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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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Kevin DeYoung, born in 1977, is a prominent Christian author. His works cover a wide range of topics including faith, theology, and family life, and have gained widespread popularity among readers. more

“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.”

“Stewarding my time is not about selfishly pursuing only the things I like to do. It’s about effectively serving others in the ways I’m best able to serve and in the ways I am most uniquely called to serve.”

Way Able My Time Serving Serving Others

Book:Crazy Busy

Source: Crazy Busy

“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.”

People Heart Self Can Do Leader Worst Fronts Complaining Pity Nurture Worst Things Self Pity

Author:Kevin DeYoung

“On the last day, God will not acquit us because our good works were good enough, but he will look for evidence that our good confession was not phony. It’s in this sense that we must be holy.”

Looks Enough Lasts Holy Evidence Gods Will Good Enough Confession Good Work Last Day Phony

Author:Kevin DeYoung

“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.”

Thinking Use Authority Scripture Handle Conclusion Interpretation Word Of God Wrong Conclusion

Book:Taking God at His Word

Source: Taking God at His Word

“It’s all too easy to turn the fight of faith into sanctification-by-checklist. Take care of a few bad habits, develop a couple good ones, and you’re set. But a moral checklist doesn’t take into consideration the idols of the hearts. It may not even have the gospel as part of the equation. And inevitably, checklist spirituality is highly selective. So you end up feeling successful at sanctification because you stayed away from drugs, lost weight, served at the soup kitchen, and renounced Styrofoam. But you’ve ignored gentleness, humility, joy, and sexual purity.”

“Expecting perfection from ourselves or others is not what holiness is about.”

Christian Christianity Wise Wise Words Holy Expectations Perfection Holiness Expecting Pastor Theologian Evangelism Evangelical

Author:Kevin DeYoung

“The world provides no cheerleaders on the pathway to godliness.”

World Pathways Godliness Cheerleader

Author:Kevin DeYoung

“The finality of Christs redemption for us is intimately tied to the finality of his revelation to us. . . . If we say revelation is not complete, we must admit that somehow the work of redemption also remains unfinished. . . . Scripture is enough because the work of Christ is enough. They stand or fall together.”

Ifs Enough Together Fall Christ Remains Scripture Redemption Revelations Tied Unfinished Finality

Author:Kevin DeYoung

“Basically, when I hear the words 'family drama' I run in the opposite direction.”

Running Drama Opposites Family Drama

Author:Willem Dafoe

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