Volume 52, Number 5
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Cover Story
China is changing and so is its church. How new urban believers are shaping society in untold ways.
Rob Moll
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All three candidates have voted to fund embryonic stem-cell research.
Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra
Country hailed for tolerance deports at least 27 Christians.
Nate Sabarese
Remarks on a gunman's spiritual angst, unceasing Katrina care, and other subjects.
Compiled by Ted Olsen
While some Christian colleges look to cut costs, a few are cutting tuition.
Ken Walker
No public funds for Baptist pharmacy school, a Christian UK couple barred from being foster parents, and the SBC goes greener.
An ally of Zimbabwe's corrupt president fails in bid to launch a replacement Anglican province.
George Conger
Recent tell-all biographies of parents are only symptoms of deeper concern.
A Christianity Today Editorial
Why 'Creator, Redeemer, Sanctifier' is somewhere between heresy and idolatry.
A Christianity Today Editorial
A Chinese pastor on how he was 'called out of Egypt' to a thriving urban ministry.
Interview by Rob Moll
The desert fathers and mothers would know instantly why our gospel is too small.
Bradley Nassif
Why many evangelicals are attracted to that strange thing called liturgy.
Mark Galli
In Pentecostal worship, my Reformed theology finds its groove.
James K. A. Smith
Elusive billionaire Philip Anschutz used to bemoan the lack of family-friendly movies. Not anymore.
Mark Moring
The longtime activist on abortion, gay marriage, Iraq — and biblical orthodoxy.
Interview by Ted Olsen
Why some amateurs are stirring up dust and little else.
Gordon Govier
Is there any story about God that isn't a love story?
Carolyn Arends
Abortion is not simply one item on our social agenda.
Stan Guthrie
Why having more clubs in our theological golf bags helps us to better finish the course.
David Neff
Short reviews of Lincoln and Douglas, The Emmaus Readers, and Apocalypse.
John Wilson, editor of 'Books & Culture'
Paul Kengor, author, 'God and Ronald Reagan: A Spiritual Life' (Harper Perennial)
Why is a former Chinese official talking to Luis Palau?
Interview by Mark Galli