April
2013
Volume 57, Number 3
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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
Not even senseless murder can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus.
Philip Yancey
The classic poem tells—and shows—how Christ's resurrection lifts us into flight.
Christopher Benson
Features
Saddleback wants to bring the gospel to the world's 3,400 unengaged people groups. Why it just might work.
Interview by Timothy C. Morgan
We don't know why God permitted the Fall, but we know all too well the evil and sin that still plague us.
Marguerite Shuster
Why multiple translations might even be better than Scripture in its original languages.
Jost Zetzsche
How Pete Leonard's coffee roasting startup could become the world's largest employer of former convicts.
April Burbank
Did a widow with seven children get 15 years in an Egyptian prison for becoming a Christian? Not so fast.
Jayson Casper in Cairo
What Lena Dunham's smart HBO series says about 21st-century womanhood.
Katelyn Beaty
Views
Why believers of all stripes should care about the new head of the Catholic Church.
Timothy C. Morgan
How churches and pastors should respond.
Timothy Dalrymple, Jim Daly, and Elodie Ballantine Emig
Do Christians have a unique call to avoid strong language?
Carolyn Arends
Carl Henry's complex legacy, 100 years after his birth.
Timothy George
Reviews
Abraham Kuyper imagined a world fallen yet still infused with the grandeur of a God willing to redeem it.
Eric Miller
In search of books that move beyond longing and provide a hopeful, trust-deepening perspective.
Anna Broadway
Why Christians should aim to get low-income students a high-quality education.
Jerry Pattengale
One great agent of healing is showing love to those who have hurt us.
Ajith Fernando
Chronic pain and depression taught Joni Eareckson and Ken Tada to put each other's needs first.
Interview by Sarah Pulliam Bailey
News
Benedict's decision shows how to serve well and leave well, experts say.
Ruth Moon
Christian ministries received $9.8 billion in cash donations in 2011. But which ones received most?
Compiled by Ted Olsen
Black churches are booming. Why they are not sending.
Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra
Reviewing decades-old abuse allegations isn't simple, as firing by Baptist missions agency shows.
Bobby Ross Jr.
English leaders say religious education is a necessary part of primary education.
Melissa Steffan
Experts weigh in.
Compiled by Ruth Moon
Christians make real education possible for 21 million Filipino students.
Bob Smietana
More from this Issue
I was haunted by failure to the edge of suicide—and then came life.
Ravi Zacharias