Volume 48, Number 1

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"The events, people, and ideas of the past year that Christianity Today's news editors believe have shaped, or will significantly shape, evangelical life, thought, or mission"

"Bishops hold charges against dissenting clergy, but division and suspicion abound"
Peter T. Chattaway

Activists want Washington to confront Communist leaders for torturing and killing Christians
Timothy R. Callahan

Egyptian state security police arrested and tortured Christian converts
By Compass Direct, wire reports

Our task is neither to shield nature from humanity nor to tame all wilderness.
A Christianity Today Editorial

One person's improvement is another person's degeneration.
An interview with bioethicist C. Ben Mitchell

Unlike gnosis, the gospel is not for the few, the proud, the knowledgeable.
By Sarah Hinlicky Wilson

A pastorally minded professor Challenges us to get angry the way God does.
Reviewed by Christopher A. Hall

Lauren Winner's latest book explores how 11 aspects of Judaism can enrich Christian practice
Reviewed by Cindy Crosby

The Best Christian Writing 2004 is an eclectic sampling from the spectrum of Christianity.
Reviewed by Cindy Crosby

These Christian reflections look at biblical, historical, and modern perspectives on aging.
Reviewed by Cindy Crosby

The Christian virtues of humility and sacrifice filter through a tarnished triumph.
Jeffrey Overstreet