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March 2008

Help for the Sexually Desperate
More and more, Christian men are admitting they've been caught in a vicious cycle.
by John W. Kennedy
Plus: 'These Guys Are Really Screwed Up'; Finding Help

The 8 Marks of a Robust Gospel
Reviving forgotten chapters in the story of redemption.
by Scot McKnight

Bearing the Silence of God
A Turkish theologian finds the image of Christ in the persecuted church.
by Ziya Meral

Our Geopolitical Moment
Walter Russell Mead argues that evangelicals have a crucial role to play in American foreign affairs.
Interview by Mark Galli

The Grace Escape
Working as a barista has tested me in ways that speeches, campaigns, and protests never did.
by Amy Tracy

What Makes a Church Missional?
Freedom from cultural captivity does not mean freedom from tradition.
by J. Todd Billings

Not Your Father's L'Abri
The Swiss retreat now tends less to philosophical skeptics than to disaffected evangelicals.
by Molly Worthen

Count Your Surprises
The high spots of my life have been anything but expected.
by J. I. Packer

California Dreams
How one West Coast ministry reaps kingdom profits by planting businesses.
by Paul Hughes

HeadLines

Election 2008: How the faithful are voting in the primaries.

Persecution: Hindu extremists exploit economic fears to attack Christians.

Life Ethics: Supreme Court mulls lethal injections as Christian support for death penalty drops.

Interfaith Dialogue: Muslim, Christian leaders seek common ground in public letters.

Politics: After Bhutto's death, political fight puts church at greater risk.

Higher Education: Mars Hill Graduate School sued for sex discrimination.

Violence: Kenyan election woes hamper healing between tribes.

Islam: Muslim states continue pressuring Christians.

Q+A: John DiIulio discusses the future of the White House's faith-based initiative.

Departments

Inside CT
Porn's Stranglehold

Readers Write

Where We Stand
Hating Hillary; What Reveal Reveals

Reflections
Death and Resurrection

Wrestling with Angels | Carolyn Arends
Carbonated Holiness

Foolish Things | Stan Guthrie
Why Evangelize the Jews?

Kingdom Sightings | Al Hsu
The Vision Thing

The CT Review
Dinesh D'Souza rebuts New Atheist rants; The Abstinence Teacher personifies culture wars; quirky Pushing Daisies mixes pie making, reviving the dead; new documentary sings story of Sacred Harp; Joe Henry fuses American life with grace; Gregory Wolfe lists his favorite spiritual-writing websites; plus Bookmarks.

The Back Page | Philip Yancey
Church in State

sponsors

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 02:34PM

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 02:34PM

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