Westminster/John Knox, 2005, 205 pp.,$19.95, www.wjkbooks.comIn this book Dykstra argues that the church still has much to say to the contemporary issues of the world and challenges Christian educators (that...

InterVarsity, 2005, 229 pp., $17.00,www.ivpress.comIf you don’t regularly ingest material translating youth culture or look at the author’s Web site, CPYU (www.cpyu.com), add Engaging to your “...

Alpha/Penguin, 2005, 310 pp., $18.99,www.idiotsguide.comWho were the Gnostics and what did they really believe? In this fast-paced world, it’s hard to find time to research answers, let alone the origins ...

During the burial of Jesus, something unusual happened that’s taught me a lot about following Jesus — an underrated gesture from an “outsider” named Nicodemus. You know Nicodemus from the fa...

Nelson, 2006, 381 pp., $13.99,www.thomasnelson.comIt is hard to find the right tools or places that truly relate to and help the person going through divorce. This tool offers the reader knowledge that healing ...

REACH OUT AND “TECH” SOMEONE.In keeping with my unshakable (at least unshakable in this author’s mind) thesis that technology affords us lovers-of-kidsand- God the opportunity to impact the li...

Renovatus Ren-o-vâ´-tus the state of having been restored, refreshed, revived, renewed, or renovated [pp. of renovare; re-, again, and novare, to make new, from novus, new]. Youth ministry keeps you yo...

Multnomah, 2005, 176 pp., $12.99,www.multnomahbooks.comDrawing on his extensive speaking at youth events throughout the country, and with the help of his father, Josh Weidmann identifies eight specific things c...

Youth Specialties/Zondervan, 2005,291 pp., $24.99, www.youthspecialties.comEvery youth worker, whether paid or volunteer, should have this book. Van Pelt and Hancock systematically work through all the differen...

(Truth Quest 120 A / Truth Quest 120 B / Truth Quest 120 C - 3 vols.)Broadman & Holman, 150 pp., $9.99 each,www.broadmanholman.comSince these are devotions for teens, I gave the three books to actual teens ...