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Morning Roundup 06/06/13

Holiness; Diversity; Brazil; Confusing Discipleship with Leadership

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?

So, Who Hallows God's Name?

We usually think it's our job. Think twice.

Do American Christians Need the Message of Grace or a Call to Holiness?

Observers weigh in.

Yes, Holiness Does Require Effort

Kevin DeYoung responds to Mark Galli and our other reviewers.

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.

Preaching Holiness to Reformed Theology Nuts

Can Kevin DeYoung's message reach people outside his particular Christian subculture?

The Sweaty Work of Sanctification

Holiness is God's gift to redeemed Christians, but we need to strive for it all the same.

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?

The Christmas Epistles: A Most Human Understanding of Godliness

Incarnational grace in the Pastoral Epistles.

Power Washed by God

The blessings—and danger—of divine proximity.

A Beautiful Anger

The same holy hands that punish the wicked pull the righteous to safety.

Heresy Is Heresy, Not the Litmus Test of Gospel Preaching

It's time to put aside this abused "badge of honor."

Blessed Are the Poor in Virtue

Why some people may want to abandon New Year's resolutions as soon as possible.

Evangelizing Ourselves

The gospel is for Christians too.

A Feast Fit for the King

Returning the growing fields and kitchen table to God.

Holy Incarnation!

It may be impossible not to "demean God" since he mixed it up with sinners.

Relationship That Leads to Life

Why God's law is good news.

Divine Drama Queen

But I'd secretly rather have a God who is a non-anxious presence.

The Heart of Mission

According to John Wesley, that's the church's greatest task.

Living God's Ongoing Story

N.T. Wright says character matters, but thinks the Reformers disagreed.

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.

The Vertical Self

How biblical faith can help us discover who we are in an age of self obsession.

Asking the Right Question

Why neither worm theology nor worth theology will do.

A Resurrection That Matters

If we are completely saved from our sins through the Cross, what's the point of the empty tomb?

Born Again … Again

In my ministry of racial reconciliation, I had to move from a culture of effort to a culture of grace.

Are We Transformed Yet?

Why the spiritually mature don't talk about how God has made them spiritually mature.

Point of Crisis, Point of Grace

Why it's crucial to recognize how little we're being transformed.

Reveling in the Mystery

Sometimes in order to see God, we have to learn to not know him.

Matter Matters

Lessons learned between the couch and a 10k race.

The Great Evangelical Anxiety

Why change is not our most important product.

The Scandal of the Public Evangelical

What we really have to offer the world.

Not an Academic Question

Pastors tell how the justification debate has changed their ministry.

The Justification Debate: A Primer

Two of the world's most prominent pastor-theologians on justification—and what difference it makes.

Spiritual Formation Agenda

Three priorities for the next 30 years.

Worshiping with Creeping Things

Why the grocery store is a holy place.

The 30-Day Leviticus Challenge

One church's experiment in living the most arcane book of the Bible.

The Poverty of Love

The desert fathers and mothers would know instantly why our gospel is too small.

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.

Carbonated Holiness  Subscriber access only

Laughter is serious business.

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