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Contemporary lifestyles

by Candi Cushman

Cover Story | If an industry makes the decision to call itself Christian, should that imply certain behavioral standards among its members? With CCM, the answer seems to depend on the artist. Gospel star Michael English was banished from the Christian music scene in 1994 after confessing to an extramarital affair just days after collecting three Dove awards, including artist of the year. His record label, Warner Alliance, formally disassociated itself from Mr. English. A month later, the artist

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Lambs that roar

by Candi Cushman

Cover Story | I've got two careers and two ministries," mused Jaci Velásquez, as she squirmed in a dressing room chair beneath the woman tweezing her eyebrows. Meet CCM's reigning princess, who at 16 became the fastest-selling female debut in CCM history. Now 20, she is also the first CCM artist to produce a secular No. 1 Latin single-"Llegar a Ti" ("Love will Find You"). "I know our great commission as Christians is to reach the unchurched," she told WORLD, wrinkling her constantly animated freckled

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Salt or Sugar?

by Candi Cushman

Cover Story | As contemporary Christian music enjoys enormous success, some Christian artists believe the genre depends too much on marketing tests and pop formulas and not enough on a biblical worldview. But while some CCM critics try to pull it toward a more strictly defined niche, others want to do away with the Christian "ghetto" altogether

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In this issue: "CCM: Salt or sugar?," May 13, 2000

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Sequencing moms

by Lynn Vincent

National |  Women find ways to build income opportunities around their children, instead of the other way around

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All expenses paid

by Mindy Belz

International |  Is the legal fund for Greg Craig and his client 'humanitarian advocacy' for two liberal church agencies, or a giant company's way of doing business with…

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Dispatches

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The Buzz

by The Editors

White House may invoke executive privilege in e-mail dispute Seeing no evil The Clinton administration last week threw a hurdle in front of congressional…

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Quotables

What I would like my epitaph to say is simply that 'He was a good priest.' New York Cardinal John O'Connor, before his death. Cardinal O'Connor, a former rear…

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Reviews

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Lessons from Elián

by Gene Edward Veith

Culture |  There is more to right and wrong than "family values"

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Voices

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Terrible timing

by Joel Belz

You can wait too long to do what is right

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Mailbag

Virtuous vision "Salvation by transgression" (April 15) correctly connected the basic agendas of Hollywood and the political left, which together are a mutual…

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Serious questions

by Marvin Olasky

The death penalty and a la carte Christianity

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