December
2011
Volume 55, Number 12
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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
Reason and morality cannot show us a good and gracious God. For that, we need the Incarnation.
Michael Horton
Features
Introducing the magazine's new five-year teaching venture.
Mark Galli
How to address our anxiety about losing the next generation.
Anthony D. Baker
Why the world's largest Vineyard church is drawing people from 104 nations in central Ohio.
Katelyn Beaty
The elderly population is steadily growing and will be for years. How some ministries are embracing the challenge.
John W. Kennedy
Views
Elizabeth Warren is wrong, and right, about the role of government.
A Christianity Today Editorial
What do we do with virtual fellowship?
Matthew Lee Anderson, Brandon Vogt, and Doug Groothuis
What I learned about humility from a gentle greeter.
Carolyn Arends
We should support every effort to upgrade our failing schools.
Chuck Colson and Timothy George
Reviews
Scholar Craig Keener rediscovers the reality of divine intervention.
Interview by Tim Stafford
Muslim blasphemy laws threaten global religious liberty and American national security.
Thomas F. Farr
Picks from Tyler Wigg Stevenson, author of 'Brand Jesus: Christianity in a Consumerist Age.'
Tyler Wigg Stevenson
Brief reviews of 'Gracie,' 'Destiny Of The Republic,' and 'The Best American Poetry 2011.'
John Wilson
The philosophy professor seeks to disentangle sound science from naturalistic dogma.
Interview by John Wilson
Short reviews of 'Gospel,' 'Surprised by Oxford,' and 'The Triumph of Christianity.'
Andrew Peterson sings of Jesus in his annual tour.
Mark Moring
News
Important developments in the church and the world.
Recent remarks on crosses on water towers, crosses on roadsides, and more.
Compiled by Ted Olsen
Nigerian Christians abandon cheek-turning.
Sunday Oguntola in Lagos
Observers suggest that punishing church endorsements will be unlikely.
Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra
Church youth need more exposure to adults.
Ken Walker
Campus ministries need different defenses.
Morgan Feddes
Observers weigh in.
Compiled by Ruth Moon
Survivors flock to charismatic churches as a haven for healing.
Catherine Newhouse in Kigali, Rwanda
More from this Issue
A systematic beginning for an old cause.
Mark Galli, Senior Managing Editor
Andrew Peterson sings of Jesus in his annual tour.
Mark Moring