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Religion Quotes by Kevin DeYoung

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Kevin DeYoung says faith and good works are both needed, like a root and its fruit. He stresses that the Bible’s word stands over us and that guilt makes the cross necessary, not just feeling guilty. He also warns that true Christianity often means going against the culture around us.

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The only thing more important than ministry is being ministered to.

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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…

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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 only thing more important than ministry is being ministered to [ at the feet of Jesus ].”

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“It’s the guilt that makes the cross necessary. Not the feeling of guilt, but the reality of it.”

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Many in Jesus' day saw him, but they didn't have communion with him. You can have more of Christ by faith than…

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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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Don't follow those who can talk a big game about their amazing faith in Christ. Follow people who are actually following Christ.

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“Most people leaving church still see the need for some kind of community. We shouldn't think most of them as interested in…

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“They wish the church could be more diverse, but then leave to meet in a coffee shop with other well-educated thirtysomethings who…

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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 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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“We all have a cross to carry. But it’s a cross that kills our sins, smashes our idols, and teaches us the…

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“Perhaps we are slow to see any good in us because we don’t understand how bad we were. Your tiny spiritual life…

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“The Great Commission is about holiness. God wants the world to know Jesus, believe in Jesus, and obey Jesus. We don’t take…

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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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“The Church acts as a sort of embassy for the government of the King. It is an outpost of the Kingdom of…

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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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“Jesus didn’t meet every need. He left people waiting in line to be healed. He left one town to preach to another.…

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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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Plain horse sense ought to tell us that anything that makes no change in the man who professes it makes no difference…

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As a pastor in a Protestant church, my whole ministry centers on the conviction that by grace we are saved through faith.…

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“Caplan mentions three traits that are more susceptible to parental influence. The first two are politics and religion. To be fair, Caplan…

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“The faith that joins you to Christ and makes you right with God is a faith that works itself out in love…

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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…

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Jesus was not just a prophet but the fulfillment of all prophecy.

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

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The goal of a church is not to have a bigger building or budget but to see the word of God increase…

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Inerrancy means the word of God always stands over us and we never stand over the word of God.

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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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Just about everybody in America likes Jesus, but few like him for who he truly is.

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

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Why should we think that we wouldn't have a cross to carry? Are we somehow more deserving than our Lord?

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If we truly long for revival, we will rejoice even when it starts at the church down the road.

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

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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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Just very practically, pastors need to be careful that while they have a right to call people to absolute allegiance to the…

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When we use old confessions and catechisms, we help teach our people that their faith is an old faith, shared by millions…

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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.”