Youth Ministry Books

Welcome to our youth ministry book review section where you'll find information on the latest books for youth pastors, as well as youth devotionals, resources for parents and more!

Beyond Bible Band-Aids

Michael Emlet's new book seeks to help people apply Scripture to real-life issues.

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A Guide to God’s Word Translation

A Guide to God’s Word Translation gives a clear picture of translating the Bible according to the Principles of Closest Natural Equivalence (CNE). God’s Word Translation insists on translating “meaning clearly while preserving...

By Chris Euler

Seeing Things

Sometimes an unlikely novel comes along to deliver a messy message of heart-warming reconciliation and renewed hope, and only a fictional collection of quirky characters allows the reader to appreciate the real-life lessons...

By Grant F.C. Gillard

The Church of Facebook: How the Hyperconnected Are Redefining Community

This title suggests a study of Facebook and potential implications for how the church understands community. The real study presented, though, is how people and things fall into sync with one another in ways that seem “unnatural...

By Tony Myles

Organic Outreach for Ordinary People

Almost every how-to book on personal evangelism clearly states reasons to share our faith and methods to accomplish the task. Most, however, fail to acknowledge the 600-pound elephant in the corner. How do we actually do...

By Steven Todd

Crazy Like a Fox: One Principal’s Triumph in the Inner City

In the mold of such memorable films as Stand and Deliver and Freedom Writers, the cast of characters in Crazy Like a Fox live in the inner city, are part of an ethnic minority and are poor; but so is their hero.

By Daniel Clark

Sex and the iWorld: Rethinking Relationship Beyond an Age of Individualism

Pastor and politics professor Dale Kuehne is on a quest to change the conversation on sexuality following the sexual revolution. This challenging textbook succeeds in many ways.

By Andrea Bailey Willits

North! Or Be Eaten

North! Or Be Eaten is the sequel to On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness and the second book in the Wingfeather Saga. Peterson weaves together a fascinating fantasy story that incorporates many elements of Christianity.

By Kyle Chen

The Blue Umbrella

For some time, Christian literature has lacked fairy tales in the Narnian tradition, tales which reveal truth about ourselves and the gospel. Thankfully, Mike Mason has debuted The Blue Umbrella. In it, 11-year old Zac Sparks...

By Gabe Knipp

Unexplainable: Pursuing a Life that Only God Can Make Possible

Given the economic times, Unexplainable comes at just the right time. With so many people questioning what to do, this resource challenges us to shift our focus from trying to change external factors to prayerfully changing...

By Jake Kircher

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