Volume 49, Number 1
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Cover Story
The faithful are being defrauded of billions. But this Ponzi-busting ex-con knows how to stop it.
Rob Moll
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It may be one of the biggest untold stories on the religion beat.
By Ted Olsen
Pro-lifers weigh options after Californians fund embryonic stem-cell research.
By John W. Kennedy
Ravi Zacharias preaches to Mormons about the uniqueness of Christ.
By James A. Beverley in Salt Lake City
Recent quotes about pro-life rights, religious sensitivity, the death penalty, and witch hunts.
Compiled by Ted Olsen
Danforth calls on Sudan's government, rebels to 'prove skeptics wrong.'
By David E. Anderson, RNS
Christians, Muslims appeal for calm after attacks.
By ENI, in Amsterdam
Christians make AIDS fight a high priority.
By Rebecca Barnes in Louisville
Luis Palau dropped from Welsh revival celebration for his 'evangelical beliefs.'
By Rob James in Cardiff
Iraqi churches under fire, appealing Oregon's assisted-suicide law, and Rwanda's theological school.
By CT staff
Senior pastor of Hope Christian Church in College Park, Maryland, and coauthor (with George Barna) of a new book, High-Impact African American Churches, on trends in black churches.
By Tony Carnes
Ministries try to channel the next generation's idealism.
By Jim Jones in Dallas
It is a unique political moment for Christian conservatives—or is it?
A Christianity Today Editorial
The cheating epidemic reveals a deeper issue.
A Christianity Today Editorial
Christian TV may be a cultural ghetto, but living there has its advantages.
by Christine A. Scheller
There is no healthy relationship with Jesus without a relationship to the church.
by Tim Stafford
Branch offices of the church have potential without parallel.
By Alan Doswald
Mongolia's fledgling church seeks to meet a desperate need.
By Jim Jewell
The battle for marriage shifts from voters to lawyers and lobbyists.
By Kathleen K. Rutledge
The Nov. 2 election was the first step in a long fight for traditional marriage.
Interviewed by Kathleen K. Rutledge
Let's face it: Secularism is a religion. Let's treat it as such.
David Klinghoffer
Question: Are all sins weighed equally, or is one more important than another? —Linda Linton, Celina, Ohio
J.I. Packer
Saudi Arabia tortures Christians even as it makes human-rights gestures.
by Jeff M. Sellers
A Supreme Court justice showed us how to "do business" with opponents.
By Stephen L. Carter
Escalating health-care costs bid the church to get creative.
Reviewed by Timothy Johnson, M.D.
The author of Shadowmancer tells another spiritual tale between angels and demons.
Reviewed by Cindy Crosby
John Piper urges living for the glory of Christ.
Reviewed by Cindy Crosby
Thanks to brave ministries, prostitutes are still entering the kingdom.
By Philip Yancey