Kevin DeYoung Quotes
The one indispensable requirement for producing godly, mature Christians is godly, mature Christians.
The Christian's comfort: I am not my own. I do not make my own rules or create my own identity. There is one who made me and can save me.
If the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, then growing in our knowledge of God is always practical.
Why should we think that we wouldn't have a cross to carry? Are we somehow more deserving than our Lord?
If we truly long for revival, we will rejoice even when it starts at the church down the road.
Sincere biblical repentance is as much a work of grace as not sinning in the first place. To err is human, to make progress is divine.
Some of us live a Christian life as if we're always under the stern, watchful eye of our Father and he is very impossible to please... No, God delights even in our heartfelt attempts at obedience.
Sanctification will be drudgery unless we believe that holiness is possible and that it is pleasing to God.
Seek first the kingdom of God, and then trust that He will take care of our needs, even before we know what they are and where we're going.
No matter how long we have been walking with Jesus, we need to hear again, do not love the world.
The best way to leave a legacy is to believe, teach, defend, and promote what is true.
You will fear something or someone. The Bible says the wisest way to go about your life is to fear God.
Christianity loses its scriptural fidelity and internal power when it no longer affirms both sola fide and the necessity of obedience.
God's wrath was not just withdrawn. It was spent. Full atonement can it be? Hallelujah, what a Savior!
Die to self. Live for Christ. And then do what you want, and go where you want, for God's glory.
Before my secret meeting with the Pope I asked him to come wearing white if deep down he agreed with the Reformation. Pretty crazy.
The kind of experience of humility and happiness that comes with gratitude tends to crowd out whatever is coarse, or ugly or mean.
The next time someone tells you, "The Church is full of a bunch of hypocrites." You can respond, "You don't even know the half of it."
There is nothing gray about whether a follower of Christ should see 50 Shades of Grey. This is a black and white issue. Don’t go. Don’t watch it. Don’t read it. Don’t rent it.
Many in Jesus' day saw him, but they didn't have communion with him. You can have more of Christ by faith than they had by sight.
Obsessing over the future is not how God wants us to live, because showing us the future is not God's way.
When you share the gospel, you're not calling people to a better way of life, you're proclaiming to them eternal life.
The richest treasure God has for you are the people in your life. Give thanks and don't take them for granted.
The worship of Christ is our joy and privilege today. And tomorrow, and next Sunday, and for all eternity.
We walk into the future in God-glorifying confidence, not because the future is known to us but because it is known to God.
As Christians living in changing times, we must keep three things open: our heads, our hearts, and our Bibles.
Try this New Year's resolution: I won't check my phone, my tablet, or my computer until I've first read a chapter in my Bible.
Inerrancy means the word of God always stands over us and we never stand over the word of God.
Don't follow those who can talk a big game about their amazing faith in Christ. Follow people who are actually following Christ.
Flattery is saying something nice in order to help yourself. Encouragement is saying something true in order help someone else.
God knows everything. So why not run to him and tell him all the things that he already knows?
Don't try so hard to be hip. When the Church finds out what is cool, it is not cool anymore.
