Volume 45, Number 15
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Cover Story
"When the Holy Family fled Bethlehem, Herod's evil became a blessing for Egypt"
Cornelis Hulsman
More from this Issue
A poll finds that 43 percent of Americans believe pets go to heaven
Ted Olsen
Graham's next outreach to be a mission to be sensitive to other cultures
Ted Olsen
World's highest-resolution commercial imaging satellite will investigate the Ararat Anomaly
Ted Olsen
Wine merchant Bulgarian Blueridge launches Jesus was born in a trough campaign
Ted Olsen
Actor on new WB comedy doesn't feel his character makes Christianity the joke
Ted Olsen
New study finds homeschooled children friendlier and more socially developed
LaTonya Taylor
Many peace-church leaders, shaken by attacks, reexamine their beliefs
Chuck Fager
Charities unrelated to September 11 face a difficult year
Ken Walker
Todd M. Beamer fund established to care for children who lost parents on United Flight 93
LaTonya Taylor
Homosexual ordination, lordship of Christ are ongoing issues for conservatives
LaTonya Taylor
"Roy Moore fulfills a campaign promise with a 5,280-pound granite monument"
William C. Singleton III
Whether scholarship or fiction, prophetic books are top sellers after September 11.
Mark A. Kellner
Two sisters are suing Watchtower Bible and Tract Society over policy to keep suspicions of sexual crime within the church
Corrie Cutrer
International relief organizations quickly work to aid Afghanistan refugees
LaTonya Taylor
More than a dozen Christians imprisoned in Saudi Arabia since last summer
Art Moore
Construction continues on congregational center in Israel pending court's ruling
LaTonya Taylor
Communist leaders in China are preparing to give formal recognition to unregistered religious groups, but house-church leaders are wary
Compass Direct
Since the September 11 terrorist attacks, 15 Australian religious buildings have been vandalized.
Dave Crampton
Two strong-willed reformers bring Coptic Orthodoxy back to life
Cornelis Hulsman
"I'd begun to think of joy as a hard taskmistress, and of Christmas as her nasty elder sister"
Mike Mason
In strife-torn Colombia, a teenage girl guides 100,000 kids in the search for peace—and adults aren't far behind
Jeff M. Sellers
Evangelical relief agencies raise money to help hurting people. Critics say they manipulate donors. Agencies say they highlight the most telling truths. Who is right?
Ken Waters
Two enemies—one attacked Pearl Harbor ; the other bombed Tokyo—find their lives eventually woven together by a Divine Wind
David Seamands
A Dallas program helps kids to say no to sex and drugs
Agnieszka Tennant
Quotations to stir the heart and mind after the Christmas season
Richard A. Kauffman
"Life before September 11 seemed more secure, but do we really want it back?"
Stephen L. Carter
"When a 15-foot-high stranger told Howard Finster to paint for God full time, he listened."
Frederica Mathewes-Green
What the nation's largest charity knows about leadership
Mark A. Kellner
Christians aren't the only ones asking 'Why?' after September's tragedy
Philip Yancey