Kevin DeYoung

Impossible Christianity
Crossway, 2023
By Kevin DeYoung

WHO: Kevin DeYoung, senior pastor at Christ Covenant Church in Matthews, North Carolina, and associate professor of systematic theology at Reformed Theological Seminary. 

HE SAYS: “Let us not think that pleasing God is the tribulation, or that Christ means to lay an iron yoke upon our necks, or that the Spirit is only and always grieved by us.”

THE BIG IDEA: This book reassures readers that they don’t need to feel guilty for past sins and solve every societal problem today.

THE PROGRESSION: In this short, eight-chapter book, the author takes away the burden some people might have of feeling like they are always failing at being a Christian and that God expects too much.

“When we sign up to follow Jesus, are we signing up for a lifetime of frustration?”

Kevin DeYoung
Kevin DeYoung

Kevin DeYoung is the senior pastor at Christ Covenant Church in Matthews, North Carolina. He serves as a council member at The Gospel Coalition and blogs on TGC’s DeYoung, Restless and Reformed. Kevin is also assistant professor of systematic theology at Reformed Theological Seminary.

Evangel Church: Never Stop Serving

Last year, Evangel started a church two hours away inside the largest women’s prison in New York. A pastor and a team go every Thursday to share a message, preach and lead worship for the prisoners.

Angulus Wilson: Evangelism Is the Heart of God

When the church taps into the mission and the heart of God, she gets mobilized, she can get revived. We can see growth and new initiative.

David Kinnaman: Start the Conversation

Church leaders must recognize that what feels hidden is actually hurting people, and that discipleship includes helping people break free from destructive patterns.