The Reformation Question
What does Catholic mean?
By Mary Noll Venables

Editor's Bookshelf: 'We Live What We Believe'
Luke Timothy Johnson talks about the importance of the creed—even for non-creedal Christians
David Neff

Naval Chaplain Succeeds Ogilvie in Senate
An interview with Barry Black
Ken Walker

Don't Read the Bible 'Alone'
Christopher Hall talks about how evangelicals should approach the church fathers
David Neff

Three Wise Men from the East
The Cappadocian Fathers brought the best gift of all: a powerful scriptural defense of the Trinity and Christ's divinity against the Arian heretics.
by Edwin Woodruff Tait and Chris Armstrong

Tangling with Wolves
Why we still need heresy trials
Chris Armstrong

Canterbury Crackup
Eschewing church discipline has come back to haunt Anglicans.
A Christianity Today editorial

Weblog: U.S. Protestant Majority Gone By End of Year, Says Survey
Plus: Christians in Iraq, Terri Schiavo, Moore's monument, home churches, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: Debates on Debates on Church Discipline
Catholic bishops will issue statement on Communion as a Matthew 18 lawsuit is reinstated against a Texas Bible church. Plus: Samuel Huntington on why atheists are outsiders, religious leaders apologize for Abu Ghraib, and many other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: Bush's Agenda at Religious Broadcasters' Meeting Isn't Just Political
Study says low pay for clergy is hurting the church, an Orthodox monk dies in Mt. Athos standoff, and other stories from online sources around the world
Ted Olsen

The Third Coming of George Barna
He believes his ten-year campaign to reform the church has failed. What is evangelicals' most-quoted statistician going to do next?
Tim Stafford

Plus: Barna's Beefs
His nine challenges for American Christianity

Mythical Proportions
America is not so generous, free, and innocent as it imagines itself.
Myths America Lives By, reviewed by Greg Taylor

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

Editor's Bookshelf: Ground Rules
The Creed defines the game of faith without exhausting its excitement
David Neff

Evangelicals & Catholics
The state of play
J. I. Packer

Canterbury Crackup
Eschewing church discipline has come back to haunt Anglicans.
A Christianity Today editorial

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

Evangelical Drift
Outsiders say we're the status quo. Our call is to prove them wrong.
Charles Colson with Anne Morse

Three Wise Men from the East
The Cappadocian Fathers brought the best gift of all: a powerful scriptural defense of the Trinity and Christ's divinity against the Arian heretics.
by Edwin Woodruff Tait and Chris Armstrong

Tangling with Wolves
Why we still need heresy trials
Chris Armstrong

The Truth About the Catholic Church and Slavery
The problem wasn't that the leadership was silent. It was that almost nobody listened.
Rodney Stark

Afghanistan: Entrapment Suspected
Shelter Now leader believes workers were pawns in Taliban scheme
Deann Alford

Archbishops Wed in Moonie Wedding
"Former Zambian leader will be excommunicated from Catholic Church, American already has been."
Ted Olsen

Pledging to Fight
Atheist says battle over 'under God' has just begun.
By John W. Kennedy

Toxic Maxims
Misleading advice about business ethics from America's leadership expert.
by David W. Gill

Accidental Revolutionary
How one woman fought for a just tax
Collin Hansen

Yankee Stadium Strike Out
Latest Benke ruling reveals deep fissures among Missouri Synod Lutherans
Todd Hertz

Benke Suspended for 'Syncretism' after 9/11 Event
Interfaith prayer exposes divisions in LCMS
Todd Hertz

The Interfaith Public Square
"Stand up, stand up for Jesus at civic events."
A Christianity Today editorial

The More Things Change …
Historical perspectives on worship.
Mary Noll Venables

The Doctrine Doctor
Jaroslav Pelikan has written a history of the Christian tradition on a scale no one else has attempted in the twentieth century.
by Mark A. Noll

Sanctifying Sin
Statement affirming homosexual unions roils Anglicans.
By Debra Fieguth in St. Catharines

The Real Twelve Days of Christmas
Celebrating Christ's birth with saints of the faith during the actual Christmas season.
By Edwin and Jennifer Woodruff Tait

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

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

New York's New Hope
From inner-city gardens, to fine-art exhibitions, to political activism, street-smart churches are changing the culture of America's largest and most dynamic city.
By Tony Carnes

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

Building Alliances to Save Lives
Why evangelicals' partnership with others to fight persecution worked—and where the coalition is heading.
An interview with Allen D. Hertzke