Volume 50, Number 12
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Cover Story
Why the mother of Jesus was more revolutionary than we've been led to believe.
Scot McKnight
More from this Issue
Evangelicals protest mandatory Christian curriculum in Israel.
Sheryl Henderson Blunt
Saddleback Church assumes Purpose Driven, scales back programs.
Brad A. Greenberg
Comments on Will Graham's first crusade, getting over sexual abuse, Catholics and contraception, and the image of Islam.
Compiled by Ted Olsen
Famous black voices eagerly join audio Bible project.
Adelle M. Banks, RNS, with CT staff
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship's suit; Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and private prayer languages; Child Custody Protection Act; Air Force Academy.
CT staff
It's not speaking in tongues. It may be the prosperity gospel.
Ted Olsen
The Ted Haggard scandal exposes our movement's strengths and weaknesses. A Christianity Today editorial.
A CT editorial
Protect religious freedom by exercising it responsibly. A Christianity Today editorial.
A Christianity Today Editorial
The real achievement of 'The Nativity Story' is its portrayal of Joseph.
David Neff
Being a counterculture for the common good begins with what we choose to focus on--and to overlook.
Andy Crouch
Fascination with the Great Tradition may signal deep changes for both evangelicals and the Orthodox.
Bradley Nassif
One ministry's unusual approach to saving AIDS orphans in Africa.
Isaac Phiri in South Africa
Gregory Sisk's research finds that courts treat fringe religious groups better than Catholics and Baptists.
Interview by Nate Anderson
Civilization itself is the target of extremist Muslims.
David Aikman
And you thought secular bias on campuses was bad. Stephen Carter reviews The Decline of the Secular University.
'The Decline of the Secular University' reviewed by Stephen Carter
How the doctrine of the Trinity shapes Christian life.
'God the Holy Trinity' reviewed by D.A. Carson
Patricia Heaton (Everybody Loves Raymond) on being in Hollywood but not of it.
Interview by Stan Guthrie
Serving With Eyes Wide Open prepares short-term missionaries to be culturally sensitive.
Reviewed by Stan Guthrie
David Gushee reviews essay collection The Freedom of a Christian.
Review by David. P. Gushee
Two books that make a delightful difference.
Review by Cornelius Plantinga Jr.
A Jew Among the Evangelicals is a Jewish reporter's analysis of the Evangelicals around him.
Mark A. Kellner