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

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

Smuggling Cats for a Gay Celebrity
Love took an unusual expression for this man dying of AIDS.
By Jonathan David Taylor

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

Ragamuffin
The patched-up life and unshabby message of Brennan Manning.
By Agnieszka Tennant

The Dick Staub Interview: Brennan Manning on Ruthless Trust
Many Christians are still afraid to let God love them as they truly are, says the former priest, sober alcoholic, and author.

Smells Like Mean Spirit
L. Penseur

Weblog: Readers Apparently Enraptured with Latest Left Behind Now #1
Also: Churches bombed in India, the Ramseys hire a psychic, and other stories from the mainstream press.
Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 6/9/00

Editorial: Discerning the Healing Spirits

How the Counterculture Went to Church
Alan Wolfe

Always In Parables | Andy Crouch: Generation Misinformation
Forget the latest PowerPoint seminars on Generations X-Z.
Andy Crouch

We're All Syncretists Now
Not religious, just spiritual.
Mark Buchanan

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

Inside CT: Nearly Perfect
"Longtime Christianity Today editor Carol Thiessen was firm but not fierce, steadfast but not stodgy"
David Neff

A Surgeon's View of Divine Healing
Do doctors waste their time by doing slowly and painstakingly what could have been done in the twinkling of an eye?
Paul Brand with Philip Yancey

"Blood, Part 1: The Miracle of Cleansing"
"This article, originally appearing in the February 18, 1983, issue of Christianity Today,The article is adapted from the book In His Image."
cancer;death;faith;faithhealers;healing;medicine;pain;suffering

An Alternative Africa
The world of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.
By Susan VanZanten Gallagher

Death Wishes
Circuit Court supports state's primary role in assisted suicide.
By Marshall Allen

Where Stormie Finds Her Power
Stormie Omartian is a bestselling author precisely because she doesn't have a picture-perfect life
By Tim Stafford

Ending It
Mercy killing at the movies.
Peter T. Chattaway

Differently Disabled
Forrest Gump without the extravagance: the ordinary life of Bill Porter.
By Crystal Downing

A Heaven-made Activist
Joni Eareckson Tada is driven forward by hymns of praise and her sovereign God.
By Tim Stafford

Memoir of Hope
Letters for Lizzie wrestles with death and discovers God is not safe.
Reviewed by Cindy Crosby

Dances with Medicine Men
Intimidating doctors, aging and confused parents, and the loss of personhood.
By Virginia Stem Owens

Navigating a Disease
The Long Good Night chronicles one woman's father's journey in Alzheimer's
Cindy Crosby

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

Doubt and Meaning
Joni Eareckson Tada's poignant memoir probes God's use of suffering
Cindy Crosby

Ending It
Mercy killing at the movies.
Peter T. Chattaway

Killing with Kindness
Why is the church against euthanasia in instances where people are in terrible pain?
Answered by David P. Gushee

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

How Can I Keep From Singing?
Arne Bergstrom has looked suffering square in the eye all over the world. Now he sings about hope.
John Wilson

How Exercise Nearly Killed me
If church potlucks don't get you, the fresh air will.
Richard Asmussen

RAISING YOUR CREATIVITY QUOTIENT
A few good habits can improve the quality of your ideas
Gary Gonzales

Christian History Corner: Citius, Altius, Sanctus
The modern Olympics, though hardly Christian, hail from an era when athleticism was next to godliness.
Elesha Coffman

Slovak Churches Applaud Decision To Drop Plan For Yoga In Schools
"Christian culture would have been threatened by plan, leaders say."
Jonathan Luxmoore

Staying in the Zone
L. Penseur

Good Question: Vegetarians in Paradise
Based on Isaiah 11:6-7 and 65:25, will we be vegetarians in the new heaven and earth as Adam and Eve were before the Fall?
Answered by Bill T. Arnold

Outreach to Despair
Christians minister to the hopeless in Gaza.
By Deann Alford

Food Porn
The secret life of chick lit.
by Susan Wise Bauer

Led by the Blind
Visionary writing despite the loss of sight
Virginia Stem Owens

The Threat of Biotech
Joni Eareckson Tada responds to Christopher Reeve and others
Joni Eareckson Tada

Better Disability Access Urged
By Mary Cagney.

Every Fraud Needs a Cure
How perpetrators are more gullible than their victims. An excerpt from Cleaning Up.
By Barry Minkow

Pop Love for a War-Torn World
Atomic Bomb is classic U2, with a prescription for healing the world.
By Scott Calhoun

Praying for Terrorists
Christians seek healing in Beslan.
By Dawn Herzog Jewell

Weblog: Separation of Church and Store
Plus: Bulldozing a church, murdering an atheist, Britain's designer babies, and apparently today is Election Day.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

"When Burkett Speaks, Evangelicals Listen"
How this former unbelieving electrical engineer became evangelicalism's financial answer man—and a look at the advice he gives.
Larry Eskridge

Youth in a Haze
Hazing is common in church youth groups
Ted Olsen

The Politics of Stem Cells
Why do some scientists and politicians insist on exploiting embryos?
Interview with C. Christopher Hook

Weblog: RNC Tells Voters that Liberals Will Ban Bible
Plus: Alan Wolfe on Democratic secularists, horoscopes vs. the Bible, Prohibition's problems, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: Promise Keepers Coach Has a New Team, Aiming to Unite Christians and Messianic Jews
Plus: Jewish groups vs. the Presbyterian Church (USA), designer babies in the U.K., China reportedly detains 100 Christian leaders, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Where Did My Mind Go?
How one pastor faced the loss of… well … ah …
Chris Maxwell

CT Classic: Living by Vows
As his wife suffered with Alzheimer's, Robertson McQuilkin said, If I took care of her for 40 years, I would never be out of her debt.
Robertson McQuilkin

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

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

Weblog: Presbyterian Church of America Shoots for the Hip
Plus: More on Dean on religion, Clark on abortion, Jack Kelley admits he was forced to quit USA Today, and other stories from online articles around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

400K and counting
Christians recoil at explosive growth of frozen human embryos
Bob Smietana

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

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

The New Gambling Goliath
Christian activists struggle to slow the rapid growth of Indian casinos.
By John W. Kennedy

Army Facing Battle on Benefits
Domestic partners dispute may cripple Salvation Army-New York link.
By Mark A. Kellner

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

River Deep Mercy Wide
A medical journey on the Rio Negro in Brazil's Amazon Basin
Photos and essay by Gary Gnidovic

Iraq's Good Samaritans
"This past summer, pundits predicted that Iraqis would resent Franklin Graham's ministry. What really happened when the workers showed up?"
Kevin Begos

Weblog: Scalia Says State Should Not Be Neutral to Religion
Plus: Flying Anglican bishops, Kristof at it again, clergy in Canada turn to the union, the Air Force and Christianity, Thanksgiving ministry, and more articles from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Rob Moll

LDS and DNA
Book challenges Native American link to ancient Israel.
By John W. Kennedy

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

Ending It
Mercy killing at the movies.
Peter T. Chattaway

Editor's Bookshelf: 'I Just Wanted You to Kill the Pain'
A physician talks about how to help dying people best live their final months
David Neff

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

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

River Deep Mercy Wide
A medical journey on the Rio Negro in Brazil's Amazon Basin
Photos and essay by Gary Gnidovic

The Leprosy Doctor
Paul Brand showed how to serve others sacrificially and emerge with joy
Philip Yancey

Wisdom for Ministry
Quotations to stir the heart and mind
Richard A. Kauffman

Old-Fashioned Pastor in a Therapy Age
Louis McBurney

Myths of Counseling
This clinical psychologist says professional therapy is overused and overvalued. Christian counselors Louis McBurney, David Benner, Jay Adams, and Gary Collins respond.
Bernie Zilbergeld

Weblog: Is Christianity to Blame for Teen Self-Mutilation?
"Pat endorses Arnold, MAP International founder dies, and other stories from online sources around the world"
Ted Olsen

Hit by the SARS Tornado
Breakthrough reacted quickly when the disease hit Hong Kong.
Jeff M. Sellers

SARS Comes to Church
"The deadly illness has changed Asia's church life, but the uncertainty is bringing people to Christ"
Anil Stephen

A Vespers Office
Worship to be observed between 5 and 8 p.m
Phyllis Tickle's

TO VERIFY

WHEN YOU FEEL EMPTY
If you question your calling and competence, you're not alone.
Alistair Brown