Welcome to Breakpoint, a daily look at an ever-changing culture through the lens of unchanging truth.

For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street.

A growing number of young Christian men seem to be rediscovering words largely absent from modern evangelical vocabulary,

like kingdom, authority, discipline, order, responsibility, courage, civilization.

Well, frankly, this is understandable.

Many young people, especially young men, have grown weary of shallow Christianity shaped

more, it seems, by therapy than theology, more by self-expression than self-denial.

They're looking for something weightier, something deeper.

They want roots, depth, conviction, purpose. In other words, They're looking for something weightier, something deeper. They want roots,

depth, conviction, purpose. In other words, they are looking for formation. This is a good

hunger. Across denominations, in fact, pastors have been observing to us that there's a renewed

interest, especially among younger Christians, and things like church history, spiritual

disciplines, Bible study, liturgy. But like every renewal movement in church history, spiritual disciplines, Bible study, liturgy.

But like every renewal movement in church history, sincere instincts can become distorted if they

are detached from the character of Christ. Recently, a loose constellation of online voices

that are sometimes referred to as kingdom bros has emerged around these themes.

Though not really a formal movement, it tends to emphasize masculine strength, cultural engagement,

civilizational renewal. And many of the concerns they raise are legitimate. Christians should

reject passivity. The gospel does have public implications. The kingdom of God does concern every

sphere of life. But confusion arises when the kingdom of God does concern every sphere of life. But confusion

arises when the kingdom of God is subtly redefined according to the logic of the world. In every

age, Christians are tempted to exchange holiness for influence, to exchange Christ-likeness for

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