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

Censoring Christmas
Public Christmas displays, like the Ten Commandments, are allowed—as long as they don't mean anything religious
Rob Moll

Weblog: Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Ban
A $3.4M program gets pulled from Azusa Pacific over school's statement of faith
Rob Moll and Ted Olsen

Curbing Big Brother
Christians urge Ashcroft to respect freedom in surveillance law.
Tony Carnes

Weblog: Stone Tablet Confirms Solomon's Temple, Biblical Narrative
Ashcroft goes to bat for faith-based initiative, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Ted Olsen

Weblog: Irish TV Refuses Campus Crusade Campaign
California okays embryonic stem-cell research while Ashcroft challenges assisted suicide, and other stories on life ethics
Ted Olsen

Weblog: A Third Way with Stem Cells
Plus: Creation vs. evolution, William Tyndale College closes, 10 questions with Billy Graham, World Vision pulls out of Iraq, Christians protest Kinsey film, and more articles from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Rob Moll

Weblog: Supreme Court Turns Down Boy Scouts Case
Plus: Concerned Women for America loses another leader, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: New Kids on the Blog
Plus: Links to a record-breaking 429 religion stories on gay marriage in Massachusetts, San Francisco, and the Church of England, a Ten Commandments resurgence, The Passion of The Christ, and even a few topics Weblog hasn't beat to death already.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: A Boycott That Worked
Plus: Missionaries flee Haiti, missionary murdered in Mozambique, battle for Baylor continues, clergy abuse report released, and many other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: Bethlehem Prepares for Dour Christmas
"Tons more on Christmas, the lies of Da Vinci, State Department's religious freedom report, Christian video games, and hundreds of stories from online sources around the world"
Rob Moll

Weblog: Kansas House Defeats Religious Freedom Bill
Focus on the Family calls for Big Brothers-Big Sisters boycott, and many other stories from online sources around the world.
Ted Olsen

AWOL Again on the Faith-Based Initiative
The Senate has passed on another chance to safeguard equal opportunity.
By Stanley Carlson-Thies

"New Rules, More Money"
Bush levels playing field for faith-based groups
Adelle M. Banks

Charitable Choice: It's Still About Ending Discrimination
A new study claims to bring bad news for Bush's faith-based initiative. Does it?
Amy L. Sherman

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

Silencing Rights Talk
Law would shut down many faith-based groups.
By Sue Sprenkle

Weblog: Democrat Says He Was Fired From Catholic Charities Over Abortion
Plus: Another blow to the partial-birth abortion ban, church attacks in India and Cyprus, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

How Ronald Reagan Wowed Evangelicals
He rarely delivered on their issues, but the Great Communicator changed the movement.
By William Martin

Weblog: Federal Marriage Amendment Reworded to Allow Civil Unions
Plus: Time profiles Rick Warren, Christian Coalition reportedly not paying its bills, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

'Jesus Tax' Plan Dies
Alabama's fiscal debate exposes a divide between Christians
Collin Hansen

The News from Rhosllanerchrugog
On the exemplary fate of Nonconformity in Wales.
David Bebbington

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

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

A Steady Christian Influence
Has the nation finally abandoned its Judeo-Christian heritage, or is there still hope?
By Leith Anderson

Why the FARC Hates Evangelicals
The terrorist group has many misconceptions about Colombian Christians.
By Deann Alford, Compass Direct

The New History of Missions
The difference between global Christianity and world Christianity.
by Mark Noll

Being Here
Why we should sink our roots in the places we call home
Charles Colson with Anne Morse

The Discipline of Place
Caleb Stegall

Threatening the Amish
How the Amish solve the legal problems of civil liberties
Ted Olsen

Campus Collisions
Why InterVarsity Christian Fellowship was derecognized at some of America's leading universities
Andy Crouch

Public Religion: Ten Commandments Judge Praised and Panned
"Roy Moore fulfills a campaign promise with a 5,280-pound granite monument"
William C. Singleton III

The Spy Who Loved Me
What's real in espionage fiction?
by Jim Ohlson

Hoover to Hiroshima
So you think American history from the Great Depression through World War II holds no surprises? Read on.
by Justus D. Doenecke

'Termites to National Security'
Nationwide campaign launched against house churches.
By Tony Carnes

Senate Showdown
Activists say fight against gay marriage has only just begun.
By John W. Kennedy

Weblog: Ravi Zacharias to Speak at Mormon Tabernacle
Plus: Banning Stanley Tucci, a Sabbath suit, Iraq persecution, church-based reality TV, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

What Was That About the Rich Man?
Taking Jesus at his word.
by Arthur Simon

Weblog: Archbishop of Cali Shot to Death
Tony Hall leaves Congress but not his campaign against hunger, and other stories from online sources around the world
Ted Olsen

"Hatch, Mack, and Other Prolife Politicians Promote Stem-Cell Research"
"Newsweek and The Washington Post examine the looming decision on federal funding, finding support in the unlikeliest of places."
Ted Olsen

The Hungry Congressman
Frederica Mathewes-Green

Onward Christian Soldiers?
Religion and the Bush Doctrine.
James L. Guth, Lyman A. Kellstedt, John C. Green, and Corwin E. Smidt

A Most Unclubbable Man
The curious and instructive pilgrimage of Orestes Augustus Brownson.
Timothy Larsen

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

A Most Unclubbable Man
The curious and instructive pilgrimage of Orestes Augustus Brownson.
Timothy Larsen

Senate Showdown
Activists say fight against gay marriage has only just begun.
By John W. Kennedy

Weblog: Religious Fight Erupts in Judicial Confirmation Hearings
"Anglican leaders warn of schism, Psalms return to Grand Canyon, church abuse report released, and other stories from online sources from around the world."
Ted Olsen

The Spy Who Loved Me
What's real in espionage fiction?
by Jim Ohlson

The Lincoln Supremacy
John Wilkes Booth assassinated the president. Democracy proved harder to kill.
by Allen C. Guelzo

Hoover to Hiroshima
So you think American history from the Great Depression through World War II holds no surprises? Read on.
by Justus D. Doenecke

Ultra Mega Weblog: Five Churches Attacked in Netherlands
Plus: Links to more than 422 (really!) other news articles and opinion pieces, including some not about how stupid evangelicals are.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: 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

The Values-Driven Voter
The values bandwagon is being pulled apart. Which way is more scriptural?
A Christianity Today editorial

Confronting Caesar
Nigerian megachurch pastor in Ukraine takes a stand for freedom.
Interview by Stan Guthrie

Christians Fear Some Backlash After India Elections
Still, they're heartened by voters' chastening of nationalist Hindus.
By Manpreet Singh

Indian Churches Hail the Defeat of Hindu-Nationalist Government
Vote consciously campaign urged Christian voters to elect secular political parties.
By Anto Akkara ENI, with CT staff

Guerrillas in Jesus Land
A different way to be Christian in America.
Garret Keizer

Post-Election Faith at Work
The next four years will not be a cake-walk for the pro-life, pro-family cause.
By David Neff

For Whom Would Jesus Vote?
Single-issue politics is neither necessary nor wise.
A Christianity Today Editorial

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

AWOL Again on the Faith-Based Initiative
The Senate has passed on another chance to safeguard equal opportunity.
By Stanley Carlson-Thies

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

Ultra Mega Weblog: Five Churches Attacked in Netherlands
Plus: Links to more than 422 (really!) other news articles and opinion pieces, including some not about how stupid evangelicals are.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: Do the Wages of Sin Apply After Conversion?
Plus: Religious conservatives love Gonzalez as AG, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: 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

Weblog: Episcopal Priests Repent of Druidism
Plus: The shortest political honeymoon ever, Bush on America's religious divide, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Church Militant
'Mayday for Marriage' rally organizer says stakes are high.
By Bob Smietana

Senate Showdown
Activists say fight against gay marriage has only just begun.
By John W. Kennedy

Weblog: Episcopal Priests Repent of Druidism
Plus: The shortest political honeymoon ever, Bush on America's religious divide, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Ultra Mega Weblog: Five Churches Attacked in Netherlands
Plus: Links to more than 422 (really!) other news articles and opinion pieces, including some not about how stupid evangelicals are.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: Is Tony Blair Converting to Catholicism?
Plus: Decoding religion-speak at the presidential debate, waiting for the shoe to drop on Anglicanism's future, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: Federal Judge Says City Shouldn't Have Banned 'Jesus Is Alive' Sign
"Stolen Jesuses, changes at Bibleman HQ, and many more religion stories from online sources around the world"
Ted Olsen

News Wraps
"Deaths, promotions, and other tidbits from the religion world."

Weblog: At Least Ten Christians Killed as Indonesian Violence Reignites
"Disciples of Christ leader takes leave of absence after sermon plagiarism exposure, and many more articles from online sources around the world"
Ted Olsen

A Heartless Homeland
Why more North Koreans than ever are fleeing their country.
By Gregg Chenoweth & Tricia Miller

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

Weblog: The Bible as Canadian Hate Literature
Plus: Attacks on churches in Indonesia, Muslim violence in Thailand, more Sharia in Nigeria, PBS investigates Bush's faith, and more articles from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Rob Moll

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

Landmark Ruling Puts Freedom of Speech in Focus
Pastors breached Australian state's race, religion laws.
By Paul Gallagher in Melbourne

Journalism for Jesus
Christian publications multiply amid new freedom.
By David Karanja in Nairobi

A Most Unclubbable Man
The curious and instructive pilgrimage of Orestes Augustus Brownson.
Timothy Larsen

Silencing Rights Talk
Law would shut down many faith-based groups.
By Sue Sprenkle

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

Weblog: Upset with Jesus Statue Indian Villages Start Banning Conversions
Plus: Seeking an end to the death penalty, Peter Deyneka dead at 69, and other stories from around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

That Old-Time Religion
The surprising source of Václav Havel's hope.
Edward E. Ericson, Jr.

Václav Havel's Improbable Life
Edward E. Ericson, Jr.

Biotech: House Backs Human Cloning Ban
Scientists say they'll go ahead anyway.
Sheryl Henderson Blunt

Sex: Marriage Laws Embroil Legislatures
New Englanders push for domestic-partner benefits
Religion News Service

Briefs: North America

Weblog: Parsonage Exemption Case Dimissed, But May Return
The walls come a-tumblin' down? And other stories from around the world.
Ted Olsen

Health Fraud: Health Ministry in Receiership
"Arrangement designed to save Christian Brotherhood Newsletter, not dissolve it"
Chuck Fager

Church & State: Baptist Temple Loses Supreme Court Tax Appeal—and Building
Suzanne Lewis-Johnson

Original Sin
Slavery and the biblical curse of Ham.
Laura L. Mitchell

Letters
"Is there any doubt that the God of Adam, Noah, Abraham, and Moses is indeed the God of the Muslim, the Jew, and the Christian?"

Still Somebody
"Despite an embarrassing scandal and widespread irritation with his methods, Jesse Jackson continues to be an influential voice in the church. Should evangelicals listen?"
Edward Gilbreath

So, Who Owns the Sanctuary?
Dissenting mainline churches struggle to retain their property.
By Kathleen K. Rutledge

Eye for an Eye for an Eye
Are Nigeria's deadly religious riots really about religion?
By Obed Minchakpu in Jos

Weblog: Powell Predicts Sudan Peace by the End of December
"Bush comments on Boykin, Gibson gets a Passion distributor, this year's Hell House, and other stories from online sources around the world"
Ted Olsen

Why Don't They Listen?
John Stott on the most pernicious obstacles to effective world evangelism
Gary Barnes

Editorial: Doers of the Word
The Amsterdam Declaration illustrates how far evangelicals have come in 26 years—especially in putting ideas into practice.
A Christianity Today Editorial

Netherlands: Keeping the Covenant
Amsterdam 2000 ends with a message from Billy Graham, a promise by 10,000 evangelists, and a unifying framework for worldwide evangelism.
By Ted Olsen | posted 8/7/00

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

The Lincoln Supremacy
John Wilkes Booth assassinated the president. Democracy proved harder to kill.
by Allen C. Guelzo

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

Weblog: Christians in Iraq, Bethlehem Face Difficult Christmas
Plus: The Polar Express an evangelical film? religious people allowed on New Jersey juries, the battle for Christmas, new approach in the Sudan, Sikhs violently protest British play, and more articles from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Rob Moll

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: Roy Moore Makes His Case to the U.S. Senate
Plus: Wheaton College's Billy Graham Center catches fire, archbishops bet on NBA finals, Ala. school board retracts conservative Christian mandate, U.S. considers more debt relief, and other stories from online news sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

The Cossacks' Iliad
Gogol and the making of Russian literature
J. Bottum

The Church with the Soul of a Nation
The tension between Catholic identity and national ideals
D.G. Hart

America the Ambiguous
The paradoxes of a chosen nation
Philip Jenkins

America the Ambiguous
The paradoxes of a chosen nation
Philip Jenkins

The Future of Class
Sean Womack

In God's Country
Those who believe that God rewards righteous nations have Orosius to admire and Augustine to dispute.
Elesha Coffman

CT Classic: If It's Too Good to Be True...
A dose of skepticism is okay even with fellow Christians
A Christianity Today Editorial

New ERA: New Era's Bennett Pleads 'No Contest' to Fraud
by Tony Carnes in Philadelphia

New Era: Prudential Settles New Era Suit Investors Eye Larger Payback
by Randy Frame

Between Pacifism and Jihad
The just-war tradition reconsidered
J. Daryl Charles

"Christian History Corner: Muscular Christianity's Prodigal Son, College Sports"
"In the wake of a basketball scandal at a prominent Christian university, we take time to remember the Christian roots of college athletics"
Chris Armstrong

Weblog: Court Reaffirms Decision Against Pledge's 'Under God'
Religious teens are more positive, and other stories from online sources around the world
Ted Olsen

Weblog: Norway Aflutter Over Soccer Prayers
Plus: Focus on the Family's Candidate endorsement, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Divisible After All
More important than keeping the phrase 'under God' is the reason for keeping it.
A Christianity Today editorial

Weblog: Free the Boykin Transcripts!
Plus: Joe Stowell resigns from Moody, and many other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Jesus and the Religions
A new paradigm for Christian engagement?
by Gerald R. McDermott

Weblog: Federal Judge Says City Shouldn't Have Banned 'Jesus Is Alive' Sign
"Stolen Jesuses, changes at Bibleman HQ, and many more religion stories from online sources around the world"
Ted Olsen

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

Weblog: Iowa Supreme Court Reinstates 'Spirit of Satan' Defamation Lawsuit
American pastor arrested in Laos, Billy Graham heads to Oklahoma City, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Ted Olsen

Weblog: Did AIDS Council Nominee Really Call Disease the 'Gay Plague'?
Greek Orthodox leadership puts kibosh on American independence, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Ted Olsen

Weblog: Court Reaffirms Decision Against Pledge's 'Under God'
Religious teens are more positive, and other stories from online sources around the world
Ted Olsen

Hoover to Hiroshima
So you think American history from the Great Depression through World War II holds no surprises? Read on.
by Justus D. Doenecke

Operation Human Rights
How evangelicals got outside their comfort zone to help the oppressed overseas.
By David Neff

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

The Revolution Begins in the Pews
Trotsky and St. Benedict
Eugene McCarraher

Between Pacifism and Jihad
The just-war tradition reconsidered
J. Daryl Charles

Who Invented the 1980s?
The Carter decade
Philip Jenkins

Red-faced Pastor in a Blue State
Amid political tensions, when is a pastor to speak out and when to refrain?
By Gordon Macdonald

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

'Jesus Tax' Plan Dies
Alabama's fiscal debate exposes a divide between Christians
Collin Hansen

The Lincoln Supremacy
John Wilkes Booth assassinated the president. Democracy proved harder to kill.
by Allen C. Guelzo

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

Is It Worth Paying to Cut to the Head of the Line?
Locke squares off against Aquinas in the fast lane.
By David W. Reid

Not Far from the Brahmin Tree
Kerry's morals have been shaped by an old Protestant establishment.
By Mark Stricherz

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

The Religious Reagan
Spiritual influences on the president's life were strong and varied.
By Elizabeth Eisenstadt-Evans

Southern Baptists Boot Gay Protesters
Messengers at St. Louis convention pick Prestonwood's Jack Graham as new leader
Eric Reed

Pastors Aim to Sink Battleships
Twenty clergy are arrested at protest over Britain's Trident submarines.
Cedric Pulford

Churches Have Not Worked to End Dowry Practice
India's women are seen as less valuable than men in a society that supports bride burnings and suicide.
Anto Akkara

Weblog: Gay Marriage Ends (For Now)
Plus: Archbishop of Canterbury calls for politicians to admit error or miscalculation on Iraq.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: Death Toll Rises Above 30 As Unholy War Continues in Indonesia
Plus: Toledo priest accused of killing nun, Britain's new religious education guidelines, looking for Noah's ark, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: Prayer Breakfast Feedback
Also: 60 Minutes' apparent cluelessness on evangelicals. Did Kurt Warner fumble comments on faith vs. football? And other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Nightmares and Miracles
A good beginning to the long battle for human rights in North Korea.
A Christianity Today editorial

Silencing Rights Talk
Law would shut down many faith-based groups.
By Sue Sprenkle

Weblog: The Most Religious Kerry Speech Ever
Plus: The Bush Code, prominent Haitian pastor murdered, Remembering Patriarch of Alexandria Petros VII, and too many other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: Two Iraqi Churches Bombed
Plus: Mr. Bean opposes British religious hate-crime bill, religious summit opens in Indonesia, Vatican condemns 'Christianophobia', Christmas dilemma, praying for the home team, and other articles from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Rob Moll

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

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

Corporate Thought Police
Growing pro-gay business agenda jeopardizes religious employees.
By John W. Kennedy

"Religious Freedom Can Be Ethnically Limited, Utah Judge Rules"
"Forgiving McVeigh, England's murdered vicar, and other stories from media around the world."
Ted Olsen

The End of Church Zoning Disputes?
By Religion News Service

Weblog: The Messy Battle Over Federal Religious Freedom Law
"U.S. News really misses Jeff Sheler now, faith-based bill held up by Republicans, Roy Moore's ethics trial begins, and other stories from online sources around the world"
Ted Olsen

Weblog: Judge Will Reconsider Decision on Church Land Use
"Anti-Defamation League sees The Passion and still doesn't like it, and other stories from online sources around the world"
Ted Olsen

Federal Judge Rules Parts of Church Land-Use Law Unconstitutional
Groups plan to help Elsinore Christian Center appeal zoning case
Adelle M. Banks

Onward Christian Soldiers?
Religion and the Bush Doctrine.
James L. Guth, Lyman A. Kellstedt, John C. Green, and Corwin E. Smidt

Guerrillas in Jesus Land
A different way to be Christian in America.
Garret Keizer

The Revolution Begins in the Pews
Trotsky and St. Benedict
Eugene McCarraher

Onward Christian Soldiers?
Religion and the Bush Doctrine.
James L. Guth, Lyman A. Kellstedt, John C. Green, and Corwin E. Smidt

Guerrillas in Jesus Land
A different way to be Christian in America.
Garret Keizer

The Revolution Begins in the Pews
Trotsky and St. Benedict
Eugene McCarraher

Guerrillas in Jesus Land
A different way to be Christian in America.
Garret Keizer

The Revolution Begins in the Pews
Trotsky and St. Benedict
Eugene McCarraher

Weblog: 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

Corporate Thought Police
Growing pro-gay business agenda jeopardizes religious employees.
By John W. Kennedy

Watch that Invocation
Prayer in Jesus' name forbidden in California legislative meetings
Marshall Allen

The Dragon Slayer
He fights for religious liberty, defends the civil rights of homosexuals, and funded Paula Jones's case against the President—the enigmatic John Wayne Whitehead.
Ted Olsen

Opportunity Denied
Florida school vouchers flunked for ties to religion.
By Ken Walker

Weblog: Bring Me the Stead of John the Baptist?
Plus: Florida vouchers nixed, assisted suicide wins again in Oregon, Methodism and the presidential campaign, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: Heavy Lifting During a Busy Religion News Week
"Oodles of religion news stories, on topics from Joyce Meyer to Franklin Graham, from gay marriage to The Passion of the Christ"
Ted Olsen with Rob Moll

Weblog: Marriage Amendment Introduced in Senate
"Graham Staines murderers appeal, Christians like gambling, but not psychics, and Homer Simpson ministry"
Rob Moll

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

Faith-Based Lite
Administration still seeks 'revolutionary' change
Tony Carnes

The Legend of Bono Vox
Lessons learned in the church of U2.
By Scott Calhoun

Operation Human Rights
How evangelicals got outside their comfort zone to help the oppressed overseas.
By David Neff

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

In Democracy We Trust
The conflicted loyalties of Christian antiliberals.
by Eugene McCarraher

The 19th Floor
Where did the ideas that shape our world begin?
Thomas Albert Howard

God & Mammon, Inc.
James D. Bratt

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

Durable Contempt
Why anti-Americanism thrives.
by Allen C. Guelzo

Economics after God's Own Image
Appaled by the slavery of the British working class, Chesterton joined Hilaire Belloc in promoting a brave new ideal.
Chris Armstrong

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

Ultra Mega Weblog: Five Churches Attacked in Netherlands
Plus: Links to more than 422 (really!) other news articles and opinion pieces, including some not about how stupid evangelicals are.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: Do the Wages of Sin Apply After Conversion?
Plus: Religious conservatives love Gonzalez as AG, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: State of Emergency Declared in Nigeria
Plus: Billy Graham suffers serious pelvic fracture, Hezbollah uses The Passion, Sudan blocks aid, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: IRS Raids Home and Business of Creationist
Plus: Terror at a Pittsburgh church, England's gay priest gets a top position, and other stories from online sources around the world
Compiled by Ted Olsen

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

Corporate Thought Police
Growing pro-gay business agenda jeopardizes religious employees.
By John W. Kennedy

Letters

No Religion-Based Zoning
Illinois Vineyard church wins right to worship in its own building
Bob Smietana

Weblog: Judge Says Banning Church from Office Building Was Illegal
"Franklin Graham responds to criticism of Iraq relief plans, and other stories from online sources around the world"
Ted Olsen

There Goes the Neighborhood
A Florida court allows a Christian church to build in a Spiritualist town
Ted Olsen