Volume 45, Number 2
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Cover Story
He's the evangelical next door on The Simpsons, and that's okily dokily among many believers.
Mark I. Pinsky
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Timothy C. Morgan
NCC withdraws endorsement of 'one-man, one-woman' marriage statement.
Sheryl Henderson Blunt
Baptists, Methodists follow
Religion News Service
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A new documentary explores each group's concept of prayer, the Bible, and the Messiah.
Deann Alford
Unconventional 'Theophostic' counseling cites results in rebutting its critics.
Kevin Bidwell
Despite benefits, automatic electronic transfers still rare in churches
Ken Walker
Episcopal Church court may decide fate of Montana's Charles Jones next week.
Douglas LeBlanc
But China's unofficial congregations resist evil cult label
Alex Buchan, Compass Direct
Evangelicals assess the bitter lessons of the Fujimori years
David Miller in Lima, Peru
Persecution of religious minorities stirs Christian outrage against government inaction.
Manpreet Singh in New Delhi
Pastor who resists injustice is repeatedly beaten by police.
Odhiambo Okite
Few seem to have noticed the euthanasia movement's latest gains
Steve Tompkins believes God has a sense of humor
Mark I. Pinsky
The show's popularity goes beyond its 10th anniversary star on Hollywood Boulevard.
Mark I. Pinsky
Why Hollywood has a hard time getting Christianity right, and how we can tell when it does.
William Romanowski
German evangelist Reinhard Bonnke's evangelistic crusades are setting attendance records, but career missionaries worry about discipleship.
Corrie Cutrer
Visiting Nigeria taught me as much about the despair in my own soul as it did the soul of this country.
Corrie Cutrer
Death is the heartless divider—or so I thought before I watched my grandpa die.
Sarah E. Hinlicky
The Millennial generation may be uniquely wired to stand—and sweat—for God.
Wendy Murray Zoba
Muslims have increased efforts to take control of Holy Land sties revered by Jews and Christians.
Clarence H. Wagner Jr
Gen-X Christians are reinterpreting the meaning of church unity.
Lauren F. Winner
Self-centeredness is cured by looking deeply within the life of the Trinity.
John Ortberg
An end-times pilgrim counts the cost of discipleship
Glenn Paauw
In elections, and in life, there is something more important than winning.
Stephen L. Carter
Quotations in Honor of Black History Month
Richard A. Kauffman
I have discovered how inconvenient it can be when God actually does speak.
Andy Crouch
Two books disclose the unforeseen hazards of divorce, and the unexpected fruits of marriage.
Glenn T. Stanton
A Polish director prods European and American audiences to consider God's timeless standards.
Agnieszka Tennant
The messianic and passionate U2 sounds like itself again
Douglas LeBlanc
A look around the globe reveals a God as big as we want him to be
Philip Yancey