Racing Fans Can Find Faith at Track
by Clare M. Booth in Melbourne

Books & Culture Corner: The Top Ten Books of 2003
"The Worst Book of the Year, more good reading, digital books, and a little Christmas music"
John Wilson

Are the Cubs Really Cursed?
"J.I. Packer discusses curses, the Cubs, and the billy goat"
Rob Moll

Weblog: Buzz Says Anglican Primates Won't Expel Episcopal Church USA
"John Paul II celebrates 25 years as Pope, and many other stories from online sources around the world"
Ted Olsen

Weblog: Orthodox Episcopalians Answer 'What's Next' After Gay Bishop
Baylor puts itself on probation out of Christian commitment
Ted Olsen

The Sport of Saints?
"Forget St. Pat's. It's time for March Madness, baby! (And yes, it's Christian.)"
Elesha Coffman

Weblog: Will Gore Go After Bush's Faith
Plus: Democrats using Bob Jones University as campaign tool, Seventh-Day Adventists sue for their name, Thomas Nelson's secret book, and other news stories from around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Wildheart
John Eldredge thinks too many Christians are weak, and churches are often insipid-and he's not going to take it anymore
By Douglas LeBlanc

God and the Water Slide
"Christian camping is bigger than ever, but some rituals never change"
Randall Balmer

Eat, Drink, and Relax
Think the Pilgrims would frown on today's football-tossing, turkey-gobbling Thanksgiving festivities? Maybe not.
Elesha Coffman

Weblog: Prayer Breakfast Feedback
Also: 60 Minutes' apparent cluelessness on evangelicals. Did Kurt Warner fumble comments on faith vs. football? And other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: Is Suicide Better than Life Imprisonment?
Plus: Ministry support leads to NCAA investigation, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

The Sport of Saints?
"Forget St. Pat's. It's time for March Madness, baby! (And yes, it's Christian.)"
Elesha Coffman

Matters of Opinion: The Perils of Harry Potter
Literary device or not, witchcraft is real—and dangerous.
Jacqui Komschlies

Your World: Every Day is Casual Friday
Anxiety hangs over a culture when adults act like children.
By Frederica Mathewes-Green | posted 7/18/00

The New Gambling Goliath
Christian activists struggle to slow the rapid growth of Indian casinos.
By John W. Kennedy

The Search for Redemption
Confession without remorse.
By Bruce Kuklick

Weblog: Bush Addresses Evangelicals; Gay Marriage Halted in Calif., Gay Marriage Ban Proposed in Mass.
Plus: Hundreds of other stories from online sources around the world
Compiled by Rob Moll

Why Serious Preachers Use Humor
Plus: Top 25 Worship Songs

My Emerging Guilt
With one hand still clutching the smoothie, I was pulled into the conga line. How did I get here, dancing, off beat and out of touch?
By Ron Benson

Ragamuffin
The patched-up life and unshabby message of Brennan Manning.
By Agnieszka Tennant

The Top Ten Books of 2004
And a warning about the risks of reading.
By John Wilson

Listen For the Laughter
Daniel Simons

I Cried So Hard I Laughed
Jody Vickery

Books and Culture Corner: Play Ball
Baseball, leisure, and worship.
John Wilson

Playing in Wartime
Andy Crouch

A Smoker's Paradise
Micah Weedman

Breaking 80
Golfers don't want to be better people. They want to be better golfers.
Mark Galli

What Would Buffy Do?
Is it possible to call for help ironically—and really mean it?
by Todd Hertz

Reflections: Work and Vocation
"Quotations to stir heart and mind from Thomas Merton, Dorothy Sayers, and others"
Richard A. Kauffman

Film Forum: Finding Nemo Reels in Raves
Christian film critics praise Finding Nemo, debate the merits of The Italian Job, highlight the virtues of Bruce Almighty, and argue about whether The Matrix Reloaded is philosophically polluted.
Jeffrey Overstreet

Film Forum: Fish Tale Fin-tastic, but How Mighty Is Bruce ?
Religious film critics look at Finding Nemo, Bruce Almighty, The In-Laws, The Matrix Reloaded, Daddy Day Care, and The Dancer Upstairs
Jeffrey Overstreet

In Bruce Almighty, God Is as Close as Our Breath
Jim Carrey plays God with unholy flair in a movie that is Judeo-Christian to its bones
Anna Waterhouse

The Fine Art of Rejuvenation
How 3 leaders renew the call when they're confused, tired, or just plain mad.
Heidi Husted, Roberta Hestenes, and Jim Coyl

A Good Day Off
Our family was drifting apart…until we kicked back at the other Willow Creek.
Steve Van Winkle

How to Overcome Overload
H. Dale Burke

The Top Ten Books of 2004
And a warning about the risks of reading.
By John Wilson

Close The Door
Now that the evangelical satire magazine isn't just satirizing evangelicalism, it's not all that funny anymore
Ted Olsen

The Back Page: Drawing the Battle Lines
We need to be informed and discerning about the Islamic worldview
Charles Colson

Weblog: Norway Aflutter Over Soccer Prayers
Plus: Focus on the Family's Candidate endorsement, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: I Am Is God. I Am Not.
"Roy Moore will announce today whether he'll honor Commandments removal deadline, advertisers tell churches to drop the whole cross thing, and other stories from online sources around the world."
Ted Olsen

"It's Soccer, Not Quidditch"
Witch doctors and red devils populate the game of soccer
Ted Olsen

Breaking 80
Golfers don't want to be better people. They want to be better golfers.
Mark Galli

Christian Athletes to Watch in the Olympics
Sports Spectrum magazine has its eye on the believers competing in Athens.
Interview by Rob Moll

Christian History Corner: Revisiting the Pagan Olympic Games
New scholarship on the ancient Olympics reminds Christians why Emperor Theodosius outlawed the event so many centuries ago.
By Steven Gertz

Breaking 80
Golfers don't want to be better people. They want to be better golfers.
Mark Galli

Why God Enjoys Baseball
A new book by Richard Mouw argues that we can glory in even unredeemed creation
David Neff

Plus: The Uncommon Benefits of Common Grace
Does God only take delight in saving souls?
interview with Richard Mouw