Volume 47, Number 5
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Cover Story
The Bible doesn't tell us when to go to war but how to live in a war-ridden world
Phillip Jensen
More from this Issue
Selections from Christian leaders during the Iraq War
Massachusetts case on gay marriage could set off chain reaction.
John W. Kennedy
President Bush promises to sign May 13 Senate bill
Kevin Eckstrom
James Kopp faces 15 years to life for crime
wire and CT staff reports
Anglicans cut a deal regarding residential schools abuse suits
Debra Fieguth
"Agencies prepare to help up to 900,000 people in Iraq War"
Kristian Kahrs and Stan Guthrie
Southern Baptist Convention trims funds to Baptist World Alliance
From wire reports
North Americans endure bombing to chronicle the war's effects on civilians
Carol Lowes
Only 2 of 95 defendants convicted in Muslim mob killings of Copts
Cornelis Hulsman
Religious freedom champion Keston Institute shifts focus
Wil Triggs
E-Mail newsletters are helping hundreds of thousands to pray about the war
John W. Kennedy
The moral vision that launched the Iraq war has been quietly growing in the President's inner circle
Tony Carnes
A famine worse than that of 1984 threatens Ethiopia
Timothy R. Callahan
"Why your church might end up before a judge and jury, and what you can do to prevent it."
Richard Hammar
Why psychologist Larry Crabb believes spiritual direction should replace therapy
Agnieszka Tennant
"Quotations to stir heart and mind from John Stott, Henri Nouwen, and others"
Richard A. Kauffman
God seems to sanction raw violence in the Old Testament. Does his character change in the New Testament?
Tremper Longman III
Sexual swagger and slang do not mask a generation's loneliness
Janice Shaw Crouse
Religious thinkers debate how America should use its unrivaled influence
Douglas LeBlanc
Living Next Door to the Death House is a valuable contribution to the capital punishment debate
Cindy Crosby
John Ortberg's Everybody's Normal Till You Get To Know Them explores pursuing the dream of community with imperfect people
Cindy Crosby
Athol Dickson's The Gospel According to Moses encourages exploration of Jewish roots
Cindy Crosby
History and myth converge in American Dreams' take on the 1960s
Eric Miller
.R.R. Tolkien's grandson shows in Final Witness that strong fiction runs in the family
Cindy Crosby
"In broken sinners, Jesus saw not their past but their future"
Philip Yancey