Volume 44, Number 14
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Cover Story
For the past century, the Nobel Peace Prize has spotlighted those who work for fraternity among the nations. But strife and warfare are often thwarted by Christians working quietly and prayerfully.
By Gerald Shenk
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By Harold Myra, CEO of Christianity Today International
By Mark Galli, Managing Editor
Texas South Baptists slash $5 million from Southern Baptist Convention.
By Deann Alford in Corpus Christi, Texas
By Deann Alford
Tufts University says group violated school's nondiscrimination policy by excluding lesbian student from leadership.
By Randy Bishop
William Dembski fired from Baylor's Intelligent Design center.
By Tony Carnes
New Freedom Fellowship, a church for recovering substance abusers, helps people walk with Christ.
By Suzanne Lewis-Johnson in Snellville, Georgia
The Jubilee 2000 success is evidence that everyday people can make a difference.
By Associated Baptist Press
A new law puts Protestants on equal footing with Roman Catholics.
By David Miller, Compass Direct, in Bolivia
Abductions only part of harassment in Philippines.
By Alex Buchan
By Greg Taylor in Jinja, Uganda
Christians Scorn 'China Model' Fundamentalist Hindu leader's proposal would oust missionaries.
by Manpreet Singh in New Delhi
Sisters appealing decision to revoke Israeli citizenship.
By Alfred Muller, Compass Direct, in Jerusalem
What is Christian art, and what does it look like?
A Christianity Today Editorial
Nobel Peace Prize winners explicitly influenced by Christian principles.
In Northern Ireland, a Catholic monk and a Presbyterian pastor learn to work together for peace.
By Ronald A. Wells
Ed Butchart's year-round mission to recover the true spirit of St. Nicholas.
By Wendy Murray Zoba
Tracing the roots of Santa Claus to the early church.
By Wendy Murray Zoba
America's most collected artist is a Christian who seeks to sabotage Modernism by painting beauty, sentiment, and the memory of Eden.
By Randall Balmer
Coloring in the lines other Christians drew for me was much easier than the hard, divine work of becoming the person God wants me to be.
By Lee Knapp
Church-growth critics and partisans would do well to visit Louisville's Southeast Christian Church.
By John Wilson
Palestinian Christians want both peace in their villages and justice for their Muslim brothers.
By Elaine Ruth Fletcher
Land of Israel promised by God only to the Jews, opposition leader tells Christian group.
By Religion News Service
Churches of all stripes have been growing for decades, as have the controversies and challenges facing evangelicals.
By Kenneth D. MacHarg
How an 8-year-old girl from Georgia began a community program that has fed thousands.
By Joe Westbury
A fast-growing Kansas City church builds on success by using an innovative plan for real-estate development.
By Corrie Cutrer in Leawood, Kansas
Methodism is perfectly situated to reach Gen-Xers, says pastor.
By Corrie Cutrer in Leawood, Kansas
By Jody Vickery
A modest proposal for measuring what really matters in church life.
By Andy Crouch
Classical Christian music, especially the sacred works of Johann Sebastian Bach, finds a young, and large, audience.
Sara Pearsaul
Three books dig for insights into the shadowy ruler and his wife.
By Lauren Winner
Believers dream again of a breakthrough film. Left Behind is not it.
Douglas LeBlanc
Everyone I've looked up to has shared one trait.
By Philip Yancey