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December
2022
Volume 66, Number 9
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About This Issue
This month’s cover story profiles Bono of U2, exploring how grief, music, and activism have shaped—and been shaped by—his Christian faith. This issue also features a pair of articles focused on Bible literacy that take a historical look at the creation of concordances alongside a contemporary assessment of today’s popular Bible apps. How do tools like these impact scriptural interpretation for good or for ill? Plus: a Christmas reflection on the expansive purpose of the Incarnation.
Cover Story
Grief and God have been part of U2’s story from the start.
Features
The unintended consequences of concordances offers a warning to Christians today.
How evangelical computer programmers changed the way we read Scripture.
God’s creation is done, our sin is bearing its fruit, and a little girl with cancer has a big question.
The Incarnation exists for the Atonement, but it is also so much more.
After escaping the Khmer Rouge with my siblings, I learned who had been protecting me all along.
Views
The Virgin Birth challenges our fears regarding projected secularization.
At just the right time, God fulfills his promise.
Many evangelicals believe war is inevitable. But that shouldn’t stop us from praying for peace.
Wellness culture has infiltrated the church. Scripture casts a different vision.
Reviews
A sociologist observes the changing tides of American antireligion.
What Tim Challies resolved in the wake of his son’s sudden death.
Chosen by Cathy Gohlke, author of “A Hundred Crickets Singing” and “Night Bird Calling.”
In her follow-up to “Confronting Christianity,” Rebecca McLaughlin helps us discover (or rediscover) all that Jesus is and does.
Chosen by Gina Zurlo, author of “Global Christianity: A Guide to the World’s Largest Religion from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.”
News
Christian scholars look for ways to connect with Muslims over the shared story of Jonah.
Americans expected to send 1.6 billion cards this year, continuing Victorian-era tradition.
And other brief news from Christians around the world.
“Nones” take a more prominent place in the pro-life movement.
Risks remain higher in cross-cultural contexts. And misconduct is harder to report.
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