Kevin DeYoung Quotes

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• You will never see the preciousness of a Savior, if you do not see the reality of your sin.

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  Reality, Sin, Savior

  Twitter post from Jan 27, 2015

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• Worldliness is whatever makes sin look normal and righteousness look strange.

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  Looks, Normal, Strange

  Twitter post from Sep 6, 2013

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• Holiness is the sum of a million little things — the avoidance of little evils and little foibles, the setting aside of little bits of worldliness and little acts of compromise, the putting to death of little inconsistencies and little indiscretions, the attention to little duties and little dealings, the hard work of little self-denials and little self-restraints, the cultivation of little benevolences and little forbearances.

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  Hard Work, Self, Evil

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• The goal of a church is not to have a bigger building or budget but to see the word of God increase and disciples multiply

  Kevin DeYoung

  Goal, Church, Building

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• Some Christians need encouragement to think before they act. Others need encouragement to act after they think.

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  Christian, Encouragement, Thinking

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• Our first love is Jesus. Holiness is not ultimately about living up to a moral standard. It's about living in Christ and living out of our real, vital union with him.

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  Jesus, Real, First Love

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• God did not send a concept, an idea, or a virtue. He sent his Son. Follow the God of love, not love as your god.

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  Son, Ideas, Virtue

  Twitter post from May 06, 2015

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• The man who attempts Christianity without the church shoots himself in the foot, shoots his children in the leg, and shoots his grandchildren in the heart.

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  Children, Heart, Men

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• We are not called to bring a broken planet back to its created glory. But we are to call broken people back to their creator.

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  People, Broken, Glory

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• To start the day without prayer is to suggest the devil is feeble, God is irrelevant, and we can handle things on our own.

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  Prayer, Devil, Start The Day

  Twitter post from Jul 24, 2014

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• Submission to the Scriptures is submission to God. Rebellion against the Scriptures is rebellion against God

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  Submission To God, Scripture, Rebellion

  Albert Mohler, Mark Dever, John MacArthur, David Platt, John Piper (2016). “Unashamed of the Gospel”, p.102, B&H Publishing Group

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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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  Christian, Country, Passion

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• Everything before Jesus is preface. Everything after Jesus is appendix. Jesus is the story.

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  Jesus, Stories, Appendix

  Twitter post from Mar 03, 2015

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• Just about everybody in America likes Jesus, but few like him for who he truly is.

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  Jesus, America, Likes

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• The goal of revelation is not information only, but affection, worship, and obedience. Christ in us will be realized only as we drink deeply of the Bible, which is God's word outside of us

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  Goal, Information, Affection

  Kevin DeYoung (2014). “Taking God at His Word”, p.25, SPCK

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• We can stop pleading with God to show us the future, and start living and obeying like we are confident that He holds the future.

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  Pleading, Shows, Obeying

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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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  Jesus, Spirit, Life Is

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• God tends to do his best work when the odds appear stacked against him.

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  Odds, Best Work

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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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  Christian, Mean, Faithful

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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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  Thinking, Use, Scripture

  Kevin DeYoung (2014). “Taking God at His Word”, p.29, SPCK

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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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  Secret, Done, Needs

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• Grace does not lead us to overlook obedience. Grace compels and empowers us for obedience.

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  Empowering, Grace, Doe

  Twitter post from Jan 08, 2015

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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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  Church, Trying, Hips

  Twitter post from Nov 19, 2014

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• There is no way to work your way to God. There is no way to climb up to heaven. There is only one way, and that is through Christ.

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  Heaven, Way, Christ

  Twitter post from Jan 27, 2015

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• In the world of perpetual outrage, people cannot see the difference between deflated footballs, a dead lion, and dismembered babies.

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  Football, Baby, Differences

  Twitter post from Jul 29, 2015

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