Christianity Today

May, 2008

Volume 52, Number 5

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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

Great Leap Forward

China is changing and so is its church. How new urban believers are shaping society in untold ways.

Features

The Benefits of Brokenness

Why I sometimes wish I was an alcoholic.

Your Atonement Is Too Small

Why having more clubs in our theological golf bags helps us to better finish the course.

Watching the Spirit Move in China

Some extraordinary moments in ordinary settings.

Teaching a Calvinist to Dance

In Pentecostal worship, my Reformed theology finds its groove.

Hungry for Jesus

A Chinese pastor on how he was ‘called out of Egypt’ to a thriving urban ministry.

A Deeper Relevance

Why many evangelicals are attracted to that strange thing called liturgy.

The Poverty of Love

The desert fathers and mothers would know instantly why our gospel is too small.

Education for Less

While some Christian colleges look to cut costs, a few are cutting tuition.

Presidential Clones

All three candidates have voted to fund embryonic stem-cell research.

News

News

Hollywood Hellfighter

Elusive billionaire Philip Anschutz used to bemoan the lack of family-friendly movies. Not anymore.

News

Blessed Be <em>the Name</em> of the Lord

Why ‘Creator, Redeemer, Sanctifier’ is somewhere between heresy and idolatry.

News

The Problem with Juicy Memoirs

Recent tell-all biographies of parents are only symptoms of deeper concern.

News

News Briefs: May 01, 2008

No public funds for Baptist pharmacy school, a Christian UK couple barred from being foster parents, and the SBC goes greener.

News

Go Figure

Recent statistics on black evangelicals and America’s non-Christian populations.

News

Passages

Joel Edwards resigns, Chaldean Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rabho murdered, and other news.

News

Quotation Marks

Remarks on a gunman’s spiritual angst, unceasing Katrina care, and other subjects.

News

Jordan’s Eviction Notice

Country hailed for tolerance deports at least 27 Christians.

News

Prison Fight

InnerChange ministry shuts down in Iowa after funding battle.

News

Thug Bishop

An ally of Zimbabwe’s corrupt president fails in bid to launch a replacement Anglican province.

Reviews

Unexpected Dialogue

Why is a former Chinese official talking to Luis Palau?

Bookmarks

Short reviews of Lincoln and Douglas, The Emmaus Readers, and Apocalypse.

Review

Amrit Vani

Bringing the Ravi Shankar sound to Christian worship.

Where Jim Wallis Stands

The longtime activist on abortion, gay marriage, Iraq — and biblical orthodoxy.

Views

We’re Not Finished

Abortion is not simply one item on our social agenda.

The Grace of Wrath

Is there any story about God that isn’t a love story?

News

On Being a Parent

Quotations to stir heart and mind.

Finders of the Lost Ark?

Why some amateurs are stirring up dust and little else.

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