The Hole in Our Holiness

A good article by DeYoung: The Hole in Our Holiness – Kevin DeYoung:

I have a growing concern that younger evangelicals do not take seriously the Bible’s call to personal holiness. We are too at peace with worldliness in our homes, too at ease with sin in our lives, too content with spiritual immaturity in our churches.

The fact of the matter is if you read through the New Testament epistles you will find very few explicit commands that tell us to evangelize and very few explicit commands that tell us to take care of the poor in our communities, but there are dozens and dozens of verses in the New Testament that enjoin us, in one way or another, to be holy as God is holy (e.g., 1 Peter 1:13-16).

DeYoung, Duncan, and Mohler: What’s New About the New Calvinism

Another good video with the colour turned down: DeYoung, Duncan, and Mohler: What’s New About the New Calvinism – The Gospel Coalition Blog

The Mission of the Church: DeYoung, Gilbert, Kelly – The Gospel Coalition Blog

Another interesting video with the colour turned down, this one is on the mission of the church: The Mission of the Church: DeYoung, Gilbert, Kelly – The Gospel Coalition Blog:

In this video, young pastors Kevin DeYoung, Greg Gilbert, and Ryan Kelly seek clarity for the missional buzzword as they consider the particular calling God has given the local church. Jesus commissioned the apostles to make disciples and proclaim the gospel (Matt. 28:18-20). So is that the extent of the church’s calling today? Or should the church branch out into other good ventures as part of its mission?

A Lost Letter to Wormwood

Kevin DeYoung writes another Screwtape letter, mostly aimed at student attending a church:

A Lost Letter to Wormwood – Kevin DeYoung

A Lost Letter to Wormwood (conclusion) – Kevin DeYoung

students today love the idea of community. Do everything in your power to keep them loving the idea of community rather than loving their community. As long as they love their vision of community instead of loving the actual fleshly people around them, they will never have real community and they will stay far away from church.

What is the Difference Between Election and Predestination?

What is the Difference Between Election and Predestination? – Kevin DeYoung:

My short answer is: in popular usage, not a lot.

...predestination is the broader category of which election is the smaller subset.

Preaching to the Whole Choir

Kevin identifies four types of people that might be in your congregation on Sunday and how you should cater for all types: Preaching to the Whole Choir – Kevin DeYoung:

Bryan Chapell is well suited for the weary, John Piper for the wandering, Matt Chandler for the lazy, Time Keller for the lost. God doesn’t ask us to preach like only someone else can or preach for someone else’s context. But he does want preachers to remember that the choir is made up of more than just sopranos. So when you’re preaching, be sure to hand out more than one part.

Just Do Something in Church

I have listened to the whole Next2010 conference and it is worth a listen. Here are some tips from DeYoungs talk on the church. Just Do Something:

To close out his Next 2010 conference message, “The Church,” Kevin DeYoung gave a list of suggestions for how to be a difference maker in the local church

Kevin DeYoung on Complemegalitarianism

Kevin DeYoung has posted a three part series on his complemegalitarian position as a response to what John Stott thinks. He chose Stott as he is very much not a straw man when it comes to understanding biblical texts.

Go Big or Go Home: Why Complemegalitarian Doesn’t Work (1)
Go Big or Go Home: Why Complemegalitarian Doesn’t Work (2)
Go Big or Go Home: Why Complemegalitarianism Doesn’t Work (3)

Also 9marks have release another eJurnal on the issue of women and complemegalitarianism (link also from DeYoungs blog):
New 9Marks eJournal: Pastoring Women

The Word and the Word

The Word and the Word – Kevin DeYoung:

Let me make a bold, but, I think, defensible assertion: we should approach the Scriptures with the same reverence we would have in approaching Christ.