Quotes by Kevin DeYoung

“The one indispensable requirement for producing godly, mature Christians is godly, mature Christians.”

“Nothing in the Bible encourages us to give sex the exalted status it has in our culture, as if finding our purpose, our identity, and our fulfillment all rest with what we can or cannot do with our...”

“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.”

“The world needs to see Christians burning, not with self-righteous fury at the sliding morals in our country, but with passion for God.”

“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.”

“And we need Christians who dont make others feel guilty (and dont feel guilty themselves) when one of us follows a different passion than another. I read and write a lot. Thats what I do well. But ...”

“I used to have six theories and no kids. Now I have six kids and no theories.”

“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 ca...”

“If the good news is an invitation to a Jesus way of life and not information about somebody who accomplished something on my behalf, Im sunk. This is law and no gospel.”

“Think of (the Kingdom) like the sun. As it peeks through on a cloudy day, we do not say the sun has grown. We say, 'The sun has broken through.' Our view of the sun has changed, or obstacles to the...”

“The Church acts as a sort of embassy for the government of the King. It is an outpost of the Kingdom of God surrounded by the kingdom of darkness. Just as an embassy is meant to showcase the life o...”

“We will have to work hard to rest.”

“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 opportunit...”

“Justice in a fallen world is not equality of outcome but equal treatment under a fair law.”

“Effective love is rarely efficient.”

“I sometimes find, especially among my peers, that authenticity is not ameans of growing in holiness, but a convenient cover for endless introspection, doubt, uncertainty, anger, and worldliness. So...”

“The Luddite impulse is strong among Christians, and our first reaction is to rage against the machine.”

“Real life applications get tricky when we think about them.”

“Battling busyness is a community response.”