Volume 50, Number 5
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Cover Story
More and more evangelicals believe Christ's atoning death is merely a grotesque creation of the medieval imagination. Really?
Mark Dever
More from this Issue
'Ridiculous' interpretation of law bars thousands.
Madison Trammel
Recent comments from Tom Fox, Mitt Romney, and Billy Graham.
Compiled by Ted Olsen
Pressure on Sudan mounts, but the killing continues in Darfur.
J. Carter Johnson
High-profile apostasy case highlights legal contradictions.
Barbara G. Baker, Compass Direct, with additional news-service reporting
Palestinian Bible Society bookshop threatened, closed; church political activities investigated; Wal-Mart carries the pill.
CT staff
Ministries pay executives less than their secular nonprofit counterparts. Should they?
Michael Barrick
Rights to faith and liberty are at risk in Afghanistan.
A Christianity Today Editorial
Ethnic bloodshed in Sudan's Darfur region remains the top crisis for U.N. ambassador John Bolton.
Interview by Tony Carnes
There's a reason there are more Christian financial advisers than ever.
John W. Kennedy
If these missionaries have their way, millions of Taiwanese will no longer be too embarrassed or intimidated to go to church.
Jennifer Su
Poverty-fighting Christians labor to restore city workforce after Katrina.
Deann Alford
Understanding the plight of Christians who have killed in combat.
Patrick Stone
Is religious art, like Michelangelo's 'Creation of Adam,' a violation of the second commandment when God is portrayed?—Steve Potts, Jackson, Mississippi
Answered by Adrienne Dengerink Chaplin
From the front page to the obits, one day's news about Christian peacemaking.
Ted Olsen
And neither are many people with whom we disagree.
Stephen L. Carter
Rod Dreher says that conservative man cannot live by the free market alone.
Interview by Stan Guthrie
Sharing your faith does not have to be so intimidating.
Reviewed by Mark Galli
A new biography shows behind the successful missionary were three matchless women.
Reviewed by Sarah Johnson
Neither nature nor experience are sufficient to interpret reality, writes Roger Lundin.
Reviewed by Mark Noll
An evolutionary philosopher's case against religion overpromises, underdelivers.
Reviewed by John Wilson
Douglas Sweeney appeals to evangelicals of all stripes to sustain the movement's momentum.
Reviewed by Collin Hansen
Twelve conversations with people who came to Christ.
Reviewed by Rich Poll