editorials

The God Who’s Still There

by S. M. Hutchens

report

The General Dissembly

Can the Whole PCUSA Really Fit Under This Pup Tent?
by Harry L. Chronis

columns

As It Is Written...

Cross Central

by Patrick Henry Reardon

19.5—June 2006

features

The Creed We Need

On the Picture of God We Draw with Words
by David Mills

Over Our Dead Bodies

Men Who Are Willing to Lay Down Their Lives Are Truly Indispensable
by Anthony Esolen

Darwin’s Divisions

The Pope, the Cardinal, the Jesuit & the Evolving Debate About Origins
by Martin Hilbert

views

In His Stead

Paul Gregory Alms on Being Paid to Act Like Jesus

Lower Than The Idols

Robert Hart on the Superiority of Paganism to Pornography

My Homework Assignment

Annegret Hunter on the Joys of Losing a Career & Gaining a Calling

Secret Sequel

Christopher Bailey Gives an Exclusive Look at Dan Brown's Next Blockbuster Novel

book reviews

Good Night

Acquainted with the Night
by Christopher Dewdney
At Day's Close
by A. Roger Ekirch
reviewed by Russell D. Moore

Sand But No Son

Gifts of the Desert:
The Forgotten Path
of Christian Spirituality
by Kyriacos C. Markides
reviewed by Frederica Mathewes-Green

Mane Attraction

Not a Tame Lion
by Bruce L. Edwards
reviewed by Alice H. Cook

Our Fathers’ Bible

I Corinthians: Interpreted By Early Christian Commentators
edited by Judith L. Kovacs
reviewed by Ryan J. Jack McDermott

A Papal Radiance

John Paul the Great
by Peggy Noonan
reviewed by Mary Walsh

departments

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