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February 2007

Making Airwaves
Goodbye Old-Fashioned Revival Hour. Hello 'safe for the whole family.' Meet the company that's transforming Christian radio.
by Madison Trammel
Plus: Old-Fashioned Revival Hour; Dollars and Sense

Five Streams of the Emerging Church
Key elements of the most controversial and misunderstood movement in the church today.
by Scot McKnight

The United Nations' Disarray
The decline of the human-rights agenda, and what evangelicals can do about it.
by Joseph Loconte

Shedding Light on The Dark Tower
A C.S. Lewis mystery is solved
by Harry Lee Poe

The Problem with Mere Christianity
We jettison 'nonessential' theology at our own peril.
by J. Todd Billings

A Community of the Broken
A young organization models what it might mean to be the church in a suffering world.
by Christopher L. Heuertz

Historian Ahead of His Time
Andrew Walls may be the most important person you don't know.
by Tim Stafford

The Town That Loves Refugees
Christians in Utica, New York, are resettling the world one displaced soul at a time.
by Denise McGill

Exit Interviews
Why blacks are leaving evangelical ministries.
by Edward Gilbreath

Can We Dialogue with Islam?
What 38 Muslim scholars said to the pope in a little-known open letter.
by J. Dudley Woodberry

Death-Defying Ministry
Protestant leaders practice grassroots justice in Colombiaand keep a low profile.
by Alexa Smith

Nepal's New Peacemakers
Christians become a voice for freedom.
by Anto Akkara

HeadLines

Turkey: Protestants hope to share in benefits of pope's visit.

Church/State: New Jersey town places 45 restrictions on megachurch's expansion.

Dem. Rep. of Congo: Churches rejoice over first free elections in 46 years.

Education: Asbury Theological Seminary reels after board ousts president.

Uzbekistan: Government crackdown on Muslims worries evangelicals.

Technology: Youth pastors track teens on MySpace.

Missions: Boomers finding 'second career' in volunteer service.

Money: Religious people give more, study findseven to nonreligious charities.

Q&A: Rick Warren on fighting HIV and global poverty.

Tidings: Ted Olsen on disciplining pastors.

Departments

Inside CT
Impressively Invisible

Readers Write

Where We Stand
The New Intolerance; What Iraq's Christians Need

Reflections
Winter

Good Question | R. Todd Mangum
Three Models of Hell

Global Prognosis | David Aikman
Compassionate Bedfellow

The CT Review
A potpourri of early Christian belief; business success defined by a Christian CEO; appreciating film as modernity's art form; Bookmarks

The Back Page | Charles Colson
The Wilberforce Strategy

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Loving Where it Hurts the Most
Bill Mallonee has been called one of the top 100 songwriters in the world, but an audience is hard to find.

Nate Anderson | posted 11/21/2008 09:15AM

Slideshow: No Need to Fret
Bill Mallonee sings about hardship, but his lyrics are haunted by hope.

Edited by Ruth Moon | posted 11/21/2008 09:18AM

Go Figure
Get the number on Max Lucado, Orthodox congregants, and poverty.

Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 11/21/2008 09:20AM

Fire and Dating
Name that nonprofit, Mike Huckabee's biblical blunder, and stem-cells make an organ.

Compiled by Sarah Pulliam and Susan Wunderink | posted 11/21/2008 09:21AM

Our Contentious Catalyst
Francis Schaeffer never stopped battling for the faith.

Harold Fickett | posted 11/20/2008 05:01PM

Reference Rainbow
What it looks like to graph the Bible's cross-references.

Graphic by Chris Harrison, Carnegie Mellon University | posted 11/20/2008 05:03PM

Denominational Diagnostics
What I look for to find a healthy church.

Philip Yancey | posted 11/19/2008 08:52AM

My Top 5 Devotionals

Carolyn Nystrom, coauthor with J.I. Packer of Praying: Finding our Way through Duty to Delight | posted 11/19/2008 08:54AM

Sorting through the Rubble
Westmont College rebuilds after fire destroys 20 percent of its campus.

Sarah Pulliam | posted 11/18/2008 01:12PM

World's Worst Persecutor
Will U.S. diplomatic shift and Graham visit help Christians?

Ruth Moon | posted 11/18/2008 09:11AM

Poll: When do you start listening to Christmas music?

From Christianity Today Movies:
Twilight
This film adaptation will satisfy fans of the vampire romance novel, but doesn't have much of anything for anyone else.

Todd Hertz | posted 11/22/2008 02:53AM

Bolt
A dog who thinks he's a superhero goes on a cross-country journey of self-discovery in Disney's best home-grown cartoon in years.

Peter T. Chattaway | posted 11/22/2008 02:53AM

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