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July 2004

When Does Personhood Begin?
And what difference does it make?
by Bob Smietana

Unwanted Interruptions
Why is our culture so hostile to children-inside and outside the womb?
An interview with theological ethicist Amy Laura Hall

Frozen Out
What to do with those extra embryos.
by John Van Regenmorter

Saving Strangers
The journey of one Somali Bantu family in the largest group resettlement of African refugees in U.S. history.
Photo essay by Denise McGill

Where Stormie Finds Her Power
Stormie Omartian is a bestselling author precisely because she doesn't have a picture-perfect life.
by Tim Stafford

Pondering a Divorce
Some United Methodists think their differences are irreconcilable.
by Kathleen K. Rutledge

The 4-14 Window
New push on child evangelism targets the crucial early years.
by John W. Kennedy

Conservative Like a Fox
Cal Thomas hates the liberalism, but tries to love the liberal.
by Tony Carnes

HeadLines

India: Voters chasten Hindu rightists—and hearten Christians.

Rights: New report decries religious liberty trends across the world.

Globalization: African Methodists afford hope for a troubled denomination.

Nigeria: Christians avenge February murders, spark Muslim retaliation.

Canada: Christians divided over new law that seeks to protect gays.

Archaeology: Citing new satellite images, team seeks Noah's ark.

Q+A: James Dobson on the Federal Marriage Amendment.

Fraud: Christians lured into buying 'rare' coins.

Nepal: Terror threats shut down development work.

Passages: Deaths, promotions, and other items from the religion world.

Quotation Marks: Recent quotes on unborn children's pain, literary Jenkins, and Dan Brown's scruples.

Go Figure: Recent stats on teen prayer, Bible reading, and music piracy.

News Briefs: The morning-after pill, persecution in Vietnam, and the Jesus Video Project.

Departments

Inside CT: Bike Rides with Refugees
There are 13 million refugees and asylum seekers worldwide. We show you the lives of four of them.
by Tim Morgan

Where We Stand
The Evil In Us; No-Fault Division?

'Truth' on Two Hills
What happens when church and culture conspire to ignore the meaning of words.
by Bob Wenz

Methodists Divided on Split
Church leaders react to talk about division.
by Anil Stephen

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

Speaking Out | by John Aman
It's About God

Bearing the Cross | by Jeff M. Sellers
Out-of-Control Clerics

Good Question | Answered by Laurence W. Wood
God Minus World = God

Civil Reactions | by Stephen L. Carter
Hope Deferred

The CT Review
Purging the Faith from 'Faith-Based'; Bonds that Bind; Celestial Sights; Memoir of Hope; Targeted Apologetics; Witness amid War

The Back Page | by Philip Yancey
Discreet and Dynamic

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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 06:00AM

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 06:00AM

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