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As an insatiable news junky and practicing Christian reader whose work takes me to many countries each year, I recently caved to my wife's insistence and began to read the World subscription that a relative had given us.

Alongside the Economist, Fortune, Money, Christianity Today, First Things, and the the internet news, World has quickly become a staple of my reading disciplines.

This thin, edgy source of news and analysis intentionally views and argues the news from a biblically-informed world and life view. Any news - to say nothing of all data we process - comes to us through some default or chosen paradigm, so to make this observation is not to set World apart in nature from other magazines of its genre, just to be explicit about the lens its editors maneuver with a rather admirable sort of cunning and a voice that has coalesced and matured over the short years of the magazine's existence.

For those who are somewhat familiar with the species and strains of Christian faith, it may help to note that World's particular lens is common to 'Reformed' faith. Essential features of this kind of Christian commitment include the conviction that 'all truth is God's truth'. An outcome of this is a full engagement with culture in all or most of its printable manifestations.

So you'll get movie and literature reviews as well as news and analysis. One tribute to this weekly is the comment that you won't find pious prudishness, but rather a full frontal interaction with what Christians and others are reading, watching, thinking, and talking about.

For this reason, the editorial line tacks with the kind of 'cultural conservatism' often dismissed by wonks and talking heads, without the Southern-Fried Christianity that is too often considered to be its only generative motive.

Peek inside the credentials of its writers and opinion-makers and you'll find Ivy League credentials, minus the kow-towing.

Don't make it your only news source. But do read World.

I really enjoy World Magazine because they do a great job at reporting all the news though they are evangelical Christians, they don't shy away from stories that make Christians look bad. I feel that they are fair and balanced in their coverage. What's more, the style of reporting is professional, in-depth, and fair. I think the quality is on par if not even better than that of Time, Newsweek, or US News. And you don't get the liberal spin on things. You get a straitforward perspective on the news.

I would strongly, strongly recommend that Christians subscribe to World Magazine. It will help educated and inform you about the world in which you live.

When I have children and they are old enough to read, I will have them read World. And you should too.

"World Magazine" is not a copycat of Newsweek or Time, and it delivers the news from biblical viewpoints, albeit the reporters are not themselves perfect. However, in their reporting of the news, they take into account the Sovereignty of God and try to see things from His perspective.

The writers, such as Marvin Olasky, and Gene Edward Veith, do not shy away from the moral and spiritual issues which many times are at the heart of the issues, and they also report on the cultural, art, music, theatre, and political realms, as well as focus on the letters section and editorials.

This is refreshing and filled with hope reporting, and I highly recommend those who have never read this magazine to give it a try. Even better, you can read the magazine on line, if you're so inclined. Great news source, and areas the mainstream media won't even touch!!!

I have gotten World for two years and it is an excellent news magazine, I get it a little bit late but that is the USPS' fault.

I have been a subscriber for many years. I read every word of each issue. I even read the letters to the editor and classified ads. What I like most about World is that even though it is deeply committed to biblical truth, it does not paint all religious people as saints. The writers call an ace an ace and a spade a spade. It is fair and balanced. I also really enjoy the book reviews and movie reviews. It helps me know which movies and books I might like to check out on my own and which to avoid. My kids often read the magazine too.

For about the past ten years I have been reading World. Their mission statement says it all, "To report, interpret, and illustrate the news in a timely, accurate, enjoyable, and arresting fashion from a perspective committed to the Bible as the inerrant Word of God." World is like Newsweek from a Christian perspective! Edited by Marvin Olasky, boasting a bevy of great writers, and reprinting great syndicated columnists like Cal Thomas, World is a must read for anyone interested in keeping up with politics here and abroad.

Have you ever wondered if it were possible to have an excellent, professional news source that was also solidly Christian? If so, then World magazine is what you want. I've been reading World ever since it first came out, had many fewer readers, and had a less slick and professional looking format. There was not then and there still is not now another news source like it!

The best aspect of World is that it gives you a professional presentation of the news from a solid, thinking Christian orthodoxy. The Christianity represented by World is C.S. Lewis' "Mere Christianity": it's based on what Christian have always believed and is not theologically slanted, except in a mildly Reformed direction. Unlike Time, Newsweek, etc., which all pretend to be unbiased, World makes its journalistic stance clear from the beginning. World does more than give me the news, however: it challenges me in my Christian faith when I see all that God is doing in the world and calling me to do.

On the news side of things I've also found World to be excellent. Over the years they've covered things you won't see or hear elsewhere. The articles are informative but brief enough for you to know most of what you'd want to know on most issues. World also helps me keep up with intellectual and popular culture through its reviews of books, movies, and music.

I look forward to my copy every other week when it comes in the mail!

World Magazine started as a pretty flimsy weekly reader sort of magazine and has grown and improved to be in line with Time magazine, very professionally done. The difference is that World is from a Christian perspective- and that makes all the difference. Same things happening in the world but you get a much more hopeful and, I believe, honest account of the news.

World also reviews, books, music and movies from a Christian point of view, but it's not all 'puppy dogs and rainbows;' World has sometimes been accused of being to worldly for some readers but I find the perspective helpful and truthful.

My only complaint is that, due to postage prices, World had to go to a bi-weekly magazine making some of the news outdated by the time the magazine arrives.

Having been a regular to subscriber to "Newsweek" my sister bought me a subsription of "World Magazine". Needless to say I no longer order Newsweek anymore. Being a moderate conservative (was planning on voting for Stpehen Colbert-Democrat, for president), I was very pleased with the clean, un-slanted, un-biased writings of World Magazine. Anytime I see Newsweek at a Doctor's office or anywhere else; I don't even consider picking it up becasue I know it is garbage that could be better used elsewhere. If you are tired of reading liberal-closed-minded articles (Newsweek only has 2 conservative writers and 21 liberal!) then World Magazine is definitly for you!

I subscribe to very few magazines (3 to be exact) and that number can fluctuate from time to time. However, the one consistent is this one. It presents the news from a conservative, Christian perspective but it is far from preachy. In fact, if you read the letters to the editor you will often see a complaint from some reader that they did not appreciate one of the music/movie reviews because of what the reader considered to be unsavory content. The magazine is full of excellent current news coverage, very insightful commentary, fair media critique, and timely interviews. While all of the columns are well worth reading the ones by Andree Seu and Marvin Olasky are not to be missed. Throughout the year there are a series of very good book reviews and recommendations but the annual book issue is worth the price of the subscription alone. As I said in the title, if you only subscribe to one magazine make it this one.