Table of Contents

Religion: Millennium in Review

by The Editors

Cover Story | The Protestant Reformation sparked by Martin Luther in 1517, with the resulting Catholic Counter-Reformation, tops the list of the 10 most significant religious events of the second millennium, according to a survey of members of the Religion Newswriters Association. RNA members report religion full-time for the secular media. Other picks: Widespread distribution of the Bible and other religious literature, thanks to Gutenberg's invention of printing with movable type. The Gutenberg Bible

[http://www.worldmag.com/2000/01/religion_millennium_in_review]

Deaths

by The Editors

Cover Story | Man knows not his time

[http://www.worldmag.com/2000/01/deaths]

Technology

by The Editors

Cover Story | What a profitable Web we weave

[http://www.worldmag.com/2000/01/technology]

Religion

by The Editors

Cover Story | Mainline on the decline

[http://www.worldmag.com/2000/01/religion]

Politics

by The Editors

Cover Story | Ups and downs of 1999

[http://www.worldmag.com/2000/01/politics]

Education

by The Editors

Cover Story | A "turning point" for school choice

[http://www.worldmag.com/2000/01/education]

Why do the nations rage?

by The Editors

Cover Story | 78 days of bombing and Milosevic to show for it

[http://www.worldmag.com/2000/01/why_do_the_nations_rage]

Disaster strikes

by The Editors

Cover Story | The numbers are staggering: Earthquakes in Turkey killed 18,000. In Taiwan, Colombia, and Greece, tremors resulted in the deaths of 3,600. On India's densely populated east coast, a cyclone killed 10,000 and left 2.5 million homeless. In Adapazari, Turkey, Mehmet Bilge surveyed the damage. "Outside it looks OK, right?" he told WORLD of his own family's summer home. "Only problem: That is the second floor. The first floor is"-he smacks his hands together-"gone." In the U.S. or abroad,

[http://www.worldmag.com/2000/01/disaster_strikes]

A cultural time bomb

by The Editors

Cover Story | As 1999 drew to a close, the Vermont Supreme Court dropped a cultural bomb that could be to marriage what Roe vs. Wade was to childbirth. The ruling was the equivalent of a shotgun wedding between the state legislature and the gay agenda. Vermont's high court all but ordered the legislature to enact a domestic-partnership law or "some equivalent statutory alternative"-that confers the legal benefits of marriage. Despite the high court's reluctance to do the dirty deed

[http://www.worldmag.com/2000/01/a_cultural_time_bomb]

O.J. Clinton

by The Editors

Cover Story | A year that began with Bill Clinton on trial in the Senate for high crimes and misdemeanors ended with one of the key witnesses against him, Linda Tripp, on trial in Maryland for tape-recording phone conversations with Monica Lewinsky. The president was acquitted; Ms. Tripp lost an early motion in December and faces trial. Miss Lewinsky appeared on television with ABC's Barbara Walters and described in shocking detail her sexual encounters with President Clinton. More shocking, Juanita

[http://www.worldmag.com/2000/01/o_j_clinton]

In tragedy: hope and witness

by The Editors

Cover Story | By life and by death, powerful messages and images of faith emanated in 1999 from Littleton, Colo., Fort Worth, Texas, Bourbonnais, Ill., and Little Rock, Ark. They were heard and seen around the world. In Littleton, two rampaging students at Columbine High School on the morning of April 20 shot and killed 12 of their classmates and a teacher, wounded 21 other students, then committed suicide. Some of those slain had been active in evangelical churches and ministries. In the hours and

[http://www.worldmag.com/2000/01/in_tragedy_hope_and_witness]

1999 year in review

by The Editors

Cover Story | Tragedy and faithfulness made headlines: Columbine High School … 12 murdered … Cassie Bernall, Rachel Scott, and others did not back down from their faith when looking down a gun barrel. Wedgwood Baptist Church … seven murdered … Jeremiah Nietz, Marybeth Talley, and others stood firm in their faith and protected others. Amtrak derailment in Bourbonnais, Illinois … Christian teenagers helped passengers out of the wreckage before the train burst into flames. American Airlines crash

[http://www.worldmag.com/2000/01/1999_year_in_review]

Religion: Century in Review

by The Editors

Cover Story | After picking the second millennium's top religion events and developments, the religion writers for secular media looked at the last century. Religion historians might differ significantly with some of the reporters' choices for the Top 10 list for the last 100 years. Missing from the list are such items as the global expansion of Christianity (with notable results in Africa, Latin America, and Asia, especially in South Korea) and evangelical resurgence that began in the post-war 1940s

[http://www.worldmag.com/2000/01/religion_century_in_review]

In this issue: "Year in Review 1999," Jan. 8, 2000

Voices

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Not a thumb's width

by Joel Belz

Setting up alternatives is a denial of the biblical worldview

[http://www.worldmag.com/2000/01/not_a_thumb_s_width]

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Mailbag

Can't fit 'em all I am surprised that I'll Take My Stand by Twelve Southerners did not make your list of "The century's top 100 books" (Dec. 4). In print…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2000/01/mailbag]

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1899 vs. 1999

by Marvin Olasky

As the calendar turns, a kiss is still a kiss

[http://www.worldmag.com/2000/01/1899_vs_1999]

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For parents

by William H. Smith

New Year's resolutions that can change your children's lives

[http://www.worldmag.com/2000/01/for_parents]

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