June
2010
Volume 54, Number 6
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Cover Story
If you're interested in doing mission, there could hardly be a better tool than denominations.
Ed Stetzer
Features
Al Erisman says we need to think about ministry in the digital culture the way missionaries think about the culture of the people they serve.
Al Erisman
Buenos Aires pastors believe their city of 13 million should have only one church.
Jeremy Weber in Argentina
How politics and religion forged Christian orthodoxy. A review of Philip Jenkins' latest book 'Jesus Wars.'
Roger E. Olson
Views
What all Christians can learn from the Catholic Church abuse scandal.
A Christianity Today Editorial
How concerned Christians should be about environmental care.
Jonathan Merritt, R. Albert Mohler Jr., and Cal Beisner
Why a little church history is a dangerous—and necessary—thing.
Carolyn Arends
What Christians contribute to the search for a national identity.
Chuck Colson with Catherine Larson
Reviews
Films that take a compelling look at death and dying.
Tim Avery
Picks from Keri Wyatt Kent, author of 'Rest: Living in Sabbath Simplicity.'
Keri Wyatt Kent
According to John Wesley, that's the church's greatest task.
Michael McGowan
Radical: Taking back your faith from the American dream.
An excerpt by David Platt
'Harvesting Fog,' 'Architects of Power,' and 'Elegy for April.'
John Wilson
The "son of Hamas" senses God in his life before coming to Christ.
Interview by Timothy C. Morgan
News
The Pew Forum issued an extensive report on the world's "most religious" continent.
Recent remarks from Lady Gaga on abstinence, Charles Colson on theocracy, and more.
Compiled by Ted Olsen
Resignation of prominent scholar Bruce Waltke underscores tension over evolution.
Charles Honey
Observers weigh in on a Supreme Court without Protestants.
Compiled by Ruth Moon
From the White House to the courthouse, the battle escalates over whether Christian groups have the right to employ only Christians.
Bobby Ross Jr.
More from this Issue
Gideon Strauss was shaped by growing up in apartheid-era South Africa.
Mark Moring