Clearly Reformed Podcast

In this episode, Kevin reads his article Is This the Way? A Review of Practicing the Way by John Mark Comer , examining why so many people from diverse theological backgrounds are captivated by John Mark Comer’s message, and why the widespread influence of Practicing the Way demands a thoughtful response.

This episode from Kevin DeYoung features the lecture that inspired the recent article, The Presbyterian Signers of the Declaration of Independence , reflecting on how their belief in the liberty of conscience came to be expressed in America as a zeal for new levels of religious freedom and a passion that the state not interfere in the least with the affairs of the church.

In this episode, Kevin reads his article Sin Makes You Stupid , reflecting on how there is no rational calculation that can explain why men would throw away a lifetime of ministry faithfulness for a few moments of fleeting pleasure.

In this episode, Kevin reads his article Did the Jews Kill Jesus? , reflecting on who is responsible for the death of Christ, and how there is more than one true thing we can (and should) say in response to that question.

In this episode, Kevin reads his article 8 Key Differences Between Catholics and Protestants , reflecting on how until fairly recently, Protestants and Catholics in this country were, if not enemies, then certainly players on opposing teams.

In this episode, Kevin DeYoung reads his article Did the Son of God Leave Heaven When He Came to Earth? , reflecting how the Son of God descended from heaven in such a way as to still be in heaven .

In this episode, Kevin DeYoung reads his new article In Search of Chivalry , reflecting on how the best of Christendom called knights to be a different kind of warrior—one marked by courage, humility, and virtue.

Kevin DeYoung explains why he agrees with some convictions tied to Christian Nationalism, yet rejects the label and offers a clearer path.

Clearly Reformed Podcast is a collection of original articles produced and read by pastor Kevin DeYoung for the ministry of Clearly Reformed. These articles are aimed at benefiting Christians with Bible truths and good theology presented clearly and applied carefully—to their lives and to the problems of our day.

If you want a place with singing, celebration, joy and feasting, then live for the place where you get all those things forever . Christ welcomes you to that eternal home. He goes ahead of you to prepare a place for His disciples. He will take you by the hand and lead you into the promised land. But you have to leave Babylon to get there. “Come out of her, my people,” says the Lord, “lest you take...

Dabney warns that governments are often eager to lean on the church to do its bidding and that if we are not careful the energies of the church will be subsumed under the aims of the state. The establishment of the church by the state almost always turns out better for the state than the church.

Boniface lived a remarkable life (accomplishing much for the gospel) and died a triumphant martyr’s death. It would fall to later generations to convert the heathen peoples of Germany, but the memory of Boniface inspired those efforts. We might say his principal work was reformation and revitalization. He was constantly enmeshed in organizational questions and issues of power-politics. Nevertheles...

Until the last few decades of human history, it was understood by virtually everyone everywhere that each of us is born wholly and irrevocably as a “he” or as a “she.” Maleness and femaleness are identities that we do not choose and cannot change.

In this season of political relevance, Kevin outlines key attributes from scripture that individuals in leadership positions should have.

I know that the impulse to attend a gay wedding, or to allow that others may do so, is often borne out of a good and sincere desire to love our family and friends. There are few things more painful than making a decision that we know our child or grandchild will interpret as rejection. But we simply cannot bless, even by our mere presence, what we know to be a lie—a lie that Scripture calls an abo...

“Man can have no other standard and signpost than things as they are and the truth which makes manifest things as they are; and there can be no higher standard than the God who is and His truth” (40). If Jesus is right, and surely he is, that we are sanctified by the truth (John 17:19), then there is no path to faithful Christian obedience and faithful cultural witness that does not begin in prais...

The unsatisfying answer to the title of this post is that we don’t know as much as we would like. We know that a bishop named Nicholas existed, that he had a great influence on his homeland, and that he probably died on December 6. While we should be careful to separate fact from fiction, there are elements of the Nicholas story we can know—and what can be known is worth retelling.

One of the first things we learn about God is that he is good. “God is great, God is good, let us thank him for our food.” Many of us grew up hearing this prayer at the dinner table. It’s good theology—simple and true. It also highlights an attribute of God that is surprisingly hard to define. We think we know what it means for God to be good, until we try to explain it. Then we usually start list...

Let us walk in the light as God is in the light (1 John 1:7). It’s true, sex before marriage is a sin, but if we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:9).In this episode of the Clearly Reformed Podcast, Kevin discusses society's and the Bible's stance on sex before marriage and the implications for Christians.

Good preaching should be trinitarian in content and in character. I’ve tried to reflect that emphasis in these three points—the word of the Father, the gospel of the Son, and the power of the Holy Spirit. Good preaching is not one thing, but many things. It instructs and it heralds; it comforts and corrects. This is the preaching God has always used, and it is still the preaching we need to hear f...

The Kingdom story we are telling is not the story of Christ saving His people so they can transform a culture or reclaim a nation. Instead the story is of Christ so ruling over the nations of the world that the church might be built up. In this first episode of the Clearly Reformed Podcast, Kevin reads from his recent article written for Clearly Reformed about the nature of politics in the church.

Clearly Reformed Podcast is a collection of original articles produced and read by pastor Kevin DeYoung for the ministry of Clearly Reformed. These articles are aimed at benefiting Christians with Bible truths and good theology presented clearly and applied carefully—to their lives and to the problems of our day.