Volume 44, Number 12
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![Gwen Shamblin in the Balance Gwen Shamblin in the Balance](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/109820.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Thomas Nelson cancels book contract with Weigh Down author over her controversial comments rejecting the Trinity.
John W. Kennedy with additional reporting by Todd Starnes
![Biotech: Tissue of Lies? Biotech: Tissue of Lies?](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/109826.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Latest stem-cell research shows no urgent need to destroy human embryos for the cause of science.
Denyse O'Leary
![Fire and Ice Fire and Ice](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/109827.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Charismatic renewal in the Arctic has converted half of some villages. It's also ignited criticism from established churches.
Debra Fieguth
![Vatican: Protestants Not 'Sister Churches' Vatican: Protestants Not 'Sister Churches'](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/109828.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Vatican official proclaims Protestant churches not sister churches to the Roman Catholic faith.
Luigi Sandri, Cedric Pulford and Edmund Doogue
![Nigeria: Will Shari'a Law Curb Christianity? Nigeria: Will Shari'a Law Curb Christianity?](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/109832.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Gombe, a north Nigerian state, creates a council of faiths to deal with fears over Islamic law.
Obed Minchakpu
![Ecuador: Word and Spirit Together Ecuador: Word and Spirit Together](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/109834.jpg?h=123&w=220)
For the first time, Pentecostal leaders are invited to a key Latino Protestant Congress.
Kenneth MacHarg
![Honest Ecumenism Honest Ecumenism](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/109835.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The Vatican's recent statement on the nature of the church is a step forward, not backward, for Christian unity.
A Christianity Today Editorial
![Free to Be Creatures Again Free to Be Creatures Again](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/109840.jpg?h=123&w=220)
How predestination descended like a dove on two unsuspecting seminarians, and why they are so grateful.
Jennifer L. Bayne and Sarah E. Hinlicky
![Beyond Self-Help Chatter Beyond Self-Help Chatter](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/109842.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Each biblical passage is a pixel in a greater picture—a truth preachers forget at the peril of their listeners' souls.
David Neff
![Big-Picture Faith Big-Picture Faith](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/109843.jpg?h=123&w=220)
From the first nanosecond to the final cry of victory, and every divine moment between—all is charged with meaning.
Timothy George
![The Transcendental Gore The Transcendental Gore](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/109845.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The Democratic nominee for president combines a modernist Christian faith with a drive to master his world. By Tony Carnes
Tony Carnes
![More Than a Badge and a Gun More Than a Badge and a Gun](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/109805.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Police chaplain Steve Lee lays down the law, and lifts up grace, for an unreached people group—cops.
Wendy Murray Zoba
![Lessons From Two Sides of AIDS Lessons From Two Sides of AIDS](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/109806.jpg?h=123&w=220)
An HIV-positive woman and a wealthy businessman are reminded of God's expansive love at a unique camp.
Corrie Cutrer
![Good News for Witches Good News for Witches](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/109807.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Every Halloween, thousands of Wiccans descend on Salem, Massachusetts—and local churches reach out.
Lauren F. Winner
![The Fallacy of Missile Defense The Fallacy of Missile Defense](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/109810.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Christians should reject nuclear proliferation, especially when it's proposed of just war.
Darryl Brown and Tricia Gates Brown
![Is the Stock Market Good Stewardship? Is the Stock Market Good Stewardship?](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/109815.jpg?h=123&w=220)
I see more of our Christian brothers investing in the market. Is this a healthy trend?—Edward Tsui, Toronto
Raymond Albrektson
![Camus the Christian? Camus the Christian?](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/109816.jpg?h=123&w=220)
A pastor describes how the great existentialist atheist asked him late in life, Do you perform baptisms?
James W. Sire
![Pay It Forward Pay It Forward](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/109818.jpg?h=123&w=220)
'Pay It Forward' does not invoke Jesus' teaching, but the spirit of selflessness is unmistakable.
Douglas LeBlanc