Advent: Close Encounters of a Liturgical Kind
'Tis the season when even the free-ranging revivalist pulls up a chair to the table of historic liturgy.
By Chris Armstrong

Reflections: Advent
"Quotations to stir the heart and mind from Augustine, Madeleine L'Engle, and Walter Wangerin, Jr"
Richard A. Kauffman

Weblog Bonus: You'd Better Watch Out
Battles over holiday displays are chief among the 230 religion news stories you'll find from online news stories around the world
Ted Olsen

Weblog: The Virgin Birth? Come on!
Millard Fuller steps down as Habitat CEO after sexual harassment allegation, worries the movement will lose focus. Also, an adult stem-cell media conspiracy?
Compiled by Rob Moll

Weblog: Two Iraqi Churches Bombed
Plus: Mr. Bean opposes British religious hate-crime bill, religious summit opens in Indonesia, Vatican condemns 'Christianophobia', Christmas dilemma, praying for the home team, and other articles from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Rob Moll

Weblog: Canadian Supreme Court Backs Same-Sex Marriage
Plus: Another religion clash in Egypt, a Baylor bump, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Reflections: Cross and Resurrection
Quotations to stir heart and mind at Easter
Richard A. Kauffman

Reflections: He Is Risen
Easter quotations to stir heart and mind.
Compiled by Richard A. Kauffman

Weblog: Sudan Peace Stalled Again by Possible Genocide
Plus: Easter, Australia rejects Christian asylum from Iran, gay marriage in the church, and more articles from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Rob Moll

Weblog: Judge Orders Scientology Critic to Pay Church $500,000
Plus: Remembering the sack of Constantinople, criminal evangelistic strategies, Heather Mercer heads to Iraq, The Passion soundtrack goes gold, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Reflections: Following the Star
Quotations to stir heart and mind
Compiled by Richard A. Kauffman

Russian Faithful Plunge Into Icy Water as Holy Act at Epiphany
Biblical events take on a special significance at Istra's New Jerusalem.
Andrei Zolotov

An Arts Festival in the Heartland
Bill Gaither has succeeded in putting together an event that increases Christ through the performers' diminishment.
By Mark Allen Powell

Weblog: The Search for the Holy Grail Continues
Evangelical father accused of murdering pregnant wife and three children, Billy Graham plans two more missions, and other stories from online sources around the world
Ted Olsen

"Top Ten News Stories, 2002"
"The events, people, and ideas of the past year that have or will significantly shape evangelical life, thought, or mission"
CT editors

"First, A Feast"

What Makes This Week Holy?
Jewish and Christian celebrations this week aren't just springtime rituals.
By Timothy George

The Passion, Eight Adagios, and an Earthquake
Haydn's Seven Last Words is a powerful guide for Good Friday meditation.
By David Neff

Christian History Corner: The Goodness of Good Friday
An unhappy celebration—isn't that an oxymoron?
Chris Armstrong

Weblog: Two Iraqi Churches Bombed
Plus: Mr. Bean opposes British religious hate-crime bill, religious summit opens in Indonesia, Vatican condemns 'Christianophobia', Christmas dilemma, praying for the home team, and other articles from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Rob Moll

Weblog: Canadian Supreme Court Backs Same-Sex Marriage
Plus: Another religion clash in Egypt, a Baylor bump, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: Atheist No More, Flew Still Rejects Revelation
Plus: LA Times praises Jesus, Eames says ECUSA won't be disciplined, China's Craze Mass, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

What Makes This Week Holy?
Jewish and Christian celebrations this week aren't just springtime rituals.
By Timothy George

The Passion, Eight Adagios, and an Earthquake
Haydn's Seven Last Words is a powerful guide for Good Friday meditation.
By David Neff

Weblog: The End of Christian Fundamentalism?
Maundy Tuesday, the unreal real St. Patrick, and many other articles from news sources around the world
Ted Olsen

Reflections: Lenten Inventory
Quotations to stir heart and mind
Compiled by Richard A. Kauffman

Weblog: Religious Conservative Leaders Savage Bush
Plus: Teen pregnancy and abortion rates drop, Roe case goes forward, the Amish in winter, and many other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: Baptist Missionary Killed by Abu Sayyaf Airport Bombing
"Where those ashes come from, and other stories from online sources around the world"
Ted Olsen

Weblog: Sudan Peace Stalled Again by Possible Genocide
Plus: Easter, Australia rejects Christian asylum from Iran, gay marriage in the church, and more articles from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Rob Moll

Weblog: Another Missionary Killed in Uganda
Plus: Tex. pharmacist refuses to fill birth control pills, guilty verdict in NZ euthanasia case, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

The CT Review: Oberammergau Overhaul
Changes make the Passion play more sensitive to Jews and more faithful to Scripture.
By Paul L. Maier | posted 8/24/00

Divine Theater
God's weightiness in worship.
by Sue A. Rozeboom

A Wake-Up Call to Become Global Christians
"The deadly attacks on America will provoke many responses, but Christians are commanded to love our neighbors."
Miriam Adeney

The God Who Delegates
From Moses to most of us, God works through an unlikely set of characters.
Philip Yancey

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

Weblog Bonus: You'd Better Watch Out
Battles over holiday displays are chief among the 230 religion news stories you'll find from online news stories around the world
Ted Olsen

Christian History Corner: Thanksgiving in the Midst of Fear
"Seriously ill in the days of the Black Plague, poet John Donne still celebrated God's goodness"
Philip Yancey