Off the hook

by Mark Bergin

Cover Story Sidebar | Presidential candidates differ-but perhaps not enough-on foreclosure crisis policy

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/04/off_the_hook]

House rules

by Mark Bergin, Jamie Dean, Lynn Vincent

Cover Story | Soaring foreclosure rates are devastating some communities and raising questions about how much imprudent lenders and borrowers should lose, how much taxpayers should pay, and what churches can do to help

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/04/house_rules]

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Grinch in the press box

by Marvin Olasky

Baseball | Peanuts, popcorn, and proselytizing

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/04/grinch_in_the_press_box]

Human Race

Human Race | DISBARRED: The District of Columbia Court of Appeals disbarred I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby from practicing law in the nation's capital. Libby was convicted last…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/04/human_race]

Looking ahead

Looking Ahead | News to watch in the weeks to come

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/04/looking_ahead]

Hillary's big adventure

by Mindy Belz

Politics | Hillary Clinton may be surprised to learn that other women braved the Tuzla Air Base tarmac in 1996. I did-and I was four months pregnant

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/04/hillary_s_big_adventure]

Your tax dollars at work

Budget | Republicans have tax cuts and Democrats have social spending as buzzwords for debating the federal budget. Neither side has a thoroughgoing economic policy.

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/04/your_tax_dollars_at_work]

Obama's challenge

by Jamie Dean, Marvin Olasky

Politics | A historic speech has not silenced all critics or lifted all polls

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/04/obama_s_challenge]

Houses of God

Houses of God | U.S. military personnel attend an Easter sunrise service at Camp Liberty outside Baghdad on March 23, 2008.

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/04/houses_of_god]

Divided we stand

by Warren Cole Smith

Politics | Unable to unite behind a GOP candidate, religious right leaders face a wilderness road to the White House

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/04/divided_we_stand]

Opportunity to miss an opportunity

by Paul David Glader

Israel | A war anniversary and stepped-up negotiations haven't changed the Israeli-Palestinian equation

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/04/opportunity_to_miss_an_opportunity]

Men in black

by Jill Nelson

Israel | Messianic believers and ultra-Orthodox clash in Israeli town

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/04/men_in_black]

California quake

by Lynn Vincent

Cover story | Standing open, a high wooden gate welcomes visitors into the tasteful front courtyard of Mike and Shannon Lee's hacienda-style home. On the right, water…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/04/california_quake]

Market swamp

by Jamie Dean

Cover story | From a dimly lit office in a tiny storefront in downtown Fort Myers, Fla., Cher Averill reaches across her crowded desk and holds up a single sheet of paper.

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/04/market_swamp]

No Rockwell here

by Mark Bergin

Cover story | Several inches of crusted snow and ice blanketed the side streets of Denver's urban neighborhoods on a recent Wednesday morning. Brilliant beams of sunshine…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/04/no_rockwell_here]

A campus divided

by Mark Bergin

Academia | Baylor promotes Christian scholarship while dismissing Christian scholars

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/04/a_campus_divided]

The unending debate over gays

by Richard N. Ostling

Religion | Mainline denominations prepare for a new round of potential standoffs and more dissatisfaction on all sides

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/04/the_unending_debate_over_gays]

No quiet believer

by Megan Basham

Entertainment | Filmmaker Tyler Perry takes Hollywood with loud themes of redemption

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/04/no_quiet_believer]

Before it's too late

by David Bahnsen

Personal Finance | Three key steps in estate planning

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/04/before_it_s_too_late]

Lifestyle of a relief exec

by Susan Olasky

Lifestyle/Technology | Traveling through a broken world-and fighting back against the brokenness-is a big part of Ben Homan's calling

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/04/lifestyle_of_a_relief_exec]

The trucks are coming

by Rusty Leonard and Warren Cole Smith

Charity | Convoy of Hope equips believers, reaches the needy

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/04/the_trucks_are_coming]

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/04/seriously_funny]

Knocked out

by Cara Marcano

Movies | Drillbit is both funny and smart

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/04/knocked_out]

Scary statement

by Sam Thielman

Movies | Funny Games says a lot about its European director

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/04/scary_statement]

Notable CDs

by Lisa Garner Santa, Gabriel Sanchez, Gregory Partain, Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica, Patrice Djerejian, Edoardo Bellotti

Notable CDs | Five new or recent classical CDs reviewed by Arsenio Orteza

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/04/notable_cds]

Crash course

by Arsenio Orteza

Music | UbuWeb.com offers an online repository for the arts

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/04/crash_course]

Music lessons

by Arsenio Orteza

Music | Dion DiMucci makes history and theology come alive

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/04/music_lessons]

Creator of creators

by Marvin Olasky

Books | Author Udo Middelmann on his view of the nature of God

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/04/creator_of_creators]

Notable books

by Richard Doster, James Collins, James McBride, Jeanette Windle

Notable Books | Four noteworthy novels reviewed by Susan Olasky

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/04/notable_books]

Judaism on the treadmill

by Marvin Olasky

Books | Author gleans insights from the Bible but shows little evidence of transformation

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/04/judaism_on_the_treadmill]

Charity and grace

by Megan Basham

Movies | Browns creates sympathy for a flawed character but never for her irresponsible actions

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/04/charity_and_grace]

All bulk, no bite

by Mark Bergin

Sports | New study says HGH serves to enlarge muscular size but not strength

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/04/all_bulk_no_bite]

The transformer

by Andy Obrochta

God breaks through even our petty defiance

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/04/the_transformer]

Their so-called lives

by Janie B. Cheaney

When popular mémoir turns out to be wholesale fiction

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/04/their_so_called_lives]

Change-seekers

by Gene Edward Veith

Survey reveals a nation on the spiritual hunt

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/04/change_seekers]

Pathetic tradeoff

by Joel Belz

Campaign 2008 | Conservatives hurt their cause with harsh rhetoric against illegals

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/04/pathetic_tradeoff]

Land that could not be killed

by Andrée Seu

Where Communism rose and fell, a church is revived

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/04/land_that_could_not_be_killed]

A Passover lesson

by Marvin Olasky

Wicked and wise sons contribute to lack of pride in America's past

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/04/a_passover_lesson]

Mailbag

Letters from our readers

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/04/mailbag]

Islamo-ignorance

by Mindy Belz

We can't defeat an enemy when we don't know why he's fighting

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/04/islamo_ignorance]

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