A Safe Place to Talk About Sex

‘Sex and the Soul’ argues that universities—Christian and otherwise—desperately need this.

Curing Lethargy … or Whatever

Putting to death the noonday demon. A review of Kathleen Norris’s Acedia & Me.

Minding a Malleable Movement

Why evangelicals need wise guides alongside our revivalists.

Q+A: Bryan Clay

Clay, a decathlete, won the silver medal at the 2004 Olympics. The Azusa Pacific graduate is now aiming for gold at the Beijing Games.

The 30-Day Leviticus Challenge

One church’s experiment in living the most arcane book of the Bible.

News

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Unquestionable Tactics

In the trenches of day-to-day law.

News

Redeeming Law

In a cynical society suspicious of lawyers, Christian law schools are decidedly not.

News

Joining the Resistance

It took seeing seven-year-old prostitutes to jolt me out of my apathy.

News

The Excitement of Hope

Olympians have something to teach us about this cardinal virtue.

News

Olympic Snapshot

Imagine swords turned into plowshares, and soldiers into soccer players.

News

A Feminine <em>Jesus</em>

Crusade’s Magdalena targets women shamelessly.

News

Jeremiah at Harvard

Three decades after Solzhenitsyn’s speech, where do we find ourselves?

News

Cheating Death

NASCAR reminds us of how much we have to lose.

News

Nothing New

Popular spiritual author and Oprah favorite Eckhart Tolle quotes Jesus a lot. Is he a Christian?

News

Cómo podemos orar por los cristianos perseguidos

Atheists who believe in God, and other recent findings.

News

News Briefs: August 01, 2008

Jordan court annuls convert’s marriage, U.S. Christians become Israel’s biggest tourist group, and Obama fields questions from evangelical leaders.

News

Passages

Moody Bible Institute and American Bible Society lose presidents, Gordon-Conwell appoints one, and other news.

News

Dual Allegiance

Pastor jailed for using human head in occult ceremony.

News

Philanthro-Pinch

Economic downturn sparks worries over giving.

News

Cornerstone Falters

Real estate investments bankrupt Presbyterian-affiliated group.

News

Reading in Good Faith

The Shack is a tale of tragedy redeemed, not a theological treatise.

News

Resolved to Discipline

Southern Baptists repent of inflated membership numbers.

News

Quotation Marks

Recent remarks on church architecture and the food crisis, Obama quotes Reagan, and other soundbites.

News

The Other Election

Faith-friendly Democrats may take more congressional seats from Republicans this fall.

News

Blessed Insurance

Many pastors lack access to adequate health benefits.

Reviews

Bookmarks

John Wilson’s short reviews of A Step from Death, Christ and Culture Revisited, and Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat.

Zipping It

Donna Freitas says that when it comes to sexual ethics, nonreligious schools are failing their students.

Review

Re-entry Rock

Overseas trips help Delirious reinvigorate its blend.

Views

Praise

Quotations to stir heart and mind.

Ancient Parable, Urgent Time

We face a challenge of both global and spiritual proportions.

Editorial

Faith Is Not a Freak Show

Let’s make sure we learn the right lessons from the primary season.

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