Topic
Holiness
Here Come the Radicals!
David Platt, Francis Chan, Shane Claiborne, and now Kyle Idleman are dominating the Christian best-seller lists by attacking our comfortable Christianity. But is 'radical faith' enough?
March 15, 2013
Do American Christians Need the Message of Grace or a Call to Holiness?
Observers weigh in.
January 28, 2013
Yes, Holiness Does Require Effort
Kevin DeYoung responds to Mark Galli and our other reviewers.
November 30, 2012
If at First You Don't Succeed, Stop Trying so Hard
The self-conscious pursuit of holiness leaves us despairing over (inevitable) failures or gloating pridefully over (illusory) successes.
November 29, 2012
Preaching Holiness to Reformed Theology Nuts
Can Kevin DeYoung's message reach people outside his particular Christian subculture?
November 28, 2012
The Sweaty Work of Sanctification
Holiness is God's gift to redeemed Christians, but we need to strive for it all the same.
November 27, 2012
The Hole In Our Holiness Goes Even Deeper
Kevin DeYoung uncovers a troubling erosion of personal evangelical piety, but what about the public implications of godly living?
November 26, 2012
The Christmas Epistles: A Most Human Understanding of Godliness
Incarnational grace in the Pastoral Epistles.
December 22, 2011
A Beautiful Anger
The same holy hands that punish the wicked pull the righteous to safety.
April 27, 2011
Heresy Is Heresy, Not the Litmus Test of Gospel Preaching
It's time to put aside this abused "badge of honor."
January 24, 2011
Blessed Are the Poor in Virtue
Why some people may want to abandon New Year's resolutions as soon as possible.
January 6, 2011
Holy Incarnation!
It may be impossible not to "demean God" since he mixed it up with sinners.
September 30, 2010
Living God's Ongoing Story
N.T. Wright says character matters, but thinks the Reformers disagreed.
June 2, 2010
Why Johnny Can't Read the Bible
Most Americans—including Scripture-loving evangelicals—cannot name the disciples, the Ten Commandments, or the first book of the Bible. But that's not our biggest biblical illiteracy problem.
May 24, 2010
The Vertical Self
How biblical faith can help us discover who we are in an age of self obsession.
April 20, 2010
A Resurrection That Matters
If we are completely saved from our sins through the Cross, what's the point of the empty tomb?
April 1, 2010
Born Again … Again
In my ministry of racial reconciliation, I had to move from a culture of effort to a culture of grace.
March 26, 2010
Are We Transformed Yet?
Why the spiritually mature don't talk about how God has made them spiritually mature.
February 4, 2010
Point of Crisis, Point of Grace
Why it's crucial to recognize how little we're being transformed.
January 21, 2010
Reveling in the Mystery
Sometimes in order to see God, we have to learn to not know him.
September 17, 2009
Not an Academic Question
Pastors tell how the justification debate has changed their ministry.
June 26, 2009
The Justification Debate: A Primer
Two of the world's most prominent pastor-theologians on justification—and what difference it makes.
June 26, 2009
The 30-Day Leviticus Challenge
One church's experiment in living the most arcane book of the Bible.
July 25, 2008
The Poverty of Love
The desert fathers and mothers would know instantly why our gospel is too small.
April 30, 2008
Dulling the Body, Buffing the Soul
Gertrude the Great suggests an inverse relationship between comfort and holiness in the meaty devotional, A Little Daily Wisdom: Christian Women Mystics.
April 29, 2008
Heaven Is Not Our Home
The bodily resurrection is the good news of the gospel—and thus our social and political mandate.
March 24, 2008
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