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"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
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The Good Fight 4 spiritual disciplines to keep fights from scarring your soul. By Mark Buchanan
American Idols Larry Crabb says there's something better than control and success. The Leadership Interview
Living Like a Man Andre Dubus and the lessons of brokenness. Christina Bieber
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Your World: Every Day is Casual Friday Anxiety hangs over a culture when adults act like children. By Frederica Mathewes-Green | posted 7/18/00
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Riots, Condemnation, Fatwa, and Apology Follow Falwell's CBS Comments President of the All India Christian Council: I prayed that the broadcast would not reach India. Todd Hertz
Forgive and Remember A year after the Clinton impeachment, can we get some perspective? By David P. Gushee
Truth and Consequences in South Africa A PBS documentary asks what the Truth and Reconciliation Commission achieved. L. Gregory Jones
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Doing Time Do correctional facilities correct anything? by Nathan Bierma
The Gift of Rebuke
Three Ways to Bring About Repentance
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Wall Watchers Admits Error in Ministry Critique In addition, three other organizations removed from group's Transparency Watch list Todd Hertz
Weblog: Two Years for China Bible Smuggler is Two Years Too Many—But It's Better than Death Plus: Ralph Reed reportedly connects Enron to White House, and more horrible deaths at an evangelistic rally in Nigeria. Ted Olsen
Gong's 'Accusers' Claim Torture Induced False Confessions Letters from imprisoned Christian women in China describe assaults with electric clubs Alex Buchan
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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
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
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
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Seducing the Underworld Christian's story in Moulin Rouge Douglas Jones
"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
Arts: The Artist as Sinner Ann Snowberger Bieber found God by painting the darkness she saw around herself-and inside herself. Karen Beattie
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"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
"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
Coming to Terms Five key phrases in the hell debate.
United Kingdom: Hell Isn't Obsolete, Brits Say Hell Isn't Obsolete, Brits Say Religion News Service
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
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The Lord Our God Is One Three Christians trace their roots back to the Hebrew Bible-and encounter God's present-day chosen people. By Steven Gertz
Forgetting God Why decadence drives out discipline. By Philip Yancey
Pondering a Divorce Some United Methodists think their differences are irreconcilable. By Kathleen K. Rutledge
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Matters of Opinion: The New Scarlet Letter Call someone a fundamentalist and watch what happens. By Vincent Bacote
Colson: Scouts' Dishonor The judge told the Scouts just what their oath meant—and didn't mean. by Charles Colson & Nancy Pearcey
The Prince Turned Pauper
Weblog: Four Dozen Nigerian Christians Murdered in Church Plus: John Kerry endorses amendment against gay marriage, and other stories from online sources around the world. Compiled by Ted Olsen
Weblog: Baptist Minister Killed in Tajikistan Plus: Conservative Episcopalians sketch out plan, Jack Kelley now accused of lifting sentences, and other stories from online sources around the world. Compiled by Ted Olsen
Ministry's Deadly Undertow
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Word Become Flesh Quotations to Stir Heart and Mind Compiled by Richard A. Kauffman
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
Good Question: Reflected Glory What does Genesis mean by man being made in the image of God? J. I. Packer
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Weblog: Jim and Tammy Faye Together Again Plus: 50 dead after Muslim attacks in Indonesia, Billy Graham's last crusade (until November) and other stories from the world's mainstream media sources. Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 6/1/00
Journalism: EPA Panel Faults World Magazine by J. Lee Grady
Victory Out of Defeat
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Why Paul Loved His Body 2 Corinthians doesn't teach that flesh and spirit are opposites, Michael Wittmer says. By Ann Byle
Flesh and Blood in the Magic Kingdom Frederick Buechner's most recent works shed light on the shadows of the human heart Wendy Murray Zoba
The Tao Made Flesh Rediscovering the ancient roots of Chinese Christianity David Marshall
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Scandalous The enigmatic folly of the Cross. by Bruce Ellis Benson
Church Opens Injecting Room in Sydney to Help People 'Almost Out of Reach' But is helping heroin addicts inject themselves an act of compassion or foolishness? Margaret Simons
Weblog: You've Got 26-Year-Old Legends! Plus: The anti-woman Bible, and North Dakota's Supreme Court tells judges to stay out of religious entanglement. Compiled by Ted Olsen
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Weblog: Who Has the Authority to Ban Satan? Plus: Herod's death revealed, and the school flier that almost undid more than two centuries of religious freedom. Ted Olsen
Christian History Corner: Zion Haste Does the passion of a few nineteenth-century Chicagoans still influence American policy in the Middle East? Elesha Coffman
Serving the Rich Fool Joe Daniels
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Manipulating the Linguistic Code Religious language falling into the hands of scientists can be a fearful thing John Wilson
A Tale of Two Brothers Like many siblings, John and Charles Wesley often clashed— and the Methodist movement profited. Richard P. Heitzenrater
Russia: Training Shortfall May Imperil Growth by Beverly Nickles in Moscow
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Jesus and the Religions A new paradigm for Christian engagement? by Gerald R. McDermott
Ontology Alyssa Penman
Why Bother with Man? John Poch
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Unintelligent Debate It's time to cool the rhetoric in the Intelligent Design dispute. By John Wilson
Define 'Better' One person's improvement is another person's degeneration. An interview with bioethicist C. Ben Mitchell
The Techno Sapiens Are Coming When God fashioned man and woman, he called his creation very good. Transhumanists say that, by manipulating our bodies with microscopic tools, we can do better. Are we ready for the great debate? By C. Christopher Hook
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What's to Become of Tom? The kid is self-absorbed and directionless. I don't like him. Does he have a future as a leader? Gordon MacDonald
Finding God's Will, or Hearing God's Voice? Rejecting formulas to find guidance Richard P. Hansen
Small Worldview
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Navigational Errors A thriving church sank, not because it hit an iceberg, but because of six leadership mistakes afterward. [ Name Withheld ]
Heresy at Wheaton? Student finds theological error in school's statement of faith Ted Olsen
Weblog: Jesse Ventura's Accidental Christian Heritage Proclamation Integrating religious teaching and workplace ethics, and other stories from online sources around the world Ted Olsen
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Weblog: U.S. Protestant Majority Gone By End of Year, Says Survey Plus: Christians in Iraq, Terri Schiavo, Moore's monument, home churches, and other stories from online sources around the world. Compiled by Ted Olsen
Weblog: Peru Missionaries Get Money and 'Regret,' But No Apology Google forced to remove anti-Scientology links, studies say faith-based organizations really are more effective, and other Ted Olsen
The New Reality In Motivation
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Beyond Virtue and Vice "Some morals are absolute, but they are not ultimate" Christianity Today Editorial
Original Sin Slavery and the biblical curse of Ham. Laura L. Mitchell
Desperately Wicked Reckoning with evil Alan Wolfe
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Film Forum: A Sequel with Metal Claws and a Moral Backbone Christian critics consider X2: X-Men United, The Lizzie McGuire Movie, The Dancer Upstairs, Bend It Like Beckham, and The Real Cancun. Jeffrey Overstreet
Film Forum: Matrix Sequel Flaunts Flashy Effects, Tedious Talk Christian film critics find little enthusiasm for The Matrix Reloaded, Down with Love, or Daddy Day Care, but they are impressed with Man on the Train Jeffrey Overstreet
Film Forum: Race and Redemption in a Holes -some Family Film "Holes trips up some viewers but holds treasure for others. Reviewers find flaws in A Mighty Wind, Bulletproof Monk, Malibu's Most Wanted, Chasing Papi, and XXX, while praising Levity and Rivers and Tides. Plus: An invitation to weigh in on the subject of" Jeffrey Overstreet
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Breaking Covenant Latin America director of Casa Alianza had sex with a teen. By Kenneth D. MacHarg in San José, Costa Rica
TBN Under the Microscope Newspaper investigates Christian network over sex charges, spending. By Religion News Service, staff reports
Weblog: Former TBN Employee Alleges Gay Tryst With Paul Crouch TBN boss paid $425,000 to silence claims, but accuser now wants $10 million. Compiled by Ted Olsen
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From Duty to Delight I'd become self-absorbed and numb. Could I learn to live and love again? By Scott Ranck
Redirecting the Self-seeking
Editorial: The Morality Supermarket Many Americans, even Christians, pick and choose their ideas of right and wrong Christianity Today Editorial
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Grace's Third Way Andy Crouch
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
Reflections: Sin and Evil Quotations to stir heart and mind. Compiled by Richard A. Kauffman
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The Seven Deadly Signs Ministries that think they can do no financial wrong deceive themselves. By John G. Stackhouse Jr
Editorial: We've Got Porn Online smut is taking its toll on Christians. What is the church doing about it? A Christianity Today Editorial
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An Unpopular Topic Marguerite Shuster explores what we have become as sinners. Reviewed by Cindy Crosby
Good for the Soul Frederica Mathewes-Green
Russia: Ready to Stand on Their Own? In the former Soviet Union, evangelical churches are growing but not yet mature. By Beverly Nickles in Moscow
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WHEN REVIVAL STRIKES Missionary David Brainerd was astonished by the Spirit's work. compiled by Kevin A. Miller
The Anguish and Agonies of Charles Spurgeon
SERMONS FOR HEAD AND HEART Effective preaching feeds both the mind and the emotions. Bruce W. Thielemann
How the Clergy Sexual Abuse Scandal Affects Evangelical Churches Sin and secrecy aren't limited to Roman Catholics, say pastors and scholars Ted Olsen and Todd Hertz
Weblog: World Publisher Apologizes for 'Clumsy' Editorial "More on the World Trade Center crosses, every publication in the world notices America's spiritual boom, and other stories on the 9/11 fallout." Ted Olsen
Judgment Day God promised that calamity would follow disobedience. So why are we quick to dismiss it as a reason for the September 11 attacks? Frederica Mathewes-Green
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Johnny Cash's Song of Redemption How the coolest man in the music industry became that way while singing about Jesus and the Cross Ted Olsen
The Enigma of Anger Reflections on a sometimes deadly sin Garret Keizer
Five Anglicans in Court After Rescuing Teenagers From Arranged Marriages Priests claim Christian sisters are being forced into Islam Alex Duval Smith
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Screwtape's Strategies for Pastors
Inside Politics: Love the President, Hate the Policy At Willow Creek conference, President Clinton reviews his moral failures, details his spiritual recovery. By Corrie Cutrer in South Barrington, Illinois
Editorial: The Christian Divorce Culture We're not sending a strong enough signal that divorce is a sin. A Christianity Today Editorial | posted 8/31/00
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Dick Staub Interview: Jerry Bridges Is Still Pursuing Holiness After 25 years, The Pursuit of Holiness is a classic.
Desperately Wicked Reckoning with evil Alan Wolfe
Whatever Happened to Repentance? We've come to think our faith is about comfort. It's not Frederica Mathewes-Green
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Deliver Us from Evil The films of Paul Schrader show that he got the most important part of his Calvinist upbringing right. Roy Anker
Surprised by Death A young pastor discovers what grace looks like while battling cancer. James Van Tholen
ARTICLE: Natural Born Sinners Gordon Aeschliman in Cairo
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In the Word: Stony the Road We Trod God will hold us up and keep us safe, despite the times we've tripped. By Marguerite Shuster | posted 7/19/00
Evangelism: Anne Graham Lotz Launches Five-city Revival Tour Anne Graham Lotz says, Just give me Jesus in five-city revival. By Jim Jones in Fort Worth
Why Churches Don't Want to Grow
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Baptism + Fire Suffering may build character, but ultimately it's not about us. By Mark Galli
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
The Tradition Temptation Why we should still give Scripture pride of place Roger E. Olson
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The Untouchables' Church Despite a Catholic bishop's protest suicide in 1998, Christians hold little hope for repeal of blasphemy law. Ethan Casey in Pakistan
Counseling Rape Victims Danny Armstrong
Books & Culture Corner: Epicurus'—and Darwin's—Dangerous Idea How we became hedonists Richard Weikart
Film Forum: Bad Boys Trying to Be Good Critics respond to a reckless Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars—Episode 2 and a shallow single guy in About a Boy. Plus: a preview of a movie about a good cop going bad—Insomnia Jeffrey Overstreet
Sin Sells "Mutuals.com's Vice Fund invests in gambling, tobacco, and alcohol" Ted Olsen
Gambling Away the Golden Years Casinos are seducing an alarming number of seniors. Where is the church? John W. Kennedy
REFLECTIONS Classic and contemporary excerpts
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