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February 2006

Five Reasons Torture Is Always Wrong
And why there should be no exceptions.
by David P. Gushee

Front Line Dilemmas
Christians in intelligence services are conflicted over the use of torture.
by Tony Carnes

Schedule, Interrupted
Discovering God's time-management technique.
by Mark Buchanan

Habits of Highly Effective Justice Workers
Should we protest the system or invest in a life?
by Rodolpho Carrasco

The Soul Hunters of Central Asia
The most Baptist state in the world—Nagaland—is vying to become a powerhouse for cross-cultural missions.
by Manpreet Singh

Making Do with More
In an age of abundance, how do we survive with our souls intact?
by Tim Stafford

Islam's Uncertain Future
Freedom House's Paul Marshall says Shari'ah is both less and more dangerous than you think.
Interview by Stan Guthrie

A Tale of Two Kitties
Lovers of Aslan should heed the warnings from the creator of Hobbes.
by E. J. Park

Small Is Huge
Why Jesus favors mustard-seed ministry.
by David Neff

Jabez Author Quits Africa
Bruce Wilkinson announces early retirement.
by Timothy C. Morgan

Disappointed but Holding
Evangelical support of George W. Bush remains surprisingly high.
by Tony Carnes

Bridge to a Place Called Home
How one ministry partners with churches to put the homeless back on their feet.
by Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra

HeadLines

Missions: Southern Baptists ban private tongues-speaking for new missionaries.

Media: Cable dispute pits wholesome TV against evangelism.

China: Palau regrets telling house churches to register.

Australia: Race riots reach immigrant churches.

Abortion: Supreme Court, legislatures consider parental notification.

Qatar: Expatriate Protestants to build first church structure.

Intelligent Design: Court setback in Dover.

Education: Protestants cheer Vatican document banning gay seminarians.

Q + A: Justus Reid Weiner explains why Christians are leaving Palestine.

Evangelism: Dubbed Graham sermons reap big response.

Departments

Inside CT
Serious About Ethics

Readers Write

Where We Stand
Close Encounters with HIV; We Are What We Behold

Reflections
Morning Prayers

Speaking Out | Andrew Paquin
Politically Driven Injustice

Taste and See | Agnieszka Tennant
What Would Jesus Buy?

Always in Parables | Andy Crouch
Learning from Fools

The CT Review
A BibleZine for the Hip-Hop Crowd; Memoirs of an Apathetic Agnostic; How Reality TV Misrepresents Life; Bookmarks

The Back Page | Charles Colson
A More Excellent Way

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Loving Where it Hurts the Most
Bill Mallonee has been called one of the top 100 songwriters in the world, but an audience is hard to find.

Nate Anderson | posted 11/21/2008 09:15AM

Slideshow: No Need to Fret
Bill Mallonee sings about hardship, but his lyrics are haunted by hope.

Edited by Ruth Moon | posted 11/21/2008 09:18AM

Go Figure
Get the number on Max Lucado, Orthodox congregants, and poverty.

Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 11/21/2008 09:20AM

Fire and Dating
Name that nonprofit, Mike Huckabee's biblical blunder, and stem-cells make an organ.

Compiled by Sarah Pulliam and Susan Wunderink | posted 11/21/2008 09:21AM

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

Poll: When do you start listening to Christmas music?

From Christianity Today Movies:
Twilight
This film adaptation will satisfy fans of the vampire romance novel, but doesn't have much of anything for anyone else.

Todd Hertz | posted 11/22/2008 12:30AM

Bolt
A dog who thinks he's a superhero goes on a cross-country journey of self-discovery in Disney's best home-grown cartoon in years.

Peter T. Chattaway | posted 11/22/2008 12:30AM

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