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March 2004

The Passion of Mel Gibson
Why evangelicals are cheering a movie with profoundly Catholic sensibilities.
Plus: Mel, Mary, and Mothers
by David Neff

Lethal Suffering
The Passion underlines Christ's humanity like no film before.
by Peter T. Chattaway

The Passion and Prejudice
Why I asked the Anti-Defamation League to give Mel Gibson a break.
by Michael Medved

The Fountain Fill'd with Blood
Mel Gibson is drawing on a long tradition of Cross-centered devotion.
by Chris Armstrong

The Good News of God's Wrath
At the heart of the universe, there is a just and gracious God.
by Peter Jensen

Inventing Evangelicalism
No one was more pivotal to the emerging movement than Carl F. H. Henry.
by Timothy George

Burma's Almost Forgotten
Christians find themselves battered by the world's longest civil war and a brutally repressive regime.
by Benedict Rogers

America's Pastor
With Max Lucado, what you see is what you get. And what you get is a man who incarnates a message about second chances.
by Cindy Crosby

HeadLines

Iran: Quake opens door to the gospel.

Bioethics: New Jersey legalizes human cloning for research.

Immigration: Bush's proposed reform draws mixed reviews from Christians.

Afghanistan: New constitution could mean Trouble for religious rights.

Origins: Young-earth book about the Grand Canyon sparks opposition—and sales.

Ministry: Facing criticism over spending, Preacher Joyce Meyer takes a pay cut.

Denominations: Conservative Episcopalians launch network.

Pluralism: Canada approves Islamic arbitration.

India: Congressional delegation examines Religious persecution.

Q+A: Franklin Graham on Sudan.

Departments

Inside CT
Coming Attractions

Readers Write

Where We Stand
A Question of Faith; Forget Your Bliss

Reflections

Jesus' Cross

Weblog in Print | Ted Olsen
Misfires in the Tolerance Wars

Good Question | J.I. Packer
Incarnate Forever

Civil Reactions | Stephen L. Carter
A Politics of Gratitude

The CT Review
Jesus in Beijing; Discarding Our Masks; Worship Style Matters; A Home for Nomads; Relationships, Not Programs; Black Theology Revisited

The Back Page | Philip Yancey
Cry, the Beloved Continent

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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?

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Bolt
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Peter T. Chattaway | posted 11/22/2008 05:40AM

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