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“It’s the Word of God, stupid”

By On February 28, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Missional Thought

Playing off Bill Clinton’s campaign theme in 1992, “It’s the economy, stupid,” I thought DeYoung’s emphasis on the ministry of the Word was refreshing for someone like myself who hopes that faithfulness to a robust preaching/teaching ministry would count for something in the missional conversation. Here’s an excerpt from DeYoung:

In Acts 6 the apostles [...]

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Misplaced Missional Zeal?: Everyone Ought to _________ (fill in the blank with some commendable global cause)

By On February 25, 2012 · 2 Comments · In Christ & Culture, Missional Thought

The following quote down below is a helpful observation from Kevin DeYoung for all those folks who think the church is pathetic because we aren’t doing a million things around the globe. I have met folks who are all about keeping the earth clean who can’t seem to keep their own room clean. Some of [...]

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Why Kevin DeYoung’s Church Switched to the ESV Booklet Available for Free

By On September 7, 2011 · 3 Comments · In Book Recommendations, Free Ebooks, Free Resources

Clink on the link for the full article:  Why Kevin DeYoung’s Church Switched to the ESV | Crossway. You can directly download  the respective files here: pdf, Kindle (mobi), or e-pub files. HT: Dave Jenkins

 

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Book Review of “Why We Love the Church: In Praise of Institutions and Organized Religion”

By On September 4, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Book Recommendations, Book Reviews, Ecclesiology (Church Stuff), Theology

DeYoung, Kevin & KIuck, Ted. 2009. Why We Love the Church: In Praise of Institutions and Organized Religion. Moody: Chicago, IL

This is a very important and timely book in defense of the church as an institution that was ordained by Christ himself for the good of his people. There has been [...]

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Regret vs Repentance

By On June 18, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Biblical Studies, Discipleship/Sanctification

Kevin DeYoung, looking at 2 Corinthians 7:

There is an eternal difference between regret and repentance.  Regret feels bad about past sins.  Repentance turns away from past sins. Most of us are content with regret.  We just want to feel bad for awhile, have a good cry, enjoy the cathartic experience, [...]

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Relating to the World Around Us

By On June 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Christ & Culture, Missional Thought

Kevin DeYoung offers a review and critique of David Platt’s Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream, and includes a response by Platt.  Their interchange explores the motivations and manifestations of Christian responsibility to the poor.

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Evangelistic Churches have Evangelistic People

By On April 16, 2010 · 2 Comments · In Missional Thought

Kevin DeYoung linked to this article by Thom Rainer of Lifeway Christian Resources.  Rainer believes that the best evangelistic method for churches is to have people who share the gospel.  Here are the characteristics of effective evangelists, according to Rainer (DeYoung quotes this list in his post [...]

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More Responses to Brian McLaren

By On February 19, 2010 · 1 Comment · In Heresy

I highly recommend this pretty through review from Kevin DeYoung (link to pdf file).

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Reaching the Next Generation With Substance, Not Style

By On November 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Christ & Culture, Homiletics/Preaching, The Mysterious World of American Evangelicalism

Kevin DeYoung, pastor at University Reformed Church in East Lansing, Michigan, did a series this week on his five-part plan for “reaching the next generation” with Christ: “Grab them with passion.  Win them with love.  Hold them with holiness. 

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