Bible Quotes by Kevin DeYoung

As Christians living in changing times, we must keep three things open: our heads, our hearts, and our Bibles.

— Kevin DeYoung

“You can’t make sense of the Bible without understanding that God is holy and that this holy God is intent on making…

— Kevin DeYoung

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

The goal of revelation is not information only, but affection, worship, and obedience. Christ in us will be realized only as we…

— Kevin DeYoung

For Jesus, Scripture is powerful, decisive, and authoritative because it is nothing less than the voice of God.

— Kevin DeYoung

Submission to the Scriptures is submission to God. Rebellion against the Scriptures is rebellion against God

— Kevin DeYoung

“To affirm the sufficiency of Scripture is not to suggest that the Bible tells us everything we want to know about everything,…

— Kevin DeYoung

“All our sins are offensive to God and require forgiveness. But over and over the Bible teaches that some sins are worse…

— Kevin DeYoung

“When we embrace everything the Bible says about itself, then—and only then—will we believe what we should believe about the word of…

— Kevin DeYoung

“It sounds really spiritual to say God is interested in a relationship, not in rules. But it’s not biblical. From top to…

— Kevin DeYoung

As a pastor, I addressed the sorts of issues I see people struggling with most and the issues talked about most directly…

— Kevin DeYoung

“The challenges to the clarity of Scripture start out small. They sound humble and practical at first. But in the end, if…

— Kevin DeYoung

“The fact of the matter is, if you read through the instructions to the New Testament churches you will find few explicit…

— Kevin DeYoung

“It may sound boring or out-of-date, but it just happens to be true: the way to grow in your relationship with Jesus…

— Kevin DeYoung

“Every true Christian should feel deep in his bones an utter dependence on God’s self-revelation in the Scriptures. Man does not live…

— Kevin DeYoung

You can think too highly of your interpretations of Scripture, but you cannot think too highly of Scriptures interpretation of itself. You…

— Kevin DeYoung

Scripture is profitable for training in righteousness. No one succeeds at the highest level in sports without working out. No one makes…

— Kevin DeYoung

“It’s easy to find people who think work is good and leisure is bad (i.e., you rest to work). You can also…

— Kevin DeYoung

“It sounds really spiritual to say God is interested in a relationship, not in rules. But it's not biblical. From top to…

— 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…

— Kevin DeYoung

“We can say all the right things about the Bible, and even read it regularly, but when life gets difficult, or just…

— Kevin DeYoung

“If the possibility of holiness is so plain in the Bible, why do we find it so hard to believe? Probably the…

— Kevin DeYoung

“you were dead in your sins and trespasses (Eph. 2:1). As a descendent of the first man, Adam, you share in the…

— Kevin DeYoung

One of the central motivations for holiness in the New Testament is to be who you are, to understand your identity and…

— Kevin DeYoung

You will fear something or someone. The Bible says the wisest way to go about your life is to fear God.

— Kevin DeYoung

“nowhere do Jesus or the apostles ever treat the Old Testament as human reflections on the divine. It is instead the voice…

— Kevin DeYoung

“We need to saturate our minds and hearts with the riches of biblical theology, such that we think and act from a…

— Kevin DeYoung

The Bible tells us to love our neighbors as ourselves. Surely part of loving in this way is trying to understand what…

— Kevin DeYoung

Live for God. Obey the Scriptures. Think of others before yourself. Be holy. Love Jesus. And as you do these things, do…

— Kevin DeYoung