Christianity Today

December, 2009

Volume 53, 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

Still the Way, the Truth, and the Life

More people than ever doubt that anyone has a corner on truth. So why do Christians keep insisting on the incomparable uniqueness of Christ?

Features

Journey To The Center

Joanna Quintrell brings the Christ alternative to alternative spirituality seekers.

Christmas in Afghanistan

Why, Lord, do you allow this time, of all times, to become for some a memorial of searing pain?

More from this Issue

Intellectual Blog Feast

Matthew Lee Anderson’s online ruminations go deep.

A Sabbath for Theology

Sometimes we need a break from the practical.

News

News

The Cross and the Court

Unraveling the Supreme Court’s tangled view of public crosses.

News

A More Social Gospel

Campus ministries swap pizza for compassion.

News

Passages

President of Youth Specialties fired, Shane Hipps hired by Mars Hill, and other transitions in the Christian world.

News

Single Mothers, Second Chances

Robust support makes all the difference during an unplanned pregnancy.

News

Go Figure

American views of the Bible, God as King and Friend, and other recent statistics.

News

Quotation Marks

Recent remarks on faith healing, immigration, runaway Rifqa Bary, and the flu.

News

The Kiva Effect

Internet-based lender inspires innovation in Christian microfinance.

News

Breaking the Bubble

Colleges debate student newspaper rules as Internet spreads stories far beyond campus.

News

Modern-Day Lepers

Churches try to balance grace and accountability toward sex offenders.

Reviews

Review

Pondering Our Next Move

Do even Christians operate from ‘brazen self-interest’ in interacting with others and with God?

Quick Media Takes

Books, films, and music of note in December.

Wilson’s Bookmarks

Thomas Merton’s letters, the law and theology of illegitimacy, and Victorian photocollage.

Indelible Marker

John Wigger explains how Francis Asbury left his fingerprints all over American Christianity.

Review

The Star of Bethlehem

This documentary suggests it may have been Jupiter.

String Theory and Heaven

Author Dinesh D’Souza says new scientific thinking bolsters the case for life after death.

Review

Emerging vs. Traditional

In Deep Church, Jim Belcher says it doesn’t have to be either-or.

Review

The Tunes They Are a-Changin’

Dylan’s holiday album a bust, but others catch the Christmas spirit.

Review

The Darker Side of ‘A Christmas Carol’

The Dickens classic is not just charming. It’s also brutally realistic about the world, then and now.

Views

The Problem of Goodness

It’s not just the problem of evil that baffles the secularist.

Who Was Jesus’ Grandfather?

What the two genealogies of Christ, found in Matthew and Luke, are really trying to say.

Our Divine Distortion

We can’t see God clearly without Jesus. O come, Emmanuel.

Help That Makes a Difference

What’s the biggest change needed in how charities and federal agencies deliver aid to developing nations?

Readers Write

Your responses to the October 2009 issue of Christianity Today.

Editorial

The Joy-Driven Life

Death to deadly earnest discipleship!

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