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December
2023
Volume 67, Number 9
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About This Issue
The Magi followed a “star when it rose” in order to find and worship the king of the Jews (Matt. 2:1–2). This month’s cover story explores the worship-inspiring wonder of the night sky—and the impact on humanity when our view of the cosmos is obscured by light pollution. Also in this issue: the ethics of embryo adoption, a Christian college goes nuclear, truth and mercy in Jude’s epistle, and an ancient scrap of parchment with Jesus’ words.
Cover Story
Christians have every reason to reduce light pollution.
Features
More than a million unused IVF embryos are in cryostorage. Are they the next pro-life frontier?
I don’t need a biological bond to be the father of the embryos my wife and I adopted.
Jude has strong words for immorality in the church. Yet he advocates for mercy for those who doubt.
A decade later, I became a Christian.
Views
The history of American Bible interpretation can give us some answers.
When we cut out creative processes, we diminish what gives art its true value.
How to out-parent the prevailing cultural mantra of “me, right now.”
Reviews
Can it speak to evangelicals outside high-status professions?
Treating her as a static figure obscures a lifetime of gospel witness.
Chosen by Karen Barnett, author of “When Stone Wings Fly” and the Vintage National Parks novels.
Even our angriest accusations are preferable to indifference.
Chosen by Emily Bennett, editor of “Before You Go: Wisdom from 10 Women Who Served Internationally.”
News
The Church of Christ school is working with the US government to build an experimental reactor.
The bell-ringing campaign sees 20 percent decline in giving.
And other brief news stories from Christians around the world.
Some see the holiday as the perfect time for outreach to North Korean defectors. Others aren’t so sure.
From a dump in Egypt to a criminal case in Oxford to a seminary in Texas, this fragmentary record of faith traveled a strange path.
More from this Issue
Deep darkness only magnifies what it is to gaze upon the Light of the World.
We look, with yearning and joy, toward that long-awaited dawn.
