"Film Forum: In America, The Missing Explore Parent-Child Bonds"
"Religious press critics review In America, The Missing, Timeline, The Haunted Mansion, Bad Santa, The Cooler, more Cat in the Hat criticism, news about a movie studio marketing to churches, Billy Graham's views on The Passion of the Christ, and a Columbin"
Jeffrey Overstreet

How Good Parents Give Up on Their Teens
And why they need to take responsibility for the spiritual nurture of their kids.
Carla Barnhill

Weblog: Churches Reunite in Pakistan, Manhattan, and Accokeek
Plus: Columbine's religious tile dispute, discipleship after 9/11, and other stories from media around the world.
Ted Olsen

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: White House Speechwriter Talks About the Bush Code
Plus: U.S. News phones it in on prayer, Indonesian churches attacked, Mormon author disfellowshipped, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: Christians in Iraq, Bethlehem Face Difficult Christmas
Plus: The Polar Express an evangelical film? religious people allowed on New Jersey juries, the battle for Christmas, new approach in the Sudan, Sikhs violently protest British play, and more articles from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Rob Moll

Christian College Tuition Chart
Christian college costs are lower than the national average, but increasing at a higher rate.
Graphic by Dale Glasgow | posted 8/3/00

Law:Do Computers Cross the Church-State Divide?
The Supreme Court examines federal aid to private schools.
By Verla Gillmor

Higher Education: Crumbling Family Values
Hillsdale College confronts a sexual scandal, suicide, and leader's resignation.
By Douglas LeBlanc

The Ph.D. Octopus, 100 Years On
Wilfred M. McClay

The Groves of Academe
Special Pleading?
Will Katerberg

Matters of the Mind
Quotations to stir the heart about thinking
Richard A. Kauffman

Good Question: Vegetarians in Paradise
Based on Isaiah 11:6-7 and 65:25, will we be vegetarians in the new heaven and earth as Adam and Eve were before the Fall?
Answered by Bill T. Arnold

The Ph.D. Octopus, 100 Years On
Wilfred M. McClay

The Dick Staub Interview: J. Budziszewski Knows That You Know What You Know
Even though you may not know it yourself.

Sex and the Single Christian
No, chastity isn't archaic.
Agnes Howard

From Ewww ... to Wow!
What a big difference a small spider made.
By Bethany Torode

Everything That Rises Must Converge
The inevitable and preordained trajectories of evolution.
by William Dembski

Two Schools of Thought
Many believers wonder what's best for their children—Christian or public education. Two Dallas schools suggest an answer
Edward Gilbreath and John Wilson

Public Education: Back to the Bible
More public schools experiment with Bible-as-literature curriculum.
By Tony Carnes

Alabama: An Education Gamble
After defeating an Alabama lottery-for-schools plan, Christians ponder how to improve public education.
by William C. Singleton III

Worldview Boot Camp
Evangelical young people need training in the truth about truth.
By Charles Colson with Anne Morse

Weblog: Four Southern Baptist Aid Workers Killed in Iraq
Plus: While Unitarian ministers are arrested by police for gay marriages, a wed lesbian faces a church trial for being a minister, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

One Friendship at a Time
Kids Hope USA shows the power of mentoring children
Bert Ghezzi

Weblog: 'Ten Commandments Judge' Loses Appeal
"Bush promotes school vouchers, judge blocks Virginia's partial-birth abortion ban, aborted embryos may become mothers, and other articles from online sources around the world"
Ted Olsen

Breaking Up a Monopoly
The Supreme Court has put parents back in charge of their children's education
Christianity Today Editorial

'Get Our Kids Out'
Dobson says pro-gay school curriculum has gone too far.
Corrie Cutrer

Weblog: University of Arizona Killer Apparently Resented Spirituality
Beliefnet's buoys from bankruptcy, churches offer Halloween alternatives, and other stories from online sources around the world
Ted Olsen

Weblog: Rebuilding the Walls of Columbine
"Comedian accuses Britain of banning religious jokes, Dan Rather reads his Bible, and other stories."
Ted Olsen

Sticks and Stones
Kyle Zander and Valerie Zander

Opportunity Denied
Florida school vouchers flunked for ties to religion.
By Ken Walker

Weblog: Bring Me the Stead of John the Baptist?
Plus: Florida vouchers nixed, assisted suicide wins again in Oregon, Methodism and the presidential campaign, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: Heavy Lifting During a Busy Religion News Week
"Oodles of religion news stories, on topics from Joyce Meyer to Franklin Graham, from gay marriage to The Passion of the Christ"
Ted Olsen with Rob Moll

Open or Closed Case?
Controversial theologian John Sanders on way out at Huntington.
By Stan Guthrie

Security Gaffes
Evangelical schools worry over post-9/11 visa rules.
By Bob Smietana

Apocalypse Without the Beasts
A high school teacher finds the sacred in all the wrong places
By Greg Taylor

Reflections: Teaching and Learning
Quotations to stir heart and mind.
Compiled by Richard Kauffman

Making Disciples by Sacred Story
Biblical storytelling conveys the realities of our faith better than almost any other form of communication.
By Walter Wangerin Jr.

The Ph.D. Octopus, 100 Years On
Wilfred M. McClay

A Tale of Two Schools
Harvard is Harvard. Bethel is the it school for Baptist General Conference diehards.
Nathaniel Taylor

Cracks in the Tower
A closer look at the Christian college boom.
Allen Guelzo

Jedi or Jesuit?
Looking for God at the cineplex.
Jason Byassee

The Dick Staub Interview: Ken Gire's Lord of the Dance
Patch Adams and T.S. Eliot teach us to twirl with Jesus, says the author

Weblog: The Prolife Push
Young Life under fire in Burbank
Ted Olsen

CT Classic: A Christian 'Heavy-Metal' Band Makes Its Mark on the Secular Music Industry
Lyrics and onstage behavior distances Stryper from counterparts.
Steve Rabey

Weblog: Lack of Holy Land Travel, Economic Woes Lead to Political Upheaval
Pedophilia said to be an incurable disease, the deaths of Dr. Torrey and Evelyn Johnson, and more online stories from around the world.
Todd Hertz

Weblog: Call Them Hostages
"Shelter Now aid workers reportedly survive first attack, but young American Heather Mercer isn't doing well."
Ted Olsen

LETTERS: The Population Problem