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September
2021
Volume 65, Number 6
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About This Issue
Our September issue went to press before the stunningly rapid fall of Afghanistan’s government. This month’s cover honors the history of faithful, unseen service in Afghanistan on the part of local believers and Christian aid workers. With US troops largely gone from the country and the Taliban now firmly in control, it’s easy to forget that the church was at work there long before America’s “forever war” began—and will remain at work there, in whatever form it takes, now that the war has ended.
Cover Stories
US forces are withdrawing after 20 years, but the story of Christian aid work goes far beyond military conflict.
Q&A with Heather Mercer who went on to work for freedom in Kurdistan and adopt a Kurdish son.
Features
In the Bible and in history, crises in creation can lead to reformation.
For millions of immigrants, removal from the United States is the heartbreaking end of a dream. For these two, it was also the birth of a ministry.
How polarizing narratives corrupt our hearts and redefine our faith.
How a celebrity vocal coach changed her tune after encountering the truths of Scripture.
Views
We can imitate those in Acts 6 who responded to the needs of neglected and oppressed women.
Sanctification, while certain, is not sudden.
When we destroy God’s creation, we can no longer hear its call to awe.
Reviews
In a candid account of living on the spectrum, a Taylor University professor invites us to see his “deficiencies” as gifts.
A pastor’s perspective on recreational and medicinal marijuana.
Remembering a courageous civil rights activist whose name and story are too little known.
Why a holy God can’t overlook even the smallest offense.
News
Twenty years after terrorist attack, the spiritual needs of survivors continue.
Industry study says church bands are core business.
Tired of failures at the ballot box and in courts, some turn to community declarations.
Jordan church got hundreds of thousands of dollars in international Christian aid, but little to no oversight.
More from this Issue
In Afghanistan as elsewhere, there is more than meets the media’s eye.
