What God Hath Not Joined
Why marriage was designed for male and female.
By Edith M. Humphrey

When Marriage Brings Suffering
The meaning of marital covenants in bleak seasons.
By David P. Gushee

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

Landing the Gospel Account
A Minneapolis ad executive leaves a lucrative career to market the message
Stephen Hunt

How I realized I Was Hurting People

Weblog: What Does New Condom Study Really Say About Teen Sexual Activity?
Texas becomes 37th state to enact a Defense of Marriage Act, and other stories from online sources around the world
Todd Hertz

They Live Together and Attend Your Church

Bush Puts $135 Million Behind Abstinence from Sex
When our children face a choice between self-restraint and self-destruction, government should not be neutral.
Todd Hertz

Weblog: British Columbia Allows Same-Sex Marriages
"The National Day of Prayer, Church arsenic poisoning case ruled a homicide, and links to other stories from online sources around the world"
Ted Olsen

"Stretch Pants, Beer, and Other Controversies"
"A New Testament professor discerns the relative from the timeless in biblical texts on slaves, women, and homosexuals."
Agnieszka Tennant

Weblog: Dobson Again Calls For Parents To Pull Kids Out of Public Schools
Israel limits immigration of Christians, and other stories from online sources around the world
Ted Olsen

The Virtue of Lust?
So says philosopher Simon Blackburn.
W. Jay Wood

"Film Forum: Critics Rocked by Jack Black, Gored by Tarantino"
Religious press critics attend The School of Rock, Kill Bill—Vol. 1, Out of Time, The Station Agent, and Wonderland. More reviews arrive for Luther, Secondhand Lions, and Matchstick Men. Plus: More Passion debate, farewells for Elia Kazan, a report from t
Jeffrey Overstreet

What the Rules Don’t Cover
Jared Mackey

Sex Ed. For Adults
God-given longings in a broken world.
By Jenell Williams Paris

They've Gotta Have It
The impossibility of being celibate
Peter T. Chattaway

Letters

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

Heart of Truthfulness
African Methodists provide hope to a troubled church.
By Kathleen K. Rutledge in Pittsburgh

Sowing Confusion
One small ruling for Texas; one giant leap into a cultural abyss
Charles Colson with Anne Morse

President (on TV) Calls God a 'Feckless Thug' and Worse
"Trinity Western can teach teachers and believe homosexuality is a sin, Richard Mouw thinks polygamy should be legalized, and other stories from media sources around the Internet."
Ted Olsen

Cheated by the Affirming Church
Contrary to what some churches teach, it is homosexuality—and not its suppression—that enslaves people like me.
by Anonymous

Weblog: What Else Pat Robertson Said
Plus: World Vision teams with Ricky Martin, Halloween hit from both sides, TBN update, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: House Fails to Pass Marriage Amendment
Britain's Terri Schiavo : Parents fight doctors to keep their baby alive. The Vatican outsources prayers. Plus: Billy Graham plans NY mission, Spain to allow same-sex marriages, reviews of Woman, Thou Art Loosed, and more articles from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Rob Moll

What God Hath Not Joined
Why marriage was designed for male and female.
By Edith M. Humphrey

Good News for the Lost, Imprisoned, Abducted, and Enslaved
Lawyers and investigators at the International Justice Mission have learned that sharing the gospel means going into the heart of darkness.
Wendy Murray Zoba

Finding the 'Real God'
An interview with a sex trafficking survivor
Wendy Murray Zoba

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: Fuller Seminary to Create Interfaith Code of Ethics
"Statement prohibits proselytizing, but school leaders say gracious evangelism still acceptable. Huh?"
Ted Olsen

Too Racy for Bible Study
Origen could not believe the Song of Songs was a hymn to erotic love. So what did it mean?
Warren Smith

Naked Truths
"Critics weigh in on what makes nudity in film wrong, right, and R-rated"
Jeffrey Overstreet

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

Grace's Third Way
Andy Crouch

Same-Sex Marriage: What Can I Say?
Four pastors discuss the pressures and opportunities of the current controversy.
Forum: Phil Busbee, Tony Campolo, Cheryl Sanders, and John Yates

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

The Untouchables' Church
Despite a Catholic bishop's protest suicide in 1998, Christians hold little hope for repeal of blasphemy law.
Ethan Casey in Pakistan

Counseling Rape Victims
Danny Armstrong

Directions: You're Divorced—Can You Remarry?
By Gary M. Burge, professor of New Testament at Wheaton College and Graduate School.

The Pacynskis: Turning the Tables