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July 2004

When Does Personhood Begin?
And what difference does it make?
by Bob Smietana

Unwanted Interruptions
Why is our culture so hostile to children-inside and outside the womb?
An interview with theological ethicist Amy Laura Hall

Frozen Out
What to do with those extra embryos.
by John Van Regenmorter

Saving Strangers
The journey of one Somali Bantu family in the largest group resettlement of African refugees in U.S. history.
Photo essay by Denise McGill

Where Stormie Finds Her Power
Stormie Omartian is a bestselling author precisely because she doesn't have a picture-perfect life.
by Tim Stafford

Pondering a Divorce
Some United Methodists think their differences are irreconcilable.
by Kathleen K. Rutledge

The 4-14 Window
New push on child evangelism targets the crucial early years.
by John W. Kennedy

Conservative Like a Fox
Cal Thomas hates the liberalism, but tries to love the liberal.
by Tony Carnes

HeadLines

India: Voters chasten Hindu rightists—and hearten Christians.

Rights: New report decries religious liberty trends across the world.

Globalization: African Methodists afford hope for a troubled denomination.

Nigeria: Christians avenge February murders, spark Muslim retaliation.

Canada: Christians divided over new law that seeks to protect gays.

Archaeology: Citing new satellite images, team seeks Noah's ark.

Q+A: James Dobson on the Federal Marriage Amendment.

Fraud: Christians lured into buying 'rare' coins.

Nepal: Terror threats shut down development work.

Passages: Deaths, promotions, and other items from the religion world.

Quotation Marks: Recent quotes on unborn children's pain, literary Jenkins, and Dan Brown's scruples.

Go Figure: Recent stats on teen prayer, Bible reading, and music piracy.

News Briefs: The morning-after pill, persecution in Vietnam, and the Jesus Video Project.

Departments

Inside CT: Bike Rides with Refugees
There are 13 million refugees and asylum seekers worldwide. We show you the lives of four of them.
by Tim Morgan

Where We Stand
The Evil In Us; No-Fault Division?

'Truth' on Two Hills
What happens when church and culture conspire to ignore the meaning of words.
by Bob Wenz

Methodists Divided on Split
Church leaders react to talk about division.
by Anil Stephen

Reflections: Discipleship
Quotations to stir heart and mind
Compiled by Richard A. Kauffman

Speaking Out | by John Aman
It's About God

Bearing the Cross | by Jeff M. Sellers
Out-of-Control Clerics

Good Question | Answered by Laurence W. Wood
God Minus World = God

Civil Reactions | by Stephen L. Carter
Hope Deferred

The CT Review
Purging the Faith from 'Faith-Based'; Bonds that Bind; Celestial Sights; Memoir of Hope; Targeted Apologetics; Witness amid War

The Back Page | by Philip Yancey
Discreet and Dynamic

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Dispatches from St. Paul: After the Balloons

The prayer from John McCain's pastor

'What Good Fortune. … The Stars Are Aligned'

Joe Gibbs: McCain Election Will Spark Revival

Interview: Getting People Excited about John McCain

Poll: Which candidate do you support?

Criswell Crisis
President resigns, alleging pastor plotted to sell school assets.

Jim Jones in Fort Worth | posted 9/05/2008 10:19AM

A Southern Baptist Manifesto
Dockery proposes keeping essentials and nonessentials in balance.

Nathan Finn | posted 9/05/2008 10:21AM

Caesar's Sectarians
The government keeps trying to favor one kind of religion over another.

A Christianity Today editorial | posted 9/04/2008 09:30AM

Healing ORU
$70 million and Mart Green's business acumen are repairing a scandal-scarred school.

John W. Kennedy in Tulsa | posted 9/03/2008 09:26AM

Missional Misstep
Emphasizing the big gospel can make it hard to communicate any gospel.

David Fitch | posted 8/27/2008 10:40AM

From Christianity Today Movies:
Salvation Not Needed
The star of Save Me says ex-gay ministries can do a world of good for its clients, but also believes there's no such thing as "converting" homosexuals to go straight.

Mark Moring | posted 9/05/2008 02:41PM

Review: Save Me
A gay man and a Christian woman reach beyond the stereotypes in this thoughtful, but not unbiased, film about an "ex-gay" ministry.

Peter T. Chattaway | posted 9/05/2008 02:41PM

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