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An Evangelical Lament
A seasoned journalist looks at the movement and sighs. A review of A Lover's Quarrel.
Review by Mark Galli

Theology in the News
Europe's Past Is Today's Hope
Rome won't cede the continent to secularists without a fight.
Collin Hansen

COVER PACKAGE
In the Beginning, Grace
Evangelicals desperately need spiritual and moral renewal—on that everyone agrees. But what do we do about it?
Mark Galli

My Top 5 Books on the Emerging Movement

A Musical Flannery O'Connor
The blues of Dave Perkins is raw, real, and full of hope.

FROM THE CT POLITICS BLOG:
Study: Support for Abortion Dips

Political Advocacy Tracker
The Baucus Ruckus
This week the debate over health care reform moved from broad platitudes to specifics on abortion funding and abstinence education.

Spotlight: Church Violence
The surge in church shootings is real.

Readers Write
Your responses to the August 2009 issue of Christianity Today.

A Lost Generation
Mainline churches in East Germany rediscover a sense of mission.
Also: Germany's Christian Democrats

Be. Do. Write.
Donald Miller reflects on what it's like to have your life become a movie script.
Also: Q+A: Donald Miller on Better Narratives

[monday \| 10.05.09] Why Rome Won't Cede Europe A Musical Flannery O'Connor In the Beginning, Grace Letters to the Editor	[friday \| 10.02.09] In the Beginning, Grace Letters to the Editor The Baucus Ruckus
[thursday \| 10.01.09] Spotlight: Church Violence A Lost Generation	[wednesday \| 09.30.09] The Coen Brothers' World God and Gays in Film Go Figure: The Mainline and the Megachurch
[tuesday \| 09.29.09] Review: Don Miller's Million Miles Q+A: Donald Miller on Better Narratives Under Discussion: Should Multisite Campuses Be Church Plants Instead?	[monday \| 09.28.09] White Flag in the Mommy Wars Finding God in the Dark CDs on The List

[The Latest]

Episcopal diocese allows graceful exit of former clergy
The Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh will not take action against the clergy who left the Episcopal Church. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Rob Bell's sermons on steroids create following
His short teaching videos, called "NOOMAs" have been downloaded more than 1 million times. His books sell well. His sermons end up on iPods. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
'Addict' tells of 15 abortions in controversial book
Her book Impossible Motherhood: Testimony of an Abortion Addict, which details her 15 surgeries, is set to be released today. (National Post)
Religious Experience Linked to Brain's Social Regions
Brain scans of people who believe in God have found further evidence that religion involves neurological regions vital for social intelligence. (Wired)
Why not? Top African cardinal says there's no reason why next pope can't be black
A prominent African cardinal said Monday there was no reason why the next pope couldn't be black, particularly following the election of President Barack Obama. (Associated Press)
Casey straddling issue of taxpayer-funded abortion
He opposes abortion but says he doesn't want health care overhaul to hinge on it (The Morning Call)

[Top Stories]

Support Appears to Drop for Abortion Rights
A new poll, though, suggests that support for abortion appears to have declined, with the public almost evenly divided over the issue. (The New York Times)
Muslims find new Ramadan fast partners: Christians
But some evangelicals say that fasting alongside Muslims at Ramadan, however well-intentioned, is a dangerous blurring of the lines and runs contrary to Christianity (Associated Press)
When Churches Have Disputes
In March I was honored to be elected pastor of one of the great churches in South Florida--and indeed in America. (Tullian Tchividjian, South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
Pakistan Rights Groups Seek Answers on Christian’s Death
A Christian man detained on blasphemy charges was found dead in his jail cell on Tuesday in eastern Pakistan. Human rights groups said he had been tortured (The New York Times)
Cuba OKs organized religious services in prisons
Cuba will allow inmates to attend Roman Catholic Mass and Protestant services inside prisons, a top religious leader said Tuesday, in a significant easing of the communist government's policy toward organized religion. (Associated Press)
No credible reports of threats toward teen runaway, authorities say
Investigators checked with local, state and federal authorities in Columbus and Orlando and "have not been made aware of any identifiable threat." (Orlando Sentinel)

[CT Classics]Grappling with God
Prayer sometimes feels like a hug and a stranglehold at the same time.

Philip Yancey | posted 10/20/2006

We Are What We Sing
Our classic hymns reveal evangelicalism at its best.

Mark A. Noll | posted 7/12/1999

God Is In Control During the Financial Crisis
God often uses adversity for his greatest blessings and the markets are his.

Charles Colson | posted 10/02/2008

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