Quenching Worst-Case Scenarios
Maryland Baptists train to rescue their neighbors if terrorists strike again
Sharon Mager

Heart & Soul

To Illustrate…

CHRISTIAN HUMILITY

Currents Shaping My Soul: Why Do They Love/Hate Me?
Attitudes toward a pastor emerge from deep, dark sources.
Kevin A. Miller

Too Much to Ask?

Quenching Worst-Case Scenarios
Maryland Baptists train to rescue their neighbors if terrorists strike again
Sharon Mager

How to Overcome Overload

Pottering and Prayer
As John Stott turns 80, he still finds weeds to pull, birds to watch, and petitions to make
John W. Yates III

Conversations

Preaching with Power

In This Together

Islam, U.S.A.
Are Christians prepared for Muslims in the mainstream?
By Wendy Murray Zoba

Grace's Third Way
Andy Crouch

Baptism + Fire
Suffering may build character, but ultimately it's not about us.
By Mark Galli

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

Cooling off Gay Agenda
PCUSA conservatives turn back liberal challenges
Douglas LeBlanc

Power in Punjab
Christians see churches—and opposition—grow among Sikhs
Manpreet Singh

Everyday Truths
"Simple activities bind families together and deepen their relationship with God, says the author of Sacred Stories of Ordinary Families"
Cindy Crosby

Sloppy Inclusiveness
An interview with Caroline Westerhoff, author of Good Fences: The Boundaries of Hospitality.
By David Neff

Word Become Flesh
Quotations to Stir Heart and Mind
Compiled by Richard A. Kauffman

Q & A: Bobby Welch
President of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), on his five-week national bus tour, which ended October 7, to jump-start evangelism in the 16.3-million-member denomination. The SBC has experienced a four-year decline in baptisms.
Interview by Stan Guthrie

Compassionate in War, Christian in Vision
The man behind the Geneva Conventions knew the heights of success and the depths of failure
By David Neff

Slaughter of the Innocents, 2004
The Netherlands celebrates Christmas by reenacting Herod.
By Frederica Mathewes-Green

An Alternative Africa
The world of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.
By Susan VanZanten Gallagher

My Church's inferiority Complex
How one congregation traded the poor little us mindset for new confidence.
Peter Youmans

The Uncertain Leader
You can't always be sure, but you'd better be clear.
Andy Stanley

PreachingToday.com

Cheated by the Affirming Church
Contrary to what some churches teach, it is homosexuality—and not its suppression—that enslaves people like me.
by Anonymous

A Christian Harry Potter?
Shadowmancer, Britain's hit fantasy novel, conjures darkness so the light will shine brighter.
Reviewed by Greg Taylor

The Politics of Communion
Church leaders who admonish politicians on moral issues are doing their jobs.
A Christianity Today editorial

Good for the Soul
Frederica Mathewes-Green

The Long View: The Enemy Within
"This Thanksgiving, let us remember our perverseness"
Mark Galli

Outpaced by Islam?
The Muslim challenge is growing faster than our Christian outreach
Christianity Today Editorial

American Idols
Larry Crabb says there's something better than control and success.
The Leadership Interview

CT Classic: Fallow Time
The Sabbath can protect us from the temptations of wealth
David Neff

Computer Control
Who's in charge?
Alan Jacobs

Three Military Officials and a Priest Jailed for Killing Guatemalan Bishop
"Since the 1998 death, six witnesses, a prosecutor, and a judge have fled in fear of their lives"
Paul Jeffrey

From the Editor

ARTICLE: Tolerance Without Compromise
Christian engagement in an era of political rancor.
By Richard J. Mouw

Doing Time
Do correctional facilities correct anything?
by Nathan Bierma

The Gift of Rebuke

Three Ways to Bring About Repentance

The Nightmare of North Korea
One man's story of brutality, courage, love, and freedom.
By Kang Hyeok

A Laughing Child in Exchange for Sin
What exactly does courage look like in an age of abortion?
Christine A Scheller

Hobbits & Englishmen
His were small people surmounting impossible odds.
Humphrey Carpenter

Reflections: Quotations to Contemplate

The Saxophonist Who Would Be a Saint
Rodney Clapp

A LETTER TO JENNIFER AND JUSTIN
Daniel Lake

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

Holy Multi-tasking
Lots of transactions take place during the sermon, many of them sacred. On ocassion I get to watch.
David Hansen

My Words in Your Mouth

A Discerning Spirit
Making good choices in an era of liturgical change
John D. Witvliet

I Want
Thou shalt not covet
Sarah Hinlicky Wilson

A Mind on Fire
Throughtout his eventful life, America's theologian was driven by a vision of the beauty in God's sovereignty.
Stephen R. Holmes

The Good Fight
4 spiritual disciplines to keep fights from scarring your soul.
By Mark Buchanan

Billy Graham a No-Show at Amsterdam 2000
Evangelist, watching from Minnesota, bows out of satellite address, will probably forgo later remarks as well.
By Ted Olsen in Amsterdam | posted 7/31/00

Genius and Plod

Tour of Duty

Pilgrims to Nowhere
Freedom isn't much good if you don't have a sense of direction.
By Andy Crouch

The Porpoise-Driven Church
What on earth (or sea) is your church here for?
Larry Levy

Vision Leaks
How do you keep the church's passion for ministry from deflating?
Andy Stanley

Worldview Boot Camp
Evangelical young people need training in the truth about truth.
By Charles Colson with Anne Morse

Spying New Leaders
They may not step forward. Here's how to find the leaders you need.
by Angela Yee

First Things First
Teaching about worship by asking the right questions
Ron Rienstra

Film Forum: First Looks at a Feature Fantasy
Early reviews for Fellowship of the Ring are in. Plus: what critics are saying about Behind Enemy Lines, The Affair of the Necklace, and Texas Rangers.
Jeffrey Overstreet

ChristianityToday.com Weblog
Top stories elsewhere about Christians and Christianity

A Tale of Two Martyrs

Currents Shaping My Soul: A Once and Future Emerging Leader
What happens when you realize your emergence is behind you?
Ben Patterson

Building a House you Can Live In

Staying Alive

Currents Shaping My Church: Has Your Church Jumped the Shark?
Leadership lessons from Fonzie's waterskiing feat.
David and Angie Ward

The Fine Art of Rejuvenation
How 3 leaders renew the call when they're confused, tired, or just plain mad.
Heidi Husted, Roberta Hestenes, and Jim Coyl

Thinking Global
When the pastor becomes a missions force, the whole church is affected.
Daniel Henderson

Christian History Corner: Is Christianity Oppressive to Women?
Sometimes our Christian heritage must be overcome, not celebrated.
By Linda Hartz Rump

Reflections: Quotations on Time and Eternity
Quotations on time and eternity.

Furthermore: The Fullness of Time
I'd like life to be a series of pauses like a poem, rather than a fast-paced, page-turner airport novel.
By Marilyn Chandler McEntyre

Mastered by Convictions
What working with John Stott taught me about preaching.
from PreachingToday.com

I Was in Prison and You Abused Me
What would Jesus do at Abu Ghraib?
By Steven Gertz

What's to Become of Tom?
The kid is self-absorbed and directionless. I don't like him. Does he have a future as a leader?
Gordon MacDonald

Wisdom for Ministry
Quotations to stir the heart and mind
Richard A. Kauffman

When Your Wife Resents Your Call
A disconnect at home has a variety of causes.
Linda Riley

Currents Shaping Our World: How Others See Us
Clergy ratings drop to lowest level ever; moral decline expected.
Eric Reed, with information from Gallup.com

The Moral Complexity of War
A conversation with Max Hastings
Interview by Donald A. Yerxa

Limit Conditions
How to portray the Holocaust on stage and film.
By Jan Lüder Hagens

The Ecstatic Heresy
Seeking a superficial unity, some denominational leaders opt for feelings over facts.
By Robert Sanders

Inside CT: Nearly Perfect
"Longtime Christianity Today editor Carol Thiessen was firm but not fierce, steadfast but not stodgy"
David Neff

A Journalist in Babylon
The need for a critical mass in the Fourth Estate
Stan Guthrie

Baptists Fire Missionaries
Thirteen missionaries fired and twenty resign over the Baptist Faith and Message
staff reports

Far from Busyness
"Teaching the Dead Bird to Sing wrestles with overwork, discouragement, and doubt"
Cindy Crosby

Model in the Public Square
Hero for Humanity shows how faith can change government
Cindy Crosby

Live Long and Prosper
"Though a recent survey raises questions, the health benefits of faith have been documented for centuries."
Elesha Coffman

Weblog: The End of Traditional Marriage?
Religious activists say Massachusetts decision is monumental—and may be cause for revolt
Ted Olsen

"Presbyterians: Presbyterians Reaffirm Fidelity, Chastity Rule"
Conservatives gain last needed vote to defeat Amendment A.
Religion News Services

Homosexuality: Presbyterians Hold Firm on Fidelity
Homosexual ordination under study until 2001.
By Jim Jones in Fort Worth.

Getting It Half-Right
What's worth celebrating in Gods and Generals—and what's not
Mark Noll

Letters

God's Astounding Laws of Nature
"I like to think of God as developing his skills, said Dr. Paul Brand"
Philip Yancey

In Praise of Anonymity
Marilyn Chandler McEntyre

Faith Raising, Not Fund Raising

Self-Helpless
Nick Hornby's How to be Good
Richard Lew

Church Mourns 'Father Frank'
Fond memories comfort those who knew retired priest killed in World Trade Center attack.
LaTonya Taylor

The Back Page: Just War in Iraq
Sometimes going to war is the charitable thing to do
Charles Colson

Christian History Corner: Citius, Altius, Sanctus
The modern Olympics, though hardly Christian, hail from an era when athleticism was next to godliness.
Elesha Coffman

Reflections: Classic & Contemporary Excerpts
Classic and contemporary excerpts on beauty, prayer, and loving God

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

A Politics of Gratitude
Stop whining, count your blessings, and love your global neighbors.
By Stephen L. Carter

Christian History Corner: Citius, Altius, Sanctus
The modern Olympics, though hardly Christian, hail from an era when athleticism was next to godliness.
Elesha Coffman

A Politics of Gratitude
Stop whining, count your blessings, and love your global neighbors.
By Stephen L. Carter

Not-So-Poor-Richard
Tracing market ideology in Protestant evangelical thought
David A. Skeel, Jr.

It's Not About You

Baptism + Fire
Suffering may build character, but ultimately it's not about us.
By Mark Galli

Your Chip Is Showing
Four recent films show a battle for control among men, women, and machines.
By Peter T. Chattaway

A Practical Romantic
The films of Douglas Fairbanks.
By S.T. Karnick

Baptism + Fire
Suffering may build character, but ultimately it's not about us.
By Mark Galli

Wind of Terror, Wind of Glory
We cannot know God's majesty without his terrible holiness.
by Daniel Tomberlin

Christian History Corner: Holy America, Phoebe!
It swept across church lines, transforming America's urban landscape with its rescue missions and storefront churches. Yet today, the holiness movement and its charismatic woman leader are all but forgotten.
By Chris Armstrong

True (and False) Transformation

Christian History Corner: Sacrifice at Sea
The story that wasn't in James Cameron's Titanic.
By Elesha Coffman | posted 8/11/00

Reflections: Classic & Contemporary Excerpts
Classic and contemporary excerpts on beauty, prayer, and loving God

Sports Mobs and Manners
There's a difference between cheering the home team and being boorish
Stephen L. Carter

The Dick Staub Interview: Sheila Walsh Says Stop
"The author, singer, and popular speaker talks about learning to put praise above performance"

Open-book Ministry
"Financial transparency is a must, even when it's not legally required"
A Christianity Today editorial

When Backward Is Forward
Christmas may be the best argument against genetic enhancement.
by Andy Crouch

Word Become Flesh
Quotations to Stir Heart and Mind
Compiled by Richard A. Kauffman

The Good Fight
4 spiritual disciplines to keep fights from scarring your soul.
By Mark Buchanan

The Long View: Why I Don't Imitate Christ
The Christian life is not a game of Simon says.
Mark Galli

Ten Movies That Made My 2000
Film Forum's Steve Lansingh shares what he learned at the movies this year.
Steve Lansingh

Christian History Corner: Sacrifice at Sea
The story that wasn't in James Cameron's Titanic.
By Elesha Coffman | posted 8/11/00

Leading Indicators

Spiritual-Helath-Care Reform

Recommitted To Committees
Mark J. Galli

The Two Eliots
To all appearance, a biographer writes, "Eliot was conventional, mild, decorous, yet the hidden character was daring and savage."
Jewel Spears Brooker

Working with Your Emotional Type
Gordon MacDonald

The Search for Redemption
Confession without remorse.
By Bruce Kuklick

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

Double-entry Accountability
Two financial watchdogs are better than one.
A Christianity Today editorial

In Praise of Anonymity
Marilyn Chandler McEntyre

Does Everyone in This Room Believe in Demons?
A sociologist's surprising encounter with fundamentalism.
By Julie Byrne

Born Again
The Man Without a Past
Peter T. Chattaway

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

Those Exceptional Edwards Women
Jonathan spent his life surrounded by beautiful women, and it showed.
Heidi L. Nichols

Galileo's Spiritual Director
Virginia Stem Owens

Classical Ear-Training
What the church fathers heard in Homer and Virgil tuned them to the harmonies of Scripture
Christopher A. Hall

Oswald and Aidan
How an English king and a Scottish bishop teamed up to spread the gospel.
Bede

The Moravians and John Wesley

Southern Baptist Leaders Lament Funding Cuts
Texas board's action to reduce funding called 'bad for common missions causes'
By David Porter & Art Toalston

Good Question: A Little Wine for the Soul?
The Bible says drunkenness is a sin (Galatians 5:21). But is occasional social drinking OK for Christians?
By J. Lawrence Burkholde

Amassed Media: The Drink Debate
What Christian leaders past and present have said about social drinking—and where to find them online.
By Ted Olsen

What Gives Preaching Its Power?
Amid so many forms of communication—multimedia, music, and more—what is it about preaching, even today, that carries life-changing power?
5 leaders respond

Holy Tension
Creating and seizing opportunities for spiritual transformation.
The Leadership Interview with John Ortberg

Good Question: Reflected Glory
What does Genesis mean by man being made in the image of God?
J. I. Packer

Like a Good Neighbor
Six keys to improve your church's reputation within the community.
John Beukema

Higher Education: Eagles, Crusaders, and Trolls—Oh My!
Christian colleges rethink sports mascots.
By Jody Veenker

REFLECTIONS

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

Weblog: Pope Warns Archbishop of Canterbury of Unity 'Difficulties'
"Meanwhile, Rowan Williams speaks of a clear sense of limits in the Anglican Communion"
Ted Olsen

Coming Attractions
Gay activism is not just found in liberal churches
Christianity Today editorial

More Oxygen to the Flame

Name It and Claim It

REFLECTIONS
Poisonous fruit

Backdraft Preaching

The Friendship Dilemma

The Art of Self Leadership
Your toughest management challenge is always yourself.
Bill Hybels

Backdraft Preaching

Teaching a Church to Pray

The Friendship Dilemma

Differently Disabled
Forrest Gump without the extravagance: the ordinary life of Bill Porter.
By Crystal Downing

The Slow Salvation of Luke
Helping someone come to faith is sometimes maddeningly indirect.
David Hansen

Premature Harvest

Birth of a Troubled Conscience
A Christian Science upbringing. A shameful wartime act.
Glenn Tinder

Did You Know?

HOW DOES UNCTION FUNCTION
Randy Mayeux

Currents Shaping My Soul: A Once and Future Emerging Leader
What happens when you realize your emergence is behind you?
Ben Patterson

Graffiti Pastor

Staying Alive

Resolved: Conventions Are Hell
Ten truths that can help reformers survive (and thrive) at annual denominational meetings
Douglas LeBlanc

Kingdom Prodigy
How an 8-year-old girl from Georgia began a community program that has fed thousands.
By Joe Westbury

A Woman's Place
Women reaching women is key to the future of missions.
By Wendy Murray Zoba | posted 8/4/00

A Discerning Spirit
Making good choices in an era of liturgical change
John D. Witvliet

Going Back to Uncle Tom's Cabin
The book that started the Civil War.
John West

Ask The God Questions

Q & A: Bobby Welch
President of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), on his five-week national bus tour, which ended October 7, to jump-start evangelism in the 16.3-million-member denomination. The SBC has experienced a four-year decline in baptisms.
Interview by Stan Guthrie

While I Was Sleeping
Why my husband finally refused to end my life during my two-month coma.
Lindsey O'Connor

The Porpoise-Driven Church
What on earth (or sea) is your church here for?
Larry Levy

SABBATICAL IS NOT STUDY LEAVE
Eugene H. Peterson

THE MOMENT THAT MATTERS
Timothy K. Jones

BALANCING FORM AND FREEDOM
When bringing people into the presence of God, most leaders recognize a certain degree of necessary protocol.
Paul Anderson

REDEEMING THE REHEARSAL
How to transform wedding rehearsals from miserable to meaningful.
Nancy D. Becker

THE MINISTER AS MEASTRO
The pastor is more conductor of an orchestra than CEO of a business.
Fred Smith

To Illustrate. . .

Like a Good Neighbor
Six keys to improve your church's reputation within the community.
John Beukema

My Worst Year in Ministry

A WOUNDED PASTOR'S RESCUE
How one near-casualty was saved and returned to ministry.
Jim Amandus with Bobl Moeller

Looking for a Dreadlocked Jesus
The author of Dread Jesus talks about the Rastafari call for respect and the many belief structures—Christian and not—inside the movement
William David Spencer

The Groves of Academe
When Disrespect is Respectful
When Disrespect is Respectful

Civil Reactions: Rudeness Has a First Name
Instant informality actually sabotages true friendship
Stephen Carter

When Backward Is Forward
Christmas may be the best argument against genetic enhancement.
by Andy Crouch

CT Classic: After the Hurricane
Hugo struck my neighbors with terror but not with the fear of God.
By A.J. Conyers

A Home for Nomads
M. Craig Barnes explores spirituality for restless souls
Reviewed by Cindy Crosby

The Dick Staub Interview: Serving God Without God
The author of Running on Empty discusses his life in ministry with and without a walk with God.

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

The Back Page: Humility's Many Faces
Everyone I've looked up to has shared one trait.
By Philip Yancey

My Church's inferiority Complex
How one congregation traded the poor little us mindset for new confidence.
Peter Youmans

Virgil Gulker: Calling a Child by Name
God roams America's public schools looking for us
Virgil Gulker

The Weigh and the Truth
Christian dieting programs—like Gwen Shamblin's Weigh Down Diet—help believers pray off the pounds. But what deeper messages are they sending about faith and fitness?
By Lauren F. Winner | posted 8/25/00

Food Porn
The secret life of chick lit.
by Susan Wise Bauer

My Church's inferiority Complex
How one congregation traded the poor little us mindset for new confidence.
Peter Youmans

Ten Things You Should Know About the New Girls' Biblezine
Revolve is getting major media attention for the way it packages the Bible. What is the message this medium brings with it?
Agnieszka Tennant

A Soul of Fire
William Wade Harris - a Liberian activist - left an unsuccessful local ministry to trail across the Ivory Coast. In 18 months, he baptized 100,000 converts.
Elizabeth Isichei

Going Native
Settling for my way tempts pomos, boomers, in fact, every age group. And it's deadly.
Alex McManus

Good Habits
Benedictines, Franciscans, and Dominicans all sought to live by high ideals, but only one order matched Thomas's love for both spirituality and intellect.
Steven Gertz

From Ewww ... to Wow!
What a big difference a small spider made.
By Bethany Torode

Shock-jock Preaching

From the Editor

Called to What?
A Leadership Forum

Growing Edge Book Review: Why Words Follow Works
When explosive evangelism fizzles and servant evangelism doesn't work, what's next?
Kathy Callahan-Howell

No Strings Attached
Christians seek to balance relief work and evangelism in Iraq
Dawn Herzog and Deann Alford

Too Much Choice?
On misdiagnosing the problem.
Andrew P. Morriss

Changed by the Unchanging
A new take on the spiritual disciplines calls for a little more action and a lot more love.
Reviewed by Cindy Crosby

Soul Health
You can't be fruitful if you neglect the Source.
By Mindy Caliguire

Leave Room For God

Editorial: Standing Firm, Moving Forward
CT founder Billy Graham charts the course for evangelicalism's future.
By Billy Graham, evangelist and the founder of this magazine.

LETTERS: Graham: Model of Steadfastness

FROM THE EDITORS
Developing spiritual fruit requires being around people--ordinary, ornery people.
Marshall Shelley

SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES FOR THE UNDISCIPLINED
Seeking God with our own tempermental prayers--an interview with Charles Killian.

PASTORING STRONG-WILLED PEOPLE
How do you follow the Lamb when you're shepherding lions?
S. Robert Maddox

Changed by the Unchanging
A new take on the spiritual disciplines calls for a little more action and a lot more love.
Reviewed by Cindy Crosby

Christian History Corner: Is Christianity Oppressive to Women?
Sometimes our Christian heritage must be overcome, not celebrated.
By Linda Hartz Rump

Headship with a Heart
How biblical patriarchy actually prevents abuse
Steven Tracy

Christianity Today News Briefs
Booting the Salvation Army, falling giving, and suing for rights.
By CT staff

Weblog: Supreme Court Will Rule on Ten Commandments Displays
Plus: Catholic bishops challenge Kerry as evangelical theologians criticize Bush, 110 Iraqi Christians killed, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: The Evangelical Voting Gap
Plus: Bishop responds to pagan priests story, Godless EU constitution signed, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Ministries of Mercy: Mother Teresa
She stirred a generation by touching the untouchables.
Ruth A. Tucker

The Gallery: Gritty Pioneers
Six missionaries whose tenacity changed China
Kevin D. Miller

Standing On The Promises
Former CT editors Carl Henry and Kenneth Kantzer evaluate evangelicalism in light of its twentieth-century developments.

Reflections: Classic & Contemporary Excerpts

CONTENDING FOR THE TRUTH...IN CHURCH PUBLICITY
When you tell others about your church, is honesty the best policy?
Wayne Kiser

REFLECTIONS

Excerpts from the Life of Jonathan Edwards

Passion or Polish?
Calvin Miller

"Seasons Change, and So Do Pastors"
Kent Hughes

Feeling Good about the Non-Urgent
Steven McKinley

Grace's Third Way
Andy Crouch

Wooing the Faithful
President Bush needs evangelicals more than ever, but it's unclear how badly they want him for another four years.
By Tony Carnes

Court Guts Porn Law
Activists promote other methods
By Ken Walker

A Hunger For Holiness
East Africa's second generation Christians faced that age-old spiritual problem - dullness of hearts. Simeon Nsibambi's message of a victorious life sparked a revival that continues today.
Mark Shaw

Letters

A Wretch Like Me

Inquiry Calls for 'Vigilance' to Prevent Child Abuse
"British recommendations want police check on all clergy, dismissal of offenders."
Cedric Pulford

To Illustrate. . .

The Search for Redemption
Confession without remorse.
By Bruce Kuklick

Democratic Piety
Jeffrey Stout reinvigorates the debate over religion in the public square.
by Lauren F. Winner

A Laughing Child in Exchange for Sin
What exactly does courage look like in an age of abortion?
Christine A Scheller

Dropping the Mask
When I blow it, I let my church know it. And they respect me for it.
By Dave Stone

My New Club

Too Transparent

Hostage Vigil: Families of Hostage Couple Wait
Men's prayer group for Burnhams perseveres six days a week.
Corrie Cutrer

A Wake-Up Call to Become Global Christians
"The deadly attacks on America will provoke many responses, but Christians are commanded to love our neighbors."
Miriam Adeney

WHEN SLEEP WON'T COME
Cary Weisiger

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

With God on Our Side?
Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address.
Tim Stafford

Holding This Fort

The Wisest Radical of Them All
Two Views of Lincoln
Richard Carwardine

Reflections: Quotations to Stir Mind and Heart
In a consumer society, there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addictions and the prisoners of envy
Ivan Illich

A Good Death
My husband was more whole on his deathbed than at any other time in his life.
By Margaret Kim Peterson

Always In Parables | Andy Crouch: A Testimony in Reverse
I have discovered how inconvenient it can be when God actually does speak.
Andy Crouch

Sproul on the Will
This influential Calvinist's account of the free-will problem would have profited from a stronger reading of Calvin.

PASTORING STRONG-WILLED PEOPLE
How do you follow the Lamb when you're shepherding lions?
S. Robert Maddox

Word Become Flesh
Quotations to Stir Heart and Mind
Compiled by Richard A. Kauffman

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

The Lonely Emancipator
Lincoln's legal prudence in ending the peculiar institution.
by Lucas E. Morel