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January 2004

The Techno Sapiens Are Coming
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

Define 'Better'
One person's improvement is another person's degeneration.
An interview with bioethicist C. Ben Mitchell

A Heaven-made Activist
Joni Eareckson Tada is driven forward by hymns of praise and her sovereign God.
by Tim Stafford

One Lord, One Faith, Many Ethnicities
How to become a diverse organization and keep your sanity.
A CT Forum

Godly Chutzpah
Mike Yaconelli took risks, and tens of thousands of evangelicals loved him for it.
by Ben Patterson

News: North American Report

Law: Massachusetts high court sets stage for protracted battle over homosexual marriage.

Top Ten: The most significant stories of 2003.

News Wrap: Ministry amid wildfires; Christians stung in massive Ponzi scheme; Roy Moore ousted; four professors defect from Baptist seminary.

Anglicans: Same-sex blessings continue to roil New Westminster diocese.

Business: Christians pressured at work to affirm active homosexuality.

Politics: Bush administration scales back goals for its faith-based initiative.

World Report

Vietnam: Activists urge Washington to confront Communist leaders for persecuting Christians.

Egypt: Authorities torture converts from Islam.

Sudan: Church leader sees huge church growth.

News Wrap: Human-rights activists worry about religious liberty in Afghanistan and Iraq; persecution continues in Eritrea.

Departments

Inside CT: The IV Connection | by David Neff
InterVarsity campus work hits home at Christianity Today

Under the Sun
Go Figure; The Name Game; The Church in Absentia; Quotation Marks

Where We Stand
One Nation Under God-Sort of; Back to the Garden

Reflections: Following the Star | Compiled by Richard A. Kauffman
Quotations to stir heart and mind

Culture Comment | by Darrell Bock
The Good News of Da Vinci

Bearing the Cross | by Jeff M. Sellers
Crushing House Churches

In the Word | by Kathy Berklund-Page
Joseph's Sword

Guest Column | by Sarah Hinlicky Wilson
The Heresy Itch

Weblog in Print | by Ted Olsen
A Theoblogical Revolution

The CT Review
The Gift of Anger; Simply Good Writing; Missing Jewish Ways; The Gift of Years; Rough-edged Retelling; Doing Tolkien Justice

The Back Page | by Philip Yancey
The Colonizers

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Loving Where it Hurts the Most
Bill Mallonee has been called one of the top 100 songwriters in the world, but an audience is hard to find.

Nate Anderson | posted 11/21/2008 09:15AM

Slideshow: No Need to Fret
Bill Mallonee sings about hardship, but his lyrics are haunted by hope.

Edited by Ruth Moon | posted 11/21/2008 09:18AM

Go Figure
Get the number on Max Lucado, Orthodox congregants, and poverty.

Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 11/21/2008 09:20AM

Fire and Dating
Name that nonprofit, Mike Huckabee's biblical blunder, and stem-cells make an organ.

Compiled by Sarah Pulliam and Susan Wunderink | posted 11/21/2008 09:21AM

Our Contentious Catalyst
Francis Schaeffer never stopped battling for the faith.

Harold Fickett | posted 11/20/2008 05:01PM

Reference Rainbow
What it looks like to graph the Bible's cross-references.

Graphic by Chris Harrison, Carnegie Mellon University | posted 11/20/2008 05:03PM

Denominational Diagnostics
What I look for to find a healthy church.

Philip Yancey | posted 11/19/2008 08:52AM

My Top 5 Devotionals

Carolyn Nystrom, coauthor with J.I. Packer of Praying: Finding our Way through Duty to Delight | posted 11/19/2008 08:54AM

Sorting through the Rubble
Westmont College rebuilds after fire destroys 20 percent of its campus.

Sarah Pulliam | posted 11/18/2008 01:12PM

World's Worst Persecutor
Will U.S. diplomatic shift and Graham visit help Christians?

Ruth Moon | posted 11/18/2008 09:11AM

Poll: When do you start listening to Christmas music?

From Christianity Today Movies:
Twilight
This film adaptation will satisfy fans of the vampire romance novel, but doesn't have much of anything for anyone else.

Todd Hertz | posted 11/22/2008 02:28AM

Bolt
A dog who thinks he's a superhero goes on a cross-country journey of self-discovery in Disney's best home-grown cartoon in years.

Peter T. Chattaway | posted 11/22/2008 02:28AM

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