Volume 53, Number 9
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Cover Story
Why the 500-year-old Reformer retains an enthusiastic following today.
Timothy George
More from this Issue
Hispanic evangelical leaders debate participation in 2010 U.S. Census.
Ken Walker
Megachurch pastors offer ministry training based in the local church.
Bobby Ross Jr.
Recent remarks on the Anglicans' teaching on sexuality, ancient catacombs advertisements, Tim Tebow's virginity, and other news developments.
Compiled by Jeremy Weber
Recession reduces appointment of missionaries but not applications.
Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra
Christian camping is revamping but not out of the woods yet.
C. L. Lopez
Former pastor arrested in a $120 million Ponzi scheme, International Aid shuts down, and other news in the Christian world.
The president of HCJB Global discusses how the evangelistic organization known for shortwave broadcasting is changing in light of new media realities.
Interview by Elissa Cooper
D.C. adultery scandals shed light on Christian support in the capital.
Sarah Pulliam
Why development work and gospel work cannot be put asunder.
A Christianity Today Editorial
When it comes to careful exegesis and consistent theological systems, Calvin set the bar high.
Ben Witherington
Calvin was no charismatic, but he was closer to it than some Reformed people readily admit.
Roger E. Olson
For-profit Christian education is becoming more attractive.
Jocelyn Green
How Jerry Falwell's ambitious sons have led the Lynchburg university to financial success and a burgeoning student body.
John W. Kennedy
Sometimes in order to see God, we have to learn to not know him.
D. H. Williams
Joel Hunter is known by many as part of President Obama's inner circle of pastors. Fewer know him as one of America's most innovative church planters.
Sarah Pulliam
Accused of witchcraft by parents and churches, children in the Democratic Republic of Congo are being rescued by Christian activists.
Isaac Phiri
On his journey from Calvary Chapel through the Vineyard, the emerging church, the Alpha Course, and now the Anglican Mission in America, Todd Hunter has remained tightly focused on evangelism.
Interview by David Neff
A business plan with a divine edge has an angle on fighting poverty.
Tim Stafford in Manila
Quotations to stir heart and mind.
Compiled by Richard A. Kauffman
The theology that many parents are missing.
Mollie Ziegler Hemingway
It's time to get to the bottom of the great national tragedy.
Dinesh D'Souza
How we got into the atheism culture war in the first place. A review of David Bentley Hart's Atheist Delusions.
Kate Kirkpatrick
Short reviews of Funeral for a Stranger, Quantum Leaps, and Catcher.
Warren Larson, director of the Zwemer Center for Muslim Studies, Columbia International University
Theology in color, motion, and sensory detail. A review of N.D. Wilson's Notes from the Tilt-a-Whirl
Cindy Crosby
Exploring the seven deadly sins doesn’t have to be depressing. An interview with Glittering Vices author Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung.
Interview by Alicia Cohn
Joe Henry is adventurous in words and music. A review of Blood From Stars.
Josh Hurst
Short reviews of Glory Revealed II and new albums from Orphan Project, Christy Nickels, and Tracy Lawrence.
Thoughts while sitting beside my brother as his brain and body failed.
Philip Yancey