Multi(per)plexed
Christians remain divided about what a 'good' movie is
By Marshall Allen

"Investing: $158,000 Assessment Stirs Pastor's Wrath"
Twin Cities suburb wants church to pay for road improvements
Stephen Hunt

Well-Focused Preaching
Taking a clear picture of your preaching activities requires both wide-angle and zoom lenses.
Bill Hybels

Eat, Drink, and Relax
Think the Pilgrims would frown on today's football-tossing, turkey-gobbling Thanksgiving festivities? Maybe not.
Elesha Coffman

The Lord Our God Is One
Three Christians trace their roots back to the Hebrew Bible-and encounter God's present-day chosen people.
By Steven Gertz

The Ministry of Ceremony and Celebration
Eugene H. Peterson

Investing as Love
Gary Moore's biblical approach to financial management
Cindy Crosby

The Ancient Rise and Recent Fall of Tithing
Is yet another time-honored Christian practice fading from view?
Collin Hansen

Evangelicals Plan to Minister to Iraqis' Needs—Physical and Spiritual
"Evangelism efforts will join relief work, say Southern Baptist Convention and Samaritan's Purse"
Mark O'Keefe

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

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

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

More Than an Empty Bed
J. Todd Billings

Winking at Corruption No More
Christians help lead a worldwide movement opposing graft.
By Tony Carnes

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

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

Reflections

Florida Bishop Defies Episcopal Church Head
The consecration of a new bishop becomes the latest battleground between Frank Griswold and the American Anglican Council
Douglas LeBlanc

Watch Your Mouth
"Church controversies in Britain and Australia focus on a dirty word, the Word of God, and whether premarital sex is really a sin."
Ted Olsen

Chicago Church Raises Money to Hire Prostitutes
Plus: Dignified anger and judgment at Anglican meeting, Messianic Muslims, and The Cider House Doesn't Rule.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

"Empty Stomach, Full Heart"
Betty Steele Everett

"Aisle 4: Milk, Bread, and God"

Forgetting God
Why decadence drives out discipline.
By Philip Yancey

Power: Preaching for Total Commitment
Bill Hybels

Anglican Priest Hopes to Boldly Go Where No Clergyman Has Gone Before
Ken Clapham wants to be the international space station's chaplain.
Cedric Pulford

Building Spiritual Life Together

The Most Challenging Prayer Partner
Louis McBurney

Home-Grown Devotions
Wanda Baker

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

Controlling the Flow of Information
Jack Hayford

Transference: Loosening the Tie That Blinds
Archibald Hart

Lewis the Letter-Writer
An unconscious autobiography in two volumes of correspondence.
By Michael Ward

From Duty to Delight
I'd become self-absorbed and numb. Could I learn to live and love again?
Scott Ranck

Going to Your Left
Kent Hughes

A Sureer Footing
A Leadership Interview

Stuck on the Road to Emmaus
The secret to why we are not fulfilled.
Mark Buchanan

Holy Greed

Watering the Garden

"Empty Stomach, Full Heart"
Betty Steele Everett

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

Can I Let On That I'm Down?

First Things First
Howard Hendricks

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

Johnny Cash's Song of Redemption
How the coolest man in the music industry became that way while singing about Jesus and the Cross
Ted Olsen

The Smiling Grandfather Clock
"On Father's Day, the Holy Ghost helped me finally connect the dots and glimpse God's character"
Evelyn Bence

Let's Dance
Bryan D. Spinks

Resisting Relevancy
The church suffers when pastors confuse anecdotes with parables
Marilyn Chandler McEntyre

It's Called Junk Food for a Reason
Two books explore the differences between true nourishment and its counterfeits
Lauren F. Winner

Yancey: Getting to Know Me
In most ways important to God, I had failed miserably.

Trying Patience on for Size
If Christians are to be clothed with patience, why do so many of us feel naked?
Cornelius Plantinga, Jr.

Rediscovering the Holy Spirit, Part 1
Bible scholar Gordon Fee thinks we have domesticated the Holy Spirit and missed the point of his mission
By Wendy Murray Zoba

In Praise of Anonymity
Marilyn Chandler McEntyre

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

Essays on Competence
Fred Smith, Sr.

Maintaining Momentum
Myron Augsburger

The Many Sides of Administration
Arthur DeKruyter

Can Finance People Be Ministry Minded?
Richard Bergstrom

Feeling Good About the Non-Urgent
Steven L. McKinley

Pulling Weeds from Your Field of Dreams
Dave Hansen

Perils of the Professionally Holy
Mark Galli

'Boston Movement' Apologizes
Open letter prompts leaders of controversial church to promise reform
John W. Kennedy

"Lutherans, Presbyterians Cut Budgets"
Staff positions and ministries trimmed in the face of a struggling economy
"RNS, wire reports"

Suffering & Grief
Quotations to stir the heart and mind
Richard A. Kauffman

Listening Servant

Too Tired to Pray

God Among the Doubts

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

Perils of the Professionally Holy
Mark Galli

Perils of the Professionally Holy
Mark Galli

The Tension

"Being Holy, Being Human"
Ben Patterson

Good Boundaries Make Good Christians
The difference between welcome and inclusion
Good Fences, reviewed by David Neff

A Conference with "Real People"
Lawson Lau

The First Year
Robert Kemper

Holy Greed

The Gospel for Generation X
Dieter Zander

"Empty Stomach, Full Heart"
Betty Steele Everett

Working with Your Emotional Type
Gordon MacDonald

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

Submitting to Islam—or Dying
Ceasefires and peace talks bow to greater powers in Sudan
Jeff M. Sellers

After Babel
Two Arab poets-one Palestinian, the other Iraqi- and the vicissitudes of exile and translation
Laurance Wieder

Bogus Claims of Abuse Leveled Against Martyred Missionary
Church opposes suspension of atheist pastor, and many other stories from online sources around the world.
Ted Olsen

Church Murders Old and New
Three killed in Colombian church attack as a verdict comes for Oscar Romero 24 years after his martyrdom. Plus: is the religion gap smaller than the money gap?
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Korean Hostage Was Reportedly Evangelizing in Iraq
Plus: What the leaked NAE statement on politics really says, what the Catholic bishops said about Communion, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Jesus in Beijing
by David Lyle Jeffrey

Dangerous Meditations
What harm is there in achieving a higher state of consciousness through meditation?
By Douglas Groothuis

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

The Sage of Walden Pond
I should not talk so much about myself if there were any body else whom I knew as well.
by Lauren F. Winner

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

Listening Servant

Playing Hurt

Overseeing Staff
Don Cousins

Time Bandits
Steven McKinley

CALLING PLAYS THE PLAYERS CAN PLAY
An interview with Kennon Callahan
Marshall Shelley and Mark Galli

Moving on Many Fronts
Preaching, social concern, missions, ecumenicity were among the major emphases of Pietism.
GARY SATTLER Gary R. Sattler, Th.D., is Assistant Professor of Christian Formation and Discipleship, and Director of the Office of Christian Community at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California

Catholic + American = ?
How a communal body made its peace with liberal democracy.
by Allen Guelzo

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

Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times
The moral complexity of the American Revolution.
Mark Noll

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

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

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

Acceptable Losses

What About Purgatory?
The doctrinal grounding of Dante's mysterious mountain.
Dennis Martin

The Bishop at Work
Augustine saw himself not as a saint, but as a pastor with a job to do.
Bruce L. Shelley

The Place of Prayer
What exactly took place in a synagogue service?
John McRay

Love Cookie
Jennifer Ashley

More Than an Empty Bed
J. Todd Billings

The Power of a Clean Heart

A Driven Pastor's Pursuit of God
Wayne Gordon

Mary Heart, Martha Brain
How can I focus on one thing—prayer—when so many things need to be done?
Kathy Callahan-Howell

Managing a Meandering Mind
Brad Preston

Preparing to Leave
Robert Kemper

Making the Right Moves
Knute Larson

Staying on the Job

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

Following the Star
Quotations to stir heart and mind
Compiled by Richard A. Kauffman

Advent
"Quotations to stir the heart and mind from Augustine, Madeleine L'Engle, and Walter Wangerin, Jr"
Richard A. Kauffman

The Exacting Price of Ministry
Marshall Shelley and Kevin Miller

Faith for the Low-Yield Years

"Seasons Change, and So Do Pastors"
Kent Hughes

Desert and Harvest: A Sabbatical Story
Eugene Peterson

Overcoming the Weekly Weariness

Brown-Out

Human Sacrifice Redux
How the church battles deadly prophets in its midst.
By Obed Minchakpu in Jos

Ravi Zacharias, Rich Mouw Speak in Mormon Tabernacle
Plus: Couple attempts to sacrifice children at church altar, the new head of the Catholic bishops' conference, a focus on Dobson, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Essays on Competence
Fred Smith, Sr.

The Sound of God's Voice

What Heresy?
The things Neo-Gnostic seekers find lacking in Christianity-experiential insight, mysticism, a direct link to God-are already there
Frederica Mathewes-Green

Good for the Soul
Frederica Mathewes-Green

Fat!
The science of obesity.
By Elissa Elliott

Resisting the Urge to Strike Back

Night Dialogues
Fred Smith, Sr.

Love Hurts

"Walking the Old, Old Talk"
The cultural success of evangelicalism is its greatest weakness
Christianity Today editorial

Good for the Soul
Frederica Mathewes-Green

The Exacting Price of Ministry
Marshall Shelley and Kevin Miller

Good for the Soul
Frederica Mathewes-Green

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

Measuring Success
Stuart Briscoe

Transference: Loosening the Tie That Blinds
Archibald Hart

Perils of the Professionally Holy
Mark Galli

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

Finding Your Church's Niche
Myron Augsburger

Balancing Service and Solace
Paul Anderson

Good News or Old News?
The Via Negativa as Road to Renewal
Mark D. Filiatreau

My Friend Fenelon
Fred Smith, Sr.

Not Everyone Learns Alike
Roberta Hestenes

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.
Mindy Caliguire

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

The Sage of Walden Pond
I should not talk so much about myself if there were any body else whom I knew as well.
by Lauren F. Winner

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

Why Paul Loved His Body
2 Corinthians doesn't teach that flesh and spirit are opposites, Michael Wittmer says.
By Ann Byle

Watering the Garden

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

Why Pray?

Prayer Warriors
E-Mail newsletters are helping hundreds of thousands to pray about the war
John W. Kennedy

Curing Souls: The Forgotten Art
Eugene Peterson

Good News from the Doctor
A longtime TV physician's tortuous search leads to an informal apologetic.
Jeff M. Sellers

Your Preaching Is Unique
Warren Wiersbe

Good News or Old News?
The Via Negativa as Road to Renewal
Mark D. Filiatreau

Temptations in Disaster
A ministry leader in Sri Lanka advises his colleagues on spiritual disciplines during a crisis.
By Ajith Fernando in Colombo, Sri Lanka

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

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

Currents: In Search of Spiritual Community
A converstation with Carmen Renee Berry
A conversation with Carmen Renee Berry

The Habits of Highly Effective Bible Readers
What we can learn from the church fathers that will enrich our own Bible study.
A conversation with Christopher A. Hall

Your Preaching Is Unique
Warren Wiersbe

Your Preaching Is Unique
Warren Wiersbe

Now That I'm a Grown-Up

Muslims at Home in America
Christians have a part to play in helping Islam adapt to democracy.
A Christianity Today editorial

Which Miracles Are Real?
"How can we tell which miracles, signs and wonders are of God?"
J. Rodman Williams

Finding the Grace Gates

The Trials of St. Antony
Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria

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

Ghosts of Conflicts Past
This church had been stalking its pastors for generations. Now it was time to stop.
Dan Cooley

New Fuel Source

Brown-Out

Currents that shape your soul
Kevin A. Miller

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

Questions to Change a Life

Preparing Yourself to Teach
Earl Palmer

Lashed to the Mast
Eugene Peterson

The Trials of St. Antony
Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria

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

When You Can't Hold On
Mark Galli

My Words in Your Mouth
Ken Ulmer

Rehearsing the Covenant
Adam Hamilton

God's Mirth Roaring in Our Veins

Thanksgiving in a Thankless World

Thankful in a Thankless World
Terry Muck

The Manipulation Game
"Fred Smith, Sr"

It's Hard to Hug a Bully
It is easier to repay evil for evil, but then all you've got is evil.
Barbara Brown Taylor

How to Spend the Day in Prayer
Lorne C. Sanny

The Learning Curve
A Leadership symposium

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

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

Our Real Work

Why Pray?

Overcoming the Evil One

Holding This Fort

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

Colson: What Are We Doing Here?

Authentic Fellowship
How do we learn the deep 'one another' community of Scripture without being in close proximity?
Karen Shepard

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

Praying With Eyes Open
Eugene Peterson

Sex and the Single Christian
No, chastity isn't archaic.
Agnes Howard

Patrick Redux-Again
The Western Church's continuing romance with Celtic Christianity
T. M. Moore

Holy Chutzpah

Stranger in a Strange Land-In Rembrandt's Light
John Wilson

Rabbit Trails to God
John Updike has made a career of writing the most theological novels in America
Mark A. Buchanan