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November 2005

Good Morning, Evangelicals!
Meet Ted Haggard, the NAE's optimistic champion of ecumenical evangelism and free-market faith.
by Tim Stafford

The Underrated Spiritual Secret
Thanksgiving is not exotic or sophisticated, but it can change your life.
by Ellen Vaughn

A Peace Plan for the Gender War
How to love your egalitarian or complementarian neighbor as yourself.
by Timothy George

Bridging the Ephesians 5 Divide
A fresh look at what this controversial marriage passage says-and doesn't say.
by Sarah Sumner

In Praise of the Church Lady
God manages to use dubious characters to shape our lives.
by Mark Linville

The Problem with Evangelical Theologies
Ben Witherington III thinks there is something fundamentally weak about each branch of the movement.
Interview by Mark Galli

A Hard Pill to Swallow
How the tiny tablet upset my soul.
by Agnieszka Tennant

Hurricane Heroes
Government may have been tripped up by Katrina and Rita, but the Southern Baptists, among others, are standing tall.
by Tony Carnes

God's Muckraker
A top investigative journalist uses Southern charm and dogged reporting to bring delayed justice.
by Russ Pulliam

The Missionary King
How a double-M.D. couple ended up getting the royal treatment in Nigeria.
by Deann Alford

HeadLines

Abortion: Can unborn children perceive pain?

Church and State: Air Force issues new religion guidelines.

Mexico: Christians flee machete-wielding mobs.

Northern Ireland: Evangelicals condemn "Christ-centered, Bible-based" Orange Order.

American Baptists: Conservative exodus begins.

Morocco: Christians fight lingering stereotypes in moderate Muslim nation.

Education: Christian campus groups win key membership rights.

Q & A: Salvation Army Maj. George Hood on hurricane relief.

Religious Freedom: U.S. court justifies China's repressive religion policy.

Departments

Inside CT
Be the Change

Readers Write

Where We Stand
Fear Not the Disabled; Necessary Truths

Reflections
Poetry

Do Likewise | David P. Gushee
Our Missing Moral Compass

Speaking Out | Wess Stafford
One Child at a Time

Editor's Bookshelf | David Neff
Hermeneutics, Anyone?

Weblog in Print | Ted Olsen
The Katrina Quandary

Civil Reactions | Stephen L. Carter
Evolution, Not Revolution

The CT Review
Logic, Love, and Whimsy on the Menu for Seekers; the Gospel in Horror Flicks; Bookmarks

The Back Page | Philip Yancey
Exploring a Parallel Universe

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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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