Volume 48, Number 8
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Cover Story
John Eldredge thinks too many Christians are weak, and churches are often insipid-and he's not going to take it anymore
By Douglas LeBlanc
More from this Issue
With new peace accord signed, Christians prepare to meet needs.
By Richard Nyberg
Southern Baptists reaffirm their conservative positions.
By Adelle M. Banks, RNS, in Indianapolis
Recent quotes on Friends sexual harassment, EU Constitution, stem cells, and the psychotic self-righteous evangelicals.
Compiled by Ted Olsen
Statement affirming homosexual unions roils Anglicans.
By Debra Fieguth in St. Catharines
Partial-birth abortion ban banned, registering Turkmenistan's churches, and Baylor's Robert Sloan.
By CT Staff
The Presidential Prayer Team prays for Bush, Iraq, and more voters.
By Ken Walker
More important than keeping the phrase 'under God' is the reason for keeping it.
A Christianity Today Editorial
We're making more money, but the payoff isn't always positive.
A Christianity Today Editorial
Has the nation finally abandoned its Judeo-Christian heritage, or is there still hope?
By Leith Anderson
Has the nation finally abandoned its Judeo-Christian heritage, or is there still hope?
By Harold O.J. Brown
This African American pastor made headlines when he offered whites cash to attend his church.
By Ted Olsen
In the popular imagination, conservative evangelical fathers are power-abusing authoritarians. A new study says otherwise.
An interview with W. Bradford Wilcox
Christian activists struggle to slow the rapid growth of Indian casinos.
By John W. Kennedy
The difference between Christian practice and a Starbucks purchase.
By Andy Crouch
The discussion of gender roles moves beyond 'proof-text poker.'
By David Neff
Spiritual influences on the president's life were strong and varied.
By Elizabeth Eisenstadt-Evans
When Pleasing Others Is Hurting You addresses the need to be needed.
Reviewed by Cindy Crosby
Here Am I Lord … Send Somebody Else uses Moses to discover God's power in weakness.
Reviewed by Cindy Crosby
How to achieve ethnic diversity—and die (to self) trying.
Reviewed by Douglas R. Sharp
The Great Commission and the cultural commission are not in competition.
By Charles Colson with Anne Morse