“Sanctification will be drudgery unless we believe that holiness is possible and that it is pleasing to God.” BelieveHolinessSanctificationDrudgery 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
“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
“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
“To run hard after holiness is another way of running hard after God.” WayHardRunningHolinessAnother WayRunning Hard Author:Kevin DeYoung
“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.” LittlesSelfHardEvilBitsAttentionMillionsDutyHard WorkLittle BitSettingSettingsCompromiseDenialHolinessLittle ThingsRestraintBenevolenceAvoidanceCultivationInconsistencyDealingsSelf RestraintForbearanceWorldlinessFoibles Author:Kevin DeYoung
“The reason for your entire salvation, the design behind your deliverance, the purpose for which God chose you in the first place is holiness.” FirstsReasonPurposeBehindsDesignSalvationHolinessDeliverance Author:Kevin DeYoung
“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.” FirstsRealJesusChristLove IsMoralStandardsUnionsHolinessFirst Love Author:Kevin DeYoung
“Not only is holiness the goal of your redemption, it is necessary for your redemption” GoalRedemptionHoliness Author:Kevin DeYoung
