“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.” MadeChristianMy OwnIdentityComfortSave Me Author:Kevin DeYoung
“You'll never be a mature Christian until you understand that God remembers his promises and forgets your sins.” ChristianRememberSinForgetPromiseMatureForget You Author:Kevin DeYoung
“As Christians living in changing times, we must keep three things open: our heads, our hearts, and our Bibles.” HeartChristianThreeThree Things Author:Kevin DeYoung
“If you find yourself mistreated, misunderstood, and mocked as a Christian, take heart, for so they did to the Christ.” IfsHeartChristianChristFinding YourselfMisunderstoodMistreated Author:Kevin DeYoung
“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.” IfsNeedsYearsSchoolChristianSportsHoursLevelsPracticeStudySucceedHighestTrainingWork OutScriptureMinistersHolinessMatureRighteousnessProfitableScholarshipCompetent Author:Kevin DeYoung
“The world needs to see Christians burning, not with self-righteous fury at the sliding morals in our country, but with passion for God.” WorldNeedsSelfCountryChristianPassionMoralOur CountryBurningRighteousFurySelf Righteous Author:Kevin DeYoung
“The one indispensable requirement for producing godly, mature Christians is godly, mature Christians.” ChristianMatureRequirementsIndispensableGodly Author:Kevin DeYoung
“Legalism is a problem in the church, but so is anti-nomianism. Granted, I don't hear anyone saying, 'Let's continue in sin that grace may abound'. That's the worse form of antinomianism. But strictly speaking, antinomianism simply means no-law, and some Christians have very little place for the law in their pursuit of holiness.” MayMeanLittlesProblemChristianFormLawChurchSinGracePursuitGrantedHolinessLegalism Author:Kevin DeYoung
“Sincerity is a Christian virtue, as is honesty about our struggles. But my generation needs to realize that Christianity is more than chic fragility, endless self-revelation, and the coolness that comes with authenticity.” NeedsSelfChristianRealizingChristianityStruggleVirtueGenerationsHonestyEndlessAuthenticityRevelationsSincerityMy GenerationFragilityChicCoolnessSelf Revelation Author:Kevin DeYoung
“Busyness does not mean you are a faithful or fruitful Christian. It only means you are busy, just like everyone else.” MeanDoeChristianBusyFaithful Author:Kevin DeYoung
“Some Christians need encouragement to think before they act. Others need encouragement to act after they think.” ThinkingNeedsChristianEncouragementNeed Encouragement Author:Kevin DeYoung
“Christians often equate holiness with activism and spiritual disciplines. And while it's true that activism is often the outgrowth of holiness and spiritual disciplines are necessary for the cultivation of holiness, the pattern of piety in the Scripture is more explicitly about our character. We put off sin and put on righteousness. We put to death the deeds of the flesh and put on Christ. To use the older language, we pursue mortification of the old man and the vivification of the new.” MenCharacterUseChristianSpiritualLanguageChristSinDisciplinePatternsDeedsActivismFleshScripturePursueHolinessRighteousnessOld ManPietyCultivationSpiritual DisciplinesMortification Author:Kevin DeYoung
“Expecting perfection from ourselves or others is not what holiness is about.” ChristianChristianityWiseWise WordsHolyExpectationsPerfectionHolinessExpectingPastorTheologianEvangelismEvangelical Author:Kevin DeYoung
“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.” PeopleIfsWellsLongHelpingTodayChristianFacesChoicesOpportunityTermChristChurchDecisionResponsibilityWonderImpactLocalsLong TermAbundanceDiscipleWell RoundedLocal Church Author:Kevin DeYoung
“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.” IfsEyeChristianFatherImpossiblePleaseDelightChristian LifeObedienceOur FatherHeartfelt Author:Kevin DeYoung
“If we aren’t prepared to be counter-cultural we aren’t ready to be Christians.” IfsChristianReadyPrepared Author:Kevin DeYoung
