Issues Facing Christians Today

Same-Sex Marriage

Debt Cancellation

The AIDS Pandemic

These are just some of the critical contemporary issues addressed in this book. Issues Facing Christians Today helps thinking Christians sift through and respond to a sweeping array of complex and pressing topics.

Thoroughly revised and updated by Roy McCloughry and fully endorsed by John Stott, this fourth edition continues a two-decades-plus legacy of bringing important current issues under the lens of biblically informed thinking. Combining a keen global awareness with a gift for penetrating analysis, the authors examine such vital topics as

Pluralism and Christian witness Cohabitation Environmentalism and ecological stewardship War and peace Abortion and euthanasia ... and much more

An entirely new chapter on bio-engineering has been contributed by Professor John Wyatt of University College London.

Including a study guide, Issues Facing Christians Today is essential reading for Christians who wish to engage our culture with insight, passion, and faith, knowing that the gospel is as relevant and deeply needed today as at any time in history. As the culture wars continue, this book will remain a critical contribution, helping to define Christian social and ethical thinking in the years ahead.

Terrorism. Same-sex marriage. Debt cancellation. The AIDS pandemic. This fourth edition of Issues Facing Christians Today continues a two-decades-plus legacy of bringing important current issues under the lens of biblically informed thinking. Fully endorsed by John Stott, it has been thoroughly revised and updated by Roy McCloughry.

The Reverend Dr. John Stott is Rector Emeritus of All Souls Church, Langham Place in London, England, and has a worldwide ministry as a Bible expositor, speaker, and writer. The Contemporary Christian: Applying God's Word to Today's World [El cristiano contemporaneo: Aplicacion de la Palabra de Dios al mundo de hoy]
John R. W. Stott es conocido en todo el mundo como predicador, evangelista y conferenciante de la Escritura. Durante muchos anos John sirvio como rector de All Souls Church en Londres, donde realizo un eficaz ministerio pastoral urbano. Lider entre los evangelicos de Gran Bretana, los Estados Unidos y alrededor del mundo, Stott fue uno de los principales escritores del historico Pacto de Lausana (1974). Sus numerosos libros, incluyendo Why I Am a Christian y The Cross of Christ, han sido vendidos por millones de copias en todo el mundo y en docenas de idiomas. Ya sea en el Occidente o en el Tercer Mundo, el signo caracteristico del ministerio de Stott ha sido su predicacion expositiva dirigida a los corazones y mentes de hombres y mujeres contemporaneos. Stott fue honrado por la revista Time en 2005 como uno de los '100 personajes mas influyentes del mundo'.

Roy McCloughry is a writer, lecturer, and researcher on Christian approaches to social issues. He has written a number of books including Living in the Presence of the Future and is chairman of Third Way magazine and a vice president of the Shaftesbury Society. He lectures in ethics and social theology at St John's College, Nottingham.