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October 2005

Purpose Driven in Rwanda
Rick Warren's bold poverty plan.
by Timothy C. Morgan

Can We Defeat Poverty?
Unless Africa tames corruption, new aid efforts will fail.
by Tony Carnes

The Making of the Christian
Richard J. Foster and Dallas Willard on discipleship and spiritual formation.
Interview by Agnieszka Tennant

Iraq's Worrisome Constitution
A future government will have to untangle this document.
by Paul Marshall

The $65,000 Question
And the answer my autistic grandson gives to this life-ethics issue.
by Charles Colson with Harold Fickett

Can I Really Expect God to Protect Me?
Divine promises in the midst of suffering.
by Nancy Guthrie

Stemming the Embryonic Tide
Pro-lifers face a public relations juggernaut.
by Stan Guthrie

Ethics Interrupted
What does it mean when even researchers have some qualms about their work?
by Christine A. Scheller

Live Patients & Dead Mice
The little-known story of the stem cells that actually work.
by David A. Prentice

Under Reconstruction
Eastern Europe's evangelicals are restoring the church's vitality.
by Nate Anderson & Leah Seppanen Anderson

The Beginning of Education
The new Bible Literacy Project curriculum is impressive—as far as it is able to go.
by Mark Galli

The Sunday After
What Gulf churches were doing on the first Lord's Day after Katrina.
by Tony Carnes

Amid the Survivors
How the churches in Houston, among other cities, began picking up the post-Katrina pieces.
by Deann Alford

HeadLines

Sudan: Can Sudan's fragile peace survive a leader's death?

Northern Ireland: Evangelicals say IRA declaration not enough.

Denominations: ELCA 'compromise' on gays leaves conservatives unhappy.

Ministry: New head of Habitat for Humanity charts old/new course.

Anglican Communion: Judge to diocese: Hands off local church property.

Archaeology: Lost Pool of Siloam unearthed.

India: 'Many Christian families living in the slums have lost everything.'

Q & A: Benjamin Kwashi on picking up the pieces in Nigeria.

Bangladesh: Extremists murder Christians who showed Jesus film.

Outreach: Foursquare Foundation practices broadminded funding.

Departments

Inside CT
Hunting the Big Gazelle

Readers Write

Where We Stand
Parable of the Good Church; Deadening the Heart

Reflections
Grace That Surprises

Speaking Out | Janice Shaw Crouse
Facing an Unwelcome Truth

Good Question | J.I. Packer
Salvation sans Jesus

Always in Parables | Andy Crouch
Of Wardrobes and Potters

The CT Review
D. A. Carson's theological analysis of Brian McLaren, et al.; reverse missionary Ted Dekker; Bookmarks

The Back Page | Charles Colson
Machiavellian Morality

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 02:28PM

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 02:28PM

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