Roy Anker is professor of English at Calvin College. His essay "Three Takes on Evil" appeared in "Perspectives" (January 1996).

J. Bottum is associate editor of "First Things." His essays and reviews appear regularly in "The Weekly Standard" and other publications.

J. Daryl Charles is resident scholar at the Wilberforce Forum. His essay "Evangelicals and Catholics Together: One Year Later" appeared in "Pro Ecclesia," Vol. 5, No. 1 (1996).

A. J. Conyers is professor of theology at Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary. His most recent book is "The End: What the Gospels Really Say About the Last Things."

Michael Cromartie is director of the Evangelical Studies Project at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. He is the editor of "The Nine Lives of Population Control" and "Creation at Risk? Religion, Science, and Environmentalism."

David C. Downing teaches English at Franklin and Marshall College. He is the author of "Planets in Peril: A Critical Study of C. S. Lewis's Ransom Trilogy" (reviewed in this issue).

Bruce Edwards is professor of English and director of graduate studies in English at Bowling Green State University. His book "Searching for Great Ideas" is forthcoming from Harcourt.

James L. Guth is professor of political science at Furman University.

Alan Jacobs is associate professor of English at Wheaton College.

Phillip Johnson is professor of law at the University of California, Berkeley. His most recent book is "Reason in the Balance: The Case Against Naturalism in Science, Law, and Education."

Lyman A. Kellstedt is professor of political science at Wheaton College.

Mark Noll is McManis Professor of Christian Thought at Wheaton College.

Thomas C. Oden is Henry Anson Buttz Professor of Theology at Drew University. He is the author of many books, including the three-volume "Systematic Theology." He is the general editor of the "Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture," the first volumes of which are scheduled for publication by InterVarsity Press in 1997.

Alvin Plantinga is John O'Brien Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. His most recent books are "Warrant: The Current Debate" and "Warrant and Proper Function;" a third volume, "Warranted Christian Belief," is promised.

Amy L. Sherman is a visiting fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center and the author of "Preferential Option: A Christian and Neoliberal Strategy for Latin America's Poor." This article is adapted from her forthcoming book, "Restorers of Streets to Dwell In: Effective Church-based Ministry Among the Poor" (Crossway).

Lewis B. Smedes is senior professor at the Graduate School of Psychology at Fuller Seminary. He is the author of many books, including most recently "The Art of Forgiving: When You Need to Forgive and Don't Know How."

Robert Sweetman is senior member in the history of philosophy at the Institute for Christian Studies (Toronto). His article "Christine of Saint Trond and Her Preaching Apostolate: Thomas of Cantrimepre's Hagiographical Method Revisited" appeared in "Vox Benedictina," Vol. 9 (1992).

W. Bradford Wilcox is editor-in-chief of "Regeneration Quarterly."

Larry Woiwode is the author of many books, including most recently "Acts" and "Silent Passengers."

Ashley Woodiwiss is professor of political science at Wheaton College.

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