Kevin DeYoung

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  • How to Leave Your Old Church

    Try to leave graciously. When someone voluntarily leaves a church (not because of a move or a graduation or a deployment) it is usually a painful experience. Learn how to kindly and honestly answer the question "Why did you leave?"

  • How to Start at Your New Church

    I want to reflect on what new people can do right in coming to a church and what is helpful from those who decide they must leave the church. Pastors understand that choosing a church is a big deal.

  • What the Bible Really Still Says About Homosexuality

    It is simply not true that Paul, or Jesus for that matter, never considered homosexuality an ethical matter. Paul thought the prohibition against homosexuality in the Old Testament was still relevant and the sin was still serious.

  • If We Believe All the Same Things, Why Do Our Churches Seem So Different?

    Here are ten things that distinguish between what I would call a vibrant, robust Bible-believing church and one that gets the statement of faith right but feels totally different.

  • Five Reasons Christians Should Continue to Oppose Gay Marriage

    It can seem like the whole world is having a gay old time, with conservative Christians the only ones refusing to party. The temptation, then, is for Christians go silent and give up the marriage fight.

  • When Paul Sent the Celebrity Pastor

    There have always been men who gain a certain notoriety for their preaching of the gospel. Paul spoke of a brother "famous among all the churches for his preaching."

  • What's Wrong With Theistic Evolution?

    Why can't we say Adam was a real person and the first person to know God, but not the only human on the planet?

  • Why Idolatry Was (and Is) Attractive

    Can you see the attraction of idolatry? "Let's see I want a spirituality that gets me lots, costs me little, is easy to see, easy to do, has few ethical or doctrinal boundaries, guarantees me success, feels good, and doesn't offend those around me."

  • On Race and Love and Trying to Understand

    On Race and Love and Trying to Understand

    When it comes to racial reconciliation—and here I'm thinking primarily of blacks and whites—there are certain things I think each group wishes the other would understand.

  • Go to Dark Gethsemane

    Sometimes we picture Jesus far too serene. We imagine him in the garden praying rather stoically, "Not my will, but yours be done." But the mood at Gethsemane was anything but tranquil. Jesus was facing more than death or sadness. He was facing God-forsakeness.

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