June
2012
Volume 56, 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
We're all adolescents now.
Thomas E. Bergler
We don't grow out of spiritual adolescence by trying to grow up.
David Zahl
Features
The real story of how "Nixon's hatchet man" ended up in, out, and back in prison (and the White House), shaping a movement in the process.
Jonathan Aitken
Mentoring programs for children of prisoners let faith flourish after federal cutback.
G. Jeffrey MacDonald in New Orleans
What does Christian maturity look like in a youth-worshiping culture?
John Ortberg
How we under- and overestimate the power and shape of the next generation.
David Kinnaman
How the Resurrection infused my rational faith with a passionate hope.
Alister McGrath
How interconnectivity helps us better engage the Bible.
Robert C. Crosby
How interconnectivity helps us better engage the Bible.
Robert C. Crosby
Views
Chuck Colson's vision for Christian unity and full-orbed reform lives on.
A Christianity Today Editorial
Three missions experts weigh in.
Brian M. Howell, David Livermore, and Robert J. Priest
Why we can't get the New Testament without the Old.
Carolyn Arends
A viral video is a symptom of our spiritual malaise, but not the cure.
Chuck Colson & Timothy George
Reviews
Film highlights Mexico's battle for religious freedom in the early 1900s.
Steven D. Greydanus
The historical theologian says Luther and Calvin show us how to read the Bible for the sake of the church.
Interview by David Neff
How Cambodia's Killing Fields became an extraordinary ex-Communist's mission field.
Tim Stafford
Picks from David Gushee.
David Gushee, director of the Center for Theology and Public Life at Mercer University
Ignoring the ethics of food production and land use is not an option for Christians.
Jake Meador
Excerpts from recent books.
David Lawther Johnson
Brief reviews of 'Free Will,' 'The Lion Bible in Its Time,' and 'Crazy Dangerous'
John Wilson
What developmental science tells us about children's religious beliefs.
Interview by Holly Catterton Allen
News
A recent study suggests orthodoxy doesn't draw church crowds on its own.
Important developments in the church and the world.
Quotes about Richard Land, the word 'a,' and more.
Compiled by Ted Olsen
Church-run schools in Nigeria made a shift in cost.
Sunday Oguntola in Lagos
Controversy brews over labels on Christian novels.
Ken Walker
Redistricting and retirements may halve the small group—again.
Tobin Grant
Believers debate re-labeling the country a 'Christian nation.'
George Stewart in Monrovia
Observers weigh in.
Compiled by Ruth Moon
Coptic Christians test new strategies to thrive in an Islamist Egypt.
Jeremy Weber in Cairo
More from this Issue
From junior-high camp gimmicks to sexperiments.
Mark Galli
Dave Runyon puts the Great Commandment in action.
Matt Branaugh