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Top Story The Pentecostal Gold Standard
by Tim Stafford | posted 07/01/2005 09:00 a.m.
After 50 years in ministry, Jack Hayford continues to confound stereotypes—all to the good.


also new today
Weblog: Billy Didn't Mean to Endorse Hillary for President, Says Franklin
Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 07/01/2005 04:30 p.m.
Plus: America's fastest-growing megachurch, ABC's illegal TV show, judge blocks South Dakota's new abortion law, and other stories from online sources around the world.

Supreme Court Opening Will Test Strength of Religious Conservatives
by Kevin Eckstrom and Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service | posted 07/01/2005 04:30 p.m.
Conservative groups say this is why they pushed for Bush's re-election.

U.S. Churches' Recognition of Independence Day Varies Widely
by Nancy Glass, Religion News Service | posted 07/01/2005 09:00 a.m.
Patriotism takes center stage at some worship services, but others wary of "religifying" America.

From Christianity Today Movies:
Interview: Moviemaking with a Purpose
by Jeffrey Overstreet | posted 07/01/2005 09:00 a.m.
Comics are no laughing matter for Fantastic Four producer Ralph Winter, who will soon helm X-Men 3. Neither is his Christian faith.

new this week
Weblog: Congress Examines AFA, Commandments
Compiled by Rob Moll | posted 06/30/2005 12:00 p.m.
Plus: Many, many, many other stories from online sources around the world.

We're Prime Time, Baby!
A Christianity Today editorial | posted 06/30/2005 09:00 a.m.
Evangelicals' new status means deepened responsibility.

Film Forum: Alien Invaders, Witches, and Zombies
by Jeffrey Overstreet | posted 06/30/2005 09:00 a.m.
Religious press reviewers ponder War of the Worlds, Bewitched, Land of the Dead. Plus, more reviews of Herbie: Fully Loaded and Batman Begins.

Good Question
To Judge, or Not to Judge
Answered by Roger E. Olson | posted 06/29/2005 09:00 a.m.
Christ commanded us not to judge others, but aren't there times when common sense or prudence requires it? Asked by Stephen Hunt, St. Paul, Minnesota

Supreme Court Rulings on Ten Commandments Leave Wake of Confusion
by Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service | posted 06/29/2005 09:00 a.m.
Groups announce plans to create new monuments as court refuses to hear more about such displays.

Review: War of the Worlds
by Peter T. Chattaway | posted 06/29/2005 09:30 a.m.
Steven Spielberg delivers yet another stunning visual treat, but this is no mere summer popcorn movie with cool special effects. Instead, it's one of the bleakest views of humanity ever for a Spielberg film.

American Decalogue
Reviewed by D. Brent Laytham | posted 06/28/2005 09:30 a.m.
Telling stories of U.S. morals through the prism of the Ten Commandments.

Billy Does It Again
by Tony Carnes in Queens, New York | posted 06/28/2005 09:30 a.m.
New York celebrates Graham's enduring importance.

Books & Culture's Book of the Week
The Rich Are Different—and Not So Different—from Us
Reviewed by Elissa Elliott | posted 06/28/2005 09:30 a.m.
Think you're burned out on memoirs? Read this book.

Commentary: Top Ten Alien Invasion Movies
by Mark Moring | posted 06/28/2005 09:30 a.m.
With War of the Worlds opening this week, we decided to take a look back at some of the best films in which extraterrestrials decide to pay a visit to our planet—with the intent to do us harm.

Weblog: Supreme Court Muddles Ten Commandments Debate
Compiled by Rob Moll | posted 06/27/2005 04:45 p.m.
Plus: the Air Force Academy report, Billy in the city, and 'anti-Christian' Democrats.

SPEAKING OUT
A More Perfect Society
by Angela Beise | posted 06/27/2005 09:30 a.m.
Why I wouldn't want to live there.

Experts Warn Houses of Worship at Risk After Court Ruling
by Yogita Patel, Religion News Service | posted 06/27/2005 09:30 a.m.
Eminent domain ruling could make churches, poor vulnerable.

Reel News: Open Season on Movie Stars?
by Jeffrey Overstreet | posted 06/27/2005 09:30 a.m.
Mel Gibson, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Tom Cruise deal with danger. Plus: Narnia poster revealed; critics protest WOTW embargo. And more…

Farewell, Larry Norman
by David Sanford | posted 06/27/2005 03:30 p.m.
The man known as the Father of Christian Rock, whose health has been failing in recent years, played his last U.S. concert Friday night in his hometown of Salem, Oregon.

Weblog: Doing the Numbers at Billy's Crusade
Compiled by Rob Moll and Ted Olsen | posted 06/24/2005 03:45 p.m.
Plus: evangelicals in Iraq, Episcopal Church censured by Anglican Communion, Baptists end Disney boycott, and more articles from online sources around the world.

Jesus and Justice
by Harold Myra and Marshall Shelley | posted 06/24/2005 09:00 a.m.
How Billy Graham tactfully led evangelicals on race at his first New York City crusade.

FROM TODAY'S CHRISTIAN
The New York Experiment
by Howard O. Jones with Edward Gilbreath | posted 06/24/2005 03:15 p.m.
When Billy Graham called me to be his first African-American evangelist, I was honored—and totally unprepared for the backlash that followed.

ALSO: The 'Jackie Robinson' of Evangelism | When Howard Jones broke the race barrier on Billy Graham's platform, he faced rejection from both sides. (February 9, 1998)
Promoting and Uniting European Evangelicals
Interview by Agnieszka Tennant | posted 06/24/2005 09:00 a.m.
Swimming against the current makes the European Evangelical Alliance's liaison to the E.U. feel alive.

Christianity Today News Briefs
by CT staff | posted 06/24/2005 09:00 a.m.
Religious freedom in Vietnam and China, Messianic Jews in Israel, and Millard Fuller.

Review: Bewitched
by Jeffrey Overstreet | posted 06/24/2005 09:00 a.m.
Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell star in this relatively amusing comedy, a remake of the classic TV show. The story is surprisingly reminiscent of Wim Wenders's Wings of Desire, though it's hardly a masterpiece.

Weblog: Are Your Politics Genetically Determined?
Compiled by Ted Olsen and Rob Moll | posted 06/23/2005 10:45 a.m.
Plus: More religion and politics, Billy Graham in NYC, UK debates religious hate bill, and more articles from online sources around the world.

Worship as Higher Politics
A Christianity Today editorial | posted 06/23/2005 09:00 a.m.
Political priorities for citizens of the kingdom.

Go Figure
Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 06/23/2005 09:00 a.m.
Recent stats on America as a Christian nation, creation and evolution, and liking Muslims.

Film Forum: Batman Begins the Best Superhero Film Ever?
by Jeffrey Overstreet | posted 06/22/2005 09:30 a.m.
More Christian critics review Batman Begins. Plus, reviews of Herbie: Fully Loaded, The Perfect Man, and more perspectives on Howl's Moving Castle, Mr. and Mrs. Smith and The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3D.

WEBLOG IN PRINT
Dirty Qur'ans, Dusty Bibles
by Ted Olsen | posted 06/22/2005 09:30 a.m.
If Leviticus or Jude suddenly disappeared from Scripture, would we notice?

Quotation Marks
Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 06/22/2005 09:30 a.m.
Recent comments from Garrison Keillor, Jane Fonda, Chan Chandler, and Ken Salazar.

Review: Herbie: Fully Loaded
by Peter T. Chattaway | posted 06/22/2005 09:30 a.m.
By revisiting its past with another Herbie movie—and a fairly lame one, featuring a Love Bug whose front bumper actually smiles and frowns—one has to wonder: Is Disney getting desperate?




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