Kevin DeYoung Quotes
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The worship of Christ is our joy and privilege today. And tomorrow, and next Sunday, and for all eternity.
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Busyness does not mean you are a faithful or fruitful Christian. It only means you are busy, just like everyone else.
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The world needs to see Christians burning, not with self-righteous fury at the sliding morals in our country, but with passion for God.
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The people on this planet who end up doing nothing are those who never realized they couldn't do everything.
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Tolerance is a relatively weak virtue; we're called to so much more than that in the body of Christ.
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You can think too highly of your interpretations of Scripture, but you cannot think too highly of Scriptures interpretation of itself. You can exaggerate your authority in handling the Scriptures, but you cannot exaggerate the Scriptures authority to handle you. You can use the word of God to come to wrong conclusions, but you cannot find any wrong conclusions in the word of God.
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For Jesus, Scripture is powerful, decisive, and authoritative because it is nothing less than the voice of God.
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Sooner could a fish live upon a tree than the wicked in Paradise.
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The Bible tells us to love our neighbors as ourselves. Surely part of loving in this way is trying to understand what another person wants us to understand. I may not understand perfectly and I may not agree, but if I love you I should try to know what it is you wish I could know.
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God does have a specific plan for our lives, but it is not one that He expects us to figure out before we make a decision.
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Am I trying to do good or to make myself look good?
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The best way to leave a legacy is to believe, teach, defend, and promote what is true.
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Jesus was not just a prophet but the fulfillment of all prophecy.
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Grace is free, but it's not cheap.
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My fear is that of all the choices people face today, the one they rarely consider is, "How can I serve most effectively and fruitfully in the local church?" I wonder if the abundance of opportunities to explore today is doing less to help make well-rounded disciples of Christ and more to help Christians avoid long term responsibility and have less long-term impact.
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Don't follow those who can talk a big game about their amazing faith in Christ. Follow people who are actually following Christ.
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If there really is a perfect will of God we are meant to discover, in which we will find tremendous freedom and fulfillment, why does it seem that everyone looking for God's will is in such bondage and confusion?
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The secret of the gospel is that we actually do more when we hear less about all we need to do for God and hear more about all that God has already done for us.
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If you think God has promised this world will be a five-star hotel, you will be miserable as you live through the normal struggles of life. But if you remember that God promised we would be pilgrims and this world may feel more like a desert or even a prison, you might find your life surprisingly happy.
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...,the will of God for your life is pretty straightforward: Be holy like Jesus, by the power of the Spirit, for the glory of God.
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We may have the best of intentions in trying to discern God's will, but we should really stop putting ourselves through the misery of overspiritualizing every decision. Our misdirected piety makes following God more mysterious than it was meant to be
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Don't try so hard to be hip. When the Church finds out what is cool, it is not cool anymore.
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Let us shout of our God from the rooftops, that the whole world would stand in silence before him.
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Scripture is profitable for training in righteousness. No one succeeds at the highest level in sports without working out. No one makes it in music without lots of practice. No one excels in scholarship without years of study. And no one makes it far in the school of holiness without hours and days and years in the word. You and I simply will not mature as quickly, minister as effectively, or live as gloriously without immersing ourselves in the Scriptures. We need the Bible if we are to be competent Christians.
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God's wrath was not just withdrawn. It was spent. Full atonement can it be? Hallelujah, what a Savior!
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Your love should be so far reaching, earnest, biblical, Christ-centered, pure, and self-sacrificing that the world may hate you for it.
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I try to keep in my mind the simple question: Am I trying to do good or make myself look good? Too many of our responsibilities get added to our plate when we are trying to please people, impress people, prove ourselves, acquire power, increase our prestige. All those motivations are about looking good more than doing good.
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God tends to do his best work when the odds appear stacked against him.
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Perhaps God brought you into this mess so that he can bring you out of it for his glory.
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Much of the impotence of American churches is tied to a profound ignorance and apathy about justification. Our people live in a fog of guilt. Or just as bad, they think being a better person is all God requires.
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