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).

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Redeeming Sudan's Slaves

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Let’s Get Physical

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Evangelicalism’s Thriving Warriors

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Was the Messiah a Vegetarian?

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Will Gambling Limit Be Heeded?

Ministry Helps Wounded Women

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Human Embryo Research Resisted

Denyse O'Leary.

Alliance Targets Sex Trafficking

Tony Carnes.

South Koreans Help Neighbors

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Baptist School Taps Catholic

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Persecution Is Persecution Is Persecution

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Medicine: Mission Sets Sights on Blindness

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Will Pax TV Survive Second Season?

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Europe: East Germany Churches Falter

Richard J. Nyberg in Bonn.

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House Upholds Display of Ten Commandments

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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

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Is Marriage Made in Heaven?

David Blankenhorn

What's in a Name?

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