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"Lord of the box office" January 11, 2003, Vol. 18, No. 1
Tower power
COVER STORY | By Gene Edward Veith
The Lord of the Rings movies are fast becoming smash-hit classics, with The Two Towers having surpassed $200 million in its first 12 days of release. "To say it's this generation's Star Wars is almost an understatement," says Paul Dergarabedian, president of Exhibitor Relations Co., which tracks box-office totals. And it's not the only movie based on serious theology to come out of Hollywood this season More >>
 Additional Cover Stories
To end all culture wars
Gene Edward Veith
The theology in To End All Wars is so sound and explicit that it may turn off Christians reared on pop spirituality
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Features
Christmas massacre in Pakistan
Edward E. Plowman
International | Assailants attack a Presbyterian church on Christmas day
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Man knows not his time
Edward E. Plowman
National | John Walvoord and Lewis Smedes die
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Shake up or shake down?
Joel Belz
National | Pro-life activist Gregg Cunningham considers taking his message to mega-churches
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Dispatches
Flashtraffic: Election 2004
Joel C. Rosenberg
With Al Gore out, and Hillary Clinton saying she won't run, where will Democrats look?
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Flashtraffic: Gore asked CIA to keep information from Congress
Joel C. Rosenberg
Gregory Vistica's new book sheds new light on Al Gore's activity in the White House.
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Hager will face a fury
Timothy Lamer
Amid pro-abortion caterwauling, White House appoints to FDA post an OB-GYN who has questioned RU-486 safety
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Not a 'senseless waste'
Edward E. Plowman
Baptist missionaries plan to carry on in the face of Islamic terror threats
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Top News
Tim Graham
QuickTakes
Quotables
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Reviews
Bestsellers
The Editors
Culture | The Top 5 best-selling hardback novels as measured by placement on four leading lists as of Dec. 30
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Bestsellers
Arsenio Orteza
Culture | The Top 5 best-selling CDs for the week ending Dec. 28, according to Billboard magazine
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Coaching character
Culture | Some NCAA basketball coaches are making a difference on and off the court
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In the book spotlight: Bob Woodward
The Editors
Culture |
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In the music spotlight: Aaliyah
The Editors
Culture |
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Is testing positive?
Timothy Lamer
Culture | New study shows random drug tests to be effective
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Rating the ratings
Gene Edward Veith
Culture | When "R" is appropriate
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Voices
Not dramatic enough
Joel Belz
Why subtlety, not blood and guts, will best serve the battle against abortion
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Wages from sin
John Piper
Churches should not accept money won from gambling
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Mailbag
Guest Columnist
Discerning DeLay
Marvin Olasky
Reporters mistakenly see contradiction in the new House GOP leader
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