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November
2020
Volume 64, Number 8
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About This Issue
The costs of health care in America are staggering. Those blessed with the right insurance watch mind-boggling medical bills evaporate into the ether, as if by magic. But millions of others risk having their lives derailed by such bills, or they risk the life-threatening consequences of forgoing treatment because they could not begin to pay for it. The modern US system of insurance-based care began as a Christian invention to help the vulnerable, but today it often feels like a punitive system denying medicine to those who need it most. Our cover story this month asks: Can Christians once again find a better way?
Cover Story
How to heal a medical system that abandons the vulnerable.
Features
How African American churches are ministering to the mental health of their communities.
Meet Phoebe, the first interpreter of Romans.
Drugs had derailed my baseball career and driven me to despair. A chance encounter with a retired pastor changed everything.
Views
Love keeps no record of wrongs, but it does stand up against them.
The Holy Spirit does many things. First among them is creation.
Politics don’t matter when it comes to lifting up our leaders.
A closer look at the climactic moment on the cross.
Reviews
Evangelicals are superb at the first task. To what extent do they embrace the second as well?
A psychologist explores the power dynamics that help turn shepherds into wolves.
John Stackhouse offers a checklist for sincere spiritual searchers.
Chosen by Dustin Crowe, author of “The Grumbler’s Guide to Giving Thanks: Reclaiming the Gifts of a Lost Spiritual Discipline.”
News
A challenging year threatens to divide Christians who have resisted the cultural trend.
Study of 100,000 sermons shows gospel applied to economics, war, welfare, and other current issues.
Evangelicals concerned for the environment make strides toward change.
With growing diversity, evangelical leaders pursue multicultural and international worship music.
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How can we care for the sick when we don’t have the cash?
