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

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

Out in the Cold?
Salvation Army sued for asking employees to support its mission
By Mark A. Kellner

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

Public Education: Pregame Prayer Barred
After pregame prayer is barred, educators say they do not need a microphone to pray.
By Deann Alford in Austin, Texas

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

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

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

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

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

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

Missionary Accused of Spying Returns to Canada
"Prolifers respond to Paul Hill's execution, 5,280 pounds of Ten Commandments links, is gospel music from slaves or Scotland? and many other stories from online sources around the world"
Ted Olsen

"Weblog: Hindu Leader of Anti-Missionary Mob Gets Death Sentence, Others Life in Prison"
"Newsweek on the Holy Land's Christians, a confrontation between Anglican evangelicals and Rowan Williams, the end of church bingo, and other stories from online sources around the world"
Ted Olsen

Tough Justice in Texas
Living Next Door to the Death House is a valuable contribution to the capital punishment debate
Cindy Crosby

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

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

Sudan: CSI Loses U.N. Status
Slave-freeing organization's rebel spokesman violated U.N. rules
By Religion News Service

LETTERS: Evangelical scholarship

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

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

The War Within Continues
Name Withheld

Why Deciding Is Only Half the Battle
John Vawter

Strategies to Keep From Falling
Randy Alcorn

Taking the Unpopular Stand
Jack Hayford

When You Need to Motivate -- or Correct
Leith Anderson

When You Need to Confront
Daniel Brown

You Say Choice, I Say Murder
Before prolife arguments can reach the undecided American, we have got to look at the language we use.
Guy M. Condon

IRS Investigating 20 Churches, 40 Other Non-Profits for Illegal Campaigning
Plus: Terri Schiavo will be fed indefinitely, Buttiglione withdraws, and many other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

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

The Opposite of Free Love
Dispatches from the World of Human Trafficking
Jennifer Goodson

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

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

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

Which Federal Marriage Amendment?
Plus: Church of England rejects heresy trials, Narnia actors revealed, Va. prosecutor criticized for acting on his faith, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Chinese Court Overturns House-Church Death Sentences
W.W.J.D. coming to the F.D.A and the next hotbed of Islamic radicalism
Todd Hertz

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

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

Deconstructing Gulags
U.S. evangelicals win key legislation for freedom.
By Stan Guthrie

Your Chip Is Showing
Four recent films show a battle for control among men, women, and machines.
By Peter T. Chattaway

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

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

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

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 Lite: Russian Orthodox Church Defrocks Priest, Razes Church After Gay Wedding"
"Church shooting during communion, human cloning issue goes to the U.N., and many other stories from online sources around the world."
Ted Olsen

The Movies Go to War
The moral messages and political overtones of war films
Peter T. Chattaway

The Peaceable Kingdom?
Guns and the English
Clayton E. Cramer

You Say Choice, I Say Murder
Before prolife arguments can reach the undecided American, we have got to look at the language we use.
Guy M. Condon

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

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

O Jailed Town of Bethlehem
How eerily still we see thee lie.
by Kevin Begos

Doing Time
Do correctional facilities correct anything?
by Nathan Bierma

Being the Leaven
Why only a handful of Sri Lankan Christians wage peace via the difficult political process
Tim Stafford

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

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

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

Never Again?
Genocide in Sudan tests our commitment to justice.
A Christianity Today Editorial

Reading Danny Pearl
How would the murdered journalist want to be remembered?
Jeremy Lott

Colombian Evangelical Lawyers Survive Murder Attempt
Attack Thwarts Plans to Form a National Christian Legal Society.
Deann Alford

Pakistani Christians Fight Against 'Apartheid' in Election System
"Under rule, citizens cannot vote for candidates outside their own religious affiliation."
Anto Akkara

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

Judge Dismisses Suit Over Greek Orthodox Constitution
Courts don't have authority to adjudicate ecclesiastical matters, says New York State Supreme Court Justice.
By Kevin Eckstrom, Religion News Service

Gracia Burnham Returns to the Philippines Amid Another Hostage Controversy
Plus: Who's talking religion at the Democratic National Convention, council vows to keep praying in Jesus' name, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

You Say Choice, I Say Murder
Before prolife arguments can reach the undecided American, we have got to look at the language we use.
Guy M. Condon

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

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

Should the Pianist be on the Payroll?
How churches should treat these types of roles.
Frank Sommerville

Using "Prepare1099" to Issue Form 1099
New IRS electronic form simplifies filing.

Doing Time
Do correctional facilities correct anything?
by Nathan Bierma

Deconstructing Gulags
U.S. evangelicals win key legislation for freedom.
By Stan Guthrie

City Sanctions Homosexual Union

Seeking a Right to the Rite

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

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

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

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

Societal Suicide
Legalizing gay marriage will lead to more family breakdown and crime.
By Charles Colson with Anne Morse

The Outsiders' Inn

The Secret Shelter
A sliver of hope for Christian women who suffer beatings, rape, and forced conversions to Islam.
by Deann Alford

The Outsiders' Inn

Ready-made Audiences

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

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

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

Supreme Court Will Hear Death Row Conversion Case
Plus: Nigeria violence spreads despite state of emergency, more on the Communion conundrum, closing Catholic churches, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

University of Arizona Killer Apparently Resented Spirituality
Beliefnet's buoys from bankruptcy, churches offer Halloween alternatives, and other stories from online sources around the world
Ted Olsen

Rebuilding the Walls of Columbine
"Comedian accuses Britain of banning religious jokes, Dan Rather reads his Bible, and other stories."
Ted Olsen

Sticks and Stones
Kyle Zander and Valerie Zander

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

When the Church Is in the Headlines
Edward Dobson

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

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

Korean in Iraq Was Killed For His Faith, Say Terrorists
Plus: What's next for the Federal Marriage Amendment, Canada's Bible ban, university relents on mandatory profanity, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

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

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

Heaven on Earth
Ecomonics and the secular faith in progress
Andrew P. Morriss

Real Southern Living
Matthew Peed

Naming Names
Were the State Department's actions on international religious freedom compromised by the war on terrorism?
Todd Hertz

EDITORIAL: De-Demonizing the UN
While bloated and badly in need of reform, the UN fills a necessary role that Christians should support.
Robert A. Seiple

The UN's Antifamily Manifesto
The Beijing platform downplays the family, while exalting the autonomous individual.
Diane Knippers

Warlords Await UN Withdrawal in Somalia
Stan Guthrie

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

Letters