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April 2008

How to Save the Christian Bookstore
Hint: Stop making it so religious.
by Cindy Crosby
Plus: Locking the Doors for the Last Time; Bringing the Bookstore to Church

The 2008 CT Book Awards

The Healing Pen
Philip Yancey writes to save his past—and others' futures.
by Tim Stafford

Heaven Is Not Our Home
The bodily resurrection is the good news of the gospel—and thus our social and political mandate.
by N. T. Wright

The CEO Who Takes Greek Exegesis
The experience of Zondervan's new head, Maureen 'Moe' Girkins, hints at the future of Christian publishing.
Interview by Collin Hansen

An Open-Handed Gospel
We have to decide whether we have a stingy God or a generous God.
by Richard Mouw

A Jesus for Real Men
What the new masculinity movement gets right—and wrong.
by Brandon O'Brien

A Merciful White Flash
While despairing of nuclear annihilation, I received an irresistible consolation.
by Tyler Wigg Stevenson

Egypt's Identity Impasse
Former Muslims seek to change their government-issued cards as outreach gains ground.
by Tim Morgan

HeadLines

Denominations: New Baptist Covenant may be more partisan than it lets on.

Obituary: Larry Norman, 60, 'father of Christian rock.'

Religious Freedom: Gaza's Christians face new hardships after Hamas takeover.

Archaeology: New Sodom location salted with controversy.

Election 2008: Candidates cautious about faith-based initiative.

Missions: Brazil investigates YWAM for allegedly squelching tribal cultures.

Q+A: Vice president outlines Kenya's next steps amid death, division.

Ecumenism: WCC head decides against second term.

Plus: Google Earth goes biblical.

Departments

Inside CT
Rescuing Bookstores

Readers Write

Where We Stand
Political Eyes Wide Open; Yes, Nominal Evangelicals Exist

Reflections
Children

Seriously Disturbed | Kay Warren
Wiping Out HIV

Kingdom Sightings | Al Hsu
A Multifaceted Gospel

The CT Review
Katie Galli responds to 20-somethings tired of church; Collin Hansen rates Jim Wallis's Great Awakening; Martin Marty lists top 5 books on the global church; Ben Stein doubts evolution in Expelled; Son Lux creates musical Lectio Divina; plus Bookmarks.

The Back Page | Charles Colson
Keeping Pets in Their Place

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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

Passages
Aid worker killed in Afghanistan, Palm Beach Atlantic University president resigns, and other transitions.

Transitions in the Evangelical World | posted 11/19/2008 08:56AM

Quotation Marks
Recent remarks on birth control, why you can't sue God, and other news developments.

Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 11/18/2008 09:16AM

One Hundred Years of Wit and Wisdom
Lyle Dorsett extols G.K. Chesterton's Orthodoxy.

Interview by Collin Hansen | posted 11/17/2008 10:52AM

Poll: Do you look up cross-referenced verses when you study the Bible?

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