Volume 48, Number 10
![October October](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/22931.jpg?h=515&w=380)
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![John Kerry's Open Mind John Kerry's Open Mind](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/111714.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The candidate has roots in liberal Catholicism, establishment Protestantism, and secular idealism.
By Mark Stricherz
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Christian photojournalists are teaching the church to communicate through pictures.
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Some Christian organizations see total loss after August hurricane.
By RNS, CT staff reports, and Baptist Press
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Recent quotes on John the Baptist's cave, a sex-friendly Bible, ECUSA split, and cowardly men.
Compiled by Ted Olsen
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World Relief to fight human trafficking, homeschooling declared illegal in Germany, and Sri Lanka's anti-conversion bill blocked.
By CT staff
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Supporters of cloning embryos for research have $11 million to convince state voters.
By Sheryl Henderson Blunt
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Conservative social issues may alienate voters from Tom Daschle's Washington record.
By Collin Hansen
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Seeking a superficial unity, some denominational leaders opt for feelings over facts.
By Robert Sanders
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Do we really want to be known as the generation who gave marriage over to the government?
By Daniel A. Crane
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Based on Isaiah 11:6-7 and 65:25, will we be vegetarians in the new heaven and earth as Adam and Eve were before the Fall?
Answered by Bill T. Arnold
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Why evangelicals' partnership with others to fight persecution worked—and where the coalition is heading.
An interview with Allen D. Hertzke
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John Granger considers the Potter series the best thing since The Chronicles of Narnia.
Reviewed by Douglas LeBlanc
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A new take on the spiritual disciplines calls for a little more action and a lot more love.
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Stop Dating the Church says Joshua Harris, author of I Kissed Dating Goodbye.
Reviewed by Cindy Crosby