Theology of the Body
Pope John Paul II on the biblical foundations of marriage and sexuality.
By Laura Merzig Fabrycky

Churches, Charity, and Civil Society
The debate over faith-based social services.
By Joseph Loconte

Hugh Hefner's Hollow Victory
"How the Playboy magnate won the culture war, lost his soul, and left us with a mess to clean up"
Read Mercer Schuchardt

Weblog: RNC Tells Voters that Liberals Will Ban Bible
Plus: Alan Wolfe on Democratic secularists, horoscopes vs. the Bible, Prohibition's problems, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Differently Disabled
Forrest Gump without the extravagance: the ordinary life of Bill Porter.
By Crystal Downing

Weblog: Menorah, Crescent and Star Secular, Says Judge
Plus: Was Christian network stiffed in station bid? The James Ossuary is back in the news, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Bad Seed
Why did so many American churches embrace eugenics?
By Philip Jenkins

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

The Dick Staub Interview: Brennan Manning on Ruthless Trust
Many Christians are still afraid to let God love them as they truly are, says the former priest, sober alcoholic, and author.

Losing My Appetite for Cynicism

Holy Greed

The Good Fight
4 spiritual disciplines to keep fights from scarring your soul.
By Mark Buchanan

American Idols
Larry Crabb says there's something better than control and success.
The Leadership Interview

Living Like a Man
Andre Dubus and the lessons of brokenness.
Christina Bieber

The Dick Staub Interview: How Dan Allender Broke on Through (to the Other Side)
A former drug dealer who evangelized before he was a Christian talks about his efforts to bring healing from sexual abuse

Weblog: Wheaton College Allows Dancing for All, Drinking and Tobacco for Non-Undergraduates
Illinois law drives complete overhaul of school's conduct code.
Ted Olsen

Not So Fast
Some New Hampshire Christians don't buy candidate's excuse for losing
Ted Olsen

Supremely Rejected
Lower-court decisions the Supreme Court let stand
Ted Olsen

CT Classic: Coffee That Cares
A Costa Rican church underwrites an urban outreach effort with premium coffee sales
Deann Alford

"Christian History Corner: Muscular Christianity's Prodigal Son, College Sports"
"In the wake of a basketball scandal at a prominent Christian university, we take time to remember the Christian roots of college athletics"
Chris Armstrong

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

Illinois Pastor on Fatal Flight
"Jeffrey Mladenik, 43, was involved in workplace ministry, international adoption."
LaTonya Taylor

Seven Sirens

Rx for Gluttony
Even Christian diet experts rarely talk about it anymore. But the early monks did, and for good reason.

Film Forum: A Sequel with Metal Claws and a Moral Backbone
Christian critics consider X2: X-Men United, The Lizzie McGuire Movie, The Dancer Upstairs, Bend It Like Beckham, and The Real Cancun.
Jeffrey Overstreet

Film Forum: Matrix Sequel Flaunts Flashy Effects, Tedious Talk
Christian film critics find little enthusiasm for The Matrix Reloaded, Down with Love, or Daddy Day Care, but they are impressed with Man on the Train
Jeffrey Overstreet

Film Forum: Race and Redemption in a Holes -some Family Film
"Holes trips up some viewers but holds treasure for others. Reviewers find flaws in A Mighty Wind, Bulletproof Monk, Malibu's Most Wanted, Chasing Papi, and XXX, while praising Levity and Rivers and Tides. Plus: An invitation to weigh in on the subject of"
Jeffrey Overstreet

The Weigh and the Truth
Christian dieting programs—like Gwen Shamblin's Weigh Down Diet—help believers pray off the pounds. But what deeper messages are they sending about faith and fitness?
By Lauren F. Winner | posted 8/25/00

Rx for Gluttony
Even Christian diet experts rarely talk about it anymore. But the early monks did, and for good reason.

Inside CT: Perennial Diet Wars
By Mark Galli, Managing Editor

Weblog: Feds Granted More than $1 Billion to Religious Charities in 2003
Plus: The Joash tablet may not be a fake after all, Christians attacked in India and Egypt, our continuing (and exhausting) roundup of stories about gay marriage and The Passion, and other articles from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Nice Yet Naughty
A no-nonsense book of female sex addiction is finally here.
Agnieszka Tennant

Reflections: Quotations to Stir Mind and Heart
In a consumer society, there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addictions and the prisoners of envy
Ivan Illich

Amassed Media: The Drink Debate
What Christian leaders past and present have said about social drinking—and where to find them online.
By Ted Olsen

CT Classic: America's Battle Against the Bottle
Evangelical support of temperance is no cause for embarrassment in our intemperate society.
By Mark A. Noll

CT Classic: Total Abstinence and Biblical Principles
One of Christianity Today's earliest cover stories examined alcohol on the 25th anniversary of Prohibition's repeal.
By Roland H. Bainton