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January 2003

The Positive Prophet
Tony Campolo is a ferocious critic of Christians left and right. Why do people still flock to hear him?
by Ted Olsen
Plus: Tony Talks Too Much; Candidate Campolo; Why Clinton Likes Campolo

Death Watch
One of the world's earliest Christian cultures totters on the edge of extinction.
by Thomas C. Oden

Why I Walked
Sometimes loving a denomination requires you to fight.
by J. I. Packer

Return to Kabul
Shelter Now's Georg Taubmann talks about ministry and security in the former Taliban state.
an interview by Stan Guthrie

'Jesusy' Anne Lamott
Chatting with a born-again paradox.
by Agnieszka Tennant

News: North American Report

Asylum: Christians criticize Bush administration's limits on refugee resettlement.

Presbyterians: Conservatives want special assembly to discipline pastors who ordain gays.

Mormons: Baptist evangelist wins permission for Temple Square outreach.

Congress: Emboldened by election, Christian conservatives press for cloning and partial-birth abortions.

Top Ten: Most influential religion stories of 2002.

Open Theism: Evangelical theologians challenge Pinnock, Sanders on inerrancy.

World Report

Uzbekistan: Government attempts to shut down all unregistered religious groups.

Lebanon: American missionary murdered at prenatal clinic.

Zimbabwe: Christians protest President Magabe's food-for-votes politics.

Cote D'Ivoire: Missions presonnel flee after coup attempt.

Departments

Inside CT
A Holy Nuisance

Under The Sun
Sin Sells; Quotation Marks; Go Figure

Editorials
Open-book Ministry; Safe, Not Sorry

Reflections
Mountaintop Spirituality

Guest Column | By Sarah E. Hinlicky
Decorated with Death:

The CT Review: | By Philip Yancey
Randall Balmer's Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism; Self-inflicted Escape; Far from Busyness; Learning to be Loved; Model in the Public Square; Zig Ziglar's autobiography

The Back Page
Jesus' Sword

sponsors

Hark! Sixpence Sings Again
Nash, Slocum reunite for a marvelous Christmas album.

Mark Moring | posted 12/02/2008 09:33AM

Yule Tidings
Five New CDs for Christmas

Russ Breimeier | posted 12/01/2008 10:09AM

A Latter-day Alliance
Evangelicals, once uncomfortable with Romney, unite with Mormons on gay marriage ban.

Sarah Pulliam | posted 12/02/2008 09:35AM

Ignorance as Blessing
Foreknowledge: for God and not for us.

Collin Hansen | posted 12/01/2008 10:13AM

Recessions Are Good?
Many see moral uplift as a result of the slumping economy.

Rob Moll | posted 12/01/2008 01:24PM

The Good News in Oil and Acrylic
A missions center becomes a patron of the arts.

Tony Carnes | posted 11/25/2008 09:26AM

Prepare the Way of the Lord - Day 2

Poll: What kind of Christmas music do you like most?

From Christianity Today Movies:
'Perhaps Just Out of Our Minds'
Christian filmmaker Buzz McLaughlin tries to find a niche between secular movies and preachy ones—only to find it's an elusive market.

Frederica Mathewes-Green | posted 12/02/2008 02:06PM

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