Table Of Contents
January
2012
Volume 56, Number 1
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Cover Story
Features
Why it matters that God became the human prototype.
For millions of discouraged workers, the church can turn job loss into a gift.
Views
Misuse of biblical teaching on discipline can have deadly consequences.
Observers weigh in on participating in or watching sports and violence.
Will the digital Scriptures speed the decline of family spirituality once fostered by family Bibles?
Reviews
Gary Scott Smith explores how faith has influenced presidential policies.
Why you can stop fretting over what you 'need to know' and enjoy those books that bring delight.
God's faithfulness sustained Winner when her faithfulness to God faltered.
Picks from Stephen Mansfield, author of 'The Faith of Barack Obama.'
People with disabilities are central to the mission of the church.
Brief reviews of 'Renaissance People,' 'Enlightened Evangelicalism,' and 'The Making of the English Gardener.'
Christians can build thriving communities by exercising their vocational gifts.
Arthouse movies from 2011 that didn't get the attention they deserved.
News
Important developments in the church and the world.
The events, people, and debates of the past year that have shaped, or will significantly shape, evangelical life, thought, or mission.
Churches retool Hispanic outreach after recession impact.
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom is preparing to shut down.
The rate of adoptions in Ethiopia has declined 90 percent.
Despite stringent controls, 1,300 Christian books are now available—legally—inside the communist country.
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The director of IJM Institute for International Justice Mission shines the spotlight on modern-day slavery.
