Volume 53, Number 6
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Cover Story
The pastor of Redeemer Church is becoming an international figure because he's a local one.
Tim Stafford
More from this Issue
A sample of books we're planning to read.
Mark Galli, Senior Managing Editor
Officials permit massive outdoor Easter gathering for house churches.
Compass Direct News
Proposed EU law may force out faith-based social services.
Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra
Comments on returning to Christianity, breaking privacy laws, and other topics from recent news.
Rick Warren draws criticism for distancing himself from Proposition 8.
Sarah Pulliam
Churches face a computer scam, NavPress closes magazines, and other recent news in the Christian world.
Local churches are key in fixing the immigration mess.
A Christianity Today Editorial
Fifteen years after genocide, Rwanda is showing signs of healing.
Mark Moring
Two of the world's most prominent pastor-theologians on justification—and what difference it makes.
John Piper and N.T. Wright, compiled by Trevin Wax
Pastors tell how the justification debate has changed their ministry.
Trevin Wax and Ted Olsen
Princeton's Robert Wuthnow says American congregations are more international than ever.
Interview by David Neff
How one church in the nation's homeless capital is responding.
Troy Anderson
One day, God's invisible heroes will gain due respect.
Kay Warren
Why the arts matter even during a recession.
Carolyn Arends
Quotations to stir heart and mind.
Compiled by Richard A. Kauffman
Dallas Willard argues that we really can know Christ.
W. Jay Wood
Short reviews of Predestination, The Spartacus War, and How Rome Fell.
John Wilson
Isla Morley's debut portrays the complexity of grief after a child's death.
Cindy Crosby
Telford Work, professor of theology, Westmont College
Lee Strobel doesn't think the traditional methods work anymore.
Interview by Stan Guthrie
Short reviews of new albums by Brian Blade, Seasons, Madeleine Peyroux, and Iona.
Schiavo documentary claims that it was murder.
Annie Young Frisbie
There's reason to be concerned for the future of voluntary organizations.
Charles Colson with Anne Morse