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Quotes from Kevin DeYoung

As Christians we need to be patient, understanding, and kind. Instead of going on the attack, we can ask genuine questions. Instead of bristling when our narrative is summarily dismissed, we can carefully explain our way of seeing things. And when we are wrong, we won't be afraid to say so.
~ Kevin DeYoung
...,the will of God for your life is pretty straightforward: Be holy like Jesus, by the power of the Spirit, for the glory of God.
~ Kevin DeYoung
Submission to the Scriptures is submission to God. Rebellion against the Scriptures is rebellion against God
~ Kevin DeYoung
God did not send a concept, an idea, or a virtue. He sent his Son. Follow the God of love, not love as your god.
~ 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.
~ Kevin DeYoung
You'll never be a mature Christian until you understand that God remembers his promises and forgets your sins.
~ Kevin DeYoung
It's not convincing to say you are a child of God if you have none of the characteristics of your Father.
~ Kevin DeYoung
The seed of God's Word won't grow to fruitfulness without pruning for rest, quiet, and calm
~ Kevin DeYoung
It's true that every road leads to God. But only one way leads to a pleasant encounter with Him.
~ Kevin DeYoung
Being a child of God means confidence, but it never means complacency.
~ Kevin DeYoung
The word of God is more than enough for the people of God to live their lives to the glory of God
~ Kevin DeYoung
God is still here, God is still real, and God has not gone anywhere, even if you have.
~ Kevin DeYoung
There is no sin so prevalent, so insidious, and so deep as the sin of fearing people more than we fear God.
~ Kevin DeYoung
Here's good news: God is even more committed to your change, your growth, and your transformation than you are.
~ Kevin DeYoung
The reason for your entire salvation, the design behind your deliverance, the purpose for which God chose you in the first place is holiness.
~ Kevin DeYoung
If we do not worship God, God will not be the lesser for it. But we will.
~ Kevin DeYoung
Perhaps God brought you into this mess so that he can bring you out of it for his glory.
~ Kevin DeYoung
If you want to know God as your Father, you need to know Jesus Christ as your Savior.
~ Kevin DeYoung
For Jesus, Scripture is powerful, decisive, and authoritative because it is nothing less than the voice of God.
~ Kevin DeYoung
Sanctification will be drudgery unless we believe that holiness is possible and that it is pleasing to God.
~ Kevin DeYoung
Seek first the kingdom of God, and then trust that He will take care of our needs, even before we know what they are and where we're going.
~ Kevin DeYoung
God's wrath was not just withdrawn. It was spent. Full atonement can it be? Hallelujah, what a Savior!
~ Kevin DeYoung
God's timing is rarely our timing.
~ Kevin DeYoung
Our God is righteous enough to judge and kind enough to forgive.
~ Kevin DeYoung