Cover Story
Cover Story
How to Read the Bible
New strategies for interpreting Scripture turn out to be not so new—and deepen our life in Christ.
Features
The Messy Business of Clean Water in Africa
Drilling for truth in the Central African Republic.
John Stott: Four Ways Christians Can Influence the World
How we can be salt and light.
Survey: Frequent Bible Reading Can Turn You Liberal
What a surprising survey says about how reading the Bible frequently can turn you liberal (in some ways).
Interview: Chai Ling on Saving China’s Daughters
Each day in China, 35,000 baby girls are aborted and 500 women commit suicide. One freedom fighter won’t take it any longer.
Calling for Heroic Commitment
The makers of ‘Fireproof’ are improving their craft with ‘Courageous,’ their new film about fatherhood.
More from this Issue
The Coach in Your Head
Sports psychologist Julie Bell can help you hear it.
A New Bible Battle
It’s not about doctrine but our use of Scripture.
News
The Green Collection: Bibles and More
The “Passages” exhibition will travel to Atlanta, the Vatican, New York, and other cities.
News
Persecution Prompts Missions Agency to Transform
Operation Mobilization India transforms itself into a local witness.
News
Catholic Hospitals Not Exempt From Contraception Rules, Hungary Severely Redefines ‘Church,’ & More News
Important developments in the church and the world.
News
Undoing the Famine Damage
If the famine in the Horn of Africa is manmade, human intervention can end the crisis.
News
Sherwood Baptist Partners with a Black Church to Bring Racial Healing
The church behind ‘Facing the Giants,’ ‘Fireproof,’ and ‘Courageous’ partners with an African American congregation to bring reconciliation to a Georgia town.
News
Church Drops Mortgage for Expansion
A church in Las Vegas dropped plans to expand through mortgage payments.
News
Online Boycotts Separate Corporations from Christian Groups
Petitions effective, but not by numbers.
Reviews
My Top 5 Books For Young Adults
Picks from Sara Zarr, author of ‘How to Save a Life.’
Books to Note
Short reviews of ‘Moral Apologetics for Contemporary Christians,’ ‘Beautiful Outlaw,’ and ‘The Accidental Revolutionary.’
Wilson’s Bookmarks
Brief reviews of ‘The Pietist Impulse in Christianity,’ ‘John in the Company of Poets,’ and ‘What I Hate.’
The ‘Big Love’ Strategy
What are Americans learning from pop culture portrayals of polygamy?
Review
What’s New Is Old: ‘America’s New Evangelicals’
Today’s politically liberal evangelicals may not be as different as some imagine.
Review
Half the Sky Is Falling
‘Unnatural Selection’ traces the world’s missing girls back to powerful Western institutions.
Interview: Douglas Groothuis on Good Apologetics
The philosophy professor wants all Christians to go out and defend the faith in love.
Review
Profiling Christians Who Have Suffered Under Chinese Communism
A non-Christian reporter profiles martyrs of the Middle Kingdom. A review of ‘God Is Red.’
Views
Power Washed by God
The blessings—and danger—of divine proximity.
Is Online Dating for Christians?
An anthropologist, a writer, and a ministry leader consider Christian dating websites.
Editorial
Unexpected Political Hero
Even evangelicals who disagreed with Mark Hatfield admired his passionate faith.