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David Young
David Young serves as the senior minister for the North Boulevard Church of Christ in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He has worked for churches in Missouri, Kansas, and Tennessee, taught New Testament at several universities, and travelled widely teaching and preaching. He is the former host of the New Day Television Program, a board member for the Renew Network, and the author of several books, including A New Day (NB Press), The Rhetoric of Jesus in the Gospel of Mark, (Fortress Press, co-authored with Michael Strickland), A Grand Illusion (Renew Publications), and King Jesus and the Beauty of Obedience-Based Discipleship (Zondervan). He holds the B.A. from Freed-Hardeman University, the M.A. from Harding School of Theology, and the M.A. and Ph.D. in New Testament from Vanderbilt University. David and his wife Julie have two married children.
Holy Spirit: Filled, Empowered, and Led
AN INVITATION TO LET THE HOLY SPIRIT LEAD YOUR LIFE Imagine you were given the choice between two doors: one marked “The Study of the Holy Spirit” and the other “The Holy Spirit Is Here.” Which door would you choose?…
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How Do We Seek the Holy Spirit’s Leadership in Our Lives?
This is Question #5 discussed in Holy Spirit: Filled, Empowered, and Led by David Young.
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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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David Young
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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David Young
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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David Young
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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David Young
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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David Young
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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David Young
What to Do When Your Child Stops Believing (Part 2 of 2)
(If you haven’t yet, you might want to check out Part 1.) So, your teenage or twenty-something child is showing signs that faith in Jesus is no longer significant in their lives. Either she has told you that she no longer believes, or he has simply stopped taking Jesus seriously. How do you respond? #1...
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What to Do When Your Child Stops Believing (Part 1 of 2)
When he was about fourteen years old, my son, Jonathan, sat me down and told me that he had lost his faith in God. I was hurt, but I wasn’t surprised. After all, he had not shown much spiritual interest in several years. He suffered from depression and had been painfully lonely since we moved...
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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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