Apocalypse Without the Beasts
A high school teacher finds the sacred in all the wrong places

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

Once Upon a Tribulation
Telford Work

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

Weblog: 'The Human Side to Armageddon'
A detailed response to accusations that Sudanese slave redemptions were faked
Ted Olsen

Russian Church Reassures Members Who Fear Codes Signify 'The Beast'
"Tax codes in no way a doctrinal matter, says Patriarch Alexei II."
Andrei Zolotov

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

Taken Up in Glory
"The Ascension has been forgotten in many Protestant churches, jettisoning an essential part of the Christian story."
John Wilson

The Grand Farewell
We tend to focus on the way Jesus came into the world. It will pay us not to overlook the way he left.
Donald K. McKim

Experiencing God's Presents
"The church is not a bus where one person does the driving. It's like an anthill, where everyone works"
J.I. Packer

Editor's Bookshelf: Biology Class for the Church
Howard Snyder maps the genome of the body of Christ
David Neff

Editor's Bookshelf: Body Building
An interview with Howard Snyder
David Neff

Go Figure
Two astronomers determine the time when Jesus died and rose
Ted Olsen

Editor's Bookshelf: Life After Life After Death
The Resurrection of the Son of God is a ground-clearing exercise of historiographical obstacles
David Neff

Interview: N.T. Wright on the Resurrection
An interview with N.T. Wright, author of The Resurrection of the Son of God.
David Neff

Weblog: Family Research Council Leadership Squares Off on Bush's Treatment of Religious Conservatives
Plus: Defending Santa, pulling the plug on low-power radio, and other stories from media around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Stop the Dating Game
Don't waste your time doing what Jesus said can't be done.
Vernard Eller

Directions: Is Revelation Prophecy or History?
Some events described in Revelation occurred contemporaneously with the prophecies themselves.
By David S. Dockery

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

The End Is Not Yet
"The president of Dallas Theological Seminary says there will be an increase in wars and rumors of wars before the end times, but date setting should not be a priority for evangelicals."
Mark Bailey

Film Forum: Whether Profaith or Anti This Week's Movies Aren't Worth Seeing
What Christian critics are saying about Lost Souls, The Ladies Man, The Contender, and other cinematic options.
Steve Lansingh

Reflections: He Is Risen
Easter quotations to stir heart and mind.
Compiled by Richard A. Kauffman

Weblog: Sudan Peace Stalled Again by Possible Genocide
Plus: Easter, Australia rejects Christian asylum from Iran, gay marriage in the church, and more articles from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Rob Moll

Weblog: Judge Orders Scientology Critic to Pay Church $500,000
Plus: Remembering the sack of Constantinople, criminal evangelistic strategies, Heather Mercer heads to Iraq, The Passion soundtrack goes gold, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

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

Russian Church Reassures Members Who Fear Codes Signify 'The Beast'
"Tax codes in no way a doctrinal matter, says Patriarch Alexei II."
Andrei Zolotov

Film Forum: Whether Profaith or Anti This Week's Movies Aren't Worth Seeing
What Christian critics are saying about Lost Souls, The Ladies Man, The Contender, and other cinematic options.
Steve Lansingh

The Dick Staub Interview: 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

Harleys in Heaven
"What Christians have thought of the afterlife, & what difference it makes now"
John G. Stackhouse Jr

Divine Theater
God's weightiness in worship.
by Sue A. Rozeboom

Good Question: Operation Evil Power
If Christ has truly defeated the powers of Satan on the Cross (Col. 2:15), why do the powers of evil effectively operate in this world?
Answered by Richard B. Hays

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

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

Inside CT: You Are What You Were
Past events are still shaping our behavior today
Mark Galli

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

Reclaiming Occupied Territory
The Great Commission and the cultural commission are not in competition.
By Charles Colson with Anne Morse

A Captivating Vision
Why Chinese house churches may just end up fulfilling the Great Commission.
An interview with Paul Hattaway

The Missions of Business
What can happen when entrepreneurs think they are missionaries first.
Reviewed by John P. Cragin

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

Ordinary Terrorists
Muslim extremists in Pakistan do not always belong to dangerous groups.
By Jeff M. Sellers

Ordinary Terrorists
Muslim extremists in Pakistan do not always belong to dangerous groups.
By Jeff M. Sellers

Bill Bright's Benediction
"As long as I have breath, I will praise and serve the Lord, the evangelist wrote earlier this month"
Bill Bright

Love Your Heavenly Enemy
How are we going to live eternally with those we can't stand now?
Miroslav Volf

In the Word: The Grim Shepherd
He visits every living thing, but those with understanding need not be afraid
Haddon Robinson

Film Forum: Whether Profaith or Anti This Week's Movies Aren't Worth Seeing
What Christian critics are saying about Lost Souls, The Ladies Man, The Contender, and other cinematic options.
Steve Lansingh

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

The Iraq War Has Little Effect on the Rapture Index
The founder of an online end times speedometer says that other current events are more connected to biblical prophecy.
Todd Strandberg

The End Is Not Yet
"The president of Dallas Theological Seminary says there will be an increase in wars and rumors of wars before the end times, but date setting should not be a priority for evangelicals."
Mark Bailey

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

Film Forum: Whether Profaith or Anti This Week's Movies Aren't Worth Seeing
What Christian critics are saying about Lost Souls, The Ladies Man, The Contender, and other cinematic options.
Steve Lansingh

To the Inner-City Pastor & Church by Gardner Taylor
To the Inner-City Pastor and Church:
By Gardner Taylor

This Poor Gray Ember of Creation
Marilynne Robinson's Gilead is a novel to savor
Thomas Gardner

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

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

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

The Best of History
Selected by our editorial advisers

Film Forum: Whether Profaith or Anti This Week's Movies Aren't Worth Seeing
What Christian critics are saying about Lost Souls, The Ladies Man, The Contender, and other cinematic options.
Steve Lansingh

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

The Iraq War Has Little Effect on the Rapture Index
The founder of an online end times speedometer says that other current events are more connected to biblical prophecy.
Todd Strandberg

The End Is Not Yet
"The president of Dallas Theological Seminary says there will be an increase in wars and rumors of wars before the end times, but date setting should not be a priority for evangelicals."
Mark Bailey

The Longest Saturday
Ashes, ashes, we all fall down
Evelyn Bence

Reflections: He Is Risen
Easter quotations to stir heart and mind.
Compiled by Richard A. Kauffman

Hip-Hop Opera
A rock musical for a new generation tells the gospel in MTV language—for better or for worse.
By Todd Hertz

Good Question: Heavenly Bodies
What do we gain from a bodily resurrection?
Timothy George

Easter in an Age of Terror
Living and dying—and living again—after September 11.
M. Craig Barnes

Reflections: Resurrection
Quotations to Stir Heart and Mind
Richard A. Kauffman

Good Question: Heavenly Bodies
What do we gain from a bodily resurrection?
Timothy George

Easter in an Age of Terror
Living and dying—and living again—after September 11.
M. Craig Barnes

Reflections: Resurrection
Quotations to Stir Heart and Mind
Richard A. Kauffman

Jesus in Beijing
by David Lyle Jeffrey

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

Good Question: Heavenly Bodies
What do we gain from a bodily resurrection?
Timothy George