Volume 48, Number 4
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Cover Story
Bill Gaither insists it's not about him. And nobody seems to disagree.
Mark Allen Powell
More from this Issue
Supreme Court says states can deny public funds to some religious students.
By Sheryl Henderson Blunt in Washington, with 'CT' staff reports
Christians fight to keep 'morning-after-pill' under the counter.
Lisa Griffin and Baptist Press
House-church Christians start renting buildings, and dream of evangelism.
Runo Samuelson in Baghdad
Recent comments by Walter Cronkite, Bush, and an evangelizing pilot
Compiled by Ted Olsen
Christians gear up to evangelize - with help from Mel Gibson.
Ken Walker
Churches attempt to overcome constitutional stalemate
By David Karanja in Nairobi
The Senate Majority Leader on key moral issues.
Interview by Tony Carnes
Responding to cloning, banning religious apparel in France, and a ponzi scheme
By CT Staff
Administration proposes plan to teach couples relationship skills
By Mark Stricherz in Washington
Evangelicals must fight the resurgence of anti-Semitism.
A Christianity Today Editorial
Talking about the real Jesus is a dangerous thing.
A Christianity Today Editorial
Bill Gaither has succeeded in putting together an event that increases Christ through the performers' diminishment.
By Mark Allen Powell
Sinners of all stripes find a church home under the I-35.
By Deann Alford
Ten years after the slaughter, Rwandans begin to mend their torn nation with a justice that is both biblical and African.
By Timothy C. Morgan
A method for bringing victims and offenders together.
An interview with Howard Zehr
Why Chinese house churches may just end up fulfilling the Great Commission.
An interview with Paul Hattaway
Christians in Massachusetts are playing catch-up to protect the age-old institution.
Tony Carnes
Vietnam's guarantees of religious freedom are not fooling anybody.
Jeff M. Sellers
Are some people lost just a little bit in the same way that others are saved only as through fire?
Answered by Erik Thoennes
Freedom isn't much good if you don't have a sense of direction.
By Andy Crouch
A high school girl further increases God's prime-time exposure.
Douglas Leblanc
Why Sin Matters says sin and grace are part of the same story.
Reviewed by Cindy Crosby
What can happen when entrepreneurs think they are missionaries first.
Reviewed by John P. Cragin
Outsiders say we're the status quo. Our call is to prove them wrong.
Charles Colson with Anne Morse