By the CT Staff

WENDY MURRAY ZOBA, associate editor: GENERATION 2K: WHAT PARENTS & OTHERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE MILLENNIALS InterVarsity, 121 pp., $9.99

Zoba examines the “moral ambivalence” as well as spiritual interest of the next generation, offering both insight and practical help for parents and those who work with youth.

MARK GALLI, book review editor (co-author with Jim Bell): THE COMPLETE IDIOT’S GUIDE TO PRAYER Macmillan/Simon & Schuster, 400 pp., $16.95

A novice’s guide to Christian prayer that discusses the meaning of prayer, ways to pray, and how to overcome the chief obstacles to prayer.

PHILIP YANCEY, editor at large: THE BIBLE JESUS READ Zondervan, 256 pp., $19.99

In his personally candid style, Yancey looks at the Old Testament, arguing that it is as important as the New Testament and essential to understanding Christ. Excerpted in CT (Jan. 11, 1999, p. 62).

Copyright © 1999 Christianity Today. Click for reprint information.

Also in this issue

Redeeming Sudan's Slaves: Will buying the freedom of one fuel the enslavement of ten? Some Christian human-rights workers say slave redemption backfires.

Cover Story

Redeeming Sudan's Slaves

Christine J. Gardner

Good News for the Lost, Imprisoned, Abducted, and Enslaved

Wendy Murray Zoba

Let’s Get Physical

Karen L. Mulder.

Classic & Contemporary Excerpts from August 09, 1999

Peretti Out-Grishams Grisham

Susan Wise Bauer

Evangelicalism’s Thriving Warriors

How Evil Became Cool

Howard-Browne Takes New York

Tony Carnes in New York.

Nursing Homes: White Unto Harvest

Was the Messiah a Vegetarian?

Jody Veenker.

Will Gambling Limit Be Heeded?

Ministry Helps Wounded Women

In Brief: August 09, 1999

Human Embryo Research Resisted

Denyse O'Leary.

Alliance Targets Sex Trafficking

Tony Carnes.

South Koreans Help Neighbors

Myung Soo Park in Seoul.

Baptist School Taps Catholic

Deann Alford.

Catholics Accept Protestant Baptisms

Kenneth D. MacHarg.

In Brief: August 09, 1999

Editorial

Persecution Is Persecution Is Persecution

A Postmodern Ezekiel

Letters

Homosexuality: Presbyterians Hold Firm on Fidelity

Jim Jones in Fort Worth.

Medicine: Mission Sets Sights on Blindness

Sexual Abuse: How Congregations Find Healing

Jody Veenker.

Will Pax TV Survive Second Season?

Malcolm Foster.

Banker Trusts Credit-poor Churches

Jody Veenker.

Europe: East Germany Churches Falter

Richard J. Nyberg in Bonn.

Editorial

Can I Get a Witness?

Wire Story

House Upholds Display of Ten Commandments

Religion News Service.

The Greatest Story Never Read

Gary M. Burge

I Love to Tell the Story to Those Who Know It Least

Lillian Daniel

Rediscovering Jesus in, of All Places, Church

Alice Evans

Is Marriage Made in Heaven?

David Blankenhorn

What's in a Name?

James R. Edwards

If I’m an Evangelical, What Am I?

Baroness Caroline Cox: Rescuing Russia's Orphans

View issue

Our Latest

The Bulletin

Attitudes Toward Israel, Kash Patel’s Lawsuit, and John Mark Comer’s Fame

Clarissa Moll, Russell Moore

Americans’ growing frustrations with Israel, Kash Patel sues The Atlantic for $250 million, and the popularity of John Mark Comer.

News

How a Kidnapping Changed a Theologian’s Mind

Interview by Emmanuel Nwachukwu

An interview with Sunday Bobai Agang about the lessons he learned from his abduction last month.

On America’s 250th, Remember Liberty Denied

Thomas S. Kidd

Three history books on the US slave trade.

News

What Christian Athletes Can’t Do

An NBA player’s fall resurrects an old anxiety: When does talking about faith become “detrimental conduct”?

News

Facing Arrest, Cuban Christian Influencers Continue Call for Freedom

Hannah Herrera

Young people are using social media to spread the gospel and denounce the Communist regime.

Public Theology Project

Against the Casinofication of the Church

The Atlantic’s McKay Coppins told me about problems that feel eerily similar to what I see in the church.

Wire Story

The Religion Gender Gap Among the Young Is Disappearing

Bob Smietana - Religion News Service

Women still dominate church pews, but studies find that devotion among Gen Z women has cooled to levels on par with Gen Z men.

Just War Theory Is Supposed to Be Frustrating

The venerable theological tradition makes war slower, riskier, costlier, and less efficient—and that’s the point.

addApple PodcastsDown ArrowDown ArrowDown Arrowarrow_left_altLeft ArrowLeft ArrowRight ArrowRight ArrowRight Arrowarrow_up_altUp ArrowUp ArrowAvailable at Amazoncaret-downCloseCloseellipseEmailEmailExpandExpandExternalExternalFacebookfacebook-squarefolderGiftGiftGooglegoogleGoogle KeephamburgerInstagraminstagram-squareLinkLinklinkedin-squareListenListenListenChristianity TodayCT Creative Studio Logologo_orgMegaphoneMenuMenupausePinterestPlayPlayPocketPodcastprintremoveRSSRSSSaveSavesaveSearchSearchsearchSpotifyStitcherTelegramTable of ContentsTable of Contentstwitter-squareWhatsAppXYouTubeYouTube