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September 2007

Why We Love Football
Grace and idolatry run crossing patterns in the new American pastime.
by Eric Miller

Fumbling Religion?
When it deals with Christians and churches, the NFL doesn't always have a good game plan.
by Mark Moring
Plus: A Kinder, Gentler Coach

Powering Down
World Vision India head Jayakumar Christian on how the poor become movers and shakers, and movers and shakers become poor.
Interview by Andy Crouch

Pastor Provocateur
Love him or hate him, Mark Driscoll is helping people meet Jesus in one of America's least-churched cities.
by Collin Hansen

The Good Life
Augustine says we must love the very best the most.
by Daniel H. Williams

The Bible in Brush and Stroke
Medieval and modern join forces in the Saint John's Bible.
by Jennifer Trafton

Go and Plant Churches of All Peoples
Crusades and personal witnessing are no longer the cutting edge of evangelism.
by Tim Stafford

Latter-Day Politics
Mitt Romney believes American values, not Mormon doctrine, should rule a President.
Interview by Collin Hansen

Second Chances at Life
698,000 inmates were released from prison in the last 12 months. Most will be behind bars again by 2009. How can we keep more from returning?
by Jim Romeo

HeadLines

Church in Action: Texas Baptists help immigrants become citizens.

Middle East: Jordan River endangered.

Public Policy: Christian reformers find crop of concerns in farm bill.

Higher Education: Northern Seminary joins nationwide trend.

Map: Top 10 cities for religious volunteering.

Missions: New passport requirements complicate travel plans.

Ministry: ECFA offers new option for churches, small ministries.

Q+A: Paul Marshall on international religious freedom.

Tidings: Ted Olsen weighs President Bush's "theological perspective" on freedom.

South Korea: Backlash against Taliban hostages.

Departments

Inside CT
Odds and Endings

Readers Write

Where We Stand
What It Means to Love Israel; All That's Good in Sports

Reflections
Blessed Are Those Who Hunger

Do Likewise | David P. Gushee
Our Teachable Moment

Guest Column | Rob Moll
Resurrecting the Public Death

The Pulse |
I Was a Stranger

The CT Review
Anticipating mortality; a Samson novel with fierce intelligence; why Russian filmmaker Tarkovsky sought to harrow the soul; Morris Robinson goes Home with an album of spirituals; Douglas LeBlanc's favorite religion podcasts; remembering The Shawshank Redemption; Bookmarks

The Back Page | Philip Yancey
God's Writing Life

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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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