Commanding the waves to recede

by Marvin Olasky

Cover Story | Will the Obama housing plan become a classic case of false compassion that leads to more bureaucracy and more despair?

[http://www.worldmag.com/2010/02/commanding_the_waves_to_recede]

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Human Race

by The Editors

Human Race | WAITING: A Vermont judge gave Virginia mother Lisa Miller 30 days to appear in court with her 7-year-old biological daughter, Isabella, or else face arrest…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2010/02/human_race]

Liberating grace

by Marvin Olasky

Q&A | Black theology gets the remedy wrong, says author Anthony Bradley, because it misdiagnoses the problem

[http://www.worldmag.com/2010/02/liberating_grace]

Tea & trumpets

by Edward Lee Pitts

Politics | The nation's first Tea Party convention is agitated, but is it politically agile?

[http://www.worldmag.com/2010/02/tea_trumpets]

Stress management

by Jamie Dean

Haiti | Helping Haitians recover takes zeal-with wisdom

[http://www.worldmag.com/2010/02/stress_management]

Homegrown controversy

by Jamie Dean

Uganda | Ugandan church leaders take responsibility for anti-homosexuality law

[http://www.worldmag.com/2010/02/homegrown_controversy]

Turning out the lights

by Edward Lee Pitts

Iraq | The soldiers of the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment prepare for their second, but likely the U.S. military's last, deployment to Iraq

[http://www.worldmag.com/2010/02/turning_out_the_lights]

Empty house

by Emily Belz

Politics | Hillary Clinton hails opening of adoption home that didn't take off

[http://www.worldmag.com/2010/02/empty_house]

Taking charge

by Mindy Belz

Haiti | In quake aftermath, build new cities, says Haitian ambassador (and Bible translator) Raymond Joseph

[http://www.worldmag.com/2010/02/taking_charge]

Other-worldly pursuit

by Daniel James Devine

Science | Is there life beyond our galaxy? Aided by new technology, the search for exoplanets is on

[http://www.worldmag.com/2010/02/other_worldly_pursuit]

Desperate for dollars

by Emily Belz

Politics | Capitalizing on activist's arrest, ACORN seeks to rebuild its image and its funding

[http://www.worldmag.com/2010/02/desperate_for_dollars]

Beware progress

by Mark Durie

Religion | Unlike medieval Christianity, a reformation is not what Islam needs

[http://www.worldmag.com/2010/02/beware_progress]

A woman's turn

by Susan Olasky

Lifestyle/Technology | Wafa Sultan finds it harder to prick the American than the Arab mind on the problems with Islam

[http://www.worldmag.com/2010/02/a_woman_s_turn]

Houses of God

by The Editors

Houses of God | Grand-Goave, Haiti: People walk past a collapsed church in Grand-Goave, a Haitian fishing village, on Jan. 31, 2010. (Interior of the church shown at left.)

[http://www.worldmag.com/2010/02/houses_of_god]

Looking up

by Mindy Belz

Afghanistan | Signs of the unexpected are surfacing at the front

[http://www.worldmag.com/2010/02/looking_up]

Looking Ahead

by The Editors

Looking Ahead | News to watch in the weeks to come

[http://www.worldmag.com/2010/02/looking_ahead]

Giving away control

by Rusty Leonard

Charity | Some business owners are turning their companies over to Christian charity

[http://www.worldmag.com/2010/02/giving_away_control]

The Buzz

by The Editors

Need-to-know news

[http://www.worldmag.com/2010/02/the_buzz]

Quick Takes

by The Editors

Oddball occurences

[http://www.worldmag.com/2010/02/quick_takes]

Quotables

by The Editors

Memorable things they said

[http://www.worldmag.com/2010/02/quotables]

Mystery island

by Megan Basham

Television | Biblical connections and questing expand with final season of Lost

[http://www.worldmag.com/2010/02/mystery_island]

Dangerous liaison

by Sam Thielman

Movies | An Education teaches us to look beyond charm

[http://www.worldmag.com/2010/02/dangerous_liaison]

Moving on up

by Marvin Olasky

Theater | Play pokes gentle fun at the 19th-century British class system

[http://www.worldmag.com/2010/02/moving_on_up]

Of gods and men

by Rebecca Cusey

Movies | Percy Jackson is a fun blend of modern day and ancient myth

[http://www.worldmag.com/2010/02/of_gods_and_men]

Eager to appease

by Marvin Olasky

Books | Authors challenge failures to confront Nazi evil in the past and jihadist evil in the present

[http://www.worldmag.com/2010/02/eager_to_appease]

Notable books

Notable Books | Four works of fiction reviewed by Susan Olasky

[http://www.worldmag.com/2010/02/notable_books]

Still hangin' round

by Warren Cole Smith

Music | Michael Martin Murphey is going strong nearly 50 years on

[http://www.worldmag.com/2010/02/still_hangin_round]

Notable CDs

Notable CDs | Four new or recent classical releases reviewed by Arsenio Orteza

[http://www.worldmag.com/2010/02/notable_cds]

Holy hitter

by Scott Lamb, Tim Ellsworth

Sports | Albert Pujols loves baseball - and Jesus

[http://www.worldmag.com/2010/02/holy_hitter]

Total recalls

by Joel Belz

Let's go for the guys who are really doing damage

[http://www.worldmag.com/2010/02/total_recalls]

No nukes

by Richard Land

Time to go 'the next step' with Iran

[http://www.worldmag.com/2010/02/no_nukes]

Powerful words

by Andrée Seu

Blessings and curses are more than decorations of speech

[http://www.worldmag.com/2010/02/powerful_words]

Fearfully and wonderfully made

by Marvin Olasky

That includes the preborn, the apparently vegetative, and the spiritually unconscious

[http://www.worldmag.com/2010/02/fearfully_and_wonderfully_made]

The wilderness of Zinn

by Janie B. Cheaney

The late historian and ideologue overlooked basics of human nature

[http://www.worldmag.com/2010/02/the_wilderness_of_zinn]

Phony concoctions

by Mindy Belz

Blair protesters have questions to answer, too

[http://www.worldmag.com/2010/02/phony_concoctions]

Mailbag

by The Editors

Letters from our readers

[http://www.worldmag.com/2010/02/mailbag]

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