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Antifragile Faith

Kevin DeYoung

Life in the Negative World: Confronting Challenges in an Anti-Christian Cultureby aaron m. rennzondervan, 272 pages, $26.99 On June 2, 1987, the National Enquirer published a photograph of Donna Rice...

An American Evangelist

Kevin DeYoung

Timothy Keller: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formationby collin hansenzondervan, 320 pages, $26.99 I first met Tim Keller in April 2011 at a national conference for The Gospel Coalition (TGC), the...

The Case For Kids

Kevin DeYoung

The most significant thing happening in the world may very well be a thing that is not happening: Men and women are not having children. The biblical logic has...

Why Are We So Offended All the Time?

Kevin DeYoung

Ok, so I rarely post over here. Sorry. But I figure the least I can do is cross-post once in awhile from my “real” blog. So here goes. *****...

Justification: Here I Stand

Kevin DeYoung

A few weeks ago an editor from the Christian Science Monitor emailed to ask if I would consider writing an opinion piece on the doctrine of justification. This sounded...

What’s Wrong With Us?

Kevin DeYoung

If you’ve ever struggled to explain what went wrong with evangelicalism, or if you’ve ever been embarrassed to be around conservative, doctrinal Christians, here’s several popular villains to make...

A One-Sentence Definition of Evangelical

Kevin DeYoung

“Evangelical” is a theological term shaped by historical events. Since Joe asked us to define the word, I’ll define evangelicalism at its best, rather than at its worst. An...

Defining Discourse Down

Kevin DeYoung

No one has mistaken our day as an age of powerful, rational discourse. The McLaughlin Group doesn’t usually evoke memories of Lincoln-Douglas, and Twittering about your favorite bagel from...