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March 2003

Bono's American Prayer
The world's biggest rock star tours the heartland, talking more openly about his faith as he recruits Christians in the fight against AIDS in Africa.
by Cathleen Falsani
Plus: 'Pop Music with Brains'

Breaking Chains
Two religious-rights advocates debate the best way to help the persecuted.

Cry Freedom
Forget 'quiet diplomacy'—it doesn't work.
by Michael Horowitz

Full of Sound & Fury
Polemics at home and abroad does not prevent religious persecution.
by T. Jeremy Gunn

Flesh and Blood in the Magic Kingdom
Frederick Buechner's most recent works shed light on the shadows of the human heart.
by Wendy Murray Zoba

The Threat of Biotech
Joni Eareckson Tada responds to Christopher Reeve and others.
by Joni Eareckson Tada

The Church's Walking Wounded
How should we respond in a psychological age?
by Tim Stafford

News: North American Report

Abortion: Crisis pregnancy centers use early sonograms to save lives.

Politics: Bush names abortion-pill critic to FDA panel.

Homosexuality: Canadian parents fight kindergarten use of gay-parenting storybooks.

Anthropology: Mormon scholar says genetic research refutes church teaching.

'Boston Movement': Group charts new direction after McKean steps down.

Charitable Choice: Jewish group sues over AmeriCorps link to religious education.

World Report

India: Machete attack on American alarms local Christians.

Kenya: Church leaders celebrate new president, press for reforms.

China: Hong Kong Christians fear antisedition measures will curb religious freedom.

Departments

Inside CT
Chinese Puzzle

Under The Sun
Quotation Marks; Pastor Wanted for Wedding. No Religion Required.; Go Figure

Editorials
Weapons of the Spirit; Bono's Thin Ecclesiology

Reflections

Civil Reactions | by Stephen L. Carter
Willing to Lose

Good Question | by David P. Gushee
The Struggle to Love

The CT Review:
Exegeting Bill Gothard; Intelligently Designed Films; A Newer Kind of Christian; A Case Study in Greed; Rejuvenating Prayer; Spiritual Misfits

The Back Page | by Philip Yancey
Perestroika of the Spirit

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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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