Volume 48, Number 1
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Cover Story
When God fashioned man and woman, he called his creation very good. Transhumanists say that, by manipulating our bodies with microscopic tools, we can do better. Are we ready for the great debate?
By C. Christopher Hook
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Membership in the Church of Scotland has dropped 22 percent—is that enough?
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"The events, people, and ideas of the past year that Christianity Today's news editors believe have shaped, or will significantly shape, evangelical life, thought, or mission"
"Bishops hold charges against dissenting clergy, but division and suspicion abound"
Peter T. Chattaway
Growing pro-gay business agenda jeopardizes religious employees.
By John W. Kennedy
Bush administration drastically lowers goals for faith-based initiative.
Tony Carnes
Activists want Washington to confront Communist leaders for torturing and killing Christians
Timothy R. Callahan
Egyptian state security police arrested and tortured Christian converts
By Compass Direct, wire reports
Anglican bishop in Sudan sees massive church growth.
Interview by Stan Guthrie
We've got bigger problems than the Pledge of Allegiance.
A Christianity Today Editorial
Our task is neither to shield nature from humanity nor to tame all wilderness.
A Christianity Today Editorial
One person's improvement is another person's degeneration.
An interview with bioethicist C. Ben Mitchell
Joni Eareckson Tada is driven forward by hymns of praise and her sovereign God.
By Tim Stafford
How to become a diverse organization and keep your sanity
CT Forum
"Mike Yaconelli took risks, and tens of thousands of evangelicals loved him for it."
Ben Patterson
How a ludicrous book can become an opportunity to engage the culture.
By Darrell Bock
Chinese intelligence and security forces attack anew.
By Jeff M. Sellers
His faithfulness speaks louder than the few words devoted to him.
Kathy Berklund-Page
Unlike gnosis, the gospel is not for the few, the proud, the knowledgeable.
By Sarah Hinlicky Wilson
Billy Graham's vision goes from print to online, then back again.
By Ted Olsen
A pastorally minded professor Challenges us to get angry the way God does.
Reviewed by Christopher A. Hall
Lauren Winner's latest book explores how 11 aspects of Judaism can enrich Christian practice
Reviewed by Cindy Crosby
The Best Christian Writing 2004 is an eclectic sampling from the spectrum of Christianity.
Reviewed by Cindy Crosby
These Christian reflections look at biblical, historical, and modern perspectives on aging.
Reviewed by Cindy Crosby
The Christian virtues of humility and sacrifice filter through a tarnished triumph.
Jeffrey Overstreet
Johnny Cash retells six years in the life of his hero, the apostle Paul.
Reviewed by Cindy Crosby
The best preachers have challenged earth to become more like heaven.
By Philip Yancey
The events, people, and ideas of the past year that Christianity Today's news editors believe have shaped, or will significantly shape, evangelical life, thought, or mission.