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Kevin DeYoung

Kevin DeYoung is the senior pastor of Christ Covenant Church in Matthews, NC. He has been preaching full time since the age of 25, including thirteen years at University Reformed Church in East Lansing, Michigan. He also serves as an associate professor of systematic theology at Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte. Kevin enjoys reading and studying, and has authored more than twenty books. He holds a Master of Divinity degree from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and received his PhD in history at the University of Leicester, where he focused on one of America’s founders, the Scottish pastor and Princeton president, John Witherspoon. Kevin and his wife Trisha are happily married and have nine children. When he isn’t consumed with the joy of parenting, he enjoys running, swimming, and watching almost any sporting event.

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Daily Doctrine

Daily Doctrine

2024
Impossible Christianity: Why Following Jesus Does Not Mean You Have to Change the World, Be an Expert in Everything, Accept Spiritual Failure, and Feel Miserable Pretty Much All the Time

Impossible Christianity: Why Following Jesus Does Not Mean You Have to Change the World, Be an Expert in Everything, Accept Spiritual Failure, and Feel Miserable Pretty Much All the Time

2023
Do Not Be True to Yourself: Countercultural Advice for the Rest of Your Life

Do Not Be True to Yourself: Countercultural Advice for the Rest of Your Life

2023
The Biggest Story Bible Storybook

The Biggest Story Bible Storybook

2022
Men and Women in the Church

Men and Women in the Church

2021
What Does the Bible Really Teach about Homosexuality?

What Does the Bible Really Teach about Homosexuality?

2015
Taking God At His Word: Why the Bible Is Knowable, Necessary, and Enough, and What That Means for You and Me

Taking God At His Word: Why the Bible Is Knowable, Necessary, and Enough, and What That Means for You and Me

2014
Crazy Busy

Crazy Busy

2013
The Hole in Our Holiness: Filling the Gap between Gospel Passion and the Pursuit of Godliness

The Hole in Our Holiness: Filling the Gap between Gospel Passion and the Pursuit of Godliness

2012
What is the Mission of the Church?: Making sense of social justice, Shalom and the Great Commission

What is the Mission of the Church?: Making sense of social justice, Shalom and the Great Commission

2011

with Greg Gilbert

What Is the Mission of the Church?: Making Sense of Social Justice, Shalom, and the Great Commission

What Is the Mission of the Church?: Making Sense of Social Justice, Shalom, and the Great Commission

2011
Don't Call it a Comeback: The Old Faith for a New Day

Don't Call it a Comeback: The Old Faith for a New Day

2011

with D.A. Carson

The Good News We Almost Forgot: Rediscovering the Gospel in a 16th Century Catechism

The Good News We Almost Forgot: Rediscovering the Gospel in a 16th Century Catechism

2010
Why We Love the Church: In Praise of Institutions and Organized Religion

Why We Love the Church: In Praise of Institutions and Organized Religion

2009
Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will

Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will

2009
Why We're Not Emergent

Why We're Not Emergent

2008

with Ted Kluck