Wise Beginnings, Surprising Endings
Genesis: the rest of the story
Walter Brueggemann

The Dick Staub Interview: Bruce Feiler
The Walking the Bible author discusses why Abraham is central to Islam, Judaism, and Christianity

News Wrap
Deaths, promotions, and other tidbits from the religion world.
By CT Staff

Rebuilding Afghanistan U
How Christian scholars are using their heads to change people's hearts at universities worldwide-including the one Osama bin Laden used to roam
Agnieszka Tennant

News Wrap
"Deaths, promotions, and other tidbits from the religion world"
CT Staff

Editor's Bookshelf: Thugs in Jesus' Hometown
A Season in Bethlehem shows how the city lost its historic harmony
David Neff

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: Iraq's Christian Exodus
A court orders an ex-gay Christian mother not to tell her daughter that homosexuality is wrong
Ted Olsen

Persecution Is a Holy Word
Exaggerating our problems demeans the sacrifice of overseas believers
A Christianity Today editorial

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

'I Never Thought I'd See Anything Like that Again'
A famine worse than that of 1984 threatens Ethiopia
Timothy R. Callahan

"Top 10 News Stories, 2003"
"The events, people, and ideas of the past year that Christianity Today's news editors believe have shaped, or will significantly shape, evangelical life, thought, or mission"

Top 10 News Stories, 2003
The events, people, and ideas of the past year that Christianity Today's news editors believe have shaped, or will significantly shape, evangelical life, thought, or mission.

Editor's Bookshelf: Thugs in Jesus' Hometown
A Season in Bethlehem shows how the city lost its historic harmony
David Neff

Other Baghdad Battles Ahead for Christians
Enemies include extortion and uncontrolled church growth
Kevin Begos

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: 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

Faith, Fear, War, Peace
Snapshots of the grim and 'happy' ministry of today's military chaplains.
By Deann Alford

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: 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

Lost Tribe Found?
Jewish group seeks return to Israel.
By S. David

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

Letters

Speaking Out: Israel's Anti-Family Values
Christians should be outraged by a law thwarting Israeli-Palestinian marriages
Gary M. Burge

A Mythical Jewishness
Is modernity a Jewish creation?
Jonathon Kahn

What Is Jewish Art?
Collective memory personalized.
Mark Packer

Lost Tribe Found?
Jewish group seeks return to Israel.
By S. David

Weblog: 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: Evangelical Missionaries Await Verdicts in Moscow, Beirut"
"Plus: Protesters arrested as Supreme Court denies Moore's Ten Commandments request, and other stories from online sources around the world."
Ted Olsen

EDITORIAL: Slain Are the Peacemakers
How Israel's hawk became a dove
Wes Pippert, director of Washington D.C. Reporting Program, U of Missouri

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

Weblog: 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

A Captivating Vision
Why Chinese house churches may just end up fulfilling the Great Commission.
An interview with Paul Hattaway

Emerging from the Shadows
House-church Christians start renting buildings, and dream of evangelism.
Runo Samuelson in Baghdad

Weblog: Did Nobel Committee Ignore MRI Creator Because of Creationism?
"The faith-based initiative hold-up, freedom to worship at home, and other stories from online sources around the world"
Ted Olsen

Doors into Islam
September 11 has only intensified the dangers and rewards of Muslim evangelism
Stan Guthrie

Ordinary Terrorists
Muslim extremists in Pakistan do not always belong to dangerous groups.
By Jeff M. Sellers

Weblog: Spain Wants to Be Free of Catholic Church
Plus: Mel's muse beatified, Bibles and creationism suggested for D.C. area schools, Britain prays for Ken Bigley, Sudan says U.S. hyping Darfur situation, and more articles from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Rob Moll

Weblog: Senate Passes North Korea Human Rights Bill
Plus: The lead attorney drops out of Terri Schiavo's defense team, Sudan blames U.S. for arming Darfur rebels, Presbyterians and Jews try to heal rift, Chicago Tribune visits Bob Jones University, and other articles from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Rob Moll

Opinion Roundup: Arafat Seen As Hero and Terrorist
Yasser Arafat's death leaves many Christians with hope for future peace negotiations, but others fear chaos.
By Rob Moll

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

Biblical Archaeology's Dusty Little Secret
The James bone box controversy reveals the politics beneath the science
Gordon Govier

To Skellig Michael, Monastery in the Sky
In search of sacred places
Daniel Taylor

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

Pilgrims to Nowhere
Freedom isn't much good if you don't have a sense of direction.
By Andy Crouch

Cross Purposes
Wearing the Christian symbol can be a problem in places like Saudi Arabia and Pennsylvania
Ted Olsen

Return to Kabul
Shelter Now's Georg Taubmann talks about ministry and security in the former Taliban state
Stan Guthrie

Quotation Marks
"Comments in the press about mascots, missions, and fake marriages"
Ted Olsen

'Their Faith and Courage Has Strengthened Me'
Heather Mercer and Dayna Curry speak about Martin and Gracia Burnham

Weblog: Bush Wants Church Support, Opponents Cry Foul
Plus: Taliban kills Christian in Afghanistan, court rejects judge's ruling in lesbian custody case, and more articles from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Rob Moll

Rebuilding Afghanistan U
How Christian scholars are using their heads to change people's hearts at universities worldwide-including the one Osama bin Laden used to roam
Agnieszka Tennant

Books & Culture's Books of the Week: Remember Afghanistan?
Two inside reports
Albert Louis Zambone