Volume 46, Number 11
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Evidence suggests Christianity reached China in the first century
Ted Olsen
"With more than 10 riders, 15-passenger vans have a 35.4 percent chance of roll over in a crash"
Ted Olsen
Saudi Arabia claims Wahhabist Islam isn't the most dangerous religion
Ted Olsen
Court ruling could initiate examination of denomination and church bylaws
Religion News Staff, CT staff
Judge says Louisiana groups promoted religion in sex education program
Corrie Cutrer
Parents allege kids 'forced' to simulate Islam
Mark A. Kellner
Festival con Dios links with Palau organization to expand work of proclamation
Todd Hertz
Judge rules that government can't take church land and give it to a business
Marshall Allen
Kentucky says Medi-Share's insurance alternative is unauthorized
Chuck Fager
Christians among the thousands making their way to China
Tony Carnes
Christians find out the hard way that government funding may be unreliable
Deann Alford
Two recent books help explain Thomas Jefferson's intent for separation of church and state.
Christianity Today Editorial
Political correctness puts pressure on translators to change details of meaning
Vern S. Poythress
The TNIV does not eliminate gender distinctions but rather clarifies them
Mark Strauss
From 2002: The world's most influential Bible translator, Eugene Nida, is weary of 'word worship.'
David Neff
There's something about worship that can drive even a king to strip down and leap up
Mark Buchanan
Some evangelicals minister happily within China's state-supervised Three Self church
Tony Carnes
What it teaches us about God and the universe
John G. Stackhouse Jr
Phil Vischer's tenacious campaign to dominate family entertainment
Edward Gilbreath
How can I reconcile my belief in the inerrancy of Scripture with comments in Bible translations that state that a particular verse is not 'in better manuscripts'?
J.I. Packer
Multicultural voices have an edge in reaching a rapidly changing America
Andy Crouch
"Quick reviews of Things Unseen, The Wisdom of Tenderness, The Blessed, and Courageous Leadership"
Cindy Crosby
Author Eugene Peterson describes what drove his writing of The Message.
Doug LeBlanc