July/August
2013
Volume 57, Number 6
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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 Stories
Yes—if we set our eyes on the Cross of Christ. A pastor's response.
Mark Buchanan
Even those passages about shellfish, mixed fibers, and animal sacrifice.
Christopher J. H. Wright
We're troubled by God's commands for Israel to wipe out entire peoples. Why we should be encouraged.
Phillip Cary
It's part of a much broader teaching in Scripture.
Christopher J.H. Wright
Features
He wrote and taught like no one else on the 'with-God life.'
John Ortberg
The radio journalist speaks about her faith, vocation, and what most media miss about evangelical Christians.
Interview by Katelyn Beaty
After Fukushima’s tragedy, God moved church leaders to the disaster-zone frontlines, where they encountered Jesus in fresh ways while serving their neighbors.
Soohwan Park
Scholar Atsuyoshi Fujiwara says Japanese are showing new interest in Christianity.
Timothy C. Morgan
Japanese create postdisaster Christian community through fellowship, discipleship—and jewelry.
Alanna Foxwell-Barajas
Christians have good reasons to resist gender-neutral alternatives.
Simon Chan
How setbacks in my life revealed the Lord's true character.
Peter Chin
Views
The church’s response to the LGBT movement must be that matter matters.
Andy Crouch
Three views on foreign-born preachers in the pulpit.
Kedri Metzger, Mark Tooley, Mathew Staver
How far will women—and all of us—go to prove we're in control?
Jen Pollock Michel
A new book suggests otherwise, but it is dead wrong.
David Neff
Reviews
The 'Battle Hymn of the Republic' has marched its way through American history. But does it do justice to Jesus?
Allen C. Guelzo
The beloved Christian apologist's best books range beyond the Chronicles of Narnia.
Alister McGrath
Bruce Strom’s legal assistance nonprofit takes its cues from the Good Samaritan.
David Skeel
My glimpse into the hopes, anxieties, and regrets of the homeless in Harvard Square.
John Christopher Frame
How family and faith sustained Frank Page as he grieved the loss of his sweet, but troubled, Melissa.
Interview by Matt Reynolds
The show's heart is
unshakably retributive.
David Zahl
News
Conservative Christians are more likely to say they're targeted.
Ted Olsen
The U.S. government got food aid to 45 million last year. Can it do better?
Melissa Steffan
A 2008 crackdown on religious worker visas has left many immigrant churches in the lurch.
John W. Kennedy
Experts weigh in on whether or not churches should disassociate with the youth organization over its gay-members policy.
Compiled by Ruth Moon
Charismatic churches surge in growth amid a devout—and sometimes violent—Hindu majority.
Melissa Kimiadi
More from this Issue
A tribute to Christianity Today's esteemed editor in chief.
Katelyn Beaty
It took a fatal mistake to wake me up to the gospel.
Casey Cease