FEATURES

• "Phones, Clones, and Genomes: A Christian Assessment of Technology," by Terry Fach. With technology's many successes, few of us would return to an earlier age. But given our fascination with technology and its inevitable influence, we need to consider carefully the moral and spiritual issues it raises. What is the proper Christian view of technology?

• "What Difference Does God Make in Sexuality?" by Judith P. Stocks. The Bible speaks clearly about God's gift of sexuality. But we live in a world that pollutes its meaning and beauty. It's time to reexamine the boundaries God set for human sexuality, even in a modern, secular society that pays little attention to the Bible.

• "Creation Caretakers: A Christian View of Environmental Stewardship," by Michael E. Lodahl. God's plan of creation and redemption involves all that He has created and our responsibility to care for it. How should we respond so that the creation He called "good" may continue to be so for future generations?

• "Menace or Mates: Christians and the Entertainment Media," by Randall E. King and Maxine E. Walker. How can Christians make wise choices concerning entertainment media of all sorts when so few know how to begin? If our task as Christians is to be transformed in the image of Christ and to be witnesses to His kingdom, what questions should we be asking about the influence of media on our spiritual and character formation?

• "Fusing the Facts: A Christian Understanding of Science," by Darrel R. Falk. Today many people in both science and Christianity seem to believe that there is a great, irreconcilable divide between the two. But is it true that science and Christianity embrace two necessarily conflicting perceptions of the world and reality? Or can a Christian worldview do full justice to both science and the Christian faith?

COLUMNS

• Editor's Forum: This month's panel of experts answers a question about the Catholic Church.

• Change Agent: "When Change Jerks Your Chain," by Jon Johnston. Do today's changes have unique characteristics that make them especially discomforting? Affirmative.

• Family Tree: "So What's the Difference?" by Dan and Kay Croy. When holiness is lived out in our marriage, we should be prepared to be an object of curiosity and disbelief. And we should be prepared to give an explanation.

• Commission: "Embrace Jesus," by Jerry D. Porter. Embrace and proclaim Jesus, the transforming and liberating Truth!

• En Route: "A Pentecost to Remember," by Doug Perkins. "Her mother died three days ago in childbirth. Her father left her with us." She was abandoned.

• The Deeper Way: "When Love Is a Discipline," by Vicki Honea Copp. As we constantly and purposely focus on the love of our Heavenly Father, the example of Jesus, and the truth of the Holy Spirit, we begin to see a glimmer of hope for polite but strained relationships long burdened by piles of collected offenses.

• Portraits: "Cornelio and Any Diaz: Building for God," by Debbie Salter Goodwin. Cornelio and Any take Matthew 10:8 literally: "Freely you have received, freely give."

• Heartbeat: "A Global Movement," by Louie E. Bustle. It has been a motivating, captivating focus of the Church of the Nazarene to take the message of full salvation to the whole world.

• Essay: "A Worldview Through His Eyes," by Randall E. Davey. I still wonder if I'm seeing life, people, issues, events, organizations, the church, Christianity, and culture through the eyes of Christ.

COMING IN JUNE - CHILDREN OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM

• "The Secret Power of Children: A Wish for Tomorrow" by David M. Best. In the last 100 years, remarkable advances have been made to ensure a healthier, safer world for our children. Yet patterns of violence, conflict, poverty, discrimination, and disease continue to exist-both in our communities and around the world. With childlike faith in a benevolent Heavenly Father and the volition to be His servants, can we imagine into reality a world where all children receive the basic necessities of food, clean water, health care, and education?