Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-388) and indexes.

Challenging what we think : how sciences are questioning the Christian worldview. The evolution revolution : naturalism and the question of origins ; Psyched out : scientism and the question of humanity ; The way things ought to be : postmodernism and the question of reality -- Challenging whom we trust : how religions are competing with the Christian message. No God at all : Western humanism and the new atheism ; No God but all : Eastern mysticism and the New Age movement ; No God but Allah : Muslim radicalism and the new Islamic sects -- Challenging why we believe : how churches are redefining the Christian faith. Letting go : liberal Christianity--retreating from the faith ; Starting over : cultic Christianity--reinventing the faith ; Holding on : biblical Christianity--remembering the faith -- Challenging how we choose : how nations are repressing Christian ethics. The graying of morality : relativism and the law of nature ; Christ and cultures : multiculturalism and the gospel of Christ ; Ethics as if God mattered : secularism and the word of God -- Challenging where we stand : how people are criticizing Christian values. All creatures great and small : abortion and the meaning of persons ; All about Eve : feminism and the meaning of equality ; All that heaven allows : homosexuality and the meaning of love -- Conclusion : our challenging mission.