Kevin DeYoung Quotes
Faith is more than getting a theological quiz right. Faith is to know, to assent, to put your trust in, and to cherish what is true.
As the culture war rages on, Lord give us wisdom to see the difference between defending our rights and protesting our slights.
Your love should be so far reaching, earnest, biblical, Christ-centered, pure, and self-sacrificing that the world may hate you for it.
We have been stuffed full of praise for mediocrity and had our foibles diagnosed away with hyphenated jargon and pop psychology.
If you make the goal of your life just to stay alive, you'll fail. If you make the goal of your life the kingdom, you cannot lose.
The people on this planet who end up doing nothing are those who never realized they couldn't do everything.
If you find yourself mistreated, misunderstood, and mocked as a Christian, take heart, for so they did to the Christ.
I'm pretty sure most of us would be more fulfilled if we didn't fixate on fulfillment quite so much.
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.
Just about the worst thing a leader can nurture in his heart is self-pity. And just about the worst thing a leader can do in front of his people is murmur and complain.
Perhaps out inactivity is not so much waiting on God as it is an expression of the fear of man, the love of the praise of man, and disbelief in God's providence.
God is not a magic eight ball we shake up and peer into whenever we have a decision to make. He is a good God who gives us brains, shows us the way of obedience, and invites us to take risks for him.
Tolerance is a relatively weak virtue; we're called to so much more than that in the body of Christ.
It is our confidence in the sovereign grace of God that gives us any hope of success in missions.
I used to have six theories and no kids. Now I have six kids and no theories.
Justice in a fallen world is not equality of outcome but equal treatment under a fair law.
Effective love is rarely efficient.
The Luddite impulse is strong among Christians, and our first reaction is to rage against the machine.
Most moms and dads think they are either the best or the worst parents in the world. Both are wrong.
The people on this planet who end up doing nothing are those who never realize they can't do everything.
One reason we never tame the busy this beast is that we are unwilling to kill anything.
If the good news is an invitation to a Jesus way of life and not information about somebody who accomplished something on my behalf, I’m sunk. This is law and no gospel.
We will have to work hard to rest.
Real life applications get tricky when we think about them.
Battling busyness is a community response.
The more my brain was fed, the hungrier it became.
I can turn every "is" into "ought ".
We get used to living in a state of mild disappointment with ourselves.
The kind of experience of humility and happiness that comes with gratitude tends to crowd out whatever is coarse, or ugly, or mean.
In the Lord's Prayer, Jesus assumes that asking for forgiveness would be a daily occurrence, as would praying that we might be delivered from evil and led not into temptation.