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January 2003

The Positive Prophet
Tony Campolo is a ferocious critic of Christians left and right. Why do people still flock to hear him?
by Ted Olsen
Plus: Tony Talks Too Much; Candidate Campolo; Why Clinton Likes Campolo

Death Watch
One of the world's earliest Christian cultures totters on the edge of extinction.
by Thomas C. Oden

Why I Walked
Sometimes loving a denomination requires you to fight.
by J. I. Packer

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

'Jesusy' Anne Lamott
Chatting with a born-again paradox.
by Agnieszka Tennant

News: North American Report

Asylum: Christians criticize Bush administration's limits on refugee resettlement.

Presbyterians: Conservatives want special assembly to discipline pastors who ordain gays.

Mormons: Baptist evangelist wins permission for Temple Square outreach.

Congress: Emboldened by election, Christian conservatives press for cloning and partial-birth abortions.

Top Ten: Most influential religion stories of 2002.

Open Theism: Evangelical theologians challenge Pinnock, Sanders on inerrancy.

World Report

Uzbekistan: Government attempts to shut down all unregistered religious groups.

Lebanon: American missionary murdered at prenatal clinic.

Zimbabwe: Christians protest President Magabe's food-for-votes politics.

Cote D'Ivoire: Missions presonnel flee after coup attempt.

Departments

Inside CT
A Holy Nuisance

Under The Sun
Sin Sells; Quotation Marks; Go Figure

Editorials
Open-book Ministry; Safe, Not Sorry

Reflections
Mountaintop Spirituality

Guest Column | By Sarah E. Hinlicky
Decorated with Death:

The CT Review: | By Philip Yancey
Randall Balmer's Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism; Self-inflicted Escape; Far from Busyness; Learning to be Loved; Model in the Public Square; Zig Ziglar's autobiography

The Back Page
Jesus' Sword

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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 07:04AM

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 07:04AM

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