Film: Suit Filed Over Omega Code
Omega Code
By Mark A. Kellner in Los Angeles

For Many Russian Christians Bar Codes Signal Coming of the Antichrist
Russian Orthodox Church trying to calm fears, but may be making it worse
By Andrei Zolotov, Ecumenical News International, in Moscow

Weblog: With More than 1,000 Dead Nigeria Faces Possible Civil War Over Religion
Plus: Is the Scandal of the Evangelical Mind over? Is it time to masculinize church vestments? Is the Antichrist here? and other topics
Compiled by Ted Olsen

"Big Numbers, Big Problems"
Christianity is in the midst of a massive global shift. But how much of a difference is it making in its new homelands?
John Wilson

Hooked

The Leadership survey on Pastors and Internet Pornography

Does Everyone in This Room Believe in Demons?
A sociologist's surprising encounter with fundamentalism.
By Julie Byrne

What Would Buffy Do?
Is it possible to call for help ironically—and really mean it?
by Todd Hertz

Possessed or Obsessed?
Many Christians say they are in need of deliverance but some may be giving demons more than their due
Agnieszka Tennant

Reflections: Sin and Evil
Quotations to stir heart and mind.
Compiled by Richard A. Kauffman

Rabbit Trails to God
John Updike has made a career of writing the most theological novels in America
Mark A. Buchanan

Resistance Movement
Looking beneath the surface of pop culture
Nathan Bierma

Nights of the Living Dead
"Do horror films help us conquer our fears, or merely exploit them?"
Brad Stetson

Unfashionably Good
A savory collections of essays by Alan Jacobs.
Reviewed by Lauren F. Winner

The Passion of Mel Gibson
Why evangelicals are cheering a movie with profoundly Catholic sensibilities.
David Neff

Charting Satan's Comeback

Loving Military Enemies
War does not exempt Christians from the second-greatest commandment.
By Stephen L. Carter

Kissing the Lizard
On memory and forgiveness.
by Miroslav Volf

Reflections: On Enemies
Quotations to stir the heart and mind on hatred and forgiveness
Richard A. Kauffman

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

A Practical Romantic
The films of Douglas Fairbanks.
By S.T. Karnick

Reflections: Sin and Evil
Quotations to stir heart and mind.
Compiled by Richard A. Kauffman

Desperately Wicked
Reckoning with evil
Alan Wolfe

The Dick Staub Interview: Os Guinness
Whether we're seeking or have already been found, we're all on a journey

Nights of the Living Dead
"Do horror films help us conquer our fears, or merely exploit them?"
Brad Stetson

Weblog: Hell House Goes Hollywood
Plus: Ethicists vs. the Bush campaign, Falwell's law school, DNA testing the Dead Sea Scrolls, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: Former Labor Secretary Predicts Religious War in America
Plus: Pastor on trial for exorcism death, Chinese woman beaten to death for distributing Bibles, European court rejects wrongful abortion suit, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

"At No Time Conspicuous, as a Party, for Talent or Learning"
Newman and evangelicalism.
Grayson Carter

Doctrinal Aftershocks
Worldwide Church of God seeks a new start in the face of fresh opposition
Marshall Allen

Yankee Stadium Strike Out
Latest Benke ruling reveals deep fissures among Missouri Synod Lutherans
Todd Hertz

Criminal Faith
"Going nuclear, North Korea allows worship only of its dictator"
Jeff M. Sellers

A Christian Harry Potter?
Shadowmancer, Britain's hit fantasy novel, conjures darkness so the light will shine brighter.
Reviewed by Greg Taylor

"At No Time Conspicuous, as a Party, for Talent or Learning"
Newman and evangelicalism.
Grayson Carter

Hallowed Haunts
"Church organs, Hell House, and The Blair Witch Project in the news"
Ted Olsen

The Long View: The Enemy Within
"This Thanksgiving, let us remember our perverseness"
Mark Galli

Television: Is Reality Television Beyond Redemption?
CBS hooks viewers with new lowbrow programming.
By John W. Kennedy | posted 8/2/00

Flagitious Corruptions
John Wilson

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

The Passion of Mel Gibson
Why evangelicals are cheering a movie with profoundly Catholic sensibilities.
David Neff

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

"At No Time Conspicuous, as a Party, for Talent or Learning"
Newman and evangelicalism.
Grayson Carter

Weblog: Satanism, Sans Satan
None injured in new Pakistan church bombing, and other stories from online sources from around the world
Ted Olsen

Bring on the Pentagrams
Schools wrestle with religious freedom in the classroom.
Ted Olsen

The Invention of Modern Witchcraft
A surprising genealogy of neopaganism.
by Irving Hexham

"At No Time Conspicuous, as a Party, for Talent or Learning"
Newman and evangelicalism.
Grayson Carter

Film Forum: Wary About Harry
Is the big-screen Harry Potter as delightful as the one in the book? And should you be worried about his witchcraft? Critics and viewers respond.
Jeffery Overstreet

Desperately Wicked
Reckoning with evil
Alan Wolfe

"Film Forum: Friendship's Favor, Fashion's Folly"
"Stephen King tries warming our hearts instead of chilling them. Michael Douglas brings back the formula thriller. Ben Stiller has us laughing at ego and fashion, and so does Mariah Carey (unintentionally"
Jeffrey Overstreet

In the Word: The Kosovo Phenomenon
A precise account of the human condition, at all times and in all places.
By Fleming Rutledge