March
2013
Volume 57, Number 2
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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 Story
David Platt, Francis Chan, Shane Claiborne, and now Kyle Idleman are dominating the Christian best-seller lists by attacking our comfortable Christianity. But is 'radical faith' enough?
Matthew Lee Anderson
Features
The doctrine of Creation goes deeper than just explaining how the world began.
David Wilkinson
How God's design for marital romance provides the "tension" for sustained passion.
Megan Hill
William Paul Young explains the theology behind his best-selling novels and why he's no longer at war with himself.
Interview by Mark Galli
When unemployment threatens to sink us, God keeps our heads above water.
Susan Wunderink
Russia's recent adoption announcements leave American parents confused—and 700,000 Russian children waiting.
Violent and troubling visions of our own culture can help Christians answer the call to love.
Jeffrey Overstreet
Views
We have news to offer that is good for us and our children's children.
Mark Galli and Andy Crouch
Three leading Christians on growing in Christ.
Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, Anne Graham Lotz, and Dallas Willard
Often it's not the theologians but the people. Here's why.
David Neff
Reviews
How can we be sure that we are saved? A Calvinist and Lutheran answer.
Phillip Cary
Literature that reveals what art and beauty ought to be.
Makoto Fujimura
Gilbert Meilaender looks at the case for using science to extend human life.
Rob Moll
Well-intentioned impulses can lead to modeling ourselves after the wrong Christ.
Tyler Wigg-Stevenson
Rachel Marie Stone believes food is far more than fuel.
Interview by LaVonne Neff
News
A new study finds a connection between trust and theology. An infographic.
Recent comments of note on religious liberty, China's one child policy, and other issues.
United body divides for the first time in 40 years over politics and Islam.
Sunday Oguntola in Lagos, Nigeria
Sovereign Grace Ministries: Courts Shouldn't 'Second-Guess' Pastoral Counseling of Sex Abuse Victims
Legal observers question whether clergy-penitent privilege applies to denomination accused of covering up crimes.
Bobby Ross Jr.
Should courts vet clergy for integrity?
Tom Osanjo in Nairobi, Kenya
He feared he would try to have an affair. Did he do the right thing?
Compiled by Ruth Moon
A new alliance of Christian schools wants to see Hispanics compose 25 percent off their student body by 2015.
Andrew Thompson
More from this Issue
I tried to face down an overwhelming body of evidence, as well as the living God.
Jordan Monge