Abstract
This fifth edition of the JBIB is the last edition of the present millennium. In addition to the usual array of timely and thoughtful individual articles, we have continued to invite and include responses to those articles. We began this practice in the Fall 1997 issue of the JBIB, and this met with significant approval from CBFA members. The response pieces are all part of an intentional effort to fashion the JBIB as a “town hall” of ideas where we can express our different perspectives in an atmosphere of Christian respect and love.
