The Man Behind the Marriage Amendment
It's just as well that Matt Daniels loves a good fight, because he has a big one on his hands.
By Sheryl Henderson Blunt

Frozen Out
What to do with those extra embryos.
By John Van Regenmorter

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

Weblog (Second Helping): Revenge of the God Billboards
Plus: Britain discusses euthanasia while the Netherlands euthanizes babies, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: Separation of Church and Store
Plus: Bulldozing a church, murdering an atheist, Britain's designer babies, and apparently today is Election Day.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Who Cares About Care?
Jean Bethke Elshtain

The Criminologist Who Discovered Churches
Political scientist John DiIulio followed the data to see what would save America's urban youth.
Tim Stafford

Fill an Empty Cradle
Falling birthrates demand new priorities for families.
A Christianity Today editorial

Weblog: Senate Passes Fetal Homicide Bill
Plus: Former Archbishop of Canterbury criticizes Islam, The Passion of The Christ opens overseas, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Inside CT: Birth Stories
"Even God incarnate in Jesus Christ, born of Mary, has a birth story of sorts"
Timothy C. Morgan

Weblog: Catholic Bishops Embrace Ecumenical Group, Reject Bible Measure
Plus: The most inaccurate Christmas song ever, protecting kids from their evil, murderous parents, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: Supreme Court Will Rule on Ten Commandments Displays
Plus: Catholic bishops challenge Kerry as evangelical theologians criticize Bush, 110 Iraqi Christians killed, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

A Crumbling Institution
How social revolutions cracked the pillars of marriage.
By David P. Gushee

Dayna Curry Will Celebrate Her 30th Birthday in a Taliban Prison
"With trial indefinitely postponed, the future is murky for Shelter Now hostages."
Jeff M. Sellers

Wish Ruth Graham a Happy Eightieth
Christianity Today is compiling birthday greetings and memories. Come be a part of it.

Weblog: The Pope's Birthday
Plus: Congress' Hindu prayer, a dog ingests the Body of Christ, and other stories from media sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 5/19/00

Noble Masculinity
An Interview with Robert Lewis

Weblog: Dial M For Messianic Jews
Plus: Do boys or their teachers misunderstand Jesus? And the latest news on Martin and Gracia Burnham.
Ted Olsen

Artificial Creation: A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Roy M. Anker

Railroads and Civil Rights
Race and labor aboard the iron horse
David Chappell

Weblog: How Integrated is Your Church?
Plus: The power of small groups, the Bible goes back to school, and other stories from newspapers around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 6/5/00

In Search of a Multicultural Bottom Line
Chris Rice

Weblog: How Integrated is Your Church?
Plus: The power of small groups, the Bible goes back to school, and other stories from newspapers around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 6/5/00

The Healing Music of Ladysmith Black Mambazo

In Search of a Multicultural Bottom Line
Chris Rice

Horses that Heal
Hope Rising is a sweet collection of real-life stories about the power of love and horses to heal the hurts of disadvantaged children
Cindy Crosby

The Hidden Slavery
"Each year, two million women and children worldwide have sex with strangers only because someone kidnaps them and threatens to kill them. You may have passed some of these victims on the street"
Wendy Murray Zoba

"Weblog: Supreme Court Rejects Bible Club, Grad Speech, and Fetal Homicide Cases"
"Ten Commandments on tour, a cross dispute in Florida, and other stories from online sources around the world"
Ted Olsen

Until I See His Face
Louise Walker

Who Cares About Care?
Jean Bethke Elshtain

Where Babies come from
Agnes Howard

Screening Children's Workers
James F. Cobble, Jr.

Who Cares About Care?
Jean Bethke Elshtain

Where Babies come from
Agnes Howard

Too Much to Ask?
Elizabeth Wirth

Community and Conscience
Catholics and contraception.
Jenell Williams Paris

Praying for Terrorists
Christians seek healing in Beslan.
By Dawn Herzog Jewell

Weblog: Ravi Zacharias, Rich Mouw Speak in Mormon Tabernacle
Plus: Couple attempts to sacrifice children at church altar, the new head of the Catholic bishops' conference, a focus on Dobson, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: Season's Beatings
"Samaritan's Purse slandered again, A&W's anti-Scripture orders, and other stories from online sources around the world"
Ted Olsen

Weblog: Are Conservative Christians Abusive Parents?
Plus: An ex-gay leader goes into a bar, and blaming spanking for youth violence.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

NEWS: 'The Right to Parent': Should It Be Fundamental?
By Kim A. Lawton in Washington, D.C.

Weblog: Four Dozen Nigerian Christians Murdered in Church
Plus: John Kerry endorses amendment against gay marriage, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: Baptist Minister Killed in Tajikistan
Plus: Conservative Episcopalians sketch out plan, Jack Kelley now accused of lifting sentences, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Ministry's Deadly Undertow
by Linton Lundeen

Briefs: North America

Babywise Controversy: Babywise Almost Dropped
Author Ezzo nearly loses book contract in ongoing dispute
Corrie Cutrer

Babywise Controversy: Babywise Almost Dropped
Author Ezzo nearly loses book contract in ongoing dispute
Corrie Cutrer

"Books & Culture's Books of the Week: Faith, Hope, and Charity in North Carolina"
New novels by Michael Morris—whose first novel, A Place Called Wiregrass, was a word-of-mouth hit—and Jan Karon, who continues her beloved Mitford saga
Betty Smartt Carter

Inside CT: Latest Books by CT Staff
On issues from foster care to the future of missions. Christianity Today staff have been writing for more than the magazine
David Neff,

Empty Nesters Undertake Second Parenthood
By Christine J. Gardner in Glen Ellyn.

Where Babies come from
Agnes Howard

Babywise Controversy: Babywise Almost Dropped
Author Ezzo nearly loses book contract in ongoing dispute
Corrie Cutrer

Babywise Controversy: Babywise Almost Dropped
Author Ezzo nearly loses book contract in ongoing dispute
Corrie Cutrer

Frozen Out
What to do with those extra embryos.
By John Van Regenmorter

Has Natural Birth Control Been Proved Impossible?
"Don't believe the media reports, cautions the author of Birth Control for Christians"
Jenell Williams Paris

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

A Decisive Turn to Paganism
Has the nation finally abandoned its Judeo-Christian heritage, or is there still hope?
By Harold O.J. Brown

The Pursuing Father
What we need to know about this often misunderstood Middle Eastern parable.
Kenneth E. Bailey

Giving: Inheritance Windfall May Bypass Churches
by Keith Hinson

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

Weblog: Pope Warns Archbishop of Canterbury of Unity 'Difficulties'
"Meanwhile, Rowan Williams speaks of a clear sense of limits in the Anglican Communion"
Ted Olsen

Coming Attractions
Gay activism is not just found in liberal churches
Christianity Today editorial

Why I Apologized to Planned Parenthood
My difficult unplanned pregnancy impelled me to show a little more grace.
By Jemila Monroe

Pro-Abortion Madness
The abortion lobby has abandoned its rationales amid pro-life gains.
By Ted Olsen

Weblog: Against Abstinence
What a South Dakota State Library debate pitting Christianity Today against Planned Parenthood reveals about the sexual left.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Why I Apologized to Planned Parenthood
My difficult unplanned pregnancy impelled me to show a little more grace.
By Jemila Monroe

Until I See His Face
Louise Walker

NEWS: Should Expectant Mothers Be Tested for HIV?
Experts debate how to reduce AIDS in newborns.
Thomas S. Giles

Weblog: Catholic Bishops Embrace Ecumenical Group, Reject Bible Measure
Plus: The most inaccurate Christmas song ever, protecting kids from their evil, murderous parents, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: Why Kerry Is Sincere When He Says He Believes Life Begins at Conception
Plus: AmeriCorps loses suit on Catholic school placements, U.K. considers new religious hate law, Portland's Catholic archdiocese declares bankruptcy, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: Kerry Told to Speak Up, Shut Up About Religion
Plus: British government debates spanking, Pope laments EU Constitution, and other sources from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen