Christianity Today

October 27, 1997

Volume 41, Number 12

November 17 November 17, 1997
October 27
October 6 October 6, 1997

The Annual Bible Issue Asks: Do Inclusive-Language Bibles Distort Scripture? Also, the Confessions of a Bible Translator.

Cover Story

Cover Story

Thank God for Our Bibles

While Scripture comes in many flavors today, we can still trust these translations to give us God’s Word.

Features

National Baptists: Lyons Survives Challenge

But criminal investigations are still under way.

Reconciliation: Leaders Help Fighting Factions Build Bridges

Workers in racial and ethnic reconciliation, meeting in September, compared notes and exchanged ideas on ways to surmount prejudice, bias, and discrimination.

Your Sins Shall Be White as Yucca (Part 1 of 3)

Wycliffe missionaries Gene and Marie Scott gave nearly 40 years of their lives translating the New Testament for a small tribe in the jungles of Peru. Was it worth it?

Your Sins Shall Be White As Yucca (Part 2 of 3)

Wycliffe missionaries Gene and Marie Scott gave nearly 40 years of their lives translating the New Testament for a small tribe in the jungles of Peru. Was it worth it?

Your Sins Shall Be White As Yucca (Part 3 of 3)

Wycliffe missionaries Gene and Marie Scott gave nearly 40 years of their lives translating the New Testament for a small tribe in the jungles of Peru. Was it worth it?

Fraud: New Era’s Bennett to Prison, Part 1

How could a little-known Christian business executive defraud charities of $354 million while claiming to do God’s work?

Fraud: New Era’s Bennett to Prison, Part 2

How could a little-known Christian business executive defraud charities of $354 million while claiming to do God’s work?

GOP Leaders Back Wolf-Specter Bill

GOP Leaders Back Wolf-Specter Bill

Rich Mullins Killed in Crash

Rich Mullins Killed in Crash

Tiller Invites Lawmakers to Facility

Tiller Invites Lawmakers to Facility

Regent Names New President

Regent Names New President

MAF Pilots Killed in Mountain Crash

MAF Pilots Killed in Mountain Crash

Jewish Scientists Enter Debate

Jewish Scientists Enter Debate

Baptist Library Burglarized, Set Afire

Baptist Library Burglarized, Set Afire

Editorial

The Great Translation Debate

The divide over gender-inclusive Bibles hides what unites us.

The Women in Paul’s Life

Two competing Bibles for women highlight the human component of Bible translation and interpretation.

A View from the Wheelchair

“Getting free of the subtle idolatry of
“”wellness.”””

Putting Belief and Practice Back Together

How to renew the American church.

News

Views

A Bad Week in Hell

“How could Satan possibly allow it?”

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