November
2011
Volume 55, Number 11
![November November](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/22843.jpg?h=507&w=380)
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Features
![Portland's Quiet Abolitionists Portland's Quiet Abolitionists](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/24694.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Leading the liberal city's efforts to halt child trafficking is a network of dedicated Christians. Just don't go advertising it.
Katelyn Beaty
![Disappointed with Intimacy Disappointed with Intimacy](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/64339.jpg?h=123&w=220)
We set ourselves up for confusion about God if we forget that the best is yet to come.
John Koessler
Views
![Fighting Famine Isn't Enough Fighting Famine Isn't Enough](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/64346.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Some 2,000 Somalis die of starvation daily. Drought isn't the reason.
A Christianity Today Editorial
![The Defining Issue of the 2012 Presidential Race? The Defining Issue of the 2012 Presidential Race?](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/64347.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Observers consider what Christians should prioritize in the upcoming election.
Amy E. Black, Chris Seiple, and Galen Carey
Reviews
![Making Abstinence Sexy Making Abstinence Sexy](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/64350.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Communications expert Christine Gardner reveals what makes abstinence campaigns work.
Interview by Sarah Pulliam Bailey
Particular places shape the biblical story, and each Christian life.
Gerald McDermott, co-author of 'The Theology of Jonathan Edwards' (Oxford, 2011)
Many who assume they understand the gospel fail to actually apply its riches to their lives.
Tullian Tchividjian
Brief reviews of 'Faith No More,' 'Inquiring About God,' and 'Cats, Dogs, Men, Women, Ninnies & Clowns.'
John Wilson
The congressman pleads for a passionate American commitment to international religious freedom.
Interview by Susan Wunderink