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Compiled by Rob Moll

Darkness Visible
An unsparing new memoir by the author of Slackjaw.
By Jeremy Lott

Too Wild at Heart?
Some evangelicals believe Eldredge is making God in his image.
Douglas LeBlanc

The Upscaling of an Evangelical
Randall Balmer returns to his father's faith—with qualifications and hesitations
Andy Crouch

To the Rural Church by Susan Wise Bauer
To the Rural Church:
By Susan Wise Bauer

Re-Imagining Women
Jan Crouse is calling Bible-believing, intellectually minded mainline women to unite.
Susan Wise Bauer

No One Knows Best
Susan Wise Bauer

Eating the Supper of the Lamb in a Cool Whip Society
Albert Borgmann's post-technological feast.
by Andy Crouch

Environment as Creation
Conquest vs. care for the wilderness.
by Walter Brueggemann

A Sabbath Vision
Lionel Basney

Work and Vocation
"Quotations to stir heart and mind from Thomas Merton, Dorothy Sayers, and others"
Richard A. Kauffman

Flesh and Blood in the Magic Kingdom
Frederick Buechner's most recent works shed light on the shadows of the human heart
Wendy Murray Zoba

Frederick Buechner's Sacred Journey
How one writer and minister has made a career of telling others about moments of holy insight
Timothy K. Jones

"When Burkett Speaks, Evangelicals Listen"
How this former unbelieving electrical engineer became evangelicalism's financial answer man—and a look at the advice he gives.
Larry Eskridge

What Larry Burkett Knew About Healing and Death
The financial guru died last week—but not of the kidney cancer he fought for seven years
Larry Burkett

Salt-and-Pepper Politics
Choosing between candidates whose consciences are too clean.
By Andy Crouch

The Future Is P.O.D.
Multicultural voices have an edge in reaching a rapidly changing America
Andy Crouch

Rekindling Old Fires
We can resist technology's chilling effects on how we spend time together
Andy Crouch

Doubt and Meaning
Joni Eareckson Tada's poignant memoir probes God's use of suffering
Cindy Crosby

Battle Cry
"John Eldredge calls men, and now women, to a mythical, mystical adventure of faith"
Vincent Bacote

John Eldredge Is Wild at Heart
The author of Wild at Heart and The Sacred Romance discusses rediscovering the Gospel through a ransomed heart.

Jerry Jenkins's Solo Apocalypse
"His new novel, Soon, imagines a world where religion, blamed for war, is banned"

Before Left Behind
It's not easy to say something new about the end of the world
Crawford Gribben

Surviving Soul Survivor
A business guide to Tim LaHaye's other series.
Jeremy Lott

The Editor Who Helped Save Christianity Today
Remembering Ken Kantzer
David Neff

"Theologian, CT Editor Dies at 85"
Todd Hertz

The Editor Who Helped Save Christianity Today
Remembering Ken Kantzer
David Neff

Before Left Behind
It's not easy to say something new about the end of the world
Crawford Gribben

Surviving Soul Survivor
A business guide to Tim LaHaye's other series.
Jeremy Lott

Quotation Marks

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

Hypertext-Spirituality Sightings
Spirituality Sightings
By John Wilson

The Book Report: Tales of a Reluctant Convert and more
Anne Lamott despised Christians but couldn't resist becoming one.
Lauren Winner

Real Political Realism
Memorable Speech'
Mark Galli,

Quotations to Contemplate
Quotations to contemplate on the Incarnation.

Reflections on Christmas
Classic and contemporary excerpts

The Christians Are Coming!
"Christian Frank Peretti hands in less-than-horrifying Hangman's Curse. In The Fighting Temptations and Matchstick Men, a choir director and a con artist clean up their acts, but Christian press critics are more impressed with Lost in Translation. Plus: Re"
Jeffrey Overstreet

Means and Ends
The spiritual theology of Eugene Peterson.
Lauren F. Winner

Poems
Eugene Peterson

Poets and Pastors
Eugene Peterson

Once Upon Tribulation
Telford Work

Once Upon a Tribulation
Telford Work

Matters of Opinion: The Perils of Harry Potter
Literary device or not, witchcraft is real—and dangerous.
Jacqui Komschlies

Letters

Cracks in the Monolith?
Evangelical Protestants and the 2000 election.
Lyman A. Kellstedt, Corwin E. Smidt, James L. Guth, and John C. Green

Practicing Faith in the Inner City
Mark R. Gornik

The Article We Didn't Print
Ben Witherington is the poster boy for writer deadlines
Mark Galli

BOOKS: Modern Wise Men Encounter Jesus. Part 2

Breakfast at the White House
Philip Yancey

The Colonizers
The best preachers have challenged earth to become more like heaven.
By Philip Yancey

The Leprosy Doctor
Paul Brand showed how to serve others sacrificially and emerge with joy
Philip Yancey