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Christianity Quotes by Kevin DeYoung

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Dependence on Scripture is described as the deep root of a true Christian life. The quotes urge believers to fill their minds and hearts with biblical truth, to pray constantly, and to act with humility rather than chase perfection. They also warn that being counter‑cultural is part of living out the gospel.

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

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Any gospel which says only what you must do and never announces what Christ has done is no gospel at all.

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The one indispensable requirement for producing godly, mature Christians is godly, mature Christians.

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The world needs to see Christians burning, not with self-righteous fury at the sliding morals in our country, but with passion for…

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When you share the gospel, you're not calling people to a better way of life, you're proclaiming to them eternal life.

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The Christian's comfort: I am not my own. I do not make my own rules or create my own identity. There is…

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The Heidelberg Catechism is like a refreshing bath with cool gospel water.

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Christianity loses its scriptural fidelity and internal power when it no longer affirms both sola fide and the necessity of obedience.

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“We usually think of law leading us to gospel. And this is true- we see God's standards, see our sin, and then…

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“There is a gap between our love for the gospel and our love for godliness. This must change. It’s not pietism, legalism,…

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“Any gospel which purports to save people without also transforming them is inviting easy-believism. If you think being a Christian is nothing…

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“This cannot be stated too strongly: From the very beginning, Christianity tied itself to history. The most important claims of Christianity are…

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The secret of the gospel is that we actually do more when we hear less about all we need to do for…

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“Is obedience what your church is known for? Is it what other Christians think of when they look at your life? Is…

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“Fueling all of our conflict against Satan is prayer: we are to pray “at all times in the Spirit” for the promotion…

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We can't do every good thing there is to do in the world. Too many Christians live under the terror of total…

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As Christians we need to be patient, understanding, and kind. Instead of going on the attack, we can ask genuine questions. Instead…

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

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Sometimes Christians live in a terror of universal obligation: AIDS over here, people to be saved over here, a crushing sense of…

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My fear is that of all the choices people face today, the one they rarely consider is, "How can I serve most…

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Christians often equate holiness with activism and spiritual disciplines. And while it's true that activism is often the outgrowth of holiness and…

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“C.S. Lewis is famous for many things, among them coining the phrase "chronological snobbery." The phrase refers to the all-too-common tendency among…

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

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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…

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“stressing the necessity of personal holiness should not undermine in any way our confidence in justification by faith alone. The best theologians…

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“Do you know why so many Christians are caving on the issue of homosexuality? Certainly cultural pressure plays a big role. But…

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If we aren’t prepared to be counter-cultural we aren’t ready to be Christians.

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“A theologically astute, immature Christian is like a 5-year-old flying an Apache helicopter.”

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

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Christianity is so much more than getting your doctrine right, but it is not less.

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If the gospel is old news to you, it will be dull news to everyone else.

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You'll never be a mature Christian until you understand that God remembers his promises and forgets your sins.

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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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As Christians, we worship a victimized Lord. We should expect to suffer and should have particular compassion on those who hurt emotionally…

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The man who attempts Christianity without the church shoots himself in the foot, shoots his children in the leg, and shoots his…

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“Some Christians make the mistake of pitting love against law, as if the two were mutually exclusive. You either have a religion…

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“But when we believe the gospel, and the Holy Spirit resides in us, we are free to experience the explosive current of…

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

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“Christians work—they work to kill sin and they work to live in the Spirit. They have rest in the gospel, but never…

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If we are busy in a hundred good things - even great things, gospel things, glorious things - but don't sit at…

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Seek first the kingdom of God, and then trust that He will take care of our needs, even before we know what they are…

There is no sin so prevalent, so insidious, and so deep as the sin of fearing people more than we fear God.

“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…

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…

The finality of Christs redemption for us is intimately tied to the finality of his revelation to us. . . . If we say…

Everything before Jesus is preface. Everything after Jesus is appendix. Jesus is the story.

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…

“Faith and good works are both necessary. But one is the root and the other the fruit.”