December
2012
Volume 56, Number 11
![December December](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/22859.jpg?h=510&w=380)
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Features
![Genocide in Shades of Pink Genocide in Shades of Pink](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/13953.jpg?h=154&w=220)
What if every female in America suddenly disappeared? It would feel a lot like Asia, where sex-selective abortion has taken 163 million girls. How the gospel is slowly turning the tide on the quiet holocaust.
Marian V. Liautaud
![Three Is the Loveliest Number Three Is the Loveliest Number](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/13955.jpg?h=154&w=220)
Why 'that Trinity stuff' is not a philosophical headache but a captivating picture of the Good and Beautiful.
Michael Reeves
![The Relentless Passion of Francis Chan The Relentless Passion of Francis Chan](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/13956.jpg?h=154&w=220)
The best-selling author and church planter is not easily satisfied with the church or himself.
Interview by Mark Galli
Views
![Subverting the Taliban Subverting the Taliban](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/13958.jpg?h=154&w=220)
Some things Christians can do to stop terrorists in Pakistan from shooting girls.
A Christianity Today Editorial
Reviews
Brief reviews of 'The Circle of Seasons,' 'The Best American Essays 2012,' and 'One for the Books'
John Wilson
![Was the Real St. Nick Better than Santa Claus? Was the Real St. Nick Better than Santa Claus?](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/13966.jpg?h=154&w=220)
Author Adam C. English says St. Nicholas was social activist, businessman, lawyer—and man of God.
Interview by Elissa Cooper
News
![State-Sponsored Pilgrimages Under Review in Nigeria State-Sponsored Pilgrimages Under Review in Nigeria](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/13947.jpg?h=154&w=220)
A third of the country's 90,000 religious pilgrims this year were Christians.
Sunday Oguntola in Lagos
![Exodus International Fragments Over Focus Exodus International Fragments Over Focus](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/13949.jpg?h=154&w=220)
Ex-gay coalition shifts from reparative therapy to discipleship after losing prominent partners.
Weston Gentry