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October
2013
Volume 57, Number 8
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Cover Story
How to recognize and use the gift that most eludes the church.
Features
Not since “My Utmost for His Highest” has a daily devotional enraptured the English-speaking world, from cynical intellectuals to sweet grandmas, across the theological spectrum. How Young might change how we think about prayer.
How Milton, Paley, and Darwin help us answer the question.
Why lace up your sneakers when you could just write a check? A personal look at what’s driving the charity running craze.
How the House of Grace ministry sheds a light on the plight of ex-prisoners.
Views
A call for a renewal of the message that makes our hearts soar.
Are we welcoming children into all of church life?
There are no easy formulas. Three views.
Yes, the early church was pro-life. But it wasn't just the death of the unborn that it opposed.
Reviews
Meet the gun-loving, red meat–eating evangelical whose reading of Scripture persuaded him to embrace nonviolence.
Francis Spufford describes to outsiders where we're coming from.
The author of Hipster Christianity lists the books that most shaped the ideas in his new release, Gray Matters: Navigating the Space between Legalism & Liberty (Baker Books, 2013).
When the prospect of death comes close, we learn that life is precious.
How the embattled songwriter made his way to musical maturity.
News
Why George Zimmerman’s acquittal in the Trayvon Martin case created racial havoc across America—but not at the trial’s epicenter.
The NRB warns that new Oxygen show could prompt political action.
They could mature an eager but young movement. But how long should they stay in place?
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