Don't follow those who can talk a big game about their amazing faith in Christ. Follow people who are actually following Christ. — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
Many in Jesus' day saw him, but they didn't have communion with him. You can have more of Christ by faith than… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
“It’s the guilt that makes the cross necessary. Not the feeling of guilt, but the reality of it.” — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
When you share the gospel, you're not calling people to a better way of life, you're proclaiming to them eternal life. — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
Try this New Year's resolution: I won't check my phone, my tablet, or my computer until I've first read a chapter in… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
Any gospel which says only what you must do and never announces what Christ has done is no gospel at all. — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
“The only thing more important than ministry is being ministered to [ at the feet of Jesus ].” — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
“They wish the church could be more diverse, but then leave to meet in a coffee shop with other well-educated thirtysomethings who… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
“This cannot be stated too strongly: From the very beginning, Christianity tied itself to history. The most important claims of Christianity are… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
The world needs to see Christians burning, not with self-righteous fury at the sliding morals in our country, but with passion for… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
“We all have a cross to carry. But it’s a cross that kills our sins, smashes our idols, and teaches us the… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
“Most people leaving church still see the need for some kind of community. We shouldn't think most of them as interested in… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
“nowhere do Jesus or the apostles ever treat the Old Testament as human reflections on the divine. It is instead the voice… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
When we use old confessions and catechisms, we help teach our people that their faith is an old faith, shared by millions… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
Just very practically, pastors need to be careful that while they have a right to call people to absolute allegiance to the… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
“Caplan mentions three traits that are more susceptible to parental influence. The first two are politics and religion. To be fair, Caplan… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
Plain horse sense ought to tell us that anything that makes no change in the man who professes it makes no difference… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
“Any gospel which purports to save people without also transforming them is inviting easy-believism. If you think being a Christian is nothing… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
As a pastor in a Protestant church, my whole ministry centers on the conviction that by grace we are saved through faith.… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
“Jesus didn’t meet every need. He left people waiting in line to be healed. He left one town to preach to another.… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
“The Church acts as a sort of embassy for the government of the King. It is an outpost of the Kingdom of… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
Scripture is profitable for training in righteousness. No one succeeds at the highest level in sports without working out. No one makes… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
You can think too highly of your interpretations of Scripture, but you cannot think too highly of Scriptures interpretation of itself. You… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
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… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
If we truly long for revival, we will rejoice even when it starts at the church down the road. — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
“Faith and good works are both necessary. But one is the root and the other the fruit.” — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
Why should we think that we wouldn't have a cross to carry? Are we somehow more deserving than our Lord? — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
If the gospel is old news to you, it will be dull news to everyone else. — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
Christianity is so much more than getting your doctrine right, but it is not less. — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
Just about everybody in America likes Jesus, but few like him for who he truly is. — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
Inerrancy means the word of God always stands over us and we never stand over the word of God. — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
The goal of a church is not to have a bigger building or budget but to see the word of God increase… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
If we aren’t prepared to be counter-cultural we aren’t ready to be Christians. — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
“But when we believe the gospel, and the Holy Spirit resides in us, we are free to experience the explosive current of… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
“Some Christians make the mistake of pitting love against law, as if the two were mutually exclusive. You either have a religion… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
“Perhaps we are slow to see any good in us because we don’t understand how bad we were. Your tiny spiritual life… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
“The Great Commission is about holiness. God wants the world to know Jesus, believe in Jesus, and obey Jesus. We don’t take… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
Christianity loses its scriptural fidelity and internal power when it no longer affirms both sola fide and the necessity of obedience. — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
“Worry about the future is not simply a character tic, it is the sin of unbelief, an indication that our hearts are not resting… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share
There is nothing gray about whether a follower of Christ should see 50 Shades of Grey. This is a black and white issue. Don’t… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share
A catechism is simply a tool for teaching the fundamentals of the faith. Unlike a creed or confession, a catechism uses questions and answers.… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share
Live for God. Obey the Scriptures. Think of others before yourself. Be holy. Love Jesus. And as you do these things, do whatever else… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share
If there really is a perfect will of God we are meant to discover, in which we will find tremendous freedom and fulfillment, why… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share
Seek first the kingdom of God, and then trust that He will take care of our needs, even before we know what they are… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share
There is no sin so prevalent, so insidious, and so deep as the sin of fearing people more than we fear God. — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share
“The pursuit of holiness is not a quixotic effort to do just what Jesus did. It’s the fight to live out the life that… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share
Offendedness is just about the last shared moral currency in our country. And, I'm sorry, but it's really annoying. We don't discuss ideas or… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share
The finality of Christs redemption for us is intimately tied to the finality of his revelation to us. . . . If we say… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share
Everything before Jesus is preface. Everything after Jesus is appendix. Jesus is the story. — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share
Sometimes feeling overwhelmed is part of what it means to be a Christian. You can't bear somebody else's burden unless you are taking something… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share
“Faith and good works are both necessary. But one is the root and the other the fruit.” — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share