No Easy Saint
Bonhoeffer and just war.
Ragan Sutterfield

Weblog: White House Speechwriter Talks About the Bush Code
Plus: U.S. News phones it in on prayer, Indonesian churches attacked, Mormon author disfellowshipped, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: Against Abstinence
What a South Dakota State Library debate pitting Christianity Today against Planned Parenthood reveals about the sexual left.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: Catholic Bishops Embrace Ecumenical Group, Reject Bible Measure
Plus: The most inaccurate Christmas song ever, protecting kids from their evil, murderous parents, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

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

A Crumbling Institution
How social revolutions cracked the pillars of marriage.
By David P. Gushee

No Easy Saint
Bonhoeffer and just war.
Ragan Sutterfield

Weblog: What Does New Condom Study Really Say About Teen Sexual Activity?
Texas becomes 37th state to enact a Defense of Marriage Act, and other stories from online sources around the world
Todd Hertz

They've Gotta Have It
The impossibility of being celibate
Peter T. Chattaway

Until I See His Face
Louise Walker

A Crumbling Institution
How social revolutions cracked the pillars of marriage.
By David P. Gushee

Civil Unions: Would a Marriage by any Other Name Be the Same?
Some theologically conservative Christians support civil unions and remain opposed to same-sex marriage.
By Rob Moll

Go Figure
"2002's martyrs, cohabiting couples, and defiant Alabamans"
Ted Olsen

Community and Conscience
Catholics and contraception.
Jenell Williams Paris

Bad Seed
Why did so many American churches embrace eugenics?
By Philip Jenkins

Weblog: Kerry Touts His Sleeveless Faith
Plus: Mugabe's demand for church support, Economist predicts a new golden age of giving, new claims about the Dead Sea Scrolls, and other stories from online sources around the world.

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

Gregg's Other Life
Would our fragile church survive if it learned the worship leader's tragic secret?
Jeff W. Smith

Weblog: What Does New Condom Study Really Say About Teen Sexual Activity?
Texas becomes 37th state to enact a Defense of Marriage Act, and other stories from online sources around the world
Todd Hertz

Weblog: What Does New Condom Study Really Say About Teen Sexual Activity?
Texas becomes 37th state to enact a Defense of Marriage Act, and other stories from online sources around the world
Todd Hertz

They Live Together and Attend Your Church

Bush Puts $135 Million Behind Abstinence from Sex
When our children face a choice between self-restraint and self-destruction, government should not be neutral.
Todd Hertz

Sex Ed. For Adults
God-given longings in a broken world.
By Jenell Williams Paris

Bad Seed
Why did so many American churches embrace eugenics?
By Philip Jenkins

An Authentic Narrative of Some Remarkable and Interesting Particulars
Mark Noll delivers the first installment of a five-volume, multiauthor history of evangelicalism.
by David Hempton

Weblog: Canadian Supreme Court Backs Same-Sex Marriage
Plus: Another religion clash in Egypt, a Baylor bump, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: Atheist No More, Flew Still Rejects Revelation
Plus: LA Times praises Jesus, Eames says ECUSA won't be disciplined, China's Craze Mass, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog (Second Helping): Revenge of the God Billboards
Plus: Britain discusses euthanasia while the Netherlands euthanizes babies, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

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

Has Natural Birth Control Been Proved Impossible?
"Don't believe the media reports, cautions the author of Birth Control for Christians"
Jenell Williams Paris

Weblog: 'Ten Commandments Judge' Loses Appeal
"Bush promotes school vouchers, judge blocks Virginia's partial-birth abortion ban, aborted embryos may become mothers, and other articles from online sources around the world"
Ted Olsen

Weblog: Bush Wants Church Support, Opponents Cry Foul
Plus: Taliban kills Christian in Afghanistan, court rejects judge's ruling in lesbian custody case, and more articles from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Rob Moll

Lesbian Is Eligible for Reappointment, Bishop Says
Differing interpretations of Methodist court ruling prolong denomination's fight.
By Kathleen Rutledge in Pittsburgh.

The Importance of Reaching Ernest

Weblog: Church finally taking stand on AIDS says Times of Zambia
Plus: Government wrangling over religious persecution sanctions, a gospel singer is accused of immodesty, and an Egyptian report says don't worry, riots kill people every day.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Conversations: Author Wendy Shalit Is Proud to Be Modest
Author Wendy Shalit rattles the female establishment with a hip appeal to tradition.
A conversation between Lauren F. Winner and Wendy Shalit

Books & Culture Corner: The Evangelical Culture of Euphemism Part 2
Should we distinguish between public and private discourse?
By John Wilson | posted 7/24/00

Holy Sex
How it ravishes our souls
Philip Yancey

Play Me That Hot Puritan Love Song
A little-read book of the Bible reminds us of the astonishing intimacy we enjoy with Christ
Chris Armstrong

Why I Apologized to Planned Parenthood
My difficult unplanned pregnancy impelled me to show a little more grace.
By Jemila Monroe

Pro-Abortion Madness
The abortion lobby has abandoned its rationales amid pro-life gains.
By Ted Olsen

Weblog: Against Abstinence
What a South Dakota State Library debate pitting Christianity Today against Planned Parenthood reveals about the sexual left.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

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

Weblog: What Else Pat Robertson Said
Plus: World Vision teams with Ricky Martin, Halloween hit from both sides, TBN update, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: House Fails to Pass Marriage Amendment
Britain's Terri Schiavo : Parents fight doctors to keep their baby alive. The Vatican outsources prayers. Plus: Billy Graham plans NY mission, Spain to allow same-sex marriages, reviews of Woman, Thou Art Loosed, and more articles from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Rob Moll

Why I Apologized to Planned Parenthood
My difficult unplanned pregnancy impelled me to show a little more grace.
By Jemila Monroe

Until I See His Face
Louise Walker

NEWS: Should Expectant Mothers Be Tested for HIV?
Experts debate how to reduce AIDS in newborns.
Thomas S. Giles

No Easy Saint
Bonhoeffer and just war.
Ragan Sutterfield

The Virtue of Lust?
So says philosopher Simon Blackburn.
W. Jay Wood

The Soul of Sex
Do we need Christian sex manuals?
Bethany Torode

Finding the 'Real God'
An interview with a sex trafficking survivor
Wendy Murray Zoba

The Hidden Slavery
"Each year, two million women and children worldwide have sex with strangers only because someone kidnaps them and threatens to kill them. You may have passed some of these victims on the street"
Wendy Murray Zoba

Weblog Bonus: All Charges Dropped in ELCA Youth Retreat Rape Case
"New Hampshire priest fired for opposing gay bishop, and many other stories from online sources around the world"
Ted Olsen

Weblog: Feds Granted More than $1 Billion to Religious Charities in 2003
Plus: The Joash tablet may not be a fake after all, Christians attacked in India and Egypt, our continuing (and exhausting) roundup of stories about gay marriage and The Passion, and other articles from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Nice Yet Naughty
A no-nonsense book of female sex addiction is finally here.
Agnieszka Tennant

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

Grace's Third Way
Andy Crouch

Same-Sex Marriage: What Can I Say?
Four pastors discuss the pressures and opportunities of the current controversy.
Forum: Phil Busbee, Tony Campolo, Cheryl Sanders, and John Yates

Weblog: Feds Granted More than $1 Billion to Religious Charities in 2003
Plus: The Joash tablet may not be a fake after all, Christians attacked in India and Egypt, our continuing (and exhausting) roundup of stories about gay marriage and The Passion, and other articles from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

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

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

The Tradition Temptation
Why we should still give Scripture pride of place
Roger E. Olson

Weblog: What Does James Ossuary Say About Mary?
Muslim says Chick-fil-A fired him for not praying to Jesus, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Ted Olsen

Christian History Corner: No Sex (Before Marriage), Please...We're Christian
Miss America preaches a 2000-year-old message
Chris Armstrong

Condoms Fail. So Does Condom-Based Sex Ed.
Yet abstinence-only advocates say their programs do work.
Todd Hertz