Christianity Today

March, 2008

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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

Help for the Sexually Desperate

More and more, Christian men are admitting they’ve been caught in a vicious cycle.

Features

The Grace Escape

Working as a barista has tested me in ways that speeches, campaigns, and protests never did.

IRS Rules to Remember

ECFA and IRS recommendations for churches that run businesses.

California Dreams

How one West Coast ministry reaps kingdom profits by planting businesses.

Fiction from the Headlines

The Abstinence Teacher nearly turns fundies into real people.

Count Your Surprises

The high spots of my life have been anything but expected.

New Atheists Are Not Great

In What’s So Great About Christianity, Dinesh D’Souza is skeptical of skepticism and enthusiastic about the faith.

‘These Guys Are Really Screwed Up’

And the Samson Society is sort of proud of it.

What Makes a Church Missional?

Freedom from cultural captivity does not mean freedom from tradition.

The 8 Marks of a Robust Gospel

Reviving forgotten chapters in the story of redemption.

Q&A: John Dilulio

A professor at the University of Pennsylvania and the first director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, Dilulio is the author of Godly Republic: A Centrist Blueprint for America’s Faith-Based Future.

A Kinder, Gentler Shari’ah?

Muslim states continue pressuring Christians.

$300K Settlement

Mars Hill Graduate School sued for sexual discrimination.

News

News

Sacred Harp Resurgence

A documentary traces the history of shape-note singing.

News

Not Your Father’s L’Abri

The Swiss retreat now tends less to philosophical skeptics than to disaffected evangelicals.

News

Bearing the Silence of God

A Turkish theologian finds the image of Christ in the persecuted church.

News

Why Culture War May Never End

Walter Russell Mead on the benefits of division.

News

Church in State

In post-Communist Germany, Christian political involvement is surging.

News

News Briefs: March 01, 2008

Malaysia bans non-Muslim publications from using “Allah,” Episcopal church takes disciplinary action against two conservative bishops, and April issue to be CCM magazine’s last.

News

Go Figure

Recent statistics on abortions and births in the U.S., what voters mean by “moral values,” embezzlement, and more.

News

What <em>Reveal</em> Reveals

Criticisms of Willow’s latest self-study do not undermine its value.

News

Passages

Tony Blair’s conversion, the new president of John Stott Ministries, and more.

News

Quotation Marks

Comments on teaching evolution, comparing Episcopal dissidents to child abusers, and more.

News

Capital Doubts

Supreme Court mulls lethal injections as Christian support for the death penalty drops.

News

Premeditated Mobs

Hindu extremists exploit economic fears to launch attacks on Christians.

News

Taliban Targets

Post-assassination political fight puts the church at greater risk.

News

Foreign Correspondence

Muslim and Christian leaders seek common ground in conciliatory letters.

News

Post-Mayhem Woes

Tribal rivalries — including Christian-on-Christian violence — hamper healing.

Reviews

Bookmarks

Short reviews of Soldier’s Heart, Bill Bright and Campus Crusade for Christ, and Encounters of the Spirit.

Our Geopolitical Moment

Walter Russell Mead argues that evangelicals have a crucial role to play in American foreign affairs.

Review

Haunting Salvation

Joe Henry’s Civilians portrays a country needing grace.

Review

Pushing Daises

A pie maker’s gift brings energy to quirky dramedy ‘Pushing Daises.’

Views

Carbonated Holiness

Laughter is serious business.

Why Evangelize the Jews?

God’s chosen people need Jesus as much as we do.

Editorial

Hating Hillary

Getting to the bottom of a cultural trend that has seeped into the church.

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