8/19/2025

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Kevin DeYoung: Covenant and the American …

In Part Three of a four-episode series, “The Clerics: Christianity in America,” Hillsdale College President Larry P. Arnn interviews Kevin DeYoung, author, professor, and pastor at Christ Covenant Church.

Kevin DeYoung: Covenant and the American Founding

8/19/2025

CALVINISM

The Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) is the second-largest Presbyterian church body, behind only the , and the largest conservative Calvinist denomination in the United States. The PCA is Reformed in theology and presbyterian in government.

Kevin Lee DeYoung (born June 23, 1977) is an American Reformed theologian, and pastor. He is currently the senior pastor at Christ Covenant Church in Matthes North Caroliana. The church he previously pastored, The Reformed Church (East Lansing, Michigan), moved to the Presbyterian Church in America in March 2015 after having been a member of the Reformed Church in America.^[2]

Presently, DeYoung is a member of the Gospel Coalition‘s council. He also contributes articles to various other evangelical organizations, such as World, 9Marks, and Desiring God.

Early life

DeYoung was born in South Holland, Illinois, and largely grew up in Jenison, Michigan, where his parents Lee and Sheri DeYoung worked for Words of Hope, an international media ministry based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Both of his grandfathers were from Dutch Reformed backgrounds.  Education

DeYoung graduated from Hope College in Michigan in 1999^[7] and then received his M. Div from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Massachusetts in 2002.^[8]

He completed a Ph.D. in early modern history focusing on the theology of John Witherspoon  at the Lustier  served as his adviser), successfully defending his Ph.D. thesis on January 10, 2019.^[9]

In this episode of The Larry Arnn Show, Hillsdale College President Larry P. Arnn interviews Kevin DeYoung, a Reformed Christian author, professor, and pastor at Christ Covenant Church. The two discuss the covenant theology, the Reformed doctrine of predestination, and whether or not America can be a “Christian Nation.” This interview was conducted on April 7th, 2025. Discover more at podcast.hillsdale.edu. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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