Resources by David Young:
How Does the Holy Spirit Make Us like Jesus?
This is Question #4 discussed in Holy Spirit: Filled, Empowered, and Led by David Young
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What Does It Mean for the Holy Spirit to Live within Us?
This is Question #3 discussed in Holy Spirit: Filled, Empowered, and Led by David Young
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How Does the Holy Spirit Move Us toward Jesus?
This is Question #2 discussed in Holy Spirit: Filled, Empowered, and Led, by David Young.
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Who Is the Holy Spirit? A Brief Introduction
*Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from Holy Spirit: Filled, Empowered, and Led. The early church exploded in growth not because they had fancy mission statements and programs. The early church exploded in growth because they had the power of the Holy Spirit. Imagine a church whose strategic vision looked like this: I will...
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What Is a “Spirit”?
This is Question #1 discussed in Holy Spirit: Filled, Empowered, and Led, by David Young.
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Introduction to Holy Spirit: Filled, Empowered, and Led
David Young, PhD, introduces Holy Spirit: Filled, Empowered, and Led, and gives an overview of the book.
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Preview of Holy Spirit: Filled, Empowered, and Led
This sneak peek will invite you not merely to study the Holy Spirit, but instead invite you to experience the Holy Spirit in your life.
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Saving Christian Education
In their important book, Mission Drift, authors Peter Greer and Chris Horst describe numerous organizations that have veered from their Christian roots into a secularism that undermines their founding ideals. The stories are sad: non-profits, ministries, foundations, and even businesses that once started with the passion of the gospel have often ended up betraying the...
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Home Alone: Surviving the Pandemic for Married Couples
So, the shelter-at-home order was fun for three or four days. Movies every night! But the fun is over. The pandemic with its shelter-at-home order is now dragging on, and you’re getting really tired of it. Now, in the middle of the strains of economic insecurity, isolation from friends, rampaging children, blaring screens, mounting bills,...
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The Holy Spirit Is Doing What the Holy Spirit Does
Have you heard that Christianity is on its way out? Don’t believe it for a second.
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Harding Commencement Address (Part 2)
We make disciples. Or we’re only singing half-tones. It really is that simple. Of course, this begs the question of what we mean when we say “disciple.” As you must already know, everyone has their own definition of discipleship; the word is confidently used by every church from the Episcopalians to the United Pentecostal Council...
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Harding Commencement Address (Part 1)
Renew founder and board member, David Young, gave the 2019 commencement address to the graduating class at Harding School of Theology. The topic will interest Renew readers as it underlines our conviction that “Jesus’ final command must be our first priority.” Students, family members, faculty, staff: Thank you for the privilege of offering a few...
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Professor Mary Poplin, an Unlikely Convert
“If you are real, please come and get me, please come and get me.” She was an unlikely convert. A well-respected, tenured professor in an elite university, Mary Poplin had grown up in a left-leaning church. But all that remained from her early church faith were strong desires for social reform, spiritual experimentation, and personal...
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A Grand Illusion: How Progressive Christianity Undermines Biblical Faith
A GUIDE FOR EMBRACING BIBLICAL FAITH IN THE FACE OF AMERICAN PROGRESSIVISM North American Christianity stands at a major crossroads. Hundreds of thousands of believers have begun to lose interest in apostolic Christianity: the faith of the Scriptures, the great…
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The Best Illustration of the Gospel That I Know
The good news of the Gospel is that though I’m an impure person, I’m declared to be holy in Jesus Christ. Let me summarize this good news using the best illustration of the Gospel that I know of. Joseph Serna served four tours in Afghanistan in the Special Forces, receiving three purple hearts. In the...
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