Volume 45, Number 12
Read CT anywhere you go.
Subscribers have full access to CT's digital archives, including special issues. Download a PDF of this issue, or browse individual articles below.
About The Archives
The CT archives are a rich treasure of biblical wisdom and insight from our past. Some things we would say differently today, and some stances we've changed. But overall, we're amazed at how relevant so much of this content is. We trust that you'll find it a helpful resource.
Cover Story
Why shouldn't we use our embryos and genes to make our lives better? The world awaits a Christian answer
David P. Gushee
More from this Issue
Conservatives advocate amendment to preserve traditional matrimony
Sheryl Henderson Blunt
International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Human Rights in Iran win appeal of Los Angeles statute.
Religion News Service
Elsinore Christian Center seeks to relocate into commercial zone
LaTonya Taylor
Independent survey finds perceptions of racial, gender, and religious discrimination
Stan Guthrie
Publishing firm faces falling revenues, lawsuits from Gaylord.
LaTonya Taylor
Pastor Steve Grey and two-thirds of the congregation move from Smithton to Kansas City
John W. Kennedy
After taking in 18,000 Christians with gifting program, five leaders convicted.
Chuck Fager
President Bush ramps up religious freedom efforts
Tony Carnes
The Punjab government forbids publication, sale, and possession
Ecumenical News International
Taliban alleges housing group's staff engaged in evangelism
Todd Hertz
With escalating violence in Israel, ministries face a sad and scary situation
Stan Guthrie
Some corporations have discovered that bioethics makes good public relations
A poll of Christians says Jesus would skip church. Who are these people
The director of the National Human Genome Research Institute answers questions about the morality of his work
Francis Collins
Religious language falling into the hands of scientists can be a fearful thing
John Wilson
Scientists may be mapping the genome, but it will be up to us to determine where the map will lead
Lori B. Andrews
In the face of retirement and death, the founder of Campus Crusade says his spirit still soars
Wendy Murray Zoba
Meet Kirbyjon Caldwell—megachurch pastor, real-estate whiz, community developer, and the President's spiritual confidant
Jenny Staff Johnson
Hearing 'When I was in school' helps our children no more than it helped us.
Marilyn Chandler McEntyre
Good writing and acting cover a multitude of biases on The West Wing.
Eric Miller
How a modest English church offers troubled and creative souls space to grow
Karen L. Mulder
David Simpich's marionettes learn that their lives are controlled by a force from above
Douglas LeBlanc
Biotechnology threatens to turn humanity into raw material
Charles Colson