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October
2023
Volume 67, Number 7
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About This Issue
How are the ways we interact with artificial intelligence shaping us? Our cover story this month explores how Christians working in tech fields are thinking through the ethical and spiritual implications of this and other AI-related questions. Also in this issue: Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s prison poetry, compensation for women’s ministry leaders, and insights from Hebrews on Christ’s solidarity in human suffering.
Cover Story
Features
Jesus’ mercy is in his complete understanding of our hurt, not only in his ability to solve it.
The birthplace of “integral mission” is also the epicenter of a migration crisis. It’s difficult to get local churches to care.
The theologian set aside his nearly finished magnum opus while in prison, investing instead in creative writing.
The prison ID’ed the wrong man. But the mistake was powerfully revealing.
Views
Stories and parables can heal division.
Neutrality doesn’t work in church. But we can recover the heart of our faith.
Despite their crucial role in congregational life, 83 percent of women’s ministry leaders remain unpaid.
Robots will come for our jobs if we do our jobs like robots.
Reviews
That fact should bring humility to our evangelism, even as it spurs us to keep sharing the Good News.
With God’s help, a little intentionality can go a long way toward healing our loneliness.
Theologian Michelle Lee-Barnewall reflects on her ethnic identity and her identity in Christ.
Chosen by Andrew Abernethy, professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College, coeditor of “The Prophets and the Apostolic Witness,” and author of “Savoring Scripture: A Six-Step Guide to Studying the Bible.”
News
Arab believers want American visitors to see the “living stones” in Israel.
What if worship music got a little more denominationally specific? A new artists’ collective is experimenting with that.
When SBC worship leaders look to their congregations for musical talent, this is what they find.
And other brief news stories from Christians around the world.
The abrupt departure of Alliance University and The King’s College leaves a hole in an influential city.
More from this Issue
And other responses to our July/August issue.
