Volume 51, Number 3
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Cover Story
How Christians worldwide are sabotaging the modern slave trade.
Deann Alford
More from this Issue
What sweetens your tea? Ordinary Brits cared enough to boycott.
Timothy C. Morgan
Conservatives fleeing the Episcopal Church regroup--apart.
Madison Trammel
Comments on Episcopal zeal, giving God his due, coaching football, and the culture war.
Compiled by Ted Olsen
Eritrean officials seize church finances, jail Samaritan's Purse drivers.
Compass Direct
Evangelical leaders prod Local Church on founder's teachings.
Mark A. Kellner
Sanctions against Belarus; raising awareness of Palestinian Christians; and attacks in India.
Conservative blogger, political analyst, and radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt on Romney's bid for the White House.
Interview by Stan Guthrie
The fuss over swearing-in ceremonies reveals a deeper problem.
Ted Olsen
The 19th-century abolitionists have much to teach us about politics today.
A Christianity Today Editorial
Why we struggle to gain our moral footing in bioethics.
A Christianity Today Editorial
A young woman describes her former life as a slave of rebel soldiers.
Interview by Sheryl Henderson Blunt
Thanks to William Wilberforce, we already know the key to defeating slavery.
Gary Haugen
A new generation of urban activists is shaped by John Perkins.
Tim Stafford
More than ever, Christians are bringing faith to bear in the for-profit world.
Brad A. Greenberg
Bridge to Terabithia author Katherine Paterson says a story reveals a writer's faith, whether she likes it or not.
Interview by Peter T. Chattaway
What Jesus says doesn’t match what we usually say.
David P. Gushee
Why the discovery of yet another 'missing link' doesn't destroy my faith.
Stan Guthrie
A lifelong spiritual discipline for singles and marrieds.
Lauren F. Winner reviews Dawn Eden's 'The Thrill of the Chaste.'
Reaching the Left from the Right tells conservative evangelicals how to build bridges.
Review by Douglas LeBlanc
Art and ministry in Picturing Christian Witness.
Review by Jim Reapsome, Associate Pastor, Western Springs Baptist Church
Billy Graham's third daughter, Ruth, describes her relationship with her famous father.
Interview by Stan Guthrie
Ethics for Christians in Living the Sermon on the Mount.
Review by Gary M. Burge
Preaching the Old Testament provides essays by evangelical scholars.
Review by John Makujina